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8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 1944 Serving Uncle Sam Edited by Margaret Magee Aviation Cadet Lyndon E. Thomason. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Thomason of East D street, has completed his basic training at Stockton field, Cali fornia, and soon will begin his advanced flying training. In Salem on furlough is Pfc. Marvin "Red" Olin, who arriv ed Saturday and will leave New Year's day to report back to the presidio at San Francisco. In the army for a year and a half, Pfc. Olin, prior to being stationed at the presidio, was stationed at Camp Kohlor, Calif., and Camp Davis, Calif ,' where he was given teletype training. Transferred from Grand Is land, Nebr., where he has been stationed with the air cor ps, to the Fourth Air force at Ham ilton field, Calif., was Staff Sgt. Dclbert W. Graber, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Graber. The sergeant, who entered the ser vice when the Oregon national guard was mobilized in 1840, transferred from the coast ar tillery to the air corps two years ago. Pvt. A. Dean Laccy, who spent his furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray I.acey, has returned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. ISth AAF in Italy Ball tur ret gunner assigned to an AAF B-17 Flying Fortress unit of the 15th airforce is Cpl. Jimmy L. Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Michael of 150 High-Way avenue, Salem, who in civilian life was an electrician. A for mer student at the Payette, Ida ho, high school, the corporal was, prior to entering the serv ice January 3, 1043, an em- , ploye of the Oregon Shipyards ' in Portland. He received his gunner's wings in May, 1944, at ' Las Vegas, Nev. Sailor in From Pacific Twenty-one months of ser i vice in the South Pacific have , found PhM2c Samuel McRae, i who this week arrived home, 'jnriinff in the care of mnnv Am- erican wounded aboard the hos 'i pital ship Relies. Now on a 30 day leave, the sailor flew to ', Salem from San Francisco for '. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i Samuel McRae of DSD Jeft'or !. son street. A former Sacred I Heart academy student, he took his training at the Grent Lukes naval station. On completion of his leave, McRae, whose fath er, the superintendent of con struction project at the Pasco, Wash., air base, came from that - city to spend the holidays with ' him, will report to Treasure Is- land. Here from Louisiana on a 30 riay leave is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. McRae, Lt. Rich- aid David, stationed In Ark ansas. His wife and their two children, who have been resid '.. lng in California, came north to be with him. Another son-,'ln-law, Cpl. Robert Meier, whose wife and small son are making I their home in fialeni, will ar rive from Louisiana on furlough ' In January. "Drawing Brings Honors Staff Sgt. F. Loren Boulicr, a Salem marine, has been nwarded second linunrs for his drawing. "Ad Requiem." at Golden Gate park's de Young ' museum in San Francisco. A total of 30.444 visitors saw his contribution which was part of a month-long combat art ex hibited created by 17 leather neck artists, which ended last Friday. Now on duty in San Francis co, Sgt. Houlier is on military leave of absence from the Ore gon state highway department. LI. Lynn K. C'rnncmillor. Jr., a United States army air corps pilot at Yuma, Ariz., surprised his parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. C'roneiniller, Sr., 17(10 South Winter, by arriving home lale last nighl on leave through the . holidays. 11(. is in charge of ' the training mil department at Yuma. Silverlon Mrs. Alf. O. Nel son has returned from a week end visit in Kugene with her youngest son, Jim, an air stu dent there. St. Paul Leslie Faher of the TJ. S. navy is spending a 311 day leave at the home of Ins mother. Mrs. Amies Faher. This is the first visit home in 2Tt 'months of the navy man who '.wears stars for five major battles. paratroopers, who is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loren R. White of route 2. Another brother, Robert C. White, is a seaman, second class, (RM) on duty with the navv in the South Pacific. Grand Island Sgt. Harold R. Tompkins, slalioned in Italy, has sent Christmas V-mail sea son's greetings to relatives and friends here. rr- i s w 'V V- n - - 11 J! f.; Silverton Raymond L. Hall, SOM3c, arrived at the home of his parents, the Lewis Halls in Silverton Hills district, Sunday for a several days' furlough af ter many months in the com bat area of