Army - Toughens f Charges Against McCarthy, Cohn WASHINGTON .P The Army Wednesday handed investigat ing senators a list of the charges it will try to prove against Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and sonft of his aides at public, televised public hearings starting April 22. Informed sources who saw the seven page document termed it even tougher in its statements about McCarthy than a version which 1 1 , i i W Y I I I I 1 h h m ma KHDCDJC3 After his consultation with Prime ! Minister Churchill and Foreign Minister Eden. Secretary of State j Dulles went .u I li ! with the French He versations gave out quite an optimistic state ment as he left London. He de clared: I have had the best series of talks in 43 hours that I have ever had." The conversations were direct- ed toward setting up a ten-nation ; NATO for Southeast Asia, as a means to defend that area from j Communist penetration. No terms of an agreement were announced, and the inference is that it is j held in abeyance until after the Geneva conference. The British j and French have resisted any pro-1 vocative statement on the eve of j that conference wuch is set tor April 26. From the tone of his statement , one may conclude that Dulles was influenced by the British leaders, for it does not speak of "united action," "massive retaliation." But it includes reference to the Gen eva conference which had been conspicuously absent in recent statements. Mr. Dulles even in tones "collective defense within the framework of the United Na tions" which is a new gesture to ward that body specially designed to preserve peace. The Dulles statement needs only to be (Concluded in Editorial Page 4) Portland Ban On Coin-in-Slot Games Upheld Portland's city ordinance out lawing coin-in-the-slot mechanical games was ruled valid by the Ore gon Supreme Court Wednesday in a unanimous decision . The decision reversed a three judge circuit court which had held the ordinance invalid. The suit attacking the ordi nance was brought by Stanley G. Terry, whom the high court said owns 1.000 pinball games worth more than $100,000. Terry contended, with the cir cuit court agreeing with him. that since the state licenses such games, the city has no right to in terfere. The supreme court, in a deci sion by Justice George Rossman, ruled that the city can exercise its police power in order to outlaw the devices. Justice Rossman wrote: "Obviously the police power au thorized the prohibition of gambl ins. Therefore, if the machines which plaintiff (Terry) possesses can properly be deemed gambling devices, the police power can be employed for their elimination." Discussing whether the state has pre-empted the field, Justice Ross man said the state law is a tax ing statute, without placing any restrictions upon the devices. Willys Crews Vote Paycut TOLEDO. Ohio, IF Toledo pro duction workers at Willys Motors, Inc. Wednesday voted a paycut for themselves to bring the com pany's labor costs in better com petitive position with other auto mobile manufacturers. The almost - unanimous vote may cost the workers as much as 10 per cent of their weekly earn ings. But they may recover part of this later, if a new bonus pay plan can be worked out. Richard T. Gosser. UAW CIO vice president, told Willys workers at Wednesday's meeting the pay cut is necessary to stabilize the firm's economic position. ANIMAL CRACKERS BX WMRIN OOOOMICM 4S tVi. "I'm net mod ol anybody, I'm (snaking a statue.' bad been released earlier. The Senate investigations sub- committee, wmcn wiu conauct tne inquiry, refused to make public the document. However, persons in specific language" a list of allega tions Army officials are willing to back under oath. The charges are that McCarthy and aides used pres sure tactics in efforts to win fav ored treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine. a drafted associate. Denials Voiced McCarthy, the investigations sub committee chairman, and Roy M. Cohn, its chief counsel, have voiced angry denials of the original ver- th have fl bjUer counter. charges at top Army officials which the subcommittce also has voted to explore in the scheduled public hearings. Among other things, they al leged that Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens and John G. Adams. Army general counsel. tried blackmail tactics against them jn efforls Q choke off he subcommittee's investigations of Reds in the Army. Move Made by McCarthy McCarthy's office disclosed Wed nesday that he has made a new move in the case he has asked the Pentagon how many members of Congress and government offi cials have requested "special as signment and treatment" of ser vice men and women since the be- ginning of world War II. The Senate subcommittee is ask ing principals in the dispute to submit as a