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rur RLY mm, nl Separate Peace KCHTT-SDCTH YEAR 10 PACES CRT SffiEOGOS Tb fission of the atom sets up what U called chain reaction. Flyiiur neutrotis knock out neu trons from other atoms and these, on the loose, repeat the process. . The comparison fits in the cur rent labor disturbances. One strike sets off another strike, and this another. So we have "chain reaction' in industrial relations. The hope that we might have one binge" of strikes and then the world would become calm and peaceful is glimmering as threat of railroad strike piles on top cf paralyzing coal strike. Come next fall and the automobile workers' contracts expire and "Walter Reuther will be back as be has promised to make another collection In bargaining, the prev ious settlement being hailed only as "down payment-'' Will that touch off fresh series of strikes? What the country is involved In besides the usual haggling and disputing between labor and management is labor politics. There is keen rivalry among la bor organizations as to which will bring home the biggest wage in creases. There is rivalry within some unions, like the UAW, as ambitious leaders seek to en trench themselves by making the biggest showing in industrial bargaining. Employers and the public are thus the victims as contentious organizations and leaders seek to make (Continued on editorial page) New Truce in Central China NANKING, May lOHV-A new true in central China was an nounced today, paving the way for further efforts to settle the Manchurian conflict, where the ascendant communist forces ad mittedly outnumber government troops two to one. The new cease-fire agreement was announced by US Brig. Gen. H. A. Byroade, communist Gen. Chou En-Lai. and government Gen. Hsu Yun-Chang. who went to the scene north of Hankow Sunday. It provides for all fighting to cease, exchange of prisoners, halt ing all troop movements and for tification building, exchange of liaison officer, evacuation of 1000 Communist wounded and sirk. mid protection for demobilized com munists en route home. Portland School Attendance Shows Marked Increase PORTLAND. Ore . May lO-OTV School attendance was higher than usual today as two days of stu dent demonstrations protesting expected budget cuts ended. School SupC Willard B. Spal ding said students not in cla.s to day faced suspension, and princi pals reported fewer absences than la months. Downtown parades, shouts against Gov. Earl Snell and chants of "We want sports" mark ed1 yesterday's demonstration. The walk-out followed the gov ernor's refusal to call a special legislative session to enable Port sand to vote a special tax levy. Animal Crackers By WASJciN GOODRICH 'What a character! Ht READS booktT ??- ' -i . T Jin 1 V KHJNBBO Salem. Orocon, Saturday Morning. May 11. 1946 Authority Asked For Split Vote By Wendell Webb Managing editor. The Statesman The immediate fate of Salem's bus tieup was in the hands of the International Motor Coach Em ployes union at Detroit today as a result of action taken by the city council last night. Under the signatures of David O Hara, acting mayor, and T. S Beguin, assistant business agent of union local 1055, a telegram was sent to W. c Manon, inter national president, asking per mission to have Salem union members vote separately on the acceptace on terms offered by Oregon Motor Stages. The action was authorized by the council, and agreed to by Be guin, after these steps: Fare Plea Modified 1. A. L. Schneider, general manager of Oregon Stages, sug gested such action might permit resumption of service here with out waiting for settlement of cur rent differences in other parts of the stage system, and withdrew a previously-implied condition that the council would have to approve a boost In fares before stages would run. 2. Beguin stressed it constitut ed no promise that, even if the international approved taking a separate vote in Salem, the stage line's current offer would be ac cepted by local union members. The offer Is $1.15 an hour (up 20 cents). It appeared the con sensus of opinion that if Salem union members could vote sepa rately it would be accepted. The same situation prevails in Eugene, and the wire also sought permis sion for a separate vote in Eu gene. It read as follows: "Pei-mission is hereby request ed of your good offices to permit the Salem and Eugene drivers and mechanics of Oregon Motor Stages who are members of di vision 1055 to ballot separately on company proposal. Please wire The two outstanding differences in the five-week tie-up now con stitute the company's demand that on-the-road drivers accept stand ees within a radius of 20 miles and the 2 -cent difference be twetri the $1.27,s hourly rate of fered fur over-the-road drivers and the $1 30 which the union has indicated is acceptable. John F. Nelson of Portland and Seattle, who previously bought a bus