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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1953)
THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT, Increasing cloudiness, slightly eoeler, Wednesday. Lew tonight, 41; high Wednesday, II. FIN A L EDITION 65th Year, No. 172 , Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 21, 1953 v )C Income Taxes Collection Cut $2.5 Million State Corporate Tax Returns Down, Per sonal Taxes Increase By JAMES D. OLSON Conferees on Flood Control Report Bill $421 Million Measure Splits Difference in House-Senate Bills Washington W) A 4Z1, (86,(09 program for flood con trol, navigation and power ARMISTICE HALL UNDER CONSJjtUCJiQN Btb llwm HbSs oil 1 ' V t ; - r- . Total income tax collections for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1953 dropped M,689,JJ.8S below the collections for the previous fiscal year according .- tOgRay Smith, tax commission ST?ui charge of the income tax difcdou. The reduction in total collec tions resulted from a smaller return from' the corporate in come tax, although a slight in crease was shown in personal income tax collections. Total 362 Million The total collections for the year were $82,206,184.76 of which $43,600,164.89 represent ed collection of personal income taxes and $18,606,018.87 was collected under the corporate tax act In the previous 1951-62 fis cal year the total collections were $64,895,488.64 of which $42,824,849.24 were in personal income tax collections and $22,070,639.40 corporate tax. State Levy Soon Tax commission auditors are now completing data on which the state tax levy will be based. Commissioner Smith stated, a levy which must be made under the state law during the month of July. This levy on real prop erty has not been collected since 1940. (Continued en Face 5, Column I) Soviet Troops Fight Partisans Berlin P) The West Berlin Nacht Depesche said Tuesday Soviet troops had attacked par tisan bands made up of Poles, ' Czechs and Germans who seized two towns in a former Eastern Germany region, now a part of Poland. This followed a report in Telegraf, another West Berlin newspaper put out by the same company that publishes Nacht Depesche, saying Polish parti sans fought a battle with Soviet troops last Thursday in a forest near Niesky, a German town 10 miles from the Neisse River frontier with Poland. There was no confirmation from Allied sources. They re called that previous West Ber lin rumors of widespread Pol ish rebellion and martial law in Warsaw and Krakow had been discounted later by West ern diplomatic missions in Po land. Alps Climber Dangled 3 Days Caaraonix, France () A French mountain climber was hauled to safety Tuesday after dangling for three days at the S'tfd of a rope over a dizzying Alpine chasm. George Barbachl, a young student at Paris University, had met with disaster on "The Fool's Needle,' a sharp peak in the Alt, on Saturday. He had been hurtled from its side by a storm that took the me 01 his companion. He was rescued early Tues day afternoon and brought to Chamonix. His condition was described as satisfactory. Barbachi's companion, Claude Chulliat, a Paris tech-, nician, fell to his death in the chasm during a severe storm which whipped the Alps Satur day morning. Barbachl was slightly injur ed when his guide rope brought him up with a jerk and he bounced against the almost vertical walls of the chasm. Congressmen Sued For $51,750,000 Los Angeles WV-Five con gressmen, members of the House Un-American Activities Committee who conducted hearings here, have been sued for $51,750,000. But the com plaints and subpoenas served on three of them have been declared Invalid by a Superior Court because the congressmen faiifnrnla residents. lie - The uit, brought against the committee and leading mm studios by 23 Hollywood writ ers, directors and actors, con- j. ht tv. nlaintiffs were blacklisted after refusing to answer committee questions concerning possioie aiiinanon with subversive organizations. A. projects in the fiscal year which started July 1 has been agreed to by- a House-Senate conference committee. The agreement, made public Tuesday, still must be ap proved by the House and Sen ate. Both have passed bills differing in total amount by 57 million dollars. The conferees virtually split the difference in the two bills. As passed by the House the bill carried $399,284,100 for the water projects construction program of the Army En gineers. The senate hiked this to $455,140,100. Army Civil Functions The bill also carries $13, 300,000 for the Panama Canal Zone government and $5,107, 000 for cemeterial expenses. These items raised the total in the bill known as the Army