CHf
ssooooe
" Today is George Washington's
birthday. : Hatchets and cherries
will be in evidence as party fa
vors, but not many George Wash
ington banquets will be held. For
one thing Washington is the patron
saint of no party, so no existing
party can ma.:e capital by doing
homage to his memory. Washing
ton was un-partisan, he decried
parties and factions, regarding
them as a threat to the country.
But even during his period as
president marked division of sen
timent arose between schools of
thought led by Alexander Hamil
ton and Thomas Jefferson, which
developed into the federalist and
"republican (later democratic)
parties. -
The other day I received a post
card quiz in some poll, and one
question was whether Washington
or Lincoln had performed the
greater service for the country.
That seems a very foolish ques
tion, one that was debated years
ago in grade school debates. Each
was a distinct personality; each
made a great contribution to this
country. How could we dispense
with either?
Probably Lincoln is a somewhat
more popular figure because he is
nearer to us in time, and seems
the more intimately attached to
the commonalty of mankind.
Washington is more remote in
time and was in like more of an
austere figure,' revered rather than
loved. Yet Washington was "first
in war and first in peace" and
still is held high in the hearts of
his countrymen.
Really to get into the mood of
Washington and his age one should
visit Mt Vernon. A splendid park
way leads-down from Washington
along the Potomac, and one feels
he is treading on sacred ground
when he sets foot in the precincts
of Mt. Vernon. Only try to pick
a sunny day when you go. The
last time I was there, in March,
1950, near closing time of a drear,
rainy day the disagreeable weath
er chilled one's . fervor. Besides,
one of the
(Continued on Editorial page 4)
First Call for
ring Farm
Help Sounded
First call for spring farm work
was sounded Wednesday.
Orders for early hopyard work
ers were received from through-
out Marion and Polk counties by
the Salem office of the state em
ployment service. Men are need
ed to put in trellises, re-set poles
and prepare for hoeing.
The hop work call is about two
weeks early this year. Usually
there is work for some 1,500 men
In hopyards the first week in
March.
The Independence area is seek
ing 50 .to 100 workers and other
hop districts also have placed or
ders for workers, said William H.
Baillie, employment office man
ager. Within a few weeks the call for
field workers will be extended to
cover strawberry and cane fruit
,crops.
Jet Sets Atlantic
Hop Record, But
Fails to Beat Sun
GANDER, Nfld., Feb. 21-P)-A
twin-jet British bomber failed to
day in a race to beat the sun
across the North Atlantic, but
landed with the fastest crossing in
history four hours and 40 min
utes. Strong headwinds slowed the
black and grey Canberra bomber,
which has a speed rating of-better
than 600 miles an hour, on its 2,
1 00-mile flight to Gander from
Aldergrove air base, near Belfast,
northern Ireland.
The sun made the swing in three
and a half hours 600 miles an
hour. Nosed out by an hour and
10 minutes with an average speed
. of about 445 miles an hour, the
bomber's three-man crew emerged
here with the comment:
"Lead us to the coffee.1
The first jet aircraft ever to fly
the Atlantic without refueling, the
Canberra beat the best previous
west-east record by 30 minutes.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
te.Uf UI y you cot t no"
Measure
Supports
U.N. Role
By Lester F. Coor ;i
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Oregon's senate voted 22 to 8
Wednesday to retract a 1949 legis
lative memorial asking the Unit
ed Nations to work for a -world
government to prevent and stop
wars of aggression. .
The rescinding memorial was
approved earlier in the session by.
the house, but must go back tnere
today because of senate amend
ments which have to be approved.
The senate also adopted : a res
olution to replace the 1949 me
morial This statement of policy
gives the legislature's support to
the United Nations peace efforts,
but makes no reference to a world
government. This also goes to the
house. 3
Sen. Phil Hitchcock, Klamath
Falls, opposed the measure? to re
tract the 1949 world government
request, saying "this is a step
which will let the entire,, country
know the Oregon legislature and
the people of Oregon are in favor
of isolationism."
Points to Principle
"The legislature was not trick
ed into passing the 1949 memor
ial," Hitchcock told the senate.
"The principle of world govern
ment is still distant, but the world
will never have peace until all
nations of the world get together
to demand it." '
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Port
land, supported the measure to
rescind the 1949 legislature's
world government request. "We
want the country to know that
Oregon doesn't want a world gov
ernment, but does support the
United Nations," Mahoney declar
ed. .
