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OOOOT o o ::.arc2'C20':.; Q . . o: O .OOIU - O'O.O 4 -MaaaaBaaaS , aaskoa- aai BXeaar o o. o . t 4 i V ' ' Wallace elbuaD foo Tiryinniari Terinnis U.S. Sitainid 'World Threat NEW YORK, March lS-iHenry A. Wallace declared tonight President Truman now has expanded his foreign policy "to a point where it threatens the life of every human being in the world. The third party presidential candidate also said in a prepared radio talk, (ABC) the "men who are running our government . . . hope to use the bodies of our young men to stop the demands of the i Deode everywhere." m t HENRY A- WALLACE "Human Life Threatened'' CRT S33HTDB PCD ODD Of Travel Letter No. Z EAST ORANGE, N. J. Sunday we drove over to Princeton where I had the privilege to renew ac quaintance with a college class mate who has returned to reside in America after some 28 years residence In the middle east. In his last position he was general secretary of the YMCA in Cairo, that crossroads of the world. He was there during the war. when his institution was able to serve soldiers of many nations. I asked my friend, Dr. Quay, If he had known the late Lt. John Creech of Salem who lost his life a year ago in the crash of a mil itary plane in Ethiopia. He said that he had not, but that at the request of the government he had conducted, the memorial service for the men in that tragedy, in Cairo. He explained how the wreck probably occurred: the country is very mountainous; nin flv ud the canyons which nr ant to fill ud suddenly i ,n ,m n-Mnlv with fog. There is the constant danger of crashing into a mountain, which is what occurred In that case. I asked Dr. Quay about Britain's rvnitirn in the middle east and its .- I from Egypt. That, he said was the result of Egyptian nationalist aspirations. Now the ; Egyptians want the British to; evacuate the Suez and yield con- trol of the Sudan to them. He went on to remark: "I believe that the decline of the British empire is one of the great tragedies of history. I have IOUght tne tintisn on man . have found them often casions, have found tnem o snobbish and superior; but I re spect them. They (continued on Editorial page). Blast Flattens Building; Toll May Rise to 8 CENTRALIA, 111., March Z-JP) Three persons perished and at least five others were believed trapped tonight in the rubble f a two story building flattened bpr an explosion. One of the victims was woman who was removed soon after the blast. The other two dead, their bodies charred beyond recogni tion, were, removed about three hours later. Police said between 25 and 30 persons were injured in the blast. The building in downtown Cen tra lia contained a tavern and pool hall. The explosion, of unknown or igin, was heard for several miles. It collapsed the entire structure, wrecking several automobiles parked in front of the building. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH PIS0 hurry, Prfson, thtn's trua tfttt this wttkn t Wallace's address was in reply to what he termed "the hysteria- breeding speeches of St. Patrick s day, 1948." President Truman spoke to a joint session of congress yester day and to a dinner here last night, advocating universal military service, a temporary draft and speedy passage of the European aid program. Refers te Statement The former vice president, ap parently referring to Mr. Tru man's assertion that he would not accept the political support of "Henry Wallace and his commun ists," said: "One year ago I said that Presi dent Truman was the greatest salesman communism ever had. "I repeat that charge tonight. He has ignored the deep, underlying nature of the people's problems." Decries Name-ealllnr The presidential aspirant assert ed that "grave issues of war and peace" were raised yesterday but declared: "These issues will not be settled by name-calling." Wallace added that "the men jvho are stirring up hate and fear" traffic in the word "communism in the hope that it will provoke a hostile response irom me great i music ior leimsiun. masses of the people." The agreement came after many The presidential aspirant de- , weeks ot negotiations between the fined the Truman doctrine as an networks and James C. Petrillo. effort "to contain communism by , president of the AFL Musicians using American arms to bolster ' union. corrupt and reactionary regimes a I It insures that there will be no long way from home." ; interruption of radio network mu- 'Violated Principles' j sieal programs on March 31 when "We can t in good conscience a go-day extension of the old con point our fingers at others," he , tract expires The agreement also insisted, "when our own govern- ; means that television will be able ment has perpetuated civil