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President Asks 2nd Truce;
Hope Seen in Coal, Ford
(Labor Box Score
Truman Asks Both Sides to Honor
Decision of Fact-Finding Board
, By United Presi
(Bee Page One Also)
President Truman asked for another six days of truce
In the threatened steel strike Wednesday while hopes were
revived for settling the impending Ford walkout and nego
tiations were resumed in the nationwide coal strike.
The existing truce ends at 12:01 a. m., Sunday, Sept. 25.
Mr. Truman made Ins new
truce request after conferring
with federal mediation di
rector Cyrus Ching. He called
on both sides to begin bar
gaining on the recommenda
tions of his fact-finding
board.
Ching recessed negotiations
until Friday pending a re
sponse to the President's re
quest. Ching was said to believe that
neither the steel companies nor
the CIO United Steel Workers
actually want a strike, which
would idle 1 million workerB
across the nation at 12.01 a.m.
Sunday.
The union stuck to its demand
that steel companies accept the
recommendations of President
Truman's fact-finding board for
a ln-ccnt hourly pension and
welfare "package" financed by
the industry alone..
But CIO President P li 1 1 i P
Murray raised hopes for avert
In! the threatened walkout
when he postponed a meeting
of his steelworkcrs' policy com
mittee until Thursday to enable
him to participate in Wednes
day's negotiations.
In the soft coal dispute, north
ern and western mine operators
who previously hod failed to do
so paid $3 million into the wel
fare fund of John L. Lewis' strik
ing United Mine Workers for the
month of July. Most northern
and western operators had con
tinued the welfare payments, but
the failure of southern operators
and somo of the others to pay
had touched off the walkout of a
halt million miners.
At Detroit, the Ford Motor
Co. announced It was making
"real progress" In pension and
Insurance discussions with the
CIO United Automobile Work
en, whose 115,000 Ford mem
bers threaten to strike Sept.
29.
It was reported that the com
pany was preparing an 84 cent
"welfare package" along the line
recommended In the steel dispute
Ford already contributes IV
cents toward employe Insurance,
At Cincinnati, stereotypers of
the city's three daily papers
struck In a wage dispute but
publishers said they plan to con
tinue publishing despite the walk
nut. The 08 members of the AFL
Ktareotypcrs' local struck to
enforce demands for a weekly
wage of $A8. The three papers
had offered t 93.
Including the 480,000 coal
miners, a total of 610,000 Amer
ican workers were on strike or
idled by strikes Wednesday. That
figure would swell to 1,725,000 If
the steelworkcrs and Ford cm
ployes struck on schedule during
the next seven days.
The chain reaction of fuel and
material shortages eventually
might idle close to 3 million em
ployes.
Military Rule
Comes to End
In Germany
BONN, Germany fP)
Military Government rule in
Western Germany ended Wednes
day and was replaced by a high
commission of the United States,
Britain and France.
The ceremony opened with
West German Chancellor Konrad
Adenaur informing the three al
lied high commissioners that he
had formed a German federal
government.
Andre Francois-Poncet, speak
ing for the commissioners, said in
reply that an occupation statute
a form of peace treaty went into
effect "at this very moment."
More Freedom
The occupation statute gives
the Germans far greater rights of
self-government than they have
possessed since the war. under
the statute, the allies retain con
trols only over such key affairs
as foreign trade and relations, de
militarization, decartelization and
displaced persons.
Adenaur described the occasion
as the "first contact between the
Germans of the federal republic
and the Allied High Commission."
He said that the occupation
statute was a "new chapter in
German postwar history."
Asks Revisions
The chancellor, however, asked
the commissioners to consider, as
soon as was possible, making re
visions that would allow the Ger
mans still greater freedom than
they will receive unaer ine
statute.
The only nonofficial guest at the
ceremony was Paul Patterson,
publisher of the Baltimore sun
newspapers, and a director of the
Associated Press. He was a guest
of U. S. High Commissioner John
J. McCloy. ' . . . ,
Adenauer said Tuesday Gcr
mans must never forget the aid
the United States has given them
in postwar reconstruction.
At the same time, he rapped
Poland and the Soviet Union for
seizing territory in East Germany
and continuing to hold German
war prisoners.
