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When .the razzle-dazzle of the
Lodge - Eisenhower statement
fades. Republicans will wake up to
see the dilemma their party faces.
For nomination of Eisenhower far
president cannot help but mean
the repudiation of all their
party majority in the congress has
stood for In the field of foreign
policy. Ike is the choice of the
minority of the .senate minority:
Duff, Lodge, Saltonstall, Morse.
How . will the stalwart majority
of the minority Taft, Millikin,
Dorksen, Kem, Bricker feel at the
prospect of seeing power delivered
into the bands of this group?
It seems apparent that the only
reason Elsenhower yielded to pres
sures was to avert a Taft victory.
The two may not differ much on
the domestic questions but they
do on foreign policy. Ike figures
as the legatee of the Hull-Vanden-berg
- Truman-Acheson bipartisan
policy (sadly abraded from both
sides in recent years). He rates as
a Europe-firster; and that is poi
son to the opposition who have
been so vocally Chiang-firsters.
With Ike -as party candidate
what happens to McCarthy's cam
paign about Reds in the State De
partment? What use may be made
of the administration's failure in
China, which never drew protest
from Eisenhower? It happens that
I think those issues were false;
but Republican leaders have been
building them into a stockpile of
ammunition for use in the coming
campaign. What can
(Continued on Editorial Page 4).
Truman Calls
Off Entry Into
Minnesota Race
WASHINGTON (JPh-Politicians
got a new morsel of mystery to
chew Tuesday night as it was
reported that President Truman
has called off his entry of his own
name in the Minnesota presidenti
al primary and has backed Sena
tor Humphrey (D-Minn) for the
state's preference votes.
The reports came from Humph
rey's aides and from Democratic
leaders in his home state of Min
nesota. Of
Case Witness
PORTLAND (jTVA witness saw
Milton S. Anthony in possession
of a mold for making counterfeit
dimes while he was in inmate in
the State Penitentiary, a U. S. at
torney said Tuesday.
The attorney, E. B. Twining, de
clined to name the witness at
Anthony's prelimnary hearing
here.
Anthony, a convict released
from prison late last month after
serving a sentence on a morals
conviction, is accused of possess
ing the mold. He was arrested at
his Coos Bay home recently after
a convict's wife was accused of
passing the dimes in Salem stores.
The woman, Mrs. Lucy Jack
son, is the common -law wife of
Dewey Jaekson who is serving a
life term for murder. Police said
she told them she .got the dimes
from her husband. Jackson told
police he found the dimes while
working in the Prison Annex, he
said.
The hearing was postponed un
til Monday.
State Potato
Commission
Raps Rollback
PORTLAND (FVOregon Potato
Commission officials said Tuesday
that the announced potato price
rollback was unrealistic.
Chairman Scott Warren, Klam
ath Falls, said the ceiling would
result in a price rollback of $1.60
a bushel. That is unrealistic in
view of present economic condi
tlons, he said.
Animal Crackers
6y WARREN GOODRICH
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Taft Sees
Backers Heady
To Enter Ike in
Illinois Race
WASHINGTON (-Senator!
Taft (R-Ohio) claimed enougn
pledges Tuesday to give him the
Republican presidential nomina
tion if all his backers can pro
duce the convention voting
strength he expects from them.
At the same time "John D. M.
Hamilton, one of the senator's top
campaign aides, said .Geri. Dwight
D. Eisenhower had "pulled the
rug out from under" I his support
ers and left them without a candi
date. The statements from the Taft
camp came in response to word
from Eisenhower that the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization com
mander would obey a "clearcut
call to political duty! but would
not take ..any personal part in a
nomination drive. f
"Assures Election"
Eisenhower backers claimed
that the Paris statement assures
the general's nomination and elec
tion, i
An outgrowth of Eisenhower's
statement was a declaration from
Harold E. Stassen .another of the
avowed ; aspirants for the GOP
nomination .that his? bid is being
made on his own and is not "a
shadow campaign" for Eisen
hower. '.
The general's outline of his
stand alio sparked a plan in Il
linois to enter a slate of delegates
for him in that state's presidential
primary. 1
Mere 'Draft Possibility
Taft made his claim of delegate
prospects in a talk : with a re
porter in Washington. He pref
aced it' with a comment that in
his opinion Eisenhower's words
reduce him to a mere' "draft" pos
sibility. "I think this will make matters
easier for us," the senator said.
He stated his count of his own
strength this way:
"If all the pledges we have ob
tained from all over the country
can be translated into delegates
when they are chosen, I believe
we have more than half of the
convention votes."
Taft apparently was including
votes from the home states of
principal Eisenhower backers in
his count of strength.
