Ike Molds Out Mmm of Cooperation to Gonfflpess
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State of Union Talk
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Urges Both Parties
io Avoia raraiu
-104TH YEAR
OtP
' President - Eisenhower really
gave a report to Congress on the
"state of the union" as required
under- the constitution. He re
viewed conditions both domestic
and international, giving his
views as to our nation's policy:
First, to maintain freedom and
justice at home and work for
them abroad: Second, to keep our
economy healthy, providing em
ployment and better opportuni
ties;, Third, to-be concerned with
human problems.
His recommendations were di
rected toward making this policy
effective. xThis calls for military
strength which postpones a bal
ancing of the national budget It
requires a continuance of heavy
taxes. The President renewed his
recommendation of a health re
insurance program which failed
to make progress at the last ses
sion; and again endorsed state
hood for Hawaii. Repeated also
were his recommendations, for re
vision of the Taft-Hartley law and
lowering the voting age: also an
extension of a federal housing
program of 35,000 units for each
of the next two years. Reserved
for future messages were his pro
posals, for highway ..construction
and for affirmative action to pro
vide school housing.
The tone of the President's
message was what one might call
conciliatory. Though in the cam
paign he warned against a "cold
war" if control of Congress pass
ed to Democrats he gave no hint
of such '
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Hammars
For Vi
Hours
UNITED NATIONS, K Y. tf -Dae
Hammarskjold and . Chou En-
Lai talked for 3Vi hours in Peiping
Thursday about It American fliers
jailed as spies and other U. N.
personnel held by the Commu
nists. The V. N. said they will
meet for a second round at 3 p.
m. Peiping time Friday.
The U. N. secretary general, and
the premier foreign minister of
Red China went into their first
' formal conversation flanked by
high. British trained legal ad
visors., U. N. circles here specu
lated that the legal aspects of the
Issue revolving around the im
prisoned fliers were paramount in
kiold
Chou
Confer
. this initial meeting.
Hammarskjold flew to Peiping
in a dramatic effort to obtain the
release of the American fliers and
the repatriation of other U. N,
personnel held by the Communists
from the Korean War.
In U. N. Assembly ' debates on
' the issue, the United States and
its allies declared the fliers were
tnLitary. personnel, not spies, and
should be treated as prisoners of
- war.
The Communist bloc replied that
these men were shot down in Chi.
na.on an Espionage mission and
their convictions were in accord
with Chinese law.
Hammarskjold also wants the
repatriation of hundreds of pris
oners of war who have not been
accounted for -and who are be
lieved to be held in Communist
camps or jails.
Toe Woe Due
To Lazy Dog
FAIRBANKS. Alaska un Be
. cause his dog left the door open.
Phillip Gleason, 35, was hospital
ized here Thursday, with severely
frozen toes. . .
Gleason, a carpenter, said it all
happened while he was minding
his own business asleep in bed in
his cabin 16 miles south of here.
During the night, his dog pushed
open the.; door and entered the
Cabin to escape the 42 degree be
low zero cold. The dog neglected
to close the door,
Gleason said he awoke in the
morning with all his toes frozen.
His physician said they probably
wiu nave to be amputated. .
ANIMAL CRACKERS
T WARREN COOORtCN
Did I ever toft you hew your
ra proposed?"
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NEW YORK Heavy selling
dashed prices down Thursday in
the stock market for the second
straight session, g . .
A fairly strong rally near the
close, however, cut back extreme,
losses and sent many, key issues'
into higher ground.
As measured by the Associated
Press average of 60 stocks., the to
tal value of all securities listed on
the New York- stock exchange de
clined an estimated $1,600,000,000.
