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J ft 'ichie (y odd C3fc YEAB 18 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Sakm Orjon, Thursday, March 21, 1949 PBICE 5c No. 8 IPaymra ' -. PUNDBD 1651 Ameiradlinnieini4s CSidkMIe 933JJQS TFfflQuprg Letter No. tm .f - a different feellnx on boarding a train east bound from Chicago, that of a stranger m a strange land. Iff my imagina 4(ak t Vnnuf hut the Dcoolo "teem different." Perhaps iff because I'm aure to know no one. iwesroouna if different, at least on through trains to the northwest, i gen- erauy . can tuiu wuw m Ttllt lt athOUTwl. Then one has little time to mwmrs n an - arauaintance. It' vimrw . - only an overnight trip to the At lantic seaboard, which doesn't encourage the more leisurely fra-4.1-ni-Hnir ti on the westbound . trains with runs extending over two nights.-"--'---'.-"'- ::a-.''.' "' At the Union station In Chicago I went through the new Burlington-Denver It Rio Grande-Western Pacific California Zephyr trmiinr . Thli.li aeain the "last word" in fine trains. It em bodies the vista dome feature of the General Motors Train of To morrow that toured the country TVi Hnsfv nt stainless jOfc J v a i . steeL The interior snows tne lat est refinements for the comfort of the traveling public A loud speaker system permits flow of recorded music through the train and making of announcements. Colors are used freely and effec tively "a restful blending of rose-tan, petal biege and shades of grey in ' combination of ashes of roses and soft greens," so the folder says. (Makes you want to get aboard and loo at tne wans instead of the scenery). The vista dome is an upper story "deck" with transparent plastic cover and la nrovided for the observation- lounge car and . for . the - three michtf. Below Is a buffet-lounsre for those who prefer to sit and drinJC -f (Continued on editorial page) ins Silverton Vote SILVERTON, March 23-(Special)- ' A small turnout of voters here today approved a special city tax levy to be used to purchase a new fire engine and to provide housing facilities for the city fire equipment. The special levy earned by a Vote of 162 to 68. These votes came from a city population con taining 1.629 registered voters. The approved proposal calls for a special tax levy for the fiscal years of 1949-50 and 1950-31 not to exceed 3 mills and to be out side the per cent limitation. The special election was held in the city hall and all city offices were closed. SllMiUionfor Detroit Dam Recommended The house appropriations com mittee in Washington has appro ved the requested $25,500,000 for the Willamette valley project, in cluding $11,300,000 for the Detroit dam, a wire from U. S. Rep. Wal ter Norblad said Wednesday. Norblad, in the wire to Salem Chamber of Commerce, also said $500,000 had been approved as an appropriation for the Willamette river bank project. The congressman cited that If material and construction costs continue to decline, all such ap propriations will be subject to a 15 per cent reduction. . Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH . "Left phy hid snd seckS lax Lew vy aai sai m m m SMicaMaHaBBm 3K5S Rule? Rent BM Past Both! Mouses Ranlrf tin Vote Delayed Until Today By Morgan Reynolds WASHINGTON,! March 23-yP-Amid wrangling debate, the house today riddled the multi-billion dol lar ranking veterans pension bill with amendments, then put off fi nal action until tomorrow. The postponement climaxed two days of beetle maneuvering over disposition of the bill sponsored by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) to give veterans of both world wars $90 a month at age 65, regardless of need. The administration opposes the bill, contending It would cost $125,000,000,000, the first 60 years, with the annual outlay rising to $4,000,000,000 by the year 2,000. But before the lawmakers baited deliberations today, they had al tered the original measure almost beyond recognition. Delay Proposed f It was Rankin himself who pro posed a delay after opponents had loaded down his plan with restric tive clauses. He put across the postponement by a vote of 17$ to The bill's foes wanted to con tinue action. They apparently hope to saddle it with so many amend' ments the house then will vote to send the measure back to the vet erans committee fop "further stu dy" in other words to pigeonhole it.' ' Ml'. Major Changes r ;' i These major changes were ten tatively approved (all subject to roil call votes): M I. Basing the pension payments on length of service according to a formula proposed by Rep. Ja cobs (D-Ind). Under this plan vet terans reaching the age of 65 would receive a flat $10 a month, plus $1 for each month of service dur ing actual hostilities and another $3 per month for each month of service in a theater of operations. 