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Senator. O'Mahoney of Wyom
ing held a one-day hearing at the
; Portland ;; chamber of commerce
"last i week on post-war : plans. A
goodly . number of Oregon , resi
dents testified, giving reports of
present plans and statements of
probable needs.: One of the diver
tisements of the proceedings was
-the testimony of W a 1 1 e r W. R.
May1 of the Portland : General
Electric staff to the effect that the
i government- should develop local
industry to help take up the slack
..when shipbuilding winds up,
while Paul J. Raver of the Bonne-
ville administration assured Sena
- tor O'Mahoney that he as well as
the majority of the people of the
west favored "private enterprise.'
This "diplomatic revolution is in
deed startling. Perhaps it repre
sents the Alphonse-Gaston ap
proach to the problem of post-war
' planning. , Private industry fears
it can't swing the whole load,
and government doesn't want to.
It is true that a great deal of
the forward planning is in terms
f government spending: more
highways, - more dams, ' a : court
house, new : scboolhouses, , slum
clearance (with government mon
ey), public museums, swimming
pools. Is priyate industry - itself
going to present petitions for. re
vival of PWA and WPA? ,
When the war is over the, pub
lic debt will be over $300,000,000,-
O00. The liquidation of the war
tapering off of . contracts, conden
sation for discharged men and wo
men in service, maintenance of
forces ' in occupation, - aid to dis
tressed countries may cost an ad
ditional $50,000,000,000 or so.
.Meantime private debt will have
- been greatly; reduced, as well as
Indebtedness of subordinate units
of government. The federal gov-
t eminent cannot proceed with pub
lic works on a vast scale save by
- resort to deficits covered by addl
tions to the debt But there sure
ly is a limit to such financing
somewhere, some time. Business
judgment will .dictate that the
federal government balance its
budget and start to whittle down
its debt. "
Likewise it is a mistake to think
that "industry, that is, manufac
turing, can reabsorb the ten mil
lion from the military service and
- additional millions releasedfrom
war production. By the last cen
sus there were employed in manu-
. -factoring in this country in 1939
only" 7,886,587. Farming ... (1941)
TepriedO.2$7,0Oa W o X ketf
Other great classifications are
the service trades, including re
tailing, mining, forest products,
transportation, (Contin ued on
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From Moscow
WASHINGTON, Sept 24-()-
Ambassador; William H. Standley
arrived by plane today from his
post in Moscow amid persistent
reports that he will not return to
the soviet capital , which is soon
to be the scene of important An
glo-American-soviet conferences,
Standley came home" for con
sultation, the state department
said, "in connection with discus
sions which are being. carried on
with the British and soviet gov-
ernments. -f-.-
For some months . there have
been reports, however, that the
embassador, ; who is 70 years old,
did not want to spend another
winter in t Russia and t h a t he
would resign for personal reasons.
W. Averell Harriman, lend-lease
representative in London, is ex
pected to succeed him. ;
Standley did cot immediately
call at the same department on
bis arrival, but has an appoint
ment to report tomorrow to Sec
retary of State Hull. 5
dley
Move Develops in Senate
To Delay Foreign Policy
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-F)-With
the backing of Chairman
Connally ; (D, Tex) a strong move
developed within the senate for
eign relations committee today to
delay -action on pending declara
tions of post-war foreign policy
until the views of America's chief
allies have been sounded out
Without mentioning either the
- forthcoming tripartite meeting of
allied foreign ministers or the pos
sibility that President Roosevelt,
. Prime Minister Churchill and Pre
mier Stalin may get together be
. fore the end of the year, Connally
. declared the committee has no de-
. aire at this time to "afford an op
portunity for intemperate ; 1 and
trouble-making debate on the floor
of the. senate. . 'XL..--
, "Ill-considered debate he said
in a statement, "might produce ir
ritations or vexations at a critical
period in the prosecution of 'the
war." :
"It is known to all well-informed
men that the utmost freedom
of debate is permitted under the
- senate rules," Connally said. "It is
' further known that senators do
not hesitate to avail themselves of
' that unlimited freedom... --
Connally's view that the com-
' mi ttee ought to proceed cautious-1
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Retreat-
Reds Arrive
At Dnieper
- LONDON; Saturday, Sept.
