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From First Statesman. Match 23, 1831
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C02LPANY
CHARLES AJ &PBACUK. Edlttw an1 Publish - j '
', .:: A'-v, liember of the Associated Press . f
Tbe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
Dtwt dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
To WTiat End Such Chances? -
The tourist season apparently is open to the
Normandy peninsula and it is to be wondered to
what end.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Kins;
George and several other non-militarists in high
Allied circles have been chronicled as visitors.
From here, it looks like the boys in the air,
on. the ground and on the sea have the matter
well in hand and can keep it so. A royal junket
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and personnel at a tune when it isnot oppor-
The USS Ikmntifnll V ! !
Renamed, renovated and re-equipped, the no
ted naval transport USS Henderson now the
USS - Bountiful was playing iU original tola .
in ' reverse 'today. ' ' .' ' ': '. '$ tf ?:t--t
For 28 years, the Henderson built its reputa
tion as the senior transport of the United States
fleet by taking men and horses: to many parts
of the world. It was designed is a horse car
rier, but was nastily converted for troops when
this nation entered World 'war 1; !
In World war n it has carried thousands of
tune to divert attention from the most para-- men to bases in the Pacific
mount military job history ever has known.
The Germans could make extreme capital of
the incident should any sort of an accident hap
pen to high-placed names. And any such spark
of reawakened morale is exactly what we don't
need. ; ; .
Churchill, the king or , anyone else with no
specific job to do 'is out of place in this vital'
military zone. It seems highly doubtful that the
sight of any such personages would outweigh in
morale for our own forces the arrival of a new
contingent of fighting planes or seaborne sup
plies which the same facilities might provide if
utilized otherwise. ;
The military men who planned and executed
the invasion to the exact detail which led to its
success, and the courageous fighting men who
took their orders in the face of a defense which
thousands of casualties cannot minimize, belong
in Normandy and we cannot give thanks enough
that they are there.
There is no honor to be won by those who
follow, when the beachhead is safe, merely for
the sake of appearances. t
(Interpreting
The War News
By JAMES D. WHITE
: : Associated Press Statt Writer
1 I (Substituting for Klrke L. Simpson)
Capture of As lito airport on Saipan island may be
more significant in the war against Japan than the!
fau of Cherbourg will be In relation to the libera
tion of Europe.
This sunbaked airdrome, some 1500 miles from
Tokyo, already Is being repaired by Seabees as
American marines and infantry wage a desperate
battle to gain the rest of the island.
'Its first use, of course, will be for local opera
tions. This stand may continue some time because
the Japanese seem to realize fully the seriousness of
this American thrust so close to their homeland.
They are likely to fight with unprecedented des
peration to take the maximum toll before giving
ground. :.' ., ' r ' '
; However for the first time, American land-based
bombers may find here a take-off within striking
range of, virtually all the Japanese home islands.
The B-29 Superfortresses which recently bombed
' western Japanese industrial centers did so only
after ferrying their own fuel over the Himalayas
Into Chinese bases, i j ' .
A (Mimlntf Catnan Avswitiialf w Viaa lie a1 n m e
base of these planes, supplies would come by sea
directly across the Pacific instead of around the
world to India and over the Himalayas.
Consolidation of American bases in the Marianas
would make it much more difficult for the Japa
nese fleet to continue in .hiding, for the B-29 Su
perfortress has a range which cancels out much of
the physical isolation which the Japanese counted
upon when they decided in 1941 that the Pacific
was too big an ocean .for the American fleet to
reconquer.
Americans have been more amused' than any
thing else by the promise a Tokyo propagandist,
- made to the Japanese people yesterday, that a great
naval victory could be expected soon, but this may
be an important hint that Japan's naval situation is
approaching a crisis. ' , - I ;
While Tokyo may cook up another great naval
victory out of thin air, the fact that they find it
expedient to do so indicates that the Japanese peo
ple are wondering along with everyone else
"where is the imperial fleet?"
Editorial Comment
Oregon Geta Ready for Soldier Vote ; J
At a conference of all county" clerks in J Oregon,
called by Secretary of State Farrell for July 10 at
Salem the machinery will be put, Into motion. to
Now it will carry some! of them home.
a well-named
at the General
The Henderson has become :
hospital ship.
