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The university world has been
rrpatlv concerned over the dis
missals of three faculty members
at the University of , Washington
and termination of service for two
at Oregon State college. The con-
rn arises over the invasion of
' what is called "academic free-
out t Willamette a few
i.k. .r ttwri wu i panel dis
cussion of the nature and scope of
academic freeaom. ur. "-""T
er. professor of sociology defined
it as the "freedom of teachers and
students to discuss and act freely
In the searcn ior mowjeoc
Its application to daily lite witn
out let, hindrance or dictation
from anyone." That is the broad
definition cherished by university
teachers. : "
In the discussion I took the po
.i4n Viat academic freedom is
not absolute and unrestricted. Our
freedom of tne press is uuuveo wj
the law of libeL Political freedoms
likewise are not .unlimited. As
t- nrandeis wrote in an
opinion in the case , of Whitney v.
California: . f
"But although the rights of free
speech and assembly are funda
mental thev are not in their nature
absolute. Their exercise is subject
to restriction, if the particular re
striction proposed is required in
order to protect the state from
destruction or from serious injury,
political, economic or moral."
Likewise with1 the university
there is an orbit outside of which
freedom may not range. The na
ture nd extent of that orbit
(Continued on editorial page.)
Oregon Pulp
Superintendent
Dies in Salem
Douglas Boyd Armstrong, gen
eral superintendent for the paper
division of Oregon Pulp and Pa
per company, died unexpectedly
Thursday at his home at 1685 N.
18th sW at the age of 47 years.
Armstrong complained of not
feeling well about 10:30 sum. while
at work. About 11:30 he arrived
at his home where he died about
Z hours later.
He had been employed in the
paper manufacturing business
nearlv all his life. He began work
ing at Oregon Pulp and Paper
company in 1924 and became gen
eral superintendent five years ago.
Armstrong was a member of Elks
lodge and the Metnodist cnurcn.
Born in Stevens Point, Wisc
July 8, 1801, be moved with his
family to Hamilton, Ohio, where
he graduated from high school. He
worked for the Champion Coated
paper company at Hamilton and
at the International Paper com
pany in Niagara Falls, N.Y prior
to coming to Oregon. He was mar
ried at Hamilton on May 1, 1901.
Survivors are the widow, Norma
Armstrong, Salem; sons, Douglas,
Jr, William and James,' all of Sa
lem; brothers Thomas Armstrong,
Salem and Donald Armstrong,
Cascade Locks.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later from the W. T.
Rigdon chapeL
Meat Prices Turn
High.
ier in Portland
PORTLAND, March t-flvrhe
price of meat, declining for some
time, took a sharp upturn today.
Meat was selling on the Port
land wholesale dressed meat mar
ket at $1 to $3 more a hundred
pounds than - it had earlier this
week. Pork rose in price less than
beet
CHINA PEACE TALKS DUE '
NANKING, March i-UPy-Ottl-cial
talks seeking "an honorable,
equitable settlement" of China's
civil, war are expected to begin in
Peiping about March 15, Premier
Sun To told a press conference to
day. , ;
Animal Crackers
6V WARREN GOODRICH
. so they live in trees and.
build their nests out of twigs and
e'eces of string and the mother
ings fhem worms, and ..." .
Henderson
Probe Killed
By legislature
By Wendell Webb v
Managing Editor. The Statesman
The sOregon legislature in effect
approved a $17,000,000 power dam
for the Deschutes river Thursday,
decided to ask the people to tre
ble legislators' pay, and killed i
proposal to investigate) the activi
ties of W liber Henderson, former
attorney for the state liquor com
knission.
It was a busy day.
The power dam issue came to
the fore in ' a bill which would
reserve the Deschutes and Me
tolius rivers for fish. The house
defeated the bill 41 to 18. The
dam is contemplated by private
interests.
The- legislative pay resolution.
already approved by the house,
was passed by the senate 22 to 8.
It would be referred at the next
general election. The measure, calls
for $1,200 a session. Present pay
IS 1400.
The senate also took the deci
sive action on : the proposal : to
investigate ! the liquor attorney
who1 recently presented the liquor
commission with a bill for $15,
000. The fi proposed
probe was
Deaten zi to a. ,
Committees Boost Approved
Other major actions in the house
comprised approval (49 to 10) of
the pian to increase the state
game commission from five t to
seven memDers ana reorganize its
duties, and tentative approval of
the plan to bar any county from
having more than two state sena
tors I VOte 31 tO Z71.
