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FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bu
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fog la the moraine partly cloudy to
night, iacreaxlnc cloudiness Monday
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Newsweek: "Make no mistake
about it, the new Administration
has committed the-U. S."to two
historic shift in attitude. Both
involve 'getting tough'. - - '
What Newsweek , refer .to , ia
both China and Europe. Secretary
of State Dulles has been telling
NATO countries in effect to "put
t up or else . .. and - presiaenx
Eisenhower nas mxea me quim
China for Chiang Kai-shek.
The new foreign policy also con
' templates abandoning containment
Jof Communism for '( peaceful) libr
eration of enslaved peoples, a roll
back of Communism.
The, proof of -the pudding "will
have to be in the -eating.--.As in
bridge if the player wins his bid
hi bidding was correct, regardless
of "systems." It may be that "get
ting tough will pay;-, .off; then
again it may not. .7
The lifting of restraints on
Chiang Kai-shek may be follow
ed with delivery of jet planes to
Formosa and with an order to the
Navy to enforce a blockade of the
China coast. Forecast of this is
attended with comment that-it is
not expected to draw Russia into
the war. That, however, is not the
big question in my mind. Rather,
will it bring the present war to
an earlier end? f
I do not see that these moves in
the Far East would have more
than diversionary value. The Na
tionalists are unable to launch
and sustain an invasion of the
mainland. Jet Dlanes might do
damage but would stab no vital.
Since most of China's war mater
ial comes from Russia overland
the blockade fwiu not strangle its
war economy. Whether it would
pinch enough to force the Reds
to agree to an armistice in norea
can be determined only by trial.
Undoubtedly the Reds would use
it as propaganda to encourage
the Chinese to continue their war
effort against the "American im
perialists," with the Russians egg
ing them on.
As far as Western Europe is
concerned after its initial flareup
it should settle back and face
(Continued on editorial page)
AtPe
Perrydala Verda Wall, 13-year-old
8th-grader at Perrydale
School, will represent Perrydale
in tne semi-ii-
nals of the Ore
gon Statesman-
KSLM Spelling
Contest at Dal
las on Wednes
day night,' March
'4
i Verda, whose
1 favorite hobby is
v reading, was cer
, tified as champi-
s on speller of this
Terda Wall
Polk County
schoo by Prin
clpal Hugh Hanna. Her teacher is
Glen Burch. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wall,
Route 1, Box 340, Dallas.
Second and third places at Perry
dale went to Ruby Rempel, 14,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Rempel, Route 1, Dallas, and Shir
ley Neufeld, 13, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Irvin Neufeld, Route 1,
Box 314. Dallas. Both are 8th
graders.
All semi-finals are open to the
public, as is the grand finals in
which the top two spellers from
each of 10 semi-finals will compete
at Parnsh Junior High School in
Salem, Wednesday night, March
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Young Mother
Polio Victim
- StatesBum News Service
.TURNER A young Turner
mother was placed in an iron lung
Saturday after she was stricken
with an acute case of poliomye
litis. The polio victim was Mrs. Ches
ter McNeil, 22, Turner, mother of
three small children, one of them
just a few months old. Attending
physicians ' said she had been ill
about t week, -i ---
- : She was taken to' Salem Me
morial Hospital Saturday morning
after the . bulbar polio ' diagnosis
was made and she was placed im
mediately in the respirator.' Her
condition was described by hospit
al officials . as - -fair" Saturday
night, r ' , -
Daily Speller!
(The following words are among
those from which will the chosen
the words for. the ' 1953 , Oregon
Statesman-SSOI Spelling Con
test for 7 th and Sth graders of
Marion, polk and part of Yamhill
County: . .v": . -
national .
carriage ' ' ' :
status
carnival", y
Tiospital .
commencement
mistaken,
behavior '
choir
-circular
excellent
ignorance
honor
discipline
terrible .
Solicit
Circulation
capacity ,
domestic
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Girl Winner m
Spelling Work
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102nd YEAR
Police Force
J
Eighty year of police work is represented by these four sets of brothers on the Salem roiiee Depart
ment who are paired off seated and standing. Front row, left te right: Donald Goody, one week;
Walter Esplin, 11 years; Paul Nicholson, 18 years; Jack Creasy, six years; back row left to-ritht:
Raymond Goody, one' week Charles Esplin It years; Don Nicholson, 2f years; Charles Creasy, 11
years. . '
British Editorial
I Aghast at Ike
LONDON trV-The mass circula
tion Sunday Pictorial said Satur
day night in a front page editorial
offered as a pro-La borite open let
ter that President . Eisenhower's
first 18 days in office "have been
disastrous" and ' have caused ; a
crisis between Britain and. . the
United States." ;
The Pictorial claims more man
5,000,000 circulation,
Farmers Union
Opposes 20
Power Charge
Statesmaa News Serriee
BETHEL Marion County Fann
ers Union members at their quar
terly convention went on record
against the 20 per cent power
surcharge and the buiding of the
Pelton Dam.
