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)
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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. ' ; ,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.)
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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