Stoctmon. Solwn, Ofgon, .Sunday January 23. 1950
Truman Said
iNear Verdict
!0nH-Bomb
! (Story also on page one.)
t W A t HTN fSTON Jan. 28
' There was mounting evidence to
day that PresidentTruman may be
t rearing a final and grave decision
i on building the super-smasher
hydrogen bomb; possibly in favor
of it.
A series of separate but related
events added weight to this specu
lation which, was based primarily
' on reports that Mr. Truman's
close . advisers believe the fear
. come Weapon, perhaps 1,000 times
, meaner than the A-bomb, should
be added to America's atomic ar
senal. ; --Here arc some of the things
which seem to point to a decision
iat the near future:
' 1) A member of the senate-
.house atomic energy committee
, caid a majority of the lawmakers
. : favor building the bomb.
' Statement Expected
.! (2) Another committee member
aid be expects an authoritative
.ktatemenf on the hydrogen bomb
o be made soon. Mr. Truman ap
parently is the only person who
can make or authorize a statement
of that caliber. He said yesterday
; that the decision on I developing
the new bomb is bis to make. But
he gave no hint when , it might
come. ' it
(3) A senator told! a reporter
ithat he is certain Secretary of
i State Acbeson favors an H-bomb
. program.
Favors U-Bemb
t (4) Chairman Connally (D-Tex):
!of the senate foreign relations
I committee came put openly in fa-
lvor of the H-bomb.
(5) Dr. Harold Urey, one of the
'nation's top atomic scientists, said
1 Jast night the United States has no
choice but to go ahead with the
l.bomb.
l (0) Miliary opinion -was report-
ted to favor strongly making the
i bomb in view of the belief that
TRussia has the theory of it too.
;! General Omar N. Bradley, chair
' .man of the joint chiefs of staff ap
peared to be urging a go-ahead in
; p- speech yesterday, although he
vdid not mention the H-bomb.
; Casta Discounted
! A democratic senator who asked
'.his name not be used said he be
lieves congress would approve ap
fjftiropriatlons for the H-bomb pro
gram. "From reports, it wouldn't
'cost as much as we had believed,"
he said.
Senator Connally said the H
i bomb would strengthen the peace.
I . Hia statement:
l "The United States should arm
itself with the hydrogen bomb.
r 'The security of the nation and
-i pur people require that we provide
our armed services with the best
possible weapons. --Mast
Stay Strong
"We must remain strong. We
' want to preserve the peace of the
-1 the hydrogen bomb will
serve that cause just as the atomic
L..i u done since it ended the
"war and gave us peace.
' ConnaLly's statement was in ef
fect a direct appeal to the presi
a dent since the final decision rests
", with Mr. Truman.
It was reported that the senate
! house atomic energy committee
' has not yet made a formal recom-
mendation to President Truman
; about the H-bomb. But one mem-
ber said the committee's views
may be given to the president
.; within the next week.
V -I'm certain," be said, -that a
; great majority of the committee
, favors building the H-bomb."
1 The American Veterans -of
World War II (AMVETS) also
spoke out for immediate construc
. tion of the terrifying weapon
which has leaped into discussion
'. in recent weeks.
National Commander Harold
, Russell said in a statement:
-Any other decision, however
j merciful and humanitarian, would
be inconsistent with the brutal
, facts of international life today.1
vne ne-nunaredtn pound per
.acre oi paratnion was round ef
fective against arctic mosquitoes
when sprayed from a plane.
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Noted Baseball
Figure Passes
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Jan. 2&
(Jty Blake Harper, nationally
known baseball executive who
helped develop the St. Louis Car
dinals' farm system and a flock
of star players, died today. He was
60.
During the three decades he
was identified with the national
pasthne. Harper bad been presi
dent of several minor league
clubs, supervisor of concessions at
Sportsman's park in St Louis and
for the Cardinal farm clubs. He
also was credited with helping
produce such crack players as
Pepper Martin, the -Wild Hoss of
the Osage"; Flint Rhem, Chick
Hafey, Gus Mancuso, Charles Gel
bert and others. .
