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POUNDDD -i 1651 - ; . i'fl''! t;' 1 1 Austrian Student Singers Receive 'Warm' Welcome in Salem ; -lpf nip 1KB UBS ' The legislative assembly in 1945 amended the complsory school at tendance law to require children between the ages of 16 and 18 who had not completed high school, to a tend ? part-timeschooL This was amended in 1947, prescribing the time requirement to five hours per week, and allowing the school board to grant exemptions to those who had completed the eighth grade "when in its judgment good cause exists therefor." ' Last week the house passed pB 59 making scnooi aiienunure wux pulsory for all children from seven to 18, for ' the full school term Then a series ot exceptions are noted: it legally employed and at tending a part-time school five hours per week; if their education has covered the ordinary branches of learning offered in the 12 grades,, and certain others. The school board Is given authority to excuse cnuaren il u -i"vi completed the first eight grades tt firrtriM attendance would be educationally unprofitable -ior the child or cause hardship in the family of such child." ' . ' There1 is serious doubt of the wisdom of prolonging the age of compulsion for children to attend school. Clearly a full high school course is desired. But some child ren "appear to reach educational limits short of that goal. They be come problem cases for instruction and easily become problem cases for discipline. Is the resulting "wear and tear" on the youngster, the teacher and the school worth while? i Experience under the 1945 and 1947 acts' has not been good. In fact enforcement over the state is reported as lax; or it may be bet ter to say that so many schools offer no part-time class work that the law becomes a (Continued on editorial page, 4) UAW TO INCREASE DUES CXJGVELAND, April 2 -VP- The CIO United Auto Workers union voted itself a S15.000.000 strike fund and a multi-million dollar political action kitty tonight by approving a hotly-contested $1-. a-month dues boost. Animal Crackers By WARREN COOORICH Why m I w!V;ng? SHJy questtonl I wrat nawjKry and the CAA rovndtd jjf .. . ( Happy and perhaps av mite too warm In Salem's brig-hi sunshine Monday, these Austrian students de : . scended en masse upon the state capitol for a brief musical preview of the program , they presented here last nighty While In Salem they were sponsored by Willamette university. This is the second year that a group of Austrian students have appeared in Salem on rood will tours. (Statesman photos.) ; (Concert story on page 2.j " t - i - i- Parrish Boy Emerges Victor in Spell Run-Off ' ; M ' ' i " ' Thirteen-year-old Mack JIarris of Parrish Junior high emerged the winner fromj the longest," semi-final Statesman-KSLM spelling contest on record last night v.. i, Mack and lli-y ear-old John Dowries of Leslie Junior high battled Probers Erase Case Against Milk Cost Plan PORTLAND. April 2-(JP)-An In vestigating committee reported to night it could find nothing, wrong with the milk cost Studies prepar ed by Oregon State college for the state.;: ; -j J . .; , The studies; are; used to help set the price of milk! 1 The committee laid, however, that activities! of sbme state col lege employes- had led some con sumer groups 0 doubt the "impar tiality of the college insofar as the controversial matter of milk leg islation is concerned." J The committee! added its belief that the whole affair was not too important.0 5 I 1 , The five-man committee i was appointed byi the state board of higher education jto; look into two charges made by a newspaper, The Oregonian: (1) That the milk cost study was 'not "adequately representative of the entire Port land milk shed"! (2) Some j em ployes of the college engage in political activities for the dairy industry. , . . j. .. The committee'said, concerning point 1, It is true: that the icost study covers Only the Willamette vaiiey area wnicri 13 not me enure Portland . milk shed. But it 1 was likewise established that the col lege was employed by the milk control board tot make precisely this study and nd other. The 'rep resentatives of 1 The Oregonian conceded that; the; study was com petently made, that -it contained no bias . . Vjthej report saidj On point 2, he committee found that Oscar Haggj former legisla tive representative for the Oregon Dairymen's association, now