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Salary
Policy
Toughi
Allows Increases
Only Exceptional
Cases, at 15 per
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6-(JP)
The war labor board announced
Friday night a new ; wage and
salary stabilization j p o 1 i c y
which, said Chairman William
H. Davis, would be "pretty
damn tough" on proposed in-
creases above levels prevailing
on September 15. i
The policy set up under a recent
order of President Roosevelt di
rected the board to stabilize wages
and salaries under its jurisdiction,
virtually froze such wages and
salaries at the September 15 level.
Increases above that level will
be rranted "only In exceptional
eases' and in acordanee with an
' economic stabilization order is
sued by the president on Octo
ber 3, the board said. That order
directed that no wag-a or salary
" Increases be approved by the
board "unless such increase is
necessary to correct maladjust
'ments or inequalities, to elimi--'
nate sub-standards of tiring, to
; correct cross inequalities or. to
- aid in the effective prosecution
of the war.. . J-.'.-1
- In considering specific requests
, " for wage or salary increases, the
. board, said it would be guided by
. the principle it set up in the so
called "Little Steel" case. In that
ease a wage increase of 15 . per
; cent was allowed over j wage Jev
; els. prevailing on January 1, 194 J,
to offset increases in the cost of
' living. -. - .; j i.u- :. - ,
lf a group of 'employes . the
:. board said, "has received increas
es amounting to 15 per cent : In
their average straight-time rates
ever the level prevailing on Jan
uary 1, 1941, the board will not
grant further increases: as a cor
rection for maladjustments. ,
- "To , correct the maladjust
; ments, the board will consider re
quests for general increases in
straight time rates up to 15 per
cent above the level prevailing1 on
' "January 1, 1941. This policy sets
: a terminal point for general .wage
Increases. It is not - applicable to
. individual workers or to employes
,ln particular job classifications.'
It will be applied only to
groups composed of all the em
, ployes in a bargaining unit, in
a plant, a company or an Indus-)
try, depending upon the circum
stances of each case."
Chairman Davis told a press
conference that inasmuch as most
of the war industries had granted
wage increases in line with the
Little Steel principle, he expected
very.few increases to be granted
in the future. '
"I think that if you study this
policy," Davis said, "you will find
that it is pretty damn tough.
Hurt in Accident;
SHERIDAN, Nov. C-V-Paul
Wiser of WUlamina suffered seri
ous injuries Thursday ; when his
automobile struck ; a moving
freight train near here.
No Immediate Cut Slated
For Schools F rom Taxes
Oregon school districts apparent
ly are to receive no immediate
"cut" from i the state income tax
surplus 'pie." j ;
Chairman Charles V.' Galloway
of the state tax commission indi
cated as much Friday r when he
expressed the belief the initiative
measure approved at .Tuesday's
election diverting income tax rev
enues above $7,500,00? j to school
districts was not retroactive.
The' chairman also declared :
as. unfounded rumors that the
commission moght attack con-
. sUtutionality of the act. There,
Is even doubt, he said, as to :
' whether or not the commission ;
will ask the. attorney general t
within the near future for an ;
opinion. Interpreting the new
i "I am satisfied that the measure
Is not retroactive and will not in
any way interfere with the tax
levy for the fiscal year ending
June 30, next, Galloway said.
Galloway added that while the
measure apparently was loosely
written, its provisions could be
tnade to harmonize by. action of
the 1843 legislature which con-
Candidate
1
DOROTHY M. LEE
PORTLAND, Nov. 6 -JP- Sen.
Wiliiam H. Steiwer, Fossil, can
didate for state senate presi
dent, predicted Friday that the
presidency contest will be de
cided In a few days. He left for
heme after canvassing the
Multnomah county delegation,
but did not disclose hew many
votes he had been pledged.. Sen.
Dorothy McCullough Lee, Port
land, also a candidate for the
presidency, said - she expected
the Issue to be settled within
ten days.
Politics Truce
Gains Strength
Winning of War Now
Said Job; Greater
Efficiency Asked
Prospects of a political truce seem
ed to increase; Friday as Presi
dent Rocvelt.antWeaders in the
greatly, strengthened ' republican
party emphasized anew that win
ning the war was the paramount
task, before the country. ' .
At a press conference a report'
er asked Mr. Roosevelt whether
the. results of Tuesday's elections
would make any difference in his
attitude toward congress.
"Why should it?" Mr. Roose
velt asked.
He went on to say that he as
sumed congress also wanted to
win the war.
