Ml to I ' t Authority Act ft 'IP TaCC ST ' 1 i. In Power Shortage Given to Governor - - " i n By Wendell Webb Managing Editor; The S talesman The Oregon legislature gave Gov. Douglas McKay full power to act in the power shortage Monday, and then proceeded to get enough new business to make the predicted short session look like a dream. The house caught the brunt of the upsurge in introductions. First, it was asked to approve three proposed constitutional amendments (1) exempting all real and personal property from any state levy; (2) requiring initiative petitions to be sighed by 8 per cent of voters in each county instead of 8 per cent of the state at large and (3) letting the legislature, by a two-thirds votei pass tax legisla tion without submitting it to referendum. 4? HP SGSHjOB TO) QUI Is Generalissimo Stalin trying to Xnrow ixaruuai . Is Uncle Joe worried and anx f Ana for- a peace settlement? Is the Russian peace offensive a bid for time for developing atom bombs of their own? These questions and answers to them are bandied about wherever diplomats, statesmen ana puDucisu meet, as well as in coffee shops, pubs, women's clubs and Pullman car smokers. They are pentrating questions; and who gives the cor rect answer gets not a jackpot but holds the key to the future of the world. . Th content of Stalin's answers 4 an TNS correspondent's inter rogatory is not surprising. Stalin has always insisted na wnu peace and that Russia needed peace. Russian propaganda is that the United States and the west are warmongers plotting an. imperial ist war. About a year ago Foreign Minister Molotov used a portion of Ambassador Smith's conversation as excuse for a peace appeal, which came to naught. When the diplomats gather about the table the conference progresses from haggling 'through delays to stalemate. And in tne u tne rre quentlyinvoked veto stymies the activity of that body. Peace in the cold war can come at any time, but it must coma through deeds not words. -. At the same time our own gov ernment must not assume an In transighi (Continued on Editorial Page ) Revised YWGA Building Plan f Wins Approval Revised plana for a new Salem YWCA building ware approved Monday night,' but no time has been set for construction of the three-floor structure. Revamped plans, prepared by Portland architect Pietro Belluschi, were presented at the annual din ner for members of the YWCA and their husbands at the Knight Me morial Congregational church. Dr. Robert D. Gregg, Willam ette university dean, spoke on "Two Worlds, Can They Be One?" New officers were announced at the dinner. Elected for a second term on the board was Mrs. Bruce Epaulding. Elected for first terms were Mrs. A. Ju. Archibald, Mrs. Chandler Brown, Mrs. Chester Cox, Mrs. Charles Fearing, Mrs. Robert Gangware and Mrs. A. E. Ullman. New members of the nominating committee are Mrs. G. F. Cham bers, Mrs. A. C. Hagg, Mabel Rob ertson, Mrs. Harold Rosebraugh and Mrs. A. A. Schramm. A. C. Hagg was elected to the board of trustees. In the building report, presented by Mrs. Esther Little, executive secretary, the new plans were air ad to meet zoning restrictions and financial limitations. Provisions have been made for a swimming pool, bat it will not be construct ed with the new building. Original plana called for four floors. The new plan provides two floors plus basement and will still have room for M girls. Steers in- Portland At 2-Year Low Price PORTLAND, Jan. ll-iVat steers sold at $22 a hundred pounds at the North Portland stockyards today, the lowest price In two years. Animal Crackers f By WRREN GOODRICH "Oh, it's Just another one el loose school fids." , Then It got 21 new bills. One would reduce the corpora tion income tax rate from 8 to 7.5 per cent, and repeaTthe provision whereunder 50 per cent of the per sonal property tax can be offset by corporation income tax. Spons ors, who said the clan would raise several million ollars annually, were Kens. Merman (jmno?ren, Herman Hendersbott. Lvle Thom as, Raymond Coulter and John D Logan. V. Among the other 20 new house bills were those calling for a tax on illegal slot machines: caving the way for the merger of Salem and West Salem story below on this oare): uooing the state's take on pari-murnel batting: giving new dowt to the game commission: barrini davt'VM . savin time bv mmne11"f U nff?c1 tatute. or e'er, rn'e and ru''tions to ue sfpnrd time-swtoriTing 1-mill lew bv counties to are for poo'" folk In nosTit!ls. vl inulring 25 per renf of rii'ru voters to rP5t tvsTtots in sf-Vioot fyw ti'nn before such election could be VaT. .