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The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oraaoa, Tuesday, January 8, 1S52
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Scott 'Considerini
Entering
For Treasurer Job
By WENDELL WEBB
Managing Editor, The Statesman
Leslie Scott of Portland, state
(1940-1948), is "considering" becoming a candidate again, he told
The Oregon Statesman Monday. He is a life-long Republican.
Scott, who was barred from seeking a third consecutive term by
constitutional limitation, now is eligible again by virtue :of "sitting
out" the present four-year stretch for which Walter J. Pearson of
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The face which the news pho
togs gave us of Winston Church
ill on his arrival in Washington
was that of an aging John Bull.
He was no longer the stout gen
tleman with the slightly Puckish,
cherub face, one we recall as
ready of speech, brisk of man
ner. Time has caught up with
him, and left its mark.
Today's Churchill is a symbol
of today's Britain. Time and
change have gravely under
mined this old citadel of freedom
and generator of the industrial
revolution. Britain is a victim
of two sets of circumstances.
One is the result of its sacrifices
in two World Wars. In these,
Britain liquidated much of its
overseas investment, saw its ,
shipping sunk and became a
debtor to other, countries, which
threw its economy out of bal-
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The other set of circumstances
Is the colonial revolution. With
the importation of Western
knowledge, backward peoples
yearned for independence, and
with the importation of Western
techniques they became in larger
degree self-sufficient. The old
empire with its close integration
of political power and economic
strength has been falling apart.
The second World War hastened
the break-up, but in many re-
gpects it was inevitable.
India and Burma have become
independent. Canada operates
within the U. S. dollar bloc
rather than Britain's sterling
bloc. Iran has ousted the Anglo
Iran Oil Company, thus depriv
ing
(Continued on editorial page 4.)
Atlantic City
Resorts Burn
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. UP)
Wind -whipped flames swept
through a two-block section of this
seashore resort Monday, gutting
a theater, shops and a large part
of the St. Charles Hotel on the
boardwalk.
The blaze also leveled three
frame hotels and 13 spacious
rooming houses.
City Fire Chief Rex Farley said
damage "might go as high as 4
million dollars.
The St. Charles and most other
buildings were closed. There were
18 firemen, policemen and others
slightly injured in the fire.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
line Start of Weather Tear Sept.
This Year
22.51
Last Year
29.17
Normal
18.62
Animal Crackcro
y WARREN C00DRICH
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"Dear, this is Joe. I told Joe to expect
iusipoMuck."
Campaign
treasurer of Oregon fori two terms
Portland, Democrat, was chosen to
succeed him.
"I didn't raise the question of
running again it s been raised
for me," Scott said. "So I shall
consider it, at least."! He indi
cated he would make a decision
within a few days. Scott for a
brief time before the ' 1948 pri
maries was an announced candi
date for the Republican nomina
tion to the governoship but with
drew just before filings; closed.
Scott's depision was expected to
have considerable bearing on
other candidates for the GOP nod
to the state treasureship, but so.
far as was known it would not
affect the plans of at least two
others who apparently: are com
mitted to the race State Sen.
Jack Lynch and S i g f r I d B.
Unander, both of Portland. The
latter was barely edged out by
Sen. Howard Belton in the 1948
primaries. Lynch is fsnown to
have the written endorsement of
many large state organizations.
Five others have been men
tioned as possible GOP candi
dates: State Sen. Belton of Canby,
who topped the Republican ticket
for the office in the 1948 pri
maries; Deputy btate i Treasurer
Fred Paulas; City Commissioner
Ormond Bean of Portland, who
ran a good third ' to Belton and
Unander in the close ithree-way
primary race four years ago; State
Tax Commissioner Ray Smith,
and Jesse Card, active in Portland
civic work.
Belton said Monday "I do not
plan to run" but did not specifi
cally say "no." Paulus said only
that he had the matter "under
advisement."
Smith said he had turned down
suggestions that he be a candidate
"because" I am very interested in
my work as tax commissioner and
I don't want to leave a program
only partially completed."
(Additional politics page 6.)
Morse Rejects
$500 Gift From
Businessman
WASHINGTON (IP)- e n a t o r
Morse (R-Ore) rejected a $500 gift
from an Oregon businessman Mon
day. "I am sure this was sent in good
faith, but this is the kind of thing
that we must put a stop to," Morse
told a reporter.
