i ' I 1 it 4 - i UJ NINETY EIGHTH YEAH Solons Told To Refuse 7o 'Jim WASHINGTON, March 31 - gress today that millions of negroes will refuse to be drafted into a "Jim Crow" army. He said he would advise them not to bear arms and drew a warning that treason charges might result if he does. The witness, A. Philip Randolph, president of the AFL Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters, declared that negroes "never will" win 1 civil rights unless a drastic step OtP SS3HB fuCDODDCg The Oregon supreme court puts ts foot down on "mail-order" di vorces. In a decision handed down Tuesday it affirmed an opin ion by Judge Vandenberg of Klamath Falls, sitting in the Mult nomah circuit court. It held that a divorce granted in Nevada to an Oregon citizen who went down there and stayed three months is not valid here. The cue of the de cision, as expressed by Chief Jus tice Rossman, is that the one seek ing the divorce had no intention J of abandoning his Oregon domicile J and acquiring a new residence in ! Nevada. This decision follows those of some other states on the same subject. There is no doubt that Nevada has exploited the divorce business 1 by requiring short residence (six j weeks) and making very simple the process of slipping marital ! moorings. Jr'or thai matter one wonders why a person living in Oregon should go to the trouble and expense of moving to Nevada . even for six weeks. Our residence requirement is longer, - six months - and we make no effort to attract the "trade." But divorce here is quite easy; not quite push-button, but where the defendant does not resist, very simple. So there really is no reason to run away to Ne- vaua lur uic ummu ,,,6 f1"""'1; f - The decision has this merit that it tears the mask off subterfuge i (Continued on Editorial Page) 4 Peaee Train9 To Visit Capitol tl ! LOS ANGELES. March 31 -(P)- j A "peace train" carrying 250 cler- i gymen and laymen of various j churches will leave Los Angeles for Washington April 21, it was announced today, to lay before government officials a "demand for a constructive peace program." Dr. Robert B. Pettengill. of the University of Southern California faculty, said cars from San Fran cisco and Portland will be added to the train at Salt Lake City. An announcement said "recent acts of our government have I drawn us closer to war with Rus- 1 sia " i j ARC Drive to Continue , lieyond Uf licial dosing ; Marion county Red Cross fund campaign ended officially Wed nesday, $13,500 short of its quota and campaign officials announced that the drive would continue un till the quota is met. L. A. Ballmer and Fred B. Keeler, county campaign co-chairman, announced that during March the drive netted $41,500. This county's quota had been set at $55,000. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Beg pardon, friend, but would you mind trading berths?" J 7Tf ' 4 f I V 111 II II II II II 16 PAGES Negroes Draft Call Crow' Army iPy - A negro union leader told con is taken. Appearing before the senate ; aimed services committee, he and ' other negro leaders asked that ! amendments against racial dis crimination and segregation be in- : eluded in any temporary draft or , universal military training legisla- tion. "I personally will advise ne groes to refuse to Tight as slaves for a democracy they can not possess and can not enjoy," Ran dolph asserted. His proposal for a civil dis obedience protest against the draft brought advice from Sen ators Morse (R-Ore. ) and Bald win (R-Conn. ) that he is making a mistake and harming the civil rights cause. Must Face it Now But Randolph, who recently toldyPresident Truman that ne groes would hesitate to shoulder arms unless segregation were abolished, declared that "We've got to face this thing sooner or later and we might as well face it right now." Randolph was urged by Senator j Morse to reconsider his disobe dience plans. The senator, an ad vocate of civil rights legislation, told the witness that this is not the way to gain full civil rights. . He asked Randolph if he were saying that he would tell negroes not to shoulder