4 . 4 Aide Contends Mac i!i!Sjt'-4 - riij Not Forewarned of X I i i. i; I: Ieople Found Their Hero . General MacArthur filled the personality vacuum - left 'when Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Harry Truman has none of the "it" that stirs popular emotions. Tom Dew ey, well tailored in manner and voice, was never a warm favorite. Robert Taft is cold fish to the man in the street. The people have been hungry or a personality, and MacArthur strode into the void." -j - . Here indeed way a man! A man with a Ions iecord of achieve ment in the ueld of battle. A man L.tt ma s intentions Maji Gen. Whitney Implies Truman Revealed Details of Wake Isle Talk 1 j By Don Wliitehead NEW i YORK. April 21-(-An aide to General MacArthur charged today the state department and the nation's highest intelli- gence agencies failed last October to warn the general that the Chinese reds were preparing to enter the Korean war. Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney issued the statement in reply to questions raised by a New York Times story from Washington. This story said; administration records disclosed' MacArthur had assured President iTruman at Wake Island ' he did not believe the Chinese would intervene or that they; were a threat. The story also implied that General MacArthur had badly under estimated (the fighting ability of the Chinese. The Tifripc strrv rnvv a 'rftailpH rpnort nf the Wake Island wno naa aareu-w uciwic mm ic meeting last October 15 and described MacArthur as being so conn president. A man with a sense of mission. A man With great powers of oratory and persuasion. A man whose removal from high places of power had drawn the worlds spotlight to himseii, The people found their hero; the tersonality" vacuum was filled to the overflow. Mac Arthur's per sonal triumph was complete, Little Mali, What Now? Many have pointed the contrast between MacArthur the Magnifi cent and Harry Truman the Mid get. The Chicago Tribune had a cartoon showing a iuii-sizea xviac- Arthur and in the corner an in significant figure which it called "the germ." Now that the country has had the full impact of the MacArthur presence the query na turally arises, rLittle Man, What now?' For all the scorrr that has been heaped on him Harry Truman re mains: The President of the Unit ed States. For all the praise ( heaped on Douglas MacArthur he remains: A General without command. Oet those facts straight. Mac- Arthur's triumph hasn't changed the situation. The national policy dent of victory by Thanksgiving that he was willing to release by Mac Due in Chicago, Milwaukee NEW YORK, April 21 -()- Gen. Douglas MacArthur will spend Thursday and Thursday night in Chicago before going to J his home town of Milwaukee Friday, an aide announced today. Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney, aide to the general, said the ' general and his party would leave New York for Chicago early Thursday morning. They will continue to Milwaukee Friday morning, Whitney said, to attend a welcome celebration there later in the day. Whitney said the MacArthur party would return to New York -Friday night aboard the general's plane, the Bataan. Earlier the chairman of Milwaukee's homecoming celebra- tion committee, Ben Barkin, said here that the general, Mrs. MacArthur and their son, Arthur, were expected in Milwaukee at 10 a.m. Friday. January (1951) some of his best troops for duty in Earope. House Speaker Ray burn i-(D-Texas) said in Washington the Times account was "no news to me.'" . 1 But Whitney declared there were no stenographic notes taken at the conference and part of it was a secret meeting betwen only MacArthur and the president. The implication seemed to be that any detailed report or the Wake Island meeting could come only from President Truman him self. Whiuiey issued his statement as the general rested at the Wal- lityrf-Astoria hotel from the thunderous welcome yesterday by an estimated; 7,500,000 people. He said: "At the time of the Wake island conterence, as lar as I know, no one had the slightest idea that such a decision of inter- will not be altered except at the vention Would be made by red China. direction of the president. And "As lar as I know neither tne state department nor nigner miem Harry Truman is a gence agencies of the government had the slightest evidence to warn (Continued: on .Editorial .rage, ) j oi sucn a. aecision. erwuniy, no sucn warnings were gi.veu ueuerdi MacATUiur. 