1
'School Boards
Can't Deal With
Labor Unions
Attorney General Rules
Its Against Law to Bar-
gain with Organizations
School boards cannot deal
with labor unions in which their
employes are members, At
torney General George Neuner
ruled today In a far-reaching
opinion.
The attorney general, in an
opinion for Rex Putnam, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion, said a school board "has
no authority in law to enter into
any contractural relationship,
or do any bargaining, with any
third party or body represent
ing janitors and maintenance
workers it may employ."
. No Bargaining Power
The issue was raised when
building service employes and
maintenance men employed by
school district 16, Umatilla
county, selected the building
service employes union, local
, j9, to represent them for bar
paining. The directors of the
' district asked if they had pow
er to bargain.
Neuner said that negotiating
with the union would force the
board Illegally to abandon its
right to hire and fire employes
Neuner wrote:
Ncuner's Opinion
"It is clear that the proposed
employment agreement between
the school board and the labor
j union would be illegal because
it would be beyond the statutory
powers of the school board; it
would require the board to fore
go using its own discretion
the selection of employes, and
such agreement would consti
tute "a delegation of its statu
tory duties by the school board
to the labor union.
"The question of limiting pub
lic employment to union labor
has not been directly before
the supreme court of this state,
probably because the public
policy, as indicated by the ab
sence of legislation in this re
spect, has been widely under
stood and accepted.
Held Unconstitutional
"A study of the court de
cisions of other jurisdictions
shows tha preference for, or
limitation to, union labor on
public works has generally been
held unconstitutional. The na
tional labor relations act spe
cifically exempts from its re
strictions as employers "the
United States or any state or
BPlitical subdivision thereof."
Neuner said that courts which
have considered the subject of
limiting public employment to
union labor have held that such
limitation constitutes a misuse
of public funds.
He also said that such a limi
tation would violate the 14th
amendment to the federal con
stitution, the so-called "due
process of law" amendment.
$51 ,600000
Lost by Ford
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 14
Ku.rj me iora motor company
months of 1916, Ernest R.
; Breech, executive vice-president
i and director ol that giant auto
1 mobile manufacturing corpora
" tion, revealed today.
aeiaom, u ever, Deiore roaay
'r: lias a Ford official volunteered
5 any information about the com-
.' pany's earnings. Usually in the
have been obtained only from
. ; with the Massachusetts commis-
, -i Breech, a native son, spoke
I' J to members of the Missouri state
supreme cuun aim me siaic as
sembly, civic leaders, nearby
Ford dealers and sales officials
from Dearborn, Mich, Kansas
City and St. Louis. He was in
" troduced by Missouri's gover
nor, Phil Donnelly, a boyhood
.friend.
j The huge loss shown by Ford
iduring the initial three-quarters
iof the current year, Breech ex
plained, resulted despite two
.(.price increases on its models
f, one in March and another in
May as well as a third price
boost late in September, which
had "little effect' on results for
; the nine months' period. The
Uoss was before the application
. of possible tax rebates under the
carry-back provisions of the
law, which cannot be determin
ed accurately until the full
year's operating results are
known.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight with
increasing cloudiness Friday.
Lowest temperature tonight. 32
degrees. Maximum yesterday,
57. Minimum today. 28. Mean
temperature yesterday, 42, which
was 4 degrees below normal.
Total 24-hour precipitation to
11:30 a.m. today 0.00. Total pre
cipitation for the month. .67,
which is 1.76 Inches below nor
mal. Willamette river height
i.fl.
58th Year, No. 270
GOP Steering
Groups Plan
'47 Program
Washington, Nov. 14 OT A
thumbnail legislative program
embracing a half dozen or few
er promises gained favor among
republicans today as senate and
house GOP steering committees
met for their first crack at or
ganizing the new congress.
All signs, however, pointed
to a long delay in resolving lead
ership questions, particularly
since the house struggle still
is raging unabated against a
backdrop of 1948 presidential
politics.
Assembling for separate meet
ings, the 20 representatives and
eight senators who make up the
program planning groups were
expected to discuss a wide field
of prospective legislation in
their new role as strategists
for the majority party.
For Few Major Issues
But Senator Wallace White of
Maine, who may become ma
jority floor leader in his cham
ber, told a reporter he is urg
ing his colleague to center their
fire on a few major issues.
