THE WEATHER.
MOSTLY CLOUDY tonight,
loody with occasional win!
Thursday. LUtie .hint e In tern-
Stale Building
Program Cut
To $8 Million
$30 Million Program
Slashed Hospital )
.Gets Priority
V - By JAMES D. OLSON
A state building program to
, jaUng $8,137,000 was approved
Wednesday by the Joint ways
means committee by
unanimous vote of Its nine
, members. . i
" . Under the program, which
had been recommended by a
sub-committee on bu i 1 d 1 n g s
r which has met dally for the past
; 10 days, provides $3,827,000
i'or the state board of control's
jy building program with first pri-
orlty given to a new wing to
the old hospital building at the
, state hospital In Salem at an
estimated cost of $1,600,000..
Also approved bv the mm.
mittee was the erection of an
Intermediate institution to be
: constructed in Salem, for
younger prisoners at the state
penitentiary and older boys at
MacLaren school for boys at
. wooaourn at a cost of $1,250..
uuu,
Intermediate Prison
. senator Howard Bolton,
chairmsv of the buildine com.
. mittee, Informed the members
. of the joint committee that
Governor Paul L. Patterson
had spoken to officials of the
federal prisons as well as War
den Gladden, and it was the
consensus of opinion that a
suitable Institution to meet the
neeas coma De build for the
approved sum. '
Chairman Belton said the
committee had stipulated to the
board of control that Ward 28
at the state hospital, a building
condemned by the fire marshal,
must be abandoned when the
new whig of the hospital is
completed..
Portland Hospital '
In addition the Joint board
approved $250,000 for acquir
ing of a site and drafting plans
for a domicllitary hospital near
Portland. It was announced
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column S)
upncai price
Ad Bill Killed
A bill which would prohibit
advertising of prices on optical
goods by opticians was tabled
in the senate health commit
tee Tuesday by a vote of five
to two.
The bill, supported by the
licensed optometrists, brought
opposition from radio and
newspaper representatives,
who held that there was no
evidence resented to show a
need for the legislation.
Carl Webb, secretary of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
association, said that if it was
felt that abuses are occurring
In the state in the sale of opti
cal goods, the legislature
should license opticians and
lens makers and not attempt
to regulate them by restrictive
advertising.
Dr. L. R. Burdette of Salem,
declared the bill was aimed at
fly-by-night operators who set
up street level operations with
a "stooge" who was a licensed
optometrist with offices up
stairs. The "victim", Dr. Bur
fcdette declared was rushed up
to the "stooge" where he was
given a superficial eye exami
nation, a 'prescription which
the Salem optometrist said was
filled by the Itinerant opera
tor at cut prfces.
Gladden to Run
Stale Prison
The new warden of the stale
; penitentiary, Clarence T. Glad
den, wiU get full authority to
i run the penitentiary as soon as
Gov. Paul L. Patterson signs
the bill abolishing the position
; of prison superintendent.
The House passed a Senate
bill Tuesday to abolish the
, dual control system of running
the Institution that has pre-
vailed for two years.
Under that system, Prison
". Supt. George Alexander ran
; the business end of the prison,
and ex-Warden Virgil O'Mal
ley had charge of custooy.
Under the new system, Glad-
den will be top man, and un
, der him will be a business man
ager and two deputy wardens.
;;The prison now has only one
'.deputy warden.
Since the bill contains an
emergency clause, it will be
come law on the day the gover-
nor sign It. On that day, Alex
! ander will go on retirement.
65th
OK Teacher
Training Plan
For Colleges
Ways and Means
Approve Anderson
Program Report
After a spirited debate the
joint ways and means commit
tee Wednesday approved the
teacher training program for
the Colleges of Education as
embodied in the so-called An
derson report to the board of
higher education.
The committee also ap
proved, in a divided vote, four-
year liberal arts program and
full teacher training for ele
mentary and secondary teach
ers at Portland state college..
