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61st Year, No. 271
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matter tit Aaltm, Orgoo
Salem, Oregon, Monday, November 14, 1949
(18 Pages)
Price 5c
Most Steel
Mills Resume
Production
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On Nuernberg
Intervention
7 to 1 Decision
Against Appeal by
German Industrialist
Soviet Told to
End Campaign
Against West
Austin Asks 5-Power
Peace Pact Replace
Hate Propaganda
Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 14
Uf The United States today
rejected a Russian resolution
condemning the western pow
ers as war-mongers and asking
for a five-power peace pact, and
called upon the Kremlin to "stop
your campaign of hate against
the non-cominform world."
Denouncing the "melancholy
pattern of broken Soviet prom
ises," Ambassador Warren ft.
Austin, chief U. S. delegate, put
before the United Nations a
counter-resolution, co-sponsored
by Britain, which calls upon the
general assembly to declare that
the UN charter is "the most sol
emn pact of peace in history"
and "lays down basic principles
necessary for enduring peace."
Vishinsky Assails West
Austin spoke immediately af
ter Russian foreign Minister An
drei Y Vishinsky, in a 90-min-ute
tirade, charged that "a new
human slaughter is being pre
pared by an aggressive bloc of
states headed by the United
States and the United King
dom." Austin said the Soviet reso
lution, which starts by condemn
ing the United States and Brit
ain as warmongers, demands
immediate atomic prohibition
and control, and ends by seeking
" five-power pact "for the
strengthening of peace" contain
ed "ingredients of all the So
viet union's provocative propos
als of the last four years, art
fully put together so that the ad
option of any part of it could be
claimed by its sponsor to be a
condemnation of the United
States, the United Kingdom, and
other states not named."
Fake Olive Branch
"By its own terms," the 72
y car-old diplomat said, "this So
viet draft resolution is revealed
to be an artificial olive branch
surrounded by thorns.
He attacked1 the continued
use of the veto in the UN and
in other parleys by Russia.
"The principle of unanimity
of the five permanent members
of the security council," he said,
"is based on the assumption that
they will cooperate toward a
common goal of peace. But the
Soviet union has twisted that
principle into a weapon of ob
struction and sabotage of world
peace.
Vishinsky charged that the
United States policy was to de
liberately delay international
agreement on atomic prohibi
bition .
Sheriff to Smash
Slot Machines
Silverton, Nov. 14 Sheriff
Denver Young was under orders
Monday to destroy slot machines
seized in a raid on the Eagles
lodge July 6 following dismissal
of a charge against five directors
of the club.
Emory Sanders, Wayne Seipe,
L. A. Hamilton, A. C. Burke, A.
C. Frisson, as directors of the
4 Salem chapter located on North
High street, had been charged
with possession of slot machines.
In a preliminary hearing Jus
tice of the Peace Alf O. Nelson
ruled out the machines taken in
the raid. A technicality dealing
with the affidavit which Justice
with the affidavit upon which
Justice Nelson issued th search
warrant fo rthe raid had made
the raid illegal.
In a hearing Saturday, District
Attorney E. O. Stadter attempt
ed to use testimony of the po
lice who staged the raid as evi
dence to support the charge, but
the judge ruled out the eye-wit
ness accounts.
The slot machines were or
dered destroyed, but the cash in
them was ordered returned to the
lodge along with other equip
mentdice, cards and bingo
equipment which was seized in
the raid.
The defendants' attorneys.
Lawrence Brown and Barnett
Goldstein, were given 30 days to
ppeal the slot machine destruc
tion order. The attorneys had
asked that the machines be re
turned to their owners.
All Highways Clear
4 The state highway depart-
ment reported today that all
highways throughout Oregon
were in good condition of
V 8:30 a.m. today. All stations
Reported highways "bare," clear-
Id of snow that clogged some of
them, temporarily last week.
Lewis Asks Mine
Owners Meet with Him
To Head Off Strike
(By United Prewti
Most of the country's Steel
firms rushed preparations today
for resumption of full production
after a long and costly strike but
all was not peaceful in the coal
dispute.
