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, L ... , ! 1 If If A. A A - A. - COUNDID 1651 105th Ytir 4 SECTIONS-32 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ortgon, Friday, January 6, 1956 PRICE 5 No. 285 'Gas Mask'-Like Recorder Used at NLRB Hearing mmmmmmmmmmmmmJimmttr- a ... ..-i- .wnwsinBnBjajBHajjjBBB McKay lo Keep Post As Ixiiig as Ike Wanls'llim' WASHINGTON i Secretary of the Interior McKay said Thursday he plans to continue to serve as long as President Eisen hower wants him. but he hopes to retire at the end of a (our year stint. McKay said in Hawaii on Dec. 20 that he hoped to retire "next year" but he explained to a re porter Thursday that he meant in 1957. ' "I came here for a four-year enlistment or to serve at the pleasure of InT President, and I expect , to carry that out," Mc Kay said. Testifying it National' Labor Relations Board hearing in Marion ' pealing back word for word the testimony through the device County Courthouse Thursday is Milo O. Holt (left, facing camera), j showing in picture. Among other attorneys at the hearing table are 8.i If m, business representative for the International Machinists : seen (right, faces showing) Will II. and W. J. Masters of Masters I'nion whirh. answered charges brought against it by Valley ;& Masters, Portland, representing Valley Motor. (Statesman Photo). Motor Co. Man with the mask is the official hearing reporter, 1 (Story, sec. 1, page 6). ' M. J. Montgomery of Portland, who recorded proceeding by re- j ' , .-. - ----- State Flood Damage Total Tops 84 Million IPdlk County's TOMB President Eisenhower's message to the Congress delivered yester : Winds Smash At Northwest; Bridge Sags (Picture on Wirephoto page.) By THE -ASSOCIATED PRESS Smashing gusts of wind and pelt- President JV.HV. , . , . j , day proves that, though his heart ns, rainworms namrnerra inurs- was afflicted . in September his!0"' n,,u 81 ine rat,"i: '''wrM hrarf rnmnin. rioar nnH hie think, coastal area even as the region ing sound and strong. Both in sub. was dSSnS ltsclf out o( the lllud stance and in style the message. left by ,e?rl"r s,0,rm , -Will rank among the" best ' of' his) Crumbling roads prompted the state papers. It is statesmanlike ic,os,n8 a number of schools in In tone and in content. freVof in-! King and Snohomisji Counties in; Vective, even where Russia is con- j Washington. More than 900 miles cerned. free also of cant and vin 01 roaa C10sca " neavy Irai' promises. It is a sober callto , J,c K,n8 County alonei Congress and to the country to! Post-storm slides had blocked a duty, to responsible exercise of I rallro;,d undermined a bridge on power and to orderly progress. Highway 99, and covered several The message-is quite free of roas in 0rcRon and WW10" pirprises. Its broad outlines werejw'r 11 M Moved previously disclosed. In many of! A slide two miles below the Port the controversial areas the details 'and Water Bureau's Bull Run wa of administration policy arc re- tefshed shifted the city's new 700 served for further treatment in 'million gallon conduit three feet special messages. The country is! out of line. ouiie familiar wiih i lie Eisrnhnwpr Portland was receiving sufficient l the new message conforms. Some but Chief Kngineer Kenneth Ander- j I I ,1 1 1- J will chafe because he did not ven-'son said the damaged line would lit-(111 Lloll lll ture far into new ground of social be out of service about 15 days. He or political or economic change; 'estimated damage at $15,000. but others will be vexed that he! Traffic on the I'nion Pacific gave support to such things as Railway was restored Thursday health' reinsurance, federal aid to! morning. A slide in the Columbia education and area redevelopment; gorge blocked the route Wednesday and provision of improved housing, i night. What President Eisenhower is Bridge Sags trying to do is to encourage the I Five miles north of Vancouver, people in the highest degree to Wash., the Salmon Creek bridge Loss Tallied t $420,000 Polk County suffered damages of $420,000 in recent