i 1 i Registration : r' - jT . r - - i i - s WOODBURN, Feb. 20 Registration tables at Legioe hall here today proved to be busy as ume 150 members of Oregon State Farmers Union were si ghing In at the three-day convention. From left to right are Mrs. Dorothy Foat, Marion county secretary; jMrs. Earl Rhoten, Aurora, credential commit tee; Mrs. Frank Way. Central Howell secretary; Mrs. John Cornwell, Woodburn, who Is making local arrangements; Lyle Thomas. sUte secretory; Frank) Schuimerick. Washington county, state board; A- C Spranger, Marion county, state board; Eldon Emerson, Wasco county, state board. (Farm Photo for The Statesman). . Bills to Put Income Tax On General Fund, Repeal Property Levy Advance By Lester F. Cour I I: Staff Writer. The Statesman j; : The house tax committee Monday recommended passage of measures which would place income tax receipts in tie general fund and repeal the state property tax. I Also recommended for passage was a bill requiring that the text of any initiative ballot measure include a statement of 5 how much money would be needed to finance the proposed legislatftm. - The tax group took its first major action of the 1851 session after the tax commission testified that Oregon would still have a $18,500,- Dip SLdLeLIJUS UtDffiQCg The Truman administration is falling apart at the seams. The core remains loyal, but the ad ministration has lost support in and out of congress. Much has been made of the debacle in China and political capital has been piled up by the opposition in antagon ism to Secretary of State Dean Acheson on that account But the administration home front is what is cracking now. People are unhappy over the price - wage situation. Controls were long delayed and the fires cf inflation burned brightly. Even now when controls are supposed to be in effect prices continue to rise and wage-earners are to get an additional 10 per cent. The steady erosion of value of cur rency threatens the whole econ omy. ' Most unhappy are leaders of big labor unions who feel they have been shoved aside in the mobilization planning. Strikes in textile mills reflect an indiffer ence to government orders on a wage freeze. Latest exposure is scandal or near-scandal in the running of RFC, the huge national lending agency. Warned by senators of bad conditions there the president was hostile, called the report of an investigation asinine, and de fied the senate foolishly by re appointing all five members of the RFC board. Now the presi dent is shifting his position and has sent in an order for reorgan izing RFC, putting it under i single administrator. This is ad mission that he will have to give ground on the issue. Congress is more insistent on economy than the president seems to be, less willing to add taxes. It is critical of spending policies even -of-the military which has had a lot of money even if it didn't get all it asked for. The administration forces in congress are by no means cohesive; the power has passed definitely to coalitions of republicans and dem ocrats. On matters dealing with international issues usually enough republicans will jom the fairly (Continued on Editorial Page) RAIN PREVENTS SEARCH NORTH BEND, Ore., Feb. 20- Rain today prevented aerial search for a plane missing since Febru ary 11 with four persons aboard, Learn to Spell! These words win figure In The Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con test for prizes, now' underway for 7th and 8th grade pupils of Marion and Polk counties: invention clothes lady : " earth lily ; - lazy lonely poem manner . taking' medal .' already motion believe promotion cough - bottle garage, Uncle y additional. Table Biisy at Farmers " if Iw"""1- ' - iv ; W' w.-. 000 budget aenca on ; June 1953. even if personal and corpor ation income taxes; are used to pay general state expenses. I Under present law, jersonal in come and corporation excise tax es must be used fto offset state property taxes. Trie property tax repeal would be submitted to the people. I t John Hay, state lax commission attorney, told j the Jhouse commit tee he believed She s- legislature could change the 3aw which re stricts the use of income tax funds without referring the Jssue to the people. I f Neither Satisfied i Meanwhile, the senate labor and industries committee recommend ed an unemployment compensa tion program ; which left neither labor or employes 'completely sat isfied, j B . The committee recommended legislation which would retain the present unemployment scale of $25 a week from 26 Weeks, but would give joblesj persons $2.50 a week for each dependent under 18 up to four