The Weather
TO RECAST (from U. S: Weather
Bureau McNary Field, Salem):
Cloudy with occasional rain today,
tonight and Friday. Little chance in
temperature with highest today near
'12. lowest tonight near 36. Tempera
ture at 11:01 a.m. today was 43.
IALEM MECIPITATIOM
Since Start f Weather Tea Sept 1
Thii Year Last Year Normal
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One of the hot issues in Con
gress is whether to exempt so
called independent producers of
natural gas from rate regulation
by the FPC. It's an old Issue. 4n
1938 Congress passed an act giv
ing the FPC power of regulation
over operators of interstate gas
pipelines. This gave some exemp
tion to independent, producers
(those who sell gas to pipeline
companies). During the Truman
administrations the producers who
include some of the big oil com
panies, sought a law making it
clear that their sales' of natural
gas were not under regulation.
President Truman vetoed th bill.
Later the FPC decided it had no
authority under the 1938 act to
regulate such .sales of gas. The
Supreme Court, however, decided
the FPC did have such power.
Since then the FPC has been try
ing to work out methods of dis
charging its dutyj The independent
producers are back seeking a fresh
exemption under a new act of
Congress. Recently representatives
of oil companies have urged Ore
gon chambers of commerce and
others to .endorse such legislation.
A study of the subject discloses
that it is very complicated. "Reg
ulation" has a favorable ring to
it, and consumers are apt to re
gard it as necessary for their
own protection. It isn t so simple
as that, however.
First, consider the various in
terests involved. Pipeline com
panies, which carry natural gas
to various markets, often own
some gas wells. But the most of
the natural gas reserves are held
by corporations not in the gas
(Continued on editora! page 41
Price for First
terian
Church Agreed
Salm'c Fircr Prhvtrinn "fSmrrii
was settled Wednesday at a meet
ing of that State Board of Control
with officials of the church.
They agreed to a compromise
figure of 332,769 for the church
property at Chemeketa and Winter
streets, in a block that eventually
Will be part of the Capitol Mall.
Three appraisals showing dif
ferent figures were studied prior
to the agreement reached at the
Capitol Wednesday. The congrega
tion of the: -Presbyterian Church
must authorize the sale.
The state board decided also to
ask the Legislature later this week
to appropriate money to buy the
church.
Under present plans the - con
gregation would be allowed to
occupy the church on a monthly
rental basis pending completion
of a new church.
Two members of the church"
committee. William L. Phillips and
Rcbert Elfstrom, predicted that
the congregation would vote to
accept the. new price.
The church would be used to
houe state activities.
A ways and means subcommit
tee recently rejected a request for
a $250,000 -appropriation to pur
chase more property in the capitol
mall, this board was advised. The
appropriation was asked by the
board of controL
Approximately $36,000 of frozen
funds at the MacLaren School for
Boys were' released by the board
- i . j t a
or control at weanesaay s meet
ing. '. '.
Approximately $10,000 of this will
be used in erecting a small chapel
- at the school. School officials were
authorized " to negotiate with the
Slat Hiohwav Department for a
supervisor to direct an improve
ment program involving new high
ways and other grounds improve
ments, v
EISENHOWER ' RETURNS
WASHINGTON "" President
Eisenhower returned to Washing
ton Wednesday after a nine-day
work-play vacation at Augusta, Ga.
Presbj
GOP Eageir to Start
; By ROBERT E. GANGWARE .
- ; City Editor, The Statesman
The kind of political campaigns Oregon will see in 1956, arid
who will carry them to the people, are far from decided now, but
just about everyone is expecting a terrific fight.
Republicans will be out to regain lost ground. Democrats will
redouble the efforts that made the last campaign their most success
ful in years. In both parties there are signs of earjy organization for
the '56 campaigns, but there is. more talk than strategy at this mo
ment. - ' . .
t To see if any trends of campaign organization are taking form
yet, a check was made with leaders an'd strong followers in both
political parties, inside .and outside the Capitol, in Portland as well
as in the Salem area. . ( .;;.. , -.... . ;,;
- This isvwhat turned up: T ' ' "
1 A surprising large number of individual Republicans seem
to be chafing to get started on the campaign. This attitude is by do
means confined to those who hope to become candidates.
