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; 1 i ' ::..- .; ! J- i i " ' OOP to Press . : . ... t for 20 Tax Cut, 8 Year Mouse Rep. Rankin I - l 3. ( Senators Labor to i - ; ' - The Man I w y p. -w . : ... ' -. . , " s .. . : w f -. - 1 " .; 'k ,v . (SUry par t.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 14 Kep. Job IL Eaakla of MUslsaippl. wlM drew a chart af "GnUp" from Harvard Astronomer Dr. Harlow Shaplcy today follow ing a meeting Um committee en unamertean activities to which- Dr. Snas-ley had hcca railed to testify. Kamkia coun tered tne charge -by saying he would briar eeatesapt proceed ings against Dr. ' Bhapley far "fallare to answer .esUons." TTQ3QDDS Today the employment service returns to state control after an absence of five years (lacking 45 days) in which it was federal' ized. It was on Jan. 1. 1942 that the federal government summar ily took over operations of this service, on order of the president. The purpose was to establish a single, nation-wide service to han dle the problem of employment in wartime. Later the federal gov ernment took the handling of farm labor out of the USES and set up a new office under the j farm extension service, inn con tinues as a separate; agency. Governors- "Of fae states parted with the employment services re luctantly and their persistence led to congressional action directing the return of the offices to the states. The war emergency past, with employment becoming more of a local problem, federalize 10 4 no longer is necessary , In Oregon the employment serj vice was a division of the Unr employment Compensation Comt mi?sion. The offices handled regi stration of persons seeking em ployment and those filing claims for unemployment. Since unem ployment compensation is paid only when suitable jobs are not available, it is good business far the commission and for the worki ?er to get him located in a new job. Under federal control the em ployment offices continued tto house the section handling unem ployment compensation claims; so there will be no change in that respect as far as physical arrange ments are concerned. However ue commission hopes to coordinate the work of the two divisions more closely so better (Continued on editorial page) Portland Trio Get Life Term PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 14.- Three young men, indicted on a charge of kidnaping a Portland housewife, were sentenced to life imprisonment today after plead ing guilty to a charge of armed robbery. The sentence was far more se vere than the recommendation of the deputy district attorney, who suggested 25 years for Jesse M. Neal, 24; 10 years for Ernest Wil liam Avery, 21, and five years for Alvin Lee Da hi, 17. The trio was arrested in Hepp ner. Ore.. Oct. 6, two days after Mrs. Margaret Havely, 27, was ab ducted from a soda fountain. Mrs. Havely, unharmed, was found with them. Animal Crackers 8 WAPREN GOODRICH "Naturally Vvm got a fowl mouth r I ,ptp iSSQIDQB Also Hold Spotlight i WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.--The house republican ctecrinx committee today agreed upon a 20 per cent Individual income, tax cut, an eijght-year limit to the rreidit'i tenure, and "construc tive' slabor legislation. That preliminary legislative program was agreed to by score of party leaders, including mem bers of the policy shaping steer ing committee and other congress men who sat in at the first meet ing since republicans won control of congress in last week's elec tions. The group, presided over by Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, who will become speaker of the house when the new congress convenes January 3. also called for: "Substantial savings on a prac tical basis. Ta Cat War Pewers Elimination of governmental controls and termination of presi dential war powers as rapidly as "prac Jcable." Investigation of the bousing program and removal of "re straints now holding up proper progress." "The quickest possible compre hensive recommendation" for re lief from shortages in sugar, soap. fats, oils and foods. Close adherence to tne con gressional reorganization act "with appreciation of tne tact tnat ex perience or later developments might demand clarification and Improvement." Committees Directed The committee directed the reg ular standing committees of the bouse to make the studies and pre pare legislation necessary to put the recommendations into effect. In a formal statement the com mittee said it was "a unit in the view that there can be a 20 per cent reduction across the board in personal income taxes." 