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fiw EEtrod ff Diro(Sirsi D SI Sen, Lead in Dakota Election SIOUX FALLS, S. D. (JP)-The predicted photo-finish South Da kota Republican presidential pri mary went down to the wire with Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen. D wight D. Eisenhower neck and neck. Only 16 precincts remained with Taft holding a razor-edge lead of 591 votes. The latest tab ulation: Taft 64,700. Eisenhower 64,109. Nearly all the unreported dis tricts were in the remote rural territory; west of the Missouri River. Taft's percentage was 50.23, Eisenhower's 49.77. Taft's ; Washington headquar Ike's Opponents Point Finger at Talk's 'Generalities'; Taft Silent r WASHINGTON (JP) Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio declined Wed nesday night to comment on the speech in which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower launched his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft aid he had not had opportunity to read the general's text and did not know when he could get around to it. E333TJH Considerable surprise was ex pressed when Justice William O. Douglas polled more votes than Governor Stevenson of Illinois in the Oregon Democratic preference primary. Douglas had taken a page ad in the voters' pamphlet to urge Democrat not to vote for him. Stevenson ; had also renounced any candidacy yet he was considered a "reserve'possibility for the nom ination. Senator Kefavuer won the race by a wide margin, but Doug las was second. The reason Douglas ran so well is that: he Is regarded as the lega tee of the Roosevelt new deal. He didn't get off the reservation as did Henry -Wallace; also his Ideas on world problems with particular reference to Asia have commanded attention. The core of the left-wing made a serious effort to promote the candidacy of Bill Douglas. His own disavowal of candidacy did not dampen their ardor though it did defeat their purpose. Douglas must be credited with positive ideas relative to Asia and the Middle East, ideas which are based on personal trips across Southern Asia where he had con tact with people in the .villages. He has summarized his observa tions and conclusions in books and addresses. The challenge he throws out to Americans and the warn ings should not be discounted merely because Douglas is rated a politicals radical. ( He was con servative enough, or radical, to join in denying "inherent powers" to the President). In an address before the Amal gamated Clothing Workers" con vention at Atlantic City recently Douglas put his finger on the di lemma' which the (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Lebanon Fete Starts Today LEBANON (IP) - The Lebanon Strawberry Festival will begin its three-day run here Thursday .The . annual parade will be held Friday, the children's parade Saturday. Also on schedule are a flower show and street platform programs in the afternoon and evening. ATOMIC BLAST SCHEDULED LAS VEGAS, Nev. (JP) - The eighth atomic blast of the spring series is expected at dawn Thurs day at the Nevada proving grounds. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH "I was proud of you tonight, dear. tou mode a perfect ass of yourself." - 'i. 4 "fr Clings to Thin ters were confident Eisenhower could not accomplish that feat and on that basis claimed victory for the Ohioan. Former Gov. George T. Mick elson, head of the Eisenhower slate, declared: "We're still not conceding the flection to Senator Taft. That small margin out of approxinately 128,00 Republican votes make the results of the of ficial canvass still very much in doubt." "Actually, Michelson said, "the election was a defeat for Taft and a victory for Eisenhow er. "It disproved to very conclu sively Taft's claim to great sup port in the Midwestern states." But Sen. Robert Kerr of Okla- homa, campaigning for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination, said he was not sure but what Eisen- hower was in effect -criticizing m 'One of the men kept in high position while we were in power i was Gen. Eisenhower himself. He now should detail the items of which he speaks so generally, if only to show that he is not criti cizing himself." Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr., of Penn sylvania, an Eisenhower backer, called the general's address "a fighting, middle of the road speech that is evidence that the people will not have to guess where he stands." House Democrats refrained from comment, but Rep. Reece of Ten nessee, a leader of the Taft forces, said: "It looks like he (Eisenhower) is pretty much for mother, home and Heaven." Vote Settles Oregon Motor Stages Strike A month-long strike of Oregon Motor Stage driver and shopmen was settled Wednesday when a vote of personnel revealed accept ance of a management offer based on a similar settlement with Pa cific and Northwest Greyhound. The settlement proivdes for a 4.6 per cent boost for drivers with additional increases later and a shorfer work week. Regular serv ice in Salem is to be resumed by Friday. The Oregon Stages strike has tied up bus service to Western Oregon points. U.S. Troops Divide PW Enclosure KOJE ISLAND, Korea JP) American infantrymen supported by tanks marched into a compound of 3,340 Communist civilian pris oners Thursday and threw up a double barbed wire fence cutting the enclosure in half. There was no resistance. The maneuver was the first move in Brig. Gen. Hayden L. (Bull) Boatner's plan to break up the 17 big compounds holding as many as 6,000 prisoners each into units of 500 each. Airedales Come 'Cheaper by The Walter Wood family of 565 N. 22nd St. figure their Airedale "Lady" most have been Impressed by the best seller ""Cheaper by the Dozen," because the pedigreed pet has given birth to an even dozen paps, extraordinary number for the breed. Here Johnny Wood, 4, rets acquainted with one of the newcomers while Lady keeps an eye on the other 1L (Statesman Photo.) Rainfall Dampens Debut By DON WHITEHEAD ABILENE, Kas. ((P- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told a rain drenched throng of Midwestern ers Wednesday the Democrats had been in power too long and he implied the people must vote them out of office in November to bring an end to corruption in high places. With this speech, the famous warrior now in civilian clothes waded into the fight for the Re publican presidential nomination. But his first major homecom ing address was almost spoiled by an old-fashioned Kansas down pour which kept thousands from the unprotected stadium wner he spoke and left only a handful of hardy, sodden souls braving the weather to hear the general in front of the flag-decked grand stand. Other hundreds sat in their automobiles in the muddy field of an old race track where the gen eral spoke. Eisenhower spoke in a fighting tone of voice that brought fre quent applause and automobile horn blasts. Most of the applause came economy in government spending. : ; Unofficial estimates placed the) crowd in the stands and in the , j infield at up to 5 000 or 6,000. He i I called for an end to waste and! :t.,anpp ;n nvrnmnt. spending, a foreign policy strip- ; ped of all mystery, and con tinued cooperation with our allies in the fight against Communism. No Mention of Names No once did Eisenhower men tion the Democrats by name. Neither did he mention his candi dacy or his chief Republican op ponent, Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. But there was a strong throw-the-rascals-out tone to his speech when he said: "Political health is endangered if one party, by whatever means, becomes permanently or too-long entrenched in power. The almost inevitable consequence is graft and incompetence in remote and even in prominent places of gov ernment. "Obviously, this is something that applies today: One party has been in power too long in this country." Less Foreign Aid Eisenhower also: 1. Held out the prospect of less spending on foreign aid. "I be lieve we can look forward to de creasing future costs without sac rificing the essentials of reason able goals." 2. Spoke out against excessive taxation and government spend ing. "Long continued taxes that are only a little below the confis catory level will destroy free gov ernment 3. Argued against the national Lyons placed in solitary confine government's taking over func- ! ment. tions that belong to local commun ities. "Bureacracy helpless to lead older nations o security and prosperity will do no better in America." 4. Said "the settlement of dis putes and grievances requires together, of course, with simple and clear legal processes a cli mate of good will, an appreciation of good citizenship and respon sible concern for all the people and most important public confidence in the fairness and im partiality of appointed agents and agencies." (Additional stories on page 2.) AUTO SALES INCREASE WASHINGTON (-Reporting a sharp upturn in auto sales dur ing May, passenger car manufac turers Wednesday asked the gov ernment to permit production of 2,500,000 cars in the last half of this year " if possible." " - "v ...i,-...,"ll"l.Kf HiWfcv.v -.S-f ,.,'k's!Jft.'X-.'