British Reported Looking to
U. S. to A id in Greece, Turkey
By Jack BH a4
Alex H. Siagietam
WASHINGTON, Feb. ZS-4JP)
Congressional leaders were re
ported inclined today to back up
President Truman if he decides
the United States should take
over hard-pressed Britain's eco
nomic commitments in Greece
and Turkey.
They sought meanwhile to
weigh the impact of such a mo e
upon world stability and delicate
relations with Russia.
Diplomatic and congressional
informants said word has come
from London that the British,
their domestic economy 'trained
to the breaking point cannot
much longer maintain troop .n
Greece and give Turkey eco
nomic and military assistance.
SGDDjQS
Defeat o HB 368 keeps in the
law the provision that only prop
erty taxpayers may vote at school
elections on tax and bond issue
question: but it leaves Portland
school district in a predicament.
The issue came up when it was
proposed to give the Portland dis
trict the opportunity to call spe
cial elections for tax and bond
purposes. They wanted the law
fixed so no taxpayer qualification
would be required. It was de
cided, though, that it could not
be fish for Portland and fowl for
upstate in other words eligibility
to vote should be the same.
Whereupon it was decided to
amend the present law. making it
statewide and removing "the tax
payer qualification. That was the
bill which got beaten 44 to 15 in
the house.
The theory behind the taxpayer
qualification Is that if property
has to pay the tax decision on tax
es or bonds should be restricted
to property owners. The . state
however is very inconsistent in
this regard because it makes no
such requirement In voting in
state or county or city elections.
As a matter of fact the prop-r
erty tax qualification is pretty
much of an anachronism. In this
state heavy taxes are raised from
incomes, a large share of which
goes for education. Liquor reve
nues which support public wel
fare are derived from many who
own no real property. Gasoline
taxes hit everyone who operates j
a motor vehicle, and sales and
cigarette taxes
(Continued on editorial page)
Salem Council
Studies Youth
With the approval Friday of
questionnaire forms the Salem
council of social agencies
launched a survey designed to as
certain the adequacy of youth
recreational facilities and pro
grams in this area.
Conducted by members of the
council, the survey will convass
churches, schools, clubs and other
agencies. Aim is to determine if
enough leisure-hours youth facili
ties and programs exist here and
to find out which of these facili
ties are being used at maximum
capacity and efficiency. Dr. Law
rence Riggs, council president,
said.
Central office of the survey is at
the community chest office. Coun
cil members hope to complete the
survey in two weeks. H. L. Bra
den. CommunityChest represent
ative, is in charge of details for
the survey. Richard Alverson.
Cherry City district boy scout
commissioner, is chairman of the
committee which drew up the
forms.
Warmer Weather,
Clouds Predicted
Slightly warmer weather with
partly cloudy skies were in pros
pect for Salem and most of west
ern Oregon this weekend, accord
ing - to the Associated Press and
the IcNary field weather bureau.
R. H. Baldock. in his state high
way road report, said yesterday
that virtually all highways in the
state are normal, and he an
nounced the removal of load re
strictions on the McKenzie and
Richardson-Eugene highways.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOO0CICH
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President Truman declined
four times at his news confer
ence today to say anything about
the reports of possible American
shouldering of Britain's commit
ments in Greece.
However, the president and
Secretary of State Marshall were
said to have told a bipartisan
group of congressional leaders at
the White House yesterday that
the alternative to American, ac
tion may be eventual communis
tic control of Greece.
Republicans and democrats
who listened to the discussion of
what was described as a critical
situation in one of the world's
trtuble spots were represented
by colleagues as having indica
ted they will go along if the
president decides the United
P-82 Pilot's Betty Jo in Person
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NEW YORK CITY. Feb. tt-UP)-A. Cel. Rebert E. Thaeker (left) f
El Centre. Calif., and his ee-pilet. LI John Arm (right) mi Ingle
wood. Calif- are happy as they are greeted by their wives after
lasting at LaGaardia field here after a sen-step flight fre-m Hono
lulu In their fighter plane. Betty Je. named far Thaeker's wife.
