" in I t mm rai)iyi if ibS lOtst YEAR 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 3, 1852 PRICE 5c No. 281 - 4 ' ft ill I'A S: : I f Nil III ; It U II II II I POUNDOD 1651 Steel Union Chiefs Expected to Delay Strike Indefinitely "ATLANTIC C ITY-(P-The danger of any imminent industry-wide steel strike practically vanished Wednesday night on the eve of a specially-summoned CIO Steelworkers Union convention. Philip Murray, president ol both the CIO and the union, broadly hinted to reporters that the union's officers will recommend indefinite 033103 Under legal "death sentence" and faced with an SEC order to produce a plan for disposition of its utility properties American Power & light came up with a new plan of selling Washington Water Power Company to Wash ington PUDs, just before the year end deadline. A previous plan was knocked out by a superior court ruling that Washington PUDs couldn't own and operate utility properties in Idaho where WWP gives extensive service. The new plan seeks to get around this road block by the device of setting up a non-profit corporation to take over the Idaho portion of the prop erty. Active in the deal is the well known Guy C. Meyers, who has been midwife to many public own ership ventures in Nebraska and Washington. The scheme he has worked out for WWP is similar to that employed in the acquisition of Nebraska Light & Power, which once was an AP&L property. Under the new .plan the non-profit cor poration would acquire the WWP common stock. It would retain the Idaho properties and complete construction of the company's Cabinet Gorge hydroelectric plant. It would sell the Washington prop erty of -WWP to PUDs of Chelan, Pend OreiBf fftdteveas counties. They would operate them jointly and might sell the Spokane portion to the city. Bonds would be issued by the non-profit corporation and by the PUDs to pay off outstanding bonds of WWP, retire its preferred stock and provide the sum for distribution by AP&L. to its stock holders on its dissolution. The compensation for Meyers would be two-tenths of one per cent of net proceeds of bonds sold by the district plus eight-tenths of one per cent additional payable out of profits (Continued on editorial page, 4) Reds Reject PW Exchange MUNSAN, Korea 7P)-The Com munists Thursday flatly rejected an Allied proposal for an exchange of prisoners of war and civilians. But Rear Adm. R. . Libby said the Allies in turn categorically refused to accept the Communist rejection of their six-point pro posal because the Reds either mis understood it or were twisting it to obscure the issue. The Allies Wednesday proposed an all-out swap of prisoners of war, interned civilians, and dis placed Koreans, except those who, of their own free will, refuse re patriation. The subcommittee on truce su pervision also failed to make any progress Thursday. DETROIT JOBLESS MOUNT WASHINGTON (JP) - Secretary of Labor Tobin announced Wed nesday night appointment of a 10 man committee to deal with "mounting unemployment" in the Detroit, area which he said "is now a major problem. The Detroit area has been hard hit by the curtailment ' of critical materials in civilian production. Animal Crackers y WARREN GOODRICH f 0M. by HAVKN.KENNEDV Syntax Inc JUSTICE OPTUS PEACE , ri merry you. but fa frk 18 ieve to cWs t vow for double wed- postponement ox tne strike, Murray told a news conference that the Union's powerful 35-man executive board, at a meeting Wednesday afternoon, unanimous ly decided on a recommendation for the convention. While declining to say specific ally what the recommendation will be,- Murray went on to tell news men he expects to be in Washing ton next -Monday for initial Wage Stabilization Board WSB hearings on tne union s wage and other de mands. Murray added that he honed the WSB would expedite handing down a recommended compromise on the union's 18 cent hourly wage increase request and other demands. President Truman sent the case to the WSB to avoid a scheduled New Year's Day strike. requesting the union to remain at work. The WSB won't handle a case while a strike is on. Thus, it seem ed certain the union has no plans for going ahead with its strike. Offer to Trade Postof f ice for Portland Block PORTLAND (JPh-A group of Portland businessmen proposed Wednesday to build a Postoffice for the government in exchange for a downtown block. The block the businessmen want and they would not dis close what use they would make of It is the site of the Pioneer