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62nd Year, No. 56 EX?jrZ' Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 7, 1950
(18 Pages)
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Ten-Year Plan
Given Council
By Franzen
Total Over $8 Million;
Drainage Put in Top
Spot by Aldermen
By STEPHEN A. STONE
City Manager J. L. Franien's
10-year improvement program,
prepared after months of survey
and estimate with the help of
department heads and advisory
committees, was presented to the
city council Monday night. It
totals $8,336,439.
' Of this total $5,669,529 would
, ,be outside the regular city bud
C get and would be raised mainly
by bond Issues, though some
would be by millage tax. The
self-financing water, depart
, merit's part of the 10-year pro-
gram is $2,666,910.
1950 Part of Program
The 1950 part of the program,
which the people would vote on
in the May election if approved
by the council, totals $857,363.
In this total are $713,388 for
sewage treatment, drainage, and
storm and sanitary sewers, $47,
000 for bridges', and $96,975 for
airport. Of the latter figure $20,
000 is on hand.
The city council voted infor
mally to give No. 1 priority to
the sewage treatment, drainage
and sewer item totaling $1,
841,711 for 10 years and $713,
388 for this year. The remainder
of the program it voted to leave
for priority arrangement to the
joint citizens tax committee.
The city council and the city
planning and zoning commission
met jointly at the Marion hotel
as guests of Mayor Robert L.
Elfstrom.
Items Covered
The items covered in the pro
gram are:
Sewage treatment, sewers and
drainage Total for 10 years,
$1,841,711; total for this year,
$713,388; included for this year
$125,759 for the northeast Salem
drainage project. This will put
the area wejl under control, but
City Erigiheel'.. J;; H. Davit told
the problem wouldn't be entirely
whipped until a Madison avenue
line, set for 1952, is completed
at a cost of $82,708. : Contem
plated also for this year are
$71,262 to extend the interceptor
sewer to Lana, and $260,000 ad
ditional Is needed for the sewage
treatment plant fund on account
of plan changes advised by state
authority.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column I)
Lie Passed in
Senate Scrap
Washington, March 7 W) In
an angry senate scene, Senator
Eastland (D., Miss.) accused
Senator Lehman (D.-Lib., N. Y.)
today of "untruthful" state
ments and "unethical conduct."
Before Lehman could get in
word. Senator Neely (D., W.Va.)
leaped up to say that Eastland,
in effect, had called Lehman a
"liar." Neely said senate rules
forbid imputing to another sena
tor any conduct unworthy of t
senator. He demanded that East
land be required to take his seat.
Senator Sparkman (D., Ala.),
presiding in the senate, direct
ed Eastland to sit down, but
Democratic Leader Lucas (111.)
stepped in to smooth things over.
Lucas suggested that Eastland
be allowed to proceed in order
that is, within the rules.
The bitterness developed out
, of the week of senate struggle
over displaced persons legisla
tion.
Last Saturday, Eastland was
making a speech critical of ad'
ministration by the present law
under which Europeans driven
from their homes by the war
can be admitted to the United
States. Lehman asked him to
yield the floor.
Eastland yielded and left the
senate flood to get lunch.
Much of what Lehman had to
say was in reply to Eastland.
Today, Eastland bitterly pro
tested that Lehman "attacked
me without warning."
"He didn't teU me he intend
ed to attack me," Eastland said,
adding "that was very unethical
conduct."
Administration leaders are
hoping to get a vote tomorrow
on the DP legislation.
CVA Debate Dated
Seattle, March 7 (URl Under
secretary of the Interior C
Cirard Davidson and Seattle At
torney Payne Carr will debate
the Columbia valley administra
tion issue at a Chamber of Com
merce luncheon here March 17
the chamber announced today
Davidson favors CVA while Carr
opposes it.
Board Protests
Change in
Capitol Zone
Oppose Building Serv
ice Station Across
From Highway Bldg.
By JAMES D. OLSON
The state board of control
Tuesday voted to protest a zone
change permitting construction
of an automobile service station
on the southeast corner of Cen
ter and Capital streets, across
the street from the new highway
building, now under construc
tion.
The protest to be forwarded to
the Salem city council was vot
ed by Governor Douglas McKay
and Secretary of Mate tan r.
