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M l , ..................... ...... Refls 'Invitation; to Return to Estonia Offers No Appeal to Salem Ex-DP, By JERRY STONE r the, Soviets to return to live in hli Staff Writer, The Statesman I homeland behind the Iron Curtain. An Estonian-born Salem resident For 57-year-old Ardo Taretn and fcai received an "invitation" irorn family there is no thought of ac- cepting the bid. They're blissfully happy in their home at 260 S. 15th St., and ai citizen of this coun try. , ' ' The absurdity and yet the in sidiousness of Russian propa ganda was doubly emphasiied to Tarem and other Estonian natives of the state when each recently re ceived a batch of mailed Red bally hoo from East Germany. The propaganda in effect says all of these former Estonians are for given for their anti-Red feelings, for their flight from their Russian oocupied homeland after World War II. ' - Commie propagandists tried to hit I nostalgic not with the sug gestion that "it's .better to live in the place where one was born."; But It produced only' nausea for "invitation"- from East Germany told Tartm he was "living in miserable conditions as a slave of a capitalistic regime." "Miserable conditions?" laugh ed Tarem. "I have only a couple of hundred dollars left on my house payments; I have, a csr; my three children are being brought up in a wonderful city: YMCA.'1 -"Tare nv'i former di placed person -who came here with his family in IMp. laughed again. . ' r The Reds in their propaganda outpouring to Tarem and other former Estonians, also utilized another angle. "Come home,' th missives said in effect, "and you guilty of minor offenses against Russia) will get sentences of only five years." "I don't know whether I would have been llabl to fiv years of not," observed Tarem, "but I imagine that all of ns who fled would be called offender ander Tarem mad who know the Russian ruthlessneis well. "I received my U.S. citizenship last year," proudly stated Tarem Monday, "and my family and I hop to live out our lives in this wonderful land." Tarem works as physical therapist at the Salem YMCA. The weird expounding of that . Propaganda Brings Laugh ineir system. . (Additional details la see., page 1). V? 1 have a fine job with the 1 s' 1651 103th Year 2 SECTIONS-20 PACES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 4, ftSS ma it No. 2S4 ' ' FOUNDS Arde Tarem, Estonian-born Salem resident,' chuckles at Communist ' propaganda "inviting" htm te return to his native land behind the Iron Curtain t make his person who came t Salem with his family in 1949, was mailed day collided with a refusal by the . the missives from East Germany. He and Estonian friends re- head of the Atomic Energy Com Jetted the overture naturally. (Statesman photo). mission to say whether be had Eden, Ike to Meet at White House Jan. 30 bility of fraud? he was asked by GETTYSBURG. Pa. Two top leaders of the Western world, j Sen. Kefauver. chairman of a Sen President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden, will meet 'ate anti-monopoly subcommittee t the White House Jan. 30 on stepped-up cold war maneuvers. A massive array of touchy international issues will confront this hands-across-the-Atlantic conlerence in the wake of the failure Eananjn The long-talked of merger of the two bis labor federations. AFL and CIO, is now ao accomplished fact. George Mcany, former head of the AFL is president of the new federation which is identified by the dual "name: AFL-CIO. Walter Reuther; former head of the CIO is now head of the "industrial un ion" division which will include the former unions of CIO such as the uiv, unci, niciiiiiai n ui itel o. Unification has stirred up con siderable discussion of the con sequences of such an alliance in the political life of the country. With a membership of 16 million it would, constitute, along with fam ilies of members, a very .power ful phalanx if mustered behind a single party or a single candidate. The nearest such s muster occur red was in the 1936 campaign when Franklin D. Roosevelt swept the country for reelection and had be hind him the great majority of or ganized labor. Otherwise labor has not voted as a unit, in spite of ag gressive work of lis committees for political action. President Meany. however, says that the new program will include greater labor political" activity, and Walter Reu ther predicts more, not less sctiv ity on the part of labor in the field of politics. He went on to say that workers are citizens, "and politics is the practical housekeeping job of democracy." That is quite truer workers are citizens, enjoying the full right of suffrage in all American elections. As citizens