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Journal Capital A- THE WEATHER CLOUDY WITH Intermittent rain tonight, Tuesday. Little chang in temperature. Low tonight, 40; high Tuesday, 48. FINAL EDITIOIN "V(JTf TTPCT 66th Year, No. 38 Eatcrrd wcsoi rlasi n titer Stlcm. Orecon Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 15, 1954 (20 P0je J0 JO X;iEJ5Atun Trust Fund for .Woman Sel Up By Roosevelt Irene Owens, One of 3 Correspondents, Beneficiary of $2500 PASADENA, Calif., UP Evi dence introduced in court today showed James Roosevelt estab : lished a $2500 trust fund last Au ; gust for Irene Owens, one of the ' 12 women his estranged wife. list- T cd in her accusation of wholesale s- adultery. i The discovery of the trust fund introduced into the support and alimony hearing for the first time the name of Irene Owens, one of the three correspondents Mrs. : Rnmclle Roosevelt named in her , separate maintenance suit. u It was brought to light in a f document introduced in evidence by attorney Arthur Schifferman, counsel for Mrs. Roosevelt, who is demanding Roosevelt pay S3500 monthly support for her self and the three children, pend ing trial of the separation suit. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6 Roth Runs for City Council Edward E. Roth, 1475 North 21st street, Monday filed at City Hall his candidacy for alderman from Ward 6. Roth is connected in business with the Willamette Grocery Company. As a candidate he will use the slogan "Clean, progres sive government for our growing city." He makes this statement: "I will faithfully discharge the duties and obligations of alder man of the Common Council, and will maintain an open mind on all issues affecting my constituents and the city at large. My decision on public issues will be based on a fair analysis of the facts, and not on the basis of personal prej udice or influence of any parti cular person or any pressure group. I will be ever mindful of my responsibility to the citizens of my ward, and will uphold the high standard of integrity and democracy which 1 regard as a sacred trust of any public offi cial." The alderman from Ward 6 at present it Tom Armstrong who has announced that he will be a candidate for County commis sioner. New Plant to Employ 75 Men A new plant to utilize a wood by-product was under construc tion today between Lebanon and Sweet Home, as the first unit of the three -quarter -million-dollar plant of the Willamette Fibre and Chipboard corporation. A $60,000 chipper unit will form hardboard and chipboard from waste wood of Linn County mills, utilizing recent advances in techniques for converting wood waste into products as large as four feet in width and four inches thick. The new plant, running three j shifts at capacity, would employ about 75 men in wood processing. President of Wilamette Fibre and Clipboard is John Tyncr of Sweet Home. Other officers are C. W. King, Portland, secretary director and counsel; Herbert McQuary, Sweet Hom, vice-president, and W. Gordon Allen, a lcm, vice-president. Allen is alst chief owner of Oregon's Beaver Network, with radio stations KG E, KGAL, KRGA, and KSGA in the Willam ette valley and a partner in the Altru Engineering company. New Storm Looms As Rivers Subside Rain slackened off for over Sundav and Monday in the val ley area, and the river was drop ping again. New storm warnings were hoist ed along the Oregon coast today, however, and it was reported a windy rainstorm heading inland. Some light snow t. y fall cast of the Cascades during the storm. The Willamette river was drop ping again Monday, the local gauge reading 10.5 feet early to day. Only .01 of an inch of rain came down in the 24-hour period ending at 10:30 a.m. Monday, and but .20 of an inch fell in the preceding 24 hours. Weather Details WiTimum Tfntfrday. M . minimum ttT. 41 Totl 24-hour prpripitatlon .01: lor 110 nnrml 1 Belon prfflpl- tim. pwipiwiioii. n.M: nnriMi '! Pl, mi,m IC S 'R'po.i m . a. Benson Finds Disloyally in Field Employes Some Working Against Farm Pol icies to Undermine Ike WASHINGTON Ul - Secretary oi Agriculture Benson said Mon day some Agriculture Department employes in the- field are working against the Administration's farm policies and seeking to undermine both President Eisenhower and himself. This situation, Benson told a news conference; soon will lead the de partment to make a "careful study" of the whole field set up in the interest of gaining "maxi mum efficiency and loyalty." Benson said he does not expect "100 per cent conformity" with ad ministration policies but he does expect employes to help carry out its programs. In reply to a question, the sec retary said that no "political hacks" will be appointed to de partment jobs No Political Hacks The President and I see eye to eye on that," he said "We will take no one unless he is fully qual ified." ' Discussing recent changes in top personnel in his department, Benson said there had been no "rift" over farm policies. He said, however, there had been some differences of views over details. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) Flood Control Bill Protested Washington (UP) The Army Engineers asserted today that a bill authorizing a vast network of upstream flood control proj ects would put the Agriculture Department and Soil Conserva tion Service in competition with the Engineers. The bill's slated purpose is to authorize the secretary of agri culture "to cooperate with states and local agencies in planning and carrying out works of im provement for soil conservation and other purposes." But Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Stur gis, chief of engineers, told the Senate Agriculture Committee "the bill is not primarily for fed eral assistance in soil conserva tion . . . but to provide a legisla tive basis for construction of flood control dams of substan tial size by the Department of Agriculture. Sturgis had the backing of Army Secretary Robert T. Stev ens in making the protest. NLRB Upholds Yaquina Mills SAN FRANCISCO UB-A National Labor Relations Board trial exam iner recommended Monday that the board dismiss an unfair labor practices charge brought by CIO Woodworkers Union local 5-63 against Yaquina Bay Mills,- Inc., Toledo. Ore. The local accused the company of acting to reduce wages without consulting with the union and with later refusing to bargain collec tively for an agreement until the charge was disposed of. The pay cut was ordered effective Sept. 21, 1952. Members refused to work under the new scale and the firm's Toledo plant has been closed since then. Wallace E. Rnystcr, the trial examiner, said the qucslion of whether the reduction constituted a violation of the contract should have been settled by negotiation and that the company's action was not an unfair labor practice. He ruled, however, that the firm "is now, of course, required to bargain with the union on any question of wages or other condi tions." He said he understood the company is wiping to do this. A hearing on the union's com plaint was held at Toledo Jan 7. Court to Probe Gl's Germ War Confessions WASHINGTON, UP-A Marine I court of inquiry will begin the first j formal investigation of germ war i "confessions" by an American prisoner oi the communists to morrow in a case expected to set historic precedents. Three generals and an admiral must recommend what should be done in the case of Col. Frank H. Schwablc, who broke under Red torture and "confessed" war guilt. He repudiated the "confession" af tor his release fro ma Korean pris- on camn last September ; Schwablei whn i, 45 and Iivcs ln nearby Arlington, V., was the RECOVER t ... . i " Support Price For Butter Cut WASHINGTON (ff Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced Monday the government support price- for butter, now about 6H cents a pound, will be reduced about eight cents effective April 1. He said corresponding reduc- linnc will h tnaHo at iho cmt time in support prices for cheese f and dried skim milk. At a news conference, Benson announced dairy price supports for the marketing year beginning Ap ril 1 will be set at 75 per cent of parity. This is the minimum level permitted by law The present support rate is 90 per cent of parity. Parity is a standard for measur ing farm prices, declared by law to be fair to farmers in relation to prices they pay. . - The eight-cent cut in support prices for butter should, in the normal course of trading, lead to drop of about the same amount in the retail price of butter The government has accumulat ed more than 350 million dollars worth of surplus butter, cheese and dried milk under price support operations. Some dairymen have been urg ing lower supports on the theory that this would bring about in creased use of their products. Grangemaster OKs Butter Cut SPOKANE (V, The master of the Nation. ' Grange today ap plauded the decision to reduce support prices foi butter April 1, but indiciatcd he thought the move might hurt the Northwest dairy industry. Hershcl D. f'ewsom, who is in Spokane to address the North west Farm Forum, said the prob lem would now be "to find an adequate market for dairy prod ucts from areas furtherest re moved from large trading areas." He said the Grange was eon- ducting a study of dairy market ing and price trends with the aim of seeing what could he done toward bettering conditions in the milk producing areas such a. the Northwest. Flood Washes Out Vernohia Highway SCAPPOOSE. Ore. Rising waters and a blocked culvert were blamed for the washout of a section of the Scappoosc-Vcrnonia Highway six miles from here Saturday. Traffic was routed on other roads in the area The Columbia River Highway one mile to the north was threatened by the flooding Scappoosc Creek, repair crews reported. highest ranking Marine captured during the Korean war. He was . chief of staff nf the First Marine ; Aircraft Wing. The court's proposals and subse quent decisions by Marine Com mandant Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr., may have an important in fluence on other similar cases un der study in the military services. The oificial Marine Corps posi tion is that a "critical weakness" will develop in military discipline if action is not taken against Amer ican prisoners who broke too easily under Red pressure. ,. - '-jr ,v j " j ''1'-' jTi1 CAR FROM. STORM'S AFTERMATH . . LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 Motorists