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r- O-DDO- O OOO OOOO DDP C3 Q O G O O O O ( Salmi Girl Killed in Midnight Auto-Train Collision Mere (Story in Col. 4) aoao odd Oo-ei ooo SGGDDQS Under congressional mandate government departments, particu larly the state department, are bu rr with communist purees. The law now requires a government emplove to deny membership in the re? party before he can draw fcis pa, I Under special legislation the state department recently has fired some 20 persons for i"secur rfy reasons. Not all are accused of i party membership; in fact no specific charges have been placed -tilS 2i-A i m,tted .ZSZtS ifsaft'tt ! p,ciousassocut.oru are saia tobe raus for dismissal, or eviaence that one's name was on a mailing list of some suspect outfit. There is grave danger that un der such a method of j sorting grave injustice may be done and the civil rights of individual In vaded. The country may find it self involved in a witch-hunt as regrettable as the red raids of the early days of A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general at the time of the first world war. We do not purge quite in the Russian fashion as far as punishment goes; but Russia at least permitted iU prisoners of state to "confess their primes in an open trial. Here there is no trial. The provision of the Taft-Hartley law denying rights to unions if any of its officers is a commun ist is another example of domes-' tic fear and threat to freedom. One wonder whether the purpose of this provision was to give em ployers an easy out on collective bargaining or to crack down on (Continued on editorial page) Free Palestine To Be Urged by U.N. Committee GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 29 (y?V Members of the United Na tions rpecial committee on Pales tine said tonight the committee's report to the U. N. general as sembly would call for termina tion of the 'British mandate in the - Holy Land at the earliest possible moment. The informants said the report, now nearing completion, would Imply no criticism of the manda tory power but would leave no doubt that the present situation In Palestine can not be permitted to continue. The committee also will stress the need for a transition period for Palestine beginning immed iately under the administration of an authority responsible to the United Nations. The committee's agreed draft report would place before the as sembly the "choice of establishing joint Arab-Jewih federal state or two separate states bound by economic cooperation, the Inform ants said. They added that a ma jority of the committee favored the second alternative. On a number of points unani mous or nearly unanimous agree ment was reached, including re , Jection of claims that Palestine could In itself provide the -only answer to the problem of Jew ish refuget. Regarding the problem of Jew ish displaced persons as one for international action, the commit tee has considered suggesting that all - possible immediate steps be taken by the general asaembly to facilitate the admission of Jews to other countries. Malheur Fights Polio Menace ONTARIO. Ore., Aug. 29OP) An emergency medical team from Portland met with health officials here today to draft a program against the polio menace which has postponed school opening and canceled the county fair and pub lic gatherings. A plane continued dusting DDT ever the city today. Holy Rosary hospital installed an iron lung and other equipment rushed here for a special polio ward. .The five Malheur county persons already stricken with polio had to be sent to hospitals in other towns, but officials said Ontario Is now equipped to handle future cases. County Health Officer Dr. L. A. Maulding said four cases, strongly suspected of being polio, had oc curred within the last 24 hours. The five definite cases, in a coun ty of only 20,000 population, are enough to be ranked as a "local epidemic. Sen. Gibson Flies Again 1 COKVALUS. Ore- Am. 29 ,()- State Sen. Ana as Gibson, 69. soleed here today la a foor fttaee airplane after two weeks f intermittent training. Gibson, who had net flown since World War 1 when he was a pilot In the Royal Plying Corps mt Britain, renewed his latere! In flying in an air tour this summer. The Lane county legislator said he would eon Una training anlil he quali fied, lor pilot's Ueeaae. Atomic Theft Cited WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-tfP)-The federal bureau of investiga tion tonight announced the arrest of Arnold Frederick Kivi, 27, at Brooklyn, N. Y., for the theft of "highly confidential photographs" from the Los