t Tha SttrUaimra. Scdam. Oraqon. Friday . August IS, 1947
Truman to Combat Congress'
Slashes in Labor Department
WASHINGTON, Ag. 14HPreident Truman, accusing con-
tre-fcs of tearing up the labor department, predicted its eventual re
uiiding today, while an aide of Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
declared the secretary will fight on for jiree collective bargaining and
free labor unions."
Mr. Truman, at his news conference, listed the riddlin nt fh
: I department as one of the accom-
Firemen Find
4,710 Cases of
Faulty Wiring
Faulty wiring is the chief cause
of firet in Salem buildings, ac
cording to- figures compiled by
th nfv Ki.ren'.i of firm rrviri t inn
heded by Fire Chief W. P. Roble. Untuall
Roble stud Thursday that of the
8,453 correction's -made by the
bureau tjfite its organization last
Nov ember, 4.710 corrections were
of faulty wiring. (The bureau in-a-xTted
J.Ot" building during this
Period, ' of which; 82 inflections
fcitt in response- to complaints
miie to .the department. Seven
truclurer were removed because
of haarwu conditions found in
th-n. according to the bureau
flg'lie.
- mm
plishments of the republican-do-
minaiea congress.
The statement that Schwellen
bach will "stay on the job" And
not; resign came from John W
Wigson, assistant secretary of la
bor, in a speech for the CIO oil
workers international union at
Kansas City.
Mr. Truman derlarwl tv rm.
Eressional VOt whir-h tnrtk uim
agencies out from under the la-
doit aepanment and cut down its
runas win not stand forever.
There is no doubt, he said, that
the department will be rebuilt ev-
tnat it can t be per
manently torn up.
Labor department officials have
saia we appropriation cuts will
reduce department personnel by
one-tnira to one-hair.
The new Taft-Hartley labor law
takes the conciliation service nut
I of the department and sets it up
. as an independent agency to at
I tept to settle labor-management
j disputes.
Mr. Truman said he con t em-
f - I . t as
fire nrpvonrion huriii " i J""1 moving ine unemployment
. ... , .. . ,. . . ; ' : i-iimpf nsaiion service w me iaoo
- i irmai ivm urnM acvjwi 11 riu
ire is to have both it and the
United States employment service
together.
sjiI that i punxwe include the
running wn and removal of
fire ( aunt; .r.e acquiring of build
in 4 informs lion to actable more
effecthe J. re fighting and the
gathering of information concern
ing buildup exits in Uie event of
fue.
Chief Bcble said that firun?-
tins by tne bureau is made
by an act created by
city council on Nov. 14. !94S:
l! does not include the inspection
ot residences, though such resi
dential inflection may be made
upon the lequest of the house-
bolier. j
Other members 0 the fire pre
ventKrfi bciieaui are CapL Ben
Fa'jght, in charge of records and
!rr.nr.eL and j Ray MacCauley.
Another member is to be ap
pointed i.on. Chief Roble aaid.
pos-
the
but
Recovery Shift
Selective in 1
Stock Market
NEW-YORK, Aug. H.-VThe
fo k mat art today baerved the
nni.-eiM'ry ot the ending of the
airul MV.rld war with a modest
an1 fk.l.e. recovery shift al
th njRh oealings were relatively
!.
. Wall Ftrtet offie were sparse
ly occupied because of the heat
wa ve Tre lew customer who ap
peared .inclined to catt'ion pend
ing mote i:ght on international
economic aairs and the domes
tic b inrntj, outlook. Little short
covering fend investment nibbling
iMsed on hopes foe a fall rally, in
addition to persistent good divl
dn1s and earnings, bolstered in-dr.-iduail
fi-vorites. Gold mines
tok a iet a? Washington spiked
rumors of a possible boost in the
prt-e of the yellow metal.
Steel$. motors, rails and special
Issue closed with gmm of frac
tions to a point or so although ex
ception "were plentiful. Transfers
of 60.fU( shares cmpred with
MJm Wednesday.
