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oAv. of .Oregon Library EUGENE. OREGON BENB : BULLEHM cioihing pukup FTRTrTFTO Bo yow old dothlnr fof the f III ' ' I I Wl Weather Forecast Oregon Partly ilouily lotluv, tonight anil ' Tuesday, except cloudy with m'casicmul rain north west Mrllon; lllllo temperature I'lutnge. Victory Clothing eutlecrkMt, and have It ready to pUre on the curbs for a flly-wlde pickup next Hun day. - 1. IE las . i is ir 8 ( loj hi inf C ENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume LV THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JAN. 21, 1946 No. 38 Truman Seeks Spending Cut, Curb On Prices . Ceiling on Sale of Old And New Homes Sought; Labor Problems Studied (United PrM Stuff CorrolHindriit) '" " Washington, Jan. 21 ilP Presi dent Truman sent to congress to day a message proposing to cut government spending almost in half, in the 1947 fiscal year and urging general industrial wage increases. He proposed further tax reduc tion at this, session. He asked for emergency extension of price con trol authority and urged that it be expanded to put a ceiling on sales prices of old and new houses. The president said the armed services even a year from now must total 2,000,000 men. The selective service law must be con tinued beyopd its May 16 expira tion date if voluntary enlistments are inadequate, Mr. Truman said. He asked for a decision on selec tive service extension in March. Stoppage!) Deplored .The president deplored work stoppages and called fot collec tive bargaining adjustment of dis putes. He said long continuation of major strikes would heavily check the reconversion program. But he gave no .plans to cope with labor problems other than collec tive bargaining, fact - finding boards and a general upward wage trend.: Full employment and increased production, Mr. Truman said, are the only safeguards against the disaster of inflation and conse quent depression. He unqalifiedly endorsed the senate version of his full employment bill and asked again for enactment. Warning Issued The president warned that ser ious depression in the United States could disrupt world econ omy. ' - The communication to congress was a combination budget and annual-message w the state .of-the nation. It contained upward of 30,000 words, It was read to house and senate by clerk. The budget proposals were for the fiscal year 1947 beginning July 1 this year and ending June 30, 1947. The leg islative proposals were for imme diate attention. Deschutes fair ' Date Announced Portland, Ore., Jan! 19 IP Dates were set Saturday by the Oregon Fairs' association for a complete schedule of expositions in late summer and fall, marking the end to war-time restrictions. The Eastern -Oregon livestock show at Union got the first dates of June 6, 7 and 8. The remaining 16 dates include: Lake county fair, A u g. 30 Sept. 1. Oregon State fair, Sept. 2-8. Pendleton Round-up, Sept. 11 14. Harney county fair, Sept. 12-14. Deschutes county fair, Sept. 19 21. Grant county fair, Sept. 19-21. Pacific International Livestock exposition at Portland, Oct. 5-12. Officers Named Herman H. Chindgren, of Molal la, was reelected president, hold ing the same post he took when the association was founded 18 jJ'ears ago. Other heads reelected were L. H. Pearce, Myrtle Point, vice president; Mabel H. Chad wick, Eugene, secretary-treasurer, and directors C. H. Bergstrom of Tillamook, Charles A. Trowbridge of John Day, Mrs. Willard Her man of Roseburg, J. W. Dodd of Tygh Valley and A. A. Geer of Salem. Prineville Man Not Thug Victim Prineville, Jan. 21 Raymond N. Brockway, 65, who died here last Wednesday a Week after he Is reported to have been beaten and robbed by three men, was a victim of pneumonia, and did not die as a result of the attack, Dr. Joseph Becman, state criminolo gist, informed state police today. Dr. Beeman held a post-mortem over the body late Saturday. etate officers had considered the issuance of murder warrants for the tiro. But with the find inKs of the criminologist, Sgt. L. L- Hirtzel, head of the state police wre, said that search was still wing pressed for the suspects on assault charges. FIRE DAMAGES CHURCH Considerable damage was done to the roof of the Pentecostal Mis sion on Lafayette place yesterday morning by a fire which started around the chimney thimble, city lu-emen reported today. Kaiser Compromises With U. S. W. 0 1 '.. (NBA Tdephoto) Henry Kaiser, nationally known Industrialist and operator of the Fontana, Calif ateel plant, and United Steel Workers President Philip Murray are Interviewed by reporters as they arrive at the White House for conference with President Truman, -it was hoped that Kaiser, who signed a wage agreement with the U. S. W might have a new suggestion for solution , of the steel situation. UNO Security Group Adopts Plan For Control Of Atom Energy Commission Will Be Set Up to Take Over Administration; Small Powers Object London, Jan. 21 (HE) The UNO political and security committee adopted unanimously today the Moscow resolu tion for establishment of an atomic energy commission. Committee action on the atomic energy resolution was tan tamount to final approval. The resolution still requires formal approval by the full assembly before the commission can actually be created. 