dependents. Labor had asked that unem ployment payments be ; increased to $30 a week for j 30 weeks, and employers wanted! to retain the present schedule, j To Reduce Payments ' Other committee recommenda tions would i reduce . employers' payments to :the unemployment compensation fund by 10 percent, would substitute a new: seasonal ity law for the present one and would increase the ceiling on maximum unemployment bene fits in a year fromBi of the earn ings to . If; The senate deferred action on three controversial measures The senators sent back to com mittee measures to repeal the 1949 memorial asking for a world government and to! ban self-serv ice gasoline stations in i Oregon. The upper house tabled tem porarily a bil whifch would place cigaret sales underj the fair trades act, making it unlawful for retail ers to sell them for less than 10 per cent above cost Sen. Dean H. Walker, Independence, f said the measure should! be considered along with a proposed cigaret tax now in the house tax committee. Passed by Senate I Sent to the governor by the senate were bills to let the board of control sell the! $250,000 state blind trades school at Portland, and to increase salaries of state police officers. f ;t The house approved and sent to the senate bills which would make taxi driving a hazardous occupa tion, allowing ; drivers to be pro tected by state industrial accident insurance, and would make coun ty clerks turn over complete ree istration lists to the secretary of state to keep the state office up to aate. . it Sen. Richard JL Neuberger, Portland, struck out at eastern Oregon legislators Jwho have op posed his legislative reapportion ment proposals by! introducing a bill to consolidate fare eastern Oregon counties, t 1 ; Neuberger's proposal would merge hf rman, wheeler, Gilli am, Morrow and Umatilla coun ties, with Pendleton as the county seat. The measure would be re ferred to the people in 1952. Sen. Phil Hitchcock, 1 Klamath x ans, introduced a measure which would allow high, school students to discontinue physical: education classes when' they reacb' the jun ior year.' -1 s. .- .; f I A senate resolution Introduced Tuesday would have the superin tendent 'of public Instruction ap pointed by the board of education. The official is now elected. This amendment to the . constitution would be referred to the people. j3otn the house and senate will meet at 10 a. m. today. 9 - ( Legislative news also Page 18.) Meet 4 J - 'i Farmers Union Conclave Opens At Woodburn By Lillle L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman WOODBURN, Feb. 20 The Oregon State j Farmers Union has increased its membership more than 60 per cent in the past year, Lyle Thomas,! state secretary, re vealed in his annual report given at the opening session of the three day- convention here today. All meetings and banquets are being held at Legion Hail. The membership count has not been completed, Thomas continu ed, but already the' figures were well over 60 iper ; cent above last year. Twenty4-five locals exceed ed last year's figures, some of them more than double, he added Exact membership will be given before the convention is over, he promised. And this increase in member ship was "more solid faraner mem bership," the secretary said. The loss of membership in the past few years was due; to the separation of the Farmers Union stores from the sta e organization The heaviest loss m membership was in the Sa lem trade area. The present mem bership is built, not on economic ties, but on an understanding of the Farmers Union program, he concluded. i Backs Social Security Ronald Jones, president of the Oregon State j Farmers Union, in his annual report, made a plea for the family-sized farm and the small business. He insisted that farmers should be included fully under social security. On national issues, Jones re ferred to the commodity battle represented by "marketing agree ments and acreage control" as "dangerous to ' our entire farm population." He favored paying only for production, adding that "aid should never be given in the interest of restriction." Turning to the state problems, Jones urged his listeners to watch that we do not lose control of rural schools.' This plea, he said was not so much in the interest of economy as in the betterment of rural life. Rural schools should be as well equipped and have as good teachers as urban schools, he said. He didn't think it neces sary to maintain a "huge budget surplus" in the banks so "that we could call our budget balanced Clearing up the "loopholes in-our present taxes," would, he believed, handle the situation without addi tional taxes. He hoped, too, for some sort of reapportionment pro gram out of the present legisla ture, j: Coops Not Dead Issue All cooperatives in the Farmers Union are not a dead issue, Jones saia. i "We do," he said, "have a co operative committee at this con vention to see what can be done in the line of Farm Union co operatives." 