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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1949
Court to Rule
On Longshore
Strike Issue
Dy Wlllard I). Elx-rhart
(Uniunl Pr Huff CormlKmdcnt)
Honolulu, Sept. 28 VP A fed
eral court was to rulp today
whether the territory of Hawaii
may continue to operate Its wa-
Bhoremen'8 strike.
The territory seized the docks
Aug. 15 after they were shut j
down for more than three i
months. Since then, government
hired longshoremen have unload
ed 120,000 tons of food and other!
cargo and have loaded 125.000 '
tons of sugar and pineapple, Ha- j
wall's chief crops.
The union petitioned for a pre
liminary injunction against the
dock seizure laws, arguing they I
were unconstitutional. If the I
court grants the injunction. Ha-J
walls ports will be srikeoound
again.
Resumption of waterfront op
erations has helped Hawaii main
tain a reasonably robust econ
omy, despite the 150-day-old union
tieup.
Losses Tremendous
Statisticians have quit compil
ing economic losses resulting
from the strike, which at the last
count were more than $100,000,
000. But business enjoyed a no
ticeable revival after the territory
took over the docks.
Resumption of shipping has
been costly. Shippers must use
routes between Hawaii and east
and gulf ports rather than the
west coast where CIO longshore
men also are employed. This
means higher prices for imports
and lower prices for exports.
Substantial amount of perish
able food must come from the
mainland either by air or aboard
chartered vessels, whose owners
have agreed to place the long
shoremen's 32-cent wage demand
in escrow until the dispute is set
tled. Some typical food prices in
Waikiki, compared to Medford,
Ore., show beef roast 89 cents a
pound in Honolulu against 39
eents in Medford; T-bone steaks
95-69; weiners, 83-39; ham 95-45;
potatoes, S-2; onions, 13-6; ap
ples, 23-7; fresh peaches, 73-2
cabbage, 15-4 ; celery, 55-13.
Direct negotiations to settle
the strike are stalemated. How
ever, union sources said off the
record wage talks were taking,
place in San Francisco between
union president Harry Bridges
and Dwight Steele, president of
the Hawaii employers' council.
Still Hopeful
"I have high hopes they'll get
somewhere," said Henry Schmidt,
a union official.
The longshoremen walked off
the docks May 1 in a demand for
a 32-cent hourly wage increase.
Later, they reduced their de
mands to "anywhere between 20
and 26 cents" while the employers'
have announced they will go no
higher than 14 cents. The pre
strike wage was $1.40 an hour.
Despite partial reopenings of
the ports, Schmidt claimed the
strike was far from lost. He said
the strikers had in their favor the
facts that the sugar industry is
crippled, 90 per cent of the pine
apple crop is unmoved and the
Matson fleet is idle.
The union has lent more than
$50,000 to strikers for rent, cars
payments and doctor bills. The
treasury is being replenished by
contributions of other union mem
bers on the plantations and on
the west coast.
Meanwihle, on the west coast,
a showdown was developing in an
effort to unload $800,000 worth of
"hot" Hawaiian pineapple picket
ed by Oregon CIO longshoremen.
The pineapple was aboard a barge
at The Dalles, Ore., and another
at Tillamook bay.
A longshore union spokesman
threatened to close down the port
of Portland, if necessary, to pro
test the unloading.
LUCK WITH CATFISH
Upton, Mass. tut In a single
evening, 76-year-old Mrs. Mabel
Alexander caught five hornpout
ranging from 10 to 14 inches long
and weighing a total of 9 pounds.
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Lamed, Kan. ' Fur flew
when Mrs. John Pollock stopped
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inside.
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Minton Invited to Appear
Before Judiciary Committee
Bv l.yle C. Wilson thing about a bill' Minton intra-
(tiniuj Pr st.it corniH.nJmii UluciM in the senute back in liKW
Washington, Sept. 28 "I Hi-- l'ollt-! which generally was held to
leal wounds long since healed he- threaten violence to the constitu
gnn to throb today because Judge I tional concept of five press and
Sherman Minton was invited to I speech.
appear at his convenience before That line of Inquiry may lead
the senate judiciary committee to; the committee to ask Judge Mill
tell how he feels now about the; ton about certain areas of private
supreme court packing bill of ' rights which, it is alleged, he vig
1937. lorously invaded as a member of
Only 20 present senators were; the senate lobby committee back
here during that famous fight. Of ; in the 30's.
the Judiciary committee which The supreme court bill, of
voted 5 to 4 to summon Minton. ! which Minton. was a foremost de
only one was in the Untie. The j fender, was proposed to congress
committee veteran is Chairman by the late FDR on Feb. 5, 1937.