Voting against the legislation to
retract the last legislature's world
government request were Senators
Brady, Chase, Hitchcock, Holmes,
Musa, Neuberger, Wilson and Pat
terson. To Boost Track Fees
The house; roads and highways
committee introduced one of the
most controversial bills of the ses
sion a measure which would
boost truck fees $1,700,000 a year.
Recommended by the 1949 high
way interim, committee, the bill
would boost from 29 to 33 per
cent the share truckers would pay
for road costs. ,J
The house welfare committee
voted 4 to 2 to recommend pas
sage of a bill which would abol
ish the state's prior claim on the
estates of deceased pensioners and
persons on public welfare. The
issue will come to the floor later
this week on a divided report.
The prior claim law was 'passed
in 1949.
Rep. Giles French, Moro, an
nounced Wednesday he" Will in
troduce a bill to repeal the $30
per child basic school fund in
crease approved by the voters last
November. Another measure, al
ready introduced, would reduce
the basic school fund census age
range from 4 to 20 to 6 to 17,
lopping $8,000,000 1a year off state
aid to schools.
To Require Proof
Another bill introduced in the
house would require persons seek
ing marriage licenses to furnish
proof that they are eligible. Rep.
David Baum, LaGrande, is spon-j
sor of the proposal
The senate passed and sent to
the senate a measure by Sen
Richard L. Neuberger, Portland,
to require political committees to
list with the state elections divi
sion the full names and addresses
of campaign ; contributors, f
The senate law committee
agreed to introduce a bill which
would raise the pay of jurors from
$5 to $7 a day. Sen. Warren Gill,
Lebanon, said the present pay
scale was not sufficient to pay
the wages of baby sitters who care
for the children of women called
to jury duty.
Meanwhile, the stage was set
for a senate; battle Monday over
this session's: unemployment com
pensation program.
The senate labor and industries
has unanimously supported bills
to reduce employers contributions
to unemployment compensation 10
per cent, allow $2.50 a week for
dependents; of persons receiving
unemployment payments and to
repeal the seasonality ' clause.
Six of seven committee;! mem
bers voted for a bill which would
extend unemployment compensa
tion coverage to all employers.
The compensation is now restrict
ed to employers with four or more
employes. Sen. s Eugene Marsh,
McMinnville, said he would file
a minority! report seeking! defeat
of the proposal ii I
The senate agriculture commit
tee announced it may take action
on a bill ; by Senator Mahoney
which would let the voters I decide
whether milk control should be
repealed. If approved by the peo
ple, . in 1 1952, the measure I would
repeal , all but the sanitary pro
visions of the milk control law.
Under the milk law, the state now
controls milk prices and quotas.
Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a. m. today, t .
(Other legislative news on page
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Chicago ,
New York
WOIamtt River 5.1 feet.
' FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau, McNary field, Salem) : Fair today
and tonight. Hot much change in tem
perature with high today near 54 and
low tonight toear 33.
SALEM PRECrPITAnOJC
' Sbtee Start ef Weather Year, Sept. I
This Year ,L t Last Year formal
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100th YEAH
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Used Car
Ceilings
Controls to Affect
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-C')-Dollars-and-cents price ceilings
were set on used cars today in a government order that also prohib
ited new car sales at more than the manufacturer's suggested retail
prices. :
Automobile prices were frozen at the manufacturers' levels on
December 18. But today's, order applies to the retail markets and to
Race Forms for
Presidency of
Farmers Union
By Lillie L. Madsen
Farm Editor. The Statesman
WOODBURN, Feb. 21 "Hot"
lobbying this afternoon at the
second day of the Oregon State
Farmers Union three-day conven
tion, gave promise of a good
crowd for tomorrow, the closing
day as well as the election day.
- Sunny spring weather made it
possible for more small groups to
meet. All corners of the huge
Legion hall, where the convention
is being held, were occupied, with
other small groups meeting out
side as ! well as on the enclosed
porch. Speakers had difficulty in
retaining their share of the audi
ence in the main hall.
' Whiles it was believed late to
night that proponents of Ronald
E. Jones, who will be nominated
for re-election to the presidency,
had theiedge on votes, there were
a number of lobbyists working
toward placing the name of Dock
J. Hunt of Boring favorably for
Jones' position. Other candidates
were also mentioned earlier, but
as evening closed in, every indi
cation was that the competition
would be confined largely to these
two. Election is set for the after
noon. Committees did not complete
their work for reporting, and no
resolutions were offered yet "to
day. In order to take care of the
large amount of business left for
the closing day. President Jones
asked that the convention open at
9:30 tomorrow morning.
