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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1953)
THE WEATHER CONSIDERABLE HIGH cloudi ness tonight, Saturday. Patches f morning for. Little change la temperature. Low tonight, it; high Saturday, it. Ask Interim Study on State Retirement Ways and Means Group Oppose Junking Security System By JAMES D. OLSON A report from a group of ex pert actuarlei opposing junking of the state's retirement system In favor of federal social secur ity was adopted Friday by the Joint ways and means committee. A suggestion that an interim committee be authorised to study the problem was also adopted. The Joint committee voted to outline definite instructions to the proposed Interim committee restricting the two-year study to specific subjects, after which the committee would be required to prepare bills for consideration of the 1955 legislature. Gr Olow Warning lie actuary committee, ap- pointed by the ways and means ' committee, made a week-long study of the problem, and came ' back with a caution to the legis lature to go slow in rewriting the state's retirement system. The suggestion that the pres - ent state retirement program be Junked In favor of social secur ity was unanimously opposed by the committee. "Federal old age and survivors insurance was never intended, nor has it been represented to be a complete solution to the prob lem of retirement," the report stated. . (Concluded en T1 S. Column 4) Anti-Morse Bill Opposed State Senator Philip Hltch . cock of Klamath Falls atruck .. hmlv Fridav affainst a bill designed to politically knife senator wayne morse. "This Is legislation born of fear," Hitchcock declared. "As - Hn..Kiuam I rinn't want to 1 cywwm , r be ijn the position of -saying n'ra nfrald Of MolM. ThiS iS legislation directed against an individual. "It denotes fear of him at the polls. I say, let Wayne Morse run for the nomination. We'll lick him if we can; if we can't he should win," he continued. "This bill says we're so frald nf the man we have to pass a bill against him. This is something I don't approve 01. Any test should be decided at the polls." Hitchcock has long support ed Morse but bis bolt from Eisenhower in the recent pres idential campaign and then his switch from the republican n,,( in tvp am an Indenend- ent, alienated the Klamath Falls senator. Th measure referred to. authored by Senator John Hounsell of Hood River, has eight co-sponsors in the senate and twenty-five in the house. "Surely there is enough op position in the senate to de feat this thing," Hitchcock con eluded. Russia's Aim To Scare Jewry Tel Aviv, VP) Israel's first of ficial reaction to the Soviet Union's break-off of diplomatic aWations Friday blamed the rupture on a Kremlin desire to intimidate the estimated 2,900, 000 Jews still behind the Iron Curtain. Echoing an earlier press com ment here, a foreign office spokesman declared: "The true purpose is the utter desolation and intimidation of Soviet Jewry, for whose fate grave anxiety is felt" The Soviets, in a sharp note to Israel, had blamed the rup ture on Monday's bombing of the Russian legation in Tel Aviv, In which three Russians were injured none fatally. Price of Meat Not Hit by Decontrol (Br United Prau) Removal of price ceilings has had little effect thus far on the price of meat, a spot check show ed today. Meat was decontrolled a week mso today. A spot check of butcher shops In more than 20 cities showed prices on most cuts about the a me or slightly higher. Most meat, however, still is selling well below the old cell ing. 65th Year, 'Mess' Worse In Washington Than Thought Commerce Secretary Says Taxes Devouring Profits and Wages Boston VP) Secretary of Commerce .Weeks .says .th 'mess" In Washington "Is worse than the publio thought." "Taxes are devouring business profits and workers' wages and bureaucracy is regimenting free men and women Into wards or victims of the state." Weeks said Thursday night at a Lincoln Day dinner. He added, however, that the Eisenhower administration can and will clean up the situation. He said the first step wlU be reorganization "for greater effec tiveness in eliminating confu sion, waste and over-indulgent paternalism." Peoples Mandate to Clean-up Weeks told 900 cheering mem bers and guests of the Middle sex Club, a republican organiza tion, that "the November elec tion gave us a clear mandate to slam on the brakes and move for ward In a different direction." He said "shrill cries will be heard as the ax is swung on dead wood and poison oak. Some func tions will be cancelled. Some folks will feel hurt. But millions of taxpayers are already hurt by the rising cost of government. Their relief Is paramount. Not In Jnnk Pile -We are not going to Junk social security, old age survivors insurance and other rainy day supports," Weeks said, adding that these had been "won by bi partisan effort over the last 30 years. Weeks said also that "a bal anced