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Truman Calls for Speedy Climax to Steel Walkout By The Associated Press President Truman Thursday called for a speedy end to the two dav steel strike. Union Leader Phillip Murray said he had no imme diate answer to the President's request. Truman acted as the nation dug into its reserves of steel and oil to keep its defense production economy running. The President asked Murray, in a telegram, to call off the strike "as quickly as possible"' and resume negotiations with industry lead ers Saturday at a special White House conference. Truman asked Murray and the presidents of the six largest steel companies to meet with him in an effort to end the w.ilkout. The UQ3QIg In the United States the press conference has become an estab lished institution. The President for example meets White House reporters at a given hour and sub mits to their inquiries on pubuc affairs. He may refuse to answer questions if he so desires; or -e may use the conference as a sounding board to advance his idea. It was in a nress conference for instance that Franklin Roose velt made the "horre-and-buggy reference to the Supreme Corrt decision invalidating The NRA. In this countrv the press conference offers a substitute for the British system in which the prime minis ter and members of his cabinet are subject to questioning un w. of the Commons. Here the Presi- dent is not accountable to Con- cress and thus avoids aireci qu- tions from members of the op position. FDR was an adept at the parry and thrust of the question-answer business. He could call a question an "iffy" one and toss it aside. Harry Truman suffered from "greenness" when he became president and started to hold press rnnfprpnfts. As he became sea soned in offiee and particularly after his 1948 victory ne Decame ; trickle. far more self-reliant, even cocky, j oil After the breakdown of and developed his own skills at j negotiations at Standard's Sugar thrust and parry. But he has made j Creek refinery, talks in San Fran so many and such serious errors ; cisco between the CIO and Shell in his press conferences that he : Oil also were broken off tempor needs to put a bridle on his I arily. A conciliator said no further tongue. ! negotiations were scheduled al- Recently for example he boasted ; though the union and company that he had given Russia an ulti- i were only a few cents apart on matum to get its troops out of : their difefrences on a wage boost. Iran at a definite date. Now the Refinery and distribution work word "ultimatum" is a fighting ers are staying on the job in Cal word, usually the last word before ifornia to keep supplies moving to hostilities. Not only were reporters Korea, aroused by the Truman ; Fear Gas Shortage (Continued on editorial page 4) ; Government officials in Wash- ington warned of a possible, ma Auto Drivers 0 -T 4-4- TtOTT10 JL a Vll X 1 Cllllv I J Off Traffic Fines in Blood Not all of the 231 persons who volunteered a pint of blood Thurs- . day to the Red Cross were doing ; so of their own choice. Judge Douglas L. Hay gave five men who appeared in Municipal Court the chance of donating a pint of blood and getting $5 knocked off their fines. For all but one of the five that ' amounted to the suspension of their i lines, all $5 for minor traffic vio lations. The fifth, Kenneth E. Johnson of 1775 N. Front St. still had to pay out $45 for reckless driving after he had $5 suspended ; for the blood giving. Of the 187 people who were ac cepted bv the Red Cross, one donor, Russell M. Griffin of 690 Idylwild, gave his 24th pint since 1944, an average of three a year. Jack R. Westfall's pint gained : him entrance to the gallon and a half club and Paul E. Hallaway of 245 S. 22nd and Mrs. Gertrude Fiscus, 1509 N. Fourth St., do- nated their eighth pint and be-' came galloneers. Other veterans who donated on Thursday were two with their 14th pints, Lena Anderson, 125 Cascade Dr., and Richard Hay ward, 1030 Scharman Rd. Giving her 13th pint was Katie Renehart. All Feared Dead On Stratoeruiser RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil, (AP) The burned, broken wreckage of a Pan American luxury Strato eruiser that vanished Tuesday was found in Northern Brazil Thurs day with no evidence that any o' the 50 persons aboard, including " -nericans, lived through the crash. I T Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH "Tkot foftt Mit door 4ot on of fhm kv on or thro oyatT" 7 wj v f i