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Levy
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By Robert E. Gangware '
. City Editor. The Statesman
Salem school district voters will be asked June 2 to' approve a
tax levy of $769,706, the district board and budget committee decid
ed Tuesday night. - .
This nroDosed lew represents the amount of money needed to
'UtD CDDLH
At th state election May 19th'
the only contest on the judicial
ballot is "for the position on the
upreme court now held by Jus-,
tice J. O. Bailey who is retiring
at the end of his term after Jong
and exceptionally able service.
There are three candidates for the
Eition: Robert F. Maguire, Port
nd attorney, Sen. Austin Dunn
of Baker, and Walter L. Tooze,
circuit judge of Multnomah coun
ty. I wish very strongly to re
commend Robert F. Maguire for
this very important ofiice
Maguire is one of the leaders of
the Oregon bar whose personal
and professional standing is of the
highest order. Coming to Oregon
In 1909 he practiced law first in
Medford, then moved to Portland
where he served as assistant u,
s district attorney and later, as
chief -deputy district attorney for
Multnomah county, ror over av
years he has been engagedin pri
vate oractice. his resent associa-
tion being as partner in the firm
of Maguire; Shields, Morrison and
Bailey. ; J
Hi leadership in his profession
la shown in the fact that when
the Oreeon State Bar was estab
lished as successor to the former
Oregoa Bar association he was its
first president and served for
three years on its board of gover
nors. He has also served as mem
ber of the board of governors of
the American Bar association,
"-His ability was "further recog
nized by the government when he
was asked to sit as judge at, the
nazi war crimes trial in Nurnberg,
Germany, where he served for 18
months. I concur in the conclude
ing paragraph in the Voters'
Pamphlet, submitted by the Ma
guire Committee, F. Leo Smith,
chairman: .:' r
"Seldom are Oregon voters of
fered the services of such
(Continued on editorial page 4)
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Votes Postal
Cuts Canceled
WASHINGTON, May 9 -(P)
The senate postoffice committee
voted 9 to 0 today to direct Post
master General - Donaldson ,' to
cancel the cuts in mail service, he
ordered in a recent economy move.
Before' twice-a-day home mail
delivery could be reinstated and
other postal service reductions
set aside, both - the senate and
house would have to agree to
the two bills and a resolution ap
proved by the committee. -
Donaldson ordered the cutbacks
in service April ,18, explaining
they must be put into effect to
prevent another big deficit in pos
tal operations.
. Postoffice expenses in the pres
ent fiscal year are expected to
run above $2,240,000,000. Donald
son asked a 2,235,607,000 appro
priation for the next fiscal year
which starts July 1. Congress has
not acted finally on the request,
but the house appropriations com
mittee has recommended that the
fund be held to $2,207,500,000.
First Break in Lumber
Negotiations Reported
KLAMATH FALLS, May 9
-The first break in Pacific north
west lumber negotiations came
today in a northern California
settlement, granting a wage in
crease but denying workers life
Insurance benefits. .
It gave about 2,500 AFL pine
Industry workers a 7 Vi -cent hour
ly wage increase. That boosted the
. minimum to .MVx for box fac
tory work and $1.50 for other AFL
lumber and -sawmill workers.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"SomW jy soon yom muy wi ( pvtftar
about M a littl trm, devote poor h
e tim fa yosf Itrwit hobby or ee
torn ctrt I cirie attiitt . .
Seriate Group
keEned!
balance next year s scnooi aisixici
budget as approved last night, af
ter computing receipts and the tax
base plus the legal maximum in
crease of 6 per cent.
For school taxpayers the budg
et action proposes a millage esti
mated for next year at 37.3 mills.
Of this the general fund would
require 34.4 mills, or the same as
this year and bond funds take 2.9
mills instead of this year's 3.0.
Estimate Below 1949-59
Estimated general fund expen
ditures in the new budget total
$1,958,678, compared with, this
year's $2,069,075 estimate. Receipts
are estimated at $783,675 com
pared with an $869,284 estimate
for the 1949-50 year. In all cases
the comparison was , made after
adding to last year's Salem esti
mates the separate budget esti
mates ofHayesvill e, Salem
Heights and other districts consol
idated with Salem district recent
ly. ' - -y : -
The school budget for. 1950-51
follows the usual pattern which
sees nearly two - thirds of the cost
accounted for by teachers and
administrators' salaries. Salary to
tay is estimated for this coming
year at $1,223,900, including pay
for IB additional teachers.
