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i i j IPeWlidD Agrees Kadlio (DDflftirads NEW YORK, Jan. 29-JP-The American Federation of Musician freed today to permit frequency modulation tat km to duplicate musical program carried on standard radio and to a 60-day extension of its present contract with the four major networks. The action was disclosed in a joint announcement by the network and James C. Fetriilo, president of the AFL musicians union. The At Eugene Wednesday night Governor Hall m effect cupped his hands and shouted "Come and get it," with reference to the surplus of income tax receipts in the state treasury. While he directed his invitation toward the higher education folk, others will be attracted to this pot of gold at the end of a rainbow of prom ise. Previously, the League of Oregon Cities claimed a share; and now Supt. Rex Putnam says the high and elementary schools should have a share in the melon. If one is to be cut Of course, SubUc schools were most fore anded with their measures in 1942 and 1846, now the basic state school support law which firmly secures school revenues from any income tax surplus or from property. The situation is hardly as lush s the governor indicates. While there was a $14,000,000 residue last June 30 and more will ac cumulate this year, the state gen eral fund is running into a defi cit, with state officials authorized to submit to voters a special levy up to $8,000,000 which would be met out of the current surplus. Then, since the sales tax was de feated, the state will have to look to Its income tax receipts to carry It through the next bien niuxn, when the appropriations are sure to be much higher. In view of multiple demands on the state treasury it is not (Concluded on editorial page) Oregon Solons Ask Funds for Flood Control WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 - OP) -An Oregon senator and an Oregon representative joined today in de manding more money for flood control that President Truman budgeted and far more than re publican leader are expected to approve. Sen. Wayne L. Morse and Rep. Harris Ellsworth, both republicans, declared that $13,000,000 should be appropriated for Meridian dam, to control Willamette rier floods. The president's budget calls for only $7,000,000. Ellsworth asked more money than the president's recommendation for both Detroit reservoir and Dorena dam. He urged $11,500,000 for Detroit, and $6,024,000 for Dorena. in place of the budget's allocation of $3,500, 000 each. Ellsworth said the Coos Bay harbor improvement work should have $5,000,000 instead of $2,000. 000, and that funds should be pro vi led for bank control and revet ments on the Willamette. Pap er Mill Delays Anti-Pollution Plan LEBANON. Jan. 29 - (JP) - The ! Lebanon Crown Zellerbach paper mill will not cut back to a nine month basis this year to avoid put ting sulphite liquid into the San tiam river at its low summer stage, George Callaway, resident manager, said today. At last Friday's state sanitary authority meeting the company vice president, Frank Youngman, said the company was considering such a move. Callaway said today this curtailment plan had been abandoned at least for this year. B EJECT HALVORSON BID Portland army engineers reject ed a bid of $182,258 submitted Wednesday by Carl Halvorsen, Salem contractor, to build a school and play shed at the De troit dam site, they reported Thursday. The job will be done with contract labor, the engineers said. Animal Crackers By WAJ&EN GOO0RICH Waf this town eWj h a good rtbbit transit tyUmt union's ban on performances by its members of television remains in effect pending farther negotia tions. The action was regarded in in dustry circles as a softening of Petrillo's position and led to hope for an early agreement for lifting the union's ban on live music for television. The current contract between the union and the musicians was due to expire Saturday midnight. The network officials and Petrillo explained that they had made sat isfactory progress in their nego tiations on a new one. But they added it would be impossible to conclude a format agreement by the expiration deadline, so it was decided to continue the present contract for 60 days. 5,000 Franc Notes Blocked By Assembly PARIS. Friday, Jan. 30.