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OaO OOD ODO oooo oon o CJQ O ODU OOO OU! Irishman Boastful, Silent as Tug-of-War WATERLOO, Ore, Dec 12 (JP)- The two opponents in to morrow's great tug-of-war met for the first time today, and eyed each other with scorn. They met in the Waterloo blacksmith shop where one con testant was getting shoes with ,i inch caurks. He is Baldy, a 1,900-pound logging horse with powerful shoulders and hoofs like dinner plates. ' "He doesn't have a chance, scoffed Chester Fitzwater, the 225-pound redhead who is the other contestant. "Ill win eas ily." ' The horse maintained a stra tegic silence, but owner R. W. Wallace said that the animal The ancient adage that politics makes .strange bedfellows has few proofs as singular as the declar ation of Henry A. Wallace that if be had to choose between Harry Truman for president and Rob ert A. Taft he would vote for Taft. One has to wash and polish his glasses to make sure he has read the item correctly. Wallace seems to have come full circle to have deviated so far leftward that he Is around at the right At least he has reached a point in isola tion where he finds himself com fortable with Taft. Wallace is obsessed with the Idea that the foreign policy of the administration leads to war with Russia. Either from dread of war or sympathy with Russia he lash es out against the Truman Byrnes - Marshall direction of foreign affairs. Despite the sub stitution of the more moderate plan for European recovery in place of the Truman doctrine, Wallace keeps veering r.ny, un til now he seems to espouse the Idea of a new third party. More and more his associations and his supporters belong to the extreme left wing. t Political history offers little comfort to Wallace in his perigri nations. Usually those who fly off the main wheel at a sharp tan cent never get back on. Martin Van Buren, Horace Greeley, Theo dore Roosevelt, Robert LaFollette, sr., failed when they sheered off in independency. Wallace seems destined for the same fate, and s he progresses In his extremity (and as the "cold war" continues) Tbis threat to the administration will grow less. Even Senator Taft will hardly welcome this recruit to his banner. - Belton Ponders Treasurer Bid ""State" Sen. Howard Belton of Canby said In Salem Friday he would decide early in January whether he will be a candidate for state treasurer at the repub lican primary election next May. "I have received considerable encouragement from various sec tions of the state," Belton said, "but I want to do a little more scouting around before I arrive at , a definite decision." Belton also has been mentioned as a pos sible candidate for governor but Jie iriiicated the state treasurer's office would be preferable. Belton has served several terms in the state senate and was presi dent of that body at the 1945 leg islature.!' 17 Burn to Death in 0B3UOS j French Train Wreck , CLERMONT-TERRAND, France Saturday, Dec. ,13 -JPy- Seven teen persons were burned to death and more than twenty injured last v night in a collision on a rail line between Clermont-Ferrand and - Montlucon, about 200 miles south Of Paris. The dead and injured were pas sengers on an autorail car (gaso line propelled) which was run ning on the same track as the reg ular passenger-and-freight train. FARMER'S BODY FOUND ALBANY, Dec. 12 (JP)- The body of Irwin E. Gardner, 58, farmer missing from his" home near Halsey since yesterday, was found In Muddy creek today. The stream traverses his farm. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH 1 , Tm dreaming of black was in even better condition than yesterday. Trainer Guy Gentry, who usually concentrates on quarter horses, disclosed that Baldy's training diet has been shifted from oats to straight carrots. "Strengthens him," said Gen try. The horse's job is to pull Fitzwater, lying flat on the ground, to a standing position. A 300-foot rope will lead from Fitzwater to the horse's harness. The tug-of-war. which all started from a rural argument, is the biggest event here since trotting race days, and farmers have $5,000 down on the out come. Fitzwater, a powerful Irish Boy Scouts Ring Bells Today If - :1 k lilt 1 ' CHRISTMAS 111" X CHECR Salem Bey Scouts will take ever bell rinsing at . Salvation Army Christmas collection pots on downtown Salem streets today as their part 1b helping underprivileged persons. Mrs. E. L. Money, 2255 Lee st, right, is shown giving temporary custody of her bell to Scoot Clifford Hutchinson. 