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o ITO- 0"OU3C3 boo t ' t , j , ' t I 4 V' ..... tPfft,', -:' Machines Miisy as Duel Over ress'i Record Mounts v w KJsjf W D O O Cone ;-4 t WASHINGTON. Aug. llJPh Democratic and republican spokesmen dueled with ; adding machines today over -the record of the 80th congress. . ; House Republican Leader Hal- leek of Indiana claimed his par- -ty saved more than 56,000,000,000 in the year and a half that repub- ' licans have held a majority la both houses. In the second ses sion alone, Halleck said, they ap- ' propriated- $2,741,431,291 less than President Truman- request- ed in the regular, departmental appropriation bills, deficiencies, supplemental and so on. Not so, said Senator Barkley of Kentucky, minority leader in the 337,000 ; Dm paiestiinie JEf cDirog WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. - the United States today to rush emergency looa ior an esumatea sju, 000 Arabs and 7,000 Jews, disease-ridden and driven from their homes by the fighting in Palestine. i . The United Nations mediator said the refugees; face a great "sud den, human disaster, comparable Governor Earl Warren left the Centennial banquet at Portland Saturday night to fly to New York, he has spent' several days with Governor Thomas E. Dewey. They have been planning the GOP presidential campaign. It took the personal appeal of Dewey to persuade Governor Warren to accept the vice presi dential nomination. Four years ago Warren had declined the same tender,' saying he preferred to re main as governor of California. When he assented this year there were stories that Dewey had as cured him he would make a real place in " the government for the vice president. Warren, it was said, had .expressed his distaste for the office, which previously had-been one of prominence, but; lacking, in power.- ' f The constitution provides that the vice president presides over the senate, but that he has a vote only in the event of a tie. The only other provision for the VP is this: "In case of. the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve upon the vice president The vice president, aside from presiding at sessions of the sen ate, sticks around to succeed the president if anything happens to him. The office of vice president for many years was largely social. The incumbent had the chore of doing most of the entertaining (or of being entertained). That has no appeal for Warren, who has been accustomed to administering large affairs in a great and grow ing state. ' After the republican convention It was reported that Dewey's plan was to eive Warren charge of ad ministrative reorganization, which (Continued on Editorial Page) Liquor Boards May End iState Trusteeship Plan PORTLAND, Aug; 17--The Washington and Oregon liquor commissions next week will con sider terminating . trusteeship that was formed in 1943 to acquire some three million . gallons of whisky., - - J. O. Freck, Oregon commission chairman, ' said the . two state groups win meet next Thursday. - The trusteeship Jnvolved $18, 433.774J9 worth of whisky par- chased at a lime when the two state-operated liquor control ..sys tems faced' a drouth of supplies. The liquor was acquired by pur chase of the distilleries of Water fill and Frazier and Shawnas companies. Animz! Crcefters By WARREN GOODRICH ; "You ttnd your aewfiagled OtP "TOEGDCE T - -S3- 'v i ....... senate and President Truman's running mate on the democratic ticket. : ' Barkley said the 'republican controlled congress-appropriated and authorized federal expendl V tures amounting to half a billion ' dollars more than Mr. Truman's original 1948-49 ifiscal budget. s Both Halleck and "Barkley in . serted their claims in tomorrow's post-session issue of the congres sional directory. HaUeck's copy ran 32 typewritten pages. Bar kley's was shorter, but contained more figures.! They were made public by each party's national committee. Halleck said the republican- 's evyees - Count Folkie Bernadotte appealed to to an earthquake or udal wave." He toia aecreiary oi biaie .Mar shall that hopes of peace in the Holy Land hinge on quick dealing with the problem. , The state department made pub