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G.E. Strikers Clash With Police
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27. Mounted police and pickets wrestling
for flag in front of Philadelphia's General Electric Co. plant today.
A mrlre broke out aa police on horseback charred massed pickets
In an effort to enforce a court Injunction limiting picket demon
strations in front of the plant. Seven men were arrested and one
Injured in the picket line scuffle. (AP Wirephoto to The Oregon
Statesman)
Off
guanos
The late war has been referred
o h the best reci ted war in
istory. It was to be sure the most
luminously reported war; but
.as it best in the. quality ox it
Dortina? f
II. L. Mencken say it was poru4
y reported; that we do not know
. ct the true story of some major
events. Who wan in command
jvhen the Germans made their
rcak through in the Ardennes for
est in December, ; 1944? What is
the reaj.sjoryof th loss of three
American and one Australian
cruiser in the battle of Savo sea
n 1942? These are instances of
inadequately reported news. Mili
tary security the time may have
required suppression; but no one
afterwards went back and did the
reporting job that was needed. . ,
; Ernie Pyle seems to have set
a pattern: get the homely facts
jlUOUi l M", JftIlJ .Ul i-l Irt I
Krnie ...made it great reading; but
jt didn't tell much about the move
ments of armies ad: fleets and
the issues of baltle.
' The Associated Press did a good
job of personal reporting. "Get
the names and home town ad
dresses" seems tohave been rule
number one. We had gobs of that
wnicn also maue interesting reau
ing. with a "local angle," but the
bigger stories were not so welt
done.
. Flti-hr Pratt, whose rtoortintf
on the" great naval battles
(Continued on editorial page)
Woman Named Supreme
(xurt Deputy Clerk
Dorothy L. Cornelius, Salem,
Wednesday was appointed deputy
clerk of the state supreme court
-to ucceed H. L. Kloeping who
died recently. Miss Cornelius, has
held a secretarial position in the
supreme court offices for several
years. She is the first woman ap
pointed' deputy clerk of the court.
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.Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Don't look now but it look
like we've got some more of
your relative lor the weekend?
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Firm Foreign
Policy Urged
By Vande;nberg
By Douglas B. Cornell
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-fP)
SenatorXArthur H. Vamdenberg
c'eclared today that America'!
foreign policy most.be as frank
and firm as Russia's to meet a
'desperate need for mutual"t)
derstanding." Permanent peace and the fu
ture of the United Nations are at
atiike, the Michigan republican
faid.
Vandenlerg addressed the sen
ate, not as a member but as an
American delegate - to the- Just
concluded London conference at
which, he said, the 'United Na
tions in 37 tdays , "turned a blue
print Into a ;goinf e rftf an
ideal into a reality." .
As the "supreme conundrum of
our time," the senator listed this
question:
"What Is Russia up to now?"
lie did not profess to have the
answer. But he did have positive
ideas on America's fqreign policy,
particularly its approach to Rus
sia. He said he had a deep convic
tion that the only way to per
manent peuce and accord be
tween the two great world pow
ers lay in re-establishing a habit
of "saying only what we mean
i.nd meaning every word we say."
"I have the feeling," Vanden
berg added, "it is the best way to
win soviet" repect" and soviet
trust. Respect must precede trust;
and both are indispensable to
peace."
Textile Blaek
Market to Go
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -&)-Secretary
Vinson announced, to
night the treasury had joined with
the justice department and the
OPA in a three-cornered djrive to
smash a black market in textiles,
Thus, he said, the government
will crack down on racketeering in
scarce fabrics with the full force
of its powers to prosecute for tax
evasion as well as violation of
price ceilings.
A special staff of internal rev
enue bureau agents has been as
signed to work exclusively on sus
pended tax violations in the textile
black market, Vinson said.'
ELLSWORTH TO RUN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -P)
Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) said to-f-y
he had filed his declaration
r candidacy fojr re-election to
congress from Oregon's fourth
district. He will remain here
while congress is in session and
not campaign in the primary
election, he said.
More Hearings,
Over Proposed
At least one and probably two
more public hearings will be held
to discuss the proposed zone
change which would permit Cas
cades Plywood corporation - to
erect a plant in the Condit's addi
tion area of Salem, it was indi
cated by action of the Salem plan
ning and zoning commission Wed
nesday night.