Persisting, the reporter said
that what he wanted to know
was' whether the president would
confer now with both republican
and democratic leaders about
legislative procedure. Mr. Roose
velt replied that he had been
doing that.
The president made what ap
peered to be an indirect reply to
those who have been accusing the
administration of dictatorship.
Asked how he could account for
the election results, he said he
had had a very pleasant surprise,
a perfectly -: delightful surprise,
when he -went to vote at Hyde
Park, NY, Tuesday and found the
polling place open.
, f Do you think people expected
it to be closed?' a reporter quer
led.
With a grin, Mr, Roosevelt said
that apparently 'the reporter had
not been reading some of the
papers.
On Capitol Hill a movement
was developing to declare a hol-
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jvenes in; Salem early next Janu
ary. He predicted there is little
chance of the legislature attempt
ing to throttle the act:
Some officials "here previously
declared, that 4he measure was
faulty In several respects. They
referred particularly to the appar
ent lack of a ' provision outlining
mechanics for distribution of the
income tax funds to the school
districts and specific provision as
to when the act becomes opera
tive. ....
Galloway said these and other
questions raised since the measure
Was approved by the voters could
be remedied by the legislature.
; The tax commission chairman
made it plain, by inference, that if
the constitutionality of the act Is
attacked,: the proceeding will have
to be launched by some state agen
cy or individual other han the
tax commission.
Galloway said all legislative en
actments, unless containing a,
clause . that they are retroactive,
are prospective. The bill passed by
the voters Tuesday does not con
tain a retroactive clause, he point
ed out. . .
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Attacks
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Japs Deny Help
To Hitler; Ally
Convoy Starts
By the Associated Press
: America's 1 marines in
the
northern jungles of Guadalcanal
Island Friday rolled back strong
Japanese counter-attacks
their west flank, dealing out
heavy losses. Secretary Knox
placed the ration of these los
ses, to date, at more than 4 or 5
Japanese for every American
marine or soldier. U.S. aircraft
dealt out continuous punishment
from above the enemy's lines.
The Japs were subjected not
only to a withering fire from U.S.
ground forces but also, a navy
communique reported, to a straf
ing from American planes which
maintained "continuous air pat
rols" over the enemy lines. There
was no mention of opposition and
apparently the planes had full
control of the air.
A bitter battle is raging between
Allied and Jap ground troops at
Oivi, in New Guinea, some 50
miles south of the Jap coastal
base of Buna, the high command
said early Saturday. The Japs,
who have been pushed back more
thap half way across New Guinea
from their advance on Port
Moresby, were reported resisting
strongly.
In Turkey there were reports
Hitler. had asked the Japanese
to create :sv naval diversion
against ' the British-occupied
Island of Madagascar in the In-'
dian ocean." But, according to
' this story, the Japanese said
"sorry,? they ; were too busy In
the South . Pacific. Moreover,
the French defenders finally
capitulated on i Madagascar,
though warned cryptically by
Marshal Fetaln to do no "po
litical' trading with the British.
Increasingly; the Germans were
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Gas Rationing
Signup Sites
Are Listed
Registration headquarters for
owners of motor vehicles seeking
gasoline ration cards late next
Week were announced Friday by
Mrs. Agnes C. Booth, county school
superintendent and Frank B. Ben
nett, Salem : superintendent of
schools.
In Salem the eight grade schools
will be used, while throughout the
rural portion of the Salem ration
ing district Brooks, Keizer Hayes
ville. Auburn and Salem Heights
school buildings are to serve.
From 4 to 9 p. m. on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday pf next week,
motorists of the Salem district
may register for ration cards, with
school staff members serving as
registrars. Blanks . are to be se
cured from gasoline retailers prior
to registration days.
The same hours on the same
three days will prevail lor regis
tration in the Silverton district,
where Silverton and ML Angel
schools are to serve as headquar
ters. Registration in the Woodburn
district is also to be from 4 to 9,
November 12, 13 and 14 at St
Paul, Aurora, i Hubbard, Wood
burn and Gervais public grade
schools.
In the Stayton rationing district,
the seven schools of - Jefferson,
Turner, Aumsville, Stayton, Me
hama, Mill City and-Detroit have
been selected as registration sites,
and hours there are from 3:30 to
3:30 p. m. - i . ,
Rationing districts in the coun
ty remain the. same as those an
nounced when, tire rationing and
sugar rationing were commenced.
