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T"U OREGON STATESMAN, Satan. Oregon, Friday Morning. Tun 1, 1913
PAG2T0U3
Peters Telb Three-Fold Duty
Of State Accident Commission
The state Industrial accident commission has t three-fold dutyv
protecting the interests of the: worker, the employer and the -public
at large," Ernest W. Peters, cashier of the commission told members
of the Salem Lions club at their noonday meeting .Thursday in Hotel
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"Mo Tavor Sways, Us; So Fear Shall Awe? .
: ' From First Statesman, March 28. 1MI
THE STATES3IAN PUBLISHING COJIPANY
' V CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher .
-I Member of th Associated Press f ?
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of aL
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Party Confusion f
- -Republican party confusion is clearly indi
cated in the debate and vote on the bill to
extend the law giving the president power to
effect reciprocal trade agreements and to am
plify that power. By a division largely on party
lines the bill was passed in the hoys last
Saturday on a vote of 239 to 153. The fight
against the bill was led by Minority Deader
Joe Martin and other top-ranking republicans
in the congress. Of the Oregon delegation Mott,
Stockman and Ellsworth voted against the .bill
and Angell for it. ! i
-The confusion arises from the fact that vir
tually every republican candidate for president
since 1936 has endorsed reciprocal trade agree
ments. Alf Landon was sharply critical oMhe
Smoot-Hawley tariff. Wendell Willikie frankly
supported reciprocal trade arrangements. Gov
ernor Dewey not only supported the policy but
claimed it as a "republican reciprocal trade
"agreements program which! Secretary Hull is
carrying out." He said it "has always been a
republican policy." . j j
Now just where does this leave the republican
party? Do the presidential candidates speaking
at election time voice the party policy? Or do
the congressmen who hold office and vote
determine party policy? Which is to be believed
as j representing the republican position: the
candidate or the congressmen? The country can
. hardly be blamed for questioning the authority
of the candidate when his assurances seem to
carry no weight with his party members in
congress. Or to put it another way: What is
the true republican party "line" on the tariff
today?
' The Statesman raises these questions and
leaves them for readers to! ponder over. The
same confusion was noted on the war issues.
I Out-of -congress leaders like Willkie and Stas
Isenkept urging full cooperation with Britain
t against Hitler. Republicans! in congress gen
erally voted against such measures as repeal
of neutrality act, lend-lease, extension of the
duty of the national guard. I
.1 The lack of internal unity on the great na
tional issues cannot help but make more diffi
cult the party's return to power. Convincing
leadership must emerge first,' leadership that
can impress the country favorably and be ac-
cepted within the party in laying down the
party's program. , i '
nese-Americans for crimes committed by those
of their race six thousand miles away.
Fifth Column, Minus ,
A Russian reference id some "sixth column"
in Germany reminds one that theterm "fifth
column" has pretty weU dropped out of the
news. On good, reason lis that fifth columni
became suddenly unpopular their marchers
suddenly found business! elsewhere, and some
of them were speeded on? their way to oblivion.
"Fifth column" ws a term born ii the Span
ish civil war. When , Franco's columns wer
advancing on Madrid he is, said to hava re
marked that a "fifth 1 column" was already
working in his behalf in the city. The term
stuck, and found ready application to : the
traitors and collaborationists in France, in Hol
land, in Norway who paved the way for tho
invading nazis. Passing Into the common verna
cular it was freely: used as a term to ' exciU
contempt or suspicion or batred. Fifth columns
sprouted "widely on political fronts. . -j ;
Came the reversetideof invasion, particul
arly D-day. The Americans and British re
ceived very generous and, very competent serv
ice from Frenchmen. The latter had organized
themselves very compactly and worked as spies,
as saboteurs and as armed forces. They could
not be called "fifth; columnists" . because they , '
were fighting within their own country to 111 LllOt'ciry
aeiiver n irom a ioreign: conqueror, xney De
came known as forces of resistance.! In Yugo
slavia Marshal Tito'i following became known
as partisans, and this term was applied to the
patriots in Italy. i j . . I
Thus it has come about : that the news no
longer contains references to a fifth column.
