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Soviet Masses
Troops Along
Tito's Frontier
Rumors Spread of Con
centration Follow
Denunciation
Belgrade. Yugoslavia, Aug. 31
OP) Spreading rumors of Soviet
army troop concentrations near
Yugoslavia's frontier attended
speculation today over the new
Russian denunciation of Pre
mier Marshal Tito.
. (Diplomatic officials in Lon
don said British and U. S. re
strictions on the sales of military
. equipment to Yugoslavia may be
eased to bolster Tito's regime.)
Officially there was no con
firmation of troop movements
nor of talk that Yugoslavia may
seek United Nations interven
tion in her blosoming dispute
with Russia.
No Response to Note
But it should be emphasized
that the Yugoslavs themselves
are showing no concern over the
possibility that the propaganda
and economic struggle between
this country and her communist
neighbors will turn into a shoot
ing war.'
There was no immediate Yu
goslav response to the Soviet
note, announced yesterday, and
blasting the Tito government as
an ally of the western pow
ers.
The United States embassy
was taking things calmly and
showing scant signs of anticipat
ing a showdown now in the Yugoslav-Russian
dispute.
Tito's Troops Alert
While Tito's troops remain
alert, there was little public
. sign they are expecting war.
Jitters seemed mostly to wear
an imported label. If comin-
form troops movements and
there usually are some at this
time of year are part of a Rus
sian scare plot to build up a
war of nerves, then It looked
like a futile campaign as far as
the man-in-the-street was con
cerned.
War of Nerves
Says
Acheson
Washington, Aug. 31 VP)
Secretary of States Acheson said
today that developments on the
Yugoslav border appear to be
part of a war of nerves.
He told a news conference that
the developments appear to be
taking place with a sort of cal
culated publicity. He did not
ay specifically what he had in
mind, but there are rumors of
Soviet troop movements toward
the Yugoslavia frontier.
Acheson said there are no un
usual talks with the British and
French about the situation al
though, he added, this country is
watching the developments
closely.
In response to a question,
Acheson said that as far as he
knows no consideration is be
ing given to lifting British and
U.S. restrictions on arms ship
ments to Yugoslavia.
Diplomatic officials In London
reported such a move is under
study as a way to bolster Yugo
slavia's Marshal Tito in his quar
rel with Moscow.
Yugoslavia, Acheson said, has
made no request for easing of
the restrictions.
Acheson Raps
Soviet Action
Washington. Aug. 31 VP) Sec
retary of State Acheson today
denounced Russia's holding of
two American students in east
ern Germany as outrageous, il
legal and improper.
Acheson told a news confer
ence the Americans wandered
into the Russian zone illegally
but said they were doing no
harm and should be released
promptly.
The students he referred to
are Peter Sellers, 18, of Radnor
Pa., and Warren Oelsner, 21, of
Oyster Bay, N.Y. They have
been missing since July 29.
The secretary acknowledged
that the youths did not have cre
dentials permitting them to en
ter the Russian zone. But, he
aid, no one accuses them of be
ing spies.
Acheson reminded that the
United States does not engage in
the practice of holding people
who have committed no crimes.
Because of that principle, he
aaid, the United States refuses to
use as a hostage for trading pur
poses a Russian flier who riesert-
ed the Soviet air force and then
wanted to return to his homeland.
r;ii nf 7c r.r
Ulll VI f J V,Gl.li
To Pass Senate
Vote Expected by
Nightfall Similar to
House Bill
Washington, Aug. 31 VP) Af
ter taking one setback, senate
leaders pressed confidently to
day for a vote by nightfall on a
bill putting a 75-cents-an-hour
floor under wages.
Democratic Leader Lucas of
Illinois called the senate into
session an hour earlier than
usual in an effort to complete
the action.
The present fair labor stand
ards act sets a minimum wage
for covered workers of 40 cents
an hour. The bill before the sen
ate, like one already passed by
the house, would hike this to 75
cents.
