cut
0QOOOQ0
mo odds
Decrease in Building Costs
for This Year
The United States was the
heaviest contributor to the
UNRRA which dispensed billions
for the relief of peoples of lib
erated countries. Its decision to
withdraw further support means
that UNRRA will wind up its
affairs within a few months. But
this termination will not end the
need of these peoples for supplie I
furnished from outside to supple-
ment hat foodstuffs and goods lor.
they are able to produce at horn.'. Creedon. in a final report on the
To help meet this need President : 1946 housing drive run by his
Truman recommends the appro-, predecessor. Wilson Wyatt, said
priation of $350,000,000 for -ex- f 1.003,600 new dwellings were
penditure by officials of our own j started, 661.900 completed, and
country in liberated lands. Relief the housing industry almost corn
in enemy lands, like Germany and pletely reconverted "to a peace
Austria, is handled out of mili- time basis."
tary appropriations. Millie New Hemes Seen
It would not be surprising lor For 1947 he predicted 1.000,000
Americans to say we have poured new homes suited and an equal
enough relief into these countries, number completed in a "big con
that the war is well over, that w- truction year" marked by con
should look after our own and tinued improvement of the mate
therefore should end these gratui- rials shortages.
ties. The answer is that thi There should be further relaxa
amount i a substantial reduc- tion of building control. Creedon
tion from the billions expended d, adding: "It is expected that
through UNRRA. and may we.l lower building cost will result
reDresent a minimum both of nee J from greater efficiency in cod-
nd of generosity. Another an
swer is that this is a contribu
tion not only to meet dire humar
need for fod and medicine arc
clothing, but a contribution to
ward a stable world cider.
Occasionally one reads of n
family left homele by fire, when 1946."
the neighbors rally and provides -a Hoesea Permanent Type
the family with emergency shelter ' Of the 661.900 completions last
and food and furnish them with year, two-thirds were new per
needed clothing. With this tiding 1 manent houses and apartments.
over they
(Continued on editorial page)
i
Senate Bloc
To Minimize
Military Cuts
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-PVA
powerful group of congressmen of
both parties a pea red in position
today to hold any reduction in ;
army-navy funds to about $750.-
000.000. i
The group will constitute an un-
questioned majority in the senate
when it votes, possibly Monday.
on a proposal to pledge a $33.-
000.000.000 ceiling on total spend-
ing for the year Deginning July
1
This promised limitation $4.-
aoo.WMJ.ooo unaer tne ngure pro-
pofeti dv r-resiaeni numan oui
ji.aoo.uou.wou more man me nouse
voieo aiiows omy comparauve-
ly minor cuts in tne i l.wii.iiuii -
000 Mr Truman said would be ceremonies commemorating the turn of the year, but popular reporters as other congressmen Tne "tolj Dy states: New Jersey,
necessary tor national security 215th anniversary of the birth of I brands have held steady, mer- anticipated an ultimate supreme 13. District of Columbia, 3; Penn
Supporting the military funds in Washington. chants said. Canned milk is being court test of the measure's con- syjvarua i8; New York, 4: Conne-
the v.Mate are leaders of both, President Truman, bareheaded i sold by some retailers without ! stitutionality. The bill is to reach o'- Massachusetts. 2; Del a-
parties, including Sens. Vanden-
terg of Michigan and Taft of Ohio
on th- republican side and such
influential democrats as Sens.
Tydmg of Maryland and George
of G'-orgia.
Some congressmen predict that
when army and navy appropria-
tions bills, which determine the
amount the services actually will
ne services actually win
before the hemse there
e strongest kind of re-
get. come
wil be th
jMance tn any mjor slash
If it's Hollow,
Then Reut it
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-V
During the war. this saving gained
circulation among the GI"s: "If it
moves, salute it If it doesn't
move, pick it up. If vnu can't pick
it up. paint it '
The shift to peacetime family
concerns. Attorney General Tom
Clark told a Veterans of Foreign
Wars meeting tonight, has
changed the ad ice to this:
"If it crie. change it If it's .in
wheels, buy it. If it's liollow.
rent it."
