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62nd Year, No. 54
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 4, 19iw
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McKay lo File
Candidacy for
Re-election
Invites Support of
Those Who Wish Busi
ness Administration
By JAMES D. OLSON
Governor Douglas McKay
Saturday announced his candi
dacy for re-election.
In a statement the governor
invited the support and aid of
. the "earnest and sincere citizens
of the state who wish a business
like and practical approach to
the problems of the next four
years."
"Only fourteen months have
elapsed since I took office to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Governor Earl Snell " the state
ment said. "That much has been
accomplished in so short a time
is largely a result of the excep
tional cooperation I have had
from so many sincere people and
from the legislature. -
McKay's Statement
"The integrity of state gov
ernment has been such as to de
serve the confidence of the peo
ple.
"The budget is balanced with
out an increase of state income
and property taxes. The long
delayed building program for
state institutions and higher edu
cation is well under way.
"A long range highway pro
gram has been adopted and start
ed on a pay-as-you-go basis. The
many interests concerned with
the conservation of develop
ment of natural resources have
been brought together for the
development of a joint and com
prehensive program. We are
down to work in the develop
ment of new markets for Ore
gon agriculture."
Promises Economy
The governor said that pro
posals for reorganization of state
government to achieve enono
mies and better public service
are being developed for presen
taton to the 1951 legislature.
"The problems for the . next
four years will be among the
most difficult in the history of
the state," McKay concluded.
"Principal of these is sound fin
ances. It must now have the
focus of our attention and ef
fort." ,
U. S. May Pay
Potato Freight
Washington, March 4 (IP)
Senator Lucas (D., 111.) said to
day a plan is under considera
tion for the freight on millions
of bushels of its surplus pota
toes so that they can be given
away.
Lucas Is a member of a senate
house conference committee at
tempting to iron out differences
in bills dealing with government
price supports and controls on
potatoes, cotton, wheat and pea
nuts. He said the group already "has
about agreed to bar any more po
tato price supports on next year's
crop until rigid marketing quota
controls are applied."
Lucas said he had proposed
ihat the conference group ap
prove legislation which would
allow the federal government to
turn over some 80,000,000 bush
els of potatoes, acquired under
supports, to "state and local tax
supported institutions such as in
sane hospitals and prisons."
"Bather than see them rot I
would be willing for the govern-
ment to put up some more money
for freight and transportation
costs to places where they could
be used," Lucas said.
Dallas Hi-School
Robbery Victim
Dallas, March 4 About $100
in money was stolen and serious
damage done to the interior of
the Dallas high school building
by thieves who broke in some
time Friday night.
Entry was evidently made
through the manual training
shops in the basement of the
building, and from there other
rooms entered, including the of
fice which was entered by break
ing the hinges of the door.
The most serious damage and
loss was caused by the thieves
breaking into a fireproof record
cabinet. Of the approximately
$100 in money that was taken
$75 was student funds and the
rest belonged to the school dis
trict
Several doors were wrecked
and other interior damage done,
i Police suspect the job was
dont by local persons.
Free-for-AII
Race for Slate
Senate Seats
Already Five Candi
dates with Others
In Prospect
With less than one week before
filing are closed for the May 19
primary election, a free-for-all
race for Marion county's two sen
ate seats appears certain.
Already five candidates are in
the race for the state senate with
a possibility that still another
may enter the race next week.
The five who have filed or an
nounced intention to do so in
clude State Senator Fred Lam
port; State Representatives . W.
W. Chadwick, Douglas Yeater
and Frank Doerfler and Richard
L. Ryman, Gervais, Willamette
pre-law student.
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom,
who has been mentioned as a
possible legislative candidate,
has not yet announced that he
will seek any office. State Sen
ator Allan Carson said Saturday
he did not expect to seek any
office at this time.
Anderson Willing
Steve Anderson, attorney, ac
tive in Young Republican circles,
has been considering being a
candidate for the senate and will
make his decision known Mon
day. Both filings and announce
ment of candidate for the four
Marion county house seats have
been slow in materializing, al
though a number of filings are
expected before the deadline,
Friday, March 10 at 5 p.m.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 7)
Record Cold
In Northeast
' (By the Associated Press)
Temperatures thudded down
into the mercury bulbs of many
thermometers in the northeast
today, recording record sub ze
ro extremes. Much of the rest
of the nation enjoyed mild wea
ther.