Postoffice in the heart of the downtown store area. It has: an antiquated building, housing a branch Postoffice and several federal departments. The building was put up in 1875. The government appraised the site at $L750,0O6 in 1933. The businessmen, headed by Aaron M. Frank, president of the big Meier & Frank department store which is across the street from the Pioneer Postoffice, of fered to build a two million dol lar Postoffice on the East Side of Portland. Postmaster E. T. Hedlund said tne rostomce needs such a new building, principally to handle parcel post. There was some ques tion, though, whether the govern ment has authority to make such a trade 2 property. The businessmen thought the government has the authority. They offered to build the new East Side I Postoffice to govern ment specifications. They said ne gotiations now 'are being handled in Washington, D. C. Dallas Student m Statesman Newt ferric DALLAS A 2 1-y ear-old Uni versity of Oregon law student from Dallas sustained a skull fracture in an early Tuesday morning? automobile accident. He was taken to Dallas Hospital where his condition: Wednesday was reported good. He is Donald Dunn, son of Mr and Mrsl C. F. Dunn of 800 Lev- ens St., Dallas. He was injured when his car plunged off an icy highway near the Oak Knoll Golf Course and into a. ditch. The car was completely demolished. Hurt Wreck High Court Brands Forcible Use of Stomach Pump "Torture' WASHINGTON (JP) -The Su preme Court struck out Wednes day at the forcible use of a stom ach pump to get narcotics evidence. denwa'g,"g'- police methods as akfe-sMBia-time rack and screw. It overturned, 8 to 0, a Cali fornia court's conviction of An tonio Richard Rochin of Los An geles on a charge of illegal pos session if ! morphine, ' which was extracted from his stomach. Rochin was alleged i to have swallowed two capsules of the drug as three deputy sheriffs kicked in the door of his bedroom, i HIS attorney told the high, court he was beaten, handcuffed, rushed to a hospital and, strapped to an operating table where a; doctor, at the behest of the police, pumped ouVihe evklencet i l Justici . Frankfurter. W giving the Supreme Court's Opinion, said Rochin's convictlc came as a re sult ojt evidence obtained without due process of Hw as guaranteed Sperry Centennial Noted by .1 WW,' EL O. Boyer (rijht), president ef Sperry Division, General Mills, Inc., almost took himself out of this McNary Field arrival picture Wednesday to center attention on pretty Miss Marilyn Graffis (in white coat) of Stockton, Calif., who is "Miss Sperry' for the division's 1852 centennial year. Boyer headed a delegation which came by special plane to visit Salem and Gov. Douglas McKay. Left to right are Edwin Schreder, retiring president of the Salem Chamber of Commerce; Miss Gladys Mason, the Martha Meade of Sperry radio fame; "Miss Sperry;" Clay Cochran, manarer of the Salem Chamber; Lenn Curly, of Knox-Reeves Advertising- Agency in San Francisco, and Boyer. Al Silveria, Life Magazine photographer, also was with the Freeze Lasts all Day In Salem Wednesday Salem froze alj day Wednesday, as temperatures, which dropped to a season's low bf 19, never went above the freezing mark. The high was 32 degrees. Some warmer weather is expected today, bring ing with it a possibility of mixed rain and snow this afternoon, Mc Nary Field weathermen predicted. This morning's low should be 22. The cold prevailed all over the State, with the snow forecast good Robert FUts Buys Golden Gate Hop Farm Statesman Newt Service BUENA VISTA Sale of the Golden Gate Hop Ranch to Rob ert J. Fitts of Lake Labish was announced Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moritz, owners since 1949. , Fitts, who also farms in the Lake Labish area, will take im mediate possession of the 807 acre ranch, located about four miles south of Independence. Sale price was listed at $192,500. Also involved was the sale of Fitts Central Oregon ranch near Powell Butte to his father, Joseph W. Fitts of Salem. For many years the Golden Gate Hop Ranch was the second largest in the world, ranking just below the E. Clements Horst Ranch near Independence. At one time nearly 600 acres were plant ed in hops, but now about 250 acres are in hops there. ; Fitts also has extensive straw berry and other Crop acreages in the Labish area. Mr. and Mrs. Moritz purchased the Golden Gate Ranch from the S. S. Steiner in terests. CURE NEARLY FATAL BALTIMORE (flVHenry Heine, 30, was