Soviet Plans Dramatic
Disavowal of Treaties
jWith England, France
MOSCOW (iP) The Soviet Union's ruling Council of Ministers
.asked Parliament Saturday to scrap Russia's treaties of friend
ship and alliance with Britain and France-. The move was in retalia
tion for ratification by, those nations of the Paris agreements re
arming West Germany.- : : . . .
There is no question Parliament, the Supreme Soviet, will take
Easter marks the culmination of
the story of Jesus and is the cli
max of the year for the Christian
church. Like Christmas its reli
gious significance is offset by tin
, related symbols: Santa Claus for
9tV?l'ugjJbJlr
w . TOUur T ish Parliament approved the Paris
ever, that Easter is recognized as " mu'
. . kt:Z rL?igreeme providuig for remili-
"ILfSLJS? rl ChJ" tarization of Western Geonany and
tian churches are filled to over- i,,,.i,,4 i --nu---,
flowing. The gospel narratives tJT?l?L ? JL ?S
the death and resurrection of Jesus
are recited. Choirs sing Allelluias
of rejoicing: and folk leave the
churches uplifted in spirit some
of them not to return until next
Easter. v. - - .
Many writers have noted the
late revival of interest in religion.
Some account for it by the portents
of the times. The world is passing
through a fresh time of troubles.
The material abundance which
people enjoy today does not sub
due their fears. As knowledge, of
the potential of new , weapons
spreads there is nothing of brava
do, no "eat, drink and be merry
complex though death may ride
jn tomonw's bomber. Folk are
taore sober. .
Some religious leaders, however,
regard this revival of religion as
rather superficial; an eagerness to
get God on one's side rather than
to range one's self on God's side.
Religion, church membership have
(Continued on editoral page 4).
Russia Seeks
Fast Action on
na
- MOSCOW I The Soviet-Union
declared Saturday it considers un
justified any further delay in an
Austrian independence treaty andi
expressed hope the visit here next
week of Chancellor Julius Raab
will promote a speedy conclusion
of the long-delayed treaty.
Apparently taking note of a dec
laration on Tuesday by the three
Western powers that the Austrian
treaty .was matter of four-power
concern!" Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov called in the dip
lomatic representatives of the
United States, Britain and France
and presented them identical state
ments.
These said the Soviet Union took
' into consideration that Austrian
officials have exchanged opinions
on the treaty with the Western
powers since the four-power for
eign ministers', conference in Ber
lin early in 1954. i
"The Soviet Union expresses the
hope that in case there is a desire
on the part of all states concerned.
It will be possible to achieve an
agreement' for the conclusion of
an Austrian state . treaty," , the
statements added. '
At the Berlin conference the Rus
sians linked withdrawal of troops
with the conclusion of -a peace
treaty for Germany.
Saturday's statement to the
Western powers said the Russians
had proposed at Berlin "to return
not later than in 1933 to the exami
nation of the question regarding
the time of withdrawing the troops
of the four powers from Austrian
territory.
Diamond Lake Resort
Owner Dies of Stroke
ASHLAND "to William Emerson
Fox, 48, operator of the Diamond
Lake resort, died Saturday. He had
suffered a stroke last Sunday.
Surviving are the widow, and a
daughter, Toby Kay Fox. Funeral
services will be held here Tuesday.
Treaty
Russ Teenager Tires of Defection'
In West, J oins Parents in East Reich
By TOM REEDY
BERLIN UP A- Russian teen-j
ager feted t for three . weeks by
American officials as an anti-Communist
defector voluntarily re
turned to his parents Saturday,
spouting Soviet" slogans,
Valery Lysikov, son of a Soviet
lieutenant colonel, was reunited
with his father and mother at U.S.
high' commission headquarters
here at noon. He hugged and
kissed them, whispered in his
mother's ear, and was "promptly
whisked to East Berlin..
