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ri li i -i yrvc :. To) gjpa would ! 1 m ' At the annual; meeting of the ' state. tar at Gearhart last v. reek spirited .debate arose over the tatusof legal education. The question came up on report of a 'committee on consolidation of law schools in Oregon. The late A. K. McMahan of Albany was chair " man of the committee. His report .'stated that the committee favored - a single consolidated school to be located In Portland as part of the 'state system of higher education, with an advisory committee from -the state bar, and that the stand ard of the consolidated school be not less than that of the Ameri- can Bar association, and that the faculty ; consist Of full-time in- ' structors together with practicing 'attorneys. However, Mr. Mc- Mahart reported he ran into so 'much opposition to J the proposal that an attempt to effect a con- 'solidation would not be successful. , ' The argument at Gearhart came up oVet! motions respecting the j continuance of i the committee. 'The 1 contention did hot seem to be so much over- the quality oil -instruction in -law schools, but j Previously when the commis the kind of instruction. The critics I sion's attempts to avert a strike 'ol present law 1 schools regard t them as the breeding ground fori much new thought In law and in . government They would get the J - law department away from the campus academicians and under scrutiny of more practical men. - The motion finally carried to con tinue, the committee to see what might- be accomplished towards . consolidation and giving the bar a voice in the selection of courses. what emerges then is not a .. simple issue of the consolidation of the three existing law schools In the state into one school which presumably would be strengthened in the process, but the collateral a i i I- v.:-.. .w !. Srifaa," ho " " ueht (Continued on editorial page) Leaders Want To Keep Jobs TOKYO Oct 2 WiPU Txpcn-1 tives .who directed Japanese war ' indusUrierxpect ta' hang onto their key jobs thropgh the partial dissolution of Nippon's multimil- lion dollar family corporations. This was clearly indicated today TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct 24.-()-Directori of Mitsui, Japan's largest Zaibataa (family monop oly) are discussing reorgaalsa v tion. Including retirement ef II MMamt families and liquidation f their hate stock holdings, It .was report oAV-aathorltativclr to day. by Harunosuke Suzuki, managing director of Mitsubishi Company, Ltd. As top administrative official for k the giant holding company which dominates more than ' 70 corporations, Suzuki is pioneering the way for breaking up the mo nopolistic Zaibatsu's stranglehold on Japan's industrial life. : In sharp contrast with the atti tude expressed by Suzuki, execu- tives of the influential newspaper Asahl agreed to take responsibility for what they did during the war. President Nagataka Murayama and chairman cf the board Seiichi Ueno yielded to a demand of 4000 employes that they turn editorial direction of Asahl over Ho a self- governing body of employes. Earl ier they had flatly rejected the de- mand. I Trust Company Group Will Meet Here on Friday The Trust Company's associa -tion of Oregon will meet In Salem : , rrlday the first time the organ lzation has met outside of Port- - land. Around S3 attorneys and '. trust men are expected from the down-river dty.. ?The session, r which includes a 6:30 p.m. ban- cue at the Marion hotel. Is spon- sored by the' Salem banks. . Animcl Crcchcrs 1 By WARREN GOODRICH "CT CUca( Sua STBdicaU 7 wouldn't mind taking cod ! lifer oil U they would ptelitr Jap Industry 1 Parleys Marsh Reports Anxious9 to See j Dispute Settled PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. VWh Uncle Sam may take a hand In the five-state strike of the AFli Lumber and Sawmill .Workers .which .. will be a month old to-? morrow. f Ernest P. Marsh, chairman o the special labor commission ap pointed by the secretary of laboi before work halted, said today that ?we are very anxious to see this dispute settled, and we feel that the time! Is - not very far away when we can make another move." -1 . ? The move would be a resump- tion of negotiations, he said, but gave no more details. broke down in the face of "too divergent" operator, and union; viewpoints, Marsh said his group would be ready "to render its ser vices at any stage of the develop-! ment of this dispute when there appears to be the slightest chance of successful effort i Mtanwhile, a conference' of Willamette valley operators and union, officials broke up with no settlement reached. The union said, however, that negotiations would be resumed shorjly. 