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liberals of the PAC derivation
and socialists are getting ready to
tltmr a "bust" if it romn on bus
infwirrn. The National AikmU
tion r Manufacturer, the United
State Chamber of Commerce ami
-big business" generally are the
ready target for finger-pointiog.
Already, in anticipation cf de
bacle, the leftists are grtting ready
a 'chorus of "You did t." 1 do not
bel ee 'u tan localise guilt o
eil y
Inflation follow inflation. The
latter results when there i an
excels of speeding power in the
hands of the people (plus a dis
position to ueit) beyond the ca
pacity of the market to supply.
Our wartime inflation wi due to
diversion of pruductiion -to war
gratis, which dried up the supply
Mf civilian gd. telatrvely speak
ing; and the increase of wages led
by go ernment-supported indus
tries (trupbu tiding, etr. It is re
called that President Roosevelt, in
the early period of the world war.
Imposed price controli on merch
andise but refused to sanction re
strictions of wages and prices of
farm product. As result both
went up fast until wages, too,
were Ubiliiett Many farm prod
wet never rt.
We could have siphoned off this
Inflationary excels if wage-price
stability had been maintained im
mediately after V-J day and civil
Ian production been resumed
without delay. For failure to ac
compllih this, labor certainly
hares a large measure of respon
sibility. It hat been .
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No. 147
F.D.R. Credited
With Backing
Power of Veto
NF.W YORK. Sept 1 -(4VThe
late Pre-udent Franklin Roose-,
elt agreed with Premier Stalin
ai far back a the Tehran ctmfer
erue in 1943 that individual veto
power ai neresfary to the uni
fied action by the Big Three which
he ciidered esaential In the
jxtwar woild.
Klliott Roiwevelt tells the story
in tr.ia weeVs Look magazine In
th third of four excerpts from his
forthcoming book.
The iit to Tehran also was a
time of much weighing of person
alities, the excerpt shows. The
president was emphatic in his lik
m: f"r Stalin.
The President continued his
long-danding set-to with Church
ill at Tehran. FJliolt Indicates,
helping Gen. Marshall fight off
Chun hill's desire for invasions of
Malava and the Balkans instead
of northern France.
The Hritish didn't approve
island hopping in the Pacific, the
President said, wanting to work
up the China coast to bases from
hirh Japan could be attacked,
and they did not understand
American emphasis on the Philip
pines as a base.
Animal Crac leers
By WACaEN GOODRICH
A. C Usag, pre-eampalcsi ehalr-
snaa far the 1941 Salem Com
najBlty Chef drlre. whs win
be highlighting his ninth eon-
ecntiv year as a Chest worker
dartnr the two-week pre-csm-oign
cnuaslo which opesss this
naming with 7 J breakfast
at the Marlon hotel.
Chest Strives
For $80,035
As 1946 Goal
Salem's 144 Community Chest
drive gets its official send of f to
day, when p re-campaign workers
meet at the Marion hotel at 7:30
to have breakfast, lay pre-cam-
paign plans, and hear Dr. Charles
Durden, pastor of Calvary- Bap
tist church, offer the featured
speech of the program.
Pre-campaign Chairman A. C.
Haag, who for 23 years has served
as a Boy Scout director, stated
yesterday that pre-campaign cf
forts will attempt to raise one-half
of the Community Chest's $80,085
goal. The securing of the remain
der of the quota is dependent
upon tho, support of Salem citizens
during the regular campaign.
which, opens October 1. ,
Pre-campaign plans will be out
lined by Haag during today's
kickoff program. Short talks will
also be given by Chest President
Loyal Warner and General Cam
paign Chairman Tinkham Gilbert,
cwSwi ran s-e
"You and your parlor!"
Portland May
Use Salem V "
Welcome Idea
The tourist "welcome" cards In
augurated in Salem "are what we
need In Portland, it is declared
in a letter from A. Bancroft Wells,
manager of the visitors service of
the Portland chamber of com
merce. And Portland may have them,
too.
Wells, in writing to W. EL K I os
ier man. chairman of tho civic af
fairs committee of the Salem Ki
wanis club which sponsored the
move .said that Arthur. Kirkham,
widely-known publicist and Port
land Kiwanian. was suggesting
that his club take up the same
program.
