Probe of B-36
Program Sought .
Capital jfcjJonup
Drive (or Low
Cost Housing
Trail Cold on
Search for Two
1
By Committee
(14 Pages) Price 5c I Gains Support
Missing Convicts
100 Armed Possemen
Make House-ro-Hpuse
Canvass
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, May 31, 1949
o isr i ear, iiu. 11 muur anam. oimi
Diversion of
West Refuses
House Group Votes
Unanimously for
Investigation
Congressmen Join in
Effort- to Aid Middle
Income Group
Columbia Water To Receive Reds
Washington, May SI, W) The
House Armed Service! commit
tee authorised unanimously
"searching Investigation" of the
air force'! B-S bomber pro-
rim,
The commute, asked the house ;
to carry out the investigation.
Chairman Carl Vinson, D. Ga.,
aid the inquiry will cover not
only the procurement and per
formance of t h e controversial
ix-engined bomber, but also
will go into the whole air force
concept of strategic bombing.
"We will let the chips fall
where they will," Vinson said.
No Whitewash
"This will be no whitewash in
vestigation. We will find guil
ty anyone who ought to be found
guilty. We will exonerate any
one who has been wrongfully
charged."
The committee went into act
ion aa result of charges of irreg
ularities in the purchase of the
B-36. The plane is manufactur
ed by Consolidated Vultee Air
craft corporation, of which De
fense Secretary Louis Johnson
formerly was a director.
Ugly Rumors
Rep. James E. Van Zandt. R.,
Pa., a member of the committee
and a naval reserve officer, told
the House last week that "ugly"
rumors about the B-36 involved
not only Johnson, but Air Force
Secretary W. Stuart Symington
and Floyd Odium, who control
Consolidated Vultee.
Vinson said the committee
will have "nothing to hide and
nobody to protect" in its inves
tigation of these rumors.
He said the public is entitled
to know whether there is
grounds for the charges.
Both Johnson and Symington
have denied any irregularities
in the B-36 program. Syming
ton aaid the stories about h 1 m
were false and that he welcom
ed a chance to prove them so.
The committee voted 22 to 0
in support of the authorization.
Ford Calls for
20,000 Workers
Detroit, May 31 (U.B The
Ford Motor' company called
nearly 20,000 employes back to
work today following settlement
of a 25-day strike.
Some 16.000 employes return
ed to their jobs at the huge
Rouge plant and 1,200 went back
to the Lincoln and Mercury
plant while union representa
tives met with Ford officials
to select an arbitrator for the
"speedup" issue which started
the strike May. 5.
Additional workers will be re
called daily until all of Ford's
106,000 employes are back at
their jobs in 33 manufacturing
and assembly plants. Full em
ployment is expected within two
weeks.
The strike, which was settled
Sunday, cost Ford an estimated
83,000 vehicles and put the com
pany far behind in its produc
tion race with General Motors
The company's chances of mak
ing up its production losses were
threatened by the possibility of
another strike when the Ford
contract with the CIO united
auto workers expires July IS.
The first discussions on the
UAW contract demands have
been set tentatively for tomor
row. The union is asking a $100
a month pension, a medical care
plan, and a fourth round cost-of-living
wage increase. The com
pany has already indicated it
will resist those demands.
Accused of Theft
Of 80 Lbs. Peanuts
The ease of the purloined
peanuts 80 pounds of the
goobers reached district court
Tuesday when two men were
arraigned on larceny charges.
The pair, Lester E. Johnson
of Oregon City, and Edward
Heide, Molalla, pleaded Inno
cent to charges of stealing the
80-pound sack of peanuts and
tools from an automobile.
Preliminary examination on
the charges will be held on June
15. Bail for each of the men
was set at S750,
100-Year GAR Vet
Is Guest of Honor
Portland. Ore.. May 31 B
Theodore A. Penland 100-year-old
commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic
was guest of honor yrsterday at
a memorial to Portland's war
dead.
The service was held against
the grim background nf the eity'o
honor roll of World War IX
To South Probed
Washington, May SI The
- '
Columbia to the Colorado river
is expected to come up this week
before a congressional commit
tee. The senate public works com
mittee renews today its hearings
on the administration proposal
to set up a Columbia valley ad
ministration in the northwest
states to take over the work now
being done by army engineers
and the reclamation bureau.
