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mm i . r ;. 1 lap a1!; ; WASHINGTON, Oct. lMVLegislation chopper govern ment spending by $52,652,86778 this fiscal year was approved by the house tonight. f f ' 4 The1 approval was shouted without a dissenting yoipe after a seven-hour floor fight in which -President Truman sustained ' a setback. Before sending the appropriations cut to the senate, the SGGDCDS USD 0003 ; Si months' In the office of president Harry Trinan is un dercointf1 his first "audit" from I political observers. Arthur Krock, Washington correspondent of the New York Times, from his check : of accounts finds Truman "in the black." Other corres pondents think th honeymoon is over, and forecast rp squalls ahead for the M an who became chiei - executiv n the death of Frank - lin D. elt Krock tea that as an admin lstrator an has made a gen- Terally ' f vprable impression De- .a a cause h decides official issues and disputes rapidly, preferring to be wrong occasionally than to risk i worse by indecision and delay He predicts if congress grants him the power requested to reorganize -the federal establishment he will make it smaller and much more ' efficient in operation. Krock com mends his fixing of responsibil ity for department heads to set' tie their J own problems; but other observers say he fails to do the coordinating job required to pre- serve teamwork. There is general agreement with Krock's criticism of his ob vious political manipulation: "As a politician he has played a less admirable role. He has fol lowed the W4 city-machine meth od of finding berths for his friends ; and after that: trying! to please everybody; of transferring expen dables from one Job. to another Instead of dispensing wholly with them; of filling his administration with representatives of every fac tion and, social, racial or econom ; Je group to serve as something in the nature of hostages." ' Krock! also notes that "as a na tional leader in times gro ring (Continued on editorial page) Russ-American WASHINGTON, Oct 19 -JPh The United States averted today an immediate showdown with Rus sia over the issue of a control com mission for . Japan. j I This gives President Truman I and other top leaders of the Big Three powers a few more days In which to jtry to iron out critical 1 differences over postwar settle- merits, disclosed at the recent for eign ministers' meeting in London.. ; The state department announc ed that the initial meeting of a Ifar eastern advisory commission fLrst set for October 23 had been postponed to October 30. S. Sirt. DeShazer Filet Discharge for j Army The honorable . discharge of 8-Sgt Jacob D. DeShazer, liber ated Doolittle flyer, was filed in the office of County Recorder Herman W. Lanke Friday. DeShazer waa discharged from the army air forces at the AAF Separation base,; Santa Ana, Calif October IS. He gave his -borne address at 1063 Oak st 1 Animal Crncltcrs IV WARREN GOODRICH "TrichUil PolnUr J Vt Delayed $f3 ft OmmHka rm-h I house flatly rejected an adminis tration proposal , that the United States employment service re main under federal control until next June 30. As the measure now is written, these offices go back to state control after the legislation becomes law. ' , The bill passed tonight cancels appropriations and spending; au thorizations which are no longer needed because, the wax is over. It is the sharpest reduction in spending ever, approved by a con gressional branch. : . The decision by a vote of 162 to 101 to restore job-hunting services to the states is a direct rebuff to the president Mr. Tnir man recommended that Jthe em ployment, service continue as a federal task during ffie'anticipat ed huge turnover occasioned ty reconversion. The house was in no mood, either, to tack on to the bill a rider offered by Rep. Rankin CD Miss) to speed demobilization of the armed forces. It would have required the . army and navy to discharge an men, on application, who had 18 months of active du ty since Sept. 16, 1940, had de pendents, or wanted to resume educations interrupted by induc tion." ! Rep. Lanham (D-Tex), presid ing at the time, ruled the Ran kin amendment out of order and Rankin 1 appealed directly to the house. The members shouted a thunderous support of the ruling. Even the Rain Looked Good to Fleet Arrivals PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 19.-V Oregon veiled in mist, " looked mighty good to men lining the rails as Portland's navy day fleet docked here today. 