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FINAL
EDITION
NOD3H0 3
65th Year No. 99
Bottrtd u atooad clui
Salem, Oregon, Monday, Ap.e9.aM,Muri ee?u Pages
Price 5c
Mew Security
Plan Affecls
U.S. Employes
Designed to Keep
Out Disloyal; In
Effect on May 27
Washington UP) The ad
ministration will put into ef
fect May 27 its new security
program designed to keep out
of federal Jobs those whom
President Eisenhower calls
"the disloyal and the danger
ous." Details of the plan were out
lined at a White House news
conference Monday by Atty.
Gen. Brownell, a few hours
after they had been discussed
at a regular Monday confer
ence of GOP legislative lead
ers with the president.
The program replaces the
old loyalty-security tests of
the Truman administration
and puts the test entirely on
security. But Brownell ex
plained that the new and
stringent security test criteria
are broad enough to include
loyalty.
Order Signed by Ike
It will be applied to sensi
tive positions in all agencies
as well as the few departments
covered under the former Tru
man program.
The program was set forth
in a lengthy executive .order
signed by President Eisenhow
er. It sets up procedures for
hearings and for ultimate ap
peals to the heads of the var
ious federal departments and
agencies.
The heads of the agencies
would be the court of last re
sort, instead of the Civil Serv
ice loyalty review board as
under the Truman administra
tion program.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 7)
New Study of
Immigration
Washington VP) President
Eisenhower, citing 10 objec
tions to the McCarran-Walter
law enacted last year, has call
ed for a new congressional
study of immigration opera
tions. The President's views were
set out in a letter April 6 to
Sen. Watkins (R.-Utah), chair
man of a Senate Judiciary sub
committee on lmmigra tion.
Watkins made it public Mon
day. Declaring that he has receiv
ed "a great many complaints"
that the McCarran-Walter Act
embodied "many serious and
inequitable restrictions," Eisen
hower suggested an immediate
study of the law "with an in
vitation to all concerned to
testify regarding the provisions
of which they complain.'r
Sen. McCarran (D.-Nev.) and
Rep. Walter (D.-Pa.) sponsored
the measure enacted during the
last Democratic Congress. It at
tempted to codify immigration
statutes and tighten up safe
guards against admission of
subversive aliens.
Last Bills Sent
To Governor
Senate President Eugene E.
Marsh and House Speaker Ru
die Wilhelm, Jr. were in Salem
Monday to send the last of the
Legislature's bills to Gov. Paul
L. Patterson.
The legislature adjourned
last Tuesday night, and sten
ographers have been busy ever
since engrossing bills in their
final form.
Marsh and Wilhelm planned
to sign the last of these meas
ures Monday.
The governor leaves Sunday
for Washington, D.C., to attend
President Eisenhower's confer
ence of state governors. He
plans to act on most of the bills
before he leaves, but he has
until May 14 to dispose of the
almost 270 bills that await his
signature or veto.
Release of Three
Priests Reported
Pittsburgh (UJ0 Word has
been received at St. Paul's
monastery here of the release
by Chinese Communists of a
Pittsburgh priest and two other
members of the Passionist
Fathers who had been held
captive since 1950.
The released clergymen were
identified as Father Paul J.
Ubinger of Pittsburgh; Father
William Westhoven of Liberty
Center, O., and Bishop Cuth
bcrt O'Gara of Ottawa. All
studied at the monastery here.
Hiss Ordered
Disbarred and
No Re-hearing
Jehovah's Witnesses
Lose Appeal Against
City Speaking License
Washington (JP The sup
reme court Monday ordered Al
ger Hiss disbarred from prac
tice before the tribunal and al
so denied the former high
State Department official a
hearing on his unsuccessful ef
forts to win a new trial In New
York. Hiss was convicted of
lying under oath when he
denied passing government
secrets to a communist spy
ring.
