Cornerstone Laid At New Hospital
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i year starting July 1 is nearly 17
Ceremonies Saturday set the cornerstone for the new $975,000 Salem General Hospital building, rising j per cent under President Eisen
near the present hospital on East Center Street. Wielding the trowel during the rites was Milton hower's propdsal anc 40 per cent
Meyers, honorary president of the hospital board. Adding muscle and a little serious determination less than former President Tru-
to the project are William Propst. Jfortiana, teenier;, sapermtenacnt mr ivoss nammuna corp.,
general contractor for the project, and James L. Payne, Salem, architect for the four-story struc
ture. Rain kept attendance down but several score persons witnessed the ceremonies and heard a
short address by Meyers on the history of the hospital. (Statesman Photo.)
Ex-Czech Officer Tells
Of Soviet 'War Plans'
By B. L. LIVINGSTONE
WASHINGTON (P) A former Czech Army officer, trained in
Soviet military strategy, has informed the House un-Amrican Ac
tivities Committee of purported Russian plans to launch war m
Europe "before 1955," and eventually to take Alaska.
The Russian decision to "take over Western Europe," the com
mittee was told, is predicated on Soviet suspicion that Britain is pre
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Senator Joe McCarthy of Wis
consin has given his name to a
new word in the current vocab
ulary: McCarthyism. It is the
label for a spreading infection
of suspicion and fear. But for all
his sound and fury, all his dema-t
goguery and invective and venge
fulness, McCarthy is hardly the
menace he is pictured. A more
serious infection grips a large
and influential segment of Amer
ican thought. That might be
termed MacArthurism.
I do not coin this term with
any invidious insinuation. I re
spect General MacArthur as an
able, loyal and honorable Ameri
can. In intelligence and integrity
he ought not to be linked with
McCarthy. That his cult has be
come an "ism" is coincidental
Nevertheless MacArthurism is a
very serious factor to be reck
oned with as influencing the
course of events today, even
though the General himself has
retired to private life and offers
few comments on current af
fairs
The origin of this "ism" ante- j
ri?.tfs the recent controversy that
KDrar.e up on his removal from
supreme command in the Pacific.
In the last world war though
MacArthur was defeated by in
vading Japs in the Philippines he
actually gained in popularity. Giv
en command in the allied opera
tion of the Western Pacific he
grew restless over the paucity of
men and materials furnished him
for beating back the Japanese.
The Roosevelt administration soon
was being blamed for concen
trating on the European theatre,
and the story of personal discord
between Gen. Marshall and Mac
Arthur developed. Enemies of
Roosevelt, especially the prewar
isolationists disposed to blame
Roosevelt
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Silverton Okehs
School Budget,
Kindergartens
SILVERTON Voters approv
ed by nearly 3 to 1 Saturday a
$66,742 levy over the 6 per cent
limitation to operate the Silver
ton schools for the next fiscal
year.
The increase, passed 232 to
84, brings the total budget to
$312,349.
Also approved were proposals
to operate a kindergarten with
in the public schools, and to pro
vide $5,650 as an additional levy
to finice the change. The two
rneasus were approved 215 to
109, and 207 to 113.
The vote was considered
heavy.
Bull Kills Man
As 1.500 Watch
BETHESDA, Md. Uh A trained
Brahma bull Saturday gored and
Silled its owner, Everett Daniel,: 45,
Munlaka, Minn., before 1,500 rodeo
spectators including his wife and
their three small children.
Daniel, a veteran rodeo perform
er, was directing the 1.900 pound
animal to kneel when it charged
ind struck him in the chest.
paring a aeiiniie aiiacn io ue-
stroy the Soviet union in iao.
The testimony, given in a secret
committee session May 13 and 14,
was made public Saturday in an
unusual volume entitled, "Soviet
Schedule for War, 1955."
The witness is identified as Col.
Jan Bukar a name which Chair
man Velde (R-I1D said was as
sumed to hide his true identity
as a Czech partisan fighter against
the Germans in World War II.
