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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
47th Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 22, 1950
No. 90
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Niskanen Asks
Highway 97
Improvement
Improvement as soon as possi
ble of highway 97 between Crook
ed river and Terrebonne was re
quested of the state highway com.
mission at its meeting in Portland
yesterday, by William Niskanen,
representing the Central Oregon
f chamber of commerce. The re
quest for this improvement and
j. early work on other midstate
projects was submitted on behalf
of the Central Oregon chamber
f despite an accident in which part
; of the midstate delegation was
I involved.
f In the accident a car driven by
8 Howard W. Turner, Madras, who
: was to appear with Niskanen be-.
i fore the commission, hit an icy
? spot on the Mt. Hood highway
I near Rhododendron and turned
,. completely over. Four occupants
i of the car, Mr. and Mrs. Turner,
Mrs. Hazel Brown, all of Madras,
and Eldon Smith of Sisters, were
$ bruised and shaken, but suffered
4 no major injuries. The car, which
4 righted itself after turning over,
?, was considerably damaged. The
'4 four occupants returned to their
central Oregon homes by. bus.
k When Turner and Smith failed
I to arrive, Niskanen appeared Ufe
3 fore the commission, to make the
f presentation In behalf of the mid-
state chamber. Improvement of
f5 the Crooked river brldge-Terre.
iS bonne section, it was pointed out,
, would eliminate the sharp curve
I under the railroad bridge and also
remove other curves on the route.
;The survey for this line already
. has been made.
4 Niskanen also asked that the
f commission consider the early
,; construction of a new route from
highway 97 north of Bend to the
Bend-Sisters .road In the Tumalo
.4 area.- .This road would eliminate
i the many curves on the present
jo. road north or Bend, and would
' ci oss the Deschutes near Tumalo.
q New bridges, or enlargement of
bridges on the Redmond.Sisters
! road across the Deschutes river
: and Dry canyon, were also re
f quested by the chamber delegate.
I Improvement of The Dalles
. Jj California highway between Bend
'j and Chemult also was requested.
S Niskanen also urged that the
Culver junction stop on highway
I 97 in southern' Jefferson county
, be removed and that a trtree.way
! highway be provided at that point
to care for merging traffic. Un
der present arrangements, sooth
's bound trucks must stop on a hill.
A Early completion of the Ochoco
mgnway was urged. At the meet
ing this week, the commission re
ceived proposals for the oiling of
the road from the Jones ranch
down West Branch creek and up
Bridge creek to Mitchell. Grad
ing work over a new route is near
lng completion.
Niskanen in his appearance be
fore the commission also urged
that something be done at Gov
ernment camp, on the Mt. Hood
road, to alleviate the present con
gestion, especially in the ski sea.
son. '
GETS CERTIFICATE
W. O. Cuthbertson, Bend city
manager, has been granted a cer
tificate by the state board of en
gineering examiners to practice
professional engineering in Ore
gon, according to information
from Salem. Before coming to
Bend, Cuthbertson held the rat
ing of a professional engineer in
Kansas.
U. S. Appeals
Validity of Loyalty Program
Washington. March 22 (IB The
U. S. court of appeals today up.
held the constitutionality of Pres
ident Truman's loyalty program.
In a 2 to 1 decision, the court
upheld the right of the govern
ment to fire employes for loyalty
reasons.
The court's decision was made
in the case of Dorothy Bailey,
former employe in the Federal
Security agency, who was fired
from her job on grounds of hav.
Ing communist associations.
The decision was written by
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman.
Judge James M. Proctor, con
curred. Judge Henry W. E d g e r t o n
wrote a stinging dissent In which
he said to oust an employe as dis
loyal "on rumor and without trial"
Is to pay too much for protection
apainst the harm such an em
ploye might (lo.
The majority admitted that
Miss Bailey's case "Is undoubted
ly appealing."
"Ck- . . j i
"mr wag not given B iriai 111
3nv sense nf tha wnrH ami Rhp
,-tioes not know who informed up.
.nner," the majority opinion said.
'Thus viewed; her situation ap
pealed powerfully to our sense of
Acheson Denies Knowledge
Of Russian Espionage, Despite
Charge Made by McCarthy
' By John L. Steele .
