o c ons a 3 eooo o.n anno o oao MO 6MBDDDirag ft For quoits fOUNDBD 1651 NINETY-SEVENTH YEAH 24 PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oreaon. Sunday, February 15. 1948 Price So No. 290 o E3 o o on o r fijO Markets Level Off Aft Police Sharpshooters Take Proper Stance t If Chicaga-type gangster war ever ee-me to Salem, the Ueat peliee should be able U make a few balls eyes If practice makes perfect. Shews abeve are fear ef Salem's efrieers practicing- their marksmanship at the natienal guard armory under the watchful eyes ef M- Srt. Loots E. Painter, far left, and T. Set Georre Bartlett. far right, both marine corps veterans new in charge ef Salem's marine recruiting station. The officers are. left to right. Capt Walt Esplin. and Patrolmen R. R. Main. Joe Schats and Charles Creasy. (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.) LfLr SfflSTDS f0G3 POOCH "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" and reporters for col lege papers often ferashly inter view the great or the near-great on ticklish subject! 'which a saddle-broke reporter wouldn't feel he dared to mention in the "pres ence." Such it seems was the ad venture of a pair of Willamette co-eds who interviewed Governo. John H Hall shortly after his re fusal to commute the sentence of a condemned negro murderer. The interview was made the subject of a talk of one in a speech class and then wound up as a story in the Willamette Collegian. Since it was on, the touchy subject of race re lations the quotations of the gov ernor's remarks have set off waves of reaction among advocates of "civil rights." Governor Hall later denied some of the quotes attrib uted to him, but the girls stand by their quotes and submit their notes as "evidence." Gov. Hall is quoted.as saying. "There is no necessity for educa tion on racial tolerance in Oregon as there is no problem that I know of." Subsequent quotes, which the governor denies, would really in dicate a great need for education in racial tolerance. Here is one which, though we let Gov. Hall disown it. has such a familiar ring we may well attrib ute it to Mr. White Man or Woman in Oregon: "It's negroes like Kai ser brought In that cause trouble. The ones that lived in Oregon be fore knew their place and stayed where they belonged." You don't have to cup your ears to hear that, particularly around Portland, in white circles. It is undoubedly (Continued on editorial page) Democrats Schedule SlOO-Plate Dinner PORTLAND. Feb. 14-OTVOre-gon democrats today scheduled a $100-a-plate dinner here April 7 as part of a political rally in the Jefferson-Jackson centennial. Details of the observance are to be worked out In a committee meeting here Monday. Party lead ers said they expected 150 per sons to sign for the dinner. Animal Crackers - By WARREN GOODRICH Wnjr don't you rattle when you craw up to me? You nearly geared me to deathf a t Stassen to Launch Tour Of State in Salem Friday Harold E. Stassen, Minnesota's avowed candidate for the repub lican presidential nomination, will address Willamette university stu dents at the school gymnasium Friday at 11 a. m. his first stop in Oregon beginning a brief campaign tour of the state. Stassen will land at McNary field by plane at 9 a. m-, and is ex pected to be greeted by supporters with more than enough petitions ... Democrats to Shift Tax Gut Defense Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. H - (A A shift in the administration's line of defense against the tax cut drive of the republicans was re ported on good authority today. A high official who cannot be named indicated the new strategy keyed to signs of a potential change in the business tide would folldw this outline: 1. Champion a board revision of the tax laws to benefit business as well as -individuals. The idea would be to thus strengthen the country against the possibility of an economic storm. 2. Time the revision for later this year when the budget situa tion becomes more certain. This would be done provided that con gress leaves the government in financial position to afford vision costs after allowing re- fP "substantial" reduction of the na tional debt. 3. Stress that a quick slash, like that proposed in the repub lican $6,500,000,000 income tax cut bill, would smash chances for "sound" changes in the tax system in the foreseeable future by eating up the money available. Half of Eligible Voters Registered In Marion County Only about half of Marion county's estimated 60.000 eligible voters are registered at the" office of County Clerk Harlan Judd he reported Saturday. A total of about 28,500 voters (500 since January 1) have reg istered to vote, he said. To the remaining 32,000 eligible Judd sent a warning to "register early." Registration books close April 20. Judd estimates that with his office's ':mited counter space and time, it jvould be "a physical im possibility to register the 32,000 in anything less than 60 full working days." However, he not ed, there are now 18 deputized voter registrars scattered over the county for the convenience of those not living in the Salem area. Communists Try to Recruit Children WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -VPh Attomey General Clark said to night that communists are seek ing converts among American children "The younger the bet ter." Clark asserted: "Recently through the federal bureau of investigation, : it