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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ortgon, Friday, January 6, 1956
PRICE 5
No. 285
'Gas Mask'-Like Recorder Used at NLRB Hearing
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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.
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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-"
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