Is employed at the 3 college to carry out a special public relations program." The report noted ;that part of his pay tame from dairy producers.? . .: -: :-. " - - It also found thai P. M. Brandt, head of the college department of dairy industiy,-.!has on occasion been indescref t in his appearances and associations frith partisans on one side of the hotly " contested milk control issue," but the report added, "as a fact-finding commit tee it is not our task to determine whether or not it is sound public policy for employes of the college to carry on Such legislative ac tivity.' ;..:; -.t-.y j FETY APPOINTED ' j. PORTLAND, April 2-(flVRod-ney O, Fety has been named act ing forester fori the bureau of land management office here. He succeeds A. Pr Collins, resigned. - Fety was assistant district ! for ester at Salenj. J - ?vv IffLOTMEJirr RTCOED SET WASHINGTON, April 2 -(P-Civilian employment reached : 60, 179,000 in Marth an all time hih for the month. 1 1 , XX 5 it out alone for more than half an hour after four Other contestants had missed. j Third place was won by Nancy Owens of West Salem. ; 5 Mack's victory gives him a place in the finals of the competition in Salem on April 19. He is the sec ond boy among the 10 finalists chosen thus far. The last four semi-finals will be held today and tomorrow. To day's contests are at Dallas junior high (1 p. m.), and Jefferson (high school gym) and Silverton grade school (7:30 p. m.) The last one is at Stayton grade school at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. (Additional details page 2) New Request to Push A-Work Over $2 Billion WASHINGTON, April 2 President Truman today asked congress for a quick $51,300,000 more for the atomic energjjr com mission, pushing the annual atomic budget over the two-billion mark for the first time. Mr. Truman said the additional money is needed for '"certain ur gent production and research fa cilities He didn't elaborate, but - the AEC recently has announced in rapid-fire order at least nine big new projects. v j - i ' The request, if granted by con gress, would be the third supple ment this year. It would push AECs total spending this year to $2,035,129,000 a clear indication of atomic energy's powerful role in the defense program.. Tavern mere, Payors TTo' Face.-Clailiamas. Iciirv PORTLAND, April 2 -Wh; Twelve" Clackamas county tavern owners will be asked to tell' a Multnomah county grand jury if they have had any business deal ings with Lonnie Logsdon, slot machine owner. The grand jury is investigating the administration of . Oregon liquor control laws. - Subpenas for the 12 were issued last Thursday,' but were .held back until state police raided 103 Clackamas coun ty taverns and seized more than 100 slot machines. . , The subpenas were issued, after Murry Gamrath a special agent for- District Attorney John Mc Court. said he had visited the es tablishments and found gambling. At Oregon City, Leonard L Lindas, district attorney, said he would subpena mayors of several Clackamas county communities to testify at a grand jury Investiga tion in Oregon City. ; ; They will be asked to explain 1 it M J m Blossom Day Set April 15 By Cherrians Sunday, April 15, has been ten tatively set as Annual Blossom day by the Salem Cherrians, King Bing Don Doerfler ! announced Monday night. ; - -- A Sunday is picked 1 each year during cherry blossom! season at which time routes are selected for motorists to get the best view of the colorful blooms. Members of the Cherrian organization act as guides for the tours along blossom-lined roads In the Salem area. Loren Hicks and Don Madison were elected co-chairmen of the event at the Cherrian meeting Monday night. j At the meeting the Cherrians also decided to i attend the an nual Salmon Derby festivities at St Hellens, April 14. j The group went on( record In support of Salem Day at the Ore- gon State fair and to host the visit of - Portland Rosarians on Portland Day at the fair. .. Drillmaster Tom Hill announc ed that drills will start Monday at 8 p.m. atop the Shoppers Car park. . ' ' Canadian Bill to Export Gas Cains EDMONTON, iAltaj April. 2-'(CP)-The bill permitting tempor ary export of natural gas to Mon tana for essential defense produc tion today received second read ing approval in principle-rin the Alberta legistlature.