Scrap Show Today
Special scrap metal matinees
are . being presented by two
Salem theatres the Grand and
tho Capitol,! today as part of
a statewide program to .boost
Oregon's contribution to the
current national drive. -
Both , theatres special shows -will
open at 10 o'clock this
morning, ' Admission charge Is
ten pounds of scrap metal or
ten old keys, the latter excep
tionally . valuable for the brass
they contain
They'll Fight for Rommel No More
Axis prisoners, some of the 13,600 taken from the forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel during the
current drive westward across the North African desert, are shewn being marched to an Internment
camp In the rear of the Egyptian battle lines. This picture Is an International Illustrated News radio
photo from Cairo. .jM , :
Stalin Appeals on Soviet Stand
Allies to Open
Second Front
Stalin Says Soviets ,
Marie S Million of
ErTemy InactiWr
By HmRYcCASSIDY
MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov. KJP)
Premier Stalin told his people
Saturday the soviet army "has
put out of action more than
8,000,000 'enemy officers - and
men," ana aeciarea "tne aay is
not far off when the enemy will
feel the force of new blows of
the red army.
This hint of an imminent
counter-offensive against the
naxis followed the premier's
statement Friday that the allies
would open "a second front"
against Germany In Europe
"sooner or later."
' The suggested new war devel
opments were made in an order
of the day commemorating the
25th anniversary of soviet revolu
tion, and he told the Russians that
the fighting on the Russian front
is becoming more and more
tense,"
However,- he said, the Germans
were "considerably weaker" than
last year, and their forces "have
been blunted and stretched to the
limit."
"The ? red ; army," he declared
in the order of the day, "is carry
ing the full i weight" of the war
against the axis, "and by its self-
sacrificing struggle it has won the
ove and respect of all freedom-
loving peoples of the world."
In. his speech Friday,- Stalin
spoke only to Moscow members
of. the communist party and other
special, organizations in a secret
meeting " place. - " '
' The . Germans, he said, had
been able to use ?40 divisions-'
"over 3,000,000 men" because
of the absenee of a second front"
and thus were able to penetrate i
300 miles deeper into Russia.
.-He expressed confidence that
the allies "sooner or later" would
invade . western Europe for their
own good. He reviewed develop
ments of relations between Russit,
the United States and Britain in
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ort
Funds Pulledi
City officials said .Friday that
they were not surprised at the
withdrawal of a $385,000 CAA
allocation from funds dedicated
to improvement of ' the - Salem
airport. With the taking over of
the port by; the army it was be
lieved that further work there
would be undertaken by the ar
my and not under the civil au
thority, t
Indications are, it was said,
that further runway work is con
templated there. . .
Withdrawal of the fund3 was
revealed "when a copy of a letter
by C I. Stanton, CAA adminis
trator, to Sen. Rufus Holman
reached Salem.
Civil Airp
a. s
In
Pierce Receives !
'Congratulation' ji
On Vote Defeat j
WASHINGTON, Nov. tVPl
Walter M. Pierce, Oregon's tl-j
- yearnsld representative In eon-
gress. defeated for reelection,
says he . has "no Uck If the
voters ehope younger and
handsomer men." '
Plerce, an ex-governor who
has represented the second
Oregon district since 1933, was
returning to 'Washington by
train when he received a tele
grant from Mrs. Pierce "con
gratulating" hun upon his defeat-
' 1 ;
"Telegram .received." Pierce
replied. "Having- enjoyed SO
. years In public office out of CO
fat Oregon I have no kick If
the voters choose younger and
. handsomer men. ,
Greetings9
Telegrams
Eliminated
WASHINGTON, Nov.
Telegrams of felicitations, Inclua
ing "Happy Birthday1 and "Mer
ry Christmas," were banned Fri
day, effective December 15." -
The .board of war comunics
tions directed the telegraph com
panies to refuse such messages for
the duration, 'and to discontinue; a
number of other services held un
essential to the war effort.
In connection with this move to
facilitate handling, of ' important
messages, the board also directed
the companies to cut by one-third
the time required to handle busi
ness messages delivered by mes
senger and to 'clear messages on
the, wire within seven minutes af
ter they reach the operating room.
Specifically banned beginning
December. 15 are felicitations and
congratulatory messages such " as
greetings sent for Christmas, New
Year, Father's and Mother's days.
Valentine's day, and on the oc
casion of births, graduations, wed
dings, anniversaries and birthdays.
An exception was made for such
messages' to servicemen abroad,
Also listed for discontinuance
December 15 were such services
as messenger, errand; distribution,
remittance, installment payments,
shopping, acceptance of express
packages and sale of travelers
checks and mail money orders, i .
