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Price Control Issue Pondered as Cost of iT .J . Living Scoots Higher - WASHINGTON, July lH-Ai sharp, war-spawned rise in j the wholesale prices :of many things people eat, wear, or use was con firmed by the government today, r President Truman discussed; the .Question of possible home-front mobilization with his cabinet 'at a morning meeting. j It was apparent, however, ;that the administration had not reach ed a decision on whether toj ask congressfor any controls on the price or distribution of goods.; Senator Taft of Ohio, the, re publican leader, said he would op pose giving the president any ?blank check or standby authority to put controls Into operation. HP SBZDQ0 The curbstone spectator derives tome amunsement from the con flict in policies of two of the jstate - .farm organizations, the Oregon Farm Bureau and the Oreioa Farmers .Union. Each Is an or ganization of, by and for the farm ess; but they look at current, politico-economic problems through different-colored lenses. The for- mr is conservative: the latter frankly radical. In fact the FU iMtm now to buddy more closely with organized labor than the state grange, which long new a ciosc ' nnmiral alliance with labor. , The division of opinion has been , evidenced in the argument over ' legislative reapportionment. The Farm Bureau by dint of strenuous ff effort qualified sufficient petitions -' for the "balanced plan" of reap 1 portionment. The Farmers Union did the best job of circulating pe titions for the labor union plan, but the unions fell down on their end so their Initiative was lost in the shuffle. . ' -V Nothing daunted, the FB returns to the fray and Ronald Jones, its ' president, has given out a state ment condemning the "balanced nlan" as a "pious fraud" on the farmers.' Why, says Jones, this ' clan will deprive Marion and Yamhill, great agricultural coun ties, of one representative apiece; .likewise Klamath, Umatilla, Coos . and Clatsop will lose represema i tion while four small counties, in f central Oregon, all rural), will get V i representative apiece. ! . Ths same loss in representation j would occur under the population t plan which the Farmers Union supported. The fact is that that plan would give Multnomah coun ty a third of the representation in house and senate, while the "bal anced plan" would hold Multno mah to not more than one-fourth. Under the former rural upstate would have less representation, in the (Continued on Editorial Page 4) Scouts Return From Jaunt To Jamboree More than 100 Salem area Boy Scouts and leaders returned here Friday from the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa. L- - The Scouts, weary but apparent , ly happy, climbed off a Southern Pacific train from San Francisco about 6 p. m. and were greeted by hundreds of parents, friends and Boy Scout officials. A 24-day journey took the Scouts not only to the jamboree but also to the national capitol, . national parks and many metropo- iitan cities throughout the country. ' Jamboree troops 13 of the Silver Falls and Polk districts, 14 of the Cherry City (Salem) district and 28 of the Calapooya and Marion districts made the trip, accompan ied by Scout officials. Progress of the trip has been ret ported to readers of The Oregon Statesmen by Special Correspond ents Fred Minifie and George Stro- rut, jr. . AMMUNITION EXPLODES GOSPORT, Eng., July 14 -(P)-Eight ammunition loading barges exploded tonight and started raging harbor fire near a munit ions depot at this English channel port. Seven persons were injured. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH: "til tell you wnaf you can hare all the grass you can eat lot fifty cents" Wm0 - II I III - I .1 1 1,1111 I Taft said he thinks congress ought to stay on the job and adopt any legislation that becomes necessary in the light of events. Housewives got nothing but bad news in the bureau of labor sta tistics weekly report on whole sale commodity prices. Virtually everything was headed upward, with retail prices trailing the wholesale boosts by a few days. - BLS said prices went up on the average 1.8 per cent in the seven days ending last - Tuesday. The wholesale index stood at 161.8, which means 61.8 per cent higher than the 196 averages. A year ago it was 154. The peak was 170.3 in August, 1948. Indians Claim Discrimination By Services Accusations that the American Indian is