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THE WEATHER. FAIR TONIGHT except for patches of late night, early morning fog. Partly cloudy Tuesday. Continued mild. Low tonight, 15; high Tues day, 62. Strike Ties Up Metals Plants In Two Cities Machinists Walk Out in Portland as Other Unions in Seattle Join . Balk for Wage Increase , . , By The Associated Press i Most of the metal trades Strikes Monday in both Seattle and Portland. i A strike by the Machinists' Union closed more than 50 Seattle metal-working ' Over the weekend eight announced strike action. Ana oilier unions joined the walkout at Seattle. Conciliators At Work " : Federal conciliators were at tempting to find a basis for re newed efforts toward a settle ment. Wage increases were involved in both of the Northwest's biggest cities. A pension plan also was a key issue in Seattle. The machinists' walkout at Se attle involved about 8.000 work ers. Several thousand others were involved as the Moulders and Foundry Workers, Automotive Ma chinists, Boilermakers and Weld ers' unions joined in the walkout Monday. The Moulders and Foundry Workers' Union reported a Puget Sound area vote of 669 to 87 Sun day to reject an employers' offer. The Moulders' locals are in Se attle, Tacoma and Everett but only the Seattle members went on atrike. 3,000 Out In Portland At Portland about 3,000 metal trades workers were involved. The unions were the Boiler makers, Machinists! Electricians, Laborers, Operating Engineers, Painters, Warehousemen and Au tomotive Engineers - in about 27 plants, Including .the city's large iron and steel and machinery plants. mi.. , . . i il. p. me jnaciumsis Jauuciiuu uie Se attle walkout after rejecting an offer of 10 to 15-cent hourly pay increase now and a guarantee of at least 10 cents more next April, plus some fringe benefits. The union asked a spot increase of 30 an tinttr Collusion Eyed By Kennedy in Seattle Probe SEATTLE Wl Senate rackets committee counsel Robert F. jKen nedy said Monday it is "possible" a Senate investigation will show collusion between some employers and some Teamsters Union lead , ers in the Seattle area. Kennedy, here for additional in terviews and conferences in con nection with the committee's in vestigation of Dave Beck, Team sters' president, said one type of such collusion involves strike- breaking. "It's possible," he told inter viewers, "that this (type of collu sion) has happened in this part of the country." Kennedy said tne committee is concerned with labor-management collusion in many sections. Kennedy said the committee is studying the record of Beck's testi mony on March 26-27 in connec tion with a possible recommenda tion that Beck be cited for con tempt. Partly Cloudy Tuesday Eyed Glorious sunshine brought heavy traffic for the highway Sunday and sent many folk scurrying into their gardens to work Monday. Fair weather is to continue to night, except for some patches of late night and early morning fog. but partly cloudy conditions are slated for Tuesday. While daytime temperatures are very pleasant, night ones are still on the cool side. The minimum in Salem Monday morning was .13, while Sunday s slipped down to 29, with local frost reported. Five day forecast calls for tem peratures to average near normal, with showery periods to begin about Wednesday. Russ Keep Up Nuclear Tests LONDON (UP) The British De fense Ministry announced Monday night that the Soviet Union ex ploded another nuclear weapon April 6. Moscow's second in three days of an intensive series of facte ii... nin;n (Mb nlar last Wednesday. The earlier test! i , iwh inrtnn and Washington The Defense Ministry announce-; ment did not disclose what type of weapon was set of Saturdav. It described tne Diasi oniy as a further nuclear test explosion in the current Soviet test series." industries were closed by plants late last week'. unions at Portland also Top Tribunal Gives Hearing To Chessman Sex Terrorist's Ninth Appeal Successful After 9 Years WASHINGTON Wl The .Su preme Court Monday granted a hearing to Caryl Chessman, Los Angeles sex terrorist who has fought for almost nine years to escape execution. . convicted May 22, IH48 as a "lovers' lane" rapist, Chessman has held off death in San Qucn- tin s gas chamber by a series of varied legal moves in state and federal courts. , Eight times previously the Su preme Court rejected pleas by Chessman for a new 'trial. On Oct. 17, 1955, the high tribunal did direct that he be given a hear ing in federal court in California on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. , Monday's grant of a hearing by the high court itself was made over the opposition, of--Atty., Gen Edmund G. Brown of California. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, Brown said Chessman's pe tition "is one of the most scur rilous and misleading petitions or briefs ever to come to the atten tion of the state of California In other actions Monday the Su preme Court: Ruled 5-3 the Union Pacific Railroad is not entitled to drill for oil and gas on lands in Wy oming on which it was given the right of way to build tracks. The decision upheld a government con tention that Congress in making the land grant in 1862 intended only to encourage railroad con struction and did not give any rights to underlying minerals. Decided 7-1 the Taft-Hartley La bor Act does not protect picket ing by American union members in behalf of foreign seamen aboard a foreign vessel. Members or three American maritime unions asked the high tribunal to overturn lower federal court rulings that they must pay $50,400 damages because of pick eting the SS Riviera at Portland, Ore., in 1952. German and Brit ish crewmen of the Riviera, a Li berian flag vessel, went on a sit down strike for better wages and shorter hours and the American union members picketed the ves sel for three months until re strained by federal court. . Refused to reconsider its Feb ruary 25 decision that professional football is subject to antitrust laws. Reconsideration was asked by the National Football League and other groups in a petition which said the decision "consti tutes a discrimination against pro fessional football and a preferen tial 'exemption' of professional baseball." Weather Details Maximum yeiterdiy, 12; minimum today, 33. Total 24-hour precipitation: : tor month; .36: normal, .71. Season precipitation. Z7.M; normal, 34.25. River heirht. 3.6 feet. Report by V. 8. Weather Bureau.) 4-DAY STATE VISIT Queen, Duke Step Into Paris 'Whirl' PARIS (A Queen Elizabeth ensemble. Prince Philip wore the II of Britain and the Duke of i Edinburgh arrived in Paris to day for a four-day official visit. France was determined to make her stay the most colorful pageant the republic has ever staged forma ad Elizabeth's first since a monarch. she visited Paris as a princess in President Rene Coty and a hostjjoo, of top-hatted French dignitaries i ri.n;- .:.t, o..;ji rt., i. lKaMmJd,kaS lhC .ViACU"' "il" " i.ag-DeaccKea ur.y d (h d , Airfield. About 1.000 persons were rf c' krf b guardsmcn in the i official welcoming party. Ljth dr ,aberf A huge audience watched on; . television. Thi. r!riv In tho nr. port and streets on the Queen's route were jammed with crowds I waving small British and French flags. I A bright sun shone and a brisk breeze was blowing from the di- sands ol police and plainclolhes rection of the English Channel, jmen. Prince Philip followed in a The Queen stepped smiling from j car with Sir Gladwyn Jcbb, Brit the four -engine plane in a beige iish ambassador to France, C aipital jLJournal 69th Year, No. 83 Freedom ' Awards Given Two Salem schools received top national awards from Dr. Kenneth B. Wells (center), president of National. Freedoms Foundation, at a special Chamber of Com merce luncheon Monday. Accepting the awards were Susan McGce, Englewood School, and Bill Lieskc, Morn ingside School. (Capital Journal Photo) City, Schools Lauded By Foundation Prexy . By FRED ZIMMERMAN '. , . Capital Journal Writer A high compliment was paid to the Salem schools and the citizenry in general by a visiting The person paying the unsolicited compliment was Dr. Ken neth D. Wells, .president ot Freedoms Foundation who was here to make personal presentation of awards issued to eight children in this' vicinity, during the Chamber of Commerce luncheon. ' ' "No city in the United States under, a population. of one million has been awarded so many times .as has Salem,"- said Dr. -Wells. "There has-been some fine work done here, showing splendid con struction and deep Jesirc to teach the fundamentals of the constitu tion. : ... . ... Desire Found Here , "Also there is a desire to show that our way of life is based on a belief in God. Moreover there is a very obvious desire on the part of our educators to teach the youth the fact that