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0 0 0 0 f HE WEATHER o O MOSTIjY CLOUY $onlght and O o O Thursday scattered showers tee 0 (tynigui; continuous rain likely b Thursdh; afternoon. Continff-o ed mild. Low tonigal, 42; high Thursdaft a 6D 6o 0 s a . S ' 8 n 1 SECTIONS 28 fg 68tH Tor, No. '49 ' Salem; Oregon, Wtdntiday, March 2l, 1956 .V.fWSten- Prirt Be Ike Denounces Farm Bill as Ur- 1134,000 Gas Rate Drop Set Salem Users Will Get Savings of 5-19 Pet. By JAMES D. OLSON (Capital Journal Writer) Salem and Willamette Valley residential gas users will enjoy an annual savings of $78,000 in rates after natural gas arrives in this area in late summer, officials of the Portland Gas and Coke com pany declared Wednesday. Commercial gas users will have an estimated annual savings of $37,000 based on 1955 billings, while apartments and multiple dwellings will save an estimated $19,000 an nually. Rates filed by the gas company with Public Utility' Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel, will be subject to possible revision both in charges and in timing, for entry of natural gas in the area. "The proposed rates will be care fully studied by our engineers," Heltzel saidt "and if we feel any public bearing is necessary, we will schedule one before passing on the rates. Further, if it appears that natural gas can be piped into Oregon in advance of the date set by the company early next Octo berwe will advance the date when the new rates will become effective. Save $1,700,000 a Year Gas company officials said that the estimated overall savings of all piped-in gas users served by the company in the state would be $1,700,000 a year. Generally, reductions will be somewhat smaller in the valley than in the Portland area, because of the longer transmission dis tances and wider scattering of cus tomers, the company said. (Continued on PagclO, Col, 1) McKay Flying Home to Gird ForCampaign WASHINGTON Wl Secretary of Interior McKay is flying to Oregon Wednesday to get his cam paign for the Republican senator ial nomination underway. McKay told a reporter hi was paying his own expenses. The secretary said he would con fer with his advisors and expects to make some appointments for his campaign organization. McKay said he plans to be back here Monday and decide by then when he will resign from the Cab inet. , He said Tuesday he may step out in time to permit him to speak to a meeting of Young Re publicans in Eugene, Ore., April 13 and 14. Supporters of McKay are ex pected to seek endorsement ol his candidacy at the Eugene meeting. But backers of Philip Hitchcock, another candidate, also are ex pected to ask Young GOP en dorsement. The federation's College League last weekend announced it was supporting Hitchcock, a former state senator, now director of de velopment at Portland's Lewis and Clark College. Doug Charges Dick Tries to Trip Him Up WASHINGTON Wi-Sccretary of Interior McKa: Wednesday ac cused Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) of seeking to embarrass him at a hearing on a Din to revose a li cense for Beaver Marsh power dam in Oregon. Neuberger de nied it. The incident occurred when Neuberger asked McKay on what date he had written a letter to the Federal Power Commission, expressing his personal opposition to the Beaver. Marsh project, which his department had en dorsed. McKay said he didn t recall. "But I know why you ask it," the secretary declared. "You want to embarrass me because the letter was rot sent up until' after the report lot the Interior Department)." " Neuberger Isaid he was not try: ing to embarrass McKay. Roden Quits GOP Job in Fund Row Long smouldering Young Repub lican resentment of handling of the GOP purse strings by the state central committee flared into the open in Portland Tuesday with the resignation of Pat Roden ot Salem from chairmanship of the state first voter program. Rodcn's resignation came upon receipt of news that the committee had authorized the state Young Republicans $1,000 against a re quested budget of $16,000. "That just paid our debts and left us $50," he said. Roden directed his criticism at the state central committee but picked out John C. Higgins, Port land attorney reputed influential in party affairs, as his main target. Higgins Criticized Higgins has been criticized by Democrats and others for his Re publican conferences at Portland's exclusive Arlington Club, a resi dential club. ' The 26-year-old Roden said, "There arc people within our party who seemingly are oblivious to the fact that the Republican Party is in competition for new regis trations. I hold and charge these people with responsibility of Neu berger, Morse, and a vastly in creased registration in Oregon." He said he was "so thoroughly disgusted" that he could "no longer stand by and see a tremendous program, which is so direly need ed, be insulted from behind the closed doors of the Arlington Club." Roden sent