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The CHGOII STATECMAIZ, Salsa Oregon. Tueedar Morning. October 13. 1SU
7illlde Avers
No Reply Need
; Arrives in Alberta
With Information
r For Americans
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kie said he was feeling "wonder--kXul
and overjoyed to be on the
way home."
I Mr. Willkie issued the following
' prepared, statement:
"The last lap of the flight
around the world, from China
.through the Republic of Mongolia,
Siberia and Alaska, xras among
' the most fascinating experiences
J of the whole trip. All members of
the party and the crew performed
marvelously in this undertaking,
which involved flying over some
wide areas never before traveled
jby civilians and by few, if any,
, military or air men.
. "Some several months ago,
decided I could be helpful to the
war effort if I visited various
fighting fronts, some of our allied
: countries, and some of the. coun-
tries in the Middle East which
have not yet decided officially on
v their course of action in this war.
. My objectives were several: to
give encouragement to our allies,
. to give an impetus to action by the
undecided countries, and to report
. to the American people on the
facts I found and the conclusions
. I reached. . .
Tasked the president for the
necessary consent now required
to travel abroad. After we had
, discussed the subject on several
occasions, he said it would be sat
isfactory for me to go, provided
In addition I did some specific
Jobs-i for him which I readily
agreed to Ao.
The trip has exceeded la In
. terest my atmost expectations.
I have tried to da the Jobs as
signed to me by the president
- I have collected mach material
and reached certain conclusions
about enr war effort, and about
other countries and aw rela
, tions with them. I have already
reported seme of my conclu
sions t the American people,
and some to the president I
shall be in the United States
shortly, and I shall report to
my fellow-citizens farther and
in full, and to the president. If
he wishes, on such subjects as
be desires to discoss with me.
"Incidentally, as to flippant
statements made by certain pub
lic officials concerning the expres
; kion of my opinion in Russia on
the question of a second front I
did not deem it appropriate or, in
good taste for me to reply to such
personalities or flippancies while
X waa. in other countries. I felt it
1 my duty .while abroad to uphold
the hand of the president and all
l wmer uniiea nations officials.'
T .T . . .
. uiui a cununuro 10 ao even alter
such remarks were made."-
Italian Alien
Not Enemy
(Continued from Page 1)
own.7 Biddle said. "SomeOO.OOO
Italians would be affected by this
..aew'iiw.-v;--.,-;:v.;.
The attorney general said that
In removing the label of alien
enemy frem: Italians- we do
net forret that there are ether
loyal persons now classed as
alien enemies."
Their situation is now being
carefully- and sympathetically
studied by the department of jus
tice," he added.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 1Z-(JP)
Italians an the Pacific coast will
remain mnder military restric
tions despite ,' Attorney: General
, Francis Biddle's announcement
they would no longer be classed
as enemy aliens after next Mon-
. day, utesa Lieut J. L. DeWitt
countermands his proclamatloni
governing them In the western
': defense aone. .. j-
General DeWitfs restrictive or
ders governing movements of ene
my aliens including Italians, were
superimposed on similar orders
Issued by Biddle. The military
orders can be withdrawn only by
another order from the western
defense command. General De
Witt and his aides made no com
ment Monday night on the at
torney general's action.
Iron Plant Growing
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 HP)
Some 8000 men are building the
$15,000,000 ... Geneva works near
Provo. Utah. Which will ht nm.
j i i . . - . . w
uucuig pig iron oy next April,
me Columbia Steel company
ported here Monday, -
re-
Romero Enlists .
HOLLYWOOD, Oct 12 HV
Film Actor Cesar Romero enlisted
Monday ? in the ' coast guard. Ro
mero, who is 35 and single, was
born in New .York and is of Cu
ban descent ;
Piano Crashe
PALACIOS, Texv Oct 12.-;p)
Three crewmen were killed when
a light bomber crashed here Mon
day. ; ..- -v -1 - - -"'r.;. -.;
Witnesses said the crish x
eurred after the bomber had made
a take-off with one motor on
' . - V:? '.(-''-''
Two of the men jumped from
the craft but their parachutes
failed to open. Names of the men
are being withheld pending noti
fication of xelati
ONtheHOMEFRONT
By ISABEL CHILDS
She was four four months old
that is Monday and it may have
been that she was beginning to
feel her oats (or whatever the
patent food is that she has been
guzzling at Sears farm store) or
because it was Columbus day and
therefore, a day for discoveries.
