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22 PAGES
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday, August 24, 1947
Price 5c
No. 12S
9' iMlfe Mlifil 1.
"When the Wagner act was pass
ed a dozen years ago it took
years of litigation and pressures
by unions and the national labor
relation board to get corpora
tions to fit down with union
iepresentatives and bargain co-
lectively and then to sign con
tracts embodying agreements. The
big companies, and the little ones,
had to be. snubbed and halter
broke before they were broken
to saddle and harness. They com
plied in the end because they
had to under the law and if they
wanted to stay in business.
It is not surprising now to note
that labor unions, resentful of the
new Taft-Hartley law, are
threatening not to sign contracts,
tit if they do to put in escape
clauses which 'will exempt them
from some of the provisions of
the law. The typographical un
ion, with a long experience in ne
gotiating contracts, is advising
locals not to sign contracts. It
looks as though the unions are
merely repeating the performance
of the corporations after the
criginal Wagner act was passed.
Whether the law can pinch their
rntf.es until they can be saddled
remains to be seen.
The unions have every right to
test the new laws in the court.
Just as employers did the Wagner
ct. But jthey are under every
obligation as citizens to respect
the law as it may be interpreted
by the courts. They have the
right as citizens to labor for its
amendment or repeal, but so long
lis the law stands they should
respect it.
In moving to abandon working
contracts the unions may be
" (Continued on editorial page)
Plans Ready
For Night Sale
Of 4-H Stock
Marion county's 4-H livestock
rale this year for the first time
will be held at night, in connec
tion with the annual fall show
Thursday, August 28, at 7:30 p.m.,
on the Oregon j state fairgrounds.
Ben Sudtell of Albany and his
son. Oren Sudtell of Salem, will
be the team of auctioneers.-They
have had considerable experience
In 4-H livestock sales in the Wil-
)lamette valley, and are donating
their services tor the sale.
Salem Lions dub is sponsoring
the sale' .again this year arid
James T. Bishop, former Marion
county club agent. Is chairman
for the club In charge of details.
All livestock offered for sale
has been raited by the club mem
bers. Purchase is not limited to
dealers since two or three fami
lies may go together and make
purchases, and custom killing
will be available through local
butchers.
Bullet Taken
From Snyder
John Snyder, who has Iain in
e Portland hospital for 16 days
since being shot in the head in an
altercation in a local hotel, was
operated on Saturday with ap-
Krent success, the Associated
ess reported last night.
- Snyder's condition had been
rrecarious and the operation was
delayed to give the unconscious
man a chance to regain strength.
Dr. John Raaf. who performed
the surgery, said he extricated the
bullet from behind the right eye
and that the bullet had damaged
the front part of Snyder's brain
and coftt him the sight, of his
lifht eye.
Barring unexpected complica
tions, his chances for recovery are
good, the physician said.
Fremont R. Stevenson, Blain
hotel proprietor ' who is charged
by police with the shooting, is
held in the Marion county Jail In
heu of $5,000 bail, awaiting grand
jury action on a charge of assault
with intent to kill.
ADMIRAL BTRD ILL
BALTIMORE, Aug. 23-W)-Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, 59-year-old
explorer who returned
last April from his second major
expedition to the South Pole, was
tinder treatment at Johns Hop
kins hospital today for an illness
expected to clear up in three or
four days.
Animal Crackers
WARREN G006f?ICH
"Look out tor tones, ton."
Southwest Mountain
Caverns Reported
As Super Defenses
DENVER, Aug. 23 -iJP)- The Denver Post reported tonight in a
copyright article that huge caverns are being dug in a mountain range
not far from Albuquerque, N. M., as "super defenses against a possible
world war III."
"This is not a revelation of military secrets," the Post said in the
story from Albuquerque by Robert Fenwick, "because the general
Farmers Union
Of Mt. Pisgah
Winner at Fair
MONMOUTH, Aug. 23-(Spe-cial)-Mt.
Pisgah Farmers union
won first place for community
exhibits at the 28th annual Polk
county fair which closed here to
night. The sroup scored 95 points.
to 94 scored by Parker Woman's
club and 93 scored by Monmouth
grange.
Bridgeport Farmers union
scored 88 to place fourth; Pioneer
Community club, was mtn wan
score of 85 and LucKiamuie
Farmers union scored in. forty
dollars is paid each community
which scores 66 and 50 cents for
every point scored over 66.
Monmouth Thimble ciud piacea
first for service club exniDJts,
Polk County: Federation oi
Woman's clubs second and Mon
mouth Civic club, third.