the letter to Jim Hat field, Young Republican chairman. He told the Capital Journal today that his organization has gone as far as it can go without funds. Volunteer Group "We arc a volunteer group and have committees in each of the 36 counties in Oregon that are now organized. But we've also got to have stamp money, money for letters, and other necessities," he said. "If Higgins doesn't think our program is worthwhile and won't give us the money, he's making a big mistake," he said. He added, "It is time these peo ple realize that the Young Repub lican Federation of Oregon is the medium for 'bringing new blood in to our aging ranks. Apparently vc arc still thought of as kids." Hatfield said he will discuss the letter with the federation's board at a special meeting this week-end. The resignation comes just prior to a special all-day drive Thursday by Marion County Young Republi cans to increase their membership. Five-Month Strike at Westindiouse Settled IUE Accepts Plan Proposed Two ' Weeks Ago WASHINGTON Wl The West inghouse Electric Corp strike, one of the longest in the nation's mod ern labor relations history is over. Strikers weary of picketing idle plants for 156 days headed hap pily back to work Wednesday. " '' The dispute punctuated at times by violence probably cost hundreds of millions of dollars in lost wages and business. Settlement came last night when the striking International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) voted to accept a peace plan proposed two weeks ago by government mediators, but changed somewhat in the union's favor since then. The new contract gives IUE workers annual pay raises rang ing from 5 to 22 cents an hour, added to their prcstrike average of $2.10 an hour. Additional raises up to 12 cents an hour'were pro vided for skilled workers. Pen sions and insurance benefits were improved. For example, the com pany will take over full cost of Bomb Found in Cyprus Palace NICOSIA, Cyprus Wl A lime bomb was found in the bedroom of Governor Sir John Harding at Government House Wednesday. Harding, who ordered the re cent deportation of Archbishop Makarios, Greek Orthodox church leader of the union-with-Greece movement in this British-ruled isle, was away 'in Famagusta at the time. , The bomb was removed and was exploded without doing anyone any harm. A Cypriot servant who joined the Government House staff six months ago, was discovered to be missing. ' Harding, in deporting Makarios, accused him of abetting a cam paign of terrorism which has tak' en the lives of 22 British service men, including a soldier killed Wednesday. employe insurance after November 1958. Wcstinghouse announced that nine ol its consumer products plants will get back into produc tion today. They are at Spring- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) Judge Hartley Hits 'Company Union' Charge Charges that County Judge Rex Hartley and County Engineer John Anderson were endeavoring to establish a "company union among the several hundred county employes were denied Wednesday by Judge Hartley.' The accusation was said to have occurred during a public meeting Tuesday night of Local 119, Ore gon Public Employes council by Leo Butts, representing the organ ization. The charge apparently stems from a meeting of county employ es held a week ago in one of the circuit court rooms for the pur pose of determining whether there was a demand for entering into an agreement with an insurance company for joint coverage. "I have no desire to enter into a controversy with union repre sentatives or any other group," said the judge. He indicated that the matter of joining a union or remaining out of such an organi zation was up to the employes. Tuesday night's meeting of coun ty road workers was attended by 25 persons, seven of whom were said to be "observers," who do not belong to the union. The group set as their goal a flat $10 a month raise in pay and certain health and welfare benefits. The matter will probably come to a head during the annual meet ing of the county budget commit tee several weeks hence. Union representatives appeared before the committee last year and at that time said they would "be back again." The committee, headed by Coun ty Engineer John Anderson, named by the county employes to investigate further the matter of group insurance, is not ready to report, states Anderson. ' 9 9J0 8UBSnr able Calls for Mid-East Mediation Ike Doesn't See v Minnesota Vote As 'Revolt' WASHINGTON (UP) President Eisenhower denounced the Senate- approved farm bill today as an unworkable measure that would do farmers more harm than good Mr. Eisenhower strongly implied at his news conference that he would veto the bill if it reaches him in anything like its present form. He expressed hope that a Senate-House Conference Commit tee will change it enough to make it acceptable. The President said bluntly that he docs not think the Senate passed a good