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-i i I ooamibBD War nued atioo Vb'te Moniinex To Test OTP TCP LOOS By Robert E. Gangware City Editor. The Statesihaxt Several Polk county property holders plan to go to; the courts to challenge the annexation of their land to the city of Salem in last week's election. ' ' j Attorney Paul F. Burris Monday night told the Salem city council he represents jseveral businessmen with property! in tne annexed area and is preparing an injunction suit against the city. The annexation in question represents a 368-acre area sur rouding the city of West Salem and having commori river bound ary with Salem along the Wil lamette in the vicinity of the Salem-West Salem bridge. An estimated 950 persons reside in the Polk county area which voted 181 to 75 in favor of the annexation, while Salem i electorate was ap proving the i proposal. 8,522 to 2,695. I Requests Delay Burris appeared before the Sa lem council in city hall last night to request a delay in the official vote canvass until the suit gets first attention in circuit court. He advised the city to withold polic ing and other city services at least until the suit was filed. City Attorney Chris Kowitz. however .stated the city council is obligated by law to canvass the votes immediately, and the coun cil proceeded to make the canvass which confirmed the Polk annexa tion vote and the three other an nexation votes for areas east and south of Salem, all of which lost because of adverse votes in the proposed areas. To Study Lerality Burris said following the coun cil meeting that he would com plete a thorough study of all le gal questions involved before fil ing suit, possible later this month. He noted, however his principal contention would be1 that state law provides for annexation of oi municipal corporation to another but does not specifically provide for annexation of unincorporated area (such as the ; Polk county area) in cases where a river is common boundary. Burris also in dicated the suit would question the manner of conducting the elec tion and whether owners of land in the annexation ; area should have been denied a vote because they were registered in another area. (Additional council news on page 2.) ; ' . pounddd 1651 - : ' ! 98thJTegr 12 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 9. 1948 Price 5c No, 205 The papers say that many prom inent republicans are writing and ; fining on Harold E. Stassen ask ing him to head up a reorganiza tion of the republican party, along more liberal lines. "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be." Harold is thinking it over. Meantime, Governor Dewey says he will function Is a titular lead er which he failed to do during most of the period from 1940 to 1948. Another republican potential is Governor Warren of California. But he has shown no inclination to step out in- national affairs. His Job (as governor of bis fast-growing state is full-time. Personally popular, he is no crusader; and it looks as though the republicans need a man of that type. : But what about our Wayne Morse? He is in position to lead, and has shown plenty of aptitude for leading with his chin. He is on the liberal side; plenty of re publicans called mm a new dealer. He voted against the Taft-Hartley bill but be did yeoman service for the party ticket. Dewey will plough no new political furrows in the next quadrennium; will melt back into a lucrative law wjractice after his term as gov ernor. Stassen has a university to run which should crimp his style as a political leader. Morse is in the senate, has the best sounding board of any. Probably the senate and more - especially the house would be the place for republicans to begin their reconstruction job. That was where they fell down. And Morse will be in the midst of the con gressional battles, sword bared, breast bared to -ell the foes. He may be able to carve a path for the party of the future he's been saying all along the party should get back to its Lincolnesque char acter. At any rate, Morse looks safe for! reelection in 1950 unless some democrat out-Morses him. U.N. Condemns Balkan Nations' Aid to Greeks By Francis W. Carpenter PARIS, Nov.j 8-h-The political Pension Bill Ruled Unworkable in Pre serif Fo . !. r rm Neuner Clarifies Question Oregon's newly adopted old age pension plan cannot be set in mo tion without action by the state legislature, Attorney General George Neuner ruled informally Monday. The state attorney general added that he had been assured by the federal social security board thao his formal issuance of a ruling to this effect will be sufficient to guarantee payment of Decem ber pensions to current old age beneficiaries under the federal act. Neuner