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61sr year, No. 261 Sr"SrWS Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, November 2, 1949
(22 Pages)
Price 5c
Lewis Offers fo
Negotiate for
Peace Pads
Appeal from Indiana
Governor Made for
Coal Strike End
(Br tht Auoclattd Preui
John L. Lewis told (he (over'
Big Electrical
Union Expelled
From the CIO
'No Room Within Or
ganization for Com
munists' Says Murray
Cleveland, Nov. 2 uP The
470ufof53
Bodies Found
In the Potomac
Offer Denfeld
3 C AmmsNilAii
IVllHHOIlllCl
PosfE. Atlantic
nor of Indiana today that be Is
ready to negotiate a prompt coal
peace pact with Indiana mine op
erators or those of "any other
state.
The declaration from the Unit
ed Mine Workers leader was in
response to an appeal from Gov.
Henry F. Schricker for an "im
mediate" strike settlement.
The governor declared a state
of emergency in Indiana as a re
sult of the coal cut-off and ad
vised Lewis that the situation
was "acute and tragic."
Lewis replied that his union
has been trying to negotiate a
peace pact "for many months
past."
Efforts Stalemated
"Our efforts," Lewij wired
the Indiana governor, "have
been stalemated by major indus
trial and financial interests.
"You are free to advise the
coal operators of Indiana," Lew
is told the governor, "that the
representatives of the United
Mine Workers will negotiate
with them alone and independ
ent of the operators of any other
state if they desire to make an
agreement for Indiana.
(Concluded on Page S, Column 7)
Musgrave or
Burk Slated
When the city council elects
an alderman for the new Ward
8, on the night of Monday, Nov.
14, the choice will either be
Earl C. Burk or Walter Mus
grave of West Salem.
There is a kind of contest be
tween the two to see which can
get the other elected to the of
fice. .
Musgrave is mayor and Burk
a council member of West Sa
lem, which will become part of
Salem on November 14 by vote
of the people of both cities.
When the result of the merger
vote was known Musgrave said
he wanted Burk elected alder
man for the period until the
1950 elections. So everybody
expected Burk to be the man.
Then Musgrave went to east
ern Oregon on a hunting trip.
While he was away Burk got
all the West Salem council mem
bers together in an informal
meeting and they went on re
cord unanimously in favor of
Musgrave for the alderman's of
fice. So the present Salem council
may have to ballot on the two.
Or, which is more probable, the
matter will sift down by Novem
ber 14 to the point where there
will be only one candidate.
By coincidence the 30th day
following the merger election,
when the merger becomes effec
tive, will be November 14, which
is the regular night for the Sa
lem council meeting. For the
ceremony of surrendering the
West Salem charter by Mayor
Musgrave to Mayor Robert L.
Elfstrom the meeting will open
as now planned in the City hall
, of West Salem'.
West Europe
To Free Trade
Paris. Nov. 2 W European
Marshall plan leaders agreed to
day to free 50 per cent of their
private trade with one another
from import quotas oy Decem
ber 15.
The 18 member countries also
were asked to report by that
date on regional arrangements
to create broader European mar
kets.
The decision was taken In the
form of a resolution approved
bv cabinet members from the
IB member nations, meeting as
the council of the Organization
for European Economic Cooper
ation (OEEC).
French Foreign Minister Rob
ert Schuman told reporters aft
er the two and a quarter hour
session:
"I am generally satisfied
Everything decided has been In
full accord with 'he French dele
gation "
The proposal for freeing in
ter-European trade from Import
quota barriers was made by Sir
Stafford Cripps. British chancel
lor of the exchequer. Members
have already taken some steps
In his direction at OEEC urg
lng.
CIO convention today expelled
the United Electrical Workers,
largest of its so-called left-wing
unions.
The action came on a resolu
tion sponsored by Walter P. Reu-
ther and after an impassioned
speech by CIO President Philip
Murray, who shouted:
"There is no room within the
CIO for communists."
Murray traced his efforts of
the past two years to reconcile
the UE leaders to discard the
communist party line, which he
said they followed, and adopt
the CIO policy.
Opposed by Bridges
The move was opposed by
Harry Bridges, west coast long
shoreman, Abram Flaxer, of the
United Public Workers, and
Pietro Lucchi, secretary-treas-rer
of the Fur and Leather Work
ers. All three claimed that U.S..
was being dumped without a
hearing.
But Murray insisted that "U.E.
has been given its trial."
The U.E. delegates bolted the
convention yesterday.