they j (Continued on-editorial page, 4. ) 15 Motorists Cited Again In M&F Area Monday night store hours must have fooled 15 motorists who were cited for parking in a restricted tone in the 400 block, of North Church Street on the east side of Meier Frsnk store. Forty-two- parkers were cited there in traffic jams Friday but no violators were found Saturday. All the tickets Monday were issued between T and p.m. " Parking is not allowed on the west side of the street in that block during Meier Frank store hours, as stated on signs posted there, police explained, rDO IT YOURSELF HA'' There's a committee of neiga , berhoed television owners i t see jeo Cwseut 1 ! ...... VrM.i'A.I heme. Tarem, s former displaced strategy for combatting Russia's l of the Geneva foreign ministers sessions last month to bridge ma jor gaps dividing - East and West. But there were ne solid indica tions that either the President or the Prime Minister feels that any real emergency impels a meeting between them and their foreign secretaries. Mainly they will be up against old, holdover problems and one new on that embraces ajL) the others. Among the holdovers are the im passe with Russia on uniting Ger many and achieving' world disarm- ament, and the situations in the .- troubled Middle East and Asia The new one is the increasingly hpthr lrnt in Ri.t.l.. policy. , Radio Hints Malenkov Up, Molotov Down LONDON I Hints of s possi ble behind'the-scenes reshuffle of the Soviet hierarchy were seen Tuesday in the Moscow radio's juggling of the names and rank of V. M. Molotov and Ex Premier Georgi Malenkov. Monday a Soviet broadcast de scribed Malenkov as a "first dep. uty chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers," meaning one of the Soviet Union's first deputy premiers. Malenkov has held only the title of "deputy Chairman." A later news cast referred to a dinner given by "first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers and U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Molotov." But in subsequent broadcasts early Tuesday it was stated that the dinner was given by "the govern iov listed Inrely';. .ne' of" the ment of the U.S.S.R.," with Molo- aeputy chairmen attending. Whether one of the big five first deputies oerhani Mnlotnv is stepping' down to make wayfor rninor touch-up work at both for the promotion of Malenkov could not be determined from the broadcasts. However, the Moscow radio announcers are always careful to give Soviet leaders their proper rank and order of precedence. Famed Honus Wagner Taken by Death at 81 PITTSBURGH W-John (Hon us) Wagner, generally rated the greatest shortstop in baseball, died Monday st his home in near by Carnegie. He was 81. Considered by some as the greatest player of all time, the former - baseball sensation had been In ill -health for -several years. (Additional details in sports section.) jtMlteP gi5B (SSItert statti Tkll It s tertM f pcriMal ipnluli f th ! atfiunc ml ChrUtaut, wrttt r -Mhrt rpru(lT hlra rknrthn iblti lavRaUM'! The SUttMMB). By FRANK L. BUTLER IStit ua snSltor; memfctr rirrt Kviasellral l nlttt Brrthrta Ckarch). Christmas means to ai pri- marily ' a season of remem brance. Remembranc that, as St John wrote: "So the Word becsme flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and saw Senate Defied by AEC Boss Strauss Mum on Repudiation of Dixon-Yates Pact WASHINGTON W - A Senate search (or "criminal conspiracy" i in the Dixon-Yates contract Mon- discussed repudiation of the con tract with the White House. AEC Chairman Lewis-L. Strains took his defiant stand "on penalty of whatever the penalty may be." ' "Isn't it natural you would no tify the White House of the possi which is investigating the aba doned private power contract. Natural Inference "That's a natural inference," Strauss replied. But he refused to disclose wheth er he had any conversations with White House officials about junk ing the contract "or even to imply i th.' j had any On penalty of whatever the penalty may be," Strauss said, "I'll claim the privilege under the doctrine of separation of powers" among the three branches of gov ernment. Kefauver challenged Strauss' po sition. Harking back' to the Tea pot Dome scandals of the 1920 s, .. . ' "e"a ",a . f"Pm' vmii i iichi men tudi uic umirine separa,lon . P0"?;" v"-..