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WASHINGTON, Aug.- 5 -iJPh The Truman administration today
publicly abandoned all nope of savins China from the reds by aiding
its nationalist government. ' f
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mal failure in the war against communism, i j
Instead of aiding it, the administration laid down a policy
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President W. A. Patterson of
United Air Lines took a positive
stand at a CAB bearing in San
Francisco to retain on its routes
cities' it now serves. The hearing
is held In connection with a CAB
show-cause order on switches of
several California stops and Klam
ath Falls from United to South
west Airlines. - The deal was sim
ilar to that proposed which would
end UAL service here and put
Salem on the feeder line serivce of
- West Coast Airlines. ?
This represents quite a change
- in attitude from that revealed by
' Harold Crary. vice president in
charge of operations,; who met
with Salem representatives in
Portland recently. Then the of
ficial attitude was that all UAL
"could do (and would, do) was to
autjolv statistical information to
' CAB. in other words UAL
wouldn't fight to keep Salem on
, its route.
Patterson testified at the hear
ing in San Francisco that United
would "fight to the last ditch" any
proposal to have his company dis
continue service -to smaller cities,
He even went farther and chal
lenged the power of CAB to "take
anything away from us." If any
switches were made it could be
made only by negotiation between
the parties.
Another UAL executive testified
that it wouldost the government
over a quarter of a million aoiiars
more per year if the proposed
switches were made. That would
be the increase in mail subsidy,
th difference between United's
loss in patronage and the gain to
Southwest. . . f -
It appears that now. we have
rotten United Air Lines "on our
side." That is what we have been
nnrkinff for. because the combined
resistance of Salem and of UAL
. should be ample toprotect Salem's
spot on the United air route.
- No date has been set for hear-
tn on the West Coast matter
nrhirh involves Salem. Local in
terests should go forward diligent
ly tn nrenare a strong vbrief in
v support of their case, regardless of
the changed attitude of United.
We do not want to lose out be
au of our own negligence 'or
indifferencei and after all Salem
, has more at stake than has United.
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FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau, McNary field, Salem): Mostly
cloudy this morning with widely acat
tered light shower. Tartial clearing
thia afternoon and tonight. High today
near 82: low tonight near S6. Agricul
ture outlook: Conditions generally fa
vorable for moat (arm work today.
" SALEM PRECIPITATION
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Thia Year Lait Year Normal
41.87 47.00 37.33
Salem Residents Luted Doicntoicn Streets-
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Eager erawds lined Salem streets Friday night te watch the grand
i parade f the Amerieaai Legion eonventton. At left is s leaf
line t spectaters training forward te view the 2nd Infantry band
Nationalists
labelled that government as a dis
encouraging the Chinese people
throw off the "foreign yoke" of a
red regime which,! secretary
state Acheson charged, served
Russian imperialism. i f
The new turn in American pol
icy was announced in a letter from
Acheson to President Truman, pre
senting him with the long awaited
white paper on American relations
with China. It was 'amplified in a
statement which Acheson made to
a news conference, j f .
In the! statement; Acheson laid;
down five "basic trinciples for '
American . relations with China, '
with emphasis on rebuilding an i
independent" Chinese nation.
The Acheson letter accepted the
communist conquest of China j as
an accomplished fact. .
No Defeatist'
But, Acheson said In his state- I
ment, he does not at all share! m
"the defeatist attitude" of some.
The 1,054-page official recbrd
of Chinese-American, relations is
probably without parallel in VIS.
diDlomatic history I for its. criti-
cism of ; another friendly govern
ment.' It bluntly blamed China's
fall .to communism; on Generalis:
simo Chiang Kai-shek and other
Chinese nationalist leaders. It said
their unwillingness to win popular
support fortheir leadership was
the root cause of their "failures'.
Totals U. S. Aid j
No battle was lost by the nation
alists for lack of ! American kid,
Acheson told the president in! his
letter. This aid since the end of
the war has totaled rrtere than
$2,000,000,000, he ireported. j
The white papejr included Inot
only Acheson's letter but alsp a
409-page running account of
of American-Chinese relations
since 1844, including the famous
Wedemeyer reporti
The report by-Lt Gen. Albert
C. Wedemeyer, who went on a
special mission to China for Presi
dent Truman in 1947, conditionally
advocated in September of that
year, a five-year program of Am
erican aid. Wedemeyer stressed
that if American aid was to be
effective, Chiang would have; to.
undertake extensive economic,
political and military reforms.;
Report Suppressed ? J
' 3 Acheson said the- report was j
suppressed until today because1 its
publication, particularly in 1947,
would have made trouble jfor
Chiang's government on account of
a recommendation! to take Man
churia out of Chinese control and
hand it Into United Nations triist
eeship. ; Acheson stated five prin
ciples to guide US. relations in
China and the far east this way:
"J. The United States desires to
encourage in every feasible way
the development of China as an
independent and' stable nation
able to play a roje in world af
fairs suitable for a great and free
peopled ; i
"2.. The United States desires to
supports the creation in China of
economic and political conditions
which will safeguard basic rights
and. liberties 'and progressively
develop the economic and social
well being of its people. j
"3. The United Jftates is opppsed
to the subjection bf China to j any
ioreign power. i t
"4. The United jStates will con
tinue to consult with other inter
ested powers bn measures which
will contribute tp the continuing
security and welfare of the
peoples of that area.
