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Newspaper Page TextWWM(B FDD3, iiit'lSm Trum an Reiterates Support of Byrnes WASHINGTON, Sept 20H'-freicent Truman today dismissed! Secretary of Commerce Wallace for criticizing administration foreign policy and Wallace quickly took to the air with a plea for a popular crusade to "win the peace." Mr. Truman, in ousting Wallace, gave an all-out endorsement tc - Secretary of State Byrne and - . . ... forbade all government official td lake public Issue with the estab4 i shed foreign policy. j Private citizen Wallace then went on the radio tonight to de- clare that the policy is blind td ' "basic realities' which threaten, "an atomic war. He served, no- tire that he will "carry on the. fight" and called on fellow citi-j zens to - support it "as a holy I . -I : IS Lj i duty." Mr. Truman determined upon; his senatorial ouster of his dis4 agreeing cabinet office; after; plain indications from Parisj where Byrnes is battling in the peace conference, that a White! House settlement of two days ago was not good enough. It provided! for Wallace to stay in office but keep quiet temporarily. - j --After mulling on it overnight 4 the chief executive seized his tel-t SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. taWH f P0" this morning less than Alfred Scnlndler, who antonut- n nour. " M leallr ..receded Henry WalUc. receive renter. ww. con- aa Secretary of Commerce. smiles In Saa Frandsee, Seat. f shortly after talking U his ensted bass by telephone. Scnlndler has been Undersecre tary cinder Wallace. (AF Wlre-photo! Off S33DDQS President Truman is really the cie who should have been "fired." He is chiefly responsible for the tnixuD ; which eventuated In the forced resignation of Secretary Wallace. Truman asked Wallace for his own statement on foreign fxilicy which the latter submitted weeks ago. He furnished the pres ident a couo of his Madison Kauare Garden speech, so the president was doubly advUed o his cabinet officer's views. Wal lace said in his speech that Tru man cave specific endorsement at least to the paragraph in which it stood. At a press conference when reoorters pressed him Tru man exoreesed his approval of the Wallace speech, though later he retreated under fire and said htm i.DDroval extended only to the innvilege he had of making speech and setung forth his aftews a privilege which is certainly qualified by his membership in a cabinet. Uter wnen Byrnes in dicated his position was compro mised by the temporizing-- solution of a short-term muzzle for Wal lace, the president called for Wal lace's resignation, which the lat ter promptly gave. For this de bade President Truman must bear the principal blame. In a govern ment v here the head of state was responsible to parliament the ad ministration would have been forced to surrender its office and new head chosen to constitute a cabinet. Since our country per ates on a fixed elective term plan Truman cannot be retired so read ily that task remains for his par ty or for the electorate in 1948. This is not the first major blun der on Truman's part. Secretary Ickes resigned when the president. tried to force through his nomina tion (Continued on editorial page) ference and told the secretary.! commerce he was out. 4 j ..Then he, announced his decision and with it he wrote clear-cutj assurances of "my full endorse ment ' for the embattled Byrnes He wrote, too. that. Wallace' views are .not those of the ad- ministration, and that "no change In our foreign policy is con-j temoialed." Relieved of his gag. Wallace issued a statement to the commerce department employes explaining that he had resigned "in order that 1 but be free as a private citizen to continue to zignt zor woria peace He loiiowea tms up wiin nis nationwide broadcast tonight. He spoke only briefly, saying h would not wish to interfere with the Paris negotiations, but he de clared that no policcy can succeed unless the people "are given all the facts." Speech Misunderstood In addition to his fresh warn ing of war and criticism of pres-j ent policy, he explained that his Madison Square Garden speech in New York last week, which touched off the uproar, had been misunderstood. His statement then that th United States has no more busif ness in the political affairs o eastern Europe than Russia has ir American affairs was widely Int terpreted as