; i . 1 ... i v f " Raise JDemamas i ! ' -Vi if ff f Ford Proposes Wage Cut in Response to UA W OTP S333DQS In the current political melee In this state consider the plight of the ambitious politician. He want either a job or political power or both. His success depends not alone on his own ability but on the victory of the one whose cause he espouses. Consider the fct mat republi cans for the first ttme in 16 years have a good chance to capture the presidency. Then reflect on the mount of patronage which will be handed out by the president. No wonder the mouths of aspirants water as they think of the possi bilities. Theoretically postmaster ship, have ben sterilized by civil service but you can count the number of republican nominations to first-class post offices c:i your Tingers. If one doesn't want a job like collector of customs he may want to be in position to name the one who gets the job. Patronage con trol is a powerful tool in the kit of the politician. Usually party committees are the ones to dis perse patronage; but a safer guess would be that the campaign mana ger in tne state lor uewey or oin en would be the one first con- suited" if either one becomes pres ident. No politician want to be on the outside looking in at the political feasting. He want a place inside. He may be satisfied with a seat st the foot of the table, but he wants to move along to the head ss fast si he can edge or force his way. Hence the. nervousness among many who have pinned on Stas- sen or Dewey buttons. Is my man roinff to win? If he isn't can I " cal 1 witch buttons and not be too back In the other line' The fortunes of the political wars affect not only the princi- jj ; hut those who are "on th mke" those who know that politics the sword of defeat is mer ciless. And after 16 long years what s disaster it would be to guess wrong and still be out In the cold! Dewey, Stassen Split Vermont MONTPELIER, Vt., May 15-UP) Vermont' nine delegates to the republican national convention are split between Harold E. Stas sen and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York for the GOP presi dential nomination. While the delegation chosen to day will eo to Philadelphia offi cially unpledged, both Stassen and Dewey have supporters on the slate. They ran far ahead of the Tesi or me neia, v., in itjt ence poll taken among delegates at the state convention. Stassen led with 168 votes; Dewey got 131. Far back In third place In popularity was Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio with only nine. A private poll of the nine dele gates showed Dewey favored by four, Stassen by three and till on the fence. two 2 Missing as Train Plunges into River EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.. May 16 -(Sunday)- -JT) The lo comotive and baggage car of a Lackawanna railroad passenger train plunged into the Delaware river near Delaware water gap early today and the engineman and fireman are missing, a rail road spokesman said. The train, en route from Hobo ken, N. to Buffalo, N. Y., car ried two passenger cars in addi tion to the baggage car, the spokes man reported. He said none of the passenger cars left the track. BISCUIT PLANT TO BUILD PORTLAND. May 15-(7-The National Biscuit company, which last year abandoned building plans here because some people living near the site objected, said today .it would construct a $6,000,000 bakery on a new 25-acre site in I northeast Portland. Animal Crackers ' By WARREN GOODRICH Replacement ; -r LONDON. May 15 Jacob Malik carries bis hat and coat at Northelt Airport. London, after his arrival by air from Berlin, en route to New York. He has been named as a replacement for Andrei A. Gromyko, Russia's dele rate to the United Nations who is going home for a vaca tion. (AP WlrephoU to the Statesman). Body of Lost J National Guard Flier Found Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa) invrvirw Wah Mi S-(JP) ' chairman of the Joint atomic en xSSJSES nJJ'LXVf I gy committee, also declared that nZ: Qt-i Vrrf i.n was round vooay on a mountain near fragments pt light bomber that vanished .month go with three Fortlariders aboard. ' ' Sheriff C. W. Reynolds said posse would search tomorrow for the other two Portland airmen who were on the A-26 plane. It disappeared April S as it ap proached Portland home base on a flight from McChord Field, Wash. The body found today was iden tified as that of Sgt. Jack Schay- lor, 30, Portland. A group of sher- hJ es brought the remains the south side of Bair(i 25 miles east of Kelso. Deputy George Armstrong report ed the body was shrouded in the