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WASHINGTON (JP) Rep. Bender (K-umo; Puou oui.
the appointment of a bipartisan House committee to ' explore luuy
5K bTlS of bringing successful impeachment proceedings" against
the possibility of bringing
President Truman.
siden).fr.a?- ,..ment that
'SrSVu rrt that he has authority to take
w i i nA a
over newspapers au 1 -
constitutional Question oi me ui- ,
most gravity.'
hacker of Sen. Taft
of Ohio, who said in Boston April
17 that members or "-ongrc-
should consider impeachment ot
Truman for his seizure oi uie siw
industry.
Sen. Mundt (R-S.D.), predicted
Saturday that a blast Truman de
livered at Congress Friday would
lead to renewed demands for his
impeachment Truman threatened
to keep Congress in constant ses
sion until New Year's unless it ap-proves-all
the billions he has asked
fo defense. .
Although Mondt predicted an
impeachment move, he told a re
norter he doubts it "will get past
Charles A. Spragne. the writ
er of "It Seems to Me." the col
umn which .orntauy appear, in
this apace. Is on vacation. Travel
letters will be printed as they
are received from him. The col
umn will resume regularly upon
his return In a few days.
the stage of introduction of a re
solution in the House bringing
harges against Mr. Truman plus
.lot of pretty stormy debate.
WASHINGTON WVRep. Harris
EUsworth (R-Ore) Surday de
manded the immediate impeach
ment of President
"The President is showing un
mistakable signs of being drunk
wSh power," orth said in a
statement prepared for a rado
broadcast.
Commies Win
India Election
NEW DELHI, India ( Prime
Minister Nehru's political forces
suffered defeat at C o m m u n i s t
tanHVsaturday in a key northern
SKS A Sd - wpported coalition
formed a government in the Pa
tiala and East Punjab States Un
ion, near Red-held Tibet.
This marked the first major set-
hark for Nehrus powerful ton-
Indian state and
the first time a Marxist -backed
government has cropped up in in
did The Communists employed a tac
tic they have used with marked
success in other lands a Red mi
nority group seizing power as part
of a left wing coalition.
Ground-Breaking
Rites for Church" at
Willamina Today
Statesman Newt Service
WILLAMINA Ground-breaking
services will be held at 3 p.m.
Sunday for Willamina's new Em
manuel Lutheran Church. Dr. L.
H. Steinhoff, president of Pacific
Synod of United Lutheran
Churches, will speak. He also will
speak at the church's morning
service.
Ground. wifcl be broken In the
shape of a cross, with all members
of the church council, the Wom
en's Missionary Socitey and the
Luther League turning a spade of
earth. The Rev. Warren W. Pech
man is pastor.
4 FUN-LOVING RUSSIANS
MOSCOW (JP) Izvestia com
plained Saturday about a lack of
comedy in Soviet theaters. The
government newspaper said com
edy is particularly well suited to
"our energetic, cheerful life and
full, healthy humor.
Moor.. 530 Wildwind Dr. The
ate fcntuu.
the seizure of the steel industry
StrikTroubles
I InnttanDA an
Phone Industry
By The Associated Press
'Strike troubles in the telephone
field dwindled Saturday.
' Atompromise Bfreement ended
the strike of 10,000 equipment in
stallers against the Western Elec
tric C04 manufacturing affiliate
of the Bell Telephone System.
The installers, members of the
CIO Communication Workers of
America had participated in a 12
day strike that had reached into
43 states and hampered long dis
tance service.
The union and the company
came to terms in New York City.
The agreement covering the in
stallers provides a basic average
wage increase ot 14.1 cents per
hour and fringe benefits of 17
cents an overall improvement of
31.1 cents per hour.
PORTLAND (JP) - If telephone
company employes continue to
picket company installations in
Portland, Western Electric Com
pany installers will respect their
picket lines, an official of the CIO
Communications Workers of
America said Saturday.
