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f Mrs. Clark Signs a Receipt WIiv Garden? There are a lot o good reason and except ionallj good result. In The Statesman'i feature sectiea Sunday. POUNDBO 1651 99th YEAR 20 PAGES Tha Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Friday. July 22. 1949 PRICE So No. 125 mm m j. rm J'- I J . tsi h ; - ' : : ,'.V- WASHINGTON, July 21 Mrs. Georgia Nees Clark, first woman to become treasurer of the United States, today signs a receipt to take 1 custody of $27,424.54 1.375.7SH in paper money, silver, gold coins i and government securities beld in the treasurer's vaults here. Watch lug is Michael Slindee who has been actinic treasurer. (AP Wire photo to The Statesman) (Story on page 2.) t- Congressmen Given Okeh to Quiz Vaughn SQ3I3QS WD Dr. BohusBenes, visiting pro fessor at Willamette university, nephew of the late Dr. Edouard Benes, president of Czechoslov akia, in two lectures at Waller hall has discussed the plight of his country: deserted by France and England In 1938 and then over run by nazl Germany; and ten years latn'artlur liberation by Russia, brought within thefUis hian orbit by a communist coup. Dr. Benes (expressed profound faith that his country will regain its independence. Internal revolu tion is not probable as a means of escape because of the way the po lice state operates. Military inter vention from outside, thinks Dr. Benes, is not required. Instead he pins his hope on unremitting pressure from the west, especially from the United States, to crowd Russia back within its former borders. Czechoslovakia suffers from be ing a small nation lying across the path of larger and more powerful nations. Thus Austria enveloped old Bohemia and for 300 years it was ruled by the Hapsburgs. Lib eration came with the collapse of the central powers in the first world war. Czechoslovakia was a child of Wilson's famous doctrine of self-determination of peoples. Its constitution literally was "made in America." Successively It became a victim of nazi and then of communist penetration and aggression. Its restoration as ! an independent nation will not come unless there is a crackup in Russia or is forced by pres sures, diplomatic or military, from the outside. In brief Continued on Editorial page.) French Liner on Maiden Vovage LeHAVRE, France, July 21-0-The 45,330-ton French liner He DeFrance, fourth largest ship a float, sailed today for -New York on her first postwar voyage. Boarding the ship at LeHavre for the maiden voyage of the com pletely reconditioned ship were 882 passengers. Another 305 were booked to board at Southampton. During the war the He DeFrance was a troop transport. Animal Cracker By WARREN GOODRICH "Ever sine At listened to a radio progrsm A saves not A Ing bet box tops" WASHINGTON, July 21 -iffy-President Truman gave congress the go-ahead today if it wants to question his military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, about Wash ington "five percenters." At the same time the president said he does not believe Vaughan is involved in "five per center" operations. Senator Hoey (D-NC). subcomr mittee chairman. Said that Vau ghan will be called if he has any thing important to tell. Vaughan has been quoted as saying he knows about 300 five percents in Washington. At his news conference today the president was asked whether he had decorated Vaughan in a mock ceremony at the White House. Newsweek magazine said Vaughan was given a mock medal because of his angry encounter with newspapermen who tried to ask him about Washington five percenters. It was then that Vau ghan said he knew about 300. of, them in Washington. ' The Incident occurred "it the Washington Union station when Vaughan and his family returned from a vacation trip to Guatemala July 6. Vaughan was asked who paid for the Guatemala trip. He re plied that it was "nobody's god damn business" but added that each passenger paid his cvn way. Italy Approves Atlantic Pact By Big Margin ROME. July 21 -&- Italy's chamber' deputies i?noi eel a protest from Soviet Russia and approved the North Atlantic treaty 323 to 160 today. i Approval by tlfe senate, expect ed by a slighter margin, will com plete parliamentary ratification. The signature of President Lujs Einaudi will make it official. Russia charged yesterday in notes to- the United States. Brit ain, France and Italy that Italy violated terms of her peace treaty when her government signed the Atlantic ;pact by invitation of the western i powers. The United States, Britain and France were accused of responsibility. G r;i rige Head A skfe Query Into Retail Prices of Foods PORTLAND. Ore.. July 21 -(Pi The master of the Oregon State Grange asked today for a con gressional investigation of food prices, saving farmers were being blamed : for distributors' mark ups. Morton Tompkins charged that farm