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Newspaper Page TextIke Rebukes Admiral for PCUNDBD 165! Talk of War 105th Year 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES Tht Oregon Stattsmin, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March 31, 1955 PRICE 5c No. 4 State's Overrules Anti-Picketing Act The State Supreme Court Wednesday ruled out one section of Oregon's anti-picketing law 'and organized labor seized on the decK sion to press its demand on the Legislature to repeal the entire law. The Supreme Court in its decision ruled unconstitutional that section which allows picketing to be done only by unions or groups recognized as bargaining agents for workers in a plant being picket CRT SQJjjDS Last ' Friday our Emergency Board Nor. 109 walked to the west E' lg of the White House, were ush d into a reception room of. the by. After a few minutes' wait Mr. Morgan, one of the President's assistants came in, and Judge Sharpe delivered to him the Board's report on dispute of the Order of Conductors and Brakemen and 65 of the Class One railroads of the country. - After a brief visit with Mr.- Morgan, ia which he dis cussed briefly the present strike on the Louisville k Nashville rail road which has been giving the White House headaches, the Board departed. At noon a press confer ence was held at the Hotel Statler to explain to Washington reporters the nature of our findings. That concluded the Board's labors and we separated to hurry back to our normal duties. The issue now goes back to the Organization and the Carriers since the findings of the Board are not binding on either party. We hope, naturally, that we have pointed a way toward an early and peaceful adjustment of the dispute. What the Board stressed in its report was the need for a compre hensive review of the whole wage structure of operating crafts (road ' crews) in railroading. The plant is , being modernized Diesel locomo tives, centralized train control, etc. The wage structure should be re viewed, also. That, however, was supplemental to the Board's recom mendations on the particular item in controversy. Banner headlines of Saturday and Sunday East as well as West, were ominous with threat of war. Official sources .ere credited wRh warn ing that the Reds in China were ready to launch invasion of the (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Brooder Lamp Sets Fire to Dallas Home' lUtMinu News Service DALLAS, Ore. An early Doming blaze Wednesday result- id in $5,000 damage to the home sf Mr. and Mrs. M. Jack Power, 715HayterSt The owners were visiting friends near Portland. The fire was discovered by a neighbor, shortly after 1 a.m. and four trucks from the Dallas volunteer fire department answered the alarm. Fire Chief "Walter Young said the blaze apparently was started by a heat lamp being used to brood chickens in a , second floor bedroom. Heaviest damage oc curred in the bedroom, living room and roof. Young said the house would require complete in terior refinishing in addition to some structural work. Furniture and other household goods were also damaged. Wet Weather ' May Continue A continuation of wet weather Is predicted by McNary field weathermen who tee occasional rain today with a few showers tonight and Friday. The temperature will remain about the same a high of 54 or so and a low near 40 tonight. Heavy snow fell in Santiam Pass during Tuesday night but by later Wednesday cars were going through without chains, the state police reported. ANIMAL CRACKERS V WARRCN GOODRICH v I High Court Part of ed. Some spokesmen for employers said at the Capitol they felt man agement nevertheless won a point in that the remainder of the anti picketing law was allowed to stand. Ihey referred particularly to the "section which prohibits pick eting carried on in an attempt to influence workers to join a union or to influence an employJ er to sign a union contract I Oeorge Brown, secretary ot the state CIO, said labor would now step up its campaign for repeal of the entire law. Repeal legislation to accom plish this has been introduced in both House an''. Senate. Both bills are in committee and heretofore there has. been little indication that either bill would get far in this session. (Additional details on page 5, sec. 2.) Nebraska Pen Revolt Ends Minus Violence (Picture on page 12, sec. 2.) LINCOLN, Neb. W) A 63-hour revolt by eight Nebraska Peniten tiary convicts ended quietly Wednesday, on terms laid down by the governor. Released unharmed and little the worse for nearly three days of detention at knife point were two hostages guards and a , hos tage convict. . Since Sunday