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Ford Rejects CIO West German
Decision to Ship
Isotopes to Russian
Borderlands Protested
Nationalist Forces
Said on Verge of
Abandoning City
Vishinsky Includes All
Of Germany and
Ruhr Valley
Terms But Asks
Police to Seize
Wuhinfton, May 24 WW The
Atomic Energy commission'!
own security officer filched two
ban of uranium from the Han
ford, Wash., atomic plant and
kept them for months without
detection.
This itory of a test of security
loopholes was given today to a
senate appropriations subcom
mittee. The senators also were
told that an AEC decision last
fall in favor of shipping isotopes
radioactive matter to coun
tries around the perimeter of
Russia was taken over the ob
jections of one member.
The commissioner who object
ed because he was "apprehen
sive" on security grounds was
Lewis Strauss.
. LUienthal Explains
AEC Chairman David LUien
thal said the other four commis
sioners voted to permit the ex
ports after scientists said unani
mously that they could not be
used in attempts to develop the
atom bomb.
LUienthal appealed to the
committee not to let the ques
tion of foreign shipment of iso
topes get to the point of "en
dangering public fear."
He suggested that Dr. James
B. Conant. president of Harvard
university, and other scientists
on an AEC advisory committee
be called to testify.
LUienthal said that the advis
ory committee was unanimous in
its approval of sending the iso
topes abroad.
No Fissionable Stuff Shipped
LUienthal said the answer to
the Question of- whether any fis
sionable material from which
bombs are made has been ship
ped abroad is "a flat no "
Carroll L. WUson, commission
general manager, related the
story of the Hanford plant test
which he said showed lack of
sufficient security protection. He
said steps had been taken to cor
rect this.
As detaUed by Wilson, the
tory was as follows:
. Rear Adm. John E. Gingrich,
former national security officer
for the commission, suggested the
test.
A Hanford security officer
identified only as Schumann
took two bars of uranium from
the plant and put them in the
security office safe. The disap
pearance of this material was not
noted by employes at Hanford
for some months.
Isotopes result when an ele
ment such as phosphorous, io
dine, or copper, for instance is
subjected to atomic bombard
ment. ' They are used in various
field of research.
Newsoaoer
For Richland
Seattle, May 24 VP) The
Atomic Energy commission has
been asked by the Allied Dally
Newspapers of Washington that
the atomic city of Richland be
opened "to any loyal American
to establish a newspaper . . , 01
any business institution he de
sires." The recommendation and an
ADNW resolution was sent to
Sumner T. Pike, commission
member, at Washington, D. C.
The resolution was based on
the association's information that
it is the commission's plan to
"establish or cause to be estab
lished a newspaper in Richland,
or to permit but one newspaper
to be established there, under
. the favor of the commission or
its agent."
Such a procedure, the resolu
tion states, is regarded by the
newspapers of the state as a vio
lation of the right of freedom of
the press, "and a flagrant trans
gression of the whole basis of
the American concept of free
dom and democratic institu
tions." The resolution was adopted at
a May 13 meeting. The letter,
signed by Lew Selvidge, execu
tive secretary, stated that the as
sociation represents more than
98 percent of the state's daUy
newspaper circulation.
At Richland, a representative
of the General Electric compa
ny, contractor for the Atomic
Energy commission, announced
yesterday that Invitations were
being extended to newspaper
publishers to build and equip
their own plants and operate
newspapers there. Sealed bids
will be opened July 12.
Leap to Freedom Paid
New York, May 24 MV-Mrs.
Oskana Kasenklna'a dramatic
leap to freedom from the Soviet
consulate here has won her not
only political asylum but a lot
of cash as well. The Russian ex
school teacher, who never had
a great deal of money before,
has netted S45.000 in less than
year through sale of her syn
dicated stories here and abroad,
she revealed yesterday. ,
Arbitration
Detroit. May 24 Wuz-The Ford
Motor company today rejected
term of a union proposal for ar
bitration of key issues In the 20-
day-old Ford strike. But the
company asked the union for
further meetings to work out a
satisfactory plan for arbitration.
Ford Vice President John S.
Bugas said company officials
were "partlcluarly gratified"
that the union had agreed to ar
bitration.