The cards, which Chief of Police
Frank Minto declared Monday
"certainly constitute a good ; pro
gram," are given to tourists in
lieu of tickets for minor traffic
first-offenses. The Klwanis club
Is providing the police department
with another thousand. ;
Forest Closures
Lifted Today
1 Lifting of forest closures, in ef
fect during most of the summer
in the Clackamas-Marion county
area, Polk-Benton area, Tillamook
burn area, ML Hood and Siuslaw
national parks, was announced by
Nels Rogers, state forester, late
Monday. The order became opera
tive at midnight
' Only absolute closure was in he
Bull Run section in the Mt. Hood
area. Rogers said that while ac
curate figures were not available
the 1948 forest fire losses would
be low when compared with some
previous years.
School Openings
Complicated by
Staff Shortages
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By the -Associated Press j
Oregon schools are finding the
openings of classes greatly com
plicated by too many student! and
not enough teachers, f
' Thirty of the 36 counties cov
ered -i in n questionnaire showed
325 fewer teachers than last year.
and 23 ounty superintendents
predicted ton enrollment Increase
or 9.299. ' i
i Windows of 17 school houses in
seven counties are closed because
of the teacher shortage. j
: Portland, lacking 129 . Instruc
tors, was forced to close its kin
dergartensi
Teaching positions are available
in many counties including Ben
ton. Polkj Yamhill, Linn and
Marion. j
Lane county anticipated an en
rollment of 15,000 to exceed Mar
ion's expectation by 500 and rank
second after Multnomah. .
Wallace Stands
On Russian
Policy Speech
WASHINGTON, Sept 15-ttrV
Secretary I of Commerce Wallace
flung an outright challenge m the
face of Secretary of State Byrnes
today, serving notice that he
stands by his guns and will con
tinue: to fire away at what he
calls the "get tough with Russia"
policy.
Amid mounting signs of a
grave cabinet rift Wallace re
turned from a weekend holiday,
talked with President Truman by
telephone, and Issued this state
ment: j ! i
"I stand upon my! New York
speech. It was interesting to find
that both the extreme right and
the extreme left disagreed with
the views 2 expressed Feeling as
I do, however, that roost Ameri
cans are j concerned about, and
willing to work for, peace, I in
tend to continue my .efforts for a
ust and lasting peace and I shall,
within the) near future, speak on
this subject again." 1
Thus hi avowed 'determination
to speak out anew In behalf of the
foreign policy he advocates prom
ised not only to deepen the schism
between him and Byrnes but also
to widen the rift between his fol
lowers and the other wing within
the democratic party. '
Top state department officials,
discussing: the explosive situation
under circumstances which made
It impossible to quote . them by
name, made it clear they would
be far happier if Wallace would
omit discussions of foreign af
fairs In future political addresses,
despite any qualified go-ahead he
might consider he had. from Pres
ident! Truman.
Reds Demand
Haltj of Greek
fPeace Threats'
LAKE SUCCESS, N Sept.
16.-ii4Pr-Russia today demanded
that the United Nations security
council order Greece to cease
"threatening peace" in the Bal
kans. : .i (
Soviet Delegate Andrei Ax Gro-
myko's strong appeal for action,
on the eve of bis taking over as
chairman of the council from Dr.
Oscar Lange of Poland, provided
that Greece be required to halt
what he termed provocative ac
tions on the Albanian border, per
secution of minorities and propa
ganda against Albania.
The soviet resolution, ' the first
direct step taken by Russia since
the soviet Ukraine offered its long
complaint against Greece and
Great Britain a month ago, also
called on the council to keep the
case on its agenda until the Greek
government "has fulfilled the rec
ommendations of the council."
0ty Study
Qf Traffic
Ordered
!: City councilmen last night
tackled various Salem trail ic
problems in the wake' of last
week's National Safety council re
port that Salem was only 63rd in
a list of 75 smaller-sized Ameri
can cities in traffic safety.
! Pleas for immediate remedial
action from a Salem Lions club
delegation at the city council ses
sion in city hall led to appoint
ment of a mayor's committee to
study feasibility of appointing.
city traffic director , directly re
sponsible to the council for, traffic
control throughout the city.
Mayor I. M. Doughton named
to the committee E. Burr Miller,
Salem Chamber of Commerce
president; Edward Majek, Salem
Lions club, president, and Harry
Scott. Lions secretary and school
board member, along with regular
members of the council's police
and traffic committee, Kenneth
C. Perry, Albert H. Gille and G.
11. Chambers.
i Specific traffic matters also
claimed the council s attention, in
eluding renewed 'attention to 12th
and State streets where a train
recently overturned a freight
truck at the buy intersection. A
majority of aldermen apparently
favored installation of a traffic
signal light there, but withheld
action until the state highway de
partment could be consulted. It is
believed that coordination of such
a signal light with the rail traffic
along 12th street will be an ex
pensive undertaking.