arms "in protec tion of your country." Doing: Country a Service "That is correct," Randolph said. "I would be doing my coun try a great service. If it does not develop the democratic processes at home then it is not the type of country worth fighting for." And if the country goes to war? Randolph replied slowly that there is time to change the laws. but if it were not done, he "would recomrnend that negroes take no - uwirinc oi treason Morse warned: "Then the doc trine of treason would be applied to those participating in that ci vil disobedience." "No white man has ever felt he sting of Jim Crowism," Ran- dolph declared. "My people can't even get a sandwich here or go into a notei ' WASHINGTON, March 31 -(JP Gen. Jacob L. Devers. chief of the army field forces, told reporters here today that the army has no plans for changing its handling of negro troops. He explained that now one ne gro battalion is placed in . regi ment with two white battalions. SMELT RUN THINNING TROUTDALE. March 31 -(Jp) Both the fish and the fishermen were decreasing in number to- Satndyer smeltj;un- now in its fourth day, was thin- nin down- Politics on Parade . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! (Editors note: Comments in this series are made by or for the candi dates without restriction, and mav or may not reflect the policy of this newspaper l. Today's Sabert: Richard II. Spooner (r) Candidate for State Representative In placing mj candidacy before the voters of Marion county, I am expressing my sincere desire to take an active part in our gov ernment. This government has a firm 'foundation built many years ago by young men of vision to gether with older men whose zeal had been i temp ered by experi ence. Today, I ,t prevalent inani I -ever; before that! -r me young people l l have earned a I -j, right to w o r k L witn seasoned . h. Mmr statesmen sin the formulation of the laws by which their new fami lies, businesses - their lives shall be governed in the future. Besides attending the Willam- POUNDBD 1651 Th Oregon S talesman. Salem. Oregon. Thursday. April 1. oiiwoolbiias M$ Hoi Reaffirms Inclusion QfYrSL nco WASHINGTON, March 31 -(JP) The house passed the $6,205, 000,000 foreign aid bill tonight. The vote was 329 to 74. All four Oregon representatives approved it. Aimed in larger part at block- ; ing communist expansion, it calls for the largest overseas relief. and 1 rehabilitation program ever un dertaken by any nation. It includes $5,300,000,000 as the first-year cost of the "Marshall plan" for European recovery. And it includes $425,000,000 in outright military aid $275,000, 000 for Greece and Turkey and $150,000,000 for China. China gets another $420,000,000 in economic aid. Navy ta Deliver Planes (The navy announced shortly , before the bill passed that three ' escort carriers will be used to de- ! liver planes to Turkey under the ! assistance program during the ' next few months. i (The number of planes was not j disclosed. But the 12.0O0 - ton car- ' riers can transport more than 100 planes each in 'ferry service.) Besides the military and econo mic aid provisions, the house ', "package" bill includes $60,000,- j 000 for the United Nations child- : ren's fund. j 2 Weeks After Appeal ' Today's vote came just two weeks after President Truman's appeal to a joint session of con- ( gress for speedy adoption of the European recovery plan (ERP) as one of three roadblocks to communist expansion. I Before voting on the measure as a whole, the house reaffirmed j by a 188 to 104 standing vote its t invitation for Spain to join the ' Euronean recovery program along i with 16 other non - communist countries and western Germany. Tbe entire $6,205,000,000 bill is expected to go to President Tru- : man for signature late this week after senate and house agree on comparatively minor differences. Talks Held on Bus Walkout PORTLAND, March 31-F)-The city labor - management com mittee director conferred today with AFL. drivers and officials of i the Oregon Motor Stages involved J in a five day old dispute Service to scores of: Willamette