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Volume LVII
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1947
No. 145
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Bids On Final
North Unit Job
Are Received
Mud Spring Laterals
To Be Constructed In
Last Phase Of Work
Adler Construction company,
with headquarters in Madras,
was, the low bidder this morning
at $414,736 for construction of the
Mud springs laterals and sub-laterals
of the North Unit, the last
large construction job remaining
on the project.
Construction of these laterals,
Song with work already under
contract, will make water, avail
able to all portions of the'50,000
acre area Included in the project.
All of the main irrigation canal
which carries water from the
headgate on the Deschutes river
just below Bend Is either con
structed or under contract. The
Willow creek crossing near Ma
dras is being rushed to comple
tion by Morrison-Knudsen Com
pany, Inc. Laterals and sub-laterals
in the Agency Plains area
are being built by W. C. Bau
man company.
Bidders Named
The Adler company's bid today
was more than 536,000 lower than
the nearest competitor, George B.
Henly Construction company, of
Boise, which offered to do the
work for $440,930. Other bidders
were J. A. Terteling and Sons,
Boise, $518,123.50 ; Morrison
Knudsen Company, Inc., Boise,
$536,179.50; W. C. Bauman Com
pany, Portland, $612,047.50, and
Spencer Webb company and War
ner & Jeske, Eugene, $641,617.
Results of the bidding this
morning will be forwarded to the
bureau of reclamation office at
Denver, where final award of the
contract will be made.
Contractor Given Year
Even with the award of this
contract it is unlikely that the
land the laterals will serve will
receive water in time for the 1948
irrigation, season. The contractor
will have almost a year in which
to do the work and unless he is
able to finish many months ahead
of the deadline no water will flow
to the Mud springs acreages until
after the 1948 growing season.
Construction of the Agency
Plains laterals by the Bauman
company is also under a deadline
which may make completion late
for the 1948 season.. It is unlikely
that Bauman will complete that
work before the middle of 1948.
However, all project land south
of the Willow creek crossing will
probably have water before the
1948 season, local bureau of rec
lamation officials state.
Final Pole Up
In Burns Line
Final pole in the telephone line
that is to link Bend and Burns
directly across a 132-mile wide
plateau was put in place yester
day, and completion of the new
line is set for the near future.
The trans-plateau line is being
constructed by the Oregon-Washington
Telephone company, and
was extended west toward Bend
uum rsurns.
The final pole was set up about
five miles east of Bend, where
'he line links with the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Co. line
to Alfalfa. Poles of the Pacific
company will be used in extend
ing Wil es inln RnnH frnm thn A I.
Ifalfa junction.
Wire Work Recessed
wti. i l -
"urs nave open erected on tne
Jicw poles westward to a point
f"juui a mncs east ot tienu, ad
acent to the Central Oregon
mnway. Alter tne Thanksgiving
ay holidays, wire urnrlc will hp
esumed.
At present. Bend is without any
Ill'PCt fplnnHnnrt mnnwillnn t.r,,h
:e routed north to the Columbia,
hen east to Baker and west to
urns.
fTA Membership
Prive Ends in Tie
The Robert Rrprkpnrirtpp find
lie Hubert Bartlett families will !
l!M'nd Thnnksrrivlnrr tncpthpr 1Mb
I'ar. Reason: the two Mrs. B.'s j
icd for first nlncp in Ihp mem-
f Men school P. T. A., and shared
n the first prize a large oven
cady turkey, presented by Web-
Iter I.nv at thn mAatlno last
(hursda'y In the Allen auditor
im. Speakers at the meeting were
ob Gamaee. Bov Scout execu
tive, Mrs. Leo Bishop, and Ford
furrell. The film, "Playtown. U.
A.." Wa chnwn hv Phipf .Tnmpt
lihnson, of the navy recruiting
nation, one hundred members of
he organization were present.
Postmaster General Resigns
After Buying Baseball Club
Hannegan Heads Group Purchasing St. Louis
Cards At Figure Reported To Be $3,500,000
Washington, Nov. 25 '0J.P) The white house today an
nounced the resignation of Postmaster general Robert E.
