Bridges Sentenced To Five-Year Ter i U.S. to Seek Cancellation of Citizenship - SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 -VP)- CIO Longshore Boss Harry Bridges "was sentenced tooday to five years in prison lor his conviction on charges he perjured himself when he denied he ever was a communist.'.--' i . ! . Th government then announced plans to have the Australian-born labor chiefs U. S. citizenship cancelled immdeiately. It will press that move at a hearing tomorrow i morning. , Bridges was sentenced to five years for perjury and two for conspiracy to commit perjury at his 1945 naturalization hearing. The sentences run t concurrently. The judge' said the government had proved ; "Bridges lied in his naturalization proceedings when he denied membership in the communist party." Bridges was released on $25, 000 bail after a wrangle which forestalled government plans to seek the citizenship revocation today. - ! v ' - Two union aides who testified at his citizenship hearing each was given two year prison terms for conviction of conspiring with him. -Defense to Fight The government motion to re voke will be made at 10 a. m. De fense attorneys said they would fight it to the full extent allowed them. F. Joseph Donohue, the special prosecutor at the long and stormy trial of Bridges and his two aides, 1 said Bridges' loss of citizenship would be automatic if the judge rules it and Bridges then would have the status of an alien resi- dent. ; - . All three defendants were freed tonight after the lengthy bail bond wrangle. Robert McMillan, assistant U. S. attorney, then began argu ments in support of a motion that Bridges citizenship be cancelled a move in the direction of having him deported to Australia. 2-Year Terms I : Bridges! aides, Henry Schmidt and Jonn R. Robertson, each was sentenced to two years on con spiracy to commit perjury and two years for conspiracy to de fraud the government. The sen' tences in each case were to run concurrently. Bail for each was set at 110,000. i The total bail of 145,000 repre sented an increase of $30,000 from that set at the end of the 81-day tempestuous trial. A , cashier's check for the added amount was immediately supplied. ' Bridges, gaunt and pale, had no immediate comment but his wile. Nancy, said "what I said about the last battle being the one that counts, still holds good." . -I don't feel like a criminal,' commented Schmidt. Most the Beginning "It's just part of the fight; of course I n upset. snapped Rob- I ertson. "But , this is just the be-1 ginning." . - - , Before passing the sentences, Federal .Judge George B. Harris, we inai juoge, icciurea we oe- fendants, after denying a new trial on charges the proceedings I were biased. j "By lying, cheating and de- frauding the U. S. government, Mr. Harry Bridges was gran tea certificate i of naturalization," he said. i I Supreme Court WASTtTNOTON Anril lftan The supreme court today refused a hearing to two Hollywood writ- r. ennvinfiwl f emetrmt f rnn. gress, thus letting stand a decision fn. nm.dn.i they are communists. The votes was 6 to 2. By the action, the high court re fused to interfere with a lower court decision holding that con gTess may abridge either the free dom of speech or the freedom to remain silent "when legislating to vert wni ii dcucvcs to De threat of substantative evil to na tional welfare." Filni Writers Denied Plea by The high court handed down no WASHINGTON, April 10 -(yP)-oplnion and did not explain its Stuart Symington was confirm- . reasons. It took the action in brief order which said It would not hear the appeals of screen writers John Howard Lawson and Dai ton Trumbo. They had been pending since last August 11. , Lawson and Trumbo are each tinder sentence to serve a year in jail and to pay a fine of $1,000. They have been free under bond; The justice department ' pre sumably will make no attempt to carry out the sentence for at least the IS days in which the two writ- ers may ask the supreme court to reconsider. Robert W. Kenny, attorney for ' the pair, said in Los Angeles he win iue sucn a petition. Animal Crackers By wmm GOODRICH CHIROPODIST 1 COMPLETE TMATMINT v "Tkt ltttr Bmiims Btifuu pa Jkejf tart tbur . . Hi 3S& To Appeal t V? )r'- SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 Lojirshore leader Harry Bridges, whe was sentenced to five year prison term here today en a charge ot perjury, lie will ap peal the decision. Flegel Asks uit i Governor Race 5T. HELENS. April 10 -MV State Sen. Austin Flegel tossed a wrench today at State Treasurer Walter I Pearson's contention that his election to the povernnrshin would ive the democrats rinmi- nation of the state board of con- trol. - Flegel, himself a contender for th