John L. Lewis pulled another
surprise switch today, asking
that mine owners meet with him
immediately to head off another
coal strike Nov. 30, as steel mills
began working full blast in an at
tempt to retrieve production lost
during the steel walkout.
The United Mine Workers
president let it be known that he
would be "at his desk in Wash
ington" this morning "awaiting
the convenience of the coal op
erators" whom he accused of
"stubborn refusal" to bargain
Federal Mediation Director
Cyrus Ching was scheduled to
review the mine situation with
President Assistant John R.
Steelman and some observers be
lieved that later in the day he
might announce new plans for a
mediation session between Lewis
and the mine employers.
(Concluded on Pr-vr 5, Column 6)
Harry Bridges
On Trial Again
San Francisco, Nov. 14 UP)
Harry Bridges went on trial in
federal court today, charged
with perjury and conspiracy in
denying he was a communist.
With Bridges, head of the
CIO left-wing longshoremen's
and Wareho u s e m e n ' s union,
were two fellow officers in the
union, J. R. Robjrtson and
Henry Schmidt.
The government holds that
Bridges lied in denying he was
a communist, at his 1945 natur
alization hearing, and charges
that the others were guilty of
conspiracy in supporting his
plea for U.S. citizenship. Bridges
was born in Australia.
A panel of 72 prospective jur
ors filled most of the seats in
the small courtroom of Federal
District Judge George B. Har
ris. As the names were called,
nine men and three women were
seated tentatively.
After they had been sworn by
the court, and before challenges
began, Judge Harris told them
that "on the threshold of this
case we might recognize our
joint responsibility. The court
and the jurors work together as
a team. You have the grave re
sponsibility of passing on the
facts, and the court, the grave
responsibility of administering
the law."
Bridges watched the proceed
ings from his chair at the coun
sel table.
As to the probable, length of
the trial. Judge Harris com
mented to the jury panel "let us
say the estimate will be eight
weeks."
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Quirino Plans Coalition
Manila, Philippines, Nov. 14
(U.R) President Elpidio Quirino
said today that he may ask his
opponents in last Tuesday's gen
eral election to join his govern
ment.
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Knights of Columbus
Laying the cornerstone for the
new Catholic center at North
Cottage and Shipping streets
Sunday was also the occasion of
a Knights of Columbus initiation
that took 35 candidates from
Salem and Lebanon into the or
der.
The ceremonies were witness
ed by about 300 Knights from
all parts of Oregon.
The initiation took place at
St. Joseph's hall where an all-
day meeting was held. Edward
J. Bell of Stayton, state secre
tary of the Knights, and Louis
LeDoux of Mt. Angel conferred
the degrees.
The ceremony of laying the
stone was directed by Joseph
Thomas, deputy grand knight of
the Salem council Master of
ceremonies was A. L. Elvin
Speakers were Don Doerfler,
grand knight of the Salem coun
cil; Rev. George O'Keefe, pas
tor of St. Vincent de Paul's
church; Rev. T. J. Bernards, pas
tor of St. Joseph's church: and
Sylvester Smith, of St. Paul,
state deputy of the Knights of
Columbus.
Present also were Mrs. Mar
garet Brown, grand regent of
the Catholic Daughters of Amer
ica; Gene Vandeneynde, repre
senting Mayor Robert L. Elf
strom; and Clair Brown, repre
senting the Chamber of Com
merce. A dinner at the Salem coun
cil's club rooms Sunday night
ended the programs.
Pope Bitterly Assails
Anti-Christian States
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Nov. 14 (P) Pope Pius XII bitWly
assailed "anti-Christian totalitarian states" today, accusing such
nations of suppressing true justice by application of unjust laws.
The pontiff laid suppression of "true" rights in totalitarian
states to "prophets, defenders and creators of a culture, a power
'nf tho statp and a lppiKlnlinn
which docs not recognize God
Judith Copl on With
Russian Lover on Trial
New York, Nov. 14 W) Brooklyn-born Judith Coplon and Val
entin Gubitchev, the Russian she said she once loved, went on
trial today on charges of conspiring to spy for Russia.