-(iV The national assembly adopted early today Premier Robert Sch- man's bill removing all 5,000 franc notes from circulation. The assembly declared the use of the 5.000 franc note, worth about $25,000 as legal tender would be punishable by law. The vote on the measure, de signed to combat black market op erations and bring about defla tion, was 307 to 286. Before the voting began. Sch- man said his cabinet would re sign unless the assembly , backed him. The assembly adopted articles three, four, five and six In rapid succession and then turned to amendments proposed for article two for debate. Article three de clared that all notes not surren dered when they are ordered to be are automatically considered surrendered to the state. Article four stated that receipts for mon ey surrendered shall Dot require stamps. Article Ave provides prison terms of from six months to five years and fines of from 100 to 100,000 francs or both may be im posed for transacting business with the blocked franca. Article six stipulated that all public officers Will help enforce the law. Withhold Tax Blanks Mailed Instruction blanks covering the new 1 per cent state withholding tax. along with - report blanks, were being mailed to employers Thursday by the state tax com mission. Total taxes withheld from em ployes' pay checks will be cred ited to the employes' state income tax bill Just as the federal with holdings are credited by the gov ernment to federal income tax bills. First report of the employ ers is due April 30 and quarterly thereafter. The state withholding tax is based largely ; on salaries and wage. Private individuals come with in the law providing their month ly payments to employes exceed $50 AFL Warns of Coming Strikes MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 2fl.-CP-The AFL executive council today is sued a new blast at the Taft Hartley act and its supporters, and said the nation is in for a wave of costly strikes when con tract negotiations come up in ap proaching months. "America is now experiencing a lull before the storm," the coun cil said in a statement. "When present collective bargaining con tract expire, ; the most difficult period in the history of labor re lations in this country threatens to ensue." Bruce Spaulding to' Head Easter Seal Drive Bruce Spaulding, Salem attor ney, has beed appointed Marion county chairman and campaign director for the county's 1948 Easter seal sale of the Oregon So ciety for Crippled Children and Adults, announces state president Douglas McKay. Dr. Vern W. Mill er waa appointed medical adviser for the county chapter and J. A. H. Dodd and Lawrence Osterman were named Spaulding's chief as sistants. Weather Max. . .. 2 n . n 33 Mln. Prerlp. n .it 34 .1 17 00 7 M SalM Portland San Frandac Chtraro New York IS M Willamette riTr S fret. FORECAST I from U-S. weather bu reau. McNanr (leld. Salem : Cloud; with . a few scattered rain hewers today and tonight. Highest temperature tod a jr. 4S degrees; lowest tonight 33 degrees. IAUM fBCCirTTATlOM (Star Sept. 1) Tha Year ase lmmt Year 11-77 Average 21-21 NINETY -SEVENTH TEAR Extended Whisky Lid Asked WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 - (P) -President Truman pleaded with congress today for a nine months extension of the government's au thority to ration grain to distill ers. He said Europe is in grave need of grain. Moreover, he said, the shortage threatens the "national security" of the United State it self. Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich), chair man of the house banking commit tee which killed a one-month ex tension bill Tuesday charged that the administration has authorized the export of corn to foreign coun tries to be used by them not for food, but for the manufacture of whisky. Thus, he said, it would be "nonsensical" to grant the powers the president asks. President Truman at a news conference, said he knew of no American com being used abroad to make whisky. An agriculture department spokesman said some countries re ceiving American grain use some of their own grain to make whisky and beer, he said, but he de clared that "this government does not feel It can Interfere with the domestic policies of those coun tries to the extent of telling them how they should use their own products." Siceet Home WJiiskerinoes Oppose Style SWEET HOME, Ore.. Jan. 29 (iffVThe longer hem line has taken the sweet out of his town's name and bewhiskered men are in the kitchen. Because they didn't like the new tyle, 76 business men and loggers formed the order of Whisk eri noes and pledged, under penalty of $30 fines, not to shave before St Pat rick's day unless skirts were short ened. Womenfolk, insisting on a style the men didn't like, would get in return something they did