Courthouse Lot
Can't Be Leased
For Auto Park
District Attorney Says
Deed to Property
Precludes Use
G apital jt Journal
No Federal Aid Big 4 Deadlock
On County Roads On German Pact
Available in '49
Still Continues
61st Yeor, No. 144 "c'J.T. Solem, Oregon, Friday, June 17, 1949
(16 Pages)
Price
By DON UPJOHN
District Attorney Ed Stadter
Friday advised the county court
In an informal opinion that he
doubti it has the authority to
lease any part ot the courthouse
block in Salem to private par
ties for underground parking or
any other purposes.
This in answer to an inquiry
from the court which has been
approached by local parties on
a proposal to use all or part of
the block for underground park
ing in connection with the new
courthouse construction, the pri
vate parties to take a long term
lease, build and operate the fa
cilities and eventually turn them
over to the county.
Quotes from Original Deed
( The district attorney said he
had examined an abstract cover
ing the property down to 1937
and he found that in about 18S0
William H. Willson in platting
off his lands now part of down
town Salem he had reserved
block 6, the - courthouse block,
as a "public square." Said the
district attorney a public square,
according to numerous deci
sions, is set aside for the free
use of the public and generally
construed to be limited only to
the use of a courthouse and, he
stated, "it is my opinion no part
of the block can be sold or
leased out for private purposes."
County Judge Murphy said
that this seems to set at rest
some of the proposals which had
been made to the court to sell
the property to private individ
uals, as well as the leasing pro
posal. Talks Friendly Suit
"Of course," said the judge,
"the court wouldn't even con
template such a sale unless di
rected to do so by a vote of the
people." The district attorney
said, in response to a query of
the judge if the reservation
made by the donor would be ef
fective in event the people aban
doned the square by a vote, that
he believed it would still be
public square and he hadn't
delved into just what procedure
would be necessary to overturn
the reservation made by the do
nor, or what would become of
the land if it was set aside.
(Concluded en Page S, Column a)
Hiss to Testify
In Own Defense
New York, June 17 () A de
fense motion to dismiss the per
jury charges against Alger Hiss
was denied today by Federal
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman.
His ruling came after argu
ments were heard in his cham
bers for two hours. Earlier the
government had rested its case
against the former state depart
ment official.
The decision was announced to
the press by Judge Kaufman's
secretary.
Defense Counsel Lloyd Paul
Stryker told newsmen that Judge
Kaufman denied two of his mo
tions: one for dismissal of the in-
dictment and the other for a
judgment of acquittal. Hiss is
accused of perjury to conceal
evidence of espionage.
Stryker said "I made two mo
tions, one to dismiss the indict
ment on the ground that, in part
at least, it was defective; and
the other for a judgment of ac
quittal on the ground that, as a
matter of law, the government
v has not submitted enough evi-
dence to go to the Jury."
Stryker said Hiss would testi
fy in his own defense but prob
ably would not be called to the
stand Monday when the defense
begins its case.
Lewis Orders Miners
Back to Pits Monday
Pittsburgh. June 17 U
John L. Lewis has ordered his
480,000 United Mine Workers
back to the pits on Monday.
John Busarello, president of
District No. 5 ot the UMW, an
nounced yesterday he had re
ceived a telegram from Lewis
requesting the miners to end
their week-long walkout on
schedule Monday.
Said Busarello:
"The telegram was short
just a few words and simply re
quested the end of the walkout
on schedule. That's what I ex
pected, of course."
Lewis, who now is in the
midst of new contract negotia
tions with the industry, called
the walkout to "stabilize" the
industry. The contract expires
June 30.
Actually the miners will work
only five days and then
get
another week off. On June 25
4ey start their annual paid va -
ration. They receive $100
apiece.
Newbry Defends
Auto Liability
Contract Award
By JAMES D. OLSON
Award of a contract for au
tomobile liability insurance for
state cars and trucks at a cost of
SI.77S.4S higher than the lowest
bid, was defended Friday by
members of the board of control
on the ground that engineering
safety service to be performed
by the successful bidder will
more than offset the difference
in the insurance costs.