Hannegan. He will leave his post Dec. 1 to devote his full
time as one of the members of a syndicate purchasing the
St. Louis Cardinal baseball team. .
President Truman will nominate Jesse M. Donaldson, now
first assistant postmaster general, to succeed Hannegan.
St. Louis, Nov. 25 '(TIE) The St. Louis Cardinals were sold
outright today for an estimated $3,500,000 the largest trans
action in baseball history to a group headed by Robert E,
Hannegan.
Chesf Reaches
$11,000 Mark;
Deadline Set
The Deschutes county commu
nity chest is over the $11,000
mark, Ernie Traxler, secretary
for the campaign, reported today.
Traxler has sent out a call for
all campaign workers to turn in
money before tomorrow evening
and it is believed that these final
amounts may bring the county
total fairly close to the goal of
worKers should turn in
their cards and money either to
Traxler or Walter G. Peak.
The local campaign has been
under way since November 3.
Playfield Turfing
Proposal Studied
Two more years of physical
education instruction are required
in the Bend schools under state
law, Claude T. Cook, director of
this department, told the direc
tors of district No. 1 at their
meeting at the high school build
ing last night. The additional
work would come in the closing
years of high school. Until the
demand is made from state edu
cation headquarters the Bend
board will have opportunity-to
consider how to provide more
time for academic courses, which
will otherwise be subject to en
croachment as more physical edu
cation is forced into the curricu
lum. Cook discussed also with the
board the possibility of fencing
and turfing the half block across
Bond street from the high school
building. It is used intensively for
outdoor classes, he pointed out
but, depending on the weather, is
ordinarily either dusty or muddy.
Also needed, the physical educa
tion director said, is the addition
of a field at Allen school and de
velopment of the vacant area,
now chiefly used for parking, at
the south end of the high school
football field.
Equipment Shown
At the opening of the meeting
the board attended a demonstra
tion conducted by Howard Bil
lings, high school instructor, of
recently purchased visual educa
tion equipment.
Returning to the board room,
the directors heard from superin
tendent James W. Bushong a ie
port that desks ordered last
spring for new elementary rooms
will not be available until next
fall. At his suggestion the build
ing and grounds committee was
given the assignment of finding
costs and obtaining plans for a
garage to shelter five buses and
one truck. The superintendent
was authorized to hire an addi
tional janitor.
In the absence of Dr. G. W.
Winslow. Glenn H. Gregg pre
sided at last night's meeting. Dr.
J. S. Grahlman, L. T. Standifer
and Vance T. Coyner were other
directors attending.
SCHOOL RULING MADE
Salem, Ore., Nov. 25 HPi A
school board may deny a child
admission to its school for the
remainder of the school term after
November 15 if the child was not
six years old before that time, At
torney general George Neuncr to
day advised the state education
department.
Chief Of Federal Reserve System Proposes
Lonaer Hours Of Work To Battle Inflation
Washington, Nov. 25 1P Chair
man Marriner S. Eccles of the
federal reserve board today pro
posed longer hours of work, in
creased productivity and a mora
torium on demands for increased
wages.
Business, Eccles said, should
hold or reduce prices, since its
profits have Increased.
Those were parts of an anti
inflation program which Eccles
recommendpd to the joint con
gressional economic committee
headed by Sen. Robert A. Taft,
R., O.
He said he was speaking only
for the board of governors of the
federal reserve system, not for
the administration.
He attacked Remibllcan pro
posals to combat inflation by cut
ting taxes. And he said some of
the things proposed by the ad
The sale was announced at
a press conference called by
Sam Breadon, the little, white
haired man who built the club
in 27 years from a shoestring
team into one of the most
flourishing in either major
league.
Announces Resignation
The announcement came a few
minutes after Hannegan announc
ed his resignation as postmaster
general to take over active direc
tion of the Cardinals. Hannegan
previously had paved the way- for
his taking, over presidency of the
Cards by resigning from tne fat.
Louis Browns board of directors.
The transaction Included the
Cardinals and the 20 minor league
clubs they own or with which they
have working agreements.
Makes Statement
A brief statement made by
Breadon. after conferring with
Hannegan at the Cards' office at
Sportsman's Park, said only that
the sale of the club had been ar
ranged by Hannegan and Fred
Sigh, Jr., a St. Louis attorney.
