THE. WiATHIGt
CLOUDY WITH occasional rain
tonight. Friday, mostly cloudy
with a few showers. Little change
In temperature, Low tonight, 36:
high Friday, 46.
Escape Plot
Of 4 Convicts
Fails Al Prison
Attempt to Cut Off
Lights Bobbles; All
In Segregation Ward
By VIC FRYER
An escape attempt by four Ore
gon State Prison inmates failed
Wednesday evening when their
plan to douse all the prison lights
failed as did an attempt to hook
a cable over the outside wall.
Warden Clarence T. Gladden
ai! the foursome included Allen
Brumfield, convicted murderer do
ing a life sentence for a 1939 Mult
nomah county killing, and three
others doing terms from five to 20
years.
Others in the plot were identi
fied as Steven J. Randall, 34, re
ceived from Klamath county in
January, 1933, on a 20-year sen
tence for burglary, forgery and
larceny; Arvin G. Gilman, 23, re
ceived from Clackamas county in
February, 1953, on a 10-year sen
tence for forgery, larceny and bur
glary; and Patrick E. La Fran, 25,
received from Harney county in
1949 on a five-year sentence for
larceny.
The men refused to talk after
their recapture by guards, War
den Gladden said, but the escape
try was reconstructed from the
sequence of events.
Story of Escaps Try
The men apparently slipped
(rom the returning supper line
about 7 p.m. and made their way
into ancient cellblock B where
they sawed two bars from a 16x24
inch ventilator shaft to climb onto
the roof. From there they made
their way to the ground by an
outside ladder being used for cur
rent construction work and forced
their way into a temporary elec
tric equipment storeroom and
power substation in the basement
of the cellblock.
There ; they pulled all the
switches, probably in the belief
that they 'would turn out all the
lights in the nrisnn Hnwpvpr
they controlled only a part of the
lights with two other substations
controlling the remainder. The tow
er and wail lights were on the other
two stations.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 6)
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l ill I II II 1 tor
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New Armories
Moro than $750,000 in federal
funds will be made available lor i
construction of armories in seven
Oregon cities. Gov. Paul L. Pat
terson said Thursday. !
The cities under consideration
for new armories are Pendleton,
Ncwberg, Grcsham, St. Helens,
Hood River, Redmond and Mcd
ford. The cities concerned must pro-!
vide the armory sites.
Four new armories now are !
nearing completion at Milton-Frce-water,
Baker, The Dalles and For
es. Grove. Construction of another
has started at Hillsboro, and bids
will be opened next month for one
in Bums.
$85,000 Verdict
For Fatal Crash
PASCO. Wash, i - A V. S. I ' repajr tne decaying structure.
District Court jury returned an nc liRhthousc, on state park prop
$(15,800 verdict here late Wedncs-1 was to havc bcn torn down
dav against Roy J. Rohde of Pen- i rv ,lh's ycar- . . . .
dlcton. Ore., for the death of two! PrJccs and apparent low bids
Oregon motorcyclists Inst May. opened Wednesday included:
, , . , . . Lincoln, Polk ana Yamhill Re-
State College student at the time
of the accident 21 miles northeast
of Dayton, Wash. He was return
ing to the college at the time.
The verdict came after the jury
was out more than 24 hours.
Rohde had becn sued (or $415,
9S8 by Blaine Hopp Jr.. adminis
trator of the estates of Robert
Dean Shaw, 22. and Lloyd Grant j
Knudeson. 33. They were th: men j
killed in the crash. Both were from !
Ilcrmiston. Ore.
The damages were awarded In;
behalf of Mrs. Knudeson and her
three children: Mrs. Ruth Shaw.
the first wife of the victim, and
ner child, and to the child of Shaw !
and his second wife, Omcqa. i
ti, .-riirt rakrH in s i f.o Hon Hie I
(urffmrnts n".iinst Rohde. In pre-1
vious suits in Columbia Counly Su-:
tirrinr Court
Mrs Knudeson was
awarded $50,000 and Mrs. Omega
Shaw $25,000.
