1.-. j .kA'jijji').;
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY tonight,
Saturday. LitUe change la
temperature. Low tonight, 18:
high Saturday, 60.
Bill to Nullify
Court Ruling
On Milk Sales
Committee to Decide
Whether Measure Can
' Be Considered
By JAMES D. OLSON
committee are scheduled to
meet late Friday to determine
. if a proposed bill which would,
in effect, nullify the reoent su
preme court decision on milk
distribution in Salem, will be
allowed to be introduced In the
senate,
The majority decision of the
supreme court held that Safe
way stores could purchase raw
lWjlk in the Salem area from
producers who have allotments
in the Salem milk pool, ship
this milk to Portland for pro
cessing, and return to Salem
for sale to customers.
This decision overruled a
previous order of the state milk
administrator ruling that the
procedure sought by Safeway
could not be carried out,
. Bill
; The bill which is now iri the
hands of the rules committee
was offered by the state depart
ment of agriculture and the
senate committee on agricul
ture requested clearance for
the bill from the rules commit
tee.'.
A discrepancy in the price of
. .qmb mail, nf mfllr Histol.
. buted in Portland and in Sa
lem has been revealed by mem-
luirs nff thft lptfislntlire.
TTnripi an nrHpr issued hv the
milk administrator last Decem
beymilk distributed in the Sa
lenr area is placed in two cate
onrlAR. th first belnff milk with
3.5 per cent butterfat and the
second, milk. with 4.0 per cent
butter fat.
Prices ' established by the
milk administrator for Salem
requires wya ueuis uer quart
as the retail price of milk of
0.a per cent uuneriub vumciit,
" and 23 cents for milk of 4.0
butterfat.
(Concluded on Face 8, Column 0)
Favors Merger
A proposed constitutional
amendment to allow consolida-
tion of the Multnomah County
and Portland city government
was approved . Friday by the
Senate State and Federal Af
fairs Committee.
At the same time, the com
mittee buried measures to con
solidate the 36 counties into
eight counties; abolish the of
fice of county sheriff in all
counties, and to require that
Multnomah, Lane and Marion
Counties must each have one
commisioner from outside the
largest cities in those counties.
All the measures were intro
duced by Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger, Portland Democrat.
Of the seven members of the
committee, only three voted for
the resolution to consolidate
Multnomah County and Port-,
land governments. The three
are Sen. Phil Brady, Portland;
Truman A. Chase, Eugene, and
Stewart Hardie, Condon. -
flayer of Five
Rejects Help
Dubuque, la. OT An 18-year-old
confessed slayer of five
persons remained adamant in
refusing his father's pleas to ac
cent leaal counsel today as au
thorities in at least two states
prepared to ask the youm s ex.
trnHltlnn.
' But the father, Mose McMa
nus, Valley Stream, Long
Island, brewery executive, af
ter a third visit with his son
Fred Eugene, said the boy's at
titude had changed consiuer
"Now he is more like his
true self to his dad," the elder
McManus said.
He added, however, his son
still would not let him retain
an nttnrnev.
"The family can use the
money better than I can," the
youth asserted. "I'll wait and
let the coun appoun
hsv fnr me."
m, fnihpr said that although
his son told him he "should go
back to the family," he will
stay on here as long as there
1 is a chance that he can be help
ful.
Weather Details
Bmrttt.)
65th
School Bill
Endorsed by
Senale Group
Major Change
Made in Order to
Meet Objectives
By PAUL HABVEY JR.
(AiiMlated Pnu CorrMpondnt)
. The school reorganisation
bill was endorsed C to 1 Friday
by the Senate Education Com
mittee, which made a major
change In the measure In order
to meet objections.
The committee changed the
voting procedure on school dis
trict consolidations, hoping it
would win support of those op
ponents who fear that big dis
tricts would swallow up the
little districts.
The Senate probably will
vote on the bill Tuesday.
