) O OO O DDO 00 ! 0 DO"iO : O QO nonn o D - ood o Do Rfflsiy Providl IFiiimft Latter Bol e.s" (Storr in Column 8) Learning of ilids'for Handicapped Children mat FOUNDBD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR 10 PAGES Thm Oregon Statesman, Salem. Or, Wdoda7 )as U. 1147 frkv Se Kx 77 I: , - TrrTi 1 , II .J Lj --i . v v ! " . .... - - "" 1 v ; j ; .T leVl ' ; J P33DQQ8 :K:":! I UUJ LUULrq ; VH 'v A deciiion of treat importance to California was rendered Mon day. The supreme court held by vote of six to two that the fed eral government holds unrestrict ed title to landi along the sea thore from the low water mark seaward for a distance of three miles. Title to these lands had ren claimed by California ana ae granted to oil companies for operations offshore and sub stantial royalties collected from cil production. Now California stands to lose these royalties. Beyond the three-mile limit the federal government! previously had asserted title to the 20-mile limit, which was not disputed by the state. The high seas remain 1 International in character. This case on the California off shore oil lands has had impor tant repercussions in politics. Secretary I ekes testified that Ed win Pauley, treasurer of the dem ocratic national committee tried in hold ud the- suit xn the plea that he could get campaign con tributions . from oil roeii. Idctflr testimony killed Pauley's chance for appointment as unaer secre tary of the navy, but it also re sulted in his own ouster from the cabinet. , So far as is known the decision ha little effect in Oregon because no oil has been discovered off our shores. The state has exercised sovereignty over the beaches above the low water mark, but this does not appear to be dis turbed. Structures built out into the ocean may now require gov ernment approval, but few or none of these are located along the Oregon coast. Presumably the vesting of title to offshore lands does not affect title to lands under the waters of bays and es tuaries. If it does, then a lot ef trouble will be caused to owners f docks and. wharves. These fa cilities are necessary to conv merce, however, and the federal rovernment probably would be as lenient a landlord as any other unit of government. It may be expected that a fresh drive will be made to obtain legislation divesting the govern ment of title to offshore lands and giving it to the states. Such a bill was vetoed by the president last yer. In view of the grow ing importance of petroleum, con gress may be less ready to trans fer oil-bearing lands out of its Jurisdiction. Conservation for na tional purposes makes federal proprietorship more desirable. Al Lamb New Lions District Governor Tax Cut Back in Coneress WASHINGTON, June 23 -A"i The tax issue exploded ajain on Capitol Hill today as house ways and means Chairman Knutson (R-Minn.) reintroduced the ve toed $4,000,000,000 Ux slashing bill. It contains only one change to make the cut effective next January 1 instead of July 1. . House Speaker Martin (It Mass.) told newsmen the measure will be taken up "at the first fa vorable opportunity." Asked if this .neant action be fore congress adjourns in July, he said; "we certainly are not closing the door to that." Martin said that since President Tru man's tax veto was sustained last T-esday "a lot of democrats who voted to sustain have come to me and said they were sorry that they have changed their minds. We are sure now that we have the two thirds in the house. The tax cut is entirely up to the sen ate." The house sustained President Truman's veto lat Tuesday by a narrow margin of only two votes. Talft Says RlilDinies CrisBs, Brid ges Splits CIO! , ""' u . (it'll. Bradlrv Susmcsle' Coalition tasim'fficneinit to Meet 3.75,000 LeaveJPite ' FBI Eyes Source of " Eisenhower to Become Columbia U. President Holding the earphone, little Eddie Fed, 1875 N. Liberty st, listens (in top picture) as bearing testing Is demonstrated to some ef the 45 teachers attending handicapped children! workshop courses at the Oregon school for the blind. Explaining the audio machine Is John Taylor of the state department ef education, at left. Standing, left to right, are Walter Snyder, head of the department of educa tion, handicapped children division; Alberta Wilson, Coos Bay; Mrs. Lacille Berndt, Salem route 3; Merl Clasey, Oregon City, and Mrs. Pat Steele, McKeniie. In lower picture, Bernice Hughes, seated right. Is shown explaining latest devices used In determining child ren's eyesisht deficiencies. Lesiie Rittenbonse, 104 Cross L, at Jeft, Is. the determined subject, In the background are, left U right. Mrs. Katharine Miller, Portland; Mrs. Velma GUsar. 