Like the black shirts and he brown 'shirts, it Is
kaput, finished. One hopes it will not be re
vived. J i !L . .. i "" ! : i'A
Marion. Peters was introduced; by
E. Burr Mmer. s i v r jthe fund. To prevent huge losses
-rae uw was paea . khd heavy accident payments. the
Peters said, -and at that time thef , 4 .
workers were rat- the mercy oi
employers. Less than 20 per, cent
of' the persons injured then were
able'to recover in the courts; To
day employers are in two groups,
those operating a hazardous busi
ness, involving machinery, ' and
those operating non hazardous
business, such as farmers. - p
"A hazardous business is ire
quired to give protection to work
ers e i t h e r by 'membership j or
through action by the commission.
If a hazardous business is not
affiliated with the commission and
an accident occurs it is the busi
ness of the commission to settle
the case with the injured and the
entire cost is charged to the. em
ployer. ! ' :' ; .; j f
"However, there is also protec
tion for business. When a worker
is employed by a firm which; is
cooperating with the commission
he accepts all provisions of the
law. This prevents suits against
individual employers. If a worker
is not satisfied with the commis
sions findings he may appealfto
the circuit court but the commis
sion, not the employer, stands the
cost of the suit. . j . . j
"Between 16,000 and 17,000 em
ployers are operating under ; the
commission. In 1944 they contrib
uted approximately $11,250,000 to
Guidepost
By W. G. Racers
"THE MORAL CONQUEST Of OER-MANY,-
fcy Emit Lndwic (Doable
! day. Doran; SZ); "THROUGH JAP
; ANESE EYES," by Otto D. Tolii
chu (Reynal Hitcheoek; S2).
I Here: are our; enemies, and
they're a barbarous lot Con
victed by irrefutable example or
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German Prisoners ;
of War Released j
When Near Homes
IN OCCUPIED GERMANY
(ffr-Peace, jlike war, is full of
little ironic! twists.
their own words, tte Japanese, 87th division., prlsoner o war
and Germans aren't left with a ri
Clackamas Verdict
The . promptly rendered decision of a jury
In the Clackamas county circuit court in favor
of the plaintiff , a Japanese-American who was
suing to recover possession of his land which
he had been forced to leave and to lease because
of the evacuation, is an appropriate answer both
to the agitators who have sought to foment
public prejudice against the Japanese and to
those alarmists who feared the structure of our
liberties was falling because of that resort to
kluxism. The jury heard the testimony and the
arguments, retired and in 15 minutes brough
in its verdict. The orderly processes of the law
had been observed and undoubtedly will be
: complied with. - , !
This decision makes it clear that Japanese
Americans ae secure in their rights as citizens.
The only other step needed is to give them
fair treatment as individuals, allowing them to
buy and sell and to participate as Americans
in American life. Their ties with Japan have
been permanently severed, save for the few
still retained in segregation centers. We -need
to indoctrinate them fully with American ideas
and ideals so they may not become! an isolated,
alein element. ! I '!
With the use of temperate judgment and a
measure of forbearance in both directions the
west coast can solve this racial problem. We
must preserve pur laws which after all are the
bulwark of the liberties of white, native-born
citizens, and should not impute guilt to Japa-
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Editorial Comment
THUNDER BEASTS" IN OREGON
Did titanotheres, awesome creatures of the early
tertiary, once live in Oregon? In his "It Seems to
Me", column in The Salem Statesman, Charles
A- Sprague reports they were ; associates of giant
pigs, primitive horses and rhinos in the John Day
country of ancient eras. ' T .
- Mention of Oregon titanotheres ia made in a
splendidly written article on the geology of the,
state appearing in The Statesman, and the authority
for the information is evidently Dr. Edwin T. Hodge
of Oregon State college. Mr. Sprague and Dr. Hodge
may ;have Information we .lack, but never before
have1 ! we seen titanotheres : included in the John
'. Day 4 fauna. : . j .
