People Soon to Know What Is
Planned in Event of Atom War
By JAMES C. AUSTIN
(United Preas staff correspondent)
Washington, March 13 U.R The people soon will know what is
being planned for their protection in the event of atomic war,
civilian mobilization director Paul J. Larsen said today.
On the job less than two weeks, the big, Danish-born engineer
who is charged with perfecting civil defense plans against the
Gpossibility of surprise enemy at
tack said "the future promises
very great cooperation among
the federal government, the
states and the cities on this vital
problem."
"The plans we are working on
are very extensive and compre
hensive," he said in an inter
view. "A great many plans are
being formulated: A great many
more will be."
Larsen, an affable man whose
6-foot, 3 'A -inch frame carries
about 225 pounds, was asked
whether the public will be told
about civilian defense plans after
they have jelled.
"This is going to be a public
education program in which we
hope the press will play a big
part," he said. "It will be a mass
education program so that peo
ple all over will know what to
do and how to do it if attack
comes."
The former director of the A-
bomb engineering laboratory at
Sandia, N. M., will supervise
planning for such things as civil
defense, health, housing and
community services, strategic
dispersal of industrial and gov
ernment facilities, and censor
ship. He took over the new post
on March 1.
Larsen said plans developed
by his office will be adapted to
regional divisions of the country.
Defense, he emphasized, no
longer can be planned on a local
basis.
The civilian mobilization office
is one of eight planning groups
within the national security re
sources board, of which presiden
tial assistant John R. Steelman
is acting chairman. Larsen's is
considered among the most important.
Born in Copenhagen 47 years
ago, Larsen came to the United
States with his parents in 1912.
He became a naturalized citizen
in 1928. He studied engineering
at the College of the City of New
York and Columbia University,
and spent 11 years with the
Radio Corporation of America.
Between 1940 and 1945, Lar
sen was with the terrestrial mag
netism department of the Car
negie Institution of Washington,
and with the Johns Hopkns Uni
versity's applied physics labora
tory at Silver Spring Md. Dur
ing the war he was director of
the armed services radio proxi
mity fuse project, including all
phases of research and produc
tion. From 1945 to 1947, he was
assistant to the chief of the navy
bureau of ordnance, specializ
ing in fire control.
In October, 1947, at the re
quest of the Atomic Energy com
mission, Larsen became assist
ant director of the Los Alamos
scientific laboratory. In Febru
ary 1948, he took on the addi
tional task of directing the San
dia laboratory. Until his new
appointment, he served as a con
sultant to the Western Electric
Co., which now operates the
Sandia laboratory for the gov
ernment.
French Strikers
Return to Jobs
Paris, March 13 W) The pow
erful communist-led general con
federation of labor (CGT) has
ordered its striking Paris sub
way workers back on the job,
creating the first big crack in
France's mushrooming strike
front.
Presumably the strikers had
accepted a five per cent wage
increase offered by the subway
management, though this was
short of their demands.
Power station workers still
were out, but government draft
orders kept enough key men on
the job for normal supplies in
the capital at least. Even do
mestic gas pressure, which yes
terday got so low some house-
' wives couldn't cook with it, was
Improving.
Workers in France's big ports
of Bordeaux and Marseille, in
spired both by demand for high
er wages and communist at
tempts to prevent the delivery
of American arms to France or
of French arms to Indochina,
still were on strike. In Bordeaux
eight ships were immobilized
The strike spread to other ports,
But in Cherbourg dockers in
dicated they would unload the
American arms which are due to
start rolling in soon under terms
of the Atlantic defense pact.
Posters went up in the streets
of the town recalling the vote
local stevedores cast last Jan
uary 256 for continuing to
work and 21 for striking.
Legion Meet Opposes
Valley Authorities
Spokane, March 13, U.R) The
American Legion regional eco
nomic conference Saturday went
on record in favor of the exist
ing program of western reclama
tion development.
At the same time, Harry Polk,
Williston, N. D., president of the
National Reclamation associa
tion, announced that he had ap
pointed a six man "war college'1
to carry out a "positive educa
tional fight against creation of
further valley authorities."
Ralph H. Lavers, Washington
D.C., conference director and
legion national economic com
mission director, said the resolu
tion would be referred to his
commission and the national ex
ecutive committee of the legion
before becoming official legion
policy.
N.Y. City Breaks Off
With Commie Union
New York, March 13 W The
New York City government has
decided to break off relations
with the United Public Workers'
union.
The union, which claims 23,
000 members among employes of
the city's 15 departments, recent
ly was expelled from the CIO on
grounds that it is an Instrument
of the communist party.
Mayor William O'Dwyer said
yesterday he had forwarded to
all department heads a letter
from a CIO official asking that
the CIO Civic Employes Organ
iiation Committee be recognized
instead of the UPW.
