' U of 0. Library ' CONP
Eugene, Ore.
HANDED T0 11
6
ol
1 I Asm.
SEAS DAMAGE PIER A portion of Monsted pier at Redondo
Beech, Calif., on which numerous fish eating places ere located
collapsed under the pounding of heavy seas. High winds and
low temperatures gave southern Californians their first taste
of wintry weather. (AP Wirephotol.
Minute Men's Organization To Meet
Threats Of Communist Sabotage
Proposed By Rifle Assn. Director
DENVER, Oct. 21. (.P) A modern organization of minute men
to meet threats of Communist sabotage was proposed today. It
was termed the key to adequate security.
The plan was offered by C. B. Lister of Washington, executive
director of the National Rifle association. Lister helped draft the
first manual on home guard organization in World War II. He
asked his board of directors to help establish a new internal
security force of civilians In their states "while there is time."
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THIS paragraph loads off a dis
patch from Washington:
"Congressional leaders called
for swift action today on a new
ly put together farm bill giving
the government broad power to
support crop prices near present
high levels INDEFINITELY."
WELL, that ought to take care
of the farm vote.
That sounds like a nasty crack.
It isn't so Intended. We must
learn to face realities and one of
the realities of this modern worU
is that the FIRST AND MOST
IMPORTANT JOB of govern
ments is to KEEP THEMSELVES
IN POWER.
The way to keep yourself In
power these days is to give the
big pressure groups whatever
they want
T
HIS system costs quite a lot of
money.
It is now costing more money
than we are able to raise by taxa
IContinued on Page Four)
Damage Suit Against
Beauty Shop Backfires
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 21
(.pi Mrs. Gertrude M. Shea told
district court Jury a facial
treatment in a beauty shop here
damaged her skin permanently.
The shop, she said, should pay
her $33,286.
But the Jury didn't agree.
Instead, the Jurors awarded the
shop the S170.71 its owners said
Mrs. Shea owed them in unpaid
bills.
TAXPAYER MAIL BLAMED
Each U. S. Senator After
This Year To Cost More
Than $50,000 Annually
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (.Ti The 1950-model United States
senator and his office staff. The bill for all 96 of them will
and up.
That's the package cost in salaries and expenses for a single
senator's and his office staff. The bill for all 96 of them will
run around $5,000,000 a year. I
The cost per Senator went up
anoul 30,(AJ It M-rtl nil!, wr,-r
when Congress voted the money
to permit Senators o increase
the pay of their oiilce help or
add another worker to their staff.
One Midwestern Senator put
the blame on the taxpayer for
the high senatorial costs. He
didn't want his name used
"I'm snowed under with mail."
Senator X said. "We get about
1 000 letters a day in mv office.
That means that five or six ste-
nographers and clerks do nothing draw $35,400 a year for his office
but handle the mail." help. Each Senator is entitled to
A Senator's pav is $12. W a at Iast six office workers, an
year. It's generally agreed re 5L9.4nft-avear administrative as
salary is modest enoujh. A top-, sistant. and an additional $6,720
rnk ambassador receives $2o.- a year aide.
"Russia could cripple this na
tion in 12 hours without ever us
ing an atom bomb." Lister de
clared in an interview elaborat
ing on his plan.
'.'A lot of talk and very little
action on civilian defense plans,
centering mostly on disaster re
lief, has betrayed the average
American into a sense of securi
ty. "But the Communists could at
tack without warning. They could
do it through their cells scatter
ed over the United States.
"Even If the FBI has spotted
every cell and every Communist,
they could effectively sabotage
our power and communication
systems, our water supply and
transportation net, and our vital
industrial plants. They could do
it before wholesale arrests could
be made.
"While our top military men
are wrangling over long range
(Continued on Page Two)
Velma's Beauty
Shop Purchsed
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herman,
owners and operators of Velma's
Beauty shop in the Pacific build
ing, announced looay tne sale oi
their business to Mrs. Earl IThel
mal Wilson of Sutherlin.
The Hermans haw been In the
same location over 17 years.
