i
Human
.i
Amazes
CHICAGO, Feb. 8 -VPf- Michael
Heese hospital said today a woman
who had a body temperature of
only 64 degrees was being thawed
ut by astonished physicians.
! Members of the staff said they
never had heard of a temperature
so low in a living human.
The woman, Mrs. Dorothy- Mae
Stevens. 23, a Negro, was found
in a gangway on the south side
early today while the temperature
was around J I below zero. She
was brought to the hospital. She
was unconscious-and, the hospital
reported, "frozen hard."
"She was in deep freeze, far
wo-se than frost bite," said Dr.
Harold Laufman, surgeon at the
hospital and assistant professor of
surgery at Northwestern univer
sity. "The lowest temperature re
corded so far for survival is 75.2."
Mrs. Stevens was given large
amounts of plasma "and cortisone.
. An opening was made in her neck
and a tube was inserted to facili
tate breathing.
Tonight, 13 hours after she was
Plan to Give Genera i
Fund Taxes Favored
By Lester F. Cour .
Staff Writer, The Statesman
The house tax committee voted late Thursday ;to introduces; a bill
which would place into the state, general fund all; receipts from the
personal income and corporate excise taxes.
Under present law these taxes must be used to? offset a state pro
Dtp
63333130
When Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder released his tax proposals
last Monday he almost took the
breath away from his cash cus
tomers. The word "austerity" crept
llinto the discussions of hisprogram.
Here it is in brief:
Increase of four percentage
points on personal income tax
Increase of eight percentage
points on corporation tax rates.
Increases in excise taxes:
Autos from seven to 20 per cent
of manufacturer price- Radios,
television sets, electric appliances
from ten to 25 per cent of manu
facturer's price.
Liquors; "whiskey from $9 to
. $1Z. per 100-pjaaoiVgallon; Dcer
from $8 to $12 per barrel.
- Gasoline from one and one-half
cents to three cents a gallon.
Cigarettes from $3.50 to $5 per
1000.
I haven't noticed much reaction
to the proposals, probably because
the people do no expect the con
gress to heed the administration.
Regularly congress tempers the
Truman-Snyder wind to the shorn
lambs (voters).
This reaction reflects the strong
popular conception that we Ameri
cans can have our cake and eat
it too. We can fight a war and get
ready to, fight one, with one hand,
and provide ourselves with the
comforts of civilization with the
other. We hope to do this though,
not by working harder and pro
ducing more, but by having gov
ernment borrow money to spend,
and then letting the public boost
prices and wages. Austerity, U. S.
style Is thus pretty well watered
down. A beef ration such as Eng
land has ordered would provoke
a political revolution at the next
election:
Maybe Secretary Snyder doubl
ed the prescription hoping that
congress would take half the dose.
I can't say. But so long have the
American people been seduced by
funny money and inflation that
they can't grasp realities- The
American people will sacrifice
when they are scared. Just now
they aren't scared enough to ac
cept a tax of 20 per cent on auto
mobiles Austerity remains some
thing for the luckless English.
PRICE DEADLINE SET
PORTLAND, Feb. 8 -(yP- Busi
nessmen were reminded today they
must file a list of ceiling prices
and base period records by March
1 with the district office of price
atablization here.
RED WARNS FOLLOWERS
TOKYO, Friday. Feb. 9 -Pi-Kim
II Sung, North Korean com
munist premier and army com
mander in chief, today warned his
followers against over-optimism. '
Animal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
Uu eeHl Another increase hi pw
jrf dtdwcfooT
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Iceberg
Doctors
brought to the hospital, physicians
reported Mrs. Stevens had become
conscious but Was unable to talk.
They said her pulse rate had in
creased to 120 ;and her tempera
ture to 84. i I
They said also that her breath
ing ' had improved. The doctors
said because of; her condition her
blood pressure could not be mea
sured. i
Dr. Laufman said her legs and
arms may have to be amputated
if the woman lives. 1
The police found no explana
tion of why the j woman was; in the
gangway. When found, she was
hatless but otherwise fully? cloth
ed. !