franchise, did not appear. A representative of the newly in corporated Veterans' Transit as sociation spoke briefly, saying his group would like to start opera tions in Salem if the current dis pute was not Ironed out. Impatience Shown Prior to the final action. Alder man Tom Armstrong proposed that the city operate its own bus line, but was told by City Attor ney Lawrence Brown such a step was not legal without a charter amendment Alderman R. A. Forkner and R. O. Lewis propos ed to eliminate both factions in the current dispute from the Sa lem transportation picture if a settlement was not reached soon. Others on the council present also indicated impatience at the pro longing of the tie-up which began April S. Attending were Aldermen E. W. Acklin, Albert H. Gille, James A. Byers. Howard Maple and C. F. French, in addition to those men tioned. O'Hara was named mayor pro tern during the absence from the city of Mayor I. M. Doughton. Beguin said after the session that he expected a representative of the international union to be here the first of the week, pend ing the international's decision as to whether Salem and Eugene should settle their disputes by themselves. Cars Crash as Woman Driver Halts to Let Turtle Cross Road A pokey land turtle and a wom an motorist who paused to let it cross the road but drove on with out leaving name or address when two cars crashed on the highway beside her at Eola Springs Friday morning helped cause an acci dent in which a Salem man and a Monmouth woman were ser iously injured, state police be lieve. Calvan Vernon, 3055 Portland roac driving west behind the un known woman, turned out to pass her car when she stopped appar Sought - a. Plans Trip Ervln L. Peterson, slate director f agriculture, who will leave for Washington. D. C, soon In an attempt to secure adequate livestock and poultry feed sup plies for Oregon farmers. Feed Crisis to Send; Peterson To Washington E. L. Peterson, state agriculture director, will leave for Washing ton, D.C. as soon as possible to confer with officials in regard to obtaining sufficient livestock and poultry feed, to prevent collapse of these industries, Gov. Earl Snell directed Friday. Action by Governor Snell was taken upon request of the Oregon poultry council executive commit tee. Snell also telegraphed the gov ernors of Washington and Califor nia urging them to cooperate in (he project. Peterson said he would leave for Washington ' as soon as reservations are available. Upon receiving Governor Snell's directive, Peterson contacted the agricultural departments of Wash ington and California and asked that they also send representatives to the national capitol. The executive committee of the Oregon poultry council estimated that 1.500,000 bushels of wheat could be required. Ike Pins Hope On U.N. Status TOKYO. Saturday. May ll-W The whole , problem of United States bases in the Pacific is de pendent on -the establishment of the United Nations as a world power for preserving peace. Gen eral Eisenhower, U. S. chief of staff, declared today. Reiterating his opinion that "the world ; can't stand another war we all know that," Eisen hower told a news conference the big problem is to make the peo ple of the World understand it is necessary that the UN solve ques tions which in the past have led to armed conflict. State Traffic Toll Tops U.S. Average While traffic fatalities for the nation as whole during the first three months of 1946 were 2 per cent under the toll for the comparative; figure of 1941, Ore gon fatalities were 53 per cent over the 1941 toll. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., re ported here; Friday. Traffic fatalities in Oregon for the first three months of this year numbered 101 compared with 6S during the similar period in 1941. TO LUNCjH SANS BREAD WEST SALEM, May 10 (Speci al ) -No bread will be served at the semi-monthly luncheon meet ings of West Salem Lions club, it was decided; by members at the meeting this week. Dr. Arthur F. Goffrier is president and Albert Lamb, secretary of the club. ently to let the turtle have right-of-way and his car ran head on Into an eastbound vehicle driven by Hugh Edward Hassell, Mon mouth. Vernon is said to be in serious condition at Salem Dea coness hospital, although full ex tent of his injuries had not been determined this morning. Mrs. Hassell, with! head cut and possi ble skull fracture, is at Salem General hospital. Hassell was re leased from the hospital when an X-ray examination revealed he was not seriously injured. : -A I by Salem Bus .tesmati Pric 5c No. 39 Senators Approve Loan Bill WASHINGTON, May 10 -(iT) A 50-year loan of $3,750,000,000 to prime Great Britain's enonomic pump was approved by the sen ate today and sent to an uncer tain fate in the house. By a 46 to 34 vote the chamber approved without changing any of its terms legislation authoriz ing the advance of funds