Two-Thousand Students
Signed at University
University of Oregon students
were signing up for fall term
classes Wednesday morning, al
lust about the rale University of
ficlals hoped for. By Tuesday
night 2003 had completed the reg
istratlon process.
By staggering the system over i
week-long period, officials be
licved they could eliminate the
long lines and bottlenecks which
had plagued students for yenrs.
They were confident Wednesday
that they had done this.
CHICAGO PAPERS IN TVPK
C1I1CACO ( Regular type
returned to Chicago newspapers
Wednesday after 22 months of
printing with photo-engravings of
ropy produced by typewriter-like
machines.
By United Press '
The following is a "box score"
on the number of American
workers on strike, Idled by
strikes, and threatening to strike
in the near future:
On strike
Coal miners 480,000
Missouri - Pacific rail
roadmen i 5,000
California AFL Farm
Workers 15,000
Goodrich CIO Rubber
Workers - 17,000
California CIO Ware
housemen 6,000
Miscellaneous 33,000
Total 556,000
Idled by strikes
Railroadmen idled by
coal strike 28,000
Railroadmen idled by
Mo-Pac strike 20,000
Workers idled by Cal. '
warehousemen 6,000
Total 1 54,000
Threatening to strike
CIO Steelworkers 1,000,000
CIO Auto Workers
against Ford 115,000
CIO Electrical Workers 200,009
Total 1,315,000
Total on strike, threatening to
strike and threatened with idle
ness through strikes 1,025,000.
Knowland Hits
Arms Program
WASHINGTON (TP) Sen
ator Knowland (R-Cal) Wednes
day joined a drive in the Senate
to slash the $1 314,010,000 for
eign arms program.
He told his colleagues the ad
ministration had "failed to justi
fy" the need for the full amount.
Knowland said he will support
Senator George (D-Ga) in his ef
forts to trim $200,000,000 from
the cash proposed for arms aid.
And if this move fails, Know
land said in a prepared speech,
then he will offer a compromise
plan of his own. He proposes to
cut' $100,000,000 from the cash
authorization and another $100,
000,000 from the contract author
ity. Knowland voted for the bill
when it was approved by the sen
ate foreign relations and armed
services committees. He is a mem
ber of the latter committee.
But he said many who voted for
the measure did so with a firm
understanding they could try later
to make any changes they be
lieved necessary.
There Is still room for improve
ment, he said, and for this reason
he would vote for a cut.
CG Library
Files Report
COTTAGE GROVE The II
hrnry statistical report for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1049,
has been filed with the city re
corder. The library was establish
ct in March, 1012.
There have been 247 new
borrowers during the past year
bringing' the present total to
2058.
The prrcenlaj of population
registered as borrowers Is 45.7
per cent.
There were 210 new volumes
added by purchir.e and 140 added
by gift, making the lotal 7487
received by subscription and 4
books. There are 13 publications
by gift.
Adults borrowed 7253 fiction
and 1292 non-fiction books while
children "look-unt" 1470 fiction
and 4.18 non-fiction books. The
total of 10,495 books borrowed is
a decrease of 2194 as compared
with the previews fiscal year.
Receipts, Including city funds,
fines, rentals and unexpended
balance from last year total
$17(12.80. The library has $17,000
in bonds and $792.45 in savings
account.
Portland Store .
Burns in Early
Morning Blaze
PORTLAND W A spectac
ular fire swept through a group
of buildings on the waterfront
here Wednesday, burning out a
five-story furniture warehouse, a
supply ffrm, and part of a hotel,
at a loss of more than $100,000.
The blaze called out 300 fire
men, tied up traffic for two hours,
and caused heavy smoke and
water damage to other surround
ing buildings.
The occupants of the Dayton
Hotel fled to safely as the owner,
Tamme Yamamoto, ran down the
smoke-filled halls telling resi
dents to leave. The top floor of
the hotel burned, and some of
the root collapsed.
Pound's Slash
Cuts Wool Sale
PORTLAND. Ore. (U.B The
first impact of foreign devalua
tion on competing trade zones
landed Wednesday and blocked a
scheduled 5 million pound sale of
Oregon wool.
Boston buyers, who traveled
3000 miles to bid, entered token
bids, 15 to 20 per cent lower than
last week's price as they antici
pated price cuts on Australian
wool.
