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DDDirag COEnisiS(ps FDaiiro? (Softy (iilsiirDaigotr " Lfnni 1 Off asms TPCDQDQS 1 confess that I find Senator Wayne Morse's low boiling point mildly amusing. He can run a temperature on political questions faster than most any man in pub lic lifej. To him political colora tions are always very distinct: vivid white or dark black, rarely a" grey or . cream tinting on any issue. He rates from crisis to crisis, "making all the fires." No missionary of the cross ever was consumed with greater zeal. He is a no. one alarmist, seeing in routine development in politics an undermining of basic" founda tions of the republic. , The Junior senator (by publici ty measure the senior senator) spent a week in Oregon and gave a round of speeches full of warn ings and adjurations on the dan gerous slate of the nation. Warn ing no. one was on the archaic rules of the senate, such as the two-thirds vote requirement to invoke cloture and suppress fili busters like the one Just waged against FEIKJ. This rule, says Morse, threatens government by the majority which is "basic" in a democracy. So Senator Morse eays the role of St. George with banner and sword to slay the dragon. The rules are archaic to be sure; and the filibuster is a sad reflec tion on the ability of the senate to govern itself. But the filibuster has not been the resort only of sinful reactionaries. Others like Bob LaFoIlette, sr., have employed it In fact we can conceive of situations in which Senator Morse himself would feci constrained to talk (Continued on Editorial Page) Memorial Pool To Be Voted on At Woodburn WOODBtmiT, Feb. 18,-(Spe-r!al)-A proposal to bond the city for $25,000 to acquire a site and build a swimming pool as a mem orial to Woodburn men who died In World war II, will be submit ted to a vote March 12. Location would be decided in a labor vote, probably in connec tion with the primary election, May 17. Plan for a city wide school poster contest to help advertise the election were announced to day by Pat McLaughlin, chair man of the chamber of commerce. Three prizes will be given in each of the four schools, Woodburn liifth, Washington junior high, Lincoln grade school and St Ben edict's parochial school. The poster contest will end Feb ruary 27. F.ntrles will be Judged by Mrs. L. S. Moohel, Mrs. Mabel Grass and Miles Austin. All post ers must carry the same wording, "Vote March 12 for Woodburn War Memorial Swimming Pool." Individuality will be permitted in other details of the posters. Strong Easterly Winds Raging on Lower Columbia PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18-P)-Strong easterly winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour whipped the lower' Columbia area early to night and weather bureau attend ants said gusts of 50 and perhaps 7J miles an hour were likely at Crown point and elsewhere in the gorge. N The bureau said the winds would continue to blow strong to gale velocity throughout the night, diminishing by morning, Animal Crackers ' By WARREN GOODRICH "That HAS to bt love to snuggfe that dote" bMMSSflBMMMiaHSSSSBHSHMMSSSSSSSSSaSMSMBSM t Control Of Rents Studied Separator Firm Head Indicates Change in Plans Br Isabel Chifds City Editor Th Statesman Salem city council Monday night postponed action on a proposed zone change in northeast Salem and as a result a representative of Cascades Plywood corporation indicated his company would seek a site elsewhere for the half mil lion dollar battery separator plant it proposed to erect on the Keith Brown industrial sites there. . The move to delay action on zoning climaxed a session which saw the council act affirmatively on a proposal to call a city-wide vote on the proposal to alter the city's form of government and hire an administrator. It also went on record favoring a survey , to determine whether, federal rent control should be invoked. Other Kites Considered Charles W. Fox, vice president in charge of production for lite Cascades Plywood corporation which operates a plywood factory at Lebanon, said at the close of the two-hour council session that his firm had made commitments to deliver separators on a speci fied date and could not "indef initely put off" erecting the plant in which to manufacture them. Two other sites, neither of Jthem in Salem, have received some con sideration and apparently are next in line for the development, he said, although he assured Cham ber of Commerce Manager Clay Cochrun that he would be willing to investigate any suggested "standby" site in Salem or the Salem area to be grabbed up at once if the council should deny the zone change application two weeks hence. Fox said the plant would employ 160 persons. Vote Likely May 17 Initial steps which may lead to a new form of city' government for Salem were taken when the council, without discussion, accept ed a report of its special commit tee on the subject, and heard the first two readiagawtoL. ordinances placing a charter amendment be fore the voters at a special May 17 election. The proposed charter change