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i - f ' : 1 Salem 's Russell Brooks Rests " From Long (Consulate Service; Says World Laborers on Rise By Winston H. Taylor - Sua Writer. The Statesman "I don't think war is in the cards at present, but we cannot continue to plug up every hole In the dam we're erecting against communism, Russell Brooks, re tired consul-general, told The Statesman Monday. -Brooks and his wife have re turned to Salem following his re tirement from the consular serv ice, in which he spent 31 years. They do not expect to settle here, but for now are visiting his mother, Mrs. Mildred Robertson, and aunt, Mabel Robertson. Europeans and many Americans on that continent "felt all the time that Truman would be elect ed," said Brooks, "because the world movement is to the left and the U. S. is not big enough to change the course." Everything for a long time to come, he as serted, will be -tinged with what labor is going to do. Labor he de scribed as "coming into its own." To remain, there, he added, it needs only good common sense so it will not atagonize publim opin ion. ' Already A War The fight against communism is already a war, said Brooks, in the loss of lives on the Berlin airlift, In the cost of European recovery measures and in waste. "Russia is counting on time" to aid it, he averred, since it costs the U. S. plenty to stop revolutionary move ments which cost them nothing." However, he feels that neither country wants war and that Rus sia is not able to wage war at the present. He described Russian work as an attempt to break down the U. S. economic fibre and ma lie Ame ricans easier pray for communism. If an economic crisis comes and the U. S. is unable to continue aid 0S333OB It seemed ' something artificial, during the- late campaign, when the papox-.-xeprted that Candi date Dewey was in regular com munication with John - Foster Dulles, U. S. delegate to UN, over matters of foreign policy. In fact, Dulles flew back once for a per sonal conference with Dewey. At the same time, of course. Secre tary Marshall, head of the dele gation, was reporting to Presi dent - and Candidate - Truman. This was explained as part of oui bipartisan foreign policy. Proba bly it was; but it seemed anomal ous. The complex is continued with President Truman's appoint ment of Dulles as head of the del egation during Marshall's absence. A sage remark in politics is that our differences should end at the water's edge. But is that a rule always to be followed? If there are differences of opinion bout our foreign policy should they not be threshed out in all the forums available. Otherwise, whatever policy the administra tion adopts, good or . bad, would have to be accepted without pro test. That dosen. t make sense. When the next congress con venes, will foreign policy be de clared "off limits" for controver sial discussion? Or will it be thrown open for debate? In the British house of com mans there is unlimited debate on matters of foreign policy, and the opposition may press the govern ment so hard it is forced to re sign if it cannot convince com mons its policy is sound. In the Interval between the wars, Win ston Churchill was a frequent and sharp critic of the Baldwin and Chamberlain failure to rearm in the face of the; rising menace of Hitler. No arm-in-arm stuff there. We want internal unity, to be sure,' and our country must back up its government when the chips are down; but in the determina tion of policy there ought to be ample and informed discussion. The 81st congress gives an oppor tunity to review both the methods and the aims of bur foreign pol icy; and it should be used. Bi partisanship should not mean sup pression of debate. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "l reslly dca't eaf much, doc tor, ccutd H b aUnds?" TJQJUJUCg t iWS 1" I ft " ' - h mi ir --- t n mil' J ---t iVi.tirl RUSSELL BROOKS ij to European nations' rehabilita tion, then "Russia can step in." Because of that, he said, French officials have not been enthusias tic about ERP, for fear that in rebuilding too much dependence would 1 be placed on American strength. U. N. Strengthened The 1 United Nations organiza tion is! stronger now than in its early stages, believes the former consul,;! for strong "nationalism is on the way out." However, he stresses that "the questions aren't as one sided as we attempt to show. Jf we were in the minority we'd buck, too, and