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. 5 i ..; v- 7cather Salem :. . Portland Ban Francisco , Mia. Fred. 34 .13 . 31- M 36- trace 35 .67 Aft AA 4 : New York wuiamctt River 18 J feet rORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. - McNary field, Salem) : Cloudy with showers and windy moat of today and tonight. High today 48-80; low to nlht 42-44. SALEM PRECIPITATION Stnee Start mt Weather Tear Sept. 1 Thia Year Last Year Normal 34.41 23 .SI 20.68 Mm w im wnra i vnjs POUNDDD 1651 XOOth YEAH 2 SECTIONS 36 PAGES Tha Orecon Statesman, Salom, Orgons Sunday, January 21. 1951 PEICE 10a No. 31 r ? n mum m m m m mum " mum o rn in Senate 's 'Battle of Secretaries ' Nears Climax, Caucus Set By Lester F. Cour Staff Writer, The Statesman State senators are stocking up on powder puffs, preparing to fight the "battle of the secretaries" in a special caucus Monday. The senators will decide whether their secretaries will remain on the floor during sessions or be sent off to do their work in other TOP Salem has the privilege this season of enjoying three concerts by the Portland Symphony orches tra. One concert has been held, another is scheduled for Tuesday, night -at the high school auditor ium. This one is of unusual inter est because Ernest Bloch, noted composer who resides at Agate Beach on the Oregon coast, will be present to conduct two of his works: Three Jewish Poems and Suite Syinphonique, the latter a composition done at Agate Beach. An orchestra concert is always a thrilling event: the tuning of strings, the sorting of music, the placing of the sections, the arrival of the crowds, the flutter of pro grams with their informative "pro gram notes," the muster of the players and then the grand entry of the conductor. This is just the exciting preliminary to the play ing. For when the conductor raises his baton, silence grips the aud ience, and people sit under the spell of great music poured out in the blending of tones of many, many instruments. Music, highest of the arts, appeals to man's deep est emotions. It soothes, it stirs, it excites, it calms, itf roars, it whispers, it hurries, it loiters. The listener must attune himself to the composition, and when the playing is concluded be left briefly in the trance of the music's fashioning. Such is the opportunity offered in a concert such as is planned for Tuesday night. Previously I have written about the distinction which has come to Oregon through the residence here of Ernest Bloch. He is hailed as one of the world's greatest living composers of music. As Jan Sib elius lives secluded in Finland, so Bloch lives on the Oregon coast, drawing inspiration from the surf pounding the shore on the beach below his house, from the vast ex panse of the Pacific spread before his window, from the tall trees of the Oregon forest that cover the coast mountains and from the in ner recesses of his own genius, which is able to detach itself from its immediate environment and range far off, alone. With such an orchestra coming and such a distinguished person ality, no urging should be neces sary for folk to attend. The audi torium should be packed, as are the opera houses and halls of Eur ope when word goes out that Er nest Bloch is conducting. Those attending -will not only honor a brilliant composer they will en joy an evening of wonderful mus ic played by a fine orchestra. Gale-Like Wind Whips Salem Wind, whipping up out of the south, reached near gale propor tions late Saturday night in Salem causing some trouble on suburban telephone lines and halting one United Air lines flight The south wind reached a sus tained velocity of 39 miles an hour with gusts up to 53 at McNary field, the weather bureau report ed. A southbound flight of United Airlines due in Salem Saturday evening was canceled because of the strong headwind and icing con ditions at flight levels. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph officials reported minor troubles with wind tangling suburban lines, but no outages were reported with in the city and no lines were down. Fish Taste Like Stove Oil; Leaky Tanker Blamed ' ASTORIA, Jan. 20-5)-Fisher-men and storekeepers today blamed the leaking' tanker Oleum for causing fish to taste like stove oil. : Smelt eaters said the fish look ed all right until cooked. "Boy did they taste awful," said Pete Thompson, seafoods market oper ator. The tanker cracked open in heavy seas while entering the mouth of the Columbia river Jan uary 11 and leaked stove oil into the river all the way to Portland. s Thompson said he expected the new catch of smelt to