would eliminate all elective office except those of seven councilmen (one to be a presiding officer, or "mayor") elected from the city at large. Under It, the council would select certain key employes. In cluding an administrator who would name and be responsible for others, including chiefs of police and fire departments. Still a third ordinance bill in troduced Monday night would re move heads of police and fire de partments from civil service and eliminate current requirements that they must be selected from the ranks. Rent Control Studied Federal agency investigation to determine the "feasibility" of fed eral rent control for Salem was asked by the council. The resolution was passed with out a dissenting vote, although Al dermnn David 0Hara declared he thought OPA controls would work a hardship on "thousands of Sa lem citizens who haven't been gouging" renters, that OPA rent measures couldn't come to Salem because they were established for "defense plant areas," and that anyhow OPA is due, to die in June.. (Other council news page 2). TRUMAN, DOUGLAS LUNCH WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 - (F) - President Truman had lunch to day with Associate Justice Will iam O. Douglas of the United States supreme court, one of the men mentioned as a possible nom inee for interior secretary. Farmers' Union Cooperative Authorizes West Salem Store HILLSBORO, Feb, 18-()-Members of the state Farmers Union Cooperative association to day authorized spending $50,000 to develop a store and warehouse on a West Salem tract purchased by the group last fall. Some 150 members representing six mid-Willamette valley coun ties attended the annual business meeting of the cooperative group today as delegates gathered for the statewide Farmers' Union con vention opening here tomorrow and continuing through Thursday, The cooperative members re elected Chester C. Wohler, Hills boro, to the board of directors and elected G. A. Landon, Woodburn, to succeed A. C. Heyman, Albany, as director. Later the board, In cluding hold-over directors Frank Farmer of Dallas, Henry Torvend of Salem and Alvin Smith of New berg, met and reelected Wohler chairman. Mayor E. A. Griffith of Hllls bioru and Henry Johnson, presi NINETY-FIFTH YEAR Pope at Secret Consistory 1 ,.r . ' - , - - I VATICAN CITT, Feb. ll-Pope Pins XII (second from rifht) ajK : prosches Consistory Hall at the YaU.an today to attend the secret consistory of the Sacred College of Cardinals, during which 22 : prelates were elevated to the college. Left to riant: Msr. Enrico : Dante, carrying Pontiffs allocution declaring the designation of the new princes of the church; Msgr. Frederlco Callori Dl Vignale, attendant; Pope Plus, and i Msgr. Diego Venlnl, attendant This ts an exclusive photo by Frank Noel, Associated Press staff photog rapher. (AP Wlrephoto via radio from Rome to The Oregon States man) Catholic Church Creates 32 Cardinals at History-making j Consistory In Vatican City .VATICAN CITY, Feb. li.-VPh The Roman Catholic church today created 32 new cardinal, the larg est and most cosmopolitan group ever raised to the purple In 1900 years of church history. The new cardinals representing six continents, were created at a history-making secret consistory. They included four from the Unit ed States. . The world-wide character of the list lent sharp point to the words of the Pope: ). "The universality of the church is brought under a new light, since the church does not belong to one race, to one people, to one nation, but to all peoples of the human family.? ' At each place where notifica tions were made, the dean of the group expressed gratitude' for the honor which : the pope had con ferred upon them. Cardinal Glen non, at 83 the oldest In the Unit ed States group, spoke for Samuel Cardinal Stritich of Chicago, Ed-J ward Cardinal Mooney of Detroit and Cardinal Spellman of New YOrk. : While a group of about 400 per sons including many American sol diers listened, the tall, gray-haired St. Louis prelate spoke out for a militant church, saying "we are soldiers of the king; and will march forever underline cross." Bowles Says 'Essentials' Can Be Held at Present Price Top WASHINGTON, Feb. , lS.-0y-Chester Bowles assured the na tion j today that under: President Truman's new wage-price policy the prices of the three essentials dent of the Washington county Farmers Union, will welcome del egates Tuesday morning. First day session speakers will include Ronald E. Jones, Salem, state pres ident; Morton Tompkins, state grangemaster; Mrs. Alma Knower, state junior leader; Arthur Bone, editor of the Oregon Farmer Union, and Mrs. Agnes Booth, Marlon county school superin tendent. '! Lt Carl Greider, Seattle, will be principal speaker at the junior convention banquet ! Tuesday night Walter Luoma, field xnana- ger of the Pacific Supply coopera tive, Walla Walla, speaking at the annual banquet tonight, outlined responsibilities of coop association management to its members and -aid producers must j take greater interest in full industrial employ ment programs and