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Thm Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. Saturday. December 13. 1952
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MAN FRANCISCO A doctor at the Saa Francisco Marine Hospital
checks the legs of Dale Ann Stunmerfield, 3, who was believed in
jured when she was taken from the sinking Norwegian motorship
Ferns tream In San Francisco bay. The tears, it was found, came
from fright, not injuries. The
with the freighter Hawaiian Rancher in a heavy for. The 54 per
sons aboard the Femstream were
Statesman).
Church Council Seeks
'Honest Negotiation'
To Quell
By GEORGE COR.
DENVER un America's big
gest church organization u 0ed the
nation Friday to stick to "honest
negotiation" for settling world dis
putes despite "the most exas
perating oi jsition."
In the first message of its kind,
the National Council of Churches
of Christ in the U. S. A. said:
"We must zuard against com
rfacency or recklessness which
might lead to world conflict. . .
We must reject the theory that a
third world war is inevitable."
The "letter of the Christian peo-
CRT
rcPCD
UNITED NATIONS, New York,
Dec. 9 When Congress or a Leg
islative Assembly passes a law it
is a law, and its enforcement is in
sured by the courts and if neces
sary by the police iorce unitea
Natons does not pass laws. It pass
es resolutions. Familiar as we are
with the resolutions of political
Dlatforma we may regard resolu
tions as of little moment. And res
olutions of United Nations are not
self-executing. They are, in effect
recommendations.
Sometimes these resolutions are
ignored for example, part of the
trouble in Pales tin 3 is due to the
failure to members to put UN res
olutions into effect. And South
Africa has started that since it re
gards resolutions dealing with race
relations within its country as out
side the scope of the Charter, it
will treat them null and void.
However, lacing in absolute au
thority as they may be, UN res
olutions may receive the most
careful attention in their prepara
tion. Committees haggle over
words and phrases and paragraphs.
Amendments are offered without
stint; and it is rare that fa reso
lution emerges in its original form
on adoption.
A resolution is composed of two
parts, the preamble paragraphs
and the ODerative nnra pranks. Th
first part la sometimes called the
Consideranda. In this portion the
paragraphs are headed with parti
ciples: -Considering that . . .
or -Noting that ...."or "De
claring that .... Then follows
the "bite" fx. the operative
(Concluded on editorial page 4)
Animal Crackers
3v WARREN GOODRICH
l "tovt you. too, George but
please, no tnorit fur coots.
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Femstream sank after colli dinx
saved. (AP Wirephoto to the
World Woes
pie of America" marks the first
time such a broad cross section of
Christian churches have joined in
such a comprehensive declaration
Policy on Many Topics
"It's never been done before be
cause we were not sufficiently
united," said Dr. John Mackay of
Princeton, N. J. "There never be
fore was a corporate Protestant
voice."
Mackay, president of Princeton
Theological Seminary, headed a
c 'nii' which drafted the mes
sage.
Adopted unanimously on the
closing day of the council's general
assembly, the message seeks to
present a Christian answer to
widely varying Questions on
schools, government, foreign pol
icy, racial equality and other mat
ters. - - - " "
The council, representing 30 de
nominations with nearly 35 million
members, also elected a new pres
ident. Martin New President
He is Methodist Bishop William
C. Martin of Dallas, Texas, a 59
year old, one-time country preach
er who has risen to become next
in line for his own denomination's
highest office, president of the
Methodist Council of Bishops.
The 3.000-word message was
adopted without dissent, after sev
eral changes, most of them minor.
At the suggestions of Jack Pier
son, a St. Louis Episcopal layman,
a phrase was inserted condemning
"character assassination," in addi
tion to previous portions opposing
any forcible suppression of free
thought and expression.
A section which some church
l.aders predicted would cause de
bate went through without discus
sion. It urged Bible readings in
public schools to deepen religious
awareness.
Probe of Balked
NW Power Sales
Asked, Magnuson
By FRANK W. VAILLK -WASHINGTON
11 The Pa
cific Northwest's public versus
private power nght brought a re
quest Friday for a Justice De
partment investigation of activi
ties of private utilities in the sale
of Puget Sound Power and Light
Co. to six public utility districts.
The request was made by Sen.
Magnuson (D-Wash). He said he
had been advised that the Wash
ington Water; Power Company and
other private utilities campaigned
to block the sale of Puget.
Puget operates in Western
Washington and Washington Water
Power in Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho.
