1: Soviet Starts, Stops Blockade of Berlin BERLIN. June 12-;p)-The Russians did an abrupt about face today and called off an hours old rail traffic block which would have cut off food and coal from 2,000,000 Germans in Berlin's western sector. The end of the crisis came when the Russians advised American and British authorities that freight trains could move normally again from western Germany to Berlin. The first freight train from the American zone moved into the Russian zone from Helmstedr on' the British son border ar hour later. The Russian gave no explana tion of their order or its with drawal and gave no assurances for the future. Meanwhile, the German com munist press beat the propaganda drum and hinted Germany could hope for a reduction in Russian Willamette V. Seniors to Receive Degrees Today Willamette university's 150 seniors of the class of '48 will receive degrees at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the campus gymnasium, at a ceremony where Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, former Willamette president, will give the address. The program will climax a week end of activi ties which featured senior and alumni participation. The degrees will be presented by Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president. cup 0330000 khdqiib The political dopesters say that the GOP convention will not go into a deadlock, that the "old guard" will avoid a stalemate and pick a candidate before a situation develops in which factions would become embittered. I think the first prediction is correct repub licans usually avoid deadlocks; but I am not ready to accept the proph ecy that the old guard will do the picking. For one reason, there is no old guard any more; no Bois Penrose with a telephone line to the con vention hall; no Jim Watson; Joe Grundy, though living, is forgotten. There are party leaders, many of them, so many In fact, that they can't all get into a "smoke-filled'' room. I offer this comment: The govern ors of California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the ones who "Hdld the keys to the White House next January. they -agse. on whom to turn them over to, the show will wind up quickly. California has 33 votes, all pledg ed to Governor W arren. New Jer sey has 35 votes, which will be spht on early ballots, but Governor Drlscoll is in command there. Perm sylvania has 73 votes, most of which will go to Senator Martin in the first voting, but Governor Duff is the one the candidates have been cultivating. And don't forget that California comes third on the roll call. Listen closely to note how California casts Its ballots. A switch there may be the signal. Politicians in Washington haven't controlled a republican convention since 1932. GOP senators and con gressmen tell how (Continued on editorial page) 175 to Register Here Monday For Girls State Some 175 high school girls from over the state are expected' to reg ister Monday afternoon for Girls State on the Willamette university campus. This is the first time the American Legion auxiliary-sponsored program has been held in Salem. Selection of the girls each year is made by the various auxiliary units from over the state, with candidates chosen for leadership ability and possession of qualities of cooperati veness. and scholar ship. Each unit is allowed two rep resentatives. Girls State is planned to give those attending a practical know ledge of government. Outstanding speakers, including Portland's mayor-elect, Dorothy McCullogh Lee, will be heard. Girls elect their own state, county and city officers to gain a close knowledge of gov ernment affairs. Headquarters will be in Baxter end Lausanne halls. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Wfof kind of ssiaaye yoo reparation demands. Russia al ready has cut demands from Fin land, Hungary and Romania. Allied observers interpreted to day's hints as another step in try ing to create counter-propaganda against the Marshall aid plan for western Germany. Today's crisis came to a boil shortly after noon. The Russians had refused to permit the Ameri cans to move a freight train in the American sector freight yard at Anhalter. Railway officials had alerted American troops to move the train with their own switch engines and to take over the nec essary signal towers, if needed, to accomplish it. An order was sent out to the U. S. army