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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1953)
At t:Jl a. m. Salem time Tuesday, television brought to mid-valley residents this historic picture of Gen. Dwijht Eisenhower (right) being sworn in as President of the United States by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. 102ztd TEAS 2-Irieh Rain Deluges Salem, River Crests Over two inches of rain in a storm Tuesday morning deluged the Salem area, -contributing to an already rampaging Willamette River and tornadic winds hit the Pringle district south of Salem. Lashed hardest in the Salem area by winds of tornado intensity were homes in the Pringle district south of the city whee at least 10 "power poles were blown over and uprooted as well as considerable TPCDOXid "These basic precepts are not lofty abstractions, far removed from matters of daily living. They are laws of spiritual strength that generate ana aezine our maieruu strength."- - So spoke Dwight Eisenhower at his inaugural yesterday. The words set the whole tone of his address Gone were the aspersions and the promises of campaign oratory. Present was the appeal for na tional unity, for international co operation, for reverence for spirit ual ideals. To those who might say he spoke in generalities the answer is that he spoke in terms oz funda mental principles which need to be stated anew at every inauguration for a refreshment of tho convic tions of the people and by way of consecrating his coworkers for the task to which they jointly are called. Some of Eisenhower's sentences are worthy of ready quotation "For in the final choice a sol dier's pack is not so heavy a bur den as a prisoner's chains." "We are summoned to act in wisdom and in conscience; to work with Industry, to teach with per '- suasion." A striking feature of the compo sition of his inaugural was the shortness of its sentences. Here is a sample paragraph: "Since this century's beginning, a time of tempest has seemed to come upon the Continents of the earth. Masses in. Asia have awak ened to strike off the shackles of the past. Great nations of Europe have waged their bloodiest wars Thrones have toppled and their vast empires . have disappeared. New nations have been born.' This is quite a contrast with the rolling periods, the succession of pendant clauses which marked the oratory of old. This is the day of simple, direct speech. It may seem choppy for . . - . (Continued on editorial page 4.) UNESCO DE-EMPHASIZED LOS ANGELES The Los Angeies euy scnooi cusrncr. sec ond largest in the United States, will de-emphasize teaching the ' UNESCO program on the ground ' it advocates One-Worldism over Americanism. , . ... . . , .". Anf riial Crackers Bv WARRtN COODRICH -VfiT OFF VO'U KNOW VOGS AZZHT ALLOWED. OH. TH5 , The I other property damage. The winds were believed an offshoot of the tornado blast which struck Cor vallis earlier in the day. (Story in Column 3.) Officials of Portland General Electric said Tuesday evening they had sent some 29 men into the Pringle District to clear out debris and restore power outages. No serious main . lino currents were disconnected, but several indi vidual circuits were interrupted temporarily. No injuries were reported. Nearby Cottage Farm reported that the heavy winds inflicted about $400 worth ' of damage in broken windows, disrupted power lines and , broke ' equipment in a boiler house. . . Some citizens were preoccupied with storm damage and hi eh winds early Tuesday, but just about all eyes were focused later in the day on the methodical rise Road Conditions Oregon highways closed by flood waters and slides Tuesday, according to night reports from tho State Highway Department: ' Salem - Newberg Highway closed at south end of Newberg Bridge; expect bridge to be im passable for two days. Albany Corvallis Highway expected to be open this morn ing. South Santiam Highway closed by slide near Upper Soda; expected to be open today. Coast Highway closed from CoqulUe to state line. Wilaonville Ferry expected to remain closed three or four days. Pacific Highway now open all the way as la 89W and Umpqua Highway from Drain to Reedspert. of the Willamette River from 23 to about 28 feet. The river at Sa lem hovered around 26 feet for several hours, read 26.3 at mid night, indicating a crest was near. But danger . increased north of Salem as flood waters churned east toward Keizer, driving many families from their homes. At least 50 homes were surrounded by water which reached almost to Keizer School on the Beardsley Koad. Civil Defense officials reported there was not much damage by late evening, but if waters con tinued to rise there was the likeli hood that other residents would have to be evacuated. With thatin mind a night vigil by disaster squads of the Red Cross and Civil Defense remained on call Tuesday night. i (Additional details on page 6) to Vote on Levy Statesnua News ferric . wuuuBUiU-Funds for new fire truck and for increased oper ating costs of the fire department will besought in an election called Tuesday night by Woodburn's City Council. The vote, was set for March 27. ; l - .. ; ' . . , One proposal would authorize a continuing , six-mill levy to pay salaries, including two full time men ' and - a relief operator who started handling fire calls on Dec. 27 when Woodburn switched to dial telephone service. The levy would be an addition to other city taxes.