Doctors said that when she was
brought into the hospital she was
breathing three to five times a
minute. Normal -is 18 to 22. Her
pulse was 12 coijipraed to a normal
of 70 to 80 beats a minute, and no
blood pressure fcould be recorded.
They said shei had to be handled
gently because he slightest pres
sure would have broken off a leg
or an arm like! an icicle, f
perty tax. In recent years this has
led to a surplus in this revenue
while some functions of govern
ment needed imore funds but
couldn't make use of the surplus.
Gov. Douglas-McKay is expect
ed to sign Oregon's enlarged civil
defense agency into law today fol
lowing action by the fenate
Thursday which stamped ! final
legislative approval of a $73,814
appropriation ;to finance t the
agency. ;
17 In New Agency
The senate-approved appropri
ation will provide money for the
defense setup j to operate I until
June 30 of thisj year. A later ap
propriation will; finance it for the
two years following July 1, 195 1.
The new agency will include
nine officials anil eight secretaries,
replacing the present volunteer or
ganization which the governor said
was inadequate! in his inaugural
address. j
Sen. Ben Da.f, Medford, Intro
duced one of the most controver
sial bills of the-; session Thursday
when he dropped a measure which
would revoke for one year all the
state, county and city licenses of
any business convicted of Violat
ing any Oregon gambling law.
Hits Discrimination
Day said' he introduced, the
measure because he feels tjiat law
officers have been failing to en
force state gambling laws' He de
clared "I included all businesses
under the proposed law because
I am tired of seeing anti-gambling
legislation aimed at only the beer
parlors." j
"I feel, there is a widespread dis
regard of gambling laws inj Ore
gon," Day said. "Some police of
ficers are ignoring gambling ac
tivities. As a parent and legislator
I believe we should be able to
raise our children to respect the
law officers. This Is not entirely
possible- now."
A senate bill Introduced by Sen.
Richard L. Neiiberger, Portland,
would preventj garnishment of
bonuses to be paid to Oregon vet
erans by the state.
To Chance Tax Bill
The house unanimously approv
ed and sent to the senate a pro
posed constitutional amendment
which would allow the state,
counties, cities or school districts
to vote themselves new tax bases.
Under the present law,f fast
growing school distritts must hold
elections each year to have the
voters approve) any amount of
their budgets which exceed the
constitutional 6 per cent tax limit.
The proposed resolution, to be
referred to the; people In $1952,
would allow school districts to
adopt a new ta base at primary
or general elections, eliminating
the necessity of J a special annual
election. The voters then could
vote a base in excess of the 6 per
cent limit to meet school demands.
Another provision of the reso
lution would allow cities or school
districts annexing territory to in
clude the property valuations in
the annexed areas to add totheir
tax bases. - .
Both the house and senate will
meet at 10 a.m.j today.
Additional legislative news on
page 3. I
Mercury Climb
To Springy 60
i I
Salem thermometers climbed to
60 Thursday for the first I time
since October, and the weather
man said there was a good chance
the valley would enjoy mild wea
ther right through the week end.
The; temperature was 58 here at
1 a.m. today. A woman phoned in
from Hayesville about midnight to
say the frogs were croaking out
there for the first time this sea
son. She said that was a sure sign
of spring. ,
Max.
Mia. PreeJp.
S t .tl '
50 ; J -
rii y I .00
-II- f t .61
Sxlrm " ...
Portland .
San Franeisce .
Chicago
9
i 3
as
New York
IS f J00
Willamette River 15.S feet I
FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Cloudy
with Intermittent rain today and to
Bitrtit. Continued smild temperature
with highest today teear 58 and lowest
tonight neap 46. '
' SALEM PRECIPITATION - -
Since start af Weather Tear feat. X
This Year ; tart Year Kcrmal
lUi -' ; XtM I4J1
100th YEAS
Allies Drive Near "
-' " , -;" .' -; ' it-,
Seoul's Outskirts
TOKYO, Friday, Feb. 9-(P)-The western tip of the red defense
line south of Seoul virtually collapsed today and U. tanks drove
to within three miles of the Han river.
