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-euirii: Fare POea intern Boos Sfiirolke S Br Wendell Webb Tt- gg Edttor, Tb Sttrmn . Salem's has patron, long 'ased to a 7-eent fare, will have iim. pvangle as S euti per ride tf Oft Meter Stages are ever In this city again, It today. Tkb was the paramount Item Uck appeared through the ' of eress-statements that The Statesman a ex- .SuMssUve efforts yesterday and ilast Bight te find oat exactly what had happened and waa hasp i niar In regard to the bus . Uestp which began five weeks 1 The answer to what was hap- aa of yesterday, was t -nothing " . Se far as the company was c tiutd "m have Just come mm far as we can; there Is only so ssach to pot owl" (This .notes E. steyee. - president of Oregon Motor States, and B. W. Wilson, comptroller, who v kited Salem yesterday. So far aa the anion la con cerned "we have received no concrete proposals from the company recently." (This quotes Ted Be ruin, motor coach anion basiness agent in Portland, via telephone.) Both the company and anion spokesmen said they were "an xious to ret the buses rolling" and that they recognized "Sa lem Is the Innocent victim." The picture In brief appears to be this: 1. The company says all things at issue In the tieup (which affects Salem and Eu gene city service and also over-the-road bus schedules out of Portland) are settled except that (a) the company ran pay Increased rates to f 1.27 1 aa hoar for everUie-road drivers, whereas the anion asks fUt. and,(b) the ! company wants drivers to accept standing pass engers within a 2 8-mile radios, and the onion: will not agree. : 2. The onion aays these dif ferences exist 1nt also that the company has set as a condition of paying $1.15 to Salem driv ers (they previously got 95 cents) the raising of fares in Salem from 7 to S cents. Royce and .Wilson, of the stage line, Thursday said they had been assured "by city eouncilmen" that such a raise could be effected and therefore that the union had no excuse for saying- that there was a 'condition" to the 51.15 offer. The union has indicated the $1.15 would be acceptable. There were reports of an ex officio meeting between the union, the company and a Salem citizen committee today. And at 5 P-m. the anion and company officials will meet with mem bers of the city council. The 8 -cent fare discussion. It was disclosed, reached a climax at a meeting in the Senator hotel one night last week. The details of those discussions are so variable la their telling that to review the meeting would servo little purpose. The paramount fact was that the matter, m It stood today, apparently found both sides plainly ready to resume nego tiations but also convinced they had found no common ground on which to resolve remaining issues. So far aa separating the road drlver and stand-up losues Is concerned, so that Salem and Eogene. service could be resum ed, the union cites Its long standing charter saying that there should be no specific set tlement for any part of the or ganisation, constituting (1) Sa lem and Eugene drivers, (2) mechanics, (1) over-the-road drivers. Company spokesmen have In s is ted there should be separate anions for Portland and else where, (there are about 35 Sa ri rivers, 35 Eugene drivers, and 171 members in Portland and over-the-rood), and that such a plan would permit resumption here. In the meantime, Salem ex cept for emergency service walks. r i io t nr itesmai OUNDBD 1651 KOTTT-STXTH YEAH 16 PAGES Salem, Orecon. Friday Morning, May 10. 1946 Prica 5c No. 38 ITLP speoooe tHD B30GB "sjua" anunuo mmmWBmBw m "anjBB ar Our state constitution contains this provision: The legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of a uniform' and general system of common schools.' . Our school friends frequently cite this section of the constitution jjd assert that it is being ignored by the state. For instance the Ore yon , Education Journal refers to this section and asserts Its man date is "stf& lax from fulfillment," It comments: While it Is true that Oregon does have a 'general system of common schools it does not now and probably never will have a uniform' system." The OEJ pictures the schools of the state as ranging from shacks to palaces, from grubbiness to gran deur, from ineptitude to efficiency. We think the pedagogues put a train on language when they in fer that the word "uniform" in the constitution -binds the state to furnish identical schools for all the people. Equalitarianism never got that far in the thinking of the lathers In 1157 -when tne section was chrased. The state does have a general and