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4 The JStats man; Salem, Or agon, Thursday, August II. 1847 CJrtfiontateemau "a par Sways V, No Fear Shall Au Frsua first SUUMMta. March It. 1151 THE STATESMAN PUBLISUIJNC COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher nntNT ! IN lc r rasas The AtMctaU4 TrMS to entitle exclastralr I m hi (w repabll ratios All Um Uesi mwi prlaUd la tblt aewipaaer, as well as iU AP mm dlstwieaiea, ' Harvest in Bulgaria Our overnment hat sent a protest to Bulgaria over the conviction of Nikola Petkov who has been found guilty of the crime conventional in totalitarian regimes of offenses against th state The slate deoartment exDresses its fear that in this action Bulgaria is denying rights suppotd to be preserved after the war settlement. Petkov was leader of the Peasant party, the only remaining organized opposition to the pro-communist government headed by George Dirrntrov. The peasants themselves in Bulgaria have met up with state action in ills baldest form, the control of the harvests. The traditional method osf harvesting grain in that country is to gather the crop in from the field, spread it out on an outdoor threhing floor, beat it with flails or have oxen or horses tromp out th f ram. The grain is tossed into the" air to let the wind ,winnoiv out the chaff and dust, after which is is stored in bins Or sacara anu iam iu inici. This year under the new government order in Bulgaria private threshing is prohibited. The farmer's crop is taken to common threshing floor. There people from the city assemble and .grain collectors measure and requisition the grain, leaving to the producers only such proportion as they see fit. Vfry interesting is the description given in a report from Sofia Ly the correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor on ho' the r.cw order on the Bulgarian harvest works. We quote: The Government order and the word is literally "order" , to -mas organizations and cultural institutions in: All cultural, artistic, theatrical and other groups, wherever they may be at i .kij nraanixa an4 rnr0in lh unrlr for rrnn t. i. -J Jk . - 1 4 ..Lt III?- I J M 1 -T ill. HfiJiu v.. ft"' n'-v- . . . . . n . . . - - - - ' collection. " In' other words, they better drop everything and .hu.tie to the village threshing floor before that grain gets away. "Comrades" says the order, "successful carrying out of the f(xd-ro;;ecUng campaign will secure bread for our people," jne..r.ir. for the Communists who do not produce grain. It surely . Vill rff. mean bread for the helpless peasant threshing the wheat. "The campaign," the Government admits, and "the way in : . v.hith -t is being carried out are new to the Bulgarian peasant." 'And it teems to be as unwelcome as it is new. The Government V. "a great stir ha been caused by it among a Large mass of people" The Government realizes that this novel way of threshing grain in the presence of "writers, painters, artists and dancers" may c;p.eae the peasants, who go home from the common thrrh.r.i grounds with half empty baskets, and so has ordered tte "iTsVectuals" to "entertain the peasants" and restore their g d tumor. The singers and dancers are also instructed to tell the .ar.U of the benefits of Communism. It surely will take singing and dancing of unusual merit to nmvjw the Bulgarian peasants of the virtue of communism tn action on the farms. The control of the harvest however Is but a ample of the extent to which totalitarian regimes gj in axring out their principle of exaltation of the state amd socxty and degradation of the individual. In lesser degree Britain ir.vokes authoritarian methods in its new controls for plfT4r.t of workers. There may be emergency situations in which collective action or exercise of overhead authority is required, as in war; but to make the individual the pawn of tb t ate cemes the essential dignity of man, In the end through loi of ir,d. vidua! freedom society itself suffers. Applying: the? ,Ialor I -aw The provisions of the Taft-Hartley bill relating to restric tions cn types of union contracts and powers and procedures of the national labor relations board go into effect tomorrow. On and after that day no pew contracts may be entered into establishing the cloaed shop! though unions may obtain a "union hap' if the majority of workers affected so vote and the employer assents. Drattic changes occur with regard to NLRB. It is no longer a thrt-t -n.in board with inclusive powers. It is a five-man board tqA operates as a court. The general counsel of the board becomes an independent officer, working much like a district attorney in handling cases before the board. Now tanned by law are unfair labor practices on the part of workers and unions as well as by employers. The board will have to hear complaints from both sides and arrive at its conclusion, tising courts to enjoin unfair practices. At the moment the chief item