The' surcharge resolution claim
ed that the 20 per cent hike in
power rates is already taken care
of through the lower rate charged
to private power -companies by
federal sower agencies.
About 73 attended the meeting
held at Bethel School, East state
Street Road. ?
Other resolutions werer
Annroval of President Eisen
hower and Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra Benton's stand on price
support for ' farm products.
That tax levies be printed on
the back of tax receipts for the
taxpayer's information.
Urged that the legislature and
Gov. Patterson preserve the two
TV channels allocated to the state
for public use. v
! Onftosed anr effort to change the
law relative to initiative and ref
erendum. 1 I
John Bollinger, manager of the
Farmer's Union Co-operative Store
in Salem, was guest speaker. He
emphasized the value of a well
co-ordinated farmer-union, pro
gram. .
Other speakers Included IMrs.
Vera Bassett of Central Howell,
county junior leader, and Mrs.
Percy Lamb, state junior leader
and president of the Polk County
Farmer's Union!
. Next convention is slated for
the evening of May 2, with the lo
cation to be announced.
COL. GRAF TO VISIT DAMS
PORTLAND vB Lt." CoL John
A. Graf will visit Willamette River
dams, completed and . under, con
struction,: after he becomes execu
tive officer of the Portland District
Corps of Engineers Monday.. v'
CoL -Graf, succeeds r LT. .CoL
James W. Sloat, assigned to Brem
erhaven, Germany. . . "
GINGER ROGERS WEDS .
PAI SPRINGS.. Calif! VF) -
Film star Ginger Rogers, 41, and
Paris lawyer Jacques Bergerac, So,
were married Saturday night.
It was the fourth marriage for
her and - the first for . Bergerac,
whom she met during a European
tour last year. , .
ROAD CLOSED AT BRIDGE i
The Salem-Independence high
way is closed by high water just
east of the Independence Bridge,
authorise reported Saturday-
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Has 4 Sets of Brothers in Arm
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Bids Sought
For Memorial
Bids on a Salem Memorial Hos
pital building project which will
add space for 42-beds were called
Saturday.
The three-story and basement
wing Is scheduled to bring the
South Winter Street hospital to
105 beds and add other facilities
for treatment, storage and me
chanical equipment.
.The call for bids, to be opened
here March 7, marks the second
major hospital project for Salem
as a result of a hospital develop
ment fund drive. The camDaisrn
contributed $100,000 of the esti
mated $300,000 cost for the addi
tion. Other funds are helping pay
for construction of a new hospital
minding for Salem General hos
pital. J
Remaining funds for the expan
sion wing, will come from a $89,
468 federal grant and from the
hospital's own accumulated build
ing funds. Manager Irwin F. Wed-
el said Saturday.
More than 13,000 square feet of
zioor space will be added by the
project. The new wing will include
tne entire birth department with
ultra-modern deb very rooms, la-
Dor rooms, -latners lounge" and
private rooms and wards on. the
third floor. The first and second
floors will hold wards and private
rooms witn a solarium on each
floor. Dining area, storage space
and mechanical equipment will be
in tne basement. - i
Architect -James L. Payne said
the addition will be of smooth
faced architectural concrete with
concrete slab floors. The . struc
ture will also feature intercom
municating phones, asphalt and
terrazo tile flooring and metal
doors. .
Hindu Mystic
Made Mistake
In Burial Plan
NEW DELHL India (A J A
Hyderabad . sadhu .(holy man)
crawled into a box Jan. 28 ' and
told his disciples to bury him three
feet, below the ground. They .were
ordered to leave him for 10 days.
That was Narayan : Acharya's
idea of doing a penance in the
cause of world peace.
Followers of the 56-year-old mys
tic were confident'" their master
would be - alive when he was dug
up Saturday. A crowd of 3,000
shouted "Jai ram" (victory be to
God) as the box was opened.