The case was called for trial before Federal Judge Sylvester
J. Ryan at 12:25 p.m.
Judge Ryan granted a defense
request for preliminary hearings
before the formal court proceed
ings got under way.
Miss Coplon and Gubitchev sat
at opposite ends of the defense
counsel table as the case was
called. They did not look at
?ach other.
It was the petite former jus-
ice department employe's sec
ond trial on espionage charges.
She was sentenced to serve from
40 months to 10 years in prison
ifter her conviction as a spy
for Russia in Washington last
summer.
Gubitchev entered the court
room shortly after his co-de
fendant.
He persisted in his refusal to
e represented by an attorney.
"1 shall not defend myself,"
ay Catholic Center Cornerstone
Rev. James Maxwell laying cornerstone for Catholic center.
Shown (from left): Don Doerfler, grand knight of Salem
KC .chapter; Mrs. Margaret Brown, representing Catholic
daughters; A.-Li, Elvin, ..master of ceremonies; Rev, T. J.
Bernards-, pastor of Str Joseph's church; Rev. George O'Keefe,
pastor of St. Vincent de Paul church; Rev. James Maxwell,
state KC chaplain, placing cornerstone and Sylvester J. Smith,
state deputy of KC. Lower: New Catholic center structure
under construction at North Cottage and Shipping streets.
Part of crowd in attendance at cornerstone laying ceremonies
is shown.
Washington, Nov. 14 W) The
supreme court today agreed to
decide finally whether people
tried and imprisoned abroad by
American authorities have ac
cess to courts in this country.
At the same time, however,
the tribunal split 7 to 1 in re
fusing to intervene in the unsuc
cessful efforts of Friedrich
Flick, a German industrialist, to
win freedom from a U.S. army
prison in Germany.
Flick was sentenced by a mil
itary tribunal at Nuernberg to
seven years on charges that he
exploited slave labor and loot
ed German-occupied countries.
May Go to Prison
In other actions today the
court:
1. Refused for the second and
probably last time to delay the
imprisonment of former Rep
Andrew J. May and the Garsson
brothers for wartime bribery
and conspiracy. Barring an un
usual move they should begin
serving 8 to 24 month prison
terms within the next 10 days.
2. Ruled 8 to 0 that a veteran's
job-security rights under the
selective service act extend be
yond his first year of re-employment
at his pre-war job. The
decision was given on appeals by
two veterans who returned to
railroad jobs in Kentucky and
contended they lost seniority
rights because of their war serv
ice. The court agreed with
them.
3. Refused to give priority to
the battle against deportation
being waged by Irving Potash.
Potash, among 11 communist
party leaders convicted in New
York of conspiring to teach forc
ible overthrow of the United
States government wanted the
high court to take the deporta
tion case away from the U.S.
court of appeals here and there
by speed a final decision.
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he told Judge Ryan The Soviet
engineer, a suspended employe
of the United Nations, claims
diplomatic immunity.
When the case was called the
prosecution announced it was
ready for trial.
The judge then turned to the
Russian and asked whether he
was represented Dy counsel
"Nyet," the balding engineer
replied In his native tongue, the
equivalent for No."
The 28-year-old Miss Coplon,
looking wan, chatted amiably
with reporters before the cn
Dog Drops 180
Feet but Unhurt
At Silver Creek
He flies through the air with
the greatest of ease."
And Skipper, a Salem cocker
spaniel, must have landed the
same way, for after a sheer drop
of 180 feet he came back under
his own power.
It happened at Silver Creek
falls Sunday. Skipper is owned
by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Dalzcll,
1650 North 18th street. He is 3
years old. The Dalzells and Skip
per were strolling about the pic
nic grounds when Skipper
thought he would amuse the
folks by Jumping over the rock
wall at the precipitous edge of
the canyon.
So he dashed at the wall and
cleared it. But he didn't stop. He
didn't roll down the cliff, and
he didn't land in the water at
the bottom.
I don't know where he land
ed," Dalzell said Monday. "He
must have hit a pile of leaves,
or something soft, because he
was practically undamaged
when he came back. He was
considerably embarrassed, and
was a pretty quiet dog the rest
of the day."