Inclusion of . liberal arts
courses at the colleges of ed
ucation at Monmouth. Ashland
and La Grande was vigorously
opposed by Senator Dean
Walker of Independence.
Opposed by Walker
Senator Walker condemned
the Anderson report on the
grounds that it was too nar
row and was written by persons
interested in teacher training
omy ana not in other impor
tant aspects of education.
Both Sen. Walker and Sen.
Howard Belton of Canby op
posed extension of four-year
program at Oregon State, in
sisting that the state owed
something to the private col
leges of the state.
At Low Ebb Now
"Enrollment In colleges is
at a low ebb now," Senator
Walker said. "We are told that
there will be a large increase
in enrollment In the colleges
10 years from now ,but that Is
a long time. In the meantime,
It would be a sorry day for
Oregon if our private educa
tional institutions were forced
to close up."
(Concluded on Pare 5, CoL 7)
Publicity Bill
Ruled Illegal
The Legislature recalled.
weanesaay tne wu to open up
the welfare rolls to inspection
after Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton advised Gov. Pat
terson the bill is unconstitu
tional. Thornton-ruled that the bill
discriminates against newspa
pers by barring them from nub-
lishi'ng'the lists, while letting
radio stations broadcast the
names. .
Sponsors of the bill will cor
rect it and try to speed it
through both houses again.
Before the bill actually was
recalled from the governor, the
Joint Ways and Means Com
mittee voted to correct it, by
applying the publication ban to
radio stations, also.
Gov. Patterson called in the
sponsors Wednesday morning
and advised them to take the
bill back into the Legislature
lor correction. '
Thornton said that nine states
have passed similar legislation
to make the welfare rolls pub
lic, but that only Alabama pro
hibits newspapers from pub
lishing the names.
QUIET MAN' WAS WOMAN
Grimsey, England u.R) John
Wilson, 62, a "quiet man" who
worked as a cook at the Salva
tion Army hostel here for 25
years actually was a woman,
an autopsy disclosed yester
day. .
Weather Details
Maximum vetlerdtr. Mi minimum .
dir. 84. Total 24-honr preclplUtltn:
tncet for montht .09i normal, 1.27. Sea
ion precipitation, 86.70 1 normal, 83.77.
River heltht, .5 f a foot, (Report by
U.S. Weather Barest!.)
Senate Croup Votes
To Kill Building Grab
Working speedily the sen
ate's committee on welfare and
institutions voted out a con
stitutional amendment to make
placement of state buildings
throughout the state a political
football, with a do-not-pass re
port. The committee was divided
3 to 2 with Senators Lamport
of Salem, Lowell Steen of
Pendleton and Charles Binger
of La Grande voting for the
majority report to kill the
measure. Voting in the minor
ity, for passage of the amend
ment were Senators Pat Lon
crgan of Portland and Ben
Day of Medford.
The constitutional measure
was passed Tuesday in the
house after the house had
voted down a majority do-not-pass
report,
Year, No. 90 SS?J2Z Salem, Oregon,
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Marble Soon
To Be on Way
. The first carload of marble
for use on the exterior of the
new Marion county courthouse
is expected to leave the quarry
in the state of Vermont within
the next two weeks, Claude
Post of the contracting firm of
Viesko and Post informed the
county court Wednesday.
Post urged that immediate
action be taken concerning the
inscription that will be made
on the slab of marble that will
face the cornerstone since the
first carload is expected to con
tain marble that will be used on
the wing that will contain the
cornerstone.
Judge Rex Hartley indicated
he would get in touch with the
architects immediately. The
inscription . will - include the
words "Marion County Court
House; 1954.1. .uLi
The matter of laying the
cornerstone will be determined
by the contractors.
A bronze plaque, on which
names of members of the coun
ty court, the contractors and
architects will be inscribed,
will be placed In one of the
corridors of the building.
Chaplin Plans
To Stay Abroad
Washington W British
movie comedian Charlie Chap
lin has surrendered his U. S
re-entry permit, indicating he
does not intend to resume resi
dence in " is country.