10 uie contrary, an appeareu 10 ujmuuui me pussiuuitjr j of such intervention at that stage." His reference to "all" would include General Omar ri. .Bradley, chairman; of the joint chiefs of staff, who was present at the meeting. (Additional details on page 2.) HuksKiUFive U.S. Airmen in Philippines Republicans Accuse Administration Of j Attempting to Discredit Mac MANILA. Sunday. April 22-JP) -Communist Huks ambushed and WASHINGTON. April 21-WP)-Republicans in congress accused the Truman administration today of leaking a "one-sided" account of a presidential conference on the: Korean war in an effort to dis credit" Gen. Douglas MacArthur. At the cam timp fhflirman Russell D-Ga.l told reporters the killed five U. S. airmen last night senate armed services committee will demand "all available docu on a highway 60 miles north ments" includine those covering President Truman's Wake Island Manila. " f meetin with MacArthur last October in its inquiry into far eastern The airmen, based at Clark field, military and foreign policies, i- I had been to a fiesta with some . Republicans reacted stormily after reading a New York Times Filipinos. Two of the women were dispatch from Washington dealing with the wane island conierence. The dispatch said tnat according to me aocumeniea sources, uen. MacArthur apologized for embarrassing the president on the For mosa issue, and predicted the Chinese communists would not enter j the Korean conflict. In more recent months, policy differences between the president and MacArthur mounted, and resulted in the general's removal from the far Vast -command. f Rep. j Martin of Massachusetts, house republican leader, said in New York that administration groups are trying to "smear" Mac Arthur "but they won't get away twith it." Senator Capehart (R-Ind.), who has threatened to light anyone who calls him a "warmonger" because he supports MacArthur s views, told reporters he thinks President Truman himself is responsible for the leak in hitherto confidential documents. Senator Cain (R-Wash.) said I the information "obviously was planted by someone." I wounded. There was an uncon firmed report that three other women were slain. The slaying of the airmen was confirmed officially today by the Philippines 12th battalion combat team commander in a report to the government's national defense department. Names of the five slain airmen were not immediately available. A FiliDino companion of the airmen said the party ran into the ambush while returning from a village fiesta near Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija province The ambush took place on a na tional highway which runs from Cabanatuan through Santa Rosa and Tarlc across the north side of the Huk-infested Candaba swamp area. j : POUNDDD 1651 " ' ! 101st YEAR ,TWO SECTIONS 30 PAGES The Orocon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, April 22, 1951 PRICE 10c No. 23 Tree Added in Capitol Landscaping Work - J" SY 5 f Til r; " a,j . - JM .... J A larre erane was. pressed into service Friday to help set in place "two large- mamolia trees klonsside the entrance to the capitol building. This is a part of general landscaping being done around the capl tol, state library and public service building by the F. A.'Doerfler and Sons nurseries at a cost of about $26,000. Work beingj done includes planting a lawn around the new public service buildinr. (Statesman photo.) Frost Damage Slight to Fruit Crops I - ;! House Votes Raise for State Officials Defense Department to Issue List of 'Basic Policy Differences' with. Mac Portland Food Prices Rise During March By John M. Hirhtower WASHINGTON, April 21-iP)-The defense department announced today it will present to congress "an analysis of the basic differences which exist between the joint chiefs of staff and Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur oh Far East strategy, The statement put the defense department on record as stress ing that in its opinion "basic differences" do exist between the joint chiefs and Gen. MacArthur. The general told congress Thursday that he understood that "from a military standpoint the joint chiefs had snared hi views on taking stronger measures against red China. Today's statement said "Operations in the Far East are being carried out in accordance SAN FRANCISCO. April 21-( with the views of the ioint chiefs of staff. These views will be fullv Portland f ood prices increased 1 .2 I explained to the appropriate congressional committees. An analysis of J-" f"-""". " I "ie oasic finrerences which exist between the joint chiefs of staff and xauor swusura uen. MacArthur will be presented at that time. That was 18.5 per cent nigner wan Aroarentlv in rreDaration for the testimony, the White house and in March, 1950. . defense department are makine a detailed studv of the huge file of The general level