Anyhow, Flossie of the deep blue
eyes, the titian hair and the af
fectionate nature went walking
yesterday morning. V
. V
While her bed in the front of
the store was in the making, this
playful -young heifer trotted
placidly out of the door, hiking
daintily along the sidewalk. At
the State street crossing, she
stepped bravely into traffic, jay
walking until she reached the yel
low line. This was new to her for
Flossie's experience to date has
been limited, although Mrs. W. G.
Morehouse of the Sears' farm
store, staff believes the young
Guernsey has a possible moving
picture future.
- That may explain Flossie's wan
derings E. Raker, store manager,
insists she was en route to Elsie's
to buy herself a hat (you know
about that Elsie of moving pic
ture and national, advertising
fame?), but the Salem calf found
herself at Sally's.
Ahead of the story again! Before
she could arrive at Sally's, we
must take her across the yellow
line. Onlookers declare that she
leaped it carefully. a :
Flossie, like other members of
the feminine coterie, likes pretty
clothes or should we say just
clothes, for she chewed gallantly
on my own uncolorful cape. Mrs.
Morehouse has a flowered silk
Jersey dress that Flossie munches
when her beloved friend gets near
the little pen. Whether it's the
cloth or the flowers she thinks of
as pasture has not yet been de
termined. But since the golden
Guernsey Is just now tee thin.
little harm is done.
Before the wanderer got a
chance at the clothes in Sally's
store, she was caught in the noose
and she is said to have marched
home in ladylike fashion behind
Raker and Jack Woods.
V
Learned from a visit to the
really big young heifer (40 pounds
overweight now and she was the
smallest calf ever born at Creigh
ton Jones' farm on the North
River road): If you are worrying
about what use you can make of
your sand bucket after civilian de
fense and the second world war
have become matters at history,
give it to some nice, friendly
young bovine to use as . a teeth
ing ring. If some gravel is left in
the bottom, she can play with it as
a rattle, too. ,
There's just, the warning you
may be raising heifers before the
"emergency" is past for our
friend, Dr. W. G. Stone of the
county health department fore
sees the day when the townsfolk
will once again pasture milk cows
within the city . limits. Not be
cause grass is growing in the city
streets, either, but as a guaranty
that there can be a milk bottle in
every lunch bucket.
Rural Districts
Begin Campaign;
Albany Collects
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Rural Marlon county, where
many tons of the valnable sal
vage material hare already been
gathered Into' piles for the har
vesters, commenced Its edaca-
Uonal - program Monday . night
when the staff of the extension
service, led by County Asent
Robert Xleder, conducted the
first of many community meet
mas at St. Fanl eommnnlty haJL
Four Corners, Ray Bell and
Champoer neighborhoods Joined
with St Fanl at the Monday
night session.
. Saturday, i n those neighbor
hoods, actual harvest of scrap is
anticipated as trucks from the
community round up donations
and those items which owners
wish to sell for their own profit
Wherever donations are made
throughout the county the giver
may request" that the standard $5
a ton offered for scrap metals be
paid to specified community.
church or school projects, the
county salvage committee, of
which C. W. Paulus is chairman,
has emphasized. . -.-.v :
Tonight at I o'clock In the
Weodburn city hall the neigh
borhoods af HalL Belle Passe,
Union and the city of Woodbarn
win be represented by neigh
borhood and community leaders
and five days hence the harvest
mere Is to .be gathered. v;;
A similar session tonight and
similar results are planned for the
neighborhoods of West Woodburn,
Broadacres and Johnston, meeting
at West Woodburn schoolhouse;
for Hubbard city and rural. White
school and Whiskey Hill com
munities, meeting , at Hubbard
community hall; for Donald ( and
Arbor Grove," meeting at Donald
achool.' v -v
L IVedcesday night's meetings are
to be held at Harmony school for
Harmony, Thomas and Monitor; at
Aurora - Community h a I V for
Aurora and Buttevffle. at Che
ma wa grange hall for Keizer. ;
Thursday night Liberty, pros
pect and Rosedale neighborhood
and community leaders - meet at
Chest Attains
$62,533 Total
Coal May Be Reached
Today; Women V
Part Featured
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- Lieut Elder was introduced by
Capt Frederick Brannon of the
selective service board who was
bis superior officer in a National
Guard company' several years ago.
