Tardy Employes
Hearing Targets
Charge that the state of Oregon
Is losing a lot of money and effi
ciency In the conduct of Its busi
ness because of tardiness on the
part of state employes in arriving
at their posts was made by Rep.
Orval Eaton, Clatsop County, be
fore the salaries group of the joint
ways and means committee FrU
day., . '
Other criticism was leveled at
state workers who eat breakfast in
the- State house Restaurant on
state time.
"I can't see any reason why
state employes should not arrive
at their respective offices on time
In the morning," Eaton averred.
State Finance Department Di
rector Harry Dorman was asked
White House Whisky
'Delight9
i ' - ' . . . ( '
WASHINGTON UPi-The Evening Star said Friday foreign am
bassadors were "surprised and delighted" Tuesday afternoon by be
ing served whisky highballs and
. The first round in the new ad
ministration has gone to the Sen
Ite. The top bracket industrialists
Invited by Eisenhower,, to serve
their country had to empty their
pockets and were forced to dispose
of anything which might result in
a "conflict of interest in the han
dling of public business. The law
is the" law, as the prospective ap
pointees should have known. The
tophands helping Ike do his cabinet-making
should- have made the
facts of political life known to
their choices and their failure to
do so has given the administra
tion a political setback to . start
with.
Though Senator Taft relin
quished the chance to be chairman
of the committee on labor and
public welfare to take over the
post of majority leader his move
in introducing amendments to me
Taft-Hartley law show that he is
going to boss that show too. tie
didn't wait for any conference
with the new secretary of labor,
Durkin, whose appointment he
termed "incredible;' and he didn't
let Senator Tobey, the committee
chairman, in on the bill-drafting.
In short Mr. Republican intends
to remain Mr. Republican.
Secretary Dulles got along bet
ter when Chairman Wiley of the
foreign relations committee agreed
tr clear a laree number of State
derartment appointees without
waitiTiff for FBI loyalty reports,
This reflects anew attitude toward
that department which long was a
target for narDoxwg -eas.
What is the worst setback to the
Eisenhower administration is the
restriction on his power to effect
governmental reorganization. Here-
toiore a presiaeniuu wuci uiuuim
bureau would become effective
unless it was rejected by one house
or the other by a "constitutional
majority" that is by a majority of
the full membership. The new con
dition is that rejection will follow
if either house gives a simple
adverse vote, that is a mapority of
those present and voting.
A few skirmishes do not tell how
the war will end but the newcomers
to Washington have already learned
the power of those that sit on "the
hill." And those that sit there feel
confirmed in their strength.
Max. Mln. Preeip.
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
M 47 traca
. 67 48 .05 .
M 41 none
40 19 trace
40 M none
Cnlcaro
Nw Yi
ork
Willamette 10.8 feet.
FORECAST (from V. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
rlmid-r with scattered showers today
tonight and Sunday. Continued mild
i temperatures. High today near 55 de
crees, low near .40. Temperature at
11:01 was 54 degrees.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
26.48 29.70 - . 22.78
Animal Crackers
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if he had any control over em
ployes on : other state activities.
Dorman replied that the conduct
of state workers is largely in the
hands of the various state depart
ment heads but he would see what
could be done.
Officials of the Oregon State
Bar appeared before the salaries
committee and urged Increased
compensation for justices of the
State Supreme Court and circuit
and district judges. Included in
the group appearing before the
committee was ex-State. Senator
William Walsh of Coos Bay.
Spokesmen for the Oregon Bar
stressed that court 'salaries in Or
egon are low when compared with
those in California and some oth
er Western states.
for Visitors
old fashioned at a White House
I reception.
Asked about this. Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty refused to
go beyond a statement saying that
it has been the custom to "serve
liquid refreshments" to diplomatic
chiefs making their first formal
call on the new resident.
Star writer Betty Be ale wrote in
her society page column "Exclu
sively Yours" that apparently none
of the ambassadors who came to
call on Tuesday could remember
getting such drinks at an after
noon White House party "in- all
their years in Washington."
