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Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25
Laur eI Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. John Klein are the
parents of a daughter, born Thurs
day, July 10, at a Billings hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Hodges have
received word from their son, Cpl.
James Hodges, that he was on leave
several days from duty in Germany
and spent the time in England. lie
said that of the three countries ne
had been in, he preferrd Grmany to
either France or England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Benin enter
tanned at dinner in honor OF her
brother, Pvt. Ray zeiler of Camp
VOTERS, Tex. Other guests were
Miss Vera Fredericks of Billings
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Benin ana
son Duane.
After spending a few days here
with his parents, DR.. and MIS-. u.
H. McCauley, Lieut.. G.g.) DUNCAN
H. McCauley left Tuesday to return
to duty with the navy air force.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25
Auxiliary
Activities


More than 100000 women now
are members of the American Lee
gion Auxiliary, Mrs. Charles B. Gil
bert, national president, has an
nounced from national headquarters
at indianapolis.
The 100000 mark vas reached for
the first time in the history of the
organization when the July mem
bership report showed a gain of
Ga 1859 members over the same date
last year. Total enrolment was
619,2 31, with additional member
ships for 1915 continuing to be re-
ceived.
New members r women eligible
through the service of men of their
families in both World wars | and
II. and women who themselves have
served in the armed forces. Mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters OF
service men are not eligible to
membership in the Auxiliary until
the service mar has been honorably
discharged and has become a mem
Der of the American Legion. Wo-
men members of the families OF
men who lose their lives in the ser
vice are Immediately eligible. Wo-
men serving in the armed forces are
eligible upon discharge.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25
At Age 81 Brother
Of Late M. w. Cramer
Dies At Los Angeles

G. w. Fenton was informed this
week by Mrs. Ollie P. Cramer OF
the death June II of Newton Ever
EFT Cramer, brother of the late M.
w. Cramer of Laurel, at Los Ange-
les.
The informant, Mrs. Cramer,
said: "Mr. Cramer passed away
very quietly and peacefully June IL
at 1:30 p. m. He had been ill more
than a year, but was so courageous
he was up and dressed nearly every
day to take his walk down the halls.
He was confined to his bed only
a day and a half before he passed
on.
During his last week he talked
about his business. A prospective
purchaser 'phoned to inquire wheth-
er a certain piece of property was
for sale, and MI. Cramer told him
it was not as it vas bringing in a
very good income"
Mr.. Cramer was born July "a,
1851, in New York and lacked only
a week of being ga when he died.
The funeral was conducted June FL
at an undertaker's chapel, with
Rev. Glenn D. Puder officiating. In
terment was at Inglewood mauso-
leum.
The Laurel brother, M. W. Cram
err, died here several years ago at
an advanced age. He was a pioneer
resident and stockman of this To-
cality.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25
Double Ring Ceremony
Unites Esther Benner
and AdOlph Hammered

At a double ring candlelight cere-
mony at 8 o'clock Thursday evening
at the German Congregational
church, Miss Esther Benner of
Camas, Wash, became the bride of
Adolph Hammered, a seabee home
from service at Guam.
The service was read by Rev.
Knause of Eureka, S.. D., with an
invocation by Rev. Theodore Strobel.
The couples attendants were the
brides brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex OSWALD, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hicks of Bill
lings, brother-in-law and sister of
the bridegroom. The bride was
given in marriage by her brother,
Fred Benner of Billings.
The bride was dressed in white
and carried a bouquet of pink rose
buds and white sweet peas. Her at
tendants wore pink dresses with
corsages of white rosebuds.
Mrs. Hammered, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Benner of
Park City, is a graduate of the
Park City high school and has been
employed in Camas the last year.
The bridegroom's mother, Mrs Eliza
beth Kammerzel, resides in Laurel.
rel.
Out of town guests at the we'd
ding included Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wagner and Herman Benner OF
Chinook.
Relatives and friends of the
couple entertained following the
ceremony with a supper and dance
at the L. L. club.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25

