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Weather Max. Min. Prectp. lalm Portland . ... Ban Frinclico Chicago New York 7 M ... M 49 44 41 liar M PI SO trara JS im 2 00 Willamette rtvar 4 3 feet. rORECAST (from OS weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Cloudy with occasional scattered ihowfn to day and tonight. High today S3, low tonight 3S. NINETY DGHTH YEAH OTP SEMES No branch of government ever had a more honorable employe than Sam Gillette, chief of the purchasing division in the state board of control office. And he was competent as he was honest. A purchasing agent for a govern mental unit must be. like Caesar's wife, above suspicion, and never the shadow of suspicion could be cast over Gillette and his work. So conscientious was he in the filling of his office that he would accept no gratuities of any kind from anyone doing business with the state; he would let no one pick up hi lunch check or do him any spe cial favor. He refused to let him self get in any position where his obligation to the state might be compromised. When one considers that the state expends millions of dollars in purchasing goods and supplies each year it is indeed heartening to know that the head of the purchasing division has held uch high standards of in'egnty It may be timely to relate how the state does its buying. With the exception of the purchases for the liquor administration all state buying is done through the office of the secretary of the board of control This includes not only the tate offices in Salem and the in stitutions about the city but those scattered oer the state, the Mate board of higher education, fish and game commission and other state offices located outside the capitol. The volume of (Continued on Editorial Page) Armv Official Renews Ike's Draft Denial WASHINGTON. March 29 -iPV-The army's press ch.ef said tonight that Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower "under no conceivable circum stance'' will consent to be draft ed mm the democratic candidate for president. 1 The statement was made by May Floyd L Farks. Parkf said Eisenhower, who is now writing his memoirs, is unaf fected by the efforts of nti-Tru-man democrats to secure him as their candidate. "The general means his no poli tics announcement of some weeks ago to apply to all parties and groups of voters," Parks said in a statement issued through the de partment of the army. "What he said about wanting to have nothing to do with politics applies to the democrats as well as the republ'can?." Parks added. "He has not changed one iota in his position and I do not believe he will do so." To lend emphasis to Eisenhow er's renewed disavowal of politi cal ambitions. Parks authorized the use of his name in connection with the statement. Heretofore he has been identified only as a "spoken.man" for the former chief of staff. Typos Would Reopen Talks HAMMOND. Ind , March 29 -The AFL International Typo graphical union said today its striking local unions on newspa pers throughout the country would request newspaper publish ers to resume negotiations seek ing settlement of the disputes. This was announced at a con ference of attorneys and officers of, the ITU with counsel for the national labor relations board. It followed refusal of Federal Judge Luther M, Swygsrt to stay an injunction he issued Saturday. The judge's order restrained the ITU from supporting strikes in violation of the Taft - Hartley act railed by its local unions. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH HmJh, Ac ixtmrmintting C7 How much to rub out ? 12 PAGES U.N. Board to Push Private Relief Combined Aid Measure Nears House Passage WASHINGTON, March 29 -iJP) The $0,205,000,000 foreign aid bill hurdled its first house obstacle today and headed toward sched uled passage Wednesday. Opponents were beaten in an at tempt to throw out the whole bill and pass a substitute providing for a private system of relief for communist - resisting foreign na tion. Offered by Rep. Ralph Gwinn (R-N. Y.) and defeated by a stand ing vote of 103 to 60, the substi tute would have set up a world relief corporation operated by pri vate organizations, with a $500, 000.000 cash contribution from the United States as a starter. For military aid to foreign na tions, it would have authorized an appropriation of $1,000,000,000 The vote on the Gwinn amend ment made it clear that the for eign affairs committee, author of the omnibus aid measure, was in complete control in the house. The committee agreed at a mor ning session to back an amend ment to tighten controls over ex ports to Russia. Trre committee rejected a pro posal to add to the bill $220,000, 000 for economic help to Japan, Korea and the Ryukyu islands. TW committee already is on record for $5. 300. 