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. Washington, May 21 (IP) Sec-
retary of State Byrnes gave Bus-
ing a European peace confer
' ence this summer, else the Unit
' ed States 'will walk out of the
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j and carry the whole matter be
v fore the United Nations.
r Proclaiming an American "of-
i fensive for peace," Byrnes lert
' no doubt in his radio address to
would be carried out even at the
! expense of the basic postwar
ideal that the great victor na
.; tions should act in unison to
fashion the future,
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j perfectly plain that he held Rus-
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V mccorl in Paris last Thursday
until June 15.
From the aggressive but con
fident tone of his speech, how
ever, it was apparent and offi
cial mnfirmprt this that Byr
nes is counting on Moscow con
ferences between Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov and Premier
Stalin during the recess to re
verse or modify the Russian po
sition on these questions.
Feace Biggest Need
On the one looming biggest in
his estimate the making of
peace treaties so that the na
tions of Europe can begin to
live ana Dreaine again, opi
nes declared he was confident
that there would be a peace con
ference of the European nations
and other interested powers this
summer.
Recalling that at Paris Molo-
IOV DIOCKeu sui:u a iiuiajsoi,
Byrnes said this power to stop
"all efforts toward peace" must
not be left to any one nation and
added:
"If a peace conference is not
called this summer, the United
States will feel obliged to re
quest -the general assembly of
the United Nations under article
14 of the charter to make re
commendations with respect to
the peace settlements."
The article he cited gives the
assembly power to intervene in
any situation involving the gen-
eral welfare of the world.
"There is no iron curtain,"
Byrnes said, "that the aggre
sentiments of mankind
-' cannot penetrate."
Vandenberg
Still Hopeful
Washington, May 21 (U.R)
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg
(R., Mich.) said today that
whatever its failures, the Paris
foreign ministers conference
was a complete success in de
veloping a constructive bi-partisan
and peace-seeking foreign
policy for the United States.
The Michigan senator attend
ed the Paris meeting as a re
publican spokesman on foreign
policy in the senate.
In a brief senate speech, Van
denberg endorsed the report on
the conference presented to the
people last night by Secretary
of State James F. Byrnes.
Byrnes stressed the many dif
ficulties created by Soviet Rus
sia's attitude.
Byrnes' surprise threat to re
fer peace treaties to the United
Nations if Russia continues to
veto a peace conference mean
while drew strong support from
republican and democratic
spokesmen on foreign affairs in
congress.
4 Vandenberg expressed regret
'that the Paris meeting failed to
achieve agreement - on several
key questions upon which the
V solution of major problems de
pend. But, he said, he did not
despair, believing that "delay
is preferable to error in such
vital matters." He urged that
the United States continue o
srive for allied unity wih pa
ient firmness.
Ask Franchise for
Infracify Bus Line
Application to operate a bus
transportation route in and
around Salem, doing business
between points within the city
as well as a suburban business,
was placed with the city coun
cil Monday night by C. B. Costa
and William Nelson. Without
the intracity business the appli
cants say the enterprise would
not pay.
The proposed route follows:
East on State to 12th; south
on 12th to Mission: east on
Mission to 13th; south on 13th
to Hoyt and Pringle road; south
on Pringle road to Market road
No 839; west on 839 to 12th
street cut-off; north on 12th to
Fairview avenue; west on Fair
view to Summer; north on Sum
mer to McGilchrist; west on Mc
Gilchrist to High; north on
High to Ferry; west on Ferry
to Commercial; north on Com-
Inercial to State.
Capital
58th Year, No. 121
Chinese Claim
Great Victory
In Manchuria
(Br thi Associated Press)
Chinese .government .forces
pushed on to new attacks in the
Manchurian .civil .war .today
while .a .Nanking spokesman
called for peace and asked for
sympathy and understanding for
the Chinese from Russia and
the United States.
The government's central
news agency said the new first
army, victorious at Szepingkai
after being stalled for 32 days
by communist forces, drove
northward with five spearheads.
Its new objective was a red
troops concentration at Kung
chuling, 40 miles north of
Szepingkai on the Mukden
Changchun railway.
Other new first army troops,
meanwhile, attached communist
forces in the mountainous area
northwest of Szepingkai.
300,000 in Battle
In Nanking, Dr. Sun Fo,
chairman of the government
legislative council, asserted that
China "will have to build her
self up economically and poli
tically" with the ending of civil
strife as the vital step.