O'Raalley Work Lauded;
Parole Changes Asked
PORTLAND UFi A prison au
thority Friday praised the work of
Oregon's prison warden, Virgil
0MaUey, in the 14 months he has
held the post.
Dr. Norman S. Hayner. a mem
ber of the Washington State Board
of Prison Terms and Paroles, said
that prison conditions at the Ore
gon institution show signs of im
proving. Oregon's prison, in recent
years, has been at the bottom of
the list among those on the Pa
cific Coast.
Hayner told the Circuit Judges
Association of Oregon that in some
respects the Oregon prison is lead
ing that of Washington by a good
margin, notably in the matter of
case loads carried by individual
parole officers."
He said Washington's case load
average in 1351 was 200 per offi
cer. Oregon's was 100. The Wash
ington load now is down to 135
and a goal of 95 Is the aim.
Hayner. said the major croblem
of the American penal institution
Ike Said
led
By Blast
By DON WHITEHEAD
HONOLULU Or) President
elect Dwight 'D. Eisenhower is
shocked and puzzled by President
Truman's blast at bis trip to Korea,
it was learned Friday, but is de
termined not to become involved in
any public wrangle with the
President.
From sources of the highest re
liability, it can be said that Eisen
hower feels the Truman blast at
him was uncalled for. undignified,
and should be ignored.
Truman told a new conference
Thursday that the Eisenhower jour
ney to Korea was the result of
Dolitic&i demaeoeuery and de
clared Gen. Douglas MacArthur
should lay before the administra
tion any Korean peace plan Mac
Arthur may discuss with Eisen
hower.
The Dresident-eleet will continue
on the course be has set to find
a solution to the war in Korea
and this will include a study of
MacArthur's proposals along with
others advanced by his advisers
on ways and means of ending the
struggle n Korea.
Determined on Prinsoners
But. it was learned, Eisenhower
is grimly determined that the Unit
ed States will not bring an end to
the Korean struggle unless a truce
calls for the return of American
prisoners of war now held by the
Communists.
And he is on record against
forced repatriation of Communist
prisoners held by the Allies.
These developments came as
Eisenhower was winding up his
last day of talks with key advisers
here before leaving Saturday for
New York.
One source said Eisenhower
feels that MacArthur has a vast
store of information and experi
ence in Far Eastern affairs which
should be considered in formulat
ing the new administration's peace
program.
Will Consult MacArthur
And Eisenhower believes the
American people would feel he was
not being honest and was not get
ting all the information possible if
he failed to consult with MacArthur
on the Korean situation.
Plans for the day indicated more
rest than work, but Eisenhower
was to continue talks with John
Foster Dulles, the next secretary
of state. Gov. Douglas Mckay of
Oregon, who will be his secretary
of interior, and Adm. Arthur W.
Radford, commander in chief of
the Pacific Fleet
Eisenhower and his party will
fly back to the U. S. mainland Sat
urday, leaving Honolulu at noon.
(The Pentagon announced that
he is expected to reach Travis Air
Force Base at Fairfield. Calif.,
before midnight Saturday (PST)
and was expected to reach New
York about noon Sunday (EST).
Dulles, McKay and members of
Eisenhower's staff will accompany
him.
The remainder of Eisenhower's
party of Cabinet msmbers and ad
visers left for home Thursday night
and already are on the mainland.
Freeliill Appointed
As OPS Director
WASHINGTON tfl President
Truman appointed Joseph H. Free
hill of New York as director of
price stabilization Friday.
He has been acting in that capa
city since the resignation of Tighe
Woods Nov. 24.
He Joined the OPS in February
1951 after service as associate coun
sel of a Senate Labor Subcommit
tee on Labor-Management Rela
tions. SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start f Weather Tear Sept. 1
This Tear
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Last Year
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is that of rehabilitation.
"I don't think we shovii give
up hope for anyone, even if they
are nine-time losers, he said,
raid Board Urged
The jurists adopted a resolution
asking the Oregon's parole board
be placed on a budget plan simi
lar to California's. Members of the
California board receive $12,000
annually each.
The Oregon parole board is now
unpaid. Washington has three full
time members, paid $8,500 each.
The jurists alro asked for an in
crease in the starting pay of pa
role officers, and chat staff be in
creased to handle increasing
loads. . . --
- A committee reported ft ; felt
judges should fix the length of
sentences "according to their own
views and as a part of public
duty." - -
Dr. D. K. Brooks, Oregon State
Hospital physician, outlined serv
ices of the hospital, which now
has about 300 patients.!
