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Salem, Oregon', Wednesday, February 6, 195? THE CAPITAL JOURNATJ Section' I Pafce 3 Ike to Keep Stassen Despite GOP Kicks By JACK REM. WASHINGTON to - President Eisenhower reportedly plans to keep Harold E. Stassen as his dis armament assistant despite some GOP demands for his retirement. The subject came up at a recent White House conference attended by members of Congress. The President was represented 1,500 Attend Portland Tax Protest Meet PORTLAND to - Fifteen hun dred Multnomah County home owners attended a tax protest meeting Tuesday night in the pub lic auditorium and heard a speak er assert the courts will get their story if no administrative relief is found. Wayne Woodmansee, president of the newly formed Homeowners Tax League, speaking against a county Board of Equalization di rective that residential assess ments be increased by 35 per cent, said "it seems incredible that responsible public officials should be guilty of such an act." He pledged court action if neces sary. He said while the purpose is to equalize all assessments at 45 per cent of value, raising the resi dential assessments doesn't do it. Bernard Shevach, Portland at torney, said the board members "do not know how taxes are as sessed in the downtown core area." And Woodmansee said the big Equitable building is assessed at only 32 per cent, Reynolds . aluminum plant in Troutdale at 20 to 32 per cent and the Oregon ian building at 32 per cent; County Assessor Wiley Smith, who has been ordered to make the change in assessments, said this was a "tax grab" against homeowners and he'd like to have the grand jury look into it, Park Service Eyes Beaches WASHINGTON to The Na tional Park Service plans to start toon a survey of beach areas along the Pacific Coast to find out how much land still is ac cessible to ihe public. Rep. Weslland . (R-Wash), who recently proposed such a survey, said he was advised by Conrad Wirth, Parks Service' director, that the check is planned in the "immediate future." . ' A similar survey along the S,700-mile Atlantic Coast recently disclosed that .only 240 miles of coastline was accessible to the public. While beach areas along the Pacific Coast are not tied up as completely as in the East, West' land said he believed a survey should be made at this time to determine just what the picture is. He said he feels that access to talt water areas is one of the greatest recreational resources of West Coast states. "Some kind of a program should be set up to make sure all of these beach areas don't fall Jnto private hands," he said. "But be fore we can set up such a pro gram we have to know what the situation is now." as having said, with something akin to amusement, that Stassen seemed to have a tendency to put his political foot in his mouth. This was an evident allusion to Stas sen 's political attacks on Vice President Nixon. Eisenhower was reported to have added, however, that Stassen was doing a dedicated job in the disarmament field, a job he im plied that not just anyone could step into and carry on with as much success. Some members of Congress in terpreted this as indicating Eisen hower believes that Nixon whom he has praised highly is capable of taking care of himself in any political jousting. Stassen stirred up something of a tempest within the GOP by say ing recently that the Republicans would have won control of Con gress if former Gov. Christian Herter of Massachusetts had re placed Nixon as Eisenhower's running mate. Rep. Simpson of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Republican Con gressional Campaign Committee, responded by accusing Stassen of "performing a calculated disserv ice to the Republican party." Rep. bchercr (R-Ohio) wrote H. Meade Alcorn Jr., new GOP na tional chairman, that Stassen's statement was "obviously the be ginning of another dump-Nixon move for 1960." Stassen tried unsuccessfully last summer to substitute Herter for Nixon on the ticket. But Herter declined and Stassen eventually supported Nixon. In some quarters, Eisenhower s support for Stassen was inter preted as indicating that he plans no changes in top-level advisers. Postmaster General Summer- field, the only Cabinet member whose job requires confirmation at the beginning of a second pres idential term, won unanimous ap proval from the Senate yesterday. Grand Jurors Hear Purcells PORTLAND to The Mult nomah County grand