Mrs. Paul Gerard returned re-
Gently from Excelsior Springs, Mo-,
where she spent a month at the
McClarey hospital.
Mrs. Charles Pfohl and son Ron
ME of Livingston were guests last
week of Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Max
son.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25

Mrs. Bertha Shively is in receipt
of word that her son, Charles j.
Shively, has been promoted to the
rank Of captain. He is stationed
with the medical corps at Modesto,
Calf.
Laurel outlook., 1945-07-25
The Outlook Says:

Chief Warrant Officer A. Moser
and Mrs. Moser, who had been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Fran
zen, returned this week to Vicks-
burg, Miss.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
Pfc. Ben MooreW Wins
Medal for Heroisn1

heavily shelled area to an evacu-
alton point.
"The outstanding courage and
devotion to duty displayed by
Pfc. Moore reflect highly upon
himself and the military service"
Pfc. Moore, known to all his
friends in Mount Clemens as
Ben, is FL years old and has
been in service two years and a
half. He is now stationed in Tar
nisio, Italy, and has spurned an
army discharge, he wrote his
mother, Mrs. Anna West, of 40
Parkview avenue.
In his last letter, ben" ex-
planned that there is romantic
interest in connection with his
desire to stay in Sunny Italy a
little longer. He is counting an
attractive Italian girl and we'd
ding bells may ring shortly. he
told his family.
Pic. Moore attended Mount
Clemens High School and was
employed at the City News De-
pot before entering the army. He
was a member Of the news de-
pot bowling team.
A step-brother, Sgt. Bob West
is now with the U. S. forces in
Germany, sweating out" his
return to the United States.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

-. and was In the act OF
ramming one German sub
when another fired . torpedo
into the Leopold.
When the order was given to
abandon the sinking Leopold,
Chastain was one of 35 men
clinging to a 10-man life raft
After six hours Of exposur e
in an air temperature Of 10 be-
low zero and . water tempera-
ture of "a degrees Chastain
became unconscious, released
his grip on the raft and floated
away. Only four on the
raft survived.
Two hours later, the des-
troyer escort Joyce, sweeping
the area In search of bodies.
came upon Chastain ap-
parently dead. His frozen
body was taken aboard and
laid beside two corpses on the
deck.
Two seamen were ordered to
sew up the bodies in canvas
sacks preparatory to burial at
sea. They finished sewing
the first two, and were half way
through with Chastain's canvas
shroud, when another survivor
was brought oboard and the sea-
men were called away to give
artificial respiration to the
newcomer.
BY the time they returned
Chastain had commenced to
thaw out. and as one Of
them started to resume the
sewing job he noticed
slight movement of Chastain's
pulse. A further check-up re-
vealed . trace Of life.
They ripped off the canvas
shroud, wrapped the Shores man
in blankets and hot towels F..
and poured fiery whisky down
his throat. In a short time
he was fully revived.
Now on duty with the Coast
Guard on board the icebreak-
er Mackinac, Chastain would
be home today, free from serv-
ice, had he not broken his
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

For heroism in rescuing wound
ed men under enemy fire, Pfc.
Ernest l.. (Ben) Moore, Of Mount
Clemens, has been awarded the
army's Bronze Star, according
to announcement made this week
by Maj. Gen. Charles l.. Bolte,
officer commanding the army
in Italy of which Moore's infan-
try regiment was a part.
On two occasions in April,
1945, Moore courageously went
to the aid of comrades badly
wounded by land mines. and
after rendering first aid, helped
carry them to medical centers
and evacuation points.
Gen. Bolte's citation of Moore
reads as follows:
Awarding of the Bronge Star
for heroic achievement in ac-
ton on April II and 18, 1945
in Italy. On April II, one Of the
men In P1C. moore SQUAD step
ped on Schu mine and was sew
erely wounded. Pfc. Moore and
a comrade Immediately went to
the aid of the wounded man and
applied a tourniquet to stop the
bleeding of the mans leg. They
then carried the man to a point
from which he could be evacu-
ated.
"On April Is, 1945, another
man detonated a mine and was
wounded by the explosion. Pfc.
Moore and his companion again
made their way through the
heavily mined area and admins
tered first aid to the man. They
then carried him through
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
Gums Stolen

