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Newspaper Page TextU. Friends Talk In Secret on Asia By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON ufl The United States is secretly sounding out friendly United Nations countries to determine whether they would support some form of collective aetion to protect southeast Asia against Communist aggression. Senator Asks tL S. Action In Guatemala (Story also on page 1) WASHINGTON iP American nations arc looking to the U.S. to take a stand against Red infiltra tion in Central American, Sen. Smathers of Florida asserted Thursday. And Chairman Wiley (R-Wis) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for consultation on the touchy issue. "The countries of South America are looking to us for a position," Smathers said "Mere statements of lofty purposes and high sound ins phrases will not do." Wiley said that so far as he has heard the cargo of Communist arms Guatemala got from Poland is the "greatest ever to arrive at any port anywhere in the Ameri cas." Sevilla Sacasa said the shipment described by other diplomatic in formants as including at least 30 carloads of fighting gear and am munition is "excessive ' for Gua temalan needs and "threatens the peace of Central America and the security of the hemisphere." His view that the shipment is excessive coincides with that of some U. S. officials. Nicaragua cut off diplomatic re lations with Guatemala Wednesday charging that Guatemala used its Managua embassy, to distribute Red propaganda and helped Com munist infiltration in other ways. "All of the grave occurrences which haVe taken place in the Cen tral American region during recent weeks." Sevilja Sacasa said, "show a well conceived Communist-type plan." Both the Nicaraguan ambassador and the U. S. State Department reportedly are feeling out the other American nations now on the idea of bringing into play the 1947 mu tual defense treaty of Rio dt Jan eiro and the anti-Communist dec laration adopted in an inter-American conference at Caracas, Vene zuela, in March. These provide not ocly for con sultation but also for definite ac tion, if the American republics wish to take it, against threats from overseas or from internal Commu nism. Sevilla Sacasa conferred with Secretary of State Dulles for 20 minutes today and said the secre tary was "not able to hide his pre occupation and interest in events going on in Central America." The ambassador told reporters he didn't refer to invoking the Rio pact or Caracas resolution but spoke in general of the Communist threat as a "very grave" menace to Central America and the entire hemisphere. The State Department withheld comment on the break between Ni caragua and Guatemala. But it did ask the Swedish government to in vestigate use of the Swedish freighter Alfhelm to haul the arms cargo from Stettin in Communist dominated Poland to the Guatema lan port of Puerto Barrios. POWER STEERING DETROIT (INS) With more than one million power steering units installed on automobiles in the last two years, and sales this year estimated at another mil lion, power steering is proving to be the most popular auto acces sory since the introduction of the car heater and radio. There are about as many miles of elevator shafts as there are subway tracks in New York City. McCarthy Ready to Resume Televised Capitol Hearing By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON if Sen. Mc Carthy iR-Wis said Thursday night "he will be on hand Monday when the Senate investigations sub committee resumes its televised hearing on his row with Army offi cials. "I will be there." McCarthy said. But he added that he could "make no promises" as to other steps he might take in protest against a presidential secrecy order which. the senator contends, "stacks the ; deck" against him. j There had been speculation that McCarthy might boycott the hear ing in view of President Eisenhow er's refusal to modify an order forbidding White House aides and other high officials to testify about a Jan. 21 meeting in which they discussed the Army's troubles with McCarthy and assistants. McCarthy contends this foreclos es him in an attempt to inquire into the genesis o fArmy charges against him and his aides. "I don't see why the President should be afraid to let them tell the truth." McCarthy said. He lik ened Eisenhower's orders to invok ing the Fifth Amendment, as some witnesses before his investigations subcommittee have done to avoid giving any self-incriminating testi