starting point for the public inquiry formal statements of the charges and counter charges they are prepared to ftpport with sworn testimony, by themselves or others. Flyin g Service Needs 30,000 Salamanders A Salem Tying service has been offered a chance to ferry 30,000 salamanders a week from these parts to Lake Mead in Southern Nevada. Salamanders, those little, "water dogs," are in great demand as bait for bass fishing in the lake at Hoover Dam, Leo Demers of Ace Flying Service vas informed Wednesday by Win Weddings, for mer Salem flier now in business there. Weddings said he was flying ;n some salamanders from New Or leans but could use up to 30,000 a week more if they can be ob tained from sloughs or ponds in the Salem area and shipped alive. Nevada law forbids use of live fish bait but salamander is per mitted. Demers said he would see if any Salem area folk could be in terested in finding salamanders for about $25 a thousand, the price Weddings said he'd pay for sala manders under 3 inches long. OSC Fraternities Oppose Hiring of Housemothers CORVALLIS U The Inter Fraternity Council at Oregon State College asked Dean Dan W. Poling Wednesday to reverse his decision requiring fraternities here to hire housemothers by the fall term of 1955. The fraternities voted 28-1 against the dean's plan. Poling announced the plan last week. He said it would tighten discipline and otherwise v benefit fraternity students. Politics on Parade . . . Who's Running for What in Mav Primaries! ( Edltor'i note: Starlet In The Ore gon Statesman's exrluslre Political Parade series are written by or for the candidates on invitation of this newspaper and opinions expressed therein may or may not be in ac cordance with The Statesman's own policy ) Today't subject: EDDIE AHRENS Candidate for STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARION COUNTY (R) Believing that one of Marion County's reresentatives should be experienced in agriculture, the county's princi pal resource, Eddie Ahrens is seeking election, for that posi tion. . a nowever, rte " J . -pledges sincere T 1 : and faithful ser- Kjlvice to aH tfle I I county in the lull i belief that with Eddie Ahrens our fast - grow ing population the improvement and preservation of natural re sources should be of concern to our urban population as well as the rural people. s. - 1 ' "' 104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES Big 3 In Accord In Pacific By PRESTON GROVER PARIS UP Secretary of State Dulles concluded Wednesday a Big Three agreement to work for a Western Pacific defense wall against the spread of Communism. The final step was taken with joint issuance of a communique by Dulles and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault spotlight ing the war in Indochina as a dan ger to peace in all Southeast Asia. Dulles' goal was a 10-nation mil itary alliance like NATO. After the agreement was an nounced. Dulles left for home by plane. He will report to President Eisenhower on the success of his mission in London and Paris. Th joint statement by Dulles and Bidault guaranteed that France. Britain and the United States would furnish a common front at Geneva when the Far Eastern conference opens April 26. The statement, similar to the announcement in London Tuesday by Dulles and British Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden, was ap proved by France's Premier Jo seph Laniel before it was made public. The statement said that the war in Indochina threatened peace in the whole Pacific area, adding: '"In close association with other in terested nations, we will examine the possibility of establishing, with in the framework of the United Nations charter, a collective de fense to assure the peace, securi ty and freedom of this area. '"We recognize that our basic ob jective at the Geneva conference will be to seek the re-establish ment of a peace in Indochina which will safeguard the freedom of its people and the independence of the associated states. We are convinced that the possibility of obtaining this pbjective depends upon our solidarity." Tax Deadline Tonight, State Office Packed More taxpayers have appeared at the state commission here the past three days than at any simi lar period for several years, Ray Smith, in charge of the state in come tax division, reported Wed nesday. He attributed the current con gestion of taxpayers to Thurs day's deadline to pay 1954 income and corporate excise taxes based on 1953 incomes. The tax olfiee will be open from 8 a.m. until midnight to night and tax forms postmarked before midnight will be accepted. Smith said. Last year there was no congestion during the few days preceding the tax paying deadline. 