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Smiling Farewell for Acheson
39th YEAR
16 PAGES
Recall of Newbry, Pearson Advocated
Road Tax
Polk County Voters Suggests
DALLAS, May 2ft-( Special ) -A 10-mili road tax levy was defeated
by mere than 2 to 1 in otir.g throughout Pol isf county today.
With 33 of the county's 35 precincts reported at midnight, tr.e
Unofficial count showed 1.321 voteis opposed to ;the levy and 595
ii: favor.
The special levy was proposed to ra.se S4)Mi.0O0 ever a three-ve.ir
- - period for general improvement I
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Having seen the dearth of lea':
and copper and 7inr l irn to ,,-.
excess, the output of steel catch
up with demand and th- premium
on automobiles come off 1 am not
as positive as some that our sup
ply of electric energy will prove
insuff fient before d..m undei
construction are computed Yes
terday President Truman pressed
a button to start the tenth K'"f
lator at Grand Coulee It adds
108.000 kilowatts in Coulees aene
rating capacity. Another is to
come into production in August,
another in September. There is
space in the powerhouse for six
more units whose installation wil!
follow Each side of the river has
a powerhouse to accommodate
rune units each.
When river conditions are un
favorable as in periods of low
water pi high water production
will be cut down from the capa
city of 108.000 kilomatts each.
Hut Coulee is now tne la i pest
hydroelectric plant in the world.
National reports show that elec
tric power consumption is now
levelling off to that of a year
ago. The " plus" figure on com
parative statistics are running out
and by the end of May "minus"
signs are expected to appear Thr
northwest may not dip into the
minu side, but consumption here
will taper off too.
The brownout of last winter
was due not to lar k of generating
capacity so much as to severe
winter conditions which caused
water-flow to drop below levels
giving the maximum production
of energy. Normal weather in the
winters ahead, if we get it. will
avert similar loss of power The
northwest will continue to grow
and demand for electric
(Continued on editorial page)
(,r'vlioiui(ls Not
UmmI to Carrying
Anv Passengers
IH IRTLAND
Mav 20- 4' -Mrs
R W
hound
phone.
Do
there"'
MoConih who raises grey
dogs, answered her tele-
y-ou have ureyV.ounds
asked tie von e
said Mrs McCornb
"' Ye.
"When dves the next one leave
for Salem J" aked the voice
It doesn't." Mis McCc-mb said,
startled
A few confused moments later'
she discovered the voice iriteixird
to call the Greyhound tus line.
Station (iartlen ('lull to '
Tour Siherloit (arleu: !
STAYTt)N. May 20 -(SpeeiaD
8tavton Garden club i planning;
a tour of Silverton gntciens Sat- I
in-day Cars will lenve fiom the
Church of Christ at 1 p m
Included in the tour will be,
the iris gardens and others Those;
hav ing cars or in need cf trans-;
jxirtation to Silverton ate as ken j
to call Mrs. Nettie Downing at
Stavten 275. i
Animal Crackers
Bv W WEN GOODS iCH
"timmmt intttttting
The Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oragon. Saturday,
Killed by
county riid. most of w hieh suf
fered heii :i v in the seveie weoth
er last wtir.er.
Some e;f the- amount woi! be
come av ail. b!e despite tne . i
verse vote, a? rural taxpavers will
rontuiue to pay: their 3-miiI rood
tax Undei the ballot proposal
thes-e taxpaver would have p.od
an additional 3.7 mills and the c.'y
taxpayers' the full 10 mills.
Sheriff T. Ii HH.ker sa.d the
voting was especially he.cvv
i,i:it tlse tax in southern i'o'k
county including the Monmouth
Inoependence area. The ma:n
ipaiilst the tax was considerably
it""- m Dallas, he said, ard all but
three or four precincts voted
aga.r.st the proposal The approx
ima'e'y 'M) per cent vote was cun
sidered light
The missing precincts are South
Falls City ard McCoy.
K. of G to Open
State Conclave
In Salem Today
Between 600 and 700 delegates
from councils over the state are
expected to pour into Salem today
for the three-day Knights of Co
lumbus Annual state conventiop
slated to open today.