The council voted to seek a
contract with Warren Northwest
Co. for a new approach to the
South River road to eliminate the
hazardous turn from Miller street
that now carries most of the traf
fic. The new project, estimated to
cost $7,500, will provide entry
from Owen and Fairmount ave
nue, and will close that end of
Miller street
Also approved were: Painting
Of school area crosswalks at South
Commercial street and Fawk ave
nue, Marion and Capitol streets
and at D street and Breys avenue;
action to request Southern Pacific
Co. to place warning signals at the
Court and D street rail crossings;
a city bus schedule change per
mitting the State street bus to
cross from Court to State streets
over Cottage street and thus elimi
nate the present left turn onto
State from 12th at the busy -in
tersection; order to move the post-
office corner mailbox 20 feet, east
on Court street to end conges
tion of traffic stopping at the
Church street corner to deposit
mail; authority to improve Grant
from 18th to 19th streets at prop
erty owners' expense.
T. B. Handley
Dies Monday
PORTLAND. Sept. 16. A
heart attack was fatal today to
Thomas B. Handley, Multnomah
county district attorney. He was
64.
Handley, appointed last year by
Governor Snell, was seeking elec
tion on the GOP ticket in Novem
ber. His widow and a son, Thom
as, and a daughter, Mrs. Stanley
R. Bryant, balem, survive.
Auburn School Enrolls
114 Pupils First Day
FOUR CORNERS. Sept. 16
Auburn school enrolled 114 pupils
this morning, 32 being in the pri
mary room. Marjory Thompson
Is principal and other teachers are
Dolores Jager, Velma Laverty and
Sadie Roth.
30 EXPECTED AT MEET
Some 300 Oregon turkey grow
ers are expected in Salem today
at the state convention of the Ore
gon Turkey Improvement associa
tion to be held in Salem Chamber
of Commerce rooms.
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First day of school! At Salem high these, new students were re
, corded on moving picture film for the full -color "life In Salem"
production. Seated, at the registration table In the school
assembly (backs to camera) are. left to right. Frank Neer. former
dean of boys and assistant principal; Gurnee Flesher, who suc
ceeds Neer as dean and assistant principal; and Margaret Fisher,
of the office staff. Rallying 'round are, left to right. Dean Lyman.
Maynard Nelson.! Tom Stuart, Donna Hansen. Duane Chipman.
Duane Kottek, Alfred Pence, Lottie Ketchnm. ; Lorita Bowman.
Gilbert Blank. Lewis Sedore. Bill Smith. Billy Trussell. Gloria
Scott. Roger Williams. Midge Dabbs and Patricia Olson. On the
stage stands Movie j Cameraman Wayne. A. Clayton and Chuck
Neff. (Statesman Your town Photo)
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Walks, Streets
Scheduled for
Vets' Colony
Sidewalks will be laid and
streets improved at the veterans'
housing colony on South 16th
street, it was decided by Salem
city council at its meeting last
nightin city hall. It appropriated
$3,300 from , the emergency fund
for the project.
The council passed an ordin
ance, drawn at --Portland General
Electric Co.s suggestion, raising
the PGE annual license fee to
$22,000, an increase of $10,000
which the bill sponsor, Alderman
David O'Hara, aked be earmark
ed, for Improvement of the city's
"poorly lighted sections." PGE li
cense; fees recently were raised in
Portland and the company decid
ed to offer a similar fee elsewhere
in the state.
Despite vigorous protest by Al
derman O'Hara, the council went
on record as endorsing West Coast
Trailways application for intra
state bus service. O'Hara said he
felt a city council should not take
sides in a strictly business propo
sition, despite the fact other Ore
gon cities endorsed the application.
Finally adopted was a zone
change to permit expansion of the
Electric Cleaners business on
Highland avenue. In another re
quested zone change that would
enable PGE to erect a small sub
station at Trade street and Strand
avenue, council set a public hear
ing on the matter for 8 p..m. Oc
tober 7. i
The council also agreed to rent
the city steam shovel for four
days to Paulus Bros. Packing Co.
for emergency work at its new
cannery site In order to help ready
a warehouse in time for use this
season; hired a Corvallis engin
eering firm to survey water and
other utilities in newly annexed
city territory; approved a city air
port restaurant concession for
Harry Gardner.
