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Newspaper Page Textt - . a- LSofDoi i 9 $l,42fj,000 Total: DIP hOTDGB RJCDODDCil Jfy&fff&fffSfcZfXf The state has needed a proper museum at Champoeg park for many years. The frame pavilion has housed some relics of the past and the cabin contains some inter esting articles from Oregon's long history. But there is no building peimanent in construction and spacious in character that would answer the nted for a genuine mu seum. It is therefore noteworthy that the state highway commission which administers the park is considering a museum project That, however, did not answer the pressing need for mu.-t'iim in Portland and Salem The C'ham poeg museum properly could house selected exhibits reminis cent especially of pioneer days But its traffic is litjht except in summer months The major mu seums of history and anthropolo gy, of natural histo- and of geol ogy ought to be in Portland, with another important state museum of history in Salem These would be open daily not onlv for curious visitors but for careful study of materials by professional and oth er workers in these field' The Oregon Historical society ought to have a lartfe -ind impos ing building to house i librarv its museum and iU staff of w rk ers Now it is - rowded i r t lim ited quarter if. te u fnrium building in Portland Tv e - -ety's collection of b k'. rr..u s and manuscripts and p;re'- dealing with rtorthwe' h.sti rv is almost priceless It is a ref'e'un on the people of Oregon that they have neglected to provide it wi'h a suitable home. The stte has been pa rsimonious (Continual on editona' page) 1,500 Added to Election Rolls On Final Dav Approximately 1.500 persons in Salem added their names Tuesday to the list of those eligible to vote at the May 21 primay Lines at two registration sites lengthened s the day progressed, and the county clerk's windows at the courthouse finally rinsed at 8 30 p m to end the signup U- this elect ion An estimated 1.000 people joined the last-minute ru'h at the rourt-hou-e DuriMB the late afternoon and evening they formed a double line from the c lei k s office down the stairs to the tax off.ee Alxnit 400 more lammed into the Salem Leag ue of Worn n Vot ers' booth in the T A Livesley tuildmg Tuesday, and another registered at the Libnr temple County Clerk Harlan J.idd had preiiic'ed that the peak primary rfgitration count of .17. ! tt. in May . 1940. 'Aooid be pi-sel this time, but dorbted that 'he all-time high of 40 400 in November. 1940. would be reached O'Dwvcr Kaisrs Fart in Suhwav NEW YORK. April 20-..-Pi-May-or William ODwyer tonight ap proved a 10-cent subway fare and a 7-i ent surface vehicle charge signalling the end of New York's historic nickel fare. Dwyer said the new rates would go into effect July I. O'Dwyer's action broke all po litical precedents The fare has long been a debated issue, but perennial attempts to alter it have in the end been rejected. C IO Pic ker Killed In Armour Strike CHICAGO, April 20 -CP)- A CIO picket was fatally injured txiay when strikers tried to stop a truck from entering an Ar mour St Co. plant Santo Cicardo. 38. died tonight at county hospital after being run over earlier by the truck. Cicardo was a member of the CIO Pack ing House Workers union. The union has been on strike against the nation's meat packers since March 18. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH ill NINETT-aGHTH YEAR Bridge (mm IB! Dfalians to Exclude Reds From Cabinet By Frank Brutto ROME, Wednesday, April 21-;P-Pi emier Alcide De Gasperis Christian Democrats and their anti-communist allies piled up a mounting popular vote lead early today over the communist-led popular front. The anti-communist alliance held a better than two-to-one lead over the front in both races as the counting continued in the contests tOi seatfc iri i'.ii's new senate and; - - chamber of deputies I hey were at stake in Sunday and Monday's national elections There appeared to be no chance for the communists to gain con trol of either- house. The Christian Democrats had a chance to win single handed control of the chamber of deputies and in com bination with their anti-commun-ist allies polled a wide enough popular vote lead to give them probable control of the senafe. The communists' crushing pop ular vote defeat apparently flocked them out of the new cabinet!. Vice Premier (iiuseppe Saragat -id to day "The communists will not be admitted to Italy's new govern ment. " Rioting Quelled Truckloads of soldiers rushed to Milan's Central Duomo square early today to quell rioting. Virtually complete returns in the senate contest gave the com bined anti-communist parties 64.1 per cent of the vote, or 12,400.576 to 5.882.253 for the popular front, compo'ied of Palmiro Togliatti's communists and Pietro Nenni's leftist tocialists The front's per centage was 30 5 Minor parties accounted .for the rest. Percentage Listed Official returns in the senator ial race gave the Christian Demo- cratic candidates 9.246.443 votes, or 47 9 per cent of the total, from 40 407 of Italy's 41.647 precincts The popu!.ir-f rcnt received 5. 