r6erlin Strikers
Promise to End
Railroad Tie-up r
American Command
Gets 'Fair Offer'
From Russians
Berlin, June 11 The Amer
ican command won a promise
tonight that anti-communist
workers will end their 22-day-old
strike against the soviet
controlled Berlin railway sys
tem tomorrow.
The strike would end on med
iation terms made by the Amer
icans and agreed to by the Rus
sians. Leaders of the rail union
(UGO) said they would formal
ly accent tomorrow the terms
laid down by Brig.-Gen. Frank
L. Howley.
Howley told them he had per
sonally negotiated with the so
viet military administration and
got a "fair offer.
Fourteen thousand
workers
are affected.
Howley maae nis oner uy
letter.
The letter said the four occu
pation powers, the soviet-controlled
Reichsbahn (railway)
and the West Berlin city govern
ment had agreed on meeting
'nearly 100 per cent the workers'
demands for payment of their
wages in west marks. West
Marks are worth nearly four
times as much as soviet-sponsored
east marks, in which the
workers now are paid.
Terms Offered
The Russians promised the
strikers 60 per cent of their pay
in west marks and a guarantee
of no reprisals for the walkout
which had the effect of renew
ing the Berlin blockade shortly
after it was lifted.
Brig. Gen. Frank Howley,
American commandant here,
disclosed the Russian offer. He
said he told the union in a letter
accompanying the overtures:
"You are emphatically asked
to give this agreement your sup
port and back it up. Under the
circumstances it would De ae-
sirable to put this agreement
Into effect as soon as possible.
Western officials at Paris lookJfor plates that occurs during the
for a new dramatic move by
Russia when the council of for
eign ministers reconvenes to
morrow.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Vishinsky had asked before
adjournment yesterday that no
meeting be held today. His west
ern colleagues agreed to the
Russia diplomat's cryptic re
quest.
A Russian press officer was
asked why Vishinsky wanted an
adjournment until Sunday af
ternoon. "He wanted the day off, that
is all." was the answer.
Western officials speculated
that Vishinsky, after consulting
with the Kremlin, might make a
move that could change the
course of the Paris conference.
Alabama Klan
On the Warpath
Birmingham, Ala., June 11 OP)
Hooded and robed men last
night beat a Birmingham white
woman and threatened to burn
her at the stake. Another group
of 16 carloads of hooded men
took charge of a cafe in a near
by town and threatened the
Dronrietor.
The cafe operator, a white
man, was warned to "keep those
niggers down."
About 20. some of them
armed, smashed their way into
the home of a 42-year-old wom
an. She said they struck her
and threatened to lash her and
burn her. They left a fiery
cross burning in the yard of her
home. In another incident, about
Kl6 carloads of hooded men pa
raaea inio vaie in nmc
mining town of Brookside and
threatened the cafe operator.
Mrs. Hugh McDanal, who
" lives on the Jasper highway
about five miles from the Bir
mingham city limits, said the
robed men invaded her home
about 10 p. m. The woman, who
recently underwent an opera
tion for a brain hemorrhage,
said she was struck twice on the
head. Her husband was away
from home at the time.
The men said the neighbors
had complained that her home
was being used to "bring men
and women together, and also
to sell whisky."
She denied the accusation.
In the other incident, about
16 carloads of hooded men
drove Into Brookside and en
tered the Morshlar cafe. The
men took Steve Marshlar, the
proprietor, into the rear, cursed
and threatened him and wreck
ed the back steps.
Republicans Ahead
In Clackamas
Oregon City, June 11 u.
Registered republicans in Clack
amas county currently outnum
ber democrats 17,477 to 16.930.
County Clerk Guy H. Pace
blamed the democrats' loss of
i leadership In the county on
Iwiilure of nearly 7000 residents
to keep their voters registra
tions current since the general
lection last November.
61st Year, No. 139
Applications for
New Type Auto
Licenses Open
By JAMES D. OLSON
Applications for 1950-61 mo
tor license plates under the new
staggered system, will be receiv
ed from now on with delivery of
the platea scheduled fpr, October
1, according to Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry.
