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The state has needed a proper
museum at Champoeg park for
many years. The frame pavilion
has housed some relics of the past
and the cabin contains some inter
esting articles from Oregon's long
history. But there is no building
peimanent in construction and
spacious in character that would
answer the nted for a genuine mu
seum. It is therefore noteworthy
that the state highway commission
which administers the park is
considering a museum project
That, however, did not answer
the pressing need for mu.-t'iim in
Portland and Salem The C'ham
poeg museum properly could
house selected exhibits reminis
cent especially of pioneer days
But its traffic is litjht except in
summer months The major mu
seums of history and anthropolo
gy, of natural histo- and of geol
ogy ought to be in Portland, with
another important state museum
of history in Salem These would
be open daily not onlv for curious
visitors but for careful study of
materials by professional and oth
er workers in these field'
The Oregon Historical society
ought to have a lartfe -ind impos
ing building to house i librarv
its museum and iU staff of w rk
ers Now it is - rowded i r t lim
ited quarter if. te u fnrium
building in Portland Tv e - -ety's
collection of b k'. rr..u s and
manuscripts and p;re'- dealing
with rtorthwe' h.sti rv is almost
priceless It is a ref'e'un on the
people of Oregon that they have
neglected to provide it wi'h a
suitable home. The stte has been
pa rsimonious
(Continual on editona' page)
1,500 Added to
Election Rolls
On Final Dav
Approximately 1.500 persons in
Salem added their names Tuesday
to the list of those eligible to vote
at the May 21 primay Lines at
two registration sites lengthened
s the day progressed, and the
county clerk's windows at the
courthouse finally rinsed at 8 30
p m to end the signup U- this
elect ion
An estimated 1.000 people joined
the last-minute ru'h at the rourt-hou-e
DuriMB the late afternoon
and evening they formed a double
line from the c lei k s office down
the stairs to the tax off.ee
Alxnit 400 more lammed into
the Salem Leag ue of Worn n Vot
ers' booth in the T A Livesley
tuildmg Tuesday, and another
registered at the Libnr temple
County Clerk Harlan J.idd had
preiiic'ed that the peak primary
rfgitration count of .17. ! tt. in May .
1940. 'Aooid be pi-sel this time,
but dorbted that 'he all-time high
of 40 400 in November. 1940.
would be reached
O'Dwvcr Kaisrs
Fart in Suhwav
NEW YORK. April 20-..-Pi-May-or
William ODwyer tonight ap
proved a 10-cent subway fare and
a 7-i ent surface vehicle charge
signalling the end of New York's
historic nickel fare.
Dwyer said the new rates would
go into effect July I.
O'Dwyer's action broke all po
litical precedents The fare has
long been a debated issue, but
perennial attempts to alter it have
in the end been rejected.
C IO Pic ker Killed
In Armour Strike
CHICAGO, April 20 -CP)- A
CIO picket was fatally injured
txiay when strikers tried to stop
a truck from entering an Ar
mour St Co. plant
Santo Cicardo. 38. died tonight
at county hospital after being run
over earlier by the truck. Cicardo
was a member of the CIO Pack
ing House Workers union. The
union has been on strike against
the nation's meat packers since
March 18.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
ill
NINETT-aGHTH YEAR
Bridge
(mm IB!
Dfalians to Exclude
Reds From Cabinet
By Frank Brutto
ROME, Wednesday, April 21-;P-Pi emier Alcide De Gasperis
Christian Democrats and their anti-communist allies piled up a
mounting popular vote lead early today over the communist-led
popular front.
The anti-communist alliance held a better than two-to-one lead
over the front in both races as the counting continued in the contests
tOi seatfc iri i'.ii's new senate and; - -
chamber of deputies I hey were
at stake in Sunday and Monday's
national elections
There appeared to be no chance
for the communists to gain con
trol of either- house. The Christian
Democrats had a chance to win
single handed control of the
chamber of deputies and in com
bination with their anti-commun-ist
allies polled a wide enough
popular vote lead to give them
probable control of the senafe.
The communists' crushing pop
ular vote defeat apparently flocked
them out of the new cabinet!. Vice
Premier (iiuseppe Saragat -id to
day "The communists will not be
admitted to Italy's new govern
ment. "
Rioting Quelled
Truckloads of soldiers rushed to
Milan's Central Duomo square
early today to quell rioting.
