Republican Landslide Vote Wins Control of House and Senate
Every County
In Oregon Won
By Republicans
PUDs, Townsend and
Armory Bills Defeated;
School Fund in Doubt
apital jk Jomrag
Undisputed Control of Congress
For the First Time in 15 Years
Won by GOP in Thundering Vote
Democratic Party Shaken to Its Foundations
from Coast to Coast Smashing GOP Victories
in Big States Upset Administration
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58th Year, No. 263
Entered ta wcond class
matter t Salem, Oregon
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 6, 1946
1
re v-enrs
By Paul W. Harvey, Jr.
Portland, Nov. 6 Oregon re
publicans captured every county
in Tuesday's election to give
new terms to state officials and
congressmen by thumping ma
jorities, while the controversial
little Townsend old age pension
went down to a resounding de
feat. Final results on the $15,000,
000 state school support bill
might not be known until offi
cial results are announced, but
unofficial figures showed it was
carrying by a small margin.
The extent of the GOP vic
tory, which indicated that the
Republicans will increase their
5 to 1 majorities in the state
legislature, surprised even party
leaders. The big surprise was
the way democratic Multnomah
county went overboard for re
publican candidates, sweeping
its democratic legislators out of
office.
2 to 1 Vole for Sncll
Governor Earl Sncll, who has
held public office continuously
for 19 years, coasted to an easy
2 to 1 re-election victory over
Carl C. Donaugh, Portland,
former U.S. district attorney.
The stale's four republican
congressmen also had no trouble
Retting re-elected, with Rep.
Walter Norblad, Astoria lawyer
who has been in congress for
only 10 months, having the big
gest margin. He was leading
Lyman Ross, former state sena
tor and Aloha farmer, almost
3 to 1.
Reps. Lowell' Stockman, Pen
dleton wheat grower, and Har
ris Ellsworth, Roseburg editor,
had twice as many votes as their
opponents. Stockman was oppos
ed by Lamar Townsend, Kla
math Falls lawyer, while Ells
worth's opponent was Dr. Louis
A. Wood, University of Oregon
economics professor.
(Concluded on Page 9. Column I)
Polk County
flection Count
Dallas, Ore., Nov. 6 Polk
county voters in all the 36 pre
cincts cast an approximate 53
per cent vote at the election
Tuesday. There were no con
tested county offices.
Complete results are:
Congress Norblad 3530; Ross
1116.
Governor Donaugh 1164;
Snell 3646.
Secretary of Slate Epps
1095; Farrell 3636.
Labor Commissioner Kim-
sey 2843; Peoples 1544.
Vole on measures was as fol
lows:
Governor succession, 2929
yes, 1032 no; armory tax, 775
yes, 3189 no; rural schools, 1873
yes, 2250 no; Chinese rights,
2177 yes, 2067 no; reading bills,
2064 yes, 1927 no; senate in
crease, 1261 yes, 2642 no; fish
ing, 2857 yes, 1422 no; old age
pension, 1126 yes, 3535 no;
school tax, 1788 yes, 2537 no.
Woodbum Votes
Settlemier Park
Woodbum, Nov. 6 By a vole
of approximately two to one
Woodbum voters expressed
preference for Settlemier park
is the site of the new swimming
pool over that of Legion park.
The vote was 411 for the Settle
mier park and 282 for the Le
gion park.
Elmer H. Mattson defeated
Fred Hecker for mayor by a vote
of 369 to 332. Councilmen elect
ed for the west side were Mar
shall Hicks 241 and Tom Work
man 240. Charles Smith receiv
ed 193. East side councilmen,
both unopposed, Jess Fikan 252
and Everett Hughes 254.
All Major Passes
Open for Traffic
A forecast of clearing skies
assured continued improvement
in highway conditions through
out Oregon today and tomorrow.
All major passes in the state
were open. Light snow reported
in the Santiam Pass area was ex
pected to halt around noon to
day. The road report follows:
Government Camp Raining.
