Off HEEDS Some 'months ago a group com posed principally of young ma trons of Salem formed a Salem branch of the -League of Women Voters. Tonight they are having an affair at Mayflower hall, a United Nations night, with a pro gram both entertaining and in structive, with the public invited to attend. What is this League of Women Voters? It is a non-partisan or ganization of women who are in terested in political affairs, who want to inform themselves as to Issues and to work for such legis lation and administration as they feel will serve the best interest of the people. One of its projects is to pro mote voter registration and vot ing at elections. The league also sponsors classes to study ques tions of current interest. .The league often takes a position on these issues and works in sup port of its decision. The league is free of "isms. : It has no political entanglements, j It numbers in its membership 1 persons of different partisan af filiation. It has attracted women of character and intelligence who feel that women should take an active part in politics. From a practical standpoint the league is too highbrow, appeal ing to the -intelligent voter." It doesn't give enough allowance for the fact that emotions ana per sonal interest are prime factors In how people vote. The league believes, however, that in the end reason will prevail, so they keep up with their process of educat ing voters on issues. The league strongly sustain the United Nations, as well it should, hoping to build solid foundations of . popular support under the charter. There's a place for the league. People should get acquainted with It, recognize it as a worthy ve hicle and respect its pronounce ments as the result of honest and intelligent study of questions of the day. Professional Confectioner to Teach Classes By Maxine Bar en . Woman's Editor. The Stateaman A professional candymaker can tell women quite Ut about cook ing, providing it's on the special subject of confections. E.-Remington Davenport, for many years superintendent of a large candy factory in Portland, will appear at the Portland Gas and Coke company Monday and Tuesday in a course of four free candymak Ing shows sponsored by the Ore gon Statesman. The demonstra tions are . set for 1:30 and 7:30 PJTI. . , Davenport promises to give in formation on many of the things home candymakers have been wondering about. Hell explain the control of grain, basis of all candymaking, and discuss causes of failure. Monday's two meetings, open to men and women alike, will include the making of fondant, creamed fudge and peanut brittle. Tues day's shows will include English toffy and after dinner mints. The shows are free. Those who wish, may purchase a book of fifty master recipes, or a smaller pam phlet covering a portion of the in formation contained in the book. Arms Seized In New York NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -Police' today seized a truckload of arms and ammunition in a Man hattan garage and arrested five men at the scene. The five were charged with vio lation of the weapons law. Police said they denied knowing their crated goods contained rifles, ma chine guns, ammunition and oth er weapons. The group told police they were hired to haul the crates to New Brunswick, NJ., by a man whose name they did not know. A large quantity of arms re portedly destined for Jewish for ces in Israel was seized here sev eral months ago. However, au thorities made no immediate comparison in the two cases. Animal Crackers ; Bv WARREN GOODRICH v, Trt oof sW news. cn?Mr four f?tW hs gonm faking, ... .. . . - , ivG 1 - ; ; CD Leaders Give en Power 4o EDeaD vjUh Communist Faction) ! By Max Hall PORTLAND, NoV. 25-(iPrThe CIO today gavf its leadership al most unlimited powers to deal: with communists who have' moved into small CIO unions. ; ' - Thus the convention delegates transformed Into concrete action the jolting anti-communist speeches 'that have made this convention one that will be long remembered New Command WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 MaJ. Gen. Bryant E. Moore will be come superintendent at West Point February 1. the army an nounced today. Moore was ; as sistant division commander f the 104th infantry division while they trained at Camp Adair in 1943. and was well known in Salem. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. (AP Wireuphete to The States- ) CIO Financed Underground During War PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2S-(JP) The CIO dipped into its national treasury during the; war to help finance the underground abroad and sabotage enemy railroads, mines and factories, a CIO offi cial said today, i Leo Perli es, director of CIO communty services, laid the CIO worked with the office of spe cial services to contact trade un ionists in nazi territory and bring Chinese workmen out of Japan. "There was a law in this coun try that public funds couldn't be used in dealing with enemy na tions, Perlis told . a reporter. "That didn't apply to us, so the CIO put up the money for the un der - cover work. We had to keep quiet about it, of course, and it never was made public after the war. I think it's time the story was told." i Perlis said money and equip ment was parachuted to under ground groups in Norway, Bel gium, France, Czechoslovakia and Poland. y Traffic Lights Due Soon at Mission, 12th One of Salem's busiest intersec tions Mission street - at 12th will soon have traffic lights, it was an nounced Thursday. I The lights, of the stop-and-go, walk and wait variety, will be in stalled upon the arrival of the control box. Delay in shipment may postpone operation of the lights until January, however. The Mission street, intersections, long a hazard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, will be lighted from city funds. Other traffic sign als have been paid 50-50 by the state and city. Bush school patrols during school hours will be eliminated with- in stallation of the lights, as .will conflict between north-south traf fic and summertime traffic to and from Waters park. : Traffic Deaths Climb to 52 At least 65 persons were killed in accidents 52 of them in traffic mishaps as the nation observed Thanksgiving day. ; - This toll since 6 p.m. Wednes day compared with 128 killed: ac cidentally during the 1947 Thanks giving observance and 83 the year before. : The 1948 figurescompiled at 9 pjn., eastern standard time, Thursday climbed slowly ibut steadily as the day wore on. Two deaths were: reported in Washington . and : none in Oregon. EAGLES PRESIDENT IN STATE BEND, Nov. ; 25 (P- Devere Watson, Council Bluffs, Iowa,; na tional president pf the Eagles, win speak at a. banquet of the frater nal lodge here Sunday. Bend will be the only city in Oregon' where the lodge chief will visit: T CON KTT.I.KD IN MASS BREAK- CHICAGO. Nov. 25 - (JP Cook county Jail guards foiled Thanks giving day break: by nine prisoners, shooting and killing one of them. The others were recaptured in the Jail yard. r 1 f-' - S 1 'YVp i ' ' I .. ,. : . '-; y t ; r t ? - ; f ,', tt iiMim -i ' -4 ' ' in labor history. By a standing vote roughly es- timated at a 10-to-l ratio, the convention adopted a resolution which gives the CIO executive board power to take such action may be appropriate and ne cessary" to bring about effective organization of workers in indus tries where CIO unions have "failed." Later, James Durkin, president of the Office and Professional Workers, issued a statement to the press, defying the CIO action. He said his union's membership has determined its policies and leadership in the past and will continue to do so. He said the resolution is "an unwarranted and unjustifiable attack on our union and a threat to the autonomy and independence of all unions." Ignores Communism The resolution doesn't mention communism, and in fact by its language, would apply to weak right - wing unions as well as those on the left. But President Philip Murray left no doubt of what was mainly in his mind. He said: "I'm not going to pro tect small cliques of men whose interests are promoted and pro pagated by the Daily Worker and the communist party." Don't Fulfill Mission He said these cliques "maintain political organizations, captive organizations, and don't fulfill their mission of organizing the unorganized." Today's action apparently does not affect left - wing elements of the two biggest CIO unions that oppose Murray's policies Thee United Electrical Workers and the Longshoremen's union Those unions could hardly be ac cused or "tailing to organize their industries. Murray made a passing refer ence to these two unions today, without naming them. Murray Complains He said "most of the time of this convention has been con sumed by the representatives of little organizations who have done nothing to build their un ions, protesting against the poli cies of the CIO. Then he said: "With the excep tion of two unions, the combined strength of the people opposing CIO policies is not over 82,000 members. Late today the convention beat down left - wing opposition again and raised the CIO's per capita tax from five cents a month to eight cents a month. Postal Rates To Rise Jan. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-JP-The postoffice department is send ing out reminders to postoffices throughout the country that postal rates will go up on Jan. 1. Congress approved the new rates in the last-minute welter of legis lation last June to help pay for boosts in the pay of 500,000 postal workers. The order affects nearly all clas ses of mail except first and second class parcels. Air mail goes back to 6 cents after 20 months at 5 cents. Special delivery rates jump from 13 to 15 cents. Also increased are fees for mon ey orders, postal notes, COD pack ages, insurance and registered mail. Rates for books, catalogues, seeds plants, which have been under a "preferential rate" for some time, will go up from one cent to a cent and a half for each two ounces. County Jail Prisoners Eat Turkey Dinner The 25 prisoners in Marion county jail came into a Thanks giving feed with all the trim mings Thursday afternoon. In ad dition to a 30-pound turkey the inmates dined on cranberries, sweet potatoes, pudding and dressing. Schoolboy Group Turns Tables On Advocate of Boy-Whipping ECCLESHALL, Eng., Nov. 25 -CP)-Eric Wildman, who makes canes for whipping schoolboys, was recovering tonight from dose of his own medicine. He tried to sell his cane to the wrong school and got himself spanked by six husky students who were put up to it by their own headmaster, Robert Copping. Copping, 28, runs Horsley HalL, a progressive "self - expression school where the pupils do as they please and never get pun ished. Wildman, 27, runs a company which makes a whipping cane for schoolmasters. He also calls him self president of the National So ciety for the Retention of Corpor al Punishment in Schools. He came to grief last night when he accepted a lecture bid at Cop ping's schooL He had Just explain ed that "a most reasonable pun ishment is six (strokes) of the best, administered "in the place that seems to have been provided by nature for the purpose. While he spoke, a student sneak ed behind his chair and tipped it 83th Yar 12 PAGES Service Galls for Thanks' By Lester F. Cour Staff Writer, The Statesman "America the most blessed land in the world tends to take those blessings as a matter of fact, forgetting, at times, they are works of God." This was one of many timely reminders brought by the Rev. Brooks Moore, pastor of the First Methodist church, in a Thanks giving day union service at the First Christian church. Moore asked two questions throughout his address "What shall we render unto God for the many benefits rendered unto us?" and "Shall we say grace?" Moore pointed to America's educational opportunities, ample food supply, family unity and civil freedom as things "taken as a matter of fact by people who assume they are privileges others throughout the world do not de serve." "America is a great nation to day," Moore said, "not because of what we have done, but be cause of the good done by God." Missionaries Needed The world is "disintegrating and falling apart because of Amer ica's failure to send needed mis sionaries to war-torn countries," MoorV stated. Religion is prac tically unknown to the youth of these impoverished nations where the young people roam the land "like animals rather than human beings," he said. The pastor called for a "pray mg America, rather than one which imagines itself a great humanitarian in its role of send ing relief supplies to its unfor tunate and poor neighbors over seas. Moore concluded with a plea for self-sacrifice among Amen cans, reminding the congregation that the Pilgrims who originated Thanksgiving day existed on five grains of corn during their first year in the first colony. Presiding at Service Presiding at the service was the Rev. Dudley Strain, host pas tor, lhie Rev. James H. Taylor, Dastot of the Four Square church, gave the invocation. The scripture reading was by the Rev. waiter S. Frederick, pastor of the Evan eelistic Tabernacle Assembly of God: the prayer by the Rev Louis E. White, pastor Knight Memorial Congregational church the I Rev. Uoyd T. Anderson, pas tor of the First Baptist, the Thanksgiving proclamation, and the benediction by the Rev. Lloyd G. Uecker, pastor of the Engle- wood Evangelical united Breth ren church. Soloists were S. Peter Larson and Edith Fairham. Rose Mary Naff was organist. Other Thanksgiving services were held at St. Joseph's Cath olic church, St Vincent de Paul's Catholic church, St. Paul's Epis copal church, Christ Lutheran churches and St Mark's Lutheran church. 