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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 194?
Munich Not All
Bad, Declared
After Review
Now York, April 25 Ui Ten
years after the Munich confer
ence, where the appeasement of
. nail Germany reached high tide,
it shaped up today In the view of
a veteran diplomat as neither all
good nor all bad but a unique
i- '. hodgepodge ol the two.
' "It necessitated too many and
' too painful sacrifices for us to
congratulate ourselves upon it; it
brought too many advantages for
us to recall only its grievous as
spects."
" That is the appraisal In hte
light of a decade of history of
Andre rancotf-roncet, j-rencn
ambassador to Berlin irom 1931
to 1938. Those years which saw
the rise of nszlsm and Adoll Hit
ler, he regards as "The Fateful
Years," and that is the title of
his book in which he sketches his
tenure- In Berlin. It is published
today by Harcourt, Brace and
Co. ($4).
Now political adviser to the
French military governor in Ger
many and scheduled to be civil
governor under a forthcoming set
ud in western Germany, Francols-
Poncet had a ringside seat at this
eDic drama. Being a Irequent so
journer in Germany since boy
hood, a fluent speaker oi uerman
and a topnotch diplomat, he knew
: how to make the most of it.
Full Story Told
i While short on now-lt-can-be-1
told revelations, the book Is an ex
; cellent job as a refresher for those
who get the story from the daily
'papers or as an original presenta
'tlon for those who may hear the
word Munch without envisaging
a toothy Englishman with an um
'brella or hearing the words,
J"Peace in our time."
. Francols-Poncet himself sat In
'on the Munich conference, which
',he regarded as foredomed in its
y'maln purpose before it even be-
.A
can.
i "It was dominated by the ef
forts of the British government,
r which was determined, under Ne
vllle Chamberlain's leadership, to
J keep the empire out of war at any
'price," he says.
' And the way it was conducted
contributed nothing to its success.
Chamberlain, Hitler, Mussolini
and Daladier glowered and maul
ed words and "no one presided at
this session, and there was no
methodical agenda. - By want of
directive, the discussion proved
difficult, confused and intermin
ably long."
Advantages Cited
But finally the job of surgery,
or butchery, was done, and Czech
oslovakia was carved up. The
carving settled nothing, and Hit
ler, "breaking his word, yielded to
temptation and to his evil genius,
and on March 15, 1939, marched
into Prague. That day he sealed
his doom."
The author sums up the advan
tages of the Munich conference In
two questions:
"From that day forward Britain
resolved in her mind to crush this
man, cost what it might. Would
she have seen this so clearly,
would her determination have
been as firm, would she have
shown such indomitable valor in
the trails of war if Neville Cham
berlain had not previously reach
ed the extreme limits of concilia
tion? Would Roosevelt have been able
to reverse public opinion in the
United States and totally support
the cause of the European de
mocracies If he had not realized
at the outset that France and Brit
ain had gone to all lengths In or
der to scare the world the scourge
of war?
"The agreement afforded us a
year of respite at a moment when
neither France nor Britain Judged
herself to be sufficiently prepared
for war."
Churchill Claims
British Blundered
London, April 25 mi -Winston
Churchill leveled charges against
the labor government toduy that
It had blundered in sending war
ships up the Yangtze river in
China, where they were hit by
Chinese communist shore guns
that killed 40 men.
The general charges were that
the ill-fated sloop Amethyst,
should not have been sent up the
river and that If the trip was
absolutely necessary air cover
should have been provided.
Besides Churchill, other con
servative members of parliament
and the British press joined In the
charges against the government.
The government's explanation
of the affair will be submitted
to the house of commons tomor
row when it reconvenes after an
Easter recess.
Woman Survives
5-Story Tumble
Portland, April 25 0P Mrs.
Erna Alldredge, 56, today sur
vived a five-story fall from her
apartment window apparently
with only two minor foot cuts
and possible internal Injuries.
Police said that Mrs. Alldredge
dropped from an open dormer
window of the Madison park
apartment building shortly after
11 a. m. onto an unoccupied au
tomobile in a parking lot below.
The roof of the car, owned
by R. G. Hoover, Oregon City,
was crushed by Mrs. AUdredge's
tailing body.
Richard Bone, who was sitting
across the street in a park, said
he heard the crash.
