Broadcast Waves Received by
Tiny, Refrigerated Metal Strip
BALTIMORE, Dec. 18. -(JP-The
Johns Hopkins university
announced tonight the accidental
discovery of what it termed an
entirely new method of radio re
ception, in which broadcast
waves are picked up through a
tiny strip of frigid metal with
out use of tubes, electric cur
rents, antenna or condensers.
Dr. Donald H. Andrews, pro
fessor of chemistry at Johns
Hopkins and co-discoverer of the
new broadcast reception meth
od, said there was no way of
telling just what the strip's com
mercial possibilities were, if any.
but that scientists were engaged
In extensive research on it.
-We have hopes in its poten
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Properly to understand and ap
praise the report of the interim
commission to study Oregon's tax
system the public , should know
something of the background
which led to its creation. Tax
ation is a constant problem, one
never solved. Not only is there
heavy argument over how much
money should be extracted from
the people but there is also sharp
contention over who should pay.
The shelf of books on taxation
would be much longer than that
for the Harvard classic.
The focus of tax disaffection
has been Portland. Many persons
prominent in its life have felt the
Oregon system of property-in-rome-corporation
excise taxes
was restrictive on industrial ex
pansion. The Portland Chamber
cf Commerce has had this idea so
htrongly that it sometimes seems
to have acquired an inferiority
complex.
It is true that some industries
have located across the river in
Washington, such as the Alcoa I
and Reynolds aluminum ingot tQ somp specuiatjon that contract 1 of 650 Thompson st., Salem. He ! ,E Hann.? to tlPhr for am
plants. But according to the bet negotiation!5 may b, ought with is taking an engineering course j bulances. She was later admitted
information I was able to obtain T tw.c Min. h 7. to the hospital.
the principal reason for the loca
tion was better access to water
transportation and availability of
l.'ibor. Some individuals have
sought the tax shelter of Wash
ington state for residence, though
retaining their business in Ore
gon, thus escaping the personal
income tax; but this number has
not been large.
Studies without number have
been made comparing Oregon's
system of taxation with that cf
Washington. Sometimes it seemed
the result depended
(Continued on Editorial Page)
Mail Continues
Extra Heavy at
City Postof f ice
Cancellations in Salem post
office totaled 132.000 for Wednes
day. December 18. when the days
work" was complete at 9:30 p.m.
This was 4.000 less than the figure
for Dec. 18, 1945 when 136,000
cancellations were marked down
for an all time record in the local
postof fice.
Day by day cancellation counts
fur the holiday seascn have been
kept in the Salem office for a
number of years and the count
is started December 16 regardless
of the day of the week. E. B.
Daugherty, superintendent of
m.'iils. says.
Last year the first three days
cancellations. 16. 17 and 18 total
ed 276.200 while this year the
first three days cancellation tolal
3 1.000. Si nee" the first day of the
series last year was Sunday, the
comparison is not exact in some
respects.
Last year cancellations on Dec
ember 19 totaled 128.000 and did
t drop below 100.000 until Dec
ember 21. Daugherty said, and
ventured the opinion that today's
cancellations will total around
128.000 or 132.000.
A full carload of Christmas mail
Is being dipatched from Salem
each day. Postmaster Albert
Gragg said Wednesday.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
-v A
"Beats me, Mache $ been
following the ship for two
days."
tialities, but no belief as yet,
he explained.
"Perhaps in another two or
three months, we will be able
to tell just what we have here."
He said the tiny strip of col
umbium needed cost less than
one-tenth of a cent, that it was
attached to about a penny's
worth of copper, and that it pre
sented a new and unusual re
frigeration . problem, but one he
hoped would not prove serious.
Dr. Andrews said reception
from the tiny strip of metal "is
as clear as most ordinary radios
and when it was hooked up to
the regulation public address
system needed to amplify, "it
overloaded the speaker."
The scientist explained the re-
Christinas Tree on
Courthouse Lawn
To Shine Tonight
More than 1000 lights will
flash on tonight with the an
nual illumination of the Christ
mas tree on the courthouse
lawn.
