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Salem; Oregon, Friday, July 8, hti
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Senators Move
For Revision of
U.N. Charter
Plan to Extend
Atlantic Pact Into
World Peace Alliance
Washington, July 8 ff) Ten
senators today announced a
move ta revise the United Na
tlons charter and set up a world
alliance backed by an interna
tional police force.
Senator Flanders (R.-Vt.)
said the ultimate aim will be
to extend the North Atlantic de
fense pact into a world alliance
open to all nations that accept
its principles.
J. The plan is similar to propos
als made by Ely Culbertson, the
bridge expert, who has been
conferring with senators on his
ideas for a "little united nations"
within the United Nations.
Sponsoring Senators
Senators sponsoring the reso
lution are Flanders, Sparkman
(D.-Ala.), Aiken (R.-Vt.), Cain
(R.-Wash.), Capehart (R.-Ind.),
Hendrickson (R.-N.J.), Johnson
(D.-Colo.), Mundt (R.-S.D.),
Hoey (D.-N.C.) and Stennis (D.
Miss.) Mundt told a reporter the
plan would throw open the
North Atlantic pact to any na
tion agreeing to the principles
of free democratic nations.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column I)
New Farm Plan
For Payments
Washington, July 8 W The
house was told by its agricul
ture committee today that the
administration already has pow
er to start the farm "production
payment" plan it is asking con
gress to approve.
The committee said the farm
act passed by the republican
80th congress was so written
that it left the secretary of ag
riculture "fancy free" to go
ahead with the idea.
In a formal report, the com
mittee urged that the house pass
a substitute for the republican
enacted law. The substitute is
the so-called Pace bill, sponsor
ed by Rep. Pace (D-Ga.).
- The Pace bill would let the
administration try out the "pro
duction payment" plan in 1950,
but would limit the trial to
three crops. The secretary of ag
riculture would be free to de
cide which three.
The measure carries more re
strictions than does a compro
mise farm program being de
veloped by the senate agricul
ture committee. Senator Elmer
Thomas (D-Okla.) said he ex
pects eventual senate passage of
the compromise.
And secretary of agriculture
Brannan, farm cabinet member
for President Truman, told sen
ators late yesterday that he
would go along with the com
promise as a "step in the direc
tion" of his own new program.
Brannan made clear the ad
ministration is not giving up on
his program which, boiled down,
is to give farmers high returns
and consumers cheaper foods.
(The method would be the use
of subsidies to farmers, to be
paid out of tax funds.)
Fire Raging in
Siskiyou Forest
Grants Pass, July 8 W) Sis
kiyou and state forest crews to
day are battling an uncontrolled
forest fire which started in the
O'Brien area yesterday after
noon and has eaten its way
across the state line into north
ern California.
The fire started in the vicin
ity of the Elk Creek mill, two
and one-half miles from O'Brien
and a quarter mile from the
Redwood highway. The mill
property sustained some dam
age. Officials of both forest
services are attempting to de
termine the cause.
Much of the timber involved
is a part of the Siskiyou Nation
al forest although some state
land is included. Reports relay
ed from the scene indicate that
heavy gusts of wind have ham
pered fire control, the blaze
jumping the fire lines. More
than 100 caterpillar crews, most
ly from the Siskiyou and state
forest stations in this area, work
ed during the night. Fifty addi
tional men were recruited frorr
Grants Pass this morning.
A caterpillar which was
wrecked at the time of the fatal
injury of Clifton J. Eggers July
3, was in the path of the flames
and was destroyed.
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State and County Get New Judges Top: Circuit Judge Max
Page takes oath of office from Chief Justice Hall S. Lusk
and becomes a member of Oregon's supreme court. Lower:
Rex Kimmell, former state attorney, receives his commission
as circuit judge of Marion county from Gov. Douglas McKay.
Hospital Drive Brings
tncouraaina Reno
Advance gift workers in the
paign organized to close the first
night and reported a total of
100,000 goal.
