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61st Year, No. 264 2.12? .roS.- Salem, Oregon, Saturday, November 5, 1949
Price 5c
Republicans Water Control
OpposeCVAfor Program Held
All CIO Officers Major Break
Forced to Sign In Sfeel Strike
Non-Red Oaths Held Imminent
Columbia Basin Worlds Biggest
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State Clubs for De
velopment by Existing
Federal Agencies
. Development of the Columbia
river valley by existing agencies
rather than by a three-man CV.4
board-appointed by the presi
dent, was urged in a resolution
adopted by the Oregon Repub
lican clubs In the concluding ses
sion at the Senator Hotel Sat
s'arday.
This together with a sheaf of
other resolutions were adopted
without any opposition and fol
lowed the re-election of Leonard
I. Lindas of Oregon City as pre
sident. Lindas succeeded Ray
Smith when the latter was ap
pointed to the state tax com
mission. Other officers elected
unanimously were Dr. . E. Bor
ing, Salem, treasurer; Helen
Lamond, Portland, secretary
and Don Eva, Portland, sergeant
at arms.
The CVA resolution pointed
out that existing agencies have
demonstrated their ability "to
prepare plans and carry for
ward projects integrated with
consistant and orderly develop
ment of resources of the Colum
bia river valley."
Revision of Election Laws ,
S. B. 1645, created a Colum
bia valley authority, now in con
gress, proposes to disregard and
by-pass the present orderly pro
cesses, the rasolution states, by
creating a CVA consisting of a
three man board, not elected by
or responsible to the people of
the region; only indirectly re
sponsible to Congess, but direct
ly responsible to the president.
Revision of the state's elec
tion laws by providing for coun
ty conventions of each political
party, following primary elec
tions, was urged in one resolu
tion. The same resolution also
recommends district and state
conventions to follow the county
conventions.
The resolution provides that
such conventions nominate can
didates in all cases where a can
didate in the primary election
has not received 35 percent or
more of the total vote of his
party for the office sought.
The state convention, under
the proposal, would elect dele-gates-at-large
to the national
convention and also elect the
state national committeeman and
committeewoman.
(Concluded n Page A Column I)
Let Contract for
Molalla Levee
Portland, Ore., Nov. 5 (Ufa
Lt. Col. D. A. Elliget, acting
Portland district engineer, to
day announced award of three
Oregon contracts totaling $47,
670. Groesback and Hickspn, Eu
gene, was awarded a $28,252 con
tract for construction of bank
protection work along the right
bank of the middle fork of the
Willamette river at the A. C.
Clearwater place.
Darby and Foster, Roseburg,
Vas awarded a $15,370 contract
for repair of the revetment along
the Molalla river at locations 8,
10 and 11, and along the Clack
amas river at locations 12-1A, 14
and at Paradise park, all in
Clackamas county.
Empire Construction Co. of
Portland was awarded a $4,048
contract for construction of con
crete pipe toe drains in the levee
embankment along the right
bank of Multnomah channel in
the Sauvie Island drainage dis
trict. Record High Prices
At Coffee Auction
Guatemala, Nov. 5 (Jp) An
tlltime high price in Guatemal
an coffee history was recorded
yesterday as anxious bidders
paid from $49 to $52 per hun
dred pounds, f o b. Puerto Bar
rios, for 22.000 bags of old crop
coffee, sold at public auction.
Coffee experts believe the
price may be highest ever paidi Alderman Albert Gillc. repre
invwhere. anytime, for green .,; Mnr r i. riMmm
co'fe- I
The Guatemala government
coffee office acting for U. S.
firms said Orgeta and Emigh
of San Francisco and J. A. Fol-
fer were the biggest buyers. I
Prices at yesterday's auction'
which ran late into the night
were $15 above prices at the
previous auction early in
tember.
Straus Says Coordin
ated Projects to Go
Ahead Anyway
Boise, Nov. 5 UP) The eo
ordinated program of the bureau
of reclamation and army engi
neers is "the biggest water con
trol program on the face of the
earth," national commissioner of
reclamation Michael W. Straus
said here today.
Development of the Columbia
river basin, he added, will be in
accord with the agreement be
tween the two agencies "no mat
ter what vehicle of government
may be created."
"The projects proposed in the
agreement will be the physical
development in any program.
There will be the same dams,
the same men, practically the
same everything."
Of the total amount of $387,-
000,000 made available for rec
lamation throughout the nation
for the fiscal year 1951, Straus
said $110,833,000 has been ear
marked for the Columbia river
basin.
