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house-hunting, take a tip from the
thousands of Salem area residents
who have found that the classified
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as a handy directory of the Mid
Willamette Valley's best housing
buys.
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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-
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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).
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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
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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)