THE WEATHER HERE
MOSTLY CLOUDY with occa
sional showers tonight; becom
ing cloudy Thursday with rain
by afternoon or evening. Little
temperature change Low to
night, 35; high Thursday, 46.
Maximum ytalcrdajr, 49; minimum to
day, 40. Total 24-hour BrecluiUMon, .511
lor month, S.lOi normal, 1.44. Seaion
precipitation, XS.8S; normal, st.1T. Hirer
brlfht, 9.0 foot, rlalnr. (Report by 11. S.
Weather Bureau.)
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62nd Year, No. 33 Stiff Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 8, 1950
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Negotiations
For Coal Peace
Agreed Upon
Both Lewis and Opera
tors to Try Again at
Fact Finders Request
Washington. Feb. 8 OT Pres
ident Truman's coal fact-finding
board today won agreement
from John L. Lewis and the coal
Found Crashed
In Yukon Wilds
None of 12 Men
Aboard Dakota Killed,,
3 Injured
Whitehorse, Y. T., Feb. 8 (CP)
To Russia Out,
Says Acheson
Walsh Protesls
Elimination of
Smaller Dam
Columbia Basin Inter
Agency Commission
Discusses Problems
By JAMES D. OLSON
Elimination by the bureau of
the budget of a number of
smaller dams in the Willamette
valley project will seriously in
terfere with the effectiveness of
the entire project, according to
Col. O. E. Walsh, division engi
nees for the corps of army engi
neers. Col. Walsh, a member of the
Columbia Basin Inter-Agency
committee, meeting in Salem
Wednesday, in making his re
port, urged that the committee
hold an early meeting within the
Willamette basin area to con
sider the deletions and take ap
propriate action.
Projects dropped by the bu
reau of budget included' Cas
cadia and Wiley Creek dams on
the South Santiam; Louisville
dam on the Little Luckiamute
river; Gate Creek dam on the
McKenzie river and levees on
the middle fork of the Willam
ette and the McKenzie rivers.
Weather Delays Work
Gov. Douglas McKay, as host
to the meeting, urged that the
meeting be held at an early date
so that protests could be for
warded to northwest members
of congress in time to insure
action while the joint army-reclamation
bill is still in commit
tee. Col. Walsh said that because
of the cold weather work on
virtually all army projects in
the northwest were suspended
in January. He said that at the
present time 100 inches of snow
at the Detroit dam site prevents
any work.
Excess storage water togeth
er with a large flow of water1
enabled the. northwest power
pool to continue during January
without any serious interrup
tions, Dr. Paul J. Raver, admin
istrator of the Bonneville pow
er administration reported.
(Concluded on Pane 5, Column 5)
Cold Wave Hits
New England
(Br the Associated Press)
A blast of frigid ai' from icy
Hudson Bay slid down over new
England today, bringing stiffen
ing cold temperatures At one
spot it was 26 degrees below ze
ro.
Most of the rest ot the nation
was having mild weather.
The frosty breath from the
cold northern waters shrank the
' mercury almost into hiding at
Old Town, Maine, where the -26
was recorded.
At Lebanon, N. H. and Mont
pelier, Vt., the situation wasn't
much better, 22 below zero.
Upstate New York got a nip
of sharp weather with 17 below
at Glen Falls and lfi below at
Albany. The Albany reading
equaled the record for the date,
set in 1034.
At Boston, the coldest day in
two winters sent the thermom
eter to six degrees. New York
hac" 15, Providence, R. I., seven,
and Hartford, Conn., five.
At Netcong, N. J., it was an
even zero.
Pennsylvania's coldest spot
was at Fleetville, where it was
-10.
At the same time Ihe reading
was 51 at Denver; 42 at Kansas
City: 35 at Minneapolis; 30 at
Chicago; 58 at Atlanta, 61 at Mi
ami and New Orleans and 67 at
Dallas, Tex. The mercuhy hit 90
at Laredo, Tex., yesterday.