uniform system of schools, as gar as the framing of the law can create the same. The differences 1i 4 . Ka irnnnmir fwiditinnc the population density, etc., among the various school districts. The state ought to assist the weaker com munities in maintaining good schools, but that burden is not Implied in the constitutional pro vision the school people are for ever quoting. Their case for state aid is strong enough to stand on Its own merits and not on a very shaky definition of a word in the old constitution. Let's have done with throwing this provision of .the constitution In our faces, and get down to the practical question of how the state can supplement the income of local districts. Even the proposed initiative for $50 per school child doesn't tackle that rjuestion. Air Line Pilot Strike Averted CHICAGO, May 9-VDavid I. Behncke, president of the Air Line Pilots association, announ ced late tonight that a scheduled Strike against Transcontinental and Western airline (Trans World airline) had been "indefinitely suspended." Behnckes statement followed a two-day session here of the TWA pilots master executive council which studied President Truman's )ay 7 executive order appointing aa emergency board to study the wage dispute. Decision to suspend strike ac tion involving 1.000 TWA pilots before the board was telegraph ed to the president today, Behn cke said. Housing Subsidies Win Vote WASHINGTON, May Reversing its position, the house today approved $400,000,000 in housing subsidies, giving Presi dent Truman a victory in his pro gram for construction of 2,700,000 houses by private enterprise in two years. The vote was 187 to 158. Wilson W. Wyatt, housing ad ministrator, immediately declar ed: "This throws the veterans housing program into high gear." Chairman Spence (D-Ky) of the house banking committee said this means the housing bill will be on Mr Truman's desk "in a day or two." Today's action broke a month's old stalemate on nous ing legislation. The house a month ago reject ed 161 to 92 a proposal for $600,- 000,000 in housing subsidies, but some southern democrats who teamed with republicans in the earlier vote sided today with the administration. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH SP Unaffected By Restricted Rail Service WASHINGTON. May 10- (Friday)-- A sharp cut in railroad freight and passenger traffic went into effect last midnight because of the coal strike. An order by the office of de fense transportation prohibited non-essential railroad shipments. and reduced passenger service by 25 per cent. In addition, the ODT asked motor carriers to give pri ority to essential goods to avert large scale diversion of rail ship ments to the highways. Southern Pacific passenger ser vice will not be curtailed by the coal shortage, because all SP trains use oil for fuel, according to word here from C. E. Peter son, vice president of the SP. Peterson stated that connecting railroads which extend the SP system eastward have informed the Southern Pacific that main through trains to Chicago and St. Louis will be continued. East ern routes will continue to ope rate principal trains from Chicago to New York, but may curtail some second sections, he said. Students Asked To Aid on Farms School students are asked to register for bean platoons to help save crops by meeting the short age of farm help, Mrs Gladys Turnbull, farm labor assistant. said Thursday. Cards have been sent out to thd local schools, she said, and women platoon leaders from previous years are asked to help again. Help for other crops is also needed she stressed, as well as hop trainers for which there is a steady demand and for whom transportation is furnished to the yards. Future Atom Bomb Victims 4. i . -Sa . - SB -fcri 5 it. 8 AN FRANCISCO, May 9 J. O. Kudd (left) of the concern which purchased the animals la the vicinity of San Angelo, Tex, shows off some of the; shipment of 209 goats to be sent to Bikini a toll for the atom bomb tests. They are to bo used to determine the effect of bombs on living creatures. (AP Wirephoto) Portland Students 'Skip Classes to Protest Yoa woald hav quadrupletsT Fertilizer Order May Co to Alumina Plant Should the Salem alumina plant receive a United Nation Relief administration order for 50,000 tons of ammonium sulphate ferti lizer for use in the Philippines, China and Japan, its operations would be assured for another year, Salem Chamber of Com merce officials said Thursday. An order of that size is under con sideration and may come to the Salem plant, chamber represen tatives were told. STRIKE THREAT COLLAPSES