"5. The United I States will! en
courage and support Efforts of the
United Nations to achieve these
objectives and particularly to
maintain peace and security in the
far east.
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Thousands Witness Commissioning of Salem NavAir Station
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Thousands of persons crowded Salem's McNary airfield
Friday to witness formal commissioning of the Naval Air
Facility station, and to thrill at tight-fonration flying
aviators. On the platform reading commissioning orders
Is CapL A. E. Buckley, USN. commanding officer of the
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Teamsters End
ainst
Gravel Firms
j Settlement of the; six-week-old
wage dispute between Salem sand
and gravel companies and the Sa
lem Teamster's union, locfel 324,
was announced Friday.
A joint committee of operators
and labor representatives an
nounced terms . of the new con
tract were satisfactory to both
sides.
I The new contract, identical to
the one signed by teamsters in
Albany and Corvallis recently,
calls for a 5 cents an hour pay
increase retroactive' to Jan. 1,
1949, 7 cents per hous Increase
beginning August 1, and an addi
tional 2M cents an hour increase
starting Jan. 1, 1950 and to con
tinue through the year, j j
j Teamsters signed the new con
tract with the River Bend, Wall
ing, Commercial and Salem sand
and . gravel companies, the Salem
Concrete Pipe and Products com
pany, the Oregon Gravel company
of Salem and Builders Supply of
Cbrvallis. , '
! Sand, gravel and ready-mix
plants will re-open Tuesday while
the concrete pipe plant expects to
be ready for business Monday j
Men will be called back to work
as needed to meet new schedules.
The Corvallis plant' already is op
erating. I The wage dispute began June
28. The union had asked a wage
increase of 12 cents an hour
beginning July 1 and a ,10 cents
increase retroactive to January I.
Employers had offered a 10 cents
per hour increase beginning
July 1.
Tax office move.
I The-public utitilty ' division of
the state tax commission Friday
moved from a state-owned dwell
ing, north of the new state office
building now under construction,
into, the state capitol. Carl Cham
bers is in charge of this: division.
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Strike Ag
from Ft Lewis being led by Its kilted bagpipers. Second from
.left axe the wed eaters mt LegWa paste in Salem far the convention.
And in the middle, stepping off just like her big sisters is little CaxU
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Near 200 Persons Reported Killed
As Earthquake Hits Central Ecuador
Johnson Named
Temporary
Chest Director
H. C. Johnson, who has been
field representative for; the Ore
gon Chest, was designated Friday
as executive director to succeed
the late Irl S. McSherry, pending
such choice as the board may
make to fill the post bn a per
manent basis.
This was decided at a meeting
of the executive committee held
in, Salem Friday. A special com
mittee consisting of President
Loyal Warner, Jesse Card and
Charles A. Sprague was named to
handle personnel appointments
until the next annual meeting of
the Chest. i
"We feel very fortunate that we
have some one like Mr. Johnson
available to take over direction of
the Chest at this forfe," said Pres
ident I Warner. "He has been an
active worker, is. well acquainted
with, county Chest organizations
and knows the operations on the
state level. Mr. Johnson is not
interested in holding the position
permanently but will serve until
the board can decide, on its future
organization."
Johnson resides now in Eugene
but the state office of the Chest
will be continued in Salem. He
formerly lived in Corvallis where
he was local manager for the
Standard Oil company He ser
ved as coordinator for cities dur
ing the period Camp Adair was
under construction and operation
and later became public relations
manager for Mountain States
power at Albany. He was chair
man of the Linn county commun
ity, chest one year.
4-Power High Command
Slated for Atlantic Pact
LONDON, Aug. 5-;P)-A Four
Power high command : is being
planned for the Atlantic pact de
fense system, diplomatic officials
reported today.
They said the projected supreme
defense council for the 12 pact
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ited States, Britain, France andi
Canada.
'Friday Night to See Legion
Statesman, Salem, Oregon Saturday. August 6, 1949
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naval air reserve training unit at Seattle, flanked by
distinguished guests, including Gov. Douglas McKay, MaJ.