1 Woodburn welcomed the 150 F Triers Union members includ ing the 58 official delegates who registered today. Invocation was said by the Rev. E. K. Fenton of the Presbyterian church. "Mayor Elmer Mattson welcomed the group and greetings were brought by Charles Cornwell of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, and Lyman Seelyf from the Rotary. (Additional details page 5.) CYRIL MAUDE DIES ! TORQUEY, lEntf, Feb. 20-JIV Cyril Maude, J the actor-manager who gained fame in nearly half a century on the: British and Ameri can stage, died! at bis home today. He was 88. I .. ( Max. ' Mia. map. L SI 3 trae i 4S 40 - jM Ilka Portland Saa Francisco i 56 39 . traco Chicago j 38 3 trace Mew York 41 37 , J ' - Winametto River S.T feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and- tonight. Increasing cloudiness late Thursday. High today 52-54. Low tonight 38-40. IALZM PRCCEPITATIOff tlac Start of Weataer Ytax seat. 1 Thl Yeas. Last You Normal 100th YEAH 18 PAGES Steel Cutback to Affect Sate (SHmrQe Lalbwatoiry . EjSirecihtDir Kesisinis Long Island U. Drops Sports As Tix' Bared NEW YORK, Feb. 20-(j!P)-Long Island university tonight cancelled its remaining basketball games and said it is withdrawing from inter-collegiate athletics of all kinds. Four Long Island past or pres ent cage stars have admitted fix ing seven basketball games for $18,500 in bribes, authorities said today. As a result, a special meeting of the university's trustees de cided to return all sports at LIU "to the status of intra-mural com petition." Three LIU stars were arrested today after admitting they threw seven games three last year and four this season. The three are Sherman White, the nation's high scorer among major teams and rated the outstanding performer in the country; Adolph Bigos, cap tain of .this season's LIU quintet and Le Roy Smith, classy guard.. (Complete details on sports page.) : ' U.S. Proposes Big 4 Meet At Washington WASHINGTON,- Feb. 20 - (P) -The United States has proposed to Russia that a big four foreign ministers conference to ease world tensions be held in Washington provided a "mutually acceptable basis" for it can be agreed upon. The American note, made pub lic tonight, was delivered in Mos cow last night to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky. Paral lel notes were delivered by Great Britain and France. The U. S. note declared that the primary cause of the tense world situation is the "general attitude" of the Soviet Union. It suggested that a preliminary meeting cf representatives of the four powers be held in Paris March 5, on condition that Russia agree to talk about the real cau ses of International troubles. Guard Division Call-Up Halts WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (JP Regular army divisions will form the backbone of the army under plans which call for the release of about 233,800 national guardsmen and reservists when they have completed their current federal I duty. The army's chief of training and planning, Maj. Gen. Maxwell Tay lor, disclosed this today. He also said no more national guard div isions than the six now In service will be called unless the world situation forces more complete military mobilization. Firm Adds to Holdings on Ferry Street Union Security company's ac quisithn of Ferry street property which brings its ownership along the 300 block to more than 50 per cent was disclosed Tuesday. The purchase was of a 75 foot frontage at 349 Ferry st, whose one-story building was un til: recently , occupied by. Propane Gas and Appliance company, from Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Findley. Con sideration for the site, 57- feet deep, was about $30,000, accord ing to revenue stamps on the deed in the county recorder's office. nl tended use of - the building was not disclosed by Thomas A. Roberts, who with Harry Hawkins of i Portland owns Union Security. The firm also owns the : Marion hotel and ; the : liberty Carpark property and is constructing a car park: at the northwest corner of Ferry and Commercial streets. i rr. ; : FLYING TOUR TO START PORTLAND. Feb. 20-tfVOre- gon's flying businessmen will take off here tomorrow on their eighth tour. Harry j Goble, tour sponsor, said the 18 pilots signed for the 7,000-mile flight to Marattan. Mex ico, were leaving a day early to avoid a storm forecast by the weather bureau.' : ; ' . . i . - ; .