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:i " fhmm 'mm wmmm -mmm i ' r . 1 . . - . ; . : - : ' . - ;KINETT-nnH YEAH ; - 12 PAGES .; . ; Sodom. Oragon. Thursday Morning, December 13. 1945 .' .:.V- Prlc 5c ' Ho. 224 iTAMiuuiVN, uec iz. lien. DwigM D. Eiseniiewer, (ln) army chief I Btaff, bUb farewell U Secretary of State James F. Byrnes who waa eff for RnacU at National Airport! here today headed for conference of Big Three forelrn . (AP WlrcphoU to The Statesman) i Comment was made in this col umn some days ago respecting the great demand for office space in Salem and In Portland. An Ore gonian reporter digs into the sub ject now and comes up with the story that the Portland demand is equal to the space in three large office buildings. The singular thing in his report Is the fact that the federal govern ment is the biggest customer for -office space. We had though that with the ending of the war, agen cies like the WPB, OP A, war man power commission, maritime com mission, etc.. would shrink dras tically and then fold up, so the overall demand of the govern ment would be' lessened. Such does not seem to be the case. The postwar requirements of govern ment threatens to exceed the war--time demand, at least in Portland. Understandable is the expan sion of -the veterans' administra tion. It seeks 80,000 square feet of office space in Portland, which would call tor a ten-story office building about 100 by 135. But other peacetime agencies are ask ing for more space. This leads to the observation that there is little chance for shrinking the civilian establish ment of the government, already swollen under war necessities. Senator Byrd of Virginia has been hammering for a scaling down, of the various boards and bureaus whoso payrolls have been greatly Increased although they were not direct war agencies. Evidently his crusade is bearing little fruit. Government thus becomes enor mous, absorbing, constantly grow ing. It seems to have generated growth hormones within itself so It kctpi on expanding and expanding. The sheer size of Jt becomes appalling, to say noth ing of its cost. And how to admin istcr it intelligently and efficiently becomes an almost superhuman j 1ak. Sugar Thief .Draws Penitentiary Sentence Theft of nine sacks of sugar front the Allen Fruit company sent Edward Harold Pearron, route 3, box 791, Salem, to the state peni tentiary Thursday to' serve . 15 months without parole. Pearson, who pleaded guilty in circuit court to a charge of larceny, is married and has five children. v . Handing down the sentence; ' Judge E. M. Page declared that "stealing rationed goods is some thing that cannot be overlooked." OCCUPATION TO BE CUT WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -(JP) Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower has directed Pacific and . European theatre .commanders to reduce their "occupation forces "to the bone," it was disclosed today. Animal Craclccrs By WARREN GOODRICH "Eaty th9Tt, Gtrtrudt. Thc?$ ell I $ead to your pop. -'-7cH liter, " rorp hps .T , ' Rejected (U)inieinniplly ministers; U he held at Moscow. , U.S. Marines Due for in WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-C5V United States marines are des- tined to be held in north . China J I ior many monus yet unless Gen. I George C Marshall, under special orders from President Truman, Is able to work out an early agree ment between Gen. Chiang Kai shek and the Chinese communists. President Truman made this MOSCQW, Dee. 12v-(ff)-The people of the Soviet union seem "sincerely pleas e d" with the forthcoming conference of for elgn ministers here, an informed source said today, as prepara tions were made for the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Byrnes j and his party were expected to arrive tomorrow for the ' British American Russian discussions opening Saturday, but a heavy snow was falling in Moscow aad northwest Russia tonight, and It was likely that if such weather continued the group might not arrive until week's end. clear at a news conference today at which he also spoke of the approaching meeting of Secretary of State Byrnes with Foreign Commissar ! Molotov' and Foreign Minister Bevin in Moscow as a rattier routine affair. Byrnes left by plane for Mos cow this morning taking with him as advisor 'on atomic energy prob lems Dr. James B. Conant, Har vard university president, and a panel of experts on European and Asiatic problems. Long Stay Asked for comment on the tri- planned a long time ago as part of the program of. meetings among the big-power foreign ministers which .was laid down at the Yalta Big Three conference last winter. He I added that he expected the next meeting to oe pew in v ashmgton In March or April.