war in j lo carry ijve musical programs, Greece and China, forced major . including svmphony orchestras, parties from the cabinets of France i operas. musical corned tes and and Italy, armed Latin-American I popular bands. dictators, and violated every fun- ...,,.. , . J . . . . , I The new contract provides for ut" ' "r i while it has used the words free dora and democracy." A re-broadcast of Henry Wal lace's reply to President Truman's address to congress will be heard over KEX at 10:15 tonight. Wallace will go on the air again tomorrow night to reply to Pres ident Truman's St. Patrick's day speeches, speaking over the Mu tual network at 5:15 p.m. (PST.) 10 Perish as B-29 Crashes TAMPA, Fla., March 1&-(JP-Ten airmen were killed and four injured today when a B-29 Super fortress crashed while landing on a fog-shrouded runway at MacDill t,L,A nclu Capt. George G. Byrnes, Mac Dill field public information offi cer, said it was a "miracle" that anyone escaped. The four survivors recalled ! hours afterwards that somehow they staggered from the burning ship shortly before it exploded. Their conditions were described as "good." ine uperiort from the Spo kane, Wash., airbase struck the edge of the long runway, thickly overlaid with industrial smoke and fog. The craft hit the runway. bounced high into the air and burst into flames as it crashed. It exploded shortly afterwards. 3 Brigades Wait On Greek Border WASHINGTON, March 18 -OP) Three soviet-backed "internation al brigade" divisions were report ed in official dispatches today to be poised in the Balkans for a threatened attack across the bor der into Greece. Reports from Athens to state department estimated force at 30,000 men. the the CIO rOLICY REJECTED NEW YORK, March 18 ) The Greater New York CIO coun cil voted tonight to reject a de mand from national CIO headquarters- that it support the Mar shall plan and oppose Henry A. Wallace's third party movement. Off-School Grounds Religion Classes Allowed; Church Official Backs Ruling Oregon public schools may not be used for religious instruction during regular school hours but religious classes may be held during school hours off school property, it was ruled Thursday by Attorney General George Neu ner in an interpretation of the March 8 U. S. supreme jrourt de cision banning religious classes in Illinois public schools. Following Neuner's announce ment, Oregon churches which sponsor the religious classes in many cities were urged by Dr. Chester Hamblin, local pastor and Oregon Council of Churches presi dent, to comply with the ruling, to move the classes into churches where possible and to re-emphasize Christian education at home and at church. In Salem Itself, where the Ministerial association sponsors classes at the public elementary schools ! for pupils whose parents give written consent, neither min isterial ' nor9 school officials com mented Immediately, but the Sa lem district school board was ex pected to discuss the matter at its meeting Tuesday night. Rex Putnam, state superintend X OX public instruction Who re NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR ro) Train Service Cut 11 Petrillo Television to Present Live Music Talent NEW YORK, March 18-.-P-The American Federation of Musicians and the radio networks agreed to day on a new three-year contract that includes a provision permit- the same salary schedule as the old contract and does not call for any Increase in the number of musicians employed. The union has asked for a wage increase and for employment of more musicians. The ban on live music for televi sion was put into effect in early 1945. Since then television has had to depend on recordings for instrumental music. Earlier in the negotiations, last January 29, the union lifted its ban on duplication of musical pro grams on both standard and fre quency modulation radio. The ne gotiations did not concern the union's ban on the making of re cordings and transcriptions in ef fect since January 21. Snow Pellets Fall in Salem Three showers of snow pellets defined by the weather bureau as a mixture of snow and hail fell in Salem Thursday, and may thump down again today. The pellets fell briefly at about noon, 2 p.m. and again about 4:15 p m., but melted almost immedi ately. Weather forecasters at Mc Nary field predicted scattered showers today and cooler temper ature tonight. Meanwhile the state highway commission said six inches of new snow in the Cascade mountain passes have made roads slippery. Roadside snow at Santiam Junc tion near the pass was 117 inches Thursday. Motorists were advised to carry chains in all mountain roads. Solons Refuse to Reduce Oleo Tax WASHINGTON, March 18 - Olp) The senate today beat back an effort to repeal the