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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION tITY tLllllUJN tNo.52 EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 21, 1949 Phont 6300 , LANI COUNTY'S HOME KEWSPAa fharaes VenWilh "influence' iance to Kremlin to Administration GTON -W)- Senator ra5h.) charged before a naittee Monday that C. Wallgren was gov ffashington state his m "came under the persons whose first alle ilhe Kremlin." 5 testifying before the paj services Committee bob to Wallgren's nom tdairman ol the Na irity Resources Board, a the board is the logical jussian agents to pene ia the chairman of the iccess to all military I senator said, makes it that the chairman low the ability to stay I Communist entangle should be able to rec nmunists and pro-Com-ith whom he must deal, iould be in position to people from his staffs." one thing Mon C. Wall r has been able to do," nued. "If you will take nth me to review his governor of the state of n, jou will inevitably be same conclusion that During the term of Ion C. Wallgren the en idministration came tontrol of persons whose ince is to the kremlin. tord proves beyond any I itoutat that the hish- Etive offices in the state Communists and pro tt They did, in fact, I selection of appointees Theirs was the para luence in state affairs as t Wallffrpn rnlllH kpan k. Fortunately for the Washington, some of the roe thrown out by a re leetorate." , urged that Wallgren as the Democratic Party the conversion of the ic Party into a left-wing ontrolled directly and 1 by the Communist said Wallgren Via a idem. ' - landers ling Sun lUTO - W Portlana- tntir noses out the door ud there wasn't any me xront steoa affain. ft look as if there'd be W, either. Spokesman Wtropolitan dailies and piking AFL Pressmen Rousting meetings were Wiini Sun Dubliched a wer, and was printing twice its normal reuiataon for street Monday afternoon. The I it WnillH nilViliek . f daily paper at first, F (0 UD to S2 noo. 1st Pfng warrants. p newspaper strike be- "mgement ana press- agree on contract "miration methods, unnally asked $110 a dy and $115 for night " as scaled V proviso which man- down that the f he tied in with other "TOu-acts on the Paci- Ucenses Uie h of the city's bicycles E- ior several days at wtrnent, Police Chief EaMonday: j. . unse piates are bicycle owners. Num n stamped into the luminous tape is being M Monday will be from .B'?,ceT.uesday is l ---i, me lme will r Ja. anri rnnti,.... ..-.ii 5 'or the rArt .. rZ. 3 P-m- Charge - cum V ' ' '''''''''' " r--v L, sgggsV -- Berliners Riot Over Dickens Movie Again SUNDAY WAS A BIG DAY for Obsidian CI lib skiers as they played host to Tt racers entered In the Facifle Northwest Ski Assn. cross-country races at Willamette Ski Area. One of the outstand ing racers, who will enter national competition at Tollirate next Sunday was Gunvald Hauirn, Field Ski Club, Mt Baker, Wash., shown upper rifht receiving bis Class A Open fitat place trophy from Baker Ferguson, president of FNSA. Blrgit TJader, Eucene, upper left, receive her first place trophy for the Class C Women's event from George Korn, Eugene, race chairman. The scene be low shows Haugen crossing the finish line after negotiating the 1$ miles of grueling cross-country course. Race officials were grouped at the finish line, and a amall portion of the crowd Is shown at the bottom. The event Is the largest ever held at Willamette area, and was pronounced a success (but a difficult race) by visiting racers from ski clubs all ever Oregon and Washington. (Staff photos, Wiltshire engravings.) See story Page 8. General Offers Immunity Waive Comm uters Ride To Work Again PHILADELPHIA (IP) A subway guard shouted "watch the TOKYO W MaJ. Gen. doors!" A crowded bus squealed to a stop. A trolley motorman bo- Charles A. Willoughby, chief of S J". -T,. . i." General MacArthur's intelligence " Monri offered o waive'sounds Monday. The city's 10-da "'nt"Tlr nv oS I The Philadelphia Transportation action" as a result of the Sorge For Philadelphia's commuting millions, those were welcome The city s lu-aay transit siriKe was over. spy report. Miss Agnes Smedley, American writer, was named as a Soviet agent by the spy report, which was prepared under General Wil loughby's direction. Miss Smed ley denied the charge and threat ened to sue General MacArthur if he would waive immunity. In Detroit, Miss Smedley's at torney, O. John Rogge, said: If it's true the general na Company's rolling stock began moving Sunday night a few hours after rank and file CIO unionists roared approval of the pay raise that ended their walkout