Molotov
Says Russ
of H-Bomb
vThat Doesn't Exist'
Unafraid
Qmwg trail.
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By Thomas P. Whitney
- MOSCOW, March l(HJP)Sov
iet Deputy Prime Minister V. M.
Molotov declared today that only
lunatics could hope to frighten
the Soviet people with a hydro
gen bomb "which does not exist."
. He asserted in an election
speech that while all sorts of
blackmailers from the imperial
ist camp had been trying to scare
the -USSR with a monopoly of
atomic bombs, the USSR was
successfully mastering atomic en
erg) and atomic weapons.
He went on to say that now
the same, blackmailers are try
ing to , scare, the Soviet Union
with the hydrogen bomb.
, His mention of the hydrogen
bomb was the first time it has
been referred to by name here.
Other commentators have prev
iously ca'.Ied it the "superbomb."
- rhe Soviet monotor in Lon
don, translating Molotov's speech
as heard ; over Radio Moscow,
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HMEOB
The serious element In the
charges made by Sen. McCarthy
against personnel in the state de
partment is sot that they have
foundation in truth but that they
reflect an attitude hostile to State
in the minds of members of the
conn-ess. So far McCarthy has
been chiefly sounding brass, but
the - clanging sounds are heard
cross the kind and add to con
fusion in the public mind.
All this is most unfortunate. In
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
the United States has one of .the
ablest men in public life, the man
probably best fitted for the office
of any . since Charles Evans
Hughes. At the moment however
Acheson is having a hard struggle.
Friends of peace think he- is too
stern in his attitude toward fur
ther conferences with Russia. Foes
of communism tax him because of
his reiterated- personal friendship
with Alger Hiss, convicted of per
jury in connection with passing
of department documents to com
munist agents. Senators nag him,
generally without cause; and few
even of his own party rise to de
fend him. -i.Y Jr-- ;
. Part of the hostility to Acheson
in the senate U just traditional.
Senators arc Jealous of their pres
tige and perogatives. They were
held pretty much under wraps by
the bipartisan foreign policy. Now
Vandenberg is ill and unable to
keep republicans in ' line; Tom
Connally is old and hot able to
keep democrats in line. Then, as
James Reston points out in an
article in the New York Times,
there is a residue of
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Food Aivaits
SaucprPllois
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, March
IQ-Vry-A. restaurant operator wno
believes in taking care of all cus
tomers even extraplanetary
gave patrons a laugh with this
one today: j ,i
A knee - high j table, complete
with miniature chairs and place
settingswore a
card reading:
un I aer-.-.
neatly lettered
Flying Saucer
pilots 23 inches tall or under.1
The saucers under the tiny cups
were regulation size. Each had a
little set of wings attached.
Winter Playo Return Engagement in
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Can It be? ... And yes it was, real snow that fell furiously for s few minutes Friday, leaving a sorry
. covering oa antos. Shirley Clark, circulation clerk for The Oregon Statesman, scrapes np some of the
. unwelcome snow on a car In the Statesman parking lot before it was washed away by the next show
er. (Photo by Don DilL Statesman staff photographer.) '
quoted him as saying:
("Yesterday they terrorized us
with the atom bomb. Today they
are striking terror with the so
called hydrogen bomb, which
never before existed in the
world.
("But while they were engag
ing in blackmail about the mon
opoly possession of the atomic
bomb, the Soviet people, as is
known, did not waste time but
mastered the secret of atomic en
ergy and the atomic weapon.
("Only fools can indulge in the
insane calculation that they can
terrorize the Soviet union. No
one can fail to understand that
in present day conditions, by re
jecting peaceful competition and
unleashing a new war, the im
perialists will inevitably evoke
the just and resolute indignation
of the people which will sweep
from the face of the earth for
all time both imperialism and
aggression.")
Defects Delav
Acceptance of
State Building
Cracks on the interior walls and
on all floors of the new $2,000,000
public service building here, to
gether with some other minor de
fects, probably will delay accept
ance of the structure by the state
board of control, officials announ
ced Friday.
