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Journal THE WEATHER CONTINUED CLEAR tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight. Low tonight, 18; high Thursday, 36. 2 SECTIONS 20 Pages aJO 8ue3n3 69th Year, No. 14 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 16, 195 7.,". V. Demos 'Elect' Pearson, GOP Solons w alk Out C aortal m i ! wwieim j Away on ! A O 117" i 4?orci v ote So Senate Pr exy ; By 15-14 By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. ! Associated Press Writer Senate Democrats, taking ad ' vantage of the abscnse of a Re . publican, claimed Wednesday to have elected Sen. Walter J. Pear son, Portland, as president of the upper house. The Senate im mediately was thrown into an in volved parliamentary tangle. The move came on the 43rd bal lot, when Pearson had 15 votes to 14 for Sen. Warren Gill. Leba non, the Republican candidate. Wilhelm Absent The absent member was Sen. Itudie Wilhelm IRI, Portland, who was reported to be in Portland. Sen. Monroe Sweetland D, ivMilwaukie, jumped to his feef'and rdemanded, that the temporary chairman, Sen. Howard C. Bel ton (R), Canby, declare Pearson . elected. Belton ruled that Pearson was not elected because the Senate caucus decided Sunday night that 16 votes would be required to elect. The Democrats disputed Bel 1 ton's ruling, saying that the Sen ate now is meeting as a Senate, not as a caucus, and that only a majority of members present is . required. The Republican position is that i the caucus is still on. Recess, Then Walkout The Republicans moved for a call of the Senate, under which the sergeant-at-arms would go after Wilhelm. However, the Democrats won their argument that a call of the Senate can't be imposed until the Senate has organized and elected a sergeant-at-arms. Belton then declared a 30-min-ute recess. The Democrats ap pealed this ruling and voted him down. The Republicans then walked out of the chamber, and a quorum wasn t present to do business. The atmosphere in the Senate chamber was electric. Before the roll call on the presi dency was taken, each side ex plained its position on the stale mate over dividing control of the 20 Senate committees. Boivin Lon-ry Speak The Democratic spokesman. Sen. Harry Boivin. Klamath Falls, said "The Democrats be lieve that control of the five top senate committees is necessary in order that the governor's program can be given a reasonable oppor tunity to reach the floor of the Senate." Sen. Philip S. Lowry. Medford, speaking for the Republicans, an swered that since the Republicans have half of the Senate member ship, they are entitled to a fair split in the committees. At 11:30 a. m., after separate party caucuses, the six-man ne gotiating commitloe. consisting of three from each parly, announced it had been instructed to resume negotiations over the committee division. This would indicate that the Senate would wait several hours before going back into session At a session Tuesday night, the Republicans announced they had accepted a special committee's plan to divide Senate committee control, but the Democrats would not accept. The Republicans want this issue settled before the presi dency is decided. 3 More Ballots Three more ballots bringing the total to 42 were taken Tues day night, with the Republicans still voting for Gill and the Demo crats for Pearson. The plan to d-vide the commit tees would let the Democrats choose the first three on which they would have chairmanships and 4-3 majorities. The Republi cans then would select the next thret. From then on. the parties would take turns picking one at a time. ?earsnn said that the Democrats Insist on getting control of these committees Taxation. Ways and (Continued on Page 5. Column 5) DO YOU KNOW 9. That four FBI aijenti posed as a cattle buyer, an Insurance salesman, an oil prospector, and an Indian herb doctor to track down one of the craftiest killers of the Southwest "The King of the Osane Hills"? Read The Slory Sec. 2-Page 5 52D Confident i i t - n - r: v Sen. Walter Pearson (right) and some of his Democratic col leagues didn't appear too perturbed when Republican solons walked out of a joint senate session Wednesday morning. Organ! cation of the senate Is still in doubt. Pearson is Demo candidate for President. Left to right are Ben Musa, Boyd R. Overhulse and G. D. Gleason. (Capital Journal Photo) . Radford Joins Dulles In Block-War Appeal Resolution Would Virtually Assure1 Peace, View WASHINGTON Ul - Adm. Ar thur W. Rad'ord says Congress' passage of the Eisenhower Mid dle East resolution would "prac tically eliminate the chances of war" in that area. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified Jan. 8 at a closed session of the House For- North Santiam Auto Collision Kills Woman GATES (Special) Mrs. Manetta Voshell, Portland, was killed Tues day in a skidding collision during a snowstorm six miles east of here. Her husband, William Vos hell, 48, suffered a deep head wound, and their daughter. Jean ette, received a possible jaw fracture. The injured were taken to Santiam Memorial hospital. The accident occurred on the North Santiam highway when Vos hell's car skidded and crashed into a vehicle driven by Milton Mc Donald Shumway, 53. Bend. He also was taken to the Santiam Memorial hospital for treatment of undetermined injuries. His wife escaped with minor bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ticde, Yankton. S.D., passengers i n Shumway's car also were injured seriously. Tiede received a fractured leg and his wife suffered a possible leg fracture. The accident was discovered by Deputy Sheriff Amos Shaw who was enroute to Idanha on a routine investigation at the time. He noti fied state police and officer Jo seph Balfe was assigned to the case. . WU Youths to Seek Clothing For Refugees (See picture Sec. 1. Page 9) ', Several hundred Willamette uni versity sliidentc will lnn at Sa'pm homes Wednesday evening to ask'sa tor donations of clothing tor rciu gees and other needy persons in Europe and other areas of the world. Residents who have usable cloth ing thty would like to donate are i asked to turn on their porchlights during the 6:30 30 hours of the drive. ' The city is divided into five dis tricts with some 120 to 150 students ' assigned to each area, the clothing drive committee said. The clothing will be sent to the American Friends Service committee in San I Francisco for shipment to areas where needed. The drive ii an an- Inual UNESCO-sponsored affair of 1 Willamette students. Demos Gather At t eign Affairs Committee. His test! mony, made public today after censoring for security, made these other points: 1. The United States has a "def inite" military superiority over Russia, probably even somewhat greater than that of a year ago. 2. The United States now has the capability of moving men and material effectively and quickly into the Middle East in case it has to help put out a "brushfire" war. s. He doubts small wars would break out at the same time in different parts of the world. The Eisenhower resolution does not anticipate that America would have to fight a limited "war in the Middle East, but it would make such a war less likely. Although the resolution has come under some stiff Democra tic attack and seems unlikely to get a final vote before mid-February, Radford backed Secretary o' siale Dulles' plea for fast con gressional action without a "great division" in opposition to the reso luation. Dulles completed yesterday two days of testimony and questioning before a joint meeting of the Sen ate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees. They called him back for more next week, after Eisenhower's inauguration. Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the armed services group said today there is "very strong sentiment" in both committees for separating the troop authority and economic phases on Eisenhower's request, with action first only on the mili tary angle. FAMILY AT MAESTRO'S SIDE Arturo Toscanini, 89, Dies in Sleep By FREDERICK M. WINSIIIP United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK iL'Pl Arturo Tos canini. B9. whose genius .! a con ductor of operas and symphonies thrilled the world for fifl years, died today in his sleep. He had suf fered a stroke New Year's Day. Di-alh came to the beloved, white-haired maestro at his luxur ious Riverdale home in the Bronx, apparently as a nurse tried to awaken him at 8 40 a.m. EST. He had been confined to his bed for three days. "He just slipped away very quietly and very peacefully." his physician. Dr. Waldo Farnum, He sullered no pain A family spokesman said Tos- canini's body would be taken to Milan. Italy, for burial beside that of his wife. Carla. who died in 1951. Members of the family who were at the maestro's bedside when he died were his son and constant companion, Walter, his two daughters. Mrs. Vladimir Hor owitz, wife of the noted violinist, and Counte.s Wally Castelbarco, and two grandchildren. Mist Sonia Horowiti, and the Duchess of Ac- qarone. Farnum said Toscanini, whr had lived in strict retirement since him. through the "Die Mestersing 1955. had a "remarkable" come- er" overture, let the baton drop back after suffering a cerebral j from his hands, and walked off thrombosis Jan. 1 but probably had the stage without any hint that It suffered two or three slight itrokf' was his last appearance. for Parley Two Teamster Leaders Defy Senate Probe WASHINGTON m Counsel for two West Coast labor union offi cials announced Wednesday "We arc challenging the authority" of the Senate Investigations subcom mittee to look into the