"Yugoslavs Quit
Peace Parley in
Closing Hours
Protests "Unjust Deci
sions" Which Draws
Rebuke from Byrnes
Paris, Oct. 15 Pi The Paris
peace conference ended official
ly at 5:28 p.m. (11:28 am., EST)
today after Yugoslavia, in a last
minute dramatization of her dis
satisfaction with its decisions,
formally withdrew from the 21
nation deliberations.
With a rap of his Bavel, President-Foreign
Minister George
Bidault of France declared the
conference closed, after a brief
address in which he reviewed
the work accomplished by the
delegates since they convened
July 29 to write treaties with
Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland.
t Yugoslavia's protest against
what she termed "unjust deci
sions" of the conference major
ity drew a prompt rebuke from
U. S. Secretary of State Byrnes.
, "Just as no one nation had the
power to win the war," Byrnes
said, "so no one nation has the
right to dictate the peace."
Deputy Premier Edvard Kar
deij of Yugoslavia, in announc
ing the Yugoslav decision to
withdraw, challenged the deci
sions of the 21-nation conference
on the Italian treaty. He said
the solution should be met by
"mutuel agreement" and implied
that if Yugoslavia's desires were
not achieved his country would
not sign the treaty.
V. S. Supports Decisions
Byrnes taking the floor after
the Yugoslav withdrawal was
announced, said the United
States would support in the four
foreign ministers council every
decision backed by two-thirds of
the peace conference.
The delegates approved the
plenary session reports on all
five treaties for Italy, Roma
nia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Fin
land within a half hour after
the meeting convened.
Delegates, meanwhile, made
preparations to depart for home
or for further international de
bate at the United Nations gen
eral assembly in New York, be
ginning October 23.
Trieste Sore Spot
Foreign ministers of the Big
Four arranged to meet in New
York on November 4 to take
final action on the five peace
piacts written here and to begin
drk on a treaty lor Germany,
The Yugoslav delegation,
which had contended strongly
but without success for the Ital
ian port of Trieste, addressed a
letter to the conference chair
man, Quo Tai-Chi of China, an
nouncing Yugoslavia would not
participate in the final opproval
of the conference decisions and
would not associate herself vith
the recommendations.
Slav Seats Vacant
Only yesterday, Foreign Min
ister V. M. Moiotov of Russia
denounced some of the confer
ence's decisions as "unsatisfac
tory," suggesting that questions
such as Trieste, free navigation
of the Danube and the Bulgarian-Greek
border would be re
opened when the foreign minis
ters council meets in New York.
Deputy Premier Kardelj, who
wrote the Yugoslavia letter, said
the nation of Marshal Tito was
, withdrawing in protest against
what he termed "unjust deci
sions" imposed upon Yugoslavia
by asserted ruthlessness in "out
voting." Seats of the Yugoslav delega
tion were conspicuously vacant
on the otherwise crowded floor
of the palace chamber.
Quo said the Yugoslav dele
gation wished to inform the
chairman and, through him, the
entire conference, that it was
absenting itself deliberately.
Lebanon Pilot in
Hospital from Crash
Scio, Oct. 15 Joe Clark, Leb
anon, is in the Lebanon hospital
following the crash of his Piper
cub plane at the Lulay Bros,
planing mill at West Scio at
10-30 o'cock this morning. He
received a severely cut lip and
jaw but is not believed seriously
injured, though he was taken
to the hospital in an ambulance.
Clark was making a solo
flight under the GI training
program when his motor stalled
and the ship wing struck a roof
with the main portion of the
fuselage coming down between
two buildings eight feet apart.
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Only scattered clouds to
night and Wednesday with lit
tle warmer temperatures. Frosts
in valley tonight. Lowest tem
perature tonight. 33 degrees.
Conditions will continue favor
able for harvesting activities
during the next 54 hours.
Max. yesterday 61. Min. today
35. Mean temperature yesterday
49, which was 6 below normal.
Total 24-hour precipitation for
the month 4ft which 1 77 lh
iow normal.' Willamette river
neignt -3.8 it.
Capital.
wl II I Cu I f I U. iff millet tt Sale en
Top Nazi War
Criminals to
Die Wednesday
Nuernberg, Oct. 13 (UP)
Eleven nazi war leaders mark
ed for death on the gallows
between midnight tonight and
dawn tomorrow had a last
supper of sausage, German
black bread, potato salad and
tea this evening.
