Journal THE WEATHER CLOUDY, RAINY and windy to. night, 45 to 47; high Sunday, 48 to SO. FIN AL EDITION TTfCT 66th Year, No. 43 Entrrtd wcai cliu msltw kl Salem, OrtfM Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 20, 1954 C apit al Elfsfrom lo Run Acain for Lower House Experience Needed, He Says in Announc ing Candidacy By JAMES D. OLSON Rep. Robert L. Elfstroni of Sa, lorn Saturday announced he would be a candidate for re-election, thus abandoning the idea oj attempting to obtain a seat in the State Sen ate. Elf-irom is the second member of the House of representatives from Marion County to announce intention of seeking re-election, Rep. V V. Chadwick made such an announcement a week ago. In addition Mayor Al Loucks has an nounced his candidacy for the Re publican nomination for Reprcscn tatife from Marion County. "Marion County will this year lose half of its experienced dele ggation in the House of Represen tatives." Elfstrom stated. "Con sequently, I feel I should disre gard personal preference and file for re-election as a Republican icpresentative in the House." No Time to Drop Out Elfstrom said that in seeking re-election he was mindful of the need for wise legislation in this period of the state's growth. "1 firmly believe that Oregon's business can be conducted in a manner comparable to those meth ods which are essential in private, free enterprise," he said. "Addi tionally, good legislation must benefit all people, regardless of party affiliation. I believe my rec ord in civic and state affairs, and the method by which I have con ducted my own business interests, is background sufficient for the voters' approval." (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) War Fleet of 37 In Golden Gate SAN FRANCISCO (UP)-Thirly seven Navy combat vessels, head ed by the cruiser USS Bremerton, moved into the Golden Gate to day in a 10-mile column for a three day holiday. It was the largest fleet to enter the famed harbor since World War II. Approximately 10.000 sailors were aboard to take over the town in a typical'"the fleet's in" weekend. Task Force 12. under command of Vice Admiral William K. Phil lips, is on two weeks maneuvers olf the California coast. The cur rent breather marks the halfway point in a complex operation that has included all phases of air-sea warfare. Protest Beck's Union Loan MIAMI BEACH (UPi-Prcsidcnt Dave Beck of the International ! Teamsters Union said a protest over his loan of $1,500,000 in union funds will be laid before unio directors next September in Los! Angeles. I Martin Crouse. former Team-' stcrs business agent in Yakima, i Wash., protested against the loan i to the Fruehauf Trailr Corp. in a letter received yesterday by; the union executive board. .' Crouse charged the loan violated a union constitutional clause pro-1 hihiling investment of more than' $."fl,000 of union funds in any one firm. Beck would not comment: but had said earlier that he was; authorized to make any invest ment for the union so long as "the investment is sound." ; The teamsters board of direc tors, in a final action before clos-1 ing its winter meeting yesterday, authorized Beck to take any steps necessary to end racketeering in union welfare and retirement pro grams. Beck said he wanted to keep the administration ol the programs free of any kickbacks or excessive cfes. Gusty Winds, Rain Weekend Forecast Mnr Bustv winds and rain arc in prospect for the week end in j Salem and vicinity, the stronger j wind due to begin late tonight. Rainfall in Salem for the 24-hour , period ending at 10 30 a.m. Sat-; urday amounted to .71 inches, ! bringing the month's total up to ! P 28 inches to date. Normal for j the month so far is 3.80 inches. Wind, after reaching peak gusts j of some 40 miles velocity Friday, tapered off to around 30 miles elncitv early this morning and down to 12 to 15 miles later. New snnw was reported along most of the mountain pass roulcs Saturday morning, Weather Details Milmiim MtnlT. I'M minimum ! ilif. I'.. 