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THE WEATHER CLEARING TONIGHT, becom. Jng mostly fair, little wanner, ,Lw tonight, 40; high Friday, 72, Patterson to Seek Slate's Power Share Governor Outlines Oregon's Stand oh Hell's Canyon Issue By JAMES D. OLSON . Regardless of whether dams on the Snake river are con structed by private interests or of the (overnment, Oregon ' will insist upon Its proportion ate share of power generated by such dams. . This was the statement made Thursday .by Governor Paul L. 'Patterson on his return to Sa lem irom a governors' confer ence called by President Tlviffht r ViUHkH wasmngton, D. C. The governor said that re gardless of the northwest pow er pool, under which all power developed in the northwest Is channeled, Oregon will insist on a clause In the licenses is sued by the federal power com mission guaranteeing a certain portion of the power from the Snake river in perpetuity. N.W. Fool Voluntary "The northwest power pool Is a volunteer arrangement," the governor said, "and while there is no Indication that it will be broken up in the fore seeable future, , nonetheless Oregon must be assured of its rightful share of power regard less of whether the dams are built by the Idaho power com pany, the federal government or a PUD." (Concluded on Pas 5, Column 4) Wildlife Plans Seattle, VP) The paring knife used by the V. S. House of Representatives on appro priations has cut out some re search programs importand to fishing industry and may shave or decapitate others. . 1: The cuts', effective July 1, would save tiie government $123,000. : : i - .i i Conducted by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the proj ects are coordinated with the work of state and private agen cies in Alaskan and Pacific Northwest fishery problems. Unless the Senate restores the funds, studies of salmon nutritional requirements, dis eases and methods of raising fish will be discontinued. One program is seeking to over come an epidemic which caused a high mortaity among sockeye salmon in Northwest hatcheries. One hatchery lost 96 per cent of its sockeye fingerllngs last year. - Dr. Robert R. Rucker of the Fish and Wildlife Service here said the investigation had been going on since 1950 and a "solution seems imminent." Stage Writer Silent on Reds New York WV-The pro ducer of "Finian's Rainbow" and other Broadway plays de clined to tell the. house un ' tAmerican activities commit tee Thursday whether he ever was a communist. Lee S. Sabinson, the wit ness, said that he is not now a member of the party. The committee told the short, balding Fifth avenue resident that two previous witnesses had identified him s a party mmber. "Have you ever been, at any time, a member of the com munist party of the United States?" he was asked. "I am not now a member," Sabinson replied, "but I claim my privilege under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitu tion." "As to whether you have ever been?" "That's right." He said some of the Broad way plays he was connected with were "Home of the Brave," "Trio," "The Biggest Thief in Town" and "Counter ( Attack." WORKMAN KILLED Grants Pass (U.R Raymond Bennett White, 42, Grants pass workman, was killed yester day when he fell into the Rogue river while working on Savage Rapids dam. A frame structure collapsed, casting him against the dam's face. Weather Details MulnM mkrliri Mi nlalmra , 49. ToUl M-lir prMlHUtlMi .l tt month! .Ml mrl. . r--i.K.ti-n. MlUi narmal. M.W. Rlrtr h.liht. .( Int. by U.S. WMtktr btiul. Economy Hits 65th 3- Army Budget Cuts Sent Ike Washington VP) A. military budget recommendation which may set back the time when the Air Force can reach its 14 J-wing goal has been sub mitted to the White Hotfce. The Pentagon recommenda tions for trimming about $2, 400,000,000 from the 46 bil lion dollars of military spend ing proposed by , the Truman administration was sent to President Eisenhower and the Budget Bureau Wednesday. It includes estimates for spend' ing by the Air Force, Navy and Army in the fiscal year begin ning July 1. ;t .: '-.