Jomrim THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY toalfkt Fit. dayi (cattered skewer. MOtty rata, bat xmiIm al rala-aw mtxr. CMitr. Lw Uaigfct, i! ', high Friday, . FINAL EDITION 1 V v, 66th Year, No. 12 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January U, 1954 (32 Pa 220regonians House Group ITS SNOWY IN CALIFORNIA, TOO Ike 1 1 . runs wr ansion or To CoTo While Approves Cut r coram f Capita al mp joaai security r I- H f 11 HouseMeeling Governor Appoints , Delegates to High way Safety Session Bjr JAMES D. OLSON At the personal request of President Dwight D. Euenbower, 22 Oregon citizens have been named by Governor Paul L. Pat tenon to attend the White Haute Conference on Highway Safety to be held in Washington, D. C, Februar. 17 through the 19th, it was announced by the governor's office Thursday. The governor will head the Oregon delegation which has bees called by the President to "focus more public attention on the problem and stimulate active leadership in reminding of mo tor vehicle accidents in every community in the nation" the President's letter stated. Many Groups Represented The President's conference will bring together groups represent. inc business, labor, agriculture, women's organizations, service dubs, fraternal, religious and vet erans groups, public officials and repreaentatves of various public information sources. Appointed to the Oregon dele gation by the governor represent ing the League of Oregon Cities, Mayor Al Loucks of Salem; Agri culture, Ben Robinson, Imbler, Farm Bureau, Lowell Stockman, Pendleton, former congressman from Eastern Oregon; Labor, George Brown, executive secre tary of the CIO of Oregon and Clyde Crosby, Teamsters Union, No. 162, Portland; business, E. C. Sammons, president of the United States National Bank, Ray Carr, advertising, Harold B. Lar son, Archie Pierce, all of Port land and G. C. Knodell, Albany; Portland Federated Women's clubs, Mrs. J.' V. Springer, past president of the same organisa tion, and Mrs. R. H. Walter, a leading woman personality in traffic safety in Oregon; Public (Continued on Page S, CoL 4) Income Taxes v.. .. Ways and Means Says Revenue Loss Less i Than $240 MillfonV WASHINGTON I The House Ways and Means Committee Thursday approved sharp cuts ia personal Income taxes on income from dividends. Experts' said the revenue loss would be 240 million dollars the first year and up to one billion when the program takes full effect The proposed changes would ap ply to some four million persons who receive income from divi dends. About one third of these would be relieved of any taxes at all on their dividend income. This was the second major step announced in a complete overhaul of tax laws launched by, the com mittee Wednesday. The first agree ment would provide SO million dol lars in tax savings for about 700, 000 single heads of households. Democrats Oppose Democrats were reported to have raised some opposition to the pro gram of relief for dividend recip ient. ., ' i The proposed new law provides that individual pay no income taxes on dividends up to $90 an nually received in the taxable years ending from next July 21 to Aug. 1, IMS. For taxable years ending after Aug. 1, 1953, individuals would pay no Income taxes on dividends re ceived up to 1100. (Continued on Psge S, CoL t) Extra Session Frowned Upon PORTLAND, MV-Gov. Patter son said here Thursday that he would first exhaust all regular remedies for meeting the state's unemployment problem before considering a special legislative session. Democratic party leaders Wed nesday reieaseu ... - .I Carteret NX. governor urging the session "rtcret, n.J., meet tne Deepening ........... crisis. Patterson, who was in Boise at a power mecUng Wednesday, said he had only read newspaper re ports of the request and "at first blush I can see neither the advisa-1 bility nor wisdom of calling a special session of the legislature. He said he had been In con ference with business and labor leaders and pointed to his request to the Oregon Development Com mission, made public Wednesday, for plans to provide jobs. On the Democrats' proposal that the special session also take ... k. x.isdinn of oower devel opment and rates. Patterson said he preterrea w won um his own wsy. He said