under an agreement signed with the British last December. Passage came after the admin istration. In full command of the situation, beat down amendments which Democratic Leader Bark ley (Ky) contended would have forcer renegotiation of the agree ment with resultant delays. In the. house. Chairman Spence (D-Kyl of the banking commit tee has ordered hearings to start Tuesday and expects them to last about two weeks. Rep. Sparkman of Alabama, the democratic whip, predicted the house would pass the measure a week later by a comfortable majority. Death Claims Marion County ml Commissioner James E. Smith, 75, Marion county commissioner for more than 20 years, died at his home Friday. He had : been in poor health for several years, but had auenaea me i budget com- "Ss ! i n ( lvionuay, becoming 111 Tuesday. ' He had pio neered in de velopment of the flax in-1 dustry here, and was an early advo cate of better vrtaHa nn4 in promotion of I V the inter- , j county ferry system. Smith James Smith was born in St. Paul March 12, 1871. Recitation of the Rosary will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Clough-Barrick chapel. Services will be conducted Monday at 9 a.m. at the St. Paul Catholic church, with burial at the St. Paul cemetery. Courthouse circles indicated E. L. Rogers, only candidate for the position in either party, would be named to succeed Commissioner Smith. (Additional details on page 2). Vets Seek Liaison With Iabor Council Members of the veterans serv ice committee voted to request an exchange of representatives with the central labor council, Friday noon. Members expressed the idea that coordination between the two groups would help iron out dif ficulties in veterans apprentice ship training and help solve oth er veteran problems. t it , m Reds Abandon Pflea For Africa Footthold By Joseph Dynan PARIS, May 10 -&)- Russia yielded tonight on two disputed points in the Italian treaty be fore the four-power foreign min isters council, indicating, Ameri can sources said, a possible open ing wedge in the week-long stalemate between the soviet union and the western powers. V. M. Molotov, soviet foreign minister, agreed to give Italy sole trusteeship of her colonies won In pre-fascist days and to consent to an allied war criminals com mission inside Italy two points he previously opposed. Although, American sources said. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes agreed to both points, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the council he main tained "reservations" concerning the colonies. Molotov previously had dis agreed with the proposal first put forth by the French for al lowing Italy to act as trustee of her former colonies under the United Nations, demanding that Russia be given a dominant role in Tripolitania in northern Africa. (Story in Column 2) Seabee Training to the Rescue GLENWOOD, ML. May 10 pedals bicycle arrangement he wood near Chicago, when dlmout orders limited operating time of bis service station. His father bis machinists Job because of ine statesman.) City Council Votes Money for Night Softball Facilities Immediate expenditure of ap proximately $5000 to provide fa cilities for night Softball games on school property near Leslie Ju nior high appeared probable today. The city council Friday ap proved a motion to transfer that amount from the postwar park and sewage fund to the play ground fund for such purposes. Developments planned include bleachers, lights, fences and oth er facilities. The tract would be leased to the Softball league when ever it was needed, with all net proceeds to revert to the park and sewage fund. Hoover Back, Hits at Strikes SAN FRANCISCO, May 10-;P) Back from a food and famine survey that took him into more than 20 countries around the world in less than two months, former President Herbert Hoover today lashed out at the coal and threatened rail and shipping strikes which he said could bring death to millions. He said he will broadcast "a full report to the American peo ple on the whole famine situa tion" on May 17. Court Silent oh Tax Case Move No intimation was given here Friday by the state supreme court on how it would act on a petition by Attorney General George Neu ner seeking clarification of a pre vious decision ruling illegal the calling of a special election in the Portland school district to vote on a $1,750,000 tax levy. Clarification is sought of the court's opinion that the registrar of election had no authority to call the election. TO SPEAK TO GRADUATES Dr. Morgan O'Dell, Lewis and Clark college president, will de liver the commencement address at Salem high school the night of May 29, Principal Harry Johnson announced Friday. Prof. John L. Knight, Willamette university. Is to deliver the baccalaureate ser mon Sunday night. May 26. Observers believed Molotov'a sur prise move today was tantamount to withdrawing his demand for