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Newspaper Page TextREGISTER NOW . i.A Im an nlpcttnn The Weather Forecast: Cloudy with occasional light rain Thursday. Temperatures: High Wednesday and Thursday, SO; low Thursday morning, 36. Iuve no vureu If .. . s cars, or IF you have ',be CusMim u voted, or- IF " Jhed 21 since the last election, " ,.h.j 21 since ine m f"1'" uant to vote In the May elec d tf0i must Ddline is Apr-15 LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. THREE SECTIONS 30 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952 CITY EDITION Phone 5-1551 CitizensAk What About Our Race Problem? By R. HARLOW SCHILL1US Reililer-Guard SUff Writer H we do about the mottled babies? About Negroes ' i ttp nrices to fall? Are realtors scoundrels or K' .u n .rtlnrpH man hp allnWprl tn smnkp a tilS? Snouiu o -- Who staneu " U were a lew ul luc i""""- . . :ut .whan mnrp than 4(1(1 nprsnns rrnwHpH ! !l;n Hall at Central Presbyterian Church to. dis- !Z Nero Problem in Eugene." Some 100 representa tions organizations had been invited by the League .. rplatinns: annparprl in thp mnlcinff ctlLCi mice uuuia ui uiaiusaiuit when the audience agreed a smaller group meeting in a future closed session might better formulate a course of action. The public forum was called Tuesday night as a result o pub licity given the plight of Negroes in the West 11th Ave. location four miles west of Eugene where shacks have arisen in swamp lands without water or sewage facilities. The first of four panel speak ers, Lane County Circuit Judge William G. East, outlined the background of the Negro problem in Eugene. He said that the prob lem of this particular group of 142, (appeared to be adequate housing and job opportunities. -."SEGREGATION is the pattern of failure," Edwin C. Berry, ex ecutive director of Portland's League, advised. He urged Eugene not to make "the great t of other communities throughout the U. S. like Chicago . . . bit ol 1943, and the Cicero affair. i tan avoid repetition of sucn a situation here. Berry noted citing "e 'cost of segregation to humanity.' iinj people to the slums merely creates more problems and !ciue and breeder of disease, poverty, delinquency and all til evils," Berry pointed out. He declared that polls by Elmo tave shown "Americans throw 30 biffion dollars a year down le as a result of discnmation." 1.W Ur U1C IHC03 V.1U111 11UW ihes the fair name of this El community," Berry "have the sense to join ,-biIe there is still time." im S. Van Meter, deputy lioner of the fair employ- Inctices division of the iuieau of Labor, outlined Won' KERG will broad- rfcordinc of the forum to 8 p.m. Wednesday.) IT " It H'ii Jm INEA Tclcphoto) LT. GEN. .TAMES A. VAN FLEET (left) visits the 40th National Guard Division headquarters somewhere along the front in Korea. Showing the general around are Maj. Gen. Hudclsen, 40th commander (center) and Brig. Gen, Willard Wyman, commanding officer of the IX Corps. Note the flag in background at half mast in honor of King George VI. IL V. BERREMAN f?EBE?S?ft3 4 I J kings of his organization. elosed, following the public that he has called a meet Feb. 28 in the West 11th lirch to tell, the Negroes rights under the act. right to work is guaran- Iter the act without the In fee of or discrimation ot b of race, relieion or na- f said Van Meter. EDWIN C. BEKKY tt DIPLOYER is urged to make his Judgments on the basis lt qualified for the job regardless of color, race or nationality. p oesi man win is the principle expected to be followed." Van IMrted that given the opportunity to work, competition and irpnse would solve many problems. we interested in the results and in comnliance with the law F- to get it on a voluntary basis . . . but if cooperation is e are prepared to brine enforcement into rilav." Van Meter k audience. "Eugene ought to become an example to other uregon mat have the same problem but do not realize it." Joel V. Berreman, acting head of the sociology department at raiyoi urcgon. scored creation of "second class citizens." PRE ARE some 70,000 people in a six-mile radius of Eugene C imn OUrtP vnc rtoFflari Vr tta fa. that enma Un nf fle ha,0 taman in the pigment of our skin than others and we have ; tossed all our fine ideals aside and relegated them to rass citizenship. This is the real issue and is broader than a a job problem. s convinced," ,hc sociologist continued, "that there is abundant I f-tm in a Christian and American way if we just decide to l do not believe we are' always aware of the tremendous of doing so. ' us think of the Droblem in terms of svirmathv for the no suffer discrimination, humiliation and underprivilege. mor I16" roa''!ons 'or doinS something but there are other KLIFVP 'tt,3u"a lor action. t'aritv i 'S also in a rcaI sense vitally important to our na- leaaersnip in tne