Newbry, with State Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson refusing to
oin in the protest.
Pearson contended that if a
good-looking service station was
built it would be of benefit to
the capitol zone.
Pearson Opposes Action
You can't deprive a property
owner of the right to use his
property unless the state buys
the property," Pearson said.
But both McKay and Newbry
disagreed.
Governor McKay said that a
bridge was placed right down
in front of his business property
but that he had made no protest
against that.
"A property owner must take
his chances," the, governor de
clared. "If you let the bars down
on the fringe property surround
ing the capitol zone we will have
nothing but commercial enter
prises 'fronting the zone."
(Concluded 'on Page 5, Column 8)
8 Lose Life in
Ocean Falls Fire
Ocean Falls, B.C., March 7
(CP) Bodies of eight persons
were recovered today from
fire -gutted apartment house
here.
Recovered were the bodies of
four women, three children and
one man.
One entire family a man, his
wife and their 18 months-old
child are known to have per
ished in the blaze which swept
through the 25-apartment, woo
den building at 2 a.m., but
names of the dead and missing
have not been released.
The blaze, known to have
started in the third floor of the
three-story Balsam apartments.
lit up the entire town of 3000
for more than two hours.
The townsite, owned by Paci
fic Mills Ltd., is 350 miles north
of Vancouver.
The apartment house, which
housed 18 families, is part of the
company's housing accommoda
tion for the town's 3000 popula
tion, comprised of employes and
their families.
Logger Killed
Tillamook, March 7 W) Log
ging crewman Chester May, 30,
was hurled to his death near
here yesterday when a donkey
engine anchor cable looped
around his leg and snapped him
off a stump. The cable, around
the stump on which May was
standing, slipped. He was a sig
nalman for the donkey engine
crew.
Larger Lots
By New Zoning Code
Under the new city planning and zoning code there will be no
more 50 by 70 foot lots in new
streets. All new houses will be
6000 square feet.
Details of the new code now
city council Monday night at itsf
joint dinner meeting with the
planning and zoning commission.
Speaking on the . code mainly
were Robert White, chairman of
the commission, and W. W.
Rosebraugh, chairman of the
special committee working on
the new code.
White mentioned the public
hearing on West Salem zoning,
before the city commission
March 31, and requested any
one having any ideas to present
them ahead of that date.
Relative to the controversial
application for rezoning the
Rhoten - Speerstra lot at the
southeast corner of Capitol and
Center to permit a service sta
tion White told why the com
mission favors it. It is in the
fringe of the capitol zone.
White said that if some busi
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Coal Output
Takes Big Spurt
Pittsburgh, March 7 VP) Soft
coal production took a big spurt
toward normal today with full
crews resuming work in pits
across the nation.
The steel industry revived
suddenly. Retail stores in the
coal regions said sales were im
proving rapidly with the end of
the long "no contract no work"
strike.
United States Steel corpora
tion reported most of its cur
tailed operations would be back
at near capacity operations by
the end of the week.
About four-fifths of western
Pennsylvania's miners are on
the job. The rest will be back
at work .within hours. U ,
Mining - increased in tempo in
West Virginia, the country s big
gest soft coal producer. ,
Diggers flocked to the pits in
Kentucky in ever growing num
bers but resumption of full
scale mining is not expected un
til later in the week..
Many pits there, and in other
states, are not ready to reopen.
Elaborate safety precautions,
the inspections must be made in
advance of full scale mining.
Here and there, local griev
ances or misunderstandings are
holding up a work return.
House Votes for
Hawaii Stale
Washington, March 7 (IP) The
house passed a bill today to
make Hawaii a state.
Last Friday, the house passed
the Alaska statehood bill by a
vote of 186 to 146.
Senate action on the two
measures is uncertain. Two
years ago, the senate interior
committee allowed a house-
passed Hawaiian statehood bill
to die without action. The Al
aska bill has never before been
considered in the senate.
Only a few house members
opposed Hawaiian statehood dur
ing debate.
Several of the house oppon
ents of the Alaska statehood bill
joined the backers of statehood
for Hawaii.