1515 N. Commercial st, as Scout Darrel Isaacson, 1555 N. Summer st, looks on. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.) Democrats Present Price-Control Plan WASHINGTON, Dec. J2-(,f)-Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach today outlined to congresaT specific proposals for price ceilings and roll backs as republicans debated whether or not to place their own anti-inflation bill before the house Monday on a "take it or leave it" basis. ' Schwellenbach sent the proposed price control legislation to the house banking committee witn a note saying he will submit a wage control bill shortly. But Chairman Wolcott (It Mich) told reporters definitely there will be no action at the spe cial session on the Schwellenbach bill, or the one drafted, by Secre tary of Commerce Harriman ask ing priority and allocation auth ority. Schwellenbach said price con trols would be limited to those commodities that: basically affect the cost of living or agricultural and industrial production, and those "essential to effectuation of the foreign policy of the United States." The labor secretary declared a maximum price ceiling should be applied only if the commodity is found to be in short supply, and its price has risen unreasonably beyond that prevailing in June, 1947. Under his proposals, price ceilings could not be lower than the highest price prevailing be tween June 11 and June 18, 1947, except in cases where they have been decreased costs or market declines. Weather Max. - 41 Min. 32 33 39 15 29 Precip. .4 .05 .00 .37 .00 Salem Portland 44 San Francisco SI Chicago - n New York 38 Willamette river 26 feet. FORECAST (frotnvU.S. weather bu reau. McNary field? Salem): Mostly cloudy today with occasional light shower. Highest temperature today SO, low tonight 38. County Court Changes Names Of Two Roads in Salem District Four decisions were reached by Marion county court Friday mor ning at a hearing on proposals to change some street and road names outside Salem Garden road beyond the city limits will be changed to Market street, the road to Roberts will be changed to South River road if not already accomplished, the court has no ju risdiction over Park lane due to its private ownership, and the court plans no further name chan ges unless requested by adjacent property owners who also sug gest a new title. The Garden road change in volves the distance from city lim its to Swegle school. Court members said they thought Roberts road south of the city, had been officially named South River road some years ago. A search of records was ordered, with the intent that the altera tion will be made if it has not yet been. A delegation from Park lane, to the east of highway 89E north Horse IS ears man who is training, Galento style, in a Lebanon pool hall, refused to reveal his defensive tactics. The rules call for him to lie prostrate, his feet braced against a 2 by 6 wooden block pegged into the ground. t He was going to hang onto, the rope with his hands, but a physics professor's . statement that that would increase the angle of pull and require lesst force by the horse discouraged him. , ; "I may wear a harness," said Fitzwater, "or I may lie on my stomach. I shall not say which." Betting on the outcome was general with as much as $10,000 said to be at stake.'' Police Catch Department Store Thief PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 12-7P) -A major Portland department store was robbed of about $17,000 in cash today, and minutes later police converged to arrest a flee ing man and recover" the money. Detective Chief James Purcell said the man admitted partici pating in two previous depart ment store robberies which fol lowed the same pattern. The gunman entered the Olds, Wortman & King department store late this afternoon, and or dered cashier Ruby Tunnell to hand over a money bag, ready for an armored car service to carry to the bank. A call to police sent a broadcast over the police radio system, and instantly all cars converged on the downtown area. Traffic pa trolmen leaped from a prowl car to stop a man running down the street away from the store. Ordered to halt, he surrendered a gun and the department store money bag filled with cash. Detective Chief Purcell identi fied the man as Richard Moore, Portland. Later police said they had learned a second gunman took part in today's robbery attempt, but escaped without any