- It now must pass the hurdle of full-scale de bate in committee before re ceiving third . reading and final passage. - : , i ' LAMB PRICE SETS RECORD PORTLAND, April! 2-(P-The price of lamb advanced 50 cents to a new all-time high of $37.50 a : hundredweight at i the North Portland livestock market today. why . they licensed operation of slot machines, Lindas said. In Salem, George INeuner, at torney general, said that some time ago he had issued an opinion in which he held that city officials who license slot machines . were guilty of abetting in the commis sion of i crime. 1 s , - The mayors subpenaed for the Clackamas '. county grand Jury probe - include Merritt wnison. West Linn; Walter Brunner, Glad stone, and Fred Averill, : Molalla. Also several law enforcement of ficers will be asked, to testify, Lindas said. - 1 A Mayors said the bah against slot machines could : cost .their cities about $18,000 in tax and license fees annually. ( Mayor Charles Needham of Os wego said his city .realizes $8,000 yearly in taxes from the machines. Each of the other cities estimated they got about $3,000 annually from licenses and taxes on the machines. Decision Slaps at Truman ... ... . , ; Solons Approve Giving Europe 4 More Divisions WASHINGTON, April" 2 -PV- The senate hurled a surprise chal lenge today to President Truman's authority as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. IV went1 on record against sending more' than four more . divisions to Europe without congress approval. . The action, strenuously opposed by the administration, came at the climax- of the troops-for-Europe phase of the "great - debate" on foreign policy. By an unexpected vote of 49 to 43, the senate adopted the limiting amendment sponsored by Senav tor McClellan (D-Ark.) only two hours after turning - it down,' 48 to 44. Mr. Truman's sunrtorters took a serious view of the setback, even though the amendment expresses only "the sense of the senate" and is not binding on the president. who contends he has the power to send trooDS Anywhere they are needed. ' ' Senator McFarland of Arizona. democratic floor leader, was grant- ea a recess, giving the administra tion time to resroun its forces be fore the final voting tomorrow. SuDDOrt which develnned tnriav for the McClellan . amendment caused SDecuTatinn ahnnt what would happen tomorrow. When some republicans plan to press for action that would seek to restrict by' law -Mr. Truman's nower to send more troops overseas on his' own initiative. - ' Claims Future Right As amended, the resolution now endorses Mr. Truman' nbn n send four more divisions of ground troops to join Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower's international armv. Rtt it claims for congress the right to pass on au future commitments. McClellan's amendment made the erade on trie seonnr! vnt ha. cause Senators Case (R-SD), Frear (u-vei) and George (D-Ga) switched sides and Senators Wi ley (R-Wis) and. Young (R-ND),' not recorded on the first vote, votea ior it the second time. McFarland declared th vnt nn the McClellan amendment nnt in the interests of the United states of America." Senator Lehman (ALIB-NY) said it "will weaken our relatione with our allies abroad." Causes Discouragement It will take many, many di visions and billions of dollars to dissiDate the riisronrappmpnt turn have caused today," he added. senator Connally (D-Tex) dem onstrated how seriously the admin istration viewed the chancre hv saying, "I very seriously and hum- oiy Deg ine senate not to adopt this amendment." Senator Lndce nt.Ma ' inlnaii the opposition to the amendment. Previously the senate defeated, 62 to 27, an amendment by Senator Case (R-SD) which would have forbidden the service of any American soldier under 20 years old in the North Atlantic defense force. v WASHINGTON, April 2-(ff)-Oregon Senators Morse and Cor don favored McClellan amendment to the troops-to-Europe resolution. GOP Victors in Michigan Vote ..