Purpose of the bill, drafted
by the committee after 80
days of hard work and study,
is to speed up the consolidation
ot school districts, and thus
wipe out many Inefficient dis
tricts. . '
. A similar bill was passed by
the 1851 Legislature. But the
State Grange referred it to the
(Conceded en Page 8, Column. I)
Record Easter
Business Seen
New York OT From coast
to coast, big city department
stores and neighborhood spe
cialty shops were betting Fri
day on an all-time high in
Easter retail business.
All major shopping areas
expect to do better than last
Easter, the latest surveys in
dicate. '
Total dollar volume of re
tail trade for the week ended
Wednesday is estimated by
Dun & Brads treet at from five
to nine per cent higher than
a year ago.
Mew England and the East
gained three to seven per
cent in the D. It B, survey;
the midwest five to nine per
cent; the south six to 10 per
cent; northwest four to eight
per cent; southwest seven to
11 per cent, and Pacific coas
five to nine per cent.
Pelton Dam up
Again Tuesday
The House State and Federal
Affairs Committee will hold
meetings next Tuesday after
noon on the Pelton Dam and
civil rights bills.
The meeting on the Pelton
bill, which would allow court
appeals from decisions by the
Hydroelectric Commission, will
be held at 1 p.m. The bill was
defeated by the House, and then
reconsidered.
The committee will Invite
representatives of the Portland
General Electric company,
Fish and Game Commissions,
and the Izaak Walton League
to appear.
At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, it will
hear limited testimony on the
Senate-approved civil rights
bill, which would make it ille
gal for public eating, lodging
and amusement places to dis
criminate against minority
groups.
Merchants
Parking Meter Hike
Salem's Downtown Mer
chants Assn. today declared its
opposition to a plan for secur
ing additional city revenue by
boosting the minimum parking
meter fee from one cent to
five. The voice vote which fol
lowed a spirited discussion at
the Hotel Senator this noon
was unanimous.
Merchants who spoke out
against the budget committee's
DroDOsal for raising I25.0U0
deemed necessary to balance
the new budget said they sym
pathized with the city's needs,
but that this is the wrong way
to get it.
They were told by Mayor Al
Loucks and Dan Fry, chairman
of the budget committee, that
If the parking meter fee is not
boosted it will be necssary to
increase the property millage,
which will require a vote at a
special election. Loucks ex
pressed doubt that such a levy
would carry.
In answer to questions as to
why city costs keep going up
the mayor declared that Salem
Capital A Journal
Year, No. 80
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55,000 Out in
Rubber Strike
(BrTln AMOoUUdFTtu)
Two strikes which have
made idle some 85,000 work
ers in rubber and steel plants
continued Friday as negotiators
planned new attempts to end
the crippling Walkouts.
The strike against the U. S.
Rubber Co. spread to the firm's
19th plant Thursday night as
3,000 CIO union rubber work
ers loined some 32,000 other
members who struck earlier in
the day.
In Pittsburgh, top federal
mediators were seeking to end
a strike of 1,500 Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen which
has resulted ki the layoff by
U. S. Steel of nearly 50,000
workers. The work stoppage
which started Monday also has
crippled the corporation's steel
production.
New and continuing strikes
in other Industries across the
country involve more than
20,000 workers, putting the na
tion's idle because of labor dis
putes above 100,000. ;
Favored by Ike
Washington OT President
Eisenhower apparently is
olannine to ask congress to
authorize a special commission
to study trade and tariff pol
icy and its effects on interna
tional relations.
Hiuhlv placed sources, who
may not be named, said the
White House will send a spe
cial message on the subject
to Capitol Hill in a short time.
The administration was pic
tured as , concerned with this
basic conflict of Interest:
1. Many influential repub
lican congressmen are anxious
to tighten tariff barriers
against imports of foreign
goods which they say are
hurting American industry.
2. American allies abroad,
however, are eager for lower
tariffs and reduced trade re
strictions so they can sell more
goods here and relieve their
critical shortage of dollars.