Silent on CVA
In an interview, he had noth
ing to say regarding the pro
posed Columbia Valley adminis
tration. When asked his opinion
of CVA, Straus said: "I am just
operating our reclamation pro
gram."
Previously Straus announced
that the bureau's construction
program during this fiscal year
will approach $387,000,000 in
cluding a record-breaking $333,
961.638 in new funds.
Straus said the unprecedented
appropriations is expediting
work on 35 storage dams, nine
power plants, more than 200
miles of canals and other fa
cilities in the Missouri river
basin. California's Central val
ley, the Colorado and Columbia
basins and elsewhere throughout
the west.
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column 5)
Typhoon Kills
644, Philippines
Manila, Nov. 5 IIP) The Phil
ippine Red Cross called for inter
national help tonight as mount
ing typhoon casualty reports
listed 644 persons dead or miss
ing and feared dead in the cen
tral islands.
Most of the casualties were re
ported from the Kabankalan
area of Negros island 300 miles
south of Manila. There the Hog
river, fed by torrential rains,
overflowed and swept through
Kabankalan, a city of more than
47,000 population.
The typhoon surged in to
catch the central Philippines 12
hours ahead of schedule. It hit
at night after the islanders had
lighted candles to burn at craves
of their relatives in All Souls
day ceremonies Tuesday.
Former Justice Manuel Lim,
chairman of the local Red Cross,
cabled Geneva headquarters of
the international Red Cross that
at least 105 cities and municipal
ities were hit by the typhoon on
eight islands. He estimated 450,
000 persons were left destitute.
Salem Junior Patrol
Members Police Guests
Members of the Salem iunior patrol, guests of the police de
partment at a noontime luncheon
treat when Chief Clyde A. Warren and Assistant Chief E. C.
Charlton appeared in full uniform for the occasion.
It was the first time the two top officers of the department
have been in uniform since Chief
Warren tjok office last winter,
The occasion for the luncn-
eon, attended by -26 junior pa
trolmen from six Salem schools
as well as teachers from each
Institution, was to award badges
and police identification cards
to the school patrol Among the
or,, i.!,, rir.ni. uhn utiarri
street crossings for the schools!Also in attendance from the po-
were two girl patrol workers. !lice department were Juvenile
told the youngsters that traffic,0' - White.
problems w e r e increasing, but
he emphasized that if their work ,
could save Just one life during
the year, the entire program
would be worthwhile.
Gille told the patrol that un-
der Oregon law they must con- Father Callahan. There was no
trol the school children and not representative other than Junior
Sep-itraffic. He said that In some patrolmen from Parrith Junior
tates, however, Junior patrolhigh.
$10 Million Loss
Caracas Flood .
Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 5 W)
Homeless Venezuelans search
ed frantically today for mem
bers of their families missing
since flash flood swept through
Caracas suburbs.
At least 20 persons were re
ported dead and authorities fear
ed the toll from yesterday's
flood might run much higher.
The flood, the worst in Venezue
la's capital in many years, caus
ed damage estimated unofficial
ly at $10,000,000.
It was Latin America's second
major flood since Oct. 1. Heavy
rains and floods in Guatemala
during the first three weeks of
October killed more than 500
persons and caused an estimated
$50,000,000 of damage.
A six-hour downpour yes
terday brought a sudden rush
of water here from the usually
tiny Guaire river, which already
was swollen by several days
of heavy rains.
Roaring flood waters swept
first through the rude huts of
hundreds of poor families liv
ing along the river banks. Radio
patrol cars rashed along the
river, warning dwellers on the
banks to flee. Many of the hun
dreds left homeless said they
thought the warning was a trick
to dislodge them from their
homes.
CIO Reelects
Philip Murray
Cleveland. Nov. 5 ipi Philip
Murray, 62 - year - old former
Scottish miner, was elected Fri
day to his 10th term as presi
dent of the CIO.
Murray's name was placed be
fore the convention, without op
position, by Jacob Potofsky, of
the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers. He referred to the CIO
leader as "labor's No. 1 spokes
man and No. 1 statesman."
Potofsky said Murray was
"strong in character, vigorous in
action, undaunted in courage,
and a great spiritual force for
?ood in our country."
The election came near the
close of the CIO's 11th consti
tutional convention, in which
the way was paved for ridding
the CIO of its left wing elements.
Saturday, were given a special
men actually controlled traffic.
Chief Warren, urged the pa
trol members to act according to
rules laid down on the back of
their identification cards and to
set a good example at all times.