morning, convicts and captives have been barricad ed in the square, 'three-story pris on "jail" building used to house recalcitrant prisoners. The windup to the odd war of nerves began when the hungry rebels telephoned to ask for inter vTews7" Amending his policy of refusing to confer until the captured guards were released. Gov. Victor E. An derson talked with four of the men. one at a time. He told them what punishment they would get 15 days in the "hole and 60 days in solitary con finement. All eight rebels swallowed the punishment order and at 3:15 a.m Wednesday the two guards walked out of the captive building into the glare of floodlights from the well fortified wall nearby. Thirteen 'minutes later the con victs began to emerge. They walked unescorted to the office of Deputy Warden John Greenholtz. Hot meals went to famished cap tors and captives alike. The only food they had eaten since break fast Sunday was a loaf of bread, some sugar and grapefruit rinds The happy guards, Eugene Swan son, 34, and Warren B. Miller, 43, told newsmen they were well treat ed. The meager food supply was shared . with scrupulous fairness among all, they said. Auto's'WaiV Joins Mates Salem police, covering all major brandies off U.S. 99-E from the north, Wednesday evening united a southbound husband with his wife who failed to see his 1941 Pontiac go through but. heard its familiar whine in the dark. The woman. Mrs. Margo Strain, Sacramento, Calif., arrived here by bus with the intention of meeting her husband, coming from Seattle, Wash., at a friend's. The friend had changed , addresses, dissolving the meeting place. Mrs. Strain took up watch at the Dip. ice cream place at 3795 Port land Rd., and, in the dark, failed to see her husband s car but heard it She alerted police and four cars were dispatcnea. une ot mem "caught" Strain. Keeps Bevan LONDON Britain'i Labor Party save Aneurin Bevan one more chance Wednesday out warned it would take drastic ac tion if fiie left-wing leader violated party discipline again. The National Executive commit- to untMt in IrAAn Revan in the party after the rebellious Welsh man gave a written promise never again to challenge the leadership of 72-year-old Cement Altlee. While ' he remains within the party ranks, Bevan still has to be welcomed back into Labor's dele- cation in Parliament Failure to kick Bevan out of the party gave the Laborites at least an outward facade of solidarity- something they have not had in Labor Party many months, , ' "... Motorist's First 'Bite' Not Allowed PORTLAND W George T. Lamb, 61, a carpenter, went before Municipal Judge Philip Bagley on a charge of driving 33 miles an hour in a 25-mile zone. Lamb, admitting his offense, said he understood courts had found a dog was "entitled to his first bite and he thought a motorist should be entitled to his first violation without pen alty. "I wouldn't want anyone to think I treat people like dogs," said the judge. "I'll treat you like a human. Fine: $8." Son of Salem Man Missing In Jet Crash The jet pilci son of a Salem man was reported missing Wed nesday by the Air Force in a plane crash in Texas. The father, Albert O. Fruitt, 2065 Dallas Rd., said he was in formed that the jet plane carry ing his son, Capt. Robert Keith Fluitt, crashed into Texoma L&ki near Denison, Tex., Tues day afternoon. The telegram from the com manding officer of Perrin Air Force Base, where Capt Fluitt is stationed, said no bodies had been recovered. The Associated Press reported that witnesses to the crash about nine miles north of Denison said they saw a parachute descending with two men after the crash. Killed in Orient Another son of Fluitt's, Lt Clifford L. Fluitt, a Navy pilot, was . killed in action over the China Sea in the closing weeks of World War II in 1945. Still another son, Albert O. Fluitt Jr., lost his life when his auto crashed into a tree near Je.fferson in 1946. "Other Fluitt sons include Eu gene of Salem, Ralph in Los An geles, Calif., and Loui in Ken tucky. A daughter, Mrs. Jane Treat, also resides in Salem. Raised 1a Michigan The elder Fluitt, who is a night-watchman at state office buildings, said the son involved in the Texas incident was born and raised in Michigan. He has been in the service for 12 years. Ha visited in Salem last summer after returning from a three-year our of duy in England. : Capt. Fluitt is married and re sides at Perrin, which is located near Sherman, Tex., with his wife and three children. Court Martial Convicts GI; No Term Given FRANKFURT. Germany M" A , U. S. Army private described to a military court Wednesday the tortures ne .said his Russian cap tors inflicted