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i V lO OQ ODDO AFL Refuses Political QuDCE France, which faces an acute shortage of dollar for use in pur chase of wheat, fats and oils, also Is eoine throuzh a political crisis The Utter is not nw. France has been having political erlaea. some cf them acute, since the Staviky caudal of 1834. So sharp was the Internal division within the coun try that France made a wretched showing when Hitler's armies pounced on the country in 1940. The Vichy interlude reflected the internal political instability. In contrast, the resistance movement showed fir and faith that did much to redeem France s reputt tion. Just now France, like Italy, Is beset with communist efforts ei ther to obtain control of govern ment or to embarrass the present government of Premier Ramadier. And at the opposite extreme Charles de Gaulle is leading a new movement, railed -Rally of the French People." His platform is definitely anti-communist, but h la such an egocentric figure that he does not draw support from other leaders in French politics and business. French municipal elections come next Sunday and there Is general Interest in what the poll will show, for any definite trend there would Quickly reflect Itself on the na tional level. Formation of the new commu nist front 1j said to have caused an adverse reaction in France, the people there fearing to be drawn (Continued on editorial page) Salem Council 'uorum, Sets Thursday Salem's city council adjourned Its scheduled Monday night meet ing to 7.30 p. m. this Thursday when not : enough members ap peared last night at city hall to transact city business. Although the necessary quorum was lacking, the. four members present signed their approval to lone resolution which provides per mit ion for moving houses to new locations from the Capitol-Center streets area of the proposed 12,000.000 retail trading center. It was thought that the signature of fifth council member (who would make the quorum of five) today might expedite planned moving operations. A check on the missing mem bers last night showed Mayor R. L. uistrom in LaGrande for a League of Oregon Cities meeting, Alderman Daniel Fry and R. O, Lewis out' of the city and Alder man David O'llara' ill at his home No Letup Foreseen In Paper Scarcity; CHICAGO, Oct 13 -W)-Rep. Brown, (R-O), chairman of the house committee on newsprint predicted today that the shortage of newsprint will continue until 1950. and added that there are "indications of a further price Increase." Addressing the Inland Daily Press association. Brown said the current newsprint supply is 235,- 000 tons short of demand. New production facilities in the United States southern areas and in Canada and Newfoundland, he aid, win make up the deficiency by 1850, "if consumption con tinues at its current rate." Yard' Shrugs Off Threat at Bevin LONDON, Oct. 13-WVA re ported threat to assassinate For eign Secretary Ernest Bevin alarmed Britain today but Scot land Yard dismissed it with the terse comment "he is protected.' A foreign office spokesman ac knowledged there was some basis for the report, saying 'there "has been a certain recrudescence of threatening against Mr. Bevin.' He offered no details. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH m "Steady f here, dear . . . be tides I think he's whistling at Lacks Q o 000 Joint aig 11 , By the Associated Press The CIO offered Monday to join hands with the AFL in politi cal action against labor's "com mon enemy," but the AFL de clined. Major strikes, meanwhile, be gan or continued in an Ohio rub ber plant, in west coast shipping. and at two International Harves ter plants. n i" The national maritime union urged new wage increases, a pre sidential board recommended a 1514-cent hourly boost for AFL teamsters employed by the Rail way Express company in eight large cities, and an arbitration agreement averted a strike of 3,000 CIO transport workers in New York. All Out Drive Set In San Francisco, President William Green of the AFL re jected the CIO Joint political ac tion proposal and said the AFL would conduct its own "all out political campaign" in 1948. He said the AFL wants physical mer ger with the CIO before any ClO AFL political cooperation. The CIO has declined thus far to ac cept an AFL plan for organic unity, he said. With both organizations in con vention, CIO President Philip Murray told his conclave at Bos ton he would seek cooperation of the AFL and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen "In a Joint program for effective political ac tion . . . to insure the election