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New Playground Equipment Donated 5" S i wm 1 Kyi POUNDBD 1651 102nd YEAR 24 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, April 18. 1952 PRICE 5c : lie 22 i IT DTTDSGUSI L A vAl il my i-c; T-tp I FD.d SpllDs v Hat in Ring? ' v; V:V - Worried! Workers I S in.. i .-mum - .T TTiyJ'-i Salem Soroptimist Club members clj j0j. m X3USn x asiurc. riciurtu iu nuui w " - - - ' - Mrs. Eva Bailey, president of the Corvallis club, Mrs. Marie Lin, Mrs Terese Hanks. Mrs. Donald Reinke Mrs Leo II. Johnson, president of the Salem club and Mayor Alfred . Loucks. who accepted the rift on behalf of the city. The first of the equipment was presented a year ago by the women s Croup, which has spent a total of $1.250 on this project IH1ST Letter Mits Columnists , Phone Pickets Expand Lines Strilie to Stay Until 'Lockout' ! Order Dropped Striking telephone workers said here Thursdav they will remain off the job until the Pacific Tele- phone and Telegraph Company; rescinds a recent order concern-; ing day-to-day employment fori workers who refuse to cross picket . lines. . . - i Pickets patrolled the sidewalk in front of the State and Court i . . . r : TUnrliv in1 iminn t atreei oincca inuisuaj, members remained off the job for "It Seems to Me" is on vaca tion. The column by Charles A. Sprarue will return regularly oot and In the "meantime oc casional travel letters will ap pear In this column. the second consecutive day. Clair criom nr;irtpnt of the Salem local of the CIO Communications Workers, said the picketing and strike would continue today. ; By using management personnel and workers who crossed the lines. company officials said they have i managed to keep service at a nor- j mal level. So far the local dial system exchange has functioned , without interruption and it was said that long distance calls were going through with little or no delay. Picketing Spreads The Associated Press reported Thursday night that pickets had : appeared during the day at four more Oregon telephone exchanges, bringing to total to 18. The present ; phase of the strike emerged when : non-striking telephone workers re fused to cross the striking Western Electric union's picket lines. The phone company then served notice it would give preference to workers who reported regularly, rinitp nirket lines. The union charged a lockout and picketed in protest. About 80 members of the Salem Telephone workers local plus about 25 visiting union officials and members from other Oregon cities met at the Salem Labor Temple Thursday afternoon.. This followed a mass picketing demon stration at the State Street office. At the meeting Arne Graven of Portland, international CWA rep resentative and strike director for this district, told the strikers they would not be ordered back to work until telephone company officials withdrew their order regarding job assignments for workers who would not cross picket lines. COUNT STRIKE VOTES PORTLAND (JP) - A count of 50,000 CIO International Wood workers of America strike ballots started at union headquarters here Thursday. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH "Ky. itn't Juntos growing, tKowoHi I MJto Thursday presented the second unit Astorians Borrow Fluoridated Water ASTORIA iJP) - A good many people in this coastal city are now getting their drinking water by the gallon hauling it from near Gearhart. That's because Gearhart'i water supply is fluoridated and Astoria's isn't. Some Astorians are so in terested in having their children drink the fluoridated water they bring it home in gallon jugs. Hazard Pay System Hit By Senator WASHINGTON 0n-Sen. Doug las (D-Ill.) blasted the Pentagon s system of extra hazard pay for some military men Thursday, say ing it places a "price tag" on morale of fighting men and creates a "super-elite." He announced he is introducing legislation to equalize such pay, now ranging from $30 a month to over $200, based on rank. His bill would cut it to not more than $50 a month, with rank no basis for paying it. He said he is in favor of abolishing it entirely. He declared the Air Force sys tem of paving $50 to $210 a month in hazard pay, and the Marines' insistence on taking only volun teers, creates "snobbishness" and is unfair to the infantryman, whom he called the "neglected man." Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, chief of staff of the Air Force, and other high ranking officers have testi fied before a Senate preparedness subcommittee that reducing extra hazard pay for fliers would seri ously handicap the Air Force re cruiting program. The anxiety of the Air Force over the possibility of a serious shortage of flyers has been height ened by a wave of stay-down strikes by airmen who have re fused to take up their planes. However, Vandenberg said at a Pentagon news conference Thurs day stay-down strike is a "tem pest in a teapot." Talk Renewal Due Saturday MUNSAN, Korea (JP) - United Nations and Communist truce ne gotiators agreed Friday to resume secret talks Saturday on the ex change of prisoners in a Korean war armistice. The Communists quickly ap proved a U. N. suggestion that the talks be reopened at Panmun jom at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Allies had proposed the meeting earlier in the day after the Reds for