resiueni sain lunuuutu piuuut- tion of steel "is of critical impor tance to the safety of our troops in Korec. and to the success of . . . the entire national defense effort." Murray told newsmen he did not expect to receive the Presi dent's telegram until Friday and would not have cn answer before then. The President's message was read to him by reporters. Remained Deadlocked The "most hopeful" negotiations for a break in the nation-wide oil strike collapsed at the Standard Oil Company's Sugar Creek, Mo., refinery and remained deadlocked elsewhere. Nearly 90,000 are on strike. Meanwhile. AFL bus drivers went on strike for higher wages in Rochester, N. Y., and Jacksonville, Fla.. and the month-long strike of 31,000 Western Union telegraphers dragged on without any negotia tions for settlement scheduled. The nation's biggest wave of strikes in more than two years have made idle more than 800, 000. These were the major .develop ments: Steel The U. S. Court of Ap peals, by a 5 to 4 vote, refused an industry request that the govern ment be prevented from raising wages in the seized industry. However, Secretary ot Commerce sawyer said no imemdiate wage boost is planned. Abide by Court Rule President Truman told his news conference he will abide by any Supreme Court decision on the le gality of the government's seizure of the industry. He said he will take every possible step to get the strike settled but gave no hint of what he had in mind. The number of idle in allied in dustries reached 31,500, as steel production dropped off to a jor nation-wide gasoline shortage. The Petroleum Administration for Defense prohibited deliveries of some petroleum products in 17 consumers with more than a 10 da's supply on hand. The order covered automobile gasoline, ker osene, nome neating oil, diesel fuel oil and residual fuel oil. The officials said there is a 45 day supply of oil on hand but that severe shortages will occur if this reserve is cut in half, Ambassador Visits Oatis WASHINGTON 0P)The State Department disclosed Thursday that Czech authorities, after more than a year of refusals, have per mitted the American ambassador to see William N. Oatis, the As sociated Press correspondent im prisoned in Prague. Ellis O. Briggs, U. S. ambassa dor to Czechoslovakia, talked wfth Oatis Wednesday at the Prague police headquarters and found him in good health, State Department officials reported. The 38-year - old correspondent was seized by secret police April 23, 1951. All "efforts by American embassy officials to see him since that time had been unsuccessful. Victim of Rape Testifies in Abortion Trial PORTLAND (AP) - A 20-year j old Salem woman was a major witness for the state Thursday in i the trial of Dr. Ruth Barnettun- der indictment on a charge of I manslaughter by abortion. Ethel Connelly, the witness, testified she was sent to Dr. Bar nett's Portland clinic for an a bortion after she was raped by a cousin and became pregnant. She said she was examined af ter the attack in September, 1950, and was told she was pregnant. She said a Salem doctor, whose name she was ordered not to give in court, sent her to Dr. Bar nett's clinic. She testified she went to Dr. Barnett in January, 1951, with $300. She said she was told the fee would be $400. She said she was treated at the clinic, then was taken to a motel where she had a miscarriage. Her mother, Mrs. Flora Connel ly, also testified. STASSEN SLATES VISIT PORTLAND (-Harold Stassen, a candidate for th P I nomination for president will make a two days visit to the state May 8 and 9. PASS OPENING SET EUGENE (JP) - The scenic Mc Kenzie Pass Highway between Eugene and Bend will be open to traffic aoout June IS. 102nd YEAR Mt. Angel Abbey Becomes Set MT. ANGEL Hollywood quietly moved into Mt. Angel Abbey this week to film a motion picture, "They Heard the Angels Sing." Outdoor scenes were in production Thursday, and Director Allan Stensvold is shown conferring with Benedictine Brothers concerning the mood of the scene. (Addi tional picture on page 24.) (Statesman Photo.) , Marine Units Jarred by Newest A-Bomb LAS VEGAS, Nev. (7PWA new tactical A-bomb of fiery intensity Thursday gave 1,150 entrenched Marines a solid jolt in their first nuclear maneuver, but therewere no casualties. The brilliant bomb burst about 2.000 feet above Yucca Flat, less than four miles from two picked combat battalions from Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Camp Le Jeune, N C. The weapon