"I don't think we ought to try
to write a party platform such
as might be produced by a na
tional convention," he said. "We
ought to say what we want to
do about a half dozen major is
sues and not spread our efforts
all over the -lot. We ought to
make promises that we can car
ry out and then see that they
are fulfilled."
Support for While's view
came from Senators Revercomb
(R., W.Va.) and Ball (R., Minn.).
Revercomb called the thumb
nail program idea "a sound ap
proach to the problem of setting
up reasonable objectives that
can be reached."
(Concluded on Page 17, Column 6)
ChineseTruce
Blasted by Reds
Nanking, Nov. 14 UP) Hope
of a political truce in China ap-;
peared blasted today as com
munist spokesman Wang Pin
Nan declared that if the nation
al assembly is convened tomor
row as scheduled "there will be
no more negotiations." The gov
ernment remained adamant.
Nanking was filled with fran
tic political discussions on the
eve of the once-postponed open
ing. The communists and the dem
ocratic league sought to hold
their minority parties' united
front intact. Lo Lung-Chi,
league spokesman, said dele
gates of his group and the youth
party had not registered for the
assembly.
With the communists not only
refusing to accept Chiang Kai
Shek's truce bid but sending
some of their delegates back to
Yenan headquarters, the assem
bly would comprise only
Kuomintang (government par
ty) delegates and thus be doom
ed at the outset in its objective:
to unite China and give her a
representative governmnt un
der a revised constitution.
There were reports in some
quarters that the communists'
chief negotiator, Chou En-Lai,
would return to Yenan for in
structions. In the background were
charges by both the government
and communists that fighting
raged on some of China's civil
war fronts. Chiang, seeking a
basis for peace, had ordered all
government troops to cease fire
last Monday noon. The com
munists ignored the offer.
Liaison Officer for Veterans
Housing Proposed for Salem
A liaison official to operate in the interests of veteran housing
is proposed in a tentative way for Salem, possibly to be sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce and work with the Salem veterans
housing committee that is head
ed by W. J. Braun,
The proposal was placed be
fore the Chamber of Commerce
board of directors Wednesday
night by Lowell Oswald, from
the Seattle regional office of
the national housing agency, and
Charles' Bayliss, local expediter
for the NHA who has offices at
Eugene.
The a.-tivity would tie in with
the civilian production admin
istration relative to priorities for
veteran: The housing problem
has been complicated by the re
cent general decontrol order, but
both NHA men said that, re
gardless of all else, veterans
priorities are not going to be
abandoned.
Mr. Bayliss has jurisdiction
over the Salem area, but the
apital
SX&JISZUSZ: Salem, Oregon, Thursday, November 14, 1946
Bevin Opposed
By Laborites for
Foreign Policy
London, Nov. 14 U.R) The
British cabinet met today, un
doubtedly to discuss a revolt
among the rank and file labor
members of parliament against
Foreign Secretary Ernest Be
vin's foreign policy.
Responsible laborite quarters
acknowledged that Bevin was
in some danger of being over
thrown, not so much by direct
votes on his foreign policy as by
wholesale abstentions.
In the eyes of the critical
rank and file, Bevin was re
garded as not irreplacable. They
believed Hugh Dalton could
step into his shoes at once and
swing Britain's foreign policy
more nearly in line with the la
bor party's policy as put forth
during the election campaign.
Friendly to Russia
Dalton's friends said he was
disturbed at the deterioration
of relations between Britain and
Russia. If he became foreign
secretary, they said, his first
move would be to fly to Mos
cow to seek an understanding
with the Kremlin on eastern
Europe and the middle east.
The crux of the revolt was
the signing by 44 labor rebels
of an amendment to the king's
speech opening the new session
of parliament. The amendment
censured the government's for
eign policy.
The parliamentary labor
party, comprising labor mem
bers of parliament, met yester
day expressly to compel the re
bels to withdraw their amend
ment to the king's speech, which
was written by the cabinet and
outlined the program for ex
tending the socialization of
Britain.
Rebels Censured
A resolution by Herbert Mor
rison, lord president of the
council, censuring the rebels re
ceived 126 votes. That was a
majority of those voting. But
it still left 33 voting against and
120 abstaining, plus 11 members
who stayed away from the meet
ing. Abstentions during test votes
loom large in the British par
liamentary technique. For ex
ample, Neville Chamberlain re
signed as wartime prime minis
ter not because he lacked an
actual majority in commons
when he demanded a vote of
confidence after the ill-starred
expedition to Norway, but be
cause he was sensitive to the
fact that 80 members of his own
party abstained from voting in
his support.
