The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 06, 1952, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textto EoaEb) DCs ffff IFairtisf Jk' QDllODD 0 Hi i Mahoney Passes Decision Along to Gen. Eisenhower Attorney Genejral Tells Newbry Only Court, Sponsor Can Change Ballot The odds piled up Tuesday against the probability of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's name appearing on the Democratic presidential primary ballot in Oregon. First of all, early Tuesday, Attorney General George Neuner rul ed that the popular military general's name could only be struck from the democratic ballot either by a court order or by withdrawal of Fred Paulus, deputy state treas surer, is one of the best informed men In the state on public fin ances. His warning to the interim committee that the state faces a financial crisis in the next bien ium is not now, but coming from such an authority it is one to make a deep impression over the state. And that surely is needed. Pointing to the limitations on legislative power in tax measures Paulus proposed a special session of the Legislative Assembly when a measure to increase the flow of revenues could be passed. Then if petitions forced a referendum on it the people could express themselves at the general election in November. The next Legisla ture then could make its appro priations in the light of the popu lar decision. An alternative would be to pass tax legislation early in the regular session and then submit it to a special election to be held before rime for the Legislature to ad journ. The danger is that if nothing is done till well along in the next regular session the appropriations made on the anticipated scale a referendum would tie up tax leg islation until a vote was held. The state then imijhtb. forced ; warrant basis. This would affect the state's credit which already suffers from the increase in its bonded indebtedness. The burden rests, pearly on the legislative THTeTtM committee studying tax questions. It is un der instruction from the last legis lature to prepare tax bills. Com mittee members are well grounded in Oregon's tax and legislative history. But even they (Continued on editorial page, 4.) West Point's Cadets Oppose Pardon of 90 WEST POINT, N. Y. (yFr-Cadets at the U. S. Military Academy would not "tolerate the pardon" of 90 cadets ousted last summer for cheating on examinations, says West Point's alumni magazine. "There is no sympathy for the guilty cadets to be found in the ranks of the men who lived, worked, slept and ate with them," says an article in the unofficial magazine, "Assembly." Prepared by Cadet D. C. Ahearn, of Winthrop, Mass., and entitled "A Statements From the Corps of Cadets," it says: "The question, 'What do you think would happen if the approx imately 90 honor code violators had been allowed to remain in the Corps? was put to many ca dets, and in every instance, the re sponses were similar. "The vast majority said the Su perintendent would receive 2,400 resignations and thus be forced to dismiss the 90. In no instance did any cadet indicate that he would in any way tolerate the pardon of the 90 or their reinstatement in the Corps." TO INDICT BUCHMAN WASHINGTON (vP -The House by unanimous vote cited movie producer and writer Sidney Buch man for contempt Tuesday for his moves to avoid testifying in the investigation of Communists in Hollywood. Animal Crackers y WARREN GOODRICH WU mp. Henry. 't time for Uby't if bmary ftidingf 151 Ike s democratic sponsor. Later in the day State Sen. Thomas R. Mahony, Portland de mocrat, who sponsored Ike's peti tions, said he would withdraw Gen. Eisenhower's name if neces sary to spare the general embar rassment. Mahoney said he was waiting to hear from the general on whether he wants his name removed from the ballot. Mahoney, who spons ored the petitions placing Eisen hower's on the Oregon democratic ballot, indicated he had written to a close associate of the general to learn Eisenhower's attitude. Neuner not Authorized Neuner's order Tuesday advised Secretary of State Earl T. New bry that he (Newbry) did not have the authority to scratch Eisen hower's name from the Democrat lists. Monroe Sweetland, Democratic national committeeman and a sup porter of President Truman, has said he would bring suit if Newbry didn't remove Eisenhower's name from the democratic ballot. New bry has been marking time await ing an opinion from Neuner. Eisenhower's name will be en tered in this state's Republican primary. His Republican support ers already claim to have more than