"I saw her fall on the car,"
he said. "Then she sat up. She
didn't seem to be hurt very bad
at all."
Mrs. Alldredge was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital for
treatment of her injuries. Po
lice were unable to explain the
fall, but-said Mrs. Alldredge re
portedly had been in 111 health.
Fireman Fights
Blaze, Drops Dead
Portland, April 25 (lP)Captaln
Daniel C. Shaw, 69-year-old vet
eran of the Portland fire depart
ment, died of a heart attack Sun
day while directing the battle
against a blazing house.
Shaw collapsed while helping to
raise a ladder to fight the fire.
He died on the scene.
Employed by the Portland fire
department since 1912, he had
been eligible for retirement for
several years. Battalion Chief H.
E. Simpson said Shaw had been
planning to retire in a few weeks.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday.
Halt in State
Unemployment
Reserve Seen
Salem, April 25 'll'i - Amend
ments to the unemployment act
adopted by the recenl legislature
are expected to halt the rapid up
ward trend of the reserve fund,
the unemployment compensation
commission reports.
Fourteen bills proposed by man
agement, labor ami the commis
sion were consolidated Into an
omnibus measure approved In the
closing days of Oregon's 45th leg
islative assembly after many long
conferences. The bill is before
Gov. Douglas McKay for signa
ture. Contributions from employers
will be lessened $4,253.0MI when
the new experience rales take ef
fect on 1950 pay rolls.
Payments to unemployed work
ers during the benefit year begin
ning next July 1 will be $960,000
greater than under the present
schedule, the commission esti
mated. Almost Equal
Meanwhile ,the commission re
ported, benefits and contributions
are almost equal at about $10,600,
000 each for the 9 ',6 months of the
present fiscul year. The reserve
fund Is $5,000,000 under the all
time high of $85,770,000 last No
vember. Total impact of other changes,
mainly In seasonality, experience
rating and tax liability, cannot be
computed accurately yet, the com
mission said. But it added that a
preliminary analysis indicates
contributions may be lowered still
further and the number of sub
ject employers may decline slight
ly over the next year or two. Ad
ministrative costs also may go up
considerably because of problems
connected with delinquency of
small accounts and with determin
ing liable employment, the com
mission said.
Effective ia July
The new compensation schedule
effective in July, 1919, has a
range of from $15 to $25 for frojn
six tot 20 weeks nl a. benefit year.
That compares to .the present
range of $10 to $20 for from seven
to 20 weeks. Biggest gains will go
! to workers with base year earn
lings of more than $1,000 num
j bcring nearly 59 per cent of this
year's eligible claimants. Maxi
Iraum annual benefits remain un
changed for those earning Irom
$100 to $1,600. although the week
ly check is higher. Those who re
ceive less than $100 in base year
wages are ineligible for compen
sation after June, 1949. The pres
ent minimum is $.'100.
Experience raling is saving $8,
045,000 for 7,279 firms this year,
the commission reported, and
their further savings under the
new reserve ration effective in
1950 would amount to an estimat
ed $3,979,000. In addition, 953
otiier concerns would save $274,-
00Q because of lowered reserve
j requirements. Some 8,294 employ
Icrsers with less than the requi
site four years' experience would
continue to pay the normal 2.7
per cent tax. Average rales ot i.t8
per cent would drop to 1.15 per
cent, it is estimated.
Voluntary contributions, which
raise reserve ratios and lower tax
Lrates, may be made once a year,
P . .1... nrn )imlln,l In
mil sucii n-wumuun ,.,,.... w
3 per cent. The amendment ulso
ilmits employers to annual rate
changes of iiot more than .C pel
cent after f list experience raling
determinatkins.
The new ' scale provides nine
rale groups from .3 to 2.7 per
cent, replacing the present sched
ule of five classes from .5 to 2.7
per. cent. The reserve ratio (ex
cess of taxes over benefits, based
on average annual taxable pay
rolls) was materially lowered.
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Dear Aunt Hutch:
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TOOTHY.
Dear Toothy:
Why bother he couldn't have eat
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Washington, April 25 ill) The
supreme court decreed today
that employers must bargain
collectively with labor unions on
pensions when unions demand it. I
me tribunal did so by refus
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inland bteel Co. from a lower
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ine ooara nad ruled that re
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