Ask New Meeting
However he added: .
"We are not In agreement that
you have properly stated the
question to be submitted to a
competent third party, and there
fore suggest that you meet with
us tomorrow to discuss your let
ter and it implications."
Bugas' reply was sent to Pres
ident Walter Reuther of the CIO
United Auto Workers, who made
the proposal late last night. -
Company-union agreement on
arbitration procedure would be
a big step toward settling the
May 5 strike which has idled
106,000 Ford workers and thou
sands employed by supplier
firms.
Under Reuther's peace feeler,
only the issue of allocation of
manpower on disputed assembly
lines would be given to the ar
bitrator. Other so-called minor
issues would be settled by ne
gotiation and a back-to-work
movement would foUow.
Genuine Arbitration"
Reuther had described his
five-page letter to Bugas as i
genuine arbitration proposal.
He made no immediate com
ment on the Ford reply.
Since prior to the start of the
strike May S, the company has
insisted that the dispute was a
problem for arbitration.
The UAW's proposal dwelt on
the matter of "100 percent of
production standards."
The dispute bears on the speed
of the Ford assembly lines and
relates to "work standards" and
proper manpower.
Eisler Hearing
Set on Friday
Londan, May 24 W) An ex
tradition hearing for Fugitive
Communist Gerhart Eisler was
postponed today untU Friday
at the request of the United
States.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary
Chuter Ede sent the U. S. requi
sition for Eisler to the Row
street court with "an order to
proceed," a home office source
reported. The informant declin
cd to say whether this meant
Ede had decided Eisler is not,
as he claims, a political refugee.
Britain considers political ref
ugees exempt from extradition
under the Anglo-American treat-
ty of 1870. Ede told the house
of commons last week he would
halt extradition proceedings if
he reached a conclusion that
Eisler was a genuine political
refugee.
The communist leader who
fled the United States while un
der sentence on two criminal
convictions was brought into
London's Bow street magistrate's
court today for a hearing on a
U, S. request that he be return
ed to America.
But F. Graham Maw, British
lawyer representing the Ameri
can embassy at the hearing, said
the United States needed more
time to prepare the case against
Eisler.
Salem, Mill City Airports
Problems Put Up to Morse
Airports continue to hold local interest with W. M. (JacK)
Bartlett, director of the state board of aeronautics, to confer with
U. S. Senator Wayne Morse In Washington, D. C, relative to
installation of landing lights at McNary field and also to present
the problem of the Davis airport at Mill City to the CAB if
necessary.
Bartlett is a member of the
Oregon tour party on flight be
tween Portland, Ore., and Port
land. Me. The tour party will
be entertained at dinner by Sen
ator Morse at the Sutler hotel
in Washington next Monday.
Problems of the airport at
Mill City were outlined for Sen
ator Morse in a letter over the
signature of Bob Veness, secre
tary of the Mill City Chamber of
Commerce, foUowing a confer
ence here Monday with Clay
Cochran, manager ot the Salem
Chamber of Commerce. Also
here in the Interests of the Mill
City airport were Byron Davis,
owner of the port, and Ted Gal
braith, who will become mana
ger. It was pointed out in the let
ter that a simple solution is the
moving of the power Una about
Stations Control
Berlin, May 24 W) The west
era allies took over control of
all western Berlin railway sta
tions today after ordering out
the communist-employed rail
way police.
Brig. Gen. Prank L. Howley,
American commandant in Ber
lin, announced that he is order
ing west German police to seize
control of aU elevated stations
in the American sector of the
city.
British and French authorities
made similar announcements.
The three western miliary gov
ernments acted after clashes be
tween the Soviet railway police
and communist strike-breakers
on one hand and striking non
communist railway workers on
the other had taken a toU of
three dead and 1,500 injured.
Reds Shoot into Crowds
'I won't stand by while So
viet railway police shopt into
crowds in the American sector
and forcibly take prisoners to
the east sector who will be tried
there and perhaps sentenced to
death," Howley told the United
Press.
Even as Howley spoke, west
ern sector police were swinging
into action. Shortly after 4
p.m. (10 a.m. EDT) a British
officer ordered east sector po
lice out of the Grunewald sta
tion. Forty Soviet-controlled
railway police left without a
fight and 200 British sector po
police moved in.