MORGAN NOT TO RUN
PORTLAND (UP)-State Demo-
critic Chairman Howard Morgan
said today that although he had
been urged by some Polk county
Democrats to run for the state
Senate this year he would not
do so.
Weather Details
Muom 7trd. ji minimum i-
; tm.i -ii-hnur rrriiunn: '
'"' ,Ti"ir.n "-Ti" """mil. ?
JJrti, ?. imi'. iBfport r i s. Wntbw
nnrrii.
66th
Fast Moving
Storm Strikes
In Northwest
Heavy Snow Inland,
Cold Rain on Coast,
Blizzard in Idaho
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A fast-moving storm front hit the
Pacific Northwest Thursday, bring
rain on the coast and a near
blizzard in north Idaho. Tempera
tures were generally up.
The weather bureau forecast
continued snow flurries for Thurs
day night and Firday, local drift
ing and slowly rising temperatures.
Another foot of snow coupled
with winds forced schools to close
at Bonners Ferry, Idaho where an
overnight low of -13 was reported.
Ellensburg and Harrington were
apparently the spots in
Washington with -7. It was -2 at
Walla Walla and -1 at Ephrata but
temperatures had "warmed up"
elsewhere under protective clouds.
Strong 20-mile an hour winds
struck at parts of the Idaho Pan
handle and many roads were drift
ing shut. Visibility was dropping.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 5)
Salem Lucky,
Escapes Storm
Salem area is lucky.
The threatening silver thaw
or snow conditions eyed ap
prehensively Wednesday at
mid-day, stopped at the Port
land area. Higher tempera
tures and rain came through
the valley and Salem regions.
In the Portland section, how
ever, reports indicated Thurs
day morning they were in a
bad way. A silver thaw swept
the Troutdale region on the
Columbia and a strong east
wind was blowing there. ,
About 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
the mercury at Salem started
UQ. hitting 30 then and
tinulng to rise slowly. The
Thursday morning minimum in
Salem was 37 degrees, com-!'"
pared to the 18 degree mark
Wednesday morning.
Nearly a third of an inch of
rain came down in the city In
lnc 24-hour period ending at
10 30 am Thursday
.Snow started falling again
in the cascade mountain pass
regions Thursday morning and
the Oregon highway commis
sion sent word chains are ncc-
essary for those travelling
most of the pass routes.
Forecast is .for occasional
tain tonight and showers Fri
day. Highway Bids
On Dozen Jobs
PORTLAND Wl The Oregon
Highway Commission Thursday
opened bids on 12 projects to cost
nearly one and a half million dol-1
lars. !
The largest Involves Improve-'
ment of the Oregon Coast Highway j
1( miles south ot Port Orford. Ap- j
parent low bidder was E. C. Hall ,
to. rortiana, at a.sto.
The commission agreed lo let the
jold Yauina Bay lighthouse stand
I until the 19o5 Legislature meets.
wnue me ureson Historical society
continues us cnnrts to raise tunas
.? ,rr"W Project, on Oregon Coast
Monmouth and Three Rivers high
ways near Waldport, Monmouth
and Dalph. Central Paving Co., In
dependence, $06,385.
Carl Hogg Honored as
Salem's First Citizen
By MARIAX LOWRY FISCHER
Carl W. Hogg, partner in the i stattd: "A God-fearing man, tin
Hog Brothers Furniture com-;
pany, currently cnairman of the
Saiom Industrial Dovelonmont
Council, and a business leader
whose record of community scrv-1
i ice could DC mcasurca wan a
i yardstick, is Salem's First Citizen
1 for 1953.
