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Dutch
Land, Sea, Air
Forces Used at
Various Points
War Follows Months of
Futile Wrangling Over
Independence Agreement
BATAVIA, Java, July 21. UP)
President Soekarno said by ra
dio tonight the Dutch were at
tacking . his Indonesian republic
by land, air and sea. He appealed
to the world to force the United
Nations Security Council to take
up the issue.
A Dutch communique said
Dutch warplanes had attacked
republican airfields in Java and
Sumatra because Indosenian
fighter planes were ready for ac
tion. The Dutch, declaring they
would not attack either the civil
population or non-military objec
tives, were attempting to immo
bilize harassing anti-aircraft
guns at the fields and the republi
can air force, believed to number
about 40 obsolescent Japanese
planes, many in poor condition.
The republican radio, over
which Soekarno appealed, said
Dutch artillery had opened fire
south of Bandoeng, 100 miles
southeast of Batavia. The report
said two Dutch planes using
rockets attacked Tasik Malaya,
in West Java, and that other
Dutch aircraft had strafed a
SoerakartaSraden railway train.
War Fallows Long Wrangle
Gen. Soedlrman, Indonesian
commander, spoke after Soekarno
and said his side still hoped for a
peaceful settlement, but that, he
had ordered the Nationalist Army
(of about 200,000 troops) to coun
terattack every time the Dutch
struck at them.
The shooting resulted after
months of wrangling in which the
Dutch and natives failed to agree
on methods of implementing the
Cheribon agreement, providing
for complete independence' under
iContlnuprt on nntre 3)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, for the
second time, vetoes the tax re
duction bill. The house (whose
members have to face the voters
every two years) overrides his
veto by a vote of nearly three to
one. The senate (whose mem
bers are elected for SIX years)
is expected as this is written to
sustain him.
In that event, since BOTH
houses must act in order to over
come a Presidential veto, there
will be no tax reduction bill this
year.
rIAT Is right? What is
wrong? For the best interest
of the country as a whole, circum
stances being what they are,
what should be done?
If you are fair-minded, you
can make a case either way.
OUR national debt is huge. The
thing to do with debt is to
PAY IT OFF. Paying off debt
takes money. Paying PUBLIC
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42,000-Lb. Bomb Slated for
Test by Air Force With More
Fearful Atom Bomb Planned
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP) The Army Air Forces Is develop
ing and probably will test in the next few months a 42,000-pound su
per size bomb.
So far as is known, this will be the largest standard-explosive
that is, non-atomic missile ever made.
The weight of the bomb sug
gests that it is intended for use
in such aircraft as the B-36, which
is capable of carrying 36 tons of
explosives and is equipped with a
bomb bay of enormous dimen
sions. The AAF had even larger
bombs one of 100,000 pounds,
under consideration and in the
blueprint stage, but designers
said privatelv today that a cur
tailed research program resulted
in shelving these projects.
They described the 42.000
pounder as a "general purpose,
block-buster" tvpe.
There was a hint over the week
end, meanwhile, that the military
may be looking into the future for
an even more fearful weapon
an atomic bomb which when
. Attack., tndonesian Republic
Marilyn West
Selected to Reign
Over Stampede
Marilyn West, 15, was selected
to reign as queen of the Trail
Dust Saddle Club's second an
nual Stampede slated for the fair
grounds August 16 and 17 at yes
terday's exhibition drill and judg
ing. judged principally for horse
manship, Marilyn was selected
from among six entered contest
ants who were paced through
various mounted drills at the
fairgrounds by R. E. Kirkland,
drillmaster and chairman of the
Stampede arrangements commit
tee. Other candidates of yesterday's
contest, who will serve as Queen
Marilyn's court In reigning over
the two-day festivities in August
and lead the big parade Satur
day, August 10, were Jackie
Carstens, Barbara Ogle, Donna
Donahue and Wanda Andrus.
This year's Stampede Is pre
dicted by Kirkland to be bigger
and better than ever, featuring
several amateur rodeo events, In
cluding bronc riding, calf roping,
wild cow milking, bull riding and
other cowboy sports.
Road Worker Dies
Of Gasoline Burns
Wayne Floyd Cook, 22, who
was seriously burned from gaso
line Ignition when cleaning road
equipment at Camas Valley for
the State Highway Dept., Satur
day morning, died last night at
Mercy Hospital.