- te Pse. Nine P-11 Te ente nawsed five of t own biPs. InHudiri on to m t fax exemntlon on homesteads from S3 000 to An0, and fom hoie-aroroved Wis. d had eight new IntrpdoHlnwe including tho to dfove fh lTnon F'v-er-Grsnde Ronde viohwar rHet: pn'onHt: sfi.non for Oi Oregon Trail. Inc and all a lo'nt memoHal seIon at 2 n. m Tuesday. Mrvh I. In memorv o seven fat offlMsrt who have died sirwe te la session. The house po mearu,-e com ing uo f or final action today, but the sesate faced i prospect of a brisk debate over Sen. Richard Neuberrer bill fn raise legisla tive nav from ?00 oer vear f8 per dav for !Sn- davs evnr two ears) 4o si. 200 a vear. The sen ate elections ertmmite turned thumbs down on 'the plan but the sponsor said he would attempt to ovrule the aoerse renort. ': Meanwhile. Fp. R a 1 n h T Moor of Coos Rsv. chairman of the house taxation committee said his groun set to "Start tomorrow on th: Me conniex tax program wbMi t exoected to be incorporated fn tree or four bills. One would put personal and corporation income tax in the gen eral fund and it was understood another might adlust income tax rates to raise another S10.n00.000 The committee ! tabled, and therefore veritable killed, a bill by Rep. Joseph Harvey desiened to tax theatre and other entertain ment admissions to raise $3,000, 000 per biennliim. The meaure bv Reps. Lyle Thomas and Carl Francis to put liquor revenue In the general fund was tabled tem porarily pending other legislation. Referendum Proposed Tax committee members also said they were leaning toward the idea of refei ring to the people that part of the tax program affecting old age pensions, state buildings, higher education construction and school ' support. The bill to let the governor deal with the pewer shortage was pass ed bv the houe 47 to 9. The sen ate had passed it unanimously. It would authorize Governor McKay to declare an emergencv. This, in turn, would let Public Utilities Commissioner George Flagg restrict the distribution or use of power, affecting any firm or person. I The house suspended its rules, on motion of Repi Douglas Yeater. to speed the bill through final pas sage. Opponent of the bill, led bv Reo. Lyle D Thomas, Dallas re publican, protested it "would make the governor an absolute dictator In matters such as this " ; Those voting against the bill were: Reps. Phil Brady. Phil Dreyer. Joseph E. Harvey John D. Logan. Howard Morgan, i Grace Peck, all of Portland; Vilas Shepard. Clats kanie; Thomas; and Gerald Wade, Newport. i Both the senate: and house will resume at 10 a. m. today. (Additional details page 3) Houses Dominate City's January Building Report ; Construction in Salem was off to a $255,897 start for 1949, with complications of hew building and alteration permits for January by the city engineer'! office Monday. f Twenty-one neg dwellings ac counted 'for the bulk of the month's total of new construction, with $222,500 in new construction counted. Alterations and repairs accounted for the remaining $33, 497. 7 , i There was no major construc tion started during the month. Largest; permits Issued were for dwellings costing' $12,500 each. The 1949 total is far below 1948's record $400,975 for January, but well above the 1947 total of only $106,980. I ELLSWORTH SELECTED ; WASHINGTON Jan. 31 West coast republican house mem bers today chose Reps. Ellsworth (R-Ore) and Anderson (R-Calif) as members of the house republi can steering or policy committee. 83th Year 12 PAGES More Cold Snow Due S. China Will Keep Up Fight CANTON, China, Jan. 31 -JPi China's four southern provinces centered on Canton will make a last - ditch stand against the com munists, whatever the outcome of peace efforts elsewhere. Gov. Hsueh Yueh declared today. The new governor of Kwan rung, who reluctantly took over last week after T. V. Soong de parted, said in an interview that he was "ready to be a martyr" and intended to lead the lndepen d e n t defense of Kwantung, Kwangsi, Hunan and Fukien pro vinces. He predicted that Generalissi mo Chiang Kai-Shek would try a comeback from his questionable 10 - day - old retirement, but in timated Chiang would get a cool welcome in the south. As he spoke, the communists formally took over the old north ern capital of Peiping. (From Peiping. AP Correspon dent Spencer Moosa reported 15, 000 to 20,000 communist troops marched in through the northwest gate behind two bands. (He said they were victorious but quiet, while spectators showed no signs of either hostility or Joy (Surrender of Peiping was ar ranged January 22.) Hoover Avers U. S. Taxes at Saturation9 WASHINGTON, Jan. SI -Wh Herbert Hoover told congress to day the United States has reached the "saturation point" on taxes and he urged a federal house cleaning which he said might save billions. The former president asked the lawmakers to give President Tru man the authority for "grievously needed" reorganization of the 1. 