bill. The measure is not workable, he said, and would bury farmers under crop surpluses which, in turn, would cause further skids in prices. He said the Senate bill started out pretty well but got into quite a jam at the end. Mr. Eisenhower avoided direct comment on Sen. Estes Kefauver's victory over Adlai E. Stevenson in the Minnesota Democratic pri mary. He said, however, that Minnesota is an important state and the vote is something to be studied. He was asked directly to com ment on Kefauver's statement that the large vote indicates a Midwest revolt against the administra tis program ot noxioie larm price supports. Without referring to or acknow ledging Kefauver's statement, the President said he believes the nation's farmers understand the administration's program. He add ed that while he favors the basic idea of 100 per cent of parity in the market mace, efforts to achieve this by law would add to farm surpluses and pueup trou ble for the farmer. . - , r This was an obvious reference to the fact that the Senate in its Initial votes upheld the administra tion's flexible price support poli cies but later approved Demo cratic amendments intended to jack up supports on basic crops. Mr. Eisenhower said continua tion of rigid high price supports would create problems the nation can't possibly solve by piling up completely unmanageable sur pluses. , WASHINGTON (UP)- President Eisenhower today appealed for mediation of the Middle East crisis to avoid the world tragedy of a war in that tense area. ' The President told his news conference that any major out break of hostilities in the Middle East would be a tragedy for the whole world. He said the major U. S. effort at the moment is to find some way to help Middle Eastern coun tries see that their best interest lie in mediation. Mr. Eisenhower underlined his serious concern over the Middle Eastern crisis and other foreign policy affairs by saying he will meet briefly tonight with Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles. Dulles will return from a 10- nation Asian tour late this after noon. The President said he and Dulles will meet at the White House tomorrow morning with Demo cratic and Republican congres sional leaders. The group will dis cuss foreign affairs, including Dulles trip. Mr. Eisenhower refused at his news conference to comment on whether the administration later might seek congressional authority to act in the Middle East. All his comments emphasized that U. S. policy at the moment is based on that of the United Nations and on American-British- French coopera tion in the area. Kef auver Drubs Adlai in Minnesota Ballot Upset The News Is Good at Kefauver's House ft'lr ' "v State Court Awards $25,706 for Auto Injuries; Reverses 2 Cases A judgment amounting to $25,- 706, including $1,000 punitive dam ages for personal Injuries recov ered by- Thomas T. Falls of Port land against Elvis K. Mortensen was affirmed Wednesday by the State Supreme Court. Falls was struck and seriously injured in. the early morning of April 13, 1951 by a car driven by the defendant. He was crossing to the jury to the effect that con tributory negligence would not be a defense, was therefore proper. New Trial Ordered Dismissal of a damage action growing out of an automobile col lision was reversed and relisted for a new trial. Harry P. Kennedy, the plaintiff, was driving his car south on Highway 99W on a foggy day. A truck owned by the Farm- amounting to $2616 recovered Polk county by the estate of Clare A. Lemon for alleged wrongful re moval of trees, was reversed by the Supreme Court, which said that the record was devoid of evi dence to establish a boundary line between properties owned by A. F. Elkins, the. appellant and property in the state. As a result, the court said there was no evidence of own ership of the land from which the I I 1 IWH M 5 r "-SAB'" 4 Counterfeit Suspects Held OREGON CITY Wl Four per sons were arrested here Tuesday night by police and Secret Service operators who took them to jail at Portland on a booking of counter feiting. One was a one-time policeman at Bremerton and at Sweet Home. He was chief for a time of the latter department. Officers identi fied him as Orval Quincy Mitch ell, 32, under $3,000 bail on a bad check charge at the time of his arrest. The others jailed were Margaret Geraldine Mcintosh, 18; Gordon August Bizard, 54; and Archie L. Mishlcr, all residents of this area. They were arrested at the Mish ler home where Frank J. Kcnncy, Secret Service agent, said plates made from a photograph of a $20 bill, a printing press and some counterfeit bills were found. None of the countefcit money had been put into circulation, Ken ney said. House Votes Milk Money WASHINGTON Wl The House Wednesday passed and sent to the White House legislation to pro vide 10 million dollars additional in school milk funds and two mil lion more for eradication of brucel losis, a cattle disease. The mon ey is for the fiscal year ending next June 30. The House, after an hour's de bate ranging over the whole farm situation, also accepted Senate amendments to continue both pro grams until June 30, 1958. The extra funds were asked bo cause a number of states have virtually exhausted their allot ments under existing authorizations. S E Powell boulevard in Portland crs Cooperative Creamery of Me at the intersection of S.E. First i Minnville attempted to make a left trees were removed. 