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In Charge Partition
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WBCEDCS
Warned
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Backers
s - 1 1
Senator Robert Taft included
Oregon on hit grand tour of the
i west. And it may be said that he
made a favorable impression on
the "people that count. That is,
on men who have been and ex
i, pect to be again delegates to the
republican national convention.
They are generally orthodox par
1 men in business or law. who
were friendly to William Howard
Taft in 11Z and like his son ko
'bertf They are party regulars and
recognize Bob Taft as one of their
own. Men like Wendell Willkie
are mavericks in their eyes, and
Stassen is "under suspicion because
be was a Willkie man in 1940.
But what has the party regu
lars worried is this: They know
they are, too- few in number
themselves to elect a president
Tbey have to get millions of votes
from the people; and they are
dubious whether Taft has the
drawing power with the masses.
So while the majority of 1948
r delegates may prefer Taft for
themselves they may hesitate to
nominate him for president. This
"mental hazard" works against
Taft
The mechanics of a canvass for
the nomination is somewhat in
terestinr. The beginning is made
- with the party organization In
awe, the national committeeman
and -state chairman, but. that may
be more or less formal. The real
, work is done with the
(Continued on editorial page)
Two New Mills
1 ;
Add to Santiam
Lumber Output
NIAGARA, Sept 29 Two saw
mills with an estimated daily ca
pacity of more than 100,000 feet
of lumber, now under construction
in the North Santiam canyon, will
bring the timber products manu
factured in the canyon area up to
approximately 800,000 feet daily.
Larger of the two mills Is near
Lyona, owned In partnership By
Amandua Frank of the Frank
Lumber company of Mill City and
Ted Frerea of Stayton, who has
been operating a smaller mill In
Lyons. ::...;
. ThCseccnd mill, a salvage pro-
ducer on Monument peak,, It be
ing added to the Oregon Pulp and
Paper company'! mill. The new
one will product about 20,000 feet
daily. The company will use the
small mill lit cleaning up smaller
timber on government forest lands.
The Frank mill la designed to
cut on requirements of federally
owned timber, aiming at a max
imum of finished lumber with
minimum of waste. The smaller
mill has also been designed to
meet the new standards, -cleaning
tip the timberland as much as pos
sible by converting Into lumber
and other wood products what has
been left in the woods in former
The smaller mill will likely go
into operation in a few weeks and
will employ around 23 men. The
larger mill will not be ready until
early spring and will employ
about SO men.
Hoover Takes
Final Post'
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29M)
Former President Herbert Hoo
ver, now 73, accepted as his last
public service" today the post of
chairman of a 12-man commis
sion designed to simplify and pro
mote economy in the federal .gov
ernment -j.. .. '
Me. Hoover pledged a search'
ing nwjuiry.
Oregon Officials
aa Win Road Awards
..;, ... -
NEW YORK, Sept 29-The
American association of State
- Highway Officials has made
awards to five Oregon highway
'officials for 25 Tears of meritori-
. cue service. - ' -V- -,-''
Tbey are N. M. Finkbiner, P, M.
Stephenson, W. W. Stiffler, Oscar
Culler and S , H. Boardman. Cut-
lejy with 30 years, had the long-
Animal Crackers
&V WARREN GOODRICH
j fJktt H, stufid trump your
1
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS
is rowers
Centralized in
British Cabinet
LONDON, Sept 2MAVSir
Stafford Crippa tonight was
named minister of economic tf-
fair- - new not rrwlod t .
