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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1947)
Congressmen See New Labor Laws WASHINGTON—(AP)—Congressmen generally inter preted President Truman’s message Monday as a big boost for prospects of getting new labor laws on the statute books soon. Long before congress convened, Republicans were getting set to pass new laws, but there was a question whether they might run into a veto at the W^hite House. Many comments were to the effect that Mr. Truman’s message had reduced that possibility, although some Republi cans termed his proposals "inade quate.” Senator Taft, R., Ohio, who will serve as chairman of the senate labor committee, commented to re porters that the President “appar ently endorses about half of the Case ball and doesn’t rule the rest out." That anti-strike legislation, named for Representative Case, R., S. D., was vetoed last year by Mr. Truman. In comment of the President’s message, Case said, “We offered him some of those (labor objec tives) last spring in the Case bill, and he turned them down. I am glad to see that he is now mov ing in that direction.” President Going Farther Similarly, Representative How ard Smith, D., Va., said the Presi dent “is going farther on labor legislation than he ever has be fore,” adding, “of course, I propose to go much father than he does.” But Representative Hoffman, R., Midi., called the proposals “gross ly inadequate,” adding that the only one “Worth anything is that contracts should be interpreted.” Representative Landis, R., Ind., said, “The President has failed to deal adequately with the main is sue, which is the settling of the big nationwide strikes that hurt the whole country.” Program Too General Senator Hridgos, R., N, H., termed the President's labor pro gram “too general—• not specific enough for attacking the funda mentals underlying the entire labor scene.” He added that he thought the same criticism applied to the whole speech. Senator' Knowland, R., Calif., commented: “The spirit of the President’s message was very fine. It leaves the door open for congress and the administration to work to gether for’the good of the people.” British Army Masses For Palestine Campaign By ARTHUR GAVSHON LONDON — (AP) — Tanned veterans of desert campaigning are rolling into Palestine from Egypt Monday as British army of ficers awaited cabinet permission to launch a full scale offensive against Jewish extremists. Government sources said the of fensive, if approved by the cabinet, would be the greatest in Palestine’s modern history and would smash underground groups which have lulled and flogged British troops, bombed public buildings and fined highways and railroads. They added that the reinforce ments were reaching the Holy Land by road and rail, to join nearly 100, 000 Tommies already on duty there. Prime Minister Atlee presided Monday over the first of four criti cal cabinet meetings on British for eign policy. The Palestine question was said to be slated for considera tion either Tuesday or Thursday. The government sources predict ed that tire cabinet would reach a final decision on Palestine some time during the week. Besides de termining whether to take energet tio” action against the extremists, the ministers also will decide tlie long-term policy of Palestine’s fu ture, informants said. Truman Proposes Halt On More Vet Benefits WASHINGTON — (AP) — Pres ident Truman proposed Monday that the government stop where it is on benefits to veterans, wen as a rush developed to allot more bil lions for them. "Except for minor adjustments,” Mr. Truman said in his annual mes sage to congress, "I believe that our program of benefits for veterans is now complete.” But members of congress are toss ing in bills and starting campaigns for such things as a soldier’s bonus, immediate cashing of terminal leave bonds, and bigger government payments to veterans attending school or learning new jobs while working at them. The president cited what the gov ernment is doing already for for mer servicemen—schooling, job training, hospitalization, disability payments, loans, insurance. Aside from terminal leave and mustering out pay, he said, the program for veterans of all wars is costing more than $7,000,000,000 a year—a fifth of the government’s budget. Missile Linked to Rocket PORTLAND—(APj—A labora tory analysis of the cylindrical ob ject which fell here from a clear sky established the substance as a refractory material similar to the lining of great rockets, the Oregon ian reported Monday night in a copyrighted! article. The Oregonian said the geolo gist avoided a positive statement that the object was a portion of a sky missile or its origin. The newspaper reported Dr. John E. Allen, chief geologist of the Oregon department of geology and mineral industries, had super vised a spectographic analysis of a small fragment and reported it was not concrete, as it appeared, but contained elements to givfe reasonable basis for the hypothesis that it could have been used in rocket construction. The geologist said the analysis did not show the concentration of elements that would unquestion ably establish its use in connection with rockets such as the army’s V-2 experiments at White Sands, N. M., or in the Mohave desert in California. O/JjrftoAfOK WIST COAST THIATRIS. NOBODY LIVES FOREVER plus BELOW THE DEADLINE THE COHN IS GREEN plus Casanova Brown John Stark Evans Called Ideal Prof' LEWIS AND CLARK COL LEGE, Portland, January 6.— (Special) — The “ideal prof” has been found. He’s John Stark Evans, former member of the University of Oregon music school staff and now director of music at Lewis and Clark college. A search to discover the one teacher who best fit the title re sulted in students turning the ta bles on the faculty recently. In a poll conducted by the Log, stu dent paper, 38 honor students graded the teaching staff to se lect a faculty honor roll. Evans led a list of nine instruc tors who rate “A” scores on five points of judgment: teaching abil ' ity, knowledge of the subject, helpfulness, fairness in grading and policy regarding required homework. “The final score,” reported the Log,” was extremely complimen tary to both the faculty and to the students, who forgot their mo tives of revenge in an honest anal ysis of their superiors’ teaching ability.” Bleak Outlook Affirmed WASHINGTON — (AP) — Con gressional farm leaders of both ma jor parties generally agreed with President Truman that the nation again faces the prospect of de pressed agricultural commodity prices and unsaleable surplus. In his message on the state of the union, the chief executive told the law makers there is need for a per manent farm program that would channel agriculture’s war-expanded production into use, at home and abroad rather than into surplus stock piles absorbed by the govern ment at great cost. Fire, Blasts Rock Plant QUINCY, Mass. — (AP) — Fire and a succession of explosions in acetylene tanks at the Hingham plant of the Air Reduction Sales company caused heavy damage through the section Monday, and first reports were that many per sons were hurt. Residents in the neighborhood said that window glass was shat tered in homes within half a mile of the plant. The explosions—some residents Oregon WEmehald WORLD NEWS SECTION Gloria Smith, Wire Editor PRESIDENT HARRY K. NEWBURY . . . “It is a pleasure to welcome the return of those students who were here during fall term and more particularly those who are registering on the campus for the first time. We know that you win find this University a friendly and intellectually stimulating environment and hope you will take every advantage of the opportunities before you.” said were five in all—followed quickly upon outbreak of fire soon after 11 p.m. Marshall Called to U. S. NANKING — (AP) — General Marshall will leave Wednesday morning by air for Washington to confer with President Truman and Secretary Byrnes, his headquarters announced Monday. Asked if the general would re turn to China to resume his peace efforts, his spokesmen said “no comment.’ Marshall called on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Monday night to say goodbye and inform the leader of China’s government that he was returning to America. 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