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C apital jj on r nal f t V THE WEATHER. MOSTLY CLOUDY with a few scat tered showers tonight, Wednesday. Low tonight, 46; warmer Wednes day, high, 70. 2 SECTIONS 20 Pages '-'. 69th Year, No. 113 CI n T..,J Xf-.. 1A. 10S7 toured aa ,-miciii, uicguu, lurauij, iaj i-x, .ats Butter at 81 XjwjqTT Teamster Boss Hoffa Indicted f TTIYY XJJL x"5 f: etapp Listening' 'Charged Since '53 Head of Detroit Local, Telephone Aide Also Named NEW YORK (AP)-A federal grand jury Tues day indicted James R. Hoffa, vice president of ithe International Brother "hood of Teamsters, and two others ' on charges of conspiring to tap the telephone in the Teamsters Union headquarters building in Detroit. : Named in the indictment with Hoffa were Bernard Spindel, a professional wire tapper, and Ber nard Brcnnan, president of Local 837 of the Teamsters Union. The six-count indictment charged Hoffa and Brennan with "inducing" Spindel to install tele phonic interception devices to per mit the two officials to intercept telephone communications over lines in the union headquarters building at Detroit. ALREADY INDICTED ' Hoffa, Midwest boss of the Teamsters Union and often pic lured as the No. 2 man in the union, already is under indictment in Washington, D.C., on charges ' of bribery and conspiracy. In that ease, Hoffa and Hyman I, Fisch bach, Miami' attorney, are ac cused of attempting to plant a spy within the Senate rackets in vestigation committee to obtain its secrets. Tuesday's indictment charged that the alleged taps included, but ' were not limited to conversations of officers,, employes and agents of Local unions affiliated with the IBT. It also alleged that the de fendant divulged and published the contents of the intercepted tel ephone calls to other persons with' out the authority of those who made the calls. BEGAN IN 1953 J The government charged the al leged conspiracy began -Ian. 1, 1953, and continued to date. The three defendants are sched vied to plead before Federal : Judge Lawrence E. ' Walsh on May 21. If convicted, each could receive a one-year prison term and be fined $10,000. The indictment charged that the defendants listened in on tele phone conversations of persons using the telephone in the union building "who might be called to appear before joint Hearings con ducted by special subcommittees of the committee on government operations, and a federal grand jury investigating alleged racket eering in the Detroit area. Meany Called Into Huddle By Teamsters WASHINGTON Ifl George Meany. AFL-CIO president. Tues day agreed to meet Wednesday morning with a five-man Team sters Union committee to discuss "general problems of the Team sters Union." Meany rejected a proposal that he talk with the Teamsters group on the status of Teamsters Pres ident Dave Beck, suspended as i AFL-CIO officer. However, Meany did agree to talk with the Teamsters group concerning general problems of the Teamsters Union. The conference with Meany was arranged in a telephone call to him by Einar O. Mohn, adminis trative vice president of the Team sters. Mohn Is chairman of the five man Teamsters committee, named to deal with the problem of Beck's suspension as a vice president of the AFL-CIO. Other members are union vice presidents James R. Hoffa, Thomas L. Hickey, William A. Lee and Joseph Diviny. The Teamsters committee held an all-day session Tuesday. The members were reported consider ing recommendations from pub lic relations advisers that fellow officers insist on Beck's resigna tion as president of the union. However, there was no confirma tion of this. Brooks . . . the Onion Center Brook hat the pungent dis tinction of being the onioa center of Oregon In addition to being a trading center for diversified agriculture of the area. Yon'H enioy Ben Max well's report on this city north of Salem on Highway ME fa today's Capital Journal Cities of the Valley series, Section J, Pafe 7. Happy Occasion at White House ii J I H MMaWMttttMBMitMMtMl ll I II HI 1 III I I l I I II 1 11(11 l 1 1 Vmm Kl ft f-T.V. ' I l . V k t V I v AA p ' . I l '" ' i? I V - i WASHINGTON President Elsenhower joins in a laugh today with a group of White House callers, members of his com mittee for Hungarian Refugee Relief. Left to right: William H. Tuck, Charles P. Taft, Moses A. Leavitt and Eisenhower. The Press Agent Firm Advises Teamsters To Get Rid of Beck WASHINGTON OH The Teamsters Union's public rela tions advisers were reported Tuesday