000.000 for aid to Europe and $570,000,000 for the international children's aid fund, Anticipating eventual enact- m.nt nf th id measure, the sen- ate oassed and sent to President Truman a house bill making available at once $55,000,000 in 5top-gap aid to Europe. This mo ney will be deducted eventually from funds to be appropriated for the aid program. YMCA Seleets Chieagoan for Gvm Director Selection of Frederick H. O Cords, now of Chicago, as phy sical director at Salem YMCA, ef fective July 1, was announced Mondav by General Secretary C. A. KHls. Paul Cookingham, Wil lamette university student serving the post on a part-time basis, will continue until that time. Cords, 30, now an assistant phy sical director at La w son YM in Chicago, the world's largest, also will be on the Willamette staff in charge of the YMCA training program. Following 3'a years in the navy during World War II. he was phy ical director at Long Beach, Calif . YM, on the same staff with Gus Moore, now associate general secretary In Salem. O&C Milling Bill Goes to Truman WASHINGTON, March 29.-JP)-The senate passed today a house bill to reopen the revested Oregon and California railroad and re con veyed Coos Bay wagon road grant lands to location, entry and dispo sition under the mining laws. The measure, which went to the White House, places the land, aTI in Oregon, under the same status as other lands in the public domain. Politics on Parade . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! (Editor's aote: Comments la thl erl arc tm4t fey or for the easei eales wttHaat rtrtrttoa. aad may or may not reflect tbc policy of this waBcr.) Today's subject: E. 8. Benjamin (r), candidate for State Representative E. S. Benjamin, candidate for republican nomination as repre sentative from Marion county, lives in Salem with his wife and four sons. An advocate of more favorable over-all relations between labor, business and the farmer. Benjamin brings to his cim-r paign many years! of experience in i n i I ment dealing, in JTJ. bis capacity as I " J. i executive secre-1 f'A tarv fit th Amer-1 . I ican Federation nt T aVvn Tarr I T I stec Cannery, r-i .' . Ionization in Sa-1 . . . an. He L- L resident OI the - 8. bajaia regon State Cannery council. A native and life-long resident f the Pacific northwest, and a the .republican Jhm Oragoa Statesmen., Plan Gillette Dies Sam B. Gillette, state purchasing agent, win died Sunday at Kent, Wash. Sara B. Gillette, State Purchase Agent, Passes Sam Burns Giiiette, purchasing chief in the Oregon state board of control for several years and a state employe for nearly three decade-, died unexpectedly Sun- day in Kent Wash Mr. and Mrs. Gillette had gone ; to Kent to spend Easter with their j daughter, Mrs. Neil Shaffer, and had planned to return home this week. Death came to the veteran state employe on the eve of his 60th birthday. Final rites will be held at Claugh-Barrick chapel at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday, with Dr. Chester Hamblin officiating. Interment is to be at Grants Pass. (Additional details page 9) WU Names 10 In Queen Race Ten Willamette university sen ior women were nominated for May queen in an all-school elec tion Monday. The girls were se lected from a ballot containing the names of the women of the entire senior class. The girls were Dorothy Deal, Longview, Wash.; Mrs. Joyce Pat ton, Salem; Lora Jean Bates, Sa lem; Beverly Briggs, Great Falls, Mont.; Caroline Cooper, Portland; Francis Sopp, Portland; Helen Wynn, Glenns Ferry, Idaho; Nan cy Montgomery, Salem; Kay Kar nopp, Portland; and Mrs. Virgie Wicks, Salem. The ten candidates will be pre sented to the student body April 13 at chapel and next day the stu dent body will vote again to select three finalists. The queen will be selected some time the following week, said Ray Yocum, Riverside, 111., May week end manager. 39 ESCAPE FIRE PORTLAND, March 29 -(JP)-Thirty tenants of the Park hotel here scurried down fire escapes and ladders to safety tonight when a fire in a ground floor store room sent smoke billowing thjough the building. candidate has been active in civic and state affairs, serving as a member of the advisory committee of the Oregon state board of health and as labor chairman in the can nery division of the Marion coun ty Community chest, and active in the March of Dimes and other campaigns. Expressing his faith in the in dustrial, agricultural and labor fu ture of the state and Marion coun ty, the legislative candidate feels that not necessarily more laws but better laws are required to pro vide for continued progress of the state and its people. A program of more adequate compensation for state employees, teachers and in jured workers; state and federal assistance to Oregon nut and prune growers; added attractions to at tract and advance industry and broadening of the state unemploy meat and .old age . compensation laws are a part of the needs to in sure this progress., f Farmers, businessmen and workers should be-encouraged to dwell and prosper in Oregon, for on the success of each, depends the wen-being of alL His slogan is "Progressive leg islation for great progressive Oregon." I r Wtv I 1 : -wiaaaMM '. tS, j ' ", .7 ' " . 