-j , In its present form, the bud' get proposal by Secretary of Defense Wilson does not spell out the funds to be allotted each of the armed services. It leaves that to be worked out after the Budget Bureau and White House act on the overall recommendations. Because the Air Force is by far the heaviest spending agency, the Impact of the bud get cut will be greatest on that service. ' Adjudged Sane Canadaigua, N. Y. VP) Fred E. McManus, who admitted killing five persons on a cross country ' trip, was ' adjudged sane Thursday and ordered to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of his first victim, a college student. "There is not the slightest doubt that McManus is sane," District Attorney Thomas Croucher said of the 18-year- old Marine from valley Stream, L. I. Croucher said. McManus would be brought here from Willard State Hospital and be arraigned Friday. f A plea of innocent to a first- dergee murder charge is man datory In New York State. Conviction on the charge car- cies a mandatory sentence of death in the electric chair. McManus, son of a brewery executive, was brought here a month ago from Dubuque, la., where he and his 16-year-old sweetheart were picked up March 31. Members Arriving for State Youth By DAVID A vanguard of delegates to the YMCA Youth and Govern ment Legislature arrived in Salem early Thursday after noon to prepare for a train ing conference to be held Thursday night In 'the Marlon Hotel. A tralnina session will be held for the various state offi cers with several Oregon State legislators on hand to give the youth first hand information on running the state govern ment. Following a dinner meeting the Boy Governor Kent Hotel lne of Eugene will confer with Dr. U. G. Dubach, professor at Lewis and Clark and presi dent of the Youth and Govern ment Drottam In Oregon. Others helping prompt the boy governor are John Veateh And Jerrv urocKweii, Doin from Portland. Veatch will serve at a consultant and Capital m Year, No. 109 btmd m Moood elui matter at 4Ultm, omoo Location of Willamette's Planned: New Buildings Shown 3 lJ"J Shown above is Willamette University's proposed ground plan, under the $9,000,000 long range development program. Letters. A to G. indicate the proposed buildings: A. Auditorium and Fine Arts building, B. Women's residence hall, C. Student Union, D. Health service, E. Classroom building, F. Worship Chapel, G. Swimming Pool. The Auditorium and Fine Arts building and the women's residence hall will be the first two buildings to be constructed under the immediate $1,000,000 challenge fund drive which was launched today at a noon luncheon on the Willamette University campus. Buildings numbered 1 to 9 indicate the present campus structures: 1. Baxter hall, 2. Law building, 8. Library, 4. Gymnasium, 8. Eaton hall, . Waller hall, 7. Collins hall, 8. Music hall, 9. Lausanne hall. - ...... Willamette Kicks Off $1000,000 Campaign for Two New Buildings Willamette University's mil lion dollar "challenge fund' campaign for two new build- ings was given its official kick. off today at a luncheon held in Lausanne hall on the cam pus with President G. Herbert Smith presiding. Speaking at the' luncheon meeting before some 30 busi ness men, alumni and friends Ike to Speak ToGOP Chiefs Jj6mghi0:3O New York (UJB . President Eisenhower comes here tonight for this state's biggest Repub lican dinner of record, at which more than 3,500 persons will pay $100 a plate for a total of $350,000, less expenses, to the party s campaign fund. The reservations were so numerous, the committee took over the main ballrooms of two of the city's largest hotels, the Waldorf-Astoria and the Astor. The president will speak at both gatherings and to a na tionwide television and radio audience. Convict Killed; Escape Foiled El Reno, Okla. JP) Guards opened fire on nine prisoners who made a desperate break from the federal reformatory here Wednesday, killing one and wounding two others. All were rounded up within an hour after they climbed over a fence which separated the re creation field from the outside world, Warden W. H. Hard wick reported. The dead prisoner was iden tified as Raymond Sanford Craig, 23-year-old Maysville, Mo., convict imprisoned April 2 on an 18-month sentence for transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. Legislature BLACKMER Crockwell will be the boy gov ernor's aide during the two day session. Other advisers include Rev. B. -J. Holland, Salem; Ben Ramseyer, former page at Ore. gon legislature from Salem; Senators Howard Belton, Can- by; Dean Walker, Indepen dence; Elmo Smith, John Day; Representatives Lee Ohmart, Salem; Rudle Wilhelm, Port land; Mark Hatfield, Salem Dr. F. H. Dammash, Portland; Carl Francis, Yamhill county W. W. Chadwlck, Salem; Earl Hill, Cushman; Monroe Sweet- land, Portland. President of the Senate Eu gene Marsh of McMinnvllle and Speaker of the House Rudle Wilhelm, Portland, will also be on hand to guide the 1-Y and Trl-Y boys and girls. (Concluded en Pag t Column 4) Salem, Oregon, h V. ) if'tiW&'iWB of the university were Truman Collins, co-chairman of the na tional program; Charles E. Mc culloch, president'ot the Board of Trustees; Robert Notson, chairman of the Portland cam paign; Tinkham Gilbert, Salem manager of the campaign; and Charles A. Sprague, : board member. The first three named are all of Portland. All stressed the need for the new buildings and . said, rela tive to. the Salem campaign, they were confident the $200,. 