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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION CITY EDITION LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPEft Phone 6300 EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 Year, No. 203 Position Clear, arshall Savs 5 M lay Report On German picture Set Determined Attempts At Settlement Reported 1 muw M HIGHTOWER AND ELDON C. FAY , a ouTMrtTON CAP) Secretary o f State Marshall l.AouTMirrnN A T Wednesday the United States will do everything pos ? .. Y.iic "in rparh an acceptable solution and i. in tne neuiu . ivoid the trageay oi wm ii v. . 'At a news conference, Marsnaii was ium tiuu uieie is pie iul a widespread fear of war in the world over the Berlin W-l. . v. :i p-cia anil the western nowers. He was is between ouvki -- r d to express his views on the situation, a a statement which he later authorized for direct quota Marshall said: . - j ... . , i -a ma that riir TACitmn I Thinlr le 'I can oniy say u r i - i .lorcinnrl. fWe will not be coerced or intimidated in any way in our tedures under the rights and responsibilties that we have ferlin and generally in Germany. it Vio samp time, we WUl piuueeu ui uivu.e cvciv uuaai- cn,irrs of nesotiation and diplomatic procedures to ltSUH' . . . . . . , -J i J 1 . Ljj g,, acceptable solution ana vo avoia me irageay oi war IU1 MIC WVllUi But I repeat again we are not going to be coerced." Marshall said Gen.- Lucius D. Clay, American command' er in Germany, will arrive here late Wednesday evening and he will confer with Clay Thursday. The White. House said President Truman also is keeping in close touch with developments in Ber lin. He plans to get a first-hand report from Clay. Clay, the United States occupa tion commander in Germany, was due in Washington along with other top officials in the Ameri can zone. The White House said no definite time has been set for Clay's talk with Mr. Truman. American officials, mean while, are readying new diplo matic moves In determined ef fort to settle the Berlin crisis short of war. These moves, including a new note to Moscow, grow out of a new, three-point policy for dealing with the extremely dangerous sit uation in the Russian-blockaded German capital. Determined to Stay Authorities familiar with the latest developments say the policy covers an absolute determination "not to be kicked out of Berlin." But, they add, It also em braces equally strong decisions (A) to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis and (B) to use caution and restraint In both action and words so that the Soviets will be given no possible excuse for making the situation worse. The nature of the basic policy decisions became known here shortly after officials disclosed that top American authorities in Germany had been ordered home for a quick series of talks. Due in Capitol Scheduled to reach Washington are General Clay, Ambassador Robert Murphy, Clay's top-ranking political adviser; and a repre sentative of Lt. Gen. Curtis E. Le may, chief of the U. S. Air Force in Europe. , Their talks appear likely to be a full review not only a problem of supplying Berlin by air from the western zones of Germany but of the exact military situation in Europe as well. At the moment, ranklnr offi cials here are still hopeful that f7i i 111! ilish Report eds May Slop m Railroad tERUN UD The British jsed press said Wednesday the ..A nMnanntf in mill I519IIB Oic jy. n;,... ."o Itches and signal equipment on railroad to Berlin, if the west- allies try to force their way nigh the Soviet blockade. Meanwhile the Russians, who (ready have offered to feed all Erlln, hinted through their eon jelled press that they may offer jecuie power for the entire city, (eluding the Soviet-blockaded ttrtera lectors. Jhe British - controlled news ier Telegraf said German rail- y officials have received orders prepare detailed plans of rail itt running to the western bor- ks of the Russian occupation e. slhe British - licensed German fwi Agency said the closed llmstedt line to Berlin was in led shape and needed no re- rt as the Russians have claim The agency said lt received its formation from rail officials in I Soviet Union. German press reports also said It Russians are strengthening rder barricades on the frontiers h the American occupation m to reduce German interzonal ivel. I In London, a British Foreign Office spokesman said U.S. Am lassador Lewis W. Douglas, trench Ambassador Rene Mas fcli ind Sir William Strang, IriUln's expert on Germany, ire continuing talks on indivi dual western replies to the Rus n rejection of allied protests. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American pitary governor in flormnnv J his political adviser, Robert fjrphy, are en route to Washing- by plane to report on the fwing Berlin crisis. Clay is ex ited to return to Berlin Sunday. fore the American comman- r "It Frankfurt Tuesdav niffht. was announced that the United ates 1c umi:n. he i i, 7 "viu"6 more jei Jpeued fighters to reinforce its ' strength in Germany. Six fn other jets arrived at Stom ps, Scotland, Tuesday night. also are slated for duty in "many. IJwiet-controlled newspapers R Implied that the Russians tvPply BerIin wit e'tric t j - s is oi roiisn This second ss . MmAu . u'or'ng neaaiines (ess communist udden summnnt t n... - KfS1 "pPearei to ioresha-F.btnknaidn.MneW8tepit ar' Feathers Would be Light Sentence Here Wouldn't .. V Hanns US,1 down on them afttaJhe Iodged aainst rde?wda' Tm n "dis- "alh. so,, t i'" And the? Officer LT0M va'l- tested ifc.- -rneeK' who ar- iak, BirW. ... ..Eeventh and "d carrien ,iTP ne tw duck' 9l rii off to the city Hawn Petition First for Mayor; Session Called Peterson, Others Circulate Paper A petition on nominating Coun oilman A. L. Hawn for the office of mayor was filed with the city recorder's office Wednesday. 'Me Next' Recruiters Rushed by Volunteers PAUSE FROM TERROR This frightened Jewish youngster In Tel Aviv, Israel, tightly clutches his baby brother seconds after an air raid, and emerges from the darkness of an air raid shelter Into the afternoon's quiet sunshine. Indications point to negotia tions between the Israeli and Arab governments which may bring peace to the Holy Land. " Contempt Moves Seen in Hearing any city elections, the form was signed by more than 80 Eugene voters. At the time the petition was filed. E. H. Peterson, real estate dealer, wired Hawn in Portland to inform him of the action. A large number of Eugene citizens." the wire read," have signed petitions urging you to run for mayor . . . Your acceptance by return wire will be received with a great deal of enthusiasm. . " McNutt Out Hawn's nomination follows by several weeks a public declaration by Mayor Earl L. McNutt that he will not seek reelection. Hawn at present is president of the city council and represents the city s first ward. Although four councilmen's terms will expire this year, Hawn was elected in 1948 to serve through 1950. If he accepts the nomination and is elected, the first ward will need to choose two new council rep resentatives. E. F. Bailey is the other councilman from the ward and has announced that he will not stand for reelection. Mrllrace Plans A snecial meeting of the Eugene city council will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. in tne council cnara bers at city hall. SEATTLE OP) The legisla-, : ture's Un-American Activities to escort her from .the chamber Committee served notice of its 8he challenged: "Do you want;to carry me out?" She walked out with them without resisting.- Davis was removed after he yelled from his seat two (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) first "contempt of the legislature" citation against a ,balking witness at turbulent session Wednesday. A woman director of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse and a form er University of Washington teachir.? fellow were ejected for shouted interruptions at the open ing of the third-day's hearings. One Witness The witness facing the contempt citation was assistant professor Garland Ethel of the University English department. He declined for the second straight day, after a special admonition from com mittee chairman Albert Canwell of Spokane, to reply to questions as to whether three other faculty members had sat with him in closed Communist Party meetings. To each specific question Ethel said "I decline to answer." Not Now Member He had likewise refused Tues day after testifying that he had been a party member from 1934 to 1941. He said he was not now a member. The two persons ejected by state patrolmen were Mrs. Flor ence B. James of the playhouse and Philip Davis, who taught languages at the university last year. Both are under subpoena and previous witnesses have named both as having been Com munist Party members. Request Refused The' ousting of silvery-haired Mrs. James came after her attor ney. Clifford O'Brien, was refused a request to make a statement in connection with a letter he was filing with the committee. Mrs James jumped to her feet, shouting "we demand those wit nesses be put on the stand!" Can- well's pounding gavel stopped her further attempt to speak. As state patrolmen moved up rows That's no Thousands of American 18-year-olds swamped recruiting The first completed petition for offices Wednesday, volunteering for a one - year stretch in candidate in the November the armed forces, according to Associated Press. Only 161,000 of them may enlist. Many of the youths, tak ing no chance of being too late to get in and thus avoid a 2- month draft later, waited all night for recruiting offices to open. The volunteers not only may avoid the draft and longer service when they are 19, but also, up to a point, may pick the branch of service they prefer. The new draft law limits the number, however. The Army may accept 110,000 18-year olds; the Navy 30,000; Ma rines 6,000; and the Air