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Hi Orwjon Statesman, Scdextv Oregon, Tuesday. September 9. 1352
PRICE 5c
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Auditorium
l ops Salem
By ROBERT E.
City Editor, Th
a S3.uuu.uuu DOna issue lor civic auauonum consirucuon wuuiu
exceed Salem's bonded debt limit, the Salem City Council was in
formed Monday night. . r I .
As a result; the aldermen returned to Salem Memorial Auditor
ium' Association its petition that the Council call a special election
-on the proposed bond issue. The Council asked for a revised petition
DtF
Gov. McKay called Monday to
deny that he had "silenced' he
highway department In the fur
nishing of data relating" to truck
taxation, as was implied m the
heading of yesterday's column. He
explained that his position was
that departments could and should
furnish factual material, bvt
should not go "on the Chautauqua
circuit' for or against pending
measures. Be said he had made
the same request of the racing
commission whose existence is put
in Jeopardy by an initiative to
abolish pari mutuels. .
The California -Oregon Power
Company has been carrying for
ward an Impressive hydroelectric
development program in the
mountains of Eastern Douglas
County in the North Umpqua
River t basin. The development
calls for qonstruction of . eight
dams and power plants in- which
the waters will be used over and
over as they race downwards to
the sea. Four "of the' plants are
now completed,, two are under j
construction and two more in the
plan for future development The
total capacity of the eight plants1
will be 185,000 kw and the cost
will run to $50,000,000, which
seems a very reasonable outlay
per kilowatt of installed capacity.
The guiding genius of the de
velopment is John C. Boyle of
-Medford, vice president and gen
eral manager ot Copco, a veteran
member of its staff. He has per
sonally directed the. planning cad
construction work." The whole
program was recently reported
on by LeRoy B. Inman, city editor
of the Roseburg News - Review1
and? commented on by Charles
Stanton, its editor.
Features of the development
which I seem most appealing are
that! '
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Strike Starts
BURBANK, Calif (P) A strike
which began Monday at Lockheed
Aircraft Corp., brought into sharp
focus an unsettled labor situation
In the Southern California Indus
try which produces many of the
nation s warplanes.
The AFL-International Associa
tion of Machinists which struck
t Lockheed also served a contract
termination notice on Douglas Air
craft Co., making a strike legally
possible there, too, after five days.
Pickets, some wearing shorts in
the hot weather, began marching
at Lockheed's plants at 6 a so. The
union has demanded 14 cents in
fringe benefits, an escalator clause,
union shop and other benefits. The
company has offered 7 cents, plus
2 cents under an escalator clause,
Present rates range from $1.25 to
$2.52 an hour. The union repre
sents a bargaining unit of 25,000
out of Lockheed's 33,000 Califor
nia employes. ,
Animal Crackers
l Bv WARREN GOODRICH
Wasn't It nice of them to tJe.eI
that food on our cs?" '
At Lockheed
Plan
Limit
GANGWARE
Statesman
ana went on recora inai sucn an
auditorium would at least figure
in the city's long range plans.
Fred Paulus, deputy state treas
urer, said the legal ceiling on gen
eral obligation bonds, at 5 per cent
of assessed valuation fixed at a
60 per cent ratio to true value,
would limit Salem bonds to $2,
899,495. Of this, he added, the
city now has $537,000 worth of
bonds outstanding. i
Several aldermen said they con
sidered it unwise to issue bonds
"up to the hilt" and indicated the
possible amount for auditorium
funds suggested would have to be
under $2,000,000.
Could Divide Program
Carl Greider, auditorium group
president, declared the construc
tion program could be divided into
three units. He and others of the
association urged .that the city
pave the way for a separate ex
pression from the public and, if
favorable, appoint a commission to
determine site, get architect's
plans and proceed with the pro
ject. The Council session .last night
at City Hall was presided over
by Alderman Robert F. White in
the absence of Mayor Alfred W.
Loucks who is ill at his home.
In virtually the only major leg
islation of the session, the Council
passed the South Liberty Street
truck traffic bill which, after
amendment, provides that through
trucks originating south of the
12th Street' junction with Pacific
Highway must enter the city via
12th Street Property owners on
South Liberty had complained of
heavy truck traffic through their
residential area.
Ask Law Repeal
Three bills introduced bv Al
derman White call for repeal of a 1
law mat sidewalks be put in with
in 100 days of a street improve
ment, that the Council be em
powered to appoint pro tern offi
cers as needed and that airport
administration be revised accord
ing to 'recommendations recently
received from the city's airport
advisory commission.