Some telephone company em
ployes refused to cross the West
ern Electric workers' picket lines
earlier this week. The company
then assigned jobs to those who
did cross the picket lines saying
it was necessary to have em
ployes who would report to work
iegularly if service was to be
maintained.
Telephone company workers
said this was a lockout and struck
a number of company plants in
Portland and upstate Oregon.
SWISS LEADER DIES
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (JP)-Jean-Marie
Musy, former Presi
dent of Switzerland, died Satur
day at the age of 76.
Feud Among Oregon Democrats
Breaks Into Open at Banquet
ROSEBURG (P)-.Rival elements
of the Oregon Democratic party
feuded publicly in a Jackson- Jef
ferson Day dinner here Friday
night.
State Treasurer Walter J.-Pear-son
touched it off by asserting
that party harmony was impos
sible because of the "Sweetland
group," which he said includes
Democrats, some left-wing Re
publicans and "quite a few So
cialists." Monroe Sweetland, state Demo
cratic, national committeeman,!
was sitting four seats away, but
made no comment during Pear
son's speech. . Later he said Pear
son "clearly aligned himself with
the DeCicco-Mahoney-Granet dis
ruptive element in Oregon's Dem
ocratic Party."
Howard Morgan, Democratic
state chairman, interrupted Pear
son's speech, however, and Sidney
Linken, a Roseburg lumberman
and a candidate for delegate to
the Democratic convention, said:
"I think that's pretty rank what
you're pulling tonight" Then he
walked out
Pearson said, "It is my opinion
that as long as the Democrats of
this state continue to allow this
small minority to influence our
political fortunes, wo will not
102nd YEAR TWO SECTIONS
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three were fishing above the State
Young Anglers
Crowd Banks
Of Mill Creek
A host of younger fry. estimated
at over 2.000, went after prizes
Saturday in the third annual Mill
Creek Fishing Derby, sponsored
oy the Salem Lions Club and the
Salem Izaak Walton chapter.
The award for the longest trout
in the 12-18 age group went to
Hazel Botson, 15, of 614 5th St.,
Independence, as she hooked a 14
incher. The longest rainbow in the
6-12 class was bagged by Delores
Jacobsen, 9, of 950 LeFor Dr.,
Salem. Hers measured 144 inches.
Prizes also went to the youngest
successful boy and girl anglers.
Winners were Billy Johnston, 4,
of 362 Jennis Ave., Salem, with
an 8-inch catch and Marilyn
Adams, 5, of Rt. 1, Box 240 A,
Salem, with a 7 6 -inch trout i
In a special division for the
longest catch other than trout,
Jackie Watson, 6, of Rt. 2, Box
255, Salem, was the victor with a
15-inch chub. Appropriately
second in that category was Mary
Ann Fish, 6, of 1996 Trade St.,
Salem, with a 13-inch chub.
(Full details on sports pages.)
Showdown Due
In Steel Crisis
WASHINGTON Upj The steel
labor crisis headed Saturday for
an early showdown, with the gov
ernment planning to boost wages
in the seized industry and mill
owners girding for an all-out court
fight to prevent it.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer,
despairing of efforts to win an industry-union
agreement on work
ing conditions, served notice he
intended to order new pay rates
and working rules into effect Mon
day or Tuesday.
Industry lawyers said they
would immediately rush into court
seeking an injunction against any
government-directed pay raise.
TRUCE TALKS CONTINUE
MUNSAN, Korea (JP) - Allied
and Communist staff officers held
a 43 -minute secret session on pris
oner of war exchange Sunday and
announced only that they would
meet again Monday.
elect many qualified candidates."
Later Sweetland said, "Pear
son's ill-tempered speech is the
release of pent-up bitterness from
two major defeats first his poor
third in the 1950 gubernatorial
primary and again this year when
he was defeated for Democratic
chairman. His outburst is helpful
to clear the air so the Oregon
Democrats may choose their le 1
ership in rank and file voting
May 16."
