2 (See. 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore Wed Jan, 27, 1954
MOKiier
On Thursday Night
Dn Polio Campaign
The March of DimeJ working toward Marion County's share of
the nationwide $75 million goal, will feature a Mother's March Thurs
day night in the Salem afea.
Last year the mothers raised $7,005 toward fighting polio, but
the county's share is greatly increased this year and chairmen hope
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School Board
Studies Driver
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Training Pljbi
By JAMES BURR MILLER
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A good deal of plain) arithme
tic was brought into play, at the
Tuesday evening meeting; of the
Salem school board in the study
of a proposed driver Education
program for high school stu
dents, j I
Supt Walter E. Snyder pre-j
sented a mimeographed form of
the. study to board members and
it was concluded that J the pro
gram, as outlined, was imprac
tical, though no definite; action
was taken. I (
Study of the proposed training-
for high school sophomores
has been in the process, f6r some
time. Similar training was of
fered several years ag, but was
discontinued as too costly.
Snyder's study was based on
the premise that the, training
would be on a compulsory basis
for all sophomores and on the
following basis: Witn Ipproxi
mately 740 sophomores in school
the actual bchinq-the-wheel
training would not amount to
more than 10 minutes) per pupil
for a maximum of 30 periods.
To Offer this would require 185
groups of four pupijs for 30
hours (32 hours is recommend
ed); it would mean during the
school year of 180 daj s that six
groups of four each could be
accommodated per period (180
hours per year divided by 30
hours per group.) 1 each in
structor taught six jrijups of
four each per day, he could
handle six groups per year or a
total of 36 groups (ix; groups
multiplied by six periods per
day.) f
At Least Five Instructors
It would therefore r ?qiire five
(or more) full time instructors
to cover the entire sophomore
class (185 groups div ded by 36
groups.) Total cost jof S instruc
tion alone was estimated by the
report to make a totals of $28,000.
To this would be added 'the cost
of operating the automobiles
(Snyder thought thejj might be
donated by individual jdealers)
and the study estimates jhat five
autos would be needed. The
board figured that! gasoline.
maintenance and
insurance
would easily cost $500
per car. At
least one mill levy wis She esti
mate for a minimum program of
this kind.
Another problem in mathe
matics, this one mqrej compli
cated, is slated to be ired by
board members and members of
the citizens' budget J committee
next Wednesday at 3130 p.m.
when the annual budget will be
discussed. Supt. Snyderj explain
ed that the meeting is called for
the purpose of outlining, in a
general fashion, the basic prob
lems before the budget this year
of increased enrollment, equip
ping and staffing thp new high
school and increasing costs of
maintenance and repair through
out the district J
A problem of ternjitejs in Par
rish Junior High was i attacked
by the beard by hiriAg the Para
mount Pest Control Co., Port
land, at a proffered fee of $614
to rid the school of the pests.
Termites are said tosbe especial
ly orevalent beneath the new
gymnasium floor.
Many Applicants
Snyder said that! since the
neWsnaoer accounts! Explaining
a deficiency in enrolment in the
adult education-cla(ss I of Basic
Reading and Writing, - the class
has been the subject f of many
calls by interested applicants.
The board has been Invited to
the Richmond School Parent
Teacher Association meeting
next Monday evening. They
were also invited tp attend the
Feb. 11 meeting bf gthe high
school P-TA by Prof. Cecil
Monk, president of that associa
tion. Monk visited the Tuesday
meeting on behalf of the high
school P-TA group and mem
bers interested iif the driver
education program j
The board appr ved an $888
installation cost of; two soft ice
cream and two milk shake dis
pensers for the jSoUth Salem
High School. They ! had pre
viously considered installation
of three each of these! machines,
but the estimated bost of $1,014
brought about the; decision that
four would be sufficient These
machines are financed by tales.