moaern wona mai we tau 7 rromPll.v ard in keeping with our professed ideals. Thunderstorm Follows Texas Prayer Meeting , WACO, Tex. UP) A thun derstorm early Wednesday dumped half an inch of rain on Waco just a few hours after an interdenominational prayer mooting for rain. Individuals had visited the First Baptist Church chapel all day Tuesday to pray for rain for this drouth-stricken area of Central Texas. At 7:30 p.m. some 70 persons gathered in the chapel for prayer meeting. Not a cloud was In the sky then, but one woman brought her raincoat. ' A few hours after the prayer meeting adjourned, the light ning, thunder and rain hit. Arrests of Boys Clear Burglaries City Police Say Several cases of burglary not in a dwelling were cleared Tuesday night, city police believe, with the apprehension of two juveniles and the implication of a third Wednesday morning. Two cleaning establishments, a laundry, and a service . station were entered Tuesday night. Sev eral sweaters, suits and coats, car robes, blankets, flashlights, and several miscellaneous articles were taken, police reports said. Most were recovered. In addition, several car "prowls" in which auto robes and groceries were taken during the past week, were also cleared police said. . NO FORMAL charges have been filed against the boys. The two boys, 12 and 15 years old, are awaiting action of Lane County juvenile authorities. One is in police custody, the other was released in care of his parents. A third boy, about 14 years old, who police say is involved, has been listed as a runaway since Satur day and has not been appre hended. No warrant has been is sued, police said. The loot recovered totaled about $411. In addition, one of the boys had a watch, valued at about $70, which he said was stolen, police reports stated. . Two cases of beer, cached in the Manerud-Huntington fuel lot, were also recovered. Money taken from the American Embroidery Cn last wpplrpnH in a mntipv har and small change taken from a!last year because ot the long prvir-P station at Rth Ave. and. stretch of "fire weather" which Hi2h St. was not recovered, police !shut dow" woods operations said. Log Shortage Pinches Mills Some Lane County lumber mills are feeling the pinch of log short ages, operators reported WedneS' day. Exhausted cold decks in some cases aren't being replenished be cause snow still hampers or pre vents logging operations at higher levels. And, some buyers are mutter ing, ceiling prices on sawlogs are too low in this area, causing log gers to lose interest in cutting. Mills feeling the pinch most badly are the ones that weren't able to build up normal cold decks Allies Approve 60-Day Limit On POW Trade Further Compromise Offered to Commies MUNSAN, Korea (AP) Allied negotiators Wednesday accepted a 60-day limit on ex changing prisoners and offer ed to compromise their de mands for supervising a Ko rean truce. The Communists had proposed the 60-day limit. The exchange period is to start when a armistice is signed. The agreement does not touch the key question of voluntary repatriation. THE UNITED Nations Com-i mand, holding 132,000 prisoners, had wanted 30 days more than was allowed the Reds to complete the exchange. The Reds list only 11,559 men in Red POW camps. Allied staff officers negotiating details for supervising a truce of fered a two-point compromise: If Communists agree to rotat ing 40,000 troops a month in addition to men on temporary leave, the Allies will drop two de mands the Reds oppose. One of these would forbid shifting troops during a truce in a manner that could constitute an offensive threat. The other would require weekly reports on the lo cation of all major military units. REDS ORIGINALLY agreed to Totating 5000 men monthly. They have increased this to 30,000. Al lies originally asked 75,000 in cluding men on rest and recuperation. Both sides Imeet halfway on the number of ports of entry through which troops and arms would move under neutral super vision during a truce. The Allies had proposed eight. Wednesday they cut it to seven. The Reds had proposed three, Tuesday they increased it to four. There was no word from the Communists . when they would have ready their new proposed solution for the fifth, and final item of the armistice agenda. This deals with recommendations to the governments concerned for a set tlement of the Korean problem, THE REDS promised Tuesday to draft a new plan. It will be presented to a full dress negotiat ing session. Weanwhile staff officers con tinue working on details of the other two unsettled armistice clauses. But each is by-passing the most troublesome issue. These by-passed points are: Shall the Reds be allowed to re pair bombed out airfields? Shall prisoners of war have free choice of whether they want to be exchanged? The burglaries cleared up Tues day night involved