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McCarthy Asserts E3eds Infiltrate CQA WASHINGTON OP Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) said Wednesday Communists have infiltrated the elite Central Intelligence Agency. CIA chief Allen W. Dulles prompt ly declared the charge is "false." McCarthy also stated publicly that he had discussed with mem bers of his Senate investigations subcommittee "the question of Communist infiltration of atomic and hydrogen bomb plants." At a meeting with White House officials and others a year ago. McCarthy told reporters later, he was persuaded "but not fully convinced" that it would not be in the public interest to air the reports about the plants at a pub lic hearing. . McCarthy tossed his remarks into the record of Wednesday's McCarthy - Army hearings. The Wisconsin senator said "Communist infiltration of the CIA . . . disturbs me beyond words." He called the reports about the atomic and hydrogen bomb plants "alarming." Army, Demos Seek to Wrest List of 'Reds' From McCarthy By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON fP) Army counsel Joseph N. Welch joined forces with Democratic senators Wednesday in a sudden determined campaign to make Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy turn over to the FBI or Secretary of Defense Wilson the names of 130 alleged Communists who, McCarthy said, are in U.S. defense plants. But McCarthy stuck to his stand that the way to get these pur Last week the eleven-mile sec tion of the Oregon Trail highway (US 30) between Arlington and Heppner Junction was opened for use. This again is on watergrade k ft ,J VtiL w. 'fc Vt wiU Provide any information the hugged the face of the , Muffs ; most Defense Department wants if Sec of the way It marks another step j reta Wllson wm senJ somebod in the modernization of the high-, after u But he emphasi2ed to way system of the state which has ; rea, to tackle thft mattfr been a major undertaking in this is througn public hearings by the postwar period. ! subcommittee headed bv him. mgnway ov is one ih uie muai heavily traveled routes in Oregon. Known in lis lower poruon as me Columbia River Highway it was one of the first to be completed for motor travel. The old road looped the cliffs which hem in the Columbia, and while it was famed as a scenic highway it was too tortuous and constricted for rapid transit by cars and trucks. Pro gressively US 30 has been relocat ed and improved. The water grade location is completed to Rowena and work is being completed to a point three miles west of The Dalles. Above The Dalles the Army engineers are relocating the road to get it above the pool level DacK nf The Dalles Dam. Work west of Arlington will await decision as to the height of the John Day Dam j and reservoir. Farther east, be- yond Pendleton, the highway is being relocated down Emigrant Hill at the edge of the Blue Mts. a . .1 Tl II..J ,rlr iff in f Aw me I UI tlCUJU CUU WW IV t progress on the Banfleld express-' way up Sullivan gulch to connect j with the new highway near Trout- dale. The Pacific Highway 'US 99 is were determined to stop their loy also undergoing relocation. Much alty - security board members of this work in Southern Oregon from being subpoenaed by the Mc has been completed. The major Carthy investigators, projects at present are the Port- And he predicted trouble will land-Salem expressway and the : start again maybe ending in a Salem by-Dass. due for (Continued on Editorial Page, 4) SHOWERS FOR TODAY Showers are on the springtime weather agenda for today accord ing to predictions by U. S. weath ermen ft McNary Field and the highest temperature looked for is about 70 with the lowest tonight about 47. WESTERN INTERNATIONAL At Salem 6, Spokane 1 At Tri-City 7, Lewiston 6 (10 inn ) At Calgary 18-8. Victoria 15-7 At Edmonton 6-3. Vancouver 13 At Yakima 4. Wenatchee 8 COAST LEAGUE At HoUywood . Sacramento 2 At Seattle 4, Los Angeles 3 At San Diego 3. Oakland 9 Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia 7 At Milwaukee 6. Brooklyn 7 (S inn., rain) At St. Louis-New York. rain. At Chicago-Pittsburgh, ram. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston S. Chicago 2 At Washington 7. Detroit 2 At Philadelphia 1. Baltimore 9 At New York 7. Clevland 8 (10 inn.) ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARREN 6000RICN "Mr. Chairman, I rise re paint af arderl" Both situations, he said, are "much more serious" than his sub committee's investigation of al leged subversives in the Army's radar research center at Ft. Mon mouth, N. J. The Ft. Monmouth inquiry has figured prominently in the Army hearings. I The CIA director, a brother of i Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, issued this statement: ! "McCarthy's' charge that the CIA I is penetrated by Communists is i false. "Last summer a McCarthy re port stated that an alleged Com munist in the government printing office had access to CIA classified material. That charge also was false. I wrote McCarthy on Oct. 22, 1953, to give me any informa tion he might have on CIA person nel. Since that time I have not had a word from him on the subject." The CIA is the nation's main counter espionage unit and a clearing house for intelligence re ports from all branches of the armed service and the FBI. ported Reds out ofgstragtegic fac- tories is for his investigating committee to hold public hear ings and expose them. In the midst of a lengthy up roar, set off by Welch's whiplajh cross examination of McCarthy aide Roy M. Cohn, the special Mc Carthy - Army investigating sub committee voted a unanimous "recommendation" that the 130 names to be sent to the Defense Department at once. Won't Obey Ruling McCarthy retorted this wouldn't do any good. He made it plain that, as chairman of the regular senate investigations body, he would not be bound b Wednes day's vote. V? The FBI has all the information he has. and more too. hp said hut powerless to fire subversives from defense plants During the hot row, Cohn at the demand of Welch read off a list of cities in which the plants alleged to be infiltrated are located. They included Syracuse, Rome, Schenec tady, Dunkirk and Buffalo, N. Y., and Quincy, Cambridge, New Bed ford, Boston, Lynn, Fitchburg and Pittsfield, Mass. Welch took off his velvet glove Wednesday and aimed a series of bare knuckle Sunday punches at the McCarthy camp and, in particular, at the 27-year-old Cohn, who at times had trouble curbing his admittedly hot temper With sharp edged irony, and often with hammering insistence, Welch bombarded Cohn with ques- tions. Blames Army Before the defense plant side- lectin SrmA iim Pr,k Arxrt'tnA t U a iwut value up , UHU UCUJCU LUC G. David Schine case is at the root of the McCarthy camp's col- lision with the Army. He sard the trouble would have come up any way because the Army officials whole new investigation like the present one when the subcom mittee resumes its efforts to ques tion those board members. Cohn said these efforts definitely will be made once the present inquiry ends. Doubt Cast on Motives Welch wound up his cross-examination in a plain effort to show Mc Carthy is serving his own pur- : poses and is not really con ; cerned about getting quick action i in his frequent references -to 130 Communists in vital defense plants. ! McCarthy has called repeatedly for a quick end to the present hear ings so he can start a full investi gation of the 130. " Welch, in beseeching tones, asked Cohn 'o take action "with extreme suddenness." "Im in a hurry, " he said. "I don't want the sun to go down without getting them out of the de fense plants." "Will you not," he asked Cohn, who was all but speechless under the elderly lawyer's torrent of words, "before the sun goes down give those names to the FBI so that the individuals may at least be put under surveillance?" Cohn had an answer: He said it's not enough for the FBI to re port the existence of subversives the Defense Department can't force defense plants to fire sus pected workers, and the plants themselves won't fire such em ployes until hearings have been held and the workers have incrim inated themselves ' or refused to testify. Cites "Double - Talk" Cohn said at one point experience has shown that not much besides "double talk'1 results when the De fense Department gets " informa tion on which it should act. Sen. Symington (D Mo), a wealthy industrialist and secretary of the air force before he became a senator, declared it was "incred ible" that Defense Secretary Wil son former head of General Motors wouldn't or couldn't get rid of known security risks in a hurry. 