CAIRO, May 9 -(A)- Threat of a general strike throughout Egypt tomorrow, which had been called by Moslem and Arab associations in protest against the British American report of Palestine, ap peared to be breaking down today. PORTLAND, j Ore., May 9-(VHundreds of shouting Portland high school students milled through downtown streets today in a dem- onstration against expected budget cuts which would curtail sports and other activities. School Supt. Willard B. Spalding estimated that about 20 per cent of the city's 15,000 students were absent from classes. He said those not in school tomorrow would be suspended for the rest of the term. A second parade was staged to night after an ineffectual down town rally. The demonstration was a larger scale continuance of yesterday's, when students ranged through town shouting "Down with Snell." Gov. Earl Snell's refusal to call a special legislative session to en act a law enabling the Portland school district to vote on a $ 1,700, 000 tax levy led to the demonstra tions. Fist Fights At Washington high school fist fights broke out this morning when students from other schools appeared to urge that school's par ticipation in the "strike." Princi pal S. E. Smith released athletic lettermen from classes to patrol the ground and prevent disturb ances. . As students marched down city streets, motorcycle police held their lines in order. Two students wereslightly injured, one falling from an overloaded car and the other suffering a foot bruise when a car struck him. Mass Meeting George A. Haskell, candidate for the republican nomination to the state senate, distributed handbills to the students, urging ' a mass meeting Friday night. He said he did not Intend to incite them to strike but "I want to form a com mittee of school students to deal with Snell." Improvement Due in UNNRA WASHINGTON May 9 -UP) The United Nations relief and re habilitation administration today demanded Immediate improve ment In the distribution of food to war-ravaged nations under its ing. Following up the protest of UNRRA Director General Fiorello H. LaGuardia that present allo cations are "grossly inadequate" to feed Europe and Asia's starv ing millions, the 48-member gov erning council passed a resolu tion, without a dissenting vote, urging improvement. Specifically, It" recommended that governments i both those supplying and importing food "develop immediately plans for the improvement of international machinery for the allocation of foodstuffs in short supply." Willamette Flight Course Approved Willamette university faculty has voted to offer a pilot training course beginning with the fall se mester. President G. Herbert Smith announced Thursday. Wil lamette will be one of the few universities In the Northwest to offer such - an aviation course. Details of the course remain to be arranged, but it is expected at Willamette that it will be similar to the Oregon State college course in which students lake two hours of ground training and one of fly ing, per week through three se mesters, with academic credit for two hours per semester. Bill Adds 45 Days To Draft WASHINGTON, May A stopgap resolution to continue the draft 45 days beyond May 15 was dashed off with a pencil by Senator Johnson (D-Colo) today and passed unanimously by the senate in five minutes House leaders immediately made plans to pass it quickly in that chamber and speed it to the president for his signature. It would continue the draft, just as it is, until July 1 pending con gressional action on a longer ex tension. Paradoxically, the hurried ac tion puts the armed services in better shape than they might have been if considered legisla tion were adopted, for draft boards now will continue their present induction practices until July 1 at Jeast. The bouse, in voting a nine- month extension, had ordered in ductions suspended for a five month "holiday" to give the re cruiting program a trial. Federa I Mine Seizure Believed Near, 'A ction 9 ; Promised by President Snell Asked to Act in Poultry Feed Crisis PORTLAND. Ore., May 9-(sft- The Oregon Poultry council asked Gov. Earl Snell today to send Er- vin L. Peterson, state agriculture director, to Washington in an at tempt to obtain badly needed poultry and livestock feed. Oregon's poultry industry Is threatened with "complete liqui dation" unless the commodity credit corporation releases enough wheat to meet requirements until the new crops come in, the coun cil executive committee declared. Snell was asked to seek Gov. Mon C. Wallgren's cooperation In dis patching the Washington state agriculture chief to Washington also. War Veterans Show Scholastic Prowess CORVALLIS, May 9.