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! " 3 wdcdos Finally a Republican Senator Sot up courage to challenge the rule-or-ruin tactics of Joe Mc Carthy. Quite in contrast with the Senate appeasers like Mundt and Dirksen, Ralph Flanders of Vermont, declared in the Senate Tuesday that "by intention or through ignorance" McCarthy is doing his best to "shatter the Republican party." Flanders de clared" our dangers are from with out rather than within, and the McCarthy activity is diverting the nation from facing these dangers. Previously, since the famous Declaration of Conscience which was presented by Sen. Margaret Smith and signed by her and several other Senators, the only frontal attack on McCarthy was made by Democrats. Sen. Wil liam Benton of Connecticut in troduced a resolution for his ex pulsion, and the 1 evidence pre sented at the committee hearing was enough to condemn Mc Carthy except for the unwilling ness of members to act on it Sen. Monroney of Oklahoma also spoke out to denounce the meth !ods pursued by the quack inves tigator of the Senate. But Repub licans have been singularly silent Flanders is a businessman who turned to politics out of a sense of duty, not out of mere personal ambition. He is head of a large tool-making company, one of the leaders in this particular indus try. He is a .man of conviction; and when he speaks he is lis tened to with respect He finally got fed up on the braying of McCarthy (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Paget Loses Fight to Keep Son at OSC PORTLAND (JB Lowell Paget, Oregon Republican party leader, lost his fight Tuesday to convince the state Board of Higher Educa tion that his son should not have been suspended by Oregon State College. PagetKthe son, Lowell, Jr., and an attorney. Irving Rand, made an unprecedented appearance be fore the board at its Portland meeting. After Paget's case had been presented, the board passed a 'resolution sustaining college authorities in the suspension. In answer to the Paget contention that there was no basis . for the suspension, Dan W. Poling, college dean of men,- said; There had been a series of dormitory disturbances involving Lowell, Jr.; he collected a large number of campus parking tickets; he was considered guilty of dis orderly conduct, and that he had brought -three young ladies into his room." Also, the dean said. Lowell, Jr., had been charged with resisting a Corvallis policeman, had been tried, but was released . because the jury did not agree. This epi sode the dean said, did not figure in the decision to suspend him., At one time during the session, Lowell, Sr.. appeared to be on the verge of tears. The Board's committee on public relations, which heard the appeal, recommended that college authori ties be upheld. The Board's resolu tion stated that it could not find that college authorities acted In an arbitrary manner or abused their discretion in administering the disciplinary code. Rose Parade Day Changed PORTLAND m The Portland Rose Festival floral parade will be held on Saturday this year, instead of on Friday, as in the past. Another change announced by the festival association Tuesday will move, the children's parade from Saturday morning to Friday afternoon. June 11. The grand floral parade will be the following day, June 12. Directors also announced that Gloria Krieger, who was queen of the 19S1 Rose Festival, will be one of the entertainers in the June 10 and 11 stadium shows. Miss Krie- ger. a singer, now is under contract to Columbia Pictures. $2,200 IN JEWELS STOLEN EUGENE OB While Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Roberts were vaca tioning, their home was ransacked and 12,200 worth of jewels were stolen. Police surmised youngsters or amateurs did the job jewels worth twice that amount were overlooked. : Animal Crackors ft, WARREN GOODRICH t M Ml M- x "Thafs Qroesomtrtither swol- j low thai eppU f spiritr 103RD YEAR Aerial look at r5 8 r" ; I -'11 J , 1: : lwfkr-; "3,tt. 7- 4? This aerial photo was taken over South Salem, looking northwest, and shows the extent of the new South Salem High School and Leslie Junior High in foreground. Center is Bush's Pasture, with the Willamette football stadium and track, and st the ians More Prayer, Less Bickering i ! j A call, for more prayer, more seeking of; divine guidance apd less bickering in dealing with international problems was couched in a resolution passed in the closing hours of the Ro tary district conference here Tuesday, p". j" The resolution asked Rotary International to recognize the value of prayer and religion in dealing with world conditions and to stress peaceful means of settlement : x ' I The nearly 500 delegates and wives to the conferencesaw Gresham and