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Unander Joins
Patterson, Newbry in
Retaining Officials
By JAMES D. OLSON
Kay Smith and Samuel Stew
art Taeeday war re-eppelnted
to tba state tax commission by
majerity action ( mem ban
f tba atata baard af eontroL
The two commissioners were
nominated for reappointment
by Governor Paul L. Patterson
several weeks ago but no action
was taken because State Treas
urer Slf Unander requested
further time In which to con
sider the nominations, Unander
had been absent from the state
prior to the governor's action.
Unander Censors
. Tuesday Unander submitted
letter in which he concurred
in the re-appointment of Com
missioner Smith and Stewart.
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry had previously agreed.'; i
Commissioner Smith in
charge of the income tax divi
sion, was appointed in June,
1848, and Commissioner Stew
art, head of the assessment and
taxation division, was appoint
ed November 1852.. The new
terms to which the .two men
have been re-appointed expire
en June 4, 18S7. The salary is
$8,000 a year for each commis
sioner.
Salaries for two deputy war
dens at the state penitentiary
. Lawrence O'Brien and Louis
Banes were set at $8500 a year.
The last legislature set the min
imum and maximum salaries
for these positions at $6500 to
$7200.
Salaries of the superintend
ents of state institutions were
discussed by the board but ac
tion deferred until the subject
can be given further study by
members of the board,
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Canada Plane
a "
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A Canadian Ah Force plane
was unreported off the Oregon
coast Tuesday. Air and surface
craft Joined in the search.
Only tangible clue was an
orange colored box reported
sighted by a -McChord Air
Force Base search plane about
23 miles off the mouth of the
Siuslaw River. ,
: The '. Diane, a Lancaster
bomber, carried 10 men. At
1 p.m. it was officially report
ed as missing. That was one
hour after its fuel supply
would have been exhausted.
The plane was en route from
its Vancouver Island base to
San Diego, one of several
taking part In exercises with
the Canadian destroyer Al
gonquin on a cruise down the
.coast.
Canadian Air Force authori
ties said that "certain proced
ure in these cases" would be
followed and little Information
would be given out immediate
ly.
. The U.S. Coast Guard report-
- ed that the four-engine plane
was last reported at 2:20 a.m.
Tuesday 100 miles south of the
Columbia River mouth,
The Coast Guard said that in
addition to Canadian search
r-alanes. U.S. planes from Wash
Kington and California bases
Joined in the hunt
The report of the orange
colored box was to be investi-
' gated by a Coast Guard cut
ter dispatched from Astoria. It
was due at the scene at 11:30
p.m.
When the plane made its
last report it waa heading Into
' an area of clouds and rain.
More Rain Looms
Next Few
Days
Just more of the same for
the next two or three days
showers, possible thunder
showers tonight and Wednes
day, and continued cool tem
peratures. So says the five
dsy forecast from the weather
bureau, but it does caU for
" fair weather about Saturday
or Sunday.
Rainfall for the 24-hour
. period ending at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday was .36 of an inch.
..I..;... un the month's total
date to 148 Inches against
a normal for 1.64 Inches,
a thunder storm briefly
centered in the city late Mon
day afternoon, accompanied
by a good nower of rain.
Threats Against Sons
Used to Blackmail
Father Into Spying .
Washington, V-The Catted
States ordered Taaaday the
"immediate departare" i at a
Communist Eomanlaa diplo
mat It said ka triad to Black
mail aa Americas) ei titan Into
spying for the Romanian gar-
erament. '
The State Department sale
the diplomat, Christiache Zam-
beti, legation first secretary,
"attempted to subvert" V. C.
Gorgescu, a naturalised Amer
ican citizen of Romanian d
cent. Hay 20 in New York.
"The price offered tor this
collaboration was to be the
welfare of Mr. Gorescu's minor
sons and their possible restora
tion to their parents, the de
partment said. .
(Cutinned an faff (. Catena I)
3 Refuse to
Talk' on Reds ;
Washington W) Three one
time government employes re
fused Tuesday to toll senators
whether they were Commun
ists when they held U. S. Jobs,
or are Communists now.
They were Nathan Witt,
former secretary of the Nation
al Labor Relations Board; John
J. Abt, former attorney in the
Agriculture and Justice De-
Dartmenta: and Julius J.