000 goal here would be reach ed. They expressed hope that the campaign here would be completed before it is' started elsewhere in the slate. -Authorization of a financial campaign for $1,000,000 to con- struct a new fine arts building and auditorium and a women's dormitory, was voted by the Willamette University board of trustees at tne mid-year meet ing in February. Construction of the new buildings will be the first step in a $5,000,000 long-range pro gram. They, will be the first units in a new quadrangle of buildings on the old Sweetland athletic field. Twenty per cent of the mil- Last20POW Land at Travis Travis A FB, Calif. (U.R Twenty United Nations soldiers freed frqm Communist prison camps in Korea came back to the U. S. today, ending the army's Freedom Airlift from Tokyo. A C-54 carrying 12 Ameri cans, six Colombians and two Canadians landed here from Honolulu at 12:11 p.m. (PDT). During their stopover in Hawaii, they were given medi cal checkups at Tripler Army hospital and enjoyed a sight seeing tour of Waikiki. All seemed to be in good spirits. Atomic Bomb Test on Friday Las Vegas (U.R) The most elaborate atomic test ever sche duled in the United States, originally slated for today, was postponed for 24 hours because of unfavorable weather condi tions. Weather permitting, the blast will be held at Frenchman Flat proving ground, 65 miles north- east of here, tomorrow morn ing. The Atomic Energy Commis sion called off the blast last night because of cloud cover and wind direction, saying the weather would impair the tax ing of important photographs and other data. In tomorrow's test an A bomb will be dropped from a h I g h - f 1 y 1 n g bomber overj Frenchman Flat, it wm ex plode in mid-air. The desert floor of the prov ing ground contains the most elaborate array of targets ever arranged for any atomic blast fired inside the nation. Jomrinial Thursday, May 7, 1953 mfl ,j - 1 1 iHssiBt&islt lion dollar goal, or $200,000 Is expected to be raised in Salem, it was. reported by President Smith The remaining B0 per cent, or $800,000, will be raised outside of the Salem area, he aaaea. , ..- In support of the financial campaign, President Smith has announced the receival of a I (Continued on Fife g. Column 1) ' Washington-CP) The Interior Department Thursday ordered a cut of 1,000 by June 30 In the, present 13,000-employe I staff of the Reclamation Bu reau. - Assistant Secretary Fred G. Aandahl announced the action, saying it was taken "to meet the demands of the new appro priation bill passed by the House." , It was the first major per sonnel reduction ordered in the department since Secretary McKay took office in January. . Aandahl said first dismissals should be- of "economists and marketing specialists engaged in project planning, operation and maintenance and power ac tivities" and "employes engag ed in information activities whether or not so classified." The assistant secretary said the bill passed by the House drastically reduced personnel funds for the bureau for the year beginning July 1. Atomic Engine WorkContinues Washington VP) The chair man of the Senate-House Ato mic Energy Committee says work to develop atomic engines for planes and aircraft carriers will continue, but at a more modest rate. Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R.- N.Y.), after meeting with top atomic experts Wednesday, put It this way: "Nobody will have the basis for a real complaint. We will continue a full pro gram In certain aspects, al though not as full as planned." Cole said the programs are being re-evaluated along with other defense matters but no final decision has yet been reached. Another source who asked not to be named said such a decision would come after the Eisenhower administration re quests appropriations for the projects. Work on an atomic subma rine, well along the way, ap parently was not involved. 7 Killed, 100 Injured In Chilean Quake Santiago (U.R) Central Chile dug out today from the rubble left by an earthquake that kill' ed at least seven persons, ln- lured more than 10' and In flicted heavy damage on two cities. The quake was felt yester day from Aconcagua province, north of Santiago, to the south ern tip of Llanqulhue province. , B- Nooauo aNaona 0 jCHSMAlUn 8BC11 (7 uaUe. Said Retreating Hanoi, . Indo-Chlna. 