5 Americans, German Win Nobel Prizes STOCKHOLM, Nov. 14 -UP-Committees here and in Oslo Diize and the prize for achieve- i meats in the science of physics to three Americans today and thrust a virtually unknown German-born writer into the limelight with the award of the $34,000, literary prize. The committee in Oslo an ) nounced the peace , award of i $34 000 would be divided this year by Emily Green Balch of Boston, 70 internationally known econo- mist, and Dr. John R. Mott, fam ous 81 -year-old evangelist. The prize for chemistry was di vided today among three Ameri cans. One-half of the prize went to Dr. Jaraes B. Sumner of Cor nell university while the second half was shared by Drs. J. H. Nor throp and "W. M. Stanley, both of the Rockefeller Institute for Med ical Research, Princeton, N. J. The Swedish academy chose Hermann Hesse, 69-year-old for mer theological student and book seller's assistant, for the literary award. Appliances to Cost More By the Associated Press Increase in prices of electrical equipment were included in Thursday's developments in ad-H justment of business and indus try to decontrol. Dealers and distributors of General Electric Co. home appli ances were being advised of re tail increases ranging from be low 10 to around 60 per cent on electric clocks, dishwashers, wash ing machines, refrigerators and flat-plate type home ironers. Prices on farm equipment and tractors were lifted 10 per cent by the Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co. BLAST KILLS S IN SOUTH COLUMBIA, S.C Nov. 14 -JPf-A gas-operated banana ripening chamber in the Columbia curb market blew up today, killing five men, injuring eight other persons, and wrecking a 100-foot shed sec tion of the market in a terrific explosion. Neuner Rules School Boards Barred from Union Negotiations School boards are not author ized . to negotiate with labor unions in employing their labor, an official opinion of Attorney General George Neuner states to day. Neuner yesterday ruled spe cifically that a school board has no authority in law to enter into any contractual relationship, or do any bargaining, with any third party or body representing Jani tors arid maintenance workers it may employ. . The opinion was requested by Bex Putnam, . state superinten dent of public instruction. The Issue was raised when building service employes and : mainte nance men employed by School District 16, Umatilla county. Se lected the Building Service Em ployes union. Local 49, to repre- i ' ''' .. . .'-'.' ) i j ' S WASHINGTON, Not. 14 The GOP senate steering cemrnit tee has reportedly decided to back a challenge to the fight f Sen. Thee. Bilhe ef Missis sippi (above) to sit in the United States senate daring the coming session, as the resalt ef a deciaiea by party leaders here today. Small Powers Call U.N. Veto 'Dictatorship' LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Nov. 14 (JP)- Small countries of the United Nations rose in revolt against the veto today with cries of big power "dictatorship" and a warning from Argentina that the little na tions could exercise a veto of their own by walking out of the assembly. Cuba and the Philippines 'made the "dictatorship" charge against the five major powers holding the veto right in the security council on all vital decisions. Cuba charged specifically that retention of the veto would make small countries "vassals and sa tellites" subject to five-power "dictatorships." Seven nations sounded off against the veto in a three-hour meeting of the 51 -nation political committee. Pojand, the eighth country to speak, was the only one to defend it today. However, the first of the five powers the United States will lfc'Bly tomorrow when Sena tor TtO Connally (D-Tex) Is ex pected w defend the veto for the present and express hope that It eventually might be wiped off the UN charter. The Argentine delegate. Dr. Jose Arce, speaking in Spanish, bluntly told the committee that the security council, in which Australia said Russia had used the veto' 10 times, has "violated and forgotten the charter." Allen Named to Geology Board The governing board of the state department of geology and mineral industries has elected Niel R. Allen, Grants Pass, chair man, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen. W. H. Stray er of Baker. Other members of the board are E. B. MacNaughton and S. H. Williston. The board authorized Director Lib bey to direct a statewide surr vey of Oregon- clays. The first part of this survey will involve the activities of clay-working plants. It also was decided . to continue investigations of sources of commercial industrial minerals and that further work be done in connection with studies start ed last spring involving possible secondary enrichment of nickel in deeply weathered basic igneous rocks. Salem Man Pinned Against Railroad Car Earl Boyer, 3835 Midway "dr., was treated by Salem first aid men and Salem Deaconess hos pital Thursday