of candidates response to the needs of the American people." At the AFL convention in San Francisco, the executive council recommended establishment of a million-dollar-a-year fund for an "education and public rela tions program," . and endorsed formation of "labor's educational and political league." No Party Endorsed Murray said he was asking po litical cooperation of the other or ganizations because "we have common enemies working for the destruction of American unions . for the depression of Ameri can living standards." In discussing the proposed AFL political league, President Green said the federation would not en dorse a party as such, but left the way open for formal backing of a candidate. Green has announced his oppo sition to Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohlo) for the Ohioan's part in enactment of the Taft-Hartley labor law and a determination to fight reelection of congressmen who voted passage ' of the law over a presidential veto. More Boost Asked Other labor developments: In New York, the CIO national maritime union convention called for wage Increases "not only to meet the increased cost of living, but to improve the living stand ards of our members generally; and urged elimination of "no work stoppage" clauses from wage agreements.' At Barberton, O., 1400 CIO United Rubber workers left the Seiberling Rubber Co. plant in support of 350 other unionists who were striking to enforce requests for full wages during non-pro ductive periods resulting from machine breakdowns. New Bid Calls Set Today for Boys' School The state board of control to day plans to authorize readvertise ment for bids for construction of a dormitory, shop building and cottage at the state training school for boys to cost approximately (335,000. Contract for a school building there recently .was awarded - to Julius Johnson, Portland contrac tor, on a low bid of approximately $109,200. Another contract, for a shop building, also was awarded by the board at a previous meeting but the contract was rejected by the low . bidder. The school building will be paid for out of a legislative appropriation while money for the other structures will come out of the state building fund. Contracts involving state build ing funds must receive approval of both the board of control and the state emergency, board. No 'Roughing It' For Tourists, Says Promoter PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 13 - (JP) Oregon ought to promote a "Sun Valley" to bring in valuable win ter tourist trade, Charles T. Carey, Union Pacific Railroad official said today. Carey, one of the men who built up an unknown Idaho area into an Internationally famed resort. told the chamber of commerce that Oregon is losing millions of dol lars in tourist income through fail ure to advertise its winter recrea tion areas. Facilities must be deluxe, too, advised Carey. "You people out here like to rough it, but the tourists don't," he said. "They are not amused by sleeping bags, oil lamps, and out side facilities." Air Attack Halts Chinese Communist NANKING, Oct. 13 - (p) - The communisists pressed hot assaults today on Tiehling, 40 miles north east of Mukden, but were driven back each time by low-level bombing and strafing runs of government planes, nationalist dis patches from Manchuria reported, Stalled . there, the communists were reported to have launched a secondary front around Tushun 20 milea east of Mukden. Camp NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR Russians Support Partition LAKE SUCCESS. Oct 13 - (JP) Russia lined up with the United States today behind a proposal to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab countries. This rare instance of agreement between the two big powers brought an immediate statement from the United States delegation expressing "gratification" over the Soviet declaration. ' Tonight the United States and Sweden proposed jointly that the United Nations assembly's Pales tine committee should go ahead with drafting a specific plan for future government of the holy land based on partition lines. A spokesman for the Jewish agency, official voice of Palestine jews, welcomed the Soviet state ment as a step which might go far to ensure a constructive so- utlon" of the Palestine problem. Russia's declaration came as representatives of the six Arab countries In the United Nations called a caucus for tonight to dis cuss "new instructions" received from their governments on the basis of the U. S. declaration last Saturday in favor of partition. The Arab countries apparently had hoped until the last that Russia would