This is the "trade, not aid"
idea urged upon Eisenhower
in recent conferences with
leaders from Britain and
France.
Protest
is growing and must make pub
lic improvements. "You will
never find governmental costs
stationary in a growing city,'
ha nfrtoH. '
Speaking against the hike In
meter fees were Morrell Crary,
Adorph Greenbaum, Dave
Holtzman, John Adlon, Sid
Stevens, Harold Buslck and
others. The prevailing view of
fered was that raising added
revenue in this manner is dis
criminatory, aimed at one class
of persons, the patrons of the
downtown business places, who
will resent it and tend to
transfer their business else
where. Danger that a shift of traffic
and business toward the edges
of the town may lower proper
ty values and assessments for
tax purposes was also ex
pressed.
The merchants refused to be
drawn into suggesting other
means of securing the needed
revenue, which most speakers
appeared to recognize the city
needs. Dhat, they insisted, is
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(Concluded en Pace 5, Column I)
Soltm, Oregon, Friday, April 3, 1953,
HOSPITAL BUILDING STARTS
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: Ground was broken in a ceremony today for the new
$250,000 wing at Salem Memorial Hospital on South Winter
street. Shown turning the first spade of earth is. Mayor Al
Loucks, with member of the hospital board and staff
among the spectators.
Ground Broken for
New Hospital Wing
Ground was broken at 11:80
a.m. today for construction of
the new wing at Salem Memor
ial hospital on South Winter
street and building operations
started immediately.
The first dirt was turned in
a ceremonial in which Mayor
Al Loucks lifted the first spade
ful of earth, and then each
Middle West
V (BT The AHMUMd mu)
' There was a variety of bad
weather over Western and
mid-continent areas Friday
rain, snow, wind and dust
storms. It also was a little chil
ly in some of the storm-swept
swtions." r:-sirv'
Most of the rest of the coun
try had nearly normal spring
weather, with a few wet spou
in the South and Northeast.
Early morning minimum
mercury readings were below
freezing as far south as North
ern Oklahoma. A bone-chilling
low mark of 9 degrees above
zero was recorded at Laramie,
Wyo.
Cold air, pushed by. strong
northerly winds, extended
southward through Oklahoma
and into northern parts of
Texas and New Mexico. ; I
Rain Possible
Easter Sunday
Salter Sunday lust could
have some rain, if one inter
prets the weather bureau pre
diction In one way.
The five-day forecast out
Friday talks of some rain by
Sunday and again on Tuesday.
Temperatures are due to be
slightly above normal.
From the coast, too, comes
word that an ocean storm head
ing toward the inland could
bring rain by Sunday.
Forecast for tonight is for
partly cloudiness with temper
atures continuing about as they
are for Friday.
. Friday morning was consid
erably warmer than for the
past few mornings, a low of
44 being listed.
9 Percent Cut in
McKay's Budget
Washington, OT Secretary
of the Interior . McKay said
Friday he has recommended
am-omiatlon of $553,105,100
for his department for the year
starting July 1. This would
be nearly nine per cent less
than the $607,251,400 proposed
by President Truman in Jan
uary-
Department officials ex
plained that in both' instances
the totals were for appropria
tions from treasury general
funds and did not Include ex.
nenditures to be made from a
number of revolving and con
tinuing funds.
McKay said he could not
break down his proposed budg
et at this time to show how the
$54,146,300 reduction was
spread through the deartment.
It was reported a big part
of the cut had been applied to
the reclamation bureau.
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member of the hospital board
followed In turn,
Charles H. Heltzel, state pub
lic utilities commissioner, who
is chairman of the .hospital
board, was master or cere
monies. The prayer of dedica
tion was made by F. F. Wedel,
who was hospital manager
from 1921 to 1947. He is the
father of Irwin F. Wedel, who
Is now superintendent. ;
Anions other interesting per
sons attending was Sister Anna
Doerksen Hayward, one ot the
three Mennonite Sisters who
started the hospital In 1916,
She is still on the hospital
staff,
The new wing will give the
hospital a total of 147 beds,
It will loin the present build
ing on the south side, will be
three stories high with dimen
sions 46 by 86 feet and will be
of reinforced : concrete ' con
struction.