Tanks of the U. S. 25th division rammed through communist
minefields in this deepest penetra
tion toward Seoul since United
Nations forces opened the current
offensive Jan. 25.
To the west of the 25th division's
spearhead another tank column
drilled to within six miles of In
chon, the port of Seoul. This col
umn then returned to allied lines.
Two veteran U. S. divisions were
relentlessly tightening the noose
on Chinese reds trapped south of
the Han river which flows past
SeouL
Fading red resistance in the west
caused U. N. field commanders to
speculate that the enemy's main
strength south of the Han river
had been shattered.
Reds Battle in East
To the east, however, U. N.
forces ran into heavy Chinese red
resistance on the right end of the
western front, the U. S. eighth
army said.
Allied forces again took a heavy
toll of red troops in this killer of
fensive aimed primarily at hunt-
ANYANG, Korea, Feb. 9-UP)-A
U.S. 25th division task force
drove less than three miles short
of the city of Seoul today and
pushed a patrol another half
mile toward the old South Kor
ean capital.
ing out and destroying the enemy.
An Eighth army spokesman said
communist casualties Thur s d a y
were 4,706,
This shoved the total of reds
killed, wounded and captured to
more than 61,000 since the limited
drive began Jan. 25.
The reds in the west mostlv
j Chinese were barked against the '
thawing Han which flows around
the southern outskirts of Seoul, j
Tank-infantry task forces of the 1
U. S. 25th and Third divisions
lanced the red positions.
Artillery the guns of tiger-faced
tanks and howitzers blasted
the reds Oh both sides of the river.
Shells fell into the fire-blackened
South Korean capital.
Short-lived red counterpunches
were thrown off shortly after
midnight at points 15 miles south
east of Seoul on the western front
and on the central front 14 and 11
miles north of Hoensong.
This morning's heavy red re
sistance on the right wing of the
central front was nine miles north
west of Ichon, the Eighth" army
spokesman said. Ichon is 25 miles
southeast of SeouL
Heart Attack
Fatal to City
Bus Passenger
Robert Crawford, 76, proprietor
of the Puritan Cider works here
for many years, died unexpectedly
Thursday.
Crawford succumbed to a heart
attack while riding a city bus. His
health had kept him from work
in recent months. He lived at 1759
Court st.
Crawford was in charge of the
flax plant at the state prison here
prior to buying the cider works
23 years ago. Before that he lived
in California.
Deceased was born In County
Down, Ireland, Jan. 25, 1875 and
came to the United States at the
age of 22. He married Mary Foil
rich here in 1924.
Crawford was a 32-degree Scot
tish Rite Mason, belong to Salem
lodge 4 and several other Masonic
orders.
Surviving besides his wife are
two .daughters, Barbara Crawford,
Burns, and Mrs. Fred Brand, Hon
olulu; and a son, CpL Kenneth R.
Crawford, Camp Polk, La.
Services will be announced lat
er by the Virgil T. Golden chapel.
Of f Street Parking Favored
For North Salem by Zoners
By Rebert E. Ganrware
City Editor. Tbe Statesman
Off-street parking Instead of
street widenings was recommend
ed for north Salem Thursday night
by the city planning and zoning
commission.
Zoners. proposed that the , city
council negotiate with the state
highway commission for changing
the forthcoming Salem traffic
plan as It applies to the Pacific
highway between Tile road and
Lana avenue.
As the city-state agreement now
stands, the city is to provide off
street parking to offset loss of
some , parking spaces ' along u the
highway route and- the state Is to
widen certain sections to permit
some parking. '
But the $50,000 this widening
would cost the state could be used
instead to buy and prepare lots for
off-street parking that would ac
commodate -a twice as many cars,
it "was ' suggested by ' the zoners.
