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y S-TO SHIES S - ; ' -I ! I i Builders to Start 87 Salem 17 vets lyet 'L.noice Applications fof priorities for construction of at least 87 new dwellings to be started within the next 90 days in the Salem area will flow into federal housing authority offices as soon as the blanks are made available here. , The would-be builders of these houses, all to be constructed by or for veterans, were among the 150 persons who met Tuesday TP ODDS The U.S. senate is wrestling with the fair employment practice bill. This, prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person seeking or holding em ployment on the ground of, race, color or religion. It is an effort to make permanent through legisla tion the policy of non-discrimination set up by the executive order of President Roosevelt during the war. Without having the. text of the bill at hand one cannot state ex . actly the extent of the application of the proposed bill. Whether it applies to domestic service, to employers of only two or three persons, to farmers I do not know. The principle however js simple: No one should be hired or fired or refused ' employment , t . : . i unuuK uc jb m ucgiu ut cut nuu Catholic or a Scotch Presbyter ian or a Chinese or a Jew or a Hottentot. The principle of non-discrimination carries out the' democratic idea embraced in our constitu tion, and in fact is an applica tion of the fundamental of the Christian religion: "God is no re specter of persons.' In the case particularly of the negro race In thir country there has been ap palling discrimination. Negroes in the mass have been the last to be hired and first to be fired. Many unlorjieny membership to Alfred, nmtm rtS&Sx workers and employer! discriminate a g a 1 n 1 1 negroes when it comes to jobs. They are driven to take the poorest-paid, the most laborious jobs, and usually denied . (Continued on Editorial Page) 8100,000 Cost Of Fairground Improvement ' It will cost approximately $100, 000 to place the state fairgromnds plant here in condition for the 1946 state fair, to open Labor day, Leo SpiUbart, fair manager, an nounced Tuesday. The state fair was suspended in 1941 because of the war and the plant later was occupied by the army. SpiUbart recently re ceived a check from the federal government for $45,000 to apply toward repairs resulting from army occupancy. Spitzbart said premiums for this year's fair would aggregate ap proximately $50,000, and two trot ting daily races will be added' to the racing card. Requests for ex hibit space at this year's fair are : more numerous than ever before Ijlax Tow Machine Purchased for Pen jThe state board of control Tues day authorized purchase and in stallation of a used flax tow ma chine at the state penitentiary here toi take care of the demands of the Oregon flax textile company. . Officials said the machine would intci-ease materially the output of the penitentiary flax plant. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Franklyf I liked her better before she took that Charm i and Reducing course." HaBBBBBMnHaaKaaaBaaH)aaaBBiaBBHaaaMBaBBBaaBBaBBBBaMaBl Houses; aOl I in Salem Chamber of Commerct rooms with Folger Johnson, FHA director for this district, and L. C. Simms, Portland,, representa tive of the National Home Build ers' association, to discuss new priority regulations which went Into effect over the nation Jan uary 15. Forms for the applications will be sent directly to the chamber for redistribution here,. Johnson declared when by a show of hands the interest in immediate construc tion had been indicated. A large percentage of the resi dential construction will be under the priority program, which of fers veterans the first occupancy of all dwellings-built under it, Johnson declared. Fifty per cent of the bulk of all building mate rial will be available only on pri orities, but some types of neces sary material . may be unobtain able without priorities. Thus, a contractor might be able to build a house without priorities and without soil pipe or bathtubs, since these two items are virtual ly all earmarked for priority dis tribution. Explains Regulations Principal of the regulations for building under the priorities pro gram Johnson explained, are these: No house shall be built for which the ceiling price will be greater than $10,000. (A $17,000 ceiling has been set on duplexes.) Any house must be offered for sale or for rent to a veteran for at least 30 days after its comple tion at a ceiling sale or rental price set by FHA or OPA before it can be sold or rented to a non veteran. No bouse shall be builder-occupied unless the builder is a veteran. When such a house is offered for resale It must again be offered for at least 30 .days to veteranf only,' an4 the resale price must be approved - by . the proper federal 'ltfOjrt J;. flomblng Unchanged " Simms said priorities for most building materials would virtual ly guarantee their availability since priorities will run back to the manufacturer for all except plumbing. Manufacturers of plumbing have persuaded the ci vilian production administration that they have set up a fair quo ta system so that needed foods may be obtained in an parts of the country under priorities run ning back just to the jobber, he explained. J. L. Lewis May Return to AFL By Harold W. Ward MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 22.