To accommodate the fast-grow
ing school population and still keep
the tax millage from rising, the
school officials drafted a budget
which substantially sliced capital
outlay and repair expenditures, in
order to offset the added costs of
instruction.
Departments Listed
By departments the estimated
general fund expense is: Teaching,
$1,147,194; - supervision, $161,495
general control (district superin
tendent and staff), $50,250; plant
operation, $157,772; maintenance-
repair, $69,140; health, $11,250;
transportation, $25,605; recreation.
$29,731; school lunch, $4,170; capi
tal outlay, $168,577; fixed charges,
$107,000; debt service, $1,050;
emergency, $25,000.
Donald A. Young presided over k
the budget meeting. Other citizen
committeemen were William L.
Phillips, George Gxabenhorst, J. H.
WUlett and William J. Entriss.
School board members are Harry
Scott, chairman. Mrs. David
Wright, Edward Majek, L. J. Stew
art and Gardner Knapp.
Studied by Item
Budget committeemen threshed
out the entire budget, item by item.
They made minor changes in the
school administration's draft of the
budget which reduced the general
fund and tax requirement by $23,-
ooo. .
The school district also will place
before the voters, later in June.
proposed bond issue and serial lev
ies for construction to meet needs
of population growth.
Officials estimated last night that
the combined levies of the general
fund and construction issues, if ap
proved by voters, would total 43.3
mills. They added that this, with
the proposed city and county levies,
if all adopted by voters, would
make the overall levy against prop
erty in the city of Salem about
83.4 mills, compared with 72.1 mills
currently. j
Medical Groun
MILFORD. N. H.. May 5-tiP-
The Hillsborough County Medical
society dropped Dr. Hermann N.
Sander tonight, announcing he "no
longer is a member of this society ."j
Dr. Lloyd L. Wells of ManchesJ
ter, secretary of the society, issued
this brief statement following a
meeting attended by about 100 of
its 175 members: !
"At a meeting of the Hillsbor
ough County Medical society it'was
Voted that Hermann N. Sander ii
no longer a member of the society."
Dr. wells refused to amplify the
statement but it was believed the
action was almost automatic in the
wake of the state medical board's
revocation last April 19 of Dr. San
der's license to practice medicine.
The 41-year-old Canadian phv.
sician was acquitted last March of
murder charge in the death of
his cancer-doomed patient, Mrs.
Abbie C. Borroto. 59. of Manches
ter.
Slight Progress
Reported as Rail
Walkout. Nearing
CHICAGO, May 10-Wednes
day)-(VFederal mediators raled
against the clock today in attempts
to avert a crippling strike by fire
men against four major rail lines,
set to start at 6 a.m. local stand
ard time. f '
But as talks continued past mid
night only slight progress was re
ported toward breaking the dead
lock over seven year old Issues.
With the strike deadline a few
hours . away, the four railroad
systems curtailed service and
planned ; ; further cuts In their
schedules. - , . j
The strike ' is directed against
the entire Santa Fe and Southern
lines; the Pennsylvania . system
west of Harrisburg, and these New
York Central lines: New York
Central west of Buffalo, Michi
gan Central west of the Detroit
river, the C.C.C and St Louis
(Big Four)' and the Ohio Central
lines.
YOUNGSTER DROWNS (
BAKER, May S -tPwo-yeaT-old
boy, playing in his yard here,
fell into an Irrigation ditch and
drowned today. He was Troy Lew
Is Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oil
ver Boyer.
Drops Sander
100th YEAR
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Ex-Red
Plane Wreck9
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Today will wind up student political campaigning at TVfllamette university, prior to filling next year's
student body offices. Tuesday morning the campus blossomed with signs, posters and various attention-getters
boosting different candidates. Among thenore bizarre stunts were the wrecked airplane
and roaming tractor shown above. Others included a wrecked car
a howitzer. (Statesman photo.)
President
Keorgasiization Plan D
Symington Gets
Top War Post
WASHINGTON, May 9-(-
President Truman today issued a
new series . of government reor
ganization plans which, unless re
jected by congress in 60 days, will:
1. Give the country a single boss
over the planning of all mobiliza
tion for war W. Stuart Syming
ton, chairman of the national se
curities resources board and for
mer secretary of the air force.
2. Strio from the reconstruction
finance corporation" its two major
housing duties and put the rest of
that independent lending corpora
tion into the commerce depart
ment. . :
Symington, Mr. Truman propos
ed, would be solely responsible lor
organizing the shome iront against
the "eventuality of a future war."