3 Lost as Ship Sinks at Guam GUAM. Friday. Nov. 26-m-The. m torship Santa Maria sank about 750 miles northeast of uuam to day. At least three crew members were believed lost. Navy rescue vessels were stand ing by after 14 other men were picked up safe. Reports relayed here said the American - owned motorship went down at 10 a.m. in heavy seas. It developed a port list The main deck bulkhead was swept away Life rafts were lost Radio messages from the scene said one crew member was carried down with the ship. Two bodies were reported sighted. over. Other boys dashed to the scene. One sat on Wildman's head, another pinned his ankles and a third drew up his coat. Then a strapping 16-year-old administer ed seven strokes to the place pro vided by nature - - and with one of the 20 choice malacca canes Wildman had brought with him to illustrate his lecture. He admitted today he was "feel ing very sore, more mentally than physically." "I saw my lawyer today," he added. "The matter is being care fully considered but no decision regarding the proceedings has yet been taken. t "Copping, a. bachelor with a long brown beard, said he had arranged the incident with his pupils be forehand. He even tipped off .16 newspapermen, including photo graphers. Copping said he hoped Wildman would take legal action "because it will give us an opportunity to state In detail in the public courts what a disgraceful state of affairs I a, t m r X IS. T1& Oregon Statesman, SaUxxu Qracan, Friday, UN. Spot For Israel Proposed By Francis W. Carpenter PARIS, Nov. 25 -UP)- Admis sion of Israel to the United Na tions was urged today by the acting Palestine mediator, Dr. Ralph Bunche. He assailed as "a contemptible slander of a dead man" the alle gation by Slav bloc delegates that American and British represen tatives secretly wrote the section of the Bernadotte report suggest ing the Negev desert in the south go to the Arabs. Bunche also warned that the Arabs miist "accept responsibil ity for prolonging" the Palestine dispute by refusing to negotiate with Israel. Egypt, Lebanon and. Trans-Jordan, however, once again gave notice that they wofcld not negotiate directly with the Jews. Bunche put a seven-point peace plan before the 58-nation political committee of the U. N. assembly after, Russia's Semeon K. Tsarap- kin had formally submitted a resolution which observers said apparently was intended to force all U. N. truce observers, as well as all Afab armies, to withdraw from the Holy Land. Tsarapkin said the Soviet "rec ommends the immediate with drawal of all foreign troops and foreign military . personnel from territory of the Jewish and Arab states in Palestine." Reds Continue Pressure in Suchow Area NANKING, Nov. 25-(JP)-Chinese nationalists reported some mod est successes east of Suchow today, but heavy fighting farther south indicated the communists were maintaining their pressure on the approaches to this capital. ' ; Pro-government dispatches said three government columns had Joined 25 miles east of Suchow, culminating a 17-day battle with the communists in that sector some 200 miles north of Nanking. One of the government columns was identified as that of Gen. Huang Pa - Tao, whose seventh army group took the brunt of the Red assault. It was generally con ceded that only about one-fourth of this group had escaped the com munist pincers. " (No numbers were given, but the communist radio said that in the whole engagement 18 govern ment divisions were destroyed. This would run as high as 200,000 I men it tne nationalist divisions were anywhere near full strength. but such an assumption is open to doubt. Casualty figures generally are widely exaggerated by both sides.) The official Chinese central news agency said the nationalists east of Suchow had recaptured 10 vil lages and were "mopping up" the area. Angels Found Slightly Tipsy SEATTLE, Nov. 25 -(P)- Beau tiful organ music, played expert ly, issued from the Plymouth Congregational church, greeting the Thanksgiving day ' at' 3:30 a.m. today. George H. Becton, church care taker, heard the music and went to investigate. He knew that both the doors of the church and the organ itself had been locked. Climbing three flights of stairs, he found a man sitting at the organ somewhat tipsy but none the less the master of the organ. The man broke and ran. Police were una Die to una a trace oi him. Both Becton and his wife con ceded thai the intruder was a good musician. "It sounded," said Mrs. Becton, "as If the angels were playing.' Weather Max. Mia. 4S Preet. M trace M Salaam Portland .... 