Announcement oi nis selection
was revealed at the climax for the
i annual First Citizen banquet of
.i,p Kalcm Chamber of Commerce
. Wednesday night at the Marion
hotel.
n couldn't happen to a nicer
guVi or t0 a more deserving one."
j was the general concensus from
i the some 275 fellow townsmen
who stood up to pay tneir triDute i wno nave mane possiotc dividends
lo Mr. Hogg as he Ame forward 1 for us," the governor said in op
, to receive the plaque given with : ening his talk the speaker, like
the honor.
in tn, testimonial read by
I William L. Phillips, Sr., First
l citizen of 1952, who presented
1 Mr. Hogg to the crowd, it was
Capital
Year, No. 18
t tecouo
9a lm
Mild Weather
In East Ended
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arctic air which spread over
wide areas of the mid-continent
moved southeastward Thursday in
dicating an end to mild weather
over eastern sections of the coun
try.
Skies were clears over most of i
the cold belt butthere was snow, I
rain, freezing rain and drizzle over i
wide areas from east of the Miis
sissippi into Southern New Eng
land.
in thl "fffkSSJ Minnn.n., JnH
i.h.D?rk.i'.M ""eSa....a."dl
Cnn-lmnHpralpH snmpwhat in Mnntann
I after several days of far below
j zero with a low Wednesday of -53
the northern part of the state.
But the mass of polar air which
has gripped the Northern plains
and Minnesota sent temperatures.
tumbling to 40 degrees below zero
again Thursday in Northern Min
nesota. Readings were near that
mark in sections of North Dakota.
7000 Strike in
"nbd Emnire
Ky THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some 7.000 AFL carpenters, mill
wrights and oilcdrivcrs walked off
their jobs in the Inland Empire Puis was testifying at a Power
Thursday to support demands for j Commission hearing on Idahoj
a wage increase. ! Pwcr Co.'s applications to build !
The action came after union nc.;!nrTO da1"lsuin 'je Snake River
gntiators rejected what was termed betw,n ldano and 0rcS"' w ,erc
a "final nronosal" bv heavv hich-!a Publlc P0" ProJcct has becn
way contractors. It" would have
i it would have given carpenters
tan immediate 5 cent hourly in- i
crease, 5 cents more July 1 and
another 5 cents on Jan. 1. 1955. 1
The union has stuck to its de-;
mands for a straight 15-ccnt in-
crease now.
charles Hivcy seCrctary of the
, Kastcrn Washington B u i 1 d e r s'
. chanter of the Associated General
; Contractors, said at Spokane that
!no nrw negotiations have been
scheduled.
OFFICE IS PLEASANT
HOLLYWOOD () There's
a new bar here called "The Of
fice," The name's made a hit
with businessmen. 11 allows them
...u:i- ilnnunnA tu.
wh le tippling to telephone the
1 n o umman anrl iv uilh r Mr'
conscience: "Dear, I'm doing some
Utile Wlflliail Oliu mull kival ,
things at the office."
assuming in manner, temperate in
j his daily living, lie lives by and
practices the Golden Rule ... A
; civic leader of whom we can be
justly proud. A man fully rcprc-
semanve 01 ouisianmng ann sue-,
ppGcr,,l IpnHpt-chin pnmhinpH iKilh
v. ....
humility at its best.
Keynoting the theme of the
evening, Governor Paul L. Pat-
tcrson gave the address on "The
Light to Live By."
January is the month of inven
tory, the time to take stock, the
time for annual meetings, and
the month to declare the divi
dends, and this is an "annual
meeting to pay tribute to those
everyone else present did not
I know the identity of the First
j Citizen, the name being revealed
It the end of the program.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)
fcr ma ,
ciu
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 21, 1954
Ortgoa
NAUTILUS TAKES FIRST
Groton, Conn., Jan. 21 The atomic-powered submarine USS
Nautilus hits the water in the Thames River here today at
official launching. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower had christened
it moments before. (AP Wircphoto)
Mamie Christens First
Atom Powered Vessel
GROTON, Conn.tffl The world's
first atom powered vessel the
submarine Nautilus was launched
Thursday, opening a new era in
sca povev.
