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Challenge
Filed by
Truckers
A suit asking that the increased
truck tax law, sanctioned by the
voters t the last general election,
become effective Dec. 1, was iiled
In Marion County Circuit Court
Friday.
The suit challenges Attorney
General George Neuners recent
ruling that the tax increase be
retroactive to Jan- 1, 1952. The
act, which would swell state high
way revenues an estimated $1,
930,000 annually, was passed by
the 1951 Legislature and then was
referred to the people. '
Plaintiff in the action filed Fri
day is the Portland-Pendleton Mo
tor Transportation Co- of Port
land- The suit is directed against
Public Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. HeltzeL
New. Retroactive to Jan. 1
Heltzel notified carriers recent
ly that they would be liable for
rates imposed under the law ret
roactive to Jan. 1, plus a penalty
of 10 per cent of the original fees
accrued since that date.
When the 1951 Legislature or
iglnally approved the tax increase,
based on a weight-mile fee, it
set Jan. 1, 1952, as the date the
law would ge into force.
But the truckers contend that
under provisions of the' Oregon
constitution the law, because It was
referred to the voters, did not be
come effective until after the vot
ers approved and until Gov.
Douglas McKay proclaimed the
law was in force. This date was
Dec- 1.
The suit asks that Heltzel be
prevented from assessing any tax
es or ; penalties accruing prior to
Dec. 1.
Claims Law Unconstitutional
The plaintiff alleges the tax
law is unconstitutional. It also con
tends that the ballot title of the
act at the last election did not
mention an effective, date.
The suit was reported to have
received the unofficial blessing of
the Legislative Highway Interim
Committee which recently decid
ed to ask the legislature to for
give the tax tax up to Nov. 5. The
committee said the retroactive tax
would place too heavy a burden
on some truck operators.
The plaintiff contends the suit
is brought in the interests of all
trucking in the state.
2 Pedestrians
Injured When
Hit by Autos
Two pedestrians were struck
almost at the same time by autos
early Friday evening in Salem, and
both were Hospitalized.
One accident occurred at Com
mercial and D- Streets and sent
Mrs. Katherina Bilde, 69, of 1397
N. Commercial St., to Salem Mem
orial Hospital with a fracture of
the right leg. Driver of the pickup
which struck her, Gerhard Leo
Bortilt, 1170 N. Front St- told
investigating officers he was blind
ed by lights of oncoming cars
and' didn't see the woman cross
ing the street. No citations were
issued. ,
Officers also reported that four
autos coming upon the accident
drove over flares set out to warn
of danger, Several bystanders were
endangered Jby this driver negli
gence, police said
The second accident sent Mrs.
Leota Hunt, 53 of 1491 Franklin
St- to . Salem General Hospital
with fractures of the right leg,
right arm and pelvis. She was
struck by an auto driven by Sid
ney Herbert Wasserman, 295 For
est Hills Way, at Rosemont and
Edgewater Streets. No citations
were issued.
Both women were reported in
"fair" condition by hospital au
thorities Friday night
Animal Crackers
Bv WARREN COOORICH
MSh! They're elopirtflr
The Oregon
McKay on Way
To Somewhere
By Some Means
A mysterious change in plans
late Friday caused Gov. Douglas
McKay to cancel his train reser
vations for Arizona and leave the
state with no word of his destina
tion.
Gov. McKay was scheduled to
leave with his wife on the 6 p.m.
train Friday for the annual West
ern Governors Conference at Pho
enix. He apparently changed his
plans at the last minute and call
ed his secretary to say he was
leaving Portland via airline.
check at the Portland airline ter
minal revealed no record of the
governor leaving there.
At home Friday evening, Mrs
McKay .said she had "no com
ment" about the governor's de
parture. State police reported ear
ly Saturday morning that they
took the governor to Salem Air
port Friday, but they could say
nothing else about the trip except
he was travelling under "sealed
orders."