Republican Promoting Party Organization
2 Most Republicans think there's a lot of basic party organiza
tion work, or reorganization, to accomplish right now. They fear the
Democrats have, them out-organized and out-popularized now; most
Democrats are inclined to agree with this, of course. , v
, 3 Oregon Democrats, stimulated by having an even stronger
base in Congress than the Republicans, seem to be getting .along
Power
Rates
Sliced
Electric power rate ' reductions
which win effect a large portion
of the mid-Willamette Valley are
provided in an order signed Wed
nesday by Public Utilities 'Com
missioner Charles H. Heltzel.
" The order provides for a $302,
000 annual rate cut by Pacific
Power and Light Co. for its Coos
Bay and Willamette Valley divis
ions. The firm services ; Linn
County, much of Polk County in
cluding the cities of Independence
and Dallas, and eastern Marion
County.
The new rate schedules will be
come effective April 22, 1955, to
provide savings to customers in
the Coos Bay district of Pacific
Power h Light Co. of approxi
mately $242,000 annually and in
the Willamette Valley districts of
approximately $60,000 annually.
The new schedules will provide
uniform rates in the coast districts
of the company.
The reductions are in keeping
with the commissioner's order is
sued in April, 1954, permitting the
merger of the Pacific Power Jc
Light Co. and Mountain States
Power Co. .
Salem Woman
Charged With
Embezzlement
A larceny by embezzlement
charge has been lodged against
a middle-aged Salem woman after
an audit of her former emplover's
accounts disclosed a $14,356 shortage.-
The complaint, signed Tuesday
by Dr. Edgar S. Fortner, charges
Mrs. Thelma Jones,. 680 Wild Wind
Drive, with embezzling $172. -
Mrs. -Jones committed herself:
to the State Hospital April 14 for
examination. The embezzlement
charge was filed against her five
days later, .
The woman had been employed
in Dr. Fortners office since 1950.
She was fired Jan. 17 of this year,
police said, after admitting theft
of $1,027. She executed a promis
sory note for that amount plus
interest and had paid a total of
$40 on the note, police reported.
Police said Mrs. Jones admitted
verbally Wednesday that she
managed thefts by cashing checks
requiring no receipt and entering
less than the face amount in the
daily ledger.
Her husband, she told police,
knew nothing of the money.
The district, court warrant will
be served on her later this week
when she is scheduled to be re
leased from the state hospital
after further examinations.
The city police investigation was
launched at the request of Dis
trict Attorney Kenneth Brown.
3 Corvallis
Policemen
Admit Theft
CORVALLIS Un The city fired
three of its policemen Wednesday
after they had pleaded guilty in
district court to theft charges.
Fined $30 each and paroled from
90-day sentences were Noble C.
Stewart, 28, A. E. Bodekerf 41, and
James J. Gundry Jr.. -32. .
They werjs suspended from the
force Monday after Police Chief
Cecil Fruitt said they stole a
power saw and some inexpensive
articles from a store where they
went to investigate an open door
Sunday night.
Underweight Loaves "
PORTLAND un : Managers of
nine Portland bakeries, were fined
$25 each Wednesday in district
court on charges they put on sale
underweight loaves cf bread.
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Marion County
Districting Bill
The bill to v divide Marion
County into two districts for the
election of representatives comes
up today for consideration by
the House.' : '
This bill stood approved Wed
nesday by the House elections
committee after an 8 to 1 vote
to recommend that the House
pass it with an amendment that
would require the approval of
Marion County voters to put it
THURSDAY HEARING
On bill to raise unemploy
ment benefits House labor
and industries committee,
Capitol Room 6, at 7 p.m.
into effect It would be submit
ted at the general election next
year.
Under the plan, two of Mar
ion's representatives would be
elected from Salem and several
suburban precincts, making up
about half the county popula
tion. The other two would be
elected from remainder of the
county.
The Oregon Legislature already
has passed a bill to divide Mult
nomah County into five such dis
tricts, after a bipartisan study.
Marion and Lane Counties were
taken out of that bill when re
sistance to their districting plans
developed.
Voter Information
Other major action at the Leg
islature today will be considera
tion in the Senate on two House
approved elections bills that
would require voters to verify
their addresses by signing poll
books and would require addi
tional information on voter regis
tration cards.