prices on many commodities have dropped to "ruinously loW" levels, but that retail prices haVe not. He declared that many retail prices are due to "high mark-ups by processors and distributors." and asked the secretary of agri culture and Oregon congressmen for a "full-scale congressional in vestigation." Red Troops Close on Cliangslia Rail Center CANTON, China, Friday, July 22(Ar-Privat reports from the central China war front early to day placed red spearheads only 16 miles from Changsha. nationalist defense center 400 miles by rail north ot Canton. The communist; were reported driving i from the northeast and north. They already had entered Hunan, fice-rieh province of which Changsha is the capital. TINY TOT DROWNED ASORIA, July 21 A)- Sandra Patterson, 5. tumbled from her boat house home into the John Day river today and drowned. : Mouse Scuttles Brannan Plan Subsidy Measure Downed WASHINGTON, July 21 -iffy-In a major defeat for the Truman administration, the house today scuttled the Brannan farm sub sidy plan 239 to 170 and voted to continue the present price Support program through 1950. The Brannan plan, offered by the secretary of agriculture, would let the market price of perishable foods drop to their natural level. If they went below a point con sidered fair to farmers, the gov ernment (meaning the taxpayers) would pay subsidies to the far mers. Under the present program, the government keeps surpluses off the market by means of purchases and loans. Prices of major com modities are supported rigidly in this way at 90 per cent of parity, which is a price aimed at giving the farmers a "fair" purchasing power. Any losses on such opera tions are made good by the tax payers. The bill continuing this program another year was passed and sent to the senate on a vote of 383 to 25 but the previous roll call by ! which the Brannan plan was beat en, 239 to 170, was the crucial test. The house also made another major decision shouting approval of an amendment to kill the Aiken Farm law enacted by the republican-controlled 80th congress. Set to become effective in 1950. This law would permit a flexible 60 to 90 per cent of parity sup port for major crops, A democratic-republican coali tion, headed by Rep. Gore (D Tenn.) took complete charge of the house, and not even a personal appeal by Speaker Rayburn could save the day for the administra tion. Many men such - as . Gore and Monroney of Oklahoma who have supported many administra tion bills, joined the opposition to the Brannan plan. ' Video Aids to Disarm Shells PORTLAND. July 21-(P)-High explo.-ive shells returned from the Pacific areas will be made harm less via television and remote con trols at a plant at Ordnance, Ore. Pl-ns for the installation were revealed by the army corps of eningeeis. Big '"block busters" and lesser mt.-siles will be anchored on a "work mounting pier." Wrenche will be adjusted to the detonators and the actual turning of the tools be guided via television from be hind concrete and steel barricades. The engineers will work from a distance of 163 feet. After the dis armament, the shell power will be salvaged and stored. The cas ings will be cleaned, repainted and packed away for any emergency future need. Sweet Home Finn to Install Radio System SWEET HOME, July 21 (Spe cial) The West Gat Lumber company of Sweet Home today received word it has been granted permission from the federal com munications commission to install a ; short wave radio system from its mill to logging operations in Quartzville. The information came from Ore gon's U. S. Rep. Harrison Ells worth in Washington, D. C. ;J. Weiss, West Gate owner, said installation of the system will start immediately. T- FDR's Unconditional Surrender Criticized by Churchill, Bevin I LONDON, July 2MVTwo of Britain's top wartime leaders ques tioned today the wisdom of Pre sident Roosevelt's "unconditional surrender" policy toward Ger many. They were Winston Churchill who nodded agreement at Casa balanca when President Roosevelt first announced such a fight to the finnish in 1943 and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, who was labor minister in Churchill's war cabinet. i Both Bevin and Churchill also criticized fluctuations in the Am erican attitude toward the dis mantling of German war plants. They attacked the so-called Morgenthau plan which Churchill himself initialed with Roosevelt at Quebec, in 1944. This called for turning postwar Germany into a farming country by stripping away her industry. Th plan subsequent Civil D.efensei Posts Filled Mews Leak Louis E. Starr To Head New State Agency Appointment of Louis E. Starr. Portland, as director of civil de fense under a law of the 1949 legislature, was announced by Gov. Douglas .. McKay Thursday. Starr, a practicing attorney, formerly served as national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and