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-Another five star general has
been testifying before senate com
mittees this week a general dis
tinguished for his military attain
ments and for his devotion to his
country. If General Marshall has
not captured the imagination of
his fellow countrymen quite as
1 completely as his predecessor of
the witness stand, General Mac
Arthur, that does not reduce his
stature as an authority either in
the field of military operations or
.high policy. .
General Marshall has not dodged
the argument. -He has met head
on -the contention of MacArthur
that the United States has no poli
cy in Korea and his given an op
posing opinion to the military re
commendations of MacArthur. In
the face of these contrasting views
for high authority small wonder
If the layman, whether senators or
citizens become bewildered. :
; It is althogether probable that
each one who hears or reads the
mmMtine testimonies will extract
from each evidence to support his
preconceptions. As Wendell Phil
ipps said in his famous oration on
TmiKsaint l'Overture": "We read
history, not with our eyes but with
our prejudices, l mignt aaa max
we often make history that way
too.
In my own case I "remain firmly
of the opinion that the course in
Knrpa laid out bv President Tru
man is wiser than that advocated
by his lately deposed supreme
commander in the far east. Gen
eral Marshall states the situation
in simple language:
! There can be, I think, no quick
and decisive solution to this glo
bal stni??le short of resortins? to
another world war. The cost of
such a conflict is beyond caicu
lation- -
"It'is, therefore, our policy to
contain Communist aggression in
different fashions in different
areas without resorting to total
war, if that be possible to avoid . .
-"Korea is only the latest chal
lenger in this long, hard, conunu
lng world-wide struggle." ' ;
I MacArthur's reaction to enemy
blows was instinctive for a com-
mander ; ; :
(continued on editorial page, 4..)
Marshall Says
Of MacArthur
WASHINGTON, May MV-Sec-retary
of Defense Marshall de
clared today . that Gen. 'Douglas
MacArthur's war proposals had
threatened to split the United Na
tions allies and force the United
States to "go it'alone in Korea.
He told senators the five -star
general's outspoken opposition to
the .Truman administration's Ko
rean policy raised the issue of
"what voice spoke from this coun
try on foreign policy."
"By his public statements," Mar
shall testified, . . . he set up a
very serious reaction among our
allies, which threatened our col
lectlve action with them, and
which threatened our position in
the world in relation to this great
crisis, and which threatened to
leave us in a situation of going it
alone."
He denied, however, that foreign
governments had. dicta ted MacAr
thur removal by President Tru-
Allies Wary
- man or had even suggested such
a step. .
Marshall sharply challenged a
suggestion that this country al
ready is "going it alone" in the
conflict.
Senator Wiley (R-Wis) indicat
ed there are about 30,000 U. N.
troops on the Korean battlefield
fighting alongside an estimated
350,000 American troops. He add
ed: "Could it not be said in . the
light of these figures that we are
already gfflng it alone?"
1 "I don't think so, sir," Marshall
. retorted. . -' ;
He explained to the senate arm
ed services and foreign relations
committees the steps which led to
the ouster. - ;
And he will return again tomor
row to be queried by senators who
have-not yet had the chance to
Question him.
(Additional details on MacAr
thur controversy on page Z.)
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er, the Independence-Monmouth plant Is in partial operation this week. The chlorinator for purifica
tion of discharged water is yet to be put in operation and several buss are yet to be worked out. Top
photo shows the plant which is located near the river Just north of the old Independence hop bowl; In
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Tax, Coad Bond Bills
Two controversial bills of the -recent legislature one levying a
5-cent-a-pack cigaret tax and the other authorizing $40,000,000,000
of bonds for state highway construction were signed into law by
Gov. Douglas McKay here Wednesday. j , t
The cigaret tax law, to! become operative October 1 unless sub
jected to referendum, was estimated to raise approximately $5,000,000
MraRidgway I
Lands in Tokyo
TOKYO, ThursdayMay
An attractive, 36-year-old wom
an today became "first lady of the
occupation" in fact as well as in
name. . i i
Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway and
two-year-old son, Matthew, jr.,
arrived by plane to join the gen
eral who succeeded to the com
mands of General MacArthur. ;
The general dashed up the ramp
to the plane, two steps at a time,
embraced his wife and planted ia
resounding kiss on the forehead of
his son.; . - . . - . j . . --j
" "This is the happiest day of my
life, Mrs; Ridgway commented.
