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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1943)
Vhe OniGOII STATESMAN. Caltxa. Oregon. XTednesdar Kcrs!-?, Cg?UsT IZO Political Implications Given To Reports of New Post for Marshall Disturb White House WASHINGTON, Sept. 2M-The White House and the war department manifest deep concern today over political implica tions' read into reports that General George C. Marshall is to get a new command. . ' ' i 1 . . From neither was there a denial that Marshall, the army chief of staff, is tp be made global commander of American and British forces -in the field. President Roosevelt told a, news conference that he ' could say nothing about Marshall's status now or until the time, was ripe. ; But. the displeasure over, some of the reports having, to do with the asserted motives for a change was made plain. f z xr f V 1. Mr. Roosevelt read to his conference ." and in . effect en dorsed, an editorial m the New 'York Herald' Trfbane 1 which spoke of the ."mixture of unaa thentleated n o w s , ' rumor, ' guesswork 'and ' Innuendo" re volvinr about Marshall -- as a . brilliant . example - of Tiow - to obstruct the :. conduct of - the . war- ':..-'--'.-..?::;: 2. Members of .the house mil - Itary committee, addressing the house, quoted Marshall as ap- pealing for an end to talk about . political interference with the high ; command which he told them is not true and is "doing great harm to the war effort." -The house talks followed early morning conversations by mem bers of the military committee with Marshall and with Secretary ' of War Stimson." Apparently , they grew from last week's assertion by Rep. Shafer JR Mich.) that the war department was threaten ed with conversion "into a new deal political WPA.t : . : Committer members told , the house that General Marshall as sured them there ", is " "complete harmony " and cooperation, be tween ,the war , department and the administration, and among the J army's own high ranking gener ' als.' - ? - ' "General Marshall called me ... to express very deep regret and deep concern at some of the statements that have V appeared, said Hep. Thomason (D., Tex.) ranking democratic . member of the military affairs committee. "Ho said it was seriously af--.' fectiar the war effort and au thorised me and other members f the committee to (vote him . and - to express the hope that ' - such statements bo not repeat- , ed.. r-y': " y- ' ; Shafer . later returned to the floor, and said he had ."substan tially the, same information" as recent news reports (byrlnterna tional News Service) that White House advisors are planning a re organization of I army production that would put Gen. Somervell in control Of a $22J)00,000,000 spend ing program next year. :'- ; - j ... Mr. Roosevelt had . obviously anticipated questions at his press conference "tn Marshall's status and had prepared for them. On his desk , were clippings , of one news story, with passages under lined in red pencil, and two edi- torials. .To - a question- whether there was anything he could- say about reports on a "prospective change In the command in the army," Mr." Roosevelt said he supposed the easiest thing to do was to quote the newspapers, i He re marked that a lot of those present had not read the papers, as he had, . and .he wanted the . things he quoted recorded in his press conference, so that they would be published later. - - s v . The . story before him, the president said, was written by the chief of the Washington bu- reao of the International News ; Service, William K. Hutchin son. Mr. Roosevelt emphasised that. Hutchinson represented a - news agency. The story, which was copy righted by INS, said: "A group of influential White House advisers are planning to day (September 2f?) to give Ueut. General : Brehon Somervell - per sonal control of the expenditure of $22,000,000,000 in the coming year by a complete reorganization of - the entire army production front." - - - ' , The story went on to say: -"This domestic coup d'etat is the objecUve behind the cabal's ' efforts to oust Gen. George : C. Marshall as army chief of staff ' and 'kick him upstairs to a glo rified but powerless war com mand aver Anglo-Am e r i e a n forces. Informed sources say the motive is to use the army's vast, production program, ex- ; cepting aircraft, as a political weapon in the 1944 presidential campaign. - The president then picked : up an editorial from, the New York Herald Tribune of September 22 ilndIIi Famers! r - And automatic coverage on all liability and property damage. Such i as: On all autos,w trucks, - tractors and equipment on highways or farms your hired men injuring themselves and suing you for damages (including their doctor and hospital bills if injured)- your stock straying on highways and being killed or causing wrecks your brush fire spreading to neigh bor farms and burning their property your hired man using his car to run an errand for you and - having an accident your bull goring a hired man or a neighbor cattle rustlers stealing -and slaughtering 'your stock end many other perils. Without obligation we will CHUCK .IfOSUDAfJCE 1 M it Oregon's Largest Upstate Agency Scleza cad 123 II. Ccmmerdcd which spoke of the "mixture pf unauthenticated I