1 Sc 1) Statesman, SajwnJOrt.. Tut. Jan. 26, 1954
140,000
Housin
Public
g Units in
Eisenhower Plan
By STERLING F. GREEN f
WASHINGTON tf) President
Eisenhower Monday called for in
overhaul of the nation's housing
program, putting chief reliance on
'private enterprise but asking 140,
000 new public housing units in
the next four years. f
In his fifth special message to
Congress, Eisenhower urged a
Substitute fori
One
Advocated
Way Grid
(Story also oa page 1)
! A four-point traffic improve
ment program to substitute if or
the one-way grid was advanced
Monday night at a public hear
ing before Salem City Council.
A. R. Mefford, chairman qf a
grid protest committee and a ser
vice station operator at Court
and Church Streets, offered jhis
program: ' - . j
1. "Discard the grid and stop
the confusion, the embarrass
ment and the inconvenience cre
ated by if j
; 2. Relieve congestion by mark
ing State Highway 22 traffic;
straight through on Center
Street "instead of running its
twice across the center of Salem
as it now does."
Bypass Completion a f
3. Urge early completion qf byl
pass route east of Salem. I
4. Enforce existing traffic; and
parking laws.
Mefford summariied the bppo?
sition of many businessmen' and
citizens in his talk befor4 the
Council, and it was he who- chal
lenged the Council to make a
i May ballot issue of the contro
versy which has developed (since
: one-way traffic grid started in
downtown Salem in October, j
One Northbound Artery J
T. H. Tomlinson, attorney and
! also a leader of the citizens'
committee, declared the biggest
defect in the grid is that Liberty
Street is the only northbound
artery all the way through Sa
lem. It has become further con-
- - gested, he maintained, since High
, Street was marked for south
f bound traffic only. j j
i i : J il.i ii .a
nm mRnn nrppn inxi KTrifT
like Church and Cottage and
Winter be left for two-way traf-
' fic .11 !
Other points stressed by the
opposition included additional
driving reauired bv one-wav
streets and dissatisfaction of out-of-town
customers and tourists.
' Oppose Grid . j
Speakers against the grid in
cluded Harry Robinson,' Earl
Cook, Andy Foster, NorVal Ed
wards, Art Peters, Mrs.J T. i S.
Roberts, Gil Ward and -3D. H.
WalL I
Lloyd LeGarie weed a Mav
vote on the issue, yes or no, and
Raymond O'Neil maintained that
since the grid has both good and
bad features, any vote should be
on stated parts of the 1 traffic
system. 1
Elmer Amundson, who had
served on a committee which ori
ginally recommended the grid
over two years ago, defended the
-present system. J
William Hamilton, presenting
a petition from Capitol Shopping
Center merchants, said theyi be
, lieved the Council had jicted in
tne puniic interest and conse
quently had "hot complained
jvhen one-way highway, traffic
(near the center) was ordered.
The petition asked, however,
that the highway one-wajjr system
be repealed "if, becausf of tht
protests of some private business
I
"new and experimental', liberal
ration of federal mortgage insur
ance to help wipe out slums and
make home ownership possible for
millions.
He stressed twin goals: "Good
housing in good neighborhoods'
for -all Americans; and a contin
ued "high level of housing con
struction" as a bulwark of pros
perity.
I Though he asked for 35,000 sub
sidized dwelhngs a year, com
pared with 20,000 now permitted.
Eisenhower spoke against any
program that would "make our
Citizens increasingly dependent
upon the federal government to
supply their housing needs."
ISO Millies Dvllan
! Nevertheless he asked Congress
to earmark 950 million dollars for
grants and loans to help cities
renovate slums or eradicate them.
I The long message also recom
mended: Easier Federal Housing
Authority borrowing for repair and
maintenance; liberalized credit on
the purchase of old houses; more
flexible interest rates on FHA and
GI home financing, to insure that
mortgages remain an attractive
investment; and a gradual with
drawal of government from, its
role as a supporter of the mort
gage money market.
Plaa Less Specific
The 8-point White House pro
gram was less specific than the
Dec. 15 report of the President's
Advisor Committee on Housing,
on which it was based.
