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HP fond, ft Ai Grewti tf Onjot POUNDDD ICOtb YEAR 24 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 21, 1950 PRICE 5c No. 11S 'mm- w i k y v w y x i v vj'n-j sssw iMi Av isivi vvvv i u i iu v. i . Secretary of the Interior Chap-i man has taken plenty of time to organize his own staff. For months, many have been listening for word of his selection for undersecretary, the post he had before he was named to succeed Julius Krug. They'll have to keep on listening, for. in announcing his reorganiza tion Chapman leaves the under secretaryship vacant. " - Regarded as top candidates have been two present assistants, C Gl rard Davidson, the sparkplug for a Columbia Valley administration, and William E. Warne of Califor nia. In the reshuffle, Davidson seems to get the less desirable as signments while Warne is moved Into the power and reclamation field the former of which espe cially had occupied Davidson's at tention. The ; Portland Journal's Washington report intimates that this gives Warne one up onDavid son for the undersecretaryship; but It may Just mean that neither will get the promotion. Krug had divided his depart ment work on a regional basis, giving an assistant secretary super vision of all department functions 1 In a given area. Thus Davidson had the northwest for his province. The Hoover commission recom mended a vertical division of au thority rather than a geographic This is what1 Chapman has done in his new set-up. Here is the way the work is now assigned: To Davidson the division of min eral resources: bureau, of mines, geological survey, oil and gas, geo pranhv. ! To Warne water and power de velopment: reclamation, power (Continued On Editorial Page 4) New Vote on County Health Unit Possible A move to re-submit . to Marion county voters this fall a $50,000 levy with) which to build a new county health unit got underway here Thursday. The matter was broached at the Marion county department of health monthly conference. Thel proposal was- defeated t by about 800 votes at the May primary elec tion. V Marion County Judge Grant Murphy said ; the measure would be resubmitted this fall "if enough Interest is" shown by the public."-! Judge, Murphy said a county health building was fbadly needed." "The county court is still In favor of erecting a new health- plant," said the judge. "Present Quarters of the health department are inadequate from the stand points of space and accessibility." The proposal calls for a $50,000 levy. To this, if approved, will be added $25,000 in federal funds. No site had been selected although the county has a verbal option on a site near Salem General hospital The land Is now owned by the state. ' Dr. Bellinger To Remain as Hospital Chief Dr. G rover C. Bellinger, for many years superintendent of the western Oregon state tuberculosis hospital, will continue in that ca pacity, the state . board of control decided at a meeting Thursday. , The board was advised that Dr. Bellinger has readied retirement age but would continue as head of the hospital provided board mem- ben desired him to co so. Dr. Bel linger is recognized as outstand ing In the tuberculosis field and bis services have been sought by many federal agencies, i Application for Dr. Bellinger's continuance as head of the tuber- Slosis hospital will be filed with state retirement board. 4 Governor Hits at Expensive Rugs , . Governor Douglas McKay, at a meeting of the state board of con trol Thursday, commented that he doesn't like too expensive rugs and desks. The governor did not iden tify the state department at which his criticism was .directed. Animal Cracttcrs By WARREN GOODRICH .-iU .4 .;. caa'f sleep either care 19 fan ma in spot o. varm McCarthy Flayed ; In Senate WASHINGTON, July 20-,)-A near fist fight, name-calling, and an effort to play phonograph in the senate provided a brisk" se quel today to -formal senate ac ceptance of a democratic report denouncing Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) for his communists-in-government charges. The report, branding Mc Carthy's charges as a "fraud and a hoax," was accepted by a 45 to 37 . vote, divided strictly ac cording to party lines. The demo crats were for the report, the re publicans against it. The more spectacular -parts of the proceedings came later. Three Men Involved , . These involved: Senator Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska, the republican floor leader. i Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland, who headed the dem ocratic majority on the foreign relations subcommittee ; which submitted the report castigating McCarthy. Edward P. Morgan, husky 37-year-old former FBI agent Hot, vindictive debate raged for hours after formal acceptance of the subcommittee's report. During a brief lull, a dispute boiled up between Wherry and Morgan. The latter was on the Ifloor by virtue of his assignment as counsel for the Tydings group. The two men stepped outside the; senate. There were uncon firmed reports that blows were attempted by both men but none landed. Back in the senate, Wherry, with , a flushed face, moved to have Morgan expelled from the senate chamber. The senate rejected the move, 43 to 31. Phonograph Stays Mom It was Tydings who sought to play the phonograph in the sen ate's austere meeting place. He wanted to play a radio re cording of McCarthy's . voice, making a speech at Wheeling, W. Va., last February, in which Mc Carthy purportedly said he had the names of 205 communists in the state department. " "Here is the senator's own voice," Tydings announced. ' On his desk was a phonograph, set up to play a record of the speech. But the phonograph was de nied the' right to speak. later McCarthy Issued a state ment saying Tydings was trying, in 'his speech, "to notify commu nists In government that they ara safe in their positions." Russian Politburo Declared . To Have Set Date for War With U.S. Between 1952-56 ' "- . ' ! WASHINGTON, July 20 A former deputy chief of U. S. naval intelligence says the Soviet Politburo has- decided to move against the United States before 1956. - Retired Admiral Ellis S. Zacharias makes this assertion in a book, "Behind Closed Doors." published today (G. P. Putnam's Sons). The publishers describe the book as "the (Zacharias said today mat trie Korean war, which began after he completed the book, is not the Russian-American conflict which is "likely to materialize some time between the summer of 1952 and the fall of 1956," but instead is "war by proxy." (He added: "The brutal fact is that we are waging the Korean war on Stalin's terms. While the Korean campaign represents no burden- to Russia, it is causing major disclocation in the United States in economic, military, dip lomatic and psychological terms . it is even more regrettable that we are likely to fall into still other Soviet traps being prepared for us in Yugoslavia, in Iran, and elsewhere. There is now serious talk in the Kremlin that Alaska should be reclaimed in forceful propaganda language, in the hope that we would rush troops to the Far North, dispersing even fur ther our limited strength . . . a few more Koreas - and we might lose the eventual war against Rus sia.") He says the Russian high com mand on war at a session of the Politburo that wound up at 5 o'clock in the morning of Janu ary 23, 1949. He proposes meeting between Stalin and President Truman. Both statesmen must go into such a conference with a detailed agenda prepared and fully accept ed in advance," he says.- "Quest ions not included in the agenda must not be introduced.. The conference should draft a treaty of non-aggression for pres entation to congress and the sup reme Soviet. This treaty would cover a period of at least live and preferably 10 years. "If the Truman-Stalin meeting is a failure we should at once do all in our power to mobilize this nation and the world for action to avert the war the Russians ap parently are seeking." Heads Lions CHICAGO, July 20 Herbert C. Petry, jr., an attorney of Carizzo Springs; Tex., is new president of the International Association of Lions clubs, following bis election at the 33rd annual Lions convention today. Petry suc ceeds Walter C. Fisher, Queens ton, Ontario, Canada. 'Guilty,' (Cold Says In Reply To Spy Count PHILADELPHIA, July 20 -JPh Harry Gold pleaded guilty to es pionage cnarges today and was committed to prison to await sen tencing. ; He could receive the death pen alty for turning over United States atomic secrets to Russia. But that is considered very unlikely. 