mony. McCarthy told newsmen: "I don't like to have the execu tive branch taking the Fifth Diplomatic officials who reported this Thursday nighr said Secretary of State Dulles is anxious to learn if they would vote in the U.N. As sembly for one or both of these moves: 1. Sending a peace mission to Indochina to make an on-the-spot survey to determine whether the present Communist attacks are a threat to world peace and security 2. A resolution empowering the United Nations members to adopt united action, including use of force if necessary, to check further Communist advances in southeast Asia. Highly Informal Informants stressed that talks so far are highly informal and do not necessarily mean Dulles defi nitely will favor bringing the Indo china crisis before the United Na tions. A two - thirds majority would be needed to sponsor such United Na tions intervention under the "Unit ed for Peace" Resolution adopted in 1950 after the Korean War had started. Dulles would be extremely re luctant to risk a rebuff in the As sembly unless he was fairly cer tain in advance that enough votes were assured to approve such res olutions in the face of certain bitter Communist opposition. Top American officials, however, are known to believe the U.N. clarification of the moral issues involved in the Indochina War would facilitate creation of the united front Dulles has been urg ing since last March 29. WASHINGTON UP New Zea land's foreign minister, T. Clifton Webb, said Thursday he "can't conceive of a satisfactory alliance" to block communism in southeast Asia withori Britain as a member. Webb declined to answer report ers' questions as to whether New Zealand would join such an alli ance if Britain stays out. Presi dent Eisenhower said Wednesday it might be possible to establish a workable arrangement without British participation, although it might not be as satisfactory as might be desired. Talks With Dulles "We can't see Britain not want ing to be in." Webb told newsmen at the State Department. "You are asking me to speculate on a situation which we don't believe will arise." Webb conferred with Secretary of State Dulles for nearly an hour on Indochina developments. He also spent half an hour with Presi dent Eisenhower, with Dulles and New Zealand Ambassador Leslie Knox Munro sitting in. Webb said the White House call was "purely oocial." The external affairs minister said his government wants mili tary staff talks on Indochina to begin soon among representatives of his country, the United States, France, Australia and Britain. Six Arrested In Boston for Conspiracy' BOSTON J" Six persons, in cluding Otis Archer Hood, four times Communist Party candidate for governor, and Ann Burlak Timpson, 43, known as the "Red Flame" of New England textile strikes some 20 years ago, were arrested Thursday night on Suffolk grand jury indictments charging "conspiracy." All were rounded up in the Bos ton area with the exception of Mrs. Barbara S. Bennett Rosenkrantz, 31, who was arrested at her Spring field home by local detectives. The three men and three women taken into custody were among sev en named in secret indictments returned by the grand jury which investigated communism in Boston. All were charged specifically with conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government by force and violence since Jan. 1, 1949. Amendment on a meeting at which there were prepared the charges against my staff and me. and then have to order my staff to testify." Secretary of the Army Stevens has stated that he did not act on orders from any higher-ups. but on his own responsibility in bringing the charges. Late Thursday Sen. Mundt (R SD1. acting chairman of the sub committee, said Stevens would be called back to the witness stand Mondav and invited to repeat this statement under oath, SPECIAL THIS WEEK Salem Mix lb. AT SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE Open Daily 7:30 A. M. - S P. M. Sun., IA.M.