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NEWS COVERAGE
Volume LIX
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 7. 1948
No. 78
Rationing
Of Gasoline.
Is Possible
Inventory Started
To Reveal Available
Supply in Northwest
' . . ' u ' "
New York, Sept. 7: IP Gaso
line rationing loomed as a possi
bility today for California and the
entire Pacific coast.: ,
Walter S. Hallanan,' president
of the National Petroleum coun
cil, told the United Press that he
probably will appoint a commit
tee later today to allocate petro
leum supplies in that section of
tne country.
The move has become neces
sary because of the shipping and
oil refinery strikes that have hit
the west coast. The area is desig
nated by the council as district
number five.
The committee, appointment of
which must be approved by the
secretary of the interior, can, if
necessary, actually ration gaso
line to distributors. In such event
the filling stations and other dis
tributors could ration gasoline to
their customers.
ORDER INVENTORY
Portland, Sept. 7 IP Pacific
Northwest oil company execu-
tives today ordered an inventory
ot bum petroleum stocks through
out Oregon and. southern Wash
ington in a move to meet a grow
ing crisis over gasoline and fuel
oil supplies.
At the same time, the Oregon
petroleum industries committee
announced it will meet to deter
mine allocation policies of petro
leum products on a wholesale ba
sis in light of the storage check
up. Officials said the moves were
dictated by the strike of Califor
nia oil refinery workers.
Long-distance telephone calls
were being made to every city
having storage tanks to deter
mine supplies of gasoline, fuel
oils, diesel oils and other petro
leum products. ' - J "T"
OAS BUSINESS BRISK
Labor day traffic and the oil
refinery strike in California com
bined to give Bend service sta
tions one of the biggest week ends
in their history.
Hundreds of local motorists
filled their tanks to the brim to
have a backlog on hand in case
the gasoline situation becomes
acute.
Labor day traffic was heavy,
with hundreds of out-of-state cars
going through Central Oregon as
vacationists hurried home after
their final outing of the summer.
Tourist traffic was expected to
drop heavily this week, because
few persons Dlanned to start on
long trips with the uncertainty of
gasoline supply. ,
Oil company managers here
said the local situation could be
come acute In a short time. Local
stocks on hand will last only
about a week, and the managers
had not yet been advised how
much more gasoline they would
receive from distribution, centers
such as "Portland and The Dalles.
Most service stations were
handling all the customers as
thev drove up and so far had ex
perienced no shortage.
New York Feels
Effect of Strike
New York, Sept. 7 tu House
wives felt the first pinch of the
week-end truck strike today as
shelves in many chain groceries
were emptied and milk deliveries
were cut short.
Some 3,500 New Jersey truck
drivers joined 10.000 New York
drivers on picket lines today turn
ing back out-of-town freight haul
ers attempting to enter the metro
politan area.
State Fair Opens With Near
Record Labor Day Crowd
Salem, Sept. 7 'IB Forecasts
: for continued "fair" weather, cli
matically speaking and otherwise,
: Is expected to bring out a good
Tuesday crowd at the state fair
here today. '
Yesterday's attendance topped
68,800, second largest Labor day
crowd in state fair history. This
' was about 13,000 over last year.s
opening day throng but under
77,366 chalked up in 1946 the first
1 day of the exposition that year.
A breakdown of vesterjav's at
tendance showed 48078 paid ad
missions and 20 726 others includ
ing children, exhibitors and fair
grounds workers.
The heavy attendance paid off
at the pari-mutel windows of
Lone Oak race track, the day's
total wagerings vaulted to 581,969
to break all one-day records at
vlcast 20 per cent. In the last
Gridiron 'Baby Sitters'
- (NBA Telepholo)
The -Brooklyn Dodgers, pro-football squad, scored a touchdown when
they delivered four-year-old Etlenne BJorkvall-Garde to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Costa Edberg, lu San Francisco. Etlenne arrived
In the United States from Norway alone, but air regulations In this
country require that children be escorted. The Dodgers volunteered
to "baby sit" with bun on his trip from New York to San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Edberg (left) receive Etlenne from Herb Nelson as
Coach Carl Voyles (right) looks on. n rear are (left to right) : Jim
Cooper, Joe Spencer and Mike Harris.