Virtually complete returns in
the senate contest gave the com
bined anti-communist parties 64.1
per cent of the vote, or 12,400.576
to 5.882.253 for the popular front,
compo'ied of Palmiro Togliatti's
communists and Pietro Nenni's
leftist tocialists The front's per
centage was 30 5 Minor parties
accounted .for the rest.
Percentage Listed
Official returns in the senator
ial race gave the Christian Demo-
cratic candidates 9.246.443 votes,
or 47 9 per cent of the total, from
40 407 of Italy's 41.647 precincts
The popu!.ir-f rcnt received 5.
882.253 votes, or 30 5 per cent
Other parties Anti-Communist
Socialist Urutv 1.348.511. or 7 per
cent. National Bloc 1.295.490 or
6 6 per cent; Republicans 510.132
or 2 6 per cent
In the 1946 elections for the con
stituent assembly, the communists
and pn-c rrmunist socialists got
39 7 per cent and Christian Dem
ocrats 35 2 per cent
Stassen Talk
Set April 26
PORTIAND. Ore . April 20 -.Pi
-Harold E Stassen will return to
Oregon this month just ahead of
New Ycrk's Gov Thomas E. Dew
ey in their campaign for the
state's republican presidential pri
mary vote.
The two presidential aspirants, J
the only candidates lined up on '
the May 21 ballot in the state, ap
pear headed for an all-out battle '
for the republican vote. j
Stassen will make a public ad-
dress at Portland's Benson audi-1
torium April 26. This is just four
days before Gov. Dewey leaves
New York for a 10-day Oregon '
tour. 1
Politics on Parade . . .
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
( I41tr Bate : CoamnU ta this
Mrt irt ault fcy or for the eaaal
ati without restriction aad may or
may not reflect the policy of UUs
ewtpspcr.)
Today inhject:
Miller B. Harden
(or
KarUa District Attorney
An Interest in law enforcement
has motivated the career of M. B.
Hayden since his early adult life.
and prompts him
to sek the re
publican nomi
nation for re
election as dist
rict attorney tor
Marion county.
Hayden was
born in Salem In
1895, of pioneer
a n c e s try, and
was reared and
fducated hr(.
graduating from HT
trie College of Law, Willamette
university. He is married, and is
active in the Masons, the Eagles,
the American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the Grange.
He was a member of Company
M, local national guard company,
in 1916 when it was mustered into
federal service "and sent to the
Mexican border. In 1917 Hayden
m t
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aisft Moiifliradls
Bid Over Hurdle
Russ Threaten
To End Vienna
Collaboration
VIENNA. April 20 -,Ai- The
Jv let Union threatened tonight
to end Soviet-American collabo
ration in Vienna unless U. S.
authorities call to account an
American soldier it said was
guilty of provocative actions"
yesterday against Soviet army
of ficer s
The Soviet demand referred to
the (lash yesterday between
American and Soviet military
personnel.
The clash followed what the
Americans said was an attempt
by three Russian officers in
civilian clothes to kidnap a dis
placed German woman in the
American sector of the city.
The Americans refused to sur
render the woman to the Rus
sians The Soviet news agency Tass
quoted Russian authorities as
saving "the Americans will have
to bear the entire responsibility
for the consequences of their
act ions " j
Earlier today U. S. occupation
authorities forwarded a strong
protest to Soviet officials, saying
the attempt by the Russians to
seize the woman was entirely un-
authorized.
Korea Rightist to
Confer with Reds
SEOUL. April 20 -cP)- Anti
communist Kim Loo left last
night for a unity conference with
North Korean communists in the
Russian zone despite a dramatic
attempt by hi- followers to stop
him by throwing themselves in
front of his automobile.
The followers had expressed
fears for his safety. So had Kim
Koo. He said he realized he
might wind up an exile in Siber
ia or under house arrest in Mos
cow. The rightist leader insisted,
however, he felt it his duty to
make a supreme effort to achieve
Korean unity.
REP. EATON HOLDS LEAD
NEWARK. N. J.. Apri. 20-A) '
Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-NJi,
80-year-old chairman of the house
foreign affairs committee, piled
up a substantial lead for renomi- ;
nation tonight in a three-way j
fight in New Jersey's fifth con- 1
gressional district. j
volunteered and saw service with
the armed forces at sea and in
Ireland, Italy and France.
Hayden is an experienced law
yer, and has devoted a consider
able portion of his career to var
ious branches of law enforce
ment, and as a judge of Salem
district for 10 years, and has
served as city attorney.
