;' erica s Voice of i Ai .it.. ;- : ; - - - " - , 1 .. , Engineer D i vision for Waste 7 Blamed i By G. MILTON KELLY J j WASHINGTON I The Senate Investigations Subcommittee kaid Sunday multi-million dollar waste and "stupidity or worse" was! the rule in the Voice of America en gineering division. In a report on one phase of its lengthy investigations of the Voice while it was being operated under former Secretary of State Ache son, the subcommittee recom mended to its parent, the Senate Government Operations Commit tee that a checkup be made on how the Republican administration runs the division now. j The all-Republican subcommit tee headed by Sen. McCarthy R Wis) ticked off a long list of proj ects and criticized them roundly, . took one swipe at the Eisenhower administration's reaction tot its stormy public hearings last spring and summer; and made the whole report public. i Poor Planning It summed up findings in this ingle sentence: "Poor planning, reckless disre gard for taxpayers' money! in competence, stupidity or worse was the rule and not the excep tion in the operation of the .Voice of America, technical operations division." g The subcommittee prefaced its report by saying that "Commu nist infiltration and left-wing slant ing of and bias in (Voice) pro grams will be separately treated in another report." I "Voice of Moscow" f The Voice of America beams broadcasts at" iron Curtain and friendly nations as this country's main radio propaganda weapon in the cold war of words. McCarthy alleged repeatedly that Commu nist subversion often made these programs sound like "the Voice of Moscow." j : McCarthy's subcommittee in a review of its hearings, claimed credit for having prevented the "squandering" of 18 milliop dol lars for construction of two 10 mil lion dollar radio stations. It said two millions had already been spent. ; In Swamp Area I : The subcommittee said it had "forced" the new administration to cancel "unconscionable" con tracts for construction of one of the stations, known as Baker West, near Port Angeles, tWash. Construction of the other, known as Baker East, in "a swamp area in North Carolina," the -report said, also was abandoned on the basis of the bearings. f Both projects, the report said, were "mislocated" in areas": of at mospheric disturbance and! could be replaced at a tenth the pro posed cost by building onj more southerly - sites. f Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) issued a separate statement saying that since the subcommittee hearings a report had been submitted to the State Department which; would seem to contradict the testimony of a key witness that "the two powerful radio transmitters were mislocated." . ; This report. Jackson said, was prepared for the State Department by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in conjunction with the Radio Corporation of America with assistance from the Federal Com munications Commission Sabrejets in Air Guard Jackson was a member of the subcommittee when the hearings were held but resigned with the other Democratic subcommittee members last July in protest against McCarthy's claims of sole power to hire ;and fire staff per sonnel I Jackson said that Dr. J. B. Wies ner, director of the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, wrote in a July 31, 1953,. letter to the State Department that tests had failed to substantiate predictions of inter ference at the selected sites.' Endorsed Location Jackson said -it also should be noted that both Dr. Wiesner and the Radio Corporation of America had, in previous written statements, "endorsed the original location of the projects, j Jackson also cited some other documents which he said appear to be in contradiction to' documents now available and not called to the attention of the members of the subcommittee' at the time of the original hearings." The report denounced the Baker West contract awarded to J. G. Watts Construction Co., of Port land, Ore., calling the terms "in credible" and exorbitant. Brisk Words tor GOP The report! criticized the form er Democratic administration for making the contract, but had some brisk words for the Republican ad ministration, too. The "new team," it said, announced orders for "a complete shut-down (of the pro ject) to prevent further waste of the taxpayers money." That was last February. "Despite this official assurance," the report continued, "the subcom mittee discovered over three weeks after the Baker West shutdown order that the Watts contract was still in effect. It was found that the State Department was contin uing to pay i $25,000 per month at the abandoned site." Cancellation of the contract, it said, then was "forced by the sub committee." 