Sgt. Ercel Mundinger acted as
toastmaster for the meeting,
umcer niian .nerval-, .aiu.
Glenn Bowman a n d Patrolman
McKinlcy school was repre-1
sented bv Mrs. Dorothy Rea,
Washington by Miss Gladys Tin-
ton. Highland by Mrs. Annie i
Wolcott. Garfield by Mrs. Caro-
line Blake and St. Joseph's byiThomas I. Gantt wa fined $20ol
3 V
Republican Leaders Attend
Cordon was principal speaker at this banquet held at the
Salem Chamber of Commerce and attended by hundreds of
party leaders gathered here for their sixteenth annual con
vention. Shown at the head table are (from left): Dr. E. E.
Boring, Leonard I. Lindas, Don Eva, Senator Guy Cordon,
Representative Walter Norblad, Earl Newbry, Mrs. Marshall
Cornett, Helen Lamond and Sig Unander.
Malnutrition Kills 8
Crop Pickers Infants
Fresno, Calif., Nov. 5 UR) Eight infants were dead from mal
nutrition today as San Joaquin
conditions of migrant workers,
of the depression years.
Dr. Donald Upp, Kings county
Longest Strike
Now Settled
Vancouver, B. C Nov. 5 (CP)
The longest labor siege in Van
couver's history ended last night
with the settlement of the 41-
month strike against-the. Daily
Province newspaper by three
allied printing trade unions.
A "complete and harmonious
settlement" was announced be
tween P. C. Galbraith, publisher
of the Province and representa
tives of the International Typo
graphical union, (AFL).
Simultaneously, discussions
were started by the paper with
Vancouver local 88 of the In
ternational Stcreotypcrs union
and local 70 of the Mailer's
union.
The unions left the Province
on June 6, 1946, in sympathy
with their striking ITU workers
in Winnipeg, and since that time
the union has maintained a con
stant picket line around the
newspaper building.
The Daily Province resumed!
publication six weeks after the
strike began.
A. Bevis, president of local
226 of the ITU said in a state
ment that the agreement pro
vides for "full recagnition and
acceptance of ITU laws" and re
established the Vancouver local
as "having complete jurisdiction
in the composing room.
The union-management rep
resentatives said there had been
concessions on both sides and
there had been goodwill and
the same objective on both sides.
They were sure they had reach
ed fair agreements.
Says A Bomb
Diverted River
Berlin, Nov. 5 UP) The Soviet-licensed
newspaper Nacht
Express declared today Russia
has used blasts of atomic ener
gy to reverse the flow of two
rivers in a land reclamation
project and implied it wasn't an
A-bomb test.
This was "the first time in the
history of mankind" that atom
ic energy was used for peaceful
purposes, said the paper, which
is edited by communists.
"This overwhelming project
has made it possible to reverse
the directions of the Siberian
rivers Ob and Yenissei by blast
ing with atomic energy large
sections of rocks in the Urals and
Caucasian mountains." it said,
The Nacht express added
kic wmiu nuw nan hii rxpiaii-
ation for the official Soviet!
statement or bept. 23 this year
: cK M
ne soviet union.
Prison for N'ecro Beater
Montgomerv. Ala. Nov. S
Former Florala Police Chief
and sentenced to two years In 'the possibility that Harry Fleish-
the penitentiary today onicr, a notorious fugitive hoodlum,
charges of beating five Negroesimight have been connected with
jto make them confess crime. i the rumored fix.
JI
Club Banquet Senator Guy
valley authorities probed labor
living in conditions reminiscent
health officer, uncovered two
more infant deaths Oct. 28 and
Oct. 30 as the Investigation
moved toward the end of the
first week.
Officials of Fresno county said
two children died from the same
cause Oct. 30 and Nov. 2.
Health officials and social
workers gave poignant examples
of how some 150,000 agricultur
al migrants are living while har
vesting the cotton, fruits and ve
getables in the multi-million dol
lar farmland valley. A council
of interested agencies in Tulare
county found the following:
1 A workers camp made of
packing box houses. The camp
is near a dump where families
salvaged discarded household
articles for their own use. Four
members of the council said the
children looked as if their hair
had never been combed. The
youngsters were using outdoor
toilets as "playhouses."
2 A camp of 19 houses with
only two toilets and six to 10
persons living in each house.
3 Camp managers said some
of the "hands" were earning $18
to $20 per day but "only wanted
to drink and gamble." They com
planned that the camps had been
cican and decent three weeks
ago, but the workers failed to
take care of them.