And some of them have been
here "off and on for years and
The article added:
"White House personnel are also
at a loss to remember the last
occasion at which whisky was of
fered In an undisguised state be
fore a o'clock in the evening."
Hagerty, fending off all attempts
for further explanation, read to
reporters this statement from
Howell Crim, chief usher at the
White House:
"It has been the custom at the
White House , to serve liquid re
freshments to the chiefs of mis
sion of the diplomatic corps when
they make their first formal call
on the new President. This is the
only time the White House serves
such refreshments at receptions.'
to this statment in response to
repeated questions as to whether
liquid refreshments" meant al
coholic refreshments or specifical
ly, highballs and old fashioneds.
Previously the White House had
said that tea and ' cookies were
provided.
Hagerty wouldn't say Friday
Whether tea was the only liquid
refreshments the diplomats got,
but again he 'pointed to the Crim
statement and said it was in re
sponse to inquiries about printed
reports the diplomats got highballs
and old fashioneds.
Reporters were not allowed at
the Tuesday reception. In de
scribing it to them at the time.
Hagerty said the diplomats were
to got o the state dining room
"where they have light refresh
ments tea and cookies."
"No whisky?" a reporter asked.
"No whisky tea and cookies,"
Hagerty replied.
"No American wine?"
Hagerty said.
Friday, there were other ques
tions for Hagerty.
"Have you heard from the
W. C. T. U.?"
"No."
"What is the favorite drink of
this administration Scotch or
rye?"
Hagerty just laughed, in a thin
sort of way.
Atomic Cannon
Test Scheduled
FT. SILL. Okla. UP) The Army's
huge 280 MM cannon will be used
to fire atomic, shells at the Nevada
proving grounds this spring after
crews are .trained here.
Maj. Gen. A. M. Harper, com
mandant of the artillery center,
said the gun will also be fired here
but emphasized no atomic shells
would be used. The big gun can
fire both conventional and atomic
shells. i '
There are several of the guns
here for training but the Army is
withholding the exact number. Har
per said two will be shipped to
Nevada for tests to be conducted
by the Atomic Energy Commission.
OREGONIAN SITE SOLD
PORTLAND" W The site of
the old Oregonian' Building . at
S. W. 6th and Alder in downtown
Portland, has . been sold to the
Prudential Insurance Company for
one million dollars.
First Congregational Church
Plans Sunday School Building
Consruction plans forJt new
Sunday School building and the
calling of an associate pastor were
announced - Friday by First Con-
gregational Church.- -
Expected to cost some 150,000,
the building addition will be start
ed in March, to be ready by Sep
tember. It will have two stories
and a basement, joined to the east
side of the church built in 1841 at
Cottage and Marion Streets. .
On the building committee are
Karl Heinlein, Dr. Brace I. Knapp
and Dr. Seth R. Huntington, pas
tor. ,
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ing the east approach to the Center Street bridre over the Willamette Kiver at aaiem. in me top
picture a crane track with a heavy battering ball aids crews of the Natt McDoncall Co. to tear down
the old concrete approach at the river's ede. A chance of plans caused crewmen (bottom picture)
te tear down part of newly-erected approach at street level to make it wider. (Statesman photos).
Korean Harbor
City Gutted by
Record Blaze
PUS AN, Korea (J) The worst
fire in modern Pusan s history
razed one square mile of business
blocks and homes in the heart
of the wartime provisional capital
Friday night and left thousands
of Koreans homeless.
At least 700 shops and homes.
mostly ramshackle frame struc
tures, were gutted. Some esti
mates placed the number as high
as 1,000.
There was no official estimate
of property loss but authorities
said it would perhaps run into
millions of dollars.
Two U. S. soldiers and two Ko
reans were overcome temporarily
by smoke. These were the only
reported casualties.
More Rainfall
On Forecast
Salem can expect scattered
showers over the weekend, par
ticularly Sunday, according to the
weather man.