The rapid growth of Marion
county is manifest in the constant
increase in criminal cases and
other matters handled in his of
fice. During his term, $272,601.33
has been collected for the county
by tax foreclosure suits and sales
of property; and this property is
now back on the tax rolls. The
office serves both departments of
the circuit court, district court,
and justice court in Woodburn,
Snverton, Stayton, Jefferson and
Breitenbush districts. In one year
it handled more than 500 crimi
nal cases. The district attorney
is legal advisor for the county
court and all county officers.
The growing responsibilities of
his office call for the experience
in public service and law en
forcement which Hayden has and
will continue to devote to the
people of Marion county.
On page 4: Earl Adajna.
(Tooaorrow; K. O. tartar, Jr.)
FOUNDBD 1651
The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Orecjoix,
Board Okelis
Bid on Span at
Independence
Construction of a new Willam
ette river bridge at Independence
was advanced Tuesday in Port
land by state highway commission
action on bids for the 2214-foot
span.
The commission referred the
low bid of $845,900, by the Macco
Construction Co., of Clearwater,
Calif., to the highway engineer
with power to award pending an
agreement with Marion and Polk
counties on sharing the cost. The
four bids ranged up to $1,150,100.
The commission's action is to be
followed today by a condemnation
suit, by which Marion county will
seek to acquire title to right-of-
way for the eastern approach. The
suit will be filed in Marion county
circuit court.
Marion County Judge Gran
Murphy, who attended the high
way commission meetings in Port- '
land Tuesday, said it is probable i
th it this county will agree to ac
cepting the bids I'nder present
terms, the state w ill pay one-half
the cost and the counties one
quarter each.
However. said Murphy, the
$845,900 bid would make the to
tal cost of the bridge $948,931
including 10 per cent for en
gineering and supervision by the
highway department, a fill on each
end which will probably be han
dled bv each county, and the.
value of a quantity of steel al
ready on hand
The commission also referred to
the engineer with power to award
a bid of George P. Betty, Beav
erton, for widening the Little
Pudding river bridge on Salem
Silverton secondary highway, at
$14,925
(Additional details on page 2.)
Meter Receipts
Pass 8100,000
Mark in Salem
Parking meter receipts in the
city of Salem passed the $100,000
mark with this week's count, and
Citv Treasurer Paul Hauser soon
will be counting the 5.000.000th
coin to go through the meters.
With meters in operation just
under a year, the average weekly
collection from motorists using
metered parking spaces in the
downstown area has been a fairly
consistent $2,000, Hauser said.
Overall collection from April
29. 1947. to April 15, 1948. totals
$100.812 54. Of this total $63.
0T7 6O was in nickels $37.195 34
in pennies and $539 60 in dimes
(which gave the parker only one
cent's worth each, as meters are
not geared to take dimes).
The number of coins so far re
ceived totals 4.878.005. There
have been 3.719.534 pennies,
1.261,552 nickels and 5,396 dimes.
Some $48,000 pf the total meter
collection came from the hand
operated Mico meters which were
installed originally and later re
placed by the present automatic
Park-o-Meters. There are now
1,482 meters operating on Salem
downtown streets.
Dewey Due in
Oregon May 1
ALBANY, N.Y., April 20-JP)-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey will tour
Oregon from stem to stern in a
full-dress drive to defeat Harold E.
Stassen in the state's republican
presidential primary May 21.
Dewey announced today he
would campaign in Oregon for at
least 10 days in a bid for the state's
12 delegates. He also will speak
in a few other western states, pos
sibly Washington, Montana and
Nevada.
His itinerary is not complete for
Oregon or elsewhere. However, his
first speech will be May 1 before
the state convention of the junior
chamber of commerce in Portland.
He will travel by plane from New
York City, leaving April SO.
Weather
Max.
- M
Min.
42
42
50
4
40
Procip.
trace
.00
.00
trace
.00
Salon
Portland SO
San Francisco . .. M
Chicago 71
New York It
WUUmotta river 9 3 feet.
FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNarjr field. Salem): Cloudy
with showers today and tonight. High
est near 87, lowest tonight near 43.
SALEM ntCCtPTTATtOM
(rraa SepC 1 t AsrU Zl)
This Year Last Year Average
40.S7 SXM UJ1
Wednesday, April 21. 1948
09
WALTER REUTHER
Wounded in arm.
Con
lmission
t Scores Channe
In Zone Code
Bv Robert E. Gaiurware
City Editor. The Statesman
The city planning and zoning
commission Tuesday night voted
their disapproval to a pending zone
code amendment affecting expan
sion of fchool or church buildings
in residential zones, and deferred
action on a requested zone change
to permit construction of a tele
phone office building at Court and
Winter streets.
