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The Oregon Statesman, Satan, Oregon, Tuesday. March 20, 1951
PRICE 5c
No.! 359
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Journalists , have' been- specu-
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laung on me pruspevus tn. an i i
4bV r Vntroslavla th heretic I
communist nation, . this spring.
Presumably it would be launched
from the neighboring satellite
states, Bulgaria, Hungary, Alba
nia, but would be another ex
ample of what the Manchester
Guardian calls "vicarious aggres
sion on the part of the Soviet
Union. Senator Russell of Georgia
thinks we should declare our in
tentions in event such an attack
is launched. However our govern
ment has already made formal
-statement to the effect that any
attack on Tfugoslavia would have
serious consequences to world
peace which is about as far as it
should go in defining intentions of
the United States.
Suppose that Yugoslavia is attacked-
Immediately its represen
. tative at United Nations would
report the aggression and call for
employment of collective security.
In the security council Russia pre
sumably would veto -any resort to
sanctions. The matter then would
be : referred to the assembly of
United Nations and if the facts
were clear it surely would brand
the invaders as aggressors and
invite joint action to restore peace
in the Balkans. We may assume
that the western powers would
move to the support of Yugoslavia.
Russia then might drop its silent
partner role and precipitate gen
eral war. -
If that is Russia's intention it
is pursuing a strange course. For
Russian propaganda has all been
for peace, peace, peace. The west
ern nations are the warmongers,
particularly the United States
which is
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Letters Prove
Aumsville GI
Safe in
AUMSVILLE, March 10 A case
either : of mistaken Identity or
documentary error left one Aums
ville family happy today. - .
The department of defense sent
telegram last month to Mrs.
Sarah Weitman of route 1 saying
her son, PFC Ernest A. Weitman,
was missing In action in Korea,
as of February 12
- But Mrs. Weitman already had
a letter from her son dated Feb
ruary 19.
Then, Sunday, the department
of defense released its "missing"
announcement to the press. ' But
Mrs. Weitman now has letters
from her son dated as late as
March 7.
Since press announcements are
made weeks after former famjly
notification, there appears no
doubt the recent news stories and
the initial telegram were based
on the same incident which in
volved Weitman's patrol, most of
which were missing, but left him
still all right (
Mrs. Weitman has received no
further word from the department
of defense since its original tele
gram.
Farmers Worry
Over Lack of Help
PORTLAND, March 19 Ph
Oregon farmers are getting con
cerned over a possible shortage of
harvest workers, Blaine Christian
of the farm labor service said here
today. , -.
He said that since Industrial em
ployment is at record highs in both
Oregon and California, crop har
vesting will have to be done large
ly by local workers.
Blaine said 30,000 berry pickers
would be needed in the Portland
area alone by June 1. Platoons of
students already are being organ
ized, he said. V ' V
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Am I e girt or n I gom be 90
tf . 6 ft MAVtXM-NCDV SCMt. he
CosteUo AdmMs MoM'o Tammany
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MFC Probe to Continue ImdefimMeEy
Ex-Rep.
Quit&as Aide ;
To Johnston
. : .M .1 1
- By Rarer D. Greene
WASHINGTON, March 19-0?)-Chairman
Fulbright D-Ark) an
nounced tonight his senate bank
ing subcommittee will continue
indefinitely its investigation ot an
alleged Influence ring operating
around the- Reconstruction fi
nance Corporation, f f
Fulbrigh said the Subcommittee
will hear testimony next week
from Senator Murray (D-Mont),
who demanded an opportunity to
be heard, and from H former Rep.
Joseph E. Casey (DMass). ft
Murray's name figured in the
current inquiry in testimony that
he plugged for a $1,000,000 RFC
loan to the Sorrento? hotel in Mi
ami Beach, I Fla. The ( testimony
brought out that Murray's son,
James, received $21,000 in feisfor
acting as attorney in the Sorrento
case and in other RFC loans in the
Florida resort center. f
In other fast-breaking develop
ments: I ! I
-1. Former Congressman Casey
resigned today as congressional
liaison man for Economic Stabil
izer Eric Johnston. I Casey wrote
Johnston he-was stepping out; "to
relieve you of any unmerited em
barrassment" in connection with
the RFC probe. ; If
Casey told the subcommittee a
week ago that he invested $20,000
in a deal in surplus government
tankers and made i a profit of
$250,000. He deniedianything Im
proper. ' I;
2. RFC Director C. Edward
Rowe testified President Truman
appointed him to the RFC in Au
gust, 1950. with orders ' that the
big federal lending igency; alrea
dy -under fire, '"needed to I be
cleaned up. - ? . .- - 1
3. Chairman Fulbright and his
subcommittee sharply questioned
Rowe and FTC Director Walter L.
