CITY EDITION
tITY tLllllUJN
tNo.52
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 21, 1949
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, 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 $115 for night
" as scaled
V proviso which man-
down that the
f he tied in with other
"TOu-acts on the Paci-
Ucenses
Uie
h of the city's bicycles
E- ior several days at
wtrnent, Police Chief
EaMonday:
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bicycle owners. Num
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luminous tape is being
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Berliners Riot
Over Dickens
Movie Again
SUNDAY WAS A BIG DAY for Obsidian CI lib skiers as they played host to Tt racers entered
In the Facifle Northwest Ski Assn. cross-country races at Willamette Ski Area. One of the outstand
ing racers, who will enter national competition at Tollirate next Sunday was Gunvald Hauirn, Field
Ski Club, Mt Baker, Wash., shown upper rifht receiving bis Class A Open fitat place trophy from
Baker Ferguson, president of FNSA. Blrgit TJader, Eucene, upper left, receive her first place
trophy for the Class C Women's event from George Korn, Eugene, race chairman. The scene be
low shows Haugen crossing the finish line after negotiating the 1$ 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
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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.