The schedule for today includes
registration of delegates at the
Senator iand Marion hotels this
morning and a preliminary session
at the Salem council clubrooms,
193 N. Commercial st. this after
noon. A dinner dance for knights
and their ladies will begin at 6 30
p m. at the Mav flower hail on
Xorth Portland road.
Archbishop I Edward D How ard
of Portland will attend the ses
sions Suhdav in the council club
rooms slated to convene at 11am.
A dinner will be held Sunday
night atthe Marion hotel and the
convention is -to conclude Monday
afternoofi. A Sunday morning
mas- will be cheated for dele
gates at St ' int ent de Paul Cath
olic church at 9 am.
Tunnel Work
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Oolv av few e able yards of earUt and a enerete steasa taoavel resnaia
to be resnaved at Use site of tbe eaaneetiac taBssel keiweea tae
sUtehoae and tbe new office feaildiag. View abase Is treat Ceart
street leaking aa the taaael towards tbe state hooe. Farsaa are la
alaed front tbe office bailding acra Coart street ta Use point fro as
which Use photo was lakea aad some eaaerete has beea poared. la
r I ad lng the slab aa the ftoor of the taaael fat the fares raand.
thUlesrasa phata.)
1651
Ex-Solon
Campaign
Possibility of a move to reca"
Secretarv of State Karl T New -brv
arid State Trtau:er Walter J
Pearson was indicated m the
comment of Hector MacPherson.
former protestor at Oregon State
college and former member of
the legislature from Linn county
(1927-29-31 an 1 1939 sessions"'.
MdCPher-on expressed his strong
opposition to the replacement of
Earl Fisher and Wallace S Wriar
ton as memoer of the state tax
(tflimt-Mcn and indicated his
readiness to devote- time and
some money in art effort to block
the appointment of successors
througn recall of Pearson and
New bry if necessary.
Thought of Recall
"When people asked me what
could he done the only thing I
thought of was to invoke the
recall." said MacPherson who
ope rates a dan y farm in Lin.i
county r.ear Corvallis. "I ee
here Senator Hilton raises the
question of the eWibility of Rob
ert McLean and Ray Smith .or
the tax commission place- be
cause they are not skilled and
experts in the matter of taxation
as the law requires. I wish that
Hilton would press this matter
for a decision. If that fails a
recall could be considered."
As professor of political sci
ence at OSC MacPhemon taotfht
courses in taxation and as 1 gis
lator and citizen continued his
interest in the subject.
Praise for Fisher
He voiced high praise of Earl
Fu.her.-.vteran member of the
commission, saying he not only
understood the economics of taxa
tion but was thoroughly inform
ed on tax questions in Oregon and
always ready to assist in solving
them. He said he was not so well
acquainted w ith Wharton but
understood he had rendered good
service to the state.
Before a recall election may be
ordered petitions signed by regis
tered voters in number equal t-i
25 per rent of the total number
voting for all candidates for su
preme court justice for the a i
tion in which the greatest rr. ru
ber of vote were cast at the las
general election.
BERLIN TRI CKS MOVE
BERLIN. May 20-, ..p. The Rus
sians allowed West German truck
traffic to flow along the Autobahn
from Helmstedt to Berlin without
the forecast interruptions today.
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May. 21, 1949
Senate Adds
To Detroit
WASHINGTON. May 20-oP-The senate today approved an $11.
300.000 appropriation for the Detroit reservoir on the North Santiam
nver
The house had prev iously voted only $8,185,000 for this project.
The bill will now be returned to a joint committee of both houses to
reach a compromise.
! The senate economy block suf
To Join Ducks
k
Jerry Lillie, who resigned as ath
letie department head at Uil
lamette university Friday.
Jerry Lillie
Resigns as WU
Football Coach
Jerry Lillie. athletic departmen-
U! head at Willamette univ ersity
the
4ir
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past tw o years, has been' ,ln,1 n" al' ' Qocrauc
ted a release from his contract ! h?V!! emb"Repfl J!f ?
granted
bv members of the WU athletic
board. Dr. G Herbert Smith, uni
versity president announced Fri
day. Lillie requested the release.