Dunham behind closed doors on
their conflicting testimony about
an alleged move to get Dunham to
resign. - j j- i " ?
Dunham swore Rowe tried to
make him a "goat" of the senate
inquiry. Rowe hotly denied it.
Fulbright's announcement that
the inquiry will go forward indef
initely followed growing demands
by some republicans in congress
that the investigation should be
continued until "the rug has been
pulled clear back."
South Keizer Road I
District to Vote on Lejyy
..- Election on continuation of a
$2,500 tax levy for road mainten
ance set for April 21 by the South
Keizer Special Road district was
approved Monday by the Marion
county court. ;
The voting will take place from
8 bjxl to!8 pjn. at Holden's ga
rage. I 'I
Casey
100 Years Younr March 28V 1951
The Oregon Statesman
i
1
Pupils at the old Squirrel CIH school nine miles south of Salem
(which burned la 1394) looked quite serious about this picture-tak-iur
business. In this 1333 photo, belonging to C P. Kodgers of
route 2, box 291B, Salem, are (left to rirM): Front row Oiiie Dake
Lewis. Salem; Lottie Robertson Nicely. Fortland; Ada rriee; Laura
Codgers Woods (deceased); Arthur Eebertson, Turaeri Alfred
Swim Program
if) ;,: f , ' '
Durinr spring vacation in Salem
YMCA. j Explaining a swim stroke
the girls are Barbara KJaer, 15, of 1308 Market si: Jeannine Brannon, 14, of 1357 Market nU Alice
Canary, 12, of 605 Hickory at.; Bonnie Jenkinson, 17, of 1110 Madison sL; and Barbara Helton 16, Sa
lem route 4. Demonstrating is
Daffodils Crowds
Cargo Spaea on
Outgoing Planes
Daffodile shipments from the
northwests were crowding plane
cargo space, officials of Umted
Airlines in Salem reported Mon
day.
The sudden burst of spring
like weather sped many of the
golden yellow flowers into bloom
over the week end and growers
were packing, all available ship
ping space on outbound planes.
Ten to 12 boxes of flowers are
being shipped daily from the
Salem airport. Most growers how
ever were reported trucking flow
ers to Portland to be loaded on
planes there.
SWALLOWS RETURN
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19-
(JP)-The faithful swallows of Mis
sion San: Juan Capistrano and
Folsom prison kept their annual
rendezvous at those two places to
day. The return of the swallows to
San Juan Capistrano have been
chronicled for 84 years. They ar
rive on March 19.
Squirrel
i
Popular in School Holiddys
schools, nearly 300 . yonnrsters are
is Fred Cords, right, to members
Jeanne Rawlins, 15, of 2015 Fairgrounds rd. (Statesman photo.)
Midpoint in
Drive Passed
JBy Red Cross
Marion county's Red Cross fund
drive passed the halfway mark
Monday when volunteer workers
reported p collection of $26,121 to
date against a $48,985 goal for this
year.
First substantial returns from
the county area came in Monday,
although more than $24,000 of the
subscriptions so ?: far have come
from . Salem. Stayton reported
$600 Monday, Silverton $500,
southern county areas $459 and
the Salem suburban area $311.
The women's division has 73
per cent of its $7,100 quota and
several other divisions are half
way toward their quotas.
Chairman Robert L. FJfstrom
called on drive workers to meet
again for a report next Monday
noon with the . Salem Chamber of
Commerce at a luncheon in the
Senator hotel.
Hill Pupils Serious in 88
Dake. Portland; ; second row Caspar Morris, Salem; Lester Morris
(deceased), CecO P. Sodgers, Salem route 2; Clayton O. Bodgers.
Portland; Melrin Dake. Turner RFD; Garry Price, Silver Creek falls;
third row -Virgil Dake (deceased); Newton Morris. I Koseburg? Guy
mwUm, Lebanon; Paul johnson Albany; Ella Hodson. teacher, (de
ceased); Anna Simmons Needham (deceased); Bertha Price. -
learning to swim at the Salem
of the older riris class. From left
Neurier Clarifies
Law Governing
Daylight Saving
The spring season on daylight
saving time opened Monday with
a ruling from the Oregon attor
ney general.