Farmers of Polk county came
here tonight in crowds for the
final hours of the fair which end
ed at midnight. Judging was com
pleted late this afternoon and the
evening saw one of the largest
group of visitors at the three-day
show on ; hand to visit the ex
hibits. "''
History of the educational in
stitutions of Monmouth was shown
graphically in pictures ; In the
Civic club booth.1, These included
pictures of the start of the present
Oregon College of Education
which was first Monmoutn uni
versity, later Christian college,
then Monmouth Normal and fin
ally Oregon College of Education.
This was carried through to the
installation of the new president.
Dr. Henry M. Cunn, who assumed
office Thursday of this week.
(AAditional details, page 10)
Margaret's Concert
Warmly Applauded
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 23 - UF) -
Margaret Truman, the president's
daughter, made her concert debut
tonicht before a responsive audi
ence of about 19,000, who accord
ed the young soprano abundant
applause. Displaying poise, pre
cision and stage presence. Miss
Truman was warmly received in
her opening operatic arias and
was called back, smiling, to take
two bows and receive a large bou
quet of orchids.
Circus Costumes
rirrna dar at Washlnston
school playground recently saw
Ringmaster Larrie Loo Oster
Bun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Osteons n of 1366 Mar
lon it- patting the "animals"
throat h their paces. They are,
left to right. Diana Hensey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Hensey, 1162 Marten sU;
Marjorie Simile, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Simile,
1334 Marion si; Gale Hensey,
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querque residents ... Its presence
is known to hundreds of commer
cial airline passengers who have
flown over the diggings.'
The Post article continued:
"Great excavations are under
way beneath a mountain peak
Hundreds and reputedly thous
ands - of men are at work there
with ponderous machinery. Civil
ian pilots say that planes of the
most modern war types, from jet
pursuits to extra long - range
bombers, are standing near run
ways a short distance from the
construction center."
There is a story, according to
the Post, "that deep underneath
the mountain range there is to be
a large chamber, hewn trom solid
rock and then lined with concrete,
asbestos and lead."
"There's word also about a 30
acre subterranean research lab
oratory, of conveyor belts run
ning out of the bowels of the earth
to deliver automatic bombs to the
surface."
The Post said the project is un
der army-navy supervision and
reported that David E. Lilienthal,
chairman of the United States at
omic energy commission, told it
by telephone tonight that "the at
omic energy commission has noj
such project as the one described."
Mobs in Cairo
Again Protest
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 23 - (ypl -An
Egyptian mob protesting be-,
cause the United Nations security
council has not ordered British
troops out of the Nile valley -surged
through the street of
Cairo tonight shouting "long live
Russia and Poland."
As was the case yesterday the
Egyptians shouted "down with
imperialism, down with England,
down with America and traitor."
A policeman was injured when
members of the crowd, estimated
to number more than 500 persons,
stoned a truckload of police who
tried to disperse them.
Two persons injured in yester
day's demonstration died today in
Cairo, bringing the death toll to
three, official sources said.
SALEM CARS COLLIDE
Automobiles driven by Dee
Farrar, 269 N. Cottage st.. and
Dr. Marian Mayo, 585 Madison
St., collided at the corner of
Cottage and Marion streets short
ly after 8 p.m. Saturday, accord
ing to city police reports. The
crash severely damaged both cars,
but there were no injuries, the
report said.
Donned by Local Youngsters
Diana's sister; Kathryn Hunt
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Hunter, 765 E. Rural
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Political Reporter
Hit by Dynamite
ATLANTNA, Aug. 23-l-The
Atlanta Journal's veteran political
reporter, C. E. Gregory, narrow
ly escaped death tonight when his
home was bombed.
Gregory, 64, a writer for the
Journal for the past 24 years and
key figure in more than one polit
ical expose, said he was reading
the paper when the blast occurred.
He said the window into his liv
ing room was open at the time and
police theorized that his assailants
attempted to toss dynamite sticks
through the opening. The explo
sive dropped to the front porch
where it exploded with relative
harmlessness.
"Inasmuch as this is not a po
litical year," said Gregory, "I have
no idea who tried to get me."
U.S. General
Urges Drastic
China Reform
NANKING, Sunday, Aug. 24
OP)- Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedcmey
er, concluding his fact-finding
mission for President Truman in
China, said today that the strife
torn country must "effect imme
diately drastic far-reaching po
litical and economic reforms."
China cannot eliminate the
communists by military forte
alone', the presidential envoy de
clared in a statement released
just before he departed for Tokyo
on his way back to the United
States.
"To regain and retain the con
fidence of the people, the central
government (of Chiang Kai-Shek)
will have to put into effect im
mediately drastic far-reaching po
litical and economic reforms,"
the statement said.
