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Senator Assails Morris as j Thony1; Graft Investigator Promises No Whitewash' WASHINGTON (P)-Sen. Nixoo, R -Calif- Saturday -assailed the election of Newbold Morris to head the search lor wrongdoers in the government as Ma complete phony by the White House." Morris, New York attorney and a Repubiican-although an inde cendent one politically, was named by Att. Gen. McGrath Friday to bead up the administration's long-heralded housecleanlng drive. "Morris took over wim a state ment praising McGrath, issued be fore he had even started his in vestigation," Nixon told a report er, "and thereby prejudiced him self in any investigation of Mc Grath. . . -Yet he says he Is going to start out investigating the Justice De- !A?Suisvme, Ky., Sen. Taft of Ohio told reporters he had no confidence in an investigation of corruption "under the aegis of the Department of Justice." i Nixon and Rep. Hillings (It Calif.) meanwhile, demanded that a special House investigating com mittee look into a California judge's order for a grand jury probe of the San Francisco Call Bulletin. Nixon said the action will be widely regarded as "retaliation for the newspaper's embarrassing disclosures about the administra tion." Hillings termed it "pecul iar." Both called on a House Judic iary Subcommittee, now being set up to inquire into McGrath and the Justice Department, to investi gate the action tf the judge, Oliver J. Carter. Oa Tax Scandals The Call-Bulletin has been run ning a series of articles dealing with income tax scandals in Northern California. Friday it published an article quoting Hill ines as linking Federal Judge Georee B. Harris to a land de velopment plan said to have been E unvoted by a deputy collector ox nternal Revenue. SHARON, Conn. (-Newbold Morris said Saturday night there would be "no whitewash" in his probe of federal corruption and that it would "go to the very top it necessary." Morris left his apartment in Manhattan to celebrate his 50th birthday with his wile and six children at his Connecticut farm here. Complete Job Morris, who Friday accepted "the job from President Truman of heading the search for wrong doers in the federal government, aid his investigation would not stop short of Att. -Gen. McGrath, himself, if evidence warranted it. "There wiff'be no whitewash," he said. "That would imply that J had discovered something wrong and then repressed it. "White wash is a fighting word to me." Morris said be was faced with a staggering job," adding that there are 33,000 employes in the Justice Department alone. Morris said that by summer he expected : t have at least an interim report . ready. Maclean Seeks $500,000for Reassessment A $500,000 appropriation for property reappraisal will probably be sought at the 1953 Legislature, Tax Commissioner Robert Maclean reported Saturday. I The appropriation would con tinue a just-started 10-year pro gram which would ultimately cost from $8 million to $8 million, ac cording to Maclean, head of the State Assessment and Taxation di vision. Current property tax assess ments, he said, are unequal with in many counties as well as be tween counties. This appropriation, sought in connection with the State Tax Commission's property reappraisal program, is designed to equalize tax assessments rather than increase taxes, the commis sioner stated. Scio Girl Crowned Cherry Pie Champ The Cherry Pie Champion of Oregon Is a 17-year-old Scio girl who won the title Saturday in Eugene. She is Jean Thurston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Thurston. She competed in cherry pie mak ing with 16 other girls from Ore gon high schools. She will leave Feb. 17 for national competition in Chicago. Miss Thursday Is a home economics student of Mrs. Olivette Nutter of Scio High SchooL The contest is sponsored an nually by the National Red Cherry Institute. Surveyor Seeks Election Again A. D. Graham, Salem Route S, Box 687B, incumbent Marion County Surveyor, filed a declara tion of candidacy for reelection to that office with the Marion County Clerk Saturday. Graham, who resides in the Halls Ferry community, lists as his campaign slogan: "Continued Ser vice." Digger Machines Given Reprieve PORTLAND (JPS Digger ma chines have a few more days of grace In Portland. Police ordered them removed from the city Friday, but coin- machine operators asked Circuit Judge MacCorxnac Snow for a re straining order. He Issued one, and aet a hearing for Monday on whe ther the machines can be banned. Over 40 Cars Sink Into Lake As Ice vS MT. CLEMENS, Mich. WVBe tween 40 and 65 automobiles, parked by ice fishermen, broke through rubbery ice and sank in Anchor Bay of Lake St. Clair Saturday. Most of the automobiles, parked around 200 yards from .shore near the entrance to Selfridge Field, were hauled ;out by wreckers equipped with long hawsers and engine-driven windlasses. One wrecker went to the bot tom when it went out on the Ice to hook on its short tow line. Wa ter in the area is three to six feet deep. Only fishermen who frantically tried to rescue their slowly sink ing cars got a dunking. California 5uard Infantry Division Fighting in Korea SEOUL, Korea (-The 40th Infantry Division is fighting in Korea, Eighth Army headquarters announced Sunday. The former Southern California National Guard organization moved to the battle zone after