o'Z2 ci oqo D.O LLJ 5 f t. (Softy " AGtaou (DDIks aft RfladMgO'Dft ToiransCii'S. OtP rtTilTl i VD CLJDLJXXAs1JI I TVT . T. Krrrn rrrva The United States has develop ed its own system of government by a question period. Under the English system members of the cabinet have seats in the parlia ment and are subjected to queries from members on the floor of the house of commons. The cabinet member quizzed, or the prime minister, gives answer. The ques tions however relate to govern mental questions and the answer may be deferred or the question sidetracked if the government is not ready to make a commitment. Here we have the press confer ence. This has been a product of volution. In the pat a pi evident might make a few reporters his Intimates or favorites, breaking news to them. The pres confer ence gave all uccredited corres pondents the- chance to quiz the "chief." Now we have this ques-tion-and-arswer pericd extended to political campaigns. Wayne L. Morse tried this method success fully in his campaign in 1944 Harold Stussen and then Themes E. Dewey used the ame technique li their recent Oregon campaign. In the case of the piers conier ence, reporters shoot questions at the one holding it. In the political campaign, questions are mwled fixm the audience. In the latter case the questums tei.U to Kill into pattern, and the speaker c;.n tome back with a pat answer al most before the questioner is through speaking his piece. There is a danger in this ques tioning. The one interrogate 1 may make commitments which on re flection he learns are wrong. It is fine to have candidates who are interested in our affairs (Continued on Editorial Page) Dr. Bates New State Hospital Superintendent Dr. Charles E. Bates, member of the Oregon State Hospital mcd lc.il staff here for manv years, will become superintendent of the In stitution August H. the state board Of control announced Wednesday. I)r Bates will succeed Dr. John C Evans, who will continue on the hospital staff as a consultant. Dr Evans has been on sick leave for everal months, with Dr. Bates in charge of tie hospital. Dr. Evans has been superinten dent for 11 yean and has been on the institution staff for more than 40 years He served as assistant to the late Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner for many years. It was expected that Dr Evans would devote considerable time to supervising and placing the new buildings now under construction t the hospital in operation. C of C Talks of j 99-E Detour ! Salem Chamber of Commerce di- I rectors Wednesday night consid- i ered the problem of Highway 9E's detour and Its effects on Salem, and turned over the mat ter to A. C. Haag's highway com tmttee for study. Several chamber members have voiced their opposition to state ' highway department's advice that motorists should use Highway 99- : W, stating this causes loss of busl- ! nes in the Salem area The high way work near Oregon City has resulted In a secondary road de tour from New Era to Oregon City. The chamber also decided to aponsor the local appearance of Luole Cummlngs. radio and stage singer and native of Salem, who Is to t'.rig for the final night's pag- ; eant for Salem's Cherryland fes- lival July 18. P TRAIN'S COMBINE SAN FRANCISCO. June 2-JP- The Southern Pacific's two chief j Portland-bound trains the Beav er and Cascade were combined into one section tonight to lessen j witching operations in the Port land area. TO DEDICATE TELESCOPE PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif.. June 2 (JP)- Builders of Palomar observatory and its "giant eye," the 200-Lnch telescope, will dedi cate the world's greatest astro nomical facility tomorrow. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Oh, that's thtt stingy nt t or turning down our heat control." I lit ..--yf. new 1 ime In Valley Salem will go on daylight sav- ' ing time Eriday. I The city council in special ses sion last night voted unanimously to put the faster time in effect here from 12:01 a. m. this Eriday until 2 a. m. September 26. Although the city council action officially covers only olficial city . business and city office and other working hours, therest of the city is expected to follow suit imme diately. Daylight saving time changes also were made by neighboring Silverton and Independence in city council actions Wednesday. Independence goes on daylight savings time today. Silverton' action is effective at 12:01 a. m. Sunday. Followed Pressure Salem's action followed increas ing pressure for the change from local busmei-s firms and residents. Mayor R. L. Ellstrom said calls to his office were preponderantly in favor of going on daylight sav ing time, although a few labor groups opposed the change. Other aldtimen were called on the sub ject The Salem Retail Trade bu reau conducted a survey showing 276 merchants in favor of time changing and only 31 opposed. To effect the change here - -which follows the lead of Portland and other Oregon cities in de creeing