1 in,,, !.. . i i i iM--"r i m jinn..) uin iwim-i 'wxmwn ) ijnti n-.w .iiiii ng . 1 r 1 "fit -; -XT:.- ?'" 1-1 f . . - "A A )2 ' o r -nr - , r , 'I 0 , i :" i , : i - . - - I ' ' , j t . 1 .: ;;' ' ' - ' "'-.,.- - t r. ' 1 rl 1 ' , ; ' - - ; 1- , rrifcMM-w. " :- I... n I - ; ... . . - - . " ' Oregon's Air National Guard, which only three years ago consisted of only one! transport craft, now includes ten Sabrejets. T'Sgt. Edward Pietka, Portland, guides one of the jets into position (top) and three others are lined np (bottom) at the Guard's base in Portland. I Gripping Cold Wave Aims at New England By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A gripping cold wave, which forced temperatures below zero to new lows for this winter in much j of the Midwest Sunday,! moved I toward New England. j The frigid air brought readings 1 ranging from -40 at International ; Falls to -7 in Chicago. It was the coldest day on record in I Chicago since Dec. 17, 1951 when the mer cury also dropped to 7 below. A -25 degree reading iat Min-neapolis-St Paul set a hew low record for Jan. 17, replacing a mark of -21 reached in 1940 and 1943. I The - Weather Bureau ireported the Arctic mass, moving east ward, would drop temperatures to -5 in Connecticut and -20 in most of Vermont and New Hampshire. , Illinois, Michigan, IoWa, Wis consin. Minnesota, Missouri, Indi ana. North Dakota. Nebraska and Montana all reported below zero readings. f The mercury aippea to -3Y ai step Grantsburg, wis., ana -33 at Bis marck. N. D. It was -32 at St Cloud. Minn. Duluth's low was -30. -Fargo, N. D., had a -29i Milwau kee, -13; Sault St Marie-16: Des Moines. -11; Omaha, -4. and Kirks ville. Mo., -4. Little letup was in prospect I Winter, also gripped tHe Pacific Northwest dumping 7 inches of . snow in Portland and upwards of a foot in some parts Of Seattle Friday and Saturday. I Torrential rains, accompanied by high winds; drenched Northern California. Several coastal towns were cut off by slides and many roads in Mendocino County were blocked by flood waters. . j At the San Francisco Airport gusts reached 62 miles; an hour. Strong gales ripped the Northern California Coast t In contrast to the January scene in the northern half of the na tion, temperatures in Miami climbed to 83; : Jacksonville 78; Tampa 77. and New Orleans 65. Readings in the 60s and 70s were also registered throughout most of the southwest i Gang! Attack On Bksketball Team Solved DETROIT! Mich. Police said Sunday that five teen-age boys have admitted a part in the violent gang attack on three school boy basketball players which resulted in a clamp-down against night high school j athletic contests. Officers said none of the boys, however, admitted wielding the ice pick which stabbed Ross De boskey, 17, Mackenzie High School basketball star, Friday night Sgt. Harold Thurkow said they admitted beating the three Mac kenzie students who were leaving a dressing room after a basket ball game at Central High School. The two other victims of the brutal attack are Jacques Berlin, 17, and Jo Davidson, 17. Deboskey was stabbed with an icepick which broke off and left its five-inch length in his back. He was taken off the critical list at the hospital Sunday. The metal was removed from his back Fri day night after a long operation. Police said warrants will not be sought until they determine the identity of the person who stabbed Deboskey. j Thurkow! said the boys told him that a mob attack against Mac kenzie students was planned the day before tne basketball game and during halftime at the con test itself.; Sneak Thief Swipes Dead Dog in Package PHILADELPHIA (JP) A sneak thief escaped; with a package from under a young woman's arm but instead of protesting, she said the thug did her a favor. Her small dog had died in her town apartment There was no yard there to bury him. She was en route to bury the dog at her mother's home in suburban Up per Darby. The body was in the package. i Weather Blunts City's Reception BUTLER, Pa. (-The jfickle elements played a dirty trick on operators of the Alleghanyf Air lines. J Some 20 city officials of Butler and officers of the airlines at tended a breakfast at the Butler- Graham Airport here andthen lined up to watch the airline make its first scheduled stop at the airpprt i French Singer Still Expected ToWedboris NEW YORK Uh I French singer Charles Trenet said Sunday he still expects to marry poris Duke de spite a report from France that the tobacco heiress denies know- in him. i Trenet announced! Thursday that be would soon marry the twice- wed Miss Duke,- one of the world i wealthiest women, j The Paris newspaper France Soir subsequently quoted her