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Journal THE WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY tonight, Thurs day, except partly sunny Thurs day afternoon. Little change in temperature. Low tonight, 44; high Thursday, 62. 2 SECTIONS 24 Pages ejo eueSng uo2ej0 jo it?ieasATuf) 69th Year, No. 85 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, AprU lO, 1957 matter atl C aortal m 1 AG Curb Approved In Senate Power to Appoint Agency Lawyers Would Cease ; By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. Associated Press Writer ; The Oreeon Senate vot ed 19-30 Wednesday for a bill to strip Attv. Gen Robert Y. Thornton of his .power to appoint attorneys for 'eight big state agencies. The bill, which goes to the House, would let these agencies name their ow attorneys: Liquor. Highway. Tax. Unem ployment and Industrial Accident commissions; Forestry Board, Department of Agriculture, and public utility commissioner. - ; Several Earlier Attempts Under the Department of Justice Act passed in 1947, the attorney general was given jurisdiction over all attorneys for state de partments. But since Thornton took office four years ago, there have been several legislative at tempts to curb his power. Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D) Portland, sponsor of the bill, ar gued that the state- agencies in volved should have the right to pick attorneys "with whom they can get along." Under the present system, he said, the departmental attorneys are poorly paid and the turnover is heavy. "The attorney general," Pear son declared, "has found that even the attorneys in his own of fice are not capable trial lawyers, because he has had to hire out side lawyers to prosecute the Multnomah County vice cases." Opposed by Dimlck But Sen. Dan Dimick (D). Rose- burg, opposed the bill on grounds "the departments could pay high salaries to lawyers and the Legis lature coma ao notning aoouc it. It is wrong to strip the at torney general of his control. The bill would relegate the De partment of Justice to a minor role. It is a vast step backward. It would bring- chaos out of-what has worked well. - . ! Another opponent, Sen. Alfred H. Corbett (D), Portland, said the Kill tunc- ctnrliarl tit, trio fionato State and Federal Affairs Com mittee only briefly. Thornton said he was refused a hearing by the committee. .. - "This bill," Corbett said, "would make us go back to cronyism. and break down the independence of the attorneys." A supporter of the bill was Sen: Carl Francis (R), Dayton, who was an unsuccessful candidate against Thornton last November, Francis argued that the "pres ent law works to the advantage of lawyers who contest the state, because the state's lawyers lack trial experience. The present law doesnt provide the administra tive supervision we think it does." (Continued on Page S, Column 3 Playing With Fire Caused This Spies Say Guilty iii NY. Plea Sobles to Take 10 Years, Dodging Death Risk Salem firemen stand In the debris of a fire that heavily damaged 1955 station wagon and the garage that housed it. A 10-year-old Salem youth admitted tossing a match into an upholstered chair In the garage, starting the Wednesday morning blaze that caused an estimated $3,000 damage to car and building, police and firemen said. (Capital Journal Photo) , Reuther Wins Unanimously InUAWVote ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. Ifl The United Auto Workers Wednesday re-elected bv acclamation Walter P. Reuther as president 01 me 1,500,000-member union. Carl Stellato. president of the Ford Rouge plant Local 600 in the Detroit area, was tne only other- candidate nominated. But Stellato declined nomination and Reuther's election was made unanimous. - , , It was here in Atlantic City 11 years ,ago that the 40-year-old .Reuther first was elected UAW president. Any possibility of a challenger vanished last night in a smash ing victory by Reuther forces over a minority faction that opposed a 50-ccnt monthly dues increase to $3 next June. The opposition faction was led by Carl Stellato, president of the 44.000-member Ford Rouge plant local in the Detroit area. The Stellato faction claimed the union's administration had enough money for operating ex penses and salaries and that any increase should be - earmarked entirely for the UAW's 23-million-dollar strike fund. CAR, GARAGE DESTROYED Boy, 10, Accused Of Setting Blaze By VICTOR B. FRYER Capital Journal Writer A 10-vear-old Salem boy was taken into custody Wednesday morning for starting a fire that destroyed a late model car and the garage in which