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Weather Max. Ifln, Prerjn. CS Ml . 6S . 81 tras . 69 M traoo so ee .so Salem Portland Saa . Yancisco Chicago New York 73 57 M ' Willamette River -SJ feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather -reau, Mc-Nary iiekt-Salem): Partly cloudy .today and tonight with some early morninir tog. A little warm er today t with the highest tempiw ture near1 M. lowest tontfht near 2. Temperature at 12.01 tun. was ,43 de grees. V VV VV Q3EEEDQS I - Leaders of organized labor have made the Taft Hartley Law the whipping post for all their griev ances. Its repeal has become - a shibboleth, and even the Demo cratic candidate for President, who denies it is a "slave labor" act goes along with the demand for its repeal, though prior to his nomination he called only for its modification. An illustration of how the T-H Law is made the whipping post unfairly, in my judgment may be found in an editorial In the last issue of Oregon Teamster, publication of the Teamsters Un ion. Its heading was: "Justice Ar rives in a V7h eel -Chair Too Late." It cited the following example to , show tte wrong 01 me x-n Law: "More than a year ago auto mobile salesmen in Portland be gan to organize a union. In No vember of last year, an election was held by the NLRB. The auto salesmen won their election and the auto employers immediately launched a campaign of retaliation against the salesmen. . 'Salesmen were discharged for union activity. Dealers refused to bargain with the. union. Union salesmen were discriminated against by their employers. "Of course, the union filed un fair labor practice charges. But not until this July eight months after the first election has the NLRB been able to get around to ordering a hearing in the charges; The hearing will be in September. If the firms are found guilty and ordered to reinstate the men it will be a full year from the time of the first election before that happens." - To the best of my information the procedure of organizing a la bor union, holding an election and citing an employer for uniair la bor practice is the same, under the Taft-Hartley Law as under the 1 old Wagner . ' (Continued on editorial page, 4) McKay Asks For 'Political - ' - Activity' Test Gov. Douglas McKay heatedly denied he has "muzzled" state of ficials and even called Attorney General George Neuner Into the - act. ' " The governor specifically asked Neuner to determine If State Rac ing Commission 1 Steward Cecil Edwards, Salem, Is doing wrong by lending his name to a group ! seeking to retain pari-mutuel bet ting in Oregon. McKay said ihat state depart ments and officials will be al lowed to provide factual informa tion concerning measures on the November ballot But, he added, they won't be permitted to cam paign for or against any measures. Edwards is one of the incorpor ators of "Taxpayers Committee to -Retain Pari-Mutuel Revenue," which was Incorporated Tuesday. "I am sorry to hear the governor has taken this stand,w ( Edwards told The Statesman Tuesday night. "When the racing season Is over and it ended with the end of the State Fair I do not con sider myself an employe of the state. - - . ' " : - Edwards went on .to explain that he is appointed each year by the State Racing Commission. He is paid a daily fee by whatever track he happens to be working, he said. When there is break be tween race meets, he is not paid, he added. A steward is a sort of general supervisor of racing meets. Cast spring before the racing season started, he said, he had in- curred some expenses in attending ( commission meetings and In other work pertaining to his steward - job. 1 " . "I asked for reimbursement,' he said, "and was informed by a deputy attorney general that I was not considered an employe of the commission because the rac ing season was not on." Edwards outlined both sides of the pari-mutuel measure Tuesday night for members of the Marion .'