enough signatures. Oregon Democrats had claimed the general as their own before Eisenhower said he was a Republican. Neuner's Opinion In his opinion Tuesday Neuner wrote: 'You (Newbry) have neither the I duty nor authority to determine the political party to which the candidate belongs. "Unless the sponsors either re quest a withdrawal of the petition iuea, or you are restrained by a court order of competent jurisdic tion, you have no alternative but to file and have printed upon the of the candidate for president in accordance with the mandate of the statute. "The question of whether or not your official duties are ministerial in connection with the preparation of an official ballot . . . has been before our own Supreme Court on several occasions." The primary election is May 18. Hedy to Seek Divorce Again LOS ANGELES -Screen siren Hedy Lamarr's fourth marriage is headed for a divorce court. The actress said Tuesday night she plans to file a suit within a few days against Ernest "Ted" Stauffer, former band leader who now operates a night club in Aca pulco, Mex. "The marriaee on which I glar ed such high hopes has come to an ena, sne said in a statement released through her attorney. "Actually it really never was a marriage. I believe that Ted and I were both frightfully lonely and it seemed at the time that in one another we had found what we were looking for. I, at least, was mistaken." The couple was married here last June. Warden Asks Improved Diet For Convicts A better diet for Oregon State Penitentiary inmates was recom mended Tuesday by Warden Virgil O'Malley. He called for additional funds to improve the prison feed, in an appearance before the State Board of Control. Present food ration is sound, with calorie content of 2.400 to i 2,500 daily, said the warden, but ' this should be improved. He also 1 called attention to rising food i prices. Board members instructed O'Malley and Prison Superintend ent George Alexander to prepare estimates of the extra funds need ed and submit them to the State Emergency Board. Prison officials said an inmate's food costs on the average of 271-4 cents a day which is only li cents higher than the average cost in 1936. However, this does not take into account the large amount of food produced by the peniten tiary farms. The prison last year produced $243,659 worth of food, it was reported. wire WBgvuttBQl Max. ss 54 62 38 Mm. 31 38 45 28 Prclp. .00 .00 trace Portland , San Francisco Chicago New York S2 43 .00 Willamette River 18 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Gener ally fair today and iartly cloudy to night. High today near 60; low tonight, near 33. Salem temperature at 12 .01 a-m. today wi 34. SALEM PRKC1PITATIOV Since Start ( Weather Year, Sept. 1 This Year Lat Year Normal 32.99 M.63 23.63 101st YEAR Church Spire I. s&QP - - v 1 h hi' - --If I 'i ' r The steeple of First Methodist Church is beginning to take on its old form again, after workmen replaced the decortive cross Tuesday. Workinr at the very top placing the all-aluminum pieces together is R. E. Northness, veteran Salem steeplejack. ; G ) -v r -."I' . v . . i $ ' " ' 5 , ; t ' .t X 3 , -I '1 JvT? . iz J J -Sv .. 1 -, - - 5. T . 1 - ( ' I 1 V 1 1 1 ! Although this new cross looks small 185 feet above the ground, it makes the First Methodist Church spire some 12 feet higher. Shown here in comparison to the cross on solid ground is Austin Davis, church custodian. Workmen for.H. G. Carl, contractor, are nearing the top in almost complete rebuilding of the steeple. All original ornaments and symbols are being replaced, the top two of cast alu minum and the many others of treated wood. The others lasted nearly 80 years. (Statesman photo.) Storm Misses Oregon Area With dry, sunny skies Tuesday and more expected today, flood worried Willamette Valley resi dents can breathe easier. An expected storm from the Pa cific Ocean passed to the north of Oregon. The U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary field early today pre dicted fair weather with a drop in all Willamette Valley streams today and Thursday. The Willamette River reached a high of about 18 feet Wednesday at Salem, two feet below flood stage. Meanwhile it had dropped two feet at Eugene and a foot at Harrisburg. At Jefferson the San tiam River was falling slowly Tuesday. 