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EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1949
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liiact an? major Dusl"
inel Party spokesmen
jat the recall messages
a intended to assure
at tt t quorum, 217
fallowed through
kjs to their own mem
Ei( then that the re-
Barted on August 26
cm Wednesday and
toiti hid been told to
t it that time.
iten or more major
Mndisg, appropriation
kaf almost (20 billion
pnonty. They fi
xilitary establishment,
kr department, the for
fait recovery program
Bxtuaneous federal
pruj Basil
final congressional
tx i(ncits are being
: a temporary basis
tel.
tier 'ppropriation bill
licommg to finance
p arms-aid program al
fced bj the House and
Mated by the Senate,
no summer recess ex
' Labor Dav werit-
JJ1 under debate in the
Ft no funds for the
an. It merely gives it
sanction.
e legislation will be
rate during the rest
son probably won't be I
i coniressinnal
' with President1
: Starts
ad Talks
-Join L. Lewis turned
tn coal operators late to vote.
!ervi . w,
I J'Wtai to icuthern
' the nation
United Mine
operators
.vlty con-
feurer John
L4itnd Tues-fSS-the
oMrators.
9ue Results
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s H,tk'-i Paul R.
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fcsofl Urges
sure to hnd
U Civil War
.. nrv Secretary of State Dean Ache-
b-G.N -,uV w Balkan satellites to join
rasKeanu-- Greek clvll
war.
major statement of policy
appeal r aM,tinns General Assembly,
before,tne u" ' .pbate- 0n the world situation.
H Jters here were expected to make
FfSe Russia's Balkan problems were
ftAchesonspoKe ,amPaigning actively among
f YU8SationS for a seat on the UN's Security
feca!e?a " h Soviet-backed nominee.
The Yugoslav lobbying,
confirmed by high United
Nations sources, Drougnt tne
Belgrade-Moscow rift into the
open as the diplomats of Mar
shal Tito's national Commu
nist regime sought to achieve
a major prestige and propa
ganda victory over Premier
Stalin's Soviet representa
tives. Acheson told the General As
sembly that the UN's Balkan Com
missionboycotted by Russia
should be continued and asked
the Soviets to join it.
Guerrilla Aid Lessened
"The Balkan Commission," he
said concluded that Yugoslavia has
decreased, and may have ceased,
its aid to the Greek guerrillas, and
that guerrilla activities in gen
eral are declining, but the danger
still exists because of continuing
aid, principally from Albania.
"It is timely for this assembly
to make a renewed effort to re
store peace along the Northern
Greek border and to reestablish
normal relations between Greece
and all its northern 'neighbors.
Outside aid to the guerrillas must
stop and Greece must be per
mitted to bind up its wounds.
Bid to Russia
"I believe that I express a de
sire widely shared in this assem
bly when I voice the hope that
the U.S.S.R., which in the past has
not participated in the Balkan
Commission, will join in renewed
consultations looking towards a
settlement of this persistent and
serious problem."
Acheson set the tone of the
American position at this assem
bly with an appeal for a coopera
tive international approach to
world problems.
Address Change
Cheats Voters
About 7000 Lane County citi
zens who think they are legal
voters are due for a surprise,
Mel Wadman, county election
clerk reported Wednesday.
The reason is that they have
changed their addresses, b u t
haven't moved. Persons who are
registered voters with addresses
listed as Box something, Route
something, but who now have
house and street numbers, are ad
vised to look to their registration.
The law requires the voter to
re-register everytime he changes'
ms aaaress. Those who have not
re-resistered are likely to be dis-
Mumica wnen they are turned
away from the polls next May,
U r L ., ... -
1 - . --"""J, win men it is too
mil norm- warimQw .
Addresses get changed in a
number of ways, Wadman pointed
out, but none of the agencies no
tify the county registrar of voters.
The post office changes ad
dresses from route numbers to
street numbers, the Central Lane
canning Commission .does the
same, and even the Danebo Fire
department has seen fit to assign
new addresses.
