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No. 36
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Traditional Blue Monday at Willamette University produced this
picture of Volney Sigmund (seated), a member -of the Junior
class which placed last in the
eaiuraay nigni, paying on a new. aiuaent carol nan, memoer
of the winning sophomore class, pours molasses over the unlucky
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Snyder Fears Trouble If
Schoolground Rule Eased
Relaxation of regulations to permit pupils on schoolgrounds prior
to 15 minutes before classes "could well lead to trouble," but "I am
certainly willing to listen to arguments on the subject even if such
regulations have teemed to work well the past 20 years," Dr. Walter
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The executive board of the
Teamsters' union is meeting at
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Hono
lulu. While the members may en
joy the climate and the scenery
and the entertainment and the sea
bathing they have a lot of head
aches which call for medication.
Publicity has been given to Dave
Beck's desire to have the union,
which already had purchased for
(160,000 his home in Seattle and
authorized expenditures for its up
keep, purchase his furniture for
another $100,000. Other matters of
'much more serious moment con
front the board which governs this
union of a million and a quarter
members, one of the very larg
est among labor organizations.
The biggest issue is whether
the union is going to follow the
leadership of aggressive James R.
Hoffa, of Detroit, its eastern vice
president, "whose background is
thoroughly odious." The key issue
is whether the union will go
through with Hoffa's offer of a
$400,000 loan to the International
Longshoremen's Association, the
racketeering outfit that Beck tried
to lick by organizing a dock work
ers' affiliate of the teamsters. The
1LA was ousted by the AFL in
1933, and it remains 'the same
gangster-ridden outfit," in the
opinion of the N. Y. Herald-Tribune.
Samuel M. Lane, former
executive director of the official
Waterfrott Commission, has
warned George Meany, president
of the AFL-C10 organization with
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
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FORECAST (Irom U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNary Field. Salem):
Partly cloudy today, increasing
eloudtneat tonight: becoming cloudy
With rain Wednesday: a little warmer
with high today near 50. low tonight
M. Temperature; at 11:01 a.m. today
was 36. ,
SALEM PRECIPITATION
I lure start of Weather Tear Sept. 1
Tkia Year La Year Normal
53.25 23.07 UM
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Freshman Glee song contest
Snyder said Monday,
Dr. Snyder, superintendent of
the Salem School District, said only
one parent had contacted him, and
that all he knew directly about a
recent protest by a four-woman
committee at Highland School was
what he had been told by Principal
Glade Follis and what Jie had read
m the newspapers.
Office Open
"My office Is open to anyone
at any time," he declared.
One of the Highland school com
mittee since has withdrawn. The
committee's major complaint cen
tered on the regulation which pro
hibits pupils from being on the
schoolgrounds prior to 8:45 p.m.
Schools Responsible
By law, public schools are re
sponsible for the conduct of stu
dents from the time they leave
home until the time they return,
Dr. Snyder said. The inference
is that the schools also should be
responsible for their safety during
the same period.
"We try very hard to safeguard
our pupils." Dr. Snyder said. "We
have tried to keep them away
from schoolgrounds until . traffic
patrols go on duty at nearby inter
sections and teachers are available
to supervise play and so there is
not enough time for play to get too
boisterous before classes.
"We require that they return
home after school, but school
grounds are tax-purchased and tax
maintained and we feel children
should be allowed to return and
play on them if parents so permit.
It is really difficult to draw a
line."
A woman photographer was
noted Monday morning in a street
near Highland School motioning
children to refrain from crossing,
even after the traffic patrol had
reported for duty apparently in an
effort to picture a congestion.
Death Close for
4 in Car Crash
OREGON CITY UN A South
ern Pacific freight train struck aa
automobile at a grade crossing in
nearby Clackamas Monday night,
and a family of four in the car
narrowly missed death.