12 PAGES Regains Cross County to Discuss South River Road Problem With State Conferences on a solution to the flood problem ton South River Road and the Willamette River bridge at Independence were pro jected Tuesday by Marion County Court. County EngmeerHedda Swart was authorized to discuss the pro blem with the State Highway De partment. Officials estimated that the road grade near the bridge would need t obe raised about three feet to prevent flooding of the road, and the state will be asked to make a survey for a proper grade. Two sections of the road ire on long-range plans for federal re construction aid, but are not on the program for the coming year. FOUNDCD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Reds Ask Troop W Talks Truman To Stay In Race WASHINGTON UP) - President Truman suddenly shifted tactics Tuesday and agreed to a "popu larity" test against Senator Estes Kefauver in the New Hampshire primary on March 11. But the President still kept the nation's No. 1 political guessing game alive on the question: Is he, or isn't he, going to seek re election? The chief executive took pains to note that the New Hampshire con test Is "purely advisory' and does not bina delegates to cast their votes for any particular candidates at the Democratic Nominating Convention in July. May Step Aside Later In drawing that distinction, Mr. Truman clearly left the way open for himself to step aside later, if he desires, and throw his support to another candidate. Only last week the President had called the present presidential pri mary system eyewash, and an nounced that he would withdraw his name from the New Hampshire Primary. McKinney Advised But Democratic National Chair man Frank McKinney told news men he had urged the President to change his mind, on organiza tional grounds. McKinney had said last week that if Trumaan with drew, a slate of New Hampshire Democratic leaders pledged to sup port ' him would be disqualified from taking part in the national convention starting July 21 in Chi cago. Kefauver hailed the President's decision not to withdraw as "good news." and declared in a state ment: "I think this gives the people the opportunity that I always have thought they should have the opportunity to express some choice in the designation of party nomi nees as well as in the later choice of the office holders themselves." Oregon Council Of Churches to Meet in Salem What church men, women and youth can and should do for their communities will be featured at the annual meeting of Oregon Council of Churches here Thurs day. Sessions will begin at 2 p.m. In First Christian Church, open to the public. Both state and national leaders are to be here for the meetings, expected to attract more than 200 laymen and ministers. One highlight will be a 2 o'clock conference on juvenile protection, designed for ministers, parents, teachers and others interested in church service to youth. Speaker will be Dr. Edward Rapp, New York, director of juvenile protec tion for American Baptist Con vention. Participating in this will be Circuit Judge Joseph B. Felton oL Marion County's juvenile court. Groups for united Protestant action in the commuity will meet at 3:45 p.m., for laymen, women and youth. Leaders will include Dr. George Martin of Willamette University, chairman of United Church Men for Oregon. Similar meetings are being held by the council this week at Pen dleton, Portland and Roseburg. After dinner at the church, clos ing meeting will begin at 8 p.m., with talks by two Portland lay men, Ernest Peterson, church edi tor of the Oregon Journal, and John Merrifield, member of the executive committee of the Na tional Council of Church Men and an insurance executive. State Prison Doctor Resigns CoL Harvard C. Moore, State Penitentiary physician here for the past two years, has resigned, ef fective March 1. Warden Virgil O'Malley said his successor has not been chosen. Dr. Moore said he would re turn to his former home at Eugene where he would engage in the practice of medicine. The position of full time physi cian at the Prison was created in December, 1949, and Moore took over; the following month. Oregon, Wednesday February Follow Kace Track Promoter ESIown to iits by Bomb SAN MATEO, Calif. (A3) A wealthy promotor of dog racing tracks across the nation started his Cadillac Tuesday and was blown to bits by a thunderous explosion, apparently from a dynamite bomb under the floorboards of his car. The victim, Thomas A. Keen, 56, had wide interests in dog and horse race tracks, including Sportsman's Park, Cicero, 111. Another 1 Sportsman's stockholder, Edward Demo Party Vice Chairman For Kefauver PORTLAND JP- Mrs. Gladys Last, vice chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee, Tuesday said she favored nomi nation of Sen. Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.) for president. "I am for Kefauver 100 per cent and I'll help with circulation of petitions to place him on the Ore gon ballot," she said. In other Kefauver support de velopments it was learned Mon day that Walter J. Dennis, Port land, Young Democratic state chairman, has been elected chair man of the Oregon Kefauver for president committee. Others elected at a meeting here Saturday were Mrs. Elaine Berry, vice chairman; Owen J. Card, sec retary, and Si Cohn, treasurer. All are from Portland. Cohn is county clerk of Multnomah county. Campaign director is State Sen. Jack Bain, Portland, who filed the original Kefauver petition. Toy Range Condemned by Labor Bureau A toy electric range was among the electrical appliances condemn ed by the electrical division of the State Bureau of Labor, officials announced Tuesday. The toy was one of 33 electrical items recently ordered from the shelves of two Marion County el ectrical dealers as being fire and life hazards. Dangerous applian ces included two metal desk lamps, six ironing cords, one pow er tool kit with accessories, two portable drills, 10 attachment plug caps and 13 flasher buttons. None of the appliances con formed to the Fire Underwriters laboratory requirements for safe ty. State Electrical Inspector Glenn Sanders, said. "The toy stove, which actually heats, had never been tested to see whether it was safe for a child to play with," the inspector averred. In spection of electrical dealers' stock is one of the duties of the state labor department. In one recent two-year period the labor department condemned 4,917 defective appliances while inspecting the stocks of 1,197 deal ers. Society to Compile History of County Murray Wade, president of the Marion County Historical Society, said Tuesday plans were under way to compile a complete history of Marion County, and asked that persons whose ancestors resided in the county prior to 1900 write to him at 852 N. Liberty St. U.N. Adjourns After Shelving Korea Case By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER PARIS (;p-The U. N. Assembly overrode Russian objections Tues day and shelved the Korean case until an armistice is reached or a rupture of the Panmunjom talks call for stronger U. N. action. It then adjourned, its three month Paris session, with most delegates expressing hope for an early truce. The next session is due in the autumn. The Assembly voted 31 to 5 Soviet bloc to delay discussion of the political settlement in JCo rea until the military talks are successfully completed. The delegates authorized Secretary-General Trygve Lie to call the Assembly into an emergency special session in New York to consider more forceful action if the talks finally break: down. 6, 1952 PRICE Truce in I O'Hare, was assassinated gangland style Nov. 28, 1939. The shattering explosion short ly after 10 a.m. wrecked car and garage and blew a car engine mounting 25 feet, through a win dow of Keen"s 16-room San Mateo mansion. The mounting lodged in a ceiling. Motive Obscured No motive for any attempt on Keen's life was found immediately by investigators. ! Police Chief Martin McDonnell said he believed Keen was killed i by some imported hoodlum who j was many miles away when the j blast occurred. "I assume this is the result of business conflict of a conflict in ; business between Mr. Keen and i some other group interested in his i kind of work," McDonnell said. He did not elaborate. Heard for Blocks , The terrific explosion scattered flesh, metal and wood over a wide . area and was heard for blocks by I residents who swamped the police j switchboard with calls. PORTLAND (JP Thomas Keen, who helped start dog racing 'in Portland in 1933, was a frequent visitor here. At one time he held 162 shares In the 1250-share Multnomah Ken nel Club, but a few years ago transferred 100 shares to a daugh ter, Mrs. Cleo T. Keen Walkup. He was a member of the three man board of directors. Liberty Street Building Sold To Corporation Sale of a South Liberty Street building in Salem to the C. L. Corporation of Portland was dis closed Tuesday with the recording of a deed at the Marion County Courthouse. Revenue stamps on the deed in dicated the price approximated $68,500. Seller was Marguerite Will. The recording described the property as including part of lot 3, block 34, oh which there is a two-story building occupied by the Beauty Nook, Myron Sewing Ma chines and the Paul Armstrong School of Dancing. The building is on the west side of Liberty be tween State and Ferty