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$20,000,000
Building Bond
Issue Proposed
Pearson Proposes
State Replace
'Piecemean' Program
By JAMES D. OLSON
A $20,000,000 bond issue to
cover a 10-year institutional
building program in Oregon was
proposed to the state board of
control Tuesday by State Treas
urer Walter J. Pearson to re
place what he termed the pres
ent "piecemeal" plan of provid
ing money for such buildings.
Pearson said that the state,
if the legislature would give the
proper authority, dispose of the
entire bond issue paying an in
terest rate of less than 2 per
cent and then reinvest the money
not immediately needed in gov
ernment bonds at 2.75 per cent
and thereby make money on
the interest. The principal of
the bonds could be liquidated, he
said, by a biennial appropriation
of $2,000,000.
Governor Reluctant
Governor Douglas McKay,
while not opposing the plan, de
clared that it was one on which
he would like to give further
study.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Open Bids on
Highway Jobs
Portland VP) The highway
commission opened bids Tues- question left little doubt the
day with these apparent low communists consider discussion
UN Voles for
Probe of Korea
Germ Charges
Russian Effort to
Invite Red China
To Debate Defeated
United Nations, N.Y., VP)
The United States Tuesday block
ed a Russian attempt to issue an
immediate invitation to North
Korea and communist China to
takepart in United Nations de
bates on germ warfare.
The U. S. did this through
a procedural motion shutting off
debate immediately after the 15
nation steering committee had
voted 12-2 with Ptesident Lester
B. Pearson of Canada not voting,
to recommend inclusion of an
American request for U. N. in
vestigation of Red germ warfare
charges on the assembly agenda
The adjournment of . debate
motion was carried 11-2. Poland
and Russia with one abstention
and Pearson not voting.
"Cowardly Move"
Russia's Andrei Gromyko call
ed this a "cowardly move" and
served notice he would raise the
subject again on the floor of the
assembly or in committee when
the item came up.
Before the germ warfare
wrangle broke out, Poland
charged that the United States
had deliberately sabotaged the
truce talks at Panmunjom and
called on the assembly itself to
find a speedy solution to the Ko
rean .war.
Urged by Poland
Polish Foreign Minister Stan
islaw Skrzesezewki's speech.
urging the assembly take up the
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bids:
Clackamas County Beaver-1
ton-Aurora road undercrossing
on West Portland-Hubbard high
way near Wilsonville, Johnson
and Bryant, Newberg, $44,225.
Marion Chemeketa Street -Vista
Ave., traffic signals on Pa
cific Highway in Salem, Elec
tric Corporation, Salem, $15,
182. Tillamook Construction and
storage shed near Washington
county line on Wilson River
highway, Johnston and Bryant,
Newberg, $5,864.
Yamhill Construct St. Jo
seph undercrossing unit of Lafayette-North
Yamhill River
section of Highway 99-W, C. J.
Eldon Co., Portland, $103,322.
Bids were declared faulty on
two projects because bonds were
not signed. One of these was
lor construction of a 238-foot
concrete viaduct. The other was
for construction of traffic signals
at the junction of 12 street and
ih Pacific highway, south of
Salem. v
All Forests of
Oreqon Ooened
All nf the forests of western
Oregon are now open, with lands
coming under the bureau of land
beine the last to
( have the closure lifted.
' The bureau's Portland office
announced Tuesday morning that
it was lifting its closure at noon
Tuesday.
Last of the lands coming under
state control to have their Clos
ures lifted was the Tillamook
Burn and other high hazard
areas closed to entry, except by
permit, since July. Hunters, how
ever, while they may enter the
Burn, must have permits to do
so.
The state forestry department
lifted the last of its closures at
mid-night Monday, making the
decision to open these forest
areas after rain had fallen on all
of them.
While the amount of rain that
has fallen to date is not heavy
enough to place the forests out
of absolute danger weather re
ports received by the forestry de
. partment indicated that there
will be more showers, rising
humidity and falling temperatures.
here a substition for the talks
at the front. .