valley and Oregon coast towns has been halted or curtailed since last Saturday when drivers failed to work because of an action the union lists as unfair. Lee C Stoll, director of the committee, said no joft-it session of management and labor has been called. They met separately today with Stoll Some 200 towns have been without bus service. SEASIDE, March 31 -OP)- The Seaside Chamber of Commerce asked 20 other cities today to join in urging the governor to take ac tion in the Oregon Motor Stages I strike. I ette university law school, I own I and operate the Eagle Flying ser j vice on the McNary field. Thus, in i addition to my knowledge of the j Laws of Oregon, I have interests j running parallel with the business men of this county. I am a republican and a veteran, 24 years of age. I was born in Portland, Oregon, of pioneer stock and resided thtre until entering the service upon graduation from .high school in January, 1942. I served as a fighter pilot with the 8th Air force in England, part of my overseas tour i of duty being spent in German Luftwaffe hos pitals and prison: camps. Upon liberation and release from active duty in 1945, I moved here to Salem. The organizations in which I am active are: Young Republicans Club, American Legion, Air Re serve association. Masons, Sigma Chi (social fraternity). Phi Delta Phi (national law fraternity). If my constituents see fit to elect me to one of the four seats allotted to Marion county in the house of representatives, I shall to the best of my ability and knowledge work for the benefit of the majority of the people of this county. lTaswrrar: Dare Hss) Zjv fvlL 4roo "fPxs fsvcvcv or vc Salem Sea Scouts Work on Netv Whaleboat jSe.. Members of Salem's Sea Scout ship 12 are shown working on their recently snived whaleboat. a gift of the f. S. navy from surplus stores. The scouts, left to right, are. Harold Lewis. IS4 8.' Consmer- ' cial St.: Robert Newcomer. 1965 W. Nob Hill t.: Robert Busey. 1351 Saginaw st; Cordon Hoover,' 1353 Hines st.; Wayne Mereer, Salem route 6: Richard De Rosier, 147 N. Commercial st.; Earl Mi- I chalke. 125 E. Leffelle st.: I-fon Bertram. 265 W. Rural st. (only cap showing); and Frank Fritaie. ! 1944 N. Liberty st. Standing in background are. left to right Gordon D. Gilmore. scout execuUTe; 1st Mate Norman Sholseth; Jerry Scott, field executive: Skipper Ted Roake. (Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.) 24 Arabs Truman Gets Coal Rep. Hartley Drafts Bill jto Curb Lewis By the Associated Press The next move for ending the i nationwide soft coal shutdown was put up to President Truman Wed- j nesday. I The coal strike fact-finding board 'sent Mr. Truman its re port shortly before noon. The White House said the chief exu- , tive would take the report with , him on a trip to Williamsburg. Vn , so he could study it. Any new action appeared unlikely before the end of the week The presi- aent expects to return to Wash- ington Saturday. ' Now that he has the report the ! Taft-Hartley law requires, the i . president can seek a court order ! to end the strike for at least 80 ' days. ! At the same time. Rep. Hartley (R-NJ) co-author of the Taft Hartley act. introduced a bill to make the anti-trust laws apply to labor unions. His measure admit tedly was aimed at John L. Lew is, union chief of the striking miners, i The bill, an amendment of the I Taft-Hartley act, would make it i unlawful for labor unions to con spire in restraint of trade. Navy Pilot Dies In CoaSt Crasll ROCKAWAY, Ore, March 31-rpv-Shattered wreckage of a navy i Helldiver in which a pilot was killed today was found east of here on a timbered ridge of the coastal mountains. A party of loggers penetrated the rugged forest area after witnessing the plane's troubled flight and fall to earth. K. B. Hamilton reported the pi lot apparently had tried vainly to use his parachute. Thirteenth naval district head quarters in Seattle earlier had re ported the plane was one of two that took off from the Tillamook, Ore., naval air base at 1:30 p.m. One pilot returned after encount ering bad weather. The victim was not immediately identified by the navy. REDEDICATION WEEK April 1 It t April 1 & 2 Portland. April 3 Eugene. April 4 Corvallis. April 6 SALEM. April 7 Astoria. 