800 government ape"ies. The ad ministration has a this power in a specific bil now before con gress. "The first question to solve is economy," Hoover said. "I be lieve this country has reached the saturation point by way of taxa tion." Hoover declared the overlapp ing, conflict and duplication of federal agencies has become "in tolerable," and with a slight smile, he went on to say: "We have a form of government that is hopeless of economy." (Additional details on page 2) ParaguayCoup Boosts Rolon ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jan. 31 -ipy- A new revolutionary govern ment formally took control of Par aguay today. Gen. Raimundo Rolon, a retired professional soldier, took over the presidency from which the revolu- tionists yesterday deposed J. Nat- alicio Gonzelez in a bloodless coup. Not a single shot was fired. Rolon s first act was to swear in his cabinet. The crowd gave Rolon a big cheer as he stepped up to take his oath. The national assembly ses sion last night elected him to suc ceed the deposed Gonzalez. The constitution requires that a new election must be called within two months. EDISON HONOR URGED OLYMPIA. Jan. 31 -iffV Gov. Arthur Langlie today urged that the 102nd anniversary of the birth of Thomas A. Edison be observed February 11 by conserving elec tricity the inventor's stock in trade. Bills (Designed to Aid Mergers The Marion countv legislative delegation attempted to pave the way Monday for the possible mer ger pf Salem and West Salem, and also to give Salem immediate Jur isdiction over roads and highways in the recently annexed Kingwood water district area of Polk county. Five companion bills were in troduced in the house. One would permit the merger of cities in different counties (Sa lem is in Marion, West Salem in Polk) providing they are separated by no more than "1,500 -feet meas ured over, across or along a river. slough or other waters." (Opponents to the merger have contended and been upheld that under present law Min to island in the Willamette river separates Sa lem and West Salem so that the Tha Oregon Statesman. Salam, Ongon. Tuesday. Gas Bomb Misfires in New York Gun Battle mm in 1 a a nil 1 NEW YORK, Jan. SI While three policemen (circle) crouch behind ear and another (right) stands ready, a tear gas bomb explodes In front of house on East 69th street Sunday as police closed In on Elmer Stanford, 40, arrested as a suspect tn the shoo tins of a Catholic priest In confessional of a nearby church Saturday night. Police had attempted to toss the tear gas bomb Into his second floor window but missed. Stanford was captured after a gun battle. The priest was slightly wounded. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman). New A-Bombs Produced By U.S. Bigger, Better By Frank E. Carey Associated Press Science Reporter WASHINGTON, Jan. SMjfrVThe United States is producing super A-bombs substantially more powerful than the missiles that blasted Japan during. World War II. The Atomic Energy commission made this disclosure today for the first time in an official report to congress. The commission recorded "an expansion of effort in all phases atomic energy development, both for arms and peaceful pursuits. 1 rAnd it announced that emer gency defense measures have been taken to safeguard the world's No. 1 secret against sabotage and "against attack." A major objective, the commis sion reported, is a greatly stepped up production of the two atomic fuels uranium 235, which is found sparsely in raw ore, and the synthetic new lement, plutonium. To this end, officials said there is now under way "the biggest single construction effort in Ame rican peacetime history," which will eventually cost more than $700,000,000 It includes construc tion or major alteration of 20 plants centering around the plu tonium plant at Hanford, Wash., where nearly 15,000 workers are now employed. its fifth semi-annual report to congress the commission further reported: 1. That the $3,000,000,000 atom ic energy program has attained "a momentum which. If sustained, the commission believes will maintain and increase the nation's lead in atomic energy development." 2. That a new office of "intelli gence" has been set up by the AEC "to correlate and evaluate infor mation on foreign atomic energy .developments." 