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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 100
BoUrod u Mcoad elu
nutUr at ftlt. Orioa
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April
Price 5c
Weeks Slates
No Nose Dive
In Production
ff Secretary of Com
f merce discounts '
; Talk of Depression
' Washington W Secretary
of Commerce Weeks said Tues
day there will be "no sudden
mote dive in defense produc
tion." And there is no reason
ta fear a business bust when
and if peace comes, be added.
. "Stock market fluctuations,
of course," Weeks told the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce. "Ad
justments during transitions
following later reductions in
defense spending, sure. Some
'downturns in business activity'
n specific lines after over
stimulation ends, yes. .
"But no old-fashioned de
pression. s "The administration would
not sit twirling its thumbs if at
ome faroff date it should be
confronted by a sizeable eco-
nomic emergency." :
Russian Reaction -..-
The cabinet officer said new
peace feelers from Russia
"seem to hint that Moscow may
react more favorably to Presi
dent Eisenhower's p r a c 1 1 c al
program for permanent peace."
. Experience has taugh Amer
ica that we "must not lower
our guard," Weeks said, but
added: ,
,: "The president's logic in his
epochal speech may have con
vinced the new. rulers of the
Kremlin that world tensions
should be relaxed, and that
trade should take the place of
barbed wire frontiers."
Weeks painted a glowing pic
ture of "a tidal wave of peace
time output and world trade"
which he said could follow if
mankind were guaranteed 20
' years of uninterrupted peace. '
' (Concluded on Page 8. Column 8)
Congress Cool
On Immigration
WSsMngtbfffiii- President
Eisenhower apparently will
have to press harder than he
lias done thus far If he wants
congress to revise the contro
versial McCarran-Walter Im
migration act this year. ,
. His proposal to permit U.S.
entry of 240,000 European
Iron Curtain refugees in the
next twp years also faces
trouble. ....
S Reluctance to tackle changes
in the parent act, which was
criticized by Eisenhower and
bis democratic opponent in last
year's presidential campaign,
was demonstrated Tuesday in
senatorial reaction to the
president's suggestion for a re
view of the measure.
In an April 6 letter made
oubllc Monday by Sen. Wat-
kins (R. Utah) Eisenhower
suggested that a study of the
law be undertaken. He listed
10 administrative provisions
of the act he said "it is claimed
may operate with unwarrant
ed harshness."
Unions Drive for
Rail, Steel Hikes
Washington VP) Union
groups representing two mil
lion workers met separately
Tuesday to kick off drives for
labor gains in tne Dig rauroaa
and steel industries.
Their plans could generate
two of the year's hottest labor
dlsnutes. They also may give
an indication where pay rates
are going in tne nation's econ
omy since controls have been
scrapped.
Representatives of almost a
rnre of non-operating rail
hrntherhoods. claiming a mil
lion members, gathered here
for a four-day meeting to lay
plans for demands on the Car
riers when present contracts
expire on Oct. 1.
The rail unions, most of them
affiliated with the AFL, plan
ned to devote the four . day
meeting to dlscuslng possible
demands for changes In work
ing rules. They may reserve a
decision on pay rate demands
for a later meeting.
Meanwhile, the 163-member
wage policy committee of the
CIO Steelworkers was in ses
sion in Atlantic City gearing
up for a pay boost drive this
summer.
Weather Details
Biff)
Big Anli-Trust
Suits Against
Oil Firms Off
Criminal Proceed
ings Begun Under
Truman Dropped ,
Washington VP) The gov
ernment Tuesday '' formally
dropped a criminal anti-trust
proceeding against major oil
companies but left the way
'open to reinstate it later if it
decides that should be done.
Leonard J. Emmerglick,
special assistant ' to Attorney
General Brownell, moved in
U. S. District Court to drop the
DroceedinK which was begun
during the administration of
former President Truman. .'
Emmerglick said Brownell
wanted to make it clear that a
criminal . proceeding would be
started .anew if warranted by
facts developed in a civil anti
trust proceeding against five
big companies.
Subpoenas' Quashed
Judge James R. Kirkland
granted Emmerglick s motion
to nullify all actions taken in
the criminal anti-trust case.
These included the quashing of
subpoenas which had been Is
sued for the production of
many thousand documents and
the discharging of a grand jury
which had been impanelled to
consider the case.
(Concluded on Fate 5. Column 3)
Oil Lands Bill
Vote Tuesday
Washington VP) The Sen.
ate agreed Tuesday to bring the
bitterly fought submerged oil
lands bill to a vote at 2 p.m.
(EST) Tuesday: May 5.