After U. S. Delegate Ernest
Gross said this country did not
oppose U. N. airing of the Ko
rean question and other sections
oi ine catcn-au jponsh "peace
plan," the committee unanimous
ly recommended Its inclusion on
the assembly agenda.
Hiss Eligible
For Parole Soon
Washington VP) Alger Hiss.
one of the side-issues of the pres
idential campaign, becomes el
igible for parole just one month
from now Nov. 21 but he has
made no move towards getting
out of prison.
The U. S. Parole Board said
luesuay, in response to an in
quiry, that the 47-year-old for
mer State Department official,
serving a five-year term for per
jury in Lewisburg, Pa., federal
penitentiary, has filed no appli
cation with it.
' Hiss still has time to act be
fore his eligibility date, but
there is no possibility of any
hearing for him before the Nov.
4 election. The parole board's
next scheduled visit to Lewis
burg to hold hearings there will
be during the week of Nov. 10.
Board members said that if
Hiss applies for parole anytime
before that date, he will be
heard then, along with other
Lewisburg prisoners.
Jap Envoy Collapses
San Francisco VP) Japanese
Ambassador Eikichi Araki col
lapsed last night while receiving
guests at a reception. But he
was reported resting easily at
St. Luke's hospital today.
Dr. John Upton said Araki,
61, was suffering from acute fatigue.
Hop Market
Firming In Price
Corvallis VP) The hop mar
ket firmed up in the first half
of October with the price on
seedless hops advancing for the
first time in several months.
The department of agricul
ture reported that export de
mand brought the rise. Most of
it came from Germany, which
received lVz million dollars
from the U.S. in foreign aid
funds for purchase of U.S. hops.
The mid-October price was
quoted at 30 to 40 cents a pound
for seeded hops, 46 to 47 cents
for seedless.
There was moderate inquiry
for the 1953 crop with one re
port that 1,500 bales of seeded
clusters from the 1953 crop
were contracted at 45 cents a
pound.
Czech Boy Scouts
Communized
Washington VP) The Czech
communistsreportthey have just
about conquered the "unhealthy"
influences of the Boy Scout
movement.
Before the communists took
over four years ago, said a Pra
gue radio broadcast picked up
by U.S. government monitors,
the Scouts sought to "befog
young people about loving co
operation between rich and
the Scouts "promoted an un
poor." The broadcast also said
healthy romanticism in the
young, centering on cowboys,
redskins and conquerors, instead
of teaching them that it is their
mission to build a better social
order." -
These influences have not yet
entirely disappeared, Radio Pra
gue acknowledged, but it said
they are fast being overcome by
the communist-run Young Pion
eer movement. It added:
The Pioneers are very fond
of defense games. Our children,
our Young Pioneers have no
need for hypocritical, empty ro
manticism."
Construction Starts on New High School Excavation
machinery moved in Tuesday morning to clear the site for
Salem's new, south side $3,062,723 high school. D. M. Drake,
contractor, will start excavations following about three days
of clearing. Webster Smith is superintendent in charge.
Lewis Says Miners Out
Until Pay Is Raised
Washington VP) John L. Lew
is said Tuesday striking soft
coal miners will return to work
when they get the full $1.90 a
day pay raise agreed to by the
coal industry.
The Wage Stabilization Board
Nixon Touring
Truman's State
Aboard Nixon Train VP) Re
publican Sen. Richard M. Nixon
carried his vice presidential
campaign into Missouri today,
expressing confidence of victory
for the GOP ticket.
Following trainside talks at
three towns between St. Louis
and Cape Girardeau, Nixon was
scheduled to fly into the South
west part of the state for an air
port appearance at Springfield
and a speech at Joplin tonight,
His swing into President Tru
man's home state followed
strong verbal blasts at Gov. Ad
lai Stevenson's administration in
Illinois during a tour of the
Southern part of that state yes
terday.
The California senator said in
a talk at East St. Louis, 111., last
night that Stevenson's record as
governor "exposes him as a
"weakling, a waster and a small
caliber Truman."