taste all right, now that the oil has been carried away by the current LATIN NATION WORRIED CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic, Jan. 20 UP) President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo today asked congress to declare a state of national emergency. He said the world situation bad placed the national sovereignty in "imminent danger." SILVER DOLLARS STOLEN E. D. Wallace, 1875 N. 23rd ft, reported bis bedrooms ransacked and 53 silver dollars stolen some time between Sim. and 9:15 p. rn. Saturday. Entry was gained through a kitchen window, city police said. Also taken were sev eral old coins including a $5 gold piece. rooms in the state capitol. The idea of banishing pulchritude from the senate chambers Coastal States Reach Mutual Aid Agreement PORTLAND, Jan. 20-(P)-The three west coast states today reached a mutual aid agreement in case of enemy attack or other dis aster. Civil defense officials from Washington, Oregon and Califor nia agreed on a compact that would enable them to send police, fire, medical and other emergency services to each other in time of need. Additional agreements, provid ing for specific operations, are ex pected later. The plan adopted was a model one drafted by national civil defense officials . It will now go to congress and legislatures of the three states for ratification. Officials also discussed common problems that they will lay before civil defense officials at a meeting in Washington, D.C., next month. Philip D. Batson, Washington state director of civil defense, Bur ton Washburn, executive secretary of the California disaster council, and Louis E. Starr, Oregon civil defense director, headed the dele gations from the three states. Hawaii May Set Up State Government HONOLULU, Jan. 2 0-m -Statehood supporters in Hawaii, im patient with congressional delays, want to set up a state govern ment here whether congress likes it or not. Chairman Samuel Wilder King today submitted a report to his statehood commission recommend ing that Hawaii's 1951 legislature study the setting up of a state government in Hawaii without prior approval from congress. 'Our cause is just," he said. "We have held our constitutional con vention and ratified our constitu tion without prior authority from congress. This is the natural third step." If other commissioners approve King's recommendation, the state hood commission will present it to the 1951 territorial legislature. King .noted that Hawaii would not be setting a precedent by such a step. "Tennessee, Michigan, Oregon and Kansas took this action while they were territories," he said. "Then they asked for and obtain ed congressional confirmation of their actions." King admitted the step would entail the expense of a special election and "the possibility con gress might not recognize those elected." Explosion Sets Oil Tanker Afire NORFOLK, Va., Jan, 20-()-An explosion in the oil tanker Log-an-'s Fort set the ten-thousand ton vessel afire here tonight. At least two crewmen were in jured. The fire was brought jinder con trol within half an hour. Great Debate Now Centers on How Much to Build Up Forces in Europe WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -iP)-The Great Depate is changing character as the day of decision nears, centering less on whether to build up the U. S. forces in the European defense Jine against red aggression and more on how big to build them and under what con ditions. I The first tesi originally billed as a showdown but now promising only faint clues to the final ver dict, comes in the senate Tuesday. That is when the lawmakers de cide what to do with a resolution by Senator Wherry (H-Neb) op posing dispatch of; any more foot soldiers to Europe without direct consent from congress, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) who also has taken the position; that troops should not be sent without the approval of the senate, said this week he would "Support an af firmative resolution to authorize the sending of a reasonable num ber." - III started as a joke in the senate's pre-ligislative caucus, but it ap pears now that the suggestion might become a reality. The proposal came from Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland, known as the upper house's chief heckler and good humor, emissary. "I was just needling the boys a little when I made the suggestion, but now it looks like the idea is going to carry," Mahoney com mented Saturday. Mahoney quoted an item carried by an Oregon newspaper columnist who said senators sitting with their secretaries during sessions "1 o o k like