1348 Price 5c Killed as Train Mined ina Coiiiniimists U. S. Marines Ch Fre PEARL HARBOR. April 1 Py- The navy announced to day that Chinese communists had released four t 8. Marines who were captured In norlh China while on a Christmas day hunting trip. The announcement said the leathernecks were returned to I'. S. navy representatives at Ilaiyanx. A village northeast of the western Pacific fleet head quarters at Tsinrtao. China. A fifth marine. PFC. Charles J. Brayton, jr.. Fort Jay. Gov ernor's Island. N. Y.. died from wounds received in the incident. Increased Dam Funds Sought "Markup"' of appropriations for projects on the Willamette river and tributaries will be tackled in Washington, D. C , today by the civil functions subcommittee of the senate appropriations com mittee, U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse advised Salem Chamber of Com merce Wednesday. Morse stated he is supporting U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon in an at tempt to have inci eased the house cut appropriations for Detroit dam and Meridian dam. The Ore goman senators are favoring $7, 000,000 for Detroit and $15,000,000 for Meridian, following house ap- E5 IIS ions action cutting both Slal Onlennial May Rate Postage Stamp PORTLAND, March 31 JP) The Oregon Territory's centennial this year may have a commemora- tive postage stamp. Hillman Lueddemann, president of the centennial commission, re- ported that the postal department was considering such a stamp for 1 this fall. Proclamation, Gen. Rilea Talk Launch Week of Rededication Rededication week in Salem was i off to a start Wednesday with first major activities pointed at the showing of the Freedom Train and the celebration of Army day, both on next Tuesday. Featuring the introduction to this week of special activity were Mayor R. L. Elfstrom's proclama tion and MaJ. Gen. Thomas Rilea 'm talk before Salem Rotary club at noon Wednesday in the Marion hotel. Rilea, the stat adjutant gener al, urged the businessmen mem bers to cooperate with national guard recruiting by encouraging their employes to Join the guard. Local army leaders hav dis closed other plans centering around the Army day observance, No. 15 74 Strike Data Jewish Gang mi n i laKes i,reait For Explosion JERUSALEM, March 31-?VA triple mine blayt today killed 24 Arab train passengers and wound ed 64 near Hinyamina, Haifa police announced today. T"re explosion, which observers said pfobably were set off by Jews in retaliation for Arab attacks on convoys recently, derailed the lo , comotive. telescoped three of the ! four wrec ked coac hes, and ripped up yards of track. Several hundred Bntish troops riding in the second half of th tram on the Cairo to ' Htiifa line were- unhurt. - A Jewish source said the Stern gi.ng set off the mine trap At the same time the irtual Ai ab siege of Jerusalem, which ha brought bread rationing to this city's 100,000 Jews, was renew ed. Several hundred Arabs be leaguered a Jewish food convoy enroute from coastal Tel Aviv to relieve Jerusalem Haganah, the Jewish militia. said at least one Jew was killed and several wounded in a battle that began at midday. Arabs said snany Jews were killed and wounded in this first attempt of a Jewish convoy to run the Arab blockade into Jerusalem since the Arab ambush at bloody Bad El Wad last Friday. Jewish informants said the ron- voy itself had escaped falling into A ... l 1 J 1 .. turning back to Kehovot. i. sfi f a tV 1 1 Tlr A ffXI rff ifill " mmm i ' aMia. mm i at OSAKA Thursday Annl l Investigators reported 49 dead to day when a crowded express train hit a train standing at Hanazona r ' station, east of Osaka. 350 Japan ee were injured. 