constabu lary to seize the signal equip ment if no settlement was reach ed. Soon afterward the Russians issued the order to free the train. to the school s largest graduating class in its IOC-year history. Dr. Doney, now a resident of Colum bus, Ohio, headed the institution from 1915 to 1934. ISO at Banquet Approximately 180 people at tended Willamette university's alumni banquet Saturday evening at Baxter hall, new men's dormi tory, to conclude the day's alumni activities. President G. Herbert Smith gave his annual report on the universi ty's activities during the past year and gave a brief outline on future Dlans. Carl Gregg Doney. Willa mette's president emeritus and commencement speaker today, gave a brief talk on "What Willa mette Means to You." Averill Assumes Duties Mrs. Harold B. Jory chairmaned the banquet in place of Steve An derson, retiring alumni president, who was unable to be present. She then turned the chairman ship over to Edward F. Averill, new alumni president, who intro duced the various classes. A faculty reception at Lausanne hall followed the banquet. Earlier Saturday members of the 1898 and 1923 classes were honored in a business meeting in Waller hall. They were presented with golden and silver anniver sary medalions in honor of James T. Matthews, late mathematics professor. Also presented in honor of Pro fessor Matthews was a stained glass window memorial which was unveiled by his 81 - year - old sister, Mrs. Emma Matthews Wheeler of West Salem Heights. Mrs. Wheeler reminisced with sev eral stories of her brother. She was introduced by Rupert Park, Redmond, class of '47. Oldest Alum Present Oldest alumni present at the business meeting in the afternoon was Mrs. Mabel Lock wood, Salem, who represented two classes, since she graduated in instrumental music in '91 and voice in '92 Only two members returned from 1898 class. They were Dor sey M. Hill, Walla Walla, Wn., and Mrs. Edna Brugg Hubbard, Ober lin, Ohio. Both spoke briefly in behalf of their class. Roy Buck ingham, Salem, who was a track star for Willamette in 1898, also spoke briefly. '23 Delegation Larrest Largest delegation was that of the 1923 class organized by Mrs. Chester A. Downs of Salem. Dr. J. C. -Brougher, Vancouver, Wn., who spoke in behalf of the class, said that, of 88 in the class, 82 are still living. Prior to the business and pre sentation meeting in Waller hai! chapel the alumni attended lec tures given by Dr. R. Ivan Lovell, Dr. George Martin and Prof. Les tle J. Sparks. (Story also on page X) Qierrj7 Fruit Fly Emerges in Valley, Spray Required The cherry fruit fly spray no-' niall needs. Ar tie for the Willamette Vallev has , ter the crest load been released by S. C. Jones, as sociate entomologist ate Oregon State college.Jones advises grow ers to apply their first lead ar senate or rotenone spray or dust before June 22. Spray or dust tormulas are be ing publicized, says D. L. Ras mussen, Marion county assistant agent. In Marion, Linn and Polk counties, compulsory spraying or dusting of all sweet, sour and seedling cherry trees is again in effect this year. One of the approved formulas is 24 pounds acid lead arsenate plus a spreader plus water to make 100 gallons of spray. Weather Max. .. 61 - M Mln. 5 M S3 59 63 Precip. .(10 Jf3 .00 .41 Jl Salem Portland San Franctaco 64 CTitraeo 63 New York 1 Willamette liver 2.4 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau's McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few widely scattered ihowers; partly cloudy Monday, lfh today 75. low tonight 84. weainer w: rill be favorable for farm work in earl rly morning and early after noon with moderate winds Interfering with dust ins and spraying in tne later afternoon and evening. SALKM PKECXMTATIOW (frost SepC 1 to Jssm It) Thta Year 4i 81 AttriH S602 NINETY-EIGHTH YEAH toons The Statesman's , Inquiring . . . Reporter . . . The question: Do you think Oregon should establish a per manent state college in Port land to replace Van port college that was destroyed in the flood? Rex Putnam, state superintend ent of public instruction, 270 N 21st street, grad- uaie cu lwis aim Clark college and U n i v e r sity of Oregon: At the present time a permanent state college in Port land is not the answer. We al ready have a . r I B .Of highly developed I SKSl is vir- 5 extension there that tually a college in itself and there are excellent private schools in Portland . . . : Of course, that is just my offhand opinion. . Mrs. Fern Uriel, housewife. 