PAGE TWO Tha OHTGON STATECI-XAXT, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, April 2. XS13 jFather Draft Likely July 1 X Classifications Said I , Due for; Revision - In Deferments WASHINGTON, - April l-r-W)-i Selective Service ' Director Lewis "B. Hershey 'said , Thursday he would like to postpone induction f of fathers as long as possible, but ;? acknowledged -that calling - them ;la likely to begin about-July I Hershey told a press conference phis desire to put off drafting fa H thers was largely "sentimental.' iSHe said the .ban against their in- .? duction would be lifted in ad vance of the time they actually S: would have to be called up in or- j der to meet quotas. Asked abeat reports: that ', yprei cut draft classifications v mirht be overhauled. Hershey said the subject was "eurrent ? ly and perpetually mnder con " slderatlon but no changes have ) been ordered thus far, at least Reports, emanating from in formed sources who declined to ; be named, had said strong atten tion was being directed to revis ' ing the classifications so that: All the childless married men would be reclassified out of 3-A and 3-B to 1 -A (available for in duction when their, order num bers are reached )t except - those "individually essential" in their t present jobs or those whose in ' duction would mean undue hard ship on dependents. The S-B classification, which bow includes both fathers and childless married men engaged in essential activities regardless of whether they are "essential Indi viduals," would be eliminated. The J-A elassiflcatUn. now Including fathers and childless . married men la activities net listed oa either the "essential'' or "non-deferable list, would - be reserved exclusively for fa thers, including these formerly In 3-B. The 2-A and 2-B classifications. which cover men individually es sential in essential activity, re gardless of whether or not they have dependents would be re- . tained, and persons who meet that standard but are now in other classifications such as 3-B, would be transferred to 2-A or 2-B. A new classification would be created for men whose induc tion would impose Undue hard ship upon their dependents; whe ther these consisted of wives alone, wives and children, or par ents. Private Trade ; Keeping Urged NEW YORK, April 1 --Declaring that while government has done much to eliminate misunder- standings between the countries of Jlorth and South America, Eric hnston, president of the United Str jes chamber of commerce, said Thursday night that the develop ment of trade and industry among the same countries must be left in the hands" of private enterprise and "the capitalistic system." Johnston shared the speakers' i. platform with Nelson A. Hocke feller, coordinator of inter-Ameri-Ucan affairs, and Robert J. Watt, '- international representative of the " American Federation of Labor, at ' a dinner of the economic club of . New York. -.."'. i . Johnston said there are suf : ': ficient resources N o r t h and ' South America to build any type of economy desired. He said Rockefeller and he would consult with President Roosevelt Friday on plans concerning postwar trade. .V".. :,' ', v . Plasma, Sulfa Save Many NEW-YORK, April l-(J?P-Blood plasma and sulfa drugs, coupled ; with the excellent faculties of the hospital, ship "Solace,, saved; all ; but seven of 4000" seriously wound i ed and ill men aboard in the first 'five months of the Solomons cam paign, Lt. Grace B. Lally, the v vessel's chief .nurse then, said : Thursday. . Lt Lally, in .m general press conference at the third naval dis trict headquarters, said the hero ism of the ship's personnel when : Pearl Harbor was attacked was '.'y such that Adm. Chester D. NimiU ; gave the vessel- blanket citation. -v- : During the Solomons campaign the hospital ship went as far as the New Hebrides to pick up cas ualties and take them -'to New . Zealand. Lt. Lally said, - and ire-. r quently- therevere as 'many as ' 35 operations a day. on schedule. : -Equipped with 418 beds, the So- ; - lace" most of the time had 500 J. patients, she said,' and extra cots were placed inr officers' quarters .-' and in the crew's recreation '"'-rooms.' Women Contribute 36 Million- Stockinjrs . WASHINGTON, April w Women have contributed 18,000,- .?. 