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Marshall Says Cant Be Drafted For Presidency Takes Oath of Office As Secretary of State After Squelching Speculation Washington, Jan. 21 (U.R) Gen. George C. Marshall took office of secretary of state today after bluntly squelching specula tion that he might be available later as a democratic candidate for president. Some democrats had discussed the idea of drafting him if Pres ident Truman should not run in 1948. Before taking his new post, Marshall in an unsolicited state ment to reporter declared: "I cannot be drafted for any political office. Non-Political Job In addition to squelching pres idential speculation conerning him, Marshall also said that he considered the secretaryship of ijtate to be a non-political job. 4 "And," he added, "I am going yo govern myself accordingly." J Marshall's statement was per haps the most explicit and unam biguous disavowal of political ambition since another general took himself out of politics after the Civil war. At that time Gen. William T. Sherman declared that he would not run for pres ident if nominated, and would not serve if elected. To End Discussion "I am being explicit and em phatic," Marshall said, "in order to terminate once and for all any discussion of my name in regard to political office. Whatever his feeling about po litical office, the moment Mar shall took oath as secretary of state he became heir to the office of president should anything happen to Mr. Truman in the next two years. There being no vice president, the secretary of state is now first in the line of succession. Marshall took the oath of of fice as successor to James F. Byrnes from Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson in Mr. Truman s exec utive office. (Concluded on Pare s. Column 8) Seek to Extend Sugar Control Washington, Jan. 21 () The department of agriculture ad vised a congressional committee it will ask for continued ration ing and price control of sugar throughout this year. James H. Marshall, head of the department's sugar branch told the house food shortage in vestigating committee he hopes the sugar ration for individuals might be increased by 10 pounds this year He indicated, however, there will be no increase before April 1. Despite Improvement in world production, he said, the supply ts still far short of de mand. "If sugar rationing and price control were lifted at this time Marshall said, "it is my opinion that the price easily would go to 40 cents a pound." In sucu a situation, he said the great bulk of the available sugar might be bought by indus trial users, "and the housewife might get much less." The authority to ration sugar expires April 1, and the price control powers end July 1. Mar shall said the department will request that both powers be ex tended through December 31 as they relate to sugar. No More Flood Control Projects Washington, Jan. 21 (JP) Enough flood control and rivers Land harbors projects already nave Deen authorized by con gress, Chairman Dondero (R., Mich.) of the house public works committee said today. He told a reporter that com mittee records show $3,635,000. 000 worth of these projects have been authorized and are "laying on the shelf." "There is no necessity at all for any more, he added. Chief Jenkins III Portland, Jan. 21 OP) Chief of Police Leon V. Jenkins was admitted to a hospital last night for observation and physicians said his illness could not im mediately be diagnosed. His condition was not serious. The Weather (Released by United States Weather Bureau) Forecast for Salem and Vicin ity: Cloudy tonight and Wed nesday with moderate tempera tures continuing. Occasional showers tonight becoming Inter mittent light rain Wednesday Maximum yesterday 52. Mint mum today 42. Mean tempera ture yesterday 44 which was 4 above normal. Total 24-hour pre cipitation to 11:30 am. today, .01. Total precipitation for the month, 1.21 which is 2.58 inches below normal. Willamette river height 1.1. Capital 58th Year, No. 18 SSS?MSnSi Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, January Students Hang Talmadge in Efiigy at Capitol Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 21 (U.R) Gov. Herman Talmadge was hanged in effigy today from the arm of a statue on the state capitol grounds by some 2,000 jeering university students who marched on the capitol to de mand that he get out of the of fice he took over last week. The crowd joined by scores of citizens in a march through downtown Atlanta, hoisted the grotesque swastika-marked fig ure to the statue of the late Tom Watson. It was the same spot where five years ago other students had hanged young Talmadge's father in effigy during a protest over his firing