4 The Skrtman, Salem. Ore.. Wedn day December 4. 1946 "No Favor Sway lis. No Feat Shall AumT Frees First Statesman. Marrb I. If 51 THE STATESMAN PUBUSHINC COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member f the As-eclsted Prees The Asaeeisted l-reae eselostvely entitled UUumfw pBbllcatt" r all sew aJspatetaea credited U It er aes etherwlaa credited la tUe Manpower Shortage Eddy Gilmore, AP correspondent in Moscow, sends a report that Russia is shifting manpower from non-essential to essential industries in order to increase industrial production. It is not a forcing of labor into industry, because workers are given a choice -of approved occupations; but they are being evacuated from jobs in government and other "non-essential" activities which long' have been considered overstaffed. Probably the sys tem works somewhat like our own wartime system of directing labor into war industry. Great Britain also complains of lack of manpower, the de ficiency running about 10 per cent below the number thought necessary to reach production goals. It has not been easy to reverse the wartime flow into war industries such as metal and chemical plants into coal mining, textile and other manufacturing. This manpower shortage is not surprising. Several million men became war casualties, either killed or seriously wounded and unable to become full producers. Armies are still over-size as compared with pre-war levels, which keeps thousands of able youth out of industry and agriculture. Present workers are un able to turn out as much work as usual due to physical weak ness through malnutrition and through lack of proper machinery and transportation. It will take years and years to get the mills of the world to running smoothly. Even in this country a lack of skilled workers will be felt lor many years because of the dropping of training programs during the war. Under any rational ordering of affairs the spectre of unemployment should not arise for a long time to come, save with seasonal or unskilled workers. Coal to Europe Every day items appear in the papers about how schools and factories are being forced to suspend or taper off in opera tions because of lack of coal. The government witnesses painted a sorry picture of distress if the strike is prolonged beyond a month or two. Other witnesses might testify td the injury resulting in other lands if their supply of coal from this country is long cut off. Before the war Europe got most of its coal from England and Wales and from mines on the continent. Mines in Britain are not back to prewar production and output in the great Ruhr region of Germany is disappointingly low. So the United States has been a heavy sapplier to Europe. According to "World Report" the United States furnished, based on August figures, the following percentages of coal sup plied to these countries: Italy 70 per cent; Finland 60; Norway 45: Portugal 42: Sweden 32; Denmark 32; Switzerland 25; Hol land 22; France 13; Belgium 8. It seems almost incredible that when Americans are being urged to give clothing and food and money to alleviate actual distress in Europe that the flow of anything as essential as coal should be stopped because of the arbitrary demands of one indi vidual or even of a group of individuals whose wage and scale of living must seem almost a paradise to the majority of work er on the continent. Coaft Gas Consumption Those in the petroleum business estimate that the five states on the Pacific slope will consume about 3,700.000,000 gallons of gasoline this year. Of this amount California will use 70 per cent. At that, however, consumption in California will not show the increase shown in the other four states of Washington, Ore gon. Nevada and Arizona. Its gain will be about a third while the Increase in gallonage in the other states will run about 45 per cent. The shift indicates the falling off of military consumption which was greater in California, and the spread of tourist traffic through the whole west. The latter should continue. The base on which comparison is made, 1945, was under gas rationing ur.til the end of the war, so the increase in 1946 is far greater than normal. However the west coast is expanding in population and motor registration, and the gasoline consumption is a good index both of that increase and of the increase in busi ness and pJefasure travel. A speaker at the chamber of commerce Monday convinced most of his auditors that there was no leak in the nation's sugar bowl, but ju5t not enough sugar there to satisfy .all the demands. If we can stick out oh