Correspondents of the gov
ernment controlled Chinese
press hailed the occupation of
Szepingkai yesterday as a
"great victory." A field cor
respondent for Ta Kung Pao
described the 32-day stalemate
which preceded the victory as
the "greatest battle" of the civil
war involving 150,000 men on
each side.
The government troops were
expected to meet with consid
erably more determined com
munist troops at Kungschuling.
(Concluded on Page 11, Column 6)
Navy Lists Costs
Of Liberty Ships
Washington, May 21 (IP) Lib
erty ships cost the maritime
commission from $1,508,906 to
$3,918,779 apiece during the
war, and the bill for one was
$7,161,234.
This was disclosed today In
house appropriations committee
hearings made public as the
1947 navy appropriation bill
was reported to the house.
The commission submitted
figures on 2,580 Liberty ships
built at 17 shipyards. The aver
age cost to the commission was
$1,800,743.
The Permanenle Metals Corp.
at Richmond, Calif., built more
Libertys than any other yard.
It turned out 489, at an average
cost of $853,674 to the builder
and $1,715,573 to the commis
sion. The average builder's profit
per vessel varied from-$29,470
for 66 ships built by the J. A.
Jones Co., in Panama, to $110,
000 for two build by the Kai
ser Corp., at Vancouver, Wash.,
the average profit was $66,631.
The number of ships built,
and the total cost per vessel to
the commission included:
Kaiser Corp., Vancouver,
Wash., two ships, $2,665,811;
Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.,
Portland, Ore., 330 ships, $1,
621,597. Truman Approves
Postal Pay Boost
Washington, May 21 (IP)
President Truman signed into
law today a bill giving nearly
all postal workers a $400 year
ly pay increase.
Those who don't get the $400
boost are fourth class postmas
ters, who receive a 20 percent
raise, and part-time workers,
who receive a gain of 20 cents
hourly.
City to Check on Trains
That Wait, Wait - - and Wait
A city ordinance permits railroad trains to block traffic on
the streets for five minutes if absolutely necessary. But 25 or
30 minutes that was too much for Alderman C. F. French, and
he got the city council Monday
night to order the police depart
ment to investigate the situa
tion and enforce the ordinance.
French said he had received
a complaint from someone about
the overlong blocking of streets,
and Alderman Albert H. Gille
expressed astonishment that Mr.
French" had just discovered the
abuse of privilege.
"We have it every day on
State and Court streets," said
Gille, "and it's only by the grace
of God that a serious fire hasn't
occurred when trains were ex
tended across the streets to
block fire equipment."
Then Alderman Howard
Maple came in with a demand
that the check-up also cover the
switching trains on Trade street,
and the motion was broadened
accordingly.
Entered bi second eltu
matter tt SJm. Orcoa
Salem,
5 Killed When
Big Army Plane
Hits Skyscraper
New York, May 21 (Pi An
army transport plane, lost in
dense fog as it groped for New
ark air base, smashed into the
world's fourth tallest building
amid the towers of the New
York financial district last night
and hurled foifr army officers
and a Wac lieutenant to instan
taneous death.
The plane, a twin-engined
Bcechcraft C-45, sped out of a
400-foot overcast and struck the
58th floor of the 71-story 937
foot high bank of the Manhat
tan company on Wall street. The
plane disintegrated in a blind
ing flash and showers of flaming
debris fell to the pavement.
Rain of Fire Follows
"There was nothing but
flame," John Gunther, a Chase
National Bank guard, who was
an eyewitness, said. "It showered
down like a rain of fire."
Another witness said "The
flames seemed to pour down
from floor to floor."
Occupants of the building, es
timated at the time by police
as between 500 and 2,000, were
not injured. Five persons were
struck by flaming particles in
the street below.
A five-man army investigat
ing board, ordered formed an
hour after the crash, began an
examination of the tragedy to
day. The board visited the scene,
made technical inspections and
interviewed witnesses.
Army officials said the plane
was on a navigational training
flight from Beaumont, Tex., to
Newark.
List of Dead
The war department listed
the dead as:
Maj. Mansel R. Campbell, 27,
the pilot, Pontiac, Mich. His
wife, Edna, lives at Evart, Mich.
The couple has one child, Ross
Edward, six.