lie the appeal and said it is being given "urgent consideration. Kefagees Scattered i The refugees are scattered over Arab-held parts of Palestine and in four neighboring countries. The Swedish count said they are being swept by epidemic diseases and that with Winter approaching "many must die. Bernadotte advised the United Nations yesterday he was appeal ing to U. N. member countries for help. Britain announced last week it has donated about $400,000 worth of "tents and medical sup plies for Arab refugees. American and other private agencies have sent some shipments. New War Flaievp A new! flare-up of the Palestine war has Indicated in a trans-Jor dan government announcement Tuesday night that its Arab legion had killed "several hundred' Jews in repelling an attack in southern Jerusalem. Jerusalem' dispatches reported a five-hour large-scale artillery 'duel between Arabs and Jews. Fall Minimum price to be paid grow ers for evergreen blackberries was revised Tuesday night from 11 cents per pound to 8 cents, as the result of a two-night meeting by the Oregon Cane Fruits Control Board, Inc., at Salem Chamber of Commerce. f Kenneth Coomler, Brooks, board president, said the price change was found necessary because of a break in the Washington state blackberry market, where it is re ported berries are selling as low as 6 cents peri pound io the grow er. The local! price last year was 10 cents. li Officials said the harvest in the valley is "just nicely started." t f MissBentley Asks s to Talk WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -(ff) Elizabeth Bentley, avowed former red spy, tonight appealed by radio and television to American com munists to come forward and tell what they know. t Her address was beamed by CBS over both its television and AM radio' networks. -. Tf you were taken in as I was, how's the time to come for ward and do something about it," Miss Bentley said. She has been telling her storr of wartim pionage activities in congressional jnvesuganons. ,000 Farm Br Lmi L. Madsea Farm Editor, The Statesman , ' -' Manager Leo Spltzbart reports that nearly three cmarters of a million dollars in farm machinery would be om display during the Oregon state fair in Salem, Sep tember 6 to 12. ; r?. . This will be the largest farm machinery display in the history of ' the exposition, i It will cover completely an area' equal to two city blocks plus the farm ma chinery shed, a building 570 feet long, j . a - - ' . George Challenger, Vancouver, B. C. has been named judge of all Jersey classes at the fair. Oth er dairy, cattle Judges include D. L. ! Foury, Moscow, Idaho, . . and Charles Hart, Filer, Idaho. Proud winners of blue ribbons at the livestock show will have plenty of time this year to' dis play their exposition laurels. Man ager Leo Spitzbart is hopufg to have all judging in the open live stock classes , done during the fair's first two days. Judging will begin promptly at 0 ajn. Monday. More, pigs with the new look than ever before will be on ex hibit, reports Edwin; Bidder of Sherwood, the fair's swine depart ment superintendent. . Blackberry $750 Exhibit Planned for Stat Time was when hug hogs ware claimed $6,000,000,000 of savings . was achieved over "reckless and sometimes demagogic resistance." "And," he added. This does not include the rejection of the president $20,000,000,000 high living, vote-luring political rec ommendations. . Barkley contended tnat con gress actually pared the admin istration s spending requests dur ing the second and the extra ses sions of the 80th congress by $1, 309,000,000. More than offsetting .this, he said, supplemental ap propriations and authorizations amounting to an additional $1, 821,000,000 will be required be fore next June 30. St. Paul Girl ToReipias Flaxaria Queen By Lillle L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman MT. ANGEL, Aug. 17. Mary Jane Gleelan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E Gleelan of St PauL was named Queen of Flax aria tonight when a crowd of 2,000 people awaited the final count as they watched the out door program at the reviewing stand at the city haQ grounds. Walter Smith was master of cere monies. Regina Trager. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Traeger, ML Angel, will be crown princess, with Rita Dreshcer of Monitor, Marilyn Myers of Salem and Bette Twito of Woodburn completing the Appearing In the amateur hour were the Dummer family orches-1 tra; Mary J. Bolmeier in a song, accompanied by Bill Bolmeier, Silverton: Janet Telfer. Lois Shep- herd and Hubert Aspinall, MtJlar enterprises in Boise -and Salt fAngeL in a vocal trio; Jeanne Woest, Yakima, solos; A. Per- Gallagher and the Best Feral kins in slight of hand tricks, and izer company of Oakland, Calif., Maurice Hammer as a story teller, in the recent successful effort to Dr. J. E. Harmond of Corvallis showed slides on the progress of the flax industry. The coronation ceremonies and queen's ball Friday night at 81 o'clock will lead off the tenth celebration of Oregon's flax fes-1 tivaL This will be held in a new setting this year on the state con structed playgrounds. (Additional Details on Page 2.) Bear Fails to Show Gratitude ST. HELENS, Ore., Aug. 17HS3) Jessica Longston, newspaper pub lisher and radio station operator, narrowly escaped Injury from an infuriated bear during a pet par ade here. Her newspaper, the Sentinel Mist, sponsored the parade. One of the entrants was sv pet bear, en tered by Master Larry Brook. As the bear rode through the long parade in a wheelbarrow, dogs yapped at it When Miss Longston was awarding Larry a prize, the animal took a swing at her. ouc i ujiuua uu was ripped. But she was unhurt. She lost her nylons and her skirt Czech -Athletes to Stay on West Side Of Iron Curtain TVnrtW In It -IK- T, I self-exiled Czechslovaklan Olym pic swimmers reported today they have been granted permission of iTV ;T;v,ny the British government to remain indefinitely in TftigiawH, They, were among eight Czech and Hungarian competitors in the recent Olympics who had indi cated their intention of not re turning to "their homelands, Both swimmers Jirl LInhart and Jirl Xolar, mechanical en gineering students from Prague university said they hoped to go to Canada. Machinery eFair -I characteristic of fair's swine ex hibits. Bidder points out. But that day has passed, he adds, explain ing that hogs that slaughter from 200 to 240 pounds now hold top favor. Known as the intermediate type, I we smaiier nogs ao not iook as l impoBing, dui more imponani ior day, consumer market. th 200 j iuu men 1101117 in reiaom to in. W yVUlMi demand. - www uw Entries In the Comhined CUlinarV I and textile divisions are being re- ceived dairy. The new division is expected to be the largest -ever held witn premiums more tnan i tripled over last year. Daily frozen food demonstrations and afternoon organ concerts are new features of the homemakers department under the. supervission of Mrs. Anne Hunt McKennon of Salem. There will be -co flies on his fair, Leo Spitzbart claims. All livestock areas are being sprayed with DDT and the same treatment wUl be applied on some, of th. wuicr yuuuui a wen. At picscni a large crew ei-painters is busy applying final touches to the fair's principal buildings. The entire livestock area and the fair's res taurant row will be sprayed with DDT prior to the exposition's opening. - - . IJUmT-EIGHTH YEAH A Fertiliser Plants In erger By WendeU Webb Managing Editor, The Statesman The multl-nullion-dollar mer-1 ger of fertilizer interests' in Sa lem, Boise and Salt Lake City, with a combined capacity design ed to fill the fertilizing need of farmers throughout the north west, 1 appeared a reality today. A Houston, Tex, plant also fig ures In the deaL In a telephonic conversation with The Oregon Statesman last night, J. O. Gallagher of Seattle, president of the Columbia Metals fertilizer firm operating in No th Salem, confirmed reports that he and an unnamed partner had pur chased outright the $5,000,000 Sa lem plant which was built for the government during the war to produce alumina from clay, -Metxrer Vice President Gallagher also " disclosed that Arch W. Metzger, manager of the Salem plant, had been named vice president of the new 'firm, the , name of which will remain un changed. Metzger is to stay in Salem. Headquarters will remam in