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DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 18.
One hundred years ago the slogan
3 "54-40 or fight." Today in
Detroit the CIO slogan is "52-40
or light" The demand of the
auto . workers union Is 52 hours
pay for 40 hours work. This means
. a 30 per cent, increase over the
present wage scale, which is 25
per cent above the pre-war scale.
It looks very much as though the
motor companies would give the
, unions we -ngnt" alternative in
stead of the 52-40.
troubles which already have forced
closing down of Ford and Hudson
car production. Detroit suffers a
chill. Every thing was getting set
for a rapid swing back into pro
duction of passenger cars. The
labor uncertainties dampen the
enthusiasm over these postwar
plans. ;. , - . . ',
The claim of R. J. Thomas, presi-
nt of UAW-CIO is that Presi-
"dent Roosevelt promised him the
workers would suffer no reduc
tion In this wartime pay. They
were .working 48 hours which at
time-and-a-half for the eight hours
over 40 made the equivalent of
52 hours pay. Now; the companies
plan to operate on a 40 hour week,
hence the demand lor the wage
increase to maintain the war-time
take home pay.
Union strategy was to concen
trate on General Motors, on the
old rule of "divide and conquer."
However, an unauthorized strike
at the Kelsey-Hayes . plant which
supplies wheels for Ford and oth
ers forced suspension of production
(Continued on editorial page)
Congress Asks
Fixing
ruice in
A-Bomb Policy
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 -P)
The senate foreign relations com
mittee will rush to the floor next
week legislation designed to give
congress a voice in fixing atomic
bomb policies. . r
Chairman Connally ,D-Tex) said
today he may eall the committee
Monday afternoon or Tuesday to
act on a bill by Senator Vanden
berg (R-Mich). ; -
The yandenberg measure, al
ready giveahod orapproval by
President Truman, would set up a
joint senate-house committee with
exclusive Jurisdiction over , all
measures dealing with the devel-
nent, control and future use of
nuclear energy.
The biggest problem facing this
proposed group is: Shall the Unit
ed States, Great Britain and Can
ada share with, Russia and other
United Nations' the secret of the
atomic bomb. - A
.President Truman discussed this
matter at length with his cab
inet yesterday. Interested persons
laid no decision was reached.
Lunion's intention to take a strike
vote in all General Motors plants
throughout the country. He said
the principal issue involved was
the union's demand for a 90 per
cent wage increase.
The oil workers also are de
manding a 30 per cent increase.
Halifax Says
Englafad Stable
WASHINGTON, Sept
Britain ambassador Halifax, car
rying Britain's case for financial
id direct to the American peo-
le, said tonight that "rash ex-
vnrimntf nixnoi rt nn(p.
ted of the new labor (ovemment
aPLondon. "'' ;;
Halifax contended In a CBS
broadcast program that "in Eng
land we have strong tradition of
continuity, and after all, many of
the leading men In the labor party
were in the war cabinet with Mr.
Churchill,4, so that the policy of
the old government was theirs as
well as his." - L '
BLIND PICKER TOrS
INDEPENDENCE, Sept 22 (Jf)
A blind Indian woman from Siletz
is one of the best hop pickers in
this area. 'Mrs. Lena Tronson gets
all the hops in her row and earns
from $4 to $8 a day, farmers re
ported. I
Animd Crcdtcrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
r
4
Venation with ime&
tud$ and tunUd into this
0
SeereUry of Labor Lewis SehweUenbach (right) gestures a point
to listeamg Phil Marrsy (left), CIO head, to a disenssion of the
Ney. 5 taber-maaagemeirt eeaierenee to held la Washington.
Tie twe met la Schwellenbach'a office la WacUagioa. (AT Wlre-
fheto) ; : - !;!
Asks
WDti ddh eoneraD
By the AuocUted Press
More than 235,000 workers over the nation were idle yes
terday as the ClO-United Automobile workers petitioned, the
national labor' relations board for a strike vote in all General
Motors corporation plants represented by the union.
- More than 90,000. workers in Detroit, mainly fin the auto
mobile industry, still were idle at the end of. a Week of labor
troubles and the city was threat- i ; ; ;
f
ened with a complete shutdown
of transportation by a spreading
strike of CIO oil workers.
: The strike of the ClO-Interna-tional
Oil Workers union, affect
ing more than 21,000 workers in
six states, left the south and mid
west facing a serious gasoline
shortage. j
Walter P. Heuther, UAW-CIO
vice president, .announced the
PORTLAND, Ore Sept 22
--Oref on motorists use gas-
feline refined in California and
will net be effected because ef
strikes in the midwest petre
learn liastry, oil eomaaay of
ficials said today. V j,.
