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sketch) 104TH YEAR 4 SECTIONS 28 PAGES Spectacular Wreck Leaves Driver Hospitalized rv' w -'' V"' "y" ' --r ii iii i urn uri ii'ii " , tlu elr--.8..f - -T - This two car accident about 9 a.m. Wednesday at 19th and Trade Streets resulted in heavy damage to both cars. John A. Wiemals, 22, of 539 N. Winter St., driver of the overturned car, was treated by first aidmen and taken to Salem General Hospital with a fractured jaw and face lacerations. He was treated and released. OTP ftPCDCD. President Eisenhower told his news conference that the United States has lost international pres tige as a result of the row be tween Sen. McCarthy and the Army. In Salem, Secretary of the In terior Douglas McKay termed the current hearing "very unfortun ate, which isn't doing anybody any good." And Senator Cordon back in Washington seems to have discov ered that the McCarthy-Army hearing is "hurting" the Repub lican Party, and "is accomplish ing utterly no good." In truth the spectacle is dis turbing and disgusting. But Mr. Eisenhower can't escape personal responsibility for the build-up which McCarthy has had. As candidate for President in 1952 he appeased the junior senator from Wisconsin to the extent of removing from his speech a pass age praising General Marshall. And as President he directed or permitted departments to knuckle under to McCarthy until finally the Army got its back up (and now has the President's firm sup port). As for Cordon, his grief seems to be solely for the effect of the hearing on the Republican Party. That naturally is of concern to him since he is a candidate for reelection this year. But Cordon has never evinced any concern over the wrongs done by McCar thy to the cause of honest in quiry or to respect for the truth. I was in Washington in 1950 shortly after McCarthy had made his brazen statements charging there were varying numbers of Communists in the State Depart ment. I recall (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) Temperature Rise Forecast A little warmer temperature In Salem was looked for today with a high temperature expect ed near 74 degrees, according to predictions by the UJS. weather man. A low tonight near 40 de crees is anticipated. Temperature range Wednesday was a high of 64 degrees and a low of 40 de grees. Max. M 61 66 75 56 66 Mm. 40 45 40 50 44 39 45 34 45 55 Prei ip Salem Portland Baker .. .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .no .00 .00 Medford North Bend Roseburg San Francisco 7S Chicago . . ... 50 New York 60 Los Anfeles 67 Willamette River .7 feet. Forecast (from U. S. Weather Bu reau. McNary Field. Salem : Generally (air today and tonight Variable high cloudiness Friday Warmer today. 72 to 74: low tonight 40 to 42. Temperature at 12:01 a m today was 42. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1 This Year Last Year Normal 41 Jl 3S.28 36.24 ANIMAL CRACKERS V W AM ft KM OODPtlCM Mrs. Fong Charged With Moving Body PORTLAND (Jt Detective Capt. William D. Browne Wednesday swore out a complaint charging Mrs. Sherri Fong, 23, with transporting a body without permission of the coroner. Mrs. Fong, Caucasian wife of a Portland Chinese, still was being questioned about the death of Diane Agnes Hank. 16. The girl's body was found Feb. 26 alongside a road near Washougal, Wash., several weeks after her disappearance here. The warrant was not served immediately. Bail on the warrant is $5,000. The woman and her husband. Wey Him f Wayne Fong, are un der indictment on a charge of contributing to the Hank girl's delinquency by serving Diane liquor at their home. Browne said Mrs. Fong was being questioned about the possi bility the girl had committed suicide. An autopsy failed to disclose the cause of Miss Hank's death. Bird Watcher fcluh Praised At 4-H Show Statesman News Service SILVERTON Four 4-H girls have done an unusually fine job in their Bird Watchers' Club. Andy Landforce. extension wild life spe cialist, said Wednesday as he judg ed their exhibits at the Marion County 4-H Spring bhow in pro gress at the Silverton Armory- The four girls receiving blue ribbons for their exhibits are Carole Mikkelson of Bethany and Betty Jean Field. Margaret Cou per and Laura Wienman all of Eldreidge. Their projects included identification and description of 10 birds in their own community as well as arranging and maintaining bird feeders. The show opened here Monday night and will continue through to Friday