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Normal Se rvice in Prospect; State WorkeR mnETY-SEVENTH YEAR 18 (UiniDoini Leadleir 4 Propose on VvaslhiDinjgfioirQ1 SAN FRANCISCO, May 15-0P)-Joseph Curran, head of the CIO National Maritime union, said today that "a national work stoppage lor a period cl tune, a mass visit upon Washington" might be, utilized by organized labor in manifesting opposition to pending legislation. Curran, whose union got together at a strategy session here with Barry Bridges International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's JTTP u(D coots Present transportation facilities make '-circle tours easy.. One . may make a circle around town - In an afternoon, or a wider circle around the valley tor a day's drive. Or be can take a longer time and make a grand circuit of the USA; and if he wants to ad vertise his wares and can get a Bombshell plane he may be able to circle the globe in somewhat over 70 hours. Our time, money and aspirations were much more limited so over the weekend we made a "circle our of eastern Washington 1100 miles of com fortable touring in four-days. The prime goal was Grand Coulee dam, which Rufus Woods, editor of the Wenatchee World has been inviting - the writer to visit for a number of years. Woods was one of the original promot ers of the dam and certainly its most indefatigable advocate. His offer to show me over the proj ect awaited' only the convenience f timing for its'acceptance. Our route was via the Ever green highway on the north bank cf the Columbia as far as Mary fcill, then up the road originally laid out and constructed by Sam Hill, pioneer in good roads build leg, to Goldendale, and down the Satus creek highway to the Yaki ma valley. A personally conduct ed tour through this valley which has been transformed by irriga tion ought to be enough to con vert the toughest-minded con gressman of the virtue of appro-: priations for reclamation. Yaki ma, where we stopped for dinner, is the trading capitol of the val ley. About the same size as Sa lem, it does a tremendous busi ness, both wholesale . and retail, benefitting by the fact that Se attle and Spokane are a long dis tance away. We spent the night in K lens burg, seat of Central Washington college (former Ellensburg Nor mal) and next morning drove 4own the highway to Vantage (Continued on editorial page) Log Rolls on Silverton Man SILVERTON, May 13 John Jteinhart's left leg was crushed and the left arm badly bruised hen a log rolled over him Thursday while employed in the V'Utard - Benson logging opera tions in the Silverton Hills. He was rushed to the Emanuel hos TpitaL Portland, uhere efforts art Wing nude to save the leg. No Internal injuries were reported, aUbcugh be -was badly bruised. An incline In the ground where 1 was standing likely prevented more serious injuries, his fellow workers said. Amm-l Crcchcrs &WAJ GOODRICH lsfCt it wonderful yester' Jday Janior gad'BOW... fadayhecaiiay'WOW:9 rmm m i i W-r? PAGES Scdem. TJilairclhi union for the first time since those two leaders split over mari time policies, made - his comment in an interview after the initial meeting. .-.--.-; .-. . . a; The NMUILWU and three other CIO maritime unions had just completed formatian of a committee to draft recommenda tions for the national CIO coun cil on pending labor legislation. - The commitUe will probably urge consideration of a policy un der, which all labor CIO, AFL and independent would be called CINCINNATI, May 15 President William Green ef the American FederaUen mt Laber said teday the AFL would fight the constitutionality" f what he termed anti-labor measures passed by legislatures f 3t states "with all the power ef ear 7,500,000 members." together to "consider ': drastic ac tion," Curran said. Bridges, whose split resulted in disintegration of the ClO-spon-soref-committee for maritime un ity, was in Portland, Ore., today with other high ILWU officials for a strategy conference, but was expected to fly here to take part, in the five-way session. Strike to Close Local Foundry PlantToday ' Salem Iron works expected shutdown of its foundry at 117 N. Front st, today as a result of a strike called by 10 metal trades unions headquartering in ' Seat tle.; Late Associated Press dispatch es from Seattle indicated little prospect of an eleventh hour con tract dispute settlement, : and Manager Alfred C Ger linger of the local foundry said last night bis 10 foundrymen, identified with a Portland local Of the AFL moulders and ' foundrymen's ; un ion, had notified: him they would walk out today. , ., - Ger linger said the machine shop of the plant probably would con tinue