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4 (Sc 2) Statesman, Satan, Or WL, NovlO. 1954 'Misused' Codes !Not So Secret, Charge Against Petersen Shows I By LEE GARRETT r WASHINGTON A govern ment bill of particulars ; showed Tuesday that Joseph S. Petersen Jr. is charged with misusing sec- ret documents concerning some codes which, according to father . sources, are in no sense secret.; These documents j concern a . ' Chinese radio code and an Army decoding machine, both of which ' have bc;n mate available to the public. , '; ; ; ; ' ! OJicr ci-arges-against the form er National Security Agency; iNSAj -Cordon Trails 'Neuberger in Yote Canvass employe, however, involve inf or j maUon on the breaking of a Dutch code in 1948 and on ''routing of North Korean political security traffic" at a time when the Ko rean War was in progress, I ' Peterson, 40, was arrested a month ago at his Arlington, Va., apartment' on charges , that he obtained defense secrets with "in tent or reason to believe" that they would be used to the injury of this country and to aid another. Until Tuesday the nature of' the charges against him have been al most as, secret as the work of the NSA. 1 a hush-hush government agency with principal duties of monitoring world wide radio com munications and dealing in secret codes. ' " . j Dutch-Invehred The government at first declined to name the foreign nation involved, but later confirmed, after the Dutch themselves had said so. that it was the Netherlands.' Dutch officials said Petersen had ex changed information with an of ficial of their Washington embassy; They said they thought! .the ex change was authorized. The secrecy lid was lifted only slishtlv Tuesday (with Ihe filing of a bill of particulars inthe federal " Richard L. Neuberger, Demo . . crat, for U. S. senator, : Tuesday ; i continued to lead U. 5. Sen. Guy Cordon by 2,252 votes in Tues - day's general election, based . on figures received from! 22 of Ore ! gon's 36 counties, David O'Hara, T. registrar of the State Elections Bureau reported, ? N - ? ! In Douglas County! which re-! court at nearby Alexandria, Va -ported Tuesday forenoon, Meu- "bcrger and Cordon each lost five votes. Neubcrgcr's previous un official lead was 2,095. i . "i O'Hara said that because; of the large number of county re . turns received Monday he has been unable to extend all of the figures for tabulation and indi cated the state official canvass of the votes in 1 the senatorial krace at Tuesday's election would not be completed before early next week. : - i : j ,' l Election bureau officials sad -they would release the official Tcanvass of votes in the senatorial contest as soon as they are com pleted and follow with thevoje in other races. . . : .' 1 .' O'Hara said several of the larger counties, including Mult nomah, probably would not have their -.-returns tabulated arif ready for the official canvass-fo? - a week or 10 days, j l j j ' ;'' ' : i T t -Navy Veteran Opens Salem where Petersen is to be tried. He is now free on $10,000 bail. 1 Among the charges contained in the bill is that Petersen kept in his apartment classified documents and notes relating to a Chinese telegraphic code and an analysis of cryptographs, or coding and de coding machines, used by the Army's Signal Intelligence Serv ice. i j' . . - j; In General Use . I The Chinese Embassy! told news men the Chinese code Involved is in general use among oriental mer chants and involved a reduction of Chinese characters to numbers, for easier radio transmission. The Department declined to ex plain the significance of the docu ment on North Korean political security traffic. The bill of particu lars said the classified document, dated Feb. 20, 1951, was taken by Petersen some tune in 1952. The Korean War was then in progress. Among other things, the court paper filed Tuesday said that some time during - March or April, 1948, Petersen "copied and made notes from classified documents in dicating United States success in breaking codes utilized by the Neth erlands government." Top ervice Recently returned to Salem jto - make his home after 23 years of duty in the U. S.I Navy, is LL George B. ' Dilley, native of Sil terton and now a resident; of 1980 iS.!Hich St i j .ill! Dilley, a veteran navy electron ics officer, was retired from act ive duty Nov. 1 and I has opened his own television and radio repair business at 641 N. High St i ii On active duty he served in the Pacific during World War II, and joined the crew of the Carrier ' Franklin D. Roosevelt at: 1 its launching at the end of the war He is a graduate of several Navy electronics schools ; and has taken resident and extension training at Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology and University of Calif or " nia. Capitol Radio Engineering In stitute and National. Radio In stitute ; . j i Death Claims City Resident Mrs. Sadie Henderson, 70, a Sa