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Biri'SDsIhi tew hop rl dl by Yarn) Rescue !Bsi(Slh gftz Esi fi Sg moil 89th YEAR 14 PAGES ildle-Iieiniace FopaoDace DIP sauce UCDODQCB Gum ... or butter. - Or funs and butter . . . and deficits (or higher taxes). These art the alternatives which thTSnires. is Pondering over They areserious. very serious; and 7he decisions may have pronounc ed effect on our future. The house has P"4 .b, carrying PPWrlatioiw offlM billion for national d,elrJ far the largest for peacetime. Looming is a bill to finance re lrnent for western Europe un der the Atlantic pact, with a c ost tag attached of one or two billion year more. It is touch and go whether the treasury Income will equal the outgo for the current year And the budget points to a sizable de ficiency for next year unless taxes eSmethe traon policy is to call for added spend ing for domestic welfare. Secre tary Brannan of the agriculture department proposes that the gov ernment guarantee incm" i farmers on a level to which they have become accustomed the past 10 years. A compulsory healtn insurance plan is proposed with special new taxes which may or may not meet the cost of the new aystem (in Britairi they didnt). Extension of social security is urged, and federal aid to educa tion. , . , The public has been educated to demand "social gains" on a steadily increasing basis-to come out of government rather than out of personal effort and increas ed productivity. But we are com ing to a point where we cannot provide higher standards of living and divert increasingly large sums to armaments. If the Utter are absolutely necessary for our (continued on editorial page) Ax, Jeep Help Clear Elkhorn, Mill City Road f By Mrs. Ray Roberta Statesman Elkhorn Correspondent ELKHORN, April 19 The rug- Red Gates Hill road between Elk orn and Mill City was opened this week after being closed since November by deep snow. The fair-weather road probab ly the most treacherous in the west was opened by an anony mous but intrepid individual, rid ing a Jeep and armed with a sharp x an da dauntless spirit This hardy woodsman cleared the torturous trail by chopping way about 20 fir trees from 8 to IS inches in diameter and rolling them to the- side. The fallen trees on the road re only a small number of second growth firs which have caused damage in this area. Last week, Ercill Wilson, Mehama logging operator, and an Elkhorn timber faller were employed to cut several trees which were threatening the new home of Ken Golliet, Mehama merchant, on the Little North Fork. A small tree was already lean ing on a roof corner, but the home was damaged only slightly. OPPOSITION SHOWN TO CVA CHEYENNE, Wyo., April l-(JP) Wyoming's governor and state en- gneer said today they consider -esident Truman's proposed Col umbia valley administration an "invasion of states' rights." Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH rtcfisroft "Stop, thst tkkir e Th Oregon Statesman, Salem Oregon, Wednesday. April 20. 1949 Santiam Winds ) f -Mm I IP --W v' - f J . . - 1 This is the North Santiam river as It appears now lookinr up river from the Detroit dam site. In a few years this whole canyon will be filled with waler forming; a huie lake more than 15 miles long. Wind in; into the foreground u the old Detroit highway, and paralleling ft is the railroad. At extreme upper left is the new highway which is now being built to follow the canyon above the rim of the 400 foot dam. The picture is taken from the new road at a spot which will be the top of the dam. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) L I 1 CVA 'Coulli Buy Private Power Firms' 1 SEATTLE, April 19 hVPh The purchase of private-owhed power systems in the northwest would be within the scope of a Columbia Valley administration proposed by President Truman, C. Girard Dav idson said today. The assistant secretary of the in terior told reports the bill would require the CVA to resell to cities or public utility districts the local S. terns obtained in such a pur ase. i Davidson spent the day conferr ing with Seattle's Maypr .William Devin, public power; officials, Grange leaders and labor officials. Rickreall Plans Flower Show RICKREALL. April 19 Plans, were being completed today for ! the Rickreall Grange Home Ec onomics club's annual spring flow er show which opens Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Grange hall. Show managers announced that exhibitors in the horticultural division will be limited to show ing flowers which they have raised themselves. Flowers In arrange ments and corsages need