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Generalisvimo Stalin made a
campaign speech Saturday. Joe is
running for reelection as member
cf the supreme soviet Not that
he i needed to get out and . cam
paign because he was certain of
being elected: In Russia only one
ticket is offered the voters and
they don't dare "leave it."
While Stalin's speech was made
in his own district region it was
turned not only at all Russia but
at the whole world. His theme
waS another five-year plan for
Russia. The first was back in
1928; the second followed in 1933;
then came the war, and much of
Russian achievement under the
two plans was destroyed. Now
SLflin proposes that the Russian
people start where they are and in
five years outreach in production
what they had attained wfyen Hit
ler' hordes fell upon them.
Heavy industry coal, pig iron,
petroleum gets the emphasis in
the new soviet work schedule,
just as it did in the earlier pro
grams. The only reference to con
sumer goods for which Russians
are longing: is Stalin's promise
that rationing soon will, end and
that the worker's standard of liv
ing be raised. jThe objectives of
the new five-year plan as stated
by Stalin is "to guarantee our
country against) any eventuality."
This has a rather famiibr mili
trltic ring. Hiur ued it In his
Justification of Rearmament. Rus
sia, with biltjrr memories of
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New Warning
Revealed in
Harbor Probe
' .WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-P)-Congrelonal
Pearl Harbor in
vestigators heard today that four
days before the Japanese strike,
authorities in Hawaii got word
from a British secret agent that
w ar was imminent.
The testimony came from Lt.
Col. Henry C. Clauw-n, aide to
former Sec. of War Stimson.
Clausen said a message sent by
the British from Manila to Hawaii
was received during the night of
Dec. 3. 1941. It discussed the
Japanese movements in the Pa
cific and said:
"It is our considered opinion
.that Junun en vit, en eai ly hos
tilities with Great Britain and the
United States.
That meaae. Clausen said.
w ent to Col. George W. Bit knell
of the intelligence staff of Maj
Gen. Walter C. Short, army com
mander in Hawaii.
Road Conditions in
Stale Unchanged
There was no material change
in Oregon road conditions Tues
day. except for light snow in some
of the higher elevations, R. H.
Bfcldock, state highway engineer,
leported. Temperatures remain
ed about the same in eastern and
central Oregon as on Monday
with slightly lower temieraturcs
in western Oregon.
Traffic was going through on
both the North and South Santiam
highways but one-way traffic
continued on several other high
ways because of slides and wash
outs.
Baldcxk said the cost of clear
ing the slide on the Columbia riv
t r highway near Multnomah Falls
would aggregate many thousands
cf dollars.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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Trades Council Asks Federal Control
By Bob Gangware
Att. City Editor, The Statesman
Two organizations of wide lo
cal influence went on record
Tuesday night favoring rent
control in Salem, adding impetus
to the citywide movement for
immediate correction of growing
rental abuses.
The Salem Trades and Labor
Council, representing 4000 Ame
rican Federation of Labor mem
bers in the city, called for rent
restriction by federal authority,
and the newly formed American
Legion post of World war II
veterans sought federal or local
control measures, preferably
local. ;
H. E. Barker, secretary of the
trades and labor council, was
instructed to communicate by
letter to OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles and to the Sa
lem city courcil the desire for
immediate rent control by fed
eral authority in the Salem area.
No Local Teeth
It was decided that local con
trol measures would be ineffec
tive, because exUting authority
for such control has "no teeth
in it" and because any control
action by the city council would
be limited to within Salem city
limits.
U. S. Warns of 'Camouflaged'
Naziism Hidden
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. -
tonight that naziism lives on in Argentina camouflaged now,
but strong and awaiting "future opportunity."
Economically, politically and culturally, said a sensational
state department "blue book," the Germans "possess today in
Argentina" a base to rebuild their "aggressive power during the
period when the homeland is still
occupied."
The warning was set forth In
40,000 word "blue book" on Ar
gentina distributed to the other
American governments as part of
the current-Inter-American consul
tations on the Buenos Aalrcs re
gime.
Net Included
Argentina is not Included in
these inter-government talks.
Based largely on nazi documents
captured in a German salt mine,
the department denounced the suc
cessive Argentine governments for
having given "positive aid" to the
Axis during the war.
