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5(li Yeor, No. 56 Ea'ASKJS Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 6, 1953
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Interim Group
On Constitution
Study Planned
Committee of 21 Pro
vided in Bill to Report
On State Constitution
By JAMES D. OLON
A lvliailvA Interim eommll
tee of 21 members to study Ore-
ions eonsuiuuon ana quae
recommendations (or amend
ment nf arlnntion of a new con
stitution Is provided for In a bill
to be introduced in we nouse
Saturday or Monday.
The bilL SDOiudred by Repre
sentatives Dave Baum, of La
Grande and Earl Hill of Lane
Mnntv carries an annroDriation
of $50,000 to cover expenses of
the two-year stuay.
Two Convention Bills '
Tm hill millintf fnr conven
ing of constitutional conven
tion have been introduced in ine
: legislature, one introduced by
uonrewntstlve Hatfield and
others, and the other by Senator
Richard Nueberger ana Kooen
Holmes. Both ol tnese Dins are
virtually identical except the
i senate bill carries an appropria
tion of $350,000.
The new bill which the spon
. sors expect to be signed by many
memDers di uk uuuk
ate, provides for appointment of
10 members of the interim com
mittee by the speaker of the
house, two from each congres
' sional district and two from the
. state-at-large.
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UAiirA Unrrar
Several Bills
i ' Two bills passed by the
bouse "and sent to the governor
would make it impossible to
mvmita a condemned man
V while his appeal to a higher
-- court is pending.
The bills provide that when
AAjAMnAJ man a rtr ! , the
H cuuucuiucu "" i
court must tell the warden
bout it so the warden won't
gas him. And they also say
that a man can't be executed
until 60 days after being sen
tenced, which would allow him
the full time provided by law
for filing an appeal.
The house also sent to the
1 governor a bill to pay 40 per
cent of basic school money to
1 - districts on August 1 of eacn
i - year, 30 per cent December 1,
nrf the) rest Anril IS. Half the
money now is paid October 15
and half April 15.
Petersen Low
On Hospital Bid
A. V. Petersen company of
Portland submitted the low bid
of $288,696 for the new wing
of Salem Memorial hospital
when bids were opened Thurs
day night.
The wing, which will be three
stories, will add 42 beds to the
hospital, bringing the total num
ber to 105 and will also add
other facilities for treatment,
storage and mechanical equip
ment Architect for the hospital
wing is James L. Payne of Sa-
Jem.
The other bidders ana ineir
bids were:
Robert Morrow of Salem,
$301,825; Browning and Ran
dolph and Neuman, aaiem,
$308,384; E. E. Batterman, Sa
lonv S29B1B0: Rose B. Ham
mond. Portland. $304,116: Foot
hills Construction company,
Portland, $304,900; Malarkcy
and Moore, Portland, jaia.wau;
and J. r. Watts Construction
company, Portland, $313,066;
Politics Ruled
Tax Appointees
Washington VP) Two high
officials testified Friday that
Apolitical patronage not merit
riad been 'crucial" In filling top
'.Jobs in the Internal Revenue
ureau.
Testifying before House inves
Baton of Revenue Bureau
:andals. the two officials rattled
iff the names of a dozen or more
senators and representatives
ley said Intervened to help
Item win important Jobs in the
bureau. .
g Earl E. Koehler now chief en
Urcement officer for the alcohol
x division, said efficiency re
rts were disregarded in mak-
promotions shortly after
ih D. Nunan became reven
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commissioner In 1944.
United Nations Pays
Stalin Silent Tribute
Thanked by Vishinslty
United Nations, N.Y, IPi
Bitterness between East and
West was set aside briefly in the
United Nations Friday in a min
ute of silent tribute to Prime
Minuter Stalin.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Vishinsky, dressed in deep
mourning, thanked the U. N.
Political Committee for the ob
servance. Vishinsky, who will
leave aboard the French Liner
Liberie for Moscow, praised
Flagg Inspired
Neuberger Bills
. Sen. Neuberger ' Introduced
three bills aimed at state offi
cials accepting Jobs and con
tracts.
One would prevent a state of
ficial from taking a job from
any private firm regulated by
his department Neuberger said
this bill was prompted by the
fact that Public Utilities Com
missioner George H. Flagg re
signed to take a job with the
trucking industry.
Another would prevent a
member of a state board or com
mission from taking a job with
his department. Neuberger said
he got the idea for this bill from
the fact that W. A. Bingham,
former member of the liquor
commission,- quit to become
liquor administrator.