labor legisla tion because - only a properous America can consume all of the American farmer's production. U PAGES American Flag (Torn From Pole, Burned In India 1 BOMBAY, Tuesday, Feb. 1-tP)-A mob of Indians, including a number wearing the uniform of the Royal Indian navy, tore the United States flag from the U.S Information service office here to Jay and burned the flag in the treet. I Walter D. Shackleton, in charge pf the office, said he was awaiting instructions concerning filing an fficial protest to the Indian and ritish governments. Shackleton said an unidentified rican sergeant, who had a jeep parked near the U.S.I.S. headquarters, was hit on the houlder with a shovel and clubs jflowers Comnjeniorate two Jiina Anniversary I pitabi. HAnrtnn vh i One year after the marine corps attacked Iwo Jima in one of the ploodicst battles in its history, a naval air transport plane will Iprinkle blossoms tomorrow over he white crosses that lie in the thill shadow of barren Mount uribachi. f life --food, shelter and cloth g--can be held at about their resent levels. But he solemnly warned that ooperation of the entire nation is ecessarv - -that the inflation poller is dangerously near the ex plosion point, "with our entire ec onomic future at stake." h Zenas L. Potter, advisor to owles, told the committee OPA lieves "that all controls but ts can be eliminated next ear." Bowles climbed Capitol Hill to ppeal to congress for a continu- tlon of price controls, which are ue to expire June 30. 4 The lobbyists and the profit ers are licking their chops," he declared. "It is going to take firm $nd decisive action --it is going to take teamwork and support on every hand - - If we are to hold ibis country on an even keeL" f But, appearing for the first time in his new role as designated ec gnomic stabilizer, Bowles told the house banking committee Mr. Truman's new wage-price policy is "a program that will work and will turn back the inflation pressures. Bowles called upon congress to "stop the Inflation in the real es tate market," as a necessary step it the new homes - for - veterans program is to succeed. He axked for continuation of food subsidies. ' POU NDHD 1651 POU NDHD Solent, Oraqon, Tuesday Threaten Phone Walkout Union Gills for Accord or Else; Steehneii Return 1 By the Autoclated Press The steel strike was officially over for 380,000 men today, cut ting the total of idle in labor dis putes to 1,050,000, but a nation wide telephone ttrike threatened. Major labor development: Rteel Worker trickle back to nation's largekt stc-l plants as furnaces are steadied for resump tion of normal production; smaller steelmakers conferring with CIO United Steel workers: union. Telephone Nation-wide Mrike of long distance telephone opera tors threatens if local strike of Philadelphia telephone workers not settled within 24 hours; exec utive board of national federation of telephone workers recommends general strike for 200,000 tele phone employes. Automobiles James F. Dewey,, federal conciliator in 91-day Gen eral Motors-CIO United Auto Workers dispute, reports "some progress" on union security clause; conferences continue to day. Transit Acting Mayor of Lan caster, Pa., declares state of emergency as 12,000 AFL mem bers strike in sympathy with a walkout of 220 AFL bus and trol ley workers. Shipbuilding-Shipbuilding wage stabilization conference approves 18-cent hourly Increase for 050,- 000 workers in nation's shipbuild ing Industry, retroactive to last December 4. - Farm Machinery Federal fact finding board recommends 18- cent hourly wage increase for 30,- 000 striking CIO workers at In ternational Harvester. OPA to Study Milk Records PORTLAND. Feb. 18.-WVAn- drew W. Trice, district OPA price executive, met with milk produc ers today to select producers whose records should be studied In con nection with a request for higher milk prices. Area milk producers have Indi cated they are willing to wait for the OPA survey, Trice said. Earl ier, the dairymen Indicated they would divert much fluid milk to other uses unless the- price on bottled milk was raised by Feb. 28. Postof fice, Banks To Close Friday Salem postoffice will observe Friday, February 22, George Washington's birthday as a holi day this year, Postmaster Al Gragg has announced. All depart ments will be closed. February 22 is a non-Judicial day in Oregon and all state, city and county offices and the banks will be closed. It Is not a school holiday. Yakima Requests Removal of 'Duds9 YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 18.-CP)-Dr. W. H. Banks, Yakima county coroner, said today he would send a letter to the commandant of the Pasco naval air station asking that the dud bombs dropped outside the military range in this vicinity be removed. The action wan taken af ter Elmer Lee Adams, 30-year-old Zillah farm hand, was killed yes terday when he exploded a dud bomb with a rifle shot while rab bit hunting near here. Official Linked With Espionage OTTAWA, Feb. 18.