(I'nilril IVbs Slall CorMxmlmt)
Washington, March 22 (U.E) Secretary of state Dean
Acheson said today that if the "top Russian espionage agent"
in this country is connected with the state department as
charged by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy he (Acheson) does
not know it.
Acheson replied briefly and flatly when a reporter ques
tioned him on the latest charge made by the Wisconsin repub
lican. "Mr. Secretary, is it true that the top Russian agent in this
Heads Bend Elks
Everett L. "Tim" ' Wiles was
elected exalted ruler of the
Bend lodge of Elks at last
night's meeting. He will take
office April 4.
Everett Wiles
New Bend Elks
Exalted Ruler
Everett L, "Tim Wiles was
elected exalted ruler of the Bend
lodge No. 1371 of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks at
last night's meeting, with W. H.
Reid named leading knight. Ollie
Bowman will hold the chair of
loyal knight in the coming year,
with Charles R. Marsh to have
the role of lecturing knight.
Ernest Traxler was elected
lodge secretary, with Wilson Kern
to serve as treasurer. Leon Dev.
ereaux Jr., was named tiler and
A. T. Niebergall, trustee. In his
capacity of exalted ruler, Wiles
will be the delegate to the grand
lodge convention to be held in
mid-July, at Miami, Fla. Ralph
Adams was elected alternate.
Wiles, who will succeed A. E.
Ledbetter as exalted ruler of the
local lodge, has held all offices,
starting as chaplain and advanc
ing through the chairs of esquire,
lecturing knight, loyal knight and
leading knight, before being elect
ed to the top office of the lodge.
Installation of the newly elect
ed officers will be held on April 4.
BULLETIN
Key West, Fla., March 22 HPi
President Truman today selected
Thomas E. Murray, New York
industrial engineer and bank di
rector, to succeed David E. Lilien
thal as a member of the atomic
energy commission.
Court Upholds
the fair and just. But the case
must be placed in context and in
prospective."
The court said that the pres
ident, if there is no specific law
against it, may remove from
government service "any person
of whose loyalty he Is not com
pletely convinced."
He may do so, the majority
opinion said, without assigning
any reason. If he should, as a
matter of policy, wish lo inform
the employe of some of the In-
if
formation against him and hear 2. A $45,000,000 authorization
what the employe has to say, "he i for carrying out President Tru
does not thereby strip himself of man's "point four" program for
any portion of his constitutional ' developing undeveloped areas of
power to choose and to remove " ! the world.
"We conclude that the executive 3. An extension through fiscal
order before us," the court said. 1 1951 of the deadline for spending
"and the proceedings under it vlo-1 previously-appropriated funds in
Iated no congressional limitation ! non-communist China and other
upon the executive power of re.
moval; that no constitutional right
was involved in this non-appoint
ment or dismissal; and that, In so
far as the circumstances imposed : United Nations Palestine refugee
hardship upon the individual, the j aid.
exigencies of government in the l 5. A continued authorization to
public Interest under current con. spend previously appropriated
ditions must prevail, as they al-; funds through 1951 for assisting
ways must when a similar clash selected expatriated Chinese stu
arises." I dents In the U. S. .
Confer Hlere on Academy
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country is connected with the
state department .' Acheson
was asked.
Acheson replied that if so
he did not know it.
Acheson told a news con
ference that Ambassador-at-
large Philip Jessup was entirely
correct when he told a senate sub
committee that McCarthy's charg
es are harming the conduct of
American foreign policy.
Probe Welcomed
However, Acheson refused to
enlarge on Jessup's statement. He
said to do so might give the im
pression that the state depart
ment feels the investigation into
McCarthy's charges should not
take place. In fact, he said, the
department welcomes the investi
gation of McCarthy's charges that
there are 57 communists in the
department.
Acheson declined comment on
speeches by Sen. Kenneth S.
Wherry, R., Neb., and republican
national chairman Guy George
Gabrielson attacking him and the
slate department. He said he had
not had time to read the speeches
yet.