In a major development Wed
nesday, the Legislature's joint
ways and means committee gave
its approval to a $14,904,658
state construction program, just
as outlined last week by a sub
committee. The Legislature win caucus at
7:30 p.m. Friday to hear an ex
planation of the program, which
will be introduced in five bills
covering 26 proposed projects.
The program includes $10,305,
000' in new state institution con
struction, and $3,975,000 for uni
versity and college buildings.
S Per Cent Sales Tax
The House Taxation Committee
worked again Wednesday on its
3 per cent sales tax program.
The committee will resume its
work today, hoping that the
House can consider it early next
week.
The Senate tax committee,
meanwhile, scheduled four meet
ings for today and promised to
have its decision on the income
tax increase bill before the night
is out.
This bill would raise income
tax, probably, about 60 per cent.
The sales tax, in the House plan,
would go before the people soon
as a possible alternative.
(Additional legislative news on
Page 11, Sec. 1.)
Truman Plans
Portland Talk
WASHINGTON un Former
President Truman will address a
Jefferson-Jackson regional dinner
of Democrats m Portland, Ore.,
June 11, National Committee Chair
man Paul M. Butler announced
Wednesday.
The Democratic committee is
sponsoring the fund-raising dinner
of Democrats from Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana.
Truman addressed a $100 a plate
party dinner here last Saturday
night honoring Speaker of the
House Sam Rayburn. . .
Vote Today
Work on 2956
well with party organization in the counties and seem td be less
hampered by factionalism than has been the case in many recent
years. ... .. , -: ; . - " ; -
Many Top Positions at Stake in Next Election
The Republicans elected the governor and three Congressmen
last fall; Democrats elected the U.S.: senator, one Congressman, and
state labor commissioner. The stakes coming up next year are a U.S.
senate seat, the four U.S. House seats, state treasurer, secretary of
state and attorney general posts.
It will be a presidential election year and this, plus the fight
Sen. Wayne Morse, now a Democrat, has promised to put up for re
election, will mean a heavy emphasis on national issues in the 1956
campaigns. ; . . , .. '
"The Democrats already are beating their drums on the power
issue and other issues," said one Republican leader who wanted to
see earlier action in Republican organization for the next campaign.
"We Republicans, should start sounding off with some positive is
sues of our own." :
He was one of several Republicans who expressed themselves
strongly that election candidates and issues should be developed im
mediately' in a buildup for '56. .
On the other hand, one top official in the Republican party
organization, expressing the apparently traditional view, said: "The
organized party has no business mixing in the Legislature, but after
the session well have to appraise the results and sec what bearing
they have on next year's elections." , . , , .-
.Military Chief Flies
'Minute Men'
Salem's National Goardsmen, and
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nesday participated in a preparedness alert to test their speed in
manning strategic installations. Salem's units, which within a con
pie hoars had about 250 men in the field, had infantryman guards
Home, Garden
ns at
7 p.m. Tonight
The Salem Downtown Lions
Club's Home ' and Garden Show
opens at 7 p.m. tonight at the
state fairgrounds grandstand pa
vilion and continues Friday night
and Saturday afternoon.
' Seventy exhibits, in contrast to
last year's 56, are lined up. Pur
pose is to display the most re
cent trends and developments in
home furnishings, garden equip
ment and interior and exterior
decorating. Admission is free.
Professional talent from Port
land will put on a free 25-minute
show each of the three days.
The Friday show opens at ,7
p.m. and the Saturday show, at
1 p.m. Each day it will run as
long as the crowd demands.
Sponsor is the Downtown Lions
Club, but the East Salem Lions
Club and its auxiliary will be in
charge of the concessions.
(Additional details on page 9
of Home and Garden section, 3.)
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Campaign; Democrats
Answer Call as
those throughout the land, Wed
250 Salem
Watch Over
Some 250 Salem National Guardsmen, responding to a nation
wide preparedness alert, Wednesday took up watch at the city's vital
installations the Capitol area, communications centers, bridges, the
airport and tne waterworks. t - , ; i .
In Dallas, the guard unit there mustered up nearly full strength
in the same exercise, extending from 5 to 9 p.m.
The alert, which the men had f
been told would come any time j
now, was a test of mobilization
speed. .
Representatives of each of Sa
lem's three companies felt they
had done very well in getting
guards at their posts within 45
minutes after the alert and anti
aircraft guns set up in the Capi
tol area within an hour and a
half.