The cost will be $350,000.
Of this amount $90,000 was a
government grant, part is from
the hospital's own resources,
and part from the campaign
that benefitted both Salem Me
morial hospital and Salem Gen
eral hospital. The latter is now
constructing a new building.
Architect for the Salem Me
morial is James L. Payne and
the contractor is A. V. Peter
son Construction company of
Portland.
British Jets on
Tokyo Flights
London OT British Overseas
Airways opened its fourth and
longest jet airline route Friday
as a Comet took off from Lon
don airport for Tokyo, half a
world away.
The flight, which began at
9 a.m. (1 a.m. PST), was sched
uled to cover the 10,000 mile
route in 36 hours 50 hours
less than other BOAC Tokyo
flights.
BOAC Chairman Sir Miles
THomas said the opening of the
fourth route marked comple
tion of a program for use of
the Series I model of the Co
met. He said the speedy trans
ports already are operating
"with full satisfaction and a
great, saving of time" to Jo
hannesburg, Ceylon and Singa
pore. GOP Chief up
To Committee
Washington U.I0 President
Eisenhower has passed selec
tion of a new republican na
tional commtltee chairman to
his political advisers, subject
to final White House okay.
Choice will be made here by
the national committee one
week from today. Mr. Eisen
hower hopes all hands will be
agreed on the new man some
days prior to the meeting. If
no agreemnet Is reached, the
alternatives will be a head-on
contest when the committee
meets for a personal choice by
the president.
This pattern emerged from
yesterday's political field day
at the White House. Mr. Els
enhower topped a political
day with a news conference
outline of his strategy to win
the 1954 congressional elec
tions.
Price 5c
NOD3HO aNons;
EQwaie
For Sick POW
Hospitals Hastily
Prepared Hair Mile
From Truce Camp
' Freedom Tillage, Kerea OT
A tent Tillace sprang Bp Fri
day near Munsaa to receive Al
lied sick and wounded prison
ers If the Communists return
them.
U.S. Marine engineers work
ed u n d e r floodlights through
the night to finish the hospital
village a half-mile from the
United Nations armistice camp.
The village is divided into
two sections one a processing
area made up of prefabricated
buildings and tents, the other
for the 45th Mobile Army sur
gical hospital. t .
Bed Unit for Wounded
Capt. Vernon C, Sorensen of
Pasadena, Calif., adjutant of
the 45th Mobile Hospital, said
the 60-bed unit would care for
tile first Allied prisoners re
leased by the Communists.
Twelve doctors, 12 nurses
and scores ot medical corpsmen
will man the hospital, com
manded by Col. Charles E.
Holingsworth of Ft. Sam Hous
ton, Tex.
(Continued en Fags S, Column 1)
Stassen Agrees
With McCarthy
Washington OT Mutual Se
curity Director Harold E. Stas
sen said Friday he thoroughly
agrees with President Elsen
hower's position on the contro
versial efforts by Sen. McCar
thy to curb free world trade
with communist nations.
Talking to White House
newsmen after a cabinet meet
ing. Stassen said In reply to a
question that specifically he
agreed .with Elsenhower that It
would have been better for
him to have used the word
"infringe" instead of ' saying
the Wisconsin senator had "un
dermined" government policy,
Stassen told McCarthy's gov
ernment operations s u b c o m-
mittee on Monday that Mc
Carthy had undermined gov
ernment efforts to shut off
trade with Iron Curtain ports
The subcommittee has been
getting pledges from Greek
shop owners not to trade with
Red China and North Korea.
Adenauer Foe
Steps Up Fight
Bonn,' Germany, OT Foes of
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
seized on Moscow's new "peace
offensive" Friday to step up
their fight against his plan to
rearm West Germany as parti
of the Western defense front.