According to Mrs. lVelma
Herman, the new owner plans to
carry on the business as it has
formerly txvn run. Mrs. Wilson
is a graduate of the Marinello
School of Beautv of Portland
and formerly worked for the Her-
mans for nine years.
Mrs. Wilson plans eventually
to hire another operator, in addi
tion to Mrs. LouLse Davis, who
will remain at the beauty shop.
The new owner will take over
Nov. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman said
their plans for the future are
"uncertain."
0O0 a year plus expenses.
But the senatorial salary Is
only the down payment. The real
cost is In the fine print. Take
the case of Senator X:
In addition to his salary, he
gets another $2,500 a year for ex
penses. This expense money is
tax free. Me need make no ac-
counting of how he spends it.
If the Senator comes from a
state with a population of less
than 30"0.nno thai means he can
Tht Weather
Fair today and Saturday. Con
tinued cold tonight.
Sunset today 5:21 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow o:3S a. m.
Established 1873,
Johnson
Fired His Aide
For Opposing
Unification
People's Interest First,
Probe Told; Fuss Due To
Money, Marshall Says
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 (.TV
Secretary of Defense Louis John
son said today he asked for the
resignation of John L. Sullivan
as secretary of the Navy because
Sullivan did not believe in arm
ed services unification.
Sullivan resigned last March
25 with a blast charging Johnson
with halting construction of a pro
posed Navy super aircraft car
rier without even consulting Sul
livan. Johnson gave his account of
Sullivan's leaving to the House
Armed Services committee, lie
did so after Rep. Short (RMo)
had remarked that Johnson's sio
ry of the carrier cancellation var
ied from Sullivan's. Johnson was
before the committee testifying
on bickering in the armed serv
ices. "I have kept my mouth shut
about Mr. Sullivan's resignation.
And Mr. Chairman, neither you
nor anyone else has ever heard
me say any unkind word about
him."
"Mr. Sullivan was not for uni
fication and would not support
unification."
"He submitted his letter of res
ignation to the president on
Maich 25, or a day or two before
I was sworn in, las secretary ol
defense) because I told him there
was no room on my team on the
civilian side of the defense estab
lishment for any person who is
not enthusiastically for unifica
tion." Johnson Otolares His Aims
Johnson declared he Is running
the Defense department In the
Interests of the American people
and world peace.
He said he intends to hew to
that line despite "straw men"
and "false rumors" which he at
tributed to the Navy.
Johnson was the climax wit
ness before the House Armed
Services committee which has
heard Navy charges that present
defense policies are wrong and
are hurting national security.
Johnson said all he is trying
to do is see that the money of
the taxpayers is put into the most
modern and efficient defense
equipment so that they get a hun
dred cents worth ol defense for
every dollar spent.
And, throwing his "wholeheart
ed support" behind unification of
the armed forces, the secretary
said that there is "an essential
and honorable role" for each of
them to fulfill under present
strategy plans.
Money "Root of Dissension"
Before Johnson went on the wit
ness stand Gen. George C Mar
shall told the committee that
money is "the root of the present
trouble in the armed forces."
Marshall, wartime army chief
of staff, said all commanders
want more than they can be giv
en and somebody has 1o find "a
(Continued on Page Two)
Pineapple Waits
On Truck Under
Eyes Of Pickets
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 21
A carload of Hawaiian pine
apple waited on a spur track to
day and there was no hint when
or whether it would be moved
past picketing CIO Longshore
men. The car was loaded with 49
tons of canned pineapple, destin
ed for a San Jose, Calif., cannery,
yesterday. Railroad officials said
necessary paper work prelimin
ary to moving It was not com
pleted yesterday. Longshoremen,
however, were banking on rail
crews refusing to cross their
picket line .
Longshoremen say the pineap
ple was loaded In Hwait in de
fiance of a longshore strike there,
sinre settled. An effort to unload
it last month ended In rioting.
Only that which was unloaded
before the fight broke out was
put in the boxcar. The rest
some 2,640 tons still is in the
barge.
A representative of Isleways,
Ltd., the cargo owner, said yes
terday the company still plans
to unload the barge, but has not
decided how or when. The port
commission says the company
must hire its own stevedores if It
wants to do the work.