- NipsSHpUp In Payments TOKYO, Thursday, Dec.lSP japan is behind in her payments, of occupation costs, Finance Min ister Keizo Shibusawa . told the house of representatives"? yesteT day, yet this debt already has become an important factor in ris ing inflation. . : ; Pf - f ,apa,-. iiij less uian one-uura ui uc 1,000,000,000 yen ($66,666,667) monthly occupation budget. The finance minister said discussions were being held with allied authorities regarding inflationary dangers of these modified pay ments. - ' . I Asxea xor comment on the nr ' T partite session opening Saturday, J U l QJ JKCtllTll Mr. Tmman said it was planned! J l , Hollywood, Qenerflli Motors GftriierVIost Of Nation WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 H?V The treasury Issued a report on big incomea tonight and the came of Xrouis B. Mayer led all the rest. The movie magnate. got $908,070 from Loew's Inc., for personal ser vices in one year. " . Mayer top ranking: was .dis closed in a supplement to an earlier-partial listing of individuals income from corporations. ..The report as a whole covers returns for the Calendar year of 1943 and fiscal years ending in 1943 and 1844. Ranking immediately . after Mayer, who was in front by near ly $450,000, were Charles E. Wil son, of General- Motors, and Thomas J. Watson, of Interna tion- I al Business Machines. . - r ' - Fred MacMurray, in fifth place', ! , ; 1 ' "i ' , i : i - - - - --. - - - - -- - -- - - - . - ' ' ' - si. i ... hi. u .. . . : : 30 Raise yi So KevDsnoiis PessoiMstife BylFord I Trnman Names .' : jFact-Finders for IG.M. -GO Strike Bylthe Associated Press The Ford Motor company, reit 5. erated yesterday that it was un able to grant a 30 per cent wage rate increase, while in the . Gen eral Motors strike President Tru man intervened by appointing a fact finding committee. In Washington, the house passed legislation to subject unions to the anti-racketeering act. The day's rapid-breaking devel- opments on the labor front in- eluded: ' , To Lose Money . . I The! Ford company told the CIO U nl ted Auto Workers it would lose about $35,000,000 next year, onlthe basis of OPA price ceilings, even wjth a 16 per cent increase 1 in production ; and no increase in wages. ; i Richard T. Leonard, UAWs Ford director, told newsmen the union would "give serious con- sideration" to sealing down its wage demands if the company offers an annual wage proposal. 2 President Truman named a fact finding board to inquire into issues of the 23 day old General Motors strike and . the appoint- ment brought a prompt pledge of coo Deration from leaders of the striking tfAW. . New Board Doe I Mr. TrUman said he also would appoint ' fsoon" . a fact - finding board to took into the steel indus try dispute. 3 The house passed on : voice vote and 'sent to the senate legis lation applying the 1934 anti-racketeering; act to labor unions a measure bitterly opposed by or ganized tabor. The senate once before refused to pass a similar house-approved bill. ; 4 Contrary to . the views of some congressional leaders, Presi dent Trpman expressed confi dence that congress would pass by Christmas a law he proposed to prohibit strikes until fact-find ing boards can study the issues. Ships Ordered WASHINGTON, De&l.lMffH , The senate decided today Amer- Ilea's allies "must either return gov exnmentwned merchant ships oru I buy " them JpB the same terms .of fered United States citizens. By a vote of 38 to 28, the senate I rejected in. amendment to a ship sales dxu- to pernuixne: mannmei nfgM the temperature stood l commission1 toy charter approxJ. I.t .28 dem at' mldnieht andl mately -620'. Vessel buUt during mately ?15,()00oXM)0u. The snips arenoV operated by the . allies Senato Raddifl (D-Md), spon - aor . of the amendment, said the charter ; provision was -asked ". by J Secretary, of state Byrnes. L ,. .... , - Weather - Max. Mln. '.