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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
Cain Continues
Fight Against
Mon Wallgren
Nomination Battle May
Be Carried to Senate
Floor by Representative
Washington, Fob. 18 ll Sen.
Harry P. Cain, R., Wash., threat
ened today to carry to the senate
floor his fight against the nom
ination of Mon C. Wallgren as
chairman of the national security
resources board.
He said he believes he lias
enough evidence to prove that the
former Washington state gover
nor, a close personal friend of
President Truman, is totally unfit
for the job.
Charges Made
Cain told the senate armed
services committee at a hectic
hearing yesterday that President
Truman's nomination of Wall
"gren to the post was "the most
capricious, potentially dangerous
and injurious nomination of the
20th century."
Wallgren replied hotly that
Cain was merely "rehashing old
political ammunition of my ene
mies." He defended his qualifica
tions for the $14,000-a-year de
fense post. The security resources
board is responsible lor planning
mobilization of the home front in
case of war.
Intentions Revealed
Cain intends to continue his op
position to the appointment when
the committee resumes its hear
ings Monday. And if Wallgren's
nomination is approved, he indi
cated, he will fight it on the sen
ate floor when it comes up for
confirmation.
There appeared little chance
that the democratic -controlled
committee would fail to approve
Willgren's appointment. Even
some republicans on the commit
tee seemed unwilling to vote
against him.
Wallgren served w;ith many
committeemen during his 12
years in the house and senate. He
resigned from the senate in 1945
to become governor of Washing
ton. He was defeated for reelec
tion last November.
Answers Made
Here are some of the chnrges
made by Cain at yesterday's hear
ing, and Wallgren's answers:
Cain: The nominee does not
have the qualifications for the
job.
Wallgren: Twelve years in the
senate and house, plus duty as
governor of Washington, are good
enough qualifications.
Cain: Wallgren didn't pay his
debts in 1932.
Wallgren: A lot of people had
trouble paying their debts then,
but my debts are all paid now.
Cain: Wallgren was expelled
from high school in his sopho
more year.
Wallgren: It was not expulsion
but a voluntary withdrawal to go
to business school and then into
business with my father.
Cain: The nominee was defeat
ed for office and repudiated by
the voters of his home state.
Wallgren: It's no disgrace to
lose an election and besides,
Cain didn't even carry his own
county last election.
In his rebuttal, Wallgren said
that at least he has "had the
same wife for 35 years."
Cain's wife is suing him for di- j
vorce.
BILL DEFEATEIr
Salem. Feb. 18 'IP-The "wet"
or "dry" neighborhood precinct
local option bill suffered defeat
in the house today by a vote of 52
to 7 resulting in indefinite post
ponement. Flood water
.suiting in
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! Melrose Acres Section of Prineville Damp j
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rise through the night, but levelled off this mornin..
Agencies Seek
Ban of Oregon
Death Penalty
Salem, Feb. 18 UP) Social
agencies and negro organisation
representatives last night asked
the senate state affairs commit
tee to do away with Oregon's
death penalty.
The proposal before the com
mittee calls for a constitutional
amendment that would outlaw
me extreme penally.
Mrs. Claire Arcow. Portland rv
eeutive secretary of the Oregon
Prison association, said the pen
alty doesn't stop murders and
often it kills innocent persons.
No one spoke' in favor of the
penally.
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Port
land, said "no man wilh friends
to put up funds for an able, in
telligent, constructive defense
ever gets the death penally." Ma
honey is an attorney.
The death penalty in Oroeon
was repealed in 1914 and put
hack into the constitution six
years later.
Gen. Clay Reports
On German Airlift
Berlin, Feb. 18 UW Gen. Lucius
D. Clay said today that the Anglo
American airlift could supply
Berlin "Indefinitely" and that the
United States was proceeding as
rapidly as possible with the for
mation of a west German govern
ment. The American military gover
nor declared in an interview:
"It has become crystal clear
that blockades and starvation
threats do not form a successful
tool for political coercion. There
is no question whatsoever now of
our ability to sustain Berlin by
air indefinitely until we have ac
complished our objectives."