socialism is a part of the Communist concept which is false and unworkable." Dr. Wells went on to praise the school administration as of "high quality" and the classroom teach ers for their ability and sincerity of effort.' "The Salem school system." con tinued Dr. Wells "is exemplary and deserves to be followed by American education everywhere." Dr. Wells said Freedoms Founda tion had observed the work being done by the Salem schools ever since the outset of the movement some nine years ago. Speaking on a more personal vein, Dr. Wells said he held Dr. George . Rossman of the Oregon Supreme Court in high esteem. Judge Rossman has been one of the Foundations directors for many years. "His decisions have been sound and his counseling of higher caliber," Dr. Wells said. "We regard him as one of our most brilliant directors.'' Speaks on National Levels Dr. Wells took time out from his eulogy of the Salem schools to speak concerning national aspects. "The bloom is off the rose inso far as socialism is concerned," he commented. He added that the American public, including the working man, realizes that there is nothing to be gained by follow ing the Communist line. Dr. Wells said that he was ap prehensive over the tax situation. "We have gone too far over the mill in this matter. The nation needs to discipline itself; needs to exercise its conscience and do what it knows it ought to do." A uniform of a Royal Air Force marshal It was the first state visit by a reigning British Queen since Victoria crossed the Channel !"'" Frinch. the Queen reviewed colorfully uniformed honor neiue: 1-1 nciiie. 'me Queen! The Queen!) the crowd shouted as she and Coty were driven from the airport, flankd by white-gloved motorcycle police and along a route lined by thou- Salem, dignitary Monday. ' Pakistanis Say Iranian Bandit Leader Killed KARACHI. Pakistan HV-Pakis- tan border police said Monday. that Dadshah, the leader ot an Iranian bandit gang that killed three Americans, had been slain in a gun battle. - : ' . Police made the report in an nouncing the capture of 18 mem bers of the gang, including Amhed Shah, who' was said to have con fessed murdering Mrs. Anita Car roll of Issnquah, Wash., wife of a U.S. Point Four otticial. Iranian police previously had announced the slaying of three of the bandits, including one identi fied as the actual killer. The con flicting reports could not be recon ciled immediately. . Pakistani police said Dadshah, his 18-ycar-oid son Hamil. and his third wife were killed in a gun battle with Iranian police five days ago There were no reports from Iran confirming the death of the leader, but Iranian police reports said the body of the pregnant third wife of the outlaw chief had been found in the border region. Name Signing Tedious for Officials Signing their names was getting to be a pretty tiresome Job for City Recorder Alfred Mtindt (left) and Mayor Robert While Monday as they continued working on 13,750,000 worth of water bonds. The Oregon, Monday, April Big Snow Hits East 3rd Time 3-12 IiichBlanket , Closes Schools, Bars Racing n By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The third major spring storni to plunge, eastward from the Rockies left a heavy belt of snow across parts of Indiana, Michi gan, Ohio and New York state Monday. ' Some schools were closed, pow er lines were snapped and traf fic was snarled. The snowfall ranged from 3 to 12 inches. Snow-plagued sections of the Great Plains breathed easier as the storm moved eastward. Skies were clearing in the Plains. Toledo Has 10 Inches Toledo, Ohio, wallowed under a 10-inch snow blanket. Ten inches of snow also burled southeastern Michigan, closing rural roads to school buses. ' .; The snow forced cancellation of horse racing programs until Wednesday at Ascot Park near Akron and . for Miami Raceway near Toledo. 1 A belt of snow 6 to 10 inches deep stretched across Indiana from Renssaelaer through Ply mouth, Warsaw and Kendallville. It turned slushy after daybreak. The storm - blew into western New York, reaching occasional blizzard conditions. Roads were buried under snow ranging up to 12' inches in Cattaragus County, but plows were working. , ,. 