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V Univ. ot Oregon Library bemibulije State Forecast Oregon Cloudy with inter mittent snow today, tonight and Saturday. Continued cold. Low tonight zero to 10 above. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER THE 33rd Year Chiang Quits As President; Flies to Exile Reins in China Turned to Li Tsung-Jen, Advocate Of Communistic Peace Nanking, Jan. 21 Ul'iGcnoral Isslmo Chiang Kai-shek retired as president of China today and turn ed the reins of government over to Vice president Li Tsung-jcn, an ardent advocate of peace with the communists. 4 In retiring, Chiang left open a i8F:iy to return to his leadership f of "nationalist China if peace talks 9 ..:l.l II., i t.,r,wl w : "temporary leave of absence" rather than announcing his out right resignation. Boards I'lane Chiang then boarded his private plane and left Nanking in a dra matic flight into exile. He stop ped first at Hangchow, 150 miles south of Nanking, to make a mo tor trip to his home town of Geng hua, in Chekiang province. Two hours after Chiang's de parture the communist radio re jected the nationalist govern ment's appeal for a cease fire and said that any peace conference must be held before the end of hostilities. The communist broadcast, al though made after Chiang left Nanking, obviously had been pre pared before it was known that Chiang was relinquishing his 21-year-rule of nationalist China. Decision Announced Chiang said in a 300-word state ment announcing his decision to step down that he was leaving Nanking in an effort to help speed the nationalist government's peace talks with the communists. It was considered almost certain that the communists would refuse to discuss peace so long as Chiang headed the government. Chiang indicated his retirement at the moment was temporary and was not an outright resignation. i used a Chinese word meaning mporary leave of absence," dng the way clear for him to return to his post and resume command of the nationalist arm ies should peace talks fail. Vice President It was not known whether Vice president Li would be formally inducted into office as president. Mn a brief statement Li said he rjwas "obliged" to take over the presidential duties under article y .,W9 of the Chinese constitution. S This article provides that the f. jvice president shall assume the f -(duties of president in case the v president resigns or is unable to : ;jrarry out his duties for other rea- rons. An official source said that JMadame Chiang, now in New 'iork on a visit to the United r States, would return to China soon lo join her husband in exile. 6 Dead in Crash Of Alaskan Plane Ar,l,,.,., Al T.. ,,, P'he bodies of six persons were f wl I . '"""i '.v a ground party in Hie .jweckage of an Alaska "Airlines f'C-3 which crashed on the slope J'f a mountain near Homer. Alas-l-..!. 150 miles southwest of here. A A radioed report to the civil feionautics administration here f-tid the six victims annarentlv hJd perished instantlv when the fjMe crashed. , spokesman for Alaska Air .lines said five persons originally u- listed as aboard the plane, fie said a sixth passenger appar ently hoarded the aircraft "some jVhere along the route." 5 CAA officials and company of .Jiuals who were in the ground I'lrty finding the wreckage said Jhey would conduct an on-the-spot Instigation to determine the f -nise of the crash. i Umatilla Fire Hits City Hall, Stores ; 8 Umatilla. Ore., Jan. 21 HI" Un J'flicial estimates todav placed tl.image at .$50,000 from a fire ii'H swept (he Umatilla city hall ;,Hnd adjoining stores yesterday. J The blaze leveled a large one :"ry building housing the state liquor store, a barber shop, a branch of the Umatilla counlv li brary and the city hall. 4 All of the books were saved. . though some were damaged. ""st liquor stocks also were sal Viced. 5 Umatilla city headquarters will b' moved temporarily to the old ;,y hall building. j Ottt:c;ON'S HEAVY SNOW I v" Wand, Jan. 21 ill" The wea thev bureau said today that west erf Oregon's snow storm was the hivicst in six years. Two Labor Parfies Fighting T o Gain Upperhand in Israel Extremist Groups Seeking Political Control In Jewish State's First General Election Tel Aviv, Jan. 21 (L'P) Two labor parties and the political siicces.- or to the Irgun Zvui Leunii extremist group will fight it out lor political control of Israel in the new Jewish state's 1 irst general election next Tuesday. Other political parties, including the outlawed Stern gang m its new guise of the fighters, also will put up candidates for the l'JO seats in the new. constituent assembly. But the labor party, the united workers' party and the Irgunists' freedom nartv fire the onlv mn inr con Democrats Said Stealing Thunder In Legislature Bv Kli'ii'i Barrett trnittd I'lVKh Stuff Ci.rreNii.nilrntl Salem, Ore.. Jan. 21 HI'' Reuub licans who control the 45th Ore-1 gon legislature were apprehen sive today. They looked back at I he efforts of the two-weeks-old session and concluded the demo era Is arc stealing the thunder. The democrats concede that few of their measures will get out of GOP-cont rolled committees, and if they did, would have