he and other Northwest governors were work ing on plans to have dam build . big carried on by both private and public agencies. Ships Collide In East River NEW YORK m - A cargo ves sel and a tanker collided in the Eas River Thursday, injuring six men. Police and the Coast Guard hunted five hours before locating uie slightly damaged cargo ship. The 2CS foot fully loaded tanker Verdon, meanwhile waa maneu vered to the sea wall on the Man hattan side of the river when ahe settled to the bottom n about 2 feet of water. Police said the cargo vessel, the Beth Coaster carrying a crew of 24, continued on after the crash and later was found at anchor off Staten Island. The vessels collided in p re-down darkness about 4:15 a.m. (EST) near the Williamsburg bridge, con necting Manhattan and Brooklyn, apparently as a result of a mis understanding of signals. All the injured were crewmen aboard the Verdon, owned by the Ira S. Bushev Co.. of Brooklyn. She was carrying fuel oil from to west iiaven, . . ' . "S'W'I ,arT-T x " , tX 1 3 w ma mm . LT T .if l '--'"a Wmm 4m f'' J- . "''V?'? .v 'r- .''VomJ :.:A ':'. .'-..., ,,H sf.. . . . $i : : -. :,' ""'' --jH. -; -'a: - v Jr4 j ''v'li,;k'' Astoria Slide -Houses Moved ASTORU on - Activity on Con- mercial street hill now is a race to get slide-damaged houses to level ground before heavy rains start again. , There was no noticeable move ment of the earth Wednesday, the first full day in which the slippage apparently was at a complete halt since sliding start ed a week ago. About one house a day can be moved. They are being put in a parking lot while the city land de partment trie to find suitable sites. It has not been determined bow many of the affected 26 houses will be moved. All but one are be lieved salvageable. .. . - . .- - The Red Crosa is checking on the amount tt financial heln the nemo- less families will need, including cost of house teovtng and jetting resettled. Fraxier Park, CaL, Jan. 14 The freezing Midweslerner can take comfort during current cold wave that it's cold and snowy in California, too. Here's Tommy Chigwidden, 2, making snow balls on the road leading to this mountain community on the Los Angeles county line, just off the ridge route to the San Jouquin valley. The snow cam during Tuesday' storm. (AP Wirepboto) Possible Snow, Rain Tonight Seek Scope of Power Compact BOISE (UP) The power com mittee of the Columbia Inter state Compact Commission to day sought to determine' the cooe of the permanent agency whether it shall be regulatory or enter into financing and con struction. Committee member Howard Stinson. legal (.tinsel for the Boise office of the Bureau of Reclamation, was asked to de velop preliminary plan which would outline the scope of the rnmmission. The Commission openeo its twiMiiv meeting with separate mmmittee meetings. Other groups in session were the exec utive, legal, pollution and engi neering committees. The full Commission meets tomorrow. Hearing Set for Deeti Milk license Request Elmer Deetz, tanby dairyman i who is fighting the state milk control law, was asked by the State Agriculture Department Thursday to show cause on Jan. 20 why It sho'tldnt deny- nis application to use a - Grade A label on raw llaio milk. The hearing will be held In the eanitol here. The hearini ofder. aimed by O. K. Beals, chief of food and Hells Canyon Dam Costs High WASHINGTON (UP) A reclama tion Bureau engineer said today that land and other incidental costs of a high government dam in Hells Canyon would run about 10-million dollars more than sucn costs for three smaller dams which the Idaho Power Co. pro poses to build. . The cost comnarison wa made at a Federal Power Commission hearing by Ed Koessner, project engineer in the bureau's Boise, Ida., office. Koessner said it would cost about 35-million dollars to pur rhine land and land rights and build necessary roads, trails, and bridges for a dam such as pub lie nower advocates want Simi lar expenditures for three low dams would run about 25-million, he said. The FPC staff is studying the nuhlir v nrivate Hells Canyon ripvelnnmeni controversy mj uciu the commission determine wheth er to live a license to loano Power. IRANIAN EMBASSY OPENED LONDON OB A top Iranian r.ir, arrived here Thursday and