it was nousea. Salem Dolice said the boy admitted tossing a match through an open door to the garage at the Walter Hewitt residence, . ! - r-1920 Bellevue- St:l about fK30 a.m. on his way to school. The. match Ike Goes to Bat for His Congressional Program. Raps 1890-Vintage Foes Giampoeg Memorial Gets Committee OK By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer Approval of a bill authorizing , construction of the first unit of a Alcmorial building at Champoeg State Park at an estimated cost of , $210,000 was given by the Joint Ways and Means Committee Wed nesday. Under the terms of a bill, re ported out "do pass," the money will come from state highway funds. Originally it had been pro posed that half of the cost be appropriated from the general fund of the state. Auditorium Planned The proposed building would contain an auditorium to be used for public meetings as well as an exhibit room in which relics of historical value will be preserved. Sen. Jean Lewis, chairman of the sub-committee which reported out the bill said the Champoeg Park is visited by a tremendous amount of tourists each year as well as many school children from various parts ot ine state. She said that the committee felt that the Legislature should pass the hill as a directive to the Stale Hiuhwav Commisson to proceed with the construction of the build ing. Wllsonville Funds Approved The ioint committee favorably reported out Senate Bill 773 pro viding tor Jlrtl.UUU 10 DC uatu in planning for the second phase of construction of the 15 million Dammasch Mental Hospital near Wilsonville. The 1955 legislature provided 16 335.000 to cover the cost of the first unit of the new hospital. Working plans for this unit are scheduled to be ready shortly after .Ian 1 1858. The second phase of the project. provides for a geriatrics wing tu cot approximately $7 million. Two bills providing 'or appoint ment of a legislative counsel were i.kiaj h thp committee. Oa recommendation of Howard Belton, the committee also tabled a bill creating the office of Director of Parole and Probation and appointment of an advisory committee.- Sen. Belton said there was another bill in the legislature providing for a three- man full-time parole board, lnis bill, he said, was favored by Gov. Robert D. Holmes who advised that the second bill be shelved. Strong Alaska Quakejiggles Seismographs SEATTLE HI A strong earth quake was recorded on seismo graphs in many pans oi me na tion and Alaska early Wednesday, and a University of Washington expert pinpointed the center in the Alaska peninsula area. Frank Neumann, the univer sity's seismologist, described it as strong enough to have been dam aging in a populated area. Neumann and Dr. Beno Guten berg of the California Institute of Technology agreed it was not an aftershock of the recent severe tremors along the Aleutian Island chain to the west, the first of which produced a Pacific Ocean tidal wave. Neumann said a check of the recording times at various sta tions indicated it probably cen tered south of the Alaska Penin sula, to the west of Kodiak Is land. It was recorded first at Sitka, Alaska, at 3:32:31. a.m. (PST), at Seattle about two minutes later, at Pasadena in another two minutes. Rehabilitation Study Favored The committee agreed to the in troduction of a bill providing for a study to promote rehabilitation of mental hospital patients. The obiect of the study, sen. Lewis said, would be an effort to cut down the recommitments of patients to the mental hospitals. The study would also include a good look at the type of treatment carried on in the state menial institutions. Albany Youtl Dies in Wreck AI.RANY. Ore. W Jack Mc Donald. 17, Albany, was killed outright early Wednesday when he was thrown from his car after the vehicle skidded and roiled 250 feet. State Police said the Albany High School senior was alone in the car when it veered off the Springfield Road into a farmer's field three miles northwest ot here in Benton County. landed in an old upholstered chair in the corner of the garage and it caught fire, firemen said. Fire Spreads The fire . spread to the frame building and badly burned the up per half of the structure, com pletely burning off the shingles and burning the car beyond appar ent salvage, firemen said. Only the engine of the 1955 station wagon appeared to suffer no seri ous damage, firemen said. The in sulation under the hood of the car fell down on the motor pro tecting it from the intense heat. Fireman Robert Putnam suf fered minor burns of the face and scorched eyebrows and hair when he broke out the rear