civil functions bill to (Continued en Pate 5, Colamn () Hoover Again Heads Bureau Washington (U.FD White House callers said today for mer President Herbert Hoover will head a new commission on government reorganization. Mr. Hoover was a guest at a White House lunch where the make-up and operations of the new commission were dis cussed. ' Sen. Homer Ferguson, R, Mich., and Rep. Clarence J. Brown, R., O., later told re porters that President Eisen hower will name the 78-year-old former president as a mem ber of the commission and the other 11 members are expected to elect him chairman. Mr. Hoover headed the first g o v e r n m ent reorganization commission which functioned in 1947-49. House Speaker Jo seph W. Martin Jr., R., Mass., appointed him to the first com mission. After this body went out of existence, Mr. Hoover said that he expected it to be his last public service. But, Brown said Mr. Hoovw had acceded to the insistence of President Eisen hower. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., and other GOP leaders that he work on the new com' mission. May Cut Draft 5000 a Month Washington W) Secretary of Defense Wilson said Tues day it might be possible to cut draft calls by 5,000 to 8,000 a month if there is a truce in Korea. The present monthly rate of about 23,000, he said, might be reduced Ho between 15,000 and 18,000. In answer to news confer ence questions, Wilson estimat ed it would be about 90 days after the truce before such re ductions would be possible. As to the prospects for a truce, Wilson said: "I think it looks reasonably good, perhaps as good as it has any time in the past two years." . Bishop Oxnam Grills McCarthy Probers Washington W Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam told the House Un-American Activities Committee Tuesday it should "frankly admit Its inaccuracies and misrepresentations" about him. And he called on the com mittee, in a statement for a hearing which he requested, to halt "the pract.ee of releasing unverified and unevaluated material for which the commit tee accepts no responsibility." "We can not beat down the communist menace by bearing false witness against fellow Americans," the Methodist churchman said. "The commu nists want a divided America, an America whose citizens are suspicious of each other, an America without trust, an V , - V 'j V O J ' - f j r 1 1 - - - ' 11 " - - 1 Mrs. Douglas Divorces Judge Baker, Ore. U-B Mrs. Mil dred C. Douglas was granted a divorce here today from U. S. Supreme Court Justice Wil liam O. Douglas on statutory grounds of desertion. The decree was granted by Circuit Judge Forrest L. Hub bard. The 54-year-old Doug. las was not present. The complaint charged that Douglas "abandoned" and left his wife alone "while engag ing in his work and in travels to remote places in the world." They were separated two years ago. Mrs. Douglas is the former Mildred Riddle of La Grande, Ore., and was married to Doug las in 1923 when they both were school teachers. They have two grown children, Wil liam and Mildred. Attorneys said the Douglases had approved a property set tlement outside of court. Picket Lines Disappearing Portland W Two more picket lines disappeared here because of the antiplcketing law 'hat went into effect in Oregon Tuesday. One was the 42-month-old line in front of the Imperial Hotel. Picketing of a restau rant also stopped. One long-established line remained. That was the AFL Machinists line in front of an automobile agency. The pickets that were with drawn were called off to avoid test cases under the new law, which prevents picketing un less the union is recognized by the picketed firm. Earlier a four-year-old line was with drawn from a drug store here. AFL officials have announc ed they will challenge the new law, but said they have not selected the case they will test BLUEBACK RUN Portland Wt The record run of blueback salmon con tinued Tuesday in the Colum bia river. The run now totals 221,605, the first time on rec ord that more than 200,000 bluebacks have gone up stream. There were 2,529 counted as they emerged from the fish ladders at Bonneville dam Monday, America open to infiltration. "I believe this committee will wish to end a practice that plays Into communist hands." The committee, some of whose member have been critical of the bishop, announc ed In advance of the session that he would be permitted to read a 15-minute opening statement without interruption an unusual waiver of its rules. "I have requested opportu nity to appear voluntarily . to secure redress for the dam age done me by the release of informationo in the 'files of this committee," Bishop Ox ram said. "I deeply appreciate the granWof this privilege. (Concluded en Page a. Column 4) North Korean laborers swarm over the framework of timber of a rapidly taking shape "armistice hall" at Pan munjom. In the background is the conference hut where discussions are being held to finalize arrangements for a possible armistice to end fighting in Korea. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo) Patterson Names Interim Committees Governor Paul L. Patterson Tuesday announced appoint ment of nine members of the legislative interim committee to study proposed revision of the state constitution. The governor requested the legislature to call a constitu tional convention but Instead the assembly set up a joint governor's and legislative con stitutional committee. Gay Princess Dances All Night London () Pretty Princess Margaret celebrated her return from Rhodesia by gaily dancing over Wo London rooftops until 4 o'clock this morning. The occasion was a welcome home party given the 22-year-old princess by the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava at her tiny Knlghtsbrldge apartment. Because there wasn't enough room inside for dancing, the marchioness "borrowed" the flat roofs of a house and post office next to her apartment Workmen erected two giant tents for dancing and the re freshments. The princess, who had appar ently shaken off a cold caught while she was in Africa, danced right through the night and outstayed many of the guests. Missing was RAF Group Capt. Peter Town send, who was transfered last week to the British Embassy in Belgium. Many Britons think he was sent abroad because, reportedly, the princess wants to marry him. U.S. Consulates Beina Closed Washington W The State Department has closed down a dozen U. S. consulates In wide ly scattered points over the globe and is planning to put a still larger number out of bus iness. The announced reason Is economy enforced by Con gress, with a prospective cut of nearly a third in the budget submitted by President Eisen hower. Among the latest ordered closed is the consulate at Gib raltar, which has been looking after American trade, shipping and immigration affairs at this crossroad for nearly 159 years. Its doors were shut to the pub lic July 15 and its boi ks will be closed by the end of the month. From now on the U. S. em bassy at London will look aft er matters which the Gibral tar establishment has handled. Similar consolidation of func tions is planned elsewhere. Other consulates ordered closed since the start of the Eisenhower administration in clude Aguaprieta, Guaymas and Torreon, Mexico; Victoria and Fortaleza, Brazil; Ade laide, Australia; Bergen, Nor way; Hamilton, Ontario and Victoria, B. C; Tenerlfe. Ca nary Islands; and Gothaab, Greenland. Appointed by the governor Tuesday were Lloyd G. Ham- mel and Supreme Court Jus tice Hall S. Lusk, both of Sa lem, Robert Ingalls, Corvallis; Dr. Robert S. Wengert Univer sity of Oregon and Mrs. V. tt. Freeman, both of Eugene; Col on R. Eberhard, former legis lator, La Grande; J. O. Bailey, former supreme court justice, Portland; Mrs. William D Hagenstein, Portland; and Mrs Twyla Ferguson, Klamath Falls. Legislative members already appointed to this committee in clude Senate President Eugene K. Ml rsh. Speaker of the House Rudie WUhelm, Jr.; Senators S. Eugene Allen and Dean Bry son, of Portland; and John P. Hounsell of Hood River and Reps. Mark O. Hatfield, Salem; John Misko of Oregon City and Alfred H. Corbett of Portland. (Continued on Par 5, Column 7) Tropical Heat Swelters East fEr Th. AMOcUUd Prtu) Moist, tropical air blanketed the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic Tuesday, with scattered showers and thunder storms marking the only relief from warm, sticky weather. More than an inch of rain fell in widely scattered sec tions Monday. The wettest spot was Cape Hatteras, N. C, where 6.37 inches fell. Ft. Smith, Ark., got 2 inches while more than an inch fell at Mt Washington, N. H., and Dickin son, N. D. ' Two tornado clouds were sighted near Scottsbluff, Neb., Monday and two others near Veteran and Yoder, Wyo., but the only damage reported was to the roof of a cattle shed. Cool weather covered most sections west of the Rockies Tuesday, with a Canadian cool front dropping temperatures up to 15 degrees in the Northwest The Southwest remained hot. Showers Predicted Perhaps Saturday The five-day weather fore cast out Tuesday calls for pos sible showers by Saturday, oth erwise there is to be a contlnu- once of the fair weather. Immediate forecast for to night and Wednesday predicts fair weather tonight, increas ing cloudiness and cooler tem peratures, Wednesday. Maximums for the five-day period are due to