His board of seven cabinet officers
would become merely advisory to
him.
The NSRB has been criticized
frequently by congress members
lethargy. It lacked a chairman for
months until Symington's appoint
ment recently. Today's action, Mr.
Truman indicated, is meant to
stimulate its planning of industrial
mobilization, rationing,' manpower
controls and civil defense.
McKay Slight
Told by Aide;
Report Denied
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May 9
Oregon's Douglas McKay won't'be
on hand tomorrow to greet Presi
dent Truman on his visit to tnis
state. An aide of the governor said
McKay wasn't invited.
Lawson McCall, the republican
governor's administrative assistant,
told an Oregon cattlemen's conven
tion here today it was a "deli
berate affront."
Gov. McKay is now in Montana
for a session of the Columbia basin
inter-agency committee.
(At Pendleton, E. B. Aldrich
who is in charge of the reception
for President Truman there, re
ported he had personally telephon
ed McKay, asking him to meet the
president, V
(At Salem, the governor's wife
reported the invitation came Mon
day night shortly before Gover
nor McKay departed by airliner
for Montana.) .
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WESTERN INTERNATIONAL.
At Salem 3. Yakima 3
-At Victoria 7. Tri-CitV 1 -
At Wenatche 3. Spokane 3 (10 inn.)
At Vancouver-lacoma. rain. ;
COAST LEAGUE
At Portland 1. Sacramento 3 (11 lan.)
At Seattle I. San Etteco
- At Hollywood S. Ixm Angeles ft
At Saa Francisco 1, Oakland T (tie,
11 inn.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At New York 4. St. Louis 3
At Philadelphia 9. Cleveland t :
At Washington 3. Chicago I
At Boston 6, Detroit 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE -At
Pittsburgh 10. Brooklyn
At Chicago S. New York ft
At St. Louis-Boston, rain
Only game scheduled
BASEBALL
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Links U.S. Atomic Scientist to
Figures iri Campus Election
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taps Reds in China
Poster Pasters
Warned City's
Laud Of f -Limits
It's against the lew, gentlemen.
That in effect is what Chief of
Police Clyde Warren is being forc
ed to reiterate these days in re
gard to election posters on city
property. ' -,
Police pointed out that practi
cally all power and telephone poles
are on city property, .cfaid that to
legally put jelection posters on
poles or billboards evenfon private
property it is necessary to get
written consent of the owner.
Second Town
In Canada
Gutted by Fire
CABANO, Que., May 9-UP)-A
roaring fire which destroyed half
the mill town of Cabano today was
reported under control by night-
falL
In its wake it left more than 250
families homeless and 112 resi
dences and 33 commercial build
ings destroyed. The.Fraser com.
pany lumber yard, principle in
dustry of the town, was a smoul
dering mass of embers.
There were no casualties.
The fire was5 believed to have
started in a sawmill operated by
Ernest Pelletier.' Fanned by a
steady wind it raged through one
building after another. Some
streets were completely wiped out,
Cabano's fate was strikingly sim
ilar to that of Rimouski, 50 miles
to the north, where a $20,000,000
fire laid waste a third of the city
over the week-end.
DIXIE DENIES RIFT
HOLLYWOOD, May M-Dixie
Lee Crosby, once a singer herself,
Lifted her voice today to back up
crooner husband Bine's denial of
rift in their marriage, the Los
Angeles Herald-Express reports.
Step Toward Relocation
Of State Fair Area Taken
The Salem long range planning
commission tooK steps xowara
eventual relocation of the Oregon
state fairgrounds Tuesday night at
one of its final sessions.
The commission will ask the
Chamber of Commerce to appoint
a committee to study the plan with
Leo G. Spifctbart, state fair man
ager. Findings would be submit
ted to the state legislature.
An area east of McNary field
was mentioned as a possible new
site for the- fairgrounds.
C. . A. McClure, commission en
gineer, reported that Salem's
growth has surrounded the fair
grounds, that traffic has become
an increasing - problem during
state fair week, and that ultimate
ly the fairgrounds would have to
be relocated, v v
McClure said it was possible
that the Salem public school dis
trict might be interested in the
present grandstand and adjacent
Tha Orecon Statocinan Salem. OrgoxC Wadneadcry. May 10 IS 50
'"if
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piled against a campus tree and
Russia
Taking! Food
ABOARD TRUMAN TRAIN,
May .8 Vr(P)- President Truman
tonight" accused the communists
of starving China to help feed
Russia. i '
In a move interpreted as a sign
that this country will not sooi
recognize the communist govern
ment of China, the president said
the fate of the Chinese people
is "tragic.