2V Restricting the grants to (a) single veterans who at age 65 had incomes of not over $2,000; (b) those with dependents and whose yearly incomes did not exceed $3, 000. This amendment by Rep. Ro gers (D-Fla) was approved 127 to 70. . : H Band Uniform Funds Sought At Woodburn i: WOODBURN, March 23 Two events this week are expected to complete a fund drive to purchase 34 new uniforms for the Wood burn high school band. A cooked food sale is planned by the Wood burn Woman's club at Scarborough's Hardware store on Saturday, March 26,1 Washington junior high school will present an operetta "The White? Gypsy," on Friday, March 25, at the high school auditorium. jj " Of the expected goal of $1,865 only $1,544 has been raised to date. Delivery is expected on the uniforms by April 23 in time for the district competition. Mrs. Lester Henn will be chair man of the cooked food sale. Mrs. Alice Rose Jones, music super visor, will direct the operetta. Members of the school's vocal department will form the cast. Players will include Paul Ed wards, Patsy Foster, Betty Stin nette, Jane McGrath, Keith Wil liams, Norman Tyler and El wood Ostrom. i Fined $50 for PORTLAND.! March 23-WVA Washington dairy farmer plunked down $50 today after pleading guilty to a charge of adulteration of milk shipped into the city mar ket. ? I .! Officials of the city milk inspec tion division said Maxwell Hara dan, LaCenter, Wash., had added water amounting to 25 percent of the fluid milk sold since last No vember. Grand Opening at Bus Depot Today The hew . Greyhound bus ter minal on North Church street will be scene of grand opening festivities - today, with regional 'Greyhound officials due here for the opening and special entertain ment planned for today's visitors at the bus station. ;. Entertainment Includes a travel movie, tire mileage guessing con test, appearance of the Greyhound radio personality Commander Iocuk aiu m ucwrii iiiuuci Oliver sides bus open for inspection of th public I puA4 a. j i A gMill Vets9 PemsiooD EiU CrraliamNctmed U.S. Senator 1 J I JL . ; X 1 CHAPEL miX, N.'C March XI Dr. Frank P. Graham (right), faanrif Hfrrral president ef the University f North Carolina. Is eoagratolated by Gwr. Kerr tt after he waa aained TJ. 8. Senator tm s smrpriae appeintment at a campus dinner here last night. Dr. Graham, strong civil rights advocate, edacator and scientist, suc ceeds the late I. Melville Broaghton, tAs died March t la Wash ington. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman). GOP Questions Appi ointment of WASHINGTON, March ll-t&h Appointment of Dr. Frank P. Gra ham as a democratic senator from North Carolina brought a repub lican demand today for an inves tigation of the way he was cleared to receive secret atomic lniorma tlon. As soon as Senator Bricker (R Ohio) voiced that demand, other members jumped up to praise Gra ham as a loyal American and a great educator. The senator-designate is president of the University of North Carolina, i Sen. Morse (R-Ore), who serv ed with Graham two years on the war labor board, said he would place him "exceedingly high on the list" of the 25 greatest living Americans. Bricker later told reporters he has no intention of trying to de lay Graham's seating, nor to ques tion his right to serve as senator. Complaints regarding the atomic investigation had been on his desk for some time before he decided to tell the senate about them, Bricker added. Bricker told the senate circum stances regarding Graham's clear ance to get atomic secrets "ought to have the attention" of the joint congressional committee on atomic energy. w ; An atomic security review board had refused to clear Graham for access to the information in his capacity of head of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Study, a non profit group including represen tatives of several southern col leges, Bricker said. ' Stockmen to Hear Officials i M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of division of animal industries, state department of agriculture, Salem, will speak to the Yamhill County Livestock association members, March 28, 8 pjn. in the fair build ing, McMinnville, 'reports Paul Youngman, president of the asso ciation, i ' Another speaker on the program will be Charles Evans, Salem president of the Western Oregon Livestock association. Sheep, beef, swine growers, as well as dairy men are invited to attend, Mr. Youngman reports. (Additional farm stories pages 7 and 13.) . i I- :.