Farmers will see more of price
regulation, H. J. Rolph, Denver,
vice president of the National
Farmers Union, promised the 200
delegates who turned out today.
"The price we get for our farm
products will depend upon our
legislation," was the way he
put it. j
Rolpb, believed, in spite of all
the regulations imposed in recent
years, that the marketing system
is still far .from what it should
be, he said. The spread between
producer and consumer is too
great, he -explained.
Wendell Barnett reporting for
the liquidating committee of the
Farmers Union Co-op store at Sa
lem, said that he hoped the State
Farmers Union might form a new
cooperative and buy assets of the
existing one now in process of
liquidation. He thought the assets
could be had for from $65,000 to
$70,000. L The co-op, he stated,
had rapidly increased recently
and had grossed some $17,000
during jJanuary. (See story page
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OSC PSYCHOLOGIST DIES
CORVALLIS, Feb. 21-(flVDr.
O. R. Chambers, 57, head of the
Oregon j State college psychology
department for 22 years, collapsed
and died of a cerebral hemorrhage
here today.
Champion Spellers Selected
At McKee, Oak Point Schools
Irene i Weinacht, 12 - year - old
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Peter
Weinacht of route 2, Woodburn
was announced
as the champion
speller of McKee
school in north
ern Marion
county ! Wednes
day. ; .
Irene,! who is
in the 7th grade,
will compete
with the champ- ?
ions of ;11 ; other
schools ' at Mt
J
day, March 26 at
Ireme Weiaacfes
7:30 pNm in a semi-finals of The
Statesman-KSLM spelling ' - con
test for Marion and Polk counties.'
Certified as second-place win
ner at McKee was Janice Juve,
14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Juve cf route 2, Woodbum.
Janice is in the 8th grade.
The girls were announced., as
winners by their' principal and
teacher,' Emma M. Blsanz. ,
Anil- World
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Price
Invoked
Resale of New Cars
individuals who may be selling a
car.
Bruce Morris, chief of the auto
mobile division of the office of
price stabilization, said the order
is aimed at:
1. Halting a "widespread flow
of new cars into the used car mar
kets. He said some dealers have
been asking prices higher for
these "new" used cars than the
manufacturers' listed prices for
new cars.
2. Preventing used cars from
selling above new car prices.
The new regulations will be ef
fecuve March Z. The used car
price ceilings will be based on
prices listed in the guide books
that used car dealers employ as a
yardstick of values.
The order 'listed five of these
books: The Blue Book National
used car imarket report; the Red
Book National used car market
report: NADA official used car
guide: Wisconsin Automotive val
uation guides, used in Wisconsin;
and the Kelly Bluebook used in
Arizona, California, Idaho, Neva
da, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The order says toe guide books
will be used to set dollars-and
cents ceilings on used cars. It also
requires the dealers to continue
using the same guide book they
employed; in the past. The dealers
must register their books with
the OPS office.
Morris said the order specifies
that in any case where a guide
book price on a used car is higher
than the list price of the car when
new, the: dealer cannot charge
more than the new price.
He explained that in some cas
es the guide books quote a higher
price for a used car than the new
price. As an instance he said one
guide book lists a 1950 4-door
Chevrolet sedan at $1665 but the
factory delivered new car price
is '$1450. The dealer would notbe
permitted: to charge more than
$1450, Morris said.
However, the dealer will be per
mitted to increase the ceiling price
by the amount represented in ac
cessories with which the used car
may be equipped. But the prices
that can be imposed for accessor
ies such as radio, heater, option
al transmission equipment are
specified in the guide books.
St. Paul Farmer
Shot Accidentally
NEWBERG, Feb. 21-JF)-A St
Paul, Ore., farmer suffered a
severe gunshot wound here today
when his : 12-gauge shotgun acci
dentally discharged as he was
climbing over a lence.
City Patrolman Lee Hawkins
said John Merten, 23, told him
he had put his gun up against a
fence post and was climbing over
the fence when the gun dis
charged. ;
Merten was brought to Willam
ette hospital here.
BAUXITE PLANT DUE
OL.YMPIAt Feb. 21 -4JP)- The
Nisqually flats east of here is be
ing considered as a site for a $20
000,000 bauxite plant that would
employ about 500 men, Henry
Kruse, president of the Olympia
chamber of commerce announced
today.
Fourteen-year-old Sandra Bar
tel held the spelling champion
ship of Oak Poinjt school in Polk
county tooay...
- Sandra was"
certified by her i
Drt n c 1 d al and '
teacher, Wilma.