DANCE
tonight
Crystal Gardens
Old Tim md Modem
Music bj Top" Edward
s to kwdarcn
i to exceed this figure
The drive will be touched off
in the evening by district chair
men driving up and down resi
dential streets blowing car horns
as . a signal for contributors to
turn on their porch lights. The
chairmen will then make their
collections and turn money over
to district captains.
City Police Chief Clyde A.
Warren explained that his de
partment had assigned three
police cars to assist the mothers
in' collections. They will rendez
vous with the captains at desig
nated places and help them get
the money vaulted.
Station Offered
Salem's firemen are getting
into the fight to help stamp out
crippling polio by manning the
Walter H. Zosel and Co. filling
station at Chemeketa and High
Streets all day Sunday. Zosel of
fered his station for Sunday to
help the campaign and all profits
will go to the fund. The station
is normally closed on this day.
Chief Ellsworth Smith said Tues
day that Fireman Charles Patter
son will be in charge of work
details at the station Sunday. As
well, there will be entertainment
throughout the day to encourage
patronage.
The campaign fund will swing
into its last "Block of Dimes"
competition on Liberty Street
between Court and State Streets
this Saturday with the Downtown
Lions Club pitted against the
Downtown Kiwanians. Hillary
Etzel, chairman of the block
campaign, explained that the
Lions will hold forth on the west
side of Liberty Street under
chairmanship' of Denver Young,
president, and Fred Cords, and
the Kiwanians will take their
stand pn the east side with
James Payne, president, and
Charles Schmidt, in charge.
Offers Challenge
Lions Club Tailtwister Leo
Reimann offered a challenge dur
ing the Kiwanis regular Tuesday
luncheon meeting to help incite
increased rivalry on this Satur
day's "block." Last year these
two clubs set up a side prize of
a silver pitcher. The Kiwanians
are presently holders of this
pitcher.
Chairman Etzel said that the
Civil Air Patrol cadets, under
the chairmanship of Capt Bill
Garrett, commanding officer of
the patrol, will conduct another
"block" at the Capitol Shopping
Center. This group will be lo
cated in the area of Sears Roe
buck and Co. there.
Arthur Atherton, fund chair
man, said Tuesday that he was
very pleased with the coopera
tion he'd experienced through
out the county.
PWs'Repliesto
Newsmen Take
Commie Line
PANMUNJOM m Twenty
one Americans paraded out of
their unlocked, stockade Tuesday
for a news conference and their
words appeared as regimented as
their marching formation.
The news conference at which
they denounced conditions in the
United States and asked to return
to the Communists was arranged
through the Indian Command as
custodian in the neutral zone
where the stockade lies.
As one of two American re
porters to attend the press con
ference, I personally talked to 20
of the 21 Americans and the 1
British prisoner of war. Andrew
Condron. To each I put the same
question:
"Why did you decide not to go
home?"
I got 21 almost identical an
swers. They were staying because
they wanted to be "peace, fight
ers." They could not be "peace
fighters" in their homeland be
cause they would be "persecuted,"
"suppressed" or "silenced."
Pope Pius Has
Nervous Stomach
VATICAN CITY (A Reliable
Vatican sources said Tuesday
night Pope Pius has a form of
"nervous stomach caused by his
intense daily work.
OnFBIList
WASHINGTON Everett Lowell
Kruger, 30, above, alias Ed
King, has been added to the list
of 10 most wanted men by the
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion. His original exploits have
plagued police in half a dosen
western cities since he was 14
years old. (AP Wirephoto to
The Statesman.)
Storm Damage
Being Cleared
In Mid-Valley
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Several valley schools closed
their doors Tuesday in the wake
of Monday's storm which left
highways treacherous and caused
wide-spread power and tele
phone outages.
Salem School District called
off sessions at Pringle, Rosedale
and. Liberty schools when buses
couldn't navigate the routes. But
roads are expected to be open
Wednesday barring freezing
weather.
Grade schools were closed at
Aumsville and Turner as was
Cascade Union High School
These will be open Wednesday
unless the weather takes an un
expected turn.
