'Atomic -Roclcet' Runs Afoul of Tree Limbs 102nd TEAB 18 PAGES Th Oragoa Ctotosmozx. Scxlom, Orjon. Thursday, February 28, 1953 PCICE 5c Vok S57 'er With uling to Conf Joe S'mEuz -- yw.wiiiff'WwwwwwwWMwwwgaww isswsai- P"""""""" !iistsus,v3.. sum aasr -a- mrnw, 4 ' :"J .-P. feMwww.-..- - : . ' f - , t , - : . v - ' - ' . - - - - f '7 "p " . - '7 . . .. - r ' . ' - x; v., 1 . vylfiX t. H ' A' . 7 '.y-i " "; l :j nas : Bprlnc Is definitely la the air. Kenny Raphael. 1715 Tew St offers proof of the foci m he truie to nntande his "Atomic Rocket" kite from a tree near his home. Kenny, a third trader at Bush School, says breezes are just about rirht now for kite flyin, but he doesn't have any rarrestions on how to get ft stray "Rocket" out of a tree. (Statesman Photo). -- ftp When sale of liquor by the drink was authorized by the voters the time seemed appropriate to con sider the old question of whether the Liquor Control Commission should consist of full-time, sal aried members. At first look that seemed to me timely; at second look not so good. It would be much better in my opinion to continue under the present- plan of a part time commission with administra tion, vested in a Permanent staff under a single administrator. Then in two or four years we mignt take a fresh look and see if any change is needed. We can begin with this fact, that in the 20 years since repeal Oregon's experience with a com mission serving .only part time on a per aiem ,Dasis nas Deen quite satisfactory. Those familiar with rrrrr:.::; w rrrn. h7 .TVTtof these states, usually better. Almost I uniformly commissioners have been menvof responsibility and character who have endeavored ' ! faithfully to administer a law in ; a notoriously difficult field. There have been numerous changes in membership and many .changes in the administrator but policies have remained remarkably con- . sistent throughout. - -; t The basis for urging a change v would be that the business has grown. But the fact . Is .that it has pretty well stabilized. The rou . ? tines of administration are pretty I well established. When the ac - : - tual administration Is in good ! hands as it appears to be , now under Bill Baillie the duties of ; the commission are greatly light- - ened. A i full-time commission would - Introduce complications. The ad : ' minis trative staff still ' would be required. If each rwirmA n TnnWni raa a (Conttnuedon editorial page, 4.) Animc! Crackers v Bv WARREN C00DRICH J fish cvz.ivzard; T 3 Replacement of 3 Salem Street Bridges Planned' . Contracts for three new Salem street bridges probably will be awarded in mid-April, City Engi neer J. H. Davis said Wednesday. i The current city budget provides some $75,000 for new reinforced concrete bridges at Mission Street over Pringle Creek, at Ford Stn. and at South 25th Street, both over Shelton Ditch. Plans are now under Dreoara- tion by the city engineering staff. A timetable will be worked out so that neither the Ford or 25th Street bridge will be open at any given tune this summer to accom modate Waters Field traffic All three bridges are old wood structures which have required extensive maintenance in recent years. C- ., Dr5vA-Tti OllVeiTOn UrlVe-m Theater Planned Statesman Ntw Service SILVERTON Plans lor a new 400-car drive-in theater at Silver- ton were reported Wednesday by James Anderson of Mt. Angel and I Lawrence Heer of Silverton, Anderson, proprietor of tfie Mt Theater, said the drive-in I will ,be located on an eight-acre tract within the city limits on Mill Street in north Silverton. The two men announced they would operate the new theater jointly. They said work will start Immediately and the drive-in should be ready to open the latter part of April. Farmers Union Welfare Work, Asks Social Security Widened , By UIXXE I MADSEN Farm Editor, The SUtesman Opposition to a bill now in leg islature which would prohibit Oregon from participating in fed eral welfare . programs was ex pressed Wednesday in one of the three resolutions to be passed the 43rd annual state conven tion of the '- Oregon State Farm- ers Union. The convention opened Tuesaay at tne veterans of For eign Wars hall and will close ttiere . Thursday - afternoon with ; election of officers. In another resolution adopted Wednesday, . the state was i urged to -not lose the two television channels," and in the, third reso lution extension of the social security law to farm owners was urged. Further