jury, which will consider gambling conspir acy accusations and possibly re lated cases, was in the second day of deliberations Wednesday, Another grand jury last year in dicted William Langley, county district attorney, and two Seattle men, Joseph P. McLaughlin and Thomas E. Maloney, on charges of conspiring to allow gambling here. But a judge last week held there was a legal flaw in the in dictments and ordered the. cases resubmitted to the current grand jury. The first witnesses called Tues day were Harvey E. (Swede) Ferguson, night club operator former Police Chief Jim Purcell Jr. and his brother, Lt. Bard Pur cell, also of the city police. Soviet Short Of Industrial Output Goals Sixth 5-Year Plan Put Expansion Ability Far Too High By THOMAS P. WHITEY NEW YORK to The Kremlin's production goals for' 1957 give a good indication of how greatly the sixth five-year plan overestimated the Soviet Union's ability to ex pand output. In announcing the 1957 econom ic plan to the current session of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament), economic czar Mikhail Pervukhin gave no revised goals for the five- year period ending Dec. 31, 1960. But if production increases from now on by no more than the addi tional amount anticipated for 1957, the 1960 output of some basic in dustrial products would stack up this way as compared with the targets announced a year ago (figures in millions of metric tons): Original Goal Revised Coal 593 497 Steel 68 60 Pig Iron 53 45 Petroleum 135 137 Electricity 320 288 (Last figure In billions of kilo watt hours) It can be estimated similarly that Pervukhin s revised plan in volves increasing total industrial output 40 to 50 per cent by 1960. The original plan called for a 65 per cent increase over 1955. In this set of estimates, petro leum is the only one of the five basic items for which the Krem lin's original goal remains. Soviet oil output has soared annually in recent years. Even these revised goals would represent a very large increase in production. Fifteen million more tons of steel in the space of five years is a lot of steel. There is also the possibility that the Soviet Union will be able to raise its rate of production in crease in the output of steel and electric power, for example above that set for 1957. But the fact remains that the Kremlin has been compelled to lower its sights in the field of industrial development. r-The QgD Story. 6g Po, WiitekaiA -i CHAPTER 27 Tightening Up the Spy Net RefugeesThreaten Lynching of Reds VIENNA, Austria to Angry Hungarian refugees threatened to lynch a Communist repatriation commission from their homeland Wednesday when it began con ducting interviews in Vienna's refugee camps. Austrian police were called out to hold back the enraged group of 200 refugees. The Communists were inter viewing Hungarians about return ing home. Only two refugees wanted to go back. It was nearlng the end of Sep tember, 1949, less than a month after the FBI had learned of Rus sia's theft of the secrets of the atomic bomb. But the intense digging had turned up much information, and already the coil of evidence was tightening around Klaus mens. On the known record, it seemed impossible. He was now the rcs p e c t e d head of the Theoretical Physics division of Britain's atomic energy establishment at Harwell, man with a brilliant tuture. lie seemed to have been a discreet work. Then a small alarm bell sounded An agent digging through old Nazi records seized by Intelligence oi- ficers in Germany during World War II spotted an entry bearing the name of Klaus Fuchs. It carried the symbol A2, identifying the special file into which the Gestapo dropped the names of those they listed as communists. British Notified By itself, the old Gestapo file was proof of nothing. The Nazis, for political and other reasons, un doubtedly had accused many in nocent persons of being Commun ists. Agents sifted through every record they could find that might produce any sort of lead. They turned to tne tile of the 1946 Can adian spy case in which Igor Gou- zenko, the cipher clerk, had fled from the Russian embassy at Ot tawa to disclose the operation of an atomic spy ring. In this file was a photographic copy of an address book picked up by Canadian police. Among the names was the chtry: "Klaus Fuchs, 84 George Lane, Un iversity of Edinburgh, Scotland." Hoover notified British Intel ligence (M15) of the new develop ments. M15 agents