ir cT) U.S. CoBiions PrawHa. St Of Bomb I 103RD YEAR 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES Tha Qrogon Statesman. Salem Oregon, Thursday, August 20, 1953 PRICE 5c No. 143 a 1 qaUJ JUL - - ; - -- - . .-r ; ; -. - - ' . - - , ) -a -: -: - I-. " - " -' - -i 1 J - . , - j . . " ,v - - ,; poundhp 1651 - I , est MdsSpidegh 033DQB f The Interior Department policy statement on power marks a definite retreat from the power policies of the Ickes-administration. Secretary Ickes and one if Bis successors, Oscar Chapman, were aggressive pro-public power administrators. They outlined is administrative policy a program of fostering public ownership hi distribution systems which nevf r had received congressional au thorization. From this advanced position the McKay declaration withdraws, and it has the full endorsement of President Eisen hower. The withdrawal clearly conforms to Republican policy! There are four, areas of disseit ' from the Ickes' policy which hafd been formally set forth in 1945 but which had been his workiig program ever since-1934. First, where Ickes favored g: ing "active assistance" to organiz ing public agencies ori cooperat ives for power distribution, McKay decries government mon opoly and. calls for partnerships - of all parties concerned for the development and utilization f power resources, with t&e govern ment stepping in for the big undertakings, particularly those serving multiple purposes. Second,, Ickes favored addefl hydro projects to other public works wherever - feasible, wit steam standby in connection. Ex cept for TV A, Congress never authorized steam plant, and t McKay statement makes no r erence to them. v Third, Ickes fought eminent - owned - and tor go1 operate transmission lines to load centers and to preference (public) cu tomers ( Continued on editoria page 4. Spilled WKeat Causes Skid Wheat, strewn along a quarte mile of highway, is like drivin on marbles at least that's whajt drivers told state police wedne day evening. I Trial of this mode of drivinf was given a chance when a truchl load of wheat was spilled juj north of Dallas on the Coa Highway 22 near Salt Creel Flats. Police said thai at least one driver skidded off the higlf way and into a ditch, but no danf ge was reported. Travel wag aesenbed as perilous along th juarter-mile wbeated carpet Western Internatianal At Salem 3, Trt-City 4 (H jinn.) At Edmonton 9. Vancouvehi 4 At Calgary 19. Victoria I ! At Lewuton 21. Spokane 3 ' At Wenatchee 12, Yaklna 19 Coast League j ' At Seattle 4-S. Portland 3-4 At Oakland 12. HoIlTwonri S At San Dieco S-S. Sacramento 3-5 At Los An ele 12. San Francisco B i 1 American League At New York 2. Washington: O At Chicago 3, St. Louis 4 10 inn.) At Detroit 4, Cleveland -2 j At Boston 6, Philadelphia 4j National League i f At Brooklyn 7. New York f At Cincinnati 2. Milwaukee 3 f At Philadelphia 3. Pittsburgh 3 3- At St. Louis 3. Chlcaso Animal Crackers v WARREN GOODRICH ' "Shoot ft, WIUT&U I CT HOLD TV1I5 SMILE JForces Coup Reduces Threat of Red Rise to Power -. i By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON W Iran's vio lent revolution may end, at least for the moment, the danger of a Communist march to power in that strategic country. The key figure in the situation now. unless the aged Mohammed Mossadegh can stage a comeback, is a 56-year-old general, Fazollah Zahedi. He is known to American officials as an ardent nationalist whose first concern in internation al affairs is for the security of his nation against outside influ ences. He is rated here as both anti British and, so far as Iran's in dependence goes, anti-Soviet and completely loyal to Shah Reza Pah levi. Heavy Fighting Official reports coming Into the State Department from Ambassa dor Loy Henderson at Tehran lag ged behind news dispatches in re porting developments. The news dispatches indicated that the re volt against Mossadegh's rule and in favor of the Shah had been suc cessful after heavy fighting. At the State Department author ties reserved judgment on what the ultimate effect of the over throw of Mossadegh will be until the situation has stabilized and Zahedi's attitude as premier has had time to take shape. Wait and See There was a cautious wait-and-see attitude, . too, about