The fall Wednesday, by contrast,
was around $3,400,000,000 in quoted
value. j J
Individual issues showed losses
of 1 to around 5 points in numerous
cases. Gains went to between 1 and
2 points. i
U. S. Move I
Wednesday's break was touched
off after the Federal Reserve
Board in Washington raised mar
gin requirements to 60 per cent
from 50 per cent in a move that
wall Street interpreted as a psy
etiological warning against letting
the current bull market get out of
bounds. Stocks have been advanc
ing strongly for nearly 16 months
v The Associated Press average of
to stocks dropped back $1.60 at
$150.80. Wednesday it was down
$3.40. The retreat now has brought
tre average down to the level of
last mid-December:
The industrial component of the
average fell $2.70, railroads were
off $1.70, and utilities eased down
10 cents. $ i
193 Issues Up i i
There wer 1,281 individual is
sues traded, nine less than Wednes
day's record high. Gains were
made by 19S issues while 921 felL
There were 11 new highs and 8 new
lows for the year scored. .
Volume bit 5,300,000 shares,
highest since the outbreak of World
War II on Sept 5, 1939. when the
total was 5,932,000 shares. Wednes
day's volume at 4.640,000 was the!
highest since the start of the Ko
rean War in June of 1950.
Intense Selling
Selling became to Intense in the
afternoon that the ticker dropped
13 minutes behind in reporting
transactions on the floor.
Brokers' offices were Jammed
and their phones seldom silent An
nouncement that a Senate commit
tee planned to study the long rise
in the market brought a flood of
new queries to j dealers. ;
Pledge
World's Fair
SurveyJ Fund
Marion County became the
firlt county to pledge its share
of $30,000 needed by the Oregon
Centennial Commission to make
a world's fair survey. Thirty-one
businessmen pledged $1000 at a
Thursday morning breakfast at
the Marion HoteL '
Edwin Armstrong, the gover
nor's administrative assistant, and
Charles Bollinger, secretary of
the commission, said the Stanford
University research agency will
make the survey to determine if
a world's fair in Oregon is feas
ible.: - i;
. Portland will attempt to raise
two-thirds of the $30,000, asking
the rest of the state for the re
maining sum, Bollinger said.
The. meeting of businessmen
was requested by . William IL
Hammond and Bernard Milnwar-
ing, local representatives of Gov
ernor. Patterson's committee to
study the project v
Bank Robbery
to
SEATTLE (f Less than 24
hours after -the $67,000 robbery f
a suburban Tacoma bank, a maga
zine sales crew supervisor was
arrested Thursday and charged
with conspiracy in the holdup. A
taxicab driver; held as a witness,
asked to be kept in jail for his
own safety. . ; j
The FBI reported "a small part
of the loot was recovered and a
search for other persons continued.
Officials didn't explain how the
quick arrest ; occurred, but, the
Post-Intelligencer said indications
were the taxicab driver had given
a crucial tip 'and was frightened
tha. he might be. harmed by per
sons still at large.- .
The charge of conspiracy to
commit , the robbery of the Park
land branch of the National .lank
of Washington was filed against
John' William Murphy, 35, super
visor of a door-to-door , magazine
sales crew.":--"j-"-
Brought before U. S. Commis
sioner John A. Burns, Murphy said
he had no attorney and his ar
raignment was continued until 1:30
p. m. Monday. Bond was set tem
porarily at $25,000..
The man held - as a' material
witness .was Virgil K. Gunnarson,
The- Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 7,
Everything from Paper Clips to Law Books Ready at j Capitol
9 "i '
Making ready for the 1955 Oregon Legislature, state employes are
filling the legislators' desks with everything from paper clips to
law books and are otherwise getting the House and Senate cham
bers in order. Snch was the scene in the House chamber, above,
Plane Crashes
Claim Lives '
Of 12 Persons
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
! Plane crashes -round the world
in the last two days have taken
at least a dozen lives. All but one
of the planes were American mili
tary craft Three of the accidents
were collisions in the air of jets.
Eight persons, including five In
dian children, were reported killed
in the worst of the wrecks, the
only non-military one. A. Saskat
chewan Government -Airways
plane crashed at Buffalo Narrows,
200 miles northwest of Prince Al
bert in an attempted landing and
all aboard were, killed.
At Braman, Okla., a crippled
B47 six-engine jet bomber whirled
crazily, crashed; and exploded in
a wheat field. The .three crewmen
were killed. . t , :
Two planes collided in a blind
ing flash of light high over Tokyo
Bay. Boats searched the bay for
possible survivors. The VS. Far
East Air Force i said a Sabre jet
fighter and a jet trainer were
missing. -
, Two men survived another jet
collision over the Gulf of Mexico.