Gen. Thomas Rilea and Vice Admiral Thomas Gatch.
USXR. At left foreground is the 13th naval district band
from Seattle. In formation at the right are members
QUOTO, Ecuador, Saturday,
Aug. 6-(P)-An eyewitness broad
casting by radio from Ambato said
early today about ' 200 persons
were killed there by earthquake
that shook Ecuador's populous cen
tral mountain district yesterday.
Reports reaching the capital
here said at least six other cities
and towns besides Ambato were
shattered by a sharp series of
arth shocks.
Ambato, 55 miles south of
Quito, apparently was the worst
hit. Wrecked bridges and com
munications lines prevented ac
curate estimates of total casual
ties. Reports from Latacunga, 35
miles south of Quote, indicated
most of the city was destroyed and
many killed.
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(A. government announcement
issued at Guayaquil, Ecuador, said
40 persons, ; mostly soldiers, were
killed when an army barracks
building collapsed at Ambato.
Collapse of a church also was re
ported to have buried a group of
girls praying - inside. This an
nouncement did not specify
whether the 40 persons were in
cluded in the 80 whose bodies
were recovered.)
ISelgrano Finds
Legion Backing
T PORTLAND, Affg. 5-P)-Sup-
port from legionnaries in 12 states
has been received by Frank Bel
grano, ex-national commander who
denounced national legion officials,
he announced today.
i Belgrano, a Portland banker,
said , telegrams and phone calls of
approval had been received from
complete strangers, most of them
veterans of World War II.
At the state Legion convention
in Salem yesterday, Belgrano call
national Legion officials "racket
eers and politicians" and said they
spent Legion money to "advance
their own control."
TO HONOR ACTRESS
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Pre
sident Truman will give the open
ing address in a special radio
broadcast honoring Eithel Barry
more on her 70th birthday August
15. Charles Brackett, president
of the. academy of motion picture
arts and sciences announced the
plans today.
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May Vanghn, Sheridan, ene ef the girls ranging from three yean
tm 14 years ef axe. At the right Is the prize and hosier winning dnsm
and bogle corps frem LsGrandc, which Thnrsday Bight won the
of the Salem naval air facility. As the ceremonies end
ed 27 aircraft, including fighters and torpedo bombers,
manned by Seattle naval reservists, roared over the field
in simulated attack and then made carrier landings.
(Photo by Don Dill. Statesman staff photographer.)
Local Hospital
Drive Switches
To Telephones
A general revamping of public
campaigning methods in the Sa
lem Hospital Development drive
was announced Friday.
General Chairman A. W. Loucks
announced, a city-wide telephone
book campaign -aimed " to give
every person in Salem' an oppor
tunity to contribute what ' one
worker termed "anything from a
penny on up."
"This campaign has been pro
gressing much too slowly but we
have one week to save it and this
telephone campaign may be the
answer," Loucks told a group of
team commanders and captains at
a financial report meeting.
To Use Telephones
Every worker in the campaign
will receive a page from a tele
phone book and will be asked to
call every name on the page.
Workers will be courteous but
firm and will ask every, phone
owner in the city, "Have you had
the opportunity to help in this
campaign?" j
Workers at Friday's noon meet
ing agreed generally that some
change was needed to bolster the
drive now faltering in the home
stretch.
An unexpected change came
when Program Director E. T.
Franklin was called back to Ft.
Wayne, Ind., to serve in that city.
Not Enough Best Efforts
Franklin said in leaving, "The
people who are working are doing
a grand job but not enough people
are putting forth their best ef
forts." "Go to it 'till the last minute and
get the : last dollar you can," he
added.
Additional pledges totaling $3,
821 were reported at yesterday's
meeting of public campaigners to
raise the total for public cam
paigning to $33,225 toward a goal
of $100,000.
Pledges reported Friday raised
the overall campaign total to near
ly $333,000 toward a total goal of
$1,100,000.
Grand Parade Featuring Military Units, Bands
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Air Show, Band
Concert Mark
Navy Unit Start
The Salem U. S. naval air
facility at McNary field was
formally established Friday nf
terhoon. The city's volunteer
naval air reserve unit (active)
was commissioned at the same
time.:
A ; crowd estimated at 15,000
persons jammed the. airport for
the ceremonies and program. "Lt.
Comdr. Wallace Hug received his
orders as officer in charge of the
facility, and Lt Ernest Eldridge
received orders placing mm in
command of the air reserve unit
Both: are Salem men.
The main address was by Capt
A. E. Buckley, commanding offi
cer of the naval air reserve
training -unit at Seattle. Other
speakers were Gov. ' Douglas Mc
Kay, Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom
and B. E. (Kelly) Owens, state
commander of the American Le
gion. A concert by the 13th naval
district band preceded the cere
monies. Naval officers attending from
Seattle included Rear Adm. H. H.