noon. Thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m. there will be cooking demonstrations throughout the day. The big feature of the show will be the style revue set for Thurs day night at 8 o'clock at the Eu gene Field auditorium when 112 girls will model and show their sewing project exhibits. Bea Humphries from the Marion County Extension office, will be the commentator with Mrs. Ben Newell as organist. The Silverton High School Glee Club, under the direction of Justin Dyrud will sing. Anthol Riney, 4-H extension agent, stressed that the public is welcome to both the daytime demonstrations and the evening style revue and that no admission charges are made. (Winners listed on page 5, sec. 3i. Court Approves County Seat Switch, Dental School Status Moving the Lincoln County seat to Newport and independence for the University of Oregon dental school were approved Wednesday by the State Supreme Court The Lincoln County seat was moved from Toledo to Newport after a bitter election contest In the other case, the University of Oregon dental school in Portland is separated from the University of Oregon, and becomes an inde pendent school under the Board of Higher Education. The high court upheld the cir cuit courts of Lincoln and Mar ion Counties in the two cases. The suit attacking the transfer of the county seat was filed by John D. Kosydar, who represeit- ed Toledo interests. He claimed the election, held Nov. 4, 1952, was irregular on grounds there is no procedure NUNDID 1651 ! The- Oregon Statesman, Salem, Orocjon, Thursday, May 6, 1954 Driver of the other car was Ralph L. Siegmund, 42, of Stayton Route 1.. His son, Walter, sustained minor injuries, but another son Louis and his wife were uninjured. Gene Jtfartsfield, a passenger with Wiemals, was unhurt. (Statesman photo). Strike Halts Hanford Atom Reactor HANFORD, Wash. (JP) A $150,000,000 construction project was stopped at the atomic energy works Wednesday when 1,500 swing shift Workers quit in protest to the; presence of five non-union elec trical workers. Discussions immediately were Started by Atomic Energy Com mission officials and the unions involved to see if work can be re Globemasters Fly French To Indochina MARSEILLE, France UFi Six huge U. S. Air Force Globemaster transport planes took off from Is- tres Field here Wednesday with 450 French Army and Air Force technicians bound for Indochina. This was the second of a series of airlifts provided by the U.S. Air Force for French reinforce- ments. The first such ferrying job on April 18 carried about 1,000 French paratroopers from Orly Field, Paris, to Indochina, a tngnt 01 o.dou mnes. In Paris, a spokesman for the French government said Wednes day's flight did not indicate an emergency transport of combat troops. He said it simply marked the use of the U. S. Air Force for transport in the relief and replace ment of French technicians in In dochina. Normally, the spokesman said. such turnover in military personnel in Indochina is handed by sea transport. The U. S. Air Force headquar ters in Wiesbaden said the C124 Globemasters belong to the 62nd wTf ;r U. S. Air Division. The wing is based at Larson Air Field in Wash- ington State. The planes are under the command of Maj Michael F. KOOinSOn 01 riUSOUrgn, ra. The Air Force said this opera- ti ah iimr t nn 'cAsnrl nViica" rt (ha nun woo me otv-uuu f"-"- luuvcmciiL vi 4'icuv.ii uwpa iv - i dochina by American planes. was understood other ferrying jobs wouiQ pe none out oi r ranee or XNOnn AiriCa. the planes would fly directly tolpie votes are available to defeat Larson after landing the French I any anti - discrimination amend- troops in Indochina. Steel Union to Plan Policy PITTSBURGH. (JP) The power ful Wage Policy Committee of the CIO United Steelworkers opens a two-day session here Wednesday to chart the union's course In com ing contract negotiations with the basic steel industry. The union which bargains for about 600,000 workers in basic steel plants across the nation, is scheduled to begin negotiating May 18 with U.S. Steel Corp., the country s No. 1 steel producer, and usually tne pace-setter in union- labor policy. for a county to call a special election by use of the initiative; The supreme court, in its deci sion by Justice Walter L. Tooze, held that counties, cities, towns and districts have the initiative and referendum right The Oregon State Dental case won its suit to have the dentafJ school be independent The deci sion, by