Grunewald Station Seized
ihe Grunewald station was
the eighth that British-control
led police had taken over since
midnight. During the early
morning, however, the British
were acting at individual sta
tions as trouble threatened.
The strikers are demanding
that the Soviet-controlled rail
way administration pay them in
western marks, which are worth
four times as much as the east
ern marks.
Charlottenburg station in the
British sector was seized two
days ago and two more, Zoo and
West Kreuz stations, were seiz
ed last night after communists
fired into an attacking force of
strikers and killed two.
The attack occurred at Zoo
station. British authorities or
dered the communist railway
guards out and sent in their own
German police. Then a mob of
2000 began forming for an at
tack on West Kreuz station.
Bids Asked on
Eugene Bridge
The state highway commission
today called for bids on con
struction of the Ferry street
bridge over the Willamette ri
ver on Coburg road in Eugene
The two-span continuous steel
truss bridge will total 442 feet
in length with seven reinforced
concrete approach spans with a
total length of 354 feet.
The job, said the highway
commission, will require about
620 cubic yards of excavation;
1.875 feet of steel foundation
piles; 2,200 cubic yards of con
crete; 400,000 pounds of metal
reinforcement; 300,000 pounds
of structural carbon steel; 850,
000 pounds of structural low
alloy steel, and 1,605 feet of
metal handrail.
Sealed bids on the project
will be received by the highway
commission at the Imperial ho
tel in Portland at 9:00 a.m., day
light saving time, Tuesday,
June 28.
half a mile diagonally beyond
the airport and that no new or
more line is necessary. Present
plans call for a 90-foot tower
at the east edge of the airport,
making it unoperative for all
but the smallest planes and dan
gerous for these.
W. E. Tronnersheunen, Eu
gene, managers of the southwest
district for the Bonneville pow
er administration, was unable to
meet with Mill City officials
Monday but is expected there
today to confer with Mayor H.
D. Kllever relative to the situa
tion. The Edgar Keizer interests,
through Consolidated Builders,
Ins., in charge of construction
of the Detroit dam, expect to
base three aircraft at the Davis
airport during the construction
period.
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Autos lossed by Tornado Two wrecked autos lie amidst
rubble after they were tossed 200 feet across highway (back
ground) by a tornado that ripped through Cape Girardeau,
Mo. F. D. Shoulders (center), who was working in a res
taurant which was demolished, owns the auto at left. The
car was parked outside when the twister struck. Shoulders
escaped with head injuries. (AP Wirephoto)
7 Canneries Processing
Big Strawberry Crop
With the harvest of the WUlamette valley's strawberry crop,
one of Salem's richest industries,
for their annual spring-and-summer operation period.
Seven nf the city's major canneries are now engaged in can
ning strawberries. Kelly Farquhar, which started processing
Berry Pickers'
Wages Agreed
Strawberry pickers will re
ceive a picking price ot J'i
cents a pound plus a half-cent
hnnus if they work the season
growers agreed at a. meeting in
the state library nere monaay.
Warm sunshine Monday
boosted the demand for straw
berry Dickers, and brought I
new proposal to make use of
daylight saving time for extra
labor.
The Salem office of the state
employment service said 15U
more pickers than appeared
could have been used Monday.
During the day orders were re
ceived for 300 more pickers.
The Salem office reported that
growers will meet pickers at the
Salem office between 6 and
6:30 a.m. each morning. Pickers
who want to drive to the fields
may get assignments by calling
the office.
W. H. Baillie, manager of the
office, said at least one grower
was interested in having persons
come out in the late afternoon
for three or four hours of pick
ing. Other growers and poten
tial pickers were asked to call
:he employment office in regard
to picking from about 4 p.m
daylight time.
State Labor Commissioner W.
E. Kimsey said the 3Mt cent
picking price with the bonus for
workers lasting the season, is
about the same as the starting
figure last year.
Meanwhile, the Salem Agri
cultural Housing, Inc., opened
its camp for migratory farm la
bor Monday near the airport.
Several families had signed in
by today. The camp has a
pacity of some 500 persons.