Several amendments had to
be acted on before the senate
could finish with the bill.
Amendment Fight
The major fight was expected
over a proposal by Senator El-
lender (D-La) to set the mini
mum at 65 cents an hour until
the end of 1950, then gear it to
living costs as measured by the
bureau of labor statistics. It
couldn't go below 55 cents or
above 75.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Agreement on
Arms Bill Cut
Washington, Aug. 31 (P)
Senator Connally (D., Tex.) said
today senators considering Pres
ident Truman's $1,450,000,000
arms aid program "received fa
vorably" a proposal to cut it by
9160,990,000.
The slash would be made from
the' -$1,169,990,000 President
Truman asked to help re-arm
European nations in the Atlantic
pact.
The compromise plan was laid
before the combined senate for
eign relations and armed serv
ices committee after a bi-par
tisan subcommittee had worked
it out.
Connally, head of the foreign
relations group, did not reveal
the amount or nature of the cut,
but other senators supplied the
information to newsmen.
Senators ' Vandenberg (R..
Mich.) and Dulles (R., N.Y.) had
led the fight to hold the western
European aid to an even $1,000.-
000,000.
The remainder of the total
sought by Mr. Truman would go
to help Greece, Turkey, Iran,
Korea and the Philippines.
State Park Bids Asked
The state highway commission
asked for bds today on care
takers cottages in two state
parks. They will be opened in
Portland September 19. One
will be built in Armitage park
north of Eugene, and the other
at Wallowa lake.
Oregon Farm Bureau
Moving Into Salem
With six heavily loaded trucks and 24 decorated automobiles,
the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation moved into Salem Wednes
day to make its future state headquarters.
Heretofore the headquarters of the organization has been in
Milton and in making the move six families will make their
Dermament homes in Salem.
Led by motorcycle state po
lice officers, the caravan drew
up to the state capitol just be
fore noon where Governor Doug
las McKay, State Secretary Earl
T Newbry, State Treasurer Wal
ter Pearson, City Manager J. L.
Franzen, Attorney General
George Neuner and Roy Har
land, president of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce were on
hand to greet them. All gave
brief messages of welcome.
W. Lowell Steen, state presi
dent of the bureau, in respond
ing to the greetings said that it
meant a great deal "to a group
of farmers to be received in this
manner."
'The farmers of Oregon are
not only interested in the de
velopment of agriculture but al
so anxious to see all of our
great resources developed. The
farmers of this state have good
sound thinking to apply to the
many problems surrounding this
development."
Steen said location of the
bureau's headquarters in Salem
meant that the influence of the
MFBI flenmnre flnimetl hu
r
Before Probers Maj. Gen Harry H. Vaughan, presidential
military aide, testifies before the senate committee probing
"five percenters." Gen. Vaughan said he gave assistance to
business concerns only as a matter of extending aid whenever
that could properly be done. (Acme Telephoto)
City Planning Survey
Finds Salem Unique
Salem is almost alone in the type of organization it has for
future city planning.! , :;.j"-i- t '
That is indicated in a survey, being made by A. Whitney Mur
phy, architect of Butler, Pa., Who is in Salem today to gather
data relative to this city.
Railroads on
5 Day Week
Chicago, Aug. 31 U.R The
nation's railroads go on a five-
day work week tomorrow, and
a survey showed today that plans
to reduce week-end freight
handling will affect many small
shippers but few major indus
tries. The 40-hour, five-day week
was recommended last Decem
ber by an emergency fact-finding
board appointed by Presi
dent Truman to head off a
threatened rail strike.
The 40-hour week will cover
about 1,000,000 "non-operating"
employes who previously work
ed a 48-hour week. Faced with
the necessity of hiring addi
tional workers and paying over
time, most roads have announc
ed that they will close their
freight offices on Saturdays.
organization would be greater
not alone in the state capitol,
but also throughout the state.