governor's post, declared that just the opposite would happen, The republicans would control the board. I And he aDDealed to Pearson to withdraw from the race, in "the best interests of the democratic party. Weuld Aoooint Demo Pearson had argued that. If elected, he would resign as state treasurer and appoint a democrat to the post. That would leave only the republican secretary of state on the board of control. Senator Flegel. in a speech to Stl Helens mill workers, declared that Pearson would have to resign while Republican Gov. Douglas McKay was still In office, and that McKay would make I the treasurer's appointment Assure GOP Control TIf he (Pearson) should secure nomination, and if he should Pl successful in defeating Mc- Kay," Flegel Said, "he WOUld 8J f'?"08 repubhean party of the state by ; sucKing to tne lob as treasurer . . f. election of another democrat as governor would auto matically assure that the party would nave a : majority on : the board I control." FleceU' Pearson and Lew Wal lace are all contending for : the democratic nomination ior gov i ernor. 1 SYMINGTON CONFIRMED ed by. the senate today as chair man of the national security re sources board. The post had been vacant 10 months. I f COAST LEAGUE At Portland 11. Oakland Only - same scheduled. "earson Q City Zoners Withdraw Suoport From Apartment House Plan Salem planning and toning com- ! mission Monday withdrew its en dorsement from the controversial petition seeking permission to er ect a $1,500,000 apartment house at South , High and Kearney streets. . .'. . : '. This new development took the apartment issue out of the city council's lap far the time being. Petitioners William E. Healy and Paul F. Murphy through their attorney, Allan Carson, have ask ed for action on the petition in time for them to meet a May 24 financing deadline by federal bousing administration. Zoning commissioners who have had several special meetings to thresh out conflicting technicali ties In the . petition and remon strance indicated they would get the matter before the council by Its April 24 meeting . Petitioners and opponents axe split about 50-50 over the request for zone change on which the ap artment project hinges. After several re-figuring ox tne : " ' . 4- - : 100th YEAR Bathroom Lock Story Reversed i ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 10-(ff)-Two-year-old Caroline Y ur ic unas today turned the "locked in the bathroom" story inside out. : She locked in her mother and her infant sister. 1 Caroline's cautious mother, Mrs. Anna May Yurkunas, had switched the key to the outside so Caroline couldn't lock her self in. I To escape, Mrs. Yurkunas had to open the bathroom win dow, knock out a storm window and call neighbors. The neigh bors summoned firemen who brought ladders. Boeing Makes Gas Turbine Truck Ensrine SEATTLE. April 10--A pow er-packed midget gas turbine en gine for trucks was unveiled today by the Boeing Airplane Co., which said "a revolution is about to take place in the powering of ground vehicles, similar to that in the air." . Henry Hill, supervising engin eer of the Boeing engine project, demonstrated the 200-pound, 175 horsepower turbine for a score of trucking industry representatives and newsmen. J The little engine, a David with the muscles of a Goliath, was put through its paces under normal trucking conditions, hauling a 10 ton freight truck and heavy trail er around a test course, i - j "This is the first installation of a gas turbine in a motor vehicle in the United States," Hill said. "We have a new kind of prime mover which we think will compete, with all categories of piston-type en gines." The turbine weighs one-four teenth as much as a diesel engine producing the same power and oc cupies one-eignin or tne space. iThe saving in weight and space, the company said, makes possible the hauling of more than a ton ad ditional payload. : . ! Fertilizer Plant To Resume Operation Soon j Production of fertilizer Is ex pected to be resumed before May 1 j at the former Salem alumina plant. Arch W. Metzger, manager for Continental Chemical com pany, announced Monday.' -1 Metzger said the operation would have started next week ex cept for the shortage of ammonia, due to the heavy demand for fert ilizer manufacture at this season. The local firm's order for the raw material could not be placed until the plant lease was secured last month. j Meanwhile, about 12 to 15 men are on duty at the Cherry avenue location, cleaning up and getting facilities into condition for opera tion. Metzger said the past win ter's -freeze was exceptionally hard on water pipes. I In full production, the company expects to employ about 30 men and have an output of about 100 tons of fertilizer per