of interest is the ruling of the geiitrfcl counsel that all officers of unions must certify that they are non-communists if the union is to have any standing belore the NLRB. This U interpreted to apply both to the offi cers of individual unions and to the executives of the federa tions. The AFL executive board are expected to file their cer tificate, tut the CIO board may not. In that event, if the ruling atands, no CIO union could complain to NLRB of an unfair employer practice. Many unions have declared their intention of sidestepping NLRB, relying on direct negotiation with em ployers and their own bargaining powers to protect their intt-reiU. The Wagner act establishing runnirg-fire of litigation. The same fate awaits the Taft Hartley act. Some provisions may be attacked as unconstitu tional. For others interpretations will be sought so labor and employers may know just what the law means. Meantime organized labor is preparing to seek modification of or rtpeal of the law in congress and to use its system of reward and punishments until votes for friend and punishment of adverse votes for those who supported the Taft-Hartley bill. The labor act will figure in the 1948 elections. The public reaction will depend in consider able meaiure on how well the law works whether it cures obvious evils without robbing workers of essential rights. Start ing tomonow the law enters the test of experience. Dividing Highway Revenue A hurriedly and slovenly written paragraph about a re ported Pitching of funds from the Ochoco to the Warm Springs highway brings the inevitable correction from Judge Sawyer of . the B-nd Bulletin. He even catches us on an inexcusable miispe-lhng of Ochoco. And instead of protesting switches of funds J i cm one project to another as we stated the current battle of the Bend editor is against a practice by the highway comminion of violating ill rule for division of revenues among highway divisions by percentages and shifting funds which sub sequently are not returned to the division losing them. The j-dge Is right, as usual, nor did we dispute 'his major may be at hand when the percentage; system should be aban doned ar.d allocations based more directly on need measured by economic benefit. This time should arrive when the primary system is completed with hard-surfaced roads, as must be near ly the cafe now. , j Judfe Sawyer says if the percentage system is abandoned he will not protest, but until it is he wants the "rules of the game" observed, whic,h is fair. Let the commission review its regulation on allocation of revenues and not hesitate to change u ii n is anuquatea. STATE TO REOrKN CASE SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 20 (JPi -Prosecutor Eugene Williams announced in court today he will reopen the state's case in the Over- of political freedom that were the board was subjected to it obtains changes rewards of both on facts- and argument contention. However the time ell murder trial next Monday, after Judge Kenneth E. Morrison ordered stricken all testimony re garding a ball-peen hammer found aboard the yacht. CRT S33IDS iTprorm B (Continued from paca 1) the public. Now that the long period of holding company trus teeship is about to end Griffith has submitted his resignation, with the feeling no doubt that, having seen the enterprise through its most difficult, days, the im pending reorganization offers an appropriate time for him to end his near-Tialf century of service. The Griffith resignation pro jects the question of control of the surviving PGE. A provision in the reorganization plan, which awaits only the final confirma-J tion by Judge Fee, gives the judge power to name seven di rectors. Griffith and E. B. Mac Naughton of the old board have resigned. The question is whether the judge will conUnue the re maining directors of the old PGE board or whether h will pick a new slate. To be considered in this matter also are Tom Delzell and R. L. Clark who as indepen dent trustess of Pepco have suc cessfully directed its affairs and obtained a maximum realization for stockholders. It Is no secret that the trustess and the PGE board have not always seen eye- to-eye on the involved affairs of the holding company and its sub sidiaries. The board was nomin ated by the trustee for the bond holders who held the voting com mon stock as collateral, so was not beholden to the trustees. It may be that the trustees and Jim Polhemus, the president of PGE, will agree on names to be recom mended to the judge so that no controversy will develop: The issue becomes one of public interest because of the public nature of the company's business and the wide spread of its securi ties. The new board will hold of fice only until the corporation's annual meeting. Then the stock holders will elect the board. PGE stock will be widely scat tered but probably most of the shares will go to residents of the east who have bought up bonds