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slightly colder; Tuesday, cloudy,
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62nd Year No. 13 ISEfjrSftSS Salem, Oregon, Monday, January 16, 1950
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60,000 Miners
Refuse to
Obey
John L Lewis
Flout Orders to Return
To Jobs First Revolt
Against Leader
Pittsburgh, Jan. 16 (AV-Nearly
60,000 soft coal miners in six
states refused to obey John L
Lewis' suggestion they return
v to work today after a one-week
strike.
Western Pennsylvania led the
. .-. walkout with 45,000 miners idle
; 4i out of 56,000. Alabama opera
'r 4 tors Sa' 5,500 miners refused to
. ! About 4,000 Ohio miners stay-
ed at home, a id another 2,500
'i were out in V est Virginia, the
f nation's number one producing
, state with some 110,000 miners.
i Some Follow Orders
i In Kentucky, 2,000 miners,
i employed by the U.S. Coal and
Coke company, a United States
Steel corporation subsidiary,
were not working.
:f But in southwest Virginia, coal
production was virtually in full
swing, with only about 200 of
4 the area's 15,000 miners choos-
;i ing not to work.
j Last Monday, 69,000 miners in
S Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
i Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Ala-
i bama and Utah stayed away
I from work in an unexplained
I strike. Last week Lewis sug-
I gested they resume production
I today.
First Revolt Against Lewis
Some of the 11,000 western
Pennsylvania diggers who came
to work were warned roving
pickets would come around and
pull them out again.
In Washington, John D. Bat
tle, executive vice president of
the National Coal association,
termed the miners' action "a re
bellion against Lewis."
"It looks like the first revolt
against Lewis," Battle told a
reporter. "There's been no
complaint from the men to their
employers about their hours or
wages or working conditions.
They have told the operators
'we want to work.' The opera
tors have had to reply, 'tell that
to your officials.' "
The United States Steel cor
poration said all its captive
mines in Pennsylvania, employ
ing about 11,000 men, are clos
ed. Another 4,000 U.S. Steel
miners in Kentucky forced oper
ations there to remain dark and
bleak. A spokesman said oper
ations in West Virginia were
normal.
Court Upholds
Deportation
Washington, Jan. 16 () The
supreme court by a vote of 4 to
3 today upheld the government's
right to deport former aliens
who lose their American citizen
ship. The tribunal also split on
identical lines in ruling that the
government may exclude war
brides and other aliens without
a hearing if it considers them
poor security risks.
Two deportation cases were
decided by the court, one involv
ing Otto A. Willumeit, a one
time leader in the German-American
Bund.
Willumeit was accused and
convicted of plotting with other
persons to deliver military sec
rets to Germany and Japan. His
naturalization was cancelled in
1944 on the ground that it was
illegally obtained. But when the
attorney general sought to de
port him, Willumeit contended
a 1920 deportation law did not
apply to him because he was not
an alien but a naturalized citi
zen at the time he was convicted
of conspiracy to commit espion
age. In the second deportation case,
the supreme court ruled against
Richard Eichenlaub, a former
New York restaurant owner con
victed in 1941 of having conspir
ed to act as an agent for Ger
many without being registered
as a foreign agent.
He too contended the depor
tation law could not apply to
him because he was a natural
ized citizen when he was con
victed.
Quirino Operation Successful
Baltimore, Jan. 16 VP) Pre
sident Elpidio Quirino of the
Philippines today underwent
completely successful" kidney
stone operation at Johns Hop
kins hospital. Dr. J. A. C. Col
ston, Hopkins surgeon, said the
operation "technically was very
satisfactory. The patient lost
very little blood and was not
shocked in any way."
Russian Bloc
Walks Oul of
United Nations
Protest China's Na
tionalist Delegation
Ban Little Assembly
Lake Success, Jan. 16 VP)
Soviet bloc delegations walked
out of another United Nations
body today in protest over the
continued presence of Chinese
nationalists and said thev would
spread their boycott to all U. N.
organs.
The new walkout took place in
the economic and social coun
cil's committee on procedure.
This time Czechoslovakia join
ed Russia in the protest against
further participation of the Chin
ese nationalist delegation in U.
N. agencies.
The Russian delegation walk
ed out of the security council
last Friday and announced it
would not rturn as long as the
Chinese nationalists sat at the
table.
Little Assembly Meets
The Soviet bloc countries
meanwhile continued their two
year boycott of the year-around
Little Assembly where Chinese
Nationalist Delegate T. F. Tsiang
was ready to renew his demands
that Russia be indicted for aid
ing the Chinese communists.
