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THE WEATHER. CONTINUED CLOUDINESS to. night, Thursday, with few scat tered showers Thursday. Low to night, 45; cooler Thursday, high, 68. FINAL EDITION sin w"""3 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 2, 1958ao Jo ,wa10? We 5c 66th Year, No. 129 utter a CaleM. Qrttmm . Cohn Asserts Stevens Tried To Stop Probe Says That Mistaken Idea Expose Would Kurt Army , " WASHINGTON l Roy M Cohn testified Wednesday he be lieves Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor John G .Adams "were doing their best" to stop the Mc- Carthy subcommittee's investiga tion of Communists in the Army, "Certainly you do not believe Secretary Stevens and Mr. Adams were unwilling to expose Commu nists, Sen. Dworshak (R-Idaho) demanded. "Of course not," Cohn said. Then he added that he believes both officials "had a mistaken no- tipn that the exposure . . . would be a reflection on them." "I don't think it was a question of them wanting Communists in the Army. Of course it wasn't." ' Dworshak asked whether Cohn believes the Army now would go on and press its own investigations if the McCarthy inquiries ceased. Fears; Relaxation "No," Cohn said, "I don't be lieve that. I believe that the mo ment this committee stops there will be a relaxation." Cohn, . chief counsel to the Mc Carthy subcommittee, was in the witness chair for the fourth day at the McCarthy-Army hearings. In the course of cross-examination, Cohn: 1. Denied he or Sen. McCarthy ever exerted any "improper" pres sure for preferential treatment of G. David Schine, former McCar thy aide who was drafted into the Army last fall. 2. Expressed belief that Stevens and Adams did not act 'lin good faith" in bringing their charges against Hhe McCarthy camp. Says Army Charges Not True 3. Said ne ought to be fired If the Army charges were true, but declined to express an opinion as to whether, if the charges are false, the officials who made them should no longer hold their posi tions. Cohn said that question went to the further issue of "who told them to do it." ; v (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) ; School Boys Making Bombs PHILOMATH Wl More than a dozen dangerous home - made hnmhs have been taken from grade school boys here and Police Chief Chuck Munger Tuesday asked par ents to help make sure no others were being carried. At least five boys, ages 12 to 14, had bombs made of dynamite and powder in glass bottles. In at least one case, the chief said, a dyna mite cap on a bottle had been shaped to fit snugly by biting on it. The purpose, apparently, was to "make noise." One bomb was set off last week with a considerable jarring of nearby buildings but no damage. Capt. George Blankenbaker of the Oregon State College military science department defused the bombs and they then were put in the river. Give-Aways Only Lotteries OLYMPIA W It isn't legal says Atty. Gen. Don Eastvold, to buy a pot of beans and win a new r all for the price of the beans. Such goings on, the state's high est legal eagle advised the prose cuting attorneys of the various counties Tuesday, are lotteries and therefore unlawful. He wrote the opinion at the re quest of State Sen. Paul Luvera of Anacorlos who acts as a grocer when sot lawmaking. The promotion Plans constitute unfair competition, he advised the attorneys in commcnuns un a ian whereby customers are ouerea tickets for drawings on the prizes. The drawings, he said, are "a menace to the free enterprise sys tem and every effort should be taken ... to curb this kind of activity." , He said, however, the "curb" should be applied at the local level. No Cherrian Float In Portland Parade The Salem Cherrians Vill not have a float in the Portland Rose Festival parade June 12. It is an expensive project;" says King Bing E. A. Randle. as other ously approved by the House and King Bings before him have said, the Senate Appropriations Com and some of them have run into ; mittee. a deficit. I President Eisenhower had asked Since no other organizations i only 55 millions of new funds for cared to assist the project finan-!REA and Republican Leader cially Ihe Cherrians decided to let i Knowland (Calif and other GOP it pass this vear. and that, too. i senators staged a futile Iloor bat has been done before. L tie to hold the total to the 45 mil- Crippled Peak Climber Tells Experience Mt. McKinley Too Much Mountain; G. I. Tells of Tragedy ANCHORAGE. Alaska Wl - A Brooklyn GI who survived a 1,000 foot fall on North America's tallest mountain and spent eight days alone in a makeshift tent awaiting