The lighting, sponsored by
the Cherrians annually since
1913 with the exception of
three black-out years during
World War II. is set for 8:53
p.m.. shortly before the end of
the half hour program to be
given by the Willamette uni
versity choir over KSLM start
ing at 8:30.
W W. Chadwick. King Bing
of the Cherrians. is to give a
short talk on the program, at
the studios in the Senator hotel,
and County Judge Grant Mur
phy is to flip the switch light
ing the huge tree.
On the Cherrians program
committee are Sid McNeil,
chairman; Marty Boesch. Wally
Doerfler and E. H. Bingen
heimer. Coal Operators
Called to Talk'
In Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -(JP
A call to soft ckI operators to
meet in Washington tomorrow for
unexplained "talks" led tonight i
John L. Lewis United Mine
Workers.
A contract between Lewis and
; the operators would permit the
: government to turn back 2500
soft coal mines it has been ope
j rating since last spring's strike.
I Lewis, calling off the recent 17
i day strike on December 7". threw
' out broad hints he would be glad
to talk things over either with
the government or the operators.
The latter have been mine man
i agers for the government during
, the federal operation.
Secretary of Interior J. A.
, Krug. with whom Lewis made the
i contract under which the mines
j are working, has emphatically re
I fused to negotiate any new agree
ment, saying that it is up to the
J private owners.
Santa Visits
Boys' Home
By Airplane
PORTLAND. Ore., Oec. 18-oT)
Santa Claus flies through the sky
for the hundred youngsters at St.
Mary's home for boys.
Complete to tassel cap and
flowing white beard, the Christ
mas saint descended from the
clouds Uxlav at the Huber. Ore.
playground with an airplane full
of gifts.
Small boys rushed up to the
cockpit to ask about the weather
at the North Pole. Aren t you
going
to use the reindeer any
more? inquired a toddler.
One lad on the skeptical side j R. M. Lyons of Junction City
looked at the marbles, whistles, j was elected new president of the
candy, rubber balls and toys com- j Oregon Guernsey Breeders asso
ing out of the plane and mum- ; ciation at last night's meeting in
bled: "My gosh, it IS him:" ! the Marion hotel and Fred Rudat,
The gifts were the donation of Jr., of Astoria, was elected vice
Jack R. Moore of Western Sky- president. Charles Evans of In
ways and Santa Claus. well, dependence was re-elected secre
he is a chief pilot on the line, "who j tary-treasurer. Lyons, 1946 vice
on duty Is Ernie Helms. j president, succeeds C. A. Smith
I r Seaside.
RUSSIA TO RETURN JAPS
TOKYO. Thursday, Dec. 19-fP)
Russia and General MacArthur's
headquarters signed an agreement
today to return to Japan monthly
50.000 Japanese war prisoners and
nationals "who desire repatriation."
Talbot School Remains Closed
As Flood Damages Count Rises
By Marguerite Gleeson
Statesman Valley Editor
Belated flood stories are coming
in from various parts of the valley
as the Willamette and Santiam
rivers subside and losses are
counted. Talbot school in the pep
permint country, where water gets
high quick and fast, is closed be
cause it seems the furnace was
given a river bath, Mrs. Agnes
Booth, county school superinten
dent, reports.
Pupils in the Talbot school num
ber 40 and the two teachers are
Winifred Eyre Walker and Janet
Belknap Brown. How soon the
school will be ready to resume is
somewhat dependent upon the fur
nace. Mission Bottom school has been
closed so far this week but is
scheduled to reopen today. The
ception was based on an en
tirely different principle from
that of a crystal set.
Unofficial sources close to the
university and the experiment,
who declined "to be quoted by
name, said the discovery might
open the way to a revolutioniz
ing of trans-ocean and other long
distance radio sending and re
ceiving because of the treated
metals great potentialities for
sensitivity to wave . impulses.
The discovery came about by
accident recently, the university
said in a special announcement,
during a course of experiments
being carried out by Dr. Donald
H. Andrews, Johns Hopkins pro
fessor of chemistry and Dr. Ches
ter Clark of the university staff.
