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Orofton Historical SocUty I'ubllo AuJltorlua THE BEND BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Fair this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Warm er this afternoon. High both days 75-85. Cooler tonight. Low 30-40. Frost and local freezing in colder valleys. 2 No. 248 LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1949 33rd Yoor D lab otiatioinis rycoa or Dim iress G Neg Prog Young Republicans End Bend Program; Favor Hoover Plan Young ltnpuhlleaim of Oregon lute Sunday in licml con cluded u two-diiy policy conference, after going n record favoring adoption of tlic Hoover report for government re organization and opposing t ho Columbia valley ndinlhiatra tion. Aproved at the conference, held in tin; I'ilot Hulte Inn, were statements of policy that ranged from labor problem to nodal welfare. The policy inakerH were greeted here by I'hilip S. Hitch cock, state Hen a tor from Klamath, Deschutes, Lake, Crook and Jefferson counties, who declared : "There In no more critical necessity in American political life today than that the policies of the repulillcun pnrly shall reflect the views uf the people, In gcnci-Ml, rnllier than those of It h office holders knd professional polltl linns." Illtclicoek Speaker Senator Hitchcock, who flew here from Klutnalh KnllH, wns principal enkcr nt the Saturday night hummel, at the Pilot Untie Inn. James Collins. Port land, na tional eommllteeman for the Young Republicans, presided. Hitchcock was Introduced by lwtwitun McCull, executive arete lary to Governor Douglas McKay. Other (ieakers Included Slii Unander, Portland, chairman of the state repiibliean central com mittee. One of the largest delegations attending the banquet was from I'linevlllv and was headed by II. 8. Mersereau, president of the newly organized Young Republi cans Club In that city. A federa Hon resolution lauded the work of the new Ptincvtlle chapter. Bob Itruce. I'rlncvllic, look an active pari In l he convention. 'Pie IJend meeting was I he YounK Heiubllcans' tollcy con venllon. and the croup ent most of Sunday uoltiK over more than a dozen statements of policy thai had lieen Introduced. 'Hie policy report, were closely scanned, and few survived In original form. When the reorts were completed and made ready for drafting In final form, the Young Kcpuhli eans were confident they had given their approval lo the most "liberal and progressive" .plat form ever endorsed by an Oregon republican group. Ibor Policy Set One of the final statements of policy considered was that deal Inu with labor, and In shaping this statement the youiiK party members had ns their guides youthful representatives of both labor and Industry. There was no reference to Hie request of Jim Thayer, Portland, that Halph Cake, republican na tional committeeman, resign his post. Thayer was present and look nn active part in the con vention. Also present, but taking nn part In the convention, was Mrs. Viv ian McMurtrey, slate president of the Young Itepubllcnns, who had lcen accused by John II. Travis. Hood River editor and one of the founders of the Young Republicans, as being the lender of a group that was "serving as a front organization In the battle (Continued on Page 3.) Russians Building Rocket Launching Bases, Revealed By Waller O. ltundle (llnltnl I'rnu, Huff Curmmmikntl Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 16 mi Reports that, the Russians are building a network of V-2 rocket launching bases pointed at strategic points In western Eu rope have been confirmed, Amcti , can and British Intelligence sources said today. These reports said the sites for the V-bombs, which were shower ed on England during the war, were backed up with radar instal lations designed to keep the guid ed missiles on their courses, A detailed report on the soviet installations was brought out of Russia by a German expert In the field who was shipped to Russia with other German technicians In 1940, but who managed to. escape lo the west recently. The V-bomb expert, whose name cannot be 'disclosed, was forced to work for three years on soviet scientific projects, Includ ing: the "soviet central Institute for V-bomb development" In Mos cow. Ho was identified as n for mer scientist nt the German V-2 Hlelcherode works In Thurlngla. Hie Seen "I had opportunities to look Into certain files which reported on strategic planning of V-2 bomb bases In east Germany," the ex pert said. Truman Signs Bill Extending Reciprocal Trade Washington, Sept. 20 nil Pres ident Truman today signed a bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements uct and called It "our best Insurance of a euccful fu ture." Present for the signing cere mony In Mr. Truman's office was Cornell Hull, 77, former secre tary of state, who was the futher of the reciprocal trade program early In the new deal. It wus the second White House visit for Hull since he ret lied early In the war liecau.He of Illness. He was there on V J day, Aug. 14, 1945. Mr. Truman's action today ex tended the agreement to June 12. 