The committee, headed by Hous
ing Administrator Albert M. Cole
called for this kind of experimen
tal program which, if successful,
might eventually replace subsi
dized housing:
No-down-payment, 40-year-to-pay
mortgage insurance by the Fed
era! Housing Administration on in
expensive homes. This would be
coupled with a lease-and-purchase
plan whereby FHA would help
builders put up rental dwellings
whose occupants, when financially
able, could buy them without down
payment, paying for them like
rent.
Less Radical
Eisenhower's request was less
radical. He asked "long-term
loans" presumably longer than
the 23 and 30 year repayments
now permitted and "a low ini
tial payment" on both new and
old houses. Families displaced by
slum clearance would be eligible.
Not until these programs "have
been fully tested and by actual
performance have shown their
success, he told Congress, should
the nation drop public housing.
Within the next lour years, he
said, the need for continued pub
lic housing will be reviewed.
Meantime, he added, Cole will
propose revisions to correct de
fects" not specified in the
present low-income public housing
program.
Deetz Dairy Hearing Held 'Under Glass9
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Qty Council
Reviews Two
ZoningRulings
BPA to Keep Important Rota in
West's Progress, Pearl Sqysk
Bartlett Accepts Road
Position With State
W. M. Bartlett, who recently
retired as director of the state
aeronautics board, has accepted
a position in the engineering di
vision of the state highway de
partment i
He served more than six years
as director " of the aeronautics
board. Bartlett will assume his
new. duties Monday.
Snow Snarls
lranspor
In Sale
50-Mile Gusts
BringSnow
Into Valley
(Story also on page one.)
Gusts up to 50 miles an hour
were reported as Monday's snow
moved into the Willamette Valley
Wet snowflakes began falling in
Portland in early afternoon. Fore
casters said there was a possibility
several inches would fall over
night
The storm was expected to chase
bitterly cold temperatures from
Eastern Oregon. There the mer
cury went down to 14 degrees be
low zero at Bly, 12 below at Sustin
and 8 below at Klamath Falls
7 . - , i 7. 1 cany muiiuay. iuc iuictacia
interests and a very small; por- said Tuesday, minimums would
ixuii . u.c pupuc, you rani.. from 14 to 2S degrees above
zero in Eastern Oregon and from
28 to 38 degrees in the western
part of the state.
The Highway Department said
roads in the Austin area were al
most impassable because of the
storm.
Five inches of snow fell at Tim-
berline, four at Government Camp
and Warm Springs Junction, three
at Ochoco Summit, and two inches
on the Sunset Highway.
Four inches of snow were re-
oorted in the Boring area of
Clackamas County Monday night
Chains were advised for travel
on all mountain roads.
uecome convincea toati you
should reverse your former ac
tion with relation to the grid."
Market-Wule
Milk Price1 I
! !
Hearing Held
PORTLAND UH William S.
Weidel, administrator for the milk
marketing administration Monday
held a market-wide hearing to ob
tain additional data on
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Whether I sheets on a commerical basis is
the State Board of Agriculture I only about 1W years old.
should establish a "platform
price a price lor muk wmcn a
grocer picks up at the plant
Fred Meyer, a Portland chain.
and Sunnybrook Farms had pe
titioned some tune ago for a regu
lation which would permit a gro
cer to pick up the milk and re
ceive a 14 per cent .discount on
the wholesale price
A hearing was held on the mat
ter last September and testimony
taken at Monday's hearing will
become part of the evidence. No
decision on the matter has been
reached. I 1
Several dairymen I opposed the
plan at Monday's hearing. These
included Richard Kacette, Aurora.
R. R. Bullivant, attorney for the
Oregon Milk Distributors, said he
ovesuoned the board's authority to
establish a price foe this type of
milk handling. I i
Jim Landye, representing the
Teamsters Union, indicated that
any change in present regulations
might upset labor i relations be
tween the union and; the; industries
Firemen to Man
Gasoline Pumps
For Polio Drive
Salem firemen intend to "feed
campaign flames" for the March
of Dimes this Sunday by man
ning xne waiter ti. zosel and
Co. filling station Chemeketa
and High Streets, all day with
proceeds to go toward the fund.