JZJl"?
f or dealing with Britain's eco-
nomic crisis.
ident of th7 bSrtrt-toaT-
He will be succeeded as pres-
James Harold Wilson, 31-year-
old "boy wonder" of the labor
nvinmn(: Wilton n wr4ir
UTS
fot overseas tirade, has been President Truman on the Europ
Cripps' principal aide, ean situation. He expected to re-
Prime Minister! Attlee. who an- turn to New York tonight for two
nnunred the rn hi nets chanffee. will I
head temporarily new minis-
terial committee on economic I
Dlanninc "in view of the erav-
ity" of the situation which has
forced Britain to suspend con-1
vertibility of sterling and curtail
purchases of necessities abroad. I
Arthur , Greenwood, veteran
labor politician.! now minuter
without portfolio, is leaving the
government as the first of the I
folder men" who Attlee said pre-
viousiy must mane way zor i
younger members of tne party. I
uripps, 98, lawyer and trade
expert, was already in charge of
whittling , down Imports and
booming exports In his present
ob equivalent to secretary of
commerce i in the United States.
He will succeed to functions of
general supervision over the eco
nomic program now held by Dep
uty Prime Minister Herbert Mor
rision. .V
Russia Rejects
Protest That
ThimanSliirTcd
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 -MV
The United States ha protested
to Moscow that j a Soviet writer
lebeled and Insulted President
Truman by comparing him to Hit-
ler, and Moscow ha rejected the
protest, the state department dis-
closed today. f
The text notes exchanged be-
tween U. S. Ambassador Walter
Bedell Smith and Soviet Foreign
Minister' V. M. Molotov showed
that Molotov not only rejected any
responsibility for the offending
article but also Hashed out bit-
terly against "that American press
is a widely encouraged by the
most reactionary circles."
Michael McDermott, aUte de-
bailment cress officer, told r-1
porters that the i denartment hn.
had no time to determine the next
step in the latest Incident of ung m we MeaixerjaneaJi area nai
worsening relaUons ' bctwtinl heen handled by the international
Washington and Moscow.
The Rnttiin aittfel In nil,
said that Mr. Truman was "strain- channel was cleared long ago be
ing forithe laurtls of the Cor- ween Venc JYm.1
ooral from Munich." and had .,n. does not eliminate the possibUity
- - - ; a Hav ill WU.D UU11
dertaken a drive for "world mas-
ter" on behalf i- of Wall Rtrt
financiers.
It called the ; president "the
5
messenger boy, bank clerk and
tool of the Pendergast machine.
bnuth's protest: was one of the
most sharply worded notes ever
exchanged between this country
ana nussia
'Basket' Vet
Af i iniAnfin I lie Welfare commission. This re
. XaUtlWt lllU 1 1 duced the sUte obUgation to $ 150,-
1 '
VANCOUVER. 'B. C Sent 291
VPy- Curly Christian, C3-year-old
veteran who lost both arms and
legs In trench warfare In World
war I, was tbo niiost popular dele-
gate to register today at the con-l vuu. -ine peas: oDiigauon oi we
vention of War! Amputations ofltate for the benefit of the pub-
Canada. j :
-l take life easy," Christian
told fellow delegates. "I ain't go-
ing to worry myself to death. I
still have a head! on mv Shoulders
haven't ir ,
Curly, who uses artificial legs
deftly although doctors once
him he could not manage
said ho married after the firs
World war and has a son who
served In the Royal Canadian Na
vy ln World War II.
VICIOU8 CIRCLE . rT
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 1-iPn
--Frank J. Enzensperaer. Sausa -
mo. caul- macninerr manufac -
turer. returned from a five-weeks
business trip In Honolulu, walked
into a druestore drawine and won;
two round-trip tickets to Hono-1 or ana navy capiain toia 7so aci
lulu. i ' legates at a luncheon of the Pro
ITALY REGAINS GOLD
WASHINGTON. Sept 29 -WV
Officiala said today the United
States and Britain plan to turn
over to Italy within a week about
$23,000,000 in gold which the na-
zia had confiscated In that coun -
try. . . .
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 29-UP)
Arabs of Palestine, through their
official agency, declared today
they would fight "with the last
drop of our blood" against i any
scheme for the "dissection, segre
gation or partition" of the Holy
Land.