4 ; ' But the same early action appeared assured, since all 51 United Nations were represented onthe committee. hi utes In 1947 Allocation Washington, Jan. 21 tlB Presl-j dent Truman's budget provides $139,000,000 for construction work uy ine ouicau ui ncuanmiiuii uu j its great western program of water and power projects in fiscal year 1947. In the current 1946 fiscal year, $147,427,213 has been made avail able to the bureau for construc tion work. The 1947 fiscal year begins July 1 this 'year. . Of the $139,000,000 construction total for 1947, $30,000,000 would be spent on the Columbia river basin, $25,000,000 on the central valley of California, $15,000,000 on the Colorado-Big Thompson pro ject, $15,000,000 on Davis dam, and $18,693,600 for the Missouri river! basin, The public roads administration would get $305,838,792 "for the resumption of peacetime highway construction." A list of the way the reclama tion bureau would spend-the pro posed $139,000,000 allocation lor new construction includes: Deschutes, Ore. $1,300,000. Clothing Pickup Set For Sunday In connection with the Victory clothing collection, members of the Bend Junior Chamber of com merce will hold a city-wide pickup of garments for the relief of suf ferers in war-devastated foreign countries on Sunday. Jan. 27, it was announced today by Don Hlggins, president of the organi zation. The pickup will be made by trucks on the same routes that were followed in the pape sal vage campaigns. The only devia tion will be the termination of the routes, which will this iime be at Stillwell's cafe. Bond and Frank lin, which is the clothing depot. Higgins urged that residents pack their clothing donations in paper cartons and have them ready for placing on the curbs Sunday morning. He stressed that the clothing should not be loose on the streets, as cartons must be furnished for the over seas shipping of the clothes. STORM WARNINGS UP Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U" The U. S. Weather bureau today an nounced small craft warnings at mouth of Columbia and on Wash ington coast to strait of Juan De Fuca were changed to storm warnings at 10:30 a.m., and storm warnines were hoisted over inland waters of Washington for strong south to southeast winds. The resolution was adopted 46 to 0. The Philippine com monwealth delegate "was"lhe only member present who ab stained from - voting. The Philippines raised the only objection to the composition of the proposed commission. ' - Delay Sought pleaded for a delay in the voUng: out inuy Were OVeiTUIeu, The vote came unexpectedly to day after the big powers had ap pealed for quick action. British Foreign secret ary Ernest Bevln led the campaign for action now. He said the resolution had been 'circulated for 16 days and no nation had proposed an amendment. If there were further delay, he said, the world would not understand. "The people of the world may think we are not as serious about this important subject as we we should be," he said. "This com mission should be set up as soon as possible to begin eraDDlinc with its serious problems." Soldier To Face Murder Charge Seattle, Jan. 21 lPAuthdrlties said they planned to lay first de gree murder charges today against Elnar Olson, 22-ycar-old paratrooper, and confessed slayer of pretty 38-year-old Mrs. Mar jorle Johnson, Seattle housewife. Olson, a European veteran, signed a confession that he had choked the slim, Scottish-born woman following an argument, out torn ponce he could not re- member mutilating her body with a twe-tined roasting fork. Mrs. Johnson was found, in her home Saturday, garroted and repeated- ly stabbed. 'Inflation Is Our Chief . Worry' Says Truman In Long Message; Labor Strife Is Reviewed Washington, Jan. 21 UPi Major points in President Truman's 32,-000-word message to congress: - Domestic Problems Strikes Cause "deep concern;" again urged statutory fact-finding and coollng-off periods; most In dustries should make "substan tial wage increases;" "business is a public trust and must adhere to national standards in conduct of its affairs;" labor too must show greater responsibility. Taxes "This is not time for tax reduction." Draft and demobilisation Draft must continue unless more men volunteer; 2,000,000-man army necessary throughout this year; by June, nine out of 10 men who were in service on V-E day will be out. Communists Make Bid For French Power Reds Would Appoint, Their Chief to Take , Over DeGaulle's Post; , . . J. v By Joseph W. Grlgg Jr. ro!U4 Pm 8Uff CmwuaMtl Paris, Jan. 21 UB The commu: nut nartv made its greatest bid for power in France today by- de-j- manuing mat us itrauct- nwui Thorez be named president to suc ceed Gen. Charles De Gaulle, .Whd resigned last night. . ' :. . ; The communists Issued a com munique demanding election of Thorez to the DeGaulle post, after a noontime meeting of communist deputies. Thorez Is secretary general of the party. i Jacques Duclos, communist party secretary, announced after conferring with the popular re publican party leaders and later with socialist leaders that thej communists were demanding the( president's post in a new coalition, government. . -j . Party. la Large -. The communists are the largest! political party in France, but theyj are too weak to form a govern.