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VOLUMB L
Oregon
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948
BATTLE raging at Suchow as Chi
ang appeals to President Truman
for statement on American policy
—Marine enforcements ordered to
Tsingtao.
NUMBER 46
Forrestal, Truman
Confer on China
By Ernest B. Vaccaro
KF.\ WEST, Fla., Nov. 17—(AP)—Word that Secretary
of Defense Forrestal is flying here tomorrow to talk with Presi
dent Truman coincided with grave developments in China.
The White House tonight confirmed the president has re
ceived a letter direct from General Chiang Kai-Shek, president
CIO Prexy
Threatens
Left - Wing
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17
(AP) — CIO President Philip
Murray made a scorching at
tack on the pro-communist min
ority of the CIO today.
In a five-hour meeting of the
51-man CIO executive board,
Murray delivered what some
members said was perhaps the
strongest language he has ever us
ed against communist activities in
the labor movement.
Murray himself, holding a news
conference, neglected to mention
the attack, but others who were
present told reporters about it pri
, vately.
One official quoted Murray as
calling communists “filthy” and
■ “vicious”—and as saying that all
CIO union leaders must make a
choice between loyalty to the
CIO and loyalty to Russian fore
ign policy.
The CIO’s left wing, which has
_ been declining in strength for the
last two years, is squarely in the
dog-house with Murray just now
v because the left-wingers departed
■ from CIO policy in two big respects.
They supported Henry Wallace
for president and they kept up their
attacks on the Marshall plan.
After Murray spoke, other CIO
right-wingers (anti - communists)
joined in the attack. One was Wal
ter Reuther, president of the Unit
ed Auto workers.
Some of the left-wingers defend
ed themselves. They argued, for ex
ample, that the progressive party
was,responsible for the progressive
tone of the democratic platform.
During the board meeting an in
ternal struggle in the CIO over the
issue of alleged “raiding” between
unions was discussed pro and con
without a final decision.
Another internal struggle—over
whether to revoke the charter of
• the left-wing New York City CIO
Council—was avoided by the board
• today but will come up later and
is almost sure to be debated in the
- convention which begins here Mon
day.
Report Errors
Misspelled names or other er
rors In Piggers Guide should be
reported this week to the 1949
* Oregana office, Editor Trudi
Chernis announced.
She said this will avoid repeti
* tion of the errors in the Oregana,
which is now being compiled.
The Oregana office is on the
balcony of McArthur court.
ot the Chinese government.
It conained an appeal for en
couragement to the hard-press
ed armies and people of nation
alist China in their critical bat
tle with the communists. This
appeal parallels a similar re
quest made by Chinese Ambassador
Wellington Koo to undersecretary
of State Lovett Thursday.
Forestal told a news conference
in Washington that while he had
submitted his resignation, along
with other members of the cabinet,
he is “at the services of the presi
dent.”
This was just another indication
that his desire to see the president
did not concern his own future but
a serious foreign po.icy discussion.
This would be a preliminary to a
full-scale review of the internation
al picture Monday at the White
House with Secretary of State Mar
shall and ECA roving ambassador
Harriman. Mr. Truman is flying
back to Washington Sunday.
At the time Presidential Press
Secretary Charles G. Ross announc
ed that Forrestal would arrive to
morrow, he did not elaborate on the
statement.
He said Mr. Truman was talking
by telephone with the defense sec
retary when Forrestal expressed a
desire to see the president.
The Chinese crisis was apparent
ly such as to overshadow any con
siderations.. involving.. ForrestaTs
stay in the cabinet as the after
math of the presidential election.
The Chinese apparently are pres
sing constantly 'for some commit
ment on a New United States doc
trine for China.
The president ia proceeding slow
ly with plans for reorganization of
his administration. Associates, un
quotable by name, said the problem
| is to find replacement for those
who are to go.
They said the president doesn’t
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Aiken, Team, Band
At Rally Tonight
Saturday’s game is the game
that counts.
The Webfoots will he going all
out for victory; so will the Bea
vers.
The boys from Oregon will
need all the backing they can get.
So:
There will be a rally tonight
World-renowned plant physiolo
Since it is on Thursday, the
team can be there; so will Jim
Aiken and the University band.
Since it is the crucia; game,
the whole student body should
be there, too.
Author, Plant
Physiologist
To Talk Tonight
World-renowned plant physiolo
gist Frits W. Went will discuss
“Internal Regulation of Growth in
Plants” tonight at 8 in room 207,
Chapman hall, Dr. Rudolf Ernst,
chairman of the University Leec
ture Series committee, announced
yesterday.
Dr. Went, head of the depart
ment of plant physiology at the
California Institute of Technology,
received his doctor of philosophy
at the University of Utrecht, Hol
land. After receiving his degree,
plants with sucrose to save them
he held the position of plant phy
Java, Netherlands East Indies
from 1928 to 1930. He was director
of the East Indies gardens from
1930 until he accepted his present
position in 1933.
A regular contributor to Sunset
magazine, Dr. Went writes in a
popularized style which can be
read by the layman. In collabora
tion with K. V. Thiniann of Har
vard university, he has written a
book, “Phytohormones,” a study
of the hormone control of plant
growth.
The Dutch scientist has experi
mented with a process for spraying
he held the position of plant phy
from harmful wilting in trans
plantation. He is studying the ef
fect of night temperatures on the
flowering of plants and the ma
turing of fruits, particularly to
matoes.