Under the new plan, author
ized by the 1949 legislature, mo
tor licenses will expire through
out the year, instead of at the
end of January 31, as at pres
ent. Made by License Number
Determination of the fee to be
paid and the expiration date of
license plates for the individual
motor vehicle owner is made by
use of the present license plate
number and is outlined in a chart
prepared by the motor vehicle
division
Some motorists will purchase
plates that will not expire until
the earl months of 1991, and in
such cases the license plates is
sued will carry a 1951 insert nu
meral of 1950.
Cheaper After First Year
Under the increased mntnr vp.
hide fees the'motor licenses will
cost $10 a year in place of the
present fee of $5 but In getting
the staggered plan into effect no
motorist will pay exactly $10.
Some will pay more and some
less, but once the new plan is in
full operation the $10 feet will
be in vogue on all licenses issued
throughout the 12 months of the
year.
Carl Gabrielson, superintend
ent of the motor license division,
said that no appreciable savings
could be made in the first year
tne plan is in operation, but aft-
e" that a considerable sum could
be saved. In addition, the rush
last of December and early Jan
uary will be eliminated.
Lay Off 30,000
Railroad Men
New York, June 11 UP) With
the week-long mine shutdown
ordered by John L. Lewis sched
uled to start Monday, more than
30,000 eastern railroad workers
are due to be laid off.
Most of the railroad layoffs
will coincide generally with tne
dates of the mine shutdown
However, two railroads said i
general traffic decline has had a
hand in the planned furloughing
of workers.
The Pennsylvania railroad
said 15.000 workers would be
laid off because of the mine
shutdown order and a general
traffic decline.
The Reading railroad, which
will lay off 1,800 men, cited i
"12 per cent decrease in over
all traffic."
The big New York Central
system scheduled 5,475 layoffs
and the Louisville and Nashville
between 4000 and 5000.
Farm of 112 Acres
Gets No Takers
Klamath Falls, Ore., June 11
U.R A Tule lake land lottery
homestead went begging today
after the winner and several al
ternates turned it down.
A total of 86 homesteads were
passed out in a drawing, but one
112-acre site has found no tak
ers. The plot is south of Malin
at the edge of Tule lake basin
in northern California, the bur
eau of reclamation said.
Underground
Courthouse Taken Seriously
That the plan for development of the courthouse block as an
underground offstreet parking center along with the new court
house building is a serious proposal was indicated in a letter to
the county court just received irom fc. L. oray supplementing a
recent oral discussion of the project with the county court and
formally requesting Investiga-'
tion and negotiations regarding
the proposal.
"I am representing a group
of businessmen," the letter says,
"who recogniu the imperative
need for off-street parking in
downtown Salem, and their In
terest prompts the inquiry made
by this letter.
"In general." he continues,
"the plan in mind would involve
the construction of one floor of
parking at about basement level
over the entire courthouse lot
or a lesser portion wnicn mignt
be agreed upon, and the plan
would be for the county to ex
tend a lease on the facilities for
a number of years, sufficient to
permit liquidation of the proj
ect with the lessors to pay the
cost of construction. The spon
sors of this plan would have in
mind that at the expiration of
the lease period the facilities
would bt owned by tht county.
C apital jfc, Journal
SSStJSTS
i :
Man Named in
Coplon Trial
As Spy Suicides
Washington, June 11 JP) Po
lice said today that one of the
men mentioned in the Judith
Coplon trial yesterday had
committed suicide here last
week.
He was Norman E. Kent, 48.
Chevy Chase, Md., whose throat
slashed body was found floating
in the Potomac river last Satur
day. District Coroner MacDon-
ald pronounced the case a sui
cide.
Kent was a Russian-born for
mer state department aide. Top-
secret FBI documents read at
the Coplon espionage trial yes
terday said he had been in con
tact with Soviet secret police.
Spoke Nine Languages
Kent was a Harvard graduate
and spoke nine languages. He
joined a private firm here five
years ago after working for both
the state and labor departments
and for the board of economic
warfare.
Detectives who investigated
his case said they were positive
his death was a suicide. He had
rented a boat, and several per
sons saw him canoeing near the
three bisters islands.
