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YOUTH.. Looks to YOU! v 7 YMCA'S $450,000 Public Fund Appeal 104TH YEAR 2 SECTIONS 14 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 20, 1954 PRICE 5c No. 24 POUNDDD 1651 Aiissies Help Spy's Wife Escape Reds on YM's $450,000 Building Drive Ready to Begin Fund raisers for a $430,000 Salem YMCA building campaign will toe the mark tonight and plunge into their public appeal Wed nesday. The goal is a new-three story building to house separately the boys' activity programs of the YM and other facilities. This would be built on North Cottage Street and would tie into the present YM TCP EH33H0S Vice President Nixon touched off concern and comment round the world when in answer to a question at the editors' conventie.1 in Washington Friday he indicated it was the U. S. purpose to move in with ground troops in the Indo china war if the French pulled out. While his talk to editors was labeled ''without attribution" it took no time at all for the world to know who was the "top admin istration official'" who was quoted in the Friday evening isA Satur day, morning papers. The foreign press picked up the news and by Sunday morning the "fat -vas in the fire." On Monday Secretary Dulles after conferring with President Eisenhower said it is "unlikely" that U. S. troops would be sent to Indochina if the French withdrew, though he said he was not speak ing for the President. The Nixon comment, however, is quite in line with other observations of our highest officials though none be fore had used the "naughty word" of "ground troops." On Thursday Admiral Radford had told the edi tors that the United States "cannot afford" to let Communism expand farther or let it seize the rich re sources of Southeast Asia. Other intimations from administration sources have pointed the same way. The purposes evidently were two-fold: first, to bluff Red China out of intervening in the Indochina war; and second, to condition the American mind to intervention if the Communists were on tht verge of winning Indochina and penetrat ing into the rest of Southeast Asia. The Dulles flight to Europe and back was for the object of obtain ing "united action," to avert such a calamity. While Nixon was ex pressing a (Continued on editorial page, 4) Dien Bien Phu Defenses Cut HANOI. Indochina UFi The em battled French fortress of Dien Bien Phu shrunk into a heart shaped network of defense Mon day night as the French fought desperately to stem onslaughts by fresh waves of Red-led Vietminh. The bastion's crumbling barriers took on this new contour after the attacking rebel legions clipped off the northwest and northeast points of the original Y-shaped fortifica tions and the French constricted their points of defense. The fury of the Vietminh attacks touched off speculation that the rebel commander. Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, might be setting the stage for another mass assault on the northwest Indochina garrison. Five of the original eight strong points held by the French when the siege began March 13 now are embraced in the "heart." VACCINE ARRIVES PORTLAND 1 The State Board of Health reported Monday that Salk polio vaccine had ar rived in Oregon for tests which will begin next week in Marion and Lane counties. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARREN 6QOORICH It . . . be right there! at the rear. Five hundred Salem men and a large committee of women are assigned tasks in the campaign, and at least 300 of these are ex pected to take part at a campaign opening dinner in the YMCA at 6:3a tonight The familiar Ivy - covered YM on Court Street has been a Salem fixture and a boys' and men's recreation center since 1926 when it was built. No Expansion In the 28 years since, campaign leaders are pointing out, the growing YMCA hasn't expanded its physical plant nor has the or ganization gone to the public for any capital expansion funds. Roy Harland is general chair man for the building drive. Carle Abrams Is YMCA president These and other YMCA lead ers will take the lead tonight in firing the starting gun for the $450,000 fund appeal. Slogan selected for the cam paign is: "Youth Looks to You!" Inspirational speaker for to night's YM rally will be Freder ick N. Hunter, honorary chancel lor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Sprague to Emcee Master of ceremonies will be Charles A. Sprague, publisher of The Statesman and longtime YM CA director. Other principals on the dinner program which is closely schedul ed for 6:30 to 9 p.m.: Dean Melvin Geist, leading group singing; the Rev. John L. Cauble, invocation; instrumental music by Willamette Novelty Five comprising Dave Jackson, Keith Mirick, Walter Reid, John Reider and Don Miller; Coburn Grabenhorst, chairman of teams organization. A sales demonstration