West Germany's neutralist
"All-German People's Party"
demanded that the West accept
Russia's gestures " as a last
chance for peaceful agree
ment."
The neutralists also accused
Adenauer and the Western Al
lies of having spoiled some
previous Russian overtures by
setting too high a price for
negotiations.
But from the German gov
ernment side came a warning
that "the cold war has by no
means ended" and that the
changes for a real settlement
with Moscow "can come only
through further strengthening
of the West."
Good Friday Ser vices
Staged in St Peters
Vatican City OT Grief
key-noted Good Friday serv
ices in St. Peter's Basilica Fri
day as Roman Catholics com
memorated the most solemn
event ot Holy Week Christ's
death on the cross.
Thousands of pilgrims and
tourists from many lands,
speaking a hushed babel of
languages, streamed slowly and
steadily into the great basilica,
where Federlco Cardinal Ted
eschtnl officiated at the mourn
ful mass ot the "presanctlfled"
host.
There were small pilgrim.
ages from France, Sweden,
Germany, Belgium, England,
the United States, Canada,
Denmark, Austria and many
other countries. There were
U. S. troops from NATO's
Embrace in
Car Costly
For Woman
' Dallas, Or. OT A woman
living on a Dallas rural rout
pent few day in Jail here
before a flue was paid on
, her justice court conylctlon
under the law prohibiting
driving car with a "person
or other enenmbranee in lap
or embrace." .
The testimony, said Sher
iff Tony Neufeldt, was that
the encumbrance was per
son and In embrace. He said
when the woman, Jewell D.
Crockett, S3, Route t, was
Jailed here, it was the first
sueh prisoner held on that
charge In his recollection, ;
- He said she was fined $tS
and $4.50 cost by Justice El
mer D. Cook at West Salem,
on a state police arrest Aft
er serving four days at $2 a
day, the, remaining $M.5,
was paid by her sister and
aha was released. x -
Favor Hall as
GOP Chairman
Garden City, N. Y. OT J.
Russell Sprague. , Republican
national committeeman from
New York, announced Friday,
his support ot former congress
man Leonard W. Hall for Re
publican national chairman.
The endorsement cleared a
major obstacle In Hairs path.
Sprague and Gov. Thomas I,
Dewey had been reported at
odds with Hall since the 1948
presidential , campaign, which
Dewey lost. '
Sprague said he would try
to arrange a conference with
Gov, ' Dewey,1 the state chair
man and Republican national
commlttee-woraan to o b t a 1 n
their support. -
Hall was chairman of the
Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee in 1932.
He was active in President El
senhower's train campaign. He
avoided endorsing a preaiden
tial candidate -during the pre-
convention battle. -
' In Garden City, N. VI; News
day, a Long Island dally news
paper, said a telephone check
of 22 Republican Jtate chair
men and : national committee
members "disclosed over
whelming support" of Hall,
Gruenifier Sees
Red Deception
Washington AMD Gen; Al
fred M. Gruenther, chief of
staff to Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, said today that Rus
sia is making "a major effort
to oscillate the United States
from its sllies."
Gruenther discussed the
Russian peace offensive at a
news conference. He said the
Soviet move may be "legiti
mate or it may not." Dealing
with it, he added, will be one
of the biggest problems Amer
ica and its allies have to face
in the coming days.
President Eisenhower mean
while has indicated he will
Judge the sincerity of the com
munist peace campaign by the
outcome of next week's nego
tiations in Korea tor exchange
of sick and wounded prison
ers, . . ,
No Free China Sellout,
U. S. Ambassador Says
Taipeh, Formosa OT U. S.
Ambassador Karl L. Rankin de
clared today an armistice in
Korea will not "be followed by
a sell-out of Free China."
Rankin told a news confer
ence President Elsenhower al
ready has made clear that there
wiU be "no breaking ot faith
with our friends."
Southern Command and from
Trieste.