-jip-The 2000 veterans attending ' Oregon State college topped the men's scholastic average last term 2.56 to 2.43, the registrar's office re ported today. The vets' average, slightly bet ter than midway between B and C, was .02 below that of the co eds. Truman to Hold To Foreign Policy WASHINGTON, May 9JP) President Truman today discount ed the possibility of a major change in American foreign policy toward Britain and Russia as a result of imminent collapse of the foreign ministers' conference at Paris. The president declared that he had not heard of any change. He added pointedly that he is the one who makes the policies. V Dam City For 8,000 Approved Plans already have been ap proved for a housing project for 8,000 persons at the Detroit dam. and actual work on the dam itself should begin this year if adequate roads can be constructed. Col. O. E. Walsh, newly - appointed army district engineer for Port land, said here Thursday night. - Speaking at an informal dinner sponsored by Douglas McKay's chamber of commerce committee at the Marion, Colonel Walsh said $2,000,000 had been allotted to the bureau of public roads for a new highway around the to-be-flooded area. The Willamette valley, he said, incurred 6 per cent of the total flood damage in the nation last year, and that "the longer (flood control) projects are delayed the more the cost." He added that in regard to other proposed projects "it was not deemed feasible and right that the Sweet Home area be inundated." The housing project for Detroit is to be on high ground just west of the confluence of the North Santiam and the Breitenbush. Garbage Men Praise City for Lack of Waste Take It from the garbage com pany which should know, Salem is not a waster of food. Asked regarding a Portland story that garbage in that city was showing a marked decrease in edible waste. William Schlitt. operating Sanitary Service, Inc., said Thursday: "Salem has been very conserv ative for several years in throw ing away food material. There was a time when half and whole loaves of bread were tossed out. but hot recently. Most things thrown away now arc not fit for consumption and food wast age here is at a minimum.' Committees in charge of help ing conserve food to aid famine stricken nations have been urging every effort to conserve edibles that might otherwise bo careless ly thrown out. Senators Drop First of Season By 8 to 2 Score It had to happen so and it happened to Salem's baseball Sena- Jg tors last aunt. The Western Interna 1 1 o n a I league leaders. after breaking a record with IS eonseeutive victories, lost to the Wenatchee Chiefs last night. IU2.lt was the first loss of the season for Manager Frisco Edwards' stal warts. Long Leo Fall in. Salem right hander, was the losing pitcher when the Chiefs scored six runs la the second Inning. The Sena tors move to Spokane tonight to open a four-esnse series ending Sunday. They retura home next Tuesday a I g III against Yakima. t Electric Walkout Settled British Loan Vote Today WASHINGTON. May 9 (A The senate agreed tonight after a stormy debate to vote at S pjn. (EST) tomorrow on final passage of the $3,750,000,000 British loan bill. The unanimous agreement came after Democratic Leader Barkjey (Ky) previously had failed to ob tain such a pact and had urged senators to remain In session in an attempt to pass the measure tonight. Senator Morse (R-Ore). who blocked the first attempts, later withdrew his objection and the hour was fixed. PACKAGE SIZE LIMITED Because of the coal shortage, no parcel post weighing more than 11 pounds or more than 60 Inches length and girth combined will be accepted by the postal de partment. Acting Salem Postmas ter Albert. Gragg announced Fri day following . receipt of new or ders from the postmaster general. SaDem Watteo System eportedl in Danger Denied the $50,000 channel clearing project sought from the federal government, Salem's wa ter commissioners indicated Thursday the city might have to depend on prayers to a higher au- Churchill Pleads for 'United States of Europe', Lauds 20-Year Friendship Pact with Russia THE HAGUE, May 9-;p-Win-ston Churchill urged today for mation of The United States of Europe, both of the east and the west," and declared this would unify the continent and bring "prosperity, justice! and peace" In a half hour speech before The Netherlands parliament which ended in ;s tumultuous ovation, the former! wartime Brit ish prime minister said: "1 see no reason Why under the guardianship of a ; world organi zation there