by Mrs. Bruce Pickett William Ross, Carl Ritchie and Glen Smith; Ron An derson, Hi-Y member offering a "challenge from the youth of Sa lem;" Homer A. Gould of the YMCA National Council staff; Hi Y members Herbert Triplett Kenneth Rawlings, Tom Pickens and Ray Taylor in a closing cere mony. (Photo on page 5, sec. 1.) Max. Min. Precip. Salem Portland Baker i 33 58 M 70 56 66 72 61 41 32 33 39 34 47 48 53 trace MS .00 .00 .00 .00 .23 .00 Medford North Bend Roseburg San Francisco . Chicago . New York 71 Willamette River 2.2 feet FORECAST (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today, tonight and Wednes day. Little change in temperature with the highest today near 62, low est tonight near 34. Temperature at 12:02 a.m. today was 45. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1 This Year Last Year .Normal 40.93 37.00 35.12 '54-'55 Gty Budget Within 6 Increase, Minus Big Changes By ROBERT E. GANG WARE City Editor, The Statesman Salem's city budget committee Monday night took a quick look at a 2Vx million city budget for the coming year star'ng July 1 a b u d g e t prepared by City Manager J. L. Franzen and his department heads without major changes over the present year. The budget proposal is in bal ance, shows all ax levies within the 6 per cent increase allowed by law and, according to the man ager, would not alter substantial ly the present tax mills ge levied on Salem property. Total spending is actually less than the current year's by some $54,000, but anticipated revenue other than taxes is also less by about $ 184,00a Overall total cost of city opera tions, including the self-sustaining water department, is $205 888 in the manager's budget. The tax levy required to bal ance this up is $889,220, compar ed with $860,568 this year. Subcommittees appointed by Budget Chairman Daniel J. Fry will now go over the budget in detail, department by ' depart ment. They will give hearing to citizen groups then report back Lunch-Hour r1 . - : fiX C L Im m 0 1yA 4 I Is J l i ''.; K II 1 --, 1 - - ' 8 Crowds like this one were not the rule Monday as the deadline for voter registration nears. Henry Mattson, county clerk in charge of registering the county's voters, said the only rush on his office came at 8:30 a.m., daring the lunch hoar (when this photo was Cpl. Dickenson Denies Guilt at Court Martial WASHINGTON WV-Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson pleaded , innocent Monday to charges that he lent himself to enemy propaganda use, and turned informer on fellow pris oners of war in Korea, to win favorable treatment for himself. The 23-year-old Cracker's Neck. Va., soldier who once decided to stay on the side of his Red captors, but changed his mind and came home entered the plea at the first court martial of its kind in American military history. His lawyers contended the Army broke faith with Dickenson by backing down on a promise of im munity, and also that Army offi cials have instructed prospective witnesses not to cooperate with the defense. Torture Claimed The Army came back with a detailed list of charges against the slightly built, round-faced soldier. One of them: That he "squealed" on a fellow prisoner who was plan ning to escape, with the result that the Communists tortured the man and three times led him before a firing squad. Dickenson, wearing his Army uniform, flashed a big smile at his recent bride when she entered the small, maroon-carpeted court room at the Ft. McNair post ex change. Otherwise his manner was calm and intent as he heard his attorneys make one futile plea after another for dismissal of the charges. 'Promised Immunity Guy Emery, a retired Army colonel turned lawyer, said Dick enson had been "premised im munity" through official pleas to American POW's to change their minds and seek repatriation. Col. C. Robert Bard, in charge ot the prosecution, told the eight officer court that the appeals di rected at Allied prisoners of war carried no "absolution of sin? to the general budget committee May 3. The City Council is slated to receive the budget from- the committee May 10. The budget has been prepared by the city manager; in 60-page printed form, with some innova tions designed to give fuller ex planation to city activities and budgetmaking. No general salary changes are made by the manager but small raises appear for three sanita rians, a health department clerk, engineering plan checker and air port manager. A part-time secre tary for the procurement 'office has been added and so has an additional policeman recently au thorized by the City , Council for traffic duty. Engineering department bud get, always a big one, is shown at $110,000 less than this year's, for a recommended total of $717 657. 