while holding him prisoner for six years. After hear ing his story, the court fined him $396 for being AWOL. Pvt. William A. Verdine, 28, of Starks, La., tossed the seven-man court a snappy salute after the sentence was read. Later an Army announcement said the lanky sol dier, apparently in good health and spirits, had been returned to duty. It was his first night as a free man since a roving patrol of East German Peoples Police picked him up Feb. 5, 1949. Until the Rus sians freed him last Jan. 20, he was a prisoner in Communist jails in East Germany. He also spent nearly two years as a laborer in the Soviet Union's arctic camp at Vorkuta. Verdine could have been sen tenced to six months in jail, dis honorable discharge and forfeit ure of all pay and allowances. He will not receive Army pay for time spent in Red prisons be tween $10,000 and $12,000. ' Story Says Polio Serum 100 Per Cent Effective 7 i7 i - By ALTON LBLAKESLEE NEW YORK A news story Wednesday declared the Salk polio vaccine has been found' 100 per cent effective. But polio officials said there's been no authoritative word, that only one man knows the results, and he isn't talking. And reports of a few cases of polio among vaccinated children indicated the official report, when it comes, would be a verdict of something less than 100 per cent. That could still mean a good use ful vaccine. In a copyrighted' story, the New York World-Telegram and Sun said it had learned from an "un impeachable medical source that cot a single child taking the vac cine had developed polio. It, said this was the gist of the report to be made officially April 12 by Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. at the Uni versity of Michigan. But Dr. Francis replied "the of ficial report has not been written," The medical director of the Ka- Grace Kelly, Marlon Brando, Wa terfron t ' Win Top 'Oscars ' By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD tf) Grace Kelly, the long suffering wife of the drink ing actor in "The Country Girl," and Marlon Brando, the punchy ex-fighter of "On The Waterfront." Wednesday night were crowned the top screen performers of 1954 in the 27th annual academy awards. ' - . . . "On The Waterfront" swept top honors among productions, win ning seven Oscars, including best picture. Among the winners in "Water front" were Brando, supporting ac tress Eva Marie Saint, director Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schul berg. Edmond " O'Brien, the hard pressed publicity man of "The Barefoot Contessa," was selected the best supporting actor of the year. Youngest Pair Miss Kelly and Brando were the youngest pair of top nominees to win Hollywood's highest honor. Both accepted their gold statuettes with emotion. "1 can only say with all ' my heart thanks to all those who made this possible," said the smiling Philadelphia millionaire's daugh ter. The 26-year-old newcomer to the screen was in tears when she thanked the audience. i "It is a wonderful moment and a rare one." said the grinning Brando, "and I'm certainly grate ful." The Omaha-born actor, who will be 31 Sunday, made the top prize the fourth time he was nominated. Stunning Victory .5 It was a stunning victory for "On The Waterfront," the Cinder ella picture of the year. Conceived by Kazan, Schulberg and producer Sam Spiegel, the project was turned down by two major com panies. Columbia volunteered to release it and the' picture was brought in for $780,000. This com pares to two or "three million dol lar budgets of the other pictures nominated for best film. Walt Disney, who had already won 22 Oscars and two TV Acad emy Emmies, added two more statuettes to his collection Wed nesday night. He won for best spe cial effects in "20,000 Leagues Un der The Sea" and ior best docu mentary feature, "The Vanishing Prairie." . . Japan Fflrn Named The academy, named the Jap anese color film "Gate Of Hell" the best foreign language film of 1954. , A special award was given to Greta Garbo who was never hon ored with an Oscar despite her distinguished performances.' Danny Kaye, famous for his work in United Nations children's relief, also was given a special award. The other awards: . Best sound recording "The Glenn Miller Story," Leslie I. Car ey. Best cartoon "When Magoo Flew," United ' Productions of America. Best film editing "On The Waterfront," Gene Milford. Best costume design (black and white) "Sabrina," Edith Head Best costume design (color) "Gate Of Hell," Sanzo Wada. . Best art direction (black and A Fiend Is Not a Friend LOS ANGELES UD A candidate for city council sued for $100,000 damages Wednesday because an "R" was dropped in a political