Force 15,000. After their one-year's ser- back of Mrs. James: way to treat a lady.". Committee Cour -el WiUiam Houston immediately called to the witness stand George Hewitt of New York. In response to questions, the Negro witness said he had met Mrs. James three times in Mos cow, Russia, including a meeting at the Comintern headquarters. Asked if he had been advised as to her identity, Hewitt replied we were told she was one of the sparks to be used in the cultural field for agitation for the Soviet government in the United States." Houston asked: "your informa tion was that she was. a member of the Communist Party?" Hewitt replied: "Yes, sir." The Repertory Playhouse is a small theater a block from the university campus. Two witnesses Tuesday described it as being an active center of Communistic activities. One of them, Mrs. How ard Costigan, who said she was a former party member, described it as a recruiting station." Cross-Examinations O'Brien's communication to the committee, which set off the brief flurry, contained a demand that cross-examination of witnesses be allowed. His letter said "since upon sworn testimony . . . our clients . . , are accused of actual and serious violation of penal statutes. it seems that ordinary fairness would permit them actually to confront the witnesses against them and to inquire of them with in the usual scope of cross-exam' ination." vice, which will be confined to continental United States, the 18-year olds must spend from four to six years in an organ ized reserve unit. The draft-free, take-your-plck-of-service offer lured youths from coast to coast as enlistments opened Wednesday for the first time. Reports from over the country included: Portland Armed services quotas for 18-year-old volunteers were filled quickly Tuesday first day of the program. The Navy, with a quota of -13 for Portland, found 25 to 30 youths lined up when the recruit ing office opened today. It filled the list in jig time and said the 40 . t i, I i" A WllJT AVloiinfid "tnn "-"-tt". Ixu r..Vw n. Wn.Uli.n4M ported Wednesday morning that the session was called at the be- " hoc nt ihm Millmot! Imrirovement aB;v ule Assn. to discuss the design of a culvert carrying the stream under the new -highway where their courses will cross near the Uni versity of Oregon campus. Bigger for Canoes Current plans are that an 18- inch culvert will be used, but the property owners' organization has suggested rHat a six-foot pipe be substituted to permit canoe passage. that the Local Boys Rush To Recruiting Shops Seeger pointed out larger culvert, If approved by the council and state highway authori ties, would need to be equipped with a control gate for flood con trol. The council's next regular meet ing is scheduled for Monday night. Two zoning requests, which have been advertised for puhllc hearings at that time, will not be dealt with at the special meeting tonight. Superforts In Training WIESBADEN, Germany VP) U. S. B-29 Superfortresses from Germany engaged in a bombing- training mission over the island fortress of Helgoland Wednesday, the U. S. Air Force announced. The once-fortified island of Helgoland is off Germany's north west coast. The bombers took off from the Bavarian base at Fuerstenfeld- bruck at 6 a. m. and returned shortly before 12:30 p. m. Details of the mission, including the number of planes, were not available. An Air Force announcement said merely that the bombers "engaged in a routine navigational and bombing-training mission, Forest Service Sizes Up Situation Northwests Fir Forests Good for at Least 46 Years AMERICAN B B Cleveland 201 000 000 3 S New York . 103 0OJ lOx 7 IS Muncrlef. zoldiK (5), cnrlitopner PORTLAND P The Pacific Northwest's fir forests, even at the present high rate of logging, will last at least another 46 years. The probability is that the region never will run out of timber. The rest of the country will not be so fortunate. Regional foresters reported that the supply in the rest of the country would at present cutting rates be exhaust ed In 30 years. The report said pine stands in Oregon and Washington were in even better shape. They will last at least 51 years. Meanwhile new trees will grow up to replace the pine and fir cuttings. The U.S. Forest Service here said the average annual deple tion of Douglas fir both by cutting and by fire In the last decade has been 300,000.000 board feet more than what should be cut to maintain ft sus tained yield. That's an overcut of 3.4 per ath region in Oregon, and other cent a good record compared to the national picture. What worries foresters is that the overcut isn't spread out even ly. Some regions have timber to spare, while others are logging their way toward ghost town status. In the pine region, for instance, eastern Oregon has been overcut ting by 37.3 per cent. But eastern Washington has been logging 11.3 per cent less than it safely could. "While the timber situation on a region-wide basis does