Mrs. Dwigh. D. Eisenhower,
wile of the President, swung a
bottle of champagne across the
I .. tn 1 I. r
dW" " 'tO Thames
River at 10:57 a.m. (EST).
including a number of notables
Puis Balks on
Questions
WASHINGTON Iff! - The Hells
Canyon hearing was enlivened
Thursday by a Reclamation Bu
reau engineer's refusal to answer
I a question which he called ri
diculous."
j- After stonily defending the bu-
I rcau s standards for dam design
land construction during nearly
; lour days ol cross-examination,
l.ouis u. i uis nnauy uamcu, Miy
inn "that's a ridiculous question
and rcuires no answer."
PPscd.
The "ridiculous' question was
whether the Reclamation Bureau
makes a practice of excavating to
bedrock at dam sites before call
ing for bids from contractors
Dorman Not to
Act as Censor
state finance Director Harry a.
Dorman said Thursday he won't
net ns a censor n( Sia n Hoard of
?,. , a tens( r 01 , ,.ic wara 01
Higher Education publications. . ;
r liUri "V? " LCI '
i 'i' nrrnin must con r 1 nrint nc i
. ,, , , . . . . . . . , 1
at the state institutions of higher ;
narmn nrnun nnt Chiinrn nr
,v, iiiiih. jviiu, ,,, viiujivviiu, '
Charles D. Byrne reached agree-,
mcnl on the matter
In a letter lo Byrne Oorman said
that his office would be concerned
"only in the event of extravagant
use of bindings, papers and meth
ods of printing" of most of the
publications of the board.
28 Marines
Drown at Inchon
INCHON, Korea I Twenty
eight U.S. Marines were dead or
missing Thursday alter a troop
loaded with Chinese
war
aiiip
. nrisnnprs pnlllflpH wilh nnH ran.
, ,
! sized a small landing cralt.
The toll was surpassed by that
j of only one other naval disaster
i in the Korean theater.
Maj. Gen. William S. Lawton,
commanding general of the Ko-
rean communication zone, said 22
survivors 3rd Division Marines
and crewmen were rescued from
the chill waters of Inchon Harbor
minutes alter the collision be -
tween a hie Formnsa-hound I.ST
lending ship, tank) and an LCM i attempting to compromise with j the campaign promises of the Re
(landini! crnft. medium! Thpv I Hricker to eliminate Drovisions ! nublicans to balance the budict.
were not seriously hurt. The Ma -
rincs were weighted down with
heavy equipment.
Six bodies were recovered nnd
22 others were presumed drad
m Jour -rial
DIP
S 4
i cheered as the Nautilus entered
the water under a bright sunlit sky,
Speakers hailed the nuclear
' driven vessel as .iot only a power-
lu new sea weapon but as
harbinger of peaceful use of
atomic engines.
As Mrs. Eisenhower moved for
ward on the gaily decorated
launching platform to christen the
vessel, a masculine voice called
out:
"Hit it hard."'
She took a few practice swings
and then hit the hull sharply. The
bottle crashed and champagne
splashed. The crowd roared and
whistles blew. .... .;.
The nation's first lady stood
watching silently and bit her lower
up as the Nautilus sua into tne
river.
A EC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
said during . the launching cere
monies the craft simbolized both
the "atomic thunderbolts" of de-
ifensc ana of a peaceful boon o
nuclear power. .
i And the Navy's top commander,
Adm. Robert B. Carney, saw the
t historic occasion ns an umoiciing
i ui new visiua ui iiiil-i nun at-u
power."
Emergency
Board ta Meet
The State Emergency Board
' mcci ncre at m a.m. rno.iy to
consider requests for emergency
I funds.
1 It also will act on requests by i
! the Stale Hoard of Control lor per-1
(mission to hire an architect to
I draw plans for the proposed mental
hospital in the Portland area: for
an appropriation of $250,000 lo buy
a site for the stale reformatory
iin Marion Countv; and to let the
! Board of Control go ahead with
construction of the new State Fi-
: rj
nance. ucP ,rmcn'
npw 'nmatcs 'cottage at Fairviow
Home
Agriculture
CrtnS Tulior PaJSTe
nnard " and Tix Commission will
nsk for extra funds
a'scvcra depa tmcnt, also will
-H-viidi mpm miiiiui bimi villi
i. . -
- P- . ne,r ,
funds.