being discriminated against and that the federal Indian service "is weighed down in politics,"-were hurled by speakers at a conference on Indian affairs here Friday. The conference was called by Gov. Douglas McKay. It was held in the executive department Many speakers, some of Indian blood, represented the Indians and other interests. Wayne Crawford, appearing for the Klamath reservation Indians, said he had attended a lot of meet ings at which Indian bureau of ficials were present but no action favorable to the Indians resulted. "Don't be fooled that the Indian service wants to free the Indian," Crawford said. "They are more in terested In holding their jobs. I am convinced the Indian service is weighed down in politics and has no intention of giving the In dians a helping hand." Crawford warned Governor Mc Kay he would encounter oddos! tion from any program to free the Indian but suggested that a com mittee of men willing to speak out their mind be appointed to work on a liberation proposal. Other speakers cited what they termed vicious cases of discrim ination against the Indian. They referred particularly to signs in hotels, restaurants and other public places denying them food and shel ter "It is this discrimination that has forced many Indians into an unfavorable environment and ev entually resulted in their arrest lor some criminal offense," one speaker said. A few speakers de clared themselves opposed to elim ination ox the Indian reservations The charge also was made that some insurance companies have refused Indians insurance on their automobiles. (Additional story on page 5) Seattle Gas Hurts Twelve SEATTLE, Wash., July U-(JP)-A gas explosion smashed the life from one man, injured 12 others and wrecked a three-story build ing early today in downtown Seat tle. Coroner's deputies said Neil J. Boles, 33, apparently was standing on the sidewalk when the blast came. His body, with nearly all its bones broken, was, found across the street in a hotel's second story window. Very few people were on the streets when the explosion came at 5:20 a. m. One, Albert Abbott, 53, was hurled through a drugstore window. Several of the injured were occupants of rooms in the hotel. Fire Chief William Fitzgerald said the blast centered in the base ment of the Seaport tavern and New Washington cafe, at First Avenue South and Washington Street. He said illuminating gas exploded, but the exact cause was unknown. Explosion SEATTLE, Wash July 14 Sjnoke and flames pour from three-stary business boildlnr on Seattle's First avenue after an underground gas explosion shattered the building early today. One man was killed and 12 ethers injured in the blast The victim was apparently standing en the sidewalk when we explosion cans. (Ar wirepheto to the SUtesman.) 100th YEAR Calling up Guards, Reserves Rumored WASHINGTON, July 14 -(Jt)- Imminent calls for partial mobil ization of national guardsmen and reserves and for up to $6,000,000,000 in new funds to meet the Korean war crisis were forecast on Capitol Hill today. Senator Lyndon Johnson (D- Tex) said he has been informed by high administration officials that the national guard and reser vists will soon be ordered to active duty. - The Texan,- a member of the senate armed services committee, said however that only part of the guard forces woudl be pressed into federal service naw, and the reserve will be called as needed not en masse. An army spokesman told report ers at the Pentagon: "There isn't any doubt in the world that we are going to hold in Korea. There is no Dunkerque in sight. It isn't hopeless like Bataan. It isn't a rout. The army's assurances came as President Truman and his cabinet received a review of the military situation from Gen. Omar Brad ley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Mr. Truman and the cabinet also discussed the whole range of possible steps for home front mobilization, but cabinet members said no decisions were reached. Fire Destroys Barn on South 12th Street Lot A spectacular fire raced through a wooden barn behind a South 12th street home shortly before midnight Friday, shooting flames about a hundred feet in the air for a brief period. The unoccupied barn, owned by Dr. C. R. Wilson of Silverton and rented by H. D. Yarbrough, 897 S. 12th st, was destroyed in about 15 minutes. Only the charred and watersoaked framework remained. Four trucks from south and cen tral Salem