1l-lwr wIhIIIk: I.r ...iNk: " '" nrtlrnufn. Jl."1 '' ii !"' hfimi. ). It. iBiti or t.fc wmh r Rurrau.l Sack Released Oa $10,000 Bail by Court Body of Third Wife Found in .Bushes Re veals Effect of Poison PORTLAND in George F. Sack, 57, posted $10,000 bail Fri day night and was released as a material witness in 'the death of his wife Goldic, 36. Her body was found in a clump of bushes northeast of here Thurs day. Multnomah County Coroner F. Floyd South said the body "defin itely has shown some evidence of poison having been administered or taken." Sack was picked up after resi dents in the area reported they had seen a car with his license i plates near the spot where the 1 body was found. I Sack, under questioning, told po ! lice his wife had left the apart I mcnt house they own last Tuesday i for a shopping trip. He said she J had $125 .n a purse and wore two i diamond rings. The purse and the rings were missing when the body ; was discovered. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 8) Dick Thomson Begins Sentence Richard Thomson. 23. of New port was dressed in at Oregon State prison here late yesterday to begin a 20-year sentence for trying to kill his business partner. . He was convicted in Lincoln county circuit court and sentence was pronounced late Thursday. Warden Clarence T. Gladden said he had not determined the type of job to which Thomson would be I assigned, The state charged Thomson slug ged his partner, .lames Meuler, 31, with a piece of pipe, then sent Meuler over a cliff in an auto. The car dropped onto rocks at the edge of the ocean, but Meuler was thrown clear before the car crashed. Meuler and Thomson op erated an auto agency at Newport. Police said a $20,000 insurance policy was Involved. - In event Thomson appeals lo the Supreme Court, he may be re turned lo Lincoln county jail pend ing decision on the appeal. Final Report on iPOW Release I PANMUNJOM 1 The Com munist Lzccns ana i-oics joinea India Saturday in a final report ; by the Neutral Nations Rcpatria-; lion Commission branding as il lo-: gal the release of disputed warj prisoners last month by the U.N. j Command. Switzerland and Sweden refused to sign the report and issued a separate statement saying they could not join in its conclusions. Quickly North Korea and Red China protested that plans of the commission to go out of existence Sunday at midnight were illegal. A letter sent the Indian chair man. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, said "the inspirer of such an ac tion will have to answer to his tory for all the serious conse quences arising therefrom." 5 Cent Increase In Coffee Prices PORTLAND A five-cent in crease in wholesale coffee prices was reported here Friday. The new prices to retailers ranged from $1.05 to $1.08 a pound, de pending on the amount purchased. Retail stores continued lo sell coffee for 99 cents from stocks purchased before recent wholesale increases. Young Phone Hoaxer Subjected to Tests A 13-vear-old Silverlon boy who a'ong with two younger sisters, made over 100 anonymous phone calls ranging from false fire alarms to threats of mayhem and bank robbery, is currently under going a scries of mental and per sonality examinations. Marion County Juvenile Officer Jamis Ashbaugh revealed Saturday. Tac boy. whp was arrested Wed nesday after a month's barrage of the "prank'' phone calls in the eastern Marion County city, is be ing held by juvenile authorities pending disposition of the case. The sisters were released to their parents after questioning. Calls made by the threc-a warn I ing of a bank holdup and of a ' jewelry store holdup, false orders r,.V r.rc a warning that the citv reservoir-wa going to be blown up. a report of a man mur dered in a tavern, a call to a res taurant owner informing him that i several of his customers were suf . CORDIAL v-s - ' 1 1 ' V MSA wi ' ffcp I I I Lafe March Set For Bomb Test ! HONOLULU (UP) - Informed : sources said today the target date I for the beginning of hydrogen bomb ' tests in the Eniwetok-Bikini area i has been advanced to late March, j Despite padlocked security re strictions, which greatly contrast last year's widely publicized Neva- j da tests, there are numerous indi cations that months of tedious preparations for the big event arc near completion. It was believed scientists are waiting for favorable weather conditions which are due in about three weeks. The last of Honolulu-based tech nicians departed for the test area last week, and Pan American and United Airlines reported heavier than average flow of Atomic En ergy Commission and government I representatives flying from the i mainland to Honoluly. where they transfer tospccialmililary grounds. The Coast Guard says il has re ceived no special instructions to : warn ships away from the Pacific proving