7 . The budget committee consists of the mayor, the eight aldermen and these citizens elected by the Council Russell Bonesteele, Wil liam H. Hammond, Harr Mich aelis, Harold Phillippe, Everett Crabtree, Dr. Morris Cr others, George Tbomason, Fred 'Gibson and Conrad Paulson. Rush Enlivens Mid-Valley Area Milk Price to Fall Half-Cent PORTLAND (IP) The price of milk will go down a half -cent at the retail level in nine Oregon counties, including Salem and Port land areas, on May 15. Another half-cent will be added to distributors' margin, making all told, a penny reduction in the price producers will get The retail price will be 21 cent a quart for milk of 3.8 per cent butterfat content. Milk in two quart containers will sell at 42 cents. (Monday's order will reduce the price of house delivered milk in Salem from 22 to 22 cents a quart effective May 15. In retail stores the minimum price will be 22 cents in .one-quart containers and 21 cents in two-quart con tainers.) The State Board of Agriculture voted for the change Monday, 3-2, after Administrator William ' S. Weidel recommended the new price list. Premium milk will go down a half-cent also, 4.3 per cent milk to 22 cents and 5 per cent milk to 23. In an attempt to reduce butter fat surplus, cream prices will be cut sharply. At retail 10 per cent milk will go down 2 Vt cents to 20 cents a pint, 20 per cent coffee cream down 7 cents to 30 cents a pint and 32 per cent' whipping cream down 10 cents to 40 cents a pint. The counties affected are Marion, Clackamas, Polk, Wasco, Hood River, Columbia, Washington, Yamhill and Multnomah. Harry M. Kenin, Portland Council Candidate, Dies PORTLAND m Harry M. Kenin, 56, Portland attorney long active in Oregon public affairs, died at a hospital here Monday following a heart attack. He was a candidate for the Portland City Council in the May primaries. Election officials said his name would be stricken from the ballot. Only a few ballots had been printed, and they will be de stroyed while new ballots are run off. Kenin was on the state welfare board from 1932-35 and was a state senator from 1938-43. Daylight Saving Backers to Study Prospects in State PORTLAND W Daylight sav ing time advocates plan to meet here next week to' determine whether to campaign again this year in Oregon for daylight sav ing. The president of the Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lew Thompson, called the meet ing. He said if enough interest is shown petitions will be circulated for an attempt to put the matter on the November ballot. AMXRICAN LEAGCT ' At Boston 2-0, New York 1-5 At Detroit 1. Chicago 3 At WaahlactoA 4, Philadelphia 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn t At New York 9, Pittsburgh 1 At St. Louis C Cincinnati S COAST LEAGUI ! 4 No fames scheduled) iMfiffiflji. Lagging Voter taken), and again later in the evening. The clerk's office win remain open until 8 o'clock tonight for last minute registrations. Tonight marks the deadline. (Statesman photo). Bank Merger In California Discussed SAN FRANCISCO The heads of three major California banks two here and one in Los Angeles Monday confirmed re ports they are discussing a possi ble merger. A merger of the three the Crocker First National Bank and the Bank of California here and the California Bank, Los Angeles would result in an institution with gross assets of $1,400,000,000 the second largest in the state. The discussions were disclosed in a joint statement signed by Elliott McCallister, president of the Bank of California; W. W. Crocker, board chariman of Crocker First National, and Frank L. King, president of the California Bank, Los Angeles. The Bank of California has a branch in Portland, Ore. Pigeon Sabotages Air Raid Siren SPOKANE OB The city found out Monday why one of its big air raid sirens has been laying an egg of late. That's what happened. A pigeon got inside somehow and laid three eggs in the siren car buretor controls. Politics on Parade... Who's Running for What in May Primaries! ( Editor's MUt Stories In The Or. egon Statesman's cxclosiT Polit ical Paraaa scries art written sy or for tae candidates o Invitation of this nowspajMr an ptaioos ex. press there may or mar not he in aeeottaneo with The Statesman's own policy.) today's sabjeet , A. L. LOVCKS Candidate for STATE REPRESENTATIVE Marion Cosnty (R It is frequently said of Al Loucks that he worked harder at being a g o o d, mayor , of 5alem than any man who ever' held the position. It is not surpris ing because he has tackled every civic re sponsibility witb the same earn estness and drive. Few Salem business leaders have given so generous! of their timt, and , ef fort to "civic and state affairs. He is president of the League of Ore gon Cities and is a past president and campaign chairman of the V ..iisa" . - i-Llli) Registration Registration For Primarv Ends Tonight Voter registration in Marion County was described Monday as