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TO S3JJJO0 UCDGOCO The state of New Vork own Saratoga Springs and bottle and sells their wafer. The federal gov ernment levied a tax on bottled water and soft drinks on which New York state claimed exemp tion on the ground that it wai a sovereign utate exercising it sov ereiin function. The federal courts all the way up denied New York's claim and held the utate was liable to the tax. The supreme court, aa seems customary; held divided opinions which tend to confune the issue of federal tax ing powers. If the federal government may collect a bottling tax on Saratoga Sirings water may it come along a little later and collect a tax on system or from Forest Grove's op eration of an electric distribution syntem or on the very consider able income of the Port of Tort land? Just what is to be the di viding line between governmen tal operation. that are taxable and non-taxable? That question ' seems to disturb both the justices who assented to upholding the imposition of the tax (three af firmative opinions being render- wt , ansi ttiA fcusi rbiticrlau b rirf Black) who dflfcsonted. One idea ha been to separate "normal" functions of government from "traaing" or propneiary operations: maintaining courts would be in the first class and running a public market in the other But the court jhas "edged away" from such a distinction. Justice Frankfurter writes: "To rest the federal taxing power orr what is "normally" conducted (Continued on Editorial Page) Use of Barracks As Extension Center Urged EUGENE, Feb. 14-(P)-Chancel-lor Fredrick M. Hunter of the state board of higher education pointed out today In connection with the investigation of the Klamath Falls marine corps bar racks for the use in veterans' ed ucation that there are two possi bilities to. operate the Institution as a college or to operate it as sn extension center. The latter meth od, he said would afford virtual ly the name service to veterans at no additional expense to them, and would be a much cheaper plan for the state to follow. At a special meeting of the state board next Tuesday in Portland report will be made on the Klam ath Falls proposition and also a report on the possibility of the housing facilities at Van port City being used as an extension cen ter. 45 Varieties of Posies Shown By Gardeners No )ttt than 45 varieties of flowers are blooming in Salem these February days, it was lndi rated by the elaborate displays in the Sal em Men's Garden club Slower show Thursday night at the YMCA. . Three of the many exhibitors who placed 49 varieties from their out door' gardens on display were awarded flower and plant prizes. J. N. Class was honored for the most unusual display, a large low box packed with, green moss and decorated with a huge Valentine heart outlined in crocus and filled with red and white daphne petals, Al Beckman won the prize for the best arrangement with a mixed bouquet and J. : Moffenbier had the winning display of came lias. W. G. Nibler discussed rodent control, accompanied by slides. Ernest Iufer led a discussion on (.larch gardening. Animal Crackers By WAPPEN GOODRICH "He must be tremendously wealthy eats nothing bat tint tditiontr NINETY-FIFTH YEAR Bowles ! i Handed i i New Post WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-AV The White House announced to night a shakeup of President Truman's economic top command and establishment of a new and higher wage-price policy. I President Truman shifted OPA Administrator Chester Bowles to the post of economic stabilization administrator with a broadened field of authority, and moved Chairman Paul A. Porter of the federal communication commis sion into the OPA post. . In a statement he announced modification of existing wage price policy to permit wage In creases within certain limitations and allow any industry placed in a hardship position by approved increases in wages to seek price adjustments immediately, without the present six months test pe riod. I May End Strike The new policy provides a "ba sis" for settlement of the strike of 750,000 steel workers. The president's executive order reconstitutes the economic stabjl i x a t i o n administration under Bowles with the same broad au thority it had during the war un der former Zconomic Stabilizer William H. Davis. i The office, recently adminis tered by John C. Collet, has been moved into the office of Recon version Director John W. Snyder since Davis' day. It stays there. I Bowles Supports v! V Ross made it clear that Bowles was among those who pledged his support to: the policy in the two - hour ' conference in wnicn President Truman participated. Fire Damages Local Feed, Seed Store D. A. White & slons are con tinuing business on a limited scale in their feed and seed store at , 2C5 SUte st, foUowing a Thursday morning fire which de stroyed the elevator shaft and otherwise damaged the store building. 