No New Snow Notel
On Oregon Highnays
Road conditions continued to
improve in virtually all sections
of Oregon Saturday, with no new
snow reported in eastern or cen
tral Oregon, state police an
nounced. Clear weather prevailed
in all parts of western Oregon,
but there were some spots of ice
and snow in the higher elevations
officials said.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOO0GICH
.(
"Poor kid h vu r eased
on OP A report.
1
Shortage
Of Labor
Expected
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-P)-Housing
Expediter Frank B. Cree
don predicted tonight the 1947
housing effort will find building
costs lower but may hit a "major
bottleneck'' in a shortage of la
struction and production.
"It is generally expected that
labor requirements this year will
outstrip last year's demand con
siderably. The result will prob
ably be more numerous and more
serious craft shortages than in
1 ne record:
New permanent units 670.900
begun : 453,800 completed; federal
temporaries 191,000 begun; 101,
900 completed; tiaiun s 48,000
begun; 48.000 shipped; temporar
ies financed bv schools and loca
government 29,200 begun; 12,
900 finished; conversions of ex
isting structures 64.500 begun;
45.300 finished.
Average sales price of new
houses last year was $7500 and
the average monthly rental $59.
Creedon said, adding "A large
Portlon of new housing was too
expensive for many veterans.'
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MT VERNON, Va., Feb. 22-(P)
Secretary of War Patterson re- I
caued to the nation today the ad
vice of George Washington to
keep the United States-so strong
tnat belligerent nations
wlll not hghtly hazard giving us
provocation.''
universal military training is
the answer. Patterson said, ininf n prade are lower than at the
in a chilling wind, stood silently I
ag a bugler sounded "taDs" at
the snow-mantled tomb of George
anj Martha Washington. When
the last note faded away the
president walked into the red
brick vault and laid there a wreath
of red carnations.
in y-j
J KllSSia KejeCtS
I , , '
lYiarsliall Iteply
LONDON, Feb. 22-P)-Russian
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
has sent a second note to Gen.
George C. Marshall, U5. secre
tary of state, which described as
"not convincing" Marshall's ex
planation of a statement concern
ing the Soviet Union attributed to
Dean Acheson. under-secretary of
state, the Moscow radio said to
night.
The radio said Russia's second
note, dated Feb. 20, answered
Marshall's reply of Feb. 18 to the
oWginal Soviet note, which
charged that Acheson displayed a
"hostile attitude" toward Russia.
Lilienthal Hearing
Ends This Week
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-Pr-A
Wednesday deadline was set to
day for hearing additional wit
nesses on David E. LilienthaKs
qualifications to head the- atomic
energy commission and the fight
headed to the first-round bell.
Two more national figures
former Governor Herbert H Leh-
man Df New York and Dr Harry
tmerson Fosdick of New York,
religious leader gave public sup
port to Lilienthal today in tele-
SSfV0 snato": gner (D-
iNY). Two more democratic sen-
ators Chavez of New Mexico
and Taylor of Idaho announced
they will vote to confirm Lilien
thal. Stanford White Slayer
Dies at Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH. Fla . Feb. 22 I
iip)-Harry K. Thaw, 76-year-old
millionaire playboy, died at his
Miami Beach home about 8 p.m.
tonight, of coronary thrombosis.
Thaw, who began life the son of
a railroad tycoon, and subsequent
ly inherited close to $40,000,000
after his father's death, died in
peaceful surroundings after a tur
bulent life during which he had
shot and killed Stanford White;
noted architect, and spent seven
years in an insane asylum.
PEDESTRIAN KILLED
PORTLAND, Feb. 22-yP) -Howard
B. Taylor, 86, became Port
land's 12th traffic fatality of the
year today. Police said he was
truck while crossing a street.
NINETY -SIXTH YEAR
fLes Look Our Best, Dollie9
" ' hi
..'V
NEW YORK. Feb. 22 Dressed in
Karen Bettum pretties her doll
Oslo. Norway, with her mother.
father in Brooklyn. (AP photo.)