- If'. 39-.. 37 J7 M Rain Salem - .Ml Euffene - 39 44 40 JOO J0O JOO JOO Portlana 4r SeatUe Ran Frinefeeo 3m WUlamette rtver S.J ft. FORECAST (from VS weather bu- reau, McNary field, Slem): Clear to- aay except z or local fogs till 10 ajn. Maximum temperature s aegreea. s Top Individual and Deanha Durbin, in tenth place were the. only actors to make the first ten as Individuals. But the income of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, which was re ported ti a. single salary $424, 320 ranked fourth. "." . Following U the list of ther 20 individuals who, according to the treasury statements, received, the greatest income from corporations for personal services in one year: Louis "B. "Ma y c r , $908,070; Charles E. Wilson,- $459,041; Thomas j. Watson, $423,548; Fred MacMurray, $419,166; ' Walter Wanger,-'Universal Pictures pro ducer, $409,928; John B. Haw ley, jr, preaident of North ern Ordnance, Inc., $400,000; Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew's, I39L860; Ormond . Hunt, General Motors,- $259,319; i By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 i(jp) ? The national Job outlook bright ened i today 'with indications there may be" 3,000,000 .fewer unemployed by. spring than the . government .had figured. j Government experts, acknowl edging that they over-estimated . the bearish impact of reconver sion pn employment, now be- lieve that not more than 5,000,- 000 ; will be seeking work , by -March instead of the 8,000,000 officially forecast in October. j- The 5,000,000 level may j be sustained until mid-1946; then Joblessness may decline as civil ian production hits full stride, f but officials now are wary of ! forecasting beyond the middle of next year. - ; -: One official described current Committee to IS- : : i Probe 1 raining School Beating PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12-m State; Sinator Frank Hilton, chairman of the state legislature's interim! committee on state insti tutions,: said tonight , the commit tee would conduct a special, and separate hearing into punishment being administered inmates at the Woodburn state training school. ; Senator Hilton, Portland, said he was' not satisfied with the state report on -whippings given two boys and that State Repre sentative Jack Bain, Clackamas county, I had also requested " the committee take tome action. JHilton said the committee would Interview, the two boys involved and the attendant who brought! the whippings to public attentioio." N A state board of control report filed by Secretary Roy Mills said the whippings were justified un der the : circumstances and pend ing ; other punishment measures he would hesitate to halt the whtppirigs. The report followed a' complaiht filed by W. H. Runyan, v tvxav wtuiwvu mfkmo Of Robert Lee Davis, 18, and Wil- lliam Fi; Tollman, 14. (Additional details on Page 2.); . i'3 . ... 3 SunlMakes Futile . Attempt to Raise Sblemi Mercury; . Saleni residents who-, pulled their covers up a little higher Tuesday, nisht when the temuera- 1 tAna for ihe extra blanket aaln low ;ev tentim of g 1 i: sln wasn't the only town In Oregon! where there was a rush J mm however. Klamath : Falls f Mmrtic la lidtarA is. and Baker shivered under a scant 8 degrees above xero.' ":" L The forecast for today is for more sunshineP-and more cold. V- I 1U oa4Lmi aiuaa ivwai , ! -NEW jYORK, Dec. 12Hfiy-A un ton-estimated 200,000 workers la plants pi the General Electric and westingnouse companies irom coast to coast will take a strike ballot tomorrow. ,Z , Income Honors Albert j&radley, General Motors, $350,432; - Deanna Durbin, from Universal Pictures, $325,491; Bar - bara Stanwyck, from Paramount and Warner Brad S323.333: E. H. Boest, of Hoffman La Roche," XncL, K'SaO"' FoDy-Equipped son Brown, General Motors, $306, - iua; uutnes jt. jLenermg, uenerai Motors,; $306,117; Emer J. Man-I nix, Loew's, $300,725; Sam Kati, Loews.