Coir&uinnii fttee ion Seiniatfe Opposes (Permanent (Da m License I Plates By Lester Conr SUff Writer. The Statesman Permanent car license plates were slapped down as impractical, but industrial accident benefits were given the go-ahead for a 25 per cent increase in legislative committee actions late Tuesday. Meanwhile, new bills continued to raise controversial questions, such as the one by Sen. Austin Flegel of Baker seeking to remove criminal-law enforcement from the duties of sheriffs. OtP ,SGS3IiOB Soviet Russia has had no more constant apologist aside from com munist party leaders than Anna Louise Strong. The news that she is accused in Moscow of "espion age and subversive activity direct ed against the Soviet Union" will, therefore, excite a rather satiric smile among Americans. That strong-minded Anna Strong should become a victim of the soviet sys tem is ironic. Yet a Tass broad cast reports that she is to be de ported from the USSR "in a few days." The northwest knows Miss Strong. Her father, the Rev. Syd ney Strong, was long a pastor in Seattle. A brother, Tracjfc Strong, has long been engaged in YMCA work and during the war had charge of work for war prisoners under the auspices of the Inter national YMCA. Miss Strong her self is an intellectual racucai. con sidering the fact that she has lived in Russia most of the time since 1922 it is surprising that somehow she has fallen from grace. Whether she has become critical 01 me oa linist regime or is simply the vic tim of Kremlin politics will not be VnKwn untoc further disclosures are made. She herself may speak out, when she is iree to ao so. A fta KoiniT Btiv in SOCial iiiKi r - - - - work, particularly child welfare. jVliss jSrrong emereu ure movement in Seattle about the tinw nt th first world war. be- nm i n S an editor of the Seattle Union Record. Unionism in Seat tle then was red-hot; its pulling of a general strike (Continued on editorial page) Public Service Building Title New Structure The new state office structure, now under construction at Capitol and Court streets will be known as the "Public Service Building," the state board of control decided at a meeting Tuesday. A legislative bill apropriating $22,500 for purchase by the state highway department of land ad Joining the state boiler plant here, also was approved by the board. The land would be used for garage purposes. The board reacted favorably to request from Houghton Mifflin company of Boston for permission to use pictures of murals in the state capital building. The murals depict the landing of Captain Gray in the Columbia river and the Lewis and Clark expedition. Ernie Pyle's Body in Hawaii PEARL HARBOR, Feb. S-AJPy-A flag-draped casket containing the body of Ernie Pyle was low ered over the side of an LST and taken to Mary's Point mausoleum today. The war correspondent's body was brought here for burial this cummer in Punchbowl crr2r, the new National Memorial cemetery of the Pacific. He was killed on Ie Ehima, tiny Japanese island in the western Pacific, during the latter stages of the war. Sgt. David J. Elbert of route 1, Rainier, Ore., watched the casket lowered from the landing ship. He was with the 77th division on Ie Shima when Pyle was killed. "He was a little guy with a big smile," said Elbert. "He'd get out nd slog right with the rest of us." Animal Cracltcrs By WARREN GOODRICH - "Mf mother likes to know tow much I grawC" . Permanent car license plates, already approved by the house, were disapproved by the senate committee on roads and highways after hearing testimony' from state and city police. The senate still will get a chance to act on the measure, by accepting or reject ing the committee s adverse re port. jSs Tax McurK.KrfTcd The senate committee also killed a bill which would make rural mail carriers pay gasoline taxes. The 25 per cent increase in in dustrial accident benefits giving totally disabled workmen or wid ows $60 a month was approved by the house labor and in dustries committee. Labor had asked for a 40 per cent increase Action on the bill now paves the way for formal committee consi deration of the proposal to up unemployment compensation from $20 a week for 20 weeks to $25 a week for 26 weeks. The house is expected to take formal ; action on the industrial accident benefit bill later this week. Most of , Tuesday's action took place in the senate where 13 new measures were introduced and six were approved. Several of the new senate measures were on the warm side, including the sheriff bill. Flegel said he introduced the measure to eliminate duplication of effort and to save the taxpayers money. Would Boost Insurance Two bills by Sen. Orval Thomp son, Albany, seek to double auto and truck insurance requirements under the state financial respon sibility act. One would require car owners to carry $10,000: poli cies . to insure against accidents causing a single death and $20, 000 policies to cover two or more