The theft of two hunting guns
from parked car at the Wish
ing Well tavern on Gratiot and
Little Mack is being investigat-
ed by sheriffs deputies.
Laurel Murphy of 21908
Lauge street, owner of the guns
stated that they were taken
Monday while he stopped for a
short time in the tavern.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

peared. He'll never get over IL.
Nor will Norman Chastain,
fireman 2/c, of the U. S. Coast
Guard He 1t was who "ruo-
bed elbows" with death on the
March day in 1914 and
will always remember 1t as his
grimmest experience.
The story was told to the st.
Clair Shores sailor by officers
and men of the destroyer escort
USS Joyce:
Chastain's ship, the destroy.
er escort Leopold was In the
center of a submarine nest in
the ice-laden North Atlantic
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
Bed Maker Counts

CHICAGO-W.H- Mrs. Mary
Wojtaszek, who has been a maid
at the Edgewater Beach hotel
since it opened in June, 1916,
estimates that she has made
10000 beds-not counting the
fact that she worked at other
hotels before joining the staff
of the Edgewater Beach.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

CHICAGO-(U.P- The Ernie
Pyle American Legion post,
named In honor of the late war
correspondent, has been organ
lied by $50 employees of the
Chicago Sun, which featured
Pyle's dispatches.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
Bach Is Timely

LINCOLN, Neb.-W.H- The
change back to standard time
found at least one Lincoln
church organist prepared. His
prelude was Bach's sinfonia,
Gods Time Is Best"
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

The barrel cactus acts @ a
compass to persons lost In u,
desert. since It always leans -
the south.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
&s X. til. Day %|
By D. A.

Somewhere the Book Of the Recording Angel
finished written line which reads Mormon Che :"
and the puzzled oendont at the Peory Gotes still
derno about hot incident March TO- l944 when he
summoned unlock and open the eotes but op-
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05
Voluntary Censorship Kept Many
Interesting Stories Out Oh Papers

people in Oregon when as members
of a picnic party they investigated
"an object" they found in wooded
country.
Some of the balloons came into
Montana and a few went much far
Their east. An army officer made
a tour of newspapers in Montana,
calling at the Outlook office en-
route, and enjoined a blackout on
all news pertaining to balloons.
Last January, j. H. Moser de-
cided to see what it was he had
been observing in a field some dist
ance from his farm house on the
skyline south of Laurel. The thing
turned out to be a Jap balloon.
Moser came to town and notified
officers and the F. B. l., who went
out and brought it in. They had
it in the trunk of a car when they
came to Laurel, with Sheriff Bailey
in charge.
At n point in Montana a bal
loon was found unchanged. Us
ually the last explosive going off
destroyed or partially destroyed the
device, but this one was whole and
was carefully studied. 1t was ar
ranged so that ballast would be re-
leased when it came too low, and
with lessened weight it could travel
farther to drop its explosive or
i%ncendiary load. The balloons were
one of the Japs' secret weapons.
The most interesting stories of
all were those connected with the
atomic bomb which made it's bow
the end of the war. News
papers were asked to refrain from
printing anything pertaining to
atomic energy or any experiments
connected Herewith. The editors
throughout the land at once recog-
nized hat the scientistswere doing
something big, and a good many
newspapers were not greatly sur
prised when at last it was officially
announced that atomic energy had
been released.
Radar was another we'll kept
secret. The night the Japs folded
Up there was a demonstration by
ado of how radar operated. Earlier
here had been the Nordan bomb
sight, so precious at the time of the
irst air raid on Tokyo that General
)ooolittle had the sights removed
rom the raiding ships. Substitutes
we're used, for it was expected some
# the planes would not come back.
The Germans eventually found
ut something about both Radar
nd the Nordan bomb sights, but
or quite awhile they were secrets.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05
Training Car Given To Naval
HOspitaI