The senator said a sterling silver
tray and goblet set worth $500
were sent as a Christmas present
from the head of an Oregon firm.
He added that the firm has bene
fitted from some of Morse's ac
tivities in behalf of Oregon.
No senator should receive a gift
for "doing the kind of Work he is
supposed to do in his job as sen
ator," Morse said. -
Addition to Library Urged as
Suitable Use for Moores Fund
Statuary may be most appro
priate, but a Salem public library
addition probably would je a more
popular use for the $30,000 Car
roll L. Moores Estate fund, city
aldermen Were told Monday night
by the Moores Estate Commission.
The commission has recom
mended a statue as most nearly
reflecting the desire of the de
ceased in leaving the fund for a
Salem pioneer memorial. Com
missioners added as second choice
a library museum addition and as
third choice the use of income
from the fund for prizes for
studies of pioneer times and simi
lar projects in memorial to the
pioneers.
Aldermen went over fttzils oi
the commission report with the
cornmission members last night.
preparatory to bringing the re
commendation before the Council
for action at the regular meeting
next Monday. The Council has
been asked for recommendation
by the Pioneer Trust Co which ad
ministers the estate.
Cornmission Chairman Chand
ler Brown emphasized to the al
dermen1 last night that; the com
mission considered all? 17 sug
gestions received from fha nublie
Moving Day
Today Is moving slay at the Marion
buildinr at Church and Marion
Monday were (left to right). Cliff Lewis, chief deputy; Leo Mucsnell (on ladder) and Henry Jung worth
(steadying ladder). The new office will be on the ground floor. (Statesman photo.)
Two-Week-Old
Burns Fatal
To Salem Man
The third degree burns he sus
tained two weeks ago were listed
as the indirect cause of the death
of 71 -year-old Claude Jones Mon
day in a local hospital.
Jooes was severly burned in a
fall against a stove at his home.
225 S. 24th St., Dec. 26. but he told
no one of his injuries. It wasn't
until two days later that he was
given treatment. An alert attend
ant at the City r irst Aid siauon
Melvin Haeedorn. spotted the eld
erly man walking painfully along
in front of the station, and called
In to rest. Noticing the
Knrn! Haeedorn examined the
man and then took him to a hos
pital. Jones at the time scoffed at
the seriousness 'of his injuries.
His Dhvsician said Jones died
unexnectedlv Monday afternoon
He had been improving from the
burn injuries, he said. Jones was
burned on his back, with lesser
hums reaching to his snouiaers
and legs.
Jones was a life-long resident of
Salem, being born here Nov. 30,
1880. He wa the son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. D. Jones, who for many
years operated the Northwestern
Nursprr. The deceased was em
ployed there until the death of his
father.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Vera Hill of Salem, two brothers,
Howard and MerL both of Port
land. Funeral services are under the
direction of the W. T. Rigdon
Company.
as meritorious and did not attempt
to make recommendations on mer
it so much as on the basis of the
use of the money intended by 'the
late Mr. Moores when he wrote
his will.
From the standpoint of popu
larity, general use by the public
and ease of administering, said
Brown, the library board's sug
gestion has the edge.
Mayor Alfred Loucks said con
siderable support also is behind
a proposal to use the fund in im
proving the Odd Fellows Ceme
tery where many Salem pioneers
are buried. The cemetery proposal
was reviewed for the group by
Roy Ohmart last night.
Members of the commission
were David Duniway, G. Carroll
Meeks and Brown. Aldermen at
the conference were Daniel J.
Fry, Claud Jorgensen and Earl
Burk.
In another informal meeting
before the Moores estate discus
sion, these aldermen and James
Nicholson heard a report by City
Manager J. L. Franzen summar
izing his recent visits to city halls
and government bodies in sev
eral California citiaa.
for County Assessor's Office
county assessor's office, which will
streets. Getting records together and
Portland Free of
Grand Jury Probe
PORTLAND (P) - Portland ap
parently is not on the list of 93
cities where special grand juries
are to be called to investigate
crime conditions.
Federal law enforcement offi
cials here said they had received
no instructions to call such an in
vestigation. In addition a spokes
man for the U. S. district attorney
said the Kefauver Committee al
ready had given Portland a clean
bill of health.
RFC Chairman
Resigns; GOP
Broker Chosen
WASHINGTON (yJVW. Stuart
Symington resigned as one-man
boss of the RFC Monday and Pre
sident Truman appointed Harry
A. McDonald, a Republican, to
succeed him.