Salem Rotary song groups tied for first place in the J song contest held Tuesday morn ing.: Silverton and McMinnville tied for second place and Sheri dan, third. J Kersey Eldridge ; of Portland was unanimously nominated for governor of District 154, to suc ceed Governor Harry Dillin fat voting at the Seattle, Wash., con vention of Rotary International in June. 1 ' I Frank Drake Davison, North Bend, Wash., quoted from the works of Rudyard Kipling, noted yA "n , author, at the morning sessio Kipling, he said, summed up bet ter than anyone else the Rotary ideals ofx patriotism, service be fore self anV even "Rotary con cept of honor." i i -Past Governor Scott Leavitt of Newberg, spoke onxthe neces sity of finding men to fit Rotary classifications rather than"warp ing the classifications to fit the members."' This theme was pre sented in a skit by: the McMinn ville, Newberg . and Sheridan clubs. I I : WALLACE WONT RUN I PORTLAND W Lew Wallace, Portland ' insurance man. an nounced Tuesday he will not be a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary election.- , High Court Grants Rehearing For Mrs. Kuhhhausen's Case The State Supreme Court Tues day granted a rehearing of the case involving Bonnie Lee Kuhn hausen, who was sentenced to a life term in the state peniten tiary for the slaying of Jalmar Tarkia, Clackamas : County wood dealer. . ! v- J.- Order for the ; rehearing was based on a petition of District Attorney ; Winston : Bradshaw Clackamas County, following a recent decision of j the Supreme Court setting aside' the woman's conviction on . the; ground she bad not received a speedy trial as directed by the state consti tution and the state statutesi The . high court- opinion, ''re versing Mrs. Kuhnhausen's con viction, was written by Justice Walter L, Tooze with Justices James -TJ Brand, George Ross man and W. C Perry concurring, A dissenting opinion was -written by Chief Justice E a r 1 C Latourette with Justices Hall S, 2 SECTIONS4-1S PAGES South Salem Shows Size of New High School 2- i u ft - School Board Refuses to Free Students for Religious Classes By JAMES BURR MILLER Staff Writer, The Statesman The Salem school board agreed at its regular meeting Tuesday night that they are " . .1. very much in favor of religious education, but not during school hours." N , . The agreement was? the reply to a letter received by the board from the Rev. B. J. Holland, chairman of the Salem Ministerial As sociation asking for their feelings in the matter of Bible classes. France, Reich To Seek Saar Settlement) PARIS; in France and Ger many agreed in just .90 minutes Tuesday to try for a settlement on the Saar based on a plan for Euro- peanrzation of the small but in dustrially x rich border area. The agreement after months of delay, was reached in two conver sations between West f German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault. j I v "fx- Both men were obvioiislyxinoti vated by what they consider a more urgent matter fori their two countpes - the European Defense Oyrummity (EDC) treaty. "The French National Assembly has made a settlement of the Saar a condition of its ratification of EDC. Adenauer is an .outspoken advocate of EDC, which - will put a half million Germans in uniform in a six-nation European army. . Adenauer made a special trip, to Paris for the conference. He stay ed only four hours before taking off for I 17-day visit in Greece and Turkey. URANIUM IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Alaska ;UH One uranium claim has been staked in the Brooks Mountain Range on Alaska's Seward Peninsula and two uranium strikes were reported last weekend, Territorial Mines Commissioner Phil Holdsworta said Tuesday, f Lusk and Harold Warner con curring, j The rehearing has f been set for March 31, Chief Justice La tourette said. Tooze, in bis opinion, held that Mrs. Kuhnhadsen should have been tried in Clackamas County at the -term of court' following her indictment District Attor ney Bradshaw, in his petition for rehearing, contended the trial was held within a reason able time ' following the wom an's arrest .The Supreme Court did not pass on the question of her "guilt or innocence. r ' The . state charged t that Mrs. KuhnhMsen, along with Elmer Dorsey f Williams, lured Tarkia from a1 tavern at Kendall Sta tion on the night of Jan. 18, 1953, and beat him. He died the fol lowing i day. Williams, convict ed of second-degree murder, is now 'serving a life term in the penitentiary. ;' Mrs. I Kuhnhausen Is .now in the Clackamas County jaiL - Th Oregon 1 - ' ( ' upper left is the-Willamette River and bridges. Upper right is the statehouse, with Salem's-business section! at upper center. The photo is No. 2 of a series taken specifically for The