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Chemawa Indian School Holds What May Be Last Commencement On Historic Site Education of Race Main Kevnolc at Final Exercises - The prospective closing of Che ma wa Indian school is unfortun ate, but the forcing of Indian stu dents into public schools at least constitutes another step on the road to self-reliance, the school's 1947 and possibly last graduating class was told Monday., Commencement speaker was George P. LaVatta. district tribal relations officer, and graduate of Carlyle, -who urged the 14 grad uating seniors to return to their families, homes and reservations with the determination to exem plify the value of education , to others of their race. The graduates ft their final ceremonies, on the widely-known campus just north of Salem, were in conventional graduation .clotf-e? - dark suits for the boys and pink f ormals for the f cur pretty Indian maids. A large avdience of relatives and friends applauded lengthily when Jim Chocktoot of Klamath Falls, class valedictorian, express ed the desire of himself and his classmates to aid their race through education and personal effort. Chemawa, moved here from Forest, Grove in 1885, will be closed next week unless congres sional budget cuts are rescinded. The- school, with enrollment of 440,-has a plant of 44? acres and more than 100 buildings. Both scholastically and athlet ically, Chemawa has long been a prime factor in Willamette val ley educational fields. OTP mw no Recently a contemporary called to public attention "the strange fact that the state police have no insurance fund for the protec tion of their families and any re lief for the latter must depend upon the: wangling - of a bill through the legislature in future years. The "strange' thing about the statement is that it is not cor rect. Members of the state police re covered by the state indus trial accident commission lor ac cident or death in course cf duty. Eo is every other employe of the state and of counties, and cities and school districts in any haz ardous or near-hazardous occupa tion. In addition, legislatures have made special - appropriations to widows of state police officers killed in line of duty. No "wang ling" has been necessary as the legislature has readily sensed its obligation in matters of this kind. The last case so to be compensated lor was that of Officer Chambers In Malheur county. - - The amount of the allowance for death, under the 1941 statutes, Is $130 for funeral expenses, 940 per month to the widow, $12 per month for each child or $8 per month for each child in excess ef two. On a widow's remarriage a final settlement of $300 is made. A recently-enacted law, to be ef fective in July, raises the allow ances to $250 for burial expenses, - $60 per month to the widow, and to $18 and $12 per month respect ively for children's grants. Whether, it would be wise to create a special insurance fund for the state, police is doubtful. During the history of the state police,, covering nearly 16 years, even officers have been killed. That is seven too many, but hard ly enough to base an actuarial computation on for a real insur ance system. The new rates make the compensation more nearly in line with needs, and the legisla ture can supplement the regular compensation after reviewing the Individual cases. . In any event" the Idea should siot stand that the state police are without insurance protection. ' " SOLON GOES TO HOSPITAL ' OKLAHOMA CITY, May 12fJP) Jimmie Scott, state legislator (rom Holdenville,' Okla. who was ad judged mentally ill following his shooting of State Senator Tom Angiin on the floor of the Okla homa senate last Wednesday, will be committed to a veteran hos pital at Waco, Tex. AnirncI Crscftcrs By WAKEN GOODRICH j kJUUUJit uiuipcr tunic zxsTtsattt nothings in my ear.,? -MA 1 1 1 mrrrrrr " v-Jfri p-r ; -n r , I M -.v-v,. i a.,;T Vf Oiv-" - -fj UJ V- ... -f. UJ L- j .., .t; . ''- 1 ir 1 n A&Ar fi i f n 'v'7 - - 3 4 - - -i . t r - r C'j - . ..