2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Anderson Visions Split
In Republican Party
By JAMES D. OLSON
Struggle for power within the ranks of the republican party
between the liberal and conservative elements is due to break in
to the open soon, according to Steve Anderson, Salem attorney,
who just returned Irom a two weeks' stay in Washington, D. C.
and New York.
Anderson's observation is bas
ed on his contacts with numer
ous republican leaders, includ
ing Harold Stassen, Senator Rob
ert Taft and others both young
and old.
"There has been a strong In
sistence on harmony within the
party ranks by older members,
Church
Laymen
To Have
Day
Laymen's day will be widely
observed throughout Oregon
Methodism on February 26 as
the pastors step aside and let
the laymen "take over" for the
day in many o the denomina
tion's churches in the state.
Authorized as an annual ob
servance by the general confer
ence of the Methodist church.
laymen's Sunday is sponsored by
the church's board of lay activi
ties in Chicago. In Oregon, Lay
men's day activities will be su
pervised by Lloyd E. Gilson, of
Lebanon.
In many churches outstanding
laymen will deliver the sermon,
take full charge of the service,
or share in some special way in
conducting the worship.
General theme for the day will
be "A Layman s Faith. Re
source materials on this subject
have been prepared by Dr. Frank
D. Slutz, prominent Dayton
Ohio, educator and Methodist
layman, and have been sent to
all leaders of the denomination's
22,000 pastoral charges.
Showdown on
A-Bomb
Sought
Washington, Feb. 18 (5 Sen
ator Connally (D-Tex.) said to
day the time may be near for a
showdown conference with Rus
sia on control of atomic weap
ons, including 'the hydrogen
bomb.
If such a conference falls to
bring an agreement Conally told
reporters this country oight
to make it clear that "when big
ger and better bombs are built,
we'll build them."
Connally, who heads the sen
ate foreign relations committee,
suggested a high level, three-
power conference at which Sec
retary of State Acheson would
represent the United States in
negotiations with the foreign
ministers of Great Britain and
Russia.
"The Russians should make
the first move, but they probab
ly won't," he said.
Connally said he thinks the
move for the showdown confer
ence could be made outside the
United Nations.
Admits 27 Years
Of Bank Thefts
Columbus, O., Feb. 18 W)
Damon Grow respected Jack
son, O., bank cashier accused of
embezzling $102,000 says he
went through "15 years of liv
ing hell."
Sitting on a wooden bench in
Columbus city prison, former
baiker Grow retraced 27 years
of "borrowed funds."
The mild-mannered, soft-
spoken Jackson civic leader ex
plained he had been employed
by the First National bank
a $Bl-a-month clerk for two
years when his first son was
born.
"I couldn't pay all the bills as
they piled up," Grow said. "I
had to get money so I took some
and fixed the records Nothing
happened."
Years went by. Grow became
father of two more sons. His
standing in the community grew,
too.
He became a school board
member and in 1931 he became
cashier of the Jackson bank. A
few years later, with the total
of his pilfering mounting, the
strain began to tell. More Bnd
more, Grow hated the continual
borrowings.
"Words can't express the last
It years of living hell I've gone
through," he said, "I wanted to
quit doing it."
Grow didn't elaborate on fam
ily expenses. He didn't explain
about the expense of putting
three sons through school. He
just said the money went for
living expenses; that he now has
none of it.
Grow pleaded guilty yester
day to a specific charge of false
entry of $51,813 in the bank's
ledger. He will go on trial be
fore U. S. District Judge Mell G
Underwood in Columbus.
Aside from money "borrow
ed" from the bank, the 48-year-
old cashier was drawing $3000
a year salary.
Saturday, February 18, 1950 1
which would result in continued
domination of the party by that
group," Anderson said. 'This
older group is responsible for the
recent party .statement of prin
clples. They now control the
party both officially and in the
congress.
Traditionally, they have dis
couraged opposing viewpoints
have put the lid on the Young
Republican movement within the
party, and insist upon the line
of approach that has led the
party to defeat time after time."
Anderson said that while pro
testing republicans dislike the
rule of the democrats, neither
do they wish to see the country
ruled by the reactionary group
in the republican party.
It is quite possible that an
organization reflecting more lib
eral views within the republcan
party wll be announced soon,"
Anderson said.
Awaiting this announcement
Anderson declined to name the
organizers of the movement, but
indicated that it would include
many who were active in the
Wendell Willkie campaigns.