deaths. Another senate bill by : Sens. Russell Gardner. Newport, and Ben Musa, The Dalles, would al low the governor to appoint a state housing commissioner to co ordinate the efforts of local hous ing authorities throughout the state. Sen. Carson's BiU Sen. Allan Carson, Salem,- sub mitted a measure to allow em ployes working under the public employes retirement act to re main on the job until they reach 70. The present limit is 65. The bill does not include policemen, firemen or school teachers. It would also allow employes already retired to return to work. The senate launched into a long debate before approving and send ing to the house a bill to restrict free hunting and fishing licenses to Columbia river Indians who are Oregon residents. The privilege is now extended to all Columbia river Indians regardless of ; resi dence. Another senate bill passed to the house gives the game commis sion control over all game fish, non-game birds, game animals and fur-bearing animals. Bills Pass Senate The upper house also passed three house bills to give the game commission power to; stop sales of canned ; fish caught on sports licenses; empowering the commis sion to fix shooting hours for wa ter fowl; and to prohibit persons from having more than one hunt ing or fishing license. The house approved three mea sures during a dull day, includ ing one stabilizing at $15 the fee on students attending : statr insti tutions of higher learning for the schools' building fund. The fees may be paid by the term or se mester. The house military affairs com mittee made the lone house in- fctroduction of the day; a mem orial asking congress to allow the states to retain control of nation al guard units. The military committee also vo ted to recommend passage of a bill to appropriate $300,000 to build national guard armories in Oregon and to create a state-wide civilian defense organization. Five measures are up for final action in the house today and four in the senate. Both houses will resume at 10 a. m. (Other legislative news on page 3.) Taxi Strike Added To Trolley Tie-Up In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15 -iJPi-Paralysis gripped Philadelphia's public transportation : today with taxis, buses, trolleys and subways idled by two separate: strikes. A five-day walkout of 11,000 CIO Philadelphia Transportation company workers remained hope lessly deadlocked. Another wage dispute idled 3,850 AFL Yellow Cab company drivers early today. The taxi walkout was unauthor ized and came after cab union leaders had postponed a strike until Thursday, A handful of independent cabs cruised traffic-clogged streets. Police estimated more than 400. 000 automobiles and trucks more than double normal ' jammed Quaker City thoroughfares. Dur ing' peak hours, traffic moved 10-miles -j an hoiuy bumper-to-bumper I S8tb Year New Arctic Gale Covers Scattered Corn I it x i - , 1 IDAHO FALLS. Idaho. Feb. 15 Scattering corn from a sack to lure them on. Jess Croft, sheepman, led 2,300 sheep down Broadway in Idaho Falls. He took them to sheds where the ewes are to have lamb. Less traveled roads were snow-blocked. Kids called the sight "more fun than a circus." (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). Russia Orders Pro-Red U.S. Authoress Deported i By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, Feb. 15 ()-Anna Louise Strong, American author and journalist ordered deported from the Soviet Union as a spy, is a prolific writer who has consistently expressed pronounced pro-Soviet views. . . The deportation order was announced early today. The Moscow press, announcing hep arrest and the order- for her Willamette to Cut Enrollment Below 1,000 Reductions of the Willamette university student body to less than 1,000 students within two years was announced by Univer sity President G. Herbert Smith Tuesday at a board of trustees meeting in' Portland.. He explained that present enrollment was ex cessive for the school facilities. First semester enrollment this year was 1,253. Formal acceptance of a gift of 2,400 acres of land in the north Portland peninsula area was voted by the trustees. The land was given the school by the late Fred Leadbetter. Under terms of the bequest, the land may not be sold for a period of a 50 year trust. Truman W. Collins and E. C. McCulloch were named trustees to administer the property. Dr. George B. Martin, head of the education department, was named director of graduate stu dies by the board. Continuance of the summer session was also voted. Raymond A. Withey was pro moted from assistant to associate professor of music. Ray Smith, lecturer at the law school was made professor of law emeritus. The board authorized appoint ment of a committee on promotion and financial development for the university. The move was recom mended by Dr. Smith. He also emphasized the need of a dormi tory to house 80 girls. South Salem Residents to Ask Recurrent Flood Threats Lifted South