1 i ycx l POUNDBD 1651 Salem, Orecjon, Tuesday. March 30, 1948 Partition Defeated Truce Request Before Council Today by U. S. LAKE SUCCESS, March 29 -(A) The United Nations Palestine com mission decided tonight to proceed as rapidly as possible to create a provisional Jewish government in Palestine. The decision was announced in a letter to Moshe Shertok, head of the political department of the Jewish agency. A high U. N. official said the agreement was unanimous. The five-member commission informed Shertok that it was obli gated by the general assembly's resolution of last November 29 to take all possible steps to imple ment the partition of Palestine. It said it intended to do so unless it received orders to the contrary from the security council. The decision came a few hours after a spokesman for the U. S. delegation disclosed that chief delegate Warren R. Austin would go before the security council to morrow to appeal for a truce in Palestine. He also was expected to ask the council to order a special session of the United Nations assembly to consider the Holy Land problem. JERUSALEM, March 29 -JP)- claimed 16 more lives in Palestine today but the pace slackened after i the heavy week-end battles in which 100 were killed and more than 200 wounded. Keizer Woman Appointed to School Group Mrs. Louis Oldenburg, Salem route 2, is a member of the Mar ion county education board repre senting the Keizer district, follow ing her appointment Monday by Mrs. Agnes Booth, county superin tendent of schools. Mrs. Oldenburg replaces the late P. W. Ore of Gervais. Ore had been a member of the board since 1928. Mrs. Oldenburg is the first woman appointed to the board since its establishment in 1911, Mrs. Booth said. She lives on a farm in the Kei zer district with her husband and young daughter. She was formerly employed by the Huggins insur ance firm here and was a secretary to the Salem school district clerk several years ago. Duties of the education board are to employ county rural school supervisors, who work out of the school superintendent's office, and to act in an advisory capacity to the superintendent's office, Mrs. Booth said. Other members of the board are Mrs. Booth, chairman; George W. Hubbs, Silverton; Harley Libby, Jefferson, and W. P. Emery, Macleay. Commies 'Given' Romania Majority BUCHAREST, Romania. March 29 -UP)- Candidates of the com munist - led Romanian govern ment were officially credited to day with 92 per cent of the votes in the election for a new grand national assembly. Provisional re turns were complete. Romanians elected a new 414 man assembly yesterday which will pass upon a constitution de signed to transform -the country formally into a socialist - com munist state. Under Premier Petru Groza the government had suppressed the main opposition party, the na tional peasants. Valsetz Logger Dies From Fight Injuries PORTLAND, March 29-JPy-Vo-lice today sought two men who in flicted fatal injuries on Ernest E. Hill, 53, Valsetz logger, in a fight Hill died yesterday, hours after the struggle. A fractured skull, suffered when he fell to the sidewalk, was blam ed for the death. 'W'ttf-' r stEDEDICATION YVXX2I April ltf v : Oregon visits : by tha Freedom Train;. April 2 Portland. April 3 Eugene. April 4 Corvallis. April SALEM. April 7 Astoria. Prtc. Truman Urges Wallace rTrip9 WASHINGTON, March 29 -(Al President Truman suggest ed by inference tonight that Henry Wallace "ought to go to the country he loves so well. Before a banquet of Greek Americans the president spoke after Dean Alfange of New York, the toastmaster, had said that Wallace, the third party candidate, and his followers ought to go to the Rocky Moun tains "in the role of the Greek guerrillas." Alfange added that Stalin might recognize Wallace in that instance "as the leader of the free government of the United States." The president said: "If the imitators or that an cient Greek conqueror want to see its (the United States) liber ties subverted, I suggest that they go not to the Rocky Moun tains that's a fine country out there he ought to go to the country he loves so well and help them against his own coun try, if that's the 'way he feels." Atomic Board Ready to Oust Red Proposals LAKE SUCCESS, March 29-) A majority of the United Nations atomic conferees lined up today behind a move to toss out Rus sia's atomic control proposals. The move was started by Brit ain, France, China and Canada in K. l 1 . .. . : . . ions atomic en ergy commission. They were quickly joined by the United I States, Argentina, Colombia and Belgium. The committee will decide the issue Monday. With eight of the newed endeavors to find some 11 delegates already on record as basis of settlement with the So favoring the four-power proposal, j viet Union." its approval appeared assured. I The White House, at the same Seven votes are needed for ap- i time, denied that a "big three " proval. ! meeting of President Truman, Thus it seemed that after 21 months of debate on the rival plans, the delegates were ready to narrow the field down to the American proposals. The U. S. plan calls for a tight system of international control to be put into effect by stages. Atom ic bomb production would be pro hibited only after adequate safe guards had been set up to make sure no country violated the con trol regulations. Russia wants an immediate treaty outlawing all atomic bomb production and requiring that present stockpiles be destroyed. The soviet plan also calls for a limited system of inspection to be put into effect after the outlawing of atomic bombs. The four-power declaration de clared the soviet proposals were inadequate, unrealistic and mis leading. Festival Program Due for Decision A completed program for the Salem Cherryland festival this summer will be drafted by the board of directors of the Salem Cherryland Festival association meeting at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday in the Chamber df Commerce rooms. Sidney L Stevens, board pre sident, reported Monday that all tentative plans regarding omis sions and additions to the pro gram will be voted upon at the meeting. The annual festival is slated for July 15 to 18, Young Salem Skaters Enter State Roller Skating : -ar as sam -m-u- 1 'A - if f TL.