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Univ. of Crj:a Library Forecast High and Low BEND' BULLETIN Mostly cloudy with a few showers through Wednes day; low tonight 35-40; high Wednesday 40-45. Max. yesterday, 48 degrees. Min. last night, 37 degrees. Sunse today, 5:25. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:17. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year One Section Bend. Deschutes County, Oregon. Tuesday, February 8, 1955 Eight Pages No. 54 THE New Classrooms Needed Ike Seeks School Building Outlay By JOHN A. GOLDSMITH I'nlted Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON lUP) Presi dent Eisenhower asked Congress today to authorize a federal out lay of $1,120,000,000 over die next . three years to help states and local communities build seven billion do'lars worth of schools. In a special message to Con gress, he said such an "emer gency program" is urgently need ed to relieve "serious overcrowd' ir.g" of classooms. He said the goal is to wipe out an estimated "deficit" of 340,000 classrooms and "give our school children as quickly as possible the classrooms they must have. Mr. Eisenhower emphasized that his four-point program of federal aid is designed to speed up school construction "within, the' tradi tional framework of local respon sibility for our schools." He warn ed that "federal aid. in a form that tends to lead to federal con trol of our schools could cripple education for freedom." Ahead of Schedule Mr. Eisenhower's message, Iginally scheduled for submission Feb. 15, was rushed to the House and Senate a week ahead of schedule in what administration officials conceded was an attempt to head off attempts by Demo cratic senators to push through a school aid program of their own The President discussed his pro gram with Republican legislative leaders ut the White House a few hours before he sent his message to Congress. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California, said reaction among GOP legis lative leaders was "generally fa vorable." House Republican Leader Jo seph W. Martin Jr., of Massa chusetts said the President's pro gram "meets some of the crucial needs so that every boy and girl c:in have an education yet does not bring about federal control of schools." - i- Four-Folnt Program Mr. Eisenhower said the seven billion dollars which would be channeled into new school con struction under his proposals would be "in addition to" construc tion outlays through normal pro cesses. Here are his four proposals: 1. Appropriation of 75 million dollars over the next three years for direct federal purchase of school construction bonds issued Brisk Oregon Winds Bring Heavy Snow at Govt. Camp A brisk wind whipped Oregon Monday afternoon and last night, stirring up a storm that brought heavy snow to the Government Camp area of the Mt. Hood route in the morning hours. However, the storm appeared to be weak, with no heavy rain re ported east of the Cascades. Val ley points were drenched. Guests up to 45 miles an hour were recorded al the CAA station, at the Redmond airport. Strong est gusts were reported in the aft ernoon hours Monday. Bend was also whipped by gusts that con tinued until near midnight and Observe 45th Anniversary Central Oregon's observation of the -15th anniversary of the found ing of the Boy Scouts of America will be highlighted by a court of honor in Pnneville on Wednesday night with 15 troops from the Fre mont district participating. The court of honor will be in connection with Boy Scout Week activities and will be held at the Ochoco Grade school, starting at 8 p.m. The Boy Scouts' spotlight that evening will be on Dale Thompson, of troop No. 63, Prine ville. He will be presented with the coveted Eagle award. Dale's' troop is sponsored by the LDS. church. The Eagle badie will be preesent- ed to Dale by Ronald Phair of i Klamath Falls, Modoc council president. It is expected that about 100 Scouts, many of them accompa nied by their parents, will take part in the Court of Honor rites. with many boys to appear before the court for advancements. Opening ceremony at the court of honor will be conducted by the Bend troop that Is sponsored by Trinity Episcopal church, with Claude Sell as scoutmaster. Indi an Scouts from the Warm Spring? tiwra will be In charge of the closing ceremony. Irving Shepard Is scoutmaster. It was 45 years ago today tha' the Boy Scouts of America came Into official existence. Scouts ac tlvities have been sponsored