Few patches of packed snow on
roadway from milepost 50, to
milepost 20, Wapinitia.
Santiam Junction Overcast.
Starting to rain and snow light
ly. McKenzic Packed snow all
isy across pass. Sanded.
Salem Voters
Elect Council
For New Set-up
Salem voters Tuesday return
ed to the new seven-member city
council five of the aldermen al
ready sitting and defeated two
others. The unofficial count of
all 33 city wards Is complete.
The voters refused to prohibit
the installation of parking me
ters by defeating a proposed
charter amendment 5274 to 3843,
a majority of 1431. The two
measures to clarify elections in
the city both carried.
Defeated were Ed Acklin in
Ward 1 who lost to James H.
Nicholson, and Tom Armstrong
in Ward 6, losing to Dan J. Fry.
Returned to their seals were Al
bert H. Gille in Ward 2, Claude
Jorgcnsen in Ward 3, R. O. Lew
is in Ward 4, David O'Hara in
Ward 5 and Howard Maple in
Ward 7, the two latter .without
opposition.
Nicholson Wins
Nicholson led Acklin in all
four precincts of his ward with
a total of 738 voles to Acklin's
456. Gille led in four of the
five precincts of the second
ward over LaGarie, with a total
vote of 593 to LeGarie's 503.
LeGarie led in precinct 23 with
96 votes to 80. Jorgenscn carried
all three of the precincts in his
ward, scoring a total oi 322 votes
to Rosebraugh's 215.
In Ward 4 Lewis carried two
of the four precincts, and Lewis
Mitchell two. Lewis' total was
372, Mitchell's 293 and Cad
well's 279.
In Ward 6, which has six pre
cincts, Fry led in four, Arm
strong one and they tied in pre
cinct 3 with 152 votes each.
Fry's total was 973 and Arm
strong's 822.
Mayor Unopposed
For mayor, R. L. Elfstrom was
unopposed, and will be Salem's
first mayor under the new coun
cil-manager form of government
in which the council will have
seven instead of 14 members.
The council's first big job will
be the election of a city man
ager. Gille Elected
In the second ward Gille car
ried precincts Nos. 2, 11, 27 and
29, and LeGarie carried No. 23.
In the fourth ward Lewis car
ried No. 5 and No. 12. Mitchell
carried No. 4 and No. 30. A
heavy lead of 117 to Mitchell's
63 and Cadwell's 66 in precinct
12 put Lewis over.
In the sixth ward Fry carried
precincts No. 1, No. 19, No. 20
and No. 25. Armstrong led in
No. 28 and they tied in No. 3.
Ballot Measures
In only two precincts did the
people vote in favor of prohibit
ing parking meters. These were
precincts 21 and 26.
The measure amending the
new city government act by pro
viding that the city council elect
the first judge under the new
order carried by a vote of 5476
to 2012, a majority of 3464. The
measure was to correct an over
sight in the city governmental
act which made the judge elec
tive by the people but failed to
provide for, his election for the
first two years.
The city measure making the
city elections conform to state
law by requiring all candidates,
whether unopposed or iot, or
who may have received a ma
jority vote in he primary, to go
on the ballot in November car
ried by a vole of 7216 to 1190, a
majority of 6026.
6 Injured When
By Landslide South of Eugene
r.ugene, jnov. 6 Wh-The engine and the first seven cars of the
northbound Southern Pacific train, the West Coast, were derailed
here this morning, when the passenger express crashed into a
suae at carter, 24 miles south of
fcugene, V. N. Field, Eugene
chief dispatcher reported today.
Injured were Fred Jost, engi
neer, and Ben Davis, fireman,
both oi Eugene. Field said the
extent of their injuries were
not known, although both were
reported still conscious. Four
mail clerks were injured. Field
said no passengers were injured.
The engine and four baggage
and express cars were turned
over. The three passenger
coaches were derailed, but up
right, Field said.