Last Day to Buy
Bus Tickets for
Portland Exhibit
.Today is the last day for Oregon students to buy bus tickets
for the trip to Portland to see the “greatest collection of paint
ings in the world from the student viewpoint.”
Tickets are being sold in tbe Co-op by Kwama, and are $3.30
for round trip. Buses will leave the Greyhound bus depot at
7 a. in. December 1 and will return to Eugene later the same
The exhibit will be in l’ort
lancl from November 26 to De
cember 3, and December 1 has
been designated as “Eugene
Day.” Students going on the
trip will be issued written ex
cuses signed by Dean Sidney
Little of the art school and offi
cials of the Portland Art museum
at the exhibit.
However, excuses will be hon
ored at the discretion of tiie pro
fessors concerned.
Students planning to view the
collection, composed of 95 paint
ings from Berlin’# museums,
should check with their profes
sors to see whether the excuses
will be accepted.
The collection, valued at $80,000,
000 was housed in the Kaiser Fried
rich museum in Berlin before the
war, and hidden in salt mines during
the war. It was found by the Amer
ican army, and brought to the Unit
ed States.
Professor J. D. Hatch, visiting
professor at the art school, consid
ers this “the chance of a lifetime
for University students.’’ He said
the collection includes 95 paintings,
34 of which are “outstanding works
of the world.’’
This special day for Oregon stu
dents at the Portland museum has
been made possible through the ef
forts of local citizens in cooperation
with University and museum offi
cials.
Professor Blessed
A seven-pound son, Ted Howard,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Zenon
Szatrokski Monday morning. Sza
trowski is an associate professor
of economics.
GAX Apple Sale Part of'Big Business'
Johnny Appleseed doesn’t know
what he started!
Today the annual Gamma Alpha
Chi apple sale continues on the
campus.
Members of Gamma Alpha Chi,
women’s advertising honorary,
hope to sell 35 boxes of choice
Hood River Apples. Joan Mim
naugh, co-chairman of the sale,
estimated that a total of 1050 ap
ples will be eaten by University
students during the sale.
Six booths will each be open
eight hours today and 200 fresh
man girls will donate an hour
each to selling apples.
Since its beginning, the apple in
dustry has increased in importance
in American life. It has been used
for a variety of purposes, being
used for everything from bribes for
grade school teachers, to a “mois
ture preserver’’ for cigarettes*
The start of the apple industry in
America is attributed to John Chap
man, a roving preacher who about
150 years ago toured the midwest
scattering sermons and appleseeds
along the wayside.
Today the apple is the largest
fruit crop in tlfe United States with
nearly 100,000,000 bushels a year
being produced. It has become the
third largest farm export in Amer
ica.
Science has entered the apple
growing industry, developing nu
merous ways to kill insect pests who
find apples tasty, and a hormone
spray to keep apples from falling
off the tree. It has even devised
a method in which apples can be
used as skin for ho'tdogs.
Other people besides farmers
have exploited the apple for prof
it. Songwriters have made it the
subject of many romantic bal
lads like “I’ll Be With You in Ap
ple Blossom Time,” and “When
They Cut Down the Old Apple
Tree,” and Walt Disney recently
gained new fame with his char
acterization of Johnny Appleseed
in the motion picture, “Melody
Time.”
No one knows just how old the
apple really is. It appears in myth
ology! and in the traditions, history,
and archeology of most of the an
cient nations. It is mentioned in
such old books as the Bible, The
Code of Menu, The Book of the
Dead, and Hesiod's “Thcogony.”
Chaired remains of the fruit have
been found in prehistoric lake dwell
ings of Europe, and drawings of it
have been discovered on ancient
stone carvings.
This American favorite, the com
mon apple, can be proud of its role
in American life, and also proud of
its family, for it has such aristo
ocratic relatives as the rose, haw
thorne, quince, and pear.
Community
Chest
Tops Quota
Student contributions Wed
nesday put the University com
munity chest drive well over the
top, according- to an announce
ment by chairman Paul Wasli
ke. A total of $4300 in cash and
pledges was turned in, approxi
mately seven percent over the
goal of $4025, Washke said.
Washke thanked faculty and
student committees for their hard
work and cooperation. He also ex
pressed appreciation for the sup
port given by the University com
munity which contributed about 3D
percent more than last year.
“Since we started two weeks
ahead of the general campaign, the
fact that we have passed our goal
will have an important psychologi
cal effect on the entire Lane coun
ty effort as well as demonstrating’
the University’s interest in the wel
fare of the community,” Washke
said. “I think the students in par
ticular deserve high praise for their
efforts,” he added.
University President, H. K. New
burn, head of the education division,
and .luHo Silva, general chairman
for Lane county, added their thanks
and praise to Washke’s remarks.
Washke and Student Chairman Vir
gil Tucker are scheduled to receive
handsome service “Oscars” today
at 4 p. m. at the general kickoff of
the Lane county campaign.
The University’s quota last year
was $3500. This year it was increas
ed 15 percent, the average for the
Chest budget. Eugene and Lgne
county are seeking to raise $135,
000 in the current campaign.
'DuShane' Plan to
Interdorm Council
Carl Reusser, ATO president,
appeared before the Interdormi
tory council meeting Tuesday
night and presented to them the
IFC document concerning the
“DuShane” plan.
Keusser asked that the coun
cil determine the consensus of
opinion within their respective
houses. If they found opinion to
coincide with the IFC views, he
asked the council to draw up a
document similar to that of the
IFC from the independent angle.
These documents would then be
presented to DuShane.