It previously was announced the
building would be taken over by
the state March 15.
The Sound Construction com
pany, contractor, has been in
structed by the board of control to
remedy the defects contained In an
inspector's report.
Work of filling: in the cracks
on the top floor of the buildingiL
lunra f naaj ana me conuacuui
notified the board of control these
operations would be carried on as
rapidly as possible.
The interior plaster cracks were
found on walls in the basement
and on each floor, according to the
report of Haven Nutting, state in
spector. "These cracks appear to be ouUe
common on all floors and must be
remedied satisfactorily," Nutting's
report read. "Wall blemishes in the
paint also must be corrected. The
present attempts to spot out such
blemishes show up altogether too
plainly."
In addition to the plaster cracks
the inspector reported that damag
ed asphalt floor on the fourth floor
must be replaced and unsatisfac
tory painting on several floors
must be done over.
Skunk Closes
Florida School
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
March 10 -VP)- One lone skunk
stood his ground against 801 stu
dents in Northwood school today.
The students went home. The
skunk remained.
! His presence was discovered
when the cafeteria opened. Teach
ers and janitors tried to drive him
out. He drove them out instead,;
by a method best known to
skunks.
i Supt Howell Watkins called in
reinforcements from an exter
minating company. The skunk,
now underneath the school, drove
them back. ;
! Teachers held a conference.
Several kids were sick. The cafe
teria was a no pupil's land. I The
school itself was uninhabitable.
School was dismissed for the
day. The skunk stayed on.
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Marlon county democrats saved up some of their candidacies for a last-minute delate at the office of
State Elections Chief David OUara Friday. Left to rifht are: Arthur Davis (senate): P. V. Hale
(hense); Roy R-JIewitt (1st district congress); Alvin Whltlaw (house); Lawrence Koch of St Panl
(house); O'Hars Andy Bark (commissioner); Anthony Pelay, Jr. (Multnomah district attorney); Luis
Martine-Lally, county democratic chairman; Henry Heyden (recorder); Anton Vistiea (commissioner).
Martine-Lally is shown filing for Frank Porter of Silverton (senate). Missing the picture were Mrs.
Josephine Albert Spauldlng (bouse) and Ward Graham (house). (Statesman photo). j
Morse States
Global Scene
Deteriorating
PORTLAND, March 10
Sen. Wayne L. Morse said today
that the foreign situation is de
teriorating rapidly, and declared J
that the public is being kept un
necessarily in the dark.
"Some things have to be kept
secret," Morse said. "But the ad
ministration could tell more than
it is telling. It is fostering a na
tional psychology of perpelxity,"
He said, however, that he does
not think Russia wants war now.
"The ace card she thinks she has
got," Morse said, "is collapse of
our economy."
He said the armed services com
mittee does not as Rep Walter
H. Judd of Minnesota had said it
did consider the Pacific north
west ""expendable."
Morse is here for a week's cam
paign. .
Turning to another subject,
Morse recommended that the na
tional labor relations board gen
eral counsel, . Robert N. Denham,
be dismissed.
f,If I were you industry men,
I'd get me another," said Morse.
He is going to cost you a lot of
money he's a red flag in the
face of labor and has been given
too much power,"
HUNGARY ASKS RECALL
. BUDAPEST, Hungary, March
10 -rV Hungary used the Rob
ert A. Vogeler case to demand to
night that the United States re
call three military officers at
tached to the U.S. legation in
Budapest. The recall of two Brit
ish; legation, attaches was demand
ed previously.
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Republicans Found in Profusion
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Husband, Wife File
For Legislature
Oregon's political, year of 1950
may set at least one precedent
both a man and his wife may be
serving in the state legislature
at the same time.
Maurine Neuberger filed for
the democratic nomination to
the house, ier husband is Sen.
Richard Neuberger, whose of
fice does not expire for another
two years.
Tripp Awarded
New Zealand
Scholarship
Russell W. Tripp, Albany, stu
dent body president and a political
science major at Willamette uni
versity, waj named Friday by Ro
tary International as recipient of a
year's fellowship for overseas
study at the University of New
Zealand.