use the veto." Regarding France, where he has spent jthe most recent years in government service, Brooks says the reds are trying to wreck the national economy impoverish the land and make the people turn communist, but "honestly, I don't think they're succeeding." Brooks characterizes Gen. Char les DeGaulle as strictly honest and Board Approves For Remodeling Remodeling of Parrish Junior high school Is to be done before next fall by Viesko and Post, Salem contracting firm which entered low bid of $362,618 to the Salem district school board Monday night at tne puonc school administration building. The project will add an auditorium and gymnasium, and will con vert the present gym into a girls' Many Attend Candy School; ! By Maxlne Buren Woman's Editor. The Statesman It was standing room only, and not even that, at the candymaking school of E. Remington Daven port held at the Portland Gas and Coke company and sponsored by The Oregon Statesman Monday af ternoon! and evening. Though only two kinds of candy were actually turned out and com pleted, a host of ideas such as only the professional candymaker knows, jwere given during the lec ture. He discussed the cause and pre vention of candy "turning to su gar," and told about the import ance of washing the sides down, and why some recipes say "cook without stirring." A discussion on sugar, glucose and the use of the candy thermometer was held. Today's program, at 1:30 and repeated at 7:30, will include af terdinner mints and English tof fee, j: The show is free, and open to the public. Pamphlets and larger books containing formuli and sug gestions may be purchased if de sired. Christmas Spirit Clears City's Jail City jpolice Monday afternoon were speculating over a wave of good conduct which apparently settled jn Salem. Only sfive offenders were serv ing sentences in the city jail, the smallest! number in months. One sergeant credited the lack of misdemeanors to the coming of santa ciaus. et Slump To Close Mill MILL I CITY. Nov. 29 Mill City Manufacturing company, em ploying 60 men and in continuous operation for the last 12 years, win close down Tuesday, Novem ber 30, for an indefinite time be cause of the slump in the lumber marxet. This ras confirmed here today by Willis Potter, general manag er, who isaid length of the shut down was indefinite and depend ed upon market conditions. "We do not Want to cut high priced lumber for a low priced sales." r Jurisdiction Question Delays" 'EndC of Strike - . SAN FtRANCISCd, Nov. 29 (P Ther was no clear end in sight to night fori the West Coast martime strike tie-up which is 90 days old tomorrow. Although the CIO Longshore un ion over; the weekend ratified a new dock contract, the sea-going unions still were in conference with shipowners, or win the case of the nonrstriklng AFL sailors waiting for settlement of jurisdictional questional Closes Today Mark sincere and thinks he will be In power eventually and by legal means. However, DeGaulle is strongly nationalist and will be hard to get along with, he re minded. Home again after more than a year at Bordeaux, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are "amazed" at the large amount of goods available in the stores "and so many of them useless." Plans For Future He hopes to continue In some type of international political ac tivity, and would regret if he could not employ somewhere the benefit of his experience in France. Sorr writing may also be in the future, drawing from long experience in the foreign service. Plans for the Brooks now are to settle in Cali fornia. Mrs. Brooks, who is a native of France but now a U. S. citizen, says she thinks Salem the prettiest American city she has seen. The last day of November will mean the end oi tne consular service job that began at the end of World War I. In 1918, after graduation from University of Oregon and Willamette university law school ,he was appointed as vice consul at Rotterdam, then went to Newcastle on Tyne, Lon don and Dresden. Becoming a con sul in 1928, he was sent to Belfast, back to London, Curacao, Johan nesburg, Capetown and Durbin. He came home in January, 1942 for several weeks and then was assigned to the hot spot of Casa blanca, where in November the Allied forces invaded North Afri ca. After World War II he was sent to Lyon, France. He visited here in June, 1947 and at that time received word of his promo tion to consul general at Bordeaux, France. $362,616 