Bigi
WASHINGTON, May 9 ! -tfP)-Secretary
of State Acheson said to
day the United States has ; about
come to: the end of its rope in ne
gotiating with the Russians on
terms for a Big Four foreign min
isters' meeting. His words implied
that the whole project may fall
through. i
The Russians in their talks with
American, British and French rep
resentatives at Paris are in; effect
demanding that the west suspend
its defense program, Acheson said.
He declared emphatically-that is
too high a price a price the west
cannot pay for a Big Four meet
ing. ;
Dave Beck Quits l
As Washington
University Regent
SEATTLE, May " -P- Dave
Beck, teamster union leader and
regent of the University of Wash
ington, resigned from tha boavd
of regents late today in what he
said was protest, against too re
cent increase by the board In stu
dent lees. .
Beck suggested in his letter of
resignation to Governor Lanzlie
that a better solution for the uni
versity's financial problem might
lie taprompt action on the met
ropolitan , tract lease- in down
town Seattle rather than in fur
ther burdening the students-"
4 Parley
Said Totterin
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annuauy. i '
- Under the highway bond legis
lation $15,000,000 of bonds would
be issued-and sold annually dur
ing the next three ; ears. The sen
ate roads land highways commit
tee originally fixed this bond is
sue at $60,000,000 but it was redu
ced to $40,000,000 by a house com
mittee. The senate later approved
the house! amendment.
State highway department offi
cials here said the bond issue
would speed up road construction
and double the scope of the pro
gram based on other .revenues.
Also sigined by the governor was
the bill which ratifies the western
states regional compact for high
er, education. His signature puts
the compact in force because Ore
gon becomes the fifth state to rat
ify. Only five states were required
to set up !the agreement
Under! the compact, graduate
schools of the western states will
be opened, at resident tuition
rates, to students from other west
ern statesi.
Other bills "signed by the gov
ernor increase the salaries of su
preme court justices and circuit
judges 10 per cent. T
- Another bill receiving approval
of the governor provides a max
imum fine of $1,000 and jail sen
tence of one year for 'fraudulent
ly trying to obtain public welfare
assistance. . r
Panama President
Agrees ta Restore
1916 Constittion
PANAMA, ; Panama, Thursday,
May lO-iPJ-Panama's strong man
Police Chief CoL Jose Antonia Re
mon, announced early today that
President Arnulfo . Arias ; had
agreed to restore the 194S con
stitution and would remain in of
fice. -: j ' '
The announcement came after
a day and night of rioting in which
at least two persons were killed
and 11? wounded as crowds clam
oring for Arias' removal battled
through the capital's streets.
Juvenile Adds Realism
To Delinquency Report
ALBUQUERQUE, May-ft-The
city library discovered sever
al pages on juvenile, delinquency
were torn from an encyclopedia.
The librarian checked., r
A junior high student ripped
out the leaves to take - home to
write an essay on juvenile delin
quency. I . J
sutltti: fund nmo ?
WASHINGTON, May ' 9 -iSV
Th senate refused today to vote
$25,000,000 to start a program of
federal contributions to the 'states
for the construction of air raid
shelters. .
The) Oregon Statesman, Salem u Oregon, Thursday,
Plant at Work
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slaves man pnotos :
InchXaJlsh
Fund Transfer
Act Unlawful
PORTLAND, May 9-WVState
Sen. Jack Lynch, Portland, today
Ldescribed as unconstitutional a
new law to transfer $2,500,000
from the veterans loan fund to
the state general fund. j
He said the money was collected
by a special tax levy to build up
the surplus of the veterans fund
and its use for j other purposes
would violate the constitution.
The law was passed in the clos
ing hours of the last legislature
after , supporters argued the vet
erans loan fund surplus was j be
coming too large. The fund how
totals about $7,750,000. The trans
fer was approved to relieve part
of the general fund deficit, j
Lynch asked Attorney General
George Neuner for an opinion on
the law, but Neuner- ruled that
Lynch was not in ' a position to
ask for such an opinion since: the
bill had passed both houses.
In Salem Governor McKay said
his legal adviser was studying con
stituuonality of the law.