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142-Hour Hop
From Hawaii
Sets Record
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-HP)-Betty
Jo. the army's sleek twin-engined
P-82 fighter plane, swooped into
La Guardia field non-stop from
Honolulu in 14 hours and 33 min
utes 'today, streaking nearly 5000
miles over land and sea.
Lt. Col. Robert E. Thaeker of
El Centro, Calif., the pilot, min
imized the 4978-mile flight, long
est distance ever flown by a
fighter plane, but said it had
proved that fighters could make
long distance escort trips.
"There was nothing heroic about
it," he told newsmen as he rubbed
his tired eyes. "There was noth
ing to it. Please don't make a hero
out of me."
Nevertheless, the long-postponed
flight aroused widespread
interest as the Betty Jo zoomed
across the country this morning,
her New York goal jeopardized
because of a mechanical failure
which made it impossible to drop
three of her four auxiliary gas
tanks.
With 60 gallons of gasoline left
of the 2215 loaded into the P-82
at Honolulu, the fighter hurtled
over the airport here at 8:06 a. m.
(PST. Thaeker brought her in to
a perfect landing at 8:08:44.
P-51 Speeds
To New Mark
NEW YORK, Feb. 28-(-Paul
Mantz. veteran speed flyer, sped
across the country in a P-51 Mus
tang today to set a new non-stop
transcontinental mark of six
hours, seven minutes and five sec
onds for a single-engined, propel
ler type plane.
The 43-year-old pilot said he
could have set a much faster rec
ord if his radio had not failed
shortly before he reached La
Guardia field.
Salem Taxi Finn
To Install Radios
Ten two-way ultra-nigh fre
quency radios are to be installed
in the Salem Taxi company's
taxicabs when the sets are re
ceived in May, Robert Lynn
Clark, company owner, announc
ed yesterday.
Clark said the antenna and
transmitter will be installed at
the top of the First National
bank building. He said applica
tion had been made to the fed
eral communications commission
for a frequency assignment in the
152 to 162 megacycle band.
Oregon Gvil War Vet
Returns from Midwest
PORTLAND, Feb. 28 -GP-Theodore
A. Penland, 98, found the
midwest too cold and now is back
in Portland for the rest of his
life. That's what Oregon's only
surviving veteran of the civil war
told a reporter today. He left the
state last fall, intending to live
in Michigan.
FOXEST VISITS COUNTED
PORTLAND, Feb. 28-4VSome
2.750 000 travelers went through
the 19 national forests of Oregxi
and Washington last year, the UJS.
Forest service reported today.
States must step id in order to
preserve European stability.
So m e republicans, however,
were said to believe that a full
explanation of the program must
be made to congress and to the
people before any final decision
is made. It is highly possible
that the final attitude of con
gress will be determined by the
public's reaction. There are these
possible alternatives for the.
United States, a number of legis
lators said:
1. Substantial economic as
sistance for Greece itself and for
Britain in maintaining the police
job there, or
2. Adoption of a hands-off
policy in an srea where interests
of Russia and the western pow
ers conflict.
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Nine Salem High
Musicians to Play
In Festival Band
Nine local high school musi
cians were chosen from among
hundreds to be be members of
the festival band and orchestra
which will play in Seattle during
the northwest conference of mu
sic directors and educators March
i 19-22.
The Salem high students, chos
en from applications made to the
committee, are Donna Jane Mack
lin, Freda Carlson and Phillip
Blankenship, violin, and Donna
Wiederkehr, oboe and English
horn, all of the orchestra; Lowell
Fox., clarinet. Roger Middleton,
cornet. Rodney Beals, flute. Glen
Garrett. French horn, and Rob
; ert Miller, oboe, all of the band.
' Instructor Victor Pal mason has
, been asked to assist with the
' string section of the orchestra
! and Vernon Wiscarson with the
band during the festival.
50-Year Pact
To be Signed
j LONDON. Feb. 28 - JP) -The
! foreign ministers of Britain and
France announced to their ap
; proving parliaments today that a (
I 50-vear treaty of alliance between ,
the two countries would be signed !
on Tuesday at the historic French :
channel port of Dunkerque. i
France and Britain already
have treaties of mutual assistance
with Russia. Both documents are
aimed especially at Germany, but
express agreement also on coop
eration for. the security and eco
nomic betterment of Europe.
