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1 - i Y-mamem iS Dim dl (DsdDDs $12 Million Dam on Deschutes PJanhed Fishing Interests to Combat Proposal Announcement of plans to con- tract a $12,000,000 hydroelectric Eroject on the Deschutes river rought a new flood of protests from northwest commercial and sports fishermen Thursday.. Application for a preliminary permit for the project was filed at Salem Thursday by the Northwest Power Supply company. The company filed articles aC Incorporation in Salem listing General Thomas M. Robins, direc tor of construction on Bonneville dam, as president; Howard W. Turner, Madras, vice-president, nd Hillman Lueddemann, Port land, secretary-treasurer. The proposal threatened to set off a major .battle in the state legislature . between power and fishing interests. The fish commis sion hasualready introduced a bill Mouse Declines to evise """ The Oregon legislature apparently is hesitant to start tampering with the state's liquor (Knox) control law. The house Thursday, after its first floor1 debate of the session, killed a measure by Rep. Joseph Harvey of Portland which sought to prohibit minors from" places serving alcoholic beverages, f The almost unanimous rejection of the bill followed fa comment DIP 0H3DjQ0 mDno E Probably only those familiar with the labor movement will catch the importance of the walk out of American, British and Dutch members of the executive board of the World Federation of Trade Unions-at its meeting in Paris Wednesday. It means a cleavage in this organization be tween east and west along politi cal lines.. James B. Carey, secre tary - treasurer of the CIO and American representative on the j board put it in this way: j "The WFTU has ceased to ex ist as a democratic world trade union organization. I can state that the CIO is no longer affiliat ed with the WFTU and considers that the WFTU no longer exists." The AF of L never did affiliate witk the WFTU and has been urg Ing the CIO to withdraw. It is an ticipated that the action of trade unionists of the three countries mentioned will be followed by Kimilar dissociation with the fed eration by trade unions in other western nations except those tnai are communist - dominated. The immediate rock on which the WFTU split was the Marshall plan; the deeper cause was the failure of its secretariat to heed the warning of Sir Walter Citrine, prominent British unionist, who at T ... a; . 1 1AJI Its organization meeung m urged that the federation not un dertake to become a "political In ternationale." The federation was formed in Paris in the flush of victory In Eurooe when trade unions felt that by international organization they (Continued oh editorial pfage) Business Block Burn in Truman's Home Town INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Jan. 20 OP)- President Truman's home town had one of its worst fires in its more than 100-year history today but that didn't stop its inauguration celebration. They went ahead and danced at an inaugural ball just as planned before a pre-dawn fire destroyed half block of business buildings only eight blocks from the sum mer White House. UAW DEMANDS PENSION MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20 -OP) The CIO United Auto Workers took a 'page out of John L. Lewis' book tonight and set its pension demand at SI 00 a month. Animal Crackers EV WARREN GOODRICH Tre got to go to town we'ro short of milk cans." t ! which would forbid any dam on the Deschutes Fishing groups contended such a dam would ruin a 3cey salmon spawning ground, and halt the plan for a major fish hatchery on the Metolius river which runs into the Deschutes. r "The Deschutes and the Mftolius are integral parts of the lower Co lumbia river fishing program. said Oregon's master fish warden, Arnie Suomela. "We are absolutely opposed to the power project. ! would ruin the river The proposal may evoke another battle. This, between-: public and private power. The Central Oregon People's utility district; has had an application, pending since 1941 to build a dam in the same area. (Ad ditional details and picture on page 4.) Knox Law by the Rep. J. O. Johnson of Port land, chairman of the alcohol com mittee which brought out a ma jority adverse report, that the measure merely would write into law what already was covered by regulation of the liquor commis sion, and that if such procedure were to start it would lead to many bills seeking to alter the current liquor laws. House Passes 3 Bills The senate took no final actions Thursday, but the