Dangrous Periok
The year. 1955. lis the same year
which former President Truman
and his top advisers listed as the
period of the greatest danger of
attack from Russia.'
President Eisenhower has
scoffed at this idea, disclaiming
any faith in what he called "mag
ical formulas." He said he did
not believe anyone could predict
when, if ever, another government
would, start a global war. The na
tion's security, he said, must be
planned on a steady, sustained
basis rather than aimed at some
target date.
Interrupt Placidity
The House committee headed by
Rep. Velde (R-Ill), predicted in
a foreword to its hearing tran
script that Butar's testimony "will
be met by disapproval by some
in the United States and else
where, who will seriously object
to being interrupted from tike
placidity they so undeservingly
enjoy.
' ihese persons will be the same
who sought to rationalize the So
viet actions in the blockade of
Berlin and aggression in Korea.
Some of them, through their fuzzy-
minded concepts of international
relations, will never be convinced:
and might well spend their final
days in some Soviet labor camp,
devising means of cementing
friendly relations with the Krem
lin. To this type of person the
committee can offer little
certainly not sympathy."
Told to 3,000 Officers
BuKar told the committee the
Soviet target date for war was dis
closed to him as one of 3,000 offi
cers in training at a Russian mili
tary school for conquest at Mos
cow between 1945 and 1947.
The witness, stating he fled to
the U. S. a little more than a
year ago, told the congressmen
Russia's plan to overwhelm West
ern Europe was outlined in a lec
ture by a Kremlin foreign service
exper named Sverdlov.
Bdkar said that in the "Frunze
military school"1 at Moscow, he
was taught that foreign army es
tablishments and labor unions
must be infiltrated; and that
Alaska was still part of Russia.
Bukar said his instructions told
him the Russians do not acknowl
edge the sale of Alaska by the
Czars, "and the day will come
that we shall infiltrate Alaska, and
that Alaska shall again belong to
us."
Western International
At Yakima S. Salem
At Spokane 9-12. Tri-City S-S
At Wenatchee ' 1, Vancouver S
At Calgary Edmonton 11-10
At Lewnton-Victoria, rain
Coast League
At Portland-Hollywood, rain
A Seatle-San Francisco, rain
At Los Anceles 3. Sacto 4 (13 inn.)
At Oakland 4. San Diefo 3
American League
At New York 3. Boston 2
At Detroit 2, Chicago 4
At Cleveland 5, St. Louis 1
At Washington t. Philadelphia I .
National League
At Philadelphia 0. Brooklyn 3
At Chicago 3. Milwaukee S
v At Pittsburgh S, New York 4
At St. Louis 0, Cincinnati
Ceremonies
Mark Step in
Hospital Work
Cornerstone for Salem's new
$975,000 General Hospital build
ing was slipped into place Sat
urday marking another step
along the way to raising the
city's hospital facilities.
Milton Meyers, honorary pres
ident of the Salem General Hos
pital board and one of the driv
ing figures in the campaien for
the new structure, officially
guided the granite plaque into
place at the 2 p.m. ceremonies.
He was assisted by James L.
Payne, Salem Architect for the
four-story building, and William
Propst, Portland, project super
intendent for Ross B. Hammond
Co., general contractor.
Meyers, principal speaker at
the rites attended by several
score despite the rainy weather,
voiced his pleasure and that of
the hospital board in seeing the
new hospital building rise in Sa
lem. He said the culmination of
many years of work, many hours
by many people had gone into
the project which would stand as
an example of "man's humanity
for man."
The brief ceremony was open
ed by an invocation by the Rev.
H. Swift, pastor of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church of Salem. Spec
tators were welcomed by Mayor
Alfred W. Loucks and Marion
County Judge Rex Hartley. Both
expressed gratitude for the great
amount of work to raise funds
and construct the new building.
Benediction was by Dr. Paul Pol
ing, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Salem.
The hospital is due for com
pletion next fall.
Max. Min. Precip.
