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4 The StaWwnaa. Salem, Oregon. Scrtitfday. Dtcwnbw 7. Hi o5a)rtfiOtt!atc8mau "No Favor Sways Vs, No Fear Shall Am" -- Freea First SUtesmaa, Marek 2S, 1U1 THE STATESaiAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES? A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Mmkcr ( the Associated r The AiMtUM rrcas fa eliisiely esrfSUeJ to the aae ,r..fm" f all am dispatches credited UttwMt otherwise credited ta tela Screening for DP Another portion of the report of George W. Meader. coun sel for the senate war investigating committee, brings to light certain factswhich will be profoundly disturbing. It deals with the problem of displaced persons in Europe, and reveals that the United States zone is being made the receiving sUtion for thousands migrating from central or eastern Europe, knowing they will get food and clothing and shelter at the expense of the United States and hoping they may be located in happier Climes. It also reports that this migration must be financed from American sources. What is probably meant is thatAmerican Jews are assist ing their fellow religionists to escape into the American zone on the route into Palestine or other home. That is understand able in view of conditions under which Jews had to live in Germany and Poland, but it does not follow that this country alone should be required to care for these persons, who may be leaving not from necessity but from choice. As it is, the soviet zone has no DPi. the French virtually none; the British have restricted further admissions. The ccst to the United States is $110,000,000 per year, plus all the headaches of administration. As is often the case with those on the receiving end some become exacting and critical, expecting everything to be done for them; all of which makes the task much harder. Americans have wanted to help Jews and others who were in real sufiering and distress, but we should not be imposed on. We cannot at this range feed and succor all the Europeans who want relief. Jewish organizations in America should do a better job of screening, and not encourage all of their faith to leave their he-mes, because many may come only to the dead end of DP camp. i .. . .. . New Chief Justice Under the plan of rotating the chief justiceship of the state aupreme court, under which the "members of the court elect one of their number to preside for the next biennium. Judge George Ros&man will become chief justice on January 1 next to succeed Judge Harry H. Belt. Next to the latter. Judge Ross man is senior in service on the high bench, rounding out 19 years as member. In November he was reelected for another term, without opposition. Mr Rodman has made a career of the judiciary, begin ning as municipal judge in Portland in 1917 and moving to the circuit court as judge in 1922. His work is distinguished for broad knowledge of the law. an industry which gives him full mastery of the facts in cases under review and a mature intelli gence mi epplying legal principles in settling issues. Judge Rossman has taken a keen interest in the work of national legal and judicial bodies and has made important con tributions in the field of improvement of judicial procedure. Ht work there has brought him recognition in professional circles over the nation. Besides all this the judge has found time for such important tasks as chairman of the Marion County chapter of the American Red Cross. His is a worthy name to add to the number of honorable and able men who have presided over the Oregon supreme court. A Fine Site Spurned Russian stubbornness in refusing to accept San Francisco as the permanent site for the United Nations headquarters won't make the west coast any mare friendly to the soviet union, if that matters. But what would be vitally interesting to know is why the Russians are so doggedly determined ' under no cir cumstances'' to send their UN delegates there. There m nothing on the record to show the Soviets were ill treated when they attend.ed the UN sessions in San Francisco year ago. And as far as anti-nazism is concerned, San Fran cisco showed its dislike for the tactics of the German consulate j there long before tne war. Its only major international sin seems ; to be that it was the focal point for shipments of scrap iron to j Japan, and no civic guilt was involved in that. j Several years ago Russians dared the north pole to fly from Moscow to San Jacinto, in southern California, in a single motor ed plane. The three aviators were given a royal welcome. and the highest acclaim poured Sin Francisco hilltop where they were taken for a well-earned re.t. Russian ships, too, many times have appeared in the Golden G.ite harbor, with no untoward incidents. There are thousands of San Franciscans who would give plenty for a chance to acquire home sites on the picturesque