house passed three of its own bills and sent them to the senate. One seeks to end a check-writ ing racket by making the purpose' ful writing of bad checks a felony so that the writer cannot escape merely by going across state lines. Bad checks now constitute only a misdemeanor. The other two bills would re peal the statute whereby a county boundary board can remove ter ritory from a union high school district, and -would permit a dis trict judge, instead ef a county Judge, to handle probate and Ju venile matters In Marlon, Lane and Clackamas counties when no cir cuit judge Is available. Bills Introduced 1 Eight new bills were introduced into the house, four in the senate. The house bills included those tightening the cattle-branding law, with an increased branding fee (10 to 25 cents) and a five-man com mission, and giving the fish com mission authority to control the oyster industry so as to combat the Japanese oyster drill disease. The four new senate bills In cluded those to permit the deduc tions of medical expenses in pay ing state income tax and tighten the electrical Inspection code. Brttinr Permit Asked Six bills will come up for final house action today. i They include those? giving dry counties a share of liquor reven ue, letting Multnomah; county ac quire the Columbia Pioneer cem etery, permitting pari-mutuel bet ting on quarter horse facing, tax ing gasoline sold to the military except for ships and aircraft, let ting cities have their share of high way revenues even if the back-log does not reach the f $11,000,000 heretofore required, and prohibit ing a seller from requiring a buyer to take insurance from a specific broker. i "Do Pass Report The bill nrovidin that license ! : numbers shall be issued to car I owners rather than totheir vehi- cles will come up for final house i vote Monday. A "do pass" com- j mittee report was adopted Thurs- i day but the addition of amend ments delayed bringing the meas ure to the floor. t Rep. Ralph T. Moore of Coos Bay, chairman of the house tax committee, said Thursday he was receiving several letters a week from rural residents asking adop tion of a sales tax, and there were indications at the statehouse that a new sales tax bill might be in troduced, i, Moore said it was doubtful any such measure would be given seri ous consideration, but he disclosed that close study was being given to the bill calling for ai of 1 per cent tax on gross business. The hous will resume at 9:30 a. m. tcHiav, the senate5at 10 a, m. (Additional details page 6) AUSTRIA TALKS SET FEB. 7 LONDON, Jan. 20 -6iP-All the Big Four powers now have agreed to resume here February 7 on a treaty of independence for Aus tria, a foreign office spokesman said today ? Weather Max. 3C 3M 49 27 42 Precip. trace trace .00 trace Salem . Portland ..;.. San Franeiaco 3 15 i IS i 33 Chicago New York ... 33 .00 Willamette river -.4 ot; a foot. FOR Cr: AST (from U.S.Sweather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Cloudy to partly cloudy today jarwi tonieht with occasional snow flurries. High today near, 36. Low toniRht near 24. SAI.EM PRFXIPITATIOM (Sept. 1 to Jan. 21) This Year Last Year 26-23 Average 20.66 2131 CUD - 98th Year 18 PAGES High Winds Bring Snow to-Salem Area Qiiang to Retire, Quit Nanking Soon, Officials Assert NANKING. Jan. 21 -0PV- A Chinese official source said to day that President Chiang Kai Shek had decided to retire and his departure from Nanking was expected within 41 hours. The official source, usually reliable, said that the man who has led nationalist China for more than 20 years would step down in favor of Vice President Li-Tsnng Jen. One source said the resigna tion of both Chiang and the vice president were expected. If Li resigns, under the constitution. Premier Son Fo would head the new g oveMtment. It was known that Chiang sent a delegation of high offi cials to eonver with Vice Presi dent Li, presumably over the qaesUon of Joint resignation. Secret Society Members Quit High School Withdrawal from Salem high school of 12 boys who are mem bers of Illegal secret societies was disclosed Thursday by Principal E. A. Carleton. It was the first re currence of secret society trouble here since April and May, 1947, when 20 students were expelled. The students were members of the Julius Caesars, and the Friars, believed to be the onlr two such societies remaining out of the sev eral of years ago. Of the dozen in volved, practically all withdrew Thursday, said Carleton. Eleven were seniors and one a Junior. It was understood they plan