- j ment without joining a coalition; with at least one . other major party, probably the socialists. Excellently Informed political ob- servers believed the communists i would fail in their efforts to cap ture the presidency. . ' I The consultative assembly wasf expected to meet at 3 p.m. Tues day to hear DeGaulle's resigna-' tion letter read officially. Heads of all political parties will speak in the debate leading to election of a new president. Would Revive Front PnmmiinlKl' tnnti cTTirt tn hp t an attempt to form a purely left- wing government with the social-! isis ana radical socialists, neaoea , supporters M a Cafe fight, then vLnT"! attacked the Kalamata police virtually a revival of the 1936 .. , - , n , .. popular front. i ... . station and freed. 3Q of their . DmcIos said such a government'-011 men who, had 1 beefr. ar would be logical, since the com- rested - ' - -munists were the largest party. Former members of the it me socialists reruse to accept fngThXsSorpdreKte 5t I left-wing coalition were former ( premier Edouard Herrlot, radical j socialist, and Vincent Auriol, so-1 cialist minister of state. . DeGaulle To Retire DeGaulle definitely will retire from politics for the present, ob servers believed, despite forlorn popular republican efforts to change his mind. Many astute observers believed he would re main aloof from politics until the nation grows weary of squabbling and demand his return, presumab ly after the June elections. Gorge Contract Is Terminated The government has terminated the contract of the Richardson Construction company which started the building of the Crooked river crossing of the North Unit irrigation project waterway, it was reported today at the offices of the U.S. bureau of reclamation. At the sfeme time officials announced that they had received and opened three bids for the completion of the work. The Richardson construction company is from Santa Cruz,i Bureau officials dispatched the I bids to regional headquarters at i he fell overboard from his fish Denver, and announced thev ine boat. I would not disclose the figures or i bidders until after the contract is' awarded. ; Reason for the termination of the Richardson contract was not given. Inflation Is "our chief worry;" price and rent control must be re newed; price control must be ex tended to new and old houses; food subsidies must be continued. Budget - Fiscal 1947 expenditures to be $35.8 billion; receipts $31.5 billion; deficit $4.3 billion. Despite defi cit, national debt to bereducert from $278 billion now to $271 bil lion in 1947 by cutting treasury's large cash balance. War and military costs Will be $15 billion in fiscal 1947; di rect cost of world war II to U. S. now totals $354 billion. Aftermath ot war $4.7 billion for veterans payments In fiscal 1947; $5 billion for Interest on debt; $1.5 billion for tax refunds. Housing "An Immediate emer gency and a major postwar prob Striken Walk Out (NBA Teltfhoto) Members of United Steel Workers (O. I. O.) march before the main gate of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation plant at Pittsburgh, Pa., picket ing 48 hours ahead of scheduled national walkout. Greece Is Scene Of Uprising; Monarchist Group Rampant Police Station Attacked and Men Liberated Sixty Lives Reported Lost in Armed Fights; Athens, Jan. 21 (U.E) The Greek government imposed rigid martial law in the southern Peloponnesus cities Of Kala mata and Sparta today and dispatched motorized forces to subdue an uprising by the monarchist "X" organization that has cost bU lives, Prime minister Themistocles Sophoulis ordered establish ment of courts-martial with powers to carry out sentences immediately. Arrest of the "X" leaders in the two cities was OXPeCteu. ' The royalist forces have when" they killed 30 left-wing ELAS, the military force of the ?, were fighting beside the police against the royalists. Police and soldiers guarded the prison where many ELAS men who fought in the 1944 civil war are detained. Attack Repulsed At least one attack against the prison by "X" men bearing torn- myguns was repulsed. Troops guarded the courthouse against; a possible royalist attempt to de stroy records showing names of men who collaborated -with the Germans. There was virtual civil war In the adjoining cities of Kalamata and Sparta. Royalists were re ported in control of all Kalamata except an area surrounding the prison and