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THE BEND BULLETIN, 1BEND. OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 19. 1945
22 Bills Show Up
In State Senate
Salem, Ore., Jan. 19 First
Indication of the llood of new leg
islation anticipated for this year's
session was seen in the senate
yesterday with the Introduction of
, 22 new bills..
. Promising greatest contention
is a bill presented by the labor
' and industries committee requir
ing all employes engaged in haz-
' ardous occupations to be subject
to all the provisions of the work
man's compensation act. It Is felt
that this would apply particularly
to the logging industry.
A maximum 40 hour straight
time week is provided for police
men and firemen in another bill
from the same committee, while
the pay of jurors may be increas
ed from $3 to $5 by the provisions
of a bill from the judiciary com
mittee. Bills Listed
' Other bills ranged in nature
from corrective to new provisions
: for the armed services and public
' utilities legislation.
The latter would restrain pub-
lie utilities from acquiring new
service property except by con
! sent of the consumers of the area
served.
. Bills primarily designed for
servicemen provided the optional
filing of wills with' the county
clerk; and the identification of
signatures on wills by two wit
nesses In cases where the original
' subscribing witnesses are not
available.
War, Briefs
. (By United FrM)
Western Front American
Till rd . army cracks southern
Hank of Ardennes salient in sur
prise attack; First army stalls
: against stlffer resistance within
five miles of enemy's northern an
chor at St. Vith.'
Eastern Front Berlin concedes
red army has broken into Polish
fortress cities of Lodz and Kra
kow. '
Pacific B-29's bomb Osaka,
Kobe, and other targets on Japa
nese home island of Honshu; in
vasion forces seize control of Ro
sario at northeast corner of
bridgehead.
: Italy Fifth and Eighth 'armv
ironts quiet.
Ex-Madras Man
MedalWinner
. Madras, January 19 (Special)
For "exemplary behavior, effici
ency and fidelity" while serving
with .the 91st Bambardment
eroup. a pioneer B-17 Flying Fort
ress group in the air' battle of
Europe, Staff Sgt. Francis L. Ed
mondson, son of Mrs. Delia Lee
Edmondson. formerly of Madras,
now of Heppner, has been award
ed the (Joocl (Jonuuci iweuai,
was announced by his command
ing officer at a bomber base in
England.
Formerly a surveyor for the U.
S. Engineers. Edmondson enlist
ed In the AAF on September 23rd,
1942. His wife, Mrs. Joyce How
ard Edmondson, lives in Cam
bridge, England. "
Seven Portland
Teachers Retire
Portland, Ore., Jan. 19 (ID
Seven Portland teachers whose
aggregate service to the city to
tals 24 years will retire today
from teaching positions in the
Portland schools, administration
officials said.
Mrs. Virlena A. Craig has the
longest service with 41 years.
Ethel M. Smith, with 40 years,
ran her a close second.
Others retired and their terms
of service are: Ella McDonough,
37 years; Josephine Roch, 33
years; Bertha Shaver, 34 years;
Inez Barret, 29 years; and Aurela
Burch, 24 years.
PINE ORDERS GAIN
Portland, Ore., Jan. 19 (in
Idaho white pine, Ponderosa pine,
sugar pine and other species of
lumber during past week, totaled
68,534,000 board feet, as com
pared with order for 51,959,000
feet for the previous week, and
71,072,000 feet for the correspond
ing week a year ago, the Western
Pine association announced here
today. Similar comparisons for
shipemnts are 60,152,000 feet, 49,
430,000 feet, and 63,441,000 feet,
while production figures were
48,469,000 feet, 38,477,000 and 43,
503,000 feet. . '
DIZNEV FINISHES SCHEDULE
Madras, January 19 (Special)
Musician 2c Thad M. Dlzncy,
son of Thad Dizney.of Madras,
recently graduated from the
United States Navy School . of
Music In Washington, D. C, ac
cording to word received here.
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Litfle Blue Book Aids Oregon
Men in Making New Friends
A Ninth Air Force Bomber
Base, France, Jan. 19-Thanks to
a little blue book and the Amer
ican knack for making friends,
the Oregon soldiers in the Tiger
Stripe Marauder group of the U.
S. Ninth air force, are making out
O. K. in France.
The little blue book, a big edge
the Yanks of 1944 have over the
Americans who fought in France
during the last war, is the English-French
phrase book issued to
U. S. soldiers before they shoved
off for France.
With the help of the blue book,
a few facial gestures and much
pointing, the U. S. soldiers are
gradually developing a language
all their own and managing to
make themselves understood.
It's a common sight in this
land of berets to see the medium
bomber Marauder men, who op
erate behind the ground forces.
chatting in Americanized French
to natives located in a territory
where a few weeks ago the Ma
rauders bombed in support of all
lied ground men. i
The American influx Is showing
its influence on the French. O. K.
is making e'est bien dated; 'so
long' is as common as 'au revoir.