20 of them seri ously. No allied casualties were reported. including speeches, window dis plays and other activity publiciz ing the army, army reserve and national guard. Lt. Col. Fred Dahlquist, Oregon army recruiting chief, will address Salem Chamber of Commerce Monday noon and Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry will jnak an Army day talk at 4:15 p. m. Mon day over radio station KOCO. On next 'Thursday. Mayor Cfstrom will giv a radio talk on lh sub ject at 4 JO p. m. over KSLM and CoL George D. Wahl of Portland, senior Instructor for army reserve units In Oregon, will address Sa lem Lions club at noon. Local marin reservists ar planning a Monday night party to honor th marin guard which accompanies th Freedom Train. West Powers Cut ofF By Rail from Berlin; Defy Soviet Demand Ru88 Demand Nations Permit Soviet Troops to Inspect Traffic to Berlin . BERLIN, Thursday, April lVThe Rumhu refund today to let American and HrltUh military train go throuch their occupation zone. Two -Herlin-bound Americas trains. haven anyone from Frankfurt, and two IlritUh trlni on ea&tbound'and the other went bound, were stopped at Mar i en born, a check point five milea inside the aoviet zone. Both -American trains later returned to Helrastedt, weat of Marienjborn fn the Hritinh zone. 1 j . Soviet authorities refused to let the trains proceed I cause they were barred from carrying out new ItuHaianu.. order -- announced only yeterday for inspection of all military trins ai1 freight enter ing and leaving Berlin. Berlin, under four-power con trol, is an island in the midst of the Russian zone. Trains mutt pass through the soviet Jurisdic- BEKLIX. April 1 -ftV Om. Liidaa D. Clif, VmU4 State military itvrratr, rat lat eaitferenee with BrtUsh aatlMr lUes today U 1lniM Jat ae tia sfalnst Hvtet aseasarrs which have rut allied traia enneetins with Beriia. Clay left his affle hefarc t a. as. far British heasla. Barters, aresamably U canfer with hhi British eaMateraart. IX Gea Sir Briaa Bberton. tion to and from the western zones occupied by the United Statei. Britain and France. The United States early today rejected a sov iet demand that Kussian iroops be auowea io in- spect American mihtary trains and ! freight enterinf and leaving Br- lin. Train guards were instructed to bar soviet troops entry to the train. The British also ordered their train guards to refuse to allow so viet inspction. Let Rusaian Aboard An earlier American train from ' Berlin to Bremerhaven passed through the soviet zone. The train ' commander said whfn it reachfd Helmstedt that h had let the Russian comma rider at Marien 1 born come aboard and inspect passenger' papeia Asked why, ! he said, "You will have to ai.k Berlin." An American major in charge j in Berlin said he could not jun- dersUnd why the train command ' er had allowed the Russian on ! the train. j Authoritative Fiench sources in ! Berlin said France had told the Ru.-sian their demand wai "too v ague ' and had asked further explanation. One vurce said the note point ed out urh questions . were not to be dc-c ided by ore-power ac tion and enpiesf-ed a wiIIiiikih to discu the ma let demand on a four-power bii-i Train Well Armed Tii.in on the liei Im-Frankfurt run it I ways have ix-en well armed and gnat ded by a ubtantlal immUr of oflictr and enlited men. Military government offi cial aid the train which left Frankfurt for Berlin lal night cariicd only its urual crew and no extra guaid An order to hold up American tiam was issued tempol arily lat night tending delivery of the U. S. note to the Russian. Once it was delivered, headquarters of Gen. Lucius D Clay, the Ameri can military commander, instruct ed the trauin to proceed as usual. Wait TrnM-ljr In Bnlin. allied force and cvli .,, walted tensely to see if , Mnun. would trv to use force to back up their order. If they do. it is considered a cer tainty that dashes will result. The sudden soviet order pre cipitated the most critical four powtr crisis in Germany since the end of the war It was the first incident that threatened any direct clash between sovie awd i ... a i a ai m I In effect, the Maset order would J ' .1 imnm.ihl. if mfnnvd 1 ... 