to con tinue their schooling elsewhere un til graduation. The action followed knowledge to the school administration that the boys were members and in formation to them as to a school board policy of long standing that known members of secret societies would be expelled. Principal Carleton said. "It be came evident that certain boys were members of organizations which are illegal in Oregon. When this knowledge was brought to attention, they requested permis sion to withdraw and it was grant ed." The action was "not caused by overt acts," said the principal, "but the history of such organizations has Indicated their undesirability in high schools." Names of the boys involved were not released, since their withdraw al was voluntary. Less than one half of them were on athletic squads, and no current teams are affected. 3 Planes Lock Wings, Crash Over Germany NEUIBERG, Gergany, Jan. 20-(iT")-A three plane collision killed two U.S. fighter pilots and injured a third irt a formation flight 10 miles south of this air base today. An air force spokesman said the planes, F-47S, apparently locked wings. RTRM . rRiVFT rir' RANGOON. Burma. Jan. 20- Burma's 21 -man cabinet, beset by problems from 10 months of civil war, resigned today to permit the formation of a more compact government. VFW-Sponsored $55 Million Veterans' Bonus Measure Ready for Introduction into Legislature By Ralph Watson The "Oregon state bonus act, for World War 2 veterans, sponsored bythe Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Deparement of Oregon" has come to town all done up in proper and regular form ready for introduction in the house or senate. It is a simple bill in its general terms but not so simple in its cal culations. It pro vides that any person who may have served in active duty for 90 days between Dec. 7, 1941 and Dec. 31, 1946, and who was honor ably discharged, shall be entitled to onus pay- 1. fyf mergis oi iu a month if his ser Kalph Watsoa vice was within the continental limits of the United States, and to $15 a month if he were in the for eign service outside the U. S. boundaries. The Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon, Friday. Highways In Valley Slippery High winds with gusts reach ing near 50 miles an hour whip ped a late evening snowfall Thurs day, caused several flue fires and ran interference for a storm which is expected to pile up several in ches of snow in the Salem area. The whole northwest area was catching the snow - laden storm from the north. While less than an inch of snow fell in Salem before midnight Thursday, weathermen predicted continued fall through out the night and flurries today. Salem shivered through a whole day of sub - freezing temperatures Thursday and forecasts were for more of same at least through Saturday. A minimum of 15 de grees was recorded Thursday morning at McNary field and temperatures stuck below the freezing level all day except for an hour - long period from 9:30 to 10:30 p. m. when the mercury climbed to 35,1. Below Freezing Racing winds and dry snow soon dropped temperatures below freez ing again and a low of 28 degrees was forecast for Friday morning. The mercury was due to stay low during the day, reaching a top of near 38 this afternoon. A mini mum of 24 degrees was expected Saturday morning. Slippery streets kept Salem traffic slow and sparse Thursday night, but travelers who did brave the snow clad streets and high ways were having trouble keeping vehicles on the road. City police called for senders for South Com mercial street to prevent trafflM tie-ups in that area. Snow Over Valley State police reported snow pil ing -up and drifting on strong winds east of Aumsville. Dallas was blanketed by snow. Two inch es of packed snow , was reported on highway 99E from Aurora to. Portland with continued fall in the area. Meanwhile, the northwest's cri tical power shortage was worsen ed by the return of lower temper atures. The power load went up 37.000 kilowatts Wednesday night and was expected to increase if the cold continues. Even Brookings Cold Portland had' its coldest day of the season Thursday with a 15 degree reading. Even the state's warmest city Brookings was below the freezing mark with 30 degrees. Six weeks of freezing weather is threatening stored potatoes in the Deschutes country. Frost lies 26 inches deep in some potato areas and extent of the damage will not be discovered until po tatoes are graded. Ice Thursday morning and snow Thursday night made highway travel hazardous throughout the state. Plows and