the south and cen tral Pacific, where his group participated in nine major en gagements. He is of the opin ion that the fighting with the Japanese is a long way from its close. Major Gouler Home Completing an encirclement of the globe, Major Homer Gou let arrived in Salem Sunday to spend a 21-day furlough with his family. Going first to Af rica and from there to Sicily and Italy, the major has recent ly been slationed in India, where he was executive officer of a bomber squadron. Prior to being appointed executive officer he had served the squad ron as group adjutant. Major Gimlet docked on the Pacific coast on the return trip Col. James Lupcr, former Sa lem man, reported missing over Germany in October, whose mother, Mrs. Harry M. Boury, of Portland, received word through the Red Cross recently that he was a prisoner of war in Germany. A graduate of Hill Military academy in Port land and of the United States military academy at West Point in 1938, the colonel was com mander of a B-17 Flying Fort ress group, stationed in Eng land. Prior to his going down over Germany Luper's group had passed the century mark in the number of daylight, pre cision bombing assaults success fully carried out against vital military and industrial installa tions scattered throughout the length and breadth of nazi-oc-cupied Europe. The wife of the colonel resides in Philadelphia. Two Salemires Meet It is a small world, even in war time, with former Salem ites often meeting at the most unexpected times, as was prov en by the letter received re cently by Mrs. Clifton Mudd from Lt. Mildred Ann Bohrer, former Salem resident, who told of being with Mrs. Mudd's son, Lt. William Mudd. Lt. Bohrer, a Red Cross nurse, was in charge of the train of wounded that carried Lt. Mudd to the hospital in France after he had been wounded in action early in November. Written November 13, her letter, saying that Mudd had been wounded in the upper right arm and shoulder, stated that he was making rapid im provement and would soon be back in the lines with his com pany. Noting that Lt. Mudd had re ceived no mail from any of his family for over five months, the Red Cross nurse asked Mrs. Mudd to write to her son in care of Lt. Bohrer, with the hope of overcoming the long delay incurred in delivering mail directly to the men in that area, many of whom have not received mail for a num ber of months. and from the place of his ship's landing went to Fort Lewis, where his leave was issued. On completion of his leave he will report to Santa Monica for reassignment. Lt. LaRaur Improves Injured in a bicycle accident in Scotland in October, Lt. Al thea LaRaut of the nutrition division of the army medical corps, has written her grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. La Raut. that she has been on a liquid diet since October 21. Her jaw broken in two places and the bones pushed so far to the left that at first it was thought her ear had been in jured, her hand broken in three places and her elbow fractur (Conellldpd on pace 9) After spending six months on duty in the Aleutians. Ph. M. 2 c Ellis B. White of the I'nited ; States navy is spending a l!fi jriny leave with his wife, the 'former Janrose Winier, and their small son, Phillip Lynn. Also in the city is a brother of the navy man. Pvt. Loren , J. White, on a 10-day furlough om his duties with the army TWO MONEY-SAVING MARKETS NT Vi. Mile Horlh of Ihe Underpass At the Fool of lhe Bridge SALEM WEST SALEM Prices Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday closeiTmo1;dIy1: Tuesday this week Grade "A" Hens, lb. WE ALSO HAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY AT 19c. 2!c AND 39c LB. CRANBERRY SAUCE, regular size can . 19c LIMITED Sl'l'Pl.Y WHILE IT LASTS! Bisquick Biskit-Mix Regular Size Package MINCE MEAT Best Grade Bulk In the Meat Section 2 lbs. 35c ranges New Crop Navels. Bright color, full of juice Dozen 25c TANGERINES, the kids like em . dozen 29c CIRCUS COOKIES Big 1-lb. package 35c DON'T FORGET! SAVING CENTER OPEN SUNDAY! Rs LB. Fancy Jonathan, Spitz enberg, Gulden Delicious 6c POPCORN Golden Pearl Guaranteed to Pop 2 pd. 29c Dehydrated zjk Ti vl Y r alldlldd 1lb-koge 59c ce Cream it? 23c QUARTS MONTGOMERY WARDS REPLY TO THE WAR LABOR BOARD December 18, 1944 National War Labor Board, Washington, D. C. Your telegram of December 14, demanding that Wards comply with war labor board's order covering Wards four Detroit stores was obviously intended to give to the public the false impression that wages are the major issue. The board knows very well that Wards has offered to adopt the