In quiet tones, Jamal Husseini,
vice-chairman of the Arab higher
committee and nephew of the ex
iled mufti of Jerusalem, deject
ed a proposal for partition of Pal
estine into Arab and Jewish states
and an alternate plan for feder
alization. - ;
ine rurn oz ine jewisn agency
for Palestine will come Wednes
day afternoon.
Other major developments In
the assembly were:
1. The United States and Bri
tain struck back at soviet bloc
charges in the political committee
that the western powers were try
ing to "enslave Greece. They said
they wanted only to help the
Greek people.
2. The security council argued
for hours over membership ap
pucauoni irum. iiaij, rwnuuua,
Hungary. Bulgaria and Finland-
plications from. Italy, Romania,
I all ex-enemies - seeking
tb Join
the U. N.
The eouncil made no decisions
Siwtodd PrOWem -aln
-jt . -
, State f1011 wa"
In Washington conferring with
full Sessions tomorrow at Flush
Ug Meadow park at which the
aeiegaies win increase me v. j.
membership to 87 by admitting
Yemen and Pakistan and vote to
nil approaching vacancies inane
security and economic and social
councils.
Marshall s principal antagonist
in the continuing Russian - U. S,
battle here, Andrei Y. Vishinsky,
soviet deputy foreign minister and
chief ofjthe soviet delegtaion, also
was expected at tne assembly sea-
sions tomorrow.
3 U.S. Sailors
as
Strikes Mine
TRIESTE. Sept 29-6P)-Three
men died today when the 2,200
ton U. 8. Destroyer Douglas H.
Fox struck a mine in the upper
Adriatic sea 18 miles off Trieste.
Twelve other men Vrere injured.
four of them critically, by the ex
plosion which knocked out both
nf h rfMrimvcr! Droncllera ' and
both rudders. All of the casual-
ties were enlisted men. Names of
the dead and injured werenot
released immediate! v. r .
Naval headquarters here said
the Fox had about 200 men aboard
when she struck 'the mine while
I en route to Trieste from Venice
The explosion occured in waters
which still contain war-laid mine-
1 fields
A sister destroyer, the James
C Owen, went to the Fox rescue,
- Capt. R. N. McFarlane of Gra-
bam. Tex. commander of the
I second squadron said the Fox had
a large note an oeiow ine water-
lime ana mai ner lower aiter
decks were awash,
' -
In Washington a U. 6. navy of
ttcer explained that mine sweep-
weJP51 na, r,ouVi !ficnJ't
1 1" onusn aamiraiiT. Aiuiousn a
I - . .
n , "tna .i tot to
luui" - "'Vt -'"
Liquor Board
s on Debt
The state liquor control commis
sion Monday remitted to State
Treasurer Leslie M. Scott $750,000
of liquor revenues to apply against
state borrowings of $900,000 lor
administration of the state pub-
000. .
Scott declared, however, that it
I would be necessary for. the board
of control to borrow an addition-
al 130,000 Tuesday which will
boost the obligation pp to $600,-
lie welfare commission waa $1,-
384,321 on August 12.
Funds for the public welfare
ammissiott are borrowed from
Portland banks under' a ahort
ierm arrangement.
Killed
Ship
Pa
y -
'uaStassen Flays
firsM ! J
War Wraspers
NEW YORRV Sept 29-VHar
old E. Stassen, only avowed can-
didate for the Republican noml-
InaUon for president, told a group
1 of churchmen today that "we
1 musi never surrenaer io ui in
siaious wnisper mat a intra
world war la Inevitable."
I The former Minnesota govern
testant council of the city of New
York and 28 clerrv ctouds that
I "the people of Russia want peace
and want to look upon the peo-
pie of the United States as
friends."
I The question ) Is," he said?
"will a few- lost ; the peace for
1 which so many fought so long and
I so nardT"
NINETY -SEVENTH YEAR
Defines Europe's Choices
,r -YAP -4
Europe ean effect her ewn recovery with the aid of, the Marshall plan,
but It will take time, believes Dr. Kurt von Sehoschnlgr, Austrian
chancellor until Hitler's invasion of Austria, shown above in his
Marlon hotel room Monday. Dr. Schnsehnlcg- pointed ont that Ans
trla. raised most of her ewn food before the war with the exception
of wheat and other grains. He was guest speaker at the Salem
Knife and Fork club Monday night (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman
staff photegraphef.)