The four-minute ceremony cli
maxed a strange flip-flop story
that .aroused the Soviet, Union to
the point. where Foreign Minister
V. M. . Molotov ; personally inter
vened with a demand for the boy's
return, charging the Americans
would not let him go- ,
Lysikov, admittedly in trouble in
his school at Soviet headquarters
in . East" Berlin, crossed, into the
U. S. sector March 18. A week
later, his parents came to see him
but he. refused all their entreaties
to return to them,'-
He claimed he could not stand
the action promptly in a special
session to dramatize the cancel
lation. The treaties were signed
during World War. II when the
three governments were - allied
against Hitler ' -
Saturday's announcement, ' read
at a news conference; asserted the
Paris agreements bring West Ger
many into an alignment directed
against Russia.
Opposes Alliance ,
It said that by signing the friend
ship treaties, Britain, France and
Russia "took responsibility to pre
vent the rebirth of German mil
itarism and also not to join any
alliance directed against one of
the contracting powers'."' -
"Regardless of this," the decla
ration added, "the government of
Great Britain signed and the Brit
i?""'"
viet Union
An identical charge was directed
against France.
Not Surprised
British and French officials ex
pressed little surprise at the - an
nouncement. State Department re
action tin Washington also was
calm. In efforts to delay or defeat
ratification of the Paris agree
ments, Russia first threatened last
December to abrogate the friend
ship and alliance treaties. -
Folsbm Adds
Police in Strike
Violence Zone
ATLANTA W The Alabama
State Patrol and courts of three
states moved Saturday against
mass picketing in an effort to halt
violence in the strike of Southern
Bell Telephone Co. workers.
. Gov. James Folsom refused to
send the National Guard to Bes
semer, Ala., a suburb of Birming
ham, but he reinforced the State
Highway Patrol with orders to pro
tect lives but "not to take sides."
At the same time, courts in
Birmingham, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
and Asheville, N.C., issued in
junctions limiting picketing by
strikers. ,
Meanwhile, in Atlanta, the South
ern Bell , Telephone Co., said it !
had offered a $6,500,000 pay In
crease and called on strikers to
return to their jobs.
Reports of new outbreaks of Vio
lence and property damage came
from Clinton. Tenn., and Paris,
Ky., and in Nashville, Tenn., com
pany officials announced discharge
of 19 strikers for "misconduct and
violence toward non-striking work
ers."
Sheriff Holt McDowell and Major
Jap Bryant asked Folsom for
tional Guardsmen.
The governor, in refusing, de
clared he did not intend to use
the militia "as "a strike breaking
organization.
Toronto Girl's
TORONTO Hi A body believed
to be that of 8-year-old Judy Car
ter, missing from her home here
for 43 days, was found floating in
a stream Saturday.
Police Chief Clarence Wideman
of Markham Township, where the
discovery was made by two boys
fishing in a tributary of the Rouge
River, said tentative identification
had been made from clothing on
the body.
The girl is believed to have been
the victim of a sex crime.
4 DIE IN PLANE CRASH
NORFOLK, Va. HI A Navy
seaplane crashed into a seawall
shortly after takeoff here early
Saturday and broke in half, killing
four members, of its 11-man crew.
The other seven were hurt but not
seriously.
Communism 'anymore because it
taught "hatred of other people."
U.5.- High Commissioner James
B Conant refused Soviet High
Commissioner Georgi M. Pushkin's
demand , for return of the boy,
whom the Russians called "imma
ture."' Molotov took it up, with
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen in
Moscow.
American "psychological war
fare" people held Lysikov in
Frankfurt, took him around to see
his pet subjects, airplanes and
automobiles, got him to broadcast
anti-Soviet speeches on the Yoke
of America, gave him a ride on a
Rhine River boat, squired him to
teen-age dances and to a Marilyn
Monroe movie.'
The bubble burst along about
All Fools' Day.
The next day Lysikov became
moody. After he was , shown the
text of a Radio Moscow charge
that he had been held by the
Americans against his will, he ex
pressed concern for the welfare of
his parents.' i ' : ''- ;
He waited until the 5th to ten
the Americans he wanted to talk to
Body Found
.. . . . ' t . .--: . - . . i ' : . .