000 pairs of old silk and nylon stockings as potential.', parachutes and powder bags in the last four , months, the war production board :- reported Thursday 'Bight' Poundage collected by states ln l eluded: Idaho, "-.7539; Montana, 1 S783; Oregon, 17,20; Washington, British Soldiers Return after Exchange British soldiers walk down the gangplank from the British ship Talma on their return to a Middle East of able-bodied prisoners during 21. Seven hundred eighty seven for S63S Italians and Germans. from Cairo. Spangler Hits j Demo fChtoice,' Suggestions WASHINGTON, April (JPiA democratic suggestion 1 1 h a t the 1944 presidential campaign be a short one with the nominating conventions held sometime in Au gust, instead of early summer, brought a republican reply Thurs day that ; the democrats already have selected their candidate. rank C. Walker chairman; of the democratic national committee, made the short campaign pro posal and urged meanwhile that lourth-term add other candidate talk be halted while e get! on with the war." i Chairman Harrison Spangler of the republican national committee promptly responded: "Its is a matter of regret that the hew deal leaders have waited to make the proposal of late politi cal conventions until I after their candidate has already been select ed. 1 "The conference of the democra tic national committee leaders at the White House a few weeks ago indicates that the new deal party has already had its real conven tion." j This referred to a meeting be tween the president and a' dozen national committee officers' and members on March 4. Walker said at the time that one or two told the president he I ought to run again, but it was not said seriously. He repeated this today! when asked about the conference. Allies to Talk Money Matter WASHINGTON, April l.-(fp)- Representatives of ;the United Nations have been invited to Washington for conferences on post-war currency stabilization. Secretary of the Treasury Mor- genthau, disclosing this Thursday, said no date has beenj set, because the finance technicians of the al lied nations "will sort of drift in to Washington si they can get here." : ! ! Morgenthau said at a press con ference that a draft lot proposals on which 'the treasury has been "working hard" for lover a year has been submitted to the finance ministers or thai various United Nations, and governments I in ex ile through their diplomatic rep resentatives here. i He emphasized however, that the draft is only tentative and in no way represents a; formal plan. Swedish Ship Sunk; . STOCKHOLM, , April 1-ifPf-An official j announcement Thursday said the 5000-ton Swedist mer chant ship Miles had; been sunk in the Atlantic by'lwai- action ap parently, by a submarine. J Thirty of the crew were reported missing'. Hapsburg 5 Jvst plain privates j In the 101st rexBgcea. wnica ts m irainuur at Two of them, Charles arrew left) bers of the regular army fftalt Training Is similar to that given In Asseeiasea rress Teiemat port; following the biggest exchange the war, at Mersen, Turkey; March British soldiers were exchanged Associated Press Phot via radio 50-Pound Minimum Kept on Potatoes PORTLAND, April MflVDis- trict OPA Director Richard Mont gomery was informed by Wash ington headquarters Thursday the 50-pound minimum limit on re tail sales of . seed potatoes, would be continued as a means of curb ing black market activities.' Montgomery had appealed for lifting of the restriction to ac commodate v i c tory gardeners who seldom run- over 10 pounds. In the light of Thursday's in formation, Montgomery urged vic tory gardeners to go in together and buy 50 pounds, then divide them according to individual needs. Lee Urges Air Control, China LOS ANGELES, April America should start to win con trol of the air over China, Asso ciated Press War Correspondent Clark Lee said Thursday night in a radio interview, "because a year from now Japan will not be so vulnerable to air attack. j Lee, who was in the orient from the opening raids in Manila to the battle for the Solomons, told CBS west coast listeners from station KNX that Japan's industry, con centrated on a narrow strip of coast extending 400 miles south and west of Tokyo to Shimon oseki and Meji, is connected by a single railroad. ! "If that road were to be knocked