1951. The president in a formal state ment said this government en visaged "a reslabllshment of economic! babiitc In the world which will permit our neighbors now receiving our assistance In securing needed Imports to be come self-supporting through liberal expansion of the Interna tional exchange of goods In com petitive world markets. "Only In such a world economy can be foreseen the maintenance of adequate and rising standards of living when our programs of financial assistance terminate." Trade Barriers lilt Mr. Truman soke out repeat edly against artificial trade bar riers. , "We cannot permit these bar riers to remain and thus stifle a progressive rise In standards of living throughout the world, which would provide our best In surance of a peaceful future," he said. Mr. Truman referred In his statement to the Anglo-American-Canadian monetary talks held here earlier this month and said it wus recognized by all partici pants Hint additional steps were needed lo open the way for the sound expansion of International trade. "From the long range stand point, It Is clear that only by o large expansion of our purchases of foreign goods will the needed readjustment In International eco nomic relations be possible," he said, "on u basis consistent with a liberal world trading system, and the richer world It offers. Ho quoted his Russian bosses that several Russian commissions were working on projects which would send V-bomb sites Into ac tion on a few minutes notice. He said "plans for both fixed and mobile bases have been work ed out in detail and stationary bases of one and three batteries have been Installed over east Eu rope." "Each alreody Is supplied with ballistic compulations and firing orders to blanket a fixed target area In west Europe," he added. Locations of the completed bases In cast Gerany were given as follows: 1. Between Neustrelilz and Penzlln in the slate of Mecklen burg aimed at south Sweden. 2. Between Anklam and Wol gust In Mecklenburg aimed at south Sweden. 3. South of Erfurt In Thurln gla nlmed at Rhine liver cross ings and bridgeheads near Col ogne and Dusseldorf nnd the Scheldt river estuary. 4. Near the city of Guhcn, Sile sia, covering the northern part of the island of Ruegen designed to repel any attempts to Invade the soviet-occupied island. 5. East of Pllsen, Czechoslova kiaaimed at the Brenner pass between Italy and Austria, Preside at i . i tt o f ) .-"" .... - 5.. . ' y". -, 4f J , - ""."7 i - ' -'HA , t ) W J- ! Mark O. Hatfield, left. Willamette university faculty member and chairman of the Young Republi can fel-rat!u,i iuny Cumiiiniee, jrL-iu(d hi sessions neld in Bend over the week end. Center, James Thayer. Portland, Oregon, vice-president of the federation at large, who presented a number ot the major policy resolutions. Right, Miss Marjorle Bollard, Klamath Kails, secretary of the Oregon fed eration and also president of the Reed college YR club. Miss Bullnrd is also national college co chairman of the Young Republicans. Russian People Told that Bomb Now Perfected Moscow, Sept. 20 dll The Rus slon people greeted with calmness toilay the news of soviet posses sion of the atom bomb and there was no sign of anti-American sentiment among street gather ings. The announcement was made In a 56-llnc statement by the offi cial soviet news agency Tass In the style reserved for pronounce ments from the government It self. The announcement was printed on page two of the Sunday news papers without fanfare and there was no editorial comment. Copies of newspapers carrying the an nouncement was posted on bul letin boards In parks and were eagerly read. The Tass statement said any ex plosions which may have been felt outside the soviet union were caused merely by large-scale blasting on construction projects. As for atomic production, Tass said, former soviet foreign minis ter V. M. Molotov nnounced In November, 1947, that the secret of the atom bomb has ccaseil to ex ist. No Cause for Alarm "This statement signified that the soviet union already hod dis covered the secret of- the atomic weapon and had this weapon at Its disposal," Tass said. The statement went on to say there was no cause for alarm be cause the soviet union still ad hered to Its position "In fas'or of the unconditional prohibition of the use of the ntomlc weapon." Observers recalled a statement by Premier Joseph Stalin several years ago to the effect that the atom bomb probably would be outlawed and never used, similar to poison gases after the first world war. "Maybe now we enn have real pence, since nobody dare attack us," snld one soviet citizen, a chnuffeur and veteran of the Inst war who had marched with sov iet armies . from Stalingrad to Berlin. Foreign observers believed the soviet union would renew discus sions In the United Nations for outlawing atomic warfare, as a result ot the soviet discoveries. Young Republican K9 vs.: v ,'" r. German Scientists Helped Russia Perfect Atom Bomb By Helen Fisher (United