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Journal THE WEATHER. CLOUDY WITH rain tonight. Part ly cloudy showers Sunday. Little change In temperature. Low to night, 45. high Sunday. 60. 3 SECTIONS 24 Page ' c m r , 69th Year, No. 88 Oregon, Saturday, April 13, 1957 .or:i 1 Capital A k' Salem, Evidence on Langley Deliberated by Jury PORTLAND (AP) - At" charge that threatens Dist. Atty. William. M. Langley with removal from office in a vice controversy went into the hands of a jury . just before noon Saturday. In the first trial of a principal in the drawn-out Portland vice in . vegtigation, he is. accused of de liberately failing to prosecute gamblers. Langley heatedly de nied the charge- and said the un derworld is trying to frame him. It convicted of the misdemeanor by; the State Circuit Court Jury, the slim 41-year-old chief legal officer of Multnomah County would be removed from office and could be fined. fj. Six Other Charges rA verdict of innocent would be : only the first step in Langlcy's bat tle to cleat his name. He also is under indictment, on six other charges including the felonies of prejury and conspiring to take a ., bribe and to obstruct justice. - . me L,angiey case is ine nrsi 10 come to trial in the year-long in vestigation of vice. and charges of others are under indictment ' on some 50 charges. Blackmail Threat Told One of the highlights of Lang ley's trial yesterday occurred when Langley testified that Port land gambler Big Jim Elkins had uieu iu uiatMiiaii ijaiigiey s wue. The district attorney flicked away a tear as he told how Elkins had V demanded $10,000 from Mrs. Langley who then was preg nant in exchange for some tape recordings that Elkins said would 1 damage her husband's career. 'Elkins, who was a star witness Investigating labor racketeering, was recalled to the stand yester day and repeated his accusations gainst Langley. DMi: i aiiiamciu in Ml I 1 .1 I . i 1 1111 A VntA At ; OTTAWA m Gov. Gen. Vin :' cent Massey dissolved Parliament " last night and called for election - of a new House of Commons June 10. The outcome will determine ; whether the Liberal party headed . by Prime Minister Louis St. Lau rent will continue to govern Can- da or will be replaced by the main opposition party, the Pro gressive Conservatives, headed by John Diefcnbakcr, will take over, i The Governor General signed three proclamations oreDarcd bv 1he Prime Minister and his cabi net. One dissolved Parliament, the econd fixed the election date, and the third called for the new Par liament to meet Aug. 15. At stake are the 265 scats in the House of Commons. The pros- " ent house includes 168 Liberals and 50 Progressive Conservatives. The last election was Aug. 10, 1853. Blossom Day blwwers been Weather predictions are not too bright for a sunny Blossom Day, Sunday, although the forecast calls for showers, instead of rain, and partly cloudy conditions. The rain is due to come tonight. Only .03 of an inch of precipi- tation was measured here in the 24-hour period to 10:30 a.m. Sat urday, ' bringing the month's total lo pale to .94 of an inch. Normal tor the period is 1.13 inches. Friday's maximum in Salem went only to 57 and a slightly higher mark is due Sunday. Annual Blossom Day Slated Sunday Come rain or shine, the Chcr rians' Blossom Day. an annual event since 1913, will be held Sun day as scheduled. Maps of the route, which winds through the Eola Hills, have been distributed to all local restaurants and hotels and signs will direct persons along the route. The route to the south, included in the drive in the past, has been eliminated because of the removal of fruit trees in that area. Cherrians will not serve as guides this year and also n o t ' scheduled this year is the tour of the Capitol Buildings. However, a new event on the day's schedule is the Ice Cream Benefit being given from 2 to 4 p.m. at the YWCA by the YWCA wives. Proceeds will be used for the new YWCA swimming pool. Troops to Pull Out CANBKRRA -- Defense Min ister Sir Philip McBride an nounced today that Australia's M troops in South Korea will be withdrawn. But he said Australian warships will continue to serve in Korean waters to support me United Nations' mission to main tain peace in that area. 4 ' OUSTER OF DEMO SOUGHT Legal Action Planned On Holmes ROSEBURG (IB Attorney James Richmond, Douglas County Republican Committee chairman, said today he will bring court action to force the ouster of the new Douglas, county aisinct attorney appointed Dy ' Moscow Paper ! Puts 'Babbitt' Tag on Truman MOSCOW m The Literary Gazette described former Presi dent Truman Saturday as a "Mis souri Babbitt." Its peg was the fact the Truman Doctrine was in augurated 10 years ago. Truman "probably was one of the least talented" of all the presidents, the Soviet newspaper said. "This little man accidentally became the uncrowned king of