Capt. Tom L. Hall, 29, of
Austin, Tex. His beneficiary was
listed as his wife, Helen Lind
seth Hall, of Sioux Falls, S. D.
They have two sons, Randall,
4, and Kenneth, one.
First Lt. Robert L. Stevenson,
25, of the Bronx, who served
overseas with the 386th and
554th bomb squadrons.
First Lt. Angelo A. Ross, 28,
Whitehall, N. Y., who served
overseas with the Fifteenth air
force. His wife, Martha, now re
sides with her parents at Port
Arthur, Tex., a daughter, Di
ane Victoria, was born March
28.
WAC First Lt. Mary E. Bond,
Newtown, Pa.
$30,000 Fire at
Bend Airport
Bend, Ore., May 21 (U.R) The
hangar and seven light planes
at Bend municipal airport were
destroyed early this morning in
a fire of undetermined origin.
Total loss is estimated in excess
of $30,000.
Four of the planes were owned
by Tilso Bowman Flying Serv
ice of Bend and the other three
by Thomas F. Brooks and Ger
ald W. McCann of Bend and the
Bend Flying club.
The hangar building belonged
to the city of Bend and was in
sured for $11,000. Insurance was
also carried on planes and shop'
equipment.
One plane an army trainer,
was outside the hangar at the
time and was not damaged.
A nearby administration
building also city owned, was
undamaged.
The fire was visible from
Bend, six miles away, it was re
ported by members of the fire
department, who answered the
fire call.
But that wasn't all. Alder
man Lewis Mitchell reminded
the council that the Southern
Pacific hadn't prettied up its
grounds around the depot as
promised, and wanted that in
cluded in the motion, but was
advised to make it a separate
motion. The grounds, averred
Mr. Mitchell, "are an eyesore to
people coming into the city."
City Attorney Lawrence N.
Brown, questioned in the mat
ter, said the company could be
ordered by the city to cut the
grass if it was over 10 inches
high, and he was instructed to
write the company a letter with
some strong hints about what
may be expected if the grass
isn't mowed and the spot gen
erally brightened up.
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Oregon, Tuesday, May 21,
7
Communists Release V. S. Newsmen W American newspapermen pause as they leave their
plane at Mukden, Manchuria, after three week s of virtual internment in Communist - held
Changchun, Manchuria. Left to right: Reynolds Packard, United Press; Tom Masterson, Asso
ciated Press; Charlotte Ebener, International News Service; George Weller, Chicago Daily News,
and Henry Lieberman, New York Times.
Street Improvement
Program for Summer
Salem's program of street improvement for the summer under
the state tax street fund, whereby cities benefit from funds of the
state highway department, is estimated by City Engineer J. H.
Davis to cost approximately $35,000. His plans and specifications
were submitted to the council Monday night and the recorder
Morse Blocks
Labor Bill Vote
Washington, May 21 (IP) An
attempt to speed a senate vote
on labor legislation was blocked
today by Senator Morse (R
Ore.) Morse objected to a request
by Majority Leader Barkley
(D-Ky.) for unanimous consent
to limit each senator to a one
hour address on the legislation
itself, or any of itsmendments.
Barkley's move Wajj)rade'tti
an effort to clear the senate's
decks for action on two other
major measures to extend OPA
and selective service.
Morse served notice that he
would continue to object to all
speech limitation proposals
"until the time comes when I
am convinced that a filibuster
is in progress." "Then," said
the Oregon lawmaker, "I will
vote for cloture" a formal
method of restricting debate
through a two-thirds vote of
those present.
"In this issue," Morse said,
"as long as anyone wants to
discuss the merits of the meas
ure, I will object to any limi
tation." Navy Seeking
Alaska Oil
Washington, May 21 (U.R)
The navy department looked to
Alaska today for future oil re
serves which it reported Cali
fornia fields will be unable to
supply after 1955 at the latest.
"California is expected in a
very few years to be unable to
meet its peacetime requirements
of oil," said Lt. Cmdr. R. J.
Bradley, USNR, petroleum
economist. "We said 1955 to
be ultra-conservative. My per
sonal view is 1949."
To prepare for any possible
emergency which would catch
the navy without enough oil on
the Pacific coast to fight a war,
navy department spokesman told
a house appropriations subcom
mittee during hearings released
today they planned to complete
exploration of Barrows reserve
in Alaska. They regarded a
west coast oil reserve as a
strategic "must."