3. That continued effort are being made to release as much still -secret information as poss ible without endangering the "common defense and security." Wic'ow of Justice McCamant Passes PORTLAND. Jan. 31-Gf-Kath-erine S. McCamant, widow of Wal lace McCamant, former associate justice in the state supreme court, died died at her home here today. A son, the Rev. Thomas McCam ant, Portland, survives. Funeral arrangements have not been com pleted. McCamant, who died in 1944, created a stir in the 1920 republi can national convention by bolt ing the Oregon delegation, which was supporting Sen. Hiram John son of California for the presiden cy. river cannot be regarded as a com- mon boundary. The new bill ap parently is designed to overrule that technicality.) The other four bills would: Provide that appeals to circuit courts should be made to the court of the county In which the city af fected has its seat of government . Require that county clerks in both counties be notified regarding elections. Set up means of voting procedure as regards the city in both coun ties. Give the city of Salem Immedi ate jurisdiction over all roads and highways within its corporate lim its. An amendment to the latter measure is contemplated to remove state highways from its provision fOUMDBI 1651 I '11 Tlk-.L i iltlif ::.. f,t ' f Solons Battle On Labor Bill; Lewis Figures WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -JP)-The hot fight over the Truman labor bill! opened today in con gress. Secretary of Labor Tobln called for its enactment, and re publicans r immediaetly objected that it had "no teeth" to deal with union leaders like John L. Lewis. Lewis, though absent, dominat ed the hearing before the senate labor committee on the adminis tration bill, which would repeal the Taft - Hartley act, and re place it with an "improved" Wag ner act. Much of the discussion center ed on an administration proposal to wipe out the Taft - Hartley law power to block "national em ergency" strikes by means of court injunctions. Tobin said this provision would be scuttled and replaced with a 30-day voluntary cooling off pro cedure. Senator Aiken (R-Vt) protest ed. Talking about the chief of the United Mine Workers union and its coal strikes, Aiken said: "In the case of Mr. Lewis, that (the voluntary plan) would be hardly any teeth at all unless you might say false teeth. Tobin argued that settlement recommendations by emergency boards under the cooling off pro cedure would be backed by the "powerful force" of public opin ion. Tvather Max. Min. Precip. SALEM SS 32 . Portland 34 17 Trace San Francisco 55 37 .00 Chicago .k. .34 t .01 New York 1 J3 M .7t Willamette river -1 J feet. Forecast (from U. S. weather bureau, McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy with scattered showers of rain or snow today and tonight. High today near 40. Low tonight near 33. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 to Feb. 1) This Year Last Year - Average 33.13 26.44 22 64 and to coordinate it with whatever plans may be effected by the state highway commission. Some of the five bills also are designed to aid annexation efforts underway in the Mill City area of Marion and Linn counties and in the Willamina areas of Yamhill and Polk counties. The measure specifying the 1, 5 00-foot common river boundary apparently is designed to make cer tain that Salem and West Salem could merge even if the recent an nexation of the Kingwood Water district is declared void. It is now in adjudication. If the annexation is upheld, Salem and West Salem would have a common land boun dary and make the proposed new provision unnecessary. February L 1949 for Salem Area v.. Southern U.S. Crops Ruined By Record Cold By the Associated Press A surprise attack on Dixie by winter's bitter cold dealt Texas crops a sub-zero blow Monday, causing multi-million-dollar dam age. The frigid, snowbanked western plains and Rocky mountain areas had soma slight respite from ex treme conditions, permitting prog ress by a corps of army, air force and civilian teams striving to aid beleagtired tfumaru end livestock. But the vulnerable south had record-breaking low temperatures, heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, in llano, Texas, situated in the central part of the state, the mercury reached 6 below zero. San Antonio had a record zero. The death toll In recent days from floods and cold In the south reached 21.( Three persons were found froz en, one at Seneca, S.C., and two in a flooded cotton field near Char leston, Mo. In Kentucky, five per sons died in fires and four in ac cidents. There were two flood deaths in Arkansas. Louisiana re ported two traffic fatalities, and Tennessee one because of glazed roads. A negro froze to death in Chattanooga. A Maryland man was killed in a fall on ice. In Texas' Rio Grande valley to mato and potato crops were a complete loss. Ripening fruit was heavily damaged. Even hardier crops such as cabbage and car rots suffered damage. Only Florida of the gulf states remained fairly mild. New Orleans' 29 and Mobile's 33 were unusual ly cold, but inland conditions were more severe. Shreveport, La., had a minimum of eight above, and it was 17 at Memphis. Snow up to five inches in depth blanketed much of Ken tucky and