of two university professors which led to disac creditation of Georgia colleges. Willing to Resign The chanting mob of students descended on the capitol lawns shortly after Talmadge had told the state legislature that he was willing to resign and run for the office in a state-wide elec tion if Acting Gov. M. E. Thomp son would also agree to do so. The effigy of Talmadge was attired in bright red suspenders -hallmark of the Talmadge white supremacy" political faith for many years. Placards carried by the stu dents urged the legislature to go home and wait for the courts to decide whether Tal madge or Thompson is the right ful possessor of the governor's office which both now claim. Demand Rights Back "The people are the sovereign ty. Give us back our rights," another placard proclaimed. The demonstrators were called to silence shortly before 3 while two resolutions on the current crisis were read. Then they thundered their approval of the documents. J. L. Mauldin, an elderly con stable, joined the young people and hoisted a placard asking "who stole my vote? Talmadge had taken some of the edge off of the demonstra tion by his dramatic proposal that , he and Thompson resign His statement brought a thun derous ovation from legislators convened in joint session. Ask Hoover for Food Survey Washington, Jan. 21 (JP) For mer President Herbert Hoover has been asked to undertake a survey of food problems In the American and British zones of occupied Germany. This was disclosed today by a war department official who asked that his name not be used. He said Mr. Hoover has not yet given his answer. Presumably the proposal to the 72-year-old former president has the approval of the British government and President Tru man as well as the highest war department officials concerned with occupation policies. The British zone was coupled with that of the United States in the proposal, officials said, be cause of the recent agreement to unify them economically. As a world authority on food problems since World War I days Mr. Hoover was asked to make a personal survey expected to re quire several weeks and then to submit recommendations on means to increase food output and to assure its most equitable distribution. Austin and Marshall Plan Basic U. S. Policy on Disarming Lake Success, N.Y., Jan. 21 (JP) Warren R. Austin, chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, will begin discussions early next week with newly appointed Secretary of State George C. Marshall on American plans for atomic energy control and world dis armament. This was disclosed today by American sources who said the two diplomats probably would lay groundwork for a basic U S. policy on world-wide arms reduction. The U. N. security council, over-riding Russian and Polish opposition, approved yesterday an American request to put off consideration of disarmament until Feb. 4. The arms postponement was asked by Warren because of the shift in state department lead ership and to enable the U. S. delegation to study more care fully a series of preliminary pro posals already tubmitted by other countries. American sources said Austin and Marshall would discuss the whole question of atomic energy 1 Killed and 20 Others Injured In Plane Crash Oakland, Calif., Jan. 21 UP) A WAVE flight orderly was killed and 20 other persons, in cluding three women, were In jured in the crash of a four-en-gined navy plane at Oakland airport yesterday when, for the first time in more than 76,000 landings, radar-ground-control failed to guide a ship to safety. The big naval air transport (NATS) plane landed 150 feet short of the fog-shrouded run way and crashed into a four foot rock wall at the edge of the field. Skids 1000 feet Its undercarriage sheared away and the plane sKiaaea across the field on its fuselage for 1,000 feet, shedding wreck age and passengers as it went. Then it caught fire and burned. The dead WAVE was identi fied by the navy today as Avia tion Specialist 3c Margaret Wallace, whose father is Har ry W. Wallace, of Pitcairn, Pa. Most seriously hurt of the sur vivors was Lt. (jg) F. A. Michalek from Great Mills, Md who was burned when the plane caught fire. Most of those injured suffer ed only abraisons. Many re mained strapped in their seats until the plane stopped. Lt. (jg) Edythe Bovic, flight nurse from East Rygate, Vt., re mained in her seat and helped others in the crash despite a def inite shocked condition. "The fire, started immediately she said "the boys were won derful in helping." Carried Crew of Seven Flying from Moffett field, only about 40 miles south of Oak land, the plane carried a crew of seven, including the WAVE who was killed and 14 passen gers. The only woman on the pas senger