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Newspaper Page Textrvq IIS BAG IF juUS mm nn VU The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. mm ! I I i s I 1 MORE LOWER COST GOODS, HIGHER PAID WORKERS AIMS IN MESSAGE SENT CONGRESS Accompanying Budqet Sugi':. "jns Cite Chance to Reduce bt But Doesn't Favor Further Tax I WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (AP) President Tru 3 - ed Congress today to get behind a sweeping program hi - ill promote greater output of lower cost goods by hig workers. O And he cauntioned that "voices of disunity" which ' be ginning to cry aloud again . . . must not prevail." In a 25,000-word document combining for the first time both lawmaking and budget recommendations, the Chief Executive mixed expressions of optimism over business and job potentiali ties with fresh warnings against inflation and concern over "ma jor strikes." In his budqet, Mr. Truman pegged government expenditures durinq the fiscal year beginninq next July I at $35,860,000,000 only $4,347,000,000 above anticipated income. And, by drawinq on the treasury's cash balance, he said the national debt actually can be reduced for the first time in 17 years from an expected $275,000,000,000 next July to $27 1, -000,000,000 a year later. He added, however, that he can recommend no further tax cuts at this time. In the "state of the union" por tion ol his message, Mr. Truman termed establishment of a "fair wage structure" the "most serious difficulty" in the oath of recon version and expansion, adding: "The ability of labor and man agement to work topether, and the wage and price policies which they develop, are social and eco nomic issues of first import ance." He said labor and management must establish "better human re lationships," and apnnrentlv mindful of his recent fruitless ef forts to avert the nationwide steel strike declared: Government Can Only Aid "No government Doliev can make men understand each oth er, agree, and pet-alonq unless thev conduct themselves in a wav to foster mutual respect and good will. "The government can. how ever, heln to develoD machinery which, with the backing of public opinion, will assist labor and management to resolve their dis agreements in a peaceful manner md reduce the number and dura- ff"nnt(rniprt nn mcf fi In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS LATEST jitter now comes from London, where the United Nations organization (UNO) Is taking its first faltering steps to ward WORLD government. THE Iranian delegation takes what the dispatches describe as the "first concrete steps to bring the EXPLOSIVE Iranian Russian issue before the world se curity council." John M. Hightower, of the AP (a competent reporter), cables from London that "numerous UNO officials, Including those of the United States and Great Brit ain, privately expressed concern over the Iranian question and said that the untried and only partially completed machinery of the peace organization might be badly strained In trying to cope with such a dispute at the very outset of Its existence." . (The meat of the Iranian Is sue, so far as we are able to judge from the little that has been told to us, lies In the fact that big Russia is apparently seeking to take a bite out of lit tle Iran'3 territory.) THIS Is the point: If the council's decision goes against Russia, Russia might be so angered as to upset the unity (Continued on page 2) forest Drain to be Halted Truman Asks Money to Buy Private Timber, Increased Outlay for Forest Service WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. (Pi Faced with a drain on the na tion's resources under its care almost equal to the war period, the Forest Service announced today a long range plan to build back Its timberlands and ranges. Meantime, President Truman asked Congress to provide $8, 000.000 a year for purchase of private forest lands and to allow an overall Increase of S10.0O0.0n0 in the Forest Service budget. His request for $38,251,500 for this purpose during the 1947 fiscal year was sent to Congress today. The 1916 total was $28,865,500. Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts, In a statement today accompany-1 sbout po,lM f0 thp .artmP nP. Ing his annual report, says an mand Wartime timber rutting. atn.urti.- lorr.irv l""-"H,n would create an additional 2.500.. ifii ions. .Normally, nip lorests. directly or Indlrectlv, he said, provide about 3.750.000 !..li. He estimated that lumber need ed for domestic consumption In the next 10 years will average 33,000,000 board feet annually or Retention of Food Subsidies Needed, Truman Declares WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. lF) President Truman called on Congress today to retain food sub sidies as one means of combat ting Inflation and a possible eiPht per cent lump in the cost of liv ing index for food. This reouest represents an about-face bv the administration j on subsidies. It had planned to end most of them by their June 30 expiration date. Started early in the war to keep food prices stable, the sub sidies have been costing the cov ernment about $1,750,000,000 a year. Mr. Truman said that unless the subsidies are continued "it would become extremely