resolutions will, be con sidered at the opening session Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. James T. r Marr. representing tne All. organization, in his talk before the assembly Wednesday remarked that he could not recall session of legislature where ' there were "so many : attacks on people's rights., Among bills he singled out as .being .attacked were the initiative, the "sky scraper tax bill? .and Jhe so- called ' "millionaire's amendment. He stated that he had sent a pro test to the mayor and council of Portland against any "tampering with standard time. In refer ence to the initiative and refer endum, Uarr remarked that "Just iso long as we have this we will I never have sales tax." and that : : Salem People At Alumina Plant Hearing By A. ROBERT SMITH Statesman Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C. Salem interests were outlined Wednes day as part of the current nego tiating between the General Serv ices Administration and Harvey Machine Company which is bid ding for the Cherry Avenue Alum ina Plant. Clay Cochran, manager of the Salem chamber of commerce, and Arch Metzger, former manager of the plant, met with GSA repre sentatives for more than two hours in continued efforts to bring together the Harvey Machine Company and the government. Harvey had previously bid for the plant, but was turned down by. GSA because of too low a figure. "We are trying to help the ne gotiations in the best interest of the community," Cochran explain ed. He said he was not entering into the price aspects, however. Cochran advised he had been as sured by the GSA that the govern ment will sell the plant intact rather than piecemeal to a private firm. Harvey is known to be the only firm interested in buying and operating the government-built alumina plant as it was intended. Another company showed some in terest in the facilities with a view of selling it for Junk, l "Harvey Is definitely interested," Metzger reported Wednesday eve ning. Raps Opposition the efforts to "oust this Is just another way to try to put sales tax across. p, -V''"" p v p- - The Oregon State Farmers Un ion budget was adopted Wednes day to include 914,500 for 1953. This Is , approximately $1,000 more than last years budget. ; Dr. John Goldsmith reporting for the t Farmers - union Health Association, called attention to the returns on the associations premiums to 'members; which he said was 85 per cent Harley Lib by, reportin&r on the health work of the union, made a strong plea for: passage of the dental - appro priation noy being considered in legislature. 1 -: , - .j . . At the Farmers " Union insur ance meeting,, the report by Don Wilcox, fieMman, showed a sub stantial .gain over the preceding year. . Warren Creech and Ralph Wil son, both of Bethel 'Local were elected delegates to thhe Farmers Union Automobile Insurance com pany and Howard Snodgrss. Al bany and Walter Hauser, Molalla, were named alternates. Mrs. Clif ford Wells of Independence was elected- . life Insurance delegate with Mrs. Ralph Wilson of Bethel, alternate. ' pp . C A. S prague. publisher of The Oregon - Statesman, a and guest speaker at the general assembly Wednesday, remarked ; that the world's inability to understand the United" States is largely due to "our suffering from a surplus of crops, a situation which does not prevail around the wcrld. State Pay Boosts Advance Salary increases for . appointive state officials which would boost their total annual maximum pay 152.000 . (from S390.000 to $442 000) were approved by the joint ways and means committee Wed nesday. The salary readjustment of these Oreeon officials, based on a mini mum fixed by the committee, would reduce the total from $390,- 000 to $384,500. This is the first time that salaries of these offici als have been fixed on both a mini mum and maximum basis. Sen. Angus Gibson is chairman of the subcommittee on salaries which filed a report with the full taint wavs and means committee He and Sen. Dean Walker voted against the salary raise. Gibson said salary increases for District Attorneys - and District Judges were still under consider ation. Readjustment of salaries of 1,300 state employes also is being studied with a report expected within a week. Virtually all of these employes were by-passed when the last salary increase was announced by the State, r-mer gency Board. Health Officer Under the new salary schedule for appointive state