A business zone was created on
the north side of Pine Street at
Portland Road for development of
a garage business in what is now
a residential zone. This affects the
L. H. Periman property. " i
Alderman David O Hara intro
duced a bill to allow construction
of an additional apartment unit on
a property at 5th and Locust
Streets. He asked that final ac
tion be taken, declaring that the
property owner had been held up
more than two months due to in
complete information received
from - the city engineer's office in
connection with the project. The
Council declined to suspend rules
for immediate action, so the bill
win come up at the Sept. 22 meet
in. '.
(Additional Council news
on Page 2.)
Underworld '
Kings Indicted
WASHINGTON HV A federal
grand jury Monday indicted un
derworld overlords Joe Adonis
and Anthony J. Accardo for con
tempt of Congress a refusal to
answer questions before the Ke-
fauver Crime Investigating Com
mittee last year. -
Fight counts were lodged
against Accardo, considered to be
the successor to Scarf ace Al Ca-
pone as top man in Chicago's un
derworld. .
Adonis, renuted boss of irambl.
Ing and vice on the East Coast
who is now serving a two to three
year term in New Jersey State
Prison on gambling charges, was
Indicted on 10 counts. Adonis was
subpoenaed under his real name
of Joseph Doto.
GOP Wins in
V i c i o r y IJ3 a
PORTLAND. Me. (JVAgain
Maine Republicans have scored a
clean sweep - in an election
watched for clues to presidential
results in November. ,
But their percentages of the to
tal vote in Monday's state elec
tion - the first In the country -fell
short of "those rolled up in
1948, the last presidential year.
- They elected Gov. Frederick G.
Payne, 52, to the Senate seat of
Owen Brewster, also a Republi
can; State Senate President Bur
ton M. Cross to . succeed Payne,
and returned three congressmen to
office-.- ,...; -
On returns from 545 of 625 pre
cincts, Payne's percentage was 64.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith won in
1948 with a record 71.4. - -
Cross's percentage, in 511 tre-
nm If C T... T 1 1
cinctavwaa S&5. Two Republicans
Bond
Debt
Council Keeps
Firemen Out of
- Politics. Again
i
The City Council kept the
Salem firemen out of politics
again Monday night
The Council voted to allow
Marion County Republicans to ,
hang a caqvas banner at 220 N.
Liberty St but rejected their
request that city firemen put up
the banner.
Last month an issue arose be
tween firemen and the city ad
ministration over their political
rights under city civil service.
Firemen were not permitted to
circulate petitions for a ballot
measure.
Financial Aid
May Be Sought
For State Fail
State aid in financing the Ore
gon State Fair probably will be
sought at the 1S53 legislative ses
sion. Dr. E. B. Stewart, Roseberg,
chairman of the State Fair com
mission, said Monday in Salem.
Stewart said several state fair
buildings are old and will have to
be remodeled or replaced within
a few years.
This cannot be accomplished, he
said, out of the fair profits. The
suggestion has been made that the
legislature approve a continuing
appropriation of at least $100,000
a year until the fair plant is im
proved. One building requiring im
mediate attention is the stadium,
Dr. Stewart said.
This building was condemned
by the state fire marshal prior to
the 1952 fair with the result that
the night horse show was aban
doned. The fire marshal said the
stadium was a hazard to patrons
because of keeping horses on the
first floor within a short distance
of the gates and exits. .
Dr. Stewart said he would con
fer with Gov. Douglas McKay
Tuesday in connection with some
financing plan for -the fair. ;
Court Review
OfPeltonDam
Ruling Assured
- Court review of, the. State Hy
droelectric Commission's denial of
permit for Pelton Dam on the
Deschutes River was gained Mon
day by Portland General Electric
Co. , - - ... - '
Marion - County Circuit Court
ordered the commission to pro
vide copies of Its entire record in
the case by Sept 29. j
PGE asked, in its petition filed
yesterday, for the review and for
an order for tne commission to
set a new hearing on its applica
tion for the dam, make full con
sideration and reach a decision
"without referring to the . Fish
Commission or any other commis
sion of the state for decision or
approval and without requiring
plaintiff to seek approval of any
other commission.
The power company alleges that
the commission erred in allegedly
failing to set and hold a proper
hearing on the application and in
"abdicating its authority to the
Fish Commission inrequiring its
approval of fish conservation,
plana for the dam.