federal taxes on oleomargarine. The proposal was offered as an amendment to the republicans' $4,800,000,000 in come tax cut bill. The oleomargarine amendment, backed by senators from the cotton-seed oil producing south, lost 45 to 33. So did an effort to re duce the tax on colored oleo. quested the ruling from Neuner, had pointed out that some of the voluntary religious classes spon sored by churches in Oregon are held at school, others at nearby churches. Both types are held during school hours. Neuner stated "it is not unlaw ful where pupils are released dur ing school hours to receive re ligious training off school prem ises." But Neuner said the religious classes held in the schools are unconstitutional because of the principle that government cannot take part in the affairs of relig ious groups and because it violates the rule that the school system shall not be used to aid religious groups. "Released time, in itself," Neuner added, "was not the con trolling factor and the spurt clear ly indicated that not all such pro grams are unconstitutional.1 Declaring that Neuner's ruling "clears the way for us to conserve and develop sound weekday program of Christian education," Dr. Hamblin ' called on local church committees over Oregon to consider the local affect of the ruUss. Wjptt 18 PAGES ami roirod tFir (SeoOooiiig Saogh),G; Radio Networks Communist Congress to Form German Republic BERLIN, March &(P)-K communist-controlled people's congress met here today with the avowed purpose of setting up a German republic. Herman Matern, Berlin leader of the Soviet-sponsored socialist unity party, said the "republic" should be ready to take over power from the present four-power government of all Germany. 'Chutists from Plane Include General, Wife BERLIN, March 18-;P)-Nine Americans, including three wom en and Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor, parachuted from a crippled C-47 plane over Berlin today and land ed on rooftops, railroad tracks and city streets. Taylor and his wife and three other occupants of the plane were in a hospital tonight with Injuries. He is the chief United States coun sel for the Nuernberg war crimes trials. One of the injured, a member of the plane's crew, was In a cri tical condition. All nine who made the jump suffered some shock and bruises in their rainswept and windblown descent which carried them into the French and Russian occupied sectors of Berlin. Two of the aircraft's 11 occu pant, the pilot and co-pilot, re mained with the plane. They made a safe emergency landing at the RAF's Gatow airfield In the Brit ish sector of the city. Mrs. Taylor said she was "half pushed and half jumped" as -one of the plane's two engines failed. She landed on a roof in the French sector and skidded to the ground. She was hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Taylor of Chevy Chase, Md., suffered a back injury. Doctors said he would be laid up for about four weeks. Telling of her ex- perience. Mrs. Taylor said: "When I pulled th rip cord and the parachute ring came off in my hand I thought I was going to die. I didn't know it was supposed to come off." Truman Hears Russian Choir, FBI Watchful WASHINGTON, March 18H President Truman, who yesterday asked congress for the resources to stop Soviet aggression, spent this evening listening to a Russian choir, the Don Cossack chorus. His surprise visit to Constitu tion hall with Mrs. Truman and their daughter, Margaret, set off a burst of applause from an audi ence which filled about half the auditorium. Many rose to cheer the presi dential party. Secret service men assured newspaper reporters that the sing ers were "all white Russians," and are naturalized American ci tizens. Before the president attended the concert, the secret service had the true names, the stage names and the birthplace of every mem ber of the 28-man chorus. Dr. Hamblin continued: "In most cases it will be pos sible to find a church building near at hand to the school where classes may be held. We must use creative imagination, our will and energy to adapt the program so that it complies in every way with the law. "All who believe in underglrd ing democracy by sound Clirist lan education should be stimi lated in working to improve the Christian teaching that is con ducted In the home and in the church Sunday school. After all, there is no substitute for the character values developed In the Christian home. "The weekday religious educa tion committee of th Oregon Council of Churches is ready to assist any local committee in solv ing its problems as it faces this new situation." The Rev. Gilbert Christian, ex ecutive secretary of Oregon Coun cil of Churches, 2 IS S. E. 9th ave., Portland 14, Ore, will answer queries