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Truman Firm
For Arms Bill
To Aid Allies
Agrees to Curb
On Allocation of
Military Aid
Washington, Aug. 4 W) Pres
ident Truman today rejected
suggestions that he compromise
in his request for $1,450,000,000
for arms aid to friendly nations.
Mr. Truman indicated at his
news conference, however, that
he does not oppose suggested
congressional curbs on his broad
authority to allocate the lunds
and specify nations to receive
the aid.
Ssaid the arms aid bill to
!ment the Atlantic alliance
should be passed by congress as
soon as possible and that the
full amount sought should be
granted.
Democrats and republicans
alike have agreed that Mr. Tru
man may not get all that he
wants in the request for arms
aid.
House Set for Cut
House foreign affairs commit
tee members appeared deter
mined to trim the amount asked
even after they received fig
ures in Soviet military strength.
They had a full day of closed
door sessions yesterday with
arms and state department ex
perts who helped draft the big
arms aid program.
Mr. Truman said he does not
care anything about blank
check authority to allot the arms
aid money.
He said he is content to let
congress work out the details.
The important thing, he said,
is to provide the money and
provide it quickly.
The situation shaped up like
this after the first full week of
committee consideration of the
program sent to congress last
week by Mr. Truman:
Concluded on inffe 0, Column 8)
i White Paper on
China by U.S.
Washington, Aug. 4 (P) Pres
ident Truman said today that
the United States will publish
a white paper on its relations
with China to clear up "mis
representation, distortion and
misunderstanding."
In a formal statement, the
president said that the friend
ship between the United States
people and the people of China
"is as strong today as it has
ever been."
He said the problem is to find
way "to give practical expres
sion to that friendship" and that
this is receiving "the closest at
tention of this government."
The statement was given out
at his weekly news conference.
, A reporter recalled that there
has been criticism that the Unit
ed States government has been
"too slow" in its aid to the
Chinese nationalist government
because of reported communist
Influences within the state de
partment. Mr. Truman said that this
entirely erroneous criticism
would be covered in the volume
the state department is publish
ing tomorrow.
He said in his statement that
some of the "misrepresentation,
distortion and misunderstand
ing" arose because this govern
ment "was reluctant to reveal
certain facts, the publication of
which might have served to has
ten the events in China which
have now occurred."
President Favors
International Fair
Washington, Aug. 4 VP) Pres
ident Truman today voiced his
support of a proposed interna
tional fair in the United States
next year to stimulate interna
tional trade.
Mr. Truman told his new con
ference he thought the idea for
such a fair is a very fine thing.
He said the matter is under
consideration officially, but he
did not go into details.
A newsman had mentioned a
report suggesting that such a fair
be held in the United States in
1950, naming Atlantic City and
Detroit as among the cities sug
gested for sites.
Mr. Truman said he was fa
miliar with the idea. He said its
purpose would be to make sales
of U. S. products easier and also
make it easier to import prod
ucts.
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Refuse to Let
Mrs. FDR Quit
Washington, Aug. 4 VP)
President Truman said today
that he had rejected an offer by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to
resign from her United Nations
post. He said she will return to
the next general assembly as a
delegate.
The President said that no
reference to Mrs. Roosevelt's
controversy with Francis Car
dinal Spellman over federal
benefits to parochial schools
was contained in her letter.
He described it as the routine
formal offer to resign that vir
tually all holders of diplomatic
posts send in regularly.
A reporter brought up the
subject at Mr. Truman's weekly
news conference. The newsman
said he had been told that the
widow of the late President had
offered to resign her post with
the United Nations (she is a
member of the human rights
commission.) because of her
controversy with the Catholic
prelate in New York.
Mr. Truman replied promptly
that Mrs. Roosevelt offers her
resignation every year. In the
last case, he said she expressed
no reason. Asked if he will ac
cept the resignation, Mr. Tru
man replied she's going back to
the United Nations.
Railroads Clamp
Wheat Embargo
Portland, Aug. 4 UP) Rail
roads clamped an embargo on
shipment of government owned
wheat and barley to Pacific
northwest ports today at the re
quest of the commodity credit
corporation.