Senator Kerr (D-Okla) insist
ed Friday that Maj. Gen. Lewis
A. Pick, chief of army engineers,
answer if such a transfer of wa
ter ever would be feasible.
Survey Needed
Pick said he could not answer
until after surveys have been
made of the proposal to bring
water from the Pacific north
west to the C o 1 o r a d o on the
western slopes of the Rocky
mountains.
Kerr was expected to renew
his question today when Michael
W. Straus, reclamation commis
sion, explains to the committee
the work of the bureau in the
Columbia basin.
(Concluded en Para , Column 8)
First Ship Due
In Shanghai
Shanghai, May 31 nj.R)The
first foreign vessele to reach
Shanghai since the communist
occupation was scheduled to ar
rive tomorrow, marking renew
al of Shanghai's shipping serv
ice with the outside world.
The vessel is the Dutch ship
Molenkerk of the Royal Inter-
Ocean lines, coming from Kor
ean ports with a mixed cargo.
Permission for the Molenkerk to
dock at Shanghai was granted
by the communist military con
trol commission which was set
up to govern the city.
Officials of the American
President lines also have sub
mitted requests .to communist
authorities for permission to
bring in two of their vessels,
the liners President Madison
and President Polk. Both are
due here around June 9 if per
mission is granted.
Shanghai rapidly was return
ing to normal, with the commun
ists continuing to take over gov
ernment offices and enterprises.
Most shops, including four large
department stores reopened to
day. Forty-eight textile mills
have resumed operations and
most schools are open.
in taking over the national
resources commission yesterday,
Communist Commander Chen
Yi, who has been named admin
istrator of Shanghai, predicted
the early communist occupation
of all China.
U. 5. Consulate in
Mukden to Close
Nanking, May 31 (Pi The U
S. consulate in communist held
Mukden may be closed.
Authoritative sources here to
day said the communist govern
ment in Peiping had been ad
vised of this proposed step. The
Reds were asked, this source
said, to help in evacuating Am
erican consulate personnel from
the Manchurian city.
The consulate has been out
of communication since Nov. 18
Freeze Cuts Strawberry-
Gooseberry Crops by Half
Local fruit nrnpesKOrt hnve linfavnrahl rnnrli lha mmrlimr
stages of the 1949 fruit season
high as possibly 50 per cent to the strawberry crop and the goose
berry crop one of very small acreage this year being in short
supply.
The strawberry loss is main-
ly result of freeze damage caus
ing what are known in the par
lance of the industry as "monkey
faces." coupled with root dam
age from weevil Infestation. So
heavy is it in instances, more
particularly the freeze damage
that some growers reportedly
hve discontinued picking and
told folks to help themselves
They have found dockage losses
because of damaged fruit too
heavy and the cost of the pro
cessor in the same instance is
very high In an attempt to sort
the fruit.
The "monkey face" condition
results from freeze damage
which causes a seedy crease in
the fruit when past the bloom
ing stage and as the berry ma
tures the crease enlarges leav-
Ins nn th mirim tl lha fruit -
sm.ll rtDlic. of monkev f.in th looseberry acrM
state the processors. Thii re
sulu in a lumpy condition which'
From Berlin
Paris, May SI m The west.
era powers voted down today
Russia's proposal to Invite a del
egation from the communist
dominated German people's
congress to appear before the
foreign ministers council,
French sources reported.
Soviet Minister Andrei V.
Vishinsky made the proposal
during a two and a half-hour
speech in which, once again, he
denounced the west German
state established in the Ameri
can, British and French zones
of Germany.
In anticipation of Vishinsky's
request to the council, the peo
ple's congress of Soviet-occupied
Germany yesterday had named
a 22-man delegation which was
to present a case to the foreign
ministers.
Held Not Representative
In turn, U.S. Secretary of
State Acheson, British Foreign
Secretary Bevin and French
Foreign Minister Schuman op
posed Vishinsky's request. They
contended the peoples congress
is not really representative of
all Germany, as it claims to be.
