Weather Off Max. Mln. Preck. 41 :M ? 47 ' J 85 sj m M )J5 7J M 1J0 Salem Portland San FrancUco Chtcaco New York Willamette river 1.1 feet. FORECAST I from US. weather b- ru McNarjr field. Salem I: Ftr and considerablv warmer today, tonight and -Sundar with northwesterly wind akir- . lnf the afternoon. High today near SS decrees: low tonight near 41. Agricul tural outlook: Prospects for. all activ ities except dusting operations are good. ' '. POUNDDD 1651 ' This Is the dayj of the "great change on the state tax commis sion, when two trusted and ex perienced tax eommsioners, Earl Fisher and Wallace Wharton, head for the exit, and Rav Smith and Robert McLean, selected by Secre tary of State Newbry and State Treasurer Pearson as "skilled and ernert in matters of taxation" take f'fe. Not in mv memory has the pro tect acainsj a chnne effected by this "bioartlsan alliance" been as overwhelming or as unanimous. I have yet to see a sinele newspaper "comment supporting the appoint ments.' As the Astorian-Budget ' summarizes: "The press of Oregon has been as far as can be determined, un animous in its condemnation of the Newbry-Pearson combination that rrmoved two veteran members of the tax commission from offire. , The condemnation has been prett Vigorous too. Such comment as 'it Stinks' has hern frequent." Senator Hilton proposed action - to block the men from taking of fice on the around they were nol qualifiH under the statute. A "quo warranto" proceeding mi'ht be in- itiated though I know of none In prosoect. Legal opinion Is divided -on the merits of such a proceed ingand anyway it costs money to litigate. Hector Macpherson proposed a recall of Newbry and Pearson, but that requires -a. petition siirned by '23 per cent of the voter. Promot ing a recall corts monev. a lot of . ft: and the disciples of civicvirtue ' haven't the incentive to put un - money in the public interest as do political profiteers for their own Interest.. So it looks as though Smith and , McLean will take and hold their " seats 'until a change comes in the offices where' tide appointing pow er resides. The voters' of the state' however must not be allowed to forget the deal and its implications. It is part of an alarming pattern of political -finagling which threatens the high " quality of government that has prevailed in Oregon for years. I certainly do not intend to let the .issues rest. CVA May Put Water Rights In Jeopardy A federal Columbia Valley au thority might Jeopardize state granted water rights for irrigation purposes, It was indicated Friday in i formal opinion of Attorney General George Neuner. Neuner explained that various water-rights nrovisions in pending house resolution 42B6 on a CVA, such as federal control over any power projects, would leave the way open for the federal agency to take precedence over state con trol of Irrigation projects, despite .specific exem;jtion of irrigation water rights from federal adminis tration. '. The attorney general recom . mended a saving clause to the pending congressional legislation -wftich would cle&'ly prohibit a ' CVA from overruling existing state law. 1 ' A section of the proposed CVA bill mentions that state law on water, for "domestic, irrigation, mining or industrial purposes," ; would not be Interfered with, but Neuner in his ruling predicted that the appearance of this phrase only in the lection on "reclamation pro-1 vision would undoubtedly be construed to relate only to state laws pertinent to reclamation of 'land. Neuner Issued his ruling in re sponse to a query from Charles , . Stricklin, state engineer. CHILD DROWNS IN LAKE REEDSPORT. June 3 -(41- Jer ry Demarest, 6, fell from a float hoiise at Tahkenitch lake while at play today and was drowned. The Keedsport fire department was called, and attempted artificial respiration without success. The Earents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert emarest. . VOTE REQUESTED ON CVA SPOKANE, June 3-ip)-Sn. Harry P. Cain (R-Wash.) said to day the people should decide by ublic vote if they.waipt a Colum ia Valley administration. -- Animal Crac!crs By WARREN GOODRICH "Sometimes I womdf wht R& fftf in kim." 99th YEAR T; r Stick Out that .5; i NEW YORK, .'Jane J All excited i ..." , 1 ' (. V ti ff..