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In the background is the detention sash which girds Soviet Union to Present - : l SI Europe Security By DANIEL DE LUCE f BERLIN (y-Soviet Russia, striving to wreck the Western de fense alliance, declared Tuesday night it will present a new plan for "European security" to the Big Four conference here Wednesday. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, who had Refused at a secret session Monday to get the Korean peace conference started on Unit ed Nations terms, Tuesday kept the foreign! ministers in a futile fiaHTDB Congressman Ellsworth is . pushing his bill to permit acqui aition " of government-owned timberland in exchange of pri vate timberland which the.gov trnment takes over for some public project. The essential features el his bill are that when the government appropri ates privately owned forest land operated under a sustained-yield plan and in doing so reduces the allowable cut below an economic level for the operation, the gov ernment shall transfer other timberland in the area to the private owners. Values of the two tracts would be determined by negotiation or condemnation proceedings. Excluded , are lands within national parks and monuments, wildlife refuges and similar reservations. An ad- . L. visory puwic neanng may uc held prior to the exchange. The bill is endorsed by the Interior Department The For est Service opposed the bill un til it was called off by Secretary 'Benson; but still has not given the bill its approval It is easy to assume that the Forest Serv ice doesn't like the bill, i I am inclined to question the wisdom of the bill from the standpoint of the public inter est. It looks like robbing Peter to pay PauL i Say the Reclama tion Bureau has to condemn some timber land tor a reser voir isite, then it in effect gives a duebill on the Forest Service for equivalent value in timber land. But the Forest Service (Continued on editorial page 4) Max. 1 . 43 . .62 30 55 Min. 2 30 21 25 33 31 38 23 28 Salem Portland tiace .00 . .00 .00 .00 .00 .00" trace Baker Medford j North Bend Roseburt - San Trancisco M Chicaso : New York 41 Willamette River S.O feet FORECAST (from U. f. weather bureau. McNary field. Salem : Considerable fog and low clouds with occasional drizzle this morning. Cloudy with some clearing about midafternoon.' High today near 47. A few patches of fog tonight with a mw nrir v. Temperature a.m. today was 38. SALEM PRECIPITATIOW tnre Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1 This Tear La it Tear Normal M.43 22.11 2S.7J Animal Crackers fry WARREN GOODRICH H's the vainest Bald !og Itvtriow." ii L the pmlding't top floor. (Statesman Plan I deadlock on uermany. In sharply" worded exchanges with U. S. ; Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secre tary Eden, the Soviet foreign min ister disclosed he would offer a new Communist security plan in an attempt to kill off the Euro pean Defense Community (EDC). Rehashing I Communist argu ments since a six-nation European army including West German units was envisaged in 1950, Molotov said EDC fas a "preparation for war" against his country. Eden Iagnored He ignored; Eden when the lat ter reiterated: Britain's offer to ex tend the 20-year British-Soviet pact against German aggression be yond its expiration date in 1963 in order to allay Russian fears. There were briefings on Tues day's meeting, and statements of the ministers were released for publication; in contrast with Mon day's secret! session. There vis?no expectation in the Western diplomatic camp Tuesday night that the new Communist se curity plan jwould be more than cumy pian wouiu De more man another booby trap to weaken free z.urupe. i i Molotov fell :lung tenaciously Tues-1 day to all Shis demands of last week for ' Ineutralization" of a uni fied Germany with Communists atj the governmental helm. i Asked Quarrel Ead Their pitjence frayed, Dulles, Eden and French Foreign Minis ter , Bidault sought unsuccessfully to persuade Molotov to end the hopeless East-West quarrel here over Gerriany and EDC. DeneFog Hugi Valley Mid-Vatley spring weather ended Tuesday and there's little chance of returning today, the Weather Bureau at McNary Field said yearly this morning. Dense fog rolled in late Tues day night I and is expected to continue (until mid-morning to day, forecasters said, with some occasional -drizzling during the day. A lo temperature of near 26 is expected tonight , ' Low visibility and clouds 'ham pered LTnifed Air Lines sched ules Tuesday morning when one northbound flight was forced to fly over Salem enroute to Port land, United officials said. Lafferty Joins Congress Race m PORTLAND un Veteran cam paigner 41 W. Lafferty announced Tuesday pe would be a candidate for Republican nomination for j representative to Congress from " i Y . i Ttajt nfhArc h ova annnimrpn their intention to run for the post