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'I ' ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' j I ira WM on I u 1 15 Taxi Licenses 1 By Council Fifteen Salem Uxicabs were licensed; by the city Monday night for Yellow Cab Co. and Shorty' Cab Co., and indications were given that Don Clark's Capitol Cab Co. probably: will not seek relicensing. This was the latest development in local controversy over taxi cab companies and drivers which was set off in November by mor als charees involving 11 Salem taxi drivers with a 14-year-old girl. CRT SOffiEOS ii The announcement" of Weyeir hauser Timber company that is negotiating on. pensions with un ions representing its employes, drops a bomb in labor negotiations In the lumber Industry, a bomb with a short fuse. Only a few days before the AFL union had declared its intention to press for $100 pensions. Now Weyerhauser, strongest unit in the industry, has announced its readiness to pay 'Heretofore wage negotiations in lumbering have been on an industry-wide basis. The package wrapped up in the single general negotiation applied right down the line'. Of course there were small operations that might be inde pendent, but for the most part the agreement on wages and working conditions was followed through out the industry. When it comes to pensions however, that will pro voke a division of opinion in the employer group. ' ' The small concerns with a life expectancy of five, ten or twenty years, will profess their inability to carry the pension load, and cite their im permanence as a bar to taking on a burden that might long outlast their operations. The big companies, with resources of great size and with plans to stay in the business indefinitely, will be able to negotiate pensions with expectation of being around to pay them. Not so the logger who buys a patch of stum page, the mill whose life is tied to a specific volume of timber, the log trucker who- hopes to retire himself with in a few years. One way the problem might be solved is by a pool, to which ' member employers could contri bute. But it is hard to see how that could give sure guarantee of. specific amounts. Annuities could be bought from an insurance com pany, but if the contributing com pany dried up the (Continued on editorial page, 4) Teams Rescue Marooned in MdwestFloods By The Associated Pros - -Radio equipped teams -fought through swirling Wabash and Em barrass river flood waters in Illi nois and Indiana Monday to res cue marooned families. The wea - ther bureau forecast more rain for the area. A broad band of southern winds warmed the rest of the land from the gulf to the Great Lakes, and from the east coast to tne kock ies. -, : '" " -' "' y Thousands of acres of rich farm land "were flooded in the, critical flood areas. . ? : Gov. Adlal Stevenson of Illinois left Springfield by plane to inspect the stricken region in southeast ern Illinois. On the Wabash river the col - lapse of an upstream levee seemed to have have the old fortress town of Vincennes, Ind., from a devas tating overflow. Sixteen thousand acres were under water seven miles north of the city following the break in the Niblack levee. All residents had been evacuated. ; More than 900 troopers from Fort Knox, Ky, stood by to sand bag other weak spots In the dikes. Father of Marion DA Seeks Deschutes Office E. O. Strader, sr.. Bend, Mon day filed in the state department here for the office of di-trict at torney of Deschutes county at the republican prii-ry election. The candidate is the father of - O. Stadter, Jr district attor ney of Marion county. Animal Cracttcrs By WARREN GOODRICH "OutM me way or 17 string! ft wit mt br hndsr tTOQjOCl Renewed for 2 Mayor n. i zuistrora xoia ine council he understood that Don Clark would not seek 1950 licenses inasmuch as he is negotiating for sale of his taxi firm. The proprie tor is awaiting trial on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, to which he has plead ed innocent. ) ; Elfstfom, Aldermen David O'Hara and Walter Musgrave each stated to the council they would oppose; issuing licenses to "the third operator," on the basis of in formation already on hand, j This followed the council appro val of 12 licenses for Robert Lynn Clark's Yellow Cab Co. and three licenses for Mrs. Eleanor Staab's Shorty's Cab Co. Only dissent in the voice votes on the two appli cations was a "no" from Musgrave on the request by Yellow Cab Co. for licenses. .-'.