- - A - . i I :' - . ! CengratnUtions and goodbyes mark the end of Chemawa's The graduates, left to rifht, are Gayle Stone. Blackfoot, RUht-center above shows (left to rifht) M. W. Evans, The younger children la the top right picture are among 1947 (and possibly last) commencement. At upper left, Idaho; Joe Pinkham. Yakima; Philomcna Half moon. Pen- Chemawa superintendent for four years: Dr. R. BL Tis- the more than 40. seme from as far away aa Alaska, Jimmy Chocktoot (center). Klamath Falls, valedictorian. dleton; Gene Lahr, Browning. Mont: Charles Hollaire. Inrer, district educational superintendent; C Blorgan who most find other schools for eompleUoa of their . shakes hands with Levi Wilson, Lapwat, Idaho. saluUtor- MarysvUle, Wash.; Richard Burke, Pendleton; Herbert Pryse. district director; George P. LaVatla. district tribal education, in event Chemawa closes In a few iUts as Ian. with Reginald Tulee. Hurrah. Waslu, another saluta- Murchison,' Metlakatla. Alaska; Levi Wilson- Blanche relations officer and guest speaker, and O. II. Lipps or scheduled. At lower right Is the familiar landmark on torian, looking on. At lower left Is the S.P. railroad " Bouchard. Centralis, Wash.: Jim Chocktoot; Jessie Miller. Salem, former Chemawa superintendent. Buildings In the Highway 99E the Indian-made totem pole at the Chtma- siauon wmcn lonr serveu me cia u loown at teii-ccnicr leaving the auditorium after NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR rni7 'Free' State Only Solution LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y May 12 rCP)-The United Nations assemb ly political committee tentatively approved late today a clear field for the special U. N. inquiry group which will search this summer for ; a solution of the Palestine issue. - . ' .. By a vote of 29 to 14, with 10 abstentions and two absences, the committee tossed out six proposals relating - specifically to . Palestine independence. ? -; ':--- The majority thus agreed with the United States and British con tention that the special inquiry committee should-not be restricted by any specific mandate from the assembly. : "'7 ."":,. Russia, which has proposed that the-pecial committee come- up with a proposal ' on the. question of establishing without delay the independent democratic state of Palestine, voted against a French catch-all proposal to throw out all six ideas.. Russia will have another chance tomorrow. Jew and Arab- organ izations clashed in their final tp pearances. - '. ' - The Jewish agency maintained its plea tor substantial immigra tion to Palestine and for a separ ate Palestine state; the Arab high er committee served notice that the 'Arabs would resist all Jewish immigration and all attempts to set up a Jewish state. The Arab countries in the U.N. furthermore told the United Na tions that a democratic, independ ent state is the only solution they will accept for Palestine. . U. N. Group For Palest Arabs Declare ' Increased Salaries, Costs Face County Bud Gearing of county finances to a county employes' salary increase and to additional expenditures contained in recent legislative amendments to county law is the problem before the Marion county budget committee's opening ses sion this morning in the court house. Total requirementa this year will exceed two million dollars for the first time in the county's history." The increase is $340,309 over last year's requirements. Wage tcr:ts for the county's 12 elecJve officers amounting to $12,860 and for between 150 and 200 employes are items for con sideration by - the committee. An increase in juror's ' salaries from $3 to $5 per day and new salary schedules - for a . district court judge, constables and justice of the peace districts await the com mittee's action. Most county offices including the clerk's, recorder's, tax, asses sor's and health, are requesting scbook ne 191 graduaung- Klamath Falls; Realnald Tulee; Jesse soove, diplomas in nana, iiioni. Monday's final exercises. er 45 12 PAGES nNH? YrVo) Denies Probe i ine; TrunkSlayer's Freedom Short PHOENIX, : Ariz May 12. (VWinnie Ruth Judd, the ti- ger woman'' trunk murderess of 16 years ago, broke out of the state hospital for the insane last ;. night and was recaptured today in an orange grove. It was the third time the red haired killer had escaped. She surrendered quietly to ; sheriff's deputies. Mrs. Judd said she fled the hospital because the superinten dent wouldn't let her see her mother on Mother's day. . V ii. . On Oct - IB, 1931, Mrs. Judd : . shot - and killed v two women ' friends, Agnes LeRoi and Hed- vig Samuelson, and shipped, ' their dismembered bodies in y two trunks and a suitcase to v Los Angeles . " , :t - She was- convicted and sen l fenced to be hanged, but was - adjudged insane at a hearing 72 hours before her scheduled ex ' ecution. i - ' Boost Agreed PORTLAND. Ore, May 12-VF) Employers and AFL lumber and sawmill workers agreed today on a 7'A-cent hourly pay increase for the Pacific northwest fir indus try. - .. .