"Thunder beasts" was the name applied to these
massive creatures of old by scientists of 75 years
ago. jit was to these older scientists that the
tertiary beasts; with brains no larger than a man's
fist and with the bulk of an elephant, were known
as titanotheres. At present it i is the conclusion
of paleontologists that they should be listed as
brontotheres. In ages long past, "thunder beasts'
roamed in great herds over what are now the great
plains of eastern Colorado, Wyoming, Dakota and
Nebraska So far as known, their trail did not
reach into the northwest, a region showered by
ash from exploding volcanoes in the late oligocene
and early miocene. - f :' -V -; y"
Brontotheres were among the' strangest animals
that - ever ranged over the earth. Although ele
phantine , in bulk, they, were comparatively low
of stature, and their horns were; knobs, well back
of their eyes. With the passage of time, the horns
grew longer, and the animals larger. Finally the
skull was a yard long, and the horns a foot high
on the -very end of the nose." I
Incidentally, the great "thunder beasts" that lived
on earth eons before man appeared cost American
taxpayers $12,830. That was the cost of the O. C.
Marsh monograph on the brontotheres. The edition
consisted of 4,900 copies, "
The Marsh volume might bear revision if the
range of "thunder beasts' has been extended from
the badlands and eastern Rockies to the John Day
valley. But may we have additional proof of the
John Day titanotheres before -we even suggest such
revision? Bend Bulletin. - ?
A Question referred to Dr. Hodge, whose book on
the John Day country The Statesman columnist
was . quotmg-w --r-r""'"'" -
Highway 99 l
The state highway- commission found its task
of designating the coastal interstate highway
made easier by the earlier indication of selec
tion of the Pacific highway, No. 99 and by the
approval of that route by -the California publie
works department. Oregon's action makes the
choice final. -f : I ' J; : 1
The ambitious Klamath Falls section will
regret its failure tbj winj the distinction, but
the special advantages ol its route ' insure it
a large share of any traffic moving between
Oregon and California.' I f i ;
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Oregon lamb growers are getting a running
start on marketing their spring crop. They are
pleading for lifting of rationing restrictions
j so their lambs may; be all . sold at the time
j they are ready. The past two years lamb mar
keting in Oregon has been painful all around,
Maybe the early start will bring a measure
. of relief before it is loo late as it was in 1944
and 1943. : ( j j ?
The way it has been 'in Oregon this spring
people should save for the "sunny" day.
Interpreting
The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON j
Associated Press War Analyst
leg to stand on. The charges
made by these two authors, who
know firsthand j whereof they
speak, Jibe with the latest news
fronr our soldiery. It's unfor
tunate that more of us didn't rec
ognize, I before the war started,
that German brutality to German
was the first step toward Ger
man brutality to foreign foes, and
that Japan's fighting talk meant
she would fight.
Tolischus, former correspon
dent in Tokyo, indicts the Jap
anese on nearly a score of counts.
He has; culled quotations from
politicians, professors, business
men, writers to. prove that they
planned world conquest, that
they are conscientiously vicious
and ruthless, that w can't trust
one of them as far as we can
throw him, and that their em
peror is of a piece with the
rest of them and, however du
bious he might have been about
the evil course followed by his
military chiefs, has never stood
in their! way. j
Ludwig, born iri Germany but
now a Swiss citizen, caps his .de
tailed, merciless criticism of the
German!; character with sugges
tions of what to ! do with con
quered Germany. L
He quotes Goethe, who died in
1$32, as saying: "Some more cen
turies may have to pass before
one can say: it was long ago
that the Germans were barbar
ians." That time is not yet here,
Ludwig (declares emphatically.
Among his very severe stric
tures, he claims German univer
sity faculties were preponderant
ly pro-Hitler, Jews were as much
victims of the entire country as
of, the Nazis, that even when
Germans, had the vote, the best
at Plauen ; walked
Fritz . Riedel, a veteran of the
wehrmacht f engineers with six
years of service fand the cam
paigns in 1 Russia, Poland and
Generally speaking, the wehr
macht clerks type but discharge
forms--which the Germans must
carry at all times under super
vision of their own; officers. The
American officers and enlisted
men check the final forms and
signatures to make sure the
papers are filled but correctly.
"Needless to say,' these people
France behind him. Fritz was "are very cooperative," ; grinned
the first German:! prisoner "dis
charged" by the Yanks because
Plauen was his home town.