. , . :-"--T- v y , - 102nd YEAR 18 Washington Girl Awakens From 2-Months Sleep WHITE SALMON, Wash. (Jp) Judy Rosevear, the 4-year-old girl who has been asleep for more than two months because of a brain inflammation, has awakened. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Rosevear, said Wednesday the little girl had been awake for several days, but they withheld a report on it until they were sure. She was fed through a tube down her throat during her long sleep. Doctors said some damage may have been done to her ner vous system by the long sleep. They hope that exercise will re store her muscular co-ordination. Prisoner Hurt In Rocky Butte Jail Rioting .PORTLAND W-One prisoner was injured in an abortive riot at Rocky Butte jail here late Wed nesday night. Sheriff Terry Schrunk said the disturbance was put down after a smoke bomb was exploded. The prisoners broke a number of win dows and tore up some of the equipment in one of the 50-man "tank" cells. Jack Matthews, jail superinten dent, said he received a letter from the prisoners earlier in the day listing complaints and stating conditions under which prisoners would work. Matthews, accompanied by two guards, went to the tank cell to tell the prisoners he would not take orders from them. Matthews asked two prisoners, Pete Santon is, 21, and Robert Lyons, 23, who he said were ringleaders, to step forward. The pair rushed the guards. Matthews said he struck San tonis over the head with the smoke bomb and then exploded it. That quieted the prisoner. Sheriff Schrunk said Santonis was a trouble-maker. He is serv in a year for escape from the jail. Lyons is serving time on a bad check charge. Santonis was hospitalized and scnrunK said tne prisoner had apparently heard too many stories about prison riots in other parts of the country. French Reds' Strike Fizzles PARIS (JP) An angry Commu nist call for a sit-down strike to hamstring the French nation in protest against jailing of the top Communist leader fizzled dismal ly Wednesday except for one sprawling motor car plant. Steel - helmeted policemen and gendarmes, at the ready on. orders of shy but tough Premier Antoine Pinay, stacked their riot weapons as most non-Reds agreed this was probably the worst Communist flop of its kind in years. the Dozen' PAGES Canneries Quote 14-Cemt Price On Berries; Growers I From Classroom to Berry Field, Right Now - c - -f ' - " ' C i i.. ., . - : f ' . : .. . S i --' - I .v. ..- .:a .-::.. ' 5. . v .- .. : " i -rX- - ;. A. . : ' . : ,, ? ' ' 4 ' ' ' ' ; wm End of school and str.rt of the strawberry season were simultaneous this week. Here are five youths fresh from the classroom hard at picking in the Hazel Green district. All members of a picking platoon organized for the summer harvest season, pickers are from left to right, David Hall, 710 Cross St.; David Taylor, 525 W. Madrona Ave.; Ronald Welton, 1055 Fairview St.; Larry Evans, 1660 $. Winter St., and Larry Battles, 3595 Karen SU (Statesman photo.) Solons Vote to Take Ceiling Off Potatoes WASHINGTON fPi-The Senate Wednesday night beat down a pro posal to suspend all wage and price controls and then killed an amendment to take price ceilings off food and all farm products. But the lawmakers irate over potato shortages voted to ban all price ceilings on fresh fruits and vegetables. Sponsors said this would apply only to potatoes be cause no other perishable is under ceilings. The Senate labored far into the night on a broad measure to ex pend economic controls beyond June ju. The proposal to suspend all wage-price controls called for them to be reinstated if the cost of living index goes up three points or Congress declares war. It was defeated 57 to 22. The amendment to kill price ceilings on farm products was beaten 49 to 29. The plan to suspend all wage and price controls was offered by senator Capehart (R-Ind) after the Senate had voted a tight rein on Wage Stabilization Board inter vention in labor disputes but de cided to leave labor and manage ment representatives on the WSB instead of making it an all-public body as the banking committee had proposed. WASHINGTON (JP)- Republican senators from Oregon split thtfir votes Wednesday night in the heat ed Senate wrangle over control measures. In the