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ft ToiaidlDte onto ' - '- i Tr urn an Si I en t as GOP Glamors for Stricter iaborsBill - WASHINGTON, May 6.-,)-President Truman has decided gainst stating his position on any particular labor legislation before it reaches his desk, it was. reported today as the senate republican leadership pressed for a tougher bill and a quick final vote. i The republicans, with considerable democratic help, swamped a move to delay further consideration of the pending measure for 10 DIP TTCD COOTS .1- "I . " -' Credit Dr. Willard B. Spald ing, crtynuperintendent in Port land, with firing a telling "Par thian shot" at the. chamber of commerce in that city Monday. Dr. Spalding has resigned to be come head of the school of edu cation at the University' of Illi nois, one. of. the most important poets in the field of education in this country. In his address Mon day he emptied his Quiver of arrows at obstructionist to the im nro veirven t of Portland's school system. His criticism was that Portland taxpayers have failed to pungle up enough money to keep up their school, plant physi cally or maintain school standards. There is truth in his complaint. Portland shows up badly in com parison with other, cities of Ore gon in its levies for school pur poses. On a national table of comparison Portland ranked 77th among 94 major cities in its over all property tax per family. Dr. Spalding went farther: he put his finger on organizations which have steadfastly opposed increases in property taxes, nam ing the East Side Taxpayers asso ciation, the Oregon Tax federa tion and the Oregon Business and Tax Research. He commented on the removal to . suburban - dist ricts of wealthy families who retain . property interests - in the city and finance organizations working to keep property taxes down. v.. That . of course is primarily Portland's concern! It may, well be that Dr. Spalding's best con tribution to education in' Port land was his farewell blast. What is cf general concern Is the fact that keeping property taxes down is the sacred cow of Oregon politics. It is true that ' there was a time when property was unduly burdened with taxation, in Ore gon as well as elsewhere. In -the 1930s much property .was fore closed because of tax delinquen cies, which is always . . (Continued on editorial page) Arabs, Jews to Be Given Voice at U. N. LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y May 6 -jT")-Th political committee of ' the United Nations assembly vo ted 40 to 0 tonight to hear the Jewish agency , for Palestine and the Arab higher committee on equal terms despite an Arab threat to boycott the assembly's deliverations on the Holy Land JSSUe. ":: ? The five Arab s t a t e sV plus France and India, abstained on the committee vote. The political "committee ad journed at 6:25 p. m. E. D. T. un til 11 a. m. E. D.T. tomorrow, at which time it will begin work on the actual framing of a committee which will investigate Palestine and report back to the general as sembly next fall. Frequency Modulation To Assist Fire Fighters PORTLAND, Ore., May 6-VP--Frequency modulation radio equipment "will be operating" in seven national forests in eastern Oregon this summer, Guy John- son, north Pacific fire control of ; ficer of the forestry serviced re ported today. He said the equipment would be installed at forest supervisors : headquarters, ranger stations and . lookouts and on mobile tinkers end niard csr?.- - Animal Craclccrs Bt -WARREN GOODRICH "Gad, what a dr eam!" Equal days, and Senator wherry (Neb), the republican whip, told a re porter sponsors will try for a de cision by Thursday, The report on Mr. Truman's si lence plan came from a spokes man for the democratic national committee. - . He said Cyril Bevan and Carl V. Rice, national committeemen respectively for Michigan and Kansas, brought the matter up at aconference with the president The president declared, the spokesman said, that he will have nothing to say until a bill is on his desk for signature or veto. Several politicians, including Harold E. Stassen, GOP presiden tial aspirant, have suggested that the president and republican lead- 'bill acceptable to both parties can (be agreed upon before congress finally acts. By a lop-sided roll call vote of 60 to 17, the senate defeated a mo tion by Senator Kilgore D-WVa) to suspend debate on the omni bus labor measure until May 15. gto t VENICE, May 6-5)-Field Mar shal' Albert Kesselring, who