of food prices messages exchanged between MacArthur and the ioint chiefs advanced to an all-time high index The idea is to find out exactly what the records will show in oi ine- Dureau saia. inis forthcoming congressional hearing on the Truman-MacArthur de compares wiin me inaex oi iuu ior hate over the conduct of the Korean war. the years 1933-39. Adnunistration officials familiar with the study said today that Fish and eees led the increase, two conclusions are unquestionably indicated by it- the bureau reported, eggs going First, the record will provide considerable support :fbr MacAr up 12.4 per cent from February thur's contention that certain of his key views on what j United Na- pnees, ana nsn up ine meat,tions forces should do about red China were shared by the joint chiefs poultry ana iisn group was ustea -rom a mihtary standpoint 28.1 per cent higher than a year . Second, on the same critical issues the decisions of the joint chiefs ago- , I taking into account not only military but broad political and other Chicken prices were up 2.1, considerations did not support MacArthur but did support the pres- lamb Jf, and pork; lJi per cent. I ident. Beef and veal were lower by .4 per cent, but still were nearly 33 per cent above the level of a year ago. Fresh fruits and vegetables were listed at an increase of 3.2 per cent over the previous month. The bureau reported the average food index for 56 cities in March went up .1 per cent to a level of Z25.Z. U.N. Troops Can Meet Anything Hurled at ThenVVan Fleet Says I First Driving Lesson Fatal MILWAUKEE. April 21 (JP) A woman s first driving lesson ended in death today for her and her instructor. Mrs. Rose Smith, 33, and Pan-just returned from a visit to the i By Den Hath TOKYO, Sunday. April 22-lJP)- United Nations troops, advancing along a broad front in central Ko rea toward massed Chinese-reds, can meet anything hurled at them, their field commander confidently said today. J And he emphasized that Includ ed any use of red planes. ; Lt..Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U. S. Eighth army commander, gave his optimistic assessment at his headquarters in Korea. He had telija Miljkovic, 42, displaced per son and former : captain in the Yugoslavian army, ; were killed when their car was struck by a passenger train traveling 75 miles an hour. A .friend told police he had loaned his car to Miljkovic when Mrs. Smith asked him ta teach her i to drive- western front. There he had made this cryptic observation: s If the enemy knew what 'I knew, he; would go back to China right now eventually he will come to that decision. i Allied troops and tanks rolled the main line northward up to five miles Saturday, along a 30-mile front . in . the . mountainous center. But they bumped into reinforced Chinese south of Chorwon and were fought to a virtual stand still. - : ; I The power-packed 'push in the center carried United Nations forces as much' as 10 miles north of the 38th parallel. I There was token resistance In Spots but elsewhere! the. allies made no contact with the enemy. Planes and artillery: had . paced the attack. ' I But the reds, throwing In re inforcements, held the allies to minor gains below heavily- - de fended Chorwon. At one point, the reds forced the allies to with draw under intense rifle end ma chinegun fire. j - - v ? f ! Allied artillery and planes broke up communist efforts to re inforce battered units retreating before the U. N. advance in the center. North Koreans broke and fled in panic i v By John If. White Staff Writer. The Statesman1 Oregon's house of representa tives Saturday voted salary in creases averaging 10 per cent for 0 state officials as the legislature completed the 104th day of the 1951 session. The appropriations measure, which now goes to the senate, jumps Gov. Douglas McKay'j sal ary to $11,000 a year, plus a $100 monthly tax-free expense account. Other top salaries under the new schedule will include $10,000 for the state health officer, $8,900 for the superintendents of the state hospital, Fairview home and the eastern Oregon state hospital, and $8,800 for the secretary of state, treasurer, public utilities commis sioner and attorney general, i Rep. Carl Francis, Dayton, raised the only objection to the bill, al though 11 representatives Voted against it. Francis objected to jumping 70 different salaries in one measure. "There are some I am foil and some I am against," Francis ; said. Liquor Probe Board Major action in the senate Sat urday was approval of a resolution to create an interim committee for a two-year investigation of ! state liquor commission policies. ; Sen. Frank