47 54 SI S3 San Franc toco Chicago S3 44 Mw Yrk Willamette river SJ raet. FORECAST i (ram- ITS, araathar bu reau. McNary nun Mmi i rvur etaody today and tonight with warmer daytime- temperatures. Cooler tonlgM. Hi en today near a, uaw loiugin (tcr 2S. IALEM rKECtPITATION (SepC l te Nev. M) Tbia Year Last Year 19.54 Average 1UJ POUNDBD , 1651 Passengers i 1 4 jf Liner Elizabeth to Sail ABOARD THE QUEEN ELIZ ABETH, Southampton, England, Nov. 25 - (py - Apparent settle ment of the dock workers' strike In New York and announcement that the Queen Elizabeth will sail on Sunday, 11 days late, set off an alftiost hysterical Thanksgiv ing celebration among the pas sengers today. The noisiest demonstration was in the tourist class where some j of the 500 passengers, mostly emigrants, were almost destitute. Many had only about $20 when they embarked and some had only $8 left today to get them to destinations in the United States. Settlement of the strike, sub ject tq a vote of the dock workers meanli a reprieve from the line's order for all aboard to go ashore by Friday or Saturday. It also saved j the Cunard line the trou ble of a possible "sit down" strike ;by some 900 of the passen- 23 Walk Unhurt from Burning TWA Airliner LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25(JP)-Eighteen passengers and five crew members walked safely away from a burning transcontinental TWA airliner early today when it caught fire after landing hard on fog bound ilunicipal airport The plane burned to rubble. Police Captain Chester Welch credited the pilot, Capt Evan Lew is, 44, of Los Angeles, with avert ing a major disaster. Lewis; prevented the huge plane from cracking up in a ditch near the runway, and, then saw aU pas sengers, including four children, to safety through a rear emergen cy door before leaving the constel lation hjLmself. ' . i. "We came down harder than us ual and the plane bumped on the runway j" Lewis said.' Then fire broke out in the outboard engine on the tight wing and the plane veered off the runway. Just miss ing a ditch." Lewis said he rushed back to the passenger compartment to find a hostess trying to open a rear emer gency djfor. He pushed It open. "Before I could get the emergen cy ladder down, two or three pas sengers leaped to the ground," said Lewis, j Food Costs Drop Slightly WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -JPt- The retail cost of the family "mar ket basket" of farm food prod ucts dropped slightly in Septem ber for tjne second straight month. It cost $701 in September com pared with $704 in August The record hgh was 7U in July. The typical "basket as set up by the agricultural department, contains enough farm food to feed family oi tnree ior one year, n is based Son average pre-war pur chased for the period 1935-39. Worrjan Forgets to Undijess Dressing LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 -JP)-Honest folks, Edward Anderson, chief dietician at a hospital, says this actually happened today. A woman, worried about the chestnut dressing for her Thanks giving day turkey, telephoned An derson saying she was afraid to serve it because the nuts were hard as rocks. Anderson asked her if, by any chance, she had shelled the nuts. "Oh," she inquired sheepishly, "do you have to sheU them?" ISRAEL TO HOLD ELECTIONS TEL AVIV, Israel. Nov. 25-(V Israel will hold her first general elections Jan. 25, 1949, the provi sional government council decided today. j QUICKIES "I started my business with a Statesman 1 Want Ad and this shoestring! Normbr 28. 1948 Overjoyed, gers who objected to finding ho tel accomodations ashore. The ship's food stores had been almost depleted by the 1, 900 passengers of all classes who had lived at the line's expense since Friday night or Saturday, But to make the day one of genuine Thanksgiving the line served turkey with cranberry sauce- chestnut stuffing and mince pies tonight. News of the settlement of the strike spread from stem to stern ol the huge ship and started a cheering celebration about 8 a. m. Half dressed men and women poured out of their cabins and paraded up and down the pas sageways or massed in excite ment. around the bulletin boards where notices soon were posted that the Queen Elizabeth will sail at about. 8 a. m. Sunday. Some were laughing, some in tears. The delayed departure cost the line about $20,000 a day. Greek Premier Suffers Second Heart Attack ATHENS, Nor. 25 -JP- The mistokles Sophoulis, 88 - year - old premier, had a second heart attack today. In view of his re lapse the coordinating council named two acting - deputy pre nuers. Deputy Premier Constantin Tsaldaris, a populist is now in Paris at the United Nations meet ing. The two acting deputies are Petro Mavromihalis, populist min ister of the navy, and Constantin Rentis, liberal. Sophoulis, a liberal, was strick en by a heart attack in the midst of guiding his government over a still critical political period. He was revived by oxygen and injec tions but was not removed from his office. His doctors said this morning his general condition was improv ng, but this evening he had a se cond attack. The doctors later said the crisis of the second attack was receding, and they thought he would recover. U. S. Ambas sador Henry