Frank Costello May
Lose Gtizenship
WASHINGTON (JP)-The Justice
Department announced Monday it
"will try to strip American citizen
ship from Frank Costello, dapper
racket czar who came to this coun
try from Italy at the age of four.
Atty.-Gen. McGranery said the
attempt will be based on a charge
that Costello lied by failing to dis
close a jrior criminal record when
he applied for citizenship in 1925.
Costello served a prison term in
1915.
Paine, But
r g i n S I i c e d
running as independents together
got almost 17 per cent and a Dem
ocrat 26.7.
Republican Vice Presidential
Candidate Richard Nixon, while
campaigning here last week, said
Maine's results might affect the
outcome of the presidential race
Any big drop from 1948 victory
margins, he said, would be a blow
to friTpf and Gen. Eisenhower.
As unofficially tabulated, the
votes stood: .
For Senate: Payne 107,264, Dem
ocrat James C Oliver 45,444, in
dependent Harry W. Boyker 1,227
and Republican - Indepen dent
Neil S. Bishop 24,270.
It's been 18 years since Demo
crats have elected, a major office
holder, in Maine. But in all that
time, the nation has continued to
go Democratic.
Blasts -Mints
Governor Slaps
At 'One-Party
Press' System
PORTLAND V Gov. Adlal
Stevenson told a group of editors
Monday that talk of war to free
the captive nations behind the
flron Curtain is "one of the most
mischievous ideas that has been
injected into this . campaign.'
Stevenson made the statement
in answer to a question from the
audience after a luncheon appear
ance and speech here.
, The question may have stem
med from a speech . before the
American. Legion convention last
month by Gen. Dwieht' Eisen
hower, the . Republican candidate
for president. Eisenhower pro
posed the United States tell Rus
sia "with cold finality 'that this
country will never finally recog
nize the enslavement by the "Reds
of the previously sovereign na
tions of Europe.
The question today was: V
"Is it your opinion that either
political party can give assurance
of liberation to the captive peo
ples behind the Iron Curtain with
in any foreseeable future?
Stevenson replied, after asking
whether the discussion was on or
off the record: .
Answers "No"
"I shall answer that question
in one syllable no! v
"It is a very difficult question
to present to me. I should like to
talk about it for a half an hour.
The inference that a war of liberation-
to liberate the captive
populations behind the Iron Cur
tain seems to me one of the most
mischievous ideas that has been
injected into this campaign. Mis
chievous 'not only in the sense of
positive danger to the people, at
tempting to be liberated. ' :
The-governor, Democratic can
didate for the presidency, was
the speaker at, a luncheon for
Oregon newspaper and radio edi
tors. . :- , "
His prepared text dealt with
the progress of the campaign and
he said he faces a hard fight but
believes the Democrats are "gain
ing steadily.
"One-Party Press
He expressed concern, also
"when I see the extent to which
we are developing a one-party
press in a two-party country."- He
said, however, that he has been
"impressed by the fair treatment
accorded to me by most news
papers, including those , aligned
editorially with the opposition.
About 140 Oregon editors and
publishers were present There
was some laughter but very little
clapping during Stevenson's
sneech. However, he was given
loud applause at the end of .his
prepared talk. .. -
Shortly before leaving for1 Seat
tle he spoke at a Democratic party
rally, shifted from a picnic ground
to Benson Tech auditorium be
cause of rain earlier in the day. ;
The ,l,850-seat auditorium was
filled and a hundred or more per
sons stood at the rear and cheered
frequently as Stevenson made
sallies against what the called the
two Republican parties which he
said achieved an "armistice in
their Chicago convention.
- N
EN. Bootleg
System Bared
NEW YORK UP) United Na
tions personnel and American of
ficers in service clubs were charg
ed Monday by a liquor . dealers
group to be bootlegging tax-free
liquor to 'civilians. i
The charges came from officials
of the National Retail Liquor Pack
age Stores Association, inc. as
the dealers opened1 a week's con
vention. - . ;
U. N. spokesmen denied any
bootlegging by its personnel. They
suggested unofficially the dealers
were just mad because they are
being by-passed on some liquor
sales. - . '"
Top brass in the U. N. and mem
bers of foreign delegations are
permitted to ask for and receive
specific allotments of tax-free it
quors from state warehouses. , ,
- Western International
At Victoria 11. Lewistoa 1 "
At Vancouver - Spokane, postponed
- rain.