Pu
Beaver Trapper
Trapped on Isle
By Beaver Work
Statesman News Service
STAYTON A Marion, Ore,
beaver trapper got trapped all
day Friday on an island in the
middle of the Santiam Rivr
near here because of a beaver.
A .W. Fredericks was in a boat
when his craft -truck a tree
which had been felled by a bea
ver. His boat overturned and he
was thrown into the swift-rushing
waters. After floating a half
mile downstream he managed to
climb ashore on a small island
about 10 a.m.
He was there until 7 p.m
when a party of five state po
liceman came out in a boat to
rescue him.
He told his rescuers, "I'm all
through with beaver trapping."
Dallas Postal
Clerk Charged,
Mail Tampering
Statesman News Service
D AULAS A Dallas postal clerk
was under arrest Friday on
charges of tampering with the
U. S. mail.
Held was Allen R. Thurston, 30,
clerk and custodian at Dallas
Postoffice for two years.
Deputy Sheriff Tony Neufeldt
said he and Postmaster Carl Black
caught' Thurston in the act of
opening letters containing contri
butions for Christmas tuberculosis
seals.
Neufeldt said an investigation
had been underway since last
winter following complaints that
certain March of Dimes and Can
cer Fund mail contributions had
not been received by Dallas head'
quarters of sponsoring organiza
tions. Neufeldt said he and Black
watched Thurston through a win
dow and saw Thurston take letters
into a rest room at night while the
clerk was on duty to clean up the
postoffice.
The arrest climaxed a series of
postal investigations since Nov.
25, during which approximately 40
of 69 marked letters disappeared,
Neufeldt said.
Thurston was held at Polk
County Jail and was expected to
be taken to Portland for trial in
federal court.
IL N. Approves
Mild Plan for
Tunisia Strife
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. UPl
The United Nations rejected Fri
day night an Arab-Asian plan for
V. N. help in, settling the bitter
French-Tunisian dispute.
The 60-nation Political Commit
tee adopted Instead a mildly word
ed Latin American proposal which
merely appeals to France to nego
tiate with Tunisia.
The United States and most of
the Western nations voted against
the Arab-Asian plan. The Soviet
Bloc favored it. .
The Arab-Asian nations after los
ing their proposal, then switched
and supported the moderate Latin
American resolution. It carred by
a vote of 45 for, three against, and
10' abstentions including the Soviet
Bloc and Britain.
CASABLANCA, French Morocco
(A Arabs mourning their riot
dead filed to and from the Moslem
Mosque here Friday under the
muzzles of French machineguns
set up as a precaution against new
disorders.
Foreign legionnaires manned the
machineguns. They surrounded the
huge square in front of the Mosque
early on this Moslem sabbath
set aside in memory of the 200 or
more Arabs killed in demonstra
tions here since Sunday and
aimed their weapons directly at
its entrance.
Counsel Urged
For Legislature
The Oregon Interstate Coopera
tive Commission recommended
Friday that the Legislature hire
an attorney and an auditor. . .
Sen. Eugene . Marsh of Mc
Minnville. who will be Senate
president, said the attorney would
draft bills, give legal advice to
legislators, and prepare summaries
of ballot measures. ; '
The auditor Would be a budget
officer answerable ony to the Leg
islature. V '
The commission Is a legislative
committee which meets with simi
lar, committees from other states.
Marsh, a member of the commis
sion, said he got the ideas for hir
ing the attorney and auditor at
a recent meeting in Salt Lake City
of representatives from ; Western
states.
- (Additional details on page S)
Bncrease in
Ashed tW
Permission to increase homeVmajor factor necessitating the in-
telephone rates 10 to 75 cents
month, to provide additional an
nual revenue in Oregon of nearly
$4,000,000, was asked Friday by
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
In "the Salem area, present and
proposed rates (not counting fed
eral tax) are as follows: one-party
line, $5.25 and $5.95; two-party
line, $4.15 and $4.75; four-party
line, $3.25 and $3.80; business one
party, $10.50 and $12.50. Subur
ban residence rates would be $4.05
and farmer-line residence $1.75.
Application for the increase was
filed with the Oregon Public Uti
lities Commission.
E. A. Berglund, Salem manager
of PT&T, said inflation was the
Corregidor's Wainright
Spellbinds Court With
Defense, Provoo Trial
NEW YORK UP) An old war
rior, ravaged by shellfire and star
vation, held a packed courtroom
spellbound Friday as he recalled
his last campaign when he sur
rendered Corregidor in 1942.