to have recommended ouster of the union president, Dave Beck. The recommen dations were before a union committee in session Tuesday. Tony Smith, head of the union's Loss of Plane Control Hinted In Fall Probe PORTLAND Wl Efforts con tinued here Tuesday to find out what caused a light plane to dis integrate over southeast Portland Sunday evening, throwing the pilot to his death. The victim was Willis Allen Wood, 21, an Oregon State College senior from Salem. His body plunged through a roof and into the home of Fred G. Thomson, narrowly missing Thomson and his 9-year-old daughter. John Gebelin, Civil Aeronautics Administration supervisor here continued to gather bits of the wreckage in the hope that, re assembled, they would offer, f clue. Witnesses' stories gave some reason to believe Wood might have lost control of the plane in clouds or in turbulence. Witnesses said they saw the plane flying under clouds and that the base of those clouds might have contained much turbulence. One witness said the plane started to break up when it came out of the clouds in a dive. According to fliers. Wood might easily have lost control if he had been in the clouds, because the small plane had no instruments for cloud-flying. Cops Fall for Gag, Raul Mesta Party CHICAGO (A Three police detectives walked into a plush Lake Shore Drive apartment Mondav. interniDtint? a small party for Mrs. Perle Mesta, the! famed hostess who was being honored by members of Chicago's social set. The detectives announced: "This is a raid." and explained they had a complaint that a private slot machine club was being operated. tne announcement was greeted with a moment of silence, fol lowed by an outburst of laughter from the 50 guests. Mrs. Edmond ' Faulkner, the hostess, explained Ja J"B j j j The police retreated and ad-, milted they had fallen for a nag I wonder it they thought I orougm some sioi macnines wun; ... v. k.j just arrived from a vacation in Reno, Nev. Mrs. MesU remarked it was the first time the police had paid a call, and added: "It's exciting, isn't it?" news bureau, said his public re- lations firm. Allied Public Rela tions Associates, has submitted a report to the union which "makes specific recommendations of what we feel is best for the union from a public relations standpoint." NO DETAILS GIVEN Smith would not give details. But the report was understood to include a recommendation that Beck's fellow Teamsters officials make a solid demand that Beck quit the helm of the 1-million member Teamsters organization. T3aot,'c nrncnl fiua v.,, .(nrm as Teamsters president ends later this year. He has said he will be a candidate for re-election. The public relations recommen dations were being considered by a special five-man committee of the Teamsters General Executive Board. The committee was named six weeks ago to deal with the problem of Beck's suspension as vice president of the AFL-CIO and as a member of the AFL CIO Executive Council. The committee is headed by Einar O. Mohn, the union's ad ministrative vice president. The other four members are James R. Hoffa, Detroit; William A. Lee, Chicago: Thomas L. Hickey. New York, and Joseph Diviny, San Francisco, all union vice presidents. Allied Public Relations is a firm headed by David B. Charnay, also public relations counsel for vari ous trucking employers. Lnarnay s tirm was hired bv the Teamsters in early April to counteract detrimental publicity (Continued on Page 5, Column 3) ARE THEY RUSSIAN? 4th Mystery Sub Seen Off Canada HALiFAX. N.S. UPI-At least four unidentified submarines have been sighted oft Canada s east coast in iess than a month. The Canadian Navy is not overlooking the possibility that the mysteri ous undersea craft might be Rus sian. The latest report came Monday from the Placentia Bay area where Mr. and Mrs. John Sladc of Spencer's Cove reported seeing a submarine near their hnmi early Monday morning. They said; the suh lay in the mouth of the ', harbor. 250 yards from shore, for nalf an hour before submerging. H'ATCH IT SI RFACF. "" , Unm mini m) fun ni livo mun i who reported seeing a mysterious submarine last Thursday. Gerald McCarthy and Russell Sheppard, both of Harbor Grace, said they watched the craft as it surfaced, maneuvered about the tricky bar- President disbanded the committee after receiving thejlnal report, but. promised that this country's efforts on behalf of Hungarians "here and abroad" will con tinue. (AP Wirephoto) Portland Man Terrorizes 2, Shot by Police PORTLAND (UP) Harvey Richard Froembling, 27, was un der guard in the county hospital today with a bullet wound in tne abdomen after an intensive search led to his capture in northeast Portland. Froembling was taken into cus tody shortly after 1 a.m. by Police man James Brouillctte who flush ed him out of some brush. Search was started after a couple report ed a man armed with two butcher knives threatened them in their home. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hen dryx told police that a man en tered their home about 10:30 p.m. Monday, brandished knives and hound their hands and feet with scarves from a dresser drawer. Air. and Mrs. Walter M. Cooncy, who live nearby, said the man CUnW 10 mOU" nOITIC and DCgan Uhrcatening them. Cooney grabbed a gun diiu Weill iu miv jiciiuia home to call police. The prowler had returned to the Hendryx home and met him at the door. After a scuffle Cooney shot as the man approached him with a knife. The man ran and jumped a fence. Ike Vows Hells Fight to Co On WASHINGTON Ifl President Eisenhower was quoted as saying Tuesday his administration hasn't changed its position "one iota" in opposition to a federal Hells Canyon Dam. Sen. Bridges (R-NH) said after a meeting of Republican congres sional leaders with Eisenhower chat the President added his ad ministration will continue to fight legislation to authorize a federal dam in the Snake River bordering Idaho and Oregon. bor entrance on the west side of Conception Bay and then sub merged. Two fishermen saw a surfaced sub near New Harbor Island in mid-April and their report was investigated by U.S. planes. An other report came May 2 from Fairhaven, 18 miles northeast of Placentia. ROYAL NAVY ML'M The Royal Canadian Navy, which often investigates the re ports in conjunction with the U.S Navv and Air Force, is reluctant to discuss what it has found or !'"at it thinks about the reports. But a Navy spokesman at St. ihn-, ir,Hav niohf th rw ,'ohn said Monday night tne DOS- sibility that some of the subs might be Russian was not being overlooked. Searches that follow reports of sightings indicate that the uniden tified craft art not American. U.S. Seeks 'Open' Sky In Arctic Dulles Rejects Split Germany Idea of Russia WASHINGTON (AP)- becretary or State Dulles, rejecting any idea of a neutralized zone dividing Germany, said Tuesday it migni oe easier 10 set up a dis armament test with Russia in Ihe arctic rather than in Europe. Dulles told a news conference many problems and pitfalls are involved in working out a pilot agreement for an arms control system as applied to some Euro pean areas. He said that State Department thinking now is primarily con cerned with arctic territory and other sparsely settled regions. COULD RELAX TENSION Furthermore, Dulles argued that such nn area, if agreed on, could be very useful in relaxing ten sions because inspection, including aerial photography, would cover regions from which atomic attacks might be launched by either of the great powers against the other. Dulles made these other points in response to reporters' ques tions: 1. American newspapers and wire services might rely on for eigners to get information out of Red China for them. Dulles said the U.S. government, which has objected to visits to Red China by American newsmen, would have no responsibility for protect ing foreign nationals. . 2. The United States would not oppose Israel's ' announced inten tion to send a test ship to the Suez Canal and it would not ap prove any action by Egypt to keep the ship from using the canal,. TACIT OKAY GIVEN By these two negatives, Dulles appeared to give tacit U.S. okay for - the Israel test plan and to put the United Males in opposi tion to any action against it by fcgypl. 3. The United States is consid ering introduction of more mod ern weapons into South Korea. Dulles in effect said the hrmistice agreement barring replacements except when they are the same type as already in Korea is out of date and needs sensible inter pretation. He also said the Red Chinese have been violating it by introducing jet planes into North Korea. 