as con sultant to the American delega tion at the United Nations con ference. Members of the civil defense ; advisory council, also provided j under the new act. are Paul B. i McKee. Irving D. Winslow. Harry C. Brumbaugh. Claire Warner Churchill, all of Portland, and Clifford G. Schneider, Gresham. Designated as deputy directors by Governor McKay are Jack A. Hayes, deputy state fire marshal, Salem, representing administra tion; Col. John M. Poorman, Armv Transportation association, Portland, representing transpor-1 tation; Major General Thomas E. ; Rilea, adjutant general of Ore gon, representing military: Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state public health officer, representing med-' ical. and Manley Robinson, di rector of the state travel bureau, ! representing public welfare. The last legislature, in estab lishing the state civil . defense : . . m t. ft,, t I agency, saia u was Decause m increasing possibility of the oc currence of disasters of unprece dented sire and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes." Ford Workers File 10-Day Strike Notice DETROIT. July 21 -iff)- The state of Michigan was givn of ficial notice today of a threaten ed stuke of 106.000 Ford . Motor Co. employes. The CIO United Auto Workers, singling out Ford to spearhead its pension and wage demands, filed a 10-day strike notice with the state labor mediation board. Efforts by the board to med iate the dispute would be "with out avail," said UAW National Ford Director Ken Bannon. The notice was made manda tory a state-conducted strike vote among all Ford workers in Michi gan estimated at 75.000. It did not necessarily mean, however, that a strike after ten days would conform with the state's Bonine-Tripp labor law, which requires the vote. Portlaml Accidents Claim Two Victims PORTLAND, July 2l-iffy-rwo traffic fatalities were reported in the Portland area today. Hyman Reiter, 57, Portland, was injured fatally in a collision- on the Sunset highway west of here. Samuel Bay less, 79, Portland, succumbed at a hospital of injur ies suffered when struck by a truck here Sunday. ly was dropped. Churchill said he was "sorry I put my initials to it." Churchill, now leader of the op position, Said he had agreed to the Roosevelt "unconditional surren der" policy, but only after the term was used by the president "without consultation with me." "I was there on the spot and I had rapidly to consider whether our position in the world would Justify me in; not giving support to him," Churchill said. "I did give support, but it was not the idea I had formed in my own mind. "If the British cabinet had con sidered these words around the table they would have advised against it "But, working in a great alliance with our friends from across the ocean, we had to accommodate ourselves to it." Miss Salem 7 j if Mft-sr-i; J. ; I - i i ! r f - I I Salem's beauteous representative at tbe Seaside "Miss Orejon ' selection pageant today and this week end la Connie Cress, 21, sponsored by Miller's depart ment siore wnere sne is rm- ployed here. Girls from cities throughout Oregon are rompet- Vada Hill of Salem is national ! vote was 84 to u Ing for a $1,000 scholarship and President of the women's service i Minutes later, another Watkins entry in the Miss America eon- organization; Lorena Jack is pre- ! proposal to deny that the treaty test. sident of the Salem Rotana clubJ obligated congress to declare war . Registration of delegates at 6 1 or use U. S. armed forces to de- Vets' Housing Acreage Sold Leo N. Child and Duane Gib son have bought from the Otto Klett estate the 19-.4 acres in south- j east Salem where the veterans' j housing project is: located. j It was purchased subject to the ' lease which still has about two years to run. Consideration was said to be , in excess of $20,000. The area involved Ls bounded by Hines street on the north. Southern Pacific tracks on the west, South 16th street on the east and the southern boundary lies j just south of Wilber street. j No change in the status of the veterans housing units, which are situated on land leased to the v et- , erans housing authority, is con templated, said Childs. All-Hands Safe in Crash Of B-29 Superfortress WISECH. Eng., July 2HP)-An American B-29 superfortress on a routine flight crashed and burned near here tonight. A U. S. air force spokesman said all 12 crew men escaped serious injury,. Occupants of the plane para chuted to safety. Capt. G. A. Harty, public rela tions officer for the American third division in London, said the worst injuries were a possible skull frac ture suffered by the pilot and a leg fracture for another member of the crew. lr.i,K? QC4MH.tGQ I Mia. Trttep. Sal m .. Portland San rranciscf. . IS aa SI n .00 00 141 M Chicago New Y ork 2 n Willamette rivr -S feet. FORECAST tfrotn US. weather