Although Lillie could not be
reached to confirm it Friday night, favorer! development of the river
it is known that he has, been con-; being carried on under the co
fernng with University of Ore- ordmated program of the engi
gon offic.als this week and that neers and the reclamation bureau
he will sign on there as an assist- Mitchell, in a statement filed
ant under Coach Jim Aiken (Ad- the committee, said the co-
ditional details on sports page).
Jet Crashes
Near Maupin
MAC PIN". Mav 20 .TV-An air
force jet fmhter (F-84) from Ham-
il'on Field slipped cut of forma
tion on a northbound flight to
day ar.d cra-hed into fragments
on the desolate tableland near
here The pilot was killed. power
An evewitr.ess. M. E Otos of Meantime. Chairman Chavex
The Dalles, said the craft appear- (U-XMi of the senate public
ed to hurtle earthward at top works committee, indicated con
speed and disintegrate at the im- gress will take no action on pro
pact posed Columbia Vajley Adminis-
Fragmer.t? of burned wreckage tration hi Us this session,
were scattered over 500 yards of h,. Fa fj his committee will start
rargeland. seven miles south of hearings May 27 but he added
here A w.r.g tip struck a tele- jter. m a statemert:
pr.o.-.e
mg el
line, temporarily, interrupt
v e
Hon-" if Moves
Kuril it 11 re Too Often
ONTARIO. Mar 20 f.APl
Like many women. Mrs. Gene
Stewart likes to move her furni
ture around She shifted things arij MrNarv is going to p ek a
abo-.it in the living room the other rame fc.r lty(lf ln , merchant-
sponsored "name our town" con
Now her husband has a $1,000 ,eM The u.nner b. announ.
fire damage bill Mrs Stewart ceti ,t a tommunitv dance Mav 28
moved the davenport over a new . . . ' "
furnace outlet, and it got so hot
it caught fire
BERRY CROP DAMAGED
MEDFORD. Mav 20 (API
Sixty per cent of the strawberry
crop in this area was reported a
loss today, because of freezing
weather Us: month. Damage to
about half the boysenoerry aid
nectarberrv crops was also report
ed. Baseball Scores
H elers I terma stomal
At Saiero-Wrialcv rain
At Varscfwiver S. Victoria
At Bremerton te. Taconva 1
At Spucint S. Ytkjr
Caaat Leagae
At Port 'a -Oakland, ran
At I m Angeles 0-3. Saeraniento 1-J
At Seattar 7. oilywood S
At Pr.iIo;phia 2. Dvrrair 1 MO inn
At Wariincton S, St Lowta
At New York-Oucase. ram
At Boston -OeveUrvd. ra-n
NaUoaaJ Leagae
At TPittsOursh 3. Boston 1
At CuacuvjLatt 0. New York S
At St. Low- S. Brooklyn 1
At Oucago-etuiaaeipfiia. ruol
aaaUvat
PRICE 5c
No. 61
$3 Million
Dam Funds
fered it fourth smashing defeat as
the chamber passed the overall
flood control and waterways bill
which totals $751,440,000. The en
tire bill contains $158,000,000 more
than the house voted.
.'The b.ii includes appropriations
ftir projects in Oregon, Washing
ton. Mon'ana and Idaho. Oregon !
projects include $710,700 for Wil- ;
l.ijmette river bank protection, j
$T40 C00 for the Cottage Grove i
reservoir and $208,000 for the
Fern Ridge reservoir.
It was a stiff blow to a republican-democratic
coalition which
has demanded slashes in federal
spending so as to avoid a deficit
or a big tax increase. Efforts to
slash 5 to 40 per cent off tne total
were batted down.
McKay Backs
Alternate to
CVA Proposal
WASHINGTON. May 20-t&.
The house public works committee
listened for nearly five hours to-
day to testimony on a proposed
Columbia River development that
it is not officially considering.
