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' Ever since the accounts were
published of the battle of Leyte
gulf, in late October, 1944, I have
been curious as to why Admiral
Halsey took all his fast battleships
and the big carriers north to at
tack the northern prong of the
three-tined Japanese attack and
left only a few escort carriers with
destroyer screen to guard the
mouth of San Bernardino strait
where another Japanese fleet had
been known to be heading. Fletch
er Pratt in his report of the bat
tle glossed over this diversion but
evidently it has been a subject of
controversy ever since. This is
brought right out in the open in
n article by Gilbert Cant in LIFE
magazine for November 24.
This battle, says Cant, was "by
11 odds and any conceivable
standard, the ' greatest naval en
gagement in all history." The Japs
threw everything they had into the
' attempt to knock out he MacAr
thur beachhead on L. When
the three-day battle was over,
Japanese naval power was virtu
ally destroyed. That it turned out
that way was not due to the battle
tactics of Admiral' Halsey but to
the stupidity of the Jap Admiral
Kurita who commanded the San
Bernardino fleet and broke off
fighting and turned in retreat
when he had knocked out the fee
ble force left behind by Halsey
and had the gulfful of transports,
supply vessels and the beachhead
virtually at his mercy.
It will be recalled that the south
ern prong of the Jap attack
(Continued ortcjtorj 1 p gg)
Truman Prods
Campaign to
Conserve Food
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -JPh
The Truman - administration an
nounced an expanded and inten
sified food saving program today,
with the twin aims of saving grain
for European relief and of check
ing spiraling prices at home. .
The cabinet food committee, act
ing at the direction of President
Truman, announced the creation
of a special group to carry for
ward an expanded program ini
tiated by the citizens food com
mittee October 1 including meat
less Tuesdays and eggless Thurs
days. James A. Stillwell, of Chicka
sha, Okla., special assistant to the
secretary of state, was named ex
ecutive director of the voluntary
food conservation program.
As the first steps in the drive
the cabinet food group announced
that:
1. The distilling industry will
be invited to meet here shortly
to map plans for "continued and
; intensified conservation" of grain
after the 60-day voluntary shut
down ends December 25.
2. Brewers will be asked to
continue their curtailed use of
wheat and corn beyond the ter
mination date of Feb. 1, 1948.
3. The public was requested to
save at least one slice of bread
a day.
. 4. State and local citizens com
mittees are requested to- expand
their efforts to grain communi
ty support of the conservation
program.
TOOTHPICK MILL BURNS
STRING, Me, Dec. 4-P)-The
principal mill of the world's larg
est toothpick manufacturers was
destroyed by an explosion and fire
tonight with a loss of $1,000,000.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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Transportation of school children in Salem will be aided with the
- use of the new 59-paaaenger GMC school bos delivered to the Sa
lem public schools this week. Interior view ef the bus shows pupils
of Washington school ready for the ride to their Four Corners homes
as Driver Paul Walrath, 451 N. ISth st.. standing at rear, makes
a last cheek. Lower photo shows the bus as children eater. (Photos
by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
Auditorium, Ballroom in
Memorial Building Plan
Specifications for the proposed Salem war memorial building
were read at a meeting of the Salem War Memorial association Thurs
day night by William Bail lie, building committee chairman.
The report was a preliminary progress chart made on basis of
conclusions reached from contacts made to date with other cities.
First of all, the report indicated, the building should be "suit
GOP to Devise
Own System to
on
tWASHINGTON, 'Dec. 4.'-ttT-
Brushing aside President Tru
man's program for anti-inflation
economic controls, republican
leaders moved today toward an
economic program of their own
- - which may be topped by a new
call for a $4,000,000,000 (billions)
tax reduction.
Chairman Wolcott (R-Mich) of
the house banking committee told
reporters after a closed-door ses
sion of top GOP senators and rep
resentatives "We expect to have
our own program."
j Although no ironclad agree
ments were reached, it was un
derstood the republicans are dis
cussing a plan along these lines:
1. A new call for tax slashing,
accompanied by economy in gov
ernment spending.