Civil Service
For Sgt. Brice
PORTLAND, May 9 jThe
state civil service commission said
today it would hold a public hear
ing for Sgt. Lloyd J. Brice, one of
three fired .Oregon liquor com
mission employes. j
His attorney, George C Rein
miller, said he. would request the
hearing. James Clinton, acting ci
vil service -commission director,
said it would be approved by the
commission at a May 18 meeting.
Whether the other two discharg
ed employes, Donald Schmidt; and
Lt. Charles Fohtana, would; get
hearings was undetermined. They
were listed as "temporary 'em
ployes" and a bearing is not man
datory for them.. .
Truman Adds 4tli ;
Star for Ridgway;
WASHINGTON, May 9 --bP)-Presldent
Truman today promoted
Lt Gen. Matthew W. Ridgway,
who succeeded Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur In the Far East, to become
full four-star general. . i
Mr. Truman's ' recommendation
is subject to senate ccnUrrsation.
The new fourth stsx will match
his "four hat job as supreme
commander, allied powers (SC
AP); commander-in-chief. United
Nations command; commander-in-chief.
Far East; and ' commander
xeneraL UJS. army. Far East.
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Hearing Due
County
Buidget
Approved
By Conrad G. Prange
' StaiT Writer, Th Statesman
A Marion count, budget for
1951-52 fiscal year of $2,645,290
was approved -Wednesday by the
six-man budget committee.
The committee wound up its
three-day session by approving a
balanced budget which compares
with a current budget of $2,486,
636. Increases were accounted for in
the 1951-52 budget by a salary
boost for all employes which will
cost the county about $25,000 and
an increase in elective officials
pay, totaling another $8,000 an
nually. .. i
A legislative measure increas
ing pay for judges and clerks of
election boards will hit county
coffers for an additional $10,000
pW election.
Another estimated $31,000 ap
propriation was necessary to take
care of costs involved when coun
ty offices must seek other quar
ters while a ew courthouse is
being constructed. This includes
cost of transportation and board
ing of jail prisoners.
More Money Sought
While some county offices. In
cluding school and welfare, show
ed expenditure decreases from the
current budget, most other offices
asked for more money,
On the other hand estimated
revenues ! from vari- js offices
were increased from $744,651 to
$864,293. Expendable surplus was
also boosted from $659,673 to
about $633,909.
The total tax levy, within the
allowable 6 per cent limitation in
crease, for the new budget is $1,
147,097 compared with $1,082,222
for the current budget.
In the closing minutes of its de
liberations Wednesday the budget
committee granted the county en
gineer a $25 per month salary in
crease. Short Session
This budget hearing was the
first conducted by County Judge
Rex Hartley and was one of the
shortest sessions in recent years.
In contrast to former years no in
dividuals or groups asked for
hearings before the committee, -r
- "The increases in the new bud
get," said Hartley, ."are a reflec
tion of the general cost rises in all
commodities in the past year. I
do not think this budget's increase
out of proportion to the general
trend." j
Hartley; said the major" reason
the budget session rolled along
smoothly and quickly was because
of cooperation, of department
heads in preparing and presenting
their respective office budgets.
In ' the, total budget, $992,700
falls In the geenral fund, $783,250
in road funds and the balance in
county school, library, public as
sistance and courthouse funds.
Only levy outside the 6 per cent
limit is the $175,000 levy for new
courthouse construction which vo
ters approved two years ago as a
seri:' levy.
Ceilings
On Beef Start
CHICAGO, May 9-P)-The gov
ernment's new beef price rollback
program went into effect today.
There were some cuts in whole
sale prices but fewer ntmn7f were
shipped to market. r
Housewives In some cities may
notice a few minor reductions in
beef prices starting Monday. How
ever, no important retail price
change is expected until Aug. 1.
Retail ceilings will be rolled back
four to five cents a pound then
with another four to five cents
slash due Oct 1.
Border Warfare
Eases in Israel .
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 9-VPh
Border warfare north of the sea
of Galilee eased today within a few
hours after the U. N. security
council ordered Syria and Israel
to cease fire.
The cease-fire order was voted
10-0 at Lake Success about S p.m.
EST Tuesday (2 a jn. Wednesday
Israeli time). But there was some
shooting ; before dawn.