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Britain's Jet-propelled Car The British automobile industry's biggest postwar secret the jet
propelled car comes out into the open during test at Silverstone airport, Towcester, Eng
land. Seated in car nearest camera is F. R. Bell, engineer in charge of its development.
The car, a gray sports coupe powered by twin kerosene-fed jet turbines, whipped over a con
crete landing strip at nearly 90 miles per hour. The three mesh strips at the side of the car are
for air intake. On back of car, behind driver's seat is airvent for expulsion of gases. (AP
Wirephoto via radio from London)
Speakers Argue
Ways to Peace
The Atlantic Union on one
hand and the spiritual fellow
ship of Reconciliation on the
other as means to bring about
world peace were subjects of ar
gument at a forum held at the
First Congregational church
Sunday night.
Uriholdine the Atlantic Union
was Justice James T. Brand of
the state supreme court, ana
upholding the methods of the
FellowshiD of Reconciliation
was Orval Etter of San Fran
cisco, its western secretary, a
former attorney for the League
of Oregon Cities.
Justice Brand held that un
der the Atlantic Union plan ar
mament was necessary to give
the nations bargaining power.
Etter was for utter disarmament.
Justice Brand declared that
'anv who favor extension of
Russian domination should op
pose the Atlantic Union."
Etter said America should
"put its own house in order'
in matters of racial discrimina
tion and improvement of finan
cial structure, and declared
bread should not be used as a
olitical weapon, but that Am
erica should feed the world on
a basis of need.
Each speaker was given re
buttal time, and both answered
numerous questions from the
large audience.
Blue Lake Packers
Build Big Warehouse
Blue Lake Packers, Inc., an
nounced plans Saturday for i
warehouse to be built on Bassett
street on the west side, and
Bartholomew & Williams, archi
tects, Issued a call for bids to be
opened March 16.
The warehouse will be of re
inforced concrete with dimen
sions of 120 by 350 feet.
Salem Heights Club
Mothers Plan Dinner
Salem Heights The Salem
Heights Mothers club will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
at the school library.
Plans for the club's annual
chicken dinner to be held on
March 24 at the school lunch
room will be discussed and fur
ther plans made. Mothers are
asked to remember the travel
ing trophy, which Is awarded
to the room with the most mow
ers present.
Mrs. George Beane is in
charge of the program, and the
hostess chairman will be Mrs.
Lyle Zobel, second grade room
mother, assisted by the mothers
of that grade.
There will be a competent
baby sitter for the pre-school
children during the meeting.
REAL ECONOMY WITH OUALITV
Ktfmj' Minn' 1
It's Murder!" Screamed Helen Traubel . . .
Soprano Traubel isn't just
vocalising. Proudly and a little
nervously we present a six
part draymah of the High Cs,
authored by the Metropolitan
Opera prima donna. It is the
first time Miss Traubel has
crashed into print as a full
fledged author.
This chilling novel of may
hem was conceived strictly from
hunger. On a recent tour Miss
Traubel discovered she had al
ready read every published de
tective story. She was forced to
write her own in order to while
away the boring back-stage wait
between opera scenes. Bing!
or rather Bang! ! "The Ptomaine
Canary" is the result.
In the event you suspect that
heroine Brunhilde Wagner is a
biographical character, you are
right. Miss Traubel has let the
cat of the bag so far as to pose
for our photo illustrations. She
denies, however, that she ever
mickey-iinned anyone. She also
adds that she has no plans to
abandon Wagner, shield and
Helmet in favor of typewriter
and assorted lethal instruments.
Not yet, anyway.
It will take just six days to
solve the mystery starting today
in the Capital Journal. Anoth
er high quality story in the Capi
tal Journal's lead of a better
newspaper.
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Austrian Students
Here to Entertain
On Tuesday
Thirty-one "ambassadors of
good will" are scheduled to
appear on Willamette univer
sity campus Tuesday evening
in Waller hall when a group
of students from Austrian
universities present "Merry
Scenes from Austria."
Sponsored by the Interna
tional Relations club and the
Associated Students of Wil
lamette, the visitors will pre
sent a varied program of folk
songs, yodels and dancing.
Among the colorful dances
is the "schuhplattler," humor
ous slap dance in which the
participants vigorously smack
and kick themselves and their
partners.
The troup of 14 girls and 17
boys, all young students and
teachers, will wear brilliant
and authentio costumes loaned
by the provincial museums of
Austria.
The eight months' tour of
the United States has been
approved and applauded by
the UNESCO commission for
Austria and a number of other
agencies.