115 Court street, Medford high school: - People who want . " - to go to college -T- should be given ity when it means so much today. S many jobs re quire degrees now, and the kids should have a chance to qual ify. If a college in Portland is necessary, the state certainly should set it up. Probably a lot of people couldn't afford to go to school in Eugene or Corvallis. Harry W. Scott, businessman, 960 N. 5th, Salem high school: I have a son at the U n i v e rsity of Michigan and one at Willam ette but I don't think a college at Portland is the answer to the s t a t e's educa tional needs. It would just add e x t ra adminis trative expense money that could best be used to enlarge the present state institutions and pro vide better facilities there. Lillian Reinke, waitress, 2220 Broadway, Woodburn high school: sYes, I think the Nj build Vanport I college in Port iland. Where are k vrtii trrra tn nut ! tiu the kid. i f ! thw h , 1 - - place to go to ' an in ; school? We've been hearing a lot about crowd ed conditions at ' - Oregon State and the university so establishing an other college at Portland seems like a reasonable solution. Frank Bennett, Salem superin tendent of schools, 855 E street, w mametie uni- .m versity and Uni-T versity of Ore gon: That would depend on whether facilities at Oregon and I Oregon State are adequate for nor- " of GI ' students, would there be s u f f i cient de mand to warrant a Portland col lege? If it appears there would be, then that is reason enough to consider another state educa tional unit somewhere. Mrs. A. A. Schramm, clubwoman. 165 N. 17th street: We should have more information about the facili ties in Portland before we can decide whether or not additional ' : educational facil ities are needed there. If Port- t , .land schools can't 2 v take care of the demand, then V ;. something should lt" p be done to con tinue the Vanport students' edu cation. Another college sounds reasonable. CEaJter! mmt: Tko Stat "lav alrlmf Bprtr, oaco before a valued feat are of (bis awwspasor, aerewlta Is betas restores. Topics will be timely mmd ofsestloao wcleoaao. Persoma fea terviewed are cboseti at raadoaa aa4 aay take aay side of a o,ti tbejr wlib. Next SaaSay sobject wtU be: -Who so yaa thlak will get the re- pobacaa prestdeaiuai boi ' 'j:. " l I r it M O mmm -. : - 1 mrm m'fiSi nfp m 24 PAGES Army Tries to Plug Dike Break 3rd Crest Near at Portland PORTLAND, Ore., June 12-UP-Army engineers began an ingeni ous attempt today to drop a plug into a narrow flood channel and save $43,000,000 aluminum plant near here. The attempt began as the costli est Columbia river flood in history climbed slowly here toward its third crest in three weeks. Five deaths were reported yesterday. The Red Cross said its steadily dwindling list of Vanport missing was down to 22. The known flood toll rose to 39 lives tonight. The body of a man not immediately identified was discovered in a Kelso, Wash., drainage autcn. tanier today an army duck operating in the flood area of Vanport recovered the body of Hiram M. Skagg, 41, Portland, who drowned May 31 when his truck plunged into waters that wahed out the Denver avenue dike at Vanport. Water Stationary Upriver the situation eased as the crest passed. For the first time in two weeks the water level was stationary at Boundary, Wash. The new crest of 30.2 feet 15.2 above flood level is expected for three days at Vancouver, Wash., begin ning Monday. That is opposite the shore where engineers" attempted to save the Reynolds Metals Co. aluminum plant. The river, flooding through a narrow slough, breached a dike yesterday and poured over the Portland airport, four golf courses and suburban homes and farms lo cated in a narrow ten-mile stretch of land. At the far end of the stretch Is a secondary dike guarding the alum inum plant. Water, its flow con stricted by the slough, rose slowly on the secondary dike today. May Hold Hater It was in the slough the engi neers tried to force their nluir They drove piling, hurriedly drop ped logs, rock and gravel. If they are successful, water in the ten mile stretch will be held at a dela tively low level; the aluminum plant saved. If the gap is plugged, flood waters will be drained off through 4 J . 