-. Musgrave had declared at a pub lic meeting last week that Infor mation received by the council in dicated to him that giving Robert Lynn Clark licenses would not be in the best interests of the city. ; (Additional details on page 2) By Wayne Richardson (Picture of Richardson on page 2) ABOARD THE AMERICAN FREIGHTER FLYING ARROW, Jan. 9 -CP)- Extensively damaged by 30 tb 40 shells from a Chinese nationalist gunboat, this American blockade-runner lay at anchor to night in International waters' off the approach to the communist port of ShanghaL i The ! nationalist naval vessel continued to stand guard nearby. Capt David Jones, 31, declared the Flying Arrow was unsea worthy and demanded that the U. S. state department take steps to provide safe passage Into the near est port for repairs. In accord with international practice for diffrifd Ships. .! . y r 7. j- : . The nearest port Is Shanghai, for which this ship sailed early Saturday from Hong Kong in de fiance' of the nationalist naval blockade and the danger of mines. Jones declared the attack oc curred 19 miles off, shore, clearly outside territorial waters. - None of. the crew of 43, includ ing this correspondent, and the 12 passengers, including seven women, was injured. " - - The1 Flying Arrow, however, was hit in many places and. set afire. The British; sloop Black Swan, which was patroling nearby, sent a firefighting party aboard and helped : subdue the : flames in hold and on the after-deck in three-hour struggle. Weather Forces J Governor McKay To Switch to Train REDDING, Calif, Jan. 9 -WVA heavy snowstorm snapped - power service in this area over the week end and stalled traffic. r ' . Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon. driving north, left his automobile here and took a train. I Up to three feet of snow fell on highway 299 across - Hatchet mountain, 40 miles east of Red ding. .Redding had 12 inches of snow. Schools did not operate today. Buses ran late, and high way 99 was - blocked repeatedly north of here. . ; ,-'1, - Morse Calls for Cut in Whisky, Tobacco Taxes WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-ff)-Sen-ator Morse (R-Ore), who neither smokes nor drinks, today i called for a cut in federal taxes on whis ky and tobacco. , - The Oregon senator argued that high taxes on them are wrong Be cause they are based solely on the "economic vulnerability" of the products. . ?-..'.' " Companies Nationalists' Ship Guards Flying Arrow Public Hearing Scheduled to Discuss Compiaints Of Salem Bug Riders Against Local Transit Lines Complaints of Salem bus riders will be aired at a public hearing to be conducted later this month by a mayor's committee on bus transportation. Mayor R. L. Elf strom announced Monday night The major's disclosure followed receipt of complaints by nearly 100 bus riders in a petition before the city council last night and fol lowed by a few hours a discussion of bus matters by officials of City Transit Lines and the mayor's committee. (See additional stories on pages 5 sJid 12.) e - Aldermen David - O'Hara and Howard Maple called ' for - a thorough investigation of the, bus operations In Salem, and the council gave initial reading to a bill which would make the council responsible for changes in bus time schedules. Route schedules are already governed directly by the council. At 1 the committee conference Meeting Gialled by Council Builder Seeks New Location For Apartments v By Robert E. Gangware City Editor. The SUtesman A surge of city and state plan ning activity Monday brought closer to the public the proposals for an extended capitol zone, to extend north to at least Union street in the near future. A public hearing was called by the city council for January 23 on a plan to freeze" four blocks north of present state property by holding IV to single-family k. resi dential coning until) the state has an opportunity to buy the land. ; Earlier in the day this action had been recommended by the state capitol planning commission and by the Salem planning and zoning commission, j , - ; Meanwhile, the builder of a proposed apartment; housfe which brought the zoning plans to a head indicated he might! abandon his plans to put up a seven-story, 36 unit apartment ; house on North Summer street between Marion and Union, in the .heart of the area in question. . ; Seeks New Site Robert Coates, Portland builder, let it be known that; he would not build at his already-purchased North Summer street 'site if he can dispose of that ! property and find another