Power failures which struck
many valley communities were
all but licked by Tuesday night
Troubles Cleared
Portland General Electric
crews working around the clock
said they had all their power
troubles cleared.
Salem Electric Co. reported no
storm damage Tuesday. Earlier
reports that two transformers
blew out in West Salem were
erroneous, officials said. Only
the fuses on the transformers
went out and they were quickly
repaired.
PGE officials said most of the
j trouble to their lines, caused by
ice and falling tree limbs, came
in the Salem Heights-Liberty dis
trict south of Salem.
Wires Restored
These were repaired Tuesday
plus down wires southeast of Sa
lem near the State Tuberculosis
Hospital and in Turner.
Salem City Transit Co. bus
lines were in operation over all
routes by noon yesterday.
Last to come into the sched
ule was the Liberty-Boone road
line, according to Carl J. Wendt,
manager. No trouble is expected
today.
Sand Trucks Out
The city engineer's office in
Salem sent out sand trucks early
yesterday morning, concentrat
ing on West Salem hills and Can-
dalaria and Fairmount sections.
Officials at McNary Field said
the instrument landing system
and runway lights which failed
Monday were back in operation
yesterday and that all United Air
Lines flights were on schedule.
Snow in Salem fast disap
peared yesterday under a rain
fall which measured about a
third of an inch 'by midnight
The thermometer stayed above
the freezing level at the airport,
hitting a high of 40 for the day,
but higher elevations reported
freezing temperatures in early
mormng.
Weathermen at McNary Field
are predicting warmer tempera
tures that may climb into the
low 50 s by Thursday.
Warm air is forecast to move
in with a series of small storms
now off the California coast
Rain is predicted for Salem to
day and tonight and for most
of the valley except for eleva
tions above 3,500 feet
DIRECTORS ELECTED
PORTLAND (J) Neil Malarkey
and E. J. Kolar, both of Portland,
have been elected directors of the
M and M Wood Working Co. here.
officials of the firm reported on
Tuesday.
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Mrs. Gronnert Says Religion
Pitted Against Commies in U.S.
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America's awakening religious feeling is the only! thing which
can save; this nation from communism, a Portland anti-communist
worker said in Salem Tuesday night j f
"Sometimes, though, I get the feeling nothing can -save us from
communism," Mrs. Louise Gronnert, American Legion Auxiliary
anti-subversive chairman, told a public hearing at a meeting of Sa
lem Legion Post 136.
Mrs. Gronnert told of her ex
periences in fighting reds in Port
land. She said communists have
appeared it many church and
school meetings in Portland. She
said they have even infiltrated
the American Legion.
She named names of those per
sons whom she connected with
the communist cause and in this
connection mentioned several for
mer faculty members at Reed Col
lege. i S
Mrs. Gronnert, wife- of a Port
land' attorney, told how she at
tended many communist meet
ings. She outlined other ostensibly
neutral groups, such as churches
and civic organizations which have
held meetings at which commun
ist speakers solicited funds for
the red cause.
She said in the last general
election 1,375 voters in Multno
mah County voted for Vincent
Hallinan, j the Progressive presi
dential candidate. She said this
gave an indication of the com
munist strength in that county.
Most heart-breaking problems,
she said, are those connected with
anti-communist groups which per
mit communists to speak. Mem
bers of these groups, she said, are
mostly sincere Americans but
they "wont believe or don't want
to believe that many of those
speakers are known communists
or party-liners."
Mrs. Gronnert spoke following
a brief business session of Post
136 conducted by Commander Ray
Rhoten. She was introduced by
Homer Smith Jr., post American
ism chairman. Also in attendance
were members of several Salem
women's organizations.
Dental School
Bids Delayed
By State Board
PORTLAND Lfl The State
Board of Higher Education decided
Tuesday not to call for bids on a
proposed new dental school build
ing in Portland until the legal
status of the school is clarified.