After checking signatures and
form of Keith Brown's new pro
posal offering two possible ex
tensions of the industrial zone
(IV) in the area, the commission
gave preliminary approval and
called a public hearing for the
Industrial
Output At
Low Ebb
7 Jailed After
Battle with
Mounted Police
By the Associated Press
A police clash with pickets In
Philadelphia and a civilian pro
duction administration report that
industrial output had slid to the
lowest levels in nearly five years
held the spotlight on the labor
front yesterday.
Club-swinging mounted police
men drove some 800 pickets away
from the gates of the strikebound
General Electric company's Phil
adelphia plant, in the 'first move
to enforce an injunction "banning
mass picketing. t
Sejpen marchers were arrested,
including one injured in the clash,
and were charged with Inciting
to riot. Union attorneys protested,
demanding they be charged with
violation of the injunction to pro
vide a test case.
Electrie Workers
The plant has been closed since
Jan. 15, when CIO electrical
workers called a nationwide
strike in support of demands for
a $2 daily wage, boost.
In reporting that large scale
work stoppages had driven the
nation's industrial production to
the lowest levels since the spring
of 1941, John D. Small, CAP ad
ministrator, predicted a further
decline in February.
He asserted, however, the
country's business situation was
"sound financially" and that
prompt solution of wage-price
problems could result in "steady
and rather rapid gain" from now
on.
Long Beach Dispute
A strike which the union said
would tie up transportation fa
cilities serving 112,000 persons
daily was called for S a.m. (PST)
today by the AFL Street Railway
union at Long Beach, Calif.
Arbitration hearings in a wage
dispute affecting 30,000 cargo,
ship officers on the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific coasts were set
for March 11 In New York.
Mediators Talk
To Employers,
Harry Bridges
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27-OF)-Federal
conciliators, moving to
forestall a Pacific coast dock
strike, called Harry Bridges CIO
longshoremen union and the Wat
erfront Employers' association in
to separate conferences today.
The groups, deadlocked in 1946
contract negotiations, met with
Omar Hoskins and Frank Wenig
of the conciliation service in what
Hoskins described as "an explor
atory session."
PORTLAND, Ore,, Feb. 27-(P-R.
C. Waif, president of the CIO
Cargo Checkers union workers )
idle here since Monday, said to
night that negotiations now Un
derway between coast waterfront
employers and longshoremen at
San Francisco would settle issues
Involved in the dispute here.
Packers Ordered
To Increase Pay
CHICAGO, Feb. 27-P)-The
five major meat packing compa
nies now operated by the gov
ernment today were ordered by
the government to put Into effect
Immediately a 16 cent hourly pay
increase ordered by the national
wage stabilization board.
The wage boost under the gov
ernment's new wage price policy
was announced yesterday. The
OPA said it would raise family
meat bills about one and one
half per cent.
TRAFFIC DEATHS HIGH
CHICAGO, Feb. 27,-iTraf-
lie accidents caused 3000 deaths
in January, making the month the
third most deadly January In his
tory. in Prospect
Zone Change
evening of March 14 at city hall.
After the hearing it is expected
the petition will be forwarded to
the city council in time for the
calling- ef a second public bearing,
to be conducted by the council be
fore its March 18 session.
In other action, the commission
Wednesday night referred the orig
inal Keith Brown zone change, pe
tition to Commission President
Hedda Swart and City Engineer
J. H. Davis for a re-check of sig
natures, and itcommended to city
council the denial of a petition
by F. O. Young and others for
the naming of an alley.
NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
International Diplomacy
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BIKINI, Feb. 27-Lt. Comdr. Harold II. Grieve (right) of Los
Angeles, Calif., explains to Klnr Juda of Bikini (left) the work to
be done In transferring natives from the atomic bomb test site
to their new borne on the Island of Rongerik. Grieve Is chief of
staff to Commodore Ben Wyatt who Is handling preliminary ar
rangements. (AP Wirephoto to The Oregon Statesman)
Revolt in Spain Sought;
Franco Closes Border
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-P-neliable diplomatic officials
said tonight the British and French governments have "approved
in principle" a U. S. proposal for a joint declaration designed to
encourage the Spanish people to overthrow Generalissimo Franco.
The officials, who may not be identified, said they expect
the text of the U. S. proposal to be issued simultaneously in
Washington, London and Paris
later this week after some move
has been made.