out, Japan's transport would be seriously crippled," he said. i Lee declared "Japan today Is dispersing much of her industry to the Asiatic mainland. Given time, she will be able to disperse to such an extent and over so wide an area that the bombing of Japan itself would not be enough to knock out her power to produce the tools of war. Eight Fliers Leave Plane I WALLA WALLA, April 1-UP) Crewmen of a four - motored bomber which crashed Tuesday night 25 miles east of Challis, Ida., apparently bailed out before the ship crashed, Lt Thomas K. Perry, public relations officer at the Walla Walla army air field, said Thursday afternoon as the army air force and civil air patrol pressed its hunt for the crew men in that rugged upper Salmon river district j The ship is believed one miss ing from the base here since Tues day afternoon although no con clusive proof has been found. , Lt Perry said he was notified by the Pocatello, Ida., air base that only one parachute was found in the burned wreckage, but the plane from here had carried an extra. Nine men were aboard the Walla Walla plane. i Princes are Army . - ... v lafaatry. batUlion. reasposed'aljiMt unra Atterbarv. Tad ara threa and Kodolph (arrew rfxLi). attend Axis Attacks North Troopi After Flight B (Continued from Page 1) B ped up. Isolated - enemy units In the rugged hills and ' valley west and south of Sedjenane on Wed nesday, moving through roads and tracks littered with abandon ed enemy ammunition and mater ial, to consolidate new positions east of Sedjenane. Eight bayonet charges by shouting- British., troops" mopped up axis resistance on Tebomta mine j hilltop overlooking . Sedjenane.- . v "V. V . The I 20-mile-long winding val ley between Djebel Abiod. where the British army began its recent advance, and Sedjenane was lit tered With shell dumps, scattered ammunition . cases and abandoned equipment ranging from grenades to gas masks. All ! signs pointed to a hasty enemy; withdrawal, only the most mobile equipment was taken by the axis troops, and both sides of the roads were pocked with holes made by heavy allied shells pumped into the axis positions. Along the road larger craters told the tale of the RAF, of bombs dropped on fleeing columns by British airmen. The German air force tried tp halt the allied advance along this road, but it was a feeble effort. Engineers were filling in the few bomb craters caused by the nazis. ana auiea traffic hardly was halt ed. Thisl traffic ranged from trans ports taking troops into battle to pack - mules laden with supplies ior troops nolding mountain posi tions on tne nanxa. A tide of transport also was go ing the other way carrying cap tured enemy artillery and other supplies. One truck also was load ed with Italian prisoners being taken back to allied cages. As the campaign picture be comes j cleared it is possible to realize the important part the French! Moroccan Goums are play ing. Theyj and crack British troons accounted for hundreds of Italian captives. "They are wonderful opera tors," a British officer said of these fierce warriers. They dis appear and nobody hears any thing at all from them, and sud denly there is a sound mt marching feet and a Go am pa trol is seen coming back with a couple hundred prisoners. "They moved out silentlv t night and when the sun came ud the Ita ians would find them rteht in the middl nf uiw ,;.: I For a time prisoners were com-1 tnmuuu. ing in so fast that non-commls sioned had to officers among 'thai captives be appointed to form th.'r comrades into companies for a march ' to the rear. The Italians cooperated very weU in this work." said this offi cer. There were several cases of companies surrendering intact with all their officers.' f Synthetic Tire Encouraging WASHINGTON, April 1-(JP Displaying a heavy duty truck tire manufactured from synthetic rubber. Rubber Director William M. Jeffers told senators Thursday that the artificial elastic had been perfected "to the point where it will Very fairly meet all require ments without mixture with na tural rubber." He testified before an agricul ture subcommittee, however, that "the rubber program is critical be cause; we don't know how all the various processes for synthetic rubber are going to turn out" The synthetic tire, he said, was the first heavy duty truck casing ever made in this country from me artificial product Jeffers vigorously defended an order; issued jointly by his division and the agriculture department re ducing the immediate projected planting of guayule, a rubber pro ducing shrub, from 53,000 acres to between 13,000 and 20,000 acres. He contended that the irrigated California land intended for the guayule nursery was needed worse for food crops. Privates 1 1 . - If entirely "af Amstrlaas. 