Going House-Hunting? It you're doing a bit of spring house-hunting, take a tip from the thousands of Salem area residents who have found that the classified ad section of The Statesman serves as a handy directory of the Mid Willamette Valley's best housing buys. 'Use Statesman Classified Ads Weather Max. 4 SI - M Portland San Francisco Chicago New York s 54 Willamette Rirer ST fet. FORECAST (from U. S. reau. MeNary field. Saleaat cloudy -with a lew tight slxm ana lonirnt. Decrcasm Moaday. Hih today U la St; POUNDQD 1651 11:01 jb. today was 44. 102nd YEAR 2 SECTIONS 32 PAGES Th Oregon Stalesmcm, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, March 30, 1952 PRICE 10c 3 I, M '111 II I Y J II W 111 I 1 I J II II III - - -n sa- - M ly ifuMuv R5 -irtr mm TT Hawaii vacation inn won By L iberty Ca rp en ter, Wife Three hours of signing 480 tick ets brought a once-in-a-lifetime dividend to a 54-year-old Liberty area carpenter and his wife Satur day a free, 10-day vacation in Hawaii. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Drees of Salem Route 9, Box 300, had the lucky ticket for the Salem Down town Merchant's Association's grand prize of an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii. Mayor Alfred Loucks drew the winning ticket from the mobile cement mixer holding more than a million tick ets, collected during the three weeks of the association's Spring Festival, which ended Saturday. Winner Present Only one of the seven prize win ners in Saturday's drawing was present at the Marion County HJCD Out of a long and wide experi ence in the field of agriculture t..i r faric fnrmpr Dirprtnr nf the Extension Service at OSC, re centiy wiin xne ieaerai uvpai i- ment of Agriculture, raised warn-! ings in addresses at the farm pro- 6 . ... , , gram comerenix i ; week against the inroad of rural j nov-K We are..ant-lo think of ! that as confined to the Deep South or to Asia. It is indeed deep rooted there. But we may develop conditions of rural poverty in Ore gon on our marginal lands, up our shoestring valleys and cutover ridges. Maris said: "Poverty in agriculture is an evil thing and once it fastens itself upon an economy in a widespread way it is a veritable millstone around the neck of a. civilization." He described the farming and living conditions as he observed them on a recent trip from Rome to Naples. Men, women and oxen furnished the power for field labor. Women did their family wash in the open streams. Farm ing was carried on as it had been carried on for centuries and cen turies, the land yielding a bare subsistence for its occupants. How to change the pattjyn of living where such conditions are in grained in the habits of the people and encrusted in the soc' -1 - n', economic system is one of society's grave problems. We take pride that our life is too fluid for such a deep freeze to grip agriculture. Yet Maris warned that it may creep in through the side door of part-time farming or through farms too small to serve as an economic unit. One can see that possibility here in Oregon. Families have come from other states hopeful of establishing themselves (Continued on Editorial page 4) IB ODDS Politics on Parade . Who's Running for What in the May Primaries ! (Editor! note: Stories in the "Po litical Parade" are written by or for the candidates, on invitation of The Oregon Statesman, and views ex- rested herein may or may not be i accordance with the opinion of this newspaper. The articles are published in the public Interest, and without obligation on the part f anyone.) Today's subject: VAL D. SLOPER Candidate for DISTRICT JUDGE The position of Marion County District Judge is becoming increas ingly important in our judicial system. In the past t.w e 1 v e months, 3200 cases have passed through the Mar ion County Dis- snf ntrict Court. These J- leases represent r: : over $34,000 in court fees and fines. During the past five years the Val D. Sloper Marion County District Court "has established a sound, honest, and dignified posi tion. This reputation needs to be maintained and I intend to do everything in my power to uphold 7" AIT? courthouse. Mrs. C. Newburgh of 340 N. Church St., heard John Ad Ion, president of the association read her name as winner of a General Electric radio-alarm clock combination. Other winners Saturday were Aaron Zahn, 2060 Highway Ave., $150 merchandise certificate for men's, women's or children ap parel; Mrs. L. Spagl of 569 N. 21st St., a Dulane Frvryte deep fat fryer; Esther Von Lehe, 1015 S. 15th St., T Oman's California "21" Weekender luggage; Joan Sim mons, 1812 Cross St., Airguide weather forecasting instrument and barometer; Grover Wilson, 1064 Rural Ave., Cascade ham; Sharon Wilson, 2405 S. Cottage St large basket of groceries; Pearl F. Pack, 380 S. 16th St., a pa jama Union Leader Asserts PGE Strike Threatens PORTLAND i7P-Portland General Electric Company's 900 op erating workers will strike April 14 unless agreement is reached on a new contract, a union business manager said Saturday. j Such a strike would shut down the big utility, he said. i (Jyst how a strike of PGE operating workers would affect service ! in Salem was not known. Fred Starrett, Salem manager of the com- j paaii, "iaid there has never been i ', a strilfe in the company s history ; and Tie had no idea what would : ppen He adaed that law forbids any i strike against a strike against a public utility j which might endanger life or j property, which would probably j .. ;v,. indicate that electric service would not be curtailed.) R?rt H- Wooen'. the ness manager, said the workers voted Friday night to back up their demands with a strike threat because management representa- tives were not bargaining in good! faith. He said that in six weeks the company has been willing to meet only about once a week and the union hasn't been able to make I formal presentation of its waste j demand which is an increase of ! 