105th Year
Knight Errant
In Plane Finds
Lady in Distress
BOWMAN, N. D. JP Chiv
alry is not dead. It's merely
taken to the air
Mrs. Ole Septon stopped her
car on a highway near here
with a flat tire. " :
As she grappled with the
tire, other motorists whizzed
past, plying her no mind.
Not so with Alfred Miller,
flying his light - plane ' over
head. He landed nearby, helped
her change the tire and then
took off. again.
Senate Votes
$10 Increase
In Jobless Pay
By ROBERT E. GANGWARE
City 'Editor, The Statesman
The Oregon Senate by a pre
liminary vote Saturday indicated
it is prepared to approve raising
unemployment payments and
boosting employer taxes to finance
the change .
Senators debated for. an hour
and a half over how much to in
crease the present maximum
weekly payment of $25. Then they
voted by 21 to 8 to set the figure
in the proposed new law at $33.
This would up payments to eli
gible workers about 40 per cent
end raise the employers tax about
50 per cent on the average.
Final Senate action on the Sen
ate bill proposing the $10 increase
will come Tuesday morning. It is
one of the major pieces of legisla
tion facing this session of the State
Legislature.
Minority Report
The action yesterday ' was the
acceptance of the report of a min
ority of the Senate committee on
labor and industry, spearheaded by
Sen. S. Eugene Allen (R), Port
land. The. committee majority
recommended holding the1 maxi
mum payment to $32.
Besides the $33 maximum, these
are principal features of the bill:
1 Covers nearly 30,000 more
employes in firms hiring fewer
than, four persons. - ;
2 Permits workers to draw un
employment and still earn up to
one-third as much as their UCC
benefit weekly. ; .4 . . K
3 Tightens up rules to allow
only, half-payments to those who
quit work, are fired for cause or
refuse to accept offered jobs.
4 Removes, from coverage an
estimated 15,000 seasonal workers
by requiring that earnings be more
than $600 a year and that they he
more than one and a half tunes
the highest amount earned in any
quarter. ,
Contribution Raised ".
5 Employers contribution rate
stepped up by .3 of 1 per cent.
6 Unemployment fund stabilized
by " requiring automatic raise of
employers rates when fund falls
to certain level. i
Sen. Allen argued that it wouldn't
be fair to tighten up the unem
ployment law to the extent of this
bill if it weren't accompanied by
a substantial increase m payments
to qualified workers who are out
of jobs.
Higher Taxes
Sen. Gene Brown (R), Grants
Pass; opposed the $35 pay on
grounds that it would quicken the
time all employers would have to
pay even higher taxes than the
increase in the bill now.
Sen, George Ulett (R, Coquille,
chairman of the committee which
drafted the bill after studying six
proposed bills on the subject, said
he thought even $32 was too high
for payments. .
Voting against the $33 report
Saturday were Sens. Harry Boivin
(D), Klamath Falls; Lee Ohm art
(R), Salem; Truman Chase (R)
and Donald Husband (R), Eugene;
Stewart Hardie (R), Condon; Carl
Francis (R), Dayton; Brown and
Ulett
Sen. Mark Hatfield (R), Salem,
was absent.
(Additional legislative news on
Page 3,.See. 1.) . i! t
the Soviet Military Mission. He
was allowed to write a letter to
the mission asking 5for the right
to return.
The State Department in Wash
ington agreed and the high com
mission here emphasized that Ly
sikov was free to go just as he was
free to, receive asylum in the West
American spokesmen insisted at
a news" conference:
1. Lysikov had convinced Ameri
can intelligence interrogators of
his maturity and . sincerity when
he defected. Afterward, he . con
vinced them equally of his fear
for his parents safety and his con
viction that he ..would not suffer
reprisals, if he: returned.
2. Future cases involving defect
ing minors will be dealt with "on
their individual merits.: .
. 3. Lysikov was -"not. an agent
planted on the West to embarrass
the Americans. ! '
A spokesman said he. felt the
American position in granting asy
lum and just as promptly acceding
to the youth's wish to return after
he changed "his mind was consist
ent
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Resurrection, will be 'observed id mid-Willamette vauey com
munities today in harmony with churches the world ever. Shown
here is the Easter morning Holy Encharist service which will
State Primary
BallotDelay
Wins in
: Holding Oregon primary elec
tions a month later received the
approval of the State Senate Sat
urday. .