storms and floods. Gov. Paul Patterson an nounced Thursday in reporting the results of a survey vhich showed statewide lisses in excess ot $4 million. Marion County got olf f I relatively easy wan an estimated 73 $40,295 loss. The State Civil' Defense Agency estimated that flood and wind dam ages in 14 Western Oregon coun- i tics caused $2,062,245 losses to 'public properties and $2,130,000 to private holdings. Jacks! HighesVl The survey, conducted by able Norman W. Merrill, manager of and na.tio.na! Civil Defense officials w A' ''lKn I Judge Rules McCarthy's Probe Illegal BODIF-T-Ffedeai 'judge ruled Thursday that Sen. McCar thy iR Wis) acted outside, the jurisdiction of his committee two years ago.in a,"one-mah probe of suhversion in defense plants. In handing down his lengthy opinion, Judge Bailey Aldrich ac quitted Leon J. Kamin. 28. former research assistant at Harvard, rf charges of contempt of Congress Aldrich said the Senate Commit tee on Government 'Operations of which the Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations is a part - had no powers to invtf i gate the general subject of com munism; that government opera tion meant the operation of ?ov ernment departments, not private operation of private industry4 even though under government contnet Kamin, now connected with Queens University, Kingston, Ont., refused to answer Senator McCjr thy as to whether he knew any communists in defense plants, Kamin had admitted being a member of the Communist Party at times between 1945 andJ950. The court agreed' that the pres ence of Communists in defense Movie Queen to Add Real Title "pS showed Jackson County to be IhelS?'1-" ? I n 8 m "t. .... ... ...... . ,. .iinate congressional concern, hut Rlu i.kr Pir kers. Inr. lem. was Thursdav elected to hardest hit with $864,999 total heart the ortnwest lanners " "us "'" """ carried on by this committee was Association, now in convention $00.000 damages Ranked third in te nd . u. , . said the investigation sought tfr be at Portland. Salem Man to (Continued on editorial page, 4.) loss was Douglas County with $:43,000, fourth was Josephine County with $125,000 and next in line was Polk County. ( .Damages LkUd ,. authority. Marriage of Stale Rep. Meriwether To Newsman Told on Highway 99 was undermined and left sagging. Two 80-foot Bail ey bridges were obtained from the Army at Fort Iwis and an Army spokesman said they would be i use by Friday afternoon. East of the Cascade Mountains more snow was in prospect. 1 A lnu; nrpectir nrita hmprincr In PORTLAND - The marriage the Gulf of Alaska keeps (,,3 ! o owe nep. y .wi- iwvuier "udrjppy nose into the Pacific North Kugene Kelly Portland public west lhe Weather Bureau t. relations man, Jan. 1 at Tillamook 1 R hlded drenching rain 6nd was announced here Thursday &mieper.hour winds at Camp- ,""",r.u '"ibell River, B. C, Thursday. Canner Group By MIME l MADSF.N Farm Editor, The Statesman PORTLAND Norman W. Mer rill of Blue Lake Packers Inc., j soil erosion, household goods and baiem, was inursaay eiecira livestock The Polk estimate included $142, 000 damage to public property and $278,000 to private facilities. The survey showed $23,295 in pubh losses in Marion County and $15, 000 to private properties. . Most damage found in the sur vey was related to such faeilitie as roads, bridges, sewage disposal plants, power lines, dwellings the home of State, Sen. and Mrs. Warren .McMinimee. . Mrs. Kelly said Thursday that she will not be a candidate lor re election to the Legislature nor for any other office. She also said she had resigned her position as secretary of' the National Hells Canyon Assn. Mrs. Kelty is the daughter of former Labor Commissioner W. E. Kimsey and Mrs. Kimsey, Salem. Kelly is a long-time editor of . the Oregonian hnd former pub lisher at Garibaldi and Eugene. The Weather I ' Mix. MIR. Ttrelp. Salrm J-. 11 41 . ' Portland M 4.1 .01 B.iker 44 IIH .00 Mcdford M 34 tract North Bend 54 43 ,SS Row burg 4 4J San rianclM'O - 5J SI .14 i Los Anijelea . 6.1 47 .00 Chicago 41 IS .00 'New York . 