-....: . ' 3 :- - : ' , - ; -' " - y ' - " - -3 - y j ' mundbd j I&51 ! :' -: - " The Oregon Statesman. at Kloti Lescislative Lab Chief Says Police Whitewashed Charges; Sheriffs Air Complaints By John H. White Staff Writer, The Statesman Years of friction between' two departments of the Oregon state police exploded Tuesday after noon when Capt. H. L. Richard son, head of the state crime lab oratory in Portland, resigned at a legislative hearing. Richardson, an assistant pro fessor of pathology, referred to charges against his crime lab assistant, Jack Bearss, which he had brought to the attention of state police. . Bearss was cleared by a state police board of charges of mutil ation of photographs and other evidence in criminal cases. Richardson claimed the inves tigating board was prejudiced on Bearss' behalf and "white washed" the case with the back ing of H. G. Maison, superinten dent of state police. Maison who was present at the hearing, did not comment on these, charges. He did accept Richardson's resignation. Charges Meddling The doctor charged Bearss with attempting to be a "super sleuth" Iby meddling in medical procedures of -which he had no knowledge. t "I know as much as any doc tor and I can do what I please. No doctor can tell me anything," Richardson quoted Bearss as saying. Bearss, a former state patrol man, was appointed to the lab oratory in 1947 to work in bal listics. Richardson said he later asked Maison to name Bearss as his assistant to "give him a raise In pay." The doctor charged Maison with a "lack of administrative understanding of the need for trained personnel,' although, un der questioning by Rep. Sprague Carter, Pendleton, he admitted he thought Maison "qualified to handle affairs of the state po lice." Manufactured Results Richardson, who has been head of the crime lab since 1946, said, "The crime laboratory is now in the hands of men who can manufacture results to suit their case. I'm through fighting for the principles of educational qualifications.' He said he did not think it possible to operate a crime labor atory successfully under present law. The blowup came during a heated hearing before the house state and federal affairs com mittee on legislative bills to take control of the state identification bureau in Salem and the crime lab in Portland away from the state police. Division over Issue Sheriffs and the state police split wide open on the issue. Sherriff O. T. Carter, Douglas county, i claimed that evidence sent to the crime lab two years ago after the slaying of El wood Gallager at Canyonville was still "unreported" by the state police. Sheriff Howard Gault of Jack son county said three years ago he sent in for analysis of some evidence and was informed by Two Spelling Champions for Polk County Schools Chosen Dennis : Olson, 13-year-old bas ketball captain at Mountain View school irr Polk county, holds the "spelling c h a m .pionship of his i school today. Dennis, 8th- grade son of Mr. tend Mrs. Wilbur ; Olson of route 8, ' i box 410,' Salem. was certified for that honor la The Statesman- KSLM contest by ah principal and rimia ois teacher, Mrs. Ruth N. BlackweH. : : He will compete with winners of nine other schools In a semi final (division) contest at Sola school Tuesday, March 20. Certified as winner of second place at Mountain View was Rose mary Gilbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. TInkham Gilbert, route 8, box 401, Salem, and as third-place winner Allen Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Simmons, route 8, box 606, Salem. Both Rosemary and Allen are IS years old and In the 8th grade. Certificates of merit already have been sent to Mountain View's three top spellers. Salem. Oroaon. Wednesday. February 21. 1951 a state police official that the laboratory j was available only to state policemen. "I have j refrained from using the service since that time," Gault said,' j - Inquiries 'Hindered' Sheriff Lloyd Lewis of Jose phine county charged that state policemen j were being notified about all material sent to the lab by his office but that the re verse was not true, thus hinder ing investigation. Sheriff Terry Shrunk of Mult nomah county said ; the identi fication bureau and crime labor atory should be available on an equal basis to all law enforce ment agencies. "Either that or counties will have to set up their own labs, costing the taxpayers money," he said. Rep. J. I O. Johnson. Tigard, asked Shrunk if this couldn't be accomplished without changing