shadowed Fuchs. By the end of October the British themselves had decided he was the atomic spy or at least one of them. It was December, 1949, when William J. Skardon, Hartwell Se curity officer, tapped on Fuchs door. Once inside, he told Fuchs he was suspected of passing infor mation to the Russians. Fuchs seemed surprised. "I have not done, any such thing." Fuchs Confesses Fuchs continued to deny his guilt. But on Jan. 24, 1950, he sent word to Skardon that he wished to see him. The confession came tumbling from Fuchs' lips. Yes, he had given the Russians atomic secrets from the time he began working on nuclear research in 1942 until a year ago. He had; sought out the Russians himself and on his own initiative. Was Fuchs ever bothered by doubts about such treachery? Yes, he said, he had begun to suffer doubts. He. still believed in communism, but not as it was be ing practiced in Russia. Now, too late, he saw communism as some thing to fight against. Harry Gold, right, Swiss-born chemist, has handcuffs unlocked after convletlon on espionage charges Gold took A-bomb secrets from Dr. Klaus Fuchs, atom scientist, for relay to Russia, A significant little scene took place when Skardon accompanied Fuchs to the War Office on Jan. 27, 1950, where Fuchs was to make a formal statement. Skardon faced Fuchs, the man who had betrayed England, the United States, Can ada, his associates, and men of freedom everywhere. , Fuchs on Trial The Briton said, "I ought to tell you that you are not obliged to make a statement, and you must not be induced to do so by any promise or threat which has been held out to you." Fucks looked at Skardon. Per haps at that moment he under stood for the first time in his twist ed life the true protector of hu man dignity, government by law. He said, "1 understand. Carry on." Klaus Fuchs was brought to trial in Old Bailey on March 1. He pleaded guilty to charges of giv ing "to persons unknown" infor mation calculated to be useful to an enemy. Lord Chief Justice Goddard, alter hearing the evidence, said to Fuchs: "You have betrayed the hospitality and protection given to you with the grossest treachery . . , The maximum sentence or dained is 14 years. That is the sentence I pass upon you. FBI Seeks Stranger In this country, the Joint Con gressional Committee on Atomic Energy was to say: "It is hardly r 155 N. Liberty Ph. EM 3-3191 Truman Cuts Head in Fall INDEPENDENCE, Mo. to Harry S. Truman has a six-stitch cut on the back of his head as the result of a fall Tuesday morn ing. He slipped on some ice at his home. The former President went on to his office in Kansas City and was treated there by Dr. Wallace Graham Jr., who also was his physician at the White House. Dr. Graham said the cut was super ficial and Truman stayed on at the office for a full day s work. Mrs. Truman slipped and fell ,Jan. 3 and broke a small bone ' in her left foot. It still is in a cast. 4 Oregon Demos Seek More Cash For Forest Roads WASHINGTON to - The full amount of money authorized by law should be appropriated for the Forest Service's .access road program, four Oregon Democrats told a House appropriations sub committee Monday. Sens. Morse and Ncuhcrgcr and Reps. Porler and Ullman said $2,664,000 should be added to the access road fund to bring the ap propriation for the year beginning July 1 to the full $38,848,000 authorized by law. Morse taid adequate access roads would bring increased prices for Umber end the govern ment would thereby benefit. Porter also urged appropriation requests to improve national for jt recreation facilities, stating that in many places, including Crater Lake, such improvements ' are "lone overdue. ! Neuhrrsor nsl:rd for a two mil lion dollar addition to Ihe Forrst Service recreational mnnasr-mrnl and maintenance appropriation! for Mt. Hood National rorcsi ana for improvements in the forest f Timberline Lodse to make it tapable of returning to the gov ernment the money being tpent to Kj upkeep. r , SrCffvA Other Days 9:30 to 5:30 " - I, , f - r r r - r ' J"L- Smi Valentine Red steals the fashion scene... for g;.' VT ite - & - K nV K GAIETY. ..rUK rLAI ItKT L fflSr 598to 998 ' Frf "fini Tl? 'Who1eJhoifreoiiiiritlna...os I U ' K i fW becoming to you Your heort wifl beat a IHtle "' ' ' iJrl "& ' y I .oiler when you i.e oof red oi red drenei .. . ' J ' '' ' iPVy P'lnteu, empire ond jacket stylet, in 'f ' VuNTi- " iflA. cottoni ond royons, prints ond tolidil j 'N11.