At the conclusion of his talk
Steen called Gov. McKay and
presented him with the entire
content of one of the smaller
trucks containing cheese, flour,
butter, prunes and various kinds
of vegetables. The donation, he
said, came from the various
county units, given in apprecia
tion for the co-operation shown
by the governor to the bureau.
"I greatly appreciate this gen
erosity" the governor said, "but
I believe that the gift should
go to some well-managed pri
vate institution. Therefore I
am going to send the entire
consignment to the WCTU farm
home near Corvallis. an institu
tion that is well managed and
certainly can use these food
stuffs." The headquarters of the bu
reau will be in the Eckerlin
building also occupied by the
Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Dave Hoss acted as master of
ceremonies.
w
Murphy's survey will cover
about 52 cities ranging in popu
lation: from 25,000 to 50,000. Al
though Salem has surged past
the higher mark it is still con
sidered within the classification.
Of 27 cities so far covered in
the survey Salem is the only one
he has found with its type of
planning organization. Allen-
town, Pa., has a similar plan
but it is a much larger city.
The survey is sponsored by
the American Institute of Archi
tects and Yale university, and
was prompted by an apparent
need of systematic planning in
cities of the class covered.
"The large metropolitan cen
ters," said Mr. Murphy today,
"have at least the financial abil
ity to study their problems on
an organized basis. But the al
most 900 cities between 10,000
and 50,000 population are less
fortunate.
"It is my belief that a study
of sample cities of between 25,
000 and 50,000 will be helpful
in showing to all cities of that
size and smaller what the situ
ation is and what the solution
should be. By comparison they
will be able to help each other."
The cities to be covered by
the Murphy survey are in some
25 states. He expects to arrive
at an average situation. An im
portant objective of the survey
is to find out the relation of ar
chitecture to the planning organ
ization. Where planning is well
organized the progress made is
carefully noted.
While in Salem Murphy is
consulting members of the long-
range planning commission of
the Chamber of Commerce, the
city planning and zoning com
mission, City Manager J. L.
Franzen, City Engineer J. H.
Davis, C. A. McClure, engineer
for the long-range commission,
Clay Cochran, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, and
others.
An obstacle in many of the ci
ties in the 25,000-50,000 class,
Murphy said, is apathy and of
ten ignorance about planning.
That, he found, doesn't exist
here.
5000 Boats at
Astoria Fish Derby
Astoria, Ore., Aug. 31 (IP)
Some 5,000 boats were bobbing
over the Columbia estuary to
day, as the ninth annual Astoria
Salmon derby entered its sec
ond day.
The Bar Pilots association
complained that the Jam of boats
was hampering shipping, and
appealed to sportsmen to stay
out of the shipping channel.
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Says Innocent
In Pardon Deal
For Profiteer
Washington, Aug. 31 (PI
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan
told the senate's five percenter
inquiry today he had been inves
tigated by the FBI and had re
ceived a campaign contribution
from a lawyer who talked to him
about a pardon for a convicted
liquor black marketeer.
This testimony from President
Truman's military aide high
spotted a sometimes hectic ses
sion. Another dramatic develop
ment came when Senator Mc-
t;artny tit-wis) withdrew an
earlier statement expressing be
lief that Vaughan had not prof
ited personally from any of his
"deals."
Vaughan made clear he co
operated with the FBI in its in
vestigation of a charge that he
had accepted a bribe in an in
come tax fixing case.
And Vaughan's assistant at
the White House, Col. C. J. Ma
ra, said flatly the FBI had ex
onerated his boss.
Denies Liquor Bribe
Both Vaughan and Mara also
denied under sharp questioning
that the FBI scrutiny concerned
a charge that Vaughan had tak
en money from liquor interests
in return for efforts to get them
more rationed grain.
As for the campaign contri
bution, Vaughan said he didn't
think it "could have been over a
couple of hundred dollars." And
he denied it had any connection
with the parole matter.