-4P.M. 137 N. Commercial Swimming ' f I i y 'MHt Jf' J3K.T-:eV There are 15 private swimming unaer construction, soowo auuve who siccj rcimviiciucui nmvu is uciuj one at the Donald Burkland residence, 2535 Bolton, in Candalaria Heights, and another is underway for Dr. L. M. Hammerstad, 710 Winding Way. They are built by Cascade Swimming Pools, only firm of its kind in Oregon, owned by John Medford, Salem, and Phil Tooroger, Portland. Pools are of plastered tile and have filter plants for continued use of the same heated water. Action Stalled on NW Power Bills WASHINGTON. OP Legislation to authorize local participation in construction of two federally auth orized dams in the Pacific North west may provide the basis for a full-scale review of administration power policy. This was indicated Thursday be fore a Senate committee which re cessed without action on either bill. The bills, passed Wednesday by the House, would authorize con struction by local interests of the Priest Rapids power dam on the Columbia River in Washington and joint construction of Cougar Dam on Oregon's McKenzie River at the federal government and Lugene, Ore., Water and Electric Board. At hearings before a Senate pub lic works subcommittee Thursday, however, even Sens. Magnuson and o i n l colons oacK Ike's Plan for Ex-Workers WASHINGTON 1 The House Ways and Means Committee Thurs day approved President Eisenhow er's plan to permit retired workers to earn more income and still keep their social security payments. Officials estimate that more than a million aged workers, otherwise eligible, are barred now from re ceiving their social security checks because of the present restriction. The plan also would permit mil lions of workers retiring in the future to supplement their social security payments with more earned income. The law now forbids pension pay ments in any month ia which a person under 75 earns $75 or more in employment covered by the sys tem. The new plan allows full social security payments for those making up to $1,000 a year. One month's social security check would be lost for each $80 earned above $1,000. Thus, for example, a worker could earn $1,800 a year and still draw two months' social security payments. Under both the present and the proposed new law, persons over 75 may draw their social security pay ments without regard to other earnings. The theory of the restriction is that workers must actually retire from the laoor force before draw ing social security payments. Many workers have complained, however, that they were unable to live on their social security pay ments and they needed more out side income. The first foreign salute to Am erican sovereignty was fired in the Dutch colony of St. Eustatius in the West Indies in 1776. Alexander Graham Bell was a teacher of the deaf before he in vented the telephone. I LADIES! each dozen 490 42" Long G. I. Surplus 1405 N. Church Across from Curtsy's Dairy Ph. 4-5007 II GARDEN STAKES V Ed I II Pool Under Construction -Z? .V ..;MW pools in the Salem area, a recent Jackson (D-Wash), sponsors of the Priest Rapids proposal, indicated only half-hearted support for their bill. Joint Statement In a joint statement, they said they and a majority of Northwest residents would prefer to have the federal government build Priest Rapids. "The primary reason that this legislation is before you," they said, "stems from the fact that there have been no new starts in the Pacific Northwest for two years and this year there are ne funds in the budget to initiate construction on new dams." Magnuson said he "thoroughly disagrees" with the administra tion's change of power policy "but because the Pacific Northwest needs power I feel the local people should have a chance to help them selves." Merit Challenged Jackson challenged the merit of a policy of water resource develop ment in which the federal govern ment assumes the cost of flood control, navigation and other non- revenue producing dam facilities and leaves the power or revenue producing aspects to its "partner." Doubts of the Washington sena tors were echoed by Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) who suggested the sub coqimittee "should be very care ful' in approving legislation which might modify" the national power policy. He said he felt it should not be acted upon without "hear ing's in the field." Asserting that flood control and pfwer development are "insepar able." Morse said he was "not ringing with enthusiasm in support of a proposal which seeks to post pone flood control." Main Topic Priest Rapids Although most of the 2 hour morning hearing was devoted to Priest Rapids, Morse and Magnu son' indicated they would also have "something to say" about Cougar Dam legislation later. Sen. Cordon (R-Ore), sponsor of the Cougar proposal, urged its ap proval by the subcommittee. He said the bill would enable the city to ''provide for its own power needs and at the same time reduce the cost of flood control to the federal government." Ivan Oakes of Salem. Ore., ex ecutive secretary of the Willamette River Basin Committee, said he has "yet to find anyone in the basin opposed to the project." He said flood control features of the project "are very badly needed" in the community. The subcommittee recessed with out acting on either bill. HELP WANTED? rates are most moderate... . I'm 1 H.IIW .KH..iL.jr.