Press Staff Correspondent) Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 26 U.E German scientists now working; for Russia had enough theoretical know-how to create atomic energy four years ago, Germany's leading atom ic scientists said today. The Germans also were aware of the theoretical possibility of making an atomic bomb but stopped their research in 1942 because war-torn Germany could not provide the equipment Central Oregon Chamber to Plan Bridge Dedication Dedication of the Mill creek bridge, marking the formal open ing of the new Warm Springs highway Into Portland, will be the major topic of discussion at the Tuesday dinner-meeting In Mad ras of the Central Oregon cham ber of commerce. The meeting, to begin at 7:30 o'clock, will be held in the Shangiila cafe. A delegation of chamber mem bers met this past week with the state highway commission and set November 13 as the tentative date for holding the bridge dedica tion. Construction of the Warm Springs cutoff between central Oregon and the Waplnltia high way some seven miles west of Bear springs, was one of the first major propects backed by the cen tral Oregon chamber, ut Its incep tion approximately three years ago. It Is expected that the bridge will be completed shortly before November 13, but It is not known at present whether traffic will be routed over the span before the dedication date. The entire cutoff route, with the possible exception of the seven-mile unit within the forest boundary west of Bear springs will be oiled this fall. East of Mill creek the highway has been com pleted. TRUMAN TO BROADCAST Washington, Sept. 26 illi Pres ident Truman will broadcast a 10 mlnute speech tomorrow from the White House In observance of Democratic Women's day. The program on which the pres. ident will speak will begin nt 3 p.m. Conference - needed, the scientists said. Germany's two top atomic scientists, Nobel prize win ners Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahan, and all other di rectors of Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm institute atomic re search plant, still are In Germany. But some "second-rate scientists" were captured by the Russians and sent to the soviet union. Among the more than 200 Ger man physicists now in the soviet are at least two men who worked with Heisenberg throughout the war and two top-notch technical experts who had access to Heis enberg s data. The physicists were Identified as Professors Doepel and Riehl and the technical experts are Manfred Von Ardenne, electronic microscoplst and former head of the Telcfunken research staff In Germany, and Prof. Hertz, chem ist and former research chief ofr the Auer company, which made gas masks, activated charcoal and similar chemical specialties. Doepel, Rlehl and probably Von Ardenne are believed to be work ing In a laboratory near Moscow. Hertz reportedly is head of an all- German institute "somewhere In the Crimea." These men, and many others of lesser rank, had full Information on what Heisenberg and Hahn had accomplished by the end of the war, when Germany's first full-scale atomic pile was almost ready to function. They also had partial access to many ot the American atomic scientists reports, which report edly leaked to them from a strategically-placed colleague In the laboratory of a French scientist. Heisenberg said German atomic scientists remained abreast of Anglo-American atomic research until mld-1942. Then, he said, the Americans got ahead on one point splitting the radioactive Isotope U-235 from ordinary uranium In useful quantities. A ; W A 1:: m:k Forest Blaze Extinguished; Warn Hunters The Deschutes national forest's second largest fire of the 1949 sea son raced through the eastern por tion of the Deschutes game ref uge, east of Indian butte, Sun day afternoon and late in the day was brought under control by a crew of 20 men. Total acreage blackened by the blaze, cause of which was not determined, was estimated at 25. The forest' larg est fire of the season to date was ! the city dump blaze in July, with 153 acres burned. Occurring near the opening of the 1949 deer season, the Sunday afternoon fire emphasized for pro tective crew the fact that the fire clanger is still great, and resulted In this warning being issued from the office of Ralph W. Crawford, Deschutes national forest super visor: To Draft Hunters If hunters' fires occur, all per sons in the area where fires are burning will be drafted into serv ice. Crawford emphasized that this is not a threat, but an outline of a move that will be necessary U hunters' fire occur. Because of the lateness of the season, pro tective units have been reduced to skeleton crews and the forest was practically stripped of its man power yesterday, in controlling the game reiuge fire. Also, for nearly a week now, lookouts have been blinded by a blanket of smoke and most of them are away from their posts, patrolling nearby woods in search of pos sible fires. The Sunday fire was not spot ted by lookouts, due to the dense smoke. , First information