Drawing Gives
$2,000,000 in
Farms to Vets
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Dec.
loWjP-Eighty-five men and one
girl all veterans of World War
II received two million dollars
worth of Christmas presents from
Uncle Sam today.
What they got were rich farms
that once lay at the floor of Tule
lake and now are . covered with
black, rich earth whose fertility
has been compared to the ancient
Nile delta.
The 86 veterans', names were i ters. Peggy Joyce Riser and John
taken from among 1305 names inlny Wyman Riser, and Libby Long
an old glass picKie jar, in ine
glass pickle jar,
governments' first postwarh ome
stead drawing. A veteran of the
first world war, himself a home- ! irom ureenvtne to Loiumoia, ap
steader from an earlier U. S. ' parently struck the bus in the Side
reclamation bureau project, drew j and dragged it for nearly a quarter
forth the first capsule in a boxing of a mile. The door was the only
ring at the jammed Klamath part of the 10-year-old bus that
Falls armory. ; was. not demolished.
First Man from Banks Some bodies were found under
The name was Robert L. Smith, j the locomotive. Others were on
Bank. Ore., who will have first ; the cowcatcher, and still others
choice of the 86 homesteads. The were strewn along the right of
farms, bared after sbrawline Tule way, together with books, pieces
lake was drained, range from 69 8
to 141.3 acres. The most valuable
land is on the smallest units.
Herbert J. Schwarz. who was
awarded a trait of land in the
divisions made at Klamath Falls
on Wednesday, is a freshman at
Oregon State college and the son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Schwarz
ana is unmarried, aenwarz was
graduated from the Sacred Heart
academy in 1944 and was in the
army two years, on the main
land. Salem Man Wins
The other Salem winner is
Kenneth S. Buckingham, 495 Cot
tage st.
Other Valley men selected in
cluded Benjamin . E. Hamlin,
Canby: John S. Wynn, Corvallis;
Marceil Wallaert, Estacada.
OPA Moves to
New Quarters
It finally happened . . . the
Salem office of OPA rent control
was evicted, and forced to find
new quarters. But, according to
Clare A. Lee, local district man
ager of OPA rent control, the
OPA was more lortunate in find
ing new offices.
The state department division
of audits is to have the space used
by OPA rent control in the ar-
! mory. so the new offices are now
located in the old high school
building. 460 N. Liberty st.. in
room 320 on the third floor. The
telephone number there is 2-4131.
At present the staff of the local
' rent control office is working on
the petitions for rent increases
i filed by landlords, Lee said that
about 100 such petitions are
processed each day.
Oregon Guernsey
t j tb .
sJI ITtTUUrs iTlCtTl
A new constitution and by-laws
were adopted and the board of
directors was increased from 2
to 12. Plans were initiated for the
1948 American Guernsey Cattle
club national convention, when
the Oregon association will be
host to the parent organization.
Christmas program originally
planned for tonight will be given
Saturday instead. Keizer pupils
had one day off because of the
flood, and were sent home after
they arrived Monday morning for
that day and Roberts school also
was in recess one day, thanks to
the flood, Mrs. Booth said.
Primary pupils at Rickey had
vacation Monday because the ap
proach to the Four Corners Com
munity hall was difficult to travel.
Because of overcrowded condi
tions in the Rickey school the
primary pupils attend in the com
munity hall at Four Corners.
Gullies were cut in some Mis
sion Bottom orchards, many
fences were left down as the flood
waters subsided and farmers
counted their losses.
NINETY-SIXTH TEAR
Bus Crash
Fatal to 10
Children
NEWBERRY, S C., Dec.
A loaded school bus and a South
ern Railway passenger train col
lided on a fog-shrouded crossing
near Silverstreet, seven miles
southwest of here, today,, killing
ten small school children and the
bus driver, and sending eleven
other pupils to a hospital, most
of them with critical injuries.
The pre-Christmas tragedy oc
curred on a dirt road that rises
sharply to a blind crossing at Dead
Fall : junction. Officers suggested
that the driver, Richard S. San
ders, was not expecting the train
at the time because it was run
ning about two hours late.
