L. ,
Western
Canadian
!
Proj
Prog
.
XiC&TY-EIGirni YEAR 24
Merlin
The Naticmal 4heatrein Wash
ington has been closed to legiti
mate staje play because of a
quarrel with Actors Equity; but
the political stage at the national
capital has not gone out of busi
ness. The summer run just con
cluded was an amazing interlude
with: two shows, both - with .top
billing, going on at once: Truman
at the White House and the re
publican-managed show at the
capitoL.
The Truman show was chiefly
animals acts: bulldogging - the
steer, (meat prices), with roping
and tieing thrown in; harnessing
the tigers (corporate profits) ana
'LKD OOQCB
making them . drive genuekertP"""? of a totalitarian Jower.
and (surely you didn't miss this)
trying to make . the elephant
(GOP) lie down and roll over at
command of Mahout Truman
Republicans opened a counter-
attraction. Theirs was a crime
mystery performance with plenty
of plotting but no sequence. Red
trails were found running over
Washington and all leading to
democratic - offices (one-to the
White House), A non-glamorous
Mata Hart (Vassar '30) was there
to confess. Moles came out of the
underground without being gass
ed. Everyone was accused but the
butler, this time.
The rivsdS performances threw
the country Into a dither. Many
got to agitatingiOyer, high prices,
boycotting meat, waving parasols
at politicians and .parasites. Oth
aquare bug-eyed with fear over
theeds. They are wearing SPY
glasses They have the kremlin
iitters and are .worried over some
heavy water we -shipped the
Rooshians back in .1943.
Thanks to newspapers and the
radio the audiences were made up
(Continued ' on editorial page)
Fice Fighting
The five emergency fire fight
ing, camps administered directly
from the Salem office of the state
forestry board are now operating
. smoothly, forestry department of
ficials announced Saturday.
First activities of the camps in
cluded a rigorous course In Job
training and conditioning. Offi
cials said they received more than
500 applications for the 100 Jobs
available. Of those selected ap
proximately 40 per cent had pre
vious experience. ' .
French Premier
Winds Support for
Emergency Plan
PARIS, Sunday, Aug. 8
The finance committee of the
French national assembly today
voted approval of Andre Marie's
cabinet's request for emergency
powers to cope with the nation's
finTiHnl crisis. Ci , , . '
; The vote was 22 to IS with the
. communists heading, the opposi
tion. . . , . 4
? -The committee endorsed a ma
jor amendment-to the bill which
gives, the cabinet powers to de
cree economic and financial re-forms.
The amendment cut out
.the cabinet's proposed bid for the
right to levy taxes. This power
was retained for the legislature
alone. T -" ',: v -'.' -:? . -
The committee's vote prepared
the way lor a full-dress assembly
debate which was expected to last
throughout the day.
Aninu:! Crackers
&V WARREN GOODRICH- -
"Guess whitl Junior cisz&td
Camps
Ready
t ' ' a U a Ja,
PAGE3 . Th Oregon Stateaxran, Salem. Oregon. Sunday, August ft. 1943
Nek! Call
! B lie j f ron
BERLIN, Aug. T -JPh -Concern
was t reported g growing . among
western Berliner tonight that a
"new Munich"! may , be in the
making in four-power negotia
tions on Germany taking place in
Moscow, i.
Calling for a firm western stand
against new demands by the Rus
sians, the socialist newspaper
Telegraf said the "brave attitude
displayed: by Berlin" under the
Soviet blockade had "earned this
city assurances of a free demo
cratic life.'
I 'Unfortunately, the newspaper
said, "there-is evidence today
that , despite their sorry experi
ences since 1945, the democracies
again are inclined to trust the
Anvon who belives that the dif
ferences between the democracies
and Russian totalitarianism can be
resolved! merely on the German
problem or the Berlin question is
on the road to a new Munich. -
Socialist Otto $uhr, chairman
of the Berlin .? city council, told
a rally of Ber liners in the French
sector that - a i poor compromise
must not be decided upon at the
cost of us Berlin, cellar-dwellers.