canopy of the parachute. He said Schaylor apparently had parachut ed to earth and then died of ex posure while trying to protect himself against the cold weather. The canopy in which Schaylor was wrapped was sighted from the air today by Paul Sanger, area air search coordinator from south west Washington. In the plane with Sgt. Schay lor were Capt. Alexander G. Mc Corkle, 29, Vanport, and Pfc. Jack T. Toftc, 18, Portland. Steelworkers to Boost Strike Fund BOSTON, May 15 - (JT) - CIO Steelworkers voted their union an other $5,000,000 a year In dues to day after hearing President Philip Murray warn that more than 50, 000 of them may be on strike be fore the year ends. The CIO's biggest union voted to raise their monthly dues from $1.50 to $2. GOP Dogfight Stealing Thunder. But State Races Also Warming ap5c By Wendell Webb Managing Editor, Th Statesman Maybe Oregon should be glad about being in the national spot light, what with this unprece dented doff-fight between presi dential aspirants Tom Dewey and Harold Stassen. But Just maybe. Because the state Friday has an unprecedented election of its own which deserves a better share of the thunder and headlines than so far has accrued. Not in modem times has the state faced a choice of so many candidates for so many top of fices. To get these candidates into the proper limelight and per spective, despite the over-shadowing national Interest In the republican melee, the following complete recapitulation of Ore gon's own would-be leaders is offered. The intense battle for the presi dential preference has tended to obscure the contests for state and local offices. But the fur has been flying in some state races regard less, and the odds in the GOP gubernatorial campaigns of Gov. John H. Hall and Douglas McKay are quoted as all but even as the decisive day nears. Hall, successor to the late Gov. Earl Snell who died rn the south ern Oregon plane crash last Oc tober zb, has been standing: on his record aad on bis pledge to Cod pany, Union to Negotiate DETROIT. May 15-0T")-The Ford Motor company tossed a bombshell into automotive labor negotiations today by serving notice it would fight to the last the CIO United Automobile Workers demands for a 30-cent hourly increase, even proposing a wage cut. John S. Dugas, Ford vice presi dent and director of industrial re lations, told Ken Bannon, the un ion's Ford director, in a letter that one of the company's five specific proposals in contract negotiations, which probably will be reopened before July 15 would be to elimin ate wage differentials between Ford and its major competitors. Ford average wage rates cur rently are $1.53 an hour, compared with $1.43 for Chrysler corpora tion workers and $1.42 for General Motors. : Asked if such a company pro- ; posal meant Ford would fight for! a wage cut, a company spokesman j quoted Bugas as saying: j "It certainly does!" The union, in demands served ! on Ford May 3, asked a 30-cent i hourly increase in wages Truman Vetoes Loyalty Check On A-Board i WASHINGTON, May 15-(AP)-President Truman today vetoed as "unnecessary and unwise" a bill providing for an FBI loyalty check on persons he appoints to the I atomic energy commission. j He called the legislation "an urt- I warranted encroachment of the legislative upon the executive , branch." Senator Knowland (R-Calif), sponsor of the bill, said he would ask the senate to override the president. By vetoing the measure, he said, Mr. Truman has lowered an "Iron curtain" on Information i the senate ought to have. congress ought to override the veto, adding: 'I feel confident that it will." Former Scout Executive Dies NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., May 15-UP)-Dr. James E. West, former chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America, died tonight. He would have been 72 tomorrow. Dr. West died at New T.ochelle hospital which he entered last night. ospital authorities said he had ! been ill for a number of years with . an intestinal ailment and took a turn for the worse yesterday. Dr. West, a native of Washing ton, D. C, had been chief scout executive for 32 years when he retired in 1943. He later was elect ed chief scout. During his tenure as chief scout executive, an esti mated 10,000,000 boys and men had Joined the organization. Red-Green Light On Edge water WEST SALEM. May 15 -(Special )- A new red-green traffic light was operating Saturday at Edgewater street and Wallace road, following installation by the state highway department. The signal will control traffic from all three directions at the corner. Council