1 H. O. White of the company said the loss would probably mount to several thousand dol lars, but that it la entirely cov-t ered by insurance. Cause of the fire has not been determined. ! Although some seed and other stock was lost, considerable sup plies in nearby warehouses were untouched by the fire, White said. City firemen were praised by the proprietors for their speedy work in extinguishing the blaze before It could spread from the rear of the building. First alarm was radioed to the city hall by City Police Officer Paul Nicholson, who noted smoke rising from the State street building as he made his rounds by automobile and who notified the police radio operator, who, in turn, called the city fire department. Bush's Pasture Papers Signed; Park to Serve as Memorial s 1 The city of Salem will own all of the 100-acre tract of the Bush estate knon as "Bukh's Pasture" sPand will take immediate posses sion of the southeast portion or it when $150,000 for the 43 acres now owned by A. N. Bush and Sally Bush Is paid. Deed to the 43acre tract and a quitclaim deed to the 57-arre tract given to the city in 1017 were signed Thursday. Because the original gift was made with certain requirements which have 'been withdrawn by Mr. Bush and his sister in the face of the city's purchase of the last 43 acres of the property, the quitclaim deed was considered necessary. It permits the city to turn over to Willamette univer sity 10 acres for an athletic field (the university la paying $25,000 of the 150,000 purchase price set on the final 43 acres); it also w .lives a provision of the original gift deed, which would have obli gated the city to construct a 2200- 1 r pounddd '1651 ; II PAGES! New Coach Walter Ei Erickson, freshman ; dean and registrar of Willam- ette since 1139 and former all ; around athlete there, who la an ' nonnceefas the new head foot i ball eoaeh, succeeding Roy 8. (Spec) Keene, grid coach for 17 ; years who recently resigned to go Into easiness. (Details on sports pare). I UNO Approves Permanent Site On East Coast LONDON, Feb. H -(P)- The first assembly of the United Na tions completed the business of its historic first session tonight by approving unanimously the Westchester-Fairfield area off New York and Connecticut as the new permanent world peace capital and calling upon all nations to take swift action against global famine. By acclamation, the assembly in the closing minutes of Its meet ing in central hall also voted for New York City as , the temporary headquarters of the world's peace agency. The1 assembly will meet for Its second session in New1 York ort Sept S. .( I One of the final actions of the delegates was to call upon mem ber nations of the organization for "immediate and drastic" action to head off starvation in the world. The assembly asked the nations to conserve food supplies and grow all the' grain' possible. When the vote on! the location of the temporary ahd permanent sites had been! completed, Edward R. SUttinius,f Jr., chief of the American delegation,' arose to ex press appreciation for the "great honor bestowed on the United States of America." 276 Killed in Algeria Quake PARIS, Feb. H.-WVAt least C70 persons were killed and 70 injured in an earthquake that shook the mountainous region of northeastern Algeria,' and rescue workers were still digging In de bris of fallen buildings for addi tional victims, advices from Al- gJers said tonight '1 The main shock in the earth quake yesterday - was felt in anj area southwest; of Constantino, which is 80 miles southwest of the Mediterranean port i of Bone. Strong tremors were 'felt also at Setif. j ' foot boulevard along the west boundary of the 57 acres. However, the deal does carry the stipulation that; the park shall serve as a memorial to Asa hel N. Bush, sr., founder of The Oregon Statesman and father of A. N. Bush and Sally! Bush, sug gesting that it retain the name by which picnicking school children have known it for almost a cen tury, 'Bushs Pastured f So long as the Bushes' life es tate-lasts, they have agreed to pay annual rental equal to the taxes levied against the entire tract Jam 1, 1945. ; , ! I The city, when it has paid the $125,000 for which it lis bonding itself together with the $25,000 given by friends of Willamette university, will take possession of that portion1 of the easterly 157 acres lying south of 4 line run nlng parallel to Mission street to a point directly south of the barn , lot . Ten acres of, this prop erty will become an athletic field for Willamette. i I '-'' V J J' . ''' " . ..-i r .... I -i i iy Satan, Oregon, Friday Triiman Begins Search For Successor to Ickes By Douglas B. Cornell WASHINGTON, Feb. i 14 -(f) President Truman began hunt ing today for the "right (man" to run the Interior department while the capital still shook from the blast of Secretary Ickes' dynamite-charged resig nation. Mr. Truman went over a list of possible successors in sepa rate conferences with several western congressmen. He was reported to be looking for one with sufficient stature to take some of the sting out of Ickes abrupt snorting departure. Senator O'Mahoney, Wyoming democrat, was one White House visitor. lie has been mentioned as a prospect. Several senate colleagues named factors which they . said point to O'Mahoney as the leading possibility. But O'Mahoney : himself of fered White House reporters no hint whether he had been of fered the assignment or whether he would take