site. Coates said he had been unaware of the planning for state developments in that area. He purchased the property and took out a building permit for a $300,000. building last week. Zoning restrictions cannot be made retroactive to , prevent the proposed Coates construction. ; - Pvblle Hearing The city plan , to receive public hearing at the January 23 council meeting calls for changing the present apartment house and bus iness zones , to class I residential in the following areas: Two full blocks between Marion and Union, Capitol and Winter streets, four lots in each of the two comparable blocks between Capitol and Win ter streets which lie south of Mar ion street and north of the present zone I-C (Capitol zone permitting apartments and public buildings); a fringe of one-half block along Winter and Union streets facing affected blocks. . - The proposal also calls for limit ing to 45 feet the height of any non-state building in the I-C zone already established, most of which is already state-owned property. (Additional details on page 2.) ; uteat omt; 50,000 Idle WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-VThe coal controversy hit the boiling point again today with groups of miners going " out on strike in seven states and a move starting in congress to force White House action. 7 . John L. Lewis, whose three-day work week for miners stirred the uproar, fired back - at those who nave been demanding government action. Lewis . said Senator Taft - (R Ohio) and others who have been calling on .President Truman to invoke the Taft-Hartley law's na tional . emergency provisions are trying to "oppress the minework ers and cripple their union." Lewis, in a statement, called Taft the "flamboyant oppressor of the poor." He tagged Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the national labor relations board, the "hatchet man for the hi-profit tong." ' v: ;"J ' Nearly 50,000 of Lewis 400,000 soft coal miners, members of the United Mine Workers union, went out oh strike in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama and Utah. The pits of . steel, companies and the big Consolidation Coal company were made idle. earlier Monday, General Manager Carl Wendt of CTL responded to a barrage of critical reports from the committee with the assertion that Salem residents have caused much - of the city bus service trouble by being long-suffering and not complaining directly to the management ' Lack ? of dependability, Indif ference of management discour tesy of drivers, and woes of the downtown terminal setup led the list of criticisms, which were di rected at the bus company, its drivers, the city and bus riders. They came from the committee as a result of members own observa tions and complaints made to them by the . transit customers and ex-customers. ' Wendt split the bulk of the blame to bus riders and drivers for the present transit troubles Including 3 a shuffle last week which dropped some suburban GoalDisp filing P 89& YEAR 12 PAGES Th Oregon Statesman, Salem, Ortgon. Tuesday January 10, 1950 PBICE 5c - No. 3C3 Gale Brings She's Happy Salem's American Legfoa Toys for Earepe' drive gets aa additional boost as the vtvads-os miss above adds her story books te the STSwiOk jiile ef leys at the American Legion elab en Soath Com mercial street. Three year old Linda Scott Morgan, daaghter ef Mr. and Mrs. C L. Merran, Salem rente S. finds it fan te give when she knews that some little youngster in Europe Is going te have as much fan with the books as she has. (Statesman bot). CD rvTiflfli IPeDHGteini Peoiniainids - ; PORTLAND, Jan. (-(AVCIO woodworkers announced today that employer-financed health and welfare benefits but not pensions would top the union's demand In 1950 contract negotiations. . The question of wage increases was ignored. James E. FacQing, president of the International Woodworkers of America, said the union planned to appraise the old age retirement question tn cases ox large ana stable logging and lumber, indus tries. .-i-.-.T ; u.- - v -; The Weyerhauser Timber com pany announced last week that it was preparing a pension program and was willing to discuss the plan with the union. Fadling referred to the Weyerhauser proposal and said it would be "explored to the fullest extent for such stable oper ations." - The northwest regional negotia tion committee announced its aims today. They were recommended by union Jocal delegates who dos ed a two-day conference here yesterday. . 