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
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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;
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Statesman, Salem Oregon Thursday, July 7, 1949
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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
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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
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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. ,
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Slai
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4 iff' T .Tr: ... m i
Peter J. Flint
Attached
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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.
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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 (
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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.
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