882.253 votes, or 30 5 per cent Other parties Anti-Communist Socialist Urutv 1.348.511. or 7 per cent. National Bloc 1.295.490 or 6 6 per cent; Republicans 510.132 or 2 6 per cent In the 1946 elections for the con stituent assembly, the communists and pn-c rrmunist socialists got 39 7 per cent and Christian Dem ocrats 35 2 per cent Stassen Talk Set April 26 PORTIAND. Ore . April 20 -.Pi -Harold E Stassen will return to Oregon this month just ahead of New Ycrk's Gov Thomas E. Dew ey in their campaign for the state's republican presidential pri mary vote. The two presidential aspirants, J the only candidates lined up on ' the May 21 ballot in the state, ap pear headed for an all-out battle ' for the republican vote. j Stassen will make a public ad- dress at Portland's Benson audi-1 torium April 26. This is just four days before Gov. Dewey leaves New York for a 10-day Oregon ' tour. 1 Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! ( I41tr Bate : CoamnU ta this Mrt irt ault fcy or for the eaaal ati without restriction aad may or may not reflect the policy of UUs ewtpspcr.) Today inhject: Miller B. Harden (or KarUa District Attorney An Interest in law enforcement has motivated the career of M. B. Hayden since his early adult life. and prompts him to sek the re publican nomi nation for re election as dist rict attorney tor Marion county. Hayden was born in Salem In 1895, of pioneer a n c e s try, and was reared and fducated hr(. graduating from HT trie College of Law, Willamette university. He is married, and is active in the Masons, the Eagles, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Grange. He was a member of Company M, local national guard company, in 1916 when it was mustered into federal service "and sent to the Mexican border. In 1917 Hayden m t 11 PAGES aisft Moiifliradls Bid Over Hurdle Russ Threaten To End Vienna Collaboration VIENNA. April 20 -,Ai- The Jv let Union threatened tonight to end Soviet-American collabo ration in Vienna unless U. S. authorities call to account an American soldier it said was guilty of provocative actions" yesterday against Soviet army of ficer s The Soviet demand referred to the (lash yesterday between American and Soviet military personnel. The clash followed what the Americans said was an attempt by three Russian officers in civilian clothes to kidnap a dis placed German woman in the American sector of the city. The Americans refused to sur render the woman to the Rus sians The Soviet news agency Tass quoted Russian authorities as saving "the Americans will have to bear the entire responsibility for the consequences of their act ions " j Earlier today U. S. occupation authorities forwarded a strong protest to Soviet officials, saying the attempt by the Russians to seize the woman was entirely un- authorized. Korea Rightist to Confer with Reds SEOUL. April 20 -cP)- Anti communist Kim Loo left last night for a unity conference with North Korean communists in the Russian zone despite a dramatic attempt by hi- followers to stop him by throwing themselves in front of his automobile. The followers had expressed fears for his safety. So had Kim Koo. He said he realized he might wind up an exile in Siber ia or under house arrest in Mos cow. The rightist leader insisted, however, he felt it his duty to make a supreme effort to achieve Korean unity. REP. EATON HOLDS LEAD NEWARK. N. J.. Apri. 20-A) ' Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-NJi, 80-year-old chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, piled up a substantial lead for renomi- ; nation tonight in a three-way j fight in New Jersey's fifth con- 1 gressional district. j volunteered and saw service with the armed forces at sea and in Ireland, Italy and France. Hayden is an experienced law yer, and has devoted a consider able portion of his career to var ious branches of law enforce ment, and as a judge of Salem district for 10 years, and has served as city attorney. The rapid growth of Marion county is manifest in the constant increase in criminal cases and other matters handled in his of fice. During his term, $272,601.33 has been collected for the county by tax foreclosure suits and sales of property; and