4 Camp manager William
Silvers said his efforts to clean
up the camp had resulted in a
fight in which he had been shot
in the leg.
Lee A. Stones, Madera county
health officer, said that malnu
trition among children of farm
workers was not unusual, but
placed the blame on the parents
and not county health and relief
agencies.
"You would find the situation
in any county in the San Joaquin
valley," he said. "But it is not
:a question of want the cause is
carelessness or lack of know
ledge among parents."
Gavilan-Felton
Fight Reported 'Fixed'
Detroit. Nov. 5 UP) Police
Commissioner Harry S. Toy re
vealed today he had new infor
mation supporting rumors that
the Gaviian-Fclton fight was
fixed.
He said strong evidence had
been obtained in a raid on a De
troit gambling club that a bet-
jh" coup may have been plan
ned several momns ago.
Two fight officials Referee
Morric Sherman and Judge
Sam Pearlstein were suspend
ed by the Michigan state box-
ting commission after the fight.
I Their voles cast for Lester Fel-
iton over the favored Kid Gavi-
land aroused widespread pro-
tests
I Toy s revelation came as the
I boxing commissioner questioned
Gavilan and his handlers, call
vel ,rom f'ew York for a hear-
in
Tov raid the club raid raised
yAt)' Jk Against 10 Unions
I il Cleveland, Nov. 5 iPi The
1 I 1 ('( executive board today set
i liIup commitlees to investigate
S 'W
Big 3 Hopes for
Closer Unity
Washington, Nov. 5 (l Plans
for a Paris meeting of American,
British and French foreign min
isters stirred U. S. hopes today
for greater economic and politi
cal unity in Europe.
The state department announc
ed the first session will be held
in the French capital on Wed
nesday. American officials said the
two-day conference might put
new life into the movement to
ward that goal, in view of Sec
retary of State Acheson's appar
ent conviction that such unity is
urgently needed now.
As a part of this issue, Ache-
son is prepared to press for in
clusion of the new western Ger
man state in the European fam
ily of nations. He also is ready
to discuss outstanding German is
sues including the contravers-
ial plant dismantling program
in that light.
Achoson will fly to the French
capitol for the meeting with Brit
ish Foreign Minister Bevin and
French Foreign Minister Schu
mann. In announcing the conference
yesterday, the state department
described it as a sequel to talks
which the three western foreign
policy chiefs held in Washing
ton and New York a few weeks
ago.
While the announcement did
not list a specific program for!
the Paris meeting, it clearly in
dicated the nature of the talks.
It did so by linking them to
the recent sessions of the council
of Europe and the organization
for European economic cooper
ation (OEEC) in Paris, and by
pointing out that (a) the Ger
man federal republic is now in
operation and (b) defense ma-
chinery under the Atlantic Pact
has been set up and is function
ing.
Labor Vote Called
Portland, Nov. 5 (Pi A col
lective bargaining election will
be held November 9. among 400
office employes of Meier &
Yd
Frank company to decide wheth- got Fitzgerald telegrams, which
cr they wish to be represented I also arc signed by Charles Ncw
by the AFL office employcs'ell, US international representa-
union
Justice Sits I'p Justice William O Douglas, (above) of the
Supreme court, donned clothes and sat up at hospital at
Yakima, Wash., tor the first time since he suffered 17 broken
ribs when his horse fell on him during a r"ntiin trip last
month. (AP Wirrphoto)
Executive Board In
vestigates Charges
charges of pro-communism
against 10 left wing unions and
nine of their leaders.
CIO President Philip Murray
announced at a news conference
that all CIO officers will now
sign the non-communist affi
davits required by the Taft
Hartley act, to gain access to
the national labor relations board
processes.
The officers, now, 26 months
after the Taft-Hartley act went
into effect, will come into com
pliance for the first time.
Gold Ineligible
Murray said the move was
taken because the officers are
responsible for the welfare of
certain industrial union councils
not part of international unions.
The action against the unions
and individuals was taken at a
post-convention session of the
board. The nine union presiden's
under fire were allowed to take
their seats as members of the
executive board (pending the
outcome of hearings by the com
mittees. (C'onrludrd on Pare 5. Column 6)
Fitzgerald Fires
Red UE Leaders
Pittsburgh. Nov. 5 (Pi Pres
ident Albert J. Fitzgerald's or
der reading right wing leaders
out of his United Electrical
Workers' union is being met to
day either with defiance or with
silence.