They ari lT. Lawson McCall. a Portland radio commentator, and Rep. Homer AngelL the incumbent Daily Spoiler - Following are 20 words from a list of 1000 which will font the basis for Semi-final nd final oral competition in The Statesman KSLM Mid-Valley Spelling Con test far 1934, in which 83 schools are participating. topic 1 1 , equally t profitable ' stupid traffitH widow urge If equator pilot . trhile traitor . r pheasant upheacal shore talen' variety transfer trHistle compelled production atop the new courthouse is shows photo.) (Story on page 5, sec. Z) May Backs Eugene Plan ! For New Dam WASHINGTON LrV-The Eugene, Ore., plan to share in construction of Cougar Dam in Western Oregon went before Congress Tuesday with the ! blessing of Secretary of the Interior McKay. f Sen. Cordon (R-Ore) and Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) introduced bills for the proposal and released; a statement in which McKay gave an emphatic endorsement. The Eugene plan is to pay; the cost of power facilities in the dam and to contribute 1 M million dol lars more toward flood control features in the dam. That would make the city's total contribution about 10 million dollars. The federal share would be 24 million The dam would be located on the south fork of the McKenzie River. Army Engineers would build; the dam, which has been - authorised by i Congress as a . flood control project. Eugene proposed to install power facilities, expecting to be able to produce about 35,000 kilo watts, all of which would be used by the city's municipal power system. -m -w-v YfQH JJr3, CT , t7 if 1 Ti - : ? a lflPllia 1 A aiieill T?. JP IOITl liieeK 1 1 E. C. Barker of 4075 Arnold St.. a Fuller Brush salesman, saved the life of an escapee from the Oregon State Hospital by drag ging her out of Mill Creek 'near Center Street Tuesday morning, city police reported. f - .After pulling the young won)an out. Barker, who remained, un identified until he called police Tuesday night, brought her to Ithe station. Police notified hospital authorities who returned her tathe institution. if Barker told police Tuesday night he saw no reason to hang around after bringing the woman in, police said. They added that Barker explained that he was selling brushes in a home on Center Street near Mill Creek when ajrnan knocked and asked to use the tele phone because "a woman just jumped in the creek." j Police quoted Barker as saying he investigated and was able to pull the woman out with help. Two More Spellers Qualify) For Semi-Finals of Contest 3 j Union Reading, cooking, sewing and other 4-H work doesn't take all of Diana Obrist's time. She . still had tkne ; en ough to be come so pro ficient in spell ing that she won top hon ors in ; her sc h oolv and qualified for the semi-finals of the States :1 . man KSLM j Spelling ! Con- ( ,. Diana Obrist test I Diana, 13. 8th-grade daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Obrist Route 2, Box 30, Woodburn, was certified for the contest by her principal and teacher, MrsRuth N. BlackwelL ' ' Louise Vickroy. 13, daughter of Mrs.; Ann Henjun, Woodburn, took ! second honors in spelling, and Deanna Faye Seely, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Seely, Route 2 Box 40, Wood burn, placed third. Louise is in the 8th grade, Deanna the .7th. uiana wiu complete in r semi- finals at Mt Angel early in LUANG PRABANG, Laos IB Spearheads of the Communist-led Vietminh rebels advanced to-within eight miles of Luang Prabang Tuesday. The French Union : de fenders dug in deeper to meet any all-out assault on the royal Laotian capital. i The bulk of Vietminh'a crack di vision, 308, slicing across Laos to ward the Thailand border, was re ported about 30 miles away: No direct attack on the city waa fore seen for several days. ' Some military leaders expressed belief the Vietminh may not at tack Luang Prabang, despite the menacing advance of the last week. They view the rebel cam paign as' having more of a po litical than a military purpose: The rebels advanced toward the royal capital last May, only to pull away without attacking. Only 12,000 Men These military men believe the Vietminh has no chance of taking Luang Prabang with the estimated 12,000 men committed to the of fensive. They said the. rebels may have two other objectives: 1. Make the French pull back the forces with which they have been operating for two months in the Hou and Suong River Valley approaches to Luang Prabang. 2. Establish closer contact for the rebels between the Red Chi nese frontier to the north and Bur ma and Thailand to the south and west Salem District Urged to Add 4 School Buses Overloaded Salem school buses now, and the prospect of an in creasing school population for next year, resulted in a report at the regular Tuesday evening school board meeting that at least four new buses will b needed in the fan.