Alamos, N. M., atomic instalaltions." ' The FBI in a special announce ment said its agents had recovered when they searched Kivi's home. The announcement by J. Edgar Airmetat of the FBI. said that Kivi, a former soldier, had at - - , . ... . . first denied being in possession of any highly confidential pic tures but that he later had admit ted removing from the Los Alamos project certain classified photo graphs. Research Pictured The pictures found in Kivi's possession. Hoover said, depicted various phases of atomic research equipment used in connection with the bomb and several pictures of visitors to the atomic property. When first interviewed, the FBI director related in his announce ment Kivi said he had made 500 official photographs of various stages of development of 'the atomic bomb. Single, 27 years of age, Kivi served in the army from Septem ber 1, 1942, to February 8, 1946. Stayed with Project After leaving the Los Alamos installation, the FBI said Kivi later got a job at the Brookhaven National Laboratory of the Atomic energy commission at Patchogue, N. Y. He was relieved of that job im mediately. Hoover , added, "as a result of the investigation of the prior theft" He will be arraigned before the U. S. commissioner for the eastern district of New York on Saturday morning. One Pleaded Guilty Another former ex-army ser geant, Alexander Von Der Luft, 23, was tried in Pittsburgh on Au gust 21 and placed on four years' probation after he had pleaded guilty to two counts, charging stealing and concealing of govern ment documents taken from an atomic project. Ernest D. Wallls. 4-year-old Chicago photographer, arrested on similar charges of taking atomic documents, has not yet been tried. The , FBI had previously an nounced that about 200 photo graphs were found in Wallis' possession.- Welfare Board Blames Sliee On Legislature POTLAND, Aug. 29 - (JT) - The state public welfare commission declared today that the blame for this summer's reduced checks to old age pensioners should be placed on the state legislature rather than the commission. Commissioner Chairman Jack Luihn told Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, a leader in the American Pension commission, that "a a member of the legislature you must be aware they told us not to come back with a deficit, for they would not approve it." Harvey, who fought the legis lature's slash in the commission's requested funds, said he believed the legislature would not "dare to refuse" extra money if it were needed. The argument centers upon whether the commission should divide its $44,000,000 biennial ap propriation in equal shares over the 24 months, or save a larger share in the expectation of higher living costs and increasing num bers of relief recipients. The commission has allocated 45 per cent of the total for the first year. The commission reported at its meeting that 21,925 persons re ceived old age asistance in July Salaries Boost Chest Budget Increased salaries for staff mem bers of the participating agencies explain most of the increase in this year's Salem community chest budget, WV L. Phillips, budget committee chairman, told mem bers Of the chest campaign execu tive committee at the Friday luncheon at the Marion hotel. The $100,000 budget is up ap proximately $20,000 from last year's. One new agency, the Girl Scouts, now receives community chest funds. The general campaign, which opens October 7, will be preceded by a p re-campaign, September 16-30. The pre-campaign will commence with a breakfast at the Marion with Jesse Card, genera chairman of a former Salem com munity chest campaign and now president of the Portland chest, as speaker. Ralph Eyre was introduced at Friday s luncheon as the new chairman of the builders and con tractors division. Representatives of the Marion county chest at tended. NINETY -SEVENTH YEAR Argentina Retracts Objection QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. 29 -iffy- Argentina withdrew to night her proposed amendment to the inter-American mutual de-: fense treaty which would have limited the treaty's application to the hemisphere security zone, thus ending an impasse and permit ting unanimous adoption of a Mexican compromise. The Mexican proposal does not j change the fundamental point of the treaty that attack inside the security zone calls for imme diate or collective military assist ance for the state attacked but it provides also that an attack on territory ot an American state out side the zone calls for inter-American consultations to determine whether the situation threatens the western hemisphere's secur ity. Adoption of the compromise wording by the aggression com mittee of the conference appar ently removed the last obstacle to approval of the entire treaty. The Argentine amendment had provoked a flare of heated debate between the United States and Argentina in the aggression com mittee earlier today, but the is sue was settled amicably between Argentine and United States de legates along the lines of , the Mex ican compromise. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R- Mich.), U. S. delegates, had de clared the Argentine amendment restriction on even the obliga tion to consult in the case af ag gression and violation of the United Nations charter. . U. So, British Raise German Output Ceiling BERLIN, Aug. 29 - CP) - The British and American military governments announced today their plan to raise the permitted ceiling of industry in their two German zones to approximately the standard of 1936; Increase ex ports to 13 per cent above that year, and to hike the present Ger man living standard to 79 per cent of that basic period. The plan, announced after a six-week delay occasioned by French objections resulting In a three-power conference to which Russia protested, is a drastic re vision of the four-power agreet- ment of March, 1946. In effect it means a sharp cut in German in dustrial plants and machinery that will be available for the reparations for which Russia has been clamoring. The plan nearly doubles the steel production allowed under the four-power agreement for all Germany. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the Amer lean commander, and Air Marshal Sholto Douglas, British comman der, said the plan was necessary to create a self-sustaining econ omy, produce exports to bring in $2,000,000,000 a year and save American and British taxpayers that outlay, and to enable Ger many s industrial potential to make a contribution to European recovery under the Marshal plan or some other plan. Rev. O'Connell To Leave Here The Rev. Daniel K. O'Connell pastor of the Catholic parish at Shaw since 1943 and Catholic chaplain for state institutions, has been transferred to the Forest Grove pariah and its attached missions, the Portland archdiocese announced Friday. Father O'Connell was formerly assistant pastor at St. Joseph's church in Salem and before that at St. Luke's in Wood burn. The Rev. Armand J. Gelinas, now attached to the Cathedral par- w s t w a r i isru in roniana, win succeed father uconneu at snaw and the state institutions. ; The trans fers will be effective September 4 Norblari's Offices Open Here Today U. S. Rep. Walter Norblad congressman from Oregon's first district, will open a Salem office Tuesday in, room 323, Oregon building. Norblad' secretary. Mrs, Dorothy Woodring, will staff the office. The representative recent ly returned to Oregon following the summer adjournment of con gresa. 10 PAGES IMveir's Muirts CiriHtocal Betsy Rogers, 130 S. 25th st, was killed and Lloyd McKenzie, 1465 Mission st, critically injured about 12:15 this morning when their car skidded and crashed in to a Southern Pacific switch train at a railroad crossing on East State street between tie state penitentiary and the state high way shops. The girl died a few minutes after the accident in Salem Gen eral hospital. McKenzie is in the same hospital suffering what at tendants described as "serious in ternal injuries." Dale Forbes, engineer of the train, said the victim's car, travel ing east, approached the intersec tion at a high rate of speed, pass ing another car shortly before hit ting the boxcars. A measure of tire skid marks showed that the car skidded about 180 feet before veering to the left as McKenzie tried to avoid the collision. The car was practically demolished by the impact. Road Mishap Fatal to Boy; Week Toll 29 HILLSBORO, Aug. 29 -UP) -A highway crash tonight killed Glenn A. Leutho, 15, Agate Beach, Ore., the first fatality of the Labor day weekend in Oregon. Leutho was a passenger in an automobile that crashed into a ditch on a curve three miles north of Forest Grove. State Policeman Vernon Boyer said it struck guard posts on the roadside, skidded 90 feet down the highway, and caromed off an oncoming truck into the ditch. The driver of the automobile, Jack Clifton Watson, of Hamlet route. Seaside, the boy's uncle, was uninjured. The truck driver,, Ken Nordholm, of Banks, also was unhurt. By the Associated Prers Oregon entered the Labor day weekend usually a time of heavy highway and vacation catastrophe Saturday with a grim record of 29 violent deaths in a single week. Fred Griesemer, 69, tumbled from a