Infant Dies
Of Suffocation
In Lebanon
Statesman Nswi SttW
LEBANON, Jan. 28 Billie
Irene Alexander, month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Alexander, Klamath Falls, was
found dead in her bassinette about
7 a.m. today at the home of Alex
ander's parents six miles south of
Lebanon.
Linn County Coroner Glen Hus
ton said the baby died accidentally
by suffocation. The parents had
checked the baby about six hours
previously and she was alright,
Huston said.
Alexander, a student at Klamath
Falls college, has been visiting at
the home of hia parents here for
the past three weeks.
Graveside services will be held
at the IOOF cemetery at 3 p. m.
Sunday under the direction or the
Howe-Huston mortuary.
Woman Takes
Man's Clotlies
FoUoicing Ride
CHICAGO. Jan. 28 -GrV An
attractive girl -in her twenties"
gave a stranger a ride early today,
then pulled a knife on him and
forced him' to remove - all his
clothing but his socks and shorts.
Joseph Perrino, 22 told police
he struck up a conversation with
the girl at a lunch counter and
went for a ride in her car. Sud
denly, he said, she swung into a
dark alley and threatened him with
knife.
Perrino said the. girl ordered
him out of the car, commanded
him to take off his clothing except
for his socks and shorts, and drove
off, still brandishing the knife.
She took the clothes, including 82
in a pocket.
The shivering man wandered
about in below-freezing weather
until a resident of the neighbor
hood noticed his plight and called
police.
Officers gave him some pithy
advice and a blanket.
Into Dakotas
By The Associated Press
A howling blizzard whipped
across the Canadian border into
the Dakotas Saturday and a new
blast of Arctic air stung the gale-
battered Pacific northwest.
Early risers in Rapid City. S. D.
found the temperature a mild 40
degrees at 6:30 am. Then a 60
mile an hour gale hit the city, kick
lng up blinding clouds of. snow
and driving the mercury down to
one degree below zero within three
hours.
The northern stirred up blizzard
conditions at many points in the
Dakotas.
Much colder weather was head
ing eastward toward the Great
Lakes area, with a sharp drop in
temperature forecast for Sunday.
DENOUNCED IN ADVANCE
TAIPEI. Formosa, Jan. 28 -ftp)
The Chinese nationalist govern
ment today denounced in advance
as invalid any agreements sec
ret or open that the Chinese
communists might f make with
Russia. '
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Obituaries
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fctenco. 470 M. 24th it,llthl o
S year. Survtvvd by thm wtdor. Mr.
S. A. Baldwin. Salra; daughter. Mr,
riorau-a L Berkley; Mrs. E. H. Crs
ven, both ei Salem, and Georgia
Baldwin, ExeaMoe Sprlnc. M04 sta
ter, Mrs. P. H. Pterca, Kxeeknor
Springs; granddaughter, ana Cra
ven and Mrs. Patricia DeCaptt. both
or Salem; grandson, suchard IXCra
vana. Cohtrnrwia, Orduc great giaml
daughter. Sandra Jan DcCapito. Sa
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Radar Proves Effective as
Curb to Speeding Drivers;
! Eiif orcement Two -car Job
By George Miller
NEW YORK. Jan. 28-flVYou
can argue with a speed cop about
bow fast you were driving, and
maybe get away with it .
His speedometer --or yours --
may have been off. Traffic engin
eers say automobile speedometers
can err as much as IS per cent if
you are traveling at a 50-mile an
hour clip or better. L
But you can't tell oil the radar
speed meter, which has been in use
about two years. Engineers say it
stays on the beam; that its margin
of error is a slim one or two per
cent. .
In many places the courts are
taking the radar meter's word.