'You're the one who used thelAvrtiuc and had passed over tne . nana turn at an intersection ana, siaie uiven i-rioriiy. word I didn't" the .senator said. Ivellow line in the center of the, collided with the hvt front of Ken-i A decree by Circuit Judge K. vw... h.n vrv hanrfv at i strppt . Justice James Brand, who i nedv's car causing- his injuries. -Frank Peters of Washington coun- wrole the opinion, saia. un nis appeal, nenneuy turn- iy wmtn irciu umi we irf mch The plaintiff charged Mortensen ; plained of Circuit Judge Arne u. tiled ry. tne uureau oi internal WASHINGTON Mrs. Estes Kefauvcri wife of the Tennessee senator, holds a newspaper carrying news of her husband's vic tory in the Minnesota Dcmocralic'prcsidenlial primary election as she talks about it to thrco children today. The youngsters aro Gail, the Kcfauvers' youngest daughter, and two of her neighbor hood playmates, Malcolm McKinnon, left, and his twin brother, John, All the children aro fivo years old, (AP Pholofax) 'Plain Folk' Give Victory to Estes Machine Was for Stevenson in Trial Heal By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL MINNEAPOLIS Wl - The "ma chine" was for Adlai E. Steven son. Plain folks including some Republicans and an important segment of the farm vote most ly were for Sen. Estes Kclauver. There s the nutsiicll story ol tne Democratic end of the Minnesota presidential primary. Some Kcpuoiicans prooauiy were for Kefauvcr out of convic tion and voted for him out of pro test against Eisenhower adminis tration farm policies. Others apparently voted for him with only political mischief in mind. Despite a GOP votc for-Ei- senhower drive, they jumped into the Democratic primary to cm barrass Stevenson and the state Democratic organization that went all out for him. On the national level, Kefau ver's underdo' victory over Ste son points to this: Stevenson came out of yester day's primary with his political luster tarnished. And it definitely is a question whether he can burnish back some of it in the future primaries. He says he is in to stay. Yet it is too early to pronounce the former Illinois governor dead as a Democratic presidential pos sibility. Other presidential aspir- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 4) 7 Firms Seek Albany Lease WASHINGTON Wl - Atomic Energy Commission plans to re open the government's zirconium production plant at Albany, Ore,, were disclosed Wednesday by Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore). He said he has been advised by K. E. Fields, AEC general manager, that the commission now is studying proposals submit ted by seven firms to operate the plant on a lease basis. Zirconium is a metal used by the commission in its nuclear re actor program. The Albany plant, built ns n pilot operation, produced 273,000 pounds in 1953, a slightly lesser amount in 1954, then closed. Neuberger said he was advised that when it was determined zir conium needs would exceed avail able production capacity, the commission invited 58 firms to submit proposals for operation of the Albany plant. Seven replied and the proposals are now under study. Tillamook and Richland Men Interviewed for City Manager Two applicants for the office of Salem city manager were inter viewed Wednesday forenoon by members of the City Council, and another will meet the council in the afternoon. Interviewed early in the day were Hans S. Paulson, now city J"Trving o cmbarfass me, came ,( . Eacki McKay,, "but you haven't succeeded." e Vie exchange came at a Senate Pu6' c Work subcommittee hear ing at which McKay supported a bill bf S$ns. Morse ana -euDcrg-er to revoke the Beaver Marsh license. O with being drunk and operating his car at a high rate of speeS. Tflp court said that the mnlaint was sufficiently alleged and the of right of way to the ehcle ap evidence showed "a wantort sre- proaching fr(n the right vftis jn gard by Mortensfif of Fall's fights applicable to the fattsln the case. and the lower court's instructions I A judgment to trbte damages 9 s- WSlker's instructions to the jury , Revenue for unpaid taxp s had a and the sup? erne .court" said that ; priority over a similar lien filed at tne ms ructions per ang to jiciu: . aattf, by the Oregon. 3 State TSX commission, an4ak.o a. mechanic lien likewise filed at In (ConbS'tfd e in, C1 isC Oregon Gets Flood Grant WASHINGTON Wl President Eisenhower Wednesday allocated $700,000 to Oregon lor flood dam app relief. The new grant was in addilion ! monager ol iiiiamoon, anu i. r.. to SfiW.OOO 'previous!