4. It would be a very great mis fortune in the administration's view if the Senate refused appro val oi u.s. membership in tne proposed international atoms-for-pcace agency which President Eisenhower took the lead in forming. Israel to Run Blockade Test Ship Into Suez By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent Israel announced today It will send a ship into the Suez Canal "in the near future" to test the Egyptian blockade of Israeli ship ping through the vital waterway. The "test ship" plan was an nounced by Foreign Ministry spokesman Moshe Leshem in Je rusalem. But Leshem denied re ports that the vessel was already on its way or would sail within one week. Informed sources said earlier that the test could come "at any moment." They said the blockade running project was being readied in the wake of the decision of Britain and other maritime nations to re sume use of the waterway nation alized by Egypt last summer. YOU'LL ENJOY IT Becker on Bridge A fast - felllne new feature. "Contract Bridge," by B. Jay Berker, winner of M national and world championships, will tart Wednesday In the Capital Journal. Selection of the Becker column for Capital Journal readers was made after Innjr study of all other columns available. The editors, some of whom play a fair hand of bridge, consulted with leading (oral bridge play ers, most of whom heartily ree commended Becker to Salem readers. Berker was a member obthe winning national open team of far la M aa4 Uii. U MS Senate Approves Income I ax bill; W Ups School $15. Increase Asked by Tom Endorsed 13-1 By JAMES D. OLSON Capital Journal Writer The Legislative Toint Ways and Means Com mittee Tuesdav approved an increase in basic school support from $80 to $95 per pupil, and voted to introduce its own bill to change the formula for distribution to local districts. The committee rejected a sub committee report to boost the basic support to $90, and an at tempt by Sen. Anthony Yturri (it), Ontario, to push the figure to $100. PROPOSED BY TOM The proposal to boost support money to $09 was made bv Ron. Charles A. Tom (R), Rufus, vico chairman of the House Education Committee. The vote was 13-1, with Rep. Robert Duncan (D), dissenting. The committee then approved Tom's proposal to change the dis tribution formula. It would guar antee 1TA per cent of funds avail able for equalization while retain ing the present distribution for mula. Tom said his proposal would give the Portland district about the same support money it has been receiving, but thero would n't be any- money for kindergar tens, LEWIS OBJECTS The committee acted over the objections of Sen. Jean Lewis (D), Portland, who with Sen Monroe Swectland ID), Milwau kie, are the Senate conferees on the "key district school bill, Mrs. Lewis said the conference committee expected to make ils report later in the day, and sought to have the Ways and Means Committee delay its action until it had reported. Aircraft Cash Cuts Eyed as 'Peril' by Ike. WASHINGTON Ml President Eisenhower was quoted Tuesday as saying he "would not want to assume any responsibility for the safety of the country" if Congress slashes his spending proposals for aircraft defense. House Republican leader Martin of Massachusetts told reporters about Eisenhower's stand after Ihe weekly meeting between the President and GOP congressional cnicts. Referring to reports that the Democratic-controlled House Ap propriations Committee is consid ering severe culs in the adminis (ration's request for defense funds, Martin said: "The President said he would not want to assume any responsi bility for the safety of the coun try if cuts were made of any sub stantial nature in missiles and aircraft. Elsenhower gave the Republi can leaders what amounted to a preview of his radio-TV appeal to the nation Tuesday night in de fense of his $71,800,000,000 budget. The spending plans arc threat ened with sharp cuts by the law makers. Senate GOP leader Knowland of California told newsmen he is in full agreement with the Presi dent on the need for "maintain ing muscle" in national defense so long as the Communist world remains a threat. and I9J3 he won World Cham pionship matches for the United States against the European champions, Italy and Sweden. Playing with John R. Crawford, Sidney Silodor, George Rapee and Howard Srhrnken, Becker has won the Winter National Championship three years out of the last four. He Is rated one of the top three bridge players In the United Stales. We hope you'll enjoy following some of the varied problems of Contract Bridge, with B. Jay Becker starting Wednesday In the . column! ..ok .lift Jjojltl. LIBEL ACTION VS. Liber ace Lawsuit Asks $25 Million LOS ANGELES (IB Pianist dollar libel suit in Superior court over an article about him in the current issue of Confidential magazine which at the same time was the target of a Grand Liborace and