Davis, the fireman, who was
wedded between his seat and a
water cooler, was not extricated
until after 2 hours digging, aft
er the engine had plowed into
the dirt slide. Jost, the engi
neer, although badly burned,
Marion County
Votes Heavy
GOP Majority
Marion county gave republi
can candidates for state offices
wide sweeping majorities in
Tuesday's general election, re
turned a 3 to 1 vote against
the old age pension fund, fa
vored the bill regulating fish
ing in coastal streams by almost
as large a margin and cast a
slightly negative ballot against
the basis school fund. The re
sults were apparent when fig
ures were totalled from 86 out
of the county's 89 precincts.
Governor Earl Snell piled up
14,900 votes against 5166 for
his democratic opponent, Carl
C. Donaugh. Walter Norblad,
seeking reelection to congress
from the first district, polled
15,261 votes, swamping Lyman
Ross, democratic candidate who
received 4784. Robert S. Far
rell, Jr., was leading David C.
Epps in the race for secretary
of slate, 15,575 to 4765.
The figures 86 precincts:
For representative in con
gress, First district: Lyman
Ross 4764, Walter Norblad, 15,
261. For governor: Earl Snell 14,
900, Carl C. Donaugh 5116.
For secretary of state; Rob
ert S. Farrell, Jr. 15,575, David
C. Epps, 4765.
For commissioner of bureau
of labor: Ralph W. Peoples 6125,
W. E. Kimsey 13,152.
Constitutional amendments,
86 precincts:
Constitutional amendm e n t
providing for succession to of
fice of governor: yes 13,911, no
3980.
Bill authorizing tax for con
struction and equipment of state
armories: yes 3705, no 14,428.
Rural School Bill
Bill establishing rural school
districts and school boards: yes
9382, no 8520.
Bill authorizing Chinamen to
hold real estate and mining
claims: yes 10,439, no 7896.
Amendment permitting legis
lative bills to be read by title
only: yes 10,147, no 6291.
Constitutional amendment in
creasing number of senators to
31: yes 5855, no 11.905.
Bill regulating fishing in
coastal streams and inland wa
ters: yes 13,737, no 4998.
To create state old age and
disability pension fund: yes
5141, no 14,862.
To create basic school support
fund by annual tax levy: yes
8872, no 9845.
Marion Voters
Reject PUD
Marion county voters in the
area outside of Salem rejected
people's utility district at Tues
day's election by a vote of 2072
for to 6063 against with tabula
tions including all but the three
precincts of Champoeg, St. Paul
and Horeb.
The rejection was both in the
incorporated and unincorpor
ated areas. With the three miss
ing precincts the incorporated
area including all the towns of
the county but Salem voted
1758 in favor of the PUD and
3201 against. In the unincorpor
ated area the vote was 2072 for
and 2862 against.
Only precincts voting in fav
or of the PUD were. Aumsville,
Mehama, Sublimity, Sidney,
Silverton Hills, Shaw, Marion
(tied), Mill City, Macleay and
Fairfield.
Train Derailed
managed to crawl from the dirt
filled cab.
Maste.' Mechanic Clyde Car
ter of Eugene, who is super
vising the clearing operations,
said the tracks would be cleared
within six or eight hours. In
the mear.time the cars are be
ing backed up to Carter where
passengers are being transferred
to buses and taken to Portland.
Other Southern Pacific trains
are being rerouted through
Roseburg.
Eugene Postmaster Frank Ar
mitage said there were four
mail clerks who were injured,
but knew only last names: But
ler, Cochran, Schoultz and
Best. Butler was the worst
hurt.
Marion County Votes
For New Courthouse
Marion county voted for a new courthouse building at
Tuesday's election, returns with four precincts missing at
noon Tuesday showed 11,149 in favor of the new building
and 8441 against, or 2708 majority in favor of the proposal.
The precincts not yet reported at that time are Horeb,
Champoeg, East Mt. Angel and Scotts Mills. While coun
try precincts generally had been going against the measure
the final result could not be materially altered in these
precincts.