He was born Nov. 22, 1924,
in Ashland," Ore." and' had lived
In that community until he came
to Roseburg to establish his
home. He was a veteran of World
War II, having served for four
years in the U. S. Navy princi
pally in the South Pacific.
He was a member of the
V.F.W. and of the Eagles Lodge
of Medford.
Surviving are the widow, Mary,
two sons, Wayne and Stephen,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl H. Cook, all of Gold Hill;
a brother, Kenneth, and a sister,
Mrs. Valentine Davis, both of
Oakland, Ore.
The body has been removed to
the Roseburg Funeral Home and
will lie In state until Tuesday
noon. It will then be taken to
Gold Hill for funeral services.
Interment will be in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery there.
Would-Be Bank Robbers
Scatter as Alarm Sounds
HILLSIDE, N. J., July 21. UP)
-Woud-be bank robbers forced
their way Into the Hillside Na
tional early today but scattered
suddenly as the burglar alarm
went off, forcing them to aban
don a trail of tools as they escap
ed over adjacent rooftops and
down a tree.
Detective Capt. Paul Korlcskv
said the men had cut a telephone
line, thinking apparently they
had severed the burglar alarm
circuit.
36 Reported Killed in
Argentine Plane Crash
BUENOS AIRES, July 21.
P An Argentine Army trans
port plane cratrhed today near
the El Palomar military air
port and first unofficial re
ports said 36 persons were
killed.
dropped from a high altitude
might sink deep Into the earth
and produce a man-made quake.
An AAF announcement of
forthcoming tests with deep
penetration bombs on a subma
rine assembly factory at Farge,
Germany, referred specifically
onlv to two standard-explosive
bombs developed since wars end.
They are the 25,000-pound "Ama
zon and "Samson."
But the announcement con
cluded with this cryptic state
ment: '
"With the introduction of
atomic warfare in World War II,
it is logical that the need for
these specialized types of bombs
may be even greater for future
defense."
Morse Uses
Pressure For
Vets' Aid Bills
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
Republican Senator Morse of
Oregon applied fresh pressure on
party leaders today for passage
of two more veterans aid bills.
Four of them Including the
terminal leave bond cashing mea
sure which went to President
Truman won Senate approval in
a long Saturday session.
' But Morse's chances for quick
action on his proposals appeared
dim as the result of a promise by
GOP chiefs giving top priority to
day to legislation seeking an in
vestigation into the Justice. De
partment's handling of vote
fraud charges in the 1946 Kansas
City Democratic primary.
Morse said he intended "to do
whatever I can" to bring his two
bills to a vote today. They would:
1. Increase salary ceilings cov
ering on-the-job veterans training
from the present 5175 a month
for single veterans to $200, and
from $200 to $250 for those who
are married.
2. Authorize a 15 per cent hike
In grants to disabled veterans un
der a rehabilitation program.
Placed on Sidetrack
Neither bill has been acted up
on by the House, which makes it
doubtful that Congress could
complete consideration by Satur-
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Curfew Spreads in
Palestine Deaths
JERUSALEM, July 21. UP)
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was or
dered today for 90,000 Jerusalem
Jews, bringing to 155,000 the num
ber of Jews under curfew restric
tions here, in Haifa and in the
Natanya area.
The action followed a new out
burst of violence which left 3
dead and 23 wounded In 48 hours.
The British Army was order
ed to lock in the Jewish quar
ters here from 7 P. M. to 5 A. M.
daily until further notice."
Some 50,000 Jews in Haifa al
ready were under a similiar cur
few. About 15,000 at Natanya
have been under martial law for
a week as a result of the kid
naping of two British Army ser
geants. Fear of repercussions for the
deportation from Haifa of 4,500
or more uncertified Jewish re
fugees of the exodus of 1947
was reported to be the reason for
the extended cufrew.
Hebrew newspapers this morn
ing headlined in heavy black
type a story that the refugees
were being sent back to France.
Three Trains Stalled
By Swarm of May Flies
PEACH BOTTOM, Pa., July 21.
UP) Swarms of May flies halt
ed three freight trains pulled by
350-ton electric "locomotives last
night on the Pennsylvania Rail
road line between Port Deposit,
Md.. and Harrisburg, Pa.
