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Mm Sate' Faop peini n n n rar C9th YEAR 12 PAGES The) Orioon Statesman, Satem, Oregon, Monday. September 5. 1949 PRICE Jc No. 170 Today; 'Ill ' XHINDBD 1651 '1 1 ' ' " H- ::V: Crowd-Attracting Midicay Ready for Action ;'jt , Holiday Toll J 295; r ' 5. CRT 0HHDS This is Labor day, a holiday. Designed to pay respect to workers, particularly those who work with their hands, it is more federally regarded just as a play day, the windup of the summer. Labor day this year is a thres hold, for September will see in dustrial disputes in major indus tries come to a climax. Steelv oal. Ford auto these hang in the balance. . The famed "fourth round of increases awaits the report of the president's fact-finding board in the steel dispute. John L. Lewis has been jockey ing along and Walter Reuther has delayed a strike call on Ford. Both evidently want to see what hap pens with steel. , In Hawaii however the longr shore strike, in progress since June, continues. Negotiations are shifted to New York though no sign of yielding is noted. Here indeed are two tough contenders: Hawaiian employers and Harry Bridges' longshore workers. It must be admitted that collec tive bargaining is ho ready sol vent to industrial disputes. While clubs and brickbats are laid aside, the contention isn't, and often it exposes deep bitterness as in the I tee I hearings. So eigrqjssed are -representatives of labor and of management in winning they are apt soon to become deadlocked. Collective bargaining thu often becomes a deadend street. What then? Compulsory arbi tration? Fact-finding? Strike? Injunction? Plant seizure? None of these is quite satisfactory; yet we seem to have no other tools when collective bargaining fails. We can go on as we-are, with recurring crises; snd apparently that is just what we will do. The throwback then is to' collective bargaining, with an Injunction to both sides to make greater effort to make across-the-table bargain ing succeed. That's the realjlesson this Labor day. Miss Oregon En route to .U.S. 'Contest PORTLAND, Sept. 4-,P)-Ore-gon's entry in the Miss America contests at Atlantic Cty, N. J., left herelast night by airliner for the national judging which starts tomorrow. Beverly Faith Krueger, The D&lles, and her mother, Mrs. Stan ley B. Krueger, who will be her rfiaperone were accompanied by The Dalles Mayor Fred O. Mau ser and Mrs. Mauser. Beverly Krueger, formerly of Salem, Will be the third Miss Ore gon to compete in the Miss Ameri ca contest. Miss Krueger, a brown-eved brunette who attended Salem schools through her junior year in high school, won 1949 state honors at Seaside' July 22-24 from con testants from 15 other Oregon communities. - Both of Oregon's previous two contestants, were finalists at the national contest and won $1,000 scholarships. Jo. Ann Amorde was seventh in 11947, and Joyce Davis was sixth last year. FIRES PLAGUE FRANCE BORQEAUX, France Sept 4-Fiercely-buring forest fires broke QAit in southwestern France tonight just one week after, 82 persons died in flames in the same area. Police said 7,500 acres were encircled by flames that were out of control near Saint-Etienne, Monte De Marsan and Marmande. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH Tou know lovt you, bbf r-but just mow I don t want to khsjotf." ' Robeson Song Riot Hurtyi 54 By George Miller and John Randolph PEEKSK1LL, N. Y., Sept. A-iJP)-A violent, stohethrowing after math to a Paul Robeson concert sent at 'least 54 persons to hospi tals tonight. . I I Stones and other missiles hurt led through the air as concert goers left the outdoor grounds near here after a concert by the left wing negro singer.; Bus companies f reported that many windows ; in their vehicles were smashed as rocks flew' from a crowd that milled around out Fide the grounds; in protest against the concert. i ? ! , ' It was the second time in eight days that a Robeson concert erupted into violence. A week ago Saturday1 a ichedul ed appearance by itihe singer was cancelled by a riot a mile from today's concert. 3 Cars. Buses Hit f I Peckskill hospital said 30 per son were brought hi for treatment of injuries and five, were kept for further treatment. 