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Time has elapsed to get from
Europe reactions to the congres
sional elections in this country.
Various European countries all
of them, in fact are deeply con
cerned over the attitudes of who
ever runs the government in tha
United States.
Russia branded the republican
victory as a sign of return to re
action in America. That the vot
ing was definitely anti-commun-Jst
here is not to be doubted.
Whether Russia's subsequent
melioration in international af
fairs is a consequence of reading
our election returns may be sur
mised but not asseFted with any
certainty Russia may be find
ing its own interest lies in build
ing the peace structure; its ges
tures toward settlement ante-dated
the election.
It is in Britain that reaction
to republican victory may be seen
more clearly. The British could
count noses and see that most of
the opposition to the British loan
came from the republicans in the
congress. Also they know that
the traditjonal policy of the re
publican party is protectionist,
which is a form of economic iso
lationism. This encouraged the la
bor party rebels to call for a
divorce of British foreign policy
from backing "American imperial
ism." They are afraid of an even
tual war between Russia and the
United States in which they
would be caught between the
millstones. The rebels therefore
want a deviation in .British for
eign policy to one of
(Continued on editorial page)
Warren Pohle
Succumbs to
Heart Attack
Warren F. Pohle, 66, a Salem
implement dealer for 35 years,
died at his Turner residence Tues
day morning following a heart
attack.
Funeral services for Pohle will
be at 1 o'clock Thursday after
noon at the W. T. Rigdon chapel,
the Rev. Lewis E. White officiat
ing. Ritualistic services will be
conducted by the Salem Elks
lodge, with interment at Belcrest
Memorial park.
He was born at Friendship, Ind..
May 19. 1880. the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Pohle. and came
with his family to Oregon about
1881. He was educated in the Sa
lem public schools and Willam
ette university and worked in his
f , lit . i . .
I""
Pohle was with the railway mail
service for several years after the
turn of the century. He was mar
ried to Gertrude McFarland, who
died in January, 1937. He con-
ouctea a naraware business in
rnil t V L . r
Iv !m me' after i
wiuiii tic: iciui ntru iu oditriii ariu
became associated with Pohle &
Son. implement dealers at 240 S.
Liberty St.. With the death of his
iather in 1926, the firm became
nown as Pohle & Staver until it
'was sold to the Interstate Tractor
Co. in 1943.
Prominent in civic affairs, he
was a member of the Cherrians,
held a life membership in the Elks
lodge, was an associate member
of the Oregon mounted posse and
held a membership in the cham
ber of commerce for many years.
He was married in April, 1938,
to Alice Lockard, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, James
William Lockard of Salem and
five sisters; Mrs. Ella McGowan
of Toppenish, Wash., Mrs. Grace
At wood of Seattle, Miss Edna
Pohle of Portland, Alma E. Pohle
and Mrs. Frances P. Utter, both
of Salem.
Molalla Man Killed as
Log Slips from Truck
MOLALLA, Ore., Dec. 3.-Ph
Edward Voss, 48, died in the hos
pital here last night after a log
slipped from its blocks on a truck
at the McEwen Logging company
operation and 'crushed him.
County Coroner Ray Rilance
reported Voss slipped as he jump
ed away from the truck and. the
log struck him.
The widow and three children
survive.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"He $ays he could do it
'quicker with his teeth but
the union won't let him."
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Waldo Hills Goal Mine
Beyond Lewis'' Domain
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Coal Marion county-mined coal like that displayed above by Dave
Aldinxer of Portland, bead mechanic for the Waldo Hills Coal
Co. mine, will be mined in the Waldo Hills area next week, coal
strike or no coal strike. Aldinger shows coal: which resulted from
a test mining operation this week, as he stands at the main mine
entrance. In the lower photo Aldinfer is shown with J. P. Miner,
operator of the mint, as they put into first; operation yesterday
their new air compressor which. Miner says, will do in five min
utes the work that would take a man with a pick two hours to do.
(Statesman photos.)
10 Man Crew to Produce 50-100
Tons Daily Starting Next Week
By Lillie L. Madsen
Staff Writer. The Statesman !