-- - - - Estimated cost of the buses is about $0,000 each. Harry Scott, member of the board, explained that overloads now in the district total 158 youngsters and this would be in creased considerably next year. The district presently has 27 buses in, use, one of which is utilized on a standby basis. Supt Walter E. Snyder said one bus, a 1937 model, would probably be traded in when the four are pur chased. The present population of the district was given by Snyder as 9.582 and the outgoing senior class of S76 is overshadowed by the incoming first-grade group of 1,207. The school board helds their regular meeting Tuesday night at Hoover school on the invitation of the Parent-Teachers Associa tion there. About 60 persons com posed the audience. (Additional school board details on page 2, sec 1.) ' Portland Firm Gets rmy Contract j PORTLAND Wl Airl Army ordnance officer announced Tues day the award of a contract for more than $300,000 worth of prac tice projectiles to the Screw Machine Products Co., Portland. The firm said the contract would enable "it to rehire about 50 per sons previously laid off. The work is expected to take about six months. j Eola Kenneth Vincent, 14, uho likes drawing and Isports, will be Eola School's represent ative in the 1954 Oregon Statesman -KSLM lid valley Spelling Contest Kenneth is in the 8th grade and is the son of Mr. t1 Ifn PiH. . I N. ard E. Vin- 1 1 cent 4355 Dai- Kenneth Vincent as Road. Salem. He was certified I as top speller by bis principal, Eva M. Gordon. His teacher is Kenneth Miller. j Second place in spelling' at Pop corn went to Dickie Haugen, 12, son of Floyd T. Haugen, 4305 Dallas Road, Salem, and 'third place to Aaron Cooper, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cooper, Route 1, Bes 292, Independence. Kenneth will complete in a semi-finals contest early in March for the riglt to enter the Grand Finals in Salem, March f 24. Me will also receive a certificate of merit, as will Dickie and Aaron. WASHINGTON Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett, right, California Re publican, was convicted Tues day of falsifying his office pay roll in connection with an al leged kick-back of S4.03 from two women. (AP Wirephoto) Jury Convicts Congressman OfKickbacks' WASHINGTON W A federal jury Tuesday convicted Rep. Ern est K. i Bramblett (R-Calif ) on charges of falsifying his congres sional office payroll to collect kick backs., Defense counsel immediately served notice of continuing the fight on -; Bramblett's behalf. The jury deliverated an hour and 40 minutes before bringing in 1 its verdict. The California legislator was convicted of making written "false statements concerning his pay roll, based on the fact that he signed a clerk - hire form putting a woman on his payroll. The charge was that during ,r. seven -; month period, in which sho did ; no - work, - Bramblett got most of her pay. Each of seven paychecks made out to the woman during her employment was cited as a separate offense in the in dictment. Each count carries a possible maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, but the': maximum penalty is sel dom imposed. No Emotion The 52-year-old congressman, serving' his fourth term in the House, heard the verdict without a trace of emotion. He told report ers he had nothing to say. and referred them to his attorney, Ed ward Bennett Williams. Williams said he would fight the case ail the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. Meanwhile U. S. District Judge Walter M. Bas tian permitted Bramblett to re main at liberty under $2,500 bail. The jury found that Bramblett had falsely represented to the House disbursing officer that Mrs. Margaret M. Swanson of Arling ton, Va., wasa $4,700 a year clerk on his; staff for the last seven months of 1930. Did No Work Mrs. Swanson testified that she did no work for Bramblett in con nection with his official duties while she was on the payroll Her husband, Irving, testifed that he "kicked back" to Bramblett most of the $3,300 his wife was supposed to have earned. Immediately after the verdict waa returned, Williams asked the court to set it aside. He argued the law under which Bramblett was indicted last June does, not apply to members of Congress. Michigan Politico Asks Free Trip to Florida for Aged DETROIT Ul Dr. Eugene j C. Keyesi of Dearborn, a candidate for the Pepublican nomination as go vernor, is advocating that Mich igan give its indigent aged year around, cost-free vacations in Flor ida. ; - I Keyes. a former lieutenant gov ernor," said Michigan could sup port its elder citi2ens. as well : s senile j inmates of state hospitals for $2 a day in Florida. Cost of their keep in Michigan institutions, be said, is more than $3 a day. Keyes. who holds law, dental and medical degrees, intimated se might include Florid? keep for the state's aged poor in his guberna torial platform. , Today's Statesman SECTION 1 ,-".