1 The short, stubby research chem ist stood stiffly before the bar to hear two jindictments against him. Asked how he pleaded, Gold said in clear, firm tones: "Guilty." The indictments accused him of conspiracy to commit espionage and of 11 1 overt acts of transmit ting information to a potential enemy. He admitted he acted as go-betwieenin delivering secrets to Dr. Klajus I Fuchs, British chemist and an admitted spy. Gold said nothing else except to identifyj himself and his lawyer. There was little expression in his eyes as he stared straight ahead. He stood throughout the arraign ment ! I - - Ha was the first of four United States citizens to. be accused of delivering! secrets to the Russians. The others, Alfred Dean Slack, 44, Syracuse, N. Y.; David Greenglass, 28, and Julius Rosenberg, 32, both of New York, have not yet pleaded to government charges. - secret history of the cold war.' Horse? Again Puts Justice Douglas In Hospital Bed PORTLAND, July 20-(ff)-Be-cause of a horse, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas is in a hospital again. His mount kicked him on the left shin last week, and the in Jury did! not respond to treatment. Douglas spent weeks in a hos pital last! fall after his -horse rolled on .him. - . - y'j ' s yi k .,JMllt , ; . Davis Out of Race for Senate; Three Possibilities Mentioned Arthur 1 1 Davis, democratic nominee; for state senate from Marion county, announced Thurs day be Is with drawlng his candidacy- Da vis said he couldn't run in the November general election because, be has established res idence in linn county, in con nection with his association with A. W Ml M Arthur DaTte w i I Boy R. Hewitt in Salem and Mill City. Selection of a replacement can didate will be in the hands of the democratic central committee of Marion county. Its chairman, Luis Martin e-Lally, said the commit tee would meet within a few days to discuss the vacancy- r inTr LiL FILARIK Fori New Line To South TOYKO, Friday, July 21 (JP) U. S. troops yielded flaming Tae- jon early today and took up stout defense positions four miles to the southeast . in hills blocking the communist advance. .The loss of this good communi cations hub of 150,000 population was offset on the east coast by the destruction of the communications center of Yongdok by devastating U. S. and British naval gunfire. . General MacArthur in a special communique announced U. S. troops quit Taejon at midnight af ter fierce fighting. A second com munique said the city had lost all its strategic significance. Hills Provide Barrier MacArthur's latest communique said the retreat was to terrain where the outnumbered U. S. in fantrymen would have a better chance against the . tank-led col umns of the enemy. He referred to the hills which rise from the plains and rice pad dies lover which the Americans have : been forced to fight in the long, 90-mile withdrawal from the Seoul area. The new positions, the com munique predicted, can be used by the "temporarily outnumbered" U. S. and South Korean forces as a springboard "for General Mac Arthur's offensives." South Koreans in a counterat tack eased a threat to the Ameri can supply lines running up from the southeast port "of Pusan. The latest communique said a South Korean regiment recaptur ed Yechon, which is 60 miles northeast of Taejon but only about 40 miles north of the supply lines. Another, South Korean force recaptured Punggi, 15 miles north east of Yechon. It was said to be mopping up two red battalions in that area. MacArthur's communique as serted the communists seemed to have been lulled into "a false feel ing of security" by initial succes ses. New Bazooka Used It said the enemy "now realizes that he is operating against a cour ageous, aggressive, well-trained army that will oppose effectively his every move until he is de feated." Mentioned specifically was the new, larger and harder-hitting Bazooka which was credited with knocking out eight enemy tanks Jesterday in the fighting for Tae on. This 3.5-inch rocket launcher was used for the first time yester day, apparently having just been flown in from the United States. . The navy kept up the bombard ment on red supply lines along the east coast. A naval communique said a U. S. and a British cruiser Wednesday "destroyed' the com munications hub of Yongdok, about 95 air miles north of the American supply port of Pusan. Fierce fires raged. Results "Terrific" Yongdok is about 25 miles north of where the U. S. first calvary division made its amphibious landing. Yongdok is three miles inland but the fire was directed by artillery liaison