the thrird time had expressed willingness to resume prisoner talks. State Chiropractors Eye Plans for New Hospital Culmination of plans to estab lish a new Salem Chiropractic hospital is expected at a two-day meeting opening Saturday of three districts of the Oregon Association of Chiropractic Physicians. The educational and business session will be held in the Sen ator Hotel. The Salem area auxiliary will entertain the visiting auxiliaries with a tour Saturday afternoon and a musical program to take place after a joint banquet at th hotel Saturday evening. FUNDS VOTED By SENATE WASHINGTON P)-The Senate voted Thursdayro make nine Mil lion dollars available for claims of U. S. citizens of Japanese an cestry whe jvere evacuated from th West Coast in World War IL ' V ia. -iTm --' OV- of playground equipment to the James Byrnes Reveals Note To Back Story WASHINGTON fPt-Another of those Truman letters turned up Thursday. In this one, the Presi dent says columnists Drew Pear son, Walter Winchell, Westbrook Pegler, George Sokolsky and John O'Donnell all are liars. The letter was made public by James F. Byrnes, governor of South Carolina and former Sec retary of State, in connection with a Collier's magazine article in which Byrnes charges Truman himself with being careless with the truth. Collier's didn't publish the let ter, which written to Byrnes on White House stationery June 21, 1949. But Byrnes himself distributed photographic copies to back up his contention his break with Tru man occurred in 1949 and not, as the President has indicated, be fore Byrnes' resignation as Secre tary of State two years earlier. The letter, which brought quick rebuttal from Pearson, says: "Dear Jim: I appreciated very much your note of the 17th, enclosing me a copy of the letter to Drew Pear son. Since 1 never read Mr. Pear son or listen to him I didn't know his statement had appeared. I don't think he ever told the truth intentionally. "I never read or listen to Wal ter Winchell, Westbrook Pegler, George Sokolsky or John O'Don nell, or any of the liars for the simple reason that it just stirs you up for no good purpose. When history is written the facts will speak for themselves. "It is always customary for the State Department to accuse the White House of having leaks and for the White House to accuse the State Department of having leaks. I don't know which was correct maybe both. "Sincerely yours, "Harry Truman." QUEEN ON COAST SAN FRANCISCO (JP) Queen Juliana of The Netherlands arriv ed at International Airport Thurs day night. Politics on Parade Who's Running for What in the May Primaries ! (Editor's note: Stories In the "Po litical Parade'' are written by or for the candidates, on Invitation of The Oregon Statesman, and views ex pressed herein may or may not be in accordance with the opinion of this newspaper. The articles are published in the public interest, and without obligation on the part of anyone) Today's subject: EMERY J. JACKSON Candidate for MARION SHERIFF (R) Emery J. Jackson was born in Nebraska in 1903. He came to Oregon with his family in 1912 ana has been a v", I resident or tne State ever since. He is married and the father i i;, of two sons, i'iRobrt In the ; Navy and Ray V. I m o n d in the ' 1 1 Army. I Jill a k & own I h a s served as rVmstahlff nf the Emery Jackson silverton Dis trict for the past 5 years in con junction with his regular duties on the Silverton Police force. Mr. Jackson has studied law en forcement extensively during the Sawyer Summons Steelmen WASHINGTON JP) - Secretary of Commerce Sawyer Thursday night summoned the private own ers of the seized steel industry to his office Friday morning perhaps to tell them how much the government will boost worker wages. Sawyer, government boss of the seized industry, said he would meet later Friday with CIO Pres ident Philip Murray. Murray said Thursday he expects the govern ment to "impose'' the full amount of the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations. Won't Take Less Murray told a National Press Club luncheon he would take no thing less than the 26-cents-an-hour recommended by the WSB. He indicated, however, there would be no strike by the CIO Steelworkers if the government gave him less. Murray made clear in the Press Club talk that he expected to get the controversial union shop, as well as all other WSB settlement recommendations. Sawyer made his announcement of Friday's meeting with steel company executives after talking pri ately during the day with Murray and U. S. Sttel Corp. President Benjamin Fairless. "he nature of these talks was kept secret. Meanwhile, the uproar over the steel case was marked by these other developments: 1. Congress continued to seethe with debate over legality of the seizure. Sen. Schoeppel (R-Kan.) termed it a "direct violation of the Constitution." Rep. Coudert (R NY) introduced legislation to bar use of any federal funds to ad minister any government seizure. 2. Sen. Taft (R-Ohlo) told re porters in Boston Congress should "consider" impeaching Truman for his seizure action. Other legis lators said they were against any such move. Sen. Saltonstall (R Mass.) said the question of the President's seizure power is one for the courts to decide. 