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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1948)
Stassen Places Agree to Extend Rent Controls For Thirty Days House, Senate GOP Leaders Seek Time for Permanent Bill Benes Refuses' Demand of Reds For Cabinet Jobs Czech Premier De mands Reshuffling of Coalition Cabinet Name on Oregon Primaries List First Presidential Can didate to Personally File in Oregon 59th Year, No. 45 Entered weond elui Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 21, 1948 Price Five Cents muter t BUtrn, oreioa , .aw . 11 .-fit "b . ... Harold E. Stassen, ex-governor of Minnesota, Saturday per sonally filed a statement of his candidacy with Dave O'llara, in charge of elections in the secre tary of state's office, thus plac ing his name on the Oregon preferential presidential ballot. The appearance of Stassen in person marked the first time in at least 33 years that a candi date for president of the United States had personally filed his own petitions, O'Hara said. In 1940 the late Wendell Wil kie filed a declaration of candi dacy, according to O'Hara, but the declaration was sent to O'Hara's office by mail. Flies Here From Eugene Stassen, after conferring in Eugene with Robert A. Elliott, '"naisn. and other Stassen lead 'jhurpBnn manager Tnr ms cam- ers, decided to fly into Salem in his chartered plane. He and members of his en tourage arrived at the Salem airport at 9:30 a.m. and the fil ing was made at 9:45 a.m. After filing the petitions, Stassen issued a formal state ment in which he declared that an active and constructive cam-, paign will be carried on in Ore gon during which time the views of Stassen on the major issues before the country will be giv en to the Oregon voters. State-wide Organization He announced that under the direction of Elliott, a state-wide volunteer organization - of men and women would be formed to aid him In his campaign. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York will be on the Ore gon ballots and present indica tions point to a two-man race between Dewey and Stassen in this state for the republican presidential preference. Highlights of Stassen's stand as given in his statement are: Highlights of Statement "1. The development of the resources of the Pacific north west through reclamation, hydro-electric power, flood con trol and reforestation should be carried forward rapidly and ef ficiently. , - 14 2. Two members of the next Ir' republican cabinet should come rr . - - from the 11 western' states ana one of these should be the new secretary of the interior. "3. Our American economy should be kept free, and alert action should be taken by gov ernment to avoid high price booms and depression busts, and a humanitarian concern for the welfare of the people should be fundamental in governmental policy. . "4. So long as rulers of Rus sia follow their present obstruc tionist tactics, shipments of ma chine tools and electrical ma chinery and apparatus to Rus sia should be stopped. , "5. The United Nations should be strengthened through a char ter amending convention." Military Aid Enroute China Washington, Feb. 21 (U.PJ The state department has ad vised congress that new U. S. military aid is on its way to the anti-communist forces in China, it was learned today. The department, in a memo randum to the house foreign af fairs committee, revealed that several contracts have been ap proved to sell Chiang Kai Shek's government surplus U. S. war goods at sharply reduc- f ed prices. Goods include planes and ammunition. Disclosure of the contracts appeared to be the state depart ment's answer to congressional critics who have denounced the new $570,000,000 Chinese aid program as "inadequate" be cause it does not provide for military supplies. Diplomatic sources said a Chinese mission also received assurances recently that the U. S. army will scour the Pacific for additional planes which might be made available to the nationalist government. China will get the war male rials at a small fraction of their original cost. , One contract, the house com mittee was informed, turns over to China goods originally val ued at several million dollars. The Chinese will pay only 12Vi percent of that. 2 Killed at Grand Ronde Grand Ronde, Feb. 21 (IP) Two Grand Ronde lumber workers were killed yesterday by a dynamite charge they had set off to clear stumps. The vic tims were Lloyd Weaver, 19 and Fred Moore, 49. Investiga tors said they went to inspect a charge that appeared not to be going off. As they approach ted, it did. . jJIIIMI ! ! Ill ; IMIMliMpiIHM II II III li III 1 - .m " V.' . 