Notice of the contribution of
his: station and profits for that
day. I which usually finds the
business closed, was made Mon
day by Zosel to Fire Chief Ells
worth Smith.
Zosel explained that his em
ployes have offered to donate
their time to the cause. Chief
Smith said that firemen would
"man the gas pumps" on this
day ffrom 7 ajn. to 6 p.m. The
chief also outlined plans for
day-long sustained entertain
ment program to be held at the
station while about a dozen vol
unteers take care of customers.
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A glass partition separated some 50 spectators Monday from the principals is the hearing of Elmer
Deetx, Canby dairyman, whose application for a grade A milk license was recently denied by (he state
department of agriculture. The spectators were, however, provided with load speakers s they could
follow the hearing in which Deetx attempted to show why he should not be denied the license. With
Deetz, right, Is his attorney Norman D. Easley of Portland. (Statesman photo.)
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Oregon Milk
Law Defended
i
By Dr. Stone
(Story also on page one.)
First sparks in the milk hear
ing called Monday at the Oregon
Department of Agriculture order
ing Elmer Deetz, Canby dairyman,
to appear to show cause why his
grade A milk license should not
be denied, flew in mid-afternoon
when Dr. (W. J. Stone, Marion
County health officer, took the
stand.
While admitting that "you could
have all the equipment from here
to Kingdom Come and still have
a high bacterial count if the oper
ator wasn't careful," the milk san
itation law as it now stands "was
necessary."
Some people, Dr. Stone contend
ed "can do a pretty good job with
out the equipment, but to set up
regulations permitting such a sit
uation would be asking for trouble.-
I
To this j Norman D. Easley, at
torney for Deetz replied that "be
cause some people are careless
you want to take it out on a man
like Deetz, whom even the depart
ment of agriculture admits puts
out milk that meets ' s bacteria
count standard. The consumer.'
the attorney continued, "is only
interested in clean milk. He does
n't care about how much or how
little equipment is needed to get
this clean product If Elmer has
to put in all this equipment he
will have to go out of business.
Such requirements will force all
of the small dairymen out of busi
ness." f
O. K.f Beals, chief of the de
partment of dairy, OSDA, pointed
out on the witness stand that the
department could make no excep
tion to the law or regulations in
any one case.
Under questioning by the appli
cants attorney, Beals said the
state department has made plans
to call 1 a hearing on proposed
changes in the milk code and
probably some consideration would
be given at this to the sale of
whole raw milk on the farm. He
added, however, that this had no
thing to do with the Deetz case
and had beenjlanned before, this
particular case came up.
(Story also on page one.)
Monday's snow storm snarled
transportation in Salem and the
mid-valley area,
City buses had difficulty late
Monday afternoon making the
hilly runs : and Candalaria and
Fairmount Hills of South Salem
were eliminated.
If streets are icy there this
morning, said City Transit Lines
Manager Carl Wendt, the hills
again will be eliminated from the
runs.
Two Salem :; persons were the
only motorists reported injured
in scores of minor highway mis
haps on snow in slick city and
county roads Monday.
Don M. Thomas, 30, 1070 Barnes
Ave., and Geraldine Brown, 30, of
315 Bellevue St., were hurt in a
two-car accident on an icy hill be
yond Cottage Farm on the Aums
yille road shortly after 4 p.m.
They were ! rushed" to Salem
General Hospital by Willamette
Ambulance.
Thomas suffered multiple face
lacerations ajld possible fractured
ribs.
His passenger received a nose
cut, ankle injury and possible frac
tured nose. Both were reported in
good condition.
State police said both cars, which
were coming down the hill towards
Salem, were! badly wrecked. The
other driver was not identified.
While motorists were trying to
navigate slippery highways, United
Air Lines at ; McNary Field had its
troubles. 5
Three flifhts passed over Salem
last night when the instrument
landing system went out of order. A
CAA maintenance inspector is en
route from Seattle to repair, airline
officials said.
" Lights on the north-south runway
which have been out of commission
since last June were put back into
operation last night but only brief
ly. A power outage later in the eve
ning doused them again.