McDonald, a Detroit broker, is
now chairman of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. He
told a reporter he will continue
Symington's policies at the RFC.
Mr. Truman said in accepting
Symington's resignation, effective
Jan. 15, that he did so with re
gret and with a "well done" for
the retiring official's six years of
service in high government posts.
The 50-year-old Symington took
over as chief of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation last May
at a time when the government's
multi-billion dollar lending agency
was under heavy Congressional
fire on charges of yielding to out
side influence in granting loans.
In his letter of resignation, dat
ed Dec 21, Symington said the
RFC is now "in good shape" has
"a fine organization" and ii 'func
tioning properly."
The letter continued:
"For personal reasons I now
think it best to return to private
business as soon as that would
be convenient to you."
Congress to
Resume Today
WASHINGTON (JP)-C o n g r e s s
convenes Tuesday for a session
which promises to be dominated by
defense problems and influenced
throughout its course by the ap
proaching national elections.
The second session of the 82nd
Congress begins at noon.
President Truman will deliver
his annual State-of-the -Union
message to a joint session of the
Senate and House Wednesday.
VA OFFICE TO MOVE
SEATTLE UPt- Seattle district
offices of the Veterans Adminis
tration will be moved to St. Paul
soon as part of a national con
solidation plan aimed at effect-
ins? economies. '
be relocated in the old high school
readying map riles for moving
Added Snow
Predicted for
Portland Area
PORTLAND JP) - The Weather
Bureau forecast one to two inches
of snow for the Portland area
Monday night or Tuesday morn
ing. The expected snow flurries will
turn into rain mixed with snow at
The Weather Bureau in Salem
predicted cloudiness and rain for
Tuesday and Wednesday. Tem
peratures were expected to re
main above freezing.
Oregon City and southern Willa
mette Valley points, the Weather
Bureau said.
Temperatures in the Portland
area were expected to drop slight
ly below the freezing mark. But
slightly above-freezing tempera
tures were forecast for the area
between Oregon City and Salem.
State Police said the road be
tween Salem and Portland was
bare and unless a heavy snow fell
during the night, chains would not
be needed Tuesday.
In Portland temperatures were
above freezing Monday for sev
eral hours. Snow on downtown
streets and highways entering the
city had melted. Streets in resi
dential areas were slushy but pass
able without chains.
For the rest of Western Oregon
occasional showers were forecast
Tuesday turning into rain Wednes
day. Highs of 36 to 46 and lows of
30 to 38 were forecast.
Eastern Oregon is due for snow
flurries Tuesday with partial
clearing in the late afternoon and
evening. Temperatures will range
between 12 and 35 degrees in most
areas.
SERVICE LOSES APPEAL
WASHINGTON (JP) - The gov
ernment Loyalty Review Board
Monday notified John S. Service,
ousted State Department official,
that it will not reconsider its find
ing that there is "reasonable
doubt" as to his loyalty.
French Cabinet Resigns
After Defeat in Assembly
PARIS (JP) - France's five-months-old
coalition government
resigned Monday night after los
ing a vote of confidence in the
National Assembly. France is
threatened with a long govern
ment crisis at one of the most
crucial moments in her interna
tional relations.
Premier Rene Pleven and his
middle-of - the - road Cabinet
turned in their resignations after
the Assembly defeated them by
34 1 to 243 in the first of eight
scheduled confidence votes on
economy measures for the 1952
budget. The first vote was on gov
ernment proposals to cut the huf
deficit in the state-owned national
railways.
The present Cabinet will con
tinue to operate as a caretaker
Eisenhower Refuses
To
Backers Put
Bandwagon
Into High Gear
WASHINGTON JP)- General
Dwight D. Eisenhower's announce
ment that he would accept "a
clear-cut call to political duty"
was hailed by Republican sup
porters today as a signal to throw
into gear the Ike-for-President
bandwagon.
Touching off a boom of enthus
iasm among his backers, the 61-
vear-old general broke a long si
lence on his political position by
issuing a statement in Paris de
claring:
1. He is a ReDublican.
2. If nominated by the GOP na
tional convention in Chicago next
July, he would feel obliged to ac
cept it as "a duty that would
transcend my present responsibi
lity" as Supreme Commander of
Allied Forces in Europe.
Won't Seek Nomination
But the five-star general em
phasized that "under no circum
stances" would he ask to be re
lieved of his post abroad to seek
the nomination himself.