The hearing developed a sharp
difference of opinion between
-"'"r uanRi.e or asning-
. s - . a ... i r I . t - L
inuciieii, over me aurrnriisu anon s
Valley Administration to take over
development of the river.
Lar.glie said he and his state i
ordinated program is being u-ed
3
i a "sounding board for one-sided
I I till llll OIIU , Tllll'll I J iiic
i administration s C A bill
Gov Douglas McKay of Oregon came in for criticism at a meeting
joined with Langiie in support of of the South Saiem Progress club
the coordinated program and es- Friday night for not taking a
Ieciallv of projects in the Willam- vote of its membership before
ette nver valley in Oregon. taking sides" in the recent con
McKay, asserting that the state troversies over the one-way street
needed more power and needed it
at once from the coordinated pro
gram, urged that construction of
the W ! lamette valley projects be
expedited to prov ide flood con-
tro! and snigation as well
as
"Members of the committee w.ll
hold hearings in the Columbia
area It may be summer, and af
ter a recess of the congress, be
fore hearings can be had."
CONTEST TO SELECT NAME
UMATILLA. Mav 20-i-P-Ore-gon
will have a new place name
soon The area between Umatiila
Conflicting Picking Schedules Seen
As Threat to Harvest Labor Situation
Bv Conrad G. Praage
Staff Writer. The Statesman ,
TY Diilamette valley stood on
the threshold of its 1949 straw
berry harvest Friday with an un
certain field labor situation on
hand.
An acute labor shortage with
in a month was feared by Salem
state employment officials while
several growers indicated they
could see no critical shortage of
workers.
The Salem employment office
showed concern over these two
developments:
(1) Strawberry picking is ex
pected to reach its peak next
week, about 10 days before school
vacations will release youths to
work in berry patches.
( 2 ) Cherry picking, expected to
begin June 13, w ill be enough ear
lier this year to conflict, probably
with picking seasons at Tbe Dal
les and other sections of the state
which normally have their pick
ing about completed when the big
r
f
all
WASHINGTON. Mar X President Truman Cleft) bids Secretary ef
State Dean Acheson a smiling farewell at National airport today
before the cabinet member took off for Parta and the foreign min
isters meeting. Mrs. Aeheson renter) accompanied her husband.
(AP Viirephoto to Use Statesman.)
Berlin Railway
Workers Strike
Against Russians
BERLIN. Saturday. May 21
(AP) West Berlin railway work
ers started a brawling strike
against their Russian bosses at one
minute past midnight paralyzing
vital rail traffic from western
Germany and stalling elevated
passenger trains wherever they
stood.
Soviet-controlled railway police
and strikers battled with fists and
'stones in the American-occupied
Tempelhof district in the early
morning nours.
A group of strikers uncoupled a
locomotive from a freight train in
a railway yard and drove it onto
a key switch to block traffic. The
strikers said they would fight any
attempt to run the trains.
The west sector union (UGO),
"7 , 0oq TO ,
ZUj:rl to stri&Tr fulf r.v-
weeks ago to Strike for full pay-
ment of wages In west marks.'"" PPo.c. .u u.e x , o..
L! i .i i frn'e some houm earlier. There
wnicn rney say Hiey urn. ioi "'
j and tooA
South Salem
Progress Club
Raps C of C.
Salem Chamber of Commerce
svstem for Salem and the daylight
saving time issue.
At the business session members
also praised "Counciimen Arm
strong and O'Hara for their hon
est representation of the people
at the last city council meeting "
The meeting condemmed "one
way streets and dav light savings
time and those who forced them
on us "
irate wGavrnm
Max. Mm. Precip.
lrm
Portland . M 4 .St
an F rr.ccr . S2 -frf
CI-H-ago 57 2
New York 6fl 51 .S2
Wil'a -eire r ver I S feet
FORECAST if-om V S viitr-rr r i
u McNarv field Salen. VPt:
Clondv vsitn ocu'innul hr.er t-'
motni.r. clearing corvsiderahlv tM
afternoon and lor,ight h an I'Hlav n-a:
70. low ' n nt nrar 4S Farrn '.t."k.
iondition senerslly poor for farrr. mc
tivitiei todav.
