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Seizure Orders Attacked Steel Industry .Attorneys Blast At Government WASHINGTON, (JP) - A gov ernment contention that the courts .-lack authority to strike down President Truman's seizure of the nation's steel mills was bitterly assailed by industry at torneys Friday as an assertion of kingly powers alien to democrat ic government. And U. S. District Judge Da vid A. Pine at one point asked the chief government lawyer if he was trying to say the govern ment couldn't function within the Constitution. "Do you assail the efficacy of the government under the Consti tution?" he asked. "Not at all, your honor," re plied the attorney, Holmes Bald ridge. At Close of Arguments Judge Pine asked the question at the very end of arguments on the steel industry's petition for a court order which would void the seizure. The Judge did not "It Seems to Me" and its au thor Charles A. Spragne continued on vacation Friday. The column will resume with the return of Sprague early next week.) say when he would rule, although he promised to consider the case "to the exclusion of all other court business." Indications were that his decision would come within a day of two. Regardless of how he rules, an appeal probably will be filed either by the industry or the government. It was Baldridge, an assistant attorney general, who told the court: "It is our position that the President is accountable only to . the country, and the decisions of the President are conclusive." DECISION "SHOCKING" Various industry attorneys re plied: "Shocking . . . where are the limits? ... a royal perogative . . . contrary to all accepted A merican democratic principles of government." "To say that the President is In effect the steward of the na tion," said Charles H. Tuttle of the Armco Steel Corp., "has im plications that the people of the United States are wards of the steward." A few hours after the hearing ended, the government cleared the way for the steel industry to get a price increase averaging $3 a ton on top prices which now ave rage about $110 a ton. The order is effective May 1. PRICE BOOST INDICATED Director Ellis Arnall of the Of fice of Price Stabilization said the steel companies are not entitled to any more under present pol icy. The industry has estimated its prices would have to be boosted $12 a ton to offset higher costs entailed in a government-recommended wage boost. Judge Pine voiced mild skepti cism at several points. When Baldridge said that the Constitu tion does not specifically limit the President's powers to those which it sets forth, the judge comment ed: "I never heard that expressed before." Deputy Warden Draws Rebuke JACKSON, Mich. (jP)-The young psychologist who negotiated the surrender that ended five days of mutiny at Southern Michigan pri son Thursday drew a public re buke Friday from Gov. G. Men nen Williams for congratulating the rebels. On the governor's orders an of ficial reprimand was given to Dr. Vernon Fox. As assistant deputy warden at the prison in charge of individual treatment. Dr. Fox has become a trusted friend of many of the prison's 6,500 inmates. Dr. Fox said that press accounts of his statement had given the wrong impression. He said he had congratulated the meni only be cause they had given up 20 hours in advance of their original dead line with him. The 36-year-old psychologist said he had called Ward a "na tural leader in the sense than an individual judged by comparing him with others in the group." SALEM PRECIPITATION lnce Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year 39.1 Last Year 4SJ29 Normal 33.58 Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH j, , s 102nd YEAR ' I . ; " I I. ; This sketch shows the new four-classroom Rosedale School to be erected by Salem School District this year on the south side of Bates Road west of Rosedale Road and the present Rosedale School which school directors decided could not be adapted to expansion for use by Rosedale, Ankeny and Prospect area pupils. The new school 24-Hour Air Watch Due by Civil Defense Some 200 observers represent ing eight Civil Defense aircraft observation posts In Marion Coun ty will be called to assist in "Op eration Skywatch scheduled to start May 17. This operation, which is to take place in 37 states, will call into service 35,000 civilian aircraft spotters in five Western states for a permanent round - the - clock watch for possible enemy aircraft. Proclamation of this operation was made Thursday by the Western Air Defense Forces Headquarters. Civilian observers will report plane sightings to centralized filter centers. The filter center for Ore gon is in Portland where reports will be charted and evaluated as "friendly, unknown, or hostile" planes. Officials of the WADT said that many more volunteer observ ers and filter center workers are needed if the system is to be made raid-proof. In Washington, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force chief of staff, said: "We are strengthening many of the weaknesses in the radar network, since visual ob servers are eiiective in many cases where radar is of little or no aid." Hubbard Trio Hurt in Crash Three Hubbard people were in jured, two seriously, when their car failed to negotiate a curve and plunged off the highway, about a half mile west of Brooks Friday evening. Mrs. Charlene McCarthy, and her husband, Percy, both 21, sus tained serious head injuries in the accident, and were taken to Salem Memorial hospital. A friend Harley Dew, 20 was badly cut and bruised, but was released from the hospital after treatment. The curve is several hundred feet west of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks on the Hopmere Brooks road. State police did not know in which direction the car was going at the time of the accident. KAISER LOSS LISTED DETROIT (JP) A 1951 net loss of $1,300,000 was reported Friday by JKaiser-Frazer Corp. Politics on Parade Who's Running for What in the May Prrimaries! (Edltor'i note: Stories la 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 poblic interest, and without obligation n the part ef anyone.) Today's Subject: ROBERT F. COOK Candidate For STATE REP. (MARION) R) (Farmer, school principal of Scotts Mills area) The Willamette Valley is not so prosperous as it should be. Two reasons for this are: the small size of the 'x- farms, and thevy- heavy hand of f the tax collec-t- ft ' tor. The smal-!.f- - f let the lfVT2Dl the nearer it ts r becomes a sub- n, sistence unit, or , 0 merely serves N v home in the country while Robert F. Cook he makes his living elsewhere. 3 x - 12 PAGES Plans for New Rosedale Taft Man Calls Stassen Ike's 'Stalking Horse' By The Associated Press Sen. Taft's campaign manager accused Harold E. Stassen Friday of being "only a stalking horse and hatchet man" for Gen. Eisen however in the race for Republican presidential nomination. David S. Ingalls, leader of the Taft forces, charged in effect that Stassen's major objective in the campaign has been to carry out flanking attacks against Taft until Eisenhower returns from his Eu ropean command post. Eisenhower is scheduled to doff his uniform June 1 and deliver a major speech at his home town of Abilene, Kas., June 4. Disclose Strategy Ingalls issued a statement in Washington asserting that Stassen had disclosed his strategy in what Ingalls called an "interview" pub lished by the New York Times. "1 am sure that every real Re publican in the United States must be , amazed with such tactics. To have a man state that he is a real candidate for the highest office in the land and then have him admit his main objective was to block the nomination of Bob Taft is a queer brand of statesmanship," In galls said. The Times said in a dispatch from Philadelphia that Stassen who has trailed far behind Eisen hower and Taft in recent state primaries felt he had achieved his main goal: "That is, to stop the Taft bandwagon." Stop-Taft Tactics Actually, the Times did not claim its dispatch was an inter view. The story was set forth in terms of what Stassen "feels" or "believes." In Cleveland, Stassen was shown a copy of the dispatch and asked to comment. He replied, "I have no comment at all." Prior to publication of the Tim es dispatch, Daniel C. Gainey, a Stassen leader, had implied a stop Taft angle to Stassen's campaign. Gainey told newsmen in Wash ington that Stassen belonged to the "more progressive" wing of the Republican Party and went into the GOP race because he felt the progressive wing was being threa tened by the "old guard." Gainey also hinted that Stassen plans to await the psychological moment and then throw his sup port to Eisenhower at the Repub lican National Convention in Jily. IKE GAINS DELEGATES CASTLE ROCK, COLO. El senhower backers Friday captured two more of Colorado's 18 dele gates to the national GOP conven tion. It gave them a 4-0 score over supporters of Sen. Taft. This is not the best basis for rural production, and production is what puts money in the pockets of all of us. There is not much we can do about the size of the farms, but there is something we can do about taxes. In most areas of Eastern Ore gon, the tax on property is only a fraction of what it is here. Here the security of our homes is shat tered each year by an excessive and burdensome tax statement. Oregon was settled by those who wanted the security of a home, but now that security is vanishing. A modest home or small farm is not generally a means of produc tion or a sign of wealth. I feel that wealth and production should be taxed. To settle the issue of the tax on homes, and to settle it per manently, I have