1 !i In New York City, 17 j persons received treatment at hospitals af ter returning by car or bus from the concert site. jPolice said one" of those treated was a woman who had lost a finger from her left hand. ' If The outbreak of violence came a few hours after! thousands of veterans staged a! noisy protest parade outside the abandoned golf course where the concert was held. An estimated jlO.000 j. persons made their way into the concert, while some 4,000 others mostly sympathetic" to the veterans' anti communist parade; milled a round outside, i Before and during the concert, there were few reports of violence. About 1,200 policemen some from 100 miles, a way were re cruited to stanl guard around the area. i fi Several buses arriving in Man hattan, police said, had damaged windows and banged-up bodies. Conspiracy Defendant Hit Irving Potash,. ; CIO furriers joint council manager and one of the 11 defendant in the comm unist conspiracy trial, was hit in the eye by atstone ihurled through an open car window at Peekskill, said concert-goers who arrived in New York. f j At least 14 persons were taken into1 custody during the concert and in the violent outbreaks after ward. P. Police did not say if any of tfiem. would be formally arrested. The negro singer, flanked by policemen, arrived at the concert in an auto, sang! for more than ! half an hour, and .tficn was whisk- ed away on a ba-cjt road leading into the country inorth of her. An extensive .(public address system sent his voice booming out over the countryside, above the mingling sounds of the drums and bugles of the protesting veterans. Police confiscated, many baseball bats, clubs, and pieces of ,metal from from concer-gocrs. and took the bolts out of ai nurrioer of par ading veterans' rifles. SUtesments Issued When the concert was over Au thor Howard Fast, chairman of the affair, asked the audience of 10,000 for contributions "to com bat the un-American filth march ing up and down out there." A joint statement on behalf of the veterans wa;' issued by three local officers of a the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jewish War Vet erans and the Catholic War Vet erans. i ' , It said: '. - f l, "We are not protesting freedom of speech- We do protest his (Ror beson's) communist speech, which does . advocate violent overthrow of the U. S. government and which is illegal." . f i - Prince Wiilks Away With Sanp; Keeps Area's Reputation LEBANON, Sept. 7-(Special)- Prince, 1.8QQ-pound logging horse, upheld the i honor of horseflesh here today .in this town's latest round of man vs.- horse. Prince upset a number of cash doubters by dragging 1,000 pounds of sand at the- end of 300-foot length of rope. . The stunt took place at the Wranglers stadium this afternoon before a. large crowd, most of : which, however, had their money jon Prince. Tellis Ward, bjwner of Prince, said his horse "just took up the slack and kept going." In Prince's favor was his background which included hauling; logs in Linn county woods. j f The animal now takes his place with other Lebanon ; horses who are recent victors over humans including Old Baidy, who out-pulled Chet Fitzwater at the end ot 300-foot length of rope, and Bib Red, who beat Paul Smith of Mill City In a 75-mile endurance race. Revolt in Kunming, Fire Blows in China It - . . Reds Admit Canton Drive Bogged . j By Spencer Moos ! CANTON, China, Sept. 4-JP)-A successful anti-Nationalist revolt in the vital southwest city of Kunming and a disastrous fire in Chungking dealt major blows to the Chinese government- today. (The communists, although thus aided in their . campaign to destroy the Nationalist -regime, were having serious troubles of their own. A dispatch from red Shanghai acknowledged that the drive towards Canton was bogged down and that disorders and corruption were widespread behind the lines.) Seizure of Kunming by local anti-Nationalists, apparently in tending to make a deal with the 1 : ; 1st Aid, Cure Sought from Dollar Tajks WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 American officials today hoped this week's top level dollar" crisis conference will produce (1) A bundle of first-aid measures for Britain and (2) International ma chinery j which may finally pro vide a teal cure. No permanent -solution to Brit ain's chronic dollar deficit can be expected from the Anglo-American-Canadian talks opening Wed nesday, jone high official told re porters.! But he emphatically rejected the idea there is "pessimism" in Washington. Some means may be found to reduce the immediate drain on Britain's dollar reserves, he saidj and thus gain time for longer-range efforts. Meantime, . Senator "Flanders (R-Vt) said it would be wise, for the lawmakers to keep an eye, on the proceedings "in order that they may not get too far off the