was learned that the communists in this country have started a cam paign to recruit our children to their ideology. The younger they are. the better.' "The communists know, as Hit ler did, that if they get the child ren today, they will have the na tion tomorrow.' - , V ' on nana lo put tne lormer Minne- sota governor on Oregon's primary presidential ballot in May. University officials have made arrangements for seating at least 300 persons. Numerous Stassen supporters, young and old, from Salem and all sections of the state are expected to be on hand to hear the energetic Stassen as he launches his Oregon campaign. Stassen has planned an 18-hour-a-day schedule for his four-day swing through the state. His most important appearance of the cam paign will be made before the publishers and editors of the state at the annual banquet of the 29th Oregon Press conference in Eu gene Friday night. He will make other addresses in Eugene, Bend, Corvallis. and will be present at receptions at Stayton, Scio, Lebanon,' Sweet Home, Woodburn. Silverton, Al bany and Brownsville. Stassen is expected to return to Oregon again before the May primaries lor a tour of eastern and central Oregon, with a con- j eluding address in Portland to at- ! tempt to line up Oregon's 12 GOP i i delegates to the national conven- ! , uon. Truman Signs Vet Pay Boost WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 -y?V Two million veterans going to school under the G.I. bill of rights will get larger living allowances beginning April 1. President Truman signed a bill today which raises the subsistence allowance of single veteran - stu dents from $65 a month to $75, those with one dependent from $90 to $105, and those with two or more dependents from $90 to $120. New ceilings are $175 a month on combined earnings and allow ances for veterans without de pendents, and $200 for those with dependents. The figures are un changed from the present law. Warmer Weather Brings Downpour Torrential rains which drench ed the Salem area Saturday equaled a record set early in Feb ruary, and are expected to con tinue through today and tonight, the U.S. weather bureau at Mc Nary field predicted. The steady rainfall totaled .81 of an inch Saturday, equalling a previous high set on February 8, the bureau said. Early morning temperatures for the first time in two months were 10 degrees above the freezing mark Saturday, reg istering a low of 42 degrees. Weather Salrm Portland San Francisco Chicago New York . Max. . 51 50 - 5S . 29 .. 51 Min. 42 40 40 14 30 Preeip. Jtl .62 .00 .00 .70 Willamette river .4 of a foot. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy with rain showers today and tonight. Highest temperature today 50, low to night 33. ; SALEM MtECrjTTATlON (Stare Sept. 1) This Tear Last Tear Average ttsi ujx uj Inflation Set Back 6 Months CHICAGO. Feb. li-JP- Some major commodities touched at least a temporary bottom today after an over - all 10-day plunge that pushed the inflationary spir al back six months. However, soybeans and corn for May delivery continued their re cord breaking slump and New York stocks did little more than hold their ground at levels near the lowest in eight months. Retail prices, always lagging be hind the markets, still were com ing down. Soap joined flour, bread, meat, butter and lard in the list of shopper items marked down in some grocery stores. Prices were down sharply from a week ago in many New York grocer ies. Shoppers in most American cities have had at least a few cents chipped off their grocery bills. Halt Downward Skid All wheat contracts for future delivery halted their downward skid. But trading was the quiet est of the week and there was not much disposition for prices to bounce very far back. Prices were going down at the close. Grains staged a much stronger comeback Monday only to resume their drop until today. The strongest showing in the comparatively few markets oper ating on Saturday was made by cotton. At New York, cotton fu tures closed $2.15 to $2.75 a bale higher. The staple went $1.65 to $2.50 a bale higher in New Or leans. Small Advance Noted ' After suffering the sharpest week to week drop in the 12 years since it was first compiled, The Associated Press wholesale index of 35 basic commodities advanced about a quarter of point to 186-56. However, the index which cov ers commodities in general use, including foods, was the lowest at the start of trading today than af any time since last Aug. 1. On that date it was 185.37. Comparisons with other years, however, show how far the cost of living has advanced. A year ago yesterday the index was 169 and two years ago. 113. It hit a peak of 208.14 on January 9. Distribution Of Rat Poison Claimed Slow Results of the campaign to give away rat poison in the city's rat control program were disappoint ing last week, it was reported Saturday by L. M. Cheney, the Salem rodent control officer. Cheney,, after offering prepared red squill type rate bait to the public (at a different fire, station on each of four "rat poison days" during the week), said only 280 citizens called and only 374 pounds of the bait was distrib uted. He said the citizens who came in reported a total of 526 rat in fested buildings. Biggest distri bution of bait was made at the downtown fire station Thursday when 152 pounds went out in half-pound packages. Disposition of the remainder