Hilton, Portland, said the bill was necessary because rec ommendations of the Multnomah county grand jury have not ; been carried out. The interim investigation would be made by three senators and four representatives. I voting agamst the mil were Sens. Paul Patterson, Hillsboro; Dean Walker, Independence; Rex tllis, Pendleton; -end Howard C Belton, Canby, Annrnnriatinn Rill The senate also completed legis lative action on three major ap propriation bills, including one which grants the assessment Idivi sion of the state tax cornmission $595,892 to carry out a 10-year property reappraisal program. The reappraisal program, expect ed to bring a large amount of new revenue into the state treasury, will be carried out in cooperation with county assessors. Other appropriations bill ap proved grant $68,498 to the public utilities commission and $1202,294 to the fish commission .although a large share of the latter is returned in fish poundage and license fees. The house Saturday passed and sent to the senate three appropria tions measures, in addition to the one boosting salaries of state of' ficers. These give $4,025,594 to the state police. $566,111 to the! state treasury department, bond com mission and board oi control and $467,893 to the bureau of labor and allied departments. ; The house also passed and sent to the senate a bill to let the state board of higher education refund $7,079,000 worth of revenue dor mitory bonds, as authorized, in a constitutional amendment- ap proved by the 'voters at the last To Save Money ' . i The refunding will save an esti mated $1,200,000 as the new bonds will draw lower interest rates. Both houses' will convene at 10 ajn. Monday, anxious to end the session - by next Saturday, f Most legislators, however, predict an other two weeks of work before they can go home. J . The house will take action Mon day on- the senate-passed bill to reorganize Oregon's school i dis tricts. This was the major recom mendation bf Dr. T. C Holy,! Ohio educator hired by the 1949 legis lature to study- the educational system in the sfate. ' : " r (Other legislative news on page Gen. Van Fleet Points to New 'Volunteers' UJS. EIGHTH ARMY BEAD QUARTERS, Korea, Sunday! April 22--The new eighth army com mander said today that "volun teers" have now joined forces with north Koreans and Chinese reds for the next enemy move. ! But he predicted "the eighth army will meet it and defeat it. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet re fused to elaborate on "volunteers' ---but pointed out "we do not know who the fliers are" who have been piloting Russian-type jet fighters in recent strikes agamst allied air men. j In a press conference, Van Fleet said the crushed offensive of north Koreans early in the war was the first phase. The second was that of Chinese reds and north Koreans, at first successful but now re pulsed. The appearance of the "volun teers" brings the war to its third phase. J "We do not invite that third round "Of aggression," he added, "but if we are forced to, the eighth army will meet it and de feat it." Detroit Areai Vulnerable to Forest Fires I I Full cooperation of the public in preventing fires in the Detroit area is urgently requested by S. T. Moore, forest ranger at Detroit. That area has an unusually bad fire exposure this year. Some three or four thousand acres have been cleared for reservoir pur poses or for the power' line to Maupin and contain a great deal of inflammable material. Since the North Santiam and its principal tributaries are open for fishing travel in the area has been in creased, and with it risk of fire from matches, cigarets or neglect-1 ed campfires. . i Ranger Moore solicits the help of all who travel through on Highway 222, fishermen and rec reation seekers to observe all rules for fire prevention during the cri tical fire season which already has begun. ! Anti-Slot Machine Advocate Snubbed By Seaside Groups i SEASIDE. April 21 CSV-Wil liam Cummin gs, who is responsible for the removal of slot machines in Clatsop county, is about to lose bis job in another civic organization. - Joe Fisher, of the board ; of di rectors of the County Motor Court association, said members had voted to hold a new election to oust Cummin gs as president. Last week the Seaside Gull-oots, a booster organization, told Cum min gs he was no longer a member. Cummin gs sponsored a petition pretesting slot machines -in the Vern Raw cafe. It is owned by the mayor's brother, ' ' By LiHte L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman Some damaging frosts hit val ley floor cherry orchards early Saturday morning but growers as a whole did not believe the