Vote 435 New
Post Offices
Washington, May 24 IIP) A
senate-house committee put fin
ishing touches today on a bill
looking toward a new post office
or the "equivalent in each
of the 435 congressional dis
tricts. The bill breezed through the
house late yesterday with only
scattered opposition from law
makers who termed it a "boon
doggling" plan.
It authorizes acquisition of
sites and advance planning on
federal building projects, and a
$30,000,000 program of repair
and renovation for present
buildings.
Passed by the senate in
March, the bill's approval by
the house sent It to a committee
oi senators and representatives
to have minor differences iron
ed out.
.The house authorized appro
priation of $40,000,000 for selec
tion of sites by the federal works
administrator and the postmas
ter general one to each con
gressional district.
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the canneries are opening up
v inursaay, was me nrsi 10 open.
United Growers and Produc-
ers Cooperative began Saturday,
with Hunt Brothers and Reid
Murdoch opening up Monday.
Blue Lake Packers in West Sa
lem started its strawberry can
ning line moving Tuesday morn
ing. Paulus Brothers cannery,
which has been receiving berries
for two days, will begin process
ing Wednesday.
The flow of berries from the
fields to the canneries is expect
ed to gradually increase during
the next few days. Gooseberries
are being handled by two can
neries. Caneberries are due to
start coming in when the straw
berry harvest tapers off.
The local canning industry
will run at full throttle once the
peaches, prunes, cherries, etc.
open their harvests. There will
be little letup between now and
fall, when the last bean, carrot
and potatoe is put in its can.
Though it is too early to es
tablish a detailed estimate of
each crop, most canners agree
that this season s volume will be
heavy.
Canning crews are relatively
small now to what they will be
during the peak of the season in
August, when the canning seas
on of several fruits and vegeta
bles overlap. Most canneries
have contracted for enough var
iety of fruits and vegetables to
stay in operation nearly every
day all summer.
Extensive remodeling and ad
dition of equipment is reported
by Kelly Farquhar. Other im
provements in Salem canneries
include the enlargement of the
bean line and improvement of
the strawberry line at Blue
Lake, an increase of corn equip
ment at Hunt Brothers, new
bean machinery at Paulus Broth
ers. and a new automatic syrup
and filling machine on United
Growers strawberry line.
CIO Officials Fire
Rubber Union Boss
Philadelphia, May 24 IIP) L.
S. Buckmaster was suspended in
definitely today as president of
the CIO's 180,000-member Unit
ed Rubber Workers union.
Action to remove him from of
fice was taken by the 13 other
members of the union' general
executive board during a month
long trial here.
He was cited for five counts
of malfeasance in office.
The deposed president may
appeal the executive board de
cision at the union's next con
vention in Toronto In Septem
ber. Contacted at Chicago, Buck
master said he hasn't yet receiv
ed official confirmation of the
order but declared "the whole
trial was conducted In an un
fair manner" and "the decision
was not based on the facts or
union law."
Hunger Strike for Food
Copenhagen, Denmark, May
24 A hundred enlisted men
at Vordintborg barracks, south
crn Sjaclland, have gone on i
hunger strike. Their complain:
They don t get enough food.
Rent Control
End Demanded
A demand for the decontrol
of rents in Salem, West Salem
and the entire Marion county
rent control area was made at
the city council meeting Mon
day night by the Salem Realty
board and the Home and Prop
erty Owners' association.
Identical c o m m u n ications
from the two organizations were
signed by their respective pres
idents, Burt Picha and J. H.
Ulrich.
Proceeding under provisions
of the 1949 rent control act,
they ask that the city council
call public hearing, after 10
days' notice has been given, to
determine whether there is such
a shortage in rental housing as
to require rent control.
The letters, which were refer
red to City Attorney Chris J
Kowitz for investigation as to
regularity, demand flatly that
control by the federal housing
and, rent act of 1949 be terminat
ed.'
It asks that the resolution of
the city council be sent to the
governor for his approval, and
if approved by him, that it be
sent to the federal housing ex
pediter with the request that
control be ended in this area.
Another matter relative to
housing was a recommendation
from the Salem Housing author
ity that a survey be made to
determine whether public hous
ing in Salem is any longer nec
essary. The authority has con
trol of the veterans' housing
project.