French officials observed that
if the east Germans were invit
ed here, the west Germans
would have to have an equal
chance. This, he said, would
turn the present conference of
allied victors into a debate be
tween two sectors of the defeat
ed nation.
The French foreign ministers
had held up action on a request
of the east Germans for entry
visas, saying these would be
granted only if the delegation
were invited. Thus, the east Ger
mans will not be permitted to
come here at all.
No Reason to Come
"There is no reason for them
to come here now," the official
said.
(Concluded on Pafo 5, Column S)
Hiss Tried on
Perjury Charge
New York, May 31 (U.I!) The
government began today its at
tempt to prove that the most
publicized lie of 1948 was told
by Alger Hiss.
The bright young man who
sat behind the Late President
Roosevelt as adviser at Yalta in
1945 was to go on trial for
perjury in United States dis
trict court.
Court observers anticipated
the fast selection of a jury,
perhaps filling the box by the
end of today s session.
Hiss was charged with lying
when he testified that neither
he nor his wife ever had turned
over copies of secret state de
partment documents to an ad
mitted courier for a communist
spy ring.
The government needed two
witnesses, under federal court
rules, to prove its perjury
charge against the 44-year-old
former state department offi
cial who was secretary general
of the San Francisco conference
for the organization of the Unit
ed Nations. There were indica
tions that at least three maybe
more would be called.
Behind the case there loom
ed a pumpkin shell, the shadowy
movements of underground "ap
paratus figures in pre-war
Washington, and the strange
even weird, story of the relation
ship of two men.
get under way showing losses as
cannot be ediced eilh.r
from the frozen or canned fruit
and makes the berry so affect
ed unmerchantable.
It is said that the condition
was more pronounced on the
first picking and that the sec
ond picking has shown a ma
terial improvement but to what
extent has not been estimated.
The gooseberry pack is cut
down to a very small product.
It is stated. This is due both
to freeze damage and also pre
valence of worms and because
of low prices and high cost of
spraying the acreage prior to
this year has been materially
cut down and there would be a
small crop to begin with, even
if it was in good shape and un
scathed by freeze and pests
This year, it is said may result
be-
coming very near nil within n-
other season. j
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Manhunt Fans Out State, county and city police officers I" '-m j-n ' '
and prison guards formed this posse about to search a dense j X
thicket immediately south of Salem, likely hideout for John f 1
Pinson and William Benson, two dangerous criminals who es- I '
caped the penitentiary bull pen early Monday morning. j
Must Notify Union
Before Wage Boosting
Washington, May 31 A The supreme court held today that a
union must be notified before a wage boost can be granted during
contract talks unless the increase has been rejected by the union.
Specifically the tribunal held that a Georgia textile mill com
mitted an unfair labor practice
after contract talks with the ClOf-
Textile Workers union had be
come deadlocked.
The firm, Crompton-High-land
Mills, Inc., of Griffin, Ga.,
contended the increase was
necessary to keep a working
force in a highly competitive la
bor market.
Justice Burton delivered the
opinion, which was unanimous
on the principle issue involved.
Justices Douglas, Murphy and
Rutledge disagreed on a ques
tion of procedure.
Burton was joined in the ma
jority opinion by Chief Justice
Vinson and Justices Black, Reed,
Frankfurter and Jackson.
The increase at issue, ranged
from four to six cents an hour.
It was more than the union had
asked during the negotiations.
In other actions today the
court:
1. Held unanimously that the
OPA should not have used as
evidence against a businessman
information he volunteered dur
ing questioning by an investiga
tor for the wartime price con
trol agency. The case involved
a $470,000 fine and three-year
prison sentence given George
Smith a New York manufactur
er, on charges of illegal use of
textile-buying priorities. The
tribunal sent the case back to
lower courts In New York.
(Concluded on Pate 5, Column 4)
Woman Held
As Communist
Seattle. May 31 (Pi Mrs
Hazel Anne Wolfe, a lawyer's
secretary, was arrested today by
the immigration and naturaliza
tion service on xhargea of mem
bership in an organization
which advocates overthrow of
the government by force.
John P. Boyd, the service's
district director, said that Mrs.
Wolfe was taken into custody on
warrant issued by the office
of the commissioner of immigra
tion and naturalization at Wash
ington, DC.