Seattle, with Gallagher as pre-v sident. While Gallagher said he was not I at liberty to divulge the name of I his new partner, it -was believed he is J. R. Simplot, head of simi- Lake City, who joined forces with obtain raw material or fertilizer production. Nashner In Salt Lake City It was known, too, that Sidney Nashner, superintendent of the Columbia Metals plant in Salem, aiready was in Salt Lake City to aid in the rehabilitation Of the Simplot plant there. I Gallagher said his firm already was developing a new plant at Houston, with a capacity (100,000 tons of fertilizer a year) equal or larger than the Salem operation. Production of fertilizer-in Salem ceased last February 29 when it no longer was possible to obtain sm!iyi!?ftrU3 aumaonia, essential raw material. Gallagher said resump-1 they waited to pay their last hom tion of operations, employing 150 age to the baseball idol who lay men, was expectea wumn iu aays or two weeks as a result ei con-1 gressionai acnon requiring xne war department io racase ucu terial to the western plants. Formed t Years Age. - The Columbia Metals firm. which Gallagher and his partner U Ul now have taken over, was estab- lished eight years ago by 23 stock holders including Clarence Mar tin, former governor of Washing ton; Erie Johnson of Spokane, for mer president of the United States CBamber of Commerce; E. B. Mac- Vauchton nresident of the First I JSSSaTnkf Portland Sd niM(hp of Tha Ornnli! Taw. rmea AmnM Keattlo hantrr and I rni.riM ni KMttia. umriHM dealer I Tha i Ka1n nlant whleh fa nart I of the new set-up was built by the Chemical Construction com- pany for the Reconstruction Fi- j. nri iauw iaw.uuu, uuxtu yi War n. It was designed to produce alumina. from clay, to aid in step- pins; up me prooucuon ox auumm- um which fell off sharply when I rciUm starts i It had barely started produc- mntimiMl hut a few week a. ; I Work f crodudnf fertilizer. I started subseouently. was inter - U rtmtA Keverai tiniM li ravern. I ment directives, but Columbia Me- j tab corporation which took over nis reiiei cnecju h operation after-Chemical Construe- Chief of Police CalvuvH- Balrd tion had completed the building, said Elmer Jesse iMoser admitted finally obtained a lease from the that he beat and ' robbed Willis war assets administration. . Moffitt, 80, and left him uncon Then, six weeks ago, the govern- scious in a Roseburg alley last ment sold the plant outright to Friday night: Moffitt died Sat Gallagher's firm. His . first bid urday in a Eugene hospital;, Sun thn wu 1510 000 but Gallaeher day both Moser and his wife were told The Statesman last night that actual nutphiia nriee was nearer I Sl.OOO.OOO. The slant ia estimated J to hava east in neeu of 15.000.- 000 originally. ; Ceamends Assistance " Oaliavher naid hieh tribute to I Sent. Wane Morse and Guv Cor- I don, as well as to Clay Cochran, I manager of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, for their successrul tnonia diverted td the coast for the I mrnrm h.ir nhifmiii am nunmirniTa OI XCTHII7f r. Metzger said last night was was I Viantv n nmo!n fn jSalm and that he believed the com- party's new set-up would enable the production of more fertilizer than heretofore would have-been i rmKfhi t i f j , Y7eatlier . Max. . Mliu. Precip. .72 St trace .79 SO , .03 . 69 87 trace . so - SO , Jtl . 7S 64 ; , M Salem Portland San Franeiaco Chlcaro N fork roCAST itrxsm U.S. weather bu- 5 Ki" cloudy. Uui arternoon ana evening. Widely scattered showers. Htgti today I ncir 7S. low tonifht near S2. Condi-1 SAXXBf rxiClPITATlOV (rroat Sept. 1 U Aug. II) This Tear 4U1 Last Year SS.U , Average . - 47 JU 12 PACTS DiniOTniaaoiiDsfe Widow Dies UVALDE. Tex Aag. 17-PHOrs. . John Nance Garner, pictured at the : time her husband was vice president i the 1930s, died here this afternoon" f '. Parkinson's disease. She had been confined te a wheel chair far the past year.' Garner frequently re f erred to her as "my right hand.1 50,000 Pass By Casket of Baseball Idol NEW YORK. Aug. 17-CSVBabe Ruth lay tonight in the flower- I banked rotunda of Yankee sta dium for nearly seven hours while 50,000 admirers paid him tribute. So vast was he crowd that .filed around the huge ball park where I Ruth rose to fame that the sta- 1 dium doors had to be kept open several hours longer than original- I ly planned. ; j- t I f Hour after hour, live abreast. dead of cancer after a long 111 ness. wvn th. aon w.. rinsed at I nearly II n m nnlire estimated that 50,000 had walked by the candlelit bier. Last in the line was Bill Robln- I XT-.