IAI.EM rEClFITTIlV
(Sept. lt Ma 21)
ThU Year
40 34
Lat Yaar
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A verase
33 II
labor demand for similar help
reaches the Willamette alley.
Several growers in the Silver
ton hills d.stnct heavy straw
berry centers said Friday they
did not expect to start picking for
at least two weeks. They did not
anticipate a picker shortage. They
based their observations on the
fact that early labor needs for hoe
ing and other work were filled
adequately.
Three growers near North
Howell said they had enough pick
ers to begin their first light harv
est. One of these started picking
Friday and the other two Intend
to start today or Monday. They
said picker registration wag hold
ing up.
William Baillie. manager of the
Salem employment office, said b
will be able to place 200 or 300
workers at the outset next week.
He announced opening of tempo
rary summer branch farm labor
offices in Silverton and Mt. An-!.
Sec. Acheson
Leaves for
Big 4 Meeting
By John M. Ilightow rr
WASHINGTON. May 20-4"i-With
a friendly "good luck" from
Piesident Truman. Secretary of
stnt ArhKnn tfwlr off for Paris
todav U) fjnd ou, whefhpr RUSJSli,
is willing to settle the future of
ri..r, -t t.rm.
As he departed, officials here
were unsure whether the big four
foreign ministers conference,
opening Monday, would:
(1 ) Turn into another east
west propaganda battle or (2)
open a new and unprecedented
period of agreement between the
, Soviet Union .nd the km!.
I Aeheaon disclosed hi.
I cneson naa o"ciioec. n.s gen-
" ' T 1. 7.:" Z " V- " '
was no doubt that he whs going
j in a determined frame of mind.
willing to explore, as he said, "all
i possibilities"' to settle the German
1 problem, but ready to accept a
; failure rather than "barter away"
i basic western safeguards against
the spread of Sov let Communism.
Cars Collide
Minus Drivers
Two "parked"' cats '-o'hde.f in
Salem Fridav. and th"re wasn't,
a soul in either car. j
City police reported a car own
ed by F. L Stevens 1055 Market;
st. rolled from a r:,in paikingj
space on South Liberty street near
the Mill creek, crossed !r:e street !
ar.d bumped into the p.i-r.ed car
of Ralph F. Weaver, HI'.O Lee M
Damage was slight I
Xewlier Prineipal
NaiiuI State Hiili I
School Supervisor i
I Superintendent of Public Tn- !
struction Rex fVitriam announced 1
Fr. dav the appointment of Wil- j
ldfd B Bear. New berg Union High
school principal, as a state high
school supervisor.
Bear will assume his new duties
w ith the state department of edu
! cation on July 1. A native of Ore
gon. Bear graduated from Albany
college, attended University cf
Washington, was for five years a
high schcol teacher and has had
nine years' experience as a high !
1 school principal.
UNIONVALE. May 20-(Special)
Strawberry picking will begin at
Alderman Farms the middle or last
part of next week, states William
Maxwell, office manager. Final
check of recent frost damage to
strawberries in the Dayton area
by members of the county extet-
sion staff indicates that makeshift
smudge-pots have saved the crop
in that area.
Alderman Farms burned 100
tons of hay and 2,000 gallons of
dieselotl smudging on five frosty
nights to save 80 acres of berries.
STAYTON, May 20-(Special )
According to Irvm Parberry, of the j
Stayton Canning Company coop- j
erative, strawberries are beginning I
to ripen here and the first are ex-j
pected to be brought into the j
cannery some time next week.
This crop was estimated by Par
berry at about 73 per cent of nor
mal, attributing the loss to frost
damage.
tlr Robert F C.ancware .
City Editvr. T:e Suiesman
A S2.085.00il sch ool budget WM
approved and convvidation f Sa
le m Heights and Pleasant Point
with the Salem -h.Hl distiict ef
fected Friday m 1 'rict eiectnvs.
