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- t ; f New Polio In Human By ALTON L. BLAKESLEB . -j AP Science Reporter - f HEW YORK A safe new 1 vaccine against polio has worked in a tew humans,' and probably will get large scale trials on chil dren this year. It was announced Monday night. '. Officials raised guarded hopes that this spells the death knell of polio as a crippler and killer. (The vaccine gives humans and T1 antibodies against all three types of polio virus. Antibodies-are natural disease-fighters that can prevent, invading viruses from doing any damage. Almost final steps in developing this vaccine were announced by Dr. Harry M. Weaver, director of research of the -National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis, at a special dinner meeting of Founda tion trustees. "I would like to announce xms Samuel Herbert Boardman, 79, known as the "father of Oregon state parks," died in his sleep Monday at his home, 585 N. Win- ter St, Salem. He had suffered heart trouble recently. He was superintendent of state parks under the State Highway Commission from 1929 until bis retirement in July, 1950, and was nationally known for his efforts in building Oregon state parks to their present-day status. Although funeral arrangements are not complete, services will b held at the Clough-Barrick Co. and burial will take place at Boardman, Ore., which is named for b"v He was active until his death. ' Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna belle Boardman of Salem; two daughters and two sons. (Ad ditional details on page 2). Agitation for a governor's man sion (or residence if the other word sounds too hoity-toity) has recurred about as often as that for creating the office Of lieutenant governor. A few years ago a bill to provide a dwelling place for the governor was pinched out at the end of the session when its passage seemed assured. Now Sen ator Bain has a bill to appropriate $100,000 to buy a site in Salem and build thereon a residence for the governor. ; " There are good arguments on both sides of this question, m try to lay them out, and let readers take their choice. The argument for the proposal is that persons from out . of Salem who become governor have to scramble to find housing. Unless they buy a house they must put up with what is offered on the rented market. Gov ernor Snell had "to move during his tenure, but found another house. ' - ' - It is pointed out also that the state provides houses for the chan cellor of the state system of higher education, president of the univer sity (but not the state college), and for superintendents of other .state institutions but not for the gov ernor, . The importance and dignity of the office merit better considera tion; and the state should provide a permanent place of residence for the governor suitable for use for such public functions as the gov ernor may desire., . Here are arguments against a governor's mansion: . Some may object because it puts the office, if not the incumbent on airs. The Oregonian a few years ago, when the subject was under" -'"s: (Continued on editorial page, 4.) LEGISLATORS GET PAT Oregon's legislators got paid Monday, being given their $600 annual pay. Animal Crackers Sv WARREN GOODRICH T TJ,!Vx '.'ILID illVS TT3 of S Samuel I . i r , , --. & .. . - Vaccine Successful Tests, More on Way evening that field tests with such a vaccine will be undertaken dur ing 1S53," he said. Tremendsua Progress s "This : I cannot say with com plete assurance, but I can say that tremendous progress has V been made during the past,, several months . in fact, the kind of progress one is accustomed to see prior to the taking of. an important forward step," Dr. Weaver de clared. The vaccine, would not be avail able generally until after these human tests are run. Scientists first must learn how long it takes the vaccine to give you antibodies, how long the protection lasts, fwhether booster shots might be needed after one vaccination. Human Testa Next But it means scientists have gone as far as they can in the laboratory. The next step definite ly must be human tests, on many Me Partes' ies SAMUEL H. BOARDMAN State Purchase Of New Zealand Beef Protested . PORTLAND ( The Oregon Cattlemen's : Assocation Monday criticized the recent purchase by the state of 70,000 pounds of util ity grade frozen beef . imported from New Zealand. The meat, imported through Ta coma, was sold by a Portland packer to the Oregon State Hospi tal at a price of 25.2 cents a pound, 5 to 8 cents under the local wholesale market price. Marie Weber ."state purchasing agent, said the state was interested only in price on the grade speci fied. She added that there was no law . requiring the state to pur chase Oregon-produced commodi ties. , Ed Fallen, secretary of the cat tleman's organization, said the purchase was a stab in the back of Oregon cattlemen who already are facing depressed markets and low prices because of surplus beef supplies . ... It might have saved the taxpayers money. But who's paying the taxes?" Herman Oliver, John Day rancher and a past, president of the association, said he would file a protest with Gov. Paul Patter son Tuesday. SoaB'diiiclEl jC : 1 " State Monitors Power Surcharge; Heltzel-Asserts No Profit Allowed