Some time ago the board placed
the dental school under the admin
istrative: control of the University
of Oregon. Later the State Dental
Association took the matter to
court and had the school declared
an autonomous institution. This
ruling, handed down by Judge Rex
Kimmel of the Marion County
Circuit Court, has been appealed
by the board to the State Supreme
Court i
Under Judge Kimmel's ruling,
the dental school building could
not be built in Portland until the
matter had been approved by the
voters. ; '
It was for this reason that the
board decided not to call for bids
until the situation is clarified. .
In other action Tuesday, the
board announced its intention to
press for a change in the law
which gives the state director of
finance censorship powers over
college publications.
Sewer Hookup
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WOODBURN Woodburn City
Council Tuesday night adopted
an ordinance making it manda
tory for owners of premises or
buildings within 100 feet of a
city sewer to connect with the
municipal system after Sept 1.
1954. i
The ordinance, which provides
for inspections and proper con
nection to the city stystem, also
declares cesspools and septic
tanks a "nuisance" after Sept 1.
Sewer laterals are now being
constructed in one district and
as other districts are formed re
sidents must connect -with the
system;
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Limited Yotes
On Tax Hikes
(Story also on page one)
By and large about the only
ones who vote on j tax measures
outside the six per cent limita
tions, are beneficiaries: teachers,
school superintendents, and so
on. Senator Howard Belton told
members of the Western; Oregon
Livestock Association, in his
panel discussion I on taxation
Tuesday afternoon. The group's
annual convention is now in
session at Senator Hotel.
Taxation outside of the limita
tion, according to Belton, is car
ried by two and three per cent
of the eligible voters.
There were 157.8 million dol
lars levied against property in
Oregon last year, the: senator
said as he added that "people
are very blythe when they vote
taxes in May and very glum
when they get the tax bill in the
fall." !
The senator also said that in
Oregon it is not the legislature
but the people, through initia
tive, who make the tax laws. He
added that 67 per cent of our
taxes the state oyer are school
taxes.
"Most of us feel that the gov
ernment expenses should be re
duced. But most tax measures
are referred to the people and
the people don't: yet want tax
reduction badly enough; to go to
the polls and vote for j it," the
senator concluded.
Gets Applause
Albert Julian, Lyons, got quite
a hand from the group when he
came out for sales tax as a
means of getting! "the non-property
tax payer to pay taxes."
Taxes, too, may be j featured
in the business . meeting Wed
nesday. A resolution recom
mending property ownership as
a qualification for voting on is
sues that require expenditures
of tax money, went into com
mittee Tuesday. Resolutions of
this nature have been passed by
a number of rural organizations
in recent months.
Another resolution going into
committee Tuesday favored a
more realistic approach in plac-! T vmfJt Ha Vis
ing tentative cash values on the j -DeiieiH UalJCG
livestock by the state tax com-,
mission.
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The association will also rec
ommend to the Secretary of the
Interior, that no change ia, sale
policy of the bureau or land
management be! made if such
change would j eliminate free
competitive bidding in the sale
of timber. The: committee rec
ommended sending a copy of
this resolution to Sen. Wayne
Morse.
In spite of the various regu
lations and laws; supply and de
mand still are at the head of the
class when it comes to selling
livestock, it was brought out at
the morning panel discussion. E.
L. Potter, Corvallis, headed the
group.
If there Is a j shortage of cat
tle, the demand is also good.
Producers were: told to produce
a class of livestock that is good
at any age and weight, so that
they can turn their product when
it is most convenient to the pas
ture and feed programs. There
is no demand for overfat lambs
or steers, and: the hog that
reaches 200 pounds at six
months, is the j cheapest hog to
produce. Also; pointed out in
this discussion Was the fact that
it takes at least six months of
grain-feeding to make a good
steer prime.