ad vertisement. Sam Schulman, running against councilman Harold Henry in the election next Tuesday, charged negligence in his suit against the Wilshire -Press, a neighborhood weekly publication, and its opera tor, Gerald T. Deal . Schulman complained that his ad, 4 columns wide and 3 inches deep, was supposed to say "you need a friend in the city council,' but it came out "you need a fiend in the city council. tional Foundation for Infantile Pa ralysis, Dr. Hart E. van . Riper, declared "only Dr. Francis knows whether or not the Salk vaccine is effective and, if effective, to what extent Neither the national: foundation nor anyone else has received any information from Dr. Francis." : , From New Orleans,. Washington, D.C.Oklaoma and Indiana came word that polio had developed in several youngsters getting the vac cine in last summer's big test. There has been much specula tion that the official report on the vaccine will be favorable. . Some experts have cautioned not to ex pect that this or any vaccine will be 100 per cent effective. Dr. Jonas E. Salk. University of Pittsburgh scientist 'who perfected the vaccine, "has not seen the report himself," said spokesman at the university's medical center. The spokesman added: "Personal ly I don't believe the information was gotten from the Francis re port." . . . ' - - - - white) "On The Waterfront,': Richard Day. ; , Best Art Direction Best art direction (color) "20 000 Leagues Under The Sea," John Meehan. . - Best cinematography (color) "Three Coins In The Fountain," Milton Krasner. Best motion picture story "Broken Lance," Philip Yordan. Salem Girl in y s . v .'. . 1 Lf'-f - - - , I-' .-, jti"'- ' PORTLAND (Special) This photograph of Rose Karcha, pretty 20- year-old Salem waitress and part-time model, von her the title of one of the ten most photogenic girls In Oregon, according to Ore gon press photographers who selected her as a finalist Wednesday . night for their annual Miss Oregon Press Photographer contest. The contest winner will be chosen at the photographers ball in Portland April 30 from among the ten state finalists. Other final ists included Deanna Moore, Lebanon. Lebanon Gives Welcome to Mayor, Wife LEBANON, Ore. un Mayor Ralph Scroggin and his wife returned home here Wednesday after a visit to the Republic of Lebanon. He and officials of six other U.S. cities named Lebanon were guests of the Lebanon government for two weeks. The Scroggins' were met at the city limits by a welcoming cara van and taken to a homecoming luncheon sponsored by the Lions Club where he told of their exper iences abroad. The mayor said the high point of his trip was receiving from the president of the Lebanon republic the gold medal of merit, the highest honor that government bestows. Scroggin told of the warm hospitality of his hosts. He said that he mentioned that he and Mrs. Scroggin would like to see Egypt. Quickly, he said, arrangements were made .for a trip that took them through Egypt and to Jeru salem, Rome and Paris before they went to London to catch a plane for the United States. They left London Tuesday morn ing , and New York City Tuesday night, and arrived in Portland by plane Wednesday morning. Mrs. Scroggin's son, Lyon Lawrence, met them in Portland and drove them here. CONDITION T ILL SERIOUS CHICAGO Iff) Col. Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, remained in serious condition Wednesday. Max. 32 51 - 46 52 53 54 - 62 60 58 Min. O 42 24 37 41 40 38 31 38 Precip. M .00 .44 .09 .00 , .00 ' .00 M Salem Portland). Baker Mrdford North Bend Roseburf San Francisco Chicago , New York Lot Angeles 66 52 - Willamette River 1.1 feet. FORECAST (from U. S. Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Mostly cloudy with occasional rain today. Partly cloudy with a few showers tonight and Friday. LitUe change in temperature with highest today near 54. lowest tonight near 40. "Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today was 45. v - SALEM MtECIPlTATlOW Sine Start of .Weather Year Seat. 1 This Year Last . Year Normal 24. SO 2J3 S3J Best story and screenplay "On The Waterfront," Budd Schulberg. Best screenplay "The Country Girl," George' Seaton. - Best music score of a dramatic or comedy ' picture "The High and The Mighty," Dimitri Tkm kin. Best Song "Three Coins In The Fountain," Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. Photo Finals Check Law Ruled Unconstitutional; Correction Invited A 1949 law making It a crime to issue bank checks without suf ficient funds was held invalid by the supreme court Wednesday. The court, upholding Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna of Jackson