range from 70 to 80, the mlnimums from 50 to 55. The Monday maximum was 78 and Tuesday was not due to be much different. S NEWSPAPERS PROTEST Athens, Greece Jf) Five Athens newspapers politically opposed to the government sus pended publication for one day Tuesday to protest proposed legislation stiffening penalties under libel and other press laws. Weather Details MtM reaUrtar. Mi Mlfilm Ur, 41. Twtol M-fcwar rttlrttau-m far MMtki tratai ftwrtatt, .M. ktirht, -t fact. Bn br U.S. WmUv t Biri. U. S. to Oppose U. II. Admission Of Red China Washington 1 Secretary of State Dalles Tuesday gave notice that the United States would refuse to discos, the ad mission of Communist China to the United Nations at the pros pective Korean political con ference. Dulles told a news confer ence he did not think this question would be appropriate to bring before the conference, which is scheduled to foUow 90 days after an armistice. It was the administration's first definite stand on this issue. Dulles had indicated earlier the United States would be willing for the conference to consider Far East subjects besides a Korean settlement The secretary Tuesday indi cated the United States will want to discuss measures to prevent Communist forces re leased by the truce from be ing used for new aggression in Indochina or elsewhere. (Continued Pace S, Cotauma t) Russian Envoy To Tito Arrives Belgrade, Yugoslavia () V. A. Valkov, the Soviet union's new ambassador to Yugoslavia, arrived in Belgrade today. He refused to give any statement to the pres. but said he would receive - newsmen "soon. "Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union recalled their ambassa dors after Marshal Tito's break with the Cominform in 1948. Since then, each has been rep resented in ui other, capital by a charge d' affaires. Early last month the Soviet government proposed an ex change of ambassadors, a move interpreted in the West as part 01 tne Kremlin'. post-Stalin peace campaign. Yugoslavia ac cepted and named Dobrivoje Vidic as her ambassador to Moscow. British Arrest. 6 Soviet Spies Bonn, Germany British authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of six Germans on charges of spying for the So viet Union. Two of those arrested were women. One of the women worked until recently as an operator in a British military telephone ex change, the announcement from the British High Commission said. The four men in the alleged espionage group Included a for mer German air force lieuten ant. He was described as a member of the Communist Par ty for two years. Four of the arrested Ger mans come from Brunswick. The remaining two lived in the Lueneburg Heath area where the British have large military installations, airports and troop concentrations. 'Red Wide' Outlaws East German Strikes Berlin (U.B Strikes were outlawed today In revolt-ridden Soviet-run East Germany. The hated woman minister of justice, "Red Hilde" Benja min, branded strikes "fascist attempts to overthrow the government. The East German red re gime attempted to sugar-coat this blow to hard-pressed East German labor with an an nouncement that Russia will help feed the food-short So viet zone. Russia has extended 231, 000,000 rubles, about $57,000,- 000 of credit for food. But the East Germans will be re quired to repay the Soviets with manufactured goods and labor. "Red Hide's" harsh order Is designed to assure that East Fighting Alongtf Korean Front Dwindles Out Seoul 0JJ9 Fighting alone the Korean front dwindled to day into two unsuccessful Com munist assault as true map makers tried to plot stable cease-fire line. The Chinese offensive is over, a high-ranking South Korean officer told United Press correspondent William Miller at the front A single Chinese battalion struck southeast of Lookout mountain near the junction of the Kumsong and Pukhan riv ers before midnight, but South Koreans repulsed the thrust af ter almost two hour, of fight ing. In the other abortive assault, two Red companies crossed the Kumsong and hit South Ko rean position on the south bank. The ROKs drove them back Fleet Visits Entirely llormal Washington ) Secretary of State Dulles, commenting on a Russian complaint, said Tues day a proposed visit by Ameri can warship, to Turkey is en tirely normal. The Soviet government has protested in a note to the Turkish government that a scheduled visit to Istanbul Wed nesday by 10 American war ship, would constitue a kind of military demonstration."" The note also protested a scheduled visit July 37 by British Sect units. . In Istanbul, the foreign flee said Turkey's reply to Rus-4 . " ' . -r sla would be "easy sine such! ' tonderiT AstinC Prim ""C? courtesy visits are