Refers to Jubilation
Hamilton, a former, chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee, referred to press reports that
Lodge, Duff and other Eisenhower
leaders were jubilant over' the
Paris development and went on:
"This is the firsts time I have
ever known anyone to find cause
for jubilation in haying the rug
pulled from under him."
Hamilton concluded that what
Eisenhower said amounted to no
tice that he would not even con
sider the nomination until the
convention is held fin short the
Eisenhower committee does not
have a candidate." ?
EGG PRICE DROPS
The price of eggs dropped three
cents a : dozen in Salem buying
markets Tuesday. New quotations
include 48c for large AA eggs and
43c for large A.
BICYCLE AUCTIOPf SET
Unclaimed bicycles held by the
city police will be auctioned at 10
a.m. Saturday by Chief Clyde A.
Warren at the city shops at 22nd
and Howard streets.!
General Hospital Enters Bid
For $292700 Federal Grant
Salem., General Hospital pinned
its hopes Tuesday 6n starting a
new hospital building this sum
mer, after putting in an early bid
for a $292,700 federal grant.
In asking for the' full amount
of additional funds needed to build
the proposed new Salem General
Hospital trustees waived their
priority claim to the remaining
$124,000 of federal money on hand
for Oregon hospital r projects this
fiscal year, ending June SO.
That amount was-1 allocated to
Santiam Memorial Hospital of
Stayton by the State Board of
Health at a meeting tn the Capitol
Tuesday f
Appealing before the. board for
Salem General were Milton L.
Meyers, chairman of .trustees, and
William : Gahlsdorf, manager.
Trustees of the local hospital
asked for first priority on any
federal allocation made available
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Fight Tax Boost
Victory in Pledges
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GEORGI MALENKOV
50th Birthday Feted
Malenkov Wins
Plaudits, Said
'Stalin's Heir'
MOSCOW (-Deputy Premier
George Malenkov came in for sig
nal praise on his 50th birthday
Tuesday in a way that seemed to
have desigh and special signifi
cance. All leading Soviet newspapers
published on their front pages
huge portraits of the unsmiling
Malenkov, along with laudatory
greetings from the Central Com
mittee of the Communist Party
and Council of Ministers calling
him a "co-advisor of Comrade Sta
lin." It was announced he has
been awarded the Order of Ienin,
the highest Soviet decoration.
The unusual tribute, surpassing
that given other Soviet leaders on
their decade birthdays except in
the case of Premier Stalin himself
on his 70th anniversary, may
mean the struggle for power in
side the Politburo has been set
tled and that Malenkov has been
chosen as Stalin's successor.
The displays stressed his import
ance in both the party and govern
ment, made it plain that he is one
of those closest to Stalin, and takes
a direct part in the formation of
highest government and patty pol
icies. Hoover School
Name Chosen
Salem's planned new elem jitary
school finally got a name. Hence
forth it will be known as Hoover
School.
Approval of the name was given
by the Salem School 'Board at
a meeting Tuesday night. It will
appear on architects drawings,
which until now have called the
planned project East Salem School.
The name is not final, the Board
said, and can be changed, if it
seems advisable. They pointed out
that the Salem School District has
for years followed a policy of
naming elementary schools after
ex-presidents.
to Oregon in 1952. They figured,
it was reported, that Congress
would make such an appropriat
ion by June.
If the federal money is granted,
Salem General stands ready to
call for bids in early July. Plans
and specifications are drawn and
approved, though hospital leaders
are keeping them under study with
an eye to changes in the interest
of economy based on experience
in recent hospital construction.
- The federal matching money in
Salem's case would be half the
amount Salem General now has
on hand.
The Salem General construction
will be part of the hospital de
velopment program underwritten
by Salem area citizens two years
ago In a combined financial cam
paign. The program includes many
recent improvements made at Sa
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lem Memorial Hospital.
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Tho Oraejon Statesman, Salem,
Congressional
Session Starts;
Truman to Talk
By ROGER D. GREENE
WASHINGTON (JP) - The 82nd
Congress reconvened Tuesday with
Democratic and Republican lead
ers apparently agreed on fighting
any major boost in taxes but far
apart on other issues in this criti
cal Presidential election year.
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., P.S.T.,
President Truman will address a
joint session of both Houses in his
annual "State of the Union" mes
sage outlining the Administration's
legislative program.
The President's speech, which
will be heard over all major radio
networks, is expected to run about
5,500 words, and will mark the real
kick-off of what many legislators
forecast as one of the most politi
cally turbulent sessions in history.
To Oppose Tax Raise
Senate GOP leaders promptly
served notice they will vigorously
oppose any hike in federal taxes
and will demand big cuts in gov
ernment spending.
The President is expected to
ask another tax increase and pre
sent a multi-billion-dollar spend
ing program in his forthcoming
trio of messages to Congress. The
budget and economic messages
will come later this month.
Taft Plans Fight
Chairman Taft R-Ohio) of the
Senate Republican Policy Commit
tee said that group, meeting this
forenoon, agreed unanimously to
fight any higher tax proposals in
1952.
Opening the new session, both
chambers met only for a brief
period and then adjourned out of
respect to members who have died
since Congress adjourned last
October. ( Additional details on
pages 2 and 5.)
Distribution of
Ike Petitions
Due in Oregon
Plan for a statewide distribu
tion of Eisenhower-for-President
petitions were mapped Tuesday by
William L. Phillips and Mark Hat
field, chairman and executive sec
retary, respectively, of the Ore-gon-for-Eisenhower
committee.
"We don't want just a thousand
signatures we want thousands,"
Hatfield said.
Phillips and Hatfield are to con
fer in San Francisco- with Sen.
Lodge (R-Mass), national chair
man of the GOP campaign for
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, next
week. Campaign plans in Oregon
will be announced after that meet
ing, Hatfield said.
McClure Keeps
Grange Post
PORTLAND (JPy- The State
Grange announced Tuesday that
Elmer McClure, Milwaukie, has
been re-elected as grange master
for a two-year term.
McClure, was unopposed In the
Grange primary election.
There will be a run-off election
for the Grange's second-highest
office, overseer. The incumbent,
W. G. Howes, got 3585 Votes, and
will be opposed by Verne W.
Lantz, Redmond, who got 3116 in
the primary.
Master's Degrees
Approved for;
Normal Schools
PORTLAND UP) - The State
Board of Higher Education Tues
day authorized a fifth: year of
study, leading to a master's degree
for grade school teachers at the
three Oregon colleges of education.
The proposal, brought up last
month, by the .colleges of educa
tion, was opposed by William C.
Jones, dean ' of administration at
the University of Oregon,; who con
tended present facilities for "grad
uate work at Oregon and Oregon
State College were adequate.
The board voted 8-1, ! however,
to let Oregon College of Education
at Monmouth, Southern Oregon
College of Education at Ashland,
and Eastern Oregon College of
Education at La Grande, go ahead.
Oregon, Wednesday. January 9
Water System Reins Pass to
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John L. Geren, left, will become manager of the Salem water department next month upon resignation
of Carl E. Guenther, right, present manager. Guenther haa been with the Salem water department since
1935. Geren has been assistant manager since 1946. (Statesman photo.)
Carl Guenther
Resigns Water
Bureau Post
Assistant Manager John L. Ge
ren will become head of the Salem
water department February 1,
succeeding Carl Guenther who re
signed Tuesday.
Announcement of the changes
was made by City Manager J. L.
Franzen who said there would be
no immediate appointment of an
assistant water manager to re
place Geren.
Guenther said he would join the
G. M. Slentz company of Salem
in the irrigation business. Guen
ther has been associated with the
water system since it was pur
chased by the city in 1935 from
Oregon -Washington Water Ser
vice Co. Guenther was mainten
ance superintendent for four
years, then became manager when
Cuyler Van Patten died.
Geren ,a former Marion County
sanitary engineer, joined the water
department in April, 1945. He is
a civil engineer with degrees from
Oregon State College and Uni
versity of Michigan.
In his 16 years with the water
department, Guenther saw maxi
mum daily water consumption in
Salem rise from 8 million to 23
million gallons. In that time the
water system was expanded to
keep pace with the city's growth.
PACKING PLANT STRIKE
CHICAGO ;P)-About 100 work
ers in the wood department of the
Armour & Co. Meat Packing
Plant walked off their jobs at noon
Tuesday in a demonstration for
wage increases.
Stayton Hospital Given Federal
Funds; Legal Delay Possible
Santiam Memorial Hospital of
Stayton is ready to call for con
struction bids this month, follow
ing approval of a $124,000 federal
grant Tuesday at a State Board!
of. Health meeting at the State
house. But Stayton's ambitious plans
for a brand new $400,000 hospital
may be held up by legal action, it
developed in Portland following
the meeting.
Attorney Ernest Burrows of the
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
in Portland said that institution
would "file an injunction or take
other appropriate action against
the State Board of Health chal
lenging the manner in which dis
bursements of Hill-Burton Act
federal funds were handled."
Stayton hospital leaders told
the State Board they could call
for bids within three weeks.