grounds, but added that none were made in the fall of 1932. Unfrock Pastor As a Commie DETROIT ii - The Rev. Claude , Williams, wartime industrial chap ' lain of the Presbytery of Detroit, ' w as unfrocked today as a minis ter of the Presbyterian Church, j Williams was notified of his dis missal by a special judicial com I mission appointed by the Prcsby- tery In try him for heresy and for teaching and preaching Commun I ism. ; Williams said he . was angry about the notice which said the church commission "had dismiss ed" the charge against him of Communist teachings and lean ings. I "I will appeal the whole thing ' to the highest courts of the church.' he said, "in my appeal I will insist that it is the moral responsibility of the presbytery to find me either innocent or guilty of their charge that I am a Com munist or have followed the party line." Williams' conviction as a here tic was the first such conviction handed down by a church court in more than a generation. fering Irom food poisoning, and a threat to the life of a Silverlon boy. Cons'derable investigation by Silvtrton police, mostly by "the process of elimination." narrowed the suspects down to the boy and he was arrested al school Wednes day alurnoon by Chief of. Police : Rcll (Buck). Main and Officer i M:irtin Kassebaum. , He was relumed to Salem by Sheriff Denver Young and turned over lo juvenile authorities. A John Doc warrant charging ' threatening the commission of a felony was not served on the youth, Young said, as he would j have to be certified over to 'juvenile authorities anyway. The youth said Ihe cails were all in fun and that he didn't intend any harm to anyone The family had the phone installed about a month before he started making the calls, he said. V- WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Senators William Langer (R., N.D.) left, and Arthur Walking (R., Utah), right, principals in a row that marked airing of uncvaluatcd charges against Chief Jus tice Earl Warren yesterday shake hands in cordial fashion as they meet before the start of a closed senate judiciary sub committee meeting today on the Warren appointment.. The handshake takes place behind a high-backed chair. With them is Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers. (AP Wire-photo) r lomesses mmmg 01 tamed Fumpkm Papers ALBANY, N.Y. Uf) Felix A. Inslcrman confessed to Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) Saturday that he was the photographer who filmed the famed "pumpkin papers" for Whittaker Chambers' Communist spy ring. Inslcrman, 44, for the first time made public his part in the Alger Hiss case in teslimony before Mc Carthy, sitting as a one-man Sen ate investigations subcommittee nt a public hearing here. Boost Bricker For President LOS ANGELES (AP) A "Bricker for President" club was formed in Los Angeles Friday night. The members, describing them selves as "independent Republi cans and Jeffcrsonian Demo crats." issued a statement saying not been approached about the I WASHINGTON -matter and that "his desire in the , ' 'f -my Stevens, following up matter will not be considered." ! policy announcement he made fi ...i r iu ik earlier this week, Saturday or- was Dr. Wesley Swift of Lancas- tcr. Calif., a legislative repre-, 1 tnmH I. K smtth's -l.;E(Un V-.tinnalict Pnrli- The statement issued by the club said in part: "In fiithting the Bricker amendment, President Eisenhow er is joining hands with the most radical New I)e:ilcrs. such as Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota and Sen. Lehman of New York." Wallace for Flexible Aid DES MOINES, (Pi The Eisen hower administration's advocacy of flexible farm price supports Saturday got some indirect back ing from former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace who inaugurated corn and cotton loans in 1933. Although Wallace did not speci fically mention the program Sec retary of Agriculture Benson is urging upon a reluctant congress he said continued high, rigid up - ports could be disastrous; espc - cially in the case of corn. Benson seeks to revise the ex - isting rigid support law under which such farm commodities as c.rn. wheat and cotton arc sun- ported at no per cent of p..nty. Paritv is a figure calculated to represent a fair price for things a iarmer sells in relation to the ! price ol things he buys. ! Wallace, who has been living 1 quietly on his farm at South Salem, N.Y., since