More Troops Needed
For Korean Decision
Washington (IP) Secretary of
the Navy Kimball said Tuesday
that more armed forces of all
kinds would be required to
"force a decision in Korea."
Kimball made tbis statement
it i news conference in which
he also said:
"If they, the communists, do
not want peace we have got to
figure out where we go from
there."
Kimball declined to say how
long the U.S. and the allies
would wait before deciding that
the Reds do not want to end the
i hostilities.
New Commander
Tokyo VP) Gen. Mark
Clark's headquarters announced
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Harrold
had succeeded Maj. Gen. Clovis
E. Byers as commander of the
16th Corps in Japan.
Weaiher Details
Maximum yeiterdar', flfti minimum to
day, 53. Total 24-honr prrclpltallen: .04:
for month: .Alt normal, 1.110. Season pre
cipitation, M', normal, J.IW. River helfht,
-4 feet. (Report by V. S. Weather Boreas.)
Presidential Campaign
Crowing in Bitterness
(Ey The AuocUted PreaM
presidential campaign i But the other campaigners
The
seemed to be growing more
bitter Tuesday as election day
draws near.
Charges of "slander" and "out
rageous falsehood came from
Dwlght D. Eisenhower and Presi
dent Truman who were stumping
along the vote-wealthy eastern
coast.
Adlai Stevenson, the democra
tic presidential candidate got go
ing on a whistle stop swing
through Illinois.
He'll deliver a fireside address
over radio and televsion from
Chicago Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, the strenuous
campaign turned up its first cas
ualty: Sen. John Sparkman lost
his voice.'
The Alabama Senator, demo
cratic candidate for vice presi
dent, reported himself sidelined
because of laryngitis and cancel!
kept up their oratorical fire.
Eisenhower, the republican
presidential nominee, stopped off
at Manchester, N. H., to assert
that he still is a "no deal" man
who has made no commitment to
win supporters in his campaign
Truman's campaign train
swung through Delaware on the
start of a drive in the middle At
lantic states. He told a crowd of
Wilmington, Del., that:
"If the republican isolationists
every get the authority, they will
start backing down on our pro
gram of international coopera
tion. That is why it is so essential
that Adlai Stevenson be elected
president.'
With election only two weeks
away and the pressure of time
weighing heavily on tempers
frayed by months of Intense cam
paigning, charges and counter
ed speaking engagements in theichargcs of lies, slander and "out-
Sparkman Sent
To Hospital
Washington VP) Sen. John 3
Sparkman, Democratic vice pre
sidential candidate, entered a
hospital Tuesday for treatment
of laryngitis and what his physi
cion termed a mild respiratory
condition.
Sparkman had been scheduled
to leave on a campaign trip into
the south. The Democratic Na
tional Committee said it was an
ranging for other speakers to
fill his engagements.
Sparkman went to Bethesda
Md., Naval Hospital. Dr. B. W.
Hogan, commanding officer of
the hospital, reported he would
be treated for a respiratory con
dition. He is expected to stay in
the hospital several days.
Blair Freed on
Murder Charge
Reno. Nev., (U.R) Louis Ed
mund Blair, who was released
after seven days of questioning
in connection with the murder
of a man and three children,
said Tuesday he "trusted in the
Lord."
He knew I was innocent.
Blair said.
I do not blame the police for
investigating me," the Chester,
Calif., theater owner said. "They
have a tough job ahead of
them."
The 37-year-old Blair was re
leased by court order Monday
after authorities reported a lie
detector test had proved "in
conclusive."
"If the good people of Chester
will accept me, I will return and
reopen their theater," Blair said,
"otherwise I will seek employ
ment elsewhere."
Blair was held in custody for
questioning about the slaylngs
of Chester grocer Card Young,
his two young daughters, and
their four-year-old playmate,
Michael Salle.
has ruled that only $1.50 of the
raise can be allowed under gov
ernment anti-inflation regula
tions.
