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.
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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
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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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