Bid Parrish School gym and a cafeteria. Seven bids opened last night ranged from 13 to 30 per cent over the year-old estimate of $325,000 ofr the pro ject. Board members accepted the bid after ruling out alternate fea tures for paving work and exca vation for the court between buildings - - a savings of $5,069. Other comparable bids ranged up to $416,982, from Henry G. Carl, Carl Halvorson, . E. Batterman, all of Salem; Pacific Coast Con struction Co., Vancouver, Wash.; Charles J. Johnson and Malarkey Sc Moore, both of Portland. The board made a tentative plan to split its pending $1,500, 000 bond sale for expansion pro jects into $750,000 sections, to en courage more bids but final action must await the next regular meet ing December 14. Attorney Elmer Amundson told the board its request for vacation of part of Alder street near Les lie school will be opposed by pr perty owners he represents unless an alternate street is provided to service the rapidly growing resi dential section there. He offered the board for $1,600 two lots of 50-foot width which, he said, would make an acceptable street for the area. The board said its attorney would study the offer. Board members approved a re quest from Eola school district in Polk county that its 19 pupils of seventh and eighth grades be ad mitted on a tuition basis to the West Salem junior high school, due to Eola district overcrowding. Mrs. Fay Troth was approve as an assigned substitute teacher to replace Mrs. Mary Long who resigned from her teaching post at Garfield school. Recruit Groups May Combine In One Office Recruiting facilities of the army, navy, air force and marine corps in Salem may be combined into a single central office after the first of the year, it was "reported to day. CoL Raymond Hay, director of the local army and air force re cruiting office, revealed he had been working on a unification plan for several weeks. "We cannot continue the offices of the various services here, how ever, until more space is avail able," CoL Hay said. "We may have a plan worked out by Janu ary 1 but I doubt it." The army and air force already are combined in the postoffice building. The navy recruiters oc cupy a room on the upper floor of the building. Marine corps headquarters are in the McGil christ building. Most pressing need in his of fice. Col. Hay reported, is a room where prospective enlistees may take written examinations in com parative quiet. A room is provid ed for that purpose, CoL Hay said, but it is shared by the navy, civic service commission and the Mar ion county agent. KING GEORGE IStPROVES LONDON, Nov. 29 HJPY- Doc tors said today the general health of King George VI has shown im provement and "there is less cause for immediate anxiety regarding the right foot. 88th Yar 12 PAGES DU'&SDUeod cfepsiDDes Tru Aides Set ERP Plan WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-JP)- "A vigorous program for Euro pean recovery was mapped today in a White House conference be tween President Truman and three top aides. That outline of the 45-minute talk came from W. Averell Har riman, roving ambassador for the European recovery administra tion. Paul G. Hoffman, ECA chief, described the conference ; as a "very "interesting" one, devoted to general ECA matters in western Europe. The third man in on the dis cussion was Secretary of State Marshall, author of the U. S. plan to help Europe with billions in grants and loans pegged to a self help basis. Last Friday President Truman authorized use of the full $4,000, 000,000 in Marshall plan grants by next April 2. The choice of this date, three months earlier than it could have been, means that con gress wtjll be asked for about $1,-250,000,-000 more to carry the re covery program through next June 30. Also today, Senator Connally (D-Texas) predicted on his own authority that the Russian land blockade of Berlin "will be lifted soon." Connally will be chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in the new congress. He visited Europe this falL Connally told a news conference "There is bound to be a way out" of the deadlock over Berlin. He said the argument over circula tion of Russian currency in Ber lin does not justify the cost of the allied airlift supplying the city and does not "relieve us of any threats of conflict." Connally called for joint control of any currency distributed in Berlin. He also called for steps toward peace conference on