Tripolitania. YW Building Fund Campaigners Start Drive With Banquet $1500 Gift to Serve as Memorial A $1500 gift quietly tendered at the close of the banquet program and announced this morning for the first time, publicly climaxed Friday night's "information din ner, official opening of the YW CA's new building fund campaign. The gift, which came from Mrs. C. A. Ratclif f, will make the vesti bule of the YW's new home a memorial to her mother. Salem is privileged in the op portunity to invest in the future of its young women by erecting a building to house such an organi zation as the YWCA, Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, president of the College of Puget Sound, de clared as he drew word pictures Drivers Ex-Seabee William Voelker. Jr. (left) rigged up to ran gas pump in Glen- William, sr.. (right) was laid off from the coal strike. (AP Wlrephoto to Plans for Civic Auditorium in Salem Okehed A public auditorium may be erected by the city of Salem in Bush's pasture (new city park) as soon as suitable financing is as sured and plans for the building have been approved by the Pio neer Trust company. This author ization, signed by A. N. Bush, was a surprise feature of the papers which changed hands Friday. The city yesterday received the deed to the 43 acres it is purchas ing this spring and quitclaim deed to the 57 acres previously given to it but held in life estate. A bar gain and sale deed for a 10-acre athletic field was turned over by the city to Willamette university, and a quitclaim deed to the same property went to Willamette from A. N. Bush. Title insurance must still be provided and the deeds filed for the city's new 100 - acre park property. Foster Creek Dam Okehed WASHINGTON, May 10-;P) Pacific Northwest water develop ment projects with Initial costs in the neighborhood of $80000.000, among them the Foster creek dam on the Columbia with an esti mated $71,000,000 cost for con struction of the dam and three generating units, won approval of the house rivers and harbors com mittee today. Meantime today, the house ap propriations committee's action in slashing Bonneville power admin istration funds for the year start ing July 1 from $21,173,069 to $12,306,400 was tentatively ap proved by the house. 5700 Veterans ' To Debark Today By the Associated Press More than S700 returning vet erans from European and Pacific theatres are due to debark from nine vessels at three U. S. ports today. ' Ships arriving: At New York M. Imt. Victory from LeHavre, Woodbridge Victory from Brem erhaven. Hood Victory from Bre merhaven, India Victory from Bremerhaven, Gen. Merch B. Stewart from Canal Zone. At San Diego - APD Runnels. At San Francisco Marine Fox from Okinawa, Tolanda from Guam. of some of the great things which have been done in' the world by women who as girls were coun seled, aided or inspired by such persons as "will staff your new YWCA building." Around the Marlon hotel Mir ror room tables were gathered some 250 persons, many of them already part of the organization which plans to raise $180,000 for the new building which will rise where the present structure stands on State street next door to the public library and the Telephone building. Mu-rfc by the Tri-Y choir, di rected bv Virginia Ward Elliott, and by Dorm Jean Macklin, Girl Reserve violinist, accompanied by Lewis iPirDpDiD Fdd TempQirairy ; CeDoeiF Accepted White House Announces Both Sides Agreed on lrineiple of Welfare Fund WASHINGTON, May lMVThe 40-day soft coal Htrik was temporarily halted tonight as operators accepted-John L. Lewis proposal for a two weeks truce. The White House announced that both rides to the con flict crippling the American economy had agreed, to the? principle of a health and welfare fund, but they were still far from accord on the details of a new contract. President Truman told them to reach one and bring it to him by next Wednesday. One jump ahead of expected action by a congress alarmed over the industrial crisis, Lewis order ed his 400,000 bituminous miners to dig coal until May 23 if the op erators would agree to make any pay increase retroactive to today. 'Captive' Mines Agree The "captive" mines which are owned by the steel companies and the output of which goes in to steel production quickly agreed. The spokesman for the other operators went into a huddle and announced that they accepted al so, adding that they had received government assurance of price rises corresponding to the in creased costs. i Summoned to the White House for a 4 p.m. conference, Lewis and Charles O'Neill, operators' spokesman, told reporters after ward that the president had call ed upon them to reach a contract in four or five days. Oregon Little Affected Friday's temoorarv truce in the coal mine shutdown will affect v JOHN U LEWIS Oregon only to the extent if The Bulldog Eases Ilia Grip any that it alters the freight embargo, a survey of the atate'a major cities indicated. The coal shortage has had little direct effect in this region cf oil and wood fuel and hydroelectric power. Industries have not closed and no homes have been cold. Jaltern Oregon has been most seriously -threatened. Pendleton's canneries need coal for processing 50,000 acres of peas. With the canning season approaching, three plants in the area converted to oil and others would be critically hampered if the shortage continued. La Grande, where coal is only 10 to 15 tons in dealers' hands. But Baker,' similarly dependent on coal, reported stocks only slightly below average. Portland dealers said they five-day needs under government burg and Eugene, where little coal ficulty. 