Philadelphia-Men at the U. S.
naval hospital here who have suf-
fered am%putations as a result of
war wounds are learning to drive
automobiles, despite their handi-
caps, in a special training car pre-
scented to the hospital here by Mrs.
Charles B. Gilbert, the Auxiliary's
national president. Captain M. J.
Aston, medical officer in charge, re-
ceived the gift for the navy.
A second car will be given to the
Philadelphia hospital and two others
to the U. S. naval hospital at Mare
Island, Calf. Contributions from
the Auxiliary's 100000 members
throughout the country are making
the purchase of the special
ly equipped cars.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05

Sept. 4, 1805-Lewis and Clarks
expedition crossed back over the
Bitterroot mountains in Montana
and camped at Ross Hole, ear the
present site of the Camp Greek
ranger station in Ravalli county
The party was travelling by horse
back.
Sept. 5, 1SO5-The explorers con-
ferred with Indians at Ross Hole.
Sept. 6, 1S05-The party started
down the banks of the Bitterroot
river in Ravalli county.
Sept. 7, 1S05-The party passed
the present sites of Sula, Darby and
G~rantsdale.
Sept. 8, 1SO5-The present sites
of Hamilton, Corvallis and Stevens
Vile were passed by the explorers.
Continued Next Week. -.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05
.ALENDAR
looming Events. :.

Friday, Sept. 7.
The four circles of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service will be
entertained in the afternoon as fol-
lows:
Loyalty at the home of Mrs.
Forest Gomon at 2.
Opportunity at the home of Mrs.
Laura Carter at 2 with Mrs. j. C.
Durham as cohostess.
Valid with Mrs. j. H. Albertus
at 2.
Love at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
John Dyer.
Saturday, Sept. s.
The Montana Motor Transport
auxiliary will hold a luncheon meet
ing at 1:30 at the l.. l.. club.
Tuesday, Seut. II.
The Women of the Moose will
meet at the L.. L. club at 8 p. m.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05

Activities

&1NM
"a
KXlAN

The American Legion Auxiliary
members held their first meeting
after the summer vacation Sept. 4
in the home of Mrs. Hilmar Wage.
Two officers were installed: Mrs
Robert fitzpatrick as treasurer and
Mrs. H. E. Starkey as historian.
Mrs. George Paisley acted as in
stalling officer and Mrs. R. C.
Brown as sergeant-at-arms.
Very good reports were given on
the state convention at Butte and
the district meeting at Billings.
The hostesses assisting Mrs.
Wage were Mrs. Edward Zundel
and Mrs. G. L. Starbard.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05

Among those who spent Sunday
and Monday on an outing on the
Boulder was a group comprising
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.. Sterrett and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Hilgert and
Miss Dorothy Hilgert.
Laurel outlook., 1945-09-05
The Outlook Says:

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Cutter of Butte
were dinner guests Tuesday of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Hilgert.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
NAACPElesNew
Appeal In Army
Scottsboro Case