the present set-up. ; "It could be done tomorrow, then forgotten after the legis lature adjourned," Shrunk ans wered, j Maison, state police superin tendent, referred to charges that the bureau of identification was not available to all by saying. Used by Sheriff's Men "Gentlemen, the bureau is yours. Scarcely a day passes that one of Sheriff Denver Young's men does not use this service." "If you itake the ID bureau from the state police, you will Impair -our service and cripple that of every other agency." Rep. Paul Geddes, Roseburg, asked Maison if there were any reason why the crime laboratory should be under-state police con trol. ! "I don't think so and I'm not particularly interested. It must be operated at the medical school, but who supervises it is a matter of opinion," Maison said. Asked by Geddes if it would make any difference , of the record bureau were left with the state police. Sheriff Denver Young, Marion county, said "Yes. Some of our cases are investi gated by the state police who use our evidence because it gets back to them before it gets to us." "Could It be that the state police open their mail sooner?" Maison countered. The Oregon Sheriffs associa tion has gone on record as favor ing creation of a new crime lab oratory, governed by represen tatives of all enforcements agen cies. ! The committee took no action on the bills Tuesday. Actually, two of the three bills dealing with reorganization, are not yet ( In the hands of the committee ' which conducted the hearing. The measures were dropped by Rep. John Logan, assistant dis trict attorney of i Multnomah county. I i ABLE STANDS FOR jAS BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 10 -(Walter! Able Is able. The Sey mour, Ind.J freshman made straight "A's" in every subject in bis first semester at Indiana uni versity. I Spring Valley will be represent ed in the I semi -finals of The Statesman-KSLM spelling contest Iby IS -year -old Jeanetta Apple bury, daughter of ,Mr. and Mrs. fMelvia Apple tbury ! of route 1, 'box 650, Salem. 4 Jeanetta,who is lux the 8th grade, j won the spelling uurrpionship of ? the 7th and 8th r rraaes m the Jmaett AroltkerrP Oik COUBtT school. She was certified as the winner by her principal and tea cher, Irene Nelson, and will com pete with nine other school win ners at a division contest at Sola school on Tuesday, March 20. Phyllis McKlnney, 13, Sth-grade daughter of Mr.; and Mrs. Ben McKlnney -of route 1, box 643, Sa lem, was certified as second-place winner in Spring Valley, and Lo ren TJnd, also 13 and in the 8th grade, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Lind of route 1, box 620, Salem, won third place. Their certificates were sent to them by the contest a p on s o r s Tuesday. Givilian itOeairnira, t Hits Chemawa Indian School An Influenza epidemic is spread ing at Chemawa Indian school where 100 students already have contracted the disease, Chemawa health authorities . reported Mon day, i None of the cases Is considered serious. But spokesmen said there was no indication the surge of new cases had crested. There are some 600 students at Chemawa. - With the school's 53-bed hos pital : overtaxed, students with mild cases are being confined 'to their dormitories. The epidemic has caused indef inite postponement of a celebra tion observing the school's 71st birthday, according to authorities. It had been slated for next Mon day. U.N. Navy, Air, Ground Units Press Attacks TOKYO, Wednesday. Feb. 21-C-A day-long bombardment by the battleship Missouri 170 miles north of the 38th parallel was an nounced today as the allies carried the fight to the reds in Korea by land, air and sea. A quick rundown of the three way Initiative; , . Naval The 45,000-ton "Big Mo Tuesday blasted bridges and other targets at Tanchon on the north east coast. To the south, other warships shelled the big east coast port of Wonsan for the seventh straight day. Gronnd Counterattacking al lied troops forced North Koreans to withdraw in such haste north of Chechon in east-central Korea that they left behind thefr dead and supplies. Withdrawal above, Chechon put the reds on the de fensive all across the Korean pen insula. Air Allied warplanes flaw 875 sorties Tuesday and spotted more enemy tanks than have been seen since mid-December. They knock ed out six and damaged three. Ainea rroops in we uiecnon area erased a deep dent in the front. An armored task force swept 10 miles north of Chechon and cap tured Chuchon, erasing a red dent In the central front. Allied tanks and artillery caused North Kor eans to break and run. For more than 70 miles across