Sweetland's reference to the
DeCieco - Mahoney - Granet ele
ment was to Mike DeCieco, Port
land, a candidate for the post
Sweetland now holds; State
Sen. Thomas Mahoney, Portland,
and Nicholas Granet, former
Multnomah County party chair.
In Portland Saturday Mahoney
also denounced Sweetland. He
said: "In his usual cowardly fash
ion, Sweetland, instead of answer
ing Pearson's charges, sought to
evade theh issue. The two other
gentlemen mentioned by Sweet
land, as well as Willis Mahoney,
ex-Governor Oswald West and
others have denounced Sweetland
as a Socialist or worse, and I
would rather be associated with
anr of these patriotic citizens than
be found dead with . . . persons of
Sweetland's ilk."
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Floods
Still Maul
Midwest
OMAHA (JP) - Flood fighters
squelched a new threat to Omaha
Saturday and pressure eased here.
But the wild Missouri River
over-burdened along 700 of ifs
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis
souri miles still mauled the Mid
west. As if not to be outdone, the
Mississippi provoked new trou
bles in Iowa and Illinois.
For the first time, Iowa Nation
al Guardsmen went on flood duty
in Eastern Iowa's Mississippi Riv
er Valley. Three units were sent
to Muscatine, Wapello and Grand
view. The water bearing down on
these river towns is the water
that last week assaulted St. Paul,
Minn., with its worst flood of rec
ord. Later, two more guard compan
ies were ordered to duty in the
Muscatine area and two were sent
.to the Mississippi River "island
village" of Sabula near Clinton.
Upstream at Dubuque, 250 fam
ilies had been evacuated from
lowland residences and industrial
firms employing 2,600. persons had
closed down because of the flood.
The new scare at Omaha de-
velored Friday night just a few
hours after the crest had passed.
River Dressure blew open an un
derground sewer in an industrial
railroad river front area.
Water backed up in the sewer,
burst through pavement and gush
ed up and over an estimated 1.000
acres just upstream from central
downtown Omaha.
Unable to seal off the water
welling up a full third of . a mile
behind the levees, engineers seal
ed the sewer at its mouth in the
river by dumping in huge steel
beams, steel plate, 500 tons of
rock and thousands of sandbags.
Meanwhile, the river continued
to drop slowly and tension built
up djiring the dramatic 10-day
river battle began to ease in the
twin Iowa-Nebraska cities.
From a high of 30.25 Friday,
the level dropped today nearly one
foot and . anothec two foot drop
is expected by Sunday.
Indications are "the seriousness
of the Missouri flood siege will
diminish sharply below Kansas
City, although farm lands adjoin
ing the river in Missouri are due
for a soaking.
But losses already In this worst
of all Missouri River floods defy
tabulation.
Gasoline Tank
Sniffer Has
One Too Many
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. UP)
Until Friday, 9-year-old Wesley
Brown hadn't sniffed a gas tank in
three years.
He used to, his mother said, be
cause he liked the smell and the
way the fumes made his head go
'round and see stars.
In those days, Wesley would
walk down the street, sniffing gas
tanks of parked cars. When he got
drowsy enough, he climbed in the
nearest car and fell asleep.
Friday, when Mrs. Brown no
ticed the family dog staring at
something inside the garage, she
ran out and found Wesley.
"He was like a dishrag," she
said, "hanging limp over the gas
filler pipe on our car."
Firemen came and revived him.
That night Wesley was complain
ing that every time he closed his
eyes they hurt And he was see
ing more stars than he cared to.
He said he is swearing off sniff
ing gasoline tanks.
13y2-Inch Trout
Wins First Place
In Dallas Derby
Statesman News Service
DALLAS A 13 -inch trout
brought first place honors in the
fishing derby held here Saturday
to Garry Cooley of Dallas Route
3, Box 312.
But the next three prize-winners
will have to be picked from
the three youngsters who each
came up with a ll-inch fish.
They were Raymond Enquist 1101
Uglow Ave., James B. Johnson,
1018 Clay St., and John Dhabolt,
2402 Clay St.
A "flock of kids" turned out for
the derby held on La Creole Creek.
