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12 PAGES
Th Oregon Skrtosman, Salenu Onqtm. Tuasdcry. May 9 1350
PEICE 5c
No, 43
fc-i . .
What will Secretary of aWte
Tuan Acheson . British Foreign
Minister Ernest Bevin and French
vnreien Minister Robert Schuroan
talk about when their parley starts
Thursday in London? . " s -
i That's an easy one to answer.
They will not be talking about
the English countryside, now that
May Is here. They will not put in
their time visiting showing pic
tures of erandchildren , and in
quiring about tickets to good Lon
don shows. They have serious
subjects to talk about and they
center around the problem of stop
ping Russian communism dead in
its tracks.' "
4 This embraces implementing the
Atlantic pact, - economically and
militarily; the situation in Berlin
with the threats of demonstrations
on May 28th; West Germany4, Aus
tria whose peace treaty is still un
finished business due to the stub
bornness of Russia; Trieste over
which Italy and Yugoslavia are
still in disagreement; Southeast
Asia and how 1o fence off; com'
munist Denetration from China.
Already one question on the last
point has been answered: Secre
tary Acheson assures the French
that American economic and mili
tary aid will be furnished French
Indo-China to help the French
and 'Viet Namese, rouf the com
munist forces under Ho Chi Minn.
That has been a' ticklish question
because of oriental opposition to
colonialism and the reputed pup
pet character of the Viet Nam
government. But here at, in Greece
the decision is to buck the' reds
despite local complications. -
The acute question before the
conference however will be Ger
many.. American policy favors in
clusion , " i
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Jr.
Fire Defense
First meeting of the fire defense
committee under the re-establish-!
ed- Oregon civilian defense, pro
i gram is let for 10 o'clock this
i morning in Salem city hall, to plair
1 organization and policy lor reaai
: ness of mutual aid throughout the
i state. o - -v
Personnel of the state commit
; tee was announced Monday by
Robert Taylor,-state fire marshal
and chief of the fire service divi
sion for defense.. He said it would
serve as both an operative and an
operating group. -O -
Appointed were Fire Chiefs W.
P. Roble of Salem, Wilbur Dillon
(of Hillsboro, William Arzner of
Lake view, Ivan Pearson of Mc
iMirmville, Otto Karg of Baker,
Don Lewellyn of Milwoukie, Ted
Adamson of Prineville, Cecil Har
rison of Sheridan, Edward Gren
fell of Portland, as well-as Lee M.
Waugaman, president of Oregon
Mutual Fire Insurance company at
McMinnville, and E. A. Taylor,
chief deputy state fire marshal. ,
An ex officio member is Jack
Hayes, a deputy fire marshal but
serving in bis capacity of deputy
state director of civilian" defense.
Canada Flood
Waters Climb
WINNIPEG, Man., May 8-()
The unruly Red river gnawed at
Winnipeg's shaky dikes today and
a brewing storm threatened in
creased : danger for this flood
besieged city.
The river's slowly-rising muddy
torrent had reached a reading of
27 feet, 11 inches at noontime up
about four inches since-dawn. It
was already higher than in any
year since 1926.
Troops from as far away as
'British Columbia -were ordered
to the flood zone to relieve weary
service men and civilian workers,
exhausted after several days on
the slippery, mucky ramparts.
More than 12,000 persons have
been forced from their homes in
southern Manitoba. Of these,
about 8,500 wera froin Winnepeg.
KALISPELL, Mont, May 8
-P)- Development of -223,000
square miles of northwestern Uni
ted States will be discussed here
by the Columbia basin . inter
agency committee tomorrow and
Wednesday. .... .. " : .
Animal Crackers
B WARREN GOODRICH ;
"Mtmi, why don't I kirt
Group
First Meeting
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RIMOUSKI. Que, May 8 Relief workers faced the rtgantie task of 1
caring for Z.500 persons made homeless in a blase which gutted
ena half of this town f 15,000 population on the St Lawrence
Gvil Functions
WASHINGTON, May 8-P)-The
house approved the $630,820,000
civil functions section of the one
package appropriation bill today.
It first rejected a score of amend
ments, to hike the total provided
for waterway projects.
. . The bill carries $599,143,000 for
numerous flood control and rivers
and harbors projects. This is $199,
337,000 below President Truman's
budget recommendations.
The total of $630,820,000, in
cluding funds for cemeteries, the
Alaska communications system,
the Panama canal, and other army
engineer civil functions in ad
dition to waterways work, com
pares with budget requests of
$834,887,500. .
