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n i - OTP OTTOS TCDCEGCS a tv.-rW nn SB fi (fair employ Mnt nrartices) will be held at the . n;rfVt Th bill seeks to Implement public policy which I. AmtinA as fallflWi: It hereby is declared to be the public policy of this state to iuswi the employment of all persons in - .wx43nM with their fullest rvarrlles5 of their race, color, creed, national origin M .nxrtt- inH to safeguard their right to obtain and hold employ ment wxtnout sucn aucnmui. tion." , m na imrVin accents the Chris tian philosophy of the brotherhood of man or the conception of a free democratic society will defend dis crimination based on the accident of color or race or in the ordinary pursuits of life on his choice of creed. Yet between practice and performance there is a wide gulf. , The negro race particularly sui ters from job. discrimination- Con demned eenerallv to menial tasks (porters, waiters. Janitors, domes tic servants) negroes nna u nara to rise above this level of emDlOT- ment. Some get a good education. may learn a profession out usuai lv the 'nnW outlet thev find Is in serving their own racevThe door 'to employment or calls from the white race is shut. Many yews feel that they are discriminated gainst, and Indians, .Mexicans and Immigrant groups, fc , YT" - , ' The method Invoked to end dis crimination resemDies tnat . (Continued on Editorial page) -Nanking Battle Near as Reds ze NANKING. Tuesday. Jan. 25-UP1 Usually informed d i p 1 o m a tic sources said today there is every appearance" tnat the Chinese gov ernment has decided to abandon Nanking and move Its ministries to Canton. Red patrols already are on the norm bank of the Yangtze. . - In the few instances that re sponsible ""Chinese officials could . be located, they denied that a for mal order to transfer the govern ment had : yet been . issued but they declined to say- this for di rect attribution. Earlier, rumors swept the city tnat a definite order closed gov rnment ofXicc today but, these could not be confirmed. The city was aware there' Is nothing to stop the reds. Nanking Is on the south bank of the Yang tze, across from ' Pukow the railhead for points to. the north. .Nationalist efforts . to seek ac- ceptable surrender terms , were complicated, yesterday by the withdrawal southward of Gener alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's "per sonaT troops from the Nanking- Shanghai area. .Reliable sources reported a short time later that Li Tsung-Jen had ordered - 80,000 troops per sonally loyal to him to hurry to the capital from the Hankow area, to the west 1 PETPING7 Tuesday. Jan. 25-UP, A special representative of China's acting president, Li Tsung-Jen said today Li had approved the Peiplng surrender settlement and thought it could be well used as a model - for bringing peace to other: areas. - Peiping surrendered to the com munists Saturday under a local' lzed , agreement permitting face- saving on both sides. North Lights On View Here Clear, cold skies gave some Sa lem residents a view of the au rora borealis or "northern lights' Monday night and early risers today were promised a good dis play. . Several persons , reported the glow in the northwest Monday evening, thinking it was a large fire. The Salem weather bureau reported the light reflected from the arctic rone was visible for about four hours during the eve ning. Dr. J. Hugh Pruett, astronomer at University of Oregon observa tory in Eugene, was optimistic over chances for a good display before dawn today. The lights were visible as far south as northern California and east to Fargo, N. D. - Animal Crackers BV WARREN GOODRICH "Would . you mind tearing? f re got a reputation at stake." tleacn lansft mm iWin , Auto By House By Wendell Webb Manas ins Editor. The Statesman A new plan of licensing passen ger automobiles, designed to save the state an estimated $300,000 a year, was over its first legisla tive hurdle today. j The house, with only one dis senting vote, Monday passed and sent to the senate Secretary of State Earl Newbry program to The repesee' faJr .em play neat practice! measare will Stoeassea ia a stabile heariag laj the ttaaU ehajahers teaJsaS at S p'ctock. The kill wa!4 are-Tent any empleyer er bIm fraaa diserlmiaaUas acaiast a Joe applicant aeeaae ef race, creed r color. J issue permanent license plates to owners, rather than to cars, and to stagger renewal dates by months throughout the year. It was esti mated $1,500,000 could be saved in five years. 