Lewis Asked for
60 Days Truce
Washington, Nov. 14 (IP) The
government today was report
ed seeking a 60-day "truce" in
the nation's strike-threatened
soft coal fields while John L.
Lewis and the mine owners ne
gotiate a contract to speed re
lease of the federally operated
pits.
Secretary of Interior J. A.
Krug planned lo meet the
United Mine Workers' chief
again today after two highly
secret conferences yesterday.
Tomorrow, Lewis may serve
notice he intends to terminate
the government contract in five
days. Almost inevitably, this
would lead to a walkout of his
400,000 soft coal diggers on No
vember 20 since the miners do
not work without a contract.
While Lewis kept silent, the
operators told Krug they were
willing to meet with the miners'
boss in an effort to avoid a
crippling new strike.
problem is one, they said, that
requires the services of a local
man no', on the government pay
roll. The matter of how much
and by whom the official would
be paid is a further complica
tion. The Salem housing sit
uation U recognized as extreme
ly serious, and Eugene is said
to be in a similar situation.
Mr. Braun explained Thurs
day that his committee was ap
pointed to take care of the hous
ing need of veterans who origi
nally went into the service from
this community.
"The committee has met that
situation," he said, "but grow
ing population, which is bring
ing in other veterans, adds to
the complication."
No action wai taken by the
chamber board.
Southern California Snow Storm OP) Traffic on the Ridge route, main highway between Los
Angeles and Bakersfield, comes to a halt at Gorman as driving snows blanket the mountain
areas of southern California during a snow storm which brought heavy rains to lower altitudes.
Army to Retain Hangar
On West-Side Airfield
When the war department puts the final stamp of release of
McNary field to the city of Salem lt will retain the new hangar
on the west side of the field and some other buildings, and seri
ously disturb the present field organization. It may mean the field
will base a national guard or an army reserve air unit, which
German Black
Market Raided
Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 14
P) u. S. military police raided
a Jewish displaced persons camp
at Zeilsheim today and arrested
eight men described by army
officers as leaders of one of the
biggest black market centers
in Germany, operating in the
camp.
Lt. Col. Redmond J. Connolly,
provost marshal, said the raid
followed investigations which
indicated that the camp, hous
ing 4,000 homeless Jews, was
the center of large-scale black
market operations extending
throughout the American oc
cupation zone of Germany.
About 50 automobiles, several
thousands of dollars in military
scrip and forbidden American
and English money, as well as
hundreds of thousands of Ger
man marks were seized during
the dawn raid, carried out by
100 white-helmeted, army mili
tary policemen and 25 agents
of the army s criminal Investi
gation division.
No resistance was encounter
ed and no violence was observed
by news correspondents per
mitted to watch the raid.
Admittedly reluctant to move
against the long-suspected camp
because of possible criticism or
complaints of anti-semitism,
army officials took careful pre
cautions to avoid trouble, in
cluding the barring of German
police from the vicinity and is
suance of strict orders to the
raiders not to manhandle camp
occupants or enter any building
forcibly.
Owen Released as
Baseball Manager
Portland, Ore., Nov. 14 UP)
Marvin Owen r.as been released
as manager of the Portland Pa
cific Coast league baseball club,
the Orcgonian said today.
The newspaper said that in a
telephone call from Santa Clara,
Calif., Owen said he had receiv
ed a letter from William Mulli
gan, new general manager of
the team, giving him his uncon
ditional release and suggesting
that it be announced he had re
signed. He was quoted as saying he
was advising Mulligan, in Seat
tle, that he would prefer to
have fans know he was released.
Owen had been managerof the
team for thiee years. In 1944
Portland was second, in 1945
won the league pennant and in
1946 tied for the cellar.
Hermann Hesse
Wins Nobel Prize
Stockholm, Nov. 14 (P)
Swedish academy today award
ed Hermann Hesse of Switzer
land the Nobel literary prize for
1946.
Hesse, born in Germany but a
naturalized Swiss, is a novelist,
poet and essayist. He has been
only slightly known in the Unit
ed States because only two of
his books have been translated
into English, "Steppenwolf"
nd "Death and the Lover."