support a plan for a federalized bi-national country. This plan would be less objection able to the Arabs than the par tition project. Russia's Palestine policy de claration was made by Semen K. Tsarapkin, who said the plan for a bi-national government, recom mended by a minority of the U. N. special committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). has "its advantages' but cannot be "put into practice" because of present Arab-Jewish tension. - Paris Paralyzed Bus Drivers PARIS. Tuesday. Oct. 14 HIP) Paris was paralyzed today by a subway and bus strike which Pre mier Paul Ramadier declared had the appearance of "a political in trigue." The , communist - dominated general confederation of labor (GGT) ordered approximately 3,600 subway operators and bus drivers to leave their Jobs. The tie-nup was expected to affect an estimated 4,000,000 people. In a dawn broadcast made as the full weight of the strike began to be felt, Ramadier appealed to the residents of the city, to main tain order. He also promised that his administration would do ev erything possible to provide make shift transportation. Ramadier pointed out that the strike came five days before the holding of municipal elections In France and said his government was determined not to yield to political intrigues. "I ask the subway workers to realize the serious implications of their actions, the premier said, "Days off will not be paid. Work ers will get no advantages by creating difficulties for the re public. Their duty as democratic people Is to return to work. Missing Hunters Home Safe Again PORTLAND, Oct. 13 - (JP) Hugh J. McLean and Henry Nauck were safe at home today after wandering four days in the rugged Trask river country, beset by stormy weather. They subsisted on a squirrel which they shot and made into soup in a rusty can found in the woods. They built a fire with the flint from a cigaret lighter; the fluid had evaporated. A creek overflowed during the night as they slept, and exting uished their hard fought-for fire, By Walkout of Greek Guerrillas Live Off Land, Propaganda By Daniel De Lace SALONIKA, Greece, Oct -Soviet disciples in Greece are waging a multi-million dollar civ il war at amazingly low cost to Russia: A few paper rubles' worth of propaganda. ' The guerrilla forces of commun ist Gn. Markos Vifiades, estima ted at 13,500 to 17,000 men, ap parently are no direct drain on the Kremlin's treasury. Greek government supporters charge the soviet satellite states of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania provide services to the Greek reds, including hospitalization for wounded and rearming with old German and allied weapons. But it is cut-rate stuff. For maintaining ! the rebellion, an innocent bystander, the Greek peasant, really foots the bill. Ev ery day the fighting continues, he pays with the lives of his kidnao- OtZJO DCDD OOD O Q 12 PAGES Bomralb Local Menu Substitutes Many; Nation's Distillers to Close Restaurateurs Lack Regard By Marguerite Wright Staff Writer. The Statesman Chicken pot pie, omelets, ma caroni and cheese and vegetable plate will replace the usual fare on most Salem restaurant menus today the second Tuesday dedi cated to saving grain. But the present conservation program based on meatless and eggless days isn't regarded too highly by many local restaura teurs, dealers and chefs. With few exceptions, persons interviewed by The Statesman Monday said the individual citi zen, rather than collective action, would be chiefly responsible for any decrease In waste and con sumption. Although most Salem restau rants contacted had agreed to co operate with Truman's program, enthusiasm was mild. Reactions ranged from tolerance to scorn. . One manager said the conserva tion value of the special days was dubious because the same amount of food would be consumed dur ing the week. A chef said he was through with cooking "The whole thing is a damfool Idea hatched by some black market operator who wants to see ration ing again." Customers Cooperate - Customers seem to be taking the changed bill of fare in their stride, however. Last Thursday only one person was known to have walked out of a Salem cafe because he was dissatisfied with a poultry-less. menu. Some restaurants are serving one slice of bread per meal but, a large wholesale bakery' report ed only a alight decline in bread sales and even then it was Im possible to determine whether the drop was due to the conservation program. The manager said that for the last 30 years bread sales always decreased somewhat when the first cool rainy weather set In. Housewives