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FEW 8HOWEK8 with period
of clearing tonight; Tuesday,
partly cloudy, widely scatter,
ed showers. Little chance In
temperature. Lew tonifht, 16:
high Tnesdsy, si.
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FIN A L
EDITION
65th Year, No. 76 Solem, Oregon, Monday, March30. 1953 78 Pages Price 5c
House Returns
Pelton Dam to
Old Committee
By Vote of 31 to 26
Sends Bill Back to
Study Issue
By JAMES D. OLSON
By a narrow mar (In of 11
to 16 the house Monday re
turned the Pelton dim bill
hack to the itate and federal
affairi committee for the pur-
pot e o( studying a constitution
al question raised during an
hour's debate on the bill.'
Rep. Charles A. Tom of
Rufus, who opposed passage
of the bill, said that on No
vember 8, 1932, the people ap
proved a bill In which the
members of the state hydro
electric commission were sub
ject to election by the people.
The bill in question provides
for appointment of the com-
mission members by the gov
ernor..'. Constitutional Question
-.. Ren. Ceoree Lavman. attor
ney, and member of the state
and federal affairs committee,
told the house that this con
stitutional Question had not
heretofore been raised. It was
his opinion that the question
should be studied by the com
' mitt and he therefore made
the motion which was adopted
bv the extremely close vote
. ! of one member among those
present. :
Ren. Alva Goodrich, who
opened the debate in favor of
the bill said that the bill un-
' der consideration had little
; similarity with the original bill
; gent to the committee.
State Requirements
He pointed out that applica
tions for construction of dams
under the present law could
not be approved by the hydro-
: electric commission if the state
commission disapproved. :
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20 Major Bills
HUGE THRONG DEDICATES STAYTON HOSPITAL
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Slasscn Grills
McCarthy (or
Interference
Told He's Undermin
; ing Administration's
Effort to Halt Trade
Wuhlnrtan UH -1. Harold E
Stassen told Sen. McCarthy, R.,
Wis., to Mi lace tnas mevaruy
U "undermining" the adminis
tration's efforts to halt trade
between the West and Iron Cur
tain countries.
a Mtinff lt to his words.
the mutual security chief told
McCarthy that be ana ras in
vestigations subcommittee "are
in effect undermining and are
.4n. All nhlftPtlve" .
rhtwinusiv nMUM. MCLinoy
aaid ansrily: "I frankly feel
that w nr helnlne you."
VBmtitm witneu TJner Oath
And Uuirtljf ailuwiuiU,
whJnxu8t"n ,, u .tp?2L go home who rhoose to return,
took the witness chair at the " . . ..i
televised subcommittee hear- . r-fuVL "Tu
ing, McCarthy directed that ne r -rll0neri who re-
-i.t'nndaiiMtn I -
uetiu - Ifui. to so home
tConeiBaeo en ni wm" i
Await Action
c back to work Monday to begin
th 12th week of their long job
; with 20 big Issues to dispose of
In the estimated three weexs
i that remain. -
SAnnta President EuKene E
Marsh and House Speaker Ru-
dle Wilhelm, Jr., believing xne
'i session will end by April 18,
prepared a list of the main is
sues that tney inm snouia re
ceive consideration.
Mmt nf the committee work
has been completed on many
nf then nroblems. so ft will be
mostly a matter of having eith
er or both houses vote upon
them.
The principal appropriation
and tax bills, which usually are
. the last to come before a legis
lature, will be out of the way
In another 10 days or so. After
that time, there will be a strong
urge to quit and go home.
Crash Kills Six
Savannah, Ga., W Six air
men were filled and nine were
iniured In the crash of a Hun
ter Air Force Base plane in
the Azores Sunday afternoon.
tne TuBiic uiiormauon omcer
nf the base, announced Monday.
The plane, a B-29 Air Force
bomber, fell In flames on take
off from Lajes Field. Aboard
were 11 crewmen and four pas
sengers, all military personnel.
Tne lour engine snip was re
turning to Hunter Base from a
rralnlnff mission in North Afri
ca and was part of the 375th
Bomber squadron oi ine auam
Bomper Wing. :y ' '
The dead included: . '
First Lieut. W.1 R. Wallace,
Portland, Ore.
Winter D
.Refuge Planned
The Dalles vD The State
Game Commission is consider
ing setting up a 17,000-acre
winter deer refuge In southern
Wasco County. The proposal
met with generally favorable
public reaction at a recent pub
it mpptlnff.
A deer-proof fence would be
hunt slnnff 20 miles of the
refuge to keep the White River
herd of deer irom meir usuhi
' winter feeding ground near
miU!vntH farmland.