Clyde Kiddle, regional CCC
director, said the embargo was
necessary because terminal ele
vators at Portland, Vancouver,
Longview, Tacoma and Seattle
were almost full
Kremlin to Be Destroyed
in 10 Years, Benes Says
By ROBERT LETTS JONES
America's present foreign policy, if followed by the, democracies
of the world, will destroy Russian communism in 1" years.
This flat prediction of doom for the Kremlin was made Wed
nesday night by Dr. Bohus Benes, visiting professor at Willamette
university and nephew of the late president of the Czechoslovak
republic
Benes included these points
in United States policy which
has effectively checked Russian
expansion in Europe: The Tru
man doctrine, Marshall plan, and
Atlantic pact.
As to the latter, Benes told
his audience that 'the Kremlin
understands the effectiveness of
the Atlantic pact better than
you do."
"You people should be proud
of your leadership . . . Without
the Truman doctrine, Greece
and Turkey would have been
communist today. Without the
Marshall plan. France and Italy
would be communist today. And
without the Atlantic pact, Fin
land and Norway would now be
behind the iron curtain."
"The American people are ir
revocably appointed by Provi
dence to lead the world out of
the present crisis."
Benes spoke in Waller hall on
the university campus in the last
of three lectures on world af
fairs he has given during his
visit this summer session.
lie based his forecast of the I
40 et 8 Day Highlights The 40 et 8, honor and fun-making
society of the American Legion, held its one-day conven
tion in Salem Wednesday. A sample of its activities is shown
here. Top left, the Albany mock locomotive, first-place winner
in the stunt division of the 40 et 8 parade is shown as it
creeps along -in the line of march. Top right, the Oregon
boxcar of the French gratitude train is permanently enshrined
at dedication services conducted on the Legion clubhouse
grounds; bottom left, a 40 et 8 "goof" from Portland wheels
a broken slot machine on a surgery table; bottom right; the
Salem 40 et 8 voiture marches in the paarde.
Pomp and Humor Given
Legion Sho wby40et8
Displaying pomp and humor all the way, the colorful 40 et 8
parade marched, rode, crawled and crashed its way through
downtown Salem Wednesday evening to give American Legion
festivities for the 31st annual state convention a glorious sendoff.
The parade packed plenty of variety. There were elaborate
O'Dwyer Oilers
Peace Services
New York, Aug. 4 (P) Mayor
William O'Dwyer has offered to
act as peacemaker in an effort to
settle the controversy between
Francis Cardinal Spellman and
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt over
federal funds for parochial and
other private schools.
The mayor, a Roman Catholic,
said yesterday he has "equally
great respect" for both Cardinal
Spellman and Mrs. Kooseveu.
O'Dwyer declared he could
not believe that the stand taken
by the president's widow was
the result of bigotry."
Cardinal Spellman, protesting
to Mrs. Roosevelt against her
newspaper column opposition to
granting federal funds for non
public schools, had told her in
a letter:
'Your record of anti-Cathol
icism stands for all to see . , .
documents of discrimination un
worthy of an American mother."
Mrs. Roosevelt replied to the
cardinal, the archbishop of New
York, denying anti-Catholic bias
and saying God is the final judge
of a human being's worth.
Kremlin's destruction in 10 years
on the premise that revolts be
hind the iron curtain would find
the ruling politbureau of Russia
unseated by the military He
described the Kremlin rulers
as "political hacks."
Benes revealed that a revolu
tion was scheduled for last No
vember in Czechoslovakia but
was called off by London and
Washington. Although 120 per
sons lost their lives as a result
of the "postponement," the
Czech underground was kept in
tact for future use.
"T h e Western democracies
were not ready for such action
at that time. But those democ
racies are getting ready rapidly
now much more rapidly than
you realize.
