Million-Dollar Public Mousing Program Imp eras Fwsi VoctoiryrDBii. The convention of Townsend clubs in Columbus adopted a res olution calling for a new political party. Disgusted because the two old parties refuse to take up their co-pro6perity scheme, the Town sendites propose to go it alone, with their own party. That isn't much of a threat. The old parties may be happy to be shed of the pressures from the followers of Doc Townsend. The latter says they will put up candi dates for " congressional offices, though they may endorse some who have supported their program (like Homer Angeil of Portland). But if they go off on their own they will lose the strength they now exert in tipping the balance in close races. ' At that, the Townsend move ment has shown remarkable vi tality. Proposed over a dozen years ago as a sure-fire stopper for the depression and a boon for the aged, it gathered considerable momentum. The politicians cater ed to the solid blocof votes it mus tered. Even after it was defeated in a vote in the national house of representatives in 1939 it still claimed a substantial following. The plan has been a good"sil ver mine" for Doc Townsend and his family and innumerable pro moters. It brought in substantial sums which provided salaries and financed the cause. Naturally, those on the receiving end don't like to give, up a "good thing" and they have managed- to keep the money flowing in to maintain the enterprise. From time to time the plan has been altered from the original $200 (Continued on editorial page) Mack Maison Killed in Texas Plane Crash CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., July 6 -(JP)- Lt. (jg) Mack Maison, a navy flight instructor from Caba nis field, was killed in a plane crash on Laguna Madre near here shortly before noon today. Maison was in a simulated dog fight with a student in another plane when his" F4U Corsair went out of control and crashed. Cause of the accident could not be im mediately determined, the navy aid. Maison was a son of Oregon State Police Superintendent H. O. Maison, Salem, Ore. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Keep Jumping, children, your mother still isn't Msleep." There's a Jack-ih-the-Beanstalk Among 'em Ti c . - T TV ,Oi w m i" i urm mnr f VTi-f n mi iriri t "T '- iMMaPr'. " . - lnn :mmmmd 1 i linil STAYTOX, July 7 One of these eight youngsters shown. Inspecting the bean fields at Darley's planta tion near SUytoa will be chosen Mark-in-the-Beanstalk" ef the 1949 San tiara Flax festival to be held , at Stayton from July 26 threat h J9. They are, left to-right, Kenneth Ware, Jackie Diiter, Denny Frank, Call Elmer, Thumper Julian, Key Markham. Lerey Fender and Paul Freres. 93tb YEAR 14 PAGES Lilienthal Policies Backed WASHINGTON, July 8rMP)-Dr. Robert F. Bracher, formerxmem ber of the atomic energy com mission, I testified today he be lieves the United States "is wiy out a, head" of other nations in thei production of atomic energy and thati bomb production "is in the ; best f shape ever." Dr. Bracher backed up David E. Lilienthal, commission chair marl, who had said the nation was "virtually unarmed atomically" when the commission took over from the! army in 1947. "Deeply Shocked" 'I was deeply shocked to find out how few atomic weapons we had at that time," Dr. Bracher said. Lilienthal said the commission couldn't be poorly managed if it? production of atomic bombs was as good as Senator Hickenlooper ( R-Iowa ' admitted it was. It was Hickenlooper who has chajrged Lilienthal with "incred ible mismanagement" of the com mission, demanding his ouster. Lilienthal took the witness chair before the joint senate house atomic committee today to uphold his stewardship as chair man of the commission. For five weeks he had been on the de fensive as Hickenlooper tried to document his mismanagement charge. Tests Value Cited Bracher said the atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok atoll last year brought conclusions about the de sign, of "weapons "which gave us gregt heart for new future de velopments." Other I step forward, he said, include fctepped-up efficiency in the production of uranium-235 and Plutonium, which are bomb com ponents; i development of atomic pile with longer life, and ex pansion pX raw material sources. PGE to Move Salem Offices To S. High St. Portland General Electric will move its Salem offices to the ground floor of the Pacific build ing. High at State streets by Sep tember t. Manager Fred Starrett said Wednesday. One of the two present store spaces to beoccupied by PGE was vacated f! Wednesday when Ben Wittner Furs moved from the shop at 142 S. High st. to Lachelle's Furs building, 1348 Ferry st, where the Wittner shop has been located for seven years prior to 1948. I The Fashion Lounge alreacly has vacated pacific building space and the Jaquith Music Co., 136 S. High st, is exbected to vacate this Rum mer. The Oregon Animals Draw Small Fry to i. 