Required
plats, and no 30 and 40-foot
required to be on lots of at least
in preparation were given the.
ness is not allowed in the area,
he feared it would develop into
a slum district as in other capi
tal cities. Mayor Elf stro'm agreed
with White, declaring churches
and schools would avoid a main
highway street.
White mentioned off-street
parking as under consideration
and Rosebraugh went into the
provisions of the new code for
more zone classifications, to get
away from the abrupt differ
ences between zones.
White mentioned the threat of
a gravel pit by a new concern
going in near the airport where
it would be a flight obstruction,
and wanted to know if there was
some way it could be blocked
It threatens to come in before
the new airport zoning board
begins to function.
Union Aides Applaud Leader Members of the United '
Mine Workers union policy committee applaud their leader,
John L. Lewis (center) as he walks down the aisle of a UMW
headquarters meeting room in Washington to tell them the
terms of a new soft coal contract he negotiated with the
operators. The committee gave unanimous approval of the
agreement which gives the miners a 70 cents a day pay in
crease in addition to other benefits. (AP Wirephoto)
Lewis Proposes Mutual
Aid Pact for
Washington, March 7 VP) John L. Lewis today proposed t
mutual aid pact" between the
CIO United Steel Workers. He
want to join.
The UMW leader suggested
Jobless List
Props20.000
'Oregon had 74,TU0 inert out of
work on March 1, a drop of 20,-
000 from the all-time record set
un reuruaij a, uic aia,o unem
ployment compensation commis
sion said today.
The March 1 figure was 18
per cent less than a year ago.
The commission said the west
ern. Oregon lumber regions led
the way , in February's back-to-work
movement.
Biggest employment increases
were in Douglas county, where
the number of jobless dropped
during February from 4,300 to
2,350; Lane county, where it
fell from 8,500 to 6,400: and
Benton county, which reported
a drop from 2,250 to 750.
On March 1, the Portland area
reported 23,000 unemployed per
sons. Salem was second with
6,600. Klamath Falls, Bend,
Pendleton and The Dalles re
ported their unemployment
dropped 20 to 25 per cent dur
ing the month.
The commission said there
would be another big drop in
unemployment during March be
cause of spring farm work start
ing. .
Check Red Drive
In South Korea
Washington, March 7 UP)
Secretary of State Acheson told
congress today the communist
threat to South Korea has been
checked at 'least temporarily.
But unless American aid con
tinues to flow to the little re
public, he said, there is "m
hope" for its survival. '
Acheson testified before the
senate foreign relations commit
tee in support of an administra
tion proposal for a $100,000,000
aid program for Korea in the
year beginning July 1.
Southern Korea has been men
aced by communists both from
within its borders and from Rus
sian occupied North Korea.
Acheson said in a prepared
statement the air program
should be based on a "determina
tion to succeed" in keeping
southern Korea non-communist
"rather: than on fear of the pos
sibility of failure."
He said that In recent debates
on the Korean aid, many con
gressmen had argued that the
possibility of failure made them
question whether the United
States ought to continue to help.
They want the new aid plan
tacked onto the $2,950,000,000
bill which would authorize
third year of recovery spending
in Europe by the economic co
operation administration.
Unions
United Mine Workers and the
said other unions might also
it in a letter to CIO President
Philip Murray. .He returned to
Murray uncashed a $500,000
check which Murray had sent
Lewis as help during the coal
strike.
Since their strike settlement,
coal miners have offered to lend
$1,000,000 of union funds to the
CIO Automobile' Workers union,
now engaged in a strike at the
Chrysler plants.
Lewis thanked Murray for the
$500,000 check and said:
Conditions did not permit
the usage of this money. We
therefore return the original
check in the same amount, un
cashed, and properly marked
'void.' " .
Lewis' letter went, on to say
that, in recent months major
unions have been confronted by
the "financial interests in Amer
ica" with a notion that "our
great industrial unions should
be attacked and crippled, one
by one."
"This idea should be knocked
the head," Lewis said, and
added his proposal that the CIO
and UMW negotiate a "mutual
aid pact for common defense."
He suggested that under it
'the assets of both organizations,
a stipulated part thereof.
would be made available, each
to the other, under emergency
conditions.
'The potential advantages to
our respective membershiDS of
such an arrangement are self evi
dent."