4 ... wue gaies ana inis years saved on 2,800 acres. crops Man Blows Out Blaze in Auto . . . - FirenTearnS"6 " "(S irnen learned a new combat metnod when IKpv , M riv nil V fu . . ' --., juhuiiuij- extinguish a car oiaze at Sherman and Main streets. Arriving at the fire scene, fire laaaies spotted the car but blaze. no "Where's the fire?" the smoke-eaters. inquired "I Just blew it out," puffed the red-faced driver. TO ASK $50,000,000 PORTLAND, Ore.. June 12 -OP) The Portland housing authority reported tonight that Senator Wayne Morse and Rep. Homer Angell plan to ask the senate and house Monday for $50,000,000 for permanent housing for Oregon flood victims. City-School Swimming Pools, Playgrounds to Open Monday Salem's youngsters can get in the swim and a variety of other kinds of recreation Monday when the city-school pools and playgrounds open for the summer. Organized activities for the thous ands of young and old who will use the parks will get under way immediately. The weatherman forecasts cloudy skies for Salem Monday, but some swimmers would be out on opening day if they had to breakjce. The pools, completely renovat ed and painted, will open from 10 a.m. to 9 pjn. weekdays and 1 to 9 p.m. Sundays. Neighborhood playgrounds, at various elementary schools, will be open Monday through Friday from 9 ajn. to 4 p-to except for opening day, when hours will be 1 to 4 pjn. Park reservations for large pic nic groups and pool reservations after hours, as well as other play ground business, will be conduct ed through the office of Vernon CilXQore, director, at the school ad POUNDS D 1651 The Orxyoo Statesman, Solem, Oregon. Sunday, June 13. rui LfU Salem FBoati Tops E3ose Parade "Little Miss Maffet," the Salem CherrUns float (above) swept all honors fa the non-commercial division at the Portland Rose Festival parade Saturday. Martha Dorette, qneen ef the 1S47 Salem Cherry Fes tival, was "Miss Muffet" aboard the local entry as it wended threagh Rose City streets. Shown behind Miss Darette's toffet is an eerie spider of calendulas, white larkspurs, red gladioli, bine cornflowers, roses, daisies and delphiniums. Spider's web is ef white larkspur. (Oregon Journal photo.) Truman Accuses Reds of 'Coercion, BERKELEY, Calif., June 12 - sia today of "obstruction and aggression," endangering world peace. In a major foreign policy speech, Mr. Truman placed Russia's record of "coercion or open aggression" along what he termed Amer ica's "record of action in behalf of peace without parallel in world history." Knapp Lone Candidate for School Board An expected race for a direc torship on the Salem school board, at the June 21 election, disappear ed suddenly Saturday with the withdrawal of Fred Remingtnn from the race. The action left Gardner Knapp, printing firm partner, as sole candidate for the post to be vacated by Roy Har land. Dr. M. E. Gadwa said he had dropped plans to file a petition he had taken out. Deadline for can didates' filing was Saturday. The election will not be without issues, however, since taxpayers of the district will vote on a measure which would allow the school board, at its discretion, to establish kindergartens as a part of the public school system, and on a proposed consolidation with Mountainview district north of West Salem. Remington, who lu.d filed for the office a week ago, told The Statesman that he had written both the school district and Knapp to inform them of his decision. It was made, he said, because he believed Knapp s campaign and service would be progressive, and he saw no reason to oppose such a stand. At the time Remington filed, he noted, no one else had appeared as candidate for the "thankless job." ministration building, 460 N. High st phone 9137. Music classes, for both begin ners and advanced, will also start Monday under the direction of Vernon L. Wiscarson, instrumen tal supervisor. For students who already play, the project will be to maintain group practice as bands and orchestras. The junior baseball league will get underway Tuesday. A special period for the pools will be the annual leasn-to-swim campaign from July 12 to 23. A number of special exhibit days, for dolls and pets and so on, are planned for the playgrounds at dates to ' be announced. In addition to pools and play grounds at dinger and Leslie fields, the playground atop the city reservoir at Rural