difficult for us to control the forces of in flation." More specifically, he estimated that withdrawal of the subsidies would force increases of from three to five cents a pound in av erage prices of meat: at least 1? cents a pound for butter, in addi tion to h five cent Increase al lowed last fall: one to two cents a quart for milk; one cent a loaf for bread, more than a cent a pound for supar, and eipht cents a pound for chces'. in addition to a scheduled increase of four cents on Feb. 1. The President also asked the lawmakers for anoronriations which, together with funds al ready available, would permit the Agriculture Department to spend about $3,435,500,000 for subsidies, farm programs, re search and for foreign relief op erations during the fiscal year bef inning Julv 1. The department's expenditure for similar activities during the current fiscal vear were estimat ed at $2,992,000,000. Tommy Manviile, Eighth Wife Headed for Divorce NEW YORK. Jan. 21. After a marriage of five weeks, Thomas F. "Tommy" Manviile, 51, and his eighth wife, the for mer Gcorgina Campbell, 27. will seek a Nevada divorce. Irwin Miness, attorney lor Manviile, said Saturday. The attorney said Mrs. Man viile has left the couple's home in nearby New Rochelle for an un announced destination. He added it was not known who would seek the divorce. Collision of Autos Kills Labor Camp Resident McMINNVILLE, Jan. 21. m Ora Spice, 45. a Dayton farm labor camp resident, was killed yesterday in a two-car collision "north of Amity. The driver of the second car was unhurt. j together With losses by fire, In , nH rillD,,. h ..,H . were about 50 per cent greater than annual timber growth, and warned: "Forest depletion todav Is so serious that positive action to (Continued on page 6) Established 1873 Strike Paralyzes Steel Industry; Seizure of Packing Plants Probable Action to be Mulled Today At Conference Public Hearing Slated by Fact-Finders; Harvester Firm to Face Walkout (By the Associated Press) A government official, who de clined use of his name, said to dav he saw little hope of avoiding seizure of the major meat pack ing plants, closed bv a six-dav strike of 263,000 CIO and AFL members. He said the auestlon of a seiz ure would be discussed at a con ference of top administration officials today, and he added he considered it possible the govern ment may take over the packing plants within the next day or two. President Truman is known to oppose seizures In labor disputes except as a last resort, this source said, and his is the final word. As housewives mournfully watched the diminishin- meat supplies in their butcher shops, a government fact-finding board prepared to do what it could to hasten the packing plants back into production. Waae Demand Reduced The factfinders open pub lic hearings In Chicago tomor row in the dispute. At issue are the CIO packinghouse workers' demand or an immediate 171 cents hourly raise, reduced from 25 cents, and the AFL Meat Cut ters and Butcher Workmen's- un- Ion s demands for .20 cents an hour more and a $30 minimum weekly wage. The major packers have offered both groups 10 cents hourly Increases. Harvester Strike Slated Thirty thousand International Harvester Co. employes were set to climax their demands for 30 per cent more pav with a strike, starting at 11:30 today, in 11 plants in four states New York, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. In this dispute, also, a fact-finding com mittee planned an investigation, starting tomorrow in Chicago. As industry faced the prospect of doing without steel, another important material glass was back in production again In 12 plants of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. and the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. Settlement of the dispute was reached Saturday with the work ers accepting a 10.7 cents hourly raise, plus an additional seven (Continued on page 6) Kimmel Cites Mistake Of Japs at Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 4 Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim mel testified today the Japanese made their "greatest mistake" by attacking the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and failing to put the base Itself out of commission. In his sixth day before a Senate-House inouirv committee, the former Pacific fleet commander, said it was probable no attack would have been attempted if the American ships had Deen sent back to the West Coast. Kimmel said the slow battle ships hit at Pearl Harbor were not of much use early in the cam paign because thev couldn't ac company the fast striking forces or carriers, cruisers and destroy ers, and that the most useful units escaped damage. A-Bomb Security Control Voted; Secret Retained LONDON. Jan. 21. (.Tt-Crca- tion of a special commission to devise controls lor atomic energy was approved bv the Political Security Committee of the United Nations Assembly today, after onlv a 30-minute discussion. The action was taken after Senator Tom Connallv of file Americal delegation said the com mission w-iii not have power to make any country give up any. atomic secrets or take any other action. The commission will be able only to make recommenda tions, he