3. WSB Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger told a news conference he was "more convinced than ever that our steel decision was right" particularly on the union shop. This would compel all steel work ers to be members of Murray's union. Thief Sends Loot Back Through Mail EUGENE A) Ray Hawks, di rector of men's affairs at the Uni versity of Oregon, got a surprise when he opened his mail Thurs day. One envelope contained $375 in cash and a note penciled on a torn piece of note paper. It ex plained: "I am returning this money be cause I couldn't live with mvself. It would be all right if I didn't have to look at myself when I shave in the morning. I need this money worse than anything . . . but this is no way p get it." Hawks said the money had been stolen from the wallets of sleeping students in prowls of four frater nity houses Monday night. past 5 years and has received spe cial training through district and regional police schools in Salem and Portland, held in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Iden tification. Mr. Jackson has the remarka ble ability of maintaining the friendship of law violators whom he apprehends. All of them will say that he is honest and straight forward and always gives them fair treatment. Mr. Jackson commands the re spect and admiration of his fel low officers on the police force and they all agree that he is the most active law enforcement offi cer that has ever been in Silver ton. If elected for Sheriff of Marion County he promises to give the people of Marion County a clean, honest, economical and efficient administration. He is deeply in terested in Juvenile delinquency and believes that with the proper treatment of these misguided young people, most of them will become good law abiding citizens. The problem of law enforcement will be greatly curtailed by cor recting delinquents. (Tomorrow: Battle Bratzel) Eastern Demos Back Harriman Douglas Backs Kefauver By The Associated Press The scramble for the Democratic presidential nomination inten sified Thursday night as rival factions vied over the front-running candidacy of Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee. Highlighting the confusion resulting from the withdrawal of Gov. Fire Destroys 5,000 Homes Of Japanese TOKYO (P)-A great fire that raged out of control for 12 hours Friday destroyed 5,000 houses in ; garcied by Truman and was a key Tottori and le"ft possibly 27,000 of adviser to the late President Roos the 61,000 population homeless, ; evelt on foreign affairs. Kyodo News Agency reported. i 2. With the Eastern boom for The fire left one-third of the j Harriman scarcely under way, Sen. city in ashes, including the heart j Douglas (D-Ill), a top Mid-West of the business district in the i Democratic leader who has some prefectural capital. Kyodo said j times differed sharply with the first estimates put property losses, Truman administration, threw his at 15 billion yen $420 million, j unqualified support to Kefauver. At least 160 Japanese were in-j Terming Kefauver "the best jured, but no deaths were report- ' available candidate of our party," ed. ! Douglas told a news conference A high south wind blew the j in Washington: spark of a minor fire into a con- j "He is the one Southerner we flagration that raced through , Northerners can go for." flimsy dwellings. I 3. Sen. Byrd (D-Va), Ion x The fire began as a small one ! powerful figure on the Southern at 3 p.m. Thursday in a house j political scene, came out in vig where three Japanese were work- : orous terms to support his Dixie ing on a motor. The flames ; colleague Sen. Russell of Georgia leaped swiftly to surrounding i as "the strongest candidate" in buildings. i sight. The flames swept through the I Meanwhile, Connecticut Demo downtown section, destroying crats said the entry of Sen. Mc three banks, the central prefec- ; Mahon ( D-Conn ) into the frce-for- tural hospital, two police offices, other prefectural offices, the tele phone and telegraph building and four newspaper offices . Proposed High School Draws Local Interest Enthusiastic, interested and am azed, mere than a dozen service club and school officials learned Thursday nij;ht about the propos ed new South Salem High School. The meeting, sponsored by Sa lem School Board, was the first in a series which is designed to ac quaint local people with the new high school. Next one will be held at 7:30. p. m. next Thursday for parent and teacher organizations and other school officials. Center of interest was the scale model of the structure, which, with the architect's drawings of the floor plan, was used to present graphically the proposed $4,280, 000 building. School board officials and Pal mer Hewitt of Freeman, Hayslip and Tufts of Portland, architect for the firm, pointed out and ex plained the various portions of the building. Superintendent of Schools Frank Bennett laid before the group the background which school officials felt made the new high school necessary. Hewitt ex plained the problems involved in designing and building the plant, and what is proposed in cost-cutting measures. Bennett said that the scale mod el will be placed on display throughout the city within a short time, before the holding of the bond election on June 16. Truman Noncommittal n Harriman Campaign ! ! WASHINGTON JP)-T res ident i Truman spoke up with high praise Thursday for V. Averell Ham- man. whose hat is in the ring for the Democratic presidential nom ination. Truman refrained, however, from specifically endorsing Harri man or anyone else for the nom ination, though he indicated more strongly than ever that he may throw his support behind the man of his choice by the time the Dem ocrats' National Convention opens in July. j CHURCHILL AILING I LONDON iP)-Prime Minister , Winston Churchill is suffering from a heavy cold and has been ordered to keep indoors. Max. Min. Precip 8alm 74 3 M Portlaad 78 43 .00 San Francisco 76 45 .00 Chicago 72 43 .00 New York 69 49 .00 Willamette River 2.7 feet. reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair to day aad tomftht. high today near 75. low tonight. 