reopened the embassy closed 15 months ago wncn lormer no mier Mohammed Mossadech sev ered diplomatic lies wnn unmin. WEYLAND, CHANG CONFER T11DCU sTArmMi UR Gctl. iMihV mixed snow and rainl,- p w-yiand. commander of tonight and Friday is predicted by the weather Bureau, ourer"'"' outlook is for scattered showers mostly of rain. Sll;htly cooler temperature are In the offing. c.,iK,orrlv winds blew in strong over Salem area Wcdneday , pight, bringing ram. period ending at 10:30 a m. Thurs day. M of an inch of rain was measured for Salem. The snow storm predicted for the area failed to arrive and tem peratures mounted late Wednes day The morning minimum in Salem Thursday was 42 degrees. The weather bureau caU for a alow-moving storm headed thi .. .ii nriiiih Columbia, this storm likely to bring at least the mixed snow ana run. the U.S. Far East Air Forces, ar rived Thursday to comer wnn President Chiang Kai-Shek and other Chinese Nationalist leader. Weather Details igr. . TUI rflpUllp: I. ,V .m.L in. tmi.iuiMa. n.t mhi si.s ' i Carraa k.lHii. tJ Int. (.. kr V. S. t nrta.l No Support For Strike Vote WASHINGTON (UJSA poll of the Senate Labor Committee indi cated Thursday practically no support for a proposal calling for strike votes among employes who have tlready gone on strike. Some advocacy of a ballot to take place before a strike could be called was noted, but even that appeared to fall short of the seven committee votes needed to send such a proposition to the lloor oi the Senate for a vote there. The mmmittee has 13 members. President Eisenhower told his news conference Wednesday he wants Contrres to decide the question of when the strike vote should be taken by the govern ment He said all he had in mind when he recommended in his special Taft-Hartley message se cret, government-supervised elec tions in strikes, wa me princi- ple- V Surpluses lor Overseas Bases WASHINGTON (UP)-Sen. Her man Welker R.. Ill ) said today the eovernment is "looking with interest" at a proposal to use some of the government's huge food and fiber surpluses to neip pay uie cost of building overseas military bases. He said the state, defense and agricultural dtpartments are ex ploring the proposal. Welker said it would get rid of surpluses and "save money." German contractors, who con tacted Welker and Sen. Pat Mc- ID.. Nev.) initiated uie WASHINGTON U Rec. EB.S- '" Jr?Ji'?-?" worth R-Ore) held out hop Thura- w" "f Irtav (hat the Denartment of Aeri- dairies, lists fivt reasons why the department intends to deny his application. The reasons are: The milk house doesn't have two rooms separating ing, bottling ana capping milk from tne wasmng ot uten sils and cauiDment in a manner to prevent contamination of milk and eUMned caulaMBL - The saUkhouao I not equippM with a tr-coniprnnw lot washlne: and sanitUing uxca- . Window openings of the milk- nous are not screened. The milkhouse it not equipped with an anoroved Doming ma chine to prevent water or -other condensation fluids from drip ping into the final delivery con tainer. The milkhouse doc not have mntahle bottle capper. Beals said that Deetx would be denied the application unless he can present evidence to dis prove the department's charge. India to Return 22,000 POW to Their Captors PANMUNJOM. Korea (UP) innia announced looay in wiu return mora that) 22,000 unre patriated war prisoner to their captor next Wednesday, three day ahead of their scheduled release. Lt Gen. K. S. Thimayya, chairman of the Neutral Nation Repatriation Commission, in formed the V. N. and Commu nist commands the men will be sent back as prisoners and it will be illegal for either aide to free the men. Reliable informants said the U. N. command will reject the Indian claims and ship 14.000 anti-Communist Chinese to For mosa and 8000 anti-Red North Koreans to South Korean area for rehabilitation. Want Explanation Communist China' Feiplng radio had unleashed blast at any kind of prisoners release, demanding that the captives be held until 82 more days of "ex planations" are concluded. Thimayya, who previously had favored releasing the men a ci vilian Jan. 23 in accordance with the armistice terms, said he acted without consulting oth er member of hi commission after the decision had been made by Prime