3 IV VVf U . Wheat Prices Climb Slightly New York, Feb. 21 (ff) Grain prices pulled out of a slow de cline near the close today and went ahead of the previous day by one to two cents a bushel. Cotton and other commodities were narrow and mixed. Stocks at New York closed a little higher but volume was extremely slim, reflecting in part the approaching long week-end. Markets will be clos ed Monday in observance of Washington's birthday. Hogs, cattle and lambs held nominally steady in Chicago's big market. No retail price changes of im portance came to light as re tailers tried to appraise the ef fect of the Feb. 4 crack in prK mary markets. Trading in stocks was almost at a standstill. The big break In the commo dity markets has reduced retail food, prices an average of 3 'A percent from January highs. Other cost-of-living items eith er clung to post-war peaks or headed upward. This was the picture presented by the government's bureau of labor statistics in its first offi cial report on the- effect of the market slump on retail prices. The government study cover ed 20 foods in 12 cities. It rep resented a cross section picture of grocery and meat prices be tween the highs of mid-January and February 17. The big break in commodity prices began February 4. The BLS report stated 13 of the 20 foods showed declines. Five showed Increases. Two bread and navy beans showed no change. The government bureau found the biggest drops in park chops, lard, bacon, eggs and lettuce. Prices from fresh fruits and ve getables rose, the report said. Extension of Maritime Commission Law Sought Washington, Feb. 21 (m Rep. Jackson (R-Wash) urged a house committee today to extend for 16 months the law under which the maritime commission can operate, charter and dispose of war-built vessels. The law expires February 29. Jackson asked an extension to June 30, 1949. MacArthur Too Busy to Make Trip to Capital Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The house foreign affairs committee had a touchy political decision lifted right out of its hands today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.' ' The general's name got tan- gled up in the committee's aid-to-China discussions yesterday when some members suggested inviting him to Washington to testify on far eastern problems. That started an argument. Congressmen opposing the move said it could be used as an at tempt to boom MacArthur for the GOP presidential nomina tion. . But others insisted that Mac Arthur should be asked home from Japan to give valuable ad vice on how to help China over come its native communist ar mies. The general settled the whole problem himself. He said ht is too busy to make the trip. "While I deeply appreciate the confidence reflected in the suggestion I return to the United Stassen Finds Willamette Valley Hospitable At upper left table at Marion hotel luncheon, left to right, Robert A. Elliott, Oregon manager for Stassen, Gov. Stassen and B. E. (Kelly) Owens, Marion county republican chairman; next upper, Mayor Clifford Likes of Stayton welcomes Stassen. Right upper, Stassen on platform at Stayton high school, left to right, Mayor Likes, Harry Humphrey, reception chairman, Gov. Stassen and State Senator Allan Carson. Lower lift, Scio's Mayor Carl Warren with Stassen on platform at Bohemian Hall. Lower center, shows Lebanon high school girls serving strawberry short cake to the presi dential aspirant. Left to right, Jeannette Baird, Colleen Rappe, Earnestine Field and Stas sen. Lower right, Stassen greets' crowd at Sweet Home high school, - Dixie Rebels Told To Hold Fire Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) Senator Byrd of Virginia gave the democratic party's Dixie rebels this advice today: Hold your fire but keep your powder dry. Byrd told a reporter he wants the south to be sure where it is going before it cuts long-standing political ties in the argu ment over President Truman's civil rights "proposals. ... r'fv: "We must make a calm, de liberate decision, on the basis of events as they happen and then be prepared to go through with it to the end," he said. Byrd told a party gathering at Richmond, Va., Friday night that the south won't stand for laws setting up a fair employ ment practices (no race or color line) commission, matting lynch ing a federal offense and ban ning poll taxes and race sepa ration. But he added that It would be time enough to decide what to do if southerners should lose their fight against enactment of such legislation by congress. Several house members from 11 southern states have adopted a resolution condemning the president's program. They will confer with five southern gov ernors here Monday. Storm Warnings Flying on Coast ' Seattle, Feb. 21 OT Small craft warnings were changed to southeast storm warnings from Tatoosh to the mouth of the Co lumbia river at 6 o'clock last night. Southeast storm warnings were hoisted from the Columbia to Cape Blanco, Ore., for strong to occasionally gale force south erly winds. Small craft warnings were continued for 24 hours on the inland waters of Washington. States to state my views to the house foreign affairs committee on the China relief plan," he said in a Tokyo statement, "I hope the committee will not further the idea. "The present Japanese politi cal situation involving an immi nent change of government and the heavy pressure of my duties render it impracticable for me to leave my post here at the present time." That seemed to settle the fight before it really got going. A MacArthur man, mean while, announced in Chicago that he is going to establish a national headquarters in Wash ington for backers of the gen eral. , The Chlcagoan Is Warren Wright, banker and former Illi nois stats treasurer. 