stations were, at the barn minutes after E. S. VanAnt werp, 885 S. 12th st, phoned in the alarm about 11:15 p.m. It was too late to save the structure, but firemen stopped flames from spreading to nearby residences. Firemen were still shooting streams of water on smouldering ashes early this morning. VanAntwerp said the barn, which was empty, seemed to ex plode into flames which were vis ible as far away as the Salem airport. The blaze attracted hun dreds of onlookers. Origin of the blaze was still un determined early this morning, although fire captains believed de fective wiring may have been re sponsible. Beef Loins, Ribs. Hit Record High PORTLAND, July 14-;p)-The wholesale price of good beef loins and ribs hit a record high here to day. The federal market news service reported a price of 85 cents for loins and 65 cents for ribs, both up 5 cents. Previous high was set in August, 1948. These two led a general whole sale advance in meat prices, ex pected to be reflected soon in re tail markets. Poultry prices also advanced i cent a pound. Eggs continued un changed. Shatters Seattle 12 PAGES Decisions Held On Demotion of Fire Captains A hearing on two Salem fire de partment demotions was conclud ed Friday night after 14 hours of testimony. Salem's civil service commission will await a transcript of the pro ceedings before deciding whether to sustain the demotions or rem state J. F. Baggett and Ben O Faught as fire captains. This was announced by Chair man William J. Entress, who said his commission may reopen the hearing to take testimony from two possible witnesses who could not be reached by subpoenas Friday recently retired Battalion Chief Walter Eberhard and City Man ager J. L. Franzen. Both were reported out of the city. The hearing Wednesday and Friday at city hall concerned the appeal of Baggett and Faught to the commission from their demo tion by Fire Chief W. P. Roble on grounds of inefficiency, insubordi nation and discourtesy. In closing argument the fire chiefs attorney, Bruce Williams, declared teat Roble had demoted the men for cause, but "not in a vindictive sense." The attorney said the charges represented cul mination of many things which had to be corrected for the good of the service. Speaking for the men seeking reinstatement. Attorney Allan Carson labelled the charges as "silly" and "a tempest in a belated teapot." He maintained that the demotions were prompted by the recent state firefighters' conven tion resolution condemning the city manager form of government, Baggett served on the convention resolutions committee. Just after the convention Fire Chief Roble resigned but later withdrew his resignation. (Additional details on page 2) Peace Terms Unchanged WASHINGTON, July 14 -(JP) The United States served notice on the world today that its rock bottom requirement for a settle ment of the Korean crisis is the withdrawal of the communist in vasion army from South Korea. . A slate department statement prompted by speculation over the diplomatic activities of Prime Minister Nehru, plus information from other sources, disclosed a firm and unyielding American policy concerning these points: 1. There can be no compromise with aggression in Korea as far as this government is concerned 2. The United Nations is the proper forum for negotiation on the crisis and the United States will not negotiate directly with Russia. 3. The United States does not intend to enter into any deal with Russia for admission of Commun 1st China to the United Nations in return for Russian intervention to call off the North Koreans. Building 4 FOUNDED 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, July 15, 1950 Readying FORT LEWIS. Wash July 14 Seattle, Taconu and Olympia g I" with North Korean communist forces. Here, men of the 72nd Heavy Tank battalion inspect their 45 ton "General Fattons" as the Second Division began loading operations. (AP Wirephoto to 4he States man.) - Tito Demands End to Border Forays; Soldier milled Guard Capture Aim of Patrol; Fight Feared BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July 14 Bulgarian and Yugoslav frontier guards exchanged fire in a series of incidents yesterday and a Bulgarian soldier was killed, Yugoslavia announced today. -v Declaring military patrols had been sent across the frontier in an effort to capture Yugoslav guards, Premier Marshal Tito's government demanded that Bul garia "halt these practices. The