Murray said, "they ran like
sulking cowards and after they
did run, they left these apostles
of hate behind to defend them."
The three unions represented
by Bridges, Flaxer and Lucchi
also are threatened with Temov
al, possibly before the end of
the convention.
More Expulsions
Another resolution calling for
the "expulsion of the farm equip
ment workers will be acted on
later today. U.E. and F.E. an
nounced they had merged last
week.
The convention also amended
the CIO constitution to bar com
munists and party line follow
ers from holding top office in
the CIO and to authorize the
executive board to throw out
any union under communist
domination.
(Concluded on Pace 5, Column 7)
Truck Dives
Off Ferryboat
A truck reportedly belonging
to B. J. Casey in Independence
went through the apron of the
Wheatland ferry Tuesday af
ternoon and was submerged in
10 feet of water. The truck was
loaded with rcetment rock
for use on a government job on
the river. It was removed from
the water later in the afternoon
County Commissioner Ed Rog
ers in reporting the accident to
the county court said that the
truck's brakes failed to hold
when it nosed over the brink at
the approach to the ferry and
went down onto the apron, and
its front end nosed onto the rear
end of the ferry. The ferry al
ready was loaded with two
trucks and a car and was just
being released from the apron
as the truck rolled its front end
the ferry. As a result the
heavy truck broke through the
apron and was allowed to sub
merge The name of the driver
was not learned hut he escaped
without Injury.
Jones & Laughlin
To Settle Steel Strike
Cleveland, O.. Nov. 2 rt)R An agreement will be reached
today sending 28.000 striking Jones and Laughlin steelworkers
back to work and all companies including giant U.S. Steel Corp.
are expected to fall in line with the Bethlehem pension formula
within 10 days, CIO officials said today.
CIO President Philip Murra; - , .
said he would have 'something
of importance" to announce to
day regarding J&L whose di
rector of Industrial relations.
Victor Lawrence, conferred
lengthily with him last night.
CIO lawyers said the agree
ment, although tentative, would
send J&L strikers back to
work, but that It would take
several days to work out con
tract details based on the $100
a month pension plan formula
agreed to earlier this week by
Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Negotiations with at least four
other companies "ai hot." a
high USW official said. These
i included Republic Steel Corp.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co..
'the Great Lakes Steel Co. and
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Religion Grips
City of Angels
Los Angeles, Nov. 2 (IP) Old
style religion is sweeping the ci
ty of the angels with an evar
gelistic show overshadowing ev
en Billy Sunday.
Since it started six weeks ago,
more than 200,000 from the ci
ty's 2.000,000 population have
filed into a circus tent on the
fringe of downtown Los Angeles.
And they're still pouring in at
the rate of 10,000 every night.
They come to hear the preach
ments of a dynamic, handsome
young college president named
Billy Graham. Churchmen say
he's started the greatest religi
ous revival in the history of
southern California.
Graham's oratory is eloquent;
his doctrines are home-spun.
From the singing, shouting mul
titudes, thousands have hit the
sawdust trail and announced
publicly their decision to return
to Christ.
One of them was a brilliant
track star at the University of
Southern California before the
war. His name is Lou Zamperini.
An air force captain, he crashed
in the Pacific, spent 47 days on
a raft, then lived through
months in a Japanese prison
camp.
"It is difficult for anyone who
came through the things I did to
forget God, but I did," Zampe
rini testified.
Another convert is Stuart
Hamblen, popular cowboy croo
ner and sportsman, son of a Me
thodist minister. He stepped to
the pulpit to announce that he'll
sell his racing stable.
lnf " u 'n.
In Cleveland, CIO District Dl-
lector William Donovan an
nounced the steelworkers would
begin negotiations today with
Republic Steel Corp., the third
largest producer in the country
Donovan said he "took advan
tage" ol news stories in which
Republic indicated it was wait
ing to be approached on new
negotiations. "It sounded like
they wanted to talk business,"
Donovan said, "so I called them
and we're going to work on a
new contract today."
Full settlement with all steel
companies is "in the mill," un
ion officials said. But they felt
U S. Steel would be the last to
settle, and then not before next
I. Monday at the earliest.
Air Crash Kills 55 Above Twisted and crumpled wreck
age of Eastern Airlines plane lies near Potomac river fol
lowing a collision in midair with a Bolivian military plane.
Below Rescue workers remove body Irom Potomac river.
Both planes were trying to land at the Washington National
airport. Boats in background search for other victims. (Acme
Telephoto.)