.The action was announced
Wednesday by the Justice De
partment. The department last
year posted a stop order
against Chaplin at all Ameri
can ports, after he had gone to
Europe on a visit.
That order, made effective
by former Attorney General
James P. McGranery, requires
that the actor submit to re
examination upon his return,
to establish his readmissibility
to the United States.
Attorney General Brownell
said, however, that he has
been informed by the State
Department that when Chap
lin was in Geneva, Switzer
land last Friday he voluntari
ly surrendered his re-entry
permit to U. S. State Depart
ment authorities there.
The bill reached the senate
later in the day and was refer
red to the senate committee
who went into immediate ses
sion Wednesday. The two re
ports will be up for considera
tion of the senate Thursday.
Members of the committee
made it plain it was displeased
with the house in referring the
action to the senate so late
In the session.
Senator Steen declared, "It
was a mistake for the house to
sit on something like this for
so long, and give it to us In
the final dates."
"The house has had it since
January 19," he added. .
Senator Binger said that the
late hour puts the senate "un
der the gun."
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Boulders in large numbers, some of them at much as
10 feet, in diameter, were encountered by workmen en
gaged in lowering the grade for the new elementary school
on South 12th Street. "'
Huge Rocks Unearthed
In School Excavation
One of the toughest jobs of
excavation in connection with
the building programs of the
Salem public schools has been
encountered on the Morning
side site where contractors are
engaged in lowering the grade
about five feet. , -
Hundreds of boulders, many
of them eight' and' 10 feet in
diameter, have been encount
ered as the work progresses.
The job is nearing completion
and it is expected the ground
will be ready shortly, for the
placing of foundations of the
new elementary school.
The school board- purchas
ed 10 acres of land for the pro-
$ft7t,O00Xul
Oil BPA Budget
Washington (U.B Testimony
before the House Apprpriations
committee published today dis
closed that the Interior depart
ment has cut $2,671,000 from
the Bonneville Power admin
istration's budget for the year
beginning July 1st.
The Bonneville' budget was
submitted to Congress by form
er President Truman.
Dr. Paul J. Raver, agency
administrator, testified that
Bonneville itself had saved $1,-
000,000 during fiscal 1953,
which would be available for
use in carrying out the 1954
program.
Atomic Plant
Strike Ended
Albuquerque, N. M. UP) A
walkout of 2,500 workers at
Sandia Base, sprawling atomic
center: was called off Wednes
day when Sandia Corporation
and union representatives
reached an interim agreement.
Leaders of the two unions
Involved said they' would no
tify pickets on duty at the three
main gates by noon to return
to work.
Details of the interim agree
ment were not made public,
ment were not' made pub
But the issues at stake have not
been settled. A. C; McGraw,
international representative of
the AFL International Associa
tion of Machinists, said negotia
tions on a new union contract
will continue.
No disturbances were re
ported at the atomic center
where atomic weapons are as
sembled. Members of the Atomic Pro
jects and Production Workers
Metal Trades Council AFL and
local 251, Office Employes In
ternational Union AFL took
the strike vote Tuesday night.
They seek a 25 cent an hour
wage increase, a union shop
and protection of vacation ben
efits. .
DETECTIVE BURGLARIZED
Detroit U.B William D.
Clinton said he woke up yes
terday to find his six-room
flat had been burglarized while
he, his wife and three child
ren were asleep. Clinton is a
detective assigned to the spe
cial investigation bureau.
Wednesday, April ""
til
twyiiiniHiif
ject several months ago. It is
hoped : to have the building
ready for the opening of classes
next fall
Wednesday the contractors
had three large power-operat
ed shovels, two big bulldozers,
an air compressor and a large
crew of men working to re
move the boulders and earth.
The air compressor is used
to drill holes in the larger
boulders which are then crack
ed by the use of explosives.