police headquarters. A force of 2,000 royalists armed with automatic weapons was concen trated outside Kalamata, dis patches said. Martial law was proclaimed in the southern Pelopennease dis tricts of Messenia and Laconia, where Kalamata and Sparta are situated. Man Loses Life In Fall from Ship Kingston, Wash., Jan. 21 IP In spite of efforts of his wife to l rescue mm, Adam s. ucorge, 67, of Seattle, drowned Saturday night one mile north of here when Mrs. George dived overboard to attempt rescue but became ex- hausted and had to he pulled back Into the boat by the victim's brother. Ray. Neither of the two men could swim. lem." Stop-gap actions have been taken; production is the real an swer. Wage and price adjust ments will be made where neces sary. Price control needed on sales of old and new houses. Full employment "All the poli cies of the federal government must be geared to the objective of sustained full production and full employment." Agriculture Food prices must bo held to present levels, subsi dies continued; government will make good on price-support com mitments; farmers can be confi dent of another' good year or two. Sclal security Congress should extend benefits to those not cov ered; ' provide prepaid medical care, with sickness and disability benefits. World Affairs World peace We want to Ahead Of Schedule - been rampant since Saturday, Two Railmen Die In Oregon Wreck LaGrande, Ore., Jan. 21 IB- Union Pacific officials today con tinued an investigation into a rail road accident in which two per sons were' killed and an engine and five baggages cards derailed when a westbound passenger train rounded a curve in the Blue mountains. Crushed to death under their en gine were Clarence Rizor, 55, La- Gra"de, engineer, and Guy Baum, 29, Le Grande, fireman None of the passengers was in jured. Nearly 100 yards of track was torn up as the engine and baggage cars left the rails Saturday night. The baggage cars remained up right, but the engine narrowly avoided hurtling down a 75-foot incline, intd the waters of Mca cham creek. . , Report On Reads Salem, Ore., Jan. 21 mi The state highway commission today issued the following road report compiled at 8:30 a. m.: Waplnltia pass Roads icy; total snow 46 inches; packed; tem perature 30. Santiam pass Slush and some Ice, sanded; two Inches new snow, total 82; temperature 30. Willamette pass Total snow 103 Inches; one-way traffic at Oakridge; temperature 20. Sun Mountain pass Total snow 96 inches; temperature 15. KlamathFalls-Ashland highway Sanded; temperature at Quarts mountain 20. Meacham Spots of snow and ice; snowing lightly; total snow 22 Inches; temperature 20. "build and preserve a Just peace." This can be done only on a basis of justice for all nations. United nations organization - "Our ultimate security requires that we begin now to develop UNO as the representative of the world as one society a great voice to speak constantly and re sponsibility in terms of world col laboration and world well-being." Atomic energy Favors mutal-ly-effective safeguards through UNO that will permit fullest In ternational control. International finance Lend lease settlements on basis that will not encumber world trad; continued foreign loans to stlmu late U. S. trade. U. S. In next 18 months will put $5.3 billion intc export-import bank loans, British loan, and participation in world bank and stabilization fund. Nation's Steel Output Chokecf To Trickle As Over 7 Hundred Thousand Workers Leave Jobs Walkout Is Largest m History of Country; . . . Oyer 1,200 Plant!Are Reported as Closed; Action Is Referred to as National Disaster ,1. . Pittsburgh, Jan. 21, "(IIP) The nation's steel production' was choked to a negligible trickle today as 750,000 CIO. United Steel Workers Htruck in 30 states. It was the largest single walkout in the history of the country. Tho strike was labor's answer to management's refusal to meet President Truman's proposal a wage increase of S1.48 a day. Operators, headed by giant United States Steel Corp., offered $1.20. , With failure, of the president's 11th hour, intervention in the wage dispute the union's ,. . . . . ... ... ( : once-postponed strike call be came effe'etive at one minute after midnight. Pickets marched to the mills to take up the wage battle. ; 1,200 Plants Close I More than 1.200 plants j closed. Virtually all had bank- ed furnaces and shut down mills in anticipation of the walk out. Some were closed as early as a week before the deadline by premature walkouts. Local griev ances and disagreements over maintenance arrangements for the shutdown were blamed. U.S. Steel Corp. estimated the strike will cost the nation 200,000 tons of steel a day enough to build 1,750,000 refrigerators. Giant Aluminum Company of America also was closed. The aluminum workers union merged with the steel workers in 1944. Called "Disaster" Civilian production administra tor John D. Small in Washington termed the walkout a "national disaster." He warned that some of the nation's factories may be lui lcu tu auaiJi:iiu . wiuuii iwu CBUS6' Zsade' ee-w H by Henry J Kaiser Wf1?"