Repeated attempts were made
to add waterways projects or in
crease allowances for others but
an economy bloc beat back every
attempt . j
In fact, the only amendment the
house accepted in! five hours of
debate -was to reduce the bill a
total of $1,800,000. i
The biU carries an appropria
tion of 1 $63,000,000. for flood con
trol on the lower Mississippi and
Its tributaries, a cut of $2,000,000
under last year's funds and $7,
000,000 under the budget esti
mates. Some of the other principal Items
In the bill include
Rivers and harbors McNary
lock and dam, Columbia river
$33,000,000; Chief Joseph dam, Co.
Mmbia river, Washington, $12,
000,000. ;
Lie to Fly from Prague
In Russ Provided Plane
GENEVA, May 8 JF)- United
Nations Secretary General Trygve
Lie will fly to Moscow from Pra
gue on Thursday in a. special
plane put at his disposal by the
boviet government it was an
nounced today, i . ''-."-
Lie arrived in Geneva Satur
day to attend today's opening of
the third annual assembly of th
world health organization. -
Politics on
Bill Approved
In House Vote
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
(Editor's Bete: ComaatnU ta thl aer
ies are aaaSe ay er fer take caadltatee
wttaeat restrict!, and mar er aaay
aot reflect the ptatra f thia newt
y ' TODAY'S SUBJECT:
' ' Elmer M. Amundson
. Candidate for . " ,
- Salem Municipal Judge
Elmer Amundson Is intensly In
terested in the civic development
of Salem, smd has during the past
a thorough stu
dy of the Sa
le m Municipal
court ' and, its
functions. He
proposes to in
stitute traffic
schools for traf
fic violators in
conduction with
being lined, a
proven method
of increasing
public safety.
i
r
Amundson will assure each a fair
trial and make the punishment fit
the crime and the offender with
out exhorbitant tines, and also co
operate with the Mayor's Safety
council In education of violators
as - well as punishment Salem's
xauoid. crowth, reouiies th adoo-
of Canadian Town Gutted by Fire
Safeway M i Ik Ban
Defeated by Council
By Robert E. Gangware
City Editor, The Statesman
A bill to ban the sale of Safeway milk in Salem was defeated
Monday night by the city council. .
Aldermen also acted to give City Transit Lines a trial period for
offering reduced bus fares within one mile of downtown Salem. (De
tails on page 2.)
In milk action, the council was
split four to four in final vote,
which killed a proposed milk law
change to require that only Salem
area pasteurization plants could
sell milk in Salem.
Aimed at Safeway
This bill, sponsored by Alder
man Thomas Armstrong, was aim
ed at Safeway Stores, Inc., which
is now fighting in the courts a
state milk marketing administrat
or's decision denying the compa
ny permission to obtain milk from
Salem milk shed producers, pas
teurize it in Portland and sell it
in Salemr stores.
Proprietor Hans Hofstetter and
Attorney William Ellis of Curleys
dairy, a Salem Industry argued
in the council chambers of .city
hall that Salem's present milk law
would open the gate to "outside
milk.- ,
They said this would be detri
mental to local milk industries and
miehtrhave the effect of reducing
thf quotas, of producers now serv
ing local milk plants.
Point Countered ;
Safeway's attorney, Herbert C.
Hardy, countered that milk pro
ducers near Salem might sell to
plants more butterfat because
Safeway would offer at lower
price milk with more butterfat
content
Safeway's spokesman objected
to the bill as special legislation to
Drotect a certain Satem industry.
Vote on the milk bill showed
Aldermen' Armstrong, Howard
Maple. James Nicholson and David
O'Hara favoring it and Aldermen
Daniel J. Fry, Albert H. Gille,
Claud Jorgensen and Walter Mus-
crave opposed.
A move to table the bill before
final action was also defeated by
a tie vote, with only Fry, Jorgen
sen and Musgrave favoring Gille's
move to defer action until the
court decision was made.
(Additional council news, page 2)
Parade
tion of established modern meth
ods designed to cope with prob
lems, of crime "suppression and
public safety. A primary factor in
such enforcement is complete un
derstanding of persons and their
problems relating to the law, found
only in a person of broad, legal
knowledge and background willing
to devote adequate time and in
terest : .- ,, jr-
Amundson 34, graduate of Salem
high, Washington College of Law,
Washington, D. C Admitted to the
bar in the District of Columbia,
Maryland, and Oregon. Actively
practicing in saiem since is.