0JJ9 ! Communist Vietminh troocs backtracked northward through Laos today in a mys terious , . withdraw! and a French spokesman said the Reds may be abandoning their invasion1 ol tne ancient Indo Chinese kingdom. . French reconnaissance pilots reported, spearheads were re treating over mountain trails, abandoning the positions from which they had menaced the royal capital of Luang Prabang and the French defense bastion of the Plaine des Jarres to the southeast.- - -- h , .. : ., A French high command spokesman said the- surprise Vietminh move appeared to in- aicate tne communists were giving up their invaaion. and pulling back north, before the rainy season, due to begin May . The spdkesman said the Com munists might back " clear out lot Laos- to the bases north of 1htat fecmt.:wn!clv hr started their Invasion. Don'fBringRain ; New York, VP) Don't blame the atomic test blasts for the abnormal rainfall this , year, says Ernest J. Christie, head of the New York Weather Bu reau. He said any number of per sons believe the Nevada ex plosions are responsible. "Everywhere I bo, they toss the question at me," he told a reporter who was asking the same question. Christie put is this way: "If rain were caused by any additional dust or chemical particles put into the air be cause of atomic exlosions, the pattern of rain would be con sistently In the path . over which this material is carried by the upper air wind flow. "But that's not the case. The precipitation pattern isn't con sistent with that Idea." He noted that In the past everything under the sun or clouds had been blamed for bad weather. ITALY TO PAY GREECE Athens, Greece VP) Italy agreed In principle Thursday to pay Greece three billion lire $4,600,00 war reparations. The agreement follows an exchange of letters between Italian Am bassador Adolfo Alessandrlnl and Greek Premier Marshal Papagos. Regional Meeting of League Here Tonight Civil rights, liquor by the drink, revenues and other sub jects of interest to Oregon cities will be discussed at a regional meeting of the League or Oregon Cities to be held In the Mirror Room of the Marion Hotel, Thursday night, starting with a 6:30 dinner. Presiding will be Mayor Edwin Johnson of Eugene, president of the league. John son was unable to attend a regional meeting of coast cities at Newport last night, and the presiding officer in his place was Mayor Al Loucks of Salem. The meeting here tonight la for cities of Marlon and Folk counties, and present will be mayors, aldermen, department heads, police and fire chiefs -.9 5c teds Propose POVY Be Kept In Korea Area Would Be in Custody Of 5 Neutral Notions Pending Decision Panmunjom, Korea U.fo. A communist proposal that anti- Red' war prisoners be kept in Korea In custody of five neu tral nations pending their final disposition was sent to Wash ington today for high level In structlons. 1 The communist truce team chief Gen. Nam n, in what ap peared to be a major conces sion, proposed that Sweden, Switzerland, Poland. Czecho slovakia and India take charge of those prisoners who refuse I to so back to., their Rod-ruleri .' homelands. ' India Key Nation United Nations negotiators regarded Nam's eight -point proposal at so Important that they uked for -a recess until Saturday in the truce talks so they could refer it to Washing ton ror a decision. For months the communists had Insisted that all anti-Red prisoners must be transported bodily to a neutral country to a wan oisposiiion. r , (Continued on Pate f, Column ) War Secrets Seoul OT An American di vision staff officer Thursday expressed the opinion that communist aplea are obtalnliut inioraiauou on Allied troop movements in Korea "either in Washington or Japan." , "One night on the front the Reds ' broadcast . serosa man's land that our outfit was going to be pulled out of the line," the officer said. "We Red Spies Get didnt even have tte wot-t UJdr"tJL several day before we got! kTti m vi-rr'm an woro. .. -s . "They must have gotten the dope either in Washinston 1 Japan.- ' i I ; Tne communisu, smr the I r:;,.. ,,. ""'" .."r"?. w S,. 