Mrs. Wolfe, 51, is a Canadian
citizen, Boyd said. She was ar
rested at the office of Attorneyfran to a tree to hide
John Caughlan, where she has
been his secretary. She was
taken to the immigration sta
tion and held in $1,000 bond.
The warrant of arrest charged
Mrs. Wolfe with being a mem
ber of an organization which
distributes literature advocat
ing the overthrow of the U.S.
government by force and vio
lence, and that she is a member
of an organization which "ad
vocate and teaches" such over
throw. Boyd aaid that Mrs. Wolfe,
who is divorced, waa born in
Victoria, B.C.
THI WEATHER
Rlexpd by United States
Weather Bureau
ForerMt for Balem and Vicin
ity : Partly cloudy with scat
tered showers tonight and Wed
nesday sllirhUy warmer Wednes
dsy. Lowft temperature tonight
near 48 degrees, highest Wed
nesday near M decrees. Agricul
ture activities will hinder by
showers and fresh winds on Wed
neftdav. Maximum yetterday M.
Minimum today 49. Mean tem
perature yesterday M which was
4 below normal, Ttoal 24-hour
precipitation to 11:30 a m. today
.06. Total precipitation for the
montfl 2.17 which is .17 inches
aboe normal. Willamette river
hlffht at Salem Tuesday morn
Ins. 1 I feet.
because it raised wages 12 days
Call Lilienthal
To Face Charges
Washington. May 31 UP) Da
vid E. Lilienthal will be called
before the joint congressional
committee on atomic energy to
morrow tb meet the charges of
"incredible mismanagement" le
velled against the atomic energy
commission by Senator Hicken
looper (R-Iowa).
Chairman McMahon of the
joint committee made the an
nouncement after a two hour
closed door meeting of the com
mittee.
McMahon said he plans to
leave the questioning of Lilien
thal to Hickenlooper, the next
ranking member.
McMahon laid Hickenlooper
did not present any "bill of particulars"-
against Lilienthal to
the committee today. But he did
press his demand that he be per
mitted to confront the A EC
head, who yesterday accused
the Iowan of making "un-American"
and "smear" charges.
Hickenlooper promptly retor
'
ted that the charges
brought against Lilienthal
"competency" are not to be
tried out by newspaper bar
rages and self-praise or self-ser
ving declarations, but must he
examined in an orderly way."
He said he saw no need for
"histronics or theatrics.
Aly Khan and Bride
Off on Honeymoon
Cannes. France, May 31 Ci-
Prince Aly Khan and his bride,
Rita Hayworth, left here on
their honeymoon today in
soaking rain.
Prince Aly driving his grey
Alfa Romeo car, left the Chat
eau De L'Horizon with Rita.
Emry Williams, the chauffeur
was on the back aeat.
Associated Press photograph
er Jean Jacques Levy said that
Aly was in a bad mood. As soon
as they saw photographers Rita
"Get out of here," Aly Kahn
was quoted as saying to photog
raphers. "This is my home. If
you want to make pictures go on
the other aide of the bridge."
Williams said the prince and
his wife intended to make a non
stop drive to Paris where they
will arrive in about 10 hours.
$300 Worth Clothing
Stolen from Bishops
More than S.100 worth of
men's clothing was atolen from
Bishop's clothing store in a
burglary over the Memorial day
week-end which was discovered
Tuesday morning.
A complete list of the stolen
property will have to await an
inventory of merchandise.
The burglar gained access to
the store by smashing a hole in
a wrre-screen window at the
second story level at the rear of
the building. The bar lock of
the window was pried loose by
the burglar
A metal stairway which leads!" reported quiet today, how-
to the Chamber of Commerce 'vrT- wi,h rm' on ,he lrrt The strike originally broke
offices permitted the thief toito maintain order among the out at a mine owned by the Pa
reach the window. The store "r ikers. jtlno group, Bolivia ! largest tin
is located at 143 N. Liberty. I Acting President Mamerto L'r-1 combine.
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Escaped Convict: Above,
John O. Pinson, 31, lifer, gun
slayer of a state police officer
Below, William P. Benson, 43,
convicted of armed robbery
Both are being hunted by po
lice after a Memorial day es
cape from the Oregon prison.