- mim"" iiiiw Mini' ters involving fraud or miscon duct." Cancellation Ordered Eisenhower ordered the Dixon- Yates contract cancelled. And last month Strauss announced tM AECjoUhe radar tracking and intercep- was repudiating the contract, that ' tor defenses of Doth tne u. a. nna is, refusing to pay millions of nol-; Canada. lar in estimated cancellation fees Air National Guard pilots tak because of "possible material vio-ing part in the exercise are under lations of law and public policy" ! orders which call for them to be in the negotiating of the contract. ; on duty for a period not to exceed William Mitchell, AEC general ;four dfly counsel, said that only the courts Planes of the U. S. strategic could settle whether there was a Air. Command were playing the "conflict of interest" in the double Part of myth'' "my in l" role played in the negotiations by tempting the penetrate the air de Adolphe H. WenzeH, who served fenw t-uP- .. . ' as adviser to the AEC and was at the same time an officer in one of the financial firms involved, 2 Downtown Theaters to Close for Time The Elsinore and Grand Theaters in Salem will be closed from Mon day, Dec. 12, to Thursday, Dec. 22, inclusive, it was announced Mon- Yf'1"?- S,em manager of United Theaters. Jones said th closure was due to "a dearth of pictures, the need theaters, and the fact that every one is Duy shopping. The Capitol Theater will remain in operation beginning at daily. noon Re-opening pictures on Friday Dec. 21 will include "Rains of , RanchirtU-1' at the Elsinore. The Martin and Lewis production, "Art ists and Models." will then be at the Capitol. Booking has not yet been made for the Grand. WOLF HEARING DIE ' PORTLAND on A hearing will turned with her husband and his open her Tuesday to determine orchestra from a tour of Western the degree of guilt of Victor Lau- Europe. re nee Wolf, 43, who has confessed! .Earlier in her life she was an he killed hermit Smith, 34, Port-'author. Some of her works, written land attorney, when Smith tried in Finnish, have been translated to ' start-hl -car-in - Portland In the fcarutinatfart" languages." country club last April and bomb exploded. the honor Cod had given him, . such honor as an only son re- -ceives from his father." -If the spiritual significance of Christmas is relegated to the background, all that is left are the holiday customs that have ccm to be associated with the Season. The sharing of gifjs - and greetings, the family gath erings, the carols snd religious observances certainly all of these add to a true enjoyment f of Christmas. On the other hand, th1 in creased emphasis on . selling merchandise, the convivial par Mill Worker Can't Escape Firm's 'Reach' i . . SWISSHOME. Ore. to James Heath has lost his job a third time because the Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. has bought the mill w here he was working1. "I thought I was settled this time where they couldn't find me." said Heath plaintively. It wasn't anything personal on the part of Georgia-Pacific though. Heath is on of a number of lumber mill workers whose jobs have been eliminated in a consolidation of the lumber bus, iness. - First he was working at an Olympla veneer plant. Georgia Pacific bought it and closed th mill. Then he was working at the lnman-Poulsen plant at Port land. when Georgia-Paeif ie bought it. closed the mill and be gaiusending the timber to its own mills. Then Heath was at the Swiss home lumber mill, operated by a Midwest farmers cooperative. Georgia-Pacific bought that too, acquiring 5.000 acres of timber. The mill closed and the timber will go to the Georgia-Pacific subsidiary,1 Springfield Plywood Corp. Alert-Testis North America Air Defenses WASHINGTON (B- Operation Cracker Jack a surprise test of the air defenses of the North American Continent, .got under way late Monday. Some 400,000 members of the civilian Ground Observer Corps, plus joint forces of the United States and Canada were taking i part in the exercise. The primary objective of the test ! is to ascertain the effectiveness uemenis oi ine u. a. Air ruri-r, Navy, Marines and the National Guard were involved in the exer cise, along with Canadian forces. The Air Defense Command said that no figures would be disclosed as to the actual number of units or planes taking part in the test. A spokesman at the- Portland Ore., Air Force Base would say only that the 337th Fighter Group and 460th Fighter Interceptor Squadronboth . stationed at the base, had been "alerted." All other information is classified, he said (Earlier story in sec. 2. page 10) Boris Sirpo's - - . x Wife Succumbs PORTLAND (If - Mrs. Boris Sirpo, wife of the Finnish-born conductor of the Portland Little Chamber Symphony orches- tra, died from cancer at her home here Monday, Her husband collapsed, and symphonv program he was to have directed Wednesday night was can celled. Mrs. Siroo's condition was dis- eovereH1 rentlv after ' she re. Sirpo also is professor of music 'at Lewis and Clark College. fffrl ties, the widespread spirit of "holiday" rather than holy day these seem incompatible with s remembrance rA Him who came "Bringing His people the knowledge of salvation through . the forgiveness of their sins." (St. Luke) To me, Christmas and Easter ire Inseparable, Jesus came as' a -babe and lived a a man upon the earth to show us what God is like, but He also died upon the Cross and rose again, that all who believe in Him, might receiv eternal life. -y-Jrink L. Butler. , Ruling Allows CouMy to Order Building Permits Santa's Reindeer Outshine 1 '. 