General Wedemeyer said the
government could win and retain
the undivided, enthusiastic sup
port of the bulk of the Chinese
people "by removing incompetent
andor corrupt officials now oc
cupying many positions of re
sponsibility not only in national
organizations but also in pro
vincial and municipal structures."
Big Storm Nears
Coast of Texas
GALVESTON, Tex., Aug, 23
(P)-A storm of near-hurricane
proportions moved slowly late to
night toward this section of the
rich Texas coastal country with
indications that it would strike
the coastline around dawn Sun
day, A weather bureau advisory is
sued at .9 p.m. (CST) placed the
swirling disturbance only 100
miles southeast of the Texas coast,
moving northwest or west north
west about 10 miles an hour. The
advisory said winds attending the
storm were of 75 miles an hour
velocity, having increased from
50 miles since first reported.
L; Susan McDonouih, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs Deb Mc
Donouih. 1160 Marion st.; Ja
net Davis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Davis, 680 Edina
lane; Gloria Duncan, daughter
f Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dun
can, 1242 Marlon st.; Anne Mc
Donoagh, Susan's sister; and
Betty Jean Leply. daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Bill Leply. 1144
Center st. (Photo by Don Dill.
Statesman staff photographer.)
(DsiDD
New Greek Cabinet
After Government
Anti-Guerrilla
Policy Failure
Cited in Split
ATHENS. Greece, Aug. 23-UP) ,
King Paul tonight instructed Con- !
sUintin Tsaldaris to form a new
Greek cabinet a few hours after
an internal dispute brought about
the collapse of the government of
Royalist Premier Dt-metrios Max
imo;. Tsaldaii"! is a former premier
land like Maximos is a member of
the royalist populist party the
strongest political organization in
parliament.
On leaving the palace Tsaldaris
told newmifn he had been given
carte blanche by the king in form
ing the new government. He de- !
clared he would endeavor to in
clude all political parlies includ
ing the liberals and those whose
withdrawal today, caused the
crisis in the cabinet.
Maximos' cabinet fell unexpect
edly after its members disagreed
over the effectiveness of Tightest
measures against communist - led r
guerrillas.
Maximos turned in the resigna
tion of his entire cabinet when the
three former premiers. Sophicles
Venizelos, George Papandreou
and Panayotis Kanellopoulos, all
representing center or moderate
parties, announced they were
quitting. The three former pre
miers demanded that portfolios
be shifted in a cabinet reorganiz
ation giving them the security
ministries.
Use of Force'
IGiveh Okeh
QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. 23
0VArgentina today . adhered to
her stand against force to stop
inter-American conflicts but ad
mitted that aggression would be
branded as. such whether from
within or without the western
hemisphere.
This position, together with
Argentina's insistence on a unani
mous vote in taking joint hemi
spheric action against aggression,
rather than the two-thirds ma
jority rule favored by the United
States, constitute the two main
obstacles to agreement on a mu
tual defense pact in the 20-na-tion
inter-American conference.
Argentine Delegate Pascual La
Rose told a closed session of a
subcommittee on aggression that
twenty measures permitting in
dividual or collective emjjeyment
or force in the event of attack
from without should be adopted.
He added, however, that in such
eases the United Nations security
council should be informed and
a "reunion of the American states"
convoked for consultation.
2,000'Wateh
Horse Show
SILVERTON, Aug. 23 Over 2.
000 spectators witnessed Silver
ton's first annual western horse
show Saturday night in lighted
McGinnis field. Fifteen saddle
clubs from over the state took
part, with over 100 horses en
tered in the various events.
Included on the program were
special drills by the Oregon
mounted posse and the Salem
saddle club. Harry V. Carson,
Silverton, acted as master of cere
Elmer Lorence. Frank Shepherd,
monies and arena judges were
and Milton Thorsttrud.
First place winners were:
Pleasure hojrse, Tony Minden;
bags and rags race, Paul Cree;
western stock horse, Gibb Toll;
flag race, Oregon mounted posse;
musical sack -race. Ray Garlick
and Lee Everly; parade horse.
Rose Frarike; state elimination
contest, Frank Johnson obstacle
race, O. Peckham.
10 More, Arrested
In British Columbia
NELSON. B. C, Aug. 23-(CP)
A bolstered force of British Co
lumbia provincial police continu
ed their two-day swoop on radi
cal Doukhobors today, netting 10
arrests on intimidation charges
following a renewed reign of ter
ror and incendiarism in which
several buildings were razed.