But he made it clear that the
United States, j working through
American private agencies Still in
China, will do what it can to
feed hungry' people there, irre
spective of their form of govern
ment. . I
Topped Major Speeches
The president's blast at the
Chinese communists, made in a
speech prepared for a University
of Wyoming audience at Laramie,
topped a day in which Mr. Tru
man made major speeches at Cas
per and Cheyenne, with whistle
stops in between. '
Asserting the! Chinese commun
ists haver been; "heartlessly" in'
different to the worst famine
wfiicn nas occurred in cnina in
100 years, Mr. Truman declared:
"They have leven sent to the
Soviet Union food which is des
perately needed by the Chinese
people." j
The speech was one of the
bluntest on his! tour of the west.
Portland Preppers
To Get Math Brush Up
PORTLAND,
school v juniors
May 9-P)- Hign
and seniors here
will have to study grammar , school
arithmetic again t if they cant
pass eighth grade tests. .
It's a new wrinkle of the school
system to correct deterioration in
skills with numerals.
Beginning ' next year, tenth
year pupils who have forgotten
their arithmeticj must brush up be
fore they receive their diplomas.
CP DEFENSE FUNDS
WASHINGTON, May 9-V-The
house today boosted defense funds
by $385,360,000. mostly for new
warplanes. , '
ground for an athletic plant.
McClure presented a map show-
ing possible development, of the
fairgrounds. It: featured a recre
ational and cultural area, in the
heart of the j present grounds,
Shown were a gridiron directly in
front of the stands, a swimming
pooL baseball i and Softball dia
monds, the proposed memorial au
ditorium and a 2,000-car parking
lot - - ; .. j
" The recreational area comprised
24.5 acres of the fairground's 170
acres. About 50 acres north of
Highland avenue were designated
on the map asi an industrial area
while land bounded by 17th, 24th,
and Wood row streets and Sunny-
view avenue were shown as a
residential area.
An 11-acre oak grove between
17th street and the Southern Pa
cific tracks was shown as a dry
park.
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Iescye Creivs Battle
Time in Attempt to
Save Tra
1 By Henrietta Leitb and Ed Creagh - j
NEW YORK, May 10-(Wednesday)-fl,)-Sweating rescue workers
tunneled under the floor of a
touch-and-go effort to save a well. digger trapped in: a shaft and
; badly burned by an explosion.
The trapped man was Dominick 1
Atteo, 49, father of six children.
More Uan 12 hours after a slide
of earth and stones engulfed him,
he was conscious but in a state of
shock. A doctor lowered into the
pit said his condition was "very
bad." '
Workmen operating a pneumatic
drill estimated it would take at
least until 3 a.m. (1 a.m. PDT) to
reach Atteo, who tried desperately
to dig himself free With bare
hands until an explosion in the
20-foot shaft burned fiim pain
fully. 1 ; j
Thousands Stand Outside
Thousands thronged the street
outside the garage while the rat-tat-tat
of the drill clanged through
the searchlight-pierced interior.
The tunnel was started 30 feet
away from the collapsed well and
was dug in terraces toward a
point directly under Atteo's pin
ioned body, so that a boulder
holding one of his legs might be
worked loose.
City workmen propped up the
roof of the garage, which threat
ened to collapse on the rescue
workers as the floor, sustaining a
single steel girder that held up
the roof, . was weakened by the
digging.
! Atteo was buried to the armpits
shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday in
the cave-in of a well he was dig
ging to provide the garage water
for washing cars.
rrl 1 1 A. 11 J :
i lie nusivy, gemai wcii-uiggcr
scooped handfuls of earth and
stones away from his imprisoned
body for hours while police, low
ered cautiously into the shaft on
ropes, gave what help they could.
Explosion- at nightfall. .
The explosion Came at night
fall. .......i-i
Although : the air Inside the
shafrwas heavy with oxygen, one
of Atteo's sons yielded to his
father's plea and lowered a light
ed cigarette.
There was a sharp blast.
The already shaky walls of the
well sent down a fresh shower Of
dirt and ;rock.
Atteo" cried out with pain from
the bums on his unprotected face,
arms and shoulders.
The son became hysterical.