Foes of the measure, who
have been conducting a filibui?
ter-type fight against it, pro
posed this when confronted
with a threat from Republican
Leader Taft of Ohio that the
Senate would be kept in con
tinuous session until there-was
a vote. . V i
Capitol employes were alrea.
dy getting cots ready to put in
Senate ante-chambers when
Sen. Anderson (D.-N.M.),
quarterbacklng the opposition
to the bill, offered the agree
ment for a vote on May 5.
It was the, 20th day of debate
on the measure. .
Taft promptly accepted An
derson's offer and the Senate,
by unanimous consent, placed
a time limit on debate on the
bill and all amendments to it,
effective Tuesday afternoon.'
Atomic School
Opens, Bavaria
Oberammergau, G e r many
VP) Mankind's most terrible
weapons became a classroom
study today in this little Ba
varlan town where Christ's
crucifixion - is enacted each
decade.
Key commanders of the
North- Atlantic Treaty allies
were on hand for the opening
of two unprecedented U.S. of
fered courses on the tactical
use of atomic weapons and the
development of defenses
against them.
The instruction, directed by
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's
U.S. command in Europe, will
be given by American army,
air force and navy specialists
under strict secrecy wraps.
, Defense department spokes
men in Washington said ear
lier, however, that no restrict
ed information would be given
the students.
Grabenhorsts Buy Area
Fronting Commercial
Purchase of a four and one-
acre tract in the 2500 block on
South Commercial street from
Mrs. Ruth Graham by Graben
horst Bros., was revealed to
day in a deed filed with the
county recorder.
The property has a frontage
of about 169 feet on the west
side of Commercial and ex
tends a depth of 1050 feet to
Fairmount,
The portion of the property
fronting on Commercial
will eventually be part of the
Candalaria Shopping Center,
will be reserved for business
locations, while the more west
erly part will be platted, de
veloped and built up with resi
dences and paved streets.
There Is room for about 16
UN REPATRIATES LEAVE COMMUNIST AMBULANCES
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a
to
T-H Act Asked
Washington IP) Sen. H. Al
exander Smith (R.-N.J.) Tues
day proposed that all "local"
public utilities and all labor
management relations in the
building and construction in.
dustry be exempted from Taft
Hartley Law. '
.Smith, who is chairman of
the Senate Labor Committee,
offered the proposal as a for
mal amendment to the act, now
being studied for possible re
vision by both the Senate and
House Labor Committees. '
Smith was known to have
discussed his amendment with
Senate Republican Leader Taft
(Ohio) and some other mem.
bers of his Labor Committee.
The amendment would also
exempt from the present law,
and thus leave under control of
state labor laws, these other
employer. categories: '-- .
All employers of less than
ten persons; and employers
whose interstate businfts does
not exceed "certain specified
minima in terms of dollars and
cents."
NRA Still With
Us in Spirit
Washington VP) Remember
the National Recovery Admin
istration, the NRA . ."Blue
Eagle" agency that went out
of business after the Supreme
Court found it unconstitution
al in 1935?
It's still with us in spirit at
least. . "
Tucked away in the indepen
dent offices appropriation bill
passed by the House last week
was a $370 item for the NRA.
It was authorized years ago to
be spent on behalf of NRA by
the Fish and Wildlife Service
for land to be used as wildlife
refugees.
Rep. Norblad R., Ore.; cited
the instance Tuesday as "proof
that it is easy enough to estab
lish an agency of government
but almost impossible to get
rid of it . . . Putting them out
of business seems to be a life
time matter."
MUCH UNSPENT CASH
Washington VP) A Senate
House committee reported to
day the federal government had
more than 135 billion dollars
in unspent appropriations on
Jan. 31. Of this, $82,400,000,-
000 was available for military
spending and $13,300,000,000
for foreign aid.
residential lots, and this part
of the development will begin
immediately, George H. Gra-
benhorst said today, The Gra
benhorsts have no Immediate
plans for the business develop.
ment, but said that later the
front portion of the property
will, with other blocks owned
by the concern, become a shop,
ping center with modern busl
ness buildings. The purchase
gives the firm four blocks on
Commercial, north of Alice
Avenue for business develop
ment.
Mrs. Graham, the seller, is
the widow of the late C.A. Gra
ham. They bought the property
involved in today's transaction
from the B. J. Miles estate 17
years ago.