General Henri Courand
Dies in Paris at 78
PARIS, Sept. 16.-flP)-Gen. Hen
ri Gpuraud, 78, the one-armed
"lion I of champagne" of the first
World war, died today at his Par
Is apartment where he had been
confined for the past few months
by his numerous old wounds.
Gourauds crowning military
achievement came in July, 1916
when his t Fourth French army
took the brunt of the German of
fensive and turned it back. His
army included three famous Am
erican divisions, the Second, 36th
and 42nd (Rainbow).
Gov.; Snell Sets
Aside Sept. 17 as
'Constitution t)av9
i Gov. Earl Snell Monday issued
a statement here designating Sep
tember 17 as "Constitution day"
in Oregon. "The constitution
merits study, thought and sup
port," the governor declared. "I
strongly urge that Oregon's
schools, ; in , particular, make a
point of discussing this character
of human freedom on the day set
aside in its honor."
AFL Asks CIO
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To Withdraw
Picket Lines
SAN FRANCISCO, Sebt. I6.-W)
Harry Lundeberg, head of the
nation's AFL seamen, threatened
today to classify the CIO mari
time walkout "a political -strike"
if CIO picket lines are riot with
drawn from ships under A"L con
tracts. He said his men would "act
accordingly."
Joseph P. Ryan, eastern AFL
longshoremen's leader, shouldered
through picket lines established in
New York by the national mari
time union (CIO) tod ay. I
That sailors of the AFL seafar
er's international union jmay fol
low suit was seen in instructions
issued in San Francisco by Lund
eberg, president of the east coast
SIU and secretary of the west
coast sailors; union of th Pacific.
West coast shipowners and strik
ing CIO unions remained dead
locked, meanwhile, on preliminar
ies for settling the west coast
walkout, and the ClO-oommittee
for maritime unity appealed di
rectly to the White House for
means to bring both sides togeth
er.
Shipowners, accused
striking maritime unions!
responsible for the west coast
shipping tieup by failure to ne
gotiate, were closeted in execu
tive session for several hours to
day, then adjourned with only the
word "there will be another meet
ing tomorrow."
by two
of being
Rex Kimmel Installed
As Legion Coinmatitler
Rex Kimmel is the new com
mander of Capital Post No. 9.
American Legion, after hii and
other elective officers' Installation
last night. Kimmel's predecessor
as commander is I. N. Bacon. A
new set of colors was presented by
Capital post to Pioneer post 149,
Salem all-woman group, j ;
5,853 Enroll in
City Catholic,
Public Schools '
First-day enrollment in Salem
public and parochial schools Mon
day totalled 5.833, it was an
nounced by busy school adminis
trators last nlflht as they went
about the tasks of equalizing
school loads and otherwise
smoothing out the start of an
other school your, . " j
In the city's 11 public schools,
first-day registration of S133
chWdren was 120 higher than last
year's first-day 5013, with ele
mentary and junior high schools
showing slightly less enrollment
and the Salem senior high school
showing a gain from last year's
1362 to yesterday's 1598, Superin
tend ent Frank H. Rennett, who
announced the figures, pointed
out, however, thut by yenr's end
last spring, the high school en
rollment had,- passed the 1600
mark as a result of war veterans
returning to school. j
Rennet said the early totals
indicate elementary and junior
hign classes will have between 27
and 35 pupils each. He listed sep
arate school : registrations ' as:
Bush, 418; Engl e wood, 386; Gar
field, 170; Grant. 173; Highland.
360;. McKinley, 274; Richmond
237;Washlngton, 156: Leflie. 512;;
Parrish, 849; high school, 1598. i
Salem's three Catholic schools
reported a total: enrollment of
720, with 273 at St. Joheph's ele
mentary school; 21 at St. Virf-j
cent dePaul's elementary school:
and. 202 at Sacred Heart acad
emy. . 1 - i
Starting school In first grades,
of the city! are 388 children in
public schools, 45 at St. Vincent's:
and 38 at St. Joseph's. i
Packers
Butchers
Gloomy
- By the Associated Press
The United States today wa
fast becoming an almost meatless
nation.
Across the country, the Ir.wly.
hotdog rose . in importance. Fish,
poultry and cold cuts were at a
premium. Cheese and eggs bufiked
large on homemakers menusJ
Packers and butchers alike were
pessimisticThe packers sarf they
couldn't get livestock fear siaugh-
Kalem meat dealers will re-
main In business selling tench
meats, fish, poultry, nation and
"what little beef Is available"
during the present sneat short
age.' The Statesman was told Last
night by a cresw section f locsl
meat dealers. At least esse mar
ket closed early Monday with a
door sign te proclaim: "Serry.
