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OtR RECOMMENDATIONS . . Register-Guard's recom TW candidates and issues un- meiidations on t M lfl primary r o , on Page 13. Discussed re ,ne i "heriff candidate., and the The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy. Temperatures: High Monday, 68; low Tuesday morning. 45. Predictions Highs Tuesday and Wednesday, 70; low Wednes day morning, 42. - Phone 5-1551 TWO SECTIONS 24 PAGES CITY EDITION EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1952 1ANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. 1 ELECTION ISSUES jflviVhterg to Decide Manager Plan Before County unTE This i another of a series of articles e- DffOR'S Aecided by Lane County uoters in the primary is'If, Written b members of the Reoister-Guard slaJ, m Friaaw. " , j ..minim issues. Bv AL CURREY Be.l.ler-Gu.rd Sl.ff Writer PAimtvO 000 registered voters Friday will decide ; Une w " eent county government should be retained t wuncil-manager (county manager) plan adopted in ! Pair observes jSeii. Kefsuver. Bright Meteor I Near Klamath Hoffmail TdlKS KLAMATH FALLS (U.R) A meteor flashed through the western sky here Tuesday morning and two observers said it was of dazzling brightness. One said from his vantage point It disappeared behind the western hills. The other said from a different part of town it appeared to burn out in the air. The time was placed at 7:12 or 7:13 a.m. Both reports agreed it was very high and was fol lowed by a long sparkling trail. Zi aPP-rS on the primary ballot as the result of j '.itiative petition campaign . -.5.. ' n registered voters were obtained by a sponsoring an 4,000 regisiei" !?,,- Aer-nnntanl lay- 8i tf Todd as'chairman, has been joined by the Eugene of Women Voters in pre-election advocacy of the S-manager plan. led Down' Results oil Opposition to adoption of the manager system has been led by lor Jjemocrat-y, .aur. utiu, .ug-"t. jUne County Committee .Mr, cnairino". . . J' . .. . .n..:imQnaarp phar Pi has nppn Ibt full text of 1 e P P .dontion would brine these Shed previous, , ration every two years of non-partisan representatives from w Z districts of the county, these persons to serve as the EWEB Puts Off River Studies The anticipated feature discus sion of Monday night's Eugene Water & Electric Board meeting didn't quite come off. Results of a year-long engineer ing study on possible new hydro electric developments in the upper McKenzie River system were to have been talked over by board members. But it was almost mid night before the board worked through other items on its agenda. Slated at U0 Warren, Family Get Students' Ovation There was a politician for almost everybody in Eugene Monday and Tuesday as some of the biggest guns in the two parties moved into Oregon to wind up the presidential pref erence primary. University of Oregon students stamped their feet, whistled, wolf called and shouted Monday after noon at Gov. Earl Warren's wife and two daughters, then sat back respectfully to listen in good mannered silence to the governor's speech. ' Tuesday afternoon Paul Hoff man, a spokesman for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, was scheduled to speak on the campus at 4 p.m. Hoffman was one of three big time ike supporters in the state Tuesday. Others were Gov. Sher man Adams, of New Hampshire, and Rep. Hugh Scott, of Pennsylvania. making council for Lane's government. Primary election con- ,,, funeral election contests would rXeen the two candidates presented in each area, with the ,mf ntf on eacn cwnieo., PWUII.J ""o ,,J1 ,.,n.,lJ i Th .even representatives selectee ior ine j tun...... !d ,U powers and responsibilities held by present elective county r. . nmfessional manager as the chief administrative L of the county, the council would use its centralized authority iiiKtfhe manager ana woum ,... .-. any time. I The council would be required to meet at least twice a month, .meetings would be public; full records would be required on all rjttas; and one council meeung wuu.u ut ,..- ... ----- Eta seven county districts (East Lane, North Central Lane, West L South Lane, Eugene, West Eugene and Springfield). I The chairman of the council would be paid iuu per year ana .v..-!-, tsnn All members would Be reimDursea ior ruu- tnveland living expenses incurred in tne periurniiuu: ui . ta duties. Salaries of the county manager ana .