a proposal. I propose that there be a tax exemption of $5,000 assessed valu ation on the place where the own er lives. This should be done first, arid then secure replacement reve nues from some of our natural re sources, including timber. (Tomorrow David CromwelD i II II irTRT7ff 4 I i Vk I II I I 1 1 I I JL I I I I I I J I till POUNDDD 1651 The Oregon Grade School to serve them was designed by James L. Payne, Salem architect. Spe cifications soon will be riven to prospective bidders. The school will contain besides classrooms a general-purpose room with stage and kitchen facilities, office, teachers room, furnace room, work room and rest rooms. Fair Board To Seek New Horse Stable A new $100,000 building, to stable horses normally kept in the alleyways under the state fairgrounds stadium, will be sought from the state emergency board May 5, it was disclosed Fri day. The plan grew out of discus sions regarding condemnation pro ceedings under which the stadium was adjudged too hazardous for public use it was declared that in event of fire, presence of the horses might result in a cata strophe. The original answer to the con demnation was a program of ramps for exits above the box stalls. However, Fair Manager Leo Spitzbart said Friday the fair board had agreed the spending of $40,000 or $45,000 for ramps was not justified. The projected building, which would be connected with the stadium by a covered roadway, would have around 230 box stalls 100 more than now are avail able beneath the stadium. Portland Mulls DST Problem PORTLAND (P) - Members of the Portland City Council said Friday they will pass a daylight saving time ordinance which will set clocks ahead one hour in Port land beginning Wednesday. They said they had authority to do this under a charter amend ment passed by the voters in 1948. Gov. McKay last Tuesday re fused to place the state on day light time on the ground that stan dard time will not result in an economic loss for businesses of the state. He acted under a law passed by the last legislature. The law makes standard time state-wide unless the governor proclaims fast time. Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee is expected to issue a proclama tion Saturday asking Portland business houses to observe day light saving hours. The proposed proclamation and ordinance were agreed to Friday at a conference attended by the City Council and representatives of the Portland Retail Trade Bureau. The Bureau representatives said that if the proposals were carried through, Portland business houses would go on daylight saving time Wednesday morning. Meantime a number of business houses already have announced they will observe daylight saving hours beginning Sunday. That is when many other areas in the na tion begin fast time. Full Dress Truce Talks To Resume on Sunday MTJNSAN, Korea (AVTbe Com munists agreed Saturday to meet the U. N. command in a full dress Korean truce session at Panmun jom Sunday. The meeting, first since mid February, will begin at 11 aon. WOMAN HURT IN FALL 1 A broken ankle was sustained by Mrs. Ethel Hartman, 34, of 910 Oak St, when she fell from a chair Friday at the Statesman Publishing Co., 210 S. Commercial St. She was taken to Salem Gen eral Hospital bv first aid. Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 26, 1952 Revealed Cdns Caught Quickly After Noon Escape Three convicts who escaped from ! an Oregon State Penitentiary work crew at the State Blind School Friday noon were recaptured with- out resistance in a gravel pit near! said. the bill removes all racial t,; . . , . . T3. ! barriers from existing law. Bishop s hop yard on South River i The meaSure would permit 154, Road a short time later. 657 aliens to enter the country Two of the three were recap- J each year for permanent resi tured within 45 minutes of their j 2e"ce- This totarT which is only escape in a stolen car by city and I ,380 more than existing law al- state police. The third was appre- hended about an hour latPr Th car was abandoned near the Salem Golf Club. They were part of a mainten ance work crew, which normally numbers 24 men, and is usually under close supervision. Warden Virgil O'Malley said. The car was J- stolen from near the school. It belonged to V. A. Johnson, 1320 N. Commercial St. The two men caught first are James H. Funk, 20, received at the prison from Josephine County in August, 1949, to serve eight years for sodomy, and Franklin Clingenpeel, 17, received in Feb ruary, 1951, from Coos County to serve 2 "4 years for burglary not in a dwelling. The third man is Charles S. Douglas, 21, received in May, 1950, from Lane County to serve six years for forgery. Nunan Faces Tax Charge WASHINGTON (IP) - Joseph D. Nunan, former commissioner of internal revenue, Friday was or dered to explain receipts of $161, 000 which did not appear on his income tax returns between 1945 and 1950. A House Ways and Means Sub committee decided that his health would permit his to testify. Nu nan's attorney sent word that his client would be on hand as directed. Wedding Enlivens Pageant ""Hi W n ... 