Served in Washington, D.C with
Farm Credit administration. De
partment of Justice, Maritime com
mission, and Bureau of Internal
revenue, which : employment has
given him a broad understanding
of legislative and Judicial matters
affecting ,the interests of each
citizen. He is married, has three
children, is a member of Calvary
Baptist church, Salem Lodge No.
4 A Jr. & A3I, Toastmasters, Sons
of Norway, realtors, and local bar
associations. We believe Attorney
Elmer M. Amundson best qualified
for this position.
(Teaaarraw Peery Bare)
river. Ruins near the center of the town are pictured above. Property
loss In the Sunday "blaze was estimated at 820,000,000, (AP Wirephota
to The Statesman).
Agricultural
Show Building
Plans Aired
Proposal for construction of an
auditorium and offices for agricul
tural shows and extension servl
ces was carried back to several
Marion county farm groups Mon
day after a special meeting with
the county fair board. 1
With plans still only in -the talk
stase. the organizations were as
ed to study them and make sug
gestions on needs, location and fi
nancing. No estimate of possible
cost was made, j I r
The board advanced tentative
plans for' a building in Salem,' as
a central location, with about 10,
000 square feet of flocr space. A
hall seating about 1,500 persons,
and usable for displays by large
groups, would be the primary fea
ture, along with offices If or the
county extension agents, l-H ag
ents, home ' demonstration agent
and others. ; I
Warm Welcome
Members also urged the desir
ability of having, eventually, ad
jacent space for stock shows.
. The proposal received a warm
welcome from delegates attending
from about 10 shows. All report
ed their 1949 exhibitions were
bigger than ever before and that
advance Indications are for more
extensive shows this year.
The recent 4-H spring fair was
pointed out as a special example
of need for such a building. Its
exhibits wera in the old Wash
ington school building, cooking
contests in a downtown store and
programs in the armory, involving
considerable wasted time; and ef
fort in between location! and in
program correlation. I
The state fair has demonstrated
that exhibitors and contestants
will soon fill up facilities! that are
eood in Quality and Quantity, ac
cording to A. A. ueer, Salem, fair
board secretary. He pointed out
frequent replacements and addi
tions to stock barns and other
buildings there,- required by
crowding to be constructed earlier
than planned.' j 1 ,r :
Leteattea Outrrwn -. "j ,.;:"
Eddie Ahrens, Turner, . chair'
man, said the noara wouia use
county exhibit facilities in close
conjunction with the state fair
grounds, if possible, but that the
annual state show had outgrown
its location and moving it is Tin
der consideration. r ! v -!
Dates were announced for five
shows Jersey cattle, i May 22;
Guernsey cattle. May 29: Turner
fat lamb show and state dog tri
als. June 3: 4-H fall show, August
15-17; North Marion county fair.
September 22-23. - is
Other groups represented were
Capital City Rabbit Breeders as
sociation, Farmers union. Future
Farmers of America, production
and marketing administration
committee. Central Howell corn
show. ( V-, I ",-
TYPHOON MISSES GTJAM
PEARL HARBOR, Mar f -UP)-
The navy said tonight the center
of a roaring' typhoon paeked with
IOO-mile-an-hour winds : had pas
sed Guam and is headed for Iwo
Jima. - S
Relief Workers
Take Over in
Wake of Fire
RIMOUSKI, Quel, May 8 -(A")
An army of relief workers took
over today where dead-tired fire
fighters left off to bring aid to
,500 made homeless by the worst
fire in the history of the region.
The citizens of what is left of
this fire-gutted town! tried vain
ly to pick up the charred thread
of life among ruins which repre-
tented an .. estimated 820,000,000
property loss. l - j"-- . ; it
Only half of this industrial town
of 15,000 on the; St Lawrence
river, northeast of Quebec, is left,
The rest was consumed by flames,
turned into . a mammoth blow
torch by 80-mile-an-hour gales
which swept through block after
block Saturday night and Sunday,
Although miraculosly no deaths
have been reported, relief officials
are aouDie-cnecking to be sure
that none of the tpwnfolk is miss
ing.
Health Officers have ordered
special precautions against the
spread of disease that might result
from disruption of most normal
services. .. r ,
Although exhausted firemen re
ported the end of the blaze early
today, they still stood by in shifts
in case it might break out again
among the smouldering ruins.
HIGHWAY REOPENED
PORTLAND. May 8 -tfrV Traf
fic resumed on the Oregon coast
highway today after a week-end
closure because of a washout nine
miles north of Reedsport
Morse Flays
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The man behind the drumstick Is U. 8. gen. Wayne Mors as t ap
seared at a Salem Chamber aX Cemmere tarkey lanchean Monday.