21PWsGHen
Dishonorable
Discharges ,
WASHINGTON W The Penta
gon Monday ordered dishonorable
discharges for the 21 American
former prisoners of war - who have
elected to cast their lot with their
Communist captors. f.
The surprise decision! was an
nounced shortly after Rep.
Frances E. Bolton (R-Ohio) told
the House she was "deeply dis
turbed by the Army's move to
bring court martial proceedings
against Cpl. Edward S. Dicken
son. " 5
Dickenson, a soldier! from the
southwestern Virginia hamlet of
Cracker's Neck, is one. of 23 cap
tured Americans who refused to
be repatriated. Later he changed
his mind. One other American has
made a similar switch since.
Meanwhile, the Marine Corps
set Feb. 16 for the start of a
formal investigation into the case
of Col. Frank H. Schwable of Ar
lington, Va., who as a POW
signed a confession j about en
gaging in germ warfare but . re
nounced it after his rjplease from
a Red prison.
Mrs. Bolton told the House she
was particularly distressed that
the Marines had set lip a board
of inquiry to investigate Schwable.
The colonel, she said. . "went
through hell" while in the hands
of the Communists, f
The Pentagon's decision to give
dishonorable discharges to the re
maining 21 was a major shift from
the Army's original position that
the men be given "undesirable"
discharges, which are far less
drastic.
Secretary of Defense Wilson said
the Pentagon will stop all pay and
allowances to the 21 1 immediately
and will cut off any accumulated
veterans benefits they may have.
The dishonorable discharge
might even bar the men from
American citizenship.
RAF Bomber
Missing at Sea
NEW HOUSES
NEW i YORK (INS) Nearly
4,000,000 homes will be built or
modernized throughout the na
tion within the next three years.
That's the forecast of the Gas Ap
pliance! Manufacturers Associa
tion which recently completed a
survey indicating that a minimum
of 2,023,000 new houses will be
constructed and an additional
1,941,000 remodeled.
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BARROW-IN-FURNESS. Eng
land UPi A Royal Air Force
bomber vanished early Tuesday
after radioing that It was in dis
tress in a snowstorm and that the
10 men aboard were preparing to
bail out at sea. !
The bomber, bound for the
Azores, had been forced to turn
back by severe icing conditions.
and when the distress message
was received the pilot said he was
over an inlet of the Irish Sea on
the West Coast of j England.
(Council news also on Page 1)
Two recent Salem Planning
Commission zoning decisions
were called up- by tne city
Council Monday night for re
view.
It was the first such move
since Salem's new toning code
went into effect last falL
The Council action means both
commission orders to waive cer
tain restrictions against proper
ties will be reviewed at the Feb.
8 council meeting. Formal hear
ings may be called and the
council may override the lon
ers.
One of the "variance permits"
called tip was a setback waiver
to allow James- Callaway to en
large a residence and do away
with a store building at Kansas
and 18th Streets.
Alderman David O'Hara cal
led for the review after declar
ing the Council ought to have
more information on the sub
"I am adverse to passing on
matters without knowing some
thing about the subject and I'm
not going to be a rubber stamp
for the Planning and Zoning
Commission, O'Hara declared.
Office Cfcaage
Alderman Robert F. White
said some South Salem residents
had asked him to review the
other permit allowing Fred
Snider to convert to office use
an old pumphouse on South
Commercial near Superior
Streets.
The T. A. Livesley Building
figured in legislation introduced
by the Council Monday night in
other business at the City Hall
meeting. I
When building owners entered
a financing transaction recently
it was discovered that the build
ing actually occupies about 97
square feet on Liberty and
State Streets. f
Vacation Fee f
Vacation of this property, as
requested, will be subject of a
Feb. 8 council hearing, it was
decided. The bill which will
come up then for final action
sets the vacation fee at $679,
based on value of comparable
downtown property. I
A proposed big business
building on Ferry Street ex
tending from Liberty to Com
mercial also came up to the at
tention of the aldermen. They
voted approval for tentative
plans to bridge an alley at the
second floor leveL The build
ing is to be put up by C. sL.