The professional division in the
War Chest campaign was first to
go "over, the top" officially, be
ing credited with 110 per cent of
its quota on Monday; but chair'
man J. J. Gard confessed that the
contractors division had exceed
ed its quota early in the campaign.
with such ease that it had been
given a higher goal. ;
Division reports Monday in
cluded: Automotive $524, contract
ors $404, general gifts, $985, in
dustrial $1298, mercantile $782,
professional $1300, utilities $124,
women's $324, West Salem, $34,
rural division $712.
A subscription of $245 from the
teamsters' union was reported.
un todays luncheon program
the women's division will be fea
hired, with Mrs. Stanley Chin of
Portland as the speaker. Miss
Dorothea Steusloff, division lead
er, asks an the workers in that
division to attend. Audrey Lee,
accordionist - will play several
numbers, and Mrs. Lorayne Wood,
will sing, with Mrs. Harvey Els
ner accompanist.
WAACs Slate
Job Soon at
Camp Adair
The capital city may expect to
see uniformed women on Its
streets shortly when members of
the Women's Army Auxiliary
corps move into the quarters al
ready provided for them at Camp
Adair, Lt Margaret Horn told the
Salem Junior Woman's club at its
Monday night meeting.
Representatives of other worn
ens organizations of the city
gathered at the Woman's club-
nouse as guests of the club to
hear Miss Horn, who works out
of the Portland army recruiting
office.
When the army starts to send
the women of its auxiliary over
seas there will be no difficulty
in finding ready applicants for
that service, Lt Horn declared.
for 99 per cent of the enlistees
to date have .asked to be sent to
battlefields.
rorxy lypes OI JODs, ranging
from cooking to office tasks and
driving of jeeps and other army
venicles, are offered to women
of the WAACs, she said, and each
waac member releases a man
for duty. Their training is simi
lar to that offered to men, with
the exception of work with fire
arms, which in the case of the
women is skipped.
Nevertheless, Lt. Horn on Sun
day of this week qualified as i
pistol marksman, thus becoming
me first of her organization to so
qualify ao far as is known here.
Rigorous training, army diet and
the type of women selected are
reflected in the excellent condi
tion of health prevailing among
members of the corps, the speaker
declared. After three weeks train
ing the WAACs in drill have im
pressed army, officers as superior
to men of the army who have had
six weeks of similar work, she
Base pay for army auxiliaries
will be the same as that of army
men if a bill now penhing in
congress is passed, Lt. Horn point
ed out, explaining that the meas
ure is expected to meet little or
no opposition. .
Junior Hostess
Group Invited
One hundred seventy five
to
200 junior hostesses should regis-
ler today or Wednesday to attend
the dance at the fairgrounds
Wednesday night Dr. Henry E.
Morris of .the United Hospitality
association said Monday. . ..
Welcoming at the dance a large
new group of, army men. the
hostess contingent is guaranteed a
stag line" and an orchestra. Dr.
Morris said. Volunteers should
notify hostess I league headquar
ters and should be at the post
office by 7:45 Wednesday nkht
when 'army transportation is to
be provided.
82nd Ship Launched .
PORTLAND, Oct. 12-iP)-The
SS James B. Stephens, 82nd Lib
erty ship built by Oregon Ship
Duuaing corporation,
launched Sunday.
was
Liberty community hall; while a
meeting is also to be held at Mid
dle Grove schoot ;, .
Most meetings of the week are
scheduled for: 8 pjn.; exceptions
are those at Hayesville and Swe-
gle schools, slated at 730 Thurs
day, night and that at Salem
Heights community hall at 7:30
Friday night
Friday night's meetinar at ML
Angel city hall at 8 o'clock is to
be for Mt Angel city and rural.