Family Loser Three Sons
Victims of the accident ranged
in age from 7 to 12 or 13 years.
One family lost three sons, Rob
ert, Jack and Harold Lancaster.
Two other lost sons and daugh-
and Bobby Long.
State highway patrolmen who
, investigated saia ine train, oouna
! of clothing, and other articles.
Dead Llst'd
j The dead, besides those named,
were: Charleen Garner, Jerry
' Padgett, and Donald Brannon.
Two girls and a boy were thrown
clear of the bus at the time of im
pact. One of th girls. Alberta
Moates, walked with Conductor O.
I C. Crouch to the nearby home of
hospi
The train and bus collided about
8:10 a.m. It was not until several
hours afterward that all the dead
were identified.
Comic-Loving Tot
Bathes and Reads
As House Burns
PAIGN, 111., Dec. 18-7P)
Even a fire in his own house
couldn't pull seven year old Ber
nard Burke away from his comic
book.
Seeking the door to the base
ment, where the fire had broken
out. Fire Chief R. W. Alsip open
ed the bathroom door by mis
take. He found Bernard in the
bathtub reading a comic book.
Alsip said the conversation
went like this:
"Sonny, don't you know the
house is on fire?"
"Yep."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm busy. The firemen will
put it out."
Bernard went on with his
comic book and the firemen put
out the fire. When they left he
was still reading.
Courtesy Driving
Campaign Prizes
Following Is the list of prizes
in The Oregon Statesman-Warner
Brothers Courtesy Driving
campaign:
MAJOK GRAND PsUZK
Seventeen-jewel wriatwatch. choice
of men's or women's (Stevens Sr Son).
GRAND PRIZES
1st: New tire and tube (State Tire
service ) .
2na: Dishes, service for S (Salem
Hardware).
3rd: Sandwich frUl and fly rod
(Sears Roebuck).
4th: Permanent wave (Larscn's Beau
ty Studio).
: Hh: Wool auto robe (Bishop's Cloth
lnf). th: Airplane suitcase (Miller Mer
cantile). 7th: Table lamp (Dfstrom's).
1th: Electric room beater (McKay
Chevrolet ) .
Hh: Table lamp (Court Street Radio).
10th: Andirons (Doughton Hardware).
DAILY PRIZES
1st: Camellia (T. A. Doerfler At Sons).
tad: Three pair nylons (Army U
Navy store).
Ird: Ten gallons rasoline. oil change,
lubrication (General Petroleum).
- 4th: Umbrella (J. C. Penney CO.)
Hh:
CaT vacuum ( Hamilton rural-
tare).
eta:
4io
7 th:
ance).
8th:
Pike).
Album of records (Heider Ra
Auto flashlight (Yeater Appli
Half gallon lee cream (The
Two tickets Dslnore theatre.
th
14th.' Two tickets EJsinore theatre.
In addition, every one of the prize
winners (daily and grand) will re
ceive a certificate entitling him or her
to an z 10 browntone photograph
( BlshoK-Moderne ) .
All prizes are being made
available at The Statesman office,
with the exception that certifi
cates instead of actual merchan
dise will be issued for the photo
graphs, gasoline-oil, the perma
nent wave and ice cream.
Weather
Max.
- 42
43
60
- 18
Min.
n
38
as
s
Precip.
a4
.00
00
trace
trace
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
43
as
Willamette river 20 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem I: Mostly
cloudy today and tonight. Highest tem
perature 45, lowest 38.
NUNDIB I4VSI
14 PAGES
Salem,
President
Asks Civil
Strife End
WASHINGTON. Dee. laWP)
Here are the chief points of the
Uaited States policy toward
China as laid dowm today by
President Truman:
1. Hands off China's Internal
fairs.
2 Insistence. however, that
civil strife must stop as s threat
to world peace.
3. Continued ' recognition of
Chiang Kai-shek's national gov
ernment, but with a broader base
to include the rival Communist
faction.