The visiting professor, long
time student of world affairs, ad
mitted that the Far Eastern prob
lem was more complicated and
dangerous than affairs in Eu
rope. He described the advance
of the Chinese red hordes as "a i
debacle for the United States I
not for the Chinese nationalists."1
props as well as crude props
The latter group drew the
laughs. There were snappy
marching outfits as well as in
"ten tiorially-disorganized march
ing units, each a crowd-pleaser
in its own right. ,
If one were to have made a
recording of the parade passing,
he'd hear precision drum and
bugle corps, off-key singing, old
car motors, frequent blasts from
a terrifically-loud cannon, and
the old, familiar Legion cry
"Where's Elmer?" And for
background, there would be the
constant laughing and applaud
ing of the thousands of towns
people who lined the curbings
for the event.
Goofs Give Color
Most of the parade color, lit
erally speaking, was provided
by the "goofs," (40 et 8 initi
ates) who were unvoluntarily
decked out in bright war paint
and varied colors of hair.
Awarded first place prize in
the stunt division was the Al
bany locomotive, a familiar
sight at Legion conventions for
many years.
A sheik and his well-guard
ed harem from Hillsboro took
top award for the best march
ing unit. One of the saber-bear
ing guards carried a sign read
ing, "Orobsllih"; that's Hills
boro spelled backwards.
The Ashland kilty band, a
troup of genuine Scottish bag
pipers, copped first place in
the musical division. Their
bright plaid uniforms added a
bit of pageantry to the march.
Miss Oregon There
Beverly Krueger of The
Dalles, otherwise known as
"Miss Oregon," was probably
the most streamlined part of
the parade.
Several Legion and military
dignitaries made up the first
section.
The American Legion grand
parade, which promises to be
bigger and better than ever and
a full two hours in length, will
start at 7 o'clock Friday eve
ning and follow a winding
course through downtown Sa
lem. Special Bus Service
For Legion Parade
Special service will be offered
by the City Transit line in con
nection with the American Le
gion department parade and the
Cavalcade at the State Fair
grounds Friday evening.
Additional buses will be run
on the 17th and Market and the
Madison street lines as far as the
18th street entrance to the fair
grounds by the Madison route.
Extra service will be offered
on all loop operations at the con
clusion of the parade in the
downtown area. The parade
starts at 7 o'clock and will be
concluded in tlmi for the rnlpr-
tainment at the fair grounds,
GOP Senators
Oppose Clark
Washington, Aug. 4 VP) Sen
ator Taft (R-Ohio) said today
that some republican senators
are considering opposing the
nomination of Attorney Gener
al Tom Clark to the supreme
court.
Taft said Senators Ferguson
(R.-Mich.) and Kern (R.-Mo.)
raised this issue at a closed-door
session of the senate GOP poli
cy committee today.
In answer to a question, Taft
told a reporter:
"Yes, there is opposition, but
they are uncertain they will do
anything about it."
President Truman announced
at his news conference a week
ago today that he was nominat
ing Clark to succeed the late As
sociate Justice Frank Murphy.
He also named Senator J. How
ard McGrath (D.-R.I.) to suc
ceed Clark as attorney general
ijom nominations now are
pending before the senate judi
ciary committee with a public
hearing scheduled for next
Tuesday. Ferguson is a member
of the committee.
Ferguson and Kem criticized
the attorney general's action in
connection with an investigation
of the vote fraud charges in
Kansas City in 1948.
Chairman McCarran (D.-
Nev.) of the judiciary commit
tee told a reporter that he had
not been informed of the oppo
sition to Clark. However, he
said the hearing next Tuesday
will- be "wide open" if senators
or others wish it.
Reappraisal
Klett Estate
Reappraisal of the Hollywood
Bowl and Crystal Gardens prop
erties of the late Otto A. Klett
made by George Grabenhorst,
Rex Adolph and Helen W. Gal
lagher, cut the valuation of
Crystal Gardens as filed in pro
bate in the first appraisal from
$75,000 to $62,500 and left the
Hollywood Bowl appraisal at
$65,000 as in the original inven
tory. The cut in appraisal of
Hollywood Bowl properties is
given as being due to "brown rot
and track not being well built."
The estate's original total ap
praisal was placed at $401,
541.25. In an order determining in
heritance tax just filed the total
valuation of the taxable estate is
placed at $389,078.24 with $63,-
159.04 charged off as deductions
leaving a net taxable estate of
$325,919.20.