Action on tne latter measure
came when the house considered
divided 'committee report The
majority recommended "do not
pass" and the minority "do pass
The minority report was accepted
and the final vote on the measure
is scheduled today. Neither the
game commission nor senate limit
issues have been acted on by
the senate.
The house also passed and sent
to the seriate a bill to prohibit
a guest in a private airplane from
suing the1 pilot or owner for
death or injury unless the acci
dent was caused by gross negli
gence or drunkenness.
Rep. A. J. Swett, Tillamook, in
troduced a bill to increase the $1
auto drivers license fee to $5, and
give 60 per cent of ' the revenue
to counties and 40 per cent to
cities.
ine house social welfare com
mittee introduced its $50 monthly
minimum old i an rjension bill.
requiring ! 5-year residence in the
state, and the joint ways andJ
means committee ' voted to con
tinue the Klamath Falls vocation
al school another two years.
Other new : house oneasures
would let school districts consoli
date even if they don't touch each
other; prohibit loaded guns on
public highways; prohibit elec
tions to dissolve union high school
districts oftener than every five
years, and 'force counties to equal
ize real property assessments on
pain of being denied state funds
for roads and schools.
Withholding-, Tax Bill
In addition to voting today on
the Issue of limiting senators hips,
the house, may act. on the with
holding tax (one committee ; re
port favors repeal, another
amendment to exclude farm la
bor), and has on . its calendar a
bill to let private clubs replenish
the liquor lockers of members
without the members themselves
having to trek to state stores.
In the senate, most controvert
sial issue may be the proposal that
state, departments must weed out
all communists. -
Meanwhile, !Rep. Warren Gill
of Lebanon offered a new sol
diers' bonus measure calling for
a $500 maximum, to be financed
by a 2 -cent cigaret tax and to be
paid in certificates cashable when
ever the cigaret tax fund' was large
enough to. permit The house mili
tary affairs committee will intro
duce the measure. v
Both the senate and house will
resume at 10 ; am. today.
(Additional details on pages 12,
13 and 14.)
Cardinal Spellman Oversees Digging
Of Graves in Strikebound Cemetery
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NEW YORK, March S-Francls Cardinal Spellman (center), Roman
Catholic archbishop ef New Terk, watches two seminary students
dig graves this morning at Calvary cemetery in Queens where
grave diggers have been an strike far seven weeks. Stadent diggers
are Daniel Peak (left) and William Beldt ef St Joseph's Seminary,
Danwoodie, Tankers, N. T. (Al Wlrephata to The Stateaman.)
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LOUIS JOHNSON
Nominated
Sec. Forrestal
Quits; Johnson
Named to Post
WASHINGTON. March X-iJPY-
President Truman today accepted
the resignation of Secretary of
Defense James V. Forrestal and
chose for the post Louis A,
Johnson, who was army mobilizer
on the eve of World War II.
If confirmed by the senate, as
is expected, Johnson will take over
from Forrestal on March II.
The 58-year-old Johnson, a West
Virginia and Washington lawyer,
was assistant secretary of war un
der Franklin D. Roosevelt and di
rected the planning for army mo
bilization a decade ago. Last- fall,
he was fund raiser for the Truman
campaign for the presidency.
Forrestal, first man, to head up
the army, navy and air force un
der the unification act was the
last remaining member of the
Roosevelt cabinet.
President Truman's decision to
put a new man in Forrestal's place
had .long been rumored. However,
as is customary in such cases, the
White House today made public
correspondence in which Forrestal
urged acceptance of his resignation
for "urgent personal considera
tions' and the president "reluc
tanly" acquiesced.
Forrestal's letter reviewed his
government career of 8 years.
first as undersecretary and secre
tary of the navy under Roosevelt
and for the past 18 months as
secretary of defense.
Mr. Truman wrote Forrestal in
reply:
Your entire service has been
characterized by vision, foresight
and a broad appreciation of the
vital Importance of relating our
military potential to the require
ments of our national policy."
MEDALS RECOMMENDED
FORT WORTH. Tex.. March S
UP)- Distinguished flying crosses
were recommended today for the
14-man crew who flew the B-50
"Lucky Lady II" on the first non
stop flight around the world.
