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FINAL
EDITION
65th Year, No. 271 SuHJSt: Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 13, 1953 7ft Pages Price 5c
Fair Group lo
Reclassify All
Beneficiaries
5-Man Committee
To Report on Fairs
And Shows in State
Br JAMES O. OLSON
. . Membe.-t at the legislative
and reaolatiana committee at
the Orefea Fair association
prepared a resolution Friday
calling for a five-man fact
finding committee to re -classify
county lain and ahowi that
are beneficiaries at the pari
mutual racing fund.
Kenneth Fridiey, of Sherman
county, wheat fanner and 4-H
leader, chairman of the leffisla-
man Chindren of Molalla, for
many years president of the
fair association, will present the
resolution Jointly at the Friday
afternoon meeting. Its passage
is virtually assured. 1
The scope of the investigation
will be to determine wnat oene
ficiaries are dedicated to pro
motion of agriculture pursuits
and a report will be made at the
next meeting of the association,
to be held lust prior to the con
vening of the 1955 legislature.
(CenUnncs ma Pate a. Calumn ()
Wind Up Hunt
For Reds in GE
. Albany, N. Y. Mv--Sen. Mc
Carthy (R., Wis.) Friday
wound up the opening phase of
hii hunt lor communism in de
fense plants with what he call
ed "strong evidence" of espion
age at the General Electric
Co.'f huge main plant in Sche
nectady. The senator told newsmen
that three of Friday'i seven
witnesses before his Senate in
vestigations committee hearing
had declined to say whether
they ever had been spies. It
all adds up to a "very danger
ous picture," McCarthy told
newsmen. '
"Whenever a witness invok
ed the fifth amendment" on
such a question, McCarthy said,
that "makes it clear they've
bean engaged ln,-apiongJ-,
Benson Tours
Drought Area
Santa Fe, N.M, MV-Secretary
of Agriculture Benson
told New Mexico ranch and
farm representatives Friday
his drought program is aimed
at saving the foundation herds
of bona fide producers, but
not necessarily those "of the
speculators."
Benson and his party of 20,
Including newsmen and photo
graphers, are making a quick
tour of Western drought re
gions. He spoke briefly at a break
fast meeting at which he sat
between Acting Gov. Tibo
Chavez iand U.S. Rep. Demp
sey, two Democrats. Dempsey
has been among the congres
sional critics oi Benson's dt
ps r t m e n t a 1 reorganization
which abolished the regional
offices of the Soil Conserva
tion Service.
Benson told the meeting bis
department had found it "hard
to refuse certain demands i
made upon it.
"It was not that we are un
sympathetic, he said, "but we
feel it would je a disservice to
adopt any program that ap
peared unworkable.
Occasional Rain
5-Day Forecasl
More rain but comparative
ly mild temperatures feature
the iive day weather outlook
for valley regions, reports the
weather bureau.
Occasional light rain is due
tonight, showers Saturday
with partial clearing, then rain
again by late Sunday.
Only a tracs of rain was re
corded for Salem during the
24-hour period ending at 10:30
a.m. Friday, but cloudy skies
prevailed.
The weather bureau re
ported this morning a series
of storm centers are moving
westward across the North
Pacific to continue the inter
mittent rains for the coming
week.
Weather Details
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Mololov Says
Big 3 Blocked
Big 5 Meeting
Refusal to Include
Red China Pre
vented Harmony
Moscow VP Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov, In a
rare aews conference Friday
night, accused the Big Three
Western powers at blocking a
foreign ministers' conference.
He restated a Soviet demand
that ii such a conference can
be beld it must include Red
China and deal first and fore
most with "measure for reduc
ing international 'tension."
Molotov charged President
Eisenhower was wrong in
claiming the latest Soviet note
to the West "manifest -d no in
tention to get together but an
intention to create more diffi
culties." Soviet Unit tor Feaca
Molotov asserted that on the
contrary the Soviet Union was
working for a conference to
get together and reduce inter
national tension, end the arms
race and plan for European se
curity. Molotov met correspondents
of the Western, the Soviet and
the Eastern press in the con
ference room of his foreign
ministry. Dressed in a dark
blue double-breasted s u i t , he
stood under a painting of Sta
lin. After reading a prepared
statement in which he restated
the Soviet terms for a Big Four
and Big Five talks, Molotov
submitted briefly to questions
and answers.