Hours after the news bad "leak
ed" from London, the state de-
PARIS. Feb. VtMfiyFnniitr
dispatches tonlrM said General
issimo FrancWo France had
closed the French-Spanish bor
der and moved' up troop rein
forcements along the Ja0;mll
frontier.
partment today acknowledged that
the United States had made new
proposals on Spain to Britain and
France.
The department refused to dis
close the proposals. However,
diplomats said they understood
the proposed declaration would in
clude: 1. A new denunciation of Fran
co, deploring the continued exist
ence of his regime.
2. A statement that three gov
ernments would recognize a broadly-representative
Interim regime
in Spain if Franco were ousted.
3. A reiteration that the three
countries would not meddle in
Spain's domestic affairs, and that
any change would have to come
from the Spanish people.
SOVIET, MONGOLIA SIGN
LONDON, Feb. ll-iPy-Th Mos
cow radio said a treaty of friend
ship and mutual aid was signed
today between the Soviet union
and the Mongolian peoples re
public (outer Mongolia).
Bowles (Denies Cost
Of Living to C3ise 1 0
By Francis M. LeMay
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -ifr
President Truman's economic
high command challenged today a
statement by Marriner S. Eccles,
federal reserve chairman, that
living costs might jump 10 per
cent under the president's new
wage-price policy.
Chester Bowles, economic sta
bilizer, and John W. Snyder, re
conversion director, testified be
fore house committees that they
did not expect such an Increase
in the costs of food, clothing and
shelter.
Rather Illgh
Bowles told the civil service
committee: v
MI think the estimate of Mr.
Eccles Is rather high. Certainly I
hope it will be no more than half
that about 3 per cent"
Snyder, declared before the
banking committee:
"I don't know what figures Mr.
Eccles used. There is no reason
for any runaway increase in the
cost of living if we get real co
operation of industry and labor
with the government agencies
that administer the new wage-
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Eugene Marsh
Files for State
Senate Position
Asserting hfs candidacy for state
senator from Yamhill ceAmty, Eu
gene Marsh of McMinhvflle filed
his name for the republican pri
mary ticket with the secretary of
state Wednesday.
Marsh, a McMinnville attorney,
would succeed Senator W. E.
Burke, who has announced he will
not seek re-election. Marsh was
speaker of the house during the
1945 legislature. He will oppose
Dr. Emmett W. Gulley, president
of Pacific college at Newburg,
who filed Tuesday. Gulley also is
a republican.
Also filing Wednesday were
John F. Steelhammcr of Salem,
republican, t- for state representa
tive, 12th district, Marion county,
and George Rossman, Salem, non
partisan, for justice of the state
supreme court, position No. 7.
(Additional filings on page 2.)
TRAINS TO SPEED UP
PORTLAND, re., Feb. 27.-P)
Union Pacific trains may resume
their faster pre-war speeds within
60 days, James C. Cumming, the
road's general passenger agent
here, said today. Decreasing mili
tary travel was given as the reason
for expected faster service.
price policy. I see no reason for
any material increase in costs.
At the same time Bowles issued
a statement ' saying that "under
no circumstances' will the gov
ernment make a price adjustment
commitment in advance of a wage
agreement He added that V
cannot handle wage and price
adjustments on a bargain counter
basis" and that "the government
cannot be a party to economic
horse trading."
Urging continuation of price
controls for another year beyond
the June SO expiration date, Ec
cles told the banking committee
Monday there Is "some possibil
ity'' that living costs under the
new economic policy would go to
40 per cent over prewar levels
or 10- per cent higher than they
are now.
Ask Continuation
Snyder gave his views on Ec
cles' remarks when Chairman
S pence (D-Ky) asked him to
comment He appealed for con
tinuation of both OPA and gov
ernment authority to use subsi
dies to keep down living costs
until supplies come Into balance
with demand.
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Oregon, Thursday Morning, February 28, 1946
Jenupt
Accident,
Slides Hit
At Travel
Two new landslides and a
wrecked truck slowed highway
and railroad traffic in main trav
eled sections of Oregon and
Washington Wednesday, State
Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock
reported. Both slide areas the
Columbia river gorge just east
of Multnomah falls and the Pn
cific coast highway near Man
zanita also were blocked earl
ier this month by slitles.