Waiting outside were his wife
and four children-and the vic
torious American doughboys
who turned ;him loose wore wry
grins of envy as
they . watched
the reunion'
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Implicit in Japan's indicated decision to abandon
the whole southern sweep of her south; China-, sea
conquest zone and its garrisons to their fate la
the admission that the American" toll of Nipponese
air power has reduced it to virtual impotency( for
more than a suicide stand ia .the north. '
With Japan as with nazi Germany, air power
was the military factor Upon which fantastic dreams
of conquest were primarily based only to prove in
the end inadequate to the task. Japanese and: they coUld do with it was to
nazi war planners alike reckoned without the vast! elect a Junker Hindenburg or,
industrial production resources of Britain and the' a Nazi Hitler.
United States, once they a were geared: up to J He off era interesting sugges
total war effort. The axis leaders and their peoples' tions. He would! divide Ger
are paying for that Oversight in utter defeat,j many proper in two, with Pros
achieved in Europe and approaching in the Orient ; sia a separate political unit He
First glimpses of the?; Japanese retreat m China! advises occupying i forces to be
came weeks ago as field Observers noted the at! have always as conquerors. He
sence of enemy air power tor support futile attempts would forbid travel abroad,
of ground armies to expand the'China-Indo Chinaf h- -l; 4.
communications corridot and seize American 14th f Salem! Public library has or
air force bases that were ihaniringing traffic dered this book, Hugh Morrow,
along that vulnerable life lin. At the same time f librarian, reports; !
the meagerness of Japanese, air forces deployed r
But Fritz' joy
was compara
tively short
lived. Tbe
home to which
he returned
was -. bombed
A 1 AlJ Z
out ana mere
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is practically . l&iJL
no food. Be- -V-0
tween now KenneUi Dixon
and winter jhe must find some
way to shelter and feed his fam-
iiy. -:- : A
Most of the prisoners who
were released, with Fritz live
nearby. One group of German
Wacs, whose; sex Created a con
siderable problem;, in the camp,
also were sent home, j .
The prisoners going! through
the 87th's separation! center
ranged in age from 10 to ,60, the
youngest being members of the
Hitler Jugend wio had been
used as messengers. I
The doughboys j in charge of
processing and discharging Ger
man military personnel have set
up office in s big indoor train
ing buildingf of af former Ger
man barracks. The result re
sembles an army induction cent
er back home. ' J
Much of the "separation cent
er's" clerical Work is handled; by,
officers and enlisted men of the
wehrmacht who will be among
the last to be released.
"We have set dp machinery
to handle the release of 1000
men or women it day," said Lt
CoL John F.I Murray, FJmhurst
N. who Is. in -charge of the
87ths five jjprisoher bf war
camps, and now bosses the busi
ness of discharging the erst
while enemy soldiefs.
5 "ifeS T?' Bunna and Malaya GRIN AND BEAR IT
wruiimicu uj uie increasins weigm j oi auiea
air attacks there was noted. I I !
There is authoritative word from Ltl General '
Wedemeyer, American! commander in China, as
well as from Chinese: military spokesman that
enemy abandonment of the corridor is in progress.
He told a Chungking press Conference there seemed
no doubt that the foe was falling back northward
to-shorten his defense pines and guard 1 Japanese
main positions on the nainland and Japan itsel.
The American commander 'war optimistic over
the improved military! situation in China but
warned that the time tod not yet come when a
general allied offensive;;! there could be launched.'
It seems obvious however, that ' in order to meet
both the crisis resulting from American landings
on Okinawa and the uncertainty as to what Russia
may do, Tokyo has called in t virtually all that is
' left of Japanese air power from the south and
even from central China.: ;-. ; t: !" " i- ? I J;
Accepting the Chinese view shared by General
! Wedemeyer that the foe is pulling back on the
mainland to some short I defense line that could
be air. linked with the defense of the main 'Japanese
islands, the weak point in such a deployment "
would be the east China sea span between the
Chinese coast and Japan. 7 .
Okinawa, the largest and most central island
of the Ryuku chain, is the key Id the defense of
that span and desperate as is Japanese resistance
still there, its complete; occupation by American
forces is assured. American or allied penetration
of the east China sea to; split the contracted Japa
nese defense front in two . will certainly follow
in due course. , . 'J h f :;
That conception of the vital nature of the at
tempt to beat off the Okinawa threat by suicide
tactics is reflected in Japanese newscasts and in
desperate nature of enemy suicide air sorties on
1 JS J
American combat and supply craft in the Okinawa "and I believe the time ha come when we eaa start demons tntlnc
ree. "'T-''1 '?": ttaJit-eXejujaerladiseWntc
PFC Max Elsehberg, St. Paul.