budget is must" and taxes can be cut. High Tides Hit Sea Wall Gaps London VP) A relentless tide thundered against hastily. plugged gaps in the sea walls of Britain, The Netherlands and Belgium Friday, threatening a new loss of life and property. On both shores of the North Sea the battle to hold back the waves reached a new critical phase. The fight, against the greatest expected tides of the month, will continue until Thurs day. Britain, aided by the United States and eight continental countries, got a sandbag airlift underway. Millions of bags were loaded into planes and ships to strengthen the battered levees on England's east coast. British, Dutch and Belgian ser vicemen and volunteers fought at a new tempo to hold back the sea. As new weaknesses appear ed in the dikes, fresh crews rushed up to bolster the defense, Fair Weather Over Week-End Looms Generally fair weather is in prospect through Sunday in Sa lem and vicinity, then there will be periods of light rains but above normal temperatures, says the five-day forecast from the weather bureau. For the first time since Sun day, the minimum temperature Friday morning was above the freezing mark, a low of 36 being recorded. The Willamette river is drop ping rapidly, going down two feet more in the 24-hour period fr nm'tk: l.tsi imii, t., imn rt ending .t 7 a m. Frkiay The gST SwJSSZ gage this morning read 7.9 feet, imi Plan for Budget Croups To Fix County Salaries Elimination of one of the most useless tasks of the legislature that of fixing salaries of county officials, is provided in two bills introduced in the house Friday by Representatives Earl Hill and Loran Stewart, both of Lane county. Under the terms of one of these two bills the salaries of all county officers and district Judges, paid for by the counties; would be fixed by the county budget committee. The companion bill provides , for appointment of tie county j budget committees composed of: five citizens in each county by the governor. Should the bill win approval No. 38 Trees Planted at Depot Grounds By VIC FRYER Arbor day was observed in Salem. Friday with the plant ing of seven trees to form a new park in the lawn area in front of the Southern Pacific railroad station. At brief ceremony attend ed by several classes of chil dren from Bush school city and state officials and other inter ested persons, Msyor Al Loucks expressed appreciation for the work done in bringing the new park into being and for the opportunity for Salem actively to celebrate Arbor Day. He Introduced other persons, including Terry Randall, un official head of the group of University district business places that financed the proj ect; Mrs. Eunice C. Brandt, to whom was given credit for bringing 'the project to culmina tion and who also planned the landscaping; Homer G. Lyon, state forestry department; and C. A. Larson, Southern Pacific ticket agent in Salem. (Concluded on Page g, Column 5) Soviets Protest Veto By-Pass Bandoeng, Indonesia VP) The Soviet Union strongly objected Friday to a move which would bypass the Russian veto in Unit ed Nations and give full mem' bershlp in ECAFE to such na tions as Ceylon, Japan, South Korea, Cambodia, Laos and French Vietnam. Those six nations, plus Hong Kong, Malaya and British Bor neo are now associate members of the Economic Commission of Asia and the Far East, free to participate in debate but no right to vote. Under present rules the six are barred from full mem' bership in ECAFE because Rus sia has vetoed their applications for United Nations membership. A three-hour debate was touched off Friday by Pakistani and Cambodian resolutions that would give the United Nations Economic and Social Council s ECAFE's parent body where the veto rules does not apply power to admit independent nations to full membership of ECAFE even though they are not members of the United Nations. Weather Details Mtitrana rttr4ar. Mt Minima It- in both houses and is signed by the governor, county official sal aries for the fiscal year of 1952 would prevail unless changed by the budget committees after July of 19S3. At each session of the legisla ture, under present laws, there are approximately 50 county salary bills introduced. All such bills are referred to the local government commlt- tees in each house, and the policy followed for a number of years past, is to obtain approval of the county court and the county budget committee, after which the committee sends the salary boost bills back to the floor with a favorable report, L , ' fc y- j:' i m Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 13, 195? Nooaao an3gJ Arbor Day at Depot Grounds Southern Pacific company has accepted a gift of seven trees from University Business Merchants association. First tree to be planted Friday morn ing by Mayor Al Loucks, Mrs. Philip M. Brandt, Jr., land scape architect; Vernon Gilmore, Jim Hathaway and Terry Randall was this large specimen of Douglas fir. Children from Bush school