The state : highway commission
would have to be convinced, how
2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES
Labor Party
Leads Third
Censure Vote
LONDON, Feb: 8 -7P)- Prime
Minister Attlee's labor government
beat down by eight votes tonight
a conservative party attempt to
force it out of office by blaming
labor for Britain's meager meat
rations.
It was the second unsuccessful
conservative challenge in two days
and the third in a week.
Tonight's vote was 306 to 298.
Liberal party members joined the
conservatives in voting against
the government, as they did last
night when the laborites turned
back by 10 votes a conservative
attack aimed at reversing the
government's policy on nationaliz
ing the steel industry.
Defeats might have forced Att
lee's resignation and new elections.
The laborites cheered briefly when
tonight's results were announced.
Apparently they anticipated the
outcome.
Gunman Robs
South Salem
I Grocery Store
! A robber grabbed nearly $100
at Schaub's south Salem market
Thursday night while holding the
; proprietor at gunpoint.
Police said Owner George
, Schaub was alone in the market
j when the dark, clean-shaven ban
. dit entered about 8:30 p.m. and
ordered a jar of honey.
Schaub said the stranger placed
the honey on the check-out count
er, then pulled a blue, snub-nosed
.38 revolver from his tweed top
coat. "This is a stick-up. Give me the
money, but quick," the robber
said, pressing the revolver against
Schaub's midriff.
Police said Schaub opened the
cash register and . the robber
scooped an estimated $75 to $100
in currency from the drawer. He
ignored the silver.
The bandit then ordered Schaub
to the rear of the store and told
him not to move for five minutes.
Schaub called police from a phone
in the rear of the market.
Police said a patrol car was
within a block of the grocery, lo
cated at 2715 S. Commercial st.,
when they were notified. Officers
found no trace of the bandit in
the area. He was described as
about 35 years old.
Law authorities continued to
search for him early today.
Labor Supply
Group Forms
A valley-wide farm labor coun
cil aimed at stimulating the agri
cultural labor supply this year is
now In the making.
Plans to offset an anticipated
labor shortage call for a promo
tional organization both to stimu
late field work by "the home
folks" and to arrange for impor
tation of labor if needed.
Taking the lead are representa
tive growers, Salem Agricultural
Housing, Inc., and farm labor ad
visory committee leaders, who met
this week and asked a committee
to prepare a plan of organization.
This committee includes George
Paulus, C. W. Paulus, John E.
Johnson, W. Frank Crawford and
W. J. Lin foot.
ever, that It could legally spend
highway funds for parking lots,
said City Manager J. L. Franzen.
The city would maintain the
parking areas under the proposed
plan. City officials already have
arranged two-year leases on some
lots for parking, but permanent
properties are needed under the
new plan. :
In other business at the zoners
session in city halL tentative ap
proval was given two proposed
developments a Nazarene church
bid for permission to erect a
church ; school adjacent to Its
church on Center, street 'and a
platting and street dedication pro
posal from Harriet . and Hattie
Ness that would permit the de
velopment of five j residential lots
on the south side of Court street
just east of Mill creek.
Zoners also called for state legis
lation to begin acquiring property
north of Center street for a capitol
mall extension. !
(Additional details on page I.)
FOUNDBD 1651
Thm Oregon Stat
Senator J. William Fulbright ef
Arkansas who was engaged in
a hot verbal battle Thursday
ever investigation of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation.
(Story on page 2).
Revised Price
Levels Due
In Few Days
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8--The
office of price stabilization (OPS)
said today "a number of price ln
creases"' will result when it
changes controls in a few days on
85 per cent of all non-food items.
The action lifting the price
freeze and substituting restrictions
on the dealer's markup margin
should bring some price declines,
too, officials said, although they
did not give specific examples.
The changed controls will go
into effect on a wide range of
goods, including furniture, cloth
ing, and housewares. Most items
of the kind sold in department
stores will be involved, officials
said.