it if nominated. Senator Hatch (D-NM) said he .and Mr. Truman had dis Murderer, Burglar Escape State Pen, No Trace Reported A murderer serving, a life term and another convict escaped from Oregon state penitentiary in the fog early Thursday, and no trace of them had been reported by late Thursday night Law enforcement authorities of Salem and vicinity were on the lookout for a car or clothing theft or any other, clue to, the -getaway; Production of Alumina Set to Start April 15 One hundred tons of alumina should come from the great kiln at the Salem alumina plant April 15, chemical engineers who show ed representatives of Salem vet erans' organizations through the pilot plant Thursday said. five hundred tons of the clay from which alumina is to be made have been baked ' and a portion of this raw material has been further processed, but final operations by which the alumina is actually separated from other portions of the clay have not been started, the visitors were told. The first 100-ton batch should be sufficient to provide approxi mately 00 tons of aluminum when the oxygen content has been re moved. It was said. First clay, to be baked came from Castle Rock, Wash. V ; Eighty-four World war II vet erans are among the 195 persons employed in operation of the plant which is still under con-, struction by the Chemical Con struction corporation for the fed eral government (Additional de tails on psge 2.) Bus Drivers Accept New Company Proposal BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 14.-UP)-Boise division Overland Grey bound bus drivers voted unani mously tonight to accept a new company proposal and agreed that they would return to work, How ard Adams, chairman of the Boise union local, reported. Adams and V. L. Middleton, su perintendent of the Boise division of the Overland Greyhound lines, said regular schedule of service would bo resumed Sunday mid night. CLERGY ARRIVE IN ROME ROME, Feb. 14.-W)-Archbish-ops Francis J. Spellman of New York City and John Glcnnon of St Louis arrived this afternoon, completing the United States del egation for the historic ceremon ies next week in which 32 new cardinals will be created in the Roman Catholic church. WOODBUEN LEGION FILES i Incorporation papers were filed. Thursday, with the Marion county clerk for the Woodburn post no. 45 of "the American Legion. Morally, February 15, 1948 cussed several persons and that the president "is searching for the right man." Ickes set off a political earth quake when he quit yesterday with a declaration that he could not "retain my self respect and stay in the cabinet of President Truman." There was no question that thte president had on his hand one of the hottest political problems of bis White Houae career. Hut Senator Murdock (D vUtah) left a meeting with Mr. Trianon, saying: fThe president of the United . States indicated to me he i taking all his troubles in stride. He looks fine." Other possible Ickes success ors5 mentioned included William O.I Douglas of Oregon, associate supreme court justice, for the cabinet vacancy. Pure specula tion among congressmen had it, too; that Secretary of Labor SchweMenbach, from Washing toe, or Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, from New Mexico, might be shifted to interior. of the two men, but none had de veloped during the day. The escaped men are Allen D. Brumf ield, who was serving a life term killing a hospital attendant in a Portland escape attempt sev en years ago, and Harold W. Manning, , who was up for five years! for burglary in Clackamas county,4'- 'Vs-;., ' 4Jade 1 Morning f' ' Warden George Alexander said the escape was made some time after 3:30 a. m. Thursday and be fore the noon checkup of prison ers. He explained that the men sprung the bars of their cell, climbed the wall on a painter's plank; clipped two wires and ap parently dropped over In the ear ly morning fog. How they obtained tools with which they sprung the bars, re moved the lock from a storeroom to get the plank and cut the wires remained unexplained after a thorough investigation at the pris on, the warden stated. Killed Norse Brumf ield escaped from the Washington SUte prison in 1939 and was captured by Portland po lice two weeks later. Wounded in the capture, he was taken to a hospital. There he wrested a gun from his guard and killed Mrs. Hattie Hooker as he tried to shoot his way to freedom. Two physi cian overpowered him. River Highway Reopens Today Reopening of the Columbia river : highway at Multnomah Falls was delayed until Friday noon when workmen at the scene of the big slide discovered the re quired bridge must be 90 feet in stead of 00 feet long, it was stated Thursday by State Highway En gineer R. H. Baldock. Total cost of reopening the blocked road now is estimated by the engineer at $60,000. Baldock also reported that highway conditions throughout the state were little changed Thursday, with mountain roads still dangerous and fog in the valleys; Tacoma Power Strike Scheduled Monday TACOMA, Feb. 14 A pro posed strike of AFL electrical workers in the city light 'depart ment Scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Monday will not be postponed, it was decided