One of the stratojets limped home
to Lake Charles, La. The other
plunged into the Gulf.
Ironically, an observer in the
surviving plane fired his eject er
seat and parachuted down about
a minute after the impact. He is
missing along with the three crew
men of the other craft.
The third jet collision was at
20,000 feet 15 miles southeast of
Big Spring, Tex. Two pQot-instruc
tors and their students were able
to parachute to safety.
Suspect Held,
Be Kept in Jail
25. Tacoma. After Murphy was
taken from the courtroom, Gun
narson was told he was entitled
to be released on his personal re
cognizance., j
"I do not want to be released.'
he replied. I am in fear of my
safety and would rather stay, right
in jail until this whole thing is
cleared up." S
r Bail for -Gunnarson then was set
at $1,000.-
Richard D. Auerbach, FBI agent
in charge, said "There is no ques
tion that Murphy wa not the only
person involved in the robbery.
Asked whether Murphy was al
leged to be the principal, figure in
the robbery, uerbach replied:
"We don't believe he was."
He added that in view of'the
active continuing investigation he
couldn't disclose bow much money
was recovered, where it was found
or details of the arrests. "
The Tacoma bank was-robbed
during the noon hour Wednesday
by a lone, armed man who ordered
a bank employe to fill a paper bag
witn money. Then the robber made
a getaway afoot after caHiag "Hap
py New Year to 40 employes and
customers who had been held at
pistol point
7- A
Lee
Ohmart
Committee
By ROBERT E GANG WARE . .: - k
: ' City Editor, The Statesman ;.. X'l
Lee Ohmart,' Salem realtor who steps up to the Oregon Senate
this year after two terms in the House from Marion County, will
head the Senate committee which probably will tussle with highly
controversial electric power and truck-railroad rates legislation.
State Sen. Elmo Smith, already assured of the Senate presiden
cy in the legislative session now
LebanonTrip
New to Mayor
Of Lebanon
SUtcsmaa News Service
LEBANON "Aw: you're kid
ding!" responded Lebanon Mayor
Ralph Scroggin Thursday when a
story datelined Beirut Lebanon
was read to him over the tele
phone. :
The Associated Press story re
lated that mayors of 25 U.S. towns
named Lebanon will be invited
to visit the republic of Lebanon
during its "special tourism year"
of 1955. Invitations reportedly
were mailed inviting the mayors
to come as Lebanon's guests for
two weeks, March 1-15.
Finally convinced the story
wasn't a joke, the mayor of Linn
County's Lebanon said: "Golly, I
just don't know. It sounds awful
ly . alluring, but I don't know
whether I'd be free to make the
trip." . t , 1
Asked if' he knew the location
of the republic of Lebanon, May
or Scroggin said he knew it was
in the vicinity of Syria because
he recalled Bible passages relat
ing the nearness of the cedars of
Lebanon.
"That's why I thought it was a
joke at first," added Scroggm.
"Imagine a far-off spot like that
inviting a bunch of mayors to
come and visit" . f
Mercury Dip
On Forecast
Weather will remain on the cold
side in the Salem area today, with
little likelihood of rain, according
to weathermen at McNary Field,
The mercury dropped to 28 early
Thursday morning and this morn
ing's minimm is expected to be
near 26. .. '
Max. Mln. Preclp.
M 2S tract
41 ST M
90 14 trace
40 29 trace
4 31 M
41 . 31 .00
S5 40 .00
90 4 J09
- XI - IS JDO
talea
Portland
Baker
Medford
North Bend
Roseburf
San rranciaco
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
4s 32 UT :
Willamette- River SJ feet
-FORECAST from U. S. weather
btireaai. McNary field. Salem):
Partly cloudy today and tonight:
high today near 44, low tonight near
28. - ,- -v -
Temperature at 12 M ajn. today
was 2S. '-; .,: i
- SALEM nECTPRATION
Sine Start of Weather Tear Sept. 1
Tkis Tear - Last Tear 'rmal
1CJO . SL43 JS.1S
1955
PRICE
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L Loran L. Stewart
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' Zt a vV7r.:UDai' !f",,s
BiT Vil M '"'Tr1 worrra cnecKea in sup-
plies.Thursday (Statesman Photo)
to
in
only three days away, announced
lutuaua vuab ocu vuiuaik wvuiu
be appointed chairman ox the
Senate committee on commerce
and utilities.