43 M .00 "fOM.ISION FATAL PORTLAND ( - Adna R. Chaffee, 52, of Portland, was fa tally injured in a two-car xollision at an intersection here Thursday. Willamette River "18 7 fe-t. FORECAST (i om U, S. waaUier buieau. MrNary Held. 8alemi: Monllv cloudy today with a fewt(jf).-, dav S4, low tonight 42, temperature at 13:01 a m. today waa S3. Sin. Thli 3.1 president of the Northwest Can ners Association H. O. Howies ner of Starr Foods, Inc., also Sa lem, w elected second vice pres ident. The two men, along with other officers, were named at the 42nd annual convention of the canners, whirh opened Thursday with headquarters at Multnomah Ho tel. The convention will 'continue Friday and close Saturday with the 1 o'clock All Industry lunch eon at which Cov. Paul Patter son will speak. Other Offirers Other officers named Thurs day were first vice president, Larry D. Jones, Washington Can ners, Vancouver, Wash.: exec utive vice president, C. R. Tul ley, Portland, who is also secre tary treasurer, and asistant, Thomas B. House, Portland. New directors include L. D, Jones, Richard Renfro, Spring hrnok Packing Co, Co-op; Max Lehmann, Northwest Packing Portland; Chester Roche, Western Oreenn Packing Corp, Corvallis, ind E. A. Seiter, Post Falls, Idaho. - - Salem, second to the largest lul.PM PBKCIPITTtOV s.1.28 18 39 19 30 'j ed States (San Jose, Calti-the Licensed Doctors Given State Job Priority," Examiners Told The State Board of Control told! the State Board of Medical Examiners- Thursday that non-licensed doctors, would be'hired at-state institutions only when licensed doc tors are not available. The medical examiners protest ed the hiring of non-licensed doc from seizing the prison boilers, as well as the penitentiary power sys tem. Other business accomplished by the board: Took no. action on a proposal to name the new mental hosoital aft er Dr. F. H. Dammasch, who died largest) is also the most heavily represented with 773 fegistered by Thursday night at the conven tion. The attendance figure is ex pected to top 1,000 by Friday noon. (Additional details in Sec. 1, page 4). , , - SalcmJlai Asks $319,831 In Damages A $319,831 suit, believed to be the, largest personal injury damage suit filed in a Marion County court, was filed here Thursday by a Sa lem implement and car dealer. Claude Easton Bird, 4195 Gard ner Rd., is seeking the judgment against Howard DcSully Hudson, retired Seattle doctor, who he blames for an automobile collision 11 miles north of Mcdford on the Pacific Highway last Jan. 26. Bird, alleging that Dr. Hudson was negligent in the operalion of his car, claims he incurred serious and permanent injuries which will prevent him from being able to work again. He says he suffered numerous fractures and lacerations and shock which have already re quired long hospitalization, and that- additional surgery is still ahead. The plaintiff seeks $300,000 for and the Willamette River" crested i,1.0' in,Tome ,or.,he rcst ' his PIIILADELPIII K Grace Kelly, sjueest f American mavles, poses with Prince Rainier 3rd, f Monaco, after their engagement was announced Thursday. (AP Wirephoto), Grace Kelly Engaged To Prince of. Monaco - rim.Anni.nirA rAr)-Cratr xaw, iuhW 'kmi. . tiful anil rlrgunt star of. the movies, Thursday annonnml lier betrothal to Prince Rainier of Monaco and said the t wedding date will be soon after Easter. Announcement of the engagement, which came after a courtship on the Riviera, was made jointly in Monte Carlo and by.Mtss Kelly's parent in Philadelphia. Plans lor the actual marriage were disclosed later in the day at a news conference in the Kelly home an event which sent hundreds of newsmen and photographers, film cameramen and television technicians to the scene. . Both 'Miss Kelly and the prince, head of the tiny European principality and considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the world, were in high spirits, indeed. . .. Someone asked the star it she planned a large family. She laughed, nodded a blithe yes. They art both Roman Catholics. - ' The prince told the gathering that his bride-to-be will be known in Monaco as "her serene highness, Princess of Monaco." "1 am leaving for the West Coast this weekend," she went on, ' to start work on one of two pictures I'm contracted for." She declined to say whether she would retire from the screen - after her marriage. Actress Plans lo Live in Monaco "I plan to live in Monaco," she said.