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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1956)
r i r i LJLJL-,. .Hi Li U ULU yJJ ( ..!: ' i u J 1. J i Kent Ma thou if f i Kj C! mi t 106th Year 2 Red Newspaper Seized for Back Taxes; Offices Closed Nationwide Crackdown Takes Commies by Surprise fey ARTHUR W. EVERETT NEW YORK 111 - The govern ment Tuesday seized Communist Croperty from coast to coast (or ack taxes. The party's newspa per, Tha Daily Worker, also was padlocked. The newspaper, however, man U mm IRDCDCO President Elsenhower has said: "There is no alternative for peace." For the purpose of dis cussion I want to raise the ques tion: Can we afford peace? That may come as a surprise because the appeal for relief from the burden of armament is almost universal. This year 60 per cent of our total national budget is al located for the armed services, the atomic energy commission and foreign military aid. Think what saving in taxes could be made if by waving some magic peace want we could terminate all this pending. The other side of the shield is, what would happen to our eco nomy if that would occur? People used to berate the steel makers and munitions makers as the "merchants of death." Steel nd armor plate for ships and guns and shells, oowder from DuPonts and others these were the chkf sinews oi war. wow, nowever, the procurement of materials for mili tary use reaches into an extremely wide range of supplies, thou sands in fact The intricate mech anisms for weapons assembly pro vides orders for many industries, small as well as large. A projectile is no longer just a shaped casing packed with high explosive. It may possess a very complicated mechanism to respond to control by radio, to detonate at particular levels or time intervals, besides (Continued editorial page, 4.) Blossom Day Set April 29 Salem's annual Blossom Day will be Sunday, April 29, it was an nounced Tuesday by King Bing T. M. (Ted) Jenny of the Salem Cherrians. This amounted to a forecast of the Salem cherry blossoms season, and another development of the day amounted to a reminder of the famed cherry blossoms of Washington, D. C. Making a presentation to the State of Oregon on behalf of a cherry festival group in the na tion's Capitol, King Binf Jenny gave Washington cherry tree to Gov. Elmo Smith at the State house Tuesday morning. A similar tree is now growing on the Oregon Capitol grounds. Jenny said Salem Cherrians are now planning an expanded pro gram for the annual Blossom Day tours of the Salem area and re lated events. , Rev. GebliariTto Talk at Service A downtown Holy Week worship service will be conducted again to day at 12:30 p.m. in First Metho dist Church, with the Rev. T. M. Gebhard, pastor of Christ Luther an Church, speaking. The 25-minute noontime services are sponsored by the YMCA and YWCA. Also on today's program win be the Salem Academy choir. VILEERT s) oil started whoa I loft five dot a t89i tfoaaa radtalor.'" flu IICTIONI-24 PACES aged to get out Hi Wednesday morning edition because its type setting and press work are con traded to private firm., The edi tion bore a double deck headline that read: "Our Office Selxed-llere We Art." Taken by Surprise The simultaneous nationwide crackdown took Red leaJers in five cities completely by surprise. They vainly protested the sweep ing action as "outrageous . . , Gestapo-like , , . lawless , , . Infamous." There were indications the raids were the brainchild of the New York Internal Revenue office. In Washington, Internal Revenue Commissioner Russell C. Harring ton seemed not to know why or what happened. Tax Question ' The party apparently thought it was exempt from taxation. How ever, political parties are required to file Income returns and the Communist Party it was learned in Washington, has never done so. The government ignored the usual procedure of presenting a bill for back taxes and trying to collect. Instead, it slapped liens on Com munist property and almost in the same breath seized Red assets in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The government targets were The Daily Worker here and its regional offices in Chicago, and party headquarters here and in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Communist centers In Newark and Detroit also were ticketed for seizure h their assets had any re- sale value. However, no move was made to raid them in either city. To accomplish this rapid-fire maneuver, the government in voked a so-called jeopardy assess ment clause. This is used when there is thought to be some chance Dallas Voters Approve New School Plan ; BUUsaua Nrwi Scnict DALLAS, Ore. - Voters of Dal las Tuesday approved by almost 2 to 1 a $300,000 bound issue for construction of a new elementary school. . Special election balloting brought 400 votes in favor of the