- i '- Mljli: Vtai 0 Salem ' Portland , San Francisco - S t - SI i - m ; - 41 i 24 .IS JDS Chicago New York WllLamctta river M (tt " Forecast ( from U-S. wthr bureau, McNary field. Salem f: Partly cloudy today and tonight. Few light abowera today. LitU change in temperature. Highest temperature today, M degrees; low tonight, M.: j j ; SAI.EM rKECTPTTATtOM -SpC 1 tm March Z Thla Year Last Year Average mjm . . 1M: aooa - V - r . ' 'it X X Portland Council Takes Issue with Light Saving Bill t4 PORTLAN D. March 23-UP)-Three of Portland's city commis sioners took Issue with the legis lature today on daylight saving. They objected to a bill that would ban daylight saving, unless the whole state adopts it The bill will be considered by the senate state affairs committee in Salem tomorrow. The three commissioners, Fred L. Peterson, Ormond R. Bean and Kenneth Cooper, objected that the bill interferes with Portland's "home-rule rights. The city voted last November to adopt daylight saving annually, beginning the second Sunday in May. The legislature's bill would prevent any community from do ing this on Its own. Only Gover nor McKay could proclaim day light saving. One commissioner; William A. Bowes, supported the pending bill. U.S. Affirms Mid-EastPolicy WASHINGTON, March 23-iJP-Secretary of State Acheson warn ed Russia - - and reassured Greece, Turkey and Iran - - today that the United States is as deter mined as ever to block soviet ex pansion into the strategic middle east. It was the second time in five days that Acheson had spoken out publicly to underscore that policy. It was evident he feared that some nations might have "misinterpret ed' this country's recent concen tration on the North Atlantic pact as meaning a drop in interest in the middle east. Today, Acheson said "Our in terest in the security of these countries has been made clear, and we shall continue to pursue that policy." Winnie Arrives Ignores 'Go Home' Marchers NEW YORK. March 23 - WV- Winston Churchill, puffing a ci gar and i obviously enjoying him self, arrived In the United States today and -said he gave "whole hearted support" to the Atlantic pact.' The wartime prime minister of Great Britain did not appear per turbed by an anti-Churchill dem onstration near the pier as the big British liner Queen Elizabeth docked..! About 175 persons, most of them women, paraded with signs which read: "Churchill wants war- Am erica wants peace and "Go home, Mr. Churchill, we want peace. At what was believed to be a record sized news conference aboard ithe ship, Churchill de clined to say anything about Inter national affairs except to remark he gave full support to the pact, i Later,, however, when someone brought; up his 1948 Fulton, MoJ speech proposing a union of na Approved By Senate 68 to 10 WASHINGTON, March The senate tonight passed a "home rule bill to extend rent controls 12 to 15 months and allow some rent boosts up to 10 per cent The vote was 88 to 10. (Sen. Morse of Oregon favored the bill, Sen. Cordon opposed.) i Under the "home rule" provi sion, states would be permitted to remove rent curbs. Cities and towns would also be allowed to decontrol their areas when the state governor approved. I Administration democrats said the home-rule feature w oil Id "wreck" the entire federal rent control program. President Truman had asked for A two-year extension of controls. but an attempt to carry out his request was swamped. 1 Mr. Truman also asked for a general strengthening of rent laws to punish violators. Both the sen ate and house measures generally loosen controls. The senate version now goes to tne house which has already ap proved a bill calling for a flat 15 month extension. The house meas ure has a somewhat similar Mhome rule" provision, which would per mit states, counties, cities and towns to junk rent controls any time - - without the consent of the state's governor. : Senate-house differences will be subjected to a joint conference. Their both houses must approve the 'final version before it goes to the president to become law. The present law expires March SI. The senate knocked out crimin al penalties of one year in prison and a $5,000 fine for "willful vio lations" of federal rent ceilings. The vote was 52 to 30. e-List Real Estate Bureau to Open Something new to Salem real estate circles a multiple listing bureau was revealed Wednesday when articles of incorporation for Salem Multiple Listing Bureau, Inc., were filed with the Marion county clerk. The articles were filed by the board of directors of the bureau. They include Harold McMillin, chairman; Theodore G. Nelson, vice-chairman; Richard Graben horst, secretary-treasurer, and Lee Ohmart, Burt Picha, Alvin E. Is aak, Benjamin D. Colbath, Joseph W. Hutchison, all of