Republican Reply to Truman
Talk to Be Made by Stassen;
Dewey Says He'll Listen
Albany, Sept. 7 ':U.Ef Gov. Thomas E. Dewey returned to
Albany today for conferences with political advisers and, a
last minute check on the republican answer to President Tru
man's opening campaign speech.
The republican reply will be made tonight by Harold E.
Stassen in Detroit. Stassen's
views on the high cost of living and the future of labor and
industry. .
The republican presidential candidate, when asked for
comment on President Tru
man's speech, said :
"I am eoinar to listen to Gov
ernor Stassen's speech tonight
vitfi trreat interest." ' '- ' "
Dewey revealed he confer
red with Stassen by telephone
last night and that his politi
cal advisers would be in touch
with the former Minnesota gover
nor throughout the day.
The GOP nominee motored
from, his Quaker Hill farm at
Pawling where he spent the Labor
day week end.
Dewey expects to spend the
rest of the week at the capital pre
paring for opening of his cross
country campaign tour which is
expected to start around Sept. 20.
Army Bases Feel
Shipping Pinch
Seattle, Sept. 7 HP) Col. Wil
liam H. Donaldson, commandant
of theSeattle port of embarkation,
today said he would confer with
local CIO longshore officials re
garding shipment of supplies to
army bases in Alaska and the Far
East.
The union has agreed to work
only ships carrying war dead, in
coming mail and passenger bag
gage. Donaldson said he would
ask the longshoremen to load
commercial ships with army sup
plies because "military cargoes
are -badly needed In Alaska and
the Far East." -
William Gettings, regional CIO
director was not available for
comment but the union's joint ac
tion committee said Saturday the
army would "have to load Its own
ships."
Donaldson said the army hoped
to avoid using soldiers to load
ships but added "we have a job to
do and we will not fall to do it."
rate alone, $11,962 were bet, a
one-race betting record for the
fair.
Today's program Includes Fu
ture Farmers of America sheep
judging, Junior exhibitors' dem
onstrations, farm machinery
demonstrations, harness racing,
and the annual Oregon purebred
breeders' meeting.
In the 4-H division, three girls
from Haines in Baker county, did
what no other girls' team has
ever done at a state fair before.
They won the livestock judging
eonlest. The team included Anna
Pell Boesrh. 15. Diane I.nenninff
j 15. nnd Peggy Maxwell, 18.
Just to show the girls up. Dean
J Van l.euvcn. Coos count baked
mmsell a cake and entered it in
the 4-H baking contest along with
23 girls. It will be Judged to
rin If he wins he will get a
$100 scholarship.
speech will disclose Dewey's
Chicago Candy
Factory Explodes
Chicago, Sept. 7 llP An explo
sion followed by fire shattered
the Sprawling Brach candy plant
today, killing at least two per
sons and Injuring 19 others.
Firemen dug through the heap
ing debris in a search for more
bodies in the belief that the death
total might reach six.
They based their belief on esti
mates of workers Inside the plant
when the explosion early today
tore gaping noies in tne wan at
on end of the building.
Firemen brought the flames
under control after a 90-minute
battle. They said the explosion
occurred in a starch-making ma
chine. Most of the damage was
confined to two rooms on the
top floor of the three-story build
ing, which occupies an entire
block;
The two rooms were filled with
debris plied several feet high, and
firemen said It might take sev
eral hours to learn whether there
are any more dead.
'Thank God this happened be
fore the day shift came to work,"
said Fire commissioner Michael
J. Corrigan. "If it had happened
after 9 o'clock it would have been
one of the greatest disasters In
recent years."
Corrigan said It was not known
definitely, how many night shift
workers were on duty when the
explosion rumbled through the
plant shortly after 3 a.m., CST,
but estimates placed the number
near 30. ' The plant employs a
full force of 2,400.
Bend Free of
Serious Accidents
Bend was free of serious traffic
accidents over the three-day La
bor day week end, state and city
police reported today.