2. Voluntary industry-wide ac
tion looking toward price adjust
ments. Agreements made for this
purpose would be exempted from
anti-trust laws.
3. Extension of export controls,
to provide a measure of protec
tion of the domestic economic
against inflation that might be
caused by heavy foreign ship
ments. This might govern the size
of long-range foreign aid.
4. Continuation of government
authority to control the use of
railway freight cars.
5. A program for stabilization
of foreign currencies. Details of
such a program were not dis
closed. 6. Encouragement of government
bond sales.
7. Continuation of rent con
trols. Fog Shrouds
Plane Search
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec.
4 OF) The sixth day of search for
a missing American airforces
transport with 20 persons aboard
ended tonight with all search
planes grounded by fog and the
withdrawal of ground rescue
units.
Air force officials said the aer
ial search would resume tomor
row, weather permitting. They
said U.S. constabulary and mili
tary police Units were withdrawn
because they had "worn them
selves out" in climbs over the
rugged, snowy terrain and needed
rest, hot meals and dry clothing.
Yulctide Garlands
Decorate Streets
" Work of decorating downtown
streets in Christmas colors began
last night as a group of' Portland
decorators hung, lights and gar
lands along4Liberty street north
from Ferry street
Mai Rudd, head of the local re
tail trade bureau, said that the
work probably would be complet
ed . next Monday. All tho work
will bo don at night
n 11 ;
Beat Inilati
"V"
' I laai r"1
able for use as a civic auditorium,
designed to satisfactorily present
local and itinerant cultural pro
grams and to accommodate large
assemblies and conventions."
The auditorium, capable of seat
ing at least 3,500, should also in
clude standard sloping floors, ade
quate balconies, a large, well
equipped stage, dressing and pro
jection rooms, small assembly
rooms and a kitchen and dining
hall in the basemen L , . r , ,
If possible the dining hall should
be so constructed that it may also
be used as a ballroom, the report
added.
Fund Use Approved
S. W. Starr, finance committee,
chairman, reported preliminary
approval of a plan to use a $3,000
fund from the Salem Centennial
committee by W. W. Chadwick,
president of that organization. In
return a museum room would be
incorporated in the memorial
auditorium, as specified by Cen
tennial officers.
Two amendments to the organ
ization's constitution were read
and placed on record for final
action at the next meeting. Allan
Carson, chairman of the legal
committee, submitted two propos
ed name changes, one to read
"Salem War Memorial Auditor
ium association" and the other
"Salem Memorial Auditorium as
sociation." The other amendment
would change the name of pub
licity committee to that of "pub
lic relations."
Membership Cards
Dave Hoss, publicity chairman,
announced that individual- mem
bership cards were being design
ed for use in a public member
ship drive some time next year.
Location committee Chairman
Col, Philip Alison advised that
surveys had been made relative to
selecting a suitable site. He said
that basic site essentials would
call for adequate size, accessibil
ity, low-cost property and re
moteness from railroads and hos
pitals. . ;
Bush Pasture Urged
Serious consideration of erect
ing the building on city-owned
Bush pasture property was urged
by Don Madison, representing the
Hollywood Lions club. He was
one of 23 member organization
delegates and 15 individual citi
zens present.
It was reported that some 44
organizations now compose the
voting membership. Payment of
$5 entitles any organization to
one vote at association meetings.
Individual memberships at $1 are
open to anyone but do not carry
voting privileges.
Next meeting of the association
has been set for January 8 at the
chamber of commerce. Associa
tion President Rex Kimmell ask
ed that all inquiries to the com
mission be mailed to P. O. box
486, Salem.
Driver Jumps as
Train Hits Truck
Stalled on Tracks
PORTLAND, -Dec."' 4. -) -A
truck was stalled on, a railroad
line near Corbett east of here, to
day, and the driver jumped to
safety seconds ahead of an on
coming train. -
The driver, Robert Laverne
Brannam, 30, Fossil, Ore., was un
injured. The Union Pacific passen
ger train-was delayed a half-hour
while the wreckage was cleared.
The truck was carrying a cat
erpillar, owned by the Stevenson
Construction Cc, of Salem, to road
construction work at Corbett.