get a sudden urge to make hot rolls and bake breads in the fall, he said, but the fad never lasts long. Smaller Loaf Helped The Wholesaler pointed out that during the war, bakers were al lowed by the government to de crease the weight of regular-sized loaves in order to save flour. This measure cut bread consumption, he said, and might be utilized again in the emergency. Bakers would still sell as many loaves, but use less wheat. Every meat wholesaler and re tailer questioned, said sales were normal Monday considering that it was a legal holiday. Wholesal ers were making the same deliv eries as usual to restaurants, and no retailers were reported plan ning to close today. At least one butcher . thought Truman should have ordered meat counters closed Tuesdays. People are asked not to buy meat Tuesdays, but butchers have to work and pay their clerks any way, he said disgustedly, Rationing Refuted No one to whom rationing was mentioned thought that would solve the problem. A restaurant manager said intelligent use of surplus food like potatoes was the best solution. Other than that, the commercial picture appeared to be one of compliance with or without much hope of accom plishment. But in the homes what happens there will depend the success or failure of the food conservation program, and what really happens there won't be de termined until the market indices are in. ed sons and daughters, burned homesteads and stolen crops. The so-called Greek democratic army exists by plundering Greece. Russia's present contribution to Vifiades seems confined to ideolo gical shots-in-the-arm by press, radio and in speeches. But prop ping up the royal government in Athens against the leftist revolt is no dime-store trinket of foreign policy for the American taxpayer. The United States is already committed to spending $158,000, 000 during the present fiscal year on the Greek army, air force, navy and gendarmerie. The figure pro bably will go higher. The current objective of the guerrilla struggle is not to win military ground but to precipitate political chaos by destroying the economy of Greece. The. "broad masses," which soviet propagan dists claim to cherish, are thereby saddled with growing burden. For Program CHJNDBD 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Noodles Nudge While Salem's observance today 1 ' ' largely on Individual action in the home, most of the restaurants apparently will observe President Truman's request. Above. V. E. Bayrs, ewner. of Canton tavern at 940 N. Commercial st, prepares Chinese Noodles, whereas not long ago steaks were a specialty. (Photo by Don Dili, Statesman staff photographer.) ' France Gains Dollars For Buying Coal, Food WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-yP)-Practically the whole distillery in dustry has agreed to close down for 60 days at the end of next week to save grain ior Europe, the citizens food committee reported tonight. Also In the aid-Europe drive pushed by President Truman. France won U. S. permission to use part of an $185,000,000 reconstruc tion credit for emergency buying of coal and other essentials. Freak Storm Blows Hard At Carolina MANTEO, N. C, Oct. 13.-UP)-Winds slowly mounted toward gale velocity along the outer banks of North Carolina tonight as the freak tropical storm made what appeared to be its final pass at land before heading into open seas. Chief Forecaster Grady Norton of the M n weather bureau said the center .,1 the storm, with winds about 80 miles an hour, would pass Cape Hatteras early tomor row. Northeast storm warnings were extended northward to the Vir ginia capes from Wilmington, N.C. The weather bureau said winds of 55 miles an hour cover a 100 mile radius from the storm's cen ter. Meanwhile, rising flood waters created grave problems of health and housing for parts of the lower Florida east coast lashed by wind and torrential rains Saturday. In the worst affected sections of greater Miami - - Hialeah and Mi ami Springs - - national guards men were summoned for armed patrol duty. At least 12.000 persons were re ported homeless in the two towns, with many other parts of Dade county under water and homes evacuated. Flood damage to more than 3, 000 homes in the Miami section was placed at $4,500,000. One Body Found On Sunken Vessel POWELL RIVER, B.C., Oct. 13 -(CP)-The body of one of five persons who lost their lives when the coastal p;issenuer vesel "Gulf Stream' crashed into Dinner rork, eight miles north of lu re, was te covered tonight. Divers brought up the body of Mrs. S. Fleck of Refuge Cove, B.C., from the main stern cabin where Gulf