Several Dallas stores offered
prizes to winners.
The derby, sponsored by an in
formal committee of citizens, was
directed primarily by Lynn Mc
Culley, Dallas police judge.
Everglades Fire Burns i
2Q0 Square Allies
MIAMI, Fla. 0P-Fire fighters
Saturday halted the southward
movement of a fire which has
been ravaging a big area of the
Everglades in Palm Beach and
Broward Counties.
The fire burned over more than
200 square miles.
Thm Ofqoh Statasman, Salem, Orecjon, Sunday, April 20, 1952
I Spring Offers
Cherry trees, acres and acres of
to Salem's observance of the
the other south of Salem have
building from 9:30 o'clock on.
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Pennsylvania, New York
In Top Political Spotlight
By The Associated Press
An even dozen states hold primaries or political conventions in the
busy week ahead, with the spotlight on New York and Pennsylvania
whose Tuesday's popularity primaries will elect 220 delegates of both
parties to the July national conventions.
This is the picture Sunday in the two hot-spot states:
Pennsylvania has 70 votes at each party's nominating conven
tion; both have picked 10-vote at
lar) delegations; each will fill the
remaining- 60 post April 22. Gen.
Eisenhower and Harold E. Stassen
are on the GOP ballot; Sen. Taft
of Ohio is not although write-in
votes are expected. No Democrats
are entered.
Taft backers say the outcome in
Pennsylvania means nothing,
either now or later, and low-rated
the primary. On the other hand,
Eisenhower supporters insist the
outcome is of prime importance.
New York has a 96-vote dele
gation for the Republicans, a 94
vote delegation for the Democrats,
all uninstructed. Tuesday's pri
mary will name 90 of each party,
and later the GOP state committee
will name 6 at-large delegations,
the Democrats 8 with M vote each.
Because of strong backing from
Gov. Dewey, Eisenhower is seen
as a certain winner of most of the
convention votes when the chips
are down at Chicago.
Other states and their political
activities of the week are:
Idaho Democratic state con
vention Monday; Louisiana gen
eral election Tuesday, a Republi
can convention Wednesday; Illi
nois state conventions Friday;
Arkansas Republican convention
Friday and Saturday; Georgia
Republican district conventions
Saturday; Utah GOP state organ
izing convention Saturday; Min
nesota two district conventions
Saturday; Kansas Democratic
convention Saturday; Colorado
Republican state and district con
ventions Saturday; Arizona Re
publican convention Saturday.
Political developments Saturday:
Eisenhower, in bed with a fever
ish cold, called off farewell trip
to Scandinavia, gave no further
hint as to his political plans.
Sen. Lodge (R-Mass.) told a
Cheyenne, Wyo., rally Eisenhower
would win a clear cut majority of
votes on the second ballot at the
Republican convention in July.
Canada Dam
Near Collapse
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. (JP) -Civil
Defense officials were eva
cuating some 700 persons Satur
day night from low-lying areas
below the giant Duncairn dam,
20 miles south of here.
At the same time, engineers
and work crews worked round the
clock with drag-lines, bulldozers
and shovels in a feverish attempt
Jo prevent the structure from col
lapsing under the pressure of
flood waters behind it
Engineers said the danger is
great and that the dam could go
out at any time.
Briton Doubts U. S.
To Share A-Cannon
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
IN GERMANY (-British War
Minister Anthony Head expressed
doubt Saturday whether the Unit
ed States, would share its planned
atomic cannon with her European
allies.
He said he thought it would be
three or four years before such
weapons were in the hands of the
fighting units.
Its Finest Show
them, will be decked out in fuU sprinr regalia for hundreds of visitors
39th annual Blossom Day today. Two routes, one into Polk County, and
been laid out for tours. Cherrians will distribute maps at the capitol
Discipli
nary
Action Against
Pilots Stopped
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Orders
have come to a Mather Air
Force Base to stop disciplinary
action against six Air Force offi
cers who refused to fly, Capt.