Salem 52 44 .5s
Portland 53 45 .18
San Francisco .... 59 52 .05
Chicago 65 43 trace
New York 75 66
Willamette River 5.2 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNary Field, Salem ) : Part
ly cloudy to cloudy with scattered
showers today and Monday. High
todav near 62 and low tonight near
38. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. was
45 degrees
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start ot Weather Year Sept 1
This Year Last Year Normal
41.15 , 40.05 36.34
Vernon Vogt Wins Double
Honors at Jersey Showing
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor; The Statesman
Two honors came to Vernon
Vogt of Salem Saturday at the
annual Marion County Jersey
Show held at the state fair
grounds, when he showed his
Jersey cattle to top place in the
junior showmanship contest and
later received the purple ribbon
for having the best female . in
the junior division of . the show.
Junior champion in the 4-H divi
sion went to Donna Miller of
Silverton.
In the adult group, Rex Ross
captured two, and shared another
of the four top places in the
show. Felix Muller of Jefferson,
on his unnamed junior bull calf,
took the junior champion ribbon
in the bull classes for the fourth
top place.
Ross and Andrew Kehrli of
Wood burn shared the senior and
grand championship ribbon in
bulls on their jointly owned De
signers Valliant Improver, a large
animal which gave the ringside
a - little thrill by showing some
indication of not being too gen
tle. However, his owners man
aged to quiet him so that he
showed to perfection in the ring.
Ross took both female purples,
the senior and grand on the sev-l
Flood
Control
Lopped
WASHINGTON OR A measure
providing $398,884,100 for flood con
trol and navigational projects
far below presidential requests
was sent to the House floor Satur
day by the Appropriations Com
mittee. The amount recommended by
the committee for river, harbor
and other such works for the fiscal
man s January Duugei request,
The House is scheduled to take
up the bill Tuesday, ! and from
there it must go through the Sen
ate. The Dalles Dam Cut
Action on Pacific Northwest pro
jects included a reduction from
the $37,429,000 recommended by
President Eisenhower for The
Dalles . Dam on the Columbia to
$29,250,000, Of 'Which $8,230,000
would be used for payments to
Indians for the loss of fishing
rights.
At Lookout Point
The committee said the reduc
tion would mean a year's delay
in the availability of power from
the dam, but declared that "does
not seem unreasonable."
Two" other large dams also being
built on the Columbia were less
severely affected. The committee
approved $23,000,000 for Chief Jo
seph Dam, compared with the
President's recommended $25,000,
000 and $25,000,000 for the McNary
Dam, as compared with the Presi
dent's recommended $27,700,000.
The committee also approved
$18,000,000 for the Lookout Point
Reservoir in Oregon, compared
with the President's recommended
$19,000,000 plus one million from
the 1953 surplus.
One of three projects for which
the committee specified that "no
funds whatsoever be obligated"
was Amazon Creek, in Oregon.
Other Pacific Northwest project
recommendations (figures shown
first are the amount allocated by
the committee, followed by the
amount recommended by Presi
dent Eisenhower in parentheses):
Navigation projects, channels
and harbors)
Oregon Willamette River
bank protection, $330,000 ($330,000).
Multiple purpose projects, in-1
elude power:
Ambulance
service Halts
Salem Ambulance Service at
1070 N. Commercial St., has
closed down its business tempo
rarily, Walker S. (Stan) Fitts,
owner, said Saturday night.
The firm at one time operated
four ambulances m the city, but
at the present time only one re
mains at the Commercial Street
office and it has been stripped
down.
Fitts was uncertain when his
company would resume opera
tions, but said he hoped to have
one or two ambulances in service
in the near future.
Closing of Salem Ambulance
Service leave's the city with only
two ambulances: the first aid
ambulance operated by the fire
department and Salem Memorial
Hospital ambulance.
en-year-old Standard Come De
lores, and junior on Les Pieces
Bobby Soxer.
Because of rain during the
morning and early afternoon the
show was held in the show room
in the livestock barn at the fair,
and in spite of the cold damp
ness of the place, a fair sized
ringside followed the showing.
The show finished shortly before
6 p.m. . .!