explained. Stocks Tumble Badly In Strikes' Reaction NEW YORK, Jan. 21 The stock market today suf fered its worst stumble in more than a month at bearishneta over the steel strike and other labor controversies caused sell ing of metals, motors and other leaders. Bonds generally sacked water. Direction Signs Feud of Coos Bay Cities Adjusted SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 21 IJV- The State Highway Commission settled another phase of the North Bend-Goos Bay feud, the quarrel this time being over charges by the North Bend Chamber of Commerce that North Bend has been slighted in the highway commissions policy of erecting direction signs. The North Bend Chamber ac cused the commission of having more signs pointing to Coos Bay than to North Bend, and even of taking down some of the North Bend signs and putting Coos Bav signs in their places. State Highway Engineer Bald dock, In a letter to the chamber, said it's natural that more signs should point to Coos Bay, inas much as Coos Bay is the larger city, but he denied that any North Bend signs have been re moved. But, to pour oil on the troubled waters, B a 1 d o c k promised to install more North Bend signs on the Coos Bay-Rose-burg highway, the Umpqua high way, and the coast highway south ui uanuon. Two Nominations Made by Truman WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. t.Vt President Truman todav nom inated his Naval aide, Commo dore James K. Vardman. to be a member of the Board of Gover nor of the Federal Reserve Sys tem for a term of 14 years be ginning Jan. 1. The President also sent to the Senate the nomination of Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk to be am bassador to Belgium as well as minister to Luxembourg. Vardaman, a native of Missis sippi and son of the late Senator James K. Vardaman, succeeds John K. McKee. Vardaman served as an Armv artillery officer in the First World War. He has had banking experience In Missouri and is one of the President's oldest and closest friends. Kirk succeeds Charles Sawyer, former Democratic National Committeeman from Ohio, who resigned to go back to his law practice at Cincinnati. He com manded U. S. Naval task forces In the Invasion of Normandy. American Marines Face Longer Stay in China TIENTSIN. Jan. 21. UP) American Marines probably will be kept in North China as a "sta bilizing force" now that the re patriation of the Japanese has been turned over to the Chinese, Rep. Bates (R.-Mass.). a member of the House Naval Affairs sub committee, said here today. "The Marines may be ket here some time longer as a sta bilizing force while the good of fices of the United States govern ment are being used to reconcile the two Chinese forces into peace ful settlement." he said. "We are Interested in a per manent world peace. We are of the conviction that unless we lend a hand, another world con flagration may be in the mak ing." Retention of Federal Control of USES Voted WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.-(.P The House Labor Committee approved legislation today In line w-ith President Truman's recom mendation that the United States Employment Service remain un der federal control until July 1, 1917. The vote to send the measure to the House floor was 13 to 3. Mr. Truman. In December, vetoed legislation callln- for cut barks of over $50,000,000,000 in appropriations and sending au thorizations, because Congress had tarked on a rider callln" for the USES transfer, sought bv j manv state administrations, with in 100 days. Hirohito Permitted to Give Away 3 Palaces TOKYO. Jan. 21 4.11-Emperor Hirohito was eranted per mission bv General MarArthnr Saturday to give awav three pal aces, worth nearly SI .000.000. Haknne mlace, valued at more than $207,000. was hetowed nn the Kanagawa Prefecture Kama palace, worth about $310000, was given to the City of Tokvo and Mnko palace, worth about $320, 000. went to the Ctiy of Kobe. ROSEBURG, OREGON, Japan's War Plants Seized To Pay Debts Reparations Get Priority Over Peacetime Economy Under MacArthur Order TOKYO, Jan. 21. (."B All war filants which equipped Japan's osing bid for conquest were seized and placed under guard today by Gen. MacArthur, who indicated many of the factories would go to Allied nations as rcpiatlons. The Allied command took over 394 Japanese aircraft plants, army and navy arsenals and war laboratories. Among these were 265 aircraft and parts plants listed by the Allied Reparations Commission as "first priority ma terial" for removal to other na tions. MacArthur ordered cancella tion of any previous permits to the designated installations for conversion to peacetime produc tion, unless the installations were "immediately and absolutely es sential to the civil economy." Commanders given custody of the installations were told to con sider the "probability that these plants will be taken as repara tions and consequently should not be allowed to acquire importance In the Japanese economy." Says Japan Able to Pay The directive disclosed that In some instances the .T:n:tnri h.