ODD DDD OOP OOO OOOO DDD DD O ,o'o .... -c M a on no sura O OEDCDO OC3 OC2EDO O OOO si COUNDDD 165! , j NINETY -SEVENTH YEAR 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Solom. Oro, Tn day. SopL 9. 1947 Pric 5c No. 141 EFLP muuue ITDrn WM I 1 With a little of hit old oratori cal spark Winston Churchill as leader cf the opposition replied to toe procram announced by the labor ministry to meet Britain's economic crisis. Blaming the so letalirt government for "their . wrongful choice in caring more rfor their party theories and dogma -than about the revival of our strength aad the giving of comfort . nd hope to fo many millions of cuttages or apartment ' home,' Churchill declared -there can be no dispute about socialist failure or its gravity." Churchill pounced on the "di rection of labor" as "the denial " f the right for many centuries, deemed fundamental in a democ racy, except in time of mortal war, for every man; to choose or change his employment as he thinks fit." The conservatives have been charged with failure to outline a different policy, and Churchill proposed a return to the system of . free competition: I have but 20 minutes, but even now in this crisis I will -outline to you the broad principles which ahould guide us. The choice which lies before the British na tion about lhe form of its society is between a system of competitive selection and a system of compul sion. Both there forms of society are. hard The struggle for life is unceasing. There . is no easy or pleasant road. It will be uphill II the way. But I am sure that j it is only by personal effort, free enterprise and ingenuity, with all its risks and failures, with all its unequal prizes and rewards that anything like 47 million people can I : (Continued on editorial page) , Board Orders Rental Pleas To Be Written The Salem citizens' advisory board voted ' Monday night to handle rent cases only if they are liled through rent office in writ ten application form. Henceforth, only complaints by written application filed through the Salem office, located in room 311 of the rchool administration building, will be considered by the - board, it was announced. Most of Monday's meeting was taken up by member's reports that they were being constantly hounded, individually, by landlords and ' tenants who were seeking adjust ments. Homer Smith, sr., temporary chairman, said it was impossible for fcny individual member of the boa id to help complainants, as adjustments . must be handled by the board as a whole. The board is made up of, citizens who re ceive no pay for their services, -he added. Smith said the board will meet again September 22, but stated that meetings would be called any time the volume of cases demand ed. The board also heard several eases at Monday's meeting in the choct administration building. Miss America's 'Sermon' Lauded . MEMPHIS. Tenn., Sept 8-fP) -Miss America's pastor told her in a letter today: "Yours is a more powerful sermon than many a minister will ever be able to preach." It was a message of congratu lations from the Rev. Raymond Council to Barbara Jo Walker, Sunday school teacher and choir director at Little Springdale Methodist church. Referring to the Memphis beauty's statement at Atlantic City that she did not like to see women smoking and that she didn't think anyone could drink moderately. Animal Craclters By WARREN GOODRICH i "It toys, Nuts to you.' Svw w j ULU Of Stt-Ti areata " mm Judge Asserts Labor Law Legal In Non - State Fair's Crowds Less, Receipts High Paid attendance ; at the . 82nd Oregon state fair, which closed ere .late Sunday night," was 148.319 as compared to 157,454 In 1146, according to revised figures released by the fair' management Monday.! " '7 -r-- " ;.'.-.-." Except for the opening day and Saturday, . attendance this :ye&r exceeded 1946's. Opening day was down more than 10,000 and, Sat urday crowds were reduced by heavy rain throughout the day and evening. Total attendance at this year's fair including paid tickets, child ren and . passes, aggregated ' 220, 133 as compared with 220,572 iti 1946. Receipts from the combined horse show and rodeo. Follies of 1947, afternoon races and dance were from 10 to 15 per cent larg er than last year. (Additional Stories, Pages 6 & 14) mps Pickers Needed With its evacuation deadline September 25, the Salem farm labor camp has been showing a rapid turnover in occupants re cently, camp officials indicated Monday. Outgoing workers appear to be slightly ; topping