-And that was all. The lovely star proudly showed her engagement ring of inter locking rubies and diamonds. ; , Rainier has reigned over his tiny domain sinct his ailing grandfather. Prince Louis II, abdicated, in 1949. Louis died only four days later. Theprincipallty, covering1 ne-harf a square mile, will become a French protectorate if Prince Rainier, dies without heirs. Monacans oppose this because it woulfl mean French taxes and military conscription would be forced upon them, Grace's father, who started life as the bricklayer son of a County Mayo farmer in Ireland, has built up one of the biggest brickwork construction companies in the United States. A champion sculler, Kelly went to England to participate in the Henley Regatta. But he was ruled out by the Henley committee because he had once "worked with his hands," which disqualified him as a "gentleman" sculler. But Kelly went to picrhrreTirBeaTTnnKnteynvinrter- ; In 1947, Kelly's son John B. Jr. ("Kell"). wearing the Uni versity of Pennsylvania's colors, went to Henley and won a smashing victory. His father had coached him. Grace Kas had a long series of top leading men, including Cary Grant, with whom she was co-starring when the Prince met her; William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable and Ray Millarid. Plans to Balance Budget Farm, Highway, School, Health Needs Stressed WASHINGTON (AP)-Prf sident Eisenhower laid befora . Congress Thursday a massive "program for the republic that contemplates a balanced bud get, a token payment on tba national debt, but no tax cats now. In language paralleling that e( some leaders of both parties lit Congress Eisenhower spoke against lowering taxes at the ex pense, of "fiscal Integrity" and a balanced budget: against "going further into debt to give ourselves a tax cut at the expense ot our children." The language did not rule out the possibility, suggested in bis messages to Congress a year ago. that 'modest" tax reduction may be possible this year. He forecast that government In come will match outgo by mid year, and said he would propose a continued balance for the year following. deal Reartlta Mav Republicans . and soma Dem rats applauded that, but the reaction to the message in general was the usual melartge of plaudits and digs, keyed pretty much ts party allegiances in this elcctioa rear Congress. '"'"" " The presidential report encom passed recommendations soma new, some old, most of them ad President Lists Needs of Nation V WASHINGTON - The principal aedi ef the aatlea, as eatUnrd by President Elsenhower la hia aaattal message te Cengresa Thursday, lacleded: Balanced federal hedge. Payment an V. S. debt Fertlfled defeases Wart ef river arejeets . Help far disaster areas Highway pragram Assistance la schools J Health Relnsaraace Pablle Housing erejerla End la rare a'lscrimlaaUoa Hawaii-Alaska statehood ImmlgratUa law changes Other losses by counties: Ben ton, $43,250; Clackamas, $215,000; Clatsop, $50; Columbia, $150,000; Curry, $34,000; Lane, $350,000; Linn, $54,000; Washington, $255, (Additional details Sec. 1 Tage 4.) Wind, Clouds On Forecast Storm and flood threats eased Thursday in the Salem and mid- Valley areas as rains dwindled Winner of Coveted Oscar in Movies Last March she won a coveted Oscar as the long suffering 'wife of a drinking actor in "The Country Girl." There's a palace on the blue Mediterranean, a sleek yacht, four shiny cars and a budget in six figures waiting for the actress in Monaco. There's even a private zoo with a pair of chimpanzees. Prince. Rainier III isgiven 52 million francs yearly ($148-, 57Dwith no taxes to pay to run his household and keep up his activities