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DO O OCDED OOO OODO' QD" ODFZ?0 ODO Police Department Shaken Up; City Manager Names Captains, Vows Backing If You're Right' Off S33DQS HJQDQjXg In appointing a new board of directors for Portland General Electric under Pepco's reorgani zation Judge Jame Alger Fee has made a clean sweep of the old board, with one exception. Presi dent James H. Polhemus is nam ed to the new body. All the oth ers are new. although two. Tom Delzell and R. L. Clark were the Independent trustees for Pepco. Salem Is represented on the new board in the person of James J. Walton, president of the Walton Brown Electric Co. and president f the Salem Chamber of Com merce. Paul B. Wallace served on the old board in recent year?, but declined appointment to a new board. The other appointees are men Of high standing in the business world of Oregon. While they have hid no experience in managing affairs of an electric utility com pany they are men of character who will be conscientious in per formance of their duties. Presum ably Polhemus will be continued as president and the operating ersonnel will remain without uch change. But definitely the new board means a new deal in PGE management. Portland General Electric was not in financial trouble it was the holding company that got bogged down. PGE is solvent and strong. It has its problems how ever, chiefly those of finance now that the agitation for public own ership has subsided in Oregon. The rapid (Continued on editorial page) Dewey Admits Candidacy with Oregon. Entry ALBANY, "N.Y Jan. 1S-W) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey late today announced his candidacy for the republican presidential nomina tion through a 'surprise" statement by a member of his staff. The New York governor, 1944 GOP standard bearer, broke his long official silence on his avail ability by authorizing his execu tive assistant. James C. Hagerty, to issue a statement saying he "would accept" if nominated. Hagerty said the statement result ed from "queries' about the en try in Oregon's May presidential primary yesterday of a full slate of convention delegates pledged to the Empire state executive. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, republican chief in the senate, promptly "commended Dewey's action and said: "The more candidates whose names will be before the conven tion, the better it will be for the party" Taft. Dewey's chief rival for the nomination in 1940 before it was snatched by the late Wendell L. j ....... . t a j : J . . ..... i Winnie, saia ne uiu nui c.pm to enter the Oregon primary. ' AMATEURISH ARSONIST ' PORTLAND. Jan. 18 -;P)- An i Inefficient arsonist was on the loose today. He or she set three blazes in the same east side district last night. But the sites were badly chosen: The fires, in a garage, in a building well, and in a rose bush, all went out at once. Weather Max. . M 44 - S3 - Min. Pracip. n .te 29 .0 Portland . . San Francisco Chicago 3 .aa is JW Mw York FORECAST (from US wcatnrr bu reau. McNary held. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight. High today 10. tow tonight 30 Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "It J;. - t !i iWy 9"S m Fm S9 i to oe mad I 9 By Wall Webst Manaf in a Ed tot. Th Statesman City Manager J. L. Franzen mapped out a new deal for the Salem police department last night. l-demanded so end to "gossip and rumor," stressed the department's "tremendous responsibility" and turned back the reins to Chief of Police Frank Minto for execution of the program. In a 60-minute talk to nearly all of the 40-man department, Franzen set up an entirely new line of succession, created' two captaincies, paved the way for a split-up in the coveted detective (plain-clothes) detkil and told the men he would "back you to the limit so long as you're right; if ycur'rt not right, it won't take lorg .. .. Seem Mecrne-Silent "My work and my hobby are to make the city of Salem have the finest municipal government pos sible. It is up to you to help." One of the major changes an nounced by Franzen in his jammed but morgue-silent office places a higher officer over the desk ser geant in each of the three daily shifts. The three officers, answerable only to the chief, are Assistant Police Chief E. C. Charlton, who takes charge from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; CapU Hob-rt Kiggins, - previously head of the detective detail, who heatls the 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift, and CapC Walter Esplin, in charge from lu p.m. to 6 a m. Will Den lnlfersn Under the new plan, both Charlton and Kiggins will don uniforms. Esplin, until now a "roving" sergeant, is an up-from-the-ranks appointment. The other three sergeants retain their pres ent rank but are answerabie to their superior officers on each shiftSgt Stanley Friese to Charl ton, SgU Don Nicholson to Kig gins and Set. Ersel Mundinger to fcptl!".. All are to be under civil service except the chief. The present detective detail, as a unit, is abolished unless Chief Minto finds it practicable to lump the detectives for certain work. Minto said