-rpKneof the men arrested in the Canadian government's investigation Into the leakage of secret and confi dential information held a rank "very close" to deputy minister, it was learned tonight SEEK ANNEXATION A petition for annexation to Salem of the area lying directly south of the city limits, east of Commercial and west of Summer street was presented to the Salem city council Monday night. Morning. February 19. 1946 WavaO Officer Clhiairg'es Code eveOatooini Konocks Props7 From Appointee For RFC Approved WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 -(A1) The senate confirmed George E. Allen today for a director of the RFC, after some bitter political wrangling that involved financial dealings of two other Truman appointees, Edwin W. Pauley and James K. Varuaman. The shouting in committees over the latter two nominations Pauley for undersecretary of the navy and Vardaman for a 14- year term on the federal reserve board of governors spilled over onto the senate floor. In the debate there on the se lection of Allen, presidential in timate, for the reconstruction fi nance corporation post, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) took the floor to complain that the three appoint ments "have excited the indigna tion of the people of this coun try." Majority. Leader Barkley of Kentucky and Senator Lucas CD Ill ) rallied to the defense, with Lucas asserting that "these days people are being indicted by sus picion." Confirm 2 Others The senate also confirmed the nominations of W. John Kcnney as assistant secretary of the navy and Horace Chapman Rose as di rector of contract settlement. And it received the nomination of Paul A. Porter, now chairman of the federal communications commis sion, to be price administrator succeeding Chester Bowles. Before acting on Allen, the sen ate passed an appropriations bill from which funds for a White House addition wanted by Presi dent Truman were stricken. The brightest fireworks in committee came in the naval group hearing on the appoint ment of Pauley, California oil man and former treasurer of the demo cratic party, for the navy post Radio Man Testifies There John L. Akerman, Chi cago salesman for a radio chain, testified that Pauley turned over to him more than $25,000 in cash for a 1939 California referendum campaign against the repeal of a state oil conservation law. Pauley has told the committee he worked against repeal of the law, but said he had no knowl edge of having contributed per sonally to the campaign fund. Commodore Vardaman, Presi dent Truman's naval aide, testi fied before a banking subcommit tee that he had been "completely exonerated" of charges of "mis appropriation of funds" from the Vardaman Shoe company of St Louis, Mo. Weather Max. .. M Mln. M 94 SS so 42 Rain 8alm . Eugene Portland .47 .50 Scatti so San rrancisco 50 Willamette rlvec! J.7 ft FORECAST (from UJS. weather bu reau. McNarjr field. Salem): Cloudy today with occasional Urht rain. HiKhett today 1 joecrees. Oregon Tax Changes A variety of changes in Ore gon's tax structure, with particu lar emphasis on laws that would perpetuate industries already in operation in this area and en courage the establishment of new ones, was proposed Monday by a group of Industrialists who ap peared before the tax study com- mission of the 1945 legislature. Recommendations of the com mission will be filed in advance of the 1947 legislature. The in dustrialists emphasized that they were willing to pay their just share of the tax burden but con tended (hat there are certain in equalities which should be cor rected. Lengthy presentation was made by Chester K. Sterrett manager of the industries department of the Portland Chamber of Com merce. Changes Proposed Included among suggestions were: Limitation of the millage which real property is taxed; changes in the method of Inven tory valuation and personal prop Oregon Civilian Population Goes Up 9.7 Per Cent WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-(P)-Populatlon of Pacific coast states jumped between the 1940 and 1945. the bureau of census announced today, estimating increases of 10.7 per rent for Oregon, 20.3 for Wanh ington and 27.7 for California, in tnJuding servicemen. Civilian population alone jump cd 18.4 per cent in California, 12.8 in Washington and 9.7 in. Oregon. The bureau estimated Washing ton's total in 1945 at 2.0H8.574. Oregon's 1,206,322 and California' 8,882,688. Civilian figures were 1,953,725 Washington, 1.193,702 Oregon and 8,120,105 California. ""Oregon's estimated natural In crease was 51,192; net loss to arm ed forces, 112,186; net gain through civilian migration, 166,320. Idaho showed a 12.4 decrease in civilian population. Giles French Files; to Seek Speakership Giles L. French (r), of Moro, veteran state legislator, will seek the speakership of the 1947 state house of representatives, he an nounced Monday In filing for re nomination at the May primaries. French, who serves with Speak-1 er Eugene Marsh on the current tax study interim committee, al ready has been given a consider able number of commitments, his friends said. He represents Gill iam, Morrow, Sherman and Wheel