Most have been translated from
the German into Scandinavian
and Slavic languages and a few
were printed in Japanese.
Hesse is 69. He was trained
for the ministry, but soon turned
to literature. His first novel,
"Peter Camenzind," was pub
lished in 1904, the year of his
marriage. He has one son.
Journal
k
nl.jt)lTiBliaW:r'!
would not be opposed locally,
but which was unexpected be
cause of earlier information re
ceived here.
The Chamber of Commerce
has received from Robert B.
Parkman, secretary to Senator
Guy Cordci, a telegram which
reads:
"War department has now
definitely decided that they
will retain building 502, with at
tached quonset huts 503 and
519, one gasoline storage tank,
25,000 gallons capacity, and the
parking apron adjacent to build
ing 503, but cannot complete re
lease of the balance of the war
assets until proper form cover
ing above equipment is received
from the division engineer at
Portland. My telegraphic in
quiry brought reply this morn
ing that the division engineer
forwarded this form to the chief
(Concluded on Page 17, Column .)
Conference on
Defense Budget
Washington, Nov. 14 (P)
Presidert Truman summoned
army and navy officials to a
budgetary conference today as
the services began releasing 93,
400 civilian employes.
Scheduled to confer with Mr.
Truman at 3:30 p.m. were Adm
William D. Leahy, the presi
dent's chief of staff; Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, army chief of
staff; Adm. Chester W. Nimitz,
chief of naval operations; and
Maj. Gen. George J. Richards,
war department budget officer.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross told reporters
that the session will deal with
"budgetary matters pertaining
to the army and navy."
Asked if the conference had
been called for any special pur
pose, Ross said no, that "these
things are held all the time."
The conference was scheduled
against the background of a
statement by Mr. Truman two
weeks ago that no further cuts
in army and navy spending were
under consideration at the time.
The president noted then that
in August he had directed the
war department to trim its bud
get to $8,000,000,000 from $9,
000.OOJ.000. At the same time
he fixed a navy spending limit
of $5,150,000,000 necessitating a
cut of $650,000,000 from the
previous ceiling.
A-Bomb Photo Sale
Charges Dismissed
Baltimore, Nov. 14 & U. S.
Commisisoncr James K. Cullen
today dismissed charges against
three former service men the
government accused of attempt
ing to peddle unauthorized pic
tures of atomic bomb equip
ment. Cullen, in refusing to hold
the three for federal grand jury
action, said he did not feel that
"sufficient evidence had been
presented to substantiate the
charge.
"I do not know whether such
evidence exists," he declared.
"The district attorney may still
take the case to the grand jury
if there is such evidence. I
will not frown upon such a
move."
Veto to Kill UN
. The Hague, Netherlands, Nov.
14 P Premier M. J. L. Becl
told the lower house of parlia
ment today the Dutch govern
ment believed the United Na
tions "never will be able to
work satisfactorily while the
veto Is maintained." He spoke
during a budget debate.
Price Five Cens
..,10 i,
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.,(VT4ou ,n up 1
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Thunderstorm
Hits Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Nov. 14 (P)
New downpours, accompanied
by brilliant lightning flashes
and almost deafening thunder,
struck the metropolitan area
early today as crews prepared
to start mopping up damage
from a three-day storm, one of
the worst on record this early in
the season.
Rain totals in suburbs rocket
ed as high as 6:58 ins. in fashion
able San Marino. Even Long
Beach, on the normally dry sea
coast reported 5.56 inches. This
compared with a mark of .20
for the entire season to date a
year ago. Los Angeles' figure
was 4.54 inches.
Winds up to 57 miles per hour
whipped beach cities; snow fell
to a depth of five feet at the Los
Angeles county playground of
big pines. Mountain roads were
buried In snow and slush; high
ways were washed out and mud
covered; bridges weakened.
Hail pelted Hollywood in the
early morning, and Beverly
boulevard was covered with a
white blanket for some minutes
before rain melted it.
Two were counted dead, one
by automobile and another by
drowning when a 22-year-old
war veteran, Donald Brookshire,
was swept from a breakwater by
a wave. The disappearance of
a Western Airlines plane with
11 aboard also was directly at
tributed to the weather.
Considering the intensity of
the storm, property damage'was
regarded as relatively light.
Scores of small craft were driv
en ashore along the coast, how
ever, and hundreds of homes in
undated. Many motorists were
marooned by snow in the higher
mountain levels, but at last re
ports none was in danger.