The board awarded the con
tract to the General Casualty
company, represented by Dooly
St Co., of Portland for $83,-
496.52. The low bid of $74,717.79
was submitted by the Truck In
surance Exchange, a reciprocal
company of Los Angeles, which
has had the state's automobile
liability insurance for the past
three years.
Action Unanimous
Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry, the only member of
the board who was available
Friday morning, said that the
action of awarding the contract
was unanimous.
'The main reason for award
ing the contract to a standard
stock company," Newbry said,
"was that the successful bidder
has agreed to put three safety
engineers at work in an effort
to reduce the accident toll am
ong state vehicles. This serv
ice will cost between $10,000
and $15,000 to be borne by the
insurance company."
(Concluded on Pago $. Column I)
S P Trainmen
Vote on Strike
San Francisco, June 17 &
Seven thousand Southern Pacif
ic trainmen in the far west are
receiving strike ballots today in
a dispute involving the number
of brakemen on freight trains.
J. J. Corcoran, general chair
man of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, today denied
company reprrts that the action
probably was inspired by re
peal of the California full crew
law.
Both company and union of
ficials were agreed, however,
that there was no danger of im
mediate walkout. The vote
won't be counted before July 5.
The railway labor act provides
for a 60 days cooling period and
automatic mediation machinery.
The brotherhood is asking for
a uniform crew law which
would require three brakemen
to be assigned any freight train
longer than 40 cars.
The company opposes the de
mand. It argues that repeal of
Californias full crew law last
November "made it unnecessary
to employ more brakemen than
needed for safe operation of
freight cars."
The brotherhood has been ar
guing before the California pub
lic utilities commission that safe
operation of long trains through
winding mountain canyons calls
for more brakemen than the
railroads use.
Shanghai's Blockade
Ends, Shippers Wary
Shanghai, June 17 W) Shang
hai's blockade, which turned out
to be a bluff, ended today. But
some shippers were chary of fu
ture plans.
One said the Chinese nation
alists realized now that a feint
had been effective and that they
might at any time steal in at
night and mine the Yangtze ship
cnannei.
But most shippers were less
cautious. They were scheduling
their ships back Into Shanghai as for the blind, the aged, and de
fast as possible. pendent children. Officials say
The river was thought to have it would cost $230,000,000 a
been mined a week ago. year, and more in bad times.
Judith Coplon Says FBI Data
Taken to Write Comedy
Washington, June 17 (l Judith Coplon swore under1 oath
today that the "top secret" FBI reports found In her purse when
she was arrested on espionage charges was for use In a "serio
comic" book.
Miss Coplon's lawyer previously had told the Jury trying her
he would show that the former
justice department employe was
assembling material for a novel.
But today's testimony on that
point was the first from her own
lips in the presence of the jury
A few minutes earlier she de
clared in response to a question
from her attorney, Archibald
Palmer: "I have always been
loyal to the United States."
Discussing the top secret re-
port, which deals with commu-
nlst soving but which has not
heen introduced as evidence in
the trial. Miss Coplon said she
j believes it was a "decoy" plant
Hoffman Wins
Battle Against
Big Cut in ECA
Washington, June 17 (
Senators said today that Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra
tor Paul Hoffman had won his
fight against a heavy cut in
European recovery spending.
"The push for a big reduc
tion is all washed up," Senator
Robertson (D-Va.) told a re
porter.
Other members of the sen
ate appropriations committee
agreed.
Hoffman ha battled with
the committee in four long and
rough sessions in defense of
ECA's multi-billion dollar pro
gram. He was down for a' re
turn bout this afternoon.
Billion Dollar Slash
The ECA chief pulled out
his ace in the hole yesterday.
This was a report showing that
a $1,000,000,000 cut in recov
ery spending actually will mean
less purchases of American cot
ton, tobacco, wheat, butter.
lumber, and other commodities.
The feeling was that with some
American business declining
farmers and businessmen will
want foreign nSarkets especially.
Senator Young (R-N.D.) said
any cut made will be small. He
agreed that Hoffman s report
would have tendency to slow
down the demands for a large
reduction.
'We do have surplus food
running out of our ears," Young
said. "And the recovery pro
gram is one way to get rid of
it."
Small Cut Looms
The committee sentiment ap
peared to be that ECA will have
to take another cut in the sec
ond year's program but it
will not be anywhere near the
$1,000,000,000 some senators
suggest.