as a sportsman. - . . The Prince is a sports car enthusiast, a sculptor of sorts and enjoys skin-diving. (Story also, Sec. 1, Page 8.) Today's Speller at 16.9 feet. Weathermen at McNary Field reported that only a trace of rain uietime. lhe remaining amount is parUtipatinn listed in loss of income up to the time of the filing of the suit, and (Edltort Note: A lilt at IS wordi la Bln publlhf rath irhool tfajr ta mak up I ha too-wortf kaiic Hit for irml-llnala and flnala of Tha Orrioa Statuman-KSI.M Mld-Val-ly Sprlllnf t'onUat III whirh nearly 4,Mt 7th- and Sth-frida atudenta art fell Thursdav in the Salem sector. I 1 '"""tai "lenses, compared with Wednesday's M- A suit for some $30,000 has al.sW hour deluge of 2 36 inches. iDeei fief against the doctor by Strong gusts Thursday., particu-! Bir(l' wife, also Injured jn the larly.in the early evening, hit a collision. It is pending in Federal maximum velocity of 49 miles a ! District tourt at Mediord, accord hour, ing to Bruce Williams of the firm Forecast for today is cloudiness, o' Williams and Skopil who are a few showers and continued windy .attorneys for the Birds, conditions. Marion County officials including Chains were advised ly slate police on Santiam Pass where six inches of new snow was reported. tors. Five of them, all fpreign re-' last week. Gov. Paul Tatterson fupees, now are worEtny for the said the proposal is "premature Institutions . The board of control said it has been compelled to hire, non-licensed doctors in ordet to staff the " state hospitals. The board of control. called for bids on a $340,000 project to locate " the prison heating plant outside of the walls. The plant now Is inside the walls. Warden Clarence T. Gladden ask ed for the project as a security , measure. It would prevent convicts because, the site hasn't even been bought yet. Called for bids for digging a well at the proposed state reformatory at St. Paul. The architects said they would have completed plans within three months. Referred to the forestry depart ment a suggestion that a natural resources building be built on the capitot mall. The suggestion was put into the employes suggestion box lor state employes. Today's Statesman Sec. Page Babsen Report ... IV ... 6 Business Page ...TV Classified IV Comes lhe Dawn .. I Comics ....Ill Crossword Editorials ............ I Food . .... ...Ill Home Panorama .. II Markets .: . Obituaries Radio TV Sports Star Gazer Valley- .. Wirephoto Page ..III..- 6 3 5 .4 I IV..., 6 .. 4 -15 .. 1 IV... 6 J1V;.. 9 I .... 6 II -. 4, 5 Bandit Robs Cab Driver . A Salem rah driver was held np late last night by a lone fare he had plrked np in dnwniswa Salem, police rrperted early this morning. Police said lhe driver. Identi fied as Harvey Letever, reported he had picked up a ma about 4 years eld near a dowatawe hotel and was told U drive te IJth and Trade streets. While en rmite the driver felt "an object" la the back f bis head and the fare Said. "This la it. Butter. Give me year billfold." officers reported. . After handing ever $33 te $40, r plus his Might's receipts, Letever told police he was forced te leave the rah. lie thea called police from a nearby residence. Polk later found the rah la the 204 block et S. 20th lhe three circuit judges could not recall a larger personal injury suit Jn Marion County legal history. ancient awkward description InTiflord ttaturol incident hovor municipal luncheon ordinary nourish bunoalow orchestra variation terrible ii'oreiouse navigate creature furniture impartial pratetil jttmtnr" nutmeg .contestant descending ' Fire 'Roars' In Wet Grass At Sublilmiy Siattiman Nwt larvlro St BL1MITV It stopped rata Ing here Thursday and Sublimity firemen rushed to their first grass fire ef the year. "It's hard to believe," admit ted Asst. Chief Delbert Dltter, "but a rearing fire get started t a patch ef dead grass that had been rained ea all week." Dltter said the blase burned ever an area 7$ by 20 feet and was racing toward a garage .JheJ&frnarOubrr propertyHe. credited a strong wind with stir ring up the fire. Cause was un determined. 