permitted under the Montreaux conven - tion." This convention governs the strategic Dardendles Straits. Dulles pointed out that Tur key is a member of the 14-na- tlon North Atlantic pact, which calls for Turkish participation in miliary, naval and air plan ning. 74 Teachers Probe Victims Boston (fl The Christian Science Monitor said Tuesday that of 74 teachers, professors and students who declined to answer questions of house and senate committees, 10 have been dismissed and 31 other, either are threatened with dls missal have quit, been sus pended or been reduced in rank. The Monitor published a survey of testimony in the Jenner and Velde committee investigations of education. The survey covers the cal endar year proceedings of th house un-American Activities committee headed by Rep. Velde (R., 111.) and the activi ties since September 8, 1952 of the senate Internal security subcommittee headed by Sen. Jenner (R., Ind.). Tht international dally newspaper said that of 146 wit nesses, 74 declined on the ground of the Fifth Amend ment to answer at least some questions. German labor stays on th job to meet the Soviet blU for its help. In s speech, reported today in the official communist press, Red Hilde warned that jail awaits worker, in com munist East Germany who use strikes to protest intoler able working conditions. She repudiated a ruling made by her predecessor, for mer Justice Minister Max Fechner, that communist workers have the right to strike. That, she said, was an evidence of "weakness which will be corrected." Her action threw the threat of tough prison sentences over thousands of East Ger man workers who participat ed In earlier strikes against Red industrial management to Be Demanded - - - - .. . .Pasmanjom () New ran b lings e? apposition same tree South Korea today as Allied and Comnnfat staff and Hal- tfleers .pot .finishing teach, en a Korean armistice. AH signs pointed to a cease- fir soon possibly within the week but there was no indi- ' cation Just when the hlstorio ' , signing would come. . .1 ' One group of staff officer-'' .' and the liaison officers recessed without scheduling further meetings. A second team of -' - staff officers reportedly revis ing the truce line across Korea ' worked on into the night Th meeting broke up at :45 pjo. ' and th officers scheduled an- i other session for 10 pjn. tomoo row. '' ! May Chang Attitude ' K But meanwhile, South Ko- ' ' rea's Foreign Minister Pyun I Yung Tal told newsmen his ! government might "change its attitude" toward obstructing a . ' true unless it gets prompt as- . surances xrora Washington that Korea will be unified. . Be said South Korea also j wants guarantee, from th United States on how to stop possible new Red aggression. (Oscrtaaaca so Pag k, Britain Hopes For Armistice Minister Richard Butler said 1 Tuesday the British govern ' I meat has every reason to hope la Korean armistice agreement can be signed without further delay. Butler opened a 3-day for eign affairs debate in the House of Commons. He said a Korean armistlct would b a step forward it th cause of peace every where." . "Hostilities In Korea hav for three years acted as an ab solute bar to any improvement in the general situation in th Far East," he declared. Butler said Britain stands by th United Nations resolution of May, 1951, barring the ex port of strategic goods to Chi na. He added: "What is more we are car rying this out vigorously and Intend to do so. He said it was the govern ment's policy to develop trad in goods which are not subject to security control on th grounds that such trade is of advantage to the free world. , India Requests U.S. Assurances New Delhi. India UPh-India ha. asked the United States and Red China for assurances that any Indian troops sent to Korea to help implement arm istice terms will be able to function properly. India Is one of the countries nominated during truce talks to supervise the handling un der an armistice of war prison ers who do not want to be re patriated. The foreign office said Tues day In (La has instructed a 7 man advance party to get ready to leave for Korea when an armistice is signed. This party will be headed by Foreign Sec retary R. K. Nehru. It will study the situation and report to New Delhi on steps to en able India to meet Its respon sibilities. . Witnesses Disavow Subversive Moves New York () The Jeho vah's Witnesses say they dis avow "all subversive mov. -ments against th institutions of this world." A resolution adopted by thousands of Witnesses yester day at their New World Soci ety Assembly added that they "cannot promote, approve or take part in any violent over throw by men of governments of this world." '