list was Lt. Comdr. L. A. McNaughton of the navy nurse corps from Hastings, Neb. She was detained in Oak Knoll naval hospital for observation. Oakland was the first stop on a scheduled flight across the nation for the plane. Twelve passengers were to have been picked up at Oakland before the ship proceeded to San Diego, Corpus Christi, Tex.; Pensacola, Fla.; Jacksonville, Fla., and the naval air station, 60 miles south east of Washington, D. C. Despite the all-enshrouding fog which covered the bay area at the time of the crash, the weather was considered routine for airmen trained in radar con trolled landings. Eisenhower III in Hospital Washington, Jan. 21 (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, entered Wal ter Beed hospital today for treat ment of a stomach disorder. A war department statement said: "General Eisenhower suffer ed a digestive upset this morn ing. He drove out to Walter Reed hospital about 10 a.m. in his car, and entered hospital for observation." Eisenhower returned 10 days ago from Florida where he rest ed and underwent treatment in Pratt General hospital for bur sitis, a disorder of the nerves in his arms. He was scheduled to confer with the commanding generals of the armies and air forces to day in the first meeting of a three-day conference on war de partment policy. control and world disarmament. They said they had no idea how long the discussions would con tinue. One of the things that will concern the two diplomats, these sources said, would be set ting up machinery within the American government to handle the disarmament problem as it will affect the United States. The talks also will cover the whole range of U. S. participa tion in United Nations affairs including the atomic energy commission and the security, trusteeship and economic and social councils. Some American sources said they believed there would be little, if any. divergence of views between Austin and Mar shall on the major issues, parti cularly the policy that the U. S. will follow on atomic energy control. -r n 41 AT Army, Navy Leaders Explain mi. White House for a news conference to explain details of their agreement on a compromise merger plan. From left are: seated Secretary of Navy James Forrestal and Secretary of War Robert Pat terson: standing Maj. Gen Lauris Norstad, assistant chief of air staff, army air forces: Fleet Adm. William Leahy, chief of staff to the president; Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, army chief of staff; Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, chief of naval operations, and Vice Adm. F. P. Sherman, deputy chief of naval operations. (AP Wirephoto) Public Work Programs To Be Cut for Economy Washington, Jan. 21 (JP) Rep. Taber (R., N.Y.), newly assigned watchdog of the nation's pocketbook, declared today he not only will "sledgehammer future money bills but whack at some spend ing programs laid out by the last congress. In that category Taber lumped what he called "non-essential functions of govern- Harder Work Asked of Britons London, Jan. 21 (JP) Brit ain's labor government high lighted the reopening of a mo mentous session of parliament to day with an appeal to the na tion's workers and employers to work harder and more efficiently for postwar recovery. Facing a bitter fight in the house of commons on such mea sures as the nationalization of transport and electricity, the government warned that . Bri- tain's ppnnnmit! situation .is ex- tremeiy serious" and called for a renewed drive to increase pro duction. A grave picture of manpower shortages, wornout factories and threats of inflation was presen ted in a white paper issued last night as a prelude to parliamen tary debate on government eco nomic plans to be presented within the next few weeks. The government report endor sed by leaders of the British employers confederation and the trade union congress, warned that Britain still is piling up debts abroad and added: "Ameri can and Canadian loans only give us a short breathing space, Declaring there was no dan ger "for many years oi tne unemployment which haunted Britain's workers after World War I, the government report said employers must improve production methods and work ers must abolish "slow downs' hampering the export drive. Hornbeck Resigns As Holland Envoy Washington, Jan. 20 (JP) Stanley K. Hornbeck, ambassa dor to the Netherlands, resigned today and President Truman picked Herman B. Baruch to succeed him. The White House said the nomination of Baruch; now am bassador to Portugal, will be sent to the senate within a day or so. Baruch is a brother of Bernard L. Baruch, the elder statesman. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mr. Tru man accepted the Hornbeck res ignation with "reluctance." Hornbeck gave "personal" rea sons for resigning, Ross added. Originally appointed to the Netherlands post in September, 1944, Hornbeck first offered his resignation when the Truman ad ministration came into office in 1945. He was persuaded to re main on the job. New York Central Lays Off 7000 New York, Jan. 21 IP) The New York Central, one of the, east's key railroads, after laying off 7000 employes, formulated plans today for a further tight ening of its financial belt in an effort to balance its budget. How many other railroads would follow suit was a matter of speculation, but some of them faced the same deficit problem Most of them were officially si lent for the time be'ing. Joiaraal 21, 1947 Merger Plan These army and ?ment and public works pro grams on which direct appropri- ations are pending such as roads, rivers and harbors and airports. The New Yorker told report ers these programs will be re examined and "new justifica tions must be made before money is provided." He gave no details of projects that might be affected but predicted many mil lions of dollars can be saved. "We've got to cut back cur rent spending a lot more than the $1,500,000,000 the president has recommended," Taber said. Already chairman of the house appropriations committee, Taber was elected yesterday as head of the 102-member senate-house budget committee- , -which,., will review Piesidcnt Truman's $37, 500,000,000 budget for the fiscal year bepinning July 1 and then put its own ceiling pn federal ex penditures. Republican fiscal managers hope to cut between $3,000,000, 000 and $8,000,000,000 off the president's estimates. Taber announced that a 20 member subcommittte of the 102-member budget group prob ably will meet Thursday to be gin its studies. The legislative reorganization act calls for the full committee to submit its own budget estimates to congress by February 15. U. S. Refuses Soviet Demand Washington, Jan. 21 (P) The United States has rejected Soviet Russia's request to surrender Kyrill Alckseev, former Soviet trade official who criticized "dictatorship" in his homeland. The Russians are seeking his ar rest, in this country. ine state department an nounced today the rejection was handed to the Soviet embassy yesterday. The announcement said it was based on the absence of an ex tradition treaty between Russia and the United States. The Russians said he is a for mer employe of their embassy in Mexico City and charged him with embezzlement. The U. S. reply said that the supreme court has stated that under the domestic law of the United States power to provide for extradition is not confined to the executive branch of the gov ernment." The reply said that because of this and the absence of an extra dition treaty the government lacks power to surrender Alck seev. The Russian's criticism of his home government was con tained in a statement issued by his lawyer in New York. The American reply to the Soviet request was handed to Vassili A. Tarassenko, embassy counselor, by Llewellyn E, Thompson, chief of the state de partment's Russian division. Siegfried Kabus Gets Death Sentence Stuttgart. Germany, Jan. 21 Pl Siegfried Kabus, ex-nazi SS leader who organized a gang which bombed denazification courts In the American zone of Germany, was sentenced to death by a military government court today. l J !XL Price Five Cents 9"?J"L 'nna .: C....L. jo itiisjoAiun. etsf" navy leaders assemble in the Russia to Lift Censorship Washington, Jan. 21 (U.R) Rus sia has notified the United States that it will lift its press censor ship during the forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers meet ing in Moscow on the German peace treaty, it was learned to day. Foreign correspondents will be allowed to file uncensored dispatches about the day-to-day events of the Big Four meetings which start March 10. The as sumption is that such dispatches will not even be subjected to a screening censorship to make sure they are not on topics ex traneous to the conference. It still is not clear, however, whether radio correspondents will be permitted to make voice broadcasts from the Russian capital. The Soviet decision on press censorship was transmitted to the U. S. government in fulfill ment of the agreement made be tween retiring Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov at the last Big Four meeting in New York. At" that meeting Molotov promised in return for Byrnes' acquiescence to go to Moscow for the next meeting that for eign correspondents would be allowed to report proceedings of the Moscow conference just as they had been allowed to do in Paris and New York. Peace Offer by Nationalists Nanking, Jan. 21 (U.R) The Chinese government outlined a four-point peace proposal today and announced that it still was ready to meet the communists "with tolerance and sincerity Despite the new government offer, however, prospects of an immediate agreement seemed remote. Both communist de mands nullification of the con stitution and a return to the military status of last January were turned down. Scattered fighting continued. Government sources said na lionalist troops had smashed : communist offensive in southern Shantung, recapturing two towns southeast of Teh-Hui. A communist force of 100,000 was said to have been defeated in "all-night pitched battle." 