The units, which draw their
men from all over this area,
manned their posts after about
60 per cent of their respective
strengths had assembled at their
armory Salem's two infantry
companies at the downtown arm
ory and the anti-aircraft gun bat
tery at the old armory, 2650 Lee
St.
Men who turned .up late for
the initial manning were either
formed into relief details to re
lease those first to man the posts
or to prepare the unit for a
theoretical move-out
All companies made arrange
ments to feed the men supper.
(Additional details on Page 2,
Sec. 1.)
Max. Mln.
Salem ' 49 3S
Portland 50 40
Baker 48 54
Med ford 53 ' 36
North Bend 47 39
Roseburg 4 ": 38
San Francisco 55 48
Chicago 7J 30
New York 5 48
Los Angeles 65 48
Willamette River 5.5 feet.
Precip.
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Many of the legislators take the opposite view, advocating that
party liaison with Legislature should be strong, that potential can
didates should be groomed, that some issues should be presented on
party lines, with future campaigns in mind. Emphasis on nonpartisan
approach to state legislation was all right, they saypin the recent
sessions where most of the legislators were Republicans, but that
hasn't been, the case this time, with one-third the lawmakers Demo
crats. :
, Similar thinking is being applied to the primaries. Taaditionally
the party has a hands-off attitude in the primary, then is supposed
to get strongly behind the candidates nominated. .But more politi
cians are now saying" that the party should make sure of . its candi
dates, even if it has to take active part in the primaries to do this.
Modern Means of Promotion Are Expensive ;
Cost of financing campaigns is one reason for this. Modern, ag
gressive methods of promotion, newspaper, radio and television use
are expensive. Instead of each candidate trying to! raise his own
money and develop his own personal campaign organization, some
argue, the party would get best results from a highly centralized
financing effort and that would require getting together well- in
advance on a slate of candidates. . . i j
An oldtimer in Republican politics put it bluntly: It's about
time we stopped picking candidates with the money of candidates
who would be accepted by the people with the campaign money.
We should first line up strong candidates who can, win an election,
then go out alter the money needed to back them up with a good
campaign." : - ; - 4 . ... i
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at posts within 45 minntes and anti aircraft guns set up in the
Capitol district within an hour and a half. Shown guarding the Capi
tol, left' to right, are Privates First Class Lester Miller, Robert
LyonsWallace Gibson and Francis Smith Jr. (Statesman Photo)
Guardsmen
City Sites
Hospitals Vie
For Brain of
Albert Einstein
PRINCETON. N.J. (fi - A calm
descended Wednesday in the dis
agreement over which hospital will
get the brain of scientist Albert
Einstein, who wanted it left to sci
ence. Montefiore Hospital in New York
City, which had said it expected
to get the brain Tuesday, referred
all questions . to Princeton Hospi
tal, where the brain is hardening
in a solution.
Spokesman for the hospital here
declined to discuss the subject fur
ther. They simply reiterated that
the whole thing had been a mis
understanding. v
Dr. Thomas S. Harvey, patholo
gist at Princeton Hospital who now
has custody of the brain left by
the 76-year-old mathematical wi
zard, was reported out of town for
a few days.
No matter which; hospital . gets
the brain, a team of top patholo
gists will study, dissect and ana
lyze it. . - i ; - -
After the removal of the brain
and major internal organs, Ein
stein's body was cremated Mon
day, the same day he died of a
ruptured aorta and hardening of
the arteries. j f
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U.S.'s Citizen
Soldiers Alert
As Duty Calls
WASHINGTON OB - The na
tion's . National Guard answered
the call to arms in quick time
Wednesday night from Florida
to Alaska in its first full scale
mobilization test.
Within two hours after the Penta
gon figuratively pushed an "alert"
button, guard units in all 48 states,
Alaska and the District of Colum
bia were moving into action. Some
350,000 citizen soldiers took part.
Guard headquarters here said
said the turnout averaged 66.7 per
cent in the first hour after the
alert in 23 states which had re
ported. In eight states that reported
turnouts within two hours after
they received the alert . the per
centage was 82.1. Maj. Gen. Ed
gar E. Erickson, chief of the Na
tional Guard Bureau which organ
ized and directed the. test from a
Pentagon command post, said he
believed this percentage of men
who actually turned out of. all
guard units would prevail across
the country.