advocating two world spheres of Influence.,,, "I began talking about 'one world' more than 15 years aeo the ex-secretary said tonight. "I do not believe in two worlds. We cannot have peace except in on world.' Na Plans at All' I After the broadcast, he said in response to reporters questions that he had no plans for any speaking engagement and "no plans at all" for his future except 'hat he expected to remain w Washington. i Asked whether he was open to invitations from the PAC or any other group for speeches, the secretary hesitated and then said "I very much question the wisdom of stirring up any controversy rignt now." f A reporter asked whether he considered himself free from the temporary silence pledge which he had previously accepted. "From the standpoint of any thing literal, I am free," he re plied. "I haven't thought through it yet to figure out the moral ob ligation." To Continue Fight Wallace, upon being asked by the president to leave the cabinet. submitted his resignation In a one paragraph letter addressed to "Dear Harry." It too declared that "I shall continue to fight for peace," and expressed confidence that you will approve and will join me in tnat great endeavor. Mr. Truman said Drivate in dividuals may "disagree freely and publicly on any question, includ ing that of foreign policy," But as for government officials, he laid down the law: "No change In our foreign pol icy is contemplated. No member of the executive branch of the government will make any public statement as to foreign policy which is In conflict with our es tablished foreign policy. Any pub lic statement on foreign policy shall be cleared with the depart ment of state. In case of disagree ment, the matter will be referred to me." Undersecretary Alfred Schind ler, now on the west coast, will be in charge of the department temporarily. 3 Sal , j i ! rtiosadte . ! em Youths Killed in Wrwdk -Train Accident 'Dear Harry As You Requested? J, .- T ' L r . . : .... S - v- yM.,' .. -..'. .... i ..... J - I LENGTHY VERDICT DI E NUERNBERG, Sept. 20 -iff)-- Circles close to the international military tribunal said today it probably would require at least two days to hand down the ver dirts and sentences on the 22 high Nazi officials and seven Nazi or ganizations tried here on war crimes charge. The tribunal is scheduled to convene Sept. 30. Animal Cracltcrs Br WARREN GOODRICH Co6 46 fWH Sun t4 t' t 'I "He's righf a bow tie does make him look taller." Chinese Reds Ask Truee Croup JHeet SHANGHAI, Sept 20-iAVThe Chinese communists today threat ened to publish the full record of the deadlocked peace negotiations unless the nationalist government agreed to reassemble the Marshall military truce committee. f Chou En-lai, chief communist negotiator, made a similar motion;' last week and it was rejected yes-- terday by Generalissimo Chiang; Kai-shek. ! The Weather Min. . 4S Precipe Max Salma 1 Portland 70 M Kan Francisco - S2 SO Chicago . 73 SO New York . M 67 Willamette river -3 4 feet. FOHHAST tfrom U.S. weather bu- reau. Mc.Nary field. Salem l: Mostly; rloiMly today and tonieht. occasional lirht rain showers. ili(heat tempora- .00 .00 .00 WASHINGTON, Sept z Henry Wallace pens his senators U his letter af reslg naUon as he sits behind his "oatgoing" mall bos today. Wallace addressed bis I letter to "Dear Harry. wrote: "As yon requested, hero ts say resignation." (AF- Wlrephoto.) GOP, Democrats Okeh Removal oji Sec. Wallace I si- ' -! I - By the Associated Press ! ReDublicans Joined .old-line democrats yesterday in a loud chorus of approval for the firing" of Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, with overtones of complaint that it was not done earlier. Reaction to President Truman's solution of the grave foreign policy split In his cabinet came more slowly from the quarters where Wallace had his chief support. MUNDBD j 1651 (Story In Column 5) NINETY-SIXTH YEAR ' 12 PAGES SoJem. Oregon. Saturday Morning. September 21, 1948 Trlc Ic Mo- 1S1 Ship Walkout -f i- ' k il l I . : 1 o in Coast Tied Up "NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -(Sat4 day)-(P)- The National Maritime union (CIO) announced today ill pickets had been withdrawn in the port Of New York and that assignment of men to ships would start at 8 a.m. (EDT) to end the walkout that virtually throttled shipping here. i . f An NMU spokesman said mem bers in