7 77:-7 Fadling said employers In- the Pacific Coast states and Idaho and Montana would be asked to fin ance: 1 Life insurance; 2 Hospi tal, surgical : service insurance; 3 -$40 a week sick benefits; 4 Pay idled workers the difference between the state workmen's com pensation insurance allowance and $40 weekly; 5 -Paid holidays. Nicholson Holds Postmaster Post -At Aumsville c Statesman News Service AUMSVILLE, Jan. 9 Myron Nicholson is acting postmaster here awaiting official confirmation of his permanent appointment. He succeeds Mrs. Ardis Bradley, who has moved to Warrenton. Mrs. Marjorie Jackson Is assisting Nich olson at the office. - Nicholson is a native of Illinois and is a veteran of World War IL He has resided here for the past three years, working In a sawmill. service and alter some city sched ules, v The riders evidently have been "taking" a lot of bad conduct and not complaining where it would do some good, according to the manager who said the company has heard only a few complaints compared to the many offered the committee, v He . said - victims or witnesses should report untoward incidents. Including the name of the bus route, the time of the In cident and preferably the driver's number, appearing on his cap. But such problems cannot be remedied, he stressed, unless the complain ant Is willing to appear and back up his report Under ths organized labor setup, the 'company has experienced great difficulty in disciplining drivers, said Wendt He said the company is faced with a demand for arbitration in disciplining dri vers for rule Infractions and that to Contribute I- Home To Ground in Silverton Area Statcoaaa New Serrlee ... SILVERTON, Jan. 9 The Ar thur Cole home, located a mile southeast of. Silverton, burned to the ground early this evening while the family was away visit ing relatives. . ' The firet was discovered about 5:30 . pjn. by . a" passer-by who called the Silverton Fire depart ment. Fire fighters responded im mediately but were . too late to save the house or its contents. Fire Chief Carl Hande said, "The en tire house was hidden by smoke and flames by the time we ar rived." ; - . Hande believed most of the loss was covered by insurance.' A new electric range, hot ' water heater and deep freeze unit were among possessions which were ruined. Firemen kept flames from spreading to nearby farm build ings despite high winds and rain. Origin of the blaze was not deter mined. The Coles were visiting a brother-in-law, Howard Rogers, in .'the Union hill dsitrict, when the fire started. Their plans for the fu ture were undecided tonight. , care must be taken to avoid walk outs which would tie up the trans portation system. . , -. But 'CTL "drivers in the main are good and steady," Wendt de clared, and "dropping a dime does not five the customer a right to abuse the driver or the company: The bus line will stand by the city's decision as to space division between auto parkers '. and bus loading if a thorough study of the situation is made, Wendt said. He suggested a week's check by bus inesses as to whether their custo mers ' arrived downtown by bus. private car or root 1 M. B. Rudd, committee chair man, said further meetings are planned with bus officials and customers. It Is hoped by March to prepare a report which will aim at an adequate transportation system and a profitable transit business. . Burn 58 mmiph Wind to Snow Reported Piling Higher In Cascades ' Mighty gusts of ind blew sheets of rain across Salem early this morning in a storm which swept down the Willamette valley from the gulf of Alaska Monday night ' At least one tree In Salem was felled by the high winds which traveled up to 58 miles an hour. Nearly half an inch of rain ac companied the storm. A good por tion of it fell after the weather bureau's 10:30 p.m. reading. The wea 1 bureau predicted it would continue windy in the valley today with more rain slat ed. , High wave- churned un by Mon day's wind closed the mouth of the Columbia river to shipping. Near Hood River, a 30? yard slide blocked the Union Pacific s main line. . In eastern . Washington and northern Idaho scores of school houses stood empty iday as snowplows battled drift-filled roads. t More Snow Arrivwr State police said the storm was piling more snow in Cascade mountain passes. From Salem to Detroit the high-. was reported good late Monday night, however; Detroiters ere shoveling snow from their roofs Monday. It had piled up to 24 inches and idled major industries. School buses were r" operating and telephone service was , restored after Fri day's storm had wrecked poles and wires. A Salem street crew was sent to barricade a tree that fell across Hickory street near Front street about S pjn. when the sustained wind velocity was 38 miles an hour. .