'WK r The younger generation had a free show Wednesday when the Pacific Northwest Amusement company's animal show camped tlonr the Willamette river .at West Salem, long enough to ship off two lions for; a rest. Frank Carber, Salem route 4, is shown trying to get "Blackie." a reluctant young American ; buffalo; to pose for The Statesman photographer. In the background an unidentified woman is feed-I Irig one of the show's South American llamas. (Statesman photo). j Britain Halts Buying of All But Essentials LONDON, July i -(JP)- Britain, the banker for a quarter of the world's people, halted today all but urgent- new buying from the United States in the gravest dol lar crisis here since the start of the Marshall plan. Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor of the exchequer, told a crowded house of, commons that the gold and dollar reserves of the ster ling area plunged last-week to a low of $1,624,000,000. This reserve is the working capital for trade with the U. S., Canada and other countries with dollar-based economies by the whole sterling area that is, by Britain and her colonies plus Iraq, Burma and Iceland and all the commonwealth but Canada. rangement was an "immediate ; corrective measure" to the crisis. He said it started last week and would last.-at least until Septem ber, possibly longer. He said the labor government has "not the slightest inention of devaluing the pound," pegged since the war at $4.03 and rumored recently to' ;be shaky; POUNDDD . f 651 Statesman, Salem Oregon Thursday, July 7, 1949 'V3 ,.tH. A. k I Sick Lions Finally Caged for Shipment to Zoo 'Rest Home' By Lester F. Cour Valley Editor, The Statesman The Salem area's kiddies had a special treat Wednesday when the Pacific Northwest Amusement company camped in West Salem to crate and ship two sick lions, to California. The two 500-pound cats, battered from traveling over the nation in small cages, were prodded into crates after an hour's persuasion and shipped from Salem by Railway Express to a zoo in Thousand . I Oaks, Calif., for a needed rest. Steel Says No To Wage Hike; Strike Talked PITTSBURGH, July 6-UP)-The ClO-United Steelworkers union today was told by U. S. Steel Corp it could not raise wages or grant union demands for com- pany-fmanced insurance and pen sion programs The union promptly scheduled a July 13 session of its potent wage-policy committee to discuss a possible strike July 16. Contract negotiations between the big union and the nation's No. 1 steel producer were recess ed indefinitely. Eggs Upped And Another Rise Expected Prices of large eggs were boost ed two cents a dozen and medium sizes one cent in Salem Wednes day following similar increases in i i-oniana. E M page and Rex Kjm Salem wholesalers are buying mell, the former recently ap the extra large AA grade for 58 1 pointed justice of the state su cents; large AA 57 cents and large j preme court and the latter circuit A 56 cents. j judge of Marion county to suc- The latest boost was the fourth i Ceed Page, will be sworn in Fri stnee June 1. Prices generally are day forenoon by Chief Justice jo cems a aozen nigner man i j that time. PORTLAND, July 6-W-Egg dealers predicted another one-cent boost in grade AA and A quality large eggs tomorrow, in the wake of a 1 and 2 cent jump today. A shortage of top-grade locally pro duce! eggs was given as the cause. FIRE LOSS $1.500, 00 BANGOR, Me, Thursday, July 7 -CP)- A $1,500,000 blaze laid waste a quarter mile of Bangor's waterfront early today. Mia. TTteip. 5t .M M s M 51 .00 70 .13 79 .54 . 71 . 70 . 1 . 88 . l Portland San Francisco Chicago New York , Willamette river 1 feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Partly cloudy this morning becoming fair this afternoon and tJhig.it. High today near 77; low . tonight 44. Agriculture outlook : Weather continued la vorable for most activrtief except for mederatc winds hindering dusting and spraying. , SAX.EM PKECIPTTATIOV Seot. 1 to Julv 7i This Year Last Year. Konnal 9 West Salem . 4 I . & jNf 1fi "rt 4)3 v. A' Supervising the touchy oo were owners of the show, John Beck, Oregon City, and N. A. Smith, Lewiston, Idaho. A size- able crowd of sidewalk superin tendents hindered the process materially by scaring the camera shy lions back into their truck cages after theywere coaxed part way into the shipping crates. Children flocked to the camp grounds along the banks of the Willamette river to watch two dromedary, four llamas and a three-month-old buffalo munch grass along the river bank. The patient dromedary na tives of Egypt and a familiar sight along the Nile river looked strangely out of place" strolling along the green-banked Willam- K ..... ette. One of the beasts ytAlJ. a nasty trick to the small fry. He spit in the faces of his keepers when they weren't looking. The llamas, pack beasts in the hfh mn,,ntainc K.,th Arrr i ica, were unconcerned by the crowds, but were intensely in terested in mowing down the green grass. Also on display for the kiddies were a black panther, a leopard, an Alaskan Honey bear, an ocelot and a dozen or more monkeys. Judges to Be