Crews worked for several
hours to clear away the millions
of insects which blanketed the
boxcars, clogged overhead power
lines and short-circuited motors.
Three steam locomotives final
ly pushed two of the trains to
Harrsburg and the other to Port
Deposit.
New Labor Law Slated
For Congressional Study
WASHINGTON, July 21. (JP)
Senator Ball (R.-MInn.) today
was elected chairman of a joint
congressional committee to study
operations of the new Taft-Hartley
labor law and to recommend
additional legislation.
Rep. Hartlev (R.-N. J.), co
author of the law, was named
vice chairman.
The committee staff will work
out a program, Ball said, adding
that the group may hold hearings
late this year before congress
meets again.
Guerrillas Repulsed
In Northern Greece
ATHENS, July 21. UP) Press
dispatches reported today that
Guerrilla bands had attacked two
points in Northern Greece near
the Yugoslav border, and that in
each case they withdrew after
battle to Yugoslav territory.
Greek troops pursued harssing
action against leftist forces in
the mountains near the frontier
of Albania, Yugoslavia's western
neighbor, after repelling the of
fensive against Konitsa last
week.
ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 2 1, 1 947
Hearings on Master Units,
Opening in Roseburg, Attract
Northwest Timber Industry
v
Pacific Northwest lumbermen,! particularly those of Western
Oregon, are giving close watch to the master unit hearings in Rose
burg today and Salem Wednesday,' for out of them will be deter
mined the sustained yield timber cut for O. and C. lands.
20 Engineers
Here Subject
To S. P. Strike
Twenty engineers of Roseburg
will be affected by the railroad
engineers brotherhood strike
against Southern Pacific called
for 6 P. M. today.
Shipping houses and post of
fice officials report thev were
still awaiting further develop
ments, addinp that they feel that
Roseburg will not be "hard hit"
because of the central location
which makes motor transporta
tion practical.
More than half of all Rose
burg's first class Incoming mail
is transported here from Eugene
by a Star Route motor carrier,
Postmaster Lester Wimberly said.
He said further arrangements
will probably be made, pending
the strike tonight.
Roseburg's Pacific Fruit Com
pany manager stated, "We are
fortunate in being located close to
our sources of produce and can
still truck perishables to a great
extent, without being .hard hit," . .
S. P. Issues Statement
The following statement rela
tive to the strike has been re
leased by A. T. Mercler. presi
dent of Southern Pacific Com
pany: The Brotherhood has called a
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Four Ousted Tacoma
Policemen Reinstated
TACOMA, July 21. UP) The
four Tacoma "vigilante" police of
ficers, discharged April 2 by Po
lice Commissioner Robert Temme
for what he said were "unauthor
ized" raids on alleged gambling
establishments, were reinstated
today to their former positions,
Rufus T. Davis, president of the
Civil Service Committee, an
nounced. They will receive full pay for
the period of their separation
from the service.
The four, T. G. Strand, Anthony
Zatkovich, Eugene Reardon and
Hardwick Smith, took part in
hearings before the commission
that lasted for three months.
Stalin, at Public Event,
Appears in Good Health
MOSCOW, July 21 UP) Prime
Minister Stalin made his first
public appearance of the summer
yesterday when he attended a
monster sports exhibition in Mos
cow's Dynamo Stadium in which
approximately 30,000 Russian
athletes participated.
The 67-vear-old Stalin appeared
to be in good health and high
spirits when he entered his sne
cial box and received the cheers
of an audience of 70,000 which
crowded the stadium to capacity.
U. S: Having 'Unprecedented
Must Guard Against Inflation,
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
President Truman said today
the nation has surged to a pin
nacle of "unprecedented pros
perity" but must strengthen its
defenses against inflation.
In a special mid-year economic
report to Congress, the chief ex
ecutive declared that production
now is running at a rate of $225,
000,000,000 a year, far surpassing
anything in history, and added:
"We can place the high produc
tion and the high employment
that we have today on a firm
foundation of enduring prosperity
and peace."
But threaded through the 30,-000-word
document were four C's
corn, coal, construction and
commerce overseas named by
Mr. Truman as developments
which mean that "inflationary
problems may become stronger."