in Bend for some 40 years. i. "i7 1 PRES. EISENHOWER Asks aid to education by local school districts "which are handicapped in selling bonds at a reasonable interest rate." The White House said this program is intended to provide a market for school bonds which cannot be floated through commercial chan nels without paying an interest rate higher than 3 1-8 per cent. 2. Creation of special school construction agencies in each state to build schools that would be "leased" to local school districts which already have reached the legal limit of their bonded indeb tedness and therefore cannot bor row on their own to build new schools. These special state agen cies would finance six billion dol lars worth of building over the next three years by issuing their own bonds "through the customary investment channel. The federal government would back the oper ation by contributing an amount equal to one half of the first year's interest and principal payments, estimated at 150 million dollars. State governments would have to match the federal contribution. Pauper School Districts 3. Federal appropriations of 200 millions over the next three years for direct grants in aid to so- called "pauper" school districts that have so little taxable property and local income that they cannot qualify for new school construction under either of the -previous two programs. 4. Appropriation of five millions immediately as part of a three year total of 20 millions to finance long term planning by the federal government and the states to cor rect problems confronting public education and, particularly, ob stacles to local financing and the establishment of more efficient school districts. Repeatedly in his message, the President pointed out the dangers were followed by a light rain, with only .01 of an inch of moisture measured this morning. Heavy snowwas falling on the Mt. Hood route this morning when maintenance cres reported and plows were operating. Motorists were cautioned to carry chains. An even heavier fall of snow was reported from the Santiam divide, where depth of the new pack was measured at four inches. Chains were required. To the south, some rain was falling in the high country, and road cre.vs on the Willamette pass reported slush, with the pack breaking up. Rain was falling at LaPine, and there were spots of ice at Chemult. Widespread power failures were reported in western Oregon as a result of gusts that reached a max imum velocity of 60 miles. Astoria Gearhart. and Seaside were black ened out by the winds which I knocked down power lines. Street crews were busy in Port land this morning, clearing fallen trees and limbs that blocked many streets. ASTORIA (UP) A 12-hour rain and wind storm lashed the north Oregon coast late yesterday and last night, tieing up shipping and causing numerous power outages. Charles Aderson. line chief for Pacific Power and Light, naid the company had not had so :nuch trouble in this area in a quarter of i century.. The storm started nljout noon. Wind velocity reached 54 miles per hour here at 5:28 p.m. and 58 MPH at the Columbia river light ship at 10 p.m. Six ships on the inside of the Columbia river bar and two on 'he outside were held up until this morning. A big spruce tree crashed down ver an Astoria-Seaside high dow r line near the Clatsop airport at 1:30 p.m.. taking out wires, poles ind a transformer. It was 3:25 m. today before service was re "stored to Seaside, Warrenton Inmmond and Clatsop Plains. nd it was 8:20 a.m. before serv ce was restored to Gearhart rtnd "nnon Beach. Only minor diffi culty was reported In Astoria itself, however. of too much federal control of ed ucation. "Federal aid in a form that tends to lead to federal control of our schools could cripple educa tion for freedom," he said, "in no form can it ever approach the mighty effectiveness of an aroused people. But federal leadership can stir America to national action. Then the nation's objective of the best possible education for all our young people will be achieved." He said he thinks the wide de velopment of state school building agencies is necessary because many school districts could not borrow construction funds because of restrictive debt limits. Fund-Raising Group Plans Meet Feb. 16 The annual meeting of The Des chutes United Community Serv ices, Inc., will be held on Wed nesday, Feb. 16, at a Pine Tavern dinner set for 6:30 p.m. Generally known as the United Fund, this organization conducted the area's