the in-comnig movement, according to Jay Sch reckendgust, camp manager. Last week 23 persons moved .into the camp, while 35 moved out The week before that, 84 moved in and 136 left the camp. "Most; of those leaving now," Schreckendgust "said, "are thsoe who have been here quite a while and have located homes in this area." The camp1 population now stands at 76 families includ ing 361 persons. Capacity of the camp would be an additional 25 families or about 100 more per sons. According to occupancy permits resident will be allowed to re main at the camp until Septem ber 25, when the property is to be .released to the war assets ad ministration. All federal employes at the camp will leave by Octo ber 1. Demand for farm labor is con tinuing to increase in the Salem area as the hop and blackberry harvests, are in full stride, the Salem farm labor office reported Monday. Picking of late pears began Monday, the office said, and pickers are needed. The fil bert harvest is expected to open up by mid-week, weather per mitting, and the office Monday urged growers to place picker orders in adcance. Navy Launches V-2 from Ship WASHINGTON, Sept 8-P)-The navy opened up what its top expert called a "new era in naval weapons" today with the an nouncement that a German V-2 rocket was fired last Saturday from the carrier Midway at sea. It was the first recorded launching of one of the mass de struction weapons from any mov ing platform. Specific Information was with held by the navy on where the Midway was at the time the pro jectile was launched. The navy refrained from call ing the whole demonstration a "success," using that word only to describe actual launching op eration. The announcement chary of details, said the V-2 "after being launched successfully . . . traveled about six miles and exploded." C. A. Lockwood Succeeds Wire PORTLAND, Sept 8 -UPh Charles.A. Lockwood is the new Oregon state game supervisor. He succeeds Frank B. Wire, who earlier had announced intention to retire Dec. 31, but stepped up the date because of ill health and re signed Saturday. Lockwood has been assistant game supervisor since 1937. He Joined the state game commission staff in 1933 as a game officer at Diamond lake in Douglas county. Lockwood said the commission planned to boost production of china pheasants to 90,000 this year and release 19,000,000 trout in Ore gon streams. Turnover High Comimiriist Affidavits State Plan Draws Protest .fvr VK ' I n ... The state highway commission, la need of a new office building In Salem. Is considering the purchase af the block which is the attrac tive site af the First Presbyterian chorea. The 19-year-old edifice, ne af the valley's finest churches, is Just northwest across Cheme keta street from the state library (at the left) and the mall of the eapltol group. If it Is rased, it will be ever the objections of church officials whs protested acquisition but Informed the highway com mission they did not wish to "obstruct" though they would need at least iwa yean' notice. (Story on page 4) (Photo by Don Dill, States man staff photographer.) Prices Rise for Eggs; Margarine NEW YORK, Sept ft-iVf-Meat coffee, butter and tallow advanced in price today, but margarine manufacturers announced a price re duction of about 5 cents a pound. Another bright note came from Kansas City where cattle receipts reached a new high for the year, foreshadowing larger supplies in the future. N The present, however, was gloomy enough, with porterhouse steak 7 Willamette Alumni Pass Test for Bar Seven Willamette university law graduates, five of them from Salem, were among 40 successful candidates who passed the state bar examinations given in July, it was announced here Monday by Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the state supreme court. Salem students passing were George E. Constable, Frank J. Healy,jr., Rupert E. Park, Mar ion Reynolds and Arthur T. Cav enaugh. Thomas Benton Gabriel and Warren Lesseg are both of Portland. All of the students, with the ex ception of Healy are veterans of World War II. Healy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Healy of 1500 S. Liberty st, has been blind since birth. He studied through the long, difficult course by using braille and his exceptionally keen . memory. Dr. Seward P. Reese, dean of Willa mette university law. school, said Healy graduated at the top of his class despite his handicap and was a "very bright student" The candidates will be formal ly admitted to the bar