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Analysis of
Power Policy
Cabinet Member
', Home First Time
Since Taking Office
' :' By JAMES D. OLSON
Tit Eiseab.ewer admUlstra
tiea m not going rat of the
dam building easiness, tut de
velopment at ranch needed ad'
dltloaal power la the Berth
wait Boat depead at alone am
ftTentmeat projects knt aa
prints enterprise aa wall.
- ThU itatamant was made by
Secretary of the Interior Doug
laa McKay ahortly after ha had
concluded an eight-hour flight
to, Portland, a flight that was
delayed an hour by strong
neaa winds.
After embracing Mrs. Mc
Kay who had quietly returned
to Salem last Monday, and
greeting Governor Paul L. Pat
terson who was at the Portland
airport to meet him, the secre
tary held a brief press confer
ence In the United Air Lines
office.
Belies on 8tady
McKay's Hell's Canyon deel
sion, ha said, was reached en
tirely on engineering studies
and economy and nothing else.
Oregon's cabinet member de
clared. .
"Hell's Canyon dam as pro
jected by the former admmis
stratlon has been voted down
by a large majority of the
Bouse and again was voted
down In 19SS by a House com
mittee, ha said. "Further en
gineering studies reveal that
the federal Hell's Canyon loca
tion Is not the best site for
water storage lor finning op
power. ,
Centmaed en Pate i, Cohnnn 7)
Portland JP) Albert TO
- tnaa said Friday Interior Sec
retary McKay "is going - to
make a speaking tour in Ore
gon that will additionally
cloud the issue" of develop
ment of the Snake river. Ull
man Is chairman of the Idaho
Oregon Hells Canyon Associa
tion. Speaking at a meeting of the
steering committee of the Pa
eific Northwest Resources Con
ference, Ullman also said that
Ralph Tudor, interior under
secretary, Is "spreading a
smokescreen In his tour of the
area by suggesting alternatives
for Hells Canyon Dam. none of
which can be built at this
time.
The organization, formed last
week to support federal con
struction of a high dam at
Hells Canyon of the Snake, op
poses the Idaho Power Compa
ny's development plans for
three smaller dams.
The Interior Department re
cently announced it was with
drawing opposition to the Ida
ho Power Company's program.
The group, still .being f orm
- od, will represent more man SO
' farm, business, labor and pub
lic power groups, committee
member stai.
Miami Greets
Top Jet Ace
Miami, Fla. ff) This parade-loving
city prepared to
rive CaDt. Manuel J. Fernan
dez Jr. a booming if somewhat
windy celebration when he
comes home today.
Storm warnings were up
from Miami through the Flori
da Keys and the Weather Bur
eau said it would be cloudy
and windy with occasional
showers through Sunday. But
that didn't dampen plans to
welcome Fernandez. 1 j
The 28-year-old jet ace, who
shot down 14 MIGs In Korea,
will be presented the keys to
the city ride In a big parade
and attend a reception.
Gloomy Skies for
Week-end Forecast
' Gloomy skies are due to
continue over Sunday In Sa
lem area, although the fore
;. cast does not say anything
about rain.
Tnr thm nait four daya only
trace of precipitation has
hoen recorded, although the
skies have continually threat-
.; oned to let loose a sooo "
"vhm in the valley won
,' a.me arm In. Saturday. The
. toni.Vnette at Salom mess-
rod B.T feet Saturday morn
tag.
Raps McKay
Tritub Paid
By Calicn to
Balilc llcross
Parades and Me
morial Services Held;
Ike Places Wreath
Or m tartiM tnm ' "
The Halted States, mladfal at
prolonged and dreary fighting
still going on In Korea, honored
In Memorial Day ceremonies
Saturday those who fonght and
died In past battles,
. Big cities and small towns
staged parades and memorial
services while families of those
still fighting prayed their men
will bo homo for more thank
ful exercises another year.
