The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 24, 1951, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSfaxJ SS i 81 V S3 ! Mia. II SS 54 a Portland . Fan Francisco Quan . 9 jiiiros towe JI New i ork WiUsmette river ft mi FORECAST (from U S. weth W rvau. McNary icld. Sdcin): MMly clew today and foetKht exevp fa wna monilnf clou4:nk. Cooler tvaUy wita high aetr S2; low tonibt ur SALEsC KICmTATION Sic trt f wntkr inr t. TMsYear Lt Year . Mcral 'IKD CDDUo 1 The legislature la Indiana pass ed a law removing the seal of secrecy on beneficiaries of welfare programs. Previously all the states lmDOsea this seal since 11 was a condition laid down by the fed eral government. Otherwise the state would be - declared out of conformity and would lose its large federal contribution for old age assistance, aid to dependent chil dren and the bund. To avert such action against In diana by the federal security agency Sen. Jenner of Indiana and Sen. Dirksen of Illinois succeeded in tacking on an amendment which would deny FSA authority to can cel grants to states which permit ted publicising of grants to the needy aged. The same measure in- ucucu use xseuca ai iuaiiuuui - aged by S3 a month and to de pendent children $1.60 a month. The estimated added burden to the federal treasury is $140,000,- 000. . :. v. - - : - The argument for publicity for ' the names of beneficiaries of wel fare grants is that it would expose the chiselers and moochers. Se crecy of records throws a protect ive veil over those who are un deserving, who have falsified their age or report of assets. Since pub lic funds are involved, it is con tended there should be full pub licity for those sharing in these outlays from the public treasury, This argument rests on assump tions that a good many now on the rolls do not deserve to be there. They may have relatives well able to support them. Or these may have resources which have not been disclosed to the welfare com mission. It is doubtful however if the facts will bear out these as sumptions. A few undeserving may get on the rolls, but not many. The staff workers in welfare de partments are (Continued on editorial page 4) ' Gets Cougar Back As Neighbor PORTLAND, Ore, July A woman wno laid a 100-pound cougar out cold by swinging hefty piece of wood learned with horror today that the cougar was Dacic ' m A neighbor said the cougar was xus pet, and wasn't really attack ing the woman when she swung the timber,; Others In the neigh borhood said, pet or not, they were staying inside until they could get pouce to take the ani mal away. i Mrs. Louis Miller said the coug ar bounded from brush beside a road in a wooded suburban area northwest of Portland Saturday night and leaped on her pet bull dog. Then it turned toward her. The 65-year-old woman grab bed a 12-foot-long tree limb and swung mightily. She caught the beast squarely on the head, and it dropped like a fur rug. "I thought it was dead, said Mrs. Miller, a widow who lives alone. She tied the animal to a fence anyway, with a short chain she found attached to a collar on the cpugar. , Animal Angry : Police and Portland zoo attend ants were grateful for this. When they arrived on Mrs. Miller's call, they found the animal alive and snarling. It took them a half-hdUr to maneuver the animal into a cage, which they hauled to the zooq Mrs. Miller said she wasnt sure V . Afim - Tinnirnr am - 44m wa 1 Ui -- m CVVfvl ' UUUI mtm wounds. . ' Then J. Kendall Hockensmith turned up, and said the cougar was his pet, which he kept at a house across the road from Mrs. Miller. He wanted the big cat back. Zoo attendants said they weren't sure they could move the animal safely. "Nonsense," said Hockensmith. "She's as gentle as a kitten," with which he opened the cage door. Leaps Into Car ' lot -rear-oia counr srroiipn out and rubbed against Hocken- smith's leg. Then she docilely walked with Hockensmith to his automobile, leaped onto the front seat beside him, and they drove off. . ; A number of hours went by without incident before neighbors learned the cougar waa back. Then they called children and dogs home. Husbands said they would try to get officials to take the cougar away. Animal Crackers y WARREN GOODRICH TK rowQb so b toe arnica for Ja 9f, bo!or , Woman . . , ? ... mM.mmW V aiiiiiTsnmn. w wm.