1 1 ( m nnn wMrn mI. i ; I ;.la. Hjirlm miti a i llffTtJ I rrlurili" VI t wkm Vaw out of the city into the western . , : . k. rones oy roiia or ran wiuwui Hu-si.in consent. Air Traffic Omitted The soviet order made no ref erence lo air traffic" to and from the capital. WASHINGTON. March 31 -(A9) Russia's move to tighten control ovr traffic between Berlin and western German was regarded by diplomatic authorities here to night as beginning a soviet squeeze to try to force th west ern powers out of th German capital. Official comment on the poten tially hazardous situation was lacking, however, exceot for the fact that Informants said private ly all American counter nwv are undr ihe direction of Gen. Lucius D. Clay In Berlin. Weather Mas. SI MM. st FTerlp Sale as portlan San franetaea M C'nacag M ,, New York .. St jm WtfLMiwIt rtr SS tort Forecast t front U.S. srvathrr atiraau, McNary field, aatamlr rair taaay and Ionic tit with pertoda mt rtawdinaaa and a few wKWIy scattervd sUmiis. Hlt loday Sa. Inr tontgfct St. 4 S ALXM PWCCirrTATlAW (frsa Seat. I la AarU I) This Year La Year Averaf St 41 KSLM to Build New Studio, 400-Ft. Tower Workers began Wednesday to clear a 12-acre tract aouthwitit nt Kingwood lirlghu in West SfcW.n where radio station KSLN will build an ultra-modern studio arid 400-foot transmitter tower j at cost of $75,000, Glenn Mmuk'. I grrteral manager of UiO Ulu,nm ( anrouru ed. MrCormnk stfid that thej ttrel j tower would bo erected first and j that pi rp ration of O ground ft 1 the base was started Wednesday, C. A. F i.hr & Co . Portlartl con iraclois. are In charge of the pio- ject. MclTotmick sai l. When torn pleted. the tower will boon bf Urn taJ let t in the state, ' rlung , 500-feet above sea level. i The studio will b of rein about f orief concrete and will houo the latet transmission equipment, lr.cuding facilities which will enable tl station to add frequency mtdula tion and television when thfy at developed to practical poltit fo the west. The transmitter jower, likewise, hiII be .mad to tri mmit FM and television. 1 Plans for tho stul.o are being ( completed by architec ts anij blo will be (ailed within a few Weeks, McCormirk revelled.' Actual con struction will begin immediately after bids ar opened, ho Tn ' station will not altera Its bower, but the higher transmitter and It location on the hill will improv reception, he said. j The station will continue to oc cupy its present offices and 'studio in the Senator hoteUuntil the new buildinf and tower ar finished, Mc-Cormick announced. Ngotia lions fc r sale of the present trans mitter at 633 N Front (.. ar underway, he said, and equipment w ill be abandoned when ttas new Uiwer u leady for us. Senator r t urircs Europeans Fill. Army Kanks WASHINGTON. March 31 -(A V A senator who fought oversea urged congress today to Jet SO.WitJ young single European men Join the United States aimy "afcd be come ritiens later.- Senator Lodge (R-Mas),'a tank corps officer in the Last war, satcf this wuld cut down manpower needs In the proposed temporary draft, for on thing. II asked th senat armed set v ices cornmitti to back him up. j , Lodge would brink;! th care fully chosen foreifners among re gular army units; They would ct all soldier benefits ani qualify lor citizenship after Ifiv year serv ice. He would limit IheJr ftumbi ! JLfT, ?'i r ibU: """a -ll over thj world wn Jon. h aald 1 ' i" 1 Liquor hy Drink IVtitioiiH Planned PORTLAND. March Si -fll -Sponsors of an Initiative measure to permit sal tf liauor by this drink said a petition to Out 1r, proposal on th ! Oregon Novenv ber ballot will b filed this whk, Th proposal lym endorsed by the State Federation of ltt convention last year and It back ed by hotel arid rsf group, AFL Musicians Snd the Bartend ers union. i J Gen. Einenliowrr ClrXn drantIcliiIt!vJS'ainakr WEST POINT N. Y.. March 31 (V Gen. Dwight D. F.isnhowe berame a. grandfather today. A nine-pound boy j was born m the Station hospital here to Capt, and Mrs. John l. Eisenhower, sort and daughter-in-law of Gen. and Mrs. Elsenhower, . The boy was named Dwight Daw vid. Eisenhower H. rOSTM ASTER NOMINATE WASHINGTON, March 31-iA Thomas O. Palmer was nominated by lYesklent Truman for postmas ter at Albany. Ore.