European Federation
With Strength Needed,
Avers von Schuschnigg
e Br Wes Sullivan
News Editor The Statesman
Ex-Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, who saw central
Europe, as produced by the treaty of Versailles, crumble in the late
1930s, warned a Salem audience Monday night "We must profit from
our mistakes and assist in forming a European federation sulficeintly
strong to beat off any aggressor." V
" And if we can't do it with
iNine Kail Lars
Removed From
Wreck Scene
Track repettrs and railroad car
removal at jth3 scene of Friday
night's derailment of a Southern
Pacific passenger train near Fair-
view home south of Salem were
completed over the week end.
Railroad officials here said the
company s lnvestigauon into tne
cause of the accident was con
tinuing in an effort to determine
now the switch to' an airport spur
track was unlocked and at least
partially open at the time of the
midnight derailment
Heavy crane equipment from
Portland and Eugene righted the
nine scrambled cars, Including two
passenger coaches, which were
taken to Portland by Sunday night
for repairs. .Mainline rail traffic
was held up only a few hours
Friday night '
Daman Sumson, . .baggageman,
whose head wonjured in the ac
cident was dismissed from the
Salem Deaconess hospital Sunday.
Only other ; person hospitalized 1
after the accident, mail clerk
George Miller of Portland, left
Salem General hospital Saturday.
Army Discloses
New Jet Plane
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29
The u. S. air forces today toolc
the wraps off a new jet bomber
which, its makers believe will be
the world's! most powerful air
plane.'
It was the Northrop Hying Wing
YB-49, whose eight Jet engines
are. designed to develop a thrust
equivalent to 32,000 horsepower.
The tailless bomber, measuring
172 feet from wing tip to wing
tip, is a Jet-propelled counterpart
of the B-35 Flying Wings, 13 of
which are being, built for the air
forces by the same company.
It weighs 88,100 pounds erop
tyr and maximum weight loaded
la expected to be more than zuo,
000 pounds. Jfi
EVEN IN IOWA
WATERLOO, Iowa, Sept 29 -
(P)rOregon entries won five of
the first six places in the dairy
products division of the National
Dairy Cattle congress here .to
day. R. B. Price of Tillamook
won the cheese making champion
ship.
CHINESE NEAR RED PORT
NANKING, Sept 29-P)-Chi
nese press dispatches reported to
day that hard-driving government
troops were barely 10 miles from
the big communist seaport of Che-
foo, aflame from shelling by the
government navy
The Oregon
Russia, we must do it withoutujer."
Speaking before the Knife and
the former Austrian statesman
emphasized "It is a question of
action or starvation in central Eu
rope, especially Germany."
White-haired, but showing lit
tle of the deprivations of seven
years In a nazt concentration
camp, von Schuschnigg drew up
on his experience as Austrian
thancellor, for four years prior
9 Hitler's invasion in 1938, to
point .out that a European balance
of power must be established by
uniting western Europe or at
least that portion free from Rus
sian domination, into a "super
state federation" with enough ma
terial arms to match the threat
from the east.
Interests Are Practical
Central. Europe (which he de
fined as Czechoslovakia, Hun
gary and Austria); in making its
choice between the east and the
west i not interested as much
in political ideals as in more prac
tical things, such as 'Which side
can increase our standard of liv
ing? 'How can we keep from
starvation?' M
tie said that Russia offers a
form of security to the smaller
powers of Europe and promises
to protect those nations against
what she terms "the evils of
American capitalism." On the
other hand, the United States
promises liberty and ' protection
against aggression and foreign in
fluence.