, Physicians and Surgeons Hos
pital was one of several. Portland
and Salem hospitals seeking fed
eral matching funds. Oregon's
share of the federal grant money
Is apportioned by the State Board.
Burrows said Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital applied earlier
for $60,000 in federal funds for
an expansion project. The Board
of Health approved the grant in
1950, he said.
But since then a number of
other hospitals have receivedi
1952
PRICE 5c
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irds Eye Plant Lays Off
160 Woodburn Workers
Statesman Nmi Servlc
WOODBURN About 160 Woodburn-area workers were idle
Tuesday following the biggest seasonal shutdown in 10 years at the
Birds Eye Food Plant.
'We just don't have anything for them to do," said George Everts,
personnel manager.
Everts said the plant will resume operations when the rhubarb
crop is ready, "probably in April.'
A maintenance crew will return to
work before that, he added.
Last winter a contract to pack
Army rations helped keep nearly
200 employed at the plant. In oth
er recent years the firm was able
to keep its core of year-round em
ployes busy by "stringing out
work," Everts said.
He noted it was the first layoff
in 10 or 12 years for at least 30 em
ployes. The shutdown involves all
but 21 salaried employes and 19
who work by the hour.
The huge plant employes up to
1,300 at peak seasons including
many from Gervais, Mt. Angel,
Brooks, Hubbard and St. Paul, and
a few from Salem. Some residents
of these towns were affected by
ie current shutdown.
Evert said most would qualify
for unemployment compensation.
A Birds Eye Plant at Hillsboro
closed last week for the same rea
son. Everts reported, and affected
a similar number of workers.
LOSES GENERAL'S STAR
WASHINGTON (;p)-Brig. Gen.
David J. Crawford, removed as
commander of the Detroit Tank
Arsenal, has been reduced to his
permanent rank of colonel and as
signed to a post in Turkey, the
Army reported to a House inves
tigating committee Tuesday.
grants and Physicians and Sur
geons have been by-passed, he
said.
Burrows said an injunction
might tie up the entire $576,000
which Oregon has received under
the act. The money has been allo
cated to a dozen or so hospitals
hut has not yet been disbursed,
he said.
In other business at the Health
Board's annual meeting, Dr. O. C.
Hagmeier of Seaside was elected
president, Dr. N. E. Irvine, Leb
anon, and L. L. Riggs, Portland,
vice presidents and State Health
Officer Harold M. Etickson, sec
retary The board sent to the State
Emergency -Board a resolution
asking for a policy directing "the
State Health Department offices,
located in Portland, to remain
open Saturday mornings.
Another resolution urged the
State Civil Defense-" Agency to
adopt ' realistic program for
medical personnel in civil de
fense, including training and
equipment for first aid stations
and emergency hospitals In scat
tered Oregon areas.
Also recommended were three
new staff directors to coordinate
under the health department the
functions of tuberculosis control,
chronic disease control and dental
work.
No, 287
John Geren
Contract for
Jefferson High
School Granted
Statesman News Strvtr
JEFFERSON Wall - Bartrom
Sandford Construction Co., of
Junction City, were awarded the
contract Tuesday night to con
struct the new Jefferson High
school.
The firm was low bidder in a
field of 10 bidders. Bids ranged
from the low of $274,000 to a high
of $333,554. The bids were opened
by the Jefferson school board
Tuesday night.
Work on the new school and
gym is expected to start Feb. 1 on
a new 55-acre tract at the city's
north limits. The school will be of
reinforced concrete with a small
amount of brick veneer trim. In
addition to six classrooms it will
also bouse rooms for homemaking
art, science, library, teachers,
health and office.
Highest bidder was Viesko &
Post of Salem. Other bidders next
in line, from the highest to the
lowest, were Waldo S. Hardy &
Son, H. L. Shields & Son, Smith &
Nelson, Pickford Construction Co-.,
E. E. Batterman, H. G. Carl, Bar
ham Brosthers, W. H. Shields Con
struction Co., and the Junction
City firm.
Checked and
Doublechecked
ST. LOUIS (-Transit Service
checkers made a check on the ad
equacy of city checkers checking
the adequacy of the Transit Serv
ice here Tuesday.
City employes, specially trained
for their checking job, made a sur
vey of one of the Public Service
Company's routes, but were met
by company checkers who made a
special check on the nature of the
city's check.
City checkers wore black and
white lapel buttons for identifica
tion. Company checkers wore spe
cial hats.
TO CONSIDER PAY HIKE
WASHINGTON (P- Chairman
vinum t rvn a . 1 of the Armed
Services Committee said Tuesday
the House will consider a 10 per
cent pay increase for members of
the armed services on Jan. 21.
