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OOO OOOO OD ODDO O OOO .'DO'Da ODD" OOO' '(yao o o - r - w : Weather CP Max. Min. S4 29 17 4 Preoisv Jf -. jSO J4 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago . IS S3 34 4 f - Mew York 21 Willamette river SJ feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair today, tonight and Saturday e -eept for local morning fogs. Highest temperature today. 46 degrees; lowest tonight. 26 degrees. j romcro POUNDDD 1651 NINFrr-SEVnfTH YEAB 20 PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Satan Orecjon, Friday, January 16, 1948 Price 5c No. 252 ff .1 III I II 111! II 111! ra By reiteration President Tru man hopes to build his care with the people for his program against ill economic winds. When h railed the congress into spe cial session last November he presented a 10-point program to control inflation. When he signed the Taft bill he criticised it as being inadequate. In his message to this session he repeated his call for controls. Now he has filed his "economic report" as requir ed under the -full employment" law and reemphasized his appeals for controls against inflation, lie knows very well congress Is not disposed to give him these tools, but he hopes to be shed of re sponsibility for the damage of Inflation or deflation if and when It is felt He can point to the record and say. "I told you so." The president urges business men to hold the line against price Increases and labor to be moder ate in its wage demands. Yet this week Mr. Truman sent in a bud get which calls for an expendi ture of nearly $40 billion, or two billion more than for the current year. Government spending is definitely inflationary. He should have reduced instead of Increas ed the budget to new heights for peacetime. Government competition for men and materials and govern ment wartime spending set the stage for the present inflationary orgy. The government can make an important contribution toward braking inflation by cutting down Its current spending and by re ducing the national debt There is much truth in what the current news-letter of the (Continued on editorial page) Mercury Drops To New Winter Loiv in Salem Little change from the current cold spell, which saw the mercury lummet to this winter's record ow temperature of 24 degrees, is predicted for the next few days by the U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary field. A slightly higher minimum reading of 24 degrees, still six de grees below freezing, was fore cast for tonlghf by the bureau early this morning. Thursday'! sub - freezing low was recorded here between 7:30 and 8:30 am. The weatherman looks forward to clear weather, with morning fogs, for the week end. he said this morning. Meanwhile sub-zero temperatures, iceand packed snow continued to plague motorists in many sections of eastern and cen tral Oregon. State Highway En gineer K. H. Baldock reported Thursday. Heavy fog was forecast for the mountain passes and short sec tions of one-way traffic contin ued in many parts of the state as the results of recent slides. The road report included : Government Camp 44 inches roadside snow. Packed a n o w throughout entire district Santiam Packed snow and ice on roads. Sanded. Roadside snow at summit 60 inches. Ode II Lake Packed snow and tee from tunnel to one mile be yond Odell butte. Sanded. Road side snow 47 inches. Hall Investigates Death Sentence Commutation Plea Gov. John Hall declared Thurs day he ia investigating the appli cation, of Wardell H. Henderson. 23 year-old prUoner, who is seek ing to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Henderson Is slated to die in the lethal gas chamber at the Oregon State penitentiary here January 23 for the slaying of Walter Poole, Vanport. on Dec. 24 .1943. Hen derson denied his guilt. Letters asking for consideration of Henderson's plea have been re ceived from Irving Doodman, Portland attorney, representing the National Association for the Ad vancement of the Colored Race, and the Portland Council of Churches. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Boy Talk about a utddtm reezef H , New Date Urged for State Fair PORTLAND, Jan. 1$.-0P)-A move to set the annual state fair back to the middle of September was started here today at the Ore gon Fairs association convention. Officials of county fairs said the usual Labor day opening of the state fair made it impossible for some counties to complete their annual events in time to send winners to the state show. A resolution calling for. the state fair to start in mid-September was expected later. CoL Alfred P. Kelly, attorney for the state racing commission, in a speech said the later date, permitting a longer horse-racing season in Portland, would mean more racing revenue for the state fair funds. He added, however, that neither he nor the racing commission was taking any stand on the issue. He reported the 1947 state take from racing was $776,000. H. H. Chindgren, of Molalla, association president, advocated establishment of an Oregon or northwestern college of fairs for education of managers and fair personnel. Daniels Dies After Illness RALEIGH. N. C, Jan. U.