Half Portland
Mills Affected
PORTLAND, Sept 22 Wt A-
bout half of Portland's sawmills,
most of them smaller operations,
will be affected by the AFL lum
ber and sawmill workers, strike
threatened beginning Monday.
Closing down will be Jones
company, Portland Lumber Aim,
Southeast Portland Lumber com
pany, Kingsley Lumber company,
M. & M. Plylock corporation and
a number of smaller plants.
Major CIO operations here are
Eastern and Western Lumber com
pany, Inman Fouls en company,
Clark and Wilson company "and
West Oregon company.
Toledo Back on
Rationing
TOLEDO, O, Sept 22-ff)-Mo-torists
newly accustomed to say
ing, "Fill 'er up, were back on
short gasoline rations in r some
mid-western cities tonight j
And In other communities anx
lous motor car owners were rush
inff the fining station pumps In
fear that a strike of CIO oil work
ers would dry them up.
As gasoline supplies dwindled
here, an emergency rationing pro
gram was established by city of
ficials, the oil industry and union
representatives.
750,000 GIs
Expected Home
By New Year's ;
MANILA, Sept 22. HP)- The
army announced today it hoped
to get nearly 750,000 soldiers home
by New Year's and it can do it
too if it can get the ships.
"Give us the ships and well
get the boys home,!: declared Mai.
Gen. Frederick E. Uhl, whose re
placement command forme west
ern Pacific is burdened with the
immense task. i - -
. Official circles Insist that the
only, bottleneck is shipping, 'and
if three quarters of a million fight
ing men aren't home by 1946 its
because there is no way to get
them there.
Already the processing time has
been cut to five days, but since
the ships aren't here to take the
soldiers away the replacement de
pots are overflowing. - I .
No ship leaving for the states
can get away without taking some
soldiers if there is any space at
all. , I i
There is no priority. It's first
come, first served 'for all those
who have the points to get back
into civilian clothes.
Mills, Timber
Holdings Sold
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept 22
(ip)- The Smith Wood Products
company of Kansas City has
agreed to sell two 'sawmills and
plywood plants at Coquille, Ore.,
and timber holdings In two Ore
gon counties for approximately
$2,500,000, Ralph L. Smith, com
pany president said today.
The Coos Bay Lumber company
of San Francisco is the buyers, he
said, adding that "we have agreed
on a sales contract although the
contract has not been signed. :
expect the deal to be consummat
ed by October L" I
SNOW FLIES AT CftATER LAKE
MEDFORD, Sept: 22 -JP)- En
trances to the Crater lake area,
but not to the park, were closed
today by snow. ' I J
- About 18 Inches fell at higher
levels and in places drifts were
four to five feet deep.
COLLEGE
St. Mary's SO. California 13.
Villaneva 1. Buekncll 1.
Cornell 28, Syracuse 14.
Georgia 49. Murray Teachers t.
Duke 60. South Carolina 0. -Texas
13, Berfstrom Field 1.
Arkansas 12. Barksdale Field .
Texas A ft U 54, Ellington Field 0.
Oklahoma 21. Hondo Air Field f. ,
Illinois 23. Pittsburgh .
Indiana 13. Michigan 7.
Minnesota 34, Missouri 0.
Northwestern 18, Iowa State S.
Purdue 14. Marquette 13.
Wisconsin 0. Great Lakes 0 (tie).
Virginia 39. Coast Guard .
Clemson 76, Presbyterian 0.
North Carolina 6. Camp Lee .
Fort Warren 6, Colorado 0.
Sheriff Defends
Snell Sending
Police to Strike
f KLAMATH FALLS. Ore, Sept
22-iiPH5heriff Lloyd L. Low to
day defended Governor Snell for
ordering state police to a picketed
Klamath Falls road and said the
CIO's criticism of the action was
"unjusfi
An appeal for troops was sent
to the governor "as a last resort"
because AFL machinists warned
they might have to carry firearms
if protection were not provided,
Low said. The AFL men wanted
to pass CIO picket lines at the
strikebound Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company plant and return to
work. -. . ; ' -.;. v..
"Persons' who intend to obey
the law tan have no objection to
,tne presence or law enforcement
officers,! declared the Klamath
county sheriff. I - .'"
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Scliwelleiiback
Soothes WLB
ij WASHINGTON, Sept 22P)-
Secretary of Labor Lewis B.
SehweUenbach tonight made peace
with members of -the war labor
board, assuring them he would
not attempt to control board polic
ies. - !.. . J :
( After a meeting with the board,
SehweUenbach issued a statement
saying the members will stay on
the job to carry but "the orderly
termination of the board's work."