County, ruled the law unconsti tutional because the law says that .the crime is classed both as a felony and as a misdemeanor. A crime can be considered one or the other, but not both. , The high court's decision, by Justice James T. Brand, invited the Legislature to correct the law. Such a bill already has been introduced. The case involved Walter Pirkey, who was accused of draw ing non-suiticient tuna eneexs with intent to defraud. Truce Ends Saigon Battle SAIGON, South Viet Nam tf) Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's Na tionalist forces and Binh Xuyen former river pirates maintained an uneasy truce Thursday in South Viet Nam's "little civil war." The truce was arranged by Gen. Paul Ely, French commissioner general,' in talks with the American-supported premier and a representative of Gen. Le Van Vien, Binh Xuyen commander and once czar of Saigon's organized vice. , ; . The truce went into effect at 7 p.m. Wednesday for 24 hours to give tempers time to cool before negotiations start 'for a firmer settlement. Saigon was quiet, in the wake of clashes early , Wednesday between government forces and mobile units of Binh Xuyen'sJ private army that left at least 26 dead and 112 wounded. Red Fleet Attacked Near Matsu Islands TAIPEI, Formosa tfl Chinese Nationalist warplanes caught and attacked a Red concentration of ships dangerously near the Matsu Islands Wednesday. An Air Force communique as serted a two-masted wooden craft was sunk, three gunboats were heavily damaged and four other wooden ships were hit. By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON ( AP)P reside n t Eisenhower administered an oblique rebuke to Adm. Robert B. Carney Wednesday with a declaration that too much speculation about war does not serve world peace and tranquility. Carney, chief of naval operations, has been named as the source of predictions that war may start in the Formosa Strait around April 15. To prophesy when a war is go ing to break out, Eisenhower told a news conference, is to assume an accuracy of information never yet attained by a country that was to be attacked. The President said he cannot say, because he doesn't know, that there will not be an attack from April 15 onward on the nationalist held Matsu Islands, off the Chin ese mainland: "But I do say," he added, "that if anyone is predicting it will be that soon. . .they have informa tion that I do not have." While Eisenhower told a news conference that Carney will not be reprimanded "by me," he also said that: ! "I do not believe that the peace of the world, the tranquillity of the world, is being served at this mo ment by talking too much in terms of speculation about such things." The President upheld the right of a subordinate to hold personal opinions. But the subordinate doesn't belong on. the administra tion team, he said, if he is going to create difficulty for the admin istration or his commander-in-chief or violate ' announced administra tion policy. Aside from peace, war and squir rels, the conference ranged over these other topics: Formosa The chief executive said he does not believe the cause of peace is to be served by mak ing any further commitment about American. intentions regarding the long range defense of the Chinese Nationalist stronghold. Farm prices Eisenhower said that in his opinion it is "not cor rect" to say, hint or imply that the administration's new flexible price supports are responsible for the drop in farm prices. He said the decreases occurred under rigid supports which some farm state Congress members are striving to restore since , flexle - props will not become effective until this year's cros are ready, for market ing. Big Four Eisenhower said again he would do anything, meet on any. basis, '"as long as we -are not, in so doing, creating an im pression we think is damaging." Second term as usual, the President laughed off a question bearing on whether he intends to try for another term. 