The Orrrmn Terkev Grararer
speakers' table where Gar. Douglas McKay started the caning as
bernt In Um grawera' prenMUen f Oregon nriaa inray.
Soviets
vote
FaUsGtyMan
Returns Home
FromHikes'
Statesman New Service
FALLS CITY, May 8 Richard
Paul, Falls City's 82-year-old miss
ing man, trudged home in the
twilight Monday while men and
bloodhounds continued a two-day
hunt for him.
"I came home because I got
hungry," tho elderly hiker; said.
State police I said -Paul gave no
reason, for his sudden departure.
He told police he had roamed
around in the woods and had vis
ited two sawmills.
Paul said he slept "out In the
open" i both nights after leaving
his home late Saturday. His wife
discovered he was missing Sun
day morning. ' !-
Relatives said Paul's condition
was fairly good.
A school boy spotted Paul walk
ing down the railroad tracks from
Black Rock just before he reached
his home at 8:15 p.m. A state
patrolman left at once to call off
about 25 men who were still
searching for him. More than 100
had joined in the search Sunday.
Earlier Monday the hounds had
traced Paul to a deserted cabin
four miles from here on the road
to Valsetz. i There they lost the
trail. Police estimated Paul had-j
walked 30 miles before returning
home.
Indochina Aid
Dean Acheson
By Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS, May t -()- Secrary
of .State Dean Acheson announced
tonight that immediate American
financial aid and military equip
ment will' be thrown into the
shooting war in Indochina. ,
At; the same time authoritative
sources said he had won French
assent to putting western Ger
mans in charge of their own for
eign policy for the first time since
the war. ! 1
Developments were the first
fruits of conference with ministers
of Atlantic pact nations on tight-,
ening the cold war front
Qualified sources said Ameri
can aid in Indochina, where
guerrilla war with Moscow-backed
Ho Chi Mlnh has been stalemated
more than .four years, would be
Immediate.
The bulk of $75,800,000 already
appropriated by congress to com
bat communism in the Far East
will go to the French-backed
Vietnamese of Ex-Emperor Bao
Dal and the associated states of
Cambodia and Laos, it was ex
plained. SALEM PRECIPITATION
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Woman Escapes
Crash, Worries
About Dirty Face
CHICAGO, May 8-P)- Stunned
spectators rushed over to a su
burban crossing after a North
Western railroad passenger train
smashed into an automobile today.
Mrs. Mae Kuecker, 25, stepped
from the wreckage and calmly
dusted herself off. " "
i "Is my. face smudged? she
asked. . ' 1 ' -
1 The spectators were convinced
Mrs. Kuecker wasn't hurt, She
went back into the wrecked car
and came out with her missing
compact ? : . i
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Non-Communist
WASHINGTON, May SHjAVThe
supreme court today upheld the
Taft-Hartley act provision which
requires union officials to file
non-communist' oaths if their
uaions are to use machinery of the
National Labor Relations board .
Chief Justice Vinson said the
majority concluded that the sec
tion "does not unduly infringe
freedom protected by the first
amendment" to the constitution.
That is the.free speech amendment.
By filing the oath, unions gain
the law's protection of vital bar
gaining rights. -
The vote was generally inter
preded as 5-1 with Justice Black
dissenting. Black objected that by
following the same reasoning it
did today the court might uphold
similar penalties against either of
the major political parties. He
acknowledged that is not likely to
happen.
, in its unusually busy session.
the court also struck down a Mich
igan .law prohibiting any strike
unless, a majority of the bargain
ing unit involved voted fQr.it The
decision was unanimous.
Ruled that a state may legally
ban picketing which Is aimed at
such things as compelling an em
ployer to coerce his workers into
joining a union.
Columbia Flood
Threat Worse
PORTLAND, May 8 -UP)- The
entire Columbia river basin got
warning today that: the flood
threatis getting worse.
It will be the worst on record
In the Kootenay and Flathead
river basins in northwestern Mon
tana and northern Idaho, the
weather bureau advised.
. Downstream, the lower Colum
bla river will be swollen to a peak
of 25 to 28 feet in the Portland
Vancouver. WashV area. Flood
stage is 15 feet at Vancouver, al
though damage is small until the
river approaches the 25-foot level.