union s af fairs. Samuel B. Bassett, Seattle law yer, made the statement to re porters. The subcommittee had just begun behind closed doors an inquiry which chairman Mcuel lan (D Ark) said would seek the facts about alleged "labor racke teering." McClellan called as his first wit ness chairman Boyd Leedom of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He said Leedom would be questioned about pos sible need for tougher laws. Bassett is counsel for Frank W. Brewster, a vice president of the Teamsters Union (AFL-CIOI and head of its Western Conference, and for Nugent LaPoma, also known as George Cavano, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 174 m Seattle. Bassett said Brewster and La Poma would refuse to hand over to the subcommittee financial rec ords for which it has issued sub poenas. BULLETIN Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tues day named Representative Rob ert J. Steward director of the State Department of Agricul ture. He will succeed director James F. Short, Steward will remain In the house of representatives through Its present session, as Short has agreed to remain In office un til that time. ARTURO TOSCANIN since then. Friends said Toscan ini's sight also had failed. The Italian-born Toscanini con ducted his last concert in public April 4. 1954. In Carnegie Hall. He led the NBC Symphony Orch- estra. which had been create4 for Ike Asks Record Peace Budget Of $71.8 Billion, Legislative 5-Cent Postage And High Tax, Aid Sought By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON flft Presi dent Eisenhower today handed Congress his 1957 want-list of legislation, topped by a renew al of high tax rates, higher in terest charges on government-1 sponsored loans, and a natural gas bill like the one he vetoed last year. ! The President, in presenting his $71,800,000,000 budget, urged postal rate increases that would boost the cost of a 3-cent stamp to a nickel, and he called for 'full speed ahead on federal aid for "schools, high ways and homes." Humphrey Worried j Secretary of the Treasury Hum-1 phrey said the rising budget trend: "should promptly be stopped." He told reporters he would be "glad" if Congress could find any un necessary costs it could eliminate. He emphasized, however, that he was not criticizing the Presi dent's budget, commenting, "It's the best we can possibly do right now." But he added that if all hands co to work, it can be whit tled down before the fiscal year ends in mid-1958. Then Humphrey made some leg islative disclosures of his own: 1. The Treasury may ask Con gress to boost the interest rate on U.a. savings Bonds, now paying 3 per cent if held 10 years. To Fight All Tax Cuts 2. The Treasury will fight any and all" tax-cutting proposals which reduce revenues. 3. If prosperity endures and gov ernment costs are cut, the admin istration can, "a year hence, give consideration" to tax relief along with a further reduction of the na tional debt. Many of the .President's budget requests were repeats of his pro grams which Congress didn't pass last year. (Continued on Page 5, Column 4) Trucker Freed In Trial Over Crash Deaths ALBANY (Special) Mnlvin Roger Schlicht, 28-year-old Sweet Home logging truck driver, Tues day was found innocent of a charge of negligent homicide for the deaths of a Silverton man and his wife in a traffic collision last Sep tember. The verdict was returned by a jury in circuit court here late in the day after listening to testimony lor two days. Victims of the accident were Mr. and Mrs. James Patten. Sil verton couple, who were driving a pickup truck at the time. The prosecution charged that Schlicht was negligent and at tempted to pass another truck without sufficient clearance when his truck collided with Patten's vehicle. During the trial Schlicht testified that he had approximately 1RO0 feci clearance when he pasM-d the other truck, but claimrd that the Patten vehicle swerved across the highway into his path as he swung to his side of the pavement. The defense raised the ques tion that Patten may have been stricken with an illness at the time of the fatal accident. Silverton Man Struck by Car, Fatally Hurt SILVERTON (Special) Her man C. Bloch, 87, 1212 N. Water St., died at 11:30 o'clock Wednes day morning after being , truck down while crossing the street near the Southern Pacific depot. Driver of the car that utruck Bloch was Michael Howe, high school student, who lives in North Silverton. He was not cited. Police chief Rell Main said Bloch was lying 45 feet from the cross walk which crosses the street di agonally at the depot. Bloch was taken to the Silverton hospital where he died following attempts to save his life. 1958's BUDGET J W, ' - I 29 W DOLLAR- 1 ?Jf tnahndvol Interne ' '! H Tom - " P Fco W 1W8 n 1 t t V 77"9if 3 floret ' I i