While he judged comparatively
rapidly, Professor O. A. Shaw of
Washington State College, made
his choices carefully, giving rea
sons in each case for the plac
ings he made.
Newton Davis, Woodbum, pres
ident of the club, introduced Cal
vin Mickelson, also Woodburn,
who was chairman and master of
ceremonies at the showing. As
sisting in the ring were Antol
Riney and Ben Newell from the
county agent's offices, while clerk
ing were Mrs. Leonard Leen sec
retary of the club and T. R. Ho
bart, treasurer. r
Introduced during the day were
Floyd Bates. Salem, western di
rector for the American Jersev
Cattle Club and C. L. Waddell
fieldman of the Western States
Breeder's Association, j -
(List of awards on page 5-A) i
Devils Catch
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II is
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Things aren't really as bad . for
they appear. Actually they are being dragged from, the Capitol building to the Jaycee convention
here by costumed Baker, Ore., delegates Mr. and Mrs. Jim York, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lyncl, Wayne
Haroldson, Duane Stiff and Chnck Carter. The outfits are worn to publicize Hell's Canyon near
Baker. (Statesman Photo). (Photo and story on page 6, Sec. 1.) ' j
Anti-Guided Missile
Project Secrets Told
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON (JP) Details of the Army's program to spot
guided missile antiaircraft units around major U. S. cities came
to light Saturday including the fact that some batteries will
be located underground,
Information which became available for the first time showed
the Army will require an average of 96 acres for a battalion using the
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nine missue 10 protect mausinaj,
port and government- centers
against any swift, high flying ene
my bombers.
Here are some of the other hith
erto secret details:
Twelve launchers will be used
in
above ground installations to
fire the 1,000-mile-an-hour missiles
which, the Army claims, has an
uncanny accuracy against even
other guided missiles or super
sonic aircraft. For above-ground
bases, the Army will need 96 acres
to deploy the weapons in proper
firing position.
Underground Launches
Nine launchers will be in under
ground installations. The acreage
crmifiOrl tn thoco inctallntinnc 1
24. but tnis is assumed to refer
only to the surface area, not imply-
ing that the actual bomb-proof dug-
m.tc wmiM inniv that irroaiTP
u k -
wuve-siuuuu Muutuc . "T6
placed in revetments earth-
worKS to neip prtnev uicw
against strafing attacks.
Specifications for sites require
that they be adaptable to radar
use for detection and tracking of
enemy bombers, be , clear of ob
structions for the take-off of the
missiles and, if possible, have nat
ural features to aid in camouflage
of the sites.
Housing for Troops
The sites also will include under
ground storage facilities, maga
zines and housing for troops.
Except for details made avail
able Saturday and two previous
announcements, the Army has
been officially silent about guided
missile defenses.
"Nike batteries will be set up
primarily aroond principal popula
tion and industrial centers," one
previous announcement said. The
other was that- battalions have
been in training at Fort Bliss, Tex.
and White Sands; N. M.
However, there have been other
indications that units are being
installed at such places as New
York City, where the Army an
nounced several days ago it in
tended to retain the old Sandy
Hook defensive area, and Wash
ington, D. C.
Cover 2 . Cities
Because ot the Nike's long range
it was understood that one unit
might be used to protect metro
politan areas that are close to
gether, such as Washington and
Baltimore.
While no official list of the cities
which will get guided missile units
has been issued speculation has
centered on a list of areas which
include: Chicago. Detroit, the Ohio
industrial complex, the Niagara
Falls area. Pittsburgh. Philadel
phia. San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Seattle, Boston and others.
' The Nike is' in volume produc
tion at a Western Electric Co.
plant in North Carolina,.
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IKE MAY SELECT CHING
WASHINGTON (l Cyrus S.
Ching. for five years Federal Me
diation Service director under the
Truman administration, was re
ported Saturday as President Ei
sen! lover's selection to, bed an
atomic labor disputes panel.
