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Continuing "The Danubians":
Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" may
well be considered at the same
time with Polanyi's "The Great
Transformation." Both authors re
sided in Vienna and lectured and
wrote' on economics in the period
around 1930. Their thinking de
veloped very differently; and the
two books present contrasting
views on the subject of economic
freedom.
The Hayek book was a "dis
covery" in 1945. It was reprinted
in condemed form in the Reader's
Digest and this reprint was widely
circulated. It was an answer to the
business man's prayer: A profes
fior's repudiation of the new deal
and socialist planning. Based on
his observation of the growth of
totalitarianism in central Europe,
Hayek views with grave alarm
the development of central or gov
ernment planning, regarding it as
leading to the dictatorial state.
' To quote:
"There can j be no freedom of
thought, no freedom of the press
vhere it is necessary that every
thing should be governed by a
single system of thought In theory
socialism may wish to enhance
freedom, but in practice totalitar
ianism is nothing but consistent
collectivism, the ruthless exploita
tion of the principle that 'the
whole comes before the individ
ual' and the direction of all mem
bers of society by a single will
supposed to represent the whoie."
Hostile as I have been to the
centralized state, I confess
(Continued on editorial page)
Death Takes
Deputy Clerk
Of High Court
Henry Merman Kloepping, who
had been deputy clerk of the state
supreme court since 1930, died at
his home, 471 N. Winter st., Sun
day after a three-months illness.
He was 65 years old.
Kloepping was born in Ne
braska and came to Oregon first
in 1910, studying at' Willamette
university. He left to become Vice
presidcnTTT the Globe Business
College in St. Paul, Minn., re
turning to Portland in 1013.
He moved to Salem In 1916 to
work in the county assessor's of
fice and as deputy county clerk.
He was graduated from Willam
ette Law school and admitted to
the bar in 1923.
Kloepping married Laura Mae
Bean in St, Paul, Minij. She died
16 years ago. His second wife,
Wilna Gialer, survives ihim.
He was a member of the First
'lethodist church and of the Ore
gon Bar association.
Surviving in addition to the
vidow are a daughter,, Mrs. Mor
ris C. Croker, Bremerton, Wash.;
a brother. F. W. Kloepping, Fair
fax, S. D.; a sister, Mrs. George
H. Klaus, Farminjtton, Minn., and
two grandchildren, William and
Jean Croker, Bremerton, Wash.
Services will be held Wednes
day at 1:30 in the W. T. Rigdon
chapel. Friends are asked to omit
flowers. Dr. Joseph M. Adams will
officiate and concluding services
will be at City View cemetery.
Lumber Firm
Changes Hands
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SWEET HOME, Feb. 2S-(Spe-eial)-Herbert
Templeton Lumber
company of Portland has bought
the Lucas Lumber company and
has taken possession. Oliver Ra
malia, formerly of Eugene, is gen
eral superintendent' of the new
company.
Paul Lucas, who established the
mill here several years ago, re
tired because of health. His son,
Richard Lucas, who. has been as
sociated in the enterprise, will re
main on the Job tor the time be
ing. Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
Too never no wrong if
you follow in your father's
footsteps!"
Labor Balks New
Wage-Price
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -disorganized
labor balked at wage
control features of President Tru
man's new wage-price policy to
day while funds for enforcement
were threatened and congress
heard living costs may soar anoth
er 10 per cent. '
These developments came thick
and fast:
1. The CIO told j Economic Sta
bilization Director Chester Bowles
it "could not commit itself to the
order calling for approval of wage
increases by the wage stabilization
board. It proposed jthat the board
remote this requirement by a
resolution. j
2. The AFL foresaw new strikes
among its unions which had set
tled for less than the patterns
which might be set, by the board.
3. The senate appropriations
committee cut by jhalf the funds
the house had voted to operate
the OPA and the civilian produc
tion admin istration. for the? next
four months.
4. Chairman Mariner S. Eccles
of the federal reserve board told
the house banking committee
there is "some possibility" of a
further rise of 10 per cent in the
cost of living as a result of the
new presidential wage-price poli
cy, j
Mr. Truman took an essential
State Troop
Trouble Feared in Tennessee
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COLUMBIA, Tenn., Feb. 26.-;P)-(Tuesday)-Squads of state
militiamen from surrounding middle Tennessee towns mounted riot
guns in Columbia's public square today following an outbreak of
shooting in which four policemen were wounded. -
Sheriff J. J. Underwood said the disturbance started in this town
of 12,000 last night after the arrest of a negro woman and her son
on assault charges. Underwood
said the two, Gladys Stephenson
and her son, James, were accused
of shoving a white radio repair
man, William Fleming, 23, through
a plate glass window on the public
square during the afternoon.