--,v- The new minimum to $1.32 H cents an hour will be retroactive to April 1. The agreement was announced by the lumbermen's industrial re lations committee and the north western council and the Puget Sound district council , 0 the union. ' geters additional employes. Harlan Judd, county clerk, indicated his office will soon require additional em ployes to cope with the state and business house plan of a five-day week. He is losing clerks to these institutions and predicts his office may have to adopt a five-day staggered week. Major requests on the 1947-48 budget include a health depart ment request for a $22,000 in crease over last year's $60,350. The county clerk's office requests a $2,500 micro-filming outfit to preserve all ' county Tecords. An other petition is the. $25,000 fund asked by military , reservists for training and meeting buildings. Other items to be set up by the committee, are the $200,000 court house construction fund, $1,000 for the new rural school district board, $7,100 to care for the first year of the employes retirement fund, the $300,000 road fund and a $500,000 general' fund to include old age pension costs. ween Sawmill Wag Today Lower scene, K. u. Henderson, Chemawa storekeep- dormitory, named for Sen. Charles McNary; lower left, years, handing change to Raymond Eyle, Rife. Wash. younger boys' dormitory, and the main classroom building. FOUNDED 1651 Limit issue Up Russia Seeks Limiting of Border Inquiry LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y May 12 --Russia ! reopened the Greek case in the United Nations secur ity council tonight with a demand that the powers of a UJf. sub commission investigating Greek border incidents be curtailed sharply. , Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko remanded that the council limit the subsi diary group to -special cases as signed to it by the parent com mission. He also insisted that the sub-commission headquarters be moved from - Salonika near the frontiers, , to Athens, the Greek capital to , the south. -, The -Russian demands came as a - house-senate committee in Washington "sought to work out an acceptable ' version of Presi dent Truman's $400,000,000 aid program for Greece and Turkey. The Soviet delegate said the group's "presence in Salonika may encourage activities of certain irresponsible and adventurous Greek circles." He said such acts would be "dangerous - from the point of view of the maintenance of peace in that part of the world. The council took no immediate action on the ' Russian points and the next session was set for Fri day. ARC Ghairraan Rossman Ends 19-Year Term Supreme Court Chief Justh-e George . Rossman Monday night announced his resignation as chairman and as a director; of Marion county chapter, American Red Cross, at the board's regular meeting. He has been board chair man for 19 years. Chief Justice Rossman ex pressed his deep appreciation of the boards he has served with and declared that his supreme court duties and officers in the American" Bar association are re quiring much of his effort The Salem Red Cross has been accord ed several outstanding national recognitions during his chairman ship. The annual meeting May 20 will elect several new : directors, and the board will meet June 9 to elect Rossman's successor. Decision was made to send a delegate to the national ARC con vention in Cleveland next month. Salem chapter's home service department report for April shows 315 cases, of which 183 were vet erans, 94 ' service men and 38 others. Financial assistance, all to service or ex-service men, totaled $9244. Tobe, Brownlnr. lower pictures Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. May mm Senate To Vote On Labor WASHINGTON, May 12 Senator Hatch (D-NM). expressed belief today that President Tru man would veto the pending la bor disputes bill, as the republi can leadership won agreement for a final senate vote tomorrow. Hatch, a close friend of the president's told the senate, how ever, that he will vote for the measure in the hope that provi sions acceptable to Mr. Truman can be worked out in conference with the house. He declared that "neither party would gain" po litically by a veto. The senate will start balloting on any pending amendments, in cluding a motion by 11 demo crats to substitute a milder bill for the one backed by Senator Taft (Ohio), chairman of the re publican policy committee and of the labor committee. Sponsors of the substitute, de signed to meet President Tru man's recommendations on labor legislation, concede it will be de- The" Taft