8.5 per cent. Two other major strikes are threatened here. One is of trac tion company employes. They are going to meet Sunday to decide whether to postpone for a week their threatened Tuesday strike in the hope that settlement can be reached. The other is of some 3,500 met al workers in major fabricating plants and machine shops. Federal conciliators are directing talks on a dozen disputed issues. The strike is set for Tuesday. McMinnville Votes to Build Sewage Plant McMINNVILLE (JP)A $300,000 bond, issue to build a sewage treat ment plant here was approved 398-102 in Friday's election. In ad dition to the bond issue, the peo ple favored a water users charge to meet interest and maintenance costs. Work is to start this sum mer. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal its dignity and servicability for the citizen taxpayers. I seek re-election in order to continue the position which I have started. From those recommended by the Marion County Bar Asso ciation, Qov. Douglas McKay ap pointed me to the district judge ship last summer when Judge Jo seph B. Felton was elevated to the circuit court. With vigor and a conscientious viewpoint I have en deavored to dispense justice in a fair, impartial, time-saving man ner. 1 was born in Stayton and grad uated from Salem High School. I earned my B.A. and law degrees from Willamette University. After practicing law I served 19 months as deputy district attorney for Marion County, handling criminal and civil cases. My wife and I reside at 155 Alice Ave. My affiliation includes membership in the Oregon State Bar, Marion County Bar Associa tion, Pacific Lodge 50 AJ. & AJkf ., Salem, Salem Lions Club, and Jun ior Chamber of Commerce. I have taken an active part in civic and community affairs. I humbly so licit the support of all voters, both men and women, irrespective of political faith or party affiliation. (Tomorrow: Arthur Fowler). TTIPv doll. Gifts Displayed Winners of Saturday's prizes will join those from the preceding four days Monday morning to re ceive their gifts, which have been on display in the U.S. National and First National banks. Plans are already being laid for a repetition of the Spring Festival next yearvJohn Ad Ion, president of the association said, describing this year's as "very gratifying." "Besides planning for a Festival next year," Adlon continued, "the association is already laying pla for more promotional campaigns in the immediate future so that peo ple will prefer to shop here instead of in Portland." (Additional details on page 2) ,,. T. liisenliower Wins Support In Washington SEATTLE (VPWSen. Dwight D Eisenhower's supporters Saturday night claimed he would win two- j thirds of the delegates from King County at the state GOP conven- ' tion as a result of a smashing 7-4 vote lor Eisenhower over ben. Kobert iart in grass-roots cau- cuses here Friday night The General continued to main tain a commanding lead over the Ohio senator as nearly three fifths of the county's 1,294 pre cinctsreported presidential pref erence ballot results. With ap proximately 750 precincts tabu lated the count stood: Eisenhower 6,300, Taft 3,900. Taf t supporters were quick to contend that the caucuses meant little or nothing. They said they controlled enough regular pre cinct committeemen, who are au tomatically elected delegates, to keep a majority of the county's votes. Eisenhower supporters said they felt the caucuses held in homes, halls and street corners would have a favorable psychological ef fect on the entire state. This, they said, would erase an early ad vantage Taft was said to have in Washington. A record-breaking 18,000 to 20, 000 persons took part in the cau cuses after both Seattle papers de voted a lengthy campaign to whip ping up interest in the matter. Not all those who attended were able to vote, however, as some were not registered from the pre cinct in which they now reside. Gov. Earl Warren of California and Gen. Douglas MacArthur each received a few hundred votes and Harold Stassen a handful. Politi cal analysts said the most sur prising thing about the vote re sult was Eisenhower's strength in so-called blue-stocking districts of the North End, where Taft was supposed to be strongest. Western Union Strike Forecast WASHINGTON -A nationwide strike of 31,000 Western Union Telegraph Co., workers at mid night Monday was predicted Sat urday by leaders of the AFL Com mercial