Obsolete Machinery
Handicaps State Prison
By JAMES D. OLSON
Full employment at the Oregon state penitentiary is handi
capped by obsolete machinery in the machine shop, woodwork
ing plant and laundry, according to a report made to the board
of control Wednesday.
William Ryan, director of
Blackmer Pays
$20,000TaxFine
Denver, Nov. 2 M A federal
judge today sentenced 80-year-
old Henry M. Blackmer to pay
a fine of $20,000 on income tax
charges pending for more than
one-quarter of a century.
At the same time, Federal
Judge Oric L. Phillips dismissed
two long-standing perjury in
dictments against the multimil
lionaire oil and mining man
whose name figured in the Tea
pot Dome scandal of the early
19?0's.
The elderly financier, who on
September 21 dramatically end
to la-yv-AV exile m cuiuye iu Vo o4riCT slate j nstjhrtjons at
avoid federal prosecution on taxifrom go to 80 percent below the
and
perjury cnarges, appcareo
in court accompanied
son, Myron J. Blackmer
and his
attorney, Harold Roberts.
Blackmer, who had been ar-
raigned five days after his ar-
rival in Boston by plane from
r-ans, was sperea ine ..,,
of serving a jail sentence for
his income tax violations, to
which he had pleaded guilty a
month ago.
Reviewing the reports of phy
sicians of a Boston clinic, who
reported that Blackmer was suf
bladder and
fering from gall
heart ailments, Phillips said he
believed that imprisonment
would be "fraught with serious
consequences ' for Blackmer and
might cause his death.
Coal Famine with
Georgia Cold Snap
Rome. Ga.. Nov 2 (" Heat
ed public buildings wcre thrown
open here last night to prevent
suffering by any families caught
by the coal shortage and sub
freezing temperatures.
Less than a dozen tons of coal
remained for sale in this city
of 26.000 persons in north
Georgia. The thermometer
dropped to 31 during the night.
A city-wide fuel emergency
was declared by John E. Yr
brough. city commission chair
man. He ordered the city audi
torium, churches and other pub-
lie buildings heated and opened, 000 feet of dimension and small
to the public. lumbers for construction.
institutions, told the board that
many more prisoners could be
employed if the plants mentioned
were modernized,
Ryan reported that another
need at the prison was a cold
storage plant where fruit and
vegetables could be stored dur
ing the peak of the season when
the supply comes into the prison
in greater quantity than can be
handled by the cannery
Incidentally, he also said that
the cannery would produce ap
proximately 600,000 gallons of
fruits, vegetables and berries this
year as compared to 280,000 gal
lons canned last year.
More produce was available
this year, he said, and the can
nery has been brought within
the prison walls so that more
men can be employed.
The canned goods produced at
the prison, he said, is furnished
wholesale price. The money
Dy ni5jChar(;C(j. he exnlaincd. allowed
I a Drofii nf in nercent to t h e
prison which included denrcci-
tion costs on the S100.000 olant.
w R Ransom & Sons ,
I Portiand wcre wardeo a cor)J
for lnstalling , boik.r plant:
at the Oregon State hospital on
a low bid of $234,987. Engi
neering costs and other miscel
laneous costs bring the total cost
of the plant to $248,738 which
will come out of the capital out-
lay PPrPtion the hospital.
a request was mane in a iet-
l!fr from hc- Allied Printing
i Trades council that the union la
bel be used on all state print
ing. The request was set aside
pending discussion with State
Printer Hobbs.
The board authorized pay
ment of $40,979 to the Sound
Construction company for work
performed on the new office
building in Salem in October.
Army Studies Bids
Portland, Ore., Nov. 2 (U.W
U.S. army engineers said today
they did not expect to complete
computation on 81 bids by lum
ber operators on 5,700.000 feet
of lumber for the armed services
for another day or so. There
were 10 bids on 640.000 feet of
eleT and select pine; 52 bids on
3.700.000 feet of packaging,
crating and general construction
lumber: and 19 bids on 1.400.
Hearing Into Plane
Collision in Progress
Bolivian Pilot Alive
Washington, Nov. 2 Wi The
fighter plane-airliner collision
that plummeted 55 men, women
and children to death ne?r the
Washington airport brought in
sistent demands from congress
members today for tighter reg
ulations on military planes Hy
ing in commercial air lanes.
Spadework for formal gov
ernment hearings went ahead
even while boatmen still grap
pled In the muddy waters of the
Potomac river for the bodies of
victims in civilian aviation's
worst tragedy.