operating, as the foundry men did not expect to picket the plant He added that the foundry has been - working largely on routine casting work for local in dustries. Helicopter 'Quits Flyin Bumps Coast Guard Men SAN DIEGO, Califs May 15-iA3) A -coast guard helicopter, placed in commission only this morning, crash-landed just offshore in the bay late, today. The two officers aboard escaped injury. Lt VAG. Schmidt, the pilot, said he was hovering the heli copter at an altitude of 150 feet when "it Just quit flying." Sheriffs Office County Budget Provision of three automobiles and radio equipment for the sher iffs department, budget approval for the new Salem district court and setting of salaries for county Justices of the peace highlighted Thursday deliberations" of the Marion county budget committee. Although it had hoped to com plete budget work Thursday, the committee goes into its fourth day this morning, still faced with a recommended $300,000 county road program, miscellaneous loose ends and the. more or less "fixed" requests of $240,000 for public assistance, $205,400 for . county schools and the new courthouse building levies.. Carrying i over today will be the Salem long range planning com mission's recommendation that the county establish a park at Paradise Islands southeast of the city on Mill creek at a cost esti mated at $22,000 and a proposal that the county spend $2,000 for microfilm machinery as an aid to preserving records. , Faced with the recent state legislative requirement that jus tices of the peace be salaried at a rate based on their fee collec tion, the committee fixed month ly justices and constables salar ies, respectively, at $100 and $20 for both Jefferson and Stayton, $30 and $23 for Breitenbush, $25 POUNDDD 1651 Oragon Friday Morning, May 16, House to Yield on Labor Bill WASHINGTON, May 15-)- Stnvmg for a labor disputes bill congress would pass over a pres idential veto. Rep. Hartley (R.- N. J.) today predicted the house will yield to the senate and scrap two major union curbing provi sions' of the house measure. - Hartley - is chairman of the bouse labor committee and head of the ' bouse conferees working out a compromise on labor legis lation with a senate delegation. He told reporters he believes the conference group will - scrap sec tions of the ' house bill which would: 1. Outlaw industry-wide collec tive bargaining in- nearly every case. ! " " 2. Authorize private employers to seek injunctions against juris dictional strikes : and secondary boycotts. I ; . The senate rejected amend ments which would have added these provisions to its bill, which has fewer curbs on unions and strikes than the house measure. President Truman told-a news conference questioner today that he is standing by his labor pro gram as he outlined it last Janu ary in his state of the union mes sage. ; ' - . That outline called for legisla tion to prevent some types of jurisdictional strikes and - sec ondary boycotts and for a study of labor-management relations. Both senate and house bills go much further. -, Hartley told reporters after the first meeting of the senate- house conference committee to day: - : "Our big problem is to bring out a bill which not only will pass the senate, but which the senate' would pass over a veto." 100 Planes to. Invade Airport Nearly 100 planes,' with more than 200 pilots and ' passengers, are expected to land at the Salem airport between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The visitors will be members and guests of the Sports men Pilots of Oregon,- and will meet for breakfast in the Salem chamber, of commerce at 9:15. Guy Ilickok Is to be master of ceremonies. i .-- -: Later in the morning, the group will tour the state capitol and the forestry: building. The program for the visitors is in charge of Wesley Stewart, chairman of the chamber s aviation activities. Equipment Ready To Fisht Oil Fires Equipment to fight oil and gas oline fires with foam is now in use by the Salem fire department. Chief W. P. Roble announces. This is : necessary for effective work against such fires, as water can not penetrate petroleum film. Two special nozzle attachments are necessary to make 17 gallons of foam from each gallon of chem ical and water mixture. The foam bubbles of carbon dioxide gas, will lay a blanket several inches thick " over an oil fire and thus smother it ' - Assured 3 Cars, Work Continues and $15 for ML Angel. Woodburn salaries have not yet been set. : Under;1 a different new state law, Silverton justice will get $2,100 of tho $3,335 justice court budget' for that -, area. Silverton constable will be paid $75 month ly under the other setup, the total constable's budget for Silverton being approved at $1,435. Items approved Thursday and new to the budget are $11,600 (after the committee added . to Judge Joseph Fel ton's request $800) for the new Salem district court and $5,550 for the district constable's office, both offset by the aggregate 1946 budget of $13, 383 for Salem justice court and constable which they replace. The judge's salary' under the new set up created by state law is $3,600. Deputies' In the sheriffs legal and tax departments and the juve nile efficer received the uniform $20 monthly salary raise adopted earlier in the week, after some discussion about a different pay base. 