Telegraphers Union. Strike ballots were being count ed here, and Adolph B rungs, pres ident of the Western Union divi sion of the CTU told a reporter: "It certainly looks like a strike is ahead. We are getting a very heavy 'yes' vote." POSTMASTERS APPROVED WASHINGTON (p) Two Ore gon postmaster nominations have been approved by the senate. They are Thomas G. Southwell, Molalla, and Dorris G. Bennett, Mulino. JETS TANGLE IN KOREA SEOUL Allied and Commu nist Jets tangled over North Korea Sunday for the 'first time in five days. U. S. Fifth Air Force said two Red MIG-155 were damaged and two probably damaged. Stassen Tactics in Wisconsin Draw Jibe from Truman WASHINGTON (VP)-President Truman took a crack Saturday night at Republican campaign ing in Wisconsin. In an off-the-cuff remark In his speech to the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner, he said: "It's even become fashionable for the Republican candidates to saw themselves in half." Harold E. Stassen, bidding for the backing of Gen. Eisenhow er's supporters, has offered to turn half of the total Wisconsin delegates he wins over to the General on the first ballot at the Republican national convention. British-Egypt Dispute Said Near Solution CAIRO, Egypt 7P)-The British Egyptian dispute appeared headed for possible solution Saturday night with reports in both Cairo and London that Britain may agree in principle to Egypt's de mands on the Suez Canal and the Sudan. Both sides declined to comment on the talks, but Egyptian inform ants said they probably discussed Egyptian demands that Britain is sue a declaration agreeing in prin ciple to pull her troops out of the Suez and place the cotton-rich Sudan under Egyptian sov ereignty. Premier Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha conferred with Hassouna Pasha and Hafez Afifi Pasha, chief of King Farouk's royal cabinet. Informants close to Hilaly said the discussions centered on principles to be used as a base of Anglo Egyptian negotiations. However, observers noted Brit ain probably would insist that some defense system be set up in this strategic area before she ac cepts any plans for withdrawal. East Oregon Floods Ease By The Associated Press Burns was the center of the Oregon flood area Saturday but sharply lower temperatures put an end to continued rises, of rivers swollen by melting snow. Ten famililes left a motel at Burns because of water rushing flown Brown's canyon. Roads were inundated and a dozen homes were surrounded. The Bend-Burns highway, clos ed for several days, was open to some traffic and one-way traffic was moving over the softened Central Oregon highway to Onta rio. Prineville's Crooked River con tinued to drop and crews virtually completed work on the new levee designed to hold back any further snow-melt water. Committees Form Patterns for 25 Years of Oregon Agriculture By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman CORVALLIS Farm committees Saturday completed reports that are expected to guide agriculture in Oregon for the next 25 years. "If the outcome of the confer ence is as profitable for the 25 years as that of the conference held 25 years ago. it will be a happy situation," F. L. Ballard, associate director of the extension service, stated. " Ballard was chairman of the Saturday meeting which complet ed the three-day Agricultural Con ference which opened on Oregon State College Campus "Thursday and which has been attended by close to 1,000 farm and urban leaders. - Giving of final reports was be gun Friday afternoon with six re ports completed at that time. The additional six reports covering horticulture, specialty crops, dairy, poultry, livestock and farm crops, were given Saturday. ' The future of Oregon's water supply and grassland management, will govern the future development of the state's livestock industry. The future of Oregon's water sup ply management alone will govern much of the future development of agriculture in Oregon,- all 12 committees noted during their re ports. Farm acreage can no longer be expanded, only farm yields are now elastic, the committee chair man pointed out as they reported! President Bows Out at Demo v Banquet; No 'Heir9 Appointed Decision Adds Confusion to Political Race By JACK BELL MILWAUKEE (JP) - President Truman, the man who never ran away from a fight, quit the Demo cratic presidential nomination race Saturday night. The President, who has spent seven years in office, left his party in complete confusion about his possible successor. Truman picked no favorite for the job he has held since the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. By that action he left to what is known as "an open convention" the choice of the party nominee. Inevitably, this pitched into the laps of three announced candidates the advantage in that convention. They are Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma and Sen. Richard Rus selll of Georgia. None of these three seems ac ceptable to administration sup porters who have backed the Pres ident's policy of "'Fair Deal" and who want something more than is offered by these three Senators in the way of support of all of Truman's