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Western Powers Thwart Russian- Request for Study of China (Story in Column 8) 7 Mstncts to Mm Salem Schools mm OiP SS3DDQB TKBQjDG Prof. Harold J. Laski. Bnti-h socialist, has an article in a r -cent i-uof The Nation on "Ru na Why Cues It Act That Way" ' Hi answer I that Russia act- its way partly bttauj-e of the way the USA is acting But still he is critical of the USSR foreign policy and the attitude of its diploma!-. Jlis final entence is e uienily designed to oothe Kusian fears: "And the men of the Kremlin need have no anxiety about the future of bourgeois civilization it has long passed the point at which it was possible to ave it.'" It seems a characteristic f socialists that they assume, that capitalism is inexorably doomed, and that in spite of the fact tha; straight socialism nowhere has demonstrated its success That ot course was part of the text ol Karl Matx who regarded capi talist collapse as inevitable. Manv of the theories of Marx have been exploded long since, but this one survive. Considering the fact that the only economically strong coun tries in the world at pretent are the whose major business is till under private ownership it seems astonishing that the social ists would proclaim the doom of the countries on which world recovery primarily depends. There are certain "laws' which l-gislitu.es cant repeal One of them is the instinct of self-preservation which makes one work harder for himself and his family than for a ague society. Even in Britain the socialist govern ment does not propose a complete confiscation of private business. The more probable course of de velopment is along lines of a mix ed economy, with government taking oer some lines of activity where public interest seems to be served by so doing; but there will be large areas left for private capitalism, despite the forecast of La ski and his fellow-socialists. 38 Per Cent Of Red Cross Quota Counted Marion county's 1947 Red Cress campaign for funds was more than IH per cent complete at the firt report made Tuesday at the Ki wanis club meeting in the Marion hotel. Father Alcuin Heibel was peaker. Fred Starrett. 1947 campaign chairman, totaled the returns from division hair men at $17.565 27. The county quota Is $49,000. Mrs Custer Ross, chairman of the residential division, reported1 tthat more than 30O women work ers had a total of $8712 17. aeainst quctj of $6200 They are first to go over the top in the current dnv e Phil Schnell. rural chairman, reported Aumsville and Mehama had gone over the top. and the rural division as a whole h&d $2322 of its quota of $17,500 Other divisions reported as fol k Automotive. $1113: contrac tors. $315: general. $375: govern mental. $104 1 80: deucation. $541: Industrial. $1799: mercantile. $1873; professional, $1142 and utilities. $330 75. Strikes Loom at Valley Area Plants PORTLAND. March ll-;p-The Portland plant of the Northwest Poultry & Dairy Products Com pany was picketed today and AFX. officials; said the company's Me Minnville plant would be struck tomorrow . Later, plants at Salem. Albany. Eugene, Roseburg and Redmond will be picketed, said S. W. Bar ker, secretary of the AFL Eg and Poultry Workers union. He se en sed the company of violating contract terms. The company de nied this. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOOCC1CH "tjeUcopten got m worried.' J z. -z. m Merger Rejected In 8 Areas By Marguerite Gleesoa Statesman Valley Editor School consolidation was ap proved in seven of the 17 districts considering merger with Salem district 24 at the election held Tuesday. Approving merger with Salem were West Salem, Middle Grove. Swegle, Auburn, Rickey, Pringle and Liberty. Zena and Lincoln in Polk coun ty also voted to consolidate but will be prevented by the fact that they remain non-adjacent to Sa lem. Rejecting the merger were Kei zer. Hayesville and Salem Heights in Marion county and Eola. Pop corn, Mountain View, Brush Col lege and Spring Valley in Polk county. Salem approved consoli dation by a vote of 95 to 40. Reconsideration Possible. District in which consolidation has been voted may petition the boundary board for a reconsider ation within 10 days after the election. Any district which did not approve consolidation may petition for an election under the same conditions as any other dis trict, it is stated by Agnes Booth, Marion county school superinten dent, who received reports from the school clerks in her office last night When the boundary board can vasses the vote and announces the consolidation has been approved, all those districts declared to -ie a