Many of the huge rocks have
been shoved to the lower ele
vation of the property for fill
purposes. Many truckloads of
others have been hauled to the
Candalaria school site; -'
. . .ThsNMorhingside schoolis
located atop the hill south of
Salem on the 12th street cut
off. Heavy traffic that current
ly exists there is expected to
subside materially when the
by-pass being constructed east
of Salem is completed.
10 Escape Fire,.
$2 100 Cash Lost
Oregon City W Fire early
Wednesday leveled a farm
house and in the process de
stroyed $2,100 in cash that was
to have been used later in the
day to pay off part of a mort
gage. No one was hurt, but Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Johnson and their
eight children, aged 1 to 20,
had to flee to escape the flames.
A daughter, Lillie. 7. who
had been bedridden for 14
months with rheumatic fever,
walked out unaided in the ex
citement. The Clackamas county sher
iff's office reported about $3,-
500 total insurance on the
house southeast of here and
furnishings. All furnishings
were new last fall.
Johnson said he had had
$400 in the house and drew
$1,700 from the Molalla bank
to make the mortgage pay
ment. It was secreted in an
upstairs closet. Sheriffs dep
uties said there appeared no
chance of salvage.
ICC to Pass on
OMS Purchase
An Interstate Commerce
Commission hearing on the ap
plication for transfer to Pa
cific Greyhound lines of the
long lines of the Oregon Motor
Stages bus system was sched
uled to be held in Portland on
ray 1.
Oregon Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Helt
zel yesterday approved trans
fer of the OMS line.
Under the proposal ap
proved by Heltzel, Greyhound
would take over Oregon Mo
tor Stage routes between Port
land, Corvallis, McMlnnvllle,
Seaside, Astoria and interme
diate points, and between Cor
vallis and Newport.
The transfer would mean
that OMS would be reduced to
an lnterurban system serving
Portland, Oregon City, Forest
Grove, Vernonla and other
points near Portland.
Final approval of the trans
fer lies with the ICC.
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War
Planned as a
Slowdown
Army Official Says
Budget Figures Based
: On Quick Ending
Washington W) Sen. Brrd
(D.. Va.) said Wednesday it
appeared the army had been
planning for the Korean war
under defense department In
structions which virtually
amounted to a slowdown or
der. Byrd's reaction came after
Lt. Gen. George H. Decker,
array comptroller, told sena
tors that each budget since the
war began carried with it a
directive that the military
chiefs "for budgetary purposes
only" were to assume the war
would be over by the follow
ing June 30, . .
Caused Army Shortages
At the outset, this meant
budgeting figures were based
on the assumption it would be
over in six months or ao; in
subsequent years, that it
would be over in the 12
months of the fiscal year be
ginning each July 1.
Byrd Insisted the directive
amounted in a fact to a policy
determining tne conduct of
the war. And Decker said
it had played a major cart in
the ammunition shortage.
Decker was the main wit
ness as a senate armed serv
ices subcommittee resumed
hearings on Korean ammuni
tion shortages as renorted
from the field. ,
(Concluded on Pte B. Column 4)
Life Term for
CoqulUe, VP) Florendo
Martes Fuertes, 38, an assistant
cook on a lumber freishter.
Wednesday pleaded guilty to
two charges of second degree
murder. '
Circuit JudgBBal:irKingjMilltary and political alliance
sentenced him to life in pris
on on each count.
Fuertes, a Puerto Rican,
pleaded guilty to shootine to
death Mrs. Maysel Alice Pres
nall, 25, North Bend, and her
escort, Marold Carter. 25. Hau-
ser, Ore. The shooting occurred
after Mrs. Presnall refused to
dance with Fuertes at a Coos
Bay night spot March 28.
rive oiner persons were
wounded before Fuertes was
subdued.
Fuertes, whose ship was tied
up at Coos Bay at the time.
was indicted on two charges of
nrst degree murder, but was
permitted to plead guilty to
the lesser charges when his
trial opened Wednesday,
Sheriff William F. Howell
and Deputy Richard Jones left
with him immediately for the
state penitentiary at Salem.