(Continued fat a. Cannon )
Confesses to
Slaying Spouse
Richmond, Calif. W Rich
mond police said today a 40-year-old
woman confessed that
she and her "boy friend" stab
bed her husband to death while
he slept
Then, Mrs. Rowena Johnson
said, she went to sleep along
side her husband's knife-torn
bodv. . . .
Inspector Darrell Davis said
Mrs. Johnson signed a con
fession admitting she and
Harry D. Waller, 42, a sewing
machine salesman, planned and
executed Lawrence M. John
son's death.
"They planned it together,"
Davis said, quoting Mrs.- John
son. "She stood by while Wal
ler stabbed her husband, and
made no effort to stop him.
She gave Waller a pair of
gloves to drive away in her
car, so his fingerprints would
not show."
Battery AD-X2
Without Merit
Washington () A commit'
tee of the National Academy of
Sciences sided Friday with the
findings of the Bureau of Stan
dards that the controversial
battery additive AD-X2 "is
without merit"
The committee, appointed by
Secretary of Commerce Weeks
to evaluate the work of the bu
reau in testing AD-X2, recom
mended that no additional tests
of the material be made. The
California maker of the battery
additive, Jess Ritchie, -claims
that AD-X2 will rejuvenate
w o r n-out but mechanically
sound storage batteries of the
type used in automobiles.
In reporting to Weeks that
its information supports the
AD-X2 concludsion of the bu
reau, the committee said the
work done by this government
scientific agency in testing bat
teries "is excellent"
Trails of Morse and
Young G.O.P. Cross
The trails of republicans and
Sen. Wayne Moise will cross
in Salem Friday but that
doesn't bother either the
Young Republicans or the Jun
ior senator.
The Young Republicans
opened a two-day state con
vention In the Senator Hotel
Friday afternoon and will
have a dinner meeting Friday
night when Robert A. Elliott
of Medford, chairman of the
republican state central com
mittee. Over in the senior high
school. Sen. Mcrse, who bolt
ed the republican party and
styled himself as an independ
ent, will tpeak under the aus
Of 'xr
Q
Truman Raps
Fear Hysteria
New York VP) Former
President Harry S. Truman
says fear and hysteria "are
being manipulated in this
country today purely for po
litical reasons.
Truman spoke to 1,000 per
sons last night at a $100-a-
plate dinner tc benefit the
Hebrew University of Jerusa
lem. The university bestow
ed on Truman its Solomon
Public Award for distinguish
ed public service.
The former president made
no direct reference in hit 13
mlnute speech to the contro
versy over the Harry Dexter
White case.
' ' He said truth wavthe beat
answer to the propaganda of
communism ana added:
"To find truth, men must be
free from thought control,
must be free of pressure from
the state. Under Faclst and
Nazi rule, the schools had to
teach the false doctrine of pre
judice and hate ... to teach
what is popular but not true.
Let's not do that here."
Greet Royalty
In Los Angeles
Los Angeles l The King
and Queen of Greece arrived
here Friday morning for a
three-day visit
King Paul and Queen Fred
erika came by train from San
Francisco.
They were greeted by a
party of about 75 civic, busi
ness, film industry and reli
gious leaders.
Queen Frederika wore a gold
flecked suit with a perky lav
ender hat, the King a blue
double-breasted business suit.
Southern Californians will
show the couple this area's
scenic, cultural and industrial
high spots.
ROMULO NOT TO SERVE
Manila VP Canos P. Romu
lo, former Philippines ambas
sador to Washington and for
mer U.N. Assembly president,
said Friday he would not serve
officially in the new adminis
tration of President Ramon
Magsaysay.
pices of the Military Order of
the Purple Heart tonight at 8.
George Jones, national '
committeeman of the state
Young Republican Federation
and convention chairman, said
Friday that the dates of the
state convention had been set
months ago but If Sen Morse
wished to talk in Salem on
the same night as the conven
tion opened, that was his priv
ilege. And Morse wrote to his
sponsors and said it didn't
bother him if the Young Re
publicans hold their conven
tion In Salem the same day of
j my scheduled address.
(Can tinned aa rage a, Col tuna !