afternoon after a power shovel pinned his head against a gondola railway car in which he was working at 1405 N. Front st. Several stitches were taken in his ear and he was re leased from the hospital. sent them for bargaining. The school district directors asked the attorney general if they had au thority to bargain. Neuner declared that negotia ting with the union would com pel the board illegally to aban don its right to employ and dis charge workers. The opinion continued: "It is clear that the proposed employment agreement between the school board and 'the labor union would be illegel because it would be beyond the statutory powers of the school board and would require the board to fore go using its own discretion in the selection; of employes. Such n agreement would constitute delegation of its statutory duties by the school board to the labor Seelttd i i V. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14-kiPV- The - Republican senate steering committee Was said by one of its members to have agreed today to try to prevent Senator ;Bubo,(D. Miss.) from taking bis seat in the new congress. . : Am influential Republican sen ator, who asked not to be quoted by name, told reporters that the steering group decided to have a senator as yet unselected ob ject to Bilbo's taking the oath of office, on January 3, the day the new senate meets. . ; Reports then would be asked from the present senate campaign investigating committee as well! as the special war Investigating com mittee, both of which have been looking into complaints involv ing the senator from Mississippi. Meanwhile Chairman Ellender (D.-La.) planned to call the spe cial senate campaign investigating committee together here Satur day to go over reports obtained by four investigators and attorneys. Among the complaints were several that Negroes were kept from voting by intimidation. Others touched on other phases of the Mississippi campaign. POPLAR VI LLE, Miss., Nov. 14 -(;p)-Senator Bilbo (D.-Miss.), commenting on a report that the Republican steering committee is planning to prevent him from tak ing his seat in the new congress, said tonight: "I have done no wrong and have nothing to say." His comment Was relayed by his secretary by telephone. The senator himself could not be reached at his "Dream House" here. Search for 11 In Plane Near Bur bank Fails BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 14-6IP) Search planes droned over a spreading area in the San Gabriel mountains today and sent back a multiplicity of reports which so far have done nothing to re veal the secret of the fate of a missing Western Air Lines pass enger plane which disappeared early yesterday with 11 aboard. At nightfall search was sus pended until 8 a.m. tomorrow when, Sheriff Lt. Sewell trig gers said, some 25 planes again would survey a 500-square-mile area. The latest report came from a private pilot who said he had observed "sun shining on metal" on the slope of Oat mountain, situated six miles southwest of Newhall and about 18 miles northwest of the Lockheed air terminal, the destination that Pilot Garrell J. Miller was with in three minutes of reaching when his two-engined plane disappear ed into the storm. Late today Private Pilot H. T. Childers, who made the report, guided Lt. Sewell G riggers of the sheriffs J aero patrol, over the site, and the latter reported it was the wreckage of a B-24 which had crashed there more than a year ago. Walton League Seeks to Build Salem's Izaak Walton league is prepared to begin construction of its long-planned clubhouse in the northwest corner of Pringle park if the civilian production admin istration approves Its application to build, league leaders said last night. The league's building plans were postponed during the war. Estimated cost of the clubhouse is $21,500, according to the per mit request which the Portland CPA office received yesterday. Some funds already have been raised and a new fund campaign soon will be begun by the Salem league. In other announcements yes terday the CPA denied Ray F. Tschauner's application to build a $3800 repair shop on South 12th street and also denied ap plication for construction of a $300,000 theatre at Eugene. Hearing Slated on Log Truck Traffic PORTLAND, Nov. 14-UP)-The perennial problem or regulating logging traffic on public highways will be placed before the public at a hearing in the Salem state house December 4 at 10 a.m. E. C Sammons, Portland, chair man of the governor-appointed committee to make recommenda tions on log traffic to the next legislature, called the hearing. EVIDENCE LACKING BALTIMORE, Nov. 14 - UP) - Ear Bilbo Three former service men accused the effective date of Star of trying to sell unauthorized pic- rett's new duties as January 