Friday Dead Line
For Tax Discount
Friday evening at 5 o'clock
is deadline for taxpayers on the
current county tax roll to get
in their payments if they wish
to take advantage of the 3 per
cent discount and also dodge the
possibility of paying interest.
Harold Domogalla, head of
the tax collection department,
said that as of last night a total
of $641,752.54 had been paid on
the roll over the counter. This
docs not lake into account large
stacks of statements with checks
attached which have come in
the mail and included in these
are probably the large pay
ments of utilities such as the
Southern Pacific and other con
cerns. He eslimates that from
a million to a million and a
half dollars will probably be in
when all items arc checked up.
Mail which is postmarked by
midnight, Friday, November 15,
will be accepted as having come
in under the deadline, he said.
The total tax roll is $2,472,-
715.83.
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Today Landlords' Last Day
To Register for Rent Control
Today is the last day of the 45-duy period following last Octo
ber 1 on which Salem, West Salem and Marion county landlords
may register their properties with the OPA rent control board at
the armory. The office will be
kept open until 7 p.m. Thurs
day. Regardless of the injunction
suit of Henry B. Koehler against
the OPA in an effort to stop
rent control in the area, which
resulted in a large number of
landlords refusing to register
until disposal of the suit, there
has been a spurt of registrations
in the last three days, coming
in about four times as fast as
previously. Three extra office
people arc now employed taking
care of them. A court decision
has not yet come down in the
Koehler case.
Registration, however, has
been seriously retarded. At the
close of business Wednesday
night 3407 landlords had regis-
Australia Attacks Soviet Union
For Invoking Veto 10 Times to
'Stultify' WorkofU.N. Council
Hasluck Asserts That by Employing Veto Power
As Instrument of National Policy, Russia Has
Forgotten Its Obligations to All Other Members
Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 14 !P) Australia today attacked the
Soviet Union for invoking the big power veto 10 times and said
these acts have "stultified" the work of the United Nations so
curity council. She said that these Russian actions undermined
confidence in the council and lessened Its ability to deal effectively
with matters before it.
Leading off debate on the explosive Issue In the general as
sembly's 51-nation political committee, Delegate Paul Hasluck
of Australia called for complete review of the veto section which
gives, Russia, Great Britain, the United States, France and China
the right to block any major decision with a single vote.
"The plain and rather ugly fact is that a permanent member
has claimed successfully that he can select at will those resolu
tions on which he wishes to exercise the veto, and in doing so,
the form and content of the resolutions are of less concern to him
than his own opinion of what
some follow member of the
council has meant or might
mean by making such propos
als," Hasluck said.
Under the charter the per
manent members may veto any
substantive question but not one
of procedure, and Hasluck di
rected much of his attack against
repeated insistence of the Rus
sians that they had the right
to determine which matters
arc substantive and which pro
cedural. Veto Power Abused
"The excessive claims made
for the use of the veto had stul
tified the work of the security
council nnd have undermined
confidence in it and lessened the
council's ability to deal effec
tively with the matters brought
before it," Hasluck declared
and added:
"By employing the veto as an
instrument of national policy, a
permanent member, by so act
ing, has forgotten its representa
tive capacity and its obligaions
under the charter to act on be
half of all other members."
Stressing that Australia was
not asking for revision of the
charter dt this time, Hasluck de
clared ihat the only hope for
making the council work rested
In steps such as these:
Outlines Program
1. Moderation on the part of
the Big Five permanent coun
cil members in exercise'ot their
right of veto.
2. An increased measure of
consultation and a spirit of give
and take among permanent
members themselves in an en
deavor vo achieve that measure
of great power unanimity which
is necessary for the smooth
working of the security coun
cil and which they themselves
are pledged to devote to the
purpose and principles of the
UN.
3. A development by the
council of recognized proced
ures which would enable it lo
discharge its duties in a uni
form w?y without the necessity
of taking repeat votes at each
stage in the process of concil
iation or settlements and thus
placing a recurrent strain on
the principle of unanimity.
Hasluck did not mention
France, which invoked the veto
once during voting on the Span
ish case. The other three per
manent members have not ve
toed. Argentina's Suggestion
Argentina told the United
Nations today that small states
could exercise a veto of their
own by refusing to elect non
permanent representatives to
the seci.'iily council and thus
prevent a quorum.