Germany and Italy, but said that "There should be no treaty until the Rus sians lift the Berlin blockade." McKay Resigns Senator Post Governor-elect Douglas McKay Monday said his resignation from the state senate was mailed to Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry and should reach him Tuesday morning. Senator McKay said he has de layed his resignation until com pletion of his work on the legisla tive interim committee on high ways and highway revenues. The Marion county court is ex pected to meet in a week or 10 days to pick McKay's successor in the senate. There is no indication as to who will get the job, with about 20 names being mentioned. UPRISING THWARTED GUATEMALA, Guatemala. Nov. 29 -VP- A government minister said tonight authorities in Puerto Barrios, chief seaport of Guate mala, had captured arms and am munition and prevented what ap parently was a plot to seize the city's military base. man, County's First Postwar Draftees Leave for Service 1 '- m sr 'W a 3 W if 0 1 It was a cold, dark meriting Monday when the first contingent ef Salem draftees met at the bus depot at seph Beyer, ML Angel route I, f a. m. en their way te indaetloa la Portland. Shewn Jest before board ins their bns'are. front row, left, box 111; Ernest Henry Miller. 153 to right. Robert J. Hacek, Floyd K. Sanson. Joseph N. Gerspacher; and Francis J. Beyer. Back row. S. High st, Salem; Joseph Nicho left to right. Richard J. Cremer. Robert G. Kcsehnlck. Ernest T. Thompson. Alfred H. Bahnoen. and . las Gerrpacher. Sublimity. The tat- Joseph H. Annen. Standing at right Is Ernest H. Miller, temporarily roll. (Photo by Dost DilL Statesman The) Ongcn Statesman, Satan, Oregon, Tuesday. Welcome Carpet Ready For Madame hiang,but Aid for China Doubtful WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -)- The U.S. roped out the carpet for visiting Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek today, but her chances for getting all-out aid for her husband s gov ernment looked doubtful. The generalissimo's wife is due in Washington Wednesday. Dre- HONOLULU, Nov. 29 -4JPy-Madame Chiang Kai-Shek left Honolulu by plane at 8:20 p.m. tonight enroute to Wash ington to plead for Increased American aid for China's be leaguered nationalist govern ment. sumably to ask this country to underwrite the hard-pressed Chi nese governments war against communists. There was no hint that the ad ministration looks with sympathy on her unofficial errand. Communist nTroops Wear China Capital NANKING, Tuesday. Nov. SO the growing peril to this capital of Chin today. Overloaded power cut out the The government's Suchow garnsoit was ordered to withdraw Bakfr sub8tation in northeast Sa from the besieged city and rescue an ehtire army group trapped by jem early Monday night, blacking communist iroops, dui gave no inuicaiiai si compijuig. The Central Daily News, a Portland Dock Area Shaken by Gas Explosion PORTLAND. Ore, Nov. 2-(JP) A-waterfront blast shook a four mile square area of the city to night, demolished one tnmaing and set fire to stacked lumper. One man was thrown 200 feet when the blast shattered a frame Portland dock commission office. He was not critically hurt, but suf fered burns and shock. Firemen had the blazing half block sector of debris and dock piled lumber under control an hour after the explosion. A con crete vault portion of the build ing remained intact. Damage to the dock facilities was estimated at under $75,000. . Gas mains in the area were dis rupted and flames flicked from -the ground under nearby railroad tracks and riverfront pavement cracks. Police cordoned off the, rone while firemen worked. Firemen on the scene said Wal ter Kratt reported he stepped into the dock commission office, smell ed gas and flipped on an electric light. The explosion fol lowed. Butter Prices Due for Two-cent Jump Tuesday PORTLAND, Nov. 29- (P?) -Wholesale butter prices are due to rise two cents a pound on two top grades and one cent on grade B pound prints here tomorrow. Trade sources said it reflected a 2 and S cent rise in Chicago and New York market.. staff photographer.) s c AS. OUNDB o 1651 ; : t i However, President Truman's former personal plane, the Sacred CowJ will fly her to the capital from! San Francisco on Wednes day. Secretary of State and Mrs, Marshall have Invited her to be their! house guest at their nearby Lees burg, Va., home. The plans to receive her as the distinguished- wife