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ftp 033ffiO0 The State Hydroelectric Com mission has denied to Portland General Electric a license to con struct a dam at Pelton site on the Deschutes. It determined the State Fish Commission had cer tain vested rights in waters emp tying above the dam which would be impaired by its construction and that the HEC had no power to accept compensation for the de struction of a natural resource of the state. The Commission's action followed receipt of a report from Dr. Willis H. Rich, biologist, to the effect that the dam would pre vent the natural migration and breeding of salmon above it. The result of this decision is virtually to rule out construction of dams on intrastate streams un less salmon migration is possible over them. The same theory applies to De troit and Lookout Point Dams which the federal government Is building, but since the federal government didn't seek a state license the Fish Commission and Hydroelectric Commission did not interpose a stopper on their con struction. The question now will arise on whether the private company can proceed on the basis of its license issued by the Federal Power Com mission. That is under challenge by the state attorney general in federal court. The danger in resort to litigation is that federal courts have interpreted the laws usually in favor of the FPC on questions dealing with waters even of intra state streams. If Oregon should lose on this issue the result will be a further curtailment of state rights over water. The larger question which Is posed on how conflicts on water use (Concluded on editorial page 4) Pay Boost Plan Revamped for State Workers The State Civil Service Com mision, at an all-day meeting in Salem Wednesday, completed re vision of the proposed pay plan for state employes as requested by Gov. Douglas McKay. The commission conferred with Gov. McKay and Sen. Paul Pat terson, chairman of the state em ergency board, on modifications of the plan and it was decided to re quest a meeting of the emergency board on July 25 to consider ap propriating funds for those depart ments unable to absorb the costs of the plan within present budgets. The modified plan revises clas sification for employes in the state Institution and holds for future consideration increases for em ployes in the beginning clerical classifications. Recommendation for technical, professional and administrative employes was unchanged. The original pay increase plan involved virtually all state work ers other than those in the begin ning classification. The emergency board returned this proposal to the commission for revision, based on a letter from Governor McKay. The argument was advanced at that time thmt the state was with out funds to cope with a general Increase. Some state departments were re ported to have surplus funds which appropriations were author ized at the 1951 legislature. Soviet Rejects Sweden Protest STOCKHOLM, Sweden (JP) Russia Thursday rejected Swed en's sharp protest against the hooting down last month of two unarmed Swedish planes over open Baltic waters. Sweden accused So viet fighters of both shootings. The Soviet government also re jected Sweden's suggestion that the case be referred to an internation al tribunal. The Russian note described the findings of the Swedish investiga tion commission on the shooting down of the two aircraft last month as "completely unfounded." Animal Crackers Sv WARREN COODRICH "All winter I'm bore as a new born babe come summer, SLIP- COVERS!" Acheson Skeptical On China WASHINGTON (JP)- Secretary of State Acheson Tuesday skep tically challenged the Chinese Communists to live up to the Ge neva treaty governing treatment of war prisoners, which Peiping says it is ready to recognize con ditionally. Since the start of the Korean conflict, the secretary charged, the Communists have failed to abide by five major Geneva provisions despite earlier pledges to do so. He said heould now only "hope very feebly" that the Peiping an nouncement means a change. The Communists, Acheson told newsmen, "have not done any of the things which are called for" in the Geneva convention dealing with war captives. He specified: 1. Periodic pub lication of lists of prisoners. 2. In spection by an international agen cy. 3. Appointment of a protecting power. 