The Argentine delegate, Dr.
Jose Arce suggested that small
nations could even withdraw
from the UN in protest against
the Big Five veto right.
"Thus the veto could work
like continuous drops of water
which pierce stone to dissolve
the UN," he said.
Arce charged that the secur
ity council, where Russia lias
invoked the veto 10 times, "has
violated and forgotten the char
ter." Turning on the five veto-holding
powers, Arce said:
"Let them not forget that
(the snuller and medium pow
ers) havt the absolute right to
walk out of this assembly."
tcrcd, only a little more than
half the estimated number in
the area. All hotels, said OPA
Representative Clare A. Lee.
arc in, possibly two-thirds of
the rooming houses, at least half
the large apartment buildings
and most auto courts. Any place
that has over three rooms to
rent is called a rooming house.
Friday will be devoted at the
office lo cataloging registrations
now in and the job of establish
ing "curves" to show compara
ble rentals will start Monday.
The purpose of registration,
Lee explained, was for informa
tion only as a basis on which to
proceed in establishing compara
ble rentals in zones. For those
(Concluded on Pajrc 17, Column S)
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Big 4 Discuss
Rk e of Trieste
Now York, Nov. 14 OP) A
first class struggle was devel
oping in the foreign ministers
council today over the issue of
who should rule the proposed
free city of Trieste. It appeared
certain to put to extreme test
the mildly conciliatory attitude
which has grown up between
Russia and the western powers.
Secretary of State Byrnes and
British Foreign Secretary Bev
in already were confronted with
14 Russian demands for changes
in a Paris peace conference de
cision that would vest wide pow
ers in a governor responsible to
the United Nations security
council.
Byrnes and Bevin got togeth
er early today, presumably to
discuss tile changes in the Tri
este plan demanded by Russia.
There was no definite informa
tion as to the nature of their
talks, but persons in a position
to know said it was unlikely
that they discussed the explo
sive issue of Palestine.
Byrnes also had an appoint
ment with the Greek ambassa
dar, Cimon P. Diamantopoulous.
Soviet Foreign Minister Mo
lotov, assailing the Paris plan
as undemocratic, insisted on lim
iting the governor's power and
shifting more authority into the
hands of a popularly elpcted as
sembly and a council of gavern
mcnt responsible for lt.
Attack Grevn
Tokyo, Nov. 14 i) Defense
questioning of former Ambassa
dor Joseph C. Grcw's credibility
today provoked the prosecution
to call him to testify at the in
ternational war crimes trial if
his health permits.
Grew, who was ambassador to
Japan in the 10 years preceding
Pearl Harbor and was interned
at the start of the war, has given
affidavits lo both the prosecu
tion and defense at his Wash
ington, D. C, home. The defense
contends portions of the prose
cution affidavit, mnde last May,
contradict portions of the de
fense statement, made two
weeks ago, and of Grew's book
"10 Years in Japan."
Climaxing afternoon - 1 o n g
heated arguments, the tribunal
president, Sir William Webb,
asked the defense if further in
terrogations could not be con
ducted at Grew's home "unless
his credibility is questioned."
"I am sure his credibility will
be questioned," promptly re
sponded Defense Attorney G. A.
Furiiess.
Webb said he thought a ma
jority of the 11-membcr tri
bunal "seemed to be against"
bringing Grew here, but he
would entertain a defense mo
tion to bring him as a defense
witness. Tlie defense objected
Hint Grew in such circumstan
ces "would be a hostile witness"
and said it preferred to cross
examine him as a prosecution
witness.
Wed to Girl in
Munich by Phone
Floyd Adams, 1435 N. Winter
street, has applied for a mar
riage license to wed his sweet
heart in Munich. Germany, and
asked Court Clerk Harlan
Judd if the marriage ceremony
could be performed over long
distance telephone with the
groom pledging his vows in Sa
lem, Ore., and the bride pledg
ing hers in Munich.
The county clerk didn't know,
so he has framed a question to
District Attorney Miller B. Hay
den asking for a legal opinion
in the matter. The letter to the
district attorney says that the
proposed bride-to-be is a native
of Austria, but now resident of
Munich. The county clerk said
no further details were confided
to him by Adams but it is pre
sumed the long distance wed
ding planned is outgrowth of a
romance initiated when Adams
was serving with the armed
forces in Germany.