- Catting; fancy figures tonight la the 1 . J - IT v ! N " ' m 7 s-: .r. v.r ft ' n Btonshlp matches st the Imperial rink la Portland will ne tne isar Salem eoapies pictured above la action. Left pheto shews those entering the three-day match la the lonier dancers class left to tight) Sandara Faris. 238S N. 4th St.; Frank CraO, IN Ltosa are.; Barbara Faris, 2395 N. 4th st.; and Jackie HalL tl Ahrams are. At No. 13 Decision, Full Draft Pleaded WASHINGTON, March 29 -JP) Bernard M. Baruch said today this country should decide just what it is going to do in world affairs and back up its stand with the draft, universal military training and "a total plan for industrial and eco nomic mobilization." The financier's views were sec onded by Charles E. Wilson, presi dent of General Electric, who said the nation must mobilize both men and industries to meet "the crisis of this hour." Baruch and Wilson testified separately before the senate armed services committee. Wilson, form er vice-chairman of the war pro duction board, endorsed both the draft and UMT. But the youth training program can wait, he said, until: Renewed Controls Urged 1 We have "an army, navy and air force fully staffed with thoroughly trained personnel." 2 We back up our expanded armed force by mobilization of industry, stockpiling of critical materials, and scientific research. Baruch, adviser to several presi dents, called for "standby" laws to be used if needed to mo bilize America's factories and to bring back wage and price con trols. We must mobilize for peace now, he said, or we will be forced to mobilize for war later. Big S Meet Denied In a dig, which he later under lined, at present American policy, Baruch said: "The greatest single necessity in the world today is for America to make up its mind where it stands, so that the other free peoples on earth will know where to rally. "Knowing where we stand, I believe, would make pos-sible le- rremier aiaun ana rsmain s rrirae Minister Attlee is in prospect. Drivers Aver OMS fUnfair' In Labor Deal PORTLAND, March 29-UP-AFL bus drivers filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the na tional relations board today against the Oregon Motor Stages. The union and company have been involved in a wage dispute for several months and a work stoppage has halted normal serv ice for three days to northwest Oregon communities. T. S. Beguin, assistant 1 union business agent, said the NLRB complaint accuses the company of attempting to reach an agreement with individual employes although the union is the bargaining agent. He explained that the company had posted conditions of employ ment and announced a wage in crease which was better than of fered the union in negotiations. Pickets meanwhile marched in front of offices of the firm. Oregon Mbtor Stages operating from Salem to Dallas, Falls City and Dayton are still out of opera tion from an OMS drivers' strike entering its fourth day. Salem city buses are in no way affected by the strike and are op erating on schedule, R. J. David son, Salem OMS manager, said Monday. Oregon state teller skating cham- Se . - - -jr' TV Don Cawoirt 0 Amsweir bainS . '- '"' '" " : WASHINGTON, March 290P-A federal marshal tonight served a summons on John L. Lewis commanding' him to appear in court and explain why he should not give a presidential board the miners' side of the pension dispute. The summons called for Lewis or his lawyers ta show up in fed eral district court at 11 a. m. tomorrow. f " - - The court order, at the govern- ment request, was finally handed to Lewis after the miners chief had scorned a subpoena from the inquiry board set up by President Truman. The board has been delving into the issues involved in the two week -old soft coal strike. Federal District Judge Rich mond B. Keech issued the sum mons. Edward M. Curran, another district judge, will hear Lewis' ar gument. The board issued the subpoena for Lewis to testify under the Taft-Hartley act. This law pro vides that contempt of a board's subpoena, if the subpoena is back ed by a court order, is punishable by fines up to $5,000 or a year in jail, or both. Prior to the subpoena, Lewis had brusquely refused an invita tion to tell the fact-finding board his side of the pension dispute which has closed soft coal mines across the country. The bushy-browed union leader set out in typical Lewisian langu age his refusal to honor the invi tation to testify. He said - he has done nothing that concerns the Taft-Hartley law, and,'anyway, he regards two members of the three man board as prejudiced. That was stated in a letter to Federal Judge Sherman Minto, chairman of the board. 