Two hours later his body was
louna. a cheap kitchen Darine
knife was found at the water's
edge the next day.
(Concluded an Page 5, Column 7)
Atomic Staff
Loyalty List
Washington, June 11 P)
Congress will get a look at the
loyalty records of key atomic
enerby commission employes,
but behind the closed doors of
ine senaie-nouse atomic com
mittee.
That decision, made by a !
to 8 vote of the committee yes
terday, apparently pulled out
of public hearings a major por
tion of the "incredible misman
agement" case of Senator Hie-
kenlopoer (R., Iowa) against
AEC Chairman David E. Lilien-
thal.
Senator McMahon (D.. Conn),
who made the move for closed
sessions on the loyalty question.
promised a report of the com
mittee's conclusions when the in
quiry ends.
Hlckenlooper, who didn't vote
on the issue that kept the com
mittee split for a week, called
the decision "a remarkable ac
tion."
He said that he doesn't know
what course he will pursue
"now that they have blocked
me on the security phase."
Later, in a radio interview on
Mutual's "Meet the Press" pro
gram, Hickenlooper said the
committee's decision had forced
him to "reorient my approach"
because "a very vital part of
my presentation has been taken
out from under me."
He said he had expected the
security files would be gone into
privately, anyway, but he want
ed to make a public presents
tion on procedure "leading up
to clearance and nonclearance
of individuals."
Hot Week-end Looms
Portland, June 11 'Pi A hot
week-end in most of Oregon was
forecast today by the weather
bureau. High temperatures
were forecast to range up to 96
degrees today and Sunday, with
Sunday a bit hotter than today,
Parking at
"Our first inquiry Is as to
whether or not in the opinion of
the legal advisers of the county
the county would be in a posi
tion to make such agreements.
and also would appreciate some
expression from the county
court concerning the county s
attitude toward the plan.
"If the county should look
favorably on the proposal, en
gineers would be engaged to de
termine whether or not the gen
eral plan is workable and esti
mates would be made as to the
cost and some more definitive
suggestions can then be made."
The county court already has
asked the district attorney for
an opinion as to the legal au
thority of the county to lease
premises to private parties for
other than courthouse purposes
including consideration of the,
fact that the property also will
ba used as tht tourthouaa ait.
l
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, June 11. 1949
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, June 11, 1949
r
7i'.H-- k .fill T i'-ji
Fort Lewis Their Destination National Guard troops from
throughout Oregon today left for their summer training, the
majority going to Fort Lewis. Top Salem's company B,
162nd infantry regiment marches to the Salem depot to board
troop train. Center The heavy tank company from Dallas,
commanded by Capt. Richard Harmon, arrives at the depot
from Dallas by Oregon Motor stage. Below (left) Company
B as it arrived at the depot to board train. In the front line
left to right are Tech. Sgt. Melvin K Grove, Capt. Burl Cox,
the company commander, and Lt Waldo Gilbert. Below
(right) Sgt. Lawrence Baker (back to camera, at left) checks
men of Salem's company B at the armory where the men
checked in Friday night. Facing the camera from extreme
left to right (front row) at the counter, Recruit Al Kline
smith, Recruit Max Vogen, Cpl. Jerry McReal, Sgt. Dave
Chamberlain, Sgt. Glen Wagers. Back to camera at right is
Cpl. Homer Davenport,
National Guardsmen
Leave for Fort Lewis
By MARGARET MAGEE
Troop trains rolled out of Oregon toward Fort Lewis today and
aboard them were many National Guardsmen from this section
of the state.
For these men, however, It will be a short war, one of two
weeks' duration. During that tim they will take intensive train
ing with the Washington units of
the 41st division at the wasning
ton army post.
At 9:35 a.m. (daylight time)
Salem's two companies, totaling
136 officers and men (14 offi
cers and men from the company
had preceded them to camp)
boarded the troop train at the
depot here. Boarding the train
at the same time was the heavy
tank company of the National
Guard from Dallas.
The steady tromp of marching
feet early Saturday morning told
downtown Salem that once again
the men were off to camp. Aft
er spending the night at the Sa
lem armory, checking in there at
8 p.m., Friday, the two Salem
companies marched to the depot
to await the train.