106 N. 20th st and Mrs. Lora Redmond. Sweet Home. Miss Hvghes Is the state sapervtser of education ef, visually handicapped children. (Photos by Dan Dili, Statesman staff photographer.) First Aid Car Drive Reaches Successful End Board Okehs Operation As Insanity Treatment A prefrontal lobotomy operation for the treatment of insanity, the first involving a patient in an Oregon mental institution, was ap proved hy the state board of control here Tuesday. The operation will be performed by a Portland brain specialist. - The board was advised' that this operation has been performed at a number of eastern mental institutions with satisfactory results. Relatives of the patient will bear Enough money to purchase the new first aid car for Salem has been collected, the fund-raising committee of the Salem Trades and' Labor council reported at Tuesday night's meeting. The council's 15.700 will luiiy cover costs of the car except for some extra equipment which the city has agreed to purchase. City Manager J. L. Franzen or dered the car several weeks ago, but no delivery date has been promised. It will be turned over to the labor unions upon its ar rival here who will, in turn, otfi ciallv present it to the city to replace the present emergency vehicle. The old car was bought new in 1937 and was not espec ially made for its use, as is the new one. SAN FRANCISCO. June 24.41 Harry Bridges today pullrd hm CIO lonKfhoremen out of the CIO maritime commutee a group in which he had shaicd control with his bitter rival. Joseph Curran of the east coast s National Mari time union. Hugh Bryson. head of the CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards, fol lowed suit. Oliver Treadway, port agent for the American Communica tions commission, said that CIO union also would withdraw. Such an eventuality would leave only Curran's National Maritime un ion and the Matirte engineers Beneficial association. The CIO Maritime committee mapped the strategy lor the re cently concluded negotiations on both coasts with the shipowners Bridges' headquarters would make no comment on today's de velopments other than to confirm the withdrawal and ot plans o set up legislative headquarters for the long-horernen and the cooks in Washington. Humors were current that he Intends to set up a new "CMU" on the west coast. After last year s prolonged ma WASHINGTON. June 24-4VGen. DUM D Harnhowet man who led victorious alUed rm In Europe durtrg Wot II. disrloed today that t has "rvtd the pdary f Colum bia university in New York effective nest year. He Mirreetls Nicholas Murray Butler, who returned la IMS and is now Columbia's president r met it us. SpxrulaUon ever E;eeHow ers ted as Staff Chief ! --shutdown Russ Comment Negative on Marshall Plan the expense of the operation. Board of control members said the results of the local operation would be watched closely. The board ' approved renewal of a contract with the Mountain States Power company for elec tric current for the Oregon State college at Corvallis and Oregon College' of Education at Mon mouth for a year. Approval also was given a re quest of the state puduc wel fare commission to extend - for two years its lease of office space in the Spalding building, Portland. The board secretary was auth- Mrt in anorove a contract cov .rinir 'installation of new ' door locks at the HiUcrest school for ri nrnvided the cost IS noi in . ftf 42 400. Bids for the locks will be opened later this Purchase of a quonset hut, lor v umrkinff oatients at the Oregon state hospital and later to be converted into a Tecre-uu..