'ar-i'V.'. -.. l- .;v. The legal department's $5,542 increase over last year's budget of $2293 was accounted for largely in appropriation of $4,800 for sheriffs cars (sheriff and depu ties now use their own and draw 5-cent mileage) and $1,000 for radio equipment. 1947 Solution to Lack Of Parking Spaces ST. JOHNSBURT. VL. May 15 CP) Red-faced municipal and police officials tried without suc cess ta explain to Irate motor ists today bow to fit seven-feet wide automobiles into six and one half feet wide parking spa ces. ' ! -- Daring the night a villa re street crew basily painted new. parking area lines. When dawn came, law-abidiag bat . baffled ; motorists found the designated spaces wide enoogb only for Jeeps and motorcycles. - Village officials placed a rash order for black paint to oblit erate the new white lines. Talk Demands WASHINGTON. May 15 -OP) The deadlock over industry-wide bargaining in the soft coal indus try was broken today when John L. Lewis agreed to bargain with group representing 73 per cent of the soft coal tonnage mined by the United Mine Workers. . This development came as no great surprise despite the union's previous insistence on national bargaining. It means that real bargaining over the terms of a new contract will begin tomorrow for the first time since . Lewis signed his agreement with the government last May 29. It was a lone steD forward, and Navy Captain N. H. Collisson, fed eral coal mines administrator, said "I think it's grand." Much still remains to be done if a coal strike is to be avoided after June 30. the date when the government must restore to private ownership tne son coal mines it seized t a year ago. Businessmen's oses Pinball Plan Closer? following this week's stand against pinball devices, as taken by the Salem Ministerial association, an additional organ ization was on record Thursday against the pendirig city ordinance to license "non-gambling amuse ment devices. me Christian Business Men's committee Hinder chairmamhin of J- R- Turnbull issued a statement saying members believe such law would be detrimental to moral welfare to our vouth "offering an unhealthy, inducement to waste ineir money." . The statement also said "the fact that each operator must pay $23 per month license would indi cate that such evasion (of the law ) is anticipated by those financially interested, as revenue front those merelv seeking amusement would not be suffi ciently large." - tJ Five aldermen, constituting a ! majority of the city council, intro duced -the ordinance bill at last week's council meeting. It comes up xor third readme next Wednesday at a reeular council meeting.. On 3 Charges WASHINGTON. May Kenneth .Romney, former seree- ant-at-arms for the house of rep resentatives, was convicted in fed eral court today of concealing for two decades a $143,863 shortage in his office account. Romney's only display of emo tion was a trembling of the fin gers as: Jury Foreman Walter Starke intoned "guilty" on all three counts of the indictment. Justice Alexander Holtzof f post poned until May 23 a ruling on a motion for a new trial tor the 65-year-old defendant. He indicated sentence will be imposed then if the motion is denied. The maxi mum sentence would be 30 years in prison and $30,000 in fines. HOLY LAND BLAST KILLS 2 JERUSALEM, May 15 (JP) Mines planted by the Jewish un derground in widespread attacks on Holy Land railroads killed two British officers today and disrup ted communications between the central and northern areas of Pal estine. Weather Max. - 71 66 Min. Precip. 41 M Salem Portland Chlcano . 