25 (AP) A DNB state
ment broadcast from Berlin
today said that Smolensk, im
portant nazi central front bas
tion, had been evacuated in
the face of advancing Russian
forcesJ - v
The breadeast, recorded by Ren
ters, said that Roslavl, seatheast
of Smolensk, also was abandoned
by the nasi garrison. ,
The news agency statement said:
"After completing the aaest im
portant and necessary - measures
and demolition of all important
military . installations, the towns
f Smolensk and Roslavl were
evaenated last night by German
rearrna rds."
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, Saturday, Sept 25
P)-The battle for the Dnieper
river defense line began today as
the Russians surged forward in
force along a 300-mile front on
the eastern bank' and knocked at
the gates of Smolensk in the north
and Kiev in the : south, Moscow
announced.- .
- German reports said the Rus
sians l had tried te cross the
- Dnieper only one mile above
Kiev where the Desna Joins the
Dnieper bat the soviet commu
nique made no mention of a
crossing, nor an attempt to cross.
- The soviet monitor, incorrectly
transcribing a Moscow broadcast
of the communique, first said the
Dnieper had been crossed in the
Gomel sector ' but later changed
its version of the communique to
tell of a crossing of the Iput river,
some 70 miles east of the Dnieper.
Nevertheless, the . Russians, ac
cording to Moscow reports, were
already at the river in many
places and the German themselves
mentioned an 'attempted soviet
crossing below Gomel at a point
where the Pripet river enters the
Dnieper.
. In the fighting for Smolensk the
Soviets announced the capture of
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Harvey Kennedy
Killed in Action
Staff Sgt Harvey L. Kennedy,
whose; home is in Silverton, was
killed in action in the southwest
Pacific war area, the war depart
ment announced yesterday. His
father is Lloyd Kennedy, 219 Mill
street, Sdverton. y
ly, despite the overwhelming ap
proval given by the house to the
Fulbright resolution, was shared
by Senator George (D, Ga), who
preceded Connally in the chair
manship. .: :
- In addition. Senator Thomas (D,
Utah), a staunch administration
supporter, said that if the commit
tee is to draw a more detailed
statement of : foreign policy than
that expressed in the Fullbright
proposal, it ought to await devel
opments at the Moscow conference
of foreign ministers. V
i ; The Tullbright resolution would
put congress on record as favor
ing American participation, by
constitutional processes, in "appro
priate international machinery to
preserve the peace. It has been
marked for a pigeonhole in the
senate committee, which expects
to bring out its own version.
Connally's reluctance to act at
this time found support in the
stand of Senator Nye (R, ND) who
told reporters he did not believe
any statement of American inten
tions ought to be made until after
Britain and Russia have made
their post-war aims clearer. Sena
tor LaFoUette (Prog. Wis) also
has argued against consideration
of any . declaration now. -
Berlin
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10 PAGES a,
New Commander at Adair
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McCoy Retires
At Adair; Hays
To Fill Post
CoL Gordon H. McCoy, post
commander of Camp Adair since
June J 28, 1942, will retire, next
week,,, to be replaced, at the post
by CoL Samuel D. Hays, who has
already come from Boise barracks,
Boise, Idaho. ' -
Retirement of McCoy from ac
tive army duty as of midnight
September 30, known . to be up
coming ' since congressional ' ap
proval was given the moving out
of active duty army officers 60
years of age and under the grade
of brigadier general, was announc
ed officially at the camp on Fri
day. Plans for his future were still
indefinite, Col. McCoy declared
here last night With his wife and
small daughter,- the : post - com
mander has made his residence in
Salem.;; ' : Yi
CoL Hays, lnfaiiiry officer, was
a.. -national guard officer prior to
the national emergency. He arriv
ed at the post Wednesday.
I McCoy, artillery officer, 1 ii
graduate of the US Naval academy
at Annapolis, a veteran officer of
World war I, has made the army
his - career, and has just reached
or is this fall reaching retirement
age. :f :. :.- 4 -
With a background of : service
In many capacities he came to
Camp : Adair as its. first post
commander. He was decorated
with the Medal of Military Merit
by the Mexican government dur
ing his three years of service as
military attache in Mexico City
for the three years prior to 1942.
He served on the board of eco
nomic warfare, Washington, DC,
for. the six months preceding tak
ing over post commander duties
here.
Native of the Shenandoah val
ley, Va he Is a graduate of the
Ft. Sill school of fire, the com
mand and general staff school at
Leavenworth and the Army War
college at Washington, DC, as well
as of the naval academy. ;
With the 91st division, compris
ed by troops of the Pacific coast
states, CoL McCoy saw front line
service during the first World
war, in which he rose from grade
of captain to that of major.