policies. The obvious answer to this di lemma from the administration standpoint is Gov. Adlai E. Ste venson of Illinois. Most Reluctant Stevenson has made it plain that he will be the most reluctant of aspirants for the job. In fact, he has said he is running only for re-elect. on as governor of Illinois, and is not interested in the presi dential race. While Stevenson's mind possibly could be changed by a genuine 'draft, there is no certainty that such movement can be marshalled in the time remaining for the July Chicago convention. Apparently, like many another Democrat, Stevenson has no great desire to oppose Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower if the latter becomes the Republican nominee. Ike Rivals Taft On the strength of recent pri mary showings, Eisenhower now is regarded as rivaling Sen. Rob ert A. Taft of Ohio as the top GOP presidential possibility. Primaries in Wisconsin and Ne braska Tuesday may shed some light on that situation. Truman's statement he doesn't feel bound to seek to spend an other four years in the White House may reflect some Demo cratic anticipation that Eisenhower will be the Republican nominee. that almost everything available Is under cultivation, approximately 4,500,000 acres in the state. To feed an increasing popula tion, production must be boosted by the use of irrigation and ferti lization. They provide for more irrigatiori storage, such as will be provided in the Willamette Valley project, appeared to be the big problem in the water discussion. The valley now has 120,000 acres under irrigation. The project will provide irrigation ultimately for 750,000. Over the state as much as 1,800,000 acres can be improved by irrigation, committees showed. Outgrowth of water projects is the increase in Oregon's vegetable crops the vegetable crops sub committee, under specialty crops, reported. Twenty-five years ago, less than 10,000 acres of crop lands were devoted to vegetable produc tion in Oregon. Today there are over 90,000 acres, and the long time trend continues upward. Ve getables now account for 6.$ per cent of the total cash receipts re ceived by farmers of "the state. In early years vegetables were grown primarily for fresh mar kets. The phenomenal growth of the industry in the past 25 years, however, has been due primarily to production for processing, com mittee reports 'showed. The committee urged further expansion of irrigation, facilities and usuage to increase production of processing vegetables. (Addi tional details page 5.) To Hand Over White House Key " - " r " ' . , .' - -..-rvsf 9 I f 4) a rt,. :M If Ml ; ft 4 t1- WASHINGTON President Harry S. Truman will hand aver the key to the newly-remodeled White House to a new occupant next Jan uary. The President announced Saturday night that he will not seek re-election. He is shown here receiving the key to the White House with Mrs. Truman and (left to right) Charles Claunch, White House usher, and Howell G. Grim, chief usher. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Decision No Surprise To President's Family WASHINGTON (JP)- The reason for Mrs. Harry S. Truman's cheerfulness of late is now out. Apparently President Truman's "bombshell" that he is not a candidate for reelection was no surprise to her, however much it was to others. He frequently refers to her as "The Boss" and has always talked things over with her. Bess Truman never has liked the glassbowl ex istence that goes with being First Lady. Nor has she liked the formal large-scale entertaining. She regards the Presidency as a grueling post one of honor, but which takes a'toll of health. She has been credited with opposing Mr. Truman running again. Those in Washington who have been watching for a sign, perhaps an inadvertent sign a raised eyebrow, an inflection, a slip of speech indicating what Mr. Truman planned became aware in recent weeks that Mrs. Truman seemed relaxed, happy. As the President made his announcement, his wife watched quietly, proudly. PORTLAND, Ore. (-Margaret Truman, here for a singing concert, said Saturday night it was "no surprise" to her that her father will not be a candidate for re-election. "I've known about it before and I learned this afternoon that he was going to make the announcement tonight." she said. "I've always felt that whatever he did was fine with me. Mother feels the same . . ." She said she didn't know what her father's future plans were. But of her own, she said: "This will make no change in my plans. I planned my musical career many years ago." Miss Truman was told of her father's announcement only a few minutes before she was to appear on the stage. WASHINGTON JP -The announcement with which President Truman surprised -the world Saturday night was written out before hand in his own handwriting and kept a close secret until he made it. Joseph Short, presidential press secretary, told about it at a midnight news conference. "The President decided about a week ago to make the announce ment at this time," Short said. Truman carefully kept it out of the prepared text of his. speech to the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. The speech was distributed to newsmen