An overwhelming vote in favor of the building cast in
Salem and immediately outlying precincts overturned the
sentiment against it developed in the outside county.
County Judge Grant Murphy staled Wednesday that
there is no chance of a new courthouse being started until
1949 but said that didn't mean the county court would lie
idle in the meantime as there is research to be done, even
tually plans to be drawn and many preparations to make
before actual work of construction can go ahead.
Under the measure as adopted by the people a tax levy of
$200,000 a year for three years is to be raised by all of the
property of the county, or a total of $600,000 levied in excess
of the 6 percent limitation on county taxes. This is to be
enhanced by a total of $450,000 being raised at the rate of
$75,000 a year allowed by the county budget committee
which comes inside of the 6 percent tax limitation. This
total of $1,050,000 is expected to provide a million dollars
for a new building and $50,000 for equipment, these figures
being approximated.
Truman's Prestige
Hit Hard in Missouri
Kansas City, Nov. 6 (IP) President Truman's political prestige
and that of the democratic organization headed by his close friend,
James M. Pcndergast, was dealt a hard blow by Jackson county
voters yesterday. Democrat C. Jasper Bell was re-elected to
congress in the president's own fourth district but Mr. Truman's
hand-picked candidate for the
other Jackson county congres
sional seat was defeated by a
youthful republican, Albert L.
Reeves, Jr.
Unofficial returns from the
255 precincts in the fifth dis
trict gave Reeves, running for
his first elective office, 40,035
votes to 35,711 for Enos Ax
tell, likewise a political begin
ner. It was Axtell whom the pres
ident had asked hi. friend and
political ally, Jim Pendergast,
to back in the August primary
against Rep. Roger C. Slaughter,
the congressman the president
said he didn't want back from
his home county.
On top of the Axtell blow,
the Pendergast organization of
which the president is a dues
paying member lost two impor
tant posts in the county court
house to republicans presid
ing judge of the county court
and prosecutor.
The democrats did give the
leader of their ticket, Senator
Frank I'. Briggs of Macon, a
3000 majority in the county
over his republican opponent,
James P. Kem of Kansas City,
but it was not enough to ease
the sting of defeat suffered by
the loss of a congressional seat
and two important courthouse
positions
Kern's stale vole gave him a
57,000-vote victory margin.
Taft Says Nation
Out of Emergency
. Cincinnati, Nov. 6 (IP) Sen.
Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio), re
viewing the election results, to
day declared "for the first time
in 14 years the United States
no longer is in a state of emerg
ency. "The results of the election
show that the American people
definitely arc opposed to giv
ing arbitrary central govern
ment the power and money to
regulate their daily lives.
"Under republican leadership
we can sit down calmly and
work out the constructive meas
ures necessary for peace, for
full employment under private
enterprise and for social wel
fare, while leaving the people
free to run their own affairs."
Proposes President
Resign from Office
Philadelphia. Nov. 6 (Pi U.
S. Senator J. William Fulbright
(D.. Ark ) said today that since
the republicans have captured
both houses of congress, "Presi
dent Truman should appoint a
republican secretary of state
and resign from office."
Fulbright said flatly "it prob
ably would be the wisest thing
for the president to do."
The democratic senator from
Arkansas added:
"I am not asking the presi
dent to resign. I am only sug
gesting that it would be the best
thing for the country as a
whole."
4
No Comment
By President
Washington, Nov. 6 (IP)
President Truman returned to
Washington today, without com
ment on the outcome of yester
day's elections.
The chief executive, however,
promised to state his reaction
at a news conference in the
near future.
He was met at the train by
Dean Achcson, undersecretary
of stale, and Captain James Fos
kctl, the president's naval aide.
Reporters crowding around,
asked his reaction to democratic
setbacks.
"No comment," he replied.
Then, he added that he would
see the reporters in a day or
two.