The bill proposing that the pri
mary, be held on the fourth Tues
day m June now goes to the
House. Another feature of the
measure is electing the precinct
committeemen for both - parties
at the general election instead
of the primary.
The six Democrats in the Sen
ate. Voted against the bill; all the
Republicans were for it :
Sen. Pat Lonergan (R), chair
man of the elections committee
of the Senate and sponsor, of the
bill, said the cha-ge would short
en the time and save expense of
campaigns for the general elec
tion. The primary now is in May.
The Democrats contended that
by late June vacations and farm
work would keep many people
from the polls and this, in turn.
would add to the number re
moved from pollbooks for the
general election for not voting
jn two. successive elections.
Sheriff Quits
At Rosebui'2
i.
' -ROSEBURG W Sheriff Calvin
Baird. who took office in 1933 after
four years , as Roseburg chief of
police, submitted His resignation
Saturday. It will become effective
April 18.
Baird said he will return to the
federal Bureau of Prisons, the
aeencv he was with for several
years in the late 1930s and early
1940s. . .
Today's Statesman
Sec Page
Classifieds lllLi'Ml
Comes the Dawn L , 4
Comics .... ..... HI
Crossword ... II 4
Easter Page II 8
.Editorials . lJ 4
Garden .. . tL 6,7
. Homo Panorama; 11 1-5
legislative L . 3
Sports . . LS, 9
f Star Gaxer II . 6
I TV; Radio ' II 9
Valley, I 10
POUNDDD 1651
The Oregon Statesman, Salem,
limn
bearing thev message ef Christ's
en
An egg hunt for the kiddies, a
union sunrise service at McCul
loch Stadium and traditional obser
vances in countless churches will
commemorate Easter today in the
Salem area. : . '..
As is customary, milady -will ap
pear in her annual finery and the
man ' in the , family may be .'ex,
pected to spruce up a bit also.
Numerous family ' gatherings win
marh the Iay. ', ' ' . , '
Although there, had been ; pre
dictions for scattered showers for
Easter, the latest report indicated
it would be cloudy today but no
rain was mentioned.
State police said they expected
increased traffic on highway routes
of the area, but nothing compar
able with . the congested holiday
weekends of the summertime.
Some 10,000 candy eggs will be
the quarry for hundreds of youngs
ters expected to participate in the
annual Salem 20-30 Club Easter egg
hunt at WiUson Park today. The
hunt will begin at 2 p. m. at the
west end of the CapitoL -
Participants in the hunt wiu be
divided . into two age divisions
6 years and younger and 7 to 11
The younger group will hunt their
eggs on the south side of Willson
Park m center sidewalk and the
older youngsters will search on
the north .side. Prizes will go to
those finding specially-marked
eggs.
To Start at C A. M.
The sunrise service, sponsored
by the Salem Ministerial Associa
tion, will begin at 6 a. m. at Me
CuOoch . Stadium. - Dr. Edison
. mr ... . t ' '
tiaoegger. van xyups, uui., evan
gelist will present the message
to an expected large turnout of
worshippers. Station KSLM will
air the service. . '
; Other groups taking part in this
morning's sunrise event will in
clude a unit of the 162nd Infantry,
National Guard, presenting colors;
the Salem Academy choir, direct
ed by John Eby: and Boy Scouts
of Salem Troop 1, who. will act
as ushers.: . j '
Other Sunrise Services . -
: Many churches in the area will
hold their own individual sunrise
services followed by traditional
Easter breakfasts and other rites
throughout - the day. Special sun-i
rise services are - scheduled at
churches in Turner, j Hopewell,
Lyons, Falls City, Unionvale, Rose
dale,- Silverton and other mid-
valley communities.' -
The Salvation Army organixatidb
m Salem will have Brigadier
James Fookes, Portland, as speak
er; at special morning and eve
ning services. A Sunday School pro
gram will start at 9:45 av m. An
Sunrise
Op
Day
Oregon, Sunday, April 10, 1955
.Brit
Tow:
take place this morning at St
Minister is the Rev. George Swift, pastor. Acolytes are (from left)
William Crandall, William Purvine, Thomas Dunham, David Perry,
Thomas QeltxeL and Bingham PowelL (Statesman photo) -
Service
to
Easter , cantata,' . ""The. - Saviour
Lives" will: be presented at 7:30
p. m.
