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4 The Startman. Salem, Oregon, Friday. May 16. 137 mNo Favor Sways Vs. No Fear Shall Awe" THE STATES31A1N PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member ef the Associated Press The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively te the ase for repnbll catiea et all the lecal aewt printed ta this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. Crippling Provisions There are certain provisions in the house appropriation bill for the department 1 the interior which are crippling, along with the cut in appropriations for reclamation and for Bonne ville administration. They are: " . 1. All work to be done by contract, which prohibits work by force account," . " 2. No government money to be spent to build substations for electric power distribution. - 3, Appropriations for reclamation to be limited to amounts in the treasury to the credit of the reclamation bureau. The first puts the government at the mercy of contractors. Experience shows that the government should be free to hire labor, buy materials and do its own building rather , than be limited to bids from contractors. Under this restriction compe tition may be "wet down" so the bidder may gouge the govern ment. In Dractice the government nrefera as a nil tn build by contract; but there are times. when the nature of the work does net lend itself well to contracting. Besides there arc delays and much red tape involved on job contracting, which may be avoided by force account work, The second would throw an uneconomic burden on private and public utilities. When Bonneville installs l subs tation, it can serve several companies or municipalities or cooperatives. If a private concern puts in a substation, it serves only itself. The Central Lincoln PUD figures it would have to put up $265,000 for a substation at Reedsport under this requirement, when it is hard pressed to finance Its other requirements. The third means a second cut on appropriations for recla mation. There is not to the enough money to pay for the bouse bilL A 'further scaling of the program would be required. The senate should cure these bill, : along with increasing sums the next fiscal year. Cronivko on Palestine About all that Russia's delegate A. A. Gromyko contributed to the UJN general assembly's consideration of the. Palestine matter was to disclose Russia's hand, previously kept weir con cealed. Gromyko urged an independent Jewish-Arab state, In Palestine, or If unity wasn't possible, partition of the country into two separate states. Jewish already been considered but no The Arabs want an inderjendent state, with new Jewish immigration barred." In that they, as a two-to-one portion of the population, would be dominant. The Jews want free immi gration; also would like to have a separate state of an area sufficient to take care of new a separate Jewish state. There you are. British ministers have worked round the dock trying to reconcile differences between Jews and Arabs, without success. Gromyko will bump into the same stubborn ness with his proposals. It does seem, however, that the solution may well be. partition. Perhaps the Jews could be given in Trans- Jordania for the overflow of Palestine where they now are In fer of dissenting residents some degree of peace might be secured. Politics, of course, beclouds the settlement. Britain still wants to keep the Arabs friendly; Russia wants to get the Brit ish out of Palestine and the middle east; the United States, with large . Jewish population, is sensitive to the interests of the Jews. This explains why these nations are omitted from the special committee to study the Solomon himself would scratch his head over this problem of ownership or claim to land, 'Phone Strike Ending v The telephone strike wobbles to an end, prolonged by the variety of unions involved and the writing of separate agree ments with each group. At that, the-strike has lasted much longer that we thought it would. That It should be sustained as solidly as it was shows loyalty to the union or else unwilling nru to invite reprisals from fellow -workers by returning to work before the strike was workers would have preferred strike, but went along with-the with the group and remained out It is an example of group' solidarity prevailing over loyalty to company or the public. The settlement certainly fives the workers no reward for striking. They could surely have getting through direct negotiation, had they worked at regional levels instead of trying to fore ment. , What will happen in future dustry is a question. This experience may temper enthusiasm for striking: or it may whet desire for a stronger union, perhaps for affiliation with the AFL or better leadership in a strike. There is little question though that neither side wants another strike anyways soon. It is a costly affair both ways; and the public may be sure that each side will hesitate a long time before letting bargaining break down and a strike result. The pity is' that it has taken so much time and so much loss ' to learn that lesson.