'No thatched roofs, no grass shacks. It's beautiful." one sighed reverently. Homeward bound, they shrugged aside the rain. "When I take my wife In my arms." said a sailor on the ; de stroyer Taylor,' "there'll be sun shine anyway." Scores of relatives were waiting to embrace men due for leaves, Oregon men on the cruiser Topekal included: RM 3c Richard J. Davis, Brownsville; Chief Fire Control Officer Richard Juttner, Corval lis. On the carrier Independence: Aerographer Clyde Christman, Salem'Xt (is) Gordon A. Stanley. Oakridge S 2c Boyd M. Skelton, Klamath Falls; RM 2c Lawrence W. Smith, Coborg; AOM 1 A: Eu gene L. Aldricji, Dexter. . or - Veterans Due At Seattle Dock . SEATTLE, Oct. - 19 -(JP) Army and navy veterans; from the Pa cific to the total of 10,763 are scheduled to ' debark in Pacific Northwest ports in the six days starting with today. The USS Latimer arrived here today from Saipan. Due in Port' land Sunday are the USS Calla way from Saipan and the USS Middleton from Leyte. The USS Ticonderoga is due at Tacoma Monday with 1,117 veterans ' a- board. The carrier Bunker Hill and the USS General Haan are due in Seattle Monday. , fears, Fears , Greet War Cnmes Trials to By George Tacker f NEURNBERG, Germany, Oct 19 -flV-Chubby Walter Funk, Hit ler's pursekeeper, broke down in tears today when he and his nazi cohorts received their copies of the Indictment for the war crimes trials in Nuernberg, Nov. JtO. The sobbing Funk, who as min ister of economics channeled ev ery cent in the reich to support his fuehrer's war, declared: " can request counsel at onie, cant I?: :::': ' h "1 am trying to preserve ' ray health! I have the greatst Inter est in the conclusion of this trial! Funk shouted. Funk; 65, was known in his cabinet days for his love of good food' and drink. - The international war crimes tribunal announced . the trials would open in the palace of just ice here Nov. 28, - i NINETY-FIFTH YEAH 10 Sewer Project First Salem Postwar Task First major postwar public work In day. This picture, taken near the Intersection of Baker and Norway streets by a gUtesmaa photog rapher, shows a ; crew, short of needed men, lowering lS-inch ieoncrete tile tote p&iUon, Friday's rain served notice that there can be litUe delay if the project is to be completed In time te save basements ef the Rosedale district from floods they have experienced the past several winters Nip Reds Invite Socialists to Join TOKYO, OcVlB -W- Japan's liberated communist minority long imprisoned , for its radical Views sought the help of its former foe, the socialists, today for the bitter "fight it proposes against Premier Kijuro Shide- hara's new government! The new national federation of toilers meanwhile : drew a capa city crowd to a mass meeting which heard open denunciation of communist aims, and reaffirmed staunch support of the throne, which communists propose to abolish. Communist leaders received no immediate reply to their bid for socialist support in a united front against snidenara s government, which the communists said "has no ability to cope with the pres ent situation - j ; ' The invitation-; was extended by Communist Leaders Yoshio Shiga, Shigeo : Kamiyama and Ichizo Matsumoto in a formal visit to the office of the Japan socialist party. , Fog Thwarts or VICTORIA, B. C, Oct 19.-0P)-Bad weather today thwarted ef forts of salvage crews to refloat the 6000 ton United States navy refrigerator ship Athanasia, which grounded on the west coast of Vancouver ; island during a thick fog last Sunday. The ship was bound . for Seattle from Alaska at thetime. ' I ft Pacific salvage officials said an attempt win be made some time tonight Two previous attempts have failed. Th 5 roughness of the sea todav nrevented the two U. S. navy salvage vessels and the Pa cific salvage company's Salvage Queen, from approaching the Ath anasia. ' The indictments, charging these men of the nazt hierarchy with crimes- against I humanity and slaughter of 10,000,000 Europeans, were handed up to the tribunal in Berlin yesterday and served on the defendants in "Nuernberg Jail today. ..J i - . .;. Jew baiter Julias Stretcher, de manding "When can 17 see jny counsel?" was handed a list of ap proved attorneys, several of whom had Jewish..'names,";..; y; fls 'this : for" somebody who la anti-semitic? he asked. T could not ask a Jew to defend me" .; -: Thin-Upped, balding CoL Gen. Gas tar JedL who signed the sur