on behalf of the religious education committee, Dr. Hamblin POUNDBD 1651 The) Orexjon Slot man. Salaxa. Due to Mine Strike Anti-communist forces held a rival demonstration a mile away passenger train service about 11 before the burned-out Reichstag I per cent, on the hundredth anniverstary of j In other moves: the 1848 revolution which failed i i. The government banned for to bring democracy to Germany. ejgn hipments of soft coal. Thee Jacob Kai;er, Christian demo- ruive been running smaller than crat. told the rival throng "the ' usual. erection of a totalitarian system in 2 Steel compania clo.ing the Soviet zone is in full swing j blajt furnacet( wnich are run and the communist coup in Cze- i on to-i for all those who still believed themselves able to halt, through understanding, the brutal striv ing for power." The people's congress met to set up a people's council which would design a constitution for the "re public" and act as its executive . hsu -... from the western zones, but most from the Russian zone, attended. The council would consist of 300 delegates from the Russian zone and 100 from western Germany. Good Friday Union Church Service Set Union Good Friday services will be conducted this year at the First Baptist church, from noon to 3 p.ni. on March 26, a committee from the sponsoring Salem Minis terial association announced on Thursday. The services, based on Christ's seven last words from the cros, will be divided into 25-minute periods of worship and meditation. Choral selections will be present ed by groups from First Baptist, First Christian and Knight Mem orial Congregational cnurches. Speakers are to be the Rev. Brooks H. Moore. Dr. Seth Hunt - ington, the Rev. Lloyd G. Uecker, the Rev. Gustav G. Rauser, the Rev Gustav G. Rauser, the Rev. W. H. Lyman, Dr. Chester W. Hamblin and Capt. R. B. Lesher. Arrangements were made by the Rev. Louis E White, chair- man. and Rev. Dudley Strain and the Rev. Lloyd T. Anderson. Truman Backs fSecurity Loan' WASHINGTON. March 18 - (TV - President Truman tonight asked united support for the "security loan" savings bond drive starting April IS because "if we don't win the peace we have lost the war." The president made a brief ap pearance at a rally of drive leaders from the 48 states In the Statler hotel here. The campaign starting April 15 is "vital" in the fight against inflation, he said. Scandatiavians Plan United Front To Aggression STOCKHOLM, Sweden. March 18-OP-The premiers of Sweden, Norway and Denmark tonight Jointly affirmed their decision to defend, with all means, the free dom of their countries against any outside aggression. The three premiers spoke before an audience of 2.000 in the Stock holm concert hail after a day-long confidential conference. Well- informed sources said there was no doubt they had discussed President Truman's warning of yesterday that "pressure is now being brought to bear on Finland to the hazard of the entire Scan dinavian peninsula." The three premiers in their speeches deplored "fear of a new war" and all pledged cooperation in the Marshall plan. Weather Max. OS - 90 53 at Mln. IS 4 43 S4 FToelp. Jl JJ IS trace Port bind San Francisco Chicago Mow York Willamette rtver S.4 foeC FORECAST (from U.S. woathor bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers today, borommc cloudy and cooler to nlCbt. Hlsta today M. low tonight Sx. ALIM PKKCVtTATIOfr (Froaa VyC 1 to stare If) This Year Last Tear Average gJl HJo Orocon. Friday. March 19. IS 48 Agree on Pad Coal Exports Banned; Blast Furnaces Cool WASHINGTON. March 18 -- Coal mine closings today brought i about a aovernment order cutting John L. ' central figure in the now familiar picture of springtime mine clos ings. His United Mine Workers to the number of 350,000 stayed horn from work in support of union ! pension demands. Of the two government orders, ! the train curb is by far the more : jppnortant i L The office of defense transpor tation ordered a 25 per cent re duction of coal - burning passen ger train service. Since about 45 per cent of passenger trains are coal burners, this figures out at about 11 per cent of those in to tal service, j (The order will have little ef I feet in the northwest where coal I is not used as fuel to any great , extent.) Under the order, railroads may not switch oil burning engines to coal burner runs. However, most "name" trains burn diesel oil and are not affected. The order is effective Sunday at midnight. Plan to Divert Columbia River South Pressed WASHINGTON. March It -(JP) A proposal to divert water from 1 the Columbia river to southern C alifornia is not aimed at the 1 immediate future but looks ahead 20 or 25 years. William E. Warne. assistant secretary of the interior, said