Smith said he
considered the
Senate fortun
ate in having
Ohmart among
its freshman
members, j
"His legisla
tive experience,
stability and
cool judgment
make him an Lee ohmart
ideal man to head that commit
tee " Smith said of Ohmart's ap
pointment
Ohmart also will serve on the
Senate taxation committee, added
Smith. !
Not Disclosing Plans
But the Senate leader said he
was not yet ready to disclose the
committee plans he has in mind
for Marion County's other sena
tor, Mark Hatfield, or for other
senators other than those 'chair
men he identified earlier.
Sen. Smith predicted he would
have Senate organization all but
completed by the time the .Senate
holds its pre-session caucus at 7
p.m. Sunday in Capitol Room 300.
He said the Senate this year
will have enough members ex
perienced in the state's fiscal af
fairs to permit entirely separate
makeup of the taxation and the
ways and means committees.
"This will prevent overburden
ing senators who otherwise might
have to serve on both commit
tees, with the result that they
should be able to concentrate on
the one committee and expedite
their work," Smith said.
Other Committees
i Ohmart was the House taxation
committee' chairman at the last
session, served on that House
group in 1951 and on the tax in
terim committee both times. He
was also; on rules and the state
and federal , affairs committees
last session.
He is now one of eight Oregon
legislators serving on the Colum
bia Interstate Compact Commis
sion, representing seven states.
Recommendations of this group
on the compact about river use
will be brought before the 1955
Legislature here and in the other
affected states.
Morse Calls Ike's
Talk 'Statesmanlike'
WASHINGTON WT Sen. Morse
(Ind-Ore) j Thursday called the
foreign ' policy and military sec-
Ltions t of President Eisenhower's
message : "statesmanlike. -
However, he said a "large seg
ment" of Eisenhower's domestic
proposals to Congress show that
the President "continues to be ill-
advised by reactionaries, in "his
Head
Senate
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No. 288
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i Routine! Blast
I . i
Severs Lines,
Blocks Road
vnr.rrv ,m J a LI
wwamg w euramaie a angerous
S!!.ffi& J&TS' J?
pectedwould be a routine dyna-
mite btest Wednesday. .
But the explosion was so terrific
Lfc 7 Tf1, &aA
earth, ripped put telephone and
V;Xr r , ' '3r
Traffic was detoured around the
blocked section about 40 mUes rrevio nmie nouw announce
west of here ments had taken the edge off
Bert Thompson, mill manager. mai of the new proposals; such
said boulders and debris destroyed 85 for a var n". highway pro-
a large transformer which sup- llluUillcu. r uiuyw
plied both the plant and the town sal rnilitary service, resistance to
of Swisshome. Also damaged were x cute, a minimum wage boost
the mill's boiler room and steam boP ? 90 cents, an hour iiich
and feeder lines from a power-
house. Thompson, who made no
damage estimate, said it will be'" ' ji'Y , TZ" " j
two weeks before repairs are coni -
pleted.
Workmen continued Thursday
trying to clear the blocked section,
They were not sure how long it
would take i
c - itMmMM v. ha.
lived the force of the blast was
underestimated because it was m
a straU of soft rock -which did
ch im in nrTnininn tftsts.
uv. " -i- r r
Suit Contests
Allocation of
TV Channel
uregon xeievision was auai:.eu
Thursday in legal action by Colunv
bia Empire Telecasters. owned by
the Oregon Journal and KPOJ.
: Columbia Empire said its attor
neys were petitioning the VS.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Wash-
uigton to hold up the communica-
Hons commission construe 1 1 0 n
permit to Oregon Television,
pending a neanng Before tne 0f prizes offered by Dallas mer
court I ..'. chants. : ' ' i
The commissioner earuer ,had
refused Columbia Empire's re-
quest for a reliearing. ,
; Television, owned by
Jack Meier and others, had Set
March for start of PWffwns by
' ofcovJU, nuviw wujvu wwuu
this city's third on the air. Con-
8U UVUUU AMU WU.