Statesman by this newspaper's photographer, John Ericksen. The letter explained that the Ministerial Association is consid ering a. weekday Bible program of an interdenominational, non sectarian' nature to be held off school premises during school time. It was the understanding of the board that students interested in the classes would be transport ed from school to churches or homes where the studies would be held. The program is to be financed by the Ministerial Asso ciation. Board members agreed that such a program would definitely interfere with the regular school program. One board member sug gested that if the churches are sincere in such a plan that they should present an attractive pro gram that would interest students outside school hours. Another sug gested that if the churches were planning to pick students up at school, they could easily do so at the conclusion of regular classes. Supt Walter E. Snyder remind ed the board of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling making religious edu cation in public schools impossi ble. .Representatives of the Minis terial Association are to be invit ed to present their program more fully at a board meeting in the future. (Additional details on page 2, sec. 1.) Lanke Again Seeks County Recorder Post Marion County Recorder Her man Lanke, SUem resident since 1909 and recorder since his ap- p o I n tment in r-1 H41, filed! . Tuesday withlLX' th:e county.f' clerk's office ' hi intntiAn tn seek re-election. ; Tn riaf- hp I unopposed. Lankereg- 4 irtered Bimh-i A lican, was first -Hftmmm Uaa. appointed to succeed the late Al bert Eagan who died shortly aft er taking office. Since that tune Lanke has been re-elected to of fice at regular elections. ; Prior to becoming recorder he worked for 1j years in the Sec retary of State - office as assist ant cashier and auditor. A home owner, he resides at 1190 N. Win terJSt with his wife and daugh ter. Joan. He is past secretary of the Clerks and. Recorders, As sociation of Oregon and present treasurer of that organization. Lanke was reared on a farm five mile, east of Salem and at tended Marior .County public schools as well as Willamette University" and Willamette Law School. r i SALEM PKECfPITATIOH ' KImcc Urt of Weather Year Sa4. 1 Thii Year Last Year - Nnrmal i ar.u ' tun sen IM 1 1 Statesman, Salem, Oregon, C3 Pedee, Valsetz Boys in Spell Contest Finals INDEPENDENCE --Dewey Cummins, 13, of Pedee School, who won second place in the semi-finals of The, Statesman- ilzlm. spelling contest a year ago, walked off with top honors at Henry Hill School liere Tues day night- ' . ' ; Dewey and Robert Richardson, 12, of Valsetz, who placed a good second, will represent this area in the Grand Finals of the con test at Parrish Junior High in MILL CITY TONIGHT Spelling champions of Aums ville, .Detroit, iMill City, Shaw and Stayton Elementary Schools will compete ii) a semi-finals of The Statesman-KSLM Spelling contest at the Mill City Grade Schoolatj 7:45 tonight The pub lic is! invited without; charge or collection of any kind, n Salem, Wednesday .night March 24. Both are 8th graders. i Robert kept up with Dewey until "camouflage" came along. Robert biissed it and Dewey stepped Unto first place when he spelled both "camouflage" and the required next word, which was chauffeur." In ; third place . was Wanda Nimmo, j sure-spelling 13-year-old from Falls City, who slipped on fnursery' which Robert spelled correctly. Taking fourth was Glenda Babcpck, 12, of Orchard View. Glenda j tumbled on " "zoology" which Dewey Cummins spelled. taraer m the contest, which took 1277 words to complete, Car ol Nelson, 11, in the 7th grade at Bridgeport, slipped on "va cancy;" I George Ann Fairchild, 13, an mh-grader from Oakdale and j school champion two years m a row, put an extra syllable in "urgent; Donald Barnes, 13, m.Guthne's 8th grade, tangled up on "sheriff; Sonia Drazdofi, 13, an i 8th-grader from Baena Vista, tumbled on "boundaryi" Morris I Davis, 13. the host's school 8th-grade contestant had trouble f wjth ' "convince;" and Marvin Melius, ' 11, in the 7th grade at Oakhurst put a "c" in nonsense. ' ; (Additional details Page 6, Sec. 1.) I Snow in Hills, Rain in Valley Snow showers fell on higher eleyations abound the mid-valley Tuesday nightNrhile Salem got mixed snow and rain that boosted the! three-day precipitation total here to Z16 inches. . ' - The weatherman is forecasting a sharp1 drop in temperatures to night A low of 25 to 27 degrees is expected. Scattered showers are alio in -the picture today. - A cold fronts moved through Salem. Tuesday morning and the mercury dropped from a high of 58 shortly before 10:30 a.m. to a low of 34 by mid-evening. Wind gusts reached 34 m.p.h. here last night ' ' - ' ' ' 1 ' Rainfall In S a 1 e ra yesterday measured .82 inches.' - Wednesday March 10, 1954 Valine McCarthy U.S. to Build Four More A - Furnaces By FRANK CARET : . -f AP Science Writer j j WASHINGTON UP) The Atomic Energy Commission Tuesday night disclosed plans- to bufld four more atomic "furnaces" in a stepped-up quest for economic industrial power from the atom. ) The program was outlined by Dr. Henry Smyth, a member Of the commission, in an address before a meeting of the American In stitute of Chemical Engineers here. ji ! All the new reactors planned for construction over the next five years are of unusual design. and the outline of two of them, involving the "breeding.'