- iUWOOT. July at, - ' ' , ' ' ' , ' PRICE 5c jj jjj It was a ease ef Pickett meeting pickets Monday when Bruce F. Pickett, left. Pacific Telephone and Tele i ' graph Co., district manager, stopped to talk to two CWA pickets In front of the PTiT business office ' at Center and Winter streets. Pickets are Joe Curran, center, 1144 S. 13th at.; and Howard Dove, right, , 1175 Larmer ave. AH boil dings ef the telephone company had picket lines early Monday as the state wide strike ef communications workers went Into effect. (Statesman photo.) ; ol' Paelflo Telephone aad Telegraph switchboard of the Salem exchange as the CIO Co mmunications Workers of America are ont on strike Here manipulating- the plugs and wires Monday are Victor IL Collins, left, supervising wire chief; and Bay Ward, right, chief switchman. (Statesman photo.) Some Phone ters to Return Today PORTLAND, July 23-(P-CIO communications workers will turn their strike against the Pacific Telephone and ' Telegraph com pany in Oregon Into a hit-run af fair tomorrow, union officials ln- dicated today.! f - r The union called all its Oregon members out on strike today, but a spokesman said some of them would report back to work to morrow. That, he said, will be the start of the hit-run tactics. I 1 In a "hit-run strike workers walk away from their jobs with out prior warning, return just as unexpectedly, perhaps a day or two later,- a . - j There was little noticeable ef feet in the first day of the strike, wnicn began at e sun. ! ! ? An estimated 4660 workers were affected by the strike, called after negotiators deadlocked over a new contract. - a Company, spokesmen said there was agreement on a wage increase, but other issues were unresolved. A union official ; said the union wanted to set up grievance: ma chinery, to reclassify a number of Oregon exchanges, , and secure ; a cumber of changes in working conditions. v. Negotiators agreed to stand by. ready to meet again. The company is to notify the union when ready to resume. ' Capitol Statue to Have ' ring The rolden cloneer who scans Salem skies from the capitol dome will have a counterpart in down town Salem soon, " '! , Plans were - disclosed Monday night by Foreman Theatres for a modernized front) for the Capitol theatre here, featuring a seven foot replica of the pioneer statue atop the statehouse. s The -little l pioneer wf3 be erected, along with a new marquee lighting system, by Oregon Sign and Neon Corp- provided the work meets the approval of Sa lem's city engineer and manager, it was allowed by the city council last nisht. . . TVTT ' WorJ I. 1 Ti. f . ! Co, snpernsory and managerial Company, Union Opinions Vary Un success of balem Pickets Most Salem telephone employes went out on strike Monday, as negotiations over working conditions continued in Portland.; Picket lines were maintained at the various offices. - Both company and union officials of Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company expressed confidence of results of their actions. ' The situation varied considerably among shifts. J.' G. Byrne, Flax Festival Junior Curt Royalty Chosen Statesman News Service MT. ANGEL, July 23 Michael Gross and Carol Ann Hanks were named junior king and queen of the annual Flax festival here to night at a drawing at the Busi nessmen's club. I l . ' Selected as the crown prince was John Palmer, and as crown princess, Harriet j Purdy. The court will be crowned as the opening ceremony of the fes tival Friday night, August 3. on the steps of St Mary's school. : Honored guest. at the dinner was the 1949 Flax festival traeen. Stel la Dummer, who received a cor sage from festival vice chairman Al Dieger. Also receiving corsages were the mothers of the four jun ior royalty, , ! Thirteen 10 to 12-year-old chil dren competed for the festival court. In the first year of naming the court from among children. Brooks Votes School Bonds BROOKS, July 23 A supple mental bond Issue of . $12,000 to complete financing of a proposed addition to the grade school was approved by- district voters here tonight. The vote was C2 for and 30 against. - The added fund was reculred after bids for construction of