his 1948 de 1 feat as Progressive Party eandi i date for President, expressed his ' views in remark prepared for Ihe National Farm Institute here. TIUH'SEltS ON WOMEN FROWNED VPON VERVIKRS. Belgium i Verviers judge refused Friday hear the testimony of a woman in a legal case because she was wearuie trousers. The judge said he considered the trousers a con- tempt of court. . The sessions broke up in a row when McCarthy ordered two em ployes of the General Electric Co. I plant al Schenectady thrown out of the court room. Inslcrman said he had photo graphed documents bearing the names of "Grew" and "Bullitt." The references apparently were to Joseph Clark Grew, formerly U. S. Ambassador to Japan, and Wil-1 liam C. Bullitt, former envoy lo! France. Microfilmed Documents Chambers produced, before the trial of Hiss, a scries of micro film copies of Slate Department documents. He led FBI men to where they were concealed in a hollow pumpkin on his farm in Maryland. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) (Army to Fire Security Risks ! dered Army commanders to act " " " ' ! - - asainst officers who are security irisks. His order, applying to all re serve ollicers and lo regular Ar my officers who have not com pleted their three years of proba tionary service, provide for dis charges other than honorable lor all found to be security risks. Stevens cataloged as security ri.-ks those individuals who: 1. lUluso to sign the loyalty ccr tilicate required of all personnel. 2. Plead protection of either the filth amendment to the U.S. con stitution or of Article 31 of the uni form code of military justice, which prohibit compulsory self-incrimination, lt would be forbid- don, under this section, to refuse to answer questions relating to subversive activity. Budget Balance: Held ROCHESTER. N Y. '.P John :Taber chajrrnan of the House Ap- 1 pr0prjatmns Committee, says it may Dc "absolutely impossible lo : oreveni nn economic collapse un - os, )np federal budget is balanced j qi,j(kly. The Auburn. N Y , Republican slm prj,ay nuht tli.it possible in - creases in revenues resulting Irom llins Irom. more stable and further business conditions E before the City Council Mon budget ruts might Ui,v njK,t fr action. bring Ihe budget into balance. Tnbcr's remarks were made in a television interview iWHAM TV) here with Hop. Harold C. Osterlag, Attica Republican Taber indicated thai possible budget ruts may come in military appropriations i lie said there were signs inai the military establishment will not resist cuts of certain figures." A Military planners, he said, "are lo beginning to rcalic the necessity of doing without the 'things they no not need." The cointry's defenses would hot he weakened by military 'Taber said. cuts, Senate Group Recommends Confirmation of Warren Secret Threat By Churchill United West BERLIN, (7P A secret warn ing by Prime Minister Churchill that if American forces were to leave the continent, the British Army would go with them help ed forge Western unity against Russia in the Berlin Big Four talks. Western officials who reported this Saturday said the warning was aimed at France. It was do- i livered during Churchill's Rcr ; muda talks in December with President Eisenhower and Franch , Premier Joseph Lanicl. I The informants said Churchill let Lanicl and foreign Minister George Bidault know that unless France pressed on to ratify the project for an European Defense Community (EDO. the West ! wnnlH he ronfrontod with this choice: Choice Given Germans 1. Either bring German so- sources directly or indirectly in to the North Atlantic Treaty Or-1 ganization (NATO). 2. Or watch an American with-: drawal from Europe. I The aged British statesman sol emnly added that if the Ameri cans were to leave the contin ent, Britain's troops would march out with them. (Continued on Pago 5, Col. 7) stassenSurveys Moi(m Aid SAIGON. Indochina Ml U.S. foreign aid director Harold Stas- sen said Saturday he considers American help for the Indochina war effort adequate to meet this year's military needs, but that the smaller economic, social and tech nical programs should be expand ed. U.S. military aid lo Ihe French and their Vietnamese allies for the! fiscal year beginning next June (has been set at million dot- I.1TS. inC HIIOtllH'Nl IIH till' I'tuil- . nmic. social and technical pro- : grams is 2.i million miliars, Then there is 30 millions