The company ordered three
moie rail cars to the terminal,
but a spokesman said that was
in anticipation of rail crews
crossing the picket line with the
loaded car. If thev refuse, the
order for the other cars will be
canceled, he said, and the com
pany may then consider again
use of trucks.
In lat month s fighting four
trucks were damaged and two
driven hospitalized.
ii i mrn iiifr ' - ZL..t. .ir. .- . ,,. , ,.
Upholds His National Defense Policy
Senator Cordon
Raps Truman For
"Extravagance"
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 (.P
Senator Guy Cordon (R-Ore.)'
said today the session of Con
gress Just closed "was the most
extravagant in history."
"Here," he said, "the whip of
the executive was directly re
sponsible. 'The Truman program from
the opening message to the day
of adjournment was a calculated
scheme to Garner for the execu
tive department more aajj more
dictatorial and arbitral) flower."
Cordon told a reporter. "It be
came so raw that even Stalwart
administration Democrats rebell
ed. "No better example of this
philosophy of the administration
can De louna man is emnooira incentives, encourage a Billow
in the President's Columbia Vat-ling industrial and business eron
ley administration bill which islomy with sights set on a $300,
a bid for power run riot." .000.000,000 national income. That,
Cordon referred to Mr. Tru- ' is figured, would yield ade
man's proposal to set up a CVAlu,, revenue without hikes in
to develop the Columbia river I'" rates to support federal,
basin in seven northwest states, I "'a" and local governments. Na
which would be headed bv a ! 'nal income now is at the rate
board of three members appoint-
ed by the President.
Cordon said the session's "drag
ged on far longer than was neces
sary chieflv because the Demo
crats, who had a controlling ma
jority, could not agree among
tnemseives or witn tne jdmlnis
nation on a program."
Logging Truck Overturns
In Highway Accident
Two log trucks, a lumber truck
and a passenger car were re
ported involved In an accident
east of the tunnel on the Drain
Reedsport highway Wednesday.
According to information re
ceived here , a logging truck,
owned by Marvin Nelson, was
crowded off the highway and
overturned, causing considerable
damage to the cab.
The ear, said operated by Mrs.
Fred Alldridge, reportdly sus
tained a smashed fender and
ruined tire in the accident. None
of the passengers in either of
the vehicles was Injured.
Two Youths Held For
Parking Lot Car Theft
Two Portland youths, both 15,
were arrested Wednesday at
Reedsport for the alleged theft
of a 1949 model car from the
Montgomery Ward parking lot in
Tillamook, State Police Sgt.
Dick Miles at Reedsport report
ed. They are being held for Til
lamook authorities.
The car was registered In the
name of Woorirow Williams and
Edna Mae Williams, said Miles.
CARS COLLIDE
Minor damage was reported
Thursday in an accident involv
ing cars driven by Wayne L.
Ferrlll and Doris A. Laver, boin
of Roseburg, according to Police
Chief Calvin H. Baird.
Chief Baird said the accident
occurred when Ferrill's car col
lided with the Laver vehicle pull
ing awav from the curb, as Fer-
rill turned into the Henninger's
Mart parking lot on S. Stephens
street.
No citations were Issued.
SCOUTERS HOLD ANNUAL
cil held its annual district meeting and scourers round-table at
Mas Jenitn, Eugene icout esecutive (front and center), was fhe principal speaker. An investi
ture of four Drain boys into the Boy Scouts highlighted the meet. Above, front row, left to
riaht. are Lowell Bass, neighborhood commissioner; Jensen, Rollie Quam, field esecutive,
Douglas district; second row, left to right, Jerry Willis, district commissioner; Harold Slub
ber, neighborhood commissioner; John Todd, district chairman; Lee Emery, Jim Addees, Art
Trams (Sutherlin), neighborheed commissioners. (Staff phete).
ROSE BURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCT.
Truman Tax
Increase Urge
Draws Fire
Readjust Present Code,
Reduce Spending, Reply
Of Those Who Differ
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (.