Clay said that with the present'
airlift fleet "we will be able to
bring in more than 6.000 tons of
supplies daily from here on."
Four thousand tons daily is con
sidered 'the minimum needed to
circumvent the Russian block
ade and sustain western Berlin.
Clay refused to comment on
the possibility of the Russians
lifting the blockade in the near
future. But he said:
1. Nazism is dead. I lis recent
references to a revival of nation
alism were inspired, ho said, by
only minor activities.
2. The German economv is not
recovering too fast at the expense
of others.
Dr. H. W. Rogers
Heart Victim
Dr. Harold W. Rogers, 49, long
active in Redmond civic affairs
and a member of the Deschutes
county fair association, died last
night at St. Charles hospital, vic
tim of a heart aliment. A resi
dent of Redmond for 15 years. Dr.
Rogers was widely known in Cen
tral Oregon and played a major
role for the past decade in super
vising arrangements for the an
nual Deschutes county fairs.
Funeral arrangements will not
be set until word is received from
relatives.
Dr. Rogers is survived by his
wife, Helen, and a son, Bruce.
Also surviving are his stepfather
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Ratlul'f, of Mission City, Canada;
a stepbrother. Arthur Ratluff.
Mission Citv. Canada, ana a sis
I. Herron, Medfortl.
BEND,
Administration
Slowed on Tax
Measure Plan
Issue Awaits Economic
Developments in U. S.
Before Being Pressed
Washington, Feb. 18 Ul'iThe
administration tins been compell
ed to await developments in the
levelling off of the economic sit
tuition before pressing congress
i or mgner general revenue tax
es. A major question is whether
this is mere levelling off or a
more vigorous form of deflation.
President Truman told his
press conference yesterday that
congressional postponement of
general revenue tax legislation
was according to plan. However,
the plan appears to be compar
atively new something which de
veloped since Mr. Truman laid
ills tax program before congress
in early January.
Consideration Expected
Instead of general revenue tax
es, the house ways and means
committee expects to begin be
fore March 1 consideration of so
cial security legislation. This will
carry quite a tax wallop itself
onecieu at all wage earners.
Chairman Walter F. George of
the senate finance committee es
timates the payroll tax increases
proposed by Mr. Truman would
aggregate $2,882,000,000 a year.
Mr. Truman's budget put the fig
ure at close to S2,000,000,000.
George and chairman Robert
L. Doughtan, N. C, of the house
ways and means committee en
thusiastically supported Mr. Tru
man's decision to postpone gen
eral revenue tax consideration.
The president asked for a $4,
000,000,000 general revenue in
crease to be obtained from busi
ness, personal income taxes, and
gift taxes.
Informed of , I'lnn
"If we pass appropriation bills
that exced revenue then we
certainly will have to give con
sideration to increasing taxes,"
Doughton said when informed o
Mr. Truman's news conference
statement that social security
would come first according to
plan.
George took about the same po
sition, but he has long been on
record against a tax increase
now. House democratic leader
John W. McCormick, Mass., was
among the few congressional
leaders who failed to call a go
slow warning against a tax in
crease at this time. Speaker Sam
Rayburn said taxes would have
to be increased "in all probabil
ity." The president told his news
conference yesterday there is
nothing alarming in the economic
situation. He termed it a level
ling off for which everyone had
been wishing.
Route Is Blocked
By Flood Water
A road block was established
early last night on Butler road.
about three miles from Bend, as
drainage water covered the high
way for over 100 feet, with the
artificial lake reaching a depth
of four feet in some places. Resi
dents who live cast of the high
water area are using the Bend
Burns highway to Bend, crossing
South from Butler road by dirt
roads, which are in fair condition.
The airport road, running north
from the Bend burns highway, is
'graveled and in good condition.
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
Equipment
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State highway department -equipment continued us night and day efforts to open the si
Santiam routes today, following a now fall of snow lust night. Pictured here is some of the equip
ment assembled ut the Santiam
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Avalanche Rips Through Canyon
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An avalanche of snow, rocks and dirt ripped down Slide creek, on
the South Santiam highway and spread this mass of debris across
the road. The avalanche had its stm t well upon the slope of a steep
mountain. (Pictures courtesy state highway department.)
