S Th Statesman, Salens Ore- Thursday, Apzfl SO, 1953
Alexander Chides
Pen 'Do-Gooders',
Applauds Gladden
By WINSTON H. TAYLOR
SUff Writer, The Statesman
"It was sort of rough; O'Malley turned it practically upside
down," but Gladden can do a good job as warden at the Oregon
Penitentiary, former warden George Alexander told Salem Exchange
Club Wednesday.
Alexander, in his first talk since getting out from "behind
bars" after the Legislature abolished his job as prison superinten
dent, told of his 15 years at the
institution.
He decried the efforts in recent
vears of "do-eooders" to make
crison a "featherbed" and blam
ed changes by recently-ousted
Warden Virgil O'Malley for much
of the pen's trouble in the past
two years.
But the new warden, Clarence
Gladden, has had 23 years in the
"fine federal system" and "I
don't see any reason why he can't
do a eood job." Alexander as
serted.
Too Many Unemployed
"Too many unemployed prison
ers" is one of the biggest prob
lems at the institution, in the
opinion of Alexander, who said
fhe men are "happier when they
work hard and sleep well" Al
though there is a flax mill, shoe
and machine shops and the farm,
there are not enough industries
at the pen, he added. He express
ed hope that state auto license
tags could be made there, al
though the recent Legislature re
jected the plan.
There is a new shop building
within the walls, and, "I believe
the warden will find more indus
try." Points to Smuggling
O'Malley wanted to change the
program when he came, said Al
exander, and moved old-time
guards to less desirable jobs and
put in inexperienced men. Then
it got away from him" and the
convicts were telling -the guards
what to do, resulting in the smug
gling in of "dynamite, guns and
drugs to prisoners."
He added that O'Malley had
let the prison property run down
and prisoners had been allowed
to roam freely between the cell
blocks and outside. Gladden has
been cleaning up, he noted.
As to the prison's work pro
gram, recently charged with hav
ing benefited private parties, Al
exander said he tried to find
work for the men, including
wood-cutting and harvesting food
crops. "If we could get these
things bv not paying for them, it
saved the state money," he
opined.
In 1939, the prison annex
needed 1,500 cords of wood but
could get only 200 cut, so the
warden began buying stum page
and cutting it with convict crews.
Some was sold also to other state
institutions until many switched
to other fuels. At. least one crew
has been occupied in .the woods
each year.
Then in the Jefferson area,
Ralph Nelson was the first to of
fer Alexander wood for the cut
ting. Convicts cleared off some
700 cords and another 1,000
cords on neighbors' property, all
for free. Alexander also said
crews have picked much fruit
and nuts, sometimes purchased
and sometimes harvested on
shares.
The ex-warden told how he
was "drafted" from his job as
deputy state police superinten
dent He took over the prison
Murders Keep Job
Of DA Interesting
: BUTLER. Pa. (AVAnyone who
thinks a district attorney's job Is
a snap should confer with Clark
H.Painter, district attorney for
Butler County's 100,000 residents.
Since.Painter took over his job
14 months ago he's handled more
murder cases ( four) in his tenure
than any other district Attorney
in the Western Pennsylvania
county's 103-year history. Tossed
in, for good measure, was 4 $115,-
000 home safe robbery.
161-Mile Dike Keeps
China Free of Floods.
SAN FRANCISCO GB The
flood menace of China's biggest
lake has been checked by the
work of 250,000 peasants who in
70 days built a dike system more
than 161 miles long, the Peiping
Red radio says.
The broadcast, monitored here
by the Associated Press, said tne
work was completed in time to
save the rice fields of northern
Hunan province from spring
flooding by Lake Tunting.
from James Lewis, "one of the
best of wardens." lie aiso ex
pressed high praise for Eugene
Halley, recently retired as dep
uty warden.
His chief purpose was to re
build the prison plant, including
npw huildines and more area
within the wall, said Alexander,
Only one cell block had been
built in 80 years until the past
decade.
The uen DODtilation reached a
peak of 1,584 in July, 1951, and
is now some 1.540. There hasnt
been room to care properly for
this many, he said, but more
building and establishment of an
intermediate institution will help.
As to why the country has had
so many prison riots recently, Al
exander said one group of on
edge prisoners is encouraged by
news of other troubles. Since
many prisoners like publicity, he
recommended giving them none.
Out of his experience, Alex
ander said "it would be a. fine
thing for many discharged pris
oners to get out of the state." He
noted that only about 300 are
Oregon natives or long-time residents.