Although the transit tie-up was ended, the nation's third largest city will not soon forget the "strike of '49," which cost busi ness and industry an estimated $70,000,000. The strike gained the CIO waived immunity and is taking! Transport Worker. Union a wag. r.snnn.ihilitv for the report, he boost of e.gm eenis an "our ana Pope Sounds Church Pledge ROME "J.RI The Catholic world Kad the assurance of Pope BERLIN WV- Enraged Polish Jews rioted before a British sector movie theater Monday and for the second time blocked a showing of the film "Oliver Twist," which they charge'is anti-semitic. Police used clubs and fire hoses to hold back a charging crowd of demonstrators, but without much success, when the theater tried to open for the afternoon showing of the film based on the Dickens novel. Fists Fly A melee of flying fists and clubs surged up and down the Kurfuer- stendamn, the street which is the center of Berlin's artistic life. German police of the British sec tor had to call out all available reserves and British public safety officers on duty decided to sus pend the showing once again. Demonstrators halted the first showing of the film in the Kurbel Theater Sunday night. Monday the British rejected a demand by high-ranking German officials of the British sector that It be ban ned. The demonstrators object to the portrayal of Fagain as a Jew who teaches young boys to steal. Officer Beaten s,'; In the milling crowd a British officer was beaten. Several Gar man policemen were bloodied. The Soylet-llccnsed press splashed headlines saying the British were sponsoring an antt scmitic motion picture. The American-licensed news paper Tagesspiegel Sunday print ed an editorial, protesting the film's alleged anti-semitic nature and urging the non-Jewish Ber liners to protest its showing. : Speedy Arrest Catches Robber Arrest within four hours fol lowed an armed robbery of Rier don's Grocery, 760 High St., Sun day night, city police reported Monday. William L. Saunders, 26, who told police he was from Los An geles, Calif., was arrested shortly alter midnight Sunday at the Eu gene Mill and Elevator Co. He later signed a statement admitting the holdup and was formally charged with armed robbery Mon' day morning In district court. Holdup Tale Told Police were called into the case by Howard Casebeer, employe of the grocery who said that shortly after 8 p.m. a man came into .the store and asked for some cigarets. When Casebeer's back was turned, the man stuck a revolver In his bark and said "Open the till." Casebeer related that the man then took $50 In bills from the Israel Accepts Armistice Draft In Egypt War Cairo to Study Terms Of Compromise Next TEL AVIV. Irsael UP) The Palestine war between Irsael and Egypt lately fought only with words appeared Monday to be drawing to a close. The Israeli cabinet has accepted a draft of a compromise armistice agreement with Egypt, an authori tative source reported Sunday night. . There was no Immediate Indl cation whether Cairo officials would also endorse the draft for the Egyptians. Egypt Bees Draft At Rhodes it was reported that a copy of the draft was flown to Cairo Monday. The Egyptian delegation asked until Tuesday for Egypt to make its position known. Delegates of the two nations, meeting at Rhodes since Jan. 13 under United Nations auspices, were said there to have accepted the armistice agreement in prin ciple except for one controversial point. Egypt and other Arab nations went to war against Israel short' ly after the new Jewish state was proclaimed nine months ago. Actual fighting ceased around the first of the year after a strong Jewish offensive. Western Negev Hub The Tel Aviv informant said the armistice draft approved by the cabinet provided for a with drawal of main military forces of both the Irsaelis and Egyptians only in tne Western Negev a desert area on the Jewish-Egyptian frontier. He said it did not apply to the Eastern Negev, where Beersheba, only Important Negev city, Is located. A Rhodes dispatch said the one point in controversy was the ques tion of Beersheba, considered the mother city of the Arab race. Israeli forces occupied the city a strategic road Juncture last October. The Jews have Insisted on retaining It. . Sun Fo Opposes Return With Li CANTON (U.u Aetlna Preri. dent U tsung-Jen was believed encountering heavy opposition Monday in his efforts to persuade Premier Sun Fo to return with his cabinet to Nanking. U made a flying weekend trip to Canton to talk to the nremler and his supporters, who reported ly are opposed to making peace with the Communists. Some reports said that Li