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7 Mouse Votes to Allow Sale of Liquor on Trains? Moats in State em os Pu sfa ELalbor Bill Past Cominniilbee V WASHINGTON, March 4 -W) . Ignoring angry republican cries .of "high-handed" action, the democratic majority today, ram "med the Truman labor bill through the senate labor com Imittee without changing a word. , The. vote was 8 to 5 on party 'lines. The bill, which now goes to the senate, would repeal the "Taft-Hartley law and replace it , with a modified Wagner .act. Committee approval of the measure was a step but only one - toward carrying out Pres ident Truman's -campaign prom ise to get rid of the T-H meas . tire. Republicans said they would . take their fight to the senate floor, where, they - predicted, enough democrats will Join them 5 to keep basic provisions of the ; Taft-Hartley act. Repeal of the Taft-Hartley law would Junk such provisions as the 80-day Injunction against national emergency" strikes. Age Limit Controversy Postpones By Thomas G. Wright I CUff Writer. The Statesman j Police officer examinations scheduled for Marcji 1$ have been postponed indefinitely because of controversy over age limitations, members of the Salem civil service commission announced Friday night. ' I The decision was reached by two members of the! commission after it was learned that two officers now on temporary Status would OtP So Louis A. Johnson is to realize bis long -standing ambition to be secretary of national defense. He has been named by President Truman to succeed James V. For restal who is resigning. Back in the Roosevelt adminis tration the Johnson-Woodring feud was the talk of the country. Woodring: was secretary of war, m mm a mtm. and Johnson, who had been commander of the Amer-J lean Legion, was assistant secre tary. -Harold Ickes in his biog raphy tells how Roosevelt tried to get rid of Woodring, but the price the latter asked was the ambassa dorship to Great Britain, Johnson thought be was to get the secretaryship and built him self up aggressively for the Job. When Roosevelt finally moved it was to release Johnson and later to name Henry L. Stimson as sec retary of war. Johnson has been plodding the come-back trail ever since. What put him high' in Truman's favor was his diligence in raising cam paign funds for the democrats In the last election. That was the Job nobody wanted; and when the solicitors went around they found more people "not at home" than In any previous campaign. (For resters check came in after the votes were counted). Johnson kept plugging and pulled In enough . money to finance the president's special train. Now he gets his reward. - It is by no means clear that Forrestal is released because the president was miffed at his hands eff attitude during the campaign. Forrestal has wanted to retire and get back to private business. (Continued on editorial page). Death Penalty fdr Churchmen Urged SOFIA, Bulgaria. March 4 -UP) Communist prosecutors demand ed today that four Bulgarian Pro testant ministers be . hanged as . traitors and that heavy prison sentences be imposed upon 11 others. The trial of the IS on charges of - treason and spying for the United States and Britain neared Its final stage in Sofia's district -court The prosecution declared the ministers were servants of "Anglo-American imperialism and the western church mission boards. - Animal Crachcrs SV WARREN GOODRICH rMdm, would you kindly not bring your litth pflk eVe phsni in horit" the ban on closed shop agree ments under which employers can hire only union members, and the prohibition ! against un ion political spending. Then Senator Taft (R-Ohio), the senior minority member and co-author of f the Taft-Hartley law, spoke up quietly but an grily concerning today's action. He said: I "In my opinion, this was the most high-handed procedure in any committee" since I have been a member of (the senate. Taft said he and Senator Morse (R-Ore) had attempted to bring up two amendments, but were ruled out of order by Commit tee Chairman; Thomas of Utah "on technicality." Thomas ruled that the motion before the committee dealt with ap proval of the administration bill without change. '$ Therefore, Thomas said, amendments were out of order i S - DO ineugiDie ior me examination because they are under the 27 year minimum. The two, David James Bain, end James Allan Hammack, both 25, are patrol men on the force. I A meeting of the three-member civil service commission has been scheduled for March 16 to attempt to unravel the age requirement question and reset the examina tion date. Two of the member contacted Friday night, were In favor of lowering the age limita tions to 21. The third member, William Entrees, was hot available for comment, i Members Lyle Pate and Rich ard Severin said they would favor returning the age limits to the old pre-war standards and make them