- Rumor from Buckingham palace (and probably not from the servants' quarters, either) has it that an announcement of the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip Mountbatten. Some may not like the match because the young chap is a cousin of the king of Greece; but he has renounced his Creek connection and become a citizen of Britain. He can do little harm because in Britain the king or queen merely speaks what the prime minister And if it is a case of love, let an American divorcee. Aluminum is again "running times during the war. The Reynolds plant at Longview is clos ing down for period because of mounting inventories o "aluminum pig. Coasumption has rate over any previous peacetime record, and as time goes on . in aluminum production its use not without periods of lull like The N'ew York Times and Life magazine have purchased the wartime memoirs of Winston Churchill, for a sum in excess of $1.000. COO. Churchill began his career as a reporter, and may end it as one. His striking phrase and swift-moving "style make his writings readable so the Times and Life will gain readers by their, deal. As for Churchill he is a good spender, but the million should carry him through President Truman draws on pointmcnts to official positions -Vtiorj h Robert A. Lovett. New of state. Quite climactic change in 14 years. especially on small jobs. credit of the reclamation fund appropriations authorized in the down and resulting mutilation serious defects in the house approved for expenditure in ' and Arab. Such proposals have agreement was arrived at. immigration. The Arabs oppose their people, retaining part of a majority. Then with a trans issue. settled. Probably a good many to slay on the Job rather than group, suffered loss of earnings until the group voted to return gained as much as they are through a nation-wide agree relations in the telephone in CIO to get better support and instructs him or her to say them marry After all, he isn' out of our ears" as it did a been at a greatly increased will continue to grow, though the present. any rainy days ahead. generals and bankers for ap- in his government. Newest selec York banker, for undersecretary Paul (Ylallon's BEHIND THE NEWS (DlstribaUos ky Kings restore sya- tfleate, tec. Reproeuctioa U WWW of part strictly pronipweai. WASHINGTON, May IS Some papers . nave oeen reporting me senate passed the union reform bill with more than enough for two thirds to sustain it over Pres- ' i- tident Truman's I veto. Technically lit did. Actually it I did not Voting 'for the bill were 21 democrats, of 'whom 6 or,7 are considered likely V 1 to switch and support the pre " sident, if and ; N Jwhen he vetoes. ' SOnly four swit- J iches would be i i Jnecessary to re- raul Maiioa verse the result, and as 6 or 7 are considered probable, the issue ac tually lay in peril and doubt. AFL s Bill Green has been yo- delinjr crescendo that the union reform bill wiu reduce workers to slavery while the stock mar ket has been declining, mourning that it is too little, too late. Certain more or less objective lawyers, who have been over the accepted final provisions of bothl house and senate bills, do not be lieve there substantiate the opin ion of either side. They say the bill will amount to as much as the administration of It, no more, no less. Administration Important A reasonable, fair, legal admin lstration of the proposed law would give the unions about m even a cnance at genuine coiiec tive bargaining as they need. In' deed this might prove to be a real break for the unions to evolve from their mistakes which might have brought them to disaster, en abling them to escape serious con sequences from the excesses which have plunged them into public disfavor. This legislation may force them to an what they should have done for themselves, making their worst abuse difficult, and estab lishing a legal union responsibil lty which will require good lead ership by the union bosses. That could happen. On the other hand, a prejudiced union or employer adminlstra tion of the law could make It ei ther ineffective on one hand, or punitively anti-labor on the other No genuine bargaining right of labor is curtailed, although some union advantages are subjected to federal administration. Calamitous nati jnal strikes are made subject to a 75 day Injunction, which would force a cooling-off period, forcing them to open public trial of the facts. This could be a ble sing for the unions in disguise, as a few more national strikes like those of last year, would cer tainly force some worse restraints than . the proposed free trial in open court on the injunction pro cess. , Finance Reports Asked The unions would be reauired to make regular financial reports which AFL has been submitting to its members and public any way. CIO will have to do the same In the Interests of those who pay the money to it. Unfair labor practices must be paid for in court. If xtamagec are established. Union responsibility for their con tracts Is made subject to the fed era! courts. Certainly the unices cannot claim they must have un fair rights, must be able to dam age businenr without liability in unburnned strikes or sitdown at tacks, or be able to violate cun tracts at whim, while holding the employer to the