48 .00 45 .14 43 . JB0 New York Willamette river -J feet. FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau, McNary field. Salem): Generally fair weather today and tonight with some high cloudiness in daytime. A few lower scattered clouds In morning will clear In early afternoon. Highest tem perature today 70. Lowest tonight 45. Weather favorable this morning for dusting and (praying with local winds interfering with dusting In afternoon at more exposed points. Some cloudi ness and very light rain expected Sat urday, to clear later Saturday. Lewis Cancels Industry Wide Group PP Romney Guilty Prlca 5c No. 43 'Neutral' Palestine Board Set NEW YORK, May 15-p)-The United Nations assembly today created a small-nation, "neutral" commission to make an unrestric ted inquiry into the complex problems of Palestine and report back in the faU with recom mendations for solution. The extraordinary assembly of the 55 nations then adjourned fi nally at 1:57 p.m. (EDT) after 18 days of deliberations. . U.N. officials immediately an nounced that the 11 -nation in quiry . commission' would meet May 28 at Lake Success prepara tory to flying to Palestine to be gin its investigations on the spot. The Arab countries balked against the assembly decision to the end. The final vote formally setting up and instructing the commis sion was 46 to 7, with Siam ab staining and Haita absent. Only Turkey and Afghanistan joined the Arab states Saudi Arabia, Syria, Leganon, Egypt and Iraq in a final dissent. Beds Give Up Fight In the closing hours, the So viet Union gave up its long fight to force the Big Five to serve on the Inquiry commission and mild ly abstained on the section of the resolution naming Australia, Can ada, Czechoslovakia, Guatamala, India, Iran, The Netherlands, Peru, Sweden, Uruguay and Yu goslavia. Tne Ar a Da opposiuon to we m dUiry commission' centered on the assembly's rejection of their de mands to instruct the group Spe cifically to consider Independence for the holy land. Austin Optimistic ' U.S. delegate Warren R. Austin said at the close that he was "very optimistic" and that the assem- ly, action showed that "the u J. is workable. v House Hacks at Cabinet Funds WASHINGTON. May 15 -JP) The house took some more lusty swings at President Truman s budget requests today, passing an appropriation bill whicn cans for a 32 per cent cut in his estimates for the commerce department Also. it carries a 22 per cent cut for the state department be low Mr. Truman's requests and a 20 per cent cut for expenses of the federal judiciary. The Justice department got off with a 2.7 per cent nick. In passing the $538,976,392 mea sure, the house upset its appro priations committee in only one item, when it restored $4,984,484. for operation of air traffic con trol towers at 151 airports in as many cities throughout the coun try. Property Owners Reminded to Cut Weeds, Grass Now Now is the time to cut the grass and weeds. This is shown by the city ordinance which requires Sa lem residents to remove excessive vegetation from their premises during two 30-day periods during the summer. The first began Thursday and continues until June IS. The second period is July 15 to August 15. ' If the vegetation is not re moved, the city engineer is re quired to cut it and the cost will be assessed the owner of the property. In case of emergency only, when growth has gotten out of control and noxious weeds become dry, thereby 'creating a fire haz ard, the fire department will, at the property owner's request, burn it off. with fire fighting equip ment standing by, Fire Chief W. P. Roble states. Hollywood Termed 'Lousy with Reds' LOS ANGELES, May. 15 -UP) The names of "scores of suspected Hollywood reds many of them prominent, and a majority em ployed as writers are beforeJ the congressional unAmerican ac tivities subcommittee sitting here. Chairman J. Parnell Thomas (R NJ) said today. Addressing reporters after Adolphe Menjou, veteran film star, and Jack L. Warner, studio chief, had testified, Thomas said: "Both of 1 these men named names. Novelist Rupert Hughes told the committee, he said, that Hol lywood is "lousy with commun ists, some of them making $3000 to $5000 weekly and whom you couldn't get to go to Russia in a million years." 143-4 Vote 7pV: iU Marks End of p"? V ' V' A 30-Dav Tin J In? v r !X 39-Day Tie-Up By Robert E. Gangware City Editor. The Statesman More than 200 Salem telephone workers return to their jobs to day at the local telephone ex change and other Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Co. facili ties. Their return to work marks re sumption of normal telephone service and the close of the 39-day-old strike of United Tele phone Employes of Oregon locals here and elsewhere over the state, effected last night by a favorable ratification vote of UTEO mem bers. Of the 147 Salem local mem bers voting on ratification of the contract giving them a $3 weekly wage increase, 143 - - all but four --voted in favor of returning to work, according to Don K. Cren shaw, joint chairman of Salem locals. Anxious