American Flotilla
To Visit Arabia
London, Feb. 8 OT A Unit
ed States navy flotilla will show
the flag in oil-rich Saudi Ara
bia at the end of February, navy
headquarters in London an
nounced today.
A navy spokesman described
the four-day call at the Red sea
port of Jidda in King Ibn Saud's
desert kingdom as a "courtesy
visit."
The flotilla will include the
Cruiser Roanoke and the De
stroyers G. K. Mackenzie and E.
G. Small. It will be commanded
by Adm. Richard L. Conolly,
commander of U. S. naval forces
in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
First reports back from a Yu
kon mountainside where a Dako
ta search plane crashed last night
indicate that none of the 12 men
aboard was killed but three
were injured.
The plane, not badly damaged,
was sighted by another search
plane which parachuted a radio
to the men so full particulars
could be reported back.
Some of the men were walking
around the plane, but the num
ber was not reported. There
were 12 aboard the craft when
it disappeared while searching
near Aishihik.
On Mountain Slope
It was found between the 5,-
000 and 7,000-foot levels on a
mountain slope.
The Dakota, searching for a
C-54 transport lost since Jan. 26
with 44 abroad, disappeared yes
terday while sweeping the rug
ged, snow-covered mountains
south of Aishihik, 100 miles
northwest of here.
It was spotted early today by
another search plane. The
wreckage lay on a mountain be
tween the 5,000 and 7,000-foot
levels. Some of the men were
walking around the plane.
The plane was found near the
southern boundary of its search
area. It was 12 miles north of
Pon lake.
(Concluded on Pate 5, Column 6)
3 Men, Girl in
Hotel Hold-up
Portland, Feb. 8 VP)-Three
young men and a girl were ar
rested today shortly after a hotel
holdup, and detectives said the
four were being questioned
about robberies in Tacoma.
Detective Joe Blewitt said the
group told him they had come
here from Tacoma to stage a
hold-up. They were staying at
an autocourt here.
Booked on charges of assault
and robbery while armed with
a dangerous weapon were Rob
ert Lee Robison, 21, Okemah,
Okla.; Raymond Levoy, 19, New
York City; and William Franklin
Mullin, 25, who detectives said
was absent without leave from
Ft. Lewis.
The girl, Maxine Mary Mul-
alley, 19, was booked on a charge
of vagrancy.
A Roseland hotel clerk was
robbed of $33 early this morn
ing by two men, while a third
man waited in a cab nearby,
holding the cabbie at gunpoint,
The cabbie, George W. Hudson,
said he had been forced to the
floor of the cab, and was held
prisoner more than an hour.
Confidence Voted
Bidault's Cabinet
Paris, Feb. 8 OT Premier
Georges Bidault's revamped cab
inet was approved today by a
shaky vote in the French na
tional assembly. But his coali
tion government appeared head
ed for trouble and possible
downfall.
Although the cabinet was ap
proved 225 to 185, socialists,
conservative followers of Gen.
Charles De Gaulle and right-
wing independents abstained
from voting.
Willamette Rising But
No Menace of Flood
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
The Willamette continued to rise slowly here Wednesday morn
ing, the local gauge measuring 9.9 feet, but, barring torrential
rains, there is no prospect of flood waters now. Flood stage here
is 20 feet.
New snowstorms struck through the high Cascade mountains
last night and this morning, and
the colder temperatures at high
er elevations prevented further
heavy run-off of snow waters.
Through the valley the run
off from the record snowpack
piled up during January con
tinued moderate and gradual.
More than half an inch ot pre
cipitation was recorded in Sa
lem during the 24-hour period
ending at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
.57 of an inch being measured,
The showers continued to melt
away the snow with result there
was little of the whitt stuff
iff) v bp
' Jo CD0 u p -A ' h
Churchill Raps
Labor Regime
Cardiff, Wales, Feb. 8 IP) i
Conservative Leader Winston
Churchill charged the labor
party today with deliberate lying
to win votes in the February 23
election.
