PAG2 TOO
Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oreaon, Thursday Morning, Mar 25, 1344
Explains
Ward's Seizure
To Coi
ittee
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$ " WASHINGTON, May ( 24 -VP)
U Attorney General Biddle declared
today that President Roosevelt
V would have "risked disaster" if he
r.' had not ordered the Montgomery
N Ward plant in Chicago seized, and
added that the use of troops to
it do it probably avoided violence. '
( Unless the action was 'taken to
end a labor dispute, Biddle told -a
" house committee, the government
might as well have told aU labor
i and industry that it did not Intend
f - to back up its own war labor board.
(: This might have led to widespread
if strikes which would have 'inen
r - aced the war effort, he contend--a
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I "criticism for the president, Bid
. die asserted, but the character of
l. the case, the size and nature of
the business and the defiance of
the company justified the steps.
Biddle said the decision to use
troops came after Sewell Avery,
r chairman of the board of Ward's,
refused to recognize the author
? ity of the US marshals. f
"I know the way marshals act,"
. Biddle testified to the' Ramspeck
!' committee investigating the legal
J ity of the seizure. ' "
"I wouldn't trust a marshal to
I take over a plant Soldiers remov-
ed Mr. Avery much more quietly
and sensibly than the marshals
C. would have. . That made a better
f: picture and that may have been
- what he wanted." .
Referring to John L. Lewis,
president of the. United Mine
Workers' as "comparable" to
Avery insofar as both defied the
f war labor board, the former dur
V ing the coal crisis, Biddle declar
ed: i "There was one major differ-
resisted the seizure of the mine.
": The power of the government to
seize has never been resisted ex-
cept by Mr. Avery." j
Describing events when Avery
' was ejected from the Ward plant,
Biddle said:
j "Mr.! 'Avery refused to coope
: rate. He said We will not obey
' the United States. This is an il-
- legal procedure. I want
; force !
some
j "The marshals were not enough
force and the troops were brought
: in. Mr. Avery said 'This is not
enough force. I want more.'
I "He said "You'll have to use
force to get me out oi here
I "Major Weber (USA) asked him
' to leave, and he refused and said.
"Youll have to carry me out.
. "He wanted to be carried out
I so the issue - could ' be squarely
J- presented." . ,
II of O session
Opens June 10
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
' Eugene, May 23 More students
have evidenced interest in attend
. ing the university 1944 summer
quarter than in past years, ac
cording to letters and personal
applications received in the office
. of Director Dan E. Clark, and
'.' more lower division courses are
I available, from information given
In a bulletin just issued by the
; Oregon, state system of higher ed
,. ucation. .
V Opening June 10 and terminat-
ing August 25, the eleven-week
quarter; is divided into two ses-
aions, the first one ending July
', 18, and the second one starting
July It. The curricula includes
art, biology, business administra
tion, chemistry, economics, educa
tion, English, geography, German,
history, Journalism, library meth
ods, mathematics, music, physical
education, political science, psy
chology, romance languages and
sociology. -v.
Dormitory space will be avail
able! for both men and women if
enough , applications are received
by the 'director of j dormitories.
The j recreational facilities of the
university swimming pools, ten
nis court, local golf ; courses : are
handy for students; enrolled in
physical education courses and
for those who like sports.
4
Linn County Visitors
Entertained Sunday
McALPIN Mr. and Mrs.
- George Sandner, John , Sandner,
. Miss Ida Sandner, of Linn county
- and Mrs. Joseph Fisher, of siay
; ton vjsited at the Theodore Fisher
, home: Sunday. . '.".;.
Mr.;. and Mrs.' Verny ' Scott and
Keith and Mrs. M. M. Gilmour,
' visited Sunday at the O. W. Hum-
- phreys home.
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addreie4 envelove. Make
C!ik payt!e U PCKTLAND ARENA.