City Officials Gather
Willamina Mayor J. A. New
ton, Recorder S. J Smith and
Water Superintendent Perry
Beck attended the regional meet
ing of the League of Oregon Cit
ies held at the Hudson Cafe in
McMinnville.
Britain Hit on
Trade Barriers
Washington, March 13 (IP)
Paul G. Hoffman said Saturday
Britain stands to lose $150,000,-
000 in Marshall plan aid unless
it joins with other European na
tions in a plan to lower trade
barriers.
The economic cooperation ad
ministrator told reporters the big
cutback amounting to almost
one quarter of the sum tentative
ly earmarked for British recov
ery next year won't be put in
to effect as punitive action";
the money simply will go into
proposed European payments
union whether or not Britain
joins.
Nevertheless, Hoffman said he
is "annoyed" with the British
for their stand on the complicat
ed plan to help liberalize the ex
change of currency among wes
tern European countries.
But they are the usual an
noyances that result from try
ing to resolve differences." he
said, adding that he expects Bri
tain to go along with the pro
ject eventually.
The European payments un
ion, as blueprinted by Hoffman,
would function as a currency
clearinghouse for all Marshall
plan nations. ECA has set aside
$600,000,000 to finance operation
of the scheme but Britain so far
has refused to say that it will
participate.
Hoffman said the British have
"some very real problems" af
fecting that country's attitude
on the payments union.
Klondike Kate Says
She Couldn't Sing,
But They Cheered
Vancouver, B.C., March 13
(U.R) Klondyke Kate, who
sang and danced for beauty
starved Yukon sourdoughs in
the gold rush days admitted
here she never could sing.
The belle of the Yukon, who
still rolls her own Bull Dur
ham cigarettes, is now known
as Mrs. W. L. Van Duren of
Jefferson, Oregon. She was
in Vancouver for the annual
sourdough's reunion.
Half a century ago she was
the star attraction at Dawson
City's Monte Carlo dance hall
where miners stamped their
feet and cried for more when
the 19-year-old girl sang,
"She's More to Be Pitied Than
Censured." Klondyke Kate
wore a daring costume of ruf
fles and tights when on the
dance hall's gas-lit stage.
"But I just couldn't sing,"
she said today. "I tried sing
ing torch songs but I had to
give it up in favor of plain
corn."
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 13, 1950 13
You Might Be Safer at Front
Than at Home if War Comes
By ROBERT MUSEL t
London, Mar. 13 (U.R) If there is another war, you might ie
safer at the fighting front than at home. ''
A United Press survey of secret and semi-secret weapons
ready for use or in the laboratory stage shows that the art :o'f
killing civilians is far outpacing that of killing soldiers.
Soldiers would have plenty of 1
trouble in a new holocaust. They
always do, and more or less ex
pect it. But next time, if any,
civilans are expected to take the
heaviest beating and the heav
iest casualties.
Milwaukee Over
Top for Red Cross
Washington, March 13 (U.R)
For the seventh consecutive year
Milwaukee became the first ci
ty over 500,000 population to
exceed its Red Cross fund quota
national headquarters announc
ed Saturday. The chapter goal of
$646,747 was topped today.
The Red Cross national cam
paign for $67,000,000 was begun
March 1.
Gen. George C. Marshall,
president of the American Red
Cross, telegraphed congratula
tions to Phillip R. Robinson
Milwaukee Red Cross chairman
Wichita, Kans., was the first
city in the 100,000 population
class to go over the top. It was
1 Mowed by Richmond, Va., and
Grand Rapids, Mich. More than
80 other chapters have exceed
ed campaign goals in the first
10 days of the drive.
The hydrogen bomb would be
a terror weapon far too vast to
use on the fighting front. If it
is ever dropped, it almost cer
tainly will be aimed against a
great metropolis or possibly be
hind the lines of an advancing
army to devastate their com
munications lines over huge
areas.
Actually there is only a hand
ful of targets large enough to
warrant its use. Places like New
York, Chicago, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia or
Boston.
A British scentist told the
United Press that, barring the
hydrogen bomb, he rated the
terror weapons of any new war
in this order:
Germ Bombs to spread
plague and panic in big cities.
Atomic bombs for use against
cities or large concentrations of
troops.
Radioactive clouds to lay
waste agricultural area and cit
ies.
"Sound Bombs" to break
civilian morale. "Sound Bomb"
is a term used for the employ
ment of .prolonged high-pitched,
noises, the full effects of which
are not known.
Poison Gas for use against
either armies or civilians There
are new "heavy" types which;
are not dissipated by light winds
as in World War I and war which
there are no known antidotes;
Some of them dissolve the mater
ials usually used in fas masks.,.
And any or all of these could
be carried to the target by'
guided missiles as well as by con
vential planes.
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