a three classroom-heating plant ad dition to the school ran above the $S3,CC3 voted tn a previous elec tion. Ted Patzer, Salem contractor, submitted the low bid of $C5,343 when bids were opened here recently. stassst. -m. ' "e3 CM- 1 : -7 i- - -" 7p ; rt 1 V staff members are flllinr In on the strike committee chairman for Sa- lem local 9204, Communications Workers of America, estimated that about 90 per cent of the em ployes remained away from work and It's hurting the company." TT .1 ,i Ann -i muu auuui 4uw were on siTLKe. Bnice Pickett, Salem district manager for PT&T, estimated that the operating force was never be low 60 per cent of normal and at 5 p. m. was about 90 per cent, in cluding many executives and su pervisors ' placed on operational tasks. The "mirror-phone," a re cording asking callers to place only emergency calls, was employ ed part of the day. Pickett said all calls placed after such reminder, and at some intervals all incom ing calls needing operator help, were handled. ' No disturbances were reported as a result of the picketing, which usually involved about 20 persons but ran as high as 50. Most were at the traffic building on State street, with others at the offices on Court street and garages on Cottage and Soh 22nd streets. An undetermined : number of persons crossed the picket lines and were not deterred. Pickett said larger numbers crossed as the day advanced. Byrne said the line was respected by the only other phone .union members In Salem, the six-member Independent Or der Repeatermen and Toll Test board union. Ne Commitment " -,C -; - Byrne said the pickets went on duty at 6 a. m. and remained until midnight. He would not say whe ther they would continue today. Pickett said Twe're doing every thing in our power to keep service at a high level." . . . Albany reported no J trouble Monday on ' local calls, although that : exchange is manual rather than dial, while long distance traf fic was $loweL" ;, The labor dispute, on which ne gotiations are continuing in Port land, is over working conditions, since the pay matter was settled at the beginning of talks. ; " c i cm j: - i. Signals ' By Robert E. Gangware : City Editor,' The Statesman r &aiem s new rraixic plan .was three more, steps nearer comple tion, at least on paper, Monday mgnt arter the aty council s ap proved traffic ' signal lights and parking agreements with the state highway department. f i , iramc signal lights were ap proved for 22 downtown and north Salem intersections, under a plan in which, the city and state share . installation costs and the city agrees to maintain the lights. City's cost Is estimated at $27,500. Parallel parking was f decreed for Portland road between Lana avenue and north city limits." a section which the state is to grade. pave and maintain. The aty reso lution adopted last night specified mat traffic dividers on the high way not interfere with any pres ent or, future - street intersections and that any damages due to grade changes be paid by the state. The ! traffic lights designated last night are among those design ed to control traffic in a new grid of one-way streets! Some of the lights . are now in operation, but remain to be coordinated with the system. ' - lTamc signals win be regu lated by traffic flow at Marion and Commercial, Marion and Lib erty, Center and Commercial, uenter; and Liberty streets, j existing signals will be syn chronized for a certain speed of traffic on North Capitol at Fair grounds, Market, D and Center streets, and at Center and High streets. , Other traffic signals are listed for Chemeketa at Commercial and Liberty streets, Center at Cottage, Marion at Cottage and High streets,' Summer at Madison, Ship ping, Market, D and i Marion streets; Capitol at Madison, Mar ion and Shipping streets. ; - : Resolutions were ordered drawn for several traffic stop signs on main arteries entering Salem, de signed to slow the movement of incoming traffic. Locations recom mended, by City . Manager J. I Franzeo are D and 21st ! streets, 25th and Mission, 25th and State. 