measure and 205 against, officials an nounced. The bond issue will re sult in a tax levy of about S.4 mills. Approval of the measure gives the green light to construction of the elementary building and ad jacent street improvements. The project, will start in the near future but completion is not ex pected by opening of fall term. Temporary double-shifting prob ably will be a necessity. School Superintendent S. E. Whitworth said the Dallas School Board will meet with achitecta in the next few days to discuss plans for the new building, to be located on school property on Miller Ave nue near the east city limits. Forecasters Say; Rain to. Return Spring moved back into the pic ture Tuesday as the Salem area en joyed warming temperatures and generous portions of sunshine. But forecasters at McNary Field pre dicted light rain today, - - The outlook calls for showers and slightly cooler temperatures Thursday. While the mercury dropped to 35 early Tuesday it warmed up considerably later in the day. High was 54. , Modifications Expressway Salem's bypass and the new ex pressway came in for news on two fronts Tuesday, Including word that a Salem Chamber of Com merce group is suggesting occa sional road connections between the northbound' and southbound traffic lanes. Other possible changes in the new Salem-Portland highway set up were seen in the announce ment from the state labor com missioner's office that 2t highway sign applications have been ap proved for the expressway. Com missioner N. O. Nilsen added that final inspection remains to be made to determine those signs will be lawfully erected. The chamber group Interested la tha expressway Is William H. Hammond's highway committee of tha Metropolitan Tlanning Divi PCUNDDD f"f Tha Oregon Statesman, Salom, Oregon, Wednesday, March of tha debtor disposing of his assets before the government can seize them. There was no apparent evi dence, however, of any Commu nist plan to dump its assets. Daily Worker Padlocked f .VviJMtW' i. NEW YORE Max Gordon, city editor of government aeixed com munist newsplper Daily Worker, peers through hole In Informa tion window aa which seizure warning Is pasted. Federal agents seised physical assets of paper and padlocked Its doers Tuesday for unpaid back taxes. (AP Wlrephoto). Beaver Marsh Vote Heavy In Eugene; Count Delayed EUGENE on Eugene voters still were casting ballots In the Beaver Marsh election two hours after the polls closed Tuesday night. At midnight, complete but unofficial results from the smallest ward In the city showed 401 against the project and 339 for it. Dusting Plane Snips Wires, Halls Power SUteina News Servlf ALBANY A crop-dusting plane flew through a 115,000 volt Bonne ville line Tuesday, knocking out power In dozens of mid-Willamette communities. Pilot Jack Wall of Livingston Air Service, Corvallis, credited wire cutting knives on his plane with pre"enting a disaster. Wall Hew his plane to the air port, then resumed dusting after minor repairs were made. He was not hurt. ; The line was snapped where it crosses the Willamette River two miles west of Albany. It caused all switches to be thrown in Bonneville Power , Administration's Albany substation, and service was inter rupted in an area from the Cas cades to the coast. The outage at Albany lasted approximately 10 minutes. in Bypass, Suggested sion, now organizing a program for study and referral to appro priate public authority. This committee will check Im mediately, it was reported by the chamber, on the expressway con nection roads. Some complaints have come in to the effect that present setup of the divided high way permits no turnaround from Salem 18 miles north, in case of emergency. ' .,; Also on the committee work list will be probable recommendations for improvement at the south end of the bypass which skirts Salem on the east. Many citizens have proposed that convenient lanes should allow southbound traffic to turn back toward Salem and should allow easy access for South Salem drivers to get onto the by pass from the regular highway. The seizure put at tha govern ment's mercy Dally Worker sub scription lists and filet and docu ments in tha various party head quarters. (Add. details, page 11, ae. 1.) (T: Pi7 At issue in the special election It the question of whether the Eugene Water and Electric Board should build the 8'4 million dollar Beaver Marsh hydro-electric proj ect on the upper McKenzie River, The project would be financed by the city-owned utility's revenue bonv issue. conservation groups have op posed the project on ground that EUGENE IfS-Opponenti of the Beaver Marsh hydroelectric proj ect held a slight lead, 150 to (02 la complete but unofficial retoras from two of Eugene's polling places early Wednesday. Results f voting in the other two wards, both of which are larger, were ot