Salem, and W. Earl Dunn, of Woodburn. The bureau will work like this: A prospective seller lists his property with his favorite real es tate office. The office has exclusive listing for a short period of time and then all offices in the bureau are permitted to work on the deal. This gives a customer the bene fits of the efforts of a number of offices, bureau officials said. John E. Black will manage the bureau which will open for busi ness April 1. About 30 real estate firms make up the bureau. Dynamite Ends Flood On La Grande Outskirts LA GRANDE, March 2J-WVA dynamite blast broke up a minor flood on La Grande's southeast outskirts yesterday. Mill creek was flooding fields until 1,000 sticks of dynamite were set off, tearing open a channel ten feet wide, six feet deep and 300 feet long. The deepened channel handled run-off waters nicely. in New York, tions against communism, Church ill said: "1 read that Fulton speech over recently to see what I said and I am bound to say that I am not in clined to go back on any of it. "I would say that If I did it to day I would go beyond It." Churchill was asked if America had reached a point equal to the things he advocated in the speech. He nodded affirmation. He was accompanied by his wife and son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. Christopher Soames. They will be guests of Bernard Baruch, financier and ad viser to presidents. Tomorrow night the Churchills will be dinner guests of President and Mrs. Truman in Washington. Main purpose of his visit is to address the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology's convocation of world leaders In Cambridge, Mass., March 31. His topic is "The twentieth century; its promise and realization." Multipl Pope Asks Emphasis on 'Hell's Fire9 Preaching By Frank Bratto VATICAN CITY, March 23 Pope Pius XII called today for a return to Christian teaching In the home and a greater empha sis on hell's fire preaching in the church. The preaching of hell, he said, "Is more ; than ever urgent to day" and the duty of the church, "before God and men, is to teach it ... as Christ revealed it." The pontiff spoke in his an nual audience with the pastors and Lenten preachers of Rome. "Desire for heaven," he said. "Is a more perfect motive than fear of eternal punishment, but from this it does not follow that it is the most effective motive to hold them (people) far from sin and convert them to God," "Propaganda for an earthly life without God is open, seduc tive, continuous," he said. "Often God is not denied. ... He Is not cursed. ... He is though absent." UAL Cite? Salem Airport Improvement as 'Must' i" . Salem city airport must be improved to guarantee Its continued use by commercial airliners, it was indicated here Wednesday by United Air Lines officials. An immediate improvement recommended by James Matthews, UAL assistant flight manager at Seattle, is installation of a non- directional H-type landing system ceiling weather. The present radio localizer type of range beam used is. antiquated and has brought objections from pilots on grounds of both safety and service, declared H. F. Swee ney, UAL's Salem station manag er. A principal advantage of an H type system, it was explained, would be a 100-watt identifying signal, twice the wattage of the present signal, to enable incoming pilots to pick up the beam at greater distance from Salem than at present Pilots have complained that present transmission strength is erratic. Non-directional Beam The H-type system would emit a non-directional beam on a com plete circle pattern In contrast to the present four radio beams at different directions. The present beam system was Installed by UAL as a temporary measure to be used In bad weather until such time as the Salem airport was equipped with a regular CAA range facility. The whole problem is expected to be laid before Salem Chamber of Commerce board of directors at noon today in the Marlon hotel. W. M. (Jack) Bartlett, state di rector of aeronautics and airport chairman for the Salem"Chambr, recently received a letter outlining the problem from Mrtthews. Unit to Cost Sieve Matthews indicated the H-type installation would cost about $1,- 000 plus a small storage building. and would serve Immediate needs pending development by civil aeronautics administration and the city of a more elaborate modern "I L S" landing system. The H system would be needed even tually, anyway Jn connection with the ILS system. Matthews indicated the present localizer is not considered wholly dependable in bad weather and if not improved might leave Salem without UAL service whenever ceiling drops! below 3,000 feet, during much of the winter