Working through the night
under floodlights, the boatmen
had recovered 47 bodies by early
afternoon.
Barge with Crane Vsed
A navy barge, equipped with
a crane, was sent to the scene.
The hope was that It could lilt
the forepart of the airliner from
the water and that bodies still
missing would be found in if.
The Eastern Air Lines DC-4,
carrying 51 passengers and a
crew of four, was cut in two
when the Bolivian P-38 fighter
plane rammed it 300 leet in the
air just before noon yesterday.
The tail section fell at the river's
edge. The forepart landed in
deep water.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 8)
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27 in Cebu City
Manila, Nov. 2 W) The Red
Cross reported today 60 per
cent of the homes in Cebu City,
with a population of 140,000,
were damaged or destroyed to
day by a typhoon with winds up
to 100 miles an hour.
There were 27 known deaths.
damage was estimated unoffic
ially at above $10,000,000 in
Cebu City and 14 other towns on
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eDU lsiana, in tne central r-nu-
tppines.
Most homes in the area are of
bamboo.
The typhoon sideswiped
northern Negros island, crossed
the island of Panay and late to
day was 130 miles north of Puer
to Princcsa on the island of Pal
awan. It was expected to con
tinue into (lie soulh China sea
southwest of Mindoro island.
Captain Thomas McDonough
of Jersey City, N. J., a pilot lor
Philippine Airlines, flew over
Cebu city and the storm area.
He said many structures were
unroofed.
A small coastal cratt with 70
aboard was towed to safety at
Iloilo harbor after sending dis
tress signals.
The typhoon was the worst to
hit the area since 1912.
Gambling Club Raided
Oregon City. Nov. 2
(JP
Sheriff Fred Rcakj-eckcr led a
raiding party into the Ardo club
near Milwaukic last night, ar
rested 30 persons and confis
cated quantities ol gambling
I naranhcrnalia Six men listed
as operators gave Portland ad-
drosses. f
Indonesian
Ends Long Dutch Rule
The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 2 MV-The
Indonesia, the world's newest republic, came
with an agreement ending 300 years of Dutch rule over the rich
East Indies.
Spurred by international pressure and United Nations guid
ance, the Indonesians and Dutch
signed an agreement setting up
a federal republic for 70,flfl,
000 Asians, linked in equal part
nership with the Dutch crown.
Both sides hailed the agree
ment as the dawn of a
new era
in the Indies hut the Indone
sians tempered their enthusi
asm somewhat.
Dr. Mohammed ffalta, prime Drers stressed (lie historical im- by Lord Calvrrley. who has been
minister of the Indonesian re-portnnce of the day to the Dutch a labor party member since 1919.
public, one ol the signatories ol'nd Indonesian peoples and to He made the statement during a
the pact said; Ithe world. I peers' debate on the British cc-
"Ncw Guinea Is still matter The fabulously rich archipcl-onomic situation in which con
of dispute and an endeavor shall ago the goal of Columbus when jservatives were preparing to pasi
be made to solve this question inhe stumbled on a new world is ,n vote on censure against t h c
1950. the year following thejlo be a sovereign slate. jgovernment
transfer ot sovereignty." I Its people will be governed byl The last election was held July
The Indonesians had wanted
to Include Dutch New GuineaUhoosing. The republic will he
in the new United States of fn-iinfied to the Dutch crown as an
donesia. Rather than permit thejequal partner in a new Dutch-In-10-week
old round table con-jdoncstan union, a grouping ot
ference to fail, they agreed new
Guinea should remain underlthe British Commonwealth.
It; l
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Adm. Forrest P. Sherman,
53, appointed chief of naval
operations to succeed Adm.
Denteld.
War Mothers
Elect Officers
Mrs. Grace Parsons, McMinn-
ville. is the new president for
the state organization ol Amer
ican War Mothers, elections hav
ing taken place Wednesday
morning during the two-day., j, , (V, ,. ,
convention in Salem at the First
Methodist church. She succeeds
Mrs Jennie Er.xon of Portland
in the office.
Oilier new olticers chosen in -
elude: Mrs. Eva Bennett, Al-
bany. first vice ocesidenf. Mrs.
Freda Gray of Waveriy Heights
chaDter. Portland second vine
president; Mrs. Minnie Humph-
Salem, third vice presi-
dent. Mrs phocbe Bankus, Port-
Uand, fourth vice president; Mrs.