- . j.;. Editorials, features 4 Society, women's .4..6, 7 SECTION 2 . . . i I - Sports u - .1. 2 Comics-.. 4-3 Radio, TV ,.. . -J-3 Valley news 1 4 MarkeU . i.5 Classified ads 6, 7 Group Tells Padtter pn Roosevelt in Chicago, to ; Visit Mother CHICAGO UV James Roose velt, who says he can't meet his estranged wife's money demands flew to Chicago from Los 'Angeles under an assumed name Tuesday and immediately arranged! to have dinner with his mother. The meeting which both Roosevelts contended came as a surprise heightened speculation that they would discuss ! possible financial settlement of . James Roosevelt's bitter separate main tenance controversy with; his es tranged wife, Romelle. i The eldest son of the late presi dent said he was visiting Chicago and New York for conferences In connection with his father's estate. Roosevelt testified at a support hearing in Pasadena, Calif., Fri day that he already has used his expected inheritance from the es tate as basis for a $100,000 loan from his mother. He told newsmen Tuesday he didn't know in advance i that his mother was registered at the Blackstone Hotel and that his brother, Franklin Jr. also was ex pected. The three Roosevelts registered at the Blackstone. He added that of course he would see them if they were there. He left the hotel minutes after checking in saying he was going to see, a lawyer. A short while later yhe came back and said he planned to dine with his mother. There have been reports that both Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. Romelle Roosevelt, are ;trying for an out of court settlement of their bitter separata maintenance troversy. i con- Air Force to Build Base at Klamath Falls WASHINGTON W The Air Force Tnesday announced plans to establish five new air bases and put eight others back into opera tion in the year beginning July 1 for. its projected 137-wing Air Force program. The 13 bases in the list included Klamath Falls, Ore., area (new base). The announcement said use of the five new bases would depend upon satisfactory agreements with local communities for use of ex isting airports. ' Several of the bases included in the program to meet the 137-wing Air. Force goal previously had been scheduled but were 'dropped last year in a review of plans for Air Force expansion. ' The announcement Tuesday gave emphasis to the Eisenhower id ministration's "new look" in mili tary policy the concept of put ting greater reliance on hit-back air power. The Air Force said it will sub mit to Congress soon requests for approval of its 1953 construction program which will include the 13 reopened or new bases. It said the request also will ask for addi tional money for construction at existing Air Force bases. No de tails were disclosed of proposed construction at present bases. ' April, officials said Tuesday i : '. ' ' 7 District Attorney to 'Clamp Lid Tight' bn Klamath Vice KLAMATH FALLS OP Dist. j Atty. Frank Alderson reiterated' Tuesday that he would "clamp the , lid on Klamath Falls vice, and clamp it on tight" Mayor Paul Landry, who has! son on matters, said. "I expect to give the city the kind of admin-1 comrujuuoM train wwuj .uu istration that meets the desires rfj and slot machine operators. The the majority of the; people thatif was kbeled for use for civic live here.-.- ;! 1 imPyement V ' 1f . ' . ; "Call this what you may, I call in the controversy. Ten members of the Klamafh Falls Ministerial Assn. called last week for an end to organized prostitution in the city. ; ' Alderson has filed a complaint accusing Paula Denton of operating a bawdy nouse. The charge was filed after police reported a holdup attempt in her establishment, and Edwin Coyle of Portland was killed by police.; His companion, Ray mond . J. i Bodinet . ; Portland. - is charged with armed robbery. A report circulated'- here that Atty. Geo. Robert Y.: Thornton has Elected v isfefciftjasnssi: " ' 4MiMaft"& j!t" i J j I LJ -ml John Carkin, new president for Salem Planning and Zoning ' Commission. Carkin Heads City Zoning Commission Salem Planning Commission Tuesday night elected John CarW, in president succeeding W. W. Rosebraugh. Carkin was appointed to -the planning and zoning group re cently, soon after his retirement from public service with the state including 15 years on the public utilities commissioner's staff and previous service with State Tax Commission and the State Legislature. ' -Rosebraugh, a member since the zoning group was started in Salem over 25 years ago, was re cently reappointed to a new term. He has been chairman the past three years. Powell Elected Robert K. Powell was elected vice president at the City Hall meeting last nignK He will con tinue to preside oVer separate long-range planning sessions of the commission. Miss Betty Marsh, Vhief assis tant to City Recorder Alfred Mundt was elected secretary for the commission under a .new plan of separate responsibility and