204 Combat Ships
In Russian Navy
Washington, May 21 (U.R) The
navy department today lifted
some of the secrecy surrounding
the Soviet Union's sea power
when it informed congress that
the red navy comprises 204
combat ships the world's third
largest fleet.
However, the Soviet fleet is a
poor third in terms of fire power
because the vast majority of its
fighting ships consisted of sub
marines. At the same time, the navy
disclosed plans to maintain suf
ficient reserves for the Atlantic
fleet to raise its strength above
that of the Pacific fleet in an
emergency. At present, the At
lantic fleet constitutes a less
powerful striking force than the
Pacific fleet.
Jomraal
1946
was directed to advertise for
bids. Included in the program
are some street widening jobs.
These involve extensions of the
improvement already existing
and do not involve moving back
of any buildings.
The items in the program are:
Minor patching of various
streets' and alleys, $1520.
Improvement of State street
from Commercial to 12lh with
60 feet of six-inch asphaltic
concrete, full coverage Cheme
ka street, from Commercial to
High, 59 feet of six-inch asphal
tic concrete, full coverage. Al
ley in block 35 from Ferry to
Trade between Commercial and
Liberty; 16 Vi feet of six-inch
Portland cement, full coverage,
alternates Broadway from Knapp
to Hood; Center from 17th to
21st; Liberty from State to Che
mckcta. Total $16,536.
Market street widening, Capi
tol to 14th, alternate estimates
of $12,330.75 and $12,525.25.
Hunt street widening, Fair
grounds to Capitol, alternate
estimates of $2290.50 and 52,
216.45. South 12th widening. Mill to
Southern Pacific spur, alternate
estimates, $1137.50 and $1,
156.50. South 25th. Lee to Mission, 18
feet gravel, with oil mat, $1600,
or with city No. 7 mix, $3000.
The council directed the en
gineer to. prepare plans and
specifications for the following
for which petitions by property
owners for the improvement
were found sufficient:
Alley in block 12, Jones ad
dition; Saginaw from Lincoln
to Lefelle; Saginaw from 'Myers
to Lefelle; Saginaw from Wil
son to Myers; Saginaw from
Miller to Wilson; Saginaw from
Owens to Miller; Bcllevue from
15th to 16th; alley in block 25,
original Salem plat; Madison
from 20th to city limit; Mill
from 17th to 19th; Nebraska
from 15th to 20th.
Petitions for the improvement
of Rural from Commercial to
John, and of Grant from 18th
to 19th were found insufficient.
Fall Proves Fatal
To Wife of Actor
Hollywood, May 21 (IP) Mrs.
David Niven, wife of the Eng
lish actor, died today in a hos
pital from injuries sustained
Sunday night when she fell
down a ccllarway in the home
of Tyrone Power, Niven's stu
dio said today.
Mrs. Niven is the former Pri
mulo Rollo, 'whom he met in
1940 during an air raid in Eng
land. She then was a WAAF
and he a colonel in the British
army. They were married soon
afterwards. Mrs. Niven also
is survived by two young sons,
David, Jr., and James Graham.
The Weather
(Released by the United Stales
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday. Lowest temperature
tonight. 48. Weather will be
favorable for dusting and spray
ing Wednesday morning. Max.
yesterday. 85. Min. today. 49.
Mean temperature yesterday. 58,
which was 1 above normal. To
tal 24-hour precipitation to 11:30
ajn. today, trace. Total precipi
tation for the month, .43, which
ta 1.04 inches below normal.
Willamette river height, 1.3 ft.
51 l!T3
Jve Cents
Iranian Issue
Before U. N.
New York, May 21 (IP) Hopes
of effecting an early settlement
of the vexing problem of Iran,
scheduled for consideration by
the United Nations security
council tomorrow, faded today
following a new Iranian charge
that "Soviet interference in the
internal affairs of Iran has not
ceased."
Furthermore, Iranian Ambas
sador Hussein Ala informed the
council in a report last night,
"if the reports of armed con
flict in this strategically-critical
area are true, obviously the
danger to the international peace
and security is both serious and
imminent."
He added, however, that he
had received no "authentic in
formation with respect to the
reported clashes" between cen
tral government troops and
forces " of the self-proclaimed
autonomous government of Az
erbaijan province in northern
Iran.