- jt.nM,i in1 lm.Hnu .. V-V w.TiT : Then the police detail on duty walked silently by. The casket was closed. But even then the public would not be, could not be ignor ed. i"0 nunarea men ana women "rived at the stadium, saying they Two hundred men and women wert on weir way.iitome irom night lODS. On orders from the Babe's wid ow, the casket was reopened and they filed past. ; , Lx ThEubllc ?llfaln abj 7w sreat, home run king's M1 " -nV i8,p-m- tomor- I row. ( Additional details on SDorts - - - - - v ' -mr . m m Mail ACCUSeCl OI Killing Companion I? Roll of CUetAr - f ' Is ' ROSEBURG, Ore- Aug. YlMlPi - A S7-yearHBld man was accused here today of beating his aged drinking companion to death for arrestea on curinxenness cnargea. He was convicted and sentencea to "30 days in jaiL Mrs. Moser Pleaded innocent and bond was i set at $100. She was not impli- Icated in the Friday night affair. The Mosers have five children. Chief Blair said bloodstains were found on the clothing of both laxoser ana wmie. Blan - RIad Lead. BraSS mm m m' - n m . Uline uiierea ior oaic PORTLAND, Aug. K.-iflVTbe army engineers today offered for sale a man-made lead and brass - mine - near . x-waieuo, acuu - -COL o. e. waisn said toe "mine lis in a ridge used for target prac- Itice durtag the war-trainin .pro- Portland, Sets Itecord PORTLAND. Aug. 17-GP)-Rain- fall here was one inch in a 24- nour perUMl encung ai noon iuuj, y,iermmi tnr anv An mitt lav since 1900. The weather bureau said the 12 inches of rain so far in Aug ust has more than doubled the 'August normal of .64 of an Inch, : f - s . , : . X Thm Orvcon Slcrtearacm. Solam, Or0on. neaniiiiacK i Gaims White, r Ex-FDR Aide X Henry Wallace Blames Committee for Death FTTZ WILLIAM, N. It, Aug.' 17. -(AVHarry Dexter White, So, for mer assistant secretary of the U. S. treasury, who last week denied he was a member of an ."elite" group in the. communist apparatus in Washington, died yesterday at his suinmer home. - A heart attack,' suffered Satur day, only a few hours after his re turn from Washington, caused his death. Dr. George S. Emerson said. White testified before the house unAmerican activities committee that the accusations of Miss Eliz abeth T. .Bentley were "unquali fiedly false Miss Bentley had testified July 31 that through White's high trea sury position, he had helped com munist agents by pushing certain government employes toward key positions where they would have access to secret information. ; Monetary Expert Before he became assistant sec retary of the U. S. treasury. White was a department monetary ex pert for a dozen years. The $2,000,000,000 currency sta bilization fund was under his man agement. White's monetary proposals were the foundation for the internation al monetary fund and the inter, national bank created by the Un ited Nations financial and mone tary conference at Bretton Woods, N. H, in 1944. Drafted Flan far Germany White also had a hand in draft ing the so-called "Morgenthau plan" for dealing with post-war Germany, which eventually was written off by American policy makers as economically impracti cal. -.-:- j . . NEW YORK. Aug. 17VHen- ry Wallace said tonight that Har ry D. White, former assistant sec retary of the treasury, died a victim of the un-American Thom as committee. The progressive partys presL, dential candidate, reviewing the career of the new deal figure who died yesterday, called White "one of the most brilliant monetary ec onomists in the world." -In 1947. Wallace said. Mr. White resigned from government service because of ill health. WItch-Hnnf Claimed "But his many years of devoted duty and his bad heart did not stop the Thomas committee from putting him through a gruelling witch-hunting 72-page cross ex amination only four days ago. -When Mr. White privately ex plained to Chairman- Thomas (Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, chair man of the house unAmerican ac tivities committee) that his bad heart could not stand too much strain without rest periods. Mr. Thomas snowed no concern. Wallace added that the New Jer sey republican congressman : "in stead made snide jokes concerning the witness condition." W. E. (Dan) Burns Dies in Portland PORTLAND, Aug. 17-flVWal- ter Elliot TDan) Bums, 69, ! who pioneered the automotive supply industry in Oregon, died at his home here tonight. Ht had been ill for over a 'year. Prior -to establishing the ; auto supply business in Salem, he was civil engineer for the Southern Pacific, railroad and built numer ous bridges. He was a 33d degree Mason, a Shriner and a former member, of the Salem Chenians and Rotary club. - ' v. - Highway (mmission Asks for Extra Space in Office Building Even the ' five-story state of flee building now under construc tion at Court and Capitol streets will not solve the space shortages for. state offices. . Secretary - of State Earl T, Newbry said Tues day. As a result, it appears the state highway, commission will be re quired to erect an office building, although ; commission - . members told the state .board of control yesterday they would prefer to spend the -approximately si,ouu, 000 on Oregon highways, i T. R. Banfield of Portland and Ben Chandler of Coos Bay, mem bers of the highway commission, appeared, before the board to see if additional space could oe maae available to highway department offices which are now included in the present Court street state office building. The board of control In ' other business Tuesday directed a call for bids On a $248,000 addition to the nurses' home at .Last era Oregon State hospital, Pendleton. Wadneaday August 18. 1S-&3 Fa Tf Succumbs WASHINGTON, D. CL. Ave. Harry Dexter White. SC. (above) former Assistant Secretary ef the Treasary died at FlUwil liam, N XL, after belar strlckea at his heme. While had recently been aeessed by Elisabeth T. Bentley of giving lnformsttoa te communist agents. (AP Wire pheie .-'to the SUtesmaa.) Plat of Salem Subdivision Draws Protest Plat ot a proposed residential subdivision near the southwest edge of Salem drew protests from neighbors Tuesday night at the city planning and zoning commis sion's meeting and resulted In ap pointment of . committee to view the site and recommend changes in street locations. ' The area is the Fairmount View addition being developed by E. M. Larsen, Salem realtor, between Reservoir street and South River road and between the extensions of Lef elle and Luther streets, with large lots and with $20,000 build ing restrictions.' CoL P. W. Allison and W. M. Hamilton, owners of adjacent properties,, objected to the pro posed Improvement of a portion of Reservoir street for access to the addition, on the grounds of -detriment to our property" and -excessive cost" of retaining walls. Allison said the hillside where the street would run is -so steep the cows have slipped on their trails." Named to view the area, after Mel Propp, surveyor, presented the plat, were City Engineer J. H. Davis, Robert Stanley, W. W. Rosebraugh and Milton L. Meyers. i Following a public hearing which drew no remonstrances, the commission granted permission for Estella Walrath to remodel a resi dence at 438 N. 18th st. for use as a two-family' dwelling. The permit does not change the zone classification from residential X. Price of Eggs Jumps On Wholesale Market . The price of eggs jumped two cents on the wholesale market in Salem Tuesday, bringing the price to a high mark since last year. Large double A's were quoted at 73 cents and mediums at 70 cents. both at wholesale. The price increases f pattern set in Portland Poultry prices also were one cent a pound. The addition would house 43 nurses. ' l A - contract was awarded . to Viesko & Post, Salem contractors, for addition of seven bathroom units to the state hospital here, on low bid of $171,683. The addi tional units would serve 21 hos pital wards. Five bids were re ceived, the highest of "which was $184,641.