render last May at Reims, in quired cocJlyr "From what cate gory' does the counsel come? Do I choose a criminal lawyer or i ternauonal lawyer?' Forces Ship Keiloatin PAGES Salem, the $10, MO Rosedale relief Right Committee, Right Navy Ships, Wrong Dock 1 ASTORIA, Ore Oet 1M&V A welcoming delegation frenii Portland's Navy day eommUtee was left standing on the dock here ; today while the fleet steamed up the Columbia. ' Jy . j One tag already had taken Mayer Earl RHey and his par- ty to the Craiser Topeka, ,flag- ship.; After Chairman Ttmmr. Lake and his delegation Veal . Ized the shipr were movini-,a71 naval tug was provided and the chase began. J ; The tag commander finally reached the destroyer Taylor by radio and she slowed down for the party. , Rationing to Be Continued In November f WASHINGTON, Oct 1M)- Red point rationing will continue through November. ; Secretary of Agriculture An derson disclosed this meats-fats-oils prospect today and Indicated, without saying so finally, that ra tioning probably will last through out the year. m i it Nevertheless, Anderson told re porters, some downward revisions in red point values are probable beginning October 28. He de clined to discuss them on the ground that the fixing of point values is the function of the office of price administration. : A primary factor in the dec! sion to continue rationing at least through November is this coun try's commitments to foreign gov ernments. DISPOSAL TRANSFERRED I WASHINGTON, Oct 19.UP)- President- Truman today ordered the Job of disposing of surplus consumer goods ranging from trucks to bandages and tableware transferred from the commerce department to the reconstruction finance corporation. Dndicimenis LHlandledl He ..was told that any lawyer would be acceptable. " I Robert . Ley, 55-year-old : nazi labor front leader who tried; to commit suicide after his capture by the Americans last May, want ed to know when he should ire quest counsel, and whether it was necessary for him to reply to the indictment' l"' t; i '-'":. A Silver-haired Jaafclm-Too Klb hentrop, one of the best-educated of the defendants wh as foreign minister engineered ; Hitler for eign "policy, said in English: "X would like to think this over be fore saying anything. . - ; Also speaking in English, Hjal snar Horace Greeley Schacht, for mer nazi economics minister" and reichsbank - president, 5 declared My son-in-law is a iurist, but not a lawyer,; I would like to talk to him." : v - ' ' ;.s- ' Salem, Oregon. Scrturdar sewer b under eonstrnctien to i 1 New Sewer Project Race Against Time 'Residents of Rosedale addition easured Friday's rainfall against 1 1 progress which had been e in two days' work on a new lSiinch sewer to serve that area of northeast Salem. They saw the project ' as a race against winter rains which may once again Inundate basements of their homes. First - major postwar public work in the capital city, the $10, 000 relief sewer is to consist of an 18-inch main running from Baker and Norway streets ap proximately five blocks to the intersection of Madiaon and 17th streets, where a new 15-inch, line lVt blocks long will join it from the east. Flooded basements in the Rose dale addition, increasing in num ber and the floods rising higher with each succeeding rain dur lngj most of the war years brought floods of protest to the dty council protests against any; system under which resi dents outside the city were serv ed by . the city system, objections to the size of the mains, to the service in keeping sewers open. A series of hearings brought out the ; fact that the addition itself and, surrounding Salem , had built up considerably in the late Os and j early '40s before priorities stopped most residential con' struction. - ' The Rosedale sewer was prom' ised: as one of the first postwar projects of the city. A shortage of manpower may yet delay the task. City Engineer J. H. Davis said Friday. to Study bomb results HONOLULU, Oct 18 r (ff) -Franklin Dolier, chairman of the United States strategic bombing survey, arrived today en route to Tokyo to study the effect of American bombings on the econ omy; of Japan. Two nazi foreign ministers, Fra&x ten Fapen and Constantin von1 Neorath, both said they had "no comment" to make on the in dictments. ' , : T . - Karl Doenltz, grand admiral and commander in chief of the Ger man navy, who succeeded Hitler in the last days of nazi rule, ap parently was prepared for receiv tng 'the indictment rV f .