coincide with regulations existing elsewhere. It was expected that Ehtress might oppose! the move. A unanimous vote! of commis sion Is necessary to change exist ing civil service regulations. Limits were shifted during the wsr at the request of Police Chief Frank Minto because of a lack of good young officer material. Min to said Friday night he would fav or returning the age limit to the old limits to be able 5 to keep his two young officers and to attract other good material for the ex aminations, j Mayor R. L. Elfstrom said Fri day, "I think the 27-year-old age minimum is set entirely too high, and I hope the civil service com mission will review Ithis restric tion. I see no reason for not using the same age minimum, 21, as prevails for state police." Gordon Says or Fund Switch Legal Quick action by the senate on a house-approved bill to place li quor revenue ih the general fund appeared likely Friday after the federal bureau of internal reven ue made known it would not tax state liquor profits even though they no- lonf er went: dlrectlv for public welfare.! U.S. Sen. Guy Cordon of Ore gon notified Gov. Douglas McKay by telegram that "it does not make any difference whether the state uses revenues directly for relief or whether money is place in the general fund and then exnended for relief." i I Sen. Eugene MarshJ McMinnvil le, chairman of the senate alcoholic traffic committee, ha been delav- ing action on the proposal pend ing a aennne aecision on the is sue. Attorney ! General George Neuner. in in informal nnininn for Marsh, also had ruled that the diversion ox runas would have no oeanng on the federal tax ques tion. , The federal liauor is re cent Marsh estimated it would cost uregon about 18,000,000 a year if the liquor funds were taxed. Under D resent law liauor nrnfid are earmarked; for welfare pur poses, ine diii passed in the house would place them in-: the general fund from which welfar would be drawn. J 4 7 'Chute ih Bomber CU LANCASTER, Calk, March 4 UP)- Seven men parachuted at least four of them safely tonight as an army air forces B-25 crashed in flaming bits on the desert. 23 miles north of here. j Jumping through ley sleet and rain from an altitude of 13,000 feet the entire crew; of the bomber got out before the plane exploded and scattered parts over a three-mile area, sheriffs deputies reported. Four men, including the pilot and co-pilot,-landed safely. Search for the other three was being pres sed by deputies of both Los An geles and Kern county sheriffs of fices and search parties from Mu- roo and March air lores bases. Legalizes 'Lockers' For Clubs By Wendell Webb Man flnf Xditor. The Statesman A proposal to allow the sale of liquor on trains and boats, and legalize the "master-locker sys tem for private clubs, was pass ed by the house with four dissent ing! votes Friday as the Oregon legislature sharply stepped up its tempo. The issue now goes to the sen ate. An anticipated battle on the measure failed to develop. The bill was introduced by the alco holic control committee of the house and explained "on the floor by Rep. John P. Hounsell of Hood River, committee vice chairman. It would permit boats, trains and licensed clubs to act as sub-agents of liquor commission. The house also passed 38 to 20 its plan to redistribute the state's 30 sens tors hips so that no county would have more than two, and gave assent to the distribution of school funds to any distressed dis trict when such funds are made available. Both measures still face senate action. The senate meantime also ap proved many of its own bills and sent them to the house for final action, including those requiring sealed bids for all timber and tim ber land sold by the state and let ting hospitals dispense drugs if compounded by pharmacists. Final legislative action was tak en on memorials asking congress to designate November 11 as na tional Veterans' day and to ap propriate another $2,000,000 for improvements to Coos Bay harbor. Morning Sessions Today Both the senate and house vir tually finished their day's calen dars Friday for the first time this week, and both will hold morn ing sessions today. Other measures passed Friday included those: HOUSE: Allowing rural school districts to hasre emergency funds, and to vote twice .on budget if necessary; requiring that banks, if they close Saturdays, must stay open Friday and Monday even if either -falls on a holiday. Both Issues now go to the senate. SENATE: Allocating highway funds to cities twice a year instead of annually: placing turkeys and Kultry under the livestock act; ting cities name streets in plat ted areas up to six miles from city limits. .These three already have passed the house. Mere Bills Introdaeed New bills continued to be in troduced in both floors. The house received measures which would give the state claim to the property of a deceased re cipient of