In Arlington National Ceme
tery President EUenhower
placed a wreath at the tomb of
the unknown soldier. -.. i .
The President then attended
Arlington National Cemetery
memorial exercises but did not
make a speech. ,
(Ceactnded on Pas S, Cohan 4)
On Battle Line
Seoul IU) U.S. soldiers
and Marines paraded on this
Memorial Day In remem
brance of the Americans kill
ed In Korea, while graves reg
istration teams combed the
front tor the bodies of- the
latest victims of communist
aggression. - .
Gen. Mark W. Clark and
Lt Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
declared in memorial mi
sages that Americans are
dying In Korea to preserve the
traditions which gave birth to
the United States.
Taylor, who commands al
lied ground forces In Korea,
dedicated a new chapel here
Jet fighters roared over
head on their way to aid hard
pressed troops on the 'Western
Front : '
Marines In bat ile-ettined
fatigues assembled In an open
field near the front to honor
30,000 comrades killed or
wounded by the communists
in some of the toughest fight
ing In Korea. .
Death Toll for
Holiday Starts
nt ni AMMteUd Prat)
The death toll from violent
accidents rose slowly In the
first hours of Memorial Day as
millions of motorists prepared
to head for the highways on
the first holiday of the spring
season.
. Traffic accidents took the
heaviest toll, as expected. Thir
ty persons were killed in mo
tor mishaps since 8 p.m., local
time, Friday. Three persons
drowned and six others lost
their lives in mishaps of mis
cellaneous causes.
The traffic fatalities lnclud
ed six Maine Maritime Acad'
emy cadets killed in a head-on
crash near South China, Me.
It was one of the worst high
way accidents in Maine's his
tory.
The National Safety Council
has estimated 240 persons will
be kiUed In traffic mishaps In
the 04 hours between o p.m.
Friday and Sunday midnight.
Weather Details
ral far aMatki SMI Mnul I
Blw eatiM. M tart. SMrt k OS.
Day Observed
Queen Dances Joyously
At Pre-Coronation Ball
London ) Queen Eliza
beth H, bubbling with Joy,
danced late at a pro-coronation
ball and didn't get home
until 4 o'clock London time
Saturday morning.
Only 100 persons were suu
waiting outside Buckingham
Palace -in tho cold dawn to
cheer tho youthful monarch as
she returned from the dance
at stately old Hampton Court
Palace the same place where
her ancestor, King Henry VHL
held his revels 400 years ago.
There had been 20.000 wild
ly cheering Britons gathered
about aa the aueen left for the
ball with her husband, the
Duke of Edinburgh, and Prin
cess Maranret
Tho queen brought her
young sister homo with her.
Margaret, who didn't have
date, popped into tho palace
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: 65rii Year, No. 129 ZSfASSlSZ : Solum, Ort-on,
MEMORIAL WREATH FOX CIVILAVAOrrrFtAN
Vishirisky to
Sail for Home
United Nations. N.Y. " I
Russia's Andrei Y. Vlshinsky
threw UU. diplomats into a
flurry of speculation today by
suddenly deciding to sail home
to Moscow. .
Soviet sources said the aging
diplomat is going because of the
illness of his wife who is in
Moscow with their daughter.
He la scheduled to leave Wed
nesday on the Queen Elizabeth.
Diplomats hero have become
skeptical, however, -of family
or personal mnoss- as a roN
for trlw to Moscow.:
Many of them bavo boon in
vited to a cocktail party Vishln
sky is giving Monday at his
swank country home on Long
Island and are sure to try to
sound him out. -
- One point they are expected
to probe is whether, the trip
has any connection with Kore
an truce negotiations.
Increased Pay
Portland W Negotiators
for the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Co. . and CIO ' Woodworkers
Union agreed Friday on a B'
cent hourly Increase for the
firm's 6,000 Pacific Northwest
fir area employes.