'aaany' aaaw Eamra af Ami. Mtdoar class with other all eMTespondiag US army meml naitsi K i fTl CCfid l-- OllftheHOMEFRONT By ISABEL CHUDS Despite orders from headquart ers,! and X mean that high-rank- road commission lies in either the ing i army officials have at least now-abbreviated first or the new requested that we speak of the fourth (southern Oregon) con wearers of the army uniform as gressional districts, since T. H. "meb,"rthe group that gathered around the table seemed made up otboys, until they completed their rlinar with haf little MMmnnv " f i -- : s- -t-- looks; out upon the streets, and, ooLJ.iJ f Hc - of Us who Uwell across . it may occasionally look in. Standing ; at the telephone as the'tquiet youths in uniform gath ered, I looked across and watch-! ed t them as they seated them selves, apparently amid cheerful quips. And I thought it was more than two hours later when I again glanced their way. They leaned ovgr the white table linen.. Per haps they wre fraternity broth ers for it seemed to me that the insignia on their sleeves differed considerably. Other diners had left when. called away from my desk, I once agfin saw the circle of soldiers, 1,,u uw we were rismg aunosi ; . theu" cnairs" No bo"15 sources. Other positions that whoIe and M t divide it up gary, and by participating in such stood in the center of the table, might come his way include the 14 did before, for understand- other forms of international co if.r " 1 Mw' but toey solmenly $6000 state liquor administrator- bl nd proper reasons." oneratJon as mar effectivelv ore. 1 ltfted glasses; one seemed to speak Hew words. They drank and reached for their cans. W. th.v doing what their fathers and grjindfathers of World war I and Civil war had done, downing a "list man" toast? Of course, it's barely possible that they were celebrating a fra- terniry reunion; but there was nqthing collegiate nor even much that was uuog aooui mem m that moment. dults Blamed r Juvenile Delinquency The growing problem of juve le delinquency stems in the hbme of today and can be solved to any reasonable degree only by the nation's adult citizenry, Capt Mr alter Lansing of the state po lice told the Salem Lions Huh Thursday. f We have brought this on our selves," Capt Lansing declared. P prone to be more toler- apt and forgiving than we should So long as parents are inore interested in business, golf The board , consists of .Roy, .S. Lwork .weefc broukht no word of imd gomg to parties than in their Keene, Salem, chairman;-Paul R. I any . open Sef ianpe. On toe con ?uldren, we are going to have Kelty. Lafayette, and Gerald W J trar4 ' ri. i i more and more delinquency." . - , ine teacner, to whom parents tand to look to instruct children in courtesy, and the policema STK wno is expected to teach ffter school hours how good citizen, "can ELSf'Si proper Home environment, speaxer explained, adding that 'we can't neglect the rearing of 'ur children to understand cour esy, appreciation of home, rever snce of God, consideration and deretanding of fellow man." i Capt. Lansing suggested a Change in the prevailing- law in the United States to make nar- pnts responsible for the acts of Uieir children would have a I whnlMnma Ha. m.. .ti I s-- - uie aiwauon . . they pay to the training and con- nd aid thB under new produc duct of their offspring. Uon schedules additional allot orn in Germany, jLike-Named Men Buddies in Army ! vamt ROBINSON, Arku, April 47-Assignment of two 19-yeax- .1 J rut.' . ... .. oiu 'woicagoans witn the same given and surnames to the same company at the "medical replace ment training center here dis closed a startling parallel In their lives. . j One is Werner J. Gruenebaum, son oz Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grue nebaum. The other is Werner T. Gruenebaum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gruenebaum. i The center's public relations of fice reported Thursday. The two men were inducted ret cently at the same time at Camp Grant JJL, stepping forward at reveille when an officer called for lGraenebaum They were sent With other trainees here and Wound up in Company B. 104 th Batalian, 22nd Medical Training Regiment They were born -in Germany about 45 miles apart Each studied Vocational subjects in preparatory school." - Werner came to this Country with his parents when $5. Werner E.