More Rain Seen
Foi Salem Area
Road conditions in the moun
tains were bad because of packed
snow Wednesday and cloudy
weather with occasional rain is
forecast for Salem through Fri
day. McNary Field weathermen pre
dicted little change in tempera
ture with the highest today near
52 and the lowest tonight near
36. The occasional rain was pre
dicted for today, tonight and Friday.
Show New - Found Un ity
Another Republican who has handled top party assignments in
recent years and who is in the anxious-to-get-started class; gave this
opinion: "Frankly we face a unified Democratic party with a lot of
eninusiasm leu over irom me election oi luck xseuoerger tor tne
Senate. The Republican party will have to start getting behind some
strong candidates for 1956, and we don't yet see any Republicans
head and shoulders above the crowd as candidate possibilities. We
need to develop some colorful candidates like a Dick Neuberger."
New Type Strategy Croup Being Developed
On the organization line, Republicans are in the process of de
veloping a new type strategy committee for the state central com
mittee and are faced with selecting a new Multnomah County chair
man soon to replace Philip Englehart who resigned because he would
be out of the state several months between now and the 1858 elec
tions. . ; " , . .." ., "
Some party leaders think these development are overdue and
also think liaison with the national party organization has been weak.
Sen. Guy Cordon's defeat last November showed some party organi
zation weakness, they say, that still hasnt been corrected.
But one of' the top elected Republican party officials said he
wasn't too concerned, "because there is always rumor of dissension
in any political party." , i ;
In contrast a behind-scenes campaigner long identified as a
source of Republican strength said: "The only way to get out of the
rut and really get going is for Gov. Patterson to take command of
the party organization and make it tick.". .
Sudden Trip
Due to Tense
Situation9 1
By WARREN ROGERS JR.
WASHINGTON v The nation'
top military man and the State De
partment's Far East specialist
sped Wednesday to Formosa for
on-the-scene consultations about
the "tense . situation which con
tinues" there.
But Secretary of State Dulles
said "no crisis is involved" in the
sudden travel orders . for Admiral
Arthur W. Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Wal
ter S. Robertson, assistant secre
tary of state.
As if to emphasize his words,
Dulles himself left for a few days
vacation at his island retreat in
Lake Ontario.
Robertson and Radford are due
about noon Sunday in Taipei. Na
tionalist China capital. Their visit
will mark the second time the
United States and Nationalist Chi
na havf rnnsnlfpd linrlpr thpir mu
tual defense treaty. Dulles himself
held the first consultation at Taipei
last March 3. .
Statement Issued
A statement issued by the State
and Defense Departments about
two hours before Robertson and
Radford actually took off said the
consultations were ordered "in
view of the tense situation which
continues in the area.
The . statement added that peri-
iwn. vuuici cutx9 uuuci uie uccuy
can be expected "so long as the
Chinese Communists indicate by
deeds and words their purpose tc
take Formosa by force." .
Moderate Stand
The sudden dispatching of Rob
ertson and Radford comes at a
time when Dulles has disclosed re
ports of a Red air buildup oppo
site Formosa. It also coincides
with the surprisingly moderate
statements by Red Chinese Pre
mier Chou En-Lai' at the Asian-
African conference of 29 -nations
at Bandung, Indonesia.
Robertson told newsmen at
Washington's National Airport the
trip had been talked about "for
several days." He said the idea
originated with Dulles, who had
talked to President Eisenhower
a Hsu if St of Atimicf 12 1f Cim.
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Nothing New ? v
Robertson, who developed the
defense ' treaty with Nationalist
China in secret negotiations last
year, said there was nothing new
in the tense Formosa situation. As
iu nucuici ma uiu futuivra s visit
resulted from an increased air
buildup, he said that was "just a
phase." J ' v
Radford said he had made plans
to go to Europe for North Atlantic
Treaty, Organization (NATOJ com
mand exercises. .
"When I got orders to go to For
mosa, he said with a smile, I
was all set. All I had fo do was
to turn around and go the other
wav. "
Radford said he believes the
Red Chinese buildup is "methodi-'
cal" and proves they "have not
deviated from their intentions to
take Formosa by force."
Both men said they expect to
talk to Chianff Kai . Shek and other
leaders of the Nationalist China
government during their three or
four days at Taipei.
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