Commissioners instructed City
Manager J. L. Franzen to call a
conference among the zone group,
the Salem long range planning
commission and the Oregon chap
ter of American Institute of Ar
chitects, in order to recommend
to the city council a zoning plan
for the state capitol area.
Meetinc Friday
The commission Indicated it
would decide its recommendation
to the city council on Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company's
request for permission to build
across the street from the state
library, following the joint meet
ing Friday at 7:30 p.m. in city hall.
Harry V. Collins, P. T. & T.
division manager here, told the
commission last night that his
company has a 15-year lease on
the 84 by 115 foot corner property
on which Robert Somerville of
Portland is to build a one-story
building for the phone company
offices which are "now being
pushed out of the present building
by our expansion." Collins also
asked that permission he given to '
build the structure to the side-
walk, noting that virtually the !
entire lot is needed for the con- !
struction. J
Asks Setback Line I
Attorney Peery Buren. repre-
senting Max Buren. holder of i
property at 745 Court st., in the
same block as the proposed tele
phone building's site, asked the
commission to consider business
zoning for the entire block, instead
of "spot zoning'' the corner lot.
A letter from First Presbyterian
church board of trustees favored
the proposed zone change and
asked the city to establish a set
back line policy for that block, in
which the church owns property.
The state board of control already
has given its approval for a tele
phone building in the capitol zone
district, and petitions favoring the
change represent 85 per cent of
nearby property.
Zoning commissioners voted to
recommend that the city council
kill a bill proposed by Alderman
Albert H. Gille to restore residen
tial area controls removed a year
ago. The zone code now permits
a church or school to build an
addition without obtaining city
council or nearby property own
ers' consent, even if located in
a class I residential zone.
The bill was opposed before the
commission by Attorney Walter
Lamkin, representing several
churches; the Rev. Norman Brown,
representing Salem Ministerial as
sociation, and the Rev. A. G. Yates,
pastor of Wesleyan Methodist
church and representative of Na
tional Holiness association.
In other actions the commission
gave its endorsement for city coun
cil action to permit erection of a
Scottish Rite fraternal "building at
Summer . and Gaines -streets and
proposed a change front residen
tial (class II) to business class
III) zone for Rich L. Reimann
property near 13th street and Rur
al avenue, in place of "the indus
trial zone (class IV) Reimann
sought to permit a lumber yard
development.
McLEAN REELECTED BY AP
NEW YORK, April 20-ifP)-Rob-ert
McLean, president of the Phil
adelphia Evening Bulletin, today
was reelected president of the As
sociated Press.
v rx3
No. 32
UAW Chief Hit
In Gangland
Style Attack
DETROIT April 20-UP)-Firing
tnrough a window, an assassin shot
and seriously wounded Walter P,
Reuther of the CIO tonight.
nastily-summoned s u r ge o n s
placed the United Auto Workers
Union president on an operating
table a little more than two hours
after he was shot at his home
about 9:55 p.m.
Authorities immediately began
an inquiry and Prosecutor James
N. McNally said Reuther blamed
the shooting on "management,
communists, or a screwball."
The shotgun blast was fired by
a stealthy gunman through a win
dow of the 40-year-old union
chief's home in Detroit's northwest
section about 9:45 p.m.
One slug entered Reuther 's right
arm and a second lodged in the
right chest cavity. Police took up
a hunt for a two-door sedan re
ported seen in the neighborhood.
Shotgun Used
The weapon was believed a 16
gauge shotgun. The car in which
the gunman was believed to have
escaped was described as "maroon
or red "
Police said their investigation
established that Reuther's assailant
fired a cartridge which contained
slugs as distinct from buckshot.
There are four to six slugs In a
cartridge each aboutthe size of
the end of a man's finger.
Reuther whos,e big auto union
is in the midst of its 1948 wage
boost drive, had just returned
home from a UAW executive
board meeting.
As the red-haired, aggressive
unionist stood at a refrigerator,
the furtive gunman fired a blast
through the window. A salad dish
fell shattered from Reuther's hand
and he reeled from the impact
of the shot.
Neighbor Arrives
Thomas A. Johnstone, a neigh
bor, dashed to the Reuther home
and found Reuther crawling on
me iioor or ine neutners en
closed rear porch in an apparent
effort to learn the identity of the
gunman.