Salem district tttx-tors appitved
the budget by v;i!:ug 434 to 358 i
School Levy Vote bv Preeine
Precinct tor Again
North 2J M
Solh r-ltt 71
West 41 U
East . 5 3
TOTAL . 414 SftS
t'onolldatln Vote b DUtrirt
District For Agaisw
Salem (on both) 4 l
Pleasant Pt. ti i t
Salem Ills. lit M
favor of a tax levy $717,475 in ea-
cess of the 8 per cent limitat ion.
This was approximately at 60 ef
cent .favorable vore
In the corixiU 1 c.ioii elet iiotva,
Saiem Heights v '.ei Im to ao id
favcr. Pleasant Pir:t 20 to 2 ia
favor and Salem ti 270 11 fa
vor of both con, ib ijtions.
The school th'n j:u vexed to the i
Saiem district jrc jotrt just M uth j
of present ch:.i iistnct 14 10- j
daries Salem H- ho 223 u
pils this ear a:, i Pleasant f eint j
13 Bi tti altfadv c.d tiuith gifad- j
cis and high s. n.l pupils tc . So- 1
lem. ' ' . j
Opposed Rurally
Three of- the four Voting pie-
omt favored the tit levy 11J the i
Saiem district vote. :Jh the tast
trn s-ct:oii. pre-i .mmantly loraL
t-pims.ng the levy by 63 to M
vc t s
West Salem voter in the-das-inct
Jov.iifd the levy 42 tc 38,
s. uth Salem 112 to 71 and NrrUi
Saiern tall 1101 tn of MirsioO
sliee within city limits) by 230
to lh6 ;: s
Although the e.jst precinct i4
ed aga.rist the ! j l-t. it appievod
consolni.uioii by a (J7,to 42 4.
In other areas consolidation w
approved as fol lows North, 'tA
to 136. south, 113 to i)7 and west,
52 to 25. i
17 Teachers Added !
Salem's school budget as' pio
p..reri by the schiiol' board arui
budget committee includes a ei
eral fund 19 per cent 'higher1 ttiaa
last year's, with principal extra
amounts for 17 a j iitional tea nrr
and long-deferred maimer. rc
and modernization of school tuild
The vote lat night was consid
ered fairly heavy for a bi.clgot
eleetin although it fell short ear
the 1948 vote which favored a
levy by 623 to 4J2 votes. A II.'
500.000 bond issue for new school
crtnstructiori w as on the same bal j
lot. ( j
In a 1S47 school ctonsolidatiiaa '
vote. Salem Heights missed fi.er
gr witti the Sa'ern Jistnct wheat
a tie vote defea'd the pioaJLi
Several other c 1 lurtun cnjUirts)
joined Saiem sch-)i system at 1tart
time. . ' j
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I'eter Lor re Files
For Hankriiptey; j
LOS ANGELES, May 20 -fAPj'
Portraying sinister characteis vQ
a stage arid scree a appaifntl
hasr. t paid off fr Peter Lour, j
The actor filed a voluntary tank
rtjptcy peUtio. i.-i federal (curt
here tolay. . j
The petition was notarized ia
New York, where Lorre is mats
irig a stage appej ranee. I
U S Judge Ben Harrison adV1
judicated him in bankruptcy and
assignee the case to a referee.
Woni-pii' (Jul Fi'mMiing
Work on Detroit IJhrary
DETROIT, May 20-(Spet ialjJ
Plans to continue furnishing ao4
redecorating the library, and
cpen it next Tuesday, were maria
this week by the Women's Ovla
club. Hours will be from 2 to 4
p.m. daily plus from 8 to I p.na,
Fiidays
The club met at fhe home e4
Mrs. Jane Weisgerber. with Mis,
Paul Cline as staining hnt
Mrs. Ray Johnson presided.
MG NATURES ACCUMULATE 1
PORTLAND. Msy 20-VTfse
Oregon tax council said torlay M
expected to accumulate the reeee
sary 13.262 signatures to forestall
Portland's new income and profit
tax. If the signature are obtairaMt
by 5 p. m. Saturday, the ordinarioas)
will have to be submitted to i te
nendum, it
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