Try to argue the point and the
judge comes back at you with fre
quencies, wave lengths and logar
ithms.
All Are Convicted
In one month, Columbus, Ohio,
police detected 128 speeders by
radar. Of these 126 pleaded guilty.
The other two were convicted.
The 45-pound radar meter works
simply. It sends out a constant
micrawave signal which operates
within a 150-foot range. The re
flected wave length is proportion
al to the speed of the moving car.
It shows up on the machine in
miles per hour. The speed is writ
ten down by a regular recording
device on a revolving sheet of pa
per that looks like a businessman's
sales graph.
Speed law enforcement by ra
dar is a two-car job. The speed
meter is mounted in a control car.
Here the speeder is clocked and
his license number radioed ahead
to a second car which picks bim
up. -
CeaneeUeot Starts It
The Connecticut state police de
partment was the first to use ra
dar against speeders, but only aft
er a two-year preliminary try out.
Lt- Leslie W. Williams of the
Connecticut police's traffic divi
sion said the department wanted
above all else to avoid having its
radar labeled a newfangled speed
trap. Radar patrolled roads were
staked out: -State police, "radar
speed control zone."
Since the system went Into use,
there have been only five arrests
- -i and five convictions.
The Virginia state police follow
ed Connecticut's example In set
ting up radar speed controls.
Other States Fellow
Now, says Paul L. Green of the
Automatic Signal Corp., of Nor
walk, Corm- which makes the de-
ice, it Is used extensively by state,
and local police departments in
many sections of the country.
Radar has gone to work on high
ways in Arizona, California, Coi
o r a d o, Connecticut, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,
Rhode Island and Tennessee.
The village of Garden City, N. Y-
employed it in a dual capacity - -
for traffic study and speed . law
enforcement. Here, again, to avoid
the -speed trap" tag, village i au
thorities marked highways: -Speed
cnecked by radar." f
Aids Traffic Frebleams
Connecticut's highway depart
ment has several portable radar
sets measuring highway speed
and safety conditions. It provides1
the answer to such questions as to
how fast can' you take a curve
safely, how many cars pass control
points at a given time.
Robert J. Allen, chief traffic en
gineer for the Association of Cas
ualty and Insurance companies.
says: -The future application is
unlimited. It shou!d be a tremen
dous help to engineers in working
out the basic problems of traffic1
Autos Take Toll of
Birds in Wyoming
LUSK, Wyoming -iTV John F,
Alter of Lusk haa been counting
dead birds and animals along Wyo
ming highways for 15 years. It s
strictly a hobby, but the counting
has .convinced him the human
traffic toll is nothing compared to
the small animal kin. Birds, he
said, take the worst beating.
Alter suggests that cars and
trucks be equipped with plastic
nets during the summer months
to protect bird life along the high
way. -Beginning July 15, and last
ing until the latter part of October,
the count is three dead birds to
the mile. During August the count
is up io five birds a mile, and Z am
sure the dead birds that land in
the barrow pits will up these fig
ures by at least a third,' he said.
AUer counted L248 rabbits that
lost to the auto on one W mile
drive. He tallied 771 rabbits and
44 sage bens on another trip of 47
miles and. 55 dead cats on a 595
mile drive. Alter has seen horses,
cattle, sheep, deer, antelope and
even bobcats that lost their lives.
NOT UNDEEGEOCND
DURANGO, Colo. GT Just as
UJS. Sen. Eugene D. Minikin (R-
Cola) was about to speak at
rally, the lights went out.
-This doesn't mean the republi
can party is going underground,"
quipped Colorado's bald-pa ted
Junior senator. He went on tapting
for 10 minutes before a new fuse
put the lights back on.
Analysis eY site ssdn
Beighborliood..niA6
inspeetioa ef property
for compliance with
FlTA's sUndarda . , . .
and but but not least
FlIA's expert, nnbUaeJ
Helen Traubel
ToReskhas
Diva at Met
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 -MV
HeVen Traubel, the Metropolitan
Opera's famed Wagnerian sopra
no, is "withdrawing" from the
company at the end of this season,
her agent said today.
