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United Mine Workers' Board Of Strategy Opens Contract Talks With Coal Operators ' PHTLAnPT.PRTA Tl a m The United Mine Workers Board of Strategy and the na tion's anthracite operators open ed contract negotiations Thurs day with the controversial three day work week a highly possible issue. Negotiations between John L. Lewis' UMW and three branches of the soft coal industry are ..1 ready underway. Lewis, whose union includes 400,000 bituminous diggers and 80,000 hard coal miners, put a three-day work week in effect for all soft coal miners east of the Mississippi starting this week. His order, which drew immedi ate criticism from both, congres sional and industry leaders, did not include the hard coal miners, however. In the anthracite fields a five day work week is in effect this week after the Pennsylvania An thracite Committte set the weekly production quota at 1,207,000 tons. While the bituminous industry Is divided into three negotiating groups steel owned captive mines, Southern operators and coal men of the North and West the anthracite industry speaks as a unit. One of the prime reasons for Lewis' shortened work week order was believed to be the record soft coal stockpile now above ground. Lewis himself said the move was aimed at "stabilizing" the indus try, reducing current heavy pro duction to meet the small demand. A smaller coal reserve would, of necessity, enhance Lewis' posi tion in the soft coal wage negotia tions. The hard coal situation includes a similar heavy stockpile but dif fers In that the Pennsylvania An thracite Committee composed of union, operator and state repre sentatives sets the production quota. And that in turn deter mines the length of the work week set by the individual operators. There appeared a possibility Lewis may seek in today's talks to change that. So far Lewis has not disclosed any of his hard coal demands. WTW Sen. Cain Backs Magnuson's Bill Authorizing Building Of Columbia Basin Projects By CHARLES D. W ATKINS WASHINGTON, July 8. UP) Senator Cain R-Wash) came out yesterday in support of a bill by Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) which would authorize construc tion of all Columbia Basin proj ects contained in the $3,000,000, 000 coordinated program of the Army engineers and the Recla mation Bureau. The authorization would be the first step toward getting the proj ects under way. Appropriations cannot be made for actual con struction unless Congress has authorized the projects. Magnuson's bill is the same as one introduced previously bv Cain except that the Magnuson bill names the projects. Cain's bill would have provided a blanket authorization for all projects listed in the coordinated report. These are: , The Priest Rapids, John Day and The Dalles project on the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon; the Hells Canyon project on the Snake River in Idaho; Albeni Falls on the Pend olfi.CO DJUNKS fKOOl-4 Oreille River; extension of the Willamette- River improvements in Oregon; 12 irrigation projects in the Columbia Basin and re lated flood control works. Cain, a member of the Senate Public Works Committee, told a reporter: , "I shall do everything I can to support Senator Magnuson's bill. It covers exactly the same proj ects that are covered in my bill submitted sometime ago. The pro gram contained in the coordi nated project should be author ized quickly. "It would be the first step to ward getting more projects in the basin in position for appropria tions to start their construction. We cannot go any further with basin development until we get these additional projects au thorized." Meanwhile, Chairman Chavez fD-NM) of the Senate Public Works Committee announced further testimony will be heard Friday on the administration's bill to set up a Columbia Valley Administration in the Pacific Northwest. Chavez said C. Girard David son, assistant secretary of the in terior, will resume his testimony. He has stepped aside twice to permit- proponents of the bill from the Pacific Northwest to- be heard. - At, a committee session two weeks ago, Cain charged David son had violated the anti-lobbying act by making speeches in the Northwest urging support of the CVA bill. Davidson, who was not present, later denied the charge. ANN HACKWORTH, a member of the Multnomah Athletic Club's "Cody Kids," will be here for the first Southern Ore gon Invitational Swimming Meet, scheduled Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Roseburg Municipal Pool. The meet is sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, with ell proceeds, above expenses, go ing to the swimming pool fund. Small Stttl Firms Extend Contract With Union PITTSBURGH. July 8.- Extension of contracts with 72 small steel companies employing 40,000 steelworkers was an nounced Thursday by William J. Hart, director of District 19 of the ClO-United Steelworkers of America. The terminal dates of the smaller companies' contracts coin cide with that of the U. S. Steel Corp. as a result, operations in the smaller plants will be allow ed to continue If "big steel" is struck July 16. Hart said the extensions grant ed the smaller industries will per mit operations of these plants un til negotiations with U. S. Steel, usually regarded as a pattern for the whole industry, are resolved in agreements. Negotiations with the smaller firm will then be opened, with possibly no suspensions of opera tions resulting for "little steel." The contracts of two other large producing companies in District 19, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and the Blaw-Knox Co. have Aug. 16 as a terminal date, one month later than those of big steel and its subsidiaries. Commies, Criminals Infest Unions, Pegler Claims WASHINGTON. July 8. Columnist Westbrook Pegler said Thursday that labor unions in tnis country nave Become infil trated with despots, criminals and Communists. Rank and file members have "little or no" voice in their or ganizations, he added. Pegler appeared before a House labor subcommittee investigating undemocratic practices in unions. The chairman is Rep. Jacobs (D. Ind.),. a freshman and a former Indianapolis labor lawyer. 