i
Slate Hospital
Construction
Contracts Let
Joint Emergency and
Control Boards Approve
$2,340,129 Expenditures
! By James D. Olson
i Contracts totaling $2,340,129
for construction of a new treat
ment building at the state hos
pital, a custodial building at the
Cottage farm and a tunnel under
Center street leading to the vari
ous state hospital buildings were
awarded today by unanimous
vote of the joint emergency
board and board of control,
i The treatment hospital con
Hract awarded to L. H. Hoffman,
Portland contractor included
!' $1,508,485 for the work of the
( contractor, plus $65,152 for arch
j itects' fees, and $10,000 for in
',: spectors' fees and other expenses
Vriniin0 ihe total estimated cost
L Other Contracts Let
I if - The low bid on the custodial
I building at the Cottage farm
r was submitted by Dan J. Malar
i key, Jr., Portland, for $650,993.
Sin addition to the contract price
$32,549 was added for archi-
tects' foes and $5,000 for other
f- expenses bringing the total cost
vl tins UUUUlllg LU fuuu,vi,
The contracting firm of Vies
.'l ko and Post of Salem was award-
; of the service tunnel on a low
hiri nf S168.539. To this was
added $10,112 for architects'
' fees and $2,000 for other ex-
penses.
Architects' Fees
5 Considerable time was taken
bv the joint board on the dis
' cussion of architects' fees. It
was pointed out that through ne
gotiations maue oy oidLt- iicda-
urer Scott tne lees on me ireai
" ment hospital were reduced from
the usual six per cent fee
through an agreement that only
two percent would be charged
for the amount of the contract
above $1,000,000.
The fee for the Cottage farm
building was set at 5 per cent
and the tunnel at the six per
cent fee.
Scan Building Program
Senator Dean Walker request
ed the members of the board of
control to outline its entire state
hospital program before con
sideration of the bids was taken
up. Governor Snell and Secre
tary of State Farrcll explained
that in addition to the build
ings contained on the agenda
. today, it was proposed to con-
J struct a nurses' building at the
7'state hospital in Salem and two
ward buildings. Another wing
would probably be needed at the
Pendleton hospital, it was point
ed out and later a treatment hos
pital is planned in Southern
Oregon.
Treasurer Scott urged award
ing the contracts stating that the
joint board faced three emer
gencies, the extreme fire haz
ard that exists at the State hos
pital in Salem; the overcrowded
conditions which retard the cur
ing of patients and the need of
modernization of the facilities.
(Concluded on Pare 17, Column 5)
Churchill Hits
Labor Regime
London, May 8 (U.R) The
longest and noisiest house of
commons session of the labor
government's regime ended
shortly before noon today after
all-night deliberations had push
ed the government's 12-months
conscription bill close to final
passage.
The 21-hour and 17-minute
session was highlighted by an
angry attack by opposition
leader Winston Churchill who
charged that the government
had yielded against its own bet
ter judgment to the demands of
(leftist laborites in cutting the
4 conscription term iron la
months to 12 months.
Earlier, weary M.P.'s heard
Churchill charge Defense Minis
ter A. V, Alexander with mak
ing a "naked and squalid con
fession that all expert advice
was thrown aside," when the
minister stated the reduction in
the draft term would not affect
British foreign policy.
R. H. S. Crossman, leader of
the socialist left-wing "rebels'
the man Churchill said "ought
1 be sitting in the place of the
prime minister" predicted on
leaving commons that British
arms would be pulled out of
India and the near and middle
east within two years.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau!
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Cloudy tonight and Friday.
Lowest temperature tonight
around 45 degrees. Occasional
light showers Friday morning,
clearing In late afternoon. Poor
dusting weather Friday and only
fair spraying conditions. Max!'
mum yesterday 77. Minimum
today 53. Mean temperature yes
terday 62 which was 7 above
normal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 a.m. today, trace.
Total precipitation for the
month, trace, which is .62 of an
Inch below normal. Willamette
river height Thursday morning,
-.1 of a foot.
C apital
58th Year, No. 1 10
Lasting
Peace
Seen by Truman
On Birthday
Washington, May S Wi Pres
ident Truman told a birthday
news conference today that he is
certain that the world eventual
ly will achieve a lasting peace.
Summing up the two years
since he announced victory over
Germany May 8, 1945, Mr. Tru
man said the country has sur
mounted many obstacles and
that he is confident of its abil
ity to survive others.