successful campaign for community chest support this past season. Every person who contrib uted to that fund will be eligible to participate in the annual meet ing, Alvin J. Gray is president of the group and will preside at the Feb. 16 dinner meeting. Officers will be elected, new board members will be named and reports will be submitted. There will also be a presentation of awards, in recognition of the United Fund work this past year. Dr. Max Hemingway will be speaker at the annual meeting. and will touch on the. local as pects of the rheumatic fever stud- les.Also present and taking part in the program will be Rod Dur ham, official of the Oregon Chest. He will touch on the Oregon child care agencies. Bend and Redmond will be ex tended special recognHion at the annual meeting of the Oregon Chest in Portland on Feb. 21 and 22, at the Mutlnomah hotel. These two cities are the only commu nities in the state that reached their United Fund goals for three consecutive years. Reservations for the Feb. 16 din ner can be made by calling 362, United Fund headquarters - in Bend. Freak Accident Costs Girl Life CORVALLIS (UP) A two-year- old girl died at Good Samaritan Hospital here today of gunshot wounds received in a freak acci dent near Alsea last night. The victim was Brendy Bliss, daughter of Mrs. Daniel Zandof- sky. The girls stepfather, Daniel Zandofsky, was cleaning his rifle in the living room of the family home seven miles west of Alsea in Benton county when it accident ally went off. The bullet passed Ihrough the ceiling into an upstairs bedroom, struck a bed where Brendy was sleeping between her two sisters and pierced the little girl s neck She was rushed by ambulance to a Corvallis hosprtal. U.S. Expected Soviet Shakeup WASHINGTON (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today "we have signs of Internal trouble" within Soviet Russia for some time. Commenting on the shakeup in the Soviet high command, Dulles told a reporter: "We have been expecting some thing like this. There have been signs of Internal trouble. He refused to elaborate. Nor would he say whether the Kremlin shakeup could be interpreted as "good news" or "bad news" for the free world. Members said Dulles was ques tioned at length about the Kremlin developments. Chain Cuts Price on Coffee The local Safeway store an nounced this morning that the retail price of coffee would he dropped In line with a chain wide reduction In the price of the three, company brands. Price of coffee will be cut nbont 7 cents pound at the local store. That the retail price of coffee, was t be reduced throoghout Mm flaieway system wan an- ykaleoukov ut as Hylgairoiin) Mamed Some See 'It - Red Power By DON ALD J. GONZALES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) American authorities said today the surprise elevation of Marshal Nikolai Bul-I ganin to the Soviet premiership indicates that the real power in Russia is being "spread out" a- mong several top men in the Kremlin. That, they said, could be "less dangerous" to the West and to world peace than concentration of supreme authority in one Stalin like dictator. When word of Georgi Malen kov's resignation first reached this capital, the initial reaction of dip lomatic experts and congressional leaders was to interpret it as an ominous sign that Russia would adopt a tougher policy in world affairs. This appraisal was based on the almost universal expecta tion here that Nikita Khrushchev, secretary of the Communist party, would succeed Malenkov. Political Background The subsequent announcement of Bulganin's election brought expres sions of marked relief from auth orities who are intimately con cerned with Soviet affairs. They said Buleanin. despite his army background, has not been regard ed as a particularly "strong man" or militaristic type. Rather he has been the "political commissar" type of general whose role in the Kremlin has been to maintain Communist party control over the army. ' One expert said it is possible that Bulganin is primarily a "front Evacuation Continuing Without Signs of Interference by Reds By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent TAIPEI, Formosa (UP) Thou sands of civilian refugees from the Tachen Islands began streaming aboard U.S. Navy and Nationalist transports today with no real signs of Communist interference. The first civilians to be em barked in an American ship board ed the attack transport USS Hen rico this morning. The Henrico was one of many attack