last night Detectives George Edwards and Wayne Par ker would serve under Charlton on the am. to 2 pm. shift, and that Detectives Ernest Finch and David Houser would be assigned to the other two shifts. Sveressiea Defined Franzen laid out definitely the line of succession: "If Minto quits, Charlton would take over and Kiggins would move up to assistant chief; Esplin would take Kiggins place." He also said there would be difference of pay for the top three officers. (Charlton will retain the $290 monthly pay he receives as assist ant chief, Kiggins the 2&0 he has been getting as head of the de tective detail, and Esplin will draw $270 a $5 increase from the reg ular sergeant's pay). The same line of shift - suc cession would be true for the three sergeants, Franzen said. Declaring that "there is no pol itics in this," the city manager stressed throughout his talk, dur ing which Mayor R. L. ElXstrom was the only city official present outside of the police department, that the police are essentially the first line of contact in the city government. He also emphasized public relations by pointing out specific instances of good and bad. Welcome Card Landed Regarding the former, he cited a visitor's "welcome card." made available by the Salem Kiwanis club last year and placed by po- JV" iiw in tourists cars, sometimes I in lieu of traffic tickets. Favor i able reDerrussions still are beine noted, he said in commenting that a lnsas City man recently wrote -ru " lem was bemg exhibited by him everywhere he travelled. In regard to bad public rela tions, he said a few days ago "an old man was brought into the sta tion and when he objected to be ing frisked his arm was twisted, perhaps too hard. Some citizen saw that and it came to my notice. That incident will destroy more goodwill than the entire depart ment could build up in a week. Regarding gossip, which he said apparently had come from the de partment itself, he mentioned he had heard that Fire Chief William Roble. whom he brought from Spokane to head the fire depart ment last year, was a cousin. He told the group he had no rela tives, other than his wife, nearer than Long Beach. Calif. Kidmt Explained Franzen also said he had heard it rumored that he had brought in Harvey Tautfest from Oregon Ci ty ( Franzen 's former home town) and added him to the police de partment. The city manager ex plained tat Tautfest had applied for a position and that he (Fran zen). had told him it was up to Chief Minto. The latter. Franzen commented, had said be was in need of experienced men and hired Tautfest accordingly. Franzen stressed repeatedly that men in all brackets were to take up their problems with their immediate superiors, and that if some things still remained to be ironed out. Chief Minto was to be consulted. If difficulties still re mained, the problem must be brought to Franzen "and well settle it right here." Confidence Expressed The city manager, directly and by inference, made it plain he had confidence in the ability of the police department, and said it Was not under the onus which some times had been the case with de- umes naa oeen we case ' partments of other cities, He commented also tha He commented also that he had Head Shifts v ;. V' - r in V-', 'V - -V . ' J 1 f? Assistant Felice Chief E. C Chart ten, whe last night was nasaed U head the I l n. U t s. n, shift la the Salem Felice de partment. Ilebart Klxtlas, ewrently head ef the Salem Felice detecUve (plaiaweletaes) detail, who was a can Lain la chars ef X p. m. U It p. am. slut. Walter Esplin. a reving sergeant, whe was elevated te the rank ef captain and placed in charge f the peliee denartsnent freni II B. BL U I t. B. "no liking for speeches' and that "this is probably the last one I'll give you." and indicated that any further problems within the de partment would be dealt with on an individual basis. At the conclusion of the meet ing. Mayor Elfstrom spoke brief- 00 the importance of Public re" 'ations and the police depart' ment's part in it, and indicated confidence both in the department and its plan of reorganization. Chief Minto. as the session ad journed, pledged his "fullest co operation" in activating the reor ganization plan in the best inter ests of the department and the ci ty, and said it would go into ef fect at 6 a. m. Monday. w.v..-- i;J u&2 v Farm Crop Committees Face Problem of What To Substitute for Rained-Out Fall Plantings By Llille TL. Madsen garni Editor, Tttm Stateamai) Farm crops committees, now meeting under the county agri cultural program planning com mittees in the Willamette valley, are confronted with the problem of what crops to plant this spring as only about 50 per cent of the ordinary seedings were made last fall. Heavy rains made normal seeding impossible. In Yamhill county, crops list ed by the committee and sug gested for farmer consideration are Hannchen barley, teed flax (which again this year has a $6 per bushel guaranteed price), and spring oats and grey oats that would be planted during Febr uary. Members m the various Wil lamette valley counties report that the spring planting of com mon or Willamette vetch has