Even "Mairzy Doats" is being
sung and swung m garbled Amer-.
lean and French youngsters. , .'.
After hearing the "any gum
chum" chant of English children
for 15 months, Americans are
gradually getting accustomed to
"cigarette pour papa," the French
children's equivalent of the gum
chum plea.
Lt. Francis G. Breest, formerly
attached to the Tiger Stripe, re
cently spent leave here. He Is now
In the George Wright hospital,
Spokane, for an eye ailment. Sgt.
Roy Heath, of Warm Springs, is
now a member of the group. 4
Ardennes Losses
Placed at 55,421
Paris, Jan. 19 (IP) Supreme al
lied headquarters today placed the
cost of the German Ardennes of
fensive at 55,421 allied casualties
but said 17 German divisions had
been smashed or badly battered
and that the nazls had failed
"seriously" to affect allied plans
and preparations for future op-;
erations. . '
The official allied report on the
German counteroffenslve said
that the operation was conceived
bv Adolf Hitler and Field Mar
shal Karl von Rundstedt "both of
whom are equally responsible for
its failure."
Nazis Lose 120,000
The attack, said SHAEF, cost
the Germans 120,000 men of
whom 80,000 were killed or
wour.ded and 40,000 taken pris
oner. Allied losses were 55,421, of
whom 18,416 were prisoners.
(Prime Minister Churchill told
the house of commons American
losses were 60 to 80 times British
losses. This would mean that
American losses in the operation
were approximately 54,000 men
or more.) .
Funeral Services !
For Pioneer Held '
Redmona, Jan. 19 Funeral
services for Jesse C. South, 64,
who died Tuesday In the St.
Charles hospital In Bend, were
held here this afternoon, with
burial following in the Redmond
cemetery- ' '
Mr. South, who was a pioneer
Culver mail carrier and sheep
man of Grandview, Is survived by
Mrs. South; a sister, Mrs. Mary
Harris of Albany, and two broth
ers, Perry South of Bend and
Dock South of Redmond.
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The President of the United States v
: White House
Washington, D. C. ' ';'
Mr. President .. ' ' . . V
' , At your personal direction, the Army seized Wards stores on December 28, 1944.
' On the same day, you directed that a suit be filed in the federal court to decide
' whether you had any right to order this seizure. 'r
The Constitution makes it the supreme law of the land that "no person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." The supreme court
' has said that an order which is before the courts should not be executed before the
judges have declared its legality.
, In defiance of this safeguard of liberty, you have ordered the Army to place in
immediate effect the arbitrary and illegal orders of the War Labor Board without
awaiting the decision of the court. '
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You have ordered these War Labor Board directives placed in immediate effect
despite the fact that the courts have held them to be legally unenforceable and
despite the fact that in issuing them the Board refused to give Wards the hearings
required by the War Labor Disputes Act.
You haye ordered the Army to place in effect a wage directive at Portland,
Oregon, which a, represenfatiye of the War Labor Board admitted on January 9, 1945,
was unworkable. ' -
You have ordered the Army to place in effect wage directives at St. Paul, Min
nesota, which unfairly discriminate against 60 per cent of the employees. When
several hundred walked off their jobs in protest against your command, the Army
forced them to return by threats of criminal prosecution.
You have ordered the Army at Denver, Colorado, and Jamaica, New. York, to
.increase wage .rates which the War Labor Board admitted were already higher than
those paid by Wards competitors. No increases have been ordered against these
competitors. ' . -
Finally, and most importantly, you have ordered the Army to impose that form
of the closed shop called maintenance of membership. Obedience to your order will
require the discharge of all employees who have chosen not to maintain their union
membership, and deny to them the liberty to choose whether or not they wish to remain
' union members.
Wards, in opposing the closed shop in all of its forms, has not been prompted by
any feeling of anti-unionism. Wards has fully recognized the freedom of all orbits em
ployees to join or not to join a union, as they wished, and has assured all employees
that their opportunity with the company will be the same whether they are union mem
bers or not. Wards refusal to accept the closed shop arises solely from a determination
that its employees be secure in their individual liberty to join a union or not free of
the fear of physical injury, damage to their property or loss of their jobs.
Wards, in opposing the closed shop, has not acted against the wishes, even of its
unionized employees. In the seized store at Chicago on December 15, 1944, 90 per
cent of the employees through a signed petition declared against the maintenance of
membership requirement. Spokesmen for the unionized employees in the four .seized
stores at Detroit have openly stated that they do not desire maintenance of member
ship. Wards has been singled out for unequal treatment. The Army has been used to
enforce orders of questioned legality without first giving the courts an opportunity to
make a decision. These are the methods of dictatorship.
The legality of your order commanding the seizure of Wards properties is now
before the courts for decision. Wards respectfully calls upon you to order the Army
to withhold the taking of action which would deprive Wards employees of their liberty
and wares and its customers of their property until the case has been decided in' the
courts as required by the Constitution. .
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
SEVVELL AVERY