Churchill made the charge in
a political speech as he began a
swing around the kingdom to
gain support for the tories who
hope to oust the present labor
government.
He declared that Prime Minis
ter Clement Attlee's followers
have adopted a nazi-communist
principle" that if an untruth is
told often enough and widely
enough it becomes as good as
the truth."
Attlee is due to speak also to
day in four different cities as he
commences his automobile tour
of the country to court votes for
the laborites who have been in
power since 1945.
In a slashing, gloves-off speech
prepared for a mass meeting at
the Cardiff football field, the
75-year-old conservative leader
offered a point by point rebuttal
of labor claims which he said
did not jibe with the facts.
Churchill said the laborites
and coal field communists "con
tinually spread the story" he
sent troops tn shoot down the
Rhondda valley mine strikers in
Wales when he was home secre
tary in 1910. He called this a
"cruel lie."
Churchill said the fact was
that although the chief consta
ble of Glamorgan the Welsh
county mainly involved asked
for troops to put down strike dis
orders the soldiers were never
sent.
Film of 'Volcano'
Banned by Catholics
Rome, Feb. 8 OT "Volcano,
Anna Magnani's latest film, has
been banned for Catholics
throughout the world by the
Catholic cinematic center.
The center, which passes on
artistic and moral aspects of all
films for Catholics, found "Vol
cano" artistically and technically
good but "morally negative,"
because its leading character, a
fallen woman played by Magna
ni, "found no solution outside
crime."
The picture is playing to full
houses in one of Rome's luxury
theaters and in other Rome the
aters.
The Catholic cinematic center
has not yet considered Roberto
Rossellini's "Stromboli," star
ring Ingrid Bergman, which has
the same locale as "Volcano."
left in downtown sections, except
for some mounds where quan-
titles had been piled up during
clean-up of the streets, and even
on the higher elevat'ons about
the city only small patches were
seen here and there.
Forecast is for occasional
.'.howers tonight with general
tain due to start late Thursday,
Temperatures continued mild,
Wednesday morning's minimum
here was 40 degrees, following
a maximum of 49 Tuesday, and
the prediction is for a low of
somewhere around 35 tonight.
Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee in Session Here
Representatives of the army, Bonneville administration, de
partment of commerce, Federal Power commission, and the
department of interior and agriculture hold a business ses
sion at the capitol. From left around the table in the
board of control room; J. V. Rogers, C. H. Raymond, D. J.
Fee, H. T. Nelson, Governor Douglas McKay, H. M. Peet, Paul
J. Raver, Col. O. E. Walsh, Howard E. Waterbury and Mark
R. Kulp. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah
and Wyoming are represented, a
Candidates Lined Up
For Municipal Offices
The office of city judge, the mayor's chair, and Ward 8 alder
man may be the only offices in the city administration to change
hands in the elections of this year.
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom, as known for some time, is not a
candidate for re-election. Unless someone else comes into the
Famine Sweeps
Eastern China
Hong Kong, Feb. 8 OT Fam
ine is sweeping east China north
of the Yangtze river with at
least 16,000,000 persons feel
ing the pinch.
The communist news agency
yesterday told of the food cri
sis. Drouth, floods and disrup
tions to farming caused by the
civil war are blamed.
Of the 16,000,000 some 2,
790,000 were said by the news
agency to be facing starvation.
Conditions in southern Kiang
su and south Anhwei provinces
were described as grave. Popu
lous Shanghai and Nanking are
in Kiangsu. Onhwei is the ad
joining province.
Worsening conditions are ex
pected in the spring.
Rural Chinese in the food
short areas were said to be drift
ing into the cities, where the
communists are making great
er efforts to alleviate condi
tions. The Shanghai Liberation daily
published a report 1,000,000 of
the 5,300,000 inhabitants of the
Suhsien area, 150 miles north
west of Nanking, were starving.