Truman Predicted to Veto
Vef Pension Bill if Passed
Democratic Leaders Don't Believo Proposed
$90 a Month Bill Will Get by House, Senate
Washing-ton, Feb. 18 (U.P) An administration house leader
predicted today that President Truman will veto the veterans
pension bill if congress passes it.
The leader, speaking anonymously, said he had not talked
to President Truman about the Hankin measure at White
House strategy conferences. Uut he said he was certain the
president will veto it if it ever gets to his desk.
Democratic leaders don't believe the bill proposing $90 a
month at age G5 to veterans
Prineville Alerted
On Flood Threat
Prineville. Feb. 18 Water con
tinued to rise today In Crooked
river as Prineville residents were
alerted for a possible flood, and
word was received from the of
fice of Col. O. K. Walsh, district
army engineer in Portland, that
a member of his staff has been
assignrd to the Crook county
area to stand by in case of emer
gency. The engineer was expect
ed to arrive today, to counsel
With local city officials and irri
gation authorities on methods of
cop'Mg with ice jams that were
loosened at the headwaters of
(.'rooked river, as wind and high
er temperatures continued to
speed up the seasonal thaw.
Request for o.pcit Kssislar.ee
from' Col. Walsh's department
was made yesterday by local au
thorities and the chamber of
cotntni'ire, as I ising waters of
the river caused increasing alarm.
Kd Goodrich, chairman of the
Ciook county Red Cross digester
cnmmitJee, and Ralph Jord'in.
county sheriff, left this rro.-ning
for the upper readies of ('looked
l iver, to make ob:ar:vati' ns.
Tlirre femilies In the Melrose
A"ies coinmunit y were e'.',.eu;t
id from their homes, when water
:os' ap.iin yesterday and OA'"'
"'. 'he floor' levels. The iesid;its
of the submerged area have been
! taken bv friends. Goodrich said
that preparations have been madn i
j for general evacuation oi low ,
areas, if tjie need arises.
Assembled in Snow Battle
junction station. Three roturies
of both world wars will get
through both house and seti-
ati!.
Measure Denounced
Kep. Hugo S. Sims, Jr., D.,
S. C, a 27-year-old decorated
veteran of world war IT, de
nounced the measure as an at
tempt to buy voles "to perpetu
ate congressmen in office."
Other congressional develop
ments: Loiter than left - Philip I).
Reed. General Klectric Co. board
chairman, denounced President
I Truman's economic program as
j more socialistic than Great Bri
i tain's socialist government,
i .Space - Caesar Nobiletti, vice
president of the City Investing
: CO. of New York, proposed that
"space hoarding " tenants In lux
ury ..partmenis be forced into
smaller quarters.
.More Power Asked
Move power- The National As
sociation of Manufacturers asked !
congress to strengthen rather;
than repeal the government's;
power to break national emergen-
cy strikes with court injunctions, j
Money saver Rep. Charles A. j
Eaton, R.. N. J., said we might
"save ourselves some money" by i
sending American troops to wipe!
out Greek guerrilla forces. !
Housing - Chairman Burnet K.I
Mavbank, D., S. C. of the senate:
hanking committee said he wants I
to get the administration housing
bill before the senate for a vote
as soon ns possible. A subcommit
tee has l)een eonsld'Ting the mea
sure to build l,050,CKj0 housing
ttn'ts in the next sevr i years.
Chairman Tom Connally said
the north Atlantic security pact
mignt do worse man useless un
less it gets approval.
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are in use in the Santiam area.
Housing Officials
Meet Bend Men
Representatives of local bank
ing, building, labor, real estate
and Insurance businesses met
with federal housing officials
from Portland at a luncheon In
the Pilot Butte Inn today to dis
cuss Jhe problems involved In the
production of low cost housing.
The conference, which is con
tinuing this afternoon, was re
quested by the federal housing
administration in Portland, and is
being sponsored by the industries
department of the Bend chamber
of commerce. Don H. Peoples is
chairman of the meet.