The official Soviet news agency
said the: Russians protested today
that American and British fliers
had committed 750 violations of
air corridor regulations during
July, -i I
Threaten Air Fore
The Russians have claimed the
Americans made provisions for
forcing down t planes which de
parted from prescribed routes ov
er the U..S. occupation zone and
implied they could do the same
thing over1 routes to Berlin through
their zones. ' :
One-American air expert con
ceded that "technically speaking
a plane which violated flight rules
could be forced down. "However,
he added, "once this starts, things
are going to be pretty rough
around ; here. ii It would require
some pretty high level action, to
say the least.?;
l . '
MOSCOW, Aug. 7 -(flV Envoys
of the three western powers ex
pect a call from Soviet Foreign
Ministers V. M. Molotov tomorrow
or Monday to resume negotiations
to solve the east-west deadlock
in Germany f and perhaps all
Europe.! c
Twe Ienthy Meetings
After two lengthy meetings witn
the Russians " one Monday
night with Prime Minister Stalin
and another last night with Molo
tov all or; most of the Issues
between? the f four powers have
hpn brbushtlinto the open and
laid on the conference table.
The nresent stage was described
by an authoritative : source here
as a "negotUtions.-'period.'V
Couple Injured as
Auto Turns Over
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hooper, 205
Mabel ave-, received Injuries when
their car skidded in gravel and
turned over on the tuberculosis
hospital road early Saturday night.
- Mrs. Hooper was hospitalized-at
Salem General with a fractured
left arm and leg bruises. Her hus
band was released after receiving
treatment for light cuts .and
bruises.; - : 1 ' .
Wreckage of American
Plane Found in Alps
FRANKFURT Germany, Aug.
7-FV-Wreckage of an American
C-47 transport plane which has
been massing for eight months was
found yesterday, ,uu ieei up in
the - Italian Alps, the U. S. air
force said tonight. J "
The two-motor plane, carrying
22 -persons,. disappeared Nov. 28,
1947.. An air force announcement
said two bodies were - found, near
the wreckage.
,- . - - -i ii -
PIIILCO RAISES PRICES '
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7 -MV
Philco corporation announced to
day an increase in the price oz lis
refrigerators and freezers averag
ing about 2J2 per cent at the retau
leveL .-. '
IdO-CAR TKAIN DERAILED '
INDIO, CaUf Aug. (7 -(V A
10O-calr Southern Pacific freight
train, westbound, was derailed to
day and 14 of the cars were de
molished in the pileup. No one was
injured. -, , - - -
MARINES COLD REUNION
BOSTON, Aug. 7 -- The First
Marine Division association held
its first national reunion today
the sixth anniversary of the ma
rine landing on Guadalcanal and
attended memorial services in his-
Molldtov
OUNDDI
1651
'New Munich9 at
Wcomeou
Kress
Spot in Trading Center
An S. H. Kress and Company
ing in the new shopping-center going up near North Capitol and Cen
ter streets, according to a lease recorded Saturday with Marion Coun
ty Recorder Herman Lanke.
"Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company, owner of the center, is
leasing a section of the area to the chain' store concern on a 35-year
Senate Leaves
Nominations
WASHINGTON, Aug 7. -V
More than . 100 nominations for
government' posts, sent by Presi
dent Truman to the special ses
sion of congress, died tonight when
the senate failed- to take action
on them. :
The r resident can rive th rvrm
inees recess appointments pendingl
action at the next session of con
gress. - - .; .' :
Among the nominations blocked
were:!. .;
Maurice J. Tobin, former mayor
of Boston, to be secretary pf labor.
Elmer H. Wene, of New Jersey,
to be assistant secretary of agri
culture.
Thomas C BlaisdelL jr to be
assistant secretary of commerce.
Warren R. Austin, John Foster
Dulles, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
and Philip C. Jessup. to represent
the United States at the third U.
N. general assembly in Paris Sep-
temoer 21.
Sent Te Senate
Tobin's nomination was sent up
to tne senate late today. . --
Tobin is a former democratic
governor of Massachusetts and
former mayor of Boston. He is
now practicing law in Boston.
SCrrUATE, Mass, Aug. 7 -Wi
Former Gov; . Maurice J. Tobin.
