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Tax Commission, JJack Paar Back Haruou Aliimin.im To Do TV Show I IMI I V Aluminum Dispute Ended Salem-ttJPD-A lengthy hear ing, by the Oregon Tax Com mission on a dispute over the idb tax of Harvey Alumi num Company of The Dalles ended late Wednesday. The controversy centers around conflicting true cash valuations of the uncompleted Harvey plant in 1958. . Paid Larger Figure The company contends the valuation was $6,700,000 at the time while the state esti mated the plant's worth at about $23 million. Harvey paid tax on the larger figure but maintains the lesser one is correct. Dean Ellis, chairman of the Commission, said the firm has computed a refund due of more than $100,000. Ruling Soma Time Away Ellis said it probably will be at least three months be fore the Commission can reach a final ruling. Harvey may appeal the decision to Circuit Court. The Commission and Har vey also are in conflict con cerning the company's tax for 19S9. Injunction Filed That case involves a valua tion of $19,748,675 by the company on its finished plant irsus a state estimate of more than $40 million. The company paid its tax for that year, based on the lesser fig- New York -OJPD Jack Paar returned to town Wednesday night and NBC put him back on his $100,000 job. He was greeted at the air port on his arrival here from a th'-ee-week self-imposed ex ile from his late night show by NBC officials and fans wear ing "'welcome back Jack" buttons. "I'm glad to be back, but I'm not dancing in the street," Paar said of his reception. He had huffed off his show Feb. 11 because the network cut out a joke it thought was ob jectionable. "I'm sorry about the whole thing," Paar said as the final word. He will take over his show Monday night. TO DUMP GAS Hamburg, Germany (UPB West Germany intends to dump in the ocean 28,000 World War II howitzer shells containing a deadly nerve gas. A Federal Transport Min istry spokesman Wednesday announced the shells, cement ed in steel barrels, would be dumped "far from any coast at depths more than 1,000 fathoms." Location of the operation was undislosed for fear of protests from other nations. ure and filed an injunction in Wasco County Circuit Court seeking to prohibit the Com mission from applying the larger figure to the tax rolls. The Circuit Court action on the 1959 tax is still pending. Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop THE CENTRAL VOID clear that the President will Washington-At a press con- go under threat, if he goes at ference in Indonesia, Nikita all. Will Eisenhower there- S. Khrushchev has . broadly hinted that he will grab what he wants at Berlin after the summit conference, if he is not free ly given what he wants at the summit. This raises Joseph alsop some pretty grim and urgent questions. How is the President going to react, for instance, to these hints that make a mockery of the one concession Eisen hower extracted from Khrush chev at Camp David? The President broke off the Camp David talks and retired to Gettysburg to force this concession. But Khrushchev then grudgingly promised to set no term to the negotiations about Berlin, and to indulge m no ultimatums. Despite the argument about the details of Khrushchev's language in Ja karta, it is clear that his in tent there was to set a term, and to give his Berlin de mands the character of an ul timatum. To all intents, Camp David's sole practical result has been nullified. A GAIN, there is a question about the summit confer ence itself. At Camp David, the President swore to Khrushchev that he would never go to the summit "un der any threat." 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Yet these words of maneu ver, grim as they are, hardly compare in grimness to the real central question. What is the President's real policy in the Berlin crisis? Or, putting it another way, has the Presi dent really got a settled poli cy in this crisis that may -ultimately involve a choice between a grave risk of war and the certainty of a Western surrender rather worse than the surrender at Munich? With Khrushchev talking as he lias been talking, the prob lem of the President's inten tions assumes the greatest urgency. Yet it is evident that those who should know best still regard the President's intentions as uncertain OTHERWISE Germany's " Chancellor Konrad Aden auer would not be making a long stop in Washington, en route to Japan, for the known and almost ' announced pur pose of pleading for a firm American policy on Berlin Otherwise Berlin s courag eous Mayor Willi Brandt would not be planning an American barnstorming trip just before the summit, to warn against any American betrayal of his city and his people. The source of Adenauer's open disquiet about Ameri can purposes has been mys terious, hitherto; but it can now be revealed. The source was the President's