-""'-;. - DETROIT, April 3 - (Tuesday) -CP) Michigan republicans, win ner of spring elections for the last 18 years, did it again in Monday's election. The : democrats conceded de feat early ' today of their entire state ticket Positions on the bal lot included University of Michi gan regent," state superintendent of - public - instruction, justice of the, state supreme court. Mercury Rises Into Seventies Salem area' residents basked in the warmest weather of the year Monday as the mercury climbed to 70.9 degrees, highest point since Oct. 12, 1950. . Monday's high topped the pre vious maximum of the year of 65 degrees . set on ' February 9. And the weatherman' at Salem McNary field station forecast an even warmer 73 for this , after noon.' ; - fo), 0) New Senator iArrives in - Salem i It V"! .5 Oregon's newest senator, Art W. Iindberg (left) of Pendleton, Is ple - tared being briefed on the clay's legislative happenings by Senate President Paul Patterson. LJndberr was sworn in Monday to fill the post vacated by. death of Sen. Carl EngdaJU. (Statesman photo.) Bill to Ciit Number of I School Districts senate croup s r ow By Lester Staff Writer, Tn Statesman ; j The senate education committee Monday, recommended pass age of the Holy report recommendation to unify Oregon school districts for more efficient and economical administration. 1 " The controversial measure emerged from committee late , Monday afternoon after members had tussled with it for almost 80 days, hearing objections from school representatives ' from all parts of the state who feared .they will lose ."home rule." - Sen. Ben Day, Gold Hill, Was the only member not agreeing that the proposal should pass. Sri. Eugene Marsh,' McMinnville, chairman of the education 'committee, said this is the best bill -we were able to work out." .,'!' f"' . ' T ' The reorganization plan was evolved by Dri T. C Holy, Ohio university education expert who conducted a thorough study of v - Oregon's school systems after being hired by the 1949 legislature. -The bill approved by the senate committee -Monday provides for. an "advisory committee and commissioner to be in charge of reorganizing school districts throughout the state. The seven-man board and commissioner would be appointed by the state board' , of education, , v. . - ; -.. '. jv. ' -:; - To Elect Reorganization Committees j The commissioner would study school districts and then ad- ' vise county school superintendents that unification was necessary. " Voters in the counties affected would then elect reorganization ccnrnittees which would, submit unification plans to the com missioner . and advisory committee -for acceptance or rejection. . - The county - and state committees would designate unified . district boundaries on the basis of child population, transportation-problems, tax revenue possibilities and other economic and' ,r geographic factors.- : J sr" ,V N - --: - - - Under the proposal, first class school district law would apply-- to all unified districts for' the purpose of distribuiting state basic ; school support funds, i-.f . i ' 'I:.'-r:.. j " r:. ... c i Sen. Dean Walkerw, 'independence," a member of the senate : education, committee, predicted that unification of rural schools Z under .the bill would not remove; the present community Interest :in schools. 1 - - i.l ib '"s' '" - ' Plan to Bring1 About Consolidations tKe explained that while the law would bring about some consolidations of schools, it would not entirely do away with all - of Oregon's smaller schools. ' Similar to the county unit plan now in effect in two Oregon counties, the Holy report proposal would provide , larger districts - which proponents believe could buy supplies more economically than smal districts. A five-man board of directors would govern . . the activities , of "' each unified district, eliminating Individual -' school districts.' t - I - - . i i, The proposal Is expected to reach the senate' floor sometime this week. The house has not yet considered it.- t - The senate- split directly along party lines Monday to defeat, 21 to 9 a democratic-backed measure to replace the present part time liquor commission with a full-time, paid commission. !' Sen. Robert Holmes, Astoria democrat, said a paid commission . would "make better sense from Sen. Hilton Says Salary Too Low ' Sen. Frank' H. Hilton, Portland republican, opposed the mea sure, saying it would be impossible to secure good liquor com - missioners for 1 $7,500. The present commissioners meet about twice a month and receive $10 a' day pay. . f The house voted 32 to 23 to reconsider the vote of last Fri day by which. it defeated a proposed constitutional amendment , to make it more difficult to get initiative and referendum mea sures on the ballot. . 1 , ':;r v, .