Officials of United Air Lines
said they had no record of the
governor leaving on any flights
here Friday. Whether Gov. McKay
could have taken one of three mi
litary flights which landed at Sa
lem Friday was not determined by
early Saturday.
Drink Law Plan
Completed by
Liquor Board
Recommendations on adminis
tering the liquor by the drink law
approved by the voters at the re
cent general election were com
pleted by members of the State
Liquor Control commission at a
Salem meeting Friday.
These recommendations will be
submitted to. Senate President
Paul Patterson, slated to be Gov
ernor on the retirement of Gov,
Douglas McKay and to Sen. Eu
gene Marsh, McMinnville, ' and
Rep. Rudie Wilhelm, Portland,
who will preside over the Senate
and House at the 1953 legisla
ture.
Briefs on laws in 11 other states
having somewhat similar laws to
the one enacted in Oregon also
have been completed by attorneys
for the Liquor Control Commission.
The commission authorized that
copies of these briefs, be provid
ed for all members of the Senate
and House Alcoholic Committees
and to- all members of the legis
laturc who want them.
W. A- Spangler, Klamath Falls,
who recently succeeded Robert L.
Elfstrom as chairman of the com
mission, said no details of the
recommendations would be releas
ed prior to submission to the legis
lative leaders and the governor.
W. H. Baillie, adriilnistrator for
the commission, reported j that a
survey involving liquor law viola
tions during the past four years
disclosed that sale of liquor to
minors is on the decrease.
Spangler declared that while
this problem, probably the most
serious of any before the commis
sion, can never be licked entirely,
he felt that satisfactory progress
could be made if the commission
and its staff continued to bear
down on tavern owners.
"A large majority of tavern
owners are honestly endeavoring
to comply with the law but there
are some bad eggs in the group,"
Spangler continued. "It is these
few that must be driven out of
business. They are a blackeye to
the industry."
The commission will meet next
Jan-15.
Tunisia Labor
Leader Slain
TUNIS, Tunisia W Assassins
who struck from a motor car Fri
day killed Farhat Hache-?, 39, Tu
nisia's top labor leader, an out
spoken advocate of independence
and a trusted adviser of the Bev
of Tunis.
They machinegunned Hached
about 8:30 a. m. as he was driving
his car into Tunis from bis home
about five miles outside the capi
tal, then bashed in his head.
Two men working in a nearby
field witnessed this Ltest violence
in a year of ferment that has seen
11S others killed and 619 wounded
in this French North African pro
tectorate.
Nervous French officials de
creed a curfew from 8 p. m, to
a. m.
The labor federation announced
it was calling a three-day general
strike, f Many store in the Arab
quarter of Tunis closed,
The , assassination ca-ne while
Jean de Hautelcloccrue. French
resident general in Tunisia, was in
Paris .rMppin with the French
government new plans to crack
down on terrorism. -' -
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Statesman, Salem, Ore.. Scrturdcry.
Health Leaders Confer Here
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Stan dine at a map ef Oreron hospitals are leaders In the Oregon
Rural Health Conference meeting In Salem now. They are, from
left. Dr. Robert F. Day. conference chairman, Seappoose; Harley
Libby, Oregon Farmers Union,
gon Farm Bureau; Dr. Edmund
Harold J. Noyes, general chairman.
Lack of Rural Dentists
Blamed on
By LILLIE
Farm Editor,
The Board of Education came
when shortage of dentists in rural areas was pointed out by leaders
of farm organizations at Oregon's third annual Rural Health Confer
ence, which opened at the Senator Hotel.
Ben Buisman, Oregon State Grange, Portland, said that the short
age of dentists has developed at a time when the people of the coun
Salem W oman
Aunt of New
Head of WSB
A Salem woman picked up The
Statesman Friday and learned that
her great-nephew had been named
chairman of the country's wage
Stabilization Board.
