Railroad Chiefs
Reject Plans to
End Bottleneck
Southern Pacific Offi
cials Agree Engineers
To Study Situation
G apital jJf ournal
Fist Fight in
Congress Over
Housing Bill
Acheson Urges
Speedy Action
On Atlantic Pact
61st Year, No. 148 SSffJt
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 22, 1949
(20 Pages)
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By STEPHEN A. STONE
Two hifh official! of the
Southern Pacific company had
little encouragement to offer to
ward Salem'a railroad trouble!
when they met with the city'i
future planners at the Senator
hotel Tuesday night. -
Railroad tracks that for years
have girded the city center on
four sides, and have become in
tolerable because of growing
population and traffic were the
subject of the conference, called
by the long-range planning
commission.
Negative Position Taken
Aside from agreeing to send
the Southern pacific's best en
gineering talent to Salem for
further conferences, James W.
Corbett of San Francisco, and
L. P. Hopkins of Portland, dis-
Vtrict superintendent of the SP,
took a negative attitude to most
suggestions made by the plan
ners and by city officials. C. A.
. McClure, engineer for the plan
ning commission, will be contact
man to arrange future meetings.
All streets on which the SP
holds franchises were discussed,
but the argument centered on
the main line on 12th street.
Later conferences will study two
suggestions for improvement on
that street some elevation of
the tracks with street under
passes at Center, Chemeketa,
and Mission; and
dividing the street to separate
4iain nri antnmobile traffic so
traffic signal systems can be in
stalled. Tunnel Plans Rejected
The railroad men were not
receptive to the suggested tun
neling of the railroad along 12th
street.
"It would cost $10,000,000
with no particular benefit to the
railroad company probably a
continuing expense," Corbett
said. "When you talk of depress
ing the tracks on 12th street
you are talking big money.
There never was a time in the
history of the industry when it
was so important to spend funds
available for capital outlay to
increase efficiency, which means
to reduce costs. If we don't fol
low that policy we can't sur
vive. Someone will take us over,
k and that would have to be the
" government. And I know you
don't want that to happen."
One reason given by the Sa
lem group for removal or re
building of the 12th street line
was to eliminate the noise and
vibration that disturbs the state
office workers.
(Continued on Page S. Column t)
3 Jailed for
Horseburgers
Portland. June 22 WV-Three
men were arrested today after
a months-long investigation into
into reports that horse meat was
being sold to restaurants here as
hamburger.
Detectives and city officials,
after an early morning vigil at
the Salem Meat company plant,
a Portland concern operating in
the southwest district, took
these men into custody:
Ernest M. Crystal, 42, a part
ner in the firm: Stanley M. Rick-
ard. 35. Hillsboro butcher; and
Matt M. Slaughter, 57, a butcher
for the firm.
Detective Prescott Hutchins
said Crystal and Rickard were
charged with violating the city
health ordinance by illegal pos
session of horse meat. Bail was
set at $1,000 each. Slaughter
was released on his own recog
nizance as a material witness.
Hutchins said some 2,000
pounds of horse meat was un
loaded this morning by Crystal
and Rickard from crates labeled
"turkeys." As he, Detective
Noel Eck and a number of city
r. aides watched, the horse meat
was taken into the plant where
Slaughter was operating a grind
ing machine.
Hutchins said the meat was
traced from a slaughter house
outside the city. The state health
department it investigating
there, he said.
The detective said city offi
cials told him horse meat was
priced at 7 cents a pound. With
steer fat added, it had the ap
pearance of steer hamburger and
sold at 45 cents a pound whole
sale, he said.
WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vlcin
itv: Mostly clear tonight and
Thursdav except for mornina
cloudiness. Little change in tem
perature. Lowest temperature
tonight. 53 degrees; highest
Thursday. 82 Conditions will
be favorable for most farm work.
Maximum yesterday SO. Mini
mum todav 40. Mean tempera
ture yesterdva as which was 3
above normal. Total 34-hour
precipitation to 11:30 ajn today
0. Total precipitation for the
month .77 of an inch which is
. .18 of an Inch below normal
Willamette river height at Sa
ln Wednesday morning, -1J
feet.