Terming price reductions still
necessary in many areas, the
President said they must not be
swamped in a wave of speculation
caused by the forecast of a short
corn crop or by a wave of new
wage and price boosts pegged to
; The hearings are being conduct
ed by the Bureau of Land Man
agement on the projected estab
lishment of 11 out of 12 master
units and their respective market
ing areas, and the annual allow
able cut, tentatively determined
as 606,000,000 board feet.
vAs outlined by O. and C. offi
cials, primary aim of the hear
ings is to explain the sustained
yield principles and marketing
areas which will develop out of
the master units, the first of
which was established last year
as the Sluslaw, in Lane County.
These principles and policies
appear generally acceptable by
most operators. If the hearings
are confined to these topics, little
opposition is expected.
Opposition Expected
It is expected, however, that
opposition will arise against the
subsequent steps and hearings in
implementing the master units,
by the establishment of coopera
tive sustained yield contracts.
The timber in the 12 O. and C.
master units is located on the 2,
592,342 acres of O. and C. land in
18 Western Oregon counties con-
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Two Officers Shot,
2 Suspects Jailed
PASCO, Wash.. July 21. UPh
Two men were being held here
today in connection with a pre
dawn Sunday shooting scrape
that resulted in hospitalization of
one officer and wounding of a
second.
Each of the two officers, Police
man Arden Palmer and Sheriff
Harvey Huston, was struck by
two bullets. Palmer, paralyzed by
a bullet which shattered his thigh,
also was struck in the right arm
pit. Huston was hit on the left
hand and left shoulder, but de
clined hospitalization.
The shooting occurred as the
officers investigated a housewife's
report that two men had en
tered the Navy Homes Adminis
tration building.
Police Chief Alfred L. McKibbln
said the arrests were made after
Huston assertediy recognized the
voice of one assailant.
A large quantity of property,
including tires, cameras, radios,
clocks and machine tools, were
found and impounded for investi
gation, McKibbln said.
Relief in Sight For
Forest Fire Hazards
(By The Associated Press)
Hazardous conditions in Ore
gon forests were expected to be
relieved today by cloudiness and
higher humidity, State Forester
Rogers said.
Rogers said the forecast Is for
humidity above 50 per cent west
of the Cascades, and from 35 to
40 per cent east of the mountains.
The danger mark is 30 per cent,
below which logging operations
are halted.
Rogers said there is only one
fire in the state, and that is
under control. It is in the Des
chutes National forest near Sis
ters, where more than 700 acres
of slashings were burned.
John L. Lewis' coal contract set
tlement. Emergency Suggestions
Mr. Truman said there .are as
yet "no grounds for real alarm
nor for general speculative in
creases in food prices" arising
from the fc-ecast of a corn har
vest 20 per cent below last year's.
But In the event real shortages
should develop, the report recom
mended: 1. Full publicity as to the true
farm outlook, perhaps including
a campaign for "strict economy"
in the use of some foods.
2. Quick planning for conserva
tion, through export controls and
possibly by renewing the govern
ment's recently lapsed power to
control the amount of grain used
by distillers and other processors.
Price Stability Urged
Mr. Truman renewed his plea
of ten days ago that coal, steel
and other Industries forego im
mediate price increases until they
test the real costs of the wage
boost won by Lewis' miners.'
"Stability in steel prices would
Public Hearing
Opens on 0:C
Unit Proposal
Public hearing of the O. and C.
Administration's plan for crea
tion of six sustained yield master
units In Southern Oregon opened
this morning at 10 o'clock at the
Roseburg Armory. Principal busi
ness was the introduction of
speakers, guests, and Interested
persons from throughout South
western Oregon, lumbermen
from the Pacific Northwest, and
two representatives of the De
partment of Interior, Washing
ton, D. C.
Conducting the hearing, being
attended by an approximate 300
persons, was W. H. Horning,
regional administrator of the
Bureau of Land Management,
which includes the former Gen
eral Land Office, U. S. Grazing
Service and O. and C. Adminis
tration. Horning Introduced Daniel
Goldie, special assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior, Wash
ington, D. C, who remarked. "I
am here to express the very deep
Interest of the Secretai'y of Inter
ior In this hearing. We want not
only a program here that will
make full use of forest resources,
but we want the highest degree
of utilization.
"A full transcript of the hear
ing is being made," Goldie said,
"and, on the basis of the tran
script, the Secretai'y of Interior
will consider establishment of
master units and market areas."