4. Economic help for China en
a broad basis once peace returns.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18W.P)
President Truman called . upon
China today to quell its civil
strife, served notice the United
States stands firm in its recog
nition of Chiang Kai-shek's na
tional government, and pledged
American aid in speeding Chi
nese economic recovery once
peace returns.
In a lengthy exposition of this
country's policy toward China, the
chief executive formally ex
pressed "deep regret" that peace
and unity have not been achieved
in that country and asserted that
China "was a clear responsibility
to the other United Nations to
eliminate armed conflict."
New Drive Possible
Just what prompted issuance
of the statement at this time was
not spelled out officially, but it
appeared likely that It constituted
the groundwork for a newly con
centratedand perhaps last ditch
effort to bring Chiang's govern
ment and the Communist forces
together.
Mr. Truman, in commenting on
the formal statement, paid trib
ute to the work of General George
C. Marshall, his personal repre
sentative in China, and said he
would remain there as long as
necessary in the hope of getting
things cleaned up.
To Reduce V. S. Forces
Simultaneously, the statement
stressed anew, this nations pledge
of non-interference in China's in
ternal affairs, and the size of
United States armed forces in Chi
na Is being reduced from a peak
of 113,000 to "less than 12,000."
Steel Men to
Ask Pay Boost
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18-OTVThe
CIO United Steel Workers,
through its international wage
policy committee, today voted to
demand a "ubstantial wage in
crease" of the steel Industry when
negotiations for new contracts
open next month.
Philin Murrav. president of th
USW, declined to state what the
steel workers considered a "sub
stantial increase" but added: "I
firmly believe that the steel In
dustry can meet our demands
without increasing the price of its
products."
Contracts with between 70 and
86 basic steel companies expire
Feb. 15, according to Murray.
Negotiations will be opened at
least 30 days before then. The
steel workers head also said the
union, acting under the Smith
Connally act, would file strike
notices at least 30 days before
the expiration of the agreements.
Local High School Safety Council Aids
In Reporting Courtesy Driving Deeds
Augmented by the Salem high i
school safety council, observers
in The Oregon Statesman-Warner
Brothers Courtesy Driving
campaign turned in increasing
numbers of courteous deeds Wed
nesday to keep judges in the sec
retary of state's office busy sort
ing out the top 10 for prizes.
Police, too, renewed their ef
forts after a several-day lag.
All manner of good deeds were
recorded, but discourtesy and
carelessness on the streets still
were "all too prevalent," observ
ers said. However, both official
and unofficial sources have com
mented that there seemed to be
a distinct improvement and that
the courtesy campaign was suc
ceeding well in making more per
sons driving-conscious.
Several prizes were issued
Wednesday at The Statesman of
fice, where all awards are avail
able, three pairs of nylons to R.
E. Vincent of Doolittle's Service
station; umbrellas to Roy Cheek,
route 3, box 710, Salem, and H.
W. Salmon, 267 N. Cottage. Sa
lem, and two theatre tickets to
Oregon. Thursday Morning.
Bilbo's Secretary Testifies
V;:. , '
WASHINGTON, D. C Dec. 18 Edward P. Terry (left), former
secretary U Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo (D-Miss), who refused to
testify en the disposal of a 15.000 'Beat Bilbo' fund, before the
senate war investigating committee ! Washington today. (AP
Wlrephoto to The Statesman.)
Terry Keeps Silence
On 'Beat Bilbo' Fund
By William
Dec. 18 - (P)
WASHINGTON,
custodian of a $15,000 "beat Bilbo" fund, refused today to tell kenate ernment giving support In a 'slim
investigators what he did with it and was threatened with contempt ulatlng and guiding" role, said the
and perjury prosecution.
His stand threw into an uproar a senate war Investigating com
mittee hearing. It had been startled a few minutes earlier by an
assertion from Terry that a phy- ,
sician told him Senator Theodore
G. Bilbo accepted $1500 to get
a narcotics "prescription or
cense" for a constituent.
Terry Is a former secretary to
the Mississippi democratic sena
tor and had been called as a key
witness in the committee's Inquiry
into Bilbo's relations with war
contractors.