season. An ILS system would establish radio beam direction at center of each runway, plus marker beacons in approach lanes to permit land ing approaches entirely by instru ment. The chamber board today. In the meeting originally scheduled for Friday noon, also has on the agenda consideration of the pro posed Columbia Valley authority. Grabenhorst To Command Navy Reserve Coburn Grabenhorst, Salem real tor and navy veteran, will assume command of Salem's navy reserve training division tonight at 7:45 in the new naval armory. Grabenhorst, a lieutenant com mander in the reserve, was ap pointed Wednesday to succeed Lt Comdr. Kenneth Hill who was re lieved from the local command in order to move jto Portland where he Is being transferred and pro moted by his civilian employer, Portland General Electric-Co. Grabenhorst was commissioned In 1939 through the navy reserve officers training corps at Univer sity of Washington. During World War II he had five years of active sea duty in Pacific areas ranging from the Aleutians to I wo Jima, Okinawa, China Sea and the Phil ippines. During his active duty Graben horst commanded two patrol ships and two high-speed mine sweep ers. At the end of his service he was a lieutenant commander head ing a division of six mine sweep ers, i JOHNSON CONFIRMED WASHINGTON. March Tbe senate today unanimously con firmed Louis A. Johnson as secre tary of defense. He succeeds James Forrestal on March 1L He said It is "sorrowful" to see so many "among: them many Catholics living as though their only aim is to form heaven on earth, without any thought of the beyond and of eternity." ' "Preaching of the first truths of faith ... is more than ever urgent . . . and so is the preach ing of hell. Without doubt such a subject must be handled with dignity and tact." Even in films considered mor ally without reproach, he said, "men live and die as though there were no God nor redemp tion nor church." t "When one thinks of the nau seating crudeness and immod esty shown in newspapers, in magazines or on the screen. In theatres, and of the inconceiv able aberration of parents who go with their children to amuse themselves with such horrors, one blushes with shame, the pontiff said. i to bring in airliners during low McNary Dam Fund Cut 15 By Committee PORTLAND, March 23 i -OP) Power and reclamation Interests expressed disappointment there over a 15 per cent cut recom mended today by the house ap propriations committee for dam projects. i Lee C. StoIL director of; the Portland labor-management com mittee, said it would work a hard ship on the power-hungry Paci fic northwest if the cut were allowed to apply to McNary dam. (It would amount to go million.) "We need the entire $40,000,000 to complete the dam one year ahead of present schedule because the northwest Is direly in need of the power that will come from inai aam. An eiion wiu De maoc to restore the reduction in Ithe senate as a means of making; up the year lost when congress cut the McNary appropriation last year," he said. ! Stoll also said a 15 per cent cut in construction costs could not be foreseen for the Pacific northwest this year. Russ Arrive For Conclave NEW YORK, March 23 -OV Foreign delegates began arriving today for a three-day ."world peace" conference as protest groups planned picketing and prayer by massed thousands. ! Patriotic, civic and veterans' or ganizations said prayer will domi nate their demonstrations "pray er that liberation will come soon for the Russian-enslaved mil lions." - The "world peace" conference, to open Friday night at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, has been de scribed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson as "a sounding board for communist propaganda." The seven members of Russia's delegation arrived by plane late today at La Guardia field. The group, headed by Composer Dmi tri Shostakovich, was met by a Soviet embassy official, escorted to immigration office and 45 min utes later whisked to an undis closed destination on Long Island. GAS FIRE BURNS IN TEXAS HOUSTON, Tex, March 23-OF) -A huge gas fire broke out in the south Houston oil field tonight and still was burning uncontrolled nearly five hours later. Its origin had not been determined. Shortly before midnight there had been no report of casualties. Twenty Calls 1 In Two Hours i I That's what happened when this classified adver tisement appeared In The Oregon Statesman: i : For Heat Ileaea i FOR RENT or sale: Spcioua S BR teniae la Esalewvod . Ph. . - .. . , . There is no better adver tising medium than the clas sified pages of The Oregon Statesman. ,: . ' . , You are as near to lt as your 'phone. A call to Salens 