Nuernberg, Oct. 15 U.R Her
mann Goering, Joachim Von
Ribbentrop and nine more of
nazidom's top war criminals
neared the end of the road to
day, and by all signs will begin
their march to the gallows at
midnight (6 p.m. EST).
All of the condemned nazis
save one Alfred Rosenberg,
the chief nazi ideologist were
reported reading the Bible and
seeking spiritual solace as their
last hours ticked away.
The twilight of the sclf-ag-grandized
nazi "gods" found
them obscured by a curtain of
military secrecy comparable to
that flung over the greatest
events oi the war.
Goering had his own thoughts
on his mind, and said he was
trying to keep what he called his
dignity until the end. He didn't
sleep well last night.
Jodl remarked that basically
religion must be love. Frick said,
"I hope we won't have to wait
long." Seyss-Inquart's thoughts
were on deep, complicated theo
logical matters.
Wilhelm Keilel, the military
man to the last, said the elocu
tion was harder on his family
than himself.
Fritz Sauckel, boss of the nazi
slave labor, was reported read
ing fairy tales along with his
Biblical research. Frank was
engrossed in a long poem called
"Holy Night" by Ludwig Thoma.
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Chinese Want
Reds Cleaned
Shanghai, Oct. 15 (UP.) The
fall of Kalgan today gave new
hope to extremists in the Kuo
mintang party that they can
persuade Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek to attempt the final
extermination of communist
armies by reducing the Chinese
communist party to impotence.
These elements would have
gained earlier support among
nationalist circles but for the
realization that the communists
are adept at long-drawn guer
rilla warfare. It is also under
stood that the communists'
propaganda efforts have suc
ceeded in implanting the red
ideology in some sections of the
masses.
With the capture of Kalgan,
the deadliest blow to communist
military prestige, the commu
nists now are reduced to three
main pockets in China proper,
each exposed to momentary
government attack.
The first pocket is around
Yenan, the communist capital
which is believed to be defend
ed by formidable elite troops
under the personal command of
Gen. Chu Teh, communist com
mander in chief.
This pocket is believed to be
linked with red forces in Shan
si province who hold only minor
cities as the result of a recent
government counter-offensive.
The second important pocket
is in North Honan between the
Peiping-Hankow and the Tient-sin-Pukow
railways. In this
area, the communists recently
launched a diversionary attack
on Paoting.
Cordon Disagrees with Krug's
Endorsement of
wasnington, Oct. 13 W Secretary of the Interior Krug's en
dorsement of the principle of a Columbia valley authority found
several congressmen in Washington divided today in ther reac
tions in Seattle, , Saturday.
Krug said: "The idea of the bill
was sound, the principles were
right, the objective was not only
desirable but, in my opinion, es
sential to the rapid development
of this region."
He referred to legislation of
fered by Senator Mitchell (D.,
Wash.) to establish a natural
resources development agency
in the northwest along the same
pattern as that of the Tennessee
valley authority.
Three congressmen from TVA
areas commended Krug's state
ment but two others, represent
ing western areas, told a report
er they thought the secretary
was either a little premature or
entirely wrong.
"The secretary and I arc in
disagreement there," Senator
Cordon (R., Ore.) told a report
er. "The area is being develop
ed as well by present methods
as would be possible under a
Ores on Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, October
Stabilization
Group Await
Developments
Washington, Oct, 15 W A.
Colman Barrett, industry mem
ber of the wage stabilization
board, said today that resigning
employer representatives on the
board were "waiting to see what
President Truman means by an
orderly and accelerated program
of lifting wage controls."
"Wt have not withdrawn our
resignations from the wage sta
bilization board," Barrett said
in a statement.
"We have not heard from the
president." he added.
He said he did not like to
have his position described as
an offer to withdraw his resig
nation, submitted last Wednes
day with that of Earl N. Cannon,
other industry member. The
president refused to accept them
immediately.
Controls Ineffective
Taking note of the chief exec
utive's promise last night that
along with his meat decontrol
decision he had ordered a speed
up in the lifting of other gov
ernmental restraints, Barrett
said:
"I take it the president recog
nizes the ineffectiveness of the
present administration of wage
and price controls and is looking
forward to a quicker liquidation
of those controls than was orig
inally intended.