Horning told the gathering he
regretted he could not also in
troduce Scnptor Quy Cordon and
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Senator Cordon
Will Run in 1948
PORTLAND, Ore., July 21
Senator Guy Cordon "definitely"
will be a candidate for re-election
to the United States senate at
the 1948 election, Herbert J.
Dahlke, chairman of the Port
land housing authority, declared
here Saturday following his re
turn from Washington, D. C.
Cordon was not available for
comment in Washington, D. C,
Saturday.
Dahlke said Senator Cordon
confirmed Governor Earl Snell's
previous statement there is no
agreement between them under
which Cordon would resign at
the end of his current term to
pave the way for Snell's senator
ial candidacy.
"Senator Cordon assured me
there never was an agreement
that he would resign, and that
he definitely will be a candidate
to succeed himself at the next
election," Dahlke said.
Monterey Naval School
Plan Now Before House
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
The House Rules Committee
today cleared for House debate a
bill authorizing the navy to pur
chase the Del Monte hotel at
Monterey, Calif., for a naval
postgraduate school.
The bill would authorize the
expenditure of $2,500,000 to pur
chase the hotel and adjoining
school and equip the school to
accommodate 500 naval line of
ficers. Prosperity But
Truman Says
be a wise economic policy for this
industry as well as for the coun
try," the President declared,
whereas Increases baaed on
guesses and an "exaggerated In
terpretation" co.uld "start another
price-wage spiral in motion."
"Another general surge of price
Inflation would have only one re
sult the sharp recession which
It Is to everyone's Interest to pre
vent," Mr. Truman said. V
Ho added that price cuts and
boosts in substandard pay rates
are still needed as he said they
were when the first economic re
port was made in January but
that meanwhile corporation prof
its have gone on to new record
heights.
"It is evident," the chief ex
ecutive aserted, "that in many
cases business profits are more
than adequate to permit price re
ductions or wage increases, or
some combination of both."
Mr. Truman reassured Industry,
however, that he does not seek or
expect a return to pre-war price
levels.
171-47
SM
NAMED CHIEF Admiral Louis
E. Denfeld was appointed by
President Truman as United
States high commissioner of
trust territory in the Pacific,
embracing the former Japanese
mandated islands. Admiral Den
feld, commander of the Pacific
Fleet, will serve under a tem
porary plan pending transfer of
trusteeship duties to a civilian
department or agency of the
government.
Reedsport Rodeo
To be Banner Show
Reedsport's fourth annual ro
deo, slated for Saturday and Sun
day, August 9 and 10, is being
tabbed as the biggest summer
event ever to be hcjd in the Lower
Umpquii country.
Cowboys of nation-wide rodeo
fame will be In competition, ac
cording to advance reports, to
thrill the crowd with hair-raising
attempts for first place honors.
The usual rodeo clowns will go
inrougn tneir numorous antics
aping the top stars as added en
tertainment and several fancy
roping evetns are slated.
Rodeo stock this year will be
brought from the Max Barbour
farms at Klamath Falls for par
ticlnation in the various contests,
which include calf roping, Brah
ma wild steer riding, bareback
riding, saddle bronc riding, wild
cow milking.
Queenshlp of the two-day show
will go to the candidate tallying
the most advance ticket sales.
The successful candidate will rule
over the show and runners-up
will act as her court.
A street parade at 10 A. M.
Saturday, August 9, will officially
open festivities. Publicity is being
distributed by the Lower Douglas
County Sheriff's Posse through
out Southwestern Oregon.
Outlawing of Poll Tax for
Voters Approved by House
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
Legislation to outlaw the poll
tax as a requirement for voting
in federal elections was passed
today by the House. It now goes
to the Senate.
The vote was 290 to 112.
There are no plans for con
sideration of the bill this year In
the Senate, where it has been
blocked repeatedly In the past by
Southern filibusters.
Called up unexpectedly, House
action came over the futile ob
jections of a group of Southern
representatives who tried parlia
mentary devices to block a final
vote. They succeeded only in
delaying the showdown several
hours.
Led by Reps. Rankin (D.-Miss.)
and Pickett (D.-Tex.), the south
erners asserted the legislation In
vades the right of states to run
Iheir own elections and thereby
violates the constitution.
Activians Elect, Pass
Anti-Red Resolution
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 21.
