THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLODDY . tonight,
Sunday, with Mattered show,
era. Little change In tempera,
ture. Low tonight, 38; high
Sunday, 65.
Slate Building
Plans Before
v
Board Monday
: 600-Bed Ward Build
ing at State Hospital
On Board's Agenda
By JAMES D. OLSON
i tint consideration of the
state's 1953-54 bulldinr pro
tram is scheduled by the state
board of control at a meeting
Monday when it is expected
board members will determine
the priority in which the vari
ous contracts will be let
.Included in the program is a
600-bed ward building at v;he
state hospital together with the
extension and remodeling ot
me central kitchen lor the hos
pital. - .
if The board of control had re
quested the legislature to ap
propriate $3,500,000 for the re
placement of one wing of the
. old hospital , building but the
ways and means committee in
stead, appropriated $1,500,000
for construction of a ward
.. building that will probably be
located north of the present
administration building.
Must Demolish Buildings
With this appropriation the
way and means committee in
structed the board of control to
transfer patients in three smaU
buildings as soon as the new
ward building is completed af
ter which the buildings in ques
tion must be demolished. The
buildings have been condemn
ed as fire traps' by the state
fire marshal.
These building include the
old frame building formerly
used to house tubercular pa
tients in which slightly more
than 100 patients are now
cared for.
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f
Swart Irked by
Wafer Works
County Engineer Hedda
Swart says he is a patient man.
"But there comes a time
when patience ceases to be a
virtue," ejaculated Hedda at a
session of the county court
Saturday morning. . '
The persistence with which
the city water department digs
up the pavement on South
12th street between Hoyt and
Fairview was the circumstance
that caused the engineer to
reach the extent of his pa
tience. ,
"I don't know what we are
going to do," Hedda said. "We
no more than get traffic run
ning smoothly over South 12th
street tha the water depart
ment digs through the pave
ment and we have to start all
over again."
. Swart explained that along
street than the water depart
ment, then a privately owned
concern, agreed to provide wa
ter for an area south of Hoyt
street. A main was laid in the
street which was subsequently
paved.
That main has never been re
placd, contends the engineer
and as a result it is constantly
developing leaks. These leaks
cause the pavement to go to
placed, contends the engineer
ing department gets the blame
for a rough condition.
Engineer Swart was asked to
see if he cannot work out some
satisfactory solution with the
water department.
.Jhe court is empowered to
assess a $20 fee against any in
dividual or concern before
pavement may be cut. It is pos
sible that this regulation may
be enforced with the water de
partment. Cloudy and Showers
Week-end Forecast
Partly cloudy skies and scat
tered showers are the order for
Sunday's weather in Salem.
There was a bit of sunshine
Saturday morning as per sched
ule, all right, but there was also
a bit of rain early. In the 24
hour period ending at 10:30 a.
m., Saturday, .10 of an inch
was measured here.
Cool temperatures continued
and the minimum today Is to
be below 40, the forecast says.
Rainfall so far for the month
is behind schedule, .53 of an
inch being measure1 as against
a normal of .60 of an inch for
May's first nine days. The WII-
lamette river is dropping slow
ly again.
Weather Details
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2 OREGON GOVERNORS GREET MARY PICKFORD
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Log Pirates on
Columbia River
Longvlew OT A drive has
been launched by major timber
concerns operating in this area
against log pirates on the Co
lumbia river and its tributaries.
Representatives of 37 major
timber concerns have formed
the Columbia Basin Log Sal
vage Company, which will es
tablish river patrols and seek
out persons suspected of pirat
ing logs from rafts and stor
age basins along the water
ways, a spokesman saia oaiur
day. The concerns are located
in southwest Washington and
northern and central Oregon,
Company officials have said
they have definite evidence of
such log pirating. They contend
that stolen logs have been
beached and the brands cut
off.
No estimates of the actual
losses were available but they
were described- as substantial.
Wafer Runoff
Forecast Upped
Portland. OT The Weather
Bureau and Soil Conservation
Service Friday topped the fore
cast for water runoff in the
Columbia Basin.
Sam Sloan, state conserva
tionist, said that Increased rain
in the first three weeks of
April and cooler weather, re
tarding snowmelt, was re
sponsible for the expected
slight increase.
But. he added, this did not
supply outlook for the region.
That remains about normal,
he said.
Warm .weather in the lat
ter part of April increased the
runoff slightly. But absorption
of snow water by the dry soil
underneath the snowpack, and
earlv diversion of irrigation
water reduced the flow in the
region's major streams.