She is Mrs. Frank O'Brien ot
476 Union St., a spry and chipper
septuagenarian whose great-neph
ew, Charles Clint Kllhngsworth,
35, grandson of one of her four
sisters, was named to the post
Thursday to succeed Archibald
Cox, who resigned.
Although she hasn't seen her
now-prominent relative- since he
was 18 years old, Mrs. O'Brien
was not "too surprised at his ap
pointment.
"He always was a bright boy,
and his brother too. Hell do a
srood lob."
Mrs. O'Brien has lived in Salem
since 1935. Her husband, who died
14 vears ago. owned a ranch at
Park Avenue and Center Street,
before the city spread out and
took over the "farmland."
Mrs. O'Brien and her family,
Including Killings worth, spent
most of their lives In and around
Springfield and St. Louis, Mo.
She has operated a rooming house
here since her husband's death.
and hasn't been back to Missouri
since she came out here.
Cropduster Gets
17,500 Judgment
PORTLAND VPi A federal
court jury Friday awarded a crop
dusting pilot $17,500 damages for
injuries suffered In a crash on
June 3, 1950.
The suit was brought against the
Ace Flying Service, Salem, by El
din B. Lambert, a pilot for the
company at the time. He said he
was required to fly too close to
treei tops in the orchard he was
spraying.
(Lambert's plane crashed into
hillside and- burned during the
crop dusting work, he was doing
on the Emii Marks xarm nortn
east of Dallas, Ore. He was dust
ing vetch and pea crops. Press re
ports at the time said Lambert
suffered eye and nose injuries.)
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reau. McNary Field. Salem): Rata this
morning, showers this afternoon and
tooisht. Higl today near 44. low to
night near 38. Temperature at 12:01
am. waa 3t degrees.
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Jefferson: Mrs. Walter Hardy, Ore
K. Yantes, Wilmington, Ohio; JJr
State Board
L, MAD SEN
The Statesman
in for a bit of criticism Friday
try had been educated to the need
of dentistry.
The Oregon dental school equip
ment is far behind and the Board
of Education has built music and
speech buildings and beef barns
while the dental school has had to
go begging, he said.
Need of doctors in rural com'
munities was also decried by ru
ral leaders.
"If you want good doctors in the
rural areas, you've got to sell the
idea to the doctors' wives," Dr.
Edmund K. Yantes, secretary of
the Clinton County Health Coun
cil, Wilmington, Ohio, told the
more than 200 people in attend
ance.
"You don't have quite so much
trouble selling the doctors on a
small community, but the wives
take a little selling before they
realize the excellent points of such
living, he continued.
He told of the organization of
the Clinton Council and urged that
rural health councils be formed
and supported in all communities.
"You can do a heck of a lot
more in your own community
than you can get done by depend
ing upon state and federal help
You know the needs of your own
group, he said.
In answer to the shortage of
doctors in smaller communities,
Dr. Yantes answered that too fre
quently the people themselves
were to blame. "You call your
home doctor out at S o'clock in
the morning on an emergency, and
when you need work done that Is
planned ahead of time you go to
a city physician who probably
can't give you any better if as
good care," he said.
Dr. Harold J. Noyes, chairman
of the Oregon Rural Health Coun
cil, presided at the morning ses
sion, and Mrs. Buelah Moore,
State Grange lecturer, at the aft
ernoon meeting.
(Additional details on page 12.)
Swiss Failed
To Reach Top
NEW DELHI, India OS3) Reli
able reports reaching here Sat
urday from Katmandu, capital
of neighboring Nepal, said a Swiss
expedition attempting to climb Mt.
Everest highest peak in the
world! was beaten back by buf
feting winds and 30-degrees-be-low-zero
cold.
The reports said the Swiss
climbers abandoned their attempt
Nov. 20.. No one has ever reached
the peak of Mt. Everest, more than
29,000 feet high, and returned to
tea about it.