Justice Toose, upheld the late Circuit Judge Rex Kin mell, who died last Saturday. Justice Tooze wrote that "the 1945 law under which the state took over the former Northwest ern Dental College clearly means that the school shouH be admin istered directly by the Board of Higher Education. The board was the defendant in the suit wanting to keen the school under the university of Oregon. iiWMiai Work on sumed Thursday. :. Production of atomic energy ma terials was not affected by the walkout of construction workers. " The tie - up followed employment ef a Pasco electrical contractor, jjhe Schultz Electric Co., for a sub contract to assemble oil circuit breakers in the construction area. The sub - contractors were hired by the Cisco Construction Co., Portland, also a non - union firm the Cisco company previously al- ,ave r, hirH ninn fi ways has hired union firms when it needed work done in the con struction area 23 miles inside the barricade which surrounds the iuge AEC works. r The Schultz employes were sent pn the job in the afternoon. When the evening swing shift was sched- iiled to start. AFL teamsters in formed the AEC they would not jprive the buses inside the barri- caae ana to me wont 25 miles ais- anl- Within a short while, all other Unions had notified the AEC that I tiey would not pass the barricade. )nly skeleton maintenance crews reported in the construction area. Senate Limits A T-H Debate WASHINGTON OP) The Senate reed Wednesday to limit debate on revision of the Taft-Hartley La- por Law so. voting on a stack of amendments can begin Friday. a. Knowland of California, the enublioan leader annnimeH that - r beginning Friday debate will be L.1J A . svs a. t . t I hieiu iu sw muiuies on eacn amena-1 - fijeni, wun ine lime uiviaea eauai It-Wy between those for and aeainst it ; The unanimous coasent agree ,ment to Iimit debate indicated that r,fha pnnKlin l.-i1archm ho. ... sured Southern Democrats that am. ments offered by Sens. Lehman (D-Lib-NY) and Ives (R-NY) Southern Democrats traditionally oppose civil rights legislation of this nature and could be expected to filibuster against it if k comes up with any chance of passage. i Limitation of the debate, however, prevents any filibustering. Keizer Area Building Burns SUUimii Ktwi Scrric KEIZER A large chicken house on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Heber C. Pratt, 1275 Chem- srwa Kd. was destroyed by lire early Thursday morning. Feed and mash were lost in the fire, although many if not aU of th 9 hTi hnnuul In th K.iHrU . ins escapeu. The blaze was first noticed by jieiguDtir wiiii csueu iuc xveuer : j Fire Department. Three pieces of equipment answered the call. ut. Western International At Vancouver 10-3. Salem -ll At Victoria 7. Tri-City 6 At Spokane 5-7. Calgary 1-S At Wenatchee 9, Yakima 3 At Lewiston 11. Edmonton S Coast League At Loa Angeles 2. Portland S At Oakland 3. Seattle 7 At Sacramento 3. San Francisco At San Diego 7. Hollywood IS American Leaf ae At New York 4. Baltimore 2 At Washington 1. Chicago 0 At Philadelohi 2. Cleveland 7 At Boston-Detroit, rain. National Leagne t Chicago 0. Brooklyn 7 t St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 10 At Cincinnati 7. New York 1 At Milwaukee 4. Pittsburgh 1 No. 40 Flood Threats Increase PORTLAND UFi The Columbia River flood potential contained in mountain snow packs increased in the past month, the Soil Conservation Service reported Wednesday. Nearly all snow courses along the headwaters of the Columbia and i t s principal tributaries showed an increase in water content in a May 1 survey. River forecasters said, however, that the figures have not been evaluated completely. They will undergo study until next Monday, when the Weather Bureau and the Soil Conservation Service will issue a joint forecast on the flood danger. The last joint forecast, based on an April 1 snow survey, warned of a possibly dangerous flood along the Kootenai River in Northern Idaho, of some flood danger in Cascade Range streams of Eastern Washington and British Columbia, and of lesser danger along the lower Columbia. Dien Bien Phu Area Reduced By 'Mole Men' HANOI, Indochina UFi Vietminh 'mole men" dug trenches and fox holes closer to the heart of Dien I Bien Phu Wednesday night amid signs that another major assault on w J ir3 might COITM! quickly. it-- i : i tt" u r French aircraft, taking ad van- tage of a let-up in the tropical rains, plastered vietminh artillery and antiaircraft