Yeepee Gives New
Auto as Wedding Gift
Clair Brown, who was elect
ed president of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce for the
coming year.
Salem C of C
Elects Officers
Clair L. Brown was elected
president of the Salem Chamber
of Commerce for 1950 at a meet
ing of the new board of directors
Monday. The election was un
opposed.
All other officers were elected
without opposition. They were:
first vice president, Russell E.
Pratt, Capital City Transfer
company; second vice president,
Mrs. B. O. Schucking, farmer
and florist; secretary, Floyd
Bowers, public accountant; treas
urer, Leo G. Page (re-elected),
assistant cashier Ladd & Bush
Salem Branch of the United
States National Bank of Port
land. Brown, the new president, suc
ceeds Roy Harland. He is head
of the Salem Navigation com
pany, in which Ted Purvine is a
partner.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 1)
and his sovereign rights.
The pope, in an address to
the sacred Roman rota the su
preme court of Catholicism
bitterly assailed recent trials in
such states. He did not men
tion communist states by that
name, but there was little doubt
those were the ones he meant
Nor did he say just which trials
he referred to. However, he
mentioned trials of "public of
ficials," indicating he might have
been referring to the recent up
surge of "Titoist" trials in the
states of the Soviet orbit.
These states, the pope said,
cannot return to a "moral or
der" without first restoring
Christian principles of law. He
said the suppression of rights in
thesrt states was on "error of
judicial positivism," which he
defined as absolute state law
as opposed to Christian princi
ples. This was the pope's second im
portant address on legal matters
within a week. Last week, In a
speech to Italian Catholic law
yers, the pope cautioned Cath
olic judges everywhere not to
recognize "unjust laws," and to
beware of granting civil di
voiccs in marriages which afc
'valid before God and the
church."
Homes of Czechs
Confiscated
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Nov.
14 (U.R) Diplomatic sources re
ported today that the govern
ment had confiscated the homes
of thousands of middle class bus
iness men arrested 'ast month,
and had banished many of them
from Prague permanently.
The confiscations and banish
ments were believed to be a part
of a plan to turn Prague into a
so-called "workers' city."
Most of the victims of the
roundup, aimed at wiping out
remnants of capitalism, were
sentenced to 18 months to two
years in forced labor camps,
the diplomatic sources reported
Many of their businesses have
been nationalised.
Word of the lawyers, engin
eers, shopkeepers and other pro
fessional men arrested on the
street, in their homes, and at
their desks by security police
has begun to filter back to rela
tives. They were reported to be get
ting good treatment in labor
camps. Much of their time, the
reports said, is spent in studying
Marxism and Leninism."
St. Louis, Nov. 14 OP) Mrs.
Carleton S. Hadley was driving
around in a slick new automobile
today, a wedding present from
Vice President Albcn W. Bark
ley. They are to be married Fri
day morning.
The car, which cost around ncss tabulating
tered the courtroom. She was $3,000, is a black (Oldsmobilc) count ballots
Seek Voting Machines
For Oregon Elections
Oregon's voting system might
get its first overhauling since
statehood 90 years ago.
Secretary of State Earl T
Ncwbry said today he is studying
whether the state should have
voting machines or modern bus!
machines to
dressed in I brown sports jack
et, tan blouse and skirt, and car
ried a brief case. The courtroom
is the same chamber in which
the nine-months trial of the 11
convicted communist leaders was
I held.
convertible with red leather! Oregon Associated Press mem
seats and a tan top. William ibers voted last Friday to ask
Vaughan, a civilian aide to thelNewbry and the legislature to
vice president, drove it from study whether tabulating ma
Washington, arriving yesterday. ! chines should be used tn speed
"I'm thrilled with it," Mrs. up the ballot count and to save
I Hadley said. money.
Prince Charles
In Gala Parly
London, Nov. 14 (U.R) Prince
Charles, who some day may be
king of Britain, celebrated his
first birthday today with a gala
party for his playmates around
a rum-soaked 40-pound birthday
cake.
The infant son of Princess Eli
zabeth and the Duke of Edin
burgh was to be given a chance
to blow out a big orange can
dle atop the cake, but probably
will not be permitted as much as
a bite of the cake itself.