old-age assistance, pro vided the property was not need ed by survivors; create a board to investigate possible broadening of the educational opportunities for blind children; and providing for a committee to probe the feasi bility of a county merit system of employment. The senate received proposals to charge $9 extra for special ear license numbers; asking congress to eliminate excise tax for buses and trucks used in Interstate com merce, and altering the makeup of the state commission for the blind. The much-heralded battle over the withholding tax again was postponed and now is scheduled for Monday. Both the senate and house 'will resume at 10 ajn. today. (Additional details page 3) Seven Firemen Die in Blaze " CHARLESTON, W. Va March 4(P)-Seven firemen were trapped and burned to death today as a million dollar fire roared out of control for eight hours in two dime stores. At least 13 were injured. Exhausted -"firemen wept as the bodies of their comrades were brought out of the Woolworth store basement after the fire was controlled at noon. One squad of firemen worked down a stairs into the basement. Others took hoses Into the first story. The floor suddenly gave way carrying blazing piles of mer chandise and the fire fighters in to the basement. Runaway House Ties Up Traffic PORTLAND, March 4 -UP- A runaway house tied up traffic on Sandy boulevard in this city's northeast district today. The house was being towed along oa dollies when its cable broke on a hilL Dr. I. ,G. Nlles spotted the house rolling toward the building he occupied and was preparing to depart when the structure slipped off the dollies and scraped to a stop In the mid dle of the street. Polic routed traffic around it while movers tried to figure out how to get the errant house back on the dollies. PRIESTS SENTENCED I TO DIE WARSAW, Poland, March -A Polish military tribunal at Lodz today sentenced two Roman Catholic priests to die for inciting an underground band to kill sup porters of the Warsaw communist government. sm Year 12 Security Council Approves Israel's U. N. Application LAKE SUCCESS, March 4 (AV Israel's application for membership in the United Na tions was approved today by the Security Council. This made virtually certain her admission as the 59th U. N. member soon after the assembly meets April f. The council voted nine to one in favor of the application. The lone opposing vote was that of Egypt Britain's d?gate, Sir Terence Shone, abstained after telling the council his govern ment wanted, the Israeli govern ment to clear up its Intentions regarding Jerusalem and the Arab refugees. Jobless, Jobs Both Set New February Highs WASHINGTON, March 4 -UP) Unemployment hit 3,200,000 In February, the highest since the wsr. Nevertheless, the number of people st work wss gr ester than in any previous February in his tory. The census bureau reported a net Increase of 550.000 in the lob- less, compared with January. But it said the 17,168,000 persons at work topped the previous Febr uary employment record, set lest year, by almost 30,000. The chief reason for this seem ing paradox is that the "labor force ' has grown. The labor force includes both persons at work and those seeking work. The bureau said that part of the rise in unemployment was due to bad weather, part to "non- seasonal layoffs in industry. The bureau went on to say: "In spite of substantial in creases in recent months, unem- eloyment in February was still w relative to pre-war levels. "As late as 1941, for example, unemployment averaged 3,500,- 000, and about oue out of every ten persons in the civilian labor force was unemployed. In Febr uary, 1949, the comparable pro portion was only one out of 20." FirstMarble on Workmen are patting the first slabs office building this week. The from Vermont, and nearly seven the office bail ding. Photo above jfe" 2 , 'Zi "7 y ' . I lis. ' , v J ' - f '! r.'Ji- K 'p (: w " 'if ill f?M - j'f( t V " pat en the baildlnr end the scaffolding fresa which the will work oa higher courses, rive to six smbUm will be required to pat oa the marble by the Lata Marble Co. of Portland, (gtatrsmaa photo). PAGES Malheur Must Pay Welfare The Oregon state supreme court Friday ruled unanimously that counties must provide their share of public welfare funds as direct ed by the state public welfare commission. The suit was brought by the state public welfare commission to force Malheur county to raise its share. The county had refused, eon tending the commission has no right to tell a county how much It should raise. The decision saves the legisla ture a big headache, because an opposite ruling would have meant that county contributions would not be uniform. And the federal government withholds its share of welfare funds unless the contri butions are uniform. The opinion also makes consti tutional the 1947 law, which di rects counties to levy up to 4 