for projects the two programs have in common, bringing the total to 840 million. "I believe that from a military standpoint," Stassen told news men, "the present program for the fiscal year is sufficient lo back Gen. Henri Navarre's long-range plan for victory in the Indochina war." 6 Reds Prefer Prison to Russia DETROIT liP Six Michigan Communists elected Saturday to lake their chances on a four-to-five vc-r jail term, rather than going to Russia. The five men and one woman i ()f l)wn li(,n nu punched on Fri top ranking leaders of the Commu-1 dgy lowar(j tnc surrounding Viet nist Party in Michigan were sen-, minn b(t ony jMht skirmishes lenccil in federal court Friday for I wpre ri.pnrtccl. conspiring lo overthrow the United : .,h. ,jrirt.sui)nlicd fortress In States government. Federal Judge Frank A. Picard in imposing (he jail terms told the defendants that if any of them ' chose instead lo go to Russia "I I can arrange it." He did not clabnr-j , nle' i Several hours later, the defend-1 i ants, all Dctroilers, rejected the Russian ofler which they called a play for headlines by the judge." j They said they would appeal the prison sentences. Recreation Policy to Reach Council Monday By STEPHEN i Resolutions eltiiie un a new recreation policy between the city i of S.-.lem and the Salem School; Board, nn ordinance bill to refer ' , u,e Erl( system to the people, and another to revise the urid. will. The proposed recreation pro gram would establish on a mure definite basis than now the po sition of director of physical ed ucation and recreation. A resolution including this is sponsored by the Salem Park Advisory Commission. It points nut that the community has un dergone in recent years an un precedented expansion and growth and will continue to do so f fir some years. Careful planning is needed, savs the resolution, to insure inr . VV """" establishment nt an adequate ann economically sound program of Dulles Defends Big 4 Action On Red China WASHINGTON (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stood his ground against criticism from uneasy congressmen today for the Big Four decision to admit repre sentatives of Red China to the forthcoming Geneva Conference on Far Eastern problems. Dulles was preparing to go be fore congress and the nation next week with a defense of the Berlin agreement, which some critics feared was a step toward U.S. diplomatic recognition of tho Pei- ping regime. Returning last night from the conference of Big Four foreign ministers at Berlin, Dulles said the terms for the Geneva meeting April 26 are "100 per cent what we have wanted." "The place and the composition of the conference arep recisely what we have always sought," he said. "No neutrals will be present, and it is expressly stpu laoted that no recognition of Red China is involved." Claims Dulles Betrayed Rhee SEOUL. Korea. (UP) South Korea denounced the Geneva Con ference agreement today as a violation of the Korean armistice and accused U.S. Secretary of State John Foslcr Dulles of an "audacious deception of Presi dent Syngman Rhee. Soulh Korean Foreign Minister Pvnn Yung Tai said the agreement to hold the conference with Red China had killed the Panmunjom Dact and "should" justify a "march to the north" by the 700,, ooo man ROK army. Informed sources said Syngman Rhee would try to scuttle the corf ference before it begins on April f28 by refusing to attend If accisions were to be reached by a majority vote Pyun (old newsmen at a press ...r.... .ki ihe Ceneva aurcC' t rPchpA in Berlin Thursday iby the Big Four foreign ministers "constitutes a violation of not less than an all out attack on Soulh Korea across the demilitarized zone." i Asked what he meant by the comparison, Pyun said: "You may interpret my state ment this way: The Berlin decison killed Ihe armistice agreement in the same way that an attack by the Communist 'vould, so our marching to the north should be justified." "Of course." Pyun said, "we can't reveal the time of our march ing north." French Patrols Punch at Reds HANOI. Indochina W French l'ninn n.ntrnlt from the lortrcss a dusty nnwi in noruiwcsuTn m dochina has been encircled by the Communist-led rebels (or 90 days. A division of the rebels the 308th - moved away southwest last month in a drive that is now stalled northeast of the Luang Pra bang.' royal capital of Laos. About 35.000 Vielminh troops still remain around Dien Bien