and residents in the sec tions of Los Angeles hit the hardest by yesterday's storm, like these two, today began the hard work of digging out their stalled cars and homes. Here Bill Harrison (left) and Ted Waters shovel away some of the two' foot river of mud that washed down this south Los Angeles street stalling their car. (AP Wirepholo) Diving Bell Ridden 13,288 Ft. Deep in Sea PARIS W Two French naval olticers rode a diving bell 13,288 feet below the surface of the At lantic Ocean off Dakar on the west coast of Africa Monday, Error in Blue Book Holds Up Distribution Distribution of the new Ore gon Blue Hook was held up Monday by Secretary of State Karl T. Newbry after an error had been found in the first issue of 200 copies. The book carried a picture of Supreme Court Justice Will iam ('. Perry but the caption beneath the picture was that of the late Associate Justice Arthur I). Hay. Justice Perry as appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Hay. It was announced that dis tribution of the Blue Book would be delayed until the end of the week in order to make the correction. Open Hearings On Indian Bill WASHINGTON W - Senate and House Interior Affairs Committees Monday opened a joint hearing on bills designed to give full liberty and citizenship to 55,000 Indians in 10 states. The hearing is scheduled to run through March 10. Asst. Secretary of Interior Or mc Lewis, in an opening state ment, said the Interior Depart ment generally favors the pro posed bills. Among them, he said, will be procedures for liquidating tribal lands now held by various Indian groups. "Citizenship" bills before the committees would nlfect Indians in California. Florida. Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dako ta. -Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wis consin. McKay Speaks To Educators Atlantic City, N. J. (UP) Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay expressed confidence to day that school teachers have i the courage to resist "pressures of the day. He listed three pressures as "cynicism," "false prophecies," and "demagogucry." McKay spoko before the na tional convention nf the Ameri can Association of School Ad ministrators. "Leaders of our education system must be prepared to en counter opposition," McKay said. "But if we arc to be prepared to meet the challenges of today, we must know and understand the dangers that we face. "We are living in a period of cynicism. We arc bombarded by false prophecies. Demogoguery is used increasingly in an effort to distort our purest ideals. s " I Jain ii pi IT : I w deeper than man has ever gone before. The plunge. 2 14 miles into the oceans blackness, passed the depth record set last Sept. 30 by Prof Auguste Piccard and his son, Jacques, who dived in a bathyscalc to 10,339 feet in the Tyrrcnhian Sea off the island of Ponza, Italy The divers Lt. Cmdr. Georges Houot and engineer's mate Henri Willm made Monday's dive in an old bell of Dr. Piccard's. That contraption, a box - like affair weighing 35 tons, had been modi fied by construction of a submarine-shaped float around it. It was given to the French by the Belgian navy These same two men broke the existing diving record last Aug. 12 when they descended to a depth of 5.082 feet in the Mediterranean. Two days later they beat their own mark by going down to 6.888 feet. The previous record was set in 1934 by American explorer Wil liam Bcebe, who went down 3,028 feet. The bathyscafc used in Mon day's plunge operates from a mother ship hut is not attached. It is capable of navigating on elec tric motors under the water. The depth boat carries metal weights held on by magnets to pull it to the bottom. The French undersea craft was below the surface about six hours. Winney Seeks Walker's Post COKVALI.IS, (i;Pi-I.ial Winney. Alsea; Ore., stockman and lumber man nnnnnnrnfl fnrlnv he wnilld file for the post of stale senator ! nionry in new plants and equip hcld by the late Dean Walker of'"?0"1. . tl,c ,c:l,0s .publication, Independence. The senate scat would be or a joint Polk-Bcnlnn county senator ial 'district, unless the state su preme court upholds the reappor tionment amendment, in which case the scat would be for Ben ton county only. Winney, a Republican, was re cently elected president of the Western Oregon Livestock associa tion and is director and Ronton county chairman of the Western Forest Industries association. Thomson Case Hearing Jury NEWPORT, Ore. Ml - Defense attorneys Monday resumed closing arguments in the trial of Richard Thomson, 23, accused of trying lo kill his business partner by slug ging him and sending him over a bluff in a car. They battered away at the prose- cutinn's contcnlion that Thomson attempted to kill James Meuler, 31, last Sept 10 in order to collect $10,000 insurance on Meuler's life. The case was expected to a circuit court jury late Monday or some time Tuesday. ADMIRAL VISITS CALCUTTA CALCUTTA. India i - Vice Adm. Jerauld Wright, command er of Ihe U S East Atlantic and Mediterranean fleet, visited infor mally here Monday after a two day trip In Rangoon, Burma. Moioto v uuilling to Modify His European Security Plan Ike Plans Trip On Wednesday To California WASHINGTON Ml - President Eisenhower, just back from a Georgia quail hunt, will leave Wednesday for five days of sun golf and work in Palm Springs, Calif. The White House announced Monday the President nlans to leave by plane Wednesday after- ! noon and will return to Washing ton next Monday. Mrs. Eisenhower and a group of staff members will accompany him. The President will stay at the Smoke Tree Ranch home of Paul E. Helms, baking firm exe cutive and personal friend of the President. James C. Hagcrty, White House press secretary, said the Pres ident has been invited frequently to visit Palm Springs, by Paul E. Hoffman, former European Co operation Administration chief, who is a neighbor of Helms Press Conference Prcpeds Trip Hagcrty. said a working office for (lie President will be set up near the .lelms home. Eisenhower plans to hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon, just before taking off for California. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) GOP Quota for. Oregon $52,000 PORTLAND Ufi The Oregon Republican Party's quota for the national campaign fund is $52,000, it was announced here Saturday. Ralph Williams, chairman of ti e Republican state budget and fi nance committee, said the $52,000 would come from $200,900 the party nopes to collect in tne state for the coming elections. To meet the national quota, the stale organization will have to trim its budget, Williams reported. At present, 40 per cent of the funds collected remain in the county where they are contributed. Forty per cent goes to the state organiza tion and 20 per cent to the national committee. Under this formula. Oregon would have to collect about $0,000 to meet lis quota. Instead, the stale campaign goal has been set lower and the slate committee will reduce its budget ! as required. The national campaign goal is $3,800,000. CIO Claims Tax Cuts for Rich WASHINGTON IP) The CIO charged today that more than 90 per cent of the tax cuts sought by the Eisenhower administra tion benefit corporations and "the wealthy holders of corpor ate stocks." "The administration's propos als fur new tax loopholes are based on the theory that lions and wealthy slov must be stimulated to invest Economic Outlook, said. "This suggestion comes at a time when consumers are already unahle to buy the products that existing plants and equipment can turn out." The CIO urged adoption of its own proposal to raise individual income tax exemptions from the present $600 to $1000. It said this would be a better move to ward economic stability. French Troops Throw Back Red-led Rebels SAIGON, Indochina W The French Jliah Command announced Monday that troops defending Luang I'nibang have thrown back n Communist-led Viotminh attack marie by ndvance rebel units who crossed the Mekong River about eight miles north of the Laotian royal capital. The communique said the Vict- iminh forces, estimated at bnltal ion strength, were repulsed after fjcrce fighting in which both sides suffered losses. French defenders also tangled with rebel troops in the Suong River valley, about eight miles northeast of Luang Prabang, put ting them to flight. A French spokesman said about 1.5O0 Viotminh guerrilla troops around Luang Prabang's dolonse lines have boon reinforced, by an undetermined number of regular rebel units. But the bulk of the Viclminh Lindy Named Brigadier in Air Reserve WASHINGTON W - President Eisenhower Monday nominated Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the famed Trans Atlantic flier, for promotion to Brigadier general in the Air Corps Reserve. Eisenhower also sent to the Sen ate the nomination of Big. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, who was President Truman's personal phy sician, for promotion to major gen eral in the Air Force Reserve Both nominations were on a list which included three proposed members of the War Claims Com missionRepublicans Raymond T Armbrustcr of New York. Whitney Gillilland of Iowa and Mrs. Pearl Carter Pace of Kentucky. Another nomination sent to the capitol Monday was that of Maj. Gen. John 11. Klein for promotion from deputy adjutant general to adjutant general of the Army He would succeed Maj. Gen. William E. Beigin, who retires May 31. Carson to Hurl Hat in Ring Portland (UP) Joseph K. Car son, Jr., former mayor of Port land and ex-U. S. Maritime Com missioner, is expected to an nounce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor of Oregon tonight. Carson has contracted for time on both Radio Station KGW and on KPTV from 10:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. today. Carson is now practicing law In Portland after serving with the Maritime Commission. He ended his duty in World War 11 as a colonel on the staff of Gen. Omar Bradley.