would demand Premier Bun's resigna tion If he refused to return to Nanking and Join the government there in united peace negotiations with the Communists. Li arrived in Canton. Sunday with 12 advisers in a surprise flight from Nanking. He was scheduled to return to Nanking Monday, but postponed his de parture until Tuesday. It had been hoped that LI would give some hint of his mission's success or failure at a speech In Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Mon day, but he skipped the subject. Instead he stressed the import ance of presenting a united front to the Communists and demanded a revival of the Kuomlntang revo lutionary spirit. Reliable reports said also that LI flew to Canton to nip In the bud Sun Fo's reported overtures for a separate peace made to Chinese Communist representa tives In Hong Kong. 1 i- ?! l ROBERT LEE NEWBURN, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry K. Newburn, has been nominated by Rep, Harris Ellsworth as a principal - for appointment to West Point. Newburn, who has been active on the varsity bas ketball and football teams at University High School, ts a senior this year. According to Ellsworth, Newburn took his qualifying examinations Jan. 17 and will enter the Academy July 1 upon successful comple tion of the final mental and physical examinations. (Fehly Photo, Wiltshire Engraving), Morse Attacks Many 'Selfish' T-H Advocates WASHINGTON Old) Sen. Wayne Morse, (R-Ore) Monday sharply attacked "selfish" em ployers who, he said, are urging retention of the Taft-Hartley La bor Law "In order to hold labor down." "This altitude of the selfish pro ponents of the Taft-Hartley Law constitutes a Judas betrayal of the capitalistic system," Morse said in a caustic statement. He said such employers are fol lowing the philosophy of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers. The two organizations have urged re tention of the Taft-Hartley Law in testimony before the Senate Committee which Is considering an administration bill to repeal the law and revive the Wagner Act with "improvements." , Morse said he and Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O) may not agree on oil details as to the need for dras tic revision of the law. But, he said, "we are much nearer to gether on the point of the need for a law less drastic against labor than we were m 1947 when the Taft-Hartley Law was passed." He praised Taft's "fair-minded objectivity" In considering testi mony and evidence of "the short comings" of the law. He oharged that "many" em ployer representatives who ap peared before the committee take the attitude that labor la a "com modity to be hired as cheaply as possible." But he added that he Is convinced that the overwhelming majority of American employers do not shore "this class-conscious, selfish attitude." Offices to Close All city, county, and federal of fices will be closed Tuesday In observance of Washington's birth day. Fire, police, and other emer gency offices will remain open. Postoffice windows will be closed, but regular holiday services such as collection from mall boxes up town, special delivery, and distri bution of box mall, are scheduled. Grange Denies T-H Act Repeal Is Mandate 'Corrective Effect'. Of Labor Bill Told WASHINGTON W The National Grange, a farm organi zation, told Congress Monday that those who claim the November election was a mandate for out right repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law are In "error." The Grange said farmers played "fully as decisive a role" In the "re-election of President Truman as any other group, and that farmers believe the Taft-Hartley Act has had "a corrective effect" on labor-management disputes. J. T. Sanders, legislative repre sentative, presented the Grange's views to the Senate Labor Committee. The committee Is considering the proposal of the Truman ad ministration to Junk the Taft Hartley Act and replace It with a law more like the original Wag ner Labor Relations Act. Senate Fight Seen The Senate la expected to be the main battleground of the issue. On the House side of the capl tol, Democratic leaders predicted that the House will approve most of the Truman labor program. Sanders' argument to the sen ators was In direct conflict with one they got In a letter from CIO President Philip Murray. I Murray's letter said also that the labor bill la the "keystone" of the entire Truman "Fair Deal program, and complained that "not a single one" of the fair deal proposals has been enacted In the first SO days of the 81st Congress. Indirect Reply Made Murray's complaint drew an in direct reply from Democratla