of the 1,000 pounds of bait already prepared had not been decided Saturday. Dental Examinations in County Grade Schools to Start Monday Dental examinations in grade schools throughout Marion county will begin Monday in Silverton's Eugene Field school, the Marion county department of health re ported Saturday. The program is being carried out by joint efforts of the Marion County Dental association and the county health department, and will reach school children through voluntary work of dentists in the areas to be examined. In addition to Salem the pro gram will be carried out for pu pils of the first three grades in schools in Stayton, Silverton, Woodburn. Mill City and Mt An gel. In Salem schools the first six grades will be examined. The Silverton examinations will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Mon day and Tuesday. Students of Bush school in Salem will be ex amined Tuesday and Friday be tween 9 and 10:30 ajn. Other den tal clinics this week are scheduled for Washington school and St. Jo seph's school in Salem, both from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Prior to each school dental clin ic, parents and teachers will meet with, public health officials to dis cuss the program, care of teeth and proper diet. After the clinics. Quadruplets Born In Pennsylvania Within 5 Minutes LATROBE. Pa.. Feb. 15 -CP) (Sunday)- Quadruplets three girls and a boy t- were born within five minutes to Mrs. Barbara Zavada. 25. early today. The babies were placed in , incubators immediately. Dr. Jack Hamill and Dr. J. Wiley Hartman said "they seem to be doing fine." The quadruplets were born prematurely by Caesarion sec tion. The first, a boy, was born at 1:32 a.m. (EST). It weighed 3'fe pound.. The girls weighed 34 pounds, 3Vi pounds and 3 Dounds. Mrs. Zavada is the mother of a four-year-old boy bv a prev ious marriage. Her first hus band was killed in the Nor mandy invasion in 1944. Riley Demands Portland Vice 'Expose9 Proof PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 14-UP)-Mayor Earl Riley demanded to night that a Portland city club committee take its charges of vice syndicates operating here with po lice protection before a grand jury. The committee of civic leaders today released for newspaper pub lication a lengthy report in which it charged "gambling, prostitution, bootlegging and other forms of vice had been carried on openly and notoriously" here for several years. Gambling syndicates were ac cused of setting up ex-convicts in poker halls, exacting as much as $1,000 a month tribute, and the committee said some police and officials have received "substantial pav-offs." The committee estimated gross PJ-oII,!tJ$CO,000 a month. Commenting on a charge that his office had delegated police pol icy and administration to a staff member. Mayor Riley said "there is not one iota of fact to support the statement." "I take full responsibility and I have not and never will delegate responsibility. If there Is any cri ticism to be leveled at anyone, it should be leveled a me, not a member of my staff," the mayor asserted. Riley said that If the charges "are true, it is the duty and obli gation of witnesses who appeared before the committee to take their testimony and proof to a grand jury." Multnomah County District At torney John B. McCourt said la ter tonight that he would initiate grand jury action if he was able to obtain the legal evidence indi cated by the City club report. Taft Supports U.S. Air Power DENVER. Feb. 14 - (JP - The United States should create "the greatest air power in the history of the world" to promote world peace. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said tonight. "Not only will that give us the defense which we need, but it will deter any threat of attack from Russia or any other country, far more than any projected plan of compulsory universal military training," the Ohioan said in 'a prepared text. school nurses will confer with the parents of pupils to explain the dentist's recommendation for treatment if needed. The school dental program itself does not in clude actual dental treatment. World War II focused attention on the important part oral health plays in physical fitness. Local public health officials state that Oregon's record was below aver age, with more than 10 per cent (1,456 of 13.304) of men examined in Oregon's first draft rejected because of defective teeth. Ore gon men averaged 12.6 decayed or missing teeth each. Availability of dentists in Mar ion county is considered good, with one dentist per 1,207 popula tion comparing with Lane county's one per 1,432 and Multnomah's one per 878, health officials noted In 1947 there were 58 dentists in Marion county. Non-dental clinics on the county health department calendar this week include: Physical examina tions at St. Benedict school. Wood burn, 10 a.m. Tuesday, at High land school all day Wednesday; child guidance clinic at health of fice Wednesday, well baby clinic there 9:30 to 11:30 a m. Thursday and adult clinic Saturday; immun ization at Union school Thursday. Winds Delay Shipping off Oregon Coast PORTLAND, Feb. 14rW)-Ca'e winds halted shipping off the Oregon coast tonight as a storm front moved down from the Wash ington coast. Two freighters, attempting to put into the Columbia river, were riding out the storm off Astoria. Two others were believed caught farther at sea. Winds