- allocated. ! Fenncssy. director of the. commu The President authorized Civil njty division of the Atomic Enery Commission at llichland. wasn. lo be interviewed in the afternoon is W. W. Kennedy, city manager of Belltvuc.'Wasb. John F. Portr,-city manajer of Grants Pass, ho was an appli cant., has withdrawn. Mayor Kob rtF. White si4 't'dM.-lay. oPaulson of TilUijiwb toUt'ttw council that ttw ctbtt.tity at Defense Administrator Val Peter son to provide .the new money. . Weather Detail Maximum ysterdiy, SO; minimum today, . Total 24-hour precipita tion: .1; for month: 3.31 : normal. 2.97. Beatnfl precipitation, 30.46; nor mil, 32.34. River heifht. 3.7 feet. (Report by U. k. Weathft HurrAu.) li! 12 (8 es 0 s S V3 livilies there developing municipal problems was the recent annexa linn of an area two-thirds the size ot the city before annexation, ana the city is now moving lo lurnisn the 'area with city facilities, which will reuuirc a bond issue. Paulson said a new census was to be taken in Tillamook next week, which is expected to show a population of about 5200 The fi nances Ol tne ciry arc on ut suunu basis, he said, notwithstanding the usual problems that face a muni cipality. No StrKr Her He is no stranger to Salem having been bout the LegisUiturc a numbu of timas un matters con rtt4 with It League of Oregon i K'rtitiitufd.itt f 10, Col. t) Today's Index Section One Amusement Editorials . Locals Society t i 5 t, 7, , Action lw.o .Sports' Home Comics Television Classified I '( Estes Says He Has Turned The Tide By JACK HAGERTY MINNEAPOLIS (UP) Sen. Estes Kefauvcr jubilantly claimed today tho Democratic tide had turned in his favor on the strength of a stunning upset victory over Adlai . Stevenson in Minnesota's presidential primary. He won decisively in six of the state's nine congressional districts and held a narrow lead in a seve cnth where only two late precincts remained to be reported, Steven son won one district and held an indecisive lead in another. In the Third District, Kefauvcr moved into a 33,890 to 33,603 lead with only two Washington County precincts unreported. It appeared possible the outcome in that dis trict might have to await the re port of the canvassing board. Snowbound roads delayed the count in some Northwestern Minn-, esota counties and returns tradi tionally come in by canoe from somo precincts in tho roadless wilderness area of the Northeast. Check on Republicans A flood of votes upset Stevenson in a state where analysts said he had to score a decisivo victory to remain the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Stevenson backers. Including al most all the top Democratic and Farmer-Labor lenders in Minneso ta, said they would go over yester day s primary returns precinct by precinct to see wnewor ucpumi- cans had crossed party lines to . voto for Kcfauver. I Gov. Orvllle Freeman, who had feared this might happen, said the results i show "a movement : en masse of the Republicans into the Democratic primary." Estes Well Ahead Late returns showed Kefauver leading in tho statcwido balloting and in seven of the state's nine congressional districts. The state wide sweep gave him 21 of Minn. esota's 30 Democratic National Convention votes, while one vote rode on the results in each of the nine districts. With 3164 of the state's 3806 precincts reporting, Kefauvcr had 219,818 votes to 170,002 for Steven- in. With 3111 precincts reported, Mr. Eisonhowcr had 182,086 votes to 3108 for Knowland. In 1052. when Mr. . Elsenhower was not on the ballot, ho received 108,692 write-in votes to 129,076 for . former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen. ' In the 1952 general election Pres ident Elsenhower outpolled Steven son 763,211 to 608,458. Tho Demo crats won the 1954 governor elect ; tion 607,099 to 532,444. ' . ' Victory Celebration Kcfauver told a cheering victory. celebration "I believe this primary marks the turning point In the campaign for the Democratic nom ination." In Chicago, Stevenson sent con gratulations to Kclauver and (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Thornton Says He'll Rule On Morse Friday An answer to the summons call ing for the elimination ot the name of Sen. Wayne Morse from the Democratic primary Danot win oe filed In the Marion county circuit court by. Friday, Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton announced Wednesday. . The summons and complaints served on Governor Elmo Smith and Secretary of Stale Earl T. Ncwbry, were turned over to the attorney gentrnl in his capacity of state's attorney. Woodrow Wilson Smith, Morse's opponent in tho primary, filed the summons on the basis that Morse was "not in fact a Democrat in good faith but is instead a Repub lican." Thornton said Smith, a gas station operator in Hood River, is acting as his own attorney. 1. 2, : 7 Jt .8