Lewis invited Murray to name
a committee to meet with one
from the UMW to negotiate such
an arrangement.
Atomic Plant
For Navy Sub
Pittsburgh. March 7 (Pi The
Westinghouse Electric corpora
tion is building an atomic power
Plant for a U. S. navy subma
rine.
The work is being done, the
company said yesterday. , at the
old actus airport near Pitts
burgh. " . .
Previously, the company had
disclosed only that it was mak
ing an atomic power plant for
a naval vessel and the project
had been the subject of much
discussion.
Scientists have said an atom
ic powered submarine could run
virtually forever without refuel
ing. 1
Westinghouse said work on
the project was begun last April
with estimate of its completion
date ranging from two to six
years. The submarine itself
will be constructed elsewhere.
Westinghouse said a technical
staff has been assembled for the
project and is already at work
The submarine power plant is
being made by Wcstinghouse's
atomic power division in co-operation
with the Argonne Na
tional laboratory.
Kravchenko
Exposes Russr
Spying in War
One Time Soviet Offi
cial Says Fuch's Case
Only One of Many
Washington, March 7 (PI
Victor A. Kravchenko, one time
Russian official, predicted today
that the Fuchs case is only one
of "many bitter surprises" the
United States and other western
countries will have about Soviet
spying.
Kravchenko was in the wit
ness chair of the house un-American
activities committee which
is digging into stories of secret
documents and atomic materials
going to Russia during the war.
He said he knew of "dozens
and dozens and dozens of tons"
of papers on military and indus
trial secrets which were sent to
Russia. He said the Russians
called them "super lend-lease."
Fuchs Only a Prelude
Referring to the conviction of
Dr. Klaus Fuchs, a top British
scientist, as a spy who gave ato
mic secrets to the Russians,
Kravchenko said:
The Fuchs case in England is
only a prelude to much which
we do not know and which is
still to come regarding the scope
of boviet espionage in America
and other western countries. I
do not doubt thatmany bitter
surprises await us."
Kravchenko said that spying
is one of the principal duties of
all Soviet diplomats.
"Every Soviet representative
diplomatic, military or econo
mic is a potential spy," he said,
"I Chose Freedom"
Kravchenko came to the Unit
ed States as a member of a war
time nussian purchasing com
mission. He broke with the So
viets in 1944 and wrote a book
entitled, "I Chose Freedom.1
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Chinese Reds on
Hainan Island
Taipei, Formosa. March 7 (PI
Approximately 1,000 Chinese
communist troops have landed
on the big nationalist island of
Hainan and fighting is in pro
gress, reports from there said to
day.
It was still too early to tell
whether the landing was just a
small-scale attempt to test Hain
an's defenses or whether it was
the beginning of the real in
vasion of that island off the coast
of south China.
The report was brought to
Formosa by the crew of one of
Claire L. Chennaults air line
planes.
The crew said it was notified
of the landings by the control
tower at the air field at Hoihow,
Hainan's capital. They were 'told
the communists landed on the
northwestern corner of the is
land. Hainan is only slightly smaller
than Formosa. The generals in
command there recently prcd-
ged their whole-hearted support
of Chiang Kai-Shek when he re
sumed the presidency.
Meanwhile, Gen. Chen Cheng,
52, pint-sized foe of communism,
was nominated premier of na
tionalist China by Chiang, his
old friend.
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Takes Stand in Own Defense Dr. Hermann N. Sander, ac
companied by his wife, arrives at the court house in Man
chester, N. H., where he took the witness stand to testify in
his own defense against charges of "mercy killing" in the
death of a cancer patient, Mrs.. Abbie Borroto. (AP Wire-photo)
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Found Guilty Upper, Ju
dith Coplon. Below, Valentin
Gubitchev.
Coplon, Russian
Found Guilty
New York, March 7 (JP) A
federal jury today found Judith
Coplon and Valentin uuditcnev
guilty.
The federal court jury found
the former government clerk
and the Russian guilty of con
spiracy and attempted espoin-
aso.
The jury of six men and six
women had been out since 4:34
B.m. . '(EST) yesterday and had
been locked lip over night. It
resumed its deliberations today.
- Miss Coplon was found inno
cent of one count of the four
count indictment which charged
her of attempted espoinage in
that she attempted to transmit
classified documents to unauth
orized persons.