Wanakena, northern New
York's frost pocket, reported- a
deep-down -41, lowest mark, of
the season.
Record low temperatures for
the date were set in many cities
over the cold belt, which ex
tended from northern lowjr
Michigan and eastern Ohio to
parts of Virginia and into North
Carolina and northward - into
Maine.
The mercury plunged to 17
below zero in Albany, N. Y.,
Portland Maine and Caribou,
Me. It was the same reading
Pellston, Mich., but the cold
air moved out of the Wolverine
state and was centered over
northern New York and the New
England states. Some below ze
ro temperatures were reported
in the Pennsylvania mountain
regions. New York City's early
morning low was 14 and it was
15 at Pittsburgh and 17 at Phil
adelphia. Roanoke, Va., reported
1 above and the minimum at
Asheville, N.C., was 16.
At the same time, the mer
cury was 50 above at Billings.
Mont., 40 at Kansas City and 30
at Chicago. Readings west of
the Rockies were at or above
normal levels and spring-like
weather was in prospect over
the weekend for much of the
area from the Mississippi valley
to the Pacific coast.
Soviet Scientist Says
Earth Has Comets Tail
T rfn March 4 tPi Soviet
earth has a gaseous tail 62,000 to 78.000 miles long like a comet.
The tail stands out from the side of the globe opposite the sun.
vadii Fpsmknv. a member of the Russian academy of
sciences. He declared it was formed "as a result of the loss of
gases in the higher layers of toe
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earth's atmosphere,
The official news agency Tass
said Fesenkov reported his find
ings at a meeting of the acad
emy's physico-Mathematical sec
tion in Moscow.
Fesenkov said the existence
of this "bright patch of counter
radiance" on the dark side of the
earth has long been known to
astronomers. But until now, he
asserted, it has been "the the
ory of bourgeois, and especially
American and Sewish, astron
omers that the counter-radiance
observed is caused by an ac
cumulation of meteorite parti
cles."
He said the new studies by
Soviet scientists have "fully re
futed" this theory.
The tails of comets extended
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Rebuke Sent
To Hungary
Washington, March 4 (IPh-The
United States today rejected a
Hungarian request that it con-
cider reducing its diplomatic
staff at Budapest. . It also ac
cused communist Hungary of
damaging relations . between
Hungary and the United States.
The department announced
that an American note was de
livered by the legation in Buda
pest to the foreign affairs min
istry. It was a reply to a com
munist government note of Feb.
23, asking that United States
consider slashing the legation
rolls.
The Hungarian request was
based on communist spy charges
against the legation made during
the recent trial of American
businessman Robert Vogeler.
The United States again assailed
those charges as "preposterous
falsehoods."
Because of the nature of the
Vogeler trial and the "ground
less charges" against the lega
tion staff, the American note
said, the inquiries in the Hun
garian note as to whether the
United States would consider
reducing its legation staff were
"improper and irrelevant."
This government also refused
to consider revoking its ban
against the travel of U. S. citi
zens in Hungary.
Auto Skids, 1 Killed
Portland, March 4 VP) An
automobile skidded on gravel
hit a pole and bounced over a
63-foot bank here early today,
killing one man, injuring two
others. The dead man was Percy
W. Piedt, Vancouver, Wash.
astronomers reported today the
centra, bo(J outward
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from their shady side regardless
of whether they are moving to
ward or away from the sun.
This is attributed to the pressure
of the sun's rays on the light
gases which compose the tails.
Fesenkov said the eartn's tail
acts in exactly the same way
"Measurements show that this
gigantic tail extends on the side
away from the sun like the tail
of a comet for no less than 100,
000 to 125.000 kilometers," he
reported.
"The gaseous tail of the earth
begins in the outer layers of the
atmosphere and bends away from
the sun under pressure of the
sun's rays
"This tail Is reflected in the
shape of a bright patch of coun
ter-radiance."