This Is the first wage In
crease the 45,000-member un-
on has won In contract negotia
tions which opened more then
two months ago. -
- Other employers have re
fused to grant any contract
concessions that would result
in higher costs.
The union at first asked a
28-hour week, and 22 cent
hourly Increase and vacation
and holiday Improvements.
Later the union scaled Its de
mands down to 124 cent
hourly Increase.
Friday's agreement covers
all Weyerhaeuser operations
except In the Klamath area
pine belt. The base pay for
workers was $1.78 an hour,
with the company paying for
a health and welfare program
estimated at T cents an hour.
for a minute and then drove
on to her own residence Clar
ence House.
With the strenuous routine
of coronation just three days
off, the queen made no engage
ments Saturday and planned to
to take things easy.
The ball was given Xlizabetn
by tho Brigade of Guards. Ra
diant In pink and white chiffon
with diamond tiara and neck
lace, she opened the festivities
by dancing with the comman
der of tho household brigade,
Ma). Gen. Julian Gascolgno.
Tho party got under way
after one of those mishaps that
so often plague people giving
a wingdlng for tho boss the
lights went out tost aa tho
aueen arrived.
Tho formal oaremony was
hurriedly switched to another
section of the sprawling palace.
U.'ir'il.'a V -tt: -c. -.
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Mrs. Gus Erlkson, president of the Woman's Relief
Corps, places a wreath at the foot of the statue dedicated
to Civil War veterans interred ha the circle reserved for
their burial In City View cemetery.
Spirit of frezdezi Soon
Among forces of Wars
By TIC
"Wo must dedicate our
selves to the preservation of
freedom as has been exempli
fied bv the wounded and dead
of the Korean conflict, many oi
whom fought to the bitter end,
and in ao doing set an example
for all of us,". Colonel Marcel
OK Crombex, wUf dir'" of
the. Oregon . MTlniry district,
Seek Rescue of
CanvonChiitists
Grand Canyon. Ariz. Wl A
dramatic attempt to reach two
collapsed parachutes on a
broad ledge 2,000 feet down
In mile-deep Grand Canyon
was renewed here at dawn.
' Two veteran rangers, work
ing their way along a virtually
unexnlored sector of what is
known as Tonto Platform,
moved out as soon aa mere was
enough light to permit reason
ably safe hiking.
The men. Frank Sylvester
and Lester Womack, are at
tempting to solve the mystery
of the chutes that dropped into
the gorge Thursday evening.
It is not known if someone
had lumped from faltering
plane. No plloU or planes have
been reported missing and no
signs of life have been seen
where tho parachutes came
down.
U.S. Attorney
Fired by Ike
'Washington (fl President
Eisenhower Saturday removed
Leo P. Flynn from office as U.
S. attorney Tor soutn uexota.
, The White House said tho
president acted because Flynn,
a democrat, refused to resign.
There had been previous re
port that Flynn would be
fired. ' . . .
Tho president's order Is ef
fective when Flynn's successor
qualifies. Eisenhower on May
IS nominated Clinton Gj Rich
ards for the past
The White House gave no
further details on the presi
dent's action exept to say that
most district attorneys submit
ted resignations voluntarily
when the new administration
tnav office.
Arthur Juhnk, assistant to
Sen. Case (It. 8.D.), said
Thursday that Flynn had been
given two verbal notices uai
ho would bo removed after he
declined to resign.
CIVIC BOOSTEB THWARTED
Chicago U Matthew J.
Miczek, a supervisor In the
1BS0 census, was under xoaerai
Indictment today on, charges of
adding over 18,000 falsa entries
to his population count
Officials said Miczek report
ed a heavy copulation for an
area covered entirely by rail-
mad lines
Clerks who worked with
Miczek quoted him as saying
"we're short of people.
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Saturday, May 33, 1?53
FBYEB
told a crowd that assembled
at the Capitol steps Saturday
at 11 o'clock to pay homage
to American dead of tho ware.