this property is now back on the tax rolls. The office serves both departments of the circuit court, district court, and justice court in Woodburn, Snverton, Stayton, Jefferson and Breitenbush districts. In one year it handled more than 500 crimi nal cases. The district attorney is legal advisor for the county court and all county officers. The growing responsibilities of his office call for the experience in public service and law en forcement which Hayden has and will continue to devote to the people of Marion county. On page 4: Earl Adajna. (Tooaorrow; K. O. tartar, Jr.) FOUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Orecjoix, Board Okelis Bid on Span at Independence Construction of a new Willam ette river bridge at Independence was advanced Tuesday in Port land by state highway commission action on bids for the 2214-foot span. The commission referred the low bid of $845,900, by the Macco Construction Co., of Clearwater, Calif., to the highway engineer with power to award pending an agreement with Marion and Polk counties on sharing the cost. The four bids ranged up to $1,150,100. The commission's action is to be followed today by a condemnation suit, by which Marion county will seek to acquire title to right-of- way for the eastern approach. The suit will be filed in Marion county circuit court. Marion County Judge Gran Murphy, who attended the high way commission meetings in Port- ' land Tuesday, said it is probable i th it this county will agree to ac cepting the bids I'nder present terms, the state w ill pay one-half the cost and the counties one quarter each. However. said Murphy, the $845,900 bid would make the to tal cost of the bridge $948,931 including 10 per cent for en gineering and supervision by the highway department, a fill on each end which will probably be han dled bv each county, and the. value of a quantity of steel al ready on hand The commission also referred to the engineer with power to award a bid of George P. Betty, Beav erton, for widening the Little Pudding river bridge on Salem Silverton secondary highway, at $14,925 (Additional details on page 2.) Meter Receipts Pass 8100,000 Mark in Salem Parking meter receipts in the city of Salem passed the $100,000 mark with this week's count, and Citv Treasurer Paul Hauser soon will be counting the 5.000.000th coin to go through the meters. With meters in operation just under a year, the average weekly collection from motorists using metered parking spaces in the downstown area has been a fairly consistent $2,000, Hauser said. Overall collection from April 29. 1947. to April 15, 1948. totals $100.812 54. Of this total $63. 0T7 6O was in nickels $37.195 34 in pennies and $539 60 in dimes (which gave the parker only one cent's worth each, as meters are not geared to take dimes). The number of coins so far re ceived totals 4.878.005. There have been 3.719.534 pennies, 1.261,552 nickels and 5,396 dimes. Some $48,000 pf the total meter collection came from the hand operated Mico meters which were installed originally and later re placed by the present automatic Park-o-Meters. There are now 1,482 meters operating on Salem downtown streets. Dewey Due in Oregon May 1 ALBANY, N.Y., April 20-JP)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will tour Oregon from stem to stern in a full-dress drive to defeat Harold E. Stassen in the state's republican presidential primary May 21. Dewey announced today he would campaign in Oregon for at least 10 days in a bid for the state's 12 delegates. He also will speak in a few other western states, pos sibly Washington, Montana and Nevada. His itinerary is not complete for Oregon or elsewhere. However, his first speech will be May 1 before the state convention of the junior chamber of commerce in Portland. He will travel by plane from New York City, leaving April SO. Weather Max. - M Min. 42 42 50 4 40 Procip. trace .00 .00 trace .00 Salon Portland SO San Francisco . .. M Chicago 71 New York It WUUmotta river 9 3 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNarjr field. Salem): Cloudy with showers today and tonight. High est near 87, lowest tonight near 43. SALEM ntCCtPTTATtOM (rraa SepC 1 t AsrU Zl) This Year Last Year Average 40.S7 SXM UJ1 Wednesday, April 21. 