General Feted for Trip
Korea Zone to Check on Disease
TOKYO, Thursday, May VHJP)
Brig. -Gen. Crawford F. Sams,
chief of the U2i. command's pub
lic health and welfare section, has
received the distinguished service
cross for a daring trip behind
enemy lines in Korea to check re
ports of widespread disease among
red troops." .. . , , i . ,
The citation calJ the St Louis,
LIo, army doctor made an amphi
bious landing in enemy territory
the night of March 13. For three
and a half hours, he gathered in
formation on pestilence among the
communist forces.
The information was important
1-Iay. 10. 1S51
Klamath Rail
Sabotage Case
Leads Traced
KLAMATH FALLS. May
Railway authorities and police in
vestigating the sabotage of a
Southern . Pacific freight train
south of here yesterday said today
they have several leads. - r ' -.
IBut "it's a rough go, one rail
way special detective said. ;
"We don't know whether the
sabotage was done by a thrill
seeking crackpot or someone with
another motive he ' added. : "But
we're going all out to chase
down the guilty. He's simply got to
be caught' :
The damage from the wreck
was expected to reach about $500,
000. The six trainmen aboard were
injured, but none seriouslyj
Henry Mudder, Klamath ; Falls
brakeman at first .believed to have
a broken arm, was found to have
escaped with lesser injuries and
was released from the hospital
today. The others suffered cuts
and bruises.
The train was! wrecked by
breaking a switch lock at a spur
track. Two target signals were re
versed so that they showed the
the switch to be set for the main
line. ,
When the train whipped onto
the spur, the locomotive over
turned and was badly damaged.
Sixteen loaded cars piled up and
a tank car on the spur was dam
aged. The 79-car train was enroute
from. Klamath Falls to Alturaa,
Calif, -. -mmr'k(KiifKm-
State to Build
Camp Sites at
Silver Falls
An overnight camping area is
planned for Silver Falls State
park, the state highway depart
ment announced Wednesday in
connection with its call for bids
on some 30 projects.
Among bids called for the high
way commission's May: 24-25
meeting in Portland is that for the
Silver falls project, Including one
half mile of roadway, nine trailer
parking areas, 41 camp sites, rest
rooms and utilities. .
Projects figuring In other bid
ding will Include: Standard la
trine for Champoeg state ; park;
paving -37 mile of 'Ellendale ave
nue in Dallas, guard rail construc
tion in South Santiam highway
1 miles west of Sweet Home;
extension of frame highway main
tenance building at Santiam Junc
tion; replacement of bridge rail
onorth Santiam highway. '
Plane Wreck, 2
Bodies Found
; EUGENE, May(flVA wreck
ed airplane containing r the re
mains of two bodies was reported
found at 5 p. m. today on Booth
Kelly Lumber Co. property,
- The discovery was ; made by
three Booth-Kelly Co. employes.
There are two planes listed as
missing In the Eugene area one
lost with four persons aboard in
December, 1949; the other lost
with two aboard Oct. 14, 1950.
The plane lost last October was
on a flight from Stockton, Calif.,
to Portland. Aboard were Rudi
M. Michel, the pilot, and a friend,
BUI .Thompson, both of Stockton.
College students, they ; were en
route to Portland for a visit.
into Red
enough "to affect the Immediate
conduct of the U.N. armed effort
In Korea,? the citation said. ; .
v Sams took three assistants ashore
despite the fact other landing par
ties had been captured and the
reds knew bis operation, was plan
ned. The four landed in rubber
raft at a site not disclosed for se
curity reasons. ,. . , t ,
The citation revealed officially
for the first time that UN. medi
cal teams have been operating be
hind enemy lines, gathering vital
information cf disease and ether
medical prchlgma.
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Involved
Frederick Beck (top), prison em
a ploye charged with carry Inx
' drugs Inside the walls who waa
arrested as lie signed for sreg
" istered letter containing $4,900
for Dupree ; (Buck) Pee, (be
low), who Is serving life for
murder.
Beck to Enter
Plea in Pen
Frederick Bock, state prison '
school teacher; charged with car
rying benzedrine into the peni
tentiary, will I enter a plea here
today in district court.
. Still sought Wednesday was the
man who purportedly brought the
benzedrine inhalators - to Salem.
He waa identified yesterday as
Joe Jerry Bishop, brother of
Jackie Bishop in whose prison
cell five of the inhalators were
found Tuesday.