Miss Elizabeth Winston, the
singer's agent, said Miss Traubel
is making the move - because of
"the absence of any overtures"
from the new Met management
for ber appearance next season.
Rudolf Bing, only recently nam
ed general manager of the Met,
said In New York that the singer
had made a -precipitate decision''
and described lt as -somewhat
hasty and somewhat unfriendly."
Staieaofat Issaed
A statement issued for Miss
Traubel sakL
-The leading dramatic soprano
of the Metropolitan Opera associ
ation for the past ten years, moss
Traubel was entitled to the cour
tesy of an invitation to enter into
negotiations for future opera ap
pearances.
The singer -win proceed wiin
other plans," the statement said
Bing in New York said he was
surprised that Miss Traubel is
leaving and said:
-This is the first thing I've
beard about it"
Only yesterday, Bing said, he
wrote to Miss Traubel -express
ing regret at not having had the
opportunity of meeting her so far"
and asking to meet with her next
week to discuss plans.
Regreta Action
-I deeply regret that Madame
Traubel has decided to quit the
Met," be said.
The singer has been away from
New York City for the last two
weeks, Bing said, adding that he
had -one or two meetings" with
her manager, James A. Davidson
on another matter."
-Never once in our meetings
did he hint at the fact that Ma
dame Traubel was in such a hurry
to start negotiations, King said.
Manager Surprised
The Met's general manager said
he was surprised at 7 Miss Trau-
bel's action because it is not cus
tomary for the Metropolitan to
begin negotiations with its artists
so early as January.
-I am doubly surprised because
Madame Traubel is aware that I
am a new man who has hardly
been here 12 weeks." he said.
The Metropolitan's season ends
March 26.
Bing officially succeeds the out
going manager, Edward Johnson,
on June 1.
Miss Traubel told a news con
ference here yesterday that she
plans to write mystery novels.
She didnt mention any plans then
to quit the opera company.
Sleuth Finds Man Who Forgot
$50,000 Policy
VANCOUVER, B C, Jan. 28
of Vancouver, today has 850.000
detective and a grey-haired old lady for his good fortune.
Detective Georce Pinchin of the missing persons bureau traced
him to Tarzana, in California's San
insurance investigators lost his
her memory agile, supplied the
missig link.
- This story with a -Hollywood"
ending begins in Topeka, Kan,
before the turn of the century
years before Mr. Olson, then a
brawny blacksmith, moved to Van
couver. Business Press red
Mr. Olson , owned a blacksmith
shop, and his business prospered
in those horse and buggy days.
But he must have f orseen the day
when automobiles would make the
smithy almost obsolete, for be
walked into an insurance office
one day and plunked down $20,000
for a paid up policy.
He was a cautious, if forgetful,
business man. To guarantee the
money would support bim in his
old age, he stipulated the policy be
locked in the company's vaults for
50 years.
At the end of that time, he was
to get the sum, plus interest.
But a man can forget much In
a half century. When he and his
wife left here in 1948, he had no
idea the policy had doubled its
value. -
.The insurance company, how
ever,' didn't forget, losing the trail
of the wandering blacksmith in
Vancouver, they called on Detec
tive Pinchin;
Recalled Faanfly Naaae
The detective visited Mr. Olson's
former neighborhood and there
be discovered the oldJady who re
called the family name of one of
Mr. Olson's married daughters.
A few hours later, the detective
interviewed the daughter, Mrs.
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Graihien Force
Store Manager
To Open Safe
PORTLAND, Jan. 2S-(dP-Cun-jnen
forced a chain store manager,
from his home to open strong
box after store hears . ii. one of
two armed robberies here tonight
Folic said the Safeway store
manager, Wesley K. Bailey, report
ed two gunmen knocked at his
door. One remained at the house
with his wife while the other
forced Bailey to drive him to the
store. The Baileys' 14-year-old
son was taken along on the ride as
a hostage.