Bradley Protests
Army Pay Cuts
Washington. May 21 Gen.
Omar N. Bradley, army chief of
staff, said today that unless ade
quate pay and opportunities are
available to promising young of
ficers there is danger that the
army will be led by "second
raters."
Bradley spoke out in protest
against what he called the fail
ure of the house to realize the
importance of pay raises for of
ficers as well as non-commissioned
officers and enlisted men.
He addressed the political study
group of Washington, a women s
group.
"Inferior inducements attract
.oecond rate men," said Bradley.
"Second rate men invite second
best security. In war there is no
second prize for the runner up."
State of Siege Rules Bolivia
As Miners Stage Revolt
La Paz. Bolivia. May 31 'Pi The government declared a slate
of siege throughout Bolivia last night as striking mine workers
seized more hostages and the walkout spread through the tin pro
ducing area.
Two more mines and a railroad were reported closed in the
strife-torn Catavia area high in- --. - i7.":
the Andes where at least 27 per
sons. Including two American
engineers, were killed
In
bloody week-end rioting.
The government communique
said
the action was taken be
cause "a state of civil war" had
been brought about by revolu
tionary outbreaks among the tin
mine workers. It blamed the
right wing nationalist revolu
tionary movement, a political
party opposed to the govern
ment. Reports from the tin mine area
said two more miners were killed
and six were wounded yesterday center government against un
in a strikers' attack on the police on, wnich It charges are affili
station at lluanuinl, site of one wjtn rightist, nationalistic
of the Patlno mines. The areas arouoa attemotim to start a re-
Washington, May 31 (Pi A
drive of undetermined strength
developed today behind legisla
tion for government encourage
ments to provide housing for
middle-Income families. Spon
sors describe these as families
with annual earnings of $2,500
to $4,000.
Rep. Hugh B. Mitchell (D..
Wash.) told newsmen that 21
house members are jointly sup
porting a bill that, with federal
loans, would help this income
group to get housing at payments
of not over $55 a month.
Neglected Groups
"This is the neglected group
in the housing picture." Mit
chell said. "It comprises over 30
percent of the population. Hous
ing offered by private builders
is beyond their means. The hous
ing bill now being pressed be
fore congress neglects them, too,
as it intends to aid the lowest
income groups.
The west coast member put
in a plug for - middle-income
housing as administration demo
crats threatened to force the ad
ministration's housing measure
out of the house rules commit
tee and bring a vote on the
house floor.
This multi-billion dollar bill.
already passed 57 to 13 by the
senate, calls for a vast program
of slum clearance, low-rent
housing and farm housing aids.
(Concludrd on Pace t. Column II
Boeing Union
Loses Rights
Washington, May 31 (U.RI The
U.S. court of appeals ruled to
day that a lodge of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists
forfeited all rights as a collec
tive bargaining agent at the
Boeing Airplane company. Seat
tie. Wash., by a 12-week strike
in 1948.
The appeals court ruled S to
0 that the union failed to file
notice of a dispute under the
Taft-Hartley law and violated a
no-strike clause of its contract.
Some 14,500 members of the
Aeronautical Industrial district
lodge No. 751 walked out of the
Boeing plant April 22. 1948. The
union at the time had been ne
gotiating for contract changes
for more than a year. But it
gave only a 24-hour notice of its
strike intention. The Taft-Hart
ley law. which went into effect
while negotiations were in prog
ress, requires 60-day notice of
termination of a contract and
: 30-day notice of a dispute.
Three days after the union
went on strike the company an
nounced that it would not deal
with the union as a collective
bargaining agent. It has contin
ued this position.
"The language of the act is
simple," said Judge George C.
Sweeney for the court, "and we
conclude that . . . the union was
not free to renounce its contract
unless it complied with the act.
There is no justification for ex
cusing this union from the oper
ation of the statute."
Suicides In Subway
New York. May 31 i1 A
young woman deliberately laid
her head on an indenendent
,ubway track in Brooklyn to
day, police reported, and was
decapitated by an on-rushing
10-car train. The woman was
tentatively identified as Doro
thy S. Klar, about 35, of Brook
lyn. riulHKUIIIfl, will, nau miu caiuci
the strike was aimed at over
throw of the government, an
nounced the imposition of a state
of siege.