Gov. Douglas McKay would not
have to wait until all four adja
cent states decided on time chang
ing before declaring the Oregon
time policy, it was ruled by At
torney General George Neuner.
Neuner said the 1949 legisla
ture's intent would be sidestepped
if . the law were interpreted . to
mean that the governor should de
lay his decision until all border
ing states have acted. Under the
law, however, the governor could
n't proclaim daylight saving time
without showing that the move
would be in the interest of Ore
gon's economy and general wel
fare, said Neuner.
13TH SESSION UNLUCKY
PARIS, March 19-iJPy-The Big
Four powers ended the 13th ses
sion of their deputy foreign min
isters talks tonight as far apart
as ever.
A,
O'DwyerSays
Costello's Pal
AidedCampaign
By Lou Craym and Art Everett
NEW .YORK, March 19 -Wh-
Racketeer Frank Costeuo admit
ted today he was powerful enough
in Democratic city politics to help
make a leader; of Tammany; HalL
iu Back before senate crime; prob
ers and, more talkative than be
fore Costello testified, he helped
the late Michael J. Kennedy be
come head of - the potent , Demo
cratic Manhattan organization
some years ago..
:i He also said he was on friendly
terms with Tammany later - when
it was led by Hugo Rogers.;
j "What was your ability to per
suade politicians?" Costello was
asked by the senate j crime in
vestigating committee.!
! "I can't explain it," replied the
racketeer who- once insisted he
didn't even have enough pull to
get a traffic ticket fixed.
j costello said he never put up
any money in a political: cam
paign and never hacj, voted in his
me.
Influence Voters
!i! But he said he made friends
and. influenced voters and sent
workers to aid political aspirants.
ji Despite his puIL Costello in
sisted that he was not-a politician
himself in any sense. 1
r, Costello traced his friendship
with Tammany Hall members
right down to the present. He said
he knows the' current Wigwam
chieftain. Carmine de Sapion,
"pretty well."
May Have Helped
'! Earlier, ex-Mayor William O
Dwyer told the hearingwhich
entered Its second week today-
that he believed Irving Sherman.
a pal of Costello's. may have
helped him In the mayoralty cam
paign or 1949. ; j ;
1 However, CDwyer denied he
ever asked for or felt he heeded
help from Costello or ever paid
Off for any aid from: henchmen
Of the racketeer.
: O'Dwyer previously had been
on the stand and admitted he met
Costello once or twice In ' the
course of army business. ;
' O'Dwyer said the; assistance
Was Sherman's own idea and did
not earn for him any payoff,
O'Dwyer did not explain Just
what kind of help Sherman gave
him. f
j It was OT)wyer's first public
admission that the clique of
underworld characters surround
ing Costello played any part In
bis own political rise to the may
oralty of the world's largest city,
O'Dwyer resigned from city hall
last year to become U. S. ambassa
dor to Mexico.; i
6 Nations Sign
PARIS, March 19-(i?-Six west
European nations today initialed
the Schuman plan fo abolish their
national frontiers In the coal and
steel industries. - 1 -j
! The scheme to pool the steel
and coal production i of : France,
western Germany, The Nether
lands, Belgium, Italy and Lux
embourg must still be ratified by
the six parliaments against much
opposition. After final ratifica
tion a five-year transition period
is provided to get the plan into
xuu operation.
! Moreover, it would go into bus
iness without, Britain who object
ed to putting her basic industries,
producing 16,000,000 tons of steel
and more than 214,000,000, tons of
coal annually, under supra-na-
uonax autnoruy. - , 4
Assessor to Use t
Aerial Photographs
MEDFORD. March 19 -UP- The
lacosan county assessor win use
aerial photographs a an aid in
determining , property assessment
values. - w.-b.,. 4:..i'-, -r-
The use of photographs elimi
nates the need for much survey
ing, Assessor c A. Meyers said.
Aerial pictures, when used with
special equipment, give the height
of trees, build ftig th mHi, as well
as type of soil, he said. , i, --:
Schuman lan
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Portland -
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' 40
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Mew York
Willamette River 1M feet.
rORKCAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNanr fiekL Salem): Cloudy
wita abowers this momins. becomins
partly cloudy wita scattered showers
this afternoon and tonight. High today
near 84; low tortirM rr 41.