-. ttjii would he aeierminea rjy wm " -- ((together as the county budget committee. I Organization ol tne county s aorauusuiut u...v. .--jiii-j u..,.k tuoi- nncnliHsllnn Into six nrincipal agencies for: oiLimeu uuuus. ,..w - . 7. r , .... u liv enforcement, records and .elections, finance, eaucation, puout (rata, and public health and welfare. Heads of the various departments ana au omer ---" LtrtRi would be appointed by the manager on required consldera L, i ,un. trsininir inH rxrjerience. Whenever authorized by Cjkliv, civii'service would be adopted for all employes except the fciMjer and department heads. Centralized purchasing would be required ana au ua.iv.. bvoltlng more than $100 would be made on the basis of competi-svtbldi. Should Lane's voters Friday approve the council-manager pian, ttnmld go into effect Jan. 1, 1953. Special district elections ini Kmner would determine candidates for the county council. Final niictions would be made in the November general elections. Members of the council would appoint a manager pro tem u ticaary in the interim before selection of a full-fledged manager, H the new county charter would limit the term of the manager ptem to six months. The new charter could be amended only by vote of the people, A amendments either proposed by the initiative petition method or itltrred to the people by the county council. The voters also would Ml power to recall members of the council. Authority Provided By Election Anthnrihf fm. ....nils, in sHnnt the council-manager sys- lim l nmmnt ...s. n-n:riarf in 1044 statewide election, and pierat details for the system were set down by tne staie icKiio. IMS. To dale, no countv in this state has voted the new system into Ito. Initial otlomnu in T one nH riackamas Counties were de- !ed in 1948. The vole in Lane was 10,300 Yes, 16,323 No. In 1950, I ill h iJ' illwiii jiliilli : II v?' i: via- a Y; . v:.1 ACCORDINGLY, the board de cided to set the McKenzie River study over for discussion at special meeting in the near fu ture. The purpose of the invest! gation has been to determine whether the EWEB might generate new hydro at less cost than it might purchase additional power from the Bonneville Power Administration. Highlighting action taken by the board Monday nignt was a deci sion to have land and timber ad jacent to Leaburg Dam appraised for fair market value before sell ing it to the U.S. Corps of Engi neers as a fish hatchery site. THE ENGINEERS plan to use 20 acres just below the dam to locate a hatchery that will pro duce half a million legal-size fish each year and 400,000 sub-legal size. Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that bids on construction of the hatchery have been invited and will be opened June 13. The board also discussed de tails of a $60,000 project to install mercury vapor lights on West 6th and-7th Aves. This iob.wiu.ee financed by the EWEB, with the citv administration pledged to make reimbursements over a 20 year period Availability of ma terials will control the completion date, EWEB engineers told the board. Probably the project will be completed late this year. (Wiltshire photo, nnsruvmfl the Boys and Girls Aid .... i , i .1 : ..f STUART R. STIMlVlbL, tat tne speakers inirum;, V 7-,v rlw nt the Spciety of Oregon, Monday night addressed members of the Lane County Chest at the V , "... . . v xiii mi,... of ftio snpnker's table are (lelt to group's annual meeting at me jmiruuc .i-.. i..w- - - i, f Raker right) Walter S. Garrett, retiring president of the Lane County Chest; Alton F. Baker new president of the Lane County Chest; Edgar Martin, chairman of the Budget, Admis sions and Quarters Committee of the Chest; and C. L. Carpenter, secretary. APPEALING- to the state's Democrats, Sen. Estes Kefauver was moving south through the Willamette Valley Tuesday, plan ning to end the day's tour at Eu gene. He "ill deliver an 8 p.m. speech at the student union build ing on the campus. Last of the major candidates and their friends to appear in this city will be Harold Stassen, who will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday in Room 207 of Chapman Hall. Senator Kefauver's speech will be followed by a reception from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Kappa Sigma fraternity House, 793 E. 11th. Agnes McCloskey, chairman of a Women-for-Kefauver com mittee, said she was especially hopeful that out-of-town visitors would attend the reception to meet the Senator. Voters Approve School Budget Voters In School District 19 CSm-inefield) Monday approved a measure to allow the district to raise $616,457.91 outside tne statutory six per oent limitation. The added revenue will allow the district to operate on a $1,- 442,878 budget for the coming fiscal year. Yes votes were cast by 633 per sons in the district. 