The court also held that the
Portsmouth, N. H., City Coun
cil unlawfully denied a speak;
ing permit to a Jehovah's Wit
ness member but that the wit
ness was properly fined $20
for going ahead with his speech
without the permit,
7 to 2 Decision
The high tribunal's 7-2 de
cision said the witness, William
Paulos, should have appealed
to state courts to overturn the
City Councils' refusal to grant
the permit for use of a city
park.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 4)
George Walker
Drowns Today
George (Todd) Walker, 68,
Salem bus driver, and one of
the most familiar persons on
Salem streets for many years,
is presumed to have drowned
early Monday while fishing in
the Alsea River.
Walker was thrown into the
swift stream when a rubber
boat capsized. With him was
Orval (Johnny) Hale, also a
Salem bus driver, who made
his way to shore.
Hale telephoned Sheriff C.
N. Lilly at Corvallls for help.
The capsizing of the boat oc
curred two miles below the
town of Alsea. The boat wa;
later found two miles farther
downstream with no sign of
Walker. The river is being
dragged.
No man had been longer in
he employ of the Salem bus
lines than Walker. His service
with what is now known as the
City Transit Lines dates back
to August 1, 1927, and before
that he was a motorman with
the old trolley system, and his
whole period of service in city
transportation totals 43 years
Only last year he was award
ed a gold watch for having
driven 10 consecutive years
without an accident.
Walker was on vacation. He
and Hale left Salem at 3 a.m.
Monday morning on the fishing
trip.
The Walker home is at 1960
Lana avenue.
He is survived by his wife;
by two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn
DeBcll and Mrs. Edith Ball,
both of Portland; three broth
ers, Cecil and Elmer Walker,
both of Salem, and Pierce
Walker, and a half-sister, Cora
Mayberry, both of Pea Ridge.
Body of Steiner
Found on Stump
Oregon City, The body
of Henry Steiner, 75, missing
for three weeks in the Bright
wood area, was found Sunday
about two miles from his
home.
He apparently died after sit
ting down on a stump to rest.
The body was discovered by
Lynn Fuller and Otto Laur
who were Inspecting Fuller's
summer home property.
4 Persons Injured in
Series of Accidents
Four persons were Injured in
a series of accidents in Salem
and vicinity Sunday, Including
one five-car crash several miles
north of Salem.
Injured in the five-car crash
between Brooks and Gervais
about 6:30 p.m. was Mrs. Dale
Boyd, 398 Bliler avenue, a pas
senger in one of the cars, and
Doris Koenig, Route 1, Aurora.
They were taken to Salem Gen
eral hospital by Salem ambul
ance where Mrs. Boyd was hos
pitalized with a leg injury and
Miss Koenig was released after
treatment of a knee laceration.
Mrs. Boyd was reported In
good condition by the hospital
Monday.
The accident occurred as an
auto driven by Paul Dibala,
Scotts Mills, stopped prepara
tory to making a turn off the
highway, A car driven by
CONTRACTOR
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Protest Curb
On Pact Powers
Washington VP) Undersec
retary of State Walter Bedell
Smith said Monday that the
national security would be
jeopardized by proposals,
pending in Congress to curb
the President's powers to make
treaties and adjust tariffs.
Gen. Smith told the United
States Chamber1 of Commerce
that a limitation of the execu
tive authority to sign interna
tional agreements would hand
icap the administration in its
contest with the Soviets.
"The ability to act rapidly
and flexible is far too impor
tant, in situations like ours, to
be subjected to limitations.
Smith declared.
The undersecretary told the
businessmen that pending
amendments to the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act, ' on
which hearings opened in Con
gress Monday, would cause a
"sharp reversal" of the Amer
ican policy aimed at freer
world trade.
The restrictions, he said,
would tie President Eisenhow
er's hands in his proposed re
vamping of foreign economic
policy in the coming year,
break the continuity of that
policy, and damage friendly
countries by creating "an up
heaval in world trade."