Governors of
Nation Talk
On Highways
Colorado Springs, Colo., June
22 Uh Governors of the nation
turned their attention to high
ways today as they neared the
end of their four-day annual
conference.
A round-table discussion on
highway construction, regula
tion and safety was the morn
ing's principal business.
Then, this afternoon, the chief
executives will hold their only
closed-door session of the con
ference. At that time they will take up
a series of resolutions.
For Arming Europe
They appeared ready, in one
of these, to give indirect appro
val to the administration's $1,
130,000,000 program to arm
western Europe against the
threat of communism.
At the same time, the 41st
annual conference of state exe
cutives seemed likely to reject
a proposal to cut federal grants-in-
aid 20 percent in exchange
for the government's getting out
of certain tax fields.
The conference, ending here
today, will pick a new chair
man to succeed Gov. William
Preston Lane, Jr., of Maryland,
democrat, who will yield the
gavel to a western republican.
Carlson Candidate
Indications were that Kansas
Gov. Frank Carlson might be
the choice of the new executive
committee which picks its own
chairman.
(Concluded on Pare 6, Column 8)
Judith Coplon
Repeats Story
Washington, June 22 W) Ju
dith Coplon held firm to her
love-for-a-Russian defense at
her espionage trial today des
pite admissions that she kept all
night trysts with another man.
Step by step, Prosecutor John
M. Kelley, Jr., had Miss Cop
lon repeat under cross-examina
tion her - earlier testimony of
meeting and falling in love with
Valentine A.- Gubitchev, the
Russian engineer assigned to
the United Nations in New
York.
Miss Coplon Insisted repeat
edly that Gubitchev told her he
was "going into the formalities'
of obtaining American citizen
ship and assured her he had
broken with the Soviet regime.
At one point she snapped at
Kelley: "This is not as sensa
tional as you are trying to make
it."
"I'm not trying to make it
sensational," the prosecutor shot
back.
It was Kelley who drew from
Miss Coplon late yesterday the
admission that she had spent
more than one night with H. P
Shapiro, later identified as an
attorney in the justice depart
ment's criminal division.
Miss Coplon too worked for
the justice department, as a poli
tical analyst. She is charged
with stealing secret papers with
the intent of passing them along
to Moscow via Gubitchev.
Tanker Aground ,
San Francisco, June 22 (u.ra
The navy ordered 12 tugs to
proceed to the Golden Gate at
dawn today in an effort to re
float the naval tanker Netches
which went aground off the
San Francisco Presidio last
night.
Navy East-Side Airport
Lease Signed by City
City Manager J. L. Franzen Tuesday morning, signed the for
mal lease for transfer of the hangar on the east side of McNary
field to the U. S. navy for use as a naval air facility.
A previous agreement between the city of Salem and the U. S.
Naval Air Station at Seattle
station keeper group here so that
the men could start putting the
buildings in readiness for the
training program that will be
gin this summer. The lease re
ceived from the navy Tuesday
was back-dated.
Under the lease those facili
ties to be used by the navy in
clude the hangar, which is 80 by
90 feet, the adjoining apron,
which is 350 feet by 500 feet;
two gasoline storage tanks, hold
ing 25,000 gallons and pumps; a
building approximately 20 by 40
feet and a second building 20 by
100 feet in size. Also included is
the Joint and concurrent use of
runways, taxiways and facilities
a the airport, including ramp
space.
Navy men at the field have
already repaired the hangar and
painted the outside light gray
with a green trim. The Inside
has been painted white and a
plyboard dado line of grey has
been placed around the. bottom.
Secretary Krug
Asks Approval
OfProposedCVA
Washington, June 22
Secretary of the Interior Krug
said today the reclamation bureau-army
engineers coordinat
ed Columbia valley program
cannot meet the requirements
for developing the basin.
Stressing unification and eli
mination of interagency con
flicts, he urged the house pub
lic works committee to approve
a bill to create a Columbia val
ley administration.
He said he was testifying at
President Truman's request.
Krug's statement was read by
Walton Seymour, head of the de
partment's power division, af
ter the secretary became ill and
was excused from the stand.