day. I The plant, constructed during the war to develop manufacture cf alumina from clay, has been on lease for fertilizer production at various times since. It had been vacant for several months recent ly until leased from the govern ment by Continental, headed by Charles Strickfaden, George A. Rhoten and Metzger, all of Salem. percentage of affet -d - property represented on the petition and the remonstrance, it sow appears that the petitioners have 49.645 per cent, just under the required percentage of "over 50. But Attorney Carson Monday entered new considerations when he asked for attention to a 40-year-old lawsuit involving the ap artment site property and to the South . High street dedication in the block between Mission and Kearney streets. Zoning law for Salem does not permit the commission to recom mend zone changes unless favor able reaction is on record from owners of more than half the property within 300 feet of the change area. Homer Smith, Jr., representing the remonstrators at the Monday meeting; asked the zoning com mission to consider the zone dung solely on the basis of city zoning law, "and not obscured by the! potential $1,500,000 worth of this property. I !:.' ' , ; .. 14 PAGES 1 j I Th . i i (City to Vole on Six 10 Year-Plan Projects May 19; 3-Hour Meters Included in Revised Parking Plan By Robert E. Gangwsre City Editor, The Statesman First six projects in a 10-year plan for Salem municipal develop ment will be voted on in a special ity election May 19, it wa de- ided Monday night by the; city ounciL i I The projects will go on the allot separately. They embrace 1,205,000 in new bond issues for rainage, sewage disposal and ridge replacements; millage taxes or airport improvement and two ew fire trucks; reauthorization ot 17-year-old water bond issue of 00.000 for which water ! depart ed funds are already on hond. These public works, if ! ill ac- epted by the voters, would tarry but the first two years' work; Under City Manager J. L. Franzen's recommended timetable. Also in cluded are an $80,000 Madison street drainage project and; two new fire trucks, brought forward from a later date in the blaster plan by action of the council at jits city hall meeting last night. List of Measures . I I The projects which go i en the May ballot: I Firefirhtinr equipment: A one year 1.7 mill tax to raise $50,000 for a new pumper and a' replace ment ladder truck. The i present aerial ladder rig has been used by Salem 26 years. Airport: A 2.6 mill tax for two years to raise some $150,000 for overall improvements in j which the federal government Will! con tribute funds. Main runway and taxiway extension, lighting im provements and access road are in this program. j h Drainage: A $280,000 bond; issue to be retired over 20 yearsJ I New northeast Salem drainage; system would account for bulk of : the ex pense. I j j Bridges: A $125,000, 20-year bond issue for five new bridges, at North Church and South! 23rd streets over Mill creek. Ford and South 25th street over Shelton ditch. Mission street over jPfingle creek. ! Sewage: A 20-year $$00,000 bond issue for new trunk sewers, pumping stations and completion of interceptor and disposal plant which now must be planned for a larger population than ! consid ered when authorized two! (years ago. i Water: New reservoir at Turner and other water improvements! are in this $300,000 bond issue! which requires no tax money fori-debt retirement. (Additional council neWs on page 2.) Ml Mercy Slayer Given 3 Years 1 1 ALLENTOWN. Pa.. April 10-UPi i-Harold A. Mohr, convicted of vol untary manslaughter in the so- called mercy killing of his blind, cancer-ravaged brother, today was sentenced to three to six years in prison.- M 1 LeHigh county Judge James F. Henninger said he "took into con sideration a jury's plea of mercy for the 36-year-old defendant who didn't deny the rifle slaying of Walter Mohr, 55, but testified couldn't remember doing iit. The maximum sentence! Was 12 years in prison and a $6,000! fine. Besides the prison sentence, Mohr was fined $500. j ! 10 Workers Assigned Farm bbs Monday The recent spring decline in Sa lem area unemployment gained a new impetus Monday as farm; work began in earnest. About 110; work ers were dispatched Monday! from the Salem office of the state em ployment service to temporary agricultural jobs, principally in hops and strawberries. I I j Manager W, H. Baillie said the demand for such labor would in crease steadily unless the weather reverts to rain. Considerable farm work has already been delayed beyond the customary tim4 While the bulk of the crop workers are driving to thej jobs, Baillie said some farmers are pro viding transportation from the em ployment office. -' j j Jobless pay claims in Marion and Polk counties dropped by 323 last week to 2,202. They have shown an almost steady decline! I since February. taster seal Agency to i - ill Build Hospital in Eugene PORTLAND, April 10P-The easier seal agency today an nounced plans to build a $150,000 hospital in Eugene for treatment of crippled children. ji. The building will be started In May. and ready for occupancy in the fall. It will accommodate 65 youngsters. POUNDDD 1651 Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregonu Tuesday. April 11. 