Their shiny brass buttons
were about the only bright bits
in the basilica, normally
glowing blaze of light and color
for religious ceremonies which
are among the world's most
brilliant spectacles.
There was none of that Fri
day. No candle was lighted.
the great papal altar washed
with wine and vinegar in Holy
Thursday's ceremony was bare.
Deep purple hid the basili
ca s mosiacs. Purple cloth cov
ered the crucifixes.
Cardinal Tedeschlnl led a
procession to the "sepulcher,1
where had been placed amidst
a few flowers a host, the
wafer symbolizing the body of
Christ, consecrated at Thurs-
day's mass.
FINAL
EDITION
Wcsllicp:::!
Of Real Truce
Korean Uc? .
Signs of Conciliation
From Moscow Creates
Cautious Optimism
' (Br Tb SikxIiX rrwt)
The Western world saw far-
ther signs ot conciliation from - -
Moscow oa Good Friday and :
hoped at long last the earn
munlsts were matching words
wun deeds that weald laswr
peace. There was eaatlea p
fumsm almost everywhere.
Moscow's surprlat package
of the day was the announce- -
ment of the release of 14 Fren
ch civilians Interned by the
communists la Korea. Tha
Frenchmen were captured te
Seoul at the outbreak of the
war and Included some mem
bers of tha Seoul consulate
Staff, ;:.' ' .tfVS-rM?:,;..
Conciliation Gesture r
The move was viewed in
Paris as still another concilia-
tion gesture in the communist
world's currant peace cam
paign. Soviet leaden have of-
fered to help obtain the release
ot British civilians held te
North Korea. .
In Korea, tha United Nations :
command rushed plant for the
possible quick 'return of afck
and wounded Allied prisoners
ot war. Negotiators meet Mon
day to arrange the transfer,
and if all goes well further
steps toward an armistice may
be discussed, V ,
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14 Frenchman
Freed in Korea
Paris OT The French' Tor-
elgn Office said Friday that U
French civilians ' Interned' by
the Communists in Korea hava ;
been liberated and will arrive
soon in Moscow. . - - '
' The Foreign - Office 'amid
that the director of the Soviet
Foreign Office's Western Zu
ropesn Division had confirmed '
the release of the French civil
ians to France's ambassador in
Moscow, Louis Joxe.
The move was viewed here
as still another conciliation
gesture in the Communist
world's current ' peace cam
paign. ;
. The Foreign Office said it
did not have a list of the civil
ians released but they probably
Included members of the Seoul . '.
consulate staff and a French
newspaper correspondent of tha :
French Press Agency, Maurice
Chanteloup.
The consulate staff was
headed by Consul M. Perrlche.
The Frenchmen were captured
in Seoul at the outbreak of tha
Korean War.
Ike Awaiting
Washington ' tJJB President
Elsenhower will Judge tha
sincerity of the fast-moving
communist "peace campaign" "
by the outcome of next week's
negotiations In Korea for ex
change of sick and wounded
war prisoners. -
If the communists actually
deliver allied prisoners and
then agree to a final Korean
armistice, Mr. Eisenhower
will bo in a mood to consider
high-level talks with Russia
on other cojd war issues. ,
Ike . Encourages Moves .
Diplomatic circles .agreed
that this attitude of the presi
dent could be discerned from
his remarks at a news confer-
ence yesterday.
He said the United States
hopes that an exchange of skk
and wounded war prisoners
will be quickly accomplished.
Such an agreement, he a&m,
would be heartily welcomed
by this government as a clear
Indication that deeds rather
than words are coming into
fashion with the communists.
Mrs. Clare Luce
Leaving for Italy
Sincerity Test
Washington OT Mrs. Clara
Booth Luce, the new ambassa
dor to Italy, had a talk with
President Elsenhower Friday -and
said he urged her to work
hard toward "drawing the Ital
ian people and all the people
of Western Europe closer to us
in friendship."
Mrs. Luce called at tha
White House to pay her re-
spects before leaving for Italy
I on her new assignment.
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