er counties (22nd district). Earle Johnson (r), Corvallis, Monday filed for state representa tive legislature from the 11th dis trict, Benton county. Other filings Monday: Anna M. Ellis (r) Garibaldi, for state rperesentative, 3rd dis trict, Tillamook county. Fred McHenry (r), Corvallis, for district attorney of Benton county. C. C. Proebstel, Pendleton, re publican, for district attorney of Umatilla county. Coast Promised Consideration in Wheat Slashing WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-(-The Pacific northwest will not be forgotten when the agriculture de partment draws up regulations on President Truman's plan to slash wheat supplies used for livestock feed, Senator Cordon (R-Ore) was advised today. He had informed the department that Washington and Oregon use wheat as basic feed, like the mid west uses corn. He said the pro posed 50 per cent cut in this use of the grain would be hard on live stock and poultry growers. erty taxation; changes and possi ble reduction of the excise tax on corporation; exploration of the relative burden of taxation in Oregon of a corporation and an individual proprietorship; study of a community property law; re vision of the state's personal in come tax. Sterrett said the state of Wash ington has a 40 mill limitation law which he said apparently had ap pealed to manufacturers in search of location for their operations. A bad feaure of the excise tax on corporations, Sterrett said. Is that a national manufacturer, figuring on a location in Oregon, is confronted with the question of how to figure the net income that applies to the Oregon ope ration. The corporate excise tax, at its existing rate, was declared too high by Carl T. Pelo, treasurer of the Rogers Canning company, Milton. He said a sales tax ap peared the most equitable in pro viding new funds. No. 282 SeciairDiy Pric 5c Silence oiu War Plan Assailed WASHINGTON', Feb. A naval intelligence officer aid u nifcM that disclosure of America a code-breaking ets in the Pit Harbor investigation has "knwkl the props" from a pillar of ra tional security. ("apt. Kdwin T. Layton git that as his opinion in rp r. to a question from Senator Lucis (D-lll.) at hearings of the serral house committee Investigating pen's Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Code Helped End War If another war comes, he t, this country "will not be in U. fine shape" it was as a result ef the "breaking" of the codes. And if the codes had not beta broken, Layton declared, "the .f would still be going on." Earlier, Layton had tiuld tho committee that the Pearl IlarU r story would 'have been "entirely different" if Washington had ser.t Hawaii copies of its decoded Japa nese messages. lie said he wf "outraged and astonished" wha he learned nearly two years aft the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that "v had been shortchanged" on infer ma tion. Beforf Layton testified, th committee heard Senator Thoma C. Har (R-Conn.) relate that commander of the Asiatic fleet he dispersed his ships for sccuti- ty reasons as the war threat del oped. Stayed by Subterfuge About 10 days before Jspi opened hostilities. Hart said, h even 6ent some ships to Nether lands East Indies ports "ostensibly to get oil." With a grin, he hold how h informed Dutch Admiral Helfrich that the ships would have diffi culty taking on oil and might 1-e around for some time. , Army Sent to Get Japs Terrorizing Filipino Farmers A MANILA. Tuesday, Feb. lO-Of) An entire Philippine army regi ment was dispatched to LubangJ island off the mouth of Manila bay today to suppress an unsur rendered Japanese garrison whicbj was reported terrorizing Filipino villagers. Numerous killings ct Filipino farmers and pillaging if, villages has been reported. Rural Voters pefeat School Consolidation PRINGLE, Feb. jl8.-(Special) The consolidation ff the Pringia and Pleasant Point school districts was defeated at the elections la the two districts tonight Unoffi cial returns showed Pringle sup ported the consolidation and Pleasant Point opposed it Valua tion of the Pleasant Point dUtrkt was $163,499 and Pringle $303. 420, according to the latest census. Proposed Henry L. Jermann, Jantzrn knitting mills, Portland, branded the excise tax a deterrent of h a company's business. Jermann de clared that his concern, whicfi ships in most of its raw mater ials, had found it more profitable to do some pfe iia manufacturing in New JerJfeyTlIe added that lei a than two' per cent of the com pany's total sales are In Oregon, The commission announced that Monday's session virtually com pleted its hearings and that the work of formulating a suggested tax program to the next legisla ture would get under way shortly. Groups previously appearing before the commission Included representatives of higher educa tion, public schools, counties, dues and taxpayers. Other industrialists here for Monday's meeting included J. H, Cellars, Columbia River Packer association; E. M. Burns, Termi nal Ice and Cold Storage com pany, and F. H. Young, Oregon Business and Tax Research, Portland.