Cut Metal Use
Plans were disclosed meanwhile
for a slash of 25 to 40 per cent in
the use of steel, copper and alum
inum in automobiles, stoves and
home appliances on April 1.
This proposal, advanced by the
national production authority, im
mediately drew heated protests
and predictions of layoffs far
400,000 to 500,000 in the automo
bile and auto parts industries.
It was learned that industry and
union spokesmen made 'these fore
casts in a day-long closed meet
ing called by NPA to unfold the
program, which would take ef
fect gradually throughout the sec
ond quarter.
Freezes Margin
OPS said its new retail price
order will freeze the retailer's
margin (that Is the difference be
tween what he pays for a product
and what he sells it for) to the
"historic and normal levels."
This will let the stores raise
prices to reflect Increases in man
ufacturer and wholesaler quota
tions made before the January 25
price freeze but which had not
reached the retailer's price tick
ets at that time.
There is a great volume of these
increases and retailers would be
caught in an unfair squeeze If they
could not pass them on, officials
said.
5-Year Prison
Term Handed
To Remington
NEW YORK, Feb. MJPr-William
W. Remington, onetime rising
young star in the U. S. commerce
department, was sentenced to five
years in prison today for perjury
in denying he ever was a com
munist He also was ordered to pay
a $2,000 fine.
The penalty Imposed by Federal
Judge Gregory F. Noonan, after a
lengthy trial reminiscent of the
Alger Hiss case, was the maximum
possible.
Remington, convicted last night
by a jury of seven women and
five men, still vowed his innocence
in a dramatic courtroom speech
just before sentence was. pro
nounced.
The defense appealed the case
immediately.
Switch Engine
Strikes Auto
A car and a Southern Pacific
switch-engine collided here
Thursday, a few hours after rail
road men went back to work fol
lowing a wildcat strike by switch
men. . ia.H'
Gary Ballew, ll, was slightly
Injured when his head hit the
windshield of the car.-Police said
it was operated by his step-father
Robert W. Hindman, 1018 7th st.
It happened In the 1800. block 'of
Broadway st. The car : was badly
damaged. I .
STARK TX CONFERENCE ' l
PORTLAND, Feb. oPV-Oregon
Civil Defense Director Louis E.
Starr left today for Washington to
confer with national defense cf-
Target U
va hi
Satan. Orecjoru Friday. February- S. 1351
6Sick9
Back
ArmyC
Death Takes Man Who ?
Financed Hitler's Rise
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 8
Fritz Thyssen, 7, once Germany's
richest industrialist and financial
sponsor of Adolf Hitler's rise to
power, died here today.
Thyssen arrived in Buenos Aires
Jan. 1, 1950, to visit his daughter,
who has been living here for sev
eral years. He had been in poor
health the last few months and
recently underwent an operation.
He died at his daughter's horn
Death was attributed to a heart
attack.
He spoke of himself as a "man
without a country," since Hitler
had taken away his citizenship
after his break with the German
fuehrer.
Explosion Fatal to
Workmen at St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 8-(P-An explosion tore apart the six
story minerals building of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Co. here today, killing 11 workmen and injuring more than 50. Four
are in critical condition.
June Lindow
Top Speller
At Buena Vista
Are girls better spellers than
boys?
Well, the first three school win-
ners to be re-
ported In The
S tatesman-
KSLM spelling
contest are girls.
Latest to be an
nounced is June
t Lindow, 12-year-'
old daughter of
j , ; a u u aits.
John Lindow of
"MOW dence. June was
certified as the top speller in the
7th and 8th grades of Buena Vista
school In Polk county.
Certified as second- and third
place winners by Principal Eu
gene Brown of Buena Vista were
Donna Gray, 11, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Gray of route 2,
Independence, and Maxine FickeL
11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. FIckel of route 2, Independ
ence. Both are in the 7th grade.
June will compete in the divi
sion semi-finals with school win
ners from Pedee, Airlie, Wild
wood and Valsetz for the right to
enter the grand finals in Salem
in April.