Joseph, former economist In
several agencies
All had been named previ
ously by Elizabeth Ben-tly,
Whittaker Chambers or otner
ex-Communiste at the time
they held their government
TJOStl. '
.. Abt, j Who ten government
service 15 years ago, protested
thai the Internal security sub
committee , hearing . Tuesday
retwesented" "a star chamber
proceeding"- designee .to "get
headlines." f - -t
Probe Scandals
Washington W Attorney
General Brownell Tuesday or
dered a New York grand Jury
investigation of waterfront
scandals, o .
The attorney general said
he has instructed U.S. Attor
ney J. Edward Lumbard of
New York City to present be
for a jury there the evidence
which some 150 FBI agents
have been gathering for the
last several months of crime
along the New York-New Jer
sey waterfront.
Brownell referred to toe
waterfront situation, which
was a subject of prolonged In
quiry by the New York state
crime commission, and by a
congressional committee, - as
Involving "shocking evils."
-Testimony before the state
commission developed evi
dence of terror, murder and
collusion involving political,
labor union and shipping In
terests. The FBI Investigation was
originally authorized by for
mer Attorney Oneral James
P. McGransry last December,
and Brownell said the probe
"has become a major project
in the department of Justice."
Budgeteers
City Finance Outlay
In Its final meeting Monday
night the city budget commit
tee approved a total budget
of $2,099,282.67, plus an out
lay of $464,752.50 lor the
water department.
The city council set Monasy
night, July 13, as the date for
a public hearing on the bud-
When it taxes iinai acuou
. i ,k.
on the Duagei orainancv use
council has authority ol law
to increase the total up to 10
oer cent of the tax levy, esti
mated at.around $40,000.
The controversial city 4-n
club item remained in the
budget Mayor Al Loucks told
the committee that he had, op
posed the Item, but because of
pressure from so great a seg
ment of the public he was rec
ommending that it stay in.
However, he warned 4-H lead
ers to look about for another
source of revenue next year,
Chairman Dan Fry said ha
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Gigantic Force
Of Atomic Shell
Washington two A single
atomic shell like the one tired
in Nevada yesterday can do
about the same damage as
1,000 medium artillery battal
ions firing all their guns at
once against the same target
. Such was the' estimate of
ordnance experts following the
first public test of to Army's
"Amazon Annie." a gigantic
gun that can drop conventional
or atomic explosives on tet-
aa Mtat as 20 antes; 4
'uoll4teataly
raised after the successful test
was wnerner any w turn m
mm.' guns will be sent to Ko
rea, or to Europe, wnere asp
commanders have given assur
ance that atomic v weapons
would be available in event of
war. ;
Returning here from the
"worthwhile dam onstration"
last night, Defense Secretary
Charles. E. Wilson brushed off
questions about use In Europe
by smilingly telling reporters,
"You don't want to ask me that
question." v
. Even less was said in mili
tary circles about Korean pros
pects. '
Ask Paul Reynaud
To Form Cabinet
. Paris Paul Reynaud,
last premier before the fall of
France in 1840, announced to
day be would try to form a
new government to represent
the French at the forthcoming
Big Three talks in Bermuda.
The right wing Independent
party leader announced after
a S0-minute talk with Presi
dent Vincent Auriol he will go
before the national assembly
tomorrow to seek confirmation
as premier.
Approve
would recommend a council
committee to work with the
county court next year and
aee if budget makers can't be
better Informed on the outlay
for the public health service,
which is finsnced both by the
county and the city.
Salary increases totaling-
about $50,000, extending;
through the entire personnel!
of city officers snd employes,
are In the budget. The sched
ule is 5 per cent Increase for
salaries over $500 a month, 6
per cent for those from $351
to $500; 7 per cent for those
from $27$ to $350, and S per
cent for those under $276. . .
The 4-H appropriation Is
taken from the ' emergency
fund item, which stands at
$21,302 after i the deduction.