. The Manzanita slide is becoming
one of the worst in Oregon his
tory, Baldock said.
Truck Accident
AP reported from Portland
that Union Pacific passenger
trains from the east were four
to six hours late today due to the
Columbia river slide, and Spo
kane, Portland and Seattle trains
were delayed when tracks near
Wishram, Wash., were blocked
by a truck which had skidded
from the highway. That accident
was fataf to truck driver Howard
Bray of Portland; AP stated.
In the Multnomah Falls area
200 feet of Toad and adjacent
rail tracks were covered by about
5000 cubic yards of dirt and the
90-foot temporary log bridge Just
built was threatened, Baldock
said. The earlier slide there
brought down 300,000 yards of
dirt and rock.
Baldock estimated it would
take at least two days to reopen
the highway, and perhaps more
if the slide continues running.
Meanwhile, traffic Is 'detoured on
the Evergreen route on the Wash
ington side of the river.
ManxanlU Slide
Resumption of the sliding rock
and dirt closed the Manzanita
road section again. Traffic is de
toured by way of the Sunset and
Nacenicum highways.
Baldock ' also reported reopen
ing of the Willamette, highway to
two-way traffic above Oakridge
Wednesday.
Administration
Fluids Slashed
WASHINGTON, Feb. HMIP)
The senate used its fiscal pruning
knife today on two key adminis
tration control agencies - - the
OPA and CPA.
First it slashed funds for oper
ation of the civilian production
administration during the next
four months. This vote was 44 to
30 and overran an administratiqn
plea It could "cripple" the nation
al, housing program.
Then the lawmakers did the
same thing to the office of price
administration by a 45 to 25 roll
call, rejecting a contention that
this would "sabotage" the price
control battle against Inflation.
Ford to Resume
Plant Operation
DETROIT, Feb. 27,-aVThe
Ford Motor company announced
tonight that manufacturing oper
ations at its Rouge and Highland
park plants, suspended since Jan.
25 because of the steel shortage,
will, be resumed Monday.
The Ford announcement said
the Ford Iron Mountain plant - -where
bodies for station wagons
are built - - and all its Michigan
hydro plants will also resume
Monday, affecting a total of 38,-0000-
workers. .
Snell Denies Klamath College
Money to Lower Building Fund
Reports from Eugene that, the
state would have to divert mon
ey from the state building fund
or operational assets of the board
of higher education In order to
establish a college for veterans at
the Klamath Falls marine bar
racks were denied Wednesday by
Gov. Earl SneU.
"The board of higher education
has indicated definitely that no
money would be diverted from
the state building fund or from
operational monies of any of the
present higher educational insti
tutions," Governor Snell declared.
"On the contrary the present in
stitutions ill be expanded to the
Price 5c
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ceases
Stands Pat
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 Edwin
W. Pauley, shown testifying
before the senate, naval affairs
committee, who Indicated today
that he would reject a proposal
that he withdraw his nomina
tion for undersecretary ef the
navy.
Democrats to
Back Lavey
For Governor
PORTLAND, Feb. 27 -;P)
George Lavey, Multnomah coun
ty democratic committee chair
man, announced late today he
would be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for gov
ernor in the May gubernatorial
primary.
A World war I veteran of the
marine corps, Lavey is a Port
land businessman. He has never
held public, office.
Lavey announced his candidacy
five hours after Richard L. Neu
berger told Democratic State
Chairman Henry Aiken he would
"not file for a major office" In
the party primaries. The former
state legislator explained he lack
ed assurances of financial back
ing and preferred to continue his
work as a magazine writer.
Floyd KhDover of Grants Pass
will be the party's candidate for
secretary ef state. He is a mem
ber of the state advisory com
mittee on veterans' affairs and
national aide de camp of the Or
der of the Purple Heart.
Democratic candidates for con
gressional nominations were an
nounced by State Committeeman
Lew Wallace. Tony Yturri, On
tario lawyer, a veteran and for
mer state chairman of the Young
Democrats, has filed for the sec-
fbnd Oregon district. Rufus E.
Wood, Clackamas county assessor,
has filed for the first district and
Lyman Ross of Aloha announced
he would seek the same nomina
tion. Gov. Snell and Henry Black,
Portland, have declared their
candidacies in the republican
gubernatorial primary.