Ala said his government had
been unable to investigate re
ports that "Soviet soldiers have
been left in Azerbaijan in civil
ian clothes and that military
equipment has been placed at
the disposal" of the separatist
government of Azerbaijan.
The ambassador, responding
to a council request for infor
mation as to the status of Rus
sian army withdrawals as of
May 20, informed the delegates
that his government had been
unable to establish that "all
of the Soviet troops have been
withdrawn from all Iran.
Navy Air Stations
Declared Surplus
Washington, May 21
(U.R)
Here are the air stations, aux
iliaries and facilities in Oregon
and Washington that the navy
planned to declare surplus dur
ing fiscal 1947:
Washington NAAS, Arling
ton; NAS, Pasco; NAAS, Shel
ton; NAAS, Quallayutc.
Oregon NAS, Astoria;
NAAS, Corvallis; NAS, Klam
ath Falls; NAAF Lakeview;
NAAS, North Bend.
Newport Inflation.
Newberg, May 21 (IP) A street
vendor who had been selling
toy balloons for 25 cents blew
them up about twice as big as
before and raised the price to
35 cents.
American Troops Raid Danube
Fleet Suspected of Smuggling
Vilshofcn, Germany, May 21 (IP) Four thousand American
troops, striking by surprise at dawn today, raided a Hungarian
river fleet suspected of smuggling SS fugitives, ammunition and
black market supplies along the
Danube river in Southeastern
Germany.
Vilshofcn is on the Danube
12 miles northwest of Passau,
which is on the Austrian-German
border.
Nearly 400 boats, including
many former units of the Hun
garian navy, were boarded and
searched by heavily armed U.
S. constabulary troops.
Hundreds of the boats' occu
pants were removed for inves
tigation by U. S. army counter
intelligence agents. The report
said that many machineguns
and other weapons, radio trans
mitters and receivers, quantities
of U. S. army food, clothing and
other contraband were found.
No armed resistance was en
countered. The only shots fired
were by American troopers at
three German river patrol boats
Truman Orders Coal Mine Seizure
Effective at Midnight Uncertain
Whether Miners Will Stay on Jobs
Secretary Krug to Be Government Administrator
Truce Expires Saturday Lewis and Operators
Silent But Latter Assure Cooperation
Washington, May 21 (IP) President Truman today ordered
government seizure of strike-threatened soft coal mines, effective
tomorrow, declaring coal production is "indispensable" to the
nation's economy.
The white house press secretary, Charles G. Ross, said "both
sides were sounded out" in advance. He would not say flatly
that Mr. Truman expected the miners to work under government
operation, but did say that the choice of a federal mine boss,
Interior Secretary Krug, was pronounced acceptable to both the
coal miners and operators."
The chief executive acted after contract negotiations between
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and the soft
coal operators bogged down.
A two-weeks strike truce, under which the mines have been
operating, expires Saturday.
Lewis, located in a barbcr-
shop, told reporters:
"I have no comment of any
character."
The operators had no com
ment, either. However, they had
sent President Truman a letter
assuring him of cooperation in
helping to operate the mines un
der a government administrator.
Precedent Followed
The operators stipulated it
was their understanding that the
same arrangement would pre
vail as in 1943, when the gov
ernment sized the mines. At that
time, they were consulted on
the terms of the contract worked
out by former Secretary of In
terior Harold L. Ickes.
Krug was given the same au
thority that Ickes had to ne
gotiate an agreement on wages
and other issues with the UMW.
Effective at Midnight
Krug said in a statement the
seizure will become effective at
one minute after midnight to
night and promptly appealed to
mine workers and their leaders
to keep the mines operarting at
full capacity under government
supervision.
Asserting a renewal of the 42-day-long
mine strike would be
"disastrous," Krug said he was
sking UMW leaders to meet with
him immediately to work out
plans for continued operations
A short time later Lewis showed
up at Krug's office.
Krug announced that Vice
Admiral Ben Morell, federal
boss of the oil industry when it
was seized last winter, would be
placed in direct charge of the
mines.
Lewis would not disclose
whether he has summoned the
250-man UMW policy commit
tee to pass upon the question of
working for the government,
Lewis told President Truman
last Sunday, it was learned, that
the question of whether the
miners would work after the
truce expires Saturday even
under government seizure, rest
ed with the policy committee.
National emergency
The seizure move followed a
day of quiet during which
neither side would discuss their
dispute.