2-2441 (aak for classified) will be worthwhile for YOU, too. .. J. v Off fionC3Cllwaaa Proposal Shifts Milk Control to New Official ! Br Lester F. Ceur I Staff Writer. The Statesman I -The house tav rommiitM ml nounced Wednesday it Is rewriting m proposea uregon veterans bo nus act to provide bonus payments as soon as the law fa ,nit,H v.,, only to veterans not receiving state nome, larm or educational aid. The bonus has been estimated to be around $40,000,000. li As proposed by the tax commili tee, the bonus would be paid only to veterans wKa in rt-.. prior to the war, served between Sept. 20, J940. and Sept. 2, 1845 and have not taken state farm ot noma loans or educational aiaiat- ance. i J Wednesday's development 1oU lowed action In the house Tuesday when representatives Indicated they they favored financing a maximum $800 bonus with a cig aret tax. ; .Under the original bill, written by Rep. Warren GilL Lebanon.! veterans would have been naid ui of the collections on the iclgarrtj tax. Weald Allow Bond Issue The bill under consideration la the tax committee would allow the! state to float a bond issue to payj the bonus Immediately. The bonds would be retired through the cig aret tax. The proposal would prob j abiy be referred to the voters. 4 Meanwhile, the senate voted un animously Wednesday to kill three bills which would have changed the state industrial accident in surance system. I i One was the "three-way" bill to permit employers to carry ac cident insurance with the state, a private company or by self-insurance. !. i; Insurance Bill , j Another would have required employers to be insured through the state Industrial accident com mission. The third would have re pealed the law allowing employe contributions to the industrial ac cident fund. j fj Also killed In the senate were bills to abolish state butter grades and allow butter manufacturers to do away with hiring butter! grad ers.- .. , - l " j ' I " The upper house adopted; a "do not pass" report on a bill to' make employers with a bad accident ex perience rating pay up to 50 rr cent more in contributions to the industrial' accident commission. This provision was repealed jn 1947. la traductions Hlfhllffat Introductions of new bills nlrn lighted a comparatively dull Wed nesday, j A new measure Introduced )n the house would take away milk - control enforcement from the state director of agriculture and place it with a special administrator.! The administrator would be paid $6,250 a year and would-be appointed ty the state board of agriculture.: The director of agriculture, now in charge of milk price control, would spend his time on other duties. Another new house bill would change the makeup of the board of agriculture and let labor have a representative on the board,; Interim Board The senate public buildings and Institutions committee introduced a measure to set up a nine-ma it leg islative interim committee to in vestigate treatment of convicts at the state penitentiary. Sever ill members of the committee said they have heard criticism of pro cedures employed at the Orecon prison. . is The house adocted a commmre report which would allow married couples to split their Incomes when declaring earnings for state income taxes. This is possible under the present community property law. but the law has been repealed, ef fective July I. 1919. I S Bills passed la the house ; and sent to the senate included one to increase contributions to the state's own insurance fund from $100,000 to $200,000 a year. i Bills passed In the senate and sent to the house would abolish the Vanport school district destroyed by last year's flood; and let county chairmen call meetings of the re publican or democratic state cen tral committees. i. f. Pre rides Parking Space I'' The senate also sent to the gov ernor a house-passed bill approp riating $5,700 to provide parking space for 27 more cars around the state office and supreme court buildings. ' Both nouses will tackle lengthy calendars today but the only: ma jor measures will be decided by the representatives. One measure up for final action In the house would give the racing commission full power to set do j or horse race meets, increase th) state's share on pari-mutuel bet ting from 1214 to IS per cent and ban other racing meets during th state fair. ' (Additional details page 3.) Shower at Dallas Today For Littleton Family I DALLAS. March 23 (-Special)- A shower for the nine Littleton children, whose mother perished when' their farm home burned re- cently, will be held Thursday at j 8 pjn. In Bridgeport hall. Every- . one Is welcome to attend ,tro . event at which gifts for the; chil dren will be gathered. ( ; I