Monday morning, Paul Helfrlch
and Charles Corkett, both of
Bend, were Involved In e minor
accident on Newport avenue east
of Newport bridge. According to
city police, the accident occurred
when Helfrlch, driving a pickup
truck registered to David Tomp
kins, of Casmalia, Calif., made
a wide turn from the parking
lot at the rear of the Pilot Butte
inn, attempting a right turn on
Newport avenue and striking the
other vehicle. Fronts of both ma
chines were damaged. No one
was injured. ,
CHARGE PAROLE VIOLATION
Ernest Moon, Bend, Is being
held In county iail on the eharee
of violation of probation. Ho- will
appear nefnre Circuit Judge
Ralnh S. Hamilton within the
next few dRys. He was arrested
September 3 by the sheriff's of-
nee. ftioon was placed on three-
vears probatlort on March 21,
1U48, when he pleaded eu Itv to
entering a trailer house with In
tent to steal.
Berlin Commandants IDemandl
Re&iE
Truman Gives
Seven Talks
En Route With President Tru
man, Sept. 7 Ul'i President Tru
man, returning today from a
shake-down run through Michi
gan and into Ohio, planned a vig
orous, bare-knuckle battle against
the republicans in what he term
ed "the most important political
campaign since the Lincoln
Douglas debates."
Truman set the pace for his
election campaign yesterday when
he made seven speeches, accusing
the republicans - of everything
from "plain, outright bribery" of
the electorate to bowing to the
wishes of "a lot of lobbyists." '
This double-barreled attack be
gan early in the morning at Grand
Rapids where he compared the
campaign with the Lincoln-Douglas
debates.
Truman was due back In Wash
ington at 11:45 a.m. today. He will
remain in the capital until Sept.,
17 when he will start an extensive
campaign tour that will take him
W the west coast and Into the
southwest. ' .
Attacks GOP Leadership ,
The president told his audiences
In Michigan where he visited near
ly all the major production cen
ters, that they were hearing only
the beginning of a long list of blis
tering attacks on the republican
leadershio. Dartlcularlv in- con
gress. . :i :-!f
He called the 80th congress "do
nothing," "backward" and "woVst."
, He. -completed " the . whlrlwlftd
tour or Michigan with a speecn
in Flint where he took the republic
cans to task for distributing, lit
erature suggesting that taxpayers
snare with the UUP campaign
treasury the fruits of the tax cut
passed by the republican-control
led congress.
Calls Labor Law Dangerous -
In every speech he hammered'
at the record of congress and the
Taft-Hartley labor law which he
called a dangerous weapon
placed In the hands of corpora
tions to the detriment of labor.
At Detroit, where he spoke to
a joint AFL-CIO rally of 125,000
persons, he warned workers "if
you get an administration and a
congress unfriendly to labor, you
have much to fear and you had
better look out."
At Flint, he said "all labor
stands at the crosroads today. You
can elect your reactionary admin
istration and go into an era ot
fear. You can elect a democratic
administration which stands
ready to play fair with every ele
ment of American life, and enter
a period of new hope." .
The president evidently was
pleased by the large crowds that
greeted him. In addition to Grand
Ranids. Flint and Detroit, he
spoke at Pontiac,- Hamtramck
and Lansing
Police Report
Quiet Week End
Bend had a quiet Labor day
week end, from a law enforce
ment standpoint, according to.
city police. For the three-day pe
riod, there were three arrests' for
drunkenness and two for taffio
violations.'
Saturday night Lewis Nowlin,
36, of 851 Roosevelt, and Claude
Pentzer, 58, of Bend, were ar
rested on drunk charges. Nowlin
posted 515 bail and was released.
Pentzer did not post ball and is
held at the city Jail He had been
released September 1, after post
ing bail on a similar charge.
Just after midnight Sunday
morning, Robert Ray Shirley, 33.
of Bend, was arrested in the 300
block on East Third street, where
police said he attempted to enter
a truiler house. He was booked
on u drunk charge and released
on $30 ball.
Lonnie M. Shields, of Laplne,
was arrested early Monday eve
ning for "violation of the basic
traffic law. According to police,
he was driving his car on the
sidewalk, In the 400 block, Colum
bia ttreet. He was cited to ap
pear In municipal court Septem
ber 10.
James II. Murrll, of Gilchrist,
was booked for violation of tWe
basic law. He was reportedly
driving 50 miles an hour in a
25-mlle zone. He was scheduled
to appear In municipal court this
afternoon.