bill, up after the sub stitute, would outlaw the dosed shop, under which employers can hire only union members. It also provides, among other things, for a new federal, mediation agency; authorizes the government to seek injunctions against "national emergency strikes, makes unions liable for unfair labor practices and subject to suit for violation of contract, and outlaws union controlled health and welfare funds. The bill already approved by the house goes further. For ex ample, it outlaws industry-wide collective bargaining in nearly all instances and scraps the national labor relations board in favor of a new labor-management board. Margaret Hedges Wins Scholarship For Art Exhibit Margaret A. Hedges, Salem sen ior high school art student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hedges, 2330 Hayden ave.. Is win ner of- a scholarship award in a recent national high school art contest, it was announced here Monday. The award is a one-year schol arship to the California college of arts and crafts in Oakland. She is the first Salem student to win the scholastic art award, given annually by Scholastic magazine in New York, according to Mrs. Ruth B. Sitlinger, Salem high school art teacher. Miss Hedges submitted a port folio of 20 drawings and paintings last February in a preliminary ex hibition in Portland. Top winners of this exhibition were then sent to the National High School Art exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,, for national judging. More than 120,000 art pieces were entered. A straight-A honor student at high school. Miss Hedges is a member of the honor society, Civ ics club and Palatteers. 4 are (upper left) McNary hall, older 13, 1947 Germans Find Schacht Guilty STUTTGART, May 13.-iP)-A German denazification court today convicted Ed Hjalmar Schacht as a major nazi of fender, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. ' " The court said the two years which Adolf Hitler's finance minister already had been held in detention would be taken into account. If the 70-year-old Schacht's health permits he will be re quired to perform some labor during his term. Schacht was one of three high officials acquitted of war crimes by the international military tribunal at Nuernberg. The oth ers were Franz von Papen, dip lomat, and Hans Fritzsche, ra dio propagandist. Papen has been sentenced by a denazifi cation court to eight years, and Fritzsche to nine years. Lower Freight Charges Held Okeh for South WASHINGTON, May 12 -JP The south won a fight for lower rail freight rates today in the supreme court. A 7-2 decision upheld an in terstate commerce commission or der for a 10 per cent increase in certain rates in the , northeast roushly including the area north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi, plus mosfx of Virginia and a 10 per cent decrease in the south and in western areas between the Mis sissippi and the Rocky moun tains. Southern industrialists and po litical leaders had led the battle for the lower rates to aid south ern industry, contending they were discriminated against. Officials of northeastern states and 33 railroads had attacked the proposed rate change as arbitrary. The opponents of the rate change now have 25 days to seek a rehearing from the court. The findings involve only the so-called "class rates," aplying to so-called "class rates," applying to tured goods such as clothing. - The court majority, with Jus tice Douglas as spokesman, gener ally backed up the ICC findings that the old rates put manufac turers outside the "official" rate territory at a competitive disad vantage and have been a factor in holding the south and west back in economic development. The flat percentage shift in rail road rates is designed by the ICC as an interim measure pending creation of a whole new structure of class rates and a uniform sys tem of classification. KOOTENAI RIVER FALLS BONNERS FERRY, Idaho, May 12 -(Jf)- The flooding Kootenai river was slowly receding tonight without spilling over the top of 32-foot dikes protecting Bonners Ferry and 40,000 acres of farm lands. Crews were fighting seep age. , boys wa Intersection. The figures at Its base are Tbelma Chaff In and Ruth Smith, (All photos- by Don Dill. Price rn UJ Willing to Here for Parley Striking Salem telephone workers Monday night voted their will ingness to return to their jobs, probably next Monday under the contract Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. now offers. The contract would give them a $3 a week pay raise, contrasted