not pre sent too critical a picture," said offcials, "there are phases per taining to certain localities that are cause for serious concern." Overcut Cited They cited "the heavy overcut ting of timber and the overbuilt capacities of wood-using plants in the Puget Sound production area im western Wuhinaton, the Klanv-, localities, "Certain newer production areas in western Oregon are also tending toward excessive plant capacities. This will result in overcutting cer tain stands of privately owned timber, overbuilding of towns and communities, and eventual slough ing off of business and popula tion." The antidote the forest ser vice recommends is more intensive use of wood, sustained yield cut ting, and more remanufactun turning out tables, plywood, and doors instead of just logs. "By remanufacturing," said a forest official, "the same amount of timber that used to provide a Job for one man can provide jobs for 18 or 20. We can em ploy more men with fewer low." How fast do the new trees - .KCOKTIMUEP-01? PAOB W - tew MotJEU: Baseball men probably are on their way now." The Army, with a quota of 26 for a four-county ' area around Portland, had 36 in line. The Marine Corps had a quota of only one and he was on tap for enlistment at .Wednesday's opening. The excess number will be placed on the waiting list for next month's quota, retruiting officers said. New Tork Several hundred formed lines waiting to enlist. The group at the Navy office formed shortly before midnight. There were 299 on hand when the doors opened hlf an hour early. The Army-Air Force line formed at 2 a.m. and equalled the Navy line numerically when recruiting started. Philadelphia 500 youths stormed the recruiting offices. A staff of 12 non-commissioned officers and aides began signing them up, mostly for the Army. Miami A line formed in the hall of the post office bulding and 35 men were signed up in the first hour. Wednesday was the first day that 18-year-olds could enter the service for one-year voluntary en listment under the new draft law. And the boys didn't waste much time getting down to the local re cruiting offices. Twelve boys were on hand at the Navy recruiting office, but the limited quota allows only one- third of that number from this area. So it goes with the other ser vices. At the most, only 12 Lane county boys per month will be able to take advantage of the one- year volunteer program. The Army can take seven boys from Lane county between now and August SI. The selec tions must be pro-rated, with one coming from each of the following periods: July 21-23, July 26-28, July 29-30 . (this volunteer will be' taken from the. Cottage Grove station), August 9-11, August 12-13; August 19-20, and August 23-27. One man will be taken into the Air Force between August 2-4. The Marines will accept one volunteer for a year's training be tween now and the end of the month. According to information received, the Marine quota for 18 year olds will be one per month. . To date, the Navy has had the biggest rush. The quota for Lane county is four per month, with the first period ending August 20. Unlike the army, the Navy quotas do not have to be pro-rated out, but can be filled anytime during the 30-day period. Orders from naval headquarters state that the Navy can have no waiting list, and the men must be accepted in the order in which they apply, providing they meet the mental and physical qualifica tions. ' Andre Marie Designated New French Premier Radical Socialist Accepts Position PARIS (U.R) Andre Marie, Radical Socialist and former min ister of justice, was named pre mier - designate Wednesday by President Vincent Auriol. After two days of conferences with political leaders of all shades, Auriol asked Marie to try to form a government to succeed that headed by Robert Schuman. It fell , Monday night after the Socialists broke away from the moderate coalition. Marie accepted, and said he would start consultations with prospective cabinet members at once. Marie was justice minister la the Schuman government. The president was engaged In a round of conferences with po litical leaders in his search for premie, designate. George Bidault, Iforeign minister in the fallen gov ernment headed by Robert Schu man, visited the president lats Wednesday morning. Leaving Auriol's office Bidault said: It is Important In view of the international situation that Franc have a government in a hurry." Former Premier Paul Ramadier talked with Auriol for 45 minuutes and was followed by ex-premier Paul Reynaud. . Schuman s government tumbled Monday night when the Assembly refused to give the aged premier the 12th vote of confidence he had demanded since he took office last November. Schuman opposed a cut of $40,000,000 in the budget of the French armed forces and staked his coalition government's futum on It. . Town Meeting Nears Morse Coming; Bosone Signed and Uegin. Topton (7); Lopat and Bern. Sen. Wayne L. Morse, enroute home to Eugene