Mrs. Maxine Bolsjolie, 20, Clack
amas, was critically injured in the
accident. Her 21-year-old hus
band, David, and daughters
Jacqueline, 1, and Mickey, 2, es
caped with less serious injuries.
All four were taken to a hospital
here.
$150,000 Deal to Unite
3 Salem Area Ranches
By LTLLTE L. MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
A farm sale involving three Sa
lem area ranches, adding up to
approximately 1,000 acres and
$150,000, was completed Monday,
according to reports from DeWitt
& Kraus, realtors, who bandied the
deal
The purchasers are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Williamson from the Span
ish Peak country acar LaVeta,
Colo., where they are known for
their registered Aberdeen Angus
herds.
The three farms are tlx adjoin
ing ranches of Mr. and Mrs. 1L A.
Thiessen Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hess and Mrs. Ora Thompson, sit
uated on Ankeny Hill road, 10
mile south of Salem.
The plans of the new owners are
to turn the farms into one large
unit for registered Aberdeen An
cus cattle and a commercial sheep
flock. The deal included some live
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With feathers sticking nicely to
an impromptu itch dance In pile of more feathers, Mutt concern
ing Freshman Glee and pay-off of bets took place in the school
gym Monday morning. Most 'faculty were traditionally absent.
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Keizer Names
7t K Grader for
Trip to East .
Stateuua Nowi Service
KEIZER - A 13-year-old 7th
grader will represent Keizer and
Cummings schools at forthcoming
Freedom Foundation ceremonies at
Valley Forge. Pa., it was an
nounced Monday by Mrs. Carmel-
ita Weddle, principal of the schools.
Picked by a faculty group out
of a field of 40 pupils was Gayle
Ann Rohrer, 13, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orval H. Rohrer, 5020
Windsor Island Rd. A pupil at Kei
zer School, she will be accom
panied on the trip by Mrs. lone
Macnamara, 8th grade teacher at
Keizer School.
Keizer and Cummings schools
were among several in the Salem
area which the Freedom Foun
dation rewarded with a trip east
for student and teacher. The
awards were based on programs
of Americanism conducted by the
schools.
A number of considerations, in
cluding scholarship, entered into
the selection of young Miss Rohrer
for the trip. She and Mrs. Macna
mara will leave the first week
in May and plan to spend some
of their time in Washington, D.C.
Job Increase
Anticipated
WASHINGTON' u - The labor
Department reported Monday that
employers in most major job
areas look for "a relatively brisk
pickup" in employment this
spring.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell said
employers in most sections of the
country have advised local public
employment offices they wil' need
additional workers over the next
few months to meet planned pro
duction schedules.
Mitchell said a recent survey by
the Labor Department and state
employment agencies showed that
all but 19 of 149 major labor mar
kct areas anticipate Job gains run'
ning to mid-May.
stock on the Thiessen farm, but
the Williamsons plan to stock the
ranch large with Western type An
gus.
Approximately 700 acres of the
three ranches are now under cul
tivation. Some grass seed farming,
as well as crop farming, will be
done, but much of the farm will
be added to the already perman
ently ceded pastures on the
ranches. Machinery to run the
ranches has already been purchas
ed.
Hired as herdsman for the ranch
ia Robert McKinley, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Lyle McKinley of Ger
vaii. Young McKinley, who hai
Just completed his time in the
Medical Corps, was formerly ac
tive In Marion County 4-H and
Future Farmer work.
Vfr. and Mrs. Williamson, who
came te Si! vert on March is, hare
boo eh t a borne at 172 Summit St
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Scout Camps
Being Built in
Forest Areas
Far-sighted Boy Scout leaden
are in a program of developing
hundreds of acres of woodland in
the mid-Willamette Valley area for
current and future use of scouts,
it was reported Monday.
Oregon state park officials are
developing a 400-acre, state-owned
tract in the Silver Falls Park area
east of Salem into a year-round
camping and outdoor recreation
site for scouts and other groups.