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ntaass WDtMiraw Besieged!
E)emmD -Leadleir
President Asks
Majority Vote
Stop Debate
WASHINGTON, March MflV
esident Truman came out today
President
for a simple majority vote to end
filibusters, and ran into opposition
even from his party's leader in
the senate.
I regret that I am compelled
to disagree with my chief," Sen
ator Lucas (D-Ill) told reporters
who advised him of the president a
news conference comment.
Lucas added that he is already
on record for requiring a "consti
tutional majority" to shut off de
bate in the senate. That -would be
49 votes, a majority of the whole
senate. A simple majority would
be half of those present and vot
ing
Now it takes a two-thirds vote
to end talk and the senate is tied
up in a filibuster aimed at pre
venting a rule change that would
let even that number cut off talk
on anything other than an actual
bill.
Lucas' comment was mild along
side that of southerners who are
in the forefront of the filibuster
to save filibusters.
Said Senator Russell (D-Ga)
quarterbacking the southern group
If the president can work his will
he will be in absolute control of
the senate and there will be an
endto government of checks and
balances.
Senator Byrd (D-Va) said that
if the president's idea were adopt
ed the senate would "become a
rubber stamp for the executive.
Meanwhile, Dixie orators breez
ed through the fourth day of their
"anti-gag rule" fight, elated over
fresh signs of apparent Indecision
in the opposite camp,
Ten Perish in
Michigan Fire
MUSKEGON. Mich.. March 8-
(AVTen persons lost their lives
today when an explosion and fire
trapped them in their crowded.
flimsy home.
The victims Included a pover
ty-stricken mother, eight of her
13 children, and a roomer in the
house.
They were among the 12 persons
who perished today in fires
around the nation and in Canada.
Eight of the victims died in a
flash fire in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Michigan family died when
their home, a ramshackle frame
structure, went up in roaring
flames a few moments after a
stove exploded while the mother,
Mrs. Maude Clover, 48, was mak
ing breakfast.
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ID RECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNarr field. Salem): raruy
cloudy today and tonifht with a few
widely scattered showers. High today
near St. Low tonight near as.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
(Seat. 1 te Mar. 4)
This Year
Last Year
32S3
Average
34.31
T7.79
NEW YORK, March 3-Wj-With
Francis Cardinal . Spellman, as
overseer, 100 young seminarians
and priests dug graves today in
a strike-bound cemetery where
600 bodies are unburied.
TTntyMi swn i o if e - mIaW
the Calvary cemetery in Queens,
largest Catholic burial around in I
the area, as the volunteer grave-
diggers entered the cemetery and
went to work.
- The cardinal, who remained at MILL CITY, March t -(Spe-the
cemetery all day in a raw cial)- The school board repected
March wind but did no digging,
said at the end of the day's work
that he was well pleased with
results. He said about 90 graves
were dug.
Bitter comments came from
SI22?K
official called the 100 seminarians
and priests strikebreakers.
Th o.rvUr.oi .m -r
tin pw ivi m uvu vs
never have to do it but well re
main here until our task is done.
Spellman has termed excessive
the demand of the gravediggers,
members of the CIO United Ceme
tery Workers, for a five-day week
at the same pay - $59.40 a week
which they now get for six
days. v
He said he originally had of
fered them $61.20 for a six-day
week, or a three per cent in
crease, and later had raised the
offer. to eight per cent or 164.13
for a six-day week.
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Smelting and Refining company's pilot mill which J. P. Hewitt ased
lead deposits en his property 11 miles above here. The heavy snew
woman in camp here an Ul a rescue party arrived Wednesday. '
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ELKHORN. March S-All bat ebscared by anew, these houses at the
pany eamp were pletared by rescue party which baUdesed threvgh Zt-foet snewdrlfts te reach six
mareened mtmiu here Wednesday. The eamp Is CI miles east ef Salem. (Phetea were seat te The
Statesman by Justin Trlpaett ef
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Void Dallas
Bond Election
DALLAS. March S -(Special)
A technicality has invalidated the
$250,000 bond issue for a new Dal
las school building,, and another
special election will be held
March 22 at the junior high school.
Funds were to be used to pur
chase a 20-acre tract at the in
tersection of Ellendale avenue and
Levens street in North Dallas and
erect a new grade school building.