Belligerent sympathizers imme
diately threatened a nude march
through this large Kootenay cen
ter in a characteristic protest
against the government for "in
terfering" with their actions.
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Premier-d eslgitate ConsUntln
Tsaldarls, who has just return
ed to Greece after represent
ing his country at the United
Nations in New York, was In
structed by King Paul to form
a new cabinet yesterday.
New Warning
Urges Britons
To More Work
LONDON, Aug. 23 - (Jf) - The
British cabinet was called today
to meet Monday in its second
"crisis" meting in less than two
weeks, perhaps to decide upon the
cuts in foods and other supplies
the British people must endure in
the current economic storm.
The call coincided with a warn
ing from Deputy Prime Minister
Herbert Morrison, "general" of the
British economic campaign, who
declared in a nationwide broad
cast that the British people were
not working hard enough or fast
enough to avert an economic col
lapse and must be prepared for a
stream of drastic government or
ders under its recently granted
emergency powers.
His speech punctuated a week of
developments which "included the
British-American agreement in
Washington to put a moratorium
on the drain on Britain's $3,750,
000.000 American loan by other
nations connverting sterling bal
ances into dollars, and to "freeze"
the $400,000,000 undrawn balance
of the loan.
Asphalt Streets
In Housing Colony
Finished Saturday
Oiling of cross streets in the
Salem veterans' housing colony is
slated to begin Monday. City crews
completed asphalting main drives
through the project Saturday.
Project Manager Joseph Hop
kins said that, weather permitting,
oiling would be finished late this
week. All streets not asphalted
will bc oiled, including Cross
street from 14th to lfith streets.
Drives paved with asphalt last
week are the main thoroughfares
in the colony. They are Elfstrom
drive from Cross street to the
south edge of the project. Cross
street from 16th to 19th streets
and Saalfeld drive from Cross to
18th streets.
Mildew Invades Hop Yards,
Hiking Crop Loss to 50-60
By Lillie L. Madsen
Farm Editor. The Statesman
While the general public may
refer to this as "hop-picking
weather," hop growers through
out the valley violently deny it,
as one yard sifter another is be
ing abandoned for the season.
Vh;it was estimated a week
and a half ago as a 40 per cent
loss, this week has jumped to 5Q,
and in many sections 60 per cent
losses to hop growers. Mildew
has invaded hop yards so badly
that in sections of the valley en
tire crops are being left on the
vine. In other sections only parts
of yards are being harvested.
While the early fuggles crop
I was light, almost all of it was
' saved. Picking in this variety was
fully two weeks ahead of pre
vious years. Production in the
three Pacific States in Early Fug
gles is estimated at 49.520,000
pounds, only 7 per cent below the
1946 harvest.
Picking in late hops, which on
August 10 was expected to start
around September 1 or later, al
ready is underway. The late hops
were actually late in maturing this
Ordered
Collapses
Rebel Seizure
Of Power Seen
As Possibility
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -(JP)
The United States government is
apprehensive, it was indicated
tonight, that communist-dominated
guerrilla forces may try to
seize control of the Greek gov
ernment with foreign support.
Loy W. Henderson, director of
the state department's office of
near eastern affairs, spoke d that
possibility in a : radio broadcast
even as the Greek coalition gov
ernment fell in bitter dissension
over plans to reshuffle key posts.
Before he went on the air:
1. Reporters were given to un
derstand that there is some Amer
ican optimism over the prospects
of getting a new, more efficient
j Athens regime which can. with
I American help, speed restoration
jsof Greek economy.
2. In a formal statement, the
state department accused the
Greeks' three northern neighbors
Albania, Bulgaria and Yugo
slavia of supporting the guer
rilla warfare in Greece, and re
peated its contention that inter
national action is necessary to
maintain Balkan peace.
Group Forms
State Support
For Stassen
BEND, Aug. 23-;P)-Oregon sup
port of . Harold E. Stassen, former
governor of Minnesota, for the
Republican presidential nomina
tion was organized here today by
a small group of young Republi
cans and veterans.
Stassen, the only i announced
candidate for the nomination, is
expected in the state next month
at the Pendelton round-up, at
Portland, Salme and possibly
other Oregon cities, j
Plans to induce Stassen to file
his name on the Oregon preferen
tial primary, which would bind
the state party organization, were
expressed today ' by supporters
here.
Charles A. Sprague, of Salem,
spoke at the invitation of the
group, advising them that he had
noted "a very friendly feeling to
ward Stassen over the state, prob
ably greater than is really real
ized." The former Oregon gover
nor said he was not committed
to any candidacy, but told the
group that the activity would
"coalesce" support for the Minne
sota Republican.