Tension mounted as the night
wore on and state safety commis
sioner Lynn Bomar, under orders
of Governor Jim i McCord, sped
here from NashviHe, fifty miles
away, with eighteen state patrol
men to assist Columbia's eight
man police force.
They were joined later by state
militia troops'- ordered out from
surrounding towns and as far
away as Chattanooga and Knoxvil
le, 100 and 150 miles respectively
from Columbi4v
, Shortly after midnight acting
adjutant general Hilton Butler
said in Nashville that between
f ur and five hundred state troops
were already In Columbia or on
the way.
At that time a report spread in
Columbia that a group of negroes
were marching on Columbia from
Mount Pleasant, twelve miles
away, and a detachment of militia
was sent out by Brig. Gen. J. N.
Dickinson, commander of the state
troops, to meet them.
The sheriff listed the Injured
officers, who are in King's Daugh
ters hospital, as police chief J. W.
Griffin and patrolman Sam Rich
ardson, Vernon Stifel and Will
Wilsford. The latter was believed
injured critically. The men were
shot. Sheriff Underwood said, as
they sought to keep order early in
the night.
3 Salem IWeii
In Fraud! Trial
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2S-(Fy-The
trial on mail fraud charges
of three Salem men and a Port
lander accused of misrepresenting
"oyster farm" enterprises began
today in federal court here.
In a 42-page indictment the
government accuses Edgar Robert
En-ion, John R. Barton and Glenn
R. Munkers, Salem, and P. E.
Blackman, Portland; of obtaining
more than $300,000 from north
west investors.
The government has subpoenaed
68 witnesses for the trial, mostlyf .
Willamette valley farmers and
Oregon and Washington coast res
idents who are listed as investors.
The four defendants pleaded in
nocent before Judge: James A. Fee
as the trial got under way.
Aviation Board
Opens in Salem
The state board of aeronautics
of which Lee U. Eyerly, Salem
flyer and industrialist, is chair
man, Monday opened offices on
the third floor of the state capitol
building here with; W. C. Hill,
chief engineer for the board, in
charge. Leo Davaney, Portland, is
director of the board.
Entire headquarters of the
board will be moved to Salem
from Portland on April 1. Hill,
formerly of St. Paul, Minn., said
his duties would comprise largely
the location of airfields under the
federal airport plan,;
SOVIET FORCES MERGE
MOSCOW, Feb. 25-(P)-The
three armed services of the Sov
iet Union the array, navy and
air force were centralized in a
single commissariat of the armed
forces of the USSR tonight, with
Generalissimo Stalin as commis
sar and supreme commander.
Policy
step in carrying out his. policy by
issuing an executive order re-establishing
the office of economic
stabilization as it had existed dur
ing wartime. Bowles was given
the job of director
A high government official, in
close touch with the labor situa
tion, declared the labor, opposi
tion indicated a j "build-up" to
withdrawal of labor members
from the WSB. The wage board
has two public members, two from
management and two from labor
one each from AFL and CIO.
Eccles, federal j reserve chief,
noted that living costs had risen
by 30 per cent since pre-war days,
and said they might climb anoth
er 10 per cent tinder the new
policy. He urgently supported the
administration drive for continua
tion of price controls, warning
that scrapping them might have
"disastrous" consequences if peo
ple lost confidence in the purchas
ing power of the dollar. '
He proposed, continuation of
OPA for at least another year, a
substantial increase in the capital
gains tax to put the brakes on
speculative buying, and that the
government should refrain from
creating further bank credit by
bringing about a balanced bud
get and beginning to pay off some
of the nation's debt as soon is
possible.
s Called as Race
Court Frees
2 Civilians in -Hawaii
Prison
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -(JF)
Civil courts and their safeguards
are "indispensible to our system
of government,' the supreme
court said today in ordering re
lease of two civilians convicted
by military courts established in
Hawaii after Pearl .Harbor.
In a six to two decision, the
court held that i the military
courts, set-up under martiaUaw
lacked authority to try civilians
charged with violating civil laws.
It ordered release of Harry E.