CIO Discuss
Lumber Strike
Portland VP) District offi
cials of the CIO Woodworkers
opened a meeting here Monday
that may determine whether a
strike develops in the Pacific
Northwest lumber industry this
season.
There has been no threat of
a strike in negotiations so far,
but the Woodworkers are at an
apparent dead end in their de
mand for a 12V4-cent hourly
paiy raise. Employers have in
sisted on renewing present
contracts without a raise.
Between 25 and 30 district
officials were called to the
strategy session here to consid
er the future course of nogo
tiations. This could result in a
further lowering of wage de
mands the union aleady has
cut from 22 to 12 cents
or possibly to acceptance of
employers' terms, or even to a
call for a strike.
No word was expected to
come out of the meeting until
evening.
Howard Roland Schlag, 1155
James street, stopped behind it
but was struck by a third car
driven by Earnest Cooper, To
ledo, Washington, forcing
Schlag's car into Dibala's car.
Cooper's car meanwhile
glanced into the oncoming lane
traffic and collided with a
northbound car driven by Rob
ert Leland Miller, Portland,
forcing it off the road. Miss
Koenig's car then struck one of
the other vehicles as she ar
rived on the scene.
State police routed traffic
around the damaged cars. All
were towed away but Dibala's
which was able to proceed un
der its own power.
Injured when his car skid
ded and overturned Sunday
afternoon on slick highway
about 10 miles north of Salem
i (Concluded en Pag & Column 4)
HURRIES WILSONVILLE BRIDGE ,c6unPl
Top: Approach bents for Wilsonville bridge are placed
and Contractor Guy F. Atkinson working a crew of 60
is now pushing pier and approach construction. Driving
pile to sustain the base for pier two 47 feet below the sur
face of the Willamette will begin this week. Bethlehem
Pacific Coast Steel company has a $462,872 contract for
steel erection.
Wilsonville Bridge
Ahead of Schedule
By BEN
Four lane Wilsonville bridge,
vial link in the express high
way between Salem and Port
land, will be completed before
expiration date of the contract,
Lost Boy Scout
Safe and Sound
Estacada CP) A Boy Scout
missing overnight in moun
tainous country 10 miles south
west of here was found safe at
about 6:30 a.m. Monday.
Clifford "Jones nd James
Free, members of a search
party, found the boy, David
Chelson, 13, of Colton, near the
place where he was last seen
while returning with other
Scouts from e. fishing excur
sion. The weather was compara
tively mild and the boy appar
ently suffered no ill effects.
Young Chelson and 13 other
Scouts were camping in the
mountains and had gone on a
fishing trip to Canyon Creek.
Scoutamster Walter Willey
told state police David lagged
behind the others on the return
trip to camp and became lost.
State police and some 30 vol
unteers searched the area until
midnight, then started out
again at daybreak.
Jap Sight-seers
Kumavoto, Japan (U.R) - Ja
pan's most active volcano
spewed molten lava and rocks
as big as a man's head on
schoolchildren and other sight
seers near the rim of its crater
today, killing at least six and
injuring more than 100.
Mount Aso belched smoke
1,000 feet into the sky without
warning at noon and the sight
seers ran panic-stricken down
its slippery slopes.
Most of the casualties were
teen aged students, who stum
bled as they tried to outrun the
onrushing lava and falling
rocks.
The death toll may rise, the
government said as "several"
persons still were reported
missing after rescue parties
had recovered the bodies of
six victims.
An estimated 500 school chil
dren had climbed the slops of
the volcano on their annual ex
cursion to Mount Aso. a "na
tional park."
.79 Inch of Rain
Over Week-end
More than three-quarters of
an inch of rain descended on
Salem over the week-end, .79
of an Inch being measured here,
Of that total, .53 of an inch
came down in the 24-hour pe
riod ending at 10:30 a.m. Mon
day. Some real showers pep.
pered down late Sunday.