-- , :. The fire truck proposal calls for a $13,000 bond Issue. The city fire department has two old trucks and maintains two others on a contract basis for the rural fire protection district. ' ; , 14 PAGES Woodburn The first prayer at the Inauguration ceremony In the national eap- Ital Tuesday was offered by Catholic Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle. The bowed head behind him is that of the incoming president who. took office a few minutes later. POUNDQD 1651 Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Wednesday, January 21. Tornado Hits Corvallis, Pringle Areas p ; CORVALLIS Tornadic winds ripped through CorrvaUIs at 8 ajn. Tuesday, leaving s trail of battered business buildings. Worst damage was reported at Scotts Cleaners (above) where the marquee crashed Into the street when the roof blew away. Damage on Second Street, which caught the burnt of the blow, was estimated at $100,000. Heavy rain deluged much of the valley at the same time, and the same winds apparently struck Pringle minutes later, uprooting- trees and poles. (Corvallis Gazette-Times Photo.) . i ' . Corvallis Gale Topples Trees, RipsDff Roofs CORVALLIS tffl A small but vicious tornado , struck flood- plagued Western Oregon Tuesday. The twister hit the southern part of Corvallis shortly after 8 a.m., toppling trees, ripping off roofs and shingles and shattering glass. ; There , were no reported "Injuries. The tornado swirled down on Phil omath Road about two blocks south of Gin. Coliseum. The wind left power lines in a tangle as trees and debris feu across them. 1 In the business district, the roof of Scott Cleaners was ripped off. An engineering firm's carport was dropped 200 feet away in a school yard. ; , ; r! '. .' : ' ' ' ' A downpour accompanied the tornado, and cars were tossed about by,, hurricane-force , winds that sent several into ditches: The wind followed only a few hours after the Willamette River crested here, flooding basements , and low lying farm land, r . : ; ; ; Damage estimates ranged up wards from $100,000. Max. Mia. Prwip. SS 4S 2 J .48 44 1.06 .- 57 S5 J7 .35 33 trace -44 38 .JOX; Salem Portland , Sn Francisco Chicago New York WulametU River 36 J feet FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary , field. Salem) : Mottly doudy today. ' Cloudy with rain to nifht and showers Thursday-. Little change In temperature. High today near 50 degrees d low near 40. Tem perature at UtffaJn. was 40 degrees. J " SALEM PREClPrrATION Slatee Star of Weather Year SeoC 1 This Tear Last Tear - .tfermal 23.44 . 27 2L.M .J Zoning Code Revision Gets Go-Ahead Signal By ROBERT E. GANG WARE City Editor, The Statesman Salem Planning and Zoning Commission flashed a go-ahead on city zoning code revision Tuesday night by accepting- a preliminary committee report and authorizing the preparation of new zoning maps end calling of public hearings. - Committee Chairman Robert Stanley estimated, the final work on the new xone map would be completed in time to start hearings late next month. After hearings the commission would decide what fi nal new code to recommend to the City Council, for legislation. : JStanley stressed that few major departures from .present zoning and land use trends are Included n the new code. But in place "of four major 'zone classifications, as at present, the new code will have 12, including such new types as small-lot residential areas, neigh borhood business districts and a breakdown between light and heavy industrial zones. I In other action the zoners at their City Hall meeting last night recommended that the City Coun cil cooperate with Marion County Court by appropriating up to $3, 000 for preliminary land use sur veys that could be started before county planning is budgeted for in July, The new County Planning Commission is to prepare some type of zoning for the area within six miles of -Salem. Zoners heard a neighborhood protest regarding industrial opera tions of Reinhoidt and i e w i s, manufacturer 1 of - Venetian blinds and wood products near South 21st and Bellevue Streets. James Teed and Philip Evans, spokesmen for the group, contended the industry has . enroaehed on a residential zone and depreciated the value of their properties. -They -were advis ed, that zoning enforcement should be requested of the .city attorney and City -Council. - - In the procession to the inaugural stands reserved for high of fl- clals were Republican leaders from all parts of the nation, in i eroding Oreron's Gov. Paul Patterson (left) and Douglas McKay - Just out of range of the eamera. 