1 Salem Food Prices Continue
To Rise; Menus
By Ed
Staff Writer,
Marked increase in food prices is noted in the Salem area,
contiary to U. S. department of agriculture's January predictions ,
for the first two months of 1947, a Statesman survey of grocers
indicated Saturday.
Merchants said their prices reflect freight rates and wholesale
prices but Salem Restaurant asso- , ;
ciation officials say that no menu
price increase has taken place this
year.
Rising prices are recorded for
cereals, meats, milk, cheese, flour.
coffee, vegetables and potatoes.
Grocers report that butter and
eggs have taken their usual sea-
sonal drop and that prices of some
canned citrus fruit juices and of i
oysters have been down since the !
first of 1947. Other canned fruits
profit they report.
After a 50 Der cent increase last '
year, soap prices have also gained. !
One well-known soap flake prod- .
uct went from 25 to 35 cents per j
nArkatrp and some hars of soao !
have increased up to 7 cents per
bar.
Sugar increases amount to about
a half cent per pound, as retail
ers now pay 44 cents more per
hundred. Sugar distribution con
. trol still irritates some storekeep
I ers.
Vhie surplus potatoes sell for
Per ton for cattle feed, potatoes ,
for human consumption have in- ;
creased up to 20 cents a hundred
pounds, wholesale, causing retail j.
rises slightly higher than that fig- j
ure.
1 f i teli r 1 1 f lmfa.
-
America to Lead
PRINCETON. N. J., Feb. 22-OP) ,
Secretary of State George C. Mar- j
shall said today that "a strong
lead and definite assistance from
the United States will be neces-
sary" if "democratic processes in i
many countries are to resume
their functioning." j
Speaking at a luncheon of the
Princeton National Alumni aiso- ;
ciation. Marshall said "We have :
had a cessation of hostilities, but
we have no genuine peace." He
urged that the United States lend
its aid "if the Droductive facili
ties of the world are to be re
stored." Cities Win
Legislature Legalizes Dancing in Schools : House
oe
By Wendell Webb
Managing Editor, The Statesman
Oregon's cities held permission
of the legislature today to acquire
property for off-street property
and levy taxes for its improve-
ment, but a bill to allow con- j Marcn.
demnation proceedings went I The proposal that cities be al
down to defeat. lowed to condemn property for
The action on the parking bills
i highlighted a wrangling session
of the house Saturday, delaying
the week-end adjournment well
into the afternoon, but brought
debate nowhere near the fever
pitch it is expected to reach Mon
day when consideration of the
school apportionment measure
(house bill 9) is set as special
business for 10 a.m.
The measure has been amended
to divide the $16,000,000 annual
fund 50 ner cent for equalization
35 nr rent irrants anH aids anH
r :
13 per cent transportation ana
administration.
The legislature ended its sixth
week Saturday, and its $8 per
diem pay will stop as of midnight
a week from tomorrow (the 50th
day). It still has the tax, public
20 PAGES
Norwegian costume, 3-year-old
at a pier here after arriving from
Mrs. Leif Bettum, to Join Karen's
Unchanged
Lewis
The Statesman
Ban on Portal
Pay Predicted
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-(JP)
Speaker Martin (R-Mass)
ex- ,
pressed conviction today mat a j
ban on portal pay claims will j
Dreeze mrougn congress.
el is opinion was aavancea to
the house floor for action on;ware'1; Maine 1; Kentucky 1.
Thursday-
Chairman Michener (R-Mich),
of the house judiciary committee
named a subcommittee to draft a
detailed report outlining the com-
mittee's views on the necessities
for the measure. He said this re
port Is being prepared with "great j
care against tne time when it
may be scanned by the supreme j
court to determine the intent of national laDor relations lhwiu iu
congress in passing the bill. night reinforced its policy that
tl I, T1.., I,
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1 j . j
Salaries iNOteti
i
PORTLAND. Feb. 22-(P)-High- i
er salaries for Oregon teachers ! collective bargaining representa
appear in prospect for the 1947-48 ' tive
year, the Oregon Education asso- , specifically, the board held that
ciation said today. n members of the CIO United
The association reported a , Automobile Workers, accused of
widespread acceptance of $2400 .paHinp a brief strike at the De-
as an annual minimum, as rec-
ommended by the state and na-
wonai euu canon wsuciauon. i in 1942 were not entitled to re
Among the schools adopting the j instatement. At the same time the
$2400 or better minimum are , hoard dismissed charges of unfair
neamona nign, sweet Home mgn,
Mltm- Mona, renuieion, nms-
ooro. aanun ana soilage urove
schools.