He said the price paid by Han1
negan for Breadon's 75 per cent
interest In the Cardinals would not
be divulged. Other sources prevl
ously had put the price involved
in the transaction ar $3,500,000.
2 Trucks Damaged
In Highway Crash
A Consolidated Freight-way s
truck and trailer and a truck op
erated by Harvey Tohet, of Warm
Spring Indian reservation, were
badly damaged yesterday after
noon in an accident on The
Dalles-California highway several
miles south of the Culver junc
tion. The frelghtways truck and
trailer, driven by M. D. Nice,
overturned after the Occident and
the other truck was considerably
damaged. The two trucks side
swiped while passing in opposite
directions with the Tohet vehicle
hitting the rear wheels of the
frelghtways trailer.
Caroline Tohet and Lewie Char
les were passengers in the Tohet
truck.
Neither passengers nor drivers
suffered any serious injury, it
was reported to state police.
Ducks Crash
Into Glass
On Shortcuts
Charles Bishop, city superin
tendent of parks, today suggested
that Mr. and Mrs. Duncan L. Mc
Kay place a "detour" sign on the
plate glass windows of their new
home fronting the Mirror pond.
Ducks, on food-foraging flights
to Riverside, are attempting to
take shortcuts through the Mc
Kay windows, and so far two of
them crashed Into the glass,
Bishop reported.
From the river, it Is possible
for the ducks to see directly
through the McKay residence, due
to the window arrangements.
However, when shortcuts are at
tempted, their flights halt at the
glass.
Bishop said one of the ducks
was badly broken up following
a crash. The window was un
damaged. ministrationsuch as allocations,
price and wage controls, and in
stallment buying curbs are
"curbs rather than cures" for In
flation. Other developments on the anti
inflation front:
1. Secretary of Treasury John
W. Snyder told the house bank
ing committee the. best fiscal
weapon against Inflation is a con
tinuing budget surplus that can
be used to reduce the national
debt.
2. The senate banking commit
tee delayed for several days a
vote on renewing the Installment
buying restrictions which expired
on Nov. 4.
Eocles laid before the join eco
nomic' group a program calling
for increased productivity herp
and abroad, longer hours of work
and a policy for everyone "to
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Meyers' Case
Placed Before
Federal Jurors
Washington, Nov. 25 UP The
government today formally open
ed its drive to send retired air
force Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Mey
ers to jail for his wartime finan
cial maneuvers and his alleged
false testimony to a senate war
investigating subcommittee.
U.S. District attorney George
M. Fay went before a district of
Columbia federal grand Jury to
ask criminal indictments, against
Meyers for perjury and trying
to induce others to commit per
jury. These offenses carry maximum
penalties of $2,000 fine and five
years in prison. on conviction.
Based on Testimony
The government request is
based on Meyers senate testi
mony, whicn was a? variance
with that of most other witness'
es on many points, and on his
alleged efforts to get two other
witnesses to tell the senators a
false story about his interest In
an Ohio electric firm which got
wartime subcontracts.
Later the justice department
will ask other indictments against
Meyers that may Include such
charges as conspiracy to defraud
the government, income tax eva
sion, war fraud and bribery.
'Records Identified
First witnesses before the
grand jury were Martin Smith, a
stenotypist, and Kenneth Bowers,
a transcriber. They formally Iden
tified' the record of the senate
hearings. These two were the
only witnesses to appear before
the jury today.
In Albany, N.Y., meanwhile , it
was learned that the New York
state tax commission has started
an investigation of Meyers' war
time and post-war income. Mey
ers bought a palatial Long Island
estate when he retired from the
air force on Aug. 31, 1945, and
established legal residence there.
But a state official said the com
mission also was looking into
Meyers' actual legal residence
during the war, when he is al
leged to have made $200,000 as
head of Aviation Electric Corp.,
Vandalia, O.
Loses Medals
The army has stripped Meyers
of his medals and his $549
monthly disability retirement
pay. And as soon as the justice
department finishes with him, the
air force intends to court-martial
Meyers in an effort to cut him
dishonorably from the army rolls.
ihe charges against him rose
out of his own testimony and
that of other witnesses before
the senate investigating group.