Pat McCarran, D., Ncv. I It was dead and buried in the files
Judge Minton is President Tru-jof the senate Judiciary committee
man's nominee to the supreme j roughly four and one half months
court to succeed the late Wiley B. i later after the bitterest political
Rutledgc. Usual procedure in pro-i
moting a federal judge is for the
judiciary committee to recom-lyears
mend his confirmation without a:
hearing. That is doubly true of a
nominee who also is a former sen-
ator. Judge Minton was a swash
buckl ng new dealer when he rep-,
I
Questions Raised
Mich., and Forrest C. Donnell, R.,
Mo., raised the questions which
persuaded the democratic-controlled
committee to summon Minton.
Ferguson and Donnell said they
wanted to hear his present phil
osophy on the composition of the
supreme court and, also, some-
Ben Hamilton
Rotary Speaker
An appeal for suport of the
national program to employ phys
ically handicapped persons was
made today before Bend Rotar
ians by Ben Hamilton, member
of the central Oregon committee
promoting National Employ the
Physically Handicapped week,
which will be observed October
2 through 9.
Hamilton, speaking at the Ro
tary luncheon-meeting in the Pi
lot Butte inn, urged members of
the group to make a concerted
effort to put to work as many
handicapped persons as possible.
He explained that purpose of
the national program is not to
ask employers to make jobs for
handicapped persons, but is to
show the employers that there
are many jobs which handicap
ped persons can competently hold
oftentimes better- than workers
who are physically sound.
Action Urged '
The speaker urged the Rotar
ians to examine the personnel re
quirements .of - their businesses
and wherever possible hire dis
abled persons to fill the jobs.
Hamilton declared that when a
handicapped person is properly
placed in . employment, his dis
ability ceases to exist in relation
to the job.
A report on the progress of the
current Community Chest drive
in the county was made at the
meeting by Elmer Ward.
Ward, president of the county
chest organization, said .that con
tributions so far received are
very encouraging. He commend
ed the teachers in the Bend
schools-and officials at the coun
ty courthouse for their 100 per
cent contributions.
Visiting Rotarian at today's
meeting was T. B. Waters of
Klamath Falls. Twenty-five mem
bers were present.
The American use of diesel-elec-tric
locomotives has increased 215
per cent in the past five years.
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53 Oregon
row since the senate scuttled the
League of Nations nearly 30 1
ago. The court battle wasi
democrat against democrat with
republican senators sitting on the
sidelines smiling,
Second In Command
bm wouU have glvPn Mr ,
Roosevelt a chance to name some
supreme court justices. It would
have increased the number of
men on the high bench, and Sen
ate majority leader Joe T. Rob
inson of Arkansas killed himself
in the effort to get that astonish
ing legislation through.
Minion was second in com
mand of administration troops.
He charged that ailing and incom
petent justices were refusing to
resign although they scarcely
could work because they did not
want to give FDR a chance to put
new dealers in their places. He
had something there. He charged
Chief justice Charles Evans
Hughes with political trickery in
maneuvering against the bill.
Tempers were hot and the oppo-1
sition let! by democrats charged
that the court bill ultimately j
would destroy the republic. i
The chips were down in that1
contest. Mr. Roosevelt the next
year appealed to the voters of
several states to unseat demo
cratic senators who had opposed
him. That was the famous purge.
Among those who survived such
open or covert attacks and now
remain in the senate are McCar
ran, Walter F. George, Ga., and
Millard E. Tydings, Md.
SYNOPSIS OP ANSI A L STATEMENT
For lht jtir tade4 December 31. IMS
ot the
Kv AaaUrdsa CuaaJty Ccnpuf
at New Ytk. la tbt tite f New York
tnade to lb fasuranee Com ntleatooer C tbt
Sut of Ortgva, ponutnt to law:
I If COME
Net Drmlama rcl-eii , tS3.TK.SSl.43
1.CM.T32.13
Income from etbec at arc
tKTM.
TMU JDC031
Stt. 110.SU M
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lift imoaat pild far bim StZ.SS7.172.ST
Los adjustment tp""- , 2.171 ,731.95
L'nderwrUlce; cipeaiea 12.3S8.S44.42
IHfldeadx paid to stockholders
(Cub IWQ.lOu.UO; Block. SO) IM.00.00
Dlvldenda paid or crstllted
ta poller bo Idert.
All otaer x;wolllurra (locludv
lor LnTstmeot expraaea) tS2.OO0.4O
Total dlibunrmenU S39.44tt.450.M
ADMITTED ASSETS
TalM ef ml eatat owb4
(market Talac) S ft.0Sl.ttO 00
Loaoa oa nortgam ao4
cell Ural. etc. ,.