"Many sincere leaders within
the party feel that an open fight
between the liberals and conser-
valtves will have a very bene
ficial effect," he continued.
"They feel it will attract many
members Into active participa
tion in the party, that will pro
voke a better discussion of is
sues, develop new vote-getting
leadership and would leave plen
ty of difference with the demo
cratic party policies on which
both liberal and conservative re
publicans will be able to join to
fight their common foe.
"These people also feel that
our country is now suffering se
verely from a lack of real lead
ership in both the democratic
and republican parties, and if
the republican party is to pre
vail, the leaders must work out
a long range program develop
ing statesmen within its ranks."
Anderson attended a meeting
of the national young republican
federation board in Washington
where several young republicans
openly condemned the party na
tional committee "for keeping
the young GOP organization in
financial peonage."
Lucas Blasts
Spud Growers
Washington, Feb. 18 U.R
Senate Democratic Leader Scott
W. Lucas, 111., today accused po
tato farmers of abusing the gov
ernment's price support program
in order to boost their profits.
"Potato growers," he said.
'have taken every advantage of
the rules."
Lucas said these farmers
should be "the last individuals
in the world" to complain about
congressional efforts to trim
costs of the multi-million-dollar
potato support program.
He issued the statements in
reply to a plea from the national
potato council that he delay ac
tion on legislation which would
remove price supports from po
tatoes unless they are placed un
der strict marketing quotas.
Whitney Tharin, executive
secretary of the council, said
that his organization should be
given an opportunity to testify
against any change in the pro
gram during a crop season.
Lucas replied that the surplus
potato problem has reached
emergency" proportions and re
quires immediate action. Fur
thermore, he said, speedy action
would save the taxpayers some
$50,000,000 this year.
He said he intends to go
through with his plans of bring
ing his proposal to the senate
floor Monday. The proposal Is
in the form of a "rider" to an
urgent cotton acreage revision
for which southerners have been
clamoring.
Eugene Firm Sues
For Return of Taxes
Eugene, Feb. 18 VP) The As
sociated Plywood Co. of Eugene
filed a petition in circuit court
this week for a writ of manda
mus, an order requiring the
county, the city of Eugene and
school district No. 4 to return
ane over-payment of taxes am
ounting to a refund of $32,989.74.
The company filed against the
members of the county court, the
city of Eugene, two school dis
tricts, and Eugene Rural Fire
Protection District No. 1, naming
them all aa defendants. The
plaintiff alleges that property it
owns does not lie within the city
nor within any of the districts
named.
The writ Indicates that the
company was taxed on the basis
that its property was in these
districts over several years.
Garbage Dump
No decision was reached In an
all-day argument between about
50 residents of the Macleay dis
trict and members nf the county
court Friday in regard to the
county garbage dump located
near Macleay.
The' court, after hearing num
erous and varied complaints
from those representing Macleay
people, agreed to make a per
sonal Investigation of the situa
tion.
Though several possible alter
natives for . a garbage dump
were suggested to the court, no
action will be taken on the poss
ible moving of the dump until
after the investigation.
Meanwhile, evidence has been
produced showing that the court
attempted no secrecy In procur
ing the land for the purpose of
a garbage dump. Some of the
complainants who appeared Fri
day alleged that the county had
bought the land without letting
nearby landowners know what
the property was to be used for.
Other complaints issued Fri
day were to the effect that the
garbage dump was creating an
unpleasant odor for miles ar
ound, that water was becoming
contaminated, and that trucks
carrying garbage toward the
dump were spreading debris
along the highway.
Aftlee Rejects
Big 3 Talks
London, Feb. 18 m Prime
Minister Attlee rejected tonight
Winston Churchill's call for new
Big Three talks on outlawing the
atom and the hydrogen bomb,
In the labor party's last radio
broadcast before next Thursday's
general election, Attlee accused
Russia of blocking internation
al control of atomic energy. He
said Britain is ready to seek
agreement through the United
Nations.
"The difficulty does not lie in
the method, nor in the choice of
persons to discuss these high
matters," said Attlee. "All that
is required is the will. We on
this side of the Iron Curtain have
the will to discuss with the Rus
sians this with all other out
standing difficulties." .
Sir Stafford Cripps had some
thing to say about the subject
earlier. He told his political op
ponents to keep the atom and
hydrogen bomb out of Britain's
election campaign.
Newsmen Endorse
Capitol Extension
Eugene, Feb. 18 The Oregon
Newspaper Publishers confer
ence in annual convention today
urged the state legislature to
adopt a plan for the northward
extension of the capitol zone.