Its renovation was completed i
Engineering and Drydock Co. in Oakland Calit
. Its main laboratory has such modern equip
ment as a high-speed centrifuge for separating
red and white corpuscles in testing blood, a
bacteriological incubator,! a medical refriger
ator. It has three general operating rooms, eight
surgical dressing rooms, II wards, a complete
mobile field hospital, 500 beds, nearly 200 doc
tors, nurses, corpsmen. j i , . '
Many a man who has bade goodbye to! the
west coast from the Henderson's rails now Will
catch a joyful glimpse of the coastal hills from
the decks of the Bountiful. It's a fine new ser
vice for a fine old ship.
Something Else Has; Been Gained I ' Memorandum for the Peace Conference;
It should be noted that the recent bombing of
Japan disclosed even more than the "fact that
our new B-29s can jeer at distance.! - j
In the spring of 1942, ifter Jimmy Doolittle
and his men roared off the carrier Hornet with
their B-25s, it was announced Ultimately that
"all the planes reached their destination'
Censorship was not well served by that an
nouncement. It was misleading in the extreme,
as many a relative and friend found out so sad
ly. Communique writers could say that by "des
tination" they meant Japan. But the connota
tion was otherwise. - j, 1 J-' ' j-- '.:t:.-
This time, two of our planes were announced
as lost, then four. No criticism attaches to! the
change in figures. Rather, the incident seemed
to show a new willingness to release as rapidly
as possible the major data no inatter good or
bad. :-;
Today's (Radio IPirbgirainnis
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON l
(Distribution by King features Syndicate, inc. Repro
duction la whole or in put strictly prohibited.) '
WASHINGTON, June 2( Mr. Churchill must
have been in a good humor When he hopefully pre
dicted the end of the war in Europe this summer.
The most respected military authorities here
share the hope that the European Send. is a matter
of months, but they are not predicting. To them this
is just the beginning of the fin
al military operations. These
are the? early ( stages of I the
. planned crushing blows. ) , .'
- Look at the front pages. The
operations which formerly were
reported in two or three differ
ent; headlines now monopolize
practically, all the columns, so
far flung have the battlefields
grown in the past week. And
they will grow more.
Paul Mallon
As daring as the European .
invasion, was the attack upon Saipan. Up to that ,
point, we-had been merely on the: outer fringes of .
the Jap defensive line. With that thrust, we plunged
into the..very heart of.it, by-passing all the naval '.-,
strongholds dotted but' southward land' eastward in -the
Pacific (Truk, Palau, Yap etc. " ,-TA-r '-:;h .l-.
There was not the usual island hopping, but an
enlightened and brilliant strategm: designed to put
our bombers within easier range of Tokyo and over
all the Jap shipping through which
war empire. , : . . j -. . -
It was feasible only because we
inating the sea lanes and thus could supply, such an
she sustains her
have been dom-
allow the 113,000 men and women in the armed r advanced force, or. at least we hye the right, to
service ironvtne state to, vote oy aosentee ballot. .iubwi we can, oecause we .pui war snips ana
All questions concerning the Oregon plan, suppfe-T , transports safely into action there -.With -the Invad
mented by the federal ballot, will be answered and "'.in force Unless the Jap fleet comes out of hiding
difficulties ironed out The' plan is relatively sample to .-fight a decisive battle, that condition 'wul'con
and here it is: "V74. - .:;.' 1.. , Uhue'.: t, , ; J,. , .-.
Federally provided postcards, which will serve The details of the fighting' were" at first held
as both an application for an absentee ballot and as back, probably even from Washington, because this
registration for those who are not registered in
their home counties, will be given out so that they
will reach soldiers overseas not. later than August
15, and soldiers in this coumtry not later than Sep
tember 15. ,,"!. -. ,
These cards, when returned to the secretary of
state or to the county clerks will be placed on
file for two purposes: First, to act as the soldier's,
registration; second, so that signatures may be com
pared when the ballots are received, r
Upon receipt of the cards, or any other commun
ication showing eligibility and desire for the ballot,
absentee ballots will be mailed to the service men
and women. This will be approximately 42 or 43
days before. the elections, when the forms are
dewed. This, will give ample time for mail to go
SJid come back, as army men have figured that
Oregon is not more than J7 daye away by air mail
from any seedier, no matter-In what part of the
world he is stationed. X. - . J '..