officials the minimum salary of the state health officer would be $9,000 and tne maximum salary $12,000. He now receives $10,000 a year. The mini mum salary of the public utili ties commission would be $9,000 and maximum salary $11,000 as against a present salary of $8,800 Maximum salaries of the super intendents of the Oregon State Hospital, Eastern Oregon State Hospital and Fairview Home would be $9,500 as against a minimum salary of $8,000 and current sal ary of $8,910. The maximum salary of the Eastern Oregon Tuberculo sis Hospital Superintendent was fixed at $9,000 as compared with a present salary of $8,400 and minimum of $8,000. The maximum salary of the State Tuberculosis Hospital Superintendent was rais ed from $8,500 to $9,000 with minimum of $8,000. Te Work" Up Establishing a minimum-maxi mum range for salaries of such state officials would permit the governor to start an appointee at or near the minimum salary witn the opportunity to "work up" to the salary maximum. All the ap pointive officials affected are named by the governor. (Other salaries and additional details on Page. 2) Max. M S3 S3 43 MLn. Predp. Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago si .te ST .00 23 .00 33 trace 43 M New York 48 Wi Harnett- River 3.1 feet. ; -FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, McNary Field, Salem): Generally- fair today, tonight and Friday with little change In temperature. Hlfh today near M degrees, low near 28. Temperature at 12:01 a-m. was 34 degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start ef Weather Tear. Sept. 1 This Year Lact Year Normal S1.S3 33.80 37.73 to Federal The world In general has less food today than before the war." ' Sprague, who had served 10 weeks this past autumn and win ter as an alternate to United Na tions, also observed that "Russia could have much more Influence if she would fraternize more. She isr now virtually without influ ence in the United Nations. Harvey Solberg. Denver," mem ber -of 'the national executive committee, was guest speaker at the annual banquet held Wednes day night at the Knights of. Co lumbus hall and attended by some 200 members and guests. : ; He, too, speaking of the coun try's abundance of food, remark ed that "we are the only nation in the world which faces the problem of abundance. He spoke of "reduction of . crops '.until, you get. the price you want- as -a "wrong philosophy ,U and urged Instead that "we use every mech anism that ! we know of to .pro duce all that .we can as the only "real road to peace." " - 1 J John Bollinger of. Salem was master of ceremonies at the ban quet, and" Roy Rutschman, Cen tral ; Howell; directed - group - sing ing, with Inez - Campbell at the piano. Mrs. Flossie Harris, na tional 'Farmers Union Junior Re serve field worker, spoke ; briefly on her work. . t ' . - . Introduced- were 'three' past E residents of the State Farmers rnion, including Axnon - Grice, Salem; Harley JLibby,; Jefferson and Ronald Jones. Brooks. Rich ard Moelier," Cornelius, present head, was also introduced. Stateaaaam News Service FOUR CORNERS Talk that the Chrysler Corporation is con sidering an assembly plant near" Four Corners persisted Wednes- day, and Chrysler officials at Detroit, Mich- declined to con-, firm or deny the matter. The Chrysler name was linked to negotiations for a 'site, said to be approximately 140 acres in size .two miles east of this spraw ling Salem suburb. N From Detroit, the i Associated Press quoted the Chrysler firm .as declining further; comment after stating "Can't confirm' rumor of new assembly plant at Salem." i The property .presumably In Recorded 1- Hearings Win Senate Okeh ' : ;p - ? . ' The Oregon Senate decided Wednesday to open up its public hearings to tape-recorded broad casts provided the tape Is made available to any radio station that wants It. ' There was only one I dissenting vote, cast by Sen. Angus Gibson, Junction City, at the Senate I cau cus called to set a policy In the matter. i The House hasnt decided yet whether to allow the broadcasts of hearings The matter came to a head aft er the joint ways and means com mittee refused to let station KGW, Portland, broadcast a hearing on the bill to open up public welfare rolls to inspection. This Is sched uled for 2:30 p. m. today. The Senate said that Thursday's welfare hearing could be broad cast. But, since It is a Joint Senate-House hearing, it seems that approval of the House