As a note of optimism he added
that in, their search for a better
standard of living, they must look
to the west, rather than the east
"Even some communists would
rather have U. S. 'bucks' than
Russian rubles," he noted with a
smile.
U. S. Provides Balance
"The small powers are bound
to make a clear choice between
the east and the west. They have
to fit.Jomewhere into the world
oi economy or starve."
Turning to the present politi
cal situation, he remainded his
listeners tnat ' devolutions are
always started by armed mi nor i
ugs," recalling that only 30 per
cent of his 'codntrymen were
nazis in the days immediately
prior to Hitler's sweep over Aus
tria.
""At the present time there are
armed minorities of communists
waiting all over Europe for an
order to assert themselves, but
there is no danger of such an
order being issued as long as
balance of power is maintained
and as long as the factions of rev
olution realize that the door to
further aggression is slammed
shut," he said, noting that at the
present time the United States
rather than a European federa
tion, provides the balancing fac
tor. '
EGYPT'S CHOLERA GROWS
CAIRO, Sept 29-(iiP)-Seventy
four new cases of suspected chol
era in Egypt, including two In
Cairo, and 12 cholera deaths today
in Caliubia province were report
ed In tonight's health ministry
12 PAGES
communique.
Statesman, Salem. Ore Tueadary. Sept 30. 1947
Conn
Shorter Route
To Albany to
Open Today
Drivers headingsouth from Sa
lem will find the distance from
the capital to Albany cut short,
by two miles when the new sec
tion of the Pacific - highway be
tween the two cities opens at
8. a. m. today. 1 r"
W. C. Williams, acting highway
engineer, announced Monday the
highway would open one day be
fore the scheduled October 1 laun
ching. Construction of the 10-mile
two-lane concrete strip began in
June, 1945. Oregon's biggest pav
ing project since prior to the war,
the 24-foot wide strip with 10
foot shoulders was completed at a
cost of $1,456,235. ,
Jumping the old highway and
Southern Pacific railroad tracks,
a new overcrossing structure
routes traffic east of Jefferson
and across a 910-foot span over
the Santiam river. The new
bridge is built for two-lane traf
fic; a twin bridge will be built
alongside when plans for adding
two additional lanes to the new
highway materialize.
Future plans for the highway,1
specuy construction or a paral
lel two-lane strip separated from
the newly completed highway by
a landscaped divider.
Indian School
Head to Take
New Position
Myrthus W. Evans, superinten
dent of the Chemawa Indian school
since 1943, has accepted the super
intend ency oi the larger Sherman
institute at Riverside, Calif., it was
announced in Riverside Monday.
Evans, who Came here from the
? Western Navajo sub-agency at
uba City, Ariz., told The States
man he was not leaving Chema
wa immediately, however, pend
ing appointment of his , successor.
At Riverside, he will succeed Don
ald M. Biery, who resigned to ac
cept an educational post In Lima,
reru.
The Chemawa school, which was
saved from extinction -by a last
minute appropriation some months
ago, opened Its fall season a week
ago and apparently Is heading In
to "its best year," fvans said
Monday. He described student at
titude as excellent and. said the
present enrollment of 335 already
was equal to that of a similar per
iod, a year ago.
Total enrollment is expected to
average 400 when potential - stu
dents return from fishing In Alas
ka and at Celilo falls, as well as
from various harvest centers.
Evans said, the Riverside school
was embarking on an experimental
program of large scale.
Blast Kills 10
In Palestine
JERUSALEM. Sept 29.-G5VA
barrel of explosives ingeniously
rolled over a large wire barrier,
hit a district police headquarters
in Haifa today, killing 10 persons
and injuring 177. The Jewish un
derground said it launched the
attack to avenge the deportation
of the "Exodus 1947" Jews to
Hamburg, Germany.
The dead were Britons and Ar
abs. Fourteen of the Injured were
Jewish civilians.
British forces reacted immedi
ately.' Troops gt the Sixth air
borne division rushed into Haifa
with Bren gun carriers, armored
cars and tanks.