"In view of that recognition I
believe it is my duty, if asked,
to see it through. I am perfectly
willing to stay on, if he wants
us to carry on. But industry
doesn't want perpetual govern
ment controls."
Barrett indicated that indus
try members of regional boards
across the country might be ex
pected to follow suit. There have
been resignations in Seattle, San
Francisco and Dallas.
May Replace Them
Despite the offer, however, it
remained to be seen whether
Mr. Truman actually will try to
persuade the two national board
members to stay, as he said he
might, or whether he will, re
place them.
Still another possibility is that
the present setup of two mem
bers each from industry, labor
and the public might be replac
ed with an all-public panel,
Snell Favors
Big School Fund
Go'ernor Earl Snell said to
day he favored passage of the
$15,000,000 state school support
bill at the November general
election.
His statement was made in
response to a question by news
paper reporters, who said they
did not know how to interpret
his statement yesterday before
the stale school administrators
conference. In that statement,
the governor had said he be
lieved the bill would pass, but
reporters did not know whether
that meant the governor wanted
it to pass.
The governor also said yes
terday that if the bill is defeat
ed, the legislature must "enact a
law that will provide a sound,
stable, substantial and consist
ent state school support pro
gram. Such a program I favor."
Governor Snell also said he
would take no part in the con
troversies over other measures,
including the little Townsend
old age pension bill which
would be financed by a three
per cent gross income tax.
Proposed C VA
CVA and it is (he outstanding
development of the nation. The
Columbia valley can be devel
oped competently by the pres
ent government agencies unless
they are handicapped by worn
out or irresponsible individuals
and then it will be time to re
move them."
Commending the develop
ment record of TVA, Senator
elect John Sparkman (D., Ala.)
observed:
"I feel that there are many
streams in the United States,
and certainly the Columbia
river is one of them, that could
well profit from a unified pro
gram similar to that used by the
Tennessee valley authority and
I'm delighted that Secretary
Krug has endorsed such a de
velopment for the Columbia. I
feel certain that such a devel
opment would mean much to the
Pacific northwest.1
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Airliner Crashes; 26 Escape From Wreckage W Burned wreckage o an Eastern Amines pane,
from which 26 persons aboard escaped following a midnight crash in a pea soup log. is scattered
over a hillside near Alexandria, Va. In foreground is one of the plane's lour engines.
AFL Asks Speedy End
Of Wage, Price Controls
Chicago. Oct. 15 W The American Federation of Labor today
called on the administration to remove immediately all wage and
price controls except on rents. The convention gave ils formal
approval to an earlier recommendation from AFL President Wil
liam Green. The AFL had been among OPA's strongest supporters
but the rjolicy statement, adopt
Meat
Subsidy
Cost Saved
Washington, Oct. 15 Pi The
treasury stands to save well ov
er $300,000,000 through Presi
dent Truman's acting in ending
subsidies on meats along with
price controls.
An official of the Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation, which
has been making the payments,
said today that it appears only
about S20.000.000 of the $400.
000,000 congress authorized for
that purpose may be used.
Last year, the official said,
meat subsidies averaged between
$50,000,000 and $60,000,000
monthly. He added, however,
that since the payments resumed
when price controls on meat
were reimposed September 1,
subsidy claims from packers
have averaged only about 20 per
cent of last year's.
The subsidy on beef ranged
from 50 cents per 100 pounds to
as much as $2.40 depending on
grade. As a result OPA officials
said the choice cuts of the best
grades of beef carried subsidy
up to 10 cents a pound or more
at retail. The subsidy on T-bone
steak was figured as averaging
around TVi cents a pound and
that on pork chops about five
cents.
Market Booms
On Decontrol
tBy Ihe Associatpd Press!
Grains and cotton jumped
on the high-price bandwagon
with livestock and meat prod
ucts today following President
Truman's announcement of de
control of the latter last night.
Wheat was up as much as
four cents a bushel, corn 3
cents a bushel, and oats were
three cents higher on the Chi
cago board of trade before gen
eral profit-taking cut into gains
to some extent.
Cotton futures al New York
soared as much as S2.45 a bale
before smashing info heavy
commisison house profit-taking
which sliced away as much as
half the gains on some deliver
ies. Lard also followed the price
rise on meat, climbing 11.7
cents a pound at Chicago over
yesterday's closing price of 18.3
cents.