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Public Service Building Almost Completed The state of
Oregon is expected to accept the new public service building,
located in the capitol zone, across Court street from the capitol
building on March 15, after which state departments assigned
to the building will begin moving in. Above upper shows new
structure as it now appears and below is foyer of the new
building.
Northwest Council of
YMCA in Session here
By FRED E. ZIMMERMAN '
More than 100 men, representing many communities of Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and a portion of western Montana as
sembled at the Senator hotel Saturday forenoon for the purpose
of carrying on the business of the
Bill to Register
Reds Approved
Washington, March 4 W The
senate judiciary committee vot
ed 8 to 1 approval today for a
bill requiring the registration of
communists and communist
front organizations
The action sends to the senate
a measure designed to curiau
the operations of subversive ele
ments. The measure, offered by Sen
ator Mundt (R-SD), defines com
munism as a conspiracy to ov
erthrow the government and set
up a dictatorship in this coun
try. With this definition, the meas
ure would outlaw such conspir
acies. Communist party members
have claimed this would outlaw
their party, but there is no such
direct provision in the bill.
Registration of members of
the communist party and of
communist front organizations
would be required.
Communists would be barred
from holding government jobs
and would be denied passport
visas.
i The bill would require the la
belling of communist propagan
da sent through the mails and
rfquire an announcement when
communist views were carried
on the radio.
Senator Langer (R-ND) cast
the only vote against the meas
ure when it was reported .by the
committee.
Polish Diplomat
Quits Ottawa Job
Ottawa, March 4 (IP) The
commercial attache of the Polish
legation here has quit his job
rather than obey a government
call to return home.
The attache, Tadeusz Wiewior
ewski, 50, told reporters that
Polish diplomats' about whom
the Russians had any "doubts"
were being called back to War
saw for a "conference."
"The conference is of indefi
nite duration, he said. "In other
words, they are never seen
again."
Wiewiorowskl said he receiv
ed his "conference call" two
weeks ago. Instead he has chos
en to remain in Canada with his
wife and six months old son.
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Northwest Area Council of the
MCA.
The council is the legislative
and policy making organization
of the YMCA and the delegates,
including professional Y staff
workers and laymen, went to
work immediately following
registration.
Representing the higher level
among the lay groups and profes
sionals were Eugene McCarthy,
president of the national council,
St. Louis, Mo., executive vice
president of a large shoe manu
facturing concern; Emory Nel
son, executive secretary for the
committee on interpretation and
support of world service, New
York City; J. Edward Sproul
director of research and pro
gram for the national council
New York City, and A. G
Mohn of Spokane, automotive
distributor and president of the
Northwest area.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Revenue Agents
Held for Bribery
New York, March 4 VP) Five
nternal revenue department de
puties, whose job was .to ferret
out frauds on income-tax re
turns, were under Indictment to
day on charges of taking bribes
from taxpayers.
They allegedly used informa
tion dug up in their investiga
tions to pry hush money from
persons whose tax returns were
under scrutiny.
Named in the Indictment re
turned by a federal grand jury
were the chief and four dep
uties in the income tax fraud
squad for the third collection dis
trict of the internal revenue of
fice here.
All were suspended from their
posts last September when the
inquiry began.
Those indicted were William
Ganey, 41, chief of the fraud
squad, and the four deputies
James A. Bessell. 40: John A,
Galgano. 41; Anthony V. Fis
cella. 46, and Thomas Cannon,
Jr., 34, all of New York City.
AFL Discusses Politics
Portland, March 4 VP) Ore
aor AFL unions will take up po
litical issues here in a March 25
meeting. Afterwards the state
AFL executive board is expect
ed to make its endorsement of
candidates.
Program for
Wider Streets
Gets Appoval
Liberty and Court. 70
Feet Between Curbs
Water Street Plans
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Liberty and Court streets,
where widened in the downtown
district as recommended by Ma
yor Robert L. Elfstrom to in
crease car parking space, will
be 70 feet from curb to curb in
stead of the present 59 feet.