In the annual Memorial Day
services. Colonel Crombes
told the audience that the ox-
ample set by the servicemen
in Korea "sfcsuld dva us add
d siwnrQt and determination
tto uphold the principles we
have fought lor. wo must ao
this," he said, "so that as Abra
ham Lincoln ' said In his Get
tviburg address, these men
shall not have died in Vain.
Tho combat veteran, who led
tho First Cavalry In many
months of Korean front line
battle, went on to commend the
(Centtnoed ea rage S. comma )
HumidVeather
Rules Nation
(Br n AuwUtaa ttmt) -i
A hot and humid Memorial
Day was the outlook for wide
areaa in tho eastern half of the
nation.
Mid-a u m m e r temperatures
and muggy weather were fore
cast for areas from Eastern
Iowa to the M I d d 1 o Atlantic
states and over most of tho
South and Texas. '"
There' were some wet spots
in the West Western New York
and North Central Pennsylva-
Tornadoes struck areas In
North and South Dakota Frl
dav, killing at least two per
sons and injuring a score, mi
twisters hit st McLaughlin, S.
D , and roared about 100 miles
louth, striking heavy damage at
Fort Rico and'Solem, NJ
about 20 miles from Bismarck,
v D.
Rain fell In the Dakotas but
winds diminished after Z?l
dav'a stormy weather. Rain also
fell in Montana and there were
showers in Washington.
Ship Forced to
Transport Reds
Hons Kane OutThe British
hlo Perico carried Communist
Chinese troops two years ago
only after the Keas comman
deered it under threats of death
if its captain disobeyed their
orders, tho owners saw yester
day.
A statement issued by Wal
lem and Company quoted tho
captain of th S.zai-ton zreign
ter aa sarins ho was told
"somebody would get shot" If
he did not comply with Red
orders
The Perico is one of two
ships that flgurd In charges by
American senators this week
that British vessels were trans
porting Communist Chinese
troops. The U. a. nisie Depart
ment aald Thursday tho Perico
and tho Mlramar, owned by an
other Hong Kong firm, won
under Panamanian registry
when the controversial trips
were made.
V" "r r-
ID M-
o
ROX Forces May
Pull Out Frc-n
U.II. Comrnsnd
Seem! n The acting prime
adnlster of Soatk Korea threat
ened Friday to poll BOK drri
stoas treat the VM. Ceaunand,
treeing them for Independent
salutary netton. negotiators
sign an amistieo eased ea tne
latest Allied proposal.
Pyun Yung Tal told news
men South Korea also Is pre
pared to use Its army to block
any landing of troops from
five neutral nations to guard
Red prisoners of war who re
fuse to go home.
"In order to block those at
tempts ... we are ready to use
our armed forces and we woald
even bo willing to shed blood
in fighting them," Pyun said.
(CeathMNd ea Page i. Oetsssn I)
Toft
Washington MP) In an in
direct thrust at Senate Repub
lican Leader Taf t of Ohio,
Sen. Wiley (&. Wis.) Satur
day condemned - those "who
would divide us from our air
lies and who are blind to tho
consequences of the act."
Wller. chairman ox tne sen
ate fore in relations commit
tee, did not mention xarrs
name In an address prepared
for Memorial Day services In
Arlington cemetery. Never-
ttHfteae. st was the first strong
criticism - from t ait's , senate
GOP colleagues "of tho Views
the republican leader voiced
this week In a speech road for
him in. Cincinnati.
- Taking direct Issue with
Tart's proposal that the UA.
"abandon any. idea of working
with the United Nations in the
Far East,'' Wiley pleaded for
preservation of the UJN. "as
the instrument for working
out the Ills of a sick world."
t .. . , .. ... .. ;
Gruenlher Sees
World Danger
Anzlo. Italy tlB Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther warned to
day the danger to the free
world was growing "both in
magniture and Immediacy."