Chairman Whittington (D-Miss)
said he would not permit cross-
examination until a later date.
Under Divided Authority
Krug emphasized basin devel
opment is carried on now under
divided authority of the army
engineers, reclamation bureau
and Bonneville power adminis
tration. The proposed CVA
would take over functions of all
three.
Confusion exists as to which
agency is going to do the work,
Krug said, resulting in "waste
of money ... at the taxpayer's
expense . . . from duplications
and frequently competition and
conflicts among these agencies.
While the engineers and the
bureau had agreed on a coordi
nated program, the conflicts and
fragmented uncoordinated, in
complete programs have been
apparent for some time, he add
ed. Raps Substitutes
'To urge, however, that the
plans and agreement are a sat
isfactory substitute or alterna
tive for a Columbia valley ad
ministration is to misunder
stand the nature of the reports
and the agreement, Krug con
tinued. "They present an engineering
and development plan for the
river but do not present an ade
quate administrative method of
carrying out the plan."
He said the coordinated pro
gram for the seven northwest
states does not provide for
changing requirements as the
years go by.
(Concluded on Page I, Column t)
500 More to
Pick Cherries
With approximately S00 wor
kers from other districts on the
ground and with more interest
being shown on the part of mid
Willamette valley residents, the
help situation in connection with
the harvest of cherries was re
ported much brighter Wednes
day by Wm. H. Baillie, manager
of the Salem employment of
fice. The importations came
from the Klamath and Ontario
sections. One or two additional
sizeable groups were expected
Wednesday and will be moved
into orchards already designated
for their operations.
While the larger orchards are
well taken care of as to pickers,
in some instances smaller oper
ators have not secured their re
quirements. Harvest is expected to extend
over the next 10 days or two
weeks, particularly in the high
er elevations.
permitted the navy to move its
A small building, now moved
directly behind the hangar has
been covered with corrigated
metal and finished for use as a
flight gear issue room. The
structure formally used by Capi
tal Air Service, which now has
space on the west side of Mc
Nary field, is slated for repairs.
The room at the west end has
already been given a coat of
paint on the inside and before
Hug moved his officeinto the
hangar was used by rTm for an
office. It is now used as a record
room by volunteer naval air re
serve unit here.
Men at present are busy set
ting tie-downs in the apron and
pouring walks around the area
As yet only one plane, that
used by Hug, has arrived at the
air facility. Others, however
are slated to be sent here as soon
as the navy department set a
commissioning date for the facil-
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Salem Cherries Given People
S.P. depot Wednesday when international agricultural repre
sentatives were greeted by Salem organizations. Above, gen
eral view of crowd as Cherrians distributed Royal Annes
among them. Below, at left, jolly H. H. Hannan of Ottawa,
president of International Federation of Agricultural Produc
ers, receives good will token from a Cherrian. The gentleman
at the right, just about to make proper disposition of a Royal
Anne, is Pierre Martin, big wine producer of Bordeaux,
president of the CGA, a French producers' organization, and
one of the vice presidents of the International Federation.
Salem Cherries Given to
International Farm Group
Willamette valley Royal Anne cherries, in neat little tubs,
went as gifts Wednesday to over 70 men and women of 21 coun
tries, who were Salem's guests for 20 minutes. .. i
' Among them were men of international note in the agricultural
industries of England, France,
The Netherlands, and other na
tions, to say nothing of the
United States.
They represented the Interna
tional Federation of Agricul
tural Producers which a few
days ago closed its convention
at Guelph, Ontario. They are
now on their way home the
long way 'round via San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City,
Salt Lake, Denver, Chicago,
Washington, New York, Keokuk,
Sauk Center, etc.
At the Southern Pacific de
pot the train stopped long
enough for the Salem Cherrians,
in uniform. Chamber of Com
merce, and Cherryland Festi
val association to extend wel
come, distribute travel folders
about this community, and pass
out to them individually the
cherries as tokens of internation
al good will.
The fruit, selected with care
and gathered from Salem pack
ers, had been pre-cooled over
night. In crates the individual
cartons were carried aboard the
train, or distributed on the de
pot platform.
Among those who left the
train to circulate in the crowd
while they ate cherries was H.