ALCOA Bite in Power
Output Brings Protest
TACOMA m A strong protest
against a 36,000 kilowatt bite from
the Northwest power pool , was
voiced here Friday night. ".,-
The Tacoma Central Labor Coun
cil objected to the new Aluminum
potline which is to be cut in at
Wena tehee by the Aluminum Com
pany of America. r ,
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No. 256
Gen. Mac
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Claims
'Solution'
NEW YORK OB Gen. Douglas
Mac Arthur said Friday night
there is a clear and definite solu
tion to the Korean conflict" with
out unduly increasing casualties
or furthering the risk of world
war.
He declined to disclose his plan
publicly in a speech before the
National Association of Manufac
turers at the Waldorf - Astoria
Hotel, but implied a willingness
to present his views to President
elect Eisenhower.
The former Far East command
er, who withheld any endorsement
of Eisenhower during the recent
political campaign, made several
friendly references to him in his
speech.
He said also it is "our duty
as citizens to rally in firm sup
port of the new administration
to help it fulfill its pledge to re
store to the nation a prosperity
"based upon sound rather than il
lusory considerations.
MacArthur, ousted from his Far
East post by President Truman
and now chairman of the board
of Remington Rand, Inc., said the
present course in Korea was lead
ing toward a world war.
"There has been a material
change in conditions from those
of 20 months ago when I left the
scene of action, and the solution
then available and capable of suc
cess is not now entirely applicable
"A present solution involves
basic decisions which I recognize
as improper for public disclosure
or discussion, but which in my
opinion can be executed without
either an unduly heavy price in
friendly casualties or any in
crease danger of provoking uni
versal conflict.
MacArthur s speech gave no
hint of how the "change in con
ditions might alter the proposals
he made 20 months ago for bring
ing the war to an end.
His proposals then Included
bombing of Red Chinese bases in
Manchuria, blockading the Red
China coast, and utilizing Chiang
Kai - Shek's Nationalist Chinese
forces stationed on Formosa.
Lie Discharges
Nine Employes
And Warns All
UNIHED NATIONS, N. Y. UV
U. N. Secretary eneral Trygve
Lie fired nine more American em
ployes Friday for refusing to an
swer Questions about alleged sub
versive activiti' put to them by
the McCarran committee.
He warned his 3,000 employes
in a formal statement that he
would take the same action in
future cases, as has been recom
mended by a panel of three inter
national jurists.
His action brings to 18 the num
ber sacked during 1952 for the
refusals which the panel told Lie
created a "climate of suspicion."
In a related development, Mau
rice Pate, director of the United
Nations International Children s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF), ac
cepted the resignation of Ruth
Elizabeth Crawford.
She told the committee when she
testified that she had been a Com
munist In the 1930s.
Storm Winds,
Rain Continue
A Western Orecron storm con
tinued to lash Salem with gusts
reaching 44 miles per hour Friday
evening and a total ox ju men oi
rain reported for the day.
Prdirtion bv weathermen at
McNary Field for today indicated
rain in the morning and showers
in the afternoon.
Heavy rainfall through Wednes
dav was forecast in the Weather
Bureau's five-day outlook.
Friday the wind was consider
ably lighter than Thursday's when
gusts reached 70 miles an hour on
the coast. '
State police reported early Sat
urdav mornine there was about
one-inch of snow on the highway
between Tansent and Harrisburg
and an Albany telephone operator
said that snow was failing -quite
hard" there early Saturday morn
ing. Pittsburgh Blast
Kills 3 Children
rrXTSBURGO VP, A relent
explosion which Fire Chief
Stephen Adley said was set off
by a gas accumulation reduced
a - three - story hosse te bomb
like rabble in the northaide see
tion ef Plttaburrh late last night.
At least three children were -killed
and three ethers are misa
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Spreading War, He Assures
Mamie Just
Glad It's Over
NEW YORK Ufr Like any wom
an at vigil s end, Mrs. Mamie
relief Friday (when she learned her
husband was safely out of oKrea.