White, Honolulu stock" broker
charged with embezzling stock,
and Lloyd C. Duncan, Honolulu
shipf itter charged with assault
ing two marine sentries. . : r
Many Damage Claims
Expected After Order
HONOLULU, Tebl 25 -()- At
torneys predicted j today that
claims for damage may be filed
in many of the 37,500 civilian
cases tried by military courts in
the islands as a result of the U.S.
supreme court decision declaring
such trials illegal.
Oahu prison records show" that
about 400 civilians sentenced by
military authorities were im
prisoned and that fines and reve
nue of the provost court and
liquor control office totaled
$1,500,000, including $1,072,000 in
fines. a. :
C. T. Stevenson, warden of
Oabu prison, said four civilian
men convicted by military tri
bunals under martial law still
were in his custody. One of them
is serving 30 years on conviction
of a murder charge, another is
serving seven years for robbery, a
third la serving 15 years on a
murder conviction and the fourth
was given 15 years on a man
slaughter conviction.
Highway Commission Oders Suit for New
State Park, Accepts 5 Road Work Bids
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2S.-VP)-A
condemnation suit to gain pos
session of 55 acres along Wallowa
lake for a proposed state park was
ordered today by the Oregon high
way commission. ;
The commission reported the
suit against T. II. and Helena
Williamson resulted from refusal
of the owners to sell the track for
$10,000 which commission apprais
ers consider a fair price.
The commission said the owners
asked $25,000 and said that Mrs.
Irene Wiggins, owner of another
51 acre tract to be used in the
106 acre park area has offered to
sell for $3000. ..
Ban nighway Parking
The commission ruled that mot
orists can no longer park on the
shoulders of state highways except
for emergencies. Such parking
was prohibited on the Pacific
highway across from the "public
mart" north of Eugene.
Engineer R. H. Baldock was
instructed to study whether stop
signs at railroad crossings are
necessary. Baldock declared 1 the
signs are generally disregarded
and have become traffic hazards
9 .
NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
10
Brewster
Calls For
Arms Ban
Asks U. S. Policy
To Forbid Use of
American Guns
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-(vT)-A
demand that Great Britain be in
structed not to use American guns
to "shoot down Jews in Palestine"
was voiced before the senate de
fense investigating committee to
day by SerJator Brewster (R-Me.).
Witnesses testifying before the
committee on proposed financial
settlements with Britain said such
a ban legally could be enforced
but declined to pass on policy.
Brewster told a reporter he wants
Secretary of State Byrnes to state
this country's stand. 7
The reported use of American
war equipment by Britain in
quelling uprisings in Palestine,
India and The Netherlands East
Indies came into the committee's
discussion over $4,705,000,000 in
lend - lease military equipment
still held by the British.
U.S. Keeps Title
Thomas B. McCabe, foreign
liquidation commissioner, told
senators that since the United
States retains title to this equip
ment and can reclaim it, it had
been decided not to attempt to
sell it to the British.
If it were sold, he pointed out
that the British could make any
use of it -they chose, including its
resale to other nations. As the
situation stands, Britain cannot
resell without prior American ap
proval and turning the proceeds
to the United States.
Alleges Use in Outbreaks
Brewster inquired if this coun
try legally" could "sterifize" the
equipment In question, by forbid
ding its use in colonial outbreaks.
He told a reporter after the hear
ing he is certain such equipment
has been used in these circum
stances. Hubert Naviik, state depart
ment expert, and Benno Smith,
legal counsel for McCabe, said
there is no question that this
country can impose any restric
tions it elects on use of the goods
in question.
Clothing Drive
In Salem Nets
70,000 Pounds
Nearly 70,000 pounds of cloth
ing were collected in Salem alone
in the recently-closed United
Clothing drive, a summary dis
closed Monday.
. The totals showed: 182,000 gar
ments; 0000 pairs of shoes; 300
pieces of bedding; 2889 cartons
and packages; 68,930 pounds.
Fred Starrett was general chair
man, H. L. Braden secretary, with
sponsors including the junior
chamber of commerce and the Ki
wanis. Lions and Rotary clubs.
Collection depots, included
churches, many stores, fire -stations
and the PGE.
Those in charge paid special
tribute to Clarence Shrock for aid
in transportation, E. H. Craven
for work with Boy Scouts in col
lections, and Floyd Seamster for
leading the sorting and packing
work.
Clothing for the drive may still
be left with the Salvation Army.
rather than safeguards. Secretary
of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., in
a letter, urged they be maintained.