demand was made in a note handed the Bulgarian legation. Bulgaria is an active member of the Moscow-directed comin f arm. Yugoslavia was cast out of that international communist or ganization two years ago on grounds Tito wasn't loyal to the party line. The two nations share a 300-mile frontier, largely rocky, barren and mountainous. Yugo slavia's Serbian republic fronts on part of the frontier and the Macedonian republic on the rest. (The sites of the Yugoslav-Bul garian clashes were not specified. Competent observers in Istanbul, however, have speculated Bulgaria mght attempt to unite Yugoslav, Greek and Bulgarian Macedonia while world attention is focused on Korea. The Bulgarian army command has. been Russianized in recent months. The defense min ister is Lt Gen. Petar Panchew sky, 48-year-old Bulgarian who was an officer in the Soviet army. Russian veterans hold high com mands.) The incidents appeared to be part of the war of nerves be tween Yugoslavia and the corn inform, the subject of a rash of rumors In recent weeks. The rum- ors have oeen dominated Dy re- parts of troop movements in all three of Yugoslavia's eastern neighbors in Russia's sphere Bulgaria in the south, Romania at the center and Hungary in the north. . . . , j FIRE HITS BEACHFRONT HAMPTON BEACH, N.H., July 14-(P)-A general alarm fire out of control for more than an hour and a half tonight levelled a block of wooden buildings on i the beach front but was stopped before it reached the Casino, a dance halL Western International At Salem 6, Spokane 4 At Tacoma 2-6. Wenatchec 4-2 At Victoria 10. Tri-City S At Vancouver 9, Yakima 0 Coast Learue At Portland 1, Sacramento 0 At San Diego 4, Seattle At Loa Angeles S. San Francisco 3 At Oakland 3. Hollywood 2 American League ,A At Washington 0. Detroit 2 ' At Philadelphia 3-2, St. Louis 2-5 At New York 1. Cleveland; 5 . At Boston 13. Chicago ; 1 . I ' if National League At Pittsburgh 9. New York 7 At Chicago , Brooklyn 1 At Cincinnati 4. Boston 6 ' At St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2 tttemai U.S. Tanks for These and others like them were lor shipment to the tar East where Where Reds NORTH ' IMCHONl. f 1 LLl H rriiiiirtTri iji,u.L ihlii A . M f k .-:-x isfct.; . Ti x '-E3:-i r KOREA,' j)K-vJ2k&9 Arrow at center-left shows where forth communist troops battered a bridgehead across the Kum rive defense line today. American defenders were thrown back in the vital sector before Taejon, tem porary capitol for the South Korean government. Simultaneously, the reds placed Southern Korean troops under heavy attack else where along the 150-mile front line. t (AP Wirephoto map to the Statesman). Rains Check Air Operation TOKYO, Saturday, July M-ilP)-The Far East air force said today Superforts, jets and Mustang fight ers yesterday braved bad weather and struck ground targets all the way from the front to Seoul, 90 miles north. The Australians joined the Am ericans in making 190 individual flights. It was the second straight day that the dominant Allied air arm had been hampered by the weather. Max. S3 Min. 91 57 48 53 Precip. Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago .M , .00 JDO .00 .00 77 -71 .S1 New York 78 67 W11rrtt. rivr .1 8 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary Held, Salem): Gener ally fair todav. tonieht and tomorrow, High today. neat 87 and low tonight nr 82. Exoeeted low relative humid ity this afternoon near 36 per cent. Weather excellent for moat farm ac UviUes today but wind! will be gen tle to moderate during afternoon hours. incu unr rrprr ATTOV Thia Year Last Year Normal 43.69 41.70 37J4 PRICE 5c Far East 1 ;rr Wi being put aboard ships today at they may eventually be In combat Bulgaria's Breached Line ejMj 4 TAEGUj . . . V i m itr jt- . ' M M t A at a ' - I ! 