; If, however, the soMiertfoes not receive the Ore
con ballot In time: he it- entitled to use the federal
ballot, which does not .contain, all the proposals
is only one knife thrust in Si general scheme of at
tack, just one phase upon which further develop
ment rest Consequently, it must! be assumed the
authorities wisely awaited a decisive- break in the
fighting- : ; ; '
So also with France to same extent The bulk of
our army has been held out of Normandy in a sun- :
llarly threatening manner. In Italy, the nazis are
attempting from time to tune to stiffen their, re
sistance at a few strong points, but at other times,
they are soft 1 . :' ;. .. i i t-.h.
Tbm- it is impossible to guess accurately on, the
end of the war. So much depends! on factors con-
cerning which we may have an opinion, but Which
are not facts, such things as German military land
civilian morale on which there are oscillating signs,
the missing luftwaffe, etc. And inj the Pacific, the
reai attaca Has just started.; v
. It the robot plane: assault on
dummy luftwaffe Herr Goering
with a plea to fight to the death
"other, .the robot attack itself is a
desperation It is a silly method
England is the
wee- addressing
and there is 00
sign of German
upon which he is entitled "tot vote, but -which does ; which the only excuse is a desire to spread con
contain the major national 'candidates. : ?. v rsternation with inoUscriminate killing and destruc-
If he receives the state ballot after he has already : ;.ttoiu r ;''..i -y-J-v-'- j- !
mailed the federal ballot, he can sti3 vpHnd mailrThje Britisli were so upset about-it because it
it and if both are received In. time to be counted, . is psychologically disturbing , eves , to the imper-
of warfare, for
the state ballot will be the csi Teccsnfced, ar it Is
the complete one.' -; - ';
The federal ballot may be used only by soldiers
outside the United States, as all of them in the
continental limits will receive the state ballot.
An average of 58 applications for ballots isTwmg
turbable to set those aimlesspiane-loads ct ti
plosives, flylng-cerhead, uncontrolled at i rate of
; about IS or more an hour, day and night But, from
a military standpoint it is only an attack upon fea
' pregnable British courage. ! '
The rocket planes are constructed cheaply,! but
received dally. Secretary cf State Farrell, reports must use much material which goes into planes,
and nearly 7000 have been received so far. These :;i and every one shot out falls to come back. There
have been forwarded to the county clerks con- fore, intrinsically, it is just a very expensive, alm-
cerned, and indicate a livriy interest The Oregon - less expenditure of material by a nation already on
plans seem adequate to insure every eligible ser-. the verge of defeat for that very reason, and so
vice man and woman a vote if they desire it Ore- .short of air material that it has. not been able to
gon City Enterprise, . " put p an air force.
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News.
1:00 News. ! ! .
lUS Farm St Bom Program.
7 JO Handy Man.
7:45 Today's Top Trades.
8:00 Dr. Talbot
SJO-News. t
S:45 Orchestra.
tK Boake Carter.
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t JO Midland USA.
-1:45 Amazing Jennifer Logan.
10:00 News.
10:15 Jack Berch.
10:30 Liuncheao with Lopez.
10:45 American s Woman's Jury.
11)0 Cedric Foster.
11:15 Watt Time.
11M Sky Una Serenade,'
115 Around Town
1S.-00 OrganaltUea, ;
1X:15 New. i
1J-.30 HiUbilly Serenade.
12 M Chamber Commerce Luncheon
. 109 News.- f .. ..
ISO Interlude.
10 Your Army Service Forces.
SAO News.
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1:15 Concert. I .
1:45 Radia Tours. t.. t
S.-00 News.
305 Concert Hoar.
3.-45 Johnson Family.
4 AO Cunningham News.
4:15 Merry Moons.