planes, who re ported the results were "terrific." Associated Press Correspondent William R. Moore said red tanks broke into Taejon at dawn Thurs day. They circledfi round Ameri can headquarters and one tank sprayed it with lead. Concern was felt in Tokyo that further withdrawals may be neces sary. Fighters and B-26 bombers of the fifth air force flew 76 sorties Thursday, destroying 14 enemy fighters and one twin engined bomber. NEUTRAL ON FORMOSA LONDON, July 20-(flVBritain has ordered her far eastern fleet to stay neutral if Chinese commun ists attack Formosa, . an official source said today. Local democratic leaders were mentioning as possible candidates for the senate Cornelius Bateson, Clarence Shrock and Martine-Lal ly. !' ' V- 'Bateson said he had been ap proached on the subject but had not yet committed himself. He in dicated he would consider the nomination if asked to by the cen tral committee. A Pratum area farmer, Bateson recently was Sa lem district supervisor for the U. S. census. " - .f - - Shrock, Salem automobile deal er, said he hadnt learned of Davis withdrawal and had not - as yet given any consideration to wheth er he might be a candidate. He added that it was unlikely he would become a candidate. Martine-Lally was reported to have the matter under considera tion. , "" - The other democratic nominee for the senate is Frank Porter. Bazooka Goes Into Action f t m uJ,,.j.iIIi i i mi - w.vaaM4taw':: .iwiii.ti,iif,niiiMi'iiij.r,W'Hh3aa&u.jr nf.i.T : I WASHINGTON, July 2f An Infantry sergeant poses with the Army's new king-size bazooka in the firing position. This new weapon, which fires a 3.5 inch rround rocket, is credited with knocking out an official seven out: of seven communist tanks in Its first battle- . field test In Korea July 20 (Korean time). This photo, made at Fort Benning, Gsl, was released in Washington July 20. (AP wire photo to The Statesman.) rt. l "fc. .Tar?,, n 1 SOUTH KOREA, July M U. S. troops have withdrawn , from Taejon, arainst which 'North Koreans threw three heavy drives as shown by the arrows at the 'left, and apparently are Jailing- back to the Komchon area where a new stand (Jagged line) will be made. Red columns are reported in Chonju, southwest of Taejon; others are moving in on highways leading to.Hamchang and Andong. Solid line is approximate baitleline. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). Salem Marine Reserve Unit Awaits Mobilization Order; Time of Call Still Uncertain By Conrad G. Prange , - Staff Writer, The Statesman Salem's marine reserve unit was notified Thursday to stand by for possible orders mobilizing it into active status. "Looks like we're in it," said the marine reserve officer here. The unit in Salem is C battery of the 4th 105 howitzer battalion. It PORTLAND, July 20-(P)-The marine corps 105th howitzer battalion in Oregon likely will be called into service, Lt, CoL Roland W. Davis, commanding officer, said today. The outfit included two batteries and an 'engineer company in Portland and one battery each In Salem and Eugene. Its total strength is 590 men. Army, air force and navy spokesmen here said no alerts had been received for their reserve units in this area. consists of 135 men and 7 officers commanded by Maj. Leonard G. Hicks: Headquarters for the battalion is in Portland. The" dispatch received here Thursday merely alerted the unit. It did not specify when or if the local unit would be called. Opin ion here was that C battery would probably receive separate orders from Portland and that the men would be given tme (perhaps 10 days) In which to prepare for en tering active duty. Status Unchanged. Although news dispatches from Washington said the navy called several air reserve units to active duty, the local naval air reserve had received no orders Thursdays Army reserves said their status remains unchanged. National guard headquarters re ported nothing, new regarding a call of the guards to active duty. It was announced that fa head quarters office of the new seventh regiment of the national guard re serves, commanded , by CoL Ar min Berger, will open -at the local armory Monday night, -x Board Marking Time .Headquarters of the' Marion county selective service board was marking time Thursday awaiting orders on mailing draft notices to this county's quota of 11 men. It had no further orders on physi cal examinations of prospective