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAH 18
82 romps (Dim UBB 'Official
(Semieiral
MatrsGnaDH
Russ Term Aid
To Austrians
'Enslavement'
By Joseph E. Dynan
LONDON, Dec. 4 -iJP)- Secre
tary of State Geocge C. Marshall
and Soviet Foreign e Minister V.
M. Molotov traded direct verbal
blows for the first time in the
present foreign ministers meeting
today and the council stood dead
locked on the Austrian treaty, con
ference officials reported.
The soldierly American diplo
mat, his ire aroused by Molotov's
charge that the United States and
Britain by their measures of aid
were trying to "enslave" Austria,
indirectly referred to the Marsh
all program and declared Molotov
was trying to wreck it.
Oat to Beat Aid Plan
"We are all aware of the real
purpose of attacks of this nature,"
Marshall said in his sharpest
statement of the conference. "In
deed it has been announced. It is
to disrupt the great cooperative
movement that is being launched
for. the economic recovery of Em
ope."
Regarding Molotov's charges of
attempted western enslavement of
Austria, Marshall said "I will on
ly repeat my remarks of the other
day that I do not think that Mr.
Molotov could possibly convince
me that he really believes his alle
gations and implications.
"The distortion of United States
motives just made we have all
heard before. I stated recently
that there was no foundation
whatsoever for such charges."
Asset Deadlock
Marshall recalled that for near
ly two years the four powers had
been trying to reach agreement
on a treaty for Austria and that
the "greatest obstacle to progress
has been our failure to agree on
what assets in Austria are 'Ger
man and thus subject to transfer"
to Russia under the Potsdam
agreement.
Marshall said it was not the in
tention of tne United States to
repudiate Potsdam, neither was it
its intention to allow that agree
ment to be "distorted." He said
Molotov was trying to take over
assets acquired in Austria by
force, duress and other illegal
means.
Device to Cut
Truck Noises t
PORTLAND, Dec. 4.-AVAn in
vention which will stop the thun
dering noise of heavy trucks was
described by the National Motor
Transport association's equipment
and maintenance committee chair
man today.
Julius Gaussoin said the device,
while far from making possible a
silent truck, would be a "revolu
tionary" step in quieting- heavy
duty truck reverberations.;
The device is a metal chamber
inserted in the exhaust pipe be
tween the engine and muffler to
diffuse pressure. Developed in a
cooperative research program, it
will be made available to all man
ufacturers, and not patented.
OFFICIAL SAID KILLED
KHARTOUM, Canglo-Egyptian
Sudan, Friday, Dec. $-(JP)-ll was
reported here without confirma
tion last night that the British
minister of Aden. British protec
torate at the southern end of the
Red sea, had been killed in an
Arab uprising there.
U.S. Naval Reserve Officer Collects
$462.69 from Russia as Award Fund
SEATTLE, Dec. 4 -OffV A naval
reserve officer said today that he
bad collected $462.69 from the
Russian consulate in San Francisco
for coupons he received in con
nection with a wartime "convoy
award.
The Times said Cmdr. David M.
Kellogg, USNR, now on inactive
status, told a reporter that he made
the collection a few days ago on
coupons for the 26 months since
he received the order of the fath
erland, first class, after thinking
"it might add up to about four
bucks."
Kellogg received the award for
command of a destroyer escort
during the - war on the convoy
route to Russia.
1 A book of coupons and instruc
tions in Russian came with .the
medal He said ah acquaintance
WfiOU
PAGES Tha Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning. December S. 1947
iPoweir SftiAe CHlaSSs Activity
(SaODs Motov on AidJ-ScMttliiras FDaon
Contractor Turns
Gold Prospector
BAKER, Dec. l-ypy-IL E.
Rash, whose name may be pro
phetic, settled down to fall
time gold mining today.
Rash, a contractor, was wash
Ins rocks for a roek -crushing
Job at the month of Fine creek
on the Burnt river highway.
Jast on the off-chance, he In
stalled sluice boxes to catch any
gold washed off the rocks.
In four months, tho sluice
boxes yielded $12,100. Rush
Isn't contractor any more.