Australia, along with other
sterling-bloc nations, had cut her
pound from a dollar valuation of
3.22 to 2.24 and Eastern importers
expected her wool prices to drop
accordingly.
Oregon traders refused the Bos
ton buyers offers, thereby tabling
the product for the warenouses.
The wool; at last week's sup
ported prices of $1.30 to $1.50 a
pound, represented a transaction
in the $7 million class. It was of
fered in two lots, the first was
2,500,000 pounds.
Market observers expected the
sellers and buyers to stand pat on
their offers and price demands,
though the buyers were confer
ring with their home offices about
the possibility of raising the offers.
City Firemen Answer
Four Alarms Tuesday
Four alarms were answered
Tuesday afternoon by Eugene
firemen and a fiftli was received
Wednesday morning. None of the
calls involved serious property
damage. At 1:07 p.m. Tuesday a
grass fire was extinguished near
the railroad right-of-way at
Crocker Lane in (he River Road
district. This fire - was believed
started accidently by hoboes.
Half an hour Miter firemen
were called lo check a large trash
fire at 1010 High, but found it
under control and being burned
under proper permit. At 3:26 a
car was reported leaking gasoline
at 1140 Illlyard, and at 9:22 p.m.
a flue fire call took firemen to
735 Willamette St.
The Wednesday call resulted
from an electrical short in a
creamery truck at 1737 Walnut
St. This fire was extinguished
with only minor damage resulting.
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Child Accosted
On West Side
The mother of a six-year-old
girl Tuesday reported to Eugene
city police that her daughter had
been molested while on her way
to school.
The incident, on the west side
of the city, reportedly took place
at a.io a. m. A man In an auto
mobile made advances to the lit
tle girl, her mother said, and fin
ally drove away after the child
had run to the porch of a near
by residence.
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At Elmira Fair
ELMIRA Route F's bountiful
produce made a wonderful dis
play Saturday at the grange
sponsored Community Fair.
The old Grange Hall was
gaily decorated with flags and
festoons.
Comical signs, handpainted by
artists Ruth and Earl Curtis,
pointed the way to the attrac
tions. The ham dinner and free
movie in the evening were en
joyed by a capacity crowd. Judges
were: Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swanson
and Fread Petzold of Central
Grange; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bow
ers of Four Oaks; Mrs. James Stoll
of Crow, and Mrs. Virgil Allison
of Elmira.
There were many distinguish
ed visitors attending, a few of
whom were:
Lennic Haldorson of Junction
City, state grange gatekeeper: Mr,
and Mrs. Frank Rogers of North
Bend; Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Baker
of Portland, Elmira's first high
school principal; Mr. and Mrs. E,
Solberg of Eugene; Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Uteer (Mountain
States electrician for this area);
and Rosa Warthen of Elmira
Grange.
Some of the most noticeable
exhibits were:
A collection of antiques be
longing to Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Parker, including an old spinning
wheel that traveled across the
plains with Parker's grnndpar
cuts on tho Oregon Trail; juvenile
and 4-H displays of woodworking,
cooking, 'canning and produce by
Elmira's Juvenile Grangers; hob
by display also by the Juveniles
Curtis ceramics, odd and beauti
ful specimens done by Ruth and
Earl Curtis in their studio, also
dogs modeled in clay by Alice
Reid, some very remarkable work
by an artist who may make El
mira famous some day;
Flowera
A rock garden surrounded by
old fashioned flowers by the El
mira Garden Club; a most com
plcte display of dahlia varieties,
also fuchias, begonias, asters and
even roses; the traditional mons
trous pumpkin was there and
tunup as big around as a dinner
plate;
The women of the community
were represented by a display of
articles made from feed sacks.
The scrumptious cakes enter
ed In the exhibit didn't last long
after they were put on sale at
the- lee cream booth.
Thanka to Scouts
The evening's entertainment
which included a one reel film on
"Scouting" was made possible by
the use of the Scout's projector
operated by Ted Baker, district
icout commissioner.
The decorating of the booth Is
in charge of Ruth. and Earl Curtis.
Slmira Grange's artistic couple
.vhose effort helped make the
Community Fair so successful.
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