- ". - " " ; . r The house will consider the measure again Wednesday in ia " special order of business starting at 1030 sun. . The - proposed change- in the law. would require initiative and referendum proposals: to-be backed by the signatures of 5 per cent of the registered voters in each of the state's four con gressional districts. - 'j i-'-'. 'ii-.."; .'.s'.-". . ' - . Present law requires 8 per cent backing for Initiatives and 5 per cent-for referendum measures, but the signatures may be collected in a single county usually Multnomah county. The proposed change would be referred to the voters in November, 1952. ' r: ' . : ' : I . ' '" ' . ' ' ' . The' house voted Sit to 25; to approve a bill which would exempt school districts from paying state gasoline taxes on fuel used by their school buses. The measure cow goes to the senate. - But the representatives, 33 to - 22, defeated a bill which would require all future public school administrators to be certi fied by the state department of education. This would require' candidates for high school principal jobs to have masters de grees in education. ; 1 - --r Both the house and senate will meet at 19 ajn. today, r . (Other legislative news on pass 2L - ; : . . !X' - v " - - - r S. . ip r T. Conr- a business standpoint. Over 500,000 Reds Poised, Mac Warns sty Robert Eonson -': '- TOKYO, Tuesday, April S-C-)-; Chinese, and North Korean rede are massing the largest number of fresh seasoned troops ever com-' mitted in the 'Korean war. Gen-' eral MacArthur's head quarters said today. " ; .Intelligence .. estimates figured the reinforcements at the front swell the red potential to at least 63 divisions more than . 500.CC3 men..,, ..- . For the second straight ' day, MacArthur's . communique mad pointed reference to the red mass, ing mo ents. These were cm centrated on the central frent ' where a communist spring coun teroff ensive is expected. - But the communique said tho huge enemy potential was handi capped by laying open communi cations, supplies and troop move ments to attack by allied planes. : The communique said: "The enemy is engaged in a tac tical and strategic regrouping cl major units which, with the ap pearance of new units near tho front, provide him with a poten tial strength of at least 63 divi sions,, the greatest of .any period in the Korean campaign. , ' Compensating factors are the vulnerability of his communica tions and his limited logistic ca pacity." . Ground action was limited largely to patrols. '- American tank patrols ranged Monday almost two miles north of the 38th parallel. They fought off an hour-long red ambush, and withdrew. .r ; The . reds continued huge con-. voy movements under cover of darkness and cloudy weather. - U. S. Fifth air. force pilots" counted ' 2,100 - enemy vehicles Monday, night on North Koreas roads leading down to the battle front. TheyNclaimed destruction el loo., f ; - WASHINGTON, April 2 -CFV- The administration today - slashed its tax requirements by S 6,5 00, 000,000 for the next fiscal, year. But Secretary of the Treasury Snyder . made . it plain- that this- is only a ; postponement thai another . multi-billion dollar , in stallment on President Truman' tax program will be asked next January. :'-: ;; Snyder told the house ways and means committee that a single $10,000,000,000 tax increase al ready asked of congress will be enough this - year - because there'll be a $3,000,000,000 surplus rather than the expected $2,700, 000,000 deficit at the end of the 1951 fucal year, next June 30. : 10,000 Pounds of Lead Scrap Stolen At Alumina Plant Ten thousand pounds of tenj lead, valued at about $2,000, was reported stolen from the old alum ina plant on Cherry avenue norCJ of Salem, sheriffs deputies report ed. Plant Superintendent James C Mount said the lead was taken sometime during the past 10 days from a stack south of the plant which was recently purchased by the Ray-O-Vac corporation. Mount said some of the missing scrap was ' in . large chunks which le I deputies to believe .that tho ttt.'i was the work of a gang of at leer i three men equipped with a truths. Flying Fan Blade Injures Ybutii The flying blade from a home made electric fan inflicted A severe cut to the head and W.t ear of Warren Perkins, 18, ZZ 1 N. Winter rt, Monday, city fini aidmen reported. - Aidmen said apparently a psrl cf the blade had broken clt, fcur'J- , ed throtih the air ai ttrurlx Perkins a!crdda !"t:i. I was Uica'to : rLr.:;;i ; sutures. . .. Snyder Delays Tax Requests