and city officials witnessed this initial planting. Boys Overpower Guard, 8 Escapees Eight escapees of the Mac- Laren school for boys were re captured by police early Friday morning in Salem after they fled the area in stolen cars, one CIO Only Wants T-H Ad Repeal Washington VP) Although the tCIQ has proposed amendments to the Tart-Hartley law, sen. Tan (R., Ohio) said Friday ha thinks the labor organization "only wants to repeal the law." The CIO proposals, made pub lic Wednesday, hit at major pro visions of the labor relations law. The CIO said It still favored re peal, but because of the "reali ties of the situation" would par ticipate in moves to work out amendments. Taft, co-author of the law and senate republican leader, said he agreed some technical changes ought to be made and language clarifiedone of the CIO points. Beyond that, he largely disa greed. The CIO suggested elimination of provisions which give the president the right to seek an 80- day court injunction against strikes that create national em ergencies. Taft said he thought that section should stand at least until there have been further tests of its provisions. Freeze Not for Arms Output Washington, VP) Pentagon leaders have assured key con gressmen that a temporary freeze on worldwide military construction will not slow down the American buildup, informed sources said Friday. Some congressmen had ex pressed concern that the defense effort would be harmed by Sec retary of Defense Wilson's order this week suspending work on all projects less than 20 per cent complete and halting new con tracts. Involved are an estimated five billion dollars worth of new air fields and expanded military and naval installations. Roger M. Keyes, deputy sec retary of defense, was quoted as telling Rep. Short that the pur pose was to make sure each project Is essential before work continues. Paroles Denied to Costello and Davis Washington, VP) The U. S. Parole board announced Friday it has denied paroles to gambler Frank Costello and to Benjamin Davis, one of the convicted top members of the American com munlst party. Costello is serving 18 months for contempt of congress, for refusing to answer questions be fore the senate crime investi gating committee. Davis, a Negro, is serving five years on charges of conspiracy to advocate violent overthrow of the government Journal "estate t i ,o 1 Captured of them careening through Sa lem streets at speeds reported up to 100 miles an hour before being stopped by state and city officers at Boise and South Com mercial streets. The youths, all maximum se curity prisoners, made good their escape when two of them overpowered a night guard, took his keys and locked him in a cell. They then released the other six and fled. They had been locked in the segregation ward. All have records of car theft. Superintendent James Lamb said the break occurred shortly after 1 a.m. and was discovered about 15 minutes later. The boys split up after leaV' ing the school, three heading west and five heading east The trio told city police they walked back roads into Woodburn where they stole a 1942 Dodge coupe and headed south. About a half-mile down the road motor trouble forced them to abandon the car. They then walked back to Woodburn and followed the Southern Pacific main line to Gervais where they found a 1940 Ford with the keys in it They took the car, arriving in Salem about S o'clock when a city officer spotted the three youths in the speeding car and stopped them. At first they pro fessed to be Just out for a drive in a friend's car but under ques tioning admitted that they were part of the escapees. One of the trio told police that he had taken the guard's ring of keys and scattered the keys one by one between the school and Gervais. Meanwhile the other five escapees stole a souped-up 1938 Plymouth in Gervais and also headed south. They were spotted by police near the outskirts of Salem about 6:30 and zoomed (Concluded on Pact ft, Column 1) CIO Wage Hikes Turned Down Portland VP) Wage increase demands of the CIO Wood workers were turned down Thursday by a large part of the Oregon and Washington lumber industry, which offered to renew the present contract with some minor changes. Negotiations here were re cessed until Feb. 24 and the un ion began talks Friday at Klam ath Falls with the Pine Industri al Relations Committee, another employer group. Union demands of a $1.80 dal ly pay boost, a she-hour day and other benefits were described as "fantastic" by H, J. Greeley of the Long-Bell Co., general chair man of an industry committee representing a majority of env plover groups. Greeley told union negotiators here before the recess not to get the idea they could come back to the next meeting with the same demands scaled down. But A. F. Hartung, Wood' workers president, said the ua ion was "not about to settle" on employer terms, which included clarification of holiday and va cation clauses in the contract