The refuge would be built
under terms of the mimin-
Robertson act. The federal gov
urnnlri nrovide three
' fourths of the required funds
and the state the rest.
Showers Back in
Weather Picture
; Showers were back In the
nah nw Biraln for Salem
nd valley regions, Monlay, the
southern end of a new racuic
storm having moved in.
t tha ss.hnnr neriod con
eluding at 10:30 a. m. Monday,
.10 of an Inch had been meas
ured here.
Forecast is for some scatter
ed showers, Tuesday. Temper
atures remain about the same
as they have been.
Generally, people are hoping
the weather gets the showers
out of its system early in the
week and that the coming Eas
ter week-end will be pleasant
nd spring-like.
Crater Left
By Meteorite
Prineville W A crater
found in a ranch field two
miles west of Prineville may
explain the blast heard through
this part of Central Oregon
March 3.
Paul H. Spillman, a ranch
er's son. found the crater, and
theorized that a meteor had
struck there. The crater was
about 4 feet deep, IS feet
across. It was about 100 yards
from hiahwav 126.
Spillman said he saw the
sage brush there had been torn
up, stopped his car and walk
ed over.
Persona travelling the high
way the night the blast was
heard reported a bright flash.
A geologist and astronomer
will examine the crater, ..
SHIPS COLLIDE OFF S.F.
San Francisco (U.B Two
ships which collided six miles
mitaldn San FranHsm Bav
were back in' port today for
minor repairs, xne tanicer iaa
ho Falls, en route to Longview,
Wash., and the frelehter F. E.
Weyerhaeuser, sailing to San
Pedro) Calif., collided in ine
early morning hours yesterday
ted Strike in
Italy Failure
Rome W) A Communist
call for a 18-hour nation-wide
trike met with only scant
success Monday as the Reds,
aifaariv nut-voted ' and . out-
slugged In a riotous weeK-ena
lAo-islative session: sought . to
protest Premier Alclde de
Gasperi's new election law.
The huge, communist-aomi-natd
Italian Federation of
Labor called the walk-out in
"indignation" at Senate ap
proval Sunday of the new
latinn measure. V; V
Th bill cleared the upper
house after a wild free-for-all
in which senators were
alumred. chairs and desks
smashed and a woman senator
linuil male ontionent: .
- The leirtslatoin, expected to
swell De Gasperi's govern
ment majority after general
elections next June, now goes
to President Luiei Elnaudl to
be signed into law.
Top photo shows enthusiastic crowd gathered in front
of new Santiam Memorial hospital at Stayton during dedl- .
cation ceremonies Sunday afternoon. Lower photo shows
members of board of directors and others, standing on
rostrum, who were active in financing and building institu
tion. At microphone is master of ceremonies, Mr. Van
Drlesche. :.'.','-''. -! r--; ;'
Hosp
Suirfnn lEven Mother
Natm-a amiled on the dedica
tion of the new Santiam Mem
orial hospital at Stayton bun
day, when 2700 residents of
the valley gathered in front of
Dedicate
I at Stayton
day Leaders
Korean War
Offer Solution to
Problems of Re
patriating ROW
Tokyo. CP) Premier Che
En-Lai at Communist China
Monday night offered plan
to end the war in Korea alnf
ilar to the Indian proposal .
before .the .United .Nation
which Chou once coldly re
jected.
It also resembled plan
advanced by Allied negotiator!
at Panmunjom last year.
Oalnlns hrnaripatt a atatafe
ment by the Red Premier the
second apparently conciiaiory
move by the Reds In lour
days which proposed: ,
Term frnna . w.
1. Let all prisoners of war
To Prosecute
Seattle Reds
Washington (JP) Attorney
nan0ni Rrnwnll Mondav an-
pointed Tracy E. Griffin, Seat
tle attorney, to aireci ine pro
secution of seven alleged top
leaders of the communist party
in the Pacmc wortnwesi.
The group, including six men
and one woman, was Indicted
last September on charges of
conspiracy to violate the Smith
act by advocating violent over
throw of the United States gov
ernment. Their trial is sched
uled to open at Seattle, April
15.
Griffin, described by the Jus
tice Department as a noted
Washington state trial lawyer,
was given the title of special
aslstant to the attorney gen
eral. He wlU be assisted In the
nrosecution by special assist
ants William O'Donnell and
Kevin T. Maroney of the Jus
tice Department's criminal division.
Need Drastic Action
To Balance City Budget
Prnm thp nolnt of view of
the public, which will be the
lesser of two evils? More
money from parking meters by
eliminating pennies, or set
ting up a special election on
mlllage tax measures?