in advance about 11 a.m. Saturday, and they looked in vain for any clue to the Presidential intentions. But the President had written the announcement in his own hand and included it in the leather bound book in which he always puts his own personal copy of the speeches he makes. Short would not discuss the President's plans for the future, suggesting the reporters ask that question at their next news conference with Truman himself. Man on Relief Prevented From Taking Cruise NEW YORK (JP) - A man on relief was blocked from taking a tour of Scotland Saturday when an officer removed him from the liner Queen Mary in a near riotous scene. David Smith, 43, of Queens, was accused of defrauding the city by drawing relief checks for 16 years up to $266 a month for himself, his wife and three children while having other financial sources. Warrant Officer John A. Ken nedy of the Long Island City mag istrate's court was sourrounded on Pier 80 by the wife, children and a number of Smith's friends, shouting and pushing, as he took Smith from the vessel shortly be fore it sailed. Threat of Steel Strik e Remains WASHINGTON (JP)-Tha threat of a steel strike April 8 still hung over the nation Saturday night, but some officials were hopeful it will be averted. Chief hope for avoiding it rested on producer - union talks starting in New York Monday. These talks led Secretary of La bor Tobin to predict no strike will take place, and steel production will continue uninterrupted until mld-1853 at least. Unless the negotiations are pro ductive, emergency action by Pres ident Truman appeared to be the only waj of avoiding showdown. Shouts of W Greet Surprise Announcement WASHINGTON (AP) Harry S. Truman, Prvei dent of the United State, announced Saturdayni$fit he would not aeeeptauf other nomination. He threw the annual Jaekcen -Day dinner of Jiis patty in to-surprised turmoil with the flat-n- -nouncement: "I shall not be a candidate for reelection. I have served mysz country long and. I think, -effi- . ciently and honestly. "I shall not accept a renomina- -tion. I do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four vears in the White House." Cries of No, No.' from the floor. "We must always remember tfa " things the Democratic Party has done, and the high ideals that have made it great. "We must be true to its prin ciples and keep it foremost in service to the people. "If we do that, we can bnr there will be a Democratic Presi dent in the White House for th next four years." Thus the nation's 33rd chiefeejc ecutive bowed himself cut f the -presidential picture seven vesrs and 79 days after he entered she country's highest office on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A little later, he made his cision even more positive. As newsmen crowded about- motor car as it prepared to km the National Guard Armory -Sor the White House, they afced tit there was any chance he magM change his decision. Won't Reconsider-- "None whatsoever," he said. Persons close to the PresMeat'f car said both Mr. TrumaraJ Mrs. Truman were weeps J they drove away. The historic statement cawai . an interpolation in his prepasea; address which was delivered to 5,000 of the party faithful in'taa huge armory. Although tho announcemenWeb viously took most of the dinersjjy surprise, several cabinet meanberf at the speakers table appeared m astonished. Secretary of State Aefaeaen didn't so much as blink at the announcement. And Artorr.ey Gen- -eral McGrath began shaking hands with well-wishers with no-igTi that Truman's announcement Iraq surprised him, Stevenson Queried Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, who has been reported to be Tru r man's choice for the Democratic presidential nomination, was-asked if the President's declaration mad' any change in the govemox s position. "It was all a surprise to-xae",, Stevenson told a report. "I am still a candidate far She governor of Illinois and nmthxpi ' else." Asked if he would accept Democratic nomination, Stevessea sajfl: . "IH cross that bridga wkaa;I come to it." jy Shock. Amasement There was shock and amasement written on the faces of the mem . bers of the White House party, in- : eluding some of the regular tweak ers who have been devoted tev the ' man from Missouri. The President's nn 1 1 rn ini ij I ' touched off a stampede of news- -men and photographers to the aid of Gov. Stevenson. - A couple of score camezsaaen -shouted "get him over bere.'Vaad ; "governor, look this way, , piease. , Stevenson was escorted to rostrum where Truman a t few -minutes earlier had made his-an-1 nouncement. Throughout all the hubbub Stv- . enson beamed and joked wlttwih newsmen. . . Many Democrats at . the etijui expressed belief Truman's - with drawal had left the rac',lor.ah TVsi in i i" i n 1 1 r fiAmfyisftAW m i 1 i - - - despite whatever ' prefererjre- President might later express. ' sen. Aioooy iu-Aucn.;, rot e. declared: i The picture ovr is widepasv ' far as I can see." so sen. ueorge. (D-ca.), keOvf Sen. Russell, his Georgia colleague, for the party's presidential ' nom ination, said Truman's ininiin ment "came like a bomb shell." . (Additional details on page 2)