The convention also urged the
legislature to provide funds in
1951 session for the purchase of
property in the extended capi
tol zone area. The recommen
dation included the purchase ul
timately of the zone extension to
D street. The Immediate pur
chase under this recommenda
tion could be any part of that
extension.
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a downtown street of Snyder,
housing facilities are exhausted
Public Health
Meets Planned
A well child conference will
be held at the Stayton Woman's
club building Monday and an
other at the Marion county
health department the follow
ing Thursday, according to
schedule of activities listed for
next week. The Stayton confer
ence will be conducted from 9:30
to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 2:30
p.m. The one at the health de
partment will be conducted on
an appointment basis.
Other activities for the week
include:
Monday: Immunizations for
children at health department.
9-11:30 a.m. and 2-4 p.m.
Tuesday: Immunization clinic
at Middle Grove, 9-11 a.m,
health exam clinic, Jefferson
grade school, 9:30-noon and 1
2:30 p.m. child guidance by ap
pointment only.
Thursday: Immunization clin
ics at Shaw public and parochial
schools, 9 a.m. to noon.
Friday: Food, milk handlers,
beauty operator exams at health
department, tuberculin testing.
blood tests and immunizations,
9-11:30 a.m. and 2-4 p.m.
Saturday: Immunization, chil
dren and adults, health dept.
9-11:30 a.m.
Time Necessary for
Pedestrian Stop Signs
Moveable stop signs for pro
tection of pedestrians to be
placed in two dozen Salem street
intersections will not be m place
for some time, City Manager J
L. Franzen said today.
The signs have to be made at
the city shops and painted with
the words "Stop When Pedes
trians Are Crossing," or some
similar words.
The signs will have heavy
metal base, a pipe standard, and
the letters will be on a disk pos
sible 18 inches in diameter. They
will not be reflectors.
The city council ordered the
signs Monday night to reduce
pedestrian casualties. The in
stallation will be a test. Whe
ther the signs will be used per
manently will depend on results.
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Early Bills
Urged by McKay
Governor Douglas McKay in
structed 20 department heads to
to have any desired legislation
prepared before the opening of
the 1951 legislative session.
We want to do everything
possible to prevent delay in the
next session of the legislature,'
the governor said. He said that
the length of the 1949 session
was such that many of its-mem
bers are discouraged in running
again.
I realize that the length of
the session was not caused by department-delayed
legislation.
Department heads were also
warned by the governor to el
iminate any waste, adding that
we aim toward thrift at the ex
pense of frills and not the ne
cessities."
The governor calls his depart
ment heads in once a month for
discussion of problems facing
the state departments.
Final Meet Tuesday
Hygiene Study Groups
The final series of a group of
meetings of the four social hy
giene study groups in family re
lations of the Richmond PTA
will be held next Tuesday night
at Richmond school. These four
groups, with a total membership
of 48, are inviting the husbands
and other interested persons of
the community for the f ina
meetings.
Dr. Curtis Avery, director of
the E. C. Brown trust will speak
and show the film "Human
Growth." Miss Mathilda Gilles,
principal of Richmond and Mrs.
L. E. Marschat, social hygiene
chaiman for the PTA, arranged
for the study groups that have
been under the following lead
ers: Mrs. Chris Seely, Mrs. Ed
win Boals, Mrs. L. E. Marschat,
and Mrs. Frank Hrubetz.
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Lt. Doug Ross
Here from Orient
In Salem for a visit is one of
Uncle Sam's army men who was
evacuated from Shanghai before
the communists took that city,
Lf. Douglas Ross, son of Mrs.
Custer Ross.
With him are his wife and
daughter, Virginia, who were
with Lt. Ross in Shanghai until
about a month before his evac
uation by a plane of the Far
East Air Materiel command De
cember 17. 1
On duty with the armed fore
es in the Orient for the past two
and a half years, Lt. Ross was
stationed in Shanghai with the
signal corps. He was joined three
months after his arrival there by
his wife. Their daughter was
born in that city.
Shanghai, Ross said, was
about all that he saw of China.
Of that city he commented,
"It was over crowded and there
were many starving. I recall
seeing one person lie down be
side the building and die, and
you often see them sleeping on
window and door sills."
He noted that many are poor
ly clad and that in Shanghai
you found the Chinese either
very rich or very poor.
From Shanghai Ross went to
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
in Tokyo. The family left Tokyo
January 31 and sailed for San
Francisco from where they
drove to Salem, arriving here
Thursday. After visiting in Sa
lem for about a week longer
they will start for Washington.