Led by Ebert
A pasture management panel
was featured in the' afternoon
with Arnold Ebert, KOAC, as
leader. J
At noon, women of the asso-
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Red China as j
Talk Partner
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BERLIN (AP) Sec. Dulles
told Russia Tuesday at the!, Big
Four foreign ministers' confer
ence that the U. S. will, not ac
cept Red China as a conference
member.
Condemning Red China!! for
flagrant aggression in Korea arid
accusing it of actively promoting
aggression in Indochina, Dulles
said the Soviet Union chose "'this
convicted aggressor" as a com
panion in its quest of peace.! j I
Dulles contended that Russia's
Bi. Five proposal revealed ja be
lief that "any so-called 'five great
powers' have a right to rule the
world and to determine thf des
tinies of other nations." lie re
jected this as violating fprin
ciples of justice and fair j deal-
ing" J
After Dulles read his 20-minute
address, Molotov retorted that
the U. N. decision branding of
Red China as an aggressor In Ko
rea "did no honor to the y. N."
He contended there was no argu
ment that China is a great xwer
and the Communist revolution
there has been "not an evil! thing
but a great event in the history
of Asia." I
Describing a Big Five meeting
as necessary to reduce interna
tional tension, the Russian added:
"We four are meeting here. No
body objects to that We are dis
cussing problems that concern us.
Why should not the five) great
powers meet to discuss problems
that concern them?"
Chinese "volunteers" went into
Korea only after the United Na
tions troops had penetrated to
the Chinese border, Molofov re
called. It was nonsense, he said,
to talk of aggression by China.
Dulles lashed into Russia for
tring to brand postwar Germany
"with the stigma of Cain" nd, re
vive French-German hatej I
"Surely statesmanship can : do
better than to recreate
world's worst fire hazard,'
the
the
American said.
He said the Allies' "crel de
cisions" at Yalta in 1945 for dis
memberment of Germany came
in the heat of war and Molotov,
by attempting to enforce them
now, was "evoking the spirit of
vengeance and of hatred."!
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Salem Eagles Lodge wj
1 spon
sor its third annual public dance
to benefit the March of Dimes
fund drive Saturday night
The dance will be held at' the
Eagles Lodge hall, 371 N. High
St., beginning at 9 o'clock. Two
orchestras, George Mason's and
Don Thomas', will play
floors.
on i two
Tickets are on sale to the pub-
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lic at various places in Sa
em and
will be on sale Saturday
the dance, according to
nisht at
Herbert
Barker, chairman of the
dance.
Also directing the affair
is Leon
DuBois, Marion County
Dimes
dance chairman and Arthur Mar
tin of Salem
"All proceeds of this dsjnce will
go to the March of Dimes',
er said. "Funds in this county are
desparately needed if obligations
to polio victims are to be met."
ciation attended a luncheon at
China City when Rholinj Cooley,
Silverton, showed slide of bis
iris gardens. The womn voted
against forming an auxiliary,
saying they preferred j the in
formality of luncehon l gather
ings and sitting in on the : gen
eral discussions, rather than
business sessions of their own.
Walter Leth presided at the
annual banquet Wednesday
night at which a iunprogram
was enjoyed.
The convention will close
Wednesday with election of of
ficers. Some groups i! still re
main for committee meetings
called for the afternoon.
Robert STACK
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Police iH
MADRID, Spain (AP) fen
thousand students seized
Madrid radio briefly Tuesdav
the
and
fought with police in a vain
at-
tempt to broadcast compla
nts
against strongarm tactics used
to break up their demonstration
Monday for Gibraltar's return
to
Spain.
U.S. Jaycee
President in
Salem Today
Dam Domich, president of the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be a guest tday
of the Salem Jaycees at a noo'n
luncheon meeting in the Marion
Hotel ' I
The luncheon will be a joint
affair with the Salem Rqtary
Club. Domich, a Sacramento,
Calif., sand and gravel firm op
erator, is on a tour of the nation
visiting Junior Chambers. I
He will arrive in Salem via
auto this morning from Olympia,
Wash. He recently spoke atj the
annual Jaycee banquet in Seattle
honoring the 10 outstanding
young men of America. After his
noon meeting, today in Salem
Domich will leave for Roseburg.