"And I shall not participate in
the pre-eonvention activities of
others who may have such an in
tention with respect to me," Ei
senhower said.
Summarizing the comments of
many lawmakers on Capitol Hill,
Senator Ives (R-NY) said he felt
Eisenhower's statement would "set
at rest" any doubts that the gen
eral might at the eleventh hour
refuse to run.
Predicts Election Result
"Eisenhower will be nominated
and elected," Ives predicted.
But others, some of them back
ing other candidates, expressed
misgivings as to the ultimate
success of the Eisenhower cam
paign, chiefly centering on these
factors:
1. Eisenhower himself has ruled
out any pre-convention aid on his
part.
2. Uncertainty as to the gener
al's views on some subjects, par
ticularly in the realm of domestic
political issues.
At the White House, there was
no immediate comment from presi
dent Truman on the emergence
of Gen. Ike, his old friend, as a
potential opponent to the Demo
cratic nominee.
Senator Lodge R-Mass, Nation
al manager of a GOP campaign
for the general, who touched off
the new flurry by declaring Sun
day, that Eisenhower's name would
be entered in the March 11 New
Hampshire primary, commented:
'This statement marks an his
toric moment in the history of our
country. It means America will
have the kind of inspired leader
ship it so richly deserves."
Morse Backs Ike
Other comment:
Senator Morse R-Ore; "I in
terpret the general's statement as
an expression of willingness on his
part to be drafted for the Repub
lican nomination. It is my opinion
he should be drafted."
While most Republicans Inter
preted Eisenhower's statement as a
clear expression of his willingness
to be a candidate, Senator Taft
ROhio, an avowed candidate.
said it indicated only that Eisen
hower "would accept a draft" for
the nomination.
Taft said it would not affect his
own campaign.
Another aspirant for the Repub
lican nomination, Gov. Earl War
ren of California, said Eisenhow
er would be "a very powerful can
didate for president". Warren add
ed, however, that his own plans
will not be affected by what Eisen
hower does.
government until a new one is
formed. But its effectiveness will
be badly hampered, particularly
at the high-level international
conference tables coming up to
bind together a strong Western
World.
Some experts gave Pleven a
good chance of being asked to try
to form another government. But
all felt a long crisis was in store
before he could do so.
The Socialists, who were not
members of the Plevel coalition,
pulled the props of their usually
supporting vote from under the
government, thus adding their
weight to the strong opposition
forces of the right-wing followers
of Gen. Charles de Gaulle and
the Communists and their supporters.
Cavmpa
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GEN. DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Awaits "Call to Duty"
Ike Stand May
Snarl Oregon
Demo Petitions
Oregon Republicans, primed by
an announcement from Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Monday
that he would accept the presi
dential nomination if it is offered,
said they would decide today
when to file petitions to put the
general's name on the Oregon
primary ballot.
The announcement from Eisen
hower also proclaiming himself a
Republican threatened the valid
ity of a petition bearing the gen
eral's name filed last August for
the Democratic ticket.
William L. Phillips of Salem,
chairman of the Oregon Eisen-
hower-for - President Committee,
said the committee would meet
here this morning to decide when
to file Republican petitions. Mark
Hatfield, dean of men at Willam
ette University, who started the
move to make Eisenhower a Re
publican presidential candidate In
Oregon, said he already had more
than the 1,000 signatures required
for the petitions.
In a statement Monday, Phillips
said "The statement of General
Eisenhower is further confirma
tion, if any were needed, that he
is available as a Republin can
didate. His high sense of duty
compels his willingness to accept
the call of the American people
that he supply the clean, vigorous
and statesmanlike leadership so
desperately needed in the White
House leadership that will rise
above pettiness, greed and selfish
interest. It remains only for the
demonstration that the American
people will demand that leader
ship and will accept nothing less."
Confer on Legality
David O'Hara, chief clerk of the
state elections bureau, conferred
briefly with Attorney General
George Neuner on the legality of
the Democratic petition for Eisen
hower filed by State Senator
Thomas R. Mahoney of Portland.
State law prohibits a candidate's
name from appearing on the bal
lot of the party of which he is not
a member.
O'Hara said no definite deci
sion had been reached on the va
lidity of the Democratic petition
and that Neuner had not previ
ously been asked for a formal
decision. Future action, he said,
would be predicated on the ad
vice he receives from the attor
ney general.