present rations another four months he thinks we ll each get several more grains extra then. Those who have seen themselves in newsreels know how damaging they can be; but it remained for John L. Lewis to object to a reshowing of a newsreel because of the accompanying talkie rather than the picture. Either the Presidio or Philadelphia is recommended for the site of the capital of the United Nations by its investigating committee. Westerners will call it going from the sublime to the ridiculous. Fiorello LaGuardia is talked of for governor for Triest. One thing, he would keep the city in hot water like now. Editorial Comment cZZYr OLE OLSON OF OSLO For want of coal, Norwegians must burn wood to keep warm this winter. Of course. Norway has plenty of timber, but for want of man power to cut enough of it, wood must be rationed. Since cut timber is in short supply and coal is lacking, Norway's paper rwitls are prevented from reaching full capacity. That's hard luck because paper is as good as hard money in a world avid for paper. For want of paper to sell. Norway suffers a loss of dollars, pounds sterling, pesetas, francs, lire and. whatnot other foreign ex change. For lack of foreign exchange, Norwegians must struggle along under strict food rationing. Thin economic vicious circle well illustrates the interdependence of nations. It is an old theme that it is not enough to have plentiful resources; you must be geared to get at them. Norway has abundant fisheries, abundant ttmbar, abundant electrical power to make ferti lisers and abundant shipping in which to move these products to market and in which to bring home the missing commodities that her economy must have in order to function. But the want of coal keeps the. circle a vicious one. Before the war, Norway imported all the coal she needed, about 3,000,000 tons a year, from Poland and Britain. Britain now has a coal famine and can send none to Norway. So Norway is getting only 2,000,000 tons this year, mostly from Poland, some from the Ruhr and some from the United States (at great expense from us and subject to inter ruptions in delivery). Unfortunately. Norway cannot get as much coal from the Ruhr as it used to get from Britain. This is because of the unproductive ness of one Hans Schulz, a coal miner living in Essen. Offhand it would not seem to make any difference whether Herr Schulz had a house to live in or a roof of tar paper in a cave of rubble, whether he was afele to scrabble up 1200 calories of food a day or 3500. But it does make a difference, all too visible in the Norwegian coal import statistics. For the fact is that Schulz, the coal miner of Essen, does not have a warm house and 3500 calories of food a day to fuel his bodily strength to mine coal to send to Norway to make paper to provide -foreign exchange to buy food and warm the body of Ole Olson of Oslo. San Francisco Chronicle. Paul Mallon's BEHIND THE NEWS (DWrtkiOM ay Stags Fear-res Syav Irate, lac. Rrrttaa la srteaje e ta part strtetlr ees-Maltee). WASHINGTON, Dec 3 The trend of affairs is worrying men who think about the course of government They talk it among themselves, not always directly, but sounding out EX each other as to what each ex- nt Thl im nrtt to say any agree i ment exists on what will hap- jpen. Nor should i jit imply the ad ministration has 11 "Stion. Many au t h o r i t iea here Paal Halloa merely see un settling events ahead and at hand domestically and internationally and are not sure how these will all come out. The most common expectation appears to be that the republi cans will assume domestic leader ship next month when they take hold of congress. Some legislation like the Case bill, to put the un ions in line, is anticipated for passage over any veto (there may not be a veto this time.) The leg islation will take the line certain ly of making the unions responsi ble for contracts and finances. Al most surely it will open up the exclusive trustlike combines of the unions and seek to restore to men their right to work. One un ion, for instance, charges $1000 initiation fee and otherwise ex cludes anyone from joining or working without joining. A! great many union people want this re formed as was advocated by those union workers whose homes were bombed in Hollywood because they wished to work during a jurisdictional dispute. The legisla tion might go further and try to protect the public against strikes in public utilities strikes which shut off light, heat, or public ne cessities like food-distribution and trans porta tion. May B Poshed Swiftly Whatever reforms are