38. Salem temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 44. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weatber Year ScpC 1 This Year 3831 Last Year 46.29 Normal 3X87 Stevenson of Ilhnois as a potential "compromise" choice for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination, these were the developments: 1. A number of New York state Democrats sought to launch a boom for W. Averell Harriman, foreign aid chief, as a candidate to carry on President Truman's "Fair Deal" programs. There were predictions such a boom might de velop into a " stop Kefauver" drive. The 60-year-old Harriman, scion of great wealth and longtime ad ministration stalwart, is highly re- all scramble for the presidential nomination will set off a drive to put him in the White House. At New Haven, supporters in sisted the state Democratic Cen tral Committee's endorsement of McMahon was by no means a mere "favorite son" gesture or a smokescreen to ease him into nom ination for the vice presidency. In coming out for Kefauver, Sen. Douglas predicted to newsmen that the Tennessean could "certainly" beat Taft if Taft wins the Repub lican nomination. Douglas said, however, he didn't know whether Kefauver could de feat Gen. Eisenhower. "Lefs let the people decide that," Douglas said. Youth Plans Theft to Aid Driving Victim j PORTLAND iP) - Robert Lee i Collins, 19. was in jail Thursday for what he said was a robbery attempt to ce money to pay the hospital bills of a pedestrian in jured a week ago by a car he was driving. Collins was found hiding under a bed at the Pete Thompson home after a neighbor warned Thomp son of a prowler. Mrs. Louise Adler, 73, was the injured pedestrian. "Tell him for God's sake not to Lrob for me." she said from her hospital bed after being informed of Collins' arrest. "It's a sin to rob." Collins was charged with break ing and entering. Test for Fire Chief Too Hot for Firemen GIESSEN, Germany (JP) - Two and sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. They said thev get fire to six ' hay barns "to show the new fire j chief what it means to be fire ; chief." State Salary Boost The first general salary increase recommendation for state workers j since Nov. 1, 1950, w as announced by the state civil service commis- sion Thursday. A public hearing j on the proposal has been set for ; April 28. The increase would average ap proximately $12 a month and would have to receive approval of the governor before becoming op erative. Cost of the increase to the state was estimated at $150,000 a month. Civil Service Director James Clinton said the salary changes were based largely on a survey of salaries for similar work in private industry in the Northwest. In ad dition to rates being paid in pri vate industry the commission also took into consideration the 8.2 per cent increase in the cost of living since November, 1950, and the state's financial condition. The commission emphasized that the proposal is not a cross-ths- W. Averill Harriman (above) Thursday appeared to be In the Democratic scramble for the presidential nomination. Prison Riots Spread; One Hostage Freed RAHWAY, N. J. (JP) - Some 250 prisoners attempted to break out of the Mew Jersey State Prison farm here Thursday night through the barrea windows of a dormitory while 69 convicts still held out in a mutiny at the state prison In Trenton, 4u miles away. In the fifth prison disorder in New Jersey in three days, the Rahway inmates tried to get away after rioting in the dormitory wing. Nine guards were trapped in the wing and several injured. Troubles Linked State police were hurried to the prison and all available guards were called back to duty. Supt. R. W. Lagay, who report ed first details of the mutiny, said it ''must be tied up in some way" with the Trenton revolt where a gang of convicts have barricaded themselves in a prison print shop since Tuesday and are holding three prison employes hostage. Rahway is an adjunct of the state prison at Trenton and han dles an overflow from that insti tution. Suffered Heart Attack In Trenton, the 69 barricaded convicts released one of four hos tages, who suffered a mild heart attack. Deputy Commissioner of Insti tutions and Agencies F. Lovell Bixbv said the convicts, barri caded in the prison print shop, let Oris Robison out through a win dow after he apparently suffered a mild heart attack. He had been held hostage for more than 60 hours. Sixty-nine convicts barricaded themselves in the print shop and have been holding out since last Thursday, demanding the ouster of Warden William H. Carty and an investigation of the