1, tuxes of. atomic bomb equipment were freed of the charge today when a UJS. commissioner said the government had failed to sup ply sufficient evidence. . - TRUCKS ROLL TO ALASKA EDMONTON, Nov. 14 -(CD-Supply trucks carrying iood to Alaska residents facing a food shortage are making good progress over the Alaska highway, W. J. Eveleigh of the Alaska highway control office here said tonight. " N1N.LT Y -SIXTH TEAR 20 PAGES Low Cost Clothing Rules Cut WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-(4V The civilian production adminis tration today junked its low-cost clothing regulations, declaring that elimination of price controls made the program "no . longer possible. f The regulation . required mills to set aside certain percentages of their production of various fabrics to be sold only to manu facturers who agreed to ! make low-cost clothing from them. At the same time, a CPA offi cial said other controls over the textile industry are being -reviewed and some may be "re moved or. revised soon." Scrapping of the low -cost cloth ing program was the first major step in carrying out CPA) Chief John D. Small's announced ''in tention to eliminate as many re maining government cotrols over industry as possible. Inquiry Sought Into War Plant Lease Incident WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -(P) Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt tonight announced he was form ally requesting the attorney gen eral to make "an immediate in vestigation" of the activities of an "unnamed Vttorney" in con nection with a struggle between two firms for a lease on a government-owned war plant in Chicago. Wyatt's announcement followed statements by Preston Tucker, president of the Tucker corpora tion of Chicago, a new automo bile concern, that a private attor ney who implied he had govern ment "connections" had offered to help; Tucker keep its lease on the plant in return for a six figure consideration. In exchange for the help, Tuck er told reporters, the attorney requested $400,000 in Tucker Corp. stock, a $36,000-a-year po sition as New York legal counsel for the firm, and exclusive New York City dealer rights ; for 99 years on the projected Tucker torpedo car. Tucker said he rejected the of fer. The national housing agency subsequently ordered that the war assets administration turn Tucker's lease over to the Lus tron corporation of Chicago for the manufacture of metal, assembly-line houses. OPA Reduces Status of Office WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -P)-OPA threw its liquidation machin ery into high gear today, announc ing it will reduce its 65 district of fices to branch status on Decem ber 1, and trim its payroll from about 34,000 now to not more than 15600 by the end of this month. While the district offices as such will be closed to the public, OPA said, certain divisions will be maintained at the samel ocations with reduced staffs to handle sug ar controls and enforcement dut ies. Name Clarence Proves Unsuitable for Marine SEATTLE, Nov. 14 -JPy- As serting his christian name is an impediment to his career, Marine SgL Clarence F. Henchell, 22, to day petitioned the superior court to change his name to "Richard.' "Rightly or wrongly," his peti tion stated, "there is attached to the name Clarence a connotation of ridicule, and the name is usu ally used in connection with, at least, vaccilating characters." Fred G. Starrett Valley Division (Pictures on Page 2) Appointment of Fred G. Star rett to become 'Willamette Valley division manager of the Portland General Electric company was an nounced Thursday by Fred G. Hodge, Portland, general division manager. Hodge's - announcement 1947, coinciding with the retire ment of W. M. . Hamilton, man ager of the Willamette Valley di vision for 34 years. r David A. Wright, superinten dent of the division for; the past 29 years, will be. moved to the post of assistant manager, and Larry M. Flagg, now assistant to Wright, will succeed to the su perintendent's post. j A native ' Oregonian,! Starrett was born, in Silverton j and re ceived his education in j Portland mm Salem, Orecjon. Friday Sirogost,. Hump Near Two-Thirds of Landlords Register Approximately 50 Marlon county and West Salem land lords registered at the OPA rent control office in the Salem arm ory on Thursday, the last of a 45-day period for initial regis trations, results ef which will determine adjustments' te be made la rents throughout the area. Kent Director Clare A. Lee said last night that about 5,000 of the estimated 7,600 landlords had registered. . Lee said that about two-thirds f the landlords who registered had raised rents, bat that onlyv about 10 per cent of the total fig ure had made unfair increases. 