The house voted ECA $3,568
470,000 to be spent in the first
10 and one-half months of the
fiscal year beginning July 1 if
necessary. Hoffman said he
would be satisfied with this and
would try to spread the money
over 12 months.
Robertson said committee
members realized that any large
cut would be "impractical."
"Im satisfied the committee
won't go beyond my sugges
tion," he said. This is to give
ECA $168,000,000 more than
the house gave it but require
the program to be spread over
12 months.
A republican member said
privately he believes the com
mittee will give Hoffman the
same figure voted by the house
and require him to spend the
money in 12 months.
7 Cities Revive
'Work Relief
Washington. June 17
Rising unemployment and swell
ing relief rolls have led five
states to pass depression-style
relief laws and at least seven
cities to reVive "work relief
projects.
But an associated press sur
vey today suggested no national
emergency. It found most states
certain they could handle their
relief load in stride.
It indicated joblessness had
dwindled or stabilized in at
least ten states in recent weeks
or months. It showed that, al
most everywhere, unemploy
ment insurance has been a
"cushion" to keep most laid-off
workers off "poor relief" until
they found new jobs.
President Truman has pro
posed federal grants for "home
relief" to match state aid to pay-
less families, on the same basis
as the federal funds now used
ed with her by William E. Fo
ley.
She testified that Foley, her
boss In the justice department's
foreign agents registration sec
tion, brought the report to her
early in January. It was the
first time she had evei seen any
thing marked "top secret," she
said, adding:
"He (Foley) came in and said
he had just got a top secret re
port on Russian espionage in the
United States. The highest rating
I had ever seen before was
'strictly confidential',"
itM miK v n 1
; . I -Il II ... J
Power Flows Again Electric service at Dallas was re
stored to normal shortly before midnight Thursday as a
crew of the Mountain States Power company completed in
stallation of two replacement transformer brought from
Albany. The sub-station, near the Willamette Valley Lumber
company, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. Paul
Morgan, Dallas manager of the lumber company, and R. H.
Wheeler, of the same firm, inspect progress as a power
company crew makes repairs. (Photo by Abel).
Cherryland Festival
Queen to Be Selected
By MARGARET MAGEE
Selected tonight at a program to be held at the Elsinore
theater will be the queen of the 1949 Cherryland festival.
Candidates for the honor will be five young women from Polk
and Marion counties who at a Princess Selection Night program
April 21 were chosen as princesses from a group of young women
representing the high schools of
the two counties.
The princesses, two from Polk
county and three from Marion
county, are Patricia O'Connor,
Sacred Heart academy; orace
Marie Kirk, St. Paul; Jeannine
Bentley, Stayton high school:
Katherine Specht, Jefferson; and
Dorothy Neufeld, Dallas. In the
group are three brunettes, a red
head and a dark blonde. The
red-head is the St. Paul repre
sentative and the blonde is the
Dallas candidate. ,'
Making their first appearance
in their formal tourt dres.rs to
night, the girl will arrive at the
theater at 8:30 o'clock, riding
in convertibles and escorted by
city police. With them as chap
eron, in the absence of the offi
cial chaperon, Mrs. Arthur Wed
dle, will be Mrs. Glenn McCor
mick. The girls, all wearing orchid
marquisette gowns with off
shoulder yoke edged with a
wide ruffle and having a full
skirt with a wide ruffle trim
giving an apron effect, are to be
escorted to the Elsinore stage
by members of the Cherrian
Council of Nobles.
Planned to take place be
tween the two evening shows,
the program will open with the
introduction of the queen of the
first Cherryland Festival, held
early in the 1900's, a Mrs. Agnes
Schucking, and the queen of the
festival in 1948, Mlsa Lois Eg
gers. Following their Introduc
tion the princesses will be inter
viewed briefly by the master of
ceremonies. Dave Hoss. The en
tire program is to be tran
scribed for re-broadcast the
sa ne evening at 10:45 o'clock
over station KSLM.
(Concluded mi Pare a. Column I)
Timber Fire Rages
In Schelt Yalley
Vancouver, B. C, June 17
(CP) In a mountain surroun
ded valley, forest flames today
licked their way through rich
timber stands.