On Labor Day
nplaoation
France Votes
Out Schuman
And Cabinet
Paris, Sept. 7 lPPremier Rob
ert Schuman resigned tonight af
ter the national assembly voted
mlsconfidence In his coalition cab
inet formed three days ago, plung
ing Fran6e back Into the gravest
crisis since the liberation.
The popular republican boldly
staked his new government lead
ership on a showdown at the out
set in a truculent assembly, and
lost. -
Schuman made It all or nothing
when the assembly met by an
nouncing that if it did not vote for
him he was through. It was only
with extreme reluctance that he
struggled through the morass of
negotiations which led to the for
mation of a cabinet at the week
end.
The assembly vote made it plain
that the basic issues of inflation
and government plans to grapple
with it were no nearer a solution
than they were last week when
the nation had no government.
Schuman evidently thought the
showdown might as well come
sooner rather than later.
He lost by a margin of six votes
after boldly overriding nls advis
ers who wanted him to put off a
showdown until he had time to
test the strength of his coalition.
Holiday Week End
v (By United Prea)
: Millions of Americans returned
to their jobs today after enjoying
a "safe and sane" Labor day week
end that was marked by one of the
lowest totals of accidental deaths
for a three-day holiday in the past
year.
A (United Press survey showed
that 423 persons lost their lives in
accidents from Friday night to
last night. Of the total, 257 were
killed in traffic crashes, 45 by
drowning, and 122 in miscellane
ous accidents that included almpst
a dozen alrprane crashes.
California's list of 34 fatalities
led the nation. Texas was close be
hind with 31 deaths. In Pennsyl
vania there were 27, New York
and North Carolina counted 25
each, and In Washington there
were 17.
Lower Than July 4 Toll
The figures compared with a
record toll of 629 persons killed in
the three-day Fourth of July holi
day this year and 456 killed during
the 1947 Labor day week end.
A survey taken for a "typical"
non-holiday week end from Aug. 7
to 9, Including Monday, showed
that 383 persons were killed.
One ot the queerest accidents
of the week end occurred near
Greencastle, Ind. An airplane col
lided witfi a car.
Charles u. Hefner, 34, Lima, u.,
was forced to land his plane in a
field during a rainstorm. When he
tried to take off later, he crashed
into an automobile driven by Rob
ert Hampton, 51, Indianapolis.
Hampten was injured. Hefner and
his wife wereshaken up.
Thomas Greslel, 18, died of In
juries at Payson, Utah, when a
"loop-o-plane" crashed while he
was testing It before carnival
crowds.
Three former paratroopers died
In an auto crash at Springfield,
Mo., while traveling to a reunion
with their world war II buddies.
Three persons were killed and two
Injured when a Greyhound bus
collided with an automobile near
North Bend, Wash.
Spy Group to Hear
New Witnesses
Washington, Sept. 7 mi The
house un-American activities com
mittee today Issued subpenas for
"between 20 and 25" new witness
es who will be heard In secret ses
sion the rest of this week.
Committee Chairman J. Parnell
Thomas, R., N. J., said the wit
nesses would be heard both in
connection with past espionage
hearings and with "hearings we
are about to hold." He would not
reveal any names.
"We are not exactly dropping a
clonk of secrecy over them and we
are not trying to be coy," Thomas
said, "but for obvious reasons we
cannot give out those names today."
Results in Total
Of 423 Deaths.
Bend Schools
Start With
3,218 Pupils
Bend schools opened today for
the fall term, with a first-day reg
lstration of 3,218, according to
figures released from the office
of J. W. Bushong, city school
superintendent. This number in
cludes 750 high school students
and 2,468 pupils in the five grade
schools within the city limits. A
report of today's attendance had
not been received from Kicnaru
son school, east of Bend. .
Break-down of the figures
shows that Kenwood, with 467
youngsters enrolled, leads in reg
istration. Allen school has 386
and Reld, 185. The two new east
side primary schools, Yew lane
school and Marshall school, have
131 and 150 pupils, respectively.
Too Many at Marshall
Bushong said that registration
at the Marshall school Is about
35 more than the number that
can be accommodated there, and
that some re-districting will have
to be done to distribute the
school population In order to best
use the existing faculties.
No double-shifting will be In ef
fect this year, the superintend
ent said. Last year, because of
limited facilities, pupils at the
grade schools were divided into
two groups, with half attending
mornings and the others report
ing for afternoon classes.