Voters who are thus affected
should contact their nearest regis
trar in person, since registration
rds must be signed. The court
nuse office is located in the base-
and open dailv m 5. a"i
yntu noon on Saturday.
Mickey Cohen Named
LA Extortion Ring Hinted
-V!L" ii-j ! of . . t-norges
.'rV''ol.'i.rt 'ormer Hollywood actors
1 "'! fen! thBt "hundreds of thousands
im. .- "".mm nave been wrune
"rom its victims by "a ring of
prostitute extortionists" were on
" ectnesday in superior court.
A transcript of the testimony of
11 iiin.jfl, 1 1
was filed
...... 1 . . ,. ':y by District
Attorney
1 ""St? , " "!m E- Simpson in support of
"VdaT-d'0n ,hat ',"' be de-
rpf.;i . "'"""in 01 court ior
1 ,0 answer questions be
'ore the grand jury.
His allegations that the extor-
"ng nad shaken down
nu-
irh.ii. - lnnocer" victims"
were
--.wc in mawn..-.
.nrlK 1 'en,''il his own
grrv SimPSn read 10
I'nder Mickey Cohen'
om. two or three year past a
Political Crisis
Faces British
Administration
Unions Threaten
Labor's Solidarity
LONDON (AP) Brit ain's
Labor government faced a po
litical crisis in its own ranks
Wednesday. Trade unions
threatened to revolt against
higher prices resulting from
money devaluation.
Outside Britain echoes of the
slash in the British pound's value
continued to jolt the world's mar
kets. In all, 23 nations now have
devalued. Belgium, with a cut ol
12 per cent in the Belgian Franc.
and Portugal, with a 15 per cent
cut in the value of the Escudo
relation to the dollar, were the
latest to join the devaluation
parade.
France proposed to Italy, Hol
land and Belgium that the four
countries act together o ease
trade barriers and make their
currencies freely interchangeable.
The threat of a British po
litical crisis was raised by the
general council of the Trades
Union Congress, whose eight
million members are the back
bone of the ruling Labor Party.
The TUC council instead of
endorsing government policy as it
has in the past decided Tuesday
night it "could not pass on the
necessity of devaluation." It call
ed for assurances from Economic
Chief Sir Stafford Cripps thathe
government would make every
effort to limit price rises which
will be sure to come from cheaper
money.
Observers regarded the TUC
reluctance to take a positive
stand on devaluation as evi
dence of a split in Labor's own
ranks.
TUC leaders so far have back
ed the government's wage-freeze
policy against heavy pressure
from their rank and file members
who have been demanding higher
wages. Trades unionists expect the
cheaper money to result in a rise!
in the cost of living of at least I
five per cent in the next six or I
eight months.
Now the TUC leader's are on
the spot. Will they support the
government in denying wages
boosts and run the risk of being
tossed out of office by their own
union members? Or will theyfi-
nally go along for higher wages
Many observers felt it was
doubtful the TUC leaders could
hold out against rank and file
pressure much longer.
Prime Minister Attlee sum
moned his cabinet ministers to a
meeting Thursday to discuss the
political crisis that has been piled
on top of his government's eco
nomic crisis.
President Asks
New Steel Truce
WASHINGTON (P) President
Truman Wednesday asked a new
six-day strike truce in the steel
dispute.
The President also asked that
the steel concerns and the CIO
WASHINGTON JP) United
States Steel Corp. Wednesday
accepted President Truman's re
quest for a new six day strike
truce - and agreed to bargain
with the CIO Steelworkers
Union.
steel workers union resume collec
tive bargaining on thejr own.
He said federal mediators would
be available to assist them.
Cyrus Ching, mediation chief
who announced Mr. Truman's new
truce request, said no reply had
yet been received from either
union or companies.
The present truce runs out Sat
urday midnight and the union is
poised for a walkout by its one
million members at that time.
