N LEWS UlSimafoii m
Breaks Mew orlc
Waterifront Strike
By ARTHUR EVERETT
NEW YORK UP) The old International Longshoremen's Assn.
Ind.. beaten to its knees by an historical federal mandate, Friday
halted the longest waterfront strike in New York's history.
The union yielded in anger and bitterness.
CemJ to tte Crntk tf Ores
POUND0D 1651
Succumbs .
... ' :: ' ' I
WASHINGTON Gen. Hoyt Van
denberg. retired Air Force
chief of staff, succumbed Fri
day to cancer. (Story on Page
2.)
The last Washington state leg
islature set up a state power com
mission, with powers so broad as
to be rather vague. The commis
sion has been set up and one of
its first items was an application
of a group of PUDs to be given
authority to join in building a
dam at Priest Rapids on the Col
umbia.. So far as we know the
commission has not given its de
cision on this.
The Northwest power pool al-
ready disturbed by the change
in government policy got a fur
ther agitation this week with the
publication in the Oregonian of
what appeared to be a call by
the Washington power commis
sion for all the power in sight
from federal developments. The
Oregonian protested this as a
power grab creating a real threat
to Oregon.
J. Frank Ward who is manag
ing director of the Washington
power commission disclaimed any
such purpose, in a talk at a Taco
ma meeting of the Northwest Pub
lic Power Commission. He said his
body is not interested in firm
power but in secondary or dump
power. That disclaimer hardly
conforms to the text of the letter
the commission wrote to Bonne-
ville Administrator Pearl, which ;
read in part: j
i
"In order to establish an order j
priority of request, this letter
may be considered a request by
the Washington State Power Com
mission on a long-term basis for
all
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
City Prisoner
Leaves Early
A city police prisoner, given
work at the dog pound, took ad
vantage of the great outdoors
Friday and escaped from cus
tody. He is identified as Odie Frank
lin Scott, 44, whose physical de
scription is 5 feet, 10 inches, 144
pounds, hazel eyes and brown
hair.
He had been fined $20 and
sentenced to five days in jail
on a drunk and vagrancy charge.
Police reports indicate he had
worked off $18 of his fine and
the judge had ordered suspen
sion f the five day sentence
when the fine was paid.
Two-Tone Police
Car on Dntv Now
Salem police have a "new look"
effective Friday with a two-tone
downtown police car replete with
a white siding near the doors.
Chief Clyde A. Warren explain
ed that the car is to be used
exclusively in the downtown area
24-hours a day. He said the car
would be operated primarily in
traffic control.
Animal Crackers
, WARftFN GOOOftlCH
"George is conducting a sci
entific experiment. He's going
to sleep through the entire
rtummer."
i
Q33UB
An unprecedented 2 4-hour -old ul-
timatum from the National Labor
Relations Board did the trick.
The strikers were told to get
back on be job or else stay on the
sidelines in a coining bargaining
election.
Returns Today
"The strike is over and the men
will go back to work Saturday
morning." the union announced.
The ILA struck 29 days ago, de
manding a contract. But it went
back to work without one.
Strikers at the piers when the
end came took the news of their
defeat glumly -but many were
ea?er to work again;
The tieup of the world's greatest
port lasted four days longer than
the 25 day wildcat strike of 1951.
However, the strike three years
ago came during the pre-Christmas
shipping rush and is still consider
ed the port's costliest.
Losses Heavy
In the present strike, an esti
mated 650 million dollars worth of
cargo was tied up here as pier
upon pier lay dead through most
of the month of March.
Another 500 million dollars worth
of cargo w as diverted to other
ports. Shippers fear as much as 10
per cent of it may never return.
For the racket-ridden, sorely be-
set ILA the loss of the strike may
well mark the beginning of the end.
Sack Indicted
For Death
Of Third Wife
PORTLAND CD George F.
Sack, 57, whose first two wives
met violent death in Chicago in
the 1920's, was indicted here Friday
for the death of his third wife.