H. Hannan of Ottawa, president
of the International Federation
of Agricultural Producers and
also head of the Canadian or
ganization. And there also was H. D.
Louwes of The Netherlands, in
ternational senior vice president.
Another person of note was Pi
erre Martin (pronounce it Mar
tanh, if you want to be French),
big wine producer of Bordeaux,
who is a vice president of the
International Federation and
president of the CGA of France.
Stopping here a longer time
were Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Knowles of London, guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Jones.
Mr. Knowles is executive secre
tary of the Farmers' Union of
England and Mr. Jones presi
dent of the Oregon Farmers un
ion.
On a trip to Europe last year
the Jones were guests of the
Knowles in London. On the
present occasion Mr. and Mrs.
Knowles were met In Portland
Tuesday by their Salem friends
and were being shown about
western Oregon today. They
will leave by airplane Wednes
day night.
Asked for comment about
present conditions In England.
Mr. Knowles said the agricul
tural policy is good, because it
has been worked out between
the government and the Farm
ers Union. Rationing of food
and the coming end of the Mar
shall aid plan, offer
problems, he said.
serious
of 21 Countries Scenes at
Germany, the orient, Canada,
Czechs War
On Catholics
Prague, June 22 W Catho
lic employes in some Czecho
slovak government offices said
today they were being required
to sign statements declaring
they did not support Archbishop
Josef Beran.
The archbishop is fighting at
temps of the nation's communist
regime to get control of the
church. The government has ac
cused Beran of trying to wreck
national peace and economy and
has threatened to take legal ac
tion against him.
Some laymen who signed the
statements told their priests
they did so in fear of losing their
jobs and dwellings. Churchmen
said this was another move in
the communists' step-by-stcp
campaign to whittle down the
archbishop's support and crush
his resistance.
Official sources would not
comment other than to claim
new gains for the communist
sponsored "Catholic action"
movement, a separatist body
That separatist group has been
called a fraud by the Vatican
and the Czech Catholic hier
archy. Archbishop Beran was believ
ed to be still in his palace. He
has been silent since Sunday
when demonstrators interrupted
services he was conducting
St. Vitus cathedral.
One informed diplomatic
source expressed belief the
archbishop soon might be for
mally arrested on charges of
anti-state activity and incite
ment to unrest. Beran now is in
semi-captivity in the palace.
107 New Cases of
Polio in Texas
San Angclo, Texas, June 22 Hf)
Eight more polio patients were
in San Angelo hospitals today
Texans were warned the disease
is increasing over the state.
"We have reports of 107 cases
for the week ending June 18,"
said State Health Officer Dr.
George W. Cox. "That's too
many. There were only 87 the
week before."
At San Angelo five persons
were dismissed leaving 88 cases
Co. ..id in int.l numher nf!Cornell.universlty.
'cases of polio this year is 870j Som communities in r.ew
i from 89 counties. 'York have taken steps to con
at3l . .Pir
Bids Asked on
Santiam Road
Portland, June 22 WP) The
last 13 unimproved miles of the
North Santiam pass highway
will be up for surfacing bids
July 7.
Construction on the route
started more than 20 years ago
and for years there has been an
oil-surfaced highway extending
east and west of the unimproved
section between Detroit and Ni
agara. But only recently was the
heavy grading completed to per
mit the entire highway to han
dle through traffic from Salem
into central Oregon via Stayton
and Mill City.
W. H. Lynch, public roads ad
ministration division engineer.
said that in addition to provid
ing a major cross-Cascades
route, the highway would be a
useful access road to Detroit
dam and to timber resources.
The low bid on a bank pro
tection project on the Willam
ette river near Independence
yesterday came from the Mc-
Kinnon Construction company
of Sandy.
The firm bid $11,131, which
was $1689 under the estimate of
army engineers. The project is
at Catlin location, five miles
southeast of Independence.
Berlin Strikers
To Restore Traffic
Berlin, June 22 MP) The west
ern Berlin railway strikers de
cided tonight to restore inter
zonal freight movements to nor
mal without calling off their
walkout.