Portland, Me., Philadel phia, Houston, Newport : News and Providence, RL IM also had voted to accept the new j wage agreement under -which they will receive the same wages aa AFL seamen. The strike, however, was not entirely at an end. f Not only must the NMU on the west coast accept a negotiat ed agreement giving them i S3 ;to $10 monthly wage Increases to bring them to the same level as AFL, seamen, but two other west coast unions also must approve. These are the marine firemen, oilers, watertendera and wipers association, an independent un ion, and the marine cooks and stewards (CIO). j; i Hicswa Escapes 1 Army Hospital j YOKOHAMA. Sept. 21 -flpl Pvt. Joseph E. Hicswa, under 30- year sentence for the slaying of two Japanese last November, es caped from Tokyo hospital Tues day and still Is at large, the VS. Eighth army provost marshal an nounced today. ' ' t jThe Wallington, N. J., private, who had been sentenced to death last January and had his sen tence commuted by President Truman, was sent to the hospital Harold L. Ickes, saying he was not "defending" Wallace and that the latter had "overstayed" in the cabinet." nevertheless i led off on that side. "Wallace comes out of this With more credit than Truman. he observed. Blow to Progressives Later, the national citizens po litical action committee issued a statement saying Wallace's ouster LONDON. Sept. ! -0T)- The first editions of London morn i Ing papers spread the story of President Truman's dismissal of Secretary Wallace ever their front pages! and the liberal News . Chronicle carried the headline: "Truman Sacks Wal lace at Byrnes Demand." is a blow to the progressives forces of the country and to the cause of peace. Senator O'Danlel (D-Tex) President Truman's firing of Wal lace Is exactly what the Voters of this, nation should do to every new dealer who seeks reelection. Senator Capper (R-Kas) and Rep. West (D-Tex) were among those who thought the Wallace ouster was overdue. Na Comment from Byrnes Secretary of State Byrnes, in Paris at the European peace con ference, will have nothing to say "either now or later," an 'aide reported. Persons close to the secretary said he , did not look displeased. Senator Taft (K-Ohio) com mented in Chicago that Mr. Tru man s action ' will strengthen Byrnes' hand" and added: I don't see how he (Truman) could do anything else , and ' have an ad ministration foreign policy at an: SUGAR STRIKE CONTINUES HONOLULU, Sept 20 Hfl. Prospects of settling the 20-day old Hawaiian sugar strike were at the lowest ebb today as nego tiations between union and in after swallowing two nails In thetdustry representatives . collapsed army's stockade carpenter shop, I with no agreements being reach- uie announcement said. f led. Employment Office to Stress Placing Handicapped Persons Needs of the physically handi capped for suitable employment and efforts to get them placed in proper -jobs will be emphasized by the Salem office of the U. $. employment service during the week of October 6-12. Manager William 1L Baillie announced Fri day. l 2 The first full week of Octobfr has been designated by an act Of congress as national "Employ the Physically ' Handicapped Week," Baillie said. Assisting; Baillie In the week's program will be Robey Ratcliffe, veterans employment representa tive: Carlton Greider, veterans counselor,' and Albert L. Mallery, specialized placement officer. Radio programs, posters and possibly a movie in a local thea ter, all on ( the subject of hiring of the handicapped, are planned for the week. Veterans employ ment services, veterans adminis tration, national and state re habilitation and retraining repre sentative, local veterans' organi zations, labor unions, welfare agencies, churches and service clubs are being contacted for par ticipation In the program. The slogan of the week's cam paign will be: "Hire the Handi- I capped It's Good Business." The campaign wui consist oi a con centrated effort to draw, the pub lic's attention to disabled workers in the community, Carlton Greider stated. The program will also at tempt to drive home the point that handicapped workers should not be hired through , sympathy but rather .because they are proved to be valuable assets on any job, Gredier said. " : , Since January 1 of this year, 6S4 handicapped persons, veter ans and non-veterans, have regis tered at the Salem USES office. Among these were 439 veterans with service-incurred disabilities in various degrees. More than 300 of the total number registered, in cluding 100 veterans, have been placed in jobs, the office reports. At the beginning of September 111 handicapped veterans were still seeking employment. 