vote by which the Senate approved, 42 to 41, the Ives Amendment keeping the Wage Stabilization Board tripartite, Sen. Cordon (Ore.) voted for and Morse (Ore.) against. Morse cast the lone Republican vote for the Douglas Amendment, to the Defense Production Act which would continue the present WSB makeup and dispute-settling powers. The measure lost 56 to 26. Cordon voted against it. Western International At Salem 7. Wenatchee 2 At Victoria 0-7. Spokane 7-3 At Trl-City 3, Yakima 4 At Vancouver-Lewiston. rain. Pacific Coast League At Hollywood 1. Portland 0 At Oakland 0. Sacramento 1 At San Diego 2. Los Angeles 1 At Seattle 2. San Francisco 1 American League At Boston 13. Cleveland 11 At N-w York 6, Chicago 3 At Philadelphia 4. Detroit 3 At Washintfton-St. Louis, rain. National League At Chicago . New York 2 At Pittsburgh 4. Brooklyn 7 At Cincinnati 10. Philadelphia At St. Louis (, Boston 0 POUNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Moving Day For County By WINSTON H. TAYLOR Staff Writer, The Statesman Moving of offices from Marion County Courthouse will com mence in earnest today, in preparation for razing to begin June 23. Doom of the 75-year-old structure was sealed Wednesday with formal signing of a contract for new construction. Rapidly getting ready for the influx of departments is the Public School Office Building three blocks north on Marion between High and Church Streets. It is getting i new partitions, paint and off street parking to handle court house occupancy for about two years. The County Court signed the $1,672,156 contract with Viesko and Post, Salem contracting firm, and set the deadline for moving. The task will be handled by Capital City Transfer Co., which will begin today by moving Judge Rex Kimmell's Circuit Couit and some miscellaneous storage items. To Move Storage On Friday it will be ballot boxes and other storage; Monday, she riff, engineer, election and County Court; Tuesday, treasurer, clerk and Circuit Judge George Duncan; Wednesday, Circuit Judge Joseph Felton, surveyor and juvenile de partments; Thursday, recorder. Already in the school building are the District Court and Salem district constable, county agent and extension offices, assessor and tax collector, all moved some time ago. The transfer will not involve the health department, district at torney and school superintendent, all in rented space outside the courhouse. Parts of all three floors of the school building have been leased by the county for more than two years, most of the space on a standby basis. The county is pay ing IVt. cents per square foot. Ori ginal contract called for 22,597 square feet, but some 2,500 feet have been added now because of need for such offices as civil de fense. New Parking Area County crews have been doing all the refurbishing of the new location except painting. Biggest change will be the 56-car paved parking area, occupying all the present lawn space north of the building. Grading was under way yesterday. The drives around the courthouse can park only about 35 autos. As agreed in the contract, the county salvaged 22 doors and frames from the courthouse to use in the temporary location. A central phone switchboard Is to be used for all county offices in the structure, but is not ex pected to be ready before June 15. CHURCH KEEPS AFFILIATION ALBANY, Ore. (JP)-The United Presbyterian Church, winding up its 94th annual assembly here, voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to retain its affiliation with the National Council of Churches of Christ and the World Council of Churches. tstesmatt- Thursday. June 5. 1952 Offices John Allgood, Dallas Council Member, Dies Statesman News Service DALLAS John (Jack) Allgood, Dallas city councilman since 1918, died at his home Wednesday noon following a heart attack. He had been ill for several weeks. He was about 68. Allgood came to Dallas in 1907 and worked as a printer on the old Dallas Observer. In 1913 he started a printing shop here which he had operated since. He was on the city park board and was a leader in the develop ment of Dallas Citv Park. He was I a long-time member of the Knights or fytnias Lodge. Surviving are the Widow, Julia; two sons, James D. of Dallas and John R. in California; and three grandchildren. Services will be announced later by the Bollman Mortuary. Truman Plans Week-End Visit to McGrath Farm WASHINGTON P) - President Truman is planning a week-end visit to the Rhode Island farm home of J. Howard McGrath, the man he ousted as attorney general two months ago. As if to show there are no hard feelings between the two men, the President will stop over at Mc Grath's farm after he speaks Sat urday morning at New;: London, Conn., where the keel of the first atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, will be laid, Max. 82 - 78 64 . 