But Monroe Sweetland, Demo
cratic national committee, ap
pealed in Portland for state offi
cials to erase Eisenhower's name
from the Democratic ticket. He
said it would be a "fraud" on
Democratic voters of the state if
his name gets on the Democratic
ballot for the primary election.
He added, "We might very well
take the matter to court if the
officials do not delete his name."
To File Petitions
Hatfield, executive secretary of
the Republican Eisenhower com
mittee, said he had planned to
file the petitions for Eisenhower
in about 30 days, but would abide
by the decision reached at this
morning's meeting of the commit
tee. He said it was the opinion of
Oregon backers of the general
that petitions should come from
every county . In the state rather
than from a single concentrated
area.
"Our objective Is to give every
one an opportunity to join In
bringing the name of General
Dwight Elsenhower before the
voters of Oregon,w Hatfield said.
General to Keep
'Full Attention
On Europeljol
PARIS (JP) - Gen. Dwight Da
Eisenhower told the world Mon
day that if the Republican Party
convention asks him to run tarn
President of the United -State b
will give up his command her
and enter the race. v
But the general said he would
not quit his job to campaign fern
the nomination. ;
The general's statement wa
read to several score correspond
ents in Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Powers in Europe 22 hours
after Senator Lodge of Massach
usetts had announced in Washing
ton that Eisenhower ws: a Re
publican and that his name would
be entered in the March 11 pri
mary in New Hampshire Senator
Lodge is spearheading a campaign
in the General s behalf. 1
Ike's Statement ' i
Emphasizing the great freight h
attaches to his job as commander
of North Atlantic Pack ; forces.
Eisenhower's statement said: .
"There is no question of the right
of American citizens to? organ iz
in pursuit of their common con
victions. I realize thatl Senator
Lodge and his associates re exer
cising this right in an attempt t
place before me next July a duty
that would transcend my presen
responsibility. ; ; .
clear cut call to politicals duty I
shall continue to devote mv full.
attention and energies t(s the per,
formance of the vital tasle tojwhici,,
am assigned. J -.
Senator Taft of Ohio. Cover n
Warren of California and Harold
E. Stassen, former governor
Minnesota, already have announc
ed formally that they are candi
dates for the nomination at Chi
cago in July. i. .-.
Europe Defense Chief "
The 61 -year-old general's decla
ration was a douse of cold wate
to Europeans. His name, f once as
sociated with the liberation
Europe from the Nazis, has been
linked with its defense against
Communism since he came to or
ganize SHAPE a year ago.
uen. Alfred M. Gruenther. chief
of staff at SHAPE, is widely con
sidered the man most likely -to
succeed to the job should Eisen
hower be given the nomination. t ;
Should Eisenhower run for Pres
ident and win he would . be the)!
ninth general to occupy $he Whit
House and the second West
Pointer. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant wa
the first West Point graduate to W
President. , .
Hopkins Pleads
Innocent oil
Embezzlement
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Joseph H. Hopkins, former man
ager of the Salem Veterans Hous
ing Colony, pleaded innocent Mon
day in Marlon County i Circuit
Court to two charges of embezzle
ment of colony funds. Is
Hopkins told the court, however,
that he knew there was' a short
age in the funds and that he had
transferred his assets tot the Sa
lem Housing Authority itp mate
restitution. He asked for appoint
ment of an attorney, and Bruee
Williams was named to Represent
him. No trial date wasiset.
A turnover of some assets to tbeT
authority was confirmed! by Wil
liam J. Braun, chairman, who said
Hopkins had transferred; his auto,
for the valiiA nf its itilrv snrl
part of the proceeds from sale 1
his home. v
Also in court yesterday to plead
innocent was Russell ffeffman,
Detroit Dam construction superin
tendent, charged with . depositing
polluting matter in a river. N
trial date was set on the: charge,
which is linked with the; death at
several hundred fish lasts Aug. 0 -after
ammonia' had entered th
North Sanfiam-River'near: Detroit
Dam, from a constructloji refrig
erating system, fj
(Additional Circuit Court news
on page 5). r . i v
EGO PRICES TO DROP. .:
PORTLAND UP)-A drop of two
to five cents a dozen in the retail
price of eggs was forecast Monday,
after a five-cent decline 14 whole
sale prices." AA large egg are ex
pected to sell for 60 to 65 cents a
dozen, four to six cents lower than
at this time a year ago. i . "