But today, there Is a chance the
sun might poke through occasion
ally and the temperatures will be
mild. A high of 55 degrees is pre
dicted todav.
Friday was notable for its lack
of rain only a trace was meas
ured here and its mildness.
Meanwhile, the Oregon Coast
Highway was closed by slides
again Friday soutlt of Port Ortora
to all except emergency traffic, the
State Highway Commission said. .
Knife Act Sharp,
Wife's Cheek Cut
YAKIMA (J . A taufethrower
hit his target here Thursday night.
but it definitely wasn't .in the
script. . " - :
The target, who happened to be
his wife, was cut slightly on the
cheek.
The two were appearing as part
of the entertainment at a local
club house. . -
The associate pastor, the church's
first, will be the Rev. Edward
(Ted) Hastings, who has accepted
and will come Sept. 1: . Hastings
has -been pastor for two years of
Hubbard Parish in North Marion
County, including Hubbard, Elliott
Prairie and Smyrna Churches. He
will direct youth work as well as
other" ministerial duties.? , . -
The congregation .plans to con
duct two Sunday i services when
the building and staff changes are
accomplished. r';-' -
(Additional church news on- page
12 PAGES.
Willamette Bridge Plans
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seems to be the order of the day
Coincidence of Dates
Ends on Tragic Note
NEW YORK (J) Robert J.
Home, 26, of Staten Island, joined
the Army on Jan. 19, 1951.
He sailed for Korea on Jan. 19,
.852.
Friday, his mother, Mrs. George
Kruse, was notified by the Defense
Department he was killed in action
in Korea on Jan. 19, 1953.
Eisenhower
Revives Cost
Of Living Index
WASHINGTON Ml President
Eisenhower revived Friday for six
more months an abandoned gov
ernment cost of living index to
"meet the needs i of certain labor
unions and business concerns who
have contracts based on it."
The decision, Eisenhower's first
in the labor relations field, was
opposed in advance by the CIO
which had hinted of dire conse
quences in the big auto industry.
On the other hand, many employ
ers and some unions notably the
railroad brotherhoods with well
over a million members had ap
pealed for continuing the old style
index.
AFL President George Meany
had likewise favored . the course
adopted by Eisenhower, but CIO
Presidents Walter Reuther was
against continuing : the old in
dex. - I
The whole situation revolved
around the fact that the govern
ment, after being ordered to do so
by Congress several years ago,
was dropping Its j "old" living cost
series and substituting a more mod
ern index, based on present day
buying habits.
Secretary of Labor Durkin said
in a statement that both the new
and the old index series will be
issued, as sooon as possible. He
urged that employers and unions
move Quickly to convert their "es
calator" clauses! to the new index
by June 30, when the revived old
series will end. i ' 1
Reuther, whose contract with
major auto producers, ' runs until
mid-1955,' had planned to try to
use the new index as a basis for
reopening talks on pension and pay
rates. - t - " -
The White House decision to con
tinue the old index through next
June 30 - may ! upset Reuther's
plans. However, CIO sources -have
said Reuther will argue it is im
possible now to pick up the old
series and continue it exactly as
before. - " - ".-,
7oman Diets "Away.:
100 Pounds in Year
CHICAGO Vtl . Mrs. Margaret
Schmidt, 38, of - Milwaukee, who
shed 100 pounds in 12 months,, was
crowned. Fridayi as the 'champion
woman- weight loser of 1352,- x ,
Mrs. Schmidt, mother of two sons
has come down from 271 , to 171
pounds since Jan. 30, 1952, and is
aiming for a weight of 120 pounds
within th ncit ; 12 month.
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The Oregon Staleaman, Salem
Revised
J
Friday as crews work en rebuild
Approach Plan
ges
Gets Revision
i i
The east approaches of both the
Marion and Center street bridges
over the Willamette River ihere
are to be made . wider than was
originally planned, the State High
way Department revealed Friday.
Preliminary work began this
week on the Marion Street bridge.