That is a question for the
city budget committee to de
cide as it goes into a crucial
meeting at City hall tonight. It
won't be the final meeting by
any means, but one of the im
nortant ones BoinB ahead of
adoption of the 1953-54 budget
Salary and wage increases
for city officers and employes
la the issue on which the whole
bydget hangs right now, and
at the conclusion oi a xorenoon
meeting Monday by the sub
nmmittpe on salaries it looked
as U a way had been found to
balance the budget and in
crease salaries a total of about
$50,000.
On the subcommitte are
Mayor Al Loucks, chairman,
Robert Powell and Tom Arm
strong. Its report tonight will
go in in the form of resolutions.
One recommendation will cov
er a graduated scale of pay in
creases. The other will call for
appointment of an interim
committee to study the salary
question for a period of five
months following July 1.
The proposed salary increas
es are: Employes earning less
than $275 per month, 8 percent
increase; S270 to ssso a momn,
7 percent; $351 to $500 a
mnnlh 8 nercent: S501 . and
over, 8 percent; hourly-work
ers, 10 cents an hour. ,
For the recommended Inter
im committee the appointment
and membership would be de
termined by the city council.
The period of service would be
from Julv 1 next with termin
ation date prior to December
1, 1953. Its job wouia De
a 4nh aalarv and classification
study of all city employes to
determine the louowing:
Am aalarlei In line with the
responsibility of the Job? The
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ReutherAsks
T-H Changs-
Washington WV-CIO Presi
dent Walter Reutber Monday
asked Congress for "drastic"
changes in the Taft-Hartley la
bor law and quoted freely from
President ' Elsenhower's cam
paign speeches to make his
points.
Reuther said the act should
Ka wlnari lan nf all its in
junction provisions. He quoted
the President as naving mo
that Injunctions "will not set
tle the underlying fundamen
tal problems which cause a
strike."
Reuther' s testimony was
prepared for the Senate Labor
Committee, now in tne secona
week of its hearings on revl-
tnn nf the 1947 act.
Injunctions are court orders
which, If not obeyed, can Dnng
heavy fines or Imprisonment.
The Taft-Hartlev act. Reu
ther said, "puts its faith on la
bor injunctions to insure laoor
rwsce" and is "lalseiy Based"
nn a hpllpf that "the oower of
the courts is a fit substitute
for free collective bargaining.
Find 31 Bodies
In Wreckage
Conneaut, O., (UJS Officials
believed today all bodies had
been recovered from the one-
In-a-mlllion train wreck, which
occurred near here Friday.
The toll stood at 21 dead and
49 persons still In hospitals
A crew of over 400 n
worked last night to clear two
of the four tracks of the flew
York Central Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Utility
Commission and the Interstate
Commerce Commission will
launch an investigation this
waalr Intn th crash, but it
was believed to be only rou
tine.
A Now Vnrk Central offi
cial riasrrihed the accident as
nnp.ln.a.mlllion because it In
volved three trains, passing
within two minutes of each
other on two separate tracks.
He aaid a warning system
was ineffective because all
three were lnsida the area of
the warning signal blocks.
JAP CROWN PRINCE SAILS
Tokyo (" Crown Prince
Aklhito of Japan sailed for the
TTnltwl Atata Mrnirlav aboard
the American liner President
, wiison.
Bt MIKE FORBES
the structure for the ceremon-
tarn
Throughout the rites flashes
of brilliant sunshine came from
around sparse, light clouds, to
1-ImMam ln vltoa that marked
Wl4gUM.u ..... "
the endof years of labor and
planning. ,
in the crowd , or citizens
aatharari In front of the nlat-
form were representatives of
Stayton, Sublimity, west may
in AumaviUe. , Sclo. Marlon.
T.vnnf Mehama. Detroit, and
Idanha. In all, 2700 persons at-
tonriprt thu ceremonies ana in
spected the new building which
will be onen for business Mon-
Jiv Anril A
Louis Barr, who started the
first fund for - the institution,
stated that the new hospital is
a monument to copoeratlon by
community groups in the can
yon that is outstanding for its
achievement. Barr came from
Oakland to attend tne rues.
J. C. . Klmmel, iMill City,
nroslHont nf the board of di
rectors succeeding Walter Bell
original head of the group, ex
pressed the hope that the new
kn.niai wnnlH brine more
UWDyim ..ww-
doctors to the canyon provid
ing the residents wnn u-uer
medical care.