1 Kin Opposes Consolidation Of Commands WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-(JF)-r I J'leet Admiral Ernest J. King de- clarcd today that : if congress merged the war and navy de-l partments it would break up the greatest winning team in history. "We have an organization which we know will protect us a"0- we snouia moi De nusiea lniQ discarding it because there are de told the senate, military affairs committee. t The holder of the dual Job of fleet c o m m a n der-in-chief and chief of naval operations remind ed senators that the present war and navy departments had "in less time than was believed , pos sible attained complete victory in the greatest war in history. In a lively exchange with sen ators who are pushing the merger proposal, he acknowledged there had been a lack of "team play between army and navy before the war. Second Legion j Post Understood To Be Favored The group of World War II veterans, who have been inyesti- gating the feasibility of forming : a new American Legion poet, in Salem, has called a general meet-; ing of Interested servicemen for 8 p.m. next Monday in the Legion hall to hear reports on the proj ect It was understood- unofficially that the Investigating' committee, headed by Eric Allen, would rec j ornmend formation of the second post. Th Informal group of vet erans who named the investigarU lng committee is headed by Joe Felton. . Chick Association Endorses - !i Holt for Show By XUUe L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman ! Walter CL Holt county agent of Umatilla county, was unanimous ly endorsed for the managership of the Pacific International Live stock Show by members of the Oregon Baby Chick association. In annual convention . here Tues day. Holt Was at one time county agent in Clackamas county. . Approximately 150 i producers attended the convention which closed with a banquet at the Mar ion hotel. - Ambrose BrowneU of MGwaukle presided at both the afternoon ' business meeting land the banquet i ; Guest speakers at the banquet were Charles A. Sprague, former governor ci Oregon, and Nathan C Thompson of Petalupia, Cali fornia. Sprague :; complimented the association In keeping up its end of production during the war md urged the members to con Mnue In local and national af fairs as the only means of main taining a true democracy. Thomp-. on suggested that hotel menus ould be improved by adding hick en and turkey at all times, nd also urged the west to b well I represented at the June national convention. . NINETY-FIFTH YEAH Senate To Vote On Solons to Meet ! Early "to Ballot $5 Billion Slash By Francis J. Kelly WASHINGTON, ; Oct ! 23.-JPh The senate finance committee for mally approved a $5,625,000,000 tax reduction bill today and lead ers arranged tp convene the sen ate an hour earlier than usual to morrow to speed its consideration. Passage Is expected within two days. The measure worked out by the senate committee, however, varies ' so widely, from i that ap proved by the house that major readjustments will have to be made in conference between the two houses. ; i Although the finance j commit tee's recommendations carry great weight in the senate, it is con sidered certain that several ef forts "will be made to amend the bill. . ; I Some senators think exemptions should be made large? for indivi dual income taxpayers and their dependents; others want, to reduce the high wartime excise: taxes as the, house voted to do; there also US Ct U1UVC VJI1 tWIL IAJ WLlkC M.I m $25,000 excess profits tax exemp tion for corporations, retroactive for 1945. - I . School Board Okelis Change In Bouii 1 The Salem school board Tues day night approved a boundary change of the t district near the gravel pit which will take in sev eral residents now In the Pringle school district t - j i The decision was unanimous af ter a petition from residents in that area showed that all proper ty owners there wished the change and further stated that it met with the approval of the Pringle school board. ' , I Superintendent Frank B. Ben nett told board members that ap proximately 75 'students would be enrolled in the hight classes start ing October 29, and that seven courses would be offered. Included will be public speaking, home eco nomics; typing, bookkeeping, auto shop, radio. ,,- j j Classes will meet forntne week periods and' will 'meet; from 7:15 to 9:45 p.m. The; University of Or egon Extension service will also hold several classes in the high school building at that time. i- (More about-school board meet ing, page 2.) ' . ;' SINO-RUSS DISCUSSION I CHUNGKING Wednesday, Oct 24-(iP)-Negotfations between Rus sia and China are in progress on the question of allowing ; Chinese central government forces to land from the sea at Dairen and Port Arthur,- authoritative quarters in dicated today. ! ''I V ' ' ' Management t The poultry Industry outlook in Oregon for the next year; appears promising despite that there may be a slight reduction in produc tion and prices Grover C Kee ney, general manager of the' Pa cific Cooperative Poultry! Produ cers, said at the afternoon meet ing. Figures produced at the meet ing placed the value of the poul try Industry 4n- Oregon at $20,--000,000, with an annual hatch of between seven and eight million Chicks. -, ,.