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Evening star., 1957-08-17

striving to put the Government
into the power business.
Key Items still in Bill
After yesterdays votes. these
key Democratic-sponsored au-
thorization provisions remained
in the bill:
/. Forty million dollars for
construction of q natural
uranium. gas-cooled reactor at
the Acc plant in Idaho. The
House had eliminated this.
2. Fifteen million dollars for
construction Of an experimental
plutonium recycle reactor al
the Acc plant in Hanford,
Wash. The House also had
eliminated this.
3. Three million dollars for
design and engineering work on
q single or dual purpose reactor
to produce plutonium at Han
ford. The full cost may eventu-
ally be sos million. The House
retained this on a close vote.
The bill also contains a di-
rective to Acc to build reac-
tors for five municipal power
groups and rural electric CO.
operatives, and to make avail
able to them steam at a price
based on steam from the use
of conventional fuels. The
House had eliminated this pro-
vision which authorizes expen-
diture of about 500 million.
In another action, the Senate
passed by voice vote a bill
to set up a system Of Govern
ment indemnity of up to $500
million in the event of explo-
sion Of an atomic power plant
operated by a private company.
The indemnity would be in ad-
dition to private insurance
which the company could OBJ
tain. The House already has
passed the indemnity bill. but
the Senate changed it slightly
so it now goes back to the
] House.
Evening star., 1957-08-17
U.S.. PoIicyon Chino Trip
Is Called Ridiculous

man Of alabama. Minneapolis
is his home.
He was one Of several Ameri-
can delegates who dismayed
the Kremlin by defending the
United States and its policies In
soap box harangues late in July
and early this month.
Soviet students. he reported,
are not yet completely indoc-
trinated by Communist ideol-
ogy. They are Questioning"
although outright disaffection
probably amounts only Ito
drops in the ocean,.
Commercial Angle
Most of the Americans who
went to Moscow. he said. were
"just curious or had "angIes
for making an honest buck"
by writing magazine articles.
filming Russian life or other
wise selling theF impressions
back home. II.
The journey to Moscow was
heavily subsidized by the So
viets, he added. and therefore
was hard 10 resist. The going
price for Americans was $35
to cover round trip transpor.
tation from Warsaw to Moscow.
and expenses for two weeks in
the festival city. Included in
the tab were such extras as
haircutS and shoe repair. Mr..
Medalie lived with four other
delegates in a hostel room.
/ Delegates from some under
developed" countries - whom
the Russians especially wanted
to impress-paid nothing. and
enjoyed more elegant treat
ment. Indians. for example,
had phones and wash basins
in each room, and ate in q
dining room instead of a cafe
terra.
Evening star., 1957-08-17
Jobs Daughters Pick
Mrs. Sven as Chief

KANSAS CITY. Aug. II (R.
The four day national con-
vention Of Jobs Daughters yes
terday elected Mrs. Sharlot A.
Sven Of Sheridan, Wyo., as
Supreme Guardian. The con-
vention closes today.
Evening star., 1957-08-17
Democrats See Passage
Of Acc Reoctor Bill
By tn. Associated Press

Democrats voiced confidence today that Congress
viii send President Eisenhower for Govern
ment construction Of atomic power reactors
These Democrats also said they certain Mr. Eisen
hover will the bill even though his administration
power proposals They noted that the bill contains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-05

Protect your skin from
the horshness OF WIN
ter A delico,ely tro-
oront skin bolm with
lonclln
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-05

Put poris OF her fin
oertips, wa the de-
llahtiul Evening IN
pors froQronce she
loves 50 we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
OUTDOORS:
Abandoned
Boots Peril
Children
Ry BILL LEETCH