rescue, says he will climb again. , " . . But on smaller mountains where you can go just for a week end," Cpl. George W. Argus said Tuesday night. "That's too much mountain there. Argus, 25, was seriously injured and George Thayer, 27, Reedboro, Vt., was killed May 16 when they fell while returning from the sum-" mit of the mountain 20,690-foot Mt. McKinley. . He was flown to a hospital here after his rescue by eight moun taineers and a nervy helicopter pilot wjio plucked him from the 6,500-foot level Tuesday. Argus was to undergo surgery for a badly dislocated hip Wednesday; in Hospital Bed , From his hospital bed,' The GI, whose promotion from private first class to corporal came through as he sweated out his ordeal on the mountain, described days, and nights of waiting while rescuers battled storms and treacherous snow and ice to reach his side. Morton Wood and Les Vierick, the others on the expedition, es caped serious injury in the fall and made their way down the mountain to get help. (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) Kaiser's Plans For Expansion SPOKANE HI Henry J. Kaiser expressed optimism about the busi ness future Wednesday and an nounced a $1,500,000 expansion pro gram at the Trentwood plant here of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. He said it will increase the capa city of the Trentwood rolling mill by 42 million pounds of alumiunm annually, and will probably mean an increase in employment of a bout 100 men. "In spite of the prophets of gloom, I don't believe there is any gloom for us in the future," Kaiser said at a breakfast press1 confer ence. The major additions at Trent- wood will include two rolling mills, a 3,000-foot per minute cold rolling mill to produce a light-guage sheet and a mill for wide embossed sheet. The 72-year-old industrialist flew here Tuesday night for an inspec tion of facilities and a meeting of directors of the corporation he heads as president and chairman of the board. Health Bureau Tries 238 Risks WASHINGTON W - The Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare says that by April 30 it had fired or otherwise eliminated 238 security risks, including 114 suspeclcd subversives. The total, reported to Congress in testimony released today, su perseded the Civil Service Com mission's report last March that the department had uncovered 78 security risks. The department also told a House Appropriations subcommit tee that, in one 78-case category, about 40 per cent of those elimin ated as security risks had been hired .under the Eisenhower ad ministration. The remainder, it said, were holdovers from Demo cratic administrations. Weather Details Maiimum TiiUrdav. Ml minimum ta- ay. 43. Talal st-hoar treclallation. .01 SJTSLS' , hP,rh,. ,( . ft. IKrn t v. s. Wralher Barean.) $35 Million Added To REF on Farm Bill WASHINGTON Wl - The Senate added another 35 million dollars of rural electrification funds to ihe annual farm bill Wednesday after angry debate. By a narrow 42-40 margin, with many last minute changes and ad ditions, the extra 35 million dol lars of loan authority was added i to a 100 million dollar fund previ- COUNTY AND : is fri-teOw ji ii w ins1 1 j,..fW:.r; i.'' -- . A, h. Expired Visa Spoils Holiday VICTORIA, B. C. Wl - An ex pired visa on the passport of a German exchange student almost wrecked the holiday of 40 Oregon high school students Tuesday. Weeping Eizabeth von Treuen fels, 19-year-old exchange student from Germany, went back to Port Angeles, Wash., at least temporar ily stopping the trip for which she and 39 others had worked and saved for more than a year. When the group landed from the ferry Tuesday it was found that Elizabeth's visa had expired the day before and if she landed here she would be unable to re-enter the United States. Her classmates some of them weeping also wanted to return to Port Angeles with her, but she in sisted on going alone. ; Meanwhile, frantic wires have been sent to Washington, D. C, asking for a renewal of the visa. The class is waiting for her here, instead of going on their vacation, Quiz Operator Of Catapult QUONSET POINT, R. I. Wl -Lt. Maurice A. Somme, officer in charge of the catapult launching system aboard the Navy carrier Bennington, Wednesday was ex pected to become a party to the case in the investigation of the ex plosions which killed 100 men aboard the warship. An order to make himself a party to the case was issued Tues day by Rear Adm. John S. Hos- kins, president of the Navy court of inquiry which is delving into the circumstances surrounding the blasts at sea last Wednesday. Hoskins