The President asked that the
truce be maintained until 12:01
a.m. Saturday, October 1 in- the
"national interest."
Again
ring of prostitute extortionists
who work under the direction of
Mickey Cohen and who derive
their immunity from arrests and
prosecution from the police and
the district attorney's office," it
said.
Gambler Mickey Cohen, now
on trial in municipal court on a
charge of disturbing the peace by
cursing police officers who called
at his home recently, commented
on the testimony
"Utterly ridiculou, stupid and
not worth answering. Anyone who
knows me knows that I never mix
in anything of that kind."
Simpson named several women,
including Lila Leeds and Vicki
Evans, whom h did not identify,
and asked the witness their rep
utations. "Their reputations are that of
prostitute extortionists," Behr
mann replied.
fair
RECORD CROWDS WT.RE EXPECTED as the Lane County Fair
opened gates at 9 a. in. Wednesday for a four-day run. A bigger
and better show than ever before was promised by Manager Herb
Welch with each building crammed with exhibits. Facilities are
identified in the aerial picture: 1. Office at main gate. 2. Maltese
Cross building, containing art needlework, floral displays. Home
commercial, Future Farmers, etc. 3. 4-H Club building. 4. Main
display arena, mostly Grange booths and commercial. 5. Horse
barns. 6. Tennis courts. 7 Amazon. 8. Grandstands, covered. 9.
Garage. 10. Caretaker's house. 11. Very Little Theatre. 12. Fine
Arts building. 13. Sow display building. 14. Poultry building. 15.
Thirteenth Ave. 16. Race track. 17. Machine Shed. In lower pho
to, Bill Dctering, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Deterlng, Harris
burg, beds down next to his prtie Hereford calf "Susie" tp awat
judging. Many lads and lassies like Bill brought- their bedding
along and planned to spend the next three nights sleeping at the.
fairgrounds. (Register-Guard photos' by Schillios, Wiltshire en
graving.) ,
Sawyer Asserts
Economy Sound
By Bill Buckley
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer told the-directors
of the 'Portland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night
that the British devaluation of the pound will probably re
sult in Ipps ririce changes than have been anticipated in
many quarters.
He indicated that the short
term effects of devaluation
"will be increased exports by
pound countries to dollar
countries at slightly lower
prices."
After visiting Bonneville Dam
Wednesday morning the cabinet
officer was scheduled to leave for
Seattle on another leg of his na
tionwide tour of business con
ditions. In a press conference
earlier in the day. Sawyer said
that economic conditions in the
Pacific northwest are not mark
edly different from other areas.
Press Answered Questions
The press conlerence was un
usual in that the assembled re
porters, editors and publishers
found themselves ' answering
questions instead of asking them.
About a dozen representatives of
newspapers and radio stations
were present in the secretary's
Benson Hotel suite and it soon
became apparent that Sawyer
was willing to talk on many
important issues, but bnly "off
the record."
"I'm here to gather information,
not to give it," the Secretary ex
plained at the beginning of the
session. Then, he proceeded to
make inquiries concerning em-
Simpson read from Behrmann's
memorandum:
"Mickey Cohen received 60 per
cent of shakedown money receiv
ed by his prostitute extortionists.
They retain 40 per cent and di-
viae 11 among inuse in un n pni -
ticular shake. One very rich man
was shaken down for JiS.000 and
thereafter for SoOO a week."
'Recording Made'
It added that a sound record
ing was made of an incident in
which the asserted victim par
ticipated, what purported tn be
the master recording was sold to
him for $75,000 and the additional
$500 a week was exacted when
it developed thai the women had
retained the master recording.
Behrmann testified he had
gathered his Information in his ef
forts "to fight crime and to fight
corruption in the various law en
forcement agencies."
Gates Swing Open
.
S&r4iw fr 5Sfli4 Jk5u j ,11 it
ployment and economic problems
of the Portland area.
Much of the talk revolved
around the proposed Columbia
Valley administration. Donald J.