WALDO HILLS, Dec. 3 More than John Li Lewis will be need
ed to stop mining in the Waldo Hills Coal company mine next week
when production will get under way, says J.I B. Miner, Portland,
operator of the 42-year old mine. Aside from ! testings and digging
a deeper tunnel, the mine has been quiet this ?ast year.
Articles of incorporation at $100,000 for the newly-formed com
pany will be filed within the next j
10 days. Miner said Tuesday as
he was giving his new air com-
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ui trr-vi el 11 Y -viu i- Antrim id lpcjiij
of market for the coal which labo-
ratory tests show at 11,500 Brit-r
ish thermal units, the heat meter
for coal, he added. The tests also
show that the best grade has less
than 3 per cent ash, with the
poorest grade less than 26 per
tent. By spring, the miner said,1
between 50 and 100 tons of coal
will be brought out daily. , '
The main shaft is now 250 feet
into the hillside. Here there is
at : i a i
a 00.1IH.I1 Mldld J1 lUdl, ill lilies
layers. A new trial tunnel struck ,
a solid bed of coal at 170 feet reoerai production ana marketing
a short time ago. Eventually, l administration.
Miner says, he would have four : A current employe of the state
operations in the bed. Two five- flax plant probably will succeed
man shifts will be run starting '. Demytt, although a formal ap
next week. pointment hs not yet been an-
Coal on the W. P. Emery ranch j nounced.
was first found almost a century j Employment of a physhiatric
ago and the first commercial ven- j nurse at the state home for the
ture started 4t years ago. More j feeble minded also was -approved
than $30,000 was invested in run- j by the board.
ning in a shaft and building Three contracts were awarded
track at that time. But wood was , for furnishing approximately
plentiful and sale of coal was $100,000 worjth of tires for state
slow. The mine closed. use during the year 1947. Lion's
Other trial operations followed
with considerable coal sold some
10 years ago. Again interest soon
died down.
In May, 1945, Miner leased the
land where the old mine was
situated. But, he said, it wouldn't
pay to hire a crew of men at $10
a day to work by hand. So while i
waiting for machinery to become
available. Miner spent the past
18 months In preparations. This
included running test holes, mak
ing the original tunnel deeper,
and building the necessary tracks.
"Now," Miner said, "I am ready
to go. There is plenty of coal and
there is plenty of market for that
coal. Our operations won't be big,
in terms of eastern coal mining,
but that is just as well. We can
run this without the help of labor
bosses."
Report Claims
Wyatt to Quit
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3--An
official in close touch with the
White House said tonight that
Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt
intends to resign within the next
48 hours as a result of failure to
get powers he had demanded
from President Truman.
Wyatt visited the president this
afternoon for the second tone
this week seeking an answer to
his proposals. After the confer
ence no official statement was
forthcoming from the White
House and Wyatt declined to say
whether or not he intended to re
sign. An official, who ased that he
be not identified by name, said
Wyatt had refused to accept a
compromise in his demands for
fuller authority to push the hous
ing program.
Demy tt Resigns
As Flax Plant
Superintendent
The state board or cont)
.Tuesday accepted the resignati
control
on
ot Lemyti, lor more man 13
'years superintendent of the state
, A industry at the Oregon peni-
tentiarv herel Demvtt has accented
; - . r ,
a position as flax grader for the
share of the total contract went
for Lee tires, with a base bid of
$9.57 for sie 600-16. The Fire
stone and Goodyear companies
submitted a bid of $9.98 for size
600-16.
A blanket -Contract was awarded
to the Firestone and Goodyear
companies ftjr all tires not man
ufactured by the concern making
Lee tires.
REDS IN HOLLYWOOD
LOS ANQELES, Dec. 3-0P)-Evidence
indicating "a definite
plan by communists to dominate
the motion bicture industry" has
been uncovered by the house com
mittee on uh-American activities,
its chief counsel, Ernie Adamson,
said today at adjournment of a
closed day-long session.