nine months in Japan. Sunday's disclosure came little over a month after an announce ment that Oklahoma's 45th Infan try Division was sent, here from Hokkaido, northernmost Japanese home island. Commies Stage Air Raid on Allied Lines SEOUL, Korea (A -Communist forces broke the quient of the Korean front Saturday with an attack in the East and presumably made an air raid on Allied lines in the center, i At least six unidentified planes bombed and strafed Allied troops early Saturday and Allied sources said none of their craft of the type described were in the vicinity. The raid caused little damage. A Communist company hit Al lied Eastern front positions Sat urday night. It touched off a brisk small arms, mortar and artillery exchange before the Reds with drew. There was little action else where along the battle front. Ickes Home From Hospital WASHINGTON (JP) - Former Secretary of interior Harold L. Ickes, 77, seriously ill but reported slightly improved, was moved Sat urday from bis home in nearby Olney, Md, to a Washington hos pital. Mrs. Ickes said he was "still gaining but stijl very ill." It was Ickes' second trip to a hospital in recent weeks. He re turned home Jan. 18 apparently improved after taking treatment for complications of a former arth ritic ailment. British, Egypt Talks Forecast LONDON CD-Increasing hope was reported in diplomatic circles Sunday that new British-Egyptian talks may start within the next few days. Observers believe there is a good chance such talks may lead even tually to a conference in which the United States, France, and Turkey will join in a new attempt to set up a five-power Middle Eastern regional defense command. In that event, Britain : would withdraw her troops from the Suez Canal Zone. Five Injured as Trains Crash CALERA, Ala. (Jf)-A Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger train smashed Into several cars of a wrecked freight in a rainstorm Saturday night, injuring at least five persons. The diesel engine and three bag gage and express cars of the pas senger train, the Pan American, were derailed, ? The injured, according to rail road officials and newspapermen at the scene, all were aboard the Pan American. They included the engineer, fireman, baggage THfar and two passengers. The eight passenger cars re mained on the rails. DETROIT CONTRACT LET PORTLAND lUPr- Army engi neers announced award Saturday Of a 1136.050 contract to the Fred Drayer Co, Alameda. Calif,, for clearing 300 acres and building a trash boom foe the Detroit Dam reservoir. Student Leaders Ready for Dudes at Parrish Secend semester stadent body officers for Parrish Junior High School will take ever their offices this week folio win school elections Friday. In front row, left to right are. Clennon Moore, president; Jan Woodroffe, vice president; Diane at arms. Second row from left. mde representative: Donna Ham ident. Back row from left. Bob Hunt, boys league vice president; president; Ton! DeSart, girls league secretary; Dave Socolofsky, Holland, beys league secretary. ( Salem Sergeant's Gift of Blood Catches Up to Him in Korea War (Picture on page one.) A coincidence In Korea, related by Sgt. Milford Oliver last week to several Salem groups, dramatizes how blood donated on the home front saves lives on the fighting front. In an effort to urge contributions of blood and money In support of the Red Cross program, Oliver, a surgical technician, has spent part of his rotation furlough here describing his experiences to a Jason Lee Methodist Church group. members of armed forces reserve units, and volunteer workers at the kick-off breakfast for the Red Cross advance gifts campaign. Oliver was an assistant to mo bile hospital unit surgeons operat ing on wounded men directly from the battlefield. Just before he left for Asia in 1950, the sergeant donated a pint of blood at a Salem mobile blood unit. Weeks later, in a tent hospital in Korea he ad ministered that same pint of blood, along wim four other pints, to a soldier who had been shot in the stomach. Sometimes the wounded require as much as 17 pints of blood, Oli ver said. And if the Red Cross blood supply gets too low, we have to drain our own men." Flown to Pacific (Some 300,000 pints a month are needed by the armed forces alone, he said. This blood, with preser vative added at the time of col lection, dated and typed, is packed in dry ice and flown to the Pacific Theater.) From field hospitals the wound ed are moved by ambulance or plane to station hospitals or re cuperation centers in Japan. There Red Cross workers provide them with personal necessities such as combs and razor blades, distribute candy and reading material and cigarets, aid in writing letters home or help in solving problems of the serviceman's family, Oliver said. At the debarcation base in Sas ebo, Japan, the Red Cross dis penses free coffee and doughnuts to troops coming and going a morale-booster appreciated by the men, he said. Help te Families In the battle areas Red Cross field directors perform many es sential services, 6uch as arranging for emergency furloughs and working with county Red Cross chanters to help servicemen's lam ilies at home. Sergeant Oliver had occasion to make use of the home service program himself, When Oliver was first in Korea allotment checks to his wife were delayed for many months. Mrs. Oliver turned to the Marion