Tripp had not been officially
notified of the award, one of 85
given, by Rotary, but it was learned
here through the wires of Associa
ted Press from Chicago where the
fellowships were announced Fri
day. The Salem Rotary club had aid
ed Tripp in his application for the
fellowship which carries a . full
year of study at the university in
Wellington, New Zealand.
Tripp said Friday night he plan
ned tocontinue his study of social
science there, placing special em
phasis on a study of the country's
14-years of socialist- government.
Size of the grant was not known
here, but Tripp said the 'fellowship
covered all expenses including
transportation to New Zealand '
Salem Area
Winter back-tracked on the
northwest Friday and slapped
Salem with a i stormy mixture of
snow, ice pellets and cold rain.
And the weatherman forecast
more of the same for today.
Youngsters discarded baseballs
in favor of snow balls Friday
morning when a total of .4 of an
inch of snow j fell. At six other
times during the day snow or
snow pellets were reported at the
McNaxy field Weather station 'but
melted as' soon as it struck the
ground.
Cold Front Blamed
Except for the Oregon coastal
area, all of the northwest felt the
resumption of winter weather. A
cold front sliding in a southwest
erly direction from northern Can
ada was blamed for the interrup
tion of spring-like weather.
At Spokane, a maximum of only
26 degrees wa recorded Friday
and five inches of new snow was
on the ground there. Several inch
es of snow fell all along the Cas
cade range making highway trav
el hazardous. Chains were requir
ed to negotiate Santiam pass and
motorists were i advised to carry
chains on Willamette pass and in
the Redmond area of Central Ore
gon. Ten inches of snow had fall
en at Government camp early Fri
day morning.
Dips to Freezing
Salem, on the edge of the cold
front, recorded a high temperature
of only 40 degrees Friday and the
mercury had dipped to the freez
ing mark during the evening. The
forecast was for an even lower
27-degree bottom tonight. It was
expected to warm up Sunday.
The .4 of an inch of snow which
fell in Salem Friday morning
pushes the season's total to 33.6
inches, just J away from the all
time record set during the 1936
37 season.
Th Oregon Statesman. Salem,
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Campa
igners
For Red Grojss
Near Mid-Point
Red Cross campaigners neared
the halfway point in their Marion
county chapter drive for 142,000
in annual support funds Friday.
' This was encouraging enough,
and almost ast stimulating as a
single donation ifrom an old friend
of Red Cross who called directly
at the downtown Court street
campaign office with two contri
butions and one complaint.
Her complaint: "I do! wish
they'd let us take part in the solic
itation out at the Methodist Old
People's home."
Reported by Red Cross drive
leaders at a Senator hotel lunch
eon Friday was collection to1 date
of $18,464, or 44 per cent of the
goal.
Substantial early progress In
rural soliciting was applauded, as
was the leading showing of the
education division which has 88
per cent of its quota reported,
amounting to $975.
From eleven 1 schools came re
ports that every teacher and staff
member had contributed.
Other division reports:
County, $1,812 of its quota of
$15,000; governmental, $2,591, or
64 per cent; women's residential,
$3,426 of the $7,000 quota in; gen
eral gifts, $364; special gifts, $6,
819; utilities, ,$297; industrial,
$361; automotive, $99 in; mercan
tile, $243; contractors, $400; pro
fessional, $1,076.
Salem Tops
ams
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 -(JP)-r
Business stepped up in the
far Iwest in February, bank clear
ings! indicated today.
It was the first time in eight
months that the flow of money in
the j 12th federal reserve district
showed a gain over the previous
year. -;
The February bank debits to
taled $9,126,606,000, an increase of
4 per cent of the $8,740,951,000 in
the previous year, f
The increases ragged from 1
per tent, as in Eugene. Ore., to 28
per cent in Salem. The increase
was 1 7 per cent in San Francisco
and 4 per cent in Los Angeles.
Olds Superintendent
Of Jefferson Schools
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JEFFERSON, March 10
Douglas V. Olds,: formerly of St.