expected until later la the day. ... ,. it would damage the region's scenic and recreational resources. Election official, said the slow balloting was due to three factors: A larger than expected turnout, too few polling places, and the new state law which requires each voter to sign two precinct poll books. Officials estimated that about 4,600 persons cast ballots. COWBOY DROWNS BAKER, Ore. Wl Ed Clay, about 38, a cowboy from New Meadows, Idaho, drowned Monday while herding cattle across Wild horse 'reek, just below Brownlee Dam on the Snake River. The Weather North Bend noteburf San francfaco Loa Anfelea Chicago New York Willamette River 1.1 feet. FORECAST (from (J. 8. Weathtr Bureau. Menery FieM. Mlrmu increatitti rloudineat thia mornlnf, with lUUo light rain thia afternoon and tonight: ihowery am) a little cooler Thuraday; hlfh today S2-54, low tonight 4J-4I, high Thuradaj 46-M. Ternparatui at U II Aon., today aa 44. SAtrsc rur.ciriTATioi Ultra Start ml Weather leaf teat. 1 IhU Tea lt teat hfml H-li UU UM Mix. Mia. rrotla tklrm M is jo Portland 5Z M .00 Biker ,. , , 41 M M Modford ,., f 31 .00 U, a traca - SS 34 .11 M ' 41 .00 7' Ml 47 41 .1J 44 3S .00 21, It J PRICI l Proposed Woodburn Air Base Would Offer Livelihood for 4,000 Nearly 4,000 persons would draw their livelihood from the V. I Air Force's projected 113.000,000 base west of Woodburn, and at least 1300 of them would reside in nearby towns, The Statesman learned Tuesday. How many other thousands of valley residents would be affected by the Increased need for goods At least 340 children would go to schools outside the base. It had been estimated previously that payroll likely would exceed $3,000,000. Confirmation of the potential payroll and a breakdown of per sonnel involved, with resultant impact on this entire section of the Willamette Valley, were obtained by The Statesman from Lt. Col. Roy R. Walker, chief of the Air Force'' community relations branch at Washington, D. Ci, To Request Approval Location for the base has been approved by the Federal Air Space Coordinating Committee. Engi neering work now is underway to procure data for presentation to Congress along with a request for final approval and appropriation, Here is the prospective popula tion should the project materialize, as provided by Col. Walker: To be sUUeied at base Itself: Military personnel ....1.158 Military wives 750 Children of military....' 260 To reside mU side of base: Military personnel .... 300 Military wives 300 Civilian personnel 300 Civilian wives 300 Children (mil. and civ.) 340 Total 1.70$ The 750 wives of the military is an estimate based on figures show ing that 70 per cent of Air Force officers and 43 per cent ot Airmen are married. The other figures are those from Col. Walker who stressed that they are based on averages, "according to the Portland unit a position in the peacetime 137 Wing Air Force." (The Air Force's name or designation of the projected base is "Greater Portland.") Few Civilians Only a "few key civilians" would reside at the base itself. Col. Walk er said. Regarding schools, he added: "Under existing law, the problem of new school construction would have to be resolved by the local, state, federal and U. S. Air Force education authorities. About 280 dependent school age children would reside on base and 340 would live in surrounding towns." The colonel said "between 5,500 and 1,000 acres of land will be re quired for this Air Force base." It is known that surveys in Uie area (the Fairfield district IS miles north of Salem and seven miles west of Woodburn) have cov ered nearly 15,000 acres, in regard to soil borings and landing hazards. Paper Firm Buys Tract For Expansion A large-scale expansion program for Salem's Western Paper Con verting Co. was revealed Tuesday with the announcement of pur chase of a new 10-acre site in south Salem. The tract is located along Pringle Road about three blocks south of Hoyt street and just south of the McGikhrist Street crossing of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. Purchase was made with the view of eventual construction ot manufacture and storage facilities, larger than the present plant at North Front and D streets. This site, occupied by Western Paper since 1926, has not been sold yet, it was reported Tuesday. Plans for construction of a new building are not complete, accord ing to C. A. Schaefer, general man ager. He said the new plant would be about 50 per cent larger than present facilities. Sale of the pres ent plant, he said, is a factor de laying start of a new building. The firm, which manufacturers paper stationery and' school sup plies, was purchased by Western Tablet and Stationery Corporation of Dayton, O., in February. 