By HECTOR L. FOX Associated Press Writer Some of the steam In the pro posed investigation of surcharges being levied by power companies to re-pay their steam generation costs evaporated Monday : as the Oregon Legislature rolled into its third week. Public Utilities Com missioner Charles H. Heltzel told the State Senate Commerce and Utilities Comittee that he's mak ing sure that three Oregon powvr companies wont make any profit out of the 20 per cent surcharge for steam generation. Meanwhile, the llquor-by-the-drink question began resolving it self as the Oregon Food and Serv ice Industry. Council offered its version for permitting and regu lating such sales. There were two important differences in the in dustry proposal and bills prepar ed by the Liquor Control Commis sion. Public hearing will be held on the latter's bills Wednesday at 10:30 a, m. in the Statehouse. The 20 per cent surcharge for steam generation i probably will end with May billings by the three Ewer companies involved Port id General Electric, Pacific Power & Light, and Mountain States Power. a r Heltzel told the senate . com merce and utilites committee Mon day that the companies would have had to operate "in the red" had the PUC not granted the sur charge. t . ' - - "v He said his office Is making a daily audit to check the compan ies' actual costs of steam genera tion, which was made necessary because there wasn't enough wa ter to run the hydro-electric slants at full capacity. - bteam generation began Sept. 2 and ended Jan. 17 Heltzel said the surcharge is be ing spread over several months to make it easier on the customers. If all of it had been added ta a youngsters. And this also implies great confidence in the new vac cine for safety and protection. The vaccine is made out of killed virus, killed by a chemical, formalin, so that the virus cannot hurt human nerve cells. It is thus perfectly safe.;'- -Makes Antibodies But the killed virus still keeps some ability to produce antibodies in the human who gets the vac cine. That ability apparently can be stepped up by giving one or more kinds of mineral oils along with the vaccine. Dr. Weaver said. .The vaccine is made more potent. Getting a supply of virus for vaccines has been achieved. Virus of all three .types brunhilde, lansing and leon is being grown in test-tubes, in veritable glass farms, using animal or human tis sues other than nerve tissues, ference. Ousted Welfare Workers Lose Hearing Plea : Civil service hearings for two ousted Marion County welfare of ficials were denied Monday by the Oregon Civil Service Commission. The commission acted on the basis of an attorney general's opinion that transfers of Miss Marion Bowen, administrator, and Miss Naomi Phelps, supervisor, without loss of pay or status, did not carry the right of appeal. Let ters so advising the two women were dispatched Monday, signed by Philip A. Joss, Portland, com mission chairman. - Miss Bowen and Miss Phelps had been notified in December .that they were to be transferred "for the good of the service," along with Mrs. John Rademaker and Mrs. Winifred Condon, also em ployes of Marion County welfare department. The latter two took transfers. However, when the transfer or ders came earlier this month send ing Miss Bowen to the State Wel fare Commission office in Port land and Miss Phelps to the Doug las County office, they were ig nored. The women explained that they were not refusing transfers but that "to accept them now, without being informed of charges against us, would appear to be an admission of some guilt. They appealed for hearings, on grounds that the transfers were made as penalties and that termination of their employment as an "auto matic resignation when they did not report for new jobs was -not proper. The transfer orders followed some nine months of controversy within the department, and were made because administration of the office did not meet require ments of the state commission. Miss Loa Howard, state admin istrator, has explained. Max. 4t Mln. 33 38 43 30 Predp. .71 Jta .00 .00 M Salem Portland Saa Francisco 9 37 Chicago New York 33 Willamette River 12.4 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu reau. McNary Field. Salem): Partly cloudy today with few brief showers. Clearm- tonight and Wednesday. Cool today with high near 43-44 and low near 28-30. Temperature at 124)1 was 38 degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Year 26.22 Last Year 28.68 Normal 22.08 single billing, he said, customers would have had to pay an 80 per cent surcharge on their December bills. , He cited the following added costs assumed by the companies and now being repaid: Portland General Electric, $3,081.00; Pacific; $1,146,000; Mountain States, $716. 000. v- Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon, has asked for a special legislative in vestigation of the charges, but Sen. Frederick S. Lamport, Salem, chairman of the Senate commerce and utilities committee, said his group would wait several days be fore deciding whether to open an investigation. ; On the liquor-by-drink issue, the Oregon restaurant institute wants a 15 per cent discount on liquor bought from the state by a licensed dispenser, but discontin uance of so-called "bottle clubs" after enactment of the drink law. Also, the industry feels dispen sers can be placed in two classes, with entertainment the determin ing factor, while the commission would set up four classes.; Whether or not the state will o into the educational television field with studios in Portland, Corvallis and Eugene will be giv en its first airing Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. when the House and Senate committees r on education meet.