More showers with some pe
riods of clearing are in the
forecast for tonight and Tucs
day. Even so, April rainfall so
far is behind normal, the
month's total to date being 1.33
inches against a normal of
2.11 Inches for the period.
MAXWELL
June, 1954, says J. C. Law
rence, superintendent for Guy
F, Atkinson, contractor, who
now has 50 men working on
the project.
On the north side of the Wil
lamette bents for the approach
have already been poured, the
base for pier 1 is placed and
excavations are now about
complete for Pier 2, The con
tractor, in order to take ad
vantage of the river stage and
the season, now works two
shifts on a six - day -a- week
schedule on pier placements,
Saturday a diver was behind
the cofferdam on Pier 2 pre
paring the excavation for con
struction. At the Wilsonville crossing
the Willamette has a depth of
about 37 feet. Since the base
for Pier 2 will rest on piling
10 feet below the gravel and
clay structure on the bottom
of the river sheet piling 80 feet
in length was used in building
the cofferdam.
Wilsonville bridge will be a
plate girder construction with
a concrete deck consisting of
two lanes each 27 feet in width,
Each of the two approaches to
the bridge are 220 feet in leng.
th. Steel spans over the river
are 200, 250 and 200 feet in
length, a total of 650 feet for
steel erection.
Steel erection will be done
by Bethlehem Pacific Coast
Steel company for a contract
consideration of 462,872. No
delay in delivery of steel is an
ticipated. When complete the Wilson'
ville bridge will replace state
operated Boones Ferry. About
1847 Jesse V. Boone, pioneer
of 1846 and a relative of Daniel
Boone, started ferry operations
here. A road from Salem to
Boone's ferry was approved in
the early 1850s.
Roy L. Houck, Salem con'
tractor, has a commitment to
construct 2.11 miles of road
from the south approach of
Wilsonville bridge to a section
of highway already built. His
contract is for $320,221. Houck
is now building an extensive
depot near the Clackamas
Marion county line for storage
and repair of his road building
equipment.
310 Feef Water
At McNary Dam
Walla Walla VP) Historic
Columbia river landmarks
vanished over the week-end
behind the rising water of the
McNary dam reservoir.
The gates were closed last
Thursday and the water be'
hind the dam near Umatilla,
Ore., reached the 310-foot
level above sea level at 5:48
a.m. Sunday.
It will be kept at that stage
until late summer, when the
army engineers expect to
boost it to the ultimate 340'
foot mark.
In the meantime, work will
be finished on the job of re
locating highways and rail
road tracks and clearing the
sides of the reservoir area.
The water crept up over
the old Fort Walla Walla site
The old town of Wallula will
be inundated, too, when the
water reaches the ultimate
level.
Clark Offers $100,000 to
Red Pilots for Mig-15 Jet
Dulles Hopeful
Of Good Results
At NATO Meet
Washington VP) secretary
of State Dulles returned from
an Atlantic Alliance meeting
Monday to report to President
Elsenhower and congress that
"we accomplished some roe-l,
hard, practical results" in tne
Interests of American secur
ity. Dulles together with Treas
ury Secretary Humphrey and
Foreign Aid Chief Stassen ar
rived from Paris at 9:25 a.m.
EST. In a military air trans
port plane. He said he ex
pected to see Elsenhower some
time Monday and go before
the senate foreign relations
committee Tuesday,
Moscow Statement
Ministers of the North At
lantic Council countries In
Paris were so busy with their
work, he told reporters, that
"we didn't have time" to give
very much study to Saturday's
Moscow press statement gen
erally rejecting Eisenhower's
recent peace plan but stating
a readiness to engage in talks
with the western powers.
(Concluded on Pate ft Column 4)
Lie Sees Need
Of Compromise
United Nations. N. Y. (U.B
Trygve Lie, former secretary-
general of the United. Nations,
says, both sides must comprise
to achieve a real settlement
of the hot war in Korea and
the cold war in other parts of
the world.
-. "Real peace and freedom
for Korea, as distinct from a
truce, may be a long time In
coming . . ." he said.