Joe ' Bishop Is wanted on
charge of Introducing drugs Into
a prison. Authorities believe he
has fled to California. The Bishop
brothers are onetime residents of
the Sweet Home area. s
Dismissal of Beck as prison
school teacher was reported Wed
nesday by Warden George Alex-,
ander. He had held the post since
1949. High - school principal at
Junction City from 1937-39, he
later operated cafes there and
here and was once Salem's juv
enile officer. ; '
(Additional details on page 1)
Allies Rout
6,000 Reds
TOKYO, Thursday, Iay 10-P)
Allied forces killed or souted
6,000 Korean reds trying to flank
Seoul from Xhe .west, an eighth
army spokesman said today.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops
supported by artillery and planes,
smashed back two red regiments
between, the Han river and the
Seoul-Munsan road, 20 to 25 miles
northwest of the old capital.
Y Elsewhere (along the rugged;
curving front,, aggressive U. N.
patrols met little or so resistance.
Photographs and pilots reports
indicated that Vedncsday'g mass
air strike by 312 planes against
the Sinuiju air base in red north
west Korea largest raid of the
wardidn't inflict as much dam
t;s as at first anticipated.'
The U. S.' fifth air fcrce an
nounced today destruction or dam
age of S3 buildings housing red
troops and supplies, lares fuel
dump and five vehicles. One en-
esy plane was destroyed and two
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Cops 'Hauled
Away Money
asketfuli
NEW YORK. Mav B-PUTWrw.
ty-one copswere accused., twiay .
of taking millions money y .the
bushel basketful to protect a ,
$20,000,000 a year Brook lyn
gambling ring. .
.A jicture of, graft and corrup
tion unbelievable," Assistant Dis
trict Attorney: Julius Hel&nd
called it.
Fifty six other cops were um
ed co-conspirators because 111
fand said he lacked corroborative
evidence against them. Thev will
not be prosecuted but wiUl be
viilaMa . f.
accused policemen.
He said Boss BooVic Him
Gross strolled in and out of "po
nce stauons lor years, handing
out payoff money and issuing or
ders to police. : )
Among the indicted officers
were two former" inspectors, wIS)
allegedly took expensive televis
ion sets as gifts from Gross, j
The defendants if convicted
face at least ; a year or roor
apiece in jaiL . - - i
Basket of Money f
Helfand said Gross once hud
dled with high ranking ptie
brass and a "bushel basket filled
with money was collected.
Another time, Helfand claimed,
one of the alleged co-conspirators.
Former. LL George W. McCirr,
took back to Gross $135,000 in
graft payments and demanded the
S500 and -$1,000 bills be changed
into lower denominations. j
- Helfand also said some cf : the
indicted cops put up S45,CC3 mo
Gross could .expand the bcckJ
business that allegedly paid them
off in millions in graft. i
Had Cops Transf ered i
The well-dressed Gross, Hel
fand went oiir made KurtrpsfWa
about police assignments and llad
crooxea cops transferred where
they would do him the most geedL
The indictment alt
Gross had access to top-secret po
nce department rues. i
Shortly after the names ot the
56 co-consniratora - wrra uu
public. Police rnmminlww
Thomas F. Murphy anounced that '
the 32 of the cods rfill
force had been suspended.
Income Tax !
Boost Gains
WASHlJfGTbN. Mv 0yz
$3,000,000,000 increase in individ
ual Income taxes, raising rate
across the board for every tax
payer. " was tentatively ?rtf in-
day by the house ways and means
commiiiee. . - .
The plan, still subject to betas
and senate aoDrovaL would niM
the rates In each surtax bracket by
inree perceniage points.
For a single person with ixj da
nendenta and a net lnmma r f ?
000 a year after deductions but b-
zore personal exemptions, tb taa
would go up I $42, from $2J3 t
$322. I
A married person with no de
pendents and an $8,000 net income
now pays $1,418. His obligation
would be. 11.62X1 undpr tHat rri
mittee's plan, an Increase or ZZ.
t or a married man witn ; two
dependents and a $13,CC0 net 1-
come,' the increase would be 3 L
from $200 to $378.
BO XXEVDLLE BUILDING
PORTLAND, May 9-P)-A $3,
000,000 eight-story buildinf ta l
built in northeast Portland fcr tv.i
Bonneville administration arJ in
terior department- may be cern
cleted In October. 1252. a Kir!!.-
era representative said today,
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