Value of the inheritance of
the widow, Bertha Klett, is plac
ed at $198,419.20, and of a
brother, Andrew T. Klett, at
$127,500. Amount of tax on
the widow's share is fixed at
$8,273.17, and on the brother's
share at $21,976.17, or a total
state inheritance tax of $30,
249.34. Exemption granted to
the widow under the law is $10,
000 and none to the brother,
Golden Gate Span Suicide
San Francisco, Aug. 4 VP)
A man of about 45 leaped to his
death from Golden Gate bridge
last night as a highway patrol
man ran to grab him. He was
the span's 116th known suicide.
He wore a bracelet bearing the
name Glenn R. Burbank. His
address was unknown.
Belgrano
In Motional Legion
Barkley Rules
$50 Million Loan
To Spain Out
Washington, Aug. 4 VP) Vice
President Barkley today ruled
$50,000,000 in loans to Spain
out of the European recovery
program.
Barkley held that an amend
ment sponsored by Senator Mc
Carran (D-Nev) violates sen
ate rules against writing new
legislation into an appropria
tion bill.
Democratic leader Lucas of
Illinois challenged the McCar
ran amendment. And then Mc
Carran appealed the Barkley
ruling.
Barkley then told the senate
Spain is not entitled under the
economic cooperation admin
istration act to participate in
the recovery program.
Hope Approval Today
Spain has not adhered to the
basic requirements of the act,
the vice president said, and to
admit Spain into the program
would be a violation of the
terms of the act.
The ruling came as senate
leaders strove to free the big
foreign aid money bill from the
threat of another blockade.
Democratic leader Lucas of
Illinois said he hoped to get
final approval late in the day
for the bill, which carries funds
for Europe's recovery, army oc
cupation costs and aid to
Greece and Turkey.
Senator McClellan (D., Ark.)
told reporters he might force
the bill back into the appropria
tions committee for the second
time. He could do this by chat
lenging it on the grounds It
contains policy-making laws in
violation of senate rules.
(Concluded on Pnre 5. Column 7)
Breathing Spell
In Downturn
Washington, Aug. 4 CP) Signs
built up today of a breathing
spell but probably not a per
manent halt in business down
turn that has run through 1949
so far.
A consensus produced by a
top-flight official group of econ
omists working as a team boil
ed down with some "ifs" at
tached to this:
1. The immediate outlook is
that economic activity likely
will hold at the mid-year level
for :he July-August-September
quarter, and perhaps may rise a
bit in September.
2. Longer-range prospects are
darker, because it seems that,
on the whole, fundamental re
adjustment has not been com
pleted and employment, produc
tion, income and prices may con
tinue to draft downwards from
October through mid-1950.
The men who drew up this
appraisal would not be quoted
by name.
The longer-range downdrift.
it was noted, probably will be
obscured from recognition by its
piecemeal character, a moderate
tempo, and erratic upturns now
and then in particular lines.
One sign of an economic
breather or reversal was said to
be "a significant change in the
attitude of businessmen (over
the country) within the last two
weeks," involving a swing to
ward optimism. ,
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Up Goes Old Glory Members of the Fourth Infantry regi
mental combat team conduct flag-raising ceremonies on the
courthouse lawn Thursday morning to give the 31st annual
American Legion convention a patriotic start. The second di
vision band from Fort Lewis played for tha occasion.
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3 Nations Agree
On Defense Plan
London, Aug. 4 (P) Amer
ican joint chiefs of staff have
reached a complete understand
ing with Britain, Norway and
Denmark on organization for
mutual defense under the At
lantic pact, Adm. Louis E. Den-
field announced today.
"We are going home, I am
sure, with a very much better
understanding of the situation
than -" we had when we came
over," the U. S. chief of naval
operations told a news confer
ence following meetings with
Norwegian and Danish military
commanders.
Adm. Denfield spoke for the
joint chiefs.
The Subject - of sharing the
atom bomb with other Atlan
tic treaty signatories was not
mentioned in the staff talks,
Denfield told a questioner.
"There was no general dis
cussion of arms aid," he added
"Our purpose in coming here
was to exchange ideas on prop
er organization."