The committee was able to
increase salaries and come up
with an emergency fund,;
(OaaUaaad an Page t, Cetsssa 1)
- Las Vegas, Nev.-A boiling column of smoke rises In ;
the distance seven miles away from one of the Army's
280-mm rifles which Monday fired the first artillery shell
in history.. The test on Frenchman Flat was termed a suc
cess by the Department of Defense, which said the shell
burst with precision accuracy over' the designated target
where railroad cars, trees bridges and other equipment
were located. (Department of Defense Photo via AP Wire
photo) . v i ..-...-..
t.hrcor Proposed to
Sauo Fcdlitks thro
By MARGARET MAGES
Merger of thai CAA control
tower and the weather bureau
m satem, w- w
er oeonle o,i-. Q
blned service from the tower,
has keen proposed by the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber In correspond-
Scholarship to
Browder's
New York W In awarding
a fellowship to Dr. Felix Brow
der, son of former Communist
Leader Earl Browder. the
John Simon Guggenheim Me
morial Foundation first deter
mined that he is not and never
was a communist, the founda
tion reported Tuesday.
Dr. Browder, an Instructor In
mathematics at Boston Univer
sity, is a registered democrat.
A statement from the foun
dation said the foundation trus
tees were confident that the
American people would agree
that Dr. Browder, "as an able
and loyal young American,"
waa entitled "to have his op
portunity' for development"
The statement described the
25-year-old Browder as a bril
liant mathematician. His fel
lowship, for mathematical stu
dies at toe Institute for Ad
vanced Study at Princeton, N.
J., was one of 101 awards an
nounced by toe foundation last
Sunday. '
Rosenbergs Denied
Stay of Execution
Washington (fl Chief Jus
tice Vinson late Thursday de
nied a stay of execution to Ju
lius and Ethel Rosenberg, the
convicted A-bomb spies.
The denial followed the Su
preme Court's announcement of
Monday in which the high tri
bunal for the third time refused
to review the trial of the Rosen-
bergs.
DON'T MISS
Vocation
Time
IN TODAY'S
Capital Journal!
Additional copies available
at the Salem Chamber of
Commerce Free of Charge
Send a copy to your
friends and relatives living
in other parts of the country.
Capital jJournal
ences directed to Senator Guy
Cordon, peerstary of Com
re Wee and aoretary ir
Engiea,.waasv, sug
gested the mc wao t&ct o-
noraies and stiuawtain -the
trol tower and weather bureau
full time in Salem,.- .,
In toe letters It was pointed
out that lt was understood that
control tower operators could
be certified as weather observ
ers, whicn wouia proviae s
24-hour combined weather and
tower service with six men per
forming the duties. The cut
from -10 to six men, it wss
noted, would provide an an
nual savings of approximately
$20,000.
It would also eliminate the
necessity of toe expensive re
location of high Intensity and
runway light a witching system,
at a cost of approximately $4,
000, the letter said.
The letter further stated tnat
the weather bureau la now be
ing reduced from 24 hour serv
ice to 10 hour service ana teat
this would eliminate Salem as
an Important auxiliary field
for Portland Airport between
the hours of 10 p.m. and 6
the hours toe weather
bureau would be closed,, be-
(Canthwes ea race , Cessans 1)
I
Mamie Talks to
Women's Clubs
Washington OJJD Mrs. Mamie
Eisenhower stood on tip-toe be
fore the microphone at Consti
tution HaU today, smiled
warmly and told 1500 dele
gates to the 62nd convention of
the General Federation of
Women's Clubs:
"I Just wanted to come over
and say good morning. I hope
you have a wonderful conven
tion." The delegates responded with
a burst of applause for the first
lady.
Mrs. Eisenhower decided to
visit the convention when no
time could be arranged for her
to receive delegates at toe
White House. She Invited the
delegates to the White House
for the public tour even
though she would not be there
to shske hsnds.
Earlier, the delegates re-
affirmed a number of policy
resolutions adopted at previous
conventions. Among them wss
a resolution endorsing Ameri
can economic aid for Europe aa
administered by the Mutual
Security Agency.
TAFT IN HOSPITAL
Cincinnati U Sen. Robert
A. Taft (R.. O.) was under
treatment in Holmes hospital
today for a painful hip which
had confined him in Walter
Reed hospital at Washington
four days last week.
Itase Slashes
$10 Millions off
Hospital Funds
' Washington (AV-The hense
passed and seat to the senate
Taenday a bill appropriating
$l,tl,7l,l for the labor
and welfare departments after
eatttag $11 sallllea from Pres
ident Ciseakewer's request for
keealtal fanda.
The money Is to finance the
two agencies for the fiscal
year starting July 1.