liery actress Mail-- rcen O'Hara, both "hopping mad' in denial of stories published about them by the magazine, ap peared before the jury to assist the California attorney general in obtaining possible criminal in dictments. The pianist's complaint seeking 20 million dollars general dama ges and five million dollars ex emplary damages was brought over a story titled, "Why Liber- COUNCIL TAKES ACTION. City Seeks 30 MPH Limit on 7 Streets By DOUGLAS SEYMOUR Capital Journal Writer Recommendation that the lem arterial streets be increased from 25 to 30 miles an hour was made by the Salem City Council Monday night. The proposal will be sent to thcS State Speed Control Board which has control over setting the, de signated speeds. URGED BY COMMITTEE Council action came following n recommendation by the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee that the designated speed be upped on five of the thoroughfares. Ihe council added two more streets to the list. Streets on which the traffic com mittee advised the higher posted speed include: Market Street from Capitol Street to the east city limits; Broadway - High Street from Union Street to the north city limits; Mission Street from 14th to the east city limits: State Street from Nth to the east city limits and 12th Street from State Street to the south city limits. COMMERCIAL, LIBERTY Added to these by the council were North Commercial Street from Union to the north city limits and Liberty Street from Union to Pine Street. In other action concerning traf fic the council laid on the table a proposal to prohibit parking on r. 2in street between Oak and Mission Streets. Missing Turner Man Located A man reported missing from his home near Turner for two weeks has been located, 'the Marion County Sheriff's Office reported Tuesday. Charles McCormick was reported missing Saturday by his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bange. Rt. 1, Turner, with whom he had been living. Deputy Amos Shaw said he lo cated McCormick living with a friend. First Aerial Atomic Rockets to Be Fired ATOMIC TEST sItE, Nev., (ifl - The first air-to-air atomic rock et will be fired during the sum mer scries of nuclear blasts at the Nevada test site, it was, dis closed Tuesday: The announcement was made hy James E. Reeves, test manager for the Atomic Energy Commis sion. Reeves made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on de tails of the upcoming series, "Operation Plumb Bob," which is scheduled to open here with a pre-dawn detonation of a small atomic device Thursday. The air-to-air rocket will be a 'closed shot" that is, newsmen will not be admitted to Ihe test site. The firing will be late in Ihe series of tests which run to Sept. I, nut the exact date was not made known. Reeves said the rocket with an atomic charge in its warhead will be fired from a manned aircraft but he would not disclose the type of plane to he used. Nor would he say from what elevation the rock et would be fired or what if any larts would be Involved, ays - Means Base to $95 MAG Liborace today filed a 25 million Jury investigation ace's theme song should be 'mad about the boy. The suit claimed that Libcracc was. portrayed in the article to be "immoral, indecent and. obscene." He said the story was "replete with lies and falsehood in de scribing his activities on various occasions "and in particular with an individual who is described in said article as a publicity man and press agent. designated speed on seven Sa Five Appointed To Committee On City Budget Five vacancies on the commit tee which will consider the 1057 58 budget for the city of Salem were filled at the meeting of the City Council Monday night. Named to tho committee were Charles Barclay, Elmer Berg, Norman Merrill, Robert DcArmond and Arthur Erickson. They will replaco Everett Crab- tree, Harvey Michaciis and Con rad Paulson, whoso terms expired; Harold Phillippe, who resigned and James McGilchrist, who moved outside of the city limits. FOUR HOLDOVERS J Holdover lay members of the committee are Dan Fry, chairman of the committee last year, Jack Lochead, Lawrence Brown and Carroll Meeks. , Rounding out the committee will be Mayor Robert F. White and the eight city aldermen. First inkling ot the contents of Ihe city budget will come Monday when City Manager Kent Mathcw son presents his budget message at the meeting of the Salem Cham ber of Commerce. STUDY, THEN HEARING The budget committee will then organize and study the manager's