should not arise the United States of Europe, both of the, east and west, which will unify this continent in a manner never known since the Roman empire. '. "It will give you prosperity, justice and peace." Churchill expressed the hope that Britain's 20-year friendship treaty with Russia "wilj prove one of the securities of world peace," apd said "it in no way conflicts with other treaties" At another point, speaking of nationalism, Churchill assailed "that type of nationalism which would reduce us all to one uni form," and criticized countries whose nationalism is expressed "in a senseless urge to be the big gest in the world" Now leader of the conservative opposition in the British govern ment, Churchill declared that Britain "welcomes the proposed treaty of friendship with France" J and gave voice to the wish that the western democracies of Eu rope might draw together "in an ever closer association." He followed this with a defini tion of democracy. "There are certain, simple prac tical tests by which the virtue and reality of any political democracy may be measured," he said. "Does the government in any country rest on u free constitu tional basis, assuring the people the right , to vote according to their will for- whatever candi dates they choose? Is there the right of free expression of opin ion, of free support, free opposi tion, free advocacy, free criticism of the government of the day?" thority than congress to keep its water supply during flood peri ods the next four winters. The Detroit dam, now scheduled for completion in 1950, may material ly change the situation, they be lieve. A visit to the Stayton Island reservoir assured the commission ers, they said, that disaster was averted "by a hair" during the past winter's high waters. With out the channel -clearing, only na ture can save the water supply. Manager Carl Guenther said. As in other yeaTs, he declared, water system personnel will make ev ery effort to keep the flood from the reservoir by makeshift 'walls and whatever clearance they can manage. Col. O. E. Walsh, district army engineer, in Salem yesterday, re iterated that the chahneL-clear-ance project would have provid ed only temporary relief because of the low elevation of the island, and because of that, apparently, the engineers did not recom mend it. Water commissioners Indicated they would start all over again with an application for even tem porary relief to save the city's million-dollar investment. $857,373.16 County Budget Wins Approval A tentative county tax levy of $857,373.18 was approved by the county budget committee as it completed its work on the 1946-47 budget Thursday noon. This to tal is $541.54 lef than the maxi mum allowed under the six per cent limitation amendment. Items totaling $17,458 46 were added to the original budget esti mates. Money for thee were taken from the $50,000 allotted to pootwar projects and the residue placed in the road fund. Pay Raises i Pay raises of $15 a month were granted all county employes ex cept for the probation officer whose salary was raised $300 year to $2700. Two extra clerks were approved for the clerk's of fire and a full time school super visor at $2100 and a 10 months su pervisor at the same salary, as contracted by the education board. were approved. Resolution Recommendation to the legisla ture of a new pay scale for county elective officials was made with the adoption of a resolution sub mitted by Leo Childs. The scale Includes: county Judge, $3140; com missioner. $3600; sheriff. $3600; clerk, $3600; treasurer, $3300; as sessor, $3600; school superintend ent, $3600; recorder, $3300; Justice of the peace, $3300; and constable, $2700. Approval was also given for the purchase of a loose leaf system for the assessor's office to aid In maintaining the tax rolls. (Additional details on page 2) Cyclist Hurt In Car Wreck Clarence Mundinger, 1740 Ker ry St., was under observation .at Salem Deaconess hospital last night for lacerations and bruises Incurred In a collision of the bi cycle he was riding and an auto mobile driven by Clinton G. Kuhn, box 55. Ratcliff dr. Mundinger was thrown to the pavement and his glasses broken, causing an eye cut, InvestigaUng police said. Both the bicyclist and the auto were going south In the 100 block of South Front street shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday when the accident occurred. . The injured man is the father of Folic Detective Erse I Mundin Molotov, Byrnes Stage Verbal Battle PARIS, May 9.