He also said he did not expect
to appear before the senate sub
committee investigating McCar
thy's charges. '
It was reported that McCarthy
has Informed senate investigators
that FBI files reveal that a man
"connected" with the state depart
ment has been in direct contact
with four; Russian espionage
agents.
McCarthy identified the man at
a secret foreign relations sub
committee session yesterday. He
charged under oath that the indi
vidual was the top soviet "espion
age agent" in the United States.
Acheson was asked if there had
been any decision as to whether
state department loyalty files
would be turned over to the sen
ate subcommittee, and he replied
that this question is entirely un
der the control of President Tru
man. McCarthy, meanwhile, had no
comment on yesterday's closed
session. Nor was it established
that the man he has in mind is
now or ever has been on the
state department payroll.
McCarthy told the investigators
that the individual was contacted
by four Russian agents who en
tered this country from a west
coast port. It was not clear when
the alleged contacts occurred or
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Marshall Plan
Slash Approved
Washington, March 22 (in The
house foreign affairs committee
today formally approved a bill
authorizing $2,100,000,000 In Mar
shall plan spending for next year
after rejecting an administration
attempt to restore part ot a $1,
000.000,000 cut.
The administration had request
ed $3,100,000,000. But the commit
tee slashed $1,000,000,000 off the
figure and provided a like amount
in surplus farm goods be made
available to Marshall plan coun
tries. It rejected an administra
tion move to soften the blow of
the act by making the use of food
surpluses discretionary instead of
mandatory.
The $2,100,000,000 figure In
cludes $150,000,000 In old funds.
The senate foreign relations
committee has authorized the full
amount asked by Mr. Truman.
Included in the house commit
tee version of the bill, were:
1. $100,000,000 in economic as
sistance for Korea for fiscal 1951.
areas In the far east. This author
ity would have expired June 30.
4. Authorization for $27,450,000
for the U. S. contribution to the
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' IMIIMIIUM ! I ! J ,.. . M mn II. m -III
A three-man team of army engineers, headed by Douglas Pelton, this morning In Bend conferred with
representatives of central Oregon chambers of commerce in connection with their Inspection of pos
sible sites for the proposed western air academy. From left, persons in the picture are Harold Clapp,
chairman 'of the midstate chamber's aviation committee, and members of the team: M. M. Christian
sen, Hanford Thayer, and D. M. Pelton.
Public, Private
Power Fight Due
At Springfield
'Albany, March 22 (ll'i Z. E.
Merrill, president of the Moun
tain States Power company, said
today the decision of Springfield,
Ore.Ato build Its own power dis
ribyllon systpm meant that-ills
company nau no. alternative , dui
to enter into competition with the
municipality.
(Yesterday the company filed
application in Salem asking for
permission to reduce its rates in
Springfield in order to compete
with Springfield's city -owned
power system.)
Merrill said Mountain States
Power company regretted Spring,
field's action in ending negotia
tions for purchase of power from
the company "by beginning con
struction of a duplicating and
competing system."
He declared "there Is no eco
nomic justification for two elec
tric systems to serve the same
area and it could have been
avoided had the city exercised its
right of condemnation and per
mitted an impartial jury to set a
fair price.
"The company has accepted the
action of the city as final and is
now committed to active competi.
tion," Merrill said. "We had no
alternative in protection of our
investment other, than to file a
rate identical with that of the city
system and to enter into active
competition. Springfield now will
become a further example of the
economic waste and the eventual
loss to the public resulting from
the two competing systems," Mer
rill concluded.
Daylight Saving
Issue in Oregon
tty UnitcO Prom)
The rural vs. urban bat He nn
the controversial daylight saving
time Issue was shaping up again
today, with many Oregon cities
indicating they will adopt fast
time generally on April 30.
Portland. Eugene, Corva Ills,
Roseburg,' Klamath Falls, LHkc
vlew, Oceanluke, Seaside, Beaver
ton and Milwaukle have decided
to put the daylight time In effect
during the long summer days.
Representatives from Coos,
Curry, and western Douglas coun.
ties will talk over the Issue, while
a number of Willamette valley
points Indicate they will follow
In the steps of the majority.