the Rose Cleaners, Pringey's Cleaners, the Eugene Laundry, and a Standard Station at 7th and Almaden. The boys broke windows and crawled into most of the places, police said. However, entrance to the Eugene Laundry was gained by one of them crawling through the bundle drop and unlocking a door from the inside. One of the boys was apprehend ed at the service station, police said. He disclosed the names of the other two and showed where the group sometimes slept at a One mill reported it. was run ning on "just what gyppo loggers bring in from day to day." A spokesman said the mill would be cutting more than twice as much as it is if logs were available Although adverse weather is the biggest present factor in log shortages, some lumbermen fear that the ceiling prices set by OPS are discouraging some loggers. Prices in the Eugene area were set about $5 to $10 a thousand lower than in most other parts of Oregon. Loggers say they don't know why ceilings are lower in this section of the state. One buyer pointed out that stumpage prices in recent timber parking lot near 6th and Willam- siumpage prices in recem urn er ,. 5 Th crnnri vnnth wasles have been at all-time high ofVbiblem: a ScT 1fer;eyels and added: group relatinn. . fS 'Jl - .ati... "'i wunu-wiue M.CUC e war we have become involved in an ideological strueele checking at his home. N Soviet r- "vcume involved in an ideological struggle f:rld (i 2", for lrestiee and for leadership of the peoples! MOST OF the loot was found i-t .u. ",,l;-"ui lo two-thirds of the world s neonle are non-U Q charic npar the Rexius Fuel ierndTirlii;V bcl";ve in non-Christian religions. American 1 Co., where the first boy said the 'weritv u g00d wil1' We want them as allies again ' group often slept, police reports s! nd relieior,"US "T questioned by these peoples because of;said An three have home ad- n told the i . ... .. dresses in Eugene. jnemtent listeners: "In 1947 even as we were. Pniir caid the WHAT ABOUT (Confirmed on page our) Police said the group had also obtained some small change from vending and coke machines 'AP Wirrphoto) TRUNK MURDKIIESS Winnie Ruth Judd (third from left) leaves the Maricopa County grand jury chambers at Phoenix, Ariz., after four hours of testimony. Mrs. Judd returned to the state mental hospital voluntarily after her fifth escape recently. Escorting her are Sheriff L. C. Boies (left), Nurse Dorothy Loofhoro and Clyde Jackson assis tant supervisor of the state mental hospital. OC Counties Face Double Fund Cut WASHINGTON (AP) Oregon counties may suffer a double cut in revenues from O. & C. timber lands, it was revealed her.e Tuesday when a House appropriations sub committee made public recent testimony. A number of Oregon counties now receive 75 per cent of the receipts from the sale of timber on O. & C. lands. The remainder goes to the federal Fluoride Safe, Dentist Says' Closed Hearing Held on Airport NEW YORK UP) Govern ment and airline officials have promised to keep disaster-haunted Newark, N. L., airport closed pending Congressional "and other responsible official investiga Another direct result of the New York metropolitan area's fourth airliner crash in two months is an agreement by 25 airlines to create a special safety committee and to hold flights over congested areas to a minimum. GOVERNMENT and airline of ficials met here for almost six hours Tuesday in the wake of Monday's smash-up of a National Airlines plane in Elizabeth, N. J. The toll of that catastrophe rose to 32 with the death of another plane passenger, Miss Sarah Aronwald, 52, of the Bronx, N.Y. Newsmen were barred from the closed meeting, but two persons who attended said there was WASHINGTON UP) The chief dental officer of the Public Health Service told Congress strong sentiment for eventual re Wednesday it is perfectly safe to opening of the Newark field, add fluoride to drinking water to which borders on Elizabeth. The help reduce tooth decay, Assistant Surgeon General Bruce D. Forsyth gave that assurance to a special House committee which is investigating possible harmful effects of the addition of chemi cals to food and drink. Forsyth said one part of fluoride to a million parts of water is the general concentration recom mended, but this may be adjusted upward and downward to com pensate for climatic factor? government. Marion Clayson, Bureau of Land Management director, said that bills now in both the House and Senate proposed dividing the rev enues evenly between the counties and the government. That would mean the counties' revenues would be cut one third. CLAWSON also said his bureau would recommend amending these bills so all government admintstrn tive expenses would bo deducted before the 50-50 split is made. That would reduce the counties share still further. The matter came up during dis cussion of a $700,000 