Three million board feet of
newly-felled timber have been
destroyed by fire raging out of
control near Sechelt, 40 miles
upcoast from Vancouver.
It raced uncontrolled through
new stands in a high valley at
the head of Gray creek, 12 miles
northeast of Sechelt. Already it
has laid waste to more than 100
acres.
Logging crews battled the
flames today, directed by for
estry officials flown in from
Vancouver.
WEATHER
(Released bv United SUM
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for 8lem and Vicin
ity : Fair and somewhat warmer
tonight and Saturday. Lowest
temperature expected tonight.
44 degrees: htsheM Saturday. 78.
Conditions -111 be mofttlv fav
orable for farm work Saturday.
Maximum yesterday ap. Mini
mum today 41. Mean tempera
ture yesterday 57 which was S
below normal. Total 24-hour
precipitation to 11:30 a. m. to
day 0. Total precipitation for
the month .13 of an Inch which
is 55 of an Inch below normal.
Willamette river hint at Sa
lem Ftldar momlna. -.4 of a
font
Call Issued for
Cherry Pickers
A call for 300 additional cher
ry pickers to go into the or
chards Saturday and Sunday was
issued Friday by the Salem of
fice of the slate employment
service. Wm. Baillie, manager,
suggested that many persons, re
gularly employed could help out
in the emergency. The growers
have one of the best crops in
years and hope to harvest it be
fore a possible change in the
weather might bring cherry
cracking rain.
Growers will be at the labor
office at South Cottage and
Ferry streets around 6 o'clock
each morning to provide trans
portation for those willing to
work. Others who wish to pro
vide their own transportation
can secure Information concern
ing the orchards that need help
by dialing 39288.
Willamette Cherry Growers
assn. will operate throughout
the week-end in order to receive
all fruit that is picked.
New Search for
Missing B-26
Molalla, Ore., June 17 (U.B A
volunteer ground party today
planned an extensive search of
a nearby timber slope for a
B-26 attack bomber, missing
since April 21 with three Cali
fornia servicemen aboard.
Investigation of the area be
gan yesterday when Logger Carl
Swanson reported that he had
sighted "something shiny be
side a broken tree" with binocu
lars. A helicopter was sent from
McChord Field, Wash., to check
the report, but was unable to
find trace of the wreckage.
Lt. John McAuley, comman
der of an air rescue team search-
mg the Mja ,ale aflcrnoon
shadows prevented close scan
ning of underbrush, but that
five broken trees were sighted.
The missing plane, believed
....k. (n - llinhl t.nm Tlnmil.
ton Field. Calif., to Portland.
orri.rf rl a V ;miih nri
Col. Waller W. Hodge, both of
San Francisco, and M Sgt. H. E.
Sluga of San Jose. Their wives
have offered SI, 500 reward for
the finding of the men or wreck
age. The offer expires June 30.
$12 Million Loan
To Northwest Airlines
Civil Aeronau'tlcs board advised
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration today that it will guar
antee a proposed loan of 112,
000 000 to Northwest Airlines.
The airline already has bor
rowed $9,000,000 from private
banks as part of a $21,000,000
financing program for new flight
equipment. The RFC-guaranteed1 Two Associatd Press corre
loan will be used In buying 10 sponrients who tried to see the
Boeing stratacruisers.
The CAB is required to pass
on an airline's financial stabil -
Ity In applications for loans to
iDtuirmHnininrVrt
Senate Debates
New Labor Law
Washington, June 17 W) A
choice between injunctions or
seizure confronted the senate to
day as it entered the second
round of arguments over how to
deal with strikes that imperil the
national health or safety.
While five proposals were
vying for votes, what the sena
tors really were trying to decide
narrowed down to these alterna
tives:
1. Continue specific govern
ment power to get court injunc
tions, as in the Taft-Hartley act
Labor unions are solidly against
this.
2. Avoid any mention of in
junctions but authorize the gov
ernment to seize an industry.
This is. another way of authoriz
ing an injunction if it becomes
necessary, but it is not nearly so
bad in the eyes of most labor
leaders.
The big contest was expected
to be between two proposals
which draw the issues most
clearly.