Capitol Hill fired back at Presi
dent Truman's talk of a tax in
crease today with counter pro
posals to slash government spend
ing instead.
Another popular suggestion on I
how to make ihe government s
ends meet was: I
By tax adjustments and other I
jof ""out $217,000,000,000.
House Kepuhiican Leader Mar
tin, of Massachusetts, issued a
statement saying the President
wants more taxes to put "his So
cialist schemes over on the Amer
ican people."
The American economy." he
declared, "is so shaky now that
an increase in the tax burden
might easily lead to a depression
with millions out of Jobs."
Mr. Truman disclosed his 19.10
tax objective at his news con
ference yesterday, despite (A)
that Congress has ignored his call
last January for a $4,000,000,000
(Continued on Page Two)
Electrical Union
Yields By Signing
Anti-Red Oath
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 .-.Pi
The left-wing United Electrical
Workers, biggest CIO holdout
against Taft-Hartlev act rules,
gave in today and filed non-Communist
oaths from its officers.
The affidavits are required by
the labor law before a union can
have access to National Labor Re
lations board machinery for such
things as collective bargaining
elections. They must state that
the union officers are not com
munists and are not sympathetic
to communism.
The V. K. has been described
in hearings of the House un
American activities committee as
a hotbed of communist activity.
The NLRB has no discretion
about accepting the affidavits.
i ne aumenticity ot tne oains is a
.. . . ... .. ,
matter for the Justice depart
ment to checK on.
General Counsel Robert N.
Denham has asked the justice de
partment to look Into the valid
ity of the claims in the affidavits
of officers of several unions.
At the recent U. E. convention
at Cleveland the U. E. voted to
suspend per capita payments to'cial election on whether to recall
the CIO unless certain conditions
are met. This all springs from
CIO elforts to rid its ranks of
what it considers leftists or com
munist sympathizers. The U. E.
convention action may lead to
UE's ouster from the CIO.
MEET The Douglas district of
21, 1949
Jap Survivor Of
A-Bombing Now
In U. S. Army
FT. LEWIS, Wash.. Oct. 21.
.JP There's a private in the
army here who lived through the
Hiroshima atomic bomb explo
sion. He's Private Kelly Nakashita,
21.
He could tell his mates in
khaki how it feels to go through
at atomic bombing, but he says
nobody's asked him as yet. Re
calling 9:15 a. m., Aug. 6, 1945, he
says:
"I was studying on the second
floor of the Hiroshima engineer
ing college. I heard a dull explo-
.i,tn n , 4 Innbnsl m,l th U'inHniv
rhe opa oI lne buildings and
...,,, ui ,,uh ,, i-
the air.
"I saw the bomb wind coming
toward the building and I ducked
under a desk. After the ceiling
raved in, those of us who were
left crawled to a bomb shelter.
Five minutes later, 11 of us out
of a class of 56 were alive.
"We were covered with the
blood of our classmates."
Nakashita was norn in San
Jose, Calif., and taken to Hiro
shima by his parents at the age
of 10. He returned to the United
States this year and enlisted in
the army.
"I don't give lectures on the
subject. I Jus't happened to be
there when It hit and I was one
04 ule mcKy ones wno got oui.
I
! New French Premier
.... , . -
Stalled In Cabinet Try
PARIS. Oct. 21 tB Premier
Rene Mayer today was almost
hopelessly stalled, miormed po
litical observers said, in his ef
forts to form a New French. Co
alition cabinet.
Hesitancy of the Socialists to
enter his government was report
ed the stumbling block for the
radical socialist whom th,e Na
tional Asembly last night approv
ed for the premiership by a vote
or .Hi to in-).
The possibility loomed, that
the only way out of France's po
litical crises, now 15 days old,
might be the dissolving of parli
ament followed by a general
election.
Forest Grove's Only
Hospital Forced To Close
FOREST GROVE. Oct. 21. VP)
Forest Grove general hospital
will close Nov. 1, leaving this city
of 6.000 persons with no hospital
facilities.
Olive L. Wilcox, owner of the
hospital, said today she was clos
ing the 30-bed institution Decause
of lack of patronage.