New Corvallis
Chief Resigns
Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 25 mi
Corvallis had Its third chief of
police In ten days today when
Cecil Frultt, former Benton coun
ty deputy sheriff, accepted the
post In a temporary capacity.
The job opened up for the sec
ond time since Nov. 15 yesterday
when Clarence L. Frankum re
signed. Frankum, former Port
land policeman, was hired by the
city council Nov. 17 to fill the
spot vacated by Charles Devln
two days before. Resigning with
Devln were six patrolmen.
No reason was given for
Frankum's resignation.
work more and save more and
spend less."
He said future demands for
wage increases should be sus
pended, especially where the
largest raises have been granted.
Inasmuch as profits have increas
ed, business should hold or re
duce prices, he said.
Ho endorsed Snyder's Idea of
expanded sale of government sav
ings bonds and President Tru
man's proposal for legislation to
glv the federal reserve system
authority to restrict further over
all expansion of bank credit.
In this connection, Eccles pro
cosed that all commercial hanks
be required to set up a new tem
porary special reserve of 25 per
cent for demand deposits and 10
per cent for time deposits. This
would be In addition to prrscnt
reserve requirements.
Breaking
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Up
from Alley To
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From a hungry alley cat to a first-prize winner on o satin cushion
in two days is the success story ot "Mr. Silver," shown above with
his blue ribbons. A hostess in the Hamilton Hotel in St. Louis,
Mo., found him strolling into the hotel lobby just two days before
the city's cat show started. So the fed, groomed and entered the
cat in competition with fancy breeds. Result: "Mr. Sliver" walked
off with best color class award for kittens and a first for participa
tion in the non-championship class. ,
Ex-Yank Leads
Moslems In
War In In dia
London, Nov. 25 lU'l-i-The Daily,
Express reported today that Rus
sell Haight, a former American
soldier who now fights in cowboy
boots and a 10-gallon hat, led 400
Moslems into action against Hindu
troops Monday in Kashmir state.
. Haight's wife and daughter live
in Denver, Colo., correspondent
Sydney Smith reported in a dis
patch from Rawalpindi, Pakistan,
near the Kashmir border. He
said Haight was a former staff
sergeant.
"I am tickled to death to get
into this little war," Haight was
quoted. "I threw up a road build
ing Job in Afghanistan to show
the Kashmiris the commando
fighting we learned in England."
Between the big hat and the
high-heeled boots, Smith said,
Haight wore blue overalls and a
GI field Jacket.
Midstate Group
Names Speaker
The monthly meeting of the
Central Oregon chamber of com
merce will be held at 7:30 this
evening In the Shangri-La dining
room at Madias, according to Guy
Wade, of Madras, secretary of the
mid state organization.
Guest speaker at the meeting
will be W. S. Nelson, manager
of The Dalles chamber of com
merce and Oregon director of the
Inland Waterways association, lie
will talk on the subject of devel
opment of Industrial sites by cities
and will also discuss the proposed
construction of a highway bridge
over the Columbia river near The
Dalles.
Representatives from Bend, Re(V
mond, Prinevllle, Culver and
Madras chambers of commerce
will attend Ihe dinner meeting.
Bids on Grading .
Of Cutoff Opened
The state highway commission
at Its meeting In Portland today I
received bids for the grading of j
7.01 miles of the Clear creek For-
est boundary section of the Warm '
Springs highway, with Smith .
Bros, submitting the low offer,
$2H7.878.