EARLY MORNING INCIDENT
New York, Nov. 13 Comedian George Jessel, taking
an early morning stroll today with former president Harry
S. Truman, asks an unidentified woman who tried to
break In on the strolling party, to clear the way. Incident
occuired as Truman, dark coat, Edward Jacobson, left,
his one-time partner, and Jessel were walking in the
Rockteller Center area In mid-town Manhattan. Others
are newsmen and spectators. (AP Wirephoto)
US to Give Foreign Aid
If Others Come Through
United Nations. N. Y. The
United States pledged itself
Friday to give more, up to !.44
million dollars, for U. N. Tech
nical assistance to underdevel
oped countries next year, pro
vided other governments also
give more. But It insisted the
other contributors take on a
larger share pf the cost.
.Ambassador James -J. Wads-
worth, deputy U.'S. represen
tative to the U. N., told the
fourth technical assistance con
ference, "The Congress of the
Kidnaped Girl
Freed by Captor
New York VP) A 13-year-
old girl was found Friday ap
parently unharmed after being
kidnaped from her East Side
Manhattan home and held cap
tive for almost four hours by
a scar-faced man.
The girl, Dorothea Del Lon
go, was wearing only pajamas
and a coat when she was forced
into a car about 9 a.m. after
the scar-faced man had terror
ized her family for an hour.
Police said she reported the
man put her out of the car
about 9 a.m. after giving her
5. Police said the girl had
been riding around in the kid
naper's car for about four
hours.
She still was wearing the pa
jamas and coat when found In
front of the Woodside branch
post office in Queens.
Police broadcast an alarm
for a two-tone green sedan, be
lieved to be the one used by the
kidnaper.
Airlines Frown
On Jet Engines
Wood-Ridge. NJ. () The
head of a major aircraft en
gine company saya jet engines
are fine for the military, but
for the airlines piston-an-pro-pcller
combination! will be
satisfactory for years to come.
"You won't be able to take
a passenger through the sonic
barrier speed of sound for
ears without scaring hell out
of him," Roy T. Hurley, presi
dent and chairman of the
Wright Aeronautical Division
of the Curtis-Wright Corp.,
told a new conference Thurs
day. Meanwhile, he said, the
turbo-compound engine, in
which an exhaust-driven tur
bine Increases the power of a
piston engine by about one
fifth, will be adequate for high
speeds under, that of sound.
He said the turboprop combination-jet
engines driving
propellers, will carry into still
higher speeds "because we
now have propellers that can
take up to 800 miles an hour."
V TV-
0
United States has Indicated its
strong belief that the propor
tion of United States support
must decrease. This view is
shared by the executive branch
at well." . '
For the 1953 budget the U.
S. pledged $12,767,145 at last
year's conference and other
countries altogether pledged
8Hiilliotrr -or'
For-next year, Wadsworth
said, this country will match
the first 814 million pledged
by other governments in the
same ratio of 60-40, with a
pledge of 12 million dollars.
Beyond that figure, the U.
S. will match further amounts
up to three million dollars
pledged by other countries at
the rate of 40-50. with a max
imum pledge of two million,
provided other contributors
pledged lltt million, the U. S.
would give 14 million.
Ban in Boston
On Strip-tease
Boston, (ff) ' Boston, a
stronghold for burlesque for
more than a half century, may
never again be thrilled by the
tease of the stripper.
The Board of Censors yes-
aerday ordered the city's two
burlesque theaters the 108-year-old
Old Howard and the
larger Casino closed for the
rest of the year because their
shows were too dirty.
Mayor John B. Hynes, as
spokesman for the board, said
he didn t know whether the li
censes would be renewed. And
he hinted very broadly that if
burleiqie is allowed to re
turn, the strippri will have to
do a fadeout.
Strip-teasers have been out
lawed from Boslon night clubs
for more than !wo years.
The Old Howard and Ca
sino theaters were ordered
closed at a result of a muni
cipal court conviction last
week of three strip-tcacers
and the managers of both
theaters on chirges they pre
sented and participated In im
moral shows.
Quickie Strike
Qn Fruit Trucks
Portland UP) AFL Team
sters and Warehousemen re
turned to work late Friday
morning at the Pacific Fruit
and Product Co. plant after a
nine-hour strike.
The unions, charging that the
firm had violated contract!,
potted a picket line. Dick
Carey, plant manager, laid the
dispute wii "settled satisfac
torily." The company supplies an et
timited 1,200 Western Oregon
and Southwettern Washington
food market.