ON the HOME FR01IT
ly BABEL rTT.n
: Thirty-five women in slacks and
windbreak ers, weary after eight
hours of herding heavy vehicles
from here to there, were looking
at 10 o'clock last night for a place
to breakfast
Army transport service drivers
traveling in convoy to deliver ve
hicles, ranging all the way from
ambulances to garbage trucks,
arise early and are on their way J
before even you, fair reader,' have
opened your drowsy eyes.' So,
smart girls that they are (includ
ing as they do at least one ex-
newspaperwoman who continues
to write, but in book form) they
plan for breakfast before they go
to bed. I
It began to loox weanesaay
night in Salem as If they either offensive to destroy the enemy in
would not go to bed or to break- Italy the allied armies had shat
fast No restaurant would be op- tered fth. the iron ring the Ger
en. Even the diner on the high- mans forged around the beach
way had no telephone. nead and the line of steel and con-
V
When the USO had readily
agreed it could provide food and
the breakfast nook, Red Cross Sec
retary Olive Bynon was called
(past 11 p. m.. then) to muster out
Red Cross canteen cornmitteewo-
men. They have her to thank for
a full night's sleep. Ten minutes
a full night's sleep. Ten minutes
later she telephoned to explain
that the Food Shoo would feed the
that the Food Shop would feed the
girls and welL Must be nice -to
nave pull, out its nicer suu to
nave mends witn it: 1
lioi) Aids Men
Coming Home
Fifty-three volunteers,, meet-
ing with the canteen committee
of Chemeketa street USO Mon-
day night considered services I
which they might render to men
in uniform and to the returned
service men Jn civilian clothes,
Mrs. H. J. Wiedmer was the
chairman.
Checking up on organizations
serving at the canteen in order I
to bring the names of group
chairmen up to date, it was. found
that mnr than 7S nrffanlnUnni I
men and women, ' are scheduled Leaving Ft" Benning, he com
every month. Although there has nianded a tank detroyer company,
been a decrease of men in this
area who use the USO. it was
pointed out that volunteer servi-
ces and donations of food heln to
keep the cost of the canteen down
with resulting small . prices, since
the canteen
is self-supporting.
Volume has
in the past kept
prices . of this Salem USO among
the lowest1 in the country,
Returned soldiers wearing their
discharge buttons are welcome to
use all facilities of the USO, ! it
was stated, in answer to a plea
for service to the many men who
have already returned to Salem
and those anticipated in increas
ing numbers from now on.
R. R. Boardman, executive di
rector of the USO club, will be
the sponsor for USO scrapbooks,
which manv inriivMital an1 nr.
ganizations are making to send to
hmai. .M tta ,
T tutX w V a , T
on Mrs. H. R. Anthony to de-
scribe the project and Mrs. Verne
. . . . "
f U J" Sa"
"T1' 7 WWe
Flowers will be gratefully re-
.. . o " , we.ra-
u, Keep uie ciud
rooms attractively decorated. :
Mrs. Denver Young reported
on a fund recently raised for new
ua., wiulu were oougni witn
a sum iei( over lor replacement.
Dentists to Meet
Soon in Pnrtlanrl
county plan to attend the 51st past, several months, has re
annunal convention of the Oregon fign.ed 11 was revealed there
SUte Dental association on June
S and 10 at th- M.,ltnr,mh
in Portland.
Three special lecturers include
Dr. George M. Hollenback, former
professor, mnd Dr. Morris ; J.
Thompson crtoHal WfiTVer mJIuu
of dentistry, University of South-
era camonua, Los Angeles.
Th ...sit v J a- I
war time, announces Dr. Alfred
w a won, vice president, who
wiu presiae in the absence of
t-apt. John C. Bartels, president,
now in the army. V ;
This year's convention is being
aedicated to Dr. Horace Wells,
Hartford. Conn, dentist, who 100
years ago first demonstrated anes
thesia in dental surgery.
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Last Tunes Tonight
1 Setvce
Allies Score
3 Victories
H (Continued from Page 1) H
ring's .hard-pressed 10th army
forces in the Terracina sector
were left with only ene means -ef
escaping the great allied nut
cracker a secondary lateral
, road winding across the Italian
; waist to the Via Casilana and
at latest report a swift Amer
ican column advancing through
the mountains north of Terrs
etna was within three miles of
- btoekmg that artery.- -;
Late today flights of American
Invader ': di y e - bombers caught
manyCnazi convoys racing along
the escape road front Terra cina
and destroyed nearly 100 vehicles,
scores of others were damaeed
and a: road block was created at
one noint
in the 13th dav of their reat
crete they installed across the
Liri valley.
or Witt
New Officer
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CAMP ADAIR, May 24-P)
Maj. D. M. Wirt, formerly of ni
corn. H th new lmtwnr.n.
eral of the 70th division. I
.ii7e?. i,!