4 French Bomb Bases By LARRY ALLEN HANOI, Indochina Lf) Massive air attacks Wednesday destroyed an entire string of rebel bases only 12 miles from Hanoi used as springboards for slashing the vital rail-highway link with the seaport city of Haiphong. This was announced by the French High Command, which said 30 fighters and 20 bombers blew up huge arms depots hidden by the Communist - led Vietminh in villages they occupied ar the highway. Haiphong is the main port for receiving American military equip ment for the Indochina war effort. Portions of the road and rail link with Hanoi are blown up almost every night by the rebels and re paired in daylight by French army engineers. The air assault on the Vietminh bases was intended both to relieve pressure around Hanoi and to weaken rebel efforts at disrupting the important communications link with Haiphong. Tuesday night Vietnamese troops beat off another attempt by the rebels to overwhelm the defense post of Chonoi near Hung Yen, 30 miles southeast of Hanoi. It was the fifth consecutive night attack on the post in the southeast region of the delta, where the French have been bolstering their forces. French planes gave close sup port to the Vietnamese while arms, ammunition and food were dropped to the defenders. 5GOPsAlso Win Democrat Nominations Five Salem area Republican candidates, successful in the re cent primary, will appear on the ballot in the general election next fall as Democratic candidates too, it was revealed Wednesday in the official election tally released by Marion County Clerk Henry Matt son. A lack of sufficient Democratic candidates for all positions in the state house and senate permitted some Republicans to cop the un claimed Democratic positions as "write-in" candidates, Mattson ex plained. These Republicans include Mark Hatfield, who will appear as both a Republican nominee for the sen ate and as a Democratic nominee; three successful contenders for re presentative seats Robert Elf- j strom, Eddie Ahrens, Alfred W. j T i . i r i . . r i t t man Lanke. The fourth representative candi date for each party who will ap pear as a nominee for his party only are Republican W. W. Chad wick and Democrat Guy Jonas. The official primary count also : showed Donald M. Orange is the : winner in a field of nine write-in candidates for justice of the peace ! of the Mt. Angel district. There j was no official candidate in that . district. Orange won the nomination on j 207 votes. His nearest competitors i were Phillip J. May, 123 votes; Da vid Shepherd, 32; Joseph M. Brock haus, 29. The official tally confirmed the Stateman s election night returns on the outcome of all contests and closely followed the actual vote totals. (Complete official canvass Page 3; Sec. 4.) on ADVERTISING INCREASES NEW YORK UP) A gain of 11 per cent in national advertising volume for the first four months of 1954 compared with the like period last year was reported Wednesday by Printers' Ink. 104TH YEAR Wreck Victim Unconscious, Condition Considered 'Critical' Condition of Benjamin Merle called to the scene, but no patient Ensley, 42, at Salem Memorial ' was taken and they returned after Hospital Wednesday night, was ; considered "critical" as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident one mile south of Liberty May 28. Ensley's attending physician ex plained that x-rays show the man suffered a severe fracture of the skull when his auto crashed on Liberty Road. The man. who was alone in his car the night of May 28 and ea4 route to his job at the State Hos pital, told officers his 1928 model sedan "suddenly veered off the road" and dug ovt earth along the road bank for several yards. First Aid records indicate their car was dispatched to the scene and the log states. "No injuries indicated." Officials of Willamette Ambulance Service explained that they were SECTIONS 28 PAGES Smog Detectives at Worlc in Salem I - ir i ii lira n m im Til ii i ii ii i- i ii in- 'iriilrrifc 1 - i , dfc "Vir r TV. J. Whitsell (left), engineer with the Oregon State Board of Health air pollution control section adjusts the recording graph on the mechanical "nose" installed here to test Salem's air for the next two weeks. At right Chemist Frank Terra glio als o works on the nosey gadget installed by them in the county courthouse. (Statesman photo) Mechanical 'Nose' to Record A ir Poll u tion By CONRAD G. PRANG E Staff Writer, The Statesman A highly sensitive chemical "nose" will be sniffing the air over downtown Salem for the next two weeks for traces of sulphur dio xide. The "nose" is a tricky machine of tubes, bottles, charts and chemicals. It weighs about 500 pounds and was installed in an air intake room in the, Marion County courthouse Wednesday. There it Otto J. Wilson President of United Fund Otto J. Wilson, past president of the Salem Community Chest Campaign, was elected W'ednes day night