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United Nations' returnees released by the Communists
. during the fourth, exchange of POWs at Panmunjom, are
shown about to enter receiving tent after unloading from
Red ambulances. At right, center, is Rear Adm. John,
Daniel, chief UN liaison officer. (AP Wirephoto)
Claims Convicts Used
To Clear Private
Pressing his demand for' an
investigation1 of the use of com
vict ' labor, State ' Domocratlc
Chairman Howard Morgan told
Gov. Paul L. Patterson Tues-
Gladden Now
State Prison Supt.' George
Alexander, was- out of a job
Tuesday after .Gov. Paul - L
Patterson; signed a bill to abol
ish Alexander's position. ' '
irfonday, but reporters didn't
find out about it until Tuesday
when they checked the records
of the secretary of state. :
Since the bill contained, an
emergency clause, it became
law as soon as the governnor
signed it.,
It makes Clarence T. Glad
den, the hew warden, the top
man, thus ending the system
of dual control. For the past
two years, responsibility for
running the prison has been
divided between the warden
and superintendent.
The bill also gives Gladden
a total of two deputy wardens.
The prison has had only one
deputy in the past. ' .
Naval Atomic
War Games on
San Diego, Calif. VP). An
atomic war amphibious force
of 120 ships, carrying 50,000
men, sailed ; Tuesday in the
Navy's largest West Coast ex
ercise since 1948. 1
Vice Adm. Harold. M. Mar
tin, over-all commander, said
the exercise would serve as an
unorthodox trial and error test
of new weapons and methods
of use. '
Atomic bombi will be simu
lated. Helicopters will be used
along with surface landing
craft to put the new Third Ma
rine Division ashore at Camp
Pendleton, ' 40 miles north of
here, in its "graduation exer
else" May 5.
The force, while sailing from
here, is theoretically moving
from Honolulu and San Fran
Cisco. The enemy is supposed
to have seized Alaska, after
atom bombing Kodiak, An
chorage and Fairbanks,
The southwestern states have
been invaded from Mexico to
a line extending from Santa
Barbara to El Paso. The Ma
rlne landing is aimed to cut
behind this enemy line.
35 ReleasedPOW
Land at Midway .
Honolulu UP) Hlckam Field
authorities said Tuesday a big
military plane bringing home
35 exchanged U. S. sick ana,
wounded landed at Midway at'
6:12 a.m. (8:12 a.m. PST).
The operations officer sa'
the plane stopped one hour for
refueling. Normally it takes
about six hours to fly from
Midway to Hickam Field here.
That would bring the prisoners
in about 1 p.m. (3 p.m. PST).
day thai convict labor has been
used' until very recently to
clear private land.
Morgan wrote that contracts
for land clearing have been ne
gotiated verbally with the land
owners by a "high prison offi
cial who- was and still is a su
bordinate of the Board of Con
trol.'" ;
A 1919 law, Morgan said,
gives the Board of Control au
thority to negotiate land clear
ing contracts' with land own-
But Morgan quoted Roy
Mills, board secretary, assay
ing that the board hasn't nego
tiated such a .contract in the
12 years he has been secretary.
(Conoluded on Fare 5, 'Column )
i : .
Adlaiin India
To See Country
Calcutta,' India W)--Adlai
Stevenson arrived here Tues
day from Ragoon to begin a
17-day tour of India.
The 1952 Democratic Party
candidate for the U. S. pres
idency told newsmen at the
airport that he wants to get a
first hand picture of "this great
country" and see how India's
agricultural and electric pow
er projects are shaping up.
Earlier in Rangoon, Burma,
Stevenson - said he believes
Viet Nam troops will be able
to assume the main responsi
bility for defending Indochina
against Communist-led rebels
within a year. He also said
the Russians must show by
deeds the sincerity of their re
cent peace moves.
These were among several
observations made Monday at
a press conference held at the,
residence of U. S. Ambassador
William Sebald.
Stevenson said the "building
up of a national army in Viet
Nam is a very encouraging
step" and he predicted these
forces would be taking over
the main fighting job in Viet
Nam "within a year."
Protest Firing
Of Career Men
Washington VP) An emer
gency cpmmittee on natural
resources told President Eis
enhower Tuesday government
career men "should not be re'
moved from their - jobs to
make room for political ap
pointees."
Ira N. Gabrielson, the com
mittee chairman, told White
House newsmen the group set
forth that view at a confer
ence with Elsenhower.
Gabrielson, former chief of
the interior department's fish
and wildlife service, quoted
the president as saying he Is
"very , much in favor of
strengthening the career serv
ice." In reply to questions, Gabrl
elson said there was no men
tion at Tuesday's session of
the . demotion of Albert M.
Day from chief of the fish and
wildlife service to assistant
director.
"No personalities were men
tioned," he added.