250 voted no. The financial measure was the only item on the ballot. Included in the new budget is hiring of 12 or 14 new teachers, .nct of living raise of $180 for mttempt to bring about another vote test failed when petition i district employes, improvement of iiors missed by two signatures of meeting mirau .-rements. Friday, Clackamas County also will vote on the plan sain. Throughout the United States, 17 states have laws permitting Btablishment of council-manager type governments for their counties. ! 60 counties Los Angeles, Calif., the largest and Petroleum cily, Mont., the smallest are utilizing various systems based on Pan. No county yet has abandoned the council-manager system "fronce nrtnnllno It Wednesday, in these columns, statements for and against Lane's IWval of the council-manager form of government will appear as prepared by its advocates and opponents. GOV. WARREN, his family, and plane-load of newspaper, radio and newsreel men, arrived in Eu gene at 12:15 p.m. for a quick lunch before the governor's 1 p.m. speech. The ballroom of the Erb Memorial Union was packed, with many students standing on the balconies outside to hear the gov ernor call for a "forward-looking party with a broader base. They heard him speak in de fense of foreign aid, limited uni versal military training, govern ment economy, and government by law. He was critical of "witch hunts" for subversives, centraliza tion of power in the federal gov ernment, and "too much secrecy" in government. Secrecy, he said, was at the bottom of much of the corruption he said characterized the present administration. THE PEOPLE the students came to see and they admitted it Fatal Shot Fired By Grandfather, Defense Claims By MARVIN TIMS v ..i. i. i-rcn.nl Starr Writer TV. rlofonco nnntpnrtpH in the Elmer Belcher murder trial Tuesday that the fiftenn-year-old defendant did not fire the tt,t wbA Honf-mnte Marv Ellen Campbell last April 4 near Cottage Grove. Defense Attorney Herbert Lombard in a statement to the jury said the dead girl's grandfather, t i u tWori thp fatal shot. "A man the nignt or tne iaiai snuuung ia- ! on the shoulder while the youth was working on a car at a neighbor's house, Lombard stated The, man asked Elmer whether he had a gun, Lombard said. Whec the reply was "no," the at torney asserted, the man-yenea at Elmer to get a gun. After the youth obtained a gun from a dresser drawer at nis home and returned, no one was in sight, Lombard said. Then the man came out of the woods and asked: "Have tne gun?" LOMBARD SAID the youth then handed over the weapon. The man then asked timer ior cnm shells which the boy naa in his pocket. Accordine to the defense attor- nov the vouth then watched the v.n mntlnn toward Mary Ellen were the members of Warren's campbell, who was standing in family. Mrs. Warren and two . nome nearby looking out the Inside Today Jjmber secrecy lifted Page 7 "Ms want peace on own Page 24 Brief, 4 """'Is 10 Jwn'i News 13 wi 12 jji --":::::::::::::T4", Theater 18 """""i :::::: 19-23 Two Militnrv fees Collide m An Air 29 bomber with 13 men K-j'hu V I r aDout iu mnes !'.(' Santa Catalina Island "fteiteaarChUteS WCT spotted S:mM 'rm E1 Toro Marine Air ill. IT seein the Pa i:( T 'ne was no immedi- k. r, rescue of survivors. Logger Found Shot to Death ROSEBURG (IP) A Camas Valley logger, John Henry jen- In. 37. was found snot TO uo". Monday night. District Attorney Robert G. Davis said the shooting stemmed from a drinking bout. Davis said Daniel Webster Smith, 65, had given him a writ . ..