1 Vehicle - - - Carried 3 Blocks Three Salem youths met vio lent death last night when a south bound passenger train piled into the truck at the Madison .street crossing and carried the wreckage nearly , three blocks to- Shipping street, : ' ' - ' ? " '' ? Police early this morning had tentatively identified the three by drivers' licenses and social secur ity papers as: Richard Harold Albin. 16. of I33S N. Cottage st. . Richard Allen Emmons, 16, of 1095 Norway st. Norman Schofield, apparently about 16, of 1165 Cross st. Police said the crash occurred about 11:46 p.m. The .Madison street railroad crossing is unlight ed. Body Found Later The boys tentatively Identified as Albin and Emmons were pro nounced dead by first aid crew men who arrived, on the scene shortly after the accident. The third body was hot found until the train pulled out more than an hour later. Stripped and badly mangled; It lay in the middle of the tracks. The demolished truck was iden tified by police as a 1946 Dodge pick-up. It was. carried by the Southern Pacific train from the point of impact at Madison street nearly to Shipping street, the third block south. i Police Investigating Investigating police officials ear ly this morning were checking listed addresses of the youths to notify parents and to confirm, the tentative identifications. Deputy Coroner Virgil Golden and the po lice also continued their investiga tion at the scene of the accident. Guam Base Ravaged By Typhoon, Damage High Br Douglas Lovelace GUAM, Saturday, Sept. 21-MVThia mighty U.S. naval base in the far Pacific was raked today by a 100-mil-n-luur typhoon tlml wrought : tremendous dsmage to military Installations. There was no immediate reports of casualties among navy, si my and marine personnel on the 30-milo-long island many sections of which were isolated by communication Jines knocked down by the threshing winds. Most vehicles Nations Back Trieste Plan PARIS, Sept. 20-W)-The Euro pean peace conference upheld; to day the big four decisions on the Italo-Yugoslav boundary and the borders of the proposed free slate of Trieste, beating down a series of amendments which would have given Yugoslavia a greater por tion of the disputed territory. Russia and the three western powers voted against all the amendments. Deputy Premier Edvard Jardelj of Yugoslavia, after the balloting was concluded, directed that Yugoslavia could not sign a treaty which she considers "unfair." ; He said I regret, the commission pre ferred the method of vote Instead of conciliation." E. E. Batterman Hurt in Wreck E. E. Batterman, 30, Salem con tractor of 1696 State St., incurred fractured upper left leg and an eight-inch forehead gash when his car suddenly swerved out of control and crashed into a tree last night on East Turner road one-half mile north of Cottage Farm according to the rity first aid crew which took the injured man to Salem Deaconess hospital. The hospital reported him in good condition 'early this morn ing. Batterman told first aiders that he was driving about 40 miles per. hour and could not ac count for losing control of the car. lie said no other vehicle was in volved. He was returning from visit with a sister in Turner when the accident occurred. McCourt to Get I Voter Statement i If He's Nominated A statement in behalf of John B. McCourt, Portland republican who was appointed Thursday as Multnomah county district at torney, will be accepted for the voters pamphlet if he gets the nomination to succeed himself, the state department announced Fri day... McCourt Is expected to receive the nomination from the Mult nomah county republican central committee. He would oppose State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, demo crat. In November. McCourt was appointed to succeed the late Thomas B. Handley, republican, ' also were wrecked. , , First, reports to navy command neaaquarters . said roals were ripped off many large quunset huts, used by the military, and one USO unit fled Its quarters to a safer place. Many military men's wives and children were removed from sm;ill quonseta to larger