The' boy's life was threatened.
Bailey said, if either he' had re
fused to open the safe or his wife
had attempted to alert police.
Bailey said he opened the safe
and the gunman scooped up the
undisclosed amount of the day's
receipts. The manager was then
forced to drive the robber back
to his home where the couple and
the son were lined up against a
wall. Bailey called police a few
minutes after they believed the
men were out of range.-
Earlier, two gunmen had held
up the Multnomah Cleaners and
Dyers shop and fled with an esti
mated 8475 in cash.
Monoxide Gas
Kills Children
On Car Trip
LA GRANDE, Ore., Jan. 28-OP)
A horrified Nebraska couple dis
covered two of their children dead
In the back seat of their auto
mobile when they stopped here
today.
Carbon monoxide gas from the
car's exhaust was blamed.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ed mis-
ton. Lincoln, Neb, told police thehv
sons, Robert, 3, and James. 1,
were asleep beneath a blanket as
they drove through 10-degree
weather across the snow-covered
Blue mountains en route from Spo
kane. Coroner William Arrfvey said
gas apparently was seeping from
a hole in the car's muffler and
Concentrated in the back seat.
A third child, a baby in Mrs. Ed
miston's arms, was in the front
seat and unharmed. The Edmis
tons, who are touring the country
with a trailer, said they did not
notice any fumes. They were en
mute to Biloxi, Miss.
They stopped here for groceries
and the father discovered the rigid
bodies. He rushed, to the police
station. The two children were
taken in a first aid car to a hos
pital, but artificial' respiration
failed.
1 Contrary to popular belief, un
fermented coffee grounds are not
a fertilizer.
After 50 Years
-(CP)-Martin Oscar Olson formerly
in the kitty. And he can thank a city
Fernando valley, after New York
trail here. The umdentinea woman.
Gordon Mackenzie, who gave him
Mr. Olson's present address.
Then Mr. Olson had his memory
jogged with a $50,000 check.
Finance Firms
To Construct
Office Building
Willamette Production Credit
association announced 'plans Sat
urday to construct a modern off
ice building which will also house
the Federal Land bank.
The $18,000, one-story, 40 by 65
foot structure win go up this spr
ing on a lot at the northwest cor
ner of North Commercial and Div
ision streets, according to Philip
M. Brandt, Association manager.
The lot was purchased recently
from Candalaria Investment com
pany, be said.
Plans can for a reinforced con
crete building designed by local
architect W. F. Severin. The land
bank will lease office space. Off-
street parking space is to be incl
uded in the design.
The credit association and land
bank, both cooperative credit ass
ociations, now have offices at 199
N. Commercial st They employ a
total of about 12 persons, said Bra
ndt The new building will be des
igned for future expansion.
Fiifnds Peat
Many people
having bis
Chinese
party any paw wa nava plant? (un
ei juuaf mmgn. in
leu AmtMM 1 ay
story
everybody taosfe soma mare. 1 not,
knowing meaning1 aDotis story nut
m 1 tmagn
rnen I es
back kitchen cook plenty good soon.
OrtneM special aian aae
Dock. Almond QUnesa water
nit. Si ted ttce rrtad sonaSH
and many atrter dish, big variety,
yon like. Maybe yow kka Chinese
Egg Keodln or Chop Suey we bar
.those stab aJRlme en. waaf yon
I say t American,--an tan. a-
ways ready yen come any urns,
pea every nite aa week no mora
close one day we stay open every
day each sate starting pjn. stay
1 a (A. day souow.
(that's my name, sure)
Came Commission Sets Earlier
Fish Openings on Some Rivers
PORTLAND. Jan. 28 -W- The state game
ced earlier openings for fishing In some rivers in
1950 anrling rules completed today.