Thus, the government will
take over operation of two of
the nations largest industries.
Railroads were seized last Fri
day in an attempt to avert a
strike, now postponed until 4
p.m. (local standard time)
Thursday.
The contract negotiations
broke down when the operators
rejected Lewis' No. 1 demand
for a 7 percent payroll levy
against operators to finance
welfare fund to be handled by
the union.
The order to Krug said the
president acted "to preserve the
national economic structure in
the present emergency." Coal
production, it said, "is indis
pensable for the continued op
eration of the national economy
during the transition from war
to peace."
Ross said Krug would take
over the mines tomorrow at a
time to be determined by him
The president's executive or
der signed at 2 p.m. EST, di
rects Krug, in his capacity as
solid fuels administrator, to
take over the mines and oper
ate them in such a way as to
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cooperating in the raid, which
were improperly marked and
slow in heeding commands to
halt. One German patrolman
was wounded.
The raids covered a 45-mile
stretch of the Danube from the
Austrian border to Deggendorf.
At least 30 of the vessels
seized including 12 gunboats
were formerly part of the Hun
garian navy and fought along
side the nazis against the Rus
sians, army officials said.
Aboard them were believed
to be several hundred ex-enemy
sailors and high ranking offi
cers of the Hungarian navy who
fled from the Black Sea up the
Danube ahead of Soviet forces
near the end of the war and
found sanctuary in the Ameri
can occupation zone. There they
remained comparatively unmo
lested for a year.
Bus Line Asks
Higher Fares
The strike of Oregon Motor
Stages drivers and shopmen
which ended Sunday with an in
crease in wages for the em
ployes after the vehicles had
been idle since April 5, had fur
ther reaction in Salem Tuesday
when a special meeting of the
city council was called for 5
o'clock p. m. to consider an ap
plication of the company for in
creased fares.
The company, it was said by
city council members, will ask
for an increase in the basic fare
from 7 to 8 cents per ride, and
from four tokens for 25 cents to
four tokens for 30 cents.
A. L. Schneider, general man
ager for Oregon Motor Stages,
attended the council meeting
Monday night, and it is said he
expected the matter to be
brought up at that meeting by
Alderman Albert H. Gille, chair
man of the utilities committee.
Gille said later he did not have
sufficient information to bring
up the subject. Anyway, other
council business had kept the
members in session until 11:30
and they were anxious to get
home.
Council members believe an
ordinance will not be necessary
to grant increased fares, if the
council is in a mood to grant
them, and that it can be done by
motion or resolution.
City Annexation
Ballot June 28
Before passing the two ordi
nance bills calling an election
on the annexation of outlying
districts the city council Mon
day night went into committee
of the whole and changed the
date of the election from July
19 to June 28. The purpose of
the change was to get the areas
proposed for annexation on the
city tax rolls next year instead
of in 1948.
Another change will make a
double vote in one area south
of the city which may be rough
ly described as bounded by
Hoyt, South Commercial, South
Summer and Fairview. The
people between Hoyt and Mc
Gilchrist will vote on the ques
tion of annexing that entire area
and also on the question of an
nexing their own area which i
included in the larger one, so
that in event annexation of the
larger area is defeated the
smaller one might still come in
to the city.
Navy Costs for
Coming Year
Washington, May 21 (U.R)
The house appropriations com
mittee today recommended an
appropriation of $4,639,650,000
for the navy in the fiscal year
beginning next July 1 more
than $1,000,000,000 less than the
navy originally requested.
The committee restored only
$374,260,000 of the approxi
mately $2,000,000,000 clipped
from the naval budget request
by the budget bureau. Most of
the restored funds were for re
search and the training of re
serves, rather than for actual
fleet operations.
The committee said the $4,
639,000 would provide a fleet of
291 major combat ships, with 42
ships ready in reserve and 632
more in inactive status.
It would provide for 437.000
navy enlisted men and 57,800
officers. The navy's air strength
would be 8,400 planes, includ
ing 2,400 spares.
The committee reported that
it was difficult to decide just
how much the navy should have
for its first full year of postwar
operations.
Bids on Dorcna Houses.
Portland, May 21 (IP) Bids
on moving 30 housing units
from McLoughlin Heights, Van
couver, Wash, to the Dorena
dam site on the Row river were
asked today by the army engin
eers. Bids will be opened on
June 3.