n't like and might relent the Whisker i noes reasoned. It's still a month and a half be- fore St Patricks day and the I mutton-chopped and Van Dyked 76 I from tne hospital recently. Other wondered today whether it was i numbers are Lyle Page and A. A. worth it several of their wives 1 yueffr0y walked out of the kitchen, telling . The new capuins named their spouses whiskers and a hap- ! b Franzen are E. C. Charlton, py home life don t mix. the aS5,sUnt police chief; Walter While cooking their Irish stew, Esplin and Stanley Friese, both the Whiskerinoes noted that hem- sergeants under civil service. Ho lines hadn't changed in Sweet 1 bart Kisins. who had been chief Home. Meat Ration Plan Outlined WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-4JPV-A sweeping plan to ration meat and control food prices was outlined today to a special senate com mittee by the agriculture depart ment. However, there appeared little likelihood that congress would approve. House consideration of such a proposal has been put off indefinitely. Steps suggested to meet the situation: 1. Set up a point rationing sys tem, with price control on meat, food fats and oils, butter, canned fish and cheese. 2. Clamp price controls on poul try, milk and fresh fish. 5,000 Turned Away from Pen Vaudeville; Repeat Shows Set The 5,000 or more first nlghters who were turned away from the jam-packed state penitentiary last night will be able to attend repeat performances of "Stars in Stripes" tonight and Saturday at I p.m. The decision to hold over the vaudeville show staged by prison inmates in furtherance of the March of Dimes campaign was an nounced after the performance Thursday by Ted Med ford, cam paign chairman. The prisrn audi torium seats about 1250, but more than that number saw the show last night. Np admission is charged but ail contribution collected in barrels around the stage go toward the drive to fight infantile paral ysis. The production features 11 acts and a 15-man orchestra directed by Wallace Crews. James OTool, master of ceremonies, wrote the script for the highlight of the show, "Wacky Broadcast,' a par ody on several top-notch radio comedians including Jack Benny, wttm 10 PAGES The) siraifts Tests for Police Gvil Service Query Raised Over Captains By Kebert E. Gang-ware i City Editor. The Statesman A new aeries of examinations for Salem police department ap pointments and promotions is ex pected to result from a meeting of the city civil service commission within the next few days. City Manager J. L. Franzen pro bably will recommend that the commission set examinations for the new police captain's grade which Franzen designated and filled with three temporary cap tain appointees earlier this month in a shakeup of the police force. Franzen said Thursday he be lived city council action is not necessary for establishment of the captain's grade, at least until this year's budget session, because sal ary changes are negligible. Questions were raised in some quarters, however, on the power of the civil service commission to create a new police grade (that of captain) without city council action. Charter States The city charter section dealing with civil service commission functions and duties states "such rules and regulations shall pro vide in detail the manner in which examinations may be held and appointments, promotions, trans fers, reinstatements, suspensions and discharges shall be made." But another subsection of the charter states, "All offices, pla ces, positions and employment coming within the purview of this act (civil service amendment) shall be created by the (city) council, and nothing herein con tained shall infringe upon the power and authority of the coun cil to fix the salaries and com pensation of all employees em ployed hereunder." Lists Exhausted The civil service commission al so is expected to take steps to ward patrolmen's and sergeant's examinations as both eligibility Lists have been exhausted by re cent police department appoint ments. The charter calls for regular monthly meetings by the three- civil service commission, mil its meetings have been irregular due to hospitalization of the com- . : -I : A If Uiun . , ,k. r.t,.t of detectives, resigned after he was appointed captain, and Friese succeeded him. Under the new plan Charlton retained his assistant chiefs pay of $290 and the sergeants received a $5 monthly raise. In announcing the police department reorganiza tion January 16, the city manager stressed it would establish def inite lines