The roll call vote was S85 to
2. The bill allots the money
this way; $255,184,000 for the
labor department, $1,712,248,
461 for the hkalth, education
and welfare department and
$13,274,000 . for affiliated
minor agencies.- ;
$5$ Million Grant --
Passage followed last-mutate
defeat of a democratic-lad
move to appropriate $75 mil
lion . for federal grants to
states for community hospital
construction.
The house decided to stick
its appropriation's commit
tee recommendation for. a $50
million hospital grant fund in
stead of the $60 million re
quested by President Eisen
hower. '
Democrats tried to boost the
hospital fund to 75 million,
the amount requested by for
mer President Truman last
January. They lost by a roU-
cau iota of sua to 187.
la '
mliNiia
Buttle OH fcnlanonaliane
. IffnnitM- nlh
to face the "atheistic adverser-
ies" of the Christian church
iu. i .iv
(Ion Biuf nrvr
The challenge was issued by
the Rr. Rev. Henry Knox Soer-
111, presiding bishop of the
Portestant Episcopal church
In the United States, in a
sermon opening tne centen
nial Jubilee service of toe
Episcopal Diocese of Olympla.
An estimated 7,000 persons
filled the Civic Auditorium.
Bishop SaerilL one of seven
bishops taking part in colorful
services marking toe 100th
anniversary of toe diocese, de
clared "atheistic communism
challenges the faith of aU of
us,
"But the challenge to it
won't be met In political move
ments or ' maneuvering. - It
must be faced In toe Integrity,
life and faith of the Christian
church."
FRISCO TO SAIGON
Saigon, Indo-Chlns 0U9 The
first scheduled air liner flight
directly between San Francisco
and Saigon was completed to
day with toe arrival of a Pan
American World Airways
plane.
Weather Details
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Protest Slash of Funds
. W. Power Plants
Wuhlneton. (A?) Republi
can representatives Holmes of
Wsshlngton and Ellsworth of
Oregon want to "set the rec
ord straight on the ice naroor
and Amazon Creek projects
reroectlvely.
Commenting on tne nouac
Appropriations Com mlttee s
recommendation xor racuic
Northwest flood control and
power projects, bout men saia
they were considering toe ad
visability of speeches during
the House deliberation.
However, Holmes and Ells
worth, and other Pacific
Northwest congressmen, ap
peared satisfied for toe most
oart with the committee's
recommendations.
Out of $251,406,000 which
the committee approved for
construction in toe year begin
nlng July 1 Washington gnd
72 Red Migs
Shot Down
By Sabrejets
Seoul. Korea, 0W6 Ameri
can Sabre Jet pilots shot down
12 Communist HIO xUhters
and damaged another today
without the loss of a plane In
one of their biggest victories of
the war.
A force' of bomb carrying
Sabre Jets struck to within 20
miles of the Yalu river, fron
tier of Communist Chinese
Manchuria, in toe: longest
strike since they were con
verted to fighter-benvbers. . .
Ma, James Jabara of Wlehi-
Kans.. history's first let ace
now on his second tour of Ko
rea at his own request, shot
down two MIGs bringing his
score to nine destroyed, three
probably destroyed .and seven
damaged.
Lt Col. George Ruddell of
Eugene, . Ore., added another
MIG to bis score Tuesday. He
was one of eight pilots credit
ed with single kills. Two pilots
made doable Kills.
Tudor fbrilivj
cni on 5r.:!ic
The DaBes. Ore. Tba
Department of the Interior may
ask for money next year to
nlan a but dam as a replace
ment for Hells Canyon, Ralph
Tudor. Interior undersecretary.
said In aa interview nan Mon
day. ' - I
Tudor said toe Halls Canyon
project, from which tba depart.
umu, i ii i w.'".. - m r- r
has been over-hold and otner
sites are available at wnlca
dam could be built for Is
money and with more benefit.
Ha said be thought the K-
Ikia
site on the uearwavar
River was one of them Among
I otner ininga, wou m -
eer xiooa consul , wi -
. SBW.
xuaor saia inai mo wu -
cern of the department rigns
now is to gei huuhbu ,"ZL
under way. Withdrawal ox
haeklns for a dam at Hells
Canyon does not mean the de-
nartment is Setting Out Of the
field of public power develop
ment, he said.
To Ban 'Resort'
Mining Claims
Washington A house
subcommittee todsy spproved a
bill aimed at preventing toe
staking out of "summer resort"
mining claims.