4. Giving notification of prisoners who are sick or wound ed. 5. Marking prisoner-of-war camps. The handling of prisoners, with the Reds insisting on return of all their captured whether the men want to go back or not, is the big stumbling block of the peace talks. Accounting for POWs Sought; 50 Red Jets Up MUNSAN, Korea (JP) - The United Nations Command Thurs day asked the Communist5; to ac count for 1.881 missing Allitd sol diers believed prisoners of the Reds. Efforts since last December to obtain information on the missing men had brought either no reply or an accounting the Allies de scribed as "totally unsatisfactory." The Communists delivered two messages from Gen. Nam II, senior Red delegate. One note announced a shift in prisoner of war camps with four of six new camps located in the vicinity of Pyongyang. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, for mer commander of the U. S. 24th Division was among prisoners shifted. The second message from Nam reiterated that the big Allied raid on Pyongyang last Friday hit POW camp 9 with 110 Allied prisoners killed, wounded or missing. The U.N. Command Wednesday said aerial photographs "show conclusively" that the camp was not bombed. SEOUL, Korea (JP)-A flight of 50 Communist jets, described as "the cream of the crop," chal lenged U. S. Sabre jets high over Northwest Korea late Wednesday and one Red fighter was reported shot down. "The best MIG pilots I have seen up there yet," commented Capt. Arthur H. McCarthy of Dearborn, Mich., who was credited with destroying one of the forma tion his first. The dogfight was one of three during the late afternoon. U. S. losses, if any, were not reported because of the Air Force's policy of listing losses once a week. Fighting flared at isolated points all across the line. Monmouth Fall Proves Fatal Statetman Newi Service MONMOUTH Joseph Smiley, 48, died Wednesday of injuries suffered when he fell July 7 from a second story window of the Mon mouth Cooperative warehouse. Smiley had been in critical con dition at a Portland hospital. He had two skull fractures, a broken right arm and a mangled ear. Foreman for the co-op for which he had worked many years. Smil ey was repairing equipment when the accident occurred. He was tak en to a Dallas hospital and then removed to Portland. Smiley is survived by his widow and children who live in Rickreall. Clough-Barrick Funeral Home in Salem is making arrangements for the funeral. ' $1.50 FOR CHICAGO HAIRCUT CHICAGO (P)-The Master Bar bers Association of Chicago an nounced Wednesday that in re sponse to a mail vote of barbers the week-day price of adult hair cuts will jump from $1.35 to $1.50 and shaves will go up from 85 cents to $1. Western International At Wenatchee 5. Salem 4 At Lewiston 4-4. Victoria 9-7 At Spokane 10. Vancouver 3 At Yakima 6. Tri-City 3 Pacific Coast League At Portland 3. Los Angeles 2 At Seattle 3-4. Oakland 5-2 At Hollywood 8-5. San Diego 0-2 At San Francisco 3, Sacramento 2 American League At Boston 7. Chicago 3 At New York 8-7. Cleveland 7-4 At Washington 0. Detroit 9 At Philadelphia -St. Louis, rain. National League At Pittsburgh 7. Philadelphia 8 At Chicago 3, Boston 2 (13 inn.) 'At Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 5 AX St. Louis 7. New York A (10 inn.) 102nd YEAR 18 PAGES Fa 10 Cities on Carpet For River Dumping; Mt. Angel Included PORTLAND P)-Ten cities will get hearings before the State Sani tary Authority Friday on their failure to install adequate sewage treatment facilities. The action is part of the state's program to eliminate stream pollution. The cities cited to appear before the authority are Newport, Leb- anon, Mt. Angel, Vale, Nyssa, Co- i Wheeler and Nehalem. Unless they can offer adequate reason for failure to start con struction, the authority can order them to take action. The Friday meeting will consist of a hearing for each of 'he cities to show cause why they should not be ordered to complete sewage quille, Myrtle Point, Toledo, i treatment facilities for the climin- ation of stream pollution. And un less the cities' representatives can convince the authority otherwise, most of them probably will be or dered to produce by specific dates or face legal action. Curtiss M. Everts Jr., state sani tary engineer, pojnted out that his investigation has failed to find any valid reasons why the 10 cities cited should not keep abreast of other Oregon communities in the construction of adequate sew age disposal facilities. Sanitary authority files reveal that Lebanon, in Linn County, dumps all city sewage and Indus trial wastes into the South San tiam River. The file shows that the city has spent $400,000 in 10 years for sewers and stofm drains and has accumulated $175,000 In a sinking fund. Plans for a primary treatment plant are being drawn and a bond issue is needed. Lebanon Mayor P. T. Tweed, in a statement on file, contended the city had conformed to the au thority's requests. He said that the city disagrees with the authority demand for a secondary filtering system, which he said would cost Lebanon $100,000. At Mt. Angel, in Marion County, authority files show that the city dumps effluent from the city's 37-year-old septic tank Into Pudding River. Industrial wastes from the Mt. Angel Co-operative Creamery plant in addition to city sewage is carried from this overloaded tank. Mayor Jacob Berchtold earlier told the sanitary authority that his city could not arrange financing for the project. "The plant, a gen eral obligation to the city, will have to be voted on," Berchtold reported. 