at the river mouth were measured at 51 miles an hour with gusts up to 55. The weather bureau here fore cast the southerly winds would decrease after midnight. The two ships off Astoria were the Dona Antonia, a converted LST with an LCT in tow from Seattle, and the Santa Leonor, a ship of 4,832 net tons, also from Seattle. Two others due from the Orient tonight were the Victory type Marcus Daly and the Washing ton, each of 4.380 net tons. Held in the Astoria harbor for calmer weather were the F. S. Bryant and the Don AnseLmo, both bound for San Francisco. Temporary Aid Plea Slated if ERP Bill Stalls WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - OP) -Congress may face an urgent de mand for more stop-gap European aid unless the Marshall plan gets started by April 1, lawmakers heard today. A member in close touch with the state department said Austria certainly will need more relief by then, and maybe one or two other countries as well. The long-range, multi-billion dollar Marshall plan for European reconstruction is making good pro gress in an election year congress, but there is considerable doubt whether it can be cleared to Pre sident Truman in another month and half. But the $522,000,000 which the special session of congress voted for the immediate needs of France, Italy and Austria is expected to be spent by April 1. The man who talked to the state department said it might be ne cessary to cut Austrians rations to 500 calories a day unless new help is sent. It was feared that low count far below what Americans eat might cause food riots and other disturbances. Fallon Changes Political Ties Robert Fallon, retired navy chief, withdrew his republican candidacy for the office of Mar ion county sheriff on Saturday and re-filed his declaration of candidacy for the office on the democratic ticket Main reason for the change, Fallon said, is that he "has al ways been a party voter in the democratic party" up to his trans fer to the navy's retired list last February. In a statement Saturday Fallon indicated that, if elected, he would reorganize the sheriff, office "for better law enforcemen for effi ciency and for cooperation with city, state and federal agencies." Official Silence Reigns on Soviet 'Peace Feelers' WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -JP)-The state department shut up like a clam today on the question of whether a Russian diplomat in Berlin had called an American of ficial there recently and thrown out Soviet "peace feelers." Informally and privately, of ficials who are in a position to know about any such development said they did not believe there was anything to it The reports of Russian "peace feelers" or efforts to "end the cold war" go back about ten days. Ini tially, they came from Berlin and coincided with speculation in Washington that Russia might be ready to seek a settlement of out standing differences with the west Wallace Urges Rental Rollbacks NEW YORK, Feb. 14-(-Hen-ry A. Wallace today urged exten sion of rent controls to June 30, 1950, and a rollback of all rents to levels of June, 1947. In a letter to Sen. Charges W. Tobey (R-NH), chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, Wallace also called for the re-control of all rental units decontrolled under the rent act of 1947. The third party presidential candidate predicted a general rent Increase of 50 per cent if controls are removed. Hopes to Get School Aid Plan on Ballot EUGENE, Feb. 14-yp-CoY. John Hall told Interylewf r here tonight that he would be willing to run for the governor ship this year, but added I really don't like the life." Hall made his statement to members of the press after he had talked before a large assembly of Oregon dads gath ered in Eugene for the traditional University of Oregon Dad's day festivities this week end. i "I really don't like the life," Hall said. "It's a tough grind and interferes with your normal business and .family) life,, but I do really feel that if I can be of service to the state, I would be willing to run. I'm not even sure I could be elected. When questioned about filing for his office. Hall chuckled and said: "At least, as long as I hold off filing, people keep wondering what Hail's going to do. If I filed now they'd start wondering about the other fellows." Ilepes tor Vete Pausing here in the last lap of a tour which- has taken him through 20 Oregon counties. Hall told his audience that he hoped that voters in November's elec tion would have a chance to vote on a measure to apply 112,000,000 of the state's present $33,000,000 income tax surplus to higher ed ucation needs. Jin surveying the many needs which have come with the state's population Increase of 40 per cent since 1940, it is necessary that other branches of governmental activity public schools, counties and cities require their share of state aid also," Hall declared. Feints U Increase Hall pointed out that enroll ment in higher education has Jumped 70 per cent from 9,000 to 17,000 since 1940, compared to the 40 per cent population in crease. Between 1930 and 1949, the state appropriated only $100, 000 for higher education build ings. Hall said. If the $12,000,000 program Is adopted, Hall said, allocations will be decided by the state board of higher education which has tentatively . earmarked $1,800,000 for a new science building; $700, 000 for a. new business adminis tration