at a spe cial ceremony in the supreme court building Friday. Church School Rolls to Gain Salem Catholic school leaders Monday predicted an all-time tigh combined enrollment of ap proximately 800 pupils when the city's three parochial schools op en next Monday morning. St Vincent de Paul grade school in north Salem is adding two school rooms and an extra teacher this year to take care of 300 students, an increase of more than 50 from last year. Registra tion will be held at the school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week from 10 ajn. to noon and from 1 to 2 p.m. Combined enrollment of Sacred Heart academy . and St Joseph's grade school is expected to top the 500 mark, with greatest increase- ocguring in the primary grades, school officials there said Monday, Registration is taking place daily at the school this week from 10 ajn. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. , 1 A. j 4 inn 4 Meat, Down retailing in jsew York at si a pound 31 cents higher than a year ago. Spot butter added another cent on the New York mercantile ex change for a new 1947 high of 84',i cents, an increase of 125 cents a pound since Aug. 1. Two of the largest grocery chains advanced coffee 2 cents a pound equalling the highs set Feb. 17. Soap manufacturers found tal low a cent a pound higher in New York. r Hogs W East St Louis hit $30 a hundredweight, equalling the all-time record of last October. PORTLAND, Sept. 8(P)-Whole-sale prices of large eggs moved up another cent on the Portland market today, but medium and small sizes were unchanged. The price to retailers now is 75 cents a dozen for grade AA large and 70 cents for grade A large, plus two cents for cartons. rORTLAND, Sept. 8 -UP)- Hog prices moved to record highs here today with the general increase across the country. Butcher hogs sold at a top of $31.50 and feeder pigs at $55 cat tle prices were up 50 cents with good grass steers topping at $26. ROSE FETE ELECTS PORTLAND, Sept. MRob ert L. Eaton, former president of the Portland Junior Chamber of Cornmerce, was elected president of the Rose Festival association here-tonight KIWANIANS URGED VANCOUVER. B.C., Sept 8 -(CP)- Dr. Charles W. Armstrong, of Salsbury, N.C., president of the Kiwanis international, today called upon Kiwanians throughout North America to "be alert to every op portunities to combat the insidious evil of communism." Polk County DALLAS, Sept. 8 Dallas taxes will be 77.7 mills for this year compared to 78.7 mills last year, according to figures released by Ed Dunn, Polk county assessor. State and county taxes will be the same, 19.8 mills; school tax is up 1.2 mills from last year's 40.4 but the city millage levy is down 2.2 mills from last year's 18.5. Monmouth taxes will , be in Creased 5.2 mills above last year's 72.2. Independence with 70.4 is 16.5 under the 86.9 levy of last year. Willamina shows a four mill increase to-133 mills. West Salem Delayed Millage levy for West Salem has not been computed, awaiting figures from the Marlon county Restraints Held Proper Against inu-uemocrai FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 8- fiVThe Taft-Hartley law pro- i visions requiring labor unions to ! file affidavits that their officers are not communists was held con stitutional today by a federal dis trict judge the first such ruling made on the new statute. Judge T. W. Davidson held that the non-communist provisions are legal, consistent and proper and that the union did not have recourse to the NLRB since the CIO had hot complied with the law. i The ruling was made on a pe tition by the Oil Workers Inter national union (CIO) asking that the court order Edwin A. Elliott, regional NLRB director, to count - ballots in an election of workers company of Wichita Falls, Tex. "The constitution guarantees a representative form of govern . ment," Davidson declared, "and it is consistent and proper to ' throw restraint around any or- ganizatinn by denying privileges i to those who would destroy this form of government." Judge Davidson held that by i failing to comply with the pro- 1 vision of the Taft-Hartley law wnicn requires ruing or non communist affidavits, the OWIU was not eligible for certification as a bargaining unit. "Communism is recognized as not being a representative form of government," Davidson de clared. "Communism is more the dictatorial type." The OWIU had contended that its constitution bars communists from membership and officer po sitions. Judge Davidson held that the union