Announcement of a third pact,
completing a ring around Ger
many, was greeted with cheers in i
both the house of commons and
the French national assembly.
Oregon Accident
Toll 39 in Month
Thirty-nine persons were killed
in motor vehicle accidents during
January of this year as compared ,
with 27 in January, 1946. Sec re- i
tary of State Robert S. Farrell,
jr., reported Friday. i
More than half of the fatalities j
resulted from non-collision acci-,
dents. Twelve of the 39 fatalities
occurred within cities or towns.
Skidding cars caused IS deaths.
New Lumber Plant'
Expected in Willamina
WILLAMINA. Feb. 28. -JP)-Mayor
H. A. Parrett said today
that a new lumber manufacturing
plant would be established here
soon. He said the company, to be
owned locally, would make an
announcement probably next
week.
SOCIETY NOT ALARMED
PORTLAND, Feb. 28-CP)-The
Multnomah County Medical socie
ty's public health committee re
ported today that epidemic diar
rhea had not reached alarming
proportions here.
COMMUNISTS EXPELLED
NANKING, Saturday, March 1
UP) - The government, charging
Chinese communists with jpen re
bellion, today gave red delegates
until Wednesday to clear out of
government territory. The - com
munists immediately asked for a j
15-day stay. 1
ItStETT-SIXTB TEAR 10
Hospital
a
Annex
Approved
By Westell Webb
Managing Editor. The Statesman
Final legislative approval was
given Friday to a measure pro
viding for the state acquisition of
facilities at Camp White near
Medford for possible use as a
state hospital annex to relieve
crowded conditions at the insti
tution in Salem.
House passage of the senate bill
so providing came near the end
of a comparatively busy day dur
ing which the house assessment
and taxation committee voted to
introduce a measure to raise $2.
000.000 annually by levying a 2
cent tax on each package of ciga
rets a proposal which was de
feated by referendum vote 87,542
to 60,321 two years ago.
Referendum Probable
The bill providing for the no
cost acceptance of the $6,000,000
Camp White facilities from the
war assets administration provid
ed only that title would rest with
Oregon. Establishing a state hos
pital there will require a refer
endum, under statutes prohibiting
such institutions from being out
side of Marion county except by
popular vote.
The house also passed without
dissenting vote its memorial ask- j mended a grant of $17,991,815 as
ing the government to give Che-; OPA windup expenses,
mawa Indian school to the state, J "The committee was informed
after Rep. O. H. Bengston of Med- that a rent control bill is ready
ford said there was "a rumor that! for early senate consideration,"
some thought is being given, on Chairman Bridges .,(R.-N. H.) told
the part of the federal govern- reporters, adding, "there is a move
ment, to abandoning the Indian afoot to transfer sugar and rice
school which is not now operating controls to the department of ag
at capacity." i riculture.
In another major action Friday, j Bridges read into the record a
the house voted 44 to 15 against j letter from Chairman Taber (R.
a bill to allow any registered j N. Y.) of the house appropriations
elector to vote in school elections, J committee that OPA had "failed
heretofore limited to property I to keep faith with the govern
owners. Opponents objected to , ment" in reducing jts payroll,
letting non-property holders sad-1 Taber said 1000 OPA field
die districts with debt Proponents j workers could handle sugar con
said nearly everyone paid cchool trols and "3000, rents. Instead, -he
taxes anvwav through the prop-
erty-offset pha.e of income taxes
Fifteen "Yes" 'Votes
The 15 "yes" votes (with only
J. O. Johnson absent) were cast
by Reps. Barry, R- H. C. Bennett,
R. A. Bennett, Condit, Dammasch,
J an ten be in, Harvey, Hendricks,
Lonergan, Niskanen, Pier, Thom
as, Wilhelm. J, Wilson, Hall.