draftees either. ; - The Polk county selective serv ice office, which has been com bined with' Marion county, opened in its own office Thursday morn ing at Dallas. The office is loca ted in the armory there and chief clerk is Mrs. Nona Ford. The navy reserve here received orders from Seattle, Wash, bar ring transfer of enlisted men or officers from organized to volun teer reserve status. . - 7t - Transfers Barred - No more' transfers will be al lowed except for those wishing to go into the regular navy from the organized reserve units, or those who are not physically fit for or ganized reserve units. - Jul ' jKwMMiHifciii. M-tf j ill Vfc t. j. mm -f - - Western Meet Of Machinists Draws Chiefs Advance guard is due in Salem today to prepare for the Western States Conference of Machinists convention here Monday through Wednesday. ., - , "Convention leaders arriving to day will include R. W. Johns, Ore gon president; Gus N. Strieker, ex ecutive secretary, and Charles West, international representative, all of Portland. Salem-Dallas local 1506 is host local and its president, S. C Austin, is convention chair man. ; : Some 200 delegates and many visitors are expected for the an nual conclave representing 11 states. It will. be the first such convention to be held in Salem. lCa..Preetp. . st JM 4 M M 1 J4 CC J Portland Sin rraadaco , Ctneafo New York S3 ST. 3 wmamette river -2-1 feet. : TORECAST Hrora V-S weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem: Ccaerattr fair - today -and ... tomht with little change in temperature. Hifh today tt 90. Low toaifht &S-57. Low relative hu midity this afternoon 15-3CV. Weather will be excellent ior meet tana acUv ttimw today. .-, - -u .. - SAIXX FMCOTTATIOJC TMs Year 4xn Last Tear Normal -t fi(esees.''.-Ged';tJp; Congr ess Action on ' WASHINGTON, July 20-(AP).Pre8ident Truman conferred with top home-front mobilization chiefs ti day while congress geared for quick action on1 a vaat $10 billion rearmament program J. eS The marine corps announced it was calling all or ganized reserve ground units to active duty. Officials said these reserves totaled 47,000 officers land enlisted men. " The navy summoned several general air reserve units said by officials to total 9,000 officers and 30, 000 men. " - h The army issued an alert to a number of regular army combat teams around the country to get ready to move to the far east The air force said no members o its reserve will be ordered to active duty involuntarily for at least a week or ten days. They will have 15 days to report after' orders are xeceived. In cae of extreme hardship !hey may ask for additional coisideration. Strong- Support Claimed At the White House it was de clared the first country-wide re. ports were "overwhelming in sup Irot' of Mr. Truman's call for sweeping emergency steps to ach ieve victory in red-invaded South Korea and to prepare for any cut breaks of red aggression elsewhere in the world. Except for price, rationing and job controls, the i president's pre gram as laid: before congress yes terday calls for nearly every basic home-front power used to win World War II. On Capitol Hill, a fight was shaping over Mr. Truman's re quest for broad economic controls to curb inflation. Some republicans notably Sen ators Taft and Bricker of Ohio and Wherry of . Nebraska - - said the president's bid for new powers should not be approved without cautious study. Taft said Mr. Tru man's proposals went "far beyond any necessity we know of at the moment." Higher. Taxes Inevitable Higher taxes were seen as inev itable. ; The tax message, it was report ed, may follow quickly after the president sends his mid-year ec onomic report to congress early next week. Tax experts speculated that Mr. Truman may ask anywhere from $1,000,000,000 to $8,000,000,000 or more in new levies on individual incomes, corporations and excess profits. Reports of stiff price lumps in food and other commodities rous ed the ire of legislators in both houses of congress, and Senator Gillette (D-Iowa) announced that a senate investigation will get un der way Inside the next two weeks. A similar inquiry also was demanded in the house. At the White House, Mr. Tru man called in his economic mo bilization chief. Chairman W. Stu art Symington of the national se curity resources board, along with Treasury Secretary Snyder, Com merce Secretary Sawyer, Interior Secretary