The last of three bills would
stop state legislators from sell
ing or leasing property to the
State without competitive bids.
The 12 per cent salary in
crease bill for state police was
signed by Gov. Patterson.
Probe Looms of
'Voice' Suicide
Washington W Sen. McCar
thy (R-Wis.) said Friday his
Senate subcommittee is looking
into "suicide note" apparently
written by a Voice of America
employe, Raymond Kapian.
A congressional source, de
clining to be named, made pub
lic a purported text of the note
which quoted Kaplan as saying
he had done no wrong in his
electoral engineering work for
the much-investigated voice,
but feared he would be "harried
and harrassed for everything
that I do in the job."
'I am the patsy scapegoat for
any mistakes made," said the
letter. It was addressed to Kap
lan's wife, Lillian, and their
son, David.
The letter especially mention
ed work on the location of two
Voice transmitters. Another for
mer engineer for the Voice has
told the committee the sites were
so poorly located as to amount
to sabotaging the Voice's propa
ganda efforts.
Four Leaders Elected
From Bridges' Local
San Francisco VP) Four lead
ers of Harry Bridges' own Local
10 of the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union (nd.) were returned to
office Thursday in a re-election
ordered after irregularities were
uncovered in last December's
voting.
Walter Nelson was elected pre
sident, Jay Sauers vice presi
dent and Bill Klrby secretary
treasurer.
Transactions Continue
In Two Salem Blocks
with dull being consummat
ed and others rumored, the un
identified organization that is
attempting to purchase all of
Blocks 2 ana a, lying oeiween
Center and Union streets, and
Between High and Church, is
making progress.
This is indicated oy uie rec
ords in the county recorder's of
fice where deeds and instruments
placed in escrow are photo
stated.
Much of the property has been
placed in escrow with the Salem
Title company, whose officers
are not in position to make
known the backers of the organ
ization seeking to come into pos
session of the property, even if
they know.
Revenue stamps on the deeds
that have been recorded, which
Stalin and said Russia would
continue his policies of
"strengthening peace."
Calling for the observance.
Committee Chairman Joao Car
los Muniz of Brazil asked Vish
insky to "accept and convey to
his people our condolences" on
the death of Stalin.
"Accept our gratitude for your
condolences," Vishinsky, told the
committee, in this "most grlev
ous loss for the Soviet people
and for all the peace-loving peo
ples; for all human beings
throughout the world."
The blue and white flag of the
U. N. hung at half mast as
Vishinsky arrived with his sub
ordinates in a seven limousine,
police escorted caravan.
The flags of member states
were not hoisted at all. This
avoided the question of whether
some states would want their
flags in the customary position
of mourning for the Red dicta
tor. The official regrets of the U.N
were dispatched in messages to
Vishinsky by Canadian Foreign
Secretary Lester B. Pearson,
who is president of the General
Assembly, and U. N. Secretary
General Trygve Lie.
New Daily for
McMinnvllle W A new
dally newspaper will appear in
Oregon about April 1 the News
Register, which now Is publish
ed here as a weekly.
Publisher Jack B. Bladlne
said he expected to keep about
the same staff as the weekly, re
cently enlarged, now has. Philip
N. Bladlne is editor.
Bladine's Telephone Register
recently took over the weekly
News-Reporter in a consolida
tion. The plant's commercial print
ing establishment will be moved
to a separate building.
There has been no daily paper
in Yamhill county in modern
times. There were two dailies in
McMinnvllle in 1886, but ther
did not last About 15 years ago
the Telephone Register publish
ed aa a daily for Ave days while
Portland newspapers were clos
ed by a strike.
Coos Terminal
For West Coast
Washington, (W9 North Bend-
Coos Bay, Ore., will become a
terminal point for West Coast
airlines, major feeder route, un
der an order today by the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
The board said it had extend
ed "temporarily" West Coast's
authority to originate and ter
minate one round-trip flight
daily at the North Bend-Coos
Bay airport instead of at Med
ford. Ore.
The authority, however, was
contingent on West Coast pro
viding at least two scheduled
round-trip flights daily, origi
nated and terminating at Med-
ford.
Additionally, the CAB said
that the airline could serve
Roseburg along the route to and
from Eugene on each North
Bend-Coos Bay flight
DRIVER KILLED
Eugene mm Claude Gregory,
50-year-old truck driver, drown
ed in a lumber mill pond at
Crow, about 20 miles southwest
of here, yesterday.
does not Include the contracts
placed In escrow, indicate that
$300,000 or more is involved so
far.