money. of Salem, was headed by Arthur Knox, who said the lane is owned by nine home owners who do not desire that it be made a. county road and wish to keep their name. The court decided it had no juris diction to make a change. A second delegation, compris ing Mrs. Alice Forgard. Mrs. Eth el LaRue and Mrs. Walter Fisher, brought a petition with 66 name of persons along Hollywood drive, northeast of Salem, protesting any change of name there. The court agreed that the long - standing title should stand but that any suggestions offered for changing Hollywood avenue or West Holly wood drive would be considered. County Judge Grant Murphy said ,the court does not plan to suggest new names for any of the roads or to make changes, but will consider proposals that ad jacent property, holders forward. Several other proposals sent to the court by the Salem city coun cil were tabled with this understanding. NINETY-SEVENTH YEAB 10 Hoi Second Walkout For Union WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - (yP) - John L. Lewis marched his 600, 000 United Mine Workers out of the AFL for the second time to day, in a bitter row stemming from his refusal to sign a non communist affidavit. Lewis notified AFL President William Green of the new split with this roughly scrawled note: "Green, AFL We disaffiliate. 1247." He had assailed AFL leaders as "intelligently fat and stately asses" because they decided to comply with the Taft-Hartley act requiring union officials to swear they are not communists. They did this so their unions could have access to the national labor relations board, with its fa cilities for selecting collective bar gaining agents, etc. Lewis, though he is no communist, would have nothing to do with the act. So that Lewis defiance would not deprive AFL unions of access to the NLRB, the federation changed its constitution in such a way that the 15-man executive ' . l I 1 v council, oi wmcn jewis was a member, was removed from the roster of federation "officers." Lewis then withdrew from the council. This week the 67-year-old U.M.W. president called his 30 man executive council into a ses sion which culminated in tonight's announcement. New Arrest on Pinball Charge Second arrest on a Marion county grand Jury Indictment against gambling in the county was made Friday, when Mrs"! Mary Lanners, owner of Mac's Place at Silverton, was arrested oh a charge of possessing, maintaining and operating a gambling device (a pinball machine). Mrs. Lanners was released on $500 bail following her arrest by Sheriff Denver Young on a cir cuit court bench warrant. Court action has not been sche duled on her case, nor on the sim ilar charge against Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dunlavy of the Brook nook restaurant at Brooks, who were arrested Wednesday and re leased under $500 bail each. The jury returned only the two secret indictments. Pauley Defends Speculation WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -(JP) Edwin W. Pauley, defending his grain market speculations as "the good old American way," testi fied today that he "did rather well" in trading this year but not through information gained as a government official. Summoned to Capitol Hill on the heels of charges that admin istration "insiders" have pro fiteered in foodstuffs specula tion, Pauley asserted he has rid himself of nine-tenths of his holdings in commodities since September 3 when he became spe cial assistant to the Secretary of the Army Royall. His liquidation operations were carried out in accordance with an agreement with Royall, he told the senate appropriations commit tee. As a result, he said, he is "currently more than $100,000 worse off than if I had retained the grain." ONLY MAKE BELIEVE ALBANY, N.V Dec. 12JP Henry A. Wallace asserted to night he was only indulging in a game of "make believe" when he said he would vote for republican senator Robert A. Taft over Pre sident Truman if the 1948 ejec tion -were limited to those two. g DIE IN TORPEDO BLAST ROME, Dec. 12-;p)-The Ital ian news agency Ansa said eight persons were killed and about 10 others injured today by the ex plosion of a torpedo that was be ing deactivated at San Nicolo de Lido on the outskirts of Venice. MRS. MEIER SUCCUMBS PORTLAND, Dec 12-(P)-Meier St Frank's department store will be closed Monday in respect to Mrs. Abe Meier, 76-year-old widow of the company's former president. Mrs. Meier died at her home today. DR. CAREY