members expressed hope tht the light would eaue much of the congestion at the west end of the inter-county bridge and would facilitate traf fic coming from Wallace road onto the highway. work for the over-all prosperity of the state. He has been lam basted by McKay on the grounds that he is supported by gambling and liquor Interests and that he was party to the sale of school lands which McKay declares should have been leased. Hall, 49, is a Portland attor ney, a veteran of World War I, served five terms in the house of representatives, and was speak er of the house In 1947. As speak er, he was second In line of suc cession to the governor and as sumed that office because Senate President Marshall Cornett, first in line, also was killed in last fall's plane crash, as was Secre tary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. He Is widely respected as a parliamentarian. McKay, 54-year-old Salem aut omobile dealer, is an army vet eran of both World Wars; has served as state senator since 1935, and is in line for the senate presi dency. He has long beert active in highway legislation, schools and finance, served as mayor of Salem and is credited in con siderable measure with further ance of the Willamette valley project. Also waging an active cam paign for the republican nomi nation as governor is Glenn C. I Ackerman. Portland real estate man who would amend Oregon's NINETY EIGHTH YEAR Airalb AirmrDies Squeezing dD Va G3)ewey Woods Throng Hears Stassen From Courthouse Steps By Con id Prange Staff WriUr. Statesman Development of western res-, jrces and agriculture economy was stressed by Harold E. Stassen in Salem Saturday. The Minnesota republican presidential aspirant spoke to approxi mately 3,500 persons on the Maj ion county courthouse grounds Sat urday afternoon. "Hydro-electric power, flood control, reclamation and Irrigation projects for the 1 1 western stati 1 are becoming major concerns j congress," Stassen told his audi ence. Speaking from the front itep of the courthouse over a loud speaker setup under rare blu , skies, the presidential aspiran. praised Oregon's congressional d- j legation as being "all right on tbf great issues of the day." Stassen advocated a construe - j tive party platform consisting ti 1 a long-term forestry program, an Intelligent and clear world polic. and domestic preservation of th'. great freedoms. He deplored the use of the "ra dical extremes" of appeasement oi militarism to ward off "the thirt! world war now being talked about." U.N. Minns Veto Instead, he offered "an In-between policy" consisting of a firm American policy toward Russia, a reasonable amount of home mili tary strength, continuation of an American-controled Marshall plan on a business-like manner, a Stronger United Nations (minus the veto) and complete elimination of secret diplomatic pacts. s : In a question-and-answer ses sion, the balding eandidaUxPOO pooed the possibility of a repub lican dark-horse being saddled with the nomination at a national convention. He declared himself In favor of a combined selective training-in-service program, with congress in control instead of the military. Economic Policy The big Minnesotan admitted that the white col la t workers were , being squeezed these days. He said . k: 1,1 fT lj Liiiift vaivai pirn iawi iiiw nai mony, to halt inflation and to in crease standards for the average worker. Stassen was Introduced by Sen. Allan Carson of Salem. Dave Hoss was master of ceremonies. Later that day, after a tour of valley towns, Stassen dedicated the flagpole of Capital post 9, Am erican Legion, In brief ceremonies. He was assisted by Post Comman der Lawrence Osterman, Chaplain C. V. Richardson and Don Madi son, chairman In charge. (Addi tional details on page 2) Weather Max . is . 73 . "0 . 70 67 Mln. Prfctp. SlI'M Portland . San FrancUro Chicago .00 .no .11 Traca 49 13 60 Nw York Wlllamctt rive 19 w rOBECAST (from V. S. weathar bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Moatly cloudy with orciiinnil light ralna to day and Monday. High today 63. low tonight 42. Weather will b poor tor (arm work today and Monday. 