not be those raised by the; exhibitors. All exhibits must be; in place by noon Thursday and.; containers must be furnished by! exhibitors. Ribbons will be awarded. There will be no admission charge, but a lunch will be sold in the after noon. A plant sale will be featur ed, if Albany Brick Plant Burns ALBANY. April 19 -iiP) -Fire swept through most of -the Albany Brick & Tile Co. at fthe eastern city limits here today, causing damage estimated at $50,000. The blaze destroyed the build ing, machinery and equipment, but the kilns escaped damage. COUNDID 1651 into Distance at Pilots Say Install New Radio Beam at Salem or Else An improved non-directional landing system must be installed at McNary field by October 1 or pilots will refuse to land planes at the Salem airport, the Air Line Pilots association declared in a resolution adopted recently. The city already was endeavor ing to get the safety device before the pilots adopted the resolution, according to City Manager J. L. Franzen. He said there is little doubt it will be installed before October 1. The equipment, called H non directional landing device, keeps planes on a radio beam as thev prepare to land. It is part of an i instrument landing system which 1 is planned for the Salem airport. The CAA will make the original installation at federal cost of about $1,000. Lilienthal Admits i 'Remote' Chance of U f l d Expiodon ; D, Wash., April 19- tlUIllurtl RICHLAN (AVAtomic Chief David E. Lilien thal acknowledged today that sci entists still recognize a "remote' chance of an explosion at the Han ford atomic project. The atomic energy commission chairman made the disclosure in explaining that a 173,000-acre area on the Wahluke slope, across the Columbia river from the vast Han ford atomic project, must remain closed to settlement. He said it was because of the "remote pos sibility of disaster." He said he referred to the pos sibility of an atomic explosion in project plants. Elliott Reduces Budget Request PORTLAND, April 19 - UP) Sheriff M. L Elliott filed a budget estimate today that was lower instead of higher, than the funds received a year ago by his predecessor. In explaining how he lopped $11,753.37 from the $906,201 al lowed the year previous, Elliott said he "cut to the bones and tossed away a few of these." effaases to Eaodlge Detroit Dam Site Senate to Hear Europe Arms Plan in Secret WASHINGTON, April The administration's plans to arm North Atlantic treaty nations will be outlined secretly to senators Thursday by Secretary of State Acheson. Acheson will appear before the senate foreign relations commit tee. He also will give the group a full report on the German situa tion. Chairman Connally (D-Tex), announcing plans for the closed session today, said that after hear ing Acheson the committee then will decide: 1. When to lift the secrecy on the arms-for-E u r o p e program aimed at bolstering North Atlantic defenses against communism; and 2. When to start public hearings on the treaty itself. saiem YWCA to On Political, Keligious Issues Salem's YWCA will stay on the civil rights and on fair employ fence in political and religious ment practices, federal aid to ed issues. it was decided Tuesday af- ucation and limiting national sov ter a lively debate, among 50 of 1 ereignty to strenathen the United the YW's 400 members. ine debate centered in a re centered in cent public affairs program drawn up by a national YWCA conven tion and whether its social affairs goals are to be considered a man date to local YW associations. By majority vote of members attending yesterday's meeting, the Salem YW adopted a compromise accepting the national public af fairs program for study only but specifying "we should generally refrain from participation in po litical or religious issues, contro versial or otherwise." Endorsed in the national YW program are international and do mestic civilian control of atomic energy, slum clearance and low cost public and private housing, equal pay for equal work by wo men, extension of social security coverage, adequate health insur ance, permanent commissions on PRICE 5c No. 31 Force Illegal; Some Children Taken to Safety TACOMA, April 19 -UP)- Resi dents of the community of Salmon Beach, strengthened by a legal opinion from Jhe state's attorney general. Indicated tonight that very few of them will leave the area voluntarily. Red Cross and welfare workers canvassed the waterfront fishing and resort village this afternoon and evening to be met by a fairly concerted "No" to the question if they are willing to leave. Attorney General Smith Troy informed Governor