4 JO Lullaby la Rhythm.
. 4.-45 Roundup Kevelera.
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5:15 Superman,
5 JO Tom Mix;
8 .-45 Gordon Burke.
0 Gabriel Heatter.
C:19 Screen Test
6 30 First Nighter.
T. -00 War Commentary.
7:15 Lowell Thomas.
730 Lone Ranger.
AMERICA'S
WAR PLANES
WRIGHT FIELD, Ohio (This
is one of a series of brief
sketches of American warplanes
produced under ' the supervision
of the AAF materiel command,
which is charged with the de
velopment, procurement pro
duction and inspection of all
army air forces equipment Au
thoritative data on a different
' plane will appear daily.)
The B-ll "Flymg Fortress'
: A tough ;and deadly heavy
bomber, which is carrying a
large part of the war into enemy
skies. Noted for its ability to take
punishment, this was the first
heavy bomber used by the AAF
in this war, and has been fre
quently improved . by . materiel
command experts.
Description:! Four-engine hea
. vy bomber constructed as an all- . ,
metal, midwing monoplane with
conventional retractable landing'
gear.1 Originally designed and
built by Boeing Aircraft Corp,
but now also being produced by.
Douglas and Vega. Late models
provided "with external bomb .
racks and wing, tip tanks. .The
crew .varies from 9 to 11 men.
Dimensions: Span: 103 feet, 10 .
Inches Length: 74 feet, 9 inches.'
- Height: 19 feet, one Inch. Tread
width? 31 feet, 2 inches. Wing
area:: 1420 square feet Approxi
mate maximum weight: 60,000
pounds. " . I
. . Power plant: Four Wright
R-1820, 1200 1 hp . engines with
turbo superchargers. Hamilton
S-bladed automatic control full
feathering type propellers.
. Performance: Rated at a speed
of about 200 jnph. Approximate
service ceiling over $0,00a feet
Tactical radius of action 700
miles. '.
- Bomb 'loadL000 pounds. -:
Armament: I Latest model has
12 'x JO caliber guns as follows:
2 in Sperry : mid-upper turret; 2
la' Sperry ball-type lower tur
ret; 2 in tall 'turret; 1 in radio
compartment; 2 in nose; 2 In
chin turret; 2 one . each side
at waist position.
; Protection: Armor f or : Pilot,
co-pilot; radio operator; top
ball; waist and tall gunner. Na
visajor and bombardier are par
tially protected. De-icer boots,
wing and tail; anti-icing for pro
pellers,. Equipped for desert op
eration '
S0 Would You Believe It?
B: 15 Jan Garber.
S -30 Bulldog Drwmmond.
0 News.
:15 Cecil Brown. i
30 Cunningham. News.
9:45 Orchestra.
10 AO Old Timers Orchestra,!
1030 News.
10:45 Music.
11:00 Sin Oft 1 j
E GW NBC WEDNESDAY C2S
4-00 Dawn Patrol.
535 Labor- News.
S0 Mirth and Madness.
30 News Parade.
39 Labor News.
7 0 Journal of Living. :
7:15 News.
730 Reveille Eoundup.
7:45 Sam Hayes.
SAO Stars- of Today.
a-J5 James Abb Coven tbe
830 Music.
S:45-av1d Harum. - f 1
e AO Personality Hour. j '
10 AO Music
10:15 Ruth Forbes.-
1030-rNews. . i
10:45 Art Baker's Notebook.!
11 AO The Guiding Light '-
11U5 Today's Children, w ,
1130 Women m White. 1 i '
11:49 Hymns of AU Churches,
12 AO Women of America.
12:15 Ma Perkins.
11 30 Pepper Young's Family.
12:45 Right to Happiness.
1:00 Backstage Wife.
1:15 Stella Dallas. j
130 Lorenzo Jones.
IMS Young Widder Bsown. '
SAO When A Girt Marries.
2 JS We Love and Learn.
230 Just Plain B1U.
2:49 Front Page FarrelL
SAO Road ox Life. - ;
3:15r-Vc and Sad.
S30i-B. Boynton. .'