part of district 24 are from then on in that district, under the Oregon school law. The Salem school board will be the only school board in the the district and all pupils within the enlarged district will be attending Salem schools, grade, junior or senior high school, as the case may be. It has been indicated that school buildings in all areas vot ing consolidation will be retained by district 24 and that as plans are enlarged housing conditions in these areas will be relieved by taking junior high school pupils to one of Salem's junior high schools. It has also been indicated that a junior high school will probably be built in West Salem to take care of the increased school population in the not too distant future. SaJean HelfhU Vote Sarprise The negative vote by Keizer and Hayesv ille was not unexpected but the very close vote in Salem Heights was a surprise to many who had thought this district would vote heavily against con solidation. West Salem has been an un known quantity on the Marion side of the nver, despite the in sistence of those in West Salem. "Oiegon's fastest growing indus trial town," who predicted the outcome with considerable ac curacy. Most of West Salem high school students who are attending pub lic schools are in Salem high school now. the only difference will be they will be in their own district, where before consolida tion the Polk county non-high school district paid their tuition. Salem School Board Has Problems While the seven school boards were "voted out' of office Tues day, the Salem school board now has the problem of housing, teaching and paying the bills. But at least it has some idea of its problem and can begin to make plans. Members of the board are Mrs. David Wright, chairman: Roy Harland. vice chairman, Don Young, the Rev. George Swift and Harry Scott. The vote by districts was as follows : Salem, 93 yes. 40 no; Middle Grave. 35 yes. 17 no; Rickey, 85 yes, 15 no; Pringle. 30 yes, 16 no; Liberty, 44 yes, 31 no; Swegle. 30 yes, 24 no; Keizer, 23 yes, 209 no; Hayesville, 37 yes, 96 no; Au burn. 41 yes, 5 no jSalem Heights, 38 yes, 38 no; Zena. 18 yes. 2 no; Eola, 3 yes, 42 no; Brush College, 6 yes, 47 no; West Salem, 79 yes, 48 no; Spring Valley, 7 yes, 19 no; Popcorn, 3 yes, 21 no; Lincoln, 29 yes, 12 no; Mountain View, 14 yes, 20 no. KLAUS AT SEASIDE SEASIDE, Ore., March 11 -JP) Pacific northwest ice cream man ufacturers opened their .annual three-day convention today with an address by Frederick Klaus, Salem, association president. Molotov at the rr- rrr-r- f T --JM MOSCOW. March ll-(jP-Forelu Minister T. M. Molotov (left) of Russia and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (right) of the U. 8. sit with their aides around the conference table at the opening- of the four-power confer euee of foreign ministers at Moscow. (AT Wirephoto via radio from Moscow) rlk Coast? I BarlM County Mat. 35 ft i , tut.i n i I I V cirt. es 1 n l J Dit. 3i ""V ( s? mt. aaJ c G H . Collf IfZ I Gror. .J repeor -r. It l - r - r DirfT p11 f J zj 1 Q JV SAL I U I L Oleksy 1 f v. --rir tit. 0 H -LL tiat. n t gVJt. 22 J Salem's approximate school census (ages 4 to 20) of 8000 was aug mented today by another 1872 from seven districts which voted Tuesday to Join Salem district 24. In the above map, the names printed in red show those which went on record for tho merger, those printed in black voted it down. Lincoln and Zena approved the merger plan bat cannot become part of district 24 because Brush College's disapproval left them without a common boundary with the district 24 area. The seven districts which now will be a part of district 24 have a combined assessed valuation of $3,158. 597. Salem, with a valuation of $20,000,000. voted 95 to 40 (out of an estimated eligible voting list of 8000 persons) to permit the other distrists to Join its school system. WU trustees Approve Dorm Construction Plan Immediate construction of a men's dormitory was approved by the trustees of Willamette university meeting in Portland Tuesday, contingent on suitable financing. According to bids opened last week the cost will run near to $700,000. Additional funds will be solicited and a loan negotiated for the remainder. The building committee was instructed to pro ceed subject to the approval of i the executive committee. The dormitory will provide liv ing quarters for 264 men, with separate wings for four fraterni ties and the central, section for independent students. If construc tion begins promptly it is hoped to have the building ready by second semester next year. Other business transacted at the meeting were the election of Rob- CINCINNATI. March W.