questioned the constitu tionality of the measure's whol ly incomplete and uncertain" pro visions for obaining revenue. He interpreted the initiative measure as authorizing but not compelling payment of pensions by board of control action in the interim be ween passage and convening of the 1949 legislature. The formal opinion will be writ- en later this week, Neuner told a conference of legislators, tax ex perts and bankers in the Marion hotel. The ruling was requested by State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott and the state welfare commission. Issue in question is the plan for Uprisings lj MANCHURIA .mlKOREA 1 S3"i viMpsn t STaruif mh(S SEOUL, Nov. North Korea 8 Pyongyang, capital, Ilaeju, Wonsan and Hamheung (under lined) are among- the cities which were scenes of uprisings in Soviet occupied Korea, offi cials of the South Korea gov ernment said. They claimed 8.000 Koreans were killed. In South Korea, violence of Red Revolution Day. was confined to Ponsonr and Yosu-Sonrhon area (underlined). AP Wire- photo Map to the Statesman.) a $50 pension for women at age 60 and men at 65, as passed by Oregon's electorate last week. The initiative measure carried no pro vision for revenue to support the plan estimated to cost up to $9,- 000,000 a month. Neuner said he wished to state his conclusion now to allay uncer- amties as to the states credit. Last week a scheduled $2,000,000 bond issue for the veterans affairs department attracted no bids. It is the further opinion of this office that this measure does not repeal or amend the present pub lic assistance laws of this state," Neuner declared. Neuner said the contain provisions is there any law which it can be act does not in itself nor otherwise by administered, l-CrfVnrl rff r I omc committee of the United Nations .M-PVT AAV. JL S. UUlVlUO acumhlT formftllv Not to Del instruction assembly formally condemned Al bania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to night for aiding Greek Guerrillas and violating the U.N. charter. 4 ine condemnation was backed I YYflf tniPtiritl by 47 of the 58 committee mem taken so far bv anv U.N. bodv Approxima teiy szuo.ooo oi against the three Soviet statellites. school construction already un- Russia and other members of the derway in Salem would continue Soviet bloc refused to vote. even if no buyers appear today The committee's action was on xor scnooi aistnct Z4 s si,suu,uuu Pne crucial paragraph of a resolu- oona issue, JLnsxncx t;ierx . t;. tion -put up by the United States wara said Monday. However, France, Britain and China. The work on any further additions entire resolution still must be vot woiua prvuauiy oe postponeu. ea on tomorrow, but its passage The bids, if any appear, are to was forecast by tonight s ballot. be opened tonight at 7:30 at the Bitter words flew in the noisy school board meeting. Whether any committee meeting where the bids would be made was question- chairman, Premier Paul Henri ed following last week's election, Spaak of Belgium, angrily accus In which a state old age pension was approved and a deficit-relieving transfer of funds rejected. Later in the week $2,000,000 of I state veterans' bonds received no bids, underlining the state's un settled financial situation. The board is open to bids on a Farrish junior high school eddi ed the Soviet i bloc of "systemati cally sabotaging" the Balkans de bate. ! Elsewhere in the U.N.: 1. The security council was call ed to meet tomorrow on Palestine Dr. Ralph Bnnche, acting U.N. mediator, said in a statement nei ther he nor his chief of staff, Brig. Hon tonight, but it is expected J Gen. William i E. Riley, had told this work will be postponed if the bonds are not purchased. Addition of one classroom at Middle Grove school has been completed, while construction is progressing on six rooms at Bush and eight at West Salem. The building program and bond Issue were authorized by school voters last spring. GENEVIEVE TAGGARD DIES NEW YORK, Nov. 8-(P-Gene-Tieve Taggard, 54, poetess, bio- grapher and teacher, died today. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH four Arab countries their position in Palestine was hopeless. Bunche was commenting on weekend press reports which quoted American delegation sources. 2. John Foster Dulles, republi can member of the U.S. delega tion, said President Truman had encouraged him to remain as a delegate despite the defeat of Gov. Thomas JL Dewey. 