'It may be that the average person is having a more difficult time paying his tax this year than in the past few years," Smith averred. Smith said it probably would be a month before the returns of this year's tax paying period will be tabulated. Reds Ask New York Abandon Civil Defense NEW YORK OF The New York Stat Communist Party pro posed a change Wednesday in the New York City budget. It suggested striking out $1, 600,000 allotted for the Office of Civilian Defense. Ahrens was born in Nebraska, moving to a Turner farm in 1910. Since 1929 he and his brother. Hen ry, have operated this as Ahrens Farms. Purebred sheep and seed crops are featured on the farm, and many sheep have been shipped from there to throughout the Unit ed with many organizations de Eddie Ahrens has been connect ed with manp organizations de voted to community development. He was president of the Ameri can Romney Breeders Association, and is now a director; regional director of the Oregon Farm Fed eration; member of the Marion County Agriculture Adjustment Administration, and Marion Coun ty Fair Board. He was one of the organizers of the Marion County Fat Lamb Show and is now a member of the Salem Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Commit tee. Mr. and Mrs. Ahrens have one daughter, Patricia, a junior in high school. Ahrens pledges sincere and faithful service to the people of Marion County whether or not elected. (T mrrw: W. W. Caadvkk) Th Rev. Swift to Lead Church Service Todav "Truly This Man Was the Son of God" is the theme sched uled for Holy Week services to da at the First Methodist Church starting at 12:25 p.m. The half-hour service, sponsor ed by the YM and YWCA Reli gious Work committees, is open to the public. The meditation will be given by the Rev. George H. Swift of St. Paul's Episco pal Church, with music by the Salem High School choir. Warden Must Produce Cons As Witnesses The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Penitentiary War den Clarence T. Gladden must produce convicts as witnesses in court trials when ordered to do so by the circuit courts. The high court upheld Circuit Judge Frank J. Lonergan, Port land, who had started contempt proceedings against Gladden for refusal to produce a convict as a defense witrfess at a trial. The supreme court, pointing out that the Oregon constitution gives every accused person the right to meet the witnesses face to face, dismissed Gladden s appeal from Tudge Lonergan's contempt charge. The circuit court had ordered Gladden to produce Phillip Wal lace, a prisoner, as a defense wit ness in the robbery trial of George LeDuke. Wallace had pleaded guilty to the same charge. Upon advice of Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton, Gladden refused to produce Wallace. Thorn ton cited an 1862 law which says that testimony of convicts can be obtained in affidavits at the pri son. Justice Walter L. Tooze, in writ ing the supreme court opinion, said the law is contradictory on the subject. But, Tooze added, when the con stitution says the accused can face the witnesses in court, that means the witnesses on both sides in the case. "The conclusion we reach," Justice Tooze wrote, "is of bene fit to the state as well as to the defendant. If we adopted the con struction of the statute as insisted upon by the plaintiff (Gladden), then the state itself would be pre vented from producing a convicted felon in court to testify against" an accused. This would mean that in some cases vital testimony upon which the conviction of a guilty defendant might depend would not be available." Britain Offers To Add to Europe Army LONDON W! Britain Wednes day spurred France toward rati fication of the European Defense Community treaty with a historic commitment to keep troops on the continent. The British offered also to in tegrate ground and air forces in the six-nation European army. The pledge by this island na tion was announced in the House of Commons by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. It was aimed at quieting French fears about West German rearmament within EDC and inducing the rVench Parlia ment to ratify the treaty. Both the United States and Bri tain have declared EDC is indis pensable to the defense of Western Eurooe against the threat of Com munist aggression. The British promised to keep their armed forces in Europe as long as that threat exists. Man Surrenders In Fatal Stabbing ST. HELENS UV-Carl Simpkins, 28, was held here Wednesday after walking into the police station here and saying he had stabbed a man. He was arrested after police, going to investigate, found the body of James Bolen. 45, in a vacant lot near Bolen 's home in Scappoose. They said they had received a report 20 minutes be fore that the two men had been fighting. 11 ax. . 57 . M . 94 . 