(D-Mass), nominated for secre
tary of labor today, said tonight
that' he had not-yet agreed to
accept the appointment.
. Tobin, at his' summer home,
said the nominating' "comes to me
as a surprise. :
MeGrath Called
"Late this afternoon," X received
a call from the democratic nation
al chairman J. Howard MeGrath.
"He Informed that President
Truman had me under considera
tion for the post of secretary , of
labor.
"I promised him I would give
tne appointment serious consldera
tion. 'V,
Tourist Trade
1
Sliimp Noted
PORTLAND, Aug. 7 -UP)-The
tourist business isn't what it used
to be in Oregon. .
A survey indicated today that
vacation trade in this state may
be 30 to 40 pee cent smaller, than
last year. The flood and a lack
of money on the part of vacation
ers were blamed. Travel through
out the country, has slowed.
The Oregon Motor association
said I reservations : have slumped
25 per cent under last year.
Former Mayor
Of Lebanon Dies
PORTLAND J Atagv 7 -ffV- Ste
phen P. Bach, 88, a one - time
German Immigrant who became
mayor of Lebanon and one of that
city s most prominent business
men, died earlier this week at his
daughter's ' home in Seaside. , He
will j be buried here Tuesday. He
had retired some time ago. -
Immigrating to Oregon In 1880.
Bach worked as a farmhand near
Salem for ten : years. In 1890 he
moved to Lebanon to open a store.
I became Lebanon mayor, organizer
and president of the Lebanon state
bank, and owner of Lebanon's city
light and water plant. .r
Greek Army Hammers
Retreating Guerrillas :
ATHENS Aug. 7 - UP) - Greek
army troops nammerea , Dotn
flanks of .a 30-mile semicircular
front in the Grammos mountains
today '.pushing the Communist
guerrillas closer to the Albanian
border, a communique said. A
general staff spokesman con
firmed an ' earlier report that
Rebel Chieftain Markos Vaflades
had moved his headquarters and
most of his "provisional govern"
menf to Nikolitsa in Albania.
Unconfirmed
PSc 5o
Pre
to
variety store will occupy a build
term. Rental is . to pe 5 per cent
of the aggregate gross sales.
The lease includes a 75 by 125
foot plot located 60 feet north of
: I : .'I
Occupy AgrMtwe
Center street on the east side oftDallas, spread to such cities as
Capitol street
It is also stipulated in the lease
that the insurance company will
construct a two-story building
with mezzanine, work on . the
structure is to start promptly and
is to be completed around April
l, 1849.
The lease is contingent upon
Sears, Roebuck and company's
opening and operating- a store on
the same premises. The Sears lease
was mot included in Saturday's re
cording, but the firm's building is
already underway, along with a
f super-market struc
A condition of the lease is that
the Kress company must operate
and maintain free parking facili
ties on the -surrounding 120,000
square feet.
The Kress company,- a New
York firm, has an option on the
lease to
renew .for another 10
years.
: -
vste
an
evealed in
WASHINGTON. Auai 1(Jrt-
The house un-American activities
committee "revealed today that
Alexander Koral is the mystery
witness supposed to help crack
the real story ef a red snv net-
worx. ji .
But me--eommittee was as m
terious as ever about who Koral
A subcommittee which hurried
to New York yesterday to see the
key witness questioned Koral last
night. In Washington today, Rep.
Mundt (R-S. D.)i acting com
mittee chairman, told reporters:
"The fellow they went uo spe
cifically to see was KoraL He
was supposed to lead to another
witness not yet mentioned.
Mundt did not say whether that
key witness is now available but
he indicated the current phase of
the committee's inquiry into re
ports of a wartime red spy ring
in Washington may be concluded
next week.
CHINA REDS MAT MEET
HONG KONO. Sunday. Aug. 8
(Jfy-The leader of Chinese dissi
dents in Hong Kong predicted to
day a meeting to set up an anti
Chiang Kai-shek government for
China would be held in commu
nist North China some time after
October 10. j
US'
rvivi
R
Redliiiu
Willamette Valley Rain, Ewe
Sale at Albany
By Llllie L. Madsen :
Farm Editor, The Statesman
ALBANY. Aug. 6 The eighth
annual Willamette Valley Pure
bred Ram and Ewe sale, held here
today, totaled $11,005 to top the
1947. sale by S2.659.50. However,
top ram at the sale was a regis
tered Hampshire stud, consigned
by R. W. Hogg it Sons of Salem
and sold to Gath Bros, of Turner
for $275 as compared to the 1947
top of $350, also a Hampshire.