The colonel, with knowledge of
the Spanish language among his
skills, saw service in the Philip
pines and the Panama Canal zone
during peacetime as well as in
Mexico City. ! ' '
that is the cost of living
in England?
What wages .are paid in
England?
:. ; See the Sunday Statesman for'
a most interesting report on
English J ly in g conditions-
personal .letter 3 from a young
English housewife to her cousin
in America. .."; -Tomorrow's
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CoL Samnel D. Hays, above, wbe
next Friday takes over new du
ties as post commander at Camp
. Adair, sainted as troops passed
. In review before him shortly af
ter his arrival here this week
. from Boise barracks. Below,
CoL Gordon H. MeCoy, retiring
pest commander, whose respon
i sibiliOes at Adair have left bias
'4 Uttle time far porsult of a peace
time recreation, fishing, wasnt
- prepared Friday night te an
nounce his definite plana for the
; fntnre. . ;
Allies Continue
Air Of fehsive
. By GLADWDf HILL
' LONDON, Sept. 24 A big
fleet of RAF right bombers bit
four big Germtn industrial cen
ters - including the Important
twin cities ol Mannheim - Lud-
wigshafen and American Ma
rauders again raided Evreux
FauvOle air field near Paris in
daylight today, carrying the allies'
latest large scale round-the-clock
aerial assault "from Britain into
its third straight day. .
A Joint British-American com
munique said that during the day
Eighth air force Marauders at
tacked nazi air fields at Evreux-
Fauville and Beauvais-Tille, while
RAF Mitchells blasted a railway
center at Amiens and air fields at
Brest-Lanvoc, Brest-Guipavas and
J St. . Omer-Longeunesse. Typhoon
bombers also bombed the latter
air field.: At the same time US
Thunderbolts made supporting
sweeps over France and Belgium.
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Aussies
Drive On -Jap
Base'
Allies Bomb ;
Enemy Fleeing
. Lae, Salamaua 1
By BOB EUNSON ., .
AT J. Tm HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACI
FIC, Saturday, SepL25-i-The
airdrome at Finschhaf en, 1 New
Guinea, has been captured by
Australian veterans ; of desert
warfare who now are within
three quarters of a mile of invad
ing the 'Japanese coastal base it
self. Gen. Douglas MacArthur an
nounced today.
. The Australians, who .overran
the third air base to fall into Mac
Arthur's hands since Sept. li
the Salamaua airdrome was seized
on that date, Lae five days later
now are exchanging fire with the
Japanese across the Bumi river
Just north of Finschhaf en.
, These A assies landed Wednes
day, ander warships and bomber
cover, six miles north of their
'objective, and headquarters dis
. closed today that they eooly ran
into Japanese mortar and ma
ehinegvn fire. A half hour later
they had wiped eat the opposi
tion and held a strong beach-'
head., : .
Then they moved steadily south
and'pi: Finschhaf en under! artil
lery" fire."- v v
While pressure was being in
creased on Finschhafen's g a r r I
Ison, Mitchell medium bombers
flew low in a sector some 70 miles
to .the west to hammer the rear
door of ' the Markham valley
where : enemy remnants may be
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Congress Set
To Seek Out
More Revenue
By FRANCIS M. LEMAY ;
' WASHINGTON, Sept 2 - CP)
Congressional tax machinery was
geared today to begin October 4
the hard grind of ' finding addi
tional billions to finance the war,
but some lawmakers were skep
tical of the ability of taxpayers
to bear an . appreciably greater
burden.
Chairman Dough ton (D-NC),
after a two-hour meeting of the
house - ways and : means commit
tee, announced plans to open
hearings a week from Monday on
a new general revenue measure,
and said:
"It is extremely important that
the revenue bill be passed before
the end of this year to avoid
retroactive taxation. The hearings
will be given over to the problems
of raising additional revenue
needed to finance the war. t
. The administration has suggest
ed that $12,000,000,000 is needed,
in addition to the $38,000,000,000
now being collected annually.
However, Reps. Knutson - (R
Minn.) and Carlson (R-Kan.),
both ways and means members,
expressed doubt that anything like
$12,000,000,000 more can be raised
without undue hardship.
Knutson said I am frank to
say that I do not see how we can
h o p c to ' increase taxes much
more," and Carlson agreed, saying,
"I don't think taxes can be much
higher i .-i,X-X-X:.
. : What paths the search for new
revenue might take remain a mys
tery, since both the treasury and
the tax staff employed byk con
gress declined to give any hint.