Three times, up to early morn
ing. Dr. Harold Berson was low
ered into the pit
He administered first aid, then
morphine, finally , blood plasma,
Condition Very Bad i
Weary and dirt-stained, his
clothing torn, the doctor emerged
at last and reported:
"His condition is very bad.
Police emergency squads low
ered a steel oil drum, with the
ends knocked out, over Atteo's
upper body to shield it from any
new cave-in.
i.ncy lowered a sieei neunei ior
further protection, then tied a
rope under his arms to prevent
' fm.. l i . j , i , A .
him Irom sinking deeper.
Until ,11 p.m. despite the con
stant risk of new earth slides,
they labored with garden trowels
to enlarge the opening around the
steel tube encasing Atteo.
Finally, authorities decided the
danger was too great and the tun
neling operation got Under way.
Chest Agencies
Hold Discussion
Representatives of Salem Com
munity chest agencies conducted
a panel discussion on "What Your
Commumty Chest Dollar Buys
Tuesday night at a Salem trades
and labor council meeting.
Al Loucks, Salem Community
chest president,' proposed that
every member of organized labor
who was able be asked to give
five hours' pay to the chest cam
paign next fall.
CAR THEFT ON TRADE
Theft of a 1938 Ford sedan from
the 600 block of Trade st. was re
ported to city police Tuesday
night by" Wendell W. Gilbert, 1890
N. Winter. . .- , '
j UNION MEN ARRESTED
PORTLAND, May 9 -Wt- CIO
Woodworkers Chief James ' Fad-
ling and three aides and two AFL
lumber union men were arrested
last night after fisticuffs in a
cafe.' ,,r ,: :r
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Portland ,
San Francisco
Chicago
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New York
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forecast (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem): MoaUy
cloudy wiw catterea ugni now em
todax mnA tonight. Littla change in
temperature with high today near 63;
low tonight near 40. Scattered light
showers will occasionally hinder Um
acttvttiea today. - '
SALEM PRECIPITATION
This Year I Year - Normal
40.7 : J : 1M
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PRICE 5c
p p ecS . a on
Brooklyn garage early today in a
ment
Of HBomb
WASHINGTON, May 9-4V A
successful development of a hydro
gen bomb lies "somewhere between
probable and possible" and the
"Gods" alone know whether prog
ress is being made.
So said Sumner Pike, acting
chairman of the atomic j energy
commission, at an AEC news con
ference today.
At the same time Pike and Com
missioner Henry D. myth indi
rectly affirmed that to manufac
ture one possible ingredient of an
H-bomb a substance called triti
um mean a "sacrifice" in the
production of plutonium j for A
bomb or power use.
A reporter asked Pike the di
rect question: . i
"Can you say in general ' wheth
er progress is being made toward
the development of the hydrogen
bomb?"
"That is in the lap of the Gods."
replied Pike. "If you had asked
whether 'effort was being made,
would t say yes. As to whether
progress is being made, the answer
to that will come when one goes
bang or doesn't."
Later, another reporter asked
Pike whether the word "probable"
he once'used in referring to chan
ces of H-bomb success is now too
strong. v't . s ..
"Somewhere" between 'probable'
and "possible' is about the way It
seems to me," Pike replied.
Soviet Bid to
Remove Berlin
Troops Rapped
BERLIN, May 9 -OSVA Russian
proposal that all occupation troops
be removed from Berlin as a pre
lude to a "free and democratic"
city election was rebuffed by
anti-communist Germans and
western allied spokesmen! alike to
day. -
French Maj. Gen. Jean Ganeval
spoke most plainly for the west
ern powers, whose garrisons the
Russians would like to see sent
100 miles to western Germany.
He said the Soviet proposal can
not be taken seriously. I
Secretary of State Acheson said
the. proposal is a repetition of a
demand Soviet Foreign! Ministei1
Andrei Y. Vishinsky put forward
a year ago, "with some added
trimming."
The Soviet Idea was sprung by
Col. Alexei Jelisarov, .representa
tive of the Russian control com
mission here. . i
He said that he, like the west
ern commandants, was in favor of
supervised cHy-wide elections to
reunite the city administration
which the communists ruptured
when theyfset up a rump govern
ment in east Berlin in 1948.
Develop
Uncertainty
Politics on Parade . . .
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Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
(Editor'i Bote: Commeats la this
series are made by or 'for the candi
dates witkoat restriction, and may
may not reflect us opuua ei w
newspaper). I.
...... Today's Subject:
Peery T. Boren
Candidate for
Salem Municipal Jodge
"A challenge to our ' system of
law enforcement exists; unless the
general public respects our muni
cipal courts. . .