McCarthy said yesterday he
had had the feeling all along
and still felt that Vaughan
did not get anything out of his
efforts for hlmselfv. Today he
asked that the jart,''of his state
ment aooui now ne reels now
be stricken from the record.
It was McCarthy who led
Vaughan through testimony
about the tax fixing, grain al
lotments and clemency affairs.
Phoned by Hoover
Vaughan testified that J. Ed
gar Hoover, FBI director, had
telephoned him that he had
been "accused of accepting
bribe for a promise to fix an
income tax case."
He said he opened his finan
cial records to the FBI, and add
ed that agents went to Kansas
City and New Orleans in con
nection with the case.
Vaughan said the inquiry
started with a request from a
"member of the press." He did
no n-mn him.
But Mara, called to the stand
to expand on the report, said it
was Columnist Drew Pearson.
Mara added that Peyton Ford,
top ranking assistant attorney
general, told him Vaughan had
been "completely exonerated."
(Concluded on Page S, Column S)
Korea As for
Military Aid
Washington, Aug. 31 IPi The
ambassador of Korea appealed
to President Truman today for
military aid to help meet any
possible attack by the Soviets.
Declaring "we are right on
the spot," the ambassador. Dr
.Tol'i ""' un Cbnng, told news
men that an attack on the new
republic "appears most likely."
'We need very quick action
by the United States," he said
after a 15-minute conference
with Mr. Truman.
He told reporters that he had
conveyed a message from his
president asking arms and am
munition as quickly as possi
ble. 'We feel that there might be
some imminent danger of at
tack from the north and we
should be well prepared for it,"
the ambassador went on. (The
communists occupy northern
Korean).
"We have very high expecta
tions of the passage of the mil
itary aid bill (now pending in
the senate). We want quick ac
tion on the part of the United
States in supplying us arms and
ammunition to the maximum de
gree of allocation. We feel we
are right on the spot and en
titled to prime consideration.
There is no time to waste."
St. Helens Plant Expands
St. Helens, Aug. 31 UP) The
St. Helens Pulp and Paper com
pany is installing nearly $1,
000,000 of new machinery and
plans to add 30 more men to its
850 employes.
Russian Pilot
Deserter Back
In Red Army
Voluntarily Returned
By Yanks May Be
Sent Siberia
Vienna, Austria, Aug. 31 VP)
Soviet Pilot Anatole Barsov vol
untarily returned today to the
Red army from which he fled
as a political refugee last Octo
ber. In a brief ceremony at the
zonal demarcation line, Ameri
can authorities handed him over
to a group of Russian officers.
The transfer was made on the
bridge linking Linz in the U. S.
zone with Urfahr in the Russian
zone. The transfer took place
only a few miles from the Amer
ican airbase where Barsov and
two other Russian airmen crash
landed in a twin-engined bomb
er last Oct. 9.
Refuses to Change Mind
Before formally turning Bar
sov over to the Russians, the
Americans gave him a final
chance to change his mind. The
Russian flier stuck to the deci
sion he had made July 28 when
he told the Soviet embassy in
Washington he "repented" his
desertion and wanted to go back
to Russia.
Barsov was flown here from
the U. S. on Aug. 24. This morn
ing American army authorities
received instructions from the
state department to return Bar
sov to the proper Russian au
thorities.
Barsov and his navigator
Piotr Pirogov flew their bomber
from an airbase in the western
Ukraine after what they said
was more than a year of plan
ning. They were accompanied by
a Russian sergeant who was
handed back to Soviet authori
ties at his own request.
(Concluded on Page S, Column 6)
Barsov Warned
By Companion
New York, Aug. 31 0.R) The
New York World-Telegram said
today that Anatole Barsov was
warned that if he returned to
Russia he would face a firing
squad or be sent to the Siberian
salt mines.
The Telegram said the warn
ing was issued by Piotr Pirogov,
a fellow deserter from the Soviet
army. The warning was made in
a Washington hotel room when
Pirogov argued "for several
hours" with Barsov, the- Tele
gram said.