26 Carried to Deaths In Dutch Plane Crash ': AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1-(JP)-A Dutch passenger airliner arriving from London crashed tonight at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam carrying all 26 passengers aboard to their death. The dead included 21 passengers and a crew of five. The KLM Airlines plane plunged into the ground when it was landing and caught fire. The cause was not determined.- .The KLM office in London i listed the dead as 21 passengers and a crew of five. Sixteen of the passengers and four crewmen were Dutch and the rest British. The dead includ ed several Dutch army officers, the office said. The announce ment added, that several other Dutch army officers, scheduled to travel on the plane, missed con nections and were left at Croy don airport. The plane took off from Croydon at dusk. Chinese-Meet Despite Reds' Pledge of War NANKING, Friday, Nov. 15-(jipy-The Chinese national assem bly convened today despite a warning from the communists - -who refuse to attend - - that this meant an irrevocable split in an already strife-torn China. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who ignored the communist warn ing, addressed the opening session and hailed as the beginning of a constitutional g o v e r n m ent for China. The communists, who had re fused to name delegates unless Chiang's armies disgorged the ter ritory won in civil warfare since January, were clearing out of Nanking, but still left the door open for negotiations. Chou En-Lai, veteran Chinese communist leader, withdrew, say ing his mission had failed. Molotov Adamant On Trieste Issue NEW YORK, Nov. 14 A Russian demand for sharp cur tailment of power for the gover nor of Trieste stymied temporarily today positive action by the four power council of foreign ministers on a final peace pact for Italy. Soviet Foreign Minister Molo tov insisted for two and one-half hours against opposition of the other members of the Big 4 that the governor's authority to main tain law and order in the strategic port be subordinated to a council appointed by tne proposed elective assembly. A decision was deferred until tomorrow. to Become PGE Willamette Chief as W.M. Hamilton Retires and Forest Grove schools before starting his business career with PGE in Portland in 1922. Before his assignment to Salem in 1945 as assistant to Hamilton he had several years' experience manag ing the company's St. Helens and Gresham divisions. Starrett's civic activities in Salem have included membership in the chamber of commerce, Kiwards and American Legion. He served as chairman of Salem's , clothing and collection drive during 1945 and has recent ly been appointed to the post of district "vice - chairman of - fhe Cherry City district Boy Scouts. - Wright was born in Oswego and attended Woodburn public Schools before going to Oregon State col lege to acquire his degree in Elec trical: Engineering. Starting as a lineman with the company in 1902,1 Wright became successive POUNDHD I&51 ' - ' ' . --."V ' i x - Morning. November 15 1948 All rent adjustments author ized will be retroactive except in eases where the landlord has registered after expiration of the 45-day period. Some violation eases will be subject to triple damage penalties, Lee said. All hotels. Rent Director Lee said, have been registered, about two-thirds of '' the rooming houses, at least half the large apartment buildings and most of the auto courts have filed regis trations. Hiring ef three extra persons, bringing the total to seven, was necessitated by the large number of registrants yesterday. Army to Keep Buildings at McNary Field Possible resumption of army activities at McNary field is indi cated by information released by the war department stating that several buildings at the Salem field will be retained by the army when the final release of airport property to the city goes into ef fect. The army has notified the cham ber of commerce that it intends to use a hangar, operations build ing and a transportation building, which is now used for storage, thereby necessitating removal of some private enterprises from those buildings. Operations con templated by the army were not disclosed. . The chamber of commerce is this week perusing regulations relative to the disposal of v the government buildings at McNary field. - Field Superintendent Wallace Hug said "it will mean that the commercial operators will just have to put up other buildings." Final release on other facilities at the field has not yet been ex ecuted by the government. The city is now using the field on an interim permit basis. Salem Swain Asks To Marry Miss in Munich by Phone Marion County District Attor ney Miller B. Bayden today to pondering a solatlon to a long distance wedding problem. In