3. The assembly s social com mittee voted 17 to 16 in favor of equal rights for men and women at the dissolution of marriage as well as during marriage. Russia sponsored the proposal to make the equality apply at the termination of marriage. I Navy Closes North Atlantic Maneuvers i ; BOSTON, Nov. 8-0ip)-What the navy called Its most extensive north Atlantic maneuvers were climaxed today by an "invasion" of Newfoundland by units of the second fleet, j The theoretical landing was ac complished, according to reports received by the navy here, despite strong submarine "attacks" on the 100-ship fleet! ; - I Weather SALEM Portland San Francisco Chicago New York Max. Min. Preclp. 51 ZS .M 52 31 J00 ..64 S2- .00 57 36 .00 ...61 J0O J fet. S. weather bur- "Boy. UUitbovt a strong solution!" Willamette riyer Forecast I from U eau. McNary field. Salem): Fair today and tonight with the high near M and low xomgnt near zs. SALEM PRECIPITATION (From Sept. to Nov. ) This Year ' Last Year Average pending subsequent legislative en actment. Two proposals were suggested at the conference: A mandamus proceeding in the state supreme court was suggest ed to compel the state board of control to issue certificates of in debtedness as provided in the act pending in the next legislative session. Neuner said a mandamus proceeding would expedite a con clusion and place the attorney gen eral's office in a position to at tack the act in making a defense . The other proposal Involved a suit for a declaratory judgment to determine whether the act is constitutional. County Court to Pick Senator In December Appointment of a successor to the senate post of (governor-elect Douglas McKay will not take place until about mid -December. Mar ion County Judge Grant Murphy said today. Judge Murphy will leave Fri day for Oklahoma City, Okla., where he will attend a three-day conference of the National Recla mation congress. He will return December 5. A delegation of berry growers from Woodburn called on the court Monday to endorse H. R. (Farmer) Jones as a candidate for the senate vacancy. They included Ia. M. Erickson, C. T. Sweaney, E. J. Gilles, Joseph Aicher and Hen ry Schapelle. Jones' name was added to a growing list of candi dates recommended to the court. Armistice Day Plans Include Talks, Parade Speeches, a parade, open house at" veterans groups and a football game will feature Salem's ob servance of Armistice Thursday, according to General Chairman John TeSelle A new feature this year Is to be a football game Thursday af teraoon between teams of Sacred Heart academy and Salem college and academy. The game will be played at dinger field, sponsor ed by American Legion, Capital post 9. The annual parade through downtown streets is slated to leave Marion square at 10:30 a.m. It will proceed south on Commercial street to State street, east on State street to Church street, north on Church street to Court street, west on Court street to High street and south on High street to the Amer ican War Mothers monument on the courthouse grounds. If it rains the parade will pause at the monument briefly and then continue on to the armory for the ceremonies. The program will include invo cation by the Rev. George Swift, deposit of wreaths on the monu ment and the main address by the Rev. P. M. Blenkenshop of Tigard, past state chaplain of the Amer ican Legion. Master of ceremon ies is Charles Huggins, coipmand er of post 9. Open house for veterans will be held Thursday afternoon and night at Legion hall on South Commer cial street and at Veterans of For eign Wars hall at Hood and North Church streets. - (Additional details page 2) One More Payment Possible Hope that old age assistance checks to about 1,500 Marion coun ty oldsters would be forthcoming for at least December was express ed Monday by Marion County Judge Grant Murphy. J. "After December 31, however, I can't vouch for anything," the judge said. "Marion county's cur rent quarterly payment of $56,401 to the state welfare department has been made and will carry through December 31." This amount. Judge Murphy said, is for old age and general assistance and for aid to depend ent children and the blind. It rep resents the county's share of the state-federal-county welfare fund. Meanwhile Marion Bowen, ad ministrator of the Marion county welfare department, said her of ! fice has been received numerous requests from old people, since the election, desirous of signing up "for the new pension plan." Miss Bowen points out that her office is not taking applications for the newly-voted program and I that her office is in no way con nected wth administration of the plan. j In the matter of established as sistance to the aged, Miss Bowen said that next month's checks are due out on December 1. .This county, she said, has, a budget of $68,750 for December for old, age assistance. "We have received no word from the state welfare office," she said Monday. "We assume the Decem ber checks wjll be out on time We hope so. About 60 . per cent of the