The bill would prevent tlakn
locators from using the claims
for anything but mining pur
poses until they have proved
them tip ana receivea a pavmv
from toe government .
Mining interests backed toe
bill. Raymond B. Holoroox ox
Salt Lake City, attorney for the
American Smelting at Refining
Company, said "fraudulent"
claims often are made for "the
timber In the claim, or a xine
cabin site, or an opportunity to
capitalize on the nuisance
value."
Oregon would receive $95,880,-
000 nearly 40 oer cent.
Lack of funds for Esgle
Gorge flood control project
near Seattle and for Ice Har
bor on the lower Snake was
scored by Ren. Don Magnu-
son (D.. Wash.). He said the
cut recommended for The Dal
les Lock and Dam on the Co
lumbia was "almost equally
shocking."
The committee recommend
ed nothing for Eagle Gorge or
IceHarbor. Of $25,250,000 rec
ommended for The Dalles, It
earmarked 8V4 million for pay
ment of Indian claims.
Magnuson said he disagreed
with the committee's statement
that its cut In The Dalles' fund
would mean only a year delay
in availability of power from
the project. He said a two
year delay would bt batter
guess.
IProjodSd
ToBeRej:rf;l
By South Keren
Seoel F) AatheritsUve
Smith Karcaa aeareea today re
vealed that the secret new Al
lied trace plan weald give the
Halted Nations General Aasem- .
bly the final say la detarmla
lag ike fate af war srleeasrs
wke refase to retarn to their
Red homelands. -
The Informants said the pro-
nanoea too eomtmuusts
yesterday at Pnnmitrijnm w
clearly unacceptable to South
Korea. One government offi
cial called it "nothing but an
Allien aexeat ny tne commo
nists." The proposal also incorpo
rates soma features of previous -plans
offered by both the Reda .
and Allies, said toe sources,
who would not allow use of .
their names. r .
U.N.Ceoamaad Silent ; -
The U. N. command- which
reportedly requested too news
blackout on Monday's true
session would not comment
toe plan. It even refused
to acknowledge the offer waa
made. .... . .. v ..
Some ' observers in Toiur
said the Allied proposal pond- .
bly Is being used as tempting
nan to Hen vnma, wnicn naa .
long wanted to get Into tba
United Nations.. . .
By accepting tba r'n. too
said, It would give W China
a toe old In tba Qeneral Aa-
aas tjsroatfh ' toe beck
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v Seoul. Korea II President
Syagman Rhea Indicated today
the South Korean aovamment
might complicate the snarled
truce talks by boycotting to
Panmunjom sessions Indefinite
Rhea called his cabinet to an
extraoidinary three hour and
45 minute session to discuss
certain measures" in connec
tion with the recessed negotia- -
nons.
The boycott apparently start
ed yesterday when the South
Korean delegate, MaJ. Gen.
Choi Duk Son, failed to show
up at Panmunjom.
Choi's explanation for his ab
sence was that be was talking
on a telephone at the Allied
truce camp at Munsan when
the negotiators' helicopter took
off for ' Panmunjom, leaving
talks was not accidental. '
But Foreign Minister Pyua
xung 111 ici us wmgua sup
during an Interview with
United Press Correspondent "
Wsrren Franklin when he in- .
dicated Choi's absence from the
HUH WW INI KNNWIi
Snyder as Tax
Intervener
Washington House in-
vestlgstors Tuesday turned up
a second Instance of reversal
of a proposed tax ruling after
former Secretary of the Treas
ury John W. Snyder Intervened
thia time with rjerhana a
million dollars at stake.
The case, da ting back to
1048, Involved a complix stock;
transaction by Austin S. Ingle
heart, president of General
Foods Corporation, and others.
Three revenue employes tes
tified they favored a ruling that
capital gains taxes must be paid
In connection with tba deal a
stock merger between General
Foods Corporation and Igle-
heart Brothers, former Indiana
and then Delaware corporation.
They said from Juno to De
cember, 104$, various special
ists ruled that the proposed
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free as asked by Igleheart -
Charles E. Tobln, counsel to
the Investigating House ways
and means subcommittee, than
read from bureau flies showing
that on Dec 21. Snyder called
Charles 0iphant, former chief
counsel of tba tax service, and
told him about tba case.
Eight days later, on Dec 19.
the tiles showed, Oltphant call
ed Snyder's office and advised
a "favorable ruling is in tba
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