Lie said that peace in Ko
rea can not be achieved with
out recognizing Communist
China as a party to any set
tlement. Lie's message was in a fare
well address broadcast
throughout the, world by the
Voice of America yesterday
on the eighth anniversary of
the San Francisco conference
at which the U.N. charter was
written.
Atomic Shell to
Be Fired May 21
Las Vegas U.R Scientists
busied themselves today with
preparations to fire the first
live atomic artillery shell.
The test, expected to take
place May 21, will windup the
1953 spring nuclear blast
series. One of the Army's new
85-ton, 11 inch atomic cannons
will be used for the test.
It will be the 10th and last
explosion of the series.
Up to now, seven nuclear
explosions have been staged
since March 17 and the eighth
and ninth, both expected to be
air drops, are scheduled for
May 2 and 7.
The atomic cannon will be
fired by remote control from
the side of a mountain south
of the test site. GI engineers
are already at work preparing
the entrenchment for the huge
artillery piece.
DeGaulle Loses Out
In French Elections
Paris VP) French voters
turned their backs on Gen.
Charles De Gaulle's rally of the
French People in municipal
elections Sunday.
At the same time, the Com
munists just about held their
own in the working class dis
trict of the big cities, but lost
votes and control of some town
hails In rural areas.
The biggest gainers from the
rebuff to the rally of the
French People RPF were inde
pendents who had rallied ar
ound the name of former Prem
ier Antoine Plnay, During his
term of office, Pinay made a
determined and well publiciz
ed effort to hold down prices
that won him great personal
popularity.
The Gaullists started their
rise to political power in the
1947 municipal elections. At
Compromise
Shaping Up on
Repatriation
Panmunjom U.K United
Nations and communist truce
negotiators split today on four
points concerning the repatria
tion of prisoners under an
arlmstlce, but there was grow
ing hope a compromise may
be shaping up.
The points of disagreement
were (1) which neutral coun
try shall take charge of com
munist prisoners who refuse
to go home; (2) Whether these
prisoners shall remain in Ko
rea; (3) How long the prison
ers shall remain in custody,
and (4) What is to happen, in
the end, to those who refuse
repatriation under any cir
cumstances. But it was believed in some
quarters that a compromise
was possible under which the
U.N, would accept a commu
nist proposal to make India
the neutral custodian of antl
repatriate prisoners and the
communists would agree that
the prisoners be kept In Korea
until their status has been de
termined finally.
Lt Gen. William H. Harri
son, senior U.N. delegate, re
jected at a 42-mlnute truce
meeting today a six-point com
munist proposal by which
prisoners who refuse repatri
ation would be taken to an
unspecified country and kept
there for six months. After
that, the status of those who
still refused to go home would
be settled at a political con
ference. British Fear Red
London OT Leading Brit
ish newspapers took the view
Monday that Russia's latest
offer of talks to settle out
standing world troubles may
hold booby traps, but never
theless urged the west to ex
plore the offer without delay,
Pravda, official newspaper
of the communist party, pub-
lushed a long statement Sat'
urday replying to President
Eisenhower's foreign policy
speech of April 16.
Although the statement
showed no sign of a retreat of
as much as an inch from any
Soviet position, it neverthe
less declared readiness to en
ter into "business like" dis
cussions. '
Communist Hungary Mon
day followed up the Pravda
statement with a reply of its
own to President Eisenhower,
an editorial in Szabad Nep, of
ficial Budapest newspaper of
the Hungarian communist
party, like the Pravda state
ment, was notably even-tempered.
RESUME SUEZ TALKS
Cairo, Egypt VPy Angle
Egyptian talks on evacuation
of British forces from the Suez
Canal zone were renewed to
day between Premier Gen. Mo
hamed Nagulb and British Am
bassador Sir Ralph Stevenson.
Weather Details
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for menlh: I.SSi normil. t.ll. Beaion
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ther Bireap.)
the time they captured about
27 per cent of the vote to
equal Communist strength.