the. peninsula from Chechon westward to the Yellow sea - allied patrols searched aggressive ly for the foe. "The Egg and V Authoress Cleared Of Libel Charges SEATTLE, Feb. 20-VA su perior court jury of nine men and three women returned an unani mous verdict late today clearing Betty MacDonald, authoriess of the best-selling book. The Egg and L of libel. She, her husband Don, and her publisher, J. B. Lippincott, were defendants in a 8500,000 libel suit. The suit was brought by nine members of the Albert Bishop family and Raymond H. Johnson. The Bishops contended they were portrayed unfavorably as the "Ket tle family' in the book. Johnson contended he was portrayed as the Indian Crowbar. , Members of the Jury disclosed the verdicts were unanimous on the first ballot, but that most of the time the jurors were listening to The Egg and I being read aloud. . . -r - Bohanon said the jury had checked . Judge Wllkins - Instruc tions carefully and noted he said they should consider the book In its entirety. So they read it aXL 18-Year-Old Drift r Compromise Considered WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-tfV-A compromise universal military ser vice hill, providing the drafting of youths at 18tt and lengthening the active service from 21 to 27 months, was made public today by Chairman Vinson (DGa) of the house armed services commit- He explained it represents the general trend of thinking In the committee, which -is coarliering the subject behind closed doers. Flu Epidemic PRICE 5c Goods To s; Materials For Autos WASHINGTON. Fab. 20 The national" production authority today announced a cutback on rtel that my lead : to smaller autne and dwindling supplies of r4'm and television sets, re frige rater - and other household appliances, I - The agency said that be firming April 1. steel for passenger auto mobiles and other goods win be slashed 20 per cent below the av erage level of , the first half of 1950. . . i i ; : NPA Chief Manly Fleischmansi Vi J nrnmrn far rfeci save about l500,000 tons of Heel for defeense production tanks , guns, ships and planes ind that further cuts may be expected Ifc- -er this year. - I i Even Larrer Cat r ; - NPA officialssaid a 80 per ent cut may be necessary--in the tfcirrf quarter of - this year, beginning July 1. t M j - Fleischmann told reporters that the auto industry will be free- to make as many cars as it can witfc . the steel it gets. He said seme manufacturers may! choose' to make smaller, less expensive rare, . " In Detroit, industry sources pre- dieted that almost as many ears wUl be built in the first half t this year as in the same period lash last year; . . I ' During the second quarter cf tW' year, manufacturers will be liaa- ited to 80 per cent of the steel they used in producing about 1,550,000 autos on a Quarterly las- is last year. i Mi' Te Limit Steel - I j I I Fleischmann told a news confer ence that a determination to &f guard employment figured "very , largely" in NPA's decision to lim it the steel cut to 23 per cent new and -impose other cuts gradually. Despite the cutback, the NPA chief said it will be possible tm continue the . production et cen sumer goods- at high levels most instances at levels never at tained before 1949 and 1950." ; Keyed with the steel cut, NPA announced a 25 per cent reduceca in copper and a 35 per cent euf in aluminum below the aver re level during: the first half of IflL These will apply to products ef fected by the steel cutback. ; " Dallas Area - Donates 155 i i i I Pints of Blood f lUUnui Wtwi JmiWi I DALLAS, Feb. 23 , The? He Cross blood bank gained 1SS prats here today in a special visit ef the mobile blood unit. . ! ! ? Residents of RickrealL Falls City and Perrydale helped swell the total which came primarily from Dallas citizens. ! ! More than 200 donors responded Rejections were said high due to stringent requirements now In ef fect. All blood volunteered today is earmarked for shipment to over seas armed forces. ' It: ' i n Ike Back in Europe To Take Command ; CHERBOURG. France. Feb! 21 (AVGen. Dwlght D- Eisenhower arrived in France today to ; take commanad of his Atlantic alliance army. After receiving a Cher bourg welcoming committee, Jm left by plane for Paris. - t H Elsenhower, his wife and mem bers of his party . came at here from the Queen Elizabeth by cut ter through heavy seas. ! THE MEN WIN'S FLAtTDITS f HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20-CfVTbe Screen Writers guild honored K9 own tonight, selecting The ManA a film about paralysed war;vei. erans, as. the film that best de picted the American scene in Animal Cfc:!:e.b if!! i I I