was careful to point' out that his move was in no way to be interpreted as meaning there was any wrongdoing on the part of the catapult officer. Somme is a resident of New Orleans, La. Hoskins said that Somme had an interest in the case to be pro tected since there had been a con centration of testimony regarding the catapult room, the high pres sure accumulator where oil and air are compressed to propel mechanism, and the feedlines and oil supply. South Salem Home Damaged by Fire SOUTH SALEM An explosion and fire Tuesday damaged the kitchen and furnishings of the Richard P. Wallace home, 1255 E. Vista Ave. The accident occurred while the Wallaces were using a blow torch to remove linoleum from the kit chen floor. The Liberty volunteer fire department responded to the call, but Wallace had extinguish ed the blaze before their am al Damage, estimated at $2000, covered by insurance. , lions above this previously voted by the House and the Senate com mittee. Announcement of the vote was delayed for a long period as addi tional senators rushed to the floor. A second vote battle developed when Sen. Douglas (D-HU.who led the fight for the increase, sought to lock up the result by the usual parliamentary maneuver of asking reconsideration ana then - tabling this. On this test the vote was 43-39. The amendment had backing j wouid not shatter what he called from Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) who 'a "pretty fair record of Demo said he personally would prefer , cratir unity" in this session of that the boost be 75 million. Congress. STATE WIDEN SOUTH ...... --.-T, , , Widening South River road, a project started before the , war, is now being renewed as a joint Marion County and' state highway project that will widen and realign the road between the south city limits and Roberts. Shown is equipment of Fred Rouse, local contractor, working in a soft rock formation near Minto station. t ' . Key Block of NY Central Stock Cast NEW YORK Wl Election In spectors have decided to count a controversial 800,000-share block of New York Central stock cast for Lumber Strike On at Spokane SPOKANE Wl About 200 AFL lumber and sawmill workers went on strike . against seven Spokane retail shops Wednesday in support of demands for a 12 V4-cent hourly wage increase. The union is asking a similar increase from other Northwest em ployers, but the strike of local 870 here was believed to Be tne nrst during current negotiations in Washington, Oregon and north Ida ho. ' . "We gave the employers every opportunity to settle the issue, but they made no proposals, said William Rnsbottom, union , secre tary for eastern Washington and northern Idaho. George Tichy, general counsel for the Timber Products Manu facturers' Assn., which teprescnts operators, said the union had been asked to continue the present con tract without wage increases. Million Loss in Jersey Blaze EDGEWATER, N. J. Wl A million sdollar fire rampaged through a two-block area of this industrial community's waterfront Tuesday, wrecking three ware houses, three old docks and almost 100 new cars. Some 125 firemen were injured or overcome by the heavy smoke in fighting the spectacular blaze. About 30 of the firemen were taken to hospitals for treatment. The fire started at 3:30 p. m., apparently in a warehouse in which rubber was stored by the Ford Motor Co. Firemen battled the racing flames for three hours be fore they were put under control. A Ford spokesman said 95 to ICO new Lincoln and Mercury automo biles, awaiting export, were de stroyed. Also wrecked were two empty warehouses, three old raw sugar docks and Edgewator s civil de tense headquarters on the Municl pal dock. Racial Issue in Housing Bill WASHINGTON Wl Sen. Ellen der (D-La) said Wednesday he is hopeful Sen. Maybank (D-SC) will not press his bid to strike public housing provisions out of a general housing bill due for Seante debate later this week. Ellender is the first Southern senator to state publicly he will vote against the Maybank pro posal. ' Maybank, until recently a staunch advocate of low-rent pub lic housing, has announced he will ask the Senate to strip all public housing authority from the administration-backed measure because of a recent Supreme Court decision which he interprets as banning racial segregation in public hous ing projects. Ellender said in an interview he hrinpd the nuhlic hmisintf- dL:ntt RIVER ROAD for Young the forces of Robert R. Young in his battle for control of the 2 Vi billion dollar rail system, it was announced Wednesday. t Central President William White immediately made it