Sum Start Weater Tear. Sevt. 1
ThlaYear lstYUF' formal
J : By Lester Fr Cour
, Staff Writer, The Statesman
Oregon housewiver were emancipated from the i
margarine mixing bowl RIonday when the house ef ?
representatives Voted 51 to 7 to allow sales of colored
oleo.t : '. I ! "V;"- :l .'.' ; ,'
The senate-approved measure which the house sent '
to the governor will go
legislature adjourns, p r o b a b 1 y
sometime in July. - '
In repealing the state's 29-year-old
ban on sales of colored mar
garine, the house! reversed its
February 6 ; vote which killed a
senate-passed measure to - allow
housewives to buy ; yellow butter
substitutes. . ,i -i f
, Former : opponents of colored
margarine admitted in Monday's
house debate that tremendous bub-
lic pressure had caused them to
change their vote. ; .;.
The seven representatives hang
ing tough on the issue were Reps.
David Baum, La Grande: Frank
Farmer, Rickreall; Giles French,
Moro; Carroll- Locey, Ironside;
Ivan C. Laird, Sitkum. and Robert
Y. Thornton, Tillamook. !
Rep. Jack Greenwood. Wemme.
chairman of the house food . and
dairying committee who previous
ly J voted against margarine. ex
pressed the sentiment of many 'of
the house members who changed
their stand in recent weeks.
I've been nicknamed 'Ole' and
have been on the spot ever since
we voted down ; colored mar
garine," Greenwood declared. . "I
have never received so many cri
tical letters in all my years at the
legislature.". . 1 k
Greenwood told the house ."the
dairy industries -: public- relations
have been very bad." Dairy in
terests have, fought colored mar
garine on the ground it would re
duce butter sales and harm the
dairy industry in Qregoni
Baum rapped the democratic or
ganization which filed an initiative
last week to institute a repeal of
the color ban at the 1952 general:
election. ; . j j . !...-:,-. ;
Try to Force Vote -i
Those filing the Initiative Pick
ed a very-poor time," Baum told
the house, fit was simply an at
tempt to force the: house to vote
for colored margarine. The timing
was very bad . and j won't make
many members change their
minds.' . i . . . i 1 . t - '. -
The 51 to 7 outcome did not
bear out Baum s prediction;
Kep. John HounseiL Hood River
author of a bill to allow sales of
colored margarine; of a - lighter
snade tnan nutter, said he preferr
ed tne measure approved Monday
10 tne one ne suggested. ;
Sen. Thomas R. Mahonev. Port
land, was sponsor of the bill sent
to the governor . Monday. The oleo
proposal defeated by house earlier
was introduced by Sen. and Rep.
Kicnard L. Neuberger. Fortland.
I will vote for license fees to
police the sales of colored mar
garine, but will oppose any tax
on it, Hounsell announced.
No Tax Attached '
In later questioning on the floor.
ureenwood said his committee
probably wouldn't propose a tax
on colored margarine, but would
provide license fees to provide for
enforcement of Mahoney's bill
which would require . restaurants
serving margarine to advertize .the
fact.
Representative Neuberger scor
ed the house for not passing her
Dili F ebruary 0. i :
"By voting down my MIL you
have delayed this Issue for more
than a month," she told the house.
And this bill Is essentially the
same as mine." ' i ;
Critical of Newsmen
Several members were critical
o newsmen covering the legisla
ture. They contended articles writ
ten from the capitol have led the
public to believe the legislature is
spending its entire time on the
I margarine issue.
Just to prove the house hasn't
formally spent much time on the
margarine Issue. House Speaker
John Steelhammerl and Represen-
A - a V a " i .
tauve naum sxagea a renearsea
question and answer period for
the press and gallery.
rxeu me. Mr. Speaker, do you
know how much time the house
has spent on oleo?" Baum queried.
if as Figures Ready
I just happen to have the fig
ures available," Steelhammer an
swered.! "The house debated the
question for 65 minutes and the
committee worked with it for five
hours."-. " A '.
Steelhammer'a figures, however.
did not Include time spent by in
dividual members j answering let-
i .
eral public . hearings and many
hours-spent by members drawing
up other oleo bills introduced this
session. - . j
In other action ' on the dairy-
consumer front 'Monday, the sen
ate voted 2 to 4 in favor of Sen.