(mnt in which he said the two had been drinking and the statement said, when Jenkins refused to leave-he was in a pickup truck in front of the Sm h home southwest of here Smith got his gun and fired. Davis said he would take Smith n.fnr. .TnrtBe A. J. Geddes Tues day afternoon for arraignment. BASEBALL the Mill St. elementary school, added janitorial and utility serv the hundred and one item necessary to operate the hi rli strict. The added financial burden may mean little to the taxpayer, .in, a hnnst in the district's as sessed valuation Is anticipated this year. THOUSAND HOMELESS MA MIT .A IH3) lire destroyed most of the business section oi Tuguegarao, capital of Cagayan province, Monday night. The Phil ippines news oervire damage was $1,500,000. About 1,000 persons were left homeless. daughters, Virginia, 23, and Nina (called "Honey Bear"), 18, were in the audience. They got a rous ing applause from the students. University of Oregon -oung Republicans presented the gover nor and the two girls with green-and-yellow cloth elephants. Mrs. Warren was given an Oregon duckling. The Warrens and their party left immediately to finish their Oregon tour, m which the gover nor was to deliver 30 speeches in three days. kitchen window. fflmp,. watched the man and Mary Ellen walk up a trail until they disappeared, boon tne youin heard two shots, Lombard said, and shortly after the man rushed back and gave the gun to Elmer. THE MAN then asked: "Did you near two 5,.u,. , involuntary non-suit. The reply was "Yes," Lombard said. LAST According to the attorney, the: amended Jury Gives B-K $66,630 for Fire A circuit court Jury early Tues day morning awarded the Booth Kelly Lumber Co. a judgment of sBB.ean eeneral damages in a law suit stemming from the Little Fall Creek forest fire two years ago. The case went to the jury about 6:30 p.m. The jury returned its verdict at 2 a.m. Tuesday, bring ing to an end the longest damage suit ever tried in Lane County. The case went into its fifth week Monday. In its original suit, Booth Kelly asked for $422,483.55 damages from five defendants: the Port land Manufacturing Co., and M. & M. Woodworking Co., both of Portland; C; W. Guerrier Lumber Co., Rasor Logging Co., and the C. R. & K. Logging o., an oi tne Eugene - Springfield area. The C. R. and K. Lumber Co. was later released from .the case on a Sieel Industry End Arguments : Date of Decision 1 Remains in Doubt WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court took the steel seizure case under ad visement Tuesday after hear ing two davs of argument on I whether President Truman had constitutional power to take possession of the mills. Arguments were completed at 2:32 p.m. There was no Indication how soon the court might give its de cision but Justice Jackson an nounced from the bench that he was opposed to making public tne result in advance oi tne vvrning ui formal opinions. . . IF A MAJORITY of the court agrees with Jackson on that point, it might well be weeks before a decision is made known. The question for the court to decide boils down to whether the President had inherent powers, in the absence of any specific pro vision of the Constitution or any law, to take over the steel mills t head off a strike. On behalf of the administri the argument was made that j are at war" and seizure of the mills was the only way the Presi dent could assure their continued ,(See Story, Page 4) JX, General" Philip B. Perl Altnn F. Baker, president of the . m,..,.- (- nrpemt' in- Eugene Chest, Monday nightwas ternatlonal situation to war, said elected president of the Lane . nations very existence is County nest at tne ui bcu".--"" annual meeting in the Eugene Ho tel. He succeeds Walter S. Gar- rett- . u Other officers named by the board of directors are: L. H. Wil liams, Eugene, first vice-presi dent; Angus Gibson, Junction r,iv semnrl vice-president; El mer Fleming, Cottage Grove, third vice-president; Jack B. Lively, Springfield, fourth vice-president; Clarence Carpenter, Eugene, sec retary; C. K. Stalsuerg, .ugene, treasurer: Walter S. Garrett and Calvin R. smith, notn or. ,ugene, executive committee... STUART R. STEMMELi direc tor of the Boys.and uiris Aid Society -of OrX-dn, was guest, speaker. His organization is one of the 15 agencies in tne uregon State Chest which the contribu tors of the Lane County Chest help support. Speaking on the topic, "A Com munity's Responsibility in Caring for Its Children," Stimmel ex plained that the society does not place children in institutions but has a three phase program for the care of children. Functions in clude finding carefully selected foster hopes, aiding in child adop tions, and providing a confiden