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Vnft IBB, TUgMer-Cimr'fl, Eugene. Ore,, Sun,, Knv. 21. 19481 Election Turn Doesn't Affect Taft-Hartley Law, Says Agent -U -WASHINGTON W De spite the administration's pledge -to seek repeal of the Taft-Hartley . labor law, its chief agent, Robert " N. Dcnham, intends to follow a '"'business as usual" policy. ' Denham said in an interview Thursday he will keep on ad ministering the Republican-spon-- sored labor law "as if nothing had happened," so long as it is on the books. He has some ideas of his own ",.tor changing t, but "nobody has asked me for any so far." A number of labor leaders have suggested privately since 'President Truman's upset election "victory that Denham either .'should resign or be ousted in a . revision of the law's terms. -States Future ' But to questions about his fu ture, the 63-year-old general , rounsel of the National Labor Re lations Board responded: '"I am still general counsel and ' 1 will be until the law is changed "Nobody has asked me for my ' resignation yet," he laughed. ' As general counsel at a $12,000 ' annual salary, Denham has a ' four-year term dating from his July, 1047, Senate confirmation to the post. He recognizes, however, .-.that his tenure can be changed by amending the law, Texas Cowhand A onetime Texas cowhand . with a colorful career, Denham was an NLRB trial examiner : when Mr. Truman appointed him ' general counsel after Congress ' enacted the Taft-Hartley law over tho presidential veto. ', The new labor law built up the ' general counsel's position to one : that labor unions have said made , Denham a virtual "labor czar." Whereas the NLRB under the ' Wagner Act had been prosecutor, : Judge and Jury over labor cases, ! It became simply, a deciding court . under the Taft-Hartley law. Full power over prosecutions was giv en, to the general counsel's office. Actions Stir Anger 'Denham, a Republican, quickly stirred the wrath of labor unions ,j3y.hls rigid enforcement of the new law. At the outset he ruled , that no AFL or CIO union could Ii You Have BUNIONS ' TRY MILLER ORTHOPEDIC SHOES AT PROUDFOOT'S FOOT COMFORT SHOP 663 Willamette Across from the Helllg use the NLRB'i facilities until top officers of the two groups signed the controversial non-Communist affidavits. The five-man NLRB soon' re vised this interpretation, however. It exempted top AFL and CIO officers from the affidavit re quirement, but held that officers of individual member unions must sign the pledges to become eligible to make use of the board. Tough on Management Denham has been tough with management as well as labor in administering the law. He quickly sought, anr' got, an injunction against the General Motors Cor poration when it changes its in surance provisions for employes without consulting their union. Dcnham's position that insurance and retirement plans are subject to compulsory collective bargain ing did not sit well with some employers. '-''A g r gjj. j ON THE MOVE This 230-ton grain elevator crosses an vrr-pass on the Great Northern Railway at Glenfleld, N. D., during a 65-mile move from Hamar, N. D to Wimbledon, N. D. William Reese of Thief River Falls, Minn., moved it in 3 days. Morse Sounds GOP Warning SEATTLE H') Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican, de. clared Friday that "if the Repub lican Party doesn't wake up to itself, it is going out of existence the way of the Whigs." He said the party must and will be revitalized by young members. The movement, he said, should start outside of Congress. Morse declared the Republican Party should aim "at protecting the politically and economically weak from exploitation by the politically and economically strong." But he said this should be done "within the framework of a priv ate property economy In accord ance with legislative principles and guarantees of the constitution, including the Bill of Rights. Younger Men He said that tenent should be followed by all the young Repub licans, who, he said, make up the group that can save the party from extinction. Morse described the party's de feat in the last election as worse than in 1932. "There is no use kidding our selves by saying too many Repub licans stayed home on election day, or the country always retails a president during prosperous times." He said the defeat was worse than 1932 because President Tru man staged It almost single-handedly. JAVA TRROR FATAL TO 47 BATAVIA, Java, (?) The Dutch army said Thursday 47 persons were killed, 46 abducted, and 18 wounded in 303 terrorist incidents In Java in the last two weeks. The report said the Inci dents ranged from shooting Into military camps to sabotage, loot ing and arson. DELIVERY SERVICE Every Afternoon Anywhere in the City (Except Saturdaya) PHONE 300 I2K WIUAMiTTi Grange Leader Asks Labor To Hold Off Wage Demands PORTLAND, Me. P The pastures to rebuild soil fertility for tional Grange convention heard a the future as soon as present ab- plea this week that organized la-(normal export aemanua bor hold off on demands for a now I BEND. Ore. W) The actual round of wage increases. income earned by farmers has National Master Albert S. Goss. 1 dropped to the 1942 level, the In a keynote speech, declared iur- president of the Oregon Farm Bu ther pay boosts would only add:reau federation declared Wedncs to inflationary problems now worr ' jay. rying both farmers and workers. . . , d th Burcau's Fourth Round 'annual convention to brace itself labor grogs' iWon anl 'or a battle against farm price sup- elsewhere started an offensive tor . a fourth round wage hike. It was; "There is a well organized drive accompanied by a Goss warning; to destroy this program," he de that agriculture faces a possible clared. collapse in its prices and income Tne farm official denied that similar to that of the early thirties. : sunnorts have caused high In urging labor to go slowly on priccs. He urged that farmers be new wage demands, Goss predict- j assured against disastrous losses ed currently-declining farm prices jn tne future, soon would reduce workers' living! Inlation can not be alleviated CCmf' . , j , , , . 