Manley Wilson's bill to transfer
administration of state milk con
trol laws from the milk control
board to the board of agriculture.
The house killed. 34 to 24. a
measure which would have barred
any more chain dentists from prac
ticing m uregon. auz it approved
and sent to the senate legislation
to establish district courts in Kla
math and Umatilla counties and
to raise the $4 daily pay of election
judges to 73 cents an hour.
Both the house and senate will
meet at .10 ajn. today, i
(Utner legislative news on page 4)
SOLON'S TO TAKE HOLIDAY
The senate Monday voted 17 ta
1 not to meet Friday, Saturday cr
Sunday in observance of the East-
holiday. The house last week
voted to take a similar vacation.
into effect 90 days after tb
Allies Nearing I
38th Parallel f
k 11 1 1
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0112 JLine i
TOKYO, Tuesday, March 2M")
A1TAI
-Allied troops are less than 17
miles from Korea's 38th parallel . ,
at more than 10 points across the
peninsula,' the UJS. eighth army .
reported today. ;. ?;
The special memorandum issued ,
as field reports told of indications
the Reds were planning to with-
draw north of that artificial boun
dary for North and South Korea.
Holding elements of eighth
army are less than 17 miles from
the 38th parallel at more than 10;
scattered points along the Korean '
front," the memorandum stated, i
A similar one issued 24 hours-
earlier said allied forces were 17
miles south of the 33th parallel at
five points. . .
! Today s memo also said: Re,
ports circulated in; the United::
States and elsewhere of UJ5. troops ,'
in positions 10 miles from tho
parallel and of ROK (Republic ef
Korea) troops on the parallel were
not accurate." ?,
Allied troops made "substantial" .
gains Monday in ' west-central
Korea, General MacArthur an
nounced. Extent of the advanees
was cloaked in censorship. U
i Eighth army announced the rap
ture intact of Chungbyong refer"
voir and , power station 1 5 miles
northeast of Seoul, i j)
The Reds were observed digging .
new defense positions near tha
38th parallel on both sides of the
peninsula. But it was not deter
mined whether these were for a
stand or delaying purposes,
1 Contrary to earlier reports, th
Chinese were reported digging la
south of Chunchon. Monday. On
Sunday field commanders were
convinced Chunchon had
abandoned.
beoa
Gov. Langlie
To Veto Entire
ropnations
. a.
OLYMPIA, March IMi'FVGov
ernor Langlie said tonight he planav
to veto the entire omnibus approp
riations bill and call the Washing
ton . State legislature back lnt
special' session a week from to
morrow to write a new one.
' The proposed action was discloe
ed as the deadlocked regular sea
slon of the legislature ended Its
sessions tonight after failinc tk
agree on what new taxes should
be enacted to balance the 1951-C3
budget. j . ; ,
It was the first time In the mem
ory of old time legislative obser
vers that such a proceed u re h4
been followed. But it was in line
with Langlie's demand that the
legislature balance tho budget.
By vetoing the $650,000,000 ap
propriations MIL the governor will
enable the legislature to start
from scratch, write a new approp
riations bill probably S 15,000,00(1
under the -present one and levy?
whatever taxes may bo needed ta
balance the budget.
ect
raclLct
Work on a mile-Ion nnrfhAfc
Salem trunk sewer will bera
within two weeks, citr official
said .after tho city council Mon
day awarded a contract for tv t
job to Salem Sand and Gravel Cl
. iu iirm naa suDmittea t
low among seven - bid $34 fif.
which Is more than $7,000 undef
city estimates. Other bids ranged
s The contract calls for mm Na
tion by June 15.
S The sewer will connect with tho
new big trunk line . along Lana
avenue, and will extend north and
south along the east side of Port
land road. Laterals to tho o&sS
will be Installed later. . " i.
Holy Week Services
Continue 'M IVobn
Interdenomlna 1 1 o n a 1 Holy,
week services are being con
ducted from 12:15 to 12:45 pjru
daily through Thursday at Et.
Paul's Episcopal church, Che
meketa and Church street-.
The Salsa YMCA and YV. a.
art tpcnscrla? tho rooa-hcur
meditations.' Each wUl con&ltt
of devotion and special music. I
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