to be enacted may be pushed through swiftly in the new congress or republican leaders will try to push them swiftly. The truth is con gress is not a good place to en trust leadership. By its very, na ture it must give full protection to minority rights and thus open the way for filibusters, delays, stalls. Essentially congress is more of a balance wheel than an affirm ative action body. Consequently a shrewd inside fight is in pros pect. The union leaders are not only rushing headlong to meet these prospects, but are actually pro voking an economic struggle. The CIO wage policy committee is ex pected to work out a demand for another wage increase of about 15 per cent The figure is being based on present prices, which govern ment economists say will not last in food 30 to 60 days more and certainly are tending downward for next year and also simulta neously based on what CIO ex pects (he companies to make next year in great profits. Regardless of the fact that many leading companies like Western ; Union, ford, CM. and others are opera t ing at a loss due to the last wage increases'. The claims do not make much economic sense. Good Economic Advisors To meet this CIO campaign for which Lewis has been fronting in his coal strike, Mr. Truman has fairly good economic advisors (de spite reports to the contrary.) If there is one thing Economic Sta bilizer Steelman knows, it is la bor relations and unions. Further more, the right hand advisor is supposed to be seldom mentioned Missouri lawyer. The old advisors Treasury Sec retary Snyder and RFC Adminis trator George Allen are said to be resting obscurely in house of canines as far as Mr. Truman is concerned. National Chairman Hannegan. whose health is not good, can be led to suffer a re lapse, it is said, at any time the names of Allen and Snyder are currently mentioned. No affirmative leadership is available however to take hold of the ravaging economic elements and whittle them down into a sta ble economy toward prices and wages which will last more than a few months, although ; this is what labor needs more urgently than another wage increase. The nation needs it also because strikes are proving to be costly weapons to many strikers who lose more in them than is gained, and of course the nation must have production to get back on its feet. We are not "talking ourselves into a de pression," as they try to say here now, but we are drifting into one, impelled by lack of constructive leadership. Hotel Space Vacant A week ago Saturday, the larg est hotel here had 120 rooms empty for the first time since the war. A certain airline is not car rying enough' passengers to make any profit. The strikers on TWA cannot all get their jobs back. In many key spots the signs of drift ing letdown are noticeable. Internationally the breaks of socialism toward the communists in Britain, France and Italy par ticularly are weakening the co operation among politicians who oppose communism, a i matter which has been touched in this column earlier. In both lines the future will be determined by the outcome of critical events now in the making. NEW DORMITORY SET SOUTHERN OREGON COL LEGE, Ashland The new dormi tory for men veterans, at Southern Oregon college will open on the first of the year. President Ste venson has announced. The dorm itory will accommodate 64j men. A cafeteria serving the dormitory will be ready shortly after. De cember 7 has been set freshman formal. for the GRIN AND BEAR out! JffiBPi A JEl SLS&Sft "That school, yatuag lady, gives yea a tnereagh. bast like aolat ut view . . . stot u of ear graduates ever aarrtod for lover 0330003 irpronm (Continued from Page 1) "broker" or middleman between tha twn rreat nnwri a rola which France has essayed to follow, rather haplessly to date. Socialist opinion, both in this country and abroad goes on the assumption that republican vic tory in the United States means an economic "bust" of serious pro portions. This idea has been rather carefully cultivated by our own leftist groups, until it gives their ovencu comrades tremors. Brit ain for example feels that a deep depression in the United States would ruin its own economy. Hence its desire to get or stay free from economic tieup with the United States. This assumption lacks adequate validity. It is true that the de pression of 1929 burst in the Hoo ver administration. It is probably true also that political misjudg ments in this country accentu ated its extent. But over the long er term republication administra tions were associated with pros perity. The democratic party suf fered