After several more Orfegon
steps he will leave for a totir of
the East.
On hand to hear Domicji to
day will be an estimated 175S per
sons including Gov. Paul Patter
son, Mayor Alfred W. Loucks,
Oregon Jaycee President Ralph
Cobb of Eugene, Salem Jaycee
officers and William Hamrjiond,
president of the Salem Chamber
of Commerce.
Members of Jaycee units in
neighboring towns also have
been invited.
Solons Split
Partv Lines jto
Okeli Beeson
WASHINGTON I Splittifig 7-6
on party lines, with the Democrats
an angry minority, the $enate
Labor Committee Tuesday) ap
proved President Eisenhower's
nomination of Albert C. Ifeeson
to the National Labor Relations
Board.
A blast by John L. Lewi. who
called Beeson a "self-styled junion
buster," failed to prevent th com
mittee from sending Boeson's
nomination to the Senate flor with
a recommendation that he be con
firmed. Senator Ives (R-NT) de
clared he was convinced Beeson
"would lean over backwards" to
be fair to both labor and manage
ment.
Democratic members indicated
they would draft a strong minority
report setting forth their opposi
tion to the San Jose, Calif busi
nessman. J
Lewis, president of the jUnited
Mine Workers, telegraphed the
committee that Beeson "possesses
an astonishing bias" against labor.
"It is unconceivable," Lewis said,
"that any senator. . .whrt takes
the time to read the record! would
in good conscience unleash, with
the power of the government be
hind him, such a raging protagon
ist of the exploiters of labor.
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Mdarid
Studio technicians cut the sta
tion off the air when a vanguard
of about 100 crashed the gate and
it remained silent until club
swinging assault guards cleared
the students from the building
almost a half hour later.
A few of the rioters and a
woman bystander were injured.
The police forbade photographers
to issue pictures.
The Spanish national radio later
exhorted the students to confine
their demonstrations to patriotic
motives and to? work for a "ser
ene, orderly, disciplined Spain."
The demonstrators were protest
ing the get-tough methods police
used Monday to break up a stu
dent rally before the British Em
bassy to demand that Britain hand
over the fortress of GibnlUr,
which adjoins Spanish territory at
we western entrance of the Med
iterranean. ; Eighteen policemen
and about 20 j students were in
jured in that clash.
Student wrath, which has cen
tered on Britain turned Tuesday
on Generalissimo Francisco Fran
co's governing Falange Party. The
Falange has sparked official de
mands for the return of Gibral
tar out of Spanish control for
more than 240 years and there
were indications it organized Mon
day's demonstration. The students
had been given a half holiday
for the occasion.
Burglar Takes
Cash From Purse
A burglar broke into the home
of Miss Frances Shisler, 1053 N.
14th St, Tuesday night and stole
$2.30 from her purse, city po
lice reported. !
Entrance was made sometime
between 8 and 10:30 p.m. by forc
ing a screen off a bedroom win
dow and reaching in and unlock
ing the window, said investigat
ing officers.
The purse, found later on the
kitchen steps, was taken from a
living room desk. Police said the
house was not otherwise dis
turbed. ACORNS FROM THE
WITH DEt MtlNt
SHORT
STORY
I walked around my domain the
other evening.
I walked and I talked.
It wasn't hard. I'm a great talker.
Talked to some folks from Port-
land in the dining room. They
said the food was so terrific it
was worth the drive down to get
it
Talked to some folks from Eu
gene in the Oak Room. Drove all
the way up cuz they heard about
our famous Oak Room charcoal
broiling. Made me think a little.
All I got to do is drive from
home. ,
That's all you got to do, too!
Remember in Salem it's the
Hotel Marion
Phone 3-4123
TODAY!
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ADVENTURE
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Maureen O'HARA
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