METER STOLEN FROM CAR
J. J. Albrecht, 88 Fairview ave..
reported to. city police last night j Paul R. Henton, route 1, Sheri
that a light meter, valued at i dan, at the intersection of Port
$17.50, was taken from his car land road and Lana avenue last
parked at Court and Front streets j night. No injuries and only minor
yesterday afternoon. I car damage were reported.
Height to Arrange Off
welfare and school apportionment
programs to settle, as well as
multitudinous salary proposals,
and week-end consenus seemed
to be that the session would ex-
i tend at least to the middle of
LEGISLATIVE
I'nrm play ment roaupcasaUon bear
lagi icont.) Monday. February 24.
following afternoon adjournment, room
309. statehouse. before senate labor and
industries committee.
Insurance association fciu (HB 302)
Tuesday following afternoon ad
journment, room 321, statehouse. be
fore house committee on financial in
stitutions. Water control districts and denart-
1 meat of juee sb isa. 229 1
,' Tuesday. February 25. 7:30 p.m.. room
i 30- statehouse. before senate judic-
j iary committee.
off-street parking facilities miss
ed a majority (31) by two votes.
The count was 29 ayes and 23 nos.
Eight representatives were absent.
All the parking bills previously
had been approved by the senate.
POUNDOD
1651
Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. February 23. 1947
200 Cars
Isolated
By Snow
BALTIMORE. Feb. 22.-;p-An
army rescue team moved out to
night to help state road crews and
police battling through snow drifts
to an estimated 500 stranded mot
orists 25 miles north of Baltimore.
Some 200 motor vehicles were
blocked, state police said, and two
large rotary plows were moving
ahead foot by foot through ten
foot drifts, still five or six miles
from some of the snow-bound
people.
accidents where liquor is in-
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-;p-The volved, and require that drivers
snowstorm that lashed most of the having two accidents resulting in
east and cost 52 lives turned on 1 property damage of more than
northern Maine today as thou- j $300 be placed on a year's proba
sands of other communities con- tion. A companion bill would
tinued to battle through drifts. ;
Skies were clear over a large
part of the blanketed area but
in the northeast bitter winds toss
ed up drifts and hampered road
travel.
The storm whipped the eastern
area for nearly 24 hours before
abating yesterday. Its center
swept out over the North Atlantic
but the edge of the storm hit
northern Maine today and headed
for New Brunswick. I
Twelve thousand men attacked ;
piles of snow in New York City
today. La Guardia field reported;
662 flights cancelled over a three- son of Sen. and Mrs. William
day period. Ships were delayed ; Walsh of Coos Bay, the new lob
in reaching New York because of byists were conducting a deter
heavy seas. , mined effort to have the 30-man
The nation s metropolis had an
j j iincn fall .In some New Eng-
land and middie Atlantic areas
there was as much as 17 inches,
Dickinson County, Va had 27
inxhes.
Coast guard cutters off the New
England coast were busy shep-
herding small vessels in distress
to safe waters.
Numerous industrial plants
througnout tne easi w:,c
and weather conditions.
namperea oy nu!ciin:rriii utmuin.
r-i- Kiit fnld weather was in
t for most 0 the area
Traffic aci
idents and over-exer-
i-.n in shoveling snow were re
sponsible for most of the deaths.
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Reversing an earlier decision, the
strikers forfeit their "protection"!
wpnpr art when their i
under the Wagner act when their
walkout is "unlawful.
j An unlawful strike, the board
' said, is one where unionists
I strike to obtain recognition of
their union when the board has
rrtified a different union as the
j troit piant ot Thompson Pro-
i ducts, Inc., machinery producers,
t iaDor practices against the com
pany.