The mayor's program for this
year was read to over 100 busi
ness and professional men, most
ly of the downtown district, who
met at the Marion at noon Fri
day and gave it their unanimous
approval. The endorsement was
by approval of a resolution of
fered by Carl W. Hogg, member
of the mayor's off-street parking
committee. The plan will be ef
fective when approved by the
city council.
Cost Estimated $30,000
To be widened from 59 to 70
feet from curb to curb will be
Liberty street from Court to
Chemeketa, Liberty from State
to Ferry, and Court street from
High to Church.
The work will be done by
cutting back, equally on both
sides of the streets, the side
walks or parking strips as the
case may be. It is estimated the
job will cost $30,000, and prob
aly will be done by city crews.
It will make angle parking of
automobiles possible instead of
the present parallel parking in
those blocks, and will add space
for about 60 vehicles. Parking
meters will be used
One other part of the mayor's
program, also endorsed by the
business men, will be the im
provement of Water street form
Court to Center by making it
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
32 Americans
In Slave Camps
Washington, March 4 (JP)
The United States added two
more charges to its growing list
of accusations against Russia and
her satellites.
The state department declar
ed that 32 American citizens
have been kept in forced sov
iet labor camps for an average
of 5 years. It also accused Hun
gary of violating a treaty of
friendship and commerce by
seizing property owned by Am
ericans.
In its charge against Russia,
the United States renewed I
complaint that the Soviet Un
ion is refusing to let some 2,000
persons with claims to Ameri
can citizenship leave the coun
try.
Earlier yesterday, news stories
from Moscow had reported that
23 of the 32 persons the em
bassy listed as Americans in
prison camps have now been per
mitted to depart for western Eu
ropean countries.
The Russians termed the forc
ed labor complaint "a malicious
lie," and said in turn that the
U. S. is forcibly detaining in
Germany and Austria "tens of
thousands" of displaced persons
who are Russian citizens.
The state department retort
ed:
'This is an oft-repeated
charge based on the unwilling
ness of this government to ef
feet the forced repatriation to
the Soviet union of displaced
persons unwilling to return to
their pre-war homes
National Figures in YMCA Work registered at the Senator
hotel Saturday forenoon for the two-day session of the North
west area council of the Y. Left to right: Eugene R. Mc
Carthy, president of the National Council of the Y and execu
tive vice president of the Brown Shoe Co., of St. Louis; J.
Edward Sproul, director of program and research for the Y,
New York City; A. G. Mohn, president of the Northwest Area
council, automotive distributor of Spokane; James Maxwell,
executive secretary ot the Northwest area council, Seattle.
Flood Menaces
River Valleys
InWashington
Seattle, March 4 OP) Flood
warnings to residents of the
Snohomish river valleys were
issued today by the weather bu
reau after yesterday's heavy rain
storm.
Forecasters said high waters
in the two valleys appears cer
tain tonight and tomorrow, de
spite a forecast of clearing skies.
The bureau said the Snoqual
mie would crest about three and
a half feet above flood stage at
Carnation at 6 p.m. today and
then recede.
The Snohomish river is ex
pected to rise until tomorrow
morning, reaching a crest of six
feet above flood stage at Sno
homish. Other streams in Snohomish
and King counties are high but
are not expected to flood.
A flash flood at Arlington
early this morning sent the Stila
quamish river over its banks, but
no damage other than flooded
fields were reported.
Cloture Rule
Silences Reds
Paris, March 4 VP) The
French assembly, torn by fist
fights and filibusters, returned
to session late today and press
ed steadily toward passage of a
compromise anti-sabotage law
The measure is intended to aid
the government in its fight
against communist efforts to
block American arms shipments,
Coming back to the chamber
after several hours recess, the
deputies heard reports that the
socialists had reached some kind
of agreement with Premier
Georges Bidault's government
on the bill. The socialists had
wanted a softer version of the
measure. There was no immedi
ate confirmation of the reports.
Debate continued under clo
ture, or, gag rule. . . . ' .
. The communists who hsd'been
thrown out of the assembly two
times during the night announc
ed they would attempt a vote of,
censure against the government.