1935. The 10-acre tract on Pringle road was purchased from the Eva Hogan and Robert B. Hanna es tates. The transaction was handled by Grabenhorst Bros., local Real tors, and closed through Union Title It Trust Co. rtaoal ema . ' 2 Tremors Reported In British Columbia VICTORIA. B. C. UP The Do minion Astrophysical Observatory here reported two moderate earth tremors were recorded between 7:30 and 7:3$ a. m. Tuesday. Officials said the tremors cen tered from SO to 60 miles from tha observatory. Na. 1 and scrvics cannot bo computed. Rigid Supports Agreed Upon; Veto Predicted WASHINGTON -The flexible price support system for farm crops was tossed out Tuesday by Senate-House conferees attempting to Iron out final details of this year's farm bill. A provision to support major crops at 90 per cent of parity was agreed upon. This action brought a quick pre diction of a presidential veto from Sec. of Agriculture Exra Benson. President Elsenhower has favor ed the fkxible support plan while Democratic leaders have insisted on rigid support payments. (Add. details, Page 3. See. I.) Research Firm Chief Named Missile Czar WASHINGTON Wl - Secretary of Defense Wilson Tuesday, named a single boss to speed the United States drive for victory in the long range strategic missile race with Russia. He is research engineer. Eger V. Murphree. president of the Esso Research k Engineering Co., at Summit. N. J. Wilson said that as special as sistant for guided missiles, Mur phree will carry more authority than was wielded by any other man who has tried to pull togeth er the growing and widespread military missile program. For one thing, Murphree Is charged with being the Pentagon's spokesman for new missile mat ters before the National Security Council and the President. In announcing the appointment, Wilson left no doubt that he ex pected his special assistant to put on a burst of speed, particularly in the development of a ballistic, or rocket type of missile that could some day be launched from the United States, cross the oceans and drop like a bullet with atomic force on a target 5,000 miles away. Today's Statesman Sac. Pago Classified IL9-11 Comes the Dawn .. I. 4 Comics II... I Crossword ...II.... 9 Eastar Featuro ......II ... 12 Editorials . I.... 4 Home Panorama ..I 1,9 Markets II..- 9 Obituaries II 9 Radio, TV II.... 7 Sports ...... . II....1, 2 Star Gazer ....... I..- 10 Valley ..... ...:. II ... 4 Wirephoto Paga .. .11... I Politics on Who's Running (Editar'i NUt tha Oreiaa SUtniaaa's alaWa "FallUcal '" trrltf la wrlttea ay ar lor Iba randldataa th.mlv. Tka BMtarlal It arrxntta ai a auklle tarvlra, without toil or oaUaattoa to aayoaa, ana Lar ar mtr a ta aceor wim U aaitarlal aalldra of IhU atwf aaprr.) EDWARD C. (Cy) LEUM (D) Candidal for Palk County Sheriff Edward C, (Cy) Leum, chief of police at Monmouth, seeks elec tion as the' sheriff of Polk County on the Demo- f : cratic ticket His intentions. If elected, are to conduct the . v. I - J " - - offic A affairs of the office in such manner that ill promote the best inter- I .1 ests of the pen UjmAJ-ltl Of Polk Kdwar c. Mam county ai au times as to provide them with ef ficient, economical service in both the tax and law enforcement de partments. ; Leum was born in Minnesota, Dec. S, 1902, coming to Oregon To Start At $14,000 Pay 38.Ycar.01d Official Picked From Field of 40; Rated High in Nation y ROBERT E. CANCWAXC City Editor, Tha SUUsmaa An experienced city manaecr from Virclnla. 33- year-old Kent Mathcwson. Council Tuesday to become Salem city manager. Mayor Robert F. White announced his wletlioi after completing arrangemcnU with the Martinsville, Va., manager by telephone Tuesday, Mathcwson ac cepted the post here at tha offered I . annual salary of f 14.000. Tha new city manager will bo on tha Job here by tha start of tha city's fiscal year July 1, said tha mayor, and may be able to arrive in time to start work while retir ing City Manager J. L. Franzea Is still at work. 40 Aapllf atlaas After delving Into mora than 40 applications from city managers and others in many states, the Salem Council decided unanimous ly on Mathewson as pick of tha field. Said Mayor White of the selec tion: "We are proud that a man of Mathewson's high caliber Is coming to Salem as city manager, and we feel certain wa caa look forward to continued fine city government under his direction. "Varied Bipede" 'Mathewson will bring to Salem an excellent, varied experience In city government and a national reputation. Only this month he turned down a 122.000 Job as execu tive head of the International City Manager Association in Chicago. Ha was one of four city managers in tha country selected for con sideration by that outstanding association." Mathewson' for seven years has been city manager of tha Virginia city of 20.000 which includes elec tric utilities and public school sys tem as departmenta w tha city government. In Other Cities He was