Sterling, managing editor of the
Oregon Journal, summed up the
general opposition to the pro
posed bill.
Admitting that he did not feel
qualified "to comment on the de
tails" of the proposed CVA be
cause he was not familiar with
them, Sawyer said that the De
partment of Commerce is in favor
of it This seemed a little incon
sistent with a previous statement
that he favors encouraging pnv
ate industry to run things.
He denied that there was any
such thing as a "Sawyer Plan" for
business, comparable to the Bran
nan Plan for agriculture. The
newspaper accounts of a plan to
help hard-hit economic areas
were, he stated, "made up out of
whole cloth."
"There is no Sawyer Plan," said
the secretary, "but when I finish
this tour I shall make a full re
port of my findings to the Presi
dent with recommendations de
signed to improve economic con
ditions on the basis of facts gath
ered." ,
Country 'Sound'
In general, he felt that the eco
nomic condition of the country Is
sound and that there has been
steady improvement since May.
However, he warned that pro
longed strikes in steel, coal or the
automobile industries could seri
ously affect the economy.
He said that he did not know
what more could be done at the
present time about the Hawaiian
strike, but that he personally did
not trust Harry Bridges, president
of the striking longshoremen s
union labelling him a Commu
, - .
' sympathizer.
To the newsmen one . of the
most interesting comments on the
Secretary of Commerce was that
advanced by trre chambermaid
who was cleaning up the suite
prior to the conference.
"He is one of the nicest politi
cians we have ever had in the
hotel," she observed. "There is no
drinking or smoking and he il so
businesslike."
SHERIFF HUNTS HIS HORS
NORMAN, Okla. (UP Sheriff
Jess Jack searched Wednesday
for the thief who stole his horse
bom the backyard of hii home.
Grove Couples
Leon C. Godard, 40, and Har
old D. Hayes, 41, are partners
in business in Cottnge Grove.
Their wives divorced them
Monday.
They both remarried Monday
each to the other's ex-wife of
a few hours.
But that's not all.
Each husband received cus
tody of his own five children.
Hayes has four boys and a girl.
Godard has four girls and a
boy.
What's more, both were back
In Cottage Grove Tuesday and
the best of rusincss partners.
And they don't understand
what's so unusual about it.
Mrs. Ruby A. Godard, 2H,
and Mrs. Dorothy Janet Hayes,
38, went to Reno together and
lived together the necessary six
Jury Indicts Six
Robeson Hecklers
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. lP)
A police chief's son and. five
other young men were under
indictments Wednesday in con
nection with violence which fol
lowed a Paul Robeson concert
Sept. 4.
They allegedly were among
roadside heckh-rs who stoned
the concert crowd leaving the
left-wing negrr. singer's per
formance. Three of them are
teen-agers.
One of those named is Jo
seph A. Lillis, Jr., 25, son of
the police chief of Peeksktll,
N. Y., near where the outdoor
concert was he'.d.
In the indictments handed
down Tuesday by a county
Switch Mates
weeks to establish legal resi
donee. Then they divorced their
husbands in Carson City, Nov.
A short time later all four
were married again, In Reno,
each to the other's former
spouse.
While the two women whilcd
away the required time, the
two husbands stayed homo and
took care of the business, the
Latham Electric and Plumbing
Co. of Cottage Grove.
Tuesday, both families were
settling down to the routine
matters of living and of run
ning the partnership business.
The new Godard family is mov
ing into a new home.
"Everything is coming along
okay," Mr. Hayes said, "I can't
understand why everyone thlnka
it won t work."
grand jury, Lillis was charged
with hurling a stone through
a car window. Tho technical
count is malicious mischief, a
misdemeanor.
Four others, charged with
overturning a narked car, were
accused of felonious malicious
mischief.
The sixth man, Robert Lent,
29-year-old Povkskill war vet
eran, was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, also a
felony. He allegedly had two
knives, one strapped under each'
pantleg.