a bunch of old goats about ready to ride through the tunnel of love." The special committee appointed by Senate President Paul Patter son to investigate the proposal will recommend it be adopted in Mon day's cacus, according to reliable authorities. On the committee be sides Mahoney are Sens. Dean Walker, Independence, and Wil liam E. Walsh, Coos Bay. If the senate adopts the plan to keep the secretaries out of the chambers, they must provide them with office space somewhere else in the building. The senate has a secretaries' room, but it isn't large enough to accommodate the staff even under the present setup. "I think it's a fine idea to keep the secretaries off the floor during sessions," one senator remarked, "but it isn't going to be nearly bo pretty." Also to be decided in the Mon day caucus is a proposal that all senate debate be recorded this ses sion. A special committee appoint ed to study the matter will rec ommend that debate be recorded by wire recorder. Secretaries could then transcribe any part of the re cordings to furnished interested parties with exact information on what was said in the senate. Both houses will reconvene at 10 a. m. Monday. Senate and house chambers vir tually were deserted at the state house Saturday. Most legislators had returned to their homes after recess Friday. Others who re mained in Salem Friday night went to Portland early Saturday to attend an education meeting. The few legislators remaining in the city spent the time discuss ing the session thus far. One group argued in a hotel lob by as to whether legislators who introduce the most bills are the outstanding lawmakers of a ses sion. Dissenters pointed out that sev eral of Oregon's current and pre vious legislators, considered tops in legislative circles, introduced few bills. Cited among these were the late Sen. W. H. Strayer of Bak er, Sen. Dean Walker of Independ ence, Sen. Carl Engdahl of Pen dleton and Rep. Peter Stadelman of The Dalles. Salem Chemical Firm Gets Contract For Disinfectant Contract for Salem's White Rose Chemical company to supply 212, 000 gallons of disinfectant for overseas shipment by the navy was disclosed Saturday. The firm also announced results of its recent election. Those named to the board of directors were Robert M. Fischer, jr., president; Dr. W. W. Baum, secretary; R. W. Land and Walter S. Lamkin, all of Salem, and A. D. Campbell of Eugene. ;A1 Cohen, until recently repre sentative in this area for General Mills company, was named as head of the sales department for the company's chief product, White Rose bleach. But the chairman of the senate republican, policy comrnittee told a reporter the number of men is the big issue to him, declaring congress "should insist on an over all limitation." i That set the ball rolling merrily again, in a new direction, bringing out clashing views which indicated a real tussle later in the senate foreign relations committee. ; For instance Chairman Connally (D-Tez) of that committee said in an interview that he would not accept any such limitation lor fear it would tie the president'i hands" in an emergency. -! And Senator George - (D-Ga), top ranking democrat after Con nally on the foreign relations group, went Taft's way in opposi tion to the views : of Chairman Connally. He told a reporter to day he wants not only a man power ceiling but spelled-out con ditions for the use of the men. ; There is every indication that Russ Protest Rearming of West Germany LONDON, Sunday, Jan. 21-(P)-Russia has again protested to the western allies against the rearm ing of Germany an the .creation of a North Atlantic defense alli ance. The Soviet Union made public today the text of a note delivered to France in Moscow last night along these lines. Britain also was handed a note, presumably in similar vein. Soviet Minister Andrei Y. Vi shinsky summoned envoys from both western powers to the foreign office in Moscow and handed them notes replying to communications sent to Russia by Paris and Lon don on Jan. 5. The British and French denied previous charpes that the proposed rearming of western Germany would endanger peace. In her present note to France, Russia declared that both the re arming of Germany and the crea tion of a defense alliance were ag gressive acts directed against the Soviet Union and her communist allies. Noting that France had asserted in her Jan. 5 communication that good relations with Russia were essential to peace in Europe, Rus sia declared: "The Soviet government can not but note, that this verbal state ment of the French government does not at all harmonize with the unfriendly policy pursuedby the present French government with respect to the Sovi . Union." Russia also admonished France to adhere to the French - Soviet mutual assistance treaty of 1944. The present situation, it said, had resulted from France's viola tion of this treaty. The note la'.