A number of new workers were invited to the home of Mayor
Seek to Avert
Big Steel Strike
Pittsburgh, July 8 (JP) A deep
ly concerned federal government
moved today to prevent a threat
ened nation-wide steel strike.
The government's growing an
xiety became apparent last night
when Cyrus S. Ching, director i
the federal mediation and concil
iation service, summoned Philip
Murray, president of the United
Steel Workers, and John A. Ste
phens, vice president of the U. S.
Steel Corp., to meet In Washing
ton Monday.
Both Murray and Stephens
promptly agreed to answer the
call.
Murray also repeated his
charge that the steel corporation
was responsible for the impasse
in negotiations that for the last
two days had made steel strike
strong possibility on July 16
The U. S. Steel-UAW negotia
tionsin recent years a major
factor in the wage agreements
reached by other industries
bogged down last Wednesday,
Benjamin F. Fairless, U. 5
Steel president, rejected the
steelworkers demands for a
fourth round post-war wage
boost. Previously he turned
down the union's demands for
pensions for its 800,000 . mem
bers.
Murray quickly called a meet
ing of his policy committee here
next Tuesday. This committee
has the power to call a strike.
Hundreds in Salem See
Shasta Daylight Train
One of the two Southern Pacific's new "Shasta Daylight"
streamliners was being viewed
Friday afternoon, in its preview
The new deluxe train, which
tween Portland and San Francisco will cut the running time
between Salem and the Bay area to 11 hours and 17 minutes.
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diesel locomotive, ' each train
consists of 15 red and orange
cars, including baggage-postal
car, nine chair cars, tavern car,.
parlor-observation, and a triple
unit comprising diner-kitchen-coffee
shop.
Following the public exhibi
tion of the train at the Salem
rts
Salem hospital development cam
phase of the drive Thursday
$248,000 raised toward tne $1,-
L. Elfstrom and about 50 were
present.
The larger gifts committee re
ported in new subscriptions $25,
000 and the doctors' committee
turned in $7,000 in new subscrip
tions. This brings the larger
Sifts committee total to $187,-
380 and the doctors committee
to $60,620 making a grand total
of $248,000, general chairman,
Ford Watkins.
Among the subscriptions re
ported was $10,000 by George
and Elizabeth Putnam, $3,500
by J. C. Penney company and
Mai Rudd, $3,000 by Valley
Packing company and G. F.
Chambers, $3,000 by Bishop's
store, $1,500 by O. A. Hartman.
$1,000 by Alan A. Siewert, $1
000 by Miller Mercantile and
$1,000 by Robert Bros.
An optimistic spirit pervaded
the meeting and 175 additional
cards were taken by members
of the committee. It was de
cided that the work should be
pushed as rapidly as possible so
that the city wide campaign un
der the chairmanship of Al
Loucks would have the inspira
tion of the accumulated gifts se
cured by the larger gifts commit
tee as an inspiration to his more
than 300 member organization
which will start its work fol
lowing a kick-off dinner July
18.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Seek Court in Eugene
Washington, July 8 Wl A
bill requiring the United States
district court to hold terms at
Eugene, Ore., was introduced
yesterday by Rep. Ellsworth,
(R., Ore.)
by hundreds of Salem citizens
tour of valley cities.
will go into service Sunday be
depot the streamliner will pro
ceed to Portland where it will
be exhibited Saturday.
Included among the guests of
the railroad on the trial run to
Portland were Robert Letts
Jones, associate publisher;
Stephen A. Stone, city editor
and James D. Olson, political
writer of the Capital Journal.
Judges Take
Oaths of Office
Before a crowd that filled the"
supreme court chamber Chief
Justice Hall S. Lusk administer
ed oaths of office to Circuit
Judge E. M. Page, newly ap
pointed nssociale . justice .; and
Rex Kimmell, assistant attorney
general as circuit judge of Mar
ion county.