faster lime for the sum mer months --city clocks will be set an hour ahead after midnight tonight. Mo( Clocks Ahead A Salem citizen conforming to , the change will set his watch and clock ahead one hour after mid night tonight and, in effect, re port to work an hour, earlier Eri , day. provided his place of employ i ment follows daylight sav ing time. A local youth warned to be home ! by midnight tonight will find him self a whole hour late if he doesn't "get in" within a minute of his dead li ne Pope Places Emphasis on Social Reforms VATICAN CITY. June 2-JP-Pope Pius today put the weight of the Catholic church behind social reforms In the post-war world. The pronouncement was an ad vance over the famous "rerun no varum" (of new things) encycli cal of famed Leo XIII In 1891 which proclaimed a modem social outlook for the 19-century old church. Today Pius warned the world's rulers they must heed the cries and go to the rescue of "wayward and embittered hearts" which have gone astray In the "ruin and revolution of the war and Its af termath " The "urgent need," he said. Is "to provide the poorer classes with housing, bread and work." "Merely distributing the pro ducts of social economy more equitably," is Sut the sole an swer, he added. Bound up with that require ment, he continued, especially In view of the destruction of war. are "the prudent organization of production," the inter-relation of agriculture and industry in indi vidual nations' economies, and the share of each nation In world markets. Navy to Train CreM To ''Demothbair Fleet SEATTLE, June 2 -OFi- The navy disclosed plans today for the training of northwest men for the Job of getting the "mothball fleet" out of storage In a hurry in case of emergency. Volunteer crews will be formed from the naval reserve, the re port said. FORD IP8 PURCHASES NEW YORK. June 2-P)-Ford Motor Co. will buy more than $27,000,000 of materials on the west coast this year compared with an annual rate of less than $15. 000.000 early in 1947. Victor G. Lottman, director of the company's purchasing research department, said today. Jews Revoke Cease Fire Rule; U.N. to Establish New Deadline CAIRO. June 2-oSVThe Israeli government revoked Its cease fire order tonight. It ordered its troops to resume fighting on all fronts in Palestine where bomb ing, artillery and infantry attacks were reported in a half dozen sectors. The Jewish government said the order which, it claimed, caused its soldiers to withhold all un provoked fire since 6 p.m. (EST) Tuesday, was issued under a mis understanding. The United Nations security council asked Arabs and Jews to notify it by 8 p.m. Tjesday whether they would abide by a U. N. appeal for a four-wek truce. The Jews said they mis took this deadline and accepted it as the actual time for ceas ing fire. The Arabs realized the U. N. had not set a specific deadline for halting tha three-weeks -old war NINETY EIGHTH YEAR DP's Bill Approved By Senate WASHINGTON. June 2. - (P) -The senate, after more than 11 hours of continuous debate, to night passed legislation to admit to the United States up to 200.000 European war refugees in the two years starting July 1. The bill, one of three tagged "must" legislation by senate and house republican leaders today, now goes to the house. A similar bill has been approved by the ju diciary committee there. The senate passed the bill after beating down. 50 to 27, a substi tute offer by Senator Kim (R-Mo) : which would have cut the two year admission figure to 140.000 and would have charged them against regular immigration quo tas. t The vote was 63 to 13. (Both Oregon senators favored the bill.) The bill the senate passed is de signed to admit war refugees over and above the immigration quo- 1 tas, providing one-half the per sons admitted agricultural pursuits and onehalf come from Estonia, Lithuania, Latv ia and eastern Po land. Airport Traffic Forces Delay In Air Show i The Jaycee Air Show became ! an indirect flood casualty Wed nesday when Junior Chamber of Commerce officials announced that the event, scheduled for Sunday afternoon at McNary field had , been postponed. j Increased air traffic at the air ' port occasioned by toe transfer of ' airline operations from the flood ed Portland airport was cited as the cause. The show has been tentatively rescheduled for June 20, Gordon Keith, Jaycee president, said, add ing that all tickets sold for the Air Shaw would be honored at that time. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom ordered postponement of the show after conferring with airport officials, ' CAA representatives and officials 1 of the Air Show. The group agreed that the conducting of air circus stunts on the same field with hea vy airline travel would. piove haz ardous. The Jaycees will continue work on the show, which will feature ' Swede'' R a 1 s t o n's air circus, starting with a general member i ship meeting tonight at 7 30 In 1 the Chamber of Commerce rooms. fHams' to Aid In Flood Area Three Salem "ham" radio oper ators went to Portland Wednesday to operate equipment donated by the Salem high school radio shops after flood oTficials sent out a plea for additional operators in the stricken area. The equipment was loaned by C. R. Lindstiom, radio and elec tricity instructor at the high school shops. The operators are J Ray Moore, ow ner of the Moore Radio service in Salem; Don Shel ly, an employe of Will's Music store and Charles Austin, a high school student and amateur oper ator. Moore used his truck to take the group to Portland and will su pervise operations, Lindstrom said. and, apparently, did not slacken their fighting pace The Jews, un der their earlier misapprehension, bitterly accused the Arabs of vio lating the supposed order. At Lake Success, the security council late today instructed Its Palestine mediator. Count Folke Bemad otts, to set a cease fire time and suggested it begin with in three days. Meanwhile, both sides reported major battles were in progress in the Holy Land. Egyptian infantry ' attacked a heavily fortified Jewish strong hold in the Negba area, SO mile southeast of Tel Aviv. An Amman dispatch said a col umn of several hundred Jews struck 18 miles ino Trans-Jordan before King Abdullah's Arab le gionnaires and allied Arab planes killed 40 and beat them back in a battle that lasted until noon today. WJPIBL 16 PAGES New Flood Crest City Employes Govern) Board Cancels Liberty Street Widening Plan Br Robert E. Gangware City Editor, Tl, Statetman i Fifteen - dollar monthly pa I increases were approved for al regular city employes Wednesday I night when the Salem budge. committee approved a 1948-49 ci j ty budget. In scouring City Manager J. L : Franzen's recommended budge. I for funds to finance the raiser. budget committeemen gave th j axe to a long - planned downtowi Liberty street widening project I The budget meeting was held a Salem Chamber of Commerce, ; The committee also raised Cit;. I Manager Franzen's own salary from $7,500 to $9,000 annually, a the recommendation of Mayor R L. Elfstrom who said this woulc make the manager's salary com parable with the pay level in oth- ' er cities. The increase would come from the self - sustaining city water department, as Franzen spends about 20 per cent of his time in problems relating to that department. Elfstrom said. Salary changes over the city manager's budget recommendation will require a redraft of the bud get. Annual taxpayers' meeting was called for 8 p. m Wednesday, June 30. Just prior to beginning of the fiscal year July 1 and the deadline for city council's formal approval and report of the bud get to the county July 15. The budget will add up to about $1,370,000, exclusive of the water department's $773,500 separate budget. Of the total, the general tax levy will be about $307,000, a few hundred dollars within the 8 per cent Increase limitation un der state law. Last year's budget totaled $1,091,984. (Additional de tails on page 2 ) State Issues Right to Search For Oil, Gold State land board actions Wed nesday facilitated separate east ern Oregon operations In search of gold and oil, but both actions one a lease and the other a permit were taken over the protest of State Treasurer Leslie Scott. The board granted an option to lease 7,640 acres of grazing lands in Harney county to the United Company of Oregon, Inc . for oil drilling. The option would run for two years for which the company will pay the Land Board 15 cents an acre or an annual rental of $1,146. If oil is found In com mercial quantities the company binds itself to ask for a lease from the land board and to pay a royalty of 12'i per cent. The board also voted to issue a two-year, 5 per cent royalty per mit to L. M. Peden. Portland, to mine for gold on the Columbia river Just above Umatilla rapids. If gold is found in commercial quantities Peden likewise would seek a lease from the Land Board. Gov. John H. Hall and Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry voted for granting the option and permit. State Treasurer Scott protested, charging that In neither instance was the state's rights fully pro tected. Much of the land on which the United Company of Oregon seeks to drill for oil is now leased for grazing. The grazing land rentals, from three to five cents an acre, will continue. 