transports which moved in close to the China mainland for the operation. The 7th fleet, its guns at the ready, Its planes filling the skies overhead, reported Communist boats, mines and torpedo boats 30 to 35 miles north of Tachen, but a briefing officer emphasized they had made no unfriendly moves. Peiping Radio threatened and blustered but there was every in dication Red China had grounded its Soviet-built MIG-15 jets in the face of the overwhelming America naval might. American pilots were under ord ers not to fly over Communist area or provoke touble, but they also were under orders to shoot back and chase any Red attackers back to the mainland. Flag Hauled Down An official Nationalist dispatch from Tachen said 6,000 persons started the evacuation at 8 a.m. today.- All officers and Government offi cials gathered at 7:45 a.m. for the last raising of the Nationalist flag over the island. All stores and vestigative powers would be ere offices already were closed. iated under terms of a resolution It was announced the command-ibeing prepared by Sens. Pat Inn ing general and civil officials will ergan (R-Portlandi and Hurry D. be the last off the Island. iUoivin (DKlamath Fullsl. United Press Corresxndcnt Wil- j Thp rreoutjon wj substitute for nam Miller reported from lower , lacnen, smallest oi tne two twin islands" which form the main uoiiuiiM nase, inai mil scale evacu anon ol tne retugees started in the I enmy light of dawn. nmencan ana enmese landing ships carried refugees out to thej mr ,a"r-nm'"Ka" Inu,vversive activities but would also jm ii unu p h norm list iramp stpamcrs. The Navy will protect the evacu- Intlon of about 18.000 civilians, the nounred this morning In San 1,-pa ny-lw-n Ilia ............... .. 1 .1 ' " Ihj, nhinn, .1 , .. 1 .11 I Immediately In all stores. The amount of reduction will vary somewhat among ttitrM. The three company brands will be sold locally at these prices: Edwards 89 cents, Nob Hill M cents and Airway IB i eeaits. 1 as Good News Being 'Spread Out'? Irian" for a ruling junta and that "the real leader or leaders are standing in the background." ; Khrushchev, who nominated Bui ganin for Premier, and Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov doubtless will remain "highly important" in the Kremlin hierarchy, he said. Division of Authority In any event, authorities said it appears that with Bulganin as Premier there will be a spreading out of power, with the army and the Communist party both repre sented at the top, rather than a clear cut emergence of one all- powerful ruler like Stalin, U. S. leaders feel that this kind of multiple leadership is less likely to take radical actions that might plunge the world into war than would be a single unchallenged dictator. Congressional leaders were guarded in their appraisal of the sudden shift of Soviet leadership. Chairman Walter F. George (D Ga) of the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee said It is "very difficult to tell" just what the change will mean in terms of Sov iet ' policy. "In any upheaval of this kind there Is always the possibility that something better (from the West ern point of view) may result," he said. "But I would think it more likely indicates a tougher policy If anything." Sen. John J. Sparkman (D-Ala), a member of the Foreign Rela tions Committee, said "we can't af- ford to assume that any change 10,000-man Nationalist garrison from upper Tachen and about 4,000 guerrillas on the islunds barely 16 miles .away from the Red main land, i -American sailors and Murines, part of the 45,000 men of the 7th B'leet, supervised the loading. Lorn- munist-held Yikiangshan Island, eight to nine miles away, could he seen plainly. But its artillery was silent and no shells fell on Tachen this morning. Opposition Ignored Any signs of Communist military retaliation against what Peiping Radio called "U.S. war provaca tion" were so slight as to be ig nored. A naval spokesman said two red Torpedo boats were sighted at Gao Tao islund, 35 miles north of 1 adi eu, and another two at lluel Hsu, 10 miles to the southwest. Sixty-seven Red junks escorted by two patrol boats ulso were seen moving out of the Tai Chou Wan River mouth 30 miles northwest of Tachen. . Fact-Finding Plan Offered At Legislature SALEM (UP) A Senate "fact finding" committee with broad in- irI,.r ,. directed unmanly I anlnst un-American activities Na-isen, i, menan said the uronosed committee, which would make an intppi.n ,(iv ,,nd renoit to