Ice Storm in
Midwest Cuts
Phone Lines
By the Associated Press
A severe ice storm, reported to
be the worst in 75 years in some
sections of Kansas, was centered
in southwestern Iowa Thursday
night and moving northeastward
toward northern Wisconsin and
upper Michigan.
The storm caused extensive
wire breaks and crippled long
distance lines throughout central
and western Kansas Thursday,
and was expected to reach north
ern Wisconsin and upper Mich
igan Friday.
Snow was reported from sec
tions of the western mountainous
states and there was occasional
rain in the lower Mississippi val
ley. In North Hollywood, Calif.,
rain up to 1.50 Inches broke the
southern California record dry
spell which for the first 11 months
of thistyear has been the most se
vere on record.
In Kansas, the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. reported sev
eral hundred long distance cir
cuits were out of order and that
some poles were down. Great
Bend was isolated. An amateur
radio operator, S. E. Newman, of
Washington, D.C., reported he had
established communication with
two Great Bend ham operators
who told him the ice storm was
the worst in 75 years there.
Schools were closed because of
ice and' fallen wire hazards, but
no deaths or casualties were re
ported so far, Newman quoted the
operators as saying.
Fifty-three Iowa towns were
without telephone service late to
day as a result of breaks in 400
circuits due to the snapping of
ice-covered lines.
Arabs Speed
Recruit Drive
JERUSALEM, Dec. 4 -JP)- Ac
celeration of the Arab world's re
cruiting campaign for soldiers to
fight the partition of Palestine was
reported tonight as armed riot and
destruction spread unchecked
through the Middle East from the
Mediterranean to the Arabian sea.
Volunteers flocked to the Arab
colfbrs in many Arab states and
vague reports circulated in many
places of an invasion of the Holy
Land from other countries to fight
the Jews.
Bloodshed and disorders were
widespread throughout the Middle
East. In Palestine, angry Arabs
took their fight to the highways,
as a wall of encircling British
troops and police kept apart
would-be combatants in the major
cities.
with a smattering of Russian had
told him that the instructions said
he was entitled to monthly pay
ments for life from a grateful Rus
sia. (In Washington, D.C., it was
reported that about 200 U.S. of
ficers received similar awards from
Russia, but that the judge advo
cate general had ruled they could
accept "no emoluments' there
with. Kellogg could not be reach
ed for comment as to what he
would do with the $462.69 emol
ument in case such a ruling 'also
applies to inactive officers in the
reserve).
The Times quoted him as say
ing the booklet also said he could
have a round trip to Russia free
every year, but that the man at the
Russian consulate "kind of hedg
ed" when be brought up the sub
ject .
POUNDID 1651
2 Men Killed as
Police Fire on
French Rioters
PARIS, Dec. S.-liTV-Factories,
subways and all electric lighting
stopped in Paris at 8 a. m. (2
a. m. EST) today, apparently as
a result of a general power shut
down occurring as a strike call
to 1,200,000 state public service
workers began to take effect.
Sailors and mobile guards were
rushed into the power plants to
get the generators started again.
Lighting returned 45 minutes
later in parts of the city and in
top priority buildings such as ra
dio, telegraph and news wire re
lay centers, but power lines to
major factories apparently re
mained down.
The subway company announ
ced that it had managed to get a
few trains running, but at a slow
pace.
Paris Isolated for Time
Paris was isolated from all con
tact with the outside world for a
time when radio and telegraph
services failed because of the
power shutdown and long distance
telephone operators did not an
swer. Dial telephones continued
to operate within the city.
(The first part of this dispatch
was telephoned to London at 8:47
a. m. Paris time, 2:47 a. m. EST.
The press wire connecting Asso
rted Press bureau in Paris and
London was restored short time
later.)
2 Rioters Killed
Two men were4 killed at Va
lence shot to death during a
fight with police at the railroad
station, strikers said raising to
24 the number of fatalities from
France's wave of rioting and
sabotage. The strikers drove po
lice cut of the station and re
occupied it.