F. Grady called per sonally to inquire after his condi tioh. Inauguration Seats Costly WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-UP-At least 5,000 seats for the big parade of 1949 - - the inauguration of President Truman --will be av ailable at $2 a copy. But Chairman Melvid P. Hil- dreth said today that costs of put ting on the show are running higher than the inaugural commit' tee expected. As a result he said, the choicer seats must go into the higher price brackets. He said he "hopes" to keep the top at $10. Hildreth said there will be about 40,000 seats available when Mr. Truman rides to the capitol to take the oath of office on January 20. compared with 20.000 at the last big inaugural parade for Fran klin O. Roosevelt in 1941. Due to the war, no parade was held in 1945. The late President Roose velt was sworn in at the White House. Return of Frosty Weather Forecast Return of frosty mornings to the Willamette .was predicted Thursday night by 4 the Salem weather bureau. Bat the weather man 9 lso promisea warmer day time temperatures. ! - . ; , Early hour drivers JMdaymorn Ing were slowed , by slick patches of highway, with the state pour reporting sanding operations south of Monmouth and at Harrisburg. . A low of 28 degrees was predict ed for the Salem area Saturday morning. Patches of sunshine Fri day were expected to rai the af ternoon high to near SO degrees. mm Pric Se No, 220 Unions to Vote on Contracts SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 25 (resettlement of the ! west and east coast maritime strikes was agreed upon to day by ship owners and union officers. y . In each case the settle ment must be ratified by the union memberships. The west coast strike, involving CIO longshoremen and four other unions, was in its 85th day. Settle ment was announced tonight be tween employers and the , long shore union. J . J , Earlier, in New Vork, an agree ment was reached on the IS-day-old strike between ship owners and union officials representing 65;000 AFL longshoremen. ; The most important terms of the west coast agreement: ' 1. A 15 cent hourly wage In crease, eiiecuve upon worn re sumption. The j union had i asked for 15 cents, bringing the base pay to $1.82 per hour. The employ era had offered 10 tents. ; 3-Year Contract 2. A three-year contract te June 15, 1951. 3. Agreement; to operate under a long-range peace plan. 4. National CIO underwriting of contracts. ' S 5. Improved grievance machin ery. ' i 6. Increased Vacation benefits. 7. A designated day off each week, nine hour maximum shift and an 8 am. starting time. Bridges Sigma ' Signing the 1 Joint announce ment were longshore chief Harry B r id g e s, employer negotiators Dwight C. Steele and Colonel John Kilpa trick, and I R. J. Thomas, na tional CIO representative. The Pacific American Steam ship association must still settle with the CIO marine cooks and stewards, the independent fire men and the CIO radio operators. An agreement was reached some time-ago with the marine engin eers, but it was contingent upon settlement with! the other unions. East coast terms: 1. A 13-cent i hourly wage In crease, retroactive to August 21 when previous contracts expired. The longshoremen's previous low est demand was 25 cents an hour increase. The employers had or iginally offered 1 10 cents. Straight daytime pay was $1.73 an hour. 2. A welfare plan of undisclos ed scope.' I ' Z. Retention of the traditional twice-a-day 'shapeup' or " work call, with the guarantee of four hours work for men called to work only once in a single day. 4. Extra vacation benefits. Increase In Night Fay 5. An increase of 19 M cents hourly in the present night Week end and over time pay rale of $2.62 H, retroactive to Aug. 21. ,j The terms were accepted by ne gotiating committees headed by Joseph P. Ryari, president of the International Longshoremen's as sociation, and I John V. Lyon, chairman of the New York Ship ping association, representing em ployers, s . i ; Nearly $30,000,000 worth i of Marshall plan cargo has piled up as a result of the east coast strike. . On the west Coast the tieup hag cost an employer-estimated $4, 000,000 per dayf France to Accept Ruhr Board Bid PARIS, Nov. 23 -OP)- France will accept quickly Secretary of State Marshall's offer of an im mediate voice In supervision of Ruhr industries, a government spokesman said tonight. The spokesman hailed as a step in the right direction" the invitation to France, extended yesterday by Marshall, to take part in controlling Ruhr steel and coal industries even though the French tone of ; Germany has not oined the British-American zonal union. n? SHOP PINO ! 3) PAYS LEFT I CH&3TMAS SZMJ m e m . j . . i r--;i: 1 0T . 0 .