Tennessee. Atlanta was hit by freezing rain which reached underground con duits, knocking out virtually all the city's power for more than 2 hours. The Atlanta gaz was part of a storm which moved northeast ward up the Atlantic coast during the day, bringing rain and snow to most of the seaboard. Washing ton had four inches of snow, fol lowed by ram. Rain and snow fell northward into New England. Meanwhile, on the west coast, Los Angeles and southern Califor nia were recovering from late Jan uary freezes, with daytime temper atures of 55 to 80 expected during the next few days. In northeastern Arizona, a party f oi men reacfted 40 children and an undetermined number of adults at the Navajo mountain school, but reported that they, too, were trap ped. The threat of new snow and sub zero cold in the Nevada-Utah area spurred new efforts to get feed to sheep and cattle herds there. Near ly a million pounds of hay have been dropped by the air force to livestock in this region. Approximately 300 pieces of snow-fighting eqnuipment were at work under Fifth Army direction in the Nebraska - South Dakota area. And new trainloads of snow plows, bulldozers and heavy con tractors' equipment moved into Nebraska from Colorado. Tobin Cains Senate Okeh as Secretary WASHINGTON, Jan. ll-(P)-The senate gave unanimous ap proval today to the . nomination of Maurice J. Tobin of Massachuset ts, to be secretary of labor. H. was appointed during the last recess of the senate. . - St 1 Prlca 5e No. 277 January's Days All Freezing More wintry weather was fore cast for the Salem area as tem peratures took another downward trend Monday after a two-day break. Lower minimums and s sprinkling of snow were predict ed for today and tomorrow. Weathermen virtually assured Mr. Groundhog of his spot in the sun Wednesday with a forecast for clear to partly cloudy skies. The two; days of warmer wea ther werej enough, however, to ease the power shortage. For the first Monday this year Bonne ville administration was able to keep power up to 60 cycles. Melting snow boosted the Co lumbia river stream flow to 82, 000 cubic feet at Bonneville dam Monday and the demand for pow er slackened. January kept its record of freez ing temperatures intact Monday with a minimum of 32 degrees. It was the 31st consecutive day with minimum 1 temperatures in the freezing zone. Continuation of the streak was! assured at least two more days' with forecasts for a low of 26 today, and 22 Wednes day, i Despite the month-long cold spell, mean temperature for Sa lem didn't budge the 1930 recort of 27.4 degrees. However, the 29.5 mean was good for second place v the 57-year record of the Salem weather bureau. On. record - - lack of precipita tion -- did ! tumble, with only JJ7 inch of rain recorded for January. Least previously recorded In Sa lem was 1,30 Inches in 1817. Thlf year's total is 5.07 inches below norma xor tne period since Sep temper 1. i . Average! maximum temperature for January was 37.8. Average minimum temperature for Janu- "7 tos J7.. Average minimum was zi.2. nne month had seven clear daysj three more than nor mal, iz were partly cloudy and 12 cloudy. j Social; Security Has More Takers In Portland Area PORTLAND, Jan. Jl-0P)-Port-landers are retiring In record numbers. James XJ Peebles, Portland of fice manager for the social secur ity administration, said January applicants here for old age ""and survivors' Insurance payments outnumbered those from any oth er office on the Pacific coast. This month's claims here totaled 662 - - highest number since early 1846 when postwar retirements caused an all-time peak. Peebles said he noted two cau ses - - weather creating tempor ary unemployment and congres sional talk; of social security act amendments reminding people over 65 that they have something coming. He added that comment from applicants indicated older people are having trouble finding jobs. SALEM DOO VICTOR SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Ml-UPh Rosehall El din Brenda, a Scottish terrier owned by Mrs. Isobel G. McDougal, Salem, was judged best of breedin' the Golden Gate Ken nel club's 89th annual show here last night. : Mt. Angel Creamery Reports Business Up, Herds Smaller By LUlle L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statesman .. MT. ANGEL, Jan. 31 Volume of business; for the Mt. Angel Co operative creamery for 1848 to taled $2,229,131.34. Frank Hettwer, secretary - manager, reported at the annual : business meeting here today. This was more than $14,000 above the 1947 volume. Membership showed a net gain of approximately 160 but volume of butterfat produced was down about 10 per cent, causing offi cers to urge members to increase the size of their herds. Estimates were that i the average herd in the entire