tial maternity service for unmar ried girls. Red Feather . Leader Elected the nation's threatened. SCORNFULLY, he contended that industry's claimed fears of "irreparable damage" from goy- PHILADELPHI A, lP) Philip Murray said Tuesday America's steel industry has vio lated "all of the rules of com mon decency" in refusing to sit down and write a new wage contract with the CIO Steel workers Union, "and we will not let them ret away with it." Salem to Remain On Standard Time SALEM (U.R) Salem, where most of the residents apparently favor standard time, will keep it this summer. The City Council, by not taking J"8''1""' ! n h its,,. t its res- "'her was ;..... i-u w.iname. uiar meqiing iviunuaj men., the city on regular time. A poll taken by the Salem statesman earlier indicated that residents of the Salem trading area oppose fast time. man then told Elmer: "If anyone asks you what happened to Mary, tell them you did it." It was while winding up his opening statement that Lombard nme out witn nis surprise mi-- mont nf nrrmsatlon aealnst Mary Mlon's ernndfather. Elmer will t-Qtifv Via said, that the man who took the eun from him was the dead girl's grandfather. The grand- not mentioned py WEEK Booth Kelly its suit to seek about about $178,000 instead of the original $422,483.55. Originally the plaintiff had sought douoie damages through a claim of malicious negligence. In its verdict, the jury award ed only general aamages and re fused to consider special damages. The amount was levied against the four remaining defendants THE FIRE which brought about the suit burned more than 5,000 REPORTS OF THE treasurer and the executive secretary were approved and 15 directors were elected to the board, of 45. Re elected for new terms were Ed Boehnke, Rev. Paul S. Mellish, Gus Arneson. Percy Brown, Clar ence Caroentcr. W. S. Love, Ed Pitkin, Loy W. Rowling, and Julio Silva. . Elected for three-year terms were Mrs. O. F. Bell, L. H. Wil liams, George Gilmore, Jack Live ly. Mrs. Patty A. Clark and Dr, Leslie White. Elected for two-year terms were Robert Cross and Mrs. Edgar A, Goodnough. ernment operation of the mills are " Int. of fantastic hobgoblins." John W. Davis retorted for the steel companies: "Our property is taken away, our bargaining pow er is by-passed." He said that was real injury. Davis used but 10 minutes to reply to an overtime argument from Perlman. . Each had been allotted two and oi.e-half hours. Davis left 43 minulss unused. Davis asked the Justices to up hold the decision by U. S. District Judge David A. Pine that seizure of the mills was illegal "We look to the judiciary to hold the balance between the powers of the constitutional ftine- tlnnaries." he said. After Perlman and Davis fin ished the main arguments, tne court turned to side issues. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Ed Luckey opened Tuesday's session THE FIRST of these was a plea i by Arthur Goldberg, general coun sel for the CIO Steelworkers, that . the court hand down its decision at the earliest possible date. After that, the court was to near fpnm three of the major railroad brotherhoods on what bearing ita steel decision might have on the railroad seizure. It was the second and final day of oral arguments before the high tribunal on the momentous ques tion of presidential powers under , the Constitution. When the court may hand down a decision is highly uncertain. There is no time limit on how long the court may take. The administration contends that Truman had not only the right but the duty to take over the mills, as he did on April 8, to BERLIN (U,R) Russian troops! maintain steel production for the barred United Slates and British1 good of the nation. - military police patrols from both Russians Block Berlin 'Lifeline' FATAL SHOT (continued on page four) Three Passengers, Policeman Shot to Death on Crowded Bus Th n . l was attachpH in th wing at March Air IP Bon "te n. " 01 "larcn Th. .se' Riverside, Calif. beiitv-ri .7 i?lane was an F-4"u-C Tr achcd either to 5.7 r?r th Naval Air Station lnh, It usually carries Br Unit. AMERICA! UAOI'I New York t -leveling, nlfht. BSiton it ChlMlo. nlW. , Phll.dtlDhli it St. tuU- nlni. Wi.hlnlton at Detroit, num. NATIONAL 1.EAOU fitt.bursh at Bolton, nifM. St. toull Brooklyn rf-r, Pregko. Schmidt K B . 