the final control of power in the country as a result of the revolt. For an old and ailing man, Mossadegh has shown remarkable ability, ba;ed on a popular following, to look after himself in the past. Officials said no one could count him out of the picture until his fate was fully known. Meanwhile, however.there was speculation that the dramatic turn of events could in the long run coincide with American interests. Lessen Menace With respect to the security of Iran against Communism, there is at least a basis for, thinking that the change from Mossadegh to Za hedi should greatly lessen the Com munist menace. In recent weeks Mossadegh hacL appeared to be willing to give the Communist Tu deh Party a fairly free rein so long as it served his own political purposes in trying to get rid of the Shah and to consolidate his hold over Iran's restive population. It is believed that Zahedi will plavyno such dangerous game Therefore the Reds will have less opportunity to gain power and following for themselves. Tito Tots Try Travel, Tears Terminate Trip The crying towel at city police headquarters, normally reserved for parking ticket violators, felt new tears Wednesday afternoon when two lost girls were brought sobbing to the station. Neither Connie, 3, nor Sharron, 2, (later identified by their mother) could abandon their grief long enough to tell police officers who they ,&re. The two, clad each in shoesni socks, pan ties and T-shirts, just sat on the desk and wailed loud and long. There ensued about 40 minutes or more or radio appeals and police checking the neighbor hoods for a possible lost mother. The youngsters were picked up at Capitol and Center Streets after a call by someone who saw them wander across the busy intersec tion. After the two were identi fied by mother, Mrs. Lavern Eg gers, 32S S. 16th St,, police esti mated that the youngsters travel led at least II blocks from their home and that's by the direct route. Where were they going? Well, they didn't say. Mai Mia. Frecip. sz JDO . 55 trae 55 JM , Saleaa Portland as M 7 TS Saa Francisco Chicago New York a' jm Willamette River -IS fee. FORECAST (from VA. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy this morning becoming parUy cloudy in the afternoon and evening with c uttered showers today today, near TS. lowest tonifht near 50. Temperature at UM ajn. was ana rnaay. iooter wixn tn nigh C2 degrees. SALEM PRECIPITATIOI i ! State Start of Weather Year Sept. 1 , This Year Last Year Normal 42.6S f aaja Out High School Cost To Fall $780,000 Short of Estimate Cost of the new South Salem High School may fall $780,000 short of the estimate, according to calculations made Wednes day. "We were authorized $4,280, 000 for the school and it ap pears now that the structure will only cost about $3,500,000," due to bids being lower than expected, explained Connell C. Ward, clerk of Marion County School District 24CJ. "Of vcourse this might vary," he said. A call for bids on the last 2,000,000 in school bonds for the construction went out Aug. A and the bids are to be opened at the next regular meeting of the school board Tuesday eve ning. Navy Selects First A-Sub Conimander WASHINGTON m The Navy nas selected a one-tine reserve officer, Cmdr. Eugene P. Wilkin son, to command its first atomic powered submarine. Orders were issued Wednesday designating Wilkinson to take charge of the new craft when it is completed, possibly late next year. The submarine, named the Nautil us, is being constructed at the Gro ton. Conn., plant of. the Electric Boat Division of the jgeneral Dy namics Corp. Wilkinson entered the Navy as a reserve officer in 1940 and com manded submarines during World War II. Recently he commanded the submarine Wahoo and is now attending the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk. Va. During World War II. Wilkinson served in the submarine Darter and was an instructor in the sub marine school at New London, Conn. He has been ordered to Arco, Idaho, to - study the land based prototype of the atomic engine that will power the Nautilus. Mrs. Henderson r New Secretary of Polk Red Cross Statesnsaa News Service DALLAS Appointment of Mrs. F. M. Henderson, Dallas, as executive secretary of the Polk County Red