Lines Ltd. officials said one other person, an 18 month girl, wan drowned. Weather Max. Mm. Prerip. Salem M 4 .tl Portland 60 M trac San Francisco 78 8 eo Chicago 69 M .00 New York 70 6 .00 Willamette river -2 7 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. Mc-Nary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tonight. High tem perature today 65. low tonight ii. Weather- will be favorable for most farm wtivitMta tnri.v. OOOO O fefei Or... Tuesday. October 14, 1947 Niche in Diet of meatless Tuesday will depend An estimate that the distillery close down would save 10,000, 000 to 20,000,000 bushels of grain cime from Charles Luckman, ( han man of the president's citi zens foot! committee. He an nounced the agreement. Luckman said 36 of 39 distil lery companies agreed to the shut down, which was opposed by the AFL Distillery Workers union on grounds of creating unemploy ment. The union unsuccessfully sought a 10-day delay in the decision. Its officers have talked of suing employers for damages, demand ing "stand-by pay" and bringing injunction proceedings against any who close down. Luckman later announced that the national restaurant advisory committee has reaffirmed its "complete report" of the conser vation drive, including meatless Tuesdays ' and eggless and poul try less Thursdays In July of 1946. the U. S. export-import bank granted France a credit of $650,000,000 strictly for buying machinery and other equipment for reconstruction. Of that $185,000,000 is still avail able and the export-import bank was said to have changed the rules today to permit about half of the remainder to be spent on U. S. coal, petroleum, lubricants and cotton. 2nd Alhanv Firm's jSafe Disappears ALBANY, Oct. 13 - UP) - The ! second safe disappearance in two 'straight week ends was being in- vestigated by police today. A safe containing $400 was car ried from the Albany Lanes Bowl in Alley over the week end. A we k before, a similar theft netted $1,000 from the MacDonald Candy company. The candy firm's safe was found empty, three days later along a country road. Trustee Extension Move Hit by U.S. LAKE SUCCESS. Oct. 13-OP)-The United States today opposed a move by India to plate all non self -governing territories under United Nations trusteeship. MARKETS TO CLOSE PORTLAND, Oct. lS-O-Scores of meat markets will observe "meatless Tuesday" tomorrow by closing shop. The Independent Re tail Meat Dealers Association esti mated 95 per cent of its members would remain dosed. tUoSo tZ3 DO O Price 5c peirirolla Btotis FwIIdss Two toons dot) ceece ATHENS, Oct. 13-(P-Reps. Olin E. Tague (D-Tex.) and Don ald L Jackson (R-Calif.), were fired on today by mortars north of Kilkis, Greece, near the Junc ture with Bulgaria and Yugosla via, but escaped injury, an Amer ican embassy spokesman an nounced tonight. Teague and Jackson are mem bers of a five-member subcom mittee of the UJS. houne of repre sentatives' foreign affairs com mittee touring Europe. The embassy spokesman, whone informs Uon cam from Greek military sources, said several hells were reported to have fall en near the congressmen. With them was Lt. Col. Allen C. Miller, assistant military attache and U.S. delegate to the recently dis solved United Nations Balkans subcommission. The incident was reported shortly after Premier Themls tokles Sophoulis called on the Greek people tn a radio address to "rally against the threatened tyranny of a minority serving foreigners" and announced ari austerity program to balance the budget Soviet Beaten In Demand for U.S. Removal LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 13 -VP) An overwhelming majority in the United Nations assembly's 57 member political committee today defeated Russia's demands for withdrawal of all British and American troops and military per sonnel from Greece. The soviet union also was beat en on a determined appeal for United Nations supervision over economic aid to Greece under the Tniman program. To complete the string of ma jor soviet defeats on the Balkan question the committee refused to lay the blame for Greek-Balkan hostilities upon the United States, Britain and Greec as Rus sia had demanded. Only the oviet Ukraine, White Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia supported Russia on the final vote in committee. The entire case now goes to the floor of the assembly for approv al at a yet undecided date. Then the 97 delegates will have before them the United States resolu tion accepted by 38 to 6 vote in the committee last week which calls for a U. N. watchdog commission in the Balkans. Shore Foremen Vote to