They looked -at the still form
and said the sadhu . was in a state
of "divine unconsciousness.?' They
recalled that twice -before - their
leader had had himself buried for
periods of one day and emerged
alive'- :i : ,UJV r;.,:
This time doctors said he was
dead. But his people- thought other
wise. ' All day they shuffled past
his body, offering., flowers and
coins and ' chanting that Narayan
Acharya still lived.
- Saturday night a police magis
trate took charge.- He arranged to
cremate the body, . since, no rela
tive claimed it. Sunday Narayan
Acharya's -ashes will be thrown
into the sacred Jumna River, his
Denanco lasting one. -
Hospital Wing
Yellowjacket Nest
10 Feet High, Now
Lodged in Museum
GAINESVILLE. Fla. M A
yellowjacket nest 10 feet high and
3 feet in diameter, the. largest
ever found in Jt londa, now is
museum piece. v
'? University - of Florida ' entomo
logists sawed the stump on which
the nest was built in Lafayette
County, chloroformed the nest, cut
it into sections and loaded it on
two trucks. No one was stung al
though hundreds of yellowjackets
were buzzing around.
Dr. A. N. Tissot of the univer
sity agricultural experiment sta
tion found 70 levels of combs in
the structure. He estimated that
when it was fully inhabited it
housed probably a quarter of a
million yellow j ackets.
one section or tne nest was
placed in the Florida state mu
seum hero and the other in the
Florida geological society museum
at Tallahassee.
Santiam Route
May Reopen
Wednesday
State sauiBi News Service .
DETROIT The North San
tiam Highway, closed Thursday
night by a slide, will be re
opened by Wednesday "with
luck, W. F. Mizner, public roads
foreman, reported Saturday.
' The by-pass road on which es
sential traffic . is permitted to
travel will be open Sunday from
7 a jn. to 6 pjn. A pilot car will
be used to direct traffic
-Several residents who live east
of Detroit Dam reportedly were
caught away from home when
gates on the by-pass road were
locked at 9 pjn. Friday.
: Mizner said that the slide was
being moved at the' rate of 2,000
cubic yards per day. About one
fourth of the 16,000 yards had
been moved Saturday night. The
crew will work Sunday. 1
Mizner said he felt "quite jure"
Saturday that no cars had been
trapped under the slide, r
Friendly Dogs Also
Provide Trouble
For Mail Carrier
LIMA. O. IMi - A dog may be
man's best friend, but at least one
Lima housewife . thinks her mail
man is carrying the idea too far.
'An irate housewife -: complained
to Postmaster Earl Leach:
I " wish ' you'd - stop that mail
carrier ' from bringing all ' those
dogs on my porch every time he
comes here. I- didn t mind it as
long as , it was only that great
big . brute with feet like pie pans
that always follows him around
but yesterday six dogs ' followed
him" and . tracked up . my. clean
porch." Vv- v:. I -
Tne postmaster, Jong accustomed
to mailmen's complaints about un
friendly , dogs delaying them -from
their . appointed rounds, assured
the woman he d investigate and
caution the carrier about bis
friends. -.v., - . r
SALEM FRECIPrr AXIOM
Since Start ( Weather Tear Sept. 1
This Year
Last Year
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The Oregon Statesman Salem, Oregon, Sunday,
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Divisions
TOKYO tf U. N. commander
Gen. Mark Clark said Sunday auth
ority has been received from the
Department of the Army to in
crease tne Republic of Korea Army
from 12 divisions to 14, with appro
priate supporting units. : - !
Clark's announcement said Gen.
James A. van Fleet, commander
of the U. S. Eighth Army of which
ROK forces are a part, has been
directed to activate the new divi
sions at an early date. j
It emphasized that the order to
activate the new divisions does not
mean they, can be made combat
ready in a matter of days or weeks.
Nor does it mean that U. S. divi
sions will be released from front
line duty in the immediate future.
, It was the second authorization
to increase ROK ' forces in four
Months. Last j October authority
was received to build up the ROK
Army from 10 divisions to 12.
Two additional divisions will
bring the ROK Army to 200,000
soldiers, not counting thousands of
Korean service troops. f
The increase to 14 divisions would
make the ROK Army six divisions
short of the 20-di vision goal rec
ommended by Van Fleet.
Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, who
will succeed Van Fleet as com
mander of the Eighth Army Wed
nesday, has pledged to carry on
Van Fleet's program of! expanding
and strengthening the ROK Army.