Verne Elliot, assistant state di
rector of the F.H.A., from Port
land, speaking to the group, stat
ed that the purpose of calling the
conference was to stimulate the
construction by private business
of low cost housing In the com
munity, and to discuss the prob
lems related to such a program.
Elliot said that there was need
for the building tf houses which
persons In the moderate income
bracket could afford. He explain
ed that the present real estate
market oilers too many houses
costing in the neighborhood of
$15,000. and not enough costing
about $7000.
In order to relieve the housing
shortage, Elliot urged, that build
ers construct "two houses costing
$7,500 each," rather than "one
house costing $15,000."
Members of the conference are
meeting this afternoon for panel
discussions on planning, construc
tion, labor, materials and financ
ing of low cost housing.
Scheduled to address the group
this afternoon Is Warren Rice, as
sistant chief underwriter of the
F.H.A. from Portland.
Representatives from this area
attending the conference are
Mayor T. D. Sexton, Carl A. John
son, William Miller, Sumner Pelt
rick, James Mealy, Judge C. L.
Allen, B. C. Chrlstensen, Vern
Larson, E. M. Bucknum, lima
Baessler, John Stenkamp, Hugh
Cole, Ivor Jones, K. E. Sawyer.
John A. Maxson, Harry brew,
Ted Holllday, Walter K. Laursen.
Fred Jensen, C. J. Llndh, George
Ludwig, Bill James, Senton H.
Smith, Bert Snook, J. II. Smith
anil V. A. Llnde.i.
Spring Opening
Set for March 25
March 25 was set as the Spring
opening date by the merchants'
committee of the chamber of com
merce at a meeting held yesterday
In the Pine Tavern.
The committee also decided to
classify merchants Into three or
four categories for the window
dressing program this year, in
order to make the competition
more equitable, Is was reported to
day by Floyd West, chamber
manager. Richard W. Brandis
was named chairman of the com
mittee to determine the classifi
cations. Other committee chairman ap
pointments made at the meeting
were: Robert Thomas, auto show;
Kenneth Crulckshank, finances;
Norman Partridgr. entertain
ment; Ray I'Blano. judging and
awards; and Walter Schaub, pub
licity and printing.
Pressmen Again
QuitPortlandJobs
Portland, Feb. 18 ilf'i Members
M Web Pressmen's union (AFD
No. 17 left their jobs a! the Ore
gon Journal for the serjnd time
within a week todav to attend a
meeting at th? Labor temnle.
The pressmen left their work
at 11 a.m. A management spokes
man said 15,000 copies of the
Journal's first jdition were left
unpublished.
i tie pi cssine.'. left their Jobs at
'he same hour a week ago today
to attend a similar meeting. At
that time a management spokes
man said "We regard this as a
strlki
Rain-Laden Chinook Winds
Lash Central Oregon Area;
Slides, Drifts Block Roads
Downpour Forces Rivers Out of Banks;
Flood Waters Threaten Willamette Country;
Columbia Gorge Traffic Blocked by Slides
Mocked by slides and drifts, the Santiam highway received
another foot of snow in summit areas last night as a rain
laden ehinook wind lashed across Central Oregon, transform
ing unsurfiu'ed roads into quagmires in places. In western
Oregon, a steady downpour forced rivers out of their banks
and loosened mountain landslides.
The Willamette nass was blocked by a slide at Lowell this
morning, but was opened to
waters were pouring into the
upper Willamette c o u n t r y,
threatening f u r t h e r road
blockades.
Slides near Lntourell falls
and Troutdale blocked traffic
in the Columbia gorge, east
of Portland.
Trafflo Movlnff
Rail trnffk" was again moving
through the Deschutes gorge to
day for the first time since Wed
nesday, and Central Oregon
towns, Including Bend, received
their first mail from the north in
4fi hours. The mall train reached
Bend this morning at about 11:30
o'clock. Rail traffic through the
gorgo was halted when flash
floods from rapidly-melting snow
swept into the canyon from steep
slopes. Bridge and trestle struc
tures were Inspected before train
movements were resumed.
Held here Wednesday night by
the flood conditions, the mall
train moved north from Bend on
schedule last night.