The baby unit of the two, com
pany G, organized since summer
training last year, was the first
to arrive at the depot, getting
there at approximately 8:40 a.m.
(daylight time). Commander of
this company is Capt. William C.
Dyer, veteran of service in the
European theater with the 104th
division. Other officers of com
pany G are First Lt. Fabian Nel
son, Second Lt. Jerry S, Ander
son and Second Lt. Paul Benage.
(Concluded on Page a, Column I)
2 Fliers Crash in
Sheep Pasture
Oregon City, Ore., June 11
R. S. Smith and Alan Missman
ran out of gas while flying,
crashed into a sheep pasture,
and right away they thought:
"Omigosh we knocked down
a fence."
So they went right back and
propped up the fence to keep
the sheep from straying. Then
they set out to look for help.
Not that they needed much,
for the two Olympia fliers were
unhurt. They were returning
from Corvallis on a cross-country
flight when the gas tank
went dry a few miles south of
Oregon City Thursday.
Smith, an instructor for Av
iation Industries, Olympia, took
over the controls from student
pilot Missman. and headed for
the pasture. The plane bowled
over the fence, hit a ditch and
I ground-looped.
: .avV.
Second Campus
Slaying Like 1st
Boulder, Colo., June 11 VP)
Shocked by the second student
slaying in seven months, Uni
versity of Colorado authorities
today checked classmates of
Roy D. Spore, Jr., for clues to
the identity of his vicious kill
er.
The 19-year-old Denver so
phomore was killed Thursday
night defending his "blind
date from the attack of an un
known assailant. His date, Doris
Ann Weaver, 19, of Twin Falls,
Idaho, ran to safety on the cam
pus nearby.
The killer battered the youth
mercilessly and threw his body
into Boulder creek. The body
was found 75 yards downstream
yesterday.
DeBn of Men Harry Carlson
said the school would assemble
for baffled authorities a list of
Spore's classmates and Miss
Weaver's boy friends.
Dr. Angeo Lapi, Denver medl
cat examiner, said after an au
topsy that there were similari
ties between the deaths of Spore
and Theresa Foster, university
coed killed Nov. 9.
Joe Walker was convicted
May 9 of Misa Foster's death de
spite his story that a "burly
blond" youth killed her. His at
torneys have filed for a new
trial. He has not been sentenced
Lapi, who also examined Miss
Foster's body, said that in both
cases the attack was vicious and
the blows were centered on the
victim's head.
WEATHER
(Released br the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for flu If m and Virln
itv: Mostly clear and warmer
.onlght and Sunday. Lowest
:emprature expected tonight 47
legreea: highest Sunday, aft.
Conditions will be favorable for
form work Sundsv. Maximum
yesterday 77, Minimum today
43. Mean temperature yesterday
04 which was I above normal.
Total 24-hour preeiptatlon to
11:30 am. today 0 Total precipi
tation for the month .13 ol an
Inch which is 2a ol an Inch
below normal. Willamette river
height at Salem Saturday morn
ing J of a foot.
Price
5!f.rfv
Fast Planes
In Collision
Los Angeles, June 1I.W1
Two of the world's fastest
planes collided high over south
ern California.
Air Force Capt. William A.
Higgins, 28, of Cranston, R. I.,
was killed. Pilot of the second
plane, Capt. Richard E. Barr of
State College, Pa., was catapult
ed out by his special ejector seat
and parachuted to safety.
They were flying F86 jets,
replicas of the world speed rec
ord holder.
March air base, where the
men were stationed with the
94th fighter squadron, gave this
report:
The pair engaged in a train
ing dogfight at 25,000 feet over
the mountains between here and
Bakersfield yesterday.
Higgins' plane crashed on a
ridge of Tejon pass and the
wing were hurled below into a
canyon. His body was found in
the wreckage.
Barr triggered the ejector seat
and was catapulted 30 feet past
the tail surfaces. He floated to
earth on a ranch near Lebec. His
plane crashed four miles away
near Wuail lake and started
small brush fire. Barr was seri
ously hurt.