28 Die as Navy Planes Collide MUNSON, Fla., May 10 (JP) Twenty-eight airmen were killed today when two big four-engined navy planes crashed in flames in a remote wooded area eight miles north of here. Officers at the Pensacola naval air station, where the planes were based, said they collided in flight during an air maneuver. The planes. Identified as PB- 4Y's. were engaged in training maneuvers and were accompanied by an F6F Hellcat fighter. Word of the collision was radioed by the accompanying fighter plane to nearby Whiting Field. Cheniawa Farmer Accidentally Shot Thomas Murhammer. 25, farm er in the Chemawa district, was in critical condition late Friday night in Salem Deaconess hos pital after being shot In the head earlier In the day. Hospital at tendants said he had not regained consciousness. Millard Elfberg, Portland, who fired the shot, was not held by tat police who Investigated the accident which occurred while Elfberg and a friend were having target practice about 250 yards from the field where Murhammer was working. STRIKE LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, May lO-UP)- The senate voted 68 to t today to take up labor legislation imme diately despite John L. : Lewis truce offer but the trend of de bate indicated there would be no action until late next week at the earliest. Weather Max. so 76 18 Min. SO 4 1 JUln .M MO .00 .00 Trace SUcta Eugene .. Portland Seattle San Francisco .. Willamette river 1.3 ft. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Clear to day with hlfhest SO decrees. Jewell Gueffrpy, opened the pro gram. Mrs. Frank Spears, chair man of the new building directo rate, and Douglas McKay, chair man of the pattern gifts commit tee, spoke briefly on the city's need for a new YWCA building. Mrs. Spears told how the YW had outgrown its quarters; McKay spoke of the needs of a growing city. The meaning of the YWCA to a business girl, a young woman in need of a home, a young mother who grew up in Girl Reserve work, a Tri-Y girl and a Girl Re serve was presented by Betty Dotson, Esther Little, Janet Mil ler and Mildred Hagen. the common heating fueL reported were ratfoning householders coal to order. At Salem, Corvaliia, Rose- is used, dealers repotted no dif Cannery Given Geeji Light by . City Council ! The proposed $750,000 cannenf of Paulus Brothers held the grecrj light of approval from the Salen city council today, and it was ex pected work would start shortl in time to provide, at leat nc? - warehouse space by this fall. The council in special session late Friday approved a coning change permitting construction of the tannery at Oxford and 14 th streets, after no one appeared at the public hearing to protest. The project already holds the approv al of the civilian production ad ministration. - There also were no objection voiced to a tone change sought in University addition on South Winter street to permit construc tion of a nurses' home for Salem Deaconess hospital and an ordi nance bill was passed allowing that project too. Vet Registration S For Jobs Dropping During April 34$ veterans reg istered for the first time at tho veterans department of the US employment service office, as against 505 new registrations tor March, Robey S. Ratcliffe, vet erans advisor at the USES office reported Friday. A total of 4963 veteran serv ice calls were handled at the ' office during April, an average of 238 calls per day, while in March 4887 calls were taken car of for a daily average of 233, Ratcliffe said. Typlioid Case Traced To Polluted Well Water One case of typhoid reported in Marion county is in the northwest portion of the county and may te traced to polluted well water, which is -now being boiled. Dr. W, J. Stone, county health officer, said Friday. Six new cases of measles, one cf mumps, one of scarlet fever, two of gonorrhea -and six of syphilis were reported in the county the week ending May 4. STUDENT LEADERS VIE Howard Blanding, Portland Ju nior, was a late candidate Friday for Monday's election of the 1946 47 president of the Willaroetta university student body. . Other contenders are Dick Spooner : of Portland and Clarence Wicks of Albany. Our Senators lost