Before admi nlsterlng the
oaths, the chief justice read
tribute to the late Justice Percy
R. Kelly, in which he declared
that "justice was the chief vir
tue of Justice Kelly."
Mr. Justice Kelly served the
state of Oregon as a judge for 38
years, nearly 19 of them as a
member of this court," the chief
justice said. "Those years were
filled with high judicial accom
plishment. "His reputation a reputation
richly deserved was that of a
wise and kindly judge, who
brought to the decision of cases,
not only a wide knowledge of
law, but as well an understand
ing of people and their prob
lems. He was dilligent and con
scientious in the performance of
the duties of office. His passion
was justice, and to the cause of
justice he gave the best years
of his life."
Governor Douglas McKay,
who witnessed the ceremony,
presented the certificates of ap
pointment to both Justice Page
and Judge Kimmel just before
the two men took the oath of
office.
Justice Page was adorned in
the traditional black robe of the
high court and participated in
his first case immediately fol
lowing the conclusion of the
simple ceremony.
Chief Justice Lusk announced
that an appropriate memorial
service would be held in honor
of the late Justice Kelly at a
later date.
Among the spectators at the
ceremony were a large number
of Salem and Portland attorneys,
Truman Ads in
Railroad Strike
Washington, July 8 U.R) Pre
sident Truman today acted to
head off a threatened strike on
the Missouri Pacific railroad.
By executive order he set up
an emergency board to investi
gate a dispute between the rail
road and employes represented
by four operating brotherhoods.
The unions involved are the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Engine
Men, the Order of Railway Con
ductors and the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen.
Mr. Truman's order said the
dispute threatens to interrupt
interstate commerce, depriving
"a large portion of the country
of essential transportation ser
vice." The board will report back to
the president within 30 days.
flhrim Protests lAB
Bhplmm SUM
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Relocation of
Silverton Road
Again Protested
Formal protest has been filed
with the county court against
the proposed relocation of the
Silverton road from Steffen cor
ner into Silverton by 13 property
owners along the proposed new
route.
This puts the county court
somewhat in a vise as many res
idents along the present route
which would be abandoned for
the new one, also have declared
against the change and it has
even been rumored that injunc
tion proceedings would be insti
tuted if the court went ahead
with plans for laying out the new
route.
Property owners along that
new route in their signed protest
declare that "such properties
constitute farm lands of high
grade soils and of great value to
the owners, and the same were
acquired and are used because of
their soil values, locations and
general lay-outs. Condemnation
of said land for road purposes
would cut up and destroy the re
spective farming units of such
lands and would constitute the
taking of highly developed land
resulting in irreparable damage
to each of the undersigned."
Held Unwarranted
They declare that the proposed
shifting of such portion of the
present highway from an estab
lished right of way through pro
ductive farming units is unwar
ranted and would constitute an
abuse of governmental authority.
They set up the following spe
cific reasons for their objection
to the proposed new highway
routing:
"It would unjustifiably result
in irreparable damage to tne
signers.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 6)
Hiss Jury Still
Unable to
Agree
New York, July 8 (&) A fed
eral court jury, unable to reach
a verdict last night, deliberated
hour after hour today on wheth
er Alger Hiss lied.
The jury recessed at noon
(EST), a few minutes after it
had returned to the courtroom
for a restatement of a portion of
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman's
charge to the jury.
The jurors had resumed their
deliberations at 8:30 a.m.,
half hour early. They arrived at
the courthouse even before the
judge, Hiss and his wife, Pris
cilia, and opposing counsel ap
pea red.
They discussed the case for
four hours and 40 minutes last
night and were locked up after
reporting "no immediate ver
dict" was in sight. Their morn
ing deliberations covered three
hours and 20 minutes.
They had to determine wheth
er Hiss committed perjury when
he denied that as a state depart
ment official he passed top se
cret documents to a pre-war So
viet spy ring.