Langlie today that the state has no authority to require persons to leave the com munity. Some, however, said they would be willing to go because they have children who might be en dangered by the 400-foot bluff which hangs above them. Geolo gists have described this hill as dangerous. Others already have left for homes of relatives or other havens and every so often couples are observed trudging up the precipit ous trail which provides the only land exit. Some push baby car riages and carry pack sacks on their backs 'loaded with personal possessions. Most are accompani ed by little children. Plans will be perfected tonight for evacuation of those willing to leave in National Guard ducks which will be provided tomorrow. Theatre Ceiling 'Caves In'; 39 Persons Hurt HOUMA. La., April 19-()-A theatre ceiling crashed down on a startled audience of 75 to 100 persons tonight injuring 39. The most seriously injured was reported by the Ellender Memorial hospital as Mrs. Ames Lapeyrouse. The hospital said she received a compound fracture of the leg. She did not stay at the hospital, of flcals said, but was taken to her home. She is the wife of one of the theater's owners. Most of the rest were hospitaliz ed and releasee. Theatre Manager Everett Tal bot said the plaster and metal lathe acoustic ceiling came crash ing about the heads of the 73-100 person audience with little warn ing. "I was just entering the house and heard a cracking," he said. "It got louder and louder for a minute and then the entire ceiling seemed to come down in one great sheet. "It made a terrific noise that could easily be heard a block away. A few of the people got panicky but tmost of them were so stunned for that. The children were the fortunate ones. They weren't hurt because- they were protected by the backs, of the seats xtending above their heads. No one was hurt too seriously." The theatre opened only October. last TO RENEW GLOBE HOP EDMONTON. Alta., April 19 (A3)- Britain's round-the-world aviatrix, , Mrs. Richard - Morrow Tait, probably will take off from Watson lake. Northwest Territor ies, for Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon tomorrow, airport officials here reported tonight. Stay on Fence Nations Three letters from members, read at yesterday's meeting, ex pressed the feelings of the fraction which forced the issue of YWCA political action to a vote. Mrs. Philip Allison threatened to resign if the YW entered "partisan po litics." Elizabeth Putnam stated the public affairs program was "political and subversive." Mrs. P. W. Bird said she would not acept or adhere to the goals set by the convention. Mrs. Ralph Moody end Mrs. Arthur Madsen, floor leaders of the rebel group, objected to the use of the; word "mandate" in connection with the program but Helen Flack, -western regional ex ecutive for the YW, asserted the term was a directive to the na tional YW board to prepare ed ucational material on the public affairs issues. (Additional details, pages 2. I) Statesman Becomes 7 -Day Newspaper Effective May 2 On Monday, May 2, The Statesman will start regular Monday publication. This will fill out the week, giving Salem and the mid-Willamette valley a seven-day paper, published every morning of the year. With no paper on Monday morning, there has been a big gap in the news service of Salem. The growth of the city and surrounding country makes it imperative to close this gap and provide a Monday morning paper. This will allow proper coverage of week-end news events and assist advertisers in reaching Monday shoppers with their mer chandise offerings. This step has been in contemplation for a long time. Lack of newsprint and of mechanical staff workers pre vented earlier action. These scarcities are easing so it be comes possible for The Statesman to Initiate seven-day publication, to giva complete service in its own morning field. Now in its 99th year of publication, The Statesman has shared and participated in the growth and develop ment of the Willamette valley. Enjoying the largest cir culation in its history, tit seeks constantly to improve its product, providing the people of this region with fresh, vital news, with honest editorial opinion, and with features appealing to all members of the family. Recently it added a 16-page feature section to its Sunday issue, with the best offerings of the feature world. Now, In meeting the very definite demand for a Monday morning paper, it is again seeking to discharge its obligation as a newspaper dedicated to public service. The addition of a Monday issue makes necessary a readjustment in