-:.. --r - j George Peterson, Eugene, re ported that Oregon topped the nation so far as the percentage goes In, the national egg board. A report by F, . Fox; Corvallls, predicted that the prices for ba by chicks would remain firm dur ing the next year or two. ; r ' j Hatchery and? breeding prob lems were , discussed by! . Henry Hansen, president - of the Wash ington Baby Chick association. He agreed with sointf Other speakers that production r might 'decrease slightly but added that; prices would remain satisfactory. Fred H. Cockell, stata board of agri culture, led a discussion! on the official pullorum testing program. Tax Bill 12 PAGES London Wires Quisling Shot, Unconfirmed LONDON, Wednesday, Oct 24P)-Exchanre Telegraph re ported ' from Oslo early today that Tldkan Qaislinr. Norwe gtan traitor, was shot at 2:45 'clock this morning in Aker shos fortress. Eenters aoted the Oslo newspaper Aftenpocten as say Ingj Quisling was shot 1ate last, nicht" bnt said there was no facial confirmation. The aren cy also quoted the Dutch radio as saying the Norwegian traitor had been shot jQalsllnr was charged with treason and sentenced to death last Sept It by high court of three Judges and four laymen after a three weeks trial. He appealed the death sentence' bnt it !was confirmed on Oct IS by Norway's highest tribunal. U. S. Still Firm Si - . I Rejects Wage Boost Demand ITSBURGH, Oct 23-JP)-Thp U.S. Steel corporation said "no" today to the demand of the CIO United Steel Workers for a $2-ia-day wage increase a deci sion affecting the pocketbooks oi s an - esumated i,ooo,ooo em ployes of steel and related in dustries. The decision was in the Pforrn of a letter read to union ne gotiators by John A. Stephens! vice president of U.S. Steel, at a hotel room conference. ; Philip Murray, president of the; union and the CIO, had an immediate reply. He issued a statement declaring that the cor poration could well afforfVthft pa boost, and that for the sake pf f peacetime prosperity and full employment" the $2 increase was needed "not only in steel but throughout the whole of Ameri can industry. Murray then announced that the union's policy committee would meet here Friday to study the corporation's refusal and "au thorize such actions as the situ atiion may require." The corporation and the union each devoted eight pages to ex plaining their views. (Jose in On Annamese l jSAIGON, Oct 23.-(P)-British, French send Indian forces, includ ing artillery and armored unitSj are developing a pincer move ment against the lightly-armed holdout Ann ami te forces in north east Saigon. I jThe British forces are using tillery and mortars and the 20th Indian division has moved in on one side of the Annamite sniper's while armored car. units of the French second armored divi sion : have advanced against ob stinate Annamite resistance. ' j At the same time the Anglo- French are employing surrendered Japanese forces in clearing out guarded roadblocks. Venezuelans Seek Reforms - 3 r 1 jCARACAS, Oct 23HiTfWene suela's revolutionary government bid for foreign recogntiort today and announced a six-poini emer gency program designed to lift fthis" backward nation to a higher Social and economic leveL" I liUis Valmore Rodriguez, one-, jtime U. S. army sergeant who is minister of the interior in the pewly-completed cabinet declared fhe rights and privileges of foreign oil conmantesin Venezuela would The revolutionary Junta : de clared it planned to divorce the army from politics immediately, to halt "graft in high public places,'' and rta establish representative democracy with,.'tmlvtrsal - suff rage. . ' ;i: 'V 'V:- - ' AXBUSE HEN STRIKE I NEW YORK, Oct 23-(ff)-Ap-proximately 800 maintenance and mechanical workers of American Airlines and Its subsidiary, Amer ican Export Airlines, struck today lifter a United Auto Workers, CIO, negotiating committee reported it Was unable to reach agreement with the management on wage increases. POUNDBD Salanu Owcjon. Wtdnttday Morning, OdoUr 24, 1945 ' : - - : L: 1 ' Leaders Speech WASHINGTON, Oct 23-(V-An international agreement to "abol ish peacetime conscription