minimum wage rates recommended by the board. The board knows very well that Wards policy is to pay wages as high as or higher than those paid by other employers in the com munity for similar employment. The board did not base its wage recommendations upon the survey of competitive rates made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mr. Davis, chairman of the war labor board, deliberately attempted in his December 16 press release to mislead the public into believing otherwise. Wards only objection to any of the board's wage recommendations has been in those instances where the board has arbitrarily demanded that WTards substantially increase its rates above those of its competitors in the highly competitive retail field. The board knows very well that the real issue arises from its attempt to impose upon Wards a closed shop in the form of maintenance of membership, together with the check-off of union dues from wages. Wards has refused to agree to any form of closed shop, or compulsory union membership, because the closed shop violates the American principles of liberty and freedom. The board is well informed as to Wards position, Mr. Davis is quoted in the press as threatening the cancellation of Wards pri orities. The denial of scarce materials to Wards, and the seizure of its business if Wards does not comply with the board's demands. These are the tactics by which the board has coerced innumerable employers into granting special privileges to labor unions. The board knows very well that its orders cannot be legally enforced by such punishments. Congress, which Is the sole law-making authority under our consti tution, omitted from the war labor disputes act all provisions which would have given board orders the force of law. Congress included in the original draft of the law a section which would have made board orders enforceable in the courts. Con gress later removed this provision upon the written request of Mr. Davis, who asked that board orders be left as "mere declarations" which no one could be compelled to accept. Mr. Davis' express reason for his request was that the board would then not be "subject to court review of its decisions." The board knows very well that its orders are consequently unenforceable. The court of appeals of the District of Columbia has held, at the request of the attorney general, acting as counsel for the board, that orders of the war labor board are merely "advice" which no one has any legal duty to obey. The court held that any one who refuses to comply with orders of the war labor board is not defying a command of the government, and that, since the orders are merely advisory, no government official has the right to impose punishments on those who do not com ply. The supreme court has refused to alter this decision. The board knows very well, since its orders are legally unenforceable, and since congress has not authorized any punishment for those who reject the advice of the board, that the reprisals with which i t threatens Wards are necessarily illegal. The President of the United States knew this when he recently explained to Mr. Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians why that union could not be com pelled to obey a board order. Wards has violated no law, nor denied to any union a privilege to which it is legally entitled. Wards has many times informed that board that its closed shop demands would require Wards to violate the national labor relations act. Wards cannot in good citizenship accept the board's advice, and give to the union special privileges which Wards believes to be not only unfair and uneconomic, but illegal. The time has come for the board to cease its threats of reprisal upon those who reject its advice. The board's policy of granting special privileges to unions has led to a breakdown of collective bargaining and has encouraged strikes in time of war. The board's disregard of the facts and Its pretense of an authority which it does not possess have destroyed the confidence of labor, industry and the public. The usefulness of the war labor board in the settlement of wartime labor disputes has been destroyed. The best interest of the employes and employers and the welfare of the Ameri can people, demand that congress face the realities of the country's need. The great problem of wages and the closed shop in time of war should be governed by law and must be solved by congress. tend. If the board desires a further hearing, Wards, as always, will be happy to at- MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. SEWFXL AVERT Y 4