presidio grounds. They may be puzzled at the Russian attitude, but its ooufctful that they get very angry about it. More likely they'll regard the incident as another proof that the Russians don't know a good thing when they see it. Harold Ickes calls John Lewis a "domestic Hitler " But Har old called him no such names when as solid fuels administrator he deaK with him. ExHtor Ruhl of the Medford Mail-Tribune boosts southern Oregon as a winter resort. When are you shoving off for Pasadena. Bob? Editorial Comment rJlTw Ft R1FICATIOM FOR PROFIT Need fur elimination of stream pollution has become so impor tant a uetuon in Oregon that a European method of purification now being tried In the middle west should be of more than passing interest here, even though the problems of the Willamette valley are n ! preseted in oor own part of the state. The method is one of watte utilization through conversion. Depending on the viewpoint It could be aid tht recovery of economic values U a by-product of purification or that purification is a by-product of the recovery pi uK'oa. But regardless of which is considered the more important, both are achieved. Specifically the process involves the production of yeast from the sulphite waste of paper mills. The yeast feeds on the wood sugars contained in the sulphite liquor. Eventually it becomes feed far livestock. Ordinarily a similar fermentation would go on after dischaige of waste into the stream, but would have a harmful effect on fish and plant lif by consuming a considerable quantity of the oxygen which the water holds in solution. Under the commercial method fermentation tikes place before discharge into the stream and a relatively harmless effluent is released. The process may or may not prove economically feasible in this country, as it has in Europe. -If it should, it will point anew the argument against the common American practice of throwing away anything that is not easily usable. Should there be a profit, direct profit, ut keeping our streams clean, it is not unlikely that other recovery methods far other types of waste would be sought.-!-(Bend Builetin.) into the Russian consulate on a' t r ... 5535fgft. IGIBIM 'ATEN TO?f B s - CENTTAXCUTOR I Lint -mas Dtp SHMDB irprorm n (Continued from Page 1) liquor crowd and will be in a powerful position as speaker, still house members do not all jump through the hoop and he may not be very successful with bills to liberalize the Knox plan. There remain the hurdles of the senate, the governor and a pos sible referendum on any house bill which would do much toward breaking down the present sys tem of liquor sale and adminis tration. One proposal, however, merits consideration and that is one to employ three men full-time as a working commission. Washing ton state has the plan. Legislative reorganization may be accomplished under a plan worked out by an interim com mittee. One change proposed is to cut the number of house com mittees from 38 to 24 and of sen ate committees from 30 to 24. Another proposal is to give either forenoon or afternoon to committee work and the other to general sessions. Decision on these points must be made at the legislative caucus Just preceding the opening of the legislature so the presiding officers will know what committees they have to fill. The 1947 session promises to be prolonged and arduous. Sub jects like taxation, appropria tions, labor, liquor, education, publics welfare, forestry, besides the multitude of special purpose legislation will make this one of the most strenuous sessions in state history. Greyhound Bus Turns Over, 9 Hurt EUREKA. Calif.. Dec. (P) Nine persons were injured today when a southbound Greyhound bus turned over at a curve in the highway after hitting a soft shoul der. The bus driver. H. J. Boa hart of Coos Bay, Ore., said the GRIN AND BEAR Tarde, ame, I think THIS is I X. Sandy Reports 117,000 Oregon Service Personnel Discharged Of the 147.000 men and women whom Oregon sent into service in the last war, 117.000- have been discharged to date, George E. Sandy, director of the state veterans' affairs department, told the Salem Board of Realtors Friday Speaking on veterans' problems at the board's regular noon luncheon meeting at the Marion hotel, Sandy revealed that in addition to veterans of this war, there are 28,000 veterans of previous wars living in the state. In the first World War, Oregon .sent 34,000 men and women into service, he reported. A veld Red Tape Because the veteran's current number one problem is housing, Sandy said- that the realty pro fession was closer to the veteran now than any other group. Help and aid to confused veterans must come from the community and not from government bureaus with their "stacks of red tape," he declared. When congress recently passed a bill placing a ceiling on subsist ence payments to veterans who were employed on apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs, some 8.000 apprentice veterans in Oregon were struck a cruel blow, Sandy stated. From observations gathered on a recent trip to Wash ington, DC, he predicted that the next session of congress would rescind the measure. Te Held Yale Party In a short business meeting, the board voted to hold its annual Christmas party at the regular meeting time on Friday. Dec. 20. Legislator Talks To Credit Group It is the duty of every citizen to vigilantly participate in gov ernment, Carl Francis, Yamhill county representative in the state legislature, told members of the Salem Credit association Friday noon. "Watch legislation and do not permit democracy to go by de fault," the Dayton attorney said. Rex Gibson introduced Francis accident occurred In a narrow stretch of the road. None of the 12 passengers was hurt seriously. IT By Lichty yew that's Vet Families Moving Into Adair Village OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Dec. 6 Oregon's newest town is Camp Adair Village, which came into being seven miles north of Corvallis when the first 60 apart ment units of the old Camp Adair hospital, later known as Corval lis Naval hospital, were turned over to the college for occupancy by student veterans. This is an FPHA project with this federal agency financing the cost of reconversion of hospital wards into one- and two-bedroom dwelling units. The original allot ment was for 370 units, but a shortage of federal funds resulted in reducing this number to 326. Families on a long waiting list began moving into the new quar ters immediately, and will con tinue as additional apartments are turned over to the college by the contractors. Sixty more units were completed about December 1, and, barring labor shortages, all will be ready for occupancy by start of winter term. The apartments are rented with essential furniture and all utilities furnished, including heat, light, water, electricity for cooking, and garbage disposal. All are heated from a central plant. Rates, in cluding all services, are $48 and $44 for the two sizes. Several stores and other busi ness services are being opened in the village through concessions granted by the college, which controls the entire hospital area. Transportation to the college is a private affair for the time being, but the Oregon Motor Stages has a franchise to furnish bus service as soon as the number of occu pants warrants it. Bill to Seek Delay In Sale of Banks A bill allowing the state bank ing department 60 days in which to approve or reject sale of a bank will be introduced at the 1947 state legislature, A. R. Rogers, state superintendent of banks, announced Friday. Rogers said it was difficult for his office to approve or reject sale of a bank in five days, as provided under the present laws, particularly if it was necessary to obtain information from a dis tance. Several other bills are being drafted by the state banking su perintendent. Two of these wilj have to do with 'the distribution of bank funds when a depositor dies without leaving a will. Relief Food, Beer Flown to Alaska PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. -)-A relief shipment of 17,500 rounds of food left by plane today for Anchorage, Alaska, where resi dents are awaiting supplies long delayed by the maritime strike. The air shipment included 100 cases of beer. Both food and beer were consigned to J. B. Gottstein, Anchorage wholesale grocer. The Wy-East Sales company, which made the shipment, said about two cargoes a week would be flown to Anchorage by chartered plane . . . . Flights to Aid Plane Plants To Keep Open PITTSBURGH, Dec 6-(P-The airplane industry found itself in an enviable position today as the nation's industrial leaders sought to adjust business operations to fit the freight embargo brought on by the two-week-old strike of 400.000 soft' coal miners. The airplane manufacturing companies, for the most part, fig ure they would be able to con tinue for SO or more days. Airplanes Answer Their answer to the problem is their own produce airplanes. Aircraft plants in the Los An geles area, employing 50.000, agreed - that . inventories w$Il be unbalanced in week or so but they hoped to maintain produc tion for as long as 60 days by flying in supplies. Lockheed said it would feel some effects within a week but not severely for a month and may consider flying in parts then, if possible. Douglas, however, said if the embargo continues 5000 employes will be forced: off the payroll within a month j with a one-fifth cut in pnfduction. North American didn't contem plate any layoffs among its 10,000 workers. Engines Flewm la Boeing, located in Sea (lie, said it would be unaffected f for the remainder of the month. Two 3500 horsepower engines were flown in Wednesday from the Pratt Whitney plant in Hartford. Conn., showing