Accidental Bomb
Causes 3 Casualties
Seoul. Korea (U.B An Al.
lied warplane accidentally
roppea a Domb on the 10th
Corps sector of the eastern
front today, causing three cas
ualties, the Eighth Army an
nounced. Reports from the sector said
one South Korean was killed
and two were injured.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEK
Gov. Paul Patterson has de
signated the week of April 13-1-9
as Sunday School week in
Oregon.
6 Killed, 19 Injured
In Cascade Plane Crash
Selleck, Wash. (U.B Armv
buddies, fresh from basic train
ing, told today how they
huddled around the wreckage
of a DC-3 and "called to each
other trying to find out who
was alive and who was dead."
Six persons were killed and
19 injured yesterday when the
Miami Airlines plane rammed
into the jagged Cascade moun
tains in early morning dark
ness. The plane rammed aealnat
Cedar mountain after the pilot,
Capt. A. J. Lerette Jr., Miami,
Fla., radioed Boeing Field con
trol tower at Seattle that one
engine had failed and the wings
were icing.
Earlier. 10 norann war.
flown out by helicopter before
darkness halted airlift operations.
Price 5c
Ike to Make
Major Speech
OnPeacePlan
Augusta, Ga. (UJD The
White House announced today
that President Elsenhower's
speech in Washington tomor
row will be a major discus
sion of current efforts to end
the Korean war and "the
chance for peace for all peo
ples of the world in 1933." -
The president flies to the
capital tomorrow, breaking
into his week's vacation here,
to address the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors.
The president will speak at
10 a.m. PST. '
The speech will be carried
by all the major radio and
television networks.
Press Secretary James C,
nageriy said "it will be a
major speech on foreign pol
icy and the chance for peace
for all peoples of the world
in 1953."
The speech it being "kept
open" for last-minute revi
sions paced to changing world
conditions.
Reds Seek to
Kill Oil NATO
Berlin (A1) East Germany's
No. 1 Communist declared
Wednesday that the Soviet
Union seeks a four-power con
ference on the reunification of
Germany and demanded that
the United States "show Its
readiness to accept." .
Deputy Premier Walter Ul-
brlcht, who controls the ruling
Socialist Unity Communist
Party as secretary general,
spearheaded the new unity
campaign with a front-page
statement here in the official
Soviet newspaper, Taegliche
Kundschau.
The statement was issued af
ter consultation with Russia's
occupation chieftain. Gen. Vas
slly Chulkov, who was. unoffi
cially reported to have receiv
ed instructions from Moscow to
draft a new set. of proposals on
uerman unification. ;
The first big objective. Ul-
bright said, is to kill off West
Germany's "illegal" treaties of
with the Western power.
Indochina Reds
Invade Laos
Saigon. Indochina (IP) The
Communist-led Vietminh con
tinued Wednesday to bolster
its invasion of Laos, pouring
more thousands of troops into
the little mountain Indochinese
kingdom.
French and Laotian forces
made ready what looked like a
second stand to block the in
vaders. ; .
The Laos government, mean
while, broadcast an appeal to
the United Nations and all free
people to condemn the "cri
minal" invasion by the Red
guerrillas.
The French and their allies
were reported concentrating on
the town of Xiengkhouang for
a stand such as they successful
ly made last winter at Nasan,
in the Thai country to the
north.
British Stocks Boom
On Word of Tax Cut
London U.ra The stock
market boomed today as the
result of Chancellor of Ex
chequer R. A. Butler's tax cut
ting budget.
Brokers lined up to buy In
the sections devoted to govern
ment bonds and gilt-edged in
dustrial securities.
War loan bonds jumped
$1.40 to a new high of $327.50.