ladder while trimming a fruit tree in his Portland yard yesterday, the 29th death in week. Streets and highways took a toll of 13 during the period. The most recent victim was C. May Mortality, retired Portland teach er, killed in a truck-car crash near Jefferson Thursday night. John Saylor, 23-year-old Fair- view locser, was killed while working on a rigging crew east of Coquille Thursday the third logging accident victim. Six persons drowned in the state, five died in fires at their homes, and a Eugene man sue cumbed to a rattlesnake bite. 49 AND 8 ELECTS NEW YORK, Aug. 29-VThe 40 and 8 society of the American Legion today elected Guy Land of Clarksdale, Miss., 48, marine vet eran of World War I, as chef de chemin de fer. CHINESE ADVANCE TSINGTAO, China, Aug. 29 (A)- Latest government reports tonight placed national troops within 15 miles north of Chu cheng, big communist base 50 miles west of Tsingtao. Atomic Power in Industry Nearer Through 'Harnessing' LOS ALAMOS, N. M., Aug. 29 1 for industrial or other purposes (A)- A significant stride toward an atomic power plant, involving a harnessed version of the atomic bomb, was announced today by the atomic energy commission. The commission said it had de veloped an atomic reaction plant, called a "pile," which actually is "a controlled form of the atomic bomb." In it, an atomic explosion re leases a steady, sustained flow of energy instead of turning it loose in an instantaneous, crush ing blast. And operators can con trol the rate at which energy is generated. The atomic furnace is a long way from being in itself a plant which can generate useful power POUNDI 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem Tsaldaris Cabinet Sworn In ATHENS, Ai wing Greek g by Constantin ' posed with populist (royali contrary to U was sworh in at King Paul tonight. After a week-lmg cri.is in which Greece was without a gov ernment, there were clear indi cations that the new administra tion would not -survive its first test in parliament. Already faced by five opposi tion parties holding enough votes to defeat any appeal for a vote of confidence, Tsaldaris failed to in clude in his new cabinet Stephan Stephanopoulis, former minister of coordination and one of the strongest populist leaders. This omission was interpreted as in dicating a rift among the populists themselves. Tsaldaris returned George Stratos to the war ministry. Only one man outside the popul ist party was named to the cab inet Adm. Alexander Sakellar- iou, an indepdendent, who was made minister of supplies and provisional minister of merchant marine. Aurora Bridge -Goes to McKee For River Span Marion County Commissioner E. L. Rogers Friday announced that the 5,0-ton steel bridge which spanned the Pudding river for many years at Aurdra will be stored at McKee until such time as it is possible to erect it there upon new concrete piefs to cross the Pudding river. The moving of the bridge was in charge of Ted Kuenzi, county bridge fore man. Rogers raid that the bridge wa.s originally Fluted (or use at Scotts Mills over Butte creek, but it was found that the 120-foot pan was a little too long, lie added that arrangements have been made for the purchase of another bridge now located at Baker from the state highway department and this 90-foot span will be just the right size for. use at Scotts Mills. A deal was made with the Clackamas county court, Rogers said, to swap the C'larkamns county interest in the old Aurora bridge for another half interest in the bridge being purchased from Baker. The Baker bridge will probably be moved to Scotts Mills by truck, he said. Salem Woman Crash Victim OSLO, Norway, Aug. 29-(Ar)-The only American killed in the Norwegian flying boat crash that took 34 lives yesterday was identified today as Mrs. Hartdeika Margrete Jess, 67, Salem, Ore. Mrs. Jess left Oregon July 24 to visit her Norwegian birthplace, Borkenes. She was bound to Bo doe to see relatives when the Nor wegian airlines flying boat crash ed in fog and rain in the Lofoten mountains. , Mrs. Jess went to the United States in 1923 to live with Mr and Mrs. Louis Rudie 696 Cottage st., Salem. N. by splitting atoms. But Dr. Norris E. Bradbury, di rector of the commission's Los Alamos scientific laboratory, said the plant supplies a more intense source of "fast neutrons" and it is hoped this will "make possible the study of fast neutron chain reactions in more detail, and thus be another step toward finding the best type of chain reactor for the production of useful power." He said the plant, developed secretly at Los Alamos, has been operated successfully since last November. It differs from other atomic "piles" in two major respects: 1. It uses the man-made ele ment plutonium, which is the ex plosive material la the atomic ernment headed r4A" jS? ' i S Vv 1 aldaris and com- I -L TV'' A V - It' ,J I e exception of ""Nr Ov j Vl m"m 'v . w O' ' ".J ) party members -Kf ? V'VS JfP J , 'X 1 ited SUites wishes W. C,Ji V C ' fL ' T Oregon. Saturday. August 30. 