WASHINGTON, d ca new
petition asking for tire immediate
release Of Frank Fisher and Ed
ward r Loury. Negro soldiers SEN
tcrccd 10 lifc imprisonment by
courtS-uarual in New Caledonia in
,a43. was fled with ;Cc War Dc
pa-;mcHt TINS week by Judge VII
liam II HASTE, chairman ~ the
NAACP national legal committee
md Congressman VITO MarCan-
tona ALP. NY. president 81 the
International LABOR Defense
The soldiers Mere convicted Of
raplu- native french woman
TIC sentence ~ Flyacr VAS re-
adccd - 10 wears ana ma: II I.oury
"a 5 dt,cr Haste and MarcantonIo.
serving Is Their counsel 0n appeal
made oral arguments and submitted
og.ct> on their benM! IN 1914 The
Now plea is made Under the rules
o.! he War Department providing
g." nc review II CONVICTIONS once
q year
Gang the toc. that The woman
accepted ;rrcc dollars from the
soldiers immediately after having
had relations WITH them. HASTE
aui NorcaU,oua reiterated nc
position they took last year NJ;
that time they expressed grave
d1ub; that tncre j 'al case IN
Ar1lo-AVcrIcan Jurisprudence in
winch conviction 81 rare has
been permitted when Yaymen, had
been offered and accepted OF tho
Spo; Il MAS also pointed on; that
the acceptance ~ money Mas but
ono II many Affirmative indications
OF nc fac, that the woman con-
SCu,cd
TIE new petition took sharp IS
sue NTH The War Departments
-4i.-l,,4 4a-af- Ai4r,--lll-,}}ii ia+4 ,--S>+ed
over the signature 81 inc Under
Secretary ~: War reducing the
sentences bat upholdus the find
ing " guilt The Departmental
or.rior con,cndCd. Before any
case IS presented 20 general
cearts.wNua, 3, IS subjected 20
prc-tr.al invest. CATION II inNcsiiga-
ton indicates that such action is
warranted and the Commanding
General approves u Is brought 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
MRS. LAURA DAvIDOyICH

executive secretary Of nc Detroit
Committee for a Permanent FAIR
Employment Practices Commits
sion, states: Wires and letters are
pouring in 20 Washington urging
congressman 20 sign the petition
10 force the FEPC Bill on to the
House floor FOR discussion
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
FEPC Chairman
Praises Work OF
Rep. MaryMonon

The Rev. Horace White. chair
man Of the Detroit Committee for
a Permanent Fair Employment
Practices Commission. said This
week: Rep. Mary Norton OF New
Jersey is 10 be commended for
her courageous battle 20 promote
legislation designed 10 protect by
law all people OF the United States
IN their democratic right 10 work
The proposed permanent Fair En-
pioyment Practices Commission is
no, an agency for the exclusive
protection OF the Negro group but
a place OF appeal from discrimina-
ton for the use OF al people re-
gardleSs OF race. creed or color
The Metr OpOlitan Detroit
Council on Fair Employment
Practice and the Detroit Com
mittce for Permanent Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion are organizing area com
mittees throughout Detroit for
the purpose of conducting an
extensive educational campaign
TO inform the people of Detroit
of the specific duties Of a Per-
manent Fair Employment Prac-
tees Commission.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
Discuss Bill To
Provide Federal
Educational Aid

WASHINGTON. D. G. lNNPA)-
Both the House Of Representatives
md the Senate Committees on
Education held hearings last week
on eg.S.a;ion 10. Federal Aid To-
Education
The measure. providing FOR fed
era, funds 10 provide better pay
fo- teachers and for equipment,
carries safeguards - guarantee
cQaal and propor;iona;c d,striou-
;on ~ TIE federal funds where
separate schools are maintained for
White and Negro children South
err members Of both tre House
ard Senate are IN favor 81 the bill.
Tnc only opposition heard tO he
measure vas voiced IN the House
hearings by Meryin Har, ~ the
National Economic Council of New
York; react!on5rY group.
The House Cow~i'tec vas told
hat he results & inadequate cdu-
cation indicate TIA; IN Sclcciive
service registration there is a
aa~kcd relationship between high
rejection rates FOR educational de-
sc.Cucv and school systems sup
ported at low levels The nation
5 Sharply pcnaA2cd in wartime
fsr is neglect Of equal education.
j.: VAS advised.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05