bu reau. McNary fveld, Salem : Partly cloudy today and tonight with little change in temperature High today near 78: low tonight near 4S. Continued favorable weather for all agricultural activities. SALEM MECrPITATIO.V l Sept. 1 t July 2J This Year Last Year Kormal 41.7 44 M S7J0 Truman Public Told Secret Meets Not Important WASHINGTON, July 21-4V:the United States stand in any President Truman said today, that way. Three bitterly contested res hts secret atomic energy meeting I ervations - - declaring that the at the Blair house last week wasi treaty does not commit us to send relatively unimportant and noth- i arms or go to war - -were ing for the nation to be alarmed about. But he expressed considerable anger over what he called a leak that the meeting was td be held. He said at his news conference that he didn't liko that anH h still doesn't like it. He knows the person who leak- ed, he said, but he refused to divulge his name. Whether this person will be invited to another conference will be decided when and if a second meeting is held, he added. Afterward, there were manv re- i ports that the conference dealt with the question whether to share the latest A-bomb secrets with Britain. Following another con ference on Capitol Hill yesterday, legislators indicated a belief that Mr. Truman would not divulge the secrets to the British without the approval of congress. He agreed with a radio reporter that stories about the meeting were overplayed and said that when the facts eventually come out it will be shown that there was no deep dark secret in connnection with it. However, he said, he did not in tend to disclose what happened. Rotana Clubs National Meet To Open Here The 18th annual rational con vention of Rotana clubs will open in Salem today with a Marl on hn tel luncheon for the national board, o'clock tonight will be followed i fend a pact nation --was beaten by a western fun night program 1 87 to 8. in the Marion hotel's marine room. ' Opposition Vote The McMinnviIle club will have' Two democrat.. Johnson of Col charge of the party. j orado and Taylor of Idaho, joined On Saturday a breakfast forlH republicans in voting against the entire group is to be at 7:45 ' the treaty. The republicans were o'clock, followed by an 8:30 meet - ing which will formally open the convention. Guests will tour the state build ings at 1 o'clock and attend busi ness session In the marine room at 2:30. The formal banquet is set for 7 p.m., Saturday at the Marion hotel. Neva Elliott, Port land attorney, will be the speaker. The national board will meet a- : The treaty becomes effective gain at 8 o'clock Sunday, followed i when the seven original sponsor by a trip to the beaches by char- ' ing nations approve it. All but two tered bus. j 0f these, France and The Nether PEACE BID REJECTED HONOLULU. July 21-(-Em- nlover riArtd tnHaw rrnrucnH negotiations with Longshore Lead- er Harry Bridges in Washington for settlement of Hawaii's 82-day CIO stevedore strike. Guardsmen Ready for Trouble ' l ; r u r. - ! GROVELAND, Flaw Jsly 21 Florida National Guardsmen ef the - lllth field artillery battalias are shewn manning a 50 calibre mach ine gun at cross reads outside ! Greveland. The gaardstnea were breaght la t yrerent farther TMlenee following eatbreak a ad burning ef negra hemes. (AP Wlrepbet to The Statesman.) Cordon's No Vote Surprise By John B. Owen WASHINGTON. July 21-OV The senate, by the overwhelming vote of 82 to 13, late today rati fied the North , Atlantic treaty pledging 12 nations to give mutual aid against aggression. All reservations were defeated. Designed as a bulwark against any attack by Soviet Russia, the pact put the United States into a military alliance with European nations for the first time in his tory. More Than Needed The 82 yes votes were 18 more than the two-thirds majority nec essary to ratify The senate refused to modify swamped. The votes came at the end of 13 days of furious debate in which opponents of the treaty cried it i "is likely to lead to war." But Secretary of State Dean ! Acheson issued a statement of 1 gratification on the heels of the j smashing victory: "The decisive ! nature of the senate vote makes clear to me woria tne oeiermin ation of the American people to do their full part in maintaining peace and freedom." Arms Bill Next The administration will follow up quickly with a $1,450,000,000 arms program, of which $1,130, 000,000 would be spent to baik up the treaty with arms for the alli ance partners in Europe. It may go to congress tomorrow. Unlike the treaty, majority approval ct both houses is required. Most of the opponents rf the treaty centered their fire on the arms program Throughout the closing day, three republican senators fought bitterly to get the senate to de clare that the treaty does not com mit this notion to share the atom ic bomb