.' of atomic fuel, presumably means that the AEC has gained new confidence in the practical possibilities of pro ducing in a furnace more fuel than is actually consumed in keeping it going. Smyth said the question of whether atomic power "can be produced cheaply enough to be of general use" may not be conclu sively answered by any of these devices. But he added: ii "The Atomic Energy Commis sion believes that it can be done and this is the opinion also of the several private industrial groups who have been studying the prob lem for several years at the invita tion of the commission." ; The new test "furnaces" eah involving a different type of oper ation will be designed to have electrical energy outputs ranging from 5,000 to 16,000 kilowatts. Since power experts figure that in the average city, one kilowatt of electrical energy capacity serves the needs of one person, the devices would range from one capable of powering a town of 5,000 population up to one serving the needs of a town of 16,000. Conservative Baptists to I Meet Today ! More than 400 Conservative Baptists will meet in Salem today for their annual state conference. Most sessions of the three -day meeting will be at First Baptist Church. !! Among top leaders of the de nomination who have parts in the conference program will be Dr. Albert G. Johnson, Portland, pres ident of the church's national Foreign Missions Society; the Rev. Herbert Hazzard, Minneapolis, the church's director of Christian edu cation in Minnesota; Dr. Earl S. Kalland, president of Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland. The -pastors and laymen will represent about 100 Oregon churches. A new feature: this year will be a get-together of pastors' wives Thursday noon at the Golden Pheasant Restaurant Today's Statesman SECTION 1 ; Editorials, features LLJ..JA Society, women's r.-X- 7 SECTION 2 I Sports i 2 Radio, TV 3 Comics . . - .J 3 Valley news . -j -4 Classified ads L Jl 5-7 1 Patterson Files Himself as State Governor Gov. Paul L. Patterson Tuesday filed in the state elections bureau to succeed himself at the primary election May 21. Kf Patterson, a Hillsboro Republi can wno was president . 01 ine Oregon following the resignation of Douglas McKay, now serving 1 as secretary, of the interior, - Patterson's platform reads: ; ' "Continue working for and with the people of Oregon to maintain their confidence in the integrity" of their state government J . ' "Maintain a balanced budget Complete the job of depart mental reor ganization that can produce better public service at less tax cosX( r-yJ ':?., 'j: "Achieve planned industrial de velopment that can Minimize sea sonal unemployment and. build a growing economy without sacrific ing our standards of western kv ing-' " ' : "Accomplish maximum develop ment of our northwest power re- PRICE 5c ica: iii ROBERT B. ANDERSON i Switches Cabinet Jobs Ike Replaces Kyesf itli j Sec. Anderson WASHINGTON W - President Eisenhower Tuesday tapped. Secre tary of the Navy Robert B. Ander son, a 1952 "Eisenhower j Dem ocrat," for deputy secretary of de fense. Anderson was nominated to re place Roger M. Kyes in the No, 2 slot at the Pentagon. Kyes has resigned effective May 1. The 43-year-old Anderson left business, ; ranching and legal in terests in Texas to become Navy secretary on Feb. 4, 1953. The White House said a new Navy sec retary won't be selected immedi ately. Presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty told reporters he had no information on reports it might be Gov. John Lodge j of Connecticut. ' ; . ; Neuberger Said Planning to File For U. S. Senate PORTLAND Richard Neuberg. er. Portland writer and politician. will file his candidacy Wednesday for Democratic nomination; to the U. S. Senate, it was reported here Tuesday i night by authoritative sources. ! . ' -. I! A The post is now held by Repub lican Sen. Guy Cordon, who has filed for his party's nomination Neuberger declined to comment on the report . i to; sources, to keep our lumber in dustry strong and to increase tb,e effectiveness of