15 Demos to
Oppose Bricker
WASHINGTON Wl - Sen. Hum
phiey ip-Minni said today 15 to
20 Democrats arc ready lo "stand
behind PrrciHr.nl Kieniihnu'nr" hv
voting against any constitutional
change in ttcaly-mnking powers.
Humphrey said in an interview
he helicves Ihp rnnnirv's intprpsi
would be best served by defeating
1 pffnrts nt Srn Rripkpr (ft. Ohio!
i
to change the Constitution.
) Eisenhower has said adoption of
i Bricker's proposed amendment
would make-it almost impossible
! for him to deal with foreign na
j tions in many fields. Bricker says
; his proposal is aimed at shielding
' state and individual citizens' rights
from treaty invasion. Lawyers do
j not agree on how real the threat
1 of such invasion is.
' Rentihlican leaders have been
' objectionable to the President, but
i Humphrey said that even if a com-
'promise is reached a Democratic
! bloc will vote against it and
against the Bricker proposal,
nest
036JQ J
L nM,uet $65 Billion
For fiscal Year of 1955
N W Prnierft Final Green CutS Spending
111 I I I I VJWVU
Reduced in
Ike's Budget
WASHINGTON (UP) Presi
dent Eisenhower proposed spend
ing today of $142,657,836 on wa
ter and power projects in Ore
gon and Washington during the
1955 fiscal year.
The amount was about 17 mil
lion dollars below that being
spent in this fiscal year, with
part of the decrease caused ap
parently by completion or ap
proaching completion of the ma
jor dams in the Willamette river
basin of Oregon,
lloniieville Cut
Also cut was the construction
budget for the Bonneville Pow
er Administration, from $38,866,
000 in this year to $30,200,000
in fiscal 1955. The President said
that "approaching completion"
of the, Bonneville system and
other government power net
works was taken into account in
making up the budget.
Increased amounts were asked
for two major dams on the Co
lumbia river. For The Dalles,
$38,782,000 was asked as com
pared with a fiscal 1954 appro
priation of $30,949,700. For Chief
Joseph, he requested 29 million
dollars compared with a 1954
grant of $22,439,467.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 7)
Dulles Talks
On Berlin Hopes
WASHINGTON (1 Secretary
of State Dulles said Thursday the
United states will be open
minded and cooperative" al the
Big Four foreign ministers con
ference if Soviet leaders show a
"genuine desire to create condi-
tions of peace."-'- - .-
in a statement on the occasion
of his departure for the conference
in Berlin, Dulles emphasized the
may flow from the decisions made
! there
He said: '
"We are going to Berlin on a
mission which is difficult, hut
1 hopeful. We shall need to feel the
moral support of the American
people.
j "This will be the first time in
fjv years that the United States
, wan nruain ana rrancc win ne
negotiating with the Soviet Union.
The subject is the future fate "of
Europe. Will Germany and indeed
I all Europe be unified for pence?
Or will divisions be imposed which
will make Europe again the breed
er ot war .
300 Killed in
Pakistan Wreck
KARACHI. Pakistan, I The
I Pakistan Mail, this country's crack
passenger train, ripped at CO niles
! an hour into a freight train early
j Thursday 75 miles north o( here,
Foreign Minister Sir Zalrullnh
j Khan, who escaped unscathed,
said on his return here some eye-
i ,ii., . .h inioi kiiioH . i
Jurcd at around 3U(i. .
' The train was roaring through
! the desolate Sind desert from La-
I hore to Karachi when it crashed
i "Ho me train ot on tank cars. 1 he
' lwu P3;m.-iik:i luhuiium wen:
reported "completely burned," al-
J:J . ...
first two passenger coaches were
though the oil freight did not ex -
plodc.