The high school , group at First
Congregational Church will hold
an Easter breakfast this morning
after - attendance at the .McCul
loch Stadium services. ,
EMPTYING HOPE. CHEST
EPHRATA (UP) Radio sta
tion KULE Friday received this
ad for its "shop and swap", pro
gram: "For sale-One ; beautiful
white satin wedding gown, size 10.
Never been used, t
Max. Min. Preclp.
Salem ' '
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Portland '
Events
53 t9 .42
65 39 trace
58 49 .10
53 - .07
60 49 .07
65 i 46 .trace
74 ' 40 .00
59 40 .00
71 49 . .00
Baker
Medf ord
North Bend
Roseburg ....
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Willamette Hiver 4J feet
FORECAST from U. S. weather
bureau. McNary field. Salem):
F-rtly" cloudy today, clearing to
night and Monday. A little warmer
with a high of 60-62 today: Monday.
KS-es. ixw tonight 32-34 with local
frost.
Temperature at 12:01 a. m. today
was 41.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. 1
Tali Year - Last Year Normal
25.03 .i 40.78 ' ; 343
of Wrangle May Cheek
U. S. Gtizensliip for Churchill
WASHINGTON UP) Congres
sional proposals to grant Sir Wins
ton Churchill honorary U.S. citizen
ship' might- do more harm than
good, administration officials said
Saturday. -.- . ! - '
They were far from opposed to
the idea of this nation's showing
its appreciation for Churchill's
services to the free world during
his long career But there were
definite : misgivings about' risking
legislative debates and a possible
legal inquiry by the Supreme Court
into the constitutionality of any
move to give Churchill citizenship.
"What everybody has in mind is
something like giving Churchill the
keys to the city on a grandiose
scale,? one informant said. "That
would be safer (than the citizen
ship move.) Tt would be too bad to
start a big controversy that could
wind up embarrassing Churchill."
Sen. - George A. Smathers (D-
Fla) and Rep. Hale.Boggs (D-La)
have announced plans to Introduce
legislation - to grant : the former
PRICE 10c
Joyous
Isolated
Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem
oyment
Rise Below
tation
The Spring employment pick
up in the state generally was be
low expectations, the 'Oregon
State Employment Service said
Saturday.
Cool weather was listed as' a
contributing factor as it held back
expansion in various industrial
fields.
How ever, said officials, employ
ment in Marion and Polk" Coun
ties was comparable to March of
1954. .
The cool, wet weather held
down seasonal agricultural , ac
tivity to a point where placement
of agricultural workers by the
Salem office was 65 per cent be
low March of last year.
Estimated unemployment in
Marion and Polk Counties was
4,200 in March, comparable to
the same period : last year but
about 100 under February 1955
figures.
Unemployment was found
chiefly in food processing, lum
ber, logging and construction
fields.
CHILE BLAST KILLS 10
CONCEPCION. Chile un Ten
persons were killed and 12 injured
Saturday by a black damp explo
sion in a coal mine.
British prime minister honorary
citizenship.
The Library of Congress has no
record of any previous- congres
sional action to grant honorary cit
izenship to a foreigner. , ,
The State Department, officials
said, isn't taking any initiative one
way or the other on the citizen
ship - for - Churchill campaign.
; If the questioners say that a pre
cedent was set in the case of the
Marquis De LaFayette, they are
told they are wrong. It is pointed
out that . the French hero, who
fought on the side of the colonies
during the Revolutionary War, be
came a citizen . when . the Consti
tution was adopted. This happened
only .because Maryland and .Vir
ginia previously - had voted La
Fayette state citizenship. When the
two states entered the union under
the Constitution LaFayette auto
matically became a VS. citizen.