Walter W. R. May, Portland,
principal speaker, traced the
history oi tne movem-m ui
produced the hospital and
termed it an example of the re
sult of wholehearted commun
ity effort. -Short
talks also were given
t. T. m.ffs. Dr. N. E. Irvine,
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and Dr. H. . tncKson oi in
state board of health and Mrs.
Lile Wilt, superintendent of the
new hospital.
Staff doctors lniroaucea out
ing the ceremony were Dr.
Burl Betzer, Stayton, chair
man of the hospital meoicai
staff; Dr. R. A. Anderson, ur.
(Concluded on rage a. uonunn
Air Safety Meet
Berlin W The British an
nounced Monday that they will
mi with the Russians in East
Germany Tuesday night to dis
cuss ways of preventing sucn
at mrfcrienta - as me recent
ihiuiiina i4nwn ol a British
bomber by Soviet fighters over
Germany.
The announcement aaid the
nnfmnce will he held at the
headquarters of the S o v i t
Control Commission at x-ari-shorst.
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TnHtcatlns that further talks
i may follow, the British added
tVif th- location or tne next
meeting may be in the British
aactor nf Berlin." . , ',
r Informed sources -said tne
chief British representative
J .1.9 1 At mrorahal' CI Rnb-
ert Foster, commander of the
second Tactical Air Force in
Germany.
Ike Asks Study:
01 Taxation
aThe neutral ataU would
allow representatives of aaca
im fn jkvniain to -ntt nrumm
what their decision would
Like - their agreement last
week to exchange lick and
mnunri'eH nrlsoners. this in
AiimA a mflM conciliatory at
tf.-w-BW-n President titude. But Chou raised aoupta
... r - . ,.!),,,- lnB communists
Eisenhower, saying 7 "w.cc:t voluntary
to relieve tne peop.e u - - -j...... 4-,
"ZjrSrJSi. tait only issue blocking an arml-
l-4M
. i t-.-. 4. i.a moira 1 atice.
of achlevlnc sounder relations (Cnetaded s PawJ. Coasam I)
between the federal, state ana
local governments
In a anactal mASSaCe to the
lawmakers, the President aaid
.Vfl Mmm m aii snoulfl k COn-
ttA nn a atudv of federal
grants-in-aid to the states ana
the problems 01 nnance ana
federal - state relations ' in
volved in such grants.
He added! .
"The commission - should
study
ROK Repulses
Chinese Reds
Britain Recalls
Envoy to
TinHon lPl Informed Brit
ish sources said Monday Brlt
tain' ambassador to Moscow,
ct triirorv nncotrnp.. was hur
riedly summoned home to re
port on Russia's new "peace
offensive."
SI Alvarv. the sources add
ed, is expected to confer with
Prime Minister Winston unur-
chlll as well as Foreign secre
tary Anthony Eden.
In Moscow, an embassy
spokesman said Sir Alvary
would fly to the British capi
tal Tuesday morning. He was
expected to return to his Mos
cow post In "just a few days."
The embassy would not dis-
cnaa the reason for this mitck
recall of the ambassador. Ob
viously, however, It must be
very important, for only a few
days ego the f oreign uuice in-
strurteH .Ci Alvarv to cancel
the leave he had planned for
April 7 and remain on at his
post.
Seoul on i South Korean
troops threw back- a Chines
Red drive on Christmas Hill on
I h 'Eastern Front in a drivin
. coromissioa -. snuuiu - -- ,
.nd Tveatlaate all the 1 snowfall Monday M U, &
acUvltl in whlch MmA- aid Xort Vegaae wet
yards Deyona Auiea aavancet
Nustlfleatlo forrfedexal aid in SSenaTlinef on 850 yard
aU these fleldj,wnetner tnOT . HilL
t. f ! i sin m niner i . . . . . j .
w gifjsu .-- - . wmrn weax oi xae niuiuuiim
fields
"The whole question of fed
eral control of activitlea to
which the federal government
contributes must be thorough
ly examined." - v' t
FBI Says Reds
Underoroiind
Cake to Refuse
OOP Top Post
Portland (U.B Ralph . Cake,
former Oregon republican na
tional committeeman, wm iu
j4bv he would not consider ac
cepting the post of republican
national committeeman u
were offered him.
Cake was at his ranch near
Sisters, Ore., when contacted
but was too 111 to go to tne
phone. His wife, however, said
he told her he would- refuse
the position.
Cake was among several pro
minent party members men
tinned for the national post fol
lowing the resignation of C.
Wealev Rohert OX tianSBI.
"He said he will not take it
under any circumstances," Mrs.
ravtt sain- "we nan not neara
here that he even was under
consideration for the Job."