Twitching nervously, he reiter
ated previous assertions that he
had received warnings of death
if he told what he knew about j mission to investigate conditn.ni
Bilbo. Terry said he never heard n both sides of the Greek fron
of any understanding that con- t,er-
tractors were to make any pay- 1 The American proposal was
menus to Bilbo but he told of , hailed promptly by Britain, Aus
incidents where, he said, the sen- ! tralia and Brazil as a concrete
ator Indicated anticipation that
the contractors would do favors
for him.
Earlier in the hearings the
committee had obtained bank
records showing a $14,300 deposit
was added to Terry's account in
i a Jackson. Miss., bank on Sept.
7, 1945, and $15,000 was with
drawn an July 10, 1946.
At the time of the deposit
Terry was Bilbo's secretary. They
had frequent quarrels and he left
the senator's employ Jast Jan
uary 1.
PERMITTED TO' BUILD
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18.-0F)
Even Melby, Salem, was granted
veterans' HH priorities for the
construction of five homes to sell
at $6,850 each, the Oregon FHA
office reported.
H. A. Shute, 2175 N. Liberty. All
prize winners also receive cer
tificates for 8 by 10 photographs.
(The complete list of daily and
grand prizes, with their donors,
appears elsewhere on this page.)
Certificates for a half gallon of
ice cream and a photograph also
were mailed to C. R. Wallingford
of Free water.
Today's 10 winners, as judged
by the secretary of state's office!
from license numbers turnea in
by observers, are as follows (traf
fic Conditions, weather, location,
onnaiHarsH in m&kintf
awards:
1S-5C7 (1M7 license) Dec. 17. Court.
Commercial. Center; 13:10 pm.; driver
signalled for stop, waited for pedes
trians after light changed; turned In
proper lane with correct signals: wait
ed for car at Chemeketa even though
it did not have right-of-way.
285-fSe Dee. 17; N. Winter and Mar
ket; 3:45 p.m.: driver stopped to let
school children cross street at busy
tim.
13-4lDec. IT: Highland and Myr
tle; 1 .33 p.m.; driver signalled cor
rectly, stopped to let children cross
street.
2S5-74 Dec. 16: Center and 13th;
8:30 a m.; driver gave correct signals,
stopped car to t children cross.
December 18. 1948
" P ft1
V a Ml ) ,
T. Peaeeek
- Edward P-
Terry, self-declared
a,uiU. S. Seeking
, I I PfK 1 1 1 1
Greek Probe
V
Dec.
LAKE SUCCESS, Y.,
18-0P-The United States
pro-
posed today that the United Na
tions security council "at the
earliest possible moment" send to i
the Balkan, a seven-member com -
step toward settling the diffe
en res between Greece and h
neighbors.
If the American suggestion Is
adopted. It will be the first time
the security council will have or
dered investigators into any coun
try involved in complaints bef.jre
it. Adoption, however, will re
quire unanimity o the five per
manent members of the security
council.
REDS ACCUSE IRANIANS
LONDON. Thursday, Dec. 19
fipy-The Moscow radio charged
today that Iranian central gov
ernment troops had shot "hun
dreds" of persons in Azerbaijan
province and had instigated "at-
tacks" on Soviet citizens In the
provincial capital of Tabriz.
, J7-si-Dec
17: N Winter and Mar
ket: 3 .10 p m . stopped to let children
take In school-zone sicn from Mrret.
X43-7S4-Der. 18. State and Hifh:
10:20 a m : driver ued all hand sig
nals plainly, appeared very careful
and considerate.
Z5-4IS-Der. 18: Hifh and Slate:
10:15 a m : moderate ped. proprr
lanes, distinct hand signals, ytekied
rifht of way to peed traffic.
Z37-54S Dec. 18: Court and Commer
cial, 11:15 am: driver appeared care
ful and considerate, waited for safe
clearance, made correct sisnals and
turn
ZS-SIS UB47 lirente) Dec IS
Hish
ind State: 10 35 am; rolled
down
indow and used plain hand signals
Inaintained correct position in
lanes.
