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United States Asks Jail for John L Lewis for Contempt of Court Byrnes Presses Discussion of German Treaty General Clay Urges Two Zone Economic Integration (C apital Citation Papers Presented to Judge Goldsborough as Strike 58th Year, No. 276 SfJTJSSVSZ Salem, Oregon, Thursday, November 21, 1946 Price Five Cents jIlJo If II u LL f New York, Nov. 21 OT Sec retary of State Byrnes was re ported ready today to press tor discussion of Germany by the foreign ministers council the next time the Big Four strike a time-consuming snag in their work on Italian and other satel lite peace treaties Following a conference with Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin on eco nomic merger of American X and British German occupation zones, Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay told reporters he and Ambassa dor Robert Murphy were stand ing by here for the German vAalks and for consultation with 3Byrnes on United States policy Wtoward Germany. Clay Urges Request Clay is deputy commander in the American zone and Murphy is his top political adviser. While preparing for the Big-Four at tack on-long-range control and development of the defeated ene my country, they are also wind ing up arrangements for the two zone economic integration. This step, Clay told a news conference last night, should make the two zones economical ly self-sufficient in the next three years but -meanwhile will add many millions a year to the American budget for im porting food into the reich. American expenditures for this purpose, exclusive of mili tary costs, presently amount o $200,000,000 annually. The British, with a larger population to feed, are spending about twice that much. (Concluded on Fajre 17, Column 6) Bevin Wants All Arms Reported Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 21 (P) British Foreign Minister Ernest Bovin said today that he could not accept the Russian . proposal for reports to the Unit Led Nations on disposition of firoops on foreign soil unless it was amended to cover forces on domestic fronts and the whole ! broad question of disarmament. Bevin then formally proposed that troops disposition and gen eral disarmament be combined into one subject for further dis cussion immediately. Bevin thus went a step farther than the general position taken by the United States and China, which called for overall troop reports but sought to keep the questions of troop data and dis armament separate. These two powers merely ask ed that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov's plan be broad ened without flatly stating op position. An American delegation spokesman, stressing the desire for inclusion of all forces in the reports, said Russia "had come , a long way" toward meeting the tt, United Stales position. Franco qualified its approval of the Soviet proposal with a suggestion that the UN fix the exact needs for troops stationed in ex-enemy states such as Ger many. Bevin, making his first speech before the UN here in commit tee, stressed that the subjects of disarmament and troops dispo sitions were really one. iPari-Mutuel Races Nef State $513,117 Pari-mutuel racing revenues for 1946 netted the state $513, 117, 28 percent more than last year's $398,755, figures releas ed by Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., showed today. Each of Oregon's 36 counties received $5,938 of the $213,800 collected since Aug. 8. Total for 1846 received by each of the counties was $9,755. Other distributions included $35,000 to the state fair; $35,000 Pacific International Livestock Exposition; $5,000, Eastern Ore gon Livestock Show; $1,2100, Northwest Turkey Show; $5, 000, Pendleton Roundup, and $80,717, state general fund. The Weather (Released by United States Weather Bureau) Forecast for Salem and Vicin ity: Cloudy with continued light rains tonight and Friday. Slight ly warmer temperatures for Fri day. Lowest temperature tonight, 38 degrees. Maximum yesterday, 44. Minimum, today. 38. Mean temperature yesterday, 40. which was 5 below normal. Total 24 hour precipitation to 11:30 a.m. today. .37. Total precipitation for the month. .3.80. which is .10 of inch below normal. Wil lamette river height: 8.5 feet. Cold Wave Grips Northwest as Snow Piles-up (By the Associated Press) The mid-November cold wave continued to grip the Pacific northwest today from Medford, Ore., well into British Columbia as the weather bureau gave rise to slight hopes of relief with the prediction that occasional snow flurries today would change to "occasional rain" Fri day. Another storm like that which punished northern California and southern Oregon Monday and Tuesday was forecast for today by the weather bureau, which ordered storm warnings posted from Point Conception, near Santa Barbara, Calif., to Cape Blanco, halfway up the Oregon coast, until 10 p.m. to night. Southerly winds of from strong to gale proportions were forecast, accompanied by rain. Snow was predicted in the mountains. Six Fatalities The storm-caused death toll increased to six last night five in Washington and one in British Columbia. Mrs. Irene Davis Buell, 25, wed at Helena, Mont., five days before, was fatally injured when her car ran off the snowy highway at Eltopia, en route to Pasco, and an elderly man; identified as Hans Rasmussen, 35, was found dead beside his boat at a Seattle wharf. Police expressed belief he had slipped during the first snowfall Monday. In Oregon, snow was falling today along the Columbia river from Troutdale, just east of Portland, to Arlington. Tem peratures in the eastern part of the state were low, with Pen dleton reporting 21 degrees at 9:30 a.m. Elsewhere, Grants Pass was digging out from under yesterday's heavy fall which hampered highway travel, and Crater Lake national park re ported 42 inches with one-way road travel open, except from park headquarters to the ?im, where the road was closed. ; Greeks Victors In Skra Bottle Athens, Ncv. 21 P) An offi cial announcement today said the nine-day "Battle of Skra," in. the Vardar valley six miles from the Yugoslav frontier, had been terminated and that Gen eral Ventiris, commander of the Greek third army corps, had returnen to his headquarters in Salonika In earlier reports, the army said leftist raiders, described as having come from across the Yugoslav border, had been driv en back after bloody fighting which resulted in casualties and the destruction of several vil lages. Three newspapers in Athens containing a purported "com munist party communique" de nying that the bands in northern Greece were receiving aid from outside the country were seized early today by police, but later were allowed to publish after removing the article. A spokesman for EAM (na tional liberation front) and KKE (the communist party) said he had no knowledge of the alleged "communique" and "no idea how it came here nor how it was distributed." He added that "it was not an official statement from the communist party." Ball Wants Republicans to Consult Truman on Labor Bills Washington, Nov. 21 (Pi Senator Ball (R Minn.) said today he thinks congressional republicans ought to seek President Tru man's cooperation in any changes they propose in existing labor laws. "When we have finished drafting our bills, I think we ought to go down to the White House, lay them before the president and ask him if he ob jects to any of their features," the Minnesota senator told a re porter. "Perhaps in that way we can work out legislation that will not be vetoed." Ball is a member of a senate GOP subcommittee assigned to the task of drafting labor bills. His proposal represented the first concrete indication that the republicans may meet the presi dent half way in his post-election offer of cooperation with the new congressional majority on measures for the nation's benefit. Ball is now drafting revision of some sections of the Case strike control bill which Mr. Outlook for Wrecked Fliers Held Hopeless Paris, Nov. 21 (P) American authorities at Orly airfield said tonight they feared the outlook was virtually hopeless for the 11 persons aboard a crashed C-53 transport unless rescue crews reached within a few hours the spot in the Alps where the plane came down two days ago. They pointed out the 12,000-foot-higl. area was swept by bit ter winds. U. S. army head quarter,! at Frankfurt reported a radio message saying eight of the 11 vere stretcher cases. The passengers included a brigadier general, Loyal M. Haynes and the wives of three brigadier generals. Some One Sighted The Lyon airport radio station reported a message that "some one on the ground" had been sighted but it did not know whether this referred to the plane's cccupants or to rescue parties toiling up the snow-clad slopes of the Mt. Cenis region. A mysterious radio message led to a premature announce ment of the plane's discovery. Col. Hilbert F. Muenter, com mander ot the U. S. European Air Transport service, made the announcement and then with drew it. This message, saying the wreckage had been sighted on a glacier, was attributed to one of the search planes, but other planes said they had no knowledge of t. "We Want to Live" The Lyon-Bron radio an nounced a message from the C-53 at 5 p.m. (8 a.m., PST) say ing "We want to live." A C-54 circled the area 10 hours in clear weather without sighting any wreckage. The weather was beginning to close in as the pilot left the district. Earlier, the Istres airport said a Panamerican Airways plane had sighted the transport, but Panamsrican reported from its Turin office that none of its planes landed there had sighted the wreckage. List of Passengers Those aboard the C-53 trans port: Brig. Gen. Loyal M. Haynes, head of Gen. Mark W. Clark's advisory group in Austria, of Manchester, Iowa, and Wash ington, D. C; Mrs. L. M. Haynes; Mrs. Ralph Tate, Louisville, Ky., and Alexandria, Va., wife of Brig. Gon Ralph H. Tate, dep uty commander in Austria, and mother of the plane's pilot; Capt. R?1ph H. Tate, Jr., pilot; Col. William C. McMahon, Buf falo, retiring chief of staff in Austria: Mrs. W. C. McMahon; Alice McMahon, 11; Mrs. Alber ta Snavely, Surfside, Calif., wife of Brig Gen. Ralph Snavely, chief of the air division in Aus tria; 2nd Lt. Irving Mathews, Richmond, Va., co-pilot; Sgt. Louis C. Hill, Portales, N. M., radio operator; SSgt. Wayne G. Folsom, Postville, Iowa, engi neer. Unmasked Robber Gets $932 From Cafe Portland, Nov. 21 (U.R An unmasked gunman walked out of the Coffee Cup cafe, on Port land's cast side, with $932 cash late Wednesday after threaten ing the operator, James Hyde. Hyde told police the robber calmly walked past a man and woman customer on his way out with the loot. Truman vetoed last summer. He said he plans provisions making unions subject to suit for viola tion of contracts, banning secon dary boycotts and "equalizing" employer and employe status under the Wagner act. Senate republicans are ex pected to go along generally with such changes. Senator Elbert Thomas (D Utah), for mer chairman of the labor com mittee, indicated that he and many other democrats recognize that some alterations are in or der. Thomas, who has opposed any change in the Wagner act and other basic labor laws in the past, said he hopes the republi cans will point toward "con structive" changes. irSfdig.,, i JWgN. Minnesota Deer Hunter Is Killed Coroner Frank Gotlry exam ines the body of Carl Holmdahl, 21, of St. Paul, killed by a bullet intended for a deer near Pine City, Minn. Holmdahl was shot as he stood watching a companion start to clean a deer shot just a few minutes before (carcass left of Holmdahl's body). Taking notes is Lew Fiero, state parks director. (AP Wirephoto.) 4 Persons Critically 111 From Food Poisoning Four persons became critically ill Thursday at the North Salem motel, 2673 Portland road, with what is believed to be botulinus food poisoning. They are Mr. and Mrs. Grover Ritchie, 242 South E street, Oxnard, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Ritchie of Cof feyville, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ritchie were taken to Salem Deaconess hospital at noon. The two others remain in their rooms at the motel. The two men are brothers of the late J. W. Ritchie of Salem who was agent here for the Oregon Electric Railway com pany. They became ill after having dinner late Wednesday at the home of Mrs. J. W. Ritchie, 270 North 20th, where hamburger and string beans were reported on the table. . Puzzling to the attending phy sician and first-aid attendants, however, if the case proves to be botulinus, is the circum stance that no one else is re ported ill. Police investigated just before noon to find out if the Salem relative or some stu dents who live at her home were ill. (Concluded on rate 17, Column t) Dairy Product Prices at Peak Washington, Nov. 21 VP) The agriculture department said to day dairy product prices have about reached their peak for this year and should begin to decline after production starts a seasonal increase within a few weeks. It said the prospective upturn in producton will be accompa nied, as a price influencing fac tor, by indications that consum ers are beginning to spend less for food as industrial products become available in larger quantities. Reflecting resistance to price increases and heavy demand for milk for manufactured products, the consumption of fluid milk and cream has declined more than normal at this time, of the year. Much of the cream has gone into the production of cream ery butter. The department said that despite an increase in the rate of butter production this fall, the 1946 production will be little more than 1,100, 000,000 pounds compared with 1,362.000,000 last year and a 1935-39 average of 1,691,000, 000. The department predicted that December and January sup plies of creamery butter will be smaller than in the same months last year because storage stocks are much smaller. Gearhart Buys Land For Public Beach Gearhart, Ore, Nov. 21 (U.RJ The city of Gearhart has an nounced the purchase of more than 4500 feet of beach front and tidal land on the Pacific ocean and the Nccanicum river for public beach use. The land, comprising three long, narrow tracts along the water limits of the city, was purchased from the O. W. Tay lor estate at a price of $3000, according to George C. Lindner, city auditor. Jr. Wffl Truman Takes Submarine Trip Key West, Fla., Nov. 21 (ZD President Truman went 440 feet down into the Atlantic to day on a captured German sub marine while his cabinet car ried on a fight with John L. Lewis over the closing of the nation's N.soft coal mines. Members of his party said Mr. Truman had not heard from Washington where a peti tion pressing contempt proceed ings against the chief of the United Mine Workers was pre pared. While one of the' most im portant battles of his own ca reer proceeded at Washington, the president witnessed simu lated battle problems from the control room while submerged at 440 feet, and from the con ning tower while surfaced. He was the first president ever to submerge in a submarine. His primary interest was in the "schnorkel," a two - way tube device which enables sub marines to recharge their bat teries while submerged. This device, which provides both exhaust and intake for en gines, was invented by the Ger mans toward the close of the war. Nearing perfection, its purpose was to keep subma rines submerged for long per iods on raiding operations. As part of the simulated bat tle problems, a destroyer drop ped two depth charge attacks on an imaginary target 2,000 yards off the beam. The ex plosions, which occurred while the submarine was surfaced, could be heard and felt aboard the U-boat which flew the president's own flag. Coal Strike fo Hit Portland Brick Plant Portland, Ore., Nov. 21 (U.R) The coal strike within a week may cause a 60 per cent reduc tion in the output of one of the largest producers of bricks in the Portland area, H. R. Kreil zer, vice president of the Colum bia Brick Works at Grcsham, said here last night. Kreitzer said his firm has enough coal on hand to keep the kiln fires going only for a week. He reported that 75 per cent of the company's output is earmarked for veterans' housing and the ether 25 per cent going to commercial building approv ed by '.he civilian production administration. Kreitzer said that, once the kiln fires go out, it would take a month to resume production. Spares With New Autos Washington, Nov. 21 iPi The civilian production administra tion has decided that after De cember 16 new automobiles may be sold with a spare tire and tube for the first time since 1942, when wartime restrictions were imposed. Miners of Hard Coal Also Join In Walkout Pittsburgh, Nov. 21 OP) A general walkout by the United Mine Workers shut down the na tion's soft coal industry today The 400,000 United Mine Work. ers in the bituminous fields predicated their walkout upon what John L, Lewis regarded as a termination of the union's con tract with the government. The walkouts spread into the anthracite field of Pennsylvania with 7,500 employes of eight large mines quitting work. The hard coal industry employs 80,- 000 miners, who are under contract separate from the bitu minous one. The situation in the fields was generally calm. Miners simply failed to show up at the pits. Old Glory Still Flics The Stars and Stripes sym bol of government management of the mines still waved over mine properties deserted by grimy-faced coal diggers who chose not to heed the govern inent's plea that they remain at work. The s(ale-by-state picture: West Virginia All 102,000 miners walked off jobs at 605 commercial pits in the nation's leading coal state. The Chesa peake and Ohio railroad expect ed to reduce shifting crews as soon as all coal is pulled from sidings. All Coal Miners Quit Pennsylvania All 100,000 soft coal miners in western Pennsylvania idle. Walkouts spread to anthracite fields env ploying 80,000 in eastern Penn sylvania. Kentucky All the slate's 50,000 UMW miners were idle, closing 260 'large mines. Ap proximately 1,000 progressive mine workers were still on the job in four large mines and about 5,000 independents were working 1,250 small truck mines.' ' ( Illinois All mines employing UMW members closed, idling 20,000. About 850 progressive mine workers also did not re port for work. However, other progressive mines operated. The progressives have about 18,000 members in the state. In Other States Alabama UMW mines in the southern steel state were down 100 percent, idling 20,000. Some 2,000 men kept working at non union operations. Maryland 100 percent walk out in western Maryland's two coal-producing counties, nor mally employing 2,500. A spokesman for one group of miners said they would be per mitted to dig coal for a miners' hospital and local schools' if fuel supplies run out. Other states reporting com plete walkouts, included Ohio, 20,000 miners; Virginia, 16,000; Indiana, 8,000 and New Mexico 1,300. The nation-wide shutdown of soft coal choked off the flow of fuel to industries and homes. Portland Landlords Sued Portland, Nov. 21 (Pi OPA has asked the federal court here to order three Portland land lords to pay treble damages on alleged tenant overcharges. OPA asks one-third payment to the tenants ar.d two-thirds to the government in the first suit brought here under the supreme court dfcision authorizing restitution. Secret Referendum Extends Maritime Strike Until Monday San Francisco, Nov. 21 U.R) A secret referendum by AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots on contract proposals appeared certain today of extending the 52-day west coast maritime strike to Monday. Capt. C. F. May, president of West Coast local 90, expressed some doubt over the outcome of the voting. He said the em ployers' offer did not include the same sort of union security clause as that gained by the AFL cast coast deck officers. AFL pickets appeared along west coast waterfronts yester day, replacing CIO pickets from the international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union and the marine engineers beneficial association. Both of the CIO unions had signed agreements with employers and officially called off their strike yester day morning. May said it would take at least 48 hours for the referen dum to be completed. He said Shuts Down All Soft Coal Mines Papers Presented Court by Assistant Attorney General John Sonnett After Approval by Clark Decision Expected Shortly Washington, Nov. 21 P) Assistant Attorney General John Son nett left the justice department for federal court at 3:15 p.m., today to ask that John L. Lewis be cited for contempt. Sonnett arrived at the district court building a few minutes later and promptly went into the chambers of Judge T. Alan Gold.iorough. Judge Goldsborough, who enjoined Lewis from permitting a coal mine walkout last Monday an injunction which Lewis had disregarded had adjourned his court several hours earlier. The government's petition could be acted on In chambers, however. Goldsborough issued an order last Monday directing Lewis to recall his notice to the government ending the miners' contract as ot last midnight. Lewis did not do so. Today reports indicated thet virtually all of his 400,000 soft coal miners were idle and pro duction of the vitally needed fuel was grinding to a halt. Reports from the field indi cated some anthracite miners were joining the 400,000 bitu minous diggers in a stoppage that could eventually touch all industry. Work suspension came in the face of government pleas to keep the mines going. Lewis, who disregarded a court order to restore the ef fectiveness of the miners' con tract with the government, con tinued silent. The United Mine Worker boss was. at his home in suburban Alexandria, Va., and as the morning passed there was no in dication that he planned to come into his Washington un ion headquarters. There were indications there that Lewis may have made arrangements for an extended absence from his office. It was known that he spent much ot yesterday an swering mail and otherwise clearing his desk of pending business. Curtail Hearing Orders went out to cushion the impact of a prospective coal famine. Federal Works Administra tor Philip B. Fleming ordered a return to wartime heating and lighting strictures in all federal buildings throughout the coun try which depend on coal. Fleming said he will seek to reduce temperatures to the wartime level of 68 degrees. The order affects approximate ly 300 buildings in the capital alone. The civilian production ad ministration prepared a direc tive designed to help ration ar tificial gas, produced from coal. The same agency pondered an electricity conservation order. Petition Drawn Up Assistant Attorney General John Sonnett awaited only the word- from Attorney General Tom Clark before presenting the contempt citation before Judge Goldsborough. The petition, it was learned, was drawn up by Clark, Son nett, and other government law yers. The finishing touches were applied at a staff conference this morning. In all-out action, the admin istration was reported also pre paring to seek punishment for any local union leaders or oth ers who are found to be en couraging a strike. A high authority said this is t h e government's operating plan under President Truman's instructions to "fight this one out to the finish." Sales Tax a Necessity Portland, Nov. 21 (P) Ore gon may be forced eventually to resort to a sales lax to gain revenue to meet obligations, State Legislator Joseph E. Har vey told a retail trade bureau meeting here. His comment come after Dr. F. H, Dnmmasch said the stale faces a deficit if all budget requests now filed are approved. the pickets went on duty in the meantime "to protect our in terests." Omar Ho.skins, federal con ciliator, said that as soon as the referendum results were known he would call union lead ers and the Pacific American shipowners' association together again, cither to sign a contract or for renewed negotiations. Meanwhile, fresh waterfront trouble broke out in the Pugct Sound area of the Pacific north west when 900 AFL longshore men walked out at four ports as negotiations over a new con tract broke down. Ports affected were Seattle, Tacoma, Anacortes and Port Angeles, all in Wash ington. Strike Chest Of Coal Miners Washington, Nov. 21 (IP) La bor experts differed today on how long John L. Lewis' coal miners could hold out In fight-to-the-finish strike. On one point most of them agreed: the miners generally lead a hand-to-mouth existence, even at top pay of $75.25 a week, and few have cash re serves in the bank. But in past strikes, notably in last spring's 59-day walkout, the miners and their families have undergone little if any ac tual suffering from hunger. For one thing, the thrifty wives usually keep a "war chest" of supplies stored away in their cupboards against just such a rainy day. Then, too, a good many of the miners are skilled hunters and the pits lie in some of the finest hunting land in the country. Although the union has an estimated $13,500,000 reserve. it does not generally disburse relief funds in strikes. At best, it would be a drop in the bucket for the 400,000 miners In a long strike. Nor could they count much on stale help to weather the storm, since most states re ported they will give no unem ployment compensation to miners on strike. In a pinch, the union might revert to past practice. Years ago, striking miners paid their bills with union-backed scrip which was accepted by stores. Washington Mines Closed Seattle, Nov. 21 W Wash ington state's coal mines, which produce an estimated 4,500 tons daily, were closed down today in the nationwide miners walk out, Lieut. Comdr. L. A. Judin, area representative of the coal mines administration, said on the basis of early-forenoon re ports. The large Roslyn-Cle Elum field, with about 500 of the state's 1200 miners was among the first to report. Other small er mines also closed, he said, were the Big 4 mines at Elko, east of here, which supplies the University of Washington, the Renton Mining Co., the Bianco Coal Mines and the Wilkeson Wingate operations. Maintenance men were being kept in the mines, Commander Judin said, In line with the usuel policy of the United Mine Workers union. At Bellingham, 150 miners failed to report at the mines there, O. A. Rhinehart, presi dent of the Bellingham union local, said. The mine has been operating only one shift. The shutdown comes at time when the slate's coal sup plies are at an extremely low level, the solid fuels administra tion office said. Mt. Angel College Gets Vets Buildings Washington, Nov. 21 (U.B Mount Angel college nd semi nary. Mount Angel, Ore., will receive surplus government owned structures to be convert ed into facilities for classrooms, library, study hall and offices to enable it to accommodate an increased enrollment of vet erans studying under the GI bill or rights, Maj. Gen. Philip B". Fleming, federal works adminis trator, announced today in ap proving the school's applica tion. The added facilities will en able the school to accommodate 400 students, 200 of whom are expected to be veterans. This compares with the estimated maximum capacity, with pres ent facilities, of 300 students, in cluding 100 veterans, George H. Field, commissioner of the bu reau of community facilities, FWA, said.