loss would be great. Robert E. Shinn, Willamette valley Cherry Growers'; manager, said that he had been; in touch with a large number of orchard men both on the valley'; floor and in the hills and found reports very encouraging. f t "Foliage was far enough along in most instances to give pro tection to the fruit and blossoms, 1 fi Ai ill" . f L RU-VUUUli' - . By Norman Walker -; a ! f ' WASHINGTON, April 21-(P-The government tonight an nounced a t.ough'V new price control policy forbidding industries . to raise pnces'if profits exceed a set standard. j ; . . Under this "yardstick" standard; no industry will : be per mitted to increase prices if the industry's dollauvprof its ! arriounf''' to 85.per cent or more of -the average of its three best veara auring ine iour-year. period 1S48- The Salem weather bureau forecast called for a low of 24 early today and a high near 70 this afternoon. Shinn stated. However, it was yet too early to determine actual damage, he added. t From Stayton, too, came word that frost .there was very "nir and no damage was anticipated unless "harder frosts are yet to come." Floyd Bates, fieldman with Paulus Brothers Cannery, stated that he believed some cherry damage has been suffered as a few growers were f reporting "browning of blossoms by Satur day afternoon." ; Hardier Fruit While a number of apple blos soms are In bloom, apples are among the hardier fruits and lit tle or no damage was expected in these orchards. The big crop of apple blossoms is yet to come. Fortunately, strawberries are not far enough along to be injured to any extent. A few early blos soms will go, but growers stated this this would only lend strength to those coming on later. Full peak In strawberry bloom is not expected until early in j May. On ly an occasional bloom is as yet out in the Silverton Hills heavy strawberry area. I Smadjre Pots Burn From Alderman's Farms In the Dayton community, fighting , the results of four weeks ot dry weather, changed over quickly early Saturday to save the crop from sub-freezing temperatures. Smudge pots were burning on the 150-acre strawberry patch Friday night and Saturday morning when temperatures were reported at 22 degrees there. The heat was stir red over the patch by use of a wind machine and a helicopter. Exact damage in the valley could not be definitely determined Saturday .but growers indicated that to date the lack of rain had been more cause for worry than the frosts. Strawberry : fields Out over Howell Prairie, : the North Howell area and Geryais-Wood-wurn were being irrigated during the past three days. Pastures, too, were receiving artificial -watering in many Willamette valley areas, while grain growers were merely scanning the skies with little hope in sight. I Salem - Portland Saa Francisco Chicago New York Mix. s S7 87 59 64 Muu Preelp. 2 Jf 29 M 47 trac 41 .11 ; ' A3 .. jOO . FORECAST (from 17. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem : Partly cloudy today and tonight. High today near 70. low. tonight near S3. " SAUEM " FKCTrrrAWOl ? Siaee Start f Weather Tear Sept, I This Year . last Year f. Normal 1949, inclusive. . The step . was announced by Jbconomic Stabilizer Frier Johnston; It is one cf a series designed to tighten inflation controls all along the line. ' " ' ' Also in the works are a drastic revision of '. manufacturers' " price ceilings and plans to clamp a freeze both on living-cost wage increases for labor and parity, boosts for agriculture. The latter step would require legislation. t . i -J$ JohnsHm laid . down the nrof if yardsticirinan order to Price Di rector Michael V. DiSalle. I want to emphasize that this is going to be a very tough policy. Johnston told reporters. "We will get a lot of squawks. It will mean that most cost increases will have to be absorbed. - 1 He said that in every industry there are always some firms mak ing money, others losing money;; and the government wants to avoid interfering with that rela tionship. .1 We want to reward efficiency. Johnston said. - i DiSalle will announce a manu facturers price regulation next Wednesday, Johnston said, as ah interim step toward ! establishing further dollars and cents ceilings for respective industries. - The manufacturers ! price regu lation is expected to require manu facturers to re-figure their prices to- pre-Korea levels with allow ances for cost increases since then. DiSalle sas said this will result in generally lower -consumer prices, since retailers now s have fixed profit margins requiring the bene fits of Idwer costs to them to be passed on to , consumers.