A reverse influence was felt
in egg futures trading on the
Chicago mercantile exchange
where prices promptly dropped
the two-cent daily limit. Trades
considered it probable that the
increase in meat supplies would
lower high consumer demand
for eggs.
The nearby October delivery
showed the entire decline, hit
ting a low and current price
ranging from 41.85 to 41.8 cents
a dozen.
Leather prices, however, re
main under price control, and
tanners and shoe manufactur
ers said it would be some
months before any substantial
increase in hides and shoes
would be felt from any increas
ed marketing of livestock.
State Flax Tow Sold
The Oregon board of control
today approved a contract to
sell ils entire scutched low out
put for the coming flax season
to the Oregon Flax Textiles,
Inc., Oregon City, at 11 cents
a pound. L. L. Laws, manager
of the state flax plants, recom
mended the sale.
Journal
15, 1946
k
ed today said the present wage
and c-riee control system was too
"weak and inconsistent" to be
of much worth to workers.
"Serious unbalance Js devel
oping between output of con
sumers goods and consumer pur
chasing power," the statement
said. "Workers families are
feeling the pinch of rising prices
and less flexible earnings.
"This situation would be se
rious even if workers and man
agements, were free to make the
best possible arrangements
through collective bargaining,
but it is more dangerous when
government prohibits payment
of increases which management
accepts as equitable and practi
cal under present conditions."
The statement was adopted
without debate and nothing was
said on the convention floor
about President Truman's action
removing meat controls. How
ever, Green had told reporters
earlier meat decontrol conform
ed with the position he had
taken.
Robert J. Watt, the AFL's
member on the national wage
stabilization board, which the
convention recommended be dis
solved immediately, told dele
gates wage controls have been
amended so often they now
have become impractical.
Watt accused the CIO of
breaking the government's wage
and price line in the steel strike
last spring. He said the AFL
had been content to accept post
war wage increases which did
not require price boosts but that
a steel price increase had been
"part of the bargain" with the
CIO sleelworkers union.
'Since then there have been
no real wage and price controls,"
Watt declared.
Shipping Strike
Costliest Yet
Washington, Oct. 15 (U.RA
government official said today
that it would be monlhs before
industry can shake off the ef
fects of the shipping strike.
He said it threatens to become
one of the most costly strikes in
the nation's history.
Atlantic and gulf ship opera
tors meanwhile sidestepped the
invitation of Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Sehweilenbach to re
sume negotiations here with both
striking unions, instead, they
proposed a meeting in New York
with the AFL Masters, Males
and Pilots union alone.
The operators said they were
ready to submit a proposal
which they "sincerely believe
will be acceptable" to the AFL
union. They said they then will
begin negotiating again with the
CIO marine engineers.
The west coast phase of the
dispu.e 'remained deadlocked,
with union demands for union
security the main stumbling
block
Pacific d-.ii operators ran a
paid l "?w5paper advertisement
saying he issue is "Who shall
have the right to select a ship
ping company's licensed offi
cers? . . . the operator or the
unions?"
The current strike now is 15
days old Its effect has been the
more harmful because it began
only 10 days after a 16-day
walkout by unlicensed seamen
U. S. flag ships have been tied
up in heme ports for 31 of the
past 45 da j.
f f to
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Cardinals Lead
4 to 3 in Eighth
St. Louis, Oct. 15 In the
final half of the eigliUt in
ning the Cardinals were
leading the Red Sox by 4
to 3 in the final game of
the World Scries.
B29 Dreamboat
Returns to Paris
Paris, Oct. 15 M The U. S.
army's champion long-distance
plane, the Pacusan Dreamboat,
set out confidently for New
York today in an assault on the
Atlantic speed record, but re
lumed to Paris less than three
hours later with fouled spark
plugs. The army transport command
base at Oily airfield said cigar
smoking Col. C. S. (Bill) Irvine
and his crew might make an
other try for the record over
the 3600-mile route tomorrow.
At the takeoff today, Irvine
said he expected the B-89 Su
perfortress to reach New York
within "a lillle over 11 hours,"
lo shatter a year-old record
now claimed by a TWA Constel
lation of 14 hours and 39 min-
To do lhal. throllles on Die
Superfort's four mighty engines
would have lo be open most of
the way. The Dreamboat is ca
pable of more than 400 miles
per hour.