-(-Bar. ing a last-minute fight, the way ppeared to be open today for the long-heralded return of John L. Lewis and his half-million United Mine Workers to the AFL. I The sole obstacle apparent was a "recent" recommendation by the influential AFL metal trades de partment that the next vacancy on the 15-man executive council go to Charles McGowan, head of the boilermakers. Lewis has made a seat on the council for the mine workers a condition to bringing his union back to the federation, which they left in 1936, in the struggle over formation of the CIO. DE GAULLE PLANS VACATION PARIS, Jan. 22-vP)-Gen. De Gaulle, it was reliably learned tonight, may go to Canada next week for a vacation of indefinite length. De Gaulle resigned Sun day as interim president of France. Don Goode Elected toi Head New American Lesion Post G j! ! . : pon Goodc, contact officer for the1 state department of veterans' affairs, last night was elected commander of the new World war II post No. 130, American Legion. Temporary Chairman Joe Fel ton conducted - the first election meeting cf more then 100 recent ly returned veterans in Legion home. Other new' officers are: First vice commander, Garold Simp son; second ivice commander, Ralph Nohlgren; adjutant, Rupe Park; finance officer, Peter H. Geiser; historian, George Causey; chaplain, Roy; Ferris; quarter master, Clinton Standish; judge advocate, Steve Anderson; ser- NINETY-FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES Gen. Eisenhower Confronted By War Mothers k ' J ( v;' ' '-) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L Gen, - by group ef Irate war mothers M office ef Kep. Andrew J. May (D-Ky) (right), today. Mrs. Doro thy Galomb ef Kilklnsbnrg, Paw, secretary ef gTenp. addresses the general (left of Eisenhower) de manding return of husbands. (AP Wlrepbete t The Statesman) i . Irate Mothers Plague Ike9 Autograph at End By William F. Arbogasi WASHINGTON, ; Jan. 22-JPf-Gen. 1 Dwlht D. Eisenhower walked intola verbal ambush of irate war mothers today, heard at length their complaints about demobilization, and promised them his autograph. : From hal a dozen cities the mothers, about twenty of them representing; organizations de voted to obtaining the release of soldier-fathers, gathered in a hallway in; the house office building. They had heard that the army chief of staff was due to explain demobilization to the house military committee. Unwarned and unguarded, Eisenhower ji walked toward the committee room. Before be could dig in, be I Was backed into a corner; of the "office uf Chair-' man May D-Ky) and faced a withering barrage of questions. They all dealt with the theme: "When! do we get our husbands back?- i! . i I Salem School Board Acts on Additions to Teaching Staff -i ji I 'i j ; ' ' Firjtf schoolboard meeting of the current school year without at least one j faculty resignation, that held Tuesday night acted tentatively bn two appointment. One substitute to replace a substitute who is resigning and one temporary replacement for Calif ornia Girl Wins V-Queen HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 22 -JP)-Miss pina j Hunter, 22,-year-old secretary of Hermosa B e a c h, Calif was j designated : today as "Miss fVictohr Queen- of the Pa cific coast j states j and given a year's ( movje contract : Charles P. Skouras, western regional chairman for the motion picture indjistry iri the recent Vic tory 'loan campaign, announced Miss j Hunter's selection over six other; contestants, all finalists in their states by virtue of their war bond sales j The other finalists included Miss Betty Suljins, 18. Portland, Ore.; and j Mary Ann i Smith, 18, La Grande, Ore. j . ? i -H - PERU CABINET RESIGNS LIMA, Perfi, Jan. 22ip)-Reli-able j gove -nment j sources tonight confirmed reports that the Peru vian ! cabinet had resigned and said that President Jose Luis Bus tamahte Rivero had taken no ac tion regarding the crisis. ' i vice officer Joe Devers; sergeant-8t-arms, Delmar Gwynn. The executive committee elect ed includes Coburn Grabenhorst, Jim McHone, Jack Sullivan, Bob Brownell and Dow Lovell. Put Grogan, World war II vet eran, -recently elected commander of Silverton post No. 7 of the Legion, was speaker at the met ing. S i . Installation of the new officers will ' be conducted at an open meetitig February 8 by the de partment officers conference of district 2, department of Oregon, American Legion. It was announced at the meet ing last niight thjat membership in the! new post now stands at 121. Salem. Oregon, Dwigbt D. r Eisenhower, (center) When he could get an answer in edgewise, Eisenhower, obvi ously embarrassed but in charge of the situation, told the women: About 700,000 fathers are still in uniform