The Associated Press CO-strx-k
Over Oregon
i By Um Asseiated Freaa
BAKES. Aug. 14 Severe losses
because of sleeping sickness
among horses were reported to
day by Dr. A. E. Ragle, Baker
veterinarian. Me said tho riiMu
equine encephalomyelitis was
spreading over a radius of about
25 miles. It is transmitted hv in.
sect, and more prevalent during
not months. Animals may be in
oculated gainst it
.!'-
KEDMOND. Aug. 14 An ex
periment in -advancine the rwntr!
Oregon potato crop by a month
will be tried in thii region. Den
Davidson, i potato department
manager of the Pacific Supply co
operative, said today. Davidson
said 200 acres would be chemical
ly treated to kill the vines and
allow harvesting by Sept. 15.
Purpose is to avoid the crowded
shipping conditions which occur
in the usual mid-October harvest.
rOKTLAND. Aug. 14 A bus
passenger dropped a battery in a
Vanport bus today, splashing sul
phuric acid from the battery over
several, fellow-passenger Three
persons were treated at a hospital
and released.
VMATILLA, Aug. 14 A grass
fire that briefly threatened the
small community of Plymouth,
Wash, was still smouldering over
several hundred acres of range
land on the Washington side of
the Columbia river today. The
fire started about 'noon yesterday
and swept toward Plymouth, A
sudden lull in the wind halted iU
march toward the McNary dam
fcite town.
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 14
Police sought today for the body
of John P. Hayden. 24, Portland,
who drowned in Diamond lake
yesterday while his wife watched,
helpless. State police said Hayden
dived into th taW
TfT1 " up -1 po,nt at nd came up several yards away
5 Th ;ndex as of August 14, j A poor swimmer, Hayden called
to year Hgo, when hostilities were! to his wife to row toward him
e.i.c!udf-d, stood at 6 8. i but he sank before she w ahu
to get there.
CAP Cadets to
Attend Camp
Four members of the Salem 1
civil &ir patrol are slatod to leave!
Saturday Ly army air transport to
tt-nd a two-weeks ca let train
ing camp at McChord field. Ta-
cHTi. Auf:.jt 16 to 30, according
t Lt. 'J. B. Cannon, local unit
,v tufnmander.
s, Those to attend the camp from
here tre James Boone, 1790 Fair
gruurtds id.; John Ertksen, Salem
route 5; Warren Perkins, 535 N.
Winter rt tnd Don Rawbns, Tur
ner K iJe 2. Cannon announced.
Alx ut 2fK) Oregon cadets will
'tend the camp, it has been an
t nir.ced til of whom have been
chosen tor their outstanding work
ith their local training groups.
F.y rettnt orders the civil air
! -1 r' "P have been placed j
tinder direct control of the AiriDe- j
frne C-rr,mand of the army air
i'iw, whic h plact-J the group on
n equal rtatu with the air re-i
svrve ai.d national gMatd fori
lisniing ( u: poNes, according to
Camion.
POETLAND, Aug. 14 Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Fitzsimmons and
their seven children, stranded for
several days in a downtown park
block, were housed in Grandma's
Kitchen, a relief agency, today.
Fitzsimmons said he wanted to
take the family to hdpyards. An
agent for an Independence hop
grower. Harold Bickell, said, how
ever, that Fitzsimmons failed to
appear fur a proffered job and
transportation to Independence.
FINFSINGER CALLED
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.- -The
Washington. D. C, office of the
Seattle chamber of commerce in
formed chamber officials here to
day that the U. S. conciliation
service has appointed Nathan Fin
esinger to investigate the long
shoremen's and steamship lines'
dispute now interrupting water
transportation to Alaska.
1) einocrat Scores
Hughes Inquiry
CINCINNATI, Aug. 14. -)-Cel
Sullivan, executive director
of the ! democratic national com
mittee, tonight termed the sen
ate invertigauon of Howard
Hughes' war contract the "Brew-ater-Ferguson
smear-and-run ma
chine" and said it did nothing but
drag the tenate's dignity "in the
tnt.-d" '
"The high traditions of our sen
ior deliberative body were sub
verted to petty party politics,"
Ivjibvan said in an address for the
Duckworth democratic club in the
ivwne town of Senator Taft (It
Ohio.) . ;. ' .-
The death rate in the United
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tVt few months of 1347.
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