- . in a series of exchanges between the east and west over the proposed four-power meeting w relatively mild. Britain and France on January 5 denied aggressive intent either in Germany or in joining the At lantic alliance. 140-Mile Wind Sweeps Over Canada Coast By tht Associated Press Winds up to 140 miles an hour hit British Columbia yesterday and brought forecasts of heavy rains for Oregon and Washington today. Storm warnings flew along the coastline. The weather bureau said the blow would shoot off to the northeast and exhaust itself in north central Canada. Wins of 140 miles an hour were reported at the southeast tip of the Cape of St. James on Queen Charlotte island. The Pacific northwest has reeled under three major storms and six minor ones in the past 10 days Most severe for Oregon and Wash ington were the hurricane and gale winds that struck January 14 and regenerated themselves January 15. Snow fell generally from Ev- herett south to Olympia Saturday afternoon, piling up an inch in an hour and a half before turning to rain about 4:30 p.m. The weath er bureau forecast showers for Saturday night and Sunday. A heavy snowstorm that start ed at 3 p.m., was reported by the ranger's office at Mt. Rainier Sat urday. the question will be pitched to the foreign relations group Tuesday by referring Wherry's resolution to the committee for 6tudy. Connally is expected to start the fireworks there with a move, backed by President Truman, for substitution of a resolution direct ly approving the dispatch of American ground forces. But there still is likely to be plenty of time for talk and per haps for still more changes in the subject matter. Plans call for hold ing up committee action until the senators can get a report later in the month from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Atlantic pact defense forces, on his current tour of bis new continent-wide command. The law makers want the general's views on whether western Europe's non- communist nations will do their share of the defuse task, and what are tht chalices of success. White-Topped Hills Keep Winter Close 'Jr. -Li 1 ,J ( iff -' I I . Powderincs of snow teased mid-valley residents Friday morning- as snow showers threatened a repeat of last winter's snow worries. The lit ht coverinc of snow soon disappeared from most sections of Salem proper, but white clad Polk county hills above served to remind that it isn't as springy as wishful thinkers are hoping. (Statesman photo). South Oregon Ice Jams Send Flood into Town PAISLEY, Ore., Jan. 20-iP)-An ice jam in thf Chewaucan river sent water swirling around a half dozen homes here today, and an other jam upstream poised a threat to this entire southern Oregon town of 300 population. Water was already reported 17 feet deep behind the upstream jam in Chewaucan canyon four miles upstream from the town and North Koreans Fight to Reach Plains Area TOKYO, Sunday, Jan. 21-yp-An allied patrol today stabbed back into Won ju a few hours after elements of an enemy regiment re captured that gateway town of rubble on the central Korean front. The major menace, however, was southeast of Wonju. Six North Korean divisions at heavy cost in casualties were trying to maneuver for a break out of the Sobaek mountains to the plains of southeast Korea. A field dispatch did not say how long the pre-dawn patrol re-, mained in Wonju. The allies were forced out of the town Saturday for the second time in a week. The dispatch said the patrol found enemy troops working fev erishly at Wonju's airstrip a half mile southeast of town. They ei ther were trying to mine the field or make it usable. The account did not say whether the patrol ran into opposition in Wonju A big enemy offensive was ex pected at any time. But General MacArthur on a surprise visit to the front Saturday declared: "No one is going to drive us into the sea." Patrols Active Patrols were active all along the front, eighth army headquarters reported. New evidence of a re newed Chinese buildup on the western front was unearthed by patrols south of fallen SeouL An allied patrol reported an es timated 5,000 Chinese communists near Kumyangjang, about 25 air miles southeast of SeouL Other en emy troops were on the move in that area and patrol clashes were numerous. The whole Iront