members of the committee would be needed. The Senate decided to let its rules and resolutions committees work out the details of handling the broadcasts. Generally, "the senators express ed fear that some radio stations might edit the tape so that a fair picture of a hearing wouldn't be eiven. But they said that radio has the same rights to cover a leg islature as the press does. Welfare Hearinr In today s committee hearing discussion will center in both the opening of welfare rolls to the public and also In a .proposal to tighten Hip the relative responsi bility law by requiring brothers and sisters to help in the support. The first bill would require public welfare boards to file lists each month with the county clerk. The subcommittee has heard tes timony that such publicity would cut state welfare costs 10 per cent. The brother-sister proposal would let the welfare commission find out from the tax commission if a relative has enough income to require that he or she pay support It also lets the commission decide how much should be contributed, and provides for court appeals. Proponents declare the present system has not worked effectively. Special Business A special order of business In the senate Thursday morning will be consideration of a: proposal submitted by an Interim commit tee creating legislative subdistricts and requiring senators and repre sentatives to - run by t numbered positions on the ballot.! The House Wednesday approv ed, by 43 to 15. legislation per mitting imposition of tolls on the Portland-Vancouver bridge to fi nance a parallel second span. The second crossing would cost $11, 000,000 and be completed In five years. ; : - - ' . Opponents declared the tolls would "work a terrific hardship on the 3,000 workers who use the bridge daily." The toll would be 25 cents a car, and Edward A. Geary, chairman of the house Highway committee estimated the bridges would be toll-clear in nine years. ;..p p.-. ' ! - . With little debate; the Senate passed and sent to the house a bill to let the governor appoint .the state tax commission. It now Is appointed by the Board of Control. The vote was .24 to 6. fc o (Additional legislative news on page 2.)--; . p - i. aaeaaae ea -MMMa v . - .y Pacific U. Trastees Tp .Give Decision ; On Dr. GiersbacK :; PORTLAND UH The move to oust President .Walter C. Giersbach of : Pacific j .University will come before the school's board of trust ees here . Saturday. p. . . . . - The r board s : decision win - be announced after the session, -which begins.' at '12 :30 p.m., 'said : George Rossman, State v Supreme Court ustice and head, of the 1xurd. , - The move to remove Giersbach is sponsored by . 42 of Pacific's 45 Tape faculty members.-' " volved Is owned by several rela tives of the late Charles Wilson. One of them. Otto J. Wilson Jr. of Salem, disclosed Wednes day that a representative of the Southern Pacific Railway con- tacted him several .months ago concerning purchase of the pro perty. Wilson said the deal never reached the bargaining stage, and that he had never heard Chrysler mentioned in connec tion. The Wilson property is border ed by SP trackage on the north. The railway often acts as agent for industries in securing sites, according to Phillip H. Hulley, Portland, tax and right-of-way agent for the SP In this area. Rflay Ceqiiuiire Vote By ROBERT E. GANGWARE - Ctty Editor, The SUtesman Salem city budgetmakers may go to the public with fund requests over the 6 per cent increase limit this year, it appeared Wednesday as budget season neared. And strong pressure for city employe salaryin creases Is also ex pected to be a top budget problem. City Manager J. L. Franzen said his overall budget for the citv win De suominea to tne budget committee without salary changes. "That -matter will be up to the committee," he said. But most department heads in making their budget recommenda tions are passing along requests for higher salary from various em ploye groups. : In many Instances the departmental budget is report ed In two forms, one with higher pay and one without. Pay increases are being asked of about 10 per cent or somewhat less. This would mean about $30 a month so patrolmen and firemen, zor example, Estimates of what a general pay Increase of this type would cost the city ranged from $50,000 to $80,000 equal to 2 or 3 mills of taxation. - Two or three aldermen told The Statesman Wednesday they felt some salary increase Is probably In order this year; other aldermen said they had not studied the mat ter yet. Mayor - Alfred Loucks, . who Is calling an organization meeting of the budget committee for March 9, said the city faces several expen sive projects which may add up to more than the budget can take without extra financing. He noted street resurfacing, development of the one-way street grid,. 