Coun ty Red Cross for emergency grants to pay for rent, food and other necessities for herself and two children. The local Red Cross home service personnel were more than cooperative, Oliver said gratefully, Family In Salem Oliver, a native of Grand Rap ids, Mich., met his wife, Chrystal then a Salem high school student, while he was stationed at Camn Adair. They were married here and now have two children In Highland School, Melba in the third grade and Chrystal In the first. For a while after his return from Occupied Germany and dis charge, Oliver was employed as a surgical technician at the Salem Memorial Hospital. The soft-spoken, dark - haired young sergeant wears a bronze star for gallantry in action, com bat medical badge, meritorious un it citation, and Belgian fourragere as well as European and Pacific Theater ribbons with six stars and others. When he returns to camp Feb. 8 after a month at home. Oliver will probably be assigned to train new troops. Meanwhile he intends to spread the word that he, as one who can say "I was there," thinks Red Cross service to the armed forces in Korea de serves whole-hearted support. Diamonds were apparently brought south to the Great Lakes region by glaciers. Collage Convalescent Homo Under New Management Mrs. Winifred Perry Laneaw K. N, aa Mrs. Ada Harder, Managers Registered Practical Nursing 24 Hoar Service Aged - Convalescents Bed Patients - State Approved S52 N. Cottage St Phone Miller, secretary; Pat Gilmore, treasurer; and Charles Kieper, sergeant Ken Schrencengost, assistant sergeant at arms; Donnie Lebeld, eigntn man, seventh grade representative; Statesman photo.) Britain, France To Join U.S. in Warning Reds PARIS (fly-France and Britain hav. agreed they will join the United States in warning Red China against violating any Ko rean armistice and if such a vio lation develops will join In ask ing the United Nations for punitive action, a highly placed informant said Saturday night. There was no Indication of the extent of the punitive action the three powers might ask a full scale attack, an air-sea war or more limited measures. Responsible authorities in Wash ington said three weeks ago Amer ica's allies in Korea had substan tially agreed to a United States proposal to back up any truce pact with a warning of military action directly against Communist China if the pact was broken. 3 Missing on Oregon Flight BURNS, Ore. (JP) A plane car rying a pilot and two passengers was missing Saturday in a flight from Burns to Roseburg. The CAA listed those on the plane as Norman Bryer. Boise. pilot of the Boise Northwest Fly ing service, and Paul Peterson and Fred A. de Blois, passengers, both also of Boise. The plane, a gray and maroon Stinson, took off from Burns at 11:50 a jn. and should have been at Roseburg within less than an hour The Klamath Falls unit of the Air Search and Rescue Service was alerted to begin a search for the missing plane Sunday morn ing. Building Permits Decline in January Buildina permits in Salem dur ing January were down from the totals of a year ago. Reports from the city engineer's office showed permits of $189,696 mis montn, compared with S447, 818 in January. 1951. Heaw build ing was light, with $139,800 of wis month's total In residence building. MEET DATE CHANGED KLAMATH FALLS ("-The Or der of Antelope meetine at Hart Mountain will be held July 18-29 instead oi July Z5-Z7 as originally planned. Secretary Doug Fetsch said Saturday. The dates were changed to avoid conflict with the state American Legion convention at Klamath Falls. Young Vision Needs Our Care The time te correct faulty vision Is when eyes are young. Attention now may preclude need for glasses In later Ufa. USE YOUR CREDIT AND OUR EASY PAYMENT -PLAN Optometrists AT BO KING OmCAI. Now in Our New Modern Office and Laboratory Corner 12th at Center Dial S-t5f Free Parking paee Dr. K. D. Slefarth Uteertite Optometrist Dr. E. Bering and Sue Syrinx, girls league pros Danell Hamilton, girls league vice beys league president; and Michael Billy Graham Revival Due at Capitol Today Br ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (JP) - Evangelist Billy Graham Sunday reaches the high point of his campaign to save Washington, a city he describes aa filled with wickedness and cor ruption. He moves his revival right on to the Capitol steps Sunday after noon. In announcing his plans, Graham predicted 40,000 or 50,000 will at tend the open air meeting. "Bring you dogs and cats, your aunts and uncles," he urged. "What an impact we'll have upon the na tion!" Starting Last Week The 33-year-old evangelist from M on treat, N. C, who has preached to large crowds from coast to coast. Is making his first visit here. He Is now starting his last week of a month-long campaign. Before he came to Washington, Graham says, he was warned: "Billy, you are now going to your Waterloo." But Graham accepted the challenge. 