Noting that over half of last
year s budget in Argentina was
spent for building up Argentina's
armed forces, the department de
clared that "in Argentina the Ger
mans have constructed a complete
duplicate of the economic struc
ture for war they had in Ger
many." Base for Reconstruction
"They possess," he continued,
"today in Argentina the economic
organization industrial, commer
cial and agricultural which they
need to provide a base for the
reconstruction of German aggres
sive power during the period when
the homeland is still occupied.
The "blue book" also charged
that Argentina has protected Ger
man businesses and interests along
with nazi Individual.
Schools Controlled
Two hundred schools In Argen
tina are either nazi controlled or
strongly influenced by the Ger
mans, it said.
U. S. Cardinals-Designate Arrive in Rome
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ROME, Feb. 12. Archbishop Samael A. Strikh (left) ef Chicago and Archbishop Edward A. Mooney
(right) of Detroit, who are to be I'" '-( j "pe Plos XII In the consistory starting Feb. lt, are
greeted by Franklin C. Gowen, assistant to Myr i C. Taylor, President Truman's special represen
tative at the Vatican, npon their arrival by yiaae today at the Some alrpork (AP Wlrephoto to The
SUtesmaa)
Intemitialls
Delegates to the labor coun
cil were instructed to propose
like action in each of the repre
sented 38 Salem locals. Last
night's ' council action was
prompted by M. G. Clark, sec
retary of local No. 1063, United
Brotherhood, of Carpenters find
Joiners,; the AFL union,: which
Monday night voted unanimous
ly to advocate federal control by
OPA. :
Legion Resolves
Salem post No. 136, American
Legion, by unanimous vote of
120 members present at its last
night's meeting, adopted; a reso
lution favoring any action, fed
eral or local, to correct current
rental abuses in Salem.
The post gave indication in the
resolution that many of the re
turned veterans in the member
ship feel they are the "suckers"
in a f'soak-the-vet" attitude
among many landlords.
Veterans here, the resolution
read, "are dismayed and anger
ed to discover that their return
and readjustment to civilian
life is being deliberately .thrown
out of gear by unscrupulous
landlords with short memories."
in Argentina
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Hoover Warns
Statism' Rising
NEW YORK, Feb. 12-0P)-Herbert
Hoover said tonight that
"statlsm," nourished by the war,
was sweeping three-quarters of
the world and "can grow still
more by continued excessive tax
ation and by creeping inflation."
In a speech prepared for de
livery at a Lincoln day dinner
given by the National Republican
club, the. former president said:
; Today; the great Issue .before
the American people is free men
against the tide of statism which
is sweeping three-quarters of the
world whether it be called com
munism, fascism, socialism ;or the
disguised ' American mixture of
fascism and socialism called 'man
aged economy' now being -transformed
into a further ambiguity,
the 'welfare state.'"
Democrats Expect
Truman to Run in 191
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.HP)
Even though: President Truman
thinks his' Job is just one "hectic"
week .after another, democratic
party leaders said today they ex
pect him to run again in 1948.
: A published report that the
president told a group of associ
ates at the White House a few
weeks ago! that he would not be a
candidate in 1948 brought a for
mal denial from Robert E. Han
ncgan, chairman of the democra
tic national committee.
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UNO Puts
AFL, CIO
On Board
Connolly Wins
Equality for
Federation
LONDON, Feb. 12.-UP)-U. S.
delegate Tom Connally today won
a fight to give the American Fed
eration of Labor equal status with
the Congress of Industrial ' Or
ganizations as United Nations con
sultants. The political and security com
mittee voted to permit' the AFL,
the world federation of trade un
ions, with which the CIO is af
filiated, and similar national and
international bodies to collabor
ate with the United Nations' eco
nomic and social council.
Coming after months of bitter
discussion, the decision raised
hopes among delegates that the
first session of the assembly would
be able to adjourn Thursday. The
only remaining major Issue still
In committee was selection of a
temporary headquarters for the
United Nations, to be considered
again tomorrow at 10:30 a. m.
In the security council, Great
Britain gained majority support
against a Ukranian demand for a
commission to investigate.
Neuner Plans
Demurrer to
Saekett Charge
Attorney General George 'Neu
ner Tuesday was preparing a de
murrer to the complaint of Shel
don Saekett, Coos Bay newspaper
publisher, challenging the author
ity of Merle Chessman of Astoria
and Earl llill of Cushman, Lane
county,' to hold two public of
fices simultaneously.