Minn., , who helps supervise the
final signing.
As soon as they are filled out
these papers are turned over to
. PFC Samuel Zahl, I Brooklyn,
N. Y., who calls in his "board
of supervisors" a picked group
of German officers, j
"I guess It goes without say
ing that these guys j cooperate,
too," said Zahl. "As far; as that.
. is concerned, I can't say 7 that.
I. blame them. Fd work pretty
hard .-under the circumstances,
too." , . : j; I ; .; r
' However, it is more; than mere
anxiety to get home as soon as
possible that prompts accurate
work on the part of the super
vising German officers.; They
know they will be held respons
ible for any mistakes.
Discharge pay for German of
ficers is 80 marks ($3) and for
enlisted men 40 marks, which
presumably some day will be
repaid by the German govern
ment in some form of repara
tions. The troops j are then,; segre
gated according to the localities
in which they live and if it is
a long, haul home, they spend
another night in the? prison
camp. : ! j
When transportation is avail
able, they are taken! home .in
trucks. If not they must walk.
But guys like CpL Fritz Riedel
don't even need a taxi '
Labor Service
To Estblish !
2 Sub-Offices
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With growers rapidly extending
their activities following the bad
weather breaks, Ralph P. ; Laird,
Marion county farm labor assist
ant, announced Thursday ! the
broadening of the labor service
through the addition of two sub
offices, one in Woodburn and the
other in Silverton. j j I !
The Woodburn office WOl open
today at 196 Hayes st, with Miss
Mamie Vincent in charge. Laird is
going to Silverton today to secure
a location and some qualified per
son to take charge of an office
there. j j ! . - -
"We will give growers the same
kind of service In these offices as
accorded in . the Salem office,"
Laird said, "and wheri special
placements are needed in an area
and workers are not available! we
will draw on the applicants from
other areas, coordinating the work
and the material to get the best
results for the farms," i 1
Laird also announced that sev
eral good! husky boys with some
farm experience had filed appli
cations for a full summer of work
and that he desired to have grow
ers contact him if they can use
these boys. The boys range from
15 to IT years of age. , '
Jesse Edgington Dies;
Well Known in Salem
Word has been received in Sa
lem of the death of Mrs. Jesse
Edgington, 80, of Hood River. For
the past year she had ; been re
siding, in Mexico with her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. W. Beckley. She died
from a stroke on May 23 in Mex
ico. Mrs. Beckley is bringing the
body to Hood River for burial.
Mrs. Edgington has many friends
EfiT
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commission operates a safety di
vision. This agency studies the
cause of accidents and it has
power to' force employers to make
improvements which will prevent
accidents. -.' ' ' J '
I Without the law many Injured
workers would not be rehabilitat
ed. Last year we had 35,394 claims
and paid out $5,500,000 on these
claims. There were -122 fatalities
last year in Industry. The law
now provides payments up to 50
per cent of wages of the injured,
when single to 68 per cent when
married. Additional payments are
made for dependents of the in
jured. Through these payments,
which portect the employer and
the workmen, the public at large
is. also protected. It is a guarantee
that incapacitated workers will
not become welfare charges."
Damag
to Moscow and Joseph E. Davies
to London to conclude if possible
such preliminary agreements
that there can be no chance of
failure if the Big Three do meet.
The points of difference ! or
Items ripe for conference are: j
1. Organization of the Polish
government in accordance with
the Yalta agreement !
2. Set-up - of government ' in
Austria without prior consulta
tion with the western allies. This
involves the other countries of
the Danube basin: Hungary, Ro
mania, Bulgaria. ' -
3. Territorial questions: Polish
boundaries; Trieste. : ; !
4. Coordination of policy and
administration in Germany: re
lations among the several seg
ments of that country. .