Largest single block of land
Involved is the Salem school dis
trict's administrative building,
formerly housing the senior high
school. It is understood an op
tion has been taken on this prop
erty that extends from High
through the block to Church
street well as the old resi
dence that is now occupied by
the Red Cross on High street
With the exception of a com
paratively small lot facing on
Center street it is understood all
of the property in the block
which includes the old high
school building, has been con
tracted for or is under option.
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Senators Probe
Army Shortages
In Korean War
Washington CP) Gen. James
A. Van Fleet Insisted Friday In
the face of top-level military
denials that there has been and
still la a serious shortage of
ammunition In Korea.
Senators ordered top Penta
gon officials to appear next
Tuesday for what some of them
termed a "showdown."
Van Fleet former comman
der of the Eighth army in Ko
rea, was closeted with the sen
ate armed services committee
for more than two hours.
Sticks to His Story
When the meeting broke up,
the members said the- general
had stuck to his story on short
ages.
Sen. Cooper (R., Ky.) said
Van Fleet had told them that
"in no caliber of arms, other
than small arms, has the army
had enough ammunition.
'And he said this situation
still exists," Cooper added,
Chairman Saltonstall iS.,
Mass.) announced the commit
tee has requested that Gen. J.
Lawton Collins, army chief of
staff, and top civilian officials
of the defense department ap
pear before it next Tuesday,
(Caactaded en Fan a, Cohans I)
British Tighten
Export Controls
Washington WV- A British
move to tighten Controls onjtra
regie snipmenis to .communist
China was reported shaping up
Friday at. Uie Anglor American
conference on cold war policy.
Diplomats said the British
cabinet delegation, headed by
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden,
has expressed readiness to block
existing trade, loopholes In a
drive to harmonize Anglo-
American strategy in the Far
East.
As the talks entered their
third day behind closed doors, It
was understood the British had
offered to:
1. Bring their list of strategic
items barred from trade with
communist areas much closer in
line with the far-reaching
American list. This could mean
adding hundreds of "fringe"
items.
2. Crack down on shipping
companies Involved in illegal
trade with the Reds. This was
understood to Involve some Bri
tish vessels which have been
leased by communist nations.
Camp White Hot
To Be Rebuilt
Washington VP) Seven stand
by Army camps will get no fur
ther reconstruction work, the
Defense .Department advised
members of Congress Thursday.
The move is expected to save 15
million dollars.
One of the seven is Camp
White at Medford, Ore. In 1951
Congress approved spending 11
million dollars at White to put
it in shape for use in an emer
gency. That project was halted,
though, and later It was announ
ced that 5 million would be
spent to turn it into a stand-by
railhead camp.
Only preliminary steps were
taken, however, and there has
been no work In progress for a
year,
Eugene Television
Applicants Combine
Washington, U.B The Federal
Communications Com mission
said today two competing appli-
ants for a Channel 31 station
at Eugene, Ore., have combined.
The Lane Broadcasting Co.,
which operates rsdio station
KORE dropped Its application
for the channel. Attorneys for
Eugene Television, Inc., which
also applied for the channel said
Eugene Is selling a one-third in
terest In the firm to the Lane
company and another third to
cugene DusinesKmen wuu no
broadcasting connections.
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London VP) Moscow Friday
night announced Georgl M. Mal-
enkov as Joseph Stalin's succes
sor at the head ol the Soviet
government . ;
He becomes chairman of the
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Foreign Policies
Washington OP) Changes fn
Soviet leadership following Pre
mier Stalin's death seem certain
to slow down the making of ba
sic new foreign policy decisions
promised by the Eisenhower ad'
ministration.
By President ' Eisenhower's
own estimate, the situation fac
ing the U.S. government in the
future involving questions like
cold war peace or new out
breaks of hot war is so unpre
dictable that its attitude can only
be one of sharp watchfulness.
Furthermore, in the opinion
of other high government offi
cials, this uncertainty may con
tinue for many months.
Secretary of State Dulles, at
the time of his nomination for
the No. 1 Cabinet spot in the
Eisenhower administration, said
he would promptly undertake a
review of U.S. policies all over
the world. Dulles said that
might take a year. He said many
policies might be retained but
he hoped that new and better
ones could be found in most in
stances. Shipping Strike
Said Settled
San Francisco VP) CIO ship
radio operators have settled
their wage dispute with the Pa
cific Maritime association, per
mitting the Mattson luxury liner
Lurllne to sail for Hawaii
Thursday almost 24 hours late.