Grassy; Pond and McKee neigh
borhood and community leaders;
mat at Smith Lumber company at
the four corners east of Salem for
Auburn and Rickey leaders. .
Tip to Driven
You can save rubber and help
win the war if you will do these
things: ' .- .
L Drive only when absolute :
ly necessary.
Z. Keep nader tS . miles an
hour. - t.
X. Keep your tires properly i
inflated.
4. Have them Inspected regn- 1
larly.
5. S h a r e your car with
others." . -
WILLIAM M. JEFFERS,
' ' v . . Robber Director.
Winiiie Notes f
Growth of "
War Effort
' - vv Hf .rfit."
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct 12
W)-Prime Minister Churchill gave
Britain Monday an- assessment -of
two . months allied war ; effort
which included the transport ' to
these isles of the most numerous
United States troops yet to arrive,
and declared the united nations
had reached a "stern and somber
moment" in which they must bal
ance, wisdom with daring.
; That was his closest reference to
the "second front" problem in a
speech delivered In Edinburgh's
Usher halt It recalled his care
ful statement to the house of com
mons last week in which- he said
the war had entered a "signifi
cant" period.
Speaking from the same plat
iarm, us Ambassador John G
Winant said "We must wait the
soldier's answer" to what lies
anead. ;
The prime minister took espe
cial pains to taunt Adolf Hitler
about the "dull, low, whining
oie oi rear" apparent In the lat
esi speeches of the German fuehr
er and his associates, and Tie said
"It is apparent to me that mis
nad man saw quite clearly the
snaaow or slowly and remorse
lessly approaching doom, and that
he railed at fortune for , mocking
him with the glitter of fleeting
success. ,
Churchill later told civil de
f ense workers here that "the now.
er of the enemy was less than it
was,' and that continued alliM
raids on German towns "will go
forward on an increasing scale
until the end of the war." The
prime minister said he thought
any German retaliation raids on
England would be "a very small
return", compared to the allied
aenaj oiows.
Jeffers Defies
Halt on
on
WASHINGTON. Ott. 15
Breathing defiance at a Mv f
cotton state senators, rubber di
rector William M. Jeff -
ciarea Monday that no "pressure
group was going to stop him
from substituting rayon for cotton
ia heavy duty tires if rayon was
waniea.
"I'm not going to put mvself in
a position where it is said nt m.
that I lack the intelligence and
guts to do a job," the former
president of the Union Pacific
"Miroaa ioio the senate agricul
tare committee.
"Too many havent done th-it-
jod because they were afraid of
some committee or pressure
- "
group. I'm not going to work on
that basis."
It was the first time in vMf
that a government official harf
Tai&ea oacx in such strong
language to a committee which
naa caued him on the carpet
Battleship Set
For Scrapping;
Rites Planned
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nounced the wrecking Job prob
ably would be contracted. The
10,288-ton hulk is expected to
yield 70 per cent of its weight
in iron and steel and the rest in
copper, brass, - lead- and zinc.
NEW YORK, Oct It
Collection of more than no nunion
tons of scrap metal was
reported Monday in the natlen
al salvage drive which, led by
the newspapers, received credit
aa an important factor In boost-'
tog the steel mills' sched uled
production thai week to a record
high. , ' :
But even the great tonnage al
ready reported as . collected was
considered ? by y the newsDaDersr
united scrap drive committee as
only part of the much vaster, ton
nage actually gathered but so far
unreported.
The committee's 17 top-ranking
states, with pounds per -person
listed first and then tonnage, are:
Kansas: TZ2 65,000: " Utah:
6L8 17,000; Oregon: 4M 25,
W; Colorado: 41.4 23,276; Ohio:
40.2 139,200; Pennsylvania:
39.5 195,525; New York: 39.4
265,114; Delaware: "37.5 5000;
New Hampshire: 29.77302; Ver
mont: 27J 5001; Virginia: 25.5
34,187; Michigan: 24.7 65.000:
Nebraska: 23.1 15,192; Connec
ticut: 19 16,200; Montana 18.8
5250; Iowa: 17.8 22.554: Ok
lahoma: 17.2 19,139.