'Nazi' Posters Greet Marshall At Conference BOGOTA, Colombia, March 29. --Communist posters depicting George C. Marshall as a nazi greeted the U. S. secretary of state today when he arrived to take part in the inter-American conference. The 21-nation conference faces the issues of communism and Eu ropean colonialism in the western hemisphere after its official open ing tomorrow afternoon. Despite the posters, Marshall and Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Ham man received a warm wel come upon their arrival at Techo airport. One set of communist posters read "Heil Marshall" and was decorated with nazi swastikas. Hundreds of soldiers and spe cial police flanked Carrera Septi ma, Bogota's main street, as the delegates arrived at and left the 1 presidential palace. Officials said they took these precautions be cause they feared a possible com munist demonstration. There was no disorder, however, and the posters were the only ev idence of communist activity. The delegates will go to work on three basic projects calling for: Reorganization of the inter-American system into a strong re gional bloc within the framework of the United Nations. Establishment of a program of economic aid for Latin America. Enactment of a pact providing for the peaceful solution of differ ences between the American re publics. Although differences are expect ed to arise over details, the Amer ican republics seem unanimous in the view that a stronger regional system is imperative in view of present world condition. Taylor En Route To Vacation Post NEW YORK, March 29 -JP)-Myron C. Taylor, personal envoy of President Truman to the Vati can, left by plane today en route to Rome on what he termed a presidential mission. Pressed for details, Taylor told reporters they would have " to "ask the president." ft. 1 - A Y right, are (left to right) Donna Pope, 1749 N. d-srch st.; Glenn Smith, 15&5 Rage st. West Salem; Gwea McDenald, 13Si N. liberty aa mad Allen liegaaier, 148 Shipping st-, all In the aerlee class fer 'persons 13 yean af age and elder. The skaters, all members ef the Capitals Dance and Flgare Skating dab, arc aader the direction cr Evelyn ZaaattL (Photos by Daa DHL SUtesmaa staff BBatogr&nher-) Court to Rule On Politics Ban, Closed jShop " WASHINGTON, March l-jpy The supreme court agreed today to rule on two of the hottest labor issues of the times: 1. The Taft-Hartley act's ban oa political expenditures ' by unions. A district court has held the ban is unconstitutional-. 2. State laws against the closed shop. The court took no emergency steps toward speed. It set argu ment for April 28. The Taft-Hartley appeal was carried up by the government aft er Judge Ben Moore la U. S. dis trict court here held the act vio lates the constitutional guarantee of free speech, press and assembly. In that finding. Judge Moore threw out charges that the CIO and its President Philip Murray violated the law by printing an article in the CIO News endorsing Edward Garmatz of Baltimore axl democratic candidate for congress last July. I In appealing! to the high court, the government contended con gress has the right to "surround the entire election process with such rules and regulations as It deems necessary to secure free and honest elections. i The CIO argued mat the law violated its members rights and did the organization special dam age because the CIO seeks to speak in the political arena for millions of its members who have joined together for the precise purpose of achieving through , group action what; as individuals they are powerless to do." The American Federation of La bor appealed two cases on the closed shop issue one from Ari zona and on from North Carolina. Numerous other states have laws which will be affected by the deci sion. I I) ' - AFL attorneys raised the same issues in both) actions, charging violation of the right of contract, denial of due process of law, and restraint on U) right of free speech and assembly Showere Close" Warm Easter Week End Here A trace of warm rain Monday night ended the warmest week end of the year and the weather bureau forecast scattered showers for today and tonight, Easter Sunday's 17 degrees was the warmest temperature recorded since last October' 18. when "the thermometer read" 70.3 degrees. Sunday's highj however, was IS degrees colder than an 80-degree reading in March of 1947. - Easter's ideal weather brought more than 1,000 "worshipers to the state capitol grounds for Sa lem's first suririse; service. CapL R. B. Lesher of the Salvation Army-delivered the sermon, and the Church of the Nazarene choir pro vided the music. Churches throughout the! dry were filled to capacity in later services Highways in the Salem area were jammed with steady streams of cars as motorists took advan tage of the first sunshine in sev eral weeks. Despite the unusually heavy traffic, no serious accidents were reported. SALXM rMCXPITATIOX (Press Seftjl Xm March M) This Year 17.7S Last Tear SS.il Average 11-24 MatdTpday V- ! A.' dt V w v 'A W, Y