"At a press conference?" a re
porter asked. Mr. Truman nod
ded affirmatively.
Ship Strikers
Offer to Return
San Francisco, Nov. 6 (IP)
West coast ship operators re
jected today an offer by the
CIO Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's Union to lift its
coastwise strike from all vessels
except those picketed by strik
ing CIO marine engineers.
A spokesman for the Water
front Employers' association de
clared his group would stand
on previous demands for com
plete settlement of all points of
issue between maritime labor
and employers and was opposed
to what he termed "piecemeal"
settlement.
Had the union's offer been ac
cepted, all strikebound ships
would have been freed except
those operated by companies of
Ih Pacific American Shipown
ers' association.
The offer Indicated the long
shoremen arc willing to work
foreign, army and navy ships
and those operated by Atlantic
and Gulf ccast companies.
Snipping on the west coast has
been tied up by strikes of the
longshoremen, the engineers and
the AFL masters, mates and pi
lots since September SO. The
chief obstacle between employ
ers and ships' officers' unions
has been a union demand for
preferential hiring clauses in
their contracts.
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureaul
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday. Slightly cooler to
night. Lowest temperature to
night, 43 degrees. Conditions
will be favorable for farm work,
Thursday. Max. temperature
yesterday 57. Min. today 45.
Mean temperature yesterday 44.
which was 4 below normal, total
24-hour precipitation to 11:30
a.m. today .13. Total pieulpita
tlon for the month .33, which is
,58 Inch below normal. Willam
ette river height -.4 ft.
20 States Elect
Republican
Governorships
By the Asiocitted Press)
Paced by Thomas E. Dewey,
who won re-election in New
Xork by a huge majority, the
republican party collected gov
ernorships in at least 20 states
in Tuesday's election.
Republicans ousted democrats
as governors in Ohio, Massa
chusetts and Idaho, but lost in
Colorado for a net increase of
two over their pre-election hold
ings. Democrats retained control in
Rhode Island, Wyoming, Mary
land, Tennessee, Alabama, Ark
ansas. Georgia, South Carolina
and Texas. They held command
ing leads in Arizona and Okla
homa and were ahead by lesser
margins in Nevada and New
Mexico.
25 Democrats, 23 GOP
With 10 governorships assur
ed, and leadership in four other
states the democrats have an op
portunity to retain 14 of the 16
offices they held prior to the
balloting.
In the nation as a whole, the
governorships were split before
the election 25 for the demo
crats and 23 for the republicans.
Dewey kept his chances for
the GOP 1948 presidential
nomination alive by piling up a
lead of more than 600,000 votes
over democratic Senator James
M. Mead. The returns covered
all but 112 of New York state's
9534 election districts.
Tobin Defeated
In Massachusetts, republican
Robert F. Bradford defeated
democratic Governor Maurice
J. Tobin. In 1371 of 1882 pre
cincts the vote was:
Bradford 654,385, Tobin 510,
118. Frank J. Lausche, Ohio's dem
ocratic governor, trailed the
GOP candidate, Thomas J. Her
bert by 44,732 votes as 9054 of
the state's 9352 precincts report
ed. Overturn of the republicans
in Colorado elected William Lee
Knous of the stale supreme
court. He defeated Leon E.
Lavington.
Wallaceiot
Discouraged
Washington, Nov. 6 (IP) Hen
ry A. Wallace, New Dealer for
mer vice president and secre
tary of commerce, interpreted
the election today as meaning
"the democratic party will
either become more progressive
or it wil' die."
Wallace, recently ousted from
President Truman's cabinet aft
er a controversy over policy
toward Russia, said in a state
ment: "Progressives must not be dis
couraged by the outcome of the
election.
"The republican congress will
inevitably multiply our eco
nomic problems and the Ameri
can people who fundamentally
are always progressive in their
attitudes will then turn to lib
eral leadership for help.
"As a result of this election
the democratic party will cither
become more progressive or it
will die. I do not expect it to
die."