70 . S3 Min. 29 Precip. Salem Portland .00 .W .00 Baker Medford North Bend Roseburr 41 .00 43 .00 49 trace 51 .00 49 .00 63 San Francisco 8 Chicago 7 New York 57 Willamette River 6.6 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Increasing cloudiness throughout day. with possible rain by late after noon or evening. High today SO; low tonight 44. Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 45. SALEM MECIPITATloy Since Start f Weatlier Year Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 44J3 S4.79 34.75 FOUNDOD 1651 Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, April 15, 1954 Tax Survey in Stores Fail to List Inventories 'All We a tt ' fi 1 it It's an authentic murder investigation, but the culprits were FBI agents, and the murdered girl shown is a wax dummy. The phony murder was staged .here Wednesday morning as a final exorcise in the Advanced Oregon Police School training program which ends today. Investigating officers shown above are from left to right Robert Mason (taking a murder scene photo), Max Taylor, FBI instruc tor; David "Max" Houser and Thomas Robson. The "murdered" girl's name is Rita. (Statesman photo) it. a CH , Y - ; - M p - Following investigation of a staged "murder' here Wednesday morning part of class work in the Advanced Oregon Police School training which ends today Salem Patrolman La Verne Jenness (left) and William Warren remove the corpse a wax dummy named "Rita" from the scene of the "crime" in the 900 block of North Front Street. (Statesman photo.) Easter Buiiiiv to Hide Eggs Again In Willson Park Salem area youngsters will have Easter eggs by the hun dreds to hunt in Willson Park again this year. The 20-30 Club announced Wednesday the annual project will be sponsored Sunday at 2 p.m. in the city park west of the CapitoL Youngsters under 7 will hunt eggs on the south side and those 7 or older will hunt on the north side of the park. Several thousand candy eggs will be hidden and many special eggs will be labeled prize eggs to entitle their finders to special prizes from the club. Cloudy Day On Forecast Salem's balmy spring weather may abruptly end today as weath ermen at McNary Field predict a cloudy day with possible show ers in the offing by late after noon. However, weathermen : added, it is possible the temperate front may bypass the city area, leaving only cloudiness with no rain. URANIUM IS COLORADO GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. I An official of the Atomic Energy Commission confirmed Wednesday that substantial deposits of uran ium ore have been found In West ern Colorado's Montrose County, Want Are the Facts, Warn' . Car Smashes Into Truck A four-door sedan crashed Into the rear of a sawdust truck early I. this morning as the truck was Lturning off South 12th Street onto Fairview Avenue. Driver of the truck, Roy Sagert, 1220 Fairview Ave., told investi gating officers the force of the car striking the rear of his truck forced his truck onto the road shoulder, but no serious damage was sustained. The car. driven by Richard L. Young, 350 S. 14th St., was a total wreck. His passengers, all in the front seat, were Ronald Parsons, 1140 S. 22nd St. and Glen Witzel. 660 Ferry St Witzel was taken to Salem Memorial Hospital by a passerby and a cut bn the rear of his head stitched. No other injur ies were reported. COAST LKAGCE At San Diego 2. Portland S At Sacramento 10. Seattle 1 At Los Angeles tz. San Francisco S At Oakland 4. Hollywood i AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington 1. New York 2 At Detroit 2. Baltimore 3 At Chicago 3. Cleveland Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE At New York 4. Brooklyn . At Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia S Only games scheduled. IH3M, County ...i-.v1 " M-S-T- .. . a i i-? i PUC Order Allows Merger Of Utilities An order permitting merger of the Pacific Power & Light Com pany and the Mountain States Power Company was issued Wed nesday by Public Utilities Com missioner Charles H. Heltzel. The Pacific Power and Light Company, with headquarters in Portland, is a Maine corporation and operates in Oregon and Wash ington. Of its 1953 revenue, 65.09 per cent was received in Oregon. Mountain States P'ower Com pany, a Delaware corporation, op erates in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, with its principal office in Albany Of its 1953 re venue, b0.34 per cent was received in Oregon. Heltzel said the economies re sulting from the merger should provide rate adjustments and uni form schedules in various dis tricts throughout the areas served and should facilitate future fin ancing at a lower cost than under the existing setup. The order said the employes of both companies would carry the same responsibility as now, with additional retirement benefits. The agreement provides for the exchange of two shares of the preferred