Major changes on previously
clude: '
Zone 1:
IS day earner opening of the Ne
halem, Salmonberry, north fork of
the Salmonberry, Rock creek. Wil
son river, Trask and north fork of
the Trask river. On Oct. 1 instead
of Oct. 15. These streams are
closed in the summer and the
earlier opening allows fishing be
fore highwater. .
The winter closing of the Nes
tucca was set at Feb. 28 to conform
with other coastal streams.
Zone 3: 1
New opening day of ay 1:
Lost lake in Linn county was
given an opening season June 1
to June 30.
Zone 2:
Southern half opening May 4;
closing Herman creek to Salmon
fishing up to highway 30 bridge
Aug. 30 to Oct. 20 to protect hatch
ery operations of commission.
Zone 5:
Little Lava lake removed from
the closed to all angling list; the
opening of Rock creek reservoir
was set at May 1 to con from with
other area waters; opening of
Fawn, Wahoo and . Rosary lakes
was moved to June 1 instead of
June 10; the season for North
Twin lakes will be May 1 to
Sept. 15 and for Wickiup reser
voir May 1 to Sept 30.
Real Rubles
Fail to Swing
Car Purchase
1
EAST LIVERPOOL, 0 Jan. 28
(P)- A woman 'who tried to buy
an automobile with worthless
Russian rubles demanded today
the car be delivered as adver
tised. Only this week, fire damaged
Mrs. Ruth Rayl's old car. So she
was pleased when she read an
advertisement in the East Liver
pool Review which said:
1947 Dodge coupe for sale at a
bargain price of 1,275 rubles.'
The ad was Joking and listed
such extras as a -Siberian radio"
and a -salt mine beater." It meant
dollars, not rubles.
Mrs. RayL however, took It in
dead earnest. She happened to
have two 1,000 Russian ruble
notes brought back from China
by her husband, Edward, an ex
marine. The next day she appeared in
the salesroom of auto dealer Ed
die Lane, plunked down the rubles
and demanded the car. -
Lane was dumbfounded, The
ad had been written by a man in
the newspaper's advertising de
partment and Lane was unaware
of the jesting: tone. i. ?
The car belonged to his broth
er-in-law, Louis HassaU.
Mrs. Rayl still has her rubles
ana ine nas ms car. She says
she will consult a lawyer to Cnd
out whether she has a case that
would stand up in court.
Before the war," rubles were
worth 55.5 cents in Russia. In
this country they have only a
souvenir value.
NEW RED TJNIVERSJTY
SAN FRANCISCO-av-A -Peo
ples University of China win be
set up with Soviet Russian instruc
tors, says a recent PeiDinc broad
cast heard here.
The radio did not say where the
new university will be located. It
said that the school would -train
experts needed for the construc
tion of New China."
If houseplants are infected with
mealy bugs, pick them off with a
cotton-tipped matchstick or tooth
pick clipped in alcohol or toilet
water.
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In East Reich.
To Back Reds
By Daniel De
RERUN. Jan. 2S-6BThe Ge
stapo is returning to east Ger
manythis time to protect com-
Communists are demanding the
establishment of a rninistry of
state security at the next meeting.
February 8. of the Volkskammer
(people's chamber) of the Soviet
zone republic. Their control of the
chamber assures passage.
The core of the new ministry
wffl be a secret statn. police svs
tem rivalling the dreaded Ge
heime Staatsoolizei Gestaoo for
short which Nazi H enrich
Himmler created In the 1930s.
Erich Mlelke, an old-time com
munist who Is now an inspector
general in the interior ministry,
already has been appointed to
head the new force. He has been
key police official in east Ger
many since 1945. He returned that
year to his homeland after 14
years in Russia as a fugitive In
connection with a political slay
ing in Berlin.
Official east German sources In
dicated tonight the new force will
coordinate all political and eco
nomic intelligence activities in the
people's republic.