Monterey.' -1
Maj. Witt entered the service as
a private in July, 1941, six months
beforer Pearl) Harbor. Previous to
induction he held a partnership
in an Amarillo, Texas, automobile
agency.'
He received basic training at
Camp wolters, Texas. He applied
for infantry officer candidate
chool, was accepted and received
his commission as a second lieu
tenant in May, 1942. His first as
signment as an officer, was in
structor at the infantry school,
Ft Benning, Ga, where he was
tUSO asnsianf BUDU1T OLUCCr.
" eryea as 5-3 in a tanx ae-
stroyer battalion. He attended the
Washington, DC, school for in-
spector-generais, ana len it to be-
come assistant inspector-general
tne spur inzantry amsion. ms
I assisnmeni io iii. corps iouowea,
arm m ' suosequeni assignment
to the 70th division.
8 tO
Rule Salem
Salem's own "D" day, not dead
ly but delightful, dawns Monday,
May 29, when members of the Or
der of DeMolay take over."
Bob Busick as mayor for the
dayilght hours heads the com
mittee, while James Crone is to.be
?ty 'corderj . Wilf ord Beach,
treasurer; Rodney Hofstetter,
chief of police; Frank Deckebach,
, , . . , .. 7
?fe ch,e Tom sborne' cltytatT
torney; George Frum, sanitary
inspector, Tad Shtokie. pound.
niaster and Bill Bladorn, first aid
chief.
ItiA ri f w f fiial j4m -An1 fallAnr
members of vThe Masonic-spon-
ord,r for boy, wiU entertain
-irl. of ti.. ii-lnhow -r at ta
ln Masnl haH't 4-an arui wilt
give ahnual DeMolay day
dance that night at the armory.
psa rcpfiions
As Chief Deputy
I?
Ixjouis isurgess, cmei aepuiy la
the office of .Sheriff A. C. Burk
wesoay- urgess, ior io years
memoer oi tne aaiem pouce
force, is an electrician as well as a
law enforcement officer and is
expected to return to that work.
day night.
Hannegan to Visit
Pnrtl Nt TCTlr
PORTLAND, May 24 -tPf A
shipyard, tour, public reception
and party sessions are scheduled
for June 4 when Robert E. Han
I Dsan, chairman of the democratic
I national convention, visits Port-
l3tna-
Continoens Pally from 1 F.M.
- New Showing
Girjer Ecjcrs
tl 1 ; In
FIFTn AVEIIDE
0 GEL'
it
:, ; with
Walter Connolly
Veree Teasdale
' Ce-Featnre
Chester Morris
Nancy Kelly
in
Maj
DeMolay
Warren Asks
Delegates iVot
To Name Him
B (Continued from Page 1) B
and .Warren third with the 50
from his home state.
Other political '' developments
yesterday; ; t .;-f :
Chairman Harrison X. Spangler
of the. republican national com
mittee said a Chicago press con
ference remark by Democratic
CKairmanRobert E. Hannegan that
the American people" would favor
a fifth term for President Roose
velt if a "comparable emergency"
existed four years from now.
makes it clear "that this admin
istration and its cohorts are seek
ing to destroy America's republi
can form of government" '
Director Elmer Davis said the
policy of the office of war in
formation in sending presidential
campaign news abroad will be "to
create the best possible impres
sion of both candidates, with ab
solute impartiality."
The newly organized progres-l
sive (negro) democratic party bf
South Carolina named 18 dele
gates to contest the seating at Chi
cago of an all-white, delegation
named by the regular party con
vention last week. Both groups
are uninstructed as to candidates.
(
Army Orders
C (Continued from Page 1) C
cant amounts of artillery smaller
than 105 millimeter, although, the
37 millimeter anti-tank gun is the
only piece on which production
has virtually ceased.