Salem residents are ex pected to petition Marion county court today for alleviation of flood conditions in area near South 12th, 13th and Hoyt streets. Mrs. Ray Thomas, 1758 S. 13th St., said the petition now contains nearly 200 names. It requests the county commissioners to construct three road drains in that area and to clear the ''Davidson ditch of clogging debris. r The petition asks that these steps be taken immediately to prevent more flooding when the spring rains come. Recently, Mrs. Thom as said, residents have had flood ed basements with a resultant loss of food, household effects and heating plants. Marion County Judge Grant Murphy acknowledged Tuesday that complaints had been received by the county court from that dis trict. The county court does not, as 12 PAGES Lures Sheep Down Broadway -. '."'--A'i" Jw ' " t . - -' sr deportation, described her as "the well known intelligence operator. It reported she had entered Rus sia "as a consequence of the care lessness of certain foreign rela tions officials." Miss Strong is listed here as a correspondent for the allied labor news. She is one of seven Amer ican correspondents in Moscow. Washington turned puzzled eye upon the Russian order for expulsion of Miss Strong. The So viet's accusation that she is a spy, working against the USSR, is in strange contrast wtih her writ ings, which have a pronounced pro-soviet flavor. Dispatches from Moscow, which are subject to censorship, have not explained what the Russians ac cuse Miss Strong of doing, saying or writing. Officials in Washington said they knew of no evidence that she was a spy. They said they regarded her as a pro-soviet. On a trip to the United States last summer Miss Strong support ed the presidential candidacy of Henry A. Wallace. There is no record that she made any state ments contrary to her writings that she "loved" Russia and the Russians. At various times since she first went to Moscow in 1921 she has i written in defense and praise of the scheme of things in the soviet union the spirit of the people, the way the government operates, the economic planning, some of its purges, and Russian interna tional aims, among other things. She even singled out Moscow's garbage disposal system for praise. MORE MONEY ALLOTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 -UP) President Truman today allocated another $100,000 from the disaster fund for snow and cold relief. a rule, drain land unless a county road or other county property is involved," Judge Murphy said. , The sffuth Salem residents are seeking drain ditches under the highway at the junction of the Fairview home road and Pringle road and another just south of Hoyt street on the Turner road. It is also requested that the Dav idson ditch which runs through the area adjacent to South 12th street and another drain ditch which borders the Southern Pa cific tracks there be cleaned out and kept clean. "This condition has existed for a matter of years," Mrs. Thom as said. "We have appealed re peatedly to the county officials. During heavy rains a large lake forms in the area lying between South 12th and 13th streets and just south of Hoyt street. Then the drain ditches become clogged and the whole area floods, in cluding homes." POUNDDO 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, fi mhlUfe: H ' ,j Snow Higher in Rockies; East Basks in 'Heat' By the Associated Prs Another Arctic storm moved In on the northern plains states Tues day. It drove frigid gale winds, accompanied by snow squalls, into the mountain stales. The sub-zero storm struck Into northern Montana, the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota. Ahead of the storm and moving with blinding fury, gale winds whipped into storm weary Wyo ming, Idaho and Utah. Again the omnipresent snow and biting wind struck at help less snow-bound livestock and In habitants of remote mountain communities. Trains, cars, trucks and buses were stalled by heavy snow. Food and fuel supplies dwin dled in the enveloping fury of the storm. Only recently cleared roads and highways were again snow-locked. In sharp contrast to the buffet ed west's weather was the east coast's record-shattering warmth. Overcoats were doffed in New York city's all-time high of 70.1 degrees, normal temperature for this date is 31. Baltimore had near 80. Pittsgurgh a record 68. Buf falo 59, and Rochester, N.Y., 54. Gale winds as high as 50 miles an hour swirled into Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, whipping snow on the ground into road-blocking drifts. Heavy snows accompanied the wind in some mountain sec tions, blocking roadways and cut ting off fuel and food sunplies. Livestock in the distressed states again were cut off tempor arily from fodder, Haylift opera tions continued, however, in most inowed in areas. Main highways In Utah were blocked again and high winds held up any efforts to reopen them. Hundreds of cars, trucks and buses were stalled