CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
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Phone 6300
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948
Year, No. 203
Position Clear,
arshall
Savs
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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
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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
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eds May Slop
m Railroad
tERUN UD The British
jsed press said Wednesday the
..A nMnanntf in mill
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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... -
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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
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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
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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,
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