lenv resident since 1919, 'died Tuesday morning in a Salem hosj pital after a long illness. j Mrs. Henderson was born June 16, 11875, in Green Mountain; Iowa. She lived in Marshalltown, Iowa, and Everett,' Wash., before moving to Salem -with her hus-l band, William E. Tomhnson, who died in 1933. In 1934 she was married to George A. Henderson of Salem, who died here in 1948. Mrs. Henderson was a member of Leslie Methodist Church and Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges. Her home was at 940 Mill St Survivors include a step-son, T. Harold Tomlinson, Salem; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret J. DeLaney, Salem; Mrs. Ida Foster, White Rock, B. G; Ma. Emma Wilke, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Rua Jones, Seattle; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, i 40-HourWeek ic of State " Worker Meet ' " - .' How to include in the 40-hour-week some 1.700 state workers now working longer tours is one of the top problems to confront the eleventh general council of Oregon State Employees Associ ation opening Thursday' at Bend. Some 90 resolutions have been submitted for action at the ses sion covering problems of proper control of exchange time, com pensatory time, retirement pro posals, improvement of insurance programs and chapter activities. Thirty j. delegates representing the 2.300 jOSEA members in the Salem area will be headed by State President Virgil O'NeiL and Executive Secretary Forrest Stew art. Also in the Salem contingent will be past president E. A- Barn ford, State Secretary Kenneth Con over, Public Ttelations Director Genevieve Morgan, District Dir-ector-Elect Carl Hobson, District Director Gordon Tomlin and head quarters staff consisting of Jean Brimacombe, Robert Ashby and Rudy Meffert. I Donald Spanier, in charge of the field salary survey being conduct ed by Barrington Associates of New York City, will present the program of his firm and give a .report of the results to date. 1 f Other highlfehts of . the three day meet will be a Saturday eve ning dinner and social and election of officers for the coming year. 'Arraignment Set For Albany Man An Albany man, charged with embezzlement by bailee, will be arraigned Friday , in Marion County District Court The man is Ivy Benson. 41. He Is accused of removing a car frdra the state - before the auto was fully paid for. Complainant in the case is Alsinan Motors, 3995 Silverton RdL Bail on Benson is $1,500. Salem Schools Observe Week For Education Open houses and dinners -at Sa lem Public Schools "are being held this week In observance of Ameri can Education Week, which ex tends through Saturday. The activities are aimed parti cularly at the public as the idea in Salem is to get parents to visit the schools, school officials ex plained.. ' j : Most schools -are displaying post ers, which are in observance of the week and were made by stu dents. Theme is "Schools Are Your Responsibility." Open houses will be held today at Hoover School, from 7 to 9 p.m. and at Roberts School from 7:30 to 3 p.m., ' - . - At Liberty; a ham dinner will be held for parents from 6 to S p.m. and open bouse will follow until 9. - j At Washington School Friday a turkey dinner will be held for par ents from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and teach ers will be present in their class rooms to meet the public. Open houses will also be , held Friday at 'Auburn School, from 3 to 4 p.m., and at Salem Heights from 7 to 9 p.m. The latter will include a harvest festival theme. 'Liberty School's fifth grade will present a play, "Miss Liberty and the Children," Friday afternoon at 1:15. ; . ' j . The Salem Classroom ! Teachers Association will present a tran scription tonight at 7:15 over radio station KOCO, entitled j "Passing of the Hickory Stick." ; The skit deals with modern methods of classroom discipline and the tran scription was obtained from the National Education Association. Open houses were also held at Mt. View, Pringle, Halls Ferry and Bush Schools Tuesday. ! Succumbs - i w British Troops Battle Mau Mau Terrorists NAIROBI, Kenya Ufi f Five hun dred African police 'and British troops fought a j pitched battle Tuesday night against 120 .Mau Mau terrorists 40 miles from Nai robi.1 ! I , l j. . Radio reports from the area said security forces killed 12 terrorists and captured or injured many . more. . 1 ' Powell to Attend Sayings & Loan Meet in California Robert K. Powell, executive vice president of Salem Federal Sav ings 2c Loan Association, will pre sent a major committee report at the national convention in Los Angeles next week of U. S. Savings k Loan League. j 5, : After committee sessions ion the subject of general business and economic trends, Powell will make the report to the convention. Powell will be representing the Oregon Savings 4c Loan League which recently elected him presi dent, . - ; i Senate Honors Deceased Solbns . -i . : . j u ;u WASHINGTON (UP) A solemn Senate turned aside from other work Tuesday for glowing tributes to three members who died ear lier this year. i The late Sens. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.),. Lester C. Hunt D-Wyo) and Hugh Butler (R-Neb), were eulogized at length by a parade of speakers from both parties in 1 the officially designated memorial service. : - j -;; -' They also were tributes to the late Sen. Burnet R. Maybank (D SC), although1 regular eulogies for Maybank will be held later. Rela tives asked a postponement be cause of an- illness is the family. One of the most emotional trib utes to McCarran came from Sen. Joseph iCr McCarthy i (RrWis), whose possible censure brought the Senate back into session yes- teroay. , - , Charles E. Strkklin, Oregoft state engineer who -died in California ' Monday. ; - S StricklinLono; Active in Area Engineering (Story also on page 1) Charles j Ernest Stricklin, whose death was announced Tuesday in Salem, was a former president of the Association of Western State Engineers and active in regional 'engineering work, j I A 1911 graduated Oregon State College, he served as a field en gineer in railroad and irrigation work and as a water board field agent before his appointment as an assistant state engineer in 1918. XHe left Oregon ! in 1916 for a period of; Army duty on the Mexi can border. j ) ' In addition to his duties as state engineer,! Stricklin served as sec retary to the State Reclamation Commission, a member of the State Hydroelectric Commission, consultant to the Oregon Klamath River Commission and member of the State Sanitary Authority, Coun cil of State ' Governments, Natural" Resources Committee, Columbia Basin Compact Commission and State Soil Conservation! Commis sion. ': f j " jf , He also acted is . engineer for Khe Willamette River Basin Com mission. His service as president of the Association df Western State Engineer) was in 1934 and 1935. In Salem Stricklin was a mem ber of the Masonic Lodge and was & Knight Templar land a Shriner. He is survived by the widow. Mrs. Lucille Bell Stricklin, and a daughter.1 Mrs. James Rowe, San Bernardino, Calif. 3?y4 "port AIT Of A HAPPrFIAVElF "i'J FREE RADIO and MUSIC tn all gvest room (morrywHh TV) Picture yowrself et ease... content... relaxing lo the strotns of yow fovorit music Yo are enjoying life ot me Biltmore where 1500 "King Size" guest rooms offer Radio and commercial-free Music-By-Wire. NO EXTRA OUICE. , F9T Reservations Call Portland AT 860J llTHlOnE HOTEL tos MGEiu I j i Foods that contain nitrogen -i t called proteins. M Oregon AFL; Reports Cost Of Campaign ' i ' . ; The Oregon State Federation of Labor spent $12,200 in behalf of Richard Lf Neuberger for V. S. Senator, and the four other Democratic nominees, for repre sentative fa congress, according to an expense statement filed in the state elections' bureau Tues-. day. -V; ."; J ' , :i : -;'; - Expenditures on behalf of Neu berger aggregated $3,400. For Donnell Mitchell, v representative in congress, 1st congressional dis trict, the Federation expended $800: for "Albert C. Ullman,, rep resentative - in congress, second district, $4,000; Edith Green, 3rd district, $4,000, and Charles O. Porter, 4th district, $400. ! Other expense statements filed Tuesday:- . j . Guy Cordon for Senator Com mittee, A. W. Moltke, chairman, $1,120. ; .v.:.--' . Guy Cordon for 'Senator Com mittee, R. A. McQuarry, secre tary, $287. ; v . j . F. F. Hill, in support of Sen. Guy Cordon, $240. j King, Miller, Anderson, Nash and Yerke, in support of j Sen. Guy.Xtordon, $350. j Leslie Wadsworth, In support of U. S. Rep. Walter Norblad, $100.-'- ...,(.:.-" . . j. ; , Machinists' Non-Partisan1 Po litical League of Oregon, Milo O. Holt, secretary-treasurer, in sup port of Richard Neuberger for U. S. Senator, $500; for Charles O. Porter, $100; Norman O. Nil sen, Democrat, for Commissioner of Labor, $350, Channel Chuckles By BO Keane AUNT TENNAl ff "Okay what program were yon harrying to see this time?' ; Rebels Wound 3 Frenchmen ALGIERS , m . ; Rebels . firing automatic weapons from mountain caves wounded three. French para troopers Tuesday in a clash in the wild Aures Mountains of South western Algeria; t 'j . ' Losses among the nationalist reb-' els were believed high. The fight broke out when two companies of French parachutists suddenly were swept by automat ic fire from rebels hiding in grot tes and caves south of the moun tain village of Foum Toub. No other clashes were reported in the sparcely settled region where nearly 5,000 French troops are trying to stamp out a rebel lion launched Nov. 1. - . ' AH U. S. states except Geor gia set the minimum voting age at 21. Georgia made it 18 during WnrM W TT " VISIT FRED MEYER Jsf BMiai "Salem's Largest Selection" Dolls, Trains, Mechanical Toys, Puzzles; Games, Ornaments. 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