4 Z relations that we have in gov cast to iigntn army troops. iennnentai circle even mart ..n(4. tu cuuipuj. uc vm. i wie ranmiuuom armu pouawiw irajuenuy xwo U.S. posedly secret information I., i cBpvuucii m, ."H- - about UJf. troops. Reds Increase Reign of Terror Bonn, Germany VP) U. S. High Commissioner James Bry ant Conant declared Thursday .1 . T3 I. I - J .U 1 . I in Europe to meet President Elsenhower's three-week-o 1 d challenge to end the cold war. i On the contrary, he declared, Communist - suppression and terror have been increasing in Soviet-occupied East Germany. ; Speaking before the Foreign Press Association here, Conant challeged Moscow to -prove its peaceful intentions throughout the world and specifically in divided Germany. He declared that the U. S. government was still waiting upon Moscow for the "deeds and not merely words that the world requires If we are to be gin to witness that rebirth of trust among nations which President Eisenhower has call ed for." ' and various other holding municipal police and tire chiefs and various others hold ing municipal offices. Ray Coulter, league consul tant who represented the cities in the lobby of the 1953 leg islature, will be present and will give a talk on the enact ments of that session. He and Mark Wrestling of the league's headquarters in Eugene will form a panel for discussion of various subjects and the meet ing will be largely a question and answer session. Between 70 and 80 city offl clals, Including a few women, are expected at the meeting here tonight. League officials attending the meeting will go to Portland Friday for a conference with Portland city commissioners. FINAL EDITION Deliveries of Arms lo Free Nations Upped $5 Billion Worth of Military Supplies ' For Next Year Washington VP) SeenUr of Defense Wilson told Con tress Thursday the EUenhow. er administration expects that actual deliveries of military equipment to free nations win be increased sharnlv In th 1$ months beginning July 1. He said the aim is to deliver five billion dollars worth of military supplies to U.S. al lies all over the world com pared to $3,800,000,000 in an ticipated actual deliveries dur ing the current . fiscal ' year ending June 30. V , .; , Wilson and , Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were at the capltol to urge ' apnroval of President . Eisenhower's . re quest for $5,828,000,000 in new foreign aid funds. ; ., Bradley Also Testifies ..; '..;; Wilson talked to the senate foreign . relations committee -and Bradley to the house for eign affairs committee. Bradley told the house group the amount Eisenhower asked for 'overseas military . aid was "considerably less" than desired by defense chiefs. He said he saw nothing in the . world situation to warrant any aiaczening - ox extort, adding that Russia's "atomic capacity i rapidly - imorovinK" and "the possibility of war la still WiW US." ; . ... ; (Centmned en ae t. Oanau Q; M Vash:r. jilcn Washington MDCsinadli tod H, Xbeotfa waMea JtS discussions will Improve TIJwu. Canadian relations atiU fur tter.' if,'fr'"!,(."'& MM'H ':. VWe know that the convert or satfons that will take placa will assist in Improving the Icomlntf address. - i n,. r..... nhi : Iter and jus party arrived at Wari,Inffton National airnort I . .. aboard a Royal Canadian air ( form . niane The Canadian ' party was : greeted by Nixon, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, . ambassadors of the British . Commonwealth nations and. other. St Laurent said the free world is looking to President' Eisenhower and the United, States to lead the way to ob-. jectlves of the North AtlanUa treatv - ' 3 Warships Hit By Red Shells ' Seoul, Korea (U.R) The navy; disclosed today that commu nist shore batteries have hit '' and damaged three U.S.. war,' hips since Saturday while the ) vessls were bombarding Won- 7 san on the Korean east coast ; Ships including - the battle ship New Jersey blasted the ; port again today, using radar-; controlled aiming devices to pump shell after shell into the : battered city. 1 The navy said the cruiser' Bremerton was hit during the daylong attack on Wonsan : Tuesday. Damage apparent ly was alight, as the Bremer-, ton was in the attacking force ' again today. ; Two destroyer! were dam aged Saturday. ' Radio Pyongyang, voice of North Korea, said coastal guns sank an American destroyer yesterday off Songjln on the. northeast coast. The navy: stad it had no such report . j Draft Threatened For Civil Defense V Great Lakes, 111. VP) An air force officer said Thurs day that Americans may have , to ba drafted for civil defense 1 posts unless more volunteers come forward. Ma, Solomon E. Lif ton said that although civil defense au- . thoritles estimated 20 million Individuals are necessary to man the defense structure, : only four million persona have .volunteered.