circulation prices. Rates effective May 1 will be $1.20 per month by carrier and $9.00 per year by mail. This will be for the full seven days a week, includ ing the Sunday feature section. Collections by carriers at the new rate will not come till the last of May. At these rates. The Statesman will be the lowest cost seven-day paper in the state. We are confident this Monday morning paper will be welcomed by our subscribers. As far as newspaper service goes, it will raise Salem to the metropolitan status which its growth warrants. THE OREGON STATESMAN Charles A. Sprague, Publisher Hungary, Bulgaria Asked to Tell Story Of Clergy Trials By George Palmer LAKE SUCCESS. April 19-UP)-The U. N. invited Hungary and Bulgaria today to tell their stories of the imprisonment of Josef Car dinal Mindszenty and Protestant churchmen. The Russian delegation indicat ed the two satellite countries would not accept Last week he 58-nation general assembly voted 30 to 7 to put the church cases on its agenda and go on with full discussion of them. Neither Hungary nor Bulgaria is a U. N. member, and Australia's proposal asking them to send spokesmen here Vas thinly sup ported. The invitation was sent out by a vote of 17 to 1, with 31 nations abstaining. Those which did not vote included the U. S. and Russia. Easter Bunny Vies with Stork LA GRANDE. Ore., April 19-(A) The Easter bunny is reputed to bring nothing but eggs. But Mr. and Mrs. f. Robert Cash are skeptical. Their first son was Dorn nere Easter Sunday. April 8. 1944. A second child, a daughter, ar rived Ea.'ter Sunday, April 6, 1947. The third child, a boy, came last Sunday. Stayton Names May Queen STAYTON, April 19-Valerie Walker, senior at Stayton high school, has beeen chosen to rule over the annual May day festivi ties, Saturday. May 14. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M L. Walker of Lyons. Chosen as senior princesses are Pauline Stewart and Phyllis Wal lin, while Kathleen Etzel and Don na Dunbar will be Junior class princesses. The sophomore class chose Ros ella Zolkoski and Darleen Dozler. and the freshmen class, Jeannie Crawford and Joyce Brimes. 'Sealed' Driver Visits McKay Don R. Haynes Ashland, tour ing the nation sealed In his auto mobile where he must 'remain for 14 months to win a wager of $25, 000, was in Salem for two hours Tuesday. He called on Gov. Doug las McKay. Starting Saturday noon, Febru ary 19, from Ashland, Haynes took off in the sealed car that will take him from coast to coast. He is a former merchant marine and truck driver. Haynes said he would vis it all state capitols. He has a wager to stay In the car 14 months Haynes' car is equipped so he can enjoy many comforts of life. While in Salem his automobile was parked at the north entrance of the state capitol building where it attracted considerable attention. Boilermakers Win Suit for $3,308,732 The Portland Boilermakers un ion won a five-year contest with the international union for con trol of its $3,308,732 in assets as a result of a state supreme court ruling here Tuesday. Final disposition of the case re called the fabulous war-time money story of the Portland local. It mushroomed from a member ship of about 200 to 48,000 during the wartime shipbuilding peak. It built a lavish building with bowling alleys, lounges, soft drink bars and all the trimmings and it often was referred to as the "marble palace." Tommy Ray, un ion business agent and financial secretary, received a bonus of $10, 000. The money, poured In from dues and working permits, but mem bership disagreement with officers' policies prompted a suit for an accounting. The International stepped in and suspended meetings and when a receiver was appointed to settle the question the action was opposed by the international. The high court opinion Tuesday was written by Justice Harry H. Belt and affirmed Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson of Multonomah county. It also upheld the lower court's appointment of Oscar Fur uset's final receive ship report. The opinion disposed of 14 suits. Suit was brought by O. W. Mur sener, acting on behalf of the In ternational Brotherhood of Boiler makers, against M. K. Forte and others. Bean to Oppose Portland Budget Increase Requests PORTLAND, April 19 -UP)- Re quests for an additional $2,056,344 were made today for Portland's budget for the coming year. Ormond R. Bean, finance com missioner who smilingly described himself as the "most unpopular man in Oregon." said re would vote against all the requested items, which he termed "frills." Bean, who has proposed new and heavier taxes to balance