-ul "removed machinery from plants and that equipment valued at (Continued on page 6) Courts-Martial System Due for Senate Probe WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. I.V The Senate Judiciary Commit tee voted unanimously today for an investigation of Army and Navy courts-martial system and the administration of wartime martial law in Hawaii. Chairman McCarran, who In troduced the resolution, said many complaints have been re ceived concerning asserted injus tices under the present court-martial systems. Complaints also have been made, he said, that citi zens were deprived of constitu tional rights in Hawaii because of wartime martial law. Fire Destroys Juneau Theater and Apartments JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 21 CP) The Coliseum Theater and 26 apartments above it were swept by fire vesterdav. The blaze confined to the Coli seum Building, broke out either in the furnace room or In wiring under the operators' booth, and virtually destroyed the theater ana seriously damaged the living units above. Tenants Including small babies all were taken out safelv bv the Juneau Fire Deiartment and sol diers. W. D. Cross, building own er, said the loss would run Into "thousands." tKMaS. . ; S ! ' ' '-.'ill -''4 "'' WORKERS WALK OUT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE -Mamberi of the United Steel Workers IC. I. O.I march before tha main qata of Jonai and Leughlin Steel Corporation plant at Pittsburgh, Pa., picketing 48 hours ahtad of tha ichadultd national walkout. MONDAY. JANUARY 2 1, 1 No National Debt Boost First Time in 1 7 Years Assurance in Budget Outlay For Congress The New Budget at a Glance (By the Associated Press.) Outgo $ 35,860,000,000 Income 31,513,000,000 deficit 4,347,000,000 Present debt 278,000,000,000 Debt June 30, 1947 271.000,000,000 Reduction (by drawing on Treasury balance I 7,000,000,000 i WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (W) DeGaulle Resigns French Presidency PARIS. Jan. 21 ) The Com munist Party launched a drive today to name a Communist as the successor to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who resigned the pro visional presidency of France last night following a cabinet crisis. De Gaulle stepped down from the presidency with an announce ment that he considered he had completed the task of "leading the countrv toward liberation, victory and sovereignty." Four reasons were advanced for De Gaulle's resignation: 1. His unalterable opposition to the proposed draft of a constitu tion on which the socialists and communists are working, leaving the MRP outside. 2. Resentment at continued communist efforts to achieve a new popular front In a fuller al liance with the socialists, the radical-socialists and other leftist parties, at the expense of the MRt. 3. Resentment at attacks on the government for the food situation and for the expenses of the Army. 4. His lack of desire to head anything but a tri partite govern ment. Fate of Oregon Slayer In Hands of Gov. Snell SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 21. VP Andrew W. Dennis, Portland rail road worker who is scheduled to die in the state prison gas cham ber next Friday morning for slaying his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Belle McNallen, probably won't learn his final fate until the eve of his execution, Gover nor Snell said today. The governor said It would take him until Thursday to com plete his study of the case, and he then would announce whether he would commute the sentence to life imprisonment. Grand Beauty Shop Sold To Mrs. Roy J. Foy Mrs. Roy J. Foy has announced the purchase of the Grand Beauty Shop, located in the Lumber- mans Building, and is taking im mediate possession of the busi ness. Mrs. Foy and her husband, the latter ot be connected with the Umqua Plywood Company, which soon Is to begin operations, recently arrived in Roseburp from Port Angeles. Wash. Mrs. Foy Is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wcllman of Rusehurg. 946 President Truman presented a $35,800,000,000 federal budget to Congress today with his assurance that for the first time in 17 years no Increase In the national debt will take place. Military expenditures and the aftermath of war account for almost three-fourths of the bud get total. The President estimated that the government will raise $31, 513,000,000 toward meeting the hill for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, thus leaving a deficit of $4,347,000,000. The Deficit, however, will be taken care of, he said, "by a re duction in the very substantial balance which will lie in the treasury during the next fiscal year." In fact the debt Itself will be pared from Its present $278,000,000,000 to $271,000,000, 000 18 months hence. Tax Reduction Opposed Mr. Truman, however, called for taxes to be held at present levels. "Inflationary pressures still ap pear dangerously powerful," he told Congress in his' annual bud get message, "and ill-advised tax reduction would operate to strengthen them still further. "This is not the time for tax reduction." Comparing the new 1947 bud get with the current one, the chief executive said that with war spending cutbacks the total for the 1946 fiscal year now is estimated at $67,200,000,000. Re ceipts are placed at $38,600,000,- (Continued on page 6) Arrest No. 13 Bad Luck; Fine