3:45 Rambling Reader.
4A0 Dr. Kate
4-15 News of the World.
430 Voice of a Nation.
4:45 H. V. Kaltenoorn. ; ! .
. SAO OK for Release.
5:15 Arthur Godfrey Show.
530 Day I Foster. Commentator.
5:45 Louis P. Locnner. :y
6:00 Eddie' Cantor. i
S30 Mr. District Attorney. J
7 AO Kay Kyier's Kollege.
8 AO Mercer's .Music Shop, i
835 Commentator.
S 30 Beat the Band. '
AO Mr and Mrs. North. ,
30 Scramby Amby. &
10 AO News Flashes,
10:15 Your Home Town News
10-25 Labor News,
1030-Orchestra.
1035 News.
11 AO Music.
1130 Mews..
12.-00-2 A.M. Swing Shift
JCo Waste
Paper Drive
GoingMell
Twenty tons of salvaged paper
have been shipped out of Salem
hy the Junior Chamber of Com
merce since it started its paper
collecting drive some months ago,
Frank Crawford, chstraua of the
drive, announced at the Tuesday
noon luncheon of the JCav Last
night over a dozen JC members
helped load another 10 tons for
shipping I'-r'f"' "
Cwfordatressed the need for
more receiving, depots and for
more publicity concerning the
dctve. It has been estimated that
there are 2S3ff tons of waste pa
nee in Salem and Crawford said
that the JCa were deterxnined to I Justice James T. Brand. Judge
collect as much of it as possible. LRobert M. Duncan, reversed and
Pat Orossland reported on the
progress made by Boy Scout
Troop 17 which Im being spon
sored by the Junior chamber. A
new scoutmaster for the troop is
expected to be selected in r the
near future. .'.
In the absence of President Jud
Davis who is on his way home
from the national ! junior cham
ber of commerce 'convention in
the east, Wendel Swing presided
at Tuesday's meeting.
Bond Issue
Decision Made
ourt
By
HiehC
SO AC WKONCSDAT SM Kc
MAO News.
Mda Homemakers Hour.
11 AO Southland Singing.
llOS Listen to- Leibert
- 1130 Concert fall.
12 JO News.
12:15 Noon Farm Hour.
l.AO Ridin tbe Range.
1 as Rhythm and fcUaeon.
138 Variety Time.
S AO Bomemakers Half Hour. .
230 Memory Book of Music.
2 AO News.
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4 AO A to Z, Novelty.
- 4 ao Treasury Song for Today.
4 J5 General Smuts.
430-Lawrence Welk. '
4:45-Book-of the Week.
SAO On the- Upbeat.
, 830 Story Time.
.. .89 Itl Oregoo'i War.
8:19 Newt. . ,
830 Evening Farm Hour. .
730 Music ft Czechoslovakia.
, SAO Marching to Victory. ,-
I 8:19 Dick Jurgens.
: 830 Music That Endures.
30 News.
5 Evening Meditations.
10 AO Sign Off. .
KOIN CBS WTONCS D AT est
935 Breakfast Bulletin.
AO Northwest farm Reporter
8:15 Texas Rangers.
630 KOIN Klock.
7:15 News.
730 News. - -
7:45 Nelson Prtngle. Newi.
SAO Consumer News.
8:19 VaUant Lady.
830 Light of the World.
' 8:45 Aunt Jenny.
:00 Kate Smith Speaks.
:15 Big Sister.
S:30 Romance of Helen Trent
The 1750,000 bond issue auth
orized by the Tillamook peoples
utility district to acquire private
utility properties, cannot ,be re
ferred to the voters, the state su
preme court held here Tuesday.
The opinion, by Chief Justice
J. O. Bailey, affirmed Circuit
Judge R. Frank Peters, Tillamook
county. ;
The bond issue was approved in
1940 and a year ago the district
directors adopted an ordinance
lOAO-Lifa Can Be BeauttfuL
10:15 Ma Perkins. I .
1030 Bernadine Flynn,
- 10:45 The Goldbergs. .
11 AO Portia Faces Ufa, ' '
11 :15 Joyce ; Jordan.