It flew its great trans-polar
region flight of 0500 miles from
Honolulu to Cairo in 30 hours
and 35 minutes al an average
speed of 240 miles through
atrocious weather earlier this
month. Irvine said that was the
fastest time on any flight ap
proaching that distance.
Irvine said the Dreamboat
climbed more than six miles and
levelled oft at 32,000 feet to ob
tain an average speed of 400
miles an hour before it turned
back.
Jordan Heads Oregon
Knights of Pythias
Portland. Oct. 15 m Guy W.
Jordan, Corvallis, was elected
grand chanceltor of the Oregon
Knights of Pythias al the an
nual grand lodge session which
clones loday.
Others elected include: Grand
vice chancellor, A. E. Broder
son. Forest Grove; grand inner
guard, Warren Randle, Albany;
grand outer guard, Preston C.
Hart, Eugene; grand prelate, Dr.
A. F. de Lcspianasse, Himbard.
Creation of Safety Director
Recommended for Salem
Creation of the office of safety director, lo be a member of the
police department and responsible to Um city council, will he
recommended lo the council next Monday night by Mayor I. M.
Doughton's special safety com
mittee. This was made known
Tuesday by Alderman Kenneth
C. Perry, chairman of the police
and traffic committee of the
council and of the special com
mittee, after a Monday nighl
meeting.
The director's salary and the
way in which it shall be paid, if
the office is created, will be left
lo the council.
The report to be made Mon
day night, along with the rec
ommendation, will be quite ex
haustive, Perry said.
"Since the mayor and council
put the matter into the hands of
a special committee," the alder
man said, "we feel that we
should go into it rather exten
sively. Another meeting of the
committee probably will be held
at the end of the week and the
report whipped into final
shape."
Information and data assem
bled Monday night arc to be put
into typed lorm and submitted
Carrying Out President's Orders1
OPA Officially Ends Price Control
On Livestock, Meat, Bi-producfs
In Radio Speech Mr. Truman Reverses Previous
Stand Declaring "Only One Remedy Left to End
Meat Shortage That Is Lift Controls"
Washington, M. 13 v Carrying nut President Truman's or
ders, the OPA today officially ended price controls on livestock,
meat and food and Iced products nuulc li'um them, ctTcctivc at
H:0l a.m. (KS'ft today,
OPA Administrator Paul Porter also announced that "all
slaughter controls were revoked so that quota restriction will no
longer apply."
Government subsidy payments to Ihc meat Industry also are
abolished.
Porter said the 01' A "will announce as soon as practicable the
specific list of commodities on which ceilings will be retained.
"C'ouinMMlHies nol on thai list thus will lie decontrolled," lie added.
The brief OPA announcement noted that "price ceilings must
be retained on important commodities and services where demand
is slill in excess of supply." Examples of things that remain under
price lids are automobiles,
farm equipment, household aj- I
plianccs, furniture, basic cloth
ing items and building mate
rials." The OPA statement said that
"the president explained why
there was no other possible form
of action.
Decontrol Only Kenirdy
This referred to Mr. Truman's
broadcast of lust night in which
lie said decontrol of meat is the
"only remedy" for. the nation
wide shortage.
Listed on OPA's formal de
control order arc:
"Livestock and food and feed
products processed or manufac
tured in whole or substantial
purl from livestock (domestic
and imported!"
The OPA explained Dial a
food or feed product "shall be
deemed to be made in substan
tial part from livcsluck if il
contains 33 Va per cent or more
by wright or volume of live
stock, and any of the following:
Poultry, eggs or milk. WciRht
or volume is determined on Uir
basis of the weight or volume of
the total iHredients exclusive
of water, added as an ingredient
in the product before mixture."
Anderson Acts
Government formalities end
ing price controls on meats went
forward Mviflly today in ihe
wake of President Truman's de
cision that decontrol is the "on
ly remedy" for the nationwide
shortage
First to act were OPA Admin
istrator Paul Poller and Secre
tary of Agriculture Clinton P.
Anderson,
Porter dratlcd an order Till
ing uriee controls from livestock,
meat and other livestock prod
ucts. Mu'vrson promptly ap
proved it.