Reservoir storage remains
about normal, he said, except
at Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lake where the level is well
below the May 1 average.
U.N. OPIUM PROBE
United Nations N. Y. w.kj
More than 30 nations open a
six- week conference here on
Monday to seek international
agreement controlling opium
production, but top-ranking
communist suppliers were ab
sent.
Liquor Commission
To Make Survey Here
A m.nervisor from the state i
liquor control commission will
make a survey in Salem to see
if further liquor outlets in Sa
lem are feasible.
This information has reacnea
the citv council in a letter from
William H, Balllle, administra
tor for the commission. The
letter will be read at the city
council meeting Monday night.
The council Monday, nigni
will have three public hear
ings. One will be on an ordi
nance bill; to change from Class
1-C Capitol zone to Class iu-a
restricted business zone prop
erty on the north side of Court
street between cottage ana
Winter.
Another will be on an ordi
nance bill to cnange irom
Class II residential to Class
IH-X restricted business zone
property at Jefferson and
North Capitol.
Capita
Year, No. Ill
,. "America's Sweetheart," Mary Pickford, noted actress
of the silent movies day, was a visitor in Salem, Saturday,'
and Is shown here in the office of the governor at the .
capltol being greeted by Kent Hotaling, at left, Eugene,
.boy governor for the youth legislature now in session,
and Oregon's Governor Paul L. Patterson at right. Later
Miss Pickford addressed a saving bond group at luncheon
at the Marion hotel as part of her. tour to encourage sale
of U. S. saving bonds.
Mar y Pick ford Thrills
At Youth Legislature
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
"One of the most thrilling
experiences I have had in a
long time that Youth Legisla
ture!" was one of the first com
ments from Mary Pickford,
noted. American motion picture
actress, when she visited Ore
gon's capitol Saturday noon
and then a savings bond lunch
eon. The 'visitation to the Youth
Legislature, now in session in
Salem: was totally unexpected
for the Pickford schedule, but
when Governor Paul L. Patter'
son told the star they were to
visit the youth body, Miss Pick
ford was delighted. ,-, .
"I wish there were youth
groups like that functioning In
every state," she" added. She
28,000 Kiddies
Stage Parade
Washington OT The largest
school safety patrol parade yet
28,000 boys and girls from
21 states and Canada marcn
ed their safety banners down
Constitution Avenue Saturday.
This was the 17th annual
parade, and it moved along in
perfect weather before 50,000
spectators. Baseball Star Joe
DiMaggio was' at the head, as
honorary grand marshal.
The Buffalo, N. Y., schools
had a slogan "Safety is every
body's job. Look before you
cross." And Charlotte, N. C,
came up with "Everyone alert,
no one hurt."
Some other slogans:
"Be smart, don't dart."
"Whenever you walk, be
turtlewise. Turn your neck,
use your eyes."
"No horse play in the
streets." i
"Search for safety."
"Safety's vision, life's deci
sion." .
Near the front of the parade
were the six children wno
were presented golf life saving
awards by Vice-President Nix
on for heroic deeds in patrol
work.
The third hearing will be on
the matter of changing the
name of Hayesvllle Drive to Li
lac Lane.
The ordinance bills on all
three are on the agenda for
second and third readings and
final action.
Numerous revision matters
have been before the council
recently and another will ap
pear Monday night. This will
be for a revision of the plumb
ing code. It calls for a new and
complete code. The bill will
get first reading.
In street improvements res
olutions will be voted on and
provement of Forest Hills Way
from Longvlew Way .to . the
west terminus of Forest Hills
Way; also for the improvement
of Taft Street from Madison to
the north terminus of Taft
(Continued on Page 5, Column 6)
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 9,
meant her remarks in all sin.
cerity, one could tell by the
way she spoke when she ad'
dressed the group. She visibly
was Impressed. She charmed
her audiences with her beauti
ful speaking voice. '
The petite star, known to
generations as "America's
Sweetheart," almost 45 minutes
late for the Salem stop, told
the youth assembly, as she did
the savings bond luncheon
group later at the Marion hotel:
"My business now is to try
and encourage .the sale of sav'
ings bonds. lit' my. tour from
one, end of this countryio the
other I am sorry to report
have found. some apathy. We
must do away with that apathy.
We must realize some hard
times are ahead of us and when
Uncle Sam says it is necessary
to buy bonds, then we must
buy those bonds."
Miss Pickford told the young
people as she did her luncheon
audience that "sometimes we
are so accustomed to our liber
ties that we do not fully appre
ciate them. This is your coun
try and my country. It is ours
to love and to protect."