The historic Knapp hotel at
Port Orford, boarded for years,
will be sold for Junk, the com
mission decided. A request from
an unnamed Salem architect to
move the building to state prop
erty nearby was refused, on the
grounds that it would obstruct an
ocean view.
A survey was ordered on a
$150,000 improvement project for
the Wasco-Heppner highway west
from Condon. Resurfacing of 15.7
miles of secondary highway be
tween Crow and Lorraine was ap
proved. The commission authoriz
ed that several curves on the
Necanicum highway be widened
to accommodate 58-foot log loads,
providing truck operators do not
operate on the Neahkanie moun
tain road.
Accepts 5 Low Bids
The commission accepted low
bids on five projects, but all bids
on a Sherman county project, for
surfacing of a Fulton Canyon
Wasco highway section, were re
jected as too high.
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Salem,
Germans Leaving Prinz Eugen
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. German crew members of the former
German cruiser Prim Eugen disembark from the vessel at the
navy yard here yesterday with their gear te stand master prepara
tory im leaving the ship permanently. The men will return t
Germany. The ship will be nsed tn atom bomb testa. (AP Wire
phot t the Statesman)
Navy Probes Reported
Farewell Party for PWs
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-YP)-Nine German nayal officers and 267
crew members who the Philadelphia Record said took part in a
"gala farewell party" aboard the German heavy cruiser Prinx
Eugcn yesterday, sailed today for Europe on the naval transport
China Rejects
Russian Bids
In Manchuria
CHUNGKING, Feb. 25.-VF)-China
restated her sovereignty
over Manchuria and In effect re
jected new concessions to Russia
tonight Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek declared that he hoped
the Manchurian problem would
be solved, because world peace
depended on Chinese-soviet co
operation. This first official Chinese state
ment of Manchurian policy said
simply that Chiang had instruct
ed his headquarters in Manchur
ia to base negotiations with Rus
sia on these three principles:
1. They must be In accord with
Chinese law. 2. The Chinese-soviet
treaty of last Aug. 14 must be
respected. 3. There must be no
conflict with international treat
ies to which China is a signatory.
Chiang chose the occupation,
powever, to commend the patrio
tism of students, who have been
demonstrating vociferously
against the continued Ruaaian occupation-
of Manchuria. At the
same time he warned against let
ting emotions supercede reason,
saying that hasty action might
impair China's prestige nd need
lessly increase the government's
difficulties.
OSC EX-PREXT 18 CANDIDATE
CORVALLIS, Feb. 25--The
republican ticket today boasted
the candidacy of Dr. George W.
Peavy, president emeritus of Ore
gon State college, as Corvallis
mayor.
Successful bidders:
Clatsop county Repairs of
Vine Maple bridge over Nehalem
river on Fishhawk falls second
ary highway. Philpott'& Bucking
ham, Portland, $16,680.
Linn county Resurfacing
eight miles of Lebanon Sweet
Home section pf Santiam highway.
Warren Northwest company, $83,
574. Coast Illghway Grading
Lincoln county 3.10 miles of
grading on Spencer creek Agate
Beach section of Oregon coast
highway, Berke Brothers, Port
land, 277,810.
Umatilla county Eight miles
of improvement on Weston moun-tain-McDougall
section of Weston
Elgin highway, to E. C Hall and
company, $175,985.
Washington county 4.58 miles
of improvement on Campbell
bridge - Hazeldale section of Farm
lngton highway, Porter W. Yett,
Portland, $109,690.
Lloyd F. Legarie, Salem, offer
ed 10 per cent of proceeds plus
rental for the privilege of operat
ing the lodge at Silver Creek falls
state park. His bid was referred
to the engineer with power to act.
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Orecjon. Tuesday Morning, February 26, 1946
TfV
Gen. A. E. Anderson under ma-
rine guard.
The Germans arrived today by
train, while the Philadelphia na
val yard investigated what the
Record said was "as fitting a fare
well party is any prewar bon
voyage party in the United
States."
A crowd of 500 persons were at
Pennsylvania station to see the
Germans as they were unloaded,
one. car at a time, under supervi
sion of marines armed with riot
guns. Some spectators tried to
give packages of food to theXJer
mans, but were kept at a distance
by guards.
The Record said "despite navy
regulations, liquor flowed on the
nazi vessel. Flush-faced groups
of Germans and Americans raised
their voices in German beer hall
songs. And in corners girls held
hands with the German sailors
and conversed in warm whispers.