- Special Tax Levies Lead in Portland Vote PORTLAND, Ore., June 24-F) -Returns from 100 of Multno mah county's 504 precincts to night gave overwhelming leads for passage of two special tax levies. One for a special $1,912,500 public welfare levy was meeting approval, 4,012 to 2,768. The other, voted on by property own ers in school district No. 1. for $750,000 school levy, held a 3,7W to l,oip margin. Al Lamb of West Salem was elected district governor of the Lions clubs at the annual state lions meeting in Eugene, which iso was approved. The ,a-a wi,j i-,.4 o'. t al center, aiu " . nn IT"" w c3; cost was estimated at a.vw Salem, was appointed to his ninth consecutive term as secretary. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "There goes Minnie . . . dis appointed in love," LONDON. June 25 ,4VPiavda. the communist party newspaper in Mo-cow. said today that no ne!f-repe-ting European nl-n could aept the Marshall-aid Kurope pioposali if artepUnce meai-.t Ameiican Interference in their internal affair. In the first Soviet comment on ti Fi i mucin eeonnic recon struction program ince ulriwl ta discj It with succesanr as army rtuef of tf centered prominently cm Cren . Omar N. Bradley. S4. or ef the ; nation's lop f Vden, who hat i been veterans administrBlor unr ' Aug 0. It45. HradWy aerved under Cen . hower at commander of Arnrrt , can ground force In the urap- ean campaign that brought the downfall of Hitler ond nari Cer- many. j Eitrnhower'i okWcm to ejult military life for an aradctruc fre at one of the nation's Ugrevt uni- 1 verite u nnountr1 In a tatrrr.ent by Mai. Cen. FVyd L. Parks, chief ef the war depart ment's pubbc relatWva divtwon- The statement said the Ti -sUr general ef the army accevted . the Columbia poat today "with Ruta i the appemai r me preneni or IlnUin l the United SUtea and serretary and Krmue in Parl t nnay. ine newspaper declared In an article broadcast by the Mocow radio: "If the authors of thw plan lintened to the rounn-W of some rjiivelv meddlesome Amen- c.f war" to become effective "at x-h time a his SMperiors may release him from active duty in the array." which "should be aometime during the first half of 14- Beauty Contest Judges Chosen ritime strike. Curran had !can reacticiaries and put forward! Bridges oi trying 10 onimvt CMU. j U.S. Tankers Transport Oil In Soviet Guise WASHINGTON, June 24.-V The groundwork for an Inquiry into oil shipments to Russia was laid today with a report by the kniiu merchant marine commit tee that the oil Is being hauled in American tankers flying the so viet flag. . . 4 Chairman Weichel (R-Ohio) informed the house that petrole- i. in ment to Ruasia UJIl (Jiuuuii. , known petroleum company in Loa Uj for European countrie corxiitions copied from the Greek-Turkish rTMKiel. then it tand to reaon that the putting forward vt thee rtnditiorui would dtliberately aim al eventual f-ilure of the program planned. 'Such aid would mean in fact interference in the internal af fairs of European state and in infringement of their sovereignty. with which not a single European nauon which repecta itself could agree." LONDON. June 24-tVThe Britiah foreign office ruahed preparations tonight for the three power Paris conference on U. S. Secretary of State Marshall's "MVr Europe economic plan, and the vanguard of the RuUn dele gation arrived in the Trench cap- Aneeles." He said the snips iran porting them are lend-lease tann ers for which Russia has failed to pay and which she has refused to Jud, for Saln-. Mb. A-i-S L,"!,, I. Standard Oil Firm Rations e Gas in Midwest ica contest, entry deadline for which is June 30, were announced Tuesday by Dave Hoss, general chairman of the Capital post. American Legion - Chamber of Commerce sponsored competition. The four judges to decide on the choice to represent Salem in the Miss Oregon contest at Seaside are Mrs. Josephine Albert Spald ing, Mrs. Reginald Williams, May or R. L. Elfstrom