The county grand jury, after de
liberating a day arid a half, re
turned an indictment charging that
he killed Mrs. Goldie Sack, 56. on
Feb. 16 "by placing her in a
closed trunk compartment of an
automobile whereby she was as
phyxiated." Mrs. Sack s body was found i
Feb j8 under a busn across town
from the apartment house Sack
operates. He had reported her
missing the night before.
Sack has denied knowing any
thing about her death and refused
to talk about his past life.
Sack's first wife died in a fire.
He was charged with, the fatal
shooting of his second but was de
clared insane. He spent several
years in an Illinois hospital before
his release in 1932.
Ike's Housing
Plans Defeated
WASHINGTON UP The House
Friday night killed President Eis-
enhowers proposal to build 140,000
public housing units in "the next
four years, and then pushed
through an omnibus housing bill
incorporating many other features
of the administrations housing
program.
The Eisenhower plan for new
public housing was defeated in a
showdown roll call vote, 211 to 176,
with Southern Democrats joining
many Republicans in opposition to
the idea.
The President had asked for au
thority to build 35,000 units each
year for the next four years. The
units are rented below costs to low
income families, with a' govern
ment subsidy making up the loss.
The decision left on the books
authority to complete only 35,000
units on which contracts already
have been made. These could be
built in the fiscal year starting
July 1.
SEN. JOHNSON TO QUIT
WASHINGTON Of) Sen. John- i was convicted Friday of falsely
son (D-Colo announced Friday he denying he was Communist Par
will not seek re-election when his j ty member and a supporter of its
third term expires Jan. 2. i policies.
Politics on Parade -. .
,
Who's Running for What in May Primaries!
Statesman Kews 8errie
(Editor's note- Stories in Th Ore
gon Statesman's exclusive PoliUcal
Farade series are written by or for
the candidates op invitation of this
newspaper and . opinkms expressed
therein may or may not be in ac
cordance with The Statesman's own
policy.) '
Today's subject
C. F. (JACK) HAYES
Candidate fer
POLK COUNTY JUDGE (R.)
J. F. "Jack" Hayes, county
judge (incumbent), was born in
Wisconsin of I Scotch-Irish par-'
ent, moved to
Oregon wHen
seven years old
and attended
grade school in
Dallas. Wag
raised on a
farm and spent
IK
most of his life!--in
the lumber I - ,
v. f .:-. 7
included road X-
surreys, puoiie
relations,- and. Jack Hayes
employment manager. Is a mem
ber of Masonic Lodge, Knight
Templar, American Legion, Vet
eran of Foreign Wars, served
104TH YEAR
2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES
Crash Kills
Ike Sets
'Fears'
Speech
By GARDNER L. BRIDGE
WASHINGTON ( The Whit
House announced late Friday that
President Eisenhower will go on
television and radio Monday night
for a half hour discussion of
"fears" and "concerns" of the
American people. ,
In announcing the decision, press j
I secretary James C. Hagerty saia
. the President had spent
a lot ot
time thinking about the subject of
"fears and believed he should
discuss it with the people.
Brownell to Talk
Hagerty also announced that
Atty. Gen. Brownell will speak over
radio and TV next Friday night
on a legislative program designed
to deal further with what. Hagerty
described as the "Communist con
spiracy in our country."
Asked if the two speeches would
be related, Hagerty said
"Yes, because one of the con-;
cerns the President will discuss is '
the concern of communism in this
country." ,
On Radio, TV i
He added that the President will
tell the people, in his . Monday
night speech, that he has asked
Brownell to give a detailed report
on what the Justice Department
and the courts have done toward
"breaking up" the Red conspiracy.
Eisenhower will speak from 8:30
to 9 p. m. (EST) over NBC, CBS
and ABC television networks, with
Dumont probably joining in. The
NBC, ABC and Mutual radio net
works will carry the speech at the
same time, and CBS from 10:30
to 11 p. m.
Two Choices
Faced by Ike,
Adlai Claims
By LATHAN MIMS
CHARLOTTE, N. C. UP Adlai
Stevenson, charging "we have been
cheaply distracted long enough,"
declared Friday night that Presi
dent Eisenhower "will have to
make his choice between uniting ;
his partv and uniting his nation." j
Referring to the Republican fight
over Sen. McCarthy R-Wis, Ste
venson added that "so long as his
party is constituted as it is at pres
ident, he 'the President) cannot do
both."