of succession and re- j sponsibility. Philadelphia Police To Use Machine Guns PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29 - (A) The city of Philadelphia for the first time today set up a sub-machine gun squad to patrol streets at night and halt lawlessness. Forty policemen, each a veteran of the armed forces, were picked for the job by Assistant Police Su perintendent George F. Richard son, prompted by an increase in crime which included slaying of a taxicab driver. Phil Harris and their sponsors. The program also includes vocal solos by Ben Lotka. Theodore Jor dan, jr., and Donald Kemp; a vio lin solo by Lotka; tap dancing by Jimmy Sellers; a monologue by John Claghom: comedy burlesque by George A. McClain; an act en titled "Pyromaniacs" by Earnest Sprague and Louis Fugant and two instrumental trios: Ted Truitt, Bob Delcore and Woodie Wood man playing western music; Wal lace Crews, Paul Mariani and Clif ford Bingham with a string en semble. Members of the March of Dimes committee will be introduced by Chairman Medford. "Stars h Stripes" Is presented by Warden George Alexander, with Medford handling promotion and the Salem Shrine rs as ushers. Both Alexander and Medford ex pressed "great satisfaction in the gratifying response" from the pub lic. (Story also on page 2) POUNDDD 1651 Orecoo Statesman, Salem. Ira Ooi)oirD Ysi New Silver SILVERTON, Jan. 29 Pictured la the newly eempleted Sliver Creek school, a three-reem bulldinr near Drake's Crossing en the Silver Creek Falls highway.' The school was opened this month. The district was consolidated a number of years ago from four districts including Hnllt, ML View, Davis and Porter. Alvln Hartley la chairman of the board, and other members are Harold Bedeen, Albert Tlpp er and James C. Bonner. (Farm photo for The Statesman.) Group Files to Organize Bank At Woodburn Application to organize an in dependent state bank at Wood burn has been filed with the state superintendent of banks by G. T. Wads worth and his four asso ciates in the Gervais State bank. The application stated that the bank would be located in or ad jacent to the city of Woodburn and would be known as the Bank of Oregon. The proposed capital stock would be $25,000, divided into 250 shares of the par value of 4100 per share, with an addi tional amount paid in of (10,000. Applicants are G. T. Wads worth, R. V. Colby, L. M. Wads worth, Helen Hiller and H. G. Wadsworth. In Gervais, Wadsworth stated Thursday that ho change will be effected in the Gervais State bank, which he has operated since 1921. At that time capital stock was about $125,000 and has grown to over a million dollars at the present time. Wadsworth stated that more locally owned banks would help the growth of each Willamette valley community. Light Showers To Continue Light showers which Thursday finally halted the Salem area's 17-day cold drought, are expect ed to continue through today and Saturday, the U. S. weather bu reau at McNary field reported early today. The .17 inch of moisture which fell here Thursday is expected to develop into more rain over the weekend, accompanied by slight ly warmer temperatures. The weatherman predicted a minimum reading tonight of 32 degrees as against Thursday's 29. Meanwhile higher temperatures with a continuance of packed snow and some ice in sections of eastern and central Oregon were reported by State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock. All roads were reported to be in good con dition except the North Santiam highway, which will be closed from 5 p.m. today until 2 p.m. Saturday because of blasting ope rations1. Branch Postoff ice To Open at Keizer A branch postoffice will be opened by Mrs. Maggie McDermott in the McDermott Variety store at Keizer on March 1, it was an nounced Thursday by Postmaster AI Gragg. Facilities will include parcel post, stamps, registry and money order. The Keizer branch will be the fourth for the Salem postoffice. Others are in West Salem, Four Corners and Hollywood. Soviet Ohjecta to U. S. Ships in Italian Ports LONDON, Friday, Jan. 3H) The Moscow radio reported today that Russia had protested to the United States over presence of American warships in Italian ports. The broadcast said Soviet Am bassador Alexander S. Panyushln had sent a note on the subject to Secretary of State George C. Mar shall Wednesday. The text was not quoted. Oregon. Friday. January , 30. 