-: r' .. - Cheeks : Flae Fires City firemen made three short runs to check flue fires during the evening. All were attributed to the wind. Temperatures at Salt . remain ed at 40 degrees during the wind storm. They were slated to' drop to 35 by this morning, reach 40 again today, then drop to 28 to-' night. - . The storm that hit 'this area Monday night was expected to sweep over the Cascades and de posit ne sncw in eastern sections: Ontario reported Oregon's lowest reading Monday, nine above. In Spokane county, Washinjton, 20 schools wre closed. The county made arrangements to provid . aid in isolated areas with a d-equip- pea plane ir necesnry. ; Man Hurt )Wbile Breaking Up Fight Between Women ' ' 'V , I:- "v. .. - .. . 'j - statesman News Itrries ALBANY, Jan. 9 A Corvallis man Is In serious condition at Al bany General hospital today with a knife wound incurred when he attempted to break up a fight be tween two women. Injured in the abdomen was Clifford Brown, 41, Corvallis. Charged with the stabbing is John Lee Huckaby, Albany, husband of one of the women. Huckaby, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, is being held In the Linn county jail here in lieu of $2,000 bail. " The fight occurred Sunday af ternoon pn West First street be tween Lyon and Ellsworth streets. Huckaby, arrested, by city police, will appear in municipal court Wednesday. . V New Spray May . . ' Make Lawnmower Thing of the Past PORTLAND. Jan. 9-WVWant to escape the lawn . mower? 1 Virgil Freed, Oregon State college agro nomist may know the way. , -He said he tried the new growth control chemical called IPC (the full name Is lsopropyl N-phenyl carbamate) on his lawn. Stunted it nicely, too - - stayed green at a uniform height of a few Inches. . Freed warned the Oregon Seed Growers league, though, that the method of use had not been fully worked out yet But in a few years you may be able to trade your lawn-mower in for a spray tank. rEXON'S tHF ILL , BUENOS AIRES, Jan. -9 Mrs. Maria Eva Etaartte Peron, wife of Argentine President Juan D. Peron, suffered an acute ap Dcndicitis stuck tonight and was removed immediately to a hospi tal for treatment .- BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -(AP). President Truman sent an unbalanced $42,439,000,000 budget today to a congress clamoring or economy. ' He said the spending is Tital to our security and to the welfare of our people." 7 7 i:f 7' Z . -. 'I '. ;"rv--;;.,;:t';:::! .': . . ' Unless congress cuts the; budget or gives Blr. Tru-' man the "moderate" tax increases he wants, the gov- . ernment would live $5,133,000,000 beyond its income; in the fiscal year starting July 1. ' ' - The talk on Capitol Hill centered mostly on cutting expenditures instead of increasing expressed skepticism that any deep cuts will actually be made in this ' election year. .. . ,;.. -: ' House and senate clerks, read in relays through the 27.000-word budget message longest presidential message in history. Long before they were through, republicans began pouring mat ' criticism- and raising cries of. "spendthrift socialism." ."juggling. : "economic ruin," and "bankruptcy." They promised to fight for spend ing slashes..''.. 7 ; --'-.- ;-- . ;'.., .-".;--'.- - Senator Wherry of Nebraska, republican senate leader, said the' president sugar-coats red Ink with On the other hand, Rep. McCorraack, house democratic leader, called the budget message "soundly conceived" and said that in view of the international situation large spending for 'national defense Is ; necessary. - 7 : . ' 7" Mr. Truman insisted the budget Is one of soundness, prudence and restraint He said it is a financial expression of steps the gov ernment ought to take now "to build toward economic growth and the expansion of human freedom, in our country and in the world." . It is pointed, he said, toward a" "budgetary balance In the next few years." - : - . . . "It is an honest budget which meets the realities which face us," he said, i T.