sanders were op erating in the Santiam Junction area where rdside snow has reached a depth of 135 inches. Oregon City Aims AtXonsolitlatioii OREGON CTTY, Jan. 20 -(A-The Chamber o. Commerce wants a bigger city: 15,000 instead of the rrcser.t 8,( 00 population. That would le achieved by con solidating Oregon City with the nearby towns of West Linn and Gladstone- Such a merger will be the chamber's major drive this year. That gives a bonus of $600 for domestic service and $900 for over- seas service. Provision is made for $600 bonus for the "vui-remar- ried" wife or husband of a veteran killed in service, or who died as the result of servica incurred wounds or disease. After some other provisions set ting up the operating mechanics of the act, it is set out succinctly, that for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the act, "there is hereby appropriated from any funds not otherwise provided for by the state legislature the sum of $55,000,000." It is just as simple as that. Of course, somebody who might not believe in the economic theory of cash bonuses, or some legislator who might be looking for a loop hole in the financial fabric of the state, might shrug the problem to one side and advise to "go ahead and pass it as it lies" on the theory that if there should be "any funds not otherwise provided for by the legislature" by the time the ways ! and means committee gets through trying to balance the budget they POUNDBD 1651 President Truman Takes Oath of Office CM J J.A SJBSWS it WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (left) administers the oath of office to President Harry Truman here tody en platform in front of eapltoL In center holding bibles is Charles E. Cropley, clerk of the U. 8. supreme court. (AP Wirepboto to The Statesman.) Mouse Tax Committee Revives Sales Tax TaDk at Public Forum New Plan Adds Fifth Story to A considerably revised set of floor plans of the proposed new Mar Ion county courthouse, including a fifth floor, was received Thursday by the county cohort from Pietro Belluschi, Portland architect. And it was reminded that the tentative design would be extremely inappro priate unless the current legislature amends laws which now affect only Multnomah county but after the 1950 census would Include Mar ion county. Under the current laws for coun- with deri recorded and assessor, ties over 100,000 population, the I The second floor would have county court would cease to be, I f our circuit court rooms and the there would be a county commis sion, a circuit judge would be add ed. There is also the possibility that the tax department now under the sheriff might be combined with the assessor's office. One of the outstanding altera tions from former plans is the ad dition of another story, making a total of five floors and a basement. To Consider Plans The courthouse commission is to consider the plans in the near fu ture, along with a graphic portray al of a proposed exterior design submitted Wednesday by Bellus chi. The drawing, depicting a long, low main story, a smaller second story and the three top floors slightly smaller, does not indicate windows, but that does not mean the building will make such a rad ical departure from other struc tures, said the court. The architect wrote that "the plan is much more compact than any previously submittea. Sheriff in Basement The basemont would include of fices for sheriff, school superin and ; tendent, treasurer, engineer veterans' service officer, as well as 7,700 square feet of storage and,.. more than 9,900 square feet for , auto Darking. The county eourt, omitted inad vertently from an earlier plan. would be xn the main floor, along had just as well be transmuted into veterans' bonuses as to be carried over into the much discus sed "surplus." An entire unanimity of opinion does not , seem to be hovering around over this bonus question however. Some veterans of world war 1 still have an abiding me mory of the cash bonus voted by the legislature away back then, and much of which was invested in flivers instead of flats. It is out of this group of economists that the alternate suggestion comes for a veterans relief bill through the medium of a $1,000 exemption in their income taxes. So far this does not appear to have aroused many audible cheers, the sugges tion being met by the counter ar gument that the worM war II bon us hungry vets at present haven't enough income tax worries to be interested in a $1,000 exemption. What they are looking for right now is cash on the barrel head. Then, too, there is the alternate provision for a bonus bill to be financed by the sale of some $55, 000,000 of bonus bonds. That plan. bdeamtau January 21. 