Salem Plant Releases 16 Men
Due to Effects of Coal Strike
At least one Salem manufac
turing plant! has curtailed opera
tions as a result of the United
Mine Workers' strike in the east,
it developed Tuesday when Don
ald L. Cutler, office manager of
Caspar & Cutler Salem division.
Hectro-Watf, Inc., 3501 Portland
rtL, announced the layoff of 16
employes in the plant's welding
shop.
Cutler said his supply of steel
sheets is exhausted and further
shipments from the east are sus
pended indefinitely due to dimin
ishing steel : production occasion
ed by the soft coal strike. Other
departments of the furnace and
oil burner 1 manufacturing plant
remain in operation, he added.
Elsewhere among Salem indus
tries the picture was somewhat
brighter although manufacturers
No Light
Sentence
Expected
By Max Hall
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-JP)-John
L. Lewis today was found
guilty of criminal contempt of
court with a possible heavy sen
tence but the coal strike went on
and the government took drastic
emergency action to save fuel.
Lewis responded to the guilty
verdict by rising in the federal
courtroom and making a bitterly
defiant speech. He accused the
judge of depriving the coal min
ers of their constitutional rights.
He said he would "firmly stand"
on his position.
" After this dramatic scene the
judge, T. Alan Goldsborough, sat
pondering for four minutes then
put off sentencing Lewis until to
morrow morning.
Disobeyed Order
The language of his conclusions,
that Lewis and his union "wil
fully, wrongfully and deliberate
ly" disobeyed a court order, sug
gested the possibility of heavy
penalties perhaps in the nature
of drastic daily fines. Judge
Goldsborough has the power to
impose an unlimited fine or jail
sentence if he wishes.
, The coal strike which Lewis re
fused to call off moved closer to
the -average citizen tonight with
these actions:
1. T h e interstate commerce
commission ordered a general em
bargo on railroad freight ship
ments, except for certain vital
needs.
Limit Parcel Size
2. With Christmas only three
weeks off, the post office depart
ment limited the size and weight
of parcel post packages.
3. The office of defense trans
portation ordered another 25 per
cent, slash in passenger service on
coal-burning railroads making
50 per cent in all.
The freight and parcel post con
trols become effective Thursday
midnight. The passenger order
takes effect Sunday night.
President Truman, commanding
the government's battle with
Lewis, met reporters but declined
to comment on the crisis. He said
he was leaving the situation in the
hands of the court.
Hardly Andible Voice
Federal Judge Goldsborough, in
a soft, hardly audible voice, pro
nounced his verdict by agreeing
to the conclusions proposed to him
by the U. S. justice department.
Those conclusions, made public
two hours later, showed the judge
had found both Lewis and his un
ion the United Mine Workers.
AFL guilty of "civil contempt"
and "criminal contempt."
Smith-Connaliy Act
The language suggested that the
government next may prosecute
Lewis as an alleged violator of
the war labor disputes act
(Smith-Connally act). This law
forbids anyone to encourage a
strike against the government.
Edward R. Burke, who wanted
the private coal operators to sit
down and bargain with Lewis, re
signed as president of the South
ern Coal Producers association.
He quit after a powerful section
of his board of directors de
nounced his proposal for talks
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, w,i? lje's
The government has been in
possession of the soft coal mines
since .May 22 but is eager to get
rid of them any time Lewis and
the private owners come to terms.
Embargo Decreed
Efforts to conserve coal contin
ued. An embargo was decreed, ef
fective at midnight tonight, on
rail movement of freight destined
for overseas export, except food
and fuel. The action was taken
by the Association of American
Railroads.
Goldsborough asked the attor
neys on both sides for the gov
ernment and Lewis to give their
views tomorrow (10 a.m. EST) on
what penalties he should impose.
He said this was an "unusual"
request but certainly not an "im
proper" one.
Freight Embargo to
Halt Building Program
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 3.-0F)-The
West Coast Lumbermen's as
sociation tonight predicted a vir
tual halt to the nation's housing
program as a result of the rail
freight embargo.