No Meat." Only a negligible
amount, ef pork is rtMthiag local
dealers Local packing compan
ies indicated they will pa oa
te dealers every bit ef sneat they
pack, mostly la Eunb and mat
ton, despite the fact they most
operate virtually wttboet prone
Committee to
Ask for Group
Politics Report
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-0P)-The
house Campaign expenditures
committee today decided to call
upon all organizations engaged in
political activity to report the ex
tent of their; operations, including
their funds, i
Chairman Priest (D-Tenn) an
nounced a questionnaire will go to
35 or 40 organizations, including
the CIO political action commit
tee, the National Association of
Manufacturers, the. America first
committee and the independent
citizens committee of the arts, sci
ences and professions.
Rep. Harris (D-Ark) told news
men "it, is very likely" that the
questionnaire also will go to the
American veterans committee. .
ter, and butchers couldn't get meat
from the packers. Then dealers
reported their supplies of chicken
would be gone in about two weeks
because of heavy demand.
Samplings of community titra
tions throughout the country
yielded almost identical and dis
couragingreports: Washington, D. C. "Meat sup
ply getting slimmer with packers
offering poultry, eggs, lamb and
little else."
Boise, Idaho-Lots of mutton
available, but pork scarce: beef
plentiful in some stores."
Salt. Lake City "Some stores
have limited supplies of beef; mut
ton ample; practically no pork."
Omaha. Neb. "No meat. About
half Omaha's 10.000 packinghouse
workers liid off."
Seattle "A few scattered mar
kets, have some mutton. Limb and
poultry and hold-over 'storage'
meat. I .
Portland The meat supply in
this city will be exhausted within
three- days, a food merchant,
spokesman said today as a meat
cutters' union official reported re
vival of black market operations
since. OPA ceiling prices were 're
stored. There was virtually no meat in
Mobile, Birmingham. 'Atlanta,
Nashville and Memphis.
Car Prices Increased
Meanwhile prices of Ford-bunt
automobiles and of many cotton
clothing and household items went
up Monday, while those of meat
meals in restaurants were ordered
"rolled back."
At the same time producer
groups argued sharply in Wash-,
ington against any reimpusition of ',
ceilings on milk and dairy pro-'
ducts prices which the1 agriculture'
department said are headed up. -
These were the major develop
ments: I .
1. Retail price increases averag
ing about 6. per cent, effective, at
once, were granted by OPA for
Ford." Mercury and Lincoln curs
on "hardship " grounds. !
2. The agency announced in
creases of about one per cent on
about half the cotton clothing pro
duced, and about two and a hilf
per cent for many items such as
bed linens, towels and napkins.
Prices Rolled Back j
, 3. Restaurant meals and indiv
idual menu items in which meat
is the principal ingredient were
ordered back immediately to price
levels of June 30.
' 4. The agriculture department
reported cold storage stocks cf .
meat on September 1 were the
lowest for the date in 30 years.
Officials said the prospect Is that
it will be weeks before there i
any increase.
5. The agriculture department
forecast higher milk and dairy
products prices for , this fall and
winter. I
MORSE IN HOSflTAL
EUGENE, Sept. 16.-D -Senator
Wayne L. Morse Was in the Eu
gene hospital today recovering
from an upper respitatocy infec
tion and all public! appearances of
the senator have been cancelled. .
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elen Ftala. Albany.! shared birthday honors Sunday with United Air Lines In a busy day In the
Kalem airport area. Nhe was It this weekend and the air lln celebrated its 20th birthday. E. Burr
Miller, president of the Kalem chamber of commerce, la shown adjastlng the mike for Miss Flala, as
First Officer SHsrer and fttewardese Viola JMobsen. a Salem girl, look
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Salem pilots, collect their money after placing In the Salem-te-Brooks
llghtpiane race of tbe Sanday airshew. Stevenson wag first
Eyerly second. Spooner took third place. All flew surplus army
trainers. . Thirteen competed. :
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Wayne Mercer (far left) ,1 playing marimba, and Wayne Meusey (far right), playing the
both of Salem,-join with the Mexican musicians to celebrate the .Mexican Independence
program held at the Salem airport labor camp Sunday. Despite the rain large crowd
residents gathered to hear speeches and musical selections by both local civic leaders and nc
acoordlon.
day at
of Salem
ambers off
tho Mexican labor contingent.
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