news, : rumor, guesswork and innuendo which has exploded . a teapot tempest around the figure of General Marshall. The editorial said this was .a brilliant example of "how to obstruct the conduct of the war,, and of "the vices of that whispering gallery - journalism into .which we , seem to be sink ing. It added: j To us it - seems outrageous , that the absolutely vital ejacs- - tlon of . the high command of .the armies of the United. States . should .be subjected to this pro- - cess . of . disruptive and confus ing tittle-tattle." --.v; fA , . The Herald Tribune noted, that first reports that Marshall might become allied ' commander for a western European . landing were regarded as complimentary to his abilities.' It said that a service pa per then discounted the reports on grounds of the general's vital importance in his present post of chief -of staff but added that pow erful Interests would " like to eliminate him from Washington. "This was promptly embroid ered, the paper said, "By the Pat terson press which has been so sleepless in its efforts to. spread disunity among the allies and con fusion in their war planning into the melodramatic tale - that Gen eral Marshall has already been quietly removed because 'he won't subordinate his technical views on global strategy to Messrs. Roosevelt and ChurchilL " Mr. Roosevelt also read a por tion of another editorial from the Herald' Tribune of the following day which took a similar position. - But when Mr. Roosevelt was asked whether he could supply any facts on the Marshall situ ation,! he said the only f set he had today was the capture of the important Foggia : airdrome In ; Italy by the allies. Obviously, the commander in chief said, he could not say any thing about Marshall's status. Only when . the time is ripe' will anything be said, he added, and the time 'for announcing any pro posed transfer will not be deter mined by press reports. ' .' Mr. Roosevelt said his statement that he had no news on a subject did. not. necessarily mean that it was not being discussed. Actually, he said, it might be in the .discus sion stage - without any 'decision having been reached; it might be two weeks or ten months before an announcement could be made. The president srreed emphat ically with a reporter who com mented that there "Seem to have been leaks from prominent : plates." j -Asked .whether, there was any thing he could do about it, Mr. Roosevelt replied in the negative and then . went on to add that leaks are prevented from 90 per cent of the higher-ups in Wash ington a pretty - good average. About 90 percent, he said, are damn good eggs, but he would not characterize the other 10 per cent, who probably leak badly, ' ; '. In the second Herald . Tribune editorial, the president cited a sec tion which said 4he best newspa permen resent being compelled to work in a sea of hint and rumor, and mediocre ones swim along in it. too often without realizing how insubstantial it is. Mr. Roosevelt quoted ' the edi torial: "And ; the worst ' and most irresponsible deliberately exploit it as the Patterson and McCor mick newspapers are constantly doing to create the maximum of L'JaACLE WALL FTilSH i . ',. I R. Lo Ellsfrom Co. 375 Chemeketa Phone t221 auote It s low cost to you. CHHT McxrshSeld . Cclem Dial UZ3 Cb0ES"AHAVGy . r --wfl. oSmV division and obstruction and base less suspicion in the conduct of the war and of affairs. v The editorial concluded, that "There will be no real cure unto the public learns to demand facts which are .facts and not simply the echoes from a whispering gallery. DeMytt Given Leave for US Flax Inspection On "lend-lease" to the federal government, 5 Leo DeMytt, for 20 years field superintendent of the state flax industry! will i leave within the next two or three weeks for Peru, to Inspect, 'grade- and classify flax now. being purchased there for war-related - use. The state board of control voted at its meeting Wednesday to give De Mytt leave . of absence for this task. His salary of 1300 a month and his expenses will be paid by the federal government. ' A. letter received by the board from the office of economic war fare said the grading of .Peruvian flax up to this time had been un satisfactory. - Members of the board said they considered the action of the office of economic warfare. In asking for DeMytt's services, an outstanding compliment to the Oregon flax in dustry. ' :y --.''J. ' . The board also authorized the state flax ' industrial officials' to make - final payment on its 1942 flax purchased from . producers. The payment will involve $15 a ton for No." 1 flax and $12 a ton for No. 2 flax, or a total of $80,870. The No. 1 flax brought a total of $60 a ton and the No. 2 flax $48 a tonl ; '" - . ; Advance payments on the 1943 flax crop have been completed. These , aggregated $74,355.02. . . . Bus Collision : ; At Oregon City 2 OREGON ,' CITY, Sept. : 28-iP) Three persons were hospitalized here today following the collision of two vehicles carrying shipyard workers. Involved were a shipyard bus heading for Woodburn and an au tomobile carrying workers from Mount Angel s to Portland:. They crashed at a three-day intersection north of 'here. Al Wilde, driver of the automo-" bile, suffered j head injuries; Rex Appleby, Mount Angel, head and