as a policy among nations" was sug gested by Rep. Martin (R-Mass) tonight in the wake of President Truman s request for universal training legislation. The house republican leader, whose views usually are shaped by large numbers of republicans, issued a statement saying: 1 believe such an agreement would be a mighty step toward the;: goal of permanent peace, would reduce the incentive .to war and would save billions which could be diverted toward making a better world for the great masses of people everywhere." Congressional reaction to Presi dent Truman's recommendations ranged from outright disapproval to wholehearted endorsement to day, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, declaring the president had acted "wisely and with great foresight," promptly telegraphed its' support to the White House. The American Legion also pledged" its support to the presi dent's program Senator O "Daniel pTex): "It was a nice speech, but from the correspondence piling up on my desk it looks like the people are more interested in get ting the boys out of the last war than getting them into the next one," Rep. Thomason of Texas, sec ind ranking democrat on the house military committee: "I'm for it We ought to start hearings at once." Rep.Arends (R-Dl) of the mili tary committee: I still want to know more about our World obli gations and commitments before we embark on a program like Senator Knowland (R-Calif): "There are a number of ways it can be done and not interfere with the schooling of youths." Ford Confidant Of Labor Board WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-()- Henry Ford II met with Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach today and expressed belief that "solutions can be found" to problems which might cause work stoppages at the Ford Motor company. ' The young Ford company' presi dent said in a statement, however, that his visit here was not can nected with "wages and hours of Ford employes," who will take a strike vote soon' on the CIO United Automobile Workers' de mand for, a 30 per cent wage in crease. ' . j S? coincidence, President R. 3. Thomas of the CIO-UAW was in Washington also, and he told re porters an agreement with Ford was possible., t Labor department officials have been frankly hopeful that Ford will negotiate a settlement 50 Injured in Movie Strike HOLLYWOOD. Oct 23. -ff)-Half a .hundred motion picture workers crashed a picket line of ten times .their number massed before Paramount studios ' today and in the resultant melee SO per sons were injured,' including a. po liceman." Thirteen persona -. were arrested, charged with illegal pick eting, resisting an officer or bat tery ;, - J.- v l'-: Inglewood police helped 80 stu dio workers breach, the picket line of 500 strike sympathixera, - At Republic studio, where . 150 pickets barred the way of some 600 1 workers, a possible clash was averted when Herbert Yates, Re public president directed the em ployes over a loud speaker to re turn to their homes. "We must Opine Oil have ho trouble, he said. Stuck His It W w I 1 V JT. WASHINGTON, Oct 23. President before a Joint session of congress training for youths from 17 to 20. is Speaker Sam Rarbnrn (D-Tex). (AP Wirephoto) , Due Within S Years Salem, Independence to be Span Sites - New bridges may span the Willamette at both Salem and Independence within the' next five years it became apparent Tuesday. Marion and Polk county courts, having agreed to share equally the county's portion of the building costs for the Inde pendence structure, which would replace the ferry now operating there, will appearbefore the state highway commission in Port land on Monday to commence ne gotiation of the promised con tract, in which counties, state and perhaps federal government will divide costs. At the-same time, it is known that the highway commission has conducted traffic counts in Salem and is taking; river soundings in an attempt to determine the lo cation for a hew bridge to join Marion and polk counties here on the state highway which leads to coast routes and Into Yamhill and western Multnomah counties. j ' . 