I Members were restive after Pres
ident Truman's executive order
Tuesday: transferring WLB bodily
into the labor department Chair
man George W. ; Taylor already
has resigned, effective Oct 15,
saying his assignment incident to
the war was completed. ; "
Harry Truman Comes Qui 2nd
Best at Horseshoe Pitching
By Ernest B. Vaeeare
ANNAPOLIS, Mt, Sept 22-JP)
Bigwig democrats watched South
paw Harry Truman com out
second best todax pitching horse
shoes at an old-fashioned party
get together on - aa island in
Chesapeake -bay.",.? ' -K
; But the president was adept at
the ancient Missouri pastime and
the score was 21 to 20. He teamed
withrSenator Taylor (D-Idaho)
against Senators Tyding;(D-Md)
and Fulbright (D-Ark).
The party members ate seafood.
sang songs and Just took it easy.
Reporters, left behind at Annapo
lis grew restive and in late after
noon, took a launch over to get a
quick, fill-in on the" day's events.
' The president was watching
another horseshoe game,,
Questioning of Press Secretary
Charles G. Boss brought out that
there was a barrel ef .oysters un
der tent -where 'tn attendant
shucked them as fait as the guests
could .' devour ; them; also .that
there were crab flake cakes, ham
and potato salad. 7
Nimitz Due to
Return Soon
WASHINGTON, Sept 22-OPV-
Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester W.N
Nimitz, j due back, In this country
soon on -his first visit since the
end of jthe war, will go back to
his native Texas before returning
overseas.
.The fnavy department an
nounced . today the commander
in chief of the Pacific fleet" and
Pacific! ocean. areas would be in
Dallas Son Oct 12. It was not
known how long he would remain
in Texas nor whether he would
go elsewhere in the state. A cele
bration' for him is planned here
during! the first week of Octo
ber.
Navy
High
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LONG BEACH,' CaliL, Sept 22
(Special)- Mr. and' Mrs. Ivan
Ramseyer of 3516 E. 3rd st, (box
1006), Long Beach, were inform
ed by the navy department this
week that their son, Raymond C
Ramseyer, RT 2e, was killed in
the sinking of the USS Indiana
polls last July .30; He previously
was reported' missing.
Ramseyer, 20. was a 1942 grad
uate oi-Salem, Or e high school
and attended Oregon State col
lege; Survivors besides the parents
include a brother, Donald W,
USN, south Pacific; and his grand
father, C. Ramseyer of Salem. The
parents plan to return to Salem
soon.
Reports Salem
Graduate Killed
TOKYO, Sept- 22 General
MacArthur demanded today the
unlocking of Japan's long se
cret financial setup, including
the emperor's fortune and the
government in Washington made
it clear there soon wil be more
big developments to render
Nippon incapable of ever again
waging war. -,
As the supreme commander
for allied powers issued a far
sweeping order, considered ; a
prelude to inquiry into the
wealth . of munitions makers
and merchant princes, a broad
outline released in Washington
of future actions called f or.
1. Wholesale arrests of . top
Japanese who master-minded
Nippon's war effort arrests
based' on a new war criminal
list headquarters already has
disclosed is forthcoming. '
2. Dissolution oof the t great
family monopolies.
3. Destruction or removal of
all industries with a war-mak- '
ing potential.
The MacArthur order for a ,
financial accounting by Japan -was.
wide in scope.
It was intended ; to give, the ;
allies precise information and. a
tight hold over financial agen
cies and the methods which en- .
abled an essentially poor coun-
M-Sgt. Jacob Deshazer
continues his story of im
prisonment in a Japanese
torture camp of the DOO
LITTLE FLYERS on page
11 of today's Oregon
Statesman..
try like Japan to underwrite
eight years of war,
The order was just another
crack from the occupational
whip in an action-packed day
which saw these other develop
ments: 1. MacArthur ordered the ar
rest of Gen. Nobuyuke Abe,
lately deposed governor of Ko
rea and former premier who
,was closely aligned with the
military and the conquests in
China.
2. He told the Japanese naval
police force, which had hoped
to keep 11,269 men under arms,
to demobilize before Oct 31.
oaoiry one;
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 iP
. Wholesale arrest of the big shots
who.. master minded Japan's
whole war effort has been or
dered by the United States gov
ernment I
The government has directed
that if democratically minded
Japanese 1 start armed revolt
against their overlords. General
Douglas MacArthur's occupation
forces are not to interfere
except to protect themselves
and serve other occupation aims,
according to a White House re
lease of a four-weeks-old state
ment ot Japanese occupation
policy formulated by the state,
war and navy departments, ap
proved by President Truman
before the formal surrender of
Nippon. ;5
The declaration reveals for
the first .time that the United
States is supreme in directing
Japanese occupation policy. On
that question the declaration
says this: "In the event of any
differences of opinion among
the allies, the policies of the
United States will govern."