Introduced in the house were
seven measures including those
calling for a $970,076 deficiency
appropriation for state depart
ments and institutions, and re
quiring probate courts to have
petitions stating facts and reasons
before ordering hearings on pos
sible committals to state hospitals.
House bills passed by the sen
ate included those providing for
a state commission to buy federal
surplus materials and permitting
the governor to commandeer fire
fighting equipment in emergen
cies. The senate sent to the houe
a bill to let school boards exclude
mentally unfit children from
schools.
Eirht Bills in Senate
Eight new bills introduced in
the senate included measures to
allow divorced persons to remar-
ry after 60 days instead of six .
months; continue a wartime per-
mit for the use of oleomarganne
mstatemiWuUoDijpetinitaone
mill "County Historical Fund"
tax; authorize Purchase or con-;
strucuon of a $60,000 governor s ;
home in Salem, and provide i
means for withdrawal or an area
from a rural, fire protection dis
trict. "
Additional tax proposals also
were being considered Friday,
and the legislature's major revenue-producing
program was un
derstood to be nearing completion
in the house assessment and taxa
tion committee. A sub-committee
of that group suggested an extra--one-cent
gasoline tax to enable
increasing the cities' and counties'
share of highway revenue to 12.5
and 20 per cent, respectively.
Present share is 5 and 15.7 per
cent.
The house alcoholic control
committee Friday tabled a bill to
permit sale of mixed drinks via
scrip in clubs, but said it would
consider a new measure to allow
Sale of liquor by the drink in ho
tels, restaurants and clubs.
Bills Up in Heose
Among 19 bills up for final ac
tion in the house today is its own
measure requiring inspections of
school buses every 90 days.
Up fos final action in the sen
ate are a house bill to exempt
gifts to charitable associations
from "the corporation excise tax,
and a senate measure to require
board of health approval for small
community water systems.
The house will resume at 9:30
a.m. today, the senate an hour
later.
(Legislative actions on page 2.)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
LjUMr iitoa srettos km (SB 314.
323. 324. 347. 363) Monday. March 3.
following afternoon adjournment,
room 401. statehouse, before senate
labor and industries committee.
Pakilc aUlity bills (HB 277, 290. 29C.
311) Monday. March 3. 7:30 p. ro..
room 321. statetaouse, before bouse
utilities committee.
fireworks, BaeaHeal m4 eeaseterT
bills (HB 12C; SB 342.: 354 Tuesday.
March 4. following afternoon adjourn
ment, room 300. statehouse, before
senate judiciary committee.
FWe-amaa bi(Bway eoaaanlssioa (HB
133 Tuesday. March 4. 1:30 p. m
room 401. statehouse. before senate
state affairs committee.
PAGES
Furniture Fire
World Scorcher,
Hamilton Avers
Ralph Hamilton, of the Hamil
ton Furniture company, last night
found his world scorched from
pole to pole and meridian to me
ridian. A fir which started at the store
about 6 pjn. of supposedly elec
trical origin, destroyed two daven
ports and chairs and badly
scorched five floor lamps and two
world globes.
"The one world that was
scorched the worst," explained
Hamilton after the fire, -was the
deluxe model, while the standard
world was only scorched from the
Mississippi river to the Indian
ocean."
The davenports and chairs were
moved into the street by city fire
men and the flames extinguished.
Committee of
Senate Votes
To Bury 0PA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-UP)-The
senate appropriations commit
tee today voted 11 to 2 to bury
OPA by June 30 but members
said" controls over rent, sugar and I
rice will continue under other
i agencies. The committee recom-
saia, vjfA shti dm iz.ouu worn-
ers in the field.
The house, in a recent vote,
aimed a much harder blow at
OPA. It voted to cut $9,000,000
from its current year's appropria
tion, a move which OPA officials
said would put the agency out of
business immediately. The final
decision may be made in a senate
house conference committee.
Bomb Explodes
In Haifa Bank
HAIFA. Palestine, Feb. 26-4 fP)
One person was killed and six in
jured in a bomb explosion on an
upper floor of Barclay's bank here
today during mounting tension
over arrival of a refugee ship car
rying 1,350 uncertified Jewish
immigrants to Palestine.