Youneest bidder was ii-year-
old Peggy WIghtman of Ion who
paid $60 for a Hampshire ram
for her -tt ciud project, une oi
the most interested watchers at
the auction was Ed Schoel of
North. Albany who was the first
breeder to show Hampshire on
the Pacific coasL exhibiting in
Portland in 1904. He said Hamp
shire, now one of the most popu
lar breeds, had scarcely any com
petition on: the coast until the
world fair . in San Francisco in
1915. - . ; :
A son of the Hampshire ram
which sold three years ago for
$1,000 at 'this sale, brought only
$90 today when it was consigned
by Kehne Wain and bought by
J. W. Hoag of Warren. A Lincoln,
which was first prize winner in
his class at the Pacific inter
national exhibition last - fall.
broueht $120 from Homer B.
Miller of llalsey to Ed Rlddell of
Monmouth. ,
No. 123
Moscow
!3S10u
CHICAGO, Aug. 7HrVBudget
harried housewives .increased
their buy-no-meat campaign over
telephone wires today Jn the face
of a government prediction . that
meat prices, will go high
The boycott plan, originating
Tacoma, Wash.; Louisville, Boise,
Kansas City, San Francisco, In
dianapolis, 18 cities in Texas and
nali a dozen in Wisconsin.
The housewives, crusade- was
aimed directly at, one of two
causes given by the . department:
Record consumer buying power
and a decline in' the output of
meats and other livestock prod
ucts.
Meanwhile, the agriculture de
partment predicted : that meat and
other livestock prices will lead a
retail food price advance In. the
next few months. .
In Indianapolis, however, an
official of Kingan & Co., meat
packers, discounted the govern
ment prediction and said beef and
pork prices would fall in Septem
ber or 'October as farmers bring
in stock.
Ten thousand Dallas women
promised to support the boycott
idea, which started when 71-year-
old Mrs. R. D. Vaughn. - president
of the Dallas Women's Chamber
of Commerce, took to the tele
phone.'
Oregon's first resistance groups
wersr t Organized s yesterday in
three cities. Forty-five Portland
women pledged to buy no more
beef until prices fen ce-thlrd,' to
pay no more than 60 cents a pouna
for. anv meat, and to spread the
word to 20 friends. Klamath Fans
supported the move.
f In Eugene, a postcard parade
I Joined with the phone campaign
as 150 women voted to keep meat
L'off their tables.
Plane Missing
From Klamath
PORTLAND. Ore, Aug.
A light plane bearing two Wyo
ming . men today was reported
missing on a flight from Klam
ath Falls, Ore., to three possible
destinations.
The CAA office here said the
nlane left Klamath Fails August
4 and has been unheard from. The
two Place ship bearing license
number NC 3741 K was carrying
Earl Williams, 30 and Ed Suppes,
22, both of Shoshoni. Wyo. -A
CAA spokesman here said
there was no flight plan filed by
either occupant. The first hint the
Diane may be in trouble came to
day when Wyomng relatives asked
for a report. i . '
The plane may have headed for
Portland, Boise, Idaho, or Albu
querque, NJJ according to infor
mation from the ; Kiamatn ram
airport attendants. ' T '; -
tsureau aees
Totals $11,005
- Although the average was good
in all breeds,- bidding opened
slow today on Romney's and con
tinued comparatively slow
through -t Lincolns, Corriedales,
Cheviots, . Dorse ts and Shrop
shires, only speeding . up with the
appearance : of Hampshire and
continuing rapid through South
downs and Suffolk. Suffolks,
with 35' sold, . topped all other
breeds in number, with the 25
Hampshire second.
Colonel Earl W, WaJol Filer,
Idaho, cried the 119 rama' and
ewes. He was assisted- by E. L.