INSTALLED NEWBERG, Dec. 12 -UP- Dr. Gervas A. Carey was installed as president of Pacific college here today. He succeeds Emmett Gulley, who became executive secretary of the Oregon, branch of the Amer ican Friends service committee. tfjptt PAGES Tha Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday dsadls Disaffiliates WASHINGTON. Dee. 12 Jena L. Lewis, president f the Unit ed Mine Workers union, who withdrew his anion and its 600, members from the AFL to day after a row stemming from his refusal to sign a nen-communist affidavit. - Reds Call Off General Strike In Rome Area - ROME, Saturday, Dec. lS-fvP)-Rome's 4.8-hour general strike the latest battle In the left's "win ter offensive' against Premier Alcide De Gasperi's Christian de mocratic government ended at midnight with both sides loudly claiming victory. ' A secretly printed 'extra edition of the Christian democratic par ty's newspaper II Pololo, on the streets just at 12 o'clock, said in big black headlines, "Strike Fails!" But the communist - controlled chamber of labor of Rome prov ince, which ordered 500,000 work ers out Wednesday night to back up its demands for sweeping win ter unemployment relief, asserted in calling them back that the gov ernment had yielded all along the line. The chamber's vote to end the strike, ratified later by assem bled delegations from individual unions, came last night after thousands of Romans had gone back to work under the protection of club-swinging police. The largest police force assem bled in Rome in recent times numbering 67.000 men swung their clubs throughout the city yesterday. By nightfall, a survey of some of the principal streets in down town Rome showed! one out of three business places again were open, and in some streets half the establishments were open to cus tomers after a virtual commercial paralysis yesterday. Christmas Season Mail Increases Over 1946 The volume of business at Sa lem postoffice is showing a mark ed increase over the Christmas season a year ago, postal records indicated Friday. Postmaster Albert p. Gragg said Friday's cancellations numbered 66,000, compared with 57,700 on the same date last year, and that Thursday's total of 58,900 com pared with 48,100 a year ago. . 'V : ' ., - " - , " v """I A f tf 1 - ft ....''7 " ,rf Hop Growers Favor Investigation, Hearings Looking to New Hop Marketing Agreement By LiUie L. Madsen Parm Editor, The Statesman More than 100 hop growers in the Salem area went on record Friday at a meeting held ct the Salem Chamber of Commerce rooms, as favoring further inves tigation and holding hearings on a proposed new hop marketing agreement. Findings will be worked into a final marketing act and presented to the growers from whom it will need a two thirds favorable vote to become effective. Principal investigations will be made by a committee which the group empowered the chairman to appoint The committee will at tend district hop meetings prior to the formal hearings to discuss the suggestions for the agreement. The Friday gathering was a gen eral hop growers' meeting spon sored by the United States Grow ers association. Romeo Goulet, acting chairman of the Salem area, presided, with - Homer Goulet, secretary of the Oregon Growers' POUNDHD 1651 Mows aoti off FL Warren Says f Renaissance' In Far East to Benefit Coast Big 3 Rebel At Molotov's NameCalling LONDON, Dec. 12 -(A)- A sav age Russian attack against the United States, Britain and France tonight reduced Big Four rela tions to the lowest point since the war and threatened an al most immediate breakup of the London session of the foreign ministers conference. The most acrimonious foreign ministers meeting ever held end ed abruptly, official observers said, when British Foreign Sec retary Bevin termed Soviet For eign Minister Molotov's attack on allied policies in Germany "in sults and abuse." U. S. Secretary of State Marshall declared the at tack made it "difficult to inspire respect for the dignity of the Soviet Union." Conference sources said Molo tov, in an hour-long attack, ac cused the western powers of mak ing "enormous profits" out of Germany through "hidden repa rations," and trying to "perpet uate the division of Germany" to combat the "democratic countries of Europe." The unexpected verbal assault made it clear that the "cold war" for Europe would be fought out on the basis of the Marshall plan and the so-called "Molotov plan." A bridge between the two through Big