The Cascade Area scout council
is developing its own 200 acre
Camp Morrison on Thomas Creek
near Scio. Another council-owned
site is 30-acre Camp Peterson on
the Abiqua River above Suverton,
Plan "Camp-A-Ree"
The camping activities commit
tee of the Cherry City (Salem) dis
trict inspected the state-owned site
near Silver Falls Park over the
weekend. It planned a district
'Camp-A-Ree for June 2 and S,
A former farm, the location is
adjacent to and east of the state
park. A large barn there is being
renovated into a sleeping and in
side cooking building. It will ac
commodate 125 boys for sleeping.
Headquarters House
A farmhouse will be fitted for
use as a staff headquarters and
first aid station. Scouts will re
plant trees under state reforesta
tion program. It is anticipated that
about 4,000 boys and leaders will
use the camp annually. A fee of
IS cents per day per boy will be
paid to the state.
' This camp, said Don Cren
shaw, district camping and activi
ties chairman, gives us a large,
low-level, all-year site. Our main
Camp Pioneer is snowbound much
of the year.
Crenshaw said approximately
300 boys are expected to attend
the Camp-A-Ree in June. Troops
will compete in such scout activi
ties as camping, cooking and camp
craft projects.
Rev. Emerson to
Give Holy Week
Service Today
The Rev. Gerald G. Emerson,
assistant pastor of Salem First
Presbyterian Church, will conduct
the noonday Holy Week service at
the First Methodist Church today.
The half-hour devotional starts at
12:30 p.m. Today's theme is "Sec
ond Cry of Christ oa the Cross."
The Rev. Mr, Emerson substitutes
(or the Rev. C. W. H. Sauerwein
who found it impossible to be pres
ent. The services which will continue
through Thursday are under the
auspices of the YMCA and the
YWCA. '
Boulder Causes
Train to Derail
Near Eugene
PORTLAND if) A engine and
five cars of a freight train were
derailed Monde; on Southern Pa
cific tracks between Eugene and
Coos B-y.
SP official bere blamed tbe
wreck on a boulder that plunged
own a mountainside.
'Poison' iii
life's Car
Checked
3 People 111 Last;
Thursday After
Drink on Train
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
W. Va. A Secret Service
investigation was under way Mon
day night to determine whether
"poisoned" gingerale was served
aboard a private railroad car four
days before President Eisenhower
boarded it.
We don't think there has been
any plot 'aimed at the President."
Secret Service Chief U. E. Baugh
man said, "but we do want to find
out all there is to know about the
situation."
Howard Skidmore. director of
public relations of the Chesapeake
lc Ohio Railway, described the in
cident as "the case of the upset
tummies," and said that while
three persons became 111 none was
seriously harmed.
Oa Private Car
One of those stricken was de
scribed by Skidmore as a mech
anical service employe of the rail-
toad. The others were women rel
atives who came aboard the pri
vate car of C 4 O President Wal
ter J. Tuohy to visit him at Hunt
ington, W. Va., Thursday night.
There was some question, by
implication at least, whether they
were made ill by the gingerale or
oy tooa eaten at a private home
earlier.
Ike Not Told
President Eisenhower, who
boarded the car In Washington
Sunday-night to come to White
Sulphur Springs for his talks with
the president of Mexico and the
prime minister of Canada, had not
been told of the Incident.
All of those who became ill.
Skidmore said, had eaten pork
chops for dinner at the home of
the wife of one of the mechanics.
James C. Hagerty, White House
press secretary, told newsmen the
C&O Railroad "didn't know until
early Friday evening" that Elsen
hower probably would travel to
White Sulphur Springs by train.
His original plan was to come by
plane.
(Earlier story on page i. sec
2.)
Flood Planning
Session Today
Plans to meet the potential
spring flood threat will be made
today In Portland at a confer
ence of governmental officials,
State Civil Defense Director A.