ta Return Crenshaw said he expected nearly everyone back at work this morning, indicating that most workers have been anxious to re turn to their jobs. He added that they did not expect to cross pick et lines of the Associated Com munications Equipment workers as local ACEW men had been Informed by their state headquar ters to refrain from picketing. The ACEW strike (by Western Elec tric employes) remains in pro gress pending contract settlement. ACEW members, in Western Elec tric employ but locally attached to the P. T. & T. operations, num ber only a few in Salem. Crenshaw was informed late Thursday that statewide UTEO balloting' returns, lacking only the vote of two smaller Oregon cities, which could not change the over all result, showed an overwhelm ing vote of 2,120 to 128 In favor of the ratification of the compro mise contract finally reached-by union and company officials in San Francisco Wednesday. In Effect Today Earlier local telephone company officials had notified the unions that all working at the time of the strike will be put to work imme diately upon strike termination. The new union contract goes into effect at 6 a. m. today. Commenting on end of the strike in behalf of the numerous separate UTEO locals represent ing workers in various depart ments of the telephone company in Salem. Crenshaw said: "A very large majority of us are genuinely glad to go back to work, and we are proud of the fact that no acts of sabotage or violence - -which might have prolonged the strike-- occurred here. The broadened friendship among workers brought on by close, as sociation during the strike should serve' to promote inter-departmental harmony and better service to the public.. Death Visits Birds In Two-Block Area OAKLAND, Calif., May 15 -CP-Dead birds in uncounted numbers toppled from bushes and trees within a two-block distance on Thirty-sixth avenue here last night. Eighteen canaries died in their cages. A 15-year-old girl complained of a headache and faintness. The cause remained a mystery today. Oakland police and the health department. University of Califor nia scientists, and the Pacific Gas & Electric company cooperated in an investigation. No trace of a gas leakage was found. Budget Voted by School Board Exceeds 6 Limit by $273,350 By Winston II. Taylor Staff Writer. The State man A 1947-48 budget of $1,633,814, outside of bond needs, was adopts ed Thursday night by Salem school district's budget commit tee. The program calls for an es timated tax levy of 28.6 mills or $700,999, of which voters must ballot on $273,350.66, the amount outside thegper cent limitation. The vote will be taken at the regular school election June 16. Salem's total levy of 31.4 mills, including bond expenses, up from 25.1 mills for the present year. This is not due to consolidation, members emphasized, hut to in creased expenses which are being experienced everywhere. The rur al area schools added to the Salem district will receive added serv ices and smaller pupil loads in most instances. Some of the for mer districts had lower and some higher levies than that adopted. The budget is increased by $477,859.72 from those of the combined district for the present school year, almost half of the boost being due to salary sched ule which adds $205,495, aver aging approximately $750 per teacher. New employes required add $98,887.50; supplies $62,597.22; capital outlays $136,135, while the emergency fund has been lowered $25,000. The general fund budget is aug 'J v Sf l,lliTI,a Vnt Saleaa telephone warkera are sbawa casting? OiriJVCrs VUie thelr to THartday-s vt at accep tance. 14J-4. af a compromise contract between their anlea and Pactfie Telephone and Telegraph Cm. Left ta right are, L W. Novotny 455 RichaMad at. B. Ritcbey. raate 5. Dalte Fax. Ia4a pendenee, Orville Welsh, Salem. Dan K. Crenshaw, aoiaa camaait tee chairman, and Lyna Helse. balloUiajr caauniUea saember. (PhoU by Dan Dill, Statesman staff pha4acrapher.) ; Final Barrier to Return OfPh one Workers Falls WASHINGTON, May 15-(PV-Ernest Weaver, president of tha Association of Communications Equipment Workers, said tonight ha recommended that the unions pickets be withdrawn in all areaa where local unions have reached agreements with telephone com panies. Weaver, whose striking union claims 20,000 installation worker in 43 states, said each of ACEW'sl locals must vote on the recom mendation. He said notices would go out tonight and action could be expected tomorrow . Weaver said the recommenda tion to "pull, out pickets provides tR&t the lines will be reestablish ed (ater. That's part of the strike. strategy. Withdrawal cf the ACEWs picket lines would allow mem bers of other unions which have made settlements to report back to work. Weaver said. These unions, he added, include inde pendent groups as well as -those affiliated with the National Fede ration of Telephone Workers. Thousands of striking operators and Jong distance employes in various parts of the country hav continued to observe the ACEW picket lines even though their locals have reached agreements with the American Telephone and Telegraph company's Bell system and independent companies. 