little chance of passing on the floor. O'.'mos Conform However, many of the demo crats' measures conform to much of the declared republican plat form. Some would enact GOP Gov. Douglas McKay's inaugural address suggestions. Others look like they were lifted right out of the Oregon Republican club list of resolutions. For instance, the young GOP club went on record favoring a lieutenant governor. Senate dem ocrats have introduced two bills to accomplish this purpose. The republicans have none. The same is ruled with measures for fair employment practices commis sion,, and liberalizing veterans laws. Offensive Kept Up The democrats kept up their "offensive" today by introducing a bill to create stand by rent con trol for Oijegon that would take effect if federal rent lids were lifted in critical housing areas. The measure, introduced by Reps. Phil Dreyer, Howard Mor gan and Phil Brady, and Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, would merely replace federal controls and place them under jurisdiction of an administrator appointed by the governor. A landlord could appeal and get an increase if he could prove that he was not making six per cent on his original investment or was not making as much as he was during the last month federal con trols were in effect. House Kills Hill The house yesterday killed its first hill a measure introduced by Rep. Joe Harvey, R., Portland, that would have prevented min ors by state law from entering places that sell alcoholic bever ages, including such places as hotels, restaurants and grocery stores as well as taverns and night clubs. The house alcoholic control committee's majority report rec ommended the measure be tabled indefinitely. Tvo-Y ear-Old Aids wwitei tits"? -mvumm my When Mrs. Joss Perrine, left, volunteered to help with the local lundraising effort for the March of Dimes, her two-year-old son, Pete, joined the corps of solicitors automatically. At right, Mrs. Marion Poor, who was stricken with polio several years ago, Is making a contribution to the fund. When Mrs. Perrine was without a "baby-sitter." she took Pete with her on her downtown calls, and l-'t hiiri hold the contribution container w hile she spoke to business people on behalf of the polio campaign. Shoppers responded so generouslv to Pete s plea to "Put money In here, please," that he was made" official mascot for the collecting crew. The downtown canvas has been going on this week under direction of Mrs. K. H. Edmonson, chairman of a committer C Junior Civic league mem bers. Mrs. Perrine is presidont of the club. tenders. Exiectcd Winner Political quarters expect the labor party, known as Ma pai, to win a plurality if not I a clear-cut majority. It holds J four of the 13 cabinet seats ! in the p r e sent provisional ; government and its leaders in : elude Prime Minister David 13en i Gurion an: l oieign Minister I Moshe Shertok. I Mapai stands on the record of its leaders in establishing the new Jewish state, ft calls for a foreign policy based on the United Na tlons and friendship with both the east and the west. Its opponents say Mapai is too subservient to the west, however. Claims Credit The united workers' party, or Mapam, disputes Mapai's claim for chief credit for the establish ment of Israel. It is particularly bitter over the government's dis solution of Palmaeh, striking force of the Jewish defense army during the years of British man date, and its incorporation in the regular army. The Palmaeh staff comprised almost entirely Mapam oi'liecrs. Mapam demands a more vigor ous class struggle al home and stronger ties ;n the rjreign field with the Soviet Union and other "progressive forces of the world." Nevertheless, the party has re fused to ally itself with the Is raeli communist party, which comprises about three per cent of the electorate. Irgtin's offspring, the freedom or Heruth party, is led by Mena hem Beigin, who directed the Ir gunist campaign of sabotage and terrc-rism against British troops while Palestrae was under British mandate. Elks of Midstate Leave for Coast A busload of Bend and Red mond Elks headed for the Oregon coast this afternoon, to attend the mid-winter convention of the or der in Tillamook and participate in activities that include a bowl ing tournament. Two Elks' teams, "A" and "B" squads, are making the trip. In the "A" squad are B. Cerveny, George Norcott, H. Pin neo, L. Redifer and Jack Karg man. Members of the "B" squad are Steve Sleidl, H. Kopp, Leon Devereaux, Sr., Leon Devereaux, Jr., and Paul Sevy. Officers of the Elks who will at tend from Bend induce William Stollmack, district deputy grand exalted ruler, Oregon south; N. D. Goodrich, exalted ruler of the Bend lodge; A. E. Ledbetter, lead ing knight; Charles Marsch, es quire; William Reid, lecturing knight, and Ralph Kerguson, sec retary. in Polio Campaign BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, Plans for Dam On Deschutes Interest Area Opposition and Support Develop as News Breaks; PUD May Prove Factor Plans of the Northwest Power Supply company to construct a $12,000,000 hydioelectrlc plant at the Pelton site in the mid-Des-chutes gorge received backing In some quarters