treated and released at Sinai Hospital for an overdose of aspirin. Heine told police he took 50 aspirins to treat a New Year's headache. TRAPPED MAN FREEZES CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C. (jF A 74-year-old man was frozen , to death New Year's Eve when his foot got caught in a picket fence and he was unable to escape. by the 14th Amendment and was on the order of a coerced con fession. ' The actions of the officers, said Frankfurter, "do more than of fend some fastidious squeamish ness or private sentimentalism about combatting crime too ener getically. I It is conduct that shocks the conscience . . . They are methods toe close to the rack and screw to permit of constitutional differ entiations." ; Justice. Minton took no part in the case. Justices Douglas and Black wrote opinions at odds .with the majority on judicial reason ingbut not with the result. . . j Douglas held that Rochin's con viction should be upset because it was obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the-Constitution, which says no man can be compelled to be a witness against himself in a criminal case, i : , j . i Black said he agreed with Doug las. ' 1 5 M I "',ll,Saejes On party. for most or western uregon. In general roads were open and schools were operating in other valley areas "Wednesday. Logging in the Willamina-Sher-idan area had virtually halted be cause of the iced-over mountain roads. Several inches of snow cov ered that area. Four inches of snow and low mercury readings were reported from Falls City. The road to Val setz was reported slippery but open. The Detroit area recorded a low temperature of 9 degrees above zero early Wednesday morning. A peak of only 24 degrees Wednes day afternoon prevented the fl inch snowfall from melting. In the Lebanon area unusual weather conditions brought an al most snow-like frost Walter Kir by, weather observer at the Santi am Lumber Company, said the condition resulted from freezing temperatures and the heavy fog which blanketed large areas of the valley. The temperature at Lebanon Wednesday rose only three degrees above the early morning's low of 23. Snow plows have cleared the Sil ver Creek Falls Loop Road, where about 12 inches of roadside snow was reported at Drake's Crossing. The picturesque Eola Hills west of Salem in Polk county have been really wintered-in this week. The eight inches of snow which fell last Saturday night remains intact on the crest, Mrs. Harold Owens of Salem Route 1, Box 487 said Wednesday, and no cars reach the Owens mace without chains. Temperature had not risen above 27 degrees for four days. Trees droop under the white mantle. The Kola Hills rise several hun dred feet to one of the highest points Detween the Coast and Cas cade Ranges. Norblad Finds Waste at Waist WASHINGTON (JP)-Heo. Wal ter Norblad, Oregon Republican, wants the Army to check up on its suspender buttons. He asked why the : Army put suspender buttons on uniforms but prohibited the wearing of suspend ers. He said that about 12 million buttons were going to waste, count ing six for each pair of pants for the two million in the Army. The Army answered that sol iers may wear suspenders but they must, under regulations, be cov ered with a jacket. ! RED EXTORTION STOPS SEATTLE (JP) Extortion pay ments by Seattle Chinese to Com munist China are believed to have stopped, a customs agent assigned by the Treasury Department to investigate the situation in Seattle said Wednesday. - ; r EGG PRICES DROP F Buying prices on large and me dium grades of eggs, , dropped , a cent in Salem, it was reported Wednesday., Buying prices, which are from 5 to 7 cents below whole sale prices, were quoting large AA eggs at 52 cents per -dozen, large A at 47 cents and medium at 45 cents. t" Salem Visit '"2 N'V1S Sperry Flour Officials Pay Visit to Salem The Sperry Flour Division, Sa lem and the State of Oregon ex changed felicitations Wednesday in nonor of the Sperry firm's 100th anniversary. Headed by E. O. Bover, presi dent of the Sperry Division of General Mills, Inc.. a- ktoud of Sperry representatives arrived at McNary Field by special General Mills plane at 12:40 p.m. and were met by representatives of the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce. The visitors were guests at a luncheon given by the chamber at the Marion Hotel, with Chamber President Robert Fenix presiding, and later were taken to the office of Gov. Douglas McKay where the governor presented Boyer with