mas terminded the stubborn German retreat up the Italian peninsula in 1944, was sentenced by a five man British military court today to die before a firing squad for war crimes - against the Italian people. -. . The balding, 60-year-old Kesselring,- once a close pal of reichs marshal Hermannn Goering, flushed and appeared almost te buckle into bis seat, when the sentence was read by Judge Ad vocate C. K. Sterling. - ! Dr. Hans Laternser, Kesselring's lawyer, said he ' would "appeal personally against the sentence. The court deliberated only 40 minutes in pronouncing sentence, after, finding the former German supreme commander in 1 1 a 1 y guilty on two counts: t ; 1. Responsibility for. the Ar4 deatine Caves massacre in which 335. Italians were slaughtered in reprisal for the killing of. 32 Ger man police troops by members of the 'Italian underground in Rome.-. -y: . r- I 2. Inciting his troops to ex cesses' which led to the killing of 1078 other Italian civilians, in cluding school children and babies. Switch-Happy NBC Severs BoS Hope's Reference to CBS HOLLYWOOD, May 6.-GP-A National . Broadcasting, company spokesman said tonight that the Bob Hope show was interrupted momentarily tonight, when the comedian made a reference to an opposition network program. Frank Sinatra was Hope's guest on his program, broadcast from the civic auditorium at San Ga briel, Calif. . , ' , . "I will be seeing you tomorrow night, Frankie, on your show, Hope told him, and then the pro gram was faded. T : : Sinatra's program is broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting Kesselrin Face British Squad system. The NBC spokesman raiding,. flt , a hearing in , which it is the usual practice to omit references to broadcasts over oth er networks.- . - Wealher Max. M . 71 - 63 -52 Mln. 53 M Precip. JO trace .00 .15 " XI lalfM Portland . San Francisco Chicago " 40 . 49 New York 71 Willamette river .1 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight and Thurs day, with scattered light showers main ly In the mountains. Little change in temperature with highest S3, low 50. Agricultural outlook: Winds too strong for effective dusting most of the day. Few sprinkles during day will be too light and too scattered to interfere with dusting. Mmtar? Reservists Ask County For Meeting Area., Quonset Huts Marion county court is ponder ing a - petition received Tuesday from a group of Salem military reserve units requesting a grant of funds to' be used in securing meeting . and recreation places here.. . . The: petition requests the court to grant up to $25,000 to be used in acquiring county-owned lots near, the intersection ; of Mission and. Hlnes streets and to erect quonset huts on them. The huts are to be used for club rooms, meeting and training place and a recreational hall. It is the intent of the group, the petition states, to either acquire the lots outright or to place them on a government long-term lease so that the government can erect the huts. The petition is signed iby G. S. Spaur of the army re Sears Roebuck A. $1,500,000' ' retail trading center at and near the northeast corner .of Capitol and Center streets in Salem appeared a possibility today for this city's immediate future. - The city planning commission in special session Tuesday af ternoon gave preliminary - ap proval to the plan, and set 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May ' 20, as the time for a public hearing on the proposal for altering the area's zoning status to permit com mercial development. The project was outlined to the planning commission by George H. Grabenhorst, of Gra benhorst Brothers, Salem real tors, who disclosed that a major part of the area would be oc cupied by a new Sears Roebuck NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Palestine L f 4 . - ACRE, Palestine, May 6 Two men look ever debris beneath shattered windows of ancient Acre prison, north of Haifa, which was blasted by explosions set off by members of an underground band. Sixteen persons were killed during the attack and more than ISO prisoners were reported still at large. (AP Wirephoto via radio from London te New York te The Statesman) Greek-Turk President Rushes to Italy Treaty Warns Against Rejection of Pact by Senate WASHINGTON, May 6 -W) President Truman, stepping in to save the Italian peace treaty, de clared today that senate rejection of the pact would be. a heavy blow to our country's leadership in world affairs. The president. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, former Secretary James F. Byrnes and Senator Vandenberg ( R-Mich) teamed up - against critics who have been saying the treaty is too. harsh and would open up a weakened Italy to the threat of communism. . Mr. vTruman wrote Marshall that he does 'not share the view that the treaty's disarmament of Italy conflicts with his policy of bolstering Greece and .Turkey against communism, Marshall read the letter before Byrnes testified that rejection of the! treaty wduld bring in Italy "uncertainty which causes discon tent," and discontent breeds com munism." SENATE PASSES ROAD FUND WASHINGTON, May 6 -WV The senate today approved legis lation directing the housing ex pediter to allocate $10,000,000 to the forest service for construction of access roads. ' - - DISEASE CLAIMS 27 BABIES PHILADELPHIA, May 6 -CP-Two babies died today at Allen town, Pa raising to 27 the toll of an outbreak of infant diarrhea. serves, E. S. Meola, navy reserves, and Roy J. Rice, jr., air corps re serves. Auxiliaries of the groups are also to. be included in use of the buildings. . ' 1 . County Judge Grant Murphy said Tuesday that he is not oppos ed to the plan but said he desired the organizations to "get together and decide how much money is needed and how it is to be allo cated to various towns over the county. As the petition is based on HB 496 passed by the last legislature. Judge Murphy said that, as coun ty funds are involved, the entire county should benefit by any ex penditure. He also stressed that there was very little time to work out details before the budget com mittee meets on May 13. to Occupy Major Section of Project; City Planners Favor Zone store and that another group of one- and two-story buildings, constituting "the latest things in retail stores, would house such businesses as a 10-cent to a $1 store, a drug store, jewelry store, ladies wear and men's wear. Another building would be occupied by 'a market. Park ing space would be provided for 400 cars. A drawing submitted to the board by Grabenhorst indicated that stores of the Owl Drug Co. and S. H. Kress and Co. may comprise part of the proposed development, although those firms were not known here to be definitely included. Grabenhorst, who said that a corporation presently headed by R. T. Tiiin, jr., of Salinas,. 10 PAGES Prison Ripped LoanQver House Hurdle; Truant Sleeps in Basement While Patrol Drags River PORTLAND, May 6 -OV Stev en Casciato, 7, turned up at school today and his incredulous school mates said, "You're dead." The teacher took one look at him and sent his home. His moth er gave him a big hug, then called the harbor patrol and told them they could quit dragging the riv er. . :- : i . .. " This all resulted because Stev en came home late from school yesterday and was afraid to face his mother, Mrs. Laverne Napol eon. He slept in the basement un aware of the frantie search that was going on for hfm. , Horse Race Limits Gted Harness races authorized under an act of the 1947 legislature can not be substituted by running races. Attorney General George Neuner held Tuesday for the state racing commission. , The legislature permitted each horse track to hold an extra 20 day harness racing meet in addi tion to the 20-day running race meets each year. The commission asked the attorney general wheth er running races could be substi tuted: in case there were not suf ficient number - of harness "race entries. ... ' In another opinion, the attorney general ruled that persons who own land abutting the Willamette, Coos, Coquille and Umpqua riv ers who can trace their titles to patentees of other owners prior to 1878, own the land between high and low water mark abutting the rivers. In case the title was acquired from the government af ter 1878, then they have no claim to land below the high water mark. Ramadier Wins Party Support ' PARIS, Wednesday, May 7.-UP) -The , national council of the French socialist party decided to day by a 2,529 to 2,125 vote that Premier Paul Ramadier's coali tion cabinet from which the com munists have been ousted should remai in office. The vote followed a seven hour, discussion climaxed by spee ches by Ramadier and former Premier Leon Blum. Both social ist leaders asked that the present government be maintainedin power. Calif., would organize the pro ject, disclosed that options had been obtained on property now occupied by about 30 houses on the six-acre tract extending from Capitol to 12th, and north from Center for two blocks to Union. The Southern' Pacific line cuts across the northeast corner of the . tract. The one-half block from Union north to the alley is included in the ; request for zone change. The options on the 30 houses, it was declared, will be exer cised whenever final city coun cil approval is given the appli cation to change zoning in the area. i , A petition signed by about 75 persons living within the "af fected area" (within 300 feet of pound Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, May 7. 