- came alone when lie was 16. Both went directly to Chicago. - " Since coming here, the two have become "buddies." Taylor Said Named Farm lLaLor Aide , JWASHINGTONClmn-P)--A spokesman for Chester Davis, war food administrator, said Thursday Lt Cot V J a y Taylor,- Amarillo, Texas, banker, has been appointed by JJavJa to direct the farm labor branch of enewly established food production and distribution TaykV ft1 was said,: has been released from army duty. He has been serving with the' services of supply on the .west coast. ' Mickle and FinsleyQuit State Posts C (Continued from Page 1) C I Banfield, Portland, was recently appointed fjom the third district and Arthur W. SchauppKlamath I SXIS. mm Uie WCODO. Xamnill county forces nave lor some time J clamored for representation on f , . f ntMkm . 1 district voices have also begged Xet to be aanouneed are prob able, changes in the positions of executive secretary to. the for ernor and budget director, a dual role, and utilities commis sioner. The former post is held by George K. Aiken, appointed late in the Spragne administra tion, and the latter by Ormond K. Bean, whose term expires May 3L The budget directorship carries a salary of $5000 and the utilities assignment $7500 a year. While George Flagg, to be sue- ceeded May 1 by Harry Schenk as chief deputy secretary of state, Aft lunching rith President 0f responsibility for the mainten is due for an appointment from Roosevelt, Senator George (D- ance of peace in the world of the foregone conclusion that he may become Commissioner Bean's sue- mc governors omce, it is not a ressnr.' nrrnrHinv in r.liohl. I Twwvw uuvi auiiuiiiautt WAT ship or the budget director's job. The new state director of agri culture, acquaintances recall, has talked of a secret ambition some day to be chief of the United States department of agriculture.! He is the son of a Coos county farmer, himself owns a dairy farm near North Bend, Is president of the Com Biv rrimr i.f m,mk. field, was ;first vice-president of the Oreizoa Dairymen's 'associa- ' tion from 1939 to 1941 and served as master of Coos county Pomona grange from 1937 to 1941 He was elected county judge in 1941. Judge Peterson was' born at North Bend. He received his edu cation in Oregon public schools and at the University of Califor nia at Los Angeles. He is a re- publican. Joseph Silver, the new parole director, is a graduate of 'Wil lamette university and holds a master's degree in sociology. Before his appointment as a pa role agent fm Oregon ha made two trips to England to study the British prison system and did prison work tn Philadelphia, Pa. The retiring parole director waa I commended by his board for his mmenriMi hi. , v;. I "devoted and efficient service." - Mason, Portland. Food Output True War Job WASHINGTON, April 1-JP) Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said Thursday that "many people in authority have erred seriously in considering food production as a civilian, rather than a war ef fort." He put that comment into "a letter to Senator Byrd (D-Va.) In whiy1 he deplored the original cut in farm machinerv nrrwlntiwt ments oi macmnery would reach the farmer. Byrd, who made Wickard's let ter public, had written the secre ts ry-to protest "the shockingly In- aaequate" taUotments of farm ma chinery: to his state. : - Tonight and Scrturday Continuous Sat 1-11 7 OTMICXTISX t tOSAICZ TISX i vttrtr vim : SWias TIME! News - Serial - Cartaea i III - EnougK Fl4x Area Siffned for Plant growers of the Jefferson commun- A llv-wT YsirrrvT a ity are assured thajt the process- -TlXUtXl. M. iMMltlK in gplant 'win be builL.as 1200 acres have already been signed up NEW YORK, April iHUn by Oax growers in Jhis area. Only dersecretary of State .Sumner 1000 acres were needed, accord- Wells Thursday termed the post ing to a board member of the Santiam Flax Growers assoda - tion. The plant will -be built i largely bv the government and wm be located' orif the Stastney j farm northwest of Jefferson. 