being "slower" than in most pre vious election years. The office of County Clerk Henry Mattson, in the temporary courthouse in the school adminis tration office building, will remain open until 8 o'clock tonight for last-miniate registrations. Tonight is the last time potential voters may register until after the May 21 primary election. The office also remained open later than usual Monday and Sat urday. Workers in the clerk's office es timated Monday afternoon that several hundred had registered since Saturday morning a vol ume taeeed by old-timers in the office as "pretty slow." Judging from the amount of supplies called for by deputy registrars scattered over the countv registration is also lagging in county communi ties outside Salem. Eligible voters who. did not vote in either the last general or pri marv election here, those who have moved from their precinct, and those who have moved into the state must register. Mattson said. . The non-Dartisan voter registra tion drive and candidates' night, soon sored bv the Marion - Polk Counties Young Republicans, will get underway in front of the new Courthouse at 7:30 this evening. Voters can register in the base ment of the new building until 8:30 p.m.. Mattson said. The evening's entertainment will include musical groups from Willamette University and sever al primary candidates will be in terviewed over TCSLM in a hour broadcast starting at 8 o'clock. Salem Community Chest He Js past , president of the Salem Breakfast Club, Salem Fuel Peal ers Association, and has served or is serving as a director of the Salem YMCA, Oregon Heating In dustries and the Salem Klwams Club. He is a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church. Elected mayor of Salem in 1930, he was reelected is 1352. While many cities have increased taxes to meet increasing costs of admin istration, there has been no tax increase in . Salem: During his term as mayor, - advisory and planning commissions were ap pointed to modernize Salem's traf fic control and to plan dry park development and use. Loucks also introduced a program for taking city government to the people- by discussing city problems in more than 17$ forums before civic and other group . . 7 , . Marion County needs represen tation in the Legislature with his sense of responsibility for public service and.bis experience' In pub lie affairs. Al ' Loucks will not only make friends for f Marion County, and its legislative prob lems but " wfil effectively serve the state of Oregon. ; Tomorrow: William - Kimsey. Woman Requests Political At Last DARWIN, Australia UP) Mrs. rope-bound plane Tuesday to join her Soviet diplomat husband as a political refugee in Australia. Police disarmed two violently struggl ing Russian diplomatic couriers 32 caliber pistols. The woman's escape from her riotous departure irom 2yaney, where more than 1,500 anti-Com munist bystanders fought with po lice as three Russian officials dragged the weeping 35-year-old blonde up the plane gangway. Prune Minister Robert G. Men- zies had told Parliament Mrs. Petrov would be given a chance to refuse to return to Russia be fore the plane got too far. When the aircraft reached Darwin, po lice surrounded it and accompa nied R. S. Leydin, Northern Terri tory government secretary, aboard to contact her. Leydin talked with the woman for 45 minutes and then announced she would remain in Australia. Her three Russian captors continued on to Europe. Phoned Husband After she quit the BOAC Con stellation, Mrs. Petrov was taken to Government House in Darwin and telephoned her husband, for mer third secretary in the Soviet embassy at Canberra who switched to the West early this month and handed over a bundle of spy data to the Australians. In Canberra, Soviet Ambassador N. I. Generalov called on acting Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Mc- Bnde. The Russian would make no comment to reporters but it was obvious he had protested the Australian action. Cabinet Called Prime Minister Menzies called his Cabinet into immediate session and later announced to newsmen that Mrs. Petrov had told the cap tain of the plane that she wanted to remain in, Australia. Menzies said the Soviet couriers with the woman had attempted to brush aside the Darwin police who boarded the plane on its arrival and one had thrust his hand into apocket in which a loaded pistol was found. No Further Restraint After the couriers were dis armed, they were Ubt put under any further restraint, Menzies said, adding: "It can be seen that Australia behaved with scrupulous care and regard for international protocol." Menzies said the same govern ment secrecy now surrounding Mrs. Petrov s husband would henceforth cloak her movements and that newsmen would not be allowed to interview or photograph her. Fear Retaliation The government, however, was