Bouquets and Brickbats
Greet Ike's
WASHINGTON (UP) Demo -
crats in Congress charged today
,nal 1 resident tisennower nus
, rCncgCO On tnC liUf Campaign
promise to balance the budget,
,!llt Republican senators and
representatives said the fiscal
1055 budget reflected good prog-
: ress in cutting federal spending.
Representative comments;
t-
.iihm-i . mauii ,
(R.. Mass.): "The President's
i nudget message is a masterpiece
: ot statesmanship, ll is tne nest
possible news for Americans be
cause It shows the way toward
still more tax reductions simul
taneously with a continuing sub
stantial build-up In our national
security."
House Democratic Leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas: "In view of
' 1 wonder when they arc going
i to do it. By next June, the end
of the 1955 fiscal year; they will 1
have had 18 months in office." I
Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R.,j
c
Final Green
Light Given
Big 4 Meet
I BERLIN tfl - The Big Four
toreign ministers got a final green
light Thursday from the arrange
ments committee for their historic
conference opening here Monday.
Technical experts of teh fou ma
tions the United States, the Soviet
Union, Britain and France an
nounced they have reached "basic
agreement on the questions of ad
ministration, security, communica
tions and the press."
"The remaining details will be
resolved by direct consultation be
tween the individual experts con
cerned," a communique added.
Thee xperts, the statement add
d, "completed their discussions on
all principal arrangements" Wed
nesday at their third meeting in
the U, b. headuartcrs in West
Berlin. i
They had been delegated to work
out the technical details for the
conference after the Big Four com
mandants in Berlin agreed !ast
weekend on sites for the meeting,
21 Pro Reds
'Undesirable'-
, WASHINGTON tfl - The
21
American soldiers who have re
fused to come home from Commu
nist Korea will be declared "un
desirable" and .discharged tomor
row. The undesirable discharge pa
pers for the prisoners of war who
declined to be returned have been
completed by the Army after
weeks of consultation with th- e-
tense and State departments. The
action will convert the soldiers in
to civilians f'under conditions other!
than honorable.
The Pentagon chose this middle
course in dealing with the 21 to
avoid possible legal difficulties in
thi way of sterner action, and
leave a loophole for the men
clear 'themselves, should any
mem get Dack to the United States.
If the Comunists do not take
hark 349 nrn BpH r rin..nr.
ii,i,',r 9i a..i-.-
Zrrf, wni n
guards will open the gates of their
neutral zone stockade and walk
away at midnight Friday, an In-
..i .- i i j
MHIII KUIIll.II aiiiu liitlliy.
"First we will have to tell the
- ' prisoners that their owners refuse
i to tone tnem DncK, said I,t. Gen
r K S. Thimayya. "Then we will
I "I' mc KHlc ana we win icu our,ne saj) ,.we must plan to majni
' " fc" mui, um-.
French Seize
Part of Tuyhoa
Saigon, IndoChlna (UP)
French Union forces today seized
the important Red port of Tuy
hoa, launching what spokesmen
described as "the biggest offens
ive operation since the beginning
of the Indo-China war.
An official French announce
ment sn id some 2000 seaborne
French Union commandos storm
ed ashore yesterday and captured
the Annamesc coastal citadel
from its Communist defenders.
A spokesman described the ac
tion an the opening move in a
massive French Union drive to
clear the Red-led Victminhesc
rebels from all Southern Indo-1
China.
The new offensive, which will
be spnrked by the "new American
financed Vietnam national army,
I uiHiiitvu Vietnam iidiioiicil army,
will require "several months" to
J,l ....
1 accomplish ils
objectives, the
(spokesman said.
Budget
1 Vt.): "The administration has
i done a swell iob ot cutting ex -
i penmiurcs win
'ithout loss nf etfi -
I ClOhCy.
i Rep. Clarence Cannon of Mis-
snuri, ranking Democrat on the I
' House Appropriations Commit-
lee: "Obviously, this budget was ,
. drafted in an attempt to cover
i up the failure of the Republi
cans to keep their campaign
promise to balance the budget . . .