membership was little over eight cows. Of the total volume of busi ness, butter sales still top all oth er income with $870,904.33 for the year, and cheese was second with $56A.249.43. Grade A milk sales climbed to $221,260. Reports by C. E. Eatman, pre sident and Hettwer, brought out that 48,126,353 pounds of butter had been manufactured since the creamery opened a little more than a quarter century ago. Tha Seeks to Counter y 1 By Edward E. Bo mar WASHINGTON, Jan. 2r iJr Any American answer to Prima Minister Stalin's new "peace ges ture appeared likely; today t ba a delayed and carefully thought out move. f j j Administration officials i said there probably will be no response until the White House, State; de partment and presumably con gressional leaders get together on the best way of countering ihat the capital generally views as a Soviet tactical maneuver. 1 1 One Idea reported, under I con sideration is to use (the occasion for a review of Russia's postwar dealings with the west, coupling, this with a renewed demand 'for firm evidence that this time Mos cow is acting In good faith, j j Meanwhile both i the Whit. House and State department spied away from comment on Stalin'a press interview statement that ha had "no objection" to a meeting with President Truman at soma mutually acceptable place. I J Presidential Presi Secretary Charles G. Ross noted that Mr. Truman's last word on such a meeting was his restatement: this month that he is willing to meet the Soviet leader in Washington. The president, Ross told! i re porters, has read newspaper j ac counts of Stalin's pronouncement that he "would be prepared to consider" a joint Soviet-American no war declaration, i Moscow's timing deepened offi cial suspicions that , the Soviet purpose was propaganda raher than to feel out the American at titude toward some!; sort of 1 an East-West settlements Stalin spoke out just a day after Russia! pist pressure on Norway to stay out of the North Atlantic pact, and th effect was to push the Norwegian development off front pages both within and outside the Soviet bloe. 'Chutists Jump To Plane Down p .i- Near Medford MEDFORD, Cretan: 31'fjW Two parachutists jumped to i the aid of a downed flier on an lire covered lake north of here today. The flier, seen walking around his plane, was thought to be John L. Krause, jr., Antioctt, Calif., miss ing since nis plane dlsappered 'last Wednesday on a flight from Red ding, Calif , to Eugene, Ore-'via Medford. if ! From the air, his plane did not seem seriously damaged and' ha was able to walk and wave to th. rescue plane. His plane was a low wing Silver Swift. I the same typa as that flown by Krause. h It has been bitterly cold in th. mountain area where the plane la'1 down on Fish lake 1 40 miles ndrUa and a little east of here, with night time temperatures near zero. ; . t An air rescue PBY from Mo Chord field. Wash., piloted by Cept, Marcey Pengue, was,! sent to th scene with Capt. Frederick liar court, a physician, of Millray, Ind' and Cpl. John Robbins of Portland Ore., landed about 200 yards front the downed plane. They had medi- cal supplies, food, a shelter tent and a handy-talkie radio. t A ground party started for tha scene. Lt. Tony Falcloni of the ai rescue service, District Ranger Mill Andrews of Umpqua national for est, and two other forest service men planned to drive to the end of logging road and nuce in eight miles. They expected to arrive at mid-morning tomorrow, after go ing through snows which arc deep , er than for many winters. State police at Klamath Falls said Allen Mocabee, pilot of a ski-equip jed plane, had been asked to stand by for a possible rescue attempt. Recently Mocabee ! landed on tha snow-swept high desert country of south central Oregon and rescued a downed flier. ' i i I i cheese plant, ' added only recent I It. has already manufactured 9. 179.625 pounds of cheese. During 1848, 1,063.646 pounds of buttet was manufactured from 28.183.97S pounds of milk received. The but ' terfat test averaged! 4,418 per renf in the entire membership. President Eastman jn discussing improvements hoped for and plan ned. included the addition of 28f) lockers in a portion of the ' old building, remodeling and expan sion of office spaca and the pur chase of new covered trucks ta meet the grade A law. i Announcement was made that the 1944 certificates of interest would be called In during 1949. Albert Boschler, Alois Duda and) Lawrence Schneider were named the nominating committee ; XOf 1950. I - Eastman and Oscir R. Over, lund were returned; to the board of directors. Holdovers are Georga Kruce, vice president, Ed Ebnea and Alois Kirsch. In a meeting o tha ' board which followed i ths) membership gathering, all olficerf.. were retained. - I ;i , Tactics'