A formal proclamation ending
1 ''..t"""r" 7., . . '
Along with Ihc passing of
price ceilings on moats, OPA
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Flour and Bread
Next on List
Washinfilon, Od. 15 (U.W
Flour snd bread, radios, electric
irons and coffee arc expected lo
be among the first ilcms freed
from price control under Presi
dent Truman's decontrol speed
up. Alvo high oji ihc li.l arc cakcf
cookies and other bakery prod
ucts, cosmetics, restaurant dish
es, macaroni and noodles, can
ned fish, beans and peas, canned
tomatoes, oranges and bananas
Still other items which appear
due for early decontrol are tea,
cocoa, whiskey, beer, bananas,
women's hosiery, toilet paper
and tissue paper, hides, many
machinery items, vacuum clean
ers, electric ranRes, pas ranges,
water heaters trucks, farm trac
tors, a:rd furs.
The OPA and Housing Expe
diter Wilson Wyntl are expected
to do their best to keep controls
on huikiiwg iijateriaJ.s and rents,
and to retain the 510,000 ceiling
of veterans' homes.
to each committee member for
study prior lo the meeting
luirr this week.
The committee has some gen
eral ideas about motor vehicle
parking and other traffic regu
lation. These will be made spe
cific and embodied in the report.
The special committee is the
result of a Tcport made here
several weeks alio by a repre
sentative of the National Safely
council in which baiem was
given a low rating in public
safety as compared with other
cities of similar population
throughout the country. The
National Safety council's survey
was made on invilation by Sec
retary of State Robert S. Far
roll. Council members of the spe
cial committee are Aldermen
Kenneth C. Perry, G. F. Cham
bers and Albert H. Gille, and
non-council members are d
Majek, Harry Scott and E. Burr
Miller.
Precedent Set
For Decontrol
Wr.shinRlon, Oct. 15 lit) Top
administration oWicials loday
forecast the swift passing of all
government curbs over wages
and prices except rents as a
result of President Truman's de
cision culling meat irce of OPA
controls.
One highly placed official
said an important precedent has
now been set: ihc way is open
for pressure from all sides lo
blow Ihc lid off the controls
that are left.
'There is no question this
pceds the end of OPA and wage
regulation." this official lold a
reporter privately.
He added that a major factor
in Ihe president's decision was
the feeling that if the govern
ment did not act decisively, con
gress would return on January 1
in a mood to kill the whole con-
Irol setup anyway, rather than
wait for it to die next June 30.
"Today only a shell remains
of what we had in the way of
controls up to last night," the
official said, "and those con
trols, in turn, were little more
than window-dressing compared
lo whal we had on June 30.'1
It wa.; on June 30 that the life
of OPA officially expired, only
lo be revived in a milder form
by congress on July 25.
Mr. Truman himself .said the
meal action could not be con
sidered an "isolated transac
tion." Beef Soon to
Be on Market
Washington. Oct. 15 W)
Steaks and roasts should be
back on butcher counters within
10 days as a result of President
Truman's action in Tipping OPA
controls off meat today.
They're apt to be more than
a little tough, and prices un
doubtedly will be sharply above
current ceilings.
But whether the flow lo mar
ket keepj up during the next
few weeks and monlhs will de
peud upon two prime factors
the weather and slaughterers'
bids.
II is generally agreed ther
has been a tendency on the part
of farmers since price ceiling
were reapplied last mouth to
withhold livestock from market
in anticipation of larger returns.
The temporary suspension of
controls during July and Au
gust brough a flood of animals
to market, and consumers feast
ed. But now the market move
ment may be somewhat slower
starting than in Juy.
Al that time there was an
urgency to sell before controls
were slapped back on. There is
no such urgency now. Further
more, livestock men generally
feel that prices will be good for
another year at least.
As for the immediately high
er prices, the increase naturally
will absorb Ihe present govern
ment meat subsidy averaging
about five cents a pound at re
tail. There may, however, be
a tendency on the part f
slaughterers to try lo hold in
creases clown.
Strike Endangers
Oxygen for Hospitals
New York, Oct. 13 '-P. The
threat of exhaustion of oxygen
supplies in 20 New York hos
pitals Willi a resultant endan
gering of many patients' lives
because of a strike at the Amer
ican Oxygen company, Harri
son, N. J., was relieved loday
when a city official said oxy
gen tanks would be trans
ported lrom North Bergen, N. J.
Lai'crnc W. Hench, president
of the company, said last night
production was halted Saturday
when 50 employes, who ho said
belonged lo local 274, AFL.
Steamfittcrs and Helpers union,
walked out "without notice"
when an employe was dis
charged. He declined to comment on
why the worker was discharged.
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