The new election Is necessary
because the bond attorney ruled
the notice given In advertising the
bond election was one day short
of the 15 days required by law.
On December 10 voters had fav
ored the new school by a majori
ty of 491 to 97.
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bida opened here today on the
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gymnasium because they greatly
exceeded estimates for the project
The school board will negotiate
with low bidder, Erwin Batter
man, Salem, to see if toe Project
can be pared to meet thabudget
set aside for construction, ine low
bid was $199,481.50, or more than
150.000 above preliminary esti
mates. Second bid was entered by
Howard Halvorson, Portland, for
$208,479. i
RENT CONTROL. BILL REVISED
WASHINGTON, March S -(P)
The house banking committee re
vised the administration's rent
control program today, voting 23
to 2 to extend the controls for 15
months instead of : the requested
two years.
Tha Oregon Strrtaaman. Satan, Oregon,
Tramraam)
Crushed MM, Marooned Miners
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snow-covered wreckage Is what heavy
the Paelfle eempany, who directed
Truman to Air Views
On Single Chief of Staff
WASHINGTON, March S -UP)
President Truman said today he
will let congress know within a
few days his views on whether
there should be a single chief of
staff for the armed services.
The Implication of his remarks
to his news conference was that
he Intended to send the lawmak
ers a special message about
changes in the 'military organiza
tion. IS CHILDREN DROWN
MANILA, Friday, March 4 -UP)
Twenty-three Filipinos, 18 of them
children, drowned Monday when
a sail boat capsized off Samar isl
and In the central Philippines,
delayed reports reaching here
said today.
Log Truck Crashes into Albany
Gty Center from Bridge; Burns
ALBANY, March t -(Special)
Four vesicles were badly dam
aged and four persons injured,
none seriously, today in two . sep
arate accidents. A . busload of
school children was saved from
entanglement ' in one of the
wrecks.
The first accident occurred
about a. m. when, a loaded log
ging, truck operated by Oliver
Farmer, Philomath, came into the
business district across the Wil-J
Lunette river bridge. He told po
lice he began to stop, seeing he
might not reach the intersection
on the green light, but bis brakes
wouldn't hold, so he accelerated,
hoping to cross in time.
Meantime traffic had started
acros his path, including a city
bus, carrying about 40 school
children, and driven by Vera
Grabski, Albany, and a Barrett
Bros, pickup truck driven by R.
E. Hermens, Albany.
Grabski put the bus in reverse
and didnt stop until ha was safe
Friday, March i, 1949
Idssd
plift weir FBDStasteD
snow and storm left ef the Paelfle
in development ef hoc tine and
marooned fire miners and one
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Paelfle Smelting and Refining
reacae week.)
Battleship 'Sunk'
During Maneuvers
VIEQUES ISLAND, Puerto Ri
co, March S -iJPy- An "enemy"
air attack probably "sank" the
battleship Missouri in the big war
games thundering around this
Caribbean island, the navy said
today.
The "Mighty Mo" was judged a
casualty of yesterday's landing
operations by: combined American
forces against the pseudo - "ag
gressors' who are trying to hold
the island.
AUSTRIA REDS JOIN CHORUS
VIENNA. Austria, March S -UP)
The Austrian communist party
today pledged support to the Sov
iet union in case of wan '
by half a block.- But Hermen's
pickup was ttruck squarely and
demolished by the logging truck.
The latter sheered off a steel
light pole, shattered a1 mail ' box,
straddled a i fire hydrant and
broke into flames which wrecked
its cab.
Farmer was arrested on a
charge of reckless driving and
fined $25 and given a five - day
suspended sentence, in city court.
Hermens was shaken up, but Far-
mer jumped and escaped injury.
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. Later on highway 99E near the
Pierce Auto j Freight warehouse,
autos driven ! by Uriah Roth, Al
bany route 3, and Merle Krops,
Harrisburg, were badly damaged
when they collided. The former's
5 - year - old son. Spencer, suf
fered slight concussion. Mr. and
Mrs; Krops Incurred bruises and
cuts, mostly i around the knees,
and Roth's knees were bruised,
but Krops' two children escaped
injury. The others were treated at
the hospital and dismissed.
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U.S. Squads
Told to Leave
Russian Zone
By James Devlin
FRANKFURT. Germany. Usr. 4
-UPy-Th Russians bowed today Is)
American pressure and ordered
blockaded Soviet repatriation mis
sion to leave Frankfurt, S
. The Russians struck back quids.