the budget, said he would stick by an earlier budget estimate of $10, 702,000 for the year. Hog Prices Continue Fall CHICAGO. April 19 -OP)- Hogs tumbled SO cents to $1.00 a hun dred pounds today, dropping to another new low since Oct. 14, 1948. It was the first day since then that some hogs have no) brought $19.00 or more. The top today was $18.75. A few loads of good to choice hogs weighing 290 to 340 pounds brought $16.75. This is the aver age government support price for the April-September period on hogs here, although the support level in effect this week is $16.50. Blocked By Guns - i Casualty Lint Reported Long; j Ship Said -Afire K l ' By Fred Hampsea SHANGHAI. Wednewlaj, April 20-P-Ch!nei rtillerj heavily bombarded the Brit ish naval aloop "Amethyaf in th Yangtze river floday. Th ship was beached betweea Shanghai and Nanking, Brit ish sources said she suffered heavy casualties. Whether the artillery was Chin ese government or communist wu not immediately determined. A British embassr i innkMmnn at Nanking said two British war craft had been sent to the ster of the attack, about 35 mfies north- SHANGHAI. April; 29 -,; British naval sources jaald leday Chinese shore gen turned bark te Nanking a small, warship nsshlnr te the aid of the shell damaged British sleep A me. thyst In the Yangtze! river. The t.ea-tea Brlitsh sleep Amethyst waa hit several tlmre by nnldentlfied shore igvns. He ports here said she Jwaa afire this afternoon and maay wend ed were still aboard. The Br)Uh creiser Londoa and the destroyer Black Swaa were proceeding mp (the river. The British detreyer Consort waa turned back, naval sources said. I east of Nanking, near kouanchrn. . The embassy spokesman said the "Amethyst" was jenroute to Nanking "on a peaceful humani tarian mission by permission of the Chinese government with the object of protecting commonwealth nationals should the need atie." One million communist tiorpo on the north and 500,000 govern ment troops on the south face each other along the Yangtze. , The "amethyst" lefjt; ShanshalJ yesterday morning. She had lrge Union Jacks (the BHtish flag) painted on her sides! She wis commanded by Lt. Cmdr. B. M. Skinner and carried Ja crew if about 150 men. The British 1'P is similar to a light destroyer.; Communists in Control Chinese communist jforceS hold most points on the nofth bank it the Yangtze along a 650-miJe front extending from below; Nan king upstream Into trie Hankow area of central China. Natj delist government forces hold theJtutl oanx. 1 . There was nothing in the tele phone reports, to indicate whether it was communist or nationalist f batteries which had fired on the sloop. : All along the 650-mile front communist troop are deployed in three armies ready to force a crossing of the river jshould the nationalists refuse today's red deadline for surrender. I Tense, expectant government troops are set on the south bt.uk : for any communist assault. : -Message Received I , The office of the Brjitish naval attache at Nanking sai4 a mintage received from the "Aaethyst" at 9:30 a.m. reported the; sloop had come under heavy ground fire and had sustained casualties. - ! The ship then reported from a position approximately 10 mi lee southwest of Kouanchen. i The attache's office said the number of casualties! was not known, nor was it knon whether the ship had run aground on the north or south bank or on onm of the river islands grouped la tnat area. Yangtze Battle! Held Imminent! NANKING, Wednesday, April 20-P-The fateful battle for the Yangtze valley and control of all China may be only hours away. I The government last nigtit spurned a red demand for Unop posed crossings of the imighty riv er, an official source said. This Is expected to be the sigrjal for a red smash to the south baijik. i The communists had set up a new list of conditioni for peace. Among them were th) unopposfd crossings. They told Ithe govern ment to agree by today or take the consequences. No hourj was set. LOGGER CRUSHED GRANTS PASS. April 19 -A Clarence Sauer, 60-yar-old , log ger, was crushed to death yexteir day in woods operations above Sucker creek in the Illinois valley. T Min. Prertp. 47 j . 49 1 .is: M liw Salvia Pert lend . M M San Franclaco Chicago M New York 7 J7! Wtllamrtt river 3.1 ftet. FORECAST (from U.SJ weather ba- riu. McNarr field. Slm: MoMly cloudy today with rain, tontinyijna; to night. High today near ML Low toniKfcit near 43. Outlook fair fof farming ac tivities today with moderate we inly winds predicted for the J afternoon. . (Sept. 1 to AfTif 29) Thl Year LaM Yar Averse 37.40 40 17 ttWt