ROK troops now man about two
thirds of the 155-mile Korean battle
line. ;
Van Fleet told a news conference
Jan. 26 that he believed the South
Korean Army could be built up
within 12 months to hold the entire
battleline. if Allied forces decide
to keep the present front. j
He said more troops from other
U. N. countries would be needed
if the U. N. decided on a large
scale offensive.
DA Orders
lAbolition of
Polk Pinballs
DALLAS One-ball plnball ma
chines in Polk County got the axe
Saturday from Walter W. Foster,
Polk County District Attorney, i
I have instructed Sheriff Tony
Neufeldt to confiscate all one-ball
type machines," the recently -elected
D. A. declared.
Foster said his action was
prompted by complaints about, the
machines, which dispense only one
skiU ball to the player for each
coin spent. The type of plnball
machine that uses . five balls ! is
considered more common. I
Locations of a dozen one-ball
machines are known by Foster,
who estimated there might be 25
in operation in the county. He said
there appeared to be some in sev
eral parts of the county with the
exception of West Salem. t
A Salem city ordinance pro
hibits all pinball machines. ' j
Foster said any punchboards
found will be confiscated, too, al
though no complaints about . them
had been received.
NEWSMEN TO HEAR LUCE f
EUGENE (A The Oregon
Newspaper Publishers Association,
meeting here Feb. 20 and 21, will
hear an address by Henry Luce,
editor of Time, Life and Fortune
magazines.
He wul deliver the Eric W. Alien
Memorial Lecture ' at the . Oregon
Press Conference, r ; - ;
ROK
Ajpproved
Oregon Legislators Losing Hope
Session as Maior Lesisl
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. !
; Associated Press Correspondent
Deluged with a record, number
of bills and with , none of the ma
jor legislation considered i by
either house during the first, four
weeks of its session, Oregon's leg
islators are losing hope that they
might Adjourn on about the 90th
day. V ' .
-The House had hoped to begin
action on the first of the major
bills taxation and highway bonds
this past week. But technical
difficulties of having to maice. ail
the bill conform with the new
code .forced a delay - until next
week. -v:-
"', These technical difficulties also
will delay other bills. '- ' i'
- The six tax bills, which simpli
fy the state's tax system, and the
32 million dollar -highway , bond
issue, received .favorable commit
tee reports during ; the week. The
House probably will pass both
pieces of legislation early next
week and send them to the Sen
ate. There have been 578 bills intro
duced, compared with 516 at the
same stage of the 1951. session,
when an all-time record of 1,214
bills were introduced, i
. i Here's the status of th$ fctop
legislation:
Finances: The ways and. means
February 8. 1953
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MRS. CLARE BOOTHE LUCE
Nominated as Diplomat
Ike Selects
Mrs. Luce as
to
WASHINGTON W President
Eisenhower announced Saturday
he would nominate Mrs. Clare
Boothe Luce as ambassador to
Italy and all indications were the
senate would confirm her.
This would give Mrs. Luce, the
granddaughter of a Baptist mini
ster and a convert to Catholicism,
the honor of being America's sec
ond ; woman ambassador and the
first' to a major power.
Since the last President Franklin
D. Roosevelt named Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen Robe as U. S. minist
er to Denmark in 1933, four women
have served as american repre
sentatives to foreign countries.
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman as in
Norway as American minister
when germany overran that coun
try in the early days of World
War II.
Mrs. Eugenie Anderson as am
bassador to Denmark and Mrs.
Perle Mesta as minister to Luxem
burg, both appointees of ' former
President Truman still are at their
posts.
: There are. reports that Eisen
hower plans to name Mrs. Hiram
Cole 'Houghton : Of Red Oak. la..
former president of . the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, as
ambassador to : The Netherlands.
.Mrs. Luce,- glamorous blonde
playwright and wife of Editor-in-Chief
Henry Luce of the Tim -Life-Fortune
magazines, served, two
two-year terms in the House of
Representatives, beginning In 1943.
At her, Ridgefield, Conn., home
she said of her selection: "It is
a great honor and a privilege."
She declined to. comment further.
Early comment from .senators
who will pass on the appointment
was favorable.
Sen. Sparkman (D Ala.) re
called that as a representative he
had served with Mrs. Luce in the
House. "She is a very able per
son." he said. "I see no reason
why she shouldn't bo confirmed."