. County Young Republican Club. The governor has been under - Ere from several sources recently because of an order issued several days ago. The order directed mem bers of j the State Highway Com mission ! and highway department staffers to keep out of the fight Involving the big truckers bill on the November ballot. ; t tuov. McKays statement on page 2). Animal Crackers B WARREN GOODRICH TBcthllfW' 102nd YEAB Joe and Jane College Are Bade New to the campus but palling old tricks are these freshmen at Willamette University. According to them the first requirement in any collere course is to see what the other students look like and then try to get at date. Tryinr to make that all important call is Dennis Mnir of Portland. Interrupting (left to right, closest to Muir): Larry Hays of Lakeside, David McKay of Portland, Eugene Mead, of Portland, Bill Freeman, Oregon City, Page Bailey, Portland. I ' ' M t .1(1 j Wx t W I rl I - 1 i On the receiving end of a "freshman's" call is Joyce Kara of Tillamook. Her envious friends are (left They are among the freshmen sow undergoing orientation week at pictured at Lausanne HalL (Statesman Photos.) - ' - Huss in B erlin Lift Blockade BERLIN W)-The Russians ab ruptly lifted their blockade of a highway strip between the Amer ican sector of Berlin and the U. S. road checkpoint to Western Ger many Tuesday midnight. They left a U. S. military police patrol pro ceed without hindrance. The Soviet backdown followed a strong verbal protest by U. S. High Commissioner Walter J. Donnelly to Russian Gen. Vasily Chuikov, chief of the Soviet Control Com mission for Germany. Earlier, heavily armed Russian sentries, brandishing weapons, had prevented American military po lice from driving along the strip. The West recognizes it as part of the Russian Zone, but the Reds have never previously prevented the U. S. from using it as an access road. - SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Tear, Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal -v. 20 M .41 Safe; : Hay - ; (Editor's Note: Greatly increased Ucnway traffic and a system of one way streets have complicated driving la the Salem area, as in many other sections. In an effort to lessen confusion and reduce the hazard to life and property. The Oregon Statesman, in cooperation with the State Traffic Safety Division, is publishing; a series of concise stories explaining laws and good driTlstf habits). What is Oregon's "basic rule"? First, it Is the foundation of this state's speed law. It simply states that you must keep, your car under control by driving at speeds which will make it possible to stop or reduce speed safely to avoid colliding with other cars or persons. In so doing,' you must consider! - " . V - '1..:r''v- ( L Other traffic, i L-Surf ace, width and condi tion of, the highway. . y 3. Danger at Intersections. ' -" 4. Any other conditions which might affect safety, such , as your own physical condition. - s In addition, Oregon, has cer tain "designated' speeds, such as 20 miles an hour in a business rone, 25 miles an hour in any res idential district, and 5J miles an hour on the open highway. These designated speeds are considered reasonable for driving under far- IS PAGES $250,000 More Asked For : County Courthouse The final request for funds Marion County Courthouse will be the Csunty Courtordered Tuesday. The announcement of the special tax levy measure came as pour ing of concrete footings for the large structure in downtown Salem got well under way. The construction contract is on schedule so far, Gasoline Blast Burns Mechanic, ' A mechanic at the Shepard and Zumwalt Equipment Com p a n y, 1260 Woodrow St., was severely burned Tuesday in a gasoline ex plosion. Injured was R. K. Dyer, 2065 N. 4th St who received second and third degree body burns when the tractor on which he was working exploded. Salem firemen surmised the explosion was caused by va pors from a leaky carburetor on the machine contacting .a pipe which Dyer was smoking. There was no damage to the machine or the rest of the plant linovf Kules orable conditions only, and this apparently causes some confusion in the minds of motorists. i It is entirely possible to violate Oregon's basic rule when going 55 miles an hour on the open high way, or adhering to the other des ignated speeds. For example, you can be arrested for going 55 miles an hour, the designated speed, if conditions of the highway or other traffic make 55 an unsafe speed. Boiled down, the basic rule simply means you must exercise common sense while behind-the-wheeL It is important to bear in mind that few cars will go out of control unless the " driver first loses his control over the vehicle. (Editor's Bote: If anyone has any specific question about traffic prob lems, write rt concisely to Safety Edi tor, care of The Oregon Statesman, and it win be answered by personnel of the State Traffic Safety Division, (by whom this series