"I realized I'd have to do It,
or the blood of all those men would
be on my head," said the old sol
dier, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. (Skin
ny) Wain wright, now retired.
He was a defense witness at the
treason trial of a former sergeant
of his command, John D. Provoo,
who is accused of going over to
the Japanese side after Corregi
dor fell.
Wainwright's chief contribution
to the Provoo defense was his
testimony that he never heard of
any disloyalty by Provoo. And
Wainwright said he, himself, was
forced to , broadcast for the Ja
panese as Provoo claims he
was.
But the drama of this old sol
dier on the witness stand came
as he sketched the anguish of his
last days on Corregidor, pounded
into submission by relentless, ter
rifying Japanese shellfire, half -starved
on rapidly dwindling ra
tions. Corregidor was the low point of
America's recent military history.
The 69 - year - old Wainwright,
straining with a hearing aid to
catch the questions, brought it
vividly alive almost to the smell
of gunpowder and the stench of
death.
He had spectators and Federal
Judge Gregory F. Noonan tense
on the edge of their seats as they
followed the battle in Wainwright's
words.
Wearing civilian garb, Wain
wright leaned on a cane and had
to be helped to the witness stand.
His footsteps were faltering. His
body was gaunt. His hearing was
nearly gone due to a near miss
by a Japanese shell.
Wainwright spent some time in
a prisoner of war camp in Ka
renka, Formosa, the first of the
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and both east and westteud
the bridge via a right turn at
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opened to two-way trafnc -
Mome Telephone Kates
Oregon; Inflation ilanaecS
crease.
The phone company's records
indicate that in Marion County the
telephone investment has jumped
from $2,890,667 in 1945 to $8,218,
599 in 1952; number of telephones
from 9,797 to 22,919; number of
employes from 116 to 423, and the
average number, of local and toll
calls placed daily from 61,142 to
120,322. Annual Marion County
taxes were given as $145,784; an
nual Salem district payroll $1,
533,000. Berglund said half of the in
crease asked would go for federal
income tax.
"Telephone prices have lagged
far behind the costs of most things
or services," Berglund said.
camps where he was held captive
until the end of World War II.
He said Provoo was a mess
sergeant at Karenka but added:
"I had no contact with him."
"While at Karnika, did you ever
LT. GEN. J. M. WAINS WRIGHT
see any act on the part of a pris
oner of war against the United
States?" Wainwright was asked.
"No sir," he replied.
"Was lt the duty of the men
In your command to report any
acts of disloyalty?"
"I don't think any such instruc
tions were Issued," said Wain
wright. "Remember we were pris
oners of war. However, I am con
fident my officers would have told
me.
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Commercial Street. Westbound trame- east PP rWf o .
"The public interest requires us
to maintain good communications
service. To do so we must main
tain our ability to attract new cap
ital from. , investors. Dollars for
telephone plant and apparatus do
not come from the money custom
ers pay for telephone service. They
come from investors and investors
are attracted only by the prospect
of reasonable earnings."
Strauss Boot,
Dam Review on
McKay Plans
SPOKANE (Jl Reclamation
Commissioner Michael Straus will
be one of the first Department of
Interior men to lose their Jobs
when Gov. Douglas McKay of Ore
gon takes over as interior secretary
Marshall Dana of Portland said
Friday.
Dana, who is chairman of the
policy committee for' the National
Reclamation Association, reported
this to a meeting of the Washington
State Reclamation Association.
McKay told him two weeks ago
he wants to replace" Straus with
a "hard-headed business man,"
Dana said.
As secretary of the interior. Gov
ernor McKay will do everything
in his power to carry forward the
development of the Columbia Bas
in, Dana told the meeting.
"He also says I may say the
Hell's Canyon project will be sub
jected to thorough review," Dana
said.
Dana also expressed pleasure
with the 1 Oregon Supreme Court
decision that Paul Linton Patterson
will replace McKay as governor.
"He's our kind of man a demo
crat, with a small D," said Dana
Couple Loses
$1,700, Gets
Quick Return
An unemployed worker demon
strated real Christmas spirit to a
dispirited North Dakota couple
who lost $1,700 Friday night, two
days after they had arrived In Sa
lem. Mrs. Agnes Dworshak, 1848
Court St, lost the billfold contain
ing the money about 8:30 p.m. She
and her husband had lived in Sa
lem only since Wednesday. The
money comprised a good part of
their Christmas funds as well ast
other necessities.