10 Percent Cut
AECVA Funds
Washington, Feb. 8 (IP) A 10
percent cut in emergency funds
for the atomic energy commis
sion and the veterans adminis
tration was recommended today
by the house appropriations;
committee. ,
But in approving an omnibus
$732,485,500 money bill for
house action later this week, the
committee said the cuts would
not interfere with the operations
of either of the two big agencies.
None of the AEC funds was ear
marked for work on the hydro
gen bomb, committee members
said.
The money is for use during
the remaining months of the
1950 fiscal year ending June 30.
The regular 1951 budgets of the
agencies receiving the emergency
financing are to be included in
an overall appropriation bill
now being prepared by the com
mittee. The atomic energy commission
asked for $87,650,000 in new
contract authority. The commit
tee recommended $78,885,000,
The veterans administration
wanted $800,000,000 and was al
lotted $720,000,000.
The full amount of $803,000
requested by the Indian bureau
for the welfare of Indians was
approved, but $12,365,000 sought
by the Tennessee valley author
ity was trimmed to $11,682,500.
Committee members said pri
vately the pattern of cutting all
money requests by a 10 percent
may be followed on all appro
priations for the coming fiscal
year, except in isolated cases.
contest, which is unlikely, the
new mayor will be either Alfred
Loucks or Walter Musgrave, the
only candidates so far announc
ed.
Other offices where terms ex
pire are city treasurer, : city
judge, and aldermen for Wards
2, 4, 6 and 8.
City Treasurer Paul H. Hauser
will be a candidate to succeed
himself, and may file his candi
dacy today. It is not probable
he will be opposed
(Concluded on Pane S, Column 6)
Secret Nazi
Group Probed
Frankfurt, Germany, Feb
(IP) American agents disclosed
today they are investigating a
secret Nazi underground or
ganization agitating for a new
brand of Hitlerism in Germany.
The size of the underground
group is unknown but one al
lied official called it "certainly
dangerous."
"It must be watched," he ad
ded. "On the other hand, it's im
portance should not be over
emphasized." Calling itself the "Katakombe
Scheinwerfer" (Catacomb Re
flector), the underground move
ment has its headquarters some
where in Munich, birthplace of
Hitler's Nazi organization,
American officials said. It pub
1 i s h e s a secretly-distributed
newspaper glorifying Naziism
and brands all Germans who op
posed Hitler as traitors.
American agents said they
are making a full investigation
to uncover its strength and lead
ership, how it is financed and
how it distributes its illegal li
terature.
Officials said the group ap
parently is in touch with under
ground fascist groups in Aus
tria, Italy and possible in Ar
gentina.
A recent pamphlet declared:
"The fundamental principles of
national socialism were right
and led to unique successes."
Margaret Truman
Appears on Radio
New York, Feb. 6 (IP) Mar.
garet Truman made her second
professional appearance in New
York last night on the radio pro
gram, "Carnegie Hall."
The presidents daughter, :
soprano, got enthusiastic ap
plause from an audience that
packed a midtown radio theater.
The program, over the Ameri
can Broadcasting company net
work, included' these numbers.
by Miss T r d m a n: "Smilin'
Though," "He Stole My Tender
Heart Away," and Glazounov's
"Premavera D'Or."
She closed with "America
the Beautiful."
Quirino Left for Manila
San- Francisco, Feb 8 VP)
Pres. Elpidio Quirino of the Phil
ippincs republic left early today
aboard a special Philippines air
line plane for Manila.
Berlin Traffic
Again Held-up
Berlin, Feb. 8 OT New
storms were brewing today for
Berlin's troubled trade with the
west as minor delays again held
up trucks on the Soviet zone
frontier at Helmstedt.
By 11 a. m. a back log of 70
trucks was piled up, waiting to
proceed to Berlin, while another
70 awaited clearance westward.
The Russians allowed eight to
10 trucks an hour through in
each direction yesterday, but this
morning they cut the rate to six
or seven.
Charles A. Dix, U. S. trans
port chief in Berlin said such
variations were "not too im
portant."
He said he was more concern
ed about severe Soviet restric
tions on the classes of goods
permitted to cross through their
zone.