1 - The house also passed measures letting school districts) continue to incur indebtedness ip to 10 per cent (instead of 5 per cent) of their assessed valuation, and calling for an interim committee to study the feasibility of providing low-cost housing for veterans' of World Wars I and II and the Spanish American war. . -J The senate passed its first bills of the session Monday. They in cluded those permitting, but not requiring, ; licenses for practical nurses, and increasing! from $3,000 to $3,000 the lien and liability ex emption against homesteads. New bills' were entered both in the house and senate, but Speaker Frank Van Dyke ob serving that fewer bills had been introduced thus far than at the comparable time two years ago warned that after the first 25 days all bills must have the consent of the rules committee to introduc tion "and the committee will be tough. The 25 days are up Feb ruary 3. Pay Bill Kepert Doe i Introduced in the house Monday were measures to continue the' $20 monthly pay increase to state em ployes (an earlier bill did not in clude all of them), and to relieve employers of the necessity of re porting state tax data on employes earning less than $100 a year. Rep. Henry Semon of the house ways -and means committee said his committee would have a for mal report on both pay bills to day, and there was every Indica tion it would be favorable. Among new bills in the senate was one by 'Sen. Richard Neu berger of Portland asking that all state lands be sold only to the highest bidder. Heretofore, only timber has thus been handled. The board of control recently had con siderable argument over the sale ox Deschujes county land on oth er man a ma oasis. Deschutes Bill Expected All set to provide new fireworks, it appeared Monday, was the fish commission's bill, seeking to pre vent building of power dams on the Deschutes river. Introduction was expected today. ; Meanwhile, committees were re porting considerable progress one way or another. There were unofficial reports that measures providing for a lieutenant gover nor and for lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 were having a rough time.: No formal reports on them have been issued. Both houses will have several of their own bills up for final ac tion today. Four forest measures will be voted on in the senate, and six measures will face the house, including those doubling the edu cation aid for veterans and levy ing a personal property tax on vehicles not used solely for trans portation (such as cement mixers). lne nouse and senate will re sume at 10 a. m. today. (Additional details pages 3-4) France Okehs Jewish State" LONDON. Jan. 24 -(iiP)-Israel tonight won a major victory in her battle for world recognition as a new nation. The logjam of diplomatic oppo sition began to crumble when France recognized the vouns Jewish state and the British cabi net decided to take similar action within the next few days. Aus tralia and New Zealand are ex pected to go along with Britain. .The sudden flood of expected recognitions would remove most obstacles from Israel's applica tion for Tnembership in the United Nations. - Twenty-three nations, includinc the United States and Russia. now have "recognized Israel. Broader Controls Over Rent Sought As Deadline: Near WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 -tfV An administration bill calling for broader and tougher federal con trols Over rents for .another two years was handed congress today. and leaders put a hurry-up tag on it 4 The present law is scheduled to expire March 31. The new bill was introduced by Senator Maybank (D-SC) . and Rep. Spence (D-Ky.). It I would continue controls through March 31, 1951, and would give the housing expediter now Tlghe EL Woods powers he does not now have. These would include authority to reimpose rental ceilings on pre viously decontrolled areas, on apartment .' hotels, on quarters which have 'been covered by so- called voluntary leases, and on some quarters newly converted to housing purposes. 1 ' - I 1 i roved t. App sxssiO 88th Yocrr 12 PAGES City Bus Line Sets Terminal City Transit Lines will establish a downtown Commercial street bus terminal with waiting room facili ties as a result of city council ac tinn Mnnriav nieht. Although a subject for discus sion for more than two years, uiu waiting ronm DroDOsal of the bus lines came as a surprise in the council's final consideration oi fcnM declined to imDrove down town bus loading and unloading facilities, n,. waiting mom will be ad jacent to the new Quisenberry pharmacy at Commercial and Court streets and will include pub lic rest rooms for which the city agreed to move in plumbing from the basement oi me duuouib which housed a wartime usu cen Principal bus parking area will be moved north from the present vt at State and Commercial streets, and now will include 170 feet on the east side of the street, from Court street to the middle of the block. On the other side of Commercial at Court the bus lines will have an 80-foot snace. Five other downtown loading zones are designated, each a 50-foot zoner at intersections of Chemeketa and tltwrf fhemek-eta and Hitfh. Court and Liberty. State ana tugn and Liberty and State streets. The move on Commercial street was first proposed when Salem