beam." j Officials made clear that this government will not volunteer any ready-made solutions in the forth coming conference, but will wait to see (what Ideas are brought here by Sir Stafford Crlpps, Brit ish finance minister, and Ernest Bevin, foreign minister. They are expected Tuesday. Pope Attacks Commuiiism by Name 1st Time CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy, Sept. 4 -iJP)- Pope Pius publicly attacked communisim by name to day for the first recorded time in his 10-year reign. In a vigorous, 1.400-word radio address to half a million German Catholics, the pope struck directly at the enemies of the church with unprecedented frankness. " He spoke of the excommunica tion decree which he said seeks to save the world rrom "Marxism and enforce the separation of Cath olics and "athiest communism. , In an earlier address to Swiss Catholics the pontiff referred to the, dangers of . "totalitarian re gimes." Both speeches were liber ally sprinkled with attacks on "materialism." In the, past, the 73-year-old pon tiff hasavoided .direct use of the word communism in referring to the church's enemies. Observers viewed the pope's frank attack as the beginning of a new and more vigorous campaign against communism. The pope spoke openly of the struggle between rich and poor and between labor and capital. He sought to narrow the gap between these conflicting forces with an ap peal for tolerance, collaboration and discipline. Derail to January Seen for Bills WASHINGTON, Sept.' 4 -Jpy-Congress, now vacationing, is con fronted by such a stack of major legislation that most of it may be left over ; until the 1950 session, a checkup showed today. Leaders are expected to huddle in a few weeks to : sort out; the bills still to be taken up and those to be cached away until January. The sena te j returns ' Wednesday and the house goes back to work September 21, after interrupting eight months of lawmaking. Many members wish to adjourn shortly after the recess ends. Controversial labor- and: social legislation, together with a num ber of civil Tights bills, are ex pected to be shelved ' until next year. "" - The pending category includes these major measures : Financing of economic aid to Europe; passed both senate and house and. tied op in conference. Arms assistance to non-communist countries; passed the house and now before the senate foreign relations and armed, services com mittees, with early action likely. reds, was confirmed by the oliieial Nationalist Central News agency The "Nationalists forecast suppres sion of the revolt, but it admit tedly has tremendous implica tions. Fire meanwhile swept the bank ing and . waterfront district of Chungking, killing an estimated 1,000 persons and leaving more than 100,000 homeless; Fire Cause Mystery The Central News 'agency said the mysterious blaze started Fri day, .burned unchecked for 18 hours, and destroyed 7,000 build ings. It said 6 15 charred bodies were found and moce than 400 persons perished by leaping into the Yangtze river. Already overcrowded, Chung king is the designated next site of the Nationalist capital. Generalis simo Chiang Kai-shek is there now. Reliable reports - said local "peace preservation" forces seiz ed Kunming Saturday and gave, all Nationalists three days to get out. The two Nationalist , airlines and the Chennault civil air trans port line all confirmed they were leaving. Yunnan May Be Key Seven hundred miles northwest of Canton and 400 mil.es southwest of Chungking, .Kunming is famed as the terminous of the wartime American "hump" flights from India. It is the capital of Yunnan province, strategically bordering Indo-China and Burma. Anti.-Nationalists already had been reported ranging large sec tions of the province and can be expected to capitalize on the coup. If the reds can control all Yun nan, the; main Nationalist armies of Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi would be r sandwiched between communist holdings- and Canton" might well become a ripe plum for commun ist picking. If Yunnan is merely neutralized arid private reports, indicate this may be the. rebels' intention the reds would, be able to tackle the rest of western China with much greater ease. (Additional details on page 2) SixthBlaze Plagues Home AnothV"mystery fire" Sunday at the Keith Remington residence south of Salem rar the total to six conflagrations there since Friday. State police and a deputy sheriff who investigated believe juveniles are setting the fires. The latest which burned about