Lillis was continued in cus
tody of his father, and the
others remained free on bail
ranging from $250 to (500.
Record Number
Entries Listed
n County Show
Gates at the Lane County
Fair opened on schedule at 9
m. Wednesday alter taur
Manager Herb Welch and his
assistants worked halt tne
night to bring order out of
the chaos that always acconi-.
panies a fair opening.
A casual visitor to inc lair-
grounds Tuesday night would
never be able to behove that
everything would be in order by
morning, but it was. Mayor V.
Edwin Johnson, members of the
counly court, and other special
guests were on hand at 9 a.m.
Wednesday for a simple opening
ceremony that featured a flog
raising and music.
Lane County's fair was then
pronounced open to the thou
sands of visitors that are ex
pected to attend the four-day
event. Gates will open each da?
at 9 a.m., and close around mid
night
Division superintendents were
able to say Tuesday night that
the number of entries in most
divisions will be the largest this
year of any fair. Art, textiles;
ooking, and floral exhibits are
greatly enlarged. Livestock en
tries will remain about the same
because of limited stall space in
the barns. '
Judging in most divisions start
ed at 9 or 10 a.m. Wednesday.
All Tuesday evening the fair
grounds were crowded with exhi
bitors and their families, per
formers, and concessionaires.
Granges and those with commer
cial exhibits were working with a
final burst of energy to finish
their displays. Hundreds of per"
sons were rushing around with
their arms full of Xruit, vegetables
and flowers. The grounds were
crowded with cars coming and
going, and a few of the'muny re
freshment booths served refresh
ments to weary and chilled work-,
ers. .. . ,
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Wednesday was scheduled as
Eugene Day at the fair. Evening
entertainment will include 11
excellent vaudeville acts before
the grandstand. On the remain
ing evenings some of the vaude
ville acts will be worked in
with the rodeo acts, but there
will be no rodeo Wednesday
night.
Browning Brothers Carnival
was set up and ready to go Wed
nesday, and will, operate full
speed each afternoon and evening.
All exhibits and booths will be
open from 9 a.m. to closing time
each day. .
Thursday will be Pioneer Day.
Events will include horse racing
in front of the grandstand at 1:30
p.m., with six races scheduled.
Vaudeville acts will be presented
between races. The rodeo will
open Thursday nlRht, with vaude
ville acts In between the five
scheduled events. Tickets for
races and rodeo will be on sale
at the grandstand.
General admission tickets will
be on sale at the gate each day,
and Manager Herb Welch re
minded visitors that It Is still
not too late to buy season
tickets. These cost $1.50, and
admit the bearer through the
gates at any time of the day
and night throughout the fair.
Wednesday night's program will
Iso include the annual 4-H Club
Fat Stock Auction, sponsored by
the Eugene Kiwanis Club, This
sale will be conducted by Auc
tioneer Kenneth Dnnstrom in the
sales ring near tho 4-H building
t 7:30 p.m. All purchasers, and
II members of the Kiwanis Club
assisting have been asked to be
on hand at this time. About 'IS
beef, 40 hogs and 35 lambs Will
be auctioned off. .
GOP io Hear
Committeeman "
Ralph H. Cake, Republican na
tional committeeman from Ore
gon, was expected in Eugene at 2
p.m. Wednesday to visit the Lane
County Fair before speaking to
assembled Republicans at 6:30
p.m. at the Eugene Unlet
Also coming to Eugene for the
discussion of national conimittco
activities were Sig Unancler,
chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, and Mrs.
Vivian McMurtroy, chairman of
the Young Republican federation
of Oregon.
John F. Durr, chairman of sr.
rangcmenls for the mccting; said
reservations have been coming In
steadily. He ;aid, however, that
ho had arranged with the hotel'tb
accommodate persons who did not
have reservations.
Young Republicans were ex
pected to make plans at the meet.
Ing for the Young Republican
policy convention in Bend next
weekend.