positions. The planes laid down heavy barrages on rebel artillery southeast of the fortress. In jungle hills there, the Viet minh had been pumping a heavy stream of shells into the center of he fortress and its southernmost .tronrooint "Isabelle " The rehels lohhpd hundred!! of XI mm. mortar shells on the fort's defense lines in a softening-up pro- cess such as usually precedes in fantry attack. Vietminh hordes were in grenade-burling distance of Dien Bien Phu'i barricades. French pilots in American-sup plied Flying Boxcars and C47 Da kota transports braved blinding tropical rains and sheets of rebel anti-aircraft fire earlier Wednesday to drop more French Union para troops and supplies to the weary defenders. From safer air above them U. S. civilian pilots also plummeted down tons of supplies on the hand kerchief-sized dropping zone 1,000 Ieet 10 Pe " Ameri- Sfviltalnh'raB .SK hve nrrlered them tn ctav at in - Lw t:- rii... vw icei over iien xjcii ruu. unc rviint k wounded by anti-aircraft fire Gun Accident Wounds Man Statesraan Ntwi Service WOODBURN Arthur Mack was wounded in both hands Wed nesday morning when a gopher 8 discharged, reportedly while I be was loading. The mishap occurred at Mack's home, one-half mile north of Woodburn on Boones Ferry road. The thumb and forefinger on each hand were torn. Mack was taken to Salem Memorial Hospi tal where attendants said he would remain "about two days." His condition was termed good. Politics on PRICE 5c Who's Running for What in May Primaries! (sutort Mtii stories in m ore- I '"limn rououi Parade ceriei are written by or tot tne candidates on inntatlon r this ?1f.T!p-. "1 ?'D! l " J amj in c- cerdanee with The Statesman's vuy Today's subject: EDWARD E. ROTH Candidate for SALEM ALDERMAN Sixth Ward I was born and grew up in Salem and received my education in Salem schools. Since 1929 I - have been acti- T 4vely engaged in vVv. 't he grocery 1 ' j business, and I V rsr im !l preAent ; ""-J "" I secretary - trea- 1 ' A I surer of the 1 eery vompany, home owned . wholesale gro cery firm which was organized turwara kou jn 191 j. My wish to serve as alderman lis motivated by a desire to help ? -An ' i McCarthy Refuses To Name Inf ormaiiit Ike Asserts Hearing Hurts U.S. Prestige WASHINGTON un President Eisenhower said Wednesday . the McCarthy - Army row has cost the United States a loss of inter national prestige and, to some extent, of national self respect. He hopes, he told his news conference, that the incident will provide advantages that are at least comparable to those losses. He took occasion also, in answering questions, to say he knows nothing that would cause him to lose confidence in Secre tary of Army Stevens' adminis tration of the Army. On that basis, the President said, he would back Stevens to the limit. Eisenhower told- his news con ference last Thursday he hoped the whole business would be con cluded quickly. The question came up again Wednesday in the light of indications that the hear Dulles Denies Plan Laid To Ship GIs to Indochina WASHINGTON (IP) Secretary of State Dulles was reported Wednesday night to have told 24 key congressional leaders the Un ited States at present has no plans whatever to send any forces into the Indochina war. Dulles is understood to have State Department briefing President Eisenhower believes Indochi na is a far worse place to involve American forces than was Korea. The senators and House mem bers met with Dulles for one hour and 45 minutes Wednesday after noon. Responsible informants quot ed the secretary as saying he in tends to press ahead to forge a "united front" to protect Southeast Asia, even if Britain withholds co operation. Dulles was represented as being confident, however, that eventually Britain would decide to join the United States and otner interested anti-communist nations in this plan. He has invited nine countries to join Britain. France, Australia, New Zealand. Thailand, The Phil ippines and the three Indochina states of Vietnam, Laos and Cam- bodia Dulles is reported to have stressed it is vital to American security the United States continue to work closely and harmoniously with Britain as well as France in Western Europe, despite present differences over Far Eastern pol icies. Parents Ask Chinese Free Applegate MEDFORD (AP) The parents of Richard Applegate, National Broadcasting Co. correspondent . . . K -lOK-j -ir.no with iwv v.vii.va..v.. j munisis. nave auuaicu iu . i 1 1 In hie a lease to the Chinese Red delega- UOn ai Hie vjcuoa Lyuiti v . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Applegate said Wednesday they sent this cablegram to Huang Hua, coun selor to the delegation of the People's Republic of China: On humanitarian grounds we beseech you to release NBC Cor- resDondent Applegate. They said Kingsbury Smitn, former International News Serv ice correspondent in Moscow, suggested such an appeal Applegate, INS correspondent Don Dixon and Ben Krasner, U.S. merchant marine captain, were taken by the Reds from Apple- gate's yawl as they sailed for Portuguese Macao. The Com munists never have admitted seizing them. Last week a Hong Kong news paper published an unconfirmed report that the three had been sentenced to prison terms rang ing from three to five years. Parade . . . in securing and maintaining sound city government which will properly express the wishes of Salem citizens for clean, prog ressive and efficient operation of municipal affairs. I am married and the parent of three minor children. As a par ent and as a property owner am deeply interested in seeing that a proper balance is main- tained between income and ex- penditures as well as in provid- ing, within reason, those things which make a beautiful home city and a community wh. h will at- tract and expand home industries tor a sound Dusmess economy. If I am elected, I will make careful study of all issues com- ing within my jurisdiction, and any decision I male will be has - ea on an analysis 01 uw iacis ana for the best interests 01 my ward and the city at large This is mv first cam Dai m for any nublic office, and nave ... ' made no commitments to any in-1 PORTLAND if CIO Wood dividual or any group which I workers and a group of - fir could influence my vote on pub- lie issues. (Tomorrow. Jack Lochead) ing might go on for many more weeks. The President said that when he expressed a hope for a quick conclusion to the hearings, he meant a quick end with effec tive answers from the principals concerned to whatever the sub committee considered to be the main issues involved. McCarthy, informed of the President's remarks, declined to comment on the possible loss of national self respect. On other points, he said "the hearings were brought on by the charges of Stevens and Army counsel John G. Adams. I have no choice but to defend my staff. I think the hearings are a great waste of time, but I didn't call them. I can't call them off." Eisenhower news conference story also on page 5, sec 3.) advised the legislators at a secret France, Russ Agree to Start Indochina Talk GENEVA CP) France and the Soviet Union agreed Wednesday to start peace talks on Indochina Friday if possible and certainly by Saturday. Agreement was reached as trencn foreign Minister Georges Bidault decided to ride out his country's cabinet crisis in Geneva. Bidault s decision against being present lor the vote of confidence Thursday in Parliament was taken as a sign of confidence the cabinet would survive. jean Chauvel, French ambassa dor in Switzerland, spent an hour with Deputy Soviet Foreign Minis ter Andrei Gromyko discussing the impending peace parley. Both agreed it should start as soon as feasible. Later, Chauvel reported the re sults of his conversations to British and U. S. delegations. It appeared that only the belated arrival of delegates from the Associated State of Indochina was holding up the peace meeting. Due From Paris A Vietnamese aeieaiion oi inree Deputy Premier Nguyen 4 J . r .i Trun? Vinh. Fore m Minicter Nni. i o o - -o rv,, tvk Democratization Nguyen Dac Khe. will arrive Thursday morning by train from Paris. Prince Khammao, high commis sioner of Laos in Paris, is coming on the same train. Nong Kimmy. Cambodian ambassador in Wash ington, is expected in Geneva Fri day. As the peace talks neared. French sources said "everything possible" was being done to secure a truce in the bloody fighting in Indochina. Negotiations Slowed But negotiations for a truce to remove tne wounded at Dien Bien Phu were hampered by the fact that the French want to deal in directly with the Vietminh regime through the Soviet delegation. The Russians want the negotiations conducted directly with the Viet minh. A British - Soviet meeting over Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's dinner table Wednesday night was the only other contact between East and West as the work of the Geneva conference to unite Korea came to a near standstill. Plenary sessions have been recessed until Friday. .Revolt Flares In Paraguay BUENOS AIRES. Argentina LF - Units of the Paraguayan Army I were reported Wednesday to nave rebelled against the government of President Federico Chaves at Asuncion, Paraguay's capital, in a bold attempt to seize power There were conflicting reports on whether the government or the rebels were in control in Asuncion I Wednesday night offirial povemment radio sta- a Hnn wtr off the air. But a un Tate station said loyal government I rnrr succeeded in ouelliM the 1 uprising. It added that Police Chief 1 l. Petit was killed in the batue with the rebels. I ! 