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House Probers
May Again Ask
Lewis Testimony
WASHINGTON, -CB-A con
gressional subcommittee, shorn of
its subpoena powers, may try
again by invitation to get labor
leader John L. Lewis to testify
about alleged union misdeeds.
After a House labor subcom
mittee heard two suspended min
ers complain against union prac
tices, Chairman Jacobs (D-Ind)
fnlri renorters:
"We can only send Mr. Lewis
another invitation. We can't even
send him an engraved invitation."
Jacobs said he believes Lewis
and other United Mine Workers
officials should be questioned be
causa the subcommittee record so
far contains only one side of the
story.
But the group has not reason to
expext that the UMW president will
take any more kindly to the new
bid than he did to a previous one,
which be declined.
The subcommittee's, subpoena
powers were revoked last week by
Chairman Leskinski (D-Mich) of
the full labor committee, after
plans to summon Lewis were
disclosed.
The miners who testified were
Lloyd H. Sidener, former local
UMS president at Canton, 111., and
Joseph L. Dickmon," of Library,
Pa. Sidener testified in response to
a committee invitation." Dickmon
came on his own and asked to be
heard.
Sidener said he was fined $50,000
and suspended irom the union un
til he pays the fine, after he and
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AMATEUR WINNER Chuck Wagner, right, Tuesday night won
the grand prixe at the outstanding performer, on-the Roieburg
Active club-sponsored amateur program, Wagner, singing
"Chasing Women," with his own guitar accompaniment was
loudly applauded by the crowd, and was a popular choice.
Master of Ceremonies Albert. G. Flegel, left, made the presenta
tion. '(Picture by Photo Lab.l ' ; ( '
about : 130 other miners tried , to
return' to work last February fol
lowing issuance of a federal in
junction ordering striking miners
back to the pits. ,
He said he never was informed
officially by the union what the
charges against him were. ,
Dickmon said he was suspended
for six months because he wrote
a letter last January to the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette and described
Lewis as "a dictator" and made
some suggestions for changes in
union 'operations.
OSC Buildings
Now Assured
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Early beginning on construction of
the animal industries and food
technology buildings here has been
assured when bids recently ob
tained by the state board of high
er education proved to be well
within the estimates and funds
available.
Total construction contracts on
the animal industries building
amount to $920,814.30, while the
total budget for this building, in
cluding $130,000 for equipment,
will be 11,195,000.
' Construction contracts for ,' the
food technology -' building total
$507,594. and the total completed
Ncost $695,000, including $99,000 for
equipment. Total costs on Dotn
projects include architects' fees,
utility connections, roads, walks,
landscaping and other items., . .
The Donald Drake company of
Portland was low Didder on tne
general contract for both build
ings. A saving of $25,000 was made
when the Drake company won
both contracts and thus can build
the two together..
Funds for the construction come
from Oregon State's share of the
special legislative appropriation
passed a year ago. The anmial in
dustries building will, among oth
er facilities, provide the dairy de
partment with a long-sought,
modern dairy products laboratory.
The new food technology plant
will house a pioneer department
now internationally famous and
which has long outgrown its pres
ent quarters, built in 1919. .
The buildings will be located on
either side of the north end of the
agricultural mall at the north
west corner of the campus.
Termination Set
For 2nd Mortgage
Loans To Veterans
October 20 has been set as the
effective date for terminating com
bination, or second mortgage
loans, to veterans as provided for
under Section 505 of the service
men's readjustment act, Clifford
Fields, contact representative of
the' Veterans administration, says.
These instructions, he said, have
just been received from the VA's
Central Office in Washington, D
C, putting into effect provisions
of the Housing Act of 1950, re
cently rigned by the President,
which repuires that . this type of
loan be discontinued not later than
December 31, 1950. - ,
In order to effect the transition
in an orderly manner, giving full
consideration to the interests of
veterans and the building indus
try, Fields said four dates have
been established for our succes
sive steps. '
Under the law, he said, combi
nation loans are of two classes.
One class requires that the loan
have prior approval of the VA
before a guaranty will be issued.
In the other class, known as super
vised loans, no prior approval is
required. Two of the steps in cut
ting out combination loans apply
to prior approval and two of them
apply to supervised loans.
The steps are as follows:
After July 20, prior approval of
second mortgage loans will gen
erally be withheld unless the first
mortgage loan is at a rate of 4
percent or less. '
After August 20, guaranty will
generally be refused on supervised
loans except where the first mort
gage . loan is at 4 percnet or
less.
After September 20, certificates
of approval will not be issued on
new applications for prior appro
val on combination loans.
After October 20. rnmhinMinn
loans will not be guaranteed. All
bands already in process prior
ro mis date win be completed.
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Wayne Morse has "the soundest approach
to the problem of communism it has been
my privilege to hear"
that's what J. Edgar Hoover
of the FBI says about
Senator Wayne Morse
April 1, 1949 '
Honorable Wayne Morse
United States Senate
Washington 25, D. C
My dear Senator:
It was very grat privilege and a distinct
honor for the members of the graduating class,
their guests end us in the FBI to have the oppor
tunity of hearing your splendid address this morn-.
ing. As I told the audience after you had finished
speaking, I felt that your talk was one of the
soundest approaches to the problem of Commun
ism that it has been my privilege to hear.