The section of the highway Is j
within national forest, west of
Bear springs. This is the final
spctlon of the shortcut to bo grad
ed. "GUEST" RF.SPONSK GOOD
Salem, Ore., Nov. 25 'IP' Re
sponse to his plea for contribu
tions to the "silent guest" pro
gram for sharing Thanksgiving
food with Europeans has been "ex
tremely gratifying," Gov. John
II. Hall said today.
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VV IWl DL IVICTI
On Storm 'Swept Reef
Satin Cushion
Sportsmen Seek
Higher Licenses
Heavy increases In the price of
hunting and fishing licenses will
be one of the major recommenda
tions to be made to the legislative
interim committee when It holds
its hearing here on December 6,
it was decided by members of the
Deschutes County Sportsmen's as
sociation at a special meeting In
the library auditorium last night.
l he increases were proposed In
a report prepared by a committee
headed by Loyde Blakely. Resi
dent hunting and llshlng licenses
would both be increased from $3
to $5 and the combined hunting
and fishing license would be in
creased from $5 to $10. Non-resident
licenses would remain at $15
for hunters, but a special deer
tag would cost an out-of-stater
$35, and an elk tag would cost
$50. The non resident angling li
cense would be boosted from $5
to $10 and the 10-day angling per
mit would go from $3 to $5. A
three-day angling license for non
residents was voted down.
Work Doubles
It was argued that the cost of
raising and planting fish, with all
other work done by the game de
partment, has more than doubled
while license fees have remained
at Ihe same level for years. In
creased Income for Ihe game de
partment would result in Its abil
ity to do more work, It was slated.
Among remedies for diminish
ing fish and game supplies sug
gested was a complete closure of
seasons for several years. A re
port suggesting this will be pre
pared by Dr. P. W. Cherncnkoff
for Ihe Interim committee. An
other suggestion was a drawing,
instead of general sale, to limit
the number of deer tags and a re
port on this will be written by
Wilfred Jossy, who will also write
a report on egg-taking operations
on the Deschutes river above
Crane prairie.
A number of other local fish
and game subjects have been as
signed to club members by Presi
dent Hob Wetlp for preparation of
reports to lo made at the interim
committee hearing.
2 Persons Killed
In Italian Strife
Rome, Nov. 25 HI'i Two per
sons were killed today In a revival
of Italy's three weeks of political
violence.
A communist and a Christian
democrat were killed in a fresh
outburst In Calabria privlnce, the
southernmost part of Italy. An
other communist was wounded.
The fresh casualties raised to
22 the death toll In precisely three
weeks of sporadic rioting through
out Italy,
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Rescue Ship Reaches Stricken
Craft, But Rough Seas Prevent
Crew From Lowering Boats
Seattle, Nov. 25 ".U.P) Coast guard headquarters here to
day reported the 7,000-ton U. S. army freighter Clarksdale
Victory was being buffeted by storm-swept seas and was
breaking up on Hippal reef off the northern tip of Queen
Charlotte islands. .
Capt. Ben Asten, skipper of the Alaska Steamship com
pany vessel Denali which reached the stricken craft's side
at 9:20 a. m. (PST) after a 123 mile run from Tree point
south of Ketchikan, Alaska, radioed only the forepart of the
Clarksdale Victory was visible and that the rest of the ship
was breaking up rapidly. : : ;
Asten said he would attempt I
to lower lifeboats in efforts to
remove the 51 crewmen aboard
the Clarksdale Victory -but
added the task "might prove
difficult because of winds of
between 85 to 40 miles an
hour a're whipping . off the
North Pacific and sending huge
waves crashing onto the reef
shoreline."
Section of Rock
Hippal reef is a detached sec
tion of rock situated at the mouth
of Dixon entrance at the conflu
ence of the Gulf of Alaska and
tlie North Pacific off the west
coast of northern British Colum
bia. Cant. Asten s message to the
coast guard here, said further It
would be ' lmpossiDie to iana in
lifeboats as 50-foot breakers were
whipping onto the wreckage of
the freighter."
"We arc thinking. - of 'getting n
Dartv to row around the island
to see if any survlv0ra are ashore
and we will let you know regard
ing any furl tier developments.
"The ship was broken in two
at the No. 3 hold and on nas Decn
sighted on the surface of the
water."
Gales Whip Reef
Cant. Asten said gale force
winds were whipping In off the
North Pacific and there was dan
ger the ill-fated freighter might
be blown off Its rocky perch Into
deep water.
The Clarksdale Victory, under
command of Capt. Gerald R. Lau
geson, San Francisco, radioed at
4:30 p. m. (PST) yesterday It
was proceeding southward
through fog and mist aproximate-
ly 95 miles northeast or yueen
Charlotte Islands. The distress
call was received here by the
coast guard at 10:12 p. m. (PST)
last night.