GUlespIe 6t Corvallis with Jay
Reynolds of Corvallis and Ted
Hobart of the Ladd & Bush bank,
Salem, helping in the ring.
Walter Leth, Polk county agent,
and Harry Riches, Marion county,
clerked the sale with those in
charge of entries to the ring in
cluding S. A. Jackson, John Han
sen, Louie Gross, Ben Newell, Ken
Minnick, Charlie .Baffin, Paul
Quimby, Karl Wipper and A. L.
Pulllam. . Anthol Riney, Marion
county 4-H club leader, was in
charge of the blackboards.
Credit for the success of the
sal goes to the committee of
E. F. Hubbard, Corvallis, Claude
Steusloff, Salem, Eldon RiddelL
Indetendence and O. EL Mike-
sell, Albany. (Winners on page 3.)
IReiected
" WASHINGTON. Aug. T '-VFh
The senate rejected tonight an ad
ministration effort to Jack up ap
propriations for western reclama
tion projects. I
In an action expected to be
made an issue in the presidential
campaign, the senate republican
majority shouted down an amend
ment offered by Senator Murray
(D-Mont) to a pending unap
proved money bill. . ;
. Murray asked an additional $2,
18350 for the Hungry Hon pro
ject in Montana and $1,500,000 for
the Shelby - Havre transmission
line of the Fort Perch, Mont, project.-
; . . . ,
Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) chair
man of an appropriations subcom
mittee which considered interior
department appropriations for re
clamation projects at the last ses
sion, opposed the amendments.
. He said to give these projects
more money would throw all re
clamation projects out of balance
and would "open up all other re
clamation projects to further ap
propriation, .i- -The
senate then rejected, 49 to
ZZ, a proposal by Senator Mag-
uson (D-Wasb.) to add $1,473,
00 to the bill to pay for. new
electric generators at Grand Cou
lee dam on the Columbia river. .
Migrants Fill
Vacancies in
Harvest Crews
While no 'farm labor shortage
was reported in any ' section of
Oregon the past week, the harvest
of beans, late fruits and hops will
require many additional pickers
during the remainder of August
and early September. Earl R. Lov-
elL director fo the state employ
ment service, declared Saturday.
"More migrants have been com
ing into the state during , the past
few-weeks, and all of them prob
ably will be needed, Lovell said.
The employment service director
said the peak of bean picking prob
ably would be reached within the
next 10 days or two Weeks with
hop picking scheduled to start
about August 18.
Lovell estimated that 10.000
Dean pickers are now busy in Mar
ion and Polk .counties with 4,000
more needed at the peak of the
harvest. Eugene and Corvallis re
ported plenty of available pickers
but Albany and Lebanon will need
000 within a week. ?
Last month 28 local offices reg
istered 5,277 in-migrants while in
June the total was a trifle more
than 7,000. Up to 30,000 pickers
will be required for the hop har
vest, officials estimated.
Peer , harvest will start in the
Medf ord area about ! August 23
with 1,000 pickers needed during
the two - months season. Ontario,
with sugars beets and other late
crops, expects to need outside help
until December. i
Mortar Fire
Mars Truce
JERUSALEM. Aug. 7-4PV- In
creased trigger nervousness among
both Arab and Jewish troops fac
ing each other across the Jerusa
lem area 'truce boundaries mark
ed the beginning today of the
fourth week of the second United
Nations cease fire in Palestine.
Heavy mortar shell explosions
marred the -calm of the Jewish
sabbath in the Holy City carry to
day as an official Israeli press re
lease claimed Arab gunners had
pounded Jewish, districts. .
The statement said: "Many mor
tar shells were fired from the vil
lage of Beit Safafa into the Jew
ish suburb of Mekor Halm. Both
places are on Jerusalem's south
ern outskirts.
West May Leave
Danube Conclave
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. Aug.
7 r WV Ambassador Cavendish
Cannon told Russia and the so
viet satellites today the United
States intends to reject any com
munist monopoly over Danube
shipping. J "
Europe's most Important inland
waterway will remain cut in two,
the American .diplomat said, un
less the communist bloc goes part
way toward meeting the demands
of the western powers.