if ever the proposal is found feas ible it will take water from be- low Bonneville dam. near Port land, and divert it along the coast. He said there is not indication of the exact point the start will be made or the route because no engineering work has been done. "The proposal that wa look into the feasibility of taking Colum bia river water to southern Cali fornia looks ahead 20 or 25 , yesrs," Warne told a reporter. "It looks ahead to when south ern California will be using all the water available and will need augmented supplies." Rep. Welch (R-CaUf) has a resolution pending in the house to authorize a study of the pro posal to determine whether It is feasible. Politics on Who's Running for What (Editor aot: Counli la thU Mrto arc y or for tk -dtdatca utcheot restrlcUoa. a ad amay r amay aot reflect the aolicy of tats acwspaaoT.) Today's Sobioct: Sigfrid Unander (r), candidate for STATS TKEASL'KEK A young veteran qualified by training and experience for state treasurer is Sig Unander of Port- 1 a n d. candidate for the republi c a n nomination for that position. His Interest in good govern ment, coupled with educational and family back ground. Indicates V his ability to I 1 serve mm an e ffl- ser vant- Slf Uaaadcr A member of one of Oregon's outstanding pio neer families, Unander was born In Portland on Aug, S, 1913. His grandfather, Simon Benson, was well-known as a far-sighted civic and political worker as well as a successful and philanthropic log ging operator in the earl Oregon country. His educational background In cludes studies in political science and business administration, hav ing received degrees In both from Stanford vuUvsrsit. lUa l&ttrast wets Pric Sc SHS Tops Astoria ToG a in Basketball Meet Senii-Finals McAETHLK COL'KT. Ea gene. Mar. lt .(Special). The Salem high Viklags scampered late a semi -finals game la the Oregen stale high scheel has ketball taaraaaaent here U4a? by elimlaaUag the AsUrta Ftshermea by aa Impressive It. 37 seere. A sireag Salem sarge near the ea4 mt the saeead quarter and all daring the fla. al twa llamas carried Caaeh Harel Haak's team te the las- . aartant v icier jr. The victory te4ay carries la lem lata a sesnl finals mix ta snarrew Bight at 7:3 e'cleck, against St. Helena high, eeacbed by Dang Olds, f eraser I y f Wil lamette aalversltr. St Helens taday advaaced by virtue af a 47-31 victory aver Tlgard. Shoald Sslem eama threagh with another win tomorrow alght. the Vikings will play far the state championship at 1:41 e'eloca 8a tarda y night. (Addi tional details an sports aage.) Hall to Order Pre-Legislature Work on Bills Gov. John Hall Thursday de clared he hoped to help shorten the 1949 legislative session, meet ing in January, by Insisting tnat all state departments under his jurisdiction have their bills ready for introduction on the opening day. Even If defeated for nomination at the primary election Hall would serve until his successor is inaug urated probably the first day of the legislature. The governor said the 1947 session lasted 83 days, "which was too long." Governor Hall attributed the lengthy 1947 session to "the fact that most of the legislators were thinking men and women who re fused to be rushed off their feet during consideration of Important legislation." The governor said he would re ceive support of many legislators in his program to have state de partments prepare their bills well in advance of the legislative ses sion. Butter Prices Rise, Congress To Investigate Butter prices In Salem will be boosted two rents a pound today as a result of price hikes in the eastern and the Portland whole sale markets. The raise will send grade A prints from 87 to 89 rents a pound. On the wholesale market the price went from 79 to 81 cents a pound. Congressional defeat of the oleo margarine tax Thursday was blamed for the increase. WASHINGTON. March 18 - JP) Rep. August H. Andresen ( R Minn) said today congressional in vestigators are looking into sharp increases in the price of butter. Andresen is chairman of a spe cial house committee charged with investigating speculation on the nation's commodity markets. Parade . in the May Primaries! and training In political affairs led to the position of executive assist ant- to former Gov. Charles A Sprague, which he held before en tering the service. While In the governor's office he became fa miliar with functions of the state board of control, as well as re sponsibilities of the stste treas urer. During this time he con ducted a number of extensive re search projects on state institu tions, agriculture. m forestry, and public employees' retirement. Unander spent 39 months over seas with the army and partici pated In six major campaigns, re ceiving two U.S. and