-" . j " , I 'v i' ? iVVt ' t rt'' Ly v...- -i-. - if-. ok. , , O " x - 1 ' v " " - Aid society camp at New Hamburg. N.Y these yenngster step forward for examinations yesterday at the society's West Side Center. 14 Cons Escape at West i Judge Jails 3 i NEWAYORK. June S-SVTbree top U. S. communists on trial in federal court Were Jailed today by Judge Harold X Medina, who held them in contempt in a bitter court room row. The shouting, confused scene erupted after (Medina had ordered defendant John W. Gates to j Jail for 30 days for persistent refusal to answter prosecution questions on cross-exarfiination.. j All of Gates' 10 co-defendants jumped to their feet Hfnry Wiftston, Husky Negro who? -is party organizational secre tary, was heard to shout something about "lynching." The Judge said to him: "I direct that you be remanded Gus Hall.; bulky Qhio state chairman of the party, roared he had seen "fairer Justice" in police courts. .Medina eyfd him through; his spectacles. ? "Let's seejthat's Mr. Hall,w he satd. "You are remanded for, the balance of th trial." Remanding, means that the de fendant's bail is revoked and that they must refrain in Jail all the time except when court is in ses sion. All hav4 been free in $5,000 bail while they were tried on charges of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the govern ment. I The Judge repeatedly stated that Gates. 35-ye4r-old editor of the communist Daily Worker, could purge himsef of contempt; by agreeing to answer U. S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey's questions. The judge denied all requests to stay his rerpanding orders pend ing appeal to? higher court or to revoke them. Cities Slow to Decontrol Rent WASHINGTON. June 3--American cities are going slow in using their "home rule" right to discard rent fceilings. Where they have decontrolled, rent levels have risen. f An Associated Press Survey showed thatf tenants are paying increases ranging from "barely preceptible" . tp to 100 per cent, in a few cases, irt communities which have scrapped controls under the federal rent sifjneH in March. Many rents have stayed put Only one ptate,, Nebraska,; has wiped out ceilings statewide, ef fective by next November 1. s Most of the; decontrol moves are In the southland southwest. The New England and Pacific Coast states report no home-rule de controls. 1 CHINA REDS DRIVE SOUTH NANKING! Saturday. June 4-WV-Ch I n e sje communist armies striking deep into the heart of south China kith twin drivel to day were reported closing in on a defense point, 300 miles from Ca.n- tonv-refuge tapitaL j SECRET SESSION AT PARIS PARIS. June 3 -CV The .four power foreign ministers council matched plant today in secret ses sion on the Berlin question. The only indication of progress was that they wiQ -meet again tomor row under tne same secrecy. 14 PAGES Abdnr Efforts to Force Taft Chest Pull in I ' ' aboat the chances of s summer TacaUon at the New York Childresi's (AP Wirephoto to the Statesman.) Commies for Contempt 2 Apartment i Dwellers Hurt In Salem Fire Two Salem apartment dwellers were burned seriously and three others had a narrow escape Fri day when a fire burned through the main floor of the Adonis apartment house at 1345 N. Capitol Nt. Under treatment at Salem Gen eral hospital for second degree bums axe Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. McWhorter, owners of the apatr ment house. Both incurred severe burns about the face and body. Three other residents were help ed to safety through windows dur ing the early-morning blaze. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Evans, who escaped through windows above a porch roof, and Mrs. Etta Mae Klatz, who was helped through a bathroom window. Evans is 87 years old. How the fire started remained uncertain last night, according to Fire Chief W. P. Roble who said Insurance Investigator Jack Car Carlan is helping in probing the fire. McWhorter said tha loss is covered by insurance. All six apartments were vacat ed, as smoke and water damage hit some of the apartments not directly in path of the fire which was brought under control by city firemen soon after 4 a.m. Friday. Other residents of the place were Mr. and Mrs. ' Ed Harrison, Albert Sommer, Mr, and Mrs. Da vid Carrider. Heat Sticks ; L Cable Cars in SanFrancisco SAN FRANCISCO. June 3 -(Pi-It was so hot here today cable cars got stuck. . ' ' The. mercury hit 84 and that's pretty high for an ordinary cool San Francisco. The heat expanded the metal slots, thrbugh which the tiny cars grip the underground cables, and the' cars could not move. ' Elsewhere in northern Califor nia, warm wind from the north east scorched inland valleys. Low humidity and the heat in creased the fire hazard sharply. Many grasa fires were reported including a 1,500 acre fire on Bing Crosby's Los Banos cattle ranch, about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco. j HOSPITAL GIVEN REPRIEVE PORTLAND, June J-W)-The Portland General hospital, which had been ordered to do June 5 as a fire hazarcL'can keep oper ating for a while longer: JThe dty council decided to give the hospi tal an additional -week to make changes which would enable it to pass th fire code. that Stomach - A. : . Virginia MUunLiavibLt, w. ;va., jump 3 i7 fourteen dangerous criminals disappeared in this upper Ohip river valley; area today after quietly cutting tfseir way out of the nough section" in West Vir ginia's state penitentiary. All; wore plainly marked blue denim prison garb, but only one slim clue was picked up by hun dreds of police from three states, a bloodhound and two scout planes. Two guards found an abandoned stolen car and a prison cap at the edge of the Ohio river near Wai wood, 12 miles north. Warden Orel J. Skeen said somo of them were "the most dangerous men in the prison.." Six of them were lifers, four for being habitual criminals, and six were in solitary confinement. Proclaims "Freedom" " It was the biggest break in half a century in the penitentiary where the state seal proclaiming "mountaineers are alwaysjree" t3 over the front gate. All the fugi tives are West Virginians. It was a smoothly engineered escape after long weeks of -patient preparation. Skeen said six of the prisoners used an improved hacksaw and two makeshift drills, which they left behind, to cut bars on their cells. Jackie James, the only guard on duty in the section, which for a double precaution was protected by a heavy screen, was-left trussed but unharmed in a celL Telephone Check James failure to answer a 2 a.m. telephone check led to dis covery of the break. By then, the 14 prisoners had made their way to a hall and drop ped through a window into Jef ferson avenue almost in the heart of this ' town of 14,000. Although roadblocks were set up within 30 minutes they vanished under cover of darkness. Four hours after the escape, a farmer and his wife were shot to death at Carrollton, O., 60 miles northwest of Moundsville. But JQhio Sheriff Roy Orwick dis counted any connection and War den Skeen said "I am disinclined to link the slaying with our prison break." Start Monday Salem youngsters up to junior high school age will have their choice of 10 vacation Bible schools in various local churches begin ning 'Monday morning. Most of the classes will operate during morning hours fronv Mon day through Friday for the next two weeks with Bible study, rec reation and handwork planned. The schools are open to chil dren of each church and of the vicinity: Churches Whose schools will start next week include Be thel Baptist. Calvary Baptist. First Baptlst-Hayesville (at Hayesville), Calvary Chapel, Court Street Christian. Christian Missionary Al liance, Evangelistic Tabernacle, SL John's Lutheran, St. Mark Luther an, and First Nazarene. In West Salem Kingwood Bible school will have a school. (Additional details and other church news on pace 14.) j Bible School The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oreaon, Saturday Jun 4, 194$ Demands For New Bill Eased By Max Hall WASHINGTON, June 3 -Jr-President Truman's forces in the senate abandoned their Taft-Hart-ly repeal bill today and actively worked for a compromise. Vice-president Barkley went be fore a conference of senate demo crats and was reported to have said that he and Mr. Truman have decided to take what they can get in the way of a new labor bill. And when the conference finally