Phu. however, and the French Un ion forces were trying lo draw them into battle. A. STONE recreation, it er,i' thp nrranCO' mcnt under which the alfairs of the two governmental agencies now work, insofar as the program of recreation is concerned. "" not provmo nine uu nnt nrov do lime lor sumcicni leadership and tloes not clearly define lines of responsibility." It provides that an agreement be entered Into between the City Council and the School Board whereby the position of director of phviical education and recre ation be established in the school administration office, and that the director's time be divided equally between the affairs of the school district and the city recreation program. Salary and costs would be divided equally between the school district and the city government. A companion resolution, soon - . - ... . ,H u.i, sorrn ny ule . I (Continued, on Page 5, Col. 6 Langer's Action Causes Row in Sub-Committee WASHINGTON (AP)-A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted Sat urday to recommend to the full committee favorable action on Earl Warren's nomination to be chief justice of the United States. Chairman Langer (U-ND) said the vote to make a favorable rco . ommendation was not unanimous-, but he declined to disclose the vote. Sen. Welker (R-Idaho) a mem- , bcr of the full committee who sat in on the closed session, told a reporter however that the vote was unanimous. "I know what I'm talking about," Welker said. A furious row boiled up in the subcommittee Friday after un checked charges against Warren, former Republican governor of California, were placed in the pub lic record. Langer Flics Charges The charges were , placed in the public record on Langer's order. The four other men.bers of the subcommittee disclaimed any ad vance knowledge of the plan. Langer said the full judiciary committee would meet next Wed nesday to consider Warren's nom ination, submitted to the Senate by President Eisenhower on Jan. 11. (Continued on Page 5, Col. S) Warren Highly Praised by Ike PALM SPRINGS. Calif. Wl President Eisenhower, comment ing on unevaluated charges against Chief Justice Earl War ren, declared Saturday that War. rcn is "one of the finest public servants this country has tvtr pro- - duced." - Eisenhower made the statement fo newsmen at this vacation head quarters at Smoke Tree Ranch in Warren s home state. Eisenhower defended Warren against uncvaluatcd charges made public Friday by a Senate judi ciary subcommittee, which Satur day voted to recommend favorable action on Warren to the full com mittee. The President told newsmen: "My comments on Gov. Warren will be limited to my opinion my position. "My ,iigh opinion of him and my confidence in him was dem onstrated by the fact I nominated him to one of the highest offices in the land. "Every contact I have had with him in Washington has served to bear out my confidence. "I think he is one of the finest public servants this country has ever produced. "Of course I have no further comment because I can't think of anything further to say." Can't Appeal Pelfon Decision PORTLAND (UP) Attorneys for the Portland General Electric Co. said today the firm docs not have the right to appeal from a decision of the Ninth U. S. Court of Appeals invalidating Its Pcllon dam license. The company was merely an in tervenor in the case brought by Ihe stale of Oregon against the federal power commission. Only the FPC would have the right to appeal. The court ruled in favor of. the , stale of Oregon in declaring that Ihe slate has exclusive jurisdiction over the waters of the Deschutes river in Jefferson county since it is a non-navigable stream.-' The court said the FPC had exceeded its jurisdiction and invaded the state's sovereign rights in grant ing PGE a construction permit for Pcllon dam hydroelectric project. , Ia..!. firAlin VfllfK JUIUIG VIUUp TVIWJ I In I Cnlirm LUCKBV - l WASHINGTON. (Pi President Eisenhower's nomination of C. E. Luckcy, Eugene, to be U.S. atnr- f ney for Oregon was approved Frie day by a Senate Judiciary suh- . committee. Luckey has been tanc Coun ty district attorney. HKI) CIIINAPOLAND SIGN WARSAW, Poland X Com. munist China and Poland signed a new commercial agreement for lo.vi here Friday providing for increased trade. Poland will rend China industry al machinery, chemicals, textile and fjgir and will import oils, mel.-'.s. tea. tobacro and rice. k I 4 4