UP) Dr. C. A. Benson of Omak,
Wash., was elected first vice
president and Mervin Vatcr, Eu
gene, Ore., second vice president
as Active International concluded
its convention Saturday. Robert
L. Moore, Jr., Sacramento, was
elected president to succeed
James A. McCallum of Bremer
ton, Wash.
Calgary was selected as the
next convention site. Ellis John
son of Toppenish, Wash., was
elected a district governor.
SHIRLEY 'EXPECTING'
HOLLYWOOD, June 21. UP)
Shirley Temple is expecting a
January baby.
The 19-year-old actress and her
husband, Actor John G. Agar, 26,
made the announcement last
night at a family party.
They were married Sept. 19,
1945.
h0M
Walkout On
S. P. Co: Lines
Set for 6 P; Mi
Perishables, Livestock
Under Embargoes; Pleas
Sent to White House
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21.
UP) While the government at
tempted last chance mediation,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers prepared to strike the
western lines of the Southern
Pacific railroad at 6 P.M. today.
Failure of eleventh-hour efforts
to avert the strike would tie up
some 8,000 miles of track of the
Southern Pacific and affiliated
carriers from Oregon to Texas
during a season of heavy east
ward movement of agricultural
products from the west.
The engineers called the strike
after failing to reach an agree
ment in a long dispute mainly
affecting rules and working con
ditions. Beginning yesterday, the first
of a series of company embargoes
against acceptance of freight
shipments became effective. It
was an embargo on perishable
freight and livestock.
Government Mediator Thomas
E. Bickers met with both com
pany and Brotherhood represen
tatives separately yesterday, but
no progress was announced.
After an hour and a half with
Bickers, Harrison S. Hobard, as
sistant grand chief of the Broth
erhood, commented: "Everything
stands just as it did before the
meeting."
But Bickers said a joint meet
ing with the parties was "still in
the cards," possibly some time
today, and In any event he plan
ned to meet with each group in
dividually during the day.
intervention Urged
President Truman, who Frldav
created an emergency board to
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A-Bomb Experts
Taught Reds, Claim
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
Walter S. Steele told the House
un-American Activities Commit
tee today that Dr. Frank Oppen
heimer and, Dr. Lewis Balamuth,
war time experts on atomic
power,-have caught since "at Com
munist schools.
Steele, who testified as chair
man of the National Security
Committee of the American Coall.
tion of Patriotic, Civic and Fra
ternal Societies, said Oppen
heimer recently instructed in
"atomic enerev" at the California
Workers Sahool in San Francisco.
On July 12, Dr. Oppenheimer
denied as "complete fabrication"
published reports that he has been
a Communist party member.
Steele said Balamuth, formerly
connected with the Manhattan
atomic project, has been teaching
the "rudiments" of atomic power
at the Jefferson School of Social
Science in New York.
The Communists, the witness
said, maintain schools in America
as tools of propaganda and agita
tion. He said the New York and
San Francisco schools are the
two largest.
Steele was the first of 14 wit
nesses scheduled for a week's
hearings on Communist activity.
He testified additionally:
There arc some 5,000,000 Com
munists or members of Commu
nist bunds in the United States.
The Communists are "pushing"
for creation of a major third po
litical party.
The Communists have estab
lished schools in Hollywood, Bos
ton and Cleveland, In addition to
those at San Francisco and New
York.
The San Francisco and New
York schools are on the govern
ment's approved list for G. I. edu
cational benefits, as a result of
state certification.
Bill to Halt Petroleum
Exports Given Approval
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP)
The House Merchant Marine
Committee today approved a bill
to block petroleum shipments to
any foreign country unless the
Secretary of Commerce certifies
that the exports will not inter
fere with national defense or na
tional security.
The bill tentatively Is schedul
ed for house consideration late
this week. It grew out of a com
mittee inquiry into shipments of
petroleum products to Russia.
Oregon Liquor Sales
Reveal Big Decrease
PORTLAND, Julv 21. UP)
Sale of liquor In the state drop
ped from 519,152 cases the first
six months last year to 450,451
cases In the same period this
year, the Liquor Control Commis
sion reports.
Because of increased prices,
however, dollar volume was down
only 6.09 per cent.
levity pact Rant
By L. T. MMfVWla
Ths wiseacre who nremhecia
, i
against war, seeing no signs in
current upheavals, is like the
guy who couldn't see the forest
because of the trees.