Elmer M. Amundson, secre
tary of the authority, told the
council that if the project is to
be continued for any length of
time it may be necessary to
acquire the property, which is
owned by the Otto Klett estate.
Make Full Payment
On Parking Meters
Final payment on parking me
ters installed in September,
1947, had been made by the city
of Salem today. The final pay
ment was $1656.03.
The total paid the Park-O-Mcter
company was $83,789.50
The first take from the meters
was September 12, 1947.
The city had previously in
stalled a manual type of meter,
which did not prove satisfac
tory. They were removed by an
order of October 25, 1947, after
the city had paid that company
$29,614.41.
The 1.100 meters in the city
are producing around $100,000
a year.
Increased Bus Fares Asked
In Salem by Transit Lines
More revenue in proportion
close the operation entirely, was
street bus service when the city council was asked Monday night
to authorize an increase in fares.
Carl Wendt, for the City Transit Lines, asked the council to
authorize a straight 10-cent fare,
and the council directed the city
attorney to draw up the neces
sary ordinance bill for introduc
tion at the next meeting, when
it probably will be given three
readings and voted on.
The present fare is 10 cents,
or three fares for 25 cents. The
company requests elimination
of the three-for-a-quarter fares.
School fares would remain as at
present.
Wendt said that for the last
two years the Salem operation
has been carried by the Eugene
operation. That can no longer
be done, he said, because the
Eugene lines are merely break
ing even. In the first three
month of this year, he said, the
Salem line lost $12,050, and in
Shanghai, May 24 W The
Communists smashed almost into
Shanghai today. At nightfall ev
idence mounted that Nationalists
forces were on the verge of aban
doning the city.
The hardest Red blows were
directed at the southwestern sec
tion, where the Red drive pulled
up at the famed 35 mile wooden
fence a smash that carried the
Reds through Shanghai's defens
es there in some spots.
Vessels were sunk deliberate
ly in the Whangpoo. Shanghai's
shipping lifeline. The channel
to the Yangtze was blocked, a
move likely to be made as a last
resort before the Nationalists
pulled out
Headed for Woosung
Troops in large numbers seem
ed to be heading for Woosung.
logical point to board outward
bound ships.
(A Canton dispatch quoted a
Chinese flier from Lunghwa as
saying he saw a large concen
tration of Chinese ships this
morning near Woosung.)
Shanghai was rife with rum
ors. One said the Reds were in
the old French concession. But
at 4 p.m. I visited the defenses
on Hungjao road, other city en
trances along the railroad and
Lunghwa airfield. The whole arc
was a scene of crowded confu
sion. But Nationalist defenses,
while battered, had not broken.
The Reds definitely were not in
side Shanghai.
Populace Fleeing City
Roads Into the city were
thronged with board-faced coun
try people. They carried their
farm tools, household belongings
and in some cases half formed
vegetables they had grabbed as
they fled. This may be the only
food for some.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column g)
Morse for Unity
In Arms Buying
Washington, May 24 W A
merger of army, navy and air
force buying was demanded to
day by Senator Morse (R.-Ore.)
to cover what he called "a big
loophole" in a new armed serv
ice unity bill before the senate.
Morse is the sole opponent of
the measure among 13 armed
service committee members. He
said he would offer an amend
ment requiring the three mili
tary branches to get together on
their purchases.
'There won t be any real uni
fication until there is unifica
tion in procurement," he de
clared in an interview.
Morse said that the "econom
ic pressure" of those who pre
fer to have the three services
bidding against each other on
some items has kept out of the
pending bill any provision of
the kind he wants.
While Chairman Tydings (D.
Md.) said Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson had put "a No.
1 priority" stamp on the legis
lation, Morse said Johnson ad
mitted in a closed committee
session that even greater savings
would be possible under some
conditions.
The Oregon senator said he
also will propose that the civil
ian heads of the three branches
be called assistant secretaries of
defense, instead of secretaries
of the army, navy and air force.
Gen. Meyers Perjury
Case Dismissed
Washington, May 24 IIP) The
government has dropped its per
jury charges against former Maj
Gen. Bennett E. Meyers.