-5 He turned over to tribunal of ficials a slip of paper with, the names of two lawyers he wanted to defend: him. 1 y": .. i Frit SanckeL who was a gen eral both . in 4he, storp troopers and the elite guards, wanted to eommunicate with his family. He was told the wish would be granted.";!'"'' -f " . ' : A complaint came from Hans Frank, wso was 'governor-general in Polish territories where , the Morning, October 20. 1945 M MEMM 7 : : . d : ' f ": - - . . Planned Enlisted Vets to Be Forgiven Levy Under Bill By Francis J. Kelly WASHINGTON, Oct 1 -UP) The senate finance committee voted unexpectedly tonight to cut Individual income tax levies by an additional ; $563,000,000, and approved a bm slashing total business and individual taxes for 1949 by $5,629,000,000. This was $21,000,000 more, than the $2,627,000,000 reduction ap proved by the house. . Under the committee measure. here is what veterans would get: Enlisted personnel would be forgiven all income taxes on their service pay during the war years. They would not be required to make , out returns, and if they had paid the tax they would re ceive refunds, Officers would be allowed a three year extension of time in which to pay taxes on their ser vice pay, without interest charges provided they paid. off in twelve quarterly installments. At pres ent they have a six month per iod after their return to this country in which to arrange with the collector for extension of pay ments, "which bear 6 per cent in terest ' ' The last minute additional re lief for Individuals Came as a surprise. Chairman George (D Ga) said the proposal carried on a show of hands about I to 4 as he recalled. Savings, Loan Firm Studying New Quarters The Mutual Federal Savings and Loan association is contemplating the acquisition of new and larger quarters across the street from its present location at 142 S. Lib erty and may move as soon as remodelling is completed, it was disclosed Friday. - I ' The proposed location, at 139 and 141 5. Liberty, now is oc cupied by L. i A. Lucas, barger, and H. T. Love, jeweler, respec tively. Love, who has been in the jew elry business here for 28 years, eight of them at his present site, said he was not yet ready to an nounce future plans. Lucas said he would open a barber shop at a location yet to be announced. Both said they; would vacate their present quarters by November 1 to Nazijs, allies say some of the worst tor tures and mass murders were committed. ' ' - j - He said he needed lights in his cell because "it gets dark so early." '. - y CoL Burton C Andrus, in charge r of the prisoners, replied curtly tiiat "You all have to do jour work in daylight" All electrical connections have been" removed froni the ceEt tn order, to pre vent possible suicide attempts. Albert 8 peer, nazi armaments and munitions: minister wanted to know if there was any possibility of "counsel coming here. I have the address of two good ones.". Ernst KaJtenbramner, nazi chief of the security police, expressed a desire i to examine the indict ment before making any com Tax Gut Increased ment :v - Y' ":-"r..:'..r'.v'.V . -'..'"-.'.' "i - " . ' ',' I 1 1 . ' .. . Ex-P6rtlander r' ' i 1 Saw Nagasaki Atbtn Bomb Hit PORTLAND," Oct 19-P)-A former- Portlande who saw the atom bomb hit Nagasaki said today he thought "the world was coming to an end" when the powerful blast was loosed. Sgt Larry L. Obinger, then a Japanese prisoner, took shelter in a foxhole on the grounds of a coal mining com pany. , The sun was shining bright ly that day," he said, "but the daylight was like darkness compared with the brightness caused by the bomb explo sion." ! ' Neither the prisoners nor the Japanese knew the blast was caused by a new-type bomb until a guard learned the news days later. Truman Delays Statement on Wage Policy WASHINGTON. Oct 19.-UPH President Truman, after a two- hour cabinet session, put off today his anticipated declaration of a wage-price policy to allay strikes while capitol hill heard demands for labor law changes. The cabinet meeting, in which nearly all of the president's de partment heads participated, was devoted principally to the wage price question, but the statement that : Mr. Truman had promised was deferred until next week. This was taken to mean one of two things: 1. Such a policy was not yet clearly-enough drawn to be an nounced. 