as commenting in France: "What a story! I don't even know him. Do you marry a man you have never seen?" Trenet a familiar figure in nightclubs of two continents, called a press conference! Sunday to try and clarify the matter. "If Miss Duke j made such a statement," he told newsmen, "she must have personal reasons which should be discussed between her and me. j Trenet said he Was dispatching his press agent William Taub, by air to Paris Monday to talk with Miss Duke. He had been unsucces sful, he said, in attempts to reach her by transatlantic telephone. British Atomic Power Due In 20 Ykrs LONDON UB j A top-ranking British scientist predicted Sunday that British industry will get atom ic power on a big scale within 20 years. The prediction was made in a 100-page government publication entitled "Britain's Atom Fac tories," written by Kenneth Jay, 44, principal scientific officer at the big Harwell; atom research plant i In a foreword, Supply Minister Duncan Sandys, 'Prime Minister Churchill's son-in-law, said Britain has moved in the past year from the purely research stage into reg ular atomic production. Jay said nuclear energy may, within 20 years, produce as much electricity as 20 j million tons of coal. This will! be equivalent to about a fourth of Britain's esti mated power needs 20 years from now. It also represents the amount by which Britain's coal produc tion is expected j to fall short of the country's needs in 15 to 20 years. J Irish Strip The Statesman, Salem Oregon, Monday, )aL IS. 1 854 3 British Soldier .Hi BELFAST, Northern Ireland, (A A British soldier was attacked in a Belfast city street stripped of his uniform by angry Irish Nation alists and forced to watch jit burn. Late Saturday night tie ; outlawed-Irish Republican Army an nounced it took full responsibility for the incident In a letter to two Belfast newspapers it said i "we wish to make it clear that we bear no . ill will toward the soldier only against the uniform "he was wearing." j ; Belfast police fearful of ! clash es between extreme Loyalist and Nationalist elements refused to comment on when or where the in cident occurred. Press reports said the homes of several I.R.A. mem bers were raided after the attack. Tension" between Loyalist 1 and Home Rule factions in Ulster has been mounting since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth last: June. Flags have been torn down and slogans chalked on the houses of prominent members of both sides. The Northern Ireland f govern ment announced this week it is bringing in a bill to make it an offense to interfere with the Union Jack flag or to fly "any! flag or emblem" liable to cause a breach of the peace. By this the: govern ment obviously refers to the Irish tricolor, which has been flown from time to time in Nationalist areas. ; 60 Pluckedj From Blaziiig j: British Ship BRISTOL, England (! Res cue ships plucked 59 men and a woman from a blazing tanker in Bristol Channel Sunday night after a five-hour battle. j The - abandoned tanker j is the 8.000-ton British Admiralty auxil iary Wave Victor. Five tugs stood by to get it under tow when the fire spent itself. I The rescued woman is believed the wife of a ship's officer. Radio messages from the tanker said the fire broke out in the en gine room and got out of control. Watchers on the shore saw flames ana smoke billowing from the stricken ship as she flay eight miles away. ! i U.S. Engineers Issue Report On Projects WASHINGTON (J) Army En gineers completed 145 million dol lars worth of building in the last fiscal year and Construction contractors received 93.4 cents of each dollar. ' The Army j. said Sunday that in the fiscal year 1953, which ended last June 30,; the $145,098,108 was for work within the United States, on 190 projects, and did not in clude overseas construction where big air bases and other projects were under way. At the middle of the current fiscal year, ;jthe Army Engineers have 4,045 projects under way at an estimated total construction cost Of $2,130,291,000. The work is done for the Army, the Air Force, the Veterans Ad ministration and General Services Administration. It includes bar racks, warehouses, hospitals, ex pansion and? improvement of air bases and other construction. The c o n s t r u c t i o n indus try's share of money spent on mil itary projects has shown a steady upward trend, said Maj. Gen. S. D. Sturgis, thief of engineers. In 1950, at the start of the Korean War. industry received 91.3 cents of the dollar; in 1951 it was 91.8 and 92.3 in 1952. Ghost Town Stirred By Zinc Corporation JEROME, Ark tV-The nation's largest zinc producer has taken a million dollar ilease on the life of this ghost town. New ' Jersey