and by July 1 all but 200,000 of them should be home. To turn them all loose now would be impossible. , "There -will be no army if that happens," he added. The general told the mothers he sympathized with, them and wished he could get all fathers home immediately. He also sympathized, he added, with non-married overseas veterans who think they should be given a chance to come home, get married and start families. ' : ' When the mothers concluded the tmscheduled meeting with a. request for the five star gener al's autograph, Eisenhower told them to write him, letters and promised to answer all of them personally, over his signature. a teacher who may have to under go surgery were declared accept able to the board If they can meet specified requirements. Directors instructed the clerk to write Mathilda Gilles, Parrish Jun ior high school teacher, a letter of appreciation for her services as head of the last war loan and victory loan drives. Teachers and pupils in Salem schools bought $75,363.90 worth of bonds during the victory loan, or more than twice their quota, Supt Frank B, Bennett told the board. j The board authorized a call for bids on 800 cords of wood, which with fuel on hand will be suffic ient to heat the nine wood-burning buildings, it was said. Placement of a cork oak, made available by Salem Daughters of the American Revolution, was dis cussed. A sapling, the unusual tree should be placed where it can thrive, directors agreed, suggest ing that more be learned about it before any attempt be made to fit it into school or playground land scaping, i Greek Martial Law Continues ATHENS, Jan. 22-(P)-Martial law in the mountainous Kalamata region of Greece, invoked when a band of rightwing insurgents held nearly 100 hostages for two days, will remain in effect for several weeks, an army official announced tonight The hostages were released to day after British Col. Max Noble negotiated with insugent leaders in a mountain village to which the rightwlngers, identified as members, of a group of monar chists known as "Xitos" had fled. Six hostages were killed while trying to escape the insurgents, released hostages reported. REDS WOULD JOIN WAR LONDON, Jan. 22-D-The com munist party of Great Britain ap plied again today for affiliation with the labor party, which now controls the government. A simi lar request by the communists was rejected by the labor party last year. . . , . ? POUNDED (651 (Wednesday Morning, January 23, Armr Chief of SUff. is confronted Wayne Henry Ranch Sold to James Smarts By Lois Crawford Statesman Valley Correspondent' ZEN A, Jan. 22.-( Special )-Two hundred acres of one of the best farm and orchard properties in the Willamette valley recently changed hands when the old W. J. Crawford place, known more re cently as the Wayne Henry ranch, was sold to James Smart and his son, James Smart, jr., of Glen Creek road. A new house under construc tion will be occupied by the younger Smarts. He was recently discharged following duty in the south Pacific with the.U. S.'mai tine corps, and Mrs. Smart is the former' Margaret Hood whose family" lives in Independence. "'Mr. and Mrs. Smart, sr will occupy the family residence on the place and father and son plan to operate the farm and orchards together. The Henrys will move to a place on Shipping street in Salem following an auction sale some time in February. They have lived on the place since the death of Mrs. Henry's father, the Rev. W. J: Crawford, 29 years ago. The acreage was purchased by the Crawfords in 1888 and in cludes 34 acres of cherries, 37 acres of prunes and the balance in farm and pasture land. Henry says that he is proud of his record on the old place and that during his 29 years there he has nevera had a failure in grain or fruit crops. Oregon Faces Lack of Liquor PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. Oregonians will be - confronted with the worst liquor shortage in the .state control system's history during 1946, State Liquor Admin istrator nay conway said today. Some liquor supplies , may not improve for three years, and na tional stocks of scotch, bonded and straight whiskies are dwindling, he declared at the League of Ore gon Cities and Oregon Finance Officers conventions. Appealing for public opinion on the whiskey shortage, he warned bootlegging may be expected. A return to rationing was rec ommended by Mayor A. T. Nie bergall of Bend, who said crowds of 1000 jammed Bend's liquor store during whiskey sales. Irvin Hill Replaces Waltz as Director Of Fai rview Home Dr. Irvin Hill of the Oregon state hospital staff was appointed today by the state board of con trol as superintendent of the Fairview home, an institution for leeble-minded persons. Dr. Hill succeeds Dr. Ray M. Waltz, whom the board said has resigned. The board said also it instructed Dr. Hill to improve the institution which Las been un derstaffed. Dr. Hill, a graduate of Univer sity of Oregon medical school, served on the Fairview home staff before going on the state hospi tal staff. HALIFAX TO RETIRE WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-(P-The Earl of Halifax, British am bassador to the United States, is planning to retire this spring pro bably in May, it was learned today. if twmai 1946 Don do Dies ntisb to '.OSemaiini UNO Leaders Confident Hub Protest Can Be Resolved Amicably By Vera Haugland BATAVIA. Java. Jan. 22.