Young, to repre-f
sent Oak Point J
in the semi-fin-
als of The States- i
man - KSLM
spelling r contest
at Eola school;
the nlvht. of
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auoxvu w.' -.. Sandra Bartel
becond place
at Oak Point went to Leslie Peter
son, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grove
Peterson of route 1, box 319,. In
dependence, and third place to
Patsy Hardmarv' 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hardman of
route 1, box 258, Independence.
Sandra is the daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Bartel of route
1, box 317, Independence.
- All three winners are in the
8th grade.; .-
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bridse now under construction serosa the Willamette river. Mounds ef dirt indicate where supports
for the long overhead bridge approach are new being constructed. Nearest street above Is Front
street and at end of construction is Commercial street where the bridge approach will start. (States
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Illness Forces
Musgrave to
Drop ARC Role
Walter Musgrave. Salem realtor
and civic leader, was hospitalized
in Portland Wednesday.
He expects to spend some time
at the Veterans hospital under
going treatment for a condition
resulting from World War II in
juries. . '
As a result Musgrave is leaving
the volunteer post of fund, cam
paign chairman for the American
Red Cross in Marion county. He
expressed his regrets at this turn
of events Wednesday, adding:
"All divisions throughout Mar
ion county fin xne run a cam
paign) are in the final stages of
organizational work, with com
petent leaders in charge. Divis
ion leaders have accepted their
responsibilities with real serious
ness, realizing the tremendous
job which Red Cross is doing in
mobilization for defense.
'Prophet9 Not Honored
In His Otcn County
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb." 21-Wh-
George Washington's birthday
Thursday' is a school holiday ev
erywhere in northern Virginia
with one exception. ': ;
That's in Fairfax county where
Washington lived. The Fairfax
youngsters have to go to school to
make up for a day lost because of
bad weather. ' r f
ANTX-FBZEZE DUNK FATAL -
U.S. TE3TH CORPS HEAD
QUARTERS. Korea, Feb. 214P-
Drinking anti-freeze denatured
alcohol on the frigid Humgnam
beachhead last December took the
lives of three soldiers and two sea
men, and made IS other men ill,
a U. S. Seventh division spokesman
said today - : - -
BING LEAVES HOSPITAL
SANTA MONICA. Calif, Feb.
2MAVBing Crosby left SC John's
hospital, today t feeling fine,' his
doctor said. . rue crooner under
went surgery for m kidney ail
ment February 12." '
Wr&wemMem it
Orecon, Thursday, February 22.
IMJOIJ
Makes Way for
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Miss America
Ruled Anemic
NEW YORK, Feb. 21-(JP)-Yolande
Betbeze, the reigning Miss
America, has been plugging for
blood donations for Korean war
casualties as part of the annual
Sportsmen's show here.
Today, - Miss America reported
to the Red Cross to give a pint
of blood herself. But the techni
cians wouldn't take it They said
she was suffering from chronic
anemia.
FIRMS BID FOR SENIORS
CORVALLIS, Feb. 21-tVP)-More
than 50 national firms have sent
personnel representatives to Ore
gon State college to interview
seniors and graduate students for
possible employment This indi
cates increasing competition in in
dustry for trained technicians,
college officials said.
White Mouse Secretary's
Husband Denies Charges
. Washington; Fen. 21-ve.
Merl Young, prosperous husband
of' a White House stenographer,
denied today he had solicited an
$85,000 fee to help get a recon
struction finance loan and swore
he had "never received one cent"
in fees from anybody j ; - -Bis
statement before a- senate
banking subcommittee investigat
ing charges ox favoritism and in
fluence in . the granting of RFC
loans caused ' Senator Tobey (R-
NH) to. storm that 'somebody has
committed perjury"
Young's testimony contradicted
that of Ross Bohannon. a Dallas;
Texas, lawyer, who testified earlier-that
Young had asked for the
$85,000 in offering to use his in
fluence in arranging a $10,100,000
RFC loan for. the Texmass Corp.,
an oil development company.
- "One of these two men is a liar,"
Tobey said flatly. -
-Well ITn not lying about it,"
Bohannon said. Both he and Young
were recalled to the witness stand
for further questioning, and both
stuck to their stories.
Young; who began his Washing
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liquor license;
Treeze' Set
In Portland
PORTLAND, Feb. 21-iip)-Three
city council members ordered a
30-day freeze on applications for
new or renewal liquor and , beer
licenses today.