H. V. Simpson, executive vice
president of the association, told
a reporter the Pacific northwest's
1300 sawmills would begin clos
ing almost at once.
were keeping a weather eye on
the strike situation. One foun
dry man said he had taken steps
to conserve steel used in the plate
making operations, in - order to
maintain steady employment
even if steel becomes unobtain
able for several months.
Some steel supplies are obtain
ed by Salem plants from west
coast steel mills which use gas in
stead of coaL hence should con
tinue shipping to fill normal or
ders. The coal shortage proper has
little effect in Salem because of
the few home and business users.
Present stocks and shipments ex
pected from Coos Bay apparently
will meet the local demand for
the time being, local coal mer-
chants indicated.
NINETY -SIXTH YEAB 12 PAGES
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Tighteinr on Oakland Area Today
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OAKLAND. Dee. I Police. AFL
Calif., today in a wild disturbance In the general, AFL. protest
bus driver (lower right, center)
man.)
Gardner New
Ambassador
To England
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3H7P)-0.
Max Gardner, who made his first
trip to England on a cattle boat
"as chambermaid to 394 Montana
steers," is going back again this
time as United States ambassa
dor. President Truman today ap
pointed the former governor of
North Carolina to the vacant Lon
don post. He said a successor had
not yet been named for the of
fice. Gardner is leaving as under
secretary of the treasury.
Gardner told reporters he would
not leave until he was confirmed
by the senate.
His initial visit to England was
in 1905, he recalled. He was cap
tain of the University of North
Carolina football team and the
team worked its way across on the
cattleboat.
The London post has been va
cant since W. Averell Harriman
left it to become secretary of com
merce. In politics for almost 40 years,
fl--. Pi.vpj
sr-old Gardner was born:
, N.C, the youngest of a ;
at Shelby
icMiiiy ti 12 children
Gervais Girls
Hurt in Wreck
Two Gervais girls, Florence
Hall, 18, and Luzerne Hanes, 16,
were treated and released by Sa
lem General hospital last night
for minor cuts and bruises in
curred when the automobile in
which they rode rolled over onto
its top after a sideswipe crash
about a half mile north of the
Chemawa junction on highway
99E north of Salem.
The girls were passengers in a
car driven south by Lloyd Dale
Brown, 19. of route 1, Woodburn,
involved in a collision at about 8
p. m. with an auto going north,
operated by Brooks G. Fryrear
of Portland, investigating state
police reported. No other injuries
were reported. Police said Brown's
car was badly damaged.
Bonnie Klein Wins
200 Scholarship
CHICAGO, Dec. 3 -(A3)- Two
Oregon 4-H club members won
awards today at the club's 25th
annual congress.
Bonnie J. Klein, 18, Aumsville.
won a $200 scholarship donated
by the Kerr Glass Manufacturing
Co., for food preservation.
Morris Notz, 18, Clackamas,
won a $100 war bond donated by
the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing
Co., for gardening.
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UCJ DAYS LIFT m J
MUNMD 1651
SMke SttirainigDelhoDdl to
unionists and spectators scuffle in
as police move in to quiet the throng. (AP Hire photo to The States
Synthetic Egg Whites
Prove Neither Fish nor
Fowl in Cake Batter
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 3 (Al
chemist R. O. Sinnhubcr, who
has been producing albumen
from fish, decided to try it in a
cake.
The substance, which tefts
out like the white of a hen's
egg, whipped up nicely.
So he brought out a cook
book, some carefully adjusted
scales, a controlled oven and ap
plied the scientific approach.
- Came the time to peek in.
Sinnhuber found the cake had
risen- mightily and spread over
the oven in a gooey mess.
A cake expert, Mrs. Florence
L. Abel, head of the Clatsop
county health association, was
called in and explained, the
white of an egg expands with
the heat, retaining its fluffiness.
She suggested the fish albu
men may test like a hen's prod
uct, but it becomes a rugged
individualist in the oven.
Then what was the result of
the experiment?
"Pudding," she said.