-tA-Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy in the first World war, for mer ambassador to Mexico and editor and publisher of the Ra leigh News and Observer died to day after a two-week illness. He would have been 86 in May. At his bedside In hi -home were his four sons. Jeeephus. jr, Jon athan and Frank, of Raleigh, and Dr. Worth Daniels of Washington. Daniels was a confidant of dem ocratic presidents from Grover Cleveland to Harry Truman. He was the last survivor of the orig inal Wood row Wilson cabinet and bosom friend of Franklin Roose velt Unemployment Load Grows The winter's largest unemploy ment claim load to date, 2,93, registered last week at the Salem office of the state employment service, is slightly above the 2,739 recorded during a comparable week last January, according to state unemployment compensation commission officials. The figure is still considerably below last winter's peak, the 3, 660 of the week of Feb. 14. 1947. . As compared to a year ago. claims for state compensation rose from 1.667 to 2,076, while veter ans' claims under the GI bill dropped from 1.081 tdo 909. Dur ing the week before last, 1.741 state and 640 veteran claims were filed at the local office. Paper Mill Purchase Proposal Confirmed LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 -UP)-Publisher Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times today con firmed reports that his paper and the -Portland Oregonian and Ore gon Journal are negotiating for purchase of the Hawley Pulp & Paper company at Oregon City. Ore. "If and when the sale is made, however, it will produce far less than the reported (50 a share," he said. Territorial Centennial Fund, State Library Pay Boost Pass Emergency appropriations of $14,361 to the Oregon state library for salary increases and of $22, 000 to the Oregon territorial cen tennial commission were granted Thursday by the state emergency board meeting" here. Miss Eleanor Stephens, state li brarian, told the board that the average salary paid workers ia her department was only $166 per month. The appropriation for the terri torial centennial commission is to help the program of observing the 100th birthday this year of the Oregon territory. In approving the library appro priation the emergency board made it plain that salaries In that department were lower than in most other activities and the pro posed increases had been recom mended by SUte Budget Director George Aiken and the state civil service commission. Turnover In state employes, cot Dewey Entered r " " " ! , l.'U. 'mi. ff--jHJii;i.. H f X f" t I. :.: J - . r' '.;' ' -t ' ' ' -i THOMAS E. DEWEY One Name on Ballot Knig Calls for Voluntary Oil, Gas Rationing WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 -CHI-he government called on the pub lic today to reduce consumption of scarce gasoline, fuel oil and gas by 15 per cent as a new cold wave rolled across the northern plains ; toward the eastern sea board already shivering in be low xero weather. Secretary of Interior Krug told an emergency conference of fuel coordinators from more than 20 states that voluntary consumer curtailment is necessary not only to relieve the current petroleum shortage but also to speed solu tion of a supply and distribution problem that may continue four or five years. Winter Grips Eastern U.S. By the Associated Preta The worst cold wave of the win ter swept across the entire nation east of the Rockies Thursday and (imMilm aairl nlrnnlT law temperatures will hit most states as far south as Texas and t lorioa. hiuimi. The cold mass moved into north- "Th wild movement through em plains states and is expected out the entire area mystified ma to drop the mercury ss low as 25 below zero in Minnesota and Wis consin Friday night before moving southeastward and intensifying acute fuel shortages. Eastern states from New Eng- j land to Florida, gripped Thursday by the coldest weather of the sea son, will shiver even more Satur day and Sunday when the second wave of cold air Is expected to reach them. Ellis Seeks State Senate Presidency SUte Sen. Rex Ellis, Pendleton, announced Thursday he will be a candidate for president of the sen ate at the 1949 legislature. Only other candidate announced is Senator Angus Gibson of Junc tion City. Senator William Walsh. Coos Bay. has been mentioned prominently in connection with the senate presidency. Ellis has represented Morrow, Umatilla and Union counties in the senate continuously since 1937 and is one of the veteran members. He was a candidate for congress in 1940. including the higher educational division, now is in excess of 200 a month," Aiken said. He attribut ed the situation to low salaries paid by the state when compared with private industries. The territorial centennial com mission, created by the late Gov. Earl Snell. held a brief confer ence after the emergency board meeting and decided to use its appropriation largely for an edu cational program. A booklet deal ing with pioneer days and a map of the Oregon country will be made available. Highlight of the observance will be a banquet slated for Aug ust 14. the centennial anniversary of the passage by congress of the act creatine the Oregon territory. Attending: the banquet will be governors of the five states which originally were a part