But they hardly had a chance
to make a report of their loss when
James Fenstermacher of 1780 N.
24th St., called the city police sta
tion to report he'd found the mon
ey. He returned it to the couple at
the police station, and they were
more than glad to reward him.
Police said Fenstermacher had
been laid off work Just recently.
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Shelling,
Air Raids
CutRedsf
SEOUL. (Saturday) (jn Weary
South Korean troops "the tough
est little soldiers in the world"
today smashed to the top of shell -
scarred, frozen Little Nori Hill us
Western Korea and drove off
Chinese company which had been
chopped up by savage U. N. air
and artillery poundings.
Engineers immediately rushed
up logs and sandbags and began
setting up fortifications' under a
heavy Red shelling.
The attack was the 10th by the
Republic of Korea infantrymen fa
more than two days of hot battle
for the height, about 40 miles north
of Seoul on the Imjin river.
The Roks' U. S. military ad
viser, MaJ. Howard A. -Trammell.
said the firepower of U. N. tanks,
artillery, infantrymen and war
planes ' had cost the Chinese at
least 1,100 killed, wounded and
captured ' since the Reds first
drove the Roks off Little Nori ami
nearby Big Nori early : Thursday.
Shortly after noon Saturday.
while the South Koreans, were dig
ging in frantically on Little Nori.
Chinese Reds attacked them
through heavy Allied artillery and
Patton tank fire.
At the same time, other Sou Hi
Korean troops Jumped off against
the Chinese, holding Big Nori.
Trammell called the South Ko
reans counterattacking Little Nori
"the toughest little soldiers in the
world." i
A U. S.r; Eighth Army briefine
officer said 303 dead Chinese had
been counted on the frozen battle
field. Allied planes, artillery and tanks
poured out shattering fire on Littie
Nori as the Rok troops slugged
up its steep slopes in their 10t
stab to' win it back.
The South Koreans reached the
crest at 10:15 a. m. after a 15-.
minute battle with Chinese rem
nants atop the peak. In the nine
previous attacks, the Reds had
rolled the South Koreans back with
grenade and rifle fire.
The peaks are gateposts on the
traditional northern invasion route
to Seoul.
Milk Advisory
Board Named.
To Study Act
PORTLAND UFI The State Mil
Control Administration Friday re
ported the names of 19 persons ap
pointed as a milk advisory com
mittee. to the State Board of Agri-
culture.
The "group, which may discus
Eossible changes in the milk mar
eting act, is to meet in the State
Office Building here Tuesday.
The committee Includes t -Consumer
representatives: Mrs.
Bruce Starker, Corvallis; Mrs.
Irene Taylor, chairman of the Af
filiated Milk Committee: Dladys
Everett, Mrs. J. V. Springer, pres
ident of the Federation of Womena
organizations, and Mrs. Edith S.
Green, defeated Democratic candi
date for secretary of state, Port
land.
Producer representatives: Ray
Hobson. Klamath Falls; Arthur
Ireland, Forest Grove; Lester Ad
ams. Apple gate; Hans LoutholdL
Tillamook, and Floyd Bates, Sa
lem. - -
Distributor representatives: HugSa
Gallagher, Marvin Davidson,
Charles Eckelman, all of Portland.
Retailer representatives: Herbert
Hardy, Henry Witt, and E. Wayne
Laird, aU Portland
Technical advisors include. Os
car Hagg, Oregon State College;
Kenneth Sawyer, Portland Cham
ber of - Commerce, and Edgar
Harris burg dairyman. ,
Evangelist Avers
HST Should Have
Made Korea Visit
TOKYO U1 Evangelist BiZy
Graham told a news conference
Saturday that if President Trumaa
and Secretary of State Dean Ache
son "had come over here and
spent some time, we might have
solved this Korean thing 18 mon&a
ago."
Salem Warms Up
To 62 Degrees
Slightly cooler weather was pre
dicted for today by the U.
Weather Bureau at McNary Field
after a balmy cz degrees was
reached Friday.
Prediction for the Salem area
was for a high near 60 degrees
and a low near 42. The five-day
report hinted a prospect of rsia
alter the first of the week.
The warmer weather also in
proved some of Oregon's highway
conditions with the Highway Com
mission advising use of chair
cnlr at Tlmberlina and Auitln.