7 GERMANS HANGED LANDSBERG, Germany, June 2 (JP)- Four German doctors and three SS (elite guard) officers were hanged today for killing and maiming thousands of people in medical experiments on nazi con centration camp inmates. Weather Max. M SS sa Min. Preetp. ft -M II M S3 -SI 9 M (1 M telew Portland San Francisco Chicac S3 M New York Willamette river S.S feet. Forecast (from U.S. weather buroau. McNary fialdtt BaJom): Mostly cloudy today with morning fog. becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. High today 7S. low tonight U. Weather wui be favorable for all farm work today except for afternoon winds which will interfere with dusting operations. SAXJCM FkrCIFTTATlOV (Free Sept. 1 te 4 erne 1) This Year 49 JO Last Year 94-14 Average S9Jg POUNDDD I&5I The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 3. Nine-Foot High Azalea Ablaze with Blooms CUP . t-r ' 'c'" One of the largest native Oregon Mrs. E. O. Rlnderman of 2255 m from the Rogue river area as a one-stemmed plant, and has been in the same spot at tbe Rlnderman residence ever since, growing to its present nine foot height. (Other flower picture vn page 10.) (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) Sol Boosts Salem Mercury to 86 A warm sun and partly cloudy skies Wednesday brought the mer cury in Salem to 86 degrees the warmest day since last Septem ber 21. the U. S. weather bureau at McNary field reported. The bureau said slightly cooler temperatures win prevail icoay with some fog expected in the early morning and moderate winds in the afternoon. Boy Cyclist Hit by Car Lou g las Galloway. 905 Leslie st., suffered a painful arm injury and bruises Wednesday afternoon when struck by a car while riding his bicycle in the 800 block of State street, -city police reported. Officers said Galloway was struck by an auto driven by Leon ard T. Cain, 875 N. 20th St., about 4:15 p.m. Cain said Galloway rode his bicycle directly into the path of the car, and he was unable to avoid the accident. No arrests were made, police said. Galloway was taken to Salem General hospital by the city first aid car and dismissed after treat ment for severe left arm lacera tion and minors laceration bruises. -- Graduation Tonight; Seniors Recount 'Farewells' at Banquet Salem high school's 598 seniors who will be graduated in com mencement tonight said "good byes" at the annual senior Fare well Banquet in the school cafe teria Wednesday night. Theme for the occasion was "Stairway to the Stars." with sen ior class President Mike Glenn presiding during the program. E. A. Carleton, high school principal, offered his congratu lations to the upper classmen, and presented the annual Soroptimlst club award for outstanding work in science to Jane Backstrand, who also won the Bausch and Lotnb company science award this year. Mary Ruth Schlegal received an $80 scholarship at Linfield college for her outstanding scholarship. Jim Williams spoke on events of the sophomore class under the title "At the Foot of tbe Stairs." A discussion of junior class activi ties was given bj Jean Brown' 111 jMrffif iMiifti in! CDSDong Odd Upper IT .-tv, v r-s. azalea bushes In Salem Is the tl - N. 4th street. With azalea is Mrs. House Passes Mammoth Peacetime Arms Budget WASHINGTON, June 2 -P- The biggest peacetime budget for the army and air force in American history sped through the bouse today and went to the senate. Another record peacetime defense money bill for the navy if get for debate tomorrow Together the two total $10,196,672,250 for spending during the Golclsborough Delays Verdict WASHINGTON. June 2-V Judge T. Alan Goldsborough. say ing another coal strike would be a "national tragedy,"' tried Wed- 1 nesday to settle the dispute Meanwhile. railroad union ieaa- , day were cast by Reps. Marcan ers said White House efforts to' tonio and Isaeson, both of the settle the rail labor dispute had j American Labor party. New York. failed completely." Judge Goldsborough postponed until Friday a decision on whether to issue a government requested order directing John L. Lewis and his United Mine workers to bar gain with the Southern Soft Coal Producers association. When he called lawyers for the association and union into his chambers, he said they should be able to patch up their differences before Friday. The conference was and j brief and results were not an I nounced. and was entitled "Midway Up the Stairs. Marvin Black reviewed the senior class year in a speech "The Last Step." Entertainment included a hu morous reading by Lu Williams entitled "Mr. Hay s IKimory Sys tem," Bern Ice Kleihege, senior student and outstanding musician. sang an original composition, -Stairway to the Stars." A vocal solo by Carroll Graber concluded the entertainment program. General chairman for the ban quet was Jeanne Hoffman with committeemen Mary Jane Har rington, Betty Johnston. Joann Thomas, Jay Harris, Jahala Keys, Bernlce Kleihege and Ted Roake assisting with the arrangements. Class Advisers Mildred Chrls tenson, Mrs. Martha Pinson and Harry Broadbent were presented with gifts from the senior stu dents at the conclusion of tbe banquet 1943 Price 5c RJountlhiy Pay ESoosti: nr . . . -a"r - m I M Ak.' yrj aw . year - old plant belonging to Mr. andlbutarv streams at !h-mK?,!! f Rlnderman. The bush was brought fiscal year beginning July 1. The house appropriations com mittee today approved both, and the house promptly followed through on one of the bills. It voted 348 to 2 for $6,509,939,000 for the army and air forces. Thejiavy bill calls for another $3,686,733,250. Congressmen Dre- j predict it too, will roll through the i houie with ease. The only two opposing votes to- In another move dealing with defense, the house today approved a compromise bill to accept wo men as regulars in the armed for ces The military budget now being acted on is in addition to about $3,000,000,000 which congress al ready has voted the services to buy aircraft All told, outright defense costs will soar to around $14,000,000. 