The 1952 Democratic presidential
candidate, in a speech before a
North Carolina Democratic rany
rally, was highly critical ot the ad
ministration's economic policy and
accused the administration of "cal
culated use for political effect of
misbranding, misstatement, mis
representation on great issues like
foreign policy, defense and the loy
alty of our servants. . ."
"When our President bestirs
himself, ignores the expedient
counsel of smallbore politicians,
and clears the high-pressure sales
men out of his house, I confidently
predict that the American people
will be enthusiastically and grate
fully behind him."
GOLD CONVICTED
WASHINGTON Russian-,.
born Ben Gold, president of fi
Fur and Leather Workers Union,
overseas 1st World War, When
elected in 1949 made survey of
roads and mapped a clearing
and drainage program for all
roads which should be complet
ed for future progress of Polk
County. The county finances
have been carefully managed and
improvement to county court
house, shops and road equip
ment has been accomplished as
needed without special tax to the
tax payers.
If elected for another term of
office, will continue to carry out
the road program and work for
better roads and attempt to re
duce the tax load of the county.
Although Polk County has one
of the lowest tax bases" in the
state, I believe these aims, by
careful and comprehensive plan
ning and management, can and
will be accomplished.
To this aim I ask the support
of the voters of Polk County in
the coming election at the polls
May II.
I wish to thank the people of
Polk County for their coopera
tion during the last five years
and hope to continue as your
county judge- i
(Tomorrew C. A. Banthart)
Th
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HAYESVILLE It's "moving day" for houses in the Hayesville dis
trict as a result of new roads that are being constructed in con
nection with the new highway route from Salem to Portland. Pic
Salem to Host
Convention
Of Methodists
Salem Methodist churches will J
be host today and Sunday to
youth delegates from the Oregon '
State Conference and Washington!
and Idaho for the biennial Metho- j
dist Youth Fellowship conclave '
slated on the Willamette Univer- j
sity campus.
High points of the conference,
according to Dr. Thomas Bennett,
professor of philosophy at Wil
lamette and adult advisor for the
conclave, will be three study ses
sions today, a banquet at the Sa
lem Armory tonight and a com
munion breakfast at the Marion
Hotel Sunday morning.
Registration which began last
night is expected to reach nearly
400, Dr. Bennett said. A major
aim of the meeting is to spiritually
strengthen the lives of the young
delegates, he arplanied.
(Additional church news on page
8 sec
1.)
Broken Water
Main Helps
Falls City Fire
Statesman News Service
FALLS CITY A serious fire
and lack of water combined in
Falls City Friday night and re
sulted in total destruction to the
Ben Long dwelling owned by
Clarence Herwick.
Water service had been inter
rupted shortly before the fire
began when someone drove over
and broke the water main. Two
fire trucks were called in from
Dallas.
Cause of the fire was not
known Friday.
No one was at home in the
two-storv dwelling when the fire
i Degan. Mrs. Long is in a hospital
cai-m anrf Mr T.nn a hioh
school age daughter and small
baby were away for the evening.
Dallas trucks were able to get to
the scene in time to save the two
homes on either side of the Long
residence and no Qamage was in
curred to either.
Bandit Goes
Too Far; Loses
All His Gain
Kansas city on Waiter L.
Wilson, Kansas City cab driver,
figures you should go just so far
with people even a bandit.
A holdup man first took $12 from
Wilson. Then he requested Wilson's
$15 watch. Next the bandit took
Wilson's coat.
"I like those shoes." he said,
"take them off."
Wilson leaned over, removed one
shoe, then swung a hay-maker with
it, striking the bandit in the face.
The man fled.
Max. Min. Prec.
SZ 3S .71
SO 42 .43
58 27 .00
59 39 .11
58 44 .17
62 43 trace
60 42 M
. 55 36 .00
Salem
Portland
Baker
Medford
North Bend
Rose burg .
Saa Francisco
New York
Willamette River .S feet
FORECAST (from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
Cloudy with occasional rain today
becoming showery tonight and Sun
day. Periods of partial clearing Sun
day afternoon. Hich today 53 to 94.
low tonight 40 to 42.