In 12 years of operation the
hospital has treated some 9.500
uoii-ma.
patients, in tne last six mnnins,
however, patronage has fallen
off. Miss W;
l ilcox said.
Elliott Recall Election
On In Multnomah County
PORTLAND.
Oct. 21. (.TV-
Portland and the rest of Multno
mah county voted today in a spe-
Sheriff Marion Le Roy iMike)
Elliott.
James W. Gleason, elections
registrar, predicted 50 per cent of
the registered voters would cast
ballots, a heavier number than
normal In special elections.
tht Boy Scouti Oregon Trail coun
Riverside school Thursday night.
248-49
Mine Owners
Walk Out On
Contract Talk
Deadlock Laid To Lewis'
Power Lust; Ray Of Hope
In Steelworkers' Strike
(Br the AuocUtd PrMt)
Coal operators walked out on
contract talks with the United
Mine workers today. But there
was a flicker of hope that a break
may come in the steel strike.
Northern and western mine op
erators left White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., where negotia
tions designed to end the five
weeks old coal strike, were be
ing held.
They accused John L. I.ewis of
being wining "to destroy the
coal Industry "in his mad race
for power." They said they would
meet with' union leaders again
when the union leaders show
they are ready "to consider our
employes and the Industry."
me situation in the costly, .21
day steel strike, says Cyrus S.
Citing, federal mediation chief,
"is not hopeless."
But, Caing said In New York
last night alter conferences with
U. S. Steel corporation officials,
"we do not want to create the
Impression that there Is a basis
for optimism."
Ching's hint of hope, coupled
with a warning against optimism,
followed earlier comment by
President Truman that he has no
present plans for Intervening ii
either the steel or coal strikes or
for seizing either industry.
Ching's statement came as the
continuing steel-coal tieups chok
ed off much of the nation's In
dustrial activity and made Idle
more than a million workers.
There was some progress In
the coal strike, insofar as it con
cerned the southern- operators
meeting at Hiuelieia, w. va., out
northern and western operators
appeared hopelessly deadlocked
(Continued on Page Two)
Daughter's Body
Smothers Mother
As Tornado Hits
ABILENE. Texas. Oct. 21
A A mother suffocated today
beneath the body of her daugh
ter, critically Injured In a tor
nado which exploded their home
earlv today.
Mrs. Ruby Lee Pearson, 37. a
teacher, was the lone fatality of
he brief storm which appeared
to have died out near this west
Texas town.
Her daughter. Mina La Dell
11, was Injured critically. Long
nails from heavy timber of the
house were drlved Into her body
as she lay helpless over her mo
ther s face.
Allav Pearson. 51, the husband
and father, who is blind, and
Kddie Earl, 14. a son, were less
seriously Injured.
A vacated baracks Just behind
their home, several barns and
other smaller buildings also were
wrecked.
The storm roared Into the
northern section of this town of
40,000 persons about 12:20 a m,
Hall, wind and heavy rain ac
companied the five-minute twist-
Air Force Officer's Wife
Accused Of His Murder
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct.
21 iJPt A pretty American bru
nette, pale and dazed with shock,
was arraigned In a U. S. court
today In a warrant charging her
with the murder of her ynung
Air Force Lieutenant husband
after a quarrel with one of their
female friends.
Mrs. Yvette Madsen. 22, moth
er of two small children, is ac
cused of shooting her 32-year-old
husband, Lt. Andrew W. Mad
sen, of Oaklnad, Calif., through
the heart early yesterday in the
living room of their home near
the RineMaln alrnase. The Air
Force said the shonting followed
a gav party at the home ot
friends.
Truman Mum On Report
Of Remark On Strikes
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 (Pi
The White House refused today
to affirm or deny report that
President Truman said there Is
"no sense" to the steel and coal
strikes.
Mr. Truman purportedly made
the statement In an off the re
cord talk to a group of 200 In
dustrialists at a hotel here last
night.
He also was reported to have
told the businessmen there was
something wrong" with them If
thev didn't sit down with their
employes and work out their pro
blems. He was quoted as saying
labor has equal responsibility
with management In settling the
coal and steel strikes.