Helens, was named superinten
dent of Jefferson schools today for
the 1 $50-51 school year.
He replaces Patrick Beal, who
will take over as principal of the
new INorth Marion union high
school at Hubbard next fall.
Olds, now finishing a course at
Willamette universily, taught pre
viously at Chemaa, ' Portland,
Salem and Greshaih. A veteran
of Wprld War II, e is married
and has one daughter.
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Willamette river 7 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field, Salem): Partly
cloudy today with occasional light
bowers. Clearing tonight and becoming
colder. High today 42-43. Low tonight
27-30. s
SALEM PKECIP1TATI1N
This Year Last Year Last Year
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Oregon, Saturday, March 11
at Statehouse as
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Republicans spent a busy afternoon at state elections efflcl Friday, although many of them bad filed
some time prior to the 5 pjn. deadline. In this photo taken U the state boose corridor are (left to right)
Rep. W. W. Chadwick of Salem, candidate for the senate; Dr. F. H. Dammasch of Portland, candidate for
the bouse; Rep. J. O. Johnson of Washington county; running for re-election; Rep. Douglas Yeater of
, Salem (back of head), candidate for the senate; Rep. John Steelhammer of Salem, running for re
election; Rep. John Logan of Portland, also running for re-election; C. C Chapman (forerroand) editor
of The Oregon Voter, and Rep. Joseph Harvey of Portland, candidal to succeed h '. (Statesman
Photo). j
IFouDftocaD
17 Enter Race
For Marion's
4 House Seats
There will be. little dearth of
opposition for Willamette valley
candidates who filed for nomina
tion to the Oregon senate and
house.
Final filings last night showed
nearly every office would be con
tested, most of them even within
parties in the primaries.
In Marion courity,' 17 persons
12 republicans and five democrats
A complete list of 285
candidates for state offices
is on page 8 of today's
Statesman.
filed for representative (with
four seats tq be filled); six repub
licans and two democrats filed for
senator (with two seats to be fill
ed), i
Filing for
representative were
Steelhammer: H. R.
Rep. John
Jones, former representative; Roy
Houck, a 1948 candidate; Lee Oh
mart; Ivan' Martin; Kelly Owens;
Mark Hatfield; George Emigh; Dr.
E. E. Boring; R. J. Severin and
Gene Malecki, all of 'Salem, and
Lloyd Girod of Idanha.
Four Democrats File
Democratic house candidates In
clude Mrs. Josephine Albert Spalu
ding, a 1948 candidate; Ward Gra
ham, Lawrence Koch of St. Paul,
Alvin Whitlaw and Preston Hale.
In Polk county, three republi
cans and two! democrats filed for
the house post being vacated by
Rep. Lyle Thomas. Sen. Dean Wal
ker had no party competition for
re-nomination to the Benton-Polk
senate seat, but A. E. Albertsen of
Philomath w 11 be a democratic
candidate to pppose him in Nov
ember. In Linn county, three republi
cans and two democrats are seek
ing the seats vacated by Reps.
Warren Gill and Max Landon, and
for the senate, GilL a republican,
and Walter Shelby, Albany, demo
crat, are the only candidates to
succeed Sen. Orval Thompson of
Albany who did not file for re
election, j
Sen. Gibson Opposed
In the Lane-Linn, senatorial dis
trict. Sen. Angus Gibson filed
to succeed Himself, with Jack
Draper of Albany opposing him
for the republican nomination and
Elmer B. Sahlstrom of Eugene
running as a democrat.
- In Yamhill county, Sen. Eugene
Marsh, republican, is unopposed
for re-election on either ticket; for
the house (two posts), two repub-
. licans and one democrat will ap
pose incumbent Rep. Carl Francis
of Dayton for fe-election. Rep. R.
H. C. Bennett I of Dundee did not
file. ,
In Clackamas county, Sen. How
ard Belton (r) has no opposition
for re-election to the senate from
the 12th district, but for repre
sentative, three republicans and
three democrats filed in opposition
to Reps. Lloyd Crosby, Jack Green
wood and H. E Chindgren who
seek to succeed themselves. The
incumbents are republicans.