of the ter ritory, including Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, and small parta of Montana and Wyoming. UuvuImJUIk Petition On File At Capitol The names of more than 1,000 Oregon qualified republican vo ters are contained on petitions, filed in the state department here today, requesting that the name of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York state be placed on the bal lot at the primary election May 21, for a preferential vote for nomination for president In event the petitions are found sufficient Dewey's name will ap pear on the ballot, state depart ment officials announced. A min imum of 1000 signatures of repub lican voters is required under the law. The petitions were brought here by Mrs. Frank Schlegel, Mrs. L. C. Fox, Mrs. Dorothy Root and Mrs. Paul Keeney, all of Portland. In Albany, N. Y., Dewey could not be reached for comment, the Associated Press reported late Thursday night. Dewey was the first candidate of either party entered in the May 21 primary. In Oregon, delegates to the national convention are committed to the presidential as pirants receiving the most votes in the democratic and republican primaries. 40-Foot Waves In Windless Sea Amaze Skipper NEW YORK, Jan. l'r--Cff)-A mysterious dance of mighty. 40 foot waves on a windless sea caused the liner America to ar rive 14 hours late today from England and Eire. The liner's mystified master. Commodore Harry Manning, said "it was a big, dead sea without whitecaps" 700 miles In circum ference. "In all my 35 years at sea I have never encountered such a strange manifestation of the ocean," Manning said. "On Tues day at midnight we encountered a large area of confused sea and we did not get through the cen ter of it until 12 hours later when because there was no wind. Forty foot waves beat on us from all sides." 2 Die in Fire At Willamette PORTLAND. Jan. 16 -UPy- An oil stove exploded last night in an old wooden house occupied by 11 persons and two were killed as they tried to outrace the flames. Four others, a mother and three of her children, were burned ser iously. The other five escaped by leaping from windows. The house, located at the small community of Willamette south of here, was destroyed completely. The dead were John Denny, 81, and 4-year-old Billy Lewis, a vis itor in the home. U. S. Troops to Stay Clear of Holy Land LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 15 -UP-Creation of a United Nations mil itary force to carry out partition ing of Palestine was proposed to day by Senator Vicente J. Fran cisco, Philippine member of the U.N. commission chosen to divide the Holy Land into Jewish and Arabic countries by October 1. President Truman told a white House news conference later in the day that tie aid not contemplate sending any American troops to Palestine. BATTLESHIPS LIMITED WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -&)-The United States fleet, hit by peacetime manpower shortages, has only two battleships in active service (Iowa and Missouri), of ficials said today as the navy dis closed that the 45,000-ton New Jersey and Wisconsin had been put in "mothballs" January 1. PRICE CONTROL BACK OTTAWA, Jan. 15 - P) - The Canadian government beset by complaints over surging living costs, announced tonight it is re imposing price ceilings on meat and butter. 71 KILLED IN PALESTINE JERUSALEM, Jan. 15 -(A)- At least 71 persons were reported slain today in fierce Arab-Jewish fighting in southern Palestine and in the teeming streets of the i northern port city of Haifa. UlivJ in State Independence Acquires Emergency Boat 1W '""L j ' If INDEPENDENCE Willamette river emergencies will be mere effectively handled with the new 16 foot sea sled shewn above with its designers and builders, left to right. Brad Humphrey and Tom Ritehey, both; of Independence. Funds for the beat were raised by civil and fraternal groups. A wide, flat bottom gives the unique craft stability in rough waters, and a wide range ef emergency equipment including life preservers, fire extinguishers and grappUnc hooka will add te its efficiency. (Photo by Don DUL Statesman staff photographer.) Taft Asks MairslhialD Warons Against Sflasihi Recovery in. Europe 'Hinged OiiMnf PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15--Sec-retary of State Marshall said to night in a speech plainly aimed at congress that radical alteration of the administration's foreign aid program might imperil the chances of European recovery. He acknowledged there might be flaws of omission or phrasing in the aid bill submitted by Presi dent Truman and said congress doubtless would improve the measure in some particulars. But he strersed that the prin cipal terms of the four-year pro gram, with its $6,800,000,000 in itial outlay, were drafted with ut most care "to meet many vital considerations affecting the na tional interest." "Radical alteration of the basic structure would, I fear, jeopard ize the prospect that the measure would successfully accomplish the purpose for which it was de signed," Marshall told the Pitts burgh chamber of commerce. He said in a speech that the recovery enterprise involved the course of history in our time and for many years to come" so that its present