and John streets will be open but without regular supervision. In West Sa lem, athletics will be at the school grounds and the children's play ground in the city park. The model plane circle in Bush pasture south east of Willamette's athletic field, will be in use each Sunday. -(Additional details on page 12.) loses Aggression' (P - President Truman accused Rus "The refusal of the Soviet Un ion to work with its wartime allies for world recovery and world peace," he said, "is the most bitter disappointment of our time. The president again " held the door open for "an honest nego tiation to bring about "genuine settlement." But he turned down flatly any idea of great power "deals" to the "detriment of other nations or at the expense of prin ciples." "We refuse to play fast and loose with man's hope for peace," he said. If Russia wants peace, he said, she can prove it by "proper ac tion" In troubled Greece and Korea. The chief executive spoke at commencement exercises of the University of California in the 90,000-seat stadium. Youth Hostel Camp Planned At Sunnyside A Salem youth hostel camp will probably be established on the YWCA's Creswood Acres outdoor recreation area in the Sunnyside district, eight miles south of Sa lem, Don Douri, local youth hos tel adviser, said Saturday. Douris said he and nine Salem hostelers bicycled to the site Sat urday, and inspected the grounds to determine whether they would accommodate a hostel camp, George VeaL pioneer Willamette valley resident who has donated the property to the Salem YWCA, indicated that the local hostel may develop a unit at the camp, Dou ris stated. The unit would be used to house bicycling youth hostelers on sum mer journeys through this area If established, the hostel will be the first in the Salem area. At present, registered hostels are op erating at Portland and Oregon City. Salem hostelers will leave the Jason Lee Methodist church to day at 1 p.m. for a bicycle trip to Chemawa Indian school and re turn. Douris said all interested persons are invited to make the Journey. QUAKERS OPPOSE DRAFT NEWBERG, June U-(Spedal)- Quaker delegates from Oregon, Washington and Idaho, meeting here today in their annual con clave, unanimously passed a reso- . . . . . , . . . . . luuon opposing roe nauonau aran act approved in the UJ5. senate this week. ' .- oun SQiATons 170II 3-1; LOST 3-2 1343 Price) 'Miss Muf f et' Wins Portland Sweepstakes Salem Cherrians' float "Little Miss Muffett" took sweepstakes honors in the non-commercial class at the Portland Rose fes tival parade Saturday. The float was a huge flower-bedecked platform on which was raised at one end a floral web. In the center of the float was a big spider made of calendulas, white larkspur, red gladioli, blue corn flowers, roses, daisies and del phiniums. Sitting beside it was little Miss Muffett in the person of Martha DuRette, of Gervais, Salem Cher ry festival queen of 1947. The sides of the float showed floral cherries. The float was partially dismantled by the parade crowd, and therefore will not be on dis play in Salem as in previous years, Cherrian officials said. Standard Oil company's "Ara bian Nights" float won sweep stakes in the commercial division. Hillsboro won first place for ci ties outside of Portland after Sa lem moved up to the sweepstakes division. A Vanport float took second place in the annual parade, which was reviewed by thousands who lined the route. A drizzling rain failed to dampen spirits. Forty floats took part in the mile-long parade which started at 10 a jn. For the first time in its history the parade was shifted out of the downtown Portland area. It was held in the southeastern part of the city where fewer patrolmen would be required. Most distant representative in the parade was the Pasadena tournament of roses entry. West Linn Entry Winners at Salem Rose Show By Lillie L. Madsea Garden Editor, The Statesman McGredy's Triumph, a stately red rose, exhibited by A. E. Des- champ of West Linn, won grand sweepstakes award at the conclu sion of judging at Salem s third annual rose and flower arrange ment show which opened at 2 pjn. Saturday in the Salem armory The show will run today (Sun day) from 10 ajn. to 8 pjn. Scores of visitors from Salem and many other valley towns,- includ ing Corvallis. Eugene and Port land, attended Saturday after noon and evening. Judges, who