Good, commandant of the 13th
naval district; Capt, F. B. John
son, commanding officer of the
naval air station there; and Capt.
C. F. Galpin. director of naval
reserves for the 13th naval dis
trict.
After the formalities the crowd
watched exhibitions by 40 naval
air reserve planes from Seattle
and the four "Blue Angels" from
Corpus Chrlsti air base, Texas.
The Seattle planes flewin re
view past the field, then came
over low in a simulated attack.
The "Blue Angels' thrilled the
crowd with 20 scintillating min
utes of Intricate maneuvers. They
took off in single file and zoomed
perpendicularly to 2,000 feet, then
went through their paces at a
speed of 500 miles an hour. Re
peatedly they flew low over, the
crowd, then climbed back to per
form flawless barrel rolls, loops
and? "Cuban eights" In tight for
mation. ;
The "Blue Angels' leave Salem
today for an exhibition at Seattle
which will round out appearances
in every state of the Union for
the group. Following this they
will abandon their propellor
driven F8F "Bearcats" in favor of
new navy jet-propelled fighter
planes.
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state drum and bugle corps championship, snd also boners la tb
Friday sight parade. (Pholo by Don Dili, SUtesmaa staff photo
grapher.) (Story ea page Z)
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Awaited
An end to rent 'control in Sa
lem was approved Friday; by Got.
Douglas McKay.
The decontrol action Originally
recommended by the Salem city
council at the instigation of local
real estate interests now will go
to the national housing expediter
for issuance of final orders. f
Under the present federal ret
law decontrol may be. effected if
local governments decide after ,
public hearing that a ( housing
shortage no longer exists, and af
ter such action is endorsed by the
state's governor and forwarded to
the federal agency. ' f
Oregon's governor alsoi approv
ed decontrol of rents in- Eugene,
Medford and Ashland recently
Governor McKay disclosed that
the Salem decontrol proposal had
brought only 20 letters to his of
fice, of which 11 favored removal
of the controls and the remainder,
opposed it. I f f
At a public hearing last month
before the Salem council, the case
for decontrol was submitted by
representatives of the Board; f
Realtors and the Home and Prbp
erty Owners group who main
tained that there were rental
vacancies on the local market and
that rent control discriminated
against their profession.!
Representatives, of organized
labor, the progressive party and
local tenants argued in f favor' of
keeping rent control, maintaining
that rental units for workingmen'a
families were still scarce;; and that
decontrol in other areas! had Jed
to steep rent increases. (
INI ike Reinstates j
Criminologist : with
Full Back Pay; !
PORTL-AND, Aug. 5 two
republican Multnomah county
commissioners pledged today to
appoint a democrat if Sherill M.
Frank L. Shull, commission
chairman, explained his position
this way: "The people 'meant to
elect a democrat' Commissioner
Gene Rossman said he would "go
down the line with Shull." f M.
James Gleason, the otheif commis
sioner, is a democrat, I !
Meanwhile the sheriff dropped
his charges against Stanley Mac
Donald, the criminologist whos
suspension touched off fthe recall
movement. j f i
Elliott announced he was rein
stating MacDonald with- back: pay
and without prejudice. f
Water Show Set j
For Leslie Pool f
A public water show at Leslie
pool will be given at 3 p.m. Sun
day under auspices of the summer
playground program. Featured Will
be members of the Portland Wa
ter Safety club. t
Participants will demonstrate
swimming strokes, life saving,
canoes and general rescue equip
ment. Comedy features are to be
included in the free show, award
ing to the announcement of Ver
non Gilmore, playground director.
JUSTICE 'IMPROVED
Seaside Hospital attendants; re
ported state supreme court Justice
Harry H. Belt, 65, somewhat im
proved Friday and "resting com
fortably." Belt was stricken Tties- (
day with a heart attack while
vacationing there.
Western International 1 .
At Salem 6-5, Vancouver i 12-9.
At Yakima 6. Victoria 4. f :
At Spokane 6, Tacoma Si
At Wenatchee 13, Bremerton (10.
Coast League
At Portland 7-8, Oakland 4-4. !
At Seattle 6, Hollywood S.
At San Francicpo 10, Sacramento t.
At Los Angeles 0. San Diego 4.
; American League
At ClnclnnaU 4, Brooklyn 6.
At St. Louis 1, New York 0.
At Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia .
At Chicago S, Boston 3. i t
National Leagte
At New York 10-10. St. Coula J-S.
At Boston . Detroit 0.
At Washington 1, Chicago 4.
At Phlladel
idelphla X Cleveland S.
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