For more than a month the
Russians have flatly refused to
clear exports of ferrous and
non-ferrous scrap metals from
west Berlin,
They claim these were smug
gled by black marketeers from
the Russian zone. Allied offi
cials said it was not the smug
gling which bothered the Rus
sians "but the acute shortage of
metals in their zone.
Dix disclosed today that the
Russians also have objected to
8 Woct Rorlin's pvnnrt. nf drilffs.
L.tir, tr,, of oior.irir.al ormin.
ment and fine optics.
$130,000 Loot
For Bank Bandits
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb 8 (IP)
Two armed robbers escaped
with an estimated $130,000 in
currency after a daring holdup
of the Bank of Douglas here
early today.
James Wise, vault teller at
'he bank who was forced at
gun point to open the bank's
vault, said the men took the
money in bills of $100 denomi
nations or smaller.- He estimated
the total at close to $130,000.
The two robbers caught the
bank janitor, Clinton Wade, out
side the bank shortly before 6
a.m. and forced him to let them
into the building When Wise
entered the bank about an hour
later, one of the men confront
ed him with a gun and ordered
him to open the vault
Wise said that when he told
the men he didn't know if the
time lock had been released the
men replied "The time is off.
Wise opened the vault and
gave them the money.
Hop Growers of Four
States Arriving Here
Hop growers from Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho
began arriving in Salem Wednesday for the fourth annual con
vention of the United Hop Growers, opening Thursday.
The three-day convention
luncheon at the Marion hotel.
welcome the delegates to the
state of Oregon. Frank Kennedy
of Independence will extend a
word of welcome on behalf of
Oregon hop growers and re
sponses will be made by Don
ald Batt of Idaho, Tom Tanner
of California and Victor Balaire
of Washington.
Convention headquarters will
be at the Marion hotel with con
vention sessions in the Crystal
Gardens.
Thursday afternoon speakers
will include E. L. Peterson, di
rector of the state department
U. S. Abandons Ef
forts for Joint Control
Of Atomic Bombs
Washington, Feb. 8 (IP) Sec
retary of State Acheson today
ruled out any new overtures to
Russia on international control
of atomic weapons, including the
hydrogen super-bomb.
Acheson also said the United
States should avoid what he call
ed self reproach in connection
with atomic weapons. He said
this might paralyze American ac
tion in developing a strong Am
erican policy.
The secretary's remarks were
made in a news conference dis
cussion of U. S. policy.
He told newsmen that if this
country can reach its goal of
world peace by the process of
agreement that will be the best
way to do it. "But," he added,
"four years of trying have
brought us to the realization that
is not possible."
Answers McMahon
Acheson spoke directly in
commenting on recent senate
speeches by Chairman McMahon
(D., Conn.) of the congressional
atomic energy commission and
Chairman Tydings (D., Mo.) of
the senate armed services com
mittee.'"
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 8)
Chiefs of Staff
At Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Feb. 8 OT I
The touring U. S. joint chiefs of
staff today began a first-hand
survey of the military picture
in Hawaii. They are on their
way home from Japan, Oki
nawa, Guam and Kwajalein.
The four top commanders flew
in yesterday for three days of
conferences with Hawaii s mil
itary chiefs and inspection of in
stallations.
Gen. Omar Bradley was asked
at a news conference if it would
be wise to establish a southeast
Asia holding line against com
munism as was done with mili
tary aid in Greece and Tur
key.
A decision on any such policy
is up to President Truman, said
the chairman of the joint chiefs.
The joint chiefs' job is to ad
vise on the "military implica
tions."
Asked what are these impli
cations in southeast Asia, Brad
ley replied with a quiet smile:
I wont tell you."
He added that "political impli
cations may at times override
military implications."
More Timber Roads
In Northwest Urged
Portland, Feb. 8 (Cham
ber of Commerce leaders of
Washington and Oregon were
told yesterday to work for more
timber roads in the Pacific
northwest.