was prepared). either in The Statesman or by pet' sonal latter). Thm Oregon, Stcrtamcnv Salem. Oregon, Wednesday, September Phoning Again -' Willamette University. They are - - - - . . - - . to complete and furnish, the new for ?250,000, on the Nov. 4 ballot, but it is not yet known now long the shortage of steel will delay completion. , . " . Also going in this week Is the 8,000-gallon fuel oil- tank, which will be 16 feet below the basement floor. This tank will hold more than .the contents of a tank truck, permitting purchasing of oil in money-saving quantities. The $250,000 proposed levy, for one year only, is $50,000 higher than the amount previous 1 under consideration. County Court mem bers said this is due to a refiguring of available funds and to rising costs of furnishings. This will ac company the final $85,000 per year levy within the 6 per cent limita tion. . ; . In awarding the contract last spring, the court cut out items bid in at $149,651 which will need to be added to finish the building a second elevator, finishing third floor, paneling courtrooms and floor covering throughout. What these items will cost under new bids is problematical, but the Courthouse Commission felt -that funds should be secured so that they would be in the building be fore it is occupied. Next step in construction, said Claude Post of Vie"sko and Post, general contractor, is bringing most of the basement walls up to first loor level, then proceeding with erecting the north and south wings if structural steel is not available in time. The wings will use only reinforcing steel, while the central portion will require the hard-to-get structural type. ; j Post said about 25 men are em ployed currently on the project, about one-half the ultimate crew. Hoover Hopes to Visit Salem School .Former President Herbert Hoo ver hopes to visit Salem's new Hoover School some Jthne. That' what he wrote to Salem School District in response to letter informing him of. the just completed nine - classroom school bearing iiis name. "Recollection of my boyhood in Salem is among my treasures,' wrote Hoover. - " 1 vmmrii n 1 1 MitcheU,Cain Hold Leads i SEATTLE (SVU. S. Rep. Hugh . Mitchell held a ctpariilv mnnnt. ine lead for th.p Demivrati rnm. ination for governor Tuesday night as returns irom tne primary elec tion rolled slowly in. U. S. Sen. Harrv P Cain rn having no difficulty in seeking itepuDucan renomination lor his job. He had 30,375 r votes in 600 precincts, compared with 7,828 for Carl Viking Holman, Seattle, who had asked Democrats to vote for him since U. S. Hen. Hninr KT Jackson is unopposed for his par ty s nomination lor senator. - . -Trailing Mitchell as the first 600 Precincts of the state's 4 3fi5.amo in was State Sen. Albert D. Ros- seiiini, Seattle. IThen in order came State Rep. Charles Hodde and State Treasurer Tom Martin, with Charles RallsJ Seattle attorney. x mining a puorF ill in. Mitchell Ahead ' Mitchell had; an unofficial tally of 20,599 at this point; Rossellini 15,300; Hodde 5,709; Martin 5,155, and Ralls 2,374. A surprise leader in the Demo cratic race for- congressman-at-large was Donj Magnuson, Seattle newspaperman: and complete new comer m pouucai circles, tie had 8,333 votes in 325 precincts, or al most double his nearest competi tor, John T. McCutcheon of Taco ma, with 4,661 j Mrs. Janet Tourtellotte, Seattle led in the Republican race for the at-large nomination with 7,166 votes. Albert canweU of Spokane was secoqa, wiui 4,ea7 votes, and hlS latPT . Vnto 111 a a mittincr H4 Tourtellotte's lead slighlty. - Jack Westland. IT S golf champion ! from Everett, was an early returns champion in the seccna district; Republican i con gressional raeej With 122 precincts in, Westland had 1,328 votes while Herb Wilson, Everett, his runner up, had 436. I . . Uerao Ra fTln It Was Closer in th TWtnnn-aH racsrwim me party's state chair man, narry nenson, holding a 740 to 600 VfftA loarl Dootson, state legislator from Ev- . il T .a xienson is rrom Fort An geles. ! . . - The first rliieMr battle saw Tom Pellv. Seattle. leading the Republican race with 3,328 votes in 100 of the district's 997 nrecincts. Knnnr.im nn. x hce Judge Roy DeGrief, with 2.