Haraware protested ine waiting ernwd in front of Its store near the State street intersection. Vir tually all other merchants in that area submitted a petition favor in Vina inn an State atreet. around the corner from present a . a . a. a . a location, out uus proposal was lost. Firemen Hours Cut on July 1; Franchise Let Working hours for city firemen win be shortened to 63 per week on July 1 when a voter - approved new tax levy will finance em ployment of additional firemen, ft was decided Monday night by the city council. Fire Chief W. P. Roble stated in a letter that most of the fire men agreed in a meeting that they will continue to work 84 hour shifts until then on the un derstanding they later will receive time - off credit for the time worked over the new 63 - hour limit between January 1 and Ju ly 1. This compromise settled on is sue prompted by Salem voters' ap proval of the new hour schedule, effective January 1, and the new tax, effective July 1. City Manager J. L. Franzen ad ded to the proposal which the council finally adopted the addi tion of two more new firemen in July making 19 new men to facilitate the "repayment of time to present firemen "who ewill accrue an extra 23 days of leave each. . Franzen said salary for the two additional men could be financed through the tax, and the men would be needed in another year, anyway, as the fire department expands. In other major action last night the council passed into law the enabling bill which enfranchises Salem Electric, a cooperative dis tributing 'Bonneville electric pow er, as prescribed by Salem voters in the November general election. But aldermen reduced from 20 to 5 years the term of the franchise which Salem Electric drafted. In another "power" bill, the council passed into law the pro vision that license fee for all elec tric utilities will be 3 per cent of their gross revenue. They amend ed the bill before passage to in sert a PGE - requested clause to exempt non - collectible accounts and make other minor changes. Cub Lessons Get Practice MT. ANGEL. Jan. 24-Donald Schmidt, 9-year-old Cub scout, was given credit here today for having saved his 5-year-old bro ther, David, from serious burns when the younger boy's clothing caught fire from trash burning in the yard. Donald ordered David to roll on the ground and the flames were extinguished. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Schmidt. Mrs. Schmidt asked Donald how he knew what to do for David, and he informed her "I learned that in my cub scout meeting. David suffered only one burn on his leg and it was not serious. Kl Tho Oregon Navy Airport Lease Approved Council Actions Many; Advisors Urged for Field By Robert E. Gangware City Editor, Th Statesman Salem city council Monday night agreed to meet the navy's terms, for leasing facilities at Sa lem airport for a naval air re serve training program, over the strenuous protests of Salem Air service. This was one of four highly controversial matters the council tackled and apparently disposed of in a 3 H-hour session at city The city council took plenty f digs in controversial matters last niht bat worked ap a big smile at a Portland EKsaaane so ciety report that Salem's is the best Sog; pound in the state. hall which drew the first over flow crowd of nearly 200 to the new city council chambers. In other decisions, the council put into effect a franchise for Salem Electric, approved a city dus lines plan to establish a waiting room terminal on Com mercial street and settled fire men's hours by agreeing to leave time credits for work over the new 63-hour weekly limit set by voters until a new tax levy can finance additional firemen July 1 (See stories in column 3.) Navy Terms Agreed The navy's offer is for a one- year lease, at $2,000 annual rent, for the following facilities on the east side of the Salem airport Hangar and apron, two 25.000-eal- lon gas tanks, a 20 by 100-foot building behind the hangar and the building now occupied by United Air Lines (but latter is not to be vacated, immediately). The council agreed to accent this offer contingent upon the navy's agreement to paint, repair and install a heating system in the hangar and to otherwise keep me iacuiues up to navy standard. Opposition came principally from John Hughes, operator of aiem Air service which with its 14 planes now is established in the hangar building earmarked for the navy, but about 16 other citizens had their say during the l -nour public hearing last night Pay. Conditions Criticised Hughes criticized the navy's statement that it could afford to pay only $2,000 annual rental for more faculties than he (Hushes) has been using for an estimated 3,600 annually. Including licenses and taxes. He suggested that the army-developed west side of the field is deteriorating more rapid ly than the earlier-developed east side, and that the navy might better be placed on the west