The wire services were given
until November 25 to file objec
tions to the order.-
Snell Returns;
'Congrats' Many
Secretary, of State Earl Snell,
elected governor of Oregon last
Tuesday, returned to his office
Friday.
Cncll estimated that the num
ber cf congratulatory telegrams
sn-I litters received at the state
d-; iL-r.ent had swelled to more
than-3CC0. A number of thee
came from Washington, DC, and
ether eastern and' middle-west-em
cities. ' "... . -" i
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Nazi Assaults
Hurled Back
: Reds Hold Ground
In Caucasus and
At Stalingrad
. By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov.
(jPV-The Russians announced Sat-
urday that repeated assaults by
large forces of German tanks, in
fantry and planes upon a factory
district in Stalingrad have been
thrown back with heavy losses for
the Germans and indicated they
were holding firm in the Nalchik
and Tuapse areas of the Caucasus.
"The soviet midnight communi
que reported the Germans were
thrown back to their original po
sitions in the fierce fighting for
the Stalingrad factory area: Fur
ther, the Soviets said, the nazis lost
about 1000 men killed, 11 tanks;
20 trucks, and a large number of
blockhouses there. ; s
' In the first mention In weeks
of action on the Kalinin front,
northwest of Moscow, the Rus
sians said the Germans threw
battalion, into an attempt to
capture a helxht of tactical lm-pertanee..--':
" . " '?' ,
?At first the Germans succeed
ed in pressing back our units
somewhat," the communique said
"A red army unit-then counter-,
attacked and threw the Germans
back. About one company : of me
enemy ,wai .wiped out and some
arms were captured."
On ,the battlefield northwest of
Stalingrad, where the Russians
are Pressing the Germans hard to
relieve "Stalingrad, nazi and Rus
sian artillery maintained a fierce
duel, the war report said,
One1' German field hattery was
reported destroyed and an enemy
force of about 400, men was part
ly wiped out.
The Russians said tneir men
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Cook to
On Armistice
Maf. Gen. Gilbert R. Cook, di
visional commander of troops ; to
training at Camp Adair, Has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver me
principal address at Salem's Armi
stice day" ceremonies Wednesday
morning, the program committee
announced. Friday. The rites will
be conducted at 10:30 a. m. at
Victory center on the courthouse
grounds if the weather is favor
able, otherwise at the Capitol
theatre. '','-'-' '
The program, for which CoL
Carle Abrams is .to be master, of
ceremonies, will be as follows: ?
Floral offering by school child
ren; placing of wreaths at the
American War Mothers monu
ment; firing squad; taps by mass
ed bugles; "Star Spangled Ban-!
ner," by band; raising of the flag;
invocation, r by Rev. D. .Strain;
number by American Legion aux
iliary " quartet; address by Gen.
Cook; announcements and band
music ... " s - .
Speak
PmhlOS MMest
. Some of Fleeing Germans
Piniied Against Coast;
Airmen Pound Road Jams
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By PAUL KERN LEE
CAIRO.' Saturday. Nov.
mobile, forces, equipped with big American-made General
Sherman tanks, have overtaken some of ihe remnants of
Marshal; Erwin Rommel's African corps in the Matruh region
of western Egypt, fcndi are
pieces,! front dispatches said
After a swift 104-mile
point of Alamein, three British
have pinned some of ; the fleeing German armored' units
against the Mediterranean coast. I . ! i
The advancing British ignored
thousands of surrendering - Ger
man and. Italian infantrymen
along the way in their effort to
crush with finality the axis ar
mored units. !
Already a total of six Italian
divisions, ! upwards of 80,000 men,
were reported either ' trapped or
cut off in the desert far to the
rear of the Germans and were
trying frantically to escape into
Libya, 'f-
The "conservative estimate' of
13,000 axis prisoners taken no
doubt will be revised in official
pronouncements shortly, front
correspondents said. So will! the
figures of 339' enemy tanks either
captured or wrecked. . j
Allied .airmen effectively sup
ported' the advancing ground
troops by tearing huge holes in
jammed axis tanks and trucks
which had to stay on the coastal
road In order to escape. .
RAF ground troops already
have seised El Daba and Fuka,
33 miles and 63 miles, respect
ively, west of Alamein. They
seised 200 prisoners at Daba
and destroyed 50 grounded
axis planes -before turning
those - fields Into forward bases .
for the relentless aerial pursuit
"of KommeL
A scene of wild destruction
met front correspondents at FJ
Daba. It was a testimonial to the
brilliant allied air . onslaught, that
wrecked the railway station, blew
up 13 ammunition - cars, . and
tossed lifeless axis, soldiers , for
hundreds of yards on either side
of the road where they had been
trying to j flee westward..