Lewis used harsh language
about the board in telling Har
ry M. Moses, president of the
Bituminous Coal Operators As
sociation, in a letter that the
miners insist on the $1.90 fig
ure. He said:
We have a contract. We ex
pect your compliance with its
provisions. If you do not like
the contemptible action of the
NAM (National Association of
Manufacturers) laborbaitersand
the little Harvard professor and
his quavering trio, appeal and
ask for review and reversal.
You are the sole petitioner and
plaintiff."
Moses had written Lewis
Monday urging the miners end
their strike and accept the trim
med $1.50 raise.
Moses said it was not the op
erators' fault that they could not
pay $1.90. '
Troops Corral
Kenya Fanatics
London VP) Authorities in
Britain's East African Kenya
colony today held more than
130 natives rounded up in a
lightning swoop against the
fanatic, secret," anti-white Mau
Mau society that has been ter
rorizing Kenya for months.
The roundup was carried out
under a state of emergency,
equivalent to martial law, de
clared last night by the Kenya
government. A battalion of the
British troops, Lancashire Fusi
liers, rushed by air, landed at
the colonial capital of Nairobi
to add steel to the government's
drive.
Members of the Mau Mau,
who take a blooJ oath to drive
the British out of the colony,
have murdered at least 43 per
sons, burned buildings and crops
and slaughtered cattle in past
weeks. Some 200,000 of the
Kikuyu tribe are said to belong
to the society..
The troops flown in to the
colony will be backed by naval
force, the British Colonial of
fice said.
Reds Strike at
Jugular Vein
Of Freedom
Ike Warns of Real
Russian Aims
Leadership Needed
Aboard the Elsenhower Speci
al VP) Dwlght D. Eisenhower
warned Tuesday that communist
Russia is striking "at the jugular
vein of freedom' 'and aims to
conquer the world with every
treacherous measure ' short of
war.
And then he declared in the
text of a speech prepared for de
livery on historic Boston Common:
"If we are to win this deadly
struggle with communism, we
must have a leadership that can
unite us behind great objectives
a leadership morally and
spiritually strong."
"We can conquer communism if
we have a leadership of high
purpose and moral stamina, a
leadership that draws strength
from its spiritual faith."
Speaks in Boston
The GOP presidential candi
date brought this message to the
Irish and Roman Catholic strong
hold of Boston after stoutly
denying that he had made any
commitments to win the presi
dency and maintaining he still
is a no deal man.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 7)
Harrison Says
Communists
All Criminals
Tokyo VP) Lt. Gen. William
K. Harrison, top U.N. command
delegate at the Korean armis
tice talks, said Tuesday "I don't
believe that any man can be a
thorough-going communist with
out being a common criminal."
He said in an interview that
he would include the Red truce
team at Panmunjom in that class,
and added:
'You can't deal with them like
you would with an honorable
man."
The Reds, he said, repeatedly
came up with "falsehoods, half-
truths and insinuations in the
Panmunjom meetings, now in
indefinite recess.
Whether there will be an arm
istice in Korea, he said, "depends
on decisions on a very high level
in all countries concerned.
Adlai Off on
Whistle Tour
Springfield, 111. (IP) Given a
rousing sendoff by Illinois home
folks. Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson
strikes out today on a final 12
state whistle-stopping tour aim
ed primarily at capturing New
York's vital 45 electoral votes.
The Democratic presidential
nominee told a cheering crowd
estimated at 5,500 persons in the
Springfield, 111., Armory last
night that his bid for the presi
dency "is going well." Friends
and neighbors turned out before
the rally for a torchlight, horn
blowing parade to bid the gover
nor goodbye.
Asserting that he was having
trouble "getting my opponent to
talk sense about the issues,"
Stevenson said Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower is "saying one
thing" while Sen. Robert A. Taft
of Ohio asssures the country
'that he really meant something
else."
3 Top Soviet
Citizens Dead
Moscow VP) Moscow n
papers Tuesday reported the
deaths of three prominent So
viet citizens, including Vladimir
Voronin, a leader in the devel
opment of a shipping route
through Arctic waters from
European Russia to the Far
East.