in many places in Wyoming. Idaho and Utah. Fuel was desperately short In Moscow, Idaho. A hospital, a ho tel and postoffice were down to three days supply. A university of Idaho sorority house was down to three itack.s of coal. The streamliner City of San Francisco was stalled in snow near Wells. Nev. The Union Pacific's double line of tracks in Wyom ing were blocked. U.S. hijrhway 30, Wyomine's main artery, was closed for 340 miles. Bill Asks Washington Pension Reconsidered OLYMPIA, Feb. 15-JP)-A pro posal asking the people of Wash ington to reconsider the old age pension initiative will be introdu ced in the legislature tomorrow. If the legislature approves the initiative will be put up for re consideration by the voters at a special election. PHONE FIRM PROFIT HIGH SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lMP) -Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company reported today that 1949 was the biggest year in its history except for return on its invest ment. This was placed at 4.78 per cent. - n Ti--i.il i " ' - Oregon, Wednesday. February 16, Weary Mo&ose Committee Passes & Billion ets PemisDoini ESiDD Control Board Raises Rates At Institutions A top charge of $60 a month for the care of patients in Oregon state hospitals and Fairview home and $100 a month for patients in the state tuberculosis hospitals was approved by the state board of control Tuesday. The current maximum charge at the state hospitals and Fair view home is $25 a month and $65 a month at the tuberculosis institutions. It was made plain that the charges for care of thee patients are based on the ability of relatives of patients to pay, with many contributing as low as $5 a month and others nothing. Gov. Douglas McKay and Sec retary of State Earl T. Newbry declared that the increases were justified based on the present per capita cost of conducting the in stitutions. State Treasurer Walter Pearson said he was opposed to any charge for patients committed to the state hospitals by the courts. He said voluntary patients should pay as much as $75 a month. Committee Requested The board's action In Increasing the maximum charges for patients was taken upon a request from the legislative ways and means committee for an investigation and readjustment of current assess ments. A bill authorizing the sug gested top charges was expected to be introduced within a few days. Roy Mills, board of control sec retary, said relatives of patients in the state hospitals, tairview home and the state tuberculosis hospitals paid approximately $750, 000 during the current biennium. Not Many Pay Top Rate Figures showed that only 14 of 72 patients in the state tuberculo sis hospital here were paying the top charge of $65 a month. Only two are paying $50 a month. At the Fairview home 184 of the 352 paying patients are con tributing $25 a month and 61 ap proximately $10 a month. Of the 1100 paying patients -in the state hospitals, 886 are paying the top of $25 a month and 75 about $10 a month. Per capita cost of caring for patients in the state hospitals dur ing the next biennium was esti mated at $60 a month. Minor Floods Due in Valley Rain continued to fall in the Willamette valley Tuesday and weathermen hinted that some areas may have rivers at flood stage in the next few days. More rain, forecast for today and Thursday, may send the San tiam river to the 13-foot flood stage at Jefferson today. Elmer Fisher, government river forecast er, said "moderate to substantial" rises were expected above Oregon City, on the Willamette and up river tributaries through Thurs day. Work Starts on I ,'- , ... "V nr.--- ?t -if.i-i--.i-- ..?V: i Steer beams for vertical support ef a new building te be erected ea the site ef the burned-eut Guardian building are shown above be ing slid Into place Tuesday. Construction ef the one-story store building will begin as soon as foundation and beams are readied. Yieske Post has the contract. (Statesman phote). 1949 Price Mountain Woman at Mercy Of Runaway Plane FORT LEWIS, Feb. 15-F)-During the hair-raising hours yesterday when a pilotless run away army plane was diving and droning above residential Tacoma, (Story on page 2), the army switchboard received a call from a frantic woman. "Some crazy army fool is fly ing over my house so low he's going to take my roof off! Who's in that plane?" fhe yelled. "No one, ma'm," replied the army operator. Salem Lineman Killed; Father Suffers Stroke Allyn Singleton, 25, Salem, was killed instantly Tuesday when a telephone pole he was working on swayed, brushing him against a 12.000 volt power line near Agate Beach. Singleton, whose Salem address is 2346 Breyman St., was employ ed as an installer-repairman by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company with headquarters in Newport. Robert W. Singleton, Salem, father of the dead man, suffered a heart attack when notified of the accident by telephone. The company wire chief, Don