building: $100,000 for S new heatinc Dlant and other re pairs and additions on the Eugene campus. The meaicai scnooi in Portland would get $2,500,000 for a new hospital unit Rockefellers On Honeymoon PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb! UUP) Winthrop Rockefeller and his Valentine bride were honeymoon-y ing somewhere in the Miami area tonight as hundreds of congratu; latory messages showered upon them from shopgirls, social per sonages and industrialists of ma ny lands. The Cinderella tinge to the ro mance Mrs. Rockefeller, a pretf ty tilt-nose blonde, was the daugh ter of Lithuanian immigrants and spent part of her childhood in a "back of the yards' neighbor hood in Chicago created an out burst of public acclaim which Palm Beach likened to the mar riage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallace Warfield Simpson. SP Trainman's Leg Amputated ALBANY, Feb. 14 - (Special) -Robert Veal, Eugene, was "rest ing comfortably" in Albany Gen eral hospital tonight after physi cians were forced to amputate his left leg which was injured when he fell under the wheels of a moving train at Tangent, five miles south of here. Veal, a brakeman on a South ern Pacific freight train, report edly slipped as he attempted to board a freight car and fell on the tracks. Hospital authorities re ported physicians had amputated his leg just above the ankle. RENDEZVOUS TRY FAIL8 SHANGHAI, Feb. 14-P-An at tempted rendezvous with the Chi nese communists failed to obtain release of four captive UJS. mar ines, but new efforts are being made by means of air-dropped leaflets, it was learned today. IMovie Firm May Reproduce Lewis And Clark's Fort ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. l Fort Clatsop may be rebuilt on the site where Meriwether Lew is and William Clark spent the winter of 1803-06. The Clatsop County Histori cal society was told a Holly wood company had bought the film rights to the book, "Lewis and Clark: Partners in Discov ery," by John Bakeless and had made tentative plans for repro ducing the pioneer fort. Lancaster Pollard of the State Historical society, Port land, said the original site had not been located precisely. Rent Control Compromise 1 y ort WASHINGTON. Feb. I -)-A compromise 30-day (.extension of rent controls won Important back ers in congress today only 1$ daya before the present federal act dies; Senator Wherry (R-Neb.), act ing GOP senate leader, told a re porter: j "I have an Idea, that controls will be extended for at least 30 days and the senate may act on it before the weekend." At the same time Wherry avowed critic of all government controls, said recent price dropa "have relieved the pressure be hind all these controls and in creased the need for quick tax reduction." - , . Another republican opponent of controls. Senator McCarthy (R Wis.) agreed with Wherry about the rent extension.? Senator Morse (R-Ore.) said recent closed-door ' session of all republican senators heard predic tions by GOP leaders that renta would "double In a short time1 if controls ended Immediately. Morse said the group decided an extension la necessary In the pub lic interest. i. .. . Gale, Fldocls to Ease in East By the Associated Press - j Nature set about yesterday to cure the unruly elements that left IS dead in West Virginia, Indiana and Mississippi In a two-day on slaught of storm and floods. Turbulent flood waters still raged in eight states but the hea vy rain clouds that produced themv were gone. A wave of cold, dry, air from Canadian Alaskan areaa banished the lowering clouds and brought sunshine to much of th nation. j Brisk, chilly winds swept away? a blinding fog blanket along the eastern seaboard and slowly put li ed away a rain belt that followed the fog, Dut before this began to happen, 93 plane flights wr cancelled at New York's La Guar dia field alone. Thousands of persons were dri ven from their homes by the ang ry flood waters. The torrent surged to record or near - record crests in Tennessee.) Kentucky, West Virginia, and other states. . Russians Make Excuse for Pact With Nazi Bosses i MOSCOW, Feb. lf-WhRussU said tonight it was forced to igi a non-aggression treaty with Germany in 1939 in a fight against time. j Furthermore, the Soviet Union asserted that Britain and France shared a pre-war; aim of starting a war between Russia and Ger many, and that the Hitler-Stalin pact was an alternative move. In the third chapter of their reply to U. S documents, the Rus sians also said that the United States had supported in every way the "ruinous" policy of Britain and France. " 1 Russia bluntly! denied that Ita pact with Hitler was part of the plan of Soviet foreign policy. r j r I Timber Management j Investigation Sought BROWNSVILLE, Feb. A demand for congressional in vestigation of federal timber lands management in the west was made here today. , A resolution calling for the in vestigation was t passed by ap proximately 200 persons at tha -fifth in a series Of meetings spon sored i by the Western Forest In dustries association. Keizer CJubf to Protect Beer Taveni License j KEIZER, Feb. 14 Representa tives of organizations, including the Parent-Teacher's association. Grange, Community; church ana various clubs, have scheduled an opposition meeting ; Monday af 7:45 n.m. at the schoolhouse In connection with a licensing of a beer tavern in the district. . ! Gains Siipn