Subsequently police said they
had arrested four suspects.
stress
Snell Endorses Ad
For ILS.-State Tax Inequities j
Recommendations to correct in
equities in federal income tax
caused by community property
laws of several states including
Oregon and to make exclusive for
federal or state use certain forms
of taxation Monday held the en
dorsement of Gov. Earl Snell.
The recommendations were
adopted over the week end in Chi
cago by the executive committee
of the governors' conference,
which Governor Snell attended.
Attending besides committeemen
were several state and federal
taxation experts and members of
the U.S. senate and house tax
committees. ,
The recommendations were:
1. That the federal government
reduce excise taxes as soon as
possible.
2. That the federal government
amend inheritance and estate
taxes to provide more equitable
division of this revenue between
Prlc
Lea ve s
(Dai Uondleddled
a- . ' i
Bread Price
Boost Nears
In Portland
PORTLAND, Sept 29.-aV
Wheat' climbed above $3 on the
market here today, and .bakers
forecast a one-cent Increase In
the price of bread tomorrow.
Milling-type hard wheal
reached a record $3.08, and soft
wheat, which makes up the
bulk of the northwest crop,
went up to $2.63, another all
time high. ' "
Elsewhere on the price front
eggs dropped 2 cents a dozen as
scheduled, but the decline was
not reflected at most retail out
lets. Potatoes went up again with
some jobbers quoting $4 a hun
dred pounds for No. 1 central
Oregon russets.
, A spokesman for local baker
ies said today he knew of no
plans to Increase the price of
bread in the Salem area, but
reported that flour had gone up
80 cents a sack Monday.
Harbor Threat
Arbiter Quits
LOS ANGELES. Sept 29-HAV
A railroad freight embargo was
issued today because of the
threat of a semi-shutdown of the
Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor
tomorrow midnight i
The Association of American
Railroads, with headquarters in
Washington, notified' all railroads
not to accept freight effective
immediately, destined for loading
on ships in the harbor after to
morrow night ' !
R. L. Cason, AAR general car
service agent! here, said the em
bargo applied; to all such freight
except that for the army, navy,
marine corps, coast guard and oil
for tankers. , - . I
Matioa. Navigation company
announced that the liner Mat-
sonia, due here' Wednesday,
would bypass Los Angeles and
put in with 940 passengers and
freight at Sah Francisco instead.
The shutdown as of midnight
tomorrow was t announced by the
Waterfront Employers associa
tion, which has been la dispute
with the CIO International Long
shoremen's and .Warehousemen's
union. The union demanded and
the employers rejected a proposal
for recognition of ILWU as bar
gaining agent for dock foremen
or walking bosses. The employers
contended these men are part ! of
management
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 19-VPi
-Dr. Clark Kerr announced to
day his resignation as Pacific
Coast maritime arbitrator. i l
His resignation left f the Pa
cific Coast labor relations com
mittee without an Impartial
chairman as it prepared to meet
here tomorrow in a last minute
effort to avert a shutdown of the
entire Los Angeles harbor area.
"I couldn't go through another
year with as much work as I had
last year." said Kerr, who was
appointed to the post August 18.
1946, by Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach. . ...
East Polk PUD Order
To Be Released Soon
Order of the state hydroelectric
commission Involving application
for creation of the East Polk Coun
ty peoples utility district is now
being Written and will be ready
for release within a few days,
Charl E. Stricklin, commission
secretary, .reported Monday. , .
Hearing on the application was
held in Salem several months ago,
iustmcnt Plan
the government and the states.
t. That the federal government
relinquish to the states the federal
tax on employers levied to Cover
administrative expenses of the
state employment security pro
grams.
4. That congress act quickly to
correct by federal law the Income
tax Inequities between community
property and non - community
property states.
6. That the states avoid en
croachment upon tax ficldswhlch
are peculiarly adaptable to federal
uses.
6. That counties and cities repeal
their admission taxes.