5 Bread Price Due For Cent Raise Portland. July 14-(rVThe price of bread will be boosted 1 cent a loaf tomorrow. ' . j . Major wholesale bakeries an nounced the advance and chain stores said they would follow suit on their own brands of bread. This will make the retail price on most brands 16 cents for a 1 pound loaf and 23 cents for a 1 pound loaf. Chain store brands will sell for 14 and 20 cents. - -X Air Raid Warning Centers Setup in Key State Cities PORTLAND, July 14-P)-The defense program for northern Ore gon Is moving from the planning into the organization stage, Louis E. Starr, state civilian defense di rector, said today. ; Air raid warning centers in the four key cities of Pendleton, The Dalles, Eugene and Portland have been 6et up in offices of law en forcement agencies, he said. They have direct telephone lines to the air force security center. Sub-key centers are being set up in other northern Oregon coun ty seats. . v (wW H fa Grtwta ef Oreeaa No. ICS American Sector TOKYO. Saturday JnW 15-SPU North Korean troops, smashed in one attempt to cross the Kum river, knifed over today and burl ed oacK me American defendaa before strategic Taejon. . i v -. General MaoArthura ique said the first communist atf- lempi 10 leap tne river came late yesterday and was "thrown back wun neavy losses." . The successful crossing was made near Samgyo, about 30 miles northwest of Taejon. Tm bridgehead aDDeared to be extm- " sive. It already was under art- tack by U. S. fighter planes. Trap Feared Field disnatches said th munis ts simultaneously opened a, nvj aiiaca; on me American east flank. If successful this attack might traD U. S. infantrv anH r tillery along the river. v t ine bouth Koreans were under severe attack at the east end of the : American positions atom? that river. The southerners called it American artillery support. juacArrnurs communique made aonarent mention nt tKi action. It said, however that th communist , second and fourth communist divisions were keeping up the pressure on the southern ers) in the Chochlwon-Chnnvfaa area..'"' 1 If . this is the sam meefoiT s mentioned in field dimatrh' would indicate that the fightui on we American east flank gkiu is north of the Kum river. Kearquard Action Tbe communique said that U. S. and South Korean forces "contin ue to withdraw generally before superior, forces, fighting rear guard actions , until reinforce ments arrive"1 The headquarters communique declared that while the Kum river crossing was "a setback" it was "no cause of undue alarm." Th strength of the bridgehead forces was unknown. ; . "i The northerners also were' try ing to ferry tanks across' the 200-yard-wide river. Four were re ported knocked out, one in mid stream. Fighung stiU raged at tha bridgehead with the Mfina out come undetermined." headauartera said. . f An American field artillery po sition was overrun. It was noft known at headauartera whether the men and guns were able 4o withdraw. The artillery had been smrifc barrages, across the river in an attempt to upset the communist forces on the north bank. Forces Net Indicated The successful crossing was sev eral miles southwest of where tha first red attempt met disaster. worth of the Kum in this sector. some defending forces still ap peared to be in action. The communique said the North Korean sixth division was engaged in an encircling movement just souxn or xesan, wnicn is 40 miles northwest of Taejon. Whether the defending forces are American w South Korean was not Indicated. On the extreme eastern end ol the front, the communist fifth and fifteenth divisions were reported active near Tahyang. about 65 air miles northeast of Taejon. This is tne sector where the reds: are threatening to slash U. S. com munication lines to Pusan, south east port and base. Pressure Eased i Front dispatches. aPDarenthr later than the communique, said the communist pressure in the bridgehead area northwest of Tae jon had eased somewhat during the morning. The crossing was made after e night of artillery duels and small arms fire. . An earlier communist force, aj- Earently about 100 strong, crossed ist night It infilitrated America positions. Some of the reds wore the green fatigue; uniforms of the U. S. i army. Aapparently the uni forms' had been taken from cap tured troops. ! Y RED ARMY ON MOVE HONG KONG, July 13 Pro-nationalist newspapers nere today asserted the entire fourth field army of communist China has been ordered moved to Man churia next to the Korean zone by the end of July. Breached In case of an alert. Starr said ': this procedure would be followed: The security center would flash : word to? the four key centers. which, hi turn, would relay it to -sub-key centers. These would dis-. patch the alert to all cities and In dustries. ".- -i Starr reported excellent progress in setting up air raid observation posts under the direction of Cel. Claude Farrow, Jr. I ? The defense director . said am outline of a general local civilian defense system would be mailed, to all county judges and mayors.- -