and to the Clark interests of Philadelphia, who, it is -said, have retained substantial holdings of prior preference stock. As the stock is traded In and becomes seasoned, it will work its way went until th company becomes really locally owned as well as locally managed. In any event there should be general satisfaction that the fi nancial troubles of Portland Elec trie Power Co. which have caused so much grief for IS years are to terminate with much greater salvage for investors than ever seemed possible in the depth of the depression. Stolle Appointed Delegate by KC E. B. Stolla of Mt Ans-eh His trict deputy of the Knights of coiumous, nas been seated as a delegate to the national conven tion of the knights now in session at Boston, Mass., according to a wire received in Mt Angel Wed nesday. Stolle's acceDtanoe as a del. gate makes this the first year mat tne uregon Knights of Colum bus have had four delegates at the national convention. The other Oregon delegates are Wil liam J. LaRoche. state denutv and A. L. Elvin, both of Salem, ana Clarence Brown of Eugene. Catholic Hits Church Laxity PORTLAND, Aug. 20-7P-Lax ity of laymen and clergy partici pating in mass drew criticism to day from a speaker at the national Catholic liturgical conference nere. Too often the clergy lean on the pulpit while preaching and jest about collections when the offering is taken, the very Rev Martin B. Hellriesel. St. Louis said. Laymen, he added, often seem to show a confused idea of the service, mumble the Lord' prayer and are careless in ma kin the sign of the cross. There is need for a more con sistent living of the Christian way of life, he declared. Public Records MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Henry A. Miller. 49. maintenance man. and Jessie A. Bennett, SI, school teacher, both of Salem. Lewis P. Minor. Jr., 19. laborer, and Cecil June Cutshall, 17, domestic, both or inaepni nre. CIRClflT COURT Gardner Bennett vs City of Salem and others: Plaintiff demurs to second defense and plea of estoppel and to inira aerense ana plea of laches of defendants becsuse, It is aliened, they no i.oi rnnMiiuie a arrense. Joyct SUhlman vs Ward Stahlman Default order issued. Harlev A Borders vs Reoree Alvn der: Return of defendant to writ of r.kDeas corpur signifies his intention of producing Borders in Marion county eiivuii wuri on arpiemwr a. LaVern B. Myers vs Darnthv it Myers: Suit for divorce charilnc cruel ana mnuman treatment. Married Nov 10. IMS. at Salem. Nellie Amell vs frank Amelt: Suit for divorce charging cruel and In human treatment. Plaintiff files mo tion for order restraining defendant from molesting plaintiff or children. Married Oct. 5. 1927. at Shelton, Wash. PROBATE COURT Cecil Bond Spencer estate: 3. T. Johnson. J. H. Irvine and E. E. HU1 appointed appraisers. Joseph A. Bartosz estate: Septem ber 21 set for hearing on final ac count. MUNICIPAL COURT LeRoy W. luke, 1815 Candlewood ar defective lights, posted S3 bail. Armon L. McDowell, Salem route 4 Leslie A. Ream. Portland, illegal reverse turn, posted $2.50 ball. Richard Irvln Dales. Detroit. Mich., failure to stop, posted S3 50 ball. Marguerite Whitney. 1095 N. 3th St.. breaking glass on street, fined $25. Andrew McMullin, Salem general delivery, no operator's license and defective lights, fined $10. Virgil L. Brown, Amity, defective brakes, posted $19 bail. GRIN AND BEAR IT "I did f en a buyers' strike in other It Vets Notified Of Claim Limit Termination date of the war under the federal-tate program of readjustment allowances lor un employed and self-employed vet erans has been set as July Z5, 1947, Silas tiaisr aHminiitratnr for the Oregon Unemployment Com pensation commission, was ad vised Wednesday. "This means that World War II veterans discharged before July 26, 1947, will have until July 25, 1949. to draw their al lowances if eligible, Gaiser said. "Those discharged since July 26 last year will have two years from date of leaving the service." With many veterans now hav ing benefit rights under both state and federal plans, Gaiser pointed out the importance of considering expiration dates in filing claims. Both types of claims are handled through the Oregon commission's local employment offices. Rotary Entertains Senator Ball Team Wednesday was baseball day at Salem Rotary club luncheon in the Marion hotel with members of the Salem Senators as guests introduced by club members. Special guests were Jack Wilson, manager; George Emigh, business manager, and Ira Pilt-her and Gene Vandeneynde, president and vice president of the Salem Sen ators Boosters club. Gifts for the players were dis tributed by David Hoss, master of ceremonies. Later Pilcher dis tributed prizes for certain mem bers of Rotary. Gardner Knapp, president of the club, presided. City IBirifl3ffs BERTRAND BETTER Norman Bertrand, Aurora, still in Salem Deaconess hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck August 7, was said to be much improved Wednesday night. TAKE GIRLS HOME Dismissed from Salem Deacon ess hospital Wednesday with baby girls were Mrs. Edwin Evenson, 1253 Elm st.. West Salem; Mrs. At den Addie, 971 S. 22nd st., and Mrs. Warren Hardy, 607 N. Capi tol St. STEALTH AT BALL PARK Emma Blixseth, 633 Ferry st.. reported to city police Wednesday that two white sidewall rims and two hub caps were taken from her car Monday night as it was parked in a private parking lot at the Salem ball park. RICE AT ROAD WORK Marion County Commissioner Roy Rice was in the Idanha area Wednesday visiting the construc tion site of the new North San- tiam highway. WITT HELD HERE Floyd Witt, Jefferson, is In Marion county jail, charged with lewd cohabitation, awaiting ac tion of the county grand jury. H is being held in lieu of $500 ba'. He appeared In Silverton justice court Wednesday following his arrest Tuesday night at Jefferson by a sheriff's deputy. DRIVING CHARGE FILED Charged with reckless driving by a Silverton Justice court war rant. Gene Carpenter of Oregon City posted $250 bail there Wed nesday following his arrest. He is to appear in Silverton justice court, the sheriff's office here said. NAME RETIRED Notice of retirement from the business of McClean Transporta tion Co. and assumption of that of T, E. McClean 6c Co., were filed with the Marion county clerk Wednesday by T..E. McClean and Georgia McClean, both of 2720 Cherry ave. MAY HAUL LOGS C. M. Pomeroy, Wood burn route 2, was granted a permit to haul logs over certain county and market roads by the Marion coun ty court Wednesday. TO MOVE COMBINE A permit to move a combine over the county and market roads was granted Wednesday to Kenneth Warnock, Silverton route 2, by Marion county court. By Lichtj the meantime prices went up an per cent!" Proposals to Add Tax Board Space Scanned. by State Three proposals to obtain ad ditional space for the: state tax commission, on a temporary basis, were outlined by Secretary of State Robert S. FarrelF jr., here Wednesday. One is erection of two quonset huts of the west side cHPjthe pres ent state office building Another is a temporary addition to the west of the office struff&re. The third involves use of dwelling now owned by the state. Lack of office space was re ported by Earl Fishen state tax commissioner, to have retarded materially checking of alleged delinquent income tax accounts. The last legislature was told that these delinquencies probably aggregated more than $3,000,000. BETTER ... Baiter . . . because the NEW Kiverside-'s broader, flatler tread puts more rubber on road, gives more mileage! New Vocational School Term Opens Monday Registration in Oregon Voca tional school hI Klamath Falls will be accepted until August 25 from prospective students for the school session starting that date. Direc tor W. D. Purvine announced Tuesday. New courses to open then, in addition to the present work in auto mechanics, body and fender repair and cooking, are diesel mechanics, carpentry, baking', radio repair and refrigeration repair. Purvine said refrigeration will be possible regardless of whether those applying have been on the waiting list, because arrangements have been made for additional instructors If enrollment warrants. The school, for persons 16 and over, includes housing for both single persons and families. Mail address of the recently opened state school is box 1059, Klamath Falls, Ore. Otto Johnson Rites Friday Funeral services for Otto F. Johnson, 20. Salem merchant who died at a local hospital Tuesday night, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Clough-Barrick chapel. Interment will be in Belcrest memorial park. Johnson suffered a stroke early Tuesday evening at his residence, 125 W. Lincoln st. Born in Minnesota, April 4, 1890. Johnson operated a store in North Dakota prior to coming to Salem. He is survived by two daugh ters. Elizabeth Jane-' of Salem and Marjorie Ann of San Francisco; a son, John H., of Salem; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Fallahee and Mrs. Samuel Frazir. both of Minneapolis, Minn., and a brother, Walferd Johnson. BRAKE WORK AND MOTOR TUNE UP Reasonable Prices Alt Work Guaranteed Maden's Teaco. Service 1900 S. Corn!. St., Ph. M3S 2 ? Riverside Deluxe Tires lis- igl- U'v"a'"''lJ0IM I BECAUSE "BUILT TO Better . j. . because it has a new streamlined shoulder v'rsign, for 'smarter styling and cooler running! . - " MINERS' BODIES OUT PIONEER, B. C, Aug. 20-(CP) Bodies of three miners trapped in the Pacific eastern mine by a At QMnaffiKseo FOR YOUR HOI IE O Collins and Electro-Speed Water' Heaters. O Table Top Water Heaters. Kitchen Ventilators. O Electric Wall Heaters. Electric Irons. Tabl Lamps Floor Lamp. Fluorescent Bed Lamps. Slimline Lighting. House Wiring ss n ienison Electrical Pko I&05 Salem. A Women For Nigh! Work on Prunes 7:30 P. M. 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