? cn wtdta SrfUfi" Steel Co. in California, wHich met fuI hshlS sch.001 tor end ch'1 the union's demands; firms which ren' fs chai"nlf"h 'A held fixed-term contracts with the Prevention week, both tor the Jay union, and unnroanWed nlants es and the city fire department; such as Weirton Steel Co. in West Virginia. The strike began peacefully. Management officials in Penn sylvania and Ohio, where half the nation's raw steel is pro duced, reported they were "re ceiving excellent cooperation from the union" in closing plants. , -a - . I 6 Midstate Boys j Enlist In Navy j Six Central Oregon young men have enlisted in the U.S. navy, it was announced here today by Chiefs J. E. Fitzgerald and E. W. Lovejoy of the navy recruiting station here. The sextet was sworn in the past weekend In Portland, after having made ap plication for enlistment at the lo-j ca! station. They are: i Harve Bateman, son of Deborah Leonard of 326 Colorado avenue; Raymond Eugene Trotter ofi Route 1, Bend, both of whom en-' listed for two years; James Hens lee Farlelgh, son of Dell Far lelgh, Redmond; Calvin R. Os borne, son of Joseph O. Osborne of Prineville; James B. Palmer, t son of Scniamin F. Palmer, Route! 1, Prineville and Robert Walter Wayne, son of Anthony W. Wavne, also of Prineville. The young men enlisted as ap-! prentice seamen, and are to be, transferred to San Diego for train-. Ing. Four of them are 18 years i oi age, and two are 17. j Troop 27 Scouts Visit Snow Area Boy Scout Troop No. 27, spon sored by the Christian church,' made an over-night trip to the Skyllners' ski course last Friday: and Saturday. The boys, accom-j panied by Scoutmaster Lon B. i Flshback, Dickie Fishback and; Dell Stoll, of Baker, lodged in the, emergency cabin for the night, i Included In the outing were: ! David Gee, Gene Todd, Ronel Marsh, Bob Berg, Keith Todd,! Billy Cody, Dick Wlnslow, Sterl-j lng Jones, Ronald Deel, Brandon Deel, Dick Gates, Richard Nickel' and Clifford Gray. Transportation was provided byj Fred Berg, Daniel Gee, Merl L. Ross and Art Nickel. ! SNEIJ. GETS SWORD . . Salem, Ore., Jan. 21 U Asam uri sword, taken from a Japanese general, today was received by Gov. Earl Snell as a gift from M. Sgt. Millard B. Hodges of Grants Pass, a friend of the governor. Sgt, Hodges mailed the four foot weapon from China. Service Award Wilfred Jossy, manager for the Bend-Portland Truck service in Bend, was named Bend's outstand ing young man for 1945, and at the annual banonet Saturday night of the Bendfww""'"' of commerce was presented with the uisunguisnea serv- tificates of merit! were alsb issued! to Virgil Lyons, secretary; Joe Van Warmer, edi tor of the Jaycee Citizen and to Jos Jossy sy. An Honor plaque was pre sented to Don Conners. Mayor A. T. Nlebergall made the award key presentation to Itec. .nllnn that committee had n'amed him lor the honor be- ic n nf QH "on nffistiant worker" on the county advertising committee; member of the senior chamber recreation audit com mittee; conducted the "Hello San ta" . street program ; made two trips to the Crane Prairie fish hatchery for eggs, and appeared over radio station KOIN in Port land on the Northwest Neighbors program. Others Eligible Don Higgins, president of the Jaycees, made it plain that the distinguished service award is not confined to members of that or ganization, but might be received by any young man. Harold Leffel, president of the Washington state Junior chamber of commerce, of Spokane, was guest speaker. He was intro duced by Marion Cady? (oastmas ter, and told of the national pro jects being carried out by Jay cees, who are approximately 100,000 strong. The evening was climaxed by dancing and refreshments. There were 110 members and friends present. Dr. Ramsey Gets Post In Chicago Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Ramsey left yesterday for Chicago, where Dr. Ramsey has been assigned by the United States health service. His . work will be with the govern ment's post-war program of dis posal of surplus supplies. D: Ramsey was In Bend over the weekend from Washington, D.C., where he completed an ori entation course. He and his wife had lived in Bend two years, while he was stationed here during the war emergency, when the U.S. heal til department reassigned many of its doctors to war. areas. With the closing of Camp Abbot, Bend was no longer considered a military area, and Dr. Ramsey war re-asslgned In line with a na tionwide policy. Dr. P. W. Chernenkoff is act ing health official pending ap pointment of a permanent suc cessor to Dr. Ramsey. 3 Servicemen Win Discharges Three more Central Oregon soldiers have been returned to civilian life, having been Issued honorable discharges at the Fort Lewis separation center, It was reported from there today. They are: Pfc. Frank Z. Leon, 112 Lava road. Bend and T5 Elroy L. Ful ler and Pvt. George A. Colby of Prineville. 'V vq j I;