wufnr- )j Thts chart based on one released by Budget Bureau In con nection with the President's annual budget message to Congress, shows proposed source ol the 1958 federal budget dollar and. bow H will be spent. (AP Whrephoto Chart) Demos, Republicans Criticize Ike's Budget Aiken Sees Session Whittling Down Many Items WAFHINGTON i - Sen. Byrd 'D-Va said today that if the new budget proposed by President Ei senhower is balanced, "it will be accomplished with increased in flation." Some Republicans joined Dem ocrats in criticism aimed partly at the size of the $71,B00.000,000 spending budget Eisenhower pro posed for the year ending June .10, 195B. Sen. Schoeppel (R-Kan) said he believes the message contains material that may cause consid erable controversy," and Sen. Aik en R-Vt said he expects Con gress to whittle down many of the items.' But Rep. Wigglesworth (R- IWass) said the outlook for n $1,800,300,000 surplus and the third balanced budget in as many years is an outstanding administration accomplishment." Wigglesworth, second ranking Republican on the House Appro priations Committee, said he con sidered the three-year record es pecially significant since it fol lows tax cuts totaling $7,400,000, 000 a year voted in I9M. Byrd, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, expressed doubts that the forecasts would be realized. Sen. Ellrnder D-La said he thought "the administration is skating on mighty thin ice" in predicting a balanced budget. Hp suggested two ways to achieve real economy would be to cur tail the foolish foreign spending and get the military boys in line." Several legislators indicated they expect Eisenhower's request tor a new natural gas hill to stir Dallas Names LeFors, Miller '1st Citizens' (See pictures. See. 2, P. 3) DALLAS (Special) Almos Le Fors, Legionnaire and youth leader, was given the Dallas first senior citizen award Tues day night at the annual awards dinner of the Junior Chamber of Com m err In the city hall. The Junior first rltlzeo award was givrn to Melvln I). Miller, high srhnnl ag Instructor. Henry Dalper received the bom of the year award, and the Dallas Business and Profes sional Women's club was named the outstanding club of the year. Willis Hart and James Rohl nette were given key men' awards. Edward C. McElroy Jr. Goals Federal Budget opposition. Eisenhower suggested a measure which would remove natural gas producers from fed eral regulation. Sen. Fulbright (D-Ark critici zed the President's tax recom mendations, saying the adminis tration "has a great facility for forgetting campaign promises." Israel Refuses Full Fullback Dag Tells UN UNITED NATIONS, N Y. (JB Secretary General Dag Hammnr skjold declared Wednesday the withdrawal of Israeli forces be hind the 104!) armistice line is an essential step for restoring peace with Egypt. In a progress report to the 80 nation General Assembly, Ham marskjold said he had held ex tensive hut unsuccessful discus sions with representatives of Is rael "aiming at full compliance vith the withdrawal require ments" laid down by the Assem bly last November. Dangerous9 -Snow Deluges Icy East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A heavy snowstorm described as "dangerous and intensifying" blanketed much of the Northeast Wednesday while subzero cold kept grip on the Midwest. The storm, moving northeaster 1) near the mid Atlantic Coast, was made an honorary member of the Jayeees. The senior award was given lo LeFors for his work with the American Legion cub baseball team. Miller Is president of the toast master club and was active In the annual Smlleroo event last year. George Thompson, chairman of the awards committee, an nounced the winners. Assisting In the announcements were Thomas Newton. Robert Stevers. Robert Hell, Hrnry Dalpex and John Foster. Frank KctaeeoUl was master of ceremonies. Submits His to Congress Dollar Cash Budgeted For Start on 4 Ore. Projects WASHINGTON UFI - Construc tion starts on five new water re source development projects ' in Oregon and Washington were pro posed Wednesday by President Eisenhower. Money for the new projects, four Oregon, was proposed in a budget which earmarked $144. 4:i7.bOO for spending in the two states in the year beginning July 1. Largest of the new works wuld be the $6,287,000 Crooked River reclamation project near Prine ville, Ore., for which the Presi dent proposed appropriation of $850,000. The project would pro vide a full water supply to 9,990 acres and supplemental water for additional 10,220 acres. Its major feature would be Prineville Dam and reservoir. The President also asked $400.- 000 to start work on the $514,000 lumper division of the Wnpinitia reclamation project in Wasco Coui.'