One, " by Senator Taft (R
Ohio) and. other republicans.
would authorize injunctions in so
many words and seizure too.
The other, by Senators Douglas
(D., 111.) and Aiken (R., Vt.),
would authorize only seizure
This is supported by the demo
crat leader, Senator Lucas of Il
linois. The showdown might c o m i
early next week.
Truman to Use
Power to Slash
Washington, June 17
President Truman probably will
begin using his new govern
ment reorganization power Mon
day, officals said today.
Just what he will offer con
gress as his first reorganization
plan remain to be settled. But a
proposal for shifting the bureau
of employment security from
the federal security agency to
the labor department was men
tioned as a very good bet.
A revamping of the civil ser
vice commission was suggested
as another.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said today that
Mr. Truman probably will sign
the reorganization act on Mon
day. He said half a dozen re
organization plans will be sub
mitted to congress soon after
the signing some of them prob
ably on Monday.
Czech Catholic Prelate
Prisoner in His Palace
Pr"u'- Czechoslovakia. June 17 () Archbishop Josef
B,rari. "cad of Czechoslovakia
'wiiii a vir-uai prisoner in n a own Daiace tooav. a- ine commun
ist government's war on the church appeared nearing a climax
A reliable informant described the Prague Archbishop's status
as house arrest.
Two priests from Archbishop
Beran's consistory have been
arrested and taken away by po
lice after a raid on the consis
tory section of the archbishop's
palace In which police tried to
seize church records.
Neither priests nor laymen
could get in to see the arch-
! bl',hop , i!h.out.. ur","oin
police identification
The customary armed guard
stood outside Archbishop Ber
an's palace.
More significantly, the recep
tion desk and telephone switch
board Inside the palace gate
w'r m,nn "rcr" P"c-
jsrennunop were tola by per -
sonnel at the reception dek thar
i'the archbishop aays no. "
At the same time a Czech in
clerical garo waa attempting
No Work on Either
Silverton or South
River Highways
There'll be no federal aid
money expended on purely
county roada during the present
calendar year, County Judge
Grant Murphy advised the eoun
ty court at Its session Friday
and this dissolves any chance
for such work being done on
either completion of the Silver
ton road or further work on the
South River road as such pro
ject before 1950 at the earliest.
His statement was made fol
lowing a conference he has just
had with the state hignway en
gineers who told him no federal
aid funds have as yet been allo
cated to either project this year
although the Silverton road
completion has been approved
Engineers Complete Plans
He said it was apparent that
although the engineering work
had been completed by the state
on both the Silverton and South
River road projects that the
state highway engineers will
hold out strongly for comple
tion of the Silverton road before
they take on another project.
His conference with the high
way engineers was outgrowth
of a recent county court meet
ing at which it was stated the
right of way problems had not
been ironed out for the Silver-
ton road and it looked as if
they wouldn't be this summer,
that there was strong opposition
to the new alignment from resi
dents along the present road
with injunction proceedings
threatened and the judge took
the position if the Silverton
road wasn't in shape to improve
that rather than letting federal
funds lie idle perhaps the River
road project should be taken up
As it stands now after his con
ference it appears that work on
neither road will be taken up
this summer but when work is
started again on federal aid for
county roads it if likely the Sil
verton road will have priority
in the minds of the highway
engineers.
Hopes for Primary Roads
-The judge did state that there
may be federal funds used on
primary roads in -the county this
year and he said also there were
some high hopes that during the
present fiscal year up to July 1
19S0 there may be something
started on the new section of
the North Santiam highway be
tween Mehama and Mill city on
the Marion county side of the
river. This project was under-
taken before the war years and
some work done on it and then
it was abandoned with the war.
However, the survey has been
made, the right of way secured
and the judge said there seems
likelihood It has a chance to be
revived.
Russians Double
Border Guards
Hamburg. Germany. June 17
,jti.- D...-1 v....
their border guards In an effort
to stop Germans fleeing from
their zone to the west, it was of
ficially reported today.
German police officials on the
British zone side, said the bor-
'!,."!!, '. '"""'T "led,'rom the Moses lake training
that Illegal crossings both ways
have stopped almost complete
ly. Travelers with valid papers
are crossing normally, however.