Coiyt Uph
Oath Clause
in Salem Chamber Talk
U. S. Sen. Wayne Mors came
aut swinging Monday In his cam
paign for the republican renom
ination. : ' -
He took issue in a Salem lunch
eon address with his leading op
ponent without so much as men-
ttoning tne name or uave xioo
ver, th Lane county farmer seek
ing a republican bid to the jun
ior senator's post
Mors addressed nearly 300 Sa
lem business and professional men
at the Salem Chamber of Com
merce yesterday. Hoover has not
yet mad a public appearance in
Salem although he recently met
for a private dinner with a score
of local republicans. '
Casting aside his prepared text
on "Economy Reforms, benaior
Morse flailed his opponent as re
actionary and doing a "disservice
to the republican party;" scored
a "head kin - th - sand" atti
tude" in foreign policy; referred
to opposition strategy- in the pit
mary , campaign, as - gutter campaigning.-;
:-. .? 4 ?..-'.' r
- - Then with his arms and heavy
black eyebrows flying; .the senator
who-has lust completed -his first
term : in - congress : hammered" out
his stand ior renomination.
- He opposed a Columbia Valley
authority,- socialized medicine and
the Brannan farm plan these in
direct answer to Homer n. smith.
local insurance man who had chal
lenged the senator- in a Safety
Valv , letter to Th . Statesman
Sunday. "
. Mors continued his stand by
advocating a sound fiscal policy
as the best U. S. defense measure,
including continuation of aid to
Europe, and by advocating adop
tion of Herbert Hoover commis
sion recommendations on govern
ment reorganization and other
economies which h . asserted
would" result from tax reforms
almad at th tax dodgers and le
galistic traders who now deprive
BoirilDDu .
Couples Plan
To Withdrawal
Of West Troops
. BERLIN, May 8 Russia
agreed tonight to city-wide elec
tions in divided Berlin but coupl
ed her proposal with a list of
conditions designed to give every
advantage to East German com
munists. r
Among the Russian terms was
one would require th withdrawal
of the occupation troops of all
four powers from the city. Thia
would mean pulling Russian troops
back only to the outskirts of thai
city while American, British and
French units would have to be
evacuated to Western Germany.
Contained la Letter
The Soviet terms were contained
in a letter sent by Col. Alexei Je
llsarov of the Soviet Control com
mission to the American. British
and French commandants of th
city. The Russian note was in reply
to a western .allied request of
three weeks ago for, free elections
in all sectors of Berlin.
The Soviet reply, in addition ta
proposing the withdrawal of oc
cupation forces in Berlin, also
called for: , , .
1 Scrapping the occupation sta
tute now in force in West Berlin.
t Granting permission for th
communist "National Front" i and
all other communist-inspired po
litical organs of East Berlin t
function unhindered In the west
sectors.
3 Abolition of sector boun
daries.
4 Restoration by the western
allies of voting privileges to all
former nazis except those who
lost that right upon conviction as
war criminals..-
Truman Hits
Isolationists
OnWestTour
ABOARD TRUMAN' TRAIN,
May 8 -iJP) President ,Truman
accused isolationists today of
"helping Russia" and offered th
Brennan farm plan as a step to
ward world peace and prosperity.
Defending the record of the
democratic 81st congress, the pres-,
ldent began a 10-day, 18-stat
stump tour of the .west by , as
sailing those ha said want to "econ
omize by following an isolation
policy." f ' v : --:
The president lashed out, In his
first major speech at Lincoln,
Neb., at the "mud-slinglng, name
calling opposition."
Of the Brannan proposal, h
said: !
'The plain fact Is that the pro
duction payment plan is the bast
plan yet proposed for getting an
abundant production of perishabl
crops consumed without knocking
the bottom out of the farmer's in
come." - ;
th government of up to 82 billion
in revenue annually.
(Additional details', page 2)
Split Between
Ring CrosTy,
Wife Rumored
HOLLYWOOD, May 8 -CV Th
20 - year old marriagt of Bing
Crosby and Dixie Le is suffer
ing; from "strained relations."
Crosbrs attorney . used th
phrase today. He wouldn't com
right out and say they, have sep
arated, but: h did say. he was .
hopeful of a reconciliation.-
Butm pans,' Brng himseir de
nied it all. He . said he received
a letter from his wife three or four
days ago and "everything was all
right then." - -
" Attorney John-Oelven said
her: l --"r " '.'-
!Ther has been" ho prowTtr
eettkmerit of-any-kinds There sr
some strained relations,, Th whol ,
matter is , to abeyance until Mr.
Crosby r returns from Europe lt .
in June. We hop' then to - effect -
a reconciliation.' : s ' - . .-. -: ,.,
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