to the office of presi dent of the United Fund board ot directors. Others elected at the meeting quarters, were Elton Thompson, first vice-president (past chair man of the Red Cross board); Herb Barker, second vice-president (past second vice-president of the Community Chest), and Arthur Bates, treasurer, (treasur er of Community Chest.) Several committee appoint ments are slated to be made at a later date. The board went on record as I favoring continuous efforts of I labor - management organization l for campaign and promotion of the payroll plan payment for ; fund raising. They also expressed ; approval of the Kiwanis Club ; proposed children's day parade this fall as a coordinated effort with the kick-off date for United Fund. Official name and emblem of the Fund is yet to be decided. VOTE HUNGER STRIKE SINGAPORE UP Five hundred Chinese high school students voted Wednesday night to go on a hunger strike until they win exemption from army registration in this Brit 'ish colony. a 10-minute stay Investigating state police ques tioned the man for severaj minutes at the scene trying to determine what it was he had hit along the pitch-black, curving stretch of road. Ensley was described by witnesses as being dazed following the wreck. At about the same time dis covery of the damage to the road bank was found, officers noted that Ensley- was bleeding from the nose and appeared to have a bump on his head. He was driven to Salem Memorial Hospital by an -officer and left there for observation. His attending physician explained that the next day Ensley lapsed into linrfHuHmnnpts anH has hfen in that state since. His home is on 1 Salem Route 4. - - Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, will lie, silently sniffing day and night the air of the city. What it "smells" is recorded on a perpetually. moving paper chart. The machine was set up and is operated by two members of the air pollution control section of the sanitation and engineering division of the State Board of Health. They are W. J. Whitsell, asso ciate engineer, and Frank Terrag lio. chemist. Chief of their section is Richard E. Hatchard. Many Tests Measuring the sulphur dioxide in Salem's air; says Whitsell, is ono of the many background tests used to index air pollution in a certain locality. "We've had a few complaints of a local nature only from the Salem area." he said. "We think, though, that Salem is better off than most cities of its size in re gard to clean air." Sulphur dioxide, a common cause of complaint, is produced by combustion of fuels 'oil, gas and coal) and released as a waste gas by chemical industries and cer tain kinds 'of paper mills. It doesn't hae much of an odor, but it irritates some people's noses, throats, lungs or eyes and it effects certain kinds of plant life. Portland Like Detroit To those citizens who seldom think of Oregon towns as indus trial "smog-pots" it comes as something of a shock to learn that in certain sections of Portland me suipnur aioxiae concemrauuii was louna to De as neavy as in Detroit. Mich. "A big problem with us," says Whitsell, "is cinders falling from s'awdust burners in mill areas It proved to be quite a problem at North Bend but our department j has made good progress there. Oregon is thelohly state with a pollution control program.. Actu ally the main reason the program was established by state law three years ago was to "head off" fu ture problems in connection with ! possible air pollution as more in dustries came to Oregon. j With the horrible example of stream pollution in this state to guide them legislators decided to establish a five-member authority which would work with industries in an attempt to stop existing bad air conditions or to halt them be fore they got far underway. And the "nost" helps them smell things out. Max. 77 7S 65 83 63 .. 72 63 L. 80 . 