That's because, as one source
put it, the cake is as full of rum
as a sailor on shore leave. Bran
dy is the usual spirit chosen to
flavor such cakes, but rum
the traditional royal navy drink
was chosen in deference to the
prince's father, now serving
aboard a destroyer at Malta.
Prince Charles Philip Arthur
George played host in his nur
sery at Clarence House, the
home of his parents, only a few
hundred yards from Bucking
ham palace. He is second only to
his mother in line of succession
to the British throne.
Princess Elizabeth was on
hand to assist her son in receiv
ing his guests. Also lending a
helping hand were his two nur
scs, a detective and a young
footman. Other members of the
royal family also dropped in.
104 Auto Accidents
Portland, Nov. 14 T) A fog
gy, rainy week-end brought
Portland an amazing total of
10d traffic accidents. There were
no fatalities, however, and only
two serious injuries.
Be. Vov. I
anti-communists promt
Secretary of State Dean Ac...
today they will resist Soviet encroachment.
Admonished by the American
secretary to fight for their own
liberty if they want continued
U.S. support, the west Berlin
ers answered, through their
mayor, Ernst Reuter:
"We are fully aware here in
Berlin that your great nation is
back of us. We know we can
rely on you and you can rely on
us. You promised me on my vi
sit to the United States that you
would visit Berlin, and you kept
your word. I guarantee you that
Berliners keep their word, too."
Silent on Paris Meet
This pledge was voiced in the
battered old city hall in west
Berlin, thronged with German
officialdom to receive Acheson
on his one-day visit here. Ache
son was concluding his visit to
Europe, which entailed a two
day meeting of the western for
eign ministers in Paris and a
four-day visit to west German
cities. He leaves by plane to
night for Washington.
Just what the three western
ministers decided in Paris has
not been disclosed. However, in
Bonn, a German government
spokesman said Acheson and
west German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer agreed it is not desir
able at this time to withdraw
troops from Germany. Even if
the Soviet union withdraws
troops from east Germany, the
spokesman said, the Russians
still can rely on secret police
and people s police organizations
there.
Faith in Promises
Adenauer has been given a
broad picture of the Paris deci
sions by Acheson. He meets to
morrow with the western high
commissioners and may learn in
detail what was decided with re
gard to dismantlement of Ger
man factories whether the pro
gram will be slowed down or
halted.
On his arrival by plane in
west Berlin, an island inside So
viet occupied territory, Acheson
told a news conference the city
was a "living symbol of a con
tinual effort to nurture and de
velop liberty."
"But I believe that the pati
ence of the people of Berlin is
not wearing thin," he added.
He also told the news confer
ence he had been "constantly ir
ritated" by expressions of opin
ion in America that U.S. policy
had failed in China.
"It was not a failure of Ame
rican policy," the top U.S. dip
lomat declared. "It was a fail
ure of Chinese policy in China."
Warm Springs New
Highway Dedicated
Warm Springs, Ore., Nov 14
(U.R) Motorists were using the
new Warm Springs highway to
day, a 30-milc, one and one
half hour shortcut between Port
land and central Oregon points.
About 5 000 persons from
Portland, Kalamath Falls and
central Oregon saw Sen. Guy
Cordon, (R., Ore.) dedicate the
highway Sunday on the span of
a 000-foot steel bridge which
passes from rim to rim of the
Mill Creek gorge, 250 feet deep.
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Acheson Meets V. 8. European Chiefs Secretary of State Dean Acheson (fourth from left)
joins with America's top military leaders on the continent at Heidelberg as he starts a four-day
visit and series of cdnsultatlons in Germany In the group arc: Capt. Harold E. Duryea, senior
navy liason officer to Europe; John McCloy, high commissioner for Germany; Lt. Gen. Clar
ence R. Hucbner, commanding general in Germany; Acheson; Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon, air
force commanding general in Europe: Lewis Douglas, ambassador to London; and Gen. Thomas
T. Handy, U. S. forces commander in chief in Germany. Acheson will meet with West Ger
many government heads. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Frankfurt).