the 1957 Legislature, "definitely will ,,, lx, ftiu-h.mntiNK l'roun." Th(, npw resoution t,0V(,rs sul). give the interim committee power to Investigate "gralt and corrup tion and mismanagement In state departments, commissions, boards, agencies and institution." Concerning subversive activity the resolution says: "Subversive activities by persons and groiis ni-A BwlnmiDpInn nttf Aittroln lini ntumit-:! Mis v-,t " to resist attack from without or .ltUl 1 ..n,lrninln n,,. American Institutions and Demo- iCTatlc (o ' government . . ." j The resolution provides that rive members be appointed by the president of the Senate to report, to the 1357 session. will be favorable to us." Lack of Violence The smoothness and lack of vio lence with which Malenkov was eased out of fooice confirmed the belief of Russian experts here that he had never held the reins of power very tightly in his own hands but had ruled since Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, as a front man for a triumvirate in which Khrushchev and Molotov were of comparable rank. It is that same kind of multiple leadership that the experts now expect to continue under Bulganin. One theory expressed here was that Khrushchev and Molotov may have given the premiership to Bul ganin as a "reward" for his part in securing the army's aid in bring big about the downfall and later execution of former Soviet Policy Chief Lavrenti P. Beria in 1953. GEORGI MALENKOV "Resigns" "in interest of the motherland" U.S. Policies Lead Toward War, Reds' Molotov Charges MOSCOW (UP)-Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov said today that "the foreign policies of the imperialists and of the United States above all are aggressive and are leading to a third World War." Molotov told the Supreme Soviet in a speech soon after Marshal Nikolai Bulganin succeeded Georgi Malenkov as Soviet Premier, that the United Stales nurses "insane notions" of reclaiming Commu nist countries for capitalism." "In our time," Molotov said, "battle is being joined between two foreign policies: That of peace and that of war." He said the Soviet Union desires peace and decreased tension and heads a Communist movement Biggs Toll Bridge Plan Promoted OLYMPIA (UP) Reps. Al Henry and Ole Olson yeslerday introduced a bill calling for con struction of a toll bridge across the Columbia river ut Biggs rapids between Washington and Oregon The bridge would be constructed in cooperation with the Washing ton Highway Commission. Klicki tat county, Wash., and Sherman county. Ore. ft would lie financed through the s:ile of bonds and would become a free bridge after the bonds were paid off. KESKiMNd POST POMTI.AND (UP)R. L. Clark, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, said today he is resigning as president of Pacific Woil Gr wers. Clark cited a heavy load of i civic activities as the reason. He has been head of the regional wool I marketing cooperative sine lMl. Soviet to Top By KENNETH BRODNEY United Presf Staff Correspondent MOSCOW (UP) Gerogl Malen kov resigned as Premier of Russia to day and Marshal Nikolai Bul ganin was, elected unanimously to succeed him. Bulganin was nominated 'or the premiership by Mikita S. Klirush chev al the afternoon session of a joint meeting of the Supreme Sov iet. The same body only a few hours earlier first had sat in stunned silence and then had unanimously accepted the surprise resignation of Malenkov. The election of Bulganin was al most as great a surprise as Mal- enkov's resignation. Bulganin is a militc-ry administrator, lately turned politician, and a compara tive newcomer to the soviet polit ical arislocracy. Had Kapld Rise Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov or Khrmhev had been considered the most likely successors to Mal enkov. Bulganin became an Important figure in Russia after the battle of Moscow in 1941. He gave up his job as chairman of the State Bank that is on Hie rise while capitalism grows weaker. Molotov said the United States today Is "backward" politically. He bitterly attacked American foreign policy. The United Slates, he said, nour ishes "insane notions" of turning back toward capitalism nations which already are well on the road to socialism. Such policies, he said, are among those leading to "a third World War." He told the Supreme Soviet thai Russia was the first nation to de velop the hydrogen bomb. He said the United States holds no advantage at all over the So viet Union in the strength and ability to wage