Cargo Carried
Seattle port of embarkation of
ficials said the craft -was carry
ing approximately 100 tons of gen
eral cargo destined for Seattle.
SI'OE officials said the manifest
showed no passengers aboard the
Clarksdale Victory.
The freighter had departed
Whittlcr, Alaska, situated on the
southeast coast of northern Alas
ka and was due in Seattle Wednes
day. The ship was one of numer
ous army vessels plying between
Aleutian Island, Alaska points and
Seattle.
Public Speaking
Class Considered
Formation of a public speaking
and sales psychology class will
be discussed at a meeting to be
held at 7:30 this evening In room
202 of Bend high school.
The class will be open to nil
residents of Uend and nearby area
and will he taught by Howard L.
Hillings, public speaking instruc
tor in the high school. A nominal
registration fee Will be the
charge.
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Strikes In France Increase;
World Isolation Now Faced
Pails, Nov. 25 'Hi- Communist
led strikes of 1.250,000 workers
nearly throttled the industrial
life of France today and a new
communications strikp threaten
ed to Isolate the nation from the
outside world.
There already was a partial
strike of postal, telephone and
telegraph workers last night
when the communist dominated
general confederation of labor
ordered a complete walkout.
Strikes of railroad men had ru!
the movement of trains to Ihe
vanishing point; shipping was re
duced to a minimum because thn
communists had tied up all ports.
Coal mines and Ihe most essen
tial Industries were closed.
The railroad strike stopped
A 7 J
jtOUUrU
Council Honors ;
Former Chaplain
Knights of Columbus present
for a well-attended meeting at
the Catholic parish hall last night
bid their former chaplain, Father
Edmund ' Hyland, farewell and
wished him success in his new
assignment as pastor of the Cath
olic church in Roseburg. Father-
Hyland will leave for southern
Oregon this week end, and will
be succeeded here by Father
William Coughlan, who Is return
ing to Bend from Roseburg.
A highlight of the farewell
party was the presentation to
Father Hyland of a purse, as a
token of esteem for the former
chaplain.' The presentation was
made by John Wetle.
Plans were completed for the
council's annual partyl,t9.ield
Saturday night, at the parish
hall. Proceeds from this party
will be added to the contributions
already received toward purchase
of a 16-millimeter sound movie
projector. This projector will be
for the use of St. Francis school
and the parish in general, officers
of the council have announced.
Bend Designated;
For College Tests;
Bend has been designated by the
college entrance examination
board of Berkeley, Calif., as a col
lege entrance examination center
for Central Oregon and will serve
all territory in a 65-mile radius,
It was learned here today.
Formerly, students taking the
entrance examinations requested
by certain colleges and universi
ties were required to go to Port
land. Under the new setup, Bend
will serve not only students In this
city, but those in parts of three
counties adjoining Deschutes
Crook, Jefferson and Klamath.
One of the duties of the new cen
ter will be to give aptitude tests
needed by various Institutions, as
part of college entrance require
ments. The first tests will be held In
Bend next April 3. Wilfred Bur
gess, member of the Bend high
school .staff, will be in charge.
According to word from Berke
ley, Bend has been dlsignated as
a permanent testing center for
college students. '
It.O.T.C. TF.STS SET
United States navy R.O.T.C.
tests will be held in Bend on Sat
urday, December 15, In room 221
of the Bend high school, with Wil
fred Burgess of the high school
staff in charge, it was announc
ed today. Three-hour tests will
be given applicants for college
training under navy supervision.
commuter as well as long dis
tance trains.
The national assembly was
scheduled to meet today, but
Ihere was no Indication whether
it would discuss the strikes. It
was not expected to take a vote
of confidence on Premier Rolx'rt
iSi'human's now crisis cabinet.
I Schuman, who hail pleaded
with the workers to get back to
their Jobs , and his cabinet yes
terday decided to offer the strik
ers a general wage increase in
an effort to get them hack to
work.
Minister of state Pierre Abelin
said the cabinet also had decided
to "take a number of measures
which would establish public
order and the liberty to work."-
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