-F) Premier Sutan Sjahiir of the un recognized Indonesian, re p u blic and an official of The Netheri. lands East Indies government both said today that they opposed the withdrawal of British forces from Indonesia at this time. The Ukrainian soviet socialist republic yesterday asked the se curity council of the United Na tions organization to "put an end to the present situation in Indo nesia, and asserted that British troops as well as Japanese armed forces were taking part in mili tary actions against the local pop ulation in Indonesia. Sjahrir said that if the Russians did not mind, the Indonesians would prefer that the British re main in the islands until the Jap anese had been disarmed and re moved. OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC OVER FIRST CRISIS LONDON, Jan. 22.-;P)-United Nations leaders declared optimis tically tonight that the newly-, born peace agency could settle amicably, the Russian p r-o t e s t against British policy in Greece and Java. They discounted talk that the surprise move by soviet Russia and the Ukraine "might create a crisis at the very outset of the United Nations organization.. The first major test of UNO ability to smooth international friction brought the tomment from UNO president, Paul-Henri Spaak, of. Belgium, that there were "no grounds for pessimism" and a warning from him against falling into "the terror of the League of Nations" by putting off ntajor problems. ' American officials soft-pedalled' talk of a crisis and said they were not alarmed. They saw the Unit ed States moving into a middle man, pacifier role between the soviet union and the United King dom. Vets to Discuss Buying Tract For Houses Purchase of 23 acres in Or-; chards Heights (north Polk coun-j ty - near river) upon which to build 32 one-family houses or con struction of 30 apartmens on a piece of property in Salem will be discussed as possible alternatives by the veterans' housing cooper ative at its meeting tonight. Members of the cooperative's executive committee will report in dividually on progress made. On that committee are R. Vance Mac Dowell, chairman; Don Goode the state office of veterans affairs; W. R. Willis, engineer; Carlton Grei der, veterans' counselor with the United States employment serv ice; Joseph Devers, attorney; Wil liam Magnees, AFL, and William Linfoot, attorney. The meeting has been called for 8 o'clock in the offices of the Oregon State Farmers Union, 345 N. Commercial st. Short Accuses Washington of Withholding Vital Information Br William T. Peacock WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-W)-Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short today accused the war department of withholding vital information from him and then trying to make him the "scapegoat" for the Pearl Har bor disaster. In a bristling statement read be fore the joint congressional com mittee investigating the Dec. 7, 194 attack, the former Hawaiian army commander said: 1. He would have forseen the attack and taken steps to meet it had the war department only transmitted to him its "abundance of information.' 2. The top army command sought to "pass the buck" to him for "their failure to anticipate the surprise raid." 3. He believed the high com mand fully realized from his re port of action taken after a Nov. 27, 194 L war warning that his command was alerted only against sabotage! "I am convinced,' he said, "that all who read the report thought No. 259 Desoire Kian rrr PAUL HENRI SPAAK President, UNO Assembly A qualified British source said his government felt it had "noth ing to fear or be ashamed of. and certainly nothing to conceal" and that it would not oppose UNO in tervention. British Prime Minister Attlee told commons that the British as pired only to "an amicable settle ment'' between the Dutch and the nationalists in Java. He did not touch on the Greek question. Britain's attitude further was understood to be that if the Rus sians have suspicions, "then this is a firsCrate opportunity to air them and clear Britain's name." A top-ranking security council member, who asked anonymity, admitted that the council was moving into an uncharted field, but said it was better to tackle big problems at the outset rather than "let them ferment" Predict Santiam At FloodSiage PORTLAND. Jan. 21.-(JFy-The weather bnreaa forecast the 8&ntiam river weald pass' flod stage at Jefferson by te nlht, after heavy rains gorge4 the Willamette river and Us tributaries. 