the capitalist world and he apparent ly never recovered from the shock of that moment. It cost him his equilibrium for the rest of his life." FDR Eulogized The attack on Truman came as the Moscow radio eulogized Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. The broadcast charged Roosevelt's successors engineered an about face in American relations with the Soviet Union. The Literary Gazette argued that Truman's claim he is a Jef fersonian Democrat is "absolute ly incorrect," adding: "Jefferson supported peace, trade and friendship without .for eign alliances and, if anything, Truman turned these principles upside, down." . ,., Truman Condemned The paper said Truman would go down in history not because he had been "the official head of the United States," but because he broke from Roosevelt's policy of Soviet-American cooperation and threw down the glove to the Socialist (Communist) countries of Europe and Asia. Fruit Damaged As Oklahoma Hit by Freeze OKLAHOMA CITY Wl Okla homa's farmers and fruitgrowers surveyed damage to their crops today in the wake of a tardy visit from winter. Temperatures forecast to drop as low as 17 degrees in the north ern parts of the state last night followed a day of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Sub-freezing weather in all parts of the state made some roads hazardous. Two persons died as a result of accident on slick highways yesterday. Snow fell up to seven inches in depth in northeastern Oklahoma. Rainfall up to three-quarters of an inch was measured in eastern and southeastern parts of the state. Crop experts at Oklahoma A&M College said yesterday that peaches, plams, apricots and pears are "lost in the freeze area." And that estimate was made be fore last night's expected mercury plunge. SMSOM ST lstterrtais " ' Route of the Annual Blossom Day spon sored by the Salem Cherrians Is pictured above. The Cherrians have posted signs DA Choice uov. KoDert D. Holmes. Richmond said the local attor- ney, Avery Thompson, is a friend of his and that the legal action in no way casts reflections on Thomp son's professional or personal qualifications. Law Cited He said that Gov. Holmes has violated the spirit and intent of the law "ethically and morally" by appointing a Democrat to take the place of the post vacated by Republican Robert Stults. Oregon law provides that a replacement must be made from the same political parly, Richmond said. In the case of Stults, Richmond said Gov. Holmes acted on the assumption that because the re tiring district attorney was a write-in candidate with 170 Demo crats supporting him, it was technically correct for the Gov ernor to appoint a Democratic replacement. Political Payoff Richmond accused Gov. Holmes of making a political payoff in the appointment of Thompson who had served as Douglas county mana ger for Holmes during his elec tion. The court action will take place when Thompson takes the oath of office, Richmond said. Suez Clearing Job Costs Less Than Estimates UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. Ufl - The U.N. says its Suez Canal clearance mission has accom- plished the task for less than 11 million dollars about one quarter of earlier unofficial estimates of the cost. The U.N.'s 14th and final week. ly progress report on the opera tion said the 103-mile waterway is "clear for the passage of vessels up to a drought of 33 feet. Finish This Weekend. It said the operation would be finished this weekend when U.N. salvage crews remove from Port Said harbor a bucket dredger last of more than 40 obstructions that clogged the channel. The report said cost of the op eration was covered by loans from 10 member countries whose governments have deposited to the U.N.'s account advances total ing $10,822,600. The previous un- official estimates had placed the clearance costs as high as 40 mil lion dollars. After this weekend's cleanup, the U.N. salvage fleet of 32 ships from 7 countries will begin to dis- perse. Busy Day Friday. The canal had its busiest day yesterday since it was blocked last fall. Fourteen ships passed through in a convoy from Port Said. One vessel entered from Suez. Meantime, Britain's Prime Min. ister Macmillan told a Conserva tive rally in Ayr, Scotland, Egypt must win the confidence of Suez Canal users or face financial diffi culties in running the waterway. 