Attractive Mrs. Reuther was just
out of the line of fire. She and
Reuther were preparing a late
snack before retiring.
The Reuther's two children,
Linda Mae, 5, and Elizabeth Ann,
nine months, were asleep in their
bedroom.
Dr. Angelo Lenzi, also a Reuther
neighbor, came to the home to
find Reuther conscious and de
nouncing his assailant.
She and
Draft Measure
Enters House
WASHINGTON. April 20-A-A
bill to draft men 19 through 25
was introduced today by Rep. An
drews (R-NY), chairman of the
house armed services committee.
The measure is the first to reach
either the house or senate since
President Truman asked for tem
porary selective service and uni
versal military training as part of
th; preparedness program.
Andrews' bill would:
Call on all men from 18 through
30 to register for the draft.
Make men 19 through 25 eligi
ble for actual service.
Set a ceiling of 2,006,000 men
for all armed forces, 621.500 more
than the present strength. Pro
posed sellings for each service
army 837.COO; navy 556,000; mar
ine corps, 111,000; air force, 502,-000.
Pries 5c
State Boad of Control Accepts Bids on Nei
Construction at
The low bid of $248,407 for con
struction of a new dormitory and
superintendent's cottage at the
eastern Oregon state tuberculosis
hospital at The Dalles was accept
ed Tuesday by the state board of
control. The bid, made by H. J.
Settergreri, Portland, must still be
approved by the state emergency
board. - '
The boards will meet Jointly
Friday afternoon to award the
contract for the $225,000 dorm
itory and the approximately $23,
000 residence. They are the last
projects included in the board of
control's state building fund pro
gram. When the contract Is
awarded, approximately $400,000
will remain in the fund. I
The hospital has a $30,000 ap
propriation for the dormitory with
the remainder of the $225,000
coming out of the $8,000,000 state
building fund allocated to the
board of control for Institution I
Door Held Open for
Added Punish:
WASHINGTON, April 20-(iT-John L. Lewis appealed to
his soft coal miners to go back to work tonight after he had
been fined $20,000 and the United Mine Workers' $ 1,400,000
for criminal contempt of court. j :
Many miners, protesting the heavy penalties against Lewis
and the union, had refused to dig coal. if;
''''''iiVi
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JOHN L LEWIS
Hit in pocketbook.
U.S. Offers to
Supply Troops
For Palestine
LAKE SUCCESS, April 20.-P)
-The United States today made a
carefully hedged offer of Amen
can troops to support a United Na
tions Palestine trusteeship.
Soviet Russia and Britain
promptly turned thumbs down but
for different reasons.
Warren R. Austin, chief U. S.
delegate to the second special U. N.
assembly on Palestine, proposed a
trusteeship scheme for the Holy
Land in a speech to the assem
bly's 58-nation political commit
tee. He said the U. S. would chip
in troops to back it up if other se
lected nations would help with
their soldiers.
The statement had the evident
approval of President Truman.
A British delegation spokesman
declined for his country any share
in a trusteeship army. He said
Britain would not have any troops
or naval units available for any
Palestine duty after August 1.
The second turn-down came
from Soviet Russia, which was
i not asked to contribute soldiers.
Andrei A. Gromyko, soviet dep
uty foreign minister, declared j
Russia still wanted to carry out
the partition scheme approved last
fall by the regular assembly. He
declared he would vote against
the new American proposals for
a U. N. trusteeship.
Morse Bill Seeks
Armed Force Unity
WASHINGTON, April 20-4)-Senator
Morse (R-Ore) called un
ification of America's armed
forces a flop today and introduced
a bill intended to bring better
team work.
Morse proposed to abolish the
departments of army, navy and
air force as independent units. The
top official of these services now
secretaries would become assist
ant secretaries under the secre
tary of defense.
Horse Halts at Red Light;
Gets Caught by Cop
DETROIT. April 20-C1P-Joy. a
policeman's horse, is a creature of
habits, both good and bad.
She had a bad habit of running
i. way without Patrolman Vernard
Foster. She did it again today.
She also has a good habit of
observing traffic signals. She
stopped for a red light and Foster
recaptured her.
Eastern Oregon
betterment Of the money requir
ed for construction of the dwell
ing, $14,000 will be paid from the
Brittana G. Fulton trust fund.