These correspondents said the
axis losses were , "terrific," and
dazed, bomb - shocked Germans
and Italians who escaped this de
struction were being rounded up
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Blast, Fire
Fatal to 9
In New York
ROCHESTER, NY, Nov t-VP)
Eight women and one man were
burned to death and ten other per
sons, ' eight of them' women, in
jured Friday in an explosion and
fire' at the Rochester Fireworks
company plant ' in i the town of
Perinton, Sheriff Albert Skinner
said. II V
Army, navy and FBI officials
are Investigating. , . -
Officials of the fireworks com
pany said the condition of some of
the injured was so critical that
deaths might result.. . -
The explosion was caused when
a tray of powder carried by a
workman was set down or dropped
ard enough to create a friction
spark, investigators said.
The blast, which started a fire,
was comparatively light, witnesses
said, but the powder-fed flames
spread so Swiftly through the one
story building that only one or
two of the employes at work, es
caped unharmed. ' - . i
Workers had started on the 4
pjm, shift and one of them, Ever
lyn Ellis, had just been employed
20 'infinites earlier., The building
was the Only one used by the plant
for the night shift : and flames
razed it in a few minutes. -
Dimout
Saturday's sunset, 8:13 p.
. Sunday's sunrise 8:C2 a. nu
- IVeaiher: Thursday's - coax,
temp. 54, rain. S3. River Friday'
-3 ft. By army request, weather
- forecasts are withheld and tem
perature . data , delayed.
Tanlss
7 (AP) - Pursuin&r British
steadily chopping them to
early Saturday.
drive from their jumping-off
tank divisions were said to
Longer Week
Said No Good
. FR Declares Output
Would Drop; Kaiser
Advocates Control
Washington! Nov. j p) -
Amid some discussion in Congress
over suspending or repealing the
40-hour week . laws, President
Roosevelt declared Friday .that
examples in -England and Ger
many proved that a working week
longer than 48 hours waa not
conducive; to greater' production.
' The President's press conference
discussion, In which he complained-
that the fatigue1 J actor
was generally not recognized, was
seen as a reply to the move of
Senator O'Daniel (D-Tejx.) to
suspend the wage-hour . 'law tor
the duration and similar senti
ment voiced" in the house.
.' Mr. Roosevelt said that the
working week la the production
' of most important war goods
Is 48 hours, and that the averare
working week la all wair pro- :
d action Is between 48 and 47
f hours. ; 1 '- ' . . '".
Beyond that point, he said, pro
duction; is not Increased by a
longer working week: except in
the first few weeks or months af
ter it Is Installed. He recalled
that on his recent inspection tour
he was told that where men had
been working overtime up to 54
or 58 hours a week they often In
curred absences afterwards be
cause of fatigue. . r I
He reported that Germany last
shpring increased the work week
to 70 and 80 hours with the result
that production spurted for fo
months and then declined lntif it
was not as great as that of a 48
hour week. These reports, he said,
came from intelligence services.
Meanwhile' Donald MJ Nelson.
chairman of the war production
board,! and Henry J. Kaiser, west '
coast : shipbuilder, testifying be
fore senate committees, endorsed
manpower control legislation and
said further that they thought
voluntary enlistments - In the
armed services should be stopped.
. Kaiser, whose shipyards
have - set production records,
urred j before a labor 'subcom
mittee that a nine-member
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A Souvenir
A '58-page tabloid Section tel
ling about Camp. Adair, the men
and officers and services iat the
big army cantonment near Sa
lem will be a part of Sunday's
Statesman. '
Within limits of military se
curity, this , attractive section
contains pictures and storks ef
the principal officers, i action
views of troops In straining, la-
wiTsunf nescnpiions. or special
services, guest houses, chapels
and. athletics, at Adair, and, la
addition tells how the camp Is
affecting surrounding communi
ties Salem, Dallas, Monmouth,
Independence, Jefferson, Albany
and Cervailis, in particular.
, Tea will want - to. read . tHs
Tjfrotsa i cover ti
eover and to order exiras lo sen 3
to fiIer,Js &zl relatives. Jlxirx
ctzlct hare lefi zl:'rJ It
C-is purpose. .I'.sj': "I : ;
mailed to any tZZiz i I i V 1
United Etates f or tea c . '. 3 ; -
eery, v "