24th and Center, 24th and Market, Rural and High streets. Franzen told the council, however, that the state highway; department is ob jecting, to any such stop sign on State street, which is a state high way - f . ' : "Children at Play" signs cau tioning motorists to slow their vehicles were ordered for Stew art street near Parrish junior high school. Alderman Albert H. Gille, who proposed the signs, said the recent experiment with such signs on 23rd street had proven highly satisfactory. - : (Additional council news on page 6). i ( Ggaret Tax Referendum Petitions Filled PORTLAND, July 23-flVSuf-ficient signatures have been ob tained to assure a referendum on the cigaret tax act, Cecil W. Jones, president of the Portland Central Labor council, announced tonight. He declined to say how many signed the petitions which labor had circulated throughout .the state for the past several weeks. But Gust Anderson, secretary, said there were many more than . the 10,429 required to hold up the tax until it can be voted on at the next general election, j : The proposed tax, passed by the last legislature, called for a three- cent levy on each package of cig arets sold. It was tied in with a measure which would have set a fair trade price. The two meas ures. were expected to boost the price of a package of dgarets S cents. ; - - i Approved Hail-Pounding Illegal . On Salem After G p.m. There are .some days when a fellow can't even make a cup board. , . At least not in the evening, If hammering is involved, for the dty of Salem's anti-noise ordin ance prohibits such noise between pjn. and 7 un. i , ."Is the dry of Salem In a posi tion to adjust that foolishness?" asked John R. Merritt, 765 S. Li berty st, of the dty council Mon day night at dty halL ; : It seems Merritt was fixing a cupboard for his wife at home one evening when, he was called on by two dty police "officers. Very polite they were, related Merritt last night, and they even offered him a dgaret. But the fact re mained they were calling his at tention t a neighbor's complaint about his nighttime hammering. Merritt, a druggist, said he'd been doing house repairs and the like (his "home work") off end on for years, with nothing but ffloSopfaei Persistent TV 'Bugs' - Nurse Faint Glimmer Of TV into Salem Sets " - - By Conrad. C. Prange i SUft Writer. Tno SUtesman TV or not TV: that is the question for Salem, invwir. But it is no longer a question - and sound man; DuBuy is one of enthusiasts who has been receiving passable television shows on his jiving rwiu set lur several monuis now. c The reception DuBuy gets in sotiations Due on Detroit Dam Contracts PORTLAND, July 23 -JPh A contract' for construction of Big Cliff dam and completion of the Detroit dam . powerhouse on the north Santiam river will be nego tiated, the Portland district engin eer said today, j K Col. T. H. Lipscomb said author ity to negotiate the contract was granted by the chief of engineers so that no time would be lost. The only two bids on the project were rejected as toe high, because they were 25 per cent above allowable government estimate. Lowest of the bids totaling $7,- 397,547 came from Consolidated Builders, Inc., Mill City, which hold the Detroit dam contract. Negotiations will begin immedi ately, Lipscomb said. Big Chief, part of the Willamette Basin project like Detroit, will be a re regulating dam. Cffinese'Hint At Refusal to End Deadlock TJ. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR TERS, Korea, Tuesday, July 24-(P)-The reds Pyongyang radio hinted today that the communist reply at Kaesong tomorrow would be "no" to allied Insistence on a cease-fire agenda without the is sue of foreign troop withdrawals. Cease-fire negotiators' for both sides are scheduled to resume at 11 a. m. tomorrow fJ p. m. PDT Tuesday) the talks which the reds adjourned in order to study furth er that ticklish Question. This morning, Pyongyang radio quoted an editorial which said "all our people demand withdrawal of all foreign national troops from our territory." - : The broadcast, monitored In To kyo, quoted from the Korean Cen tral Press, a communist news ag ency in North Korea. "The United States delegates propagandize that this problem has no relation with cease-fire talks," the editorial said. This stubborn attitude means that the U. S. is aiming to retain military bases in South Korea . . . Today, in the face of their defeat (Gen. Matthew B.) Rldgway and his soldiers are aiming to stay in Korea forever." i Five red cease-fire negotiators are expected to reply to a final al lied offer. Upon the answer may hinge the decision whether Korea is to have peace or continued war. CARDINAL SUCCUMBS WARSAW. Poland, July 23-MV Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha, 84, died tn Krakow today after a long illness. sympathy from his neighbors.