1948 Posts Expected Crest School Near Silverton , ' ft M Jury Frees Harry Read In City Ordinance Case Harry B. Read, manager of Salem Electric, and two of his em ployes Thursday were acquitted by a municipal court jury of charges that they had violated city law by installing certain wires across city streets. The jury deliberated 15 minutes late Thursday afternoon before bringing its verdict before Municipal Judge W. W. McKinney. Salem Electric is a cooperative which distributes Bonneville power in West Salem and some parts of Salem and vicinity. Read and the linemen, Robert E. Nor dyke, 1(52 W. Lincoln st.. and Robert Ladd, Salem route 4, were arrested January 12 by city police. The charge, brought by J, H. Davis, city engineer, alleged that the electric company trio were guilty of reconnecting several elec trie wires on Donald road, Carlton wajrand Portland road. Ordinance Pro visions Allan Carson, who with Robin Day, represented Read and his two employes at Thursday's trial. charged that the ordinance in volved was unconstitutional and void. The measure is city ordin ance 3642, section 2, which forbids any person or company to string lines over public streets without a franchise authorized by the city council. i Carson contended .thaj the or dinance violated state and federal constitutions in that it was so worded to effect the Salem Elec tric company only. The' attorney also alleged that the penal clause of the ordinance was garbled and "did not make sense." Maximum penalty would have been a $500 fine and a six-months' jail sen tence. Feints Made It was also alleged by Carson that Read and the linemen were arrested before they actually in stalled the wire as they were only getting ready to make fhe instal lation. A fourth point made by defendants was that Portland road, a street involved, was part of the Pacific highway and consequently not under city jurisdiction. The city, represented by Chris J. Kowitz, city attorney, alleged that the ordinance was not dis criminatory, because it affected all groups and persons and not just Salem Electric. Kowitz also cited a 1947 legis lative act, which he said, gave the city jurisdiction over all streets within its boundaries. He added the ordinance did specify a pen alty in the event of its being vio lated, and that the penalty itself would bo determined by the court. Charge Dismissed A previous charge against Read, lodged against him on January 2, and growing out of a similar or dinance violation complaint, was dismissed in municipal court last Friday. That complaint alleged that Read installed electric wires over Carlton Way and also was signed by City Engineer Davis. The Salem Electric manager also has on file now in Marion county circuit court an appeal from a September 6 ruling of Salem mu nicipal court which fined him $150 on the same violation charge of stringing a wire over Ferry street without a city permit Salem Electric has declined to accept a limited franchise offered by the city council which provides the company- may serve only cus tomers given connections before Oct. 1, 1947. A bill to give the coi.tpany unlimited franchise was killed by city council action last November. SAIN DUE IN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 -VP-Temperatures turned upward somewhat today and the weather bureau cheered dehydrated sou thern Californians with predic tion of rain, but citrus growers conceded that some damage was done to the $100,000,000 crop by two nights oi sub-freezinf cold. Price 5e '"4 - 'fart'-' 7 : fi v; .. .,,.1 ,.. ' .?. 1,- : , -', I '' 4 . i IMS , " I 3 Car Hits Train In Fog; Man Seriously Hurt LEBANON, Jan. 29 -(Special) Laurice Conser, 27, La comb, was not expected to live tonight after emergency surgery at Lebanon General hospital following a col lision of his car two hours earlier at Brewster crossing with a Southern Pacific freight train. Witnesses said that it was be lieved that Conser was blinded by a heavy fog and his car col lided with the train as it was moving across the crossing lo cated five miles east of Lebanon. The car was badly damaged and dragged a considerable distance by the train, witnesses said. His physician pronounced him in "critical condition" following the surgery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Conser, Leba non route 3. Slapping Laid To Police Chief OREGON CITY, Jan. 29.