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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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Rankin Aims to
Maneuver Bill
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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.-
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"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-
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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