broke up tonight. Senator Lucas of Illinois, the democratic leader of the senate, told reporters that he personally favors a series of five amendnents to the Truman bill which were proposed today: Earlier Lucas said that "certain ly" the bill is going to be amended in the senate labor debate which starts Monday. Progress Made . He said tonight that the meet-" ing "made progress." that about 40 of the 54 democratic senators at tended, that nearly all of them talked, that there was a lot of dis agreement and that "we are not through" and will probably meet again early next week. Among the five amendments h.? favors is a plan for federal seizure of plants up to 90 days in na tional emergency cases. Unlike the Taft-Hartley act, the seizure proposal would not speci fically authorize injunctions to de lay strikes. But the courts have held that the government can always seek an injunction against the employes after seizing a com pany. Backed by Morse Significantly, all five of these amendments have bi-partisan sup- ;. ihey will be introduced in senate by two democrats, Sen s Douglas (111) and Hill (Ala). andwo republicans. Senators Ai ken ryt) and Morfe (Ore). Aiken and Morse have refused to go alon with a republican "bill backed by Senator Taft (Ohio) and other. The amendments would do these things 1. Require vmions to bargain in good faith. The, Taft-Hartly act does this, but the, Truman bill r like the Wagner act would re quire only employers, to bargain. 2. Specifically guarantee free dom of speech in labor relations. 3. Require unions to file annual financial reports before they could get any help from the national labor relations board. 4. Call on union officers, and employers,, as well, to sign oaths that they aren't communists, fas cists, or supporters of totalitarian organizations. The filing would be necessary before the union or com pany could get any NLRB held. But a union would not have to file if its constitution or by-laws ban ned communists and other sub versives from office. 5. Establish a new procedure for handling strikes or lockouts in vi tal industries. Memorial Plaque To Governor nell Placed on Boulder CONDON, June 3 A 12- ton boulder of native granite lies near the birth place of the late Gov. Earl Snell. The memorial was placed nine miles east of Olex by friends of the Oregon governor killed in a plane crash a year and a half ago. "In memory of-Earl Snell, first native son of Gillian) county elect ed governor of Oregon," says the bronze plaque on the stone. "Born two miles norteast of this place. Son of William and Mattie Snell. This spot marks the pioneer home of his grandparents, B. T. and M. Snell." 50,000 Visit Lebanon Strawberry Fair for Shortcake, Sports, Music LEBANON, June 3 -(Special) -An estimated 50,000 persons crowded into Lebanon today for the beauty, the shortcake, the music and the sports of the annual Strawberry festival, which will close Saturday night. At noon Friday the queen and her court cut the 5,000-pound shortcake, s'ved with ice cream and fresh strawberries by high school home economics students. In sweltering weather, the pro gram included coronation of Queen Charlotte Pease of Corval lis. Be,ta Sigma Phi sorority of Leanoh won sweepstakes in the three-mile-long parade. Division winners were Lebanon Girl Scouts, fraternal; Clark boys, walking and comic; Grove hard ware, commercial; Crown-Zeller-bach Paper corporation, indust rial. ;. . Saturday's 'program will begin at 10:30 ajn. with the children's pet parade. Horse racing will be Seimds 40 Paradise McKay Names Dor man State Budget Director Harry S. Dorman. 58-year-bld Portland business man, was named Friday by Gov. Douglas McKay to the position of state budget director and executive secretary. Dorman, campaign manager in Multnomah county for McKay, succeeds the late George K. Aiken, who died a month and a half ago. The veteran of World Wars I and II has been prominent in Portland shipping, insurance and business circles ror many years. Dorman was Portland traffic m-.no. of Hi. UrTnnnirli Kl.um. ship company from 1923 to 1929. and then he ran his own insurance business for five year. r In 1935 he became secretary treasurer of the Knight Packing company, and was made president of the same company in 1938. Dorman sold his interest in the company in 1942, entering the army as procurement officer for the state of Oregon. He served 19 months as a lieu tenant colonel on the staff of Gen eral Eisenhower in England, Fran ce, Holland and Belgium. He was Eisenhower's representative for ports and inland waterways of Belgium. Born in Minnesota Nov. 27. 