clear that the present management will, take the question to the courts again. The inspectors decision gave a big boost to the hopes of the Young forces. The key block is the big gest outstanding. in rejecting a management chal lenge of the voting of the stock, the inspectors emphasized that they were not expressing "any conclusion about the merits of the underlying issues." Such matters. they said, must be determined by the, Interstate Commerce LgtnmUh sion and the courts. The inspectors also accepted the ballot of Young and his associates Thomas J. Ueegan and Charles 1. Ireland Jr., as proxies for various shareholders. The Central also had challenged these proxies. The inspectors made their de cisions as the long tally continued in Albany, scene of a tumultous annual meeting last Wednesday. . The 800,000 share block was purchased by Texans Clint W. Murchison and Sid W. Richardson, supporters of Young. The Central has lost several legal attempts to Drevent the granting of proxies to the Texans, claiming the transfer papers were defective. The stock had Deen ownea oy me Chesapeake & Ohio, Young's for mer railroad. It had been placed in trust, but was sold by the C&O after Young resigned from that line. 2 Die in Blast On Navy Sub PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Wl - A flash explosion early Wednesday killed two civilian workmen aboard the Navy submarine Sirago as she lay in drydock at the Ports mouth Naval Shipyard. A sailor on fire watch duty near by was burned by the blast, but his condition was described as "not critical." Six other civilians working on the submarine were not' injured. Capt. Robert E. Cronin, com mander of the shipyard, said the blast was in the submarine's main ballast tank where the two victims were spraying a plastic substance. - He said the submarine did not appear heavily damaged, but added a thorough survey was or dered immediately to be followed by an investigation ot what be de scribed as the "flash explosion." The Navy identified the dead men as Raouel Senechel, 28, of Somersworth, and Joseph E. A. Rousseau, 40, of Portsmouth, both painters. ' India to Oppose Siam's War Check NEW DELHI, India Wl India was reported today opposed to Thailand's request that the U.N. Security Council send special ob servers to check on the war in Southeast Asia. . An authoritative source said Prime Minister Nehru's govern ment feels such a move might up set or interfere ' with the Geneva conference on the Far Eastern conflict. - The Security Council meets in New York tomorrow to consider the Thai proposal. SNEEZE BREAKS RIB PHOENIX, Ariz. lB-Mrs. Bea trice Barnes stretched an arm Into the cupboard yesterday, sneezed and broke a rib, 11(6 JaVS ETT6CUVB JOtt&Bl uone hantma i Bidault Favors Asia's Neutrals For Cease Fire GENEVA Wl French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault was re ported ready to propose to the In dochina peace conference Wednes day a plan for Asian neutrals to play the dominant role in super vising an Indochina cease-fire. Informed quarters said the plan would be submitted at the after noon's secret session ot the nine participating parties. It was un derstood to have the support of the United States and Britain. Bidault met with U. S. .Under secretary. Walter Bedell Smith Wednesday morning It was re ported they discussed tactical plans as well as a letter which Viet Nam's chief of state Bao Dai is said to have written Smith. For Zone Elections In this letter, according to pub lished reports, Bao Dai urged that any elections in Viet Nam be con ducted by zones rather than throughout the country. Bao Dai was reported en route to Geneva from Cannes, France. British Foreign Secretary Antho ny Eden saw Soviet Foreign Minis ter V. M. Molotov briefly Wednes day morning. He was reported to have told Molotov the - Western powers definitely will not accept Communist participation in any supervisory agency. The U. S. delegation at Geneva has two views on how the cease-. fire should be policed: -(Continued' on Page 5, Col. 8) Munitions at Saigon Blasted SAIGON, Indochina -Wl Huge stores of explosives blew up today in a French munitions dump near Saigon's main residential section. One person was killed and several injured, y - : Authorities feared the explosions might go on for two days. It was not ' immediately deter mined whether the explosions re sulted from an accident or sabo tage by the Communist-led Viet minh, many of whom are known to be in Saigon. The French com mand put the Saigon garrison on an immediate alert and troops were ordered to return -to their billets at