There about 40 feet of the north
handrail will be removed and re
built several feet north and the
street on that sied widened corre
spondingly. This will make a wider
approach angle.
Highway officials said it was
noted that big truck-and-trailer
vehicles turning onto the bridge
from N. Commercial Street could
not negotiate the turn without
swinging too far into the south; lane
of -traffic on the bridge.
On the Center Street bridge simi
lar work is taking place. A por
tion of a new concrete railing on
the south edge of the approach is
being removed to make . that, turn
onto Commercial wider. This will
enable east-bound traffic on the
one-way bridge pladty of room to
make the south swing onto Com
mercial. , Meanwhile the old section of the
concrete approach near the river's
edge and butting against the steel
center span, is being torn down
preparatory to building a new one.
When completed the approach will
come to grade on N. Commercial
Street rather than on Front, -
Carrier Planes ;
Blast at Wonsan
TOKYO l The Navy said
Saturday night swarms of planes
from three U. S. carriers and the
roaring guns of the mighty battle
ship Missouri are staging a "vic
ious bombardment" of the battered
East Korea port city of Wonsan.
The 1 Navy , announcement: said
two destroyers,,, the USS Moore and
the USS Uhlmann, also are In on
the operation. ' -;.
Snapped Cable
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Automobile in Willamette River
t BUtessala News irrle i.
INDEPENDENCE A cable snap
ped and stranded the Buena Vista
ferry in the Willamette River six
miles south of Independence Fri
day morning. :
Two passengers - went to shore
by, life boat while the ferry, await
ed a tug that came from Indepen
dence and towed it to shore. One
auto was on the ferry.! .1
. Bill Lawrence of Independence,
ferry, operator; said the cable snap
ped at the point where it was an
chored to the ground on the Buena
Vista side. The carriage that sup
ports the ferry's trolley fell into
the river when the cable broke. It
Oregon. Scrturday. January 31
IKe Seen Ready to Give
(CMiiLese NatioMaMsts
Go - Alidad for Imvasioii
Suspect Nabbed
After Robbery of
Ice Cream Firm
One of the two men believed to have held up the DeLuxe Ice
Cream Co. In Salem Friday was captured by state police early this
morning In the brush off Route 101 near Otis Junction. He was iden
tified as James L. McQueen, 14, of Louisville, Ky. He told police his
companion, still at large early this morning, was Bob Fen ton, also of
LouisTille. According to police, McQueen said they had thrown away
their only weapon, a .45 caliber automatic.
By PHIL S LOCUM
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A manhunt was on early this morning in the wild brush lands
near Otis Junction about five miles from the coast for two gunmen
who stuck up the DeLuxe Ice Cream Co. office at 1857 State St.,
Salem, late Friday afternoon andr escaped with $315 in cash.
Twelve state and Salem police
officers armed with sawed-of f
shotguns went into the brush just
off Route 101 a mile south of Otis
Junction shortly before midnight
in an effort to track down the
bandits.
The hunt was kicked off when
State Policeman Stanley Mooster
of the Newport office spotted the
black 1947 Chrysler getaway car
on Route 101 about 9:30 p.m.
Two men leaped form the car
and ran for the brush. No shots
were fired.
Mooster radioed for aid and state
and local police converged on the
scene.
The holdup was staged about
4:55 p.m. at the ice cream manu
facturing plant's office on. State
Street near 19th Street.
In the office at the time were
Mrs. Helen Yagle of 450 N. 20th
St., a clerk, and Paul Ernst of 722
Highland Ave., route salesman for
the company. '
Ernst had just come In off his
route and was counting out his
receipts totaling $93 when the gun
men entered the store.
Mrs. Yagle. a 31 -year-old blon
de, said the men both appearing
about 30 years old and hatlesi
first asked for a job.
"I told them they would have to
see the manager. Then one near
the door pulled a gun out and
said: This I a stick-up."
Then the phone rang and the
gunmen told Mrs. Yagle to an
swer it as If everything was al
right. "It was my mother calling,' said
Mrs. Yagle. "We talked for two or
three minutes, but I don't know
what she said."