Ready for Debut Crowds of Salem people are this afternoon having an exterior and an
interior look al the Southern Pacific's new Shasta Daylight, above, which will begin 15 A -hour
service July 10 between San Francisco and Portland, three hours less than the fastest previ
ous train time over the 718-mile scenic Shasta route. The train Is today on exhibit at the
Southern Pacific depot between 12 noon and 4 o'clock, daylight lime. Twin streamliners will
operate on the route, leaving San Francisco and Portland daily. They were constructed at a cost
of more than $5,000,000. (Acme Telephoto)
$795,995 Low
Bid for Paving
Detroit Road
Portland, Ore., Jul) 8 (U.B
Rogers Construction company
of Portland submitted the
low bid of $195,995 for bitu
minous surfacing of 13 miles
of the North Santiam high
way, W. H. Lynch, bureau of
public roads division engineer,
announced today.
Lynch said that when the
project la completed it will
provide a modern highway
between Detroit, Ore., and Ni
agara, Ore., and will serve as
an access road to Detroit
dam, - '
Final Action on
Housing Bill
Washington, July 8 VP) Con
gress today completed action on
multi-billion dollar long range
housing legislation and sent it
to President Truman.
The senate shouted approval
of the compromise measure
shortly after the house okayed
it by a voice vote.
That gave Mr. Truman the
first major victory for the far-
flung domestic program he calls
the "fair deal.
But housing was about the
easiest on his program. On this
issue he had with him Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) who has been the
administration's arc h-foe on
some other measures, particular
ly labor legislation. Taft got a
similar housing bill through the
senate " in the republican 80th
congress but the house refused
to pass it.
The legislation sent Mr. Tru
man provides for a vast slum
clearance program and sets up
funds for farm housing aids.
It also provides for 810,000
public housing units.
There was no debate in the
senate and only a brief flurry
in the house.
State of Emergency
May End British Strike
London, July 8 W) King
George VI will be asked to de
clare a state of national emer
gency Monday unless Britain's
crippling dock workers' strike
is ended, Home Secretary Chuter
Ede said today. .
Ede told the house of com
mons the king would be advised
by the government to issue a
proclamation declaring "a state
of emergency exists." It would
enable regulations to be made
"to restore the essentials of life
to the community."
More than 10,200 stevedores
were idle in London's spreading
waterfront work stoppage and
1,000 British soldiers were un
loading food from some of the
105 cargo ships tied up.
Death Calls Fuhrs
Silverton, July 8 Rev. and
Mrs. M. J. K. Fuhr left for Seat
tle, Wash., early today, called
there by the death of his bro
ther, Olger Fuhr, who dropped
dead Thursday after a heart attack.
Navy Signs-up
Air Facility at
Salem Airport
By MARGARET M GEE
Salem's Naval Air Facility's
formal lease was signed in Wash
ington Thursday by the navy de
partment, according to word re
ceived In Salem from Rep,
Walter Norblad.
Only one step now remains
before naval air reserve men
can begin their flight training
at the Salem facility that is the
selection of a commissioning
date for the Salem Naval Air Fa
cility by the navy.
Following the commissioning
of the facility planes will be
brought here from Seattle and
units slated to train here will be
assigned their week-ends for
training by the officer in com
mand of the facility here, Lt.
Comdr. Wallace Hug.
Signed by City in June
The lease signed in Washing
ton by the navy Thursday was
the one that June 22 was signed
for the city by City Manager J.
L. Franzen and forwarded to
13lh naval district.
(Continued on PaRe S, Column 7)
Seek to Slash
Atomic Funds
Washington, July 8 UP) Fresh
troubles piled up today for the
embattled -atomic energy com
mission.
A committee has approved
sharp cut in what the agency
wanted to spend and two con
gressmen have recommended
permanent spending curbs.
The money setback was hand
ed out yesterday by the senate
appropriations committee. It re
fused to increase the $1,090,000,
000 in cash and contract authori
zations allowed by the house.