Thus, no observer can speculate
with; any certainty on how the
individual taxpayer will be af
fected. -
DeGaulle-jCiraud
Dispute Flares ,
NEW YORK, Sept. 24-JPDon
Hollenbeck. NBC corresoondent in
Algiers, tonight quoted "reliable
sources", as saying that a dispute
had flared between Generals Gi
raud and DeGaulle over the Cor-
sican campaign and that DeGaulle
cried You stole my Corsica!' and
tried to have Giraud ousted as
French commander-in-chief.
Mil
Price 5c
Career Ends
EDOUARD HERRIOT
Ex-Premier
Herriot Dies
In France
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 24-(ff)
The death in a hospital in south
ern France of " Edouard Herriot,
former French premier, was re-,
ported today in a dispatch from
Berlin , to the Svenska DagbladeL
- The dispatch said Herriot had
been taken to the hospital recent
ly, but gave no. detafla "of his
death.:' )'
Early in September the nazis
had reported that Herriot bad fall
en ill of a mental ailment and was
confined to a sanatorium. Herriot
had been one of the French politi
cal leaders taken into custody to
be "tried for, contributing to the
nation's downfall after the armis
tice in 1940. President of the
chamber of deputies at the time,
he had opposed capitulation and
later protested the dissolution of
the French parliament - :
Herriot was a prominent fig
ure in French politics beginning
about 1918. A radical socialist, he
became premier in 1924 and again
briefly in 1926.' He lost favor po
litically because of his champion
ing the policy of paying the war
debt to the United States, but was
active in politics again before the
outbreak of the present war.
Anion
VS. LAIIE
THIRD AR LOAN
THERMOMETER
-5 Million
-Marion enota -.
$MJM0
qnoia "
4 Million
-3 Million
-2 MiEion
-1 Million
LANE MARION
TO DATE
Marion
Lane
1252,8 CO
52,eS2,855
(Lane tatal compUed at noon,
Marlon total at close of day's
sales.) . -
Dimout
Sat.- sunset 7:05
j, . - . , .
Sun. sunrise 7:02
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No. 153 ;
M'Artihmir
For-All . .
..IS."',
Oiit Drive
AP Writer Tells
Background of
Recent Assertion
. (Editor's note: Just , what did
General MacArthur have in mind
when he issued bis statement - of
September 22 commenting on press
reports that his . part in the war
war to be curtailed and his com
mand subordinated? C. Yates Mc
Daniel, t Associated Press bureau
chief at MacArthur's headquarters,
herewith outlines the background
for the statement thatprpvoked
the discussion and analyzes : the
reasons why MacArthur favors a
fullscale assault on Japan from
Australia, instead -of Burma, Ha
waii or' Alaska.) '
By C. YATES McDANIEL
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THB SQUTH WEST PACD7IC,
Saturday, Sept 25-(ff-The vital
issue brought into" the open: by
General D o u gl a s MacArthur's
statement implying that his role
in the war might be curtailed, is
not who is to direct the major, as
sault on Japan, but -from what
base or basic area such an offen
sive is to be mounted.
;-: Expected - official reaction' has
not been forthcoming from Wash
ington,) London or Canberra, ' but
g London announcement did set a
dividing line between the com
mands of General MacArthur and
Lord Louis Mountbatten in south
east Asia." " r--,V - ;-vv;'::-MacArthur,
immersed in prose
cuting ' the war from forward
headquarters and consolidating al
lied strategic gains in New Gui
nea, has made no further refer
ence to his statement of Wednes
day nor the reasons behind its
issuance. ; -
When MacArthur said he was
willing to accept a subordinate
role, discussion immediately arose
as to whether the major attack
asfainst Janan Would be made bv
Lord Mountbatten's forces in In
dia or those under the southwest
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'Permanent, Anil-Freeze
Available Oct. 1
WASHINGTON, Sept 24-(P-
Owners of passenger cars may
purchase , the so-called "perma
nent types" of anti-freeze begin
ning October 1, the war produc
tion board announced today. Un
til that date the supply will be
reserved for commercial vehicles,
tractors, stationary engines, and
police cars.
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Ldtw Is Jittery Though
Tt'a , noor business to count on i
a breakdown of the enemy's mo
rale. Nevertheless there are hints j
of the Jitters In recent press re
leases from the Lane county inira
war loan headauarters. from which
the bond-buying "war, against
Marion county is being directed.
Sly intrigue is Indicated too; Lane
Chairman N. H. Cornish has in
vited, or challenged, Marion Chair
man Jesse Gard to visit Eugene
and this is the slick part "of
fers" to let him address a Victory
Center rally....' .-;-."-,..'.