- Such legislation is spon sored by the Oregon Education Association. Funds would be pro vided by the state and the Ford Foundation. Sen. Richard L Neubergers bill to permit defeated candidates for governor to sit in the Oregon Sen ate was marked for defeat as the Senate elections committee stamp ed an adverse report on it. The committee also stopped a memor ial requesting congress to hold state primaries to nominate presi dential and vice presidential can didates. . 102nd YEAH 12 PAGES Popcorn School Among Areas Whitened by Snowfall - , H,4 ' , V . - k f Snow replaced flood waters as a flakes fell on some communities er elevations wore a white robe Accident Kills Woodburn Man On Mexico Trip Statesman News Service WOODBURN R. Loran Guiss, 74, an early settler of Woodburn, was killed in Mexico by a falling utility pole as he prepared to get inhis auto and head for home. The accident occurred Jan. 19 in the city of Guaymas, Sonora, it was learned hereMonday. Mrs. Guiss was not hurt in the accident but suffered extreme shock. She is now with a son in Pasadena, Calif. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. - Guiss retired from a local dry goods and shoe business in 1943. He and his wife,Helen, lived at 285 Second St. He was a former postmaster here. (Additional details on page 6) Jury Convicts Remington NEW YORK W Former gov ernment economist William W. Remington, -accused of falsely de nying he passed U.S. secrets to Russia, was convicted early Tues day on two counts of perjury at his second Federal Court trial. Remington was indicted on five counts. The Jury found him inno cent on one count and failed to reach a decision on the other counts. Also hearing the death knell was proposed creation of a state department of revenue. It may, however, get an interim committee study. It was recommended by a "little Hoover commission on re organization of state government, and by Gov. Paul L. Patterson, to consolidate all major revenue-collecting agencies. Mentally ill and feeble-minded persons would be benefitted by board of control. These would au two bills sponsored by the state thorize the legislature to permit out-patient treatment at the state hospitals and Fairview Home. Major provision would permit persons referred by a county health officer to receive occasional treatment without having to be committed to the institution. The State Hospital in Salem now has 3,000 patients, and Fairview, for feebleminded, has 1,500. The House elections and reap portionment committee made short work Monday of five proposed bills which the County Clerks and Recorders Association of Oregon asked it to introduce. By unani mous vote, the committee laid the proposed legislation on the table after hearing them explained by David O'Hara, director of the state elections bureau. The bills would" have permitted members of an election board to be all of one political party; elim inate posting of election notices except possibly school district el ections; repeal the 1951 law that permits -precinct leaders to file changes in voter residence; extend the deadline for registering from 30 to 60 days preceding an elec tion, and require initiative and referenda sponsors to pay a min imum filing fee of $50 and an ad ditional fee for each signature validated. . (Additional legislative - r news on page 3.) DUtfO valley weather topic Monday as for the first time this season. High- that resisted midday sunshine. This Arterial Grid of City Among Goo's of $3,000 Survey Plea By ROBERT E. GANG WARE City Editor, The Statesman -. i Arterial thoroughfares at least every seven blocks in the Salem fringe areas would be one sound goal for county planning, Salem City Council was advised Monday night. The planning discussion came up when the council was asked by, Salem Planning and Zoning Commission to appropriate $3,000 for a start on actual survey work in tne Councilmen decided to study the proposal with Marion County Court and Salem School District representatives before the Feb. 9 Council meeting, after they heard the zoners recommendation pre sented last night at City Hall by Commissioners V. D. McMullen and Robert K. Powell. j Points to Savings' i McMullen, who is also a member of the new County Planning Com mission, said the planning for such arterials alone, in accord with modern . standards, might more than repay a $3,000 sum in the possible savings in cost of property acquisition for -street widening at some future date. Specifically the Council was asked for $3,000 to finance the preparation of a land use map based on a survey of the fringe area within six miles of Salem city limits the area in which the city zoning body already has some planning authority. McMullen predicted much of this area would be annexed to the city within a few years and maintained that the survey of business, residential and school