But the Congress never voted him
citizenship of any kind. - -
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No. 14
Easter
19 Days
Priest Hero
Of Snou bound
ST. HTLAIRE DE DORSET. Que.
HI The isolation of St. Hilaire
ended Saturday when a big bulk
dozer cut a path through 18-foot
snowdrifts to this hunger-threatened
village. ;
The village of 265 persons, 7S
miles south of Quebec, had been
snowbound 19 days.
The arrival of the bulldozer and
a convoy of jeeps meant a joyous
Easter. St. Hilaire has no stores,
no baker, no butcher, no doctor.
The villagers were short, of ra
tions, cattle and horses. were go-
ing without feed, and farmers were
considering butchering their live
stock when the relief column broke
through the nine-mile .road from
St Evariste, the nearest railroad
station.
The hero of the long siege was
the parish priest, the Rev. Armand
Germain, who sent out the IcaU
for help to the provincial high-'
ways department last Thursday.
Father Germain had been shar
ing his supplies with mothers of
eight or more children whose hus
bands were away in the many
sugar camps of the area 40 miles
north of the U. S. border. But his
reserves were about exhausted.
St. Hilaire -depends upon St
Evariste for its supplies, but 20
days ago ; a swirling blizzard
dumped great mounds of snow on
the nine-mile lifeline. All travel
except on snowshoes became , im
possible, j
Contractor Henri - Paul Gilbert,
who sent two bulldozers into ac
tion Friday morning after the call
for help, said "Neither. I nor my
men have stopped working since."
Seven Children
DieinTacoma
House Fire
TACOMA tn -- Seven- children
who never had a prayer's chance
of escaping" perished in a flash
fire which swept, through their 2
story frame house "early . Saturday
while the mother of six of them
was away at a show. - ; i
The flames which raced through
the structure so rapidly neighbors
were helpless to even attempt a
rescue wasbelieved to have start- .
ed in overheated wiring in a kitch- '
en refrigerator. Hours later, how
ever, other , possible - causes , still
were being' sought ('
Six of the victims were children .
ef Mrs. Jean McCarley, 28, who
returned home while the blaze was
at .its peak. They were Nancy. 12;
Thomas, 11; Cyndia, 9; DarelJ, 8;
Susan 3, and Magnus, 8 months.
The seventh victim was James '.
Clifton, 15, brother of Mrs. 'Me-'
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vu icy wuu Udu utxil icu lu uaujr
sit while the mother attended ,
drive-in theater with a man friend.
. The father of the children, Win
fred A. McCarley, lives; in San
Diego, j Calif. He and the mother
have been estranged three years.1
intense Heat
The fire was discovered by a
neighbor at 12:45 a. m., -already
blazing at inferno intensity. Police
who arrived at the scene a few
minutes later said the heat was
so intense they could not get with
in five feet of the building.
Mrs. McCarley told officials she
had left the; house about 9 p. m.,
feeling the older children could
"take care of things."
She was lodged in Tacoma city
jail for questioning.
Later, the dry-eyed mother said
. t i ... n .nw-
ne rciuiucu ui sec iuc uuB9 anu
police cars in front of her home.
No Answers ,
'I went down and asked ' what
happened and nobody would an
swer me, she told Captain of po
licewomen Myrtle Van Bevers.
Mrs. McCarley said she knew
then that her children and brother
had died in the fire.
There was nothing ; in it for
me," the woman toio miss van r
Bevers. "I ; turned around and'
walked away." " .
She was asked about attending
the funeral. ;
I don't think I will, she an
swered. "I don't believe in fun
erals. I will let tbeir father handle
that. . -
Then she added:
"I want to think of my children
as they were when. I walked cut
of the door last night so happy.
Frost Forecast '
Ujf VT CillJUCl illCH
Local frost is' predicted for" to
night by , McNary . Field weather
men who, however, forecast warm
er daytime temperatures for to-
dav ' and Mondav Toniffht'a low
will be about 32-34. -: -
Today , is ' to be partly- cloudly
but it's expected to be clear to
night and Monday. ..I
' Today's high is 'expected to be
60-62; Monday's, 63-65.
Quebec Sie