Minister Nehru's government at new Delhi. (Continued on Page S, Col. B) Attempt to , : Revive Peace Treaty Fails PANMUNJOM, Tnursday, Jaa 14 0P) The first formal attempt to revive the planning talk on a Korean peace conference ended In failure todiy but another try wilt be made tomorrow. , . The Communist aaked for a reopening Saturday of the pre liminary talk, broken oft Dec. 12 in a hot dispute over Red charges of perfidy against the United States. Instead, the Allied command sought to have the controversial accusation stricken from the record. -.:. Edin Vartin, State Department official who represented the U. N. Command at a meeting of liai son secretin ee today, said later the Reds had insiisted on talking only about a data for resuming the ruptured talk. - He said the Reds opened the session with a 30-minute state ment calling for resumption of the talk Saturday. - n't have a a ' ' I " i V'S llew Purchase , - . . . Looms of Pears 'IT culture" may soon undertake a rfew near nurchaxe program to relieve surplus winter pear stocks Ja the! Pacific Northwest - I He met with deDartment official I h m ...k weoncauay wh wnuw umjr wuuiu i t 'nm. mmlA t not stat nauy mat sucn a pro-lphu would be a "aerer defi Red Artillery Pounds French HANOI. Indo-China (UP) Com munist artillery believed to have been snipped from Bed . tnina, pounded French position at Dies unen rem tooay, wnue commu nist suicide squad probed the outer defense of the beleaguered fort real. The Red scoots advanced through a shower of flaming gaao- line-leuy nomba, giving credence to ute Frencn neiiei mat coramu- nlat Gen. Vo Niuveo Gian la pre pared to sacruice "uiouaana troon to take men Bten nwu (,n. HeiM uienv. rrcnen com mander In Indo-Chlna. said the Rao have (utlerad ItJM casuaV uoa, WOm mom kulM aaa al.tao casturad. in the past alx month. JtcUofc at Dieav Biea- Pbu (till ia on a relatively amall scale, but tha Reds are believed to be man ln for a all-out attack on- the outpost captured by French air-1 10 Millions, of People Soiiohl WASHINGTON If) - President Eisenhower Thursday prupueed bringing 10 million mora Amert' can under social security, increa - ing benetiu au along tne line, and raising to M.20 the amount of in come subject to social security -taxes. r - .,. In a special message to Coagres. tne President said the average benefit payment to retired work- ' era is now 50 a month, with, a minimum of 25 and maximum Of $85. , . , . For social security to "fulfill Ha purpose of helping to combat decti- -tution. these benefits are too low," . Eisenhower said.' . Propose No Figure Both the maximum and mini mum ahould be increased, - he ' aid,' but proposed no figure. A formula on that will be presented i later by Secretary of Welfare Hobby, be told the kglilatora. y Well-potted congressional source told reporter they understood the ' increases Mrs. Hobby ia to propose would range from a minimum of .. 13 a month in the lowest bracket i. to more thai 10 ia tha upper i bracken, f . . Mrs. Hobby called a now con ference for Friday to dlscua the ', administration plan. , Boosting to S4J00 tn amoua ot income subject to social aecurlty taxes, a Eisenhower proposed, ' would mean a ImmedlaU l a : year tax incraaa for worker : earning was nmcn or more, a , (Continued oa Pag t, CoL i Good Uc:tSha TO t:C132 z WASHINGTON ttV ' CoMreot gave a generally cordial reception Thursday to President Einnow ar- mvmmU for nadtat- del securMy coverage and inert- ' - ing It benefit. ' Cogny said the low of Men Beta Summed up. the rectuoa among-" eat" 1 1 " ''-.VI JUon ' " , rkev lefislaton aooarentlr war gram would Be undertaiien, tne I e aafd the Red river delta 11 1. Cangnu certauUy will enact congressman saia, uiey uwivaieai ujjj sey a rraacli poeiuon ia I Mm new leguiauoon ia in neid. Clue Indicates Missing Guard Worked in Illinois proposal. They offered to do part of the construction at imiwn "r siallations in Spain on a subcon tract basis and accept up to 20 ptr cent of their pay in surplus crops instead of dollar. Plan to Outlaw Communists WASHINGTON. UP) Alty. Gen. Browncll says the Justice, Department, at President fcisen-. howcr's direction, it studying j proposals to outlaw the commu-i nist Party In the United States. Bui Brownell, who discussed