window of the locked car to get a hose into the interior. Breaking the glass let oxygen into the interior 8nd flame flashed back inrougn tne opening, firemen said. First aid men treated Putnam for the burns. $3,000 Damage Damage was estimated at $2,000 to the car and $1,000 to the ga rage and other contents, firemen said. The youth who set the fire posed a problem for police and juvenile authorities. He is a welfare case, nlaccd in a foster home by author ities but has quite a record of petty offenses, mostly playing with matches and starting fires and stea line bicycles. He started another fire in the camp enrngp a few days aeo when he tossed a match through the door and. it landed on a canvas covering of equipment on a tool bench, olficcrs said. Hewitt discovered the burning canvas and extinguished it with out calling the fire department, he said. The boy has also admitted starting Tires in grass and brusn, police said. The bicycles he steals are usually abandoned after he has ridden them for awhile. NEW YORK (AP) A New York couple arrested on spy charges Wednes day pleaded guilty to a count carrying a maximum prison term ot 10 years, iney thus apparently sought to escape prosecution on a greater charge carrying a possible death pen alty. The couple, Jack Soble and his wife Myra, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring with Russian nationals to obtain documents and other material relating to U. S. defense. Under the law, conviction could bring a term of 10 years in prison race More serious Charge They also had been indicted on a charge of conspiring to trans mit to the Soviet Union secret in formation vital to U. S. defense. Conviction on this charge could bring a death sentence. Soble, 53, and his wife, 52, stood pale and motionless before Fed eral Judge Richard H. Levet as their plea was entered. An indictment returned against them by a federal grand jury also contained four other counts. The government did not say im mediately whether it planned to prosecute them on any of the oth er charges. The Sobles were arrested in their New York apartment by the FBI on Jan. - 25. Seized at the same time also was Jacob Albam, 64. Sentencing May 3 Judge Levet scheduled the Sobles' sentencing for May 3 on the charge to which they pleaded guilty. When the Sobles' attorney in formed the judge that they wished to make the plea. Soble reached out one hand toward his wile, ine judge asked them: Uo you understand the signm canco of such a plea and the pos sible sentence which max ac cruer- - - Yes. we do. the Sobles an swered in unison. Have you been promised by the U. S. attorney's office or anyone else anything m return for the giving of that plea?" "No," the couple answered to gether fn a loud voice. Langley Jury Hears Elkins, Charity Link ARABS READY V.S. PROTEST Prosecutor Claims DA Knew of,. Condoned Gambling Party anoe Flipsn In McKenzie; 2 Boys Safe EUGENE IM Two Corvallis youths were dunked in the icy McKenzie River Tuesday and lost a 17-foot aluminum canoe when it overturned in the vicinity of Rcnnie Bridge, about 40 miles cast of Eugene. Prince Helfrich, veteran McKen zie River guide, said the youths made their way to safety on the shore but were unable to locate the canoe after it was swept downstream. David C. Caldcr was the owner of the canoe. His companion was not identified. McLeod Quiz Due On Envoy Suicide Sen. WASHINGTON (UP) Some Democratic senators Wednesday planned intensive questioning of Scott McLeod. President Eisen hower's nominee for ambassador to Ireland, when his nomination is considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Thev indicated they particularly want to question McLeod, admin istrator of the State Department Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, on his office's role in events leading ud to the furor over Canadian diplomat E. Herbert Norman, who committed suicide in Cairo, Egypt, last week. Eisenhower sent McLeod's nom ination to the Senate Tuesday. Al though there was no immediately announced opposition, several sen ators said they were reserving judgment until after McLeod's ap pearance Detore me commiuee, No date was set to consider the nomination. McLeod is now Geneva, Switzerland, representing this country at a meeting oi tne Inter-governmental Committee for European Migration. Sen. Hubert n. numpnrcy u- Minn.l, a committee member, told reporters, "Of course, we'll want a general reviev of his admin istration of the refugee program, security matters, and so forth." Also Humphrey saia, "mere are manv Questions that need to be asked about the matter" of