Twenty-two persons were In
jured at Nice where, as at Cannes,
police battled mobs at the post
office. A general strike was call
ed at Nice. A strike at Antibes
Juan Les Pins closed alrriost all
businesses and the city hall.
The government claimed a vic
tory in Paris when a union repre
senting 250.000 store clerks can
celled a strike, saying it had ob
tained some of its demands.
The Interior ministry said a
saboteur had blown up a 150,000
volt high tension line at Pessac,
near Brittany.
Use Strike Control Law
The shift of violence to com
munist strongholds along the
Riviera, the playground of roy
alty and the wealthy of many
countries, came as Premier Rob
ert Schuman's cabinet in Paris
acted quickly to use the strike
control powers voted it a few
hours earlier by the national as
sembly. Under the new law de
signed to loosen, the communist
grip in the French labor move
ment the government can pun
ish sabotage or incitement to
strikes with prison terms up to
10 years.
The government's first move,
expected during tho night, was
official publication of the law
The cabinet already has begun
calling up the first units of 80.000
army reservists for police duty
under terms of a clause of the
law adopted Saturday.
BLACK MARKET RADIUM
BERLIN, Dec. 4 -JPh The U.S.
army criminal investigation divi
sion confiscated in the German
black market today radium and
radium substances which they es
timated were worth $605,000.
Inquiry at the Russian consulate
in San Francisco resulted in the
following telephone conversation:
Female voice at the consulate:
"Haaaalo."
Inquirer: "This is the Associated
Press
Female voice: "You wait"
(Interval of silence.)
Male voice: "Haaaalo."
Inquirer: -This is the Associated
Press o o o
Male voice: "No, no."
Inquirer: "But you haven't heard
my question! I only want to know
Male voice
Inquirer:
: "No, no, no."
"Are you trying
to
veto me?
Male voice: ".No, ho, no, no. The
consulate is closed. Is closed until
o'clock tomorrow.'
'SoalbveirsDve7 EJstt
Suspect Allegedly
Returns to Scene
Of Crime, Gets Job
ALBANY. Dee. 4-()p-Wbo
tho McDonald Candy cosnpawy's ,
safe was stolen a coaple months
back, the company hired Ken-J
neth Lea bo to repair the doorl
the safe-stealers had broken. 1
Today Lea bo was bemad evjrr
to the grand Jury on a chart e
of burglary. He's aecosed of
being one of the men who broke
the door and stole the safe.
Sewer Rental,
Bite Franchise
Draw interest
Cltywide interest generated by
two pending Salem ordinance
bills proposing sewer service
rental charges and a franchise for
Oregon Motor Stages has neces
sitated a move of Monday, night's
city council meeting to the Salem
Chamber of Commerce hall, dty
officials announced Thursday. -
Public hearings are scheduled
for both issues and it was felt
more citizens will appear than
can be accommodated in the city
manager's office where most
council meetings are held. The
council meeting will begin at 8
p.m. i
The sewer charges established
in the legislation proposed by City
Manager J. L. Franzen as first
step in a $1,445,500 sewer de
velopment . and sewago disposal
plant program, would be 30 cents
per month for up to 500 cubic
feet or water used, plus 3 cents
per 100 cubic feet additional wa
ter consumed. Most households
would come within the minimum
charge, the city manager has stat
ed.
Another ordinance en the
council's agenda would enfran
chise OMS as city bus line for 10
years, on the basis of the , com
pany's present Salem operations.
Opposition has come from suburb
an bus riders who have expressed
fears that this might affect the
Salem Suburban Bus lines' right
to operate into Salem. OMS, re
cently establishes suburban
routes and remains only bus firm
operating service within Salem.
Boys Snatch
Purse in Salem
Salem city police are investiga
ting two Wednesday night robber
ies in which victims lost a total
of $47.
Mrs. E. H. Hiberger, 627 N.
Winter st., told police, that she
and her daughter were accosted
by three teen-age boys Wednesday
night near North Cottage and
Marion streets and that one of the
boys snatched her purse from her
arm and made off with it She
said the purse contained $17 in
cash and other items.