-m . 365 N. Commercial 4 W 'c yep.. . y " - 4 hrs- tabulation showed. Two more are Forest Service Running O&C Lands Backed WASHINGTON UPi The Senate Thursday approved a bill to leave administration of 472,000 acres of disputed Oregon timber land in the hands of the Forest Service. It passed the bill on a voice vote after rejecting 52-18, an amendment by Sen. Morse (Ind Ore) to transfer control to the Department of Interior. The bill now goes to the House. The acreage, now administered by the Forest Service, is part of the Oregon and California railroad land grant reclaimed by Congress in 1916. Jurisdiction has been claimed by the Interior Depart ment's Bureau of Land Manage ment which manages two million additional acres of O & C timber. Cordon's Bill The bill, by Sen. Cordon R-Ore, would provide that receipts from sale of timber on the disputed land 'should be in accord with the O&C formula 75 per cent to 18 Western Oregon counties and 25 per cent to the government instead of the reverse which would be the case if receipts were dis tributed in line with Forest Serv ice law. It also would direct that the secretaries of Interior and Agri culture undertake an exchange of lands within two years to block up present intermingled holdings in the area to increase manage ment efficiency. If approved by the House and signed by the President, the bill would resolve a controversy which has existed since early in the cen tury. 'More Sensible' In seeking to place administra tion of the lands under the Interior Department, Morse asserted it would be "more sensible and ef ficient" to have the entire O&C acreage under one agency. He contended also that a recent deci sion of the U.S. Court of Appeals, declaring the lands to be O k C lands, had settled the question of administration. Cordon differed, saying the court decision had not settled the ad ministrative question and was sub ject to appeal. He said also that two additional areas of O & C lands now are being administered by the Forest Service. STAMP ISSUE WASHINGTON (INS) The In terior department expects to sell 1,000,000 1954-55 migratory bird hunting stamps showing two ring necked ducks in flight. The ring necked duck is also known as "ring-bill" or "black-jack." hut v .1 St 4 : llf work : Yound-fte-cbck ahdrhy Phons 3-4163 Flood Threat To 40,000 Idaho Acres f Story also on Page 1) BONNE RS FERRY JPi Flood waters from the rising Kootenai River may roll over 15 of 17 dik ing districts protecting some 40,000 acres of wheat land near here if the river reaches a pre dicted 35.8 feet crest. Gilbert Bean, an information of ficer for the engineers, said all the districts but two might be flooded at 35.8. Farmers in lowland areas have moved out. - Army trucks, troops and bulldozers were rushintr in wherever weak spots appeared in the diKes. Most stores in town hav cIosm! but residents who see the Kootenai threaten them every spring have snown no excessive alarm. More than 2,870 acres were flood ed by breaks in the dikes Thurs day. A bridge over a creek between Troy, Mont, and the Yaak, Mont., Air Force radar station was washed out Wednesday and it left 100 men stranded at the station. The creek eventually runs into the Kootenai. The men weren't in any danger but Capt. Robert Rice, the com mander, said it may be three days before they can get out. Plans were made to bring in a helicopter to drop supplies. Lt. Col. Lloyd L. Rail, who is in charge of military flood - fight ing operations, had men throwing sandbags on railroad tracks near Bonners to keep the river away. The Great Northern Railway sus pended operations through here just before eight miles of its main line track was inundated. Every available man in the area. and many school children, joined in the long operation of sandbagg ing the dikes. Some have been at it 48 hours without a rest. Four housewives assembled a mobile restaurant to keep the work ers fed. They pack a small truck with food and make several trips a day up and down the dikes. They also set iip a trailer cooker to serve the men hot food. The schoolhouse, which let class es out two days ago, is crammed with the household belongings of people from evacuated areas. The main stems