at a meeting of the strike policy committee tanight, according to L. J. Thaller, busi ness agent of local 483. Mayor Harry Cain asked 'for the postponement today. MRS. SHIELDS APPOINTED Mrs. Gladys Shields, Jefferson, of the Jefferson Review, has been appointed to the Marion county welfare commission for a two year term, the county court learned Thursday, in a letter from Gov. Earl Snell. She succeeds Mrs. Angcline Hassler who has resigned. Price New Diplomat WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 MaJ. Gen, Walter Bedell Smith, who will replace W. Averell Harrl man aa United States ambassa dor to Russia. Gen. Smith New i Ambassador to Soviet Union WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (JT) President Truman announced to night that he had accepted the resignation of Averill Harriman as ambassador to Russia and named Lt Gen. Walter Bedell Smith as his successor. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, who made public the president's announcement, said that legisla tion would be asked tomorrow to permit Smith to take -the post without ' affecting., his military status. The nomination will be formally submitted later. Smith served as chief of staff for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in Europe. The announcement marked the second time the chief executive had turned to the military for an important diplomatic appoint ment. Recently he named Gen. George C. Marshall as ambassa dor to China. Ross Planning To Buy Cows On Jersey Isle SILVERTON, fob. 14-(Special) Rex Ross plans to sail for the Isle of Jersey on February 27 or 28, to buy around 40 registered Jer seys, for shipment hero. He will leave here within; a few days, vis iting In Ohio and attending the National Jersey Cattle club In New York before embarking. Ross said he expects to return within two months, in time . to show some of his new cows in the Marion county spring show. 23d Seaman of Marquam is mak ing the trip with Ross. He wiU visit in England with sisters he hasn't seen for 42 years. No Jerseys have been Imported since Pearl Harbor. Mr Niniitz Outlines Plan for Bases To Make Atom Attack Difficult By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -flV The navy outlined to congress to day a proposed system of 53 over seas bases for which, Adm. Ches ter W. Nimltz said, Carrier-paced fleets could make it "very diffi cult"' for an enemy to attack this country with atomic bombs. Sec retary Forrestal asserted that the country must be ready for "im mediate advancement of our for ward lines" from those bases, to head off any atomic bomb ot rob ot missile threat The navy secretary led a pro cession of admirals before the senate- naval affairs committee In support of a post-war navy of 319 active combat ships, an aerial striking force of 373 1 planes and a complement of 800,000 enlisted men and 58,000 officers. Questioned about the prospec tive $5,073,000,000 cost of all this in the next year, the cabinet mem ber conceded that national secur ity is "expensive" but added: "I cannot help but feel that if No. 279 City May Ballot On Additions A special election in Salem and in the districts which have by that time petitioned for annexa tion to the city will be held as soon after April 2 as it ii pos sible, if the advice of the special annexation committee is taken by the city council. Alderman James Bycrs, chair man, announced Thursday that the committee had determined to rec ommend that an annexation elec tion be held shortly after the dead line date for petitions set a year ago by the council. The commit tee will ask, he said, that the elec tion be held in the ditsricts peti tioning as well as in the city, although an area in which 100 per cent of the property holders have signed the petition would not be required by law to vote on the question. There Is danger, the committee will point out to the council, that ownership of prop erty in the affected districts may change between time of the peti tion and date of the. election, so balloting there would be a wise precaution. Three Petitions Filed Three petitions have already been filed with signatures of 100 per cent of property owners, while a fourth tas 92 per cent. The property in the Valley Packing company district just north of the city limits; a group of business properties along Portland road, and Lone Oak Village area are represented by 100 per cent peti tions, while a 14-block district bounded by - South ' Commercial, Summer, Hoy t and McGilchrlst streets has approximately 92 per Oent of its property owners signa tures on petitions. A petition, just started. In the Candelaria Heights, Buena Vista area south of the city limits, where there are few prop erty owners, is expected to be 100 per cent signed. Cannot Vote In May The annexation question cannot be considered at the regular pri maries In May, because of charter requirements, but a change in city government to reduce the size of the council and place management of most of the city services under one head can be voted upon at that time, the special "fornvof government committee held Thursday. Its chairman, Alderman A. H. Gille, announced it would bring ordinance bills before the city