stock of Mountain States Power Company for one share of the preferred stock of Pacific Light & Power Company and one share of common stock of Mountain States Power Com pany forjiine-tentbs of a share of the common stock of Pocific Light & Power Company. It also provides that the pre sently outstanding common stock no par value of Pacific Power it Light Company be converted into US.50 par value. Further provision is made that Pacific Power & Light Company shall assume all of the indebted ness and obligations of Mountain States. The Pacific Power & Light Company will be the name of the surviving concern. Job's Daughters Meet Opens Today About 1,000 Oregon girls are due in Salem today through Saturday for a state convention of Job's Daughters. Ritual and social events are to be held at the Armory and Crys tal Gardens, Convention head quarters is at the Marion Hotel 'This is the first of four state con ventions expected to bring over 3,000 to Salem in the next two weeks. More "than 1,500 are due for Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers April 20-22. The state Association of Master Plum bers is coming April 23-24 and an Episcopal Church convent ion April 23-27. 7 "SPIES SENTENCED VIENNA. Austria Oft' Seven persons were sentenced to death by an Albanian court Wednesday on charges of spying for the United States, Tirana radio reported. No. 19 Sh ows Check of 100 Firms Shows M Deficit A state survey of tax reporting : by Marion County merchants shows after a check of 100 busi ! ntsses that about 41 per cent of their taxable inventory hasn't been reported. This was disclosed Wednesday by the State Tax Commission which is making a survey of 20 per cent of all Marion County businesses, selected impartially in the start of a statewide check-" E. Bass, in charge of the 'survey, said about one-third of . 1 , rki 1 1 . I Salem) checked to date had re- ! ported full "book inventories 100 j per cent accurately," to the I county assessor. He said 23 firms had not re ported their inventories at all and 44 had reported "something less than book value of their in ventories." The percentage report ed by the latter averaged 77 per cent and ranged from 16 per cent to 98 per cent, he added. Near $2 Million Altogether nearly S2 million is unreported, according to Bass who said $989,627 is accounted for by the jnerchants who hadn't filed lit all and $865,607 by those un dervaluing their inventory. About 50 firms remain to be checked in this county; meanwhile, a similar survey will start Monday in Clack amas County. Business inventories as of Jan. 1 are required by state law to be reported as personal property to the county assessor no later than March 2 every year. Inventories of this kind are one of the classes of personal proper ty on which the county property tax is paid. Prod Assessors The State Tax Commission, which had had the authority for many years to make such surveys, announced recently that inven tories would be checked over the strte and assessors would be en couraged to take steps to insure consistent reporting of merchant inventories. Assessors have under law penalty powers in this con nection but they rarely have been used. Bass said the survey so far had required 43 man hours. This in dicates, he said, that a man work ing full time on checking inven tories could check all books in Marion county within two months. Fishing Resort Burns, Arson Squad Called EUGENE OB Fire early Wednesday leeled" Thomson's Lodge, a fishing resort on the McKenzie River 32 miles -east of here. The state arson squad was called to investigate. ' The owner, Dayton Thomson, estimated the loss at about $30,000 with about half of this covered by insurance. Thomson said electricity had been turned off in the building, which was unoccupied during the off season. He could not account for the blaze. The lodge had long been a favorite spot for fishermen. Portland Transit Fare Hike Passes PORTLAND J1 The City Council approved aa . increase in student fares Wednesday, virtually eliminating any possibility of a strike in Portland's trolley Md bus service. Gordon Steele, president of the Portland Traction Co.. ; said, the increase will enable him to grant a 6-cent wage increase-asked by AFL drivers. That will make their scale $1.90 hourly. The student fare will go up three cents to a total of 10 cents. Adult fare remains at IS cents. RUSS NOTE REJECTED . , THE HAGUE, Netherlands (J The Dutch government has re jected Russia's March It note pro testing against stationing of U.S. Air Force units on Dutch, bases, the Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday night. " Today's Statesman SECTION I Editorials.featores 4 Society, women's; J,......t SECTION t '- Sports Valley news Radio, TV Comics .L, Farm page ... . Classified ads . 4 ..S 7-9