1948 09 WALTER REUTHER Wounded in arm. Con lmission t Scores Channe In Zone Code Bv Robert E. Gaiurware City Editor. The Statesman The city planning and zoning commission Tuesday night voted their disapproval to a pending zone code amendment affecting expan sion of fchool or church buildings in residential zones, and deferred action on a requested zone change to permit construction of a tele phone office building at Court and Winter streets. Commissioners instructed City Manager J. L. Franzen to call a conference among the zone group, the Salem long range planning commission and the Oregon chap ter of American Institute of Ar chitects, in order to recommend to the city council a zoning plan for the state capitol area. Meetinc Friday The commission Indicated it would decide its recommendation to the city council on Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company's request for permission to build across the street from the state library, following the joint meet ing Friday at 7:30 p.m. in city hall. Harry V. Collins, P. T. & T. division manager here, told the commission last night that his company has a 15-year lease on the 84 by 115 foot corner property on which Robert Somerville of Portland is to build a one-story building for the phone company offices which are "now being pushed out of the present building by our expansion." Collins also asked that permission he given to ' build the structure to the side- walk, noting that virtually the ! entire lot is needed for the con- ! struction. J Asks Setback Line I Attorney Peery Buren. repre- senting Max Buren. holder of i property at 745 Court st., in the same block as the proposed tele phone building's site, asked the commission to consider business zoning for the entire block, instead of "spot zoning'' the corner lot. A letter from First Presbyterian church board of trustees favored the proposed zone change and asked the city to establish a set back line policy for that block, in which the church owns property. The state board of control already has given its approval for a tele phone building in the capitol zone district, and petitions favoring the change represent 85 per cent of nearby property. Zoning commissioners voted to recommend that the city council kill a bill proposed by Alderman Albert H. Gille to restore residen tial area controls removed a year ago. The zone code now permits a church or school to build an addition without obtaining city council or nearby property own ers' consent, even if located in a class I residential zone. The bill was opposed before the commission by Attorney Walter Lamkin, representing several churches; the Rev. Norman Brown, representing Salem Ministerial as sociation, and the Rev. A. G. Yates, pastor of Wesleyan Methodist church and representative of Na tional Holiness association. In other actions the commission gave its endorsement for city coun cil action to permit erection of a Scottish Rite fraternal "building at Summer . and Gaines -streets and proposed a change front residen tial (class II) to business class III) zone for Rich L. Reimann property near 13th street and Rur al avenue, in place of "the indus trial zone (class IV) Reimann sought to permit a lumber yard development. McLEAN REELECTED BY AP NEW YORK, April 20-ifP)-Rob-ert McLean, president of the Phil adelphia Evening Bulletin, today was reelected president of the As sociated Press. v rx3 No. 32 UAW Chief Hit In Gangland Style Attack DETROIT April 20-UP)-Firing tnrough a window, an assassin shot and seriously wounded Walter P, Reuther of the CIO tonight. nastily-summoned s u r ge o n s placed the United Auto Workers Union president on an operating table a little more than two hours after he was shot at his home about 9:55 p.m. Authorities immediately began an inquiry and Prosecutor James N. McNally said Reuther blamed the shooting on "management, communists, or a screwball." The shotgun blast was fired by a stealthy gunman through a win dow of the 40-year-old union chief's home in Detroit's northwest section about 9:45 p.m. One slug entered Reuther 's right arm and a second lodged in the right chest cavity. Police took up a hunt for a two-door sedan re ported seen in the neighborhood. Shotgun Used The weapon was believed a 16 gauge shotgun. The car in which the gunman was believed to have escaped was described as "maroon or red " Police said their investigation established that Reuther's assailant fired a cartridge which contained slugs as distinct from buckshot. There are four to six slugs In a cartridge each aboutthe size of the end of a man's finger. Reuther whos,e big auto union is in the midst of its 1948 wage boost drive, had just returned home from a UAW executive board meeting. As the red-haired, aggressive unionist stood at a refrigerator, the furtive gunman fired a blast through the window. A salad dish fell shattered from Reuther's hand and he reeled from the impact of the shot. Neighbor Arrives Thomas A. Johnstone, a neigh bor, dashed to the Reuther home and found Reuther crawling on me iioor or ine neutners en closed