Still An Optimist
His political philosophy, the
president said, is unchanged and
he is still an optimist. As sure
as he was standing there before
the correspondents, he said, he
was sure that we will get a last
ing peace and a vital United
Nations.
Mr. Truman also touched on
affairs at home, saying:
1 He will try to get con
gress to approve a universal
military training program be
fore it adjourns this summer.
2 His views on prices were
expressed in his recent address
to the Associated Press in New
York and he still is very mucn
pleased with reaction to his call
for lower prices.
Taylor to Remain
The president who is 63 to
day, made it clear that until
peace is consummated, he has
no intention of withdrawing
Myron C. Taylor as his personal
envoy to the Vatican.
Mr. Truman was told that the
president of the Southern Bap
list convention had complained
that Taylor has not been with
drawn and that the minister
said he had been promised that
Taylor would be withdrawn
when the peace treaties were
ready.
The president said he thougnt
he had told the delegation of
Protestant clergymen, who call
ed on him last year, that he
would withdraw Taylor when
peace had been consummated.
Brazil Cracks
Down on Reds
Rio De Janeiro, May 8 (JP)
The B r a zi 1 i a n government
cracked down hard on the com
munist party today, with federal
police and troops padlocking 445
communist clubs or cells to en
force a decision by the supreme
electoral tribunal outlawing the
party in Brazil.
The tribunal approved, by a
3 to 2 vote last night, a govern
ment petition asking that the
Brazilian communist party
one of the largest in the western
hemisphere be declared illegal
and closed. In the last election,
in January, the party polled
about 800,000 votes.
It elected 17 deputies and one
senator in the federal congress,
18 members of this capital's 50-
member city council, 60 mem
bers of various state legislatures
and helped to elect the govern
ors of eight Brazilian states.
The senator, Luis Carlos
Prestes, who is secretary gener
al of the Brazilian communist
party, cabled all the party's
branches immediately after yes
terday's decision, ordering them
to obey the verdict calmly. He
said the decision would be ap
pealed to the Brazilian supreme
court and announced that the
party's national convention
scheduled for May 25 in Rio
had been postponed indefinitely
Democrats to Meet
Portland, May 8 m The
democratic state central com
mittee will elect a slate chair
man, vice-chairman, treasurer
and secretary at a meeting here
May 17.
Caravan Tour of Valley
Dam Projects Starts May 17
Army engineers headed by Col. O. E Walsh, Chamber of Com
merce and Willamette valley project leaders, and state officials
will head out from Salem at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 17 for an auto
mobile caravan tour of all dams
and damsites in the valley proj
ect. It will be a full two-day
tour, with itinerary arranged to
the hour, and 10 or a dozen cars
will be in the line.
Expected to go from Salem
are Ivan Oakes, engineer for the
valley project; Jack Bartlett,
engineer for the state readjust
ment and development commis
sion; Senator Douglas McKay,
project chairman; Keith Brown,
president of the Salem Chamber
of Commerce; Clay Cochran,
chamber manager; Carl Hogg,
and others, probably including
several state officials.
Here is the itinerary:
Leaving Salem at 8 a.m., May
17, driving 50 miles to Detroit
damsite, arriving at 9:30; three
Knterd iccond elm
natter it fliim, Oregon
Salem,
Showdown
Vote Nears On
Greek Aid Bill
Washington, May 8 Of) An
approaching administration plea
for perhaps $75,000,000 to rein
force southern Korea confront
ed congress today as the house
entered the voting stage of its
fight over helping Greece and
Turkey resist 'communistic dom
ination. After two full days spent in
general discussion of the $400,
000,000 Greek-Turkish aid bill,
the house turned to specific pro
posals for restricting the pro
gram and changing its terms.
Chief among the amendments
likely to be put to a showdown
test before nightfall is one to
shift the burden to the United
Nations.
To a hushed house near the
close of yesterday's debate Dem
ocratic Leader Rayburn of Texas
cried out against a return to
"isolationism."
"God Help Us"
In impassioned tones, he de
clared: "God help us, God help
this world, if we .do not accept
our responsibility to help coun
tries that do not want to be
smothered by communism."
From across the aisle, where
the republicans have been divid
ed on the issue since it first
was posed by President Truman
nearly two months ago, Rep.
Wadsworth (R-NY), voiced the
answer of those in GOP ranks
who have lined up behind the
administration's expanding for
eign policy.