long under the onus of the panic of 1893. Leftist prophecy is notoriously unreliable witness the official prediction of five to eight million jobless in this coun try in the spring of 1948. While the British and outers abroad may be overwrought, re publicans as they move into power must be aware of the global ef fects of what may seem to be de cisions on domestic policy. A nar row isolationism as to credits and tariffs may be even more dam aging to the world and eventual ly to ourselves than political in sularity. Senator Taft seems to he aware of the fact, for he was quoted recently as denying any purpose of invoking high protec tive tariffs. The danger is that the accumulation of local pres sures will result in return to such a policy. It is true that the policies of the United States as revealed in in ternational conferences is bi-partisan, and Senator Vandenberg is a powerful influence for continu ation of present programs. But these relate largely to political issues. On matters of foreign trade in which Undersecretary of state Will Clavton has specialized. which point to greater freedom of trade, republican cooperation has not been noted: and previously republicans voted against the Hull plan of reciprocal trade agree ments, whose object was similar. As I see it this is a danger point for republicans: a reversal of pol icies for renewal of world trade would strangle recovery abroad and slowly paralyze business within the country. This is no call for classic "free trade" but for greater liberality in trade re lations, and continued assistance from the United States as a cred itor nation to stimulate economic restoration of other lands. If re publicans can adapt their pro gram to meet existing conditions there is much less likelihood of the depression which has become almost an obsession with parties of the left. Silverton Officials To Curb Petty Thefts SILVERTON, Dec. 3 Thievery in downtown Silverton at night will be studied by city officers in an effort to curb it. Mayor George Christenson and Robert Borland, city manager, promised Monday night City police will be asked to do a little more night patrolling on certain streets. Re ports made Monday were to the effect that cars were being brok en into, articles removed from within as well as tires and wheels removed from without. Portland 'Blue Baby9 Released from Hospital ! PORTLAND, Dec. 3-(yP)-Doern-becher hospital said that Carol Lee Davis, 8, who underwent the first "blue baby" operation in Portland two weeks ago, has been released. : Attendants said the girl was sent to her home in Benton City, Wash., in "fairly good" condition. In the operation an artery was spliced to a lung to provide more oxygen in the blood. By Lichty Div A. L. Strand Tells Club of College Growth Colleges of the future must pay more attention to the things which make men human, which some day may make them get along to gether, Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, told Sa lem Kiwanis club members Tues day. Oregon State college now has an enrollment of 7000 and 61 per cent or 4300 of them are veter ans. Dr. Strand said in outlining what he termed some of the lesser problems which confront the Ore gon institutions of higher learning as a result of the greatly increased demand for educaUon. Need for a committment from the people of the state on what it is desired shall be done about the steadily mounting enrollments. Enrollment at Oregon State col lege will total 8000 in 1948 and 9000 in 1949, Dr. Strand pre dicted. He cited the distribution of stu dents this year as evidence that the veteran is not the sole reason for the greater enrollment. Fresh men number 3200, sophomores 2300; juniors, 683 and seniors, 666, he sad, or 80 per cent in the first two years. Delbert Converse Rites Set Friday Final rites for Delbert Dal ton Converse, 28, who died Monday at his home. 494 University st,, will be at 2 o'clock Friday after noon at the Clough-Barrick chap el, with interment at City View cemetery. Born in Oregon, he had lived in this community for 18 years. Surviving are a son, David Delbert; mother. Mrs. Hattie Converse; father, J. F. Converse, and five sisters, Mrs. Floy Jager and Mrs. Betty Harstad. both of Salem: Mrs. Connie Jacobsen, Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. Au drey Watson and Hannah ?on verse, both of Salem. Public Records JUSTICE COURT Robert Olson. Valsetz. charged with aaaauit with a deadly weapon, held to answer before grand jury. Sam E. Grey, charged with forgery. ' held to anwer before (rand Jury. ; John Ledierwood. McM'nnville. overlength load, trial set for Decem t ber 4. released on own recognizance. ' MUNICIPAL COUBT C E. Kidder. Bremerton. Wash . vio ! La t ion of basic rule, posted S2S ball. Frank E. Gallup. Portland, no driv er s license, posted S3 bail. Norman Bacon. 