of the chief ex ecutife of a friendly government were' announced without comment by tie state department As j a special pleader for a na tionai cause, madame Chiang is put by top administration offi cials J on a par with Winston Churthill, Britain's war leader. But they have made it clear pri vately they lack enthusiasm for her dew mission at a time when Mr. Truman and Secretary Mar shall are facing a knotty and pain ful decision. - TVQfficial dispatches pointed up KuonlinUng (government party) newspaper, reponea waay com- munists had captured the town of Kouanchen on the north bank of 4, , . . .. the Yangtze rievr, only 65 miles east fof Nanking, on Sunday but natiqnalists recovered it the fol- lowing day. It was believed the reds at Kou- anchen were local troopers with whiHh th aroa has hn Ion in- f..t) Y-rrt fnr un fnravi agaiwt railroad lines, it was the deepest penetration yet by commu- nistsj battling to drive the nation. alistl out of Nanking. J . , . , . . . inc iaxe oi inis ingnienea cap- ltal P1 on,th, bility -- or wuungness oi uic ,uuu. manf Suchow force to quit its fort- ress;211 miles northwest of Nan- king! Latest battlefront dispatches said the government's 12th army group to close it because nearly every- totalling about 140,000 men one along the line failed to dis was j encircled by communists 67 connect appliances, miles south of Suchow and 145 The affected area is bounded mile northwest of Nanking. Little by Garnet and Thompson streets defense remained on the route to ?n the west and east and by Mad- Nanking, . . . . .... xi, group, uuniui vo wc wc.- equipped suenvw garrisun, iuu marenea irom nanitow on wie soutnwesi xo neip aeiena ucnow, oniyj to iau into a rea net Tree only details given were that the group, under Gen. Huang Wei, stranded on cold stoves. Those for was south of the Kwei river, 12 tunate enough to have dinners miles north of communist - held cooked were forced to eat by can- Suhsien. Communist general Liuldlelight Po-Cheng was the foe. Weather SALEM Portland Willamette river 6 2 feet. Forecast (from IT. S. weather bureau. McKary field. Salem): Cloudy with rain I thia morn in, becoming partly cloudy tonight with showers. High to day 46. low tonight 33. TAI.EM F-KECiriTATIO (From Sept. 1 t Not. M) This Year La it Year Average 12JI9 13.93 10.4J S i ff t) ri . Imi charge of thm (reap, reading j, Max. Mln. Precip 4 11 .SI sa San Francisco 58 5 Chicaro 44 Jl New ! York 40 J7 M 4 s,' " Normbw 30. 1948 Fife Emissary 7 . WASHINGTON. Nev. 29 Madame Chiang Kai-shek, (above) will arrive here Wednesday te seek American aid for the beleag uered Chinese Nationalist rev eminent. She will be a hens guest of Secretory sad Mrs. George Marshall during ber stay. Taxed Power r:nps rflllSft AreaBIackout ou homes in about 80 blocks in the area during the dinner hour. Fred G. Starrett. division man- ager of Portland General electric company, said the power failure set in about 5:55 and lasted through 7 p m He attributed the overload to ex- cessive use of electricity during the critical evening period. Less than a week ago the company warned all customers they must conserve electricity during the early evening hours if power fail ure? ucJ.Monday niht, wer to- vrte?" , , . . . Starrett also pointed out that f" uld ;"v rtond in the area within fifteen minutes aftef the failure if customers had disconnected unnecessary appli- ancef until tne power was restor ed. He said the sub-station switch I was cut out at least 10 time Mon- day night when crews attempted ison ana u streets on tne nortn and south sides. The Baker sub- station ig ited on Baker street Botn tne n. and The statesman were flooded by tele phone calls from unhappy house- wives who had half-cooked meals Starrett emphasized that more similar power failures will occur during the winter months unles Slem residents make a concerted effort to cut down Use of elec tricity during the ctitical early evening hours.' He said Monday night's load must have been "ter rific": to cause the sub-station to cut out. MARINES IN CHINA TS1NGTAO, China, Nov.-29-UP) Some 1,200 mo-e "- marines arrived at this American naval: base from uuam ti . y vi the , Navy transport Bayfield. Ten Marion Men In Initial Group Set for Induction 1 With the high probability that all will soon be in army uniform. 