Hood River councilmen have
taken a firm stand on daylight
saving time because orchardisis
and farmers have let It be known
they do not want fast time. The
council said it would not take any
action unless It had to do so.
Astoria will decide April 3 at
the next council meeting.
Bend commissioners will vote on
fast time at their first April meet
ing, and Redmond was expected
to follow Bend's lead.
California will observe daylight
time, while the issue in Washing
ton state hinges on community
action. The general period foi
fast time is April 30 to Septem
ber 30.
Air Academy Team Visits
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Reserve Officers Planning
Bend Convention May 12-13
Tentative plans for the Oregon convention of the Reserve
Officers' association in Bend on May 12 and 13 were outlined
last evening at the regular meeting of the local reserve group
at the Pine tavern. Highlights of the two-day program that
will usher in Armed Forces week, May 13 to 20, will be dis
cussed by state groups of current national problems and elec
tion of state officers of the association,, ,- -
The Bend convention will
Wilfred Jossy
Given Support
AtWashington
Washington, D. C, March 22
Wilfred Jossy, Bend, a delegate
from the Oregon junior chamber
of commerce who yesterday pre
sented to the Oregon congression
al delegation on the capltol steps
petitions bearing thousands of sig
natures urging support of the
Hoover commission report, made
arrangements while here for a
series of town hall meetings In
Oregon. The arrangements were
made with Oregon senators and
representatives.
Jossy originated the "Opera
tions Town Hall" proposal, under
sponsorship of the Oregon Jun
ior chamber of commerce. Under
the plan outlined by Jossy, a ser
ies of six meetings will be held
In. Oregon, with members of the
congressional delegation present.
These meetings are planned to
give the public an opportunity to
discuss important questions of
government economy. Following
presentation of the Oregon peti
tions, Jossy also conferred with
Jaycees from other states, rela
tive to similar town hall confer
ences. In accepting the Oregon peti
tions yesterday, Senator Wayne
Morse said he is wholeheartedly
in favor of the plan to conduct
town hall meetings, "to study the
Hoover commission reports and
to support a program of efficien
cy In government.
Wilfred Jossy, Bend, is the au
thor of a guest editorial, "Opera
tion Town Hall," appearing In
today's issue of the Portland
Journal,
Rescuers Unable
To Reach Pilot
Seattle, Wash., March 22 HI''
Poor visibility and deep snow
hampered rescue today of a down
ed civilian pilot sighted crawling
on his hands and knees three days
after his plane crashed in a moun.
tain wilderness X) miles east of
here.
An air force and a coast guard
helicopter were grounded hy bad
weather this morning at airstrips
a few miles west of the crash
scene.
A two-man para-rescue team,
onlv "a few hundred yards" from
Pilot Victor C. Roberts last night,
still had not reached him after a
seven-hour hike over rugged ter.
tain.
Roberts, 30, Spokane, Wash.,
has survived three nights and
three days of extreme cold since
crashing Sunday on a frozen lake
east of Snoqualmle summit in the
Cascade mountains. Nature of his
injuries is not known but the
coast guard said "apparently he
Is in bad shape."
Bend
end with an armed forces ball,
for which invitations will be
sent to many persons through
out the central Oregon, area.
Donald "Grubb, president of
the local group and chairman
of the committee on nrrange.
ments for the state convention,
announced major committees for
the event They follow:
Registration: ' Horace Richards,
Lee Reynolds, George Sweeney.
Convention quarters: Al Lar
son, Ren Pomeroy.
Music: Don Grubb.
Refreshments: Don Curtis.
Publicity: Jack Wetle.
Food: Vito Pascale.
Recreation: Robert L. Boro
vicka. Widner Showing
Interest in Life
Jack M. Widner, California
youth who Is charged with as
sault to kill after opening a gun
battle with city police here bat
urday night, was reported today
by the sheriff s office to be show
ing real Interest in life today, as
he convalesced at the St. Charles
hospital. He asked for some of
his personal belongings, includ
ing cigarets and a picture of
girl. Some doubt existed as to
whether the cigarets could be re
turned. Officers believed they are
listed among things missing from
the Pine Tree auto court service
station which. It is charged, Wid
ner held u: and robbed.