an Oregon State Flag and Fenix gave members of the party boxes of Oregon fruit and nuts and jars of maraschino cherries. In return, a large Sperry Fiesta cake was presented to Governor and Mrs. McKay by Miss Marilyn Graffis, 19-year-old Stockton, Cal., girl who is the Sperry Division s "Miss Sperry" for the centennial year. The cake was cut and served by Miss Gladys Mason, Sperry's not ed "Martha Meade," home econo mist who baked it. Also with the visitors were Lenn Curly, of the Knox-Reeves Advertising Agency in San Francisco, and Al Silveria, Life Magazine photographer. The visitors went to Portland last night. They are to visit seven western state capitals before re turning to their San Francisco headquarters. Pilot is Jack Bates, co-pilot, Bill Stone. (Additional details page 12.) ARMY SEEKS PW MAIL WASHINGTON (&)-The Army said Wednesday it would like to get from relatives of American prisoners of war any information they have reflecting efforts by the Reds to communize their captives. Such letters should go to the adjutant general of the Army, casualty , branch. i ' J'A Captain Spends Fifth Day on Stricken Ship as Rescue Nears LONDON (JP) A British tug Wednesday night raced to the res cue of New Jersey's one-man crew on the Flying Enterprise wallow ing in strong new gales 350 miles out in the Atlantic from Falmouth. Capt. Kurt C arisen, who brushed aside with courageous stubborn ness all suggestions that he aban don the 6,711-ton freighter, was spending his fifth lonely night on the ship as it drifted halplessly and almost flat on its side. The deep-sea Tug Turmoil, one of Britain's fastest and largest, set out from Falmouth bucking 50-mile-an-hour winds and heavy hail showers and would not reach the Flying Enterprise and put a line aboard until late Thursday. Officials of tflfe Isbrandtsen Line, the owners, hoped Carlsen ' still would ride his ship into port, but the savage seas would make the task of getting a tow line aboard extremely difficult Carlsen, a veteran of the seas despite his 37 years, declared he would stay aboard ''until I'm tow ed in or sunk." He chose to wage his one-man fight against the sea McCarthy Sued by 'Ex-Spy' WASHINGTON- - Charles E. Davis of Pasadena, Calif., filed a $100,000 suit against Senator Mc Carthy (R-Wi ) Wednesday. He charged slander r.nd breach of contract. McCarthy told a reporter the suit was "too ridiculous to require comment." Davis' petition, filed in U. S. Dis trict Court here, said he entered into a verbal contract with Mc Carthy Sept. 25, 1949 to obtain "certain valuable information" for McCarthy about State Department employes in Europe. Disclaims Association Davis recited that he carried out his part of the agreement until No vember 1950, when he Was arrest ed in Geneva, Switzerland. At that time, Davis said, McCarthy disclaimed any association with or employment of Davis. The petition added that Davis then was held in custody by the Swiss authorities, charged, tried, and convicted of certain offenses against the laws of Switzerland and finally furnished air transpor tation back to this country. Expelled From Country The Swiss Court convicted Davis on charges of political espionage in behalf of the senator, sentenced him to eight mont'- in prison and ordered him expelled from the country. Since he had already ser ved 11 months in jail while await ing trial, he was deported immedi ately last October. Davis' suit said that as a result of McCarthy's disclaimer of con nection with him, he has "suffered loss of wages and also suffered and will continue to suffer the loss of employment." McCarthy said in his comment that Davis "has claimed to be com pletely broke," and "it will be in teresting to find out who is finan cing him in this venture." Triimaii Keeps Setrecy Lid on Political Plans WASHINGTON (JP) - President Truman kept the lid of secrecy on his 1952 political plans Wednesday. The White House said he has made no commitment even about the date when hewill announce whether he will run again. A hew flurry over the Presi dent's' intentions arose when Ren. Wayne L. Hays D-Idaho quoted jwr. iruman as saying he hopes to disclose before Feb. 6 whether he will seek another four years in the White House. Presidential Secretary Joseph Short- quickly declared Mr. Tru man had made no commitment. JoDavidson, Sculptor, Dies NEW YORK UP)-Word was re ceived here Wednesday night of the death in France of Sculptor Jo Davidson. He was 68. A on, Jacques, said he had re ceived