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