1950 Money Floats on California Breeze LONG BEACH, Calif., April lO--Ten and $20 bills were floating on the downtown breeze today like maple leaves in an autumn gust. So said David E. Melton. To prove it he turned over to po lice a ten spot he said he found. He added he saw a woman catch a $M and then a $20 bill "out of thin air" and watched a man pick up a ten spot. Melton said he saw no one chasing the money- -as its owner might be expected to do. Silvertonon Daylight Time on SILVERTON, April 10-(Spe cial) -Silver ton's city council voted tonight to follow the lead of Salem on the daylight saving time issue, in passing, a resolution at a city hall meeting here. The resolution was drawn up calling, for Silverton to make the switch to fast time at the same time as Salem, should the city council there favor the measure. (The Salem council voted in fa vor of DST and will switch over at 2:01 a.m., April 30.) A motion for the state, to pro ceed with plans for the replace ment of the James avenue bridge was also passed by the council. The state highway department re cently approved $15,000 for its share in construction costs of the bridge. Silverton will pay the re maining $11,000 and construct the approaches. Early action on meeting Silver ton's water supply problem was indicated following a report of a citizens committee to the council. The committee recommended that the city build a dam at the old lo cation ; pn Abiqua creek, four miles above Silverton. The reco mmendation was referred to the planning commission headed by Rohland Cooley for its study. The commission, special guests of the council to hear the report, prom ised action at a special meeting which: would be called as soon as additional information was avail able from consultong engineers. The city hopes to get the project underway this summer, j Other action by the council In eluded approval of the appoint ment of Mrs. Charles Hoyt to the library board. The appointment was made by Mayor Errol Ross. Parents Back School Board In fClub' Suit PORTLAND, April 10 -P- A group of Portland parents sided today with the school board. which Is being sued by members of four high school societies. The group of 27 parents filed an interveners' complaint, which charged that the societies really are "secret" within the meaning of the state law. The members of the societies had filed suit against the school board, contending their organia ti'ons ; were not secret and were not in violation of state law. Mrs. Joseph E. Keyser, leader of the interveners, said her group was interested in wholesome rec reation. "My son and daughter are not yet in high school," she said, "but I want this controversy set tled before they get there." NO CLUE TO MISSING PLANE WIESBADEN. Germany, April 10 -OPt- Search planes and ships of three nations swept over the Baltic sea tonight without finding any trace of a missing U. S. navy plane and its crew of 10. TIME VERDICT AWAITED ALBANY, April KMTV-City council is expected to decide Wed nesday, to go on fast time April 30. The town is the only major com munity; in the Willamette valley that has not yet voted for day light saving time. 1 ";,(? V7,QQ 000(3 1 Max. Mia. rrecta. , M . ' jM SO 4 -M Saint ' Portland Saa Frai Chicago New Ye Saa Francisco. U 43 m to (7 32 .32 fork. as ae .oo WUlametta rirer 4 feet FORECAST (from U S. weather bur uu. MeNary be Id. Salem r: Cloudy with rata today and toaifht. becomlnf showery by Wednesday. Fresh to ee caatoBauy strong southerly winds to day and tonirht. High today S4-7. Lew tonight 4a-sa SALEM PHECHTTAnOM This year Last year Normal Mil Bandwag t . Three-hour parking meters on fringes of downtown Salem were recommended Monday night by City Manager J. L. Franzen. The city council took under con sideration a new parking plan which filsn inolllHM ?n.minna meters near the downtown banks and conversion of several blocks to two-hour parking. Highlights of the Franzen re commendations: . ,. Estimated cost of converting present parking meters is $1,000, to come out of meter receipts now on hand. About 300 of the city's 1,500 meters are involved. Three-hour parking rate would be 10 cents. A nickel would give parker 1 hours. 