1947 Picnic Closes mi vsw z.jrtrmut v i -r j palace of NAl ClrV Y'- A 1 TV vzp -' I i Little Danny Gregg, 2060 N. Church st, clutches his lench pall as he sits at the near end of the table and other youngsters ef Highland school summer playground session dig Into the eats at the "last day" picnic Friday, when the city playground season ended. Stand ing in background, at left. Is Hilda Fox, 2003 Fairgrounds rd.. play ground supervisor, and at right Eileen Russell, 1(35 State st., as sistant supervisor. Children In picture Include. Keith Nelson, 1151 N. Church st.; Terry Burch. 536 Jefferson sU; Jerry Hughes, 22 It N. Churrh L: Rally Jones, 1670 Broadway st.: Larry Candell. 1763 N. 5th st.; David Filler. 1346 N. Cotage st; Allen Whilakcr. 177S N. Church st.; Bruee Powell. 1895 N. Church st; Denny Alley, 410 Hickory st.; Larry Dorman. 1946 McCoy, si: Jerry and Sonny Wat son. both of 2255 N. 5th st.: Wilms Fredrleks. 21 Myrtle avo.; Ma ry and Joan Bartschy, both of 975 Highland ave.; Alfred Schade, 2240 N. 4th st; and Sonia nughes. 2219 Highland aye. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) War not immediate Threat, Legion ToOd NEW YORK, Aug. 29-P)-General of the Army Dwight D. Eisen hower, in an address he described as "something of an official fare well," told the American Legion today he did not foresee "a global war as an immediate threat." The army chief of staff and II 1 . . . ........ ...t. . hi i i j , i ivc rm i Wet Week End, Clear Fair Set Salem and vicinity may expect cloudy weather accompanied by occasional showers over the Labor day weekend, the U. S. weather bureau predicted Friday night, while forecasting clear skies and warm temperatures for the week of the state fair. The Salem bureau said skies should clear by next Tuesday and may continue fair through the rest of the week, although he stated that was a little far off to make an accurate prediction. PORTLAND, Aug. 29-(T")-Ore-gonians bound to the beach for the Labor day weekend had better Uike an umbrella, and those head ing for the Cascade mountains had better take two. That -as indicated by the weather bureau, which forecast good holiday weather only in eastern Oregon. WHEATLAND BID IN PORTLAND, Aug. 29-(J!VMc-Kinnon Construction Co., Sandy, submitted a low bid of $29,445 today on construction of a pile dike at Wheatland bar on the I Willamette river. The army en I gincers' estimate was $27,114. of A-Bomb ! bomb, rather than the natural element uranium. 2. It uses fast neutrons, produc ed from atom splitting. From the present furnace, it said, the "over-all energy release is comparatively small" although "the concentration is intense." And, indicating that some experi ments and research with the en ergy are under way. The commission gave no hint that it was even close to any sort of atomic power machine that might usher in a new industrial era. Supervising operations of the new plant and its experiments are a husband and wife team of physicists, Drs. David B. and Jane Hamilton Hall, both associated with the ' government's atomic project fxom the beginning. Price 5c S3 Playground supreme commander" of world war v. r- tj j r"i iu vnuiiK inu w lumpia university, oeciarea we woria ai prcscm comprises iwo j pijl(oj and flred H, Mid fl0 great camps --- one grouped ; thought the bullets hit the flee around dictatorships and the oth- jnK rar er, democracy. i state nolir set un rod bl Ira But, he said, po great nation is to provoke a long and exhausting conflict with any hope of gain. Eisenhowers long-run view of the international situation was less optimistic, however. As long as deliberate aggres sion against the right of free men and the existence of free govern ment may be a part of the inter national picture, we must be pre pared for whatever this may fin ally mean to us," he said. The chief of staff, who. shared the platform with Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, received an ovation from the 6,000 Legionnaires at the second session of the 29th nation al convention. Tomorrow is reserved for the Legion parade up Fifth avenue. Final business sessions will" be held Sunday. Eisenhower gave emphatic en dorsement to a universal military