TIM? TV I.AVTSIJT1E .
LA PAZ, Bolivia (flVThirty
mtnzm Vvii have been recovered
from ' a rn'"ing camp buried by
landslides in Northwest Bolivia,
travelers from tne area reponea
Tuesday zught.
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Danger
LONDON (AV-Tbe cracked. anA
listing freighter Flying .Enterprise
broke loose from her", five-mcl
steel towline in rough seas early:
Wednesday, only 10 miles from th
craggy rocks of Lizard Head on
tpe English coast. i; -Capt.
Kurt Carlsen and Kenaet2i
Dancy, first mate of f the British
tug Turmoil, were still aboad tb
freighter. Voice radio! links witfct'
them were restored st 3 a. &.
after they had been silent for sev
eral hours. fc
Their last lifeboat! had ee
washed away by a strong sowth "
wester that forced the ship tm
heave to for several hours duriogj
the early part of the pight. 4
Danger Grows &
Salvagemen commented whu
the storm broke that if the tow
lines snapped anywhere aroufMi'
Lizard Head, "The danger 1 tb
Flying Enterprise would be im
mense because she would be sub-'
ject to strong tidal currents. She
would be almost bound to hit the"
rocks and break up in no time..
Dan Parker, captain of the Tur--moil,
radioed his London effice
that "I am standing by to recon
nect at daylight." sfi
His message was sent at 3:20"
a. m. about an hour and a half
after the tow broke and some five
or six hours before daylight.
Badly Damaged
The Flying Enterprise already
was badly damaged. Her hull wa
cracked across the middle ui a.
Christmas hurricane and she bar
taken on hundreds of tons of a!
ter.
The area in which she Was adrift
is the same in which! the Bntt)'
battleship Wars pit e broke loew
from a tow line in April, 1947Z
and was dashed to pieces on tW.
Cornish rocks. The Lizard is tfa
southermost point of England. an4
the Turmoil had been tryinsj to '
tow the Flying Enterprise areund
the point before heading for Fal
mouth. Si, .
Once around the lizard, thex
is a clear path to Falmouth, lying
in a cove northeast of ' the reek.
$275,000 Fire
JOHN DAY, Pre (ffJ-Fire de-
stroyed a building inn the heart .
of this Eastern Oregon city Tues
day at a loss estimated at $273,000. :
Three stores in the building
were destroyed and three neigh
boring establishments 1 suffered
smoke and water damage. Tfa
origin of the flames was not es
tablished at once. ? ,.
The fire started ini the cetev
of a business block, and engulfed
the Sprouse-Reitz Variety Stare;
a grocery store, Chester's market;
and Farley's men's wear store.
An east wind came along at the)
critical moment, and helped push "
the flames back from the Benson
Hotel, Benson's Sho0 Store and
the Grant County Bank Building: -The
shoe store, the hotel and a
garage-service station the Bruce-
Eddy Pontias Co., suffered water
and smoke damage, s .
All available men In John Day
turned out to fight the flames,
which were noticed about t:JO
a jn. Fire departments from John
Day, -Prairie City, Mt VenMo,'
Canyon City and the Prairie City
Rural Fire Protectionf AsseciatiM ,
battled the blaze Vi hours before
setting It under control. i
The destroyed building, owe4
by Jim Maple, had concrete waUa,
which helped check th snread mM
the flames. s j i
Unemplo)nent
nsation .
Gaims Soar
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More claims for unemployment .
compensation than at - any time :
since the extreme mid-winter te
years ago were taken last week fey ;
Salem office of the State Employ- -ment
Service, state headquarters
announced Tuesday, frhe trB-d
was continuing this week. .
The office was experhicing soma .
of the steady growth of tmemplor- '
ment that has hit Oregon for th..
past three months, said' officiate.
The western ..fir-belt, principally
through Eugene, Rseburg and
Lebanon offices, was; the hardest
hit because of winter woods clos
ures although Corvallis and Grants
U-
Razes Building
At John Day
Compe
rass joinea aaiem 11? caving ia
heaviest claims in two years. -
Here 675 initial claims and 2099
continuing claims were filed last
week, compared witii 43? and 1. .
732 during the first -eek.-of 1951. ;
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JTOHECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): CJouy.
rainy and windy today. Decreamatf
wind tonight with shower continuum.
High todaj to 42, low tonight U m
3. Cooler Thursday. Sal tenatta.
tur at IS ajn. today a 41. , -SALEM
PRECIPITATION
Steeo Start of Weather: Tear, S. t
ThjYear Last Year Nnrmal
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