Up With Top State Officials
A'sC
t
State Treasurer Sig Uaander and
Expedition on
Mt. Everest Gets
Go-Ahead Signal
NEW DELHI, India vfi A gov
ernment radio ' broadcast advised
the British Mt. Everest expedition
Saturday night that weather con
ditions will be good Sunday for a
final effort to climb to the top of
the world's highest mountain. No
man has ever scaled the 29.000
foot peak and returned to tell about
it.
Reports from the Nepalese capi
tal of Katmandu said the expedition
I leader. Col. John Hunt planned to
se w teams ot ciimoers on sep
aate route toward the sumnul
if the weather permitted.
! The party of 15 British and Ne-
! palese cUmbers has worked several
weeks establishing a String of
camps up Mt. Everest in prepara
tion for the final attempt to reach
tho nnpAnniwmH rvpak. Thp sr-hrl.
ule called for the seventh advance
camp to be set up Saturday.
Today's Statesman
SECTION 1
General news 1,2,5
Editorials, features 4
Society-women's 7, 12
SECTION 2
Sports la, 2jr
Criss-word Puzzle . 3a
Valley News 5a
Wold This Week 7a
Markets 8a
Radio-Television 9a
Classified Ads 8a, 11a
SECTION S
Four-color comics
'Hams' Meet Face-to-Face at
16th Annual State Convention
Members of the Oregon Ama
teur Radio Association many
of whom knew each other only
by "visits" over short wave
radios met Saturday morning
at 'the oficial opening-of the 16th
annual , state convention in the
Marion HoteL j
About 400 members, wives and
"silent . partners
(convention
DarticiDants without
radio sta-
tions) heard an explanation of the
new coae-letter automobile li
cense plates for mobile units by
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry. "Ham radio, operators with
mobile units will get call-letter
license plates. Newbry urged
amateurs to make application for
them as soon as possible and not
later than Sept 1.
; Contests and events of interest
to amateur radio operators are
scheduled for today. Delegates
will participate in code contest,
judging of radio equipment built
by hams, - hidden transmitter
hunts for ' mobile units and, if
weather permits, a mobile field
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Secretary of State Earl Nfewbrr as
Mexico Catjtle
Ban Imposed
Again by lj.S.
EL PASO, Tex. UFl The U. S.
Mexican border was closed to im
portation of Mexican cale Satur
day, less than nine months since
it was reopened, because of an out
break of dreaded foot and mouth
disease. J
Tile Bureau of Animal Industry
in Washington ordered border in
spectors to stop all inspections and
ordered all Mexican cattle turned
back from the border, j
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
annor iced in Washington) that the
Mexican-United States commission
for the prevention of loot and
mouth disease has reported an out
break of the disease nearthe town
of Gutierrez Zamora in the state of
Vera Cruz. j
The Agriculture Department said
the outbreak is said i involve
herds totalling between 430 and 500
animals. j
The disease was reported by the
owner the department slid.
Tests just completed, tle depart
ment added, show the disease to be
the type "A" foot and $iouth di
sease the same type prevalent in
Mexico from December 1946 until
fAugust 1951
6-Day Rairif all
Tops2 Incnes .
With 11 days of consecutive
rain behind it, Salem jfcan look
for more moisture in the form
of! showers today and f Monday,
says the weather bureau.
In the past six days 2.17
inches of rain has fallen here
exceeding the normal of 1.93
inches for the entire month.
Saturday's .58 inches fedded to
Friday's .57 brought $ie total
for the past two days ui to 1.15
inches. f
strength testing at Bush's pas
ture, i
Authorities on various phases
of radio and electronic installa
tion and operation will speak to
day. I
Principal speaker willfbe John
Reinartz, amateur service direc
tor of Eitel-McCullouh, San
Bruno, Calif., which manufac
tures radio equipment, tin 1921
Reinartz designed the I famous
Reinartz tuner which is still in
use. j
Author of "Reflection jof Short
Wave," he accompanied I the Ad
miral Byrd Artie expedition in
1S2S and kept the expedition in
touch with civilization by radio.
His address is "The Tuna Fish
Can RF Bridge Voltmeter."