The radiomen received their
requested 8.5 per cent wage In
crease in negotiations which
lasted through most of Wednes
day night
The Lurllne was thus able to
sign on a radio crew and sail.
Five passengers meanwhile had
cancelled reservations.
J. Paul St. Sure, PMA presl
dent, said the same pay boost
was given to deck officers of the
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots
Union, who also had decided to
strike.
Some 20 West Coast shipping
firms will be affected by the
PMA's decision. The pay raise is
effective as of March 1.
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Council or Ministers or Prim
Minister, .
V. M. Molotov and L. P. Berle
were named to lesser ursts,
while Andrei Y. Vlshlnsk was
stripped, of the foreign minis
try.
" The announcement from Mos
cow radio, little more than Si
hours after Stalin died, did not
mention Malenkov a new rela
tionship if any to the communist
party which rules Russia, but he
was in the No. 1 position to take
over Stalin's leadership In that
also. .He is the first secretary
of the party.
The radio disclosed that Mar
shal Klementl Voroshllov is the
new chairman of the Soviet Pre
sidium of the Parliament He re
places Nikoll M. Shvernlk. This
is nowlnally the prenidency of
the Soviet Union, but has been
a figurehead position in the
past
Molotov became foreign min
ister in place of Vishinsky, re
suming the position he gave up
to Vishinsky several years ago.
Vishinsky becomes the Soviet
Union's United Nations delegate.
Molotov, along with Beria, Ni
kolai Bulganln and Lazar M.
Kaganovich, was named a dep
uty chairman of the Council of
Ministers. All four men were
deputy prime ministers under
Stalin. Beria was named min
ister of the interior.
It was announced that the
Supreme Council of the Soviet
Union will convene March 17.
Pudgy, scowling and no friend
of the West Malenkov, 81. be
came top contender for the job
last October when he was chos
en to make the keynote speech
before the communist party con
gress. He never has been out
side the Soviet Union.
As minister of Interior. Beria
undoubtedly will remain' In
charge of the dread secret po
lice and the atomic energy pro
gram as he was under Stalin.
Molotov, who was foreign
ministers for years, now returns
to mat post
Mi
South Koreans Repel
5 Bloody Red Drives
Seoul () Determined South
Korean solders today beat off
five bloody Communist counter
atttacks and held grimly to a
newly won, shell-scarred knob
on Sniper Ridge on the Korean
Central front
Chinese Red assaults, sup
ported by stinging artillery and
mortar fire, forced the South
Koreans off the outpost briefly,
out tney later stormed back In
bitter hand-to-hand battle.
Allied soldiers made no effort
to hide the fact that the death
of Russian Premier Joseph Sta
iin like the death ol any Com'
munlst wss good news to them.
But few thought it would have
any effect on Ufa in the bunkers
West Europe
Reacts With Fear
And Uncertainty
Leadon Wastara lurene
reacted with fear and aaeartain
ty to the haws Friday that Stalla
la dead. ;
Except tor loyal Communists.
there was no shedding of tears.
But neither was there jubilation.
Most Europeans took the news
grimly, with only a few expres
sions of hope for a letup In the
cold war.
The biggest worry expressed
everywhere was that the new
ruler or rulers of Russia
might scrap Stalin's wary cold
war policies and possibly plunge
the world Into a shooting con
flict No New Bid to West '
Western diplomats study ins
the official death announcement
found scant clues to who takes
over now. .
But the announcement, signed
by the Central Committee of the
Communist Party, the 'USSR
Council of Ministers and the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Russia's three most powerful
bodies made it clear there is
no new bid for friendship with
tn west
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Vest Speeds up
Defense Plans
Strasbourg, Trance )
spurred by veaU la Moscow,
West turopeaa legislators speed'
ed work Friday on a. confedera
tion caps Die ol withstanding
Soviet attack, . .
Members of the special six-na
tion constitutional assembly
nfrn France, west Germany,
Ha'iy, Belgium, Holland and
uuxrjnbourc convened In the
tfaliton de L 'Europe (House of
Europe) to begin a second and
final reading of a proposed char
ter fov political union.
KrliTlch von Brentano of
West. Oermany, chairman of the
assembly? steering or drafting
group, formally presented the
project approved last week in
his committee and urged Its
adoption.