Chessman is serving both as
state senator from Clatsop county
and a member of the state high
way commission while Hill Is
serving as state representative in
the legislature and a member of
the state fish commission. Chess
man is editor and publisher of an
Astoria newspaper, Neuner said
the demurrer would be filed la
ter this week.
Complaint in Eackett's suit
charges that both Chessman and
Hill are violating provisions of
the state constitution.
Truman Tries
'Dark' Bread
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-UT)-President
Truman made a taste
test today and said he couldn't tell
any particular difference between
white and "dark" bread at least
none to holler about.
The dark bread is the kind that
is to be on everybody's dinner
table as a result of a presidential
order to use more of the wheat
kernel for flour, so more grain
can be shipped to hungry people
abroad.
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son supplied the samples. With
three loaves tucked under his arm
Anderson' walked into Mr. Tru
man's office to give the president
an Idea of "how little different
the new: loaf is."
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OPA May Give
Milk Increase
Verdict Today
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12.-0P)
-District OPA Price Executive
A. H. Trice said today he may
have a formal answer tomorrow
to the request of Portland area
milk producers for an Increase
from 95 cents to $1.15 per pound
butterfat for grade A milk.
Four dairy association's supply
ing more than B0 per cent of the
city's fluid milk yeterday filed a
formal 11-page brief asking the
increase.
Members of the Oregon Dairy
Products commission met here to
day to discuss the action. Charles
A Smith, Med ford, commission
chairman, said the producers were
nofjumpmg on OPAw with their
problems but added the group had
"sensed an unwillingness" of the
government to recognize the seri
ousness of the dairymen's situa
tion. In the formal brief, the dairy
men declared "our patience has
run out" and asked the wholesale-retail
price schedule be ad
Justed to its traditional differen
tial by Feb. 28.
Red Cross Session
Set February 28
Marion county chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross, will meet in an
nual 'session, February 28, it was
announced Tuesday, following the
monthly meeting of the board.
Earlier, the board had set Febru
ary 22 as a tentative date. The
meeting will be held in tbe mu
sic room at Willamette univer
sity at 8 p. m.
M. C. Boone, who served some
time in the Pacific war theaters
as Red Cross field director, will
be here from Portland to be guest
speaker. Reports on the year's
work will be given and new board
members elected.
ICKES CALLS CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.HP)
Secretary of the Interior Ickes tc
day called a "special press confer
ence" for 11:30 a. m., tomorrow.
This development followed a pub
lished report that Ickes' departure
from the cabinet is imminent as a
result of the differing views held
by Ickes and President Truman
in the Pauley case. "
CLERGY STOP IN IRELAND
LIMERICK, Eire, Feb. 12 -)-Three
cardinals-designate, Arch
bishops Francis ' J. Spellman of
New York and John Joseph Glen
nbn of St. Louis,' and Bishop
Thomas Tien of Tsingtao, China,
completed, the long overwater leg
of their aerial voyage to Rome to
day and were guests of the Irish
tonight. ;
ASK RAISE FOR FOWS
SALISBURY, England, Feb.
12. - tVP) - Representatives of 21
Salisbury area trade unions ad
opted a resolution tonight de
manding that the government pay
its 800,000 prisoners of war union
wagt scales or return them to
Germany because they constitute
a threat to British labor. The
POWs receive one-third of a pen
ny (less than one cent), per hour.
PERON FLAILS BRADEN
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 12-OP)-Col.
Juan Peron, making bis main
presidential campaign speech
praised the late President Roose
velt but assailed UJS. Undersec
retary of State Spruille Braden
for what Peron called his "insol
ent intervention" in the affairs
of Argentina.
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Lt. Gen. I omnia
Prefers Firing
Squad to Noose
MANILA. Wednesday, Feb. 13
Doomed to die before a firing
squad, Japanese Lt. Gen. Mm
haru Honuna prefers It to hang
ing, he told his escort en route
to Luson prison camp No. 1.
Honuna asked Maj. Larry Ilod
gln, former Twin Falls, Ida.,
sports writer who was escorting
j Honuna on the J5-miIe trip to
the prison camp, "'What did
they find me ruilty otV"
, Hodgln handed him the en
velope containing a ropy of the
court findings.