the Nnrman incident. Humphrey said he understood that McLeod's deputy, Robert F, Cartwrieht. gave the Senate In ternal Security Subcommittee an okay to make public testimony in which subcommittee counsel Rob ert Morris said Norman had for mer Communist connections. Ex-Con Dyson Shot to Death In Holdup Try PUYALLUP, Wash. Wl - An ex-convict from Tacoma was killed in a supermarket gun bat tle with a policeman during an attempted holdup Tuesday night. A neighbor of the slain man was captured a few blocks away alter drawing a gun on three other officers. Patrolman Beryl Northrop was sent to the downtown Safeway store when someone notified the Police Department the store was being robbed. ' Northrop walked in on two men holding up a cashier. Instead of dropping their weapons, they turned on Northrop. He opened fire, killing Byron Neal Dyson, 31, former inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary where he fi gured in disturbances and an es cape. The other bandit, liring as he ran, escaped through the front door. Three blocks away, three other officers broucht Melvin Shutlert, 50, to bay and he drew a revolver, PORTLAND (UP)-A state at torney said Wednesday that racketeer James B. Elkins bank rolled gambling in a charity jam boree as the trial of District At torney William Langley on a mis demeanor charge of failing to prosecute gambling entered i t s second day. Elliott Cummins, a special as sistant to Attorney General ' Rob ert Y. Thornton, told the jury that Elkins was a partner with Wil liam B. Ncttlcton who was named in the indictment against Langley as having conducted the gamb ling. He also charged Elkins fur nished the equipment and shared in the profits. Observed Gambling Cummins told the jury that dur ing the course of a fund-raising party Langley entered a night club and observed the gambling which consisted of a "high dice game," a number of blackjack tables and a crap table. The oc casion was the 1955 fund-raising party of the "Portland, Oregon Faint, Lacquer and varnish Asso ciation, the state claims. Cummins told the jury the in cident was "part of a conspiracy to open up gambling in Multno mah county. Defense Speaks Out K. C. Tanner, LangleyV attor ney, told the jury there was no legal way Langley could have prosecuted Ncttleton, He said the statute applies only to professional gambling, not to charity fund raising. Tanner noted that proceeds of the annual party went in 1955 to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, to the Toy and Joymakers activi ties of the Portland fire depart ment and to the PAL clubs. Langley was named Tuesday in two more indictments by the county grand jury. Jordan 's Leftist Cabinet Quits as Tensions" Mount By UNITED PRESS Jordan's loft wing government quit Wednesday. King Hussein, Jordan's 22-year-old western-minded monarch, demanded and received the resignation of Premier Suleiman El Nabulsi, apparently as direct result of their differences over tho Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East and Nablusi's leanings toward Russia. Rain Forecast After 73 High The wonderful sunshine of Mon day and Tuesday was followed by cloudy skies, Wednesday, tfnd it appears there may likely be some showers late Thursday or Fri day. Meanwhile, Salem thoroughly enjoyed lis highest temperature of the season, Tuesday, a maxi mum of 73, the mark also being the highest registered In the state. Disclose Secret Wedding YA: ' T if J i i . The shakcup of the Jordanian government came at a time of mounting new tensions in the Mid dle Enst and the reported failure of tho United States to reach grcement with Egypt on the fu ture of the Suez Canal. , The Arab states were reported readying a protest to the United States against its "violation" of Arab territorial waters by sending an American tanker up the Gulf of Aqaba to the Israeli port of Eilat. Contributing also to the atmos phere of tension and deadlock were renewed charges and count er-charges between Israel and Egypt of aggression or aggressive intent. Army Supports King Nabulsi's resignation climaxed . long period of strain between the young monarch and the Prime Minister. It reached a head last week when Hussein dispatched a messenger to Cairo without con sulting Nabulsi, Senior army officers were re ported to have warned- Nabulsi then that in any break between the two, the majority of the army would support Hussein. But in Wednesday's dispatches from the Jordanian capital of Am man there was no guaranty that Hussein had won the Imal battle Nabulsi, tho man who engineered Jordan s . rejection of Its treaty with