I just want you to know that I very deeply
appreciate your appearing on the program at the
graduation of the Fortieth Session of the FBI
National Academy.
With expressions of my highest esteem and
best regards,
Sincerely yours, '. !,'';-.
(SiptoJ)). Edgar Hoove
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WASHINGTON, --0R-S 0 u t h
eraers said today they can beat
an expected administration a 1 1
empt this week to curb ' Senate
debate on a Truman civil rights
proposal.,
Majority leader Lucas (Dill)
has told the senate that he will
make the test Friday in an effort
to push through the controversial
fair employment practices c o re
mission (FEPC) bill.
Senator Russell (D-Ga), floor
general for southerners battling
the measure, told a reporter:
' "I don't think it's possible for
them to get 64 senators to invoke
a gag rule this week."
' . Under a rule adopted - by the
senate last year 64 senators, or
two thirds of the entire member
ship of 98, can limit debate and
thus force a vote on any issue.
This is called cloture.
Senator Lucas told a civil rights
panel in Chicago that he has not
given up hope of passing the FEPC
bill although he is not "opomistic."
The FEPC measure is one part
of President Truman's civil rights
promises of the 1948 election It
would set up a federal commission
with broad powers to prevent job
discrimination because of race,
creed or color.
Housing Project In Portland Arouses Controversy
- PORTLAND, m The AFI.
labor council charged that a "vi
cious propaganda" campaign was
being waged here against the bal
lot issue on building 2.000 low rent
housing units in Portland. .
The council called for a congres
sional investigation 'to learn the
source of the money for the cam
paign and what it said were
"tricky slogans" which twisted the
truth. Rep. Frank Buchanan, chair
man of the house lobby investiga
tion committee, was asked to make
the probe.
The council hinted there are two
national anti-public housing or
ganization agents in the city direct
ing the campaign against the ques
tion on the Friday primary bal
lot. '
The city is well covered with
billboard signs asking:
"Can you afford to pay some
one else's rent?"
; Speakers at the council session
said the federal money is already
appropriated and Portland will pay
its share of the cost whether it
gets the housing money or whether
some other city does.
Work-Relief Project Begun To Ease N. Y. City's Load
NEW YORK, (IP) New York
City's first work-relief project since
the depression days of the 1930's
is expected to get under way by
July 1.
' City departments bid eagerly for
the first 5,000 able-bodied relief
clients to be made available by
the welfare department.
Some will be used to clean va
cant lots, guard waterfront build
ings, watch play streets and work
in hospitals. ' ' '
They will be paid at prevailing
wage rates and are expected to
work enough hours a week - up
to a 40-hour maximum to make
up for the relief checks;' o
The city is now assisting 350,448
persons, of whom 140,000 are on
home . relief. The remainder are
blind, aged, or otherwise . incapa
citated. Of the home relief group,
welfare Commissioner Raymond M.
Hilliard hopes to have 21,000 avail
able for the work program when it
gets into full swing.
Women as well as. men will be
selected, he said.
Hilliard said' he hoped the pro
gram would nave three results:
to restore self-respect to many of
the clients and Jead them into pri
vate employment; to force out
clients who already are quietly
working on the side while receiving
relief and to aid the city itself.
To Be Given
Ruhr Powers.
BONN, Germany, .P The
western allies announced Wednes
day they have decided to give
the west German government at
some future date power to fix the
form of ownership of the Ruhr
steel and coal industries.
This decision is contained in the
preamble to the new allied law on
reorganization of the German coal,
iron and steel industries. It means
the government at Bonn will , de
cide in the future whether the
Ruhr industries will be privately
owned or run by the government.
An allied dispute over the owner
ship provision held up the law for
months. French fears that it would
enable the Germans to set up a
super-monopoly of heavy industry
caused the law to be referred back
to the three allied governments.
After weeks of discussion, the
British and American commission
ers voted for the law- a month
ago. The French commissioner
protested the inclusion of the own
ership clause. This automatically
referred the issue back to t h e a 1
lied governments. It was discussed
in London by the three foreign
ministers.
Meanwhile France proposed a .
pooling of German coal and steel
resources in a plan open to all
European nations. The Bonn chan
cellor, Konrad Adenauer, announ
ced "full determination" to help
bring the French plan to realiza
tion. He said technical difficulties
such as continued allied limitation
on German steel production would
not be allowed to interfere with
achievement of the greatest poss
ible unity between the two tradi
tional enemies. .
RIGHT ATTITUDE J '
TOKYO UP) Prime minister
Yoshida, has called again for an
early peace treaty and indicated
he does : not care if Russia and
Red China do not sign it.
Denmark ' encompasses more
than 500 islands. ' .
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So add J. Edgar Haorer to the
list of outstanding Americans
who have spoken in praise of the
record of Wayne Morse. The list
is headed by such respected Re
publican leaders as Thomas E.
Dewey, Harold Stassen, Senator
Arthur Vandenberg," Senator
Margaret Chase Smith and hert
in Oregon, men like Ex-governor
Charles A. Sprague, E. C Sam
mons, Phil Hitchcock, and Paul
B. Wallace.
RE-ELECT SENATOR
WAYNE MORSE
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