was an affiliate of the CIO, which has not complied with the law. AFLtoSign; CIO Will Not CHICAGO. Sept. 8 -p)- AFL President William Green expresswi the opinion tonight that top AFL leaders would sign non-communist affidavits in order to use the national labor relations board in jurisdictional fights with rival unions. A decision was put off by the executive council until Friday morning, Gren said, to permit a legal inquiry into a ruling hv NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham that AFL council mem bers must sign the affidavits.' Green said the same affidavits were not being required of the 51 members of the CIO executive board and the AFL council mem bers wanted to know the reason. WEST HARTFORD, Conn.. Sept. 8 James B. Carey, CIO na tional secretary-treasurer, assert ed here tonight that neither he nor CIO President Philip Murray would sign affidavits disclaiming communiest party membership to obtain NLRB certification under the Taft-Hartley act. Carey told 50 Hartford CIO leaders at a meeting here that the affidavit requirement was "clear ly unconstitutional." Young Asserts fNo Gambling' Marion County Sheriff Denver Young commenting on Attorney General George Neuner's month old directive to crack down on gambling, stated Monday that there are no slot machines or other gambling devices operating n Marion county. "It's nothing new as far as Marion county is concerned," Young commented. "My office has suppressed gambling and gambling - devices and punch boards for a long time." Tax Millages Disclosed assessor as to -the joint school rate. Rejection by Fals City voters of the budget proposed by the school board was instrumental in a sizable reduction in the millage levy for both the city and the district outside of Falls City. A new budget was prepared by school board 57 to keep within the 6 per cent limitation. Moneys spent above the present budget will have to be taken care of on a warrant basis and then voted in the budget for the following year, Dunn states. Falls City's millage levy of 78.8 mills is a decrease of 61.2 from I last year's 140. District 57 out Uide of Fails City will leavy 50.5 Suburban Area Gains Service; Starts Monday City bus routes of Oregon Mo tor Stages will be extended into three suburban areas beyond Sa lem city limits next Monday, bus line officials notified the city council Monday night at its meet ing in city hall. New servicer to the Liberty, Four Corners and east Center street areas will add two buses and five drivers to the local bus system and will shorten waiting periods at the downtown termi nal poirfts, it was stated by Carl J. Wendt, OMS transportation en Rineirr of Portland. Franchise Asked Wendt also asked the council that it consider granting the Ore gon Motor Stages an exclusive franchise, and an ordinance bill proposing a 10-year franchise was introduced and given first read ing. OMS, only present city bus service, now operates under city permit. Suburban bus lines, also under permit, are not permitted to haul passengers to or from points within the city, except the terminal. Changes prepared by the bus line for starting ne?ft Monday are: Extend South Commercial run from High and McGilchrist streets south on Commercial and Liberty road to Liberty school. Extend Chemeketa run from state hospital east on Center street to Lancaster road. Auburn and Morgan avenues, returning via Center street. Revision of this run from downtown to the hospital seU the route from Commercial and State streets via Commercial, Chemeketa, Church, Center, 20th, Breyman. 24th and Center. New Service Added Service now given by Chemek eta route will be included in a new Four Corners route from State and Commercial via Com mercial, Chemeketa, 24th, State to Four Corners, then looping via State, Elma. Mahrt and Lancas ter road back to State street. In the change, the Mill street bus will operate from the north west, instead of northeast, corner of State and Commercial. Wendt told the council that schedule will be arronged so that no more than three buses will be at the State and Commercial cor ner at one time. He estimated that 50 per cent of layover time at that corner will be eliminated, but said that the busex will not be able to operate with less than the present parking zone. VFW Parades For 3 Hours CLEVELAND. Sept. 8-P)-Showers of ticker tape rained down today as an estimated 15.000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars paraded under a hot sun for two hours and 55 min