-OP)-An assault and battery indict ment was returned by the grand jury today against the Oregon City police chief, who had trou ble once before about slapping a boy. Chief Lawrence L. Pittenger, who resigned as Eugene police chief six months ago after slap ping a juvenile there, was char ged in today's . complaint with slapping Adrian E. Golke, 20, at a country dance December 20. The report filed with the grand jury said Pittenger, apparently misunderstanding Golke's report on a traffic accident, arrested a man on a hit-run driving charge. Later, the report continued, Golke denied having accused the man of hit-run driving, and Pit tenger, declaring "I hate a liar," slapped Golke twice in the face. Internal A-Borab Blasts Suggested As Disease Cure BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 29 -(JPl The possibility of planting and ex ploding tiny atom bombs within living human bodies to wipe out localized concentrations of dis ease has been raised by experi ments of that kind on animals. The' . feasibility of this idea, which was suggested today by Dr. C. A. Tobias, assistant professor of medical physics at the University of California, depends upon wheth er scientists can develop ways of controlling the power of the ex plosions and whether they can de vise methods of planting explosive atoms in the right places within the body. Dr. Tobias made his report in the Journal Science after extended experiments in planting and ex ploding: minute atom bombs In white mic No. 284 GOP Bill Victor in Test Vote i WASHINGTON, Jan. 29HV Democratic ranks split wide open today on President Truman's! tax proposal. House republicans j im mediately invited them to forsake) the president ( and join In over riding his expected veto of j the) GOP-s $6,500,000,000 tax-slashlns bill. i At the explosive opening oi the house debate, republicans won the first test on their; bill. j With democrats shouting out "gag rule," the republicans forced consideration of the measure un der a procedure which bars j am endments, j Some democrats declared! the republican bill was designed to aid the rich, but the debate quick ly disclosed a rift in the minority Party. t Piece of Foolishness j Rep. Cox (D-Ga) told the house it would be not much more than piece of foolishness" for the democrats to offer the Truman tax plan. ! j The president has proposed si $40 per person "cost of living" tax reduction for aU taxpayers and : their dependents. The $3,200,000,- 000 revenue loss should be made up, he said, by a revived excess ! profits tax on corporations, j . i Expect Tax Cat - j Cox said "the people are ex pecting some tax reduction;'' He urged that the democrats try to hold the reduction under the re-: publican bill to about $4,000,000. Rep. Knutson (R-Minn),j auth or of the. tax bill, asked Cox: "Does the gentleman from .'Geor gia mean that the democrats have thrown over the president's tax program?' ! Cox replied: The gentleman injects polities Into this discus sion." .. f - Under the rule for procedure; adopted by a voice vote, no am endments can be offered by the democrats. (However,- they will have an opportunity to present one substitute , proposal for the $6,500,000,000 republican bilL j United Nations I Board to Form Jewish Militia f LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 19 -Jp) The United Nations Palestine commission agreed tonight to help organize immediately a .Jewish controlled militia in the Holy Land. j The five-nation body decided to accept an offer of the j Jewish agency to take the lead in form ing such a! force. It would back up the U. N. partition plan. The commission agreed also that it would cooperate with Pal estine Arabs if they offered j to set up a militia in the proposed new Arab country. j Senator Vicente J. Francisco, Philippines delegate, was! direct ed to begin negotiations at once with British authorities on prob lems connected with organizing the militia. The decisions were taken at a secret session after the. commis sioners had studied a j detailed memorandum from the j Jewish agency urging U. N. assistance in recruiting and arming, j The militia would be formed between now and the termination of the British mandate, tentative ly scheduled for May 15. The Jew-, ish memorandum proposed a force of 30,000 or 35,000 men. j Eisenhower Backers in j Maine Switch to Stassen ;.- ENGLEWOob, Fla., Jan. 29-() William A. Washbume, chairman of the Maine Draft-Eisenhower league, said today "we have swung; over to the Stassen camp' Washburne, a Houlton, Me., ho tel operator, explained he was tel egraphing; Nicholas Papolos of Portland, secretary of the Maine league, to release the organization to Harold Stassen of Minnesota, who is In Portland. ! "I. didn't either get it with Statesman Want Ad I I waa sing worms!" j I QUICKIES ; i v I