one-fourth acre of grass from a hill 100 yards behind the house started at 3 p. m. Sunday. It was controlled by neighbors. Other fires have occurred in the Remington's bedroom, the, living room and under the house. The worst one burned their chicken house and swept through several trees in their orchard. The Rem ingtons live in the Rosedale dis trict about five miles from Salem. Tax-Probing Solons To Organize Sept. 12 An organizational meeting of the legislative "tax interim com mittee, headed by Sen. Howard Belton of Canby, . is slated for Monday, September 12, at Port land Chamber of Commerce, 825 SW 5th st, it was announced Sun day. The session will begin at 1:30 p.m. daylight time. Extension of the reciprocal trade agreements program; passed the house and slated for early senate consideration. Financial assistance to Korea; approved by committees of both chambers but not acted on by either. Pay raises for members of the armed forces, amounting to an estimated $303,000,000; passed the house and approved by the senate committees. Increases in postal rates; ex pected jj to emerge , soon from a house committee, but - action by house Itself not likely for some time. Raises in pay of top govern ment executives; passed by house and approved by senate commit tee. . r" ..- - Federal aid to education; passed by senate and bottled upfin Rouse labor and education committee. Government - sponsored health insurance; tied up; in committees In both chambers. 1 f Extension of social security pro gram; approved by house com mittee and slated for house -ac Traffic Tops List Of Killers By The Associated Press One person died accidentally every 12 tninutes as the nation celebrated the Labor day holiday week end. ' . A count from 8 p. m. Friday showed 295 persons killed by late Sunday night before the holiday itself had even arrived. Of the victims, 236 lost their live in traffic mishaps, 21 drowned and 38 died, in a variety of miscellane ous accidents. The traffic toll mounted steadi ly toward the 280 which the na tional safety council predicted for the three-day period. It was fed. by a hilltop automobile collision in Paola, Kas., where six persons died, five of them in flames. Two men and a boy died in a truck traino collision near Terre Haute, Ind. and a 14-year-old girl rode her bicycle to death against a train at Braidwood, 111. In other tragedies, fourSJowa men died when their private plane crashed. An Illinois ' man was killed by a falling tree limb, and another died in a fall from a "lovers leap" bluff in a state park. A year ago, 407 persons died in accidents over the Labor day week end. Of . those, 293 were traffic victims. By The Associated Pres Oregon's highway death toll for the holiday week end stood at five victims late Sunday night as the peak traffic hours of Labor day approached. One man had drown ed at Lake Oswego.1 Six-year-old Perry Butler died in a Roseburg hospital Sunday night after a car driven by his father plunged from the Pacific highway in the early morning hours. A sister, Katherine, and the father, James Butler, were also in the hospital. ' , The four others died Saturday and late Friday when the Ekbor day week end travel got under way. . The drowning victim was Port land Attorney Ranson B. Meinke, who had 1 jujnped into Lake Oswe go and tlyed his 4-year-old daughter wen she tumbled from a speed bgt. Meinke sank under the water ,as rescuers grabbed the girlj He,iiaLled to respond to a resuscitaor. May Be Cooler For Capital; Boat Upturns Slightly cooler weather and pos sible showers for Labor day in Salem, was the forecast from the weather bureau early Monday morning. Cool vnds swept In from the. Pacific ocean Sunday to hold the day's high reading to 86 cooler by 10 degrees than Saturday. A high of 80 was the prospect for today., ; Lightning to the north was visi ble from Salem before midnight Sunday, and the control tower op erator at McNary field reported at least one "exceptionally heavy'' bolt. Heavy traffic continued to roll through the city on highway 99-E as the holiday week end swept into its big day, but state and city police reported no accidents in this area. , Boating fans had an anxious moment when an unidentified youth flipped his outboard-motor craft on the Willamette river near the Salem boathouse at 4:45 p.m., but he was not injured. Minor damage to the boat. was reported A dozen boats were on the river here Sunday afternoon. tion after the recess. Revision of the farm price sup port system: passed house and pending in senate. . Repeal of the Taft-Hartley law; substitute passed by senate; pending in senate. Repeal of the Taft-Hartley law; substitute passed by senate; pend ing in house committee. Statehood for Hawaii' and Alas ka;, approved by house committee but not acted on by house or senate.