The famous star of the days
of the "flickers (silent movies
to the younger generations)
still has her golden curls al
though there are traces of gray
ness now, but she certainly does
not look her age of 60 years.
Governor Patterson was on
hand to greet Miss Pickford
when she arrived at the State
street entrance of the capitol
baesment.
"Good morning, sir, it is so
nice to see you again," she sang
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 4)
Woodworkers
Unions Unite
Portland OT CIO Wood
workers from British Colum
bia and the U. S. will Join for
ces Monday to plan strategy in
the now-deadlocked negotia
tions with employers.
A. F. Hartung, union presi
dent, said it is the first time in
the history of the 17-year-oia
union that the British Colum
bia district is being brought
directly into coastal negotia
tions. "We are brought to this step
by the refusal of employers to
make offers of contract im
provements despite increasing
profits," said Hartung.
Employers on both sides of
the border have rejected wage
demands,, insisting that present
wage scales be continued. The
45,000 Woodworkers in the
U. S. Pacific Northwest are
seeking a 2l4-cent hourly in
crease. The union estimates
the average wage at 2.10 hour
ly. The 30,000 in British Co
lumbia are after a 15-ccnt
boost. The average wage there
is estimated somewhat lower
than in the U. S.
PUBLIC HOUSING PROBE
Washington, (0.B Chairman
Clare E. Hoffman (R., Mich.)
of the House Government Op
erations commitlee announced
tnrinv he will start hearings
I in Los Angeles May 19 in an
I investigation of public housing,
Journal
MM W
Penalties for
Tax Evaders
To Be Enforced
Washington OT , Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue T.
Coleman Andrews said Satur
day he will do his best to halt
Income tax cheating and, at
the same time, save perhaps
40 million taxpayers the trou
ble of filing detailed returns.
Andrews expanded in an in
terview on testimony he gave
several weeks ago before a
House . Appropriations sub
committee.
He told the committee he
feels "very strongly that these
people who deliberately try to
evade their tax obligations
I do not care whether they
are presidents of the biggest
corporations in America, or
what they are . . . ought to be
sent to jail . . . You are not
going to get ' these offenses
down any other way."
Sickened by Sentences
Some sentences- given In
such cases, he said, "have
really nauseated me."
Andrews also elaborated in
the interview and testimony
on his previously disclosed
plan . to handle the income
taxes of 35 to 40 million per
sons without requiring them
to file returns.
(Continued on Pge 1, Column I)
Ryan Pleads for
Delay in Ouster
New York 03K Joseph
Ryan, president of the Inter
national Longshoremen's Asso
ciation, AFL, said today he will
ask the American Federation of
Labor to hold off expelling the
ILA pending contract talks
with employers this fall. '
Ryan's statement came a day
after balloting by dockers on
the metropolitan waterfront in
which they voted. 7,000 to
3,020, to retain the shape-up
system of hiring, which the
AFL Executive Council, has
ordered abandoned on threat
of expulsion.
Ryan said he will meet with
AFL leaders Wednesday to dls
cuss the situation.
He said the union is not plan.
ning any change in the pres
ent hiring system until the cur
rent agreement with the New
York Shipping association ex
pires Sept. 30.
Although admitting that the
number of votes against the
shapeup indicates "something
is wrong," Ryan said any cor
rective measures that are nec
essary can be worked out when
the new contract with the ship
ping officials is negotiated.
Printers Must
Bargain Fairly
Washington W The AFL's
International Typo graphical
Union must bargain fairly with
newspaper publishers, without
insisting on 60-day cancellable
contracts, the National Labor
Relations Board has ruled.
The board issued its order
Friday in the more than five-year-old
dispute between the
union and the American News
paper Publishers Association.
It said the record indicated
strongly a disposition by the
union to try to obtain "closed
shop" conditions and that "we
have ample reason presently to
believe that this disposition
still exists." Closed shop con
tracts, under which a union
supplies workers for the em
ployers, are banned by the
Taft-Hartley Labor Law.
Pirate Flag Flies
Over Nelson Statue
London OT The famous
Trafalgar Square statue of Ad-
miral Horatio Nelson, Britain's
greatest Naval hero, stood in its
accustomed place atop its 184
foot column Saturday wrap
ped in a pirate flag.
A practical joker had climb
ed the tall black column dur
ing the night and daubed a
pirate's skull and crossbones on
a black cloth left wrapped
around the head of the statue
by workmen slicking up the
momument
tt A J1UJVI tu
KOoaaoaOTOM'.