- oumson uuuiu led J. Edmund Quigley, Seattle, 2,331 to 858, for the Democratic nod. - L.t. Oov. Victor A. Meyers took and held an pari v laaH nun. tiv, ma's Arthur Paulsen. He was ahead, 14,326 to 8,243 in 485 pre cincts. The GOP lead was held by Emmett Anderson, Tacoma, wjth 15.932 votes. Ford Elviritro hu was runner-upln'that party with Thye Wins In Alinnesota MINNEAPOLIS (Tn-ReriubHean U. S. Sen. Edward J. Thye took a lead of more than ten to one over his nearest opponent In his bid for renomination In early returns from Tuesday's Minnesota pri mary. :( William Carlson led in the race for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor racefor the Senate nomination. t Hop Growers By ULUB L. MADSEN Farm Editor The Statesman ' MT. ANGEL f- Charles F. Bran nan,' U. S. secretary of agriculture, is going to be busy reading his mail for the next few days if all the hop growers who attended a meeting here Tuesday niht carry out their intentions as they left the meeting. - ... , . f. ., of the more than The majority 75 growers, who were present, agreed to wire Brannan urging him to set up a hop support price im mediately "in line with supports on other farm commodities." Marshall, Swearingen, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau, who was present at the meeting, gave his support to the growers, Fred Stadeu and Harvey Ueanr.g fotn of Silvertan, who were responsible for calling the Tuesday night meet ing, reported that they had talked with Brannan Tuesday afternoon by telephone, and that he had not discouraged them, although he made no promises. Brannan told the Silverton men that James Pat- ton, ational Farmers Union pres ident, had called him from Denver, Colo, also on Tuesday to discuss the hop situation. - The two, - he said, would confer, further , on the matter' later in the week. While some of the growers pres ent expressed j disencouragement over the hop situation, the major ity expressed strong - encourage ment that a support would come in time to help with this year's hop harevest Unless the' government helps raise the! present price ' ol hops, growers say they caanot af ford to harvest the remainder of the present crop. In Waslilngton iPriceSupp 10, 1S52 n .A72 Texas Demos Put Adlai On Ballot, But Back Ike AMARILLO (jpy Texas' rebel lious Democrats Tuesday night put AdlaiStevenson's name on the' general 'election ballot, but they asked Gov. Allan Shivers to get out and- work for Dwight Eisenhower. ' The 1,200 yelling delegates roared approval of a resolution repudiating the national conven tion's platform,- making it doubly plain the ballot action was 'no endorsement of Stevenson. This precedent-breaking action came after the convention over whelmingly rejected a plan to make Eisenhower the candidate of the "Texas Democratic Party" and Stevenson the nominee of the "National Democratic Party, r. Never before in history had a , Texas Democratic convention ex School Board to Add ; Teacher, Shift Buses By. ROBERT E.. GANG WARE ' City Editor, The Statesman j ' ' ' Heavy enrolment at the opening of Salem public schools this week led the school board Tuesday night to authorize hiring an addi tional elementary teacher and a half-time junior high teacher. " The board also approved several bus and attendance shifts made necessary by dislocations at the start of the school year. Liberty School will get the new grade school teacher to relieve overloaded first and second grades , in which, 34 and 39 pupils, respect ively, we're counted Tuesday. Since Pringle's first grade is also a big one, some pupils will be trans ported from mere to liberty, it was decided. The half-time teacher Is needed at Parrlsh Junior High where an unexpected high enrolment of 1,117 has been counted. In the board's planning last spring, 12 additional teachers were hired. Expand Bos Service Board members at their meeting last night at the Public School Ad ministration Building also decided to . lighten the first grades at Ba ker and McKlnley Schools by pro viding bus transportation to Bush School forfirst graders and a few Baker third graders who live near the south and west boundaries of Bush's Pasture. This will mean for Bush a fourth first grade room and an additional 'teacher, to be ob tained from Highland School where the enrolment permits. ; Principal bus route change, per mits bus travel to Leslie Junior High for South Salem pupils as close in as Madrona Avenue. Ori ginally it was not planned to transport them. Another change enables junior high students of the East Vista Avenue area to take the school bus from Hoyt Street and Pringle Road. ' Buses Near Capacity -The board instructed its clerk to notify