Sworn Friday Hall S. Lusk in his private cham- bers. 7Vk . Courts Held Powerless To Halt Quiet Picketing Courts have no power to stop a labor union from peaceful picket ing, the state Supreme court ruled unanimously Wednesday. The opinion, written by Justice George Rossman reversed Circuit Judge Homer I. Watts. It grew out of a suit launched by the Baker Community Hotel company to re strain the local Hotel and Restaur rant Employes union from picket ing the hoteL The union! at the time, was attempting to organize the hotel's 40 -workers. j Judge Watts granted an injunc tion against fthe picketing and awarded the hotel $2500 damages against the union. The supreme court held that the federal Norris LaGuardia act prevents injunctions to stop picketing. "Peaceful picketing by a union for the purpose cf achieving the unionization of a place of Jem ployment is lawful and cannot be enjoined by a court ox equity. No. 110 Merger Vote Set July 26 WEST SALEM, July ft Merger of this city with the city of Salem will be voted on by West Salem electors July 26, it was decided of ficially tonight by the West Sa lem city council. If West Salem citizens decide in this election to void their city charter, a vote would follow in the city o Salem to make final deci sion whether the two cities bor dering the Willamette river shall become one. All Voters Eligible All six councilmen and Mayor Walter Musgrave voted the mer ger election bill into law at to night's meeting in city hall. It calls for voting between 9 a. m. and 9 p. m. (daylight time) Tues day, July 26, at the West Salem city hall. All voters registered in West Salem will be eligible to cast ballots. Little discussion preceded the election call, but several council men expressed the desire for as surances that local utilities would be protected under a merger and that West Salem would receive a seat on thSalem city council. Utilities Protected Mayor Musgrave pointed out that existing state law already protects utilities, such as Salem Electric, Bonneville-d i s t r ibutmg cooperative which provides most of the power to West Salem but operates within limits in Salem where Portland General Electric is principal electric distributor, The mayor also said the position of Safem city officials regarding ; wesi aaiem council representation 1 and other mercer matters would be made clear at a public merger meeting here Friday , night He has called the meeting to outline mer ger advantages for any local citi zens with questions about the pro posal. Officials Named Election officials named for the special election on merger include Mrs. William A. McCormack, Mrs. Donald Kuhn, Mrs. A. N. Copen haver, Mrs. Guy Newgent and Mrs. Earl Burk. The council received petitions requesting the merger vote from 138 citizens. One petition with 63 names was officially checked by the Polk county clerk who found 61 signatures valid. Only 34 sign ers were required to enable the council "to call the election (Other council "news page 2) Slot Machines Are Seized at Lodge Rooms Fifteen slot machines were seiz ed at the Salem Eagles club at 371 nesday by Marion county authori ties and city police. They were not in use at the time. '""Ta cf i w Attorney E. O. Stadter. No charges were filed, District jr., said the search was for evidence and that several charges may be filed after he examines the evidence further. The raid by about 10 officers was headed by Police Chief Clyde Warren and Marion County She riff Denver Young. The equipment was taken, on a Silverton justice court warrant, from a padlocked room. Authorities said the lock was pried open with a crowbar when those in charge at the club were unable to furnish keys. Two chuck-luck cages, bean-o apparatus and punch-boards also were seized. All items were haul ed to the basement of the court house. Possession of slot-machines is a misdemeanor. Sheriff Young said Wednesday night. He added there "wasn't any dust" on the machines taken. Justice Rossman wrote. The supreme court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 1947 law which provides that the labor commissioner shall hold secret elections to determine when labor disputes exist. The court held that this law had nothing to do with the case at issue. The high court, in another case, ruled that the Methodist book con cern must pay taxes on its profits. Heretofore, the book concern, which sells religious literature to Methodist and other churches, has been given the tax exemptions granted to religious, charitable and scientific organizations. The con cern said it uses its profits to pay pensions to retired ministers and their widows. The opinion, by Justice James T. Brand, held that the profits are taxable. He upheld Circuit Judge James W. Crawford of the Multno mah count circuit court. , PRICE 5c jplamiiniDinig Leoomis Slai in (Story Below) 4 iff' T .Tr: ... m i Peter J. Flint Attached i t .f ( i - i v 4b Mrs. Eva Paget Confessed Henry Brun Gutbrandsen Officials Seek Crime Motive; Charges Set (Pictures above) SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 6-UP) -Why did a jittery ex-convict hammer two friends to death and attack a woman acquaintance? Officials tonight still sought the answer from Henry p. Guldbrand sen, 34, who admitted the slayings in signed statements. He was pla ced in Sonoma, county jail here late today. It was in this county - - in? Jack London's pastoral Val ley o the Moon - - that on July 4 he killed his merchant marine roommate, Lt Peter J. Flint, 81, and their-i weekend host, Peter: J. Jensen. 