The order, in the form of tel
egrams to individual officers.
came yesterday, a result of the
expulsion of the US by the Na
tional CIO earlier this week at
its convention in Cleveland.
The expulsion, on the grounds
of left wingism, immediately put
the long-standing left-right fight
out in the open.
Officers of at lease five big US
locals throughout the country
have received telegrams from
! f "zgerairt telling mey are no
longer officers or members of
the union.
Some, like Clyde J. Bowman,
executive board member of 13,-700-membcr
local 601 at the
Weslinghouse Electric Corp., in
East Pittsburgh, have wired back
defiant mesages. Bowman, one
of 24 officers "read out" at
nil Iclnirol, Inlri Fit rperalH
"Because you waiked out of
the CIO. I no longer recognize
you as having any authority to
tell me anything."
Others, like the 10 Tight wing
ers tossed out at Westinghouse's
turbine plant in Sharon, Pa.,
simply ignored the telegrams.
Unverified reports indicated
sill right wing UE officials have
tive.
Republic Makes Pen
sion Offer Ching to
Meet Coal Operators
Washington, Nov. 5 UP) On
four company fronts, the nation
wide strike of steelworkers mov
ed closer today to settlement.
And I n Washington, Federal
Mediation Director Cyrus S.
Ching reported that h-s talk yes
terday with John L. Lewis, chief
of 400.000 striking coal miners,
was "extremely pleasant and
constructive."
Nevertheless coat peace moves
marked time, pending the start
of government talks with south
ern mine owners on Monday.
There were no breaks in coal
comparable to these develop
ments in the 37-day strike of
CIO's United Steelworkers:
Republic's Offer Weighed
1. Republic Steel's pension of
fer of yesterday was weighed
without comment at a policy
huddle of CIO President Philip
Murray and local leaders in
Cleveland.
2. Jones & Laughlin Steel cor
poration, one of Pittsburgh's big
gest, announced it will meet un
ion spokesmen Monday in "pre
liminary" talks toward ending
the strike in its operations.
3. Lukens Steel company set
tled with the union at Coates
ville. Pa. Five thousand men
started back to work.
4. Youngstown, O., Sheet and
Tube company, fifth largest pro
ducer, scheduled talks with the
steelworkers next Tuesday. '
But the strike news was not
uniformly so rosy. Ten thousand
steelworkers quit at five plants
of the Timken Roller Bearing
company.
Ching Resumes Efforts
Mediator Ching said he will
"explore all possible angles"
with southern soft coal operators
when he meets with them in his
office here Monday.
A hint of possibly sterner fed
eral action came from the While
House party which returned
with President Truman last
night from his speechmaking
trip into the chilly midwest.
Truman to Decide
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 7)
Truman Backs
Demos in N Y
Washington, Nov. 5 UP) Pres
ident Truman jumps back into
the political arena tonight with a
brief radio appeal to the voters
of New York to back democratic
candidates in next Tuesday's
special election.
The president returned last
night from what he jokingly
called a "bipartisan" speechmak
ing trip designed to be "entire
ly pleasing to Minnesota demo
crats."
In his five-minute talk to
night (8:30 p.m., EST) Mr. Tru
man will urge the election to the
U. S. senate of former New York
Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
and the reelection of New York
City's Mayor Willium O'Dwycr.
Lehman is fighting for the
senate seat now held by Repub
lican John Foster Dulles.
The presidential party for the
"bipartisan" trip to Minnesota
Included Democratic National
Chairman William Boyle. On the
way back to Washington, Mr.
Truman consulted political lead
ers on democratic candidate's
prospects in the 1950 congres
sional campaign.
Denver Police Chief
Commits Suicide
Denver, Nov. 5 (T) Denver
Police Chief John F. O'Donnell
was found shot, apparently with
ins own service revolver, today
in a small washroom off his of
fice. He died 20 minutes later.
O'Donnell's resignation was to
have become effective Nov. 15.
A custodian, Roger Smith, said
he heard a shot and called De
tective Richard Brown. They
broke down the locked door.
O'Donnell, 48. was slumped over
a toilet. He was shot through
the mouth. H I s revolver was
nearby.
O'Donnell was rushed to Den
ver General hospital but died as
attendants were trying to pre
pare him for surgery.
O'Donnell submitted his resig
nation two weeks ago. Mayor
Quigg Newton, who named him
chief in 1947. said the chief told
him he needed a complete rest.
Capt. Herbert Forsyth was nam
ed then to replace O'Donnell.