-01")-James E. Byrnes, U. S. secretary of state. and R u s s i a's foreign minister, V. M. Molotov, battled verbally for two hours today on an Amer ican proposal to call a 21 -nation peace conference June 13. The conference adjourned without agreement until tomorrow. Molotov sought to require i a four-power accord on all treaties as a preliminary to opening a peace conference, American sour ces said. I By Um AaMwUUd Proae Civilian Production Chief Joha D. Small railed last night fur gov ernment tenure of struck roi mines, and President Truman reported planning "militant" ac tion if a quick end to the soft coal tieup wss not forthcoming. Earlier the chief execuUve told his news conference he would fs vor seizure of American railroads If that step were necessary ts keep them running. Mr. Truman didn't amplify Ms remarks cm the rsilrol. The Bi other hoods of Railrr4 Traimen and Lororatlve Engineer have scheduled a nationwide strike for May II and their rvgoUuna with the carriers have been bi k en off. l.tOt.as Oat of Work Small reported 1,004,000 has been thrown out of work by the coal strike and that the wheels f industry soon would "grind to a rude stop." ' Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chi cago told newsmen, after a con ference with the president, that Mr. Truman had a program tot ending the strike of 400.UO4 Unit ed Mine Workers and was "going to become militant" If the progtam does not bring results. President Truman, asserting the coal strike was slowly art! grad ually approathing the stage rf a strike against the government, told his news conference that various methods of roping with the situa tion were under coruiderstion. Cheerfnl Nolo The day's one cheerful nle In the chorus of gloomy labor re ports was settlement of the 113 day old strike of 73.094 Westing house Electric Corp. production workers. The strike, longest major dis pute In the postwar period, settled on the basis of an 16 cetits hourly wage increase. Meat Market Closes 'Due to OPA Controls' One downtown Salem ' mr market, the Midget at 33 1 huto St., closed its doors Friday nh the promise of Manager llarrf Levy that It would reopen whtA OPA rulings would permit it to somewhere near meet the do mands of its customers. Levy emphasised that quota restrictions and not any vi-lat, it on the part of the market were forcing him to close. Other meat merchants in downtown Salem, their quotas also rut. Intimated they would like to follow suit. But bread was, back at least on afternoon bakery shelves, allit much of It was cornbread. No In creases In baking allotments made the feat poaalble, clerks declared.! One groter thought perhaps tt o woman who Tuesday bought 13 loaves to guarantee a brea 1 sup ply for her household of two per sons was among those ho did not buy bread Thursday. Community-type grocery stores began to show butter In refriger ated cases, and there ajparenUy was once again an ample supply of margarine. City Stores Get 'Facc-Lif? Job Postwar face-liftings brighten Salem's downtown business streets today. Whether or not lumber Is avail able (and two major remdeltng lobs are in process now), pslr.t has flowed freely the past two weeks, a 6 talesman survey re veals. Every store front but one on the east side of the 200 blncta of North Commercial street has had iU "face lifted." while 10 other similar Improvements have been completed r are well under way. James Thompaoii Presumed to Be Dead James Thompson, AMMlc, who left high school here during his sophomore year to enlist In the navy, is now presumed to be dead, the navy has notified his mother, Mrs. Margery Lee Drake, who now resides in Central ia. Wash. Thompson was a passenger on a transport plane which left More tal, Moluccas islands, for the Phil ippines on March 19, 1949. and Is believed to have crashed into the sea. TIUMAN VETO BILL. WASHINGTON, May 9 -OP) A bill to establish a separate op tometry corps In the army's med ical department was vetoed today by President Truman. State Milk Board Hearing Finished PORTLAND, May 9 -A'- The state milk control board's hear ing on milk prices closed here to day and the examiner, Samuel It. Weinstein, said testimony would be reviewed by the director, then presented to Uie board. Milk producers anked that the new OPA ceiling of 14t cents a quart be made the minimum. The present minimum is 14 rents, es tablished by the board In 1941. The higher minimum was oppos ed by the league of Women vot ers, the OPA, and Safeway Stors. Weather t Jam Ma. Mi. it SI turn Prtlan4 . Saa rrsoctace ss Seattle St Willamette river 14 ft. FORECAST (from US. wssthf bu reau. McNar Iwld. KaWrni: Prllf cloudy today and tonight, liigbast tan- pertaurs 70 Oegiec.