H mills on property to raise their share. The decision, by Justice James T. Brand, means that the legisla ture now can go ahead end act on its bills appropriating welfare funds for a $50 minimum eld age pension. Action has been delayed pend ing outcome of the suit. Bookie Bah Ruled Valid Portland's 1941 law outlawing bookmakers (who accept bets on races run in other states) Is valid and does not conflict with statutes allowing pari - mutuel betting on races within this state, the state supreme court held Friday. The decision reversed both the district and circuit courts In Mult nomah county. The ruling was written by Chief Justice Hall 8. Lusk. The case arose when the city of Portland brought suit against A. J. Duntley, a bookmaker who con tended the ordinance was uncon stitutional. Friday's decision paved the way for the city to prosecute Duntley. New Building ,1 4 of white marble oa the new state marble, called caress Daaaby, Is freight ear leads win be msed oa shews the course of stone beiag taeuMDii 1651 The) Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon,. EcrftirdarY. March, I, 1849 'Released1 SWffWss)'SJ LONDON. March 4 V. L Male tor, who was "freed frem" his detles as Baaslaa Foreign min ister today. He will be replaced by Andrei Vlshinsky. Detroit Dam Contract Given To Low Bidder Consolidated Builders, Inc., low bidders on the Detroit dam pro ject, were awarded the contract to build the main structure. Dis trict Enigneer Col. O. S. Walsh announced in Portland Friday. Consolldated's bid wss $28, 230.509. The bid was lowest of four entered on the Santlam river dam. The corporation is made up of General Construction company, Utah Cons tructioa company, Walsh Construction, Kaiser En gineers and Shea company. The contract covers a concrete gravity dam with outlet gates. valves, penstocks, trash racks, stilling basin, control house, and other structures. Cost in all of the Willamette valley project will be about $05,- 000,000 and will take 3Vfc years to complete. The dam Is scheduled to begin delivering power before 1955. The government hsd estimated $31,541456 for the job. Valsetz Road to Reopen Soon DALLAS. March 4 (Special) The long-closed road from Falls City to Valsetz should be open and passable by the end of next week, Polk County Judge C- F. Hayes predicted Friday. Starting Monday trucks from the two lum ber firms at Valsetz will haul county gravel to the road and Hayes thinks it will Uke four days to finish the Job. The road will be closed from 7:30 ajn. to 4:30 pjn. while re pairs are in progress. At other hours it win be open but Hayes thought the average vehicle would find it impassable. He described the part nearest Valsetz as "very, very bad." Other unsurfaced roads in the county have been opened to light hauling, but the ban continues for logging trucks. Lumber Yard at Silverton Robbed KLVERTON, March 4-(Special) -The office of the Copeland Lumber company here was en tered tonight and $60.73 stolen from a till, Silverton police re ported. The burglar broke the lock on a rear door to gain entrance to the office. Police estimated that the burglary occurred between 7 and pjn. Two checks,: also In the till, were not taken by the thief. Friday Not Unlucky For Friday Family WINDBXR, Pa, March 4 -UP) Friday la an Important day for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Friday. Mr. Friday met his future wife on a Friday in 1945. On Friday, July 14, 1147, the Fridays were married. Today Mrs. Friday had her first child. Her name Rose Uarie Friday. J Moscow Silent as To Significance of Political Shakeup LONDON, Saturday, March 5 -P- VjscheaW M. Molo tor was replaced last night as Soviet foreign minister by his fiery deputy, Andrei Y. Vlshinsky, In a stunning; shakeup of Russia's high command. The Moscow radio made the announcement but gave no explanation. It said merely that Mololor had been released "from the duties of minister off foreign affairs." No mention was made of his other job deputy prime minister of the Soviet union. A. I. Mikoyan, regarded as one of Russia's? ablest trad ers, was replaced as minister of foreign trade by M. A. Menshi kov. Capitals of the world were puz zled by the news. It was noted Immediately that the changes came during a critical period in the east - west cold war a diplo matic struggle that has appeared recently to be going against the Soviet union. In the nations beyond the Iron curtain there was a variety of theories as to the meaning of the change. None were supported by any concrete evidence. Said Promotion" A key United Nations diplomat at Lake Success, N. said Molo tov's release actually was a pro motion and signified no change In Soviet policy. According to this in formant. Molotov is being groomed to succeed aging Josef Stalin as nrime minister.' 