12th Street traffic improvements t ' examples. There was no general salary in crease last year, but home adjust ments were made. Firemen gained $12 a month as a result of a study rwhich showed their pension sys tem was costing less than expected. Frost Nips Peach Buds The frost Is on the peach buds in the Willamette Valley these brisk nights and predictions are the frosty temperatures will con tinue for the next few days. But along with the below freez ing drops usually between mid night and sunrise will come fair, sunny days, says the weatherman. Indications are that Salem will enjoy good weather through Sat urday. , The weatherman said Wednesday night he couldn't find a storm anywhere. One peach . jnrower In Eastern Unn County, Roy Fitzwater, es timated that 50 per cent of the buds on his trees were killed by 27-degree. temperature early Wednesday-" Cherry trees, apparently not so far advanced, appeared to have suffered little damage. BAD BOY LISTED AS THIEF PORTLAND m --Theft of a carton of cigarettes from an auto mobile resulted Tuesday in a -30-day Jail sentence for a 28-year-old Indian. 4 - , His name: . William Badboy. P PBan fto Coat- SSBvejr PaOIc A 'plan to shorten the highway from Salem to Silver Falls State Park by .rseven ' miles was taken undef consideration . Wednesday night by Salem Chamber of Com-1 merce.p; vv.. IP-'PPP :". --!-;" ":, Victor Point citizens, who advo cate improvement of a. four-mile gravel section 'in that area - are seeking Salem Chamber ; support, said Nelson Hickok, highways com mittee chairman for the chamber.. A report made earlier by County Engineer -Hedda Swart said the route is about seven miles- shorter than going through Silverton, ac cording to Hickok,. The chamber's board of directors at their meet- i&3 la Senator Hotel last nJt de- Hulley, however, said he had never heard of negotiations for the Four Corners property. ; The Wilson property is in two tracts. One is just east of the 40 acre West Mushroom Farm. The other is across the road to the souin oi tne musnroom iarm. . Several adjacent landowners described the property as well suitea to industrial use. Many other property owners In the area were contacted, but they re ported no queries concerning their, land. Several members of the Salem Industrial Development Council said they had no knowledge of tne suDject. Silverton Unit Of Guard Wins Top U.S. Prize A Silverton National Guard company was awarded Wednesday the national trophy for highest merit figure for all National Guard companies competing In the U. S. and its possessions in Indoor rifle matches In 19R2. - MaJ. General Thomas E. Rilea, Oregon adjutant general, accepted the awrd yesterday on behalf of Headquarters Company, 1st Bat talion, 182nd Infantry Regiment of the 41st Oregon National Guard Division based in Silverton. He also accepted for the com pany for Pershing Plaque of the National Guard Association for having attained the highest score in the Sixth Army area which In cludes seven states, Hawaii and Alaska. The presentations were made by Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh at White Sulphur Springs, W. V, where the Adjutant General As sociation Is meeting. Rilea was elected vice president of the association. Lt. CoL Paul L. Kliever of Sa lem Is commander of the 1st Battalion,- 162nd Infantry, and Capt Jess A. Nunn, also of Salem, Is the company commander. Nunn said the entire company of 41 men qualified with their respective weapons during Indoor matches in 1952. Of the total company, S3 per cent achieved expert, 38 per cent sharpshooter and nine per cent marksman. .N.Bush Funeral services for A. N. Bush, Salem banker and philanthropist who died Tuesday .will be con ducted at 2 p.m. today In the Bush home at 600 Mission St. Pallbearers will be Dr. C. A. Downs, Henry V. Compton, Karl E. Wenger, Stuart Compton, Rex Gibson and - Sidney Jones. The service will be conducted by the Rev. George Swift. Asahel Nesmith Bush died at the age of 95 after being in fail ing health for several montbsv He was president of Pioneer Trust Co. , ; Surviving are a grandson, Stu art Bush, and three great grand children, Asahel, Samuel and Margaret Ann (Jody) Bush ' of Salem. . 