Widner Is being held under $10,
000 bond, and is under guard at
the hospital. In checking on Wid
ner's previous record, state police
found that In 1948 he had been
arrested on an automobile theft
charge. He was given a 20 year
sentence, but was paroled from
the bench.
In his battle with rlty officers
Saturday night Widner suffered
two bullet wounds. One bullet
passed through his right lung
anil was removed from his back.
The other penetrated his thigh.
Widner fired point blank at Of
ficer Emll Moen of the city po
lice and the bullet passed through
Moen's trouser pocket, cutting the
chain of a key ring.
The youth Is a native of Ar
tesiii, Calif., and his parents now
live in California. He had been
an employe of a railroad at Che
mult, and also in Bend.
S.ANTIA.M GKTS SNOW
Salem. Match 22 HI" -A heavy
snow storm struck the Santiam
pass today, and the state highway
department warned motorists
that chains were needed on that
route.
Fourteen inches of snow fell in
the pass In 24 hours, the depart
ment reported.
Snow was falling on the Wil
lamette pass and Siskiyou high
ways, and at Government Camp
on the Mt. Hood highway. Motor
ists traveling those routes were
advised to carry chains.
Large Area North of Bend
Submitted for Consideration;
Aerial Examination Is Made
Representatives of the chambers of commerce in central
Oregon and a three-man inspection team of army engineers
discussed several sites in this region that might be suitable
for a national air academy, at a special meeting held at the
Pilot Butte inn this morning. .
Presented to the engineers, sent here from the Portland
office of the North Pacific d ivision of the engineers, was a
special report of a possible 1 t
site located approximately i
midway between the Bend and
Redmond airports. Also dis
cussed were possible locations
at Prineville and Madras.
The inspection team was com
posed of D. M. Pelton, assistant
chief of the military construction
branch of the North Pacific divi
sion, chairman; Hanford Thayer,
planning engineer from the dis
trict office in Seattle, and M. M.
Christiansen, representative N of
the real estate division, also from
the Seattle office.
Recreation Stressed
In a discussion of the Bend-Red
mond site, chamber of commerce
members stressed to the engi
neers the abundant recreation fa
cilities which would be available
here to students of an air acad
emy. Thayer pointed out to the
group that communities located
within the immediate area of the
academy would be required to
shoulder most of the burden of
furnishing sufficient recreation
and social facilities for men sta
tioned at the "West Point of the
Air."
In general, discussion centered
around a series of questions posed
by the engineers regarding such
points as labor andimaterial mar
ket availability; weather, recrea
tion.f acllitles, transportation, and
sewer aird water facilities.
Present at the meeting with the
engineers were Harold Clapp,
chairman of the aviation commit
tee of the Central Oregon cham
ber of commerce; W. H. Stauffa
cher, president of the Redmond
chamber; James W. Bushong,
president of the Bend chamber;
J. R. Roberts and M. A. Lynch,
both of Redmond; Dick Walters,
Sisters, and Jesse Smith, Duncan
McKay, Pat Metke, and Howard
Moffat, all of Bend.
Flown Over Site
Following the meeting, which
lasted approximately an hour and
a half, the Inspection team was
scheduled to be flown over the
Bend-Redmond site by the Tllse
Bowman air service. The men
planned to spend the remainder
of the day inspecting the site by
automobile.
Tomorrow they will Inspect the
Prineville site. They then will In
spect other sites In Oregon at
Klamath Falls, Lakevlew, Burns,
Ontario, Baker, La Grande, Pen
dleton and The Dalles.
According to Thayer, the team
will then prepare reports on each
of the sites for submission to the
office of the chief of army engi
neers in Washington, D. C. That
office will in turn submit reports
to an army air force site selection
board headed by General Carl
Spaatz. He praised the coopera
tion shown the team by the local
chambers of commerce members
in supplying data for the inspec
tion. The Bend-Redmond site is with
in an area of approximately 100,
000 acres of government grazing
land.
The engineers reported that
"hundreds of such sites" as those
in central Oregon were bei.ig con
sidered by the engineers and the
air force.