He said the step was decided
on with cabinet approval as a
result of the "revolutionary acts"
by miners at Catavl.
The country had been in a
state of siege from May 1 to
May 20 as a result of political
disturbances after the May 1
congressional elections in which
the government party lost some
ground to rightist groups.
The topsy-turvy Bolivian situ
ation apparently pits the left-of
volt
By CHRIS KOWITZ, JR. .
Clues were still slim and the
trail was growing colder today
as 100 armed possemen contin
ued their local search for John
Pinson, 31, and William Benson,
43, two notorious convicta who
escaped from the Oregon state
penitentiary early Monday
morning.
City and state police, sheriff's
deputies, prison guards and a
host of volunteers are combin
ing efforts in an all-out effort
to locate the escapees. Some
members of the search party
have gone without sleep sine
the break was first reported at
1:10 a.m. Monday.
Check All Reports
Every possible clue as to the
whereabouts of Pinson and
Benson is being checked. All
reports of prowlers, strange
noises, open windows, dogs'
barking, etc., receive prompt at
tention from the gigantic search
party.
Searchers are scrutinizing
every freight train as it leaves
Salem . . . clotheslines are being
watched . . . fields, ditches,
barns, etc., are frequently exam
ined . . . police are stopping all
cars which appear "suspicious"
. . . 24 hours a day, the manhunt
80e on
A house-to-house canvass was
conducted along 25th street
Monday, following a report that
prints made by bare feet were
found along a creek running
alongside South 25th street.
Several crews of searchers,
each man armed with a gun
combed every open field and
clump of trees in and around
Salem Monday. Some men were
armed with high-powered rifles
for distance shots, and others
carried shotguns, which are very
adept at knocking down a man
who appears for only a split sec
ond. Together, about a dozen
men walked side by side, only
a few feet apart, through the
fields.
Ordered to Shoot
And nearly all the' men on
the manhunt agreed on one
point: "If you see 'em, shoot."
At noon today, there were
still no stolen cars reported in
(he Salem area since the tim
of the break.
Burglary of complete outfits
of clothing and luggage from
Bishop's men store Monday
night is thought by police to
have a bearing on the convict
case. Police believe it quite
feasible that the convicts them
selves broke into the store and
stole the goods.
Police are not overlooking
a single possibility. Any report
of any nature given to police is
being screened with the tnougnt
in mind that It may have some
connection with the two escap
ed criminals.
(Conrlodrd on Pc . Column 1)
Reaches 390
IS Unild Prej
Traffic crashes, drownings
and other accidents killed 390
persons during the Memorial
week-end a final United Press
count showed today.
Hishwav accidents killed '17
persons. Just two more deaths
than the national safety coun
cil had predicted in its pre-holi-day
warning to motorists. Nine
ty persons drowned and 83 oth
ers died in miscellaneous acci
dents. The loll of 30 deaths marked
a sharp decrease from the 1948
and 1947 tolls, but the number
of highway deaths was slightly
higher. Auto accidents Riuea
212 persons In 1948 and 206 in
1947.
California led the states In
casualties with 44 deaths, inclu
ding 30 on the highways. New
York was second with 27 deaths,
including 14 on the highways.
Texas had 24 deaths, six on the
highways. Uinois had 23 deaths,
including 19 on the highways.
Last year 453 persons died in
all types of accidents. In 1947,
the nation counted 482 dead but
that total included 103 killed in
disastrous airline crashes at La
Guardia Field, N.Y., and Havre
de Grace, Md.
Generally fair weather pre
vailed throughout the nation ex
cept for spotty showers In the)
midwest and south. A cloud"
burst at Thic' River Falls,
Minn., flooded the area under
7 'i inches of rain that poured
into basements and left shallow
lakes in fields.
Six Workmen Killed in
Paper Factory Explosion
Rome. May 31 Six work
men were killed and flvi wera
injured in an explosion and fir
in a paper factory yesterday at
Merate, near Como, dlspatchea
from there reported today. '