D. C, where Lt. Ross is to be
assigned to the signal corps plant
engineering agency
Now in his ninth year -of du
ty with the U. S. Army, Lt. Ross
during the last war saw duty in
Africa and Italy and took part
m the Mediterranean operations
Truman Plans Probe
Of Communications
Washington, Feb. 18 VP) Pres
ident Truman has started a check
on whether the nation's comma
mentions resources are being put
to the best use.
Mr. Truman yesterday set up
temporary communications
policy board to give him a re
port and recommendations on the
situation by Oct. 31.
The board is to: (A) determine
to what extent government com
muniactions should be operated
in peacetime, (B) find out whe
ther radio spectrum space is
fairly divided between govern
ment and private channels and
(C) examine proposals for merg
ing overseas operations of U. S.
c o m m e r cial communications
companies.
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LATE SPORTS
Zeno Colo of Italy
Wins Ski Downhill
Aspen, Colo., Feb. 18 W)
Zeno Colo of Italy slashed down
Mount Aspen at a 53-mile pace
to capture the men's downhill
title today and become a dou
ble winner in the world ski
championships subject to the
judged re-check.
The bounding farmer s unof
ficial time for 2-1 miles was
two minutes, 34.4 seconds and
gave him an advantage of more
than a second over James Cout-
tet of France with 2:35.7, the
apparent second place winner
This margin was more decisive
than Colo's giant slalom tri
umph, won by only eight tenths
of a second.
Next in order were Egon
Schopf of Austria at 2:36.7,
Bernhard Perren of Switzerland,
2:37.7, Christian Pravda, Aus
tria, 2:38.1, and Jean Pazzi,
France, 2:38.6.
16 Men Pass
Police Exams
Names of 16 men who passed
examinations for service on the
city police force were announc
ed today by Chief Clyde A.
Warren and the city civil ser
vice commission.
Of the 16 men 14 will imme
diately go on duty under the
civil service and two will be on
the eligible list. Eleven of the
group are already serving under
temporary appointment.
One candidate, Marion F,
Browne, passed the examination,
but was disqualified because he
is now living outside the city,
Of the 49 who took the exa
minations only 17 men passed,
Those eligible for service in or
der of their grades in the exa
mination are:
Wilmer H. Page, Edward B.
Callahan, LaVerne A. Jenness,
James F. Hunter, Eugene Nor
done, Richard L. Bain, Orephus
L. Parker, Russell H. Shaffer,
James W. Stovall, Robert Dean
Mason, Kenneth I. DeHut, Dol
vin D. Potter, Charles Fredric
Nortness, Merle A. Combs, Ross
Aveon Cruzen, Dick L. Craven.
Armed Forces Total
1r512f900 Jan. 31
Washington, Feb. 18 (U.PJ The
armed forces had a total numer
ical strength of 1,512,900 as
of last January 31, the defense
department reported today. By
services the strength, army, 615,-
400; navy, 401,900; marine corps,
80,100, and air force, 415,500.
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Sikang Base to
Battle Reds 1
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 18 VP)
Sikang, far western China prov
ince bordering Tibet, was pictur
ed today as a strengthening na
tionalist base for guerrilla war
fare against the Chinese Reds.
The build-up was augmented
by two new developments re
ported In official nationalist dis
patches: Yang Je-Nan, most powerful
of the aboriginal chieftains in
Sikang, has been granted author
ity to organize an army to fight
the communists.
Forty thousand nationalist
troops have arrived in Sikang
from Szechwan province and are
being reorganized for action
against the Reds. These troops
are from the once powerful 250,-000-man
army of Gen. Hu Tsung
Nan. Hu was said to be in Si
kang rallying anti-Red elements.
The dispatches said commun
ists have not sent any regular
troops to support Gen. Liu Wen
Hui, turncoat governor who de
fected to them last December.
Nationalists on Formosa sug
gest the communists are leaving
him to fight against nationalists
in the hope his armies will be
destroyed in the process. That
would be one way, they point
out, of eliminating Liu as a pow
er in western China politics. fl
Dispatches also reported na
tionalists marching on Yaan,
which is held by Liu's forces.
K.iF. Rancher Dies
Klamath Falls, Feb. 18
Jerry Cornelius Murphy, 60,
prominent Klamath county
rancher, was killed yesterday in
a pickup truck that overturned
on the old Merrill highway! His
son, Daniel, 15, who was driving,
was not injured.
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