recipients of old'age assistance in Marion, county would be in very dire need if their aid is cut off. PamraeN Tlhomas DmidlSct'edl i 77 GraDi: to CuOuOe odd Eisler Appeal To Test House Group Action 6 New 3Iercury Arcs To Light Silverton SILVERTON, Nov. 8 Some of Silverton's new mercury arc lights will go on this week, probably Tuesday night, S. Parzy Rose, lo cal manager of the Portland Gneral Electric office, said Mon day. Most of the lights will be turned on now as they are being placed with about one dozen in place Monday. Formal turning of the lights will be done later at a ceremony to be arranged- by the city council and the light company. Lower Tides Ease Crisis for Isolated Coast Community TILLAMOOK. Ore,, Nov. 8 -JP) Lower tides have eased the iso lated situation of Oceanbay com munity at the end of Tillamook bay peninsula. The gaps torn across the narrow neck of land in last week's Pacific coastal storm are under water at high tide but only a few waves splash over the sectors at low tide. Road crews are attempting to restore a gravel road to the fam ilies. Tillamook Curity Engineer W. E. Anderson reported a tern porary seawall may be built on the ocean side of the roadway as a protection against new wash outs. - '- The families are still getting water through a fire hose linking pipes torn away by the ocean. Food is moving in by boats. Some eighty residents of the area were isolated by the storm battering the Oregon coast for three days last week. Hope Wastes for Safety Of Plane Passesngers SEATTLE, Nov. MAir and surface craft ended their fifth day of futile searching for three planes which vanished in the north Pa cific area with 38 crewmen and passengers aboard. Hope stirred at midday when faint radio signals were picked up by four Alaska and west coast sta tions was quickly discouraged by the navy. COMMODITY PRICE UP CHICAGO; Nov. 8 -HJP)- An ad vance in most farm commodities today left prices with modest gains compared with a week ago, the day before the upset election vic tory of President Truman. 1 By W. H. Mobley WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 - (JPf The supreme court ruling on the question whether the house com mittee on un-American activities overstepped the bounds of consti tutionality in its drive against communists was virtually assured today. The high tribunal agreed to consider an appeal from Gerhard Eisler.alleged "No. 1 communist" in the United States. He was con victed of contempt of congress and sentenced to jail for alleged failure to answer questions about his communist connections. The court also agreed to review another major case involving the constitutionality of the Taft-Hartley law's requirement that union officers must file non-communist affidavits if they wish to use the facilities of the national labor re lations board. The court refused for the time being to hear from John Howard Lawson, Hollywood writer con victed of contempt for refusal to tell the committee whether , he ever had been a communist, but left the door of appeal open for him later. It kept on its pending list a renewed petition from 11 leaders of the joint 'anti-fascist refugee committee, convicted of contempt for withholding refugee commit tee records subpoenaed by the house group. The 11 had been denied a review last June. The Eisler, Lawson and anti fascist committee cases involve parallel attacks in the whole con stitutional basis of the un American activities committee's procedure. The, Lawson and Eis ler cases both involve much the same issue whether the commit tee can compel witnesses to an swer questions about communist connections. Turnabout :kA ' lit- I I tSfS2&l ,A; Vs- - jt' - - . ' '' ' . ' J. .n ; 17'' I in' in rii' i' ' In 'mmttimmiM!mmatrWnM WASHINGTON, Nor. 8 Rrp. J. Parnell Thomas (above iot New Jersey, chairman of the bouse en-American activities com mittee, was Indicted in Wash ington today on charges of con spiring to pad the payroll of his congressional office. Thomas was re-elected in the last elec tion. However, be will lose his chairmanship when the demo crat take ever the control of congress. (AP Wlrepbote to the Statesman.) ; . Forest Fires Drive 1,500 Calif ornians From Their Homes SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. Forest fires whipped by gales drove nearly 1,500 persons from their homes in the Santa Ana mountain communities of Silver ado and Modjeska Canyons today Once removed from danger ,the residents later were forbidden by fire fighting officials to re-enter Silverado Canyon to get personal belongings, les they be trapped Silverado and Modjeska are box canyons in which roadways dead end in the mountains, creating true fire traps. Lt. Carl Pryor of the Orange county sheriffs