Hx-Hlei Spy hs0ks
$2k $S Smelt Pkm
UN Tells Reds
'Talk Business',
' Panmunjom U. The United
Nations told the Communist
truce team today to start talk
ing business or face another
rupture in armistice' negotia
tions;
Lt. Gen. William K. Harri
son, senior U. N. delegate, gave
the warning to North Korean
senior delegate Gen. Nam II at
a fruitless 39-mlnute meeting
here, third of the resumed
truce talks. .
The sticking point still was
the disposition of the 50,000
Communist prisoners who re
fuse to go back to their red
ruled homelands. .
Aim to Speed Up Talks '
It was ' indicated Harrison
was trying to speed things up.
Most observers ' believe . the
Communists really want an
armistice this time.
They suggest that the Reds
first may nominate India as a
neutral to take charge of Com
munist prisoners who refuse to
go home, and that the U. N.
will agree. Then they expect
the Communists to accept the
u. . stand mat tne prisoners
must remain in Korea until
their future has been' decided.
The Communists spent near
ly the entire 39 mintues of to
day s session rehashing pro
posals, which the U. N. already
had rejected, for the disposition
of the prisoner issue.
(Concluded en Page 5, Column 5)
Indochina Reds
Hanoi, Indochina VP) The
communist-led Vietmlnh cap
tured the mountain post of
Pakseng, 42 miles northeast of
Luangprabang, , as : invasion
columns continued Tuesday to
press upon Laos' royal capital
from the north and east.
A French spokesman an
nouncing the fall of Paksene
said he did not know now
whether part of . the .French
Laotian garrison there had
escaped or whether the lVet
minh took the post in a sharp
fight.. .
The invading troops Mon
day night were reported with
in ia miles of Luangprabang
on the east, and one unoffi
cial report said advance Viet
mlnh units were within 12
miles on the north.
The sector north of Lupang
prabang was reported auiet
Tuesday, indicating the enemy
may be awaiting fresh sup
plies before pushing closer to
the town.
The exact position of the
Vietmlnh north and northeast
of Luangprabang was diffi
cult to determine.
12 Liquor-by-Drink
Approvals in Eugene
Eugene (IP) The City Coun
cu monaay mgnt approved a
dozen application for liquor-
by-the-drink licenses.
It was the council's first ac
tion on such applications. They
now go to the State Liquor
commission for final action.
Press on Capital
Shopping Center Not
For Parking Meters
The Capitol Shopping Cen
ter Merchants 'Association does
not want parking meters in
that district, the city council
was told emphatically Monaay
night by W. M. Hamilton.
Hamilton reminded the coun
cil that Pacific Mutual Life In
surance Company, landlord of
the businesses in the shopping
center, had spent $5000 to pro
vide a parking area on the east
side of Capitol between Cen
ter and Union, and $9000 on
Marion and Union Streets be
tween Capitol and 12th.
If this had not been done,
he said, there would be no
parking at all on Capitol. By
the adding of space on Mar
ion and Union, he said, the in
surance company had made it
possible for two lanes of traf
fic to move in the streets.
"One way of looking at
Planes
Bomb Targets
East Korea
Seoul VP) Navy planes
from task force 77 bombed
targets in Eastern Korea Tues
day to provide virtually the
only action in the Korean war.
' Gusty winds and gray skies
grounded almost all land-based
planes., .v.. u, .'.. r.
Only few patrols moved
across No-Man's-Land as truce
negotiators met for the third
day at Panmunjom.: ."
Observers' said both the al
lied and communist armies ap
peared to be under wraps
pending the outcome of the
renewed truce negotiations.
There has been no official
cease fire.
Fighter-bombers from the
carriers Valley ' Forge and
Princeton struck targets at
Tanchon and Sopo, firing two
supply dumps and destroying
at least eight trucks. ., , ,.
Sabre Jet Pilot
With 8th Air Force, Korea
VP) A U.S. Sabre jet pilot told
today: of a harrowing escape
from-, six : Red MIGs which
herded him north toward Man.
churia as the U.S. Air Force
offered big cash bonuses to
Communist fliers who surren
dered, ' : : uv . s M
. Capt. Robert J. Anspach: of
South Charleston, W.Va.,' said
he and his wingman became
separated in; a recent dogfight
and "Then I saw. these six
MIGs, two on my tall firing
away and two on each aide.
.! ."They seemed 'to be trying
to herd me north." he said.
tried every trick in the book
to break through,, but they
stuck with me. They took me to
the deck very low over Sinul
Ju, flying as a team." ,
Anspach said that a 2,000
feet over Slnuiju Communist
flak batteries opened up and
the anti-aircraft fire seemed to
bother the Red pilots.