of the Columbia and Snake rivers will continue to rise the next five or six days, Elmer Fisher, Weather Bureau river forecaster, said at Portland. The Columbia went over flood stage of 15 feet at Vancouver, Wash., Thursday, and began lap ping into undiked pasture land. The river is expected to push water in the Portland harbor past flood stage of 18 feet by Sunday and be up to 21 feet by Tuesday. Some docks and undiked low lands are flooded at that level, but damage normally is minor. FOOD SERVER GALLUP, N. M. (INS) Albu querque businesswoman Peggy Leach will spend half her sum mer vacation this year for the 21st time cooking 5,500 servings of food for the 500 Indian dancers participating in the Gallup Inter Tribal Indian ceremony. Peggy estimates she has cooked over 100,000 separate meals for the hungry Indians since she under took her unusual project in 1933. Before steel pens were made, quills from swan, crow, eagle, owl, hawk, peacock and turkey feathers were used to make pens. j Poor Circulation? j Nerve Tension? A wonderful new mechanical : ; Home Massage has been devel- S I oped that brings relief from S painful limb cramps, numbness. ! cold feet and other circulatory ; j ailments. 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The royal couple re turned to London after a six month tour of the Common wealth. (AP Wirephoto) Board Backs Construction At Tillamook WASHINGTON OP) The Bureau of the Budget has approved a pro posal for construction of the Til lamook Bayocean peninsula and bar project on the Oregon coast. Rep. Angell (R-Ore said Thurs day. The project, estimated to cost 1 Vt million dollars, involves con struction of a sand dike made necessary by an ocean break through at Bay ocean. Tillamook County will vote Fri day on a proposed bond issue to finance the local share of the proj ect. The local share is to be 15 per cent of the total cost. Best Western Novel Brings Writer Aivard DENVER UPi The Silver Spur award for the best western novel of 1953 went Thursday night to Colorado author Wayne D. Over holser at a Western Writers of America banquet here. Overholser, who writes under the pen name "Lee Leighton," was awarded the group's highest honor for his book, "Law Man." Other winners of Silver Spur awards included: Lucia Moore, Eugene. Ore., for "The Wheel and the Hearth," voted best western historical novel. -' .J t Slm (ttaaflj Mimmi i RIDE THE FRIENDLY BUS LINE DESOTO AUTOMATIC L. ANDERSON, INC. Box No. 446 Shop Center Hinted for Portland Area PORTLAND ! Plans for a multi-million-dollar shopping cen ter in East Portland are expected to be announced here Friday night. Officials of the Lloyd Corp., which owns alarge tract of land east of the Willamette River, sent invitations to a group of civic and business leaders for a dinner at which "plans for development of a project of major importance" will be announced. Portland newspapers reported the project will be a 22-block shopping center with the major merchant to be Allied Stores, Inc., a department store chain not now in Portland. Allied Stores operates the Bon Marche stores in Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. The firm helped de velop the big Northgate shopping center at Seattle. It also is build ing a store at Eugene. The Lloyd tract i sseveral blocks east of the river, near the city center. Newspapers here said the shopping center would be just north of the new Bonneville Ad ministration building. Logger Dies In 185-Ft. Fall From Tree ROSEBURG Wi The E. G. Nelson Logging Co. operation 20 miles southwest of here Thursday morning had its second fatality within two days. The victim was William Joseph Berg. 26, Cottage Grove. Fellow workers said he was atop a 183- foot spar tree putting up new rig ging when he swung his axe at a knot, missed and cut his safety belt. He fell to his death. Wednesday Donald Benson. 27. Winston, was fatally crushed by logs rolling irom a truck at the Nelson operation. The Thursday accident increased Douglas County's logging death toll for the year to six. Frosty summertime desserts These summer-time desserts are cool and refreshing, as delicious as anything you ever pat in your mouth, yet you whip them op ia do tune at all. Yoa'll find the recipes for 7 of them in Joot Better Homes & Gardens. Straw . berry Angel Loaf. Peach Parfait Pie, Pineapple Snow Cake, Cara meled Peaches, and others that sound and are just as tempting. Get Juae Better Homes & Gar dens today. Wherever maa zincs are soldi QxHS3?ooo Saltm, Ore.