Jack Rose said Saturday.
The officers had been charged
with disobeying orders to fly but
had continued on non-flying duty
since.
"Some other disposition is going
to be made of them," said Capt.
Rose, public information officer
at the base.
But he said all he knows is that
"we were told to suspend any
action."
In Washington, a spokesman for
Air Force general headquarters
said "no instructions ordering
dropping of charges were issued
by this headquarters."
He continued that "if the com
manding general who has jurisdic
tion, after preliminary investiga
tion, decides there is no grounds
for court martial, it is his pre
rogative to drop such proceedings."
Politics on Parade .
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
(Editor's note: Stories In the "Po
UUcal ParadC1 are written by or for
the candidates, on InvitaUon of The
Orecon Statesman, and views ex
pressed herein may or may not be la
accordance witn the opinion of tnis
newspaper. The articles are published
in the public Interest, and without
obligation on the part of anyone.)
Today's aabjeet:
KENNETH E. BROWN
Candidate for
DIST. ATTY. (MARION) R)
Reports of the Kefauver Com
mittee and other investigators
have again emphasized the im-
portance of vi
gorous incorrup
t i b 1 e law en-
fnrnmnt and! , -,
the real danger
wnen a eviruuu- v
nity assumes "it
mm "t - a ' i 1
eporAs ' f I
er parts f '
can t h
here." Rep
from other
of the state of
increasing crime,
of Portland's
"B r o a d w a y Kenneth Brows
gang: and use of
liquor and drugs by teenagers and
the increase of juvenile delinquen
cy in Marion County call for a
district attorney constantly alert
to stamp out conditions that breed
crime.
No. 24
to Sightseers
Blossom Day
Wins Blessing
Of Weatherman
Salem's observance of the 39th
annual Blossom Day today will get
the full blessing of the weather
man with blue skies, and warm
sunshine ' expected to lure hun
dreds into the surrounding hill
sides. Festivities officially get under
way at 9:30 o'clock this morning
in front of the capitol, where
Cherrians will begin giving out
maps showing the twd proposed
routes into Cherryland.
One route heads off into Polk
County along Wallace Road, and
back to Salem along the Salem
Dallas highway. The other route
is south of Salem along Liberty
Road, over the hills to Highway
99E and north. Uniformed Cher
rians will help direct visitors.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock a
band concert by the Salem High
School band will be held on the
north steps of the capitol building,
followed by addresses from Gov.
Douglas McKay, State Treasurer
evade the issue. The two other
Loucks.
Max
38
55
. 59
. 79
68
Min.
42
45
4
49
49
Precip.
1
trace
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.00
.00
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Willamette River 24 feet
FORECAST ifrom U S. Weather Bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Generally
fair today and tonight, with high today
near 63. low tonight near 31. with low
er temperatures in low-lying areas.
Salem temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was 34.
SALEM FRECrprTATIOV
Since Start of Weather Year Sept.
This Year
38.92
Last Year
46 29
Normal
33 IS
Certainty of successful prose
cution is the best weapon in pre
venting criminal operations. At
the same time it is an equal re
sponsibility of, the district attor
ney that criminal charges snail
not be brofcght on flimsy evidence.
Municipal judge of Silverton
for the past two years, and a prac
ticing attorney with offices in Sil
verton and Salem, Kenneth Brown
was born and educated in Salem,
the son of Anna C. Brown and the
late Chalmers H. Brown. In 1948
he married Donna Upjohn, daugh
ter of Lois Byrd Upjohn and the
late Don H. Upjohn.
Named "First Citizen" of Silver
ton for 1951, he has been an active
civic worker in many fields, par
ticularly in Boy Scouting, where
he serves as neighborhood com
missioner for the Silverton Dis
trict.
He is a World War II veteran
with 18 months overseas armored
infantry combat duty.