Sen. Ferguson (K alien.) com
mented: "I think she will make a
very fine ambassadoress. I think
she'll represent the United States
very wefl." -
Drive-In Theatre
Due Near Sheridan
Statesman News Service
SHERIDAN W. H. Hibbert, own
er of theaters in Sheridan, Willa
mina and Grand Ronde, will build
a $50,000 drive-in theater to be
known as the Sky-Way,, about half
way between WiUamlna and Sheri
dan. i
Construction will begin in April
and will be completed in July.
The drive-in will accomodate 350
cars, and will be managed . by
Ralph Watson.
ation
committee is holding hearings on!
the state budget, with prospects
it will begin sending the appropri
ation bills to the .floor in about
four weeks. The tax bills are ready
for House action, with no thought
of Increasing taxes yet. '
Fnblie Welfare: This explosive
issue was thrown wide open dur
ing the week , with introduction
of bills to open welfare rolls to
public Inspection, and to refuse
federal welfare grants. The pub
licity bill might pass, but it's hard
to imagine the legislature turning
down $13,500,000 ft year in fed
eral money.
Reorganization: The bill to cre
ate a. state department of revenue
hasn't been introduced, and prob
ably will be delayed until. 1955.
The bills to set up a new motor
vehicle department; consolidate 20
occupational boards 4 and to pay
the liquor commissioners' haven't
been considered by : coifcmittees
yet. Neither has Gov.j Patterson's
proposal for a constitutional con
vention." "v .kV r.- . j.
Education: Committees haven't
worked out the new school district
reorganization - bill yet, and they
haven't considered the -bill, for
hteher teachers salaries.
Llqnor: The house alcohol com
mittee will Introduce its own liq
uor by the drink bill next-week.
Envoy
Italy
Piles Hi
PRICE 10c
WASHINGTON (fl'JThe death : of government wage controls
seemed sure Saturday to touch off union drives to recapture pay
boosts denied under federal curbs. . -.
. The eight million member AFL already has signalled for such
attempts, but many employers are expected . to resist the move at
least until their present labor contracts run out.
President .i Eisenhower s order i
Friday ending wage controls cave
an official okay to alll employer
union agreements-still. waiting for
government approval. .There : were
nearly 10,000 such ' contracts in
volving an estimated million work
ers, who will now get the con
templated , pay raises..
But 'during the two-year '.period
when controls were in effect many
proposed boosts : in - pay . and other
benefits were denied or partly dis
approved by the Wage Stabiliza
tion Board.
Out of 125,000 cases handled, the
WSB shaved down the terms of
more than 20,000 employer - union
agreements. It is these vetoed ben
efits that the unions now will want
to get back..
In many cases the. labor groups
will be stuck with the reductions
unless their employers voluntarily
agree to waive them, as can be
done now that the wage lid - has
been taken off. ; " """ '
Most of the contracts were ne
gotiated for time periods, with
stipulations that the gains were
subject to government approval.
WSB Chairman Charles C Killings-
worth said in a farewell news con
ference that WSB's lawyers view
the stipulations as meaning reduc
tions can be made to last legally
for the life of the contracts.
But if balked for the time being
at recapturing the gains once for
bidden -by the wage stabilizers,
unions can be depended upon the
increase their pay demands by
that' amount when their present
contracts expire.
From Gave
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FRANKLIN. W. Va. Uf) Two
Washington, D. C, men who had
all but given up hope were res
cued from a big . cave near here
Saturday after being lost under
ground for almost three days. .-
"We didn t think we would make
it out," said Harry C Breeden.
Jr., 30-year-old electronics tech-
nichian. ' .
He and 20-year-old Kenneth
Sterner, a power company meter
tester, had gone without food and
sleep since they started the im
promptu exploring jaunt in Trout
Rock Cave about 2:30 p.m. Wednes
day. They were shaky and almost
frozen.
Their flashlight burned out hard
ly an hour after they walked into
the cavern. - -
Groping through the dark, most
ly on hands and knees, they had
worked their way onto a ledge up
under the ceiling of the cava, 15
feet above the floor.