With Spy Case Subpoena
Ike Arrives
In Quebec for
Two-Day Visit
Ottawa, Ont. (Pi Under a
leaden sky, President Elsen
hower arrived In the Canadian
capital Friday for a two-day
visit He will address the Can
adian Parliament Saturday. ,
Mechanical troubles delayed
the special presidential train en
route from Washington, and it
arrived here IS minutes late.
The President and Mrs. Eisen
hower stepped onto a red car
pet at Union Station to receive
the greetings of Prime Minister
Louise St. Laurent whose
visit to Washington last May is
being officially repaid.
Massey Present
Gov. Gen. Vincent Massey,
brother of the actor Raymond
Massey and Canada's first native-born
governor general,
also was on hand, along with
members of the Canadian cab
inet His position is that of the
Queen's representative, a job
with strictly nominal powers in
the government. Massey and
St Laurent will share honors
as the President's host here.
I Con tinned a ra a. Cabman 4)
French Debates
Foreign Policy
Paris VP) Government lead
ers mapped plana Friday to
push an early full dress Na
tional Assembly debate on
France's foreign policy. Op
position of tome deputies to the
session hts aroused fears the
Big Three Bermuda conference
may be postponed.
TIM) dispute involves French
politicking in advance of the
election of a successor to Presi
dent Vincent Auriol, whose
seven-year term is up January
to. .. under mvira parliamen
tary rules, the government will
have to resign the moment a
new president tfkes office.
The foreign affairs debate
was requested by the govern
ment to give Premier Joseph
Laniel and Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault both expect
ed to be presidential candidatei
the benefit of parliamentary
backing when they leave Dec.
4 for the British, French and
United States talks.
5 Power Meet
Asked, Trieste
Washington VPi Yugoslavia
Friday was reported to be
pressing for informal talks on
the Trieste dispute as pre
liminary step toward setting up
a five-power conference.
The United States, Britain
and France favor holding such
a conference. Negotiations to
arrange it have been underway
lor several weeks, with France
taking the lead.
These negotiation iniwir tn
have deadlocked, however,
over the positions of Italy and
Yugoslavia, the principal par-
uet in the dispute.
Italiv's notition la that it will
not go into a conference unlett
ine united States and Britain
have first turned over Zone A
to Italian control, as they have
announced they intend to do
eventually.
Yugoslavia's position is that
a conference must be held
prior to the relcsse of Zone A
to Italy.
Eden Accuses Egypt
Of Breaking Pledges
London l) Foreign Sccre
tary Anthony Eden said Fri
day the Egyptian government
has disregarded its pledge
guaranteeing free parliamen
tary elections in the Sudan.
"More than this," he con
tinued, "the Egyptians have
clearly shown they have no In
tention of allowing the Sudan
ese people freely to hooie
their own future ttatut."
The foreign secretary made
the charge in a parliamentary
written reply to Brig. O. L.
Prior-Palmer, Conservative
member of Parlliment
The Sudanese ire choosing
their firtt national parliament
In in election being conducted
by phtaes until Nov. 23, Thi
REJECTS SUBPOENA
i a , ' wv" '. 'l j "n
Tom C. Clark, associate.
Justice of Supreme Court
Resume Talks
On Peace Parley
Panmunjom WV-Top U. S.
and Red negotiators return to
morrow to discuss plans for a
Korean peace conference after
a week's recess while staff ad
visers worked In secret on an
agenda.
The advisers' ended a aeries
of aix secret meeting! today
but refused to give any Infor
mation on the results. Howev
er, they apparently reached
some sort of agreement since
the top delegates were called
back.
Meanwhile, ' Gen. John E
Hull, U. N. Far East comman
der, aaid in Korea he would
'absolutely" press for the re
lease of all remaining anti-Red
Korean and Chinese war pris
oner! on Jan. 22 if the already
lata conference hasn't begun by
men.
By this, Hull meant the U. N
would object to any Red claim
that any prisoners be held
longer for any reason.
Stand Pat to
Win Says Rhee
Seoul UP) President Syng-
man Rhee said Friday "If we
stand firm" from the commu
nists "will come to terms" on
Korea.
The fiery president predict
ed the communists would ac
cept a proposal to withdraw
Chinese troops from North
Korea and all allied forces
from the south, "because that
would save the communists'
face."