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was 50.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
39.04 3S.61 33.70
Oregon Statesman, Salem Oreaon, Saturday, April 3, 1954
Prison -Bound Wom&n
Refugee Houses Fill
KV3asS Evacuation
Of Towns CD Pian
EVERETT, Wash. (JP) Vice Adm. Daniel Barbey, Washington
state civil defense director, said Friday the nation's first test of
mass evacuation of a metropolitan
Clarion Wins
Top Rating
For 14th Time
For the 14th time, The Clar
ion, Salem High School newspa
per, has received an' Ail-American
rating from the National
Scholastic Press Association for
papers published during the first
semester of the present school
year.
In winning the honor, The
Clarion amassed 1620 points, 120
more than were needed to at-
tain AII.Amflrii.gn etatiic 4Via
t- v,,f ,., , t. .
highest award given in the judg-
Ed"LName.du A . .
paper was Marion Baum.
Other members of the staff
were: Managing staff. Head Busi
ness Manager Joyce Highley,
Leta Jones, Darlene Loose and
Nola Campbell; feature staff. Ed
itor Kay Shidler, Mary Lou Hast
ings, Dick Anderson, Kitty Met
calf and Bev Lamb; news staff,
Editor Jim Close, Sharon John
son, LoAnne Mundinger, Sandra
Carter and Roberta Thome;
sports staff, Editor Fred Minifie,
Norm Luther and Jim Knapp;
and Photographer Don Crothers.
Faculty advisers were Mrs.
Leah Hogue, editorial adviser,
and Preston Doughton, business
adviser.
Only One in State
e The National Scholastic Press
Association, which has its head
quarters at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis, com
mented on the rating sheet that
The Clarionad exceptionally ex
cellent news coverage.
For the spring semester of the
1952-53 school year, when The
Clarion also received an Ail
American rating, it was the only
printed paper in the state of Ore
gon to receive the honor.
Thief Puts Shoes on
Other Foot His Own
State police were left a bit of
evidence in the Thursday night
burglary of the J. Ashcraft dwell
ing at Turner Route 2, in that
the culprit evidently took a shine
to a pair of the owner's shoes
and traded him leaving his own.
Taken as well were a leather
jacket, pillow case and a sleeping
bag. Entrance was gained by
forcing a door.
Ex-Lincoln Sheriff Charges Qn&imidatioro
NEWPORT. Ore. ( Ex-Lincoln
County Sheriff Timothy Welp
charged Friday an investigator for
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton
tried to "intimidate" him in con
nection with tre present grand
jury investigation here.
Thornton denied this vigorously.
Welp went before the grand jury
investigating reports of vice and
corruption in the county. Welp,
who had not been subpoenaed,
asked to testify. He was sheriff
from 1945 to March, 1953, when
he resigned, giving ill health as
the reason. -
Welp told a newsman that the
investigator. Harvey L Burdr
came to his home Sunday and
told him the investigation is "a
Hayesville Lanscape
tured above are several of eight houses that stood in a cluster Fri
day near Hollywood Avenue. (Statesman photo.)
area has been set for Spokane,
Wash., on April 26.
Barbey, speaking at a civil de
fense meeting, said present plans
rail for pvaruatina an estimate
30,000 persons from downtown Spo-
kane in a test set to start at 9:35
a. m.
j The admiral, who is retired from ! the defenses from two directions, seat with her head in the depu
! Navy service, described the evacu- Heavy French counter - attacks, j ties lap.
! ation plan as in keeping with abided, by tanks, for a brief time j Neither Holland nor his sister
decision by civil defense experts ! removea one oi ice immediate
that a sweeping re-examination of j threats to the heart of the fortress
plans is necessary because of the by driving the Vietminh out of one
demonstrated power of the hydro-1 captured outpost in the northwest
gen bomb. tern section of the dustbowl.