1130 Young Dr. Matoae.
11:45 Perry Mason. I
12 AO News. -I -12
as Neighbors.
1230 Bright Horizons.
12:45 Bachelors Children.
1 AO Broadway Matlneo. '
135 Dorothy Flaher. Songs.
' 130 Mary Martin. ; a .
1:45 Mid'Afternooo Melodies.1
2A0-pea Door, i
S:19 Newspaper M the Air.
2:45 American Women.
SAO New. . --
2 as Lyn Murray Show.
- 338 Stars-of Today.
8:45 Tha World Today.
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4 AO Lady of- tha Frees. ,
4 a Bob Andersen. News.
430 Easy Aces. '
SAO Galen Drake,; ! - --:' "-
t 9:15 Red's . Gang..
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." 8:494 News -'. if. ; -: . :
. .835 Bill Henry, if
8 AO-Jack CarsonJ
. S30 Mildred Bailey Show .
1 KX) Music
730 Manhattan Medley. " :
7 45 Manhunt. i
SAO I Love A Mystery.
- 8:15 Passing Parade. '
830 Dr. Christian.
8-55 News,. .
AO Allan Jones ' with Frank
Carle's Orchestra.
30 Northwest Neighbors.
10 AO Five Star Final.
10:15 Wartime Women.
1030 Western Stan.
1030 Report to the Natton. -
11 AO News. i
11 AS Jack Teagarden Orchestra.
1130 Air-Flo of the Air. .
1135 Manny Strand Orchestra.
11:45 Dale Jones Orchestra.
. 12 AO Serenade. 11 '
12 30 AO a jn. Music and News.
providing for issuance ofthe
bonis In compliance with the
measure approved . by the voters.'
Tght w taxpayers later filed a
referendum to permit the district
voters to decide whether they de
sire the bond issue at the Novem
ber: elections, this year. Sponsors
of the referendum asked that the
ordinance be placed on the ballot
Justice Bailey held that the or
dinance could not be referred be
cause It was administrative in
character and not legislative, -
Other c4Iiuons Tuesday;
Nina S. SioU vs. Bryan T.StolL
appeQant Appeal from Multno
mah county; Suit for divorce.
Opinion by Justice Percy Kelly.'
Judge pro tern Fred W. Brown,
afSi
State vs. Leland Stanford Ew-
tns& eppeUant Appeal from Grant
county. Appeal from conviction
OX woaamj cuaug,c vkuuw vj
new trial ordered.
(Continued from Page 1)
Ke,
:45 Our Gai Sunday.
The Safety Valve
Letters from Statesman Readers
IS BEHALF OF UNIONS
To the Editor: . - - -
I have listened to this vicious
attack .condemning unions, the
union men, big wages, strikes, '
bollheadedness, greed and
equajity of sacrifice, f A
It's time someone did a little
praising along with the nettling.
Let's tear these accusations to
pieces and see if this or these
statements aren't a bit one sid
ed. Especially if a union man or '
men ask for a raise in pay. He
or they are justified in securing,
a decent living, a fair and live
able wage. i
Do you think wages are fair?;
Could you live and provide for a
family adequately with rent at
i $30 a month, lights, water, wood,
medicine, clothing, school gup
plies and last but not least the '
HX.C, high Irving cost, and if
: your wages were 82 He an hour,
? 5 days a week (till recently), 6
days a week, do you think you
could buy bonds or even save for
those rainy days ahead? Try it
and see how long your existence
would.be.
Ot course, if your ; profession
is ' in the upper bracket (ours
isn't) your outlook is brighter. I
kick on high prices too. Every
time I go to the-doctor, - which
Isnt very often, thank heaven, I u
kick on the high prices. X kick
over the price of a 4-ounce bot
tle of medicine every, lime I get
: a prescription filled.
5 . Every time X have the tooth-'
ache I have to kick out $10 to
, $15 for fillings or 1130 to Si for
reUeving me of one tooth.
Your prices aren't in line with
i wages. My withholding tax on
one check was $3 on two weeks.
work. I am not kicking either.