1949 . - A JUwfei v.. - - Courthouse law library, all of which would be of two-story height, and the jud ges' chambers. Only separate item on the third floor would be a jury dormitory. District courts, attorneys offi ces, grand Jury room and other of fices would be on the fourth floor and tha Jail on the top story. Patients Overflow Astoria Hospitals ASTORIA, Jan. 20 -(JP)- The two hospitals here are overflow ing, but no one knows Just why. There is no epidemic, and no more respiratory infections than usual, but patients suffering from miscellaneous foments have com pletely filled St Mary's hospital,' an' forctd Ci umbia hospital to set vp cots in the corridors. ICE BROKEN IN COLUMBIA THE DALLES, Jan. 20-P)-The ice nas been broken between Bonneville and The Danes, mat is by a tug pulling three barges of petroleum. The tug Winquatt of In land Navigation company, made a pathway upstream by pulling in stead of pushing the barges. it is argued would be simple and would not cost 'the taxpayer an immediate dollar. It would put the initial bite on the banks, insurance companies and others with bulging wallets, and eager for bonds, heav ing the final payoff to the ultimate consumer, including the veterans who got the bonus in the first place, to their kids, their heirs and assigns. It all sounds like a pretty balled up puzzle. Here is the budget all out of kilter to start with and no two thoughts about how to -fix it running in the same direction at the state house. There is Joe Dun ne waving his unfinanced $50 a month pension bill under the dis turbed noses of the lawmakers. There is the Knox law's fountain of Old Age Assistance getting drier and drier as the price of bourbon gets higher and higher and the size of the dollar gets smaller and smaller And now comes the vets 1 with $55,000,000 more to pile on top of the teetering load. No wonder Dean Walker has been go ing around with one shoulder high er than the other the last few days. v -rsrr N - " ii i 'immv i "mi mi i mi I No. 268 By Lester Ceur Staff Writer, The Statesman The house tax committee, in a public forum Thursday nieht. indicated It will not dip into Ore gon income tax surplus Tr.! ses sion, but hinted that a sales tax proposal may fee 4n the oiling. Five members of ; the II -man committee, where all revenue measures must originate. aave a detailed report of Oregon's finan cial problems in the public meet ing In the house chambers. Solu tions to the $38,000,000 budget deficit were few, and conversa tion inevitably centered about a sales tax. Rep. Ralph T. Moore, Coos Bay. chairman of the house tax com mittee, acted as moderator and gave the closing summary. Pre siding was Frank VanDyke, Med- ford, speaker of the house. Speakers were Reps. Lyle Thom as, Dallas; Giles French Moro; David Baum, La Grande; J. F. Short, Redmond, and Ben Day. Gold Hill. Four of the speakers agreed al most unanimously that the pub licized $50,000,000 surplus of in come and excise tax funds is not. surplus. They agreed that every penny of lucrative money will be needed to offset rising state prop erty levies for schools and gov ernmental' expenses during the next biennium. "Nuisance Measures' French, alluding to defeat of the sales tax in past elections, said Oregon voters have "refused to use all resources at hand" to finance state expenses. He said tax measures introduced this ses sion are "nuisance" measures that would raise little revenue and make people mad. Baum told the audience the $172,000,000 now on hand was not a surplus because it is all earmarked for special purposes. He predicted the state would have a $25,000,000 general fund deficit by June 30, 1951, if all requested appropriations are approved by the legislature. Day said demands on the state will increase by the year because counties and cities are gradually shifting more functions over to the state. Plan Said "Extreme Short branded recommendations by Gov. Douglas McKay and for mer Gov. John Hall to divert the income tax surplus to the general fund as "extreme." "We must have a sales tax or a strict econ omy," he observed. Thomas, author of bills to shift the surplus to the general fund, confined his remarks to explana tion of the 1949-51 budget. In closing, Moore warned that drastically increased state prop erty taxes are inevitable unless new sources of revenue are forth coming. He suggested a sales tax as an equitable