that a tire as burning in the region. in old. cutover lands, was obtain ed from a hunter, who had been "scouting" a camp location. He drove to the Cabin lake ranger station and reported a red glow" in the pall of smoke, at 2 p.m. Sunday. Foresters who investi gated found a fire, whipped by a stiff wind, roaring through the timberlands. In addition to the work of the 20 men dispatched to the blaze, two forest service tractors were also used in trench ing the late September fire. Lightning: Hits Adding to the week-end worries of foresters were thunderstorms that sent bolts into dry woods. One of these storms passed over Bend about 2:30 a.m. Sunday and a lone crash of thunder awakened most of the residents. Foresters traced this storm northwest from the Walker rim past Spring butte. Another night storm passed over the eastern edge of the for est last night. Unless the Sunday fire was lightning-caused, no fires were started by the electric storms. Plane patrols were used in the forest over the week end. to pro vide some protection for the smoke-shrouded woods. This morning the visibility was some what improved. Forest officials said that if hunters are drafted into service to fight fires, they will be picked up at their camps, by trucks where possible. All central Oregon forests were unseasonably dry, with only 3.82 Inches of moisture measured in Bend in nearly nine months. U. S. to Continue Atomic Talks Washington, Sept. 26 ilP Top state department officials said to day after a White House meeting that American British - Canadian talks on atomic energy probably will have to be held on a "continu ing basis." Undersecretary of State James F. Webb and George F. Keenan. state department counselor, gave President Truman an up-to-the-minute report on the current talks. They told reporters that the Russian atomic explosion "nat urally" is being taken into con sideration In the talks. The discussions began here last week. They involve the subject of wider exchange of atomic science knowledge among the three war time atomic partners. Keenan said Mr. Truman's an nouncement that Russia had an atomic explosive "certainly em phasized the need for rational utilization of resources In regard to atomic energy" by this coun try, Canada and the United King dom. Keenan said he had "a feeling that these talks will be Intermit tent and on a continuing basis." Pineapple Cargo Now At The Dalles The Dalles. Sept. 26 HPi-CIO pickets from Portland massed in this Columbia river port today In an attempt to prevent the scheduled unloading of $800,000 worth of diced Hawaiian pine apple which has been labeled "hot by striking Honolulu long shoremen. Twenty-six carloads of long shoremen affiliated with the In ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union (C I O) motored 95 miles up the winding Co'umbia river gorge highway to establish a oirket linp nt tho on. trance to the port of The Dalles. Unloading of the 2,700 tons of pineapple "tidbits" was scheduled to start Tuesday morning. The Dalles is a non-union port and amateur cargo handlers were be ing recruited in ine Dalles area to take the nlnpannlo rn.M tf a Hawaii-based barge. Between 100 and ISO PnnhnH dock workers reached The Dalles today to reinforce the one-man uicKei nne sei up mis morning by Fred Kamahoahoa. Hawaiian Unionist whn una flmt.n from Honolulu via Seattle to fol low the tug Ono and Its barge tow. Literature Distributed Portland longshoremen distrib uted literature at thp nnrt rlnir calling upon The Dalles labor not to "scab." Pamphlets said: "Out side interests who are not con cerned with the welfare and pros Deritv of the neonlp nf Tha rv. i are attempting to use this peace- iui community, at no matter what cost, for their own ends." Matt Meehan. international longshoremen's representa 1 1 v e. saio mere would te no trouble and that onlv nenrpfiil nif-bptin, would be allowed. . The mnpannln crtrn ura. r ' s iuu'i ed on the barge fn strike-bound Hawaii a mnnfh aiA .nrf mr-, here Saturday night after it Was umieu tungsnore service m Puget sound ports. Fred Kamahnahnn a haired Honolulu dock worker, tooK up nis picketing position at the entrance to The Dalles port, making him thp mainland. - - chor man of a trans-Pacific pick et unf. Lyle Hickok, president of The Dalies nnrt mmmiucinn tu . . ..... ...j-j.,, . . iuu Kamahoahoa that he was stand ing on port property. "I think Vnil will hntm in across the railroad tracks,'.' Hic kok said. Kamahoahoa did not immediately comply with this re auest. Employes of the port and other people having business on port property passed through the en ( Continued on Page 6) Yugoslavia Hits Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 26 U? Yugoslavia blasted Russian policy toward the Belgrade government before the United Nations today and told Moscow that if it is sin cere In wanting world peace, it should start by ending its dispute with Maishal Tito. Yugoslav foreign minister Ed vard Kardelj told Russia that his government approved the pro posal made last week by