OF interest to shad fishermen
is the report made by Biologist
w. H. Massman of the Virginia
Fisheries Laboratory to the
North American Wildlife Con-
ference on his extensive studies
of Atlantic shad spawning.
One of his major conclusions
was that no direct relationship
has been found between the
numbers of shad escaping the
nets to spawn and the numbers
of offspring in the river the fol-
lowing fall. He has found that
the greatest numbers of young
were produced by relatively
small group Of spawners. We
hope this is factual as it will
make us enjoy our shad roe
and bacon much more when
we journey down to the King
and Queens Club annual shad
bake today at Stevensville, Va.
Dan Canter. special services
Officer Of Virginia's Commission
of Game and Inland Fisheries
has issued a timely warning on
the danger Of abandoned boats.
Every angler and wildfowler has
seen them rotting away on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
BY BOB JONES

Whoever first made the OBJ.
lservation, "armies travel on Their
Istomachs," could Just have vel
have said that sailors navigate
on theirs. I've yet to meet q
boatman who doesn't admit thai
the cook is the most important
member Of the crew.
It doesn't have to be q large
boat to sport a galley. Some Of
the best seagoing chow. ] evel
hope to experience came out Of
a larder no bigger than a beer
case.
Here is the way any boatmar
can have good eating with q
minimum Of facilities. expense
and discomfort:
Find the place on your boat
where the galley box can bt
slowed when not in use, but &C.
cessible when needed. One loca.
tion might be the space undel
one Of the cockpit seats. On
20-footer. we fixed a drawer
24xi2xS inches with runners At.
ting under the cockpit seat
When put to use. the drawer wa.
pulled out on its runners anc
q small folding leg was mounted
to support it.
Inside the drawer we carried
a gimbal stove with a supply Of
canned heat. Stove brackets
were mounted on the after bulk
head of the cabin--one outside
for fair weather use. and thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
NOTES on BOATS
Small Galley Provides Varied Menus

other on the cockpit side for use
when the elements acted UP. Also
lin the drawer were the plates,
cups, silverware, two pots, one
frying pan, securing cloth, soap,
salt and pepper. waterproof
match case. dish towel and hot
pads. A jar Of instant coffee.
canned milk and sugar were
kept handy with the coffee pot.
Coffee was made and mixed In
hot water and kept In the pot
lon the gimbal stove for anybody
who wanted it anytime.
PORTABLE COOLER. For an
ice chest we used q portable
cooler that fitted neatly into the
lazarette. In this way we were
able to keep q two-day supply Of
perishable food with only one
filling Of ice. Canned goods were
divided into equal amounts and
slowed port and starboard under
the hoorboards. To insure against
loss of labels, contents were noted
with q grease crayon on the end
of each can.
FROZEN FOOD. A two-to-
three-day supply Of frozen foods
can be kept satisfactorily II
packed in a carton Of dry ice.
Ice cream can be enjoyed for at
least the same time. and such
foods as steak, chicken and
other meats win stretch an ex-
ira day by allowing for the thaw-
ing-out period Of from 10 to 20
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
LEISURE.
SPORTSMAN

shores of some lake. stream.
gravel pit or other body of water.
Most of them, abandoned by
their owners. are unsafe. but
offer a strong temptation to
young children. It is UP to the
owner. Canter claims. to take
the precaution of destroying
these potential traps and avert
a tragedy.
y = =.
We've just finished reading
two excellent books. One is by
our old friend. Joe Brooks, and
is entitled Greatest Fishing"
1t is his account of the finest
fishing he has experienced all
over the world. and it makes
most agreeable reading for those
tough days when one cannot go
af1eld. The other is by far the
best account Of hunting big game
in Africa that we have yet read
and is entitled African Adven-
lture" by Donald I. Ker.
Because of its distance from
other land areas. Hawaii has
had fishery problems peculiar
to itself. There has been only
one native game fish. the goby,
in the inland waters. The Fish
and Wildlife Service now has
succeeded in introducing oui
own smallmouth black bass after
disappointing efforts. All the
fish died on the first effort and
only 20 flngerlings survived the
second transplanting. However
this second group has produced
brood stock and transplantings
ARE being made into other waters
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Flog-Ruisings
Open Season
For 3 Clubs