formerly city manager of Asheboro, N. C, and assistant city manager at both Sao Diego, Calif., and Durham, N. C. He bad been educated In public adminis tration at University ot North Carolina, at Syracuse University (N. Y.l and at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Mathewson was interviewed In Salem by tha City Council earlier this month one of four candidates interviewed by the entire Council In taking the Salem post, Math ewson will become this city a sec ond city manager. John L. Fran sen, who has now reached compul sory retirement age, became Sa lem's city manager Jan. 1, 1947, after voters changed tha form of city government here. Franzcn had previously been Oregon City's city manager for many years. (Add. details, Page , See. 1. Confederate Veteran Dies AtHillsboro HILLSBORO, Ore. I James Rockwell, who claimed to be a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, is dead. He died Monday at a Hillsboro hospital after a seven-month ill ness.. He gave his birthdate as May 1, 1845. That would make him 110 years old. - Active until recently, Rockwell was full oi tales ot ms pasr exploits. He said he was a mem ber of Morgan's Raiders in the Civil War and was captured three times by the Federals. He said the war ended with him a Union prisoner at Rock Island, 111. He came to Portland in im ana moved to Washington County in 1928. making his home at Forest Crove and Hillsboro. In 1946, he celebrated what he claimed was his 101st birthday by taking an airplane ride. Parade... for What Office with his parents In 1904 and has since been a resident of tha Wil lamette valley. He is a graduate of high school and attended the University of Oregon in 192S and 1926. His own business was con ducted successfully for 10 .years and he also served as a police Judge and a city recorder with a high degree of proficiency la both offices. Mr. Leum, associated with law enforcement for several years, is a member of the Oregon Associ ation of City Police-officers, Northwestern Peace Officers As sociation, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Masons and Shrine. His education and experiences In business, law enforcement ad public office, together with his long period of residence within the state, provide him with an excel lent background and qualifications for the office of sheriff. (Teoaorrowi Tea Neafeldt) by J idyl waj hired by the City Kent Maihewsoa, Martlasvillo, Ya city aaaaager, who waa hired Tnesday aa etty manager of la lens. Choking Dust Storms Swirl In 5 States DENVER Ul - Howllnf March winds kicked up choking dust storms In five states Tuesday, ripped wheat, barley and other crops from tha soil, blocked at least one major highway and forced schools to dose In prairie areas. f Winds of up to 40 miles aa hour raked Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Gusts as fierce as 10 miles an hour were clocked in soma local ities. including tha IVnvr ir,i where advertising signs and pow er poles wera smashed to tha grouna. , At times residents of soma towns in tha dry land regions could hardly sea across tha street because of blinding curtains of dust. I'p to IttOt Feet Air Una pilots reported dust as high as 14.000 feet above sea level, blown aloft by winds over East ern Colorado.; " Cliff Etter. Federal SolL Con. servation Service agent at Lamar, ' in Southeastern Colorado, com- mentcd, "this will take first plata among the wind storms wa have : had this year." . Read Closed f The Colorado Highway Depart- I ment closed a section of V, S. Highway 24-40 east of Limon m Eastern Colorado when dust clouds cut visibility to a danger ous degree. .. The dusters' swirled east and south into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. - ; "Our wheat it pretty sick and hanging in the balance," Etter said, "lt is small and not too well rooted. Things are touch and go now," , State CD Checks i Radioactivity In Coos County f - COOS BAY, Ore. (if The state Civil Defense agency snt a repre sentative to Coos County Tuesday to investigate a reported increase in radioactivity south of Powers. Officials said there was no danger, They said the highest reported Geiger counter reading was only one-tenth of that needed before there would be mild con cern for safety. They were curious, however, about wh; a 10-mile area should show an Increase. Speculation was th there had been a mild fall out, perhaps from the nuclear device explosion in Russia last week. . " TOP RED ARRESTED CHICAjbO I - FBI agents Tuesday seized Emanuel Blum, reputed top Communist Party offi cial and underground worker for the Reds. Sold a , This ad brought results on the first day it appeared. -MM M.-aawad aaovto ptojae- : l (Banro) IN with apvrt , lllim, arif taalljr , M. rh. " uut ... . , Want to lell some thing? 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