Secret Investigation of
Yukon Continues
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-()-A four-
man board of inquiry conducting
a secret investigation of the wreck
of the liner Yukon off Alaska
Feb. 4 said today he would com
plete questioning of crew mem
bers tomorrow and would devote
all next week to hearing testimony
from passengers.
Several passengers already have
testified concerning the wreck
which took 11 lives and was cli
maxed by the dramatic rescue of
485 persons.
greatest degree possible while the
state building program will go
forward as rapidly as possible."
Under existing conditions.
Gov. Snell continued, thousands
of returning veterans probably
will be unable to enroll until ad
ditional educational -facilities are
provided. The governor said It
was proposed to provide apart
ments at Klamath Falls for mar
ried veterans, with an estimated
enrollment there of between 1,
200 and 1500 students.
"I am glad to note the Interest
on the part of veterans In higher
education," Gov. Snell averred.
No, 290
PaimD
Withdraw
Demand
Rejected
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 --.
Wi'iiam A. Patteiion. United A:r
lintic president, testified todsy
th;:t Edwin W. Pauley pressed
him to tike an actt jn which Pr.:
terson dtemed an "absolute il
lation cf a law."
It was to contribute $33,000 o
thv 1 Hi 4 democratic campaign,
iir.rt m calling it i:ie;al Patterson
obviously had in mind the law
prohibiting political coiitributiw.s
by mrpftrations.
Tne senate naval committee
oo'nsidtring Pauley's nomination
for undersecretary of the nay
her.rd that the original solicita
tion wes made to Russell F. An
iens, vice president of the air
lir.e, by George Kililon, who suc
ceeded Pauley as democratic
treasurer.
Republicans . were blocked In
efforts to examine Ahrens, how -
ter, wnen democrats objected
that his testimony did not direct
ly concern Pauley "and mare
their objections stick. Two vots
Uken by Chairman Walsh (D
Mfcs) were settled on party line.
6-4 and -2.
To Reject nasi
Minwhil Pauley sought U
vt.id into the record a statement
whkh he indicated would rejt
the proposal made yesterday fcy
Senator Saltonstall (R-MuM
tint he withdraw If the rommil
te would clear his name. Sens
tor Tobey (R-NH), objected to
rending of the statement, dcdai -irg
witneM't wht had travel d
lot g distmces had been waitiry
moie than 24 hours. . ! ,
Asked S33,M0
Toley's attempted questioning
of Ahrens grew out of Patterson's
etfcteroent that, he rejected a re
quest from Pauley toT contribute
$35,000 to the democratic cam
paign because It Involved viola
tion of a law. Patterson said, T
didn't want to ruin my persor.tl
reputation or that of the compary
by doing something that is Il
legal." Drive Opened
To Kill Draft
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -')
Over President Truman's opposi
tion. hou.se republicans opened a
drive today to sidetrack universr.1
military training In favor of in
effort to bring about an interna
tional ban on conscription.
Their floor leader, Rep. Martin
of Massachusetts, proposed to the
house military committee that
"while we are now obliged to
keep a six-shooter in one hand,
we extend the olive branch of
peace with the other.'
Witness Tells of
'Dividend Check" in
Mail Fraud Trial
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27 -.P
First witnesses in the trial ef
three Salem men and a Portland
er charged with mail fraud in the
sale of Coos Bay oyster beds
were on the Stand in federal court
today.
A. Z. Brown, Dallas machinist
who , bought 20 oyster beds of
one-ihth acre each, said he wa
influenced to purchase by a $131
check which he said one of the
defendants told him was a "divi
dend check." Brown Said he was
led to believe that one oyster bed
paid dividends of $230 in one
year. Defendants are Edgar R.
Errion, John Barton and Glenn
R. Munkers, Salem, and P. E.
Blackman, Portland.
Angell Favors
Townsend Plan
WASHINGTON, Feb. ,27-(r-Petitions
.urging 'the house ways
and means committee to apprqve
the Townsend old age pension
plan, bearing more than 300,000
signatures, were made public to
day by Rep. Angell (R-Ore),
spokesman for a group of legis
lators favoring the plan.
Angell expressed doubt that"
the pension proposal would be
passed at this session of congress,
but added, "eventually it will be
enacted." '