54. Guldbrandseri surrendered last night to a cub reporter at Eureka - - 200 miles north. He said people might think him -a dangerous character and cause trouble if he were arrested in a public place. He made no attempt to explain the killings, or the attack on Mrs. Eva Paget, 27, Berkeley mother of two --except that hr was in a "stupor" and had -rapid puisa tions?' and heartbeats. All three attacks were made with Ian Indian pestle, at Jensen's Isolated cabin. Conference! Group Reaches jAccorcl t me uue iouay WASHINGTON. July 6-vP)-Th i compr6mise, tfimmH-down ver- i sion of President Truman's roulti- ; billion-dollar housing bill was art ; roved by a senJte4iou.se confer ence committee tonight. It calls for 810,000 puWic!yowned dwell ings in six years.K Administration leaders voiced i hope that thelsenale and. house will approve the legislation fin- I ally tomorrow and toss it en the I president s desk;. It tfould give Mr. Truman his first diajor victory i for the domestic program he tall-, ! ed the "fair dea!." Slum Clearance Provided Besides the Icontrpversial pub- lie housing section,; the bill sets up a huge slum clearance pre gr.m i in cities and provides farm hous ing aids. p- : ; The. conferees agreed to accept higher senate flgure of $32.5 .Wu, 000 for aids to farni housing, in stead of the lower $312,500,000 in j the house-approved Jbtll. Mr. Truman asked congress for i authority to build ,030.000 pub- I licly-owned dwellings in uvea years, to be occufjueM by leu -in-" come families 'iTwithj federal rent ; subsidies running uj to $400,000,- i 000 a year for 4 years. Controversy Arise 1 The senate trimmed these itg ures to 810.0Q0 divellings audi, maximum rent subsidies of $3(, 000.000. It the'r; pas,-d the8 bill 57 to 13. ; But in the hoijse! the measure j isn into rough . woather. drawinaj ; shouts of sociiiism" and criee j that the huge cost would imprril the stability of the federal trets- . ury. j- -?1 The house dej-.i icratic caucus, in ; ;' a move to ptfX up'needed tte, decided to shae thf bill down to f senate size. Even scj, the ctintrc- : ! ersial public housing section td i the bill was saved iin the houxe: only by a narrow 158 to 165 vote.!. Subsequently! the;house got in to a parliamentary sharl and iwithl i many members thinking they, I were voting for the tfimmed-downi j public housing figures, passed by 228 to 185 a bill ebbodving U)i larger program requested by tht i president. . .J Local Authorities Planned Committees ; representing the i senate and house sat today to iron j out the differenced. The house i members immediately yielded to j the senate's smaller figures on : public housing, abiding by Ihe i vole of the house democratic -caucus. ...:'(;. I . Under the public housing sec-i tion, the copitructiiorif progrttRl ; would be managed by locaj hous ing authorities. 'Theses parties aim would select th lowtincome fami j lies to occupy the unts, and woulJ set their rent at what they could j 7 pay. Federal subsidies, would make up the difference between factual ; rents and the economic rents nedk ed to payoff the housing project. In addition to public housing, i the measure provicjes for flunt clearance a five-yeir.program to ; remove slums jn cities, with one third of the cost to lie met by the. federal government iand the bal i ance by local commiinlties. Psychiatrist at State Hospital Fired off j Job Dr. Horace Millee, psychiatrist at the Oregon a'ate hospital, was relieved of his duties "Wednesdayi. ! Miller released the informet i tion himself and tolH newspaper; men he was '"fired for insubordl nation." He had th4 longest ser; vice of any state hospital employe and was in charge ?f the receiv ing ward. Dr. Charges E. Bates, hospital superintendent, issued the discharge order. Dr. Miller denied ihe insubordi nation chargesPriof; to the world war, Dr. Millet wa superintend!-,' ent of the state hooie for feeble minded and was or the staff td m the state hospital. After wartime service as a navy rsptain, he returned to the state hospital. i ( h I I SEES NO TAX BOOST WASHINGTON', fuly -JP)d House democratic leader McCor mack (Mass) sail tonight that in. his opinion no bill to boost taxes will be passed by congress this year. Western Internatlenal At Wanatchee I. Salem IS At Spokan S. Yaktm At Bremerton I, Victoria f At Tacoma 1. Vancouver 13 Ceast Lestoe At Portland S. iSan Oic S At Seatue 3. Sacramento Jit Hollywood U, Sa Tranciaco At Oakland 17, Lot Angeles I j A '$, j. 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