10 Marion county young men left Salem' Monday morning as the county's first contingent in the new military draft. They were given final examin ations Monday at the Portland sr my 'induction station. They are in the 24-25 year age group. Representing the selective ser vice board in giving the youths a sendoff at the bus depot was Hans Hofstetter, board chairman. : When sworn into the army they will be sent to Fort Ord, Calif., for basic training as the beginning of their 21 months service. In the group leaving Monday were the following: Richard Joseph Cremer, Stay ton route 1, box 257: Joseph Hen ry Annen, ML Angel rout 1, box 92; -Robert Jerry Hacek, Salem route $. box 243; Robert George Kuschnick, Gervais route lr r.r nest Theodore Thompson, 403 N. Church st.. Silverton; Alfred Hen ry Bahnsen, Salem route 0, ' box 138; Floyd Richard RansW 1243 Chemeketa St., Salem: Francis Jo- ter was transfer from his regis- tration in Washington county. -'" No. 123 a Execution To, Await Decision . Br Borer D. Green! WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -eV Two wartime Japanese jleadera, , condemned to die as wsf crimi nals, mad, an eleventh - hour ap peal for their lives to the- United States supreme court today. The high court previously turn ed down similar appeals by Ger mans convicted at th Nilernberf war crimes trials. ! The condemned Japanese arei Gen. Kenjl Dohihara, .64, nick named the "bird of evilj omen by Chinese who dreaded fhis ex ploits as the Japanese army's un dercover agent in China and Man churia. ! f Former premier Kokl Hirota. 7C; who helped engineer Japan's pre Pearl Harbor war plans. ; 1 Five other Japanese war lead ers, including Former i Premier Hideki Tojo, 63. are alsoj await ing execution following thlir con viction by an international mili tary tribunal. No appeals were fil ed on their behalf. American attorneys i to Dohi hara and Hirota filed petitions asking thej supreme court,; to re view the sentences of death by hanging. They asked that the exe cutions be stayed and healings be held here, j : ' f g Appeals on behalf of five other Japanese, yho were convicted of war crimes but given only prison sentences Will be filed later, the attorneys Said. ' The supreme court is scheduled to meet again Dec. 6. There was no indication as to when it will act, however. ' j i 1 TOKYO. Tuesday, Nov.! SO-iTr General Douglas Mac Arthur said today condemned Japanese war leaders would "certainly frof be executed while appeals are pend ing before the United States su preme court '-it He did not specify whefher the execution 4t all seven sentenced to the gallows or only the two who appealed would be delayed Among those waiting to die is f Hldek 1 Tojo, Japan's Pearl Harbor pre mier. The statement Issued by Mac Arthur's public Information office "id: . f "In reply to a query from the press as to Whether the condemned Japanese war criminals would be executed before action could be taken on -appeal to the supreme court of th United States, Gener al MacArthur categorically "replied 'certainfy not'.' f t . 1 This was 1 the full text fof thm announcement. Headauarteri offi cers did not amplify if immediate ly. There was no mention 'of any stay of execution, although Mac Arthur undoubtedly will Use this legal form to hold up the I hang ings. . r . hi No announcement has ever been made on the date set for the exe cutions. It had been thought likely the former warlords would die sometime this week. Thej? were sentenced Nov. 12 by the interna- tionai military tribunal. Oeneral MacArthur; affirmed all sentences. Sixteen others were givfn life imprisonment and two received shorter terms. . Hi Walsli Claim Edge in Senate o I President Race PORTLAND, Nov. 29 Sen. William E. Walsh of Coos Bay as serted today he was holding-the lead in the race for the presidency of the state senate. ! He said the claims of his oppon ent. Sen. Carl Engdahl of Pendle ton, were exaggerated. Engdahl's supporters insist they have (14 to 15 pledges i f Walsh said he had 13( and nam ed them. Normally 16 are r-'4-d, but Senator-elect Richard L. Neu berger, Portland democrai r.as said he will abstain. I Walsh listed his pledges as: Al lan G. Carson. Sr!fm; f f . Chase, Eugene; Thomas Parkinson. Roseburg; William J ... Mediord; Marie Wilcox. Grants Pass; Dean Walker, Independence; Eugene March, McMinnville; aul Patterson, HULsboro. Howard Bel- ton, Canby; Jack Lynch, Portland; Irving Rand. Portland; Austin Dunn, Baker. His own vote would make the 13th. CHOPPINO I PAYS tEFrJ 1 JSVil'" STs W jW- 1 Pries- Sc 2a J s