and develojied op position in others today, as the proposal aroused wide interest in Ce.nlral Oregon. A preliminary permit for the dam was filed with the state hy- droeleclric commission in Salem I yesterday, and within a few hours j opponents and proponents of the ! plant, proposed to relieve the ser ious power shortage in the Pa cific northwest, were taking sides. The plant would produce 75,000 kilowalts of power. Sponsoring I he project is the Northwest Pow er Supply Co., representing three private power firms, Including the Pacific Power & Light Co. The application had hardly "cooled" in Salem before it was announc ed that fishing interests were set to fight the plan, with Arnie Su omela, Oregon state master fish warden, Astoria, declaring: "We are absolutely opposed to this power project. It would ruin the river.' Also, a fishing industry spokesman said the federal gov ernment proposed to spend mil iums of dollars over a six -year period to develop fish propaga tion on the Columbia river trib utaries below McNary dam. Metollus Included A major part of the fish-hatchery program was reported expan sion on the Metollus river, a trib utary of the Deschutes. It was also indicated that the Central Oregon public utilities district, headed by J. D. Donovan, Bend, as chairman, would oppose the move. "Our project is still very much alive," Donovan de clared today. He said the Central Oregon PUD has several sites tentatively surveyed oh the Des chutes just above the Pelton site, and declared that a dam at the Pelton site would flood the up river sites. A 200-foot high dam is proposed at the Pelton site, but water depth immediately be hind the dam would be only 150 feet deep. Donovan said that the PUD application had been on file since August, 1941, and that only re cently the firm of R. W. Beck and associates, Seattle, had been asked to make a new study of the plans, to bring them up to dale. It was originally planned to start PUD construction on Jan uary 1, 1943, but the war made a delay necessary, PUD officials said. Cost Estimate Made The estimated cost of an 81 foot high PUD dam proposed in 1941 was $950,000, based on con struction costs for that year, pro (Continued on page 5) Annual Meeting Of Chamber Set The annual meeting of Bend chamber of commerce members will be held on January 28, at a luncheon at the Pilot Butte inn, with Tom Humphreys, associate editor of the Oregon journal as speaker, it was decided at today's meeting of chamber directors, at the Pine Tavern. It was also announced that there will be a meeting of the Deschutes county advertising committee Tuesday, Jan. 25, al 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the chamber office and will pre cede rtie January dinner meeting of the Centra Oregon chamber of commerce, to be held at the tav ern that same evening. At today's meeting, the board relndorsed the program of the Deschutes county community chest, and authorized the appoint ment of a special committee to review all proposed solicitations in the community and requests for donations. Members will be asked to refer all requests not coming under the authority of the community chest to the chamber committee. Guy E. Leonard, assistant man ager of the western division, chamber of commerce of the United States, visited the direc tors at their meeting today and spoke to the group. MEETING POSTPONED Sons of Norway will not have their regular meeting Saturday night, officers have announced. The meeting has been postponed until Jan. 29, when the lodge will sponsor a showing of movies on Sweden and Norway. Members of the lodge and their friends were invited to attend. Biq Hydroelectric Proiect Planned for Deschutes Anow indicates site of proposed Pelton hydroelectric project which will produce 75,000 kilowatts of power from waters of Deschutes river northwest of Madras to help relieve serious power shortage In Pacific Northwest. Ultimate capacity of the plant, located at the bottom of a rugged 800-foot-deep canyon, will be 112,500 kilowatts. Plant will be operated by Northwest Power Supply company, with entire output contracted to Pacific and two other large power companies. Acheson Sworn In as Secretary Washington, Jan. 21 mi Dean Acheson took the oath today as secretary of state, a role in which he will be charged with pushing President Truman's "bold new program" for fighting commu nism and human misery. lie was sworn at 11:13 a.m. EST in President Truman's office in the White House. The oath was administered by Chief justice Fred M. Vinson while Mr. Truman look ed pn. i-.fheson succeeds Genj George C.'Marshali under whom he help ed to map the anti-communist Greek-Turkish aid and European recovery )lans. The 68-year-old Marshall resigned, effective yes verday, for health reasons. Members of Achcson's family, cabinet members, other govern ment officials and congressional leaders of both parties also watched the ceremony. Acheson stood in front of Mr. Truman's desk as he took the oath. Immediately afterward Mr. Truman stepped around the desk and shook hands with the new secretary. Oregon Coast Hit by Heavy Snow. Storms Portland. Ore.. Jan. 21 Ul'i - Snowfall was general over