congressional leaders after they met Monday morning with PresU dent Truman. Speaker Rayburn told reporters ' "the program isn't lagging in tha House and Isn't going to." Murray said, too, that Sonator Taft (R-Ohio) has made "a long list of concessions and retreats adding up to a "reluctant contest 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 rr 1 . . . . , j . ninn mai we l oii-namey iww m unworkable. Taft, asked by m porters for comment, said ha wanted to study Murray'i letter before replying. Senators Ask Questions Arter Sanders read hii state ment for the Grange, the senators questioned him. Sanders said repeatedly that tha Grange is not, opposed to organ Ized labor. But he suggested that unions, Instead of "overemphasizing hlflh wages," should tie wages to tha cost of living, so that wage sate would automatically rise or fait with prices. Shovelman Buried in Mud A state highway shovel opera tor, Identified as Neal Edmond, Roseburg, was burled for 30 min utes Saturday afternoon In a landslide which held up traffic on Highway 101 near Heceta light house. A worker in a crew supervised by Glen Davidson, Roseburg, Ed mond was swept from the high way with the power shovol he was operating by a cascade of rain soaked earth. He was buried up to the shoulders, and suffered one broken shoulder. The highway orew mi operat ing out of the Roseburg office of the State Highway Department. Fellow crewmen dug the In jured man out. Pius XII Monday that totalitarian , CM ; let, the change states never could silence the , tnen took Calwbr., cnurcn- I which contained from $300 to The pontiff's pledge was made j $350, and made his departure. responsibility Jor uie repmi. . i " 'h,,,,,. rhl-f of those ' SundaJ' in ori" address to si When city police were called, a can get a New York lawyer right ,10 'lnnge e'' Ch' le-owd f 250.000 persons who warning was sent out and a cor- Jammed St. Peter's Square In pro-1 don was thrown out. Highway St now because we're certainly going , was a puvu, u. vi t0J.u." .. , ' . . ,-..-. ,,,n,l test against the Imprisonment "f North was checked las far a. June- wi mipnnv matrea resuuiwuu- nu -j.. . . ilv on Washington for releasing for the union, raising the worker' met 'tSUu. - . our-ag rorecMt. ricmity, mostly cloudy ; Tuesday; Inter- :j Monday ni-ht. ' moderate showers wntlnued mild. SSit mostl3r c,oud3r ,uent rain Mj.. r-.r""' precipitation J! 10:30 a.m, .08 " month a i month. 4 ! inches; 7 "U 30 am. South Sunday, South t. , M 5:52 p.m. Wed and I I pm. the spy report against the wishes j wages 48 cents above what they of General MacArthur. I got in 1946. He made his remarks in a spe- xhe strike cost each union man cial statement obviously intended some $11 a day. Each gained 64 to answer an Army public rela-j, previously workers aver tions officers' remarks that he.aged (1 35 an hour. They now Army lacked proof Miss Smedley , make ,f 4l was a Russian spy. Willoughby p7c .nnounced . ots of about said the report was a secret mill- W50 Ooo. The company says it has oocuniein :-0 Hungarisn primate Joseph Card' inal Mmdszenty. "The church does not meddle In purely political and economic questions nor does she care to dispute the utility or the harm fulness of one of the other forms of governent," the Pope said. "She Is ever anxious to the ex tent that is in her power to have Hon City and the River Road area was searched. Opening Spotted As ponce were reluming to town, an officer noted that a building near the mill and elevator firm at the east end of 6th Ave. had been opened, and the area was covered. Saunders was found . cowering against a wall in a building Just US Backing of Atlantic Pact Member Countries Assured "was not written or intended for public release." More Highways Opened going bankrupt PTC already has I Caesar that which is his by right,' rendered with no resistance, 1 . ' 4h. Vllnw Pah Effective Wednesday morning .repr-K.... . - .-.-. " the State Highway Commission Co. and the AFL-Taxi Drivers will ojen the McKenzie Highway ; Union. A twoy walkout M to Vida for logging, and also will cabmen, which last week added lift the load limit restriction on to the woes of Uie c.ty s eom the Territorial Highway south as muters. was ended when the corn far as Lorane. The Territorial ;p,ny refused to negotiate unUl the stretch from Lorane to the Lane-1 men returned to work Doualas county line still will be subject to the limit ruling. raised its fares twice in the last, but can not betray or abandon that which belongs to God The pontiffs voice often choked three years. Negotiations continued between with emotion as he compared the with th Oirlat!