1947 by Bomb ji Measure Sent To Floor for 9-Hour Debate WASHINGTON, May MX) The $400,000,000 Greek -Turkish aid program got over its first hump in the house today, even some of its foes voting to send it to the floor for debate. A standing vote of 168 to 22 accepted a procedure calling for nine hours of debate and unlimit ed attempts at amendments. This was no test of the bill's ultimate fate, but if it had been the other way around the effect would have been to bar the bill from immedi ate consideration. In a letter. Secretary of State Marshall advised the house that the "greatest urgency for aiding Greece had been made "even more positive by the recent Mos cow conference of foreign minis ters. His opinion was read to the house by Chairman Eaton (R-NJ), of the foreign affairs committee as debate opened on the bill to bulwark the two southeastern European countries against com munism. v In Again, Out Again Boy Back in Again EUGENE, May 6 -4- Her bert Higgin.s, 15, who twice has escaped from the Lane county jail, was back in his ceil today. . He made the second escape last night by walking out a door that was left unlocked. Springfield po lice arrested him several hours later. . Earlier Higgins, on parole from the state training school at Wood- burn, had been arrested while rid ing a motor scooter reported stol en. Once in jail he drew a pistol and disarmed, one at a time, five policemen who entered the build ing. Then he escaped, only to be caught within hours. Bill Authorizes Broadcasts to Reds WASHINGTON, May 6. - MP) -Legislation to pave the way for financing the state department's cultural relations program includ ing the "Voice of America broad casts to Russia and elsewhere was introduced today by Rep. Mundt (R-SD). The house appropriations com mittee yesterday rejected the de partment's request for $31,381,220 to operate the program during the fiscal year starting July 1, giving as its main reason that .the pro gram has not been sanctioned by congress. ' ... . i-i jm , a? . t f . " ML r f J . ; 4 , -r t ... . i i n-rihr- I i rVX the tract for which a zone change is sought) was presented to the commission. It constitut ed approval of the plan. City Engineer J. H. Davis said own ers of 88.4 per cent of the prop erty within the affected area were on record favoring it. The drawing of the proposed plan showed that the Sears Roebuck company contemplated a two-or three-story building on the 220-foot frontage on Capitol street between Union and Mar ion. The 250 feet on Capitol be tween Marion and Center would be occupied by the miscellan eous stores, and a 100x100 foot market would be on the north west corner of Center and 12th. parking space , would be at the rear of all the stores. re: 1651 Federal WASHINGTON, May H) Plans were drawn by the republi can members of the house ways and means committee today to open up the entire federal tax structure for revisions, with pub lic hearings to begin May 19. However, Chairman Knutson (R-Minn), did not say whether he expects congress to make pro visions that would result in a 1948 tax slash above the $3,800, 000,000 ; annual cut in individual income taxes already approved by the house and now pending in the senate. Some ways and means members said the committee might confine its work this year to hearings, and gathering on information for over all tax law revisions in legisla tion to be considered in 1948. Veto Might Spur lArtlon But there were reports about capitol hill that if President Tru man vetoes the $3,800,000,000 slash now pending, legislation for general downward revisions of tax laws might be presented to congress quickly. Mr. Truman has opposed on numerous occasions any slash in federal taxes this year. Probe to Be Complete Republicans said the hearings planned to begin May 19 "will go into all phases" of tax law pre sumably including income levies, the community property principle of tax assessment, possible taxa tion