west ern Oregon today with deplhs piling up eight to 10 inches east of Portland and giving the metro politan area its worst traffic snarl of the winter. Three to five inches of snow fell In downtown Portland bv mid- morning anil the weather bureau forecast more flurries tonight. An 18-mile an hour wind was building up deeper drifts east of the city. State, county, city and Portland Traction company sanding crews worked through the night anil morning, but were unable to cope with steadily falling snow which packed into an icy glaze on all main thoroughfares. The slate police said motorists without chains were court Vig trouble anywhere in the city and travel in any direction from Port land was described as dangerous or impossible without chains. Snow on the runway and vary ing visibility disrupted some air line schedules at Portland airport, but air lines generally were at tempting to keep opciations nor mal. Many schools were closed through Multnomah county, in cluding Cornell grade and "high, Gresham grade and high, Park rose grade and high. Troutdak grade, Pleasant .Valley grade and schools at Bonneville. Bridal Veil, Eairview, Columbia, Orient, Sylvan, Skyline, ilolbrook. River dale. Springdale, Wilkes. Cedar Mills, Russellville and Savies Is land. TKI M.AN S I.l ( K GOOD Washington, Jan. 21 m Presi dent Truman's luck became near I' gend today. Yesterday the weather was per-fi-ct for the inauguration, sunny but crisp with cold. Today Washington had over cast skies and sleet turning to rain. 1949 Columbia Project Manager Vews Northwest Resources Says Progress a Matter of Water Power Development; Must Have More Crop Land Spokture, Wash., Jan. 21 (U.E) Progress in the Pacific northwest is largely a matter of water-resource development, Frank A. Banks, district manager of the Columbia basin proj ect, said here last night. In a speech before the Spokane Junior chamber of com merce, the bureau of reclamation engineer said : "For a growing population, and more power. Despite the power capacity of the Pacific northwest by the building ot the Bonneville and Grand Couled power plants and by the inter-connecting", of the power plants of five states in the northwest power pool, the generating capacity does not meet the power demand. "We need more generating ca pacity right now. And we need more water in the Columbia dur ing cold winter weather so that we can make full use of the gen erators we are now putting in at Grand Coulee dam. Upstream wa ter storage of the Columbia Is a critical need. "Just now, we have two power problems lo worry about -a de mand in excess of generating ca pacity which, without a doubt, will continue for some years, ami an unusually cold winter which has cut down stream flows dras tically and threatens to continue for several weeks, and perhaps months." Referring to future develop ment of the Columbia basin area, Banks said some help would come Irom the building of I he Hungry Horse dam irt Montana and pro posed developments at Albeni falls and on the Kootenai river in Idaho. He also pointed out pos sible help from Canada where 00 per cent of Ihe runoff above Cou lee dam originates. Thin Ice Causes Deaths of 2 Boys Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 21 Hi'i Two small brothers drowned in Jpanaway lake .south of here late yesterday when ice on which they were walking gave way. Shetiff's deputies said the boys vere walking about ,'fl) yards oil ,hore when they suddenly lell hrough Ihe Ice. Senate Group Investigation of Housing Salem. Ore.. .Ian. 21 dli 1 he senate today sent back lo its reso lutions committee a measuie call ing for a legislative Investigation of housing after beating down an attempt to give the proposed in vestigating group specific insl ruc tions. The vote was 21 to 9 to re-refer The attempt to give Ihe commit tee deflnile insl ructions was made hy Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, !.. Portland, who wants an investiga tion of Herbert Dahlko. head of lie Portland housing authority, and the "failure" of the Portland housing group. Dahlke was reappointed chair man of the Portland authority by ex mayor Earl Ulley shortly be fore he went out of office. The appointment brought bitter criti cism from Dorothy McCullough Lee, the new mayor. "Lot's Investigate something specific." Neuberger pleaded. "In vestigate the root of this desper ate housing crisis." 5 .' - I we must have more crop land great additions made lo the Venezuela Gets OS Recognition Washington, Jan. 21 dl The United States today granted full diplomatic recognition to the new revolutionary military govern ment of Venezuela. The action was announced by the state department which made public an exchange of notes with Venezuela. Diplomatic quarters speculated that Ihe United Stales also would recognize a similar new milllary regime in El Salvador. American recognition of the new stale of Israel and of Trans Jordan also was' reported under study. The state department said Wal ler J. Donnelly, U. S. ambassador to Venezuela, delivered a note of recognition lo Die Cartas gov ernment today. The document said the Uniled Stales had noted statements by the new regime that it would "strictly fulfill its international obligations," and would prepare elections. Venezuela in a nole dated Nov. 25 notified this government that the new military junta had taken over in Venezuela because of Ihe "grave eil cuiostances threatening Ihe social peace and economic lite of the republic." Tl'(J BOAT EXPLODES Astoria, Jan. 21 ill'1 A tug boat xploM"d ami burned al her moor ing here today injuring one man. Police said Ihe Arrow No. 2. a Columbia river pilots association pilot schooner, blew up about Vf.'M) A.m., burned and sank within a shoit time. Still Ponders The measure, a house concur-; renl resolution, would set up a committee of two senators and three house members to assemble; information on housing situations i throughout the slate for the hen , efit of the legislature. j Sen. Frank Hilton. R.. Portland, who opposed the measure, blasted . Neuberger's proposals. A voice vole defeated Neuberg er's amendments and Hilton's mo lion to send Ihe resolution back' without instructions carried. : Legislation to increase state aid for children and wayward girls' was introduced in the senate to day. lliree bills were introduced to accomplish the aim. line would appropriate S875.000. The bills were Introduced by Ren. William McAllister, R., Med ford, Sen. Ben Musa, D., The Dalles, Rep. Dave Baum, R., La Grande, and R"p. John I. Sell, R.. The Dalles. W0L,t No. 39 Truman Faces New Problems On First Day Congress Leaders in Fog Over Standards of Living Issue for People Abroad Washington, Jan. 21 ul'i Presi dent Truman today began the first full day of his new adminis tration wdtli some of his own con gressional leaders in a bewilder ing fog about his plan to raise living standards of backward peo ples abroad. Major party figures were ques tioning the program on and oft the record. There were signs of a republican attack in force. Soviet Challenge In contrast, there was general acclaim for Truman's challenge to Soviet Russia. Men known for their liking for the communist party line were critical, but not many others were. As congress pondered the presi dent's outline of foreign policy, Dean Acheson began his chores as secretary of state. It was obvious from President Truman's forceful inaugural statement that Acheson would have less to do with making pol icy than in carrying it out in his new position. Truman already has said what the broad outlines of foreign policy shall be. , Capital Scrambles While the capital scrambled for more Information on the contro versial "living standard" portions of Truman's address, world bank President John J. McCloy return ed lo Washington and said maybe il originated with him. The plun might have come, McCloy said, from some papers he sent to the White House recently. lie said a program for aid to backward peoples might be work ed out through the world bank or Ihe expoitimport bank. Any loans would be for a long term. Whether they would be tied to the Marshall plan program,, McCloy did not know. pongress will insist, however, oiv getting from Trui'nan or Ache son considerably more detailed in formation. Doubts, Questions As Acheson picked up the di rection of foreign affairs, there was a barrage of questions," doubts, and dissents from con gress on that part of the foreign policy stated yesterday by Tru man. It would divert American and other private capital into the de velopment of backward countries. The president did not go into de tail. But lie did say that such de velopment. would he controlled, presumably by Ihe United Na tions or some governmental agen cy, and that returns on invest ments would be both limited and guaranteed. Some lop members of both par lies begged off when asked to comment on that program. They said they did not know what the president meanl and hoped he would illuminate the matter for them. Others warily advised a go-slow approach to anything aimed at helping the miserable millions whom the president estimated to be about half all the world's popu lation. CIO Workers Quit Studebaker Plant South Hend, Ind., Jan. '21 U'i CIO Uniled Auto Workers left their jobs at the Studebaker corporation plant here today over a wage dispute, and the company said virtually all production was at a standstill. A company spokesman said "nearly all of the 1(5,000 workers n Ihe pas longer car and truck di visions were idled by a wage dis pute involving workers in the seat manufacturing department. P. O. Peterson, vice president in charge of manufacturing, said Ihe dispute was "over piece work rates." officials of Studebaker local No. a, UAW-CIO, had no com ment. They said they might issue a statement later. Democrats Hold Jackson Dinner Salem, Jan. 21 U!''- More than 100 democrats last night attend ed their traditional Jackson day linner here and heard Stale Sen. Richard L. Neuberger declare he Iocs "ri"t intend to become a candidate for governor." "My desire," he said, "Is to re main at my present occupation of writer." I le said some persons have con fused his legislative work with personal ambition and he wanted to set the record straight. Neuberger cautioned the demo crats they could succeed in Ore gon "only ns a party of Ideas and .i .t as a party of intrigue."