Plan Suggested
For Labor 'Czar'
WASHINGTON, Aug, 23 -JP)-
Rep. Nixon (R-Cal) urged organ
ized labor today to create i
"czar" after the example of
baseball and the movies to settle
labor's internal squabbles, espe
cially the strike-spawning juris
dictional disputes.
Nixon, a member of the house
labor committee and one of the
framers of the Taft-Hartley labor
law, made his suggestion in ident
ical letters to Philip Murray, CIO
president and William Green,
AFL chief.
year because of early onslaught of
aphids and mildew. When this
was checked, growers said they
did not expect to start picking
as early as in many former years.
But with the heavy infestation
of mildew in the past two weeks
picking was moved up, Every
available picker, both human and
mechanical, has been pressed into
service in an effort to save as
much as possible of the hops. If
present weather continues few
hops left on the vines will be
fit to pick much after the first
of September, some growers
thought Saturday. , '
With the extensive damage to
the hops both by the early infes
tations and the later downy mil
dew, the price per pound has
mounted higher and . the market
has become more active. Current
quotations on 1947 hops for fu
ture delivery are substantially
higher than was paid on contract
a month earlier. Rather keen
competition has developed in the
trade and some large i contracts
have been made, with some re
porting that a large percentage of
the 1947 crop now is out of the
growers hands. '
Asks Plan
To Limit
Hearings
LONDON, Sunday. Aug. 24-ijn
The Moscow radio said today that
Soviet Foreign Minuter V. M.
Molotov had agreed to U. S. Sec
retary of State Marshall's p repos
al for a report from the dead
locked joint American-Russian
Korean commission.
The broadcast of the text of
Marshall's letter and Molotov's
reply, made without comment,
said Molotov wrote to the U. S.
secretary of state that the soviet
delegate on the commission had
been instructed to cooperate m
drafting a Joint commission "re
port of the state of its work so
that each government could im
mediately discuss steps which
could be useful to accomplish the
purposes of the Moscow decision."
Molotov suggested that the
commission limit its consultations
with political parties and social
organizations to thoe whose
membership exceed 10.000, argu
ing that hearing! for smaller
groups would delay the work tor
many months" and delay the.
establishment of a Korean ' gov
ernment, -
Recalling that Marshall had
asked that there i be no reduc
tions of freedom of. expression,
Molotov charged that '"the parlies
and organizations of outhern
Korea supporting the Moscow de
cision are being subjected by
American authorities in southern
Korea to most stringent restric
tions and heavy Dersecution.
which contradicts democratic
principles and absolutely runs
counter to the decisions of the
Moscow conference."
Marshall's letter, which the so
viet radio said was dated Aug. 12,
asked that the joint commission
report by Aug. 21.
The joint U. S.-Soviet commis
sion in Korea has been stalled i .
its efforts to determine the Kt.
reans' wishes as to their futi -government
by , sharp disaf r -ment
on which groups of Kort.
should be consulted.
Russia Sets
Release of 3
GPs in Korea
SEOUL, Aug. 23-fPi-The Rus
sians today informed U. S. mili
tary authorities that three Ameri
can enlisted men who were taken
into custody August 12 would be
released tomorrow at the point
where they stepped across the 38th
parallel, which divides the Amer
ican Soviet occupation zones of
Korea.
An American lis ton officer in
Pyongyang, Russian headquarters
in northern Korea, said he was
given this word by a Sovie rep
resentative. Intelligence officers arranged
to interview the trio on their re
turn to Seoul but one officer sakL
"Our attitude here is 'seeing is be
lieving.' The Russians promised
to release them once before on Au
gust 13
Th three men are T3 Tommy F.
Pugley of Renton. Wash., and
Pfcs. John D. Hoppe of Seattle and
Gerald K. Geffen of Port Ches
ter, N. Y. Members of a telephone
repair party, they strayed acrtwe
the demarcation line.
Warmer Sunday
Salem's Forecast
Warmer day time temperatures
for Salem on Sunday and Mon
day, which will be in line with
slightly warmer weather ever
most of the northwest, was-predicted
by the local weather bu
reau last night. The highest tem
perature locally today was ex
pected to be around 87 degrees.
Low clouds and fog are ex
pected to keep night and early
morning temperatures down,
however, predictions for Oregon
and Washington said. Coastal
temperatures are expected to
show little change over the week
end with some winds in those
regions both days.
FIRE IN STUBBLE FIELD
A fire that caused a glow in the
western sky Saturday night was
only the burning of a stubble field
on a farm west of the Bonneville
sub-station, a nearby resident re
ported to The State-man.
Qui Senators
4 Won
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