side for that reason. Hughes maintained the move would force him out of business as he could not continue opera tion with the reduced accommoda tions he would be offered on .the west side of the field identified by the city manager as a 20 by luo-ioot Duuding and space in the hangar. Hughes and his attorney. Asa Lewelling, also questioned wheth er the navy proposition indicated it was "sincere" in its training program plan for Salem. They implied the navy might still try to locate in Portland for its air reserve program. Advisory Board Urjed In other arguments advanced by various citizens the city's "master plan for airport devel opment centering in the west side was generally favored although several favored an advisory com mission for the airport as existed before city manager government was instituted here. Lee U. Eyerly, active for many years in local airport development and former leader of such a com mission, told the council that all air service operators, including Hughes, were aware two years ago that the city planned to de velop the west side. Clemens Fischer, operator of Capital Air service which is also now on the east side of the field, said the move would be incon venient but he favored bringing in the navy program which would benefit the air business and Salem business generally. Donald Young and Wallace Tower were among those favoring an airport commission. The "mas ter plan" including room for the navy was endorsed by Donald Harper. CAA district airport en gineer who. helped draft the plan witn tne city and tne state aero nautics board; by Salem Chamber of Commerce, through President Roy Harland: Ace Demers of Ace Flying service; and several oth ers including navy reserve lead ers. The resolution to accept the navy's terms passed unanimously by a voice vote. Two aldermen were absent last night, both out of the city Thomas Armstrong who had called for the public hearing, and Daniel J. Fry. (Additional council news page 2. Dps POUNDS Statesman. Salem, Oregon. No Rain, but I HWMI III IP5- D I05I - Salem's bright January sun leeks fine for bathing, but the fee along the shore belies the fact even though Mill creek docks swim along placidly enough in the ptetare above. Taken from the North Cottage street bridge Monday morning the ptetare ill as urates Oreron's Var iance of weather. (Statesman photo). Columbia Valley Plan Ordered; Fight Ready WASHINGTON. Jan. 24--President Truman signalled full speed ahead today on a vast proposal to develop electric power and other resources in the Pacific northwest. He ordered five government Columbia valley authority, which taking. When a bin is ready, Mr. Truman will send It to Capitol Hill Oregon Solons Argue; McKay Opposes CVA Oregon's democratic and repub lican legislators Monday squared off for a pitched battle over rres ident Truman's plan to create a Columbia valley authority to de velop power facilities and irri gation. Oregon democratic legislators, led by Sen. Richard Neuberger, have already introduced a me morial requesting congress to es tablish the authority. Gov. Douglas McKay said he is strongly opposed to the CVA plan. "What's the matter, with the way we're doing it now?" McKay commented. "That's the American system. We don't need to dele gate authority to a board or com mission to regulate the economy of northwestern states." In interviews Monday the dem ocrats agreed almost unanimously that only the government can effectively control interstate pow er, flood control and irrigation. Many republican legislators, like McKay, were vigorously op posed to any additional federal control for the northwest. (Additional details on page 2.) Seven Killed In Air Crash TUTRT.TN THisdav- Jan. 25 Jfi At least seven persons were killed and 16 injured last nignx warn a British airlift Dakota transport plane evacuating children from Russian - blockaded Berlin crash ed in the Soviet zone of Germany, an air force liaison officer said today. ' The plane was flying from the RAF Gatow airport here to Lue Hoir in thr British occupation zone, carrying 22 passengers and a crew of three. Of the 22 pas sengers, 17 were children. JAPS ELECT CONSERVATIVES TOKYO, Jan. 24-i!P)-Conserva-1 tives won an overwhelming vic tory in Sunday's Diet election, while the communists " increased their representation from an in significant four to 35 seats, com plete unofficial returns showed. Weather Max. M as 4 . 39 Min. 13 Precip. Saleaa Portia ad San Francisco 16 M .00 36 trace Chicago New York 47 ss J . 4? Willamette river -a o a iooi. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): 'Contin ued (air and colder today and tonight. Low tonight near 13. Hill today near 24. SALEM FBECIPrTATlOV (Sept. 1 to Jam. ZS) This Year SX0S Last Year SCZX Avra S1JS Tuesday, January 25, 1949 Still -Fine Weather for Ducks9 inn n na.ua M , X , "m rr-$ - agencies to draft legislation for a would have charge of the under backed up by a special message. Several weeks may be required. He "directed the departments of -interior, army, agriculture, and commerce, the budget bureau and the economic advisory council to go to work on the plan. Already army engineers, after a five-year study, have recommend ed a plan of control for the great stream to produce power, control floods, facilitate navigation and irrigation. The Columbia runs be tween Oregon and Washington, emptying into the Pacific. It heads up in Idaho, Montana and Canada. Mr. Truman's letter to the de partment heads made no mention of the nation's first big "authority" on the Tennessee river. But he told them to draw on lessons of the past. He long ago endorsed a propos al for a Missouri Valley authority. This got nowhere in the last con gress, and has encountered ! op ponents in the ten-state region it self. The White House gave the job of coordinating CVA work among the various agencies to Charles 'F. Murphy, a presidential assistant. Avoidance of Crop Surplus Brannan Plan WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-(JP)-An administration plan to hold down this year's wheat and cotton crops was disclosed today by Chairman Elmer Thomas (D-Okla) of the senate agriculture committee. Secretary of Agriculture Bran- nan outlined it to the committee at a closed session, and Thomas told reporters afterward that he would . Introduce legislation to back it up. As announced by Thomas, Bran- nan's plan calls for serving notice on wheat and cotton farmers that the 1949 crops they plant will not be considered part of their average production in figuring any future acreage allotments. Thomas said the purpose Is to discourage large plantings of wheat and cotton.' Jobless Filings Highest Since Prewar More jobless persons filed for unemployment compensation ben efits at the Salem office of the state employment service , last week than in any single week since prior to the war, the state unemployment compensation cony mission reported Monday. The total came to 5,670, shatter ing the previous record of 4,898 of three weeks ago. Of the claims filed last week 1,881 were those of unemployed veterans and 3,7-89 of Jobless civilians. Only 2,927 claims were filed at this time last year in the Salem area. The large number of jobless was laid mostly to the current con tinued freezing weather which has shut down nearly all lumber and log operations in this area. A' poor iaatf Prlc Sc No, 271 "II el" . r4 'Haylift'Begun To Feed Cattle Now Marooned By th Associated Press A new airlift and $100,000 In emergency funds were thrown Monday into the battle for relief of snowbound humans and cattle in tne nations hard-hit range lands. (Pictures on pages 2 and 9). President Truman made Imme diately available $100,000 in em ergency funds even as 17 air force C-82 "flying boxcars' began "op eration haylift to feed more than 2,000,000 snow-bound sheep and cattle. Each plane carries five tons of hay. Fifty thousand dollars was allo cated to the bureau of Indian af fairs for use in relieving the hard ship of thousands of Indians on western reservations. The other $50,000 was turned over to the land management bureau of tne interior department to help sup ply feed for the livestock. Tons of hay for starving live stock were brought into Ely, Nev., by the air force. Most roads out of the snowbound area were still buried under snow and all avail able equipment and manpower was thrown into the battle to get fodder to the livestock. The air force has resumed a' similar air lift started in the Nebraska-South Dakota region after the January 2 blizzard. Temperatures in Montana, Wy oming, North Dakota, South Da kota, and Nebraska plummeted Monday. JThe cold wave from Can ada brought 40 below zero to Bozeman, Mont, and Casper, Wyo.; Scottsbluff, Neb- had 14 below; Rapid City, S. D., -19. No relief was forecast until Tuesday. Among places snow-locked and in need of food and fuel Fifth army headquarters listed O'Neill, Neb., and Philip and Martin, S. D. Several other communities re mained cut off by snow in the North Platte and Grand Island ar eas of Nebraska.- German Musician Agrees to Leave WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -(P)- The justice department tonight announced the detention of Wal ter Gieseking, German pianist, and said he has agreed to leave the country without delay. Gieseking's detention by immi gration service officers in 'New York City this afternoon resulted in cancellation of his scheduled concert in Carnegie hall this eve ning. He had also planned a con cert tour in the United States. farm harvest last fall and in-mi-gration to the Willamette valley from out of state also are con tributing factors, a commission spokesman said. I W. H. Baillie, manager of the Salem office, revealed Monday his office and branches in Marion and Polk counties conducted 133,304 interviews in 1948. The total