I am convinced," Wadsworth
said, "that when we defend lib
erty the world over we are de
fending our own liberty. This
measure is a forthwright declar
ation in the support of righteous
ness. The struggle for liberty is
never finished. We must stand
upon our feet and support liber
ty." Korean Program
Even as the house was weigh
ing the price and measuring the
problems of halting the march
of communism, Secretary of
State Marshall was telling
news conference his first since
returning from Moscow that
congress would be asKeo very
shortly to authorize a Korean
program.
He said the slate department
is going ahead with it sown plans
Korea obviously as insur
ance against the possibility that
the United States and Russia
which occupies northern Korea
will fail to reach an agreement
upon setting up a provisional
government.
Clue Found to
Lost Airliner
Vancouver. B.C., May 8 (P
A small, twisted piece of metal,
snagged by a fisherman in Bur
rard inlet, seven miles west of
Lions Gate bridge, was being
studied by technicians of the
Trans-Canada Airlines and Roy
al Canadian air force today as a
possible clue to the 10-day-old
disappearance of a TCA liner
and its 15 passengers and crew
men. Discovery of the metal, after
a day of unsuccessful sweeping
and diving operations off Gabri
ola island, swung the search
away from the island region to
ward Vancouver.
The metal was fished up from
the Eagle Harbor inlet late in
the day by Gordon Wilson of
Vancouver, a former RCAF
maintenance man who said he
was "certain" the material was
aircraft metal. Whether it was
the same material as that used
in Ihe missing Lodestar was not
' known.
miles to Big Cliff damsite. 10:10:
25 miles to Jordan, 11:20; 25
miles to Waterloo, 1 p.m.; 14
miles to Sweet Home, for lunch:
leave Sweet Home at 3, drive
nine miles to Green Peter, 3:30;
10 miles to Wiley Creek, 4:20:
11 miles to Holley. 5 p.m.; 37
miles to Eugene, 6:30. to stop
overnight; leaving Eugene at 8
p.m.. May 18, driving 30 miles conduct area training con
to Cottage Grove, 9 a m.: 12jferenccs in 30 local offices to
miles to Dorena. 9:50; 38 miles ! acquaint 350 deputies with
to Meridian, 11:30; six miles to
Fall Creek, 12:05 p.m.; 62 miles
to McKenzie bridge, 1:50; two
miles to Paradise, 3:05; three
miles to Foley, 3:20; 12 miles to
Cougar, 4:05; 11 miles to Sim
monds, 4:55: 17 miles to Gate
Creek, 5:55; back to Eugene.
Oregon, Thursday, May
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Phone Union Head Makes Report Joseph A. Beirne, president of the National Federation of
Telephone Workers, returns to
he announced the decision of the
phone strike an a national basis.
chairman; Beirne; Mary Hanscom, Newark, N.J., Traffic Workers'
en, St. Louis, president, Southwestern Telephone Workers' union. (AP Wirephoto)
Aldermen Skeptical on
Merger with West Salem
By Stephen A. Stone
The city council Wednesday night was in a skeptical mood
relative to the proposed merger of Salem and West Salem. This
was shown in a lengthy discussion of a resolution by Mayor
Robert L. Elfstrom to clear certain points in the minds of West
Salem people. The resolution was tabled. It was introduced at
Lighting Plan
Is Approved
A plan of City Manager J. L.
Franzcn for improvement of
lighting in Salem, based on a
plan submitted recently by Port
land General Electric company,
was given approval Wednesday
night by the city council. Fran-
zen said, however, that no in
stallations can be made immedi
ately because of the difficulty
in getting materials.
Generally speaking the pro
gram will provide a light at
every intersection in populated
districts, and will be added as
areas develop. It is a continua
tion, he said, of a plan that was
adopted under the old council.
A night survey was made re
ccnlly by Franzen and City En
gineer J. H. Davis. They made
some changes in the plan that
had been submitted by the PGE,
and found some interference
with lights by trees. All new
lamps installed will be on arms
about 14 feet long, instead of
the present short arms, which
will cause more light to be shed
into the street. They will be
6000-lumcn lamps.
The PGE a year ago increased
its licenses tax payment from
S11.000 to S22.000 a year. The
cost of the light program is esti
mated at 582,000, hence the ad
ditional $10,000 will more than
pay for it.