British zone officials connect
the Russian move with an east
zone drive for forced labor for
uranium mines. For months past
fit young Germans fleeing Into
the west zones have claimed that
they were escaping forced labor
in the mines.
s 9.000.000 Roman Catholics
gain admission. The reception
personnel demanded from him
full Identification papers and
other data before they would
consent to telephone the arch
bishop for an audience.
There was no way of know
ing whether they were actually
phoning to him.
Archbishop Beran for some
months has fought against a gov
ernment campaign to take over
schools and abolish church pa
pers. In recent weeks he has sent
out a number of cleriral letters
breathing defiance of govern
ment decrees involving the
church-slate conflict. In one
message he hinted that excom
munication would be Imposed
l,Bjn,t "collaborators
The government's cry against
the Catholic heirarchy is that
the Vatican Interferes with
lotiecnosiovaa sovereignly.
Recess Taken Until
Monday With
Agreement Near
Paris, June 17 ( The Big
Four foreign ministers hart
stretched their unofficial dead
line to make' another etab at
reaching accords on a snarled
up Austrian independence
treaty and a German trade pact.
Deadlocked early today after
a gruelling series of 11th hour
sessions, the ministers recessed
until Sunday and set still an
other meeting for Monday. The
parley had been expected to
end last night.
Informed observers said
agreement on the German ques
tion seems near. They said the
issue has boiled down to east
west differences of principle.
Hope for some sort of agree
ment was bolstered by the fact
that the ministers extended their
meetings.
Trade and Transport
The German question hinges
on a trade and transport accord,
over which the ministers have
been wrangling for days.
The situation has been com
plicated by the four-week-old
Berlin rail strike, which is still
on.
The Austrian treaty promises
to be a long, arduous task.
Even if the ministers settle
their Austrian differences, the
pact would take some months to
write. Probably it would not be
ready for signature until fall,
when the ministers are report
ed planning to reconvene in
New York.
Austrian Treaty Fends
An Austrian treaty might
widen the gulf between Russia
and Yugoslavia's Premier Mar
shall Tito. Tito's government has
put forth several war claims on
Austria, which Russia In the past
has backed. If the treaty is
signed, Russian will have with
drawn that backing.
The west believes this would
move Tito closer towards them
in an economic sense at least.
Furthermore, the Austrian
treaty would help stabilise the
overall European situation by
relaxing tension. This would
enable the countries of western
Europe to concentrate more on
economic recovery than on mili
tary preparedness. The west
thinks economic health in their
part of Europe is the best pos
sible antidote to communism.
Governor's Day
At Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis. June 17 () A
combined ground and air dis
play of Oregon and Washing
ton's national guard strength
will be exhibited here tomorrow
at the annual Governor's Day
parade.
Both stales will be represent
ed by acting governors as the
4.500 men of the 41st infantry
division march in review at 2
p.m. on Gray field. Oregon will
have William Walsh, Coos Bay,
K"J? l f ?T" """in
Lt- Gov- Victor A. Meyers will
Meyers will
represent Washington. Their
"bosses" are In Washington,
DC, for the governor's confer
ence.
In addition to the troops un
der command of Maj. Gen. Wil
liam R raFrrtii Am .....j
area will salute the field, first
in squadron and then
"step-
down" show formation.
Foot troops will open the re
riew, followed by the F-51
fighter planes of Portland's
123rd and Spokane's 116th
fighter squadrons. Light planes
and mechanized units of the
ground forces will conclude the
show.
Operation Resumed
By Ratzlaff Line
Pacific Coast Lines, operated
by John Ratzlaff, resumed oper
ations Friday between Salem
and Newport.
The first trip west left on
schedule at 7 a m. and the re
turn here was scheduled for
12 20 p m. (daylight time). Tha
second trip will leave here at
4 p.m. and return at 9:15 p.m.
Leaving times from Newport
to Salem are 9:45 a.m. and 6:40
p.m.
Sales Policy for
0&C Lands Approved
The Salem district advisory
board for O & C lands approved
the new sales policy for public
domain timber here yesterday.
Under the plan parrels of
timber that will go up for sale
in each year will be given wide
publicity every December, so
that lumbermen may plan their
operalions.
It is designed to give mora
lumbermen a chance to bid on
government timber.