'I have felt for some time," he told a recent meeting, "that Wash ington, with its sins, its drunk enness, its crime, will prove the test of what is going to happen to America. Not Maeh Lonrer "If Washington turns Its back on God in this hour, this hour may be the one in which we cross the line and go too far. God isn't going to let us get away with our sins much longer." And at another time he said of Washington: "We see wickedness and cor ruption such as we've never known before." At the start Graham felt he was handicapped because fire regula tions at the huge armory, where the meetings are held, limit crowds to 5,310. He called on everyone to pray that President Truman and the District of Columbia commission ers would change the regulations. The commissioners changed the rules so that at religious meetings the crowd limit would be 8,000. At the end of 14 services, the halfway point in the campaign, these statistics were announced by Jerry Beaven, a onetime preacher who now is Graham's press agent: Number of converts: 2,046. Total attendance: 111,200. "This is the greatest number of converts in ratio to attendance that weVe ever had," Beaven said. Congress has been fairly faith ful in its attendance. Beaven fig ures congressional attendance has gone as high as 50. John C. Vincent Hearing Ends WASHINGTON UPy- Four days of sharp questioning by Senate in vestigators ended Saturday for career diplomat John Carter Vin cent He said he believed It cleared him of charges of being either pro Communist or a Party member. The Senate Internal Security Committee, without reporting its findings, excused him from further testimony. He plans to return to his post as consul general at Tan gier, Morocco, in a week or two. The committee continues its probe into subversive influences on U. S. Far Eastern policies Tues day. i Dr. nagfcea Farmers Union Lauds County Health Office Statesman Newt Service MARION The Marion County Public Health Department activi ties got an expression of approval from delegates attending the con vention of the Marion County Farmers Union held here Saturday. A resolution passed by the 125 delegates representing 16 locals said the county public health pro gram represents the most intelli gent approach in the conservation of human resources in a day when conservation of natural resources has become paramount. The resolution was one of four adopted at the convention, most of which were restatements of stands previously taken. Resolu tions opposed the cut in federal aid to Oregon school lunch, pro gram, and universal military train ing. Robert I Jones, state presi dent of the Farmers Union, said that UMT is the biggest step to wards socialism which the country could take. Another resolution reiterated the FU's support of the direct election in choosing the President and Vice President of the United States. A resolution requesting 100 per cent parity in agriculture products. long a demand of the Farmers Union, was presented by A. C Spranger of the agricultural com mittee and was adopted by the organization. Report Heard In other business, the conven tion heard a report from Dr. John Rademaker of Willamette University-on a survey being made on health conditions In rural areas of the county. Support of the Farmers Union insurance program was giv en by Clifford Ott, from South Dakota, and Pat Gorman of Sub limity. Hosts to the convention were Marion, Sydney-Talbot, and Sub limity locals. H. G. Stevens of Roberts is president of the Marion County organization and was chairman of the convention. Mrs R. G. Frost of Liberty is secretary, and Mrs. Frank Way of Central Howell was the pianist at the con vention. Invitation to hold the May meet ing in Gervais was extended by Mrs. Wendell Barnett of Gervais Mrs. Kader's Case Sent to Grand Jury PORTLAND CP) - A municipal Judge sent on to the grand jury Saturday the case of Mrs. Jada Z. Kader, 21, accused of killing her three-year-old daughter by drop ping her into a drainage pit Defense Attorney Frank Pozzi objected that "there is no evidence of deliberation, premeditation or malice," and asked that the charge against the woman be reduced to manslaughter. Judge J. J. Quillin replied that the grand jury would decide on the proper charge to be placed against the woman, if any. The woman had been charged by police with first-degree murder after the body of Sherrie Elian Kader, 3, had been found in the water-filled pit. Another daugh ter, Vickie, 4, said the mother de liberately dropped Sherrie Ellen into it, Capt William Browne of the police force said. ran oiisa n i eia every drei Cfe there's aa ideal time for tcsoV ing when the tire has paid for itself in mileage sad safety before k is dangeroos to ride oat Before at ia damaged and while k still has peak vafae for the tire dealer for rccappiog. Oar tire sacs are experts aod caa tell yoa the BEST time o trade so that yoa cso get the highest allowance for roar urea ... so tan 51 DOVJU m Mi Suits Seek Title To Properties on By-Pass Route Suits to acquire title to four pieces of right-of-way property for the East Salem by-pass highway were filed in Marion County Cir cuit Court by the State Highway Commission Saturday. Defendants listed in the sep arate suits are Myles and Lillian Henderson; Earl and Minnie Hitch- man; D. B. and Jennie V. Murphy; and Florence Peterson. First of suits, wih George E. Brent as defendant, was filed Fri day. Most of the property involved is located northeast of Salem. In it's complaints the Highway Com mission alleges it has failed to reach an agreement with any of the property owners. Victor Point Woman Dies Statesman News Scrrle VICTOR POINT Mrs. J. L. Lang, 87, a life-long resident of Victor Point, died Saturday eve ning in a Silverton hospital after an illness of several months. 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