council next Monday night to place its recommendations for a seven-man council before the voters at the May primary elec tions. Judson to File For Legislature Lewis Judson, farmer and dai ryman of 1000 Judson St., Thurs day said he would file later this week for place on the republican primary ticket for representative to the state legislature from Marion county, 12th district. Judson, who has been on the county republican central com mittee for 30 years, lost Ithe nomi nation he seeks by only! 118 votes two years ago. this country, In the present state of the world, goes back to bed, we don't deserve to survive." Forrestal and Fleet Admiral Nimitz, the chief of naval opera tions, stressed the need for ad vanced bases, of which the navy said it wants 33 in the Pacific and 20 in the Atlantic. Nimitz told the committee that future warfare "may for us re solve Itself largely into a strug gle for the possession of air bases bases from which an enemy might bomb us effectively and from which we might effectively bomb an enemy." Nimitz conceded that atomic bomb tests on ships, the first of which will be held about May 15 and the second July 1. may force revisions in naval estimates. But he said that ships are likely- to present "difficult and unprofitable targets for atomic bombing be cause of the degree to which they are dispersed in naval tactical dis positions and the degree to which they are mobile." 5c Genler Of Quake In Olympia Damage Light, Sin cZ Continues For 20l Minutes SEATTLE, Feb. 14 An earthquake rocked the Pacific northwest coast tonight from nortr.-rn Oregon to Canada, sharing a cornice from a hotel roof In Olympia, Wash., and top pling the brick wall of a packing plant and bursting a 150,000 gal lon Afcter tank in Seattle. Th if were no reports of in Jurits although the shock wa felt from Salem north through Portland, Tacoma and Seattle tn OUlliUtVI .... V", tlVUI M V coiiht to central Washington. The iuake struck at 7:184 p.m. Pacific standard time, and G. E, Latt tilings earthoeake didn't draw mueh Interest la the Sa lem area. It was noticed In some sections, however, in cluding Gilbert's Hillside shop on the South River road, where Francis Welch and three others re ported a chandelier started to sulnr and other object In the room shook In the tremor. Gorxivtreet, professor of geoloty at the University of Washington, said .the seismograph needle t the university jumped from it drum. The shock was apparent m Seattle residents for less than a minute, but Goodstreet said the seismograph continued to regis ter fur 20 minutes. Broke Windows He said it centered, apparent ly, in the Olympia-Chehalis dist rict. Windows were broken in the state capitol city of Olympia anl cracks appeared in one of the state buildings. A woman fainted. The water tank was atop the 14-story Fisher flouring mill plant. When it burst and fell t cracked the roof and water cas caded down stair wells. Harold Herzog, superintendent of ware houses, said no workmen were in jured but that there was some damage to machinery. The dam age to stored wheat and flour was not believed extensive, be said. Brick Wall Falls At the Ffye Ji Co. packing! plan I Which figured la the news in 1943 When an experimental bomb er crashed Into the building si two-etory brick waU fell, smaih ing an unoccupied shop. The 42-story Smith tower here swayed crazily north and south, observers said, and radio work ers on the 23rd floor estimate t their studio moved as much te four feet. Army Lowers ' Draft Physical WASHINGTON, Feb. U.-iA The army today lowered Its phy sical standards for draftees and asked for 125,000 in April. The regular monthly draft call has been 50,000 but that rate has) not been met since V-J day. The war department said ii hope by this means to get the full 250,000 men the army neede from selective service in the first five months of this year. This) number is required In addition to enlistments to provide replace ments for men discharged. The army asked draft board te induct immediately these 4r men previously disqualified for physical reasons who can meet the lowered standards. Alaska Glad Ickes Resigned JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 14PH This capital of the Territory of Alaska and other cities of Ameri ca's northland raised no cries of "foul" when they learned thai Harold L. Ickes, self-styled "OH Curmudgeon," had resigned ae secretary of the interior. "Alaska has suffered under Ickes' iron rule for 13 ye-irs," the Daily Alaiika Empire said. "There is hope that a man from the west ern states who may have a more Sympathetic attitude toward Alaska will succeed Ickes. The Ketchikan Chronicle sutgestcf hat Friday the date his resign ation becomes effective be desig nated "V-I Day." MUNDT SEEKS REELECTION1 Alfred Mundt, 1415 Saginaw st , filed Thursday for nomination to a second term as Salem city re corder. Mundt's notice was filed! in his own office In city hall. Weather ' Max. Mln. JUt 41 It 4 to n .no &s 11 64 M Trao .... 6S M M Salem j Ruone Portland ftattl rranciaco Willamette rtver J.t ft fO RECAST from U.S. wither bo au. McNary fkld. .n): Partlr cloudy, occanional Mcht altower. IIlt cat temperature M degree.