The supreme commanaer ox
North Atlantic Treaty forces
appealed to tho Atlantic allies
to avoid letting the Soviet
peace offensive weaken their
unity or determination to bo
strong. '
In a hard-hitting Memorial
Day address on tho Anzlo
beachhead before the graves of
8,000 American soldiers who
died In World Wsr II, Gruen
ther said the lots of unity
would Increase the threat of
another war.
"There will be no conquer
or," be said. "There wlU bo no
conquered. There will be. an
obliteration of what we call
'civilization' but lt will be giv
en a harsher name ny me ar
chaeologists probing the ruins
of our world a thousand years
from now."
Wiley Protests
Wild Dill Vultovidi
Wins Speedway Date
ladlanaoolls 1B Bill Yoke-
vlch, a speedster pilot from
Fresao, Cam., wea me ta
aaaaal Indianapolis SlO-mlle
race today after leading ea all
bat two of the Zlt laps.
Ho left a string of shattered!
records behind him on tno
smoking surface of the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway.
His aoeed of 121.148 miles
an hour broke his own 1B52
record of 120.142 for the dis
tance. Vukovich led second
place Freddy Agabashlan by
mora than one lso around tho
two and one-half mile track
at tho midway point. -
Agsbashlan had led two
lana while Vukovich stopped
for fuel and tiros bat fell
bock on his own pit stop. Tho
herd -driving Vukovich won
114.700 In lap Prises In the
- Vhi.. -da m gv1ae.ue.
Ike Confers
With Defense
Men on Korea
' Washington () President
Eisenhower held suddenly-
called SO-mlnute coLtareneo
on Korea Saturday with dip
loma tic, military and eMlian
defense chiefs.
Tho White House dscllnid
to give any details . on ttk
meeting, limiting its announce
ment to - tho bare statement
that lt dealt with Korea. -
Tho meeting was called only
Saturday morning and tho
president received his visitors
shortly after ' returning from
Memorial Day services in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Ho conferred with Secre
tary of State John Foster
Dulles, Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson and Gen.
J. Lawton Collins, army chief
of staff. . .. -
Murray Snyder, assistant
press secretary at tho White
House, made too announce
ment Ha refused to say
whether tho discussion dealt
with diploma tie or military
events or both.' ,
"All I can say is It was on
Korea," Snyder said. -
289DDca'ihsb
Chicago im i Last month
waa tho wont April in history
for automobile accident aeawe.
Tha National Safety ew-l
reported rrwy -:v saonw. r
total was SJUA This was 1
per cent above AtjrfiV l"!,
the highest April total sta"
records nave Dean nept pru
1041 and 1902, - when x,so
died en highways,
previous highs.
April's toll boosted tho 188S
four-month total to 11,140. It
was 0 per cent more than for
the corresponding period . Mn
year. -.
Three hundred nineteen ci
ties reported perfect no-death
records for April. The largest
were Omaha, Neb., population
251,100, and Honolulu, T. H-,
228.100.
Leading cities In each popu
lation group for four months,
ranked according to tna num
ber of deaths for each 10,000
registered vehicles Included:
Over one million popuisuon
Los Angeles, 2.5. -
750.000 to one million Ban
Francisco, 2.2.
800.000 to 780,000 Denver,
1.0; Seattle, 2-
Reporter Wir.
MAP
Hiwl
Ml Scholarship
New York W William L.
MacDougal, 21, of Medford,
Ore., Friday wss named win
ner of a Pulitzer traveling
scholarship awarded at Colum-
b I a University's Graduate
School of Journalism.
MacDougal was a reporter
tor tho Portland Oregonlsn.
The 81.800 scholsrshlp was
awarded under the terms of
the will of tho late publisher,
Joseph Pulitzer, "to enable the
recipients to spend a year
abroad" to study foreign cul
ture and Journalism.
first half of the race.