The spring yachting season is
well under way with flag-raising
by three Washington area clubs,
Corinthian. Capital and Selby
Bay.
Corinthian also is ready fol-
the queen of the Chesapeake
contest June l and 2 at Mary
land Yacht Club. Fairview, Md,
with the selection of Miss Judith
Darnell Weihe. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon I. Weihe OF
4133 North Thirty-third road
Arlington. as its queen.
The two other Washington
representatives were picked ear
lier. Miss Helen Naomi Mullin
10, of Arlington. representing
Capital Yacht Club, and Miss
Jean Carol Bradford of Chevy
Chase, representing Almas
Temple Yacht Club.
Named at Dance
The Corinthian queen was
named at q dance preceding
the clubs annual shad bake. Hel
court consists of the Misses
Marsha Baker, Camille Yater
Carole Ann Schrott, Alma Nc.
Neil, Carolyn Brooks and Ruth
Ann Colvin.
| The Corinthian queen Of 1856
Miss Liz" KILLER of 6211 Ken.
hedy drive. Kenwood. Md.
hrowned the new queen during
he flag raising program.
Capitals queen was crowned
by Commodore Kenneth c. John.
bon during the flag-raising pro-
hram for the clubs 64th season
S3ea Scouts under the direction
LOT Frederick Tip took part Al
khey did earlier at Corinthian.
Boat Parade Held
A boat parade featured thu
Selby Bay program. with the
cruiser Lively, owned by Morris
H. Manchester Of Bethesda, thu
club secretary. winning the prizt
for the best decorated craft.
After the flag raising, the fleet
cruised up the South River anc
passed In review before DR.. Al
bert S. Goldblatt. the commo'
dore; Commodore Harvey H
Grubbs of the South River Yacht
Club, and Commander Oliver w
Bailey of the Potomac Rivel
Power Squadron.
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Cyclists to Ride
TO Sylvan Theoter
In Fitness Display

Bicyclists starting from five
sections Of the Washington area
will converge at the Sylvan
Theater next Sunday afternoon
in a demonstration Of cycling as
part Of President Eisenhower's
Youth Fitness program.
Known as Youth Fitness on
Wheels. the project Is being
sponsored by the Youth Hostel
office aided by members Of the
District Recreation Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12


ing is only a block off Columbia
road in a heavily-congested area,
Mrs. Sudduth was slightly
shocked.
It seems that her husband.
Newman, an artist for The Star.
had ordered a 14-foot fiber glass
boat from Waseca. MIMI, and
planned to have 1t delivered to
their summer place near Park
Hall, st. Mary's County, Md.
Instead, the freight agents mis-
takenly had it carted to their
apartment house.
Mrs. Sudduth had no recourse
but to have it returned to the
freight yard, where the boat sub
sequently was picked UP by truck
and taken to its rightful desti-
nation.
\ y
NEW BOAT DIVISION - ],
Roy Crockett of McCeney avenue
Silver Spring, past commodore OF
the West River Yacht Club and
a member of its Board Of Cover
nors is dickering for a 40-foot
Chris-Craft with double cabin
and flying bridge owned by Will
liam Hammer Of Baltimore.
Willis Cooley. vice commodore
of Capital Yacht Club, has pur-
chased a 40-foot Richardson
cruiser. the Miz-Blu. from Curtis
E. Martin of Alexandria through
the Washington Marina.
Admiral william v. ORcgan.
who was stationed at the Penta-
gon but has been transferred to
Mare Island, Calf, has sold his
4O-foot Chris-Craft cruiser to
Ronald H. Caldwell Of Baltimore,
also through the same marina.
Other new owners:
James E. Foley Of 1906 N. 25th
street, Arlington. new 27-foot
Cruisalong Bimini.
i G.. B. Clark of Alexandria, vice
president of the Helicopter Divi-
sion of Bell Aircraft. new 27-foot
ICruisalong.
! Raymond Rauch has brought
his 42-foot Chris-Craft Com
modore. Moray III. from its win
ter moorings at Colonial Beach
to Corinthian Yacht Club.
4 AL Simon. a trustee of Selby
Bay Yacht Club, Mrs. Simon and
their three sons. Brett. z. Mark
S. and Gary. 4. of 2 Valley View
avenue. Takoma Park. Nd. COM
pleted a three-day cruise from
Washington in time for Selby
Bays fiag-raising.
y
The Rose Haven Yacht Club
at its last meeting made further
preparations for its two-day
regatta and water show Junt
1916. Dredging to clear the
harbor was to be started this
week end.
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HIKING CLUBS
SUNDAY, MAY 1e