not given satisfactory results in many sections because of aphis dam age. However, Yamhill commit tee members point out that where a heavy seeding of vetch was made some good hay has been harvested. A doubled rate of nor- mal seeding should be made if NINTTY -SEVENTH YEAB Veto Held GOP Tax Cut Fate WASHINGTON. Jan. 16-0P-In an angry exchange in which both sides raised the cry of "politics," Secretary of the Treasury Snyder virtually told the republicans to day that another presidential veto awaits their $5,600,000,000 income tax reduction bilL GOP leaders went ahead never theless with plans to pass their bill and junk President Truman's $40 - for - everybody cut Snyder clipped his words as he gave this argument to the opening session of the house ways and means com mittee: 1. The republican bill, offered by Chairman Knutson (R-Minn.), would blast hopes for debt retire ment and actually put the treas ury $2,100,000,000 in the red in fiscal 1949. 2. As for the prospect of a veto of Knutson's bill, he said "the same consideration which Impelled the president to veto two $4,000. 000,000 tax cut measures last year "are controlling today." S. The best interest of the coun try would be served by prompt enactment of the president's own tax proposal. When Snyder had finished his formal statement, Knutson fired: The secretary has a weak case," indicating the committee will pro ceed with his own $3,600,000,000 bill with little, if any, serious con sideration of tha president's sub stitute. Elfstrom, Four Aldermen Seek Re-Election Mayor R. L. Elfstrom and four city aldermen Friday announced they would be candidates this year for re-election. No other can didates have as yet appeared. The aldermen only ones of the seven whose terms expire Dec. 31, 1948 are ClaudeJorgen sen. ward 3: Howard Maple, ward 7; James H. Nicholson, ward 1, and David OHara, ward 5. Mayor Elfstrom, in a prepared statement, said his early an nouncement was prompted by re cent queries as to his candidacy. Juf stroma statement pom ted out that he considers his experience of the past year as head of the new form of city government en ables him to do a better job as mayor this year and, further, the experience of a complete two-year term would better qualify him for a second term. Delf el Given 4-Year Term PORTLAND, Jan. 16 -OTP)- A four-year sentence was meted to day to Charles W. DelfeL 47-year-old real estate operator who pleaded guilty to two charges of embezzlement. The state board of parole and probation recommended that Del fel not be placed on probation. The real estate man. who had offices In Salem, Portland. Sher wood, and Vancouver, Wash., was arrested last summer at Salem after a month's search. vetch is to be sown in February, according to recommendation. Also in the opinion of the Yam hill committee, grey oats seeded during February for oat hay would give the next best emerg ency hay crop. As Hannchen barley acreage is expected lo be considerably great er than last year, committee mem bers suggest that farmers ar range for their seed as soon as they are able to determine their needs. While the Marion county com mittee will not hold its formal meeting, from which the annual report is made, until February, members have discussed the problem. They feel that Marion county farmers should not seed too heavily to barley as a heavy crop was harvested last year: Recommendations will likely call for approximately the same acre age for flax for seed as last year. The shortage of flax seed 'is world-wide, it is stated. Grey or winter oats will automatically be seeded in February because of the shortage of fall-planted oats. Rex Warren, extension special ist from Oregon State college, 12 PACES The) Oregon Funds Approved for Start of Local Veterans9 Colony improvement Plan Housing Board Votes $4,000 To Begin Plan By Rebert E. Gangware City Editor, The Statesman At least a good start on a pos sible $23,000 improvement pro gram for the site of Salem vet erans' housing colony- is assured today, following a Friday confer ence among city officials, veter an - tenants' representatives and the Salem housing authority. Authority members voted to ap prove use of $4,000 for immediate installation by city crews of gra veled parking areas and catch ba sins to reduce the mud and stand ing water conditions of which a tenants' petition complained to the city council this week. The colony astride Cross street between South 16th and 19th streets honsese 172 veterans and their families, with the total pop ulation of well over 600 including nearly 300 childern, most of them under six years old. It is operated by the housing authority headed by W. J. Braun. maa Submitted After studying the veterans' re- r quests. City Manager J. L. Fran- ten and City Engineer j. h. Da vis submitted the $23,000 plan i eorporating virtually all elements of improvement sought by the ten ants. But dry officials and housing authority members agreed there is no method of financing the en tiro program this year. Since the housing project was started some 20 months ago with receipt of U.S. government buildings, the city (and the then-separate water