war. Thunderous applause greeted his statement. Molotov said the United Stales should quit Formosa. Then, he said, there could be peace in the Far Kast. Police 'Rescue' Wayward Buses loeal pollen rescued four new buses yesterday. The hnscs, Portland hound from their eastern factory, got lost as they entered town. Oiming in from Highway 20, the four were blocked by the low hanging underpass on It reenwiMMl. Ilitw tu elreti around the undcroass to the lo- ral terminal was the mvsterv. Drivers of the empty buses scratched their heads over a city mnp for awhile, deciding 'Inully to call on police for an escort. Officer Llnvd tin ant guided the four lost buses to the terml- sal. yffrMrf&fy oss, Post and managed the civilian side of the city's defenses. He rose rapidly after the battle was won and became a politburo candidate in 194G. In 1947 he reached the peak as vice chairman of the Council of Ministers, in charge of defense. . Malenkov's dramatic resigna tion came during the brief morning session of the Supreme Soviet. Malenkov sat Impassively in his regular chair in the brilliantly lighted white chamber in the Grand Palace of the Kremlin as his combined resignation and con fession of faults were read aloud. Malenkov Apologises " He quit, his resignation said, "In interest of the motherland" with a public apology for "my guilt." He said he was convinced of his own "inexperienced leadership." Malenkov was the first to enter the chamber for the afternoon ses sion. A wave of applause greeted him. Once again he sat express ionless as Bulganin was elected his successor. Malenkov's resignation and the election of Bulganin to succeed him were the most electrifying develop ments in the Soviet Union since the death of the late Premier Josef Stalin almost two yars ago. The last such comparable devel opment wus the Soviet announce ment July 10, 1953, of the arrest of Lavrenti P. Beria, head of the Soviet Secret Police, on charges of subotage and conspiring to restore capitalism in Russia. Fast Developments Today's sensational breaks came fast. The morning session which received the news of Malenkov's resignation lasted just four min utes. The afternoon session had been in session only five minutes when Bulganin, an old and long time friend of.. Stalin and lately Rus sia's defense minister, was elected Premier. In spite of his resignation, Mel- enkov was expected to remain In the government. Malenkov sat impassively before the first session while Alexander Petrovlch Volkov, chairman of tha Soviet of the Union, read Maleiv kov's stutcment to the world. , World Is Surprised Malenkov, who became Premier on March 6, 1953, just one day afler Stalin died, ceased to be Pre. . mier. ' The news of Malenkov's resigna tion struck with tremendous lm -pact. Diplomats in the galleries were openly startled. From all indica tions, the more than 1300 deputies if the two houses also were caught by surprise. The reason given for the resig nation was his lack of experience in directing the government. TJie chubby soviet leader's state ment said he accepted responsib ility for faulty direction of Soviet agriculture and stressed the Im portance of heavy industry in the general development of the econ omy. Khrushchev declared that the drive for consumer goods hud been over-emphasized nt the expense of heavy Industry. Preacher Claims Longest Sermon WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (UP) Preacher Clinton Locy sipped lemon Juice and preached on to day after passing the 48 hour mark in a marathon sermon he claims is the longest ever delivered. The 58-year-old dean of the Vis ual Bible Training Center passed Uie 48 hour mark at midnight and gave no Indication when he would stop. He completed the Old Testament afler 12 hours and at the 40 hour mark was well into the fifth book of the New Testament. Occasion ally, he sang hymns despite the effects of a dust storm which stung his eyes and throat. He said if he ran nut of bible material he would show colored slides and lecture on the holy land. "Straight lemon juice has kept me going." said lKy. He remain ed on his feet most of the time tnd continued to talk while de vouring fruit juice at six hour In ternals. Iwy entered the pulpit at 12:01 a m. Sunday. He had originally intended to stop after 48 hours but continued on nfter the 48 hour mark was reached at midnight. His audience varied from 1 to 50 persons and one member of his congregation sat up all Sunday night listening to Ut sermon.