re newal. i I. juuu luniroij On Metals Not War Allocated Free Steel, Copper And Aluminum Not Claimed by Defense Washington VP) The Elsen hower administration Friday scrapped allocation controls on all steel, copper and aluminum which ai not claimed by defense priority-holders. This action was announced by the office of defense mobiliza tion. It marked a shift in emphasis in the rapid dismantling of the vast controls program which Eisenhower has promised to scuttle as part of the new re publican administration's pledge of a free market economy. Some Rent Controls Left It is expected that only criti cal defense allocations and some rent controls will remain when the scrapping of controls ma chinery is completed by the end of April. Effective at once, the three basic defense metals released may be sold by mills and used by civilian manufacturers with out restraint. (Cancladed an Page , estamn t) Pope Intercedes For Atom Spies Vatican City WV-The VaU- can newspaper said Friday Pope Pleus XII has interceded tor Julius and Ethel Rosen berg, the atomic spies now un der sentence of death in. the United States, seeking mercy for them. Vatican sources said they be lieved the Ponvtrs action oc curred well before President Eisenhower rejected clemency for the Rosenbergs on Wednea- day, . Precisely how th Pope in tervened was not disclosed in the announcement in L'Osser- vatore Romano. The U. S. has no diplomatic representation at the Vatican and President Eisenhower's press secretary said In Wash ington "neither the State De partment nor he White House has received any notification on this subject" Benson Grilled i By Democrats Washington UP) Democratic senators turned a fresh barrage of criticism on Secretary of Ag riculture Benson Friday. Sen. Eastland (D.-Miss.) said farmers had not voted for a crusade to "pull the rug" from under them. Hardly was the afternoon Sen ate session underway before Eastland lit into a speech Benson made in St. Paul Wednesday night outlining the new admin istration's policies. It already had come under attack from other members of Congress. Benson said that government price supports should be used as insurance against disaster and not to encourage uneconomic production. He, however, pledg ed to carry out price guarantees provided by law. Eastland observed that Benson said "the great crusade" pledged by President Elsenhower in his election campaign now was un derway. HSMUH 8881 X Seek Repeal of Paying Taxes on Estimates Washington, 0P Sen. George (D.. Ga.), whose voice on tax matters is powerful in Congress, called Friday for repeal of a provision requiring some tax payers to file and pay tax on their estimated earnings for the coming year. Tax legislation has to origi nate in the House, and George said he still sees only small prot ect for much of It at this ses sion of Congress. Sen. Taft (R., Ohio) told re porters he thinks the admlnis tratlon wants to wait a couple of months to see whether budg et savings can be made before it decides what to do about re ducing taxes. He said he thinks by that time some firm estimates can be made on expenditures, al though he remarked that the estimates hadn't been too good Prlce 5c Front Line Gs 8th Army Get Armor Shorts Western Front, Korea (A The U.S. Eighth Army Thursday is sued armored shorts to a front line infantry division. If they prove practical they may be come standard equipment The shorts, made of 12 layers of basket-weave nylon, weigh four pounds. They are tacked to the armor ed vests which have been in use in Korea for a year. The shorts offer the same protection to the hip area which the vest gives the stomach, chest and back. Capt Mack Strauss, South Bend, Ind., armor observer for the Eighth Army, said the shorts will be used by men on patrol. "We should have preliminary test results in three weeks," Strauss said. "If the tests prove positive the Army will begin mass-production of the shorts. Van Fleet to Tell About War Washington VP) Chairman Short R., Mo., announced Gen. James A. Van Fleet will appear before the House Armed Services Committee March 4 to outline his views on the Korean War. Short said he hoped part of the session could be open to the public "because the public has a right to know" the views of the retiring Eighth Army comman der. The Senate Armed Services Committee also is laying plana for a session with Van Fleet Congressional interest has been whetted by his statements that an all-out offensive could defeat the communists and win In Korea. Lawmakers say this view is contrary to what they have been told by the Pentagon high com mand. Van Fleet is scheduled to reach Washington March 3. He will land at San Francisco reb. zs. tlehru to Protest China New Delhi, India UJB Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said today there is widespread fear that President Eisenhower's de neutralization of Formosa may worsen the situation in the Far East. Nehru Indicated, in an exclu sive