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
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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.
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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.
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Min.
29
Precip.
Salem
Portland
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.W
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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. "
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