-4JP)-ert Fenix. present business man- ; Hopes brightened late tonight that ager, as financial vice president three of the four men trapped in and business manager: of Jerrv i collapse of a five-story build- Li Hie as athletic director and as sistant professor of physical edu cation: of Walter Erickson. pres ent athletic director, to his for mer position of director of admis sions. (For Lill:e story see sports page). The present faculty was re elected for the ensuing year, and where vacancies occur the presi dent and chairman of the faculty committee were authorized to en- j haven't been able to get him to gage new members. The salary ! talk lately. I do hear him groan schedule of the faculty will be ing, though. I can still talk to moved up ior next year, with the Wally Peskin; he's somewhere regular salary for full professors near me." fixed at $3700. r j "Dad'' is Al Rudd, 45 years old, Fenix has been business mana- of nearby Covington, Ky. In ad ger of the university since 1943. ' dition to the father and son and He came to Willamette from the i Peskin, 47-year-old storekeeper, a College of the Pacific, Stockton, j janitor, Fred Elsaesser, 75, also is Calif., where he did his under- j buried. graduate work and later served on ! the faculty and in the business office. He did additional graduate work in business administration and investments at California uni versities and Harvard. Rain Forecast as Two Rivers Rise More rain was predicted by the weather bureau tonight and to- morrow, aner j.oj mcnes ieu aur- ing the first 10 days of March and the Willamette river reached a 12-foot crest at Harrisburg yes terday and was expected to reach a 12 foot crest here by tonight. R. H. Baldock. state highway engineer advised chains in the Santiam pass in Tuesday's road report, after seven inches of new snow fell there Monday night. State police reported last night that no water had been reported over roads either at Harrisburg or at Jefferson where the Wil lamette and Santiam rivers had touched flood stages yesterday. Left 4 Men Trapped In Debris After Building Falls mg would be reached alive as firemen stepped up efforts to clear away the huge pile of rub ble. Assistant Fire Chief Leo Kuhn said he crawled into a "tunnel" in the wreckage and talked to one of the buried men, Delmar Rudd, 19, who gave this report: "I can move my arms a little but I don't think I'm hurt badly. Dad's somewhere near me but I iam Ustrov. 42, owner of the firm, and Roy Bell, 38, another employe, were rescued late this afternoon. ' The building gave way this morning, injuring seven persons in addition to those caught in the high-flying, heavy wreckage. "The main cause of the collapse was that the building was over loaded with stock. These build ings have been weakened bv re- peated floods and can't carry much of a load. LUXURY TAX BILL. SIGNED WASHINGTON. March 11 -JP) Those high wartime taxes on liquor, jewelry, cosmetics, passen ger fares and telephone calls are extended for another year past July 1 under a bill signed today by President Truman. BUTTER PRICE DROPS PORTLAND, March Wholesale butter dropped two cents a pound here today, but not all retail outlets reflected the change. The decline followed a drop in eastern markets. Marshall at the Right r J 10 June Vote Likely on Sales Tax By Wendell Webb Managing Editor. The .Statesman Oregon will vote on a retail sales tax for the sixth time, prob ably late in June, if final legisla tive approval is given a revised bill introduced by the house com mittee on assessment and taxa tion Tuesday. The committee voted 7 to 4 to set a special election November 18, but indications were last night the date would be set ahead. The bill provides that the 3 per cent tax would be effective 90 days LEGIS. PUBLIC BEARINGS Fish, (am commission reorganiza tion (SB 303. 316. 333. 362) Friday, March 14, following afternoon adjourn ment in room 401. tatehouse. before fishing industries and game commit tees jointly. after the referendum approval, and would exempt food except meals served in public eating places. Tax Exemptions Upped A companion bill introduced Tuesday would raise income tax exemptions from $750 to $1500 for single persons and $1500 to $2500 for married persons, pro vided the sales tax bill is ap proved. Half of the estimated $24,000. 