3 Perish as Jail Collapses ELKO, Nev, May 15--Twen-ty prisoners from the city jail dug into the ruins of an apartment business building to ascertain if more than three ' persons were killed when the two-story brick structure collapsed early today' and its roof slid into an adjacent ex cavation. . It was believed, however, that all persons, including four injur ed, were accounted for. Belief that the adjacent excava tion had weakened the building's foundation was expressed by Chris Sheerin, editor of the Elko Free Press. CORN GOES TO FRANCE WASHINGTON, May 15 -CP) The United States granted France's new, non-communist re gime 150.000 tons of corn tonight in response to urgent pleas tor help in supporting the reduced French bread ration. mented by bond fund require ments for three of the districts which now form the consolidated Salem district, and which must continue the bond levies sepa rately. The levies required for this purpose are as follows: Salem, retiring $50,000 per year, 2.8 mills or $58,747.50; Liberty, retiring $1,000, 3.3 mills or $1,147.50; Swegle, retiring $1,000, 4 mills or $1,192.50. Without addition of new issues, the district's bonded indebtedness of , $209,000 would be retired by August 1, 1951. Supt Frank B. Bennett told the committee the budget is based on an estimated registration next year of 6,716, including 3,175 ele mentary, 1,741 Junior high and 1,800 senior high school. In view of steady city expansion, he de clared the estimates were "on the conservative aide. The program, calls for 109 elementary teachers. More were said to be needed; but the system lacks sufficient rooms for additional classes. He de scribed the problem of distribu tion of pupils which was devised to avoid costly building projects this year. Members of the school board comprise the committee, in addi tion to E. J. Scellars. G. H. Grab enhorst, Edward Majeak, W. J. En tress and W. L. Phillips. Phil lips was absent due to business out of town. (Additional board business page 2) f -V i. Greek-Turkey Fund Bill on Truman's Desk WASHINGTON. May 15 -JFi President Truman got the author ity for his $400,000,000 aid pro gram for Greece and Turkev frcm congress today but reported trou ble in getting: an administrator for . He remarked that In with time as these, able public official era just as important to the welfare of the country as they are during a shooting war. as he phrased it. but he finds able men reluctant ' to take hard jobs In the govern ment. Even before the house and sen ate approved a compromise dur ing the day adjusting; minor dif ferences and completing congres sional action on the bill just about as Mr. Truman wanted It, he had approached the man he wants for administrator but found the man reluctant to take the Job. When asked when the appoint ment would be announced, he an swered as quickly as be can get the, man he has In mind to take the post, WU Student Editors Named Five editors for student publi cations next years at Willamette university were named Thursday by the publications board of stu dent and faculty members. Tw Salem men, Robert Guild and Warren James, will head the 04 legian campus weekly, and WalJu lah. yearbook staffs, respectively. James Brennan. Salem, will edit the student handbook of by laws and Richard Page, Salem, will edit the Fussers telephone guide, both of which are publish ed in the fall. Ray Loter. Port land, has been named publica tions manager. Snell Asks Indian School's Retention; Leaves for Home WASHINGTON. May 13 -iJP) Governor Earl Snell left tonight for Oregon after three, days of testifying before the senate sub committee on interior department appropriations, conferring with government departments and with Oregon's congressional delegation. Snell said he had urged the? Indian bureau to retain the Cbe mawa Indian school at Salem but told reporters he was not at lib erty to discuss details. He added he also had discussed with Sens. Cordon . and Mors plans for persuading the veteran administration to take over Camp White near Med ford as a veter ans, hospital. - Gov. Snell Is expected to ar rive in Portland tomorrow. . 11 Our Scnalors -6-3 !