1 To Reduce Parking Parking space would be re duced in the vicinity of the South ern Pacific freight station at Trade ana ront streets by parallel parking and no-parking zones to eliminate what Franzen termed a dangerous parking congestion at present." No meters are involved here. Three-hour meters recommend ed for Church street from Ferry to State and Court to Chemeketa; nign street irom Chemeketa to iwarion: Chemeketa street frnm High to Cottage;. Liberty street irom center to Marion; Commer cial street from Center to Marion; Center street from High to Com mercial. For Liberty Street Two-hour meters reeommnHd ior uoerty street from Chemeketa to center; Commercial street from Chemeketa to Center; Chemeketa street from Front to Commercial; State street from Commercial to front. Two-hour parkiag, not metered. recommended for Ferry street from Front to Commercial and Church to High; and for the Trade to erry street blocks of Church, High and Liberty streets. ! l wen ty-minute parkin meter wouia oe at seven spaces at each llJc iwo oowntown corner! faced by the local branches of u. s. and first National bank me zo-mwute meters would h paintea rea, two-hour meters green and three-hour meters vel low. Signs specifying the type of meters would be placed in affect ea oiocks. City Manager Franzen said the recommendations are based on i survey of parkins densitv ducted by city poliice over the re cent months Mayor R. L. Elfstrom said the rreummewwnonj scarry the en dorsement of the citizens' nark lng committee he has appointed to stuay plans for easing parking i-uiigesuon. Flaxseed Price Supports Set WASHINGTON, April 10-A support price of; $2.82 a bushel was set by the department -icf ag riculture today for 1950 flaxseed No. 1 grade at Portland. That is lower j than the $3.09 price prevailing last year. The cut reflects an accumulation of nearly a year's supply of. surpluses. The same price as at Portland will prevail in Minneapolis. Du- luth, Minn., and Chicago. The rate at Los Angeles and San Francisco will be $2.97, and at Corpus Chris ti and Houston. Tex.. $2.57. Prices for No. 2 flaxseed will be 5 cents less. Fanners will be re quired to assume, the cost of stor age during the first year a new regulation. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries! (tailor's Mto: CMMtents ia thla ! arc ! ky r fr tk cuaMtUt witbrat rmrtcttMk, iaa nay r Bar not reflect tfee epiaiea ( this aews- Teday'a Sabject i George E. Ensign, jr.: (r) Candidate fer I State representative (Marion) I respectfully submit to republi can voters of the twelfth district my candidacy for state representa- i am marriea, have one daugh ter and have re sided in Oregon since 1927. 1 have a bachelor's and master's degree from Oregon State college; have taught phy sical education, government and social studies in Oregon schools teorta; Katfgh for 12 years and have been active in all civic affairs in every com munity in which 1 have been lo cated. , I X believe In a sound tax struct ure and. although taxes are in evitable, it is the responsibility of ithe legislator to present PRICE Halts Drift IS" HEW DELHI, India, April 10 In dian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehra, whe submitted the new India-Pakistan part te the par liament ef India today. Parliament of India Ratifies Pakistan Pact NEW DELHI, India, April 10 (AVThe new India-Pakistan pact to protect minority groups and end the bloody communal strife on the sub-continent was ratified today by the Indian parliament. The agreement also was presen ted to Pakistan's constituent as sembly in Karachi. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru, in submitting the pact to the Indian parliament, said he was satisfied it would halt a drift toward catastrophe. "We have stopped ourselves at the edge of a precipice and turned our back on it,1 Nehru said. Liaquat All Khan, prime minis ter of Pakistan, said: "It Is my firm intention to Im plement this agreement in full. I am satisfied that Premier Nehru would do everything possible to see that life, property, culture, cit izenship, and other rights of Mos lems in all parts of India arc safe guarded." The agreement was Crartea in seven days of continuous negotia tions between Nehru and Liaquat All here last week. It guarantees the security of the Moslem minor ity in Hindu India and the Hindu minority in Moslem Pakistan. It also permits the unhampered mi gration of both minorities across the borders of the two dominions. Neither Nehru nor Liaquat All pretends that the pact solves all the difficulties between the two countries, but they both have in dicated that it may open the way for solution of other issues. BOY BACK AT WOODBTJRN Earl Lee Crawford, one of four boys who escaped from the