office said there were about 300 families in each of the Silverado and Modjeska settlements, or 1,200 to 1,500 per sons 'evacuated in all. Several hundred dwelling places were threatened. PAETY STRENGTH SEEN WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 Secretary of Labor Tobm pre dicted today that if President Truman can achieve his new deal program, the democratic party will be stronger in 1952 than al any time in the past half century Three Billion Dollar Northwest River Program Will Be Considered at Portland RJeet Tomorrow PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. S-UPl-A three-billion-dollar harness for the Columbia river was recommended here by the army engineers. The plan of control - - for floods. power, navigation ana irrigation -would- reach into nve -acuic northwest states. It would add 6,000,000 kilowatts of power for the northwest's pow er-short industries, virtually end the threat of floods, put nearly 800 square miles of new land into food production and extend navigation to 500 miles from the sea. This vast, years-long program will be aired officially Wednes day at a public meeting of the Co lumbia basin inter-agency com mittee here. CoL Theron D. Weaver, north Pacific division engineer, said this is the plan, to be outlined in detail at the meeting: Construct immediately seven new dams at a cost of $1,699,671,- 000; Construct levees, flood walls and bank protection along the low er Columbia river at a federal cost of $30,501,000 and local cost of $13,493,000; Improve river channels and harbors at a cost of $3,650,000; Install power units in existing and authorized downstream plants at a cost of $53,848,000; : Build: transmission lines to link the power units of the entire sys tem at a cost of $462,669,000; Build dams and bank protections in western Oregon's Willamette valley at a federal cost of $390, 746,000 and local cost of $41,141, 000; i Spend $29,155,000 federal and $2,072,000 local money on local sub-basin flood protections and improvements; Rehabilitate the lower Colum bia salmon runs at a cost of $20, 000,000; Construct a series of irrigation projects at s cost of $273,324,000. The total cost --at January, 1948 construction prices - - is $3,- 030,475,000. Today s recommendations, CoL Weaver said, are the result of five-year study by the corps of en gineers co-operating with the bu reau of reclamation, end the U.S. fish and wildlife service, in revis ing s 1932 study of the Columbia basin's potential. Because the dams would cost nearly twice the amount current when Bonneville and Grand Cou lee were built, power would have to be sold at a higher price to re imburse the government. Even at present construction prices, the report says, the power could be delivered wholesale at $21 a kilo watt year - - far lower than in oth er regions. The present Bonne ville rate is $17.50. , The multiple-purpose dams rec ommended and their tost include: Hell's'canyon, Snake Iriver, Idaho and Oregon, $342,076,000; John Day. Columbia river. Oregon and W a s h i n g t on, $379,826,000; TheJ Dalles, Columbia river, Oregon and Washington, $286,286,000. All of the dams would have pow er units. Buraau of reclamation irrigation projects recommended include The Dalles west unit in Oregon. Since congress usually requires irrigation projects to be self-liquidating. Col. Weaver suggests with out recommendation that costs, in excess of what farmers can pay, can be met by adding 60 cents a kilowatt year to the power cost. Two other compensation recom mendations are made: Where dams cause tax losses to local govern ments, annual payments be made to the state or' states; where Indi ans' traditional fishing grounds are flooded, other fishing grounds be given them or other compen sation made. The modified Willamette valley plan, calling for 20 multiple-purpose dams of which five are built or under construction, bank pro tection and reconstruction of the Willamette falls locks, was an nounced several months sgo. Wea ver said it would cut flood dam age in the ncn uregon xanning valley by 85 per cent. Heroic Rescue Saves Driver FromFkmes An heroic rescue by an off-dutx city policman was credited with" saving the life of a badly injured man trapped in the flaming cab of his truck following a spectacu lar collision and gasoline explo sion Monday afternoon in north east Salem. The accident occurred about 1:20 p.m. at Silverton road and Lancaster drive. State- police said a light, convertible coupe driven by John LaGrander of Drain was headed north on Lancaster drive, apparently failed to stop at the intersection stop sign, and crash ed into the cab of the truck driven by Richard O. Brown, 1140 N. Capitol st. Brown's truck, headed west on Silverton