This was the first 1950 meet
ing of the Little Assembly.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 5)
inos Kill
U. S. Professors
Manila, Jan. 16 VP) Spears
of onetime headhunters ended
the lives of two American uni
versity professors on a hike in
rugged mountains in the Phil
ippines. Their bodies were
found in a shallow grave.
Discovery of the bodies of Dr.
Robert F. Conklin and Prof.
Marvin Pittman was announced
today by Col. James L. Meader
of the United States embassy.
His information came from a
U.S. 13th Air Force patrol which
took part in a two-week ground
and air search for the missing
men.
The bodies of the two hikers
were found the wild mountains
of Northern Luzon about 75
miles northeast of Baguio, sum
mer capital of the Philippines.
It is the country of the Ifugao,
tribesmen of mixed Malay origin
who used to be headhunters.
The patrol said three Ifugao
admitted robbing the professors,
killing them with spears and
burying the bodies. The tribes
men said three others helped
them. Philippine constabulary
men are hunting the other three.
Conklin and Pittman were ex
change professors at the Univer
sity of the Philippines. Dr.
Conklin, a professor of English,
was on leave from Springfield
college, Springfield, Mass. Prof.
Pittman, formerly of Chicago,
was assistant professor of geog
raphy at Miami university, Ox
ford, O., before coming to the
Philippines.
The patrol said they were
killed on Christmas day. They
had set out on a 10-day trip,
scheduled to end at Baguio on
New Year's day.
Truman Asks Insurance
On Rubber Shortage
Washington, Jan. 16 (IP) President Truman asked congress to
day to pass a new, 10-year law as insurance again?' a rubber
shortage in another war
The president wants authority now to start shifting at least
part of the government's $700,000,000 synthetic rubber industry
to private ownership
At the same time, he said
there must be enough produc
tion in an emergency for "ad
equate protection of the nation
al security.
Mr. Truman's recommenda
tions went to congress in a mes
sage. The president also sent
along a report by his assistant.
John R. Steelman, on a study of
the synthetic rubber problem
and what should be done about
it at this point.
"It appears," Mr. Truman said,
that our present plant capacity
of nearly a million tons a year
should be maintained to meet
emergency needs for synthetic
rubber.
It is not necessary, however,
that all this capacity be in oper
ation. Maintenance in a stand
by condition of those plants
which are not being used should,
therefore, be authorized."
Truman Opposes VJ
Change in Rules tiMI
Washington, Jan. 16 VP)
President Truman reportedly
urged legislative leaders today
to oppose vigorously a proposed
change in the house rules which
threatens his "fair deal" pro
gram.
These reports came after the
president's usual Monday meet
ing with democratic congres
sional leaders.
House Speaker Rayburn was
reported to have told Mr. Tru
man that the coming house vote
on a proposal to restore a life
and death grip on legislation to
the house rules committee may
be extremely close.
The committee has approved
a resolution to scuttle the pres
ent rule under which a standing
committee chairman if recog
nized by the speaker can call
up for house action a bill which
has been before the rules group
for 21 days.
Mr. Truman was said to re
gard this proposal as a severe
threat to enactment of some of
his "fair deal" measures which
are opposed by southern demo
crats and republicans.
Some administration leaders
said before today's conference
that -they must have White
House help in their fight to pre
vent the rules change.
Indiana Floods
Again Menacing
Vincennes, Indiana, Jan. 16 (IP)
Indiana's weather dealt the
state a one-two punch over the
weekend, claiming five lives in
flood mishaps and boosting the
previously receding river levels
to new highs.
Rains yesterday brought new
danger to Vincennes where the
Wabash began rising again and
neared 28 feet. This city was
pelted with nearly two inches of
rain Saturday night and Sun
day. The Wabash, which had
fallen to 27.5 feet, started rising
shortly after noon yesterday and
climbed to within nearly a foot
of the top of the floodwall.
Upstream at Terre Haute, the
weather bureau predicted a crest
of 25.2 feet by noon today.
Officials at Vincennes kept a
wary eye on the floodwall, bol
stered last week by crews of Ft.
Knox, Ky., troops and civilian
volunteers, although the weath
erman said the 28 foot crest
probably would be as high as the
Wabash would rise.
The weather bureau forecast a
cold wave for today.
There was no plant-by-plant
list of those that might be kept
by the government or those that
might be converted to stand-by
status.
Steelman's report said the syn
thetic plants have a capacity of
940,000 tons a year. The con
sumption of all types of rubber,
both natural and synthetic was
estimated last year at 982.806
tons. Synthetic represents 410,-
239 of the total tonnage.
The report emphasized that
since the most critical raw ma
terial shortage of the last war
was in rubber, a substantial
stockