Krug Seeks to
Hold Miners to
U.S. Contract
Showdown Fight with
Lewis Looms to Keep
Up Coal Production
Washington, Nov. 16 VP) The
solid fuels administration today
froze all soft coal supplies in an
ticipation of a bituminous mine
shut-down next Wednesday
mid-night. The freeze order is
sued by Secretary of the Interior
J. A, Krug became effective
as of noon today.
It came as the administration
sought to hold 400,000 soft coal
miners to a government contract
which the attorney general says
is binding.
Krug, acting as administrator
of the solid fuels administration,
said in a statement:
Essential Precaution
"Issuance of these orders is
an essential precaution in view
i of the unwillingness of the pres
ident of the United Mine Work
ers (John L. Lewis) to accede
with the president's request to
-Reconsider the government's
f 7roposal looking toward a set
vaement of the coal contro
versy." Krug issued three separate or
ders.. One froze all coal in
transit or which might be pro
duced from mines. A second
held all coal stocks in shipment
on the Great Lakes or other
waterways. The third froze all
coal supplies in retail yards.
The orders provide that no
coal can be distributed to con
sumers without the approval of
the solid fuels administration.
They did not affect coal already
in the hands of ultimate con
sumers. No official was telling just
what will be done if Lewis per
sists in his contention that he
can and will terminate the con
tract next Wednesday midnight,
halting production at the 3300
government-operated mines.
(Concluded on Face 9, Column 6)
Blood Plasma
Recovered
Shanghai, Nov. 18 W) U.S.
officials recovered today most
of the 3,500 cases of American
blood plasma recently sold in
advertently to a Chinese con
cern. The plasma, at $25 a pint
. which Chinese readily paid for
'cit, would have retailed for $1,-
. $50,000.
i A tip from two Associated
Press correspondents led direct
ly to the discovery of 2,000 cases
in one warehouse and indirectly
to the discovery of several hun
dred additional cases in a sec
ond. American officials esti
mated the two lots represented
the bulk of- the plasma included
in the recent sale of uninventor
ied navy surplus medical stock
at Okinawa.
The navy shore patrol placed'
guards over both stocks of
plasma and officials of the fed
eral liquidation commission con
ferred with U.S. Consul General
Monnett B. Davis on how to ob
tain a release order from Chi
nese authorities. The plasma
eventually will be shipped to
the United States for distribu
tion by the Red Cross.
Two thousand cases of plasma
were discovered in the com
mercial express transportation
warehouse. Hundreds more
cases were found by FLC offi
cials in the former international
settlement on a tip obtained at
the first warehouse.
Goode Prosecutor
Of Linn County
Gov. Earl Snell today ap
pointed Melvin Goode of Al
bany as district attorney for
,ane county, replacing Harlow
Wemrick, whom the gover
nor moved into the justice of
the peace chair left vacant by
the appointment of Victor Olli
ver as circuit judge.
Goode was elected district at
torney for Linn county at the
general election but would not
have taken office until Jan. 6,
1947. He was unopposed in
the general election. He will
serve a four-year term in addi
tion to the period between now
and Jan. 6.
Weinrick, who has been dis
trict attorney, replaces Olliver
whom the governor appointed
yesterday to succeed the late
Judge L. G. Lewelling as circuit
judge for Linn and Benton
counties.
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday with some scattered light
rain beginning tonight. Temper
ature warmer. Lowest tempera
ture tonight, 30 degrees. Maxi
mum yesterday, 51; minimum to
day 25. Mean temperature yes
terday, 40, which was 6 below
normal. Total 24-hour precipi
tation to 11:30 a.m. today 0.00.
Total precipitation for the
month. .67, which is 2.17 Inches
below normal. Willamette river
height, -1.8 feet.
apital
58th Year, No. 272 StMSSoA" Salem, Oregon, Saturday, November
Russians Turn
Dairen Over to
Chinese Reds
Pciping, Nov. 16 U,R) An au
thoritative Soviet source declar
ed today that the Russians have
evacuated Dairen completely
after handling control of Man
churia's biggest commercial port
over to Chinese communists.
This source, who has every
reason to know all the facts in
the case, told the United Press
that Dairen's evacuation has
been carried out in the same
way that Soviets withdrew prog
gressively from Mukden and
Changchun other major Man
churian cities which they occu
pied after the war's end.
No Russians Left
The only difference, he said,
was that this time there were
no Chinese nationalist troops in
Dairen and actual control of the
city was assumed by Chinese
communists, as was done at Har
bin by other forces of Gen. Lin
Piao, commander in chief of
communist armies in Man
churia. "There is not a single Soviet
Russian official in Dairen to
day," the source said. "If there
are any Soviet soldiers there,
then they have just motored
over in jeeps from Port Arthur
less than 30 miles away on
short leaves of absence, and they
have no guns nor sidearms with
them."
Sent Port Arhtur
This informant added that
most of the Russians previously
stationed at Dairen were trans
ferred to Port Arthur the larg
est naval base in Manchuria,
where under a Chinese-Russian
agreement reached at the Yalta
conference they are entitled to
maintain armd forces.
The danger of an armed clash
between Russians and Chinese
nationalist forces under Gen.
Tu Li-Ming variously rumored
to be headed for Dairen were
minimized by this source as
"absurd, inasmuch as there are
no Russian troops in Dairen."
He declined to give the exact
date that the evacuation was
completed but said it took place
some time before there was any
talk about Gen. Tu's troops ad
vancing on Dairen.
White Senate
GOP Leader
Washington, Nov. 16 P) Sen
ator Robert Taft of Ohio an
nounced today his support of
Senator Wallace White of Maine
for majority floor leader of the
new republican-controlled sen
ate. Taft told reporters he would
be happy to continue as chair
man of the powerful republican
steering committee. He said he
had not been a candidate for
floor leader in connection with
which his name had been men
tioned. "My personal choice for the
leadership is Wallace White,"
Taft said in a statement. "I
have urged him , to accept the
position if it is tendered him.
It should be clearly understood
that the decision is to be made
by the republican conference."
The conference has been called
to meet December 30.
"I have not sought the posi
tion of leader at any time," Taft
said. "I would hope to continue
as chairman of the steering com
mittee." Taft's espousal of White's can
didacy apparently cleared all
objections to the proposed new
senate set-up, if 17 freshmen
GOP members make no objec
tion at the conference meeting.
Conciliators Leave Shipping
Strike Still Stalemated
San Francisco, Nov. 16 (U.R) Three striking unions and two
employer groups were left "on their own" by government con
ciliators today in attempts to settle the 47-day west coast shipping
strike. Special Mediator Na-
than P. Feinsinger departed for
his Wisconsin home with a state
ment that, barring an arbitrary
stand by either side, peace could
be achieved in "a matter of days
or even one day."
Feinsirtger and his assistant,
John Roe, turned the lengthy
maritime dispute over to region
al officials of the federal con
ciliation office, but indicated
that it was primarily up to the
unions and the employers to
solve their remaining differ
ences. "I wouldn't be going home,"
Feinsinger said, "unless 1 was
sure that this thing had a start
in the right direction. I would
not have remained over for
three d?.ys if I didn't think it
was winding up.
"If ail parties are prepared
to make concessions, the issue
Break Looms in
Big 4 Deadlock
Over Trieste Pact
New York, Nov. 16 fl) Sev
eral concessions by Soviet For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov
prompted Big Four diplomats
today to make guarded asser
tions that the foreign ministers
council was at the point of
breaking its months old dead
lock over Trieste.
In a three-hour informal de
bate among the Big Four foreign
ministers last night, Molotov
showed signs, according to per
sons in the meeting, of making
a serious effort to meet Ameri
can British and French insist
ence on putting Trieste police
under control of the United Na
tions security council.
Another session is scheduled
for 1 p.m. (PST) today.
Police Force Issue
, Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes and British Foreign Min
ister Bevin declared repeatedly
that only by having a police
force independent of the locally
elected government could the
United Nations be sure of pro
tecting the independence of Tri
este and the rights of its two
nationalities Italian and Yugo
slav. Byrnes declared the whole is
sue which is the great block in
the way of an Italian peace trea
ty is the question of who is to
hire and fire the police force. '
Molotov, responding to pro
posals by Deputy French For
eign Minister Maurice Couve De
Murville, agreed:
Molotov's Proposal
1. That the proposed governor
of Trieste a direct agent of the
security council should have
the right to appoint the police
chief upon the recommendation
of the local council of govern
ment. 2. That he had no objection to
having the police chief direct
the recruiting of the police force.
3. That the governor should
have a veto over administrative
as well as legislative actions of
the local government another
way of recognizing that he
should have actual supreme
power.
Molotov also agreed at anoth
er point in the discussion that
the police chief should be subor
dinate to the governor in an
emergency affecting the inde
pendence of the Trieste territory
and that the governor would de
cide when emergency action was
necessary.
Alabama Court
Jails 12 Pickets
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 16
yp) Twelve union members
were ordered jailed "immedi
ately" today by Circuit Judge
Richard V. Evans on charges
that they violated an anti-pick
eting injunction.
In addition to jail term'
ranging from 90 days to six
months, fines totalling $4,598.18
were assessed against the 12.
Judge Evans ordered two of
the 12-Carl Hacker and George
Hardwick, officials cf the AFL
Culinary workers u n l o n
held in the county jail until
"they call off the strike which
they and others called against
the Greenwood cafe on Sept. 8
1946, and until further orders
of the court."
Six-month jail sentences were
given Hacker and Hardwick, to
begin after they have complied
with the court order to call off
the strike.
Proclaims Thanksgiving
Gov. Earl Snell officially pro
claimed Thursday, Nov. 28, as
Thanksgiving day in a proclama
tion released today.
(of the Coos Bay, Ore., dispute)
can be speedily resolved. That's
the only matter holding up com
plete settlement of the tie-up."
The striking unions are the
CIO International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's un
ion, the AFL licensed deck offi
cers and the CIO marine engi
neers. The employer groups are
the Waterfront Employers as
sociation and the Pacific Amer
ican Steamship Owners associ'
ation.
A fourth union, which is not
on strike, holds a key to the
Coos Bay settlement. It is the
AFL Sailors Union of the Paci
fic, which engaged irt a juris
dictional battle with the ILWU
in the Oregon port. The water
front employers said that situ
ation must be cleared up before
they will sign a new longshore
contract.
Pickets Mass at Hollywood Studio OT Massed pickets parade
at the entrance to the Columbia
until all were either in jail or left
Elf strom Discusses
Parking Meter Problems
Robert L. Elfstrom, balem's mayor-elect who will take office
January 1 and become the first city executive under the new
council-manager form of government, believes the city is giving
away too much of the streets in parking space for business inter
ests that should be used by the public. He has special reference
to taxioabs. "I see no reason why
taxicabs should not operate out
of their own places of business,
either rented quarters or places
they own, instead of operating
from the streets," said the mayor-elect.
"They get their busi
ness calls by telephone largely,
and it seems to me good busi
ness as well as public conveni
ence would be served if they op
erated from stations."
West Salem had only one
taxicab company, operating onj'y
a half dozen or so cabs, the
problem wasn't seroius. But the
business has grown in the last
two years until there are now
several companies. Parking
space for them has been a piob-
lem before the city council) for
several mc.iths. v . )
If telephone calls reaching
Mayor-elect Elfstrom are an in
dication, Salem people are keen
ly interested in the type of park
ing meters to be installed and
the amount of parking they will
permit. The contract drawn up
with the Michaels Art Bronze
company for MI-CO meters, but
which hasn't yet been signeo'.,
provides for penny nickel
meters permitting parking from
12 minutes to an hour. Elf
strom recently expressed him
self as not entirely satisfied with
that type, but finds that his
position has been misunderstood
by some people.
(Concluded on Page 9, Column 8)
Bevin Asks Vote
Of Confidence
London, Nov. 16 flJ.R) Reli
able sources said today that
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
demanded a vote of confidence
Monday when commons debates
on amendment by laborite rebels
calling for a revision of Brit
ish foeign policy.
Prime Minister Clement R.
Attlee also was understood to
be set on a decisive test vote to
clear the troubled political air
and re-establish a solid front
among the laborites.
Bevin's demand for a com
mons vote on the issue based
on Britain's relations with the
United States and Russia was
reported made in a telephone
conversation with Attlce. The
foreign secretary is in New
York for the meeting of the
big four council of foreign min
isters. The government thus was
represented as in the position of
turning the Intra-party crisis
into a matter of commons con
fidence in the labor government
as a whole.
A demand for a vote of con
fidence after the rebel amend
ment is debated beginning Mon
day will put the insurgents
squarely on the spot. It also
was calculated to prevent any
appreciable numbers of them
from abstaining by disappear
ing into the lobbies. just before
the vote.
Ford Strike Averted
Detroit, Nov. 16 (U.R) The
threat of the first major strike
at Ford Motor company since
the end of the war was averted
today when the CIO auto work
ers announced that agreement
had been reached with Ford on
a prolonged dispute over health
hazards.
Jomraa
16, 1946
studio in Hollywood, where police arrested them one at a time
on their own accord.
Shake-up in
Russian Agency
New York, Nov. 16 fl") A
spokesman for the soviet con
sul general's office here said
today that Michael Guisov had
"resigned several months ago"
as president and chairman of
the board of the Amtorg Trad
ing corporation, multi-million
dollar soviet trade agency in
the United States.
The official said Guisov quit
his post here "because he had
been in the United States for
more than five years and wanted
a vacation in his native coun
try." He added that I. A. Eremin,
head of the soviet purchasing
commission in Washington, had
been designated to head Am
torg in Guisov's place, and that
Eremin now was serving in both
capacities.
The consul general's spokes
man said he knew or no plan
to discontinue the purchasing
commission, formed during the
war to direct Russian purchases
in the United States, and turn
over to Amtorg all American
Soviet trade dealings.
Earlier, an officer of Amtorg
declined to comment on a story
published by the Times saying
that it had learned that a shake
up "on the highest level" had
been instituted in the Amtorg
trading corporation.
The paper said Guisov, head
of Amtorg for the last five years
"left the country about three
months ago to return to Russia
with n. formal announcement
that ha was giving up his im
portant job."
Law Prevents
Phone Wedding
Floyd Adams, 1435 N. Win
ter street, isn't going to get a
chance after all to wed his
sweetheart in Munich, Germany
by trans-oceanic phone, at least
on a marriage license issued out
of the Marion county clerk's
office.
In an opinion to County Clerk
Harlan Judd from Rex Kimmell
of the attorney general's office
relayed through District Attor
ney Miller Hayden's office, the
county clerk is advised that he
has not authority to issue the
license under the circumstan
ces. He calls attention to an
opinion of October 29, 1943 by
the then attorney general, I.
H. Van Winkle, in which he
held that marriages by proxy
are invalid in this state and
that under the Oregon statute
it is essential that both con
tracting parties must appear be
fore the minister or judicial
officer who performs the cere
mony. Incidentally, County Clerk
Judd as an afterthought,
drummed up another impedi
ment to such a marriage.
"Under the law it also is es
sential for the contracting par
ties to secure medical certifi
cates from a physician in the
state," he said. "This would he
a rather difficult requirement
for a girl in Munich, Germany
to comply with."
Price Five Cents
,5Mn ovjV
under the watchful eyes of police
Mass Arrests
01 Film Pickets
Hollywood, Nov. 16 (U.Hcl-
meted police charged a massed
picket line at Columbia stu
dios today, arresting between
150 and 200 AFL Conference
of Studio union marchers who
sang (he "Star Spangled Ban
ner" defiantly as they were
hauled away to jail.
There was no violence, but
officers said they took "all the
pickets in sight" to break up a
demonstration called by the
unionists to enforce their de
mands for wage contracts. A
court order prohibited mass
picketing, but marchers shout
ed the edict was unconstitution
al. Fourteen women, among
those arrested, led the singing.
They were pulled in with the
men and police wagons rum
bled off to Hollywood station
for bookings that added to the
679 arrested frorr) a crowd of
1,500 yesterday described by
police as the largest mass ar
rests in California history.
The pickets were cheered by
leaflets addressed "to the pick
et line from the jail birds" in
Lincoln Heights jail, including
CSU President Herbert K. Sor
rel 1.
Victor Olliver
Named Judge
Victor Olliver of Albany has
been appointed by Gov. Earl
Snell to succeed the late Judge
L. G. Lewelling as circuit judge
of the 21st district comprising
Linn and Benton counties, It
was announced today.
Judge Olliver has been justice
of the peace of Linn county dis
trict No. 1 for more than 20
years and also served as attor
ney for the city of Albany for a
long period, the governor said.
The new circuit judge holds
an LLB. degree from the Uni
versity of Indiana. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1932.
Judge Lewelling died in Al
bany hospital last week follow
ing a long period of illness.
Arens Reappointed
L. O. Arens, Salem, has been
reappointed to a four-year term
as a member of the state indus
trial accident commission, rep
resenting the public, Gov. Earl
Snell announced Saturday.
New Storm Blankets Rockies
With Snow Slowing Rescue
Denver, Nov. 16 UP) A new storm swept south along the Uock
ics today, blanketing Montana and Wyoming with snow and
hampering rescue efforts in eastern Colorado where many fam
ilies still are marooned and1
much livestock is weakened by
two weens without food.
The weather bureau said the
snow would be light, but pre
dicted strong winds that would
drift the snow already on the
ground, and low temperatures
which cattlemen said would
cause heavy livestock losses.
The storm centered along the
eastern slope of the mountains.
It came on the heels of the
third storm to strike Colorado
within two weeks, bringing
death to 18 persons.
Snow and wind, originating
from a cold air mass that came
out of the west, gave the bliz-zard-swept
plains another lash
ing yesterday, wiping out the
gains made at clearing roads
and virtually halting Red Cross
army relief operations from
Rush, 40 miles east of Colorado
Springs.
France Proposes
Suspend Debate
To Permit Big 4 to Find Solution
Foreign Ministers to Begin Consultations Monday
On Way to Improve Procedure Without
Altering U. N. Charter
Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 16 P) France proposed today that
the United Nations political committee suspend debate on the
controversial veto question to enable the five big powers to try
to find a formula for voluntary modification of the veto's use.
At the same time British sources said big five consultations on
the veto problem would start Monday regardless of any decision
taken on France's proposal. All of the major powers, including
Soviet Russia, have agreed to take part in the discussions, It was
disclosed.
French Delegate Alexandre Parodi lined up with the other big
powers in opposing any revision of the UN charter, although he
pointed out that France originally had opposed the principle of
the veto.
The problem, he said, is to find a way to improve the procedure
of the security council without altering the charter. Parodi
spoke shortly after Chinese
Delegate V. K. Wellington Koo
had endorsed the positions tak
en yesterday against any amend
ment of Ihe charter at this time.
Great Britain, the only mem
ber of the big five which has
not yet slated its position be
fore the committee, has also
made it clear that she opposes
any charter revision.
Should Permit Use
All of the five major powers,
except Russia, have taken the
position, however, that the se
curity council itself should limit
the use of the veto to rare and
exceptional cases. Individual
members of the big five already
were studying a British plan
aimed at softening the use of
the veto.
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo,
Philippine delegate to the Unit
ed Nations assembly, bitterly
assailed Russia's use of the veto
today and declared that the se
curity council was now operat
ed under "a one-nation, one
vole rule."
The attack was delivered as
individual members of the big
five studied a British plan aimed
at softening the use of the
veto.
Deny Russian Charges
Romulo, speaking before the
assembly's 51-nation political
committee, vigorously denied
charges made yesterday by Sov
iet Representative Andrei Y.
Vishinsky that Cuba, Australia,
The Netherlands and the Phil
ippines were trying to split the
big powers by their campaign
for modification of the veto.
"While the Soviet Union has
used the veto most," Romulo
said, "we know that all of the
big five want it and would not
hesitate to use it." ,
He declared that an "atomic
armaments race is around the
corner," and called for a re
vision of the UN Qharter "in
time to prevent war." It was
necessary for the assembly to
have the power to act without
being blocked by the veto in the
security council.
He said the assembly then
could have the power to stop
"the present armaments race,"
"It Is either limited world
government or unlimited world
anarchy." he asserted.
Cold Wave Hits
Oregon Country
Portland, Nov. 16 UP) Ore
gonlans shivered again today, as
the mercury slid below the
freezing mark in almost every
part of the slate.
The lowest minimum today
was recorded at Baker, with 10
degrees. Even the normally
warmer coastline was frostbit
ten, Newport recording a 34 dc
gree minimum.
The weather bureau forecast
slightly warmer temperatures
tonight, followed by rain in
western Oregon and light snow
in eastern Oregon.
Portland, where the thermo
meter sank to 20 degrees, was
heavily frost-coated today. Min
imums in other towns: Bend 23;
Burns 17: Eugene 27; Klamath
Falls 24; Lakevicw 22; Mcdford
30; Rosnburg 37; Salem 25.
Crews worked a week open
ing a 36-mile road from Hugo
to Karval only to have new
drifts close it within 30 minutes
after they were through.
Cattlemen who could get their
livestock to railheads rushed
it to markets, but thousands of
head of cattle remained with
out food since the blizzard start
ed two weeks ago.
With many families not heard
from for two weeks, relief work
ers feared further deaths. Army
weasels making mercy missions
from Rush were slowed to three
miles an hour and planes which
have been dropping food pack
ages to humans and hay to live
stock were grounded at Colora
do Springs where Robert W.
White, Red Cross disaster repre
sentative, arrived from St. Louis
to direct operations.
United Nations
on Veto Question
Public Hearings
For Bilbo Case
Washington, Nov. 16 W) The
senate campaign investigating
committee voted unanimously
today to hold public hearings in
Mississippi on protests against
the seating of Senator Theodore
G. Bilbo (D Miss.).
Chairman Ellcnder (D., La.)
said the hearings will begin not
later than December 2 on com
plaints that Senator Bilbo tried
to intimidate Negroes from vot
ing in last summer's democratic
primary.
Ellcnder said the hearings will
be held in Jackson, Grenada and
Hattiesburg or near those places.
Senator Bridges (D., N.H.)
said the testimony will be lim
ited to the 1946 election, and
Ellcnder added that only "citi
zens of Mississippi" will be
heard.
The chairman said Senator
Bilbo will be notified of the
hearings and "invited to appear
and bring such witnesses as he
desires."
Ellcnder said the committee
expects to complete its report
for the senate by January 3.
Leaders of the new republican
majority in the senate have an
nounced they will attempt to
prevent Bilbo from taking his
scat when the senate convenes
January 3.
The committee action came
after a closed door session last
ing more than two hours.
Landlords Will
Be Investigated
Landlords in the Salem de
fense rental area were advised
Friday by Thaddeus W. Veness,
OPA rent attorney, Portland,
that they are now in violation
of OPA rent regulations if they
have failed to register their
residential dwelling units with
the Salem rent office.
Veness explained that the
registration period covered 45
days commencing on October 1,
the effective date of rent con
trol in the area, and ended at
midnight on November 14.
All alleged violations will be
reported to the compliance divi
son of the OPA for investigation
and appropriate action, h
added.
Thief Steals $400
Through Window
A thief who operated through
a window stole $400 Thursday
night from Harold E. Clark. 205
Pine street, a police report re
veal;. Clerk had heard a noise that
aroused his suspicions during
the evening and Investigated
about tiie garage where he
thought the noise came from,
but Ion id nothing amiss. After
he had retired another noise
was heard, but no investigation
made
It was later found that the
thief had dragged Clark's trous
ers to the window and taken a
billfold containing the 'money.
The empty billfold and trousers
were left at the scene.
Dorothy Edwards, route 7,
employed at the Johnson cloth
ing store on State street, re
ported o police that her purse
containing $11 and personal pa
pers was stolon from under a
counter at the store Friday,
while she was waiting on a cus
tomer. Description of a suspect
was furnished the police.
Truman Talks to
Annapolis Middies
Annapolis, Nov. 16 VP) Pres
ident Truman told United States
Naval ucademy midshipmen to
day they must always hold
themselves in readiness to meet
any emergency to "keep the
peace of the world."
He advised the young men
who will lead the nation's future
navy, as he had advised the West
Point cadets a few weeks ago,
that "if you don't keep the peace
of the world, there will be no
peace."