2. If it had crystalized it had to be put in writing for formal an nouncement, by executive order or otherwise. This might take sev eral days. General Killed In Plane Crash SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct 19 -OP) Brig. Gen. Stuart jC Godfrey, 59, M m commanding general ox ueiger field in Spokane, and four other army officers were killed tonight when a C-45 transport plane crashed six ' miles northeast of Spokane, public relations officers at the field announced. . The state highway patrol re? ported that the plane crashed into a gulch near Otis Orchards, a farming community, and that wreckage was scattered over a wide area. Public j relations officers said the plane was arriving from Ham ilton Field, Calif., and had been in radio contact with Geiger shortly, before the crash. The plane Was presumed to have been circling for a landing. v Oregon Payroll Drop Tops $9,000,000 Covered payrolls in Oregon dropped from $50,263,527 in Sep tember, 1944, to $41,189,162 in September, 1945, or approximate ly $9,000,000, the state industrial accident commission reported here Friday. The August, . 1945, payroll was $45,885,689. ' - The September, - 1945, covered payroll in Multnomah county was $24,498,713 as against $33,853,12? for September a year ago. Salem Residents ;"., Hurt In Accident ' ........ ' ' PORTLAND, Oct 19-CCrVMary Goettsch, 79, and Edward Struck, 14, both of Salem, received minor injuries Thursday when the auto mobile In which they were riding collided with a light truck. Mrs. Helen F. Struck, Salem, was driving the auto, and George Z. Keberplck, Portland, the truck. Price 5c No. 17S Unseated New Regime Would be Friends With America .CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 19 (AP) More t h a n 50 persons were reported killed and 100 wounded today in s revolt by young army offi cers that unseated Presideni Isalas Medina Angarita and apparently left ..the revolu tionaries in control of Ven ezuela. ' J Beginning shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, -when the " officers seized the Miraflores palace and the military academy, the upris ing approached a climax 24 hours later with President Medina's surrender," ; i . J , A few members of the Medina cabinet gave up with him, but Minister 5 of Education Rafael, Vega took refuge in the Mexican embassy.' ; ' j , : (A 'rebel -controlled Carac&e radio station heard in BogotaCo lombia, at 4:45 pjn. today "an nounced that "a few pockets of suicide resistance remain" "but said all military garrisons were under the control of the revolu tionary Junta. I ' (A later broadcast, also heard in Bogota, said the policy of j the) new provis i o n a 1 government would be maintenance of friend ly relations with all democratic nations, "especially ' La tin-Ameri can countries, the United States Britain and the soviet union. . The 'commentator said Venezue lan elections would be held by a direct, secret and universal Vote. (However, listeners to the San Cristobal radio, in Medina's home state of Tachira were told in I a p.m. broadcast that the revolt centered in Caracas 'and the Me dina government was in control in the rest of the country.) ( I . The insurgent leaders' profess ed reason for the uprising jwaa their dissatisfaction with what they said was old line military men's use of the country for their. own ends. Discharges Flooding County Recorder Recording of discharges in the office of county recorder ha reached such proportions that re corder Herman Lanke is contem plating turning the work of mak- -ing extra photostat copies over to private concerns. ( I Since the first discharge wae 1 filed by Pete Low,1, marine on June 18, 2200 have been recorded. Four books of 700 pages . each have been set up, and Lanke said that the recording of these dis charges has far outstripped filings of other nature. Discharge recording is free te all bona fide residents of Marion county. Sub to Float Flowers For. Dead in Portland ... ...... i . PORTLAND, Oct. 19-flJ)-Navy, marine and coast guard dead will be honored In a ceremony here Sunday, i - '';. i - - ' ' ' Memorial .services will be held' aboard; the aircraft carrier Inde pendence. A 'nearby- submarine will carry flowers' to the middle of the Willamette river, then sub merge and allow them to float to Weather; SaW Francisco BlWM Salem , . , Portland Max. RaM tra JS J JB1 ss M S - S6 4J M as si Minn 54 WilarrMttm rimr S I ft. ' - - FORECAST (from VS. weather, bu reau. McNary field, Slm): Morn In f tog, elcaiiBC by afternoon, witn W MrcclpluUon. Mavtmwm Si. President Medina