same contract A properly run union does not need tne ngm to be unfair while hold mg its adversary to fairness. U merely needs the same right as everyone else. - Similarly the closed shop barred, but the union shon maintained when a simple mainr lty of a union want It. The union shop is the closed shop. It requires that an employe join a union after he gels his job Instead 4 before. Thus. a simple majority of the union can force every employe to ;oin me union. Thus the closed snop ectually is not banned by mis dim, out made democratic ally workable. On all fours with this Is the so- called ban of the checkoff which makes tne companies collect un ion dues from all employes and turn these over to the union. The bill says this can be done only wmcji in individual employe re quests it in writing. All the un ions have to do is to ret the members to ask the checkoff, and if this is done, it will not be banned. Bans Communist Leaders junipicyers may talk. The un ions do not need the silence of employers to gtt their rights. Com. munisweci umons would be de nied the rights of the bill for col lective bargaining. This should neip the . union leaders . to - clear tneir umons of communism, whfrh is what they say they want but cannot themselves do. And so on. in iu considers tion of the pro visions accepted so far by both nouses, you can see the unions generally should operate more ef fectively under this bill If they wisn to, join ii tney wish to sabo tage U witn a national reneea strike, or slowdowns, or question the fairness of courts, or merely supercede ii Dy two-year eon tracts like autos. steel andlhe oth er big unions, they can do these things also. By their tactics, thev will largely determine the nature their opposition will take. If more than this legislation is needed to protect the public and assure good protective economy for the country, certainly agitation for stronger action will naturally ev entuate. This possibility Is what the mar ket seems to be eloomv about England Is now proving socialism is a gradual approach to no o re duction at all. A union class gov ernment must naturally give in creasingly greater benefits to workers, reducing work and in creasing pay constantly. England nas aireaay carried this process to the point where she cannot produce enough of the only na tural resource she has, to run her factories suflidently to gain export balances and sustain a success ful economy, But such tactics in the past have led to strong army ;rin and bear it f ; I EPIC l 1 HIM "D e yea deserve a raise? Will yen get It? Can we afford it? WiU yea be working fer as after this? Come la tomorrow and learn the answers te these vital aaestlens! governments which require enough work for satisfactory nauonal pro duction the socialism of total itarianism In Russia which has not been especially successful in ts continuous five-year plan and the socialism of Hitler and Mus solini., Trio poison proffered de termines the nature of the anti dote. ' However, there la nothing in this situation, or in this bill so far, which a reasonable judicial federal leadership could not cure in a democratic way, or to pre vent genuine unionism from im proving its bargaining position on a permanent basis. DO3 fflMjJ (Continued from Page 1) ferry, stopping to visit the famed Gingko state forest.' In this arid. treeless region petrified forest trees have been uncovered from their bed in the ancient lavas. The gingko tree is naUvc to Chi na, and this is the only evidence that once it lived on this conti nent. While its name is given to the park. this is something of a misnomer because only two spec! mens of petrified trees both of hard and softwoods have been found: spruce, fir, redwood, cedar, walnut, butternut, oak, gum. Pol ished specimens are on exhibi tion in the neat parkhouse. Paths lead to the exposed trunks of trees that were caught in the flow of lavas. Either the lavas overwhelmed a great forest growing on the spot or else rolled the trees along from some other STEVENS STUIDY AND A IONOINIS-WITTNAUER fRODUCT ,k - rill be proud those beautiful Wittnauer watches. They are nationally advertised, and are guaranteed by Loriginee-Wittnauer, famous for fine watches sine 1866. The'fiill-powered movement in every Wittnauer watch aaeurea good timekeeping . . . .for yean and year. ffi&iafMtt4 fivm 37.50 By Lichty tPC , sterns. spot. In any event the land once was well enough watered to sup- port great forests probably in the period when forests and ani mal life flourished in eastern Ore gon, as exposed in the John Day formations. From Ellensburg to Wena tehee we drove over the old Blewett pass route, which crosses the flanks of the Cascades, through a rough, timbered country. Blew ett pass was the terror for early day automobiles, but now is an easy drive, the road dropping abruptly into the Wenatchee val ley at Cashmere. The Wenatchee valley is more specialized in or chards than the Yakima valley. Formerly production was almost exclusively apples though now considerable is soft fruits. The city of Wenatchee lies at the con fluence of the Wenatchee and Co lumbia rivers. A particular attraction at Wenatchee is the Ohme gardens. Eighteen years ago Henry Ohme took one of the ragged, rocky points overlooking the city and valley, and through the years has transformed it into a lovely alpine garden. The rock outcrops are overlooks. Nestling among them are patches of perfect, grassy turf, rockeries with a variety of flowers, copses of trees from near by forests, a pool, fireplace and grill. The combination of view of the rivers, . valley and city and the beauty at ones' feet is breath taking. No wonder the gardens are widely famed, adding to the renown of Wenatchee- as a pro ducer of fine apples. 