commission) put $7,000 of city funds . in site improvement, as well as some street maintenance not charged against the project, and the housing authority devoted, through the city, another $7,225 to improvements over and above normal maintenance of the pro ject. AUewed Badget Under contract with the fed eral government, the project now is allowed an annual budget of $35,290 to spend on upkeep. Enough surplus must be kept on hand to meet emergencies and carrv on all maintenance of the dwelling units, but the funds may also be used for such improve ments as streets and grounds re quire. This comes from rent re ceipts which also provide $22,096 annually to the' federal govern ment Under this plan, the project has accumulated funds enough to turn over $11,300 to the! city which in turn paved Cross Street and put in other improvements costing $7,225 and now holds the balance of some $4,000 which will finance the immediate Improvements di rected Friday by the authority. Additional Snrplns Colony Manager Joseph Hop kins, reported he expects to show a surplus in addition to that $4, 000 of between $8,000 and $10,000 by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, "if we have no hard luck." The five-man authority adopted a resolution to start the improve ments and notify veteran-tenants that other improvements in the city plan would be made "as funds become available." The complete $23,000 project en visions the following improve ments: Off-street parking areas on the reports that in spite of favorable markets for cover crop seeds, there has been a reduction in acreage planted to these crops in the Willamette valley during re cent years. The outlook for the legume seed crops, particularly hairy vetch seed, is entirely de pendent upon a dusting program which is properly timed. Foundation seed of the Lotus corniculatus. New York broad leaf strain, which has been de veloped at Cornell university, will soon be available to farmers in Oregon. This is a seed which is not being produced in this state under certification at the pres ent time. Having been developed in New York state and proved here, a market is assured for seed produced. This crop will be some what difficult to handle for seed, says Warren. However, good rates can be expected. The importance of producing high quality grass seeds is being stressed. Contrary to past recom mendations, grass seedings for seed should be made in the clean est of fields and in most cases it may be desireable to plan to make row plantings, Warren reports. POUNDBD 1651 Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, January 17 1948 A1 a.ve-svsvs.ssvo Irwin F. Wedet, whe Friday beeaane the third ef his family in sneeesslon te serve as super intendent of Salem Memorial hospital, sine Its feanding la 1916 as Deaconess hospital. (Story on page 2) Communist Held For Deportation MIAMI, Fla.. Jan. '16-JP-Alex-ander Bittelman of New York, said by immigration authorities to be a Florida - vacationing communist national committeeman, posted $5,000 bond today following his arrest for deportation proceedings. He will be given a hearing be fore a two-man immigration ex amining board on four charges brought by Attorney General Tom Clark at Washington, all alleging that Bittelman advocates the over throw of the United States govern ment by force and violence. Justice department spokesmen In the national capital said the ar rest followed months of investi gations. periphery of the housing colony, $1,400. Installation of 47 catch basins, starting at the north section of the area, $1,598. Drainage Lines Full drainage system requiring 18-inch excavation, grade break ing, probably eight-inch pipe and rock fill, aggregating $9,750 but expected to be done in smaller units along gutters until 6.500 feet of drainage lines is installed. Road oiling aggregating 5,120 square yards and including all un paved streets, $3,840. Asphalting 6,290 feet of four foot sidewalk, $6,290. Veterans representing the tenants agreed this project, which must be under taken In summer, will provide the desired play area for children who hitherto have had no place to ride their bicycles and tricycles. Allan Barbour and Joseph Law, representing the tenants at the meeting, said an organization of the tenants is being formed to co operate with housing administra tion in such matters as enforc ing parking in the new off-street areas. Father-Son Act VALLEJO, Calit, Jan. If Gov. a ease ef canned food to bis son. the California relief ship, Golden with foedstaffs It will carry to Wirepbote to the Statesman.) : ' .- --v. ' v.- ' -tV j- . V. v a 'A ?