four foreign decorations. He is a member of the American Legion. Veteratos of Foroign Wars and Military Order of World Wars, of which he is senior 'Vies commander. On return to civilian life Unan der continued to take a vital in terest in public affairs. He baa been precinct committeeman and until announcing bis candidacy was trios president of the Oregon Republican club and treasurer of the state central committee. Ilia leadership in the Young Republi can federation has bean recogniz ed by a national office, chairman of the stats sffalrs committee, Unander la a protestant and a member of the Masons. Eagles -and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. - CToasarrew Walter IHarsem (ft), wm No. 4 Congress Told Need Imminent By Ed Creagh WASHINGTON, March II -Wl Americas mmtsry chiefs reveal ed today their plans for building a mighty striking force to backs up President Truman's hew stop communism stand. : . They endorsed his call for at draft. They came out for. raising the armed forces' ': tnsnpowea celling. They said a strong, moo bile fighting force Is pelng de veloped. j They put the whole thing run to congress, which has J the final say. And there wss no ure IndU cation whether congress would say yes or no. Many an Capltof Hill were saying: "Watt a while. Give us the facts and let us think them over." . ( But from the Truman admin utiation the pressure was on. Diplomatic officials! fpenly weighed the possibility jthat'Rua sia may try to extend Its control over new areas of western Eu rope while the draft and ether military measures are still in the talk stage in this country. Official dispatches j reported three soviet-backed "internation al brigade" divisions, numbering some 30,000 men, were j poised lit the Balkans for s threitrned push Into Greece. : And the state department said Russia's recent "demobilisation' moves apparently mean "no change at all In the number ot troops In the soviet srmy esti mated by American military ex perts at 4,050.000 men. j The present total of our armed forces: 1,392,000 or 340,000 be low authorized strength So far as our military strength goes. Secretary of Defense f or restal said flatly today that if Russian forces should, move into Germany or other parts of Eu rope, U. S. forces there could not stop them. -,v. i, Forrestal told the senate armed services committee he believed an increase from 070.000 to 900,000 would be recommended for ' the army, along with undiscloiet manpower boosts for the navy and alrforce. The army, he said, now has about 580,000 men ljo.000 let. man Its suthorlzed strength 1 with less thsn 30.000 X' useable combat troops in this country. Forrestal ssld his department ia working full speed on indus trial mobilization plan. In rasa they should be needed J He said a "strong mobile striking force" Of balanced land, seal and air components Is being dei eloped. Lebanon Pair ( Hurt in Wreck LEBANON. March II ifSpecIal)' James Talbert, 33, of Lebanon,' was reported In fair j condition Thursday night in a Portland hos pital where he was taken early Thursdsy morning when his car struck a trailer here, veered into a tree and had its steel top sheered off by the Impact. , j f Authorities at the Good Samari tan hospitsl in Portland, ssid Tal bert had undergone surgery for a fractured skull. His wife, NedJne, ' a passenger in the car. was admit ted to Lebanon General hospital with less .serious Injuries, Her con-' ditlon was reported satisfactory' Thursday night. j. ' Police said the crash occurred J about 5:13 a. m. on Main street Roy John Weninger of Lebanon, was driving the vehicle which is owned by the Silver Wheel Freight company, police said, j Gen. Hers hey Against Blanket Deferments j PORTLAND, Ore, March JfcU OrVMeJ. Gen. Lewis B Hershey, national selective service direc tor, today spoke against blanket deferments such as for farmers in any future draft. law. 1 i In a session with Gov. John II. Hall of Oregon and Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Riles, stste adjutant general, he said he favored a uni versal military training; law that Is "as nearly universal f as possi ble."" Washington Bans1 Guard Resignations ; OLYMPIA. March ; ! II -WV Brig. Gen. Ensley M. Llewellyn, state adjutant general, today tan ned resignations from tfie Wssh ington Nstlonsl Guard." , lie said he Issued arf order to that effect today in view of Pres ident Truman's message to con gress yesterdey. ? No resignations will be accept ed, he said, except where indivi dual hardship or emergency is in volved, j JAPAN RELIEF BILL WASHINGTON, Merch It - UCl An administration bill to provide. $278,000,000 to aid the natives of Japan, Korea and the Ryukyu is lands were introduced today by Canatof Guraey (H-CD)s T