1 ." 3 I Democrals Split on Tax Skip T A (Continued from Page-1) A tinue to battle; for Ihe Rum! skip a-year plan, rtjecte4 by the house a'. '-fL " I : Karlier, Treafury Secretary Morgenthau expressed doubt that a 20 per cent withholding levy agamst the taxable portions of wages and salaries; could be made operaUve before Jsnuary 1. i ' axmvc it n committee, said he thought me ways and means committee I wuuw MCKie Uie ISJC OrOgram as a jaeanwnue,, a division also ap- Vent the rise of economic or poliU peared to Di developing within car dangers, the peace of the world republican ranks. Kep. Knntson (ll-Mina), who directed the unsuccessful floor battle for the Kami plan, voiced the opinion that the repnbUeans mlgnt line up behind a com promise. :?3' . I .- - On the other hand. Rep. Reed (R-NY) said "a compromise . would be a betrayal of 4he peo- Kepublican, leader Martin of 7Z ZvrLT iTT - "e Jh5lBkIr?"yar PrPsal as mocuxiea ana jemDracea in a biU by Rep. Crlson R-Kas would "make a good compromise." T 48-H0uiliVf ove n. Satisfies ' f r M I nzwnuwiun.Apru j r) War manpower official, express- ed satisfaction Thursday overt initial reports of fompliance with Ore, to cost more than $2,000,000,. the order fof a 48hour work week Senator McNary learned Thurs m 3 labff -ho . r e a s and, day. In connection with the proj- and ITZZT I - Field reports ohi this first major wartime effort to lenethen the f ""f-J - - UQV.UUCU generally ak coonWatinir fullv. As -had 'been Indicated earlier by survey it apjseared few Work ers would be released immediately lor other jobs. lost war plants in the areas where the order be came effective Thursday already were on a 48-fiour, or longer, worx .weeic THE UTTlI HfHC WITH Twe B-q HITS zrnrfFinri Second - Bl Hit H Alias, Bolon BlackJerL yTMoT1 hits sTnTf urn Aemd,d$ f V IHIfMtllS Y SILL I iiavmmiTfl IsMHUU f Uxasxi f'" . - -. 1 w mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . -4 II il mm i US Post-War rVi -Vir wr policy of the United States 1 ource of "one of the gravest I doubts that exists In the minds I or the United Nations." I 1x1 an address before the cham- ber of commerce of the state ' of New York, broadcast by NBC, Welles said this nation's allies re call fthat after the victory of 1918 the United States withdrew from almost every form of practical cooperation-'-1 n "'reconstruction tasks and "made no effort to win the Jeace. r ,- fOus. allies, are asking tiiem selves now whether we will again follow that same course, Welles aid. "In a very reai sense the - decision that will be made with regard to the renewal of the trade agreements act will be regarded by peoples throughout the world as an acid test of our future in- j tentiona." ' ' He said he was convinced that i -unless tho American nl ir : j wining to assume their fair share - 1 future, py joining in the exer- cise of poUce powers when that may' be determined by i n t e r- I n.t,'v.l r k. cannot be maintained." Pope Slay Summon Co n8i8 tpry, Jiihe - BERN, Switzerland, April 1-UfS Catholic,, churchmen . consider it possible that Pope; Pius XII may ! summon a consistory about, Juno t number of cardinals to re- Place those lost by recent deaths. The college of cardinals usually numbers close to 60, but now is reduced . to 47. .The consistory, if called, would deal with important church, mat ters which might easily include the matter of naming cardinals. aiadraa CcU Bis Job WASHINGTON, April 1-JP The department has authorized an nirfnrtm Installs inn n jr . L " """f" a"uni- I norarv dwellin units at HTada r urauon nas provided ior ZZ tern- frw civilian armr. - i OZZXE NfXSOli AND HIS BAND - and Walt Dtaney Cartoon tiow to nsxr JTJGGB Lost Tkaaa Today J7 MM'S ftOMANCC MUSIC1 ; -v. FLCS r '"A NIGHT IN ' " J ' : NBTW OKXEANS VTITII FKESTON FOSTER STARTS SATURDAY 'It' rousing . . . roaring . . romantlcji v filmed' rrmss rtmi ISIS SITftS ; -CO-FEATURE-i- Scrowy nuts running loo se in a, riot of lcrughsl It's the first big a w I n g - show of fho swiflg shift! ' , ,, 'A'.'f.-'' - I