-r : ; - . ,-- - " 7'. . ' That $5,133,000,000 deficit In sight for the coming fiscal year is the difference between Mr. Truman's spending figure and a federal income ne estimates at SJ700,000,000. f , t f . . v Gap May Be Even Bigger if Bill Fails The gap could be even bigger if congress fails to boost postal rate by the 1395,000,000 Mr. Truman recommended. In the past the law- makers -have not shown much enthusiasm for even smaller postal increases. - 7 :- - . : . The budget included billions, for military and economic help to non-communist nations. : , - . . - - . ; . But national defense continued to be the biggest expense in the . new budget, as In years past. - . And there was a new proposal, to spend $1,000,000 to start hunting a way to change "salt water into fresh water in large volume at econ omical costs." Water Shortages, the president explained, are a threat in some spots. . ' ' 7,.'. , - I Congress could trim that prospective $5,133,000,000 deficit by en4 acting the "moderate" tax increase for which Mr. Truman is plugging The figure also could be cut. by reducing spending. .. . .. 1 The president still was silent on Just what kind of tax increase he wants. But he did kludge congress again to advance the date when ' social security taxes would Jump from 1 to 2 per cent on employers and employes. He suggested Jan. 1, 1951. instead of the start of 1952. The tax Just went up this last Jan. 1 from 1 to 114 per cent : Asks Tax for Health Insurance Plan Mr. Truman repeated a bid for a payroll tat of a quarter of 1 per cent on both employers and workers to start bringing in the cash for . a health insurance system --which congress has shown no signs ef approving. "- - r- r r. -. - ........... He predicted a "downward trend In expenditures" In the years ahead, and increased revenue if congress gives him that moderate tax Increase. This, he said, will lead toward a balanced budget. Yet Mr, Truman erected caution signals. With an obvious nod at Russia, he warned that "the threat of aggression still exists." He asked for more cash - - he didn't say how much - - to make atom bombs. National defense, heaviest cost in the budget, was figured at f IS, 545.000. 1 Moreover, it will cost nearly $12,000,000,000, in Items Kke veterans', benefits and interest on the public debt, to pay bills left over from the last war. . . 7 . .4 . - ;7 After some odds and ends of government expenses are met, that leaves around $12,500,000,000 to spend at home, on housing, agricul ture, education, social welfare, and parts of the Truman "fair deal", program. Perhaps, the president suggested, that is "too little" rather than too much. " (Additional details on page 2) Paps Require Foster Mother A foster mother is badly need ed in the Salem ' area for seven little five-day-old puppies. Their real mother. Deep Water Lady, is dying from blood poisoning- which set in when she gave caesarean birth to a litter of 13 registered Chesapeake Retrievers. Six pups already have died. Anyone who can loan a foster mother for the remaining pups has been asked to call the A. C. Friesen family, Salem route 5. The phone number is 2-0108. The Frie sens guarantee excellent care for the dog. , '. - SNOW LEVEL SAID LOW BOISE; Jan. M-The sou" con servation service said today that surveys show a lower than normal snow cover for this time of year in the Columbia basin. The irri gation division of the soil conserv ation service said today that a major portion of the Columbia basin east of the Cascade range has from 60 to 90 per cent normal sno cover. MANY JOBLESS IN ASTOKMA ; ASTORIA, Jan. 8-4-Unem- loyment mounted today to 2,273 1 Clatsop county, the largest list on record here. " VaMev B - E3dDDddd taxes. Some members, however. fights in the great blue yonder." Chinese Reds, British to Tallt ' HONG KONG. Tuesday, Jan. 10 -C&VCommunist china has offer ed to negotiate with Britain for the opening of diplomatic . relations, the official Chinese red news ag ency said .today. 7 V- t ' -. ;' ' ' "' " , The new China news agency said Chou En-Laid, red premier- and foreign minister, had replied to the British recognition offer, made Friday. It said Chou expressed Chinese communist willingness to establish diplomatic relations on a basis of' equality, mutual benefit' and re spect for territorial sovereignty. "?!): Y3'iv 'MjlMii Mas. Mia. Prcifv Salem 41 U .3Z Portland 43 U J9 San fTandico S2 ' 3S M Chicago 49 31 .14 Nw York , 43 SI M WUlamtt river TJ feet FORECAST (from VS. weather bur eau, McNary field. Salem): Cloudy to day with lntermlttaat rain and roo aulcrabl wind to cootiaue mea of th day. Hitix today near 40; low tonisM ear SB. " SAlXVt PRXCTPtTATIOW This Yaar Last Year Wormal ' ISJtt S1J M