Fair Weather
iff 0 F'fTaO
' CtlUCO klf llt
Salem', almost sDrin - like
balems aimoil spring - me
weather, marred only by inter-
mittent showers will continue to
h harH hv most nthr sections
of western Oresron today accord-
ing to U. S. weather bureau fore
casts, as temperatures remain in
the forties and fifties Strong
winds, however, are predicted for
some coastal points
All eastern Oregon roads are
ronArtAH rtswmal vnt nnu mnri
slush in some areas. R. H. Bal-
doek, state highway engineer, said
that the Oregon Coast highway
may be closed for two or three
days about 12 miles north of Flor
ence, until a slide there is com
pletely cleared.
The Weather
Max. Min. Precip
... M 4S .IS
. ' 55 4 J5
.... 1 48 .04
41 27 traoe
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
34 IT .00
Willamette river: S.7 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNary Field. Salem): Mostly
cloudy today and tonight with occa
sional light rains. Highest temperature.
55. Lowest. 43.
First 'Good Deed' Listed in Courtsey Driving
Campaign; Value of Prizes Now Nearly $1000
The prize lift for the Oregon
Statesman - Warner Brothers
Courtesy Driving campaign con
tinued to grow today, and already
good deeds of drivers are being
listed for competition for the
grand awards.
First car to figure in the cam
paign was a pickup truck which
stopped to push a stalled car
from the traffic-blocked intersec
tion of Liberty and Court streets
at 5.-09 pjn. Tuesday. The license
number of the truck was noted,
and the good deed will be turned
over to the secretary of state's
office, along with, others, for Judg
ing. Good deeds noted between now
and Wednesday, December 1 1, will
be in competition for the 11 grand
prizes at the end of the campaign
December 21. The daily prizes,
10 of them, will be given for the
10 days between December 11 and
OfQon. Wednesday Morning, Dtctmbw 4,
front af Hastings store In Oakland,
walkout Here. !ole expression on
Report Tells of
GIs9 in Europe
'Misconduct'
WASHINGTON. Dec. -Uncharges
of wild immorality and
other excesses by American
forces in occupied Germany were
made public tonight, and the war
department swiftly replied "hear-
i gay" and ''gossip."
1 President Truman said that a
I congressional investigation of the
military government in Germany
; is unnecessary.
I Four Republican memben of
the senate war investigating
committee formally ripp-d the
i "confidential" tag off a secret re
port made by committee counsel
George W. Meader after a four
weeks flying tour of the Ameri
can occupation area in "correct
inaccuracies In versions already
in print "
... . . , . . ,
Meader s report luted numerous
""
' some of the American occupation
; troops, heavy venereal infections,
misconduct by officerf , and ob
i jectionable action by displaced
1 persons.
In his report Meader cited
cass ot al,eed m'wondurt by
N , rf j(J
j f
' In 1945 the average Negro
! strength was 10 per cent of the
lne"lrr iirmgwi. rtvurorn rommii-
ted 50 per cent of the major
crimes. ... In the first eight
, "o"" '. nrnm conu-
tuted Pr cnt of lh theater
I trength and committed 35 per
! cent of Uic major crimes among
I ...... . j .
In saying that "the quality pf
white troop replacements has
been inferior," the committee in
vestigator reported that in one
shipment of 239 enlisted men,
"about one-tenth are not even
high-grade morons."
The report said that the ven
ereal disease rate among Negro
troops averages 897 cases per 1000
men.
Meader said he was told by the
staff of General Joseph T. Mc
Narney, the military governor,
that U. S. forces in Germany are
"presently incapable of any com
bat or defense mission."
(Additional details on page 2)
21. There are 111 separate prizes,
some of which also will comprise
several items.
Already donated by Salem mer
chants to further the courtesy
driving campaign are wrist
watches, floor lamps, dishes, blan
ket, fly rod, sandwich grill, elec
tric heater, table lamp, andirons,
camellias, umbrellas, car vacu
ums, nylons, gasoline and oil,
flashlights, ice cream, theatre
tickets and photographs.