20 or More in Alabama Hurt By Tornadoes BIRMINGHAM UB A score or more persons were reported in jured Monday as morning torna does swept across northwest and north central Alabama. A revised tornado warning by the Weather Bureau placed all of north Alabama under an alert un til 4 p.m. The Falkville area, In Morgan County, appeared the hardest hit of three from which extensive damage was reported. The Alabama Highway Patrol estimated around a score injured in the Round Top and Massey com munities near Falkville in a tor nado which struck as power and telephone lines went out at 10:48 a.m. Many wore seriously hurt, the patrol said. ' Damage, but no injuries resulted 20 to 35 minutes earlier when the storm struck Hamilton, near the Mississippi line, and Grayson, in Winston County. Hungarians Escaping VIENNA Wi Some Hungarians are still escaping to Austria de- spile a1 frontier iron curtain of barbed wire, minefields and watchtowers reconstructed by Hungary's Communist police. Aus trian authorities announced Mon day 49 arrived over the weekend. 8, 1957 Entered matter Goi:r::S DooIeyTax UN Team Finishes Suez Job Canal Completely Clear 1st Time In 5 Months CAIRO Wi U.N. salvage crews Monday completed clearance of the Suez Canal by lifting and hauling away the sunken Egyptian frigate Abu kir. The Abukir, last major block In the 103-mile waterway, was towed to a dumping ground in the Bitter lakes north of Suez. Re moval of the frigate opens the canal to ships up to 20.000 tons provided the Egyptian government gives a go ahead. Before the removal only ships of under 10,000 tons could go through. - Word to Go to Dag Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, chief of the clearance operation, is expected to send word to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammar skjold, who will notify the Gen eral Assembly. The 81-nation Assembly authorized the canal clearance after the cease-fire which halted the British-French- Israeli invasion of Egypt last fall. The Abukir, a 1,460-ton warship Egypt obtained from Britain after World War II, was sunk in . the channel near the southern end ot the canal. ' ' Gen. Wheeler's "team still has some work to do on one wreck outside the channel and additional repairs on lighting, communlca tions and navigational aids. Next Move Up to Egypt But lifting of the Abukir means the canal channel is physically clear for all shipping for the first time in more than five months. The formal announcement of the opening is up to Egyptian author ities. Arabian Base Use Extended WASHINGTON W-Thc United States Monday announced formal agreement with baudi Arabia lor U.S. forces lo use the Dhahran air field for five more years. fn exchange, the United States agreed to: 1. Continue selling Saudi Arabia military equipment so it can ex pand its 13,000 man armed force. 2. Improve the civil air facilities at Dhahran and improve the near by Persian Gulf Port of Dammam. However. U.b. officials said they were unable to get Saudi agree ment to lift the ban against per mitting Americans of the Jewish faith to serve with U.S. military advisory groups at Dhahran. two started last Friday and still were only half finished today with the .1,750 signings. There's nearly $100,000 In bonds spread out on the table. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Clausscn) BJ0 aueSna AJBjqTej Late Flashes WASHINGTON (UP) The Atomic Kncrgy Commission re ported Monday that the Soviet Union tested another nuclcac weapon April 6, the second In less than a week. WASHINGTON (UP) Pres ident Eisenhower's civil rights program suffered a setback In p Congress Monday. The House Rules Committee refused by a vole of 6 to 4 to set date for hearings on the measure. Dulles Unveils Loan Aim for Foreign Aid WASHINGTON Ml Secretary of State Dulles Monday pro posed that the United States set up a special foreign aid fund from which needy countries could draw long term easy pay loans to develop their economics. He suggested such loans might run to 750 million dollars In testimony to a special Sen-1 ale committee studying foreign aid, Dulles called also for: 1. Removal of foreign military aid from the Stato Department appropriations request to the .De fense Department bill a book keenine move in lino with recom mendations ot many members .of Congress who argue that tho pub lic has been conruscd Dy tumping all foreign aid into a single ap propriations bill. Since by far the largest funds go lo arming friendly allies, these members ot Congress nave want ed that point emphasized. 