The newspaper said it had
contacted a close friend of Piro
gov. The friend, according to the
newspaper, said Pirogov thought
he had convinced Barsov to re
main in the United States. The
Telegram quoted the friend as
saying:
'Now Piotr doesn't know
what to think. Was it a tragedy
or treachery?"
The informant, the Telegram
said, believed that the fact that
Barsov "left his family to the
mercy of the NKVD was some
thing which constantly preyed
on his mind."
Legion Demands Support
For Chinese Patriots
nuiinjin.u a,,,, ii up Thp Ampriran Lesion called on the
TTitoW Cfotoc inrinv In sunrjnrt
tions of Chinese" who would
The resolution, drafted by tne
mittee, was adopted unanimously.
nrier discussion early inis's
week, to "write off" China as
lost was not offered.
Th loainn's 31st annual con
vention adopted the resolution
which asserts that:
"Our lone friendship and par
ticipation in common causes
with the Chinese impels us to
reject defeatism and abandon
ment of this area to communist
aggressors."
The lceion's national com
mander declared the organiza
tion's major 1950 fight will be
against government economy
which "threatens to strangle"
veterans' benefits.
Commander Perrv Brown of
Beaumont, Texas, in his report
to -the 31st national convention
called for strong opposition to
"economy at the expense of the
veterans."
He said "the disabled veterans
are beine caught silentlv in
a squeeze play which threatens
to strangle their rights under
the law."
Worst Typhoon
In 11 Years
Strikes Japan
Tokyo, Aug. 31 (P) The sec
ond half of Tokyo's worst ty
phoon in 11 years roared across
this teeming area tonight kill
ing at least five persons, injuring
35 and loosing 14 ships in Yoko
suka harbor.
The second half of the storm
seemed worse than the first.
Tokyo houses were demolished,
several fires raged and streets
were littered with debris.
Communications with large
areas around Tokyo were cut off.
An 80 mile an hour wind
whipped the seas into a fury.
Fifty foot waves lashed the low
shoreline.
First Japanese reports said a
steamer with 50 passengers
aboard was lost off the China
coast across Tokyo bay. More
than 200 fishing boats were
swept away from the western
shore of Sagami bay.
Japanese police reported one
dead and four injured in Oda
wara. Forty homes in Odawara
were destroyed and 600 flooded.
The town is on a river in the
flats near the bay.
Finish Fight
On Tariff Bill
Washington, Aug. 31 VP)
President Truman and his
democratic high command today
discarded suggestions of a stop
gap extension of the reciprocal
trade agreements law. They
elected to fight for the full pro
gram at this session.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
and Chairman George (D., Ga.)
of the senate finance committee
announced the decision after a
conference with President Tru
man and Secretary of State
Acheson at the White House.
They said that the president
felt and that the others agreed
that a compromise extending
the trade agreement act until
the next session is not feasible.
Lucas said legislation to re
view the reciprocal trade agree
ment act for three years will be
called up in the senate when
that body concludes a one-week
recess.
"The reciprocal trade agree
ments act will be made the or
der of business in the senate as
soon as it completes action on
the bill to raise the minimum
wage from 40 to 75 cents an
hour," Lucas asserted.
The decision threw up
roadblock in the path of a talk
ed of plan for the senate to ad
journ pretty soon.
DePoe Bay Boat
Collides with Whale
DeDoe Bay. Aug. 31 (P) -
Skinner Hap M. Jones and his
crew couldn't imagine why their
fishing boat had suddenly struck
a shoal on the supposedly
smooth waters off the Lincoln
county coast.
Their 40-foot troller, the Red
Arrow, lurched wildly before
they realized that what they naa
hit wasn't a rocK. H was a
whale.
The whale surfaced and blew
directly under the troller; then
swam away, carrying off $50
worth of fishing tackle.