a cryptic cable from his stepmother, saying Davidson died sometime in the afternoon. He was giveri no details. Davidson, one of America's lead ing sculptors, had portrayed some of th$ world's greats. His last job was ast month when he did busts of Israeli leaders, including Presi dent Chaim Weizman, Premier David Ben Gurion and Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett. Earlier ones 'included Franklin D. Roose velt, . Albert Einstein and Will Rogers. afteri the worst hurricane in 50 years cracked his ship on Christ mas Day. He ordered the 40 crew menand 10 passengers to abandon ship ; last Friday and they were all picked up safely by rescue ships, save one crewman whose body was recovered. The British, with their own sea faring traditions, were quick to make him a hero. The story was top headline material in all the newspapers. The Evening Standard dubbed him ; "Stay-Put Carlsen" in its headfine. The Evening News gave mm a new name, "Captain Enter prise." If he left the freighter, it would become a derelict and a "free priz of the sea" for its salvagers under' British admiralty law. In' New York, however, an Is brandtsen Line spokesman de clared "It makes no difference one may or the other" in salvage righs whether Carlsen stays aboajrd any salvager would . re ceive compensation set by an ar bitration committee of the insur ance firm, Lloyd's of London. WASHINGTON (AP) -President Tramari dereeJL a far-reaching overhaul of the scandal -scarred Internal Revenue Bureau Wednesday as Commissioner John. EL Dunlap disclosed the ouster of 53 more employes j The "very solvency of our country," Mr. Truman - said, depends in part on the i Reynolds Plant Pays $78,225 In Damages PORTLAND 0P-A three million dollar damage suit was whittled down Wednesday to payments of $78,225 to farmers who said fumes from a Troutdale, Ore., aluminum plant hurt their business. Federal Judge James Alger Fee awarded a total of $20,500 to five prune growers in Washington, across the Colnmbia River from the Reynolds Metals Co. plant at Troutdale. Twelve Oregon bulb growers neighboring the plant in Oregon were awarded $52,225. Two Ore gon stockmen in the same area won a total $5,500. The suit began 22 years ago with 98 farmers asking some three million dollars in damages. Judge Fee said only those awarded dam ages Wednesday had proved they had suffered losses. The plant since has installed fume-collecting devices to try to prevent further farm damage. Warren Blasts Taf t Supporter As Insulting' SACRAMENTO, Calif. Oip-Gov- ernor Earl Warren used the term "arrogant and insulting" in reply ing Wednesday to statements by David S. Ingalls of Cleveland. Taft-for-President campaign chief. Warren, announced rival of Sen ator Taft R-Ohio for the Repub lican presidential nomination, crit icized Ingalls' assertion Tuesday that the Republican camps opposed to Taft "appear to be confused, demoralized and squabbling." The California Governor, the GOP's 1948 candidate for vice president, said in a press statement that Ingalls' remarks were "not in the interests of the Republican party or in my opinion, Senator Taft." Speaking of Ingalls he add ed. "He Initiates dissension by treat ing as natural enemies of his can didate all who have the temerity to submit their names for consid eration. He should remember that those who live by the sword even tually die by the sword." Taft supporters have been say ing that the Ohio Senator would win the GOP nomination on the first ballot at the July Chicago convention. Ingalls predicted it would come "on an early ballot.1 Spring Valley School District To Vote Again Spring Valley School District, which voted recently to consoli date with Salem District, will bal lot again Friday, Feb. 1, between 8 and 9 pjn., the Marion County District Boundary Board decided Wednesday. Because not all districts involved in the merger election favored the move, any district favoring could petition for reconsideration. Nine teen persons in Spring Valley so petitioned. The district's earlier vote was 14 to 13. Salem will not vote again. Counterfeiting at Prison Suspected An investigation of suspected counterfeiting at the Oregon State Prison was reported underway Wednesday but officials were mum on results. So far as could be learned, no counterfeiting machine had been uncovered but a few corns suspect ed of being counterfeit were known to be in the hands of au thorities. Only a few are believed to have been issued thus far. Why suspicion attached to the prison inmates was not explained. Max. Ma. Fvectp. 