M. Sheets said Monday.
The meeting will be held at 10
a.m. at the Portland Central Fire
Station.
Those attending will include
representatives of the State Civil
Defense Agency, City of Port
land, Multnomah County, Army
Engineers, State Highway Com
mission, Weather Bureau, Red
Cross, the Governor's office, and
other federal agencies.
FLOOD THREAT EASES
YAKIMA Cooler temper
atures in the Yakima Valley
eased the threat of a flood Mon
day night, with all creeks and
rivers reported to be receding.
Politics on
Who's Running
(Hilar'! Note: Tae Orefoa. etateemaa'i eirlutWa "TMItlcal Paraae
eriei la wrlttea ar or far tbo candidates Ikemwlvei. The material It
presented ai a no lie service, without cost or ohllfatlaa to anrene, ana
ujr or atajr not ho la accard with the tdltorlai policies of this news-
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HOWARD KAFFl'N (R)
Candidate for
District Attorney (Marion)
In seeking the Republican nom
ination for district attorney, I
do so with the honest and con-
. : scientious belief
that my educa
tion and expe
rience have
nnalifiiwt m to
A V-, I render efficient
t service to the
X .-Vj. I people of Mar-
lion County.
V y j I The office of
fu. fc.i i -mU one of the more
Howard suffan important of
flees to be filled In this election,
and urge that careful considers
tion be given in making your se
lection. With the inercned and
continuing growth of our county,
the importance of this office ha
increased accordingly, and 1 feel
that I can render a great service
to the people.
For tbe past 23 years I bare
continuously lived in Marion
County vita Um txreptioa ot my
military service and one year in
the citjr of Eugene. I was adaaaV
Council inoioto on
Nighi Bug Sonico
Transit Men Mum; Firm Under .
Option Now to Outside Interests
By ROBERT E . GANGWARE
City Editor. The Statesman
Sanction for the elimination of night city bus service was refused
by unanimous vote of Salem City Council Monday night at City Hall.
There wasn't an argument and there wasn't a statement from
either the Council or the City Transit Lines management when the
Council took its vote after considering for two months the bus com
pany's request for halting night bus
One of the reasons for the lull
in the sometimes-noisy city bus sit
uation apparently was the fact that
City Transit Lines is under option
to outside private interests until
March 31. according to Mayor
Robert F. White.
No Comment
As for City Transit's next move,
Bus Manager Carl Wendt said he
would not comment until after a
meeting with his board of directors
in Salem today.
But earlier this month Wendt
had openly favored going ahead
with cutting off the night bus serv
ice even though the Council re
fused to approve it by ordinance.
Wendt has maintained that one
clause of the city bus franchise
permits dropping a service which
is not profitable.
City officials do not necessarily
interpret that part of the franchise
in the same way, said the mayor.
Rejection 'Necessary
"We have found it necessary to
turn down the bus company's re
quest," Mayor White said after the
Council meeting, "simply because
we are in no position to grant it
and we are in no position to sub
sidize part of the bus operations."
Considerable talk ot suDsiay
arose after Salem Chamber of
Commerce submitted a bus study
saying subsidy would be preferable
to dropping night buses, um me
law does not permit the city to
subsidize the bus firm.
Bus officials have told the city
that the Salem system is operat
ing at a loss, with patronage de
clining for several months.
(Additional Council news, page x,
see. 1)
Hydro Project
Vote Due in
Eugene Today
EUGENE Ml Eugene voters
will decide Tuesday whether to
approve an 8'i .nillion dollar bond
issue to finance construction of
Beaver Marsh hydroelectric prof
ect, proposed by the Eugene
Water and Electric Board.
The Save the McKenzie Assn.
has waged an a c t i v e campaign
against the project, contending it
would damage the region's scenic
and recreational values.
The water board said the proj
ect will provide 30,000 kilowatts of
peaking power which is badly
necdo. by the community.
The project has been approved
by the Oregon state engineer and
the Federal Power Commission
despite opposition from conserva
tion groups.