71 Min. 43 44 30 40 45 43 53 63 60 Precip. .04 .00 .00 .oo .00 .00 .18 .00 .00 Salem Portland Baker Medford . ... North Bend San Francisco Chicago New York . . Los Angeles .. Willamette River 0.0 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Mostly cloudy with a few showers. Cooler today with the highest near 70. lowest tonight near 47. Tempera ture at 12:01 a.m. today was 56. SALEM PRECIPITATION Since Start f Weather Year Sept. I This Year Last Year Normal 42.38 41 J5 37.92 POUNDHD 1651 Young Wins Block of Votes In Rail Battle NEW YORK Robert R. oung Wednesday won a key 800. - 000 votes in his battle for control of the New York Central Railroad system. Election inspectors tallying prox ies in Albany rejected a manage ment challenge of the validity of the huge block of shares cast by supporters of Young. At Albany, a spokesman for Young cheered the decision, de claring that for "all practical pur j poses" the election was "over and done with." But Central Dresident William White promptly declared management will continue its legal fight to block the counting of the shares. Meanwhile, the laborious count of voles went on in an Albany hotel room. Election inspectors have made no announcement other than Wednesdays statement on the challenged shares. The annual meeting, which started with a stormy session last Wednesday, will resume Tuesday noon at the office of the railroad's secretary in Al bany. Whether the tally will have been completed by then was not known. Young claimed at the meeting Wednesday that, with the 800,000 shares, his side had cast 3 mil lion votes more than half of the 6,447,410 shares outstanding. Today's Statesman SECTION 1 General news 2,3,5,6 Editorials, features 4 Valley news 7,8 SECTION 2 Sears, Roebuck ,1-6 j se(tion 3 Society, women's iRrino- Ton Prires General news 4.5Drine 1 P ",cr Star Gazer 6 Comics . 6 Crossword puzzle 6 TV-Radio logs 6 Farm pages 7,8 SECTION 4 Sports 1,2 Markets 4 Classified ads 4-6 Experimental Plane Takes Off Vertically By RENNIE TAYLOR MOFFETT FIELD. Calif. tfi An airplane took off vertically from the floor of a huge dirigible hangar and flew straight up Wed nesday in the first public demon stration of a strange new aircraft.; fostered by the Navy. With a veteran test pilot at the controls and lying on his back, the powerful craft swayed and ma neuvered in the canyon like build ing for about 12 minutes. This craft is the Navy's Con vair XFY-1. This was its nineteen th flight. The others have been made privately. The great hangar, which used to .house Navy dirigibles. was chose., for the historic showing be cause of its enormous size, which gave the plane enough room to maneuver as well as facilities for anchoring safety leashes. The XFY-1 was designed for June 3, 1954 Mill Operators Stand Firm in Refusing Raise PORTLAND (AP) A major group of Washington and Oregon lumber operators Wednesday continued firm against CIO Woodworkers Union proposals for a 12l-rent hourly wage 'boost and other contract changes. Eight committees of employers, headed by H. J. Greeley, told the union policy com mittee at a negotiating session here the industry could not afford any increase in production costs because of economic conditions. They said conditions were differ ent than in the pulp and paper industry where some of the same employers recently granted 2 per cent wage raises and other benefits. The employers again offered to renew old contracts. Union repre sentatives, without renewing talk of a strike originally scheduled for May 3, told federal conciliators further talks with the eight com mittees were useless. The conciliators recessed the talks, subject to further call. ; Union negotiators will meet with ihe Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. here Thursday and with the Pine Industrial Relations Committee at Klamath Falls Friday. Meanwhile there was newspaper speculation that the CIO and the AI L Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union might unite in an attempt to gain wage increases. But union officials had no official comment. The two unions have been negotiating separately. The AFL group has been conducting a strike authorization ballot with officials reporting members voting heavily in favor of a walkout, if necessary, to back union contract proposals. The vote result is expected to be announced Friday : State to Call First Witness In Ramoz Case Statesman News Service DALLAS. Ore The state will call its first witness at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the case of John Ra-! in inviting secret data from gov moz. 48, Grand Ronde section hand : ernment workers, charged with second-degree mur- But Eisenhower ruled out news der. men's questions about the conflict Selection of a jurv required most between the administration and of the opening dav'in Polk County ! McCarthy. He asserted he has said Circuit Court Wednesday, and j his last word on that subject, unless Judge Arlie Walker recessed the ' something happens that makes him trial after District Attorney Wal-' think he has to say something ter Foster and Defense Attorney j more. W. A. Wiest made opening 6ate- Henceforth, he said, he will have ropn just one aim and idea: To win Ramoz was arrested after his j enactment of the admmistration-s brother-in-law. William Lee Riggs, legislative program, which he has . was shot at Grand Ronde on Dec. I called progressive and dynamic 30. 