road, went out of con trol after the impact and dragged the coupe 110 feet down the road way. Both vehicles caught fire af ter the impact and Brown was trapped in the cab of the blazing truck. LaGrander and his passen ger, Samuel J, Lindley, Harper, was thrown from their auto: - Salem police officer, Don White, in a nearby store shopping, heard the crash and rushed to the scene. Despite intense heat and danger of another explosion White pried open the cab door and pulled Brown to safety,- suffering burns of the hands and face in making the rescue. Brown was taken to Salem Gen eral hospital suffering third-de gree burns of the face, hands and chest. His condition was reported serious. LaGrander and Lindley, both soldiers at McChord field near Ta coma, were in the same hospital suffering burns and lacerations. Both were reported in saiisiaciory condition. Salem firemen called to the scene oattiea me nres xor more than 30 minutes, but the truck and the car were completed destroy ed. The firemen were able to save the capsized load of logs which also caught fire from the explod ing gasoline. G2edP qjaoD ! i . Pay 4Kickback' Charge Faces r Congressman ; WASHINGTON,, Nov. tJPA eaerai urand Jury today indicted ep. j. v arnell Thomas (R-NJ for alleged conspiracy to pad his congressional office payrolls by setting up a list of "fictitious? employees. ' . . l -The 53-year-old New Jersey legislator, who was re-elected in last Tuesday's election, is the rei tiring chairman of the House corai mittee on Un-American; activities. coun oinciais said that if coni victed on aU charges, Thoma would face a possible maximum sentence of 32 years In prisoni $40,000 in fines or both. 7 Congressional authorities -agreed, however, that his statu a a memoer oi tne House would be left entirely to the decision cf that body. The House is the judgf of the qualification of its cwij members. ' I . ! )' I The jury also Indicted Thorns former secretary, i Miss ' Helen Campbell, on charges that; she Joined with the lawmaker In th aucgeu conspiracy, involving ac cusations of salary 'kickbacks.? The plot, the jury said, was "t$ defraud the United States of its money and property" over a five, year period from Jan. 1, 1940, to jan. ju, i43. - f ji Miss j Campbell was ; accused only of conspiracy. Thomas was accused of conspiracy end Slbo of committing 24 "overt sets" in fil ing allegedly false claims fjr payment against the government, i U. S.I District Attorney George Morris Pay told newsmen that the trial, under normal procedure, would not begin before January. He said Thomas is scheduled to appear Nov. 16 for arraignment At his- home in AllendaJe, N. J Thomas told a reporter he hd "nothinj to say at this, moment1 about the charges, but might have a statement later. Thomas hnrf rl fused to! testify before the Grand Jury after first demanding the right. t ' Mi I. .Thomas said later in a tele4 phone interview that , there wni t "absolutely not truth" reDorte head in state republican circles itjj irenton tnat tne congressmar planned :to resign. The indictment specifically cited 10 checks totalling $1,698.37 paic Dy tne igovemment for services which it ''said were never r Der lormea Reckless Pilot's Wings Clipped A plea of guilty to charges of operating an airplane recklessly brought a suspended $100 fine to Marvin ILHarper of Aumsville in Marion county district court Mon day morning. The court ordered him grounded for 90 days. ' Harper, 1 who crash-landed a PiDer cub plane Into a field near Aumsville last month, was hailed into court on 'a complaint signed by C, W. Nelson of the state board; of aeronautics. Moe Freezing jrreuieiea ior ValleyjAreas lemperatures in the Wluamett J valley were expected to bit nevf lows for j the fall season early this morning ii me northwest col wave continue. I - The UJ5. weather bureau, a the thermometer would probably dive to' 24 degrees about 4 a m, eclipsing by one point the 29 tit greej recorded early Mondtf moroiingJ The Monday morning low was thej coldest temperature ref corded at Salem since 21 degrees last February 21, , j A slightly warmer 28 dej?reep was forefast for tonight and Wedf nesday morning. The thermometer at the U. jS. weather bureau" a McNary j field read 29 degree at 12:30 this morning. . Temperatures throughout i t n e state dropped below freezing Mont day night. Minimums recorded Monday night and Tuesday momt ing included: Chemult, 6 degree: LaGrande, UO; Baker, 11; L&kf view, 15; Redmond. 14: Burns. 14; Pendleton, 26; "Portland,1 31; Medi. ford, 23 i Eugene, 27; Ontario, 22; Klamath Falls, 211 Roseburg, 26- and Newport 33. , j QUICKIES t t, ft. mm "Darn Interesting, .those dreamt ef'AlTtn's always about Statesman Want Ads!" i Ul . U.6S JTt