once. Exploding mortar and artillery shells sent thick columns of smoke spewing from the depot. Tracer shells lit the predawn sky. One artillery shell boosted by the blast killed a Vietnamese woman a mile and a half away. Air Academy 5!te Unoicked WASHINGTON W-The Air Force Wednesday backed away from mak" ing an announcement on the Air Academy site 30 minutes before Secretary Harold Talbott was scheduled to report the findings of the commission which is to recommend a choice. The Air Force had no explana tion for calling off the announce ment, which reportedly was to say the five-man group had failed to reach unanimuos agreement on a location for the 125 million dollar military instiution. The commission also was under stood to have eliminated all but three of the more than 400 loca tions proposed by communities, states, and civic interests. Under the law, the Air Force secretary would be required to agree with a unanimous choice but if there is disagreement, Talbott is permitted to choose from among the first three choices of the commission. No Decision Reached On Asian Intervention WASHINGTON ifi President Eisenhower said Wednesday he has reached no decision on any action -such as a possible congres sional resolution to authorize United States intervention in Southeast Asia. He told questioners at his news conference that the government Is exploring every possible line of ac tion which might solve the prob lems of this country and the free world. But he replied, in response to a question concerning reports that a resolution calling for "direct ac tion" to check the Communist threat in Southeast Asia may be forthcoming, that he has noi. by any manner of means, reached U. S. Steps Up Military Aid To Honduras TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras Wl The United States stepped up mili tary aid Wednesday to Honduras, southern neighbor of Communist influenced Guatemala and a po tential ally in blocking any Red move toward the Panama Canal. U. S. Army Col. M. C. Shattuck, chief of the U. S. military mission in Honduras, lined up a training program for officers of a new 800 man combat battalion to be whipped into shape. The Honduran war minister. Gen. Leonidas Pineda, announced the United States is sending more arms and tanks for the outfit. Shattuck said his staff would be gin training officers and non-coms for the battalion at once. Pineda said the additional arms are en route here by ship to sup plement weapons airlifted from the United States last week after it was learned Guatemala was get ting arms from behind the Iron Curtain. . N French Destroy String of Bases HANOI, Indochina Wl The French high command announced Wednesday - massive bombing by the French air force had destroyed a "string of bases" of the Communist-led Vietminh 12 miles east of Hanoi. . . - , ? A command spokesman said .30 fighters and 20 bombers blew up huge arms depots and rebel caches of war' materiel in villages they had occupied near the vital high way and railway ' linking Hanoi with the seaport of Haiphong. -The high command, spokesman described the situation elsewhere in the Red River delta as "calm." Five Vietminh were - reported killed and 18 captured in mopups. For the fifth consecutive night, the Vietnamese-manned defense post of Cho Noi, near Hung Yen southeast of Hanoi again beat off a heavy Vietminh assault. The de fenders had light losses, the French said. French warplanes gave close support to the post while fresh supplies of arms, ammunition and food were parachuted to it. The high command announced that in accordance with an, agree ment reached at Geneva, 575 sick and wounded Vietminh prisoners would be freed soon. This was de scribed as a reciprocal gesture for the Vietminh release of 858 French wounded and 28 medical personnel from Dien Bien Phu. Technicians Withdrawn WASHINGTON Wi The United States has started to withdraw some 200 Air Force' technicians rushed to Indochina to help main tain French warplanes nearly three months ago. The Defense Department, how ever, is reported considering allow ing some American servicemen to volunteer to assist French ground crews in servicing planes blasting away at Communist -led rebel forces near Hanoi. Diplomatic officials who report ed this today said the evacuation of American Air Force personnel in no way should be regarded as a lessening of American interest in the future of Red threatened Indochina. The withdrawal, they empha sized, is being carried out in ac cordance with pledges to Congress that the 2d9 technicians sent to Indochina last March would be pulled out by June 12. A substan tial number, they said, already have been returned to U.S. bases in the Far East.