"I'm glad that everything's all
right and he's coming home," she
said through a secretary.
Mrs. Eisenhower heard the news
on a radio broadcast at 7 a. m.
(EST) then she settled down hi a
housecoat in front of the television
set in hopes of seeing her husband
on the screen.
She did not see reporters but
issued a statement im which she
said:
"I am very grateful for the pray
ers that have been offered by peo
ple all over the world for the safety
of the general and those who are
accompanying him."
3 GIs Aghast
As Ike Eats
Beside Them
By 8AM SUMMERLIN
WITH U. S. THIRD DIVISION
IN KOREA (Delayed) UP)
President - elect Dwight D. Eisen
hower sidestepped the generals
Wednesday,, and ate Army chow
with three awed U. S. soldiers
seated in the icy open.
Cameras clicked as he sat on
a pinebox, and cleaned up a meal
of grilled pork chop, sauerkraut
and pie with evident relish.
The three soldiers were so flab
bergasted they hardly opened their
mouths, either to eat or speak.
They are Sgt. Jack R.Hutcheron
of Frankford, Mo.; Cpl. James A.
Murray of Muskogee, Okla., and
PFC Caster Skudlarck of Avon,
Minn.
Eisenhower had stood in the
chow line like everyone else and
enlisted men dropped the food on
his plastic tray. Then he walked
with the three soldiers.
Eisenhower chatted and laughed.
He asked the three soldiers about
the war, rotation and Army cook
ing. Their answers, if any, were
lost In the general confusion
around them.
Once Eisenhower looked up at
the news cameramen who were
shooting pictures.1
"You fellows sure do make It
difficult to eat a decent meal."
he said. "You should have enough
shots to last six nonths."
Once he remarked to the three
soldiers: "I hit you on a good day
I sure like sauerkraut."
When the meal was done there
was still one more big moment
for the soldiers three.
Eisenhower had cleaned his tray
when a major came up and told
him the generals and other mem
bers of the Eisenhower party were
eating in a nearby tent.
"You mean all the brass is in
there? Eisenhower asked, flash
ing his famous smile.
He asked if the three soldiers
could come with him and the
major quickly said "Yes, sir."
The President - to-be and the
three soldiers, in winter battle
grab and rifles slung over their
shoulders, headed into the"brass"
tent.
After the Eisenhower party, had
left, an officer nrticed the three
soldiers, still rather bewildered by
their moment in the limelight.
"Take care of those boys," the
officer told Lt, James Boatner,
son of the general whostamped
-out Red prisoner riots on Koje
Island.
"Those boys will be in a daze
for a few days," the officer add-
ed.with a smile.
Son Serves
As Ike Aide
WITH U. S. FIRST MARINE DI-
day smilingly reprimanded Maj.
John Eisenhower for straying too
for from his father, the president
elect.
"You're the general's aide." Van
Fleet told John, "That's your Job.
Photographers had asked Dwight
D. Elsenhower to pose with his
son. Twice, Dee looked around but
John had wandered away from the
big crowd of visitors and top brass
touring the Marine division head
quarters. John, a major with the U. S.
Third Division, had been given
leave to tour with his father.
A few minutes before the Eisen
hower party took off to inspect
another unit, John showed up at the
division airstrip.
"I'm proud of all these Army
brats," remarked Eisenhower,
smiling at his tall son. He also
mentioned the name of the son of
Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey, the draft
husband: was safely out of Korea,
director. Young Hershey was
wounded while fighting in Korea.
VENEZUELA STRIKE FAILS
CARACAS, Venezuela (Jf) An
attempted nationwide strike which
the new provisional government
blamed on its political opponents
appeared today to have failed.
TREATY VOTE FAVORABLE
BONN, 1 Germany (P)-Parlia-ment
gave a substantial semi-final
vote -of approval' early Saturday
to West Germany's treaties of al
liance with the West.