The total registration today ex
ceeds last year's first-day attend
ance jby about 90 nuptls, the sup
erintendent said.
Air Race Safety
Rules Pay Off
Cleveland, Sept. 7 dPi National
air races officials were convinced
today that new safety regulations
put into effect after lasl year's
crashes had paid off.
There were no fatallt.es during
the 1948 races but one pilot was
killed while testing his plane be
fore the air meet started.
The races ended yesterday with
Anson L. Johnson, National Air
lines pilot, winning the $40,000
Thompson trophy race with a
speed of 383.767 mph.
. Johnson won the $16,500 first
prize after seven of the 10 con
testants were forced out. He
flew an F-51 Mustang.
Behind him were Bruce E. Ray
mond, Hammond. Ind., flying an
F-51 at 365.234 m.p.h. to take
$8,000; and Wilson V. Newhall,
Chicago, capturing $4,500 In show
money with speed of 313.567
m.p.h. in an F-63 King Cobra.
The most contested race proved
to be the $25,000 Bendlx cross
country derby in which Paul
Mantz, filmland's flashy filer,
took his third straight win with
a 447.98 m.p.h. speed over the
Long Beach, Calif., to Cleveland
course. He barely nosed out Lin
ton B. Carney, Houston, and Avia
trix Jacqeline Cochran, to take
the $10,000 first prize.
The lone casalty In this year's
meet was Paul A, De Blols, Long
meadow, Mass.. who was killed
while testing his midget plane.
BOY RETURNS HOME
Donald Pepper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Pepper, of Red-
lands, Calif., who broke his leg
last month while playing along
the Deschutes river In Bend, has
been released from St. Charles
hospital and has returned to Cal
ifornia.
Longshoreman Spokesman Hints of Major
Break in WestCoast's Maritime Strike
San Francisco, Sept. 7 till A
spokesman for the striking CIO
longshoremen s union hinted to
day at a "major break" in the
west coast maritime strike.
The five unions involved have
agreed they will deal separately
with any employer who wishes to
resume negotiations, the spokes
man said. He declined to say
whether the longshoremen are
dickering with any firm.
Heretofore, the maritime unions
have conducted their negotiations
with one of two employer groups
the Waterfront Employers asso
ciation and the Pacific American
Shipowners association. The long
f o r R
Clubs Hear
Discussion on
Recreation
Don January, who directs the
city recreation program In Eu
gene, was guest speaker at a joint
meeting of the Lions and Kiwanis
clubs this noon at the Pine Tav
ern. January outlined the new rec
reation program in Eugene and'
told of minimum requirements In
setting up a recreation program.
Such a program is costly, he warn
ed, and any city should forget
about starting one unless It Is wil
ling to spend at least $3 per capita.
Arrangements for the talk were
made by George Simerville, city
recorder.
Alva C. Goodrich, Lions presi
dent, presided at tne meeting.'
Sen. Wayne L. Morse, of Eu
gene, will be speaker at a joint
meeting of the Kiwanis, Lions and
Rotary clubs next Tuesday at the
Pilot Butte Inn, it was announced
By Sponsors
New petitions for the recall of
five city commissioners have not
been presented in proper form,
and circulation of petitions can
not legally begin until sponsors
oi the recall comply with all re
quirements of the state law gov
erning recall elections, City at
torney Ross Farnham said today.
-.CUy recorder George Simer
ville said that filing of original
petitions presented Saturday has
been delayed because of a techni
cality. He submitted the copies
to tne city attorney, he said and
was advised that they are still not
In proper form.
Sponsors Must Sign
According to the state law, the
original copies, filed before cir
culation of the petitions begins,
must be signed by one or more
sponsors of the recall. The peti;
uons presented carried no signa
tures. A set of petitions containing a
maximum of 845 signatures were
presented for filing last Wednes
day. They were declared Illegal
because the sponsors had not
compiled with state laws which
require filing of an original peti
tion and a statement of member
ship and finances of the recall
group. The group secured legal
advice before presenting the new
petitions, Mack Malcolm, presi
dent of Citizens for Effective
Government nad Law Enforce
ment, said Saturday.
Named for recall on separate
petitions are Mayor Hans Slags
void and Commissioners George
Freeman, Carl Hoogner, Clyde O.