The division contest probably
will be held at Pedee oa Friday,
March 23.
Necessity, Too,
Can Find a Way
CAMDEN, Term., Feb. 8 -VFy-Farmer
Reuben Barker can't milk
a cow. During the recent blizzard
Mrs. Barker, who takes care of
that chore, became ill and was un
able to leave the house.
But Barker managed to squeeze
by. He ushered bossy Into the liv
ing room twice daily and Mrs.
Barker carried, on, -
Winter Continues Frigid Grip
On Midwest, Eastern States
By Tbe Aaaociatad Preaa
..Winter gave most of the states
a fresh helping of cold Thursday
and a few got some snow to boot.
The cold varied from Intense to
invigorating. Minimum tempera
tures reached sub-zero depths in
six states and the freezing level or
lower in 22 others.'- - m
' Icy. blasts In "the" wake of rain
or. snow. put. a slippery crust on
many ' roads ; and schools were
closed -Jn many areas. - -
, At least, four deaths were attri
buted to the cold la the northeast.
Frigid cold hit Maine on the ,heels
of a gale. At Eastport, winds cau
sed damage estimated at $50,000
along the waterfront. Two planes
were wrecked' at the Eastport air
port.: :. . ; . v , '?
In New York City, 40 domestic
plane flights were cancelled tt
LauoardiA airport. Ice asd tih
PRICE 5t
SwitcH:
At the height of his industrial
career, he had affiliated companies
in Argentina, among them Thys
sen LametaL His German proper
ties, which were confiscated by
Hitler, have been administered by
Americans and Britons, he told
the newsmen.
Thyssen was an industrialist by
inheritance, the son of August
Thyssen who was regarded as the
creator of Germany's modern in
dustry. With the wealth he in
herited and shrewdly augmented,
plus a strong nationalism, he was
well suited to finance the rise of
Adolf Hitler to power. Thyssen
himself raised about $1,200,000 for
the 1933 election which swet Hit
ler Into power.
Twelve hours after the blast
shattered the steel, concrete and
brick structure, Fire Chief William
Maddocks and company officials
reported that all men in the plant
had been accounted for. -
Work of searching the Jumbled
mass of twisted girders and rub
ble, where firemen thought other
bodies might be found, was aban
doned for the night..
John Schultz, one workman who
was injured . slightly, said, "I
thought an atom bomb had hit.1
The explosion caught more than
60 men in and around the . build
ing, shortly after . the ' t a. zn.
(CST) shift came on duty. -
Bodies of the dead and injured
were steel gray In color, accord
ing to George Dodor, an inspector
for the firm. The color, Dodor
said, "apparently came from dust
being blown into their clothing
and skin." -
Officials of the company and the
St Paul fire department said they
had not been able-to pin down
the cause of the blast.
Force of the blast broke thou
sands of windows, some of them
at far as eight blocks awaj. the
concussion was felt two miles
away. " ,
Ballot Measure
Decided on
Juvenile Home
Citizens' juvenile committee met
Thursday night at Salem High
school auditorium and decided to
put a tax measure on the. next
ballot to give Marion county a juv
enile detention home.
Some 60 persons, representing
30 groups and agencies met .with
the committee and decided on the
tax measure in lieu of seeking
public subscription for the home
which would replace present' in
adequate facilities used by the
county to house detained juveniles.
The committee will now draw
up the tax measure and further
consider suggested sites for the
home. W. W. McKinney presided at
last nigBVs meeting.
BEAKS 21ST CHILD
GREELEY, Colo., Feb 8
Mrs. OrviUe McFarland. 43, gave
birth to her 21st child a nine
pound, six ounce girl last night. -
winds caused power blackouts In
a number of New Jersey cities."
Many 1 highways in- Maryland
were clogged by four foot snow
drifts. Schools in outlying sections
suspended classes.
Light snow fell in parts of Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illi
nois. ' I " r-r ' v .
It was cold in that section, too.