This represented a $76,879,603
slash from the $1,167,000,000
budget estimate for the fiscal
year which began July 1,
Previously a senate appropria
tions subcommittee had recom
mended an increase of approxi
mately $35,000,000 in the house!
bill.
Both Chairman O'Mahoney
(D,, Wyo.) of the subcommittee
and Chairman McMahon (D.,
Conn.) of th joint senate-house
atomic committee said that
fight would be made on the floor
to override the full appropria
tion committee's action.
O'Mahoney called the cut "un
realistic " McMahon, in a sep
arate interview, said it was a
mistake."
While the two agree on this,
they disagree on what method
should be used to check on com
mission spending. Both are au
thors of recommendations to ac
complish the job.
McMahon would amend the
atomic energy law to require that
each year congress "authorize
the general programs of the at
omic energy commission and also
the total amount of money re
quested to support these pro
grams."
Substitution of
West Coast Line
Held Inadequate
Responsibility for Pre
senting Salem's Case
Rests With City Itself
Washington, July 8 (IP) Rep.
Norblad (R-Ore) today lodged
opposition with the civil aero
nautics board to proposals that
West Coast Air Lines be given
exclusive authority to provide
air service to Salem, Ore.
The change would involve
slopping of service by United
Air Lines to Salem.
Salem is an important point
on the national network of Unit
ed, Norblad told the CAB, while
West Coast Air Lines is a local
northwest operation.
He said that while West Coast
service would be valuable, it
would be only of the feeder line
type, with passengers making
long trips having to changa
planes for through service.
Traffic Figures Cited
United operates six flights a
day through Salem, Norblad
said, and these handled 3400
persons in the first six months
of the current year. He said
United's passenger revenues
from the city were about $111,
000. Norblad said the "wiser
move" would be to allow both
United and West Coast to usa
the Salem facilities.
"To cut out the present capa
ble, efficient service . provided
by United from Salem to all
parts of the nation, certainly is
not in any way justified," Nor
blad wrote the commission.
UAL SaysTf's
Up to Salem
By ROBERT LETTS JONES
Portland, Ore.. July 8 If
Salem is to keep United A i r
Lines service the responsibility
for presenting the city's case will
rest with the city, itself.
That was clear, this morning
following a meeting with a Sa
lem delegation of four persons
with top United Air Lines offi
cials here.
The civil aeronautics board
has questioned the serving of Or
egon's capital by United. A
hearing in Washington, D. C.
will determine if West Coast
Airlines should not be substitut
ed for the Mainliner Service.
The hearing is one of a series
the board is making throughout
the nation to check, on costly
duplications of the country's air
pattern.
To Present Statistics
Today's conference with Unit
ed officials made it clear that
the board's questioning of the
company's service to Salem had
not originated with United. The .
company will compile statistics
on its operation at Salem, which
was authorized by the board U
1940. The statistics will then
be presented by the company,
along with those on other Unit
ed stations on the Pacific coast
questioned by the board.
After the meeting J. L. Fran
zen, city manager, and one of
the Salem delegation, said he
would request City Attorney
Kowitz to draw up immediately
a request for an inlervenor to
Ihe Aeronautics board on the
city's behalf. It was indicated
the city would then have to pre
sent its case before the board
when the hearing is called. That
will be at the same time the Air
lines will be asked to give their
position on the question.
Present this morning from Sa
lem for the conference we-ra
Franzen; Clay Cochran, Cham
ber of Commerce manager; Jack
Barllett, slate board of aeronau
tics; and Robert Letts Jones.
Jones represented Gov. McKay
who made the original appear
ance on the city's behalf in
Washington before the board
when the Salem stop was auth
orized for United.
Meeting with them were thest
United Air Lines officials: Har
old Crary, vice president In.
charge of traffic and sales; W. R.
Thlgpen, assistant to the presi
dent; and Ted Cox, assistant dis
trict traffic and sales manager.