Capt A. H. Graubart of Los
Angeles, commanding officer of
the American crew aboard the
Eugen, said the Record story was
"a perversion of truth" and de
clared there was "absolutely no
whisky" on board
Charge Mother
With 'Kidnap9
Of Own Son
A 23-year-old mother, charged
with kidnapping her own sort, land
her J 0-year-old stepfather, ar
rested on similar charges, were re
leased by Joseph' Felton, justice
of the peace, Monday night, on
their own recognizance on condi
tion that they take the child back
to the Curry county district at
torney. '
Nadine Fltzhugh and Curtis
Thrall, arrested on a felony war
rant, Monday, at the Lakebrook
hopyard where Thrall has recently
been employed, allegedly removed
Mrs. Fitzhugh's four-year-old son
from the Gold Beach home of his
grandparents, in whose custody
he had been placed by court
order.
The boy's father was committed
to the state penitentiary last week.
Bishop Baxter on
Church Committee
ATLANTIC CITX N. J., Feb.
25.-iir)-The council of Methodist
bishops at the concluding session
of its annual meeting today
named a committee to study "the
question of protestantism as it re
lates to the Roman Catholic
church in matters that concern
Methodism."
Bishops Lewis O. Hartman of
Boston; Bruce R. Baxter of Port
land, Ore., and Paul E. Martin of
Little Rock, Ark., were appointed
a committee to assist In a pro
posed expansion of the Metho
dist's public relations department.
Weather
Max. Min. Rain
I5 IT .!
SS M M
.. S3 -i 40 trace
.M 3 trace
...64 M
Salem
Eugene
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
Willamette river 3.2 ft.
FORECAST (from UJ5. weather bu
reau, McNary Held. Salem): Partly
cloudy today. Highest temperature
54 degrees.
Price
Last vuODDafliLe Act
Averts JPdweir
Stroke Dim East
Pittsburgh Union Will Arbitrate;
AFL Ont of N. Y. Transit Walkout
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 25.-(-A power strike scheduled fcr
12:01 a. m. tomorrow was postponed tonnht for one week during
which an attempt will be made to arbitrate wage difference?
between the Duqucsnc Light co., and its independent union.
George Mueller, president of t!hc union, made public the
text 'of a statement which said the group "decided that the
Strikers Agree
To Arbitrate
In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 25. (A
CIO cargo checkers notified the
Portland waterfront employers' as
sociation late today they were will
ing to arbitrate their grievances
and return to work.
Members of the supercargo and
checkers union were sent home
this morning after reporting for
work in the face of the operators'
announcement the union contract
was cancelled as of 8 o'clock this
morning. Longshoremen and walk-J
ing bosses, members of affiliated
waterfront unions, were expected
to halt loading, but continued to
handle marine cargo throughout
the day.
The arbitration offer, signed by
CIO business agent II. W. Hanks
declared the union wanted "to
continue to work . . . and bring
about a settlement" of the month
old dispute over number of cargo
checkers to be employed by ship
ping companies here.
R. E. Ferguson, manager of the
employers' group, said the union
contract gave shippers the decision
on how many checkers were to
be hired. The : union refused to
direct cargo handling for the Hawaiian-American
line vessels since
last month because the company
assigned two checkers to each ship
instead of the port custom of one
man to each hold.
Kick-off Lunch
Slated for Red
Cross Drive
Kick-off meeting for workers
who will conduct the annual
American Red Cross fund cam
paign in Marion county will be
held Friday noon at the Marion
hotel. Friday is the opening date
for the drive in which about 1000
persons in the county will take
active part in the campaign for
$66,000. v1
A general discussion and ques
tion and answer period will fea
ture the Friday luncheon meeting,
with Or. E. E. Boring, general
fund campaign chairman, presid
ing. Dr. G. Herbert Smith, presi
dent of Willamette university, will
give a short talk. Justice George
Rossman, chairman of the Mar
lon county 'chapter of Red Cross,
will assist in the question and an
swer session.
Heads of all divisions in the
campaign will meet at luncheon
Wednesday to outline drive pro
cedure.
Bus Service for
Keizer District
To Start Friday
Oregon Motor Stages will in
augurate bus service from State
and Commercial streets in Salem
to Keizer school, effective Friday,
March 1, it was announced this
week by A. L. Schneider, general
manager. The initial schedule
calls for 10 round trips dally,
starting at 6:45 a.m. from Salem
and 7:15 a.m. from Keizer. Sun
day's schedule starts an hour lat
er than week days.