Cross chapter was announced Wednesday by Wood row Jones, chapter chairman. Mrs. Henderson, a Dallas res ident since April, will assume office Sept. 1. She succeeds Mrs. Lillian F. Bilyeu who re signed last March after five years as executive secretary. Formerly, Mrs. Henderson was acting administrator for the pub lic, welfare commission in Crook and Jefferson County. Her hus band is district warden here for the State Forestry Service. (Additional details on page 4, sec 2). McCarthy Wrathful at Federal Office for Keeping 'Reds' on Job WASHINGTON tf Sen. McCar thy (R-Wis.) thundered at Govern ment Printing Office officials Wed nesday that it was "fantastic" for GPO employes to be kept on the job ia the face of FBI reports of Communist activity even espi onage. . Time after tune the senator ask ed why. S. Preston Hipsley and E. C Mel- lor, top personnel men for the GPO which prints some top secret doc uments for other federal agencies, said they merely did their duty as they saw it. They said they operat ed under regulations that Commu nist Party membership was not a sufficient reasoa to fire an em ploye. Fantastic Picture This," said McCarthy, "Is the most fantastic picture I have ever heard of." - Utnclasv f fit -mi ai-awl ml Ana ' tAin( hjj the FBI does not report that I . .Y i.Z a person is a communist Party member, but only that a reliable individual identified only by a code number "says so and so.". Sweep of Power s i i i - Kpyal Louple To Return to Iran Shortly i By DON SCRWIND TEHERAN un Forces loyal to the absent Shah swept iron-willed, weepy old Premier Mohammed Mossadegh out of power Wednes day with a bloody and violent nine hour coup. At ieast 300 persons were killed and Mossadegh's chief henchman was reported torn to pieces. ; The! young Shah, a fugitive in Rome; said he would fly back at once to reclaim his throne. Mossadegh forced Shah Moham med Reza Pahlevi to flee Sunday. The aged premier himself fled Wednesday from his bed in a Hitler-type bunker from which he has ruled this country with tears and an iron fist for almost three years. Guards Resist The coup succeeded with a min imum of bloodshed in most parts of Tehran and the provinces, roy alist officials said, adding it was the desperate resistance of Mossa degh's picked household guards that raised the death toll. Official estimates said at least 200 men died in the gunfire as the premier made his last stand. A curfew was clamped on the city Wednesday night. Troops, tanks and armored cars guarded all key points including Radio Teh ran where 60 men, three tanks and machine gun emplacements stood watch over the facility to keep it out of pro-Mossadegh bands. Hene Pillaged . MossadegJ?i present whereabouts were Unknown. Mobs pillaged his fortress home and peddled his fur niture in the bazaars for souven irs. The uprising was led by Maj. Gen. Fazollah Zahedi whom the Shah named as premier just be fore he left the country in his pri vate plane - with Queen Soraya Sunday. (Additional details on page 6 Sec. 2.) Reds Release Portland GI PORTLAND m The Gus Glaser household here was a happy one Wednesday night. The mother was telephoned the news that her son, Cpl. Marvin L. Glaser, 21, was among prisoners of war just released by the North i Korean Communists. She turned away and shouted to Marvin's five younger sisters and one younger brother: "Released. . . He's released." She tried to talk more on the telephone but her voice was drowned out by the children's screams of joy. The Glaseri have lived here for seven years. Marvin enlisted in the Army in 1949. G. B. WOOD ELECTED CORVALLIS un G. Burton Wood of Oregon State College was elected a vice president of the American Farm Economic Associ ation here Wednesday. President elect for the 1954-55 year is Joe Ackerman, associate director of the Farm Foundation, Chicago. s It isn't a matter of tact, it's only Information." he said. "We were not . satisfied he was a. Commun ist" A He said that if he were running a private plant, he would fire a man even' on rumors he was a Communist. But he said it's dif ferent in a government agency sub ject to pressure and publicity. I "We are there to run a print shop, not to detect criminals, Hip sley said. I McCarthy exploded. The GPO, be said, handles secret and top se cret material that might mean death to American boys if it fell into the hands of the enemy. Cemx&aaists Mustn't Get It i "Your Job," he said, "is to see that Communists do not get that material 1 McCarthy Is serving" as a one man investigating subcommittee, trying to determine whether such material did leak from the. big printing: plant, and, the extent to which Communists may still be on the payroll. Up to His Neck in Tickets .. . .J... frItll.