$298.125: Harry L. (Bing) Crosby, $294,444; William "Powell, j $292,500, and David BernstdiJ Loew's,: $23506. f ' Income' taxes took a big bite out of these payments, however. I The" rates generally ranged from I 50 pers, cent or. more on income of $200000 to about 90 per cent on income approaching $1,000,000. innieinit unemployment as ... "amazingly . small,' , probably . ranging be tween 2,500,000 and 3,500,000. The war manpower commission ' had 1 estimated -i that - 6,000,000 -would be unemployed by the year's end. . . . j 1 The new estimates include discharged veterans and others who are "resting" now, and thus not technically unemployed but who will be in the labor ! mar ket later::SrV'fr.?-.r- iz- Federal economists and statist ticians are declining to be: quot ed at this stage in fact, an informal ban on - employment forecasts exists because of the error! hi earlier I calculations -but it la known the revised con clusions are accepted by) offi cials of the office of .'reconver sion, the census bureau and oth er informed agencies. - Makes Debut X ' FRANCISCO. rttiTlt-IA J, Woods of Btanlngham, SAN F. Ala has his pet Rhesus mon key perched on his shoulder and decked , out in "longics" as he arrived here yseterday aboard the USS General Mitchell which returned some 5000 .soldiers of the 3Tth (Buckeye) division to the United States. (AP Wire photo to The Statesman.) i .1 tT ml" W iof aa I o l.vailHn I' ivo l V"" VTV Tiejfor Queen M PORTLAND, Ore Dec 12-iAP) Two Oregon girls picked as Vic tory queens in the state-wide corn- test promoting ' bond . sales ! were selected: tonight for ; Hollywood trips and a chance at a screen contract. -i Miss Betty Sullins,-603 &M. - azno: ave f oruana, a pert oionae d a n c e r ," and 'Miss Marys Ann Grande,' Union county's candidate,- tonight weze named to represent the state as rM&s West- I Oregon? and MissIiBtern The girls win - leave . Portlancf Friday on the Cascade for Ca- fomia -wherethey.will' be given a screen test alongartth five lather western . girls . representing four western states, cme ox me con.test ants will then bei given a year's contract with a major Hollywood studio. Pattoil'g Condition l m i . j Kemains Good HEIDELBERG, Germany,! Dec 12-flVA medical bulletin tonight said the condition of Gen. George S. Pattern, jr.. "remains good," and Mrs. Patton, after seeing her hus band again today, declared herself "not the least worried. Further optimism over the, con dition of the general, .paralyzed after his neck was broken in an auto crash near Mannheim on J Sunday; was evoked by .the de- i parture of three of his consulting I surffeonx. I lTown for Sale Cheap ' PORTLAND, Ore, Dec 12 .The government is offer ing -a town tor sale. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. office . here announced the town t complete with churches,- stores, ' factory -and houses for 1000 people has been declared surplus. " The town, between Las Vegas and Boulder Dam,v Nevv iwas used to - produce , magnesium during the war. " ..-:5:.,-:-:v..; :: Portland Entry ; Census estimates for Novem ber, ', which - cover only- actual Job hunters, not discharged vet erans and others voluntarily idle for a , time, support the trend. The newly issued census report indicates November unemploy ment was 1,580,000 over the na tion, or . an increase 'of only 40,000 from October. The reasons given are num erous. They include heavy with drawals of women from the la bor market, and an unsuspected demand . . for workers - among small .non-war businesses which apparently had been i getting along with Inadequate help. "V Two other factors now loom as unexpectedly important: First, the lightness of layoffs: in re converting industries, and sec ond, the high, sustained level of consumer purchasing, f irl, Eight Injured CORVALLIS, Ore, Dec. 12.- A Salem girl was killed and eight other persons were injured to night in a two car crash north of here on the Camp Adair and Polk county three lane highway. State police reported Mary Louise Reeves, 1055 N. 18th st. Salem, killed and' the others in the U. S. naval hospital at Camp Adair where there wasno report on the condition of seven. One six year old boy was reported not seriously hurt. : " Police said a car driven by navy , hospital sailor whose iden tity had not been announced by naval authorities had attempted to pass a car while driving toward Salem after leaving the camp area at 5:15 p. m. The car struck second driven by Mrs. Don Eck man, Corvallis. Police said there were five girls in the car, of them Miss Reeves., In the Eckman car was Mrs. Eckman's son, Martin, six, re ported not seriously hurt, and her sister-in-law, MrsV Lucile DahL Corvallis. (Miss Reeves was. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ws A. Reeves. Her father is office engineer; in the :. bridge '.department of 4he state highway department) All 40 Dachau DACHAU,- Dec-- 12.-ffV-Forty officials and guards ox the notor ious, Pefhfw -eoocentration . rT"p today "were convicted 'today by U.' S. military court on charges of murder, torture and l. starvation; and -will be sentenced tomorrow. fThe court, deliberatini 90 aain uteaJ found Camp Commandant Martin Weiss and aU the other defendants guilty -of a. regime of horror., at the camp,' overrun by American troops ' last April SO. Dachau then choused 32,000 men and 350 women, v--" The .accused" took the ' verdkt stoically, although a few flushed when their names were' read. Nor was there any demonstration by the audience of nearly 300 Ger man civilians who tilled the courtroom in the camp itself. Accident To Salem G Officials Guflty Handieapped Persons Must Be Fitted to Jobs; USES Told Representatives of nine local offices of the United States em ployment service were told Wed nesday at the first of a three-day conference series- that physically handicapped , workers, including veterans, must be placed on jobs on the basis of individual quali ficatidns only, just the same , as any other person is matched with a job ' . 'v? ":-M' . Called iby: Lee C.,$tolL state director of the USES, in coopera tion with J. -Richard i Smurth waite, jr, state veterans employ ment representative, ' the Urst session was opened by Emory, R. Worth, chief of the technical ser vices division, who termed i the meetings a .fwerk conerence.,,. -Pointing out that a person may be handicapped in- many differ ent ways, Eldon G. Sloan, USES rehabilitation officer. : said that Navy Quit. Listening: To Japs IMarshall Opines War Certain in August WASHINGTON, Dee. 12,-m- 'earl 1 Harbor ' . investigators were told today that the navy. - after imn with th VRT nrrnaA ' Itrft. ening in on Japanese telephone conversations in Hawaii five days before the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. The FBI continued tapping one Japanese consulate line up to the moment of the assault, and in I this way .learned that the consul in Honolulu was destroying his . " 111 overau codes. The tapped line led to their.111? Pam calls for immejk cook's quarters, in the consulate. oint congressional r investigating committe. was Inrfnde In port by Lt Col. Henry C. Clausen, WASHINGTON. Dee. ttHJPi Gen. George C. Marshall, who has been under questioning six days in the eongresslonal Pearl Harbor Inquiry, finally got . a bit angry today. ' - As. Rep. Keefe (E-Wls) quer ied aha persistently eoneerning his memory of " events before the Japanese attack, Marshall flushed and 1 said: "I ana not a bookkeeping ma chine." assigned - by ; Secretary . of Stimson to make an .Independent inquiry in 1942. ! - -" i This testimony was developed by ; Rep. Keefe. (R-Wis) from a message sent by Admiral Harold R. Stark; then chief of naval op-lvalue-; of the land and the gen- orations, to Admiral. J. O. Richard son, commander of , the Pacificism for comparable units in 1941. fleet. Both disclosures came as Gen. George C Marshall, former chief of staff, proceeded through his sixth day as, a witness. Marshall gave his personal opin ion that war with Japan was "in evitable', from August, 1941, on but he hoped to avert it by mak ing a show' of force in -the JPhilip-j pines. IWAGetAddcd 2i Gent Raise PORTLAND, Ore- Dec! 12-tff1) CIO 'lumber : workers in western Washington and the .Columbia basin today were granted an addi tional 2 cent an hour pay in crease to bring their-recently negotiated 12 cent scale-to 13 cents and . $1.05 minimum. ' -V. Agents . for the - International. Woodworkers of America and the kimbermen's Industrials relations committee, . representihg . the. bulk of CIO manned, lumber, industries tn the "big -fir- belt, .announced other terms to be 'submitted to locals and approved, by .operators. Coxat Suspends Portland Attorneys ,? Two Portland attorneys, -Ron ald LJ Reilly and Tom ML gan, Wednesday received two year suspensions by the state su preme court for misconduct. .