SUNDAY, MAY 10
CAPITAL HIKING CLUBBING from
Great Falls to Bear Island and return
under leadership Of julius Pielmeier, LU
1896. Meet at i424 X street NV.
at $50 am. TRANSPORTATION by private
car.
CENTER HIKING CLUB-seven-nil,
hike from Champion Gan to Washington
reservations with Gerry Goldner. ia
$3.50. Meet at Georgia and Alaska
bus terminal at Am.
WANDERBTRDs HIKING CLUB-six
mile hike from Hawksbill Mountain Il
vivian and Peter pouios, IA. e-i6O6
Chartered bus leaves 18th street ant
New York avenue NV. at & am.
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BIRD WALKS

The Audubon Society will con.
duct these nature walks thit
week:
WEDNESDAY
sac Am. moon. Midweek walk. Nee
Al MacArthuT boulevard for trip b,
auto. Bring lunch II desired
SATURDAY
s.1O am. c&O Canal walk. Meet a
MarArthur boulevard and Walhondinr
road. Leader, Mrs, Milton O. Mulioy.
SUNDAY
p.1i am. Roosevelt Island walk
Meet ferry at LANDING near Wisconsin
avenue and X street NV. Leader, I'd
vin Q. Davis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

A 109-foot yacht, the Maid
Marian II, owned by MIR. and
Mrs. c. H. Bliss Of Detroit has
proceeded to New York after
a short stopover at Capital
Yacht Club where Mr.. and Mrs
Bliss entertained Washington
friends. They were en- route
from Palm Beach.
i ~
Guests at the Corinthian flag
raising included Cyril S. Law
renee, former United States
Commissioner, and District Com
missioner Robert E. Laughlin.
Also present was John Thomas,
commodore Of the Chesapeake
Yacht Club.
E. Carl Hengen, Corinthian
commodore. was host to friends
on a brief Potomac cruise aboard
his cruiser Lorraine otter the
flag raising.
The Cupboard Boating Club
had a turnout Of five boats for
its two-day cruise on the Po-
tomac last week end. They
camped at Aqua creek overnight
and ate ashore.
ROD AND REEL DEPART
MENT-One of the more ardent
anglers in the upper Potomac is
Representative Clare Hoffman
Republican of Michigan.
Hoffman, Who has yet to catch
his first shad of the season. Is
said to take more than his share
of unwanted herring with spin.
ming gear.
While Hoffman flshed one
evening last week with Julius
Fletcher, operator of Fletcher's
Boathouse. the writer was in ar
adjoining boat with Tom Pat.
terson of HyattSville.
| Patterson. fishing with home
made darts resembling the
Nungessers. caught one ll-inch
rockfish, a catfish and several
white perch but no shad. The
writer? Two snags and two tiny
perch.
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Boot Club to Heor ToIk

Eugene Clement, head of the
small craft branch of the David
Taylor Model Basin. will speak
at the meeting of the Capital
Power Boat Association at 8 pm
Thursday at Capital Yacht Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
ScUTTLEBUTT: IS
Apartment Problem:
Where to Put Boot?
IscUTTLEBUTT:
BY CHARLES COvELL