-All of-a sudden there's a law against It, and (1) how's a fellow who works by day supposed to keep his home in repair; (2) what about a real woodworking hobbyist with his lathe?. Merritt's conclusions: (1) The law is unreasonable in banning such noise as early as 6 P-m-I (2) someone in his neighborhood must have. an ulcer. ;: ; : ; The ' dty attorney, t Chris J. Kowitz, put in that the law at least helps out a husband who might want to duck a disagreeable household task on grounds that the work is illegal. ; And for thus entering the pic ture, the ' dty attorney had the problem in his lap. The aldermen referred the matter to him with instructions to investigate and draft an ammendment that would permit a man to work around the house until, say 9 p ja. Ne for Louis DuBuv. Salem .wtrtnia a jgrowing stoud of Salem tivim alem, although mostly waw and spouy, originates in Seattle, and, he thinks, in Los Angeles. ( Last week he channeled in an hour and a half of "very clear" shows from Los Angeles. During May and early June, says DuBuy, he got clear reception from Seat tle. 4 Lately, though, what he has seen on nis 14 by 12-inch screen mostly resembles an Alaskan snow storm, i About May S, he recalls, he saw, via his cathode-ray tube, , the Homecoming of Korean troens landing in Seattle. That," he said, fis television at its best , y. ' i DuBuy, who operates Universal Sound Corp., says there are about 20 TV bugs in the Salem area who Operate television sets. They in clude Val 1 Klampe of - Brooks, and. Earl Heider, Al Johnson, Clarence Bishop and John Marr. Day After Day ;,: , "Operating a set," explains Du Buy, : means' sitting in front nf the screen day after day hoping for a faint picture to materialize put of the snow storm. TV enthusiasts are worst than fishermen in bragging about the clear programs they get. In view of this DuBuy has worked out his Own personal system of evaluat ing uie statements of his fellow TV friends j when they swap ac counts of the sort of TV reception iney nave oeen getting lately. Tends to Exaggerate i! When a set owner in Salem says be has had "good'V reception, ac cording to the DuBuy formula, it jneans ne Dareiy saw the lines on nis screen, if reception has been irwonuenui-j It means faint im ages have appeared. Perfect" re ception indicates an occasional picture was jseen or audible sound nearo. 1 When a TV bug admits he has had only "fair" reception chances are nis set is out of order. I DuBuy's set comnlet with $50 booster j (to give it maximum power) andra $65 aerial (invented by a Japanese), set him hack shout $400. He, like most of the other A v j devotees to Salem, is study ing television and uses his set a a sort of experimental work-hobby, j! Oregon is the only state on the racuic coast which does not have television. Further expansion of tne industry Is being held back by the federal communications commission for a number of rea sons all bringing disputes. FCC Says "No" The FCC thinks the industrv Is not stabilized enough, both as to lecnnicai and broadcasting meth ods, to justify new station permits. I!" DuBuy says it looks like It will be a year or longer bef or tele vision stations come to Oregon. Portland probably will be the first to corral a station permit. When TV comes toi Portland it will also Come to Salem - because Salem screens will easily pfek up TV broadcasts from Portland stations with sets considerably less ex pensive than the one DuBuy has rigged up. t ' 10 Times As Much "When TV does come to Port land and Salem broadcasts will consist mostly of transcribed films, with some local talent programs thrown in. It is estimated that it costs about 10 times as much to produce and broadcast a tele vision program as a comnarable radio show."i r DuBuy and other television live wires, together with a goodly portion of