'e w : r.j- j - w j - . I ' irna tm mi ki n m'l -i Ji -f i " - ....li V t ........ . j Santa Claus took a bark seat ss far as Salem kids were concerned Monday afternoon when he narad ed his five reindeer down Liberty Street The unusual animals were displayed at Valley Motor Co. during the evening where throngs of children sad adults watched phot). Salem Kids Thrilled by Live Reindeer The most patient kids in town M n d a y undoubtedly were the thousands who stood in line ' an hour or more to pet Santa Claus' reindeer at the new Valley Motor Co. Perhaps the happiest were the two primary graders who rode with Santa and the fifth grader who led the reindeer up Liberty Street from Mission tp Center streets. Winners In contests sponsored by Valley Motor, .they were Carol Lents, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. I.enU, 739 Marino Dr.; Ran dall Shipman, son of Mr, and Mrs. D. C. Shipman. 1650 S. High St., and Gary Gustsfson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gustsfson, (2S Han sen Ave. Carol, s second grader at Can dalaria School, and Randall, a first grader at McKinley, won their honors for Christmas drawings. Gary, West Salem School, won in a Christmas essay contest for high er grades. Drswings, mostly of Santa himself, were displayed ifl the showroom window of the auto company. A steady line went through th garage at Liberty and Center streets where Santa held court in his ilelgh on a raised plstform i'k hours. U Ths jrinder,- from hs - largest nera in ine uniiea states, are owned by Oscar Paulson of Salem and 'John Zumsteln, formerly of Salem. They hav 23, all flown from Alaska "and trained at Red mond except four calves born in captivity. . " i Murder Trial TV Permitted ' W A C OjJTex. ii Permission for live telecasting of the Harry L. Washburn murder trial was grant ed Waco station KWTX-TV Mon day by DIM. Judge D. W. Bartlett. the station s news director an-1 nou need. "T the best of my knowledge this will b the first time for live telecasting nt a murder trial any when," Bill Stlnsoa said. IK Prosecutor Held eal,erraen hi Contempt in Sherry Fong TrialjSay SllOWCrS PORTLAND (l Deputy Dist Atty. Howard Lonergan was held in contempt of court Monday as the stormy Sherry Fong first de gree murder trial neared Its end. Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson made the contempt citation from the bench after Lonergan had heatedly protested Dobson s impli cation that evidence had been surpres.vd in the case. ' Tbe evidence Dobson was refer ring to was the testimony by for mer school mates of the dead girl, Diane Hank, that they had seen her alive after the state contends Mrs. Fong snd her husband, Wayne Fong, killed her. The defense completed its ess Monday. ' REVISION NEEDED WASHINGTON on - Attorney General Brownell said Monday the McCarran-Walter immigration law needs drastic revision and that "this will be one of th big tasks of the next Congress." City Hall Yule To Follow Girl's Drawing Salem City Hall will be decorat ed, for . tht. holiday seson-this week following a sketch submit ted by Kathleen Deutsch, 10-year-old school girl. -' ' A student at St. Vincent de Paul School,' Kathy entered her large, colored idea of how the downtown municipal building should be decorated in a contest sponsored by the city parks de partment for city 4 II elubs. Judging Monday also gave hon orable - mention to two ; other drawings smong the 63 entered. They were submitted' by Sharon Carnine, 10, of 1070 S. Summer Bush School 4-II rlub mem ber :and by Kathleen Ziebart.13, of 3040 Silvcrton Rd., student at the Oregon Stat School for the ; Blind. The Deutsch girl's . winning plan calls for s large decorated tree, complete with Christmas parcels" to be placed on a flat ares at the left of the city hall's east step on the flat sres formed by th toot of the folk station. Old St. Nick and petted them. (Statesman More rain this morning with showers and some periods of par tial clearing tonight and Wednes day were predicted by McNary new weathermen. Temperature today will be about the same as Monday's SO they said. . ..... . - Chains were required Monday In the Santiam and Willamette passes and several other spots in- Western and Central Oregon