Yaloe f bonds o ad
(amortI.nl
Vain of atackj owned
4.S4S.00
-U.S23.tM.S4
maxvet value i
Casta la banks aad oa bind i
Premlaioi In ooarat of col-
tecuoa written ainc Septra
ber 30. ISM
Intireat La retitc da a
an4 accrued 130.0S.3
Olber ataeta (net) 1.343.U91.22
Total admitted aaetl 4Q3.SSO. 407.40
LUbilitfai, Burpltu aaA Other Tub da
Total ujtpald claim tM.i&S.iAOM
Estimated Was adjustment ei-
pens for an paid claJtrta 431.498.00
Total nnearaed premiums 16.fUt.9S3. S3
All other liabilities - 8.017,424.38
Total liabilities,
except capital 4fl.31S.0M. 14
Capital paid up -.41.000.000.u0
r'ontJneeot rraerra 0.036. Ool. 0
L'BMilpied food a
Usrplua) 10.000.000.00
narpiaa w recuaa
17 0M SOI M
Total , G3. 330,487.40
-1 In tee la Uracssi Tar The Tsar
rt trfttlBua rsctifed 03.290.SS
Net loeaes paid . 4.730 4C
D'fldwrls paid nr credited
to pcftcj holders , . Mom
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Hear 5 Speakers
Five .'eakprs had the spot
light at last night's meeting of
the BendTuustmaslers club at the
Tittlhvays Coffee shop, with t it-no
Bui'knum in charge. The speak
ers and their topics were Bub
Thomas, "Smooth as u Bird's!
Flight"; Clifford Hriggs, "A Pn
scntatlon; Phil F. Brogan, "Aut
umn Raiis and Fall Fires"; Ted
Holllday, i "Rodeo Grounds for
Bend", and Harry Drew, "The
Communky Chest."
Don H.i Peoples presided at the
meeting, with Harold Asplnwall
in charge of table topics and BUI
Niskanen serving as general eval
uator. HAS CLOSE ESCAPE
Salem, Sept. 28 mi Maxlne
Buren. woman's editor of the Ore
gon Statesman, who saved her
life by plungi.ig into a creek after
her clotlufs caught fire, was re
ported resting comfortably at Sa
lem general hospital today.
Miss Buren plunged into a
creek at her country home near
Salem Monday after a weed burn
er she was operating got a dis
connected hose. Her clothing was
sprayed with kerosene and ig
nited. The versatile helicopter has
found a new role, that of stock
ing remote lakes with game fish.
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Guilty Plea
Made by DeLap
I Curtis DeLap, 21, arrested Sep.
temtx'r 21 mi u disorderly conduct
charge in Hciul, entered a plea o(
guilty when he appeared In muni
cipal court yesterday evening.
Judge Alva C. Goodrich said set
ting of sentence would be deter
red until officers could further
confer with county authorities.
It was charged In the complaint
that DeUip had "disturbed the
peace, quiet and decency of a fe
male person, of the age of seven
years." He was arrested last wii'k
on the Kenwood playground, of
ficers said.
Officers said the youth had
been accused of molesting Bend
children and hud been under sur
veillunce for six days prior to his
arrest.
I'l.Ol'K IS 1 I.AVOKKI)
Spokane, Wash, nil- Two Spo
kune men have begun manufac
turing a new type of flour that Is
already seasoned when marketed.
H. M. Harlelson. president of the
firm, said all frying cuts of meat,
fowland fish may be rolli-d In,
the flour and no other seasoning"
or pivparaliun is needed.
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wn.i. AnvnmsK a;.in
Madias, Sept. L'M iSpeclall
The Madias city council lias an
litoumvd that It will re-udveriise
' fur Imls of u SkWlkH) bond Issue
l recently millim tml by eleeloi s at
a city clivtjon, lo ludld a million
i gallon reservoir lor the city's mil-
nlclpul water system.
'Hie announcement was made
i following the council's rejection
of two bids received I rum the
j Madras branch or the United
Slates National liauk of Portland I
and Myth i'u., i'orllan.l Imud
I brokers. The lunik uttering pari
I for the IhiiuIs, of feted to lake a!
part of the issue at an Interest j
rate of 3.5 and 3.2!i for the rest.l
: The average would have lieen
'3.-I3. The brokers offered to tako I
all of tu bonds at 3.S hut would '
Ipay only $!Kt.2U per SUHI for thej
: bonds. '
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Sofia. Bulgaria uli An esll- !
mated .'l.liMi.mio pimple oul of a 1
total population of 7.0O0.II00 now j
are eullllcd lo free medical treat
meiil, the social wellare ministry
announced, I
"Duly 300,(XXI received such
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ISMI," the ministry emphasized.
'I lie ministry pointed out that
the average annual numlHT of
pensions, compared Willi those of
lilll, had Increased by t'S per
cent, sickness Indemnity tiy 17!)
per cent and the uveruge annual
income of the workers by 112 per
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Kuril enterprise employing
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opens a lunchroom. "There are
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