common, run-of-the-mill, TV hopefuls, would like to see influential people or agencies to Oregon prod Oregon's congres sional delegation or the FCC Into! looking into the Oregon question. Meanwhile DuBuy can be found almost any day or night trying to get "perfect reception on his TV screen, In a pinch he will even settle for "wonderful. -Western International At Vancouver . Victoria a (Ooly game scheduled) Coast League (Jfo scheduled) ; American Lea goo games scheduled) (No ii;? tjrjt. v'H? . National Learve At PltUburgh 14. Botoa IS (Only game scheduled) SD0D A J I Manpower, Weapon Coals May Increase - I ' Br Charle rJlUmit - WASHINGTON, July 23 rTesident Truman outlined to con gress, today a vast second-round .expansion in United States milV tary power, keyed o likely now4 manpower calls and new biUioae In weapons..-,,-. . Some lawmakers Indicated tW tious acceptance of I new military goala while others were mai skeptical. But even close Whit House allies saw little hope for a' strong new plea for stiff er eco nomic controls. ;a 5 Whatever happenyin Korea, Uk: president said, calls f to the tVmrf services may rise n ; -imptartawft rsP?t "bove .the: present goaj of 5,500 000 men. This was th urst hint of presidential favor fte such a move. Output of planes and tanks aa other munitions tripled in the fJrs yearafter the Korean war eea brek but now is lagging beia schedule, Mr. Truman said In feat midyear economic reoort to gress. ; y;; ,. , In the second year of h it- m defense buildup, he Isserted, wa- ouipui must voe increasrd three times again four tim t. Unks to a toUl; oti three billk doUaw every month py next June. And total milirv nutiav. imJp?Fom 811 annual rate of aboot c ouiion oonars: now to 65 UW 'J" m year, including $8,5(1. 000,000 for forelanJ airf h-ST i i Rassia Building i' AU this, said the president. Is Tninimum program which mi me m the cause of national Baietjr and world peace. He fid Rnssia has been building up since conquer tiree nations on by one or "blackmail the nm world into submission-- Chairman Vinson f D-Ga) cf the house armed . services committee said a new increase in size of the) army, navy and air force is a mi litary question that lis chiefly up to the joint ; chiefs f of staf l. lie made it plain he believes in keep ing the military muscle needed te deter aggression.'; , ; Upto Congress f : v; The president put success of this country's vast new defens i t- fort squarely up tot congress. IJm saia success "wiu depend on a eex- ies of legislative measures whk the congress is now considering. II the congress enacts annnH mj strong legislalion as -1 earnwrtry -hope it will, we can achieve cm goals" I 1 Specifically, he sajd he need a law. "which strengthens, not weakens, price controL" He ! called for higher! defense appro priations, stiffer. . taxes, strong controls in other economic fields, He said "extremisti." at the fimt signs of possible -peace in Korea, are reauy 10 discard me whole structure of Inflationary contioia or shoot it full of holes." Delay in Adair sW mt l W T dTfm. AT -T. -'ikHf -T. mm oaivagc i h out Authorized PORTLAND. Julyl 23 -Ufh- A delay in salvage Work at the Cams) Adair hospital, owned by Oregoss State college, was approved by the state board of higher education fi nance committee. j .: The delay until August 1 wao proposed to give federal agencies? a chance to study possible use t facilities for other purposes, i - usu oiuciais estimated It wouw cost $5000 a month i to keep t hospital property I inimothballa It was converted to f living qiutv ters for students, but Is no lonros needed because of a drop In rollmenL f Training Staffs to Provide Korea Replacements WASHINGTON: July 23-(lV The army announced today about half of its replacements for Korea In the next few months will come from administrative and train!) f staffs of the six U-S. army are Other calls for Korea-will go o Individual soldiers in the 31st a1 47th National Guard divWci , now in training at Fort Jacksr v SJC, and Camp II acker, Al., t spectively. y - The army said these steps being taken because the it gu' s replacement training system is -adequate to provide the new go of 33,CC9 men in each cf the r-ef three months to replace trccps km Korea. - . .