By DON
WITH EISENHOWER ABOARD THE USS HELENA OFF GUAM
W) President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower (completed a three-day
close hand inspection of the Korean War situation Friday night, flew
to Guam Saturday and boarded the heavy cruiser Helena.
On the leisurely trip home, he will study the information he
gathered. : j
En route to Pearl Harbor, the cruiser is expected to pick up John
Foster Dulles, to be secretary of state in Eisenhower's Cabinet, for a
review of the entire Far East problem. 1
Eisenhower's quest for a "positive and definite" victory formula
in Korea had been rapid-fire and one whicli he said required time
to "digest" the mass of information he had acjcumulated.
He was confident of ultimate success in the war against the Com
munists, but foresaw no quick or
Sailing Home on Cruiser
Eisenhower flew from Korea
time. A few minutes later he boarded the Helena, with tailors and
ship's officers gathered on the deck craning fdr a glimpse of him.
He was accompanied by Adra. Arthur Radford, Pacific Fleet
commander. The Helena pulled away from the dock at 6:30 sum. and
headed eastward.
Eisenhower and his party gathered on the deck in mild 72-degree
weather to sharp contrast to the near-zero Korean temperatures
they had left little more than eight hours earlier, f
Eisenhower was expected to discuss with Dulles the policy his
new administration will take in aiding South Korea both economical-)
ly, and f'ulitarily. - . .'
The general said in a press conference Saturday the South Ko
rean government and people needed outside help in the fight against
tne neas.
Due in Hawaii on Dec.
The Helena was expected to
believed the general would spend
ing back to his New York headquarters
In three dramatic, action-packed days, the President-elect had
viewed the war up close, talked
the ranks and with officials of
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Leaves Rhee More Confident
1. A statement that, while there was no easy solution to the Ko
rean problem, "much can be done, much will be done" to improve the
situation without spreading the war to the Chinese Communitt main
land. -
2. A promise that the South Korean Army will get "bigger and
better" during his administration, and that economic aid will con
tinue. I
3. A vastly cheered President Syngman I Rhee, described by a
spokesman as "more confident than ever" after his talks with the
general. I . ,
Eisenhower also held private dis
cussions about Formosa with Maj.
Gen. William Chase, head of the
U. S. military mission to the Chi
nese Nationalists.
Unarmed and bundled In a parka,
he traveled by jeep and light plane
across razor-edged mountains to
within a few miles of the stagnant
battlefield.
No Panaceas for Peace
Then he left at 8:01 p. m. Friday
night, as quietly and secretly as
he had come Tuesday night.
If the 10,836-mile trip had in
spired a solution of the war that
has raged up and down this land of
cold and misery for nearly 30
months, he did not Immediately
say so.
At a press conference in Seoul
he said that we came over to
learn. We have no panaceas, no
trick ways of i.3ttling any prob
lems."
"How difficult it seems to be in
a war of this kind." he added, "to
work out a plan that would bring a
positive and definite victory with
out possibly running grave risk of
enlarging the war.
"There are many limitations on
a war of this kind, but this much
is certain. . . much can be done
in my opinion to improve our posi
tion much will be done.
Soldiers Gain Confidence
He conferred three times with
President Rhee at U. S. Eighth
Army headquarters-, again on the
battlefield and at Rhees hillside
mansion near Seoul.
The two exchanged notes which
were not made public immediately.
Eisenhower told the press, "I am
far from a defeatist . . freedom is
bound to be successful."
The visit skyrocketed hopes of
soldiers bogged 'down in the near-
zro cold of Korea's third winter
of "war. Soldier after soldier told
correspondents the trip gave them
hope that if a way to peace can
be found,' Eisenhower would find
it.
On his way home, the new Ameri
can president expected to meet oth
er members of his staff and study
the first-hand reports he had re-
ceived "to be better-able to pursue
a policy of supporting freedom,"
he told the news conferee. .