Gubitchev was convicted with
Miss Coplon under the first
count, which charged conspir
acy to commit espoinage by re
moving classified documents
from government files and to
defraud the United States of
Miss Coplon's impartial ser
vices. Under count three of the in
dictment, Gubitchev was found
guilty of attempted espionage in
that he was an unauthorized
person attempting to receive se
cret documents. This count
named Gubitchev alone:
Miss Coplon was found guilty
under count four which charged
her alone with attempted espio
nage in that she attempted to
transmit documents relating to
the national defense to a citi
zen of the Soviet Union, "with
intent and reason to believe
same were to be used to the in
jury of the United States for the
advantage of a foreign power."
At the request of U. S. Attor
ney Irving H. Saypol Judge
Ryan remanded both defendants
until Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for
sentence.
Air Injection
Not Fatal Say
Pathologists
Harvard Scientists
'Testify Quantity Much
Too Small to Kill
Manchester, N.H., March t VP)
A Harvard pathologist appear
ing for Dr. Hermann N. San
der testified today that Injection
of 40 cubic centimeters of air
could not have killed Mrs. Ab-
bie Borroto.
The 41-year-old Dr. Sander isr--
on trial for murder on charges
he killed the cancer-stricken
woman by injecting that amount
of air into her veins.
Dr. Richard Ford, head of the
department of legal medicine at
Harvard, testified that between
200 and 300 ccs of air delivered
within 25 seconds would be re
quired to kill a human being.
Dr. Ford said he was basina
this estimate on findings that
eight cubic centimeters per two
and one-fifth pounds of body
weight were required to kill a
dog.
Couldn't Block Blood
Two state pathologists had tes
tified for the prosecution they
believed Mrs. Borroto died from
air embolism caused by the in
jections. "Forty ccs of air is not enough
to block any appreciable part
of the areterial system leading
to the human lung," said Dr.
Ford.
The defense has argued that
only between 25 and 28 ccs of
air were injected into the can-.
cer-wasted woman and that she
was already dead at the time.
Opening the morning session
of the 12th day of the trial, Dr.
Sander's wife, Alice, took the
witness stand. The 37-year-old
mother of three daughters wore
a snug, brown felt hat and gray- -ish-brown
tailored suit.
Mrs. Sander Testifies .
"I never wanted to marry
doctor," Mrs. Sander said as she '
recalled her meeting and ro
mance with Dr. Sander.
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Farmers Union
Raps Congress
Denver, March 7 (Pf Wash-
ington representatives of the na
tional Farmers Union attacked
the present congress today as
"worse than the 80th congress"
where monopoly and big busi
ness are concerned.
Russell Smith, legislative sec- '
retary, told the national con
vention he is "almost certain"
the Brannan farm bill won't be
passed this session or next
He warned farmers to be pre
pared for "something we can't
call a recession" next fall.
Angus McDonald, assistant
legislative secretary, predicted
congress would pass the basing
point bill, tidelands oil bill, and
legislation to exempt natural gas
from regulation. The Farmers
Union opposes all of them.
"The 81st congress is worse
than the 80th on monopolies,"
McDonald said. "The people are
being sold out on Capitol Hill.
Benton J. Strong, executive
secretary of national resources
committee, said he doubted that
congress would take any action
on bills for Columbia and Mis
souri valley authorities or one
to place the civil functions of
the army engineers under the
interior 'department.
James Patton of Denver, NFU
president, and Herbert Rolph of
Joplin, Mont., vice president,
were renominated for two-year
terms without opposition.
Frosty Weaiher
Returns to Oregon
Frost was reported nearly ev
erywhere in Oregon except along
the coast early today. The wea
ther bureau says it will be a lit
tle warmer tonight.
Some central and eastern cit
ies had a good, solid freeze 16
at Bend, 15 at Prineville, 18 at
Lakeview but little damage
was believed likely.
Some cities were just barely
under the freezing mark. Pen
dleton reported 31, Roseburg 30
Eugene 29. Portland's airport
recorded 28, although the more
sheltered downtown station had
a minimum of only 34.
Coastal points were chilly,
Brookings and North Bend at 37
and Newport at 34.
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