000 in the coming fiscal year as the U. S. military establishment is built up to back American for eign policy in the "cold war' against communism. After the house acts, the senate must vote. Congressional leaders have promised these measures will get top priority and predict passage before the planned ad journment June 19. BALKAN FRIENDSHIP PACT BUCHAREST, Romania, June 1 tP)-Romania and Hungary today exchanged documents ratifying the new Romanian-Hungarian treaty of friendship and assistance. ISRAEL RECOGNIZED LONDON, June 2 -OP)- Tbe Russian news agency Tass re ported tonight the Hungarian gov ernment had recognized the new state of Israel. oira sniATons ' 111 ft i J No. 71 Doomfena M' Snake River Up 6 Indies, Heat Forecast PORTLAN'D. Oft. June 2-V Another Columbia tiver flood was rising in the upper valley tribu- s taries tonight while the crest f one now pounding the dikes of the lower valley on Its way to the ocean. - The Pacific northwest still reels under blows of its greatest dJ ster and tonight! there Is no promise it will let up for week. The new flood warning brought the weather prediction of high temperatures in the snow-packed mountains and thuadershowers in ' eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho into focuj as a new menace. The forecasts are s for Thursday and Friday. j Water also is pouring out of Grand Coulee dam at: a greater volume tonight than for the ptst three days. I i . Warning of the new fioof came 1 from Lew Ls ton. Ida., Where the great Snake nver-a major ti i butary of the Columbia has ris en half a foot todayThe floodV.cw rolling through the lower valley built up identically from sncw run-off waters in the great river basin. : ; Ne Definite Forecast Elmer Fisher, official govern ment river forecaster, said: "I would not say that ithe river -will not get back tip to the cresi it reached (25 8 feet In.' Portland) Tuesday. if If it does Portland and Van- , couver look out.'" t Fisher added that h! forecast beyond Sundav hjh he said will bring a 29-foot level in Portland because he has yet vi uie t-oiumoia. fs The crest now splashing near the top of lower Columbia xiver levees downstream: from Portland has left a thousand miles of de struction in its wake. : Dikes Wearing Away Dikes along the?hea1Ir popu lated area from Just east of Pert land to the sea on i both the Oregon and Washington! banks of -the river are wearing away- but holding. ; i The flood battering through the valley the past two weeks came early. Now comes the normal an nual freshet' piling up on top" . of the region's great disaster. Far upriver, at Pasco, the pert ' dock washed away. The villa ce of Attalia was isolated, i To Restore Traffics ! j In Salem. R. H.iBaldock. sfat highway engineer, said traffic on Union and Denver avenues, dam- j aged by flood waters ! Monday, ! will be restored within 10 days or two weeks. . , j j ' Baldock said contractors start ed Wednesday to repair the two gaps. The roads are the only sp- ! preaches to the interstate bridge across the Columbia river be tween Portland and Vancouver and accommodate: 35.000 rs,rs daily. : j Baldock said the two gaps cov er about 1.300 feet. 3Dn Union ave nue the gap will be closed by small temporary bridge! and fill. The Denver lavenue break will be closed by a larger perma- , nent bridge and fill, he stated. ' The contractors will operate on , a 24-hour-a-day basis until the work is completed; j I Ships in Service i ' . Two hospital ships were being taken from the -mothball" fleet at Astoria to house 1,500 of the homeless there. Twenty six truck -loads of food arrived, here from Texas for the flood victims. A mounted horse patrol kep south Kelso residents back from the lands and houses which still might go under, f j Several hundred I men; working in line fi om sand truck! to dike like an old - fashioned bucket bri gade, reinforced the earthen walls. Woodland was at the bottom of a lake. ' I J 1 Throughout the Jong -sweep of waterfront there are only work ers. Everyone has been evacuated. Li Gen. Raymond AJ Wheeler. chief of the corps of engineers, ar rived today and said adequate funds would be available to repair damage of all levees in the Colum bia basin. ; i i finished by Spring! ; CoL O. E. Walsh, district en gineer, said the work - would be completed before nezt ! spring's flood season. f i f The Multnomah county coroner. still not knowing what to expect when the waters go down In three or four weeks, made plans for a receiving depot at Vanport, There is no list of missing to hint at how many bodies are there, r J ! i ! ! 1