and Frank Neer. Hoss pointed out that registration for the contest may be made at the Salem Chamber of Commerce until June 30. The winner will be announced at the legion's Fourth of July celebration at the Fair grounds. this government giving away hun dreds of millions or aouars up posedly to preserve the American way oi me ana at me ame uui our government - owned tankers are carrying gasoline and petrole um products to foster and expand the Russian phlJosopny oi government? To Save Fat or Not to Save Fat' Housewives Dilemma Unsolved 205 Enroll at WU Summer Session Classwork began for the Wil i..tt imtversitv summer ses' sion Tuesday, with enrollment standing at the an-ume wgn 205 students, as four later-regis tering students arrived yesterday. E"er.t on this weeic social cal endar include a reception Thurs day evening for summer scnooi faculty members at th home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erickson. First student event wui oe a barn dance Friday night In the campus gymnasium. Prof. Lestle Sparks and physical education classes will be in crarge, wun music by the Mitchell orchestra; and J. Burton (Pop) Crary as caller. FIRES RAGE IN CANADA TORONTO, June 24 -AJFh More than 26,000 acres of northern On tario bushland, much of it valuable pulp wood, have been burned over by fires, it was estimated today as 1000 weary fire-fighters fought to bring under control at least six major blazes. By Conrad Frange SUft Writer. The Statesman Salem's used-fat salvage cam paign has been taking some queer twists lately, according to local markets and commercial dealers in fat Monday. Although most markets are con tinuing to buy used fats from Sa lem housewives, many complain of the problem of disposing of the fat stuff after they get it. A lo cal firm which gathers most of Salem's used fat and purifies, set tles and barrels it, offers the same complaint. The firm gathers about 1500 pounds of fat here per week. The theme of many unofficial sources close to the fat ralvage business is that "if there is a critical need for used fats, the fat salvage businesses have a peculiar way of showing it. One Salem rendering firm which gathers pratically all of the city's salvaged kitchen lard, indicated that the market now for used fats is poor and "quite small.' They find themselves up against a hard obstacle because the soap com panies and soap brokers the only ones who buy up the fat have decreased their purchases. The price of used fat on the open market to wholesalers has dropped in the past three months from 28 cents per pound to about 8 cents. Local meat markets pay housewives from 5 to 10 cents per pound for the used fat and turn it over to the rendering firm for practically the same amount with the profit next to nil, they say. Some markets said Monday that they simply were not buying up used fat because of the disposal problem. Others said they were buying it only as a favor to rus tomers and several stated they were still buying up all fats brought in and were having no trouble disposing of it. Weekly fat intake at these last markets averaged from 40 to 60 pound per week. One market said that buying up housewives used fat is turnin into quite a headache. The market accumulates the fat, then can't dispose of it. However, the American Fat Salvage Committee, Inc., of New York, conducting a program in cooperation with the department of agriculture continues to urge housewives to save used fats. Ac cording to the agriculture depart ment, the supply of industrial fats and oils in the nation is expected to continue to be less than the demand. "In view of the known facts, it seems necessary to ark housewives to continue their eliorts to save used fats during the months ahead," the salvage committee ad , vises The Polish ambassador lo uve United States, Joief Winiewoci, announced in Washington his country's willingness to partici pate in discussions of the plan, and thus became the first eastern European country to follow the lead of Russia. Czechoslovakia also had asked and been given additional infor mation and the British disclose! that Denmark. Norway. Belgium, Holland and Italy had taken sim ilar steps to Interest themselves in the proect. Captor Confesses Abducting 'Miss a , Denies Beating GRANTS PASS. Ore.. June 24 -P)-Tiny -Miss X the blonde tot found brutally beal en in Weed, Calif., June 15 was Iden tified tonight as Mary Jane Med- dlin. 2. Selma. Ore., and Sgt. C. R. Borgman of the state police said he had arrested a man who admitted abandoning her there. He said the man was Hugh Gil- reath. 