- .-rrTi IV .-rf. "--iniWMi fa ,,,, ,, p CCOnn,- ----- -J 5.11 . SI. r " V- y : . i ' 1, J J 1 '.. -71" f -.V-i " Mf 1 si r t-- 6 -U f. Sarronnded by tickets, Joe Simeral, head ef state fair ticket sales, is literally up to his neck ia work as fair time draws near and requests for "front row center" seats begin to roll in. Bat from the leoks ef the photo above, there should be enough ducats to ge areuad. (Statesman Photo.) fulcrse Charges Wilson Favors in Contracts WASHINGTON (vP Sen. Morse (Ind.-Ore.) said Wednesday night he will demand in the next session of Congress a full and complete investigation of all Defense Department contracts. Morse declared that Secretary of Defense Wilson "is discriminat ing in favoring General Motors." Wilson was president of General Motors before taking over the defense post. "In my opinion. General motors is receiving favored treatment by thev Defense Department," Morse said on the ABC radio program "Crossfire." Morse said he had been conduct ing his own investigation of the Defense Department conduct re garding contracts. , "There are companies manufac turing aircraft jet engines who are no longer allowed to participate in bidding," he continued. "I have tailked to some'of these people in my office." The Defense Department said it had no comment on Morse's re marks. But a spokesman said the j phasing out of production schedules resulting in the cancellation of some contracts during 1953, was outlined in a Dec. 10 Pentagon statement. This was before Wilson took office. Morse did not name any com pany or individual with whom he said he had talked although he said he talked with a representa tive of an auto builder. On other matters Morse also said he did not expect to regain his seat oh the Senate Armed Services Committee. Morse was confident he would be returned to office by the voters of Oregon. "I am ready to face election tomorrow." he declared. "My mail count is 10-1 in my favor, and has gone up since my resignation from the- Republican Party." He said be would run on his rec ord in 195ft and continue his fight as an independent. Dallas Marine Wounded in Korea Day Before Truce Staltrmaa Newt Srrvire DALLAS How a Dallas Ma rine was wounded, ia Korea on the last day of fighting was re lated by relatives here Wednes day. . CpL Basil B. Goodrich, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Goodrich, 960 Ellis St, was the victim. Goodrich wrote home that he suffered facial: wounds when struck by shrapnel a few hours before the final cease-fire was ordered. "I'm lucky to be here, be added. . "The fellow in front of me was picked up with a shoveL . A sister, Mrs. LeRoy Layton, said the letter , indicated the wound was not serious. Good rich enlisted in the Marine Corps four years ago after attending Dallas schools. He had been in Korea for three months. - I ..j .... rn u.... mrJiiiiii i wtt-tr J Help Needed in Harvest Fields There is a "pretty serious" shortage of bean pickers, and workers also are needed in cu cumbers and blackberries, the State Employment Service re ported Wednesday. Next week, help also will be needed in the hop fields. Bean pickers are asked to be at j th employment office. Cottage and Ferry Streets, not later than 6 a.m. daily. Persons with their own transportation may report there anytime, however, it was explained. ADLAI ON WAY HOME LISBON. Portugal (Jfi Adlai Stevenson left for New York Wednesday aboard a Pan Ameri can World Airways clipper. He was accompanied by his son, John FelL and his aide, William Blair Jr. Toll in Korea Confirms War Fourth Costliest in U.S. History By JOE HALL WASHINGTON 11 A prelimi nary Korean War battle casualty total of 142,277 Americans was an nounced Wednesday, making it the fourth bloodiest conflict in the na tion's history. Only World Wars I and II and the Civil War produced a greater ton. The Defense Department said the Korean War casualties included 22. 