selected for the test came from the Atomic Enerey Commission's top secret drawer, and it was perhaps the brightest bomb seen in a daylisht test here. Newsmen, not permitted on th test site this time, saw a fire ball that lasted a full 10 seconds and continued to flicker in the subse quent nuclear cloud for perhaps another five seconds. There was no concussion on lUt. Charleston, the news observation point 50 miles away, but the rum ble of the blast and its echo were heard 5 minutes after the flash at 9:30 a.m. The Marines were in foxholes1' and trenches, most of them 4'? feet deep. Two hours later thev proceeded toward Yucca Island, the mythical enemy-held "atoll" in the center of the blast area, which was the objective of their maneuver. The bomb was dropned from an Air Force B-50 from Kirtland Air Base, Albuquerque, N. M., flyine at an elevation of probably 30.000 feet. NW Bakers Out on Strike By The Associated Press Employes in Seattle wholesale bakeries walked off the job at midnight Thursday, leading a walkout that could shorten the bread supply for the entire Pa cific Northwest. The strike followed .failure of last minute efforts to effect an agreement between the bakers and their employers. Federal concilia tors worked until late Thursday attempting to bring the employers and members of the AFL Interna tional Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union together. Major point of dispute is the work week. The union i demand ing a work schedule of five con secutive days, with Saturday and Sunday off. SEVEN FLYERS MISSING TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (IP) Seven airmen were rescued but seven were missing after a B-29 bomber crashed in the Gulf of Mexico durintr low level (mnnerv! practice Thursday. " I To City Hall, Salem, Ore. I want Salem to be on: Daylight Time Standard Time s : Signed Address (Only "ballots" carrying signatures and addresses will bo counted; the poll was requested by Salem City offi cials; deadline is May 9: ballots can be pasted on sta tionery and other signatures with addresses added if desired). 24 PAGES Speed Limit-Signs Up in South Salem Statesman News Service SALEM HEIGHTS Grateful citizens in this area south of Sa lem watched state highway crews Thursday put up speed regulation signs on the Pacific highway. A 30-mile-an-hour zone was established on the highway from the south city limit to Ratcliff Drive, and a 45-mile zone from Ratcliff Drive to Boone Road. The project was petitioned for by the South Salem Suburban Chamber of Commerce. Taxi Drivers, Owners End Two-Day Strike The two-day strike of Salem taxieab drivers ended Thursday night as cab companies and the local Teamsters Union agreed on a new wae contract. The agreement reached was a compromise between the original union and taxieab company offer. Under the new contract, drivers will receive $45 a week vacation pay, a guaranteed salary of $45 a week, or 48 per cent of their gross take. The only change in the contract is raising the vacation pay and the wage guarantee from $42.50. The gross percentage remains the same.. Also left standing was the 60-hour week. The Teamsters Union had re quested raising the weekly wage and the vacation pay to $50 week. a All three cab companies signed ! the new agreement. Lynn Clark I represented Yellow and Capitol ! cab companies, and Leo Staab Shorty's Cab Co. Union represen- ; tative was Ward Graham, secre tary of the local Teamsters Union. Iron Curtain Trips Banned WASHINGTON 6P) The Unit ed States Thursday put all of the Iron Curtain countries out of bounds for American travelers ex cept for trips specifically approv- ed by the State Department. To prevent "sneak visits" and protect venturesome individuals frnm riclrincr travpl tr Pnmmnnict. run areas, the Department started stamping all new passports: "This passport is not valid for travel to Albania, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans Russia un less specifically endorsed under authority- of the Department of State as beine valid for such trav- . . 