'by lowering price supports," he The farm leader held out a co- jd but can be remedied by operative hand to labor, however. -reater production. But farmers Mil Human Rights Draft Amended PARIS OP) The United Na tions draft declaration on human rights was amended Friday to nlprlco lllpeitimatA rhllrirn K : fk-:-. "IS f- a- - a j ni iinias tr s same social protection as those! 140-fom ..if . "53 Part c.. . I "'ks alter orl; and finS And further J!; 'e imported n? growing. ' born in marriage." Mrs. F. D Roosevelt, U.S. dele gate, and P. C. Chang of China cast the only negative votes. The change was sponsored by Norway and carried Si to 2, with 10 abstentions. The amendment was made to Article 22 of the declaration. The entire article, as re-drafted by Chang, was adopted 40-0 with nine abstentions after eight other changes had been rejected. ..... , . , , . will not ana camiui ue cAnctrcu said, "is the well paid working, production un man who turns out a full measure,," "! " tht less uiey nave auuit: guoiguc ... future marketing disasters will be averted." of non-farm products and buys a big volume of agricultural prod, ucts." Delegates paid particular atten- Finds Beasts Are Pampered Correspondent on Zooey Trip; BY HARMAN W. NICHOLS which is kind of natural, and wind WASHINGTON (U.R) The tour up 30 years later working for the tion to Drorjosals hv Goss for of the Washington Zoo got around government right here I don't averting another farm depression.! to the kusimanse, a mousy little k h , , . His suggestions included: I critter from tropical Africa. Know ,'(now ,ne last part hap- 1) A high-national income with' (Scientific name: crossarchus ob- Pened. ijull empioyment. j scurus.) I don't know how it happened,! (2) Government farm programs! That Utile guy, said Dr. William j either. But I know why he is still ! aimed at preventing price-depress-! Mann, zoo head man. came on a with Hp'h mUmr .,,,, Ing crop surpluses on the one hand trade from England. The doctor's1 , ,.. .... . . and consumer shortages on the .. . ulc otneri out about this time when a mes- (3) "Stop loss" government sengcr came and tapped Dr. Mann on the arm. "Those snakes you've been ex pecting are here, sir." The doctor skipped his dessert. special guest on the tour was Maj. Albert Pam, former treasur er of the Zoological Society of London. The major nodded. . "It was like this," said Dr. Mann. "I was having a little zooey chat in England with Dr. Geoffrey Vevers, the director of the London Zoo, one day last summer. I ad mired his kusimanse. I aid 'you folks have three of these things and the United States has none Major Pam squirmed a little in the presence of the press as though he knew what was coming, which he probably did. Well, Dr. Mann talked the Brit ish zoo-man out of one of his prizes, but before he closed the deal he said he would like to call Washington to see If his zoo had an extra cage. He picked up Dr. Vevers' phone and called his lieutenant in our capital. After he had finished 'he called the operator and learned the call cost $19, Including tax. Dr. Mann put his lunrh hook into his money pocket, but the Briton nay-nayed him. "Why fool with the silly ex change of dollars," said the Lon don man. "We'll make a trade. .What I would like in exchange for my kusimanse is a pair ot mar mots." Whnt the British call marmots, Americans call paririe dogs. Dr. Mann said he thought he could oblige and, of course, he did. Our tour turned then to the reptile house and the Washington man gave the Briton his dues. Keep 'Em Happy "The design of this house is a direct steal from the London zoo," he said. "Illumination in the cages. The false bottoms that al low the heat to come up from the floor instead of pouring in from the top. We save the lives of a lot of animals thanks to the tips got from the British." The alligator snapping turtle (macochelys temminickii) slept happily through the noise that was going on outside his cage. It was 80 inside, just like a turtle of his kind likes. Outside where people were, it was like what people like, About 68. Frailer Another steal from the London Zoo. The right temperature for animals: ditto for humans. "More attention must be paid to the animals," put in Major Pam. "They die easier than people, you know." The tour worked Its way to the zoo restaurant at lunchtime and Major Pam had to take a back seat to his host who was busy autographing his new book called "Ant Hill Odyssey." -"Doesn't have much to do with ants," said Dr. Mann. 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