Responsible diplomatic sources
said a walkout move had been
discussed privately - by members
of the United States, British and
French delegations to the Danube
conference here but that no deci
sion, had been taken thus far.
Weather
Max.
. i
-M
t3 .
IS i
Mln., Frcip.
- M .M
M trace
1 ; traco
1 JM
S2 M2
Salem
Portland
San rranclaco
Chicago
New York
Willamette river -SJ feet.
rO&ECAST ( from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Genera Uy
fair today and tomorrow wita conaid-
erible early mornlnf clouellrte-a. High
today. IZ. low tonlcht. to. Conditions
favorable for all farm activity.
ALEM PKECrPITATIOX
tept t to Aoaat S)
TkJt-Yttf
LaftTear
IjM
7Ai
OTTAWA, Aag. 7 Levis Ste
phen St Laurent. Frech -Canadian
minister far external af
fairs, who was name, today
successor t Canada's Prime
Minister W. L. Mackenzie King,
lie was elected leader ef the
, national liberal party a Ma first
" ballot today.
1
as
Car Falls into
ge
I -:
DETROIT, Aug. 7 -f Special)
Scott RedGld,.C3, Portland, was
killed Saturday, night near here
when the car he. was drivinsr left
the road and plunged down a 100
foot embankment. -'
Redfleld, driving alone' in a
1838 Ford tudor. was in a line of
cars behind the Pilot car about
one-half mile from Detroit. Ap
parently blinded by dust, his car
went over, the bank. The accident
occurred about 9 p. ra. The body
was returned to the Weddle fu
neral home at Stayton. ,c
i . -: . - .:
Coristructioh of
Giant Garner
To Start Soon
i WASHINGTON'. Aur. T - tJPi
The United -States navy.: an
nounced tonight that .construction
Will get under way soon on .its
e t rA AAA l m m a.
iuukuvu,uvw giant xiusn-aeca. air-
crart earner. .
iThe carrier will be the largest
ship afloat, a navy spokesman
said, with a water lino length of
more man i.doo iml and ram
or width, of 130 feet. That will be
zu zee. wiaer inan tne Fanama
Canal locks.
'a Tha ' hura vm1 -dIII va Wm.
structed by the Newport News
ibhipbuilding and Drydock com
pany, Newport News, Va. The Job
Is exnected to take two aan.
With a speed of approximately
so Knotv.uie ship will have no
island on thm r!rk- mrh nr.
tiers now have. -The additional
space will be used in handling
larger, carrier bombers now being
coniempiaiea.
Whales Frolic in
Kelp Near Coast
1 DEPOE RAY. Am 1 -. P -
wnaies are rroucfung' In keln
beds a few. hundred feet from
the channel of this Oremn mitt
nort town todav and entertalnine
ine tourists.
a . a - ' . .
The state fish commission said
It was the second such appear
ance off the coast this mmnwr.
Four whales spouted and played
on racnats July iz. j .
Phone Company
Adds New Buzz
i DETROIT. Aug. 7-iV-Add the
mechanical raspberry to the latest
crop of inventions.
. The Michigan Bell Telephone
Co. came up with it to let callers
know when they dial the letters
of a non-existent exchange.
I When someone dials the wrong
letters, ' there comes through the
receiver a siren-like noise. A Bell
spokesman described it as a high,
wailing sound, like when ' food
prices go up. i
Nude Annies Suggested
As Peace Solution
MAYS LANDING. N. J, Aug. 7
-rThe nation's nudists came
up with, a new idea for-world
peace tonight and it wasn't even
Clothed in diplomatic terms.
If none of the 1 armies wore
Clothes, their resolution read, it
would be impossible' for any
fighter to recognize his enemy
and peace would be automatic.
Israel Ready to Achnit '
100,000 Jews Annually
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 7-OV
The Israeli government said today
it Is prepared to admit Jewish
immigrants at the rate of 100,000
annually.
Moshe Shsplra. Israeli minister
of Immigration, reported 23,000
Jewish immigrants had entered
Israel in the first nine .weeks af
ter the provisional government
came into existence tlay 13.