25. Selma. a sawmill work er who came to Oregon last year from Jellicot, Tenn. Borgman said Gilxeath told him he took the child to weed on a bus early In the morning of June 15 and left her in a parked auto mobile. He denied beating her. Borgman said. The child H in i Yreka. Calif, hospital recuper ating from chickenpox. Wralhrr Mas . r as sj . u st m si Satesa lonlrvd n frwucs OnrafO New York Willaimtt river - t rORSX'AST from V . flhf bu reau. McNary held. Salem I fattl rloudr today and Tlrtfaw mttlt mam ln clouds Cooler s lh west tad, ever lh stale Ttmrstfay. Mie sem- Krature tod TV Vommtl lonth M i marked rtvonee to faorafcl fan war h rattier through rrtda. WASJ!2GTO?C. June 24 -JT) Gvert-fneT.t ftCriala repot v4 turagf.l U JuaXsre A-part"4 ss laveaWating the a-.ss.s-n vsuul of at WJt ITJKO auft ma taa. ert to rtrmia wsether a tew )unrucn rtOd be alapri cat L. LrM and Kit uasurv. AImv, the KaUuaa! Coal riatton oad that a full- taurtaj Uae men U be entU otr.g at.rer;t3 us - rr w laboo c4 the Taf.-llarury law The ttufnlnou cm; t wil be under gvornmeeit spertstt until Jisno.aa ant Ue tprTM , cowl" oerak f Ual Ceti Wft trie ay cpee for aeWnee sew junruun against the nunetf k4 er and fratedl Ua Worker if the leoeeaJ run tract la kwoaen I y a atrtke. lareUgatta Waao4 I The feoeeai mttemlK a-a - ed nc4 ic! be tder.tifssl. aa4 u )utx 6rfmrr, attareeta were kuoamg In, a U r-urrevt walkrwto is find o-.t wt'wr 0 minets mere Id-e of tSe r cmn vol.ticej" c Urtder cuartur g frtem Lrw ts ee tehee mi-m leaders. SemU Tafl IR-Ohii) saS l the evl aaaoriaUaet's v vcU l.m report that he ran are no prrt. tolauon U the Tan-Hartley aw; ; He td it tan i vUVel urtj there htm born aa kn.vmrU( againot walking out. The eJy thing the m tn nr might be arrued Tall aaad. Is thetr esntrart wtta the gc-etTJnewt to W9( k June C hauih aid tS Taft-lUnVy. prvnlaaoM. Inrlui-- prcn mm4 for KM&ar lnjunruana to it, J tna Ureal eenergenry alr.kes. as , j ,m a ! wffKieiJt to anoet tHe -tuati CHICAGO. of a rual rtnaa. -They ced sw, shortage of goW In the lo1 , fcc . cximp.r.Ure'y nJ growing demand today forced ttme.- he aaad. SUrvdard Oil company (Indiana) j jgay Baurr to allocau Its output during June In kl U r maen. sr.-jw July and August In 12 of the l puuders, Lvestock hanlarrs V4 sUtes It serves, the cotnpany an- other ucioa members cner TJ nneed. country were reports Wav.r The allocation system. Y.Uh XMk 1eo and there. TSey r will amount to appromimately a 15 , utter at sosatvg shear long r.gt.a. per cent cut in the company's ( gatnt t4 UO. distribution to sUtion operators. who will tn turn limit Uir rus- HARLAW. Ky. Jane 34 -jr tomers, l the first ronautner re- A f,tld rrpreoer.lafj re rf U itriction of It kind since gasoline , ArL-UrutexJ Mine VT ackers sa.4 rationing ended ta Auguat. 1AS. here tooay that Tv tarter aoess The company said It could de- the miners a aroused before liver suppues vr.is summer ap-: they were about paaaage rf Vm proximately equal lo those deuv- j Tafl-llarUey labor bC: arter rTa ered a year ago. Howritr. cur- ident Trumaa'i v eta. rent demand la about 15 per cent "1TJ rrver dig another l-rrp tf above last year. It added. roaL" aaad Jasnes Jsne. tt, vel- The shortage was attributed to eraa atunrr. X Uur tr4 Ute Inadequate pipeline and refinery I law la the rottenert frml the nun capacity rather than any short-'ers ever had. I've sjjst for good., age of crude J. Uoa plan are iiunoa. inoiana. , Iowa, Kansas. Mctugan. Minne sota. Missouri. Nebraska, North Dakota. OkUhoma. South DakoU and WiacoruUn. West roast and sou them re fi nerves reported ample ousp!e of gasoline. MINT ACREAGE mcif CORVALLIS. June 24 -iJf) Oregon's peppermint avcreage ta up this year and at 10,500 acres Is scene three times the ISM-ms average, the Oregon State col lege extension service reported today. Floodwaters Spread Out Over Thousands of ftlidwest Farms Summer Heat Covers Valley Summer tempera Ves Tueodry brougat Salem therrooeneters im g? degree, the hig.t Uui trwJa and cUy aUghUy ab9e the snaoi fur the aeaoon. The farm tr.'