Streets. Handling the deal was George Grabenhorst. realtor. The C. L. Corporation was form ed through a filing last Dec. 31. Incorporators were lister as John P. Bledsoe, James D. Tredup and Herbert H. Anderson. The Associated Press reported from Portland last night that the incorporators declined comment as to the nature of their organization or the purpose to which the Salem building would be put. It was understood none of the three occupants held leases, but so far as could be determined none had been given notices to vacate. The United States fought' for this decision through heated com mittee debate last Saturday and Tuesday's vote went as expected. Chile and Yemen abstained be cause they felt the delegates should discuss rehabilitation and reconstruction work now. Dele gates of Peru and South Africa were absent. The vote killed an other of the pet projects of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vish tnsky, who returned to, Moscow last week, ailing and tired. Vishinsky failed earlier in an ef fort to condemn membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation. He was not able to halt a reso lution forging stronger bonds of collective security and finally had to make new proposals on atomic controls which he himself term ed mome ttous concessions. 5c No. sir 3 Major Issues j Listed MUNSAN, Korea OPHThe Com munists Wednesday proposed high level political conference, within three months after the Ko rean armistice to negotiate three major problems arising out off the war. Gen. Nam II, chief Red tfiK delegate who made the proposal at a full plenary session ofith armistice committees, defined the? ' issues as: ' I ' ' 1. Withdrawal of foreign troof from Korea. E 2. Peaceful settlement of Korean question. 1 '', 3. Settlement of "other question related to peace in KoreaY' j The Communists gave no imjme diate clarification of what they included in the latter twp points. Presumably they meant the fuiur status of politically divided Kfr and its place in the ootnmuhity of nations. j Nam proposed that the Unit" Nations name five representative to such a conference and that Com munists have a total of five ft- North Korea and Red China No Place Mentioned He made no suggestion frs to th place for such a conference The proposal, a 102 word state ment, was made at the first jpiei nary session of the full arm i$ tic committees since Dec. 4..-' , U , It was called at Allied reQiieW to begin discussions o .the final item on the truce ageenda fi-e-ommendations to the belligerent governments. . j Nam tied in settlement of th Korean war with restoration of peace in the Orient. He said President Truman "pub licly connected the war in Korea, with other questions as the future, status of Formosa and 'possibly the series of proposed U. S. mili tary alliances with Pacific nation including Japan, the Philippine and New Zealand. Still Deadlocked The Korean truce talks still jar deadlocked on two other issue besides the recommendations! to belligerent governments Tljie are truce supervision nd ie change of prisoners of war. j From the wording of the pro posal, the Communists appeared: to be trying to gain Western rec ognition of the "government ofjth Democratic Peoples Republic! ol Korea, North Korea, and of ittk. Peoples Republic of China, d China." : j For the first time in the nego tiations, the phrase "govcrnrtenl of the Peoples Republic of China' was introduced. Heretofore, all pref erences had been to tne VChiflee Peoples Volunteers." .i The Allies took a cop ofith Red plan, but said that ill recH ing the draft for study they cu4 not Imply concurrence. Unander to Enter Race PORTLAND (JP) - Slgfrid" B. Unander, who last weekend j He signed as chairman of the Repub lican State Central Committee, Jtaid Tuesday he will seek Republiaan nomination for state treasurer. Announcement of Unander's ia didacy has been expected Others who have filed, for Re publican nomination for treasure are State Sen. Jack Lynch, Port land, and Fred Robinson, Med ford. The office now is held by Vf al ter J. Pearson, Portland, a Defno crat. He said earlier he would tn4 be a candidate for reelectipn. . The following; words r among those which may be n4 In the 1952 Oregon Stalesmin KSLM Spellinr Contest settl fLnals and finals. They; are fra standard textbook and- r published a a raid In bKra achool contests now nnderwsy. poultry shingle requisition union transportation support rude advice grant future distrtbutuM f toiU carried ! i built extravagant grasthopptr irreparabt mountain ithdrawal. "i ;,; korea Spell-Down!