81s firemen quelled the blase. leaS As ."1 vertised In advance . for a stepped-up, "many-sided attack' oh the farm problem, for highway. scnooi, housing, health and dis aster relief programs. Labor-Law Change. Polio May Take 15 Years to Erase, March of Dimes Speaker Asserts It urged immigration legislation.- aid for chronically depressed com munities, labor law changes, an. atom -powered commercial ship, water and power projects, equal pay for equal work for -women. ana an investigation to determine whether Negroes are being de-' prived of their right to vote and are being "subjected to unwai. ranted economic pressures." Better Defeases With Russia's leaders" following -"tactics of retreat and ligzag' and still unwilling "to create the indispensable conditions for a se cure and lasting peace," Eisen hower proposed "constant im-I provement" of America's defenses and those of the Free World. Me backed this up with a bid tor limited authority to make longer term foreign aid commitments, f request for a substantial boost In, funds to spread understanding ft America through the U, S. Infof mation Agency, and a promise ln keep up the pressure against tha "vast wrongs" of a divided Ger many, the "bondage of millions elsewhere and the exclusion ot Japan from I'nited Nations mem bership." Read to Legislator The 8,500-word document ' plunked down in Senate and House and read to the legislators while the chief executive continued re cuperating from a September heart attack at Key West, Fla Nowhere in it was there a defi nite clue as to how long Elsen hower proposes to stay around give stewardship to his program the biggest political puzzle of a politically-minded Congress. But-trrtone "ind content it was much like the message a year at;o which a number of Democrats, at least, interpreted as something ef an announcement for a second term try, Additional details Sec. 1, Pajje 2 and Sec. 2, Page 3.) By CONRAD PRANC.K -Staff Writer, The Statesman H may take as long a IS years to entirely eradicate pol iomyelitis, a polio authority said In Salem Thursday, 1 "Salk vaccine, which has prov en more effective than original ly hoped, JS our only present weapon," said Dr. Charles E. Priee of San Francisco, Cali. Speaking at the kick-off pro gram Thursday noon of Marion County's month-long 1958 March of Dimes campaign, the medical consultant for the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis, said that "protection" is the key word In he battle against polin. "The vaccine does no good standing on druggists shelves. -It-must, be used. Parents must take their children to their doe tors. Physicians can't go to their patients." , Research for an Improved vaccine will continue, he said. But he cautioned people against delaying polio shots waiting for a new vaccine which might be years in arriving. He said fam ily vaccinations should start,, How to be effective for the polio 1 season next summer. March of Dimes funds, he said, are desperately needed to care for 70,000 current eases of polio, jo finance more research, to train nurses, doctors and thctapists in the care snd treat ment oj pmlio. PORTLAND WOMAN KILLED I W1CKKNBURG. Ariz. ( - Mrs. 1 Claire Warner Thompson, 55, of in pointing up the safety and Portland .Ore., a winter visitor effectiveness of the Salk TO.re died..w a hospital Thuridjf cine. Dr. Price said that of the! f injuries suffered in an auto ao- aanno Oreoon schoo children c,wni ounuur. who got two shots in the recent free program not one case of polio developed, in a similar group of unvacclnated children aeven cases developed. William Hesly, Marion Coun ty drive chairman, pointed out that there are five polio cases lft" Salem hospitals right' now, two of which are in iron lungs. The Marion County chapter has spent all its funds, more than $14,000, in helping local pa tients, during the past year, and it expects an even bigger case load in 1956. (AJditional story and photo Sec. Page ."It broke his spirit whea they took dnwa the 'Bewart-ef-" Ihe-dog elgV