- Fre Near V 1 Al 1, . -1 BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 21 . Robert A. -Vogeler, Americaa ; , businessman Imprisoned ia Hnntary, will be freed shortly, t the Hungarian communist gov ; ' eminent revealed today. Hungarians to HomeExtensioii Fete Draws' , 700 Women Largest of the Marlon county home festivals yet to be neio was that at Salem high school Satur day attended by well over 700 women. Mrs. Marjorie White and Mrs. June Burke, county home demon stration agents, were in charge Mrs. Russell Kelly presided in the morning and Mrs. Ralph Mercer in the afternoon. Sidney - Talbot unit won first place in the table centerpiece con test with an arrangement of mint and forget-me-nots in a center piece with peppermint s t i c k s forming candles and sticks of gum for decoration. Second place went to Turner unit which featured its fat lamb show, and third was won by Labish unit with an onion centerpiece. Each of the entries was to feature products or activi ties from its own community. The morning speaker .was Mrs. Edgar F. Lerning, who spoke on "Letting Out the Seams of Our Thinking. Dr. A. I. Strand . of Oregon State college was the ax- ternoon speaker with slides on agriculture and family life ox the Philippines. A chorus from Che mawa Indian school sang in the morning and a chorus from T.inn county home extension units pro vided afternoon music. Scrivture Aids M. Detective in Holy Land HAIFA. Israel. April 21 -WP)- And it came to pass that a police man in Haifa, while reading the Holy Scriptures, came upon the very words which led him to solve a nettling crime. The authorities' of the land of Israel had apprehended a caravan of asses, laden with contraband from the unfriendly lands of the Arabs across the river Jordan. But those who did own the asses and did smuggle the contraband had slipped away in the night. : . A wise policeman read the words of the Prophet Isaiah, and in the third verse of the first chapter be held the words which gave him an idea. . - The asses were held for several days without food and then were allowed to wander from the police crib, f The hungry and braying beasts led the policeman to the den of the culprits in an Arab frontier village. " r - . ; ' The. culprits were sore amazed, as were the village folk and ad miring fellow policemen. ' So it was that the inspired policeman read them this mess age:"- ;-; "The ox knoweth his owner, and tiit ass his master's crib." Release U. Si Business Man BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 21 UP) Hungary announced today she is freeing Robert A. Vogtler, a young American businessman who has spent 17 months in prison, on spy charges, in return for th! granting of "various just Ilungar- ian claims." i Nathaniel P. Davis, the Amer ican minister, - said a Hungarian foreign office communique an nouncing the completion of nego tiations was "correct andl I am very pleased.'' He refused to comtr. ment further. i Rumors tonight said the 39- year-old Voeeler. assistant vice- president of the International Tele phone and Telegraph company and its central European representa tive, might already have been de ported " over the border without having a chance to' talk to lega tion officials. , - S i (In Vienna, '616 beautiful Belgian-born wife, who once flew f to London to see Secretary of State Dean Acheson in' her long; battl for her husband's freedom, ex claimed: T am crazy with excite ment at the news.") f f No light was shed here on what constituted - the "Just Hungarian claims' mentioned in the -government communique. On the basis of various Hungarian notes to the . the United States, however, thcte claims could refer to the return of Hungarian property carried off to West Gemany by the nazis in 1844. Truck Burns At City Dump FOUR CORNERS. April? 51 Flames from the Salem city dum1 east of here ignited a . truck lat this . afternoon, causing damage estimated at $500. ; s Four Corners firemen, who ex tinguished the blaze, said Frank L. Schrby, Dallas, apparently had backed his truck too close to m fire.-burning in the dump. The rear end of the vehicle and five tires were destroyed. . S"s"s"i m mm mm . . . 11' . WESTERN' INTERNATIONAL , At Salem 0. Trl-Clty 5 -At Wenstche X Vancouver 11 . At Spokano 2-4. Victoria S-S At T acorn 1-1. Yakima S-ll " - COAST LEAGUE ' At Portland . Seattle 11 v . At Los Anseles 8. Hollywood t . At San Francisco 9, Oakland 5 - At saa mego a. zacraroemo 9 . . NATIONAL LEAGUE At CincinnaU S. Pittaburgh At Philadelphia . Boston e At New York 3. Brooklyn T At St. Louia-Chicago, rain. . AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston , Philadelphia 9 At Cleveland 1, St. Lou'l 9 ? At Washington 7. New York I At Chicago 6, Detroit 1