trends, soils and other matters there, would be of immediate and lasting benefit to the city: plan ning body, regardless of the fu ture course of county zoning. With Paid Staff McMullen also said he would recommend later that the . city zoning group make a move to ward establishment of a separate planning department with a paid staff. This would be advisable, he said, so that planning is not put aside due to the pressure of im mediate zoning problems. , He estimated the total cost of the land use survey would be $15,000 and said the county plan ners expect the County Court to budget at least that much for planning purposes for the year starting July X The county does not have funds for the purpose at present, he added. ! (Additional Council news - on page 2). Truman May Write Memoirs KANSAS CITY ID - Negotia tions were under way by; friends Monday looking to the publication of Harry S. Truman's memoirs at a figure that will enable ; him to pursue a life of complete freedom as the Democratic Party's elder statesman. i i A New York publishing firm has offered to pay a sum expected to run in excess of a half; million of dollars over a period of several years for the memoirs and Tru man also will be assured substan tial extra income by, making care fully - selected lecture engage ments on topics of his own choos ing. Sen Cordon Appointed To Atomic Committee WASHINGTON m Sen. Cordon (R-Ore) was appointed Monday to the Joint Atomic Energy Commit tee, which keeps watch"t the na tion's atomic development pro- gram. - - . '"v-:: ": -; -: -v-. -- : Vice President Nixon announced the appointment of Cordon, who succeeds Sen. Pastore (D-RI). Thm Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oreaou, Tuesdar January 27, 1953 I picture was taken five miles west of Salem on Orchard Heights I Road. In central background are Popcorn School (left) and Summit I Methodist Church. (Statesman Photo.) new county planning program. A-Commission Plans Illinois Plant, New Test WASHINGTON UFl The Atom ic Energy Commission announced Monday it will construct a new 29-million-dollar explosives assem bly plant in West Central Illinois, and quickly threw a curtain of mystery around the project. Simultaneously, the Commission announced it will conduct a series of tests involving "new and im proved" atomic weapons plus some 18,000 troops beginning in March on the Yucca flats of the Nevada desert. The tests, are widely expected to provide the first field trials of newly developed atomic artillery shells, fired by giant 20 - ton can non capable of bitting targets 20 miles away with pin-point accur acy. . "The new series of tests is de signed to advance development of new and improved i nuclear de vices the AEC said, "and will provide additional weapons ' per formance data essential to mili tary and civil defense effects stud ies." "Nuclear devices' is the broad scientific term used: to describe all kinds of atomic weapons rang ing from the conventional A-bomb to the hydrogen "hell bomb." The Commission's announcement that it has selected a 10,000-acre site for the construction of a new assembly plant in Illinois, imme diately touched off speculation the AEC was gearing up for the pro duction of high explosive weapons on an assembly-line basis. However, -an AEC spokesman sought to spike conjecture along that' line and incidentally left the exact nature of the project shrouded In considerable mystery. Gaarenstroom Appointed State Purchaser; Saalfeld Heads VA Director W. H. Gaarenstroom, of: the state veterans affairs depart ment was selected - as the ew state purchasing , agent , in the State Finance Department, it was announced Monday by Gov. Paul Patterson, .. . -: -j :- Chosen to replace Gaarenstroom was H. C (Hub) Saalfield, cur rently supervisor of the state bo nus division.' Gaarenstroom succeeds R. W. Roberts who recently filed his re signation with Director Harry Dorman of the State Finance De partment, rv ' Gaarenstroom has been connec ted with the state veterans affairs department since its inception. He first served as assistant director of the department under Hugh Ross and George Candy. When Sandy resigned in 194T Gaaren stroom was promoted to director. lie also served as executive sec retary of the war veterans service committee. . - -. - 11 Keizcr School Board Studies Building Plan KEIZER A new school for first, second and third graders would .be built by Keizer School District if tentative plans of the school board's budget- committee are realized. Committee members at a meet ing Monday night discussed the possibility of putting to a vote a $150,000 bond isue to finance the construction. t Tentative site under considera tion is a 10-a ere site just north of Manbrin Gardens, between Cum min gs Lane and an extension of Dearborn Avenue. . A school there "could be filled to capacity by drawing just from mile radius," said Board Chair man S. E. Orcutt. The board has on . hand $18,000 - for acquiring land. ' . - The chairman stressed that title to the property under con sideration must be cleared before the proposal can be put to vote. Lyle P. Bartholomew, Salem architect, already is preparing preliminary sketches for the pro posed school. The school board is to examine the sketches at its Feb. 9 meeting. Orcutt said