1409 Gregvon it., charged with reckless driving. Itquor Involved. posted S5u bail. PROBATE COURT Margaret Dalrymple estate: Orders , appointing James B. Dalrymple as ad- , ministrator and authorizing settlement. (jrvuie j. null estate: Final order. Charles Gier estate: Order fixing Jan. 4. 1S47. for final account. Albert J. Kaufmann estate: Order fixing Jan. 13. 1S47. for hearing on final account. Walter Stotler estate: Stipulation filed Margaret A. Branson estate: Semi annual report filed. CIRCUIT COURT Caroline King vs Clifford B. King: Order directing county treasurer in making payments to plaintiff of money deposited by defendant. Olive M. Beardsley vs George A. Mills: Complaint asking real property settlement filed. Lorraine E. Patterson vs Kennke D. Patterson: Order modifying decree. Otto H. Hunt vs Mildred E. Hunt: Suit for divorce charging desertion ; married Aug. 23. 1940. at Salem. Chase Plumbing Co. vs V. V. Vought: Complaint asking sale of certain arti cles be rescinded and restitution of sales money. Jefferson M Hoyt vs Mary A. Hoyt Suit for divorce charging desertion; married Aug. It. 1S32. at Long Beach, taltr. Mary M. Phillips vs William L. Phil lips. Jr.: Suit of divorce awards cus tody of minor child to plainUff. and S50 per snonth support money and SlOO per month alimony. MARRIAGE LICENSE ArrUCATIONS Robert H. Eckley. 2. student, and Donna Gray, IT, sales clerk, both of Salem. James W. Thedford. 32. navy, and Doris B. Rancourt, 30. waitress, both of Portland. Dale Jotuisoa. 21. truck driver, and Ireoe Buy, 21. clerk, both of Salem. POLK CIRCUIT COURT DALLAS A marriage license has bssn Issued to James R. Herman, truck driver, and Georgia Kosack. domestic, both Sheridan. Divorce actions filed in the office of Edna PI tier, county clerk, include: RoseUa J. Sellers against' Harold Douglas Sellers, cruel and inhuman treatment charged. Harley Mize against Adelis S. Wis, cruel and tntranuwi treatment charged. Myrtle Lavinta Kindred against Wil liam Robert Klnderd, cruel and Inhu man treatment chanted. Roy W. WUstrora against LaywJaa H. Wickstram. cruel and Inhuman treat men charged. IT Search on as Two Escape at Walla Walla WALLA WALLA, Dec. J-0P-The bleak, snow covered hills of the Blue Mountains in southeast ern Washington tonight became the scene of one of the most in tensive manhunts in recent his tory as more than 30 men led by experienced mountaineers sought two men who escaped from the state penitentiary here this morn ing and forced a passing motorist to take them into the mountains. The men were identified by prison officials as Allan Latimer, 37, sentenced to a life term from Asotin county on a statutory charge and Robert Shets serving life for murder from Yakima county. Latimer was born and raised in the Blue Mountains and is said to be famiHar with the area be lieved to be used as a hideout. Of ficials said the two men were working on the prison farm early today and drove a truck they were using to the edge of the grounds,, abandoned it and set off across the fields on foot. Shortly afterward Curtis Tar water. Walla Walla, picked up two hitch-hikers near his home. They later told him they were escapees and one climbed over to the driv er's seat and headed the auto toward the mountains. Tarwater was unharmed and they left him with his car up the Walla Walla river. The search tonight is being con ducted by prison officials assisted by Oregon and Washington state patrols and guided by four moun taineer residents of the district on horseback. All roads in the dis trict have been blocked and re sort cabins and trappers' cabins are being searched. Christmas Seal History Told To Jaycees A short history of the Christmas seal movement was presented by Tin k ham Gilbert, president of the Marion County Public Health as sociation, Tuesday noon in a speech to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The movement began in 1904 when a postal clerk in Copen ha ven, Denmark, conceived the idea while sorting mail, Gilbert said. The distribution of the seals be came official the same year upon the approval of the plan by the king. The speaker stressed that funds obtained through the sale of the seals go for the prevention, not the treatment of tuberculosis. The treatment of the disease is the re sponsibility of the state, Gilbert said. A high percentage of the money is used locally to test for the disease and trap it in its early stages. Next week's meeting will be held Monday noon Instead of Tuesday, when the Jaycees will join the senior chamber of com- i merce at the regular C. of C. luncheon, welcoming the city council and mayor -elect. Rites Today for George Schuett The funeral of George Martin Schuett. 