Scrap Aides Needed
Although a crew of men has
volunteered to assist with sorting
ox scrap meiais in ine West Salem
school yard, still others are need
ed, Mrs. W. G. Davenport chair
man of the salvage drive for the
West Salem area, declared Mon
day. Volunteers should be at the
grounds at 9 o'clock this morning
she said .,-
nay
Majority of
Crews Saved
. Initial Attack in
Solomons Takes
Toll of Ships.
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was heavy and accurate, and
the US ; cruisers Qnincy and
Vweennes were hit repeatedly
and . sank dvring the nlshU. A
third cruiser, the USS Astoria,
'was badly damaged and burned
thronahont the" night. She sank
the following morning. ;
"It was . not; possible to deter
mine the .extent of damage in
flicted on 'the Japanese ships by
our screening 'forces. The enemy
withdrew 4o the northwest with
out attempting an attack on our
transports and supply ships."
. A third .screening force, sta
tioned within the landing area for
dose protection of the supply
ships, apparently was not engaged
in the battle.
Each of the three cruisers car
ried nine eight-inch guns. The
Quincy and Vincennes, of 9375
and 9400 tons, respectively, each
had a normal complement of 45
officers and 907 enlisted men. The
Astoria, 9950 tons, normally car
ried a crew of 49 officers and 850
enlisted men.
Their loss brought the total of
United States ships sunk in the
Solomons area and announced by
the navy to nine three cruisers,
two destroyers - and four trans
ports. In addition, the navy has
announced that two destroyers
were damaged. Losses inflicted on
the Japanese in the area, as re
ported by the navy, haves been 38
ships sunk or damaged, principal
ly by air action.
Habernicht
Elected by
DeMolay
Bill Habernicht Willamette uni
versity sophomore, was elected
Monday night as master councilor
of Chemeketa chapter, Order of
DeMolay. Installation was set for
October 26.
The chapter made plans for a
father-son banquet November 9,
to be prepared by the mothers'
club.
Other officers, elected were Bill
Smith, senior councillor; Melvin
Johnson, junior councilor; Bob
Brown, senior deacon; Bob Mc-
Lauchlan, junior deacon; Richard
Myers, senior steward; Collins Ut
ter, junior steward; George Frum.
chaplain; Doug Armstrong, mar
shal; Dadyl Jones, sentinel; Bob
Skopil, standard bearer; Willford
Beard, orator; Jerry Williams,
scribe; Melvin Gilson, -' social
chairman; Dale Reeves, publicity
chairman; Bob Busick, . almoner;
preceptors, Jack Barsch, Lyle
Knower, George Fuller, Roy
Houck, Tom Williams, Warren
Brown and Bob Albert
Court Denies
Halt on Ban
CHICAGO, Oct. 12-6?V The
government's petition for an In
junction to restrain James C. Pe-
muo zrom enforcing an order
prohibiting members of his mu
sician s union from mavtng - re
cords for public purposes was dis
missed Monday in federal court
Petrillo served notice auicklv
that "the ban still stands," but
Assistant Attorney General Thur
man Arnold told reporters he ex
pected the fight to be carried to
the United States supreme court
if necessary. - '
In turning down the govern
ment's request - Judge John P.
Barnes held the matter essentially
was a labor dispute, and expressed
the opinion that there was a con
troversy between musicians and
the mechanical devices which take
the place of musicians.
He cited the Hutcheson case
in which the supreme court ruled
that the anti-trust law did not
pply to 'labor" unions under cer
tain conditions. '"
Review of AMA,
Tohnson, Dairy
Cases in Court
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 2-UP1
The supreme court agreed Mon
day to review the anti-trust law
conviction of the American Medi
cal association and the District of
Columbia Medical society with Its
question of whether the practice
of medicine is a "trade" within
the meaning of the Sherman act
As .Its first business session of
the new term, the court also
granted ; reviews to Enoch I
"Nucky" Johnson, former Atlantic
city republican leader.- Serving a
10-year prison sentence on income
tax charges, and to 'Thomas J.
Pendergast former. Kansas City
democratic boss, and two asso
ciates in 'an alleged insurance
fraud.: . . " . .