is believed to be a record for the lo cal oSfice. A total of $109,313 in benefits has been paid out so far this month in the Polk-Marion area. This is higher than the total for any month, in 1948 except Decem ber's $112,865. The unemployment commission expects January's payments to to tal about fl40,000 - - which will Shortage Of Fuel V17T 'J rsens By Thomas G. Wright k Staff Writer. The Statesman i Temperatures 'started shafo dive at Salem Mnnriav nirht and: the weatherman indicated that I a low of 10 degrees or lower would 's be reached Tuesday morning be- forei they hit the bottom. J If forecasts bir nn ir u,m the I coldest reading for Salem fori the season and send reirint 1 i scurrying for fast denletins- mn. plies of sawdust and wood fueL ' Monday morning's low was 13,1 and! daytime temneraturM hsi I climbed above the freezing mark! l v. i. wnen jj.o was re- corqeo. continued cold was fore-1 Cast! for Wednesday mnmincr ibjUK 1 a lojvv of 12 degrees expected. The ; za-oay ireezmg spell Is a near re cord. rWaila nn nav 4 Severe shortages of sawdust,! woodland sawdust by - product f iueip were worsening in the Sa- lemf area. Only one firm. West! Salem Fuel comoanv. has krt! trucks rolling all through the cold 1 wo weatner, dui reported Monday that? -supplies were dwindling. ; V , ireese liait Mills Most firms were reporting near depletion. of green and dry wood; supplies. Continued closures of. miljing operations in the area have! cut ioff any possibility of new fuel t sources until a general thaw. Pres-I to-Logs, a by product of saw-h oust, were Deinz rationed to r-n- tomers at 25 each because of thoi JacK of raw materials. One Salem srea citizen volun teened some assistance for sawrins consumers. Fifty units, purchased last i year to loosen soil in his orchard southeast of Salem, are oiierea to persons with hauling facilities Information may be ac-i quired by calling 3-5329. J vThe long cold spell was caus-i ing some damage to berry canes, I the! county agent reported Mon-i day,. Some splits in cane berry I plants have been detected and iso-f lated cases of ice-sDlit fruit ra' reported. Though an accurate es-'f thi time, it is expected to be light. Palls Fresen Beauty t While cold weather was caus-i ing! unemployment, frigid houses; and whittling : northwest power supplies, it was adding a note of beauty too. Hundreds of week end motorists visited Silver Falls state park, where snow and freezing temperatures have turned the tails into a virtual winter wonderland, A fantasy in ice has been,pro-f duced by frozen spray from thsj falls which has coated surround ingl trees and bushes. Some icicles were 25 feet long. -j Persons planning to make the' scenic tour of the park are warned that parts of the Silver Falls loop hlcrturav mrm snow. Sanding operations, howevJ er, jfhake chains unnecessary I auvcrs -o lawer s The Willamett rlvr ! rAJ butaries slowed by the freeze, was down to an unusual winter low of minus Jt foot at Salem. stream levels forecast added haz ards for the northwest's ovrtar power system. , f Fred G. Starrett, Salem manag-1 er kf Portland General Electrie company, said : Mondav that tha1 Power shortage was worse in some respects man at any time previous.) He renewed appeals to business-' men and householders to take vJ. eryj possible measure to conservat eiectricai energy.- . ' Hammond Will ! Resign Post PORTLAND. Jan. 24-PV-WflJ 11am H. Hammond, state liquor administrator the last two years; said today he would resign within CO 'days. ;' f Hammond said he had written his decision to Carl W. Hogg, Sa lem, new chairman of the state li quor commission. He said the res ignation could "take effect at your convenience, but in any event, not later than 60 days from this date., .He added that the new commuw sion "should be given a complete ly free hand in the selection for this position." - Hammond, appointed by the lata Gov. Earl Snell on Jan. 1, 19471 said he was considering several openings in private business. 1 LABOR ACTION SET WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 Democrats rammed through' tha senate labor committee, 8 to 5, today a resolution calling for ret peal of the Taf t - Hartley act and opening the way for a re vamping of the old Wagner act at the same time.: v be another all-time high since thai war's beginning. "l Of last week's record filing only 237 were claims for benefits on out-of-state earnings. The rest were from residents of Marion o Polk counties! for the past 19 months or longer, the commission reported. 4 " i Under a new program, initiated this week, claimants at the Salem office will file claims once each) week instead of every other week. The office went on the bi-weekly schedule last! September after UCC appropriations had been cut and office personnel released. Other Willamette valley offices will go on the weekly claim sched ule early In February, it was re ported. J