build ings as the typhoon, which had Deen expected to mux Uuam veered suddenly and bbre down Weather central said' the peak of the storm Was past, but winds of destructive force still howled across tne lsiana. u am sons were placed on emergency rations. Several Guam anian village were reported evacuated. Commander S. W. Iletts. staff aerologist, said the typhoon cen ter passed 50 miles i north of Guam, traveling west by north west, and that Rota, Tiriian and Saipan probably were hard hit. Naval officers said Guam would be under emergency con ditions for some days and it would be months before!; the dam age could be repaired. I 18 Survivors Reported ill Plane Tragedy GANDER AIRPORT, Nfld Sept 20 (F)-Twenty-six passen gers and crew members - were killed and 18 survived 14 of them badly injured in the wild erness crash Wednesday of a Bel gian transAtlantic airliner, a res cue team, radioed today. The team. Including a U. S army doctor, quickly set up tents to treat the survivors before they are brought to-Gander, 22 miles northeast of the scene. The U. S. coast guard, which dispatched an urgent request to the United States for a helicop ter to expedite the rescue of the injured, said it expected two of the craft to arrive tomorrow. Fourteen of the injured can be moved only by stretched, the res cuers radioed to a plane circling over the smashed and burned plane lying among broken trees. The plane that established radio contact with the rescuers by walkie talkie said it was unlike ly that any of the survivors from the big four-engined plane could be brought to Gander until to morrow. Supplies were dropped to the plane yesterday when the wreck age was located. FIVE DIE IN A-21 CRASH FORT KNOX, Ky Sept. 20 -W) Officials at Godman field here said five soldiers were killed when their A-26 attack bomber crashed and exploded on an attempted take-off from the field at 10:24 o' clock tonight. Chessman to Resign from Highway Board ASTORIA. Sepl. 20 - M) - State Sen. Merle R. Chessman, Astoria publisher whose appointment on the state highway commission was ruled Illegal by circuit court, said today he would resign from the commission shortly. State Sen. V. II. Strayer, Baker, and Rep. Earl R. Hill, Cushman, whose appointments were also ruled illegal, indicated they would take no action tending a state supreme court ruling. Ktrayer Is on the state board of geology and mineral Industries, and Hill on the state fish commission. The Marion county circuit court held state legislators may not also hold an executive appointment. Chessman said he had 'notified Governor Snell of his intention to resign months ago. Ben R. Chand ler. Coos Bsy banker and busi nessman, has been mentioned as a possible successor. pa Siren Fails to Top Exhaust Siren sblait, a police car over took a heavy diesel truck, south bound on South Commercial street. Exhaust roaring, the truck con tinued its noisy way without no ticeable alteration of speed. The police car drew alongside the driver's cab, attracting the driver's attention, after three addi tional siren blasts. Driver James M. Main of Olympia, Wash., was cited for violation of the rity s anti-noise ordinance, and the po lice report explained his trutk's "exhaust noise was so great the driver Just couldn't hear the si ren." The citation for Main to ap pear in municipal court Monday was issued at 4:35 a.m. Friday. Back Broken In Accident Mrs. H. E. Manning. 1235 S at sf ci m eaM'rol w lrliiraH a ff lawi st i . -ww mm . about 6:40 p.m. Friday when the car In which she was riding over turned on Turner road 1 it miles south of the state prison annex. according to the Salem first aid crew which reported she In curred a spinal fracture. Her husband, II. F.. Manning, who was driving, said he swerved to avoid colliding with an ap proaching auto on a curve. Man ning incurred possible rib frac tures. Both were .taken to halem Deaconess hospital. To Keep Aug. 20 Prices PORTLAND, Ore . Hpt. At a mass meeilng tonight d Oregon lestaurant opei st irs wi ed to Ignote OPA-ordercl puo rollbat ks. The di turn was aljelirf sn abuse of power by a gvemmer.t agency, and asj an a'tempt at profit control and cost aur- Twenty. fly festaarsol oper ators frosn Hair hi. , beaded fee Kobert lhsnan. president of the sjalem KUrnl aaaorUtUo, attended the meeting of Oreson restaurant operators In rortlaad last nlsM. Approval of the troop's derision to smUdm Au(mI tt prices In effect In tho face of an orA order U roll bark prices UJune 16 levels was voiced by Ubnua on behalf of the Kalent delegation, shirk represerUa over half of the UeaJ restaurant trade, Hon instead of price control." Proposals of Jrmue and re moving meat from menus wero Spurned, j A. W. Fills. Poitl-nd, ml the proposal to "sit fitht" with prir filed with the (A Aufuit 20. It was accepted j unanimously. The group also pie!fd a r.