The Eugene Register-Guard,
which heretofore had taken no
stand on the matter, Monday an
nounced in an editorial it is op
posed to tht project.
FONG TRIAL OPENS
PORTLAND W - Wayne Fong.
27, went on trial here again Mon
day, charged with first degree
murder in the death of Diane
Hank, a 16-year-old baby sitter,
Parade
for What Office
ted to the Oregon State Bar in
1951 and have ever since been
actively engaged in the private
practice of law. In 1042 I was
married to Hilda Crawford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Frank Crawford, retired Polk
County farmers, and our family
consists of a son nine years old.
Some of my civic service has
included president of a Lions
Club; general chairman for the
Cascade Area Council Scout Cir
cus In 1953; member of the Sa
lem Housing Authority; member
of the Salem Lions . Club, and
numerous other activities.
If pledge myself to the people
of Marion County that I will mar
shall all available weapons to
prevent the increase of crime
and rising spread of juvenile de
linquency. I will protect the peo
ple from rackets, vice and simi
lar vicious elements and will Ito
protrct the people from fancied
criminal charges.
Mr objective will be to make
Marion County and Us eommun-
lties a ufa and proud puce in
which to live and xal our lam-
lliei.
iToaoirew; Edwar! Lea)
service as an economy measure
Hop Growers
Reject Plan for
Commission
Hop growers in Oregon turned
down the plans for formation of a
hop commodity commission, James
Short, director of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, announced
Monday, following count of votes
cast in last week's referendum.
Seventy-two of the 92 growers
elcgible to vote cast ballots. These
represented 63 per cent of the total
1955 hop production in the state.
Of the voters, 40 opposed the pro
posal and 32 favored it Under the
law. said Paul T. Rowell. of the
OSDA, who was In charge of the
referendum, two thirds of the vot
ers would have to vote yes if the
organization was to be established.
Also one-third of the state's pro
duction would have to be repre
sented.
Sec. McKay
Drafts Letter
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OfResignation
WASHINGTON UB - Secretary
of the Interior McKay was re
ported by staff aides. to have
changed his plans to personally
deliver a letter of resignation to
the White House Monday.
McKay will resign to campaign
for the Republican senatorial nom
ination in Oregon.
Members of his staff said they
did not know whether the letter
would be completed Monday, but
that it was now the plan to send
it to the Vyhite House by mes
senger when it is ready to go.
McKay earlier In the day told
a reporter he was aiming at quir
ting about April 13 or a day or
two earlier. At that time he said
he planned personally to take the
letter over to Sherman Adams,
the assistant to the President
Eisenhower is In White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va.
The secretary flew back Sunday
night from Oregon, where he had
gone to get his campaign organiza
tion under way.
Winter Back
On Stage; Area
Snow Tallied
Winter, a has-been by the calen
dar, stole back on the stage Mon
day and cuffed the Salem and
valley areas with varying amounts
of snow.
Flakes struck the city for a half
hour starting about I a.m. and. loft
a trace of the white stuff on the
ground, according to weathermen.
Elevations about Salem reported
depths up to an inch, but the snow
quickly melted.
The onslaught was heavier in
mountainous sectors of Marion and
Polk counties. Cars coming in
from the Silverton Hills area re
ported "blizzards" and the ground
covered with snow. At Bridge
Creek, some four inches ot snow
lay on the ground at noon, resi
dents said.
An all-day snow was the report
at Detroit, but much of it was
melting. Ten -inches of packed
snow remain on the ground from
previous storms. ValscU reported
three inches of snow In the past
three days. A little fresh snow
was noted in hills west ot Dallas.
Forecast for the Salem area is
partial cloudiness today and rain
Wednesday. Precipitation meas
ured .42 of an Inch here Monday.
Weathermen said temperatures
will climb slightly In the area
today.