The court also called for argu
ments In a case where the Paci
fic Coast Dairy, Inc, of Santa
Clara eounty, California. "chal
lenged the constitutionality of .a
state law fixing ininimum prices
for milk as applied to milk sold
to the federal government for use
at Moffett field. The California
supreme court upheld the statue
as constitutional and the supreme
court asked attorneys to discuss
the question of whether this ruling
was a final one in the case.
President Calls
At 18-19; Allies
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increase the fury of their atroci
ties." ' .
. On the question of lowering the
age limit of : the draft so that
youths of 18 and 19 will be in
eluded, Mr. Rooeevelt said; '
"All of our . combat units that
go. overseas must consist of young.
strong men who have had thor
ough training. A division' that has
an average age of 23 or 24 Is a bet
ter fighting unit than one which
has an average age of -33 or 34.
The more such troops we have In
thefield,the sooner, tfie war will
be won, and the smaller the cost
in casualties." .-'-
Therefore, I believe that It will
be necessary to lower the present
Mininmm age limit for selective
service from 20 years down to 18.
We have learned how inevitable
that Is and how Important to the
speedmg up of victory."
Solemnly, he assured the oar
ents of men In the serviees that
their sons were receiving "the
best . possible training, equip
ment and medical care." This
course, he added, "will save
many, many lives In battle" for
"the highest rate of casualties Is
always suffered by units com
prised of Inadequately trained
men." , -
. Congressional leaders said thev
believed congress would go along
with the president's recommen
dation for -lowering the draft age.
Senator Barkler fD-Kv ,-,
he thought the address was "com
prehensive, constructive and
frank and I am sure the Amori
can people as well as the congress
win react favorably upon his sug
ges tions and recommpn da tinn
including that of. the draft pro
posal.
; Chairman May (D-Ky) of the
nouse military committee an
nounced, . after listening to the
president's speech, his group
would expedite hearings on legis
latum already offered- to lower
the draft ase to 18.
"I did not want to draft them
until it was hecessarv " Mar
"If the commander in chief says
ne needs them I will cooperate in
every way, and I am sure the
congress will go along."
tnairman Vinson (D-Ga) of
the house naval committee, said
"I think the draft of the 18 and
19-year-olds is absolutely neces
sary." . .
! Senator Gurney (S-SD) said
he would ask the senate mili
tary affairs committee for an
Immediate hearing on his bill to
draft 18 and 19-year-old 7 oaths,
adding "I was glad to have the
definite statement front the
president that 18 and 19-year-olds
are needed In the army."
Senator Truman (D-Mo). chair.
man of the special senate defmx
investigating committee, said the
drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds "is
necessary; X have been for it all
aiong.
I Speaking of, the manpower
problem, Mr. Roosevelt said the
nation was "learning to ration
materials" and now must "learn
to ration manpower.'' He out
lined two obiective.
"First, to select and train mn
of the highest fighting efficiency
neeaea lor our armed forces in
the achievement of victory over
our enemies in combat
' "Second, to man our war- in
dus tries and farms with the work
era needed to produce the arms
and munitions nH inA
-- - flut
ed by -ourselves and our fighting
auies 10 wm this war.
! "In order to do this we shall
be compelled to step workers
from moving from one war Job
to another as a matter af per
sonal preference; to stop em
ployes from stealing labor from
each ather; to use alder men.
aad handicapped people and
more women, and even grown
boyi and girls, wherever possi
ble and reasonable, to replace
men of military ago and fitness; '
to train new personnel for es
sential war work; and to stop
tin wastage of labor fat all non
essential, activities.' ,
'Farm labor nresent . a notai
and "perhaps the most AitfiniM
phase" of the manpower problem
as a whole, he continued. , , .
: It had been solved in one area,
he noted, by "turning out the
whole of a high school for three
or four days" to harvest a perish
able crop. In another place, the
whole community from banker to
butcher, every able bodied man
and woman, left their occupa
tions and went out gathered the
fruit and sent It to market
"Every farmer in the land must
realize fully that his production
is part of war production, and
that he is regarded by the nation
aa essential to victory," Mr.
Roosevelt continued. "The Amer
ican people expect him to keep
his production up and even, to
increase it We will use every ef
fort to help him to get'labof; but
at the same time he and the peo
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ple of his community must use
ingenuity and cooperative effort
to produce crops and livestock
and dairy products.