Only fames scheduled .
. -.
- V- Pacific Coast Leagve '
At San Diego 1. Los Anfelcs I
At Hollywood . Seattle 1- .
Qnljr fames scheduled
; American League
No games scheduled , ,
' National Learae
Kt New York 1-3. Brooklyn 1M
Only games scheduled .
Open
ing Day Enrollment
(Public Schools 504 Over Last Year
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The first day of school isn't attracting all the attention It should at
least-aa far as Steven Cameron,
prefers to think of the "bra: one"
first grade at Richmond.
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Stumped for an answer to her teacher's question Is Patricia Whiter 11,
who claims "she s been a war from scnool loo tone to rememoer
much. Steven Smith, however, thinks he knows the answer. They
are sixth graders at Richmond. , . - -....
jndy Fetters, tils an TanwiUisg
n fanldn't resist makisc use
Both ere in t the fourth grade
Statesman Photos). .
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War
Starts Early
J
6. is concerned. He apparently
day of summer. Steven Is In the
horse to Danny Cooper's coachman.
of cer plctails for a pair of reins.
at Cichmond elementary sehooL
4
of -Lib
at Salem
Salem public shhools - opened
Monday with 504 more students
than appeared at opening day last
year. i -
The first-day total at 27 schools
of Salem School District was 8,
510, including the enrollment at
four schools which were, separ
ate districts until they consoli
dated with Salem last winter. The
starting population at the compar
able . schools in 1951 was 8,006.
(Parochial school story on page
2.) : - ;
: Senior and Junior high school
enrollment was considerably
higher than predicted, but the ele
mentary, grades filled iup just
about as expected, reported Sup
erintendent I Frank B. Bennett.
A major development due to
crowded school facilities will be
at least one regular class out of
regular school hoars, for 7th grade
boys in Parrish Junior High's in
dustrial arts course.
This . was predicted, however,
and was earlier authorized by the
school board. Prin. Carl Aschen
enbrenner, through parent -. con
ferences, was lining up a special
T:50 ajn. industrial class. The
boys taking it would be dismissed
from, school at 2:45 pan. instead of
the usual 3:40 pm.
Odd Distribntlon
Reason for the extra class is
full use of the industrial shops at
Parrish and a freakish distribution
of the 7th grade In. which there
are 55 more boys than girls, As
chenbrenner said. .
utner possible , trouble snots
where some shifting of pupils may
become necessary are - "the first
graaes at Baker, McKinley and
Liberty Schools, all of which are
considered quite full already, ac
cording to Superintendent Ben
nett. ";:.r...v ..
Enrollment. at the district' two
new schools, Hoover and Rose
dale, proved about as exiected.
with 197 reportine to Hoover on
Tess Avenue' east of .Englewood
and 69 at Rosedale south of Sa
lem, Hoover School has relieved
crowded Englewood. - Lincoln.
Washington and Swegle Schools,
saia iienneii. .
Rosedale population combines
the former Rosedale. ProsDect and
Ankeny Districts. With finishing
wotk sun m progress, Kosedale
pupils merely registered there
Monday; their classwork starts
today. -
First Six Grades
At Lincoln and Zena fn PnTt
County, the (first six grades are
split between the two schools, with
first three grades at Zena. At all
the recently consolidated ' schools,
the 7th and 8th graders eo to thrw.
regular Junior highs.
Additional enrollment is ytwH:.
ed to filter into most of the
schools -over the: coming weeks.
Last year schools opened with a
duo-gain over 1950, then picked
up 350 students in the first six
weeks. , -
Here arc the enrollment
parisons between opening days
yesterday and a year ago:
elementary
Auburn
Baker
Ja itsi
. 100 82
. 102 78
.522 BU
. 91 MS
. 168 140
. 204 S04
.103 77
.873 S58
. 197
. 178 157
. 190 280
. 278 . r 453
. 83 81
. 144 145.
. 284 331
.35 37.
. : 63
.298 287
. 149 16
. 285 323
. 323 321
. 48 38
Bush
Englewood
Garfield
Grant
Hayesvillo
Highland
Hoover
Liberty
.Lincoln
McKinley
Middle Grove
Pringie
Richmond
Roberts
Rosedale ,
Salem Heights
bwegie
Washington
West Salem
Zena-Lincoln
ELEMENT AKY TOTAL 4403 4,528
- - Jonior-Senior Hirhs
Leslie JHS 712
727
987
130
1642
Parrish JHS 1103
West Salem JHS 154
Salem High School
GRAND TOTALS .