training program. A campaign to win congressional approval of a training law has become the con vention's dominant theme. Spaatz, commanding general of the army air forces, said 70 com bat groups were necessary to guarantee the nation security in the air. Present appropriations permit the air forces to maintain 55 groups. Spaatz expressed concern about the if forces' replacement re quirements, stating that 2,000 planes were needed for this pur pose annually but that only 800 are being bought this year. Nimitz, chief of naval opera tions, asked the Legionnaires to act "as sentinels to see that no one branch of the armed forces is per mitted to decline to the point where it can no longer carry out its share of responsibility for the national security. Miss Oregon on Way To 'America' Contest PORTLAND, Aug. 29 Jo Anne Ari)orde, 19, Sutherlin school teacher named "Miss Oregon" this year, arrived here tonight en route to the "Miss America" contest at Atlantic City. She picked up a trunk ful of new clothes, subscribed to by Suther-lin-Roseburg area residents, then prepared for the flight east tomorrow. Weather Mix. .ii M 74 -.tl M'-n alts .. Portland San Francteco Chicago M M 61 M 74 Nw Yor u 00 Willamette river: ) feet. FORF.CART ifrom U. weather bu reau, MrNarr field. Salem : CV'urfr ith a few rain showers today. Hiiv eiit temperature today 7S; low tonight 2. Weather will b favorable for all farm activities today. No. 133 Police Seek 2 To East SWEET HOME. Ore., Aug. 2f (A)- The Sweet Home bank was robbed of about 833,000 in. small bills today by two men who or dered customers to the floor, overrode employes' desperate stalling attempts, anJ escaped two pistol shots and a pursuing car. It was the largest amount of cash ever robbedl from an Ore gon bank. The robbera stuffed about $5,000 from a teller's cage and $50,000 from the ban' vault Into a sugar sack, and roared off on the eastbound Santiam highway in a black sedan. Tony Spencer, a neighboring garageman. fired twice as the men fled and, with W. .L. Dudley, publisher cf a weekly newspaper, strained vain ly to overtake the fleeing car. Force 19 te Fleer Dressed in overalls and rail roaders' caps, theii faces blurred by heavy dark classes, the men entered the bank at 11 a m. and. i at pistol point herded 10 custom ers and nine employes to the floor. "We're not fooling," the men told the group. j Allan Eames, 32-year-old cash ier, said the taller man who "was pleasant enough, ordered him to open the bank vault's safe. "I Flailed around and then told them I couldn't open it," Fame said. Then the bandits ordered Teller Gerald Horton and Aitanl Lots Cummins; who knew the combi nation, to open the safe. "We 'stalled as long as we could, said 28-year-old Mw Cummins;. "Actually, the crmbi. nation dijdn't have to be worked; it was already unlocked. Onlookers Suspicions "The older, shorter man, who was In the vault with us. was awfully riervous. That with tre gun pointing at us. made u more afraid. Finally we deidd w couldn't stall any more and the tellef turned the knob." The bandit ordered the two to empty the safe's currency -into hi sugar sack. The gunmen then at tempted ! to lock the custom ra and employes into the vault tut the door ' was "locked open.' As the pair walked. out. a newt- paper reporter outside and Spen- ' rr iimr mm- nimirtn.iL I . . . ' " . . . ' i npencer trteo to hs.t the men. j when they refused, he ran f.r hie ln lh rW, but were still search- lng Ior if, rr. Pieker Demand High; Machine 1 Need Urgent Hop growers in the Salem area sUll need 2.000 hop packers, with an increased demand for hop picking machine men for both day and night shifts, states Mrs. G!a- dys Turnbull. assistant at the lo cal farm labor office. Despite the holiday weekerd. buses taking hop pickers to the yards will leave the farm lb.r office, 361 Chemeketa st tia morning and Sunday and Monde y mornings as usual between 8 ar d 6:30 a. m., Mrs. Turnbull an nounced. Growers are ! paying from 80 cents to $1 an hour for men in hop-picking machine work, and men are especially needed for the night shifts in the area. Mrs. Turnbull says. She says turnov er on machine work is as great a experienced this year on hand picked crops. There are now 150 cabin vacan cies within the area, she noted. Senator Chessman Condition 'Grave' PORTLAND, Aug. 29-fVState Sen. Merle R. Chessman, Astoria, publisher of the Astorian-Budgtt, was reported in a grave" con dition at a hospital here tonight, following a brain operation Tues day, j Attendants said he had been unconscious since the operation. AT Our Senators Rained ''III On!