Today's Statesr.n
" ' ' -TSee. Page '
Cascade Snow S
Feature 2.L HI 1 8
Classified pages ; .IV 3,4,5
Comics III 9
Comes the Dawn 14
Editorials . -i I ' 4
Fabulous Friday . II . 1-8
Food News L-.m l-
Markets ;..IV 3
Sports . JV 12
Star Gazer 1 9.
TV, Radio Logs HI 9
VaUey News .-M.- n' 2,3
Wbmen-Sdciety ..III ,7
X-Word Puzzle ..Ml 9
By DOUGLAS
WASHINGTON (AP
1
held out the hand of cooperation to the new, Demo- ,
cratic-controlled Congress Thursday along "with a
massive legislative program keyed to warding off
the catastrophe of nuclear holocaust."
In a message to the lawmakers on the state of '
the Union, a message that bid I
strongly for political harmony and
goodwill, Eisenhower saw a heart
ening hope for world peace, and
progress toward the ultimate "rule
of freedom and justice. .
Congressmen received his mes
sage with somewhat mixed feel
ings Thursday. They ' applauded
his call for teamwork, but many
members reserved judgment on
specific proposals, such as the plan
for reducing the total manpower
of the armed forces. - -.
The President appeared person
ally before a joint session of the
Senate land House to present a
massive legislative program.
He warned that the peace of
today is insecure in the face of
"military machines and ambitions
of Soviet - Communist bloc" that
create i sobering problems and
world uneasiness. . -
Applause Heard
Democrats and Republicans
I broke in with applause for a prom
ise that . "America s response to
aggression will be swift and de
cisive' Russian Ambassador
Georgi N. Zaroubin sat stone-faced
and motionless.
Among a number of the Congress
I members who heard the President
deliver bis message in person in
the House chamber there was
something less than exuberant en
thusiasra for a military; program
tnat will cut down manpower and
place increased dependence on air
power and new weapons of "rapid
and destructive striking power.
But for the presidential offer of
wmornflrtn irnm. himcolf ant
every government agency, in
1 -vi
meeting the problems of perilous
times - there was a loud demon
stration of approval.
Parties Oa Trial
With; the shift of congressional
control to the Democrats. Eisen
hower said, both parties now are
on trial. He called on them to
avoid : paralysis and an "indeci
sion approaching futility." He
urged:
Let the general good be our
yardstick on every great issues
of our tune."
nwiry.. iwrai w appiause ran
President nsk1 th- Con.
to aU the major meas-
-,.. itimft as fn tnriff!.
chans in the Taft - HartW lahnr
h w
Alaska, government insurance for
rivate planSt more pubIic
I fusing, higher postal rates.
Ef5eiTake,L? f !
P"? Py i,w,uw
workers, minimum wage coverage
lUiaifc; ymuuuiuu i
Zr rZ.u acB' pay
""""6"ui. uic KuyCIiuiicih.. r
i nen inert were suggestions un-
u iwr uic uh nw
700-word message. Eisenhower
tied into his health nroerara a rec-
I ommendation for financial help
p nieaicai expenses inr pwp c
n reua. e urgea legisiauon w
help ! the states combat juvenile
I tt -.n t. i. ,
ueunqueocy. nc suugui iuiius iui
new office under his direct juris
diction to coordinate public works
activities of federal, state and lo
cal eovernments.
(Additional details of speecn on
page 3, sec. 4.) . j
(Speech stones also on page 4,
sec. 2; page 6, sec. 4.)