Ban on Closed Shop Voted by
Nebraska, S. Dakota, Arizona
New York, Nov. 6 (U.R) Proposals lo ban the closed shop won
substantial majorities from voters in Nebraska, South Dakota
and Arizona. Union leaders announced promptly that they would
fight application of the laws.'
Nebraskans voted heavily for
the most inclusive of the closed
shop proposals. It prohibits
written or oral contracts be
tween employers and labor un
ions which deny the right to
work because of membership or
non-membership in a labor or
ganization or because of resig
nation or expulsion from a un
ion. Furthermore, it becomes ef
fective immediately and no
further action by the state legis
lature is necessary to put it
into operation. The measure was
backed by the Nebraska Small
Business Men's association.
The Nebraska amendment is
so worded that it could also
outlaw tht wartime maintenance
of membership device invented
by the war labor board as a
compromise form of union se
curity. This form allows a 15-
Republicans won control of both house and senate of the loth
congress today in a triumphant landslide that overturned the
democrats for the first time in 15 years.
The result meant a congress meeting in January politically
divided from the White House. Tradition pointed a favorable
finger too toward GOP capture of the White House two year
hence.
President Truman, who arrived by special train from voting in
Missouri, declined comment to reporters who sought his views on
the election results.
The GOP went over the lop for house control in labulations o!
late returns at 11:50 a.m. (EST). A few minutes later Arthur B.
Watkins, republican candidate, won a victory in Utah which gave
his party undisputed possession of the senate. After victory of
Harry P. Cain in Washington hud assured the republicans of at
least a lie, Watkms defeated
Senator Abe Murdock (D.), who
usually has been listed as a .sup
porter of the policies of Presi
dent Truman's administration.
From Coast to Coast
In a thundering landslide thai
shook the democratic party to
its foundations from coast lo
coast, the republicans won
smashing victories in such big
states as New York, where they
re-elected Gov. Thomas E. Dew
ey and sent Irving M. Ives to
the senate to replace Senator
James Mead. Mead lost to Dew
ey in the governor race.
The republicans also cap
tured three governorships pre
viously held by the democrats,
but lost one, in Colorado, to
their opponents. 11 was the first
of national proportion victory
scored by the GOP since it lost
control of congress in 11)32.
The prospective upset in con
gressional control will mean a
change of congressional offici
als, from speaker to lowliest
clerk.
Republican Leader Joseph
Martin (Mass.) is expected to
become speaker, replacing R-p.
Sam Rayburn (D., Tex.) with a
republican house victory.
Vandcnbcrg Senate Chief
In the senate, Senator Ar
thur Vandcnbcrg (R., Mich.)
probably will be chosen as pre
siding officer to succeed Sena
tor Kenneth D. McKcllar ID.,
Tenn.). Senator Robert A. Taft
(R., Ohio) was considered the
most likely choice to succeed
Senator Alben Bnrklcy (D., Ky.)
as majority leader.
Vandcnbcrg, who has been
serving as an adviser to Secre
tary of Slalc Byrnes, probably
will replace Senator Tom Con
nally (D., Tex.), another Byrnes
adviser, as chairman of the for
eign relations committee in a
shift which would put republi
cans in all top committee posts.
In only two instances, both in
snow-bound Colorado, had ttie
democrats been able lo unseat
a republican for major office.
John Carroll, Denver democrat,
beat Rep. D. M. Gillespie, in
cumbent republican, in the first
district congress race (here.
Democrat William Lee Knous
defeated Republican Leon E.
Lavington for governor.
Democratic Islands
In a sweep thai left only
Rhode Island, and possibly Mar
yland and West Virginia, as
democratic islands, in the east,
Pennsylvania laid claim lo be
ing the banner GOP state.
There the republicans won
nine house seats previously held
by the democrats, in addition lo
retaining all of the places they
had held.