The Scandinavian delegations
met the American officers in
separate conferences at U. S
naval headquarters in London.
Each group spent more than an
hour with the Americans.
The conferences were conduct
ed under the same conditions of
secrecy as yesterday's meeting
with British military leaders.
Armed guards made certain on
ly actual participants entered
the conference room.
Navy's Blue Angels
Here from Texas
The "Blue Angels," the navy's
official exhibition team and fa
mous for close precision flying,
have arrived.
In fact they arrived a day ear
ly Wednesday night at 8:15
o'clock much to the consterna
tion of hotel clerks, who had
reservations for the men start
ing August 4.
The five F8Fs and the R4D,
bringing the six pilots and the
eight crew members to Salem
came direct from Corpus Christi,
Texas, and instead of being pre
ceded by the advance publicity
man for the team, Lt. Frank Gra
ham, were in Salem before Gra
ham arrived.
Hotel accommodations not be
ing available the 14 men were
given rooms in private homes
and Thursday moved to their ho
tel. i
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Politics
Declares War
On Racketeers
Of Hierarchy
By CHRIS KOWITZ
An oral jack-in-the-box leaped
from the speaker's platform of
the Elsinorc theater Thursday
morning as Frank N. Belgrano,
Jr., past national commander,
delivered a shocking speech
about corrupt Legion politic
that dazed 1200 state Legion coo,
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Belgrano, now president of the
First National Bank of Portland,
had not previously announced
the topic of his talk. Legion of
ficers, convention committee
men, and newsmen were not in
formed as to what he would talk
about. Belgrano kept it to him
self until he delivered his
tongue-lashing at the opening
joint session of the 31st annual
convention.
It came as a surprise to ev
eryone. Speakers at such occa
sions usually speak on some sort
of patriotic or public service
note.
"Well Oiled Machine"
But not Belgrano. He called
the national Legion leaders "a
well oiled machine" which at
tempted to run the Legion for
their own personal interest.
The speaker said that the Le
gion has become a powerful or
ganization, one of the most im
portant controlling factors in the
economic and governmental
standing of the United States to
day. "Therefore," Belgrano ex
plained, "a person who is a lead
er in the Legion is able to con
trol much in the manner ho sees
fit. Belgrano explained this
further by saying that a Legion
leader carries enough power to
i:iiini nun to gain recognizance
from the nation's leaders.
Handling Legion Funds
The speaker didn't beat around
the bush in his remarks. He
made it quite evident that he
was referring to the national Le
gion leaders now in office.
(Concluded on PaRe 5, Column 6)
Drum and Bugle
Contest Tonight
Keen competition is promised
spectators of the American Le
gion drum and bugle corps con
test on Swcetlnnd field at 8 o'
clock Thursday night. A band
concert will precede the contests
by a half hour.
The LaGrande corps, last year's
champions, will be on hand to
defend its crown. Several other
drum corps teams throughout
the stale have been priming for
Thursday's event, and LaGrande
is much concerned over the
safety of its crown.
Ashland post's Kilty band,
clad in bright, genuine Scotch
plaid and playing authentic
Scitlish bagpipes, will provide
special entertainment at the
drum corps meet.
Three members of Portland
post No. 1 will depict the "Spir
it of '76."
After the contest's comple
tion, the competing teams will
make their traditional invasion
of the downtown section of the
city, hammering drums and
blowing bugles through streets,
sidewalks, restaurants, taverns,
hotel lobbies, etc.
Another big event slated for
Thursday evening is the grand
convention banquet in the ar
mory at 6 o'clock. About 800
diners are expected to be on
hand to pay tribute to Mrs. Hu
bert A. Goode of Portland,
national president of the wom
en's auxiliary.
New England States
Disaster Areas
Boston, Aug. 4 W) All New
England states except Maine
were listed as disaster areas be
cause of the extended drought
today.
Farmers who have exhausted
all credit sources in Massachu
setts, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut and Rhode Island
now are eligible for low-interest
federal loans.
Maine has had more rain than
the other five states.
Some sections of drought-
parched New England received
nme relief yesterday from rain.
The fall in Massachusetts was
one-half inch.