Other production increases
adopted in recent weeks include
the "basooka" rocket launcher
and ammunition, pistols and
: helmets. There has been a far
ther decrease in a few categor
ies, notably J caliber aircraft
machine runs, hot In ether small
arms production has remained
approximately level or gone up,
as m the ; case of sob-machine
gnns.
The stepped-up heavy artillery
program results in increased re
quirements : for the high-speed
tractor used to move the guns,
and adds to the emphasis on the
heavy truck program, considered
by the army as "critical" since
last fall. The trucks, five-and-one-
half tons and larger, are used to
move the guns where the terrain
does not require tractors, or on
highways. ;
f Officials are now engaged in a
study 'to determine which closed
facilities will be reopened to meet
the increased production sched
tiles, with the availability of labor
expected to be the decisive fac
tor, 1
Heavy
r
7000 Allied
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Planes Blast'
Nazi Europe
F (Continued from Page 1) F
ssnlt allied bombers and fight
ers from, bases m Italy flew
2700 sorties, striking in the vi
cinity of Vienna, at rail links in
northern Italy and at ether tar
gets In Austria and Yagoslavta,
Other fighters and fighter
bombers in this sixth straight day
of aerial invasion raked" railyards
and airfields behind the channel
fortifications in Occupied ' France
and Belgium.' These, wfth the big
ger' raids on Berlin, and Paris,
added up to 3800 sorties from
Britain. - "
The day's kill was the largest
since May 15, when 125 enemy
aircraft were ; destroyed in at
tacks on Berlin and' Brunswick,
and cut further into the plane re
serves the Germans are hoarding
for D-day. "
i Fortress ' gunners claimed 48
nazi planes in combat over Ber
lin and fighters bagged 29 more.
The bomber loss was the heaviest
gince May 12 when 42 were
downed smashing synthetic oil
plants around Leipzig.
1 1 The Budapest radio broadcast
an air raid alert late tonight sig
nalling the beginning of the sev
enth day of aerial blows.
' British' Typhoons made a highly
successful twilight attack on large
oil storage , installations near
Amiens.
Electric Users
Get Refunds
D (Continued from Page 1) D
arrangement to return to custo
mers of the electric companies
some of the unusual earnings dur
ing the CJirent period and the
amount returned will be somewhat
in excess of the amount asked for
in the emergency rate reduction
order."
i The emergency rate reduction
order did not apply to the North
western Electric company.
r Flagg said the refund agreement
was reached with the understand
ing that similar action would be
taken to meet the existing situa
tion as long as wartime earnings
continue. The agreement was said
to have received the approval of
the Portland 1 consumers' group
which originally asked for lower
electric rates. : f ; .
"I believe the agreement Is
sound, under present conditions,'
Flagg continued, "for the reason
that it secures a substantial amount
of refunds for the rate payers and
ends the present litigation."
The agreement was reached af
ter removal of the federal court
order which prevented negotia
tions. Other companies in Oregon
are considering similar;: refunds,
Flagg said.
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Churclrill Sqys
TermanyMay
hose hand jl
A (Continued from Pagell) A
she 'will not undergo territorial
changes if it would seem that the
making of such; changesj would
render more secure and more last
ing the peace in Europe." 1 " - ;
Churchill's remarks seemed to
suggest that the axis (satellite
powers might "work their passage
home i'.to use ' an earlier
Churchill phrase i. on soitae con-
ditions not quite , so sw
Churchill, oncei.among Britain's
most outsDoxen xoes- ox commun
ism, spoke warm jwords ofj friend
ship for Russia, observing tnat tne
soviet union is cnangmg. .!
"As this war has progressed.
he said, "it has become less ideo
logical in character in my opin
ion. , .v;.;: ,;vi . . " .
"Profound changes have taken
place in Soviet Russia. The Tros-
kyite form oL. commtinism has
been completely wiped oit ;The
triMnrio nf th Plltcignl BrmiM
have been attended by la great
rise in the strength of the Russian
state and a remarkable broaden
ing of its views. J
"The religious . Side of
life has had a wonderful
Russian
rebirth.
The discipline and military eti
auette of the Russian 1 armies is
unsurpassed. . . . !