47, who died Sunday at his home orr route 4. Salem, will i be at 1:30 p.m. today at the Clough-Barrick chapel and inter- ment will follow at City View cemetry. Schuett had lived in the com munity for 42 years after coming from his birthplace, North Platte, Neb., at the age of five. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Mary Schuett of Salem; a daugh ter. Donna Mae Schuett; three sis ters, Etta Schuett, Mrs. Rose May and Mrs. Mary Johnston; a neph ew, William May, and a stepson. Wayne Younman. all of Salem; a sister-in-law, Mrs. R. F. Schuett of Portland. Mrs Staples Funeral Todav Funeral services for Mrs. Ella T. Staples, 81, widow of the late Horace Staples, who died Sunday ' at her home. 1219 Ruge st West Salem, will be at 3 o'clock this ! afternoon at the Clough-Barrick chapel, with interment at City View cemetery. A resident of the community i for 27 years, Mrs. Staples came j to Oregon 29 years ago. She was i born at Mankato, Minn. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. j Lolo Ferguson of Independence. and a son, Robert L. Staples of 1 West Salem, eight grandchildren I and four great grandchildren. More than 400 manufacturing companies with capitalization of more than $80,000,000 have been organized In Mexico since 1939. The Deauly Bar Ml First NaUeaaJ Baak Bldg. Formerly Beauty Hacienda Under the New Management ot Nan Williams and Zana Hales , Features Nestle PemaneniJ and n&Iliwell Cold Waves $5X3 Phone 3925 Lewis Labelled Our Domestic Hitler by 'Curmudgeon9 Iclccs WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-yp-The "curniudf eon," Harold L Ickes. let go with both barrels at John L. Lewis today, calling him "our own domestic Hitler." and simultaneously accused the government of playing "drop the handkerchief" instead of bringing the mine union chief to book. I The former interior secretary leveled his fire also at John R. Murder Trial Too Much for Woman Juror OREGON CITY. Dec. S--0P)-A woman juror broke down in cir cuit court today, disrupting the trial of Mrs. Luella Henagin, 45, charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her school superintendent husband in Oc tober. Selection of the jurors was slow, and the day's proceedings ended when the sixth person ac cepted, Mrs. Ethel, Stoetzel. sud denly cried out. "I can't serve. I just can't serve." She was aided to another room. Judge Earl C. Latourette said he would excuse her tomorrow, then adjourned court. Twentx-nine were examined to day and seven positions must yet be filled. Mrs. Henagin is accused of shooting her husband after a quar rel October 28 outside their home after he returned from a PTA meeting. SHS Choir to Sing at Elks Memorial Rite Salem's Elks lodge will conduct its annual memorial service, open to the public, at 8:15 p m. Thurs day in the lodge rooms of the Elks temple. The address In com memoraUon of lodge members who died in the past year will be delivered by Justice Arthur D. Hay of the Oregon supreme court. The ritualisUc ceremony will be performed by Officers of the local Elks lodge. OU.er spetlal par is oi me program include a uiano selection bv Ethel Henner. a violin selection by Alfred Mat- thiesen accompanied by Benner, and selections by the Salem high school choir. Members of the choir are: Barbara Amundson. Dun Hm r h a m . Paul Bnntr, Betty Bota. Carl Bund. Dean Bunnell. Wilma CuintM. Rotwrt Cooler. iMter Davis. SHlrley bean. Annie Einfrldt. Donna Eablad. l.an bert Feakina. Jewell Tones. Don Ciet. tis. Beverly Guktafsun. Cieon Hal voraen. Pala Hearth. Ailvene Hilflkrr, Beverly Hofitetter. Mary Huuer. Elizabeth Hoyaer, Jim Hunt. Bob Just. Betty KWmpel. Bob Kloitrrman. Clyde I -a rollette, Donna Ijmhtit. Gloria McDowell. Jean Madison. Bruit Mooi head, Mary Morgan. Duane Morris. Coral Nelson. Genevieve Oiaon, Bea trice Otjen. Mary Evelyn Parke. Jodelle Parker. Dick Roth. Delia Saabve. Dorl Jean Shafer. Ronald Sheets, Berkley Thomas. Mayrell Turner. Kenneth Van Cleave. Shirley Webber, rare Welty. Donna Whltely. Jim Williams. Patricia Zatiare. Patricia 7.oir Keizer Enrolls 325 in School The Keizer grade shool has 325 pupils enrolled, has II teach ers and the principal. The 11 classes have enrolled In the Jun ior American