7jK1 fiiis-Frb&ii. RouCg AIpgg. cided to five the plan more study when a map Is .available to them. Hickok' s committee also recom mended that the chamber consider a plan to urge , the city and state to. use only flashing amber traf fic r lights between midnight and 0 sum. In order to let truck traffic operate on South Commercial Street as steadily and quietly as possible. - : - ' . Another plan the chamber board marked. for further study was ad vanced by Miss Hattie Bratzel who urged that the city be asked to em ploy a trained policewoman to patrol a night beat .with special attention given to places where Services Today For A Juveniles assert bis. , Wary of Canceling Treaties By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON Lfl Presideai Eisenhower voiced willingneae Wednesday to meet Joseph Stalin face to face and thresh out dif-. ferences splitting East and West The President imposed condi tions, however, that the Russians have turned down repeatedly ia the past. Eisenhower made his qualified offer in response to questions at his second news conference sine taking office. He said he would meet anybody, anywhere even half-way to Russia to advance the cause of peace. But he said he would do so only if any agreements made were self- enforcing that is, if there were safeguards against violation. Rt s . rejected "self -enforc ing" agreements consistently. A notable case in point is the often pressed American proposal for de-' velopment of atomic energy under United Nations auspices. The Rus sians have refused to permit U.N. . or any other inspection teams oa ' Soviet soil. Many Questions Bombarded with questions from more than 200 newsmen, Eisenhow er also touched on a number of other topics. The President said among other things: P - 1-This country might find itself in an awkward position if it tried to repudiate all the secret agree ments made by Democratic Presi dents with the Russians in World War n. 2-To balance next year's budget would be a terrifically hard .job. Otherwise, he said, the job would have been done long ago. Appar ently he meant the Truman ad ministration would have done it If it had not been so hard. Eisenhow er contends there should be no tax cuts until a balanced budget' is in sight .f No UJH.T. Now 3-The Korean conflict is a -fairly major war,, and he doesn't at the moment see how universal military training could be start ed on top of the draft program needed for Korea. 4 Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) to the contrary he's against Com munists being employed as teach ers. On other matters, Eisenhower said: p. 1 He believes Alaska is still in the position of a dependency and hasn't proved its claim to state hood. Hawaii, on the other hand, has proved its claim and should be granted statehood In the near future. 2 The armed services have been persuaded to reduce their demands on the supply of doctors. and so the call in this quarter has been cut from 1,800 to 1,209 medical men. , Controls Lifted on Cigarettes, Price Boost Expected PORTLAND un Trade sources said, they expect cigarettes to go up nearly two cents a package at many stores here Thursday. All brands are expected to be higher by Monday- The new price at Independent retail stores is expected to be 23 cents a package, with chains selling- for 19 cents and some at IS cents. - The boost win be the result of removal of price controls. (Story on page 15.) Semi-finals of Spell Contest Will Be Aired See them If you can but at least hear them! P Portions of the 19 semi-finals of THE OREGON STATESMAN-KSLM SPELLING CON TEST will be broadcast over KSLM at 2:39 pjn. dally for two weeks, starting next Monday.'-,.-. . Monday's broadcast will com prise a resume of the contest, and on other days will be heard parts of the contest of the pre ceding night. All semi-finals are open free to the public. All start at 7:44 p.m. ' They, are at Keizer, March 2: Amity, March t, Dallas, Mirth 4; Sttyten, March Si Terser, March C; West Ealera.1, larch S; Independence. March 18; tll verton, r.Iarca 11; Toolburn, March 12; Mt View, March IS. Tinals. which will be brca i- cast by KSLM direct from tha I stage, will be at Parri-h Ju- ior High School, Wednesday, Liar, t 23. -. . . Tour COMPLETE i;wi;? 1 f it tit ;V-.V'. ' v: VV, JJ icr . 4 , . i