8AI.EM PRCCiriTATION (From Sept. 1 to May 1) Thl Year 44.86 Lant Year 33.13 Average 33.04 liquor law to permit sale by the drink. Fourth candidate is John Peyton of Junction City, disabled veteran who now operates a farm. Sole candidate for the demo cratic gubernatorial nomir.ation is State Sen. Lew Wallace of Portland. democratic national committeeman who currently is campaigning for the state acqui sition of Camp White for use as a hospital. In addition to the governor ship, both other offices whose in cumbents make up the state board of control also are to be filled this year . secretary of state and state treasurer. Two candidates in each party are seeking the secretary of state post. The republicans are Earl T. Newbry, 48, Ashland fruit grower and veteran of four terms in the house and three in the state sen ate, who was named secretary of state by Governor Hall last fall, and George Flagg. deputy secre tary of state for nine years and state public utilities commissioner until he resigned to enter the current campaign. Democrats are Byron G. Car ney of Milwaukie, democratic state chairman, and A. M. Sil verman, Portland real estate man. The former is advocating more attention to inmates of state in stitutions and the latter is cam 28 PAGES The Oregon Succumbs David A- Wright. d.iTtslon manager ml Partlaad General El ec trie sad Salem resident for rears, whs died Satarday atersteoa in a local hospltsJ fro in a heart ailment. (Story on page 20) Rescue Party Frees Miners SHAMOKIN, Pa., May H Two bedraggled miners, their eyes bandaged against the too bright light of dawn, were res cued today after three days of entombment. Grim volunteers carried on the hunt for a third man missing since a rush of water flooded their small coal mine Wednesday. They clung to the flickering possibility he might be found alive. "We almost gave up hepe," said the rescued men, Edward Heck. 42, and Peter Gorton, 35, both of Shamokin. They were taken to Shamokin state hospital for rest and were unharmed by the long vigil 175 feet underground In their own small coal pit. Auto Stealing on Installment Plan WILKES-BARRE, Pa.. May 15-(JD-An automobile theif put car stealing on the installment plan. Last week he stole the keys to Sam Goldstein's automobile. Yesterday the thief with the keys came back and stole the car. Police recovered the car and keys today with only the methodi cal thief missing. paigning on n platform of civil rights and public power. The state treasurership Is sought by three republicans and one democrat State Sen. Wal ter Pearson of Portland who seeks less laxes. more pensions, better roads and additional state support for schools. The three-way race for the re publican nomination as state treasurer has drawn major inter est. All have staunch followings. The candidates are Ormond R. Bean of Portland, former public utilities commissioner, chairman of the state planning board and head of the League of Oregon Cities: State Sen. Howard Belton of Canby, veteran legislator who has served as acting governor by virtue of being senate president in 1945, and Sigfrid Benson Unander, World War II army veteran, member of a prominent pioneer family, and executive as sistant to former Gov. Charles A. Sprague. For congress, U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon baa no opposition for the republican nomination but two are seeking to oppose him on the democratic ticket in November Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor of economics at the University of Oregon for 23 years, and State Rep. Manley Wilson, labor editor and official of the CIO lumber Dr. Wood favors "an OUNDBI 1651 Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Sunday, May IS. 1948 3. WaslhoirogtooD Nation to Hear Radio Debate Monday Night BELLINGHAM. May 15 - (P) -Governor Thomas E. Dewey today won 16 out of the 19 delegates elected at the Washington state republican convention. The result was a shut-out for the forces of former Governor Harold A. Stassen and Senator Robert A. Taft. The three delegates who did not announce a preference said they would go to the Philadelphia na tional convention "neutral and with an open mind." Neutral observers agreed that 18 were for Dewey and three are self proclaimed neutrals. However, at least to of the delegates who have been listed in the Dewey camp said, when questioned spe cifically on their alignments, that they are not committed. PORTLAND, Ore.. May Oregon's primary election cam paign headed into a Sunday lull, with quick renewal of the fight promised by Monday night's Har old E. Stassen-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey debate. Stassen flew 750 miles today to speak In six cities scattered al most to Uie borders of California, Idaho and Washington. Dewey, continuing his bus tour, went Into the only section of the state not previously visited the northern coast. Both men were to be back in Portland tonight for a compara tively quiet Sunday. Their first-event Monday is the 8 p.m. (Pacific standard time) de bate to be carried over