Crowds surged through Haifa's
main street during the day and a
maze of road blocks was hastily
manned by British troops to pre
vent their storming . the suburb
of Bat Galim as urged by curb-
f ubsiding despi
depar1ure of a Bitish traPns
rt deporli som? of ,
ived refugees to Cyprus.
exploaion kiiied , Jewish
ernploye of the Britin
offl and jajured an n J
employe, four other Palestinian
.w-w mv , .w. -j
a British soldier, who discovered
the bomb and attempted to defuse
it.
Funds Released
For McNary Dam
PORTLAND, Feb. 28 -(JP)- The
way was opened today to begin
McNary dam on the Columbia
river this' spring.
The chief of engineers at Wash
ington announced release of
$1,440,500 to begin the work, and
the Portland office immediately
made plans to call for bids about
March 0.
A suni of $1,162,803 was also
released for work on the Colum
bia river channel, Bonneville
dam, and other northwest projects.
Agriculture Officials See Drop
In Food Prices if Crops Good
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -UP)
Barring a poor crop year, house
wives and family breadwinners
can look forward to a reduction
this year in their grocery bills,
agriculture department officials
predicted today.
They said also that prices of
many non-food items in the fam
ily budget must come down if the
big volume of the nation's 1947
industrial and agricultural pro
duction is to move into consump
tion and use.
An official department report
issued today showed that farm
prices on Feb. 15 were at sub
stantially the same level as a
month earlier.
This Is the way food officials
size up the price outlook:
- The nation now has as large a
supply of food as it has bad in
POUNDBD 1651
Saturday Morning. Marh 1, 1947
Truman
Selection
Rejected
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-(AV
A senate committee wrote "no"
today across Gordon R. Clapp's
nomination to head the Tennessee
Valley Authority but President
Truman signalled for a fight to
the finish, on the senate floor.
The president told a news con
ference after the committee acted
that he is staying behind Clapp
to the finish just as he is beside
David E. Lilienthal. nominated
for chairman of the atomic energy
commission. Clapp, long-time as
sociate of Lilienthal, was named
to the latter's TV A directorship.
Mr. Truman praised Clapp
warmly as a career public servant.
He recalled that during his own
senate service he several times
saw nominees confirmed after ad
verse committee reports.
The public works committee
recommended Clapp's rejection
after hearing criticisms similar to
those raised against Lilienthal
himself before the atomic commit
tee where his nomination as chair
man of : the atomic energy com
mission is pending. They included
accusations that Clapp tolerated
Communists in the TV A and
characterizations of him as a
"New Dealer."
The committee's vote was 7 to
5 two Democrats and three Re-
.
ana
Democrats and four Republicans, l? cut otJ' . . ,
including Cain of WashingLa Th wre5k purred a mile and
against "ot quarter from Bennington curve
Sen. McKellar (D.-Tenn ). swhere the railroad s -Red Arrow"
leader of the fight against CUp ? "?5I?T ."ISS
expressed himself as "delightedt'
and said "he ought to have bee
rejected."
Budget Saving
Earmarked for
Debt Reduction
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-4)
The senate voted today to .take
a one per cent nibble out of the
public debt with part of the -money
it figures on saving in trim
ming President Truman's $37,500,
000,000 budget.
Sen. Knowland (R-Califl said
the one -per cent payment
$2,600,000.000 sets up a goal of
paying off the whole $260,000,
0O0.0O0 in 100 years.
Knowland had wanted to set
aside $3,000.00,000 toward debt
reduction. Sen. Taft (R-Ohio)
wanted to hold the figure to
$1,000,000,000 so as to leave more
leeway for translating budget cuts
into income tax cuts.
The compromise on $2,600,000.
000, advanced by Sen. Millikin
(R-Colo), prevailed, 82 to 0.
Eighth Vessel
Gills for Help
antic ocean tales which have
plagued shipping for a week were
abating today but at least eight
vessels still were 'reported in need
of help In . the wind-whipped
waters.