.1733
,518 8,M
Salem Sector
A real : suggestion - of rain, to
talling .19 of an Inch moistened
Salem and vicinity Monday and
acted as a fore-warning of things
to come -with continued showers
oredicted for this morning. .
A recorded .03 of an inch late
in August broke a 55-day con
tinuous rainless period. Monday's
rainfall halted farm labors in the
area and, coupled with the return
to school, shortened the Immedi
ate supply of pickers. Clearing
weather in the afternoons and
possibly later in the week was
hoped for oy larmers w improve
the labor situation.
SALEM PXECTPTTATIOJ
Him start af Weather Tear. Sevc. t
This Year Last Year Mormal
J M 07
Rain Moistens
: .
iStevensonCalls
SEATTLE IB Gov. Adlai E.
Stevenson called Monday night for;
big-scale development . of Ameri
ca's natural resources under an
"eagle-eyed and tight-fisted' fed
eral spending policy measuring
each project's essentiality to the
common good, not Just 'local in
terests." The Democratic - presidential'
nominee told a capacity crowd of
6,700 persons in the Civic Ice Are-"
na that in all cases the yardstick -for
spending the public's money!
must be whether "the benefits of'
public investment accrue to the t
general public" and not to just
certain areas. . J
Before turning to his prepared
text, he hit again as lie has
done , repeatedly on this Western ;
campaign tour at Republican :
charges of corruption in the ad
ministration, and the GOP conten
tion that election of Stevenson
would not assure a house cleaning. ;
As far as I know," Stevenson
said, "nobody is running on a pro
corruption ticket"
More Development
Stevenson pledged that as Presi-"
dent he would work for - further '
development of -America's re-"
sources-so that "there will be no .
halt in the process that has made
us Jthe richest and most powerful -nation
, in the world.
But he added that the return
from investment of public funds,
"must be real, not hypothetical,
and the gains must be national not
merely local." Then he said: '
"We must be eagle-eyed and
tight-fisted about these expendi
tures. The mr gic phrase 'engineer
ing feasibility and the blessing of
the local interests are not enough -
to justify a public project. :
"It must pass the harder test :
of comparison would this money
be better spent on rehabflitatina
eroded farm land in the South or
exhausted range land in the West,
rather than on .-eclalming a
desert? .
Is This the Year?"
"And - it must pass another.
more immediate test is the com
ing fiscal year the one in which to
start this investment of public -funds
at aU?"
He said the whole matter of
spending for such projects needs
careful judy.
in saying the Democrats have
had the help of a "minority of
progressive Republicans in de
velopment of the West's resources.
Stevenson singled out the late Sen.
Charles ' McNary of Oregon, and
then in obvious reference to one
of Oregon's present OtO.P. sena-.
tors, Wayne Morse, he said said
without naming Morse that ha
never let his Republicanism stop
him from voting for Democratic
policies."
RedsKeepHold
On Capitol Hill
SEOUL. Korea (A South Ko
rean infantrymen in the fourth day
of battle with bullets, bayonets
and fists battered in vain early
Tuesday at Chinese Comunists on
Capitol HilL
The Reds up to Monday . night
had churned the hill on the East
Central front with their greatest
artillery and mortar shell aval
anche of the war 48.000 rounds .
by estimate of American military
For Careful
Sp ending Policy
observers. ,.
Meanwhile, the air war contin-
ued. at high speed. Allied Sabre -Jet
pilots reporting they downed
five Russian-built MIG Jets Mon
day, the fifth day of their 'duels
with the Reds.
Mother's Funeral
Rites Telephoned
rTo Gold Hill Man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (M-An
Oregonian who could not get here
for his mother's funeral services
beard them anyway via tele
phone to Gold, Hill, Ore. .
Carl Dowless in Gold Hill ar
ranged for a special telephone
hookup- from the funeral chapel
here Monday during services for
Mrs. Amelia F.- Dowless, who died
Saturday at the age of 79.
The services lasted ' about 40
minutes. Mrs. Dowless was the
widow of a Methodist minister,
the ReV, David E.. Dowless, who
died in 1934. ,
S ARMED BANDITS HELD ' j
? ROME (JP) Police arrested a
three - armed pickpocket Monday. J
The said ' Francesco Pileggi, 32,
wore an artificial right arm in a
sling to divert attention while his
good right hand pilfered victims
in a crowded street car.