While one of the bandits stood
by the door with his gun leveled
on the two employes, his com
panion scooped the $93 into a blue
canvas bag.
Police found the bag late last
night in the ditched getaway car.
He turned to the safe which he
rifled without success and then
told Mrs. Yagle to open the cash
register which yielded $222. That
was all the cash in the office.
Both Mrs. Yagle and Ernst agreed
the gunmen were "very polite."
"They were quite nervous," she
said, "and when they left they
complimented us on our calmness.'
But I was scared."
The gunmen left with a warning
not to try and follow them.
Police sped to the scene minutes
after the holdup, but the bandits
slipped out of the city. -
(Additional details on Page 2.)
Blessed Event May
Make Zoo History .
MADISON. . Wis. UP) If the
Vilas Park Zoo's new baby camel
gets over ; the . hump, the blessed
event may make zoo history. ;
Zoo Director' Harold Hayes says
no zoo-bred dromedary ever has
survived in this country. Volas
Park, long an oasis for the Arab
racers, has welcomed two miants
previously but lost them both.
Strands Ferry.
was retrieved by a Mountain Stat
es Power' Co. crew.
The cable apparently had rot
ted, according . to Jack Hayes,
judge of Polk County Court which
maintains the ferry. He; said the
ferry would probably be reopened
byMonday. '-rtr: "v
Passengers on ' the ferry were
Mrs. Ralph Dunham, who lives
near the Marion County ferry
landing, and Sam Taylor, caretak
er on a nearby ranch; .
, The ferry . had resumed opera
tion Thursday after - high water
kept- it closed more .than two
weeks. It normally crosses the ri
ver 50 to 80 times a day,- '
1953
Liquor Control
Measures Top
Senate Study
f By HECTOR L. FOX
Associated Press Writer
Liquor matters returned to the
fore Friday as the Oregon legis
lature completed its third week
of sessions.
Coincident with a bill intro
duced in the Senate to pay salaries
to the three-man Liquor Control
Commission, the' commission noti
fied the legislative - alcohol com
mittees that, effective Feb. 9, it
would discontinue regulating radio
and television advertising.
The Senate bill, drafted by
Robert D. Holmes, Gearhart,
would pay the liquor commission
ers $9,500 a year, with the chair
man receiving an extra $500. A
similar bill in 1951 failed.
The end of the time limit on ra
dio and TV broadcasts sponsored
by alcoholic beverage manufac
turers marks the second time in
two years the commission has
modified its -stand on such ad
vertising. In its previous action,
the board lowered the time re
striction from 10 to 8 pjn. for
earliest broadcast of such adver
tising. Keep Eye on Results
The commission gave- notice
Friday, however, that it would
watch; results closely to see If
further regulations were needed
after the ban ends.
Power legislation also held ma
jor attention at. week's end. The
House, state and federal affairs
committee will hold a public hear
ing next Friday night on the
Portland General Electrla - com
pany proposal to allow court ap
peals from decisions of the hydro
electric commission.
PGE also, wants reorganization
of the commission, which has de
nied it permission to build Pelton
dam on the Deschutes River, v
Expense BUI Eyed
Four Central and Southern Ore
gon representatives Introduced a
bill to repeal the state law that
gives the federal government
prior claim to lake and river wat
ers up to four years after filing.
Expense money for the legisla
tors appeared brighter. The bill
to provide $10 a day, guided by
Rep. Robert Klemsen,.St. Helens,
already has signatures of more
than a majority of the house.
House action on the proposed
$32,000,000 highway bond Issue is
slated for next week. The high
way committee said It expects to
give the bill a green light at its
meeting next .Tuesday, -
Unemployment compensation
and income tax benefits headed
upu the new bills introduced Fri
day. Labor puts In its proposals
to raise unemployment compensa
tion benefits from a weekly max
imum of $25 to $35, bring all em
ployers under the law, and dis
continue one-week waiting period
ior Denents.