I am sure if It wasn't for the
unions today, wages ! would be
very smalL The big! shipyards,
airplane, . steel corps, lowers,
mills; In fact every corporation
little or big would not be paying
. over-50c an hour. And I would
hate to see their working condi
tions. As an individual with no
supporting unions the chances of
a raise or better working condi
tions would be very slim. ,, .
The workingman's only wea
pon is the union, or a group of
workmen. I haven't seen any of
those big wages that I have
heard about 'v r
If you happen to see any go
ing by let me know, I want to
cast my glimmers and see what
they or It looks like. .
If you are referring to the
wages being paid today, then :f
take a good look at the high cost
of living. If you have 2 apples
and then' subtract 2 apples you
have 0. That's our big wages af
ter rent, lights, water, wood, ,
groceries have been paid. X work . .
for en honest living. If I could . 1
get a ten per cent kickback or a
Job cost phis per cent, I could
live In a swell hornet drive a new
automobile, smoke ? good cigars
and take life easy. I might raise
a big howl if I heard that some
working stiff wanted a raise in
pay so as, to provide a decent
living for his family and try to
save a little at the same time.
- We of the labor unions have
sacrificed our time, our money
and blood. We are very, glad to
have been able to do so.
. Ask the Red Cross. Every man
In our plant gave from $1 to $5,
some even more. Our little local
besides, that voted another $50.
Also gave a very generous dona-
: tion to the VFW and are so glad
thai we were able to do so. AH
we want is a wage to keep our
heads out of the mud. X am satis-i
.fled at freezing, tbe. wages' and
everything else with; wages. As
soon as wages were froxen' ev
erything from soup to nuls
. started on the upward trend. Did
"wages go on the same level as
the cost of living? We would buy
more bonds if we could Just get
. our hands on some of those big
wages.- C'h
i John j. snyder
1035 S. Commercial St
y .Salem, Ore. ; -
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lobby a sign wai- going up for
Harold Stassen for president
One hears little talk about the
convention. Today the Tribune,
Cot Mccormick's paper, calls on
Gov. Dewey to express himself
on the issues of the day-Mwe do
not want another pig in a poke" .
says the Trib. Bricker has been
needling Dewey on the same line,
without effect, for some weeks.
-There is no doubt that, the
Bricker campaign has developed
more strength than was antici
pated, but of course he has been '
campaigning almost in a vacuum,
with Willkie out Dewey holding :
his; vow of silence, and Stassen
half the globe away. As it stands
the convention will probably go
for Dewey on about the second
ballot though Bricker will more
nearly represent the views of the
republican conservatives who at
tend, r just as Willkie will still
betthe favorite of most of the
progressives.
I had only one item of business
to transact in Chicago - a wage
increase filed last December for a
portion of our newpaper mechan
ical force. It had been referred
to the newspaper panel of WLB
with offices in Chicago. My last
communication dated April 29
stated that the panel expected to
act on it that week, so I thought
I would check up.
' It was a typical war bureau - a
group of young women at desk's
surrounded by "filing cases. But
mv case was verr DromDtlv tra
ced; a frank aVid plausible Cxplan-"
ation for the "delay giver I was"
given an opportunity to . explain
the case to the analyst, and
assured of a decision within a few .
days. So in spite of the extreme'
delay" I can't cite this as a horrid,
example of bureaucracy. I am
going to Washington but have no
business to transact there so I. do
not expect to accumulate fresh
evidence at that fountainhead of
bureaucracy.
Yesterday I -was talking with
one nf my fellow, .passengers
about rockets. He has done some
practical work in the field and
thinks it has great possibilities.
Improvement in explosives will
permit use of more powerful roc
kets, . he says. Now the powder
charge exhausts itself in about'
30 seconds. With more powerful
explosives, arranged in series, it
will become possible to make
rockets travel hundreds of miles.
Direction control would be by
gyroscope. "It may be," he said;
"that In the next war we will not
have combat airplanes as ' we
have at present but rockets able
to go several thousand miles and
to reach and destroy their tar
gets.". .
Today's paper tells of; the"
"pilotless planes" evidently roc
kets, which Germany is releasing
as its "secret weapon!"
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