' In convening the assembly,
President Paul-Henri Spaak of,
Belgium said the formal presen
tation of the charter to the for
eign ministers of the six nations
will take place Monday night
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Bohlen's Views
Washington, () A Senate
committee's secrecy ban on
Charles E. (Chip) Bohlen's
views on Russia from the inside
reflected Friday the adminis
tration's wait-and-see policy on
the situation In Moscow.
Chairman Wiley (R., Wis.)
said, however,' that only the
absence of some members of
the Foreign Relations committee
delayed Bohlen's approval
ambassador to Russia.
He said be thought there
would be little opposition, if
any, when the nomination comes
up for a committee vote Tues
day.
of the bleak battlefront
In the air, eight U. f . B-IS
Superforts rode out scattered
Red anti-aircraft fire and dump
ed 80 tons of bombs on Com
munist troop and supply cen
ters along the battlefront Crew
men reported good results.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force
said twin-engine B-28 bombers,
hampered by overcast skies,
destroyed 88 Red trucks, one
locomotive and 12 boxcars last
destroyed IS more boxcars In
early morning raids.
Bitter, small-scale ground ac
tion flared all along the front
today. The U. S. Eighth Army
reported dozena of Reda killed
iecrecy u
in patrol clashes.
IVoroshilov to
Be Chairman
Of Presidium
Leaden, Iff) Meaeew radio
anaoaneed Friday night Qeorgt
M. Malenkov baa beea aapaiated
chairman, prine soiaiater of the
Connell f Minister Sevtet
Union. ,
This to the post that Stalla
bad at the time of his death. -
The Moscow radio also an
nounced that Marshal Klementl .
Voroshllov had bean appointed
chairman of toe Covtet Prest
dlum tn place of Nikolai Shver
nlk. .........
This la equivalent to the prea
idency of the Soviet Union.
The broadcast added that L. P,
Beria, V. M. Molotov, Nikolai
Bulganln and Lazar1 M. Kag
oasvich have been appointed
deputy chairmen of the Council
of Ministers.
Stalin's Body Lies la State
The body of Prim Minister
Jc'.ph V. Stalin, felled by
stoke and heart failure at 73,
was removed to Moscow's bean.
tiful Hall of Columns Friday to
lie In state.
A funeral service befitting one
of the most powerful men in
history was in preparation. .
The soviet "Man of Steel."
who ruled over a sixth of the
earth's surface and dominated t
third of its peoples, died Thurs
day night In the Kremlin four
days after being stricken. Death
came at 9:50 pjn. (10:80 pm,
PST) and was announced to the
Russian people eight hours la
ur, - B latin lay paralysed, and la
deep coma at the end, . . " , ,
we Hint et Sacnease ,
- At first there was no hmt as to
who would' auecaed this man,
who lad the Soviet Union's lo4
million peeple tec a yean and
called the plays for communisul
the world over. But joint state
ment from the communist party
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Plan to Redraft :
Censure of Reds
Washington m Sen. Taft
(R-Ohio) Indicated Friday Re
publicans may redraft a resolu
tion to condemn Russia for en
slaving other- peoples, tn an
effort to avoid a fight over tt bt
the senate.
Taft the majority leader, said
several suggestions were aaade)
for changes at a closed meeting
of all Republican senators.
Among these, ha said, was
proposal by sea. H. Alexander
Smith (R-NJ) for a resolution
criticizing the Russians without
referring In any way to World
War H big power agreements.
Taft said this might eliminate
Democratic opposition to a rider
attached to a resolution aant
Congress by Secretary of State
Dulles. The Foreign Relations
Committee amended the resolu
tion to say its passage would
neither validate nor Invalidate
Yalta and other agreements.
Allison Named
Envoy to Japan
Washington WV President El
senhower Friday nominated ca
reer diplomat John M. Allison
of Lincoln, Neb, as U. 8. am
bassador to Japan.
The 47-year-old Allison would
succeed Robert IX Murphy, am
bassador to Tokyo alnce ApriL
10S2.
Elsenhower also nominated
Murphy to be assistant secretary
of state for United Nations af-'
fairs.
Allison has been serving as as-
slstant secretary of state for Far
Eastern affairs.
During the negotiations of the
Japanese peace treaty, which
were directed by the present
secretary of state, John Foster
Dulles, Allison served as a dep
uty in the U. S. delegation.
TWO NEW INFANTRY
DIVISIONS ACTIVATED
Tokyo Gen Mark Clark's
Far East headquarters disclosed
Friday the formal activation of
two new South Korean infantry
divisions, ine zutft and gist. ,
This brings to 14 the num
ber of Republic of Korean di
visions, with a strength of ap
proximately zou,wo
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