8 Persons Die in Air Crashes 4 Others Missing In Military Accidents By UNITED PRESS A series of military plane crashes since Thursday night killed eight men and left four others missing. A six-man crew perished when a Navy Neptune patrol bomber crashed and caught fire while taking off from Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine Friday. Ob servers said the plane spun to the ground seconds after its rtakeoff and burst into flames which in turn ignited nearby trees. ' Japanese Crashes Separate crashes in Japan Fri day claimed the lives of two jet pilots. A U.S. Marine Corps jet plowed into the ground near Tokyo and an F86 Sabrejet crashed into the ocean about 20 miles south west of Chitose Air Base on Hok kaido, the northernmost island of Japan. (Continued on Page 7, Column 41 U.S. to Keep Door Open for Some Refugees VIENNA. Austria vf) The United States will continue to ac cept limited numbers of Hungari an retugees lor the next few months, the State Department announced- in a statement released by the U. S. Embassy Saturday. Those still to be admitted will include hardship cases, members of divided families, and such spe cial interest cases as selected sci entists and engineers. The statement was not expected to, ease very much .the .dismay, spread among the 31.000 Hungar ians still in camps here by re ports that all chances of emigrat ing id the united Mates had end' ed. Most of the refugees remain ing here still want to go to Amer ica, and only a few will ,be able to. Saturday's statement said "the number to be admitted will be on a diminishing basis because of the lessening of the emergency." It added that the United Stales "has already accepted more than 31. 000 refugees, which is nearly 20 per cent of all who fled Hungarian Communist oppression. Arthur Miller To Face Trial WASHINGTON Wl Playwright Arthur Miller, husband of film star Marilyn Monroe, must stand trial May 13 on contempt ot Con gress charges. Federal District Judge Charles F. McLaughlin refused yesterday to dismiss an indictment stem ming from the author's refusal last June to give information to the H o u.s e Committee on Un- American Activities. SPITZBART REJECTS Pick of New Manager First Item on Fa ir Boa rd Agenda By MARGARET MAC.F.E Capital Journal Writer Selection of a new Oregon State Fair manager will be the first item on the agenda of the Oregon Stale along the Eola Hills route to direct those seeking to see the cherry orchards which ire bow In full bloom. b vrian Armor Kesiment Moves Into North Jordan Jury Convicts Matoviclf on Murder Count Second Degree Guilt Found in Fire at . Idaho Dorm MOSCOW, Idaho (id A former Journalism student, who was once assigned to write a story on a dor mitory fire in which three died, was convicted of second degree murder last night for setting the fatal blaze. A District Court jury of nine men and three women recom mended psvehiatric treatment for Paul D. Matovich, 21. The Kel logg, Idaho, youth, who once ran for president of the freshman class at the University of Idaho, had been charged with first de gree murder and arson in the deaths of his fellow students. Death Penalty Sought. The state had asked the death penalty for Matovich, claiming he had knowingly and willingly set a lire at Gault Halt early on the morning of Oct. 19 after an evening of beer drinking and then had gone to his room in a nearby dormitory and watched the blaze. The defense claimed Matovich was Insane. Blaze Admitted. A written statement, in which Matovich admitted setting the Gault Hall fire and earlier blazes on the campus, was admitted in evidence over defense objections that it had been obtained under "duress." . . , .... ... r -7 No Malignancy Found During Eden Surgery BOSTON W Sir Anthony Eden was operated on Saturday for removal of a bile duct ob struction. A doctors' bulletin said there was no malignancy and that Eden withstood the surgery well. An artificial bile duct had been inserted four years ago but doc tors found in operating that it had passed from the system. The bulletin was signed by Drs. Richard B. Cattell, who performed the surgery. Sir. Horace Evans, Eden's personal physician, and John W. Norcross of the Lahcy Clinic staff. The doctors said it was not necessary to insert a new tube and that there was no inflamma tion of the colon. The doctors said they found an obstruction which had been caus ing frequent attacks of fever in the right hepatic duct and that the constricted area was dilated. POST Fair Commission when it re-con venes here Tuesday. Leo Spitzbart, manager of the fair since 1!W5, told the commis sion he was not interested when he was called Friday night and told of their decision to ask him to remain until the end of the 1037 fair. Jack Travis, chairman of the commission, said the group had .TJll1 executive secretary until Nov. 30, im, and to also appoint an as sistant fair manager. .Previously Spitzbart, whose yearly salary has been $6,000, had told them an as sistant was not necessary and would be a waste of money. Rejects Invite On reaching Spitzbart by tele phone, Travis said they invited him to come to the hotel to dis cuss the matter with the commis sion. Spitzbart asked Ihcm to give thnir Hf.r-icinn fwer Ihp tftpnhfinp and rf.i.HM ih niter The board had been deliberating on the matter since opening its meeting here Thursday afternoon. At that time Spitzbart told them that if he was not