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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
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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
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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 3.
Nine-Foot High Azalea Ablaze with Blooms
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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'
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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
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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.
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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
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