"anv Datriotic groups or organiza
fight communists.
region s ioreiBn kiu"
A contrary proposal, reported
-
The commander said these
"jolting developments" must be
corrected:
"Slashes in veterans adminis
tration appropriations."
"Reductions in VA person
nel." "Proposals to merge all federally-operated
hospitals which
would mean the destructions of
the VA as an exclusive veterans'
agency."
"Movcs to
preference in
ployment."
dilute veterans'
government em-
Elsewhere
in his report,
Brown called attention to the
fact that "veterans of World
War II shot ahead" in legion
affairs last year.
"A majority of the 1949 de
partment conventions," Brown
said, "elected vounger men as
state commanders for 1950 and
World War II post commanders
became almost the rule on the
community level."
Johnson Says
Preparedness
Assures Peace
Legionnaires Told
U. S. Must Keep Up
Air, Sea, Land Defense
Philadelphia, Aug. 31 UP) By
"keeping awake and preparing
accordingly," America can as
sure permanent peace, Secretary
of Defense Louis Johnson said
today to the American Legion
convention.
"We shall build our ramparts
so strong that no aggressor will
attack us.
"We must achieve peace, and
we will achieve it.
"We will achieve it in the
only way possible in this world
of today affirmatively by un
mistakable strength on land and
sea and in the air," the defense
secretary told the 31st national
American Legion in a prepared
address.
Missed Peace Twice
Johnson, in what he called his
first public address as head of
the new department of defense,
said peace has been elusive in
the past.
"Twice in our lifetime we had
it in our hands. Twice we let
it slip away. Now we have "it
again within our grasp and this
time ve must be determined not
to let it go."
Drawing a parallel between
two post-war eras, Johnson said
Russia continued on V-J day
with plans of her own just as
Japan, plotting aggression, did
after the armistice was signed In
1918.
Russia has pushed her troops
into the military void among
the peoples on her borders," the
defense secretary declared.
"Into every political vacuum
anywhere in the world she be
gan to pour her vicious propa
ganda against her erstwhile al
lies." Not Completely Asleep
But there, the defense secre
tary said, "the parallel between
the two post-war years suddenly
stops. We may have been doz
ing alright. But we had not yet
fallen completely asleep. We
caught ourselves in time. Now
we are fully awake, grimly de
termined that history shall not
repeat itself. Already we have
gone a long way to correct the
mistake of our demobilization
stampede."
America again has an army, a
navy and an air force worthy of
our country and the pride of
every American citizen, Johnson
said.
"And they are getting better
every day stronger and more
efficient.
"Moreover they are rounding
themselves into one team a
team that will make all enemies
stop, look and listen before at
tempting aggression across our
tracks."
Robeson Will
Take Offensive
New York, Aug. 31 UP) Paul
Robeson, declaring that "from
now on out we take the offen
sive," vows he'll return to
Peekskill, N.Y., where a riot
broke up his scheduled concert
Saturday night.
The Negro singer spoke last
night to a crowd of 3000 cheer
ing supporters at a Harlem ral
ly protesting the riot, which
started after veterans' groups
staged an anti-communist rally
outside the concert grove.
"I want to warn the Legion,"
the singer declared, "that I have
been to Memphis, Tenn., and
Florida, and I'll be In Peekskill
again."
Robeson referred to attend
ance at last nignt s rauy wnicn
included 1000 persons standing
outside the doors, and said
"they've got their answer here
tonight. I don't see any Legion
here tonight.
"We'll have our meetings and''
our concerts all over the United
States. The sure way to get po
lice protection is to make it clear
we will protect ourselves."
Robeson and his supporters
have charged Westchester coun
ty officials with laxity in not
providing police protection at
the riot scene in a wooded pic
nic grove outside Peekskill.
Law officials of the county
are investigating the disturbance
on orders from Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey.
At last night's meeting, atten
dants passed out copies of a Ci
vil Right Congress "Newsletter,"
and other reading matter, in
cluding the communist newspa
per, The Daily Worker.
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