The stale gave Edward Mar
tin, republican, a margin over
Senator Joseph Guffcy, a New
Deal wheelhorsc, of more than
600.000 for the senate seat the
democrats had held since 11135.
GOP leaders joyously counted
the house theirs. They said
they had little doubt that the
senate would also fall, giving
(Conrlmlrd fin Page !l. Column 5)
day "escape period" for union
members but if they fail lo re
sign in that period, they must
remain in good union standing
to hold their jobs.
In South Dakota, voters east
25,121 ballots fur an open shop
amendment and 11,0:5 against
with more than one-third of the
precincts reported. The slate al
ready has on its books a law
banning the closed .shop.
The vole was closer in Ari
zona where a veterans' back-tu-work
committee supported the
amendment. With almost one
half the precincts reporting. Un
vote was 0430 in favor and 7JM7
against .
Approval of the prnpos.il in
Arizona would raise to II the
number of slates which have en
acted closed shop amendments
or other regulatory measures for
labor unions since l!)4.'l.
Truman's Offer
On Pacific Isles
Washington, Nov. 8 IIP)
President Truman said today the
United States is willing to put
former Japanese islands in the
Pacific under United Nations
trusteeships, with this nation
keeping administrative control.
A proposal to this effect, he
said in a statement, will b
placed formally before the U.N.
secrurity council at "an early
dale."
Mr. Truman said the U.S. plan
embraced the islands which had
been held by Japan under man
dale from the old league of na
tions, as well as any Japanese
islands for which this country
"assumes responsibilities" as a
result of the war.
The text of the president's
stalemenl:
"The United States is prepar
ed to place under trusteeship,
with the United Slates as tha
administering authority the Jap
anese mandated islands and any
Japanese Islands for which it
assumes responsibilities as a re
sult of the second World War.
Insofar as the Japanese man
dated islands are concerned,
this government Is transmitting
for information to the other
members of the security coun
cil (Australia, Brazil, China,
Egypt, France, Mexico, The
Netherlands. Poland, the Union
of Soviet Socialists Republics
and the United Kingdom) and
lo New Zealand and the Phil
ippines a draft of a strategic
area trusteeship agreement
which sets forth the terms upon
which this government Is pre
pared to place those Islands un
der trusteeship. At an early
dale we plan lo submit this
draft agreement formally to the
security council for its approval."
Talks on Atom
Blackmailers
London, Nov. 6 (IP) Col. Gen.
A. A. Zhdanov, often mention
ed as a likely successor to Prime
Minister Stalin, declared today
in Moscow that Russia's will fof
peace would prevail despite op
position of "atom blackmailers
in the United States and Great
Britain.
"The blood of our peoples was
not shed for imperialist expan
sionists and pretenders to world
domination for atom black
mailers," he told a meeting of
Russian leaders. He spoke in
place of Stalin, who for unan
nounced reasons did not attend,
in observation of the 29th an
niversary of the bolshevik rev
olution which falls tomorrow.
Zhdanov, chairman of the su
preme Soviet of the USSR, and
famous as the defender of Len
ingrad, asserted that both the
United Slates and Britain had
"organized obstruction" at the
Paris peace conference to the
Russian program of "making the
United Nations work unlike
the miserable league of nations."
Stale and army leaders and
dignitaries of the communist
party cheered his frequent men
tions of Stalin, who, he said,
had "unmasked the incendiaries
of a new war."
i Coleman Elected
'r, Jackson County
i Medford. Nov. 6 (IP) J. B.
I Coleman, republican incumbent,
look a decisive lead today for
the Jackson county judgeship,
j with K120 votes to 625 for hii
I opponent, democratic John E.
I Cribble out of 18 precincts,
i The same precincts gave Slier
! ifl Howard Gault a lead of 1.
j WIG lo 664 for rc-elcction over
i his democratic opponent, Dick
Baize.
In the only other county of
fice contest. Robert R. Lytle,
republican county commission
er, led Karl J. Knutson, demo
crat, 1,200 to 581.