Zinc Corp. hasf signed a contract with Verde Exploration, Ltd.. to search for copper deposits here. Jerome was a lusty, wealthy min ing town until Phelps Dodge Corp. pulled out in 1950 in belief the cop per reserves had played out A. K. Brusven of Woodburn Dies, Rites on Tuesday Statesman New Irrrtcc WOODBURN - Alexander K. Brusven died at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Olia Brus ven, in Woodburn Sunday. He was born in Priceville, Sask., Canada, July 14, 1914. He came to Oregon from South Dakota in 1937. He was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church of Woodburn. :. He is survived by his widow Mary and two daughtres, Carol and Patty i Jean. He has three brothers Orren, Portland. Norman of Salem and Amos of Woodburn; two sisters Mrs. Eunice Thomp son in Minnesota and Mrs. Althea Bergman of Salem. Funeral ervices will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ringo Fun neral Chapel with the Rev. J. Wil liam Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Belle Passi Cemetery. FINE SERVICE 8:40 A.M.; 2:10 P.M. nrffcSOP.tt. PORTLAND . . 30 min. SIATTU j . . . 1 hrt. 9:50 A.M.; 4:25 P.M. and 7:50 P. M. MEDFORO; ... 1 hra. SAN FRANCISCO . 4 hrt. LOS ANORIS . . y4hrs. Far trsvaf information, toll or writ United. Airport Terminal. Call 2-245J or yovr travel f enf. COMMM THf fAU iWO YOtm CO IT AH Russians Talk Of Space Trip i LONDON l The conductor's call of "all aboard for the Lunar Express" imay soon be heard in Russia. Moscow Radio said Sun day, i the Soyiet broadcast told of a recent meeting of the Central Air Club in Moscow at which Alexand er Sternfeld, a leading engineer in space travel, discussed prospects of flight into space. Sternfeld displayed calculations and diagrams "shwoing that the time was not far off when we would be hearing the conductor call all aboard for the Lunar Ex press,"' the broadcast said. Interplanetary travel may soon out of the realm of fiction into reality, Moscow Kadio ex plained. A trip into space, to the moon, to mars and to other planets as well 'lis no longer as fantastic and unreal as it was a while ago, Moscow commented. Whether the Russians claim to be ahead, of the Western world in the race to the moon was not men tioned in the Moscow English language! broadcast Ulcer Wins .Fight Willi Cable Cars i SAN FRANCISCO (ff) Mary Alice Ball, 34-year-old war wid ow, has switched to office work after It years as one of San Francisco's two woman cable car conductors. Mrs. Ball, mother of a 16-year-old daughter, said she's through demanding "fares, tickets and transfers, please," on the creak ing, swaying, hill-climbing trams because: "It was my ulcer or the line, and the ulcer was gaining." f $ I....J ... fiiiiniw.i,,iue,-,W.-g.--V.i., - 'j mi mum w iju . hi. ft"'' gnu y4ro!,-i.M..ry"eMMw"-'-y i,M A I J? j""S I " 1 it I arl'' ' ' ' " '' "r ..v..,.:...v.j.;at. mM.towltoStitt kiii&JAy X ' I Yll If fl mvi'mfi AMElUCA IS CHANGING fei'i file f 1 m3i x 'Hv!i;r fy-J'' I fttt . .1 JJ&.'x , .. 1. J More people have been moving in the last few years than in any other period in oar history oiirio ! n Gnn I ; n 0 . i I ' ' I ' I 51 J 5 J A : America is on the move! Families are mov ing to better homesj in the same area . j . from one section of jfhe country to another. City people are shifting id the suburbs. ' Families are getting larger and need homes for three, four and five or more chfl dren. And with AiieTicans living longer these days, more anjd fnore elderly couples are moving to home? better suited to retire ment living. -Life insurance fund are playing a ma or role in thit changing picture through invest ment that help create new jobs, arid the financ ing of new homes. i For example, by the end of last ear, the life insurance companies had loaned nearly $34 bil lion of policyholder funds for the development of business and industry. As new plants, facto ries, mills and office buildings gq up and as old ones are expanded and modernized they create new jobs and attract workers, from many parts of the country. j j In addition, the life insurance companies are helping build new homes. At the end of 1953, they had invested over $23 billion in real estate mortgages three and one half times as much as they had invested in 1945. j And a portion of the funds needed to build housing developments and rental dwellings haj come from. life insurance companies, j These are 'among the ways in which the life insurance companies promote the welfare of ourf communities while guarding the Security ot our individual families. Insfifufe off Life Insurance Central Source of Information about Life Insurance 488 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N. T. t t 1