U. N. Alarmed by Threat
By Rhee of Refusa I to
Observe Korean Truce
Tokyo, OT The United Na
tions Command is becoming in
creasingly alarmed over
threats by President Syngman
Rhee that he will refuse to ob
serve an armistice in Korea. .
Gen, Mark W. Clark, the
U.N.C. supreme commander,
conferred in Tokyo Saturday
with the U. S. ambassador to
Korea, Ellis Briggs, and Am
bassador Robert Murphy, poli
tical advisor to Clark.
A source close to the U.N.C.
said Briggs, who has been
guiding United States diplo
macy in Korea for the past six
months, told Clark that recent
spontaneous demonstrations
against a Korean truce were
sponsored by the Rhee govern
ment. .
Two weeks ago in Seoul,
several thousand young Ko
reans paraded the streets of
the former capital, bearing
signs proclaiming, "On to the
36 Sabrejets
Destroy 45 :
Red Buildings
Seoul, Korea QUO Thirty -
six Sabre pets destroyed. 451
buildines near the i-ommunlut
truce camr of Kaeaons todnvl
m uieir Diraeat raid lines
suming the deadly dual role
lighter and bomber.
Other Sabres on "dawn pa
trol"' deep in North Korea
shot down -two Russian-built
MIG-15 jets - while protecting
a bomber strike against an oil
nd ammunition storage area.
' The newly converted
jet
fighter-bombers bdffibed" build
ings in a communist troop cen
ter 12 miles southwest of Kae
song in single-file attacks.
"It was beautiful point
ing," Capt. Howard P. Mann of
Altus, Okla., leader of the at
tack said.
"We each picked a single
target and dived on it," Mann
said. "When we pulled out at
3,000 feet I could see plenty
of buildings wrecked."
Ike Plays Golf
With Brother
State College, Pa., (U.B Pre
sident Eisenhower shucked the
problem of high office today
and played golf with his mus
cular brother, Dr. Milton S.
Eisenhower, president of Penn
sylvania State College.
The Chief Executive traveled
here by train with his wife and
her mother, Mrs. John S. Doud
of Denver, Colo.
Dr. Eisenhower, normally re
served and academic, met the
President at the small railroad
siding on the edge of the Penn
State campus in a brown
sports jacket and a two-tone
sports shirt.
After golf and lunch, the
President planned to drive 14
miles from here to a private
fishing preserve owned by
Robert L. Harpster of Philips
burg, Pa. Latest reports from
Harpster's stream said the
trout were running up to 34
pounds.
American Ship Sunk
In Costa Rica Collision
San Diego, Calif. OT The
Japanese ship Hawaii Maru
messaged the Coast Guard Sat
urday that it collided with the
tuna clipper Sonja, of San
Diego, 40 miles off Cabo Blan
co, Coasta Rica, and the Amer
ican vessel sank.
The Hawaii Maru said all
13 members of the crew of
the 408-ton tuna clipper were
saved. It said it was proceed
ing with them to Los Angeles.
One man aboard the Sonja
was injured in the collision,
the master of the Hawaii Maru
reported.
In San Diego it was report
ed the Sonja had a crew of 12
when it left port April 3. It
was believed here that the
Sonja picked up another crew
member during a-stop at En-
Price 5c
Yalu" and "Unification!'1
in Fusan recently, one
youthful crowd of demonstra
tors, carrying similar signs,
attempted to push down the
gates in front of the - U. S.
embassy, but were halted by
Korean police,
Briggs, a heavy, mustached
diplomat who carries a walk
ing stick, is known to have
protested the demonstration to
Rhee himself. It is understood
that Rhee told Briggs, who
formerly was ambassador to
Czechoslovakia, that Irrespon
sible elements . in the crowd
tested the strength of the lock
on the U. S. embassy.
Briggs told Rhee it had bet
ter not happen again.
Last of POW
Fly From Travis
Travis AFB, Calif. (U.PO Six
Americans, the last of 12 to
arrive on the fifth and final
Freedom Airlift plane, leave
today for their homes and hos
pitals over the United States.
The other six left last night.
1 a few hours after arriving al
Travis Air Force Base near
San Francisco.
xne Americans were among
sruuu ui u vwku iwuui
otl - oMler released recently from
communist prison camps in Ko
rea. The other ex-prisoners
were six Colombians and two
lmwoum. , . i . .. .
xne isu wnoea nere yeswr-
day after a
after a o.oou-raue nignt ir " .,',r ,,j " .
from Tokyo. With their arriv
al, 14? of the 149 U. N. pri
soners released ' by the Reds
were back in the United States.