"It may be that our volunteer
effort however well-intention
ed will not suffice to solve the
problem. In that case,! we shall
have' to adopt new legislation. If
this is necessary, I do not be
lieve that the American people
will shrink from It" -
Concerning his tour of the
country, Mr. Roosevelt defended
the secrecy with which , it was
surrounded. He said he hoped to
make other such trips and to
make them in the same way.
"I can tell yon very simply
that the kind of trip I took pcr-
mltted me to concentrate on the
work ! had to do without ex
pending time, meeting all the
demands of publicity. And I
might add lt was a particn
lar pleasure to make a tour of
the country without having to
give a single thought to poll-'
tics."
Earlier in the day Mr. Roose
velt issued a Columbus day state
ment asserting that the nation's
war' objective was "liberty for
ourselves",, and "liberation for
others."
He noted - that 450 - years had
passed since the discovery of the
New World. Columbus and his
followers, he added,, "found a
great expanse where new begin
nings could be made, where men
could steer their courses free of
the fetters of tyranny and the
encompassment of outworn insti
tutions."
College Men
Needed for
War. Peace
PORTLAND, Oct. 12-P-Col-
lege men are needed to fight the
war and meet the problems of the
peace to come. Dr. George Her
bert Smith, Willamette universi
ty's new president, said Monday.
. "Another generation is coming
on, and, if we don't want it to be
a lost' generation, we must carry
on," he said of colleges' role dur
ing the war In an address to the
chamber of commerce forum.
Men with college training are
war leaders in scientific and tech
nical fields, Dr. Smith said, and
many branches of the armed serv
ices are calling on college-trained
men for officers. The peace will
bring problems that will stagger
the world's best political, social
and economic thinkers, he said.
and college men will take a ma
jor role in meeting this challenge.
The war has made young men
more diligent In their studies and
changed - the emphasis of many
courses, Dr. Smith said.
Demos Outnumber
GOP, Multnomah,
PORTLAND, Oct. 12-CAVDem-
o c r a t s . outnumber republicans,
89,967 to 84.104. Multnomah
county's final tabulation of voters
registered for the , November 3
general election showed Monday.
-Total registration was 176235.
a drop of 26,271 from that for the
1840 presidential election. :
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defenses on two days Sunday
and Monday downed aa es- '
Umated 27 planes and damaged
many others.
; This sort of assault on Malta al
ways means the axis is trying to
neutralize the island in order to
push supplies through. to Africa.
On ' the other hand, dispatches
from the middle east stressed the
upsurge of allied air attack at
sea and a ponderous increase in
US troops and material behind
the desert front ,1 V -"
Movement of 'axis troops to
North Africa also was indicated
by an announcement that allied
planes had scored hits on two
freighters, a . schooner and two
enemy destroyers in' the eastern
Mediterranean. j; ; ;
United ; States ( heavy bombers
scored the hits on two 8000-ton
freighters and left one of them
apparently ' sinking Sunday- off
Crte where the Italians have
been routing their supply shipw
ping miles out of the way in an
effort to keep within protectiat
of axis land-based planes. Two
Messerschmitt 110s and a Junkers
88 one- third of the defense
force which rose ' to guard the
ships were knocked from the
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the big bombers' guns. '
' ; British bombers in the east
ern Mediterranean reported
scoring a direct hit on one de
stroyer and near misses with
heavy bombs , on another. A ;
British commonlqae said long
range lighters set ' fire to an
'Barrani, -v : ,-:
The land front some 75 miles
from Alexandria remained rela
tively quiet Only minor patrol'
activity was reported. Some Lon
don observers foresaw a renewal
soon - of large scale fighting for
Egypt The Vichy radio reported
that both the British and the axis
were rushing up reinforcements.
No Decision Reached
ALTON. DX. Oct 12.-fJPV-A
conference between union lead
ers and war labor board concilia
tors ended in no decision Mon
day night in the Unauthorized
strike of AFL rudders' and found-
ary workers at the Western Cart
ridge company's huge East Alton
plant, even as Pres., William
Green of the AFL ordered the
strikers to return to work' im
mediately.
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