"The terms offered by Russia
to Romania make no suggestion of
altering the standards of j the so
ciety bf that country and were in
many respects, if not all, temark
ably generous. r Russia has been
very patient with; Finland. The
Comintern has been abolished
that sometimes is forgotten.'
Dover Straight Calm
Again With Clear Skies
, LONDON, May 1 24. - (jp) - The
Dover straight was calm; tonight
with a haze giving way jto clear
skies again after a day !of sun
shine from dawn to dusk.
The temperature ! dropped to 48
at 10:30 p.: m. but a fresh south'
westerly breeze had moderated.
The barometer remained un
changed since morning, j
High tide for Dover and Calais
tomorrow will be at 2:37 a. m.
(8:37 p. m. Wednesday, Eastern
war time) and 35 p. m. (9)5
a. m. EWT).. ; i .
Marion-Polk Farms
To Get 430 Mexicans
PORTLAND, Majf. 24 -OPh Al
though Oregon will have; 40 per
cen more Mexican If arm" workers
this season than last,4hisf Wui still
be 1200 short of the number . re
quested, the war food administra
tion said today. Marion - Polk
county growers have been! assign
ed 340 Mexican workers. !
fill
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witaS. Zl SAKAIL
ObeetoJay Dovid Sutler
to,4 ay Wm. Jocobs
Wood Strikes
Still Increase
E (Continued from Page 1) E
The lumber industry, walkout con
tinued to spread through the Co
lumbia and Willamette valleys and
the Oregon coastal areas today as
union leaders continued euorxs to
control the unauthorized . exodus
from nulls; and woods. - - .7 '
Members el Portland's local
Ne. 3 ef the CIO' International
Woodworkers of America, whe ,
lut .Sunday , voted to fge fish-.
tag- decided dar . ,
the Jobs at leasl nnUl Monday ,
when another mass meeting will 7
'be held. ' , t
The International executive
board, of the IWA.and the Inter
national negotiatmg committee to
night, recomended .that, members
return to work W sawmills and
lumber camps. I ' "
However a iomt statement by
the board ' and committee pre
tested the national WLB ded
stoa against wage Increases and
recomended (hat union workers
do the work for which they are
normally - hired "and not the
work of two and sometimes three
men.- 'f:'1 "- j-.-
Five hundred men left their
iobs at the Cascade Plywood plant
at Lebanon, other mills closed at
St Helens, Astoria, warrenton,
Wauna. WestoOrt and Tillamook.
Extensive logging operations
around Sweet Home and Calapoo
ia were nartially closed down..
W. L. Kelsay, president of the
AFL local at Eugene, said he ex
pected men to leave jobs in that
area.'
Deri F. Pearson, assistant
secretary of the' northwest eonn
cil ef the AFL Sawmill and
Lumber Workers, estimated the
walkont , Involves, at least 3t,
000 of the 120.0M lumbers work
ers ef the northwest.
Worth Lowery, international
president of the IWA, in a state
ment for his organization, said
"We vigorously protest, the NWLB
decision denying wage raises, and
maintain our position that a wage
increase is justified and that an
increase would hold men in 'the
industry and recruit new man
power." i f
Planes Help
Allied Drive
I (Continued from Page 1) I
more 'than 100 Japanese in 48
hours, while the Chinese 38th ano
22nd divisions i advancing down
the valley from the north scored
other successes, the 22nd seizing
six enemy positions west of the
river, j , 'j. ' v
It was disclosed officially that
Helicopters-wingless planes which
take off and land almost vertically
-were i being used by American
units in Burma; but the nature of
their tasks was not revealed.
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urges you to act with the utmost
caution, exercise patience, asso
ciate only, with trusted patriots,
and, above all, maintain the dis
cipline without which the enemy
can destroy you," the speaker said.
A short form of . the report
which the people were asked, to
memorize, Included the. essential
headings, of when, what and how
many,. where, and. Jn twhat direc
tion, and at what , speed, and ..any
thing special noted concerning the
enemya movements.
Suniiyside School Has
School Picnic Friday
;. STJrINYSIDE -- The school pic
nic was held Friday with a good
attendance of the parents in the
community. Some of the men who
were working in the fields left
work to eat luncheon at the school
house. . ;
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