or other arms with Eu rope. Reservation Beaten Backers of the treaty said the reservation was not necessary and would weaken the alliance. The reservation was beaten 74 to 21. It was offered by Senators Wherry of Nebraska, Taft of Ohio and Watkins of Utah. Quickly then the senate fmoth e red a reservation offered by Watkins alone. It wouid have de clared the U. VS. not obligated to defend the North Atlantic area j without approval by congress .The ' Cordon (Ore ), Donnell (Mo.), 1 Flanders (Vt), Jenner (Ind.), Kem (Mo ). Langer (ND), Malone (Nev), Taft (Ohio), Watkins (Utah), Wherry (Neb) and Young (SD). One mild surprise was the vote of Senator Cordon against the treaty. He generally had been listed among those expected to i vote for it. lands, have ratified. France may vote this week. EI GENE BAND NAMED EUGENE. July 21-OVEugene's ! concert band will be the official I band at the Oregon state fair this fall. i i . . . -r- . v -l'm V " v 'V t e, .' How Thev Voted WASHINGTON. July 21- SenatorMorse CR) of Oregon voted its on the treaty, Ccrdoo (R) of Oregon voted no. On tne Watkins reservation to deny obligation of tiongress to de clare war both senators vcted against. They also formed a solid block against a prdposal to deny an obligation to us armed fcrces without approval of congress. Another reservation to deny r b lightion to give military aid, in cluding the atomic bomb to the 11 ether pact nations found Cordon in favor and Morse; opposed. Hospital Drive t Tally Set ?: I First results off public cam paigning for Salerrt :; Hospital ' De velopment program's $1,1000 construction fund Will be r "-tf-d today. ., r I All indications were (hat rm-st of the 300 men and women now in the field to accept hospital fund contribution!: wilt join in the first report l.jnchcon tndy at the Senator hotel. Many hv points of general inforrliaticn 1o straighten out; many have i warding totals to show, for t first three hectic days of orRriru 7ation and campaigning. Report Success Even though th public driv is barely underway, several vol unteer workers dropped by 1 K campaign headquarters Thursday for their second batch of rite1? cards. Workers started! with 10 earns each and an individual goal or $400. The women's division orsaniid under Mrs. Ralph Wtoodyi and Mia. Chandler Brown reported a veri table flurry of activity sine h drive opened Tuesday. Some last minute additions Werej made to ,the women's campaign f personnel but in general the 25 womtn't teams were well under way. Thir field commanders .are Mrs. Arth ur Roethlin, Mrsii Ralph Sen if r inger. Mrs. Donald Biirke, Mrs. Robert Wulf and Mrs. Ward Davia. $25,000 Donated ":: While the citywide j campaign force under general chairmanship of Alfred W. Lourks prepared for today's report. the: earlier-started memorial gifts campaign posted another $25,000 .in Idonationo pledged., I; 1 This group's report iThursday noon at the Marion hotel showed several larger gifts, including a $5,400 contribution of Sthe Curl Gerlinger family !of Dallas, to sponsor a private bedroom In th new hospital part pf th develop ment program. g f The doctors' committee which has undertaken to rais $11C,(10 from local doctors reported n additional $4,160 tT bring its total to $64,780. These arly icamraign phases have raised $277,000 so far. White Terrorism Breaks Oitl Again In Florida'; Town POLK CITY. Fli;. July 21--A shooting foray and cross burn ing has fixed this ibintefland vill age as the newest potential trouble spot in Florida's outbreak of white terrorism against ncRrt es. With 300 batt!-equ)ped na tional guard troops encamped at Groveland, 20 miles to the nrrth, "protective measures" were taken here to prevent i recurrence of last night's flareup. . Night riders firjd 2$ shots at random in the negro quarter i.nd burned a cross in front bf a negro school. No casualties were re ported. Deputy Sheriff j Paul Jennings said plans had been made to ccpa with any new outbreak but did not disclose whats they were". NUTG ROWERS WARNED NEWBERG. July 21 1- (T) - The Oregon Nut Growers warned growers today aainstjan arhid infestation of walnut treei in thla area, and suggested quick spray ing with nicotine dust f BEAN CROP READY j SHERWOOD. July Jl-fT)-Tha bean crop in this regiorf will begin moving into procession plants to morrow. Growers? report the crop the best of recent iyeatis. WESTER IXTEKX.VriOXAt. At Salem . Ticom At Yaktma S. Brertrtotj 0 At Wena tehee 5. Victoria If At Spokane 4. Vancouver 7. COAST LKAOt'E At Seattle 0-3, Portland 3-4 At Oakland S. San Franctaca 1 At Sacramento-Saft Dugo At Bollywood 1. L Ancelea NATIONAL,! LEAGL'K At Philadelphia S. Chicago 4 At New York a. C(nnnaU S At Boaton 1. St. Louia At Brooklyn t. PitUhutrh AMUtlCAV LEAGl'K At Detroit S, WiK;nfn 3 At Cleveland 3. New York .At Chicago-Boaton, tratni At St. Louis 13-3 rtuXtelptua 3-3.