leg injuries, and Mrs. Richard Hu son, Molalla, back injuries. They were passengers in Wilde's ma chine. . Those in 'the bus, operated by H. Vernon Ftentz, Woodburn, es caped injury, although several re quired, treatment 'for cuts and bruises. Hospitalizes ;ir'Air V5s Jacob9 s Pillow Tjurns Over; Aesthetic Dancers Are All ...... '..., Women; Anyivay It Survives .; By JOHN SELBY. AP Arts' Editor S' ' LEEV Mass. :The unique Jacob's Pillow dance project halfway up a mountain near this town has reversed itself.' From 1933 to 1940 the air was full of flying men dancersvonly. Now the air is full of Hying womenxdancers. They outnumber the men nine to one. -. - ' ; - - : Although Jacob's Pillow is seven-tenths of a mile from a main road, as remote as any such ven ture in the country, it is the only one of the Berkshires. numerous big. cultural ventures ; to survive the war. - ; ; . ; 'r. " Nobody knows exactly how, but audiences .of ; 150 ..people, get , to Jacob's Pillowy each week, - when such affairs as. the huge Berkshire Symphonic - festival . have shut down for the duration. People ar rive by horseback,, bicycle, hay wagon and on foot. Although Ted . Shawn : founded the school at- Jacob's Pillow and always - has been Its ruler,.' it re mains a ; place of contradictions. From 1933 to 1940 it was the training ground for his now fa mous men dancers Shawn want ed ' to make "dancing a -respected career for men, and against the advice of every know-it-all in the business, he did it. - ? . Shawn's dancers gave 1,000 per formances in ""750 cities, and . the first winter ' they , hardly knew, driving madly from date to date, whether they would eat when they got to a town. They ate plenty. Then Shawn . decided a school was indicated." Jacob's Pillow was a box-like house and a' collection of barns, one of which fell down before Shawn and his dancers got round c to ' propping it up. Odd times, the barns were turned in to studios and a small auditorium, the house -was re-done, the grounds subdued 'a dining hall added .and - cabins built so more could be .accommodated.' - Shawn wanted assort of univer sity - of the . dance, where - all branches would be, taught--this summer, for example, La. Meri has a class in Hindu dancing, which seems to be largelyf angular movement and curious grimaces which produce remarkable effects when attempted by girls and boys schooled in Shawn's plastic style, or ballet. And he wanted a theater. So the foundations were put in the November before Pearl Harbor, construction began the following April. At 4 o'clock of July " 9 Shawn and the - architect Joseph Franz threw " down ' their pestles after ' tamping cinders into the mud before the door and Shawn ran backstage, to put' on his costume for the first program.. 7 ; Life is still "not simple at Ja cob's Pillow, because the theater must be paid 'for. But after '32 years of dancing in public, Shawn is a pretty husky chap physically, and as stubborn as all get-out - "I believe, says he, "that the dance Is . physically, mentally, and spiritually a necessity. And I will r do my share to keep It alive for the duration.' - -' "Damned If 1 won't!, he adds, after a pause. " Workmen's -;l eusation Law Explained The biggest problem facing the Oregon industrial accident com mission' today is the handling of workers drawing ' compensation for permanent disability who. have taken positions in war. industries, C 'S. ."Pat Emmons, assistant at torney general, told Salem Kiwanis club members Tuesday.' He ..described " the t workmen's compensation law , as the opening wedge in social legislation,' point ing out that it benefited both em ploye and employer by provid ing funds for toe injured or dis abled workman; or his widow, and protecting" employers -irom litiga tion Is case of accident ' Workmen's compensation be came' effective' in" Oregon in 1914, Emmons related, the. administra tion being conducted by the state industrial , accident ; commission. Features . of the - Oregon law are that employers need not accept the 'compensation- plan but must accept -or refuse" it : and "that, the injured workman may appeal , to a circuit court if he feels the de cision of the commission unsatis factory. , ' . . t . Emmons explained that the rate paid by. employers varied as to whether the labor was hazardous or, not The worker pays only a f ew cents! " Accident Sends Two to Hospital SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Skei of Beaverton are' at the Silverton hospital following an aecident early Tuesday morn ing when they failed to make a corner at Monitor. While no bones were broken, they sustained a number of bruises and cuts which will retain them at the hospital for a few days. Hospital authori ties reported Tuesday night that both - were resting easy and no complications were expected. A f i Comp mf fl LfL o L 1 '." "' v Solves iht Lunch Problem " J ; for School Children end Vr Workers : r ... MoiSTUnEPncoi?; 'J'' SUowtrproef end Wind-ResiMtemt TVALL SmEET CABAHDLE . TOP C AT RinW Troofod AU-porpoM top cost. Plaid lining except sImvos which are rayon lined. mm Quelityl Looks! Veluel (KsnlbairdSim Flae Toilorlag Utig or brown, in high-sheen, excellent quality gabardine. Full rayon lining. 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