The other two were Lt. Gen,
Fyodor Shafalovich, 68, a pro
fessor and military scientist,
and Vladimir Kistyakovsky,
member of the physical chem
istry institute staff of the Soviet
Academy of Sciences.
Voronin, 62 was one of Rus
sia's most famous Arctic exlor-
s.
Director general of the north
ern sea route, he had served as
commander of one of the
world's largest icebreakers, the
SS Joseph Stalin, since 1938
He left this post temporarily
in 1946-47 to command the first
Soviet Antarctic whaling expe
dition.
Token Rainfall
Freshens Valley
The light rain falling in Salem
and vicinity Monday afternoon
measured .04 of an inch, the first
measurable precipitation here
since early September. The to
tal rainfall here now since June
23 Is .27 of an inch.
Tuesday morning brought the
most general fog of the season
to date in the Salem area. There
have been patches of fog pre
viously this fall, but the bank
this morning was more general
and somewhat denser.
Mostly fair weather is called
for tonight and Wednesday, but
the five-day forecast says there
is probability of more light rain
late Wednesday to continue in
termittently on through the
week. From now on it appears
there will be no more of the
prolonged dry spells through
the tall and winter.
The Willamette river at Salem
Tuesday hit the low mark of the
season, the local gauge reading
,-4 feet.
Truman Denies
Red Softness
En Route with Truman (U.R)
President Truman bitterly as
sailed the republicans Tuesday
for "spreading the outrageous
falsehood" that his administra
tion has been "soft toward communism."
Mr. Truman also scoffed at
Dwight D. Eisenhower's plan to
call a conference of ..overnors
to discuss the touchy civil rights
issue. He said the republican
presidential nominee "obvious
ly does not know the hard facts
of life" about civil rights and
"doesn't know what it takes to
get something done in this
field."
Setting forth on his third
whistle-stop tour of the cam
paign, the president said demo
crats have fought communism
successfully both at home and
abroad. And he asserted that
the Reds would be "delighted"
to have the republicans win the
November election: "because
communism thrives on reaction
and depression."
Chiang Seeks to
Invade China
Tapieh, Formosa, (U.R) Gener
alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek asked
the United States Tuesday to let
his troops invade the Chinese
Communist mainland.
The Nationalist President
made the request at a press con
ference, his first since he came
to Formosa in 1949.
At the outbreak of the Korean
war in June 195U, President
Truman directed the U. S. 7th
fleet to see that the Nationalists
did not attack the mainland and
to prevent any Communist in
vasion of Formosa.
Chiang endorsed a proclama
tion issued Monday by the Kuo
mintang, the Nationalist govern
ment party, contending that only
the liberation of mainland China
could stop Communist aggres
sion in Asia.
Morse Asserts 1
HST Offered !
Him High Post
i
Turned Down Job
Of Attorney General
Last December
Washington, (U.R) President
Truman offered Sen. Wayne
Morse (R., Ore.) the job of at
torney general last December
but Morse turned it down, it was
disclosed Tuesday.
Morse, who announced Sat
urday that he is bolting the Re
publican ticket to back Demo
cratic presidential nominee Ad
lai E. Stevenson, acknowledged
in an interview that Mr. Tru
man had offered him "one of the
top positions in the government"
but Morse said he rejected it
because "I don't approve of Re
publicans in a Democratic cab
inet or vice versa."
Renews Attack on Ike
The disclosure came as Morse
renewed his attack on Republi
can presidential nominee Dwight
D. Eisenhower. Morse had work
ed for Eisenhower's nomination
before and during the GOP convention.
Morse announced that he will
make about three speeches for
Stevenson under the auspices of
sucn organizations as "Republi
cans for Stevenson" and "Inde
pendents for Stevenson." He will
not speak under Democratic aus
pices. No dates for the speeches
have been set.