When he read down to the
penaHr. shooting, he remarked:
Oh, that's good. They're not
going to hang me. That (shoot-.
Ing) Is an honorable death.'"
Then Ifomma casually return
ed his glase to his ease, laid
his head back on the. seat, and
slept BAMt of the remaining dis
tance of what may have been
his last ride.
Crater's Burps
Interpreted
By Calif ornian
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 12-Cf)-The
scenic attraction of Cra
ter lake might be impaired by a
volcanic eruption, but nobody
woud be killed, a University of
California geology professor be
lieves. Dr. Howell Williams, noted vol
eanologist and authority on the
Crater lake area, said there would
not be a violent explosion if
Mount Mazama acts up again.
"An eruption today would kill
a lot of fish, and would ruin the
beautiful blue color of the lake,"
he explained. But he said violent
activity is very unlikely once a
volcano collapses.
"Furthermore, I doubt If there
is even enough activity in the
volcano to produce a cone high
enough to rise above the level of
the lake, which Is 2000 feet deep,"
Williams said. Me studied the
crater oveif a five-year period.
ADDED SALEM AIR SERVICE
PORTLAND; Feb. 2-ff)ln-creased
air service between here
and such cities as Salem, Eugene,
Medford, Red Bluff, Sacramento,
Pendleton, Walla Walla, Boise
and Salt Lake is. planned by
United Air lines, an official said
today.
Baker Urges GOP Take Peace
Stand at Lincoln Day Banquet
The problem of keeping the
peace, "that these dead may not
havt died in vain," Is one of the
problems upon which the repub
lican party must take a stand If it
is ever again to win an election,
Frederick E. Baket, Seattle bus
iness leader, maintained as he ad
dressed Marion county republi
cans at their annual Lincoln day
banquet Tuesday night at the
Mation hoteL
Declaring himself "tired of com
promise, of meaningless words, of
indecision and of failure to stand
up and say what wo believe. Ba
ker held tb position that This
country has reached the point
where thinking in terms of votes
is no good" but where thinking in
terms of what is right Is vital.
Promising equal rights, fair op
eration of government and main
tenance of peace may bo evading
the issues, he declared, urging his
200 listeners to write frankly their
own views and send them to their
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New Fund Puts
Agents on Tax
Evaders' Trail
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-(J)-Funds
to put thousands of new
agents on the trail of tax evaders
and black market operators - in
meat and building materials were
approved today by the house ap
propriations committee.
In two separate bills sent to
the house floor, the committee
recommended money for 1585
more OPA enforcement employes
and for recruiting a small army
of men, including hundreds of
war veterans, to combat alleged
tax chiselers.
Secretary of the Treasury Vin
son had requested the funds for
the treasury investigators, telling
the committee there was "growing
evidence of widespread tax eva
sion," especially by black market
operators.
OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles warned of an "acute"
black market situation in meat
and "a growing black market" in
the building materials and con
struction field.
Allies Disagree on
Soviet Trusteeship
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-A')-Secretary
f State Byrnes dis
closed today that Russia has re
fused to budge in seeking soviet
trustee ship over Tripolitania,
strategic prewar Italian colony on
the Mediterranean.
Byrnes made it clear at his
news conference that a cleavage
exists among the U. S , Russia,
Britain and France on all four of
the African colonies - - Tripolita
nia, Eritrea, Italian Somahland
and Cyrenalca. Comments showed
the four nations farther opart
generally than they were five
months ago.
War Department Stands
Behind Mark Clark
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-WV)-The
war department today upheld
General Mark Ciark's role in or
dering the Rapido river crossing
of the 36th (Texas) division in
Italy and declared that the heavy
casualties were not in vain.
The department sent an official
report to the house military af
fairs committee, which will deter
mine later whether a congression
al investigation should be ordered.
national committee members so
that the party may draw a plat
form on which it may squarely
stand, declaring policies as to la
bor, management and Investment,
government spending, Individual
enterprise, protection of the indi
vidual, control of the atomic bomb
end development of atomic ener
gy and compulsory military train
ing. Music by Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Craven and Otto BandelL with
Mrs. George Rhoten leading the
group sinsing, featured the even
ing. While a spotlight played on
a picture of Abraham Lincoln and
an American flag, and Mrs. Cra
ven and Bandell played softly
"The Battle Hymn," Ben Mosher
delivered the Gettysburg address
over public address system from
the hotel lobby as a dramatic pre
lude to Baker's speech. Lt Col.