an attempt to aid empid. County Clerk Harlan Judd Is seeking advice from the district attorney's office for Floyd Ad ams, 1435 N. Winter sL. who recently applied for a marriage license to wed his sweetheart who lives La Munich, Germany. Adams has asked the clerk if the vows could be exchanged via trans -oceanic telephone ser vice with himself In Salem and, his bride-to-be m Munich. Jodd Is asking Bayden. ly an inspector, foreman and as sistant superintendent before be coming division superintendent in 1917. Wright is a member of Ki wanis and a Mason. Announced several weeks ago, Hamilton's forthcoming ' retire ment as manager marks the termination of a total of 41 years of service with PGE. Hamilton has resided in Salem since 1912 and was three times president of the chamber of commerce, president of Rotary, a boy -scout director. King Bing of the Cberrians, a member of Elks lodge, and three times president of the Salem community chest in addition to managing PGITs largest electric service division covering Salem, Silverton, Woodburn, ML AngeL Hubbard, Aurora, Turner, SL Paul and surrounding rural areas. - 1 No. 188 CIO,iAFL Wrangle Continues SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14-JP) A settlement on all points of dis pute between Harry Bridges CIO longshoremen and thevaterfront employers, association has been . reached. Federal Mediator Na than B. Feinsinger announced late today. Union jurisdictional conflicts stood as the major obstacle to an end of the 45-day old Pacifis coast maritime strike. Feinsinger announced CIO long shoremen and waterfront em ployers were prepared to put an agreement into writing. Similarly, negotiators for Paci fic ship owners and the CIO ma rine engineers beneficial associa tion pared their differences down to the relatively minor issue of preferred union hiring in Alaska waters. AFL, Owners Meet The AFL Masters. Mates and Pilots, third of the big three striking unions, met briefly with ship owners and recessed until tomorrow morning. It was gen erally predicted the engineers terms would establish the pattern for the masters agreement. The big "if" late today, how ever, was the acceptance of ship owners' demands for settlement of CIO-AFL jurisdictional squab bling such- as has tied up the Oregon port of Coos Bay. Employers have been insisting that the ILWU give specific as surance it would observe terms of the maritime contract in pre venting recurrence of the Oregon tieup as a condition for settle- -ment of the strike. Jurisdictional Dispute Feinsinger has attempted to . isolate this issue from the nego tiations, emphasizing that Coos Bay was a jurisdictional dispute -and not an issue between em ployers and the ILWU. No terms were announced in Feinsinger's statement on agree ment between the employers and . longshoremen. It was understood from other sources, however, that they in . eluded withdrawal of the ILWU suit for $6,200,000 for back pay and punitive damages, condition ed upon the employers' promise to pay up by November 21. The retroactive wages were due Oc tober 3 K under a previous agree ment. PM rs. America9 Scorns Prize COLUMBUS, O Nov. 14.-;PH Mrs. Janice Pollock, who won the title of "Mrs. America" at Jack son, Miss., last night, returned to ; her husband .and four small chil dren tonight and declared that she had relinquished the title and $2,500 prize money because "be ing a mother is more important than any amount of glory or money." " The 24-year-old beauty was met at the Columbia.- airport by her husband, Marion S. Pollock, and her two oldest children, Susanr B, and Tommy 5. The two smaller children, Mark, 2, and Bobby, 10 months, were in bed. Mrs. Pollock said she had re considered claiming her prize as most beautiful married woman when she realized that it would involve a six-month tour of the country. Army May Play Post-Season Game WEST POINT, N.Y, Nov. 14-iP Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, su perintendent of the US. military academy, hinted today that the Army football team would accept a bid to a post-season bowl game if one is received. "Normally the academy is sol idly against any extension of the normal season, but this year there are plainly exceptional conditions which may warrant special consid eration," he said. The superintendent did not elaborate on the statement but emphasized that no bid has been received by the academy. The Weather i i Bftn.- Preetp, SS jM a I m 42 I JOl" t M 43 J0O Max. S3 S3 ss ss Portland i Saa Francisco Chicago New York 4 Willamette river -11 feet.. FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Mostly cloudy today and tonight with light rain showers in the day becoming light rain by tonight. Lowest temperature tonight 3S. Highest today U. . Price 5c W01