Mrs Anne Sudduth of 1705 Lanier place NV was
tidying up her apartment day last week when the
door bell rang When she answered, burly transfer
company employee asked:
Lady, where do you want us to put your boat?"
Considering that the co-OperatiVe apartment build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

don's Con Club, to enter
tain their dinner guests.
THE BALI BALLET was
the byword between brownies
at Mrs. Oscar Cox's tea ear
lier yesterday afternoon. The
fattening feminine frolic was
in honor of Nine. Notowi-
digdo, who. with her hus-
band. the Indonesian Ambas-
sador, is a sponsor of the
benefit performance Of the
Dancers Of Bali on the goth
at the Shubert. The benefit
is for international Student
House.
The fascin a ting thing
about this troop, the greatest
Of all Bali dancers, is that
the feminine star is all of 8
years old. The leading male
dancer, however, is so years
old. That's Mario, master Of
the troop and choreographer.
His first male dancer is 40
years old.
On the other hand, the
Oldest girl dancer is Is years
old. When one reaches the
ripe age of IA, she's dropped
If this is how fast career
women are retired in tropical
countries. then let us stick
to this temperate zone.
Another extraordinary
thing I learned as I slipped
tea with Mesdames Estes Ke-
fauver, Fred Seaton, James
Hendricks, Egidio Ortona,
John Simmons, Prentiss
Coonley, Alfred Friendly, and
Richard Berwick, was that
these dancers do trance
dancing, which has never
before been seen in this
country.
The particular number is a
religious rite involving two
dancers pressing daggers
against the body of the
witch" and at length fall
ing into unconsciouSness. A
real Buddhist priest is on the
stage to sprinkle holy water
on them, and an attendant
is there to see that no serious
injury is inflicted. The witch
and two fighters can never
take curtain calls after this
number because they are
carried off stage still in a
trance.
Apparently they have no
trouble getting into q trance
eight performances a week,
but sometimes 1t is too slow
to engulf them. Like the time
it never materialized on the
stage but when they got
home some Is or 20 dancers
fell into Inconsistencies and
remained that way for the
rest of the night!
If that happened to an
American, we would call it
something else. But with the
Bali dancers it is strictly the
Mccoy.
SPEAKING OF HORSES,
benefits, and such, at the
International Ball Friday
night which celebrates the
International Race at Laurel
Monday, the door prize will
be q new Fiat-the first one
Of its type in Washington.
AS small as the car is, it
makes up into a bed that
sleeps three. And P.S.
Elsa Maxwell and Serge Obo-
lensky are two more out-of-
towners coming to this CLAM
orous affair.
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EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Bill Rogers Rozzes Wife;
Boil Ballet Star Only 8

Bill has received hundreds
of letters since the announce
ment of his appointment, but
the one that delighted him
most came yesterday from
one of his wife's former pro-
fessors at Cornell.
adele was an honor stu
dent at Cornell, head of stu
dent government and just
about everything" said her
husband, but her penman-
ship is so tiny and illegible I
always told her that's why
she got such good marks.
Rather than read 1t, the pro-
fessors just gave her A. Now
I have proof and can't wait
to show her," he grinned.
The professor recalled
Adele's first paper which was
excellent but so difficult to
decipher he just gave her A
from then on without reading
through her masterpieces.
The Clark Cliffords were
there and Mrs. Fred Vinson,
Judge and Mrs. David Ba-
zelon, the James Lemons. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Murchison,
the Eugene Carusis, the Ed
ward Foleys, Floyd Akers,
Burks Summers, the Leslie
Biff1es and Homer Gruenther,
who was en- route to the Bob
Guggenheims dinner last eve
ming for Julie Watson. The
Guggenheims imported Tim
Kirby, who sings for society
parties in Pittsburgh. opened
the new Cork Club in Hous-
ton and is headed for Lon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
By BETTY BEALE