1950
PRICE
Deadline for Filing Arrives
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Mill City Order
Crackdown on
School Discipline
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SUtesmaa News Setrie
MILL CITY, March 10 -i The
Mill City school board this 1 week
Krenewed the contracts of 14
teachers, but ordered a track
down on discipline. 1
Board members said discipline
this year had "reached a new
low." They charged that I high
school students have been "com
ing and going as they please,
smoking on school property and
chasing around in cars at night"
; The board refused to renew
contracts of two grade school
teachers and one high school
leacner.
Filings Provide
Competitionior
County Offices
, Filings by candidates for Marion
county offices were doubled Fri
day, the final day, when firee
men filed, providing competition
for each of the two major offices
at stake. T .
A. C. Burk, Salem route s, a
former sheriff here, filed for the
democratic nomination as county
commissioner, and Alfred J. $iel
inski, Silverton route 2, for i the
republican nomination to the same
position. Henry A. Heyden, 2175 S.
19th st, Salem, filed for the demo
cratic nomination as county rec
order, i j
Earlier filings were E. L. Rog
ers, republican incumbent, for
commissioner; Anton Vistiea,
Woodburn democrat, for commis
sioner, and Herman Lanke, repub
lican incumbent, for recorder
No entries were received fori the
office of Jefferson justice off the
peace, now held by E. E. Howell,
democrat. f
(Additional details and pictures
on page 8).
Animal Crachers
BVWARRN GOODRICH
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In GOP Race
Republicans and democrats
squared off for Oregon's 1950
political battles today after a hec
tic last-day of filing which show
ed the democratic party would
make its strongest bid in many a
year. . ... ... ,
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a iouu oi 2 cancuaaies were
under the wire by Friday's 5 p.m.
deadline, and barring receipt of
candidacies mailed and postmark
ed prior to that hour, all adver
saries now are known.
Officials of the state election di
vision said they never before saw
a time when democrats filed for
almost all of the offices on the
ballot
89 New Candidates
The last-day's filing brought 89
new candidates but no major sur- v
prises.
the sole republican ' candidate for
chief executive, with State Treas
urer Walter Pearson, State Sen.1
Austin Flegel and former State
Sen. Lew Wallace in the race for
the democratic toga.
U. S. Sen. Wayne L. Morse, Eu- .
gene, got a fourth opponent in his
primary renomination campaign
with the filing of Dave Hoover,
farmer of Deadwood. Lane coun
ty. , The other opponents are Fred
E. - Robinson. Medford; Earl L.
Dickson. Albany; and John Mc
Bride, Portland.
Two Democrats File
On the democratic side of the
senate race, Howard Latourette, ,
Portland, will square off against
Dr. Louis A. Wood, Eugene. ,;
Three of Oregon's four con
gressmen are unopposed. They
are Walter Norblad, Astoria;
Lowell Stockman, Pendleton; and
Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg.
But they will have plenty of
democratic opposition in the fan
there are primary democratic con
tests in every congressional' dist
rict ,
All four, of Oregon's congress
men are republicans. The only
one having a primary fight on his
hands is Rep. Homer D. Angeli;
Portland.
State Labor Commissioner WL
E. Kimsey of Salem la unopposed
in the republican primary. Stat
Superintendent of Public Instruct
ion Rex Putnam, who has a non
partisan office, has no opposition.
No Opposition for Three
Supreme court Justices Earl C.
Latourette, Arthur D. Hay and
Hall S. Lusk will win re-election
without opposition.
There are three candidates for
the other supreme court .seat,
which is being vacated by Justico
J. O. Bailey. -They are Circuit
Judge Walter L. Tooze and Robert
F. : Maguire, - both - of Portland;
and State Sen. Austin Dunn,
Baker. -.
The big majority of the state
legislators filed for reelection. -
Marquam Reports Snow
MARQUAM, March 10 More
than an inch of snow and sleet
covered the ground here today as
a spring storm swept the Willam
ette valley. ,
McKay Alone
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