Rejection Reason
It was learned that Mr. Tru
man's offer to Morse was made
at a White House conference last
Dec. 20, and rejected by the sen
ator on the grounds that to
accept would violate Morse's con
cept of the two party system
and violate his own assurance to
Oregon voters that he would
follow the course of. an inde
pendent Republican.
Morse declined to specify the
cabinet post Mr. Truman had of
fered him but it was learned
that it was the post of attorney
general. The offer was tendered
him more than thtee months be
fore Mr. Truman fired Attorney""
General J. Howard McGrath.
(Concluded on Fate 5, Column 7)
Red Chief Asks
For Asylum
Berlin VP) Heinz Tacke, dep
uty chief of detectives in the
Soviet sector of Berlin, fled to
the west Tuesday and asked for
asylum.
Tacke told the West Berlin
police his conscience would not
not permit him to carry out the
orders of his Red superiors any
longer.
Tacke brought his wife and
dog with him. He is being held
for questioning to determine if
his plea for political asylum is
legitimate. The police withheld
further information.
Chinese Reds Repulsed
Again on Sniper Ridge
Seoul, Korea VP) Aoout 1,500
Chinese Reds attacked in a
blinding rainstaorm Tuesday
night in a renewed assault on
mud-covered Sniper Ridge.
The communists struck under
cover of an intense artillery and
mortar barrage.
But South Koreans held them
at bay with heavy rifle and ar
tillery fire.
The attack bogged down on
the muddy slopes and the Reds
withdrew at 8:40 p.m. AP Cor
respondent John Fuji! reported
from the front. Fujll said the
ridge still was quiet more than
two hours later.
An allied officer said the Chi
nese directed their attack at Pin
point hill, highest peak on the
ridge.
"They came down the ridge
from the north," the officer said.
Red Shell Killed
7 on Warship
Washington (IP) The Navy
announced Tuesday that seven
men were killed and one
wounded Oct. 14 when commun
ist shore fire hit the destroyer
Lewis off the cast coast of Korea.
The Lewis was hit by two 75
millimeter shells when she mov
ed in close to the port of Wonsan
to protect two South Korean
minesweepers under fire from
four to six communist guns.
Returning the enemy fire, the
Lewis spread a smoke screen to
cover the small Korean vessels.
The first enemy shell struck
her forward fire room on the
right side piercing one boiler.
This shell killed six men, a sev
enth died later of burns.
The shell which exacted most
of the damage and accounted for
all the deaths did not explode,
the Navy said. It was later re
covered and dropped overboard.
The dead included:
Boilerman 3-c Arnold William
Karlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Karlin, Route 1, Box 103,
Marion, Ore.
"We can't use flares because of
the overcast and rain."
The night was so dark the
South Koreans couldn't see the
Chinese until the attacking
troops were almost upon them.
An ominous quiet hung over
nearby Triangle hill where U.
S. Seventh division troops await
ed an expected Chinese onslaught.
Some 20 miles to the east,
South Korean troops battled to
within 40 yards of the crest of
Iron Horse mountain at noon
Tuesday.
They pulled back, however,
because their supporting tanks
could not find their targets
through heavy fog that covered
the valley floor.
A chill rain fell across the
battlcfronL
Army Says GIs
Well Armed
Washington VP) The Army
described as untrue and "extre
mely destructive criticism" the
statement of two former intelli
gence officers that the GI in Ko
rea is armed with outmoded
weapons and that this results in
needless death.
Garett Underhlll, formerly of
the Army's G-2 section, and Ron
ald Schiller, a naval intelligence
officer in World War II, said in
Look Magazine article that
soldiers in Korea carry antiquat
ed arms although the Army haa
a variety of new weapons either
in existence or on drawing
boards.
Maj. Gen. Ward H. Marls,
Army deputy chief of staff for
research and development, said
Monday this was "conjecture"
and challenged Undcrhill and
Schiller to show that "any more
reliable weapons exist and can
now be produced."
The American soldier, Gen.
Maris said, carries the most mod
ern arms of any foot soldier in
ithe world.