Group Aims
To Build West
Industrially
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.' 22-(p)
Representatives of the far west-
rrv tt iii5ni;''rpl vf a taint
course "of "action which they safdTia
was aimed at the decentralization
of the nation's industry so. that
the. west will continue the devel
opment of wartime years.
Members of the commissions on
interstate cooperation represented
California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, . Colorado, Utah,
Nevada and New Mexico.
Attorney General Robert W.
Kenny of California conducted the
round-table discussion of postwar
problems which ended tonight
The group adopted a series of
resolutions, including endorsement
of a northern Pacific ail-American
air route to the orient in place
of the CAA endorsed route over
Canada and via Alaska, which
by-passes the northwest
Senator Asks
50 Tax Slice
WASHINGTON, Sept 22.-P)-A
50 per cent cut in federal Ijaxes
on personal incomes, from the
lowest to the highest bracket was
advocated tonight I by " Chairman
Walter T. George (D-Garf the
senat finance committee.
While the full amount of this
reduction should not be made in
1946," he said in a broadcast (AB)
program, "we should start making
it next year.!
"The f government ought never
to take more than 50 cents out
of any dollar earned by the tax
payer" he added. j, y
Negotiations Opened
To End Klamath Strike
PORTLAND. Sept 22 --(flA
labor-management meeting to dis
cuss the CIO strike which has
tied tip Klamath county limfber
operations since early August pas
under way here today. 1 1
- After U. S. Conciliator E. P.
Marsh opened the session, concil
iators left and discussions began
between officials of the CIO: In
ternational 'Woodworkers A of
America and four strikebound
lumber companies. No report was
given on progress, of negotiations.
Conference to Lay -
Plans for Loan Drive
PORTLAND. Ore- Sept 22-4P)
Six hundred representatives' from
nine western states will lay plans
for the Victory Loan "drive which
'starts Octy 2J. .. - f
The Portland meeting on Oct
S-6 will be Idghlighted by launch
ing of a ship, the Victory Loan,
and speeches by . bond officials,
including Ted Gamble, Portland,
now national director of treasury
department bond campaigns. v r
i
17. S. Sailors Invade Shanghai,
Pay Top Prices for Lingerie
SHANGHAI, Sept" 22.-(Ariierican sailors, their pocket-
books thick with puppet currency, are swarming through Shang
hai's lace and silk shops eagerly buying dainty underthings for
wives and sweetheartstrack home. f , ' ? ! ;
A few hours after the U. S. Seventh fleet arrived,' sailors
starched white uniforms exchanged their United States dollars
for stacks of Chinese occupation
notes, and dashed straightway for
places to spend them.
It was the first visit to Shanghai
by a large force of U. S. warships
in eight years. The sailors made
it a noteworthy event
Silk stockings and filmy black
lace panties and such were the
first things the sailors sought to
buy, storekeepers reported. Next
in popularity were silk hand-embroidered
slips, nightgowns, bed
Jackets, Chinese pajamas and slip
pers, extremely rare in the United
States during the war.
Storekeepers for the most part
had kept these articles hidden
from the Japanese during the oc
cupation. With an influx of the
Americans, prices have rocketed
as much as 10 times what they
were during the occupation. Shang
hai citizens, while overjoyed to
see the Yanks, don't like the sud
den inflation in prices.
Even rickshaw drivers are be
coming wealthy overnight off
Americans who, unfamiliar with
money . values, are-. tossing notes
around in a carefree manner dur
ing their stay in the first real city
many of them have seen in several
years. - r ' .-::
Germans to Lose
Beloved Uniforms
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept
22-A1)-Oen. Eisenhower has for
bidden the wearing of clothing re
sembling German or nazi uni
forms after December 1 in the
American zone of occupation, the
military government of U.S. head
quarters said today.
mort-Form9
Tax Statement
To be Out Soon
The state tax commission "will
immediately take steps to make
available for use in reporting 1945
incomes the "simplified tax form
required" by the "short-form" in
come tax amendment to chapter
411, Oregon laws.
In a resolution issued Saturday,.
the commission made this prom
ise, answering numerous persons
who have requested its advice- as
to whether or not the simplified
form would be available.