rear porch in an apparent effort to learn the identity of the gunman. Attractive Mrs. Reuther was just out of the line of fire. She and Reuther were preparing a late snack before retiring. The Reuther's two children, Linda Mae, 5, and Elizabeth Ann, nine months, were asleep in their bedroom. Dr. Angelo Lenzi, also a Reuther neighbor, came to the home to find Reuther conscious and de nouncing his assailant. She and Draft Measure Enters House WASHINGTON. April 20-A-A bill to draft men 19 through 25 was introduced today by Rep. An drews (R-NY), chairman of the house armed services committee. The measure is the first to reach either the house or senate since President Truman asked for tem porary selective service and uni versal military training as part of th; preparedness program. Andrews' bill would: Call on all men from 18 through 30 to register for the draft. Make men 19 through 25 eligi ble for actual service. Set a ceiling of 2,006,000 men for all armed forces, 621.500 more than the present strength. Pro posed sellings for each service army 837.COO; navy 556,000; mar ine corps, 111,000; air force, 502,-000. Pries 5c State Boad of Control Accepts Bids on Nei Construction at The low bid of $248,407 for con struction of a new dormitory and superintendent's cottage at the eastern Oregon state tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles was accept ed Tuesday by the state board of control. The bid, made by H. J. Settergreri, Portland, must still be approved by the state emergency board. - ' The boards will meet Jointly Friday afternoon to award the contract for the $225,000 dorm itory and the approximately $23, 000 residence. They are the last projects included in the board of control's state building fund pro gram. When the contract Is awarded, approximately $400,000 will remain in the fund. I The hospital has a $30,000 ap propriation for the dormitory with the remainder of the $225,000 coming out of the $8,000,000 state building fund allocated to the board of control for Institution I Door Held Open for Added Punish: WASHINGTON, April 20-(iT-John L. Lewis appealed to his soft coal miners to go back to work tonight after he had been fined $20,000 and the United Mine Workers' $ 1,400,000 for criminal contempt of court. j : Many miners, protesting the heavy penalties against Lewis and the union, had refused to dig coal. if; ''''''iiVi mm v JOHN L LEWIS Hit in pocketbook. U.S. Offers to Supply Troops For Palestine LAKE SUCCESS, April 20.-P) -The United States today made a carefully hedged offer of Amen can troops to support a United Na tions Palestine trusteeship. Soviet Russia and Britain promptly turned thumbs down but for different reasons. Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate to the second special U. N. assembly on Palestine, proposed a trusteeship scheme for the Holy Land in a speech to the assem bly's 58-nation political commit tee. He said the U. S. would chip in troops to back it up if other se lected nations would help with their soldiers. The statement had the evident approval of President Truman. A British delegation spokesman declined for his country any share in a trusteeship army. He said Britain would not have any troops or naval units available for any Palestine duty after August 1. The second turn-down came from Soviet Russia, which was i not asked to contribute soldiers. Andrei A. Gromyko, soviet dep uty foreign minister, declared j Russia still wanted to carry out the partition scheme approved last fall by the regular assembly. He declared he would vote against the new American proposals for a U. N. trusteeship. Morse Bill Seeks Armed Force Unity WASHINGTON, April 20-4)-Senator Morse (R-Ore) called un ification of America's armed forces a flop today and introduced a bill intended to bring better team work. Morse proposed to abolish the departments of army, navy and air force as independent units. The top official of these services now secretaries would become assist ant secretaries under the secre tary of defense. Horse Halts at Red Light; Gets Caught by Cop DETROIT. April 20-C1P-Joy. a policeman's horse, is a creature of habits, both good and bad. She had a bad habit of running i. way without Patrolman Vernard Foster. She did it again today. She also has a good habit of observing traffic signals. She stopped for a red light and Foster recaptured her. Eastern Oregon betterment Of the money requir ed for construction of the dwell ing, $14,000 will be paid from the Brittana G. Fulton trust fund. The problem of retaining pres ent nurses and employing addi tional nurses at the state tubercu losis hospital here was declared serious, by William C. Ryan, di