731 killed in action. 105,961 wound ed and 13.585 missing. These -figures were in the last regular weekly summary of battle casualties to be released r at the Pentagon. However, officials there said, revisions would be carried on for months,' perhaps years, before a final statistical story of the tra gic cost of the war could be writ ten.. ' ..j 1' The death total already has been revised up to 25,604 by the addi tion of 2,469 who died of wound! and 404 originally reported! miss ing but now known to biKce xer ished. 1 Similarly, the missing total has dropped to S.529 by subtracting the 404 known dead, the 2,433 prison ers who have been returned, and 2,219 others known to have been captured., - - '..-, i Eventually, the missing figure will fall- to zero as all of the men j MOSCOW (AP)--Pravda said Thursday- the Soviel Union recently touched off fa hydrogen bomb explo sion of great strength. f ! H, The U. S. Atomic Commissi m confirmed Wednes day night it had information of a Soviet test explosion Aug. 12 believed to involve .f belli fission and thermo nuclear reactions" the latter the i term scientists use to describe a hydrogen explosion. The statement added, presumably significantly, that both the 1951 and 1952 tests the United States conducted at the Eniwetok Atoll "included tests in volving similar reactions.") The Soviet Communist paper said the Russian H-bomb was exploded "with an experimental aim.' - This was the text of the Pravda announcement: "Recently in the Soviet Union, the explosion of a type of hydrogen bomb was carried out with experi mental aim. "Of Great Strength" "As a result of the possession of the mighty power of thermonuclear fission in the hydrogen bomb, the explosion was of great strength. "The test showed the power of the hydrogen bomb is many -times greater than the power of atomic bombs. : "It is known that the Soviet Jin ion has for several years possessed an atomic weapon and made con siderable trials with this weapon. "As follows from the speech of the chairman of the Council , of Ministers of the U. S. S. R.. G. Malenkov, on Aug. 8 at the fifth session of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet Union has taken possession of the secret of production of the hydrogen bomb. Reaction Abroad , "This information of the Soviet government caused a great deal of reaction abroad. "Some foreign circles who had laid their stake on their policy of monopoly of the United States in the possession of the atomic bomb and later of the hydrogen bomb aspired to intimidate the peoples by the fact the Soviet Union pos sessed the secret of production of they hydrogen weapon and, in con nection with this, to cause alarm, using it wLh tbt aim of intensify ing the armaments drive. "The Soviet government consid ers it necessary to declare there is not, and was not. Any foundation for alarm. "Cut Armaments" "In accordance with the unchang ing policy, of the Soviet Union, di rected to the strengthening of peace and security of peoples, the Soviet government repeatedly of fered to the governments of other countries the carrying out of consider reduction of armaments and the forbidding of the use of atomic and other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, establishing within the framework of the United Nations organization a strict inter national control df this prohibition, "The Soviet government stands on this position at the present time." Pravda gave its announcement no special prominence. The state ment was published on page 2 una er - the heading, "government in formation on the test of the hydro gen bomb in the Soviet Union. ( Additional details on page 2 Sec 1.) Weatherman Mentions Rain as Possibility Scattered showers seemed in the wind for Salem and vicinity today and Friday if predictions by U. S. weathermen prove accurate. Cooler temperatures were ex pected for both days, too, with the highest today expected to hit about 78 and the lowest tonight 50 degrees. Highest temperature in Salem Wednesday was 86. remaining on the list ire declared dead after all possible checks are completed. The American casualties in the three years of Korean fighting were roughly one-third of the more than 400.000 suffered by the It nations fighting in the United Nations Com mand. , The South Koreans were the hard est hit The Allies suffered about 72,300 deaths, including the 25.000 Americans, about 45,000 South Ko reans, 600 British, and 1,900 from other nations. The Army and Marine Corps took the brunt of the American casual ties la the Korean War. The break down by services: Army 110,596. Marines 28,071. Navy 2,082, and Air Force 1.52s. U: S. casualties in other prin cipal wars were: World War II, 1.125,369: World War 1. 