1 The Santiam was expected tm be only slightly above flood level. Qoartsville had L53 in ches of rain within the last 24' hours; Detroit 2.3S inches, and Falls City 2.C1. Alumina Forecast Within 3 Months Alumina of quality, although in still unkonwn quantity, probably will be produced at the Salem alumina plant within the next three months, W. R. Seyfried, project manager at the plant which is operated by the Colum bia Metals corporation, predicted Tuesday. Formulae to talk alumina from clay are to be tested at the plant, built with federal funds. that my action was correct or I would have received Instructions to modify my orders. With this testimony, Short thus joined Rear Adm. Husband E, Kimmel, the 1941 Pacific fleet commander, in laying on Washing ton's doorstep the prime respon sibility for the surprise element of the assault ! Contending Washington had the information "essential to a correct estimate of the situation," but did not give it to him. Short asserted "Had this information been furnished to me I am sure that it would have arrived at the con clusion that Hawaii would be at tacked and would have! gone on an all-out alert." It was the first time that Short has told his story publicly al though he testified at previous secret inquiries. A slightly-built man in blue suit and I striped tie, he took the witness chair in a glare of lights set up for news reel photograph ers. Spectators seats in the big hearing room were half filled. Price Sc m r Move To End Meat Scarcity White House Sources Indicant Order Due Today By the Associated Prus ! The government will iie strike-bound rneat packing ptaii t; probably today, it was disckied in Washington lat night. j Assistant of Secretary of I-aor Ji.lm W. Gibson annnunocd jho seizure action would be taken K end the meat scarcity and Whjite lloit.se sources indicated the oiiier would be issued today. j Although little action was lik en in other hue steel, electrical. ftutomoUve, and farm equipment strikes --and no seizure plans were indicated in any of them - -Gibbon said government ope rat on of the packing firms would so into effect even though no promise had been received that 193.(00 CIO union mcjnbers would rett rn, to their jobs working for the gov ernment. Gibson added that AFL mfat workers, estimated at 70,000, hpd agreed to work under federal r p eration. "The CIO people have made re commitments," Gibson told le porters after a day long meeting with union leaders in the mat dispute. "They did not say they would refuse to return - - they simply did not say whether thky would or not." Will Not Delay Order Gibson said this would not de lay the seizure order, addir g: "The government is going to sei. e, that's my understanding. Later Gibson made the fit statement that the plants would be seized. In Chicago, however, Hertx i t March, district director of t :e United Packinghouse Workers r f America (CIO), declared, "Seiz ure without putting wage increas es into effect constitutes strike breaking action, or, at best, cork pulsory arbitration." Weald End Tax Kebate 5 In the steel dispute, CIO Pres ident Philip Murray appealed jto Secretary- of the Treasury Vinson to "take immediate steps to ter minate" tax rebate provisions in Lthe present revenue laws. Munriy fonicnaea mese wowa cnaDie uie Steel companies to keep all plants closed In 1948 and stm benefit fi nancially. I Assuming that the steel com panies In 1948 break even--thkt is, do not make any net profits -I -the United States treasury U actually pay the industry $14l 000,000," Murray said In a letter. "The U. S. treasury is being mulc ted for the benefit of a privil eged few bent in sinister conspir acy to plunge the country tnW economic chaos." j Franco Buys C47s From U.I By Graham Hevey WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.--The United States has, approved the sale to Spain of eight C 47 transport planes and nearly (200, 000 in airport equipment discard ed by the army, government of- ficials disclosed today. At the same time, it was ed that the state department approved sale of five four-engined transport planes to a private avia tion company in Argentina. Prev iously, the department permitted sale of eight Pratt and Whjitney aircraft engines to the, same Ar gentine firm for four Short -j Sun derland flying boats purchased from Britain. j The planes and equipment for Spain were purchased fronj the state department's office of fcjreiftn liquidation in Paris by a commis sion representing the Prancd gov ernment Fact-Find Bi Loses Teeth 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - (TV The house labor committee palled two teeth from the president's fact-finding bill today and ahovel it to the floor for early consid eration. President Truman wanted ac tion. But he also wanted the fact finding boards empowered td ex amine company records and uaior.s barred from striking 4uringf the process. These two features, were miss ing from the bill which the Com mittee approved. Mr. Truman! has said he thinks the measure will be useless without them. Weather Was. Vin. JUi Salem Eugene Portland S3 12 at 41 41 Seattle S3 SS San Francisco WtllamcUe river S.I ft FORECAST (form U. 8. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem): Moctty cloudy today. Intermittent light ram toward evening. Highest tamperatura) learn- 02 degrees.