At resolution was adopted at a
joint meeting declaring that ; the
states must "cease relying upon
the federal government tot do
things for them and their citizens
which they can do as well as, or
better than, the federal govern
ment" i
Sets Embargo;
So
No. 159
i p ec J a D
Emergency Aid
Measures Asked
From Leaders
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29 - (;
President Truman called on con; ,
gressional leaders today to start ,
the machinery for emergency aid
to Europe but f aid the question of
special session or congress re
mains to be decided
In an extraordinary news con
ference, railed on ahort notice afw
ter a meeting with congress lead
en, Mr. Truman disclosed: j
1. He la asking the senate and.
house committees on approprla
tions and foreign affairs to meet
as soon as possible "to consider
the urgent need for aid to western
Europe." st
Will Call If Needed I
2. If the committees agree
wholeheartedly on the need of a ; ,
special session, then there will
be no question about his calling;
one. in any event he stands where?
he has stood. He will call one U
he is convinced it la needed '
I. Sums available now to help
Europe are enougk to carry to 7
December on a starvation basis S -
he couldn't be specific as to when
In December and then the pipe- :
line of aid would be empty. ! :
4. He figures that $380,000,000 !
additional will be needed to carry 1
France, Italy and Austria through)
until March 21. 1948. likewise, on j
a starvation basis. Ho cannot pro-
vide any of this by executive ecVj
tion, he said. .
Eaxlaad Lea BerWaw I
S. England does not aeem to be,
n a serious situation at this tim
as compared to the three coun
tries named. Belgium and the low
countriea, Mr. Truman told
questioner, nave been able to pay
or their needs and appear to be
still able to do so. I
It was learned that Senator
Vandenberg, (R-Mich), chair-
man of the senate foreign illa
tions committee, plana to issue
a call to his committee tomorrow.
Chairman Bridges (R-NH) an
nounced he would summon the
senate appropriation committe
to meet in mid-November, since
IS are now touring Europe includi
ng the occupied tones.
Chairman Eaton (R-NJ) of the
house foreign affairs, committee
announced that It will meet iff
early November. Rep. Taber (R
NT), chairman of the house ap
propriations committee, is cur
rently In Europe on an inspection
trip. f , j i
SUrratiea Faced T
The president waa asked whe
ther he couldn't provide some by
executive action. He said be
couldn't not any of It
Asked to explain what he meant
by starvation basis, the president
said with a touch of sharpnese
that that la just what he meant,
that a weekly raUoo for the
Frenchman wouldn't make a meal
for an American. '',. !r i i
Pier Grumples
In Worst N.Y.
Harbor Blaze
NEW YORK, Sept 29.-(VThev
worst dock fire ever to strike the
world's busiest port swept
through a Hudson river pier- to-.
day, injuring 132 firemen, crum
pling the pier into the water and
destroying $3,000,000 worth of
property.
Eighty pieces of fire equipment '
fought the flames after their dis
cover last nifht at nier S? and
brought them under control in the
early morning.. But the fire, ita
cause undetermined, continued to
smolder.
Huge sections of the pier, used
to berth Grace liners plying to
South America, feu into the water
after being weakened by the fire
and the tons of water poured oa
it
Killing Peak Said
NEW DELHI. Seat 29 - i-
An official Indian military spokjts
man said today the peak or com
munal killings had passed in both
east and west Punjab and that,
India and Pakistan now face the
problem of organizing orderly
evacuation and' rehabilitation e-f
refugees who may total 7.000,000.
The announcement made at
a press conference, came as raine
and heavy floods piled new mis
tries on refugees on both side
of the border attempting to flee
the penis of mob action.
Weather
v..
Win. Frtip.
Salem
Portland
San Pranciaco
JS 2
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trace
Chlcaeo
New York
as
7
Willamette river -41 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary .Held. Salem l: partly
cloud r and. eooWr today. Htfh tem
perature today IS, low tonight T.
Weathoe will b iavoraMe for all faraa
acuviuea today; i . i
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