Low points on 1 thermometers in
cluded -37 at Bemidji, Minn,. -33
at International-Falls. Minn., and
-J4 at Grantsburg, Wis. . , -
Chicago's zninimum was -11. It
was the thirteenth day of the sea
son with temperatures of zero cr
lower. The normal number ef such
dars is eight. -
Continued cold was tore? ft for
the extreme northern seciivi
the midwest. The wes'tr cct
Site so cold was rredlcvi i;
9 cestru and eoutltm aieas ci
that xeica. .
JOflra YJ)J)
eerse" so . fW vVswfa tS Orvjea
No, 23
"IT "
eaouoi
wnHoio:
Snarled Rail
ic Begins '
To Move Again
By Tbe Associated Press
j The 10-day rail strike Tturs- .
day buckled undr an i-m- v
down en sick switchmen and
there were signs it would te ail
over Friday. : i
Strikinf switchmen hnn rir w
ing back to work after the armv
actingrcn orders of President Tru
man issued .a "work or be fired
ui urna turn. The strikers were
given until 4 run. fESTi RYiirri,-
to comply. . j
The army said Thursday night
the strike was Virtiian .r-w
in Chicago, vital rail hub for
transcontinental train traffic. The
strike al5o was reported ended in
norcnem California. Denver. Los
Angeles and St. Pajl-Mrr.r.espciis,
Minn:
Seme Stffl "Sick
Seme second shift rwitrhmr
still sxayed away at yards in scat
tered places, including Toledo and
Fastens. O., and Pittsburgh and
CozmcUsville, Pa, and Butte tixL-
n : 1 .
ChicafO has been a mainr tvrlA
out area. Switchmen there failed
to follow a return to work mcve
begun in scattered cities last Mon--dsy.
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End in 2 of the strike in rtiisr
would open the gateway to cress
rounury iraxuc - :
fn rivin tr thm armv it nrcn
T h u r s d a y, , President i Truman
cnaracrenzea rail union leaoers
Thursday a behavir ? lika a hnw h
of "Russians. ' i
The heads of four rail unkna
replied with . a joint statement
which said, "we are badly shocked
py ue remarks that characterized
us as 'Russians. " : i -
rrefeaa Patriotism
The statement added "our mea
are cot lacking in patriotism and
referred to Mr. Truman's ktter
in which -the United States
marine corps was accused of op
erating a Stalin-like prcpazir.da
agency. We believe that our record
will ultimately gain for us tbe
same vindication that was earned
by the marines." -
The army report that the vital
Chicago area strike had "virtually
ended' jibed with a report from a
railroad union leads that meet,
of the estimated 5,750 switchmen
in the area would be at work Fri
day. This statement came frcem
Samuel Vender- Hei. Chicago re
gional vice-president of the Bro
therhood of RiUrosi Trainmen.
But army headquarters in Chi
cago said Thursday "that nerir
all of the men are back on the K
now. The strike is virtually end
ed here." s
Teai Days te Clear i
Even if all the striking switch- '
men are on the job throug bcut
the nation Friday there's no cer
tain estimate oa how long it weuld
take to get backlogzed freight
cleared. Last December, when tbe
switchmen quit work for three
days, it took about 13 days to dear
the piled-up freight.
As strikers returned to work or
telephoned railroads for work as
signments, embargoes were ended
in various areas and other indus
tries hit by the walkout prepared
to call their men back to wc)
The Ford plant in Chicago, wita
2,600 workers Idle since last Fri
day, asked employes to report for
work Friday. I
Tbe army advised strikers tbey
would be discharged unless tbey
reported by 4 pan. EST Saturday
or could prove they were sick. -
The army also offered a mooes
pay raise but it was only abotrt
half the amount reached in an
agreement negotiated in December
at White House sponsored talks.
Union rank and file leaders had
turned this down. ' -
Tbe pay boost, retroactive te
Oct. 1, is 12 V cents an hour fcx
yardmen and yard millets and five
cents an hour for employes in read
service. (Salem and northwest de
tails on page 2.)
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