-' .The charges, tiled by the state bar, involved misappropriation of funds. Justice . Percy R. Kelly wrote the opinion. these could be grouped as fol lows: Physically, emotionally, vo cationally, socially and from, a j purely employment point of view. He added that no accurate fig ures are available but' that the U. S. department of health esti mates that 23.6 million physically handicapped persons, including both the employed and unemploy ed, Uve In the United States. . One part of the rehabilitation' problem of physically, handicap ped persons,' that of. educational limitations, was stressed by Ciena Weaver, state supervisor, occupa tional information - and guidance service,'' state .department of edu cation, who pointed out that only one Oregon high , school graduate in five ever enters an institution - of higher learning, and ;that of tWs number only one -la three ever graduates from his college or university. 'J. . OiiBbcket - J - .. . : . -.. . . " - . . - . Gives Approval , To Bill Pending Before, House I : ; . . I :..... By 3Iarvin L. Arrowsmilh ' WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (ff)-President Trnman, act ing to - avert further sky rocketins of home prices, today called for legislation to fix price ceilings on houses. Tn eomnnnlwt ; mAtr a!mAil 4a 'what he termed an acute announced at his news confer ence that bufldin materials will be back under a priority system ! in a few days. - "?--.'- - Under the system, about 50 per cent of aU construction supplies e!"nfked 'r.,ingle or multiple dwellings costing 110,. 000 or less a unit. r . The; priorities program also will set up preferences for veterans in the purchase or rental of such 1 r - . " 77 , , " anq local f P0? uiteble for bousing. .rauuea uuu?r Vn, aireaoy put in operation by the surplus property administration, are army and . navy barracks and dormi torie&J . To search out and attempt to crack j all bottlenecks affecting home j construction, Mr. Truman appointed - Wilson Wyatt, former mayor of Louisville, to be housing expemaior in tne omce of war mobilization and reconversion. .'. A bill is pending in congress to put price ceilings on new and old houses. The president gave it his blessing by endorsing a statement by reconversion -boss John W. Snyder that "such authority is es- Warlsential if we are to avert further J sky-rocketing of home prices." ; . I The bfll provides that ceilings I on new houses would be detennuv I ed on. the basis of. actual construe-' I uon costs, : plus . the fair.' market ' eraHy! prevailing contractors' mar- EUiott Back in Radio Business On Cash Basis - i. . , CAMDEN, Arlt,Dec K.-(iP-FJliott Roosevelt, former operator of a chain of. radio .networks in Texas,"' has -entered :4he 4usinesa in Arkansas. " " " Roosevelt is second vice presi dent of the Camden Radio, Inc. which: will operate a 250 watt sta tion here as soon as a studio site is located, President W. X. Hus man of Texarkana has announced. The FCC has. authorized Ita con struction and operation on 1450 kilocycles. ." . - . The late preldfa-oa has a 'minority interest". in the corpora tion according to Treasurer Leon Wilson of Hot Springs. . . . i --The firm incorporated with $10, 000 worth of stock. WHson sai4 Roosevelt paid his stock subseripl Uon in fulL f :i i$2,300,000 Higltwaj 1 Bids to Be Opened Bids oh highway construction pToectsr aggregating,, a cost of $200,000 Via be opened by the state , highway . commission at ;" a meeting in "Portland today anJ Friday. .. . - - t , These projects are a part of the commission's $36,000,000 post war construction program. . 4 . CUT OFF TN HER PRIME WOODGATE, N. Y, Dec 12-F Mrs. Elizabeth Turk, a plaintiff in a negligence suit resulting from an automobile accident last Au gust, told a New York state su preme court jury that her injuries prevent her from dancing, : Mrs. Turk is 95. - Q4DDVAKD MOMMlfc HAVENT B0U6HT ANY PGKENTS TO W10EF52OM US VET AND ONLY i I nTSHQPPW60WS LEFT UNTIL CHCtSTMSf - 1 ! aw ' !