Each Penalty
Also Includes
Fine Of $10,000
Ten Convicted Men Get
Five Years, 11th, Here Of
War, Draws Three Years
NEW YORK, Oct 21 OS
Tsn top-ranking American com
munist Itaders today wsrs san
tanced to prison for fiv yaara
aeh for criminal conspiracy
to tsach avtrthrow ef tne U.S.
government by fare. An elsv
tnth was sentenced to three
ysars.
Federal Judge Harold ft". Me
dina imposed the sentences and
fined each defendant 110,000
the maximum In addition.
Those sentenced to live years
were:
Eugene Dennis. 447 general seo
retary of the Communist party.
John B. Williamson, 46, labor
secretary.
Jacob Stachel, 49, educational
director.
Gus Hall, 39, Ohio state chair
man. John Gates, 36, editor ot tht
Daily Worker.
Henry Winston, 35, organka
tlonal' secretary.
Carl Winter, 43, Michigan state
chairman.
Benjamin J. Davis Jr, 46, New
York City councilman.
Gilbert Green, 43, Illinois chair
man. Irving Potash, 46, member ot
me national committee.
Winston and Davis are Negroes.
War Heroism Considered
Robert Thompson. 34. New York
state chairman, was sentenced to
three years and a S20.000 fin.
Judge Medina took into consider
atlon Thompson's war record. The
rsew lorKer won the distinguish
ed service cross for service in
tne racinc.
After Federal Judge Harold
Medina announced the sentenc
ing, most ot the defendants
smiled.
Winston and Stachel waved
their right hands to friends or
relatives In the rear of the court
room. Gates craned his neck and
looked to the rear, obviously
looking for his wife.
Dennis looked at the ceiling.
Winter and Hall whisnered in
each other.
The sentencing followed the
recommendation of U. S. Attorney
John F. X. McGohey that eacri
defendant be sentenced to 10
years imprisonment. He made no
recommendation lor a fine al
though the law provides it. . -
"I don't say they could prob-
Sbly over throw the government
ut they will attempt to do it,"
said McGohey.
He said the 11 men and William
Z. Foster, chairman of the party
who was also indicted but ob
tained a severance because oi ill
ness, ruled the party.
Neuberger Raps
"Hypocrisy" In
Printing Bill Fuss
PENDLETON, Oct. 21. (A
State Senator Richard Neuberger
charged today that It Is "a prime)
act of political hypocrisy" for the
secretary of state's office to ques
tion a $160 state printing bill run
up by State Treasurer Walter
Pearson, "for so-called personal
advertising."
"I don't approve what Pearson
ild," said Neuberger, "but New
bry has turned the licensing of
motor vehicles Into a personal
publicity agency for distribution
of his own name."
Neuberger also said that the of
ficial seal of Oregon, embossed on
gold paper, is "sent all over the
tate like confetti with Newbry'a
name signed to It." The senator
aid that the state printing office
foots the bill.
"Let's take all the names off
the state literature, not just Paer
son's," he said. "Very few states
permit the auto license bureau to
be turned Into a personal promo
tion agency."
Neuberger had a bill in the
into legislature to take all names
f individuals off ofifciai state
literature, but it was deefated In
the senate.
Parents Hear Daughter's
Voices But Girls Vanish
FREEPORT. N. Y., Oct 21
(.Pi The fathers and mothers
still can hear their daughters'
voices. But where are the gtrla
now?
"Don't look for us. . .We know
how to take care of ourselves. . .
There are too many places
can go for you to find us. a
the voices say.
The voices come from a little
fihonograph record that arrived
n the mail yesterday. It appar
ently was made In some penny,
arcade In neai by New York City.
But the girls themselves have
vanished. Thev left supposedly
for Freeport High school Wed
nesday morning and never arriv
ed. Police said the three are Mabel
and Barbara Batcher. 15 and 14,
and their 14-year-old playmate,
Marylnu Gross.
Lvtfy Ft
By L. F. RetsMMtet
The Cypsy dam
Who worked the gome
So easily to win it,
Reminds ut all
Of that eld taw:
"There's one bare every minute."