The union announced that
workmen would report to the
west Berlin marshalling yards
tomorrow morning to make .the
technical preparations for un
tangling the chaos brought by
five weeks strike.
By Friday freight trains from
west Germany to Berlin will be
moving through the yards
East Sizzles in
llDrought Damages Crops
(By th AMOCitlpa prwi
A June heat wave in the nation's norlhwcastern states sizzled
on today amid a growing fear of serious damage to farm crops.
The long dry spell no heavy rains In three weeks intensified
the hazard of fires in the heavily wooded areas of the New Eng
land states, New York and New Jersey. No immediate relief from
the unseasonable heat appeared
in prospect. Temperatures
climbed into the 90 s over the
parched areas yesterday.
In Massachusetts alone, the
hot, dry weather has caused an
estimated $5,000,000 damage to
crops. Hay and vegetable crops
have suffered the most damage.
John Chandler, Massachusetts
agriculture commissioner, said
the second hay crop Is scorched
and "just Isn't growing." Farm
officials fear a milk shortage
later as well as othedamaging
effects to the dairy Industry be
cause of damage to hay and pas
ture land.
In New York stale, where no
substantial amounts of rain have
fallen since the end of May, the
drought was described as "seri
ous" by agricultural experts at
Cox Slaps Sabath in
Mouth, Gets Blows
To Face
Washington, June 22 (AV-A
punch swinging encounter be
tween gj-year-old Rep. Sabath
(D ILL.) and Rep. Cox (D-Ga.)
took place on the house floor to
day, touched off by dispute over
the administration's housing bill.
An eye witness, Rep. Walter
(D-Pa ), said Cox, who is in his
60s. slapped Sabath in the mouth
and knocked off his glasses.
He said Sabath countered
with a one two right and left
to Cox's face before they were
parted.
The unbilled one - rounder
came during a quorum call to
get more members to the floor
for the start of debate on the
housing bill.
Argument Over Time
Walter said it began in an ar
gument over whether Sabath
would give Cox time to talk.
There had been a bitter pre
vious debate, with Sabath jump
ing on the "real estate lobby"
and pleading with the house to
help "deserving American citi
zens" who are crying for hous
ing. Then came the quorum call.
That stops business and report
ers in the gallery over the cham
ber went outside to write. The
scrap between Sabath and Cox
sent them rushing downstairs to
the floor, where Walter told
them this happened:
Sabath was sitting down at a
table when Cox came up, leaned
over and asked for 10 minutes
to make a speech.
Portions Out Debate
Sabath, as chairman of the
rules committee, is portioning
out time for debate over what
rule the housing legislation shall
be considered under.
Sabath told Cox he didn't
have that much time.
Cox called him a "liar.
Neither Sabath nor Cox would
leave the floor to talk with re
porters at first.
Cox has been one of the lead
ing foes of the housing measure
He was the only one to make a
speech against it at a democratic
caucus yesterday.
This was a party meeting that
voted 147 to 8 to support a low
rent public housing program
but only after trimming it from
the 1,050,000 units in seven
years asked by President TVu
man to B10, 000 to be built in
six years.
Judges Testify
In Hiss Behalf
New York, June 22 (IT) Two
U. S. supreme court justices and
the chief judge of the U. S. cir
cuit court of appeals in Boston
testified today in behalf of Al
ger Hiss at his perjury trial.
Justice Felix Frankfurter said
Hiss' reputation was "excellent."
Justice Stanley M. Reed tes
tified thct "so far as I know"
Hiss reputation was "good."
Chief Judge Calvert Magru
tlcr of the U. S. circuit court of
appeals, Boston, said that the
former state department offic
ial's reputation was "excellent."
The prosecutor, U. S. Attor
ney Thomas F. Murphy, unawed
by the fact he was cross-examining
supreme court justices,
wranclcd briefly with Frankfur
ter. The latter stalked out of the
courtroom looking somewhat
netled after he had testified
Reed was more moderate than
Frankfurter In his testimony re
garding the character of Hiss,
who has denied he filched se
cret state department papers for
transmission to a prewar soviet
spy ring.
Heat as
serve waler. A Ion of water
filtration equipment was flown
last night to Gasport in western
New York from Providence, R.