Work SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lMP) Longshore foremen voted at a meeting tonight to dissolve their picket lines and return to work by tomorrow's 9:30 a. m. deadline set by an arbitrator, subject to ratification by the San Pedro lo cal, the CIO International Long snoremens union cll.wu) an nounced tonight. The foremen (walking bosses) struck the Luckenbach Steamship company and the Los Angeles Outer Dock and Wharf company in July, demanding they recog nize the ILWU as the foremen's collective bargaining agent The companies and the, waterfront employers' association resisted this demand. Coast waterfront arbitrator Ar thur Miller earlier today extend ed until 9:30 a. m. tomorrow the time for the union to comply with his order of last Friday that the picket lines be dissolved or that the rank and file members go through them. Wider Street Gains Paving Asphaltic concrete was applied Monday to the second block of a three-block widening and re resurfacing project on downtown High street. After paving the block between State and Court streets was reopened last night to traffic. If today's weather ts dry. tur facing will be continued in the block between State ant Ferry streets, it was stated last night by city engineer department of ficials. The newly surfaced blocks will be painted for head-In park ing spaces and cross-walks with in a few days. The street project has brought the three blocks to a uniform 70- foot width. Since completion of the block between Chemeketa and Court streets, work has been somewhat delayed by a concurrent project, that of installing conduits for the new brighter street lights planned for the street. p vO "o Chest Heeds Help The score today of fialem'f Community Chest Campaign: Minimum goal , Pledged to dale .$100,000 $ 67,698 Still needed ...:....$ 82,302 (Story on Page 12) No. 171 rtair JERUSALEM. Oct. 13.-WVA bomb was tossed at the United States consulate today and ta Arab informant said tonight th attack was by a member of an Arab group constituting the "strik ing force" of the exiled mufti of Jerusalem. The informant said that Ameri cans had been warned by tele phone to quit the consulate be for. the bomb was thrown and advled to "leave Palestine." A consular official denied the statement, lay ing that no telephone "or any eth er warning was received." Blast Harts Tw. Two women employes of the) consulate one an American' cit izen - - were injured in the blaL Authorities said earlier that they believed the bomb tosser was woman who walked into a guard ed dead-end street, threw the bomb into a consulate garden, and got away. i The explosion came amid mounting tension in the Holy I .and over unconfirmed reports of Syri an ana Lebanese troops massed on the:northern frontier. It was the third attack In recent weeks on consulates of nations fa voring partition of Palestine, and the Arab informant declared the French and Chechoclovakian con sulates were "next on the list for warning bombs." Attack Plan Told He named the attacker as from the M. G. M. group, which he said was the "striking force" of the mufti, HaJ. Amin El Husseini,who has been in Lebanon to attend the meeting of the Arab league. Previously another Arab lnfcrm ant had said the top Arab leaders in the middle east had decided to start military action in the Holy Land immediately after the Brit ish withdraw their troops. (In London a foreign clfic. spokesman said tonight that Brit ain had informed Syria that pres ence of Syrian troops on the Pal estine frontier would be a "dis turbing Influence" and might well cause the internal situation in th. Holy Land to deteriorate.)! 19-Day Drift Ends for Trio PEARL HARBOR. Oct 13 - (A Three American seamen, kept! alive by rainwater, were rescued! today, 19 days after their1 power less minesweepers were cut adrift near Palmyra atoll. First spotted from the iair last Saturday, the three were picked up by navy patrol craft 881 about 440 miles northeast of Palmyra. Two of their four minesweepers, originally lashed together under tow, had sunk and the others had drifted 80 miles apart. They were lost after their tug went in to Palmyra to refuel, expecting to return quickly and pick them up. The rescued - men. reported ia good health, were William B. Hop kins of Washington, D. C-, and Leonard Metts and Horace Cros by of Charleston, S". C. you'll learn ixrhozi our troubles viilh Russia roallY started from "SPcnznrjG' it r: Jamcts F. Dyrats ' starling tomorrow In v Off fionC$latwnLM Thla UlttW at "SpUa rraaUr" will ocTvr six erf fife ehMptm M Um aoofe le be pufclb4 Oct IS by Harpac f trm. w V4