Baby Drouth
T - . TV 7I
ti.Yl fie fit I Mill 11
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Statesnaji News Senrlce
DALLAS. Ore. This area's
1955 baby drouth ended Thurs-
day' when a girl and a boy the
firstborn of 'the new year ar-
rived to claim a big assortment
pmk bootees and most of the
,,,8 go to Rosemary Louise
Wuethrich, 1011 Birch SL, Dallas,
who was born at 2;30 t.m. at Bar-
t.ii M.;,i Cho lnl tir
pou nine ounces. Her par-
I -. . w- .nil Un William
ww nA w.
from Wisconsin. ' ' - 1
Several prizes earmarked for
the first boy born here in 1955
will go to a son born Thursday
afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. WU.
liam D. Lanimore, Valsetz. 4- h
The Polk Co, Itemizer-Observer
sponsored the contest
Bankruptcies Set .
Record - in Oregon 1
PORTLAND W Th e number
of bankruptcie. mounted to a rec
ord 1.615 in Oregon Jast year: I
Federal - district court records
showed the previous high was 1,595
in the year 1929. The total for 1953
(was 1,285. - -,v -
B. CORNELL
President Eisenhower
Death Claims
Andrew Lee,
Civic Leader
Andrew A. Lee, 89, resident of '
Salem, for 65 years and former
president of First Federal Sav
ings and Loan which he helped
found in 1912, died in a Salem
hospital Thursday after an eight
week illness.
Lee, a native of Loda, 111. (June
15, 1864), was on the Willamette
University Board for many years.
his death now leaving a vacancy
on that directorate. He was also
on the Salem Library Board since
its inception until Jan. 1 of this
year, and was long active in the
First Methodist Church.
The deceased's interest in
schools dated from his 10-year
tenure as a member of the Salem
School Board shortly after the
turn of the century, when mem
bership still was on a partisan
basis. He ran as an independent;
served on the board which erect
ed the old Salem High School
and the Garfield, Richmond,
Englewood and Highland Schools;
and was drafted as a write-in
candidate for a second term.
He - was recently honored at
ceremonies attendant on the raz
ing of the old high school and
the dedication of the new South
Salem High SchooL Affiliations
Included long-time membership
in the IOOF Lodge and Rotary
Club.
(Additional details on Page 2
Sec L)
Jet Boi
. . ... ., , , -. .
AirKdrne for
BUFFALO. N. Y. W Secretarv
of Air Force Harold E. Talbott
disclosed Thursday night that a
0-47 bomber had flown 21,000 miles
and stayed in the air 47 hours and
35 minutes. In doing so, the bomb
er set new distance and endurance
rccorus ror jei aircraiu
Noting that the flieht covered
the equivalent of four-fifths of the
distance around the world, Talbott
said it is "mute testimony to the
ability of the Air Force to fly its
aircraft to any point on the earth's
surface." - . !
The secretary referred to the
record flight in a speech at the
University of Buffalo.
Details supplied by the Air
Force in Washington revealed that
the flight was made last month by
a six-jet B-47 which flew : a re
peated flight pattern between
North Africa and England before
landing finally at Fairford Royal
Air Force Station near London;
(The B-47 is a Boeing Airplane
Co. plane, designed in Seattle and
manufactured in Wichita, Kan.)
The flight was one of a series
of missions by the Air Force to ex
plore combat range potential of
the bomber, which is now the
backbone of the U. S. air striking
force. . , ' -.'. ;
The bomber was refueled in the
air an undisclosed number : of
times. .
Its average speed was said to
be about 445 miles per hour, in
cluding slowdowns for refueling.
The- previous endurance record
achieved by a B-47 was 24 hours
and one minute in a flight, last
summer. v
SERVICE CUT DENIED '
PORTLAND W The Southern
Pacific Railroad denied Thursday
a report that it is considering tak
ing off its overnight passenger
trains between Portland and Ash
land in March. ' . '
In the Intorost
Of Spelling!
: More than JOOf 7ta- and Sth
grade students of Marion, Polk.
Una and Yamhill Counties are
competing in the 5th annual
Statesman-KSLM Spelling Con
test Following are among word?
being studied:
identity' ,
guardian
bracelet
"medicine :
atcktoard
consolidated
ornament
nuisance
neirous
ambitious
diameter
dedicate
quotation .
revenue
cabinet
luxury ,
colonial
typewriter
atmosphere
cigar t
biscuit
concrete
rhythm
. merit
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