Water that swept over highway
97, north of Madras, weakened
the roadbed and resulted in a
wreck early last night when the
trailer of a Consolidated Freight
outfit broke through and went
over on its side. Traffic was not
blocked by the accident. Water
continued to pour over the. road
bed as crews worked to get the
trailer back on the road.
Reports Received
From many parts of Central
Oregon today camu reports or im
passable roads, as 'a result of the
thaw, bven worse conditions are
expected when underground frost
disappears. In some areas, frost
has reached a depth of around 30
Inches, providing a "hardpan"
that is preventing escape of sur
face moisture into the volcanic
substratum in the Deschutes area.
Bend officials reported that
street conditions in Bentl were
"really bad" tills morning, with a
serious problem of maintenance
and repair faced. Snow removal
equipment has been dismantled
and the city's loader Is now being
used to fill gravel trucks. Gravel
and cinders are being placed l:i
bad spots around the city.
Road Padlocked
The road into Shevlln park has
been padlocked, because of soft
conditions that have developed
there.
As a result of the thaw and the
deep frost, the conditions of un
surfaced streets in Bend today
were believed the worst In the
city's history. Flooded conditions
also existed in some parts of
town, with many basements
flooded.
Weather forecasters reported
from Portland today that the
storm that lashed Oregon most of
this week appears to have passed
to the east.
Report on Roads
Salem, Ore., Feb. 1H Ml-' Main
highways closed were the north
and south Santiam routes blocked
near Santiam pass by snow slides.
Chains were required for moun
tain driving. Some eastern Ore
gon highways were icy or clogged
with slush.
Boat Used
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When flood waters poured Into the basement of the residence of
Mrs. EveKii Watson. In the Carroll Acres community, vesterdav
she called on neighbors for aid. Pictured here is Byrl Straughn.
who used a rubber boat to get into the basement, to remove cloth
ing and other articles. Some eight feet of water filled the basement
this morning.
No. 63
one - way traffic at 11 a.m. Flood
Stranded Deer
Transplanted'
Deschutes national forest offi
cials reported today that "Opera
tions Buck Removal," believed to
be the first of its kind in the his
tory of the forest, had been com
pleted. The work was undertaken when
two deer were found stranded In
dee) snow near Chemult. Newell
Cory, Crescent district ranger,
was notified of the plight of the
animals by bhevlln-lllxon crews,
and wilh F. A. Holly, state officer
stationed at Crescent, undertook
the rescue.
Traveling on snowshoes, the
two men soon cornered the deer.
mature buck and a younger
buck, ns the animals floundered
in the deep snow. Legs of the deer
were' tied, and they were placed
In a garage overnight. Jhe next
day, they were taken to the Horse
Ranch area, near Fort Rock,
where they were released on high
desert pasturage, (
Ranger Cory reported that the
small animal had been shot In
recent months, but added that the
flesh wound was healing.
Vatican Courier -Is
Held by Police
Budaest, Feb. 18 Ull A Vat
ican courier who was sent into
Hungary after the arrest of Jo
seph Cardinal Mindszenty is be
ing held "under detention" by
Hungarian police, authoritative
sources here said today.
The courier, who was identified
only as a Hungarian named Moczi,
was said by these sources to have
been carrying a letter from Pope
Plus XII when he was picked up.
He was said to have been as
signed to visit Catholic bishops in
Hungary and show them the let
ter, which was said to urge that
they resist reaching an agreement
between the Catholic church and
the Hungarian government. .
Cardinal Mindszenty was found
guilty of treason and sentenced
to life imprisonment last week.
His case has been appealed to the
supreme court of Hungary.
APPOINT BUM) POSTMASTER
Washington, Feb. 18 HJi Presi
dent Truman today sent about 7.r)0
postmaster appointments to the
senate for confirmation.
Most of them were nominated
previously but not confirmed dur
ing the rfoth congress.
The list of nominations includ
ed Farley J. Elliott, Bend, Ore.
Farley J. Elliott has been act
ing postmaster In Bend since the
retirement of Robert II. Fox last
July 1.
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