- mar. A two-day walkout of tyn , ome GOHK0 ID srrtiu .. .. .-..I T vhr nln to liw a wk tn inn- th. mut-'hari hem rirnnn-ri rfurln- ihm hnlrf. OLYMP1A JB Gov '. Artnu a ' cjNWo .111- Tuesday to which has been blocked for a up. Some $200 is unaccounted for, Langhe will appeal to tne La -cutive meeting of the week by a huge slide near Hogg but police theorized It may have I NEWBRY PLANS TRIP SALEM U.K aecreiary Santiams Still Closed The State Highway Department Monday reported the continued closure of both the north and south passes of the Santiam High er way. Crews have been struggling his pocket was a Belgian pistol and 1108 In bills. Made Rtatemeet Saunders was Identified by Casebeer, but refused at first to make a statement. He later told police he had hitchhiked to Eu gene from Los Angeles, ,and had taken a hotel room earlier Sun day. He said he planned the hold up because he was broke and couldn't find work. A bundle of bills totaling $100 was found hi the store Monday morning where they apparently WASHINGTON (P) The pro posed North Atlantic Pact will give its members strong assur ances that the United States will not stand Idly by In ease of attack, It was learned Monday. An official source whose name may not be used said the military clause of the pact will not commit this country automatically to war. But, he said, it will carry assur ances so strong that none will mis take this nation's Intention to re sist aggression. Senate Basis Given It Is understood Secretory of State Acheson will negotiate with representatives of the pact-making countries on the basis of this new understanding reached with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Acheson and the Senate com ml t tee are reported In agreement Slate Department on the military commitments that ! Wednesday, They believe such a promise would be lllegnl because it would by-pass the Congress' constitu tional right to declare war. The precise phrasing of the military clause in the pact now being drawn is still secret. But it is understood there Is agreement to give signatories an assurance of aid in cane of attack. The'Stnto Department hopes to present the treaty to Congress In about a month. It would be re-informed by a multi-billion dollar military aid proposal for partici pating Western European coun tries. Final Stage Hoon Secretary of State Acheson, Canadian and European negotia tors will enter the final stage of treaty negotiations this week. They plan a conference at the Tuesday or can be made. Both Chairman Connally (D Tex.) and Sen. Vandenberg (Mich.), top Republican on the Meanwhile, the weekend brought these other developments: 1. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) declared the Atlantic Pact must a speech at Kenton, O., that ha was "Inclined to fovor" some such treaty as the Atlantir Pact, but In the absence of details "I don't know rxartly what It's supposed to he like." Taft added that of course, any agreement will have to meet the ronntltutional provi sion that only Congress can com mit the country to war. Pell Results Shown I. The Washington Post said In a copyrighted article that, a poll It took showed the Senate would vote overwhelmingly to fight should Russia attack any one of the North Atlantic treaty coun tries. Of the 81 senators replying to a question on the subject, tha Post said .10 said they would vote to repeal armed aggression, 17 others declined to answer at this time and eight could not be reached. 4. Senator Capehart (R-Ind) called for a slash In European re covery funds, now up for appro priation. He proposed thereby to hi. flat two attend an execuu isiaiure ior suppun i . . AuoHation . , . w,n . ne- American Associauun per cem mromc w .v-hiri- i cial Joint session Monaay, n fice announced. problem of giving treaty members the strong aisuranre they desire. of Motor1 Rock. The department advised the, been lost in the same manner or Opposed to Commitment Vehicle Administrators of which use of chains aver the Willamette when tha robber threw away the Both senators at oppesed to he is nrrt Tke-prsaddent. iPaea. I wallet, Wny artomte eonrnrtmeriS te wa, committee, are said to be satisfied carry a moral commitment that with this new approach to the the United States will act in event I make money available to finance of an aggression against any of the projected new military aid the treaty countries. He reasoned ; program without Increasing this that no such thing as a legal commitment (s possible. I testator Talt (R-Ohio) said 1st nation's total dollar output to Europe. He predicted ba would get "soma" support.