mountains. Snow early Monday morning snarl ed traffic in Portland and caused at least 10 accidents on Highway S southesst of Eugene. Most seriously hurt was Chester Parnkratz, 20, of Lebanon, who received cuts on the face when his car overturned west of Oakridge. all-time men WASHINGTON (i - The Agri culture Department reported Mon day that the Commodity Credit Corp. ICCC) had had S7,743,36,- 000 an all-time high invested in commodities on Oct. II. Decorations Other, tree , will be placed along . th stp- and at ground level, all complete with lights. A large Nativity scene is slated for a prominent place high st th top of the steps in a curved archwsy. Big, red bells will complete the Yule trimming. "City park crews are going to start mi this project immediate ly," said Walter Wlrth, city park superintendent "We are going to follow. Kathy's sketch as closely as possible.": Daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Leo Deutsch, Kathy is a member of t first year 4 H clothing club, th Handy Needle' club. Her mother is rlub leader, Sharon Carnine, daughter of Mr, and Mn. H. K. Carnine. is a member of the Snap Ettes Cook ing rlub. Her leader is Mrs. Fran cis Wonderly, Kathleen Ziebart is s member of the Hot Wires Electricity club st the Blind School. Club lead eri arc Ross Huckins snd Mrs. Florence Maalajr. Officials Plan Long Study of New Powers By ROBERT E. GANGWARI Olr Editor. Th statesman ' Marion County Court has the IWWH nnur fit athlifih a Ki,IM.m toub anu rrquire ouuaing permits, without s vote of the people. Based on a 1953 slal law. this was ruled in a stale . attorney general's opinion made public Mon day night during a legislative in terim committee hearing at Salem itity nail: But this doesn't mean a Mario County building; code is imminent. County Judge Rex Hartley told The Statesman after the hearin 4 4 xne county court hasn t yet seen tne attorney general s ruling, said th judge, and even after it studies the ruling it would have to give exhaustive study te developins a. building code adaptable to this county. And the county would have to budget for building iiMDection. ne aaaea. Building Cede Needed Nevertheless, Judge Hartley told thte interim commute on local -government: A building code is urgently needed, especially tor the areas adjacent to cities. Building -permits should ge forward at as early time, but for farming areae should bt undertaken only with extreme caution." Fifty planners and officials of Salem, Marion County and neaiv ' by local government units par ticipated in th meeting, first of a series of regional hearings - ed by th 1933 Oregon Leglsl-' ture to study fringe area and other locsl government problems. ' Subdivision Regulations Attorney General ' Robert Y. Thornton's Nov. 29 ruling also -stated that the county court could adopt subdivision regula tions to govern location and width of streets and sidewalks. , without going to the voters. But -r- men regulations, mormon add, ed, cannot extend to paving,--sewage and drsinsge, tree plant. . lng and required park planning. n upiniua nan oeen request t ed, through District Attorney " Kenneth E. Brown, by the Coun- , tV Planning ('nmmliiinn in certain the effect of new 1935. laws on the subject. Especially Interested Marion County has been espe dally interested because the voU ers hav turned down general, county toning at a time when expansion of suburban popula-.,. tion has crested many problems in the Salem fringe area. In th part of the Thornton opinion relating to building coda, " it was apecified that such a cod would have to have substantial 1 relation to publie health, safety x snd general welfare and could govern only the physical con. , struction, not the use. of build- lngs. ' ;, (Additional bearing news see. 1. Pge 2 ) The Weather Max. Mln. Prrcla, . M J4 ' Silm PortUnd .TO S3 SS .. It 41 M 9 '., '..W -.! .1 . .4 n -trar " a : Mcdford 31 41 u 4 SO 14 North Bend RoKhurs M .... 54 SO San Frnrtwa Lot Anfelu Chteam 24 M New York 3 Willamette River 10 4 (ret. rORXX'AKT (fmm V. S weetliae bureau, MrNary Field. Stlem): : ,' Moally cloudy wlUi rain this morn.. in; sttowert r4 oriel partial rleare -ln pertodi tnnishl and Wedneaday, ' Ultl lemperatur rhanse. Ih huh r: today near SO, the low tonliht near " 4. ' TemtMralur at 11 II tn, today ' waa 44. tAi.rsr FnrciPiTAVioy Sine Start al Weather Year Sen! I Tkli Vest Laat Vw Nwfai IS 11 10 so . U ll - Toddy's Statesman - 7 Sec. b - Classified1 .. ill... 7-9 Comes the Dawn . I 4 ' Comics M... 4 Crossword . II..- 4 Editorially . L- 4 Home anorsma I... I, i Markets . II..7, 10 . Obiiwaries JL. I 7k ." Radio, TV -.il ... 7 Sports ..... II.-.!, 2 Star Gaier Valley ; II.- 4 Wirophere f0 .Jt t .... 7-