The problem of retaining pres
ent nurses and employing addi
tional nurses at the state tubercu
losis hospital here was declared
serious, by William C. Ryan, di
rector of state Institutions. He said
there are only two graduate tu
berculosis nurses at the state tu
berculosis hospital here at the
present time and one of these was
expected to resign within a few
days because of a split shift at
the institution, lack of transporta
tion and other factors. Ryan sug
gested that he be given authority
to provide differential compensa
tion of $10 a month for graduate
tuberculosis nurses at this insti
tution, provided such a course be
comes necessary. The board ap
proved. The differential would be
on the basis of contagion.
ment
Frank Hughes; UMW interna
tional board member and president
of district 3 at Greensburg, Pa.,
said he had this message from
Lewis: g
"We are today executing bonds
perfecting appeals. I do hope you
will convey to each member my
wish that they immediately re
turn to work." I
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough as
sessed today's big fines,
He wanted to send Lewis to
prison but said he would take the
government's advice and not "do it.
Door SUU Open j
But Goldsborough, at the gov
ernment's request, held the door
open for a possible further punish
ment. ; j
He put off the sentence for "civ
il con tempt" until Friday. i
Assistant Attorney General Gra-i
ham Morison told reporters the
postponement of this sentence
serves as a -prod" to the soft-coal
miners to dig coal io obedience
to a Taft-Hartley act court order
which is still in effects ;
Morison said it was legally pos
sible to ask for hew fines, or even
a jail term, on the dfii contempt
charge. It
Found Gnllty 1 1
Yesterday Federal Judge Golds
borough found Lewis nd the un
ion guilty of criminal and civil
contempt because thejr were one
week late in taking notice of the
court order requiring them to end
the coal strike.
Today he solemnly announced ie
the excited crowd in his courtroom
that punishment musti be imposed
to sustain the American people's
welfare, health, safety, and "ordi
nary way of life. J f
He also said the national pres
tige must be sustained in view
4 of the present International situa
tion. ;
To Appeal Case i I :
The union quickly announced it
would appeal to theiU. S. court
of appeals. Unlike 198, however,
there was no indication that the
government would Jofel in the ap
peal and ask that the case gc
straight to the suprerhe court.
In view of the apbeal, Golds
borough didn't J forcai Lewis "anc
the union to pay th; fines right
away. He granted a pelay on th
promise that $ 1,4 20,00p bond would ,
be put up before lOj ajn. (EST) j
tomorrow. j '
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20-4JPI
Four labor groups here denounced"
today federal-court contempt finer
imposed on John Li I Lewis and
his miners. But President John T.
Shelley of the San Jrancisco la-f
bor council (AFL) warned againsi
"ill-advised action. ;
Bridges Opposes j
The CIO Warehouse union, lo-
cal 6, called the verdict "a blow
against all working men and wom
en in any union." Harry Bridges
CIO Longshoremen termed it "an
attempt to outlaw trade union soli
darity, using the Taft-Hartley law
as the instrument.' j
Harry Lundeberg, president o!
the Sailers' Union olf the Pacifir
(AFL), said his unioritelegraphed
protests to President Truman.
AFL unionists, at a meeting
headed by the executive secretary
of the Pacific coast district Metal
Trades council, calledjit "an infa
mous decision," land voted to con
sider an organized protest.
State Mother
Of '43 Chosen
PORTLAND, Aprilf 20.-;P-Tb
Oregon mother of J948 is Mrs.
Stanley L. Kidder; 6, Roseburg.
The mother of thrjee sons, she
was selected by ' th: governor's
committee. -i I ;
A native of Rosebfirg, her ad
ult life has been divided between
Roseburg and 3 the J Philippines,
where she married Stanley L. Kid
der, a postal clerk, ih 1908. Her
sons attended school, here, but
when war broke outj she was in
Manila. She spent 3?T months in
Santo Tomas prison alter the Jap
anese took over.
TB Hospital
Governor John H. Kail said it
is apparent that tiese nurses,
along with many othei- state work
ers, now receive inadequate com
pensation when compared' with
salaries, and wages In other states.
Further investigation of a pro
posal to construct, a new steam
line between the Fa rview home
and Hill crest school 'or girls was
directed by the board.! Thomas EL
Taylor, Portland engineer, report
ed that a new six-indrj line would
cost $54,696.31 while ia new heat
ing plant at the girls school would
cost $68,467. Heat, ftor the girls
school is now provided by Fair-
view nome. ;
The board approved appoint
ment of Dr. Gerhard B. Haugon,
state board of health! tn Portland,
as a member of the advisory com
mittee for state schools for delin
quent children to succeed Dr. Her
man DickeL Portland, who re
signed.