They maintained their pop
ularity in the national elec
tions of 1951, but since have
been hampered by the gener
al's refusal to cooperate with
other anti-Communist parties.
The sharp loss of RPF influence
had been freely predicted.
Returns still were being tab
ulated Monday, and few final
results were available. The in
complete figures, however, con
firmed the main trends.
Unofficial figures for Paris
indicated the Communists had
held all of their 26 scats on
the municipal council. The
RPF. however, dropped from
26 seats to 11. A grouping of
independents captured 25 seats.
This list was not represented
in 1947.
Protection for
Fliers Promised
Upon Delivery
Tokyo, VP) The Allied Ugh
command Monday night offer
ed $100,000 to the first Com
munist filer and his Russian
made jet In South Korea,
move designed to undermine
morale of the Red Air Force.
Radio appeals and leaflets
carried the message in the Rus
sian, Chinese and Korean lan
guages. In a move unprecedented in
the Korean War, the command
promised political asylum for
the first flier to come over and ,
any others who would follow.
inose who follow would get
$50,000.
An official announcement
said the offer was made to get
"invaluable technical Intelli
gence" and to sow distrust and
suspicion in the Communist
Air Force.
Leaflets Dropped to Beds
"The leaflets droDned In
North Korea carried a photo
graph of Franciszek Jarawsld,
a Polish Jet pilot who flew hit
MIG-15 to Denmark and was
given political asylum only
recently. , ,
(Concluded on Page S, Column I)
P0W Suffer
Malnutrition
Freedom Village. Korea UJ9
Nearly every American sol
dier freed by the Communist!
in the exchange of ailing pris
oners is sintering from malnu
trition, an examining physician
said today. , .
"I would estimate that be
tween 95 and 100 per cent of
the mpn wVirt Mm. tkniH-rf.
rreeoom village suffered die-
hMt ....' -1 I V. .
Charles G. Holingsworth of
Chickasha, Okla., said.
Each of the 149 sick and
wounded Americans freed was
examined In a tent of the 45th
Army Mobile Surgical hospital
which Hollingsworth com
mands. "These men have been liv ,
ing mainly on a diet to which
they are not accustomed," ht
said. "You can gain weight, un
healthy fat, on grain and still
develop dietary deficiencies.''
- The repartriated prisoners
had told newsmen that rice was
their basic food in Communist
prison camps.
Sabrejets Used
As Bombers
Seoul VP) Deadly Amerl.
can Sabre jets flew dive bomb
ing missions in close support of
Allied ground forces Monday
for the first time In the 34-
months-old Korean war.
The Sabres until recently
used only for air battle with
Red MIG jets pounded Com
munist troops and positions.
Twelve Sabres, flown by the
18th Fighter-Bomber Wing,
made the strike, the Fifth Air
Force said. It did not locate the
targets.
Twenty-four U.S. Marina
Panther Jet fiehter-bomhpr.
. blasted an Ammunition fnr-tnrv
at Cinnampo with 80 tons of
bombs while Corsairs hit a wea
pons and storage area at Haeju.
un tne eastern front. U.S.
45th division infantrymen hurl
ed back a pre-dawn attack of
150 North Koreans close to tht
main Allied line
3rd Man Enters
Plea of Guilty
Portland (IP) John C. Blan
ford, 57, Milwaukle, pleaded
guilty Monday to fraud in tht
sale of Indian timberland, th
third man to do so.
He and his employer, Fred
Marsh, Lebanon timber buyer,
plus Clyde Flinn, discharged
Indian Bureau land officer,
were Indicted on three counts
each of giving false informa
tion and conspiring to defraud
the government.
, All three pleaded innocent
at first, then one by one chang
ed their pleas to guilty. Federal
Judge Claude McColloch said
he wanted an extensive Investi
gation before imposing sen
tence. The three meanwhile are
free on $3,000 bond each.