Defense of Japan
Assured by Allies
Tokyo, May 8 M) General
MacArthur gave the Japanese
their first official assurance to
day that the allies would pro
tect them until a peace treaty is
signed, but vigorously denied
promising that "the United
States would undertake future
defense" of the country.
The supreme commander is
sued a special statement which
obviously referred to reports
following his meeting Tuesday
with Emperor Hirohilo. lie did
not specifically mention the
conference.
Neither allied headquarters
nor Japanese government offi
jcials would discuss the matter
i further.
MacArthur 'said the future
defense of Japan would depend
upon the provisions in the peace
treaty.
UCC Deputies to
Hear Law Changes
Thc
Oregon unemployment
1 compensation commission will
j changes made by the 1947 leg-
i islature, Silas Gaiser, adminis-
trator, said today.
Conferences will be held in
Salem May 12 and 13 for depu
ties in Salem, Lebanon, Dallas,
McMinnvillc, Astoria, and Til
lamook offices.
8, 1947
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union headquartters in Washington to talk with associates after
NFTW policy committee to abandon its hopes of settling the tele
Left to right: John L. Crull,
the request of Mayor Walter
Musgrave of West Salem.
One provision of the resolu
tion was that City Attorney
Chris J. Kowitz move to get
clarification of the legislative
,aci proviaing lor ine merger oi
cuies in aitterem counties wun
a river as a common boundary
The question is whether the
Willamette is a common boun
dary between the two cities on
account of being split into the
main channel and Willamette
slough. v.
West Salem also wants a guar
antee that it would be repre
sented on the city council, that
it city hall could be continued
as a meeting place for civic
groups and as an office place for
the West Salem justice of the
peace. Further it wants an un
derstanding about what would
be done concerning franchises,
fire protection, and sewer and
water extensions.
Act Called Screwball
"I think," said Alderman
O'Hara, "that the legal aspect
should be gone into before any
thing else is done. After read
ing the legislative enactment I
think it is a screwball act."
Alderman Fry said: "I don't
think we are any more obligated
tr tie ourselves up with policy
promises for West Salem than
we were for any of the areas on
this side of the river that were
annexed
O'Hara added, "I think these
annexed areas have prior claim
on the city for sewer and water
extensions and other privileges.
We can't guarantee West Salem
representation on the city coun
cil without abolishing one of
our city wards."
City Attorney Kowitz agreed
with O'Hara that the charter
amendment changing the form
of city government limits the
city to seven wards. Extending
an existing ward to include West
Salem would not guarantee it
representation, O'Hara said, be
cause a candidate on the east
side of the river might be
elected.
Bosses Urged to
Sing to Employes
Los Angeles, May 8 (U.R)
Bosses were urged today to sing
at they come into their offices
in the morning and sing as they
move among their employes dur
ing the day.
"The happy effect will in
fluence everyone in the plant,
from manager to office boy, and
increase the confidence of cus
tomers," Salvation Army Lt.
Col. Arthur Brewer, divisional
commander of northern Cali
fornia and Nevada, told a busi
nessmen's meeting yesterday.
I He said the singing would
j further industrial harmony, if
uit- hum pii-neu sume tune iik,
"I Can't Give You Anything But
Love."
Jews Fire Jewelry Stores
Jerusalem, May 8 (U.R) Sabo
teurs set fire to two jewelry
stores in Tel Aviv today, caus
ing damage estimated at $80,000.
presumably because the owners
had refused demands to con
tribute to the Jewish underground.
nal
Price Five Cents
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3
St. Louis, bargaining committee
Federation, and D. L. McCow-
Russia Grabs
Romania Flour
Washington, May 8 (U.R) The
stale department revealed today
that the Soviet union has de
manded that famine-ridden Ro
mania provide 400 freight car
loads of white flour for use by
red army occupation forces in
that country.
State department Press Offi
cer Michael J. McDermott also
announced that the United
States is investigating carefully
reports that Romanian grain is
being shipped to Russia.
II that is true, he said, we
will have no recourse except to
stop shipment of American grain
to Romahia.
The United States admits,
McDermott said, that Soviet de
mands for flour for its occupa
tion forces are technically with
in the Romania armistice terms.
But, he added, the Soviet ac
tion is in "sharp contrast to our
efforts to alleviate the dire situ
ation inside Romania."