1 1 (In this connection,! the text of the announcement reieasea m Moscow said Molotov and Mikoy an had been "freed from" their duties. The text issued by the Sov let monitor here used the word Telesscd.") Returns After Illness i Vlshinsky recently returned to Moscow from Czechoslovakia at tar treatment of what was de scribed as a serious illness. UlrAntnv tnrmAtm minister of the Soviet union since ! 1939, was known the world over as tne num ber two man to Stalin in the Rus sian hierarchy, viahinskv. the man who has tak en his place, gained international renown for his vitriolic attacks on Individuals or countries opposing the Soviet union. He first won fame as a prosecutor in the pre war Soviet purge trials. Helped War of Words vihinakv has carried the ball for the USSR in Russia's war of words with the east in tne vj. Thnae who attached some sig nlficance to the Molotov dismissal and the North Atlantic pact point ed out that only Friday Norway politely but firmly told Russia that, despite pressure,! she would not sign a non - aggression treaty with the Soviets. p A big question was what wip happen to Molotov now. No one knew, from the terse Moscow ra dio announcement, whether he had been given Molotovs second post. that of deputy prune minister m step down the scale from Stalin. Woman Hit by ParkingMeter Mrs. Clarisa Lindman, Stayton, was the target of a flying parking meter on Liberty street near State Friday afternoon, but ' apparently suffered only a badly bruised arm and shock. She was treated by Sa lem first aid men and advised to consult a doctor. j City police reported ! Mrs. Lind man was struck after a car had jumped the curb in front of Wool worth's store knocking the meter against her. Zeno C. Kimball, 140 State st, was cited to appear in municipal court today ion a charge of reckless driving in the case. Kimball told police he was pull ing into the curb when his foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator causing the car to Jump the curb. j County to Ease Heavy Hauling Ban i A ban on heavy hauling over most of Marion county's paved roads and some graveled roads will be lifted Monday, Marion county court reported Friday. iThe order has been In effect seversl months because of the de mage to roads during' the recent freeze and resultant thawing per iod. Only a few main traveled roads would be lifted from the or der, the court said. Special per mits will be required to travel ov er others with heavy loads. No. 80S .,...- u r- Dira Norway Defies Russ; Commies Busy in Arctic WASHINGTON, March 4 - WV Little Norway politely but firm! defied Soviet pressure today. Rejecting Moscow's proposal foe a non-aggression treaty, Norway formally joined the ranks of the non-communist powers now nego tisting a North Atlantic security pact here. In Oslo meanwhile, the Norwe fin government handed the So viet embassy a not ylng that a non-agression pact between the two countries was unnecessary because both are already pledged as members of the United Nations to refrain from any aggression. Norway expressed hope for con tinued "good neighbor relations with Russia and pledged Itself against joining in any policy with "aggressive alms. KIRKENES, Norway, March 4 (AVCommunlst agitators are spreading fear among the scat tered Norwegians who live in Arctic isolation ' near the Soviet border. The campaign of alarm has this theme: Norway risks serious trou ble with Russia by seeking mili tary guarantees from the western Papers. s Many non-communists In the far north now are so alarmed by the situation that they decline to be seen publicly with foreigners from western countries. Fear grips the 50,000 Norwe gians scattered over 18,000 miles in the snowy wilderness beyond the Arctic circle. These Norwe gian pioneers do not lack indi vidual courage, but they realize how helpless they would be be fore Russian guns. Their homes in Isolated Finn mark province are defended by a few Norwegian army ski patrols. Nothing more. The frontier with Russia la 122 miles long. Less than one Norwegian soldier per mile is on guard. 269 Persons Carried Aloft SAN FRANCISCO, March 4-UTi Avgiant Mars flying boat tonight earned the greatest passenger load ever taken through the air. The Caroline Mars bore 263 passengers and six crewmen. This exceeded by 37 the. previous rec ord number of 232 persons car ried by the' navy dirigible Akron in 1933. The Mars flew here from San Diego. The passengers were naval personnel being transferred v this sres. Last February 23 the same air craft set a world record for planes by carrying 222 persons from San Diego to Alameda. Max. . SI Mln Prdp. Iff Portland 61 89 as 41 u San Francisco Chicago .01 trace 41 Wl11am.Ha river S.4 fret. FORECAST (from Uf. weather, bu reau. McNary eM. ruyn: ranir cloudy today and tonight with mild afternoon temperature. High today near si. Low tonifht near as. salrm rar.ciriTATio? (Sept. 1 V Mmw, ft) This Year Average 22JJ Last Year 17J1 Prlco le By Navy Plane