program for access roads in the O & C lands The House committee rejected s similar request for access road money last year, but an appro priation, granted by the Senate, remained in a compromise bill worked out by Senate and House conferees. Clawson said that under the present 75-25 split, the govern, ment has not lost money. Adminis. trative costs have been less than the government's share, he said. " REP. NOREI.L (D-Ark) ones. tioncd Clawson's statement. "That is a broad statement and might be subject to argument. Frankly I'm not convinced," he said. Zionist Leader Thinks Truman Will Run Again Expects Decision Within Two Weeks WASHINGTON (UP Benjamin G. Browdy, presi dent of the Zionist Organiza tion of America, said at the White House Wednesday that President Truman told him he will decide definitely "within 10 or 15 days" wheth er to seek re-election. Judging by his remarks, I would say he is going to run again, the Jewish leader said. He urged Mr. Truman to run. Browdy told reporters he had just completed a nationwide tour and wanted to tell the chief executive that he sensed "definite senti ment" for Mr. Truman. "I URGED HIM to run for re election," Browdy said. "I am sura the rank and file is with him. "As usual, he did not give me the answer but he said he would make up his mind in the next 10 or 15 days." The Zionist leader, who is head of a New York textile company, would not elaborate on the "re marks" by the President which led him to feel firmly that the chief executive will stand for re election. Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D-Ill) said after a meeting Tuesday with Mr. Truman that the President was willing lo seek re-election it he thought it would contribute to world peace. Meanwhile, it was learned that Republicans campaigning for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower have de cided to make their next major bid for support in the critical slate of Pennsylvania. An announcement is expected this week putting the North At lantic commander in Pennsyl vania's GOP presidential prefer ence primary April 22. Next Mon day is the deadline for filing. LIKE SOME other states, Penn sylvania holds a presidential pref erence vote in which the hamei of the candidates themselves are entered. This vote is not binding, however, on convention delegates elected at the same time. Pennsylvania and California, each with 70 delegates, are second only to Now York in voting strength at the GOP convention. Sixty delegates will be elected in the primary to accompany the 10 at-large delegates already chosen. Eisenhower supporters already have entered the five-star gen eral in the New Hampshire and Minnesotar primaries. He faces Sen. Robert A. Taft and Harold E. Stassen in New Hampshire and Stassen in Minnesota. Stassen also has announced his inten tion to enter the Pennsylvania test. two declined use of their names. FLIGHT OPERATIONS at La I Guardia and Idlewild Airfields in I the Queens Borough of New Yorkj City and at Teterboro, N. J., air ports also were discussed at the meeting. Elizabeth's disaster Monday, killing 37 persons, was the third time a plane using Newark Air port crashed in the New Jersey city. Some loggers just can't afford to go out and cut that timber at the present sawlog prices." Lane County prices last week! were $37.50 a thousand for No. 3; second-growth and $42.50 for No. I 2's. In the northern part of the valley No. 3's were selling at $40 and No. 2's at $50. Camp run logs j in both areas ranged from $40 to: $45 a thousand. g"PS Oppose Military Proposal stacks on UMT Puzzle Russell complete military control, that it; and Secretary of State Achcson She said Mrs. Rosenberg l a takes men down to 18 4 for two "should be behind bars." native of Hungary, an enemy na- iveratC?lashm8 he ed, Put it flesday. "frankly Uncssos bit- years actual duty that may in- "y0u senators should impeach elude combat and then puts them i president Truman and remove in the reserve for another six secretary Acheson," she said, years. adding that Gen. MacArthur On the other hand, Russell said should be appointed President. UMT would be carefully super-1 Mrs. William L. Slagle of Day- viseu oy a jive-man tuiiiiinm.., , loni uf, centered ner aiiacn on . THE mqsT violent criticism iv mnntu.iunucr civilian comrui, wouiu ic-imk. Anna M. KosonoorE. assistant i u i . -. tj-i.i!.i irainmu k -auire on v six months' service in- c.r.(!i nf ivfonw anrl one nfi .. . . . x.-,, 'at tn ",""' i ,!! .hi. ,sr. ..p.i ,,i..l".;r ' ... rcurea Army ongamcr general ;ve Sf'r f withj"' T,. 