Wood burn training - school Saturday night, returned voluntarily to the institution today. The other three were still being sought Monday night by state police. which are most feasible and elim inate those which are undesir able. Our state pension plan for the aged is in need of reorganization. We do not pay as high an amount as other itaUi. As an educator, and also one interested in th welfare of the people, particularly the unfortun ate, one of my main objectives, 11 elected, would be to improve con ditions for unfortunate off our various state institutions. I have definite, proof, .for example, Lthat the Wood burn Boys' Training school, while It has the facilities, is not serving its purpose. Proper supervision and treatment will aid these unfortunates rather than make them bitter. I am also in favor of segregation In our penal institution. First time offenders have no place among habitual criminal!. I would also consider it my duty to support DTODOsals designed to maintain prosperity for laboring people, farmers and small merchants. Without unity and cooperation, our government and state cannot survive. X will greatly appreciate your support. , (Teawarrew Lleyd Clred) iwti it tat Cft wtk tf OrtM 5c No. IS Council Passes Time Switch Minus Debate Daylight savin ti met tUfle Ar ed Monday night for the city of cuecuve April SO to Sep-, tember 24. . The city council passed an or dinance to set the official clocks U1 "ein one nour forward at 2:01 ajn. Sunday, April 30. The law ll officiaI. city business until September 24, with the ex ception that any city elections win cunauciea on standard time. No eleventh-hour protests, or endorsements, were heard as the aldermen voted ft to 1 for the time switch. Veteran alderman David v was we lone dissenter, ex plaining: "I never could wax n- thusiastic over daylight time and 1 11 vote no so that opponents to it can t say not a single voice wae raised against th hill i ,- Budget Cemmittee . regular session in city hall last night the council also prepared (or the annual budget making chore by appointing three rw meraoen oi the citizens' bud-, get committee. New members will be Mrs. Eu phrosina M. English, Bruce Wil- tu. ana Jtan Burk. The three openings were created by the re cent death of Sephus Starr, ap- uwucui oi nex lummell to circuit Judgeship and addition of an eighth ward to the city of Sa- riu. mere is one citizen member from each ward, i la Touch with Affairs Mrs. English, 2680 Cherry ave, will be the first woman to serve on the budget committee In re cent years. She has kept in touch with municipal affairs for many years and has attended council meetings regularly. She accepted the appointment reluctlantly last night after remarking: "I'd rather not serve as I'm past 80 now mod have plenty of .work to do out home, t Appointee Bruce Williams la a .t auurucy. tari OUTK IS former West Salem city council man who is unopposed for eighth ward alderman this year. Other members of the budget committee are Charles McElhinny. George Hull, J. W. Simeral, Paul Hendricks, Fred Paulus and E. E. Boring. Two Men Rob Boy on Bridge J City police were seeking twe men who reportedly attacked a ; io - year - oia Monmouth youth Monday on the Marion-Polk bridge and robbed him of $3. Ronald Bartlow, Monmouth, told police he was walking east ' cross the bridge about noon when two men approached him and afted for the price of a cup of coffee. After being refused the pair grabbed him, threw him: down and took $3 from his wal- -let, Bartlow said. He reported ' the two men left towards the east end of the bridge and he re turned to the west end to call po ' lice. . i Bartlow described the men ae i being 40 and 50 years old, medium height and weight He said one was wearing a leather Jacket and the other a blue overall jumper, ne of the men appeared intoxi cated, Bartlow said. COFFEE PKICES SEDUCED NEW YORK. April 10 Major roasters today cut the price of vacuum packed coffee by twe cents a pound.! High prices that cut. into coffee sales were given a the reason. Contest Ends On Saturday Hundreds of person have sent in their guesses as to Sa lem's 1930 population. Bnt there still is time to compete far the $40 in prizes offered by The SUtesmaa for those whe come closest to th official fig ures, which are expected to be known within the next two weeks, v The eeateat deadline I S4 wday. April IS. Gateau recei ved after that date. s saatlev wtoa they are mt Hiked, win The majority of estimates thus far received : range be tween 41,000 and 19,000 but many are under or over those totals. ETEXYONat may enter guess - - but only te a per em. You may use th blank on page 2 today or tend In your guess via card or regular sta tionery. Pleas write PLAINLY.