-.;; '.j i-r''1 -.- ' - . Increases in pensions for veter ans and dependents; passed by house but not acted on by senate. Increase in minimum wage pay able in interstate industry; passed by both chambers and awaiting compromise. . -.:- Repeal of poll-tax; passed by house but not considered in sen ate. --!!.; : Anti-lynching legislation; ap proved by senate committee but not acted o& by either chamber. Creation of fair employment practices commission to prevent racial discrimination; approved by house committee, no other action, i r . ' P H A, High Tito Aide Reiterates ;o Fear of Soviet9 BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. Sept. 4 One of Marshal Tito's ablest spokesmen peeled off his roat to day and told a mass meeting Yugo slavia does not fear Russia.; But, he said, this country s Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedon ians and Montenegrins are deter mined "to defend to the end the independence and sovereinty of Our socialistic country." The spokesman was Moshe Pi- jade, a vice president of Yugoslav ia and a top-flight member or Tito's-politburo. He spoke to peo ple gathered at the railroad sta tion to welcome home some of Yugoslavia's "voluntary" working brigades. Pijade speaking in his shirt Sleeves minced no words in de nouncing what he called a slan derous compaign by Russia against the Tito regime a campaign that began 15 months ago when the cominform countries denounc ed Tito for nationalistic tenden cies. The campaign now has reach ed the foxy of an economic block ade by the eastern European coun tries. Pijade, a former painter and newspaperman, told the gathering that Russia s attitude toward Yug oslavia could be compared only with Adolf Hitler's "racial" atti tude toward other smaller coun tries. t -. Sarcastically, he said Russia is trying to portray Yugoslavia as a small pup which dared bark at an elephant. Then he emphasized as this country's troops have done repeat edly during the last few weeks while rumors spread of a possible Yugoslav-Russian showdown that this country is not scared. "They (the Russians) wanted to raise the people against the state leadership," Pijade said. "It did just the opposite. They cemented the unity of the people and their leadership." Water Shortage Eased; Cannery Resumes Work . WEST SALEM, Sept. 4-(Special) -This city's two-day water shprtage seemed to be easing up Sunday. Mayor Walter Musgrave reported no complaints were re ceived during the day, and Blue Lake Packers cannery once againH was operating with a full crew on both the afternoon i and evening shifts. WESTON INTXRNATIOJfAU At Yakima -4. Salem 5-3 At Spokane. Wenatchee (rain) At Tacoma 4-1. Victoria 9-2 ; At Bremerton 3-3. Vancouver 9-0 COAST IJCACCB i At Portland 9-1, San Francisco 4-S At Sestue 11V4. Los Angeles 1-1 At Oaklaad 4-3. San Diego 3-1 At Hollywood S-4, Sacramento 4-3 " AMERICA W LEAGtTK At Boston 4. Philadelphia 2 i At Cleveland 9. St. Louis 0 ! ' v At Washington 3. New York 2 At Detroit 9. Chicago 4 NATIONAL LEAGUK At Chicago 1L Pittsburgh 1 At New fork 2. Brooklyn SI. At St. Louis 4-11, Cincinnati 4-2 t Philadelphia e-s, Boston S-J Short Holiday The business office of The Oregea SUteamaav will open at 1 bjb. today (Labor Day) in stead of th usual 9 JX0 sun. - , . : 1 1 1 1 7 1 : I - . j - s I X 2fTL;-: M)ilX--J The 84th annual Ore ton state fair drew considerable pre-speninr crowds Snnday and the fairgrounds midway was Jammed with early fair-goers. The fair officially opens today. The shove phoas shows the wide, midway, focal point for fair crowd.! stretchina away to the western edge of the grounds. It is flanked on both sides by booths, concessions, exhibits and rides. (Statesman photo). Holiday See Alterations By Lillie L.Madsen farm Editor, The Statesman Oregon's 84th state fair may not have opened officially Sunday, but attendance was good. "Not only did a steady flow of trucks, loaded with exhibits, pass through the fairgrounds gates, but through out Sunday afternoon and eve ning people were paying admis1 sion to enter. No count was avail able, however, for Sunday's take, as in former years, will be tabu lated with Monday's. Particularly enjoying the "quiet Today's i Fair Monday. Sept. I 8 a. t a. m. Gates open m. Judging