reported gravely concerned that the Russians would take retalia tory punitive action against Aus tralia's small diplomatic staff and their families in Moscow. They in clude three men, three women and two children. Bystanders at the Sydney Air port, most of them refugees from Russia, reported Mrs. Petrov re peatedly said, "I do not want to go. Save me," as she was pushed and dragged into the plane. The crowd battled restraining po lice and even pulled the gangway away from the plane for a time in an effort to get her away from the Soviets. Incidents Aloft The Russian party's eight-hour night flight from Sydney to Dar win was packed with incidents. After the plane was aloft, Mrs. Petrov burst into tears. When a hostess tried to comfort her with coffee, the couriers waved her away. When the Russian woman went to the women's lounge at the rear of the plane, a courier followed her and waited outside the door. Other passengers muttered. About midnight Mrs. Petiwrwas seized by another long spell of cry ing. The flight hostess. Miss V. Bull again offered her coffee and this time Mrs. Petrov had a cup. "A little later," Miss Bull con tinued, "one of the Russian men ran; and ordered a bottle of beer. Mrs. Petrov i had some. That seemed to perk her up, but just before we sot into Darwin, she had another bout of .weeping. "We all felt sorry for her but do one knew what to do. Some of the men got together at the back of the plane and had a talk about it, buf they decided to wait and see what happened at Darwin." ; (Additional details on page 2, see. L) i CLOUDS PREDICTED ; A partly cloudy day was pre dicted for Salem, and vicinity to day by the U.S. weatherman at McNary Field. -Cloudy conditions were expected to continue to Wed nesday. Temperature in Salem Monday ranged from a high of 53 to a low of 33 degrees and the pre diction for today was for about the same. i - - Plane Refuge Moment Vladimir Petrov fled from a Eu who tried to bar her escape with Communist captors came after a U.S. 'UnHkely' To Send GIs To Indochina AUGUSTA. Ga. m President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles evaluated "the menace of SovieT Communism" Monday, and the Cabinet officer later declared it is "unlikely" American troops will be sent to Indochina. Dulles said the violent battles being waged in Indochina are not creating any spirit of defeatism. "On the contrary." he said in a prepared statement issued after an hour-long session with the Presi dent, "they are rousing the free nations to measures which we hope will be sufficiently timely and vig orous to preserve these vital areas from Communist domination." The secretary was referring to United States efforts to build, a Pacific defense alliance against the spread of Communism. Roosevelt to File Counter Divorce Suit LOS ANGELES UV James Roos evelt Monday proposed to make a property settlement for his wife and ask for a divorce en grounds of cruelty. The oldest son of the late Presi dent made his proposals in a series of documents filed in Superior Court in connection with actions for separate maintenance filed by himself and Mrs. Romelle Roose velt, the mother of his three chil dren. He served notice that he will ask the court on April 30 for permission to amend his separate maintenance complaint to petition for a divorce "in view of the irreconcilable dif ferences which have arisen be tween the defendant and the plain tiff." Roosevelt said his proposed prop erty settlement is the same as an offer he made his wife in a letter last April 2. He said that without waiving any legal defense he would allow judgment to be taken against him for: Half the stocks he now holds in Roosevelt & Sargent, a Maine cor poration now his separate proper ty; shares now held by Mrs. Roose velt in her name, constituting half the stock he had in Roosevelt of Massachusetts, which was his sep arate property; the family home in Pasadena; all household furni ture and furnishings; a. Cadillac sedan; half the stock held in his name in Intertrust' Corp. of Cali fornia; half the stock in Manaslab, Ltd., a Canadian corporation. He promised also to pay Mrs. Roosevelt for her support and that of their children half his net an nual income, and to transfer to her all money now on deposit in his name. 9 New-Bora Babies Die in Fire in Britain READING, England (A Fumes and smoke from a fire In the nurs ery of the DeDwood Maternity Hos pital brought death Monday to nine new-born babiesJ Six other babies, some very iH, were moved to another hospital and placed in , oxygen tents. Two nurses were burned, one ser iously, as they rushed the babies from the smoke-filled . room. Today's Statesman SECTION .1 : ", C ; i Valley news 3 Editorials, features 1.4 Society, women's - ...... 6, 7 Comics ... , 8 Radio, TV 8 SECTION 2 Sports V Classified. ads l-3 . , . . .4-3