Chapman and Labor Secretary Tobin. Advisers Summoned Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told newsmen the presi dent summoned his advisers to discuss his home-front recommen dations to congress v - including consumer credit curbs, priorities and allocations, and a speedup in defense production. In other developments: L. The senate armed services committee approved legislation giving heads of key federal de partments "absolute discretion" to fire workers deemed to be poor security risks. The bill has already passed the house. . . - Z. In the house. Rep. Jones (D- Ala.) introduced a resolution . au thorizing total mobilization of all citizens, industry and resources in the event of all-out war. Jones and Rep. Smathers (D Fla) told the house that Mr. Tro man did not go far enough in yes- terdari message to congress. 1. Reo. Shafer (R-Mich) de manded that all TJ. S. communist be rounded up and clamped "be hind a high fence In concentra tion camps.. 4. Rep. Nixon (R-Calif urged that workers in defense Industries revive the voluntary "no 'strike Dledse adopted In World War II, 5. Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) said ha had been informed the gov eminent - will ask congress this week for 123,000,000 to reactivate part of the moth-balled U. S. mer chant sect. C The commerce department re voked all licenses to ship U. S. goods to communist Chinas This, lt was explained. Is in lin with policy of barring exports of stra tegic materials to the general area of military operations In the far east. BED CKOSS JS KOKEA . . WASHINGTON. July lO-tfV Ceven 'American Red Cross workers, lnfhytwg three women, now ara on duty with American troops In Korea, Gen. George C Marshall, Red Cross president announced todar. Gears for Arms Plan General Dean ins on Korean Front AN AMERICAN COMMAND POST INf KOREA, July 20 -(ZD-Anxiety was felt tonight for Maj. Gen. illiam F. Dean, 24th divi sion commander, under fire in tha fighting withdrawal from the Tae jon area. ' r."( The tall, ruddy-cheekeel gener al's whereabouts was unknown at divisional headquarters, but one of his staff officers said: "The general can take care of himself. He may have to walk out but he'll get out." The soft-spoken commander had ranged under fire along the front lines and seemed to have person ally attended to moulding each of his thin-spread soldiers into de fense positions. He had set a calm and confi dent example for his troops in tha face of the enemy. Rails Declared Able to Handle An Emergency uraciXTKrnvwr T..t in m ; "iAivAw iuiy 4U -rT The Association of American Rail roads said today the industry t in better shape to handle a na tional emergency situation than 11 was when World War II develop ed. I v Noting that the, problems that wera faced and met.ln tha last defense crisis are still fresh In " mind, AAR President William T, Farley asserted In a statement: "The measures which stepped up the whole tempo of rail trans-" portation are well known and. If need should arisecan ba applied I again with government assistance . and shipper cooperation.' Girl Killed at f Dallas in Fall From Auto DALLAS. Ore- July 21-flPKA four-year-old girl tumbled out of an automobile to her death here tonight. A similar accident Injured another young girl. Carol Chase died In a hospital, here a half -hour after falling from i the car her mother, Mrs. Wood row Chase, was driving toward Sheridan. Mrs, Chase reported a itm younger daughter also fell out : when the front door flew open, : but landed atop Carol, and ee- , caped Injury. Carol suffered a fractured skulL , X In the other accident I Barbara Ann Schwartz, 5, fell from car driven by her father, Calvta Schwartz, Dallas. He said a car door i opened and a milk bcttlsj rolled out The girl grabbed to the bottle and fell. She was hos pitalized with cuts and bruises. Western International At Yakima 14. Salem S At Spokane S. Tacoma (U inn.) At Trt-Oty 104. Vaneoorer At Wen tehee 10. Victoria 1 ' Caast LeagM . , . 'C: At gffjfc y?faUa ' At Hollywood t, aeattla t . Katlaaat 1agm V" "''i'l ;1 - At Pittsburgh 19, Philadelphia At Cincinnati Brook.) rn e-i 1 At' St. Laoia S. New York U At Chieaae-Bostoa (rain) , Amerleaa LeagM At Boston a, Detroit B At Washlnrton-Chleaco (rain) At PhUadalphla X Cleveland : (Only f amaa acnedulad) (Tha Btttesmaa ts u amy nlng Bewspaper la Oregon UafclBf thesa omplcta imss ) - i-1