was in a ferment Aerial combat stepped up sharp ly over North Korea, and there were five air battles between en emy and U. S. jet fighters before noon, the fifth air force in Korea said. Aerial Battle The biggest air scrap was be tween 12 swift Russian-made MIG-153 and an equal cumber of F-84 Thunderjets over the mouth of the Chongchon river north of the red capital of Pyongyang. Pilots said one enemy Jet ex ploded in the air and another was damaged. The U. S. jets returned undamaged ; to base. ' - i Allied warplanes, nervously looking for targets along the bat tlelines, finally caught large num bers of enemy troops in the open late Saturday afternoon and plas tered them witn rodcets and ma chinegun fire. ; ( '(Additional details on page 2.) -J jt ' v : 1 :i. was building up. "The whole town would be in danger if it let go suddenly," May or J. W. Conway said. Water was running 10 to 12 in ches deep around homes in the northern part of town bordering the river. It spilled out over the ice jam that formed a quarter mile east of town. Bulldozers went to work on the jam just below town. The mayor said blasting was not immediately planned until it has seen what could be done without it. Although the water from the downstream jam could easily spread out over the whole town if the jam were not broken, it is the jam in the canyon that is feared, Conway said. Efforts there by ranchers and other volunteer workers will be directed to clearing the jam so there will be gradual release of the pent up water. A sudden break could be disas trous, Conway reported. The river runs eastward along the northern edge of this town. located about 100 miles east of Klamath Falls. A hill to the north will prevent any spread of water there, sending all of it over the south bank and into the town. FAIDjIANKS TO 'WARM UP' - FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Jan. 20 UP)-The temperature rounded out a full week at 50 degrees below zero today, but it may "warm" up a bit tomorrow perhaps only 45 below. 'VNl Atom Board Seeks to Operate Surplus Texas Ordnance Plant WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 The atomic energy commission disclosed today it has asked the army for "production space" on a huge surplus ordnance plant in Texas. Eeyond saying no work involv ing "radioactive materials" is con templated, the commission an nouncement made a mystery or what it will do there. AEC said it likely would use about 4,000 acres of the reserva tion of the Pantex ordnance plant, 17 miles east of Amarillo, along with some existing equipment and buildings. The project will involve some new construction beginning early this year. "An industrial concern" will op erate the new facility on a cost- plus-fixed-fee contract, AEC said. The Silas Mason co new xorx. has been employed as - architect engineer and has started prelimin ary engineering surveys. 1 .Eventually, about 1,000 persons will operate the facility, but early employment will involve only con jy t ft t V 1 T1 , - ' Attendant at Fairyiew Wins National Award Joseph L. Hoxey, attendant at Fairview home, is one of six such aides to the mentally retarded to receive an award in a nation wide competition, it was an nounced Saturday. Hoxey was chosen from- about 10,000 aides in mental institutions in the United States for his out standing work at Fairview home, said Dr. Irvin B. Hill, superin tendent. The annual awards were made by the National Association for Mental Health. The winning can didates were chosen by a national panel of judges from more than 5,000 participating aides in train ing schools for the mentally re tarded throughout the country. "Hoxey's outstanding record here at Fairview home was sub mitted to the judges by fellow attendants," said Dr. HilL "He Is in charge of a cottage of mentally and physically retarded children. With little to work with, he and Mrs. Hoxey have taken a personal interest in each child and have developed the children both men tally and physically far beyond the efforts of the average attend ant." The $50 award will be made to Hoxey at a ceremony at Fairview January 29, said Dr. Mill. WOMAN ENLISTS AS 'SIREN' DENVER, Jan. 20-G!P)-A Denver woman wrote the state civil de fense headquarters asking to en list as Colorado's "first air raid siren," Director Henry Larsen said today. struction workers, AEC said. The announcement made no es timate of cost, merely noting that funds already liad been appropri ated; AEC officials declined to ampli fy the announcement in-any way. or to indicate the type oi produe tion to be carried on at Pantex. With "radioactive materials" ruled out. other manufacture in which AEC might be Interested could conceivably mvolve: Deuterium, a form of hydrogen and a possible Ingredient for mak ing hydrogen bombs; parts and mechanism for atomic bombs or guided missiles and artillery shells to be fitted with atomic explosives. Experts have said it is theoretical ly feasible to fit such missiles with atomic explosives. v Manufacture of guided missiles and artillery shells, if any testing were-involved, would cau lor i lot of ground. But AEC said- i had deliberately sought - oat place "reasonably close" to an existing community, presumably for living faculties. 