Scott Lucas, former Demo-
cratic Majority Leader of
the Senate, and his wife
gave a cocktail party yes
terday for delegates to the
American Finance Confer
ence convention here.
The successful gathering in
the Williamsburg Room of
the Mayflower where every
one could, if he wanted. sit,
sip and sample hot hors
d'oeuvres, drew both Repub-
licans and Democrats.
The Presidents intimate
friend George Allen and his
wife Mary made one of their
rare party appearances. Asked
If his book, Presidents Who
Have Known Me-" was still
selling, George said he had
received a check for $3.50
from the publisher with the
comment that the m oney
was still creeping in"
Like Miss Meacham," who
practically walks off with the
superb play at the National
Theater. Mr.. Allen had played
the horses yesterday and the
day before, only he had
walked off from Laurel with
much more Monday that he
did on Tuesday.
Handsome Bill Rogers, the
new Attorney General be-
ginning this coming Friday,
was being congratulated by
Bob Fleming, Judge and Mrs.
Samuel Whitaker, the James
Barneses and H ellen and
George Vournas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

Warnecke Of Bethlehem. Pa.
A June wedding Is planned.
The bride-elect is o senior
at Wilson College. Chambers
burg. Pa.
Her fiance is an alumnus
of Lehigh University and is
now q senior at the Virginia
Theological Seminary in
Alexandria.
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ish Counselor and Mrs.
Jaime Alba.
Guests included Ambas-
sador Campo, Of Cuba, the
Cuban Minister and Sonora
de Averhoff, the Marquesa
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Abigail Brown
To Be Married

Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence NJ.
Brown announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, abb
gail Grayson. to Mr.. Fred
erick John iWarnecke. jr.. son
of the Rt. Rev. and Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

de Montoro, Mrs. Candida
Gallardo, Rear Admiral Vi
cente Baroja, the Argentine
Naval Attache; Mr.. and Mrs.
William MacCracken, Mr..
Santiago Churruca and Miss
Elvira Churruca.
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WEDDINGS
|Bldnton-N00el

Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ.
Nagel of Colmar Manor, Md,
announce the marriage of
their daughter Barbara Jane
to Mr.. James Lee Blanton,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Blanton of La Crosse. Va.
The wedding took place Oc-
tober 26 in Avondale Baptist
Church here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Spanish Attoche
Enferf0inS Alb0S

The Spanish Military At
tache, Col. Benito Miranda
and Mrs. Miranda enter
tanned recently at a dinner
IN honor of the new Span
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Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent j.
Herman announce the mar
riage of their daughter Cath
crime Patricia to Mr.. Samuel
Collin Taylor. jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor of Pensa-
cola, Fla. The wedding took
place August II In st. AIMS
Catholic Church here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Brock-BrUmhull

Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Bramhall,. jr. announce the
marriage of their daughter
Patricia Anne to Mr.. Joseph
William Brock. The wedding
took place October 10 in st.
John the Baptist de La Sale
Church, Chillum, Md.
The Nome nugget., 1957-03-15
Wash. Legislature Ends Session With Budget out of Tally

OLYMPIA, tR mn Washington's Legislature adjourned after a. m. today after approving state bud get $41, 100000 out of balance.
 The deficit figure was conceded on the Senate floor by Sen. How ard Bargreen, Democratic major ity caucus chairman and head of the Senate Ways and Means Com mittee.
 Despite the apparent deficit, Gov. Rosellini said he does not plan to call the Legislature back into special session immediately.
 He added, however, if, after analyzing the site fiscal picture, he finds the Legislature has ap- propriated funds substantially beyond foreseeable income, he twill not hesitate to call a special session"
 Ignoring warnings of the Repub- licans, amid wrangling, the Demo cratic majority hiballed through two major appropriation bills authorizing state agencies to spend more than a billion dollars during the two year period beginning July l.