Lane Clerk Told
To Accept Voter
Kegistrations
EUGENE Circuit Judge
Frank Reid Monday told the Lane
County clerk to dlsreg.vd a ruling
by the state attorney general and
to accept voter registrations.
Tbe court ruling was prompted
by a petition from Eugte attor
ney Joe Richards after Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thorn:un said it was
illegal to accept registrations
dajrs before, axjr election,
Critical of Food -'Subsistence'
at
Institutions
By CONRAD FRANCE
Staff Writer, The Statesman
A Marion County Grand
Jury Monday torpedoed
charges of a former Oregon ,
state prison official that "wide
spread graft ' exists at state -institutions.
The Jury, which began it's de
liberations two weeks ago, did cnt .
icize, however, the current prac
tice of many Institutions of fure
iahing subsistence to certain em
ployes and officials. ' .
Sixty -four witnesses were beard;,
and some visits to institutions -made
by the grand Jury in its in-
vestigation of charges by At Rich
ardson, former prison food man
ager, that "a fermenting moras
of corruption and graft exists ia
our state institutions."
"Hearsay Raman'
The report, issued at S p. m.
Monday to Circuit Judge George '
Duncan, said the charges were un
supported, that much of the testi
mony was "hearsay and rumor,- ,
that many of the alleged instances
occurred many years ago, that
many of the complaints involved .
matters of policy rather than vio
lation of the law.
The Jury also said it "heartily
endorsed,' a food management re- V
port concerning the institutions.
The recent food report had con
tained criticism of several state -institutions
in matters Dertaininc
to handling of food. ,
No Indictments
"There is not sufficient legal
evidence to support any criminal . ,
indictments," reads part ot tht--"
grand jury report. "And there ia
no evidence of widespread graft
and corruption."
"We found that Mr. Richard
son's charges were based not upon
personal knowledge, but upon
hearsay and rumor."
'Many witnesses were unable
to give names or dates and some
allegations .concerned instance
that occurred may years ago and
even if true have since been otn
lawed by the statute of limita
tions."
Matters at Policy
"There were many charget
made concerning the procuring.
distribution, preparation and handi-
In nf fnitft In that various atatm
institutions and of alleged incom
petence of employes, poor manage-' .
ment, etc. But we feel that these
are matters of policy rather than
violations of criminal laws, and
therefore outside the province of
this grand Jury."
'Because of tbe many allega
tions of abuse, we recommend
that the practice of furnishing '
subsistence to certain employes
and officials be abolished out
right.- ;
'Wo found that many improve
ments have been made in the in
stitutions during the past decade
and that the conditions generally
have been sustantially improved.''
Supply Food ,
The paragraph critical of "sub
sistence," refers to the practice
at the state prison, Oregon State
Hospital and other institutions ot
supplying family food allotments
and other items at low cost to of
ficials.
It was reported that certain
testimony presented to the grand
lury Indicated that at some in
stitutions some employes were
drawing more supplies than their
families could possibly use.
"This report is quite a sun
prise to me," said Richardson
when told ot the grand Jury ver
dict. "I thought my testimony
was well documented. Anyway,
there are some things in the re
port which are in my favor. I
have no plans at this time to carry ''
the charges any further."
Seventh Day
Under direction ot District At
torney Kenneth Brown the Grand
Jury visited Falrvlew Home and
Cottage Farm Monday. Although
the jury s investigation started
April 12, Monday marked its sev
enth day of actual deliberation. '
Tbe Investigation was requested -
by the Board of Control alter ;
Richardson made his sensational
charges ia statements and in let
ten announcing his Democratic ;
candidacy for state treasurer. In-
eluded in the probe were Falrvie
Home, State Hospital. State Tu- ;
berculoais Hospital. School for the -
Deaf. Hillcrest School for Girli
and MacLaren School for Boys. ;
PASSOVER CELEBRATED
NEW YORK li Jews the
world over began the celebration
of Passover at sunset Monday.
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