livestock starts Kiddieland opens Floral display opens m. Military manpower display m. Free vaudeville, 1 a. 11 a. 12 noon Posting military guard and concert m. Racing, Lone Oak m. Free midway show 1 P. 3 P. 4 p. m. Running Labor day handicap m. Band concert P. :30 Free midway show I p. m. Helene Hughes Re vue. Horse show and rodeo 19 p. m. Dancing. George Bran's band AmvetsBury Merger Move DES MOINES, Sept 4-CaVrhe Amvet National convention today killed! off a move to consolidate with AVC by an almost unani mous' standing vote. The issue came to a climax after two hours of vigorous debate. To finish off the matter, the American veterans of World War II instructed their national execu tive committee! not to negotiate on such matters with the American veterans committee during the next year. The long expected battle of the 600 delegates was one of the two anticipated highlights of conven tion which began yesterday. The other 'is an address by President Truanan tomorrow afternoon, the closing event , ax. Min. 97 S3 97 43 - 1 Prsclp. -1 .00 jM SaJea Portland San fTanciaco . Chica go i New York e 95 . SI FORECAST (from US weather bu reau. McNary field) : Partly cloudy and slightly cooler today and tonight with sesttered light showers. High today near 80: low tonight 52. Weather will continue lavorabls for farm activtuos today. ... IAUV PKECrPtT A TTON (Sept 1 10 Sept, This Tear LaatY Normal 1 i Vf- I- Throngs day" at the fair were the young sters in the new Kidcheland. The 14 rides all proved popular arid managers of one reported sale of more than 400 rides by 5 o'clock. Also noted taking in the state's big show was Gov. Douglas Mc- Kay, making a thorough and loim inspection of the entire fair grounds late Sunday laftcrnoon. "Advance demand jjfor tickets indicates the largest Labor day at tendance in the; history of tho fair," Manager Leo Spitzbart said Sunday afternoon. The 1946 fair was the first to pass the quarter million attendance figure.. Loot year, paid admissions; were 264, " 177. j , - Judging Already Begun Because of the unprecedented number of livestock exhibits, judging in poultry, rabbits, flower and textile exhibits started Sun- 1 day afternoon, and judges in these expected to work most of the night to have the results posted by 9 a. m. opening day Most live- sock judging will start at 9 a. m. Monday. Jerseys, however, will not be. judged until Tuesday morn ing. First birth -in the livestock . barns was reported eairly Sunday, a calf to Birdies , Royal Sharon oi the Ray Hobson Guernsey farm of Amity. j , . Mrs. Do'vena Gobde, flower' show superintendent, said Sunday this would be the best jflower show since she took over! four year ago. Chase Gardens, Eugene, are back again. New is the chrysan themum display:; from Beckmaa Gardens in Polk county. Fuchsias and begonias surpass last year in number. A "Twentieth Century" exhibit of flower oddities includes -the huge Torch Ginger, the Bella of Ireland and a cluster of green orchids. j County Booths Altered Decorating of the 14 county booths was 'completed Sunday night and this year these belie the usual expression of fairgoers: "nice, but the same; Old thing. Originality predominates from the "Ace High" in .the Yamhill booth to the mint display in Mar ion county's comer. Also in the agricultural pavil ion, along with the Oregon Farm ers union and the Oregon stake grange, is the Farm bureau, which . just opened offices in Salem. Tho milk and the honey displays, tb fprmer in the dairy products and the latter Jn land products, are also "different" this year.' Included among the prominent exhibitors of both livestock and other displays are the 4-H clubs and the Future Farmers of Ameri ca, culminating in the Junior fat stock auction set for Friday. . Racing Begins Today . Monday forenoon's program Will be taken up largely with the fre J grouna attractions, opening oi torn military manpower displays and band concejts. The afteraoon pro gram will give the initial racinaT card on Lone Oak with running of the Labor day handicap at 4 p. tn.- ' ' : j .i The night program; includes the. vaudeville performance in front . of the race track grandstand, that combined ' horseshow: and rode and a dance.' X -k - ' Tuesday is Farm Organization ' day with approximately 130 Fly ing Farmers to land! their plane at 9 a. vol A flight of two F1I34 army Jet fighters will be featured at 1 pm. t i . The week's fair program will be concluded September 11 with midget automobile races on Lone Oak track and a rodeo perform- v