A business meeting tat 4:30
o'clock this afternoon wiB choose
next year's convention site.
A banquet at 6 p.m. today In
the downtown . Armory will con
clude this year's convention.
Guest sneaker is Comdi. R. E.
Thomlfnson. W7LY. U. $. Naval
Reserv.
(Story also on page 6a)
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Report
Outlines
Errors
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
1 WASHINGTON (A Four ot
five senators who investigated am.
munition supplies in Korea report,
ed Saturday that ''there was a
needless loss of American lives"
because of shortages there.
I While asserting "it is difficult
to pinpoint' the responsibility,"
they blamed policymakers of the
recent administration, from form
er rresiaeni xruman on aown, icr
miscalculating the "aggressive de
signs of international Com
munism."; i Congress was absolved of any
snare in the blame.
i "Thif is a tragic episode which
has been extremely costly to the
American people." the report con
cluded. 4A repetition of this typo
of miscalculation and inability to
plan for the defense and security
of the United States could result
in catastrophe for this nation."
! The fifth member of the investi
gating subcommittee. Sen. Ke
fauver "tD-Tenn,: took sharp ex
ception to the finding that lives
were lost because of ammunition
shortages.
, Conflicting Testimony
iTD'
eclaring this was based, as
the committee acknowledges, , on
conflicting testimony between var
ious Army generals." Kefauver
said:
"American families which have
suffered losses in Korea have sus
tained grief enough, without sus
taining the added grief which this
type of . statement brings."
The majority report was signed
by Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me). chairman of the Armed
Services subcommittee, and Sena
tors Byrd (D-Va), Hendrickson
(R-NJ). and Cooper (R-Ky).
It said:
"The procurement System under
the ordnance, department of the
armed .services indicated uncon
scionable Inefficiency, : waste and
unbelievable red tape.'
Over 154 Desks .
Some papers traveled more than
10,000 -miles to-some 34 units and
over 154 desks before a contract
for supplies was let. it said.
The 8.000 word preliminary re
Dort prew out of an investiga
tion of statements by Gen. James
A. van Fleet, retired Korean bat
tlefront commander, that serious
and critical ammunition shortages
existed during all the 22 months
he was in - Korea.
At a news conference prior to
releasing the report. Chairman
Smith said the subcommittee ma
jority found:
"Shortages of ammunition of dif
ferent types have existed in vary
ing degrees of seriousness, during
the entire Korean war. f
These shortages had an ad
verse military effect, and resulted
in the needless loss of American
lives.
"The Korean war was fed from
existing stocks of ammunition for
two years before any appreciable
amount of ammunition was pro
duced." .
Trip to Coast
Not So Easy
Back in 1893
May has been a rainy month,
but not a record-breaker. Leo N.
Childs, long a prominent realtor
in Salem recalls that May in 1893
was a wet one too. He remembers
the fact because in that month
his father took' his family, con
sisting of wife and three children
Leo, age 9 was the oldest, on
a trip to the coast in May. They
left Silverton, the family home,
in a new wagon drawn by a team
of good six-year-old horses. The
roads were so poor and the
weather so bad it took them ten
days to make the trip, going by
way of Sheridan, Dolph and Hebo.
When" they got to the big Nes
tucca River it was so swollen they
hesitated to try to cross. Finally
they attempted to ford the river.
According to the narrative Leo's
father I made, which later was
printed in a Portland paper, at
about the center of the stream
the horses got in deep water. The
wagon box began to tilt and fill
with water. The father, John
Childs,; whipped the horses and
the "noble animals" responded,
getting a footing and then pulling
the wagon to the bank.
i Though watersoaked the family
went on to Hebo.. The last ten
miles of the trip to Netarts was
through heavy timber. The roads
were sq bad Mr. Childs hired an
ox team from a resident in the
locality and it helped the horses
pull the load through the deep
mudholes and over tne tree roots.
: This rainy May stirred in the
mind of Leo Childs the memory
of that rip to Netarts 60 years
ago, where the family spent the
summer.