20-Ounce Baby 'Doing Nicely' BREMERTON (JP)-A 20-ounce baby about the size of a baby's doll was born at Harrison Hospital here Tuesday and the attending physician said the infant was "pulling through nicely." The little girl Is the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Nichols of Tacoma. Mrs. Nichols was visiting relatives here when the baby de cided to make its arrival 3l months prematurely. The infant was placed In an In cubator. Ship Strike Talk Yields Nothing SAN FRANCISCO (JP) The ru mored "big break" in the 50-day-old West Coast shipping strike turned out Wednesday night to be something quite different. If anything, the shipowners and the striking AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific seemed farther apart than ever. "Nothing happened," glumly commented Harry Lund berg, SUP leader, as he emerged with his strike committee from long bar gaining talks. Record of 1,238 mph In Navy Plane Verified LOS ANGELES (JP)- A speed of 1,238 miles an hour and an altitude of 79,494 feet both records were officially credited to the Navy D-558-2 . '-yrocket by Sec retary of the Navy Dan A. Kim ball Wednesday night. Kimball said that the figures had been checked by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. His state ment confirmed the disclosure Tuesday at Moffett Field, Calif., that Douglas Test tniot Jiu Bridgeman had flown roughly twice the speed of sound last August. Kimball said that Bridgeman flew the rocket ship to the new altitude record Aug. 7, 1951, near Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., over the Mojave Desert. The new speed record was hung up in another flight by Bridgeman on Aug. 15, in the same area. Until now, the highest speed of The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, July 17, 1952 00 Macleay Road Adds 2 More Field Fires Statesman Ntwi Service FOUR CORNERS Two more in a series of fires along Macleay Road broke out Wednesday, and Fire Chief Waldo Miller of the Four Corners fire department re newed his plea to farmers to be alert for a "fire bug." Firemen were called at about 6:20 p.m. to quench a blaze along the edge of the Harry Margin pro perty. A few minutes later an alarm came in for a similar fire by a grain field on the Ed Tooker ranch. Charles Sappenfield, who was riding along the road on a combine, had a fire extinguisher with him and used it to stop the fire on the Tooker ranch.. Flame had not spread to the grain field. Fire damaged two plots about 10 by 20 feet in the Martin grain field. The two blazes made a total of seven in the last three days with in a mile on Macleay Road. Six of the blazes were reported at about the same time on the three evenings. One was at 11 a.m. Tues day morning. Ham Blamed For Poison PORTLAND (JP)-The city health officer Wednesday blamed im proper refrigeration of hams for the outbreak of food poisoning at the Boilermakers' Union picnic Saturday. Dr. Thomas L. Meader said laboratory tests showed the of fending organism developed in ham that was put into sandwiches for the picknickers. The outbreak sent 138 persons to hospitals. All recovered. OPS to Drop Most Employes SEATTLE (JP) - Regional OPS headquarters announced Wednes day that three out of every four OPS employes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho will lose their Jobs by Sept. 1. The dismissals are part of a nation-wide cut in the Office of Price Stabilization staff because of a slash in funds provided by Congress. The three-state cut Is to trim the staff from 481 to 181 employes. Harold Walsh, regional director, said all types of employes, from executives to stenographers, will be affected. Small staffs will continue to operate offices in Portland, Spo kane and Boise. STOCK SELLING ASKED WASHINGTON (JP) - Mountain States Power Co., Albany, Ore., asked the Power Commission Wednesday for authority to sell at competitive bidding 200,000 shares of $7.25 par value common stock. the