32 IS 30 20 " M 50 30 .08 .24 13 trac 51 45 21 u Portland San Francisco Chicago New York Willamette River J feet ro RECAST (from TJ. 8. Weather Bureau. - MeNinr Field. Salem): - In rrrmxin cloudiness this morning, cloudy with rain, or mixed rain and ruw this afternoon and' tonixht. Warmer, with highest today near 40, and lowest tomsni near. sz. saiem temperature at 12:01 ajn. today was 24. I SALEM mtECTMTATIOJ - - Sine start ef Weather Year Sep&l Vhto Year Last Year , Normal MJ3 2&JTI ' X1JB9 integrity of its tax collee i tors. '1 . - i Designed to convert the revee A. service into a "Blue Ribbon" corpst' of Civil Service workers, the Pre-, laent s snaKeup pian win o uo mitted to Congress under the Gov ernment Reorganization! Act." It will go into effect 60 days there after unless the House or Senate disapproves. '-I Dunlap s announcement brouch . to 166 the number of ta officials " and employes fired or forced te resign or retire in 1951. A total mt 113 "disciplinary" separations from the Bureau had been; an nounced previously to complets the score through October, i - There were only 40 separation in 1950 and 36 in theipretieu year. , j f No Names Announced f 1 No names or details were cire& in connection , with the 53 ousters. announced today. Officials said all of them were not necessarily itt- volved in the scandals, s Mr. Truman proposes to abalisH the offices of the 64 Collectors- f Internal Revenue, which nv been political plums for many. years, in then stead would be Z3 district offices. , I . He intends to put the entire- Internal Revenue Bureau under civil Service with the exception of the top commissioner, wht would be appointed by the Presi dent with the advice and consent of the Senate. ; ; Inspection Service Additionally, he plans a sir on XL vigorous inspection service,", inde pendent of the rest of the Xatx. col lecting machinery. , Indicating further moves tm come, the President said in a state ment that the shakeup tvas i"on of a series of actions I am taking to insure honesty, integrity and fairness in the conduct of all gov ernment business." I Truman backers are. hoping that such moves will removei the cor ruption issue from the comisM Presidential campaign. 4 Republi cans say it is too late for that. Dimes Drive Sets $20,000 GoalinCounty 5 j Goal of $20,000 for Maries County March of Dimes drive was announced with the start of th campaign Wednesday. The goal was based j on snn polio expenses of the past yea as an estimate of needs for 195Z. - "Iron Lung" coin receptacle were distributed Wednesday y community -chairmen and plans continued for special fund rais ing events in each community, drive leaders said. - Newly appointed local chair men, completing the list of vol unteer workers are Willis Mat thieu, Aurora; Mayor. Elmer Matt- son, Wood burn; Al J4attlcy, Brooks; Ben Miuetv i Hubbard; Mayor Matt Martin, Stayton, ana Quincy E. Smith for Idanha and Detroit. I ! The campaign this year for thai first time will extend through th full month of January because th March of Dimes has not kept up with the march of polio. Co- chairman Jason Lee announced. Lee and Robert Elfstrom head the campaign for Marlon County. Iran Premier 'Man of Year' NEW YORK (Jpy-Tim Magazine announced Wednesday night that Irainian Premier Mossadegh is "sad to relate," its choice as "Man of The Year" for 195L" s - 4 It defined the Man of The Year as the one "having done the mest to change the news for better er worse." J Mossadegh, it said, pointed np a new threat to world order The, split between the West and Non Communist East . . . quite : apart from Communism.' . ; -I Government Says Auto Industry Cutback Due . ? WASHINGTON WPThe gov ernment told major i automobile makers Wednesday; that they would be' limited to smaller per percentages -of total motor car production in the April-June quar ter. . Vl t- At the same it gave them no encouragement that the industry as a whole would avoid subrtan -tial cutbacks of basic raw matew rials during the same period, ALFALFA PRICE HIGH 1 PORTLAND VP) - Alfalfa Hay; prices hit a new high? of $47 t . $48 a ton on the Portland market, ' Carl R- Richardson, market xtrwm reporter, said Wednesday. 1 i WARREN TO VISIT HAWAII SACRAMENTO - W Governor Warren's wife and youngest dau-. ghter, Nina, . 18, will accompany him on 10 day-vacation trip to Honolulu; The governor is restinf " up after his recent appendectomy,