by auto, indi cated Wednesday in a long-distance telephone statement that he would be able to keep his appoint ment here Monday as moderator for the ABC network broadcast of America's Town Meeting. He made the following state ment: "I shall arrive in Eugene some time Saturday, following a few days of vacation in the Middle West. I expect to remain in Eu gene for the Town Meeting of the Air program Monday night, July Weather V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast: Eugene and vicinity: Clearing Wednesday afternoon, becoming cloudy Wadnesday night, improv ing to partly cloudy Thursday af ternoon: slightly cooler Thursday. Oregon: Mostly clear except cloudy in north portion Wednes day night; partly cloudy Thursday with occasional showers. Local Statistics: High tern perature Tuesday, 80 degrees; low Wednesday morning, as; no rain past 24 hours; total rainfall for month, .48 inch; normal for month, 0.37 Inch; river at 7:30 a, m. Wednesday, minus 1.92 foot; wind at 11:30 a. m. Wednesday, N 14: prevailing Tuesday N 11. ' Sunrise and Sunset (PDT,: Thursday, 5:49 a. m. and 8:47 p. m.; Friday, 5:50 a. m. and 8:46 p. m. S1VKLAW Tlnl Thnfidftv. JfllT M Hlh ..U tla.m. ,. ft. t.s.lTl. 26, because I committed myself several weeks . ago to serve as moderator on that program deal ing with international problems. "Today in talking with my Washington office, Senator Wherry and other Republican officials in Washington, I was assured that the work of the Senate in the special session, so far as transact ing business is concerned, will not start until Wednesday. Therefore, my plan is to leave Eugene for Washington, D. C. immediately after the Monday night program. "As soon as the special session of Congress adjourns, I shall re turn to Oregon and spend several weeks on a trip throughout the state for the purpose of discussing stare promems with civic leaders in various sections of the state." ,, - Reva Beck Bosone, Salt Lake City judge since 1936. and one of the West s outstanding women in public affairs, will be one of four speakers signed by Town Meeting of the Air for next Monday's network broadcast in McArthur Court, the Eugene Council on World Affairs reported Wednes day. Clarence K. Streit, Washington, D.C., was announced Tuesday as another of the four-member fo rum. The topic will be: "How Should the United Nations Pro gressively Establish International Law?" Judge Bosone, whose legislative experience includes a term as floor leader in Utah's house of repre sentatives, became one of her Girl's Complaint Leads to Arrests Eleven Eugene youths were scheduled for arraignment in dis trict court Wednesday, four of them on a charge of rape, and the other seven on charges of con tributing to the delinquency ofj minor, after their arrest in cfff nection with the assault early last Friday morning of a fifteen-year- old girl, All eleven signed statements in which they described their activi ties shortly after midnight last Thursday, when three carloads of young men proceeded to the River Road school grounds with the girl, who is a former inmate of a school for delinquent girls. Ferrall Curtis Parsons, 19: Glenn Lee Bryan, 19; Terrence Wilson Payne, 19, and Marlin Raymond Hurst, 17, are all accus ed of rape. Others for Contributing , George Reisbeck, 20: Arthur Jerome West, 22: Jack Wright Bucknum, 19; William L. Clark, 17, and Ray Gould, 20 were all jailed on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Also to be arraigned on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor were Norman Leslie Hill, 22, and Thomas L. Uding, 23, arrested with the other youths but freed on $250 bail pending ar raignment Wednesday. The girl told police that she had been attacked repeatedly before the boys took her home when she "promised to get them some more girls." In their statements the youths at first denied using force or violence. Later there was testi mony that force had been used early in the incident. (Force is not necessary to constitute statutory rape). Police Called The girl called city police when she got home, and they in turn notified the state police, in whose jurisdiction the case fell. The ar rests were made Tuesday when the state and city police complet ed their investigation. All but two of the youths, Uding and Hurst, have previous police records, mostly for city traffic violations and roaming the streets in their cars at late hours. Several have j a v e n 1 1 e delinquency records. REVA BECK BOSONE .(CONTINUED ON PAGE . VA Will Sell Bonds SALEM (IP) The State Vet- erans Affairs Department soon will sell a $3,000,000 block of bonds to finance farm and home loans to veterans. The department already has is sued $7,000,000 worth of bonds, in blocks of $1,000,000 each. The loans now total about $700,000 month. US JETS ACROS9 ODIHAM, Eng. fP) Sixteen U.S. F-80 fighter planes completed Wednesday the first jet-propelled air crossing of the Atlantis from the. United State, 7C5