8 Overnight in Wenatchee, at a lovely small hotel, the Casradian. built, as were the first bridge across the Columbia, a big can ning plant and other local insti tutions, by local capital and en terprise. Tomorrow we'll "do" the Grand Coulee dam and Co lumbia basin project DIPENDABLI to own one of W I P ARC Compiles Veteran Cases Marion county chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, handled 1,448 cases for veterans during the year ending May 1, it is reported by the chapter's home service de partment. Oregon has the highest per centage of veterans in relation to total population among the seven western states, it is shown in an analysis completed at Pacific area headquarters of the American Red Cross in San Francisco. There are 226,150 veterans in Oregon, comprising 19 per cent of the state's population, of which 15,429 or 6.8 per cent and their dependents were given assistance by Red Cross home service work ers in Oregon's 36 counties, re ports Edwin Rounds, state Red Cross relations officer; Obituary BUSHOP At a local hospital. Mar Francis F.lrojr Bishop, age 13 year. Sob of rHarlM E. and Maraaret Bishop of Gates, brother of Edward Bishop of Gates. Marilyn Bishop oc ena. uoro tnv Bixhoo of Salem and Margaret Roberta of Redmond: grandson of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bailer of Seattle, wasn. Funeral services will be Friday, May 18. at a.m. at St Joseph's church. Interment wlU be at St. Barbara's cemetery, under direction of the W. T. Ktgdon company. lAWSON Caasto Lawson, late resident of Klamath Falls, at a local hospital May ath Falls by Howell-Edwards chapel for services ana inierment. OAl'ENHAUCR Mrs. Barbara Dauenhauer. late res ident of 208 Myrtle ave.. at a local hospital Wednesday. May 14. Survived by the husband. Jacob Dauenhauer of Salem, nine daughters. Mrs. John von man. Wlllamlna; Mrs. Otto Schlark, Mrs. Meivin Burdlck. Mrs. Delbert Folk and Miss Minnie Dauenhauer. all of Salem: Mrs. Frank Metzger, Long view. Wash.; Mrs. Gail Hazen. Kelso, Wash.: Mrs. Ted Muller. Independence, and Mrs. Dave Trslio. Ren ton. Wash. Three sons. X. J. Dauenhauer of Port land, Joe of Amity and Stanley Dauen hauer of Salem: three brothers. Jot Wolf of Saskatchewan. Can.: Christian Wolf of Shaw. Ore., and Roy Wolf of Mott. N.D.: 29 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Recitation of the rosary Sunday. May is. at s p.m Clough-Barrick chapel, requiem mass Monday, May IS. at is a.m., St. Vin cent de Paul church. i SECHl,Eat In this city May IS. Harry M. Sechler. late resident of 1943 Breyman street, at the age of 87 years. Survived by two sisters. Mrs. J. A. Wright and Mrs. Mildred Rubeck. both of Salem, and several nieces and nephews. Services wilt be hold Monday. May IS. at 1:M p m. st the W. T. Rlgdon chapel with concluding services at Mt. Crest abbey mausoleum. The Rev. 3. M.' Coiner writ officiate. Ontario Argus Joins Associated Press Wire ONTARIO, May 15 -P)- The Ontario Argus, elected to mem ber.' hip in the2Cssociated . Press, began receiving AP service today. The Argus, founded as a week ly in 1895. was recently purchased by Bernard Mainwaring and Don Lynch, who are converting it to a semi-weekly. Births STRICKFADEX To Mr. and Mrs. John Strickfaden, 642 Thompson ave-, twin daughters, Thursday, May 15, at Salem Gen eral hospital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Johnson, 220 Salem Heights ave., a daughter, Thursday, May 15, at Salem General hospital. . KIND Eli To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kindel, 2 136 Fairgrounds rd., a daughter, Thursday, May 15, at Salem General hospital. CONN To Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Conn, 1855 N. Commercial Saturday May PUBLIC' . o) (fll f I Flo) 1:30 P.M. Location: Auf ranee Farm go out State Street to end of penitentiary flax fields Vi mile this side of 4 cor ners on MAIN HIGHWAY. Special demonstration of various cutting knives and Instructions on how to operate your ROTOTILLEIi. TEAGUE IIOTOn AND IIIPLEIIENTS COIIPAIIY 355 North Liberty Phone 7001 ' SSSssfcsSJtm"11 s. ... 1 "r - . i '- . " Today's Finest Kerosene Ranges cost less at Wards Terms: $5.00 AWWv error oWw poymsMr A beautiful, new kerosene range with every important, usable feature for efficiency, convenience and economy! live giant size wickless burners especially designed for concentrated heat and provide great er fuel economy. 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MYEBS To Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Myers, 2275 Madison st, a daughter, Thursday, May 15, at Salem General hospital. Afternoon 17, 1947 w95