1953. The murder charge was ! but parts of which have tut mags filed when Riggs died 11 weeks later. Selected for the jury were Ar delia Johnson. Ellen Yung, and Albine McCaffery. all of Dallas; Carl Dodson, Dallas route 1; Thel ma Hill. Sheridan route 1; Ivan Peterson and William H. Bush, both of Salem; Frances Burns. Sa lem route 1: Maria Cline, Inde pendence route 2: George Wilson, Monmouth: and Thelma Rosebalm, Amity route 1. ! California Berries PORTLAND UP Two loads of -Bongo," seven-month-old Siam fair to good quality Willamette Val- ese cat 0'f Qef Justice and Mrs. ley strawberries sold to retailers Earl c Latourette, 1650 John St. here Wednesday from $3 to $3.50 createi a stir m the neighborhood a flat, while best Californias Wednesday evening wben he brought $3.75 to $4. clambered" high in a tree nearby Willamette berries continued in i an(j refused to descend, short supply, cool weather having Mrs Latourette called for aid of slowed their ripening. 1 Salem firemen who answered vertical' takeoff and horizontal! flying. Thus far it has not been put into horizontal position during flight. Gradually it "will be freed fror. its leashes until horizontal takeoff and level flight are achiev ed. Many of the plane's specifica tions are secret. Its rated speed is 500 mph. It has two 16-foot pro pellers which revolve in opposite directions. The counter- rota tion prevents the plane from spin ing. It has no landing gear; only caster-like wheels at the rear of its .wing-tips and rudder assembly. Its normal position aground is nose-up. The plane was built wnth the idea of having a fighter which could take off and land on the deck of a cargo ship. An engine which developes three horsepow er per pound of weight made the vertical flight idea feasible. PRICE 5c No. 63 Ike Reveals List of Attacks On Commies By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON UP President Eisenhower, asserting the suprem acy of the executive branch in fighting communism, said Wednes day the administration has rolled up 'an impressive record in that field "quietly and relentlessly" and "under due process of law." Barring questions about Sen. Mc Carthy, Eisenhower issued at a crowded news conference a 1S month record of the blows execu tive agencies have aimed at Com munism. These included convictions and indictments of Red leaders, depor tations, and expansion of the list of subversive organizations. "In Right Direction" McCarthy later commented, dur ing the televised McCarthy-Army hearings, that the presidential statement "lists some very excel lent accomplishments," and added that "this administration has been heading in the right direction in so far as the removal of Communists is concerned." But he said he has some question about how fast the administration has moved against the Reds and repeated he is not bound by any presidential order "which would make it impossible' for bis investi gations subcommittee to get infor mation about wrongdoing in the executive branch. Backs Brawvell The President reaffirmed his backing of Atty. Gen. Brownell's statement of last week fchich ac cused McCarthy of trying to "set himself above the laws of our land" in vongrw. vt nen a newsman came oacK with the question whether McCar thy was "hurting" the program, a look of annoyance overspread the President's face and he snapped: Next question. (Additional details on page 4, sec. 3.) Justice's Cat Beyond Arms Of the Imic the appeal, but weren't able to extract the cat. Reports from fire men were that the animal was about 70 feet up the tree and their ladder won't reach that high. The justice said later Wednes ! day night that he had stepped near : Booeo's retreat a few times and flashed a light upward. The feline hollered down, he said, but clung tiehtlv to the bark. Representatives of the mam fire station, which is equipped with a longer ladder, said that, "If- the cat got up there, he should be able to get back down." Burglar Didn-t Believe in Signs DU QUOIN. Ill A sign ; above the sale in Leo Hindman's ' hardware store " reads: "Safe not locked. No money in ! safe. Just turn handle and open I the door." . i Someone followed those instruc tions Tuesday night, Hindman told police Wednesday, and helped him- self to $300 in cash and $400 in checks.