.ae weather ta peedtrtei U rait-tua today, wtua sweae loaer tecners turej Thursday, the weather bu reau amid. m Only the roost, rere the tern ' peratwrea tared tn the toe, m cot4 Taeaday. Urt'.url recocOad a high cf si. Pmdton't v WQ. Lugen and !U.em orh rorded tT. Non-Iligb Scbool Budget Accepted Marion county's non school district budget of $124,688 was accepted at the board meet ing Tuesday. It u within the C per cent limitation and. in ac cordance with the law establish ing the non-union high shool ditrict, a taxpayers meeting was not needed to approve it. Canvass of the vote for three new directors June 16 was made by the board of which Ernest Werner is chairman and Kail Wipper, vice chairman. The can vass showed Wipper reelected by tone 3 for the five-year term; John Plas of Crooked Finger elected for zone 4 for the term ex piring in 1951; Bert Bradley wan elected by zone 5 for the term expiring in 1949. First meeting of the new board will be held in July. OMAHA. June 24-tVCrop I and property damage mounted to-d-y aa midwest floods, which al ready have taken a loll of at least 16 lives, spread out over thou sands of acres of corn and wheat and washed out railroad line and highways. The same flood crests which bore down on new communities tM niiimf heaile into rmn hlsh : prosperts previously described by the agriculture department as bumper. More rain swept over the lows. Nebraska area tonight, adding to the already existing threats of new floods, and making recon struction work difficult. The rain ranged up to four inches in northeastern Nebraska but for the most part were much lighter. Adel. Ia.. was flooded mhen the Racction river spilled over its banks, and residents v ere forced to move to upper stone. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, the army's Missouri river divUton en gineer, said "up to the current floods our preliminary estimate of flood damage in the Missouri basin this year was about 0. 000,000. These floods will boost July 5 Designated Legal State Holiday Official reorlacaaTaa desienat Ing Saturday, July 1. a legal h it day In Ore, was taaued by Gov. Earl SoelJ Tu day. The eoverraor atreaaed that Ja ly 4 faUa cm Triday end that eurta a combination of eree.u strongly rur grata the dea.geUon ef tu foiiowang day aa a legal holiday. The prorrtaaiiliwn la apHcabae t the courts, puLLc offre, beta and ssirh cher egenoes as are stretch of more than 50 mile. PciIca.lJy eflerled by atatwWy The bureau said there was a poa- S cloaing WjuiremenU as a eg4 sibtlity of rains up to three inches j holiday. in Nebraska Thursday or Friday, j Governr Snell urged that t-e Soch ratow, with the sodden t g fWn and uaolayed e ground unable to absorb them, both Friday and Saturday. could cause new Inundation. In southeast Nebraska, at Rulo the Missouri fiver boiled up to- that figure considerably higher " Meanwhile warnings weeil oul to new areas. Residents In low-lying areas of De Mot nee were warned the Dea oMine river would rte to higher levels than m 1944 and inundate parts f the Iowa capi tal city. The weather bureau Issued a warning to residents aVnrg the Platte river from North Bend. Neb, to the river mouth a an expected new record ward level. Missouri battled to strengthen! water-weakened levees againtl ' the crests coming down "Big Muddy." CoL W. E Potter. Kan sas City district army engineer, said nearly 250.000 acres waa un der water between Rulo, Neb, and St. Louis and that the figure probably will rise to Ut 000 be fore a crest expected Thursday. Our Scsi!:rx UiiM. . ill. HI