COLLISION REPORTED
City police reported a collision
of cars operated by Benjamin F.
Dodge, jr., route 1, Silverton, and
to Act Monday on Education Apportionment Bill;
'
Other senate bills passed by
the house and sent to the gover
nor Saturday included those
legalizing -dances in schools and
letting schools charge for use of
facilities for outside purposes; au
thorizing the state highway com
mission to build paths and walks
along roadsides; permitting de
ductions in paychecks of state
employe for group insurance and
allowing schools to excuse from
attendance pupils between 16 and
18 years old whenever attendance
constitutes a hardship or further
education is deemed unprofitable.
Considerable objection delayed
passage but failed to defeat the
school-dance measure, which op
ponents said would offend some
religious groups, as well as the
plan for paths and walks along
highways which several repre
sentatives contended would pri
marily help "the wealthy who can
afford to ride horses."
The house also passed five of
its own bills including those re
quiring fenders and mudguards
on trucks and trailers to prevent
wheel spray, and increasing from
Reduced Speed
Limits Sought
Under New Bill
Reports were current at the
statehouse Saturday that oppo
nents of the no-called throughway
bill were drafting a measure fix
ing a maximum; speed for passen
ger automobiles ton state highways
at 45 miles an hour and tnJt-ks
and buses at 40 miles an hour.
Present limit is 55 miles an hour.
Proponents of the bill declared
speed and not side roads was re- .
sponsible for the increasing death
toll. i
Several members of the senate'
roads and highways committee
were known to oppose the new (
plan
Another bill under consi
tion would provide more sev
penalties for persons in traffic
provide for compulsory insurance.
Young Lobby
Assailing Ban
On Fireworks
The Loyal Legion of Legislative
Lobbyists had aditional recruits
today from the younger set.
Led by 11-year-old Billy Walsh,
senate defeat a house-approved
bill barring fireworks from all
, parts of the state.
i The youngsters were not quite
, tal enought to really buttonhole
!a senator, but they were trying.
; The group in addition to Walsh
i included John Hall. jr.. 10. son of
Speaker of the House and Mrs.
John Hall of Portland: Jessica
Dunn, 8, daughter of Sen. and
nu.un iurin oi uuer, ana
i i;cn j dumu, iv, uIl ui z.yipna
Burns, chief clerk of the senate.
Young Walsh said "I have 10
votes for sure, but I'm still not
sure of my daddy."
Atomic Energy
Planes Bared
V V A7 vnnif Fok 11 , nr. TV.
first attempt in this country, and
probably in the world, to use
atomic energy to propel aircraft
was started last July and is now
well under way the New York
Timoe c--i -c
. , .
The work, says the Times, is
being carried out by the NEPA
project (nuclear enerev for nro-
pulsion of aircraft), and is a com-
bined effort of the federal gov-
ernment, the national advisory
committee on aeronautics, the
army air forces and a number of
private firms.
'That the first atomic-powered
aircraft will be a pilotless plane
is considered a certainty by those
who understand atomic energy,"
the Times says. "To shield the
pilot from the deadly radiation
would require a weight that
would make the plane of little
use."
The speed of atomic-power air-
craft, says the newspaper, would
be limited only by the strength
of materials in the plane or mis-
siles, since one kilogram of plut
onium or uranium 235 potentially
could generate 30,000,000 horse
power. EXPELLED FOR GAMBLING
SEATTLE, Feb. 22 - iP) -The
Post-Intelligencer said tonight one
University of Washington student
had been expelled and another
suspended over charges of "crook
ed gambling" in the dormitories.
- Street Parking Lots
$ 1 . 5 0 0.. 0 0 0 to $2,000,000 the
amount to be spend for a new
state office building in Salem.
The senate Saturday defeated
one of its own bills to increase
auto court inspection fees. Sen.