- of proU-atlng messages f. Waih Ington, D. C. j Lical OrA offic ials are m pathetic,- Larry lli!lr. hair man of the OPA advisory cr-m-mitlee for the Anomui taurinta .f Oregon, asi.f. "Tief do not write the law or lntrM- l The meeting Was attended restaurant men from as fsr a as Medfoid. I Suit Seeks to Enjoin City from Obtaining Water from Santiam A suit seeking to enjoin Salem fromi obtaining its city water supply from the North Santiam river is on file In Marion county circuit court today. Brought by Gardner Bennett, oDersitor of the Stayton Power Canal, the suit charges the Salem water commission with encroach ing upon Bennett's Tights to 812 "second feet" of water right, with established priority over the Sa lem water right or . ZZ "second feet." The suit was threatened a month ago in a communication from Bennett to the Salem water commission. The commission is represented by Carson and Car son. . Despite Bennett's claim that the city at times uses more than 22 cubic feet per second and at times draws its water share when the river is too low to provide more than the Bennett share, the water commission at the time of Bennett's original letter express ed doubts Unit the Stayton ope-1 rator used at. any time the full 1 812 feet or that the Salem te qulrement was ever more than 22 feet. The state of OregcIlV and Ore gon Pulp and Paper Co. ' have priority water rights over the Bennett interest. The paper com pany already has offered to sell the city enough of its water right to provide the city water supply should an injunction stop the city's water intake Bennett's suit arks a mandatory Injunction requiring that waters be divided at the diversion point in such- mariner j that headgatea shut off the city water supply whenever water is insufficient to fill the Bennett quota. Bennett alleges that a Marion county circuit court decree of Feb. 1 ,1945. fixed the Bennett water right according to a land and .water agreement dating bark to 1866 and the Kalem city rights as of a 1923 agreement. Bennett states he uses water for manu facturing purporen in Hweiing j the Stayton city water turbine and serving a public utility Com- ; puny. Sharp Rise in Unemployment reared Soon The possibility of a sharp in crease in unemployment r mr.en sation claima at the -nd of o a harvest season was unw or, tol eration today by ire state unem ployment compensation commis sion, i Commission offlc Ia!i Prldn predicted a possible ia0,0K i.r sons on unemployment rtl'.t th( now curry a low total of or.jj 12.000 throughout Oirg m. . The commission s!o announces that a survey of perr.s who r4 oeen unemployed f-.r more tr, 12 weeks this frear shows tr.i.1 only 9 5 per rent of them are rres Detween the ages of 20 and 4l and that more than ha'f of itl male claimant are between I and 70 years old, The women, who numFicreH 41 per cent it the claimant. aer aged slightly under 4 years c.. the survey showed. Milk Paroled From Controls WASHINGTON, Ser t. 21 . m Milk and its by-proiurta wn an other parole from price reiLra today but the decontrol b..rl warned Jt will keep a cloe wstih on future price trends of buur and cheese. ) Afler three days of dirun the powerful rrw ln'!i-u.icr,t board announced hiiefly that it "would not return dairy prixiui aj to price control at this time," Chairman Roy I Thorn ps-n said evidence before the thi re member panel Indicates that dairy "prices are approaching, a cr,t.i.l point" but failed to 'prmlrle suf ficient grounds f.r stUon by O.o board at this time." Four File for SiUrrton City Coiinril:INitioii 8ILVERTON, Sept. O-r.I-rg for reelection to I Sih erton's city council are George ChrUter..n, now mayor, and Alfred Ad..rr.t. Others who have filet to dale are Alvin Lrgard, ser ire station operator; Cltnt Weihy. department store manrr. Iegjrd and Wesl.y hope to fill the vara rule left by Tom Anderson ard Jnnt Hr berg, who t fused to sek re flection.