I am happy to see that the Re
publicans have carried over some
items from the New Deal and
the Fair Deal which the GOP
had condemned so loudly In the
past."
Pep. John W. McCnrmack of
Massachusetts, House Democratic
whip: "The increase In the bud
get for the Air Force is a vic
tory for the Democrats, who havc
led the fight for more air power,
1 The cut in the budgets of the
Army and Navy should be looked
Into very carefully and viewed
with caution. This is no time to
weaken our defenses."
FINAL
EDITION
5.25 Billion but
Faces Deficit
WASHINGTON Ml - President"
Eisenhower laid a 65V4-billion-dol-lar
budget before Congress today,
slashing 5V4 billion dollars from
total spending but proposing rec
ord outlays for atomic energy, con
tinental defense and overseas mili
tary aid. ;
Despite a Vk per cent cut under
estimated spend spending this
year also lowered Eisenhow
er told Congress the government
will wind up the 1955 fiscal year
nearly three billion dollars in the
red. Fiscal 1955 starts July 1. . ,
Although he proposed a broad .
program of tax law changes, ho
told Congress no further general
lax cuts are justified at present.
His message said the budget was
based on a "new concept" of se
curity planning which places re
liance on ".the full exploitation of
modern air power" and on "new
weapons" to justify manpower and
dollar defense cuts.
He proposed spending $2,425,000,-.
000 next year for atomic energy.
This increase of 225 millions over
this year would bring atomic
spending to "the highest point in
our history," he said. He also said
that since most atomic energy
plant construction is complete,
spending now . would concentrate
on "operations."
He set no figure for continental .
defense, but said outlays would
be "greater than ever before in
our history" to provide early
warning and reaction to attack.
(Continued on Pago 5, Col. 8)
lo
Be Cut Back
WASHINGTON (IB President
Eisenhower Thursday.'., proposed
that Congress ' heavily cul hack
long range foreign aid. . :
to
to
of
ma tor next nscai year, he said;
"""-y ana economic assistance
i programs should cost about 5,400,-
whicn is oriy tM million
d J s d nresent snendine
, ! . p.. el. $p. J. g' .
.r s, l! n...iT..r ...j If. '
aiuic, . me neauit-iH Jaiu hi inn
budget message to Congress, pri
! allied military buildup
marily by slowing the pace of
..As on as (nc Communist
' hreat to lne frce Worlci exists,"
tain effective military strength in
close cooperation with the other
nations of the frce world."
Eisenhower called for action at
this congressional session to per
mit giving now secret information
on the tactical use ot atomic
weapons" to other North Atlantic
Treaty (NATO I nations, saying the
current reappraisal of allied strat
egy and tactics demands this step.
Tax Revision
Urged by Ike
WASHINGTON 1 Wl Prcsidon;
Eisenhower today urged upon Con
gress a big tax revision project
that would reduce revenue about
$1,215,000,000 next year and then
drew a line against further cuts
now.
The revision program, he said
in his budget message, would re
write a tax structure he termed
"haphazard," casing burdens for
millions of persons and promoting
business expansion to push Ameri
ca "to ever higher standards of
living."
But Eisenhower said this pro
gram and the five billion dollars
in annual tax cuts which took ef
fect Jan. 1 are all the reductions
"our national security and well
being will permit" right now.
He thus raised a barrier against
growing talk by some Congress
members in this election year for
(1) a further general cut in in-
: dividual income taxes and 12) a
1 lowering of all excise or sales
' taxes which arc above 10 per cent
: to that level.
House Votes
Air Academy
WASHINGTON - The House
Thursday voted 328-36 for estab
lishment of an Air Force
academy. '
The roll call tally sent on to
the Senate a measure authorizing
appropriation of 26 million dollars
for the air "West Point."
Before the final vote, the House
beat down an attempt to send the
measure back to committee. A
131-25 standing vole defeated it.;
The bill, backed by President
Elsenhower, was the first major
legislation considered by the
I House in the present session.