Cherrians Float on
Display at Courthouse
The Salem Cherrians' float.
which was awarded fourth place
in the Portland rose festival
parade Friday, will be on dis
play on the high street side of
the courthouse Saturday after
noon and evening, according to
an announcement made by Der
yl Myers, cherrian king bing.
The colorful float was delay
ed In leaving Portland, and must
creep along the highway at a 20
m.p.h. pace on its trip to Sa
lem. Two state police cars left
here this morning to escort the
float on Its Journey to Salem.
It was scheduled to arrive in
Salem about 4 p.m.
Truman Asks
Army Label on
Washington, June 11 ( President Truman has demanded a
full report on the army's labelling TVA Chairman Gordon Clapp
"unemployable" for a foreign assignment despite the army's ex
planation that it was all a mistake.
Senator Kefauver (D-Tenn;
that "this business of smearing-
the names of good citizens on
unsubsta n 1 1 a t e d reports has
gone too far."
He demanded a full Inquiry
be made by the senate armed
services committee.
A few hours later Chairman
Tydings (D-Md) of the commit
tee named Kefauver head of a
special investigating group. Oth
er members are Senators Hunt
(D-Wyo) and Knowland (R
Calif) The announcement of the pre
sident's request was made pub
lic by Secretary of Defense
Johnson, at Little Rock, Ark ,
where he Is attending the 35th
division reunion with Mr. Tru
man. Johnson said Mr. Truman
asked for tht facta In tha easa
Taff Calls for
10 Percent Cut in
European Aid
McCarran Urges Flat
Slash of $780 Million
For ECA
Washington, June 11 )
Senators called today for cuts
of up to $780,000,000 In the
European recovery program.
Senator Taft, republican.
Ohio, told reporters the econom
ic cooperation administration
can stand a 10 per cent cut in
the $3,568,470,000 fund voted
by the house. He said he will
back such a cut.
But Senator McCarran, demo
crat, Nevada, a member of the
senate appropriations commit
tee, said he will urge a flat
$790,000,000 slash.
McCarren Explains
McCarran said he is basing
his recommendation on a study
made by the staff of the senate
house "watchdog" committee.
This group was set up to keep
a check on ECA spending.
The committee has authorized
McCarran to use this material,
but not as a committe recom
mendation. "There are some places in the
program," McCarran said,
"where we can make a direct
cut. The rest of it should be
done by the ECA administra
tor." McCarran said ECA Chief
Paul Hoffman has "done as good
a job as any one man could do."
But the project is too big."
he added, "and in many places
it nas gotten away from him."
Senator George's Position
Chairman McKellar, demo
crat, Tennessee, of the appropri
ations committee, angrily told
Hoffman yesterday that his res
ignation "would be a very good
tning."
Senator George, democrat, of
Georgia, told a reporter there
is no "disposition in the senate
to cripple ECA." But he said he
favors making the agency
spread the $3,568,470,000 over
12 months instead of the 10 Is
months allowed by the house.
George said he is confident
Hoffman can spread the money
over 12 months because of de
clining prices.
Vandenberg Opposes Cut
Senator Vandenberg (R.,
mien.) declared today that an
"arbitrary" cut In Marshall Plan
funds might make the European
recovery program "useless,
(Concluded on Pare S, Column 6)
Some Cherries
Go Unpicked
Portland, June 11 M" Cherry
growers are threatening to
leave this year's crop on the
trees because of prevailing low
prices.
From Newberg and Salem
came reports that some growers
had decided not to hire pickers,
while others were considering
the problem.
Briners have Indicated they
will pay 5 to 6 cents a pound
for Royal Annea and 4V4 cents
for other varieties. At Lewiston
yesterday the price dropped to
9 cents for white cherries, 4 ',-4
cents for blacks.
While some cherry growers
this section have intimated
they may not pick at the prices
quoted, the vast majority of
Royal Annes delivered here are
to the Willamette Cherry Grow
ers association, which does not
handle cherries on a fixed price
basis and it Is likely virtually
all of its members will harvest
their crops.
Lindbergh In Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany, June 11
i") Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
arrived at the U. S. air force
base here today. Air force offi
cials described Lindbergh's visit
"routine." They said he had
been acting as an "observer1
for the air force for a year.