Douglas McKay of Salem an-
nounced he would seek reconsid
eration of the vote. Two other
senate bills were passed and sent
to the house, one of which would
legalize the present over-size
trackless trolleys in Portland.
Adopted were house memorials
asking the president to make part
of Vancouver Barracks a national
monument and requesting con
gress . to raise the limit on vets'
on-the-job training and educa
tional benefit earnings.
Two bills were introduced in
the senate, relating to rights on
beaches between the high and
low tide lines. One prohibits the
taking of rock or sand from the
shore and the other sets a 25 mile
speed limit for motorist driving
on beaches.
Fifteen measures will be up for
final action in the house Monday
including those increasing the
Price
air
Boxcar Shortage
t By the Associated Pim)
The worst boxcar shortage in 20 years flcwly tightened its thrrt-
tling grip on American industry Saturday a represer.iai.v es cf the
nation's railroads, steel companies, rail car builders a-d government
agencies sought some solution to the crical situation.
The consensus in most quarters aht mere car are needed
to bring any real relief. And railroad spokesmen prec.r:ed the s:tua
! France Faces
New Threat of
General Strike
PARIS. Feb. 22-6P-The threat
of a general strike grew in France
today as 1.300.000 government
workers and 50.000 miners de
clared they would walk off ther
jobs unless they received salary
increases.
In Paris coal was lacking for
stoves and no French language
newspapers were being published
Approximately 2000 printeds and
1000 gasoline station attendant
remained idle in their strikes for
higher pay.
The miners were demanding as
'-e
a minimum necessity a wage of
7000 francs ($56) a month. There
were indications Premier Paul
Ramadier might accede to the re-
. tI. -nmi frsnr minim,-
Jor beKinners who now
makf. .round 500O franrs Recu-
rHn the coal otricts of France
1 frnm nmm in wwwi (rn
1 .k Knc,
i - . ... , '.
j , a 20 cent al increasc.
: AoDroxirnatelv 72 0O0 government
J oyewere siio makfng
less than the $56 minirnurn
British Gas
Firms Limited
LONDON, Feb. 22 - OP) - The
government ordered gas compa-
nies to slash coal consumption 10,
per cent for 10 weeks today and
announced that restrictions on use
of gas in homes similar to those
j on electricity may be ordered next
! week.
I Some gas plants may be closed
j altogether, it was announced, as a
j result of renewed blizzards which
; have blocked coal siinnlies to the '
! Plants and threaten a breakdown
. r ,
' th 8as industry.
Sir Guy Nottbower, spokesman
i toT the ministry of fuel and pow-
i er, said 40 coal ships were snow-
i bound in northeast ports and fuel
j stocks at big gas plants have
dwindled to a "very dangerous
: point
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!
HAVANA, Feb. 22-T'r-Cuban
secret police today arrested j
Charles "Lucky-' Luciano, former!
New York vice overlord, shortly
1 after he left his luxurious home
j in the Miramar residential section
with two bodyguards.
He was placed in an immigra-
tion camp and an authoritative
vuiv 0a vusu asivci
w i 'V?""1 TT311
If he refuses he will be held unt.l
April 29 the expiration date of his . Great Briuin ,ireadV has in.
six-month permit, A police m- dicated it wiU reT,ew obUons to
vesUgatior, was launched after the the plan. London contends that
United States cut off narcotics such a ftep is legallv impossible
shipments to Cuba saying Luc,- unti, the Japan peaceeaty
anos presence might lead to di- has been fi Pre'um:nar- Ru -vei-sion
of the drugs. , sian cppositioo alio
! around the time element.
Session Far from End
state highway commission from
t three to five members: setting
I up a fishing compact between,
i Oregon, Washington and Califor-
J nia; creating an agency to ac-
! quire surplus property for the
I state, and allowing non-property
owners to vote in school elections.
Up. for final passage in the
senate Monday are three rf its
own bills, including one allowing
school districts to incur debts up
to 10 per cent of the district's
assessed evaluation, instead of the
present 5 per cent, and two house
bills, one of which taxes wheat
to finance a commission to find
new grain markets and uses.