73 Mia. 63 51: 51" Preelp. Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago New York .00 .00 .00 47 79 65 Willamette River 1 foot FORECAST (from U. S.l Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight, little cooler, with a high near 75 and the lowest to night near 45. Temperature at 12:01 ijb. was 69 degrees. SALEM PRECIPTTATIOV Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 Tats Tear Last Tear t Normal 40Xft 49.7 M-S8 trocflay No. 70 Protest 'Starting Price' Designated by 4 Salem Firms A iitartin price of 14 cents 17 v r ""Wherries, lowest since the war, was being quoted Wednesday to Salem area SrS growers by geveral large locU Four large were listed among those quoS 14 cents ner mm - "l -enerai r oods Corpora- firm -a Vi a' vvooaDurn said ft was offering 15Vi cents. The 14Tcent Quotation, thre brought an expected storm of pro- iTM m mSt strawb-ry grower, in this area. C A Statesman survey of packers and growers Wednesday night brought out two important farts in the price quotations. First, the listed prices did not come from a concerted action on the part of the packers they arrived at their quotations Independently. Second. Wednesday's quotations may bm temporary. The price on berries ta the farmer could go up in the next few weeks or down. Subject to Change Kelley Farquhar & Co. said its 14-cent quote was "subject ta change, any time." Starr Fooda Inc said it was paying 14 cent. And at least two other large Salem packers were listed in the 14-cent bracket. Wednesday's quotation cracked the price silence surrounding thla season's strawberry crop. Growers met last week and decided they could not set a permanent waga for pickers until canners caraa through .with a buying price Picking Price Same Picking in the Salem area is under way this week and many growers were paying 4 cents oer pound, plus a Vz cent bonus. Thm is the same as last year. Many growers Wednesday lab eled the packers 14-cent quotation as "unjustified." Earlier in the day several strawberry raisers told Lillie Madsen, Statesman Farm Editor, they "did not see how they could continue the 5 cent picking wage and still come out financially If they got less than 17 cents per pound for their berries- from tha packers." Alvin Van Cleave, Salem Route 7, long-time berry grower in this area, who is paying the S-cent picking price, gave this illustra tion: For the berries harvested at his farm Wednesday he was paid $300 less than he would hava received at last year's price. And yet, he argued, his operating ex penses were Justsas great as last year. Previous Prices Prices paid by packers for ber ries in the past five years: 1951, 17 cents; 1950, 22 cents; 1949, It cents; 1948, 20 cents, and 14. about 27 cents. Most packers were reluctant mm Wednesday to talk about thia , year's low quotation. One plant manager mumbled something about "general condition of tha market and high price of opera tion." Joe Gamroth, superintendent at North Marion Fruit Co, who said his plant would pay farmers "whatever becomes the goinc pricey said the California priae also had dropped to around 14 cents from a starter of 17 cents. He added that the packer this year must sell processed berries at S cents per pound under last yeara price. A large California crop, ba said, has also helped, bring tba berry market price dawnt' Silverton Hills Strawberry As sociation will meet tonight at lhs Silverton Hills Community Ball ' to discuss the new packers quota tion and to set a picking wags. Picking will start in the large berry patches in that district next week. Salesman Given Chilly Reception In Canada Town TRAIL, B. C. (JP) A. J. Mil ard, a Vancouver spark phsgT salesman, got quite a reception here Wednesday. "Millard, get out of town," proclaimed signs in a picket Una at his downtown hotel. Surprised and confused, tha salesman learned a little later that demonstrators had tha wrong hotel, and had meant ta picket Charles Millard of Phila delphia, national director of tha " CIO Steelworkers Union which, recently lost a bitter election among Trail smelter workers to a rival union PRICE 5c V I