the matter In an -NBC radio lnter viu Wednesday night, indicated he personally does not favor such proposals. He said the depart ment "wouldn't have any opinion to express until the rtudy had been comlcted. The attuney general wa ask ed whether he thinks "we have reached a point where the party should be outlawed." -The President referred to us Juit within the last few dsys the question of studying these pro posals that have been made," Brownell replied and said the studv would hsve to be completed before opinion were expresed. McCarthy Sees Alaska Graft the door'was not closed to such a possibility. Earlv this month the department announced purchase of Its carloads of wuiter pear for th school lunch program and other outlet. Grower have advised Ellsworth, however, that they have a surplus of 50 carload over last year. Ellsworth said he met also with representatives of the department's foreign agriculture service seeking information on the pear crop, har vest dates and possible quantities of pears which might be shipped to this country from Argentina. He said he expects to nave tni imor mation shortly. northern Jode-China. . --"...-y.'VM Ex-President In Auto Crash KANSAS CITY, Mo. tUPl-Car driven by former Preident Harry S Truman and a irans-wona Air ways employ collided at n inter uv'tinn here today, and both driv ers blamed t third car for the mishap. Mr. Truman told police he was almost around a corner making a turn when a ca.' truc'. the rear of his automobile and spun it around. The car that struck th Truman car was driven by Johnny C. May all. Mr. Truman and Mayall both told police a third car obstructed their vision. The third car did not stop. There were no injures. 50 Warships For Mothballs WASHINGTON W) The Navy savs it i- laying up the cruiser Quincy as the first of SO ships to be put into mothballs. Almost simultaneously with this announcement Wednesday, Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson said Russia Is outbuild ing the United State and otner North Atlantic Treaty Oroganlx- ationa NATO nations in cruisers, destroyers and other high sea warships. The Navy' budget ha not been disclosed, but it is expected to take a substantical cut as part nf the new-look program In military expenditures, festuring more re liance on airpower and economies in other direction. The Naw said the lS,800-ton Quinty, "the, least modern ot the Naw'a active cruisers" and now at Long Beach, Calif., navy yard. i t. The p IpnelmUr th I bower out. pattern mar Dot follow " that laic? down by Kiaea- , his ideas. - " ' " -fvMl tn. ... ..a Mrtniln-. annuuM . for the President' advocacy of -liberalising the present provision denying retirement benefits to per- sin between the age of (5 and . . 7J who make t much as 7S monthly In prt time covered em ployment. , ' ,' Sen. Cse. R-SD, celled that pro- posal "a very constructive thing." He added: "It Is not constructive ' ; to discourage the people from helping themselves." . . ' , To Reorganize Army Services v WASHINGTON (UP)-An advl-' ory committee act up at President Eisenhower's suggestion today pro posed top to bottom reorganisation of the Army to overcome costly ; weaknesses and prepare It for the demands of modern war. ..... - Ai.lllnajl ' i ine live iiwm im vmm.mm win .r"Vn" measure for rtrengthenlng over- BURMA FACES BICE imsis RANGOON Burma I fac ing a rice crisis with a surplus oi hetween sno.eoo and 1.000.- no ton left over from last year's cop. A bottle-neck has b ee a created in finding accommodation (Veson State. Police Tbursdy received ( telegram from Mercy- ville Sanitarium, a tainouc insti tution at Aurora, 111., saying that Victor H. William, Oregon State prison gusrd who dissppesred last April S, employed at that place during July nd Aug-... Thi is th firrt clue to Wil-i it.i nwMMmenta after the dis appearance, and cam Just after investigstlon os nn ". from Portland tnai wmi..... might have been murdered and his body thrown into a well near D II The telegram received today k. William wu employed farmer, but contained no lnfor-i mation about where h went fter : leaving there. The institution wa contacted, when Williams' father, who liveai t Turner, informed State Police that he had received the son' withholding tax statement from there. On