Beery, left from Corvallis Tuesday to conduct an investigation. New Standby Price Control Bill Submitted WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -(JP) The administration sent another urgent plea to congress today for economic weapons it said will be needed more than ever this spring to deal with an upsurge in living costs. It submitted a bill providing standby authority to impose con trols over wages, prices and scarce commodities, plus power to build industrial plants if needed to speed production. At the same time. House Speak er Rayburn (D-Tex) alerted the nation's taxpayers to the "proba bility" of a boost this year to avoid a federal deficit. The anti-inflation measure was submitted by Secretary of Agri culture.,Char!es F. Brannan shortly after a White House economist warned the lawmakers that the price pressure is likely to be re newed this spring and could lead to an "ultimate crash." Rayburn made his forecast after a White House conference with President Truman and house democratic leaders. He told re porters he was making the state ment to dispel the idea that the house ways and means committee had permanently sidetracked tax legislation in deciding to give priority to Mr. Truman's new so cial security program. Guardian Site iaatfi 5c No. 2S3, Rankin Aims to Maneuver Bill To House Floor -I, . 1' " ; Six Demos Slalk f From Session WASHINGTON. Feb. 15-PV-Ia an uproarious session during which six democratic committee men stalked out of the room, th house veterans committee ; today approved a multi-billion dollar, veterans pension bill. 1 I The members who took the walk charged ' Chairman Rankin (D Miss) with "dictatorial" actions, and he accused them in turn cc "running out on the veterans." The measure proposes pensions of $90 a month at the age of CS for all of the 18,000,000 veterans of World wars I and II. Its utli mate annual cost has been estima ted at $6,000,000,000 a year by some members of congress. 1 1 ! Provides Pensions ' The bill provides for payment of $120 a month regardless ol age - - to all physically or nrven -tally handicapped veterans requir ing an attendant. The disability would not have to be service con' nected. ,i: j Rankin, who gaveled the bill through the committee In th stormy session, moved to force it to the house floor where it was conceded a chance of passage. However, he must buck admin istration opposition in getting his bill to a vote. President Truman has stated that pension and bonus legislation have no place in his budget or legislative program at this time. ' ' Rankin applied to Speaker Ray burn for recognition to bring the bill up under unanimous consent --at best forlorn chance. Whils Rayburn said he would take it iuv der consideration, Rankin already was planning to seek s clearance for the measure for the rules com mittee. j f- May Use New Rale - t :i If both those efforts fail, Ran kin's ace in the hole is the new house rule by which committee chairmen may force a bill to the floor after 21 days by demanding that the speaker call it up. j- t Tve got several Ideas up my sleeve," the veteran lawmaker remarked.- L "They're fooling with one fellenr who knows his way around. Those walking from the commit tee room before a final vote on the! bill were Representatives Chud- off (Pa.), Rodino (NJ), Huber - (Ohio), Mack (111), Patten (Ark) and Donohue (Mass). t j Dispute Over Ruling The dispute arose, not on the bill, but over parliamentary rul ings by Rankin for a record vote on certain provisions. When he refused an appeal from his ruling.' the walkout followed. t t In its original, form, Rankin's bill provided for payment of $60 at age of 60 as well as $90 at age 65. The $60-to-60 provision was; taken out. $ ' Also stricken from the original measure were non-service, con nected disability payment benefits on a rising scale from $Z0 a mor, for 20 per cent disability to $90 aV month for total disability. Combined Age I Of Six Sisters j Is 495 Years ? ? MONMOUTH. Feb. 15-'fSpC cial) -Some" sort of a record prob ably could well be claimed by Mrs. Malinda Howard of 181 S. Catron st., Monmouth - - and by her fam ily. ' Mrs. Howard. 86, the wife of C. H. Howard, is one of six sisters whose combined age is 495 years. All have been married butonce. All still do their own housewoifc. The husbands of the other five are deceased. The sisters are Mrs. Dora Wil- M r mm Jr- son, 87, casey, ia.; xwrs. uw Mears, 85, Los Angeles; Mrs. Anna Mason. Los Angeles, and Mrs. Annas Smith, Elk Point, Canada. 81-year-old twins; and Mrs. Eliz abeth Swisher, 77, Dana, la. Gnu Max. Mln. PreciA. lllfM 4 ;f: . j, Portland 4 3 ! j San Francisco 64 42 i trac ;l Chicago 32 1 i tra j. New York 74 41 i M j Willamette rw 4 feet. rORCCAST (from U.S. weather tw reau. McNarr field. Salem): Cloudr with rain today and tonight. High a day near 44. Low tonight near 33. SALEM PRECIPITATION , ( (Sept. tm rek. It) This Year 7JX Last Year 29.04 Average 85.43 4 States