2. Continue the international co oncration Administration as a semi-autonomous agency under the State -Department to admin ister nonmllitary aid. I 3. Conlinuo tho spieinl presi dential contingency tolld, now 100 million dollars a year, to meet foreign aid emergencies. 4. Emphasize loans in foreign aid, but continuo making outright grants where loans can not do the job. 5. Maintain military aid at about the present level, but ex pect to re-arm America's allies with- "more modern types of weapons while cutting bacK tne size of local force's. Dulles' presentation was the re sult of months of study. Dulles did not rule out all out right grants to help underdevel oped nations develop their econ omics. He said there will be continuing requirements for grant aid "to meet contingencies and impcra- ve needs which can not be re alistically met by loans." And he said there will be con tinuing need for technical assist ance programs "now running at about 150 million dollars a year." Dulles' presentation appeared lo be in effect a preview of the spec- ml message that President Eisen hower plans to send Congress soon on foreign aid. The White House has Indicated the Presi dent's message will go to the leg islators early in May. Blast Breaks School Glass EUGENE (UP) Police Monday were checking out leads in a dy namite explosion which shattered 52 windows in tho Dunno School here early Sunday. The blast, which police said was reported about 2 a.m., blew a hole five inches deep and about two feet wide in a gravel parking lot adjacent to the school. Authorities said the explosion was believed the work of prank sters. ' ISO DELAY THIS YEAR County to Pounce On First Mosquito Whether the first mosquito shows up tomorrow or not until the end of May. the sanitation di vi lion of the .Marion County De- 'pnrtment of Health will be ready ! for action. I This is the assurance given by I William G. llellie, sanitary en jgincor, who has the Job of seeing that the irritating insects gci inrir comc-uppancc without undue de lay. Lack of funds handicapped the department last year and it was not until the first of July that operations got under way. By that lime the mosquitoes' had a good start. Plans Outlined ' Campaign plans for the current pasnn have been outlined and a request for a fogging machine has been made with the hesun depart ment heads. Borrowed equipment was used last year, lt Is probable the Hcallh Depart ment ill be asked to operate in 4 SECTIONS 28 Paget Endorses Proposal Holmes Says It Probably Will Be Legislature Program's : Basis, With Giangcs By PAUL W. Associated Speaker Pat Dooiey's 5-6-8-10 income tax program won the blessing Monday of Gov. Holmes. -st. .,; C' The Governor told his press conference that Dooley's idea "probably . would , be the basis of thp Legislature's tax program, although' it. might not.be a year. 32 Perish in Air Crash at Africa Oasis PAItlS Wl Air France said Monday one of its planes crashed at Biskra,. Algeria, killing 32 per sons. , i Biskra is an oasis town of 36,000 about 175 miles southeast of Al giers in the Aurcs Mountains at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. The Algerian rebellion be gan in that area almost 2!i years ago. " There was no immediate word on nationality of tho passengers, or whether they were civilians or military. Tho plane was a DCS transport. The plane had made a stop at Hiskra on a incut from rouggourt, about 180 miles to the south, to Algiers. It apparently crashed during or shortly after takeoff. Ontario Boy Dies in Fire ONTARIO (UP) A six-year-old boy was burned to death and two members of his lamliy were ser iously Injured in a fire which gutted their home here early Mon day. . The dead boy was Perry Shel- ton. His mother, Irene, 39, and a sister, Fayrecn, 15 months, were badly burned and were described as in serious condition at Holy Rosary hospital here. Another boy, Leonard, 10, man aged to escape unhurt. Fire Chief Bob Prahl of Ontario snld it was believed the fire slartcd as the result of some kind of accident with the oil stove in the living room because of the in tense damage to ceiling rafters directly over tho stove. The chief added that the fatally burned youngster apparently had gone outside once and then re turned in search of his mother. Governor Sets Press Conferences Weekly Gov. Holmes announced Monday that he would hold weekly news conferences. Thev will be held every Monday. alternating between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Salem and