Behind Vukovich and Aga
bashlan at 250 miles were Sam
Hanks, Bill Cross, Pat Flaher
ty, Manuel Ayulo, BUI Holland,
Duke Nalon, Jim Rathmann,
and Rodger Ward in that order.
The race was being run un
der a searing sun.
The temperature was arouna
70 degrees when tho gatos
opened at 8 a.m. but lt soared
into tho sos or 9 ajn.
The crowd speculated on the
noulbllltv of the fidgety. In
tense vuaovicn nnngmg nis
mouse-colored car into tho
winner's circle this year,
Vukovich bad plied up ss,.
700 In laps prizes before he
lost tho load tamitorarily to
Fred Agabashlan. -
Minor accidents and mechan
ical troubles continued to toko
cars out of tho running.
4M .-m 4V 4 e,tM- -ole -e,..
mem
AI!::JC!C:::j
AdVGp!j
Pound En
Seen! n fitness ex
slug zThnxr to
00
manjoaa Satarday sav alUsal
Mg gang and wairlaaea ;
od teas of axnlestves
tig. shelMora hills. -
The Reds wrested Outoosta
Vsgas, Carson and Elko from
U.S. ,tnd Turkish Infantrymen
In VlvUlon-strength assault
which opened Thursday night
along a five-mile front only
20 miles north f Scout
Fighting' continued on tho
east central front only 28
miles north of Seoul. ,' .
Fighting continued 'on tho
east central front- where tho
Reds seised several outposts
Wednesday night iu a 8,500-
attack along a 20-enile
front defended by South Ko
rean tafsnbymon.
Losses on both sides won
believed high.
28-Boav Battle :
Turkish officer
the Chinese lost 2.05
and wounded In the 28-hoov .
battle for the low htUa which
guard the . Invasion route to
Seoul and the main anted de
fense lino. .
Eighth army commander, soil
communist capture . of M
throe outposts did not tttreaV,
on ma vm, mam lino. : ,-.
Otaeers of tho 3th ttvW
imLl Atee . r-.
pv Jed aa 1 ae.nr t . a
- l?f1SZtL -tL
nation was
oaagog,
Fidl,'L'cl::r
Test on f kui
. Las Vegas. Nov;. UU Tho
Atomic "Tr - '-'n
announced Saturday there will
bo one more nuclear tost at tho
Nsvsda Proving Grounds be
fore experiments are started
out in tho Pacific with "de
vices of larger energy release."
The final test of the spring
series hero Is now scheduled
for before down Monday mora
lng, weather permitting. Tho
AEC said this shot will be a
test to confirm research and
development results lust ob
tained by AEC scientists at tho
nuclear workshop at Los Ala- :
OS, N. M. -
It was reported fear that
this test will bo the dropping :
of an atomic device from a
plans. -
Tho AEC announcement
said:
"Tests of devices of larger
energy release will bo made at
the Pacific Proving Grounds la
the Marshall Islands." ,
There was no hint as to just
when tho new Psclflc tests will
start
AccessRocd
Portland () The Smith
River timber access road con
tract has boon approved and
work on tho first leg is as
pected to start ahortly, Bosom
BelL regional Land Manage
ment Chief, said Saturday. 1
Tho approval, by Interior
Secretary MrKay, la on a eon
tract for Cosmo OUo od Low
ell to rebuild 12.1 miles of tho
old county road up tho Smith
River. His offer was $760371. -
and ho has 450 working days
to finish tho Job. ' - . j
Tho main trunk of tho rood,
beginning on tidewater . 18
mile upriver from Reedsport,
will reach into tho lnaccesslbsa
Roman Nose and Twin Sisters
area at (ho Smith headwaters.
Tho total length of 58 miles
will cost about four million
dollars and the BLM haa
money on hand for 16 miles of
it,-- (
Ttst work It a ary. Bell
said to open p the forest for
logging of beetle killed