- Jwjtffii Select one for Valentine's Doy ond Jn ' yVi'j ' Vff ' for o heorMtirring spring I J V Jji 4&i """Aj Inquire oboJl Word. -'rTvgAV 1 Monthly Payment Plan 1 3fcMagT ..t an exaggeration to say that Fuchs alone has influenced the safety of more people and accomplished greater damage than any other spy not only in the history of the United States but in the history of nations." From the time Fuchs confessed. the FBI concentrated on getting the answer to one question: Who was the Stranger, the mystery man to whom Fuchs slipped atom ic information on at least 10 occasions? The single clue on which to work was a vague description by Fuchs of a man in his middle years, say 41) 10 45. About 5 feet 10. Round face. Not a physicist. Probably not even an atomic employe. Perhaps a cncmisi. Perhaps a chemist FBI concentrated on finding a chemist who would fit the descrip tion. Agents pored over files and records. The task was enormous. For example, in 1945, New York City alone had issued 75,000 licens ing permits to chemical firms. But by the slow process of elimi nation, the possibilities thinned to 1,500 . . . 1,000 ... 100 ... 20 ,. . and then at last to Harry Gold. Gold's name had come to the FBI's attention in May, 1947, dur ing an Investigation vhich grew out of Information supplied by Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, a self- confessed Communist courier. The file showed that Gold was a chem ist. A further check disclosed that Gold was now in charge of biologi cal research at the Philadelphia General hospital's heart station. On May 15, 1950 some six weeks after Fuchs's conviction two FBI agents visited the Philadel phia hospital. No, he didn't know anyone in Sante Fe, N. M. As a matter of fact, he had r-ever been west of the Mississippi river. He answered questions willingly and even with an air of candor, as man would with nothing to .hide. Map a Giveaway A week passed, during which Gold was questioned several times, and finally he said 1o the agents. "I've told you everything I know, I've got nothing to hide. If it will help, go ahead and search the place. He gave his written con sent for the search of his home. One of the agents looked behind a bookcase. He picked up a yellow folder, one of those Chamber of Commerce maps for tourists. It was a map of "Santa Fe, the Capi tal City." The agent spread the map open. LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS On February 5. 1957. FLOYD K, iwwr.no was auij appalnteo ai x ncutor or the estate of ALBINA G. PAGE, deceased, by an order of the Circuit Court for Marion County. Oregon. All persons havinjr claims against laid estate are hereby noti fied to present such claims In due form to said executor at 811 Pioneer Trust BulldinK In Salem, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice, to-wlt: February 8. 1957. As such Executor JOHN A. HELTZEL Attorney for Executor "You laid you had never been west of the Mijsiisippit Or have you?" . j Harry Gold ttared it the map. Then suddenly he seemed to crum ple, like a man so bone-weary that he couldn't carry his burden an other step. Gold said, "I ... I am the man to whom Klaus Fuchs gave his Information." Gold Gets 10 Years Just as with Klaus Fuchs, once the words began they came in a steady flow. He told how he picked up the information and gave it promptly to "John," whom he later identified as Anatoli A. Yak ovlcv, Russian vice consul In New York. Gold was indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on a charge of con spiracy to violate the Espionage Act ot 1917, lie pleaded guilty in Philadelphia on July 20, 1950, and Bedwell Goes Free on Bond CHICAGO to - Edward Let (Bcnnie) Bedwell, who signed and then retracted a confession ad mitting the slaying of Barbara-Grimes,- 15, and her sister, Pa tricia, 13, was released Tuesday from Cook County jail on $20,000 bond, : i Bond for the 21-year-old Skid Road odd jobs man was arranged by Morris Brown, of Champaign, HI., a professional bondsman, who told reporters he believes Bedwell is innocent. .-. -.'. was sentenced to 30 years' in , prisonment. (Tomorrow: "I Am From Julius.") - WW Issa m laea nnMniAnftn Soon FAMOUS BRAND SHOES , Entir Stock Values to $29.95.. $18.95 Bone Pile! A OA Values to 117.95 t.7W Values to 114.95... $7.90 Valuei to IU.95.... 9.90 Values to 121.95.. .. $15.90 Values to J5.0tt $22.90 The search narrowed! 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