Driver JDies
Santiam
bor
I
By Francis 1. TUllf
WASHINGTON, Aug.- 7 -CT
Congress wrote its own picket to
day on anti-inflation and hou!c3
legislation, then slammea the docr
on the extra session called ly
President Truman. f
The house adjourned at 711
pjn. (Eastern Standard time); tie
senate at 8:39 pm. They had rm.
July IS and had been in ; select
11 working days.- . j f
The adjournment Was until De
cember 31, with a provision Ut
the session may be resumed earl
ier on call of the republic
leaders. ; - ',
With a few minor exceptions,
the lawmakers rewrote, tiocked,
or Just plain ignored the tir-ran-ing
program Mr. Truman present
ed with, an "urgent label.
The president's eight-point anti
inflation program emerged ml
down to two: Revived curbs on in
stallment buying and higher re
serve requirements for banks be
longing to the federal reserve sys
tem, i t
Omits Subsidies - j f
Republicans said -their housing
bill would encourage the con
struction of low-cost homes end
rental housing. But it omitted Xhm
federal subsidies for public hous
ing and slum clearance that vm
features of the Taft-EHender-Wagner
housing bill endorsed by
the president. . ' ;
Until the last couple of day,
two extra-curricular developments
stole the show from the actual
lawmaking. One was a succenful
5-day filibuster by southern dem
ocratic senators as-ainst th mil.
poll tax bill. The other was a en-
sauonai series of bearings, before
house and senate committees, n
charges that communist ani
sympathizers had wormed dp
into the ; federal governmenL
Breoght Bitter Werds ;
Those . hearings brought biuev
Words from both that Whii iu,mm
and the capitol. ; K !
Mr. Truman accused the repub
licans of trying to hide the shorU
oominas of .conrrMa h -rm.A
herring hunt-.for communist. )
inen, , in tne senate's cIoIrg
hours. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich)
went so. far as to nrlr nf -:m
peachmenf ; in accusing Truman cl
Withholding loValty records, j
Clears Twe Bills . .
.In. its last long day, I rongreM
cleared first the housing bill, then
the anti-Inflatlon measure.
'' Putting restraints on insUllment
buying, the anti-Inflation itill
autnorizes the federal reserve
board to- fix credit controls j on
consumer goods. If the board ad
heres to the wartime pattern, down
payments of at least one-third cf
the purchase price of such articles
as automobile- anri uracki-- -
wiines wouia re required, with a
maximum or is or is mnntk
to
pay ue oaiance. -
i
Pleads
For Officers
WASIIINGTOV Ait t isr
The army nut out ! th k.?
wanted" slim tArir fnl -.
and national guard officer, ton
nurses to volnnw t
-- . .v.
artive duty to help train and tittt
we expanding rorce. i
A toUl of 37,000 additldhal'cf
Ccers will hm nMHri hur
and the end of; next Jfear, tho
rmy said. - : j
The immediate need Is, for U.0CO
reserve and national guard offi
cers who htrt h- pnV !;..,-.-.
ant and captain prior to discharge
aiier me lasi war. i
Old Press to Print
Cenjeniiial Bids j
PORTLAND. Aug. 7-JP.-The
first American - printing prw s
transported west of the Missouri
river will be used- to print formal
invitations for the Oregon centen
nial celebration. : ; . ;
Lancaster Pollard, director cf
the Oregon Historical Society mu
seum, said the press, known as
the "mission press, was first twd
in the Hawaiian-islands in 1821.
It was shipped 7 to the Oreron
Army
country in 1839, used at 1 ort jex
Walla Walla and thert 1 at Th
Dalles, Ore., by early-day mis
sionaries. - : ; i
Wooden Nickels j
Minted in Indiana
TnnsrrrMriTfw Tn a... 1 1
MV If you pass through htm
next week and -nick uo a lew
wooden nickels, don't worry ebout
it. You can trade them at local
banks for five cents, or buy nickel
terns with them in local stores.
The "nickels' have been minted
as a part of Huntington's centen
nial celebratlon.-They tear pic
tures of canal boats, Indians and
other symbols of life in Indina
100 years "". '
C7TH TTAVr!
I w a