If the motion of censure were ac
cepted it would throw out the
government of Prime Minister
Georges Bidault, but nobody ex
pected it to be accepted. ,
Chinese Bomb
Greatest Ports
Taipei, Formosa, March 4 VP)
A reconnaissance flight over
Hankow in central China point
ed up today the expanding reach
of the Chinese Nationalist air
arm. It has vowed to bomb the
10 major cities on the commu
nist mainland.
The 500 miles stretch inland to
Hankow, important middle
Yangtze river port, was made
yesterday. It came just four days
after Nationalist planes ranged
northward to Tsingtao and
brought that Red seaport under
attack.
Since the Nationalists warned
the "big 10" communist cities to
expect bombing, they have been
hammering such key points as
Shanghai, Nanking and Canton.
(The Hong Kong Standard said
today 700 persons were killled
yesterday in the heaviest Nation
alist raid on Canton, metropolis
of south China. Nationalist air
headquarters, however, made no
mention of Canton in announc
ing yesterday's operations.)
'5
Snag Struck in
Drafting Coal
Wage Contract
Lewis Victor in Major
Demands but Some
Held Illegal
Washington, March 4 VP)
Lawyers for John L. Lewis and
tha enff .nnl nnB,.anPB hi
today on how to write into a
strike-settling contract provisions
which a federal court has ruled
out.
But agreement on the funda
mental issues still held out hope
that an acceptable contract could
be drafted in time to resume
mining Monday.
Principal trouble points were
reported to be a union shop for
John L. Lewis's United Mine
Workers, and limitation of wel
fare fund benefits to union mem
bers only.
Both points were in the list of
contract demands which Judge
Richmond B. Keech held to be
probably illegal and ordered
Lewis not to insist on. The
court's ruling came in issuance
of a Taft-Hartley law injunc
tion on operator charges of un
fair labor practives by the UMW.
Able and Willing Clauses
Persons watching the contract .
drafting said there was less dif
ficulty over a third point in the
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ling" clause under which the
men have worked only when
they and Lewis chose.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Seizure Bill
Mav Be Shelved
Washington, Mar. 4 VP) The
senate labor committee worked
on the coal mine seizure bill for
two and a half hours but Chair
man Elbert D. Thomas (D-Utah)
reported that it did not get ar
ound to approving even a tenta
tive draft. He said the bill would
get "final consideration" Mon
day.
Thomas indicated that if the
miners are back at 'work by
then the committee might shelve
the bill.
A new drive fn rpnpnl fh
Taft-Hartley law was started by
Rep. Madden (D-Ind.), who told
the house the law has been "a
100 per cent failure."
Madden urged that a special
committee be created to "inves
tigate the extent of good-faith
collective bargaining which has
taken place during the recent
catl strike dispute."
Lucas told the senate of the
decision to put off seizure leg
islation action, but said the
measure was complete except for
a few minor details.'
The democratic leader credit
ed President Truman with help
ing force agreement by pointing
out in his message to congress
that seizure would not finally
substitute for collective bargain
ing. Senator Capehart (R-Ind.)
countered with a demand that
congress push ahead with a bill
for seizure of mines or any oth
er facilities involved in nation
wide strikes.
Rail Service
Cut Rescinded
Washington, March 4 (IP)
Th7 interstate commerce com
mission today suspended a third
proposed slash in the railroads'
coal-consuming services which
had been due to take effect at
midnight Sunday.
ICC Chairman J. Monroe John
son said that in addition pre
vious cuts in railroad freight
service are being relaxed to
permit prompt movement of
trains carrying cars to haul coal.
The ICC late yesterday or
dered the nation's rail carriers
to cut freight and passenger serv
ice another 15 percent.
This was on top of a previous
reduction of 50 per cent in pas
senger and 25 per cent in freignt
traffic.
The ICC acted for a third
time after receiving a report
from the Association of Ameri
ccn railroads that the nation's
rail lines had an average of only
11.9 days' coal stocks on hand.
The New York Central said
yesterday it had enough coal
for only six days' operations.
It said it will cancel 41 more pas
senger trains Sunday night, in
addition to some freight serv
ice. That will bring its passenger
train reductions since Jan. 8 to
274.