pay for the secretarial (work. In the past the city" recorder has been commission secretary as-j Miss sisted in recent years by Marsh. Rules Adopted The commission adopted; new rules, including requirement for specified information which must be supplied by citizens petition ing for zone changes, variances,. vacations, annexations and plats. Chairmen of the new standing committees which Carkin appoint ed are: V. D. McMullen, zone changes; Robert T. Stanley, plats; Chris Kowjtz, minutes; nPoweil; varianrps- ' Rnsohrauffh. ' street names; Carkin, coordination with City Council. In planning considerations Mc Mullen and Stanley were named to check on cost and procedure for obtaining land use maps which would provide easy refer ence to what improvements actu ally occupy tht land in Salem. . EUGENE TV N EARING EUGENE The Eugene television station, KVAL-TV, ex- pects to begin broadcasting in had undercover ; agents in . town to investigate! vice. Asked about that. Alderson said. "The attorney ; general is fully aware of everything ' going m here. , i . Alderson also . said the city at had fund buflt up by it a payoff. said Alderson. "Prosr titutes and racketeers don't pay for improvements r they pay. for protection." . - The mayor said he believed Klamath Falls residents elected him to continue the kind of city administration they had been hav ing. He said that in his campaign he voiced that opinion. Another candidate said , nothing out of the way was going on . and a ' third j candidate promised to "enforce thej law to the limit Landry said- : Landry, said be carried 28 of i the city's 32 precincts and took Cherry Crop Said Amdiij Rate Victims High freight rates are to blame for much of Oregon's present high unemployment. Gov. Paul L. Pat terson was told at a Capitol meet ing Tuesday with industry and la bor leaders. ' -r f j The freight rates which Oregon shippers face make it difficult for. Oregon products to compete in Eastern markets, these leaders de .dared." . ( . One example, given? by A. C. Newell of Paulus Bros. Packing Co., Salem, indicated Michigan cherries compete in:Salem stores with those grown and canned in this area. of? T. Morris Dunne of the State Unemployment Compensation Com mission told the conference that an estimated 13.8 per cent of the labor force which figures in UCC is. now without work. He said 42.000 are drawing unemployment checks and 4,500 (already have drawn maximum benefits. Diverse Industry Needed , Some of the labor; leaders pres ent charged the state: and indus try were not doing everything pos sible to expand markets and thus increase employment f They cited also a need for more diversified industry. . I George Brown, CIO state secre tary, noted that Multnomah Coun- ty,.-with more diversified indus try than upstate, has only about, half the unemployment rate as the state at large. f Season Blamed ' Brown and AFL Secretary James T. Marr said the state UCC and other officials were accounting for the current employment only as result of seasonal shutdowns. Marr urged mort pwer devel opment as one way of expanding Oregon industry. Brown .urged that the state development com mission be broadened by better representation of industry, labor and banks. j, Lack of markets, as much as seasonal change, is; closing many mills down, it was I averred by Kenneth Davis, secretary of the Northwest Council of Lumber and 'Sawmill Workers. : s at Perkins Road Wins Approval An overhead jass will be con structed over the J new proposed Salem-Portland. expressway at the point where it would cross Per kins road between f Brooks and Chemawa, Marion I County Corn- ' missioner E. L, Rogers said Tues- dav nieht ! ' ' Highway Engineer R. H. Bal- dock announced the decision to build the overpass after four land ' owners who will be affected by the expressway petitioned the Ma rion County Court Tuesday to have it constructed,: Rogers said. ' - The four claimed that the high way department agreed to build the. overhead when the right-of-way options were signed but later both the highway department and the county said it Would not b built. 1 1 :: 4 Without the overpass the land owners claimed. : Perkins road would deadened ; against the ex pressway and would cut the area off from the Labish School and would, decrease their protection from the Brooks fire department Representing the land owners in County Court i Tuesday weiw Herman Hahn and Henry Girod, two of the four, i The remaining two are Max Wynjore and Mrs. Marie Mumper. APARTMENTS BURN - PORTLAND OBi Fire chased three tenants from second-floor apartment rooms :at an east side building here Tuesday, but no one was injured. Damage was esti mated at $14,500. ! : YOU'LL LOVE THE ANTICS IN THE NEW,' HILARIOUS Spur Line . . ....... T , v v . America's Only Railroad Comic fos the whole family's reading enjoyment . i . Begins . 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