TIE South African Air Force AsSo-
cation hiss adopted me slogan, Com
radcS IN War and Peace"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05

had not been out OF the mutuels
game as provided in his proostion
term.
Kemp had been placed on pro-
baton three years ago. following a
conviction IN Recorders Court on
a gambling charge.
Atty James Jackson stated tina.
ne intended 20 appeal Kemp's sem
tCncc
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
Plan Honor For
NAACP Head At
Banquet Soon

Outstanding civic leaders in De-
;-o.t have formed a McClendon-
Testimonial banquet committee TO
honor Dr. James J McClendon
some time in MAY. Chairman OF
the committee is L. C. Blount. sec
rotary. Great Lakes Insurance
company.
Othcr persons who are working
AZ subcommittee chairmen are:
judge Ira W JAYNE place and
banquet committee: Miss Lauren
tine Collins program committee:
Mrs Florence Sweeney. arran ge-
nen,S. and Jean T. Sheafor. pres
cntaton committee.
Dr. McClcndon. who has been
pres dent OF the NAACP in De-
,ro.. since 1898 and also a mem
Der OF ne national board OF d.
rectors. 5 one Of the outstanding
Negro leaders in America. An en-
thuslaStic response indicates that
the banquet viii DC a sell-ou..
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
POLICE CHARGE
A YOUNG Wife
With MURDER

A warrant charging a 25-year-
old wife with the fatal shooting
OF her husband. Lemuel Davis,
80, OF 1905 Hudson street, was
recommended this week by the
Prosecutors Office.
POLICE CHARGE that Mrs. Will
lie Mae Davis had an argument
with her husband when he re-
turned home and used profane Ian
suage i'm front OF their children.
Mrs. Davis told police that her
husband had given her rifle and
told her 20 shoot il she had CUTS
enough. She fired once and the
bullet struck her husband in the
neck He d.ed a short time later.
The warrant charges Mrs. Davis
with first degree murder.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
Probation VioIator
Given Prison Term

For alleged violation OF the
terms Of his probation. Horace
Kemp, Al. 994 Brewster street,
was sentenced 10 one TO Ave years
in Jackson prison last week by
Recorders Judge John ]. Maher.
Judge Maher stated that Kemp
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05

NJ. Moran Weston, administrative
secretary Of the Negro Labor Vic
tory Committee Of New York,
spoke Sunday. April 20 az the
Schiller Hall Auditorium, on A
Permanent FEPC and the Coming
Layoffs."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
NEGRO ORATOR
PLACES FIRST
IN COMPETITION

Announcement was made last
week that John Henry Jackson, a
2l-year-old Milwaukee State
Teachers College senior, is the
winner Of the college speaker ;
division Of the Midwest Zone con-
test OF the James Monroe Orator.
cal Contest sponsored by the
Hearst newspaper syndicate
Jackson. who won over John
F.. Stuart. white. resident OF
Detroit and a student of wayne
university. is earning his college
education through nighttime
work in a war plant. He told re-
pOrters that he hopes TO become
teacher Of history or a writer
Of historical novels.
TWO YEARS AGO. Jackson
placed third in his city in the VII
liam Randolph Hearst OratorIcal
contest. last year he cane ~ Sec
ond. and this year he Won while
holding his audience spc.l-oound.
Jackson Is the son Of Mrs. Ne,tc
Robinson OF Milwaukee
National finals for tho oratoyical
event arc beng ned this week in
New YORK City. Jackson viii meet
SIMILAR winners Of tho Eastern and
Paclhc zones for the national
crown. Winners of the national
event viii receive S. 600 war bond
awards and an all-cXpense tour Of
Mexico.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-05
Negro Labor Group
Secy. Speaker Here

ably on FEPC Legislation.
Adam Clayton Powell. who had
been scheduled to speak AZ the
meeting, was forced 10 send his
last minute regrets because Of the
recent death OF his mother and the
press Of congressional duties.