1890, he was educated in Everett, Wash., public schools and the University of Washington. Dorman served fn Worlf War I as an artillery captain. . He is -married and had three sons, one of whom was killed dur ing the war. Dorman is a past commander of Portland Pot Np. 1 of the Ameri can legion. He coached football at the Multnomah i Athletic club for two years, and was a football of ficial in the Pacific Coast confer ence for eight years. He is secretary of the Crippled Children ad Adults society for Oregon, a member of the Board of Goodwill Industries, and past vice president of the East Side Com mercial club. Stocks Sink to 16-Month Low NEW YORK. June 3 -UP- The stock market gently sank today to the lowet average level since February last year. Not in two years has the price level been lower. Key stocks lost fractions to around a point, a few declines running up to 3 points. Trading activity . was slack throughout the pesyion. Only 700 -000 shares changed, which was a trifle above Thursday's 670.000 shares but far from a satisfactory day for Wall Street. Test Fatal to . Navy Diver WASHINGTON. June 3 -F)- A navy diver died -today after suf fering chemical burns and becom ing unconscious during a dive yes terday in the naval gun factory's eight-foot deep experimental tanta The navy identified him as Chief Mate Ignacio L. Huerta, of Tucson, Ariz. The accident occurred while he was working on an experiment de signed to make! diving safer. at 1:30 p.m. The 2 p.m. show from the street; platform will in clude the Agony Four mate quar tet from Oregon State college. Young Oregonians, Hoosier Hot shots and Oklahoma Night Riders. The evening program will be box ing on the street olatform at 7, two softball games at 7:30. horse show at high school at 8, folk dance ex hibit at 8:30, directed by Irma Weir of Oregon State college, pub lic dancing in the street and fire works at Hiatt and East Grant streets, both at 9:30. In the strawberry exhibits, Jim and Judy Papper of North Leba non were grand champions in the open division and won $15 and first place in Corvallis variety. Other first place winners were I. G. and R. M. Walla, Narcissus var iety; Carl Flagman, Reed, Mar shall I variety;! Charles KrumI, Sanderson's Bridge, Brigh tmore varierr. - ' 1 About 5.000 persons viewed PRICE Se - Hartley Si Menu to DsDainid.VociiiniDlty T Wf1T1 fVsT" ff f I4t JlIHHl XXl0 SAN MATEO, Calif., June 3 A. P. Glanninl (above), founder and president of the Bank of Ameri ca, the world's largest bank, died I kt Kama Iiap ijwlaw II W . n , r ' . - j .. ' t .1 , .'- I v "i ft .' " - - A. 79. Death was attributed to heart j SCOtt and 0P'a,ef by Allen Mr diaeaae. (AP Wireohoto to The ! Raf- e,t' detective, flew over the Statesman.) (Story on page 2) Cost May Snag Referendum on Daylight Time PORTLAND, June (-Advocates of daylight saving time said today they feared the cost of checking petitions might snag their referendum move against a state law. The law, which would go Into effect July 15, would ban daylight saving time unless proclaimed by the governor after Washington and California adopted it Petitions are out, -calling for a statewide vote on the issue. This would prevent the law from go ing into effect this year. Proponents said that not more than 10,000 siirnatures could be counted without cost in Multno mah county before the July 15 deadline. Thereafter it would cost 10 cents for every signature above 200 in a single day. One suggested solution was to have more peti tions signed and checked in up state 'counties. Needed are 15,926 signatures. horse racing in the afternoon, fea tured by the governor handicap, won by Badger's Gray , Lady. Special guests were Gov. and Mrs. Douglas McKay. State Rep. and Mrs. Warren Gill of Lebanon and State Rep. and Mrs. Max Landon of Sweet Home. The downtown program