the Mutual and ABC networks (and will be heard in Salem ove KSLM). After the debate Dewey's cam paign quiets down. He has nothing booked for Tuesday,' visits a few lower Willamette valley towns Wednesday, and again has nothing on tap Thursday. An hour after leaving the de bate, Stassen will span the state for a night at Baker, Tuesday to Med ford and up into the Willam ette valley. Wednesday Stassen shifts to Coos Bay and Astoria. The wind-up Thursday will be in the northern Willamette valley, ending at Gresham. First Break in Booiiimeii's Strike LONG VIEW, Wash., May 15-P) In the first break in the protract ed boommen's strike, officials of the union today announced that workers will return to the Weyer haeuser Timber company opera tions here Monday. Negotiations for a final settle ment of the strike, which has tied up operations from Bellingham to Salem, will continue on a local level, however, officials of the CIO Boommen's and Rafter's un ion said. The boommen will return to their Jobs at the $12.76 per day rate set following an Industry wide $1 per day boost April 1. abundance of low-cost power" and "peace through the European Recovery program; Wilson stands for "development of Oregon's na tural resources" and against "fur ther exploitation." The term of Oregon's other senator, Wayne Morse, does not expire this year. For first-district congressman. Rep. Walter Norblad of Astoria is opposed for republican re nomination by John T. Hensley of St. Helens. Norblad. an attorney, was chosen to succeed the late Rep. James R. Mott two years ago. He is a veteran of World War II and has based his can didacy on a pledge for "active, effective and experienced repre sentation." Hensley, a newspaper distributor. promises "honest Americanism" and describes him self as . "a God-fearing Mission ary Baptist" Edward E. Gideon of Portland and Salem is unopposed for the democratic congressional nomina tion. In other Oregon congressional districts, all three republican in cumbents face opposition in their own party Rep. Lowell Stock man of Pendleton is opposed by W. H. Weatherspoon of Elgia (tod district); Rep. Homer Angell of Portland by W. A. Rushlight (3rd district); Rep. Harris Ells worth of Rose burg by Robert L mtmm Pricw Pomiceirs Hillsboro Greets Dental Students With Procession HILLSBORO. May 15 - -Hillsboro residents, assembled to welcome Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, cheered and waved when a chartered bus drove Into town today. Down the street they went be hind ,the bus, in a procession toward the business district. The bus' occupants waved back, and that brought more followers. The caravan was pretty big by the time the driver climbed down to say the bus riders were waving to explain they weren't Dewey. They were University of Oregon dental students, en route for a holiday at Seaside. Soldiers Drive Meat Strikers From Street SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., May lS-O-Massed pickets and sym pathizers in the packing house workers strike, driven from streets here today by national guard bay onets were told by Gov. Luther Youngdahl that "you can't win a strike by anarchy." Five hundred persons swarmed at the state capitol alter national guardsmen, called out yesterday by the governor, cleared the way for entry of more than a score of workers automobiles to the strike bound Swift and company plant. Several skirmishes developed during the morning as an estimat ed 500 persons collected at Con cord street and Grand avenue, the town's main Intersection. About 100 men and women Jammed Into the reception room cf Governor Luther YoungdahL who previously was closeted with a committee of strikers. The governor condemned the raid on the Cudahy plant at New port late Thursday. About 200 men, most of them carrying clubs, swarmed Into the plant, slugged a number of work ers housed in the plant and dam aged the interior. Air Mail Sent by Jet On 30th Anniversary NEW YORK, May 15-AVThe mail went through today from Washington to New York and vice versa in a little over 27 minutes. Two jet-propelled P-80 Shoot ing Stars finished the two-way trip In a dead heat to celebrate the 30th anniversary air mail serv ice. OUR SEIIATOBS -s WON 3 Parsons of Grants Pass (4th dis trict). Democratic candidates for con gress in these three districts in clude C. J. Shorb of La Grande (2nd); Roland C. Bartlett and Clifford T. Howlett, both of Port land, (3rd); Elmer B. Sahlstrom of Eugene and William F. Tanton of Jasper (4th). For attorney general, the in cumbent, George Neuner, is op posed for the republican nomi nation