Corp. of Portland. I
Requests for a contract for
Salem city fire protection from
Anunsen Co. and from Capitol
Lumber Co. were referred for
study to Alderman James Nich
olson and J. S. Lochead.
Fencing Contract I
The Council approved a con
tract to U. S. Steel for $5,615
worth of 6-foot fencing around
the city shops area on Howard
Street in Southeast Salem.
City Manager J. L. Franzen
said cost estimates would tt be
prepared by next meeting! on
proposed widening of Ferry
Street from Commercial to Win
ter and on proposed surfacing
of Trade Street between Winter
and Cottage. Property owners
participation in the projects
would be itemized in the n re
port.
Permission to use tne city
sewer system was granted Tom
Sims and Pat Jarvill on Alberta
Drive and Clifford Ellis, pear
Park and Ellis Aves. The prop
erty owners will provide! the
necessary connections.
The Council ordered no-park-:
ins on the west side, instead 0
east side as at present, of 17th
Street between D and Market
ordered traffic count of Broad
way at Columbia where a no
parking area on east side of
TAmadwav is oroposed: approved
a loading space on west side of
Fairn-ounds Road at Hunt
Street
PORTLAND m The Pacific
Northwest can be assured that the
Bonneville Power Administration
will continue to play an important
part in: power development of the
region, the new Bonneville admin
istrator j said Monday.
William A. Pearl, just back from
Washington, D.C., where he con
ferred with Secretary of Interior
McKay and was sworn into office,
said: j
"Secretary McKay and his asso
ciates have no intention or desire
to dirninish the important role the
Bonneville Power Administration
has played and will continue to
play in power development of the
Columbia Basin.
I "Secretary McKay emphasized
and directed me to assure the
people of the Northwest that they
need have no fear that the depart
ment will relax in its efforts for
the orderly development of hydro
electric power. This will be done
in such a manner which will speed
up, rather than slow down develop
ment,; by permitting private enter
prise, municipalities and local
communities to carry their share
of the load," he said.
He added that the Northwest
power pool was a good example of
the fsort of federal-local j coopera
tions that is wanted. ' I -
"We shall do everything possible
to continue this cooperation be
cause it is an outstanding example
of ;what the administration be
lieves. It is partnership with local
interests in every sense! of the
word, he said. j
In a previous announcement on
the; same subject Ralph A. Tudor,
McKay's chief assistant, isaid here
in 1 December that Bonneville's
days of "planning and promotion
were ended. j j
Tudor also said a survey team
would come to Portland; soon to
see if the Bonneville staff could
be reduced further. j
Pearl said the survey team
would be attempting to I improve
operations. He said any changes
made in the staff would :be in the
interest of efficient operation.
Father Ruled
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in Death
Guilty
Qf 'Aquatot'
MIAMI, Fla. OB Russell Ton
gay, burly father-teacher of the
famed child swimming stars, "the
Aquatots," was convicted of man
slaughter Monday for the death of
his 5-yearoId daughter, Kathy. He
was sentenced to 10 years at hard
abor.
The six-man jury, which deliber
ated 54 minutes, upheld the state's
contention that Tongay sent Kathy
to her death by forcing her to dive
from dangerous heights. The child
died last May 6 after diving from
33-foot tower at a Miami Beach
pool.
Tongay, a big red-faced former
Coast Guardsman, showed no emo
tion when the verdict was read nor
when Judge Ben C. Willard passed
sentence. He did not take the stand
in his own defense.
His wife, Betty, a slender blonde
school teacher who had wept on
the stand as she described Kathy's
illness and death, also received
the verdict calmly. Judge Willard
denied a motion for a new trial
and set bond at $5,000 when de-
ense attorney Louis Jepeway said
he would appeal.
Kathy and her brother Bubba, as
the "Aquatots, received wide pub
licity in 1951, when their father
announced they would swim the
English Channel. French and Brit
ish authorities refused to let the
children try it.
Kathy was the second Tongay
Child to die a violent death. Russell
Jr. died in convulsions in 1945 at
the age of 18 months. An autopsy
showed his death was caused by an
injury and an inquest was held,
but no charges were filed.
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they have only occasional vesv
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