'The government has long ducked the Communist question in unions for political reasons," Pegler said In a statement to the subcommittee. "Yet we have union after union completely dominated by "ommunists and pro-Communists and run by them. "An Instance of this, and only one of many, Is the United Elec trical Workers. Not very long ago the Atomic Energy Commis sion told the General Electric Company not to deal with the United Electrical Workers be cause of Its Red domination." Foot experts suggest treating feet to alternate hot and cold foot baths If they show signs of need ing comfort and restoration. Labor Situation In Japan Takes On Grave Aspect TOKYO, July 8. UP) New violence marked Japan's worsen ing labor situation yesterday. A state of national emergency appeared In the offing. Ibaragl prefecture miners joined In the general unrest. They protested and demonstrated against arrest of 19 of their num ber and discharge of 200 more. Evidence mounted to Indicate the country's first political mur der since the occupation had been committed. The victim was Sada norl Shimoyama, president of the National Railway Corporation. Doctors said there were strong indications he had been dead at least 12 hours before his body was mangled by a speeding freight train in Tokyo Tuesday. Shimoyama had just Issued dis charge notices to 30,000 of 95,000 rail workers scheduled to be let out under an American-sponsored retrenchment plan. Prime Minister Yoshida was said by a member of his cabinet to be demanding the ousting of National Police Superintendent Salto. The miners' participation In the general unrest was a surprise. Three thousand of them demon- Fri., July 8, 1949 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 strated against police 75 miles north of Tokyo. Three mine offi cials were rescued by police at Mito in that area.' One report from a Japanese government source said the an gry mob threw stones at an American army sergeant in a Jeep. The sergeant, the report said, fired warning shots over the heads of the miners. The U. S. Eighth Army said it had no such report. The angry, milling miners pa raded for several hours through the town of Takahagi. Later union officials met police and de manded release of all miners ar rested and return of the 200 dis charged workers to their Jobs. SLABWOOD In 12-16 and 24 In. lengths OLD GROWTH FIX DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phene 651 The News-Review 'lasslf led ail bring best results. Phone 100. Phone 1261-R For repairs on your , typewriter or adding machines. KEN'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT 631 S. Stephens Ousted Doctor May Ask Hearing Of Civil Service SALEM, July 8. UP) Dr. Hor ace G. Miller, State Hospital psychiatrist who was fired Wednesday for Insubordination, said he might demand a state Civil Service hearing. "I have been deeply grieved by some of the trends and develop ments at the Oregon State Hos pital under the superintendency of Dr. Charles E. Bates, and the treatment that has been accorded some of my friends. I am consid ering having a Civil Service hear ing.' Dr. Miller Indicated that his purpose in demanding a hearing would be to clear himself of Dr. Bates' charges that Dr. Miller "was guilty of subversive activity and insubordination." William Ryan, state supervisor of Institutions, said he would wel come a hearing, and that he isn't afraid of any charees Dr. Miller might present. Ryan supported Dr. Bates, who was appointed su perintendent only last year. Dr. Miller said Dr. Bates called him into the superintendent's of fice Wednesday and fired him. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, JULY 9TH TUNA FLAKES n 25c WHOLE KERNEL CORN No. 2 Can 13c No. 2 CANS ASPARAGUS 15c DURKEE'S OLEOMARGARINE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES APRICOTS Just right for Canning 95c LUG NICE, CRISP LETTUCE Head 5c LOCAL CARROTS 2 bunches 15c 1 -Lb. Pkgs. KERR REGULAR LIDS DOZEN 23c 10c RINSO OR DUZ1 27c QUALITY MEATS CHOICE ; BEEF ROASTS lb. 49c NICE 'N' TENDER VEAL STEAKS lb. 55c LEAN PORK ROASTS lb. 39c FANCY RIB ROASTS, lb. 59c The Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce presents THE SOUTHERN OREGON INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET and Water Sat Bun. allei July 9,10 TWO PERFORMANCES Saturday .7:00 P. M. 2:00 P. M. 17 EVENTS EACH DAY plus the water ballet, Al Palnik's diving exhibition and comic divers. ADMISSION PRICES Reserved Seats . 1.50 General Admission. . .1.00 Children under 12 ........... .50 Prieet or for each performance. Federal lax included. FEATURED PERFORMERS I Al Patnik Former Olympic Games Diving Champion. i 14 water ballet swimmers from the Portland Aquanettes Aquatic ciub. The Cody Kids Multnomah Athletic Club Swimming Team. Portland Aquatic Club team ! it The Dalles Aquatic Club Northeast YMCA Portland swimming teom. i swimmers. teom swimmers. ALL PROFITS WILL GO TO THE SWIMMING POOL FUND Lawson's Jewelry Tickets now on sale at: 0 Pugh's Chevron Station Municipal Pool b'.t Off '531