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, for Movie Hundreds Hurt In Japanese May Day Riots By The Associated Press May Day riots and disorders, bristling military parades and East-West word battles broke out all over the map Thursday. There was more violence and more words spilled than in years. Japan, turned loose "on her own 1 from the occupation voke only this week, had her worst riot since the war, when 21,000 Communist-led; anti - American marchers fought police with clubs and stones in front of the Imperial Palace. j According to latest figures, ei- j ther official or confirmed beyond ; doubt, one rioter was shot to death i and 657 injured in battles at To- ; kyo and Kyoto. Nearly 100 of the j injured were seriously hurt, j Haul in Rioters ! All night long police hauled In riot suspects until by dawn 232 ! were jailed on charges of sedition, j Many of the suspects and police j alike were battered, and bruised. There were cracked heads in ' split Berlin, clashes in Tunisia and Algicra where several were in-: j jurec, brawls in Israel and cor- ' i dons of alert police on hand in i nearly every big city of Western turope. ! The Soviet Union and her Com- I munist antagonist, Yugoslavia, led the field in displays of military ; preparedness. Tokyo's Communists, swinging clubs, charged 1,000 steel-helmet- i ed police, knocked 218 of them to ', the ground and seriously injured i 51. The Communists carried awav '. their own moaning and bleeding ; comraoes. Americans Molested Twelve American automobiles were overturned and burned. Two U. 8. sailors were tossed into the palace moat, the wife of a Navy man was roughed up and several other Americans were shoved and hit. The rioters carried pictures of Stalin and Red China's Mao Tze Tung and shouted "Yankees, go home." At Kyoto, the former Japanese capital, Koreans stormed city of fices and 79 were arrested. Some three million Japanese at tended big rallies in other cities. Million at Rallies A million Germans turned out for rival rallies in Berlin, where East and West come into roughest day-to-day contact in Europe. ; About 5,000 young rowdies from East Berlin thrust into the French i ! sertnr flnH u-prp Tnr1olv Kr I Dolice nightsticks. Seventy-three Communists were tossed into jail. Huge turnouts characterized ; May Day rallies in the Ruhr and ; many other big German cities, but j Communist threats to stir up trou- I ble fizzled. Moscow's May Day celebration, . ule 01Kgest ana most col n r T 1 1 I x : ; c 7 : i ry a hnt imnrnrn.-n Seventy-two-year-old Prime Min ister Stalin, pausing in the ardu ous climb to the top of Lenin's tomb, beamed and waved to thunderous applause and then re viewed a majestic parade of and an air show led by his son,' vassiiy. I A student was killed and at least j 17 wrsnns uprp wnunHpH in ico City when a gang of men opened fire on Communist mar chers in a May Day parade. Railroad Crew Moves Cars Despite Pickets LEBANON UPy-K special South ern Pacific Railroad crew came here :rom Portland Thursday to move 10 carloads of lumber out of the strike bound Santiam Lum ber Company yard here. The CIO Woodworkers hastily set up a picket line across a Southern Pacific spur to the plant but made no attempt to stop them. POUNI 1 a afedmati Oregon, Friday. May 2, 1952 Court Declines to 'Rule On Suit to Check DST Dallas Road Crash Claims Lives of Pair Two Independence h o p y a r d workers were injured fatally in a Salem-Dallas highway auto colli sion early Thursday morning. Three others, in the sarr car, were injured. Ben F. Hickman. .r8, employe of Mattson Hop Ranch, and .lames R. Moody. 57, of 120 N. Main St.. Independence, died on the way to the hospital after the 1 a.m. crash at the truck scales near Kola. Lcs- ton W. coroner. Hov.t !1, Marion County said the cause was head injuries. Passengers in Auto The victims were passengers in a Salem-bound auto driven by Jerome R. Wareham, Independ ence, which was reported in a side- ; swiping collision with a west bound car driven by Lawrence Buss, 18, Monmouth, in which no one was hurt. Wareham's car was i demolished, and the other had one side badly damaged. State Police Officer Floyd Mor rell investigated the accident. Wareham's other passengers were Fred R. Russell and John P. Clayton, both of Independence, each of whom suffered a fractured ankle and was in Salem General Hospital. Wareham was released Thursday afternoon after treat ment or leg lacerations. They had been taken to the hospital by City Ambulance Service ! Seek Relatives ! Buss' passengers were Larry i Jacobson, Monmouth, and Jim D,usTtan and,Bi11 Satterfield, both of Independence, all high school students. The victims' bodies were at Howell-Edwards Chapel :n Salem pending funeral arrangements. Moody was believed to have a daughter, who had not yet been located, and Hickman had no re latives known at Independence. Toddler Dies After Surgery A three-year