A partial list of participating
merchants include Stevens St Son,
R. X. FJfjtrom, Sears Roebuck,
Salem Hardware, J. C. Penney,
F. A. Docrfler, Hamilton Furni
ture, Yeater Appliance, Court
Street Radio, Bishop - Moderns
Studio, Army and Navy store.
General Petroleum, Dough ton
Hardware, McKay Chevrolet, The
Pike, Bishop's Clothing.
Others are also participating
and their names will be made
1948 Pric S
No, 214
Walkout
Assailed
By Maypr
OAKLAND, Calif.. Dec. I -011
Organized labor, which paralyrea
the east bay's transportation nd
industry in a 1,000.000 population
area by mean of a ,,protef
walkout today, projected an tven
bigger walkout tomorrow and
Oakland's mayor mnnHincd he
would proclaim a state of emer
gency. Labor groups at a huge min
meeting tonight, at which no- for
mal vote was taken, heard lead
era y the waikrnit, ilfmmin(
from a department storw itrike,
would go on "until our demands
are met."
Mayor Herbert L. Dearh, term
ing the walkout a "physical as
sault" on the rights of the popu
lace, aaid a special meeting of
the city council tomorrow would
be aked in order to give the
proclamation legal force and that
he expected "order will be restor
ed in our streets."
"The city of Oakland is not
going bark to the Jungle," the
mayor said in a statement.
Aaka Demands Mrt ,
An AFL spokefttnan, James T.
Galliano, attorney for the AFL
Alameda county labor council,
said in a radio presentation to
night of labor's side to the public
that the walkout cannot be end
ed until two demands are met:
1. The management of two
truck department stores agree
immt-diatrly to negotiate with the
AFL Jerks union.
2. AfcMiiimces be given that
trucking men ( Galliano railed
them 'Strikebreakers from Los
Angela") be ent bark home and
'the city officials pledip mt to
'permit Klice to e-ort menhan-
through pirket line, as was
d"n Sunday, touching off the
general tnke.
I Today's walkout, so effective
-""i
ncation, all transportation was
tied up, htn In port abandoned
by k;ii lor and many "tores shut
down, ww marred only by teat
tered fiMiruffK In which nine per
sons were injured
A citiem' commit tee, a itrike
"" m-rwa;er
m', n "',ort f,rd a solution.
F.ailicr this evening a union
rstttm ,ummonH p keti from
th. tre-i by mejn of portabU
microphone and urged them to
attend a union mi meeting'
there had been report that the
walkout might end tonight. .
About 130,000 AFL union mem-
ierii o.uit work when the strike
wrnt Into effect this morning, pr
Matins! Sunday's nolice Ver
1 . ,mi runoy s ponce ecc
, which convoyed 13 truck loads
o-
ecort
i merchandise through pix ket lines
, ai i wo oeparimeni avre.
i The strike today rinsed restaur
! ant and food store, bars and
tnemrew. mreei rrs, ouwej ana
taxicabs quit running. No trains
operating on the San FranrUco-
Oakland bay bridge to serve 120,-
vvrv twiniiiuiri I.
Putnam to Head
National Group
We Putnam, slate superinten
dent of public Instruction, was
elected president of the national
council of chief state school offi
cers at their annual convention in
St Louis, Mo., November 29 and
30, according to a telegram re
ceived in Balem Tuesday. He
previously aerved as vice presi
dent of the organization.
The council works In rloae co
operation with the United States
office of education.
known as soon as they have de
cided on their prizes. The com
plete list of donors, prizes, and the
order of prizes, will be announced
in The Statesman later.
The courtesy driving campaign
backed by city and state offi
cials and the Salem city council
Is expected to have a markedly ,
beneficial effect during the busy
Christmas season. The prizes
valued at nearly $1,000 may be
won by anyone other than em
ployes of The Statesman or War
ner Brothers theatres. No good
deed Is barred. Judges won't know
to whom they are giving awards.
All license numbers of cars fig
uring In the contest will be pub
lished in The, Statesman, and all
prizes will bsf available at the of
fice of this newspaper.
Police are cooperating In not
ing courteous deeds throughout
the city. If you are courteous, they
may take YOUR number today. ,