by Stanley Jones, Port land attorney and former chief civil deputy district attorney for Multnomah county. Neuner has been attorney general since 1943. He formerly served in the state legislature and -for . eight years was U.S. attorney for Oregon. Sole democratic candidate for attorney general is William B. Murray of Portland. Forty-one republicans and 23 democrats are seeking to become delegates to the national conven tions. Republicans are to choose 12 four from the state at large and two from each congressional dist rict. All state-at-large candidates are from Portland. I Those from the first congressional district In clude Or. Harry Anderson of Corvallis; Robert L FJistrom, Carl W. Hogg, Frederick Lam port and Mrs. James; Mott of Sa lem; Frank Farmer of Rickreall; vvy . - .i 5c No. 54 mi Osiraefl eiegaftes- U.S. May Lift To Middle East By the Associated Preaa Arab armies Invaded Pale t)r Saturday from three. direct5cn and bombed a II -Jewish Tel Avrv. but they had yet to come to grip with the army of newborn Israel. The Egyptians, with tanks, ar tillery and planes, invaded from the south, and were reported to have occupied Gaza, Arab coasul town 20 mile Inside PaJertine. The Lebanese s drove down from the north and -claimed the occu pation of a village inside the new state of Israel. Syria and; Trans- Jordan the latter with armored units of King Abdullah's Arab le gion moved In from the east. . Fearful of a genera Jewish-" Arab conflict, the United Nation security council speeded into an extraordinary session at ike Suc cess. The meeting was precipitat ed by a formal not from Egypt . announcing her armies' wens marching across the frontier. May Modify Embargo : In Washington it was learned that President; Truman may lift or modify his ; embargo on ship ment of American weapons of war to Jewish and Arab countries in the middle east. He was reporUd studying the entire question ef arms exports in connection with Palestine. This came after his sur prise recognition of th new state of Israel Friday night, The Egyptian defense ministry said two columns of regular In fantry and artillery drove over the frontier, destroyed the Jewish des ert colony of Al Danger and passed another on the way to Arab Gara on the Mediterranean ccast. A dispatch to a Cairo newspaper said Gara was occupied by vbe Egyptians. Hit Military Alrrt Egyptian . fighter planes and bombers hit what a communique said was a military airport in Tel Aviv and two. other Jewish settle ments. Haganah, the Jewish army, said Tel Aviv was attacked thre times during the day with bombs falling near the airport and power station. Haganah said one plan was downed and its Egyptian pilot taken prisoner. i . v Haganah taidt also Lebanese army troops were counter-attacking at Malikya. a village a mile inside the northern frontier- ct fledgling Israel as defined by the United Nations decision oh parti tion. The Lebanese said Malikya, had fallen. I Syrian Army Mere - North of Jericho advance patrcls of the Syrian army moved In south of Galilee, a; dispatch from AP Correspondent Joseph C. Goodwin in Damascus said. This ir also in territory claimed by Israel. I LAKE SUCCESS. May fl5-T- Israel called i upon the security. council today s to stop Arab inva sions of Palestine by sanctions' tr actual United Nations military force. I The new Jewish state served notice she will defend herself but' expected United Nations action Immediately. J. R. Latourette of Oregon CJtyj Francis Marih of JJcMinnville and Wallace Telford of Boring. Democrats will choose 16 dele gates eight from the state at large and two from each con gressional district All candidates for state-at-large delegates reside outside of the Salem area. Can didates for first-district delegates irfclude Kenneth Bayne and Roy R. Hewitt of Salem, Tom Long of Oregon City. and Margaret Coates of Tillamook. - - Ralph H. Cake of Portland is unopposed for re-election as re publican national committeeman and Mrs., Marshall E. Cornett- tf Klamath Falls is unopposed for republican national committee woman. 4 t; Nancy Honeyman Robinson of Portland has no opposition for democratic national committee woman, but four men are seek- . ing the national committeeman post vacated by Sen. Lew Wal lace. They are Monroe Sweetlaad of Newport" Henry Aiken ef Heppner, Mike DeCico of Port land and Wi Z. Wllkins of L Grande. . I 4 Terms of three supreme court justices expire this year but all three incumbents arc unopposed for re-election Justices Harry K. ' Belt, James T. Brand and Percy R. Kelly. - I (Mora politics page 8.) i i7 i urns umrjar