of certain classes of coopera tives, excise levies, and possibly social security. Salem Man Found Dead at Home of Estranged Wife SPOKANE. May 6 -AJP)- Mar vin Richard Beal, 31, Salem, Ore., was found dead today at the home of his estranged wife, Detective Charles V. Goff said. The body was found hanging from an attic brace. Goff said Beal and his wife sep arated two months ago but never instituted divorce proceedings. He had moved to Salem but returned to Spokane Monday. Two notes were found, Goff said. - First Strawberries from Valley Reach Market PORTLAND. May 6 -(PI -The first Willamette valley strawber ries of the season reached market today from the Canby region. Carl Schaarschmidt was the grower. He received $4 a crate. Tax Law Matoinivjndle TalEsp Probe bet L(Dcai fiver Edward Croisan, 92, Salem Pioneer. Dies; Funeral Friday Edward Marion Croisan. 92-vear-old lifelong resident of Mar ion county, Vlied Tuesday morning in a Salem fTospital after a long illness. Iate rct-ident of 795 N. Winter st. where lie lived In recent years with a sister, Mrs. R. L. (Clare) Farmer, his only surviving tela tive, Mr. Croisan was the son of Oregon pioneers of 1846, the late Henry and Mary Croisan. The Ringo mortuary of Wood burn is making arrangements for the funeral, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Clough Barrick chapel, Salem. Interment will be made in City View cemetery-Mr. Croisan spent his early days on a farm here and later was edu cated in Salem public schools. In 1886 he married Ella S. McNary, daughter of A. W. McNary, Polk county pioneer settler of 1845. She preceded him in death in 1932. He entered the sheriffs office in Marion county in 1884 and four years later was elected sheriff, from which office he retired in 1890 to engage in farming. He was appointed superintend ent of the Oregon state reform school in 1898 which is now the The $1,500,000 estimate was provided by Grabenhorst, who told the commission that it was not intended that any streets would be vacated. Asked when it was contem plated that work would start, in event final zoning approval is given, Grabenhorst said the group he represented was ''stif led for time" and "anxious to have this done as quickly as possible." The vote to give the project preliminary approval, on mo tion of W. W. Rosebraugh, was unanimous, as was the decision to set the public hearing May 20. Notices of the hearing, are to be sent to property owners within the affected area today. Price 5c PORTLAND, Ore'vMay 6-(;p)-Possibly early settlement cf the strike of Oregon's Independent United Telephone Workers was reported tonight by C. M. Bixler, president of the Oregon union, who said he had; been called to San Francisco for Thursday meeting with operators. . 1 Bixler said Portland officials of the Pacific Telephone and Union Street Rail Franchise On Council List Southern Pacific's Union street spur franchise and Richard Mar tin s zone change at Zlst ana Mis sion streets will figure in tonight's city council meeting at city -halibut little development is expected in Umlier matters of the city bud get or the bus-taxi parking prob lem. . . . '-; A public hearing will be held on the proposed cnange irom resi dential to business zone of Mar tin's trailer camp property. An or dinance will be up to renew for one year the franchise for wnicn SP had requested a 20-year re newal. . The next city budget is being worked up by City Manager J. L. Franzen for the council, con ferees with department heads on recommendations for department budceting already in. progress. Franzen said Tuesday he will have a balanced budget by the time it is sent to the council, although the balance may require a recom mended occupational tax on var ious business operating in the city, similar to the present licence fees collected by the city from public utilities. Mac Says U. S. To Defend Nips TOKYO. Wednesday, May Authoritative Japanese sources said today that General MacAr thur assured Emporer Hirohito the United States would guaran tee the defense of Japan. . These sources, who cannot be further Identified, said MacArthur gave a broad assurance of protec tion without mentioning the time element or details in yesterday's hour-long conference between the two. The said Hirohito told the su preme commander the Japanese believed that the United Nations was not in a position yet to guar antee Japan s protection. state training school at Woodburn. He served in that capacity' two years and in 1893 