Russian foreign minister Andrei Y. Vishin sky for a five-power pact "for the strengthening of peace," but he said such a pact should not be limited to the big powers, but opened "to all nations desirous of adhering thereto, for all powers, both great and small, have an equal stake in peace." Although holding out an obvi ous olive branch to Moscow, Kardelj said his government con sidered its dispute with Russia "an extremely permanent source of war." "One cannot," he said, "heap threats upon a government for the reason that the latter asks for a greater measure of democracy and equality In relations amontf states, and in the same breath speak of non-interference in t'te internal affairs of other states and denounce the use of war threats in the settlement of in ternational disputes. "The delegation of the federal people's republic of Yugoslavs considers such practices an ex tremely permanent source of war." Accusing Russia of a "discrep ancy between mords and deeds," Kardelj said: "I refer to certain anti-democratic practices of the govern ment of the union of socialist sov let republics toward the federal people's republic of Yugoslavia. Of late these practices have arous ed much comment In world pub lic opinion."' j;y Steel Front Hopeful; Mine Outlook Dark (By Unltxl Fmal Showdown negot ial Ions re sumed In the steel and automo bile labor disputes today while roving bands ot pickets In the West Virginia coai fields threat ened further violence In the na tionwide mine strike. In a fourth big dispute. CIO electrical workers considered Ink ing a strike vote against West lnghouse and General Electric. Striking coal miners piled In about 250 automobiles and headed for the coal fields of cen tral West Virginia. State police, ' following the procession in radio-equipped cars, estimated that the miners numbered between 1,000 and 1,200. Last week a similar caravan closed non union mines, beat non strikers and wrecked mine ma chinery. Authorized to Sign In the steel dispute, U.S. Steel corporation sent Charles R. Cox, a top officer authorized to sign contracts, into negotiations with CIO President Philip Murray In an attempt to settle the dispute before the strike deadline at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Murray was sticking to his de mand that the industry adopt t h e ron - contributory 10-c e n t hourly pension and insurance formula, end to his warning that there would be no further exten sion cf the strike deadline for 50C.000 basic steel workers. But at Cleveland officials of Eugene M. Klein & Associates, which is preparing pension cost estimates fpr most of the big steel firms, said they are optimis tic over prqspecji fora4eaceful settlement. -. "..,),'. .'-,"' In the electrical industry, top officers of the CIO United Elec trical workers met at New, York to consider a strike vote among; 200,000 employes of General Elec- trie and Westlnghouse. Wage and fringe issue negotiations have reached an impasse. Chrysler Threatened Meanwhile, 83,500 CIO United Auto workers voted to strike against Chrysler, if necessary, to back demands for a company financed retirement and health program. v The demands on Chryslef were almost identical with those made against Ford Motors by its 115, 000 UAW employes. The Ford workers have autho rized a strike for Thursday but union officials have Indicated it will not be called unless current negotiations collapse. The Ford UAW negotiators were reported as almost ready to take up the vital subject of pensions after clearing up non-economic issues. Negotiations to settle the coal strike were at a complete stand still. They were broken off until Thursday and it appeared that Lewis was taking his time in hopes that a steel settlement would be reached quickly so that he could use it as a lever in his own squabble with mine owners. The CIO rubber workers union announced that it would call off its .strike against B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. and withdraw de mands for a 25-cent hourly pay hike if the company "makes sat isfactory pension and contract agreements." Falling Snags Block Road Twisting winds which at times reacned near-sale velocity tem poral ily blocked the North Cen tury drive several times over the week end and provided a number of motorists with plenty of exer cise, it was learned here today. One of the motorists who was forced to chop logs was Thomas F. Brooks, who with his wife, was returning frm their Elk lake cabin. They reached Bend this morning at 1 o'clock. First motorist to chop his way in to the lake over the north leg of the Century drive was Ray Dahl, of Redmond. He planned an early morning drie Into the lake Sunday, and was forced to re move a number of trees in the high country, between Dutchman flat and Sparks lake. Assisting In the work of freeing the moun tain road from falling trees was a forest service road crew. Mr. and Mrs. Paul it. Hosmer, who spent the week end at their cabin on the lake, also drove through an area of down trees on the Century drive Sunday afternoon.