1953 PRICE 5c 'Long, But Wonderful Day,'rIke ReporW- WASHINGTON (-President and Mrs. j Eisenhewer . arrived back at the White Bouse at l:3t a. m. Wednesday from the twe inaugural balls,' f .1t waa a long. but very won derful day," Eisenhower re-! marked to an aide as he entered" the White House. Mrs. Eisenhewer nodded : agreement.' . :. , - .1 Patterson, Portland Police Wait 3 Hours for Place in Parade By A. ROBERT SMITH - . - Statesman Correspondent - . WASHINGTON---Oregons con tingent to the inauguration learn ed- Tuesday there's more stand ing still than marching in review In an Inaugural parade. . ' : Gov. and! Mrs. Paul Patterson and , Portland's Police Drum and Bugle Corps, Oregon's sole repre sentatives I n o w that ; ex-Gov. Douglas McKay is considered a fixture on the Washington scene, waited .three hours for their turn to move into formation toward the White House. ' Scheduled to march about mid way in the sprawling parade, the corps was parked on a side street No. 322 Morse Blocks Cabinet WASHINGTON J Sen. Wayne Morse, who has bolted the Repub lican party, Tuesday blocked plans of GOP leaders for swift Senate confirmation of all of President Ei senhower's Cabinet choices except Charles E. Wilson. Just as the stage was set for Senate action which would have permitted the- new President to swear in eight members of his of ficial family on inauguration day, Morse executed a parliamentary maneuver which prevented the Senate from voting Tuesday. Morse aroused the ire of his for mer GOP colleagues by refusing to allow the Senate to consider the Cabinet nominations under a sus pension of the rules. A single senator's objection pre vents suspension of the rules and the Oregon independent refused re peated pleas to change his stand. He said he was objecting because He had not seen the reports of Senate committees which had ap proved the eight nominations in advance of Eisenhower's inaugur ation. "I believe in a system of checks and balances in our government," Morse told a reporter later. 'This is one of the checks." Sen. MilUkin (R.-Colo.). chair man of the Republican conference, expressed confidence that the Cab inet slate would be confirmed by the Senate Wednesday. Republicans argued vainly with Morse to change his mind; At 1:49 p.m. after it became clear that Morse would not withdraw his ob jections, the Senate recessed until noon Wednesday. . A new delay in formation of the Cabinet developed Tuesday night with an announcement that the Armed Services Committee has postponed Wednesday's hearing for Wilson. - Sen. Saltonstall (R. - Mass.). chairman of the committee, said Wilson will not be heard until Fri day. Saltonstall said that Herbert Brown ell Jr.; attorney general des ignate, has asked for more time to look into the legal aspects of the Wilson case. Objections have been raised to Wilson's heading the Defense De partment while still retaining 2 Vi million dollars of stock in General Motors. Weaker Brodie ; Twin Succumbs CHICAGO (A Roger Lee Brod ie, the weaker of the Siamese twins who were separated in a surgical operation Dec. 17, died Tuesday night at 10:45 p. m. . Roger Lee, larger of the twins, was deprived of their single super ior . saggital . inus, . a . large blood vessel which drains about 80 per cent of the. blood from the brain to the heart, - , He had been in a coma since the operation. i, 'His brother, ' Rodney Dee, wha received the critical vein, survives. The twins, born Sept. 18, 1951. were 16 months old last Friday. behind the capltol and there they alternately stood in forma tion, sat on a church lawn, paced up and down and debated wheth er it would rain before they, got back to the pullman cars in which they've been: sleeping overnight. The Patterson's their chartreuse convertible in a long line of waiting limousines, watched other sections of the parade march by, rested, in their . car and signed autographs for school . children who were making a gubernatorial collection. . ; -The policemen expressed thank fulness at Salem's gift of. $450 which helped finance the $15, 000 cost of transportation for the 45-man group to Washington. The United States now has two ex-presidents for the first time In many years. In the center Is Harry Truman and to the right is Herbert' Hoover, president ' 1928-1932. (Television photographed by The Statesman's Thomas Q. Wright.) n Km Sipeesllii S DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON (AP) Dwight D. Eisenhower be came President of the United States Tuesday and, with a prayer on his lips, set for his new administration a goal of peace with honor. It must be a peace based on strength and unity In the Free World, he said, and there must be no ap peasement, because: "A soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's .chains. In a moving, dignified ritual as old as. the nation itself, the small town boy from Kansas took the oath that made him America's 34th chief executive. Then, in a brief .inaugural ad dress from a platform beneath the great grey dome of the Capitol, Ei senhower laid down for "free men everywhere" a challenge to Join together against the world men ace of communism. Bareheaded under a -warm win ter sun fighting through a haze, Eisenhower slowly repeated after Chief Justice Vinson of the Su preme Court the oath that brought The full text of President Eisenhower's - Inauguration speech appears on page 2. to an end a 20-year era of Demo cratic rule and embarked the GOP on its "great crusade." - The GOP followed tnrougn witn an immense inaugural