perhaps some of the other cities of the county it neces sary equipment is obtained. This is in line with the desira bility of such cooperative action as was outlined during a course in mosauito control on the Oregon State CoIIcbc campus recently. A conference with tne , baicm city administration and the' county will be held in the near future to decide upon a course ot action here. Woodburn Interested Woodburn has shown some in terest in county coverage of mos quito control in that community, rennrts Hcl ic. "No two seasons are alike in the matter of the emergence of mos nuitocs." rcoorts Kcllic. "They may como early one year and the following season their arrival will he several weeks later." The amount of moisture appears to havo a decided bearing in tho matter. HARVEY Jr. Press Writer exactly the same. Dooley proposed that the 45 per cent income surtax be repealed, the $500 exemptions be boosted to $600, and that these rates on tax able income be adopted: 5 per cent on the tirst $1,000, 6 per cent on the next $1,000, 8 per cent on the next $2,000, end 10 per cent on , more than that. . .. , , . t Relief for Top Income The effect would be to increase , taxes slightly for lower and . middle income groups, but to re duce them for persons earning more than $10,000 a year. -. , "We need this program," the. Governor ' said, "to broaden the t tax base within the income tax, . rather than going to some other type of tax. It is the proper way . to do it.", .. ; Holmes also urged that the'!, withholding tax he increased "so. : people won't be called at tax time to dig up some more money, When a reporter asked whether the Dooley plan was just a surtax under another name, the Governor , repnea: . "I don't think so. The big dis satisfaction with the 1955 Legis lature's tax program was its re ducing exemptions to $500. That. was discrimination against persons with larger Jamilics," ,,.,,'v." Don't Understand i .' . : i He said that there Is "a hue and cry against higher state taxes," but it should be directed against . taxes at the local level. If people, understood the state tax picture and how the money Is used, they wouldn't complain so much." The House Taxation Committee hopes to begin work Tuesday on the tax program. uooicy said that he has received only a dozen letters protesting his plan. The Governor called ' unneccs- sary the Senate-passed bill t remove the state from the prop- ' orty tax field. : ' He said the bill isn t needed to ' avoid a state property tax, assert ing - that the Legislature would provide enough money from other , sources to run the state. He added that he still wants the Legislature to provide the 50 per . cent increase In basic school funds and that he thinks it could be done ; within the Dooley plan. The proposed $286,000 budget for the proposed state -development . department, he said, "would let us do a reasonably good job." Pur pose of the department would be . to attract new industry to the ., stale.". ... . Holmes Not Trying to Get Spitzbart Fired Gov. Holmes said Monday he isn't trying to get the State Fair ', Commission to fire Leo Spitzbart, manager of the Fair for many' years. . .. The Governor named a new fair i commission last week, and Spitz- . hart submitted a courtesy reslg- - nation. : I told each member of the fair commission, the Governor said, 1 that it Is up to the commission to ' decide whether Mr. Spitzbart ' should continue." jMews in Brief Monday, April S, 1957 ' " -NATIONAL Dulles Unveils Plans For . 1 Foreign Aid Loans Sec. I, P. 1 Reuther Bids Unions Clean House Fast .Sec. 1, P. I LOCAL ' Second Round of Polio Shots ' Set Here Sec. 2, P. X Ocean Admits Taking ... Stolz Beer Sec. 1, P, I STATE . ' i r Lebanon Shop Instructor Dropped, Hearing Set -..5cc. 3, p. I Governor Endorses : Dooley's Tax Plan . .Sec. 1, P, 1' FOREfGN Accidents Take High Toll : -,. In Brazil Sec. 1, P. t Hungary Condemns ' Patriots to Death ..Sec, 1, F, 2 SPORTS Ford Wins Masters ..Sec. 4, P. 1 Senators to Open 'I ' : Exhibition Slate ....Sec. 4', P. 1 . 4, p. i . 4. p. a i How American League Should Finish :.....Sec.- REGULAR FEATURES ., Amusements ...... .SrK, 1, P. 3 I Editorials ..........-. 1, P. 4 Locals c. 1, P. t i Sec. X P. i Society ......Sec. 3, P. 1-4 Comics ....4 Sec 3, P. C ' Television Sec. 4, P. 3 ! Want Ads Sec. 4, P. 4-5 : Markets ...Sec. 4, P. 3 Dorothy Dix ..Sec. 3, P. a , Crossword Piuilo- ....Sec. 3, P. I