While at a local theatre on the
same night police were told by
Mrs. Carey Martin, 246 S. Cottage
st., someone stole her purse con
taining $30. Later the purse was
located under a seat but the mon
ey was, gone.
Grand Jury Hears
Film Writers Case
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-(-A
federal grand jury turned its at
tention today to contempt of con
gress citations against 10 Holly
wood writers and directors stem
ming from the recent house com
mittee probe of communism in the
movie capital.
The 10 men all were cited for
contempt by the house of repre
sentatives after they failed to an
swer specifically the house com
mittee on un-American activities
on the question of whether they
were communists.
The grand jury almost comple
ted consideration of the cases to
day, and may finish up tomorrow,
it was indicated.
Weather
Max.
M
- SO
tt
Min. Prerip.
.M
as .oo
43 .04
S3 .59
43 M
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
43
M
New York
Willamette river M foot.
FORECAST (from M&. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Saiem): Partly
rtoudy today, becoming cloudy with
bght rain tonight. Highest temperature
so oogrota; Jwsi msucbi. so.
No, 218
iiraFairn
s
'UidoyaTList
Shorter than
Anticipated
WASHINGTON, iw. -Ji-TK
government's official list of "to
talitarian, fascist communist nr
subversive organizations appeared
unignt, witn iar Xewor names' on
it than had been generally ex
pected in Washington.
in an, 71 organizations and 11
schools were listed br th attrvm
Price 5c
general and made public by the ,
presiaenrs loyalty review board,
but 47 of the organizations were
carried over from a 1043 list which
included some suDsosedlv
defunct German and Japanese
gryps.
Chairman Seth W. Rirharrictn
of the loyalty board transmitted
the list of government agencies, to
be used m the current check on
federal employe lovaltv to tho
American form of government.'
Whether certain people are fired.
or others are refused federal em
ployment mar depend In part on
any connection they may be shown
to have with any of the listed or
ganizations. Membership Is not in
itself, however, to decide their
fate.
list to Contlsme
While Washington as a whole .
had expected a far longer list of
communist organizations than wero
listed, as well as morer of such
groups as the Ku Klux Klan. Co
lumbians, etc.. Attorney General
Clark noted that the listing is a
continuing thing.
He said that as to some unlisted,
evidence ia not pcoaonUy- euffici -. .
ent Others presently harmless, ho 1
said, may turn into forces that will
require them to be listed. He add
ed that a number of . "small and
local" organizations were omitted.
Tnusuua Asked Cheek
Attorney General Clark pre
pared the list during the last sev
eral weeks under authority of an
executive order from President
Tniman
Tha letter of transmittal to tho
federal agencies noted that tho
president has said, that member
ship in any of the organizationo
named "is simply one piece of evi-
helpful at arriving at a conclusion
as to the action which Is to bo
taken in a particular cose,' of em
ploye loyalty. .
Comanwlst Party on List I
Tho Communist Party in tho'
United States and its predecessor, I
the Communist Political Associa
tion, appears on the list with tho
following affiliates and commit-!
tees
Citizens Committee of the upper i
west side. New York City. I
Committee to Aid the Fishtinsi
:ouin.
Dennis Defense Committee.
Labor Research Association, Inc.
Southern Negro Youth Congress.
United Ma Day Committee.
United Negro and Allied Veter
ans of America.
The list also Include the Ku
Klux Klan, tho Proletarian Party
of America, tho Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee, National '
Council of American -Soviet
Friendship, and many others. j
Also included on Attorney Gen
eral Tom Clark's list were Ameri
can Youth for Democracy, tho
Civil Rights Congress and its affil-
iated organizations, including Civ
il Rights Congress for Texas and
Veterans against Discrimination of
Civil Rights Congress of New
York," the Columbians, the Holly
wood Writers Mobilization for De
fense. National Committee to Win
the Peace, and the Veterans of
the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. ;
(Additional details on page 2) )
"TYPED- PAPERS CONTLXI K
CHICAGO, Dec. 4 -.P- Chica
go's six major newspapers con
tinued k publish typewritten.
photo - engraved editions today
as a strike of AFL typesetters,
which began November .34,. re
mained in force.