Wand moderate speeds.
. J34t7sDc j7; rrrry and Commer
rial: f:5S p.m : driver stopped short of
Intersection when noted trarflc lane
blocked across street, then turned so
as not to block traffic behind him.
(All numbers 144 unless otherwise
indicated).
(Repeating Wednesday's win
ners: ZC4-Sf. IM-4M, M-ttl.
ZSl-SSa, -ltS. -. M-I77,
324-SZ1. IM-4J7. SSI-9SS.)
Another 10 numbers winning
prizes will appear In The States
man tomorrow, Saturday and
Sunday, and on next Tuesday will
be announced the winners of the
11 grand prizes.
Today's Winners
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teee DrHrtMf Csesalgi await
drivers of ears wit. Umm 11
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Recession
In 1947 j
Possible
WASHINGTON. Dec.
The president's fon.nnir council
tonifht predicted proaperlty for
"some years' ahead. ecpt for
possible "dip" in 1M7 end Mr.
Truman ouirkly added that even
this dip could be avoided If every
body stayed on the )ob.
The council. In Its first reiort
under the employment act of
declared that white 1947 mlfht
brine a shlrt-Ilved business re
cession, the Ions -term outlook Is
for sustained hlsh employment
and production.
Disagreeing sharply concerning
next year. Mr. Truman told his
news conference that he did not
admit such a noihititr as a 1M7
slump. He said that he had hot
studied the report .
OsMook Good
He has made the statement re
peatedly, Mr. Truman replied to
questions, that the rxtl.k fr ine
cuntry Is rood and jwill continue
to re soon ir v-e i
people to fo to work
if he was referring
amended this to sarj
1 rtl itaT fit M'ork f
n onlv set
When atked
n strikes he
If only peo-
Nmody wants strlHe. the presi
dent went on. and tfrntf that In
terrupted the natloti's reconver
sion driven presumably the great
steel, railroad, auto Snl coal shut
downs were not necemiwrv.
The council's report to Mr. Tru
man predicted "no me years of high
production, employment snd pur
chasing power."
Beyond this, the report snid.
the country can. If It uae the
years for wise and vigorous plan
ning, rid Itself of serious denrer
lons for a future of unprecedent
ed prosperity.
Competition Meet be ItoU
"Free competitive enterprUe"
must be the base of such a per
manent prosperity, with Uve gov-
economic bodv headed by Edwin
G Nourse, who formerly,, guided
private research for the Brook
ings Institution.
Essentially, It position on the
1P47 outlook did not differ great
ly from Mr. Truman's, for the
council said the possibility of a
recession was raised by the cur
rent "misunderstanding and ten
sion" among business, labor and'
other vital elements of the econ
omy. ElfHtrom May Urge
, pan j0 InCrCa8C
Slreel Parking
Off-treet narking aocommoda.
tions "ne of mayor-elect R, L.
Id
.jAaugmented by finding spare for
arvuner iau cars on ine sireeui
trifmM-1 es.
ElMrom said he contemplated
recommending to his new council
that six blocks of streets In down
town Salem he widened so that
cars could park at an angle In
stead of curb-side on Liberty be
tween Court and Chemefceta. and
between State and Terry; on, High
between Ferry and Chemkets,
and on Court between High,, and
Church. 1
The plan would call for 150
parking meter In addition to the
450 expected to be Installed with
in the next few weeks.
Koonift More Plentiful
For Slate IeiiIatorri
Apartment Still Scarce
Sleeping rooms fir legUIs'ors
and legislative help for the 1947
session, starting January 13. are
now becoming more plentiful.
Secretary of Stale Robert R Far
rell reported here Wednesday.
Farrell hr ieen listing rooms for
several weeks.
Apartments and houaes still are
scarce and mot of the Salem ho
tel have ceased accepting reser
vation for the session. Ror.m
priren in private hme were said
to be considerably higher than at
previous legislative sessions. In
some rases $3 50 a night Is being
charged for rooms far away from
the statehouse.
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