IT t two-day siege imposed by
UJ5. army authorities by ordering
UJS. grave registration men out el 1
the Soviet occupation rone at ncsv
A Russian news agency dispatch
said grave registration personnsl
in the Sonderhausen' and Parrhiaa
districts had already left. Their
numbers were not given. i
The eight men in the Soviet mis
sion 'hauled down the red flam mtU
left the blockaded building a few
hours after receiving their orders,
The Russians had been cut Mf
from all water, food,! gas and elec
tric powers for more than aa knu.
All the VS. army, would olea
them was hospital service unoW
armed guard if any one took JUL
The Soviets made their an
nouncement through Col. Sterling
A. Wood, Frankfurt Provost Mar
shal, who visited them in company
with Col.. A. Laserev, chief of tim
Soviet military mission here. (
The mission ignored U. S. army
orders. to leave the premises
March 1. Gen. Lucius D. Clay con
tended there was not enough tw
patriation ' business for Russia t
warrant the mission staying any
Decentralized
West German
State Urged
m FRANKFURT, Germany, MardX
5-W-The three western military
governors called today for a de
centralization of powers in i th
forthcoming western German- re
public and exchirioH nri!n irm
the federal regime.; VM
western German' political lead
ers assailed the changes, suggested
by the military governors in thai
proposed constitution for the re
public - ; j 1 1
The rights -and powers of the
Individual sutes in western Ger
many would be strengthened tsj
relation to the projected central
government. The Germans were
also told to reduce the central
government's financial powers.'
Members of the Bonn counch .
said the military governors i re
commendations represent a "com
plete victory" for the French, who
fear a revival of German national
ism.
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Members of the Oregon house of .
representatives apparently hva
been writing a lot more , letters
and having a lot mora bills mailed
for them than in former years, 11
appeared today. I .- H
So . far this session, the houaa
stamp expense has totalled $3,833.
91, compared with $3,779.30 at the)
same time two years , ago, an in
crease of $2,058.21. . - f J- ,
And the total stamps drawn by
members for their own correr pon
dence ($829.75) already Is nearly
twice what it was for the entire)
session in 1947 ($379.48), It Wl
learned in official compilations ob
tained Thursday. il
Increase in mailing rates ac
counts for part of the over-all e'
pense increase in regard to mail
ing bills, state officials pointed out.
- The individual "draw" on stamps
has ranged from $1.50 (by Rtpa.
Alex Barry, R. H. C. Bennett,
Earl L. McNutt and Douglas Yea
ter) to $50.50 by Rep. James JL
Moore of Portland. The a vera re
thus far is $10.50 compared with
$8.35 for the entire 1947 session.
Stamps issued to other members
include: L .
Adait S1S.M, Allen $10.50. AiuWiwa
S4.M. BiUffl S7.50. Bradv. 7 JO. Cat-ti
I10.SO. Chadwick $19. Chindrren ik
Condit M-0. .Coulter $13 54. Crafcf
SISO. Day $1J0. Dickson $10.50. IxmA.
fler $13.50. Dreyar $20JM, Dyar t ML
Erwin $7.30. Fisher $13.50, Francis Sit.
SO. French $23 SO. Geary $740. Cd
$e.S0. Gile $740.
Gile $7.40. GUI $5.70, Greeawmad
Harvey SIS. 50. Hendershott 1S.
II $7.50, Hounaell $740. Jhi
$1040. H
50.. Hill
S1340. KtniDeruns SS40. Landon $13,
Lleuallen $740. Lofn $11.10. MrCoU
lock $440. Meyers $440. Ralph Unarm
tlJ&O. Morgan $0.50. Mora $440. frrm
140. Petenon S10 50 Robinson $11 My
Sell $440, Semon $740. Shepar4 f 4L
Short $740. Steethammer $7.50, Kwetl
t 740. Thomas $1340. Van Dyke $lt.54
Vade S440. Wells $740. Wllheim SloJ
50, WUaon $. Zlegler $1040. :
PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND
DEL, RIO, Tex- March 3-47Tr
The charred wreckage of a misting
C-47 air force -plane was found
today in Mexico, far off its Cali-fornia-toTexas
course. All nine)
persons aboard were report
killed. ; !
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