The fishing motor vessel Prin
cess Pay, eighth to falter, lost
her rudder 220 miles south of
Halifax, .. Nova Scotia, the coast
guard said, but the Norwegian
tanker Sommerstad was standing
by and a Royal Canadian mount
ed police vessel was scheduled
to go to her aid.
President Opens
Red Cross Drive
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2&-VPy-Prestdent
Truman called on the
American people tonight to "re
spond proudly" with donations to
the Red Cross which opens its an
nual drive tomorrow to raise
$60,000,000.
"Let us remind ourselves," he
said in a broadcast from the
White House, "that many times a
year the people turn to the Red
Cross once a year the Red Cross
turns to the people. That time is
now at hand."
any February in history and
slightly more than at this time
last year.
On the other hand, retail out
lets are offering more non-food
items such as automobiles, re
frigerators, household furnishings,
etc., than a year ago. These items
are competing with food for
about the same number of con
sumer dollars that 'were available
a year ago.
"In other words," these offi
cials said, "there is tendency
for consumers to divert dollars
from food to other goods they
could not get earlier. Under such
conditions there is nothing in the
economic picture to push food
prices upward. Instead, they will
tend to decline because of a
weakening demand."
IHloaas VdDftes to
Pay LMg8Mm
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-6P)-LegifUtion virtually outlawing
portal-to-portal pay suits received overwhelming house approval
today in the first formal test of sentiment on labor measures since
the republicans seized control of congress.
By a roll call vote of 345 to 56. the house sent the bill to the
senate after first crushing attempts to modify clauses giving em
Sleeper Car
Breaks Loose
On Mountain
GAIXITZIN, Pa., Feb. 28-(P)-
runaway sleeper on the Pennsyl
vania railroad's New York to Tex
as "Sunshine Special" raced crazily
down mountainside tracks in the
pre-dawn darkness today, killing
a Pullman porter as he tugged fu
tilely at the emergency brakes,
and injuring 11 others.
Its sleepy passengers flattened
themselves in the aisles to avoid
i nying glass uuiiiig me dguimms
. . . t i n,.ir...ni
lliree allU one lldll lim: uavnnaiu
run, which started after the car
broke loose from the train at the
crest of the Allegheny mountains
while one of its two engines was
wee-it, iv 1 1 1 1 .
than 150.
Railroad officials began an in
vestigation. The car had finally
halted when the rear wheels left
the rails and plowed into an em-
bankment.
TFarm Month
Above Average
TP ALrW
1934 was proclaimed by the Salem
weather bureau in its month-end
nnrt last nieht.
The mean temperature for last
month was 2.8 degrees above the
normal, naving registered at 45.5
degrees. The mean maximum tem
perature for February was 55.7
degrees, or 6.9 degrees above nor
mal, and the mean minimum was
just average at 35,3 degrees, the
weather bureau said.
High temperatures of the month
were recorded on the 7th, 22nd and
25th at 62 degrees and the lowest
on the 27th at 24. The 62-degree
1 temperature was the warmest
! since October 24, 1946.
Rainfall was a little over one
inch below normal for February
at 3 43 inches, total rainfall for
the year is now recorded at 6.66
inches and the wettest day of the
. : . l ,
'month was on the first with 1.0
inches.
Slot Machines in
Idaho Legalized
BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 28 VThe
THahn pnitp after . two hours of
impassioned debate adopted 27 to
12 the house-approvea legisiauon
to revive the legal operation of
slot machines which proponents
said would help finance a $l.p-
000,000-a-year minimum educa-
tional program passed earlier to-
day in the house of representa-
tives.
The slot machine legislation was
returned to the representatives
who concurred in a senate .amend
ment restricting the devices to in
corporated cities and towns.
Lumber Controls
To End Mareh 31
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2&-JP)
The office of temporary controls
said today that most government
controls over production of lum
ber, soft wood, ply wood, hard
wood flooring and mill work will
be lifted March 31.
The civilian production branch
of OTC said, however, that be
cause of the mill work, shortages
it will continue to require chan
neling of specified sizes of west
ern pine and Douglas fir shop
lumber to mi 11 work or cut-stock
manufacturers, j
Britain Asks Economic
Commission in Europe
LAKEN SUCCESS, N. Feb.