The question arose because of
doubts previously expressed by
representatives of the commission
as to validity of the amendment
since it ; allegedly was not en
grossed and signed exactly as
adopted by the legislature. Upon
advice of the attorney general to
the effect 4 that the chapter is
presumed to be valid law until
repealed by the legislature or de
clared Invalid by the courts, the
commission had decided to pro
ceed with the administration of it,
the resolution declares. ;
METER MEETING CALLED
-A public hearing on the ques
tion of installation of - parking
meters along . downtown Salem
streets has . been called for 7:30
pjn. next Thursday by the city
council's committee on police,
traffic regulations and licenses.
The hearing will be held In the
council chambers. ...
Hiroliito Abdication Rumor
Denied by Jap Vice-Premier
TOKYO, Sept 22-()-Vice pre
mier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
declared today that Emperor
Hirohito was the major factor
holding Japan together, with the
beaten nation facing mass unem
ployment and starvation this win
ter. .-, Z'-ti4:- i
- Konoye, a member of the royal
family, told correspondents there
was "absolutely nothing" to a
report ..that the emperor . would
abdicate ' because ' such an . act
would be "disastrous .
. Konoye explained that a special
session of the . diet would have
to be called to amend the consti
tution to provide for an abdica
tion. Or the emperor could give
up the throne on aecountof ill
ness, hi which case a regent would
be appointed to assume his place.
The" regent would serve until the
emperor's death, when v crown
prince Akihito would mount the
throne. L . ...... -'
A battle for domestic political
power complicated the inadequate
efforts to save the country from
a cold, foodless winter.
The concensus of Japanese from
all branches of life and of many
competent Americans, peering be
hind the cratward, tranquility of
the American occupation, was that
the situation might touch off po
tentially explosive internal forces;
. .t- . . . .
He inquired of correspondents
whether Japan might be able to
obtain food imports from the
United States, and was Informed
they believed it very unlikely
America would send food. .
M
Walk -Out
Slated At
idhight
Union Estimates
85 Northwest
Mills to be Closed
PORTLAND, Ore Sept
22 AP) The nor thwest,
its peacetime lumber produc
tion just getting underway,
waited today for strikes
which may ' be the most
widespread : in this region's
lumber history.
Sixty - thousand AFL lumber
and sawmill workers will walk
out of 494 operations in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Montana
at 12:01 ajn. Monday, in demand
of an industry-wide hourly min
imum of $1.10.
Kenneth M. Davis, executive
secretary of the AFL northwest
ern council, said all . but 15 per
cent of affected operations would
be completely halted Monday,
and the rest would, be down,
within a week, ' i -
Still another strike which, if
called, would "mean the closur
of virtually; every northwest log
ging camp and sawmill is in
prospect. .The negotiating com
mittee of the .CIO International
Woodworkers of America, : whose
members hav e authorized the un
ion to call a 'strike if necessary
to enforce wage demands, ViJJ t
convene here Wednesday to de
cide upon action. -
Lumber operators, who declar
ed the. strike would bottleneck
delivery of six billion board feet
of lumber due to reach farm and
home builders during the year's
last quarter, said they would
make no attempt to run the mills
with non-union employes.
REFUTES STATEMENT.
SEATTLE, Sept 22-J. B.
Fitzgerald, secretary - manager it
the lumbermen's industrial rel'a- ,
tions committee, said today that -'
operators never had refused to
discuss wage demands with rep
resentatives of the AFL Lumber
and Sawmill Workers union ae
claimed by the union in a state
ment yesterday
Balkan Issue
Stumps Big 5
LONDON, S e p t 22-4P)-Th
troublesome "Balkans appeared .
tonight to have snagged the Bisj
Five council of foreign ministers
in a serious conflict, and differ
ences on another issue control I
of Europe's waterways cropped
up between the US. and Russia.:
The Balkan question, hingintf
presently on .the Hungarian peace
treaty, was sidetracked tempor
arily when ' the ministers aban
doned the subject at an infermal
session which f closed the lluV
day of deliberation - "without
complete accord on a single bis)
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65 Jobless Claims j
Recorded in Salem -
Sixty-five of the 4490 claims fil
ed last month with the state unemployment-
compensation com
mission were filed in Salem; three,
were filed In Albany; five in Cor
vallis; two in Lebanon; 17 in Mc
Minnville. The; figures were re
leased Saturday by the commis
sion's offices here. ;
Two hundred ninety-nine of the 1
claims were 'filed in other state
but originated at Oregon places oi
employment" ; Jv.-, .-: M-M1'
Employment offices in Oregon
have approximately 15,000 Job);
openings listed, but half of these
are for unskilled labor with pay in
proportion, the commission's .bus
letin Indicates, t - r ;
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