Its surveillance wui mciuoe
factories engaeed in the two-year
plan, political movements and
education. It will engage in -defensive
operations" against alleg
ed sabotage by pro-western work
ers, public officials and teachers.
Have Dindnisaes
Meanwhile, the hope that the
Russians might be about ready to
abandon completely their slow
down- of Berlin-bound German
truck traffic faded tonight The
end of the sixth dar of the -creeps
ina blockade" gave no real signs
the Soviets were giving up their
obstructive tactics,
A slight relaxation of the Tex
lng Russian restrictions during
certain hours P of . the day had
prompted western allied and west
German officials to speculate on a
possible, early end of the partial
blockade.
West Berlin housewives noted
the first aggravating effects of the
week-long Soviet delaying action.
Meat, eggs, batter and other food
items again were getting scarce.
Food prices rose slightly today.
About 140 trucks were lined up
behind Helmstedt, western high
way checkpoint on the British
Russian zonal border, awaiting
clearance by the Russians to pro
ceed to Berlin.
Tracks Deere
The' number of trucks had
dwindled from 200 to some CO
trucks during the day as the So
viets eased somewhat their re
strictions. At times they let
through up to 12 trucks per hour
but frequently interposed a tough
er schedule by cutting the passing
rate down to three trucks" hourly.
Helmstedt officials said tonight
there is no basic change in the
overall schedule. The average,
they said, "has been six trucks."
A normal truck traffic before the
Russian restrictions were imposed
was about 30 an hour.
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Peace talks or no, lti appears that
the bulk of the nation's 88,000
striking coal miners' will cling to
their traditional policy of -no
contract no work."
That was the pace set today
by the big Robena local at a
meeting in Union town. Pa.
John Ozanich, president of the
locaL drew cheen w Kr.
approval from more than 1,000
of his diggers.
. He said there win be no work
on til they get a contract that will
permit them to work . five days
a week.
John L. Lewis n Km h
miners on a three-day week.
Ozanich declared:
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put. That's all there is to it
Threat Repealed
Miners renarted OimU ..(,
UMW District Leader William
Hynes threatened suspension to
any Robena miners who contin
ued to strike.
Ozanich Said thesn Trvir4a bm
incorrect
"Mr. Hynes nam n hm
mentioned," he said.
Early resorts from h mr i
the strike in southwestern Penn
sylvania and northern West Vir
ginia indicated many of the other
rebellious direera will faiinw
bena's lead.
Flavry ef Phone Calls
There was a flurry of telephone
calls after the Robena meeting as
word went out to other locals in
the Uniontown area that the Ro
bena diggers win not work. Some
of them scheduled meetings ta
discuss the development Many
01 mem admittedly held off ac
tion pending the Roberta decision.
Robena is the largst UMW local.
There was no vote taken at the
miner, meet on return to work.
"We made our decision last
week for once and for all," Ozan
ich said.
There was optimistic reaction
in some coal circles to the an
nouncement of renewal of con-'
tract talks next Wednesday be
tween Lewis and representatives
of northern, and western operators-
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But it made hardly a dent in
the solid front, of the , balking
diggers.
It wasn't even .mentioned at
the Robena meeting.
Condition of
Wreck Victim
Still Critical
Richard Parker. 25, Tacoma, In
jured Friday night in a headon
crash of two cars south of Salem,
was still in critical condition at
Albany hospital late Saturday.
Parker, with Norman Burvick,
Seattle, was a passenger in a ear
operated by Charles Olson, Seattle,
wnen it collided with another oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. George
Walker ef Portland near the Jef
ferson Junction overpass.
Olson, 1949 football captain for
the University of Washington Hus
kies was seriously hurt . In the
crash. He was reported -improving
by hospital authorities. Bur
vick suffered minor injuries,- .
Condition of the Portland couple
was described as -good" by Sa
lem Memorial hospital officials
Saturday night. -
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