old Salem boy died in a local hospital Thursday morn ing following a tonsillectomy. He is John Marcus Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross, 1060 Dietz Ave. He was born March 30, 1949, in Salem. Surviving also are brothers, James and Stephen Ross; grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Rulif son of Salem; great-grandfather. James Henry Lamb of Salem; great - grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ross, of Hoyt, Kan?.; uncle, Mar cus Crowley with the U. S. Navy, and aunts, Mrs. Gladvs Deibert, jIrs Mary Baillie. Mrs. Hazel Gritton and Mrs. Velma Cooley, all of Salem. Funeral services are being ar ranged by the Howell-Edwards Chapel. HOUSE APPROVES FUNDS WASHINGTON ;P) The con gressional budget - cutting drive came to a dead stop Thursday night as the House passed a $724, 003,669 appropriation bill for the Agriculture Department for fiscal year 1953. Politics on 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: C. A. RATCLIFF Candidate for STATE REPR. (R.) MARION Since coming to Oregon with my parents in 1887, I have bei a i loyal Oregonian. After six years of teaching in Oregon and W a s h i n gton, I served as super visor of schools Ft .w. . ifini Vr 1910 ?' V7S After clearing v-g I the farm. I had ik "if J purchased near C. A. Ratcliff Salem m 1803 and setting it to fruit trees, I was connected with a firm of electrical engineers in Spokane until 1915. Then I re tured to Salem to engage in fruit growing until 1945. As my land was needed for tho rapid expan ; - t v U r Vtv PRICE 5c Ike Edges Ahead In Delegates; Sen. McMahon in Race By The Associated Press Gen. Eisenhower edged ahead of Sen. Taft Thursday for the first time in their nation-wide race for delegates to the Re publican nominatin conven tion which meets in Chicago July 7. Eisenhower picked up eight new delegates in Republican district convention"; in Mis souri, and passrd Taft by a slim four-vote margin in Associated Press tabulations. On the basis of the Missouri returns, the latest AP tabula tion lists Eisenhower with 278 delegates against I'.i for Taft. Meanwhile. Sen. McMahon. chairman of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, tossed his hat into the ring as the fifth entry in the wide-open race for the Democratic presi dential nomination. He got a pat on the back from President Truman. Reds Reject Korea Truce Compromise MUSAN, Korea i7P The Com- munists Friday rejected an Allied compromise proposal for settling 1 the last three issues blocking a Korean armistice but agreed to meet again Saturday. They turned down the Allied plan which involved prisoner ex- ! change, military airfield rebuild ing and Russian participation in post-armistice Korea in a 78 min- ; ute, of f-the-record meeting. i The meeting was considered cri- i tical in the nearly 10 months old Korean armistice talks. The two delegations convened at their full strength of eight gener als and two admirals. Meet Again Saturday Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief Allied delegate, told correspond ents, -I regre: that I have no com ment to make. We meet again Sat urday." A spokesman added: "I think it is obvious no agreement was reached.' They gathered In the tiny tent town of Panmunjom as spring was spreading new green and flowers across the rolling Western Korea countryside. The Allies had proposed retain ing 100,000 out of 170.000 prison ers who say they do not want to go back to the Reds. Figure Denounced The Communists denounced the figure angrily last week and broke off secret talks on prisoner ex change. The U. S. Command came up with its new proposal "Mon day. Details were secret, but Wash ington reports said the Allies of fered to drop their opposition to rebuilding North Korean military airfields during a truce if the Reds would accept the Allied principle or not returning tnose prisoners who object to repatriation. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Wrathrr Yrar Sept. This Year Last Year Normal 39.85 47.30 33.91 Parade sion of Salem, I platted and sold the farm, investing the proceeds in the Cascade View Orchards. During these years I served as school director, clerk, director on the first board of the Marion County Non-High School district; was actively engaged in farmers' cooperatives, being an incorpora tor in several associations, then serving as director, secretary treasurer and manager; held mem bership in the Grange and in the Farmers' Union. Recently I received a fifty-year Masonic membership pin. I am a member of the First Con gregational Church in Salem, at present being treasurer. During service in the Philip pines, I became familiar with much of the Orient. On my return to the U. S. I traveled in Egypt, Palestine, and much of Europe. In recent years I have toured the U. S, Canada, and Alaska. A two month sojourn in England and Scotland in 1948 afforded oppor tunity to observe the Socialist Labor government. I am a Republican, but am not associated with any group and have no pet schemes to forward; but with knowledge gained by varies experiences, I believe I can render Oregon good service in the Legislature. (Tomorrow: Kenneth A. Brown) Weather Ma AS 60 Mia 39 41 47 51 Prcip traco trace Salem Portland San Francisco 61 Chicago . . 89 New York 65 44 Willamette River 2. feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem: Part ly cloudy and a little warmer today with high near 64: fair tonight with low near 34. Salem temperature at 12:01 a. m. today was 34. j No- 35 Eugene Joins Sliif t; State to Keep onPST A move to force Portland oft daylight saving time immediately ' failed Thursday when the Oregon -Supreme Court refused to accept jurisdiction of a legal proceeding. A suit had been brought by Harold F. Anderson, Portland, asking the court to void Port land's proclamation of daylight time. - His attorney, Ray Kell, pre sented arguments before tho court here. When he finished, the court ruled it would not accept jurisdiction. Kell will now have to go to Multnomah County Circuit Court, if he wants to continue the legal fight. Shift Growinff The Portland City Council pro claimed daylight saving tixno Wednesday after Governor Mc Kay refused to order the entiro state to switch to daylight time. Since then the daylight shift has been growing. Latest city to adopt fast time is Eugene, whero Thursday the city council Toted 5-3 to put city employes on m daylight schedule at 2 ajn. Sun day. It urged other business firms and industries to follow suit. Also to shift Sunday will be Bend and Redmond in Central Oregon. - Many other cities ordered tho shift earlier. Modified Schedule The State Eoard of Control in Salem Thursday notified all stato departments with offices in Port land that they must observe standard times hours. It said, however, that some em ployes cou'd work from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and others 8 to 5. Most departments were expected to put a majority of their employes on the 7 to 4 shift, with skeleton crews maintained for the final hour. Barbecue Fire Lights Start of May Week End Blazing of the traditional barbe cue fire on Sweetland Field Thursdav niht signalled start of Willamette University's May Week end. University classes by turn kept watch at the fire while student"i leaders put finishing touches n preparation of the week-end en j tertainment which begins today with a noontime downtown parade, j barbecue lunch and afternoon ! greased pole and tug-o-war eon- ; tests. - Coronation of May Queen Betty Jean Mullin, the May Pole dance by junior women, an all-campus sing, and the queen's ball are Sat urday features. Many visitors ro. expected on the campus for tho. week end. (Additional details on Page .) ' Spread of Bus Strike Seen PORTLAND JF)-A strike cl 1,000 drivers, shopmen and ticket sellers against three bus lines has been set for May 8, Federal Con ciliator George Walker said Thursday. The strike will begin at mid night on that date against Oresoa Motor Stages, Northwest Grey hound and Overland Greyhound unless demands are met. Walker said the union wants a five day work week with no pay cut, and a cost of living increase Negotiations have been under way nearly three months. Overland Greyhound operates from Portland and Salt Lake City; Northwest Greyhound from Port ladn to Seattle and Bellingham; Oregon Motor Stages has runs to the Willamette Valley, the Oregon Coast and the area surrounding PnrtlanH ! Western International At Salem 2, Lewiston T. j At Vancouver-Wenatche - (Raia) At Victoria IS. Yakima 1. At Tri-City S-4. Spokano -. Coast Leagno I At Oakland 3-5. Portland -X At Los Angeles 2, Seattle, i. I At San Diego. 4. SanJrranelseo B1 At Sacramento 11, Hollywood, v National At Cincinnati T. Boston . At Chicago 7. Brooklyn s. At Pittsburgh. . New York ML At St Louis a, Philadelphia 4. American Leagno At Boston 1, St. Louis C At New York 4. Detroit At Philadelphia Chicago -At Washington 2. Grvelaad X. f