Red Cross, making the school 100 per cent. Kduca Uonal gift boxes are being filled by the pupils. Seven rooms have organized 4-H health clubs and two rooms have a 4-H sewing club. Pupils are busy now with class projects and practicing for the Christmas program which will be given at the school Thursday night Dec-ember 19. The hot lunch pro gram u in full operation. The cooks are Mrs,. Oscar Oisen and Mrs. Smith. Thursday, December 3, the Marion county health department will conduct a clinic at the school for immunizations and physical examinations for the school chil dren. The play shed has been remod eled into a gymnasium and will be ready for use in about two weeks or when the floor Is com pletely dry. Minor Injuries in Car-Train Wreck Mrs. H E Evans was treated by Salem first aid men and by a physician for a cut eyelid and bruises incurred when her car col lided at North Commercial and South streeU with an S. P and S. engine operated by A. C. Miller. Both persons involved In the Mon day accident live on route 2, Sa lem. . The entire right rear of the auto was damaged. Investigating city policemen said that there Is no warning signal at the crossing and that buildings obscure vision. Slovens Watch iLA roe Men and Wo n i -fi ' - L .... - V Steelman, presidential ' adviser, whom he termed fa long time friend of John li Lewis." lie railed Steelman "District 51 of the United Mine Workers Union." Ickes gave his views before the house 'Surplus property committee, whose chairman, pep. Slaughter (D-Mo), immediately announced he would summon Steelman. Tells C'esnmltUe Marching before the committee which is studying future use ot the Big and Little Inch pipelines, Ickes declaied: "Today we are mot at war with Hitler but we art in a den perate fight to keep our economy with its nore above water, ! to protect the interest and advance the wel fare of our people and repel the assault of our own domestic Hit ler, a ruthless dictator who goes by the name of John L. Lewis." Lewis, he said, "is getting too big for his breeches." i Then turning his guns on gov ernment officials, Ickes said they had muffed an opportunity to trim Lewis down to a sice to fit his pants. Favors Natersl Gas . He said the government long ago should have devoted the $143,- 000.000 war-built pipelines to transportation of natural gas from Texas to the eastern seaboard to raise a competitive barrier In the face of Lewis. ; This would, he said, "by no means end the ue of coal In th northeeastern part of the country, it would however, provide a com petitive fuel which would help to telieve the rigors Imposed upon this great industrial area by the whimairal behaviorism of John L. Iewis " Falls City Men Fish at Coast TALUS CITY John Gilbert, WimmJtow Robinson and Norman Davis fished at Taft last week end. A pink and blue shower for , Mrs Dirk Adams was given at the home of Mrs. IeYoy Teals Fliday. Magnolia Rebekah Lodge held IniUalion Wednesday and memor ial services for Mrs. Bessie Lort ma Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cum mins and rhildien of Ocean Lake spent Thanksgiving with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. William Letter man. ) Mr. and Mrs TA Williams have moved to their new place. O N Burbank and son Walter of Tedee visited at Chet ISurbanks Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Freer were shopping in Portland Saturday. The Kay Dennis family and the Harv ey r reemang gpent Thanks giving in Corvallis Mrs Margaret Thompson Was In Dallas Saturday. Break-ins Add To Theft Totals Police are Investigating three more break -ins of Salem build ings. in addition to the several re cent burglaries and the Cherry City Baking Co. holdup An estimated $000 Iodi through theft and damage of equipment at the Paulus Bros, warehouse at laurel and Locust streets was re ported by city police who lnvetl guted an Illegal entry there Mon day night. Juveniles are thought to have taken 125 pennies, a tie clasp, car ton of fig .-tret tea. two watches, two lockets, a necklace and a lapel pin from the home of Pete Davis, 715 N. 20th t . Monday night, in vehtig.ting ixil icemen reort. Kn try was gained through a window. A 37nO US, treasury check, ; made out to Ilrnry L. Jtue ker, a no a nit set writ uh en irom Hue ker 's home at 895 N. 18th at. ICE CIlEAIl i All Flavor, No 0V, Limits. Qta. ..... OOC SAVING cniTEn Sales susd IV eat Sales Lawn Sprinkling System by C S. Whltcomb and Co. Free Estimates Ask about our Special Winter Kates. We also have materials. Phon Sltlt For Sale, 1916 Crop Italian Chestnuts Call at 1970 S. High