28.-yP)-Great Britain called upon
the United Nations economic and
social council today to give top
priority to the creation of a per
manent ; economic commission
which would help the war-ravaged
nations of Europe, get back
on their feet. The jcouncil opened
its fourth session with moce than
30 Items, on it agenda.
WOOL. PRICE INCREASED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-CP)
The agriculture department today
increased selling prices of government-owned
wools an average of
between 2 and 3 cents a pound,
clean basis.
No. 28$
ployers new defensive weapons in
any suits brought under minimum
wage and hoars laws. -
Senate sentiment apparently is
strong for enactment of some kind '
ui oh-jvi ii vj mcurc. now-
ever, leaders tentatively planned
to pigeonhole the house measure
temporarily, and take up instead
perhaps next week a bill which
they say is more moderate but has
the same general aim: Termination
ofportal pay suits now amount-
ing to $5,785,000,000.
Past ruiUm CamiflrrMl
The main features of the house ,
measure wotrki:
1. Close the coauU. to suits for
portal pay unless the claim was
based on worker a?tivities for
which the employer by pait cus
tom or agreement usually paia. ;
' 2. Give employers the right to
claim "good faith" ai a defense
against suits brought under the
minimum wage statutes. "Good
faith" is in effect a cljim of rtm
pliance with the law an the em
ployer understood it.
3. Allow employer to cite past
custom court order arut admin
istrative rulings to back up the
claim of acting in g xi faith.'
One-Year Time Limit
4rSet one year as the time limit.
after the work is done, during
which a suit could be brought for
any pay alltgedly due under the
three minimum wage statutes.
such s-uil are successful.
The following Oregon republi
cans voted to pass the legislation
virtually outlawing portal to por
tal pay suits: Angel!, Ellswcith
and Norbiad. The ro" call did not
list Rep. Stockman (R-Ore).
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In Tournament
from 33 western colleges, Willam
ette university forer.sics students
last night shared with Peppeidihe
college students from Los Ange '
les, high scoring honor? as the
semi-finals drew near a close in
the all-western speech tourna
ment at Linfield college, McMir.n
ville. Willamette students to continue
today after placing in the semi
finals yesterday are: Bob Say re (
and Chuck Mills and Ira Jones and '
Ed Ladendorff, junior men's de-
bate team; impromptu contest.
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Bob Sayie, Corinne Engijhl and-
Kathleen Secord; interpretation. .
Betty Ferguson; oratory. Miss
Ferguson and Tom Courtney;
speech of occasion, Kathleen Se
cord. Dr. Herbert E. Rahe. Willam
ette university speech professor,
in announcing the outcome last'
night, said that final winners
would be announced tonight
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! NANKING, Saturday, March . 1
1 --Premier Soong resigned to-
day and, in a farewell appearance
Derore the legislative - - Yuan
(council), blamed China's eco'nom--ic
woes on the Communists.
Soong had been culled to ex
plain "China's muddled! economic
situation."
Speculation in Nanking was that
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
would assume the premiership.
Soong said the generalissimo had
accepted his resignation.
Boy Hit by Car;
Driver Arrested
Robert A. Knuth. route 9, Saw
lem, was arrested on a charge of
"an improper left turn involving;
an- auto-pedestrian accident" by
city police last night after th
truck he was driving allegedly
struck William Welch, age about
9. at the intersection ' of Duncan
avenue and the SUverton road, in
vestigating city police Said.
The Welch boy, son, of Mrs.
Sybil Teausaw, 420 Evergreen'
ave.r-i was treated by the Salem
first aid squad for a fractured
right leg and taken to the Salem
General, hofpital,' where his condi
tion was- reported as "fairly good'
last night.
Weather
Max.
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57
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Mm.
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23
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Prctp"
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Salem
Portland . .. ...
San Francisco
Chicago
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Willamette river: .4 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu- .
reau. McNary field. Salem I: Partly
cloudy today and tonight. High tern-
perature today, SO; low tonitfht. 30.
PricV 5c