what can be done by air, if necessary. School Plans Yule Programs The "pre-Christmas holiday" season is on in Salem public schools. Several Christmas programs appeared yesterday in the calen dar of school activities for the coming week, as announced by the Salem school district's ad ministration office. Listed were a Christmas story program to be sponsored by the Bible class at Bush school at 9 a. m. Monday and a similar Bible story program at the same school Tuesday morning; carol singing program at Richmond school at 1 p. m. Tuesday; senior high school carolling in the auditorium at 10:05 a. m. Wednesday; McKm ley school carol program at 9 a. m. Thursday. Several other schools were expected to have Christmas themes for assemblies. Pictorial Weekly Your Town Makes Debut in Salem Salem's newest addition to the publishing field made its debut Friday, with its first edition go ing to 5000 charter subscribers, according to Morrell Crary and William Hall, publishers of Your Town. The new pictorial will be published weekly, beginning Jan uary 3, and will be distributed by subscription and sales at one magazine stand in Salem. The new weekly is printed on offset presses which permit great range of pictorial matter to be used. All material wll be of a local nature. Hall and Crary, as publishers, are also doing much of the feature writing, photog raphy and editing of the paper. Others of the staff are Rand Herrmann, process cameraman; Wayne Johnson, pressman; Jean Slover, copy editor; Charles Wake field, artist, and both Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Crary, who assist with the management of the weekly. Housing Problem Even Affects Bees, Beekeepers Told PORTLAND, Dec. 6-(;P)-Ore-gon's honey bees have a housing problem, too, the Oregon State Beekeepers association was told at its annual convention today. President H. J. Moulton said a shortage of hive equipment was preventing the .department of agriculture from reaching its goal of 4000 more bee colonies in Ore gon next year. Bees are having trouble in their personal lives, too, Moulton added too many insecticides, fatal to bees, being used on crops. Lewis M. White, Portland, at tributed the rise of honey prices to black marketing, and said le gitimate dealers fought it vainly. Joe Marty, member of the asso ciation's sales promotion commit tee, condemned the practice of mixing good with poor quality honey. t INDUSTRIAL FATALITIES Two fatalities, 745 covered ac cidents and 14 claims for occupa tional disease benefits were filed with the state industrial accident commission here during the week ended December 5. Now Is the Tine lo EnsnlaSe Salen Hoclrwcol Co. 1741 . Salem Elks Hold Memorial Service Oregon Supreme Court Justice Arthur D. Hay delivered the ad dress of commemoration for the 24 lodge members who died In the past year at the Salem Elks lodge annual memorial service last night The, service was a memorial to H. W. Elgin, T. C. Smith, Rob ert Cole. F. N.a Coffey, A. L. Adolphson. U. S. Talbott, Loren Loose, S. B. Welch. H. D. Trover, H. E. Albert, James E. Smith. O. D. Bower, Ralph Glover, Lee Burns, Earl Anderson, F. H. Spears, S. S. East, A. B. McKH lop, George Hirons. E. H. Ken nedy, William H. McLaughlin, F. T. Wrightman and Warren F. Pohle. Amvets Form Corvallis Post CORVALLIS, Dec. 6 L. W. Hamlin was elected commander of the new Corvallis American Veterans of World War II (Am vets) post at the first organiza tional meeting in basement rooms of the county courthouse here last night. Gordon W. Dodge, Benton county service officer, was chosen finance officer. Post members discussed possi bilities of naming their organiza tion the Albany -Corvaflis post and drawing members from both cities. If this arrangement is adopted, they plan to continue as a combined post until sufficient strength is attained to divide and re-form as separate posts. Salem Amvets W. E. (Bill) Hillerich and Myron S. , Balloun conducted the Thursday night meeting. Mrs. Broadhurst to Fight Extradition Move to Oregon BOISE, Ida . Dec. 6 -(;Pj- Gov. Arnold Williams today postponed a hearing on the requested extra dition of Mrs. Gladys Lincoln Broadhurst, wanted in Oregon in connection with the slaying of her husband, W. D. Broadhurst, from Monday until .10 Wednesday morning. The governor said the postpone ment was effected upon the re quest of Cleve Groome of Cald well, attorney for Mrs. Broad hurst. Groome said the extradi tion would be contested. The 40 - year - old widow Is charged by Malheur county, Ore gon, officials, with being an ac cessory after the fact in the slay ing of her well-to-do rancher husband last October 14. Mrs. Broadhurst, said by Groome to be an expectant moth er, has been transferred from the Canyon county jail at Caldwell to a hospital there for observation. Police Car Turns Into Stool Pigeon SHAWNEE. Okla -WP-A Shaw nee