1 The old bridge here is 100 per cent overloaded, studies made re cently are said to indicate. But steel from the old bridge may not be available for use in construc tion of the new one at Indepen dence if current plans to retain the Center street bridge for In dus tr i a 1 riverbank-to-riverbank traffic carry through, it is claim ed. The new ! Salem-West Salem link will provide an overpass above railroads which now clog traffic in both cities, it is gener ally agreed and may be as, far south as Chemeketa street but is more likely to rise at Marion or Union street (See also page 2) Nips forced Yanks to Bury Alive Diseased Americans SEATTLE, Oct U-ffV-Lt John Hummel, who survived three and a half years In Japanese prisoner of war camps, (said today bis cap tors forced him to help bury fel low prisoners alive. ; ? U "That was jnore horrible than starration, beatings, torture,? the lieutenant told a Post-Intelligencer reporter, adding that the men of Corregidor would never have surrendered had they known what was in store. - ' , : . Lieutenant f Hummel escaped from the Japanese on Bataan and swam four miles to Corregidor, only to j be f captuied there' In Manila tunnel During the first few. days in '.a cramped prison we stole! spoonfuls of water to keep alive" j He was removed to Cabanatuan Chin Out ' Truman shown as he spoke today recommending a year of military Behind him in the house chamber Nominated "3? 1 A i WASHINGTON. Oct 11. Brig. Gen. Kenneth C Royall (abeve) f Goldsboro, N. C waa nomi nated today by rresldent Tm ' man u tmdersecretary of war to succeed Secretary of War Pat terson. AP Wirephoto from signal corps ). (Story page X) where he said the Japanese "had a burial detail every day." . -They made us rout out the sick, he said. "Then we'd hav to ' take 20 or - S0 -of these poor guys and load , them on doors or anything we could find and march with them to the graves we had dug already. V rwe'd throw the men in pits and start shoveling, trying not to think, sometimes then bands or legs would stick out and hang limply and twist a little, or we'd hear a desperate, smothered cry.' Reunited with the girl he mar ried just before going to the Philippines, the lieutenant said: "We had . ten r days together in 1941. Since then I've been-to hell and back." l-fv Frlc 5c No. 181 Advocates aining By Tom Reedy . ; WASHINGTON, Oct 2i ( A P) President' Trumaa recommended military train ing for all young Americans j a . l 1 ; ' iuuy iu miuw any luiure war - maker that the United States 4 : 4 l. i UllTHUCTI IV 1CUUUII tUUJJII Mill strong. ! ' "Peace must be built on power,? the president told a joint session of house and senate in a half-hour speech urging adoption of a uni versal training law. , The president! stuck his chin out Congress has been generally cool to universal training. Here is what Mr. Truman1 pm posedi 1 . if. l--A year's military trjjfcrlng' for all young men when they reach 18 or when they graduate from high school, -whichever comes later. In any event a youth would have to enter training before his 20th birthday. If a boy finished high school in his 17th year, he could enter training, with his par ents' consent. j 2 A continued "small" profes sional armed force, .. J ureauy strengtnened nation al guard and organized army, navy and marine corps reserves. 4 Establishment of a "general reserve of all 1 men who have passed through i the universal training system. 1 All the. atomic weapons in the world, Mr. Truman said, wouldn't do the United States any good without the manpower to get them somewhere. I "The 'day Of the minute man who sprang to the flintlock hang ing upon the wall is over," the president exclaimed. . (Additional details ton page i.) Ashes of U. S. ....... i Airmen Found In Nio Temnle TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct 24 -(P)-The ashes of 17 American airmen, missing from B-29 mis sions early this year, have been recovered by the 97th infantry di vision in a remote Japanese tern- nounced today, j Local residents said all crewmen died In mid-air! collisions with another plane in late February or early March near a village pf Koizumi, 50 miles north of Tokyo. The bodies were cremated by the Japanese, placed in small boxes and enshrined. The ashes were removed to the . 38th regi ment headquarters at nearby Ota pending investigation and notifi cation of next of kin. Wreckage Of the superforts was taken by the Japanese to the Nakij ima aircraft . plant at Ota several months ago. . Japs Okeh New Suffrage Laws TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct 14-()-Domei. agency today reported that the- cabinet j has approved MM " M 4 I . . th woman a numgc.aoa iowcniu oi the voting age for men from 23 to 20 years. The 20-yearlimit -would govern women's voting also. ' .--A cabinet-approved me a s u r subject to approval by the .diet, also would grant full voting' and election ' rights to Koreans - and Formoaans in Japan and would lower the age minimum, for tan didates to 2S years. ' Weather Min. Ram M - J09 33 J0O M , Jf 35 . M Saa rraneiae Eugene Salem Portland SeatUe 99 : -BO -rORECAST (from U.S. wethg bu reau. McNary field. Salem) ; arly tot lifting to partly cloudy after 11 ajn, Maximum 9. One ixear 11 : t i - ' - Vut i 70 . ss ' . , so f i