the. new school planning is still "nebulous," but includes at present six classrooms, multi-purpose room and office. He said, school directors would hope to build as large a building as possible from- funds that might be ' voted, because of the present overcrowding at Keizer School. Train Peels Off Side of Auto Earl Becker of 1Q13 Hope Si, Salem, escaped without Injury Monday about 6 p jn. . when the Southern Pacific Cascade passen ger train peeled one 'side off his car at 12th and Marion Streets, city police said. Becker was driving west on Marion Street in his 1949 Buick and the train was traveling south when the accident occurred. The train continued on of ter a short delay. - Upon coming to Oregon in' 1941 from " Minnesota ' Gaarenstroom was employed by an accounting firm in Portland until coming to Salem. !:''--:. - Saalfeld organized and directed the state bonus division which, though Dec. 31, 1952, paid $44,- 181.072 to World War II veterans and next of kin. He was born in ML Angel and graduated from Mr. Aneel college with a business administration degree, saaixeid served with the Air Corps for 33 months during World War IX and was : later Marlon County's first veterans service officer. Dorman said Gaarenstroom, would be in charge of all state property including the surplus pro perty division, the state printing plant," state telephone . setup, and miscellaneous services. JR. W. Remington will serve as purchasing agent and report direct to Dorman. 116. tZJ Sen. Morse sitionTalh WASHINGTON r IB President j&Jsenhower's 'controversial nomi nation of Charles E. Wilson as sec retary of defense was confirmed by. the Senate Monday, 77 to 6. " iiihiii, (cueu president 01 ucn eral Motors, agreed to give up 2 H million dollars worth of stock in the automotive firm to qualify for the big Pentagon Job. ' His confirmation completes Ei senhower's Cabinet and ends a bit ter 10-day dispute over whether Wilson, as former head of the na tion's biggest defense contract and with a huge financial stake ha General Motors, is the right man for the defense post. The White House said Wilson would not be sworn into office Monday : night. It was uncertain nrM- . .i i u . . n when the ceremony will be held. When word of his confirmation reached him, Wilson issued thia statement: "I shall do my best to serve and iuciiKiueii America ana uie irre world in the role in which I have just been confirmed, not as a bus ness man nor as a member of a particular party, but a one cf many citizens in a great crusade that must not fail." Sen. Morse (Ind.-Ore.) opposed the. appointment to the end, speak ing against it for an hour and AS minutes and then collapsing as he made his way into the Senate read ing room. A doctor was called but Morse appeared to recover quick- ly. (Additional Details on Page 12) Others Oppose . In addition to Morse, who bolt ed the Republican Party during the presidential campaign. Sen. Lehman ' (D.-Lib.)N.Y.) and four Democrats, voted against Wilson's The others were Sens. Johnston of South Carolina, Kilgore and Neely of West Virginia and Willie Smith of North Carolina. .. .The Senate. GOP' leadership got out 47 of the party's 48 Senate votes on the Wilson test. The only Republican absent was Sen. Jen ner of Indiana, who was paired for confirmation. Twelve of the 47 Democrats were not present to vote. - , Senate galleries were packed with spectators toward the end f debate. Morse Opposes Morse told the Senate Wilson doesn't possess "the nth degree of ethical standards" that he be lieves are necessary for a secre tary of defense -spending billion in . public money each y . era Lehman called the appointment "unfortunate" and one which I believe will lead to loss of confi dence in the Defense Department But Sn. Byrd (D.-Va.), the maa who first publicly challenged Wil son s right to bead the defense es tablishment while retaining his big interest in General Motors, said be thought Wilson had acted "with admirable patriotism in' agree ing to dispose of his stock. Snow Touches Salem Sector The first snow of 1933 touched the valley area Monday morning. melting in Salem but sticking at points like Orchard Heights five miles wesr or the city other foi County elevations. In Salem, snow mixed with rain. bringing a total precipitation here of .71 inches. The sun bobbed In and out for brief periods about noon. Today the weather man sees a few brief-showers with clearing tonight and Wednesday. It will be cooler today.- Snow fell Monday in most of thm htcrher elevations of tha atata with 24 inches pf new snow at Timberline and 17 inches of new snow at Government Camp. Motorists were advised to carry chains in mountain passes. One-way traffic was also an nounced on the South Santiam Highway and the SUetz Highway. Open for traffic are the Wood- burn-Estacada, Hillsboro-SIlver- ton and Alsea-Deadwood routes. Daily Spoiler! (The following words are tmocj those from which will be chosea the words for the 1SS3 Orecoa Statesman-KSLM Epelilnr Con test for 7th Marion, Pr' and tih graders cf and part cf YarLU County: delicious bungalow -official architect . advisable cultivate brutal nourish perilous insulatt shepherd : memory anniversary accumulate lavender dsdlczts . rsersuadt ImTrdzrant frcrpsri'y FBICS So Collapses Aftei Oppo