parochial school students who have been using public school buses as paying passengers that the service may have to be discon tinued In areas where bus loads reach capacity. State law allows transport: of private students on public school buses when seats are available. Transportation Director W. J. Buck told the board that Northeast Salem and some other bus . routes may reach capacity very soon. nto orts Quite a percentage of the 1952 hop crop still remains unharvested. they reported. Of the salable 39,- 200,000 pounds of salable hops, 60 per cent still remains unsold, they added. Growers present at the Mt Angel meeting sad that unless soma support was iortncoming soon, many of these would remain unharvested. - Sylvester Schmidt,- Mt Angel warehouse manager, who welcomed the hopmen to, the city ball here, said Ihat "the hop industry 'is in a verr disastrous state" and that unless something was done to re lieve it many growers would be dropping' from "the hop growing picture." He added that there was quite a difference in opinion as to what 'something' should be. "Some," he' said, "feel that w should let it alone and let supply and demand take its course. That we have too many hops and some growers should drop out of the production picture." ; r -That said Sta.lelL might have been all right some years ago, but the world has, changed and there was no reason whythe hop men shouldn t receive support tight along with other commodities as a "lot of hop Industry money has gone ' into the treasury to build support money." - - - A brief, also to be sent to Secre tary Brannan, was being signed at the meeting Tuesday night Growers 'were paying a dollar an acre, - up to $25,' toward the fur therance of too program lor support price. - ... The matter the" growers said. would have to be brought -to a head in tha next Jhreo or four, day. AskBranha Quickly PRICE 5c pressed approval of a Republican candidate for President It acted after Shivers told the cheering, stomping delegates that he is not going to vote for Stevenson and they dont have to either. This paradoxical action came after it had become obvious the convention majority wanted to vote for Eisenhower and dis agree only on how to go, about it The anti - administration Texans blasted Stevenson, President Truman and administration poli cies they said they could never agree with. . The delegates stood and yelled . when Shivers said he "wanted to see an end to Trumanism in this . nation" and "when the contest is between Trumanism and Texas, we choose Texas." New Series of Atomic Tests Due in Pacific WASHINGTON tffl The De fense - Department and Atomic Energy -Commission announced Tuesday a , new series of atomic weapons tests will be held at the Eniwetok proving grounds In the mid-Pacinc this fall. The announcement said the new tests will be "toward the develop ment of atomic weaponsj;' However, there have been re ports that at least some prelim inary form of the hydrogen hell bomb, reputedly a thou sand ' times more powerful than the nuclear fission weapon, might be tried out Joint Task Force 132, which be- Jan forming last winter, will con uct the test under the command of Maj. ,Gen. .Percy W. dark son. The announcement said that only official observers of the United - States government and members of the task 'force will be represented at the tests." RasnickNew Statesman News Serriea Nolan P. Rasnick was elected mayor of tho new city of Detroit at a meeting Tuesday evening of the newly formed city council. Also at the meeting the problem of city water was discussed but no conclusions reached. A total of eight basic ordinances were passed by the council to aid the management of government for the city which covert over 500 acres. Mrs. Bradford Humphries was elected to the post of city record er. Other members of the council include aldermen Lee Howland, Jacob Fischer, 1 Ray Johnson and K. o. RusseiL Next meeting for the council is to be held Monday evening. FLAX PRICE SUPPORT WASHINGTON- W-The Agrl culture Department announced Tuesday it will . support grower prices for 1953-crop flaxseed at an average of $3.79 a bushel for grade number one. This supoprt level compares with the 1952 crop sup port average of $3.77. Western International At Salem 2. Wenatchco I (11 inn.) At Vancouver Z, Spokauo 1 At Victoria J. Lewiston At Trt-City S, Yakima Faelfle Coast league At Saa Francisco 3-t. Portland 4-11 At Sacra men TO uaajana - At