McDermott told a news con
ference that the state depart
ment has just received a report
that "the Russians have deman
ded and Romania is about to
deliver 400 freight carloads of
white flour for the use of Soviet
forces in Romania."
"In this connection," he said,
"it is noted that the American
Red Cross recently made $3,
500.000 worth of concentrated
foods available to the distressed
population of Moldavia (a Ro
manian province), and despite
the urgency of demands else
where for available corral
stocks, the United States has al
located some 88,000 tons of ce
reals for purchase by Romania
to alleviate emergency condi
tions." Headless Torso
Found in Columbia
St. Helens, Ore., May 8 11V1
The headless, armless body of
a man was recovered yesterday
from the Columbia river and
Columbia county Coroner Ben
Coleman said it appeared to
have been in the water three
to six months.
There was no identity clue.
The body was clad in blue pant-;
and wore oxfords with no laces.
Pinball Licensing Bill
Introduced in City Council
Conlrary to statements by some of ils .sponsors that the bill igion even in the schools of Pro
would not be introduced, a pinball licensing bill is now before j testant churches."
the city council. It was introduced at Wednesday night's meeting,
sponsored by Aldermen Dan .J.!
Fry, Claud Jorgensen, Howard
Maple, R. O. Lewis and James
H. Nicholson.
With that group behind it the
bill seems assured of passage,
notwithstanding both City Man
ager J. L. Franzen and Mayor
Robert L. Elfstrom are against
it. Aldermen David O'Hara and
Albert H. Gille will probably
vote against it, but the five
sponsors constitute a majority
Alderman Maple said the
group met at his store about
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
and decided lo introduce the
bill. The Salem Restaurant as
sociation, he said, was for it.
The measure provides for a
distributor's license of $500 a
year, and for a license of $25
a month for each machine in
any place of business.
It contains a provision that
Long Distance
Phone Tie-up
Officially Ends
y Hike Averages $4.40
oVeek
Other Unions
S' follow Pattern
O1
Washington, 'May 8 (Ai
Company and union officials
agreed today to settle the strike
of long distance operators for
pay hike averaging S4.40 a week ;
and the government predicted
quick end to the whole coast-1
to-coast telephone tictip.
John J. Moran, president of
the American Union of Tele
phone Workers, said the long
distance walkout would end as
soon as his nine-member board
okayed the settlement, possibly
late today in New York. He said
his 20,000 members still might
refuse to cross the picket lines
of other unions in the National
Federation of Telephone Work
ers who have been off the job
since April 7.
200,000 Still Out
But John W. Gibson, assist
ant secretary of labor, and Edgar
L. Warren, director of the U.S
conciliation service, declared:
"With the settlement of this
most important case, the other
strikes belwreen the Bell asso
ciated companies and their un
ions should be quickly settled."
AT & T is the parent cor
poration of the Bell system.
An official of the NFTW es
timated that 200,000 of the 287,
000 members of federation un
ions who walked out 31 days ago
are still on strike. At the peak
of the tieup some 340,000 work
ers were idle, including non
nicmbers of NFTW affiliates.
On West Coast
San Francisco, May 8 (U.R)
Settlement of west coast issues
in the nationwide telephone
strike appeared today to hinge
on a peace meeting called lor
today.
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph officials said normal ser
vice could be expected within
24 hours after an agreement is
reached.
The expected basis of settle
ment here is an offer scheduled
to be made by the company at
today's meeting. Negotiations
have been recessed since Tues
day in order to give PT & T of
ficials time to develop their of
fer from studies of proposals
from Ihc National Federation of
Telephone Workers and the
United Brotherhood of Tele
phone Workers.
Union officials declined com
ment on the prospects of a set
tlement today, except to say
Ihey expected "faster negotia
tions" now that the bargaining
had been returned to a local le
vel. Miss Truman
Signs Contract
Pittsburgh, May 8 (U.R) Mar
garet Truman, daughter of the
president, will make her na
tional concert debut in Pitts
burgh May 20. it was announ
ced today by Tom Bcegle, man
ager of Becglc concerts.
Bcegle said that he received
Miss Truman's signed contract
today. He said her appearance
at Syria Mosque here will bo
Ihc first of a series of personal
appearances throughout t h c
con ntry.
Miss Truman, 23. Ihe first
child of any president of the
United Slates lo seek a profes
sional career, made her nation
al radio debut last March 16
when she sang with the Detroit
Symphony orchestra.