of $100 Imposed James J. Gelger, Idlvld Park logger, was fined $100 by Justice of the Peace Thomas C. Hartfiel Saturday for intoxication In a public place. Severity of his fine was due to a record of 12 pre vious arrests bv lily and state police since 1943, In which he had paid fines totalling $215 for drunkenness and disorderly con dut. Gclgcr's companion, Edd J. DeLapp, also of ldlcyld Park, was fined $25 on the same charge. Justice Hartfiel also levied fines totalling $90 on five motor ists: Frank E. Nichols, no P. U. C. permit. $10; Russell C. Autrv, unit overload, $10; Reuben V. Horn, no vehicle license, $10; Charles O. Leach, overload. $10; George W. Schultz, unit overload, $20. Incendiary Fires at Vanport City Continue PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. (II -Vanport City's Inccndlarv fires uie still continuing al though a boy who police said confessed to setting several of the blazes is In lail. Deputy sheriffs reported a S3. 000 inccndlarv in two hnusinv protect apartments Saturday night. Vincent W. Hunt. 17. Van port Cltv was In lail at the time. A small hoy of about 11 was seen running from the cite of Saturday's blaze shortly before the flames were discoverd. Boat House Fire Routs Family of 5 Persons PORTLAND. J.in. 21 .TV Three small bovs and their "Tr ent escaped today from a fire which destroyed their llvine quarters on the second floor of a boat house. The father, W. Nash, was burned on the hands attempting to check the flames The fire was caused hv an electric heater, fire Investigators said. Iran Premier Quits Over Dispute With Russians TE"FRAN, Jan. 21 .1P Pre mier Hakirna relened lrt nieht after asserting his effnrTs to ne eotlnte with the Russians over A7erhalian had failed. Halklma said efforts to nego tiate with the Russians were un availing and that he proposed to present the ease 1o Hie United Nations Organization. 17-48 750,000 CIO Workers Quit In 30 States Tieup Greatest in Labor History of U. S.; Nation's Idle Upped to 1,600,000 (By the Associated Press.) America's vast steel industry virtually was shut down by a strike of 750.000 CIO steelwork ers today, and the country's total of idle in labor disputes shot to a new postwar high 1,600,000. The country's reconversion program was brought to a crisis by the greatest strike in the his tory of American labor. A large segment of Industry, and millions of potential consum ers of everything from automo biles to razor blades, were bound to be affected. The Civilian Production Admin istration predicted steel starva tion will be "closing one factory after another" within two or three weeks. The strike machinery was set in motion quietly. Furnaces had been cooled in preparation for possibly a long shutdown. Pro duction had ceased In most mills hours in advance of the 12:01 A. M. deadline. Picketing Orderly First reports said picketing was orderly. In the sprawlln Chicago-Garv. Ind.. scene of vio lence during the 1937 "little steel" strike, a union spokesman said the picketing would be light "un less the companies attempt to getL -back into production. .. About 1 300 plants In 30 state closed. Pennsylvania's 300.000 steelworkers form the greatest , (Continued on page 3) Truman Message Draws GOP Raps WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UPr Republican members of Congress generally criticized President Truman's message today and re action of Democrats was mixed as members studied the record 25.000-word document. A quick check of numerous leg islators failed to disclose a single member who said he was in favor of all 25 points in the President's domestic legislative program. Many already had made up their minds one way or another about 21 previous recommenda tions which the President re peated. Including such sublects as universal military training and establishment of a fair em ployment practices commission. Southern Democrats continued their Senate filibuster against the FEPC. Senator Brewster (R., Me.) told a reporter that the message "im plies a complete breakdown of party responsibility between the white House and the Congress" since he said many of the meas ures the President suggested are being held up In Congress by action of the Democrats. '"llie American people may well consider suggesting to the Democratic party that It 'put up or shut up, he said. "The pa ralysis of the administration is reflected In the economic picture of the country." Engineer, Fireman Die In Union Pacific Wreck PENDLETON. Ore., Jan. 21. (.T) Union Pacific officials were Investigating today the cause of a passenger train' derailment which killed the engineer and fireman and Injured another em ployee Saturday night. The westbound Pacific Limit ed's engine plunged over a ton foot embankment about 30 miles east of here. Five mall, bag gage and express cars and one coach were derailed, but re mained upright. No passengers were lnlured. The dead are Clarence R. Rider, engineer, and Guy Baum, fire man, both of La Grande. Wil liam Pldiwk, Baker, an engineer making a road trip, wns lnlured. LvityFctnnt 7 U F. Rauamsteta If Unci Som taktt evtr Hi irtMt pocking plants, the action might be appropriately labeled at "sailing the bull by Hit horns." Pi '.'v .'