Cake, a Portlander, was
nrominent in the election of
President Elsenhower last No
vemher hut has reneatedlv de
clined any official post with
the new administration.
Mrs. Cake said her husband
was suffering from an attack
of liu.
Weather Details
Mailmnm mterdir. STl minimum lo-
Ssr, 41. Total 14'bor prMlplUlioat
.10) for monthl AMI nana!, 4.09. tea
ton praeiplutltta, M.Ml nnal. 8S.SS.
lnr btllhl, 4 ink (Baparl kr V.s.
WaaUitr Bama.)
Washington W FBI Dlrec-
. T VAoar Hoover has told
w4 w . - . -
congress communists have gone
underground, oroxen up raw
small cells of five persons each
and are running their own loy
alty checks. ' " .
That makes bis loo naraer,
he said, and he needs more
agents.
Members oi a senate appro
priations subcommittee, before
which Hoover testified last Frl-
Jaii nM Vrnnav the Eisen
hower administration has ap
proved without cuts tne
million dollars aliotea to tne
FBI In the budeet submitted by
fnrmer President Truman.
But these members, asking
not to ha named, nredicted that
Hoover will get an additional
five millions about that am
ount, larger to hire new aeents
Hoover is reported to have
told the committee that it has
become much more difficult to
keep tabs on the communists
because they have gone underground.
vrallev fimtth Korean drove
them back, killing or wounding
100 Chinese.
RntrencheH nirllll H
smouldering Vegas had won
back the outpost at dawn Son
day. after being knocked off
three times in the Beds- Biooay
snrlna- feeler drive on the West .
ern Front last week. .
Grimy and weary, the Leath
ernecks smashed a thmee-prong-ed
Red drive on Vegas lato
ftnnriav and brake? un a Red
force massing for another at
tack during tne nignt witn
thundering curtain of artillery
fire.
Officials Wary
Ike Plans Slash in
Foreign Aid Funds
Washington. 'M President
Elsenhower was reported by
congressional leaders Monday
to ba planning a cut in foreign
aid spending.
Senate Renuhllcan Leader
Taft (Ohio) and House Speak
er Martin (R., Mass.) said
there has been no determina
tion yet on the amount of the
cut, but that there definitely
will be a reduction from the
IVa hllllnn dollars nrorioscd
bv the Truman administration
for foreign aid In the fiscal
vcar bcslnnlns next Julv 1.
Tart ana Martin neia a news
conference Immediately after
Elsenhower.
Taft - aa(H Mutual Secnrltv
Director Harold E. Stassen is
having a study made to find
out whether 10 billion dollars
In foreign aid carry-over funds
can be cut.
RintMn aat tn with tha con.
gressional leaders at their con.
ference with Eisenhower.
Taft and Martin also an
nounced:
1. The President would fend
to Conoress later in the day
a special message asking
creatlnn nf a commission to
study federal-state relations on
such matters as taxes, grant in
aid ana social security. r.isen
hnwer told his news confer.
ence last week it would be the
1nh of the nrooosed commis
sion to eliminate waste and
duplication.
2. The President will sign
later this week an executive
order to strip civil service pro
tection from several nunarea
federal government policy
making officials appointed by
Democratic administrations.
OI Reds' Offer
Waahlno-tnn (1MB The State -
Department said today top of
ficials will take a long, hard .
look at Red China's offer to
compromise on the sticky pris
oner Issue that ruptured Kore
an truce negotiations. '
until an omciai report or
Red Chinese Premier Chou
En-Lal's new "offer" is deliv
ered here, spokesmen said,
there will be no official com
ment. The White House said Presi
dent Eisenhower is "follow.
Ing" Far Eastern develop
ments. The State Department
press officer, Lincoln White,
said he did not know whether
Gen. Mark W. Clark, United
Natlnna commander in the Far
East, has been given any new
Instructions since he was told
during the week-end to pro
ceed with negotiation for ex
change of sick and wounded
prisoners.
Senate Republican Leader
Robert A. Taft told newsmen
"It looks as if the Chines
Communists are inclined to be
more peaceful." But he aaid
Chou' statement should be
studied carefully.
Armv Officers Want 4
To Get Closer to Bomb
Las Vegas, Nev. UJ0 Two
atomic age infantry officers
want to sit out an atomic test
blast from a distance of only '
2,000 yords 800 yards closer
than they were in last Tues
day's explosion.
hi. coi. uon uavii, oi sneu
Beach, Calif., and Capt. Rob
art VI Pnlller nf Tlnttle f"W
Mich., said yesterday they art
-very anxious to undergo
more test blasts, possibly an
air drop or an atomic artillery
shell.
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