own dis cussion of the Berlin prob lem at the Paris meeting of the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. in De cember. In effect, Eisenhower then said Berlin had to be de fended; but added that Ber lin could not be defended without risk of an H-bomb war, and an H-bomb war was unthinkable. To this mysterious formu lation, Gen. Charles de Gaulle responded with vigor and some indignation. Even Brit ain's Prime Minister Mac- millan gave the troubled Chancellor Adenauer more comfort than the President had done. To be sure, the sub sequent communique reaf firmed the Dulles-era, 1958 pledges to protect the freedom of West Berlin at all cost. But even this communique and a final talk with the President did not convince Adenauer that he truly knew Eisen hower's mind on the basic issue. FURTHERMORE, what the President said in Paris was no more confusing that what he has said at his public press conferences, and to certain intimates in private. The style and tone of these Presiden tial utterances in 'fact suggest that Dwight D. Eisenhower has not looked long, squarely, and prayerfully at his Berlin choice. They suggest he has not finally decided which choice to make if Khrushchev will not let him off making a choice. If this appearance is correct, there is a kind of central void in the Western policy on Berlin. It is clear that very great efforts are being made to fill this void, if it exists. It is also pretty clear what policy Sec retary of State Christian A. Herter wishes the Western allies to follow. Otherwise Herter would not have press ed so successfully for the ser ious preliminary decision to resume high altitude flights to Berlin. But despite this sign and other similar signs, Aden auer is known to remain doubtful about the President's ultimate firmness. If Adenauer remains doubt ful, it is reasonable to con clude that Khrushchev also doubts whether the President will be firm. And that, in it self, is a highly dangerous as pect of the situation. (Copyright 1960 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) 6 MAIL TRIBUNE, MtJforJ, Or. A Thursday, March 3, 1960 American Record Banned in Britain London-(UPD - The musical trade journal Melody Maker reported today that the Amer ican hit record "Teen Angel" has been banned in Britain for being in bad taste. The newspaper said radio and television producers and disc jockeys have been "warn ed off' the record which was released here three weeks ago. Disc jockyes polled by Mel ody Maker said "Teen Angel" was "in very bad taste. It deals with a high school girl's death in a railroad crash. HIBBARD'S HARDWARE . " 310 East Main Street HELP O US! We need clothing, Jioes, dishes, furniture, and bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPrine. 3-7335 Seven More File For Legislature Salem -(DPD- Seven more persons have filed for the Legislature, one of them for reelection. Filing for reelec tion in the 8th district was State Rep. Tom Monaghan (D Milwaukie). Those who filed for state representative include Carrol Howe, Klamath Falls; E. H. Mann, Medford; James Gor don, Gresham; Mrs. E. G. Chuinard, Portland; Mrs. Eve lyn J. Nokes, Portland, and Marshall C. Hjelte of St. Helens. All are Republicans. Howe filed via the petition method, the first person to file for state office with that method this year. Jobless Insurance Claims Drop by 1,100 Salem - Unemployment in surance claims dropped to 28, 44l last week, shaving 1,100 claims from the previous week. STUDENTS PRAY - A group of Negro stu- transferred their marching to a site below dents from Howard University at Washing- the Capitol on the mall leading to the ton, D.C., pray near the capitol grounds Washington monument after Capitol po- for passage of civil rights legislation now lice drove them from the grounds, pending before the Senate. The students (UPI Telephoto) REVERSES OLD DIVORCE New York (UPD Supreme Court Justice Irving Levey Wednesday ruled the Mexican divorce 26 years ago of the late Walter Johannsen was "totally invalid" and ordered his pension paid his first wife, Mrs. Alice Johannsen, as his legal widow. COAL OUTPUT Lexington - Kentucky's mines produce about 15 per cent of the U.S. bituminous supply. DUTY, OF COURSE Hendersonville, N.C.-flJPD-A winter storm that dumped 11 inches of snow here yesterday had little effect on voters who slogged to the polls in record numbers to legalize the sale of wine and beer. i s e -w i:v w aa Mtrm .m.iii mm At . - isifffl It V'aNT' V Vj V n II Peas Peas fermi n... WLll it L J VJikJ Lear spinach v Chopped Spinach llggkl 1 CBI 1 1 BmccoH Cu,s Buf,erBeans -nf;ffi Mixed Vegetables Gut Okra FTV 1 Special anniversary price en top quality Pict- ffl or 9-oz. Packages 1 f i I IS sweet frozen foods give you an opportunity to M r- l - . . OSi:diLHZZl H stock your freezer and save. 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