Britain, has strong support from the leftist government of Syr ia and he long has been reported to control the street mobs that make or break Arab governments. Nabulsi is a Palestinian who fav ors federation with Syria, a move which would mean the disappear ance of Jordan as a separate state. All indications were tho Suez dispute which touched off last fall s shooting war in the Middle East would bounce back to the U.N. Security Council. France Seeks Session Reports al U.N. headquarters in New York said Franco was bringing pressure on the United States and its other western allies to call a Security Council meet ing, perhaps Friday. A dispatch from Jerusalem said Israel would ask France to inter vene in tho Security Council against Egyptian threats to sink any Israeli ship trying to use the Suez Canal. Although tho Suez Canal was open, on Egyptian terms, tension was on the increase again. An outburst of charges and counter charges hy Israel and the Arab nations was almost hack at the intensity of the days before Is rael s Sinai Dcsort campaign. Egypt, lor the second day in row, warned Israel against any "provocative aggressions." Israel countered with tho assertion the Egyptian statement was marie to take the emphasis over Israel's complaints of renewed Arab Fcd- ayeen commando raids. Nasser Talks To Go On, Ike Not Giving Up WASHINGTON W - President Eisenhower said Wednesday the United States still hopes to get a satisfactory Suez Canal agree ment in direct talks with Egypt, but he does not know how long such negotiations wilt continue. Eisenhower told his news con ference he is not yet ready to move beyond the stage of nego tiations with Egypt. This amounted, in effect, to a rejection for the moment ot rec ommendations by the British and French that the Suez issue be tossed back into the United Na tions Security Council, Both the British and French governments are reported to .have advised the United States strongly that, no progress is being made In negotiations wnicn U.S. Am bassador Raymond A. Haro has been conducting in' Cairo with Egyptian President Nasser a d Foreign -Minister Manmoud raw- zi. The United States has been seeking to win concessions- from Egypt in a canal operations plan, its purposo being to assure great er protection for nations and ship ping companies using the waterway. Hare met with Fawzl for an hour Tuesday in a resumption of talks reportedly deadlocked after four sessions last week. Wife Shot by Rancher; May Resist Arrest KLAMATH FALLS Wl A 60- ycar-old ranch woman was in se rious condition in a hospital here Wednesday with a bullet wound in the chest. Sheriff Murray Britlon and three deputies headed for the ranch, 50 miles north of here at Klamath Marsh, to talk to her husband. Adli Johnson, 70. Mrs. Johnson was brought here by Eugene Bcirclc, 40, who said she was shot at about 6:30 a. m. Bcirclc, who told the sheriff he had been boarding at the Johnson ranch while cutting limber, said when he left, the husband was barricaded in the house. Tho Johnson ranch is seven miles off Highway 97. Weather Details Maximum yfilftriUy, 73; minimum today, 4S. Tnlal 24-hnur ircclilu tlnn: trace; for month: ,3R; nnrmul, 9. Itiion prrclillllon. 2J.JS; nor mal. 34.43. Hlvrr hrlclit. 4.4 Irft. (Ilrporl by U. S. Weather Bureau). Liberal Views Re-stressed ; To Press ? By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer WASHINGTON (UP) -President Eisenhower Wednesday strongly d e fended the programs of Kis administration a g a i n s t criticism by conservatives in Con gress, Republicans and Democrats alike. . ,. : :: ' ' ' Eisenhower told his news con ference that this government can not revert to the theories and practices of 1800. A Republican, Benjamin Harrison, was president in 1890. The President said he did nol , believe that the difficulties en countered by some basic admini stration recommendations in Con gress reflected a . dimunition in his own political power due to the automatic prohibition against hii seeking another term. He stated his beliefs at some . length after a reporter told him his recommendations were running into stormy congressional weather , among Republicans as well as ' Democrats. , ' Mutt Live In Present A reporter specifically mention ed the statement by Sen.- Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) that the ad ministration's big budget for fis cal 1958 represented a betrayal ot the -people s trust. Eisenhower mentioned no one by name. But he said it was plainly evident that the United States in. longer could limit itself to-the po- ' litical and governmental prac tices of 1890. lie said the government- must bo conducted- in., tha -light of national economic and world conditions of tho- present. He said there is bound to be a clash of ideas and opinions in a society such as ours and that some people obviously become more : heated than they should. But he said he believes profoundly in the things his adminlstrativn has pro posed; that he thinks other basic government ' programs , of many years' standing will not be turned back. Other news conference high lights: He called for understanding of recent British defense reductions. He said the United Kingdom since World War II had encountered dif ficulty keeping her economic nose above water and that tho world should understand that the secur ity position of a nation is not al ways determined wholly by the number of her troops but equally by the state of her economy. Optimistic About Canal He said U.S.-Egyptiari negotia tions on the Suez Canal are ton tinulng and that he hopes for a satisfactory conclusion. Because of this hope, ho said tho .United States is not prepared at this time to recommend referral ot the Suez to the Security Council. He continued ' his week f to week defense of his big 1958 bud get. He said it is a terrific amount to extract from the economy and, while some savings might be pos sible, they can be achieved only by re-study and re-evaluation of the major, more cosily programs of the government. -J He thought it was Illogical to attempt to curb Japanese exports to this country while at the same lime attempting to tell the Japan ese they cannot trade with Red China, lie said there is no pros pect of this country ending its em bargo on trade with Communist China. City Planners Study Subdivisions Control NEW YORK Harry Bclafontc, Negro singer, and his bride, Julie Robinson, are all smiles here after disclosing they were married secretly March 8 In Tccatc, Mexico. Belafonle Is currently appearing at a night club In Brooklyn. Miss Robinson, who Is while, was a dancer with the Kalherine Dunham troupe for six years. (AP Wire-photo) Proposals for the regulation of future subdivisions to be platted the Salem area were presented to the Salem Planning Commission Tuesday evening. Several major changes from present regulations and policies concerning approval of subdivi sions arc included in the proposed regulations, which represent three years of work hy a committee es pecially created to study the problem. Before the proposed regulations could be put into force they would have to get the approval of both the Planning Commission and City Council. Public hearings would have to be held before either group takes action. Among the requirements pro posed is one to rcquiro completion of approved curbs, gutters, five foot sidewalks, slorm drainage and base rock on streets before final approval can be given lo a sub division plat. Improvements would he required to conlorm with city specifications. News in Brief ' For Wednesday, April 10, 1957 NATIONAL - Ike Defends Program, Raps '1890' Critics .. Sec. 1,P, t tnrAI. ' Minimum lot sizes would he set ipew pcnpe Seeking Aid Mitnp square ii-ei wmi a m-ium , n n.nmo Tnx He- Irontnge. inside ine ciiy minimum lot size would he B.OIHI square feet with a frontauc nl N) feet, Another requirement would he to set aside 6.25 ncr cent of the area in a subdivision for pork and rec reation purposes. If a suitable area were not available in tne plant tne subdlvider would be required lo pay $82 an acre for a park acquisi tion fund. Should the proposed regulations he approved they would apply In the area within six miles of the Salem city limits, which is under Jurisdiction of the city planners. At the Planning commission meeting Tuesday Robert Powell, president of the commission, set un legal, plat and cost commit tees to study thoso phases ot tne proposed regulations. They are to report their findings to the com mission on May 14. Heading the commiltcc which prepared the proposed regulations was Vcrn McMullin. turns Sec. 2, P. I Boy Scout Board to Ap provo New Building Plans ..... ..Scc.l.P.5 STATE Four Tax Plans Vic for Committee Approval .Sec. 1, P. i , ' FOREIGN Jordan's Left Wing Cab inet Resigns Sec. 1, P. 1 SPORTS Ralniers Stop Senators- Sec. 2, P. 4 Holman Beats Potgieter .Sec. 2. P. 4 PCL to Open Thursday Sec. 2, P. a REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Editorials Locals Society , Comics Television Want Ads Markets Dorothy Dix Crossword Puzzle ...Sec. 1, P. 2 Sec. 1, P. 4 , Sec. 1.P.5 Sec. 1. P. 8 Sec. 2, P. B . Sec. 2, P. 9 .See. 2, P. 10, 11 Sec. 2, P. 9 Sec. 1, r. 10 Sec. 2, P.