000 annual sales tax revenue would be divided equally between cities, counties and schools. It was estimated most of the revenue would offset property and income levies. The tax bills Tuesday hardly caused a ripple In the flood of controversial measures already set to come up for final action In the house, which spent all Tuesday morning wrangling about meas ures to liberalize requirements for club liquor licenses (passed 46 to 10) and to repeal statutes providing for the recovery of double the amounts lost in gamb ling (defeated 55 to 3). The senate, meanwhile, passed and sent to the house a long list of salary bills increasing the pay of top state executives and un classified employes. Regulations Relaxed The house liquor measure. If approved by the senate, would allow any 50-member unit of a national organization, or a group of veterans, to obtain a club li cense, provided the national or ganization is five years old, with out meeting the requirement of having served meals for two years previously. The vote of the gambling bill came after its sponsor. Rep. Joe Wilson, first argued for its pass age and then futilely demanded it be returned to committee so a better one could be brought out. Originally it had provided mere ly that sums recovered, under the law allowing double Indemnity, be given to schools. Other measures passed by the house included its own bills in creasing state industrial accident benefits up to 50 per cent; boost ing the board of health from 8 to 11 members, and letting fairs use racing revenue accumulation for construction, and senate pro posals augmenting the state ap prenticeship council and allowing school districts to incur debt up to 10 per cent (instead of 5) of their assessed valuation. Merger Bill Approved In addition to the 12 state sal ary bills, previously approved in caucus, the senate Tuesday passed nine other proposals including house bills prohibiting non-residents from hunting fur-bearing animals, declaring the Willamette river the common boundary be tween West Salem and Salem to pave the way for a merger, and allowing cities to base their debt limit on 60 per cent of their cash value instead of on assessed val uation. Major off-floor actions Tuesday included abandonment of the pro posed 1-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax increase by a sub-group of the house committee on assessment and taxation. Milk Control Spurned Another avenue of introduction was closed to the milk control bill Tuesday when the senate agricul ture committee refused to sponsor the measure. The bill, which would reduce the price of milk in stores, has the backing of the Portland Federated Women's clubs. A light senate calendar today includes one of its own bills to purchase land for an additional entrance to the state fairgrounds and a house proposal, held over from Tuesday, asking congress for the Chemawa Indian school should the institution be released by the U. S. Up for final action in the house today are 10 of its own bills in cluding those limiting PUD votes to general elections, taxing forest products 10 cents per thousand feet, and limiting sizes of log hauling vehicles. Senate -bills up for final passage in the house in clude those providing for joint use of utility poles along high ways, and for a survey to determ ine the feasibility of using Camp White for state hospital purposes. The house will resume at 10 ajn. today, the senate at 10:30. (Legis. action page 4.) NINETY-SIXTH YEAR PAGES Satan. Qraon. Wodnomdory Morning. March 12. 1947 Russia Recalls ChiefP0int to Envoy from Nikolai V. NorikoT Traman to State .Policy in speech On Radio Today WASHINGTON, March 11 -tP) President Truman will address a joint session of congress tomor row and the nation in a policy statement which may set far reaching new standards for American diplomacy around the J vIrns" of violet death secrVtlrv. a n s w e r e d " Molotc -r1' . . TT .. . , were found today, bringing to four bluntlv that the charges were The issue ; is -What the United , the number of unsolved femimne "unjustified.- Bevin thn let States should do to stem the tide ; siay"ings here since Jan. 15. loose a diplomatic bombshell f of communism abroad. 0ne was identified by police as his own. saving that while the The presidents speech, starting Evelyn Winters. 42. divorced wife ministers were on the subject of at 10 a.m. (PST) will be broad- Qf Sidnev Justin, head of a film , demilitarization -it m:h: be use cast by the major networks and studio's legal department, where 1 ful" to know the number of pris also televised. Described m ad- sne was formerly employed. oners ol war held outvie Gi vance by Sen. Vandenberg (R- The other was unidentified. Er- many." an informant said. Mich) as transcending party poli- lier police said they thought they Russia never has revealed hew tics in importance, the chief ex- . twice had established her identitr. many prisoners of war she is ecutive's talk is expected to cen- but In both cases the suDDosed vie- holding in rI") homeland. All ter chiefly on the. situation Greece and the near east. in Officials Plan Bill to Outlaw Communists WASHINGTON. March 1 1 .