was elected! a state senator from Marion county. During his two terms In the senate he became known as op ponent of high taxation and. a supporter of the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland in 1905. He fathered a senate bill which pro vided for purchase of land at ChamDoeg for the present state park there. Long active in educational work in this county, Mr. Croisan was chairman of the school district 24 board which provided for erection of the old high school building on High street He was a member of- Salem Masonic lodge 4 for 69 years and was chairman of the board of di rectors of the Salem Masonic tem ple which built the present tem ple building here. He was also a member of Salem Elks lodge. Under appointments by Presi dents Coolidge; and Hoover, .he served seven years as collector of internal revenue in Portland the only period of his ' life; in which he moved from Salem. In 1935 he was elected presi dent of the Oregon Pioneer association Change for Site Whatever action is taken by the planning commission' conse quently will be reviewed for final decision by the city council. AH members of the planning commission were - present at Tuesday's session Mayor R. Li Elf strom, - City Manager J. L. Franzen, City Attarney Chris Kowitz, City Engineer Davis, Rosebraugh, Milton Meyers. Hedda: Swart, R. A. Fbrkner, Robert T. Stanley, Mrs, G. F. Lobdell and Irl McSherry. The latter presided. Gene A. Vandeneynde, Salem manager for. Sears Roebuck, said -last night he. was leaving for Seattle and had no comment on the project at least pending hia ' return at the end of the week. No. 35 Telegraph company had advised him they woufd-be in position at that time to make an offer" to the workers. . Bixler and Dan Harris, Oregon state strike leader, reported they had no official notice, from the National Federation of Telephone' Workers instructin f the Oregon union to settle on local basis. Harris said the strike action in Oregon would not" end "until m satisfactory settlement had been reached by other unions involved! in the ' walkout. - - Representatives Go Heme WASHINGTON, May 7 The National Federation of Tele phone Workers Tuesday night gave up hope of settling the tele phone strike on nationwide basis, its top - policy committee voting to send iu members bat k to their unions far local ttr gaining. This development dimmed hopes for a quick end to the tieup. Federal conciliators earlier had said "only an eyelash sepa rated bargainers in the long dis tance phase of the stoppage. Hicber Wu Offer. The conciliators were cheered by a new and higher wage offer made by the American Telephone St Telegraph confpany. , Joseph A. Beirne, NFTW presi dent, said the federation had abandoned weeks ago it at temp to get .AT&T to sit .down and bargain nationally.' NFTW policy committee mem bers, most of them heads of their local unions, will return immed iately to their home cities to "in tensify the strike and partici pate in local bargaining, Beiroe said. . Mass Picketinj; To Be Resiimed at Salem Exchange ' X Mass picketing of the Salem telephone exchange will be con ducted again todar and Thursday, local members of the United Tele--phone Employes of Oregon decid ed Tuesday night, according to Don K. Crenshaw, Joint chairman of the Salem locals. Meanwhile one more union member and five CIO members here had returned, to their Jobs. Group demonstrations in Salem, heretofore have 1 been orderly, Crenshaw declared, and "we don't plan on any rough stuff. He said the UTEO member back at work was in the commer cial department. Three others had returned to work recently. The five toll rebeatermeh here, members, of the CIO group, na e over the past few days joined members of their union in most Oregon cities -outside of Portland In returning to work. Approximately 125 of the local strikers joined in meeting Tues day night. Speaker was Roy Hew itt. Salem attorney. -Twenty rrxtn- bers from Salem attended a meet ing in Corvallis Monday night f locals from Albany, Corvallis, Eu gene and Salem. C. R. Wagoner PORTLAND. May 6 - ) - Fu neral services - for Clarence R. Wagoner, 66, assistant commis sioner of the state industrial a cidlnt commission, will, be hefci -here Thursday. Wagoner was a candidate for governor on the republican pri mary ticket in 1938, 'and a can didate for state senator in 1940. He was defeated each time. Short ly after the turn of the century, he was editor of the Independence. . Ore- Enterprise. Tliurs3ay !-