Hollywood t Soattio At Saa piajo S. Los AngeUs t American League At St Louis S. New York 4 - ., At Cleveland ft. Philadelphia 1 At Chicaro S-S. Washington t-t. At Detroit 4. Boston ill inn.) - i . National Leagvo At Brooklyn V Chicago T . -At New York 11. Pittsburgh C .At Boston 1-0, Cincinnati 0-J J Philadelphia 4, fit Lou f Detroit Mayor No. E7 010GD Renomination MILWAUKEE Wr-Sen. Josenh R. McCarthy won a smashing pri mary election victory Tuesdayv night that gave' him the GOP - senatorial nomination and rousing support rrom the voters in tus campaign to roof Communists ' from government His chief opponent LenSchmitt- bitterly conceded McCarthy's no mination at 11:50 pjn. as vote returns across the state indicated : landslide for the 42-year-old senator. , " Schmitt said in his statement: "The result- of this election is an appalling thing, x x x What us -important is that a man with the most corrupt record ever made by - a Wisconsin senator is overwhelm ingly endorsed by Wisconsin vot ers." - - At the home of a close friend at Appleton, Wis., a weary but happy McCarthy said: ' "I don't see any real need for - a statement The people of Wis consin have spoken for me. . They - nave given lull endorsment ao my campaign to rid the govern- ' ment of subversive forces that would. destroy it" 1 - Only a little more than a third of the state's 3,224 precincts had ' been 'counted when Schmitt con- i ceded. Later, the scoreboard showed 1,514 precincts out of 3,224: McCarthy 181,238. Schmitt 67,508. - . McCarthy had oiled up more than twice the number of votes received by all five of his Repub lican opponents and the two can didates for the Democratic sena torial nomination. ; , On the Democratic side. Thom as Fairchild of Verona held a two-to-one lead over Henry Reuss of AUiwauxee lor the senatorial nomination. - ; Rep. Murdock Victor PHOENIX, Ariz, (VRep. John R. Murdoch chairman of tho House VTnterior and Insular Af fairs Committee, ; appeared as sured of renomination Tuesday night as he piled up an over whelming 6,046 vote lead over his nearest opponent in Arizona's first congressional district ' Returns from 100 complete pre- - cincts and 130 incomplete out of the state's 504 gave Murdock 13, 594 to 7,548 for Ralph Watkins, , Buckeye car dealer. Joe Hahdman, Phoenix lnsur- anceman, rolled up a 2,009-vote eaa over istate sen. Sam u. Head in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Barry -Goldwater of Phoenix held a 7 to 1 margin in his sweep- toward the Republican nod to the U. S. Senate Vermont Governor "Wins MONTPELIER. Vt M Repub lican Governor Lee E. Emerson was virtually assured of a second term early Wednesday as he won renomination in a close fight with state Senator Henry D. Vail. He captured 10 of tho state's 14 counties in Tuesday's primaries as ne piled up 35,069 votes In com plete unofficial figures. Vail, who became a candidate by filing Just before the deadline, made a strong showing in tho southern part of the state to re reive 32,690 votes. ( - - New Hampshire Winner CONCORD. N. H. Hufh Gregg, 34-year-old veteran and former mayor of Nashua, won the Republican nomination for gover nor Tuesday night on the basis of almost complete returns In tho Njew Hampshire primary. wim omy a nanaiui oz precincts still to report Gregg had a lead of more than 25,000 over his near est trival in the four-cornered GOP contest, Eccles Losing in Utah SALT LAKE CITY WVSen. Ar-' thur V. Watkins, seeking the Re publican nomination for re-election, held a strong lead Tuesday night over Marriner S. Eccles In Utah's primary election. Eccles is a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in tho Roosevelt and Truman adminis- - trations. Watkins sought a second term in the Senate. In the Republican gubernatorial - race, Gov. J. Bracken Lee's bid for re-election amassed, 10,125 votes to 2,155 for Dr. Cyril A. Callister ' of Salt Lake City. Thye 14 pt John Metzger Leads DENVER CTWohh W." Metzger, fiery, former attorney general took a long early lead Tuesday night for the Democratic nomination for governor In Colorado's 'primary elections. Senator Wins By Landslide Metzger,' a personal friend of President Truman, polled 7,658 votes In the first 257 of 1,650-pre- cincts to report in the light vote. State Sen. Ben Bezoff of Denver was second with 4,994. " Gov. Dan Thornton, who has been active in the Eisenhower campaign, was unopposed for Re- -0 publican rertominatton.