interview, that he will send special Instructions on the issue, and on the Korean war general ly, to the Indian delegation to the United Nations Assembly which meets in New York Feb. 24. f Nehru said "it Is not clear" what withdrawal ot the U. S. Seventh Fleet from Formosa means "but there is no doubt that the general impression in many countries is that it might lead to a worsening of the situa tion." India was not consulted by the U. S. before Mr. Eisenhower freed Chinese Nationalist forces, Nehru said. Falling Tree Kills E. R.Wilson of Salem Lyons Edwin R. Wilson of Salam was killed Friday fore noon by a falling tree on the farm ot his brother, George Wil son, on McCulley mountain, south of Lyons. Wilson was watching his bro ther fall a tree, when the tree buckled and fell upon him. Other details could not Immediately be learned. in the past "Truman never was too good on estimates." George said he hopes a bill to repeal the advance declaration provision, or at least remove penalties for failure to declare in advance, will be included in any tax program which the House passes. The law now provides penal lies of 9 per cent of any unpaid Installments due, plus one per cent a month for each month It is due, and additional penal ties for failing to file declara tion or for underestimating anticipated earnings by more than 20 per cent. The provision applies to those who are not subject to the tax withholding procedure, and to those in the middle and higher brackets whether subject to withholding or not, FI.NA'.lLi EDITION Ike to Consult: Congress on War Risking Dulles Tells Senators No Action Taken On China Blockade - Washington VP Seentary af State Dulles war reported t have assured senators Friday the administration will consult with congress and V. S. allios before) taking any war-rtaking move ba the Far East.. Dulles testified in dosed door meeting of the Far Eastern subcommittee of the Senate For eign Relations committee. Chair man Smith (R., N.J.) of the group sought to Impose a tight lid of secrecy on what trans pired. However, other committee members . said Dulles satisfied them the administration is not now planning any action toward a blockade of the Red China coast a move that U. S. allies and some critics in congress have said might spread the Korean war. ; , Attempted Seereejr . '. Dulles was represented as tel ling the senators that before any additional Far Eastern moves are made, beyond President Eisen hower's order to the Seventh fleet to stop "shielding" com munist China in its Formosa pa trol, they will be consulted." Smith got out statement say. Ing there would be no announce ment . . . (Cane laded ea Page S, Cohnaav 1) MXarthy Probes America's Voice New York, VP) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) began New York hearings Friday into what he called possible "mis management, subversion and kickbacks" among employes ot the Voice ot America. - ' "The vast majority are good Americana, but a. aires hit num ber may need tome attention, McCarthy told newsmen. ; The senator said he could not elaborate on his remark about kickbacks." Friday session was closed. Mc Carthy, chairman of the Senate Government Operations com mittee said aides of other Sen ate investigation committees, convened at the federal building to hear almost a score of wit nesses. The investigation began las) week in Washington. A spokes man at Voice ot America head quarters here said Thurarday that at least B0 of the State De partment agency's 1,700 employ es had been subpoenaed to testl- gy at the open hearings. McKay Tells of Ike's Methods Washington VP) Secretary of the Interior McKay said Friday President Eisenhower gives big cabinet officers their say on problems discussed at the meet ings but mskes the final decision himself and "gets things done Immediately." McKay was Interviewed on the NBC television program "To day." ' He said he thought the repub lican administration is getting its feet on the ground, although it has been in office less than 30 days, and that the way the pro gram is developing is "magnifi cent" McKay called Eisenhower forceful man "and the greatest msn I know." McKay said he found the In terior Department was "a well organized department" He in dicated that in general ha ex pected Civil Service career em ployes ot the department to re tain their Jobs. Hoover Compliments Ike on Appointees Miami Beach, Fla. UB Form er President Herbert Hoover complimented President Eisen hower today on his "distinguish ed group of administrators" but cautioned that It may take the first GOP President in 20 years "a year or two" to get results. Mr. Hoover was interviewed as he left a hospital after a bout with Influenza. He boarded bll yacht and beaded for the Florida Keys and some fishing. Mr. Hoover said the fishing trip is "an entirely non-partisan operation." He said that all men art "equal before the fishes." A - ( i t It Ah ) I .1 i i -i . " i : 1 i a w I ; i I i V