Evacuation, he said, would of
course be dependent upon Che as-
sumption sufficient warning will be
available to make it possible. To
permit assurance of this warning
period, be said, there is need for
completion of a radar screen
around the country, extending as
far north as the Arctic Circle.
i unr,Mr.niu.i un a mass
, pvaf.liatinn of rsons frnm
! Rpnmarf ah o -J nfKar nrKnn qvaoc
uitiui iuu aiiu viii v k ai icui oi v.uj
of Kitsap County has been set ten
tatively for Monday or Tuesday,
June 14 or 15, Civil Defense offi
cials said Friday.
Geary Seeks
Speaker of
House Post
PORTLAND UPi State Rep.
Ed Geary of Klamath Falls an
nounced Friday he would be a
candidate for speaker of the House
in the 1955 Oregon Legislature.
State Rep. David Baum, La
Grande, also is a candidate for
the post.
Geary made his announcement
after returning from a two-month
vacation tour of New Zealand. He
indicated before his departure that
he would be "available" for the
post. Now he said he intends to
conduct an intensive campaign.
Baum, however, is confident he
will. He said he had 28 written
pledges, mostly from former mem
bers running for re-election. Elec
tion to the speakership requires 31
of the 60 votes in the House.
Harvey Yields
TV Channel 24
WASHINGTON UK At the re
quest of Lawrence Harvey the
Federal Communications Commis
sion Friday cancelled his permit
for a channel 24 television station
at Salem. Ore.
According to FCC officials, Har
vey's attorney explained that the
request was because of changes
in the region's competitive condi
tions. very big thing and involves a lot
of people.'
"A lot of people will be badly
hurt, be quoted Burch as saying
in urging him to "come over to
our side."
Welp said Burch told him "we
have a lot of affidavits and bank
deposit slips that will be hard to
explain." He said Burch refused
to show any of them to him, tell
ing him to "wait until we get with
the attorney general"
. Welp said he agreed to talk to
Thornton and the attorney general
came to see him Monday night
Hv said he told Thornton I had
nothing to hide, nothing to say to
him and I wanted to keep neutral
in the affir." j
He said he finally! decided to ask
PRICE 5c
Red Forces
Threaten Key
L fPtlPll fit!"
JL M. CIIvll JL Jk l
HANOI, Indochina CP The
stout French fortress of Dien Bien
Phu was in grave danger Friday
nignt ot Deing swallowed up in a
massive riptide of Communist-led
Vietminh soldiers. They smashed
lu wim 111 a mue ui me nean oi
...:.u: - : 1 r .1 1 . r
i ui ine loruiicauons naa Deen
.wrecked and the position was vir
tually impossible to deiend under
the storm of Vietminh artillery
fire, and the French withdrew aft
er inflicting what officers described
as "extremely heavy losses on
the enemy.
Portland Gets
New 20-Story
Hotel Project
PORTLAND CP) A 20-story.
15-million dollar downtown hotel
may be built here soon.
Leo Corrigan of Dallas, Tex.,
said Friday Portland interests had
assured him in conferences they
could raise 2 Vx millioa dollars as
the required local share of the
capital. He and an unnamed insur
ance company would provide the
rest.
Corrigan, who has extensive
hotel and other real estate inter
ests, said he is ready to start
clearing a full-block site for the
hotel as soon as the local capital
has been assured.
The 1,000-room hotel would be
built on a block bounded by S.W.
6th and Broadway avenues and
Salmon and Taylor streets.
Preventive Medicine
EL PASO. Tex. tfl Mrs. Dennis
Kaufman rushed the family puppy
to a veterinarian for a rabies in
fection Friday after her son Den
nis, 3, bit the-dog's tail.
"The pooch might remember
Dennis bit him and bite back."
she said.
Todays Statesman
SECTION 1
Valley news 3
Sunday Radio-TV 4
CjviAfv.Wnmne ltoU7C R
Comics-Radio-TV '.'SS-'.'.l
Church news 8
SECTION 2
Sports news 1-2
Market news 3
Classifieds 3-6
to testify because "I feel that the
grand jury is an impartial investi
gating group and I stand ready
to answer any questions they
might have. -
Burch was out of town but'
Thornton said he and his investi
gator had made "no threats or
accusations of any kind to Welp."
Thornton said be went to Welp
with the understanding that Welp
was willing to talk about what
happened to slot machines con
fiscated when Welp was sheriff.