Schneider said the new plan
was experimental but would. be
made permanent if found justi
fied after a -fair trial."
Sweet Home Teacher
Subject of Hearing
Hearing was held before Rex
Putnam, state superintendent of
public instruction here Monday,
in connection with a proceeding
involving the release of a teacher
In the Sweet Home, Linn county,
school district, for conduct unbe
coming a school employe.
The Linn county school super
intendent upheld the district
school board whereupon the
teacher appealed to the state edu
cational department for final decision.
No. lit
strike that is scheduled
is scheduled to start
Feo. 26 be postponed one week
and that a meeting: of the mem
bership be held Friday, March 1.
to ut-eide whether the wage iss.f
be setOed by arbitration or strike "
By the , Associated Pre si
R. J. Tohmas, president of the
CIO t'n.ttd Auto workers, chari
er! Monday-in Detroit that "Presi
dent Truman let us down by net
st-eirg that the report of his faV
flnmpp committee7 (in the Gen
eral! Motors strike) was carried
ou."
Trr GM f..ct finding panel ptr-
p-ei more than a month ago tht
i a IIP irnt 17.5 per cent) wage
inrra.se be granted to settle the
wtlkout of 175,000 production
workers at GM plants In 2Tstat.
The strike went into its 98th
day-today (Tuesday) and UAW
vice president Walter P. Reuthtr
declared "thus far no agreement
has been reached and none" is prev
ently in sight."
Thomas asserted In the auto
motive dispute that the president
"should sell the recommendation
of ' the fact finding board to the
people before calling the parti a
to Washington,' after Senator
Claude D. Pepper (D-Fla) sug
gested that Mr. Truman call both
sides to Washington in a new at
tempt to settle the strike. The
union has agreed to accept the
19'4 tent fact finding proposal
but GM'i highest offer has been
18 'i cents.
N. V. AFL Net la Strike
In New York, Bernard Bropb?.
prnMent of the AFL Tran.t
Workers union, which claims 604
members among the city's 32.000
transportation workers, said hia
group would not support a strike
threatened "for after midnight to
day (Tuesday) by the CIO frarj-port-
Workers union, on demand"
for a $2 a day wage increase and
sole collective bargaining righ'.a
for all tranf porta tl on workers ci
the city-owned system.
New York City municipal offi
cials today interviewed 1000 city
employes with engineering, me
chanical and electrical aptitude
for emergency use In operating
the metropolis transit system in
the event of city-wide tranJI
strike. The fire and police de
partment were alerted for po
sible duty.
Mayor William ODwyer said a
state law forbade the city's ac
ceptance of the union's principal
demand, that of recognition s
exclusive bargaining agent tot
civil service employes. He added
he considered a wage increase,
sought by the TWU a -just cause
Labor troubles also harrasseit
other localities, with the follow
ing situation by cities:
Detrelt Faces Milk SherUge
Detroit Already faced with
a milk shortage as the result cf
a five-day strike of CIO employee
at 16 dairies, Detroiters were
confronted today with a bread
shortage as 13 of the city's large!
bakeries shut down following a
strike at one plant. About 50 per
cent of the city's breed supply
is involved. Supply of milk is VI
peri cent of normal.
Houston AFL officials called
on 65 Houston, Tex affiliated
unions, with claimed membership
of 40,000, to stage a one-day holi
day today (Tuesday) and join in
a mass march on the cfty hall in
protest against City Manager J
M. Nagle's order that 700 striking
AFL city employes be paid off.
Nagle asserted the 700 ignored
the? city council's back-to-work
ultimatum and said "they wcren t
fired, they quit"
Philadelphia Acting Sheriff
William J. Morrow said no at
tempt would be made by police
to Interfere today (Tuesday) in
event f continued mass picketing
of the strikebound General Elec
tric Co. plant,'Where 1400 picket
yesterday set up a solid two
block line in defiance of a court
injunction limiting picketing to "16
men 10 feet apart
Salem AFL Petition
Turned Down by NLRD
WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.--An
AFL local union's petition for
collective bargaining agent at
United Growers, Inc., Sal era. Ore.,
was turned down today by the na
tional labor relations board
The board, said 86 votes In
election opposed the AFL union,
while 50 favored it
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