Shifting of Dog Pound Set
By Society; City Will Assist
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Deschutes county
unit of the Oregon State Humane
society Monday night, plans were
made "from the dogs point of
view" for cooper ation in handling
problems arising from the en
forcement of the dog tle.up ordi
nance. The pound will be moved soon
to counly-owned land, made avail
able to the city, east of Pilot
Butte. The city will be respon.
sihle for enforcement of the ordl-
nance,
as In the past, but ctmilt-
Hons at the nourd are to oe
under supervision of the humane
society, it has been agreed.
Runways Planned
The society outlined plans for
construction of runways, to allow
the dogs to exercise, end at the
same time to segregate dogs of
various sizes and temperaments,
, . ami
as a sateguard aga nsr possruie
Injury from fighting. Ms'e and
female dogs are to be kept In seP-
are pen.?, and special accommo-
S5fea
Toastmasters
Name Mil I sap
As President
Succeeding Dr. Bradford N.
Pease, Max Millsap has been
elected president of the Bend
Toastmaster club and will take
over his duties this coming week.
Glfforu Briggs Is the clubs new
vice-president and Alvin J. Gray
was named secretary-treasurer.
Stacy Smith is the new sergeant-at-arms,
with Vance Coyner to
serve as education chairman.
Clarence Bush, organizer of the
Toastmaster clubs In central Ore
gon, was master of ceremonies at
last night's meeting of the Bend
club, at a Trailways Coffee shop
dinner. Alvin Gray was in charge
of table topics, with Gail Baker
in the role of evaluator. Princi
pal speakers and their topics fol
low: Charles Boardman: "Building
Blocks"; Clifford Hutchlns, "Ice
Breaker"; Fred Paine, "Clipper
Deliveries"; Don H. Peoples, "In
Retrospect," and Vance Coyner,
"Five Minutes Is Enoughs"
Assisting Baker as evaluators
was a panel composed of Ralph'!
W; Crawford, Harold" Aspinwail;
and Bush.'
Tourist Folders
Now Beinq Mailed
Mailing of 25,000 newly design
ed tourist folders is under way
this week, with the Deschutea
county advertising committee in
charge. The folders are going to
chambers of commerce, tourist
agencies, hotels, motels and re
sorts in Oregon, California, Wash
ington, Idaho and other western
states, Don H. Peoples, secretary
of the county committee, reports.
Response from advertising now
being done in California is great,
er than this time last year, mem
bers of the committee have an
nounced. Mailing of the folders
Is being handled through the
Bend chamber of commerce of
fice. Gillisto Reenter
State University
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gillis ar
rived in Bend yesterday from
Whitefish, Mont , for a visit with
his- stepfather and mother. Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Burpee, and his
sister, Nadlne. Gillis is to re
enter the University of Oregon
when the spring semester starts,
to complete his undergraduate
work. Gillis, an ex.Lava Bear and
University of Oregon football
star, was a member of the U. S.
Olympics ski team two years agd,
and more r ecently has been a ski
Instructor at Sun Valley and
Whitefish.
Gillis plans to attend the spring,
summer and fall terms at the uni
versity to complete his work. Ho
will not be eligible to play var.
sity football.
dal ions also will be provided for
sick dogs, In an effort to prevent
transfer of disease to the others,
according to plans.
At Monday night's meeting ad
visability of covering the runways
with gravel, as a sanitary meas
ure, was pointed out. The society
has promises of some materials
and labor and will probably call
fur voluntary assistance after the
building is moved from the pres
ent pound 'oi. tion to the new
site. It was i,.-,vated.
M. L. Myrick, vice-president of
the society, presided at the meet.
Ing in the absence of Mrs. Bernlce
Coad, president, who was absent
because of Illness. Also at the
meeting were Mrs. Myrick. Mrs.
A. L. O. Schueler. Albert Wood.
Lloyd H. Maglll, Richard W. Bran
dis and Mrs. Max Millsap.
Mayor T. D. Sexton will aiscuss
,. Mm nn the
i uuB u k i-
Thursday night presentation of
'.The Mayor Speaks," over sta-
tion KBND, it was announced..