- , - Another contract. Involving pur chase of a radiographic X-ray table for the student health ser vice at Oregon State college, was awarded to Eberbert X-ray Com pany, Portland, on a low bid of $13,500. The board also approved re quest to connect new building now under construction at the State School for the Deaf with the Salem water, system, and au thorized construction of sewer line extending from Falrview Home to Hillcrest School for Girls at an estimated cost of $'8, PC9. 1 . 17 slowed a this week. vp, about No. 131 lruman said Files i Hiss Claims Chamber Called George Crofeley WASHINGTON, Aug. "nUff Representatlve Nixon '(R., CsL) said tonight that Alger Hiss has identified Whittaker Chambers, his accuser In the congressional spy hearings, as a man he had known under a different name. Representative Nixon give this information to a reporter by tel ephone from New York, where" three members of the house un American activities committee said they had brought Hiss .and Chambers face to face for I the first time for purposes of identi fication. - K Nixon said Hiss testified th&i he had known Chambers, who ; r.ts accused Hiss of being part of a D re-war communist underground in Washington, as a man named George Crosier. i Chambers testified here uhfr oath that he was a commurart from 1924. to 1937. serving as a courier for the underground Jn Washington. n ! He named Hiss a one of the members of that underground. Stated Under Oath Also testifying here under Of.th. Hiss gave a directly contradictory statement. A former state jj de partment official, who now herds the Carnegie Foundation for - In ternational Peace. Hiss , said he had not known any man named. Whittaker Chambers and denied he was or Is a communist "The Impression given 1o ! the public," Nixon said, was that he (Hiss) had never known thi man at all. This Identification today Is a direct contrast with, that im pression." - ji .. li) , Nixon said Hiss told the rcm mittee members today? he i hd known Chambers under the rrnme of Crosley during the period, that Chambers claims to have known Hiss. Nixon said that Channtxrs maintained, however, . that HYtrn knew him under the communitt party name of Carl. Did Net Recall Name f I,! Chambers. Nixon said, could not recall having used the rtme of George Crosley. J i; The two men. Nixon said, were brought together at the Commo dore hotel today. The entire pur pose, he said, was to make sure there was no case of mlsfesen Identity " In advance of appear ance in public hearings by Cham bers and Hiss together, i In New York, Nixon Said : later Hiss had denied again all the sc cusations Chambers preview ly had made against him In the com mittee hearings. The two have been subpoenaed for public hear ings already scheduled to be held here August 23. i ji In Washington the committee : promised new spy disclosures, !even j as a hot dispute exploded within the committee itself. - li 1 Chairman Thomas ? promised t full focus" soon on Estill an-?3j other espionage ring" la a state- i ment to reporters. He said It in- j volves government employes and" that It obtained "vital Mnforma-! tion." He refused, details, but committee sources have hinted at reports of wartime efforts to get industrial secrets in America. , ! Concealed Infcrnation j : Thomas said President Truman has tried to conceal , rom the j public information on communist ' espionage. He said' the locked files : of the executive branch c t ' government contain the complete i story and full facts of this sordid : chapter in our history . The chairman was mum, how- ; ever, about the internal trouble el his own committee, which;! sud denly boiled up today over - an angry , member's contention thit ' someone within the committee rr it staff had rviolated : an oath" not to talk about a closed meet ing yesterday. ii COUNTY TREASURER DIFS CO R V A LLI SjAu . YlUjS- Death today claimed Mrs. uf&n B. Taylor, 70, Benton county trca- surer since 1921. Mrs. Taylor was candidate for reelection in the November general election. ; HOG PRICE SETS E.ECOHD PORTLAND. Aug. 17 -6- A new record price of $33 per hun dredweight for butcher. hegt wss set on the North Portland " live stock market today. Tien, O-0 Price la Holding On Spy Ri a r . i . , i 3 , , , . ' '' ' ' .- f . , s