utes. Sprinkled with approximately 60 bands and in costumes varying from overalls to gaudy colored clothing, the marchers tramped over a route of several miles in one of the highlights of the VFW encampment. Prior to today's parade, dele gates passed resolutions endors ing the Taft-Ellendcr-Wagner act for a government housing construction program and calling for expansion of the nation's armed forces with emphasis, on making the United States air force "the world's strongest and capable of swift expansion." Baldock Married To Mrs. Lchnier TeJegrams announcing the mar riage of Mrs. Frank Lehmer, Sa lem, and R. H. Baldock, Oregon state highway engineer, at Wichi ta Falls, Tex., were received in Salem Monday. Mis. Baldock has been visiting with relatives in the east and middle west for several weeks. Baldock joined her last week while en route to New York City to attend a meeting of the Amer ican Association of State Highway Officials. Mr. and Mrs. Baldock will return here by automobile. Mrs. Baldock has lived in Sa lem for six years. They will re side in the Royal Court apart ments here. mills compared to last year's 93.7. Antioch Millage Highest Antioch district (30) has the greatest increase of any district in the county. The 49.9 mills for last year will be increased to 98 mills outside of the fire district and 102 mills inside the fire dis trict. Other rural school districts having lower levies, include Pedee 5, 46.9; Fern 8, 60.9; Airlie 16, 52.8; Gooseneck 23, 51.3; Good Cieek 25,8 49.5; Independence 29 outside city, 51.8. Work on tax rolls is progress ing satisfactorily, Dunn states, and they will be ready to turn ; over to the shenirs ollice lor collection on the date due, Octo ber 15. -i 1 ' ; ; The Winner! Automatic meters Identical or sim ilar to the one above are to re place 11C3 hand rrank-e pert ted meters which have been mn Sa lem streets since ApriL tinder a - city council decision of Monday night. Whit arrow point to the coin slot (which some driver have had trouble locating) in the above Park-o-Meter, one of 160 now being installed. Glubs and Fists Used to Unload Jewish Exodus HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 9 -(iP)-British authorities announced today that all the 1400 Jewish ref ugees aboard the second Exodus 1947 transport.' the Empire Rival, had been disembarked in Hamburg' within an hour -and 15 minutes. The announcement said , all the refugees had come off the vessel quietly without violence after a broadcast announcement aboard. HAMBURG, Germany, Sept 8-(Al- British troops disembarked 4206 Jews of the Exodus 1947 to day amid scenes of violence, using clubs and their fists to smash re sistance against landing on Ger man soil. "This is as bad as Hitler," Jews shouted at the soldiers. By nightfall the refugees were lodged in a heavily guarded dis placed persons camp at Pop pen -dorf. near Hamburg. Thtfs ended their long Journey back to Europe from Palestine waters aboard the British transport Ocean Vigour, the first of three such ships to be unloaded. Estimates of how many Jews of fered resistance varied. Two cor respondents permitted aboard the transport said one out of seven were subjected to physical pres sure. An official British statement said one Jew was hospitalized with head injuries, while several were treated for bruises and other in juries. Farmer Dies In Home Fire DALLAS, Sept 8-vp)-. Robert J. Armstrong, elderly farmer . ho had lived alone in the Butler Hill district 10 miles north of here for the last 20 years, died early Mon day in a fire which destroyed his home. Flames were first sighted by Jack Farris, a neighbor, when he was going to work about 8:30 a. m. The Benton - Polk fire con trol truck here went to the- fire. Armstrong's body was discovered in the ruins. ? Believed to have been between 70 and 80 years old, he had no surviving relatives so far as is known. All of his personal be longings were destroyed in the fire, proving a handicap to invest igating officers. Henkle - Bollman mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements, delayed pending further inquiry. Dotson Retires; ES Changes Noted Carroll Addison, placement of ficer at the Salem office of the state employment service, will take the place of D. D. Dotson. head of the office statistical de partment, who retired Monday af ter 15 years of service, according to W. H. Baillie, manager. Irene Johnston, who worked in the Salem office during the war but had since resigned, will re turn to take over