Skyrocket announced officially by the Navy had been in the neighborhood of 1,000 miles an hour. The official world speed record is 670.981 miles an hour, set in 1948 by a North American F-86 . This is the first official an nouncement of a speed record be yond the sonic barrier. The new altitude record erases a mark of 72,394 feet attained In 1935 by U. S. Army Capts. Orvllle Anderson and Albert Stevens In a balloon over Rapid City, S. D. The Skyrocket is launched from a B-29 mother ship at about 30, 000 f . It has a turbo-jet engine with a rocket engine for the addi tional thrust to move into super sonic flight, and has wings swept back 35 degrees. It is 40 feet long and has a wingspread of 25 feet and weighs about 15.000 pounds. ads POUNDBD 1651 Work Started on Democratic Platform :V V 'iMifl -4 J ft A 'mm$ x f II a W Ik Thr-i- tr-i y, vmr.w hi mi,wim mmhbmmhmmmmmmm CHICAGO Five members of the for preliminary work Wednesday. arl J. Klrwin of Ohio. Rrn. John of Rhode Island, and Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama. Sen. Lehman, at a press conference before the session, said a hot floor fight at the convention might take place to ret a strong civil rights plank in the platform. Two men in background are unidentified. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Truman Demands 'No Betrayal' By Demos of New, Fair Deals By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL CHICAGO (JP) President Tru man demanded Wednesday night that there be "no betrayal of the New Deal or the Fair Deal" at the Democratic National Conven tion which opens Monday. Truman's no-retreat stand on the record of five Democratic ad ministrations took the form of a message to delegates who are here and on the way to pick the Demo cratic nominee for the 1952 presi dential race against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. tl hit the convention scene at a time when Democratic platform makers were setting up the line for another civil rights battle which could splinter the party again, as in 1948. Rival candidates looked over the Truman statement for signs that it might be an omen of a presi dential blessings for one of them. Two of the hopefuls, Sens. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Rich ard B. Russell of Georgia, flew into town as the advance guard for nearly a score of others. Each predicted the nomination will be his within a few ballots. Russell Changes on T-H Russell did an about-face on labor legislation. He came out for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law for which he twice voted, once on passage and again to override Truman's veto. Russell said five years of ex perience has shown the law to be 58 Jets Complete Transocean Flight TOKYO (JP) History's biggest transoceanic jet flight was com pleted at nearby Yokata Air Base Wednesday when the last of 58 American F - 84G Thunflerjets landed from the United States. By refueling in the air over the long stretches, the fighter jets flew 10,895 miles with only seven land ings. They took off from Turner Air Force Base at Albany, Ga., July 4. 6 Saucers9 Zipping Over City Again? Could be the saucers have forsaken Portland and are now gracing the Salem area. At least Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Buck of 1150 James St. will testify that something of that nature was .going on Wednesday night. Buck called The Statesman to ask if anyone else was seeing the same thing. He said that he and his wife had been watching some sort of "object" zipping around the sky just northeast of town "at about the same eye level as the moon." He reported seeing the phen omenon for over ten minutes. Red Patrols Fight: Allied Guns Help SEOUL (JP) An Allied patrol near Yonchon on the western front watched quietly early Tuesday while two Communist patrols worked in close to each other and exchanged fire. Then the Allied patrol slipped back and smashed the warring Reds with an artillery barrage. S U.K.M PRECIPITATION Since Start f Weather Year, Sept. 1 This Year La. t Year Normal 42.69 49 .84 37. 