But, Thornton continued, welp
told him he did not with to talk
about persons who might be im
plicated in the 1 matter, that he
was neutral and did not want to
become involved.
No. 7
Police Probe
Detroit Area
Auto Mishap
By JAMES BURR MILLER
Staff Writer, The Statesman
DETROIT Mystery shrouded
a sudden plunge over a 130-foot
embankment one mile west of
the Detroit Dam Friday afternoon
which carried one Grant County
prisoner to her death and injured
three others, occupants of the
car.
Killed outright was Mrs. Opha
Clement, 35, en route to the State
Penitentiary at Salem to serve a
one year sentence for manslaugh
ter. In critical condition and in a
coma at Santiam Memorial Hos
pital in Stayton is Grant County
Deputy Sheriff Earl Cummins.
Doctors explained at 1 a.m. today
they could only give him "about
a fifty-fifty chance to survive.
It was the third fatal mishap
in the county for 1954.
Least injured was Oscar Hoi
land, 25, brother of Mrs. Clement,
who was being transferred to
serve a life term at the prison
for second degree murder from
Grant County. He and county ma
tron Mrs. Patricia Elliott were
considered in "fair" condition
early this morning. Holland was
being kept in a special room of
the hospital at Stayton under
night-long vigiliance of Marion
County deputies.
Deputy, Matron in Front
Holland told officers that he
and his sister were riding in the
back of the four-door vehicle be
longing to Deputy Cummins. Mrs.
Elliott said that she was riding
in me ironi oi tne auto and was
suffering from car sickness. She
. i J 1 , . - . .
; miu sue was lying on tne front
were manacled.
The prisoner said that they
were traveling along a relative
straight stretch of roadway
(Highway 222) when the car sud
denly swerved to the right, struck
gravel and then veered to the left
and went over the embankment
No Skid Marks
Investigating; officers were
somewhat confused Friday night
by the absence of any apparent
skid marks or ruts in the gravel
to substantiate Holland's explana
tion of the car's action prior to
going over the bank. They said
there were no skid marks or
deep ruts in the soft mud at
the peak of the incline to indi
cate any attempt by Cummin to
stop the car. The auto, described
as a total wreck; showed no signs
of mechanical failure or tire
blowout, officers said.
Injuries to the three survivors
include lacerations about the
body and head for Holland;
shock, bruises and lacerations for
Mrs. Elliott, and possible head
concussion, fractures and inter
nal injuries for the deputy.
Heard Crash
No witnesses observed the auto
plunge down the bank, but daq
workers heard the crash and ar
rived at the scene in time to
administer first aid to the sur
vivors until the arrival of ' the
Stayton ambulance.
En route to Salem from Can
yon City, Grant County seat, Fri
day night was Sheriff Robert
Damon.
Convicted ef Slaying
Holland, a Seneca logger was
convicted Jan. 10 of the knife
slaying at John Day of Braskell
M. Wright, 30, also of Seneca,
last Halloween. Holland pleaded
self-defense. Wright was stabbed
eight times as he sat in the car
with Holland's wife and other
persons. Mrs. Clement, formerly
of CanyonviEe, also was accused
of manslaughter in the knifing.
She pleaded guilty last Wednes
day and was sentenced to one
year in the prison. Mrs. Clement
was the mother of four children
ranging in age from 6 to 11
years"
SIGN ATO PACT
KARACHI, Pakistan UPi Paki
stan and Turkey Friday signed
their heralded pact of mutual aid
in defense and economic spheres.
Thorpton said he then told Welp.
"Wen, that's all I wanted to
know." and left. , "
The ! attorney general said it
seemed to him that "if all is as
J it should have been in the handling
of tnese siot macnines, Mr. weip
should, have not bestitated to dis
cuss the fact with me fully and
freely.f
Thornton andtHoUen both left
the i jury room while Welp testi.
Eed. j .
Other witnesses Friday included
State Police Capt Max Alford, Lt,
Farley S Megan and Patrolmaa
Everett Hockema, .Deputy Sheriff
Harold 2 wicker and Mrs. Carol
Jacoby, foreman of the second .
grand Jury which investigated vic
last year.
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