scrutiny by congress merited fullest publicity to keep the nation informed. Motorcycle-Auto Accident Debut For First Aid Car Salem's new first aid car car ried out its first mission of mercy Thursday when aid men assisted Jack Evans, 29, of 1144 Madison st., who was injured in a motorcycle-automobile accident at 5:59 p.m., at Marion and North Capi tol streets. The motorcycle, which Evans uses in operation of a local pick-up and delivery service, collided with an auto driven by Dale W. Trude, 1180 Shipping st. Trude was not held. According to police reports, the accident occurred when the Trude car, which was traveling south on North Capitol street, at tempted to turn east on Marion and met the motorcycle which was running north on Capitol street. Evans was taken to Salem Gen eral hospital with a broken left wrist and multiple compound frac tures of the lower left leg. Hospi tal attendants last night said be was resting well, and his condition was not critical. CIO to Ask Legislature To Outlaw Jim Crow' PORTLAND, Jan. 15 -UP)- The CIO Portland industrial bunion council said today it would back a bill in the next state legislature to abolish all "Jim Crow" prac tices in Oregon. ! The council said it wanted a law guaranteeing" all races and creeds equal access to restaurants and other public places .and pro hibiting real estate restrictions which prevent certain races from i choosing: where they ahail live. Primary Race Aid Cut Truman to Ignore Critics of Balcony For White House WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-iTh President Truman said today he is going ahead with his plans to build a balcony on the White House, and he laughingly com pared his critics to people who fought the Introduction of bath tubs. Of course, Mr. Truman told a news conference, he realizes that he is only a temporary tenant of the White House, all presidents have been temporary and that he hopes this will always be true. The balcony would be a sort of back porch for the Trumans, built within the columns on the south side of the mansion. Veterinarians Meet Today The Oregon State Veterinary Medical association will hold its quarterly meeting in Salem today at the Marion hotel with about 15 Salem area veterinarians includ ed in the approximately 75 or 100 expected to- attend from over the state. Dr. Fay Ranking, Salem veter inarian, will be among several members who will read papers. Dr. Rankin's paper will concern cobalt deficiency in cattle. Dis cussions on general veterinarian problems will help round out the a 11 -day session. MAMMOTH FIRE IN BOSTON" BOSTON, Jan. 15 -UP)- Bos ton's first five-alarm fire in three years raged uncontrolled through a five-story leather warehouse for more than four hours today, causing a loss expected to ap proach $2,000,000. Loan Volume Shows Increase In Willamette Credit Association By Lillle L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman Loan volume of the Willamette Production Credit association for 1947 amounted to a total of $2, 591,000, according to reports made t y Phil M. Brandt, secretary treasurer, at the 14th annual meeting of the association held Thursday at Legion hall. This rep resents an increase of 27 per cent over the previous year. The association finished the year with 736 members, an increase of 87 over the total at the end of 1946. Member ownership of stock now stands at $14.1,500, while accumu lated earnings are $113,454. Oper ating expenses increased in 1947 to $31,045 in comparison to $23, 576, due largely to the increase in salaries. Additional help has been added, Mr. Brandt stated, to care for the large Increase in volume of business. Mr. Brandt also said that in 1935 the government's Investment in the association vas $250,000 and today the government only -1 tJtw"1 ' $2L .'Billion; Truman Budget PROVIDENCE. Jan. 15 -fJPUA $3,000,000,000 slash in President Truman's budget with $1,000,000,- wu loppea on proposed foreign aid was demanded tonight by Sen ator Taft (R-Ohio). The president's budget, submit ted to congress on Monday, called for expenditures of $39,669,000,000 in tne riscal year beginning next Charging that the president has demanded "war spending'- and "war powers to regulate every oetau or American life," the chair man of the senate's republican policy committee urged a complete recasting of the national defense spending estimates to give this country an air force second to none. Taft, a GOP presidential candi date, also called for a "substan tial" cut in federal taxes after applying $2,500,000,000 of an ex pected surplus as payment on the national debt. The Ohio senator reiterated Kis opposition to universal military training. He said this would help reduce the president's overaU bud get. Taft said he believed the foreign aid slash could be made "provid ing Marshall plan appropriations are not regarded as sacrosanct.'' Liquor Sales Set New State High in December PORTLAND, Jan. 15-6ip-Ore-gonians spent $5,289,840.73 for li quor last month the largest amount ever turned in for a single month since state ' liquor stores were instaUed 15 years ago. ; Total sales for aU of 1947 were down, however. They were $42, 173.918 - more than two million dollars less than the record set in 1946. had an