Allan G. Carson was toastmaster;
Cliff Lewis presided; Joe Felton
Introduced Baker.
N. Y. Ban Lifted;
C. CIO Only
One (lent Apart
ti AsoclsVl Pre
F:ttt breaking tabor devel
opment? in three of the na
tion V major ritie last rtiht
resulted in suspension of a
power company strike in
Pittsburgh, settlement of a
Philadelphia transportation
tieup and rescinding of New
York's drastic close-down or
der resulting from a tugboat
strike. "
These v. ere the mi.or develop
ments: 1. In Philadelphia, where 3.000.
000 iLKitr? of the trinsportat.'i ;i
system had been stranded by 're
twoi-day strike of 9,9-W CIO trans
port .workers, strikers and ire
Philadelphia Tmnsp-tatin oiir.
puny ratified an agr?xMnent end
ing the walkout. Service will k
resumed early tod;iy.
ktrike Suspended
2. The Pittsburgh power st:ike
of 3400 Duquesne Liut company
employes, effecting 1,500.000 e.
sons, was suspede and Geoij.e
Mut lk r, president of the indepen
dent union, said the 19-hour de
pute had been callei off "in ire
interest of the publx." '
3. New York Mayor Willi, n
O'Dwyer revoked hi emergent y
order shutting down all but essen
tial nervines in the world's largct
city, 18 hours after issuance -f
the paralyzing ban. after fueli
ceipts yesterday built up Manhi.:- t
tan's dangerously 1) suppiitf, ?
caused by a nine-day strike of 3 -500
AFL tUKboat womer. An -timated
8,000,000 persons h. -I
been affected.
G. M. Offers H'i Teats
4. General Motors wage reji"! -ations
broke up a the CIO L'i,.'
et Auto Workers rxvived hi -1
rejected a CM offer of an 18 'i
cent hourly wage increase to erd
the 83-day ttrike Pf 173,000 CI')
production employe1, oldest ci.
rent major labor dispute in t o
nation. The union Iwld out foi a
19'i cent boost, which had bet n
recommended by a president A
fact-finding board, and reinstate
ment of a union contract whi- i
GM terminated In IXfoember.
Army Clamp on
Press Suspected
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 U -Three
congressmen atked the v.-s
department today io make a "fi I
lmesti(atijn" of removal of tv.
soldiers from their pokitiom
managing editor and columnist (
the Tokyo' edition of Stars yti
Stripes.
Reps. Sabath (D-Ill), Coflo
(D-Wash) and De Lacy (D-Wah)
asked Secretary Patterson 'o
"look into charges" that Sjrt. Ken
neth Pettus, managing editor t f
the paper, and Corp. Bernard Ru
bin, columnist, were "ordered
from their posts in an effort o
suppress press freedom in Uo
army."
U. S. Troops Hurt
In Indian lliots
CALCUTTA, Feb. IE. -(P)- Tl
British imposed martial law i
Calcutta tonight, moving tanks
and troops 'into the city to que. I
rioting in which 14 persons havo
been killed and 170 injured,, in
cluding 18 U. S. soldiers and :0
policemen, In the last two days.
Announcing martial law, BriV
ish governor R. G. Casey declared
in a broadcast:
"If the troops are impeded in
their efforts to restore order arl
to open up roads to normal traffic,
they will use their weapons."
Farrell Recovering
From Operation
Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell, jr., who underwent fii
operation in a Salem hospital l.i-t
Wednesday, is recovering satis
factorily and probably will be ab'e -to
return to his desk within. Id
days, physicians announced hero
Tuesday.
During the past two days Far-
rell has been able to dictate let
ters from his hospital bed and
transact other state business.
EGYPTIAN STUDENTS MOT
CAIRO, Feb. 12.-(P)-Two sti
dents were killed and 20 Injured
in a battle with police at Alexand
ria today as thousands of student
staged antl British riots there and
in Cairo.
Weather
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reau. WcNary lurid, Salem): ClouUy
today, occasional tiicht rauk. Highest
temperature 4a Oegrcca.
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