the position va cated by Addison. Lyle Smith, for merly of the Klamath Falls of fice, has replaced Carl Schwab, of the employment department, who resigned recently to coach at Gervais high school. Vt 1 . Plaints Bring Call for Bids On 1,163 Units By Kobert E. Gangwar City Editor, The Statesman Automatic-type parking meterv will replace the 1,163 manually operated meters on Salem streets, it was ordered Monday night by the Salem city councik I After a reopening" of! the argu 4 ment over respective : merits of ' the two types of meters in which two meter firm representative, several police and maintenance officers ahd nearly all aldermen had their say the council voted 6-2 to cancel the present contract with Michaels Art Bronze Co, cf Covington, Ky at the end of the six-months trial period tor meters installed last April. Gilke. Fry Oppose City Manager 3. If Franien then was authorized toi seek bids i for automatic meters to replace (the manual meters. Downtown l Salem already has a few auto i ma tic meters of the Park-o-Meter company of Oklahoma City, installed as first lot of an order of 360 automatic meters authorized by the council last month. j Aldermen Albert C. Gille and Daniel J. Fry opposed the change to automatic meters, the remain ing aldermen and Mayor R. L. FJfjtrom voting to replace the present meters. Both Gille and Fry emphasized that a chance in meters would result in a financ ial loss to the city. Aldermen voting for the change however, indicated they felt the manually operated meters . mcf-i ficient in operation, requiring ex cessive maintenance , and incon venience to the publicl " Kevenne I'naffected Robert Foote, representative cf the Michaels meter firnv estimat ed the city'i loss of equity, higher cost of automatic and meter stan dard co ts would amount to $38. 000. City Manager Franzen not ed, following the meeting, that since parking meters under any contract would bo paid for out cf meter revenue over 18 months, the estimated $40,000 parking me ter revenue in the current city budget is not affected. Final pay ment to a new concern (will come ; about six months later than final payment for the present meters, Franzen said. Before ordering the change, the council voted down moves by Gille and Fry to continue the Michaels contract or to seek a 90-day extension of the UU1 per iod during which operation of the newly installed automatic meters could be observed. j Last nighta controversy over parking meters brought forth the.-e reports and opinions: j 5 Officers Repaired i 1 Police Chief Frank Minto: "Parking meters now require if attention of five police force members, one of them the full-"1 time city maintenance man and the others patrolmen who 'spend part of their time checking met er complaints and potitring met ers " 1 Maintenance Man Rojy Morrisf "Of 1,680 meter maintenance calls since installation in April, 28 per cent of meter were j found in working order, with persons net manipulating them correctly, 31 per cent were jammed. 1 per cent had clocks out of order and 22 per cent had miscellaneous defects in slots, signs and other parts." Rey Bowles, representing t?e Park-o-Meter automatic meUr concern: The Park-o-Meters in stalled in Salem are lot latt;t type recently completely re- j gineered, are of gear mesh tv. e which, in proper adjustment, ch :-not- give less time than the cc n calls for." Bowles also said t in firm would guarantee, iij award .i a contract, to have meters he by the time the manual-melt rs are removed.' Too Many' Protested" Alderman David' ,0Hara My principal objection to the present meters is that they consistently give less time than the coins indicate; this city should not be in the business of gypping its ' citizens." j- O'Hara and Gille also! asserted that the city has too many meters for its size, with the recent ad dition of 360 meters (some not yet installed) to the 1,163 auto matic meters. I v Nuns ami Children ! Escape-Cbnvent Fire ROME, Sept 9 -(Tuesday WT) Fireman said an unknown number of nuns and children escaped with out injury from fire whijrh broke out early today on the third floor of the five-story convent of San Giuseppe in the center if Rome. Weather Salem Portland . San Franrikco Chicago New Yotk Max. Mi;).. Preclp, . CS It .! hi j-i m i as io jo Willamette river -4 fe.. i FORECAST t from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem: Mostly cloudy today and tonfcht With occa sional light showers. Hihej ten-Denature today near 70; lowest rear SO.