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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
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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.
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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; ,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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