364,800; Civ il War. 495,573. The Civil-War fig ore includes both Unioa and Con federate forces, but counts only deaths; the number of wounded never has been definitely deter mined. Wars ia which U.S. casualties were less than those suffered in Korea included: Revolutionary War, 19,389; Mexican War. 18.401: Spanish-American War. 9,530; Phil ippine Insurrection 1 1899-1902), 7,- 065; and war of nil, 6,765. i welfare Board Gets Choice of Building Sites (Selection of one of three sites for aj Marion County Welfare Commission building i has been turned over to the State Welfare Commission. 1 ;Thi commission Including Leo Nl Childs,' Claude H. . Murphy. Jihn.jRamage, and William J. Eptrdss, along with .Judge Rex Hartley and commissioners Ed Rpgeifs and Roy Rice, submitted the tlhree locations following a nwetijng this week, i Th sites include South Church between Mill and Trade, the northeast corner of-South High and Mill Street, and property schithj of Mill Street on Church Street. The first site, which was the first choice of the commis sion, is owned by Childs, and has raised, considerably I j controver sy! The second selection was submitted by the Nelson and Nelson firm of realtors and the third is Carl Armpriest proper ty " I . ; . . . j . ; iConlmitteeman Eatress had vdtedj against acceptihce of the Clildli property because he felt there j would be criticism of the transaction involvingj one of the members of the commission, thougjh he considered ; the t site best fjor the commission. jWj sought the best possible loratibn from the standpoint of and Convenience to j the public, afailibility of parking and the most attractive rental tost. Chir man Rex Hartley said. He de clared he had ne apologies to of Th state dra ws the lease and pays i he rent on offices for the county commissions. r and Jury icts Yduti l In Cross Death rA J7-year-old Pratum i youth was iidicted by Marion County Grand! Judy Wednesday Ion a charge! of manslaughter,, involv ing the death of a four-year-old playmite .earlier this bionth. the indicted youth U Raymond WSHace Satterlee. described hv frindi and neighbors ss a jmodel ooy. r or ine past nv years he ha b4en living with; jhis jfoster pafentk, Mr. and Mrs.) George A. Wfliaiis of Pratum. He1 is a ward of the! Marion CountV Julvenile Court j ; I . Kenneth Cross, the- four-vear. old, also a ward of i the j court and also living at the! Williams home, was first taken to a Salem hospitil July 31. He had iansed into a Icoma. reportedly! following a fill While playing at home. He died three days later with out regaining consciousness. Dis trict Attorney Kenneth Brown. said aj pathologist's autopsy re pott had revealed death was at- tributeki to "multiple bruises about the neck and head1 the j Satterlee youth has! been held by County Juvenile authori ties oh the basis of a signed statement; indicating mistreat- ment of the younger boy prior to tus (death. (Additional grand jury action I on. page o, Section 1) RMnawa Salem Ypiitli Cauglitih Feminine Attire PORTLAND VP) IA 15-yearw old! Salem boy, dressed in femi nine clothing, was picked up hy city police Wednesday; in Tort-' land Ujnioa Station as; he was in the process of running away from home, i jji A police matron became suspi cious of the teen-ager and called officer. The txjy's attire includ ed a permanent wave and painted fingernails; Juvenile authorities released the boy to his parents. , Today's Sfafcsrnsn i Section 1 Editorials, features Society, women's -i : Section 2 :j .6, 8 Sports -L..- : 2 ' Valler news i4 Farm news '.fc.i4 :-.5 Comiis I.,.:: RadidyTV ....,..34 7 Markets i 4U.7 Classified ada 7. 9 .: " ! ; .ill I