-UPi -Secretary of Labor Schwellen- bach and Chairman Hartley (R- Nl i 5 s. "-j uai me communis! iu ijr m America snouia oe out- law-ed. Hartley told reporters be w ill introduce a bill to do so. Schwellen bach, in the witness chair, asked: "Why should "Why should we communist party in tates? Why should recognize the the United States? Why they be able to elect oeoole to public office, and. theoretically, elect members of congress?" "I think communists should be excluded from any type of pub- lie activity, including the right to run for office, to sit in chambers of commerce or to hold office in trade unions. "They have advocated the over throw of our government and they should not be allowed to have any part in government." The secretary related that com munists defeated him when he ran for governor of Washington 'and tried to beat me for the senate." He said "I learned enough about communism then to last me a life time." Sea Searched For Navigator NEW YORK, March U-4JP) Transatlantic airlines using Con stellation planes moved swiftly to prevent possible recurrence of the tragedy which took the life of a Trans-world airline navigator in a four-mile plunge into icy north Atlantic waters. George Hart, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., the navigator victim of one of the strangest accidents in avia tion history, was thrown from the plane last night apparently by combined suction of the outside air and pressure from inside the plane after the astrodome broke and tore loose from the ship. The coast guard sent a mes sage to all ships near the scene of the accident, 500 miles east of Newfoundland, to be on the lookout for Hart, but virtually no hope was held that he could have survived the fall. New Use of Salem's Loud Siren Outlined Only fire calls to rate the loud siren in the city hall tower, be ginning today, are the second alarms of two-alarm fires. Fire Chief W. P. Roble stated Tuesday. The former practice of not using the siren for calls after 10 o'clock at night will be abandoned in the event of a two-alarm fire. Chief Roble said. Sirens heard daily at 12 o'clock noon will continue. Weather Salrn Portland San Francisco Chicago New York Mia. 43 44 47 27 34 Free. Trace .01 .00 00 .00 SS 57 59 44 46 Willamette river 9 5 feet Forecast (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem I : Partly cloudy today becoming cloudy tonight with light rain before morning. Highest temperature today, SS. low. 44. l&SI Washington WASHINGTON. March 11 -.Jp, Russian Ambassador Nikolai V. Novikov has been recalled to Moscow for consultations and will fly from New York Thursday. Notice of the trip was delivered to the state department yesterday in a note from the embassy No details were given in the communication beyond the fact that the journey is for consuita- tions and that the embassy will be left in charge of S. K. Tsarap- kin, newly assigned minister- counselor as charge d'affaires during Novikov's absence. American diplomatic officials said they could only presume that the ambassador was being called to Moscow to lend his advice in connection with the foreign min- isters conference in the Soviet caDital. Thev Dresumed. however, that he will return. JwO Slaving J o Investigated In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, March 1.(JP- Nparlv nuri hnHipc nt turn -u.-rmrt tims subsequently were found alive. A railroad worker who gave his name as George Frankly Wick liffee, 28, of Joplin. Mo., found the body of Miss Winters. He was booked on suspicion of murder but police expressed belief that he had no connection with Miss Winters' death. The body of today's other vic tim had been strangled with elec- 15 Wir'. was found by JaPBr : Ilela workers on nver bank in ,nearDy Norwalk. The red-haired. Lw0mf " 'rSS tH.-: 1 ; " - ; y- f ! Kriflfih Stiltimi i y J J f ; W ill fj pfj S. I hp V ! JERUSALEM. Wednesday, March 12 -UP)- Two British sol- diers were killed and eight wounded early today when an armed band attacked the head- quarters of Brig. Edmund Davies. military governor of Jewish dist ricts under martial law in Jeru salem, with mortars and ma chine guns. An official announce ment said the headmiarter was badly damaged First intimation of the attack was a series of heavy explosions i which were heard throughout the city at 4:18 a.m. (9:18 PST Tues- dav). Davies said the attackers blast- met ftrong opposition, in the fre ed a hole in a 15-foot stone wall s"1 legislature, an dthen placed explosives "ft11!1"! 