Statistically, ' however, La n e
county la right on Marlon's heels.
At checkup time Friday noon Lane
reported $2,682,855, which was
little more than $2000- behind
Marion's $2,685,000. However by
nightfall Marion's total had climb
ed to $2,852,800, which was about
57 per cent of the $4.31,000 goaL
It should be kept in mind that
Lane's goal is slightly less, $4,
564,000. Lane's total Friday noon
was about 58 ' per cent of - that
goal; however. Lane's boast Is to
defeat Marion on a dollar basis.
- Reiterating his claims as to
Lane citizens' ; superior intelle
gence, Drfc Cornish said the Mar
ion county war finance committee
had to employ "a bag of tricks,"
whereas the Lane, staff "merely
tells Lane county citizens the nak
ed truth.' Namely, that US war
bonds are safest securities in the
world, pay splendid- rates of in
terest . . . and that Uncle Sam will
Toves
Torpedo
Boats Raid
Albania Bay
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ALLIED IIEADQUAR- .
TERS IN NORTH AFRICA,1
Sept. 24 (AP) The Ameri
can Fifth array, in full of fen
give, lunged toward tortured
Naples tonight behind a vio
lent artillery and air barrage
which reduced stout German
mountain positions and
blocked enemy roads just be
hind the "bitter and severe"
fighting.
Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio,
main towns of southern Corsica,
fell to French troops, patriots and
American r a n g e r s who were ,
steadily herding the Germans to
the northeast corner of the island,'
from which they 'were trying des
perately to escape by air and sea.
The vulnerability of the German-held
Balkans te allied at-
tack aeraaa 'the Adriatic was
demonstrated by a bold raid of
motor torpedo boats which sank
a leaded ammunition ship and
another vessel in the Albanian
bay ef Valona. They damaged
two seere and escaped withoat
damage or easoalty before coast- '
al gnns eeald find their range.
'-The American and British
troops of Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark's
Fifth army exerted so much pres- -sure
before Naples .that the Brit
ish Eighth army was able to mop
up virtually all Italy south of a
line east of Salerno to the Adri
atic above BarL Impeded only by
demolitions, the Eighth army cap
tured Altamura, 42 miles north-,
west of Taranto, and Matera, ten
miles south of Altamura. An arm
of the Fifth army scooped up the
mountain town of Ollveto-Citra,
24 miles east of Salerno.
Relman Morin, Associated Pres
correspondent with the - American
Fifth army, reported that Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery, com
mander of the British Eighth
army, and Gen. Clark had con
ferred for more than an hour on
what Clark described as future
plans and the relationship be
tween the Eighth and Fifth arm
ies. Montgomery said his army
was "moving along very well,"
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Takes No Rest
. 1 : i - ' -
"NEW" YORK, Sept 24-(P)-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt Ignored,
chance to rest tonight after com''
pleting a 26,000-mile tour of the
south Pacific war zone.
She accepted an impromptu in
vitation, to the service- men's
lounge in the Union Methodist
church and there inspected the
reading room, dance floor and
kitchen facilities, shook hands
with scores of . 300 service men
and 100 hostesses and gave a
number of autographs. J
Then she delivered a short
speech expressing pride in the
fighting men she had met
use the proceeds to buy weapons
of war," i
;. That Marion county cannery
workers, at any rate, are aware
of those facts without long-dis
tance reminder, was demonstrated!
when sales in excess of $18,00$
were recorded at four canneries
when, on their respective pay
days, solicitors directed by Fran
cis Smith and Douglas Yeater
canvassed the workers. A similar
program is planned for today at
the Oregon Pulp & Paper company
sash factory.
Friday night a lively "shadows
auction," a variation of the Id.
style basket social with bidding
in 'war bonds, was held in th4
Sidney-Talbot district with J.
Gilmour 'and Dave Turnidge in
charge. County Chairman Gard
and Salem Chairman A. W. Smith
er attended.
, Adam LeFor, publicity chairman
for the Salem committee, declared
Friday that the time has come iot
citizens who have been delaying
their purchases to delay no long
er, inasmuch as the campaign has
only one week to run after today.
In anticipation of its closing next
Saturday, the biggest rally of the
entire campaign is planned foe
next Friday. Details are not yet
ready for announcement
, Marion county is to be credited
with $3000 of the $25,CCD war
bond investment of the Willam
ette Production Credit, corpora
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