Her appearance here will be
the first time she has ever ap
peared before a "real" audience
Her singing teacher, Mrs. T. J
Strickler. said she believed
Margaret's voice would be
"much, much better" lhan it
was when she made her debut
in Detroit.
coins only shall be used in the
machines and "that nothing in
this ordinance shall be construed
as licensing any device which
pays the player in chips, coins,
hickeys, slugs or merchandise,
or which is operated for other
than a game of pleasure and
amusement, and "that nothing in
this ordinance shall be construed
as licensing any device prohibit
o ' by law."
The bill is offered as an
amendment to the Pcrrinc ordi-
I nance passed some years ago
! prohibiting devices of the kind
The objection to them from the
point of view of some police of
ficers and others who have ob
served their operation, is thai
they are used for gambling re
gardless of the purport of the
ordinance. It is estimated
enough games would be set ud
to yield the city $30,000 a year.
Senate Votes
Ban Check-off
On Union Dues
Welfare Funds, Extor-
tion and Shake-Downs
Also Outlawed
Washington, May 8 il'i Th
senate voted today a ban on
union controlled health and wet
fare funds and the involuntary
check - off on union dues. The
vote was 48 to 40.
Adoption of Ihc ban as an
amendment to pending general
labor legislation was a victory
for Senator Tall (R-Ohio). aft
cd a sharp reversal yesterday
when the senate killed, 44 to 43,
a Taft-backed proposal to for
bid industry-wide bargaining.
Today's amendment also out
laws extortion and attempts by
unions to "s hake down" em
ployers. Test Other Amendments
Tests on other amendments
are ahead before the senate
comes to a final vote on the
measure.
Today's amendment prohibits
all health and welfare funds
which arc administered solely
by unions. The Hartley bill al
ready passed by the house has
a similar provision.
The senate amendment, spon
sored by Senators Ball (R
Minn), Byrd (D-Va.); Smith (R
NJ). and George (D-Ga.), per
mits welfare funds in cases
where "employers and employes
are equally represented" in the
handling of them, together witn
"such neutral persons" as both
sides may agree upon.
Penalties Provided
The maximum penalty for vio
lation of the ban on union-controlled
funds is a S10.000 fine
and a year in jail.
This also would apply where
union dues arc ciociucicci uom
wages by an employer without
the written consent of his work
ers. This is known as the in-
oluntary check-off.
Water System
Extensions
Arrangements have been com
pleted. Manager Carl Guenther
of the city water department re
ported to City Manager J. L.
Franzcn and the city council, lor
transferring the water distribu
tion system of Larsen addition,
without cost, to the city. City
meters have been installed on
the 11 services concerned.
Extensions are complete in the
South Summer street annexed
area, and all residences arc on
individual service.
Progress on the Center street
extension, Guenther said, has
been retarded due to unforeseen
obstacles, but one block, from
North Liberty to North Com
mercial, is near completion.
The Southern Pacific com
pany has been asked to approve
an easement tor a 16-inch steel
pipe across ils right of way a
short distance north of the Un
derpass. Attorneys for Lone
Oak Village have been contact
ed and a study is being made
for service to this area in the
near future.
The annexed area on Hansen
avenue, formerly in tne visia
Heights water district, has a
very low pressure, a problem
that is being studied by the de
partment. Manufacturers have advised
the department that delivery of
materials necessary for con
struction may be expected some
where between 300 days and 18
months.
ME Bishops Rap
Catholic Church
Rivcrs-dr, Calif., May 8 (U.R) -The
Methodist national council
of bishops in a report adopted at
their annual nieetinK here today
accused the Catholic church of
denying religious freedom lo
Protestants in "Catholic - con
trolled lands."
The bishops referred specifi
cally to Argentina, where they
said law now requires the tcach-
j ing of the Unman Catholic reli-
"The situation in Italy and
Spain denies to Protestants the
religious freedom whic-li Protes
tants in the United States desire
Roman Catholics to enjoy," the
bishops said.
Holiday for Allied
Troops in Italy
Rome, May 8 (U.R1 Some 30.
000 allied troops, remnants ot
an Anglo-American force of 2,
000.000 men in Italy two year!
ago on VE day, today celebrat
ed the second anniversary of Ihe
war's end in Europe with a full
holiday.
The Kalian government also
proclaimed a national holiday.
All shops and places of business
were closed and various com
memoration ceremonies were
held.