Election of Kenneth Brown as
district attorney will be the best
possible insurance that rackets,
vice, and similar vicious elements
will stay out of Marion County
and that all the weapons of his
office will be marshalled against
juvenile delinquency.
(Tomarrew: Joseph Meter)
PRICE 10c
WASHINGTON CP) '
month extension of the i nli i f i rfi
of many armed forces voksssssccs
whose regular terms were to
expire in the year starting .Jury 1
was announced Saturday try the
Defense Department whic&lsaid
about 125,000 are affected. ;
The extension applies to '.
teers in the Army, Air Force, i
and Marines but does not mmrtr
Selective Serv ice registrant fed
enlisted for 24 months instsssd f
waiting for induction. -Nor
it cover personnel: whose
ments have been previously -ex
tended.
And since thev are not
teers, the extension does not.
ply to draftees.
Truman's Order '
The department said the
sion was provided m an e?
order which President
signed two days ago. I
It said in a statement thsX the
step was taken reluctantly
that not all affected men
be required to serve the full"
iod of extension and that no
would be kept on duty any
than absolutely necessary."
The 125,000 affected are a'
segment of the total armed
strength of some 3,700,000.
Defense Department gave this i
mated breakdown:. Army CQMOL
Air Force 25,00, Navy 35,000, Qa-
nnes 4,500.
Includes Guard
The extension applies tm aO.
components of the armed services
including the reserves and thSa
uonal Guard, whether the
on active dutv or not
The extension does not
the authorized active duty tosses cC
reservists and guardsmen, hmw
ever, and there is no change la ths
existing programs 'for sepaxatmc
reservists and guardsmen ttrwm
service. s
For example: A guardsman now
on active duty and due to he re---s
leased late this year will still beT
released. But if his enlistment a
a member of the guard was
due to expire sometime during '
year, it will be extended fori
months although he wiQ not toe
active duty. i
The President has authority
der the law to extend regular'
listments for 12 months or
but no volunteer enlistment
be so extended more than
Air Force to
Eind Uverseas
Points System
WASHINGTON (JP) - Th JUr
Force said Saturday it will abolish
on June 1 the point system .
credit for overseas service which
it has been using in part to ih ti i
mine whether fliers should he as
signed to foreign duty. i
A spokesman said that thepr
jeciea replacement of the
system by a method based
an individual's date of return'
his most recent foreign tour
nothing to do with the recess
fusals by some officers to ffy.
An Air r orce spokesman ..
the new plan for selecting
for overseas dutv has been
preparation for months, and that
advance copies have already-
distributed to a limited nunte
persons in the Air Force. ti
The spokesman explained
proposed new method to a ren
er tnis way:
1. No officer or airman- w3
serve more than 18 months
seas separated from his
ents.
2. No person who has less'
12 months still to serve wSX
eligible for overseas dutv. "
i. An individual returned
foreign duty may not be "ifMi
overseas again until he has
at least two years in the
States.
4. In cases where Air Fore
decide to pass up the 18 mcmHi
provision and wait oversea or
their dependents, the contofet
foreign tour will be the prescribed
tour or 12 months after the a
rival of dependents, whichever
longer.
I
depend-
All Controls cim
Rubber to
WASHINGTON i GPV-Alme a
government controls on rubber atrw
being lifted April 2 1, indicataag of
ficials believe the national stock
pile is adequate, synthetic rjro-
aucnon sausiactory. and 1
reasonable.
The sweeping revocation a
trois was greeted with
by the rubber industry, wlaidt
nncs itseix Tree : ox
restrictions on use of the
raw material for the first
in 11 years.
House fainted j ;
In 12 Miniiies I
CINCINNATI (JP) r SlxtT-fi
union painters swarmed ovw lh
five-room residence- of 3Srx.
Mamie Schwertferger 5 Saturday
and painted its 3,000-squasg-foct
surface in 12 minutes, -two wrrwrts.
The splash-dab if done-a, a
preliminary to "Clean up, Jaici
and Beautify Week", here April
20-26, was believed a new secr&