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Every Platter
Says Politico
It looks like rain, and these five Willamette students in charge of this week's Hay Week end festivities
aren't. very happy 'about the prospects. They dropped In on the weatherman yesterday for a word of
encouragement, bat an he would say was, "More of the same over the weekend. Shown left to right
at the airport weather bureau are George Buland, Ruben Menashe, Donna Cheney, Weatherman M. S.
Main, Jim Bergmann, May Week end manager, and Chuck Seagraves. (Statesman photo.)
May Festival Starts Saturday
At Willamette, Rain or Shine
Officials for Willamette University's 47th annual May Week
end celebration on campus were watching the sky Wednesday, won
dering if the events this weekend will have to be carried out under
roofs.
Most concerned are the persons in charge of coronation cere
monies which are scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
the event of inclement
In the event of inclement wea
ther plans have been made to
hold the ceremony in the" gymnasium.
C o r 0 n a t ion ceremonies will
crown Queen Dona Mears, Rose
burg, and her princesses, Marie
Corner, Bothell, Wash., and Jane
Fooshee, San Leandro, Calif.
Events for May Week end will
begin tonight with the first night
production of the musical com
edy "Good News," beginning at
8:15 o'clock in the Parrish Jun
ior High School auditorium. The
show stars Lollie Coffey and
Malcolm Campbell, both of Port
land, with 19 principals, vocal
and dancing choruses and an or
chestra. Friday a parade through the
downtown business district will
begin at 1:30 p. m. Later that
afternoon, Sweetland Field, on
campus, will be the scene for the
freshman sophomore grease pole
climb at 2:30; tug o'war at 3
p. m. and an all-school barbecue
at 4:30. The second showing of
"Good News" will be held start
ing at 8:30 o'clock that evening.
The annual all-university song
contest will begin at 10 -o'clock
Saturday morning in the gymna
sium and will include competi
tion between aU men's and wom
en's living organizations on cam
pus. After the coronation cere
monies there will be a Willam
ette-Lewis and Clark northwest
conference baseball game at Mc
Culloch Field starting at 2:30
p. m. The coronation ball in the
gymnasium to be held from 9 to
12 Saturday night will end Satur
day's events and Sunday morning
the Queen's breakfast will be
held in Lausanne Hall from 8:30
until 10:30 o'clock, concluding
May weekend.
, FLORENCE Vh Spaghetti
eating Italians are going to have
a chance in the forth-coming gen
eral elections to vote for a college
professor who promises a daily
steak on every, clatter. Corrado
Tedeschl, a professor, of Econo
mics ana puousner ox m cross
word puzzle magazine, was dining
with friends one nightvOne diner
suggested that everyone, should
be privileged to eat as well. Tedes
chl agreed, telephoned his maga
zine and had a notice included to
that effect'' 1 ! . I .
"AU Italians have a right to
eat at least one, big, first-rate
tender steak a day," read the no
tice. ; ' VnV j '
Tedeschl began getting .hun
dreds of letters enthusiastically
supporting his Ideas. Overnight
the circulation of his little maga
zine doubled. Tedeschl found him
self the leader of a new political
movement, promptly adopted the
name "Italian Steak Party" and
announced his candidacy for Par
liament 1
Tedeschl hasn't yet frightened
leaders of the country' 20-odd
other parties, but many serious
politicians concede he may wind
up in Parliament after the elec
tions early this summer. Others
have won, on equally wild plat
forms, i
Testifies
Rio to. Recruit
Female Policemen
RIO DE JANEIRO WV-Some
of the policemen in Rio de Jane
iro soon may be women. The city
police commission is stadying a
plan to create a orps of women
police officers. The policewomen
would be given a special course
in police school. I
The duties of the women offi
cers would include working with
juvenile delinquents and women
prisoners.
But, the newspaper O , Globo
says, "beautiful detectives" also
could be used to trap j "crooks,
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WASHINGTON CoL Charles T.
Tench (above) testifies before
a ' Senate - subcommittee in
' Washlncton, probing waterfront
racketeering. Tench said he
recommended against steps
that would have led to the fir.
ing of criminals employed at a
: vital New Jersey waterfront
terminal supplying overseas
airbase with construction ma
terials. In the Army Engineer
ing Corps, Tench at the time
was responsible for operating v
the terminal. (AP Wirephoto.)
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SALEM MAN TO WED 1
SEATTLE (A An application
for a marriage license was filed
Wednesday "by Robert W. Beem,
46, of Salem, Ore., and Ruth E.
Engman, 37, Portland.
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