48-Man Crew of S. S. Drexel Rescued After Wreckage on Bar Astoria, Ore., Jan. 21 IPi The freightc-i S S. Drcxcl Victory sank today five miles west of Cape Dissapointment after a smoothly-organized night rescue that brought the 48-man crew to shore uninjured, many of them; not even damp. The ship, carrying 4563 tons of grain to Yokohama, struck a sand bar in the Columbia river last night, ripping her deck plates and sending water gush ing into the mess hall where the crew was dining. "First I felt a dull thud that seemed to empty my stomach," said Larry Sharpe, Portland, one of the rescued crewmen. "Be fore I knew it everybody was falling forward or backword. Plates crashed to the floor and the ocean was pouring through the porthole. We were excited and rushed topside. Then we tried to fix her. She was cracked between holds four and five. We tried pumping water out of her, but we knew she was lost." Capt. Canute Rommerdahl, San Mateo, who ordered his men to abandon ship after a vain two Bills for Taxing Amusements Offered in House Levies on Devices As Places of By Paul W. Harvey, Jr. Measures to tax amusement devices and admissions to thea ters, athletic events, dance halls and other places of entertain ment were rcadv for introduc tion in the state house of repre sentatives today. Reps. Giles L. French. Moro, and Henry Semon, Klamath Falls, are introducing the amuse ment device tax, endorsed by the state tax study commission, which would levy a 30 per cent tax on gross revenues from de vices in which there Is an ele ment of chance: such as illegal slot machines and punchboards. The tax on devices which have an element of skill, such as pin ball and iron claw games, would be 10 per cent of the gross reve nue. Duplicates Federal Tax Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port land leader in the old age pen sion movement, said the admis sions tax would duplicate the 20 per cent federal admissions tax, and that the revenues would be used for pensions. French said the amusement device tax might have the effect of driving out slot machines by making it too expensive to oper ate them. Owners of all amusement de vices would have to keep books. If they failed to do so, they would have to accept the tax commission's estimate of the amount of tax due. Then, if they failed to pay the tax, the state could get a lien on all the own er's property. The records of the tax commission would be confidential. Apnlies to Clubs The bill would apply to clubs as well as to individual opera tors, all of whom would have to make bi-monthly reports. The principle of Harvey's ad missions tax bill also has the en dorsement of the tax study com mission. It would apply also to restaurants which provide en tertainment, pool halls, bowling alleys, race tracks and carnivals. Harvey said he hoped the measure would raise enough money so that old age pension appropriations would no longer have to depend on liquor rev enues. ... .... Herriot Heads France's Diet Paris, Jan. 21 VP) France's national assembly confirmed Paul Ramadier, socialist, by a vote of 577 tot 10 tonight as pre mier in the first government of the fourth French republic. Radical-Socialist Leader Ed ouard Herriot, 74, was elected president of the assembly. Herriot, who was unopposed headed the old chamber of depu ties from 1836-1942. He is in his 42nd year as mayor of Lyon, France's third largest city. A protege of Aristide Briand, Herriot was three times premier of France before the war. He succeeds Vincent Auriol, recent ly elected president of the re public. Before the voting began, the legislature heard a message read from Auriol calling upon France, to "maintain and develop her al liances" and to insist upon "just reparations and a full security" from Germany. Needing 310 voles for the ab solute majority, Herriot received 428. His election preceded the ap pearance before the assembly of Paul Ramadier to outline the program he plans for his pro posed coalition cabinet, and ask for confirmation of his nomina tion as premier. hour fight to save the vessel, blamed unusually deep