44 Democratic party's sub-committee on Left to right are Sen. Herbert H. W McCormirk of M2&arhurtts. "weighted against labor" and to have "many weaknesses and in equities." If he became President, the Georgia senator said in a state ment, he would bring labor and management together with a view to working out an entirely new labor law. Kefauver Stays Opposed Kefauver told a news conference his record on Taft-Hartley had been established for a long time. He said Taft-Hartley is a bad law and: "I voted against Taft-Hartley and I voted for repeal." The Taft-Hartley Law was put on the books by the Republican-! controlled 80th Congress. j The President didn't mention ; that law or any other specific pro-! gram Wednesday night in his state ment that: "There must be no turning back or faltering on the great course that our party has pioneered. There must be no betrayal of the New Deal or the Fair Deal." Harriman Fills Bill Of all the candidates in the field. Mutual Security Director Averell Virus Places President in Hospital Bed WASHINGTON (JP)- President Truman was hospitalized Wednes day for the first time since he entered the White House. Aides minimized the illness but it still carried political implica tions related to his stated deter mination not to run for re-election. The 68-year-old President was admitted to the Army's Walter Reed Hospital after a four-day fight with what the White House called a "mild virus infection." Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, president physician, returned to the White House where he was asked about the health of his pa tient. "He's fine just fine," Graham said. "I hope I can keep him in the hospital for two or three days." A few hours later a brief dis patch from Independence, Mo., re ported Mrs. Truman had left there by train for Washington after a 10-day stay at the bedside of her ailing mother. In late afternoon the White House put out word that during his first day at the hospital the President signed 37 of the bills passed by the recent Congress. The implication was that the pa tient was not too sick to do urgent business. Secret service men said the Pre sident was walking around in his bathrobe and pajamas. They said he was lattghing and cheerful, and seemed to be enjoying his hospital rest. Phone Workers Asking Oregon Pay Increases PORTLAND (JP) - Negotiations are under way for pay increases for 4,800 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph workers in Oregon. The CIO Communications Work ers are asking boosts ranging from $4.80 to $22.50 weekly, plus other contract changes. The com pany has offered increases of $2.50 to $4.50. The contract expires Aug. 1. PRICE 5c platform and resolutions prepared Lehman of New York, Rep. Mich-I rVi airman Sn Thr-nAnrm V rzrn t Harriman has committed himself most solidly to carrying on the "New Deal Fair Deal." Yet the President reportedly has favored Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois more than any other. Stevenson, however, appeared to be erasing himself from the pic ture more and more. His most vocal supporters, Illinois National Committeeman Jacob Arvey. said Wednesday night he has "no hope at all of gettmg Stevenson 7o run. Calling the Democrats the great est political party in the world, Truman said no other political or ganization had done so much, so well, for so many people. He said that since 1933, the party had brought the United States "from the depths of weakness and de spair to the heights of national prosperity and international lead ership." Vice President Alben Barkley, himself a candidate to lead this "crusade," said in another mes sage to delegates that the party stands upon a record that "has earned the confidence of the Amer ican people" by its "constructive and dynamic program." CHICAGO (JP) President Tru man was reported Wednesday night to have passed along word that he is not enthusiastic about the candidacy of Vice President Alben Barkley for the Democratic presidential nomination. Truman was described by a po litical friend as finding Barkley acceptable, except for his 74 years. Queen Entertains 900 at Buckingham LONDON (JP) Queen Elizabeth II, resplendent in a diamond tiara and necklace, entertained 900 guests Wednesday night at the big gest party she has given since coming to the throne. The stately affair in the white and gold ballroom of Buckingham Palace was a presentation party for the diplomatic corps. Among those present were U. S. Ambas sador and Mrs. Walter Gifford. Most Forest Blazes Ringed; Two Men Die By The Associated Preaa Dozen of forest fires, one of which killed two men, were burn ing in Washington and British Columbia Wednesday. All were be lieved under control or nearly so but several were potentially dan gerous if the wind should shift or increase materially. The blaze that killed two men Tuesday night on Lookout Moun tain in northeastern Skagit County was described by State Forester Bernard Orell Wednesday as "in good condition." The fire was be ing fought by 250 men. The two deaths resulted when Charles Cook, 20, of Marblemount failed in an attempt to carry his father, Shirley, 45, through the flames. The elder Cook