These are tough problems,
made tougher by the nationalist
policies of Russia seeking protec
tion on its western borders and
of Britain seeking to safeguard
Its communications through the
Mediterranean and its Influence
on the continent .... j j
Hitler's final hope was not
without, foundation in the hls4
tory of alliances: the division of
the allies, which would permit
Germany to escape destruction
The . coalition held until Ger
many's utter defeat Can it hold
now in victory? Those with j a
long-range viewpoint, who re-i
call the facts of history, can
foresee the possibility that in the
event of a new power balance
In Europe one side or the other
might seek to restore Germany
to strength as a potential ally.
' And do not think that the diplo
mats in all the capitals of Europe
do not know their history., j :
Consider the Congress of
Vienna, called by the victors
over; Napoleon in 1814. The big
four then were England, Prus
sia, Russia and Austria. They
met with a purpose to put an
end to such wars of aggression
as Napoleon had waged, to clean
out his puppet governments all
over western Europe. To repre
sent France they Invited Prince
de Tallyrand who was the Von
Pa pen of his time and country.
By his skill and intrigue
Tallyrand got the victors - to
querreling a m o n g themselves
over the spofhu. Prussia wanted
i Saxony, Russia wanted most all
, of Poland. Austria and England J
opposed these grabs.. The divl
' sion went so far that a new al
liance of England, Austria AND
France,' the latter so lately de
feated, .was formed, and a fresh
outbreak of war became a pos
sibility. Finally Prussia and
Russia relaxed some of their de
mands and an agreement was
! reached. Critical though we may
be of the ideas of royalist legiti
macy in government Which the
Congress of Viennasought- to
: establish, it remains true that In
. general the settlements of the
; congress and the peace of Europe
; were maintained for about ft
century. ? !y J.
Though we know from history
the chances of discord among
victors, we should not succumb
to a fatalistic pessimism. There
: "Is a different spirit now at work
the universal demand of the
peoples who bear the cost of all
wars that the! r governments1
. compose their differences amic
ably. This pressure cannot -be
ignored; and the statemen of to
day realize Jt The hope of the!
world lies not In conferences,
whether of some big three or
four or five, or of 48 nations as
at San Francisco, but In the en-!
lightened opinion of the peoples
of earth forcing their f govern-
; meats, cooperate ipr, peace,
Two Officials
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Eye
To Nursery
At the request of H. L. Pearcy
of: the Pearcy Nursery, located on
the eastern side of Wizard island.
County Judge Grant Murphy and
County Commissioner Roy J. Rice
made an j inspection of damages
done by ! t h e Willamette river
which Pearcy told the officials
"was caused by erosion induced
by! the breaking of the gravel
hardpan in the river by dredging
operations of the United States
"army engineers in 1938.
The engineers, the officials were
informed by Pearcy, dredged the
east channel of the river at that
time as ah aid to navigation. The
next year, Pearcy told the offi
cials, the east channel was aban
doned .and dredging operations
wepe carried to the western chan
nel which is now being used.
At the time the east channel
was dredged, Pearcy said, it was
possible to throw a stone from his
acreage to the island, a distance
of about 1 200 feet Today, he
pointed out, the distance between
the! island and his property is
about 800 feet He explained that
the! widening of the, channel was
done at the expense of his land,
washing oiit about four acres of
fine farm! land into the stream.'
He . pointed to what once was a
fine field of vetch and oats which
now is just a border of the crop
a few feet wide and standing to
extra height He estimated about
four acres had already washed
away.
He 'told the officials that the
army denies their dredging started
the wash but said it was signifi
cant that the wash started after
the 1938 dredging.
Judge Murphy said Thursday
the Only thing the court could do
was; to ask for some help through
the j office of Sen. Guy Cordon,
which, he said, would be done Im
mediately, i ,
Veterans Talk
With Governor
About Director
Representatives of a number of
veterans organizations conferred
with; GovEarl Snell here Thurs
day In connection with the selec
tion;! of a director of the depart
ment of veterans affairs, created
by ah act of the 1945 legislature.
The law provides that this of
ficial shalLbe appointed not later
than; July 1. Persons attending
the conference ! refused to com
ment The advisory committee for
the department was announced
recently by j Governor SnelL
-- The purpose of the department
is to coordinate all state and fed
eral laws relating to veterans wel
fare end to give them all possible
assistance.,
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