Hauck and Hugh Simpson. Com
missioners William Baer and T.
D. Sexton are not Included In the
recall effort.
100 Sign Up
At Draft Office
Registration of young men for
peacetime draft continued todav
at the selective service office In
the postofflce building, with 100
registering today up to early af
ternoon.
Young men between the ages of
18 and 25, Inclusive, may register
at the local office any day before
September 18, Mrs. R. J. Hufstad,
clerk, reminded. Office hours at
the draft bonrd office are from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through
Fridays.
Personnel of the navy recruit
ing office assisted with the regis
tration today.
shoremen In effect invited any
company to leave the employer
groups and negotiate on Its own.
However, the spokesman em
phasized that the unions would
"hang together" In the strike. Pre
sumably, he referred to the pledge
the unions made not to resume
work until each union lias reached
an agreement.
Meanwhile, an army spokesman
said the army would ask the
unions to help move military sup
plies to the Far East.
"Supplies are vitally needed in
the Far East and they must and
will be kept moving," the officer
said. "We will have to find some
Recall Petitions
Must Be Signed
i o to n cj
Lack of Order
In Soviet Area
Is Protested
Berlin, Sept. 7 UPl The Berlin
commandants of the three west
ern powers are drafting a letter
to Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov,
Russian chief here, demanding an
explanation of soviet "inability
to preserve order" In the Russian
sector, it was reported today.
Well informed American sourc
es said the letter registering the
formal protest of the western
powers against the rioting yester
day at the Berlin city hall in the
soviet sector will point out that
the "first duty of an occupying
power" is to keep order.
Berlin Cut In, Two .
News of the protest came as
German communist leaders here
announced they had broken com
pletely with the western sector
German administration, thus
formally cutting Berlin in two.
The socialist unity (commu
nist) party will have no part of
the legal city administration
which moved to the British sec
tor last night after communist
mobs stormed the city hall, the
party leadership announced
Karl Lltke, leader of the com
munist minority in the city as
sembly, proclaimed the formal
partition of Berlin at a press con
ference attended by 150 allied and
German newsmen.
"The city assembly has proved
itself worthless and ineffective,"
Lltke said. "The SED. (socialist
unity) party will have no further
participation if' the assembly
stays in the west sectors."
He charged that there could be
no effective administration of
Berlin with the government sit
uated outside the city hall and
outside the soviet sector.
The assembly was in effect
chased from the city hall in the
Russian sector yesterday. . Com
munist rioters stormed the hall.
smashed down doors, blocked a
scheduled meeting of the assem
bly, and carted oft in chains a
group of west sector German po
lice detailed to guard the meet
ing. Asked if the SED would take
part In the transplanted assem
bly, Lltke said emphatically.
ii mey want us. thev will-.
come here. We will not go there."
western commanders conferred
(Continued on Page 7)
Scientist Killed-
When 'Chute Fails
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7 IIP)
A University of Chicago scien
tist fell to his death yesterday
when his parachute failed to oben
after he balled out of a burning
a-tv ouperionress.
Three other passengers Iuitid-
ed to safety before the pilot flew
me naming plane to a safe land
ing at Maxwell field here.
The body of Howard W. Bald-
win, member of the University of
Chicago staff, was found near
Standing Rock, Ga. An unopened
parachute was. strapped to his
back.
Maj. Richard Baker of Inyo
kern, Calif., flying scientists from
Inyokern to Washington, ordered
his passengers to ball out when
the plane caught tire about 90
miles from here.
WIN AT FAIR
Salem. Sept. 7 iui Haley
Prlchard, of Bend, won a first
ulace at the slate fair here for
his 4-H club dlsnlav of six market
broilers. Betty Koth, of Deschutes,
tied for the Individual champion
ship In 4-H club clothing Judulng.
way to move them."
The unions have refused to ex
empt army cargo from their
strike, 80 per cent of which is
carried by commercial transports.
They have agreed to handle only
war dead, Incoming mall and pas
senger baggage.
The navy was expected to han
dle Its movement of supplies with
civil Bervice longshoremen custo
marily employed at Port Chicago
and Oakland.
The strike was called last week
in a dispute over the hiring hall,
wages and vacations. An esti
mated 30,000 men and 160 ships
arc idle.