-: . n i i imrr III viaaaaa vwv msmm mm British Of f ices; Evacuation Set HONG KONG. Saturday, Jan. 17 -OP) Seventeen British refugees arrived by plane today from Can ton, where rioting Chinese mobs yesterday sacked and burned the British consulate, injured six Britons and threatened several Americans. In the group were 11 women and six children. The British plan to bring out about 100 women and children in all. For three hours the anti-British demonstration gripped the Chinese city which is a few hours away from Hong Kong by steam ship. Subsequently, Hong Kong Air ways cancelled all scheduled flights to and ; from Canton for tomorrow in order to use the planes to transport the British women and children. The demonstrators protested the eviction of 300 of the 2,000 Chinese living in the ancient sec tion of Kowloon, on the mainland of Britain's Hong Konk crown colony. The evictions began sev eral days ago! after the British ordered the destruction of shacks in Kowloon for health reasons. Bus Line Asks Fare Increase Amplication fmr the Oreeon Mn. ter Stage for Inerensed usrsteiT,ik"' ha vedemanded .. a S on the route- from Salem and in termediate points between Salem and Portland will be heard by the state public utilities commis sion in Portland February 2 at 10 a.m.. Commissioner George Flagg said Friday. The application also Includes service between Portland and sev eral outlying district. Included in the rate boost are one-way fares between Salem, West Salem, Day ton, New berg, Tigard, .Portland and all intermediate points. How ever, no increase in passenger fares is requested between Salem and Uncoln; Newberg and thH points directly intermediate. Proposed increases vary from 1H to 50 per cent, Flagg said. Auto Workers Ask 30-Cent Pay Boost DETROIT, Jan. 16-(-The CIO United Auto Workers demanded a 25 cents an hour wage increase of the car industry today, plus "fringe" demands bringing the es timated total to 30 cents. In demanding 25 cents an hour, the big auto union of more than 900,000 members took the role of pace-setter in the CIO's national drive for a third postwar wage in crease from American industry. at Relief Ship ,t Earl Warren of California hands Midshipman : Earl Warren, jr., as Bear. Is loaded at Vallejo. Calif., Italy, France and Greeee. (AP mm Pile 5c Ho. 233 Will Stall Walkout i ' i i CLEVELAND, Jan. 1$ - Oft m Three railroad brotherhoods rep resenting about 125,000 operating women wxiay set a striae date og Feb. 6 following collapse of I ef forts to mediate their dispute with the nation's carriers; reported President D. B. Robertson of! tha Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Engineers, j I , Other unions joining in setting the strike date of 3 .m. (PST). February t, were the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and; tha Switchmen's Union of North America, Robertson said. Te Present Case . The next step under the rail way labor act," saidi Robertson, "will be for the president to ap point an emergency board of three public members. The (anions jthen will present their case to the emer gency board. j Under the railway labor att, a 30-day -cooling off' period must elapse after the board reports ita findings to the president before a strike can start. The board has up to 30 days to hold hearings and prepare its report, j Tm Appoint Board j The setting of February 6 s a strike date makes it urgent. ior tha president to appoint a board! but once the board is appointed that date automatically becomes nef fective and no strike may be csJled during the fact-finders' investi gation and for 30 days after jthey complete their work. . Robertson declared the Brother-, hoods involved were "far behind most other unions on the wage question. ; , j The strike, if effected, would virtually i paralyze the nation's rail system as ; all three of tha unions are composed of operating employes.;- - I The three unions voting to cent pay ; boost with, a minimum Increase of S3 a da viand several cnanges in working .rules. 4- Salem Realtor Succuinbsito Heart Attack William L. Habernlcht, primiiu ent Salem realtor and Oregon re sident Since 1913. died unexpect edly of a heart attack at his homo. 1925 Myrtle st, about 7 pjni Fri day night. ! f Members of the family said ha had just completed n phone call and had started to read the eve ning papers when he was strick en. He died about 10 minutes af ter the attack. ; Habernicht was bcrn In Pitts burgh, Pa., Dec. 5. 1837. and; came) to Astoria from that i city in! 1913. During 24 years in that city h was a ticket agent ' for the old. Oregon and Washington Naviga tion company and was in the au tomobile business for 23 years. Ha was married to his wife Rose; who. survives, in that city 31 years ago. The Habernicht family moved to Salem in 1937 and Habernicht worked for several automobile agencies until 1943 when hef pur chased a grocery store which . ha operated for more I thai e i than a year. At that time he entered the real estate business and on Mar 19. 1946, he and Rudy Calabaf pur chased the real estate business of Charles Sanders. He ;wai co-owner of the firm of Calaba and Ha bernicht until 'the time of . his death. J ' ) He was a member -of the Salem Board of Realtors end the! First Methodist church. t j Surviving besides his widow are a son, William Habernicht or sa-. lem, and two sisterf, Mrs. Hazel Russell of Portland: and Gladys Bockoven of Walla Walla, Wash. Clough-Barrick company Is la charge ; of funeral arrangement and time of service) will be an nounced later. QUICKIES i i "Here's an interesting Statesman Want Ad. Alvin a man want ed for gardening iaod his wife tarn affam a n I at i m er ivieaiation .