The bodies of the six dead,
Including Lerette and his co
pilot, W. E. Harshman, also of
Miami, were brought out early
today. The other four dead
were Identified as Anthony
Clancl, Dunmore, Pa., James
Kountz, Bloomsburg, Pa., Steve
Kocko, Archbald, Pa., and Con
Groskl, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Most of the suvlvors were
taken to Madlgan Army hospi
tal near Tacoma.
One ot the survivors was the
stewardess, Mrs. Adra Bebe
Long, Miami, Fla. She and
Odell Matthews, 21-year-old
Negro soldier from Washing
ton, D. C, walked away from
the wreckage through five feet
of snow and were evacuated by
helicopter.
F I NAl
EDITION
2
POWSighfsd
On Red Rods
Allied Fliers Still Try
ing to Find 3rd Con
voy on Busy Highway
Mansan, Korea JP) U.S.
fliers Wednesday spotted twe
convoys of allied sick and
wounded rolling south high .
up in North Korea along road
jammed - with Red - military '
traffic and bristling with anti
aircraft guns that fired on the
spotter planes. " ; :
Pilots still were trying to
find a third convoy. The
communists salt", the three con
voys began the trek southward '
Tuesday carrying about half
of the 600 disabled prisoners
the Reds will free next Mon
day. A communist correspon
dent said some in the three
convoys were Americans,
Reds Four in Supplies
The communists apparently
were taking advantage of the
Immunity from allied ate at
tack to pour in military sup
plies. " -
One pilot watched t-ht mass
es of Red military i-iicks and
declared: "In all my 96 mis
sions over North Korea rva
never seen so many trucks on
the road." '
Arrogant communist sick
and wounded staged a sit
down strike at the other end
ot the repatriation road, the
port of Pusan in southeast Ko
rea, but gave up and went
ashore when - allied guards
with bayonets came aboard
their landing ship.
(Concluded en Page 5. Column I)
Accuse Reds of
ing
Convoys cf
United Nations, N. Y. UP)
The U. S. accused Red China
Wednesday ot operating a vast
dope ring to sabotage U. S,
troop morale and to earn hug
quantities of dollars and strat- ;
egic materials. ; i"' X-J-;j
- Harry L. Ansllnger, l& &
federal narcotics commissioner,
told the U. N. Commission on
Narcotic Drugs that Chinese.
Korean and Japanese commu
nists, carrying out orders from
Peiping-directed network,
had gotten fabulously rich dur
ing the past year in their smug-
gling trade to Japan, South Ko
rea and other Far Eastern ar
eas.
In a 24-page report, Anslln
ger gave details ot the Red
smuggling ring's operations,
particularly in Japan from,
where, he said, considerable
amounts of heroin finally
reached the United States.
Red dope peddlers in Japan,
he said, ''are using street girls
to sell heroin to American mil
itary personnel."
Strike Delays
Afomic Plant
Richland, Wash. W A
strike of 650 office employes -
against Kaiser Engineers halt
ed the main construction pro
ject at the Hanford Atomic
Works Wednesday. A wage in
crease dispute is Involved.
Picketing by the Office Em
ployes' Union (AFL) kept
estimated 4,500 construction
workers from entering the
gates of the atomic project re
servation, where the Kaiser
firm has the contract for a 110
million dollar expansion pro
ject.
Production operations of the
Hanford project Itself were not '
affected.
Most of the members of the
striking union are women.
Their strike has the endorse
ment of the Pasco-Kennewick
Central Labor Council (AFL).
Korean Casualties
Now Total 133,463
Washington, U-R American
battle casualties now total
133,463 an increase of 496 over
last week's report, the Defense
Department announced today.
Although the report was a
sharp drop from the 1,039 casu
alties announced in last week's
report, the figure still ws the
second highest since last Nov.
19. It reflected recent heavy
action on Old Baldy and other
Korean hills.
The casualties Include all .
those whose next of kin werst
notified through last Friday.
The new totals: 23,694 dead.
96,868 wounded, 9,149 missing, ,
2,358 captured, and 1,394 pre
viously missing but returned to
military control.