"If this happens," Rhee add
ed, in in Interview, "the
North' Korean communists
would flee. They would have
to.
"All we have to do is stand
firm."
Rhee did not specify what
he means by standing firm
but implied it involved the
threat of force U no agreement
were reached.
The 78-year-old Rhee talk
ed anlmately In English for an
hour with three American
newsmen accompanying U.S.
Vice-Pretidcnt Richard Nixon
on his world tour.
TOO DRUNK TO WALK
Detroit UJS Lauri E. Nieni
:S, was fined $150 yesterday
for recklets driving when he
told the judge "I was too drunk
to walk."
million squire mile territory,
located at the headwaters of
the Nile, is jointly administered
at present by Britain and
Egypt.
A British-Egyptian agree
ment on the Sudan, announced
last February, provided for
self-rule and the right of the
Sudanese to decide within
three years whether they wish
to become independent or join
Egypt
Britain and Egypt have ac
cused each other of interfering
In the election campaign. The
Egyptian guidance minister.
Ma). Salih Salem, challenged
Eden Nov, 6 to prove British
charges.
Comply
jUSl.Ce OftUS
Questionnaire
Consideration
: Washington Supreme)
Court Justice Tern Clark re
fmsed Friday to comply with
snbpoena to testify fcefere the.
House Un-American Activities
Committee an toe Barry Dex
ter White case.
Clark offered, however, to
give "serious consideration" to
any written questions the com
mittee may wish to tend him. '
In a letter to the committee, ,
Clark based hi! rejection of the
subpoena on the premise that
the judiciary branch of the gov
ernment is Independent oi the
legislative.
This it the same constitu
tional basis on which former
President Truman declined
Thursday to honor a committee
subpoena.. Truman's stand was
that the executive branch of
the government was not subject
to authority of the congression
al branch.
To Submit 10 Questions
After a closed committee
dlicusslai of Clark's letter,
Chairman Velda R., 111.) an
nounced that the "consensus"
was to propose written ques
tions to Clark after the com
mittee heart Atty. Gen. Brown
elL (Conclude an Page , Cabnaa 8)
Vishinsky Cites
American Plots
United Nations. N.Y. VP)
Russia's Andrei Y. Vlthinaky
charged Friday that aggressive)
American plots against the So
viet Union have created inter
national tensions making dis
armament impossible.
- 11. llalj.,1 IhM- M,l ...
plee of the alleged American
policy si the establishment of
a ring of air bases surround
fn- 19, teal- nl-n- 4k.
militarisation oi Western Ger
many and thwarting of Kor
ean peace conference.
Vithlntky claimed the Unit.
ed States planned bombing at
tacks against Soviet eiUes from
Its ring of bases,
He told the U.N.' 60-natlon
Political . Committee Russia
'must strengthen our might to
repel any such attack. Are wa
supposed to be so impotent as
not to be able to repel the
planned bombing attacks?" he
asked. .
Puget Power
Rejects Merger
Seattle vn The directors of
the Puget Sound Power tt
Light Co., hsve voted to re
main in business, canceling
plans for the 94 million dollar
company to merge with Wash
ington Water Power Co., or be
sold to five public utilitydis
triets. ,
The decision was innounced
Thursday by the power com
pany's president, Frank Mc
Laughlin, never a strong advo-
cate of the merger with the
Spokane firm, who recently
announced he would work to
preserve USP&L as a "golr.g
'lutinesi."
Five public utility districts
in Wathingtcn hava been en
gcged in extensive negotiations
with the company for a joint
purchase of its properties. The
plan has been marled in court
proceedings and difficulty in
raising Uie money needed.
Soviet Sanctions
Real Love Plays
Moscow W Along with all
the Dromlaed nnur i--Vvw
and Vacuum eleanera th Hiu.
sian people ire due to get a
lot oi real love in Soviet nov
els and plays.
The macazine Theater aava
the Soviet people want love on
ine Human stage, passionate
love and not any old milksop
stuff that just makes love a
subject for theoretical discus
custion. There wilt be love in novels
too, and it will be the pas
sionate, real thing. On this
score Komsomolskaya Pravda, .
the young communist newspa
per, has discussed a novel by '
Nikoall Toman called "Secret
Agent," a theme popular with
Russian adventure story writ
ers. ..