- Chiang Plans For Retirement TAIPEH. Formosa m General issimo Chiang Kai-shek in an ex- I traordinary gesture today asked ins ruiuiK nuuiiiiiiujiiK puny iu choose another man as the next president of Nationalist China. He said he felt the best interests oi his nation would be served if he were not nominated. He suggested two men for the post and offered, "if I am trusted," to serve either as head of the armed forces or as premier. He suggested for president phil osopher llu Shi, former ambassa dor to Washington, or Yu Yu-jen, the aged head of the Control Yuan. llu is not a member of the Kuomintang. Yu is. Chiang said the party thus could choose a non member. . Chiang's surprise recommenda tion was made at the opening ses sion of the Kuomintang's Central Committee meeting near Taipch. The party ject il. was expected to re- EdMrs. Roosevelt to Speak at Portland PORTLAND Ul - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, widow of the late president, will bo principal speaker at a regional conference on the United Nations here March 30-31. Carl Eichclbcrger, executive secretary of the United Nations Assn., will accompany Mrs. Roose velt to the conference. The Oregon chapter of the association is spon soring Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance here. forces, were reported still in the Bac River valley, about 43 to 50 miles north of the capital city. Advance elements were near the Nga Hivcr valley, about 15 miles ahead of the main group. The post of Munng Sai, the last French strong point north of the capital, again was attacked by Viclminh mortar fire, the spokes man reported. French fighters and bombers retaliated by plastering the Viclminh batteries. The French dropped a battalion of paratroopers at Muong Sai Sun day to reinforce the garrison. Tho strongpoint is about 60 miles north west of Luang I'rnhnng. Fighting appeared to have slack ened elsewhere on the checker - i board fronts of the war. Only light patrol clashes were reported. around Dien Bicn Phu, France's main stronghold in the mountains of the northwest, Asks West for Withdrawal of Some Troops BERLIN wi Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov asked the Western powers Monday to recon sider their rejection of his plan for a European security system and affered to amend it to make it more acceptable. . He suggested that the Big Four might agree, even if they could not reunite Germany immediately. to withdraw some of their occupa- , tion forces from this divided coun try. This, he said, would certainly ' be a welcome alleviation for the German people. The Soviet statesman, battling to eliminate American influence in Europe, contended in the Berlin conference that his security plan was only intended as an alterna tive to the European Defense Com munity. Alteration to EDC "I repeat," he said, "that the security treaty proposed by the Soviet Union is only an alternative to the EDC and is not against NATO." . Earlier, France's Georges Bi- -dault told the Russians the na tions of Western Europe will stick (o their alliances with the United States Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain declared the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is here to stay. Thus the, two European repre- . scntatives of the Big Four foreign ministers conference, now in its . dying stages, served notice on So viet Foreign Minister V. M. Mol otov that he is up against a solid front and divide-and-conquer tac tics will not work. Attack Russian Plan The stand was taken Monday -afternoon in a concerted Western attack on Molotov's proposal for an European security organization that would exclude the United Stales and in effect doom NATO and EDC. ... (Continued on Page 5, Col. 5) Basin Project tisks $4 Million SPOKANE (l Reclamation Commissioner W. A. Dexhoimor said Monday the Bureau of Rec lamation has asked Congress to increase by 4 million dollars the Basin project Dexhcimcr, here to address the Northwest Farm Forum, said the 4 million would be in addition to the $8,600,000 recommended by the budget bureau for the project for fiscal 11)55 which start July 1. "When I appeared as a witness before a house appropriation sub committee last week, he told a reporter, "I was asked what added money we needed to continue con- to get some new reclamation pro jects started. "I placed in the committee rec ord a recommendation that 4 millions should be added for the Columbia basin project." in Valley Cases WASHINGTON Wl -The National Labor Relations Board found Mon day that the CIO Woodworkers were guilty of illegal activity in striking against the Willamette National and Santiam Lumber companies last summer. The companies, which operate separate mills at Lebanon, Foster ' and Sweet Home, set up a joint logging operation at Suttlc Lake last year. The Woodworkers union, which held bargaining rights for the separate logging operations of the firms, then claimed jurisdiction for workers in the joint operation. When the company refused to recognize jurisdiction of local 5-265, a strike was called against the two firms The NLRB held that the strike was not lawful. The Woodworkers were given 10 days in which to lake steps to comply with the finding. Oregon Seedlings Sent to Magsaysay President Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines will get a bundle of spruce and pine seedlings this week as an Arbor day gift from the peo ple of Oregon. Thev are being taken by James C, Clinton, who resigned as state I civil service director to make an ' employment survey of government I jobs in the Philippines Seedlings from the state forest nursery have been sent to Guam, Japana, French Morocco, Hawaii land England.;