Includ ed a talk by Governor McKay, a concert by the Dallas school band. music by the Four ; Flats malel quartet of Newberg and the Okla homa Night Riders.; Tonight's program was boxing, opening of the softball stadium ' and , two games and a massed band concert The Browning Bros, carnival of Salem Is operating. The festival flower show is in the city hall, strawberries in I OOF halL industrial exhibits in Moun tain States Power company office, machinery on West Sherman street, ; aircraft at Cascade ; Air ways. r No. n Repea Manhunt Also Centers Near Independence Br Charles Ireland tjff WrtUr. The StaUsman The serach for two escaped rre victs from Oregon State prinrei flared anew in the Salem area lt Thursday afternoon following re port of suspicious persons seen at Paradise island and near Inde pendence. A manhunt involving 40 ground searchers and an airplane was touched off about 6:30 p.m. whe Robert Puckett. a marine corporal, phoned the Marion county sheriffa office that he saw a man run into the underbrush near P a r a d i s island off Turner road just beyond the Salem airport. But early Saturday morning re ports showed that William P. Ben son and John O. Pinson. the lifr who murdered a state policeman, were still at large. They sttwwt their way out of Oregon Maie A prison's solitnrv cor.finement crlt early Monday and scrambled owe the institution's south wall. Starch for th criminals, described "dangerous." quickly spread re other states zna many rumorfhav been investigated by northwest authorities sine their escape. Man I Feet Away Puckett. off duty Friday and painting at a. nearby farm, had walked to a picnic area nc.r ft underbrush to check plug on an electric painting appliance. He said he saw a man about IPO fe away who ducked, -then roe nd fled. Puckett described him tn about five feet, ten inches talV with a crew haircut and wearing a khaki shirt and 'blue jeans. In Wti satins; authorities found shoe prinM at the spot when try arrived. State and city police, deputy sheriffs and prison guard! were dispatched to the scene. They prowled through the brush, whirh state police described s very dense, until long after , dark. A plane owned bv Radioman Clivi area for an hour. Roadblock Maintained A roadblock on Turner road was maintained by state police until 9:30 p.m. At that time the rMi . had been combed twice and number of the searchers withdrew. About five men were to kec-p watch over the area for- the bal ance of the night, according to state police. An hour after the Paradr island hunt started state po)u were recalled to the outskirts of Independence where 15 men had just abndoned an all-day search. The operator of the Kensely Wrecking company there reported two men prowling around a- lum ber pile on his property. He they ran when they saw him. This happened just west of the Inde pendence city limits and a half mile from the scent of a Thursday t night robbery. Patrol Roads Donald Greene was the victim of that theft in which the bandit grabbed a bag of cookies as well as a billfold with $20. It happened at Greene's slaughterhouse whk-H is located close to underbrush. Polk county authorities patroled surrounding roads for the balance of the night until a brush hunt could be started this morning. Eight men were prowling the area again late Friday night fol lowing the., latest report. And at Astoria road checks werer -set up after an abandoned car. re ported stolen from Thursday, wm found there. Authorities thoiayht the escaped convicts might have taken it. It was owned y Otis Phillips, Salem route 7, box Z76. SALEM PRECIPITATION iSept. 1 t Jub 4) This Year 40.77 'Last Year 4J.M Normal . 311 I'MiQrilVTtrifi C3rlWIHIMIU Westers Interna tie nal At Salem 4, Tacema I At Spokane 4. Vancouver 3 ,) At Yakima 4. Bremerton S J At Wenatehee S. Victoria - i Coast League At Sacramento 8-4. Portland f-1 At San Francisco S. Oakland f At Sa.Dieo a. Seattle S At Lea Angelas S. HoUywoo 7 , National Lean At Philadelphia S-J. Cincinnati S-t At Nw York IS. Otiraa S At Brooklyn S. St. Loula a Only games scheduled , American League At Detroit 4. Philadelphia S. At ctovciana a. eoatoa l At St. Louis S. Waahia i n ' sf SeaDxEi) S7 At Chicago 7, New Yar I 'II ! A.