rector of state Institutions. He said there are only two graduate tu berculosis nurses at the state tu berculosis hospital here at the present time and one of these was expected to resign within a few days because of a split shift at the institution, lack of transporta tion and other factors. Ryan sug gested that he be given authority to provide differential compensa tion of $10 a month for graduate tuberculosis nurses at this insti tution, provided such a course be comes necessary. The board ap proved. The differential would be on the basis of contagion. ment Frank Hughes; UMW interna tional board member and president of district 3 at Greensburg, Pa., said he had this message from Lewis: g "We are today executing bonds perfecting appeals. I do hope you will convey to each member my wish that they immediately re turn to work." I Judge T. Alan Goldsborough as sessed today's big fines, He wanted to send Lewis to prison but said he would take the government's advice and not "do it. Door SUU Open j But Goldsborough, at the gov ernment's request, held the door open for a possible further punish ment. ; j He put off the sentence for "civ il con tempt" until Friday. i Assistant Attorney General Gra-i ham Morison told reporters the postponement of this sentence serves as a -prod" to the soft-coal miners to dig coal io obedience to a Taft-Hartley act court order which is still in effects ; Morison said it was legally pos sible to ask for hew fines, or even a jail term, on the dfii contempt charge. It Found Gnllty 1 1 Yesterday Federal Judge Golds borough found Lewis nd the un ion guilty of criminal and civil contempt because thejr were one week late in taking notice of the court order requiring them to end the coal strike. Today he solemnly announced ie the excited crowd in his courtroom that punishment musti be imposed to sustain the American people's welfare, health, safety, and "ordi nary way of life. J f He also said the national pres tige must be sustained in view 4 of the present International situa tion. ; To Appeal Case i I : The union quickly announced it would appeal to theiU. S. court of appeals. Unlike 198, however, there was no indication that the government would Jofel in the ap peal and ask that the case gc straight to the suprerhe court. In view of the apbeal, Golds borough didn't J forcai Lewis "anc the union to pay th; fines right away. He granted a pelay on th promise that $ 1,4 20,00p bond would , be put up before lOj ajn. (EST) j tomorrow. j ' SAN FRANCISCO. April 20-4JPI Four labor groups here denounced" today federal-court contempt finer imposed on John Li I Lewis and his miners. But President John T. Shelley of the San Jrancisco la-f bor council (AFL) warned againsi "ill-advised action. ; Bridges Opposes j The CIO Warehouse union, lo- cal 6, called the verdict "a blow against all working men and wom en in any union." Harry Bridges CIO Longshoremen termed it "an attempt to outlaw trade union soli darity, using the Taft-Hartley law as the instrument.' j Harry Lundeberg, president o! the Sailers' Union olf the Pacifir (AFL), said his unioritelegraphed protests to President Truman. AFL unionists, at a meeting headed by the executive secretary of the Pacific coast district Metal Trades council, calledjit "an infa mous decision," land voted to con sider an organized protest. State Mother Of '43 Chosen PORTLAND, Aprilf 20.-;P-Tb Oregon mother of J948 is Mrs. Stanley L. Kidder; 6, Roseburg. The mother of thrjee sons, she was selected by ' th: governor's committee. -i I ; A native of Rosebfirg, her ad ult life has been divided between Roseburg and 3 the J Philippines, where she married Stanley L. Kid der, a postal clerk, ih 1908. Her sons attended school, here, but when war broke outj she was in Manila. She spent 3?T months in Santo Tomas prison alter the Jap anese took over. TB Hospital Governor John H. Kail said it is apparent that tiese nurses, along with many othei- state work ers, now receive inadequate com pensation when compared' with salaries, and wages In other states. Further investigation of a pro posal to construct, a new steam line between the Fa rview home and Hill crest school 'or girls was directed by the board.! Thomas EL Taylor, Portland engineer, report ed that a new six-indrj line would cost $54,696.31 while ia new heat ing plant at the girls school would cost $68,467. Heat, ftor the girls school is now provided by Fair- view nome. ; The board approved appoint ment of Dr. Gerhard B. Haugon, state board of health! tn Portland, as a member of the advisory com mittee for state schools for delin quent children to succeed Dr. Her man DickeL Portland, who re signed.