made the grand sweepstakes selection on basis of form, color, substance, stem and foliage and size, were Mrs. Rob ert M. Steward, Mrs. L. C. Pershing, Mrs. Marshall Yeager, Mrs. Burtis Coxley and Mrs. Paul Mead, all of Portland, and Dr. Henry Hartman and A. G. B. Bouquet of Corvallis. Runners-up for top honor were McGredy's Ivory, the variety which topped all roses at the Portland show, exhibited here by Charles F. Lion of west Linn, winning sweepstakes in the ad vanced amateur division; Sweet Sixteen, resembling Peace in col oring, exhibited by Mrs. G. K. Kurre of Dallas, and sweepstakes winner in the horticulture divi 3 9Ti Ttt 5c No. S3 If EM i i I - Approval Of Senate WASHINGTON", June 12 The senate appropriations com mittee voted tonight to restore most of the funds slashed ifrom the European recovery program by the house. The committee I action went long way toward answering the pleas of Senator Vandenberg (R Mich) and Secretary ofi State Marshall for enough money to "keep faith- with Europe and prevent the recovery program from becoming "an of mr lief." I r The senators recommend total of $5,055,000,000 for the first year of the 16-nation recover . effort. The house had i Voted enough funds to bring the: initial outlay up to the same total - hut directed that the money must last an extra three months. This would have meant a cut estimated by Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of 5 the recovery program, at more than SL400. 000,000. T The senate committee's bill now goes before the full senate prob ably early next week, where it is expected to be approved with out major change. Then will come the task of trying to reconcile 1 senate and house- Versions. Chair man Taber (R-NY) of the house -appropriations committee j has served notice he , will fight to hold spending to the levej voted by the house. I J The committee which! ended public hearings only . yesterday, did not get around today to Chin ese, Greek-Turkish . and several other sections of the foreign aid program, some of which also were cut by the house.'1 . ' ! Chairman Bridges (R-NH) said the group will meet again Mon day and get the bill to the senate floor as soon as possible. Detroit Dam Fund, Power Facilities Given Approval) V - i " " -Rep. Walter Norblad informed The Oregon Statesman Saturday that the house had parsed a joint conference approved bin appropriating $3,500,(a0 , for the Detroit dam, $500,000 for Willam ette river bank protection, $3,000, 000 for Dorena dam, $5,000,000 for Lookout Point and $155,000 for Fern Ridge. The measure; now goes to the senate, j j Senate approval for installation of hydroelectric power generating facilities at the proposed Detroit dam was granted Saturday, The Statesman was informed by Sen. Wayne Morse. The estimated cost of $19,030,000 would include con struction of a regulating dam at Detroit reservation on the North Santiam river as part of the Wil lamette river basin pre gram, Morse wired. ! ; .? The approval was added by J". the senate to a rivers and harbors and flood control - authorization bill which had already passed the house. I ' ' Tops sion, and Grand Duchess Char, lotte, a beautiful red, exhibited by Clarice Waters, and sweepstakes winner in the junior division. An arrangement of Golden clirnCir, exhibited by Mm Letty Gt&re, won the decorative sweepstakes,,, while the unusual arrangement of bouquets of roses between papes of a huge album and called "The Book of Roses' won the Garden club sweepstakes for the Little Garden Club of Salem Heights. Mrs. Vern Sexton was largely re sponsible in forming this. The Gold Medal Certificate went to Robert G. Brady, jr.. on a de lightful moss rose,' reminiscent of earlier days. George Ailing: Sa lem Rosarian, won , the silver medal certificate on his exhibi tion of City of New York. To Charles Andreson of Eugene .went the American Rose, Society bronze medaLcertifieates ?on his Nigger Boy peryanthus while the bronze medal went to E. D. Burres, on his Peace. i ; That it is a good rose year was very evident in the quality of bloom in the 531: entries . made by 75 exhibitors. Dr. Earl W. Ben bow, president of the Salem Rose society, as well as Ollie Schendel, chairman of the show committee, expressed great pleasure , in the amount of entries as well as then quality. - (Prize awards on page 17.) Expejeted List J - ail ldm fc.-esa!IMrX-'. -