victory pa rade. Mile after mile, between walls of yelling, happy humanity, it rolled along Pennsylvania Ave nue from the capitol to the White House. In the forefront rode .the Presi dent and his First Lady, Mamie. Behind them came the new vice president, Richard M. Nixon and his wife, Pat. Tributes of applause welled up from sidewalks jammed with hundreds of thousands oi spectators gathered from all over America. An estimated 125.000 people as sembled in the vast Capitol Plaza looked on in person as he took the oath of office. Radio and television carried the ceremony to many mil lions, and the. Voice of America took it overseas in 48 languages and dialects. . ' At 12:32 p. m.. the nation again had a President. Just 32 minutes before that, the term of Harry S. Truman had expired. In two swift strides, the new President was beside Mamie's side to brush a kiss against a spot on one cheek where a tear of pride and happiness .trickled down. Suddenly solemn, the new chief executive offered up a little prayer for all to. hear a prayer he had written himself this morning. He asked Almighty God to dedi cate the new administration fully and completely "to the service of the people," regardless of station. race or calling. - : ' -1': CaU for Unity , He prayed, ' too, that thoss of differing .political beliefs "may work for the good of our beloved country and for Thy glory," ; . It was witn . prayer, too, that President ' Eisenhower ' closed T his 2,250-word inaugural address. - The' address itself .was keyed to the thought that free people must proclaim anew , their "faith in the deathless ; dignity - of man, gov erned by eternal moral and natural laws." ' : "The peace we seek, Eisen hower said, ". :. . is a way of life. . . . It Is a. hope for the brave. "This Is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial. This is the work that awaits us all,4o be done with bravery, with charity and with prayer to Almighty, God.; - Guiding Principles He set forth nine guiding prin ciples for achieving peace. Among those principles were firm declarations that: - ' Strength must - be developed to deter the forces of aggression and promote conditions of peace. Appeasement is-rutue we shall never try to placate an ag gressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor, for se curity. . - . - .. Leaders of Western European nations must "strive with renewed vigor to make the unity of their peoples a. reality. , (Inauguration . stories . also on Page 2.) " Gomiuitteeto - . Introduce State TVStationsBill By HECTOR L FOX Associated Press Writer . The Oregon Legislature, stop ping -and going like a nuiK-run freight, approached mainline progress Tuesday with scheduled introduction of several important bills and public hearings. . Tuesday's session was brief. Legislators spent the forenoon watching telecasts of the inaugu ration of President' Eisenhower, and committee meetings occupied most of their attention in the aft ernoon. Both-houses will recon vene at 10 ajn. Wednesday. The House Education Commit tee voted to introduce the pro posed state-financed educational television bill drafted by the Ore gon Education Association. The House Elections and Reap portionment Committee decided to sponsor a bill to insure that appointees to fill legislative vac- ancles must be of the same politi cal party as their predecessors. Anower television Dill, py iteo. Pat Doolev. Portland, would nd the ' state liquor - commission's right to regulate TV and radio advertising. The effect would be to permit before 8 n jn. boxinar telecasts .which are sponsored by peer manufacturers. Civil Rights and more labor legislation, also appeared.- One proposal would give racial minor ities the right to enter public places, and the other would in crease authority of the state fair employment practices advisory committee. " The labor bills proposed in creasing state industrial accident benefits. Another new house bill vrniil4 iritp. 11 m.a i v.vw bu nui&cii 1UUT UUUII off with pay on election days so they could vote. Additional legislative new page 0 M Jill Aacuiionai leg. news on page 9) Flood Emergency Phone Call Cut Off Sans Identification Mrs. Althea PresnaTI. Mirlnn County engineer's office, was still wonderine lata Tuesday if an who called that office franti cally seeking help, ever got it. ' Mrs. Presnall'aald that a an's voice advised her early Tues day that she was in danger and needed help from the rising waters near her home. She hadn't Hvn her . name or - location when the can was cut off, apparently by a slide which cut phone wires. The - office waa unable to traco the call, . which apparently came M . m a irom some distance outside saiem. No other reports from other disas- a eawji.vai ftwa fiuj f f VU WUV we woman was. Daily Speller! , (The following words are among those from which will be chosen the words for the 1853 Oregon SUtesman-KSLSI Spelling Con test for 7th and 8th "graders of Marlon, Polk and part of TamhiU County: disapproval dynamite ' countenance revenge dirigible criticism ' suggestion equipment" wholesale acceptance organization nursery humorous impatient hasten parliament furniture zebra .welfare particular