I., to treat water from an im
pounded creek dam. The vil
lage's water supply from wells
has dwindled 20 per cent. Scat
tered showers fell in parts of
the state.
The danger of forest fires
prompted Gov. Paul A. Dever
of Massachusetts to ban hunting
and fishing in the state forests,
effective today. A ban on smok
ing and outdoor campfire has
been ordered in forests of Maine.
New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Mercury bubbled to 95
at Boston. That also was the top
mark at Philadelphia. New York
felt just as hot with a top of
94. And it was only one degree
lower at Albany and Syracuse.
N. Y , and In Washington and
Harrisburg, Pa. ,
Vandenberg Seconds
Appeal Big 4
Results Told
Washington, June 22 IIP)
Secretary of State Acheson ap
pealed today for action at this
congress session on the Atlantic
treaty and the arms assistance
program. He got backing from
Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich.)
Vandenberg, republican leader
on foreign policy matters, said
'Congress can't adjourn without
acting on both."
Acheson met with the senate
foreign relations committee be
hind closed doors to discuss,
among other things, the outcome
of the Big Four foreign minis
ters conference in Paris.
Later he issued a statement
which said he told the senators
the results "reemphasize" the
need for congressional action at
this session on the pact and the
arms program.
Vandenberg Recommends It
Vandenberg, giving reporters
his own opinion, said later:
"We can not leave any twi
light zone in a subject of this
major importance to the world,"
Vandenberg went on, and "must
act on both matters before this
session quits."
Acheson s statement said ac
tion is needed to keep the mo
mentum of what already has
been accomplished by American
programs in Europe.
Acheson's return from the Pa
ris meeting yesterday was fol
lowed by an appeal from Presi- .
dent Truman for "no slacken
ing" in vital phases of American
foreign policy.
In a statement issued after a
meeting with Acheson, Mr. Tru
man said:
It must be frankly admitted
that despite the forward looking
program sponsored by the west
ern powers as a basis for uni
fication (of Germany), little
progress was made."
(Continued on Pag 5, Column 4)
Atomic Bombs
Insure Safety
Washington, June 22 IIP)
Walter J. Williams, production
manager for the atomic energy .
commission, said today "the se
curity of the country as far as
making bombs is concerned is
O.K."
His remark at the congression
al investigation of the AEC was
a strong hint that A-bomb out
put is at a rate considered sat
isfactory by those concerned
with it. The rate is a closely
guarded secret.
Williams is a former army of
ficer who was assigned to the
atomic project when the mili
tary controlled it during the
war. He continued on it when
the present civilian commission
took over in 1946.
He said the army did a "re
markable job" in organizing the
project and accomplished its
task of getting "atomic bombs
to help end the war." Of the
commissions' accomplishments,
he had this to say:
"We have nothing to be
ashamed of, if you take it on
balance. I believe if we were
permitted to tell the public what
has been accomplished, that the
people would feel the program
is In good hands and that the
security of the country as far as
making bombs is concerned is
(O.K
The senate-house atomic com
mittee is investigating charges
of "incredible mismanagement"
made against the AEC and its
chairman. David E. Lilienthal,
by Senator Hickenlooper (R
Iowa). New Reduction in
Gas Rates Announced
Gas cooking and waler heat
ing rates will roll back to with
in 9 percent of their pre-war
level, as a result of Portland
Gas & Coke company's third
rate reduction so far this year,
according to J. A. H. Dodd, dis
trict manager.
Approval of a request to make
the third reduction effective
with meter readings taken on
and after June 25 has been
granted by George H. Flagg,
Oregon public utilities commis
sioner. The three cuts, reflecting
as many reductions in the cost
of heavy gas-making oil, will
save customers approximately
$1,332,000 annually or 14 3 per
cent. Savings on individual custo
mer bills will amount to 14 4
cents per cubic feet of gas used.
A typical saving to a cooking
and water heating customer will
be approximately $7 annually or
nearly 11 percent. The same
customer also using gas to heat
a typical five-room house would
save around $35 annually or
nearly IS percent.
The three reductions in heavy
gas-making oil so far this ytar
total 60 cents per barrel
1