Nellie Mitchell, treasurer; Mrs.
Mamie Bilyeu, Albany treasur
er; Mrs. A. Penny, Waveriy Hfiti.
chapter, Portland, historian;
Mrs. Anna Hunsaker, Salem,
chaplain.
Installation of the new of f i
cers was scheduled for this aft-1
ernoon, Mrs. Fanny Hale
Wright, Portland, a past state
president, to be Installing oil)-
cer.
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resolutions, iinai reports nnu
the installation.
Between 60 and 75 attended
the various sessions Wednesday
morning, with 31 in the voting
delegation from the five chap
ters in Ihe slate.
Reports trom the state officers
and committees were given dur-
ing the morning and greetings
from other patriotic orders.
The convention banquet was
held Tuesday evening at the)
church.
Jet Plane Carries
Navy Pilot to Death
San Diego. Calif., Nov. 2 (IP) j
A screaming jrt plane carried its'
navy pilot into the sea vesterday
and for nearly four hours the
ii.. r M.i,n;t
pressurized cabin was tight and
that oxygen
aJive,
was keeping him
Republic
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he secret of l .s fate. He was president has a
finally taken out dead. I b a M.
Rescue workers, who Strug- mjnule adurcss in the St. Paul
Klcd desperately against time audjtorium at 7:30 p m. PST to.
had hoped vainly lhe normally morr()W. n wm be broadcast na-
uimen point four
into beinR rriV
OnU-h ermtrtil lor anottwr year.
ponding further discussions wifhi
the Dutch
The signing ol agreements! London. Nov. 2 tff A rov
took place at a final plenary ses icrnment spokesman announced
sjon lnc round table confer-
enrr presided ovrr by Dr. Wil-
lorn Drees. Netherlands premier
In his onening address D r
a federal republic of their own
autonomous nations similar
Admiral Undecided
On Step-down Sher
man Appointed CNO
Washington, Nov. 2 Ad
miral Forrest P. Sherman took
the oath today as chief of naval
operations in a move Intended
to bring harmony Into the tend
in f armed forces.
As he pledged himself in a
husky voice to defend his coun
try "against all enemies, foreign
and domestic," Sherman said he
knows he can count on the sup
port of the admirals and the
navy in meeting his. great re-
sponsibililies.
Beside him as he spoke stood
Admiral Louis E. Denield, who
was booted out to make way for
the elevation of Sherman to tha
highest office in the navy's uni
formed services.
Detiteld managed & broad
smile as Sherman finished fak
ing his oath and making a little,
speech. He shoved out a hand
and wished Sherman "good
luck."
Job Offered Denfeld
Secretary of the Navy
Mat-
thews had oilcred
Denleld a
a,i0,: j tj:,
ean iorces with headquarters in
London. whether Denfeld would
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Earlier in the day President
Truman formally appointed
Sherman as CNO, a post in which
his main Immediate task, will be
promotion of harmony in the
high command of the unified
larmy, navy and air lorce. Th
assignment is subject to senate
confirmation, as is Sherman's
accompanying lump from vice
admiral to full admiral.
(.Concluded on Pace 5, Column
Truman Urges
Point 4 Plan
nasnwgion, jyov. vn rrs-
aident Truman said today his
. , -
pomt tour program for building
up unuei ut'vt'iufjcu lurcign eti cs
will help prove that the Ameri
can system is the best lor th
peoples of the world.
In an informal talk to the
American Society ol Civil Engi-
neers, the president also declar-
od he believes in big plans
plans that are big enough to
meet a situation one cannot see
tat present.
Mr. Truman said the aim ol
the point four proposal is to de
velop the world's resources foe
the benefit of the world's peo
ples, not their exploitation. He
first advanced the plan as item
four in the international pro
gram laid out in his inaugural
address. '
The president heads west this
afternoon for a ten-hour visit to
the twin citirs of Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
Tomorrow is "Truman day
iin k rns
Mr. Truman said the world is
snow iaced by a struggle between
two ideologies, one backed by
mural code and one not backed
by a moral code.
The American system with its
moral code, he added, can do
best for the people of the worfd.
He said he hopes engineers,
doctors, and others with special
skills wilt inform themselves on
British Election
Set for July 6
in the house of lords tonight the
Britisn general election win oe
held next July 6.
The announcement was made
5. 194.1. when the labor party
swept Winston Churchill's con
servative out ot power.
Lord Calvrrley said the con
servatives Kould Viol deteat In
tolbor in
ladded:
the next election, and