was be lieved to have collapsed from the exertion of the flight. The second major fire, near White Salmon in Klickitat County, which has burned a swath approx imately seven miles long, is be ing controlled by upwards of 100 men and 14 bulldozers. In British Columbia, a forest fire that swept a tiny settlement near Weather Max. Mia. Precijn, Salem Portland San Francisco SI 75 74 88 n 4 M 69 es AH .00 JS .00 Chicago New York Willamette River -1-3 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair today and tonight, little change la temperature with the highest today near 80. lowest tonight near 5. Tem perature at 12-01 a m. wa M derre. No. 112 aippiri Brannan Plan Said Artificial By OVID A. MARTIN CHICAGO (JP)- Spokesmen for two major national farm organi zations asked Democratic platform drafters Wednesday to disavow the price support policies advan ced by President Truman and hi secretary of agriculture, Charle A. Brannan. Both organizations contended the present Democratic adminis tration is depending too much on artificial and restrictive measure in its efforts to make agriculture prosperous. The criticisms were voiced by Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion, and Herschel Newsom, mast er of the National Grange, before a solemn-faced committee of 21 Democratic leaders. Included were some members of Congress who have supported the Truman farm policies. Fighting; Over Civil Rights Meanwhile, the platform writ ers squared away for a bitter fight over the civil rights plank. Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York drew the battle line by predicting; at a news conference that a plank to Northern liking would be writ ten from the convention floor, if necessary. But a Southern leader. Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama, countered by telling a reporter he felt confident the convention will avoid a sectional battle by draft ing a civil rights plank acceptable to Dixie delegates. Lehman and many Northern colleagues want a plank "at least as strong" as the one in the 1948 platform. That one pledged fed eral action to stamp out by com pulsory measures discrimination against Negroes and other racial groups in the hiring and firing of workers. May Bring Rebellion Many Southern delegates who had insisted that civil rights is a purely local and state problem walked out of the convention. Later a States Rights Party, es pousing the Southern viewpoint, was formed. There appeared to be a chance for history to repeat it self at this convention opening; Monday. In his testimony for the Farm Bureau, Kline said the Truman administration had turned its back on the party's 1948 farm plank, which endorsed the principle of "flexible" farm price supports. Under the principle, price floors under crops would be moved up ward when supplies were small on the theory that such action would offer greater production in centives and would be lowered when supplies were large to dis courage production. Hit Rigid Supports Kline said farmer werf "shocked" when after the 1948 election the administration pu.f forward a new farm plan sincV tagged the Brannan Plan to sej up rigid price supports and us subsidies on a broad scale to sup port farm income. "The proposal." said Kline, "double-crossed the farmers ci America." Kline said the Brannan Plan would lead to government regi mentation of farmers. This same criticism was echoed by Newsom, who said present farm program "many times use monopolistic and restrictive practices." The Grange chief also said thai reliance upon price supports ovsr a long period as a means of achieving a "fair income for farm ers" is to admit that competitiv capitalism cannot be mad to work. He said his organization make no such admission. Chief Lake, IS miles north of Prince George, was reported un der control Wednesday. Ten families were made home less by the blaze, but no casualties were reported. t Firefighters controlled another fire near Nanaimo, B. C-, Tuesday night after it burned to within "J yards of two homes at the summer resort of Departure Bay. Sunshine in moderation for th past two days has been the weath erman's answer to a recent beat wave in Salem and vicinity. A mild temperature of 81 degrees was re corded as a maximum Wednesday with a prediction for similar con ditions today. The only forest fir of conse quence reported Wednesday by the State Forestry Department was five-acre slash burn In Coos Coun ty. Closures effective Sunday night are destined for two areas o Southwest Oregon in JiekioA County and three area In Klamat5 County. Entry into such area 1 on a restricted basis.