- any decision of that kind. the President said also that cur rent discussions involving Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand and this country are part of a con tinuing process of military consul tation. ' , The Anzus and French-British discussions will be military only, he declared, and will be aimed at deciding what should be done to implement such policies as are de veloped by diplomatic officials. The President s comments on Southeast Asia came close 'on the heels of information thai some 200 Air Force technicians rushed to TnHnrhina In hplo maintain French warplanes nearly" three months ago are now being withdrawn, ng t ommunism Due Process 01 Law Utilized In Prosecution WASHINGTON Wl - Presidcu Eisenhower said Wednesday his administration has an impressive list of accomplishments in fighting communism and subversion. The President made the state ment at his news conference after virtually barring questions on the sharp controversy between mem bers of his administration and Sen, McCarthy (R-Wis). One newsman, nevertheless. . asked the President whether he , feels that McCarthy is hurting the program. A look of sharp annoyance came over the President's face and after a pause he turned away from the questioner and snapped out that he was ready for. the next ques tion. In ruling out questions about the McCarthy-administration contro- , versy, the President said that from now on he has just one ob jectiveto get his legislative pro gram enacted. . And, in declaring that the t ministration through the Jus: s Department and the Federal Bu reau of Investigation is doing a good job in fighting communism and subversion, Eisenhower made public a report, from, the depart- -ment listing what he called the accomplishments of the adminis tration during its first 16 months in office. , Surveilance of Reds In a prepared statement, Eisen hower said "the constant surveil lance of Communists in this coun try, is a 24-hour seven-days-a-week, .. 52-weeks-a-ycar' job. It is carried out by the appropriate federal agencies, in conformance with due process, of law. It is being done quietly and relentlessly and those who best know its effectiveness are the' Communists themselves." At the outset of the conference, the President said that one word communism seemed to get rnore . attention these days than any oth er. , '- ' . . (Continued' on Page 5, Col. 2) Ike Silent on Onnenhefe WASHINGTOM Wl - Pre:" ' Eisenhower refused Weilnsday . voice his opinion of a secir' ' board's split decision barring D:. , J. Robert Oppenheimer from the nation's secret atomic files. The President said the case is still go ing through a quasi-judicial proc ess. The President reiterated - at a news conference that he has great admiration for the physicists' past achievements. The three members of a special Atomic Energy Commission secur ity board unanimously found op penheimer to be a loyal citizen but y decided, 2-1, that the famed atom- ic physicist is not a good security risk and recommended that he continue to be barred from using secret government files for . nu clear research. Oppenheimer's lawyers, who an nounced the decision of the AEC board Tuesday, appealed to the commission for a reversal of the decision. Eisenhower tod questioners who , sought his viw on the decision that the case is still going through a jasi-judicial process and until there would be no point in a White House expression of opinion. ; Wants Labor on Reserve Bank WASHINGTON Wi '- John L. Lewis, president of the United Mineworkers (Ind), says he wants a labor representative on the board of governors of the federal reserve system, the nation's central bank. Lewis, who is reported to be in control of large banking interests in the capital, suggested in a let ter he personally delivered to Sec retary of the Treasury Humphrey Tuesday that "qualified represent- . atives of the agricultural and labor population" to be put on the seven man Reserve Board. Humphrey, an old acquaintance of Lewis, a few hours later re- ' plied in a letter headed "Dear John" and saying 'we appreciate very much your suggestion." - There are two posts to be filled -on the Reserve Board and there ( has been no official indication as to when or now the appointments would be made. Board Chairman . William McChesney Martin Jr. has , advocated reducing the board to a . five-man panel. However, it was authoritatively learned that the Eisenhower : administration has j overruled Martin and ha3 decided 'to make the two appointments.