swells which smashed the ship against the bar. When the abandon order was given, the vessel had drifted four miles north off Cape Disap pointment. The pilot's schooner, Columbia, standing by, took 19 men aboard. Others took to lifeboats, and were picked up in a light fog by the coast guard vessel Triumph and the freighter Joseph Gale, bound for Port land. So smoothly was the rescue carried out that the nearest ap proach to casually was one nov ice seaman who jumped over board in excitement and had to be fished out by the pilot's schooner. Larry Brown, Seattle, injured earlier in the day aboard ship, had to be helped into a lifeboat. Farrell Seeks $1 Million More For State Police Would Double Personnel To Provide for Additional Highway Patrol By James D. Olson Doubling of the state police personnel, to provide more ade quate patrol of state highways, the cost to be financed through allocation of an additional $1, 000,000 for the next two years from state gas tax funds to the state police department, was recommended this morning by Secretary of State Farrell to the joint ways and means com mittee. The 1947-48 budget now con tains $901,055 transfer of state highway funds to the police fund but this amount Mr. Far rell declared inadequate to meet the task of preventing accidents on the state highways. He told the ways and means committee, in its second full membership meeting of thfj ses sion, that the traffic safety pro gram was divided into three sections, engineering, enforce ment and education. Highway Safety The highway department has done a fine job on engineering for traffic safety," said Farrell, "and there is little room for im provement. The educational program can be carried too far, in my opinion, but I believe that the motor vehicle department is carrying on an effective educa tional program and keeping within proper bounds. "However, our weakest link in the chain is in enforcement. The state police department is doing an excellent job with the material it has to do it with but is in sore need of added per sonnel." Gas Tax Revenue Attention of the committee was called to the increase in gas tax revenue. Mr. Farrell stated that in 1941 gas tax receipts to taled $12,867,000 while in the 11 months of 1946 the receipts grew to $17,336,279.28 with an esti mate of another million dollars to be derived from gas tax in December, 1946. "You will see that the esti mates of revenue from gas tax in the budget for the next two years is 33 million dollars," said Farrell, "but I predict that this figure will reach $36 million. . "The gas tax comes from the highways and it should go back lo the protection of lives on the highways," he said. "I have not consulted the highway depart ment and officials of that de partment should be consulted, but it is my firm opinion that the additional million dollars should be given to the state po lice for placing more patrolmen on the highways." Institution Budgets Mr. Farrell also discussed the budgets of state institutions and told the committee that these budgets, higher than ever be fore, contained salary increases resulting from the requirements of the civil service law passed at the 1945 legislative session. You will find that for the first time in the history of the state you have intelligent budg ets from the state institution heads," he said. "You all know that the facilities at the state institutions arc crowded and must be increased. "I beseach you members of Ihe ways and means committee do not sharpen your pencils too much on these budgets," he said. 270 White Buildings For Sale Saturday Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R)-A' campaign for buyers of buildings at Camp White, near Medford, will be launched Saturday by Portland war assets administra tion's ofiice of real property. In its first offer WAA will put up 270 builtlings. All buildings are in the can tonment area and contain such scarce but usable items as dimen sion lumber flooring, roofing, plywood windows, electrical wiring, 'ighting fixtures, plumb ing fixtuics and heating equip ment WAA said. Structures in cluded are 112 barracks, 44 mess halls, ciyht officers' quarters and othci miscellaneous buildings. No chapels are listed. Predicts 50 Cents Butter by Summer Madison, Wis., Jan. 21 (JP) Butter ill cost consumers less than 50 rents a pound this sum mer, K K r roker, preiessor ot agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin, predict ed at a f.irm outlook conference last nirfht. Milk oroduction is at its peak and that, plus the fact that sup ply pipelines are well stocked, will dro: butter prices before long." Prof. Froker declared, and added: "Look tor cheese prices to be lowered, too, but not s much as butter." 6