retained for two years, they could consider his resignaion, effective April IS, was final Travis said the commission had five applicants for the job but that they had refused to talk to any one because they expected to ask Spitzbart to remain. All of the pres ent applicants are Oregon resi dents, he said. Spitbart said Saturday morning he had told the commission "If it takes you that lone to make a decision, I know we wouldn't get 1 Post Office Ik J M!,i S-r;? .: ..f.l- 1.1 "-.'til ill One of the quietest places in Solent Saturday morning was the lobby of the: main post office as window clerks as well as carriers were on a holiday. One man stands at the letter slots while, In the back ground, another uses the stamp machine, Return of Saturday Mail Expected Soon WASHINGTON Ml There were no regular mail deliveries today and most post offices were closed for the weekend. But it looked as though service would be returned to normal soon. Postmaster General Summerficld said late yesterday he has "no choice but to go ahead with service cutbacks even though the House Appropriations Committee has recommended an extra 41 million dollars to maintain normal postal operations through June. He said the reductions "must go into effect as scheduled so that along, because you have to make decisions faster than that." I said, "There is nothing to come down for. I'm not interested in the job," he remarked, adding that he felt they had had the whole lime since their appointment to reach a decision. The decision was made at closed executive session of the commis sion held at Ihc Marion Hotel after .'rid., """noon mecling at the fairgrounds. Vacation Planned Asked what he planned to do now. Spitzbart remarked, "I have n't had a vacation in 22 years. I'm going to take one and I have a lot of work to do on my farm. At the Friday afternoon session, the commission voted to support Senate Bill 8, which provides for a new H-A and 4-H building and to give space lor the building on the grounds. The structure would i house a dormitory, cafeteria, audi- j "u sHace ir non-uvcsiocx exhibits Tuesday's agenda in addition to the interviews with ail persons in terested In the position of man ager, will Include meetings with persons wanting to produce the night revue, provide the public ad ! dress system, and do the publicity and advertising. Wptithrr Di'tails Maximum vrilrrrtar, SI; minimum Inrlay, 4. Total ?4'hur prrrlplta tlon. .1); far month, .94; normal, 1.13. Nra.on prr-rlptutlon. Z7.S4: normal, .14.41. River hrlthl. 3.S frrt. (Report ny u. b. neamer nureau.l Lonely on New Holiday i riis( iff," i 1 " Jirfci2 the department legally operates within the funds actually appro priated." Under the first stage of Sum- mcrfield's order, Saturday mail delivery has been halted through out the country. The only items being delivered are those bearing special delivery stamps. Also, service windows in mast of the nations 38,000 post offices re mained closed. The only ones open were rural area fourth class post offices. After the committee acted yes tcrday, despite the grumbling of some of lis members, Summerfield restated his position that mail service reductions can be can celed only when enough addition al money "actually becomes available." The House is scheduled to con consider the committee's recom mendation Monday and the Sen ate is expected to act soon aft erward. Thus it appeared likely Summerfield might get his money by tho end of next week. Wealthy Goes Back to Asia HOLLYWOOD, 11 Philosophers say that most men long for some kind of Shangral-ln a quiet, peace- ful retreat for mediation. And Robert Balzer, wealthy Hollywood importer turned Bud- ; dhist monk, is returning to his in the little kingdom of Cambodia. He had a far-away look In his eye when he told an interviewer: "Everyone should have his own Cambodia." The 45-year-old Balzer is aboard the liner S. S. President Wilson, bound for the Orient and Cam bodia, south of Indo-Chinn. Balzer, a balding, aesthetic looking man, shocked his social ite pals a year ago when he was ordained a Hunuhist monk Cambodia rituals that included what he called "collecting but not begging, lood from door lo door He said the American Embassy was pleased by his action, believ ing Cambodian-American relations would be strengthened. The peo- fl2 ; which Was getting a good workout today. All post offices were closed pending addi tional Congressional appropriations for the Post Office Department. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen) Machine for Stamps Does PO Business The stamp machine in the Salem Post Office became a handy little gadget for many people Saturday. It was their only source of stamps. All of the windows were closed under the Saturday order of Postmaster General Summer- field. . ' Those going to the post office Saturday were greeted by a sign on the door informing them the post office was closed. The lobby, however, remained open and some visitors there seemed completely lost when they discovered all win dows closed. No moll was delivered on any of the city or rural routes Saturday except for some special delivery items. There, however, was a mail pickup In the residential and bus iness areas in the afternoon. There also will be one on Sunday, ac cording to 'Postmaster Albert C. Grngg. Beginning Monday morning, the stamp, parcel post, general deliv ery, registry and COD windows will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The money order window will remain on its present hours of ft a.m. to 6 p.m. Importer pie of Pnom Penh, tho Cambodia capital, also were elated, he said, telling him he was me lirst out sider to take the vows. When Balzer returned home last May he told why he became a monk: "You can look through a gar den gate and you can see a beau tiful earden. But to really know the garden you must open the gate and go inside." Contrary to popular misconcep tion, said Balzer, the Buddhist monk docs not have to lake per- netual vows. He said ho never In tended to renounce the world and enter a monastery permanently, Bnlzcr said he would try and eslnb i.sh a foundation to get Cam bodian students medical scholar ships and technical training In the Uniled Stales." Balzer himself was graduated cum laucle from Stanford Univer sity in 1H35. He inherited his mil-' liondollor-a-ycar grocery import business from his father. Israel Wants Status to Continue AMMAN, Jordan (AP) A Syrian armored regi ment moved into northern Jordan Saturday. This dispatch came as I s ra e 1 i Foreign Minister Golda Meir was sayirig in Tel Aviv that Israel would "view with concern" any foreign interference in Jordan. She gave ' no indication what Israel might do if the Arab states try to carve up Jordan among, themselves while ' Amman was in the throes of a political crisis. v Demonstrations Held Several hundred nersons earlier had demonstrated in the streets of Amman in support of the fallen government of Premier Suleiman Nabulsi and against the Eisenhow er Middle East doctrine. - (In New York, a member of the Jordan mission to the United Nations said he has no informa tion about any Syrian troop move ments in his country. 'If it is true," he added, "it ; certainly does not , mean war or anything. i "If there is such a troop move ment, my supposition would be that u is a normal replacement ot Syrian troops which have been stationed in northern Jordan tinea the fighting started In Egypt last, fall." No Incidents, , - The demonstrators here dl- nvtBvu wiuiuui aiij Miwudiia ansa. lone of their leaders declared: R-"We -tolerate ho American 'im perialist projects such as the Ei senhower doctrine. We shall fight against these projects the same way we fought against British im perialist schemes." . : t .a ' The speaker called for forma tion of a "national coalition new government." The demonstrators carried ban ners proclaiming "solidarity be tween the army and people," and shouted anti-American slogans. They . represented the National Socialist party, of which Nabulsi ' is a member, the Baath (Arab resurrection) party and the leftist national bloc. t ' Delay Made in Hearing of 3 City Firemen A hearing on charges that three Salem firemen have been working off duty in violation of civil serv ice regulations has been postponed from Monday until Wednesday eve ning, W. J. Entrcss, chairman of the commission, announced Satur day. " , The postponement was made when the attorney for the firemen involved notified the commission that he would have to be out of town Monday, Entrcss said. Capt. Peter D. McCaffery, First Aid Capt. Gerald Hall and Fire man Dene D. Ray are the three on whom hearings will be held. Complaints against them were brought by the Salem Building -Trades Council. The men could be subject to dismissal if the charges against them are found to be true. Mews in Brief Saturday, April 13, 1957 NATIONAL Bank Bobbers Work Before Movie Camera . Sec. I, P. I Stores Gripe Over Weather Blow to Easter Sales . .. Sec. 1, r. 8 LOCALS It's Easier to Wreck House Than Move It" Sec. 2. P. 1 Spitzbart Decision to Mean New Faces at Fair Sec. 1, r. 5 STATE Bates Makes Report on MacLaren Survey . Sec. 2, P. 1 , Albany Hikes Asking Price On Port Strip . . Sec. 1, P. 3 FOREIGN " Tito Foe Hit by 2 Bullets In Argentina Sec. 1, P. ft East German Bishop Fights Red Control of Church . Sec. 1, P. 8 SPORTS Senators Down Visalia Sec. 2, P. 2 Underdog Giants Stomp Indian Nine Sec. 2, P. 3 PCL Features HR Swats .. .. Sec. 2, P.'S REGULAR FEATURES ' Amusements Sec. 1, P. 2 Kditnrials . . Sec. 1, P. j Locals Sec. I, P. 7 Sec. 2. P. 1 Society .. :.......'... See. 1, P. 4-S J Comics Sec. 2, P. 5 Television Sec. 2. P. 8 ( Want Ads . Sec. 2, P. B-8 Dorothy Dix ...Sec. 1, P. 3 Crossword Puzzle Sec. 2, P. S , Church Sec. 2, P. 4