Regional Forester H. J. An
drews said the lack of access
roads was hampering growth of
the lumber industry. He said the
federal government should con
tribute up to $60,000,000 to
ward roads in the timberlands
during the next five to ten
years.
Lack of the access roads has
held the timber cut on forest
service lands in the two states
to 1,500,000,000 board feet, he
said. This contrasts with an al
lowable cut under the sustained
yield plan of 2,500,000,000 feet
he said.
will open Thursday noon with a
Dean Walker, Independence, will
president of the Oregon Farm
Bureau: Steve Tabacchi, brew-
master at Sick's Salem brewery
and R. S. Smith, director of the
fruit and vegetable branch of
production and marketing ad
ministration, Washington, D.C,
A twilight beer party will be
held at the Gardens Thursday
evening.
During the Thursday after
noon session there will be
women's get acquainted party
at the Marion hotel from 3:30 to
4:40 p.m. with Mrs. Gordon F.
Hadley in charge.
operators to try again for agree
ment on a coal contract through
negotiations.
The new bargaining sessions
were set for 2 p.m. with the
board members sitting as observ
ers. The board members were op
timistic that the whole coal dis
pute might be settled before
nightfall.
David Cole, chairman of the ,
board, had remarked that he be
lieved an agreement might be
reached "in two or three hours."
Lewis said it was "possible."
Operators Not Optimistic
The operators indicated they
were less optimistic.
The board's proposal came
after a somewhat stormy hour
and a half of hearings during
which Lewis once called coal
man George H. Love "a liar by
the clock."
Cole asked whether Lewis
ever had presented any specific
contract demands to the mine
operators.
Love said he was informed by
Cyrus S. Ching (federal media
tion chief) that "it was the un
ion bargainng technique to say
that 'You men own the mines,
I have the men in the palm of
my hands what do you bid?
Lewis jumped up and leveled
off at Love across the table:
Lewis Calls Love a Liar
That's an infamous and de
liberate lie. I said we represent
ed the men. I say to you, 'George
Cole, you're a liar by the clock'."
Cole tried to interrupt. Love
protested: "I don't want to go
into personalities, Mr. Cole."
"Why not?" Lewis shouted.
"Why not?"
Cole restored calm and the
hearings went on.
The chairman announced just
before the Lewis outburst that
the board would not take form
al testimony, but would instead
question the principals In pub
lic hearings to determine the
facts.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column ()
140,000 Autos
Cut by Strike
Detroit, Feb. 8 OT The Chrys
ler strike, if it continues through
February, will cut about 140,000
units from the month's scheduled
output.
Before the strike became cer
tain the industry's planning call
ed for a February output of 640,
000 cars and trucks. Unless
Chrysler factories reopen during
the month the total is not likely
to exceed 500,000.
The latter figure will be
achieved largely through heavy
overtime schedules in most of
the factories now in production.
In February last year United
Slates factories built 426,665 ve
hicles. What they will do in March of
this year depends not only upon
the resumption of Chrysler oper
ations but also upon the size of
the steel mill's output of the
type of material used in vehicle
production.
The car industry recovered
from the effects of the steel tie
up late last year much faster
than was expected.
Possible tightening up on car
production volume during this
year's first quarter doesn't mean
a sharp cut in the total 1950 out
put. The industry had planned
to build about 2,000,000 vehicles
in the January-through-March
period.
United States factories built
2,994,284 vehicles in the first
half of 1949 and then rolled out
3,243,804 in the year's final six
months.
Steel Workers
Aid Coal Union
Pittsburgh, Feb. 8 (IP) The
CIO United Stcelworkcrs today
sent a $500,000 check to the Uni
ted Mine Workers "to assist the
needy miners and their families
in their struggle against the coal
operators."
President Philip Murray of
both the CIO and the Steelwork
ers said the donation was author
ized by the Steelworkers execu
tive board.
Murray also sent an appeal to
the 2200 USW locals asking them
I to make additional contribution!
of agriculture; Lowell Steen