the night of hi dUappear ance William, who had a good reoutation as prison officer, le!t his home on Route . wnerr nis wife and children now live, pre sumably to go to work. He did not report to the nison. Then nme nf his clothing wu found alongside state highway in Polk County and hi car in Portland. (Continued on Page 5, CoL S) the other ship will be Isid up during th next 18 month. j REDS RELEASE II POWs VIENNA. Austria uh A group of 1 Italian' war prisoner held for many years in the soviet Un ion, arrived in Vienna Thursday on their way home. They included a military chaplain and a Catholic priest. ' ' $27,500 Salary For Congress WASHINGTON A substan tial majority of th commission on Judicial and congressional salaries was reported Thursday to favor a 227,900 salary for senators and representative- 112.50 Py boost Th commission, set up by the au Conerees to make recommend- turn on the oav of federal Judge and member of Congress, is to submit it report to President El senhower at th Whit Houae rn- 'lav llmW the law. Centre must r im the resort by Marck 13k In i41mi Mr hka this one. the aihWrt la ticklish. I them.' ujisHiNfiTOV UP) Sen. McCr- ihv R.wis . said Thuraday he Is ..ivtiinn ih FBI of evidence that "graft, corruption and attempted bribery" occurred in government spending in Aiasxa. McCarthy told reporter ataft member of hi 8nU lnvetig tion Subcommittee have given him ah Dm) ohotozraohic cop ies of letters end other document and all n.rn,na nivraiinna of what he killed. urmxl an interlocking network of The big companies in Alaska. He said the subcommittee prob ably will require a month of prep aration before tuning puouc near ing. Meanwhile, th staff Is prepar ing a chronology of event de scribed In the document, Mc Carthy aid, adding: . "Thi will go to th Justl' De partment a oon a It I ready. The allegations ar such that th FBI and the Justice Department ought to. be fully Informed about 16 Killed in Crash of Airliner Near Rome U civilian control, tightening Army purs strings, making mm- tarv men responsible for actual . operation and modernising con tinental Army comraanua ana sup ply services. Headed by raui u uavios, pres ident of tha Food Machinery and . Chemical Corp., San Joae, Calif., the committee was set up by Army Secretary Robert T. Steven laat August (Iter Mr. Eisenhower had called for "badly needed" Im provements in th Army, Nvy and Air Force. .1 s tlv of Boston who ha lived tn Rom ever! yer. The pilot-chief of th nine-man crew aboard wa Ira Broom of Wrren, Ark., heed pilot lor tne airline. The co-pilot wa identified a William Rose of Alton, III., who friend said lived with bla wif In Rom. Mr. Rose reportedly u ex pecting a baby. V wa tne nrsi iiai atx-uum th airline international opera tion. The Philippine Alrlino w given a safety award last October at an international air conference. Airline official said th cause of the crash was as yei unsnown. i inuntinatioa was launched Im mediately. The officials speculated th pilot chose to plunge ma nra ROME Uf A smoking four engine Philippines Airline plane crashed ana cxpioaea in yvyv lou outskirts of Rom Thursday lt person (Doara were net hit a vacant lot not far from a big apartment build ing. It was coming tnrougn a orrv ing rain for a landing on flight from Beirut. Lebanon, one leg in H regularly cheduld trip from Manila to London. An eyewitness said th left en gines were tmoklng a It ap proached Ciampino Airport outside Rnnv It anneared to be heading for th building, then banked and plunged Into th lot with tro- mendou roar. i- "IT rr.M ,.ih several 'manager, nojai n. - 7 ... - Australian Red ' Hideout Bombed KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya UP Roy: Australisn Air Fore planes carried out furious st uck oa 1 suspected Communllst : hideout 10 mile from th heart of thi capital city today. The Australian Lincoln bomb- ' era unleashed 60,000 pounds of bomb. - - - , Sounds of the exploding bomb i were clearly audible in downr town Kuala Lumpur and cltixena v.. living o high ground could tea j . pillars of smoke rising from the ; target are. Officials believed shout (0 T r. f . ' - liuhJUa . lOmmuniH mniiiiw, iiMuuiin . Red state eommitte it for the new crop which I ready. at the llliDOia sanitarium a a X 7"