levy that reaches every one rich and poor alike. Klan Wins Fight To Keep Masks ATLANTA, Jan. 20WJP-A bill to outlaw hoods and masks, eerie symbols of the Ku Klux Klan, was defeated in the Georgia house toT day after the secret order was de- fended as a "glorious symbol. Alter two nours oi siormy oe bate, the Georgia house voted 89 to 65 to postpone the measure indef initely. That killed the bill for this session of the legislature. Pries 5c Asks Aid For Need yi Peoples I By Roger D. Greene! WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 VP) - Harry S. Truman came mio nis own as 32nd president of the United States today and solemnly called for al great crusade to save I the world from communism b easing the suffering of pov erty-ridden millions. In his inaugural addr J urged the United States and7.fh.rl nations with technical know-howl w jin in raising ine standards of uvuik oi me worid'a fr- pies.' Guarantees presumably government guarantees to private investors who will do their part were a salient point in thfv program he outlined. In blunt and scornful tones, the president lashed out against com munism as a "false nhiloahh urcraer oi war. xne nation, he said, is entering a period that will be -"eventfuL ncrhan l . - r-J ive, for us and for all the world." Standing under sparkling, sun ny skies, Mr. Truman took! the oath for a new, four-year term at 12:29 p.m.. EST. be for an .esti mated crowd of 130,000 spectators massed on the capitol plaza, tl 'A few minutes earlier, Senator Alben W. Barkley. 71-year-old Kentuckian, who was born In a log cabin, had been sworn in vice president. tf Words Heard Across Land f Promptly at 12:30 p.m., whlla batteries of radio microphones carried his words out across the country and to foreign lands the one-time Missouri farm boy who became president, launched in tea fighting speech against comOiun-f freedom." - The great throng volleyed ap- Elause as Mr. Truman, pitting the lessings of democracy aealnst thm evils of red Marxism, declared! with- outthrust jaw: ? I "The American people stand! firm in the faith which has in-i spired this nation from the be-l ginning. From this faith we Willi not be moved." " I I Television Catches Action " I Television cameras caught the! dramatic . spectacle for the first time in history. Networks beamed the scene to video listeners throughout the east and as far west as the Mississippi river 3 Crackling bursts of applause greeted the president's Jnrffc-lmer.t ot comnMinlim undou L uxi ijr tud strongest pronouncement n tor? eign. policy since he took over the White House upon the death of. Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 12, -a Each time he spoke the word . communism," his voice I was! loaded with angry scorn. ft Holds War Inevitable I p "Communism," he said, "holdg i that the world is so widely djvld-; ed into opposing classes that war; "Democracy holds that ree na-t tions can settle differences justly and maintain lasting peace." j f Then he went on to propose a four-point, program of action. pledging: x 1. "Unfaltering support" to the United Nations. - i j 2. Continued aid for world' eco nomic recovery. ft Ij I. Support including military aid to bolster freedom-loving naj tions "against aggression." I M 4. A "bold new program" to hols; the world's needy areas. $ i,i This last point was the new eleJ ment in his speech. Mora (than half the world's people are mis. j crauie, poverty ivwaui, uikhv naaen, ne aiu. ?. t -i-i i : j a (Additional details on psgt 2.) Lane County! Slot Machine EUGENE, Jan. 20 -(P)-' The district attorney was considering' possible charges today rafter wholesale raids on slot machines' last night. ' it The district attorney, stale pot lice, and sheriffs officers conduc-I ted joint raids through the county last night, . confiscating 27 slo$ machines and 15 punch boards. 1 1 No one was arrested, but' Dis! trict Atttorney Ed Luekeyl laid; "appropriate charges" would be' filed. .. Private clubs began removing' slot machines, in he wake of the drive. Luckey said one of the. rai sons for the raids was to fvoid an influx of gambling interests; from Portland since that ;citys' slot machine ban. I As Near As Your Telephone j The Statesman Classified Counter is as near as your telephone. Call 2-2441 to place your ad when you have some thing to sell, want to buy something, want a Job, want a worker. i. -, jji Cost Is low; Results re big. , ' I Credit extended to all who have telephones. Fhone 2-2441 and ask for "Classified" The Oregon Statesman a I II' I . ' - If''