recommendations, going over the items in detail. A public hearing where citizens will he afforded an opportunity to present their views on Ihe budget will be held prior to its adoption by the committee. The size of the atomic device scheduled to be fired atop a tower Thursday was disclosed as "one half of normal," which means it is equal to the energy of 10,000 tons ol TNT. Reeves said some of the other devices to he exploded during the summer series would be of even less power. Reeves said the fireball from Thursday's blast would not touch the desert floor and therefore the resulting radioactive fallouts Is expected to be considerably less than from past tests. Reeves said the forthcoming tests would he "the most exten sive series ever held in Nevada in the number of shots and length ol lime covered." Weather Details Maximum yesterday, US; minimum today. 4!). Total 24-hour preWplUtlon : .OS: fnr month: 154: normal, .94. Season precipitation. 30 56; normal. 36 Ml. Hlver hct(ht. .3 or a (not. (Re port by U. 8. Weather Bureau.) 16-14 Margin Provided by , Ohmart Vote i By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. Associated Press Writer sed 16-14 Tuesday the No. 1 revenue bill to increase ' personal income taxes 9 million dollars a year. When the roll was called. th result was 15-15, which would have defeated the bill. But Sen. Lee Ohmart (Rl, Salem, rose dramatically and changed hii negative vote to "aye," thus pass ing the measure. RESPONSIBILITY . Ohmart. a "bitter opponent of the bill, explained that he changed "so the Republicans couldn't be charged with being obstruction ists." He went on to explain he wanted the bill passed so that tha Democrats could tako rcsponsU bility for it. Tho action followed 1'4 hours of debate beforo jammed galleries aucr Monday niglil s senate ap proval of the bil' to increase corporation excise taxes 5 million dollars a biennium. Both bills go back to tho House for consideration of Senate amend ments. Before the argument started, the Senate Taxation Committee voted to let parts 3 an,d 4 of the House program die in the com mittee. These bills would have added 2 million dollars a biennium' l,v Innrnoelnrt InWUnnM nni inT taxes. Tho debate on the personal income tax bill pitted the Demo crats against the Republicans in the evenly divided Senate, with an exception or so. ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY' Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D). of Portland, chairman of tho Senate Taxation Committee, said it "is absolutely necessary to pass this bill to finance the budget that has been approved by the Ways and Means Committee." Ho said no one would have a tax increase of more than $11 a year, and pointed out that Repub lican talk of a sales tax is point less because the Senate can't nitroduco a tax measure. He said "the Democrats are glad to take the responsibility for a program that is fair, equitable and won't hurt anybody." Sen. Rudie Wilhclm (R), Port land, opened tho Republican as- . sault with a statement that the bill Is so similar to the present law that "tho Democrats are con firming what the Republicans did in 1055 when the surtax was passed. The Democrats soy that the , Republicans betrayed the people, but I'm wondering who is doing the betraying now. NOT PROVIDING BASICS 'My main objection is that the bill puts the surtax in perma nently. "We're just putting oft the de cision because we're not provid- . ing the basic things that Gov. Holmes wonts in his budget." Wilhclm said the 1959 Legisla ture would be faced with a criti cal revenue problem because the (Continued on Pago 6 Column 6) ftews in Brief For Tuesday May 14, 1957 NATIONAL Senate Rackets Probers Look Into Kohler Strike . Sec. 1, P. 1 3 Jet Fighters Streak 6,710 Miles Non-Stop Sec. 1, P. 3 LOCAL Council Postpones Rezonlng Action Sec. 2, P. I City Approves Statuary Plan Sec. 2, P. I STATE Labor Shortage Seen at Lebanon Sec. 1, P. 10 Corporation Tax Bill Passes Senate Sec. 1, P. 1 FOREIGN Canada Sights 4Ui Unidentified Sub ..Sec. 1, P. I SPORTS Bearcat Baseball Hopes Fade ..Sec. 2, P. 2 ! Form Shows-Medford ,i As Track Champ ....Sec. 2, P. S ' Top Hurdlers Due at PCC Meet Sec. 2. P. S REGULAR FEATURES Amusements Sec. I, P. 2 Editorials Sec. 1, P, 4 . Locals Sec. 1, P. 5 , Sec. 2, P. 1 Society Comics Television Want Ads Markets Dorothy Dix Sec. l. P. 6, 7 ' Sec. 2, P. 6 .... Sec. 2, P. 10 . ..".Sec. 2. P. 8-9 ' Sec. 2, P. 7 ( ..Sec. 1, P. 3 : Crossword Puzzlo Sec. 2, P. S Farm Sec. 2, P. 10