As of Saturday night, a total
of 759 bills had been introduced
in the 44th legislative session
(401 in the house, 358 in the sen-
ate). The house had passed 134
of its own bills and 33 of the
senate's. The senate had passed
107 of its own bills and 44 sent
from the house. Final legislative
approval had been given on 77.
Both the senate and house will
resume at 10:30 ajn. tomorrow.
(Legislative Calendars on page 6)
Weather
Mm.
Uka a XI
OtIC&fO 25 IS
.f Ycrt IS
Willamette rrrer 2.3 feet.
rORICAST I trotr C 5 weather -ruu.
McNmry fj)d. SU--a: ParUy
rloudT today wrtti iscrtMffl cliun
rvr Uv.ifbt Temperature luf tcony
0. tow tonight -
5c
No. tti
CffllTffiifef
Considered Critical
tion would get were before it
improv es.
Although the boxcar shortage is
felt in all parts of the country,
no important shutcowr -r critical
freight pileups are as yet repotted
in the Pacific northwest and fev
eral ether areas.
Chairman Reed (R-K.an1 cf a
senate commerce subcommittee,
which has been holding hearings
on the shortages. ca"'?d a confer
ence cf industry executives and
government officials in Washing
ton for next Wednesday in an at
tempt to work out a plan to tb
tain 10.000 new boxcars a month.
The railroads have ordered
000 cars which s!i"! are undeliv
ered. They claim cars a:e wearing
out and being retired at the rate
of 2.500 to 4.0O0 a mr.th Only
2.408 cr.rs were produced in Jan
uary. Under a pre-":oj? arrange
ment worked out with tee! com
, panics, box car maker-; and the
civil production a-irrv.r.istra'ion.
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Railroad spokesmen ir. Chicago
po;nt to expanding industrial pro
duction and a record winter wheat
crop harvest expected in the
spring and summer 3? further
prospective rail burder.s.
The almost unprecedented de
mand for steel is the crux of the
boxcar shortage. Some railroad
sources contend that, at the ex-
f rail car makers, '.h
teel m,1,s have concer.trated on
dema"d high grade
steel for automobiles, refrigera
tors, washing machines and a
mass of other consumer goods.
Meanwhile, the effects of the;
boxcar shortage continued to
pyramid. From many sections of
the country came reports of cuts
in manufacturing output and em
ployment, overflowing warehous
es, shutdowns of flour mills and
drastic curtailment of new-paper
advertising space because of a
i newsprint scarcity,
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the face cf Russian-3ritish cpro-
sition. the United States will not
j demand immediate acceptance of
; its plan fer placing the Japanese-
mandated islands in the Pacific
! under a United Nations strategic
; trusteeship, informed sources said
I today.
1 Instead. American delegate
; Warren R. Austin was said to fc
ready to let the proposal Maori
once it has officials- reached" the
floor of the security council and
gone on the agenda." Howe er, th
United States wil! nuke it clear
that it intends to remain on the
islands.
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vaet rKai t mI-k,m
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a strategic area under L". S. ad-
rrxiniU-aition- will go before thi
POHnpii n,t ur -.
Monmouth Publisher
Heads State Press
i , GP'!LTeb
nual tJregon press conferenca
S,105 'oday following election c4
R. B. S wen son, publisher of the
onl"ouin Herald, to succeed
President P. L. Jackson. Oregon
: Journal publisher. George S.
: TurnbulL dean of the University
! 01 Oregon school of journalism.
was named secretary, and Verne
: McKinney. co-pubusher of the
i Hillsboro Argus, representative at
f large of the Eric W. Allen roe
j morial fund.
j
; Festival at-Lebanon
; .
To Mark Centennial
j LEBANON. Feb. 22 The first
i centennial of the founding of
i Lebanon will be observ ed May 30
' and 31 at the annual strawberry
festival and fair. Kenneth Sims,
local manager for Mountain States
Power company, is chairman cf
the fair board and L. E. Arnold
will be festival manager. Civic
organizations will take part in the
program of pageants which will
depict the settlement of the town
in 1847.
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