They could go no farther end
in the dark they could find no way
back down from their perch. They
were struck there when they heard
the shouts of a six-man searching
party. - . ; . , -';
O. B. mien, ni-aniuin xarmer
who led the. party searching Trout
Rock, estimated Breeden ana ster
ner were about 400 yards from the
entrance. ; : . '
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and the House might . vote on it
in about 1 0 days The , numerous
temperance bills don't, have :..
chance.' j v-'-: '
Highways: The two major. high
way bills . already are approved
by the house highway committee,
and the House should pass them
next ' week. One is the highway
bond bilL and- the other would
permit tolls to be charged for
crossing the highway bridge be
tween Portland -and Vancouver, so
that a second bridge could be fi-
f Labor: Employers1 Introduced a
bill to .ban the closed shop this
week, and It set off a big fight
between labor and employers. La
bor's bills to boost unemployment
and industrial accident benefits
haven't . received committee ac-
- Power: The 20 per cent sur
charge investigation appears dead,
as the senate commerce and utili
ties committee doesn't plan to
vote on a resolution calling for
the investigation. So the big pow
er fight, between Portland Gen
eral Electric Co. and fishing in
terests, will be over whether PGE
should build Pelton Dam. The PGE
bill would permit it to -appeal
from the hydroelectric commis
sion order denying it permission
to build the dara. , , .
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After
Day
for Short
No. 339
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Salem Prices
Remain Stable
le
By CONRAD P RANGE
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Removal of OPS price controls
will have little, if any, affect on ;
Salem , area prices In the staple ;
items of everyday living, it was ;
indicated by a survey this week ,
end. : '
Leading local merchants in
food, "furniture, clothing, depart
ment store commodities, used cars -and
restaurants were quizzed.
The questions were: How will
As Controls D
the removal of OPS price controls :
affect your business? - Will any .
of your prices go up?? . -,
"There is nothing in the forsee-
able future to indicate our prices
will increase. We are already
selling below the established OPS
ceilings now," was the comment .
of a large department store man
ager.
And that just about sums it un .
for all the others, too as they see.
it from here, that is.
The only dissenting' opinion
came from a used car dealer. Ho
said removal of OPS controls on
1946 autos and older would, (if
the lifting actually occurs) prob-
ably mean that some "good" used '
cars in that category might in-
crease from $25 to $100. -'"As
an -example he said he had .
a 1940 model car In "excellent
condition." The OPS ceiling on
that car is $344. . He said if con-
trols were removed he would ask
at least $450 for It.
Below Celling
Dealers - in other businesses.
however, looked for no immediate) '
price increase. A wholesale food '
dealer said that nearly all gro
ceries have been selling here be
low (some ' "far below") OPS .
maximums. The main reasons for
this situation, he. said, are com
petition and increased supplies hi ' .
ail items of food.
fit's different now than in
World War II days," he said.
fThen food prices were high be .
cause nearly all food Items were ia
short supply."
This statement closely paral
leled the furniture dealer who re- '
marked that "lifting of OPS con
trols for us will mean less eye- .
strain we won't have to worry
about filling out those forms."
Prices Level Off
Competition and a good supply
of all furniture goods has leveled ,
prices off below OPS ceilings for
the past several months, he said.
The manager of one of Salem's
largest, department stores, which
handles a wide range of com- '.
modities, said that "99 per cenl
of eveiything we sell has been go
ing at prices below ops maxi
mums for the past five months.
Unless some unforseen happens
I see no price increases In our
store at this time."
A prominent clothing store
dealer said he couldn't recall a
single item In his store being held
down in price by OPS regulations. !
Most clothing items have been out
from under OPS for the past
month and children's clothing is
expected to be freed next.
Meals Below OPS Ceiling
The manager of one of Salem's
largest restaurants said the re- '
moval : of OPS controls "wont "
mean a- thing to us. We are
already serving meals below OPS -ceilings
and have been for tome,
time." A hotel restaurant man
ager said , removal of controls .
would mean more menu variety.
Salem has no rent controls and
real estate in general is not ex
pected to be affected by Presi
dent Eisenhower's recent an
nouncement to wipe out controls
in nearly all businesses.
AH merchants surveyed, how
ever, kept one reservation. They
couldn't - foresee, they said, ,
the effect of removal of con
trols on wages, factory shipments
and raw material supplies on a
national scale. These things, they
admitted, could change the pic
ture overnight. .
As one merchant said: "We re
tailers are at the bottom of the
supply-price line. If someone i
above . us raises bis prices we "
might have to raise ours." ,
Sun-Scheduled for
Appearance Todays
: The sun Is scheduled to make
an occasional appearance In Lv.e
Salem area today, LIcNary field
weathermen predict.
The forecast warns, however,
that though the Sunday driver
may . have ' fair weather for 1
jaunt, on Monday it will be r&is
ing again,
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