That is the op- '--.-
uuon oi .retry x.
Buren, candidate
for. municipal
judge. He is an
able and exper
ienced attorney
with solid pro-fej-Honal
and
personal pack
ground upon
which to base his
Since the ma- Pry Boxen i
jority cf people make their only
contact with the law in tha lower
courts, obviously It la essential
that the public have a favorable
lmnrcstioa of such courts. The
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No, 44
Oppenheimer
Denies Word
In Testimony
OAKLAND, Calif, May
An ex-communist testified today
that Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
once held a closed communist
meeting at his home in Berkeley
testimony flatly denied tonight in
Washington by the top atomic -scientist.
, i r
The witness, Mrs. Sylvia
Crouch, appeared before the state
senate un - American activities
committee which ! is seeking to'
determine if there were jcommun
ists connected with the University
of California's atom-smashing la
boratory. : (
Mrs. Crouch, an admitted com
munist from 1929 until 1942, said
she attended the meeting in 1941
and that photographs of Dr. Op
penheimer which she ' saw later
convinced her he was one of those
present.
Disclaims Membership .
In Washington. Dr. Oppenheim
er said in a statement tonight h
never had been a communist party
member, never attended a party
meeting "in my. home or any-
where else." . ' .
He said he formerly knew many
persons in left-wing circles and
had belonged to several left-wing,
organizations but that the govern
ment knew about that ever sine
he started work oh the atomic
bomb project.
Dr. Oppenheimer said he had
not yet seen the full testimony .
given by Mrs. Crouch but thai
he understood its import to be that
Mr. and Mrs. Crouch and a group
of other people met at Oppen-
Seimer's home in Berkeley id
uly, 1941, for a closed communist
meeting.
Directed Los Alamos
"The implications of such testi
mony are obvious, and l snouia
like to comment at once, he con
tinued. I have never been a member
of the communist party.
I never assembled any sum
group of people for any such pur
pose in my home or anywher
else. . I am unable to recall any
gathering in mjH house that could
reasonably hate been mistaken
for such a meeting. Neither th
name Crouch nor the accounts" of
Mr. and Mrs. Crouch recall to me
anyone l nave ever Known;
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Dr. Oppenheimer, chairman dl
the powerful advisory committea
which shapes policy for the na
tions atomic energy commission,
was a director of the atomic ie- ,
search laboratory"' at Los Alamos,
N. Mex., during the war. The first
atom bombs were made there. (
Causes Great Stir
Dr. Oppenheimer became direet-
er of that laboratory about tn
time it began to functionln the
spring of 1943. At that time th
project employed a little more .
than 50 people. In two and a half
years it grew to a community of
8,500. Oppenheimer was director ;
from beginning to end.
Mrs. Crouch said sne naa seen
Dr. Oppenheimer several timaf
after the Berkeley meeting, but
nAvpr tt Bain at a closed eommuiv- i
1st session. '1
The testimony caused an imme
diate stir in scientific circle,
where Dr. Oppenheimer'a stand
ing is. very high. His name never
before haj been publicly connect
ed with possible communist party
mpmhrshin. although his broth
er, ur. i ranK uppenneimerj naa
admitted, belna a onetime party
member.
TOSCANJTNI ARRIVES
PORTLAND, May 9-W-Con-ductor-Arturo
Toscanini and mnni
cians of the NBC syphony orches
tra arrived here today by, special
train for. a one night stand at the
auditorium.
juvenile offender usually has hit-
first brush with the law on tne
city level and the handling of hla .
case by the Judge can either push
hint "down the path to crime or.
guide him to adjustment and good
citizenship. '
Peery T. - Buren- bellevea the
municipal judge must be fair and
impartial, deciding each case sole-'
ly on its merits, guided by training
and experience, tempered by o
understanding of his fellow-men.
Buren is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon and George
Washington University law school,
Washington, D.C., where he did
special work In the field of muni-cipal-
law. and -received a Juris
Doctor degree. He is admitted to
practice in the District of Colum
bia and Oregon. Buren, an activa
worker for worthwhile commun
ity projects in -Salem, la a war
veteran, member of the Presby
terian church, a homeowner, mar
ried and has a daughter. !
, Peery T. Buren's background of
education and experience and his
interest in affairs of the commun
ity merit the support of lawafekL
lng citizens on May 19.
, (Tomorrow Howard. Latawrette)
Party