police car was in a garage for repairs and two mechanics work ing on it didn't know the two-way radio was turned on. "Are we go ing to deliver this car before quit ting time?" asked one repairman. "No." said the other. "Let the so-and-sos come after it." A few minutes later, officers who lis tened in at-headquarters dropped by for the vehicle and to twit the mechanics. DGsqdd(1Dd IHisuiiimlbDQimgs Committee elections of the Ma rion county agricultural conser vation program will take place next week over the county. W. M. Tate, chairman of, the county com mittee, announced Friday. Farmers in each community will elect a committee of three farmers plus two alternates, and a farmer delegate to the county convention. The delegates will select a three-man county com mittee, Tate said. The list of polling places in the various communities and dates of the elections (all elections at 1:30 p.m) are: i Central Howell: Central How ell school house, December 9. Stayton: Stayton city hall, De cember 9. Turner: Turner high school, De cember 9. Gervais: Gervais high school, December 10. Mt. Angel: Mt. Angel city hall, December 10. Jefferson: Jefferson city - hall, December 10. St. Paul: St. Paul city hall. De Stevens Lovely Coslnme Jewelry Divided Payments ror Stere Hears Ransacked By Burglar Mrs. George Dunsrord, 1943 s. High st, reported to city "police I Friday that her home had been j entered and ransacked some time between last Tuesday and today, j while she was away. Investigate ing police found that the , burglar f had made three unsuccessful at- j tempts to get into the house by j basement and bedroom windows j and had finally made entry by j cutting a hole in the screen on j a sun porch window and then opening the window. ) The police report stated that' the burglar had made a very? thorough job of searching the i nouse ana in uoiug o ma iiirwu ; the rooms with clothing, papers I and other articles. Several strings of pearls, lace pillow slips and currency from coin purses were listed by Mrs. Dunsford as miss ing. A typewriter, camera, other jewelry and articles were, not taken, leading the police to be- lieve that the intruder was look-' ing only for money. Value of thej missing articles was placed atj about $50 by Mrs. Dunsford. Neighbors informed police that; lights were seen In the) Dunsford; home about 9 or 9:30 p.tn. Thurs-j day, but thought that Mrs. Duns-i ford had returned homef after her; absence, according to the police report. C. of C. Officials Meet in Salem The business man's vital Inter est in agricultural problems of the region surrounding his com munity was stressed yesterday in conferences between several Sa lem Chamber of Commerce lead ers and Earl C. Reynolds of San Francisco, assistant manager of the western division of U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Reynolds said the work of the local chamber indicated a gen eral realization of the importance of agricultural problems. He con ferred with Frank Doerfler, ag ricultural committee chairman of the chamber; Robert Paul us, na tional chamber agricultural com mitteeman, and Keith Brown, na tional affairs chairman I for the Salem chamber. Reynolds also talked over organizational prob lems with a delegation from Oceanlake and Delake where a new chamber has been estab lished. On a tour of western Oregon, Reynolds left here last evening for Portland. Greider Scheduled To Speak to Clubs Kiwanis clubs of Salem and two other valley cities will hear Carlton Greider, veterans coun selor at the state employment service, speak on veterans' read justment and employment next week. Greider's schedule calls for Kiwanis club noon meeting talks, -a f . . - -m 1 o 1 r-. day and Corvallis Wednesday. On December 18 he is slated to speak to the Tillamook Kiwanis leub. The general theme of his talks will be the community's role in aiding the veteran to become re adjusted and local employers services in employing the ex service men and women espe ciaily the handicapped. "The center of the earth" is the ancient name for Easter Island. cember 10. North Silverton: Silverton chamber of commerce, December 11. South Silverton: Silverton chamber of commerce, December 11. Salem: Salem chamber of com merce, December It. ' Woodburn: Woodburn city hall, December 12. Eligible to vote is any farmer who is participating in the 1946 agricultural conservation program including owners, operators, tenants and sharecroppers, Tate declared. teemen include - recommending programs for various farms, de termining acreage allotments, ad ministering the federal farm pro gram on a local bis rW-' conservation practices for which federal assistance is offered in Marion county, allocating amone. farmers the funds available for meeting agricultural conservation needs, and handling price-support operations, including commodity loans and purchases. for lit Ceert Street C