't, "' IV"11 5 sponsuis. and Wcst point graduate of 1917, ""ejeaV. c ura for,61"""" """" --"- Mrs. Rosenberg is "a mighty Public hearings on U.Ml con- large, prickly thorn in the sides tion in World War 1. "We parents are growing mighty tired of having our sons used as pawns by inept diplo mats and cheap politicians," she added. but say quire ""' six monl,ls' service in-! secretary of Defense and one ng with'itally and tnis under special safe-UMT's sponsors, raft for,"3"18 'or morale and wclfare' Mrs. Rosenberg is "a migl I Public hearings on UMT con- ar. nricklv thorn in the si. V He !?nsor of the UMT ,mue Wednesday with spokesmen!,,, American born parents," Mrs fic'h.T! " evPntuallyi'or several veterans organizations siagle said, referring to the Pen-re-w 1 by building 'expectcd t0 support UMT. uon official as "this woman whi ! Jears. ' !Ponso who has frequented congressional hearings in recent years. Holdridge castigated President Truman, Pentagon leaders, his for- ho mer classmates at West Point, fct !e, 'famed man- Some of the witnesses in oppos- j speaks with a thick Teutonic ac- Congress, the Vatican, Wall Street T-j;t k ng UMT Tuesday struck out ai cent and who, according to Rab-'and numerous other Individuals ,'rWejT cha'an told government leaders, the Pentagon ;Di Herschel Levin 'wears large 'and organization 'i nf."6 5 lay he eould ar"d the Congress. Mangling gold bracelets and cutel He said "subv '5 oppose r;iT p ' Bra"son Gilbert Mcnwee, 44 Uie ri, (, ,a Winchester Va., grandmother, alt i under testified lhal Prosirir.nl Truman subversive forces In I little back-of-the-head hats to: the Pentagon" want UMT because soften the hearts of hardhcaded ; it contains the "philosophy undcr- under testified .that President Truman congressmen.' " , lying all Fascist states." G Duke Arrives For Funeral LONDON fP) The Duke of Windsor returned to England Wednesday to join in the national mourning for his brother, King George VI, whose subjects gath ered in increasing numbers to pay tribute at ancient Westminster Hall. "It is Indeed a sad arrival," said the Duke, who arrived alone at Southampton from New York Secretary of Stale Dean Ache- son arrived by air from the United States to represent President Tru man at the state funeral Friday. He will join six kings, and the representatives of many heads of states in the rites at Windsor. Despite snow flurries and 17 degree cold a line of mourners six abreast and two miles long formed at noon outside the doors of nine-centurlcs-old Westminster Hall where the dead King lay in state a second day. x :. eH i 1 tff. rf-,k ifl-- 'Nr. A Tr-lpp.iotnl THEIR FACES REFLECTING their grief at loss of King George VI, Queen Elizibeth II (left), her grandmother, Dowager Queen Mary (center) and Queen Mother Eliza beth, arrive at Westminster Hall in London where the King lies in state before burial at Windsor Castle. Lorane Fire Levels Machine Shed, Shop LOHANE Fire. slaHlnff nt about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, leveled a machine shed and shop on the Lnci 'uray place a mile and a half cast of here on the Lorane Cottagc Grove road. Tractors in the shed were saved A now electric welder, some spare tiros for the tractors and miscel laneous items were lost. The equipment was insured. It was not known if the buildings were. The cause is not known. Two fire trucks from Collage urove answered the call. Threat in Asia Noted by Taft SEATTLE (IP) A Communist assault on Southeast Asia is on the horizon. Senator Taft told a Lin coln Day audience here Tuesday night, and "the only chance to stop it is by a Chinese Nationalist Invasion of Communist-held ter ritory." Americaji arms and training, the Ohioan told S000 persons in Seattle's Civic Auditorium, should be speeded to Chiang Kai-shek on VOu'lijCNrT (P) Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio said Wednesday that brief appear ances In Portland and Pendle ton likely will he the only cam paigning he will do In Oregon for the Republican presidential nomination. Formosa and the "600.000 men In his Army, Navy and Air Force" to effect this invasion. "Will they," he asked in refer ence to President Truman and Secretary of State Achcson, "pre fer to go on sending American soldiers to the continent of Asia, when Chinese soldiers are beg ging to be sent to do the job " Senator Taft emphasized later on a television appearance that he had not spccuically advocated a landing on the China mainland. Me explained in response lo a reporter's question, that "Communist-held territory" could mean Hainan or other Asiatic coastal islands. Asked If he thought such an InvHsion might bring Russia into an all-out war, ho replied: "I've always considered that threat a take." BESS HAS BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON (U.R Mrs. Bess Truman celebrated her 67th birthday Wednesday with a quiet dinner at Blair House. Inside Today Mild weather sets In on Kor ean warfront. Page 2 BPA see improved ervice, Page 7 Stassen outlines platform, Tate 16 News briefs - 4 Editorials 8 Women's news 10-11 Sports 11-12 Comics 14 Radio, theater lg Classified 19-21