4 U.S. Ignores Question of Bombing China By Francis W. Carpenter LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 2(HPh The United States today demanded in a long-awaited resolution that the United Nations brand Com munist China the aggressor in Korea. The U.S. declared also the door to- a peaceful settlement in the UJf; is open but the time has come to draw the line of free na tions against aggression. To meet British and French ob jections, the U.S. proposal left wide open the form of punishment, if any, the U.N. may mete out to Communist China and Communist North Korea. American sources said it did not give General Douglas MacArthur, head of the U.N. field forces, any more authority than he already had to fight the aggressors; specif ically, it does not authorize Amer ican planes to bomb Red China. India's Sir Benegal N. Rau, fresh from Paris talks with Prime Min ister Nehru, attacked the proposed resolution as a "disastrous course" to which India is opposed. He said Peipfng's reply to last Saturday's cease fire appeal, construed by Washington as a flat refusal, was not actually a rejection and it offered further room for negotia tions. After Rau spoke the com mittee adjourned until Monday at 3 p.m. (EST). Resolution Presented On the direct order of Washing ton, Warren R. Austin, VJS. dele gate, put before the 60-nation po litical committee or the general assembly the final form of a reso lution which has been days in pre paration. American sources said Britain and France would vote for it Key points of the resolution are: 1. A decisions by the eeneral as sembly that Communist China has engaged in aggression in Korea. 2. Affirmation by the assembly of U.N. determination to continue its action in Korea to meet the ag gression. This backs up General Douglas MacArthur's statement in Korea today that the U.N. armies will stay in Korea "as long as tb statesmen of the United Nation decide that we should do so." Ask Assistance 3. A call on all countries and authorities to continue to lend every assistance to the U.N. action. 4. A call on all countries and . authorities to refrain from giving any assistance to the aggressors in Korea. 5. Appointment of a committee made up of members of the UJ. collective measures committee ta consider additional measures and to report on them to the general assembly. The Americans first wanted recommendations but tha British and French urged a thor ough and careful approach to pun ishments and the resolution was watered down accordingly. vreauon or committee 6. Creation of a committee of three, including the president of the ILN. assembly, to use its good offices toward a cessation of th hostilities in Korea and the achi evement of UJ. objectives in Korea by peaceful means. Austin read the text of the VA. proposal to the committee and then said: "Tha door to a peaceful settle ment remains open as far as tha United Nations is concerned. My government believes that the time to draw the line is now. By stand ing together in Korea, we support me umxea isauons charter and preserve the principle of collec tive security. Collective judgment and collective action offer the best hope of opposing aggression. Tha alternative is yielding to it. As the U.S. resolution went be fore the delegates, members of tha 12-nation Asian and Arab group were reported putting the final touches on a proposal they expect to put up next week. It provides for another attempt at a cease-Art with Communist China, which alt- ready has turned down three def inite UJf . offers for an end to tha fighting to be followed by negotia tions.. Learn to Spell! These words "will figure la Tha SUtesman-KSLM Spelling Coa test for prizes, new , asderway for 7th and Sth grade pupils at Marios and Polk counties! pride .poltta preach, private puzzle . relation require sailor scholar selfish ; shadow prompt quart reduce request screen tentenca shipment " spear photograph V I. i . '; 1 m t ".-''; -T ' 9 6 t llt