institution. Owyhee River Flood Drops ONTARIO, Ore. (JP) The flood ing Owyhee River fell two inches Thursday but continued to back up sewage into basements and streets at Nyssa and Ontario on Oregon's eastern edge. Colder weather early in the morning slowed the snow melt, but Paul House, North Owyhee Dis trict manager, said sunny weather would continue the flood condi tions. The flood washed out one bridge and damaged two others and eight farm families were evacuated ear lier this week. Basements were being pumped dry and no further serious damage was expected. board increase but an adjustment of salary ranges for individual classification to bring them into line with the findings of the salary survey and to enable the state to recruit skilled workers, technici ans, administrative and profes sion personnel. The increase in general wage levels for employes in private in dustry since November, 1950, has been 8.5 per cent, Clinton said. The recommended increase for the state workers, modified by the state's ability to provide funds without additional legislative ap propriations, is 4.7 per cent. The proposal was released at this time, Clinton said, to permit State, departments to study its ef fect on their budgets and to com pute the cost of the proposal for the remainder of the current bien nium. This information will be taken Into consideration in regard to the state's ability to finance the plan before final adoption. Eye Crest OMAHA, Neb. UP) . Prtectiv dikes which so far had spared twin cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, la., from a Missouri River flood disaster were subjected Thursday night to the wotst or near-worst, the river could tier. Residents of this populous met ropolitan area watched teaserjr to see whether the hasty levee rein forcing job which art army ot workers accomplished thi week was up to the test. (Phetoe en page 4.) The crest was expected by i morning. There was a feeling In Council Bluffs, from Mayor Jarnee F. Mul queen down to the men wwking on the levees, that the battle mifht be won. The same guarded rfr timism prevailed in Omaha. Unprecedented Flood But it was touch and no. The unprecedented mass of wai ter, constricted into a bottleneelc formed by the cities, pusbed with terrifying force against the pro tective works. Water pushed against and spill ed through the fashboard which tons the contrete food wall alontf Omaha's tndutHal riverfrrm. Pumos 7'fted the overflow back inti the rhannel. Secondare and supplementary levees were erected and bartered where second line?; cf deJerw seemed varranted rnjrineer dusted o'f every trick in the flood fi'htir'T h"nk. Levees Saturated Levee were so saturated they ozzed water. Light afternoao rain hampering the movement mt sand baes and equipment. The river level late Thfrsday passed 30 feet. A crest ot IJS waf expected during the night. Flood stage is 19 and the previous record high in 1881 Is 24.4. ... : Peril won't end with thir ret arrival, engineers warned. Th 1 1 A. a. . . -, a . long uai lop oi ine cresi wui ias for hours and dike failures could come even after the water has re ceded. In lesser degree, the Omaha Council Bluffs drama was being repeated downstream almost as far south as Kansas City. Farmers Move Out Farmers all along the- valley moved livestock, machinery and household goods to higher ground as more rich land was engulfed. At least a dozen towns aad cities in Nebraska, Iowa. Kansas and Missouri below Omaha were fight ing water one way or anotber- The Red Cross estimated 130,000 persons, or 31.730 famili in 10 states have been affected by th floods. Allocated Funds The Red Cross said it has al located one million dollars so far for flood relief in the area. Army engineers estimated 24, 415 persons, including troops, n gineer employes, civilians and vol unteers, are employed In tbe flood fight in the Omaha-CouncH Bluffs and Nebraska City areas. St. Paul relaxed slightly as th Mississippi began a slow drop af ter the worst flood of record in th city. Winona, Minn., 12 miles downstream, appeared the next major trouble spot at tb river reached a record high. i Sabre Jet Pilots Down MIG-15 in Korean fight SEOUL, Korea (JP) American F-86 Sabre Jet pilots shot down one Russian type MIG-LS and damaged to others Friday in the first renewal of jet warfare- over Northwest Korea's MIO Alley sines Sunday. Five separate morning bat?" ; involved a total of 70 Sabres and 1 58 MIGSs. Requested Excluded from the salary rec ommendations are classifications which the survey showed are now receiving salaries in close rela tionship to private salaries rfd classifications which received emergency adjustments since Ihs current pay schedule became op erative in 1950. ? The increases range from. 17 per month for beginning positions to $60 a month for a few advanced technical positions. Much of the cost of the increase, according to Clinton, can be pro vided within the present budgets of the departments through funds that the departments have aocur ed because of their inasilitx 1a fill all of their allocated positions at the present salary rates. Copies of the tentative plan ax being printed for distribution ear ly next week. Department beads and employes will be asked ts study the proposal and submit any recommendations they may- hav at th publia bearing, j - -