"I broke through them and
headed for the water," he said.
"As soon as I got out over the
Yellow Sea, they broke off the
battle.
Carrier Blast
Kills 11 off Cuba
Washington W A boiler ex
plosion In the aircraft carrier
Bennington Monday killed 11
enlisted men and Injured sev
en others near Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
The Navy ' said preliminary
reports indicated that the ex
plosion was caused by a fail
ure of boiler tubing" In the
27,000 ton carrier's number
two boiler.
The Bennington was under
way on a shake-down training
run in the vicinity of the naval
base off the southeastern coast
of Cuba when the accident oc
curred.
Of the injured, six suffered
second degree steam burns, the
Navy said. The condition of the
seventh man, similarly injured,
was listed as "serious."
this," said Hamilton, "Is that
after the owner of the adjacent
property has gone to the total
expense of over $14,000 to pro
vide the parking accommoda
tions for the public, who are
customers of its tenants, the
city is now considering collect
ing a revenue off of the in
vestment made by the proper
ty owner by making the people
pay the city for the use of that
Investment by installing met
ers. Is that consistent?
"It seems to us that it would
be a wise policy oil the part
of the city government to en
courage as mucn as possible
owners of private property to
provide off-street parking on
their property and on city
streets In areas not needed for
traffic."
(Concluded on Pat $ Column I)
Escapes Trap
Smuggled Out
ine
I'..: -''
Design from GM
Washington WV-Toad Ma
son, self-identified former
communist spy testified Tues
day that he stole secret U.S.
plans for a military dlesel en
gine during World War n.
The witness who Is from
Walllngtoni NJ., said -the
thefts were from a General
Motors plant, In Cleveland, O.,
and not from a Detroit plant ;
of General Motors as reported ,
previously by the senate in
ternal security subcommittee ,
before which he testified. : : .
Mason said he stole tha ;
plans one by one from files .
of the inspection division, and t
smuggled them to fellow spies
who worked as a cook and (
"second assistant ' dishwasher" f
In the plant's cafeteria.
Plans Photographed
The plans then were photo- I
graphed in a secret hideout in
the basement of . the cafeteria
he- said.-. ' ' V s.'-, .; -,
He learned later, he said, t.
that the blueprints were tfor
only part of the engine, al
though' he' had believed he
was stealing the plans for tha
entire unit
A lean, bespectacled .man.
Mason gave his testimony at
a televised public hearing. .
speaking in a nervous, . rath- .
er high pitched voice which
on occasion failed him. '
Mason said he also stole
from a Dupont chemical plant '
in 'Cleveland the formula for ;
a preparation for the preven- :
tion and curt of disease among .
livestock. ;M r.;-.! s
(Cenohided Fate s, Column I) i
Bomb Workers :
Silent on Crimes;
" Washington W Russell B. '
Chatham, who once directed
lie detector examinations at tha
Oak Ridge atomic plant, said
Tuesday that 000 employes or
prospective employes there ad-''
mltted during the tests that
they had withheld from tha
government information on
such things as major crimes or
membership In "Un-American"
organizations.
Chatham, president of a pri
vate firm specializing in lie
detector examinations, .made
the statement in an open letter
to Chairman Gordon Dean of
the . Atomic Energy Commis
sion.. . ...
He said he had been "per- '
sonally and professionally' -
damaged by an AEC press re
lease of April 2 which an
nounced discontinuance of lie-'
letector use at Oak Ridge.
The AEC. release stated that
a study had shown "there la
little data available Indicating
that the polygraph He detector
has any value in detection of
Intent to- commit sabotage or
espionage, or sympathy with
subversive movements or ldlol
ogles." . . . . .
U.S. to Reject
Moloiov's Plan
Washington V-The United
States' said Tuesday that a
Soviet-proposed five-power
peace pact Is unnecessary, and
suggested that discussion of
peace settlements not "degen
erate into a mere propaganda
battle."
Soviet Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov told communist
sponsored peace partisans in
a statement published Monday
that Russia favored their ap
peal for a peace agreement
among Russia, the United
States, Birtaln, France and
Red China.
State department press offi
cer Michael McDermott told
newsmen Tuesday that this
sort of pace "appears to be un
necessary in view of the char
ter of the United Nations
which Is a peace instrument
binding on all signatories,
most of the nations of the
world."
Labeling the five-power
pact Idea as a familiar piece
of Soviet propaganda, he said
the state department la still
watting for the Soviet govern
ment to act for peace Instead
of Just talking about it.
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