'O , ' .j!-- ; . , - i '- ft-.V"' 1 '-i'l- Nancy "Tillman and Loyal Howard, Capitol Shopplnr Center sales people, enlivened the Thursday night opening of the Center's nine , day pageant with their bride and groom costumes. They are shown : on the Center's merry-ro-round. The area was crowded all evening : following the parade (picture on pace 8), with many kinds of dancinc i M 3 Racial Barrier To Citizenship Cut by House WASHINGTON rP)-A bill re vamping immigration law land abolishing all racial barriers to American citizenship was passed by the House Friday .and sent to the Senate. Among other things the meas ure makes all Asiatics eligible for naturalization. At present Japan ese, Indonesians, Burmese, Sia mese and persons from some Pa cific islands cannot become citi zens. The measure, passed by a stand ing vote of 206 to 68, is similar to a measure already approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Before the vote Rep. Powell, Negro Democrat from New York, charged that the measure discri minates against Negroes and ob jected to establishment of new grounds for exclusion and depor tation. The bill's backers promptly 1 challenged Powell's statement and ! lows- wouiu Qlslnuultu among L 85 nations and area under a quota system based mainly on national origin of the United States' popu lation in 1920. Largest annual quota would be 65,361 for Great Britain and Northern Ireland combined. Smallest would be 100 for each of 57- areas, including some Pacific islands and 12 small nations put on a quota basis for the first time. Air Defenses Very Weak, Senators Told WASHINGTON (IP) - If an enemy had made a well-executed atomic attack on the United States nine months ago, Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead said Friday, it would have succeeded "beyond the fondest hopes of its com manders." Whitehead was commander of the Continental Air Command until he retired from the Air Force nine months ago. This com mand has the task of defending the United States from air at tack. Testifying before the Senate's Prep aredness Subcommittee, Whitehead emphasized that he has no information on which to base an appraisal of the country's air defenses as of now. But he told the senators that when he retired, the defenses were "very weak." PRICE 5c o) 0) TOKYO (JP) A fiery powder blast in a Tig gun turret on the St, Paul Monday killed all 30 seamen inside as the heavy cruiser Japd off the East Korean Coast pounding Red targets. 11 The Navy announcement Saturday called it the worst navjj "dis aster in 22 months of Korean warfare. An investigation was ordered. Even as damage control parties rushed to the stricken turaet, th St. Paul continued to hammer away at Communist shore position. The cruiser rocked to the turret explosion as if it had been struck by a big shore gun, but Communist batteries were not firing at lb St. Paul. x The damage control parties found not a man alive in the smoking; fire blackened forward turret, which fired three of the cruiser nino eight-inch guns. . c ' Those who had survived the blinding flash had perished quickly ia the poisonous air of burning gases. The Navy said most of the victims died of asphyxiation. 5 1 U. S. Resumes Shipment of Arms to Iran WASHINGTON (IP) - The U nited States Friday agree to re sume arms shipments to Iran. It acted after receiving a pledge from Premier Mohammed Mossa degh that his country would sup port the United Nations, build up its own military strength and de fend itself against attack "from any direction." U. S. Military aid was suspend ed January 8, the deadline for complying with the Mutual Se curity Act requirement that na tions receiving American military aid must agree to help increase the "defensive strength of the Free World." MOSSADEGH BALKS Mossadegh balked at this a greement. He contended it would violate the neutrality of Iran, an immediate neighbor of Soviet Russia, in the East-West cold war. The hurdle was overcome through a change of notes on Wednesday between the Premier and U S. Ambassador Loy Henderson. The State Department announc ed that the pledges received then and in an exchange last Jan. 4, "meet the situation." IRELAND STILL OUT Iran was the last holdout for military aid among the 45 coun tries made eligible in the foreign aid legislation. All but Ireland have now qualified for economic aid through formal agreements. Iran is sharing in a $396,250,000 fund earmarked for military as sistance also to Greece and Turk ey. The Iranian share has not been disclosed, but sources in Tehran estimated it at 100 