Income Tax Break
Parents- of new-born babies
would get full-year ; income tax
deduction for their offspring In
stead of bnlly that part of Jthe
year after the baby's birth. This
would make the state annd federal
regulations identical. , .
Legislative discussions - ended
early Friday, most of the Jegis- j
lators leaving by chartered busses
for Eugene to be dinner guests of
the Eugene Chamber of Com
merce, and ,view the Oregon-Oregon
State basketball game. ;
FDTTn TRAFFIC DEATH "
PORTLAND tf -- The fifth traf
fic ' f ataiitv of the year was re
corded in Portland. Friday with
th death of Charles E. Olson, 77,
Portland, who" was struck by an
automobile ten days ago.
PRICE 5c
17. tZl
Move Would
Lift Barrier
By 7th Fleet
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON UR I President
Eisenhower was reported on ex
cellent authority Friday night " to
be about ready to take: the wrap
off the Chines Nationalists oa
Formosa, thus freeing them to
raid the Communist j mainland of
China. ' l-
The U. S. Seventh Fleet has bees
standing guard, under a mandate
from Former President Truman to
prevent attacks on the mainland
by Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists,
or attacks, on Formosa by the
Chinese Reds. . I
May Be in Message
Under the Eisenhower order, if
it is actually issued, -the Seventh
Fleet would no longer I be a bar
rier to attacks from Formosa
against the Communists.
Highly placed sources said that
announcement of this reversal of
Truman administration policy for
the neutralization of Formosa may
be made in the president s state
of the union message I to a joint
session of Congress Monday.
One high government source said
that Eisenhower is seriously con
sidering the action. Others made
Clear that they consider it is vir
tually decided upon. M
Threat to Chinese
One purpose of the projected
move Is to create a new strategic
threat to the Chinese Communist
force which are ' fighting the
troops of the United ' States and
Allied nations in Korea and the
troops - of France and of native
states, in Indochina. j
The possibility of a Nationalist
strike from Formosa, and the dan
ger which that possibility creates
for China's main north-south rail
line, might reduce the1 mobility at
Red Chinese armies by tying up
large forces in the regions across
the 90-mile water gap between For
mosa and the mainland.
Truman Policy
The Truman administration pol
icy, "laid down immediately after
the outbreak of the Korean war
2 V years ago, of having the
United States Seventh! Fleet pre
vent military actions by either of
the Chinese groups against the
other has been criticized by Re
publicans in the past. Secretary of
State Dulles is known to have held
the view that the United States
was prevent friendly forces from
effective employment against he
common enemy.
POWsBeat
GI to Death
PUSAN, Korea tf) Three North
Korean prisoners of war beat to
death an American soldier la
Koje Island compound Wednesday,
touching off a disturbance which
required tear gas to quell, the U.
N. Command said Friday.
The soldier, a private, went into '
the compound at Chogulr with a
Republic of Korea Army sergeant
to clear barracks of prisoners for
the twice-daily prisoner count.
The ROK sergeant later missed
the American. By the time he was
found, the soldier had been fatally
beaten and died on arrival at a
hospitaL i
: under orders, the prisoners
turned over three men they said,
were guilty. But the milling prison
ers refused to go back to barracks
and started throwing rocks. Tear
gas 'restored order.
Superforts Blast
Red Supply Base
SEOUL W U. S.1 B-2 Super
forts rode" through a storm ofCom
munist interceptor .fhe J
night and bombed a key Red supV
ply center Just south of the capital
of Pyongyang. f 11fl
. Explosions touched! off by 110
tons of bombs ripped through the
60 acre ujong xargei,
south of Pyongyang, j
Daily Spollorl
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those from which will be chosen
the words for the 1S53 Ore r on
Statesman-KSLM Epelling Con
test for 7th and tth graders of
Marlon, Polk and part ef Yamhill
County:
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dictionary
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banana
compass
specify - ,
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hardware
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Quality
puddle
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