our reforestation and forest protection programs. "Encourage improvements 1 in food nroeessine and merchandis- J ? all our farm and industrial pro ducts. rN'' : ; ' -V'i I "Encourage the friendly coop eration of labor and management in developing high-standards of employment industrial i safety and retirement security. ; 1 . "Meet each problem as it arises honestly, aggressively and effec tively by enlisting the help and experience of qualified people who 'share a sincere interest in buildiqg a better Oregon for the people 01 uregon." y ? ' j j Governor Patterson's slogan: i "Trusted leadership. Keep Ore gon's working governor working felie s Attkck on n 1 succeed for. you." : - -t - (Other filings on pages 5, and Sec kTi . 1, ' - - ' The Weather Max. . M Win. Preeip M XI 48 M 49 154 53 .IS . 33 .M Sales Portland North Bend 51 Saa Franciaco S9 Chicago - 31 New York. S3 33 . .00 - : Willamette River SI feet i FORECAST (from U. S, Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem: Decreasing cloudiness with scattered showers - today. Partly cloudy and considerably cooler tonight High to day 44 to 46. low tonight 25 to 27. Temperature at 13 Al a.m. today was 38. No. 345 enator Seriate McCarthy to Test' Network WASHINGTON W - Sen. nan- ders (R-VO charged in the Senate Tuesday that Sen. McCarthy (R Wis) "is doing his best to shatter" the Republican Party, and by his actions is" diverting the nation from far more dangerous problems than internal Communism. ' 'The dangerous attack is from without, not from Vithin," Flan ders said after reviewing problems of dealing with Communists in Ko rea. Indochina, Italy, France and Latin America. ' With the world split into Com munist and non-Communist camps. lie said, Mccartny "dons his war paint He goes into his war dance. He emits his war whoops. He goes forth to battle and proudly returns - with the scalp of a pink Army dentist." . ' This apparently was a reference to Dr. Irving Peress. a New York dentist whom the Army gave an honorable discharge despite Mc- tnny s protests that he had re fused to answer questions on pos- smie communist links. , McCarthy, who was in New York Tuesday, at first declined to com ment on Flanders speech, then said "I haven't got time to answer Republican heroes." Draws Praise Flanders, who calls . himself a member of the "liberal wing" of the Republican Party, swung out in a iree-ranzine speech which Sen. Lehman 4D-NY) praised as a very fine statement" and which a Republican colleague. Sen. Coop er (R-Ky) aid showed "modera tion and tanity." .,.;... 1 It Was One Of th tint nefanra In which a Republican has spoken out so : strongly in the Senate against "McCarthyism," although the senator's activities have long been a point of controversy within his party. Arrogant Refusal" Meantime. McCarthy, balked thus far in his efforts to get free radio-TV time for a personal reply 10 Aaiai ;stevenson. told a New York news conference "I intend to test out whether they (the net works) can give Stevenson time for a vicious attack on me and then arrogantly refuse me time, to an swer. ':"-. Stevenson, Democratic preside! tial nominee in 1952, told a party rally ; in Miami Beach, Fla.. Sat urday night that the Republican Party is "half McCarthy and half Eisenhower" and is usingslander dissension and deception" in its effort to win. the congressional elections this year. The CBS network gave both TV and radio time to Stevenson's broadcast and - the NBC network carried it by radio only. The two have promised the Republican Na tional Committee equal time Sat urday sight for a reply by Vice President Nixon, but have rejected McCarthy's demand for additional time for himself. ,.. McCarthy gave no details of how h planned to make the test Murrow Blasts At McCarthy NEW YORK CBS eommen-7 tator Edward R. Murrow said Tuesday night that Sen. ' Joseph ' McCarthy has repeatedly stepped over the line between 'investigat ing and persecuting."- Murrow ended a half - hour film and record roundup of the Wis- consin Republican's recent activi ties with an attack on the senator's ' methods and a call to his oppo nents and supporters to speak up. ' , Option Taken OnFairSite; PORTLAND in Multnomah County commissioners Tuesday took a six-month' option on a 182 acre tract northeast ' of Portland as a site for the county fair. 7 The property would cost $273,000. Duane Hennessy, manager of the fair, said sale of the present fair grounds at Gresham should cover the cost of the 'new property. Chairman' Al Brown estimated it would jake at least three years to move buildings from the present site to the new property and to build needed additional buildings. Meantime, the fair will be held, as usual at Gresham. . j SpeechPolicy i t -f ' !' x ' - r ' iX