Four agreements on Germany appeared completely impossible following the meet ing's developments. There were indications that Molotov's switch irom conciliation to an uncom promising offensive had come at the direction of the Kremlin. Soviet sources indicated Molo tov had torn up a speech pre pared for use-yesterday and made a-completely new one. Truman Plans 4 Years of Aid WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 - - President Truman wants congress to underwrite western Europe's recovery program for at least four years, Alf M. Landon said today after talking with Mr. Truman at the White House. This view conflicts with that of Senator Taft (R-Ohio) and sev eral other republican leaders who want aid granted on a year-to- year basis. Landon, former governor of Kansas and republican presiden tial nominee in 1936, told report ers Mr. Truman had authorized him to relay the presidential wish for a four-year guarantee of aid to Europe. Expressing agreement with the president, Landon said: "I told him these people ought to know what they can count on." 'Yankee Imperialism' Causes Panama Riots PANAMA, Panama, Dec. Vl-(JP) Twenty-five persons were report ed to have been injured today in a street battle between police and university students who protested a new agreement to lease canal defense bases to the United States. Later a crowd gathered oppo site Santa Ana Plaza and police strove to prevent a mass meeting. 7any of the demonstrators were shouting "Down with Yankee im perialism." Advisory committee of the hop association, serving as secretary for the meeting. E. L. Markell, secretary-manager of the hop as sociation, and Paul T. Rowel I, as sociate manager, were present to give assistance. Mr. Rowell reporting on the hop supply and market conditions, said that at present "we are not far from what we call a balanced situation in the- hop business." However, any surplus from new crops could throw off the balance, he added. Because of an expected grain shortage, brewers had filled up their pipe lines and the mar ket, as could be expected, was quite dull. He urged that growers do not attempt to force sale of hops under the existing conditions as they could only 'do so to their own disadvantage. Mr. Markell referred to the for mer marketing agreement act as "unsatisfactory but that it did ac complish a lot in stabilizing the market and also took a lot of gambling out of tha businass, put ttfeML Nomina. December 13. 1947 Governors Told to Look Eastward for New Trade PORTLAND, Dec. 12 -(') -The far west has been called upon to fill th role of good neighbor and business friend of the far east, Govf Earl Warren told the western conference of governor here tonight. "There is a great renaissance in the Pacific and beyond it in the far east." he said before a dinner gathering hosted by tha Portland Chamber of Commerce. I Millions, he declared, are look ing for new friends, and "instinc tively to the United States." "They look to us on the rim of the Pacific basin. We must look to them sympathetically. They can be not only our neigh bors and friends, they can be our best customers and we theirs." The eleven western states of the United States, Warren said, constitute an economic unit more nearly self-sufficient than any other geographical area in the nation. The governors avoided any mention of politics in their ses sions, but outside the doors a top Oregon official disclosed plans of Oregon republicans to capture Oregon's 12 to 15 national con vention votes for Warren. The official, declining to be quoted, said he was sure Warren could win in Oregon, even if opposed by Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gov. Thomas Dewey, neither of whom has filed for the May primaries in this state. Jews Attack In Seven Cities JERUSALEM, Dec. 12--Veteran Jewish underground fight ers went on the warpath from Hai fa to Hebron In a series of bloody clashes with Arabs and tonight the death toll from 13 days of bit ter communal fighting in Pales tine neared 200. Jewish forces struck at seven places Haifa, Yazur, Gaza. Sha fat, Tireh, Ramie and in Jerusa lem itself on this Moslem sab bath. Claiming responsibility for five of these operations the under ground Irgun Zvai Leumi also threatened new attacks on the British army "if the British con tinue to interfere and permit Ar abs to import arms from abroad." Petrillo Attack Starts Via Anti-Trust Law WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - JP -The house labor committee today asked the Justice department to determine whether James C. Pe trillo and his American Federa tion of Musicians (AFL) are sub ject to prosecution under the anti trust laws for "monopolistic prac tices." Petrillo has ordered members of the union to cease making re cordings after December 31. He also has a standing ban against performances by AFM members on television shows. Ship Unes Radar as Dust Settles Over L. A. Harbor LOS ANGELES. Dec. 12-;P- Dust was so thick in Los Angeles harbor today that the liner Mat sonia had to use radar to find its dock. The weather bureau called it a Santa Ana dust storm. In some areas, it hit 60 miles an hour, and it whistled down from the'moun tain passes to settle over the har bor like pea soup. ting hops on more of a merchan dising basis." Both Mr. Rowell and Mr. Mar kell spoke on the advance in con trol of downy mildew which, they agreed, should now be undertaken from a preventative standpoint. They reported that the state ex periment station was working on the development of disease resis tant plants. Because of lack of funds, the work had been discon tinued for a time, but growers hoped that with the recent grant from th brewers' association, this would be taken up again in the spring. Dean Walker reported on the recent- Master BreweTf conven tion in Cleveland at which he was guest speaker, and added that "we are on the right road when brew ers and growers can work togeth er on problems which are import ant to both groups. A similar meeting to that held in Salem, was held in ML Angel Friday night with Mr. Rowell and Mr. Markell attending from here. Prlc 5c No. 223 Truman Asks $29 ftfillion for Reclamation WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 -J-Republican majority house lead ers moved today to get quick ac- i tion on President Truman's re- j quest for $29,375,000 to continue' work on four western reclama-i tion projects threatened with sus pension by lack of money. t The house appropriations sub-' committee on interior funds Start ed hearing on the request an hour after it was received. The request, submitted through the budget bureau, asks $11,725. 000 for continuing work on tha Columbia basin project in Wash ington, $10,700,009 for the Cen tral Valley project in California. $4,150,000 for the Colorado - Bisj Thompson project in Colorado and $2,800,000 for Davis dam in Arizona-California. Rep. Taber (R-N.Y.), chairmrn of the house appropriations com mittee, said he planned to k house action on the proposal next Tuesday. Leaden said they dc nut anticipate any strong oppoiitioa to passage of the bllL Snow Closes Loop Highwa y Heavy snowfall closed the Mt Hood Loop highway Friday and the state highway commistioa warned that all Oregon mountain pass roads were dangerous be cause of packed ice and snow. With below freezing tempera tures, predicted for the mountain and in higher elevations of ctn- tral and eastern Oregon, the c ra- mission said that chains were re quired for driving in those fee tors. Some fog and frost was ex pected in the Klamath Falls erea tonight Included in Friday's road re port: Government Camp 30 detirr'. packed snow throu:-.ou. San t tarn pas. South Santiam high way 30 dcfTecs: packed sno . icr and frozen slush; partly sanded. Odell Lake 36 decrees, packed mow and Ice at summit; sanders in titr ation. Eusenc Packed, snow in McKetui nignmay i rum mnepost u to 7J- j sanded. Siskiyou summit rotd icy. Man-Made Rain Suggested as Aid To Fire-Fighters PORTLAND, Dec. 12-.P-Th western forestry and conservatoa association suggested today that man-made rain might be able to extinguish forest fires. The 400 foresters attending tha annual convention called inr more rain-making experiments, with a view to the possible com batting of forest fires. Gov. John H. Hall of Oregon, reading a speech prepared for tha meeting by the late Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, endorsed a bill proposing that the federal govern ment "be required to make annu al payments on government-owned timber lands in lieu of taxes on the basis of 1 per cent of fair cash value." The address of Snell. who was killed ia an airplane crash in lata October, criticized the forest serv ice policy of jjaying 25 per cent of sales retu'.s to counties. "No funds are available unless sales are made," the speech said. Gov. Hall added that he endors ed every word of the speech. (7 XOPP., tit NT? it ij?in - - x V