.y. Ore.: $500,000 to begin local flood protection in Multno mah Drainage District No. 1 and $400,000 for flood control work at Pendleton. As he did lost year, the Presi dent again asked 10 million dol lars to start projects in partner ship "with states, local govern ments and private groups." Un like last year, he did not cite .John Day Dam or the Green Peter- Whitebridge project as examples. dumped from 3 to 8 inches of snow in an area which suffered its coldest weather of the season Tuesday. The cold moderated somewhat. A loot or more of snow was ! expected in New England before the storm abates. The snowfall .lowed trains hus- es and autos in the New York City area and caused some de lays in airline schedules. A new batch of arctic air surged Into the snow-covered north central region and temperatures tumbled below zero from the Rockies to Lake Michigan. Northern New York and New England were in the subzero zone again after yesterday morning's season low records in most of the Northeast. The 55 helo . zero at Boonvillc. in central New, York, was an all-time low mark for the state. Heavy snow warnings were post ed for New England, with accu mulations of 8 to 12 inches ex pected by tonight in most of the arra. Weather Details Mixlmiim ynirril4v, 17: minimum tnrtay, Tout Z4-hour precipita tion: M; tor month: 2: normit, . Sruon prrctpttallnn, 13. M: normal, II 40. River brliht. I I ft. (B poit r U. f. Wialhir Burin.) Spending for Arms Upped 2 Billion By WILLIAM O. VARV WASHINGTON (W PresU dent Eisenhower today pro posed to Congress a fight-if-we-must budget for next year, call ing for a boost of more than two billion dollars in military spending and a record peace time outlay of $71,800,000,000 in federal funds. He said his traded for the fiscal year 1B58, beginning next July 1, was balanced and provided for a surplus for the third straight year. But once again he came out against any tax cuts, except for possible relief for small business involving "minimum loss of reve nue." 'Wise Protection' In obvious reference to stepped- up spending for defense, he said two of the major guidelines he used in drafting the financial blue print were designed to assure: Peace, justice and freedom for our own and other peoples; and Powerful armed forces to deter and, if need be, to defeat aggres sion." "1 am convinced," he said, "That the defense programs and funds for their support as recommended in this budget provide a wis. and reasonable degree of protection for the nation." The budget message provided $45,300,000,000, or 63 per cent of expenditures, for national security. These include $38,031,000,000 for U.S. armed forces, $4,363,000,000 for economic and military foreign aid, and lesser amounts for atomic energy research and development. tockpiling of strategic goods. home civil defense and the U.S. Information Agency. $1.1 Billion Surplus Due Eisenhower forecast that with continuing prosperity the govern ment would collect a record $73,- 600,000,000. permitting a surplus nl $1,800,000,000 to be applied toward reduction of the massive national debt. As a result, he said, it should not be necessary to ask again this year for an increase in the per manent 275-billinn-dollnr debt lim it now temporarily raised to 278 billions. If Eisenhower is able to bring off a surplus in the next fiscal year, it will be the third in a row for his administration the first lime that trick has been turned since 11128, J029 and 1030. In fiscal l!irfl. ended last June 30. the government wound 'ip Sl.ooo.ooo.ooo in the black. Tin President said he foresees a $1,700,- 000,000 surplus this year. That would he about a billion dollars more lhan was estimated last summer. $8 Rllllnn Roost Eisenhower's spending request of $71,800.000400 for the 1958 fis cal year compares with $B5,85, 000.000 he asked of Congress for fiscal 1957 last January. However, that budget reouest was alteied by Congress and spending for this fiscal year has been revised twice since. In other main points. Eisenhow er also did these things: 1. Predicted spending during this fiscal year will total $8.O0.0O0.OOO 'Continuer1 on Page 5 Column 8) News in Brief For tVeclnrsday, January IS, 1957 NATIONAL Proposes It-cord . Peacetime Budget Sec. I. P. 1 Arturo inscamnl Uics at Age of 89 Sec. I, P. 1 LOCAL Early Day Locomotive Still Active at Mill City Sec. J, P. 7 Morgan Named PUC Commissioner Sec. 1, P. 2 STATE COPs Walk Out as Demos 'Elect' Pearson . Sec. I, P. 1 LeFors Named Dallas First Citizen Sec. 2. P. '3 SPORTS Cal Hires Pete Elliott Sec. 2, P. 2 South Downs Milwaukie Sec. 2, P. 1 ItEGLLAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. 1, P. 2 Editorials Sec. 1, P. 4 Locals Sec. 1, P. 5 Society Sec. 1. P. S-7-8 Comics Sec. 2, P. 4 Television Sec. 2, P. S Want Ads Sec. 2, P. 8-9 Markets Sec. 2, P. 7 Dorothy Dix .Sec. 2, P. 5 Crossword Puzzle ... Horn and Garden . Sec. 2, P. 4 - Sec. 2, P. 6