'Grass Roots' Drive Made by Stassen By JAMES D. OLSON Harold E. Stassen did some "grass roots" campaigning in Mar ion and Linn counties Friday in his quest for support for the re publican nomination as president. . in nis unprecedented campaign, Scio, Lebanon and Sweet Home. took sufficient time to shake the hand of virtually every man, wo man, and . child child who were In the four auditoriums. c This, his, associates say, is ah old habit; During his three suc cessful campaigns for the go v ernorship of , Minnesota, Stas sen always went to every city, town and hamlet, talking and shaking hands with everyone in sight.; In all of his talks Stassen de clared that the United States should stop sending heavy ma chinery and electrical goods to Russia. "Until the leaders in the Kremlin begin to co-operate with the rest of the: world," he said, "we should not send one piece of machinery or electrical equip ment that could be made a part of a Soviet war machine." In Stayton, Stassen was in troduced to the student body of the high school and towns people by Mayor Clifford Likes. "I like your country out here," he said. "Much of your farming country is similar to that in northern Minnesota," al though we do not have the nut orchards there." The ex-governor's talk in Scio was in the Bohemian hall where he was introduced by Mayor Carl Warren, who told Stassen that there were so few repub licans in the town, they were forced to put two democrats on the reception committee. "I may need those democratic votes next November," Stassen said with a broad grin on his face. (Concluded on Fate I, Column ) Rain in Valleys, Snow in Mountains Heavy rains in the valleys and snow in mountain passes were reported by the state high way department today. - Nineteen inches of snow fell at the Santiam highway Junc tion last night, and motorists were warned to use chains. Snow was still' falling in the area this morning. The deparment reported mix ed snow and rain at Govern ment Camp and 12 inches of new snow on the Willamette highway. Snow plows- were clearing the latter route. The Weather (Released bv United States , . Weather Bureau) Forecast for Salem and Vicin ity: Mostly cloudy with few showers tonight and Sunday. Lowest expected temperature to night, 43 degrees; highest Sun day, SS. Maximum yesterday 47. Minimum today 43. Mean tem perature yesterday 43, which was 1 below normal. Total 24-hour precipitation to 11:30 am. today .M. Total precipitation for the month 4.40, which la .77 of an Inch above normal. WiUsmette river height at Salem Saturday morning, 13 feet, rising. ne maae snort tains at otayiou, He did more than just talk, he 3rd Week-end Storm Raging Portland, Ore., Feb. 21 .) The Pacific, northwest's third consecutive week-end storm to day piled snow high in Oregon's Cascade range and dumped heavy rains in the western rTart of the state, Santiam junction between Sa lem and Bend reported 19 inches of new snow, Hood River on the Columbia river highway report ed 18 inches and The Dalles, 12 inches. Winds reached 35 miles an hour on the coast and 25 miles an hour inland. They moderat ed later, but the weather bu reau warned the storm would intensify late tonight or early tomorrow. . Climbing temperatures turn ed snow to rain at lower eleva tions. Falls City reported 2.47 inches in the last 24 hours, Brookings 2.42 inches, Salem 1.02, Eugene .85 and the Port land airport weather station. 79 inches. i The Santiam river at Jeffer son was. expected to go over flood stage of 13 feet and the Willamette at Harrisburg to ap proach flood level of 12 feet to morrow with negligible dam age. The weather bureau said flood stages are not expected elsewhere. Assassination Threat For Mayor Riley Portland, Feb. 21 (P) An as sassination threat' against Mayor Earl- Riley was reported today by police who said they believed it was the work of a crank. The threat was made in a 4 a.m. telephone call to a news paper. Police were sent to the mayor's home. Riley said he wasn't disturb ed as "this isn't the first time I've received a threat." The mayor has been in the center of a controversy raging all week since a City club com mittee reported that vice and gambling interests operate in Portland under police protec tion. The club membership yes terday approved the report but directed its committee to amend it by naming names. The mayor told the City club the charges were unfounded. Rebuilding of Vanport School Provided in Bill Washington, Feb. 21 W) An appropriation of not more than $130,000 to rebuild the high school building in Vanport, Ore., which was damaged by fire last month, is provided in a bill introduced by Rep. Angell (R-Ore.). Belgians Get Sheets Back Hemroulle, Belgium, Feb. 21 (A) The good people of Hem roulle got their bedsheets back today from the Americans. Col. John Hanlon of Win chester, Mass., presented each of the 24 Henroulle villagers with a pair of crisp new bed sheets in the name of his fel low townspeople. It was a day of joy for this tiny snow-covered hamlet three miles north of Bastogne. The church bells pealed, bugles sounded and the children waved Belgian and American flags. They called it "Winchester Day." This is the story behind the celebration: ... .", V,,-, " ' On Christmas, .eye.lrt.lB44-Col. Hanl0n,"then a major command ing the first battalion of the 502nd parachute infantry, drop ped out of the skies with his men onto the snow-covered fields surrounding Hemroulle It was during the critical Battle of the Bulge. Hanlon went to the church and summoned the villagers by tolling the bell. He explained the Americans needed camou flage to hide them from the Germans. The villagers went to their homes and returned with pre vious snow-white bed sheets. Hanlon promised the sheets would be returned. Today Hanlon fulfilled his promise. He returned to the village and again summoned the villagers to the church by tolling the bell. He presented each of the vil lagers with a pair of crisp new bedsheets the gift of the peo ple of Winchester in apprecia tion for the generosity of the villagers of Hemroulle. In addition more than 600 sheets were presented io the old people's home in Bastogne. All of the sheets were marked with the names of the Winches ter donors. Vernon Bull Files For State Senator Vernon D. Bull, La Grande, former state representative, fil ed today for the office of state senator from the 21st district Union and Wallowa counties. He is a democrat. Truman Tells Puerto Ricans He Favors Self Government San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 21 fl") President Truman told the people of Puerto Rico today that the appointment of an island born governor was just a step toward an "increasing measure of self-government." He greeted Gov. Jesus T. Pinero, his own appointee, and others gathered at San Juan's Island Grande airport In this fashion: "Freedom is a word which is found in every language. Equal ity means more than mere po litical emancipation. "I have said to the congress several times and I repeat it here that the Puerto Rican people should have the right to determine for themselves Puer to Rico's political relationship to the United States." The president's speech was made to a committee headed by Governor Pinero, gathered to welcome the fourth United States presidential visitor since it became an American posses sion in 1898. Washington, Feb. 21 W) A 30-day extension of rent con trols was agreed on today by senate and house republican leaders. The present controls are due to expire Feb. 29. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told re porters the senate will be asked to act late next week on a 30 day extension bill the house is expected to pass Tuesday. The extension would allow both chambers time to decide whether to continue controls, for how long and in what form. The senate now is debating a bill to continue controls 14 months with some changes from the present law. 14 Months Extension Chairman Wolcott (R-NJ) said his house banking committee will not consider until later the proposed 14-m o n t h extension bill. Taft said this may be ap proved by the senate Tuesday. Because of this, Taft said it will be necessary for the senate to act on the 30-day extension, proposed by the house. Taft said, however, that the senate will go ahead with the long-range measure in order to get it out of the way. Wolcott said the house group will hold several days of hear ings on the long-range measure before it acts. Senator Cain (R-Wash) said earlier that he may join oppon ents of a proposal to jail and fine rent control violators. Such a provision is included in the 14-month extension measure the senate is considering. Propose Jail Penalty Senator Cain headed a bank ing sub-committee which helped write the new rent bill. He was appointed to steer it through the senate. . I don't want a law without any enforcement teeth in it," he told reporters after listening to the first day of debate. "But if we are going to drop anything, I would be for drop ping the , criminal provision first." Steel Leaders Must Explain Washington, Feb. 21 .W- Top leaders of the steel indus try will be called before a joint congressional economic commit tee next Thursday to explain a general $5 a ton boost in steel prices. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said this decision was reached "una nimously" today at a closed ses sion of the senate-house econo mic committee of which he is chairman. "We voted to invite two or three typical steel leaders in here to explain the recent rise in steel prices," Taft told re porters. "It will be a prelimina ry discussion to decide if we want to go into this further." Taft said there had been "some discussion" of the boost in basic steel prices before the economic group today. He said the witnesses proba bly will be representatives of "U.S. Steel, little steel and the independents." Taft said the steel price in quiry will be open to the public. Earlier Senator Ball (R-Minn) had suggested that Attorney General Clark should look into the steel price boost. Linoleum Strike Settled Portland, Feb. 21 IP) The linoleum layers' strike was set tled today with an agreement for a 20-cent-an-hour wage increase. That brings the jour neymen scale to $1.95. About 115 AFL layers have been off the job since Jan. 1. A full schedule was arranged for President Truman, from the moment of his arrival here in the "Sacred Cow" from Key West, Fla. Tonight the presidential yacht Williamsburg is due to carry him to St. Thomas, in the Vir gin islands tomorrow for an of ficial visit with Gov. William H. Hastie, former Washington Ne gro law school dean, another of his appointees, and other high ranking officials. He will visit St. Croix Monday. It was Mr. Truman's sixth visit away from the United States mainland since taking of fice in April, 1945. He attended a "Big-Three" conference at Potsdam that year and visited Bermuda in 1946. He went to Mexico City, Ottawa and Rio de Janeiro last year. ' Prague, Ciechoslovakia, Feb. 21 (IP) President Eduard Benes refused today, for the time be ing at least, to accept the resig nations of anti-communist min isters in the national coalition government. The president left Prague for his country home at Lany with out announcing any action in the government crisis. Benes appeared to be holding fast against the communists' de mands that they be permitted to replace the eight ministers who sought to resign. The aim of the resignation is generally believed here to have been to force the communists to agree to an early election. Coalition Continues Before the president left, he conferred with communist Pre mier Klement Gottwald, who has demanded a reshuffling of both national and local govern ments. Speaking to thousands at a public rally, Gottwald in sisted that Benes should let him name a cabinet without the ministers of the three parties represented in the resignations. The national coalition gov ernment still exists technically. Benes' office said he had taken no action toward dissolving the constituent national -assembly or toward the calling of an elec tion of a new parliament. Gottwald spoke in the old town square. "We are prepared," and other slogans came from his hearers. Prepare for Coup Communist party officials said more than 200,000 follow ers massed in the square. For hours before the meeting began, men, women and children came by trolley and on foot. Big buses brought miners and fac tory workers from nearby towns. The demonstrators jeered the mention of the three anti-communist parties that quit the government over the issue of communist control of police. Gottwald called the eight ministers that resigned "agents of foreign reaction. He said they must not be allowed to re turn to the cabinet. The cabinet holds power from a constituent national assembly elected in May, 1946, when the communists polled the biggest vote. The assembly was set up to serve until a new constitu tion could be put into effect. Soviet Protest Rejected by U.S. Washington, Feb. 21 W) The United States today reject ed a Russian protest against a forthcoming American - British French meeting to organize the economy of western Germany, and blamed Russian policies for making the step necessary. Undersecretary of State Rob ert Lovett sent a note to Soviet Ambassador Alexander Pany ushkin declaring that "the fail ure of the Soviet government td observe the principles of econo mic unity in Germany "impels the other three powers" to or ganize the German economy in the interests of both German and European recovery. The note was worded with un usual bluntness. Lovett told Panyushkin flatly that Russia's protest against the three power meeting which op ens in London Monday "can on ly be construed as an effort to shift the responsibility incurred by the Soviet government itself for the present division of Ger many." Russia has protested that the three power talks on Germany would violate the Potsdam agreement. Russia interprets that as requiring all German nation al problems to be handled joint ly by all four of the occupying powers. Russia has said that it would regard as unacceptable any deci sions reached by the London conference. Californians Warned Of Food Shortage San Francisco, Feb. 21 W) California, outranked only by Iowa in total farm income, may not grow enough to feed itself by 1960, President Ray B. Wis er of the State Farm Bureau federation predicts. The reason, he told the an nual hop growers convention yesterday, is that the popula tion is growing faster than the crops. "Our population is increas ing so rapidly that !n the 1960s California will become the number one state," Wiser said. "With the shortage of water that has developed in late years it Is evident that California can not remain self-sufficient."