'Constructive Wilson Rules WASHINGTON UP1 Secretary of Defense Wilson Wednesday set up a hew standard for military articles written by anybody in his department they must be con structive. " He also ordered the Army, Navy and Air Force to use civilians in stead of officers to head their pub he information services. These civilians would be respon sible to the secretaries of the vari ous services. It was Hot stated by Wilson, but one purpose may have been to end a situation in which a public information officer might be called on to approve or disap prove the brainchild of a superior officer. The order setting up the "con structive" criterion for writings said they would have to be cleared for security, as in the past. It went on to say they would also be subjected "to determina tion of whether release or publica tion of the material would con stitute a constructive contribution to the primary mission of the De partment of Defense. Also in Wednesday's orders from Secretary Wilson's office was one directing that the number of mili tary persons engaged in public in formation duties be reduced one third to one-half. The edict on being "construc tive" applies to manuscripts of all kinds, speeches, press releases, photographs or "other, informa tion." It applies to civilian per sonnel as well as military. South Carolina Senate Bans Aid To Mixed Schools COLUMBIA,vS.C. The South Carolina Senate Wednesday voted to deny state financial aid to any mixed race public schools. It was this state's first direct legislative action aimed at keeping segrega tion. An amendment to the 1955-56 ap propriations bill would withhold the funds' from any school attend ed by children not approved by local school trustees, whether the children were attending by court order or -not. - STRIKE THREATENED PORTLAND" ( A final meeting will be held Thursday in an Stories Only, attempt to head off a threatened strike of 8,000 workers in the metal trades industry in Portland. f ' House to Vote On Tax Boost Bills Friday By ROBERT. E. GANG WARE City Editor, The Statesmam The state income tax boost and the cent cigarette tax bills will come up for voting in the House Friday morning, following final committee action on them Wed nesday. These are the biggest revenue- producers and the most contro versial items in the House tax committee program for balancing the state's budget which was $63 million short at the cutset of this legislative session. - . , The House already has passed the other revenue bills advocated by its tax committee. The Wed nesday committee action followed THURSDAY HEARINGS On putting state motor ve hicle department under gover nor House highways commit tee, Room 321, at 1 p.m. On Lane County subdistrict ing Senate state and federal affairs committee, Room 416, at 2:15 p.m. a hearing on the cigarette tax. No changes were made in the bills. (Details on legislative page 5, sec. 2.) Legislators in a busy day Wed- niirr.il Villi innlnif mtf a controversial milk sanitation measure eliminating Grade C milk and raising Grade B stand ards After various attempts to stall or defeat it during the past two days, the bill was passed by the House, 34 to 23, and sent over to the Senate. . Partial Control The way is now clear in the House food and dairy committee for concentration on the . pro posed return to partial milk price control. Hearing on this bill was set for Saturday at 1 p.m. (De tails on legislative page, 11, sec 1) In the Senate, attention turned to tax matters, too, with schedul ing of four tax interim study bills for action today. Just approved by the Senate tax committee after House pass age recently, these bills allo'v an average monthly inventory as basis for personal property tax, direct the State Tax Commission to appraise timberlands and auth orize the commission on request of the counties to appraise in dustrial properties or to prepare maps and plats. 'True Cash Value" The Senate tax committee has n't agreed on the key bill in the group which stems from the in terim study. This re-defmes "true cash value" to relate it to current market value. Another controversial bill from that study was recommended by the House tax committee Wed nesday after changing it so that assessors would . be required reappraise -xvery six years in stead of every four years. Up for House action today are 18 bills, including the proposed ground water code and new state water resources board legislation and the bill for United Fund de ductions from state paychecks. (Additional legislative news on page 11, sec.' 1 and page 5, f 2.) Beatrice Lillie Collapses on Stage LONDON W Beatrice Lillie, veteran comedienne, collapsed on the stage of the Globe Theater Wednesday night shortly after the show began. She had recovered sufficiently, however, to go on with a later second show on the pro gram. Miss Lillie's press agent said the actress was "working off t bout of influenza. YOUTH KILLED GOLD END ALE Carl Al- ard. 13. was killed Wednesday when a panel truck in which he was riding flipped over and landed on the youth two miles north of here. . Today's Statesman Sec. Pagt Classifieds 9-1 1 Comes the Dawn I 4 Comics H 8 Crossword II.. Editorials . - I- Farm . II. Legislative I. 3 4 6.7 11 5 9 1-3 10 legislative .H. Markets .. , II. Sports II. Star Gazer .. 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