investment of $115,000 with $40,000 budgeted to be paid off this year. Directors re - elected were E. W. . McMindes of Astoria, Claude Buchanan of Rickreall and E. A. McCornack of Eugene. Other as sociation directors are John Ra ma ge of Woodbum, and George Fullen wider of Carlton, the lat ter of whom is president. The di rectors will meet Friday to elect officers for 1948. More than 175 members of the association and invited guests at tended the noon dinner served bv Women of Ankeny grange, andi the business meeting which fol lowed. Speakers other than Mr. Brandt included William McKin ney, vocational instructor at Sa lem high school; Loren Newkirk, Salem; Claude Buchanan and E. W. Mindes, directors, and intro duced as honored guests were E. O. Stadter, association attorney; Lyle Specht of Tillamook, . Noel Benion of Corvallis, Charles A. S prague, Harry McGee and Ben NewelL-i - ? - - Asks $3 Million . -i Slashed from pLmE Friction ! Leads to 'i ; Changes By Wendell Webb Managing Editor, The Statesman A veritable shake-un in fK strife-ridden Salem police depart ment appeared imminent today. ine ataiesman learned, on good authority outside the city govern ment, that there already is pre pared or in the makine a nhn completely; reorganizing the de partment, ana inai were is a department-wide meeting set for tonight. i . j- So far as could be ascertain! last night. Chief of Police Frank aunio isj to remain ; as titular bead. But it was understood the chiefs plain clothes detail is j to be "re-arranred" and that I at least one ; man now in a lower capacity is to be cloaked - with, new authority, in addition to oth er changes. ;. The reorganization nlan f htv. ' derstood to have been nrenarcd by City Manager .J. L. Franzen. Whether the program contem plates the severance of any per sonnel was not immediately known. But there was evidence that the initial details, scheduled to be made known shortly, would be followed by. further develop- , menta as the plan becomes effec tive, x - i Statement Premised I Franzen. annraised of Th Statesman's information last night, said he had no comment to make but that there would, be a statement within a few days." Disclosure of the 2 impending change is closely coincident with m siuay ox ine police department which has been under way; on behalf of The Statesman for sev eral weeks. 3 i - . The study (which Has been, in dependent of this newspaper's re porters who - are ' charged only with a fair and factual presenta tion of - day-to-day news) i was undertaken as a result of a smouldering friction; known to have been increasingly prevalent in the police department the last three years. - . , j1 It has brought to light on the one hand, in regard 'to the ma jority, evidence of much good -police work. On the other hand, it has brought out a wide variety of adverse stories ranging from flagrant abuse of authority, bouV in the handling of arrests and 1 he- disposition of property, to petty jealousies and deep-seated per sonnel friction. i - . ; Coveted Assignment i : A considerable amount of f rl- tlon is known to have centered around assienments ta tho pnvt ed plain clothes detail. How far its contemplated re-arrangement" would go was; not imme diately known. Its present .com plement includes Capt. Hobart Kisisnns. i Wame Parker Clmro Ed wards j Ernest Finch and! Da vid Houter. 1 Prolonged rumblin ett 4in sion within the department (first became pronounced late last j falL In one instance. 141 JnHi vis ual allotment from proceeds of the annual police ball was! in volved. The $49 was announced as beine for the miroose of h Irv ing defray costs of uniforms. It went also to non-uniformed offi cers (who have other eouinmont expenses, however,, with the ex ception of Assistant Police Chief unariton and Officer . L. Pease, who did not accept the money, ; ' . 1 In another instance; a so-called "inner circle" evinced, eonsirior. - able dissatisfaction or chagrin or . both because Policeman Harley Cordrayrwas chosen by popular vote to head the nolice local in-. stead otm higher-ranking officer. Development Imminent j EarlV this month. Pease nti. nation, stirred the department He was first ordered off the plain clothes detail after ! having; be come involved in a. department controversv over a mnraU i rsu detention in December, and !thn said he was quitting: the depart- . A - 1 1 - a uiciii. ciuucijr oecause ne naa learned on good -authority that he was to be fired. Chief Minti Ho nied he planned to discharge! him.,. rne iacuon claimed f ease j had. been a source of discord; another insisted Pease' enemies in the de. partment had been t "out to vet him" for some time. Pease j said Min to no longer was in control of his department. t- 1 . In was resorted unofficially In department circles last night! that the first development in the shake-up probably would - porno witnin 24 hours. . s Silverton'g Junior First Citizen Named SILVERTON Jack Spencer. president of the SUverton Cham ber 'of Commerce in 1947,1 was named Silverton's No. 1 Junior citizen, selection made by the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce and an nounced' Thursday by Dr. E. W. Grodrian. nresident. s A banauet honoring Spencer will be held s.'j , wanuary w.