Probe of
Gordon Clapp
earlier had wired the president
at a White House cabinet meet
ing early Friday.
The facts of the case, the red
faced army made clear late yes
terday, are these:
The army really doesn't con
sider Clapp, chairman of the
Tennessee valley authority,
'unemployable." It said a Junior
officer just chose the wrong
word.
Secretary of the Army Gor
don Gray offered that explnna
tion last night to the head of the
government's Tennessee valley
authority, along with his "deep
personal regrets" and a promise
that it won't happen again.
The word had cropped up in
a published report that the ar
my didn't want Clapp tor a lecture-
tour In Oar many.
Truman Carries
Fight on ERP Cut
To the People
In Little Rock Speech
President Says Slash
False Economy
Little Rock, Ark., June 11 VP)
President Truman carried to the
people today his fight to keep
congress from slashing European
aid funds, declaring such action
"would be a great gain for com
munism.' "If we were to falter now and
cut down our aid." he said in a
nationally - broadcast address,
"the momentum of recovery
would be destroyed. The people
of these countries would be
thrown into confusion and their
advance toward economic self
reliance would be blocked.
"A slash in the funds availa
ble for European recovery at
this time would be the worst
kind of false economy. It would
cancel the hopes and plans of
the western European nations. It
would be a great gain for com
munism."
Is Price of Peace
Speaking at dedication cere
monies for the World War Me
morial park, the president sharp
ly challenged economic advocates
'why try to convince us that wa
cannot afford to pay the price
of peace."
These," he said, "are the
same voices that misled ti in tha
1920's."
Demands for a cut in ECA
funds have come from members
of both parties in the senate,
where the appropriations com
mittee is now considering a bill
to finance European relief dur
ing the coming months.
I am confident we shall not
make this mistake," Mr. Tru
man declared.
Still Long Way to Go
The president s speech sound
ed the theme that this country
still has a long way to go "be
fore we can make the free world
secure against the social and po
litical evils on which communism
thrives."
The cause of peace is still
threatened, he said.
Predicting that the North At
lantic Pact "will soon be passed
by an overwhelming majority in
the senate," Mr. Truman de
clared it is "vital" to follow this
up with a program of military
aid to increase the effective
strength of the t r e nationa
against aggression.
He also disclosed that he will
soon send congress legislation to
launch hia program of American
help to the world's "underdevel
oped regions," declared that it of
fers "enormous potential benefits
in a growing world economy."
Hope of world recovery, he
said, depends largely on Ameri
can prosperity, while economic
failure here would plunge other
nationa "into chaos and despair."
Hurl Truman's
Hat in '52 Ring
Little Rock, Ark., June 11 U
President Truman's enthusiastic
men of Battery D today threw his
hat in the ring for another term
in the White House.
The president arose about sun
up to breakfast with the surviv
ors of the artillery battery he
commanded in World War I as
part of the 35th division which
is in annual reunion here.
Mr. Truman chose the sur
roundings of old friends and
those members of congress who
are trying to cut expenditures for
F.uropean recovery.
He delivered what he de
scribed as a very important in
ternational address.
J. Monroe Johnson, an inter
state commerce commissioner
and an honorary member of the
battery, set off the spark for the
Truman-in-19S2 movement.
Johnson reminded the battery
members of the good time they
had in Washington last January
at the president's inaiiKiirntlnn.
Just wait about three and a
half years from now," Johnson
said. "If you think we did
something for you in Washington
last time, wait till the next time
Captain Harry is president and
see what we can do."
Gunman Gets $102
In Portland Tavern
Portland, June 11 P) A gun
man, inadvertently aided by hia
upset victims, robbed a tavern
and two customers of $102 late
last night.
The gunman pulled a revolver
and demanded the customers
wallets, then went behind the
bar to empty the cash register.
At lhat point Bartender Glenn
F. Shores, who had managed
to sneak back to his own apart
ment, fired his shotgun into the
air, hoping to frighten the rob-
bcr off.
But the persona It frightened
were the two customers. Think
ing the gunman had fired at
them, they dived for the floor,
and failed to lea which way the
robber left.