'n.rl-!!ojal Filbert Indnstrv v a n a c uia. Merger Path Cleared hy Bill J A technicality barring the eliminate protective tariffs w as merger of V. est Salem and Salem expressed by several agricultural was removed Tuesday with pass- ; organizations before a state dc age by the senate of a house bill partment hearing here todav. which makes the Willamette river j Briefs filed by the Northwest legally the common boundary be- I Nut Growers, representing grow tween the two cities. , ers in Oregon and Washington. Sen. Douglas McKay of Salem. ' and by the walnut control board in explaining the bill, said some of California opposed the char doubt has arisen as to the legal ! ter in its present form, saying It definition of the boundary be- j would threaten the filbert Indus cause it is also a county 'ine. ' try. Pope Sees Hope for Peace If Nations Limit Sovereignty By Charles H. Gaptill and John P. MeKnight World Copyright 1S47. by the Associated Prgss VATICAN CITY, March ll-ip, Pope Pius XII. completing the eighth year of reign in a tempes tuous world, told the Associated Press today he was hopeful the world would achieve a just and lasting peace but the price might be agreements which would cur tail to some degree the sovereign rights of nations. Receiving two Associated Press correspondents in a private audi ence be commented that positive, constructive ideas have not as yet entered the building of peace, but he expressed the hope that the United Nations organization might be placed in a position effective ly to guarantee the security of all. He did not conceal his pre occupation when the current Mos cow conference and the difficul No. 233 Pries 5c Absence Of Chiang reUirv of Stale Gorge cTfh all won his first diplomatic tri Uiaph in the foreign ministers council tonight when the United states. Britain and France out un a solid front and blocked a Rus- sian proposal to place the com- plex China question on tho agenda, A conference official said the three western representatives, cp- posing a suggestion by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotc-v. insisted that China must be pres- ent if Chinese affairs were dis- cussed in the council, and Molo ' tov finally withdrew his pro i posal. The four foreign ministers then ! split wide open when they tack i led the first and least controver ' sial problem of Germany, the question of demilitarisation, in j formants disclosed. ' Molotov hurled a broadside of accusations that the western na tions had failed to demilitarize their cccupation zor.es. and vvere i keeping German troops in mili tary formations, contrary to tne Potsdam -CTeemen- r . . 13 . : . u " previous qoctiotis this sub ject have been rebuffed. Court Ruling Jeopardizes wwrr i e w-i 1 ' Vflt5irP rllTlfl u -a-- The possible lo of SIUM0.KO , in federal aid was adie-i Tuesday j to the state welfare problem c- j casioned by Monday up:em court decision that counties ro not required to meet the maxi- ; mum estimate of the public wel fare commission. The federal security agency ha indicated it will withhold federal grants for old age aststance. aid to the blind and dependent child ren unless a uniform state tsrid ard is established. Gov. Earl Snell will meet with legislative leaders sojt. to deter- mine future action. The leasi ture could resolve the pr-jbiem by setting a definite mandatory pro perty tax rate to cover welfare costs or by letting the state -s sume the counties share of the welfare costs, thus addirur to the estimated $16,000,000 state deficit for thi? biennium. tr! "e increase in property tax and the added deficit have Sees Threat in ITO SAN FRANCISCO. March 11- SrX1 mternat .-Pr-OFposiuon to the proposed harter for the United Nations international trade organization ITDl fin tH .t n-m,Lrl ties facing it were mentioned. He nodded assent that the beginniaa; of the conference did not augur well for solid achievements. Despite the indefatigable dili gence and determined efforts made by certain statesmen and some progress for the moment along one or another particular line, the pope said, the events of the last year do not add up to a marked improvement in the world's outlook for a just and lasting peace. Moreover, the pope said, he is afraid that this unfortunate con dition wujl continue so long as the peace of Europe and of the world is considered solely under the light of what each state de mands for its own individual se curity, and if in the existing pre carious circumstances one is al lowed to increase its strategic positions and present its neigh bor with accomplished facts. i i