000 40(1 jj S 1 : Y4 . a . nrf D. CLEVELAND (U.R) A 20- year-old Negro told police Tues day he didn't mean to shoot three bus passengers and a po liceman to death on a crowded bus. . ,, "I was just shooting to scare, police quoted Lawrence Golds by as saying. 'Then I couldn't stop shooting." Earlier in the afternoon, he said, he drank a quart of wine and two cans of beer in a tav- errinlHhv. unemployed, grabbed a eun from Patrolman Eugene rush the evening had boarded day during hour. etinnhiAtnh. S3 the bus after the bus driver complained that Goldsby was singeing the hair of a woman PaThenelGoldsby shot Stinch eomb and two women passen gers, one of them the woman whose hair he had singed. A stray bullet killed a man pas senger. All of the dead were white. Charged with first degree murder Tuesday and hurried in to court, Goldsby screamed: "Mercy, mercy have mercy on me! The extreme penalty for mur der is death in Ohio's electric chair. As Goldsby finished shooting among the 60 passengers jammed into the Euclid Ave. bus, his weapon clicked empty. Thn three men overpowered him and beat him savagely. One of the three, Ted Con nors, 24, gave this report: "I saw Goldsby grab the cop's gun, whirl and shoot the girl whose hair had been singed. "She collapsed. ... I dived back of another nat and heard five shots. 'A fellow had grabbed LrOias- by. ... I went up and held mm around the neck ana siuggea him with my fist." While the men pinned the slayer in the driver's seat and beat him, the 60-80 terrified bus passengers crouched De hind seats, scrambler through windows, or pushed toward the closed doors. Dead were: Patrolman Eugene D. Stinch comb, 55. Miss Annabelle Frankie, 24, whose yell, "My hair is burn ing." halted the bus. Mrs. Helen Garrison, 50, friend and co-factory worker of Miss Frankie. William J. Powers, about 60, former Chicago and Washington lawyer, who headed the Federal Constitutional Law Assn. of Detroit. riAVIS maintains Truman had liu-miie "i teiine - authority under the Constitu between Berlin and ,. , (h mills. Springfield in late May and early IWestern Germany Tuesday. I raiied Secretary of Corn- June. 1950. Soviet troops have Been turning j rce Sa er nominal operator Booth Kelly charged that thejnacK , Pi.u . .... the mUlfi under -overnment defendants permitted the fire to lend of the road since last hurs-1 a mere trcspasser." spread to Booth Kelly holdings ;oay i"R"i. ' . When court reconvened at li:u3 , through negligence. hTu? - EST'' Perlman had only 17 A battery of lawyers argued the M their ae" bck patrofs 1 minutes left of the two and one case befoe Circun ,udge WH-I ZftfW ' ?n,E ,ttlUZ htrfXway at Hclmatedt, on th. border ... hm run J ii... '.UatwMn Mm Knviet ana Allied oc-; - .. - , lengthy case. overtime so tney cou.a qu- Russia's new move followed !uo"" """".. tu. -,..! threat Monday by Walter Ulbricht . pa t7na"d a familiar ring, "strong man of the East German 1 Communist Party, that the Reds will take immediate reprisals against West Berlin when the Al lies, sign their proposed peace con tract with the West German gov- WSB Studies Oil Stalemate WASHINGTON VP) The' ernment late this month. G. D. MacLaren Leaves Board Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) ,' stepped into the two weeks nld . oil strike Tuesday by ordering a Rlfjgway AlTlVeS senes or. imormai ouaiu uimuh- ..,-, mm r- sions on what to do. . . L.&.7'1.. dw,.,. netin- Monday night be- The WSB, which had cae in w - rf , He h b representatives of more than a Y con;m'and 0f West-1 chairman several times, the latest score of o ' mpanic, and a coali- WI f dc(enses from a5t July t0 the date of his unn oi suu.uiK ...., . - ,.ionatinn. G. D. MacLaren, a Eugene School Board member for 18 ; venrs. resigned at the regular live-minute ioiiiwi mmi. nnnrtsPS CUTS WSB Chairman Nathan L. iein- :""'""" "' ' singer read a statement saying the I WASHINGTON (P)-Gen. El- board would "explore ways anajsennower mj uc..-- means of expediting settlements! ther cut in the foreign aid bill of the remaining disputes in the "would be profound both in dis- nuu... ...u "--," )hn -nwiallv hos- term on into Bcatterea agreement nurauj . r . chairman. reached in the field. I tile to us." ichairman. Appointee to iiu mc -..j until the next school board eloc- .: - nt TcnnF.. Stan ummei, with with the longest unexp.rert y the board was appoints- , ; (5, Boyer in. Blcei Boe, Wide