mil lion dollars. An 89-man U. S. military ad visory mission to Iran, headed by Maj. Gen. Wayne Zimmerman, has remained on the scene while negotiations went on for comple tion of the military agreement Waters From Lost Rivers Make Oasis BOISE, Idaho (JP) - The Lost Rivers of southern Idaho have been found. Idaho state reclamation engineer Mark B. Kulp said Friday the Big and Little Lost Rivers, which dis appear into the lava beds near Arco, are being tapped by Julian Clawson in the extensive pumping project near Rupert Clawson, who struck water just four years ago, started the devel opment of the Magic Valley area into an agricultural paradise through Irrigation. More than 24,000 acres are now in full bloom and are seeded and fertilized by plane in one of the West's most amazing agricultural develop ments. Engineer Clawson said several other rivers disappear into the ground north of the Snake River. He said the underground channel is also fed by seepage from the Snake itself, from irrigation losses and from Mud Lake in ' eastern Idaho. The water is believed to flow at a molasses pace taking several years to reach its final destination at Thousand Springs, where it cas cades out of the Snake River can yon walls, Clawson said. , June, July Draft Quotas Announced WASHINGTON (JP)- The De fense Department called j on the draft Friday for 10,000 men in June and 31.000 in July- all of them for the Army and said August and September calls will also be about 31,000 each. The Marine Corps,' which has been taking draftees since last August will get none in June or July, being well on the way to ward its authorized strength of 238,000 officers and men,: i S: 9 f Weather 1j Salem 3; 47 -49 SI Si JS Portland r M: Ban Francisco 62' Chicago 67 -; New York 50 1 Willamette River. 14 feet. FORECAST (from U. 8. Weatter 1 reau. McNarjr field.' Salem): f Partly cloudy today and tonight, htUe cfcan to temperature. High today near am. Unm tonight near 40. Salem temperatam a 12.-01 ajn. today was 46. t Ko S3 asfi COD f il I. it The 13,500-ton St Paul, a eter- an of the Korean war, was oil sot of its famed target-plastering mis sions when disaster struck, r For 24 hours it had been pour ing steel into Communist frost positions. ! The St. Paul had fired SfiVouada from the eight inchers and 47 Area Man Aboard A Lebanon mas HarolA D. Yocum, gunners mate 1 third class is serving aboard ' tkm cruiser St Paul, where 3t baea lost their lives ia an explosWa Monday off the Koreas eoast His brother, Robert C. of Route 9, said Harold Is : ret captain and has been the cruiser for the past monins. ' j rounds from the 12 five incbers when the turret Was shaken by the internal explosion. 1 5 The Navy report blamed tho blast on "a gunpowder fire of determined origin' , J The only Pacific Northwest man among the victims was Seaman Richard W. Schuhke, the' Dalles. Ore. f : jU: The worst revfouS iiaval disas ter of the war . was last June 12, when the destroyerWalke' hit mine off the East Coast, killinf 26 and injuring 40. None was in jured in the St. Paul blast Blast Injures 0SC Student Of Chenustiy r CORVALLIS -i A device torn: making liquid air; exploded in the) industrial research building here Friday critically injuring m. mta dent. r . He Is Donald W. Harris 23, a chemical engineering senior from -Portland. A five-foot-section of pipe -flew 20 feet across a room and st Harris across the right side back. He was taken to a with internal injuries. rucX end hospital Professor Joseph Schulein, ef the chemical engineer department, said the war surplus equipment! was designed to operate at ni ' sures several times as high as that " which apparently! blew it up Friday. Paper Firm p To Keep DST First Salem business ;to nounce it would go on ibr -daylight saving time" rs Ocegon Pulp and 'Paper Co. The sawmill and millwork factory division will go on 7 a jn.-4 p.m. shifts, an hour early, beginning i Monday r i Officials said the paper md al ready is on thatL schedule vegu- icLiij, aim uie cnange would zxeci some 250 men. I ' They said the "move was saade wv. suvo. VI MIC Ui( p KU m are - in the East! and faihnm - change to DST when the Eastern states do. would. leave only a half day tp do business with that area. The retail office will remain co the 8-5 schedule -;-. 1 Western International . " At Wenatchee' 5. SSalem 4 ? ', . At Spokan 3. Vancouver f At LcwUton 15. Victoria lj j At Yakima S. TTt-Qty $ J ; ' tCoast League - f At Portland 5. Los Angeles At Seattle 4. Oakland. I At Hollywood -San Diego (niR At San franciacw;. SacrainenM g American Leagve ? " At Cleveland 9, Chicago 4 i i At Wtthincton-Ne York f raia) At Philadelphia-Boston (rain . (Only games scheduled) . j - i i National Leagva S . . At New York-Breoklya rain At Boston-Philadelphia f ratal At Chicago 7, CiacinnaU a At Pittsburgh 4, t.