1 mi, 1 1 1 n vr iitvuiiAiiui3 nuuau. employers resumed negotiations Wednesday, but neither side said 'whether any progress was made. Hoover Backs Secret Data As Authentic By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON (Jt .Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy took the witness stand Wednesday and, in dramatic sworr testimony, refused to aame an Ar my intelligence officer who, he said, gave him secret FBI material warning of Russian spy danger at Ft. Monmouth. N. J. j Roaring his refusal before a tense throng of spectators at a tele vised hearing, the Wisconsin sena tor told Army counsel Joseph N. Welch: "Neither you nor anybody else will get me to violate the confi dence of loyal people.' You can try until doomsday. Welch reminded McCarthy of his oath to 'teD the whole truth and implored him to do so. But' McCar thy stuck to his position and was upheld by Sen. MundJ (R-SD), act ing chairman of the investigating subcommittee. !: Highlight ef Hearing McCarthy's first appearance as witness provided one" of the high lights of the 10-day-old airing of his row with high Pentagon officials. It was McCarthy's day in anoth er respect, too. . " He established, through FBI Di rector J. Edgar Hover. that the secret material in question was a condensed version -mostly word for word of a spy warning the FBI sent to Army intelligence Jan. 28, 1951. i The Army lawy er had challenged McCarthy's version of this materi al in the form of a letter purport ing to be from Hoover as a "per fect phoney." Taken from Memo' Hoover sent word through a sub committee aide that ie never wrote such a letter. But after a recheck the aide. Robert A. Collier, said Hoover told him (he letter was taken almost verbatim, from a much longer FBI riemo issued on that same 1951 day; Then arose the question of where I McCarthy got the fetter. w ith a showmanlike nourish, special counsel Ray H. Jenkins called out the name of his next witness: "Sen. McCarthy! There w as a gasp from the stand ing room only audience. Qualifies Stand ; McCarthy glowered at Jenkins said he'd be glad to take the stand but insisted on one thing: That aU other senators in the inquiry be made to testify under oath, too, on the sources of their information. Then McCarthy strode from the committee table to the witness chair, took the oalh. He said he waived any senatorial immunity lie might have. Then, when Jenkins asked him to say in his own words where the secret FBI data came from. Mc Carthy took the stand from which he never retreated: "I will not under any circum stances reveal the source of any in formation I may get as, chairman of this committee." McCarthy is the regular chair man of the Senate investigations subcommittee. He has stepped down from the po4t for purposes of these hearings. Had Warning McCarthy produced the letter in an effort to show that the army dragged its feet in rooting out al leged subversives although he said it had ample warning. Stevens has repeatedly denied he was dilatory and Wednesday, be declared that the Army ordered a full FBI investigation of Ft Mon mouth in April, 1353 two months after he took office. Person Wins Scholarship James Person, Salem High School athlete and scholar, won a four-year scholarship to Willam ette University Wednesday from Salem Rotary Club. Person, a senior, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Person, 1875 Berry St He is a football and track letterman, Hi-Y leader, member of National Honor and National Athletic Honor Society. Person was introduced to the service club Wednesday noon by Dr. Chester Luther, chairman of the Rotary committee which each year selects for the Willamette scholarship a nigh school senior on the basis of scholarship, char acter, need and activity in line with Rotary ideals of "service above self." 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