' The action was taken by Mayor
Dorothy McCullough Lee and city
Commissioners J. .E. Bennett and
Ormond R. Bean. Formal council
action 'on the freeze plan is ex
pected Friday. 1
Only a short time before the
freeze was announced. Commis
sioner Bennett, bitter critic of the
state liquor control commission,
proposed a 'home rule" program
for liquor control which would
give the city council exclusive
rights to license liquor and beer
outlets .
ton career as a $100 a month dr9g
store employe 14 years ago, was
described by Bohannon as a man
of tremendous influence", in the
national capital, and one close to
the White House.
. He appeared before the senators
to defend himself against the sub
committee's charges that he, with
White House Aide Donald Dawson
and others, had influenced the
granting of RFC loans. :
Today's hearing .was called by
Chairman Fclbrignt (D-Ark), who
said : the . committee proposed to
show we were not talking through
our hat" This was obviously
reference to President Truman's
remark that the committee charges
were "asinine".
. When Young had completed his
testimony, RFC Director . William
E. Willett told the subcommittee:
"Merl ,Young has no influence
with, me. Merl Young knows that
and every one at the RFC knows
that I don't think Merl Young had
any influence with any directors
of the RFC. X dont believe Merl
Young tried to sail influence with
the ETC" ,
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Troops of
5 Nations,
iii Push ;
TOKYO, Thursday, Feb.
-Allied troops of five nations ad
vanced today In a new offensive
along a "front of more than SO
mues in muddy central Korea. I ,
General MacArthur, resuming
his daily communiques as United.
Nations commander, said j tos
six miles in the new drive, opened
at 10 a-m. yesterday. - - i t
A special u. S. eighth army
communique listed one gain ef
about eight miles by South Kor
eans west of Hoengsocg. - t
' Elements of the ninth andllCth "
corps including Americans. Brit-.
ish, Australian, New Zealasders
and South Koreans leaped frcea
trenches and began the push
against withdrawing reds. An
dian field ambulance unit moved"
hp with the troops. f : -
! The primary goal was to s find
and kill reds. Secondary objectives -included
the towns of Hoengrong
and. Pyongchang. Americans and
South Koreans appeared to be de- ,
veloping a pincers on Hoengjaong
South Koreans advanced to within
five miles df Pyongchang. - -
' : A ninth corps spokesman f said
the drive -was "a vital phase of
the Korean campaign." I -
Ordered Attack . f I
General MacArthur had erder .
the attack Tuesday, during a I visit
to (he central front pivot of Won-
The 60-mile front," one of rufged .
mountains, extends from -near
Yangpo, on the Han river east
ward past Woniu. Yanenvonc - a.
former Chinese communist bead- .
quarters tewn abandoned to the
allies this week, is 27 miles ei
SeouL '- . -.. ' I . -
i MacArthur, on -his return
Tokyo from the Wonju visit, re
sumed - his ' overall summaries
whichhe dropped last December.
At that time his troops were fall
ing back before Chinese dir&ione '
toward Seoul which the allies
yielded January 4. , 1,1
Patrols Sepnlsed :
On Wednesday reds defesding
Seoul repulsed two allied pitrrl
attempts to cross the Han river.i .
- The allied punch - in central
Korea fell in the same area where '
last-week seven Chinese red di
visions were chewed up trying f cp
a break-through. I
That enemy, effort, although lit
failed, had ground to halt a? lim
ited offensive opened by Lt Geo.
Matthew B. Ridgways eighth on
January .25. .,.. i
MacArthur's summary t o d y
said the biggest advance in the re
sumed offensive was scored
around Hoengsong. 10 miles rjortla
of Wonju. Hoensong was the: first
point overrun by, the Chinese in
their : abortive breakthrouch at
tempt ' .. , f- a '
" Rain-lashed American infantry
men moved- half way back to'
Hoensong Wednesday and bumped
into the outpost line of an esti
mated 10,000 to 13,000 fresh: Chi
nese reds. The communists !werf
reported under orders to ! bold
Hoensong at all costs. j
Ne Air Sappert
Ridgway watched the new of
fensive get under way in westhe
so bad that allied planes were im "
able to provide combat support
-AP Correspondent Nate Pclo
wetzky reported that an American
division on . the east flank ef the
central front gained more jthaa
five miles in the first hour yester
day against North Koreans.! I
It was the same division whldk
the night before occupied Cfcs
chen, 10 miles north ox Chechon.
and erased a dent in the allied
line. Chuchon is 19 miles south
east of Wonju. I
TJD ELANDS BILL LACNCXim
WASHINGTON, Teb. 21-i?i-Legislation
to give the states nm
ership of the lands beneath tit
marginal seas off their coastline
was offered in the senate today Icy
33 senators. - !
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