with a $4 increase for workers in the Portland metropolitan area. Local union members voted 108 to 3 in favor of the contract "and any additions proposed by UTEO" after . William Lockwood of the United Telephone Employes ex ecutive board in Portland assured them union president C M. Bixter was en route to San Francisco with board instructions to work for three last-minute company concessions but "not to lose this contract Lockwood said Jm expected the contract to be signed by Friday and work resumed by next Mon day. AUitnde Is HoM Fast , Although a few of the strikers indicated they would , re turn : to work today, most of the 125 pres ent at the jnass. meeting; of Sa lem UTEO locals in the labor temple expressed their Intention of holding fast in the strike de spite a statewide back-to-work undercurrent among telephone workers. ""t-;.-;,,.:- It was made plain that the Oregon : . union's executive board still has final authority in nego tiations, as empowered at the out set of strike notice by the union, despite some misunderstanding among ' the local union members that last night's vote would in fluence their strike-or-worjc status immediately. '.,"'". Lockwood explained that rati fication votes cannot be called for until a contract is signed by the union and the telephone company. Union Clause Hit Principal point still under con sideration is the contract clause requiring reinstated workers to return to their jobs within 48 hours, which. Lockwood said, might mean the crossing of West ern Electric "employes' picket lines. Also still controversial, Lock wood said, is the clause which would permit the telephone com pany to discipline returned strik ers who had taken part in viol ence or "inciting" violence. -He said the union wants this clause deleted in favor "of a state that only such action as now allowed by the national labor relations act might be taken. Coast Unions Sign SAN FRANCISCO, May 12-OF) The five-weeks-old telephone strike in most of , the far west ended today, to all practical pur poses, as the last of the import ant telephone unions ratified set tlement terms. : . .. ; Following an earlier back -to-work vote by the CIO American Communications association, .the United Brotherhood of Telephone workers late in the day ratified a contract offered by the five state Pacific Telephone It Tele graph company and prepared to man their jobs at once. both of rente 7, awaiting a bus. Statesman staff photographer). Weather Max. - t ,: Urn . ' - M ' . ay Min. 41 S 11 s Predp. .OS M tre Saleia . , Portland San Francisco , Chicaco rw York si sa Willamette river -. feet FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem 1: Partiy cloudy today and tonight with very light rain during early morn inf. High est temperature today 70. Lowert to night 48. Spraying will be possible ail day, but winds this afternoon will b too rtrrne; frr effective d-it;wg Se No. O Return $3 Raise; Continues Lovett Named Marshall Aide; uits Acheson Q WASHINGTON. May 12.-;p-President Truman appointed Rob- , ert A. Lovett undersecretary cf state today to succeed the veteran Dean Acheson amid indications that other changes among top dip lomatic officials are in the mak- . ing... " : - - - - i - Lovett, wealthy New York back-; er who served in wartime as "as sistant secretary of war for air, will take over the No.. 2 state de-' partment post on July 1 if the senate - confirms his nomination as expected. . - The resignation of Acheson, after six years service as under secretary and assistant secretary, was announced today. Other changes in prospect, which will confront Secretary Marsh all with the -problem of altering the lineup of his principle aides. Include the transfer to foreign posts of H. Freeman Matthews,' director of European affairs, and John Carter Vincent of the far eastern affairs office. Both are career officers whese consecutive service in the state department is limited by law to maximum of four years. , Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden, who heads up all Amer . ican republic affairs, has figured also in speculation on diplomatic? ' changes. He declined comment- . today on published reports that he plans to resign soon. Salem Retail Sales . 1 Up by 40 Per Cent PORTLAND, May 12-VRe-tail sales mounted throughout Oregon in the first quarter of th -year, the bureau of census re ported today. Sales were up 21 per cent .over the same period last year. In Salem the gain was 40 per cen$ for the first three months of the year- - ; Onr Senators Uca