Promises Economic Aid '
American industry, he said,
would be "always . in shape" . to f
give that support.
He promised to give Korea econ
omic, help for a long time to come,
but gave no inkling of his military
plans.
Eisenhower began b'i secrecy
shrouded flight before dawn Sat
urday. He slipped out of New York
and drove under cover of darkness
to Mitchel Field Air Base on Long
Island. i
Members of his 16-man official
party met him there. Included
were Charles E. Wilson of Detroit,
who will be the new secretary of
defense; Gen. Omar N.J Bradley,
chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff; and Herbert Brownell of New
York, who will be attorney general
in the new Republican administra
tion. 1 .
The general's sleek Constellation
carried a double crew of 22 so a
rested hand would always be at
every control. Presidentelect did
not leave the plane until it reached
Iwo Jima. i
At the other stops all members of
the party remained in the official
plane as did those in a second
Constellation which carried mem
bers of the press. Crews hastily
fined the tanks. Then the planes
climbed hastily back into the skies.
(Additional details on page 2.)
PRESS IETTERS HTP, 1
- SANTIAGO, "Chile The
First World Congress of; Newspa
permen, a Latin-American organ
ization, adopted - a resolution Fri
day condemning all restrictions
against freedom of the press, ,
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easy solutior
to Guam, arriving at 5:30 a.m. Guam
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dock in Pearl
Harbor Dec. 11. It was
two or three
days there before fly-
to high military advisers and men in
the Korean republic. He left behind
Navy Secretary
Eases Blast at
AF Criticism
WASHINGTON I m Secretary
of the Navy Dan A. Kimball came
up with a) new blast in the re
curring row between the Navy and.
the Air Force Friday night but
softened his remarks at the last
moment. I
Kimball prepared a speech for
the annual meeting of the Navy
League which was in effect a re
tort to a recent Air Force criti
cism that the nation has "not one
Air Force but four," including the
Naval air arm.
A few hours before the time set
for delivering the speech, how
ever. Navy! public relations offi
cers revised the wording of two
paragraphs ) at Kimball's request.
The amended version read:
"I am somewhat disturbed when
I hear people in a spirit of criti
cism Imply) that when any one
of the services has a weapon that
another service is also using, this
Is a great waste. I disagree with
this.
"Each of the services ha. cer
tain functions and operations
where different weapons are nec
essary. We ) each must use them
as they are suited for our pur--
poses and pur missions. It is ri
diculous to say, for example, that
only one service can use guns, 1
or trucks, or any of the millions
of items that eaci and all of the
services need individually U coma
to a common end which has to
be victory .f
In the original form Kimball had
written that he was "more ' than
slightly disturbed by people say
ing we have four Air .Forces."
He declared . "the airplane Is a
weapon, not) a way of life." i
Assembly Votes Study
i
Of S. Africa Racism
UNITED 'NATIONS. N. Y. (J"
The U. N. General Assembly voted .
S5 to 1 Friday for a U. N. commis
sion study of riotous race conflicts
In' Seuth Africa. Twenty - three
countries abstained, including Bri
tain, the Ui S. and France.
Only the South African delegation
voted against the resolution spon
sored by Mrs. Pandit's Arab-Asian
group. j
These Are Days of
Christmas Values
Salem merchants are offering
the widest; choice of Christmas
merchandise in history these
lays and I The Statesman is
proud of the privilege of pre
senting their story. Special
pages and! special sections of
advertising will be the order of
the day from now until Christ
mas. All business sections of the
city are reporting a fine re
sponse to the offerings of un
usual values. Both the 'Down
town Merehaata Association,
which held its first tag-Santa
event of the year last night'
and the Capitol Shopping Cen
ter, which! presented its Christ
mas merchandising: program In
a special 8-page section of The
Statesman j Friday, are cooper
ating to make this holiday sea
son one of easy and economical
shopping for everyone.