The wartime air force pur
chasing officer, now serving 15
months to five years for induc
ing another man to commit per
jury, still faces an additional
charge of income tax evasion.
to service given the public, or
pictured as the plight of Salem's
the first four months $17,000.
The loss in 1948 was $22,000, he
said.
Increase in fares is not the
only relief that will be asked,
Wendt said.
"It will just about meet our
problem half way," he said
"We've got to get some relief
on the suburban service, and cut
the service inside the city to
some extent."
He said 30-mlnutc service
would no longer be possible on
the Madison, Mill and Leslie
street lines.
Went said the main cause for
the situation is increased use of
automobiles and parking per
mitted on tht business streets.
Paris, May 24 VP) Russia
called today for restoration of
four-power control throughout
Germany and establishment of
a German state council with eco
nomic and administrative func
tions.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Y. Vishinsky, in a long
statement to the council of for
eign ministers, also proposed
that the industrial Ruhr valley
be placed under control of the
Big Four and countries border
ing Germany.
Vishinsky named the three
Benelux countries Belgium,
The Netherlands and Luxem
bourg plus Poland and Czecho
slovakia and representatives of
German economic bodies for a
Ruhr control.
A British source said the Unit
ed States opposed all Vishin
sky's proposals.
The Russian proposals, if ac
cepted as Vishinsky advanced
them, would wipe out the west
ern German state just formed at
Bonn.
U. S. Secretary of State Ache
son termed the long-awaited
statement of Vishinsky "disap
pointing." Berlin Included
The Soviet minister also ask
ed reintroduction of a four-power
control system in Berlin.
He said a German state coun
cil ought to function under the
allied control council. The al
lied council, first set up in 1945
under the Potsdam agreement.
expired at the height of the Ber
lin crisis last year, when the
Russians walked out.
Vishinsky's policy statement
came after British Foreign Sec
retary Ernest Bevln, presiding at
today's meeting of the council,
called on him for a statement
of Russia's position on the issue
of Germany's political and eco
nomic unity, French source i
said.
Potsdam Pact Cited 1
A council source said Vishin
sky began his address by accus
ing the western power of de
parting from the principle laid
down in the Potsdam pact. He
then went on to express Rus
sia's continued interest in the
future of the Ruhr. The west
has worked out an international
control plan for the industrial
valley, excluding Russia.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 7)
Hero's Funeral
For Forrestal
Washington, May 24 OT)
James V. Forrestal, who com
mitted suicide early Sunday
morning, will be given a hero'
burial tomorrow with members
of President Truman' cabinet
as pall bearers.
The list of mourners will be
headed by Mr. Truman, who
said the former defense secre
tary was "as truly a casualty of
war as if he had died on the
firing line."
Forrestal's traRlc leap from
the 18th floor of Bethesda naval
hospital came at a time when
doctors recorded that he was
recovering from a breakdown
caused by overwork in public
service.
The funeral service will be
held tomorrow morning at 10
a. m. (EST) in the memorial
amphitheater in Arlington na
tional cemetery.
The president and Mrs. Tru
man will attend together, the
White House said today.
Burial will be in the same
cemetery, where rest the Un
known Soldier and thousands of
America's dead of two World
Wars.
A 19-gun salute, followed by
taps, will be heard as the cas
ket is lowered, but the service
otherwise will be simple, in ac
cordance with Mrs. Forrestal's
wishes.
The casket, covered with
blanket of flowers from Mr.
Truman and the cabinet mem
bers, will be brought from the
hospital in a hearse to the gat
of Arlington. There it will be
transferred to a horse-drawn
caisson and escorted to the am
phitheater by detachment of
soldiers, sailors, airmen and
marines.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast tor Salem and Vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday morning, becoming
lair In afternoon. Slightly warm
er Wednesday. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight, 60 de
grees: highest Wednesday, S3
Conditions will be favorable (or
arm work. Maximum yesterday
75. Minimum today 4a. Mean
temperature yesterday 63 which
was 4 above normal. Total 34
hour precipitation to 11:30 am
today 0. Total precipitation for
the month 3.07 Inches which li
.43 of an Inch above normal
Willamette river height at Sa
lem Tuesday momlng, 1.8 feet.