Two stayed on in Tokyo.
Peron Bans U.S.
News Agencies
Buenos Aires U.R Presi
dent Juan D. Peron'f cam
paign against American press
associations was stepped up
today when dispatches by U.
S. news agencies disappeared
from all Buenos Aires news
papers except the English-
language Herald.
Peron's campaign was
aimed entirely at the Ameri
can news agencies. No action
has been taken against the
British service Reuters or the
French agency, Agence France
Presse. Buenos Aires newspa
pers now are depending on
those two services for tnelr
foreign dispatches. It was the
first time since World War I
that papers here have failed
to carry dispatches by Ameri
can press associations.
Accused of Lies
Peron has accused the
American press association of
defaming Argentina by
spreading lies disguised as
news."
WIRE TAP EVIDENCE
Washington (U.R) The admin
istration today has formally
proposed legislation to author
ize the use of wire-tap evi
dence in cases involving "na
tional security or defense."
senada, Mcx., to purchase li
censes for fishing In Mexican
waters.
Olav Valderhaug, of San
Diego, managing owner of the
vessel, last heard from her
two week ago at that time
he had a radio report that the
clipper had taken on bait In
the Gulf ot Mexico and was
heading south of fish in Cen
tral American waters.
The original distress mes
sage from the Sonja was not
received at Coast Guard sta
tions here or in Long Beach.
Through something ot an elec
tronic freak, the message was
received at Seattle, setting oft
a search of waters off Cape
Blanco, Ore., which later was
called oft.
F I N A L
EDITION
Dulles Declines
To Enumerate
Washington OT Secretary
ot State Dulles said Saturday
the United States and the U.N.
allies .have .reached .general
agreement that several points
of the new Communist Korean
peace .proposals .need .to .be
clarified and perhaps modified.
Dulles told a news confer
ence that the Communist pro
posals were discussed Thurs
day at a White House Confer
ence and again by President Ei
senhower and himself at lunch- -'
eon - Friday. He declined to
specify what points were ob
jected to. ' -
The proposals, he said, leave
a number of points In an un
satisfactory condition and un
less they are changed there will
have to be further consults
tions at Panmunjom. .
Near Agreement -
He said the general agree.
ment now needs only some
clarification and perhaps modi,
fication. It was reached by en -
voys here of the nations tak. .
ing an active part in the Ko- .
re an fighting. Such meetings -
are held . periodically at " the
State Department to take up
Korean developments."
(Continued on Page S, Column I)
nson
Panmunlom, Korea. U.B. -
hold the Communists tnn
- -r gr
wu urn," u..v wiuu uv, u
regarded even ai a "basis for
negotiation" until they furnish
more details oh Ibandilng of
prisoners. '. i"----.---..--
' Harrison, chief ' United Na
tions truce delegate, refused to
accept or reject the plan which
the Communists submit-
ted Thursday. He said many
questions must ' be answered
before he can act.
"Your proposal fails to set
forth sufficient detail for us
to give it adequate considera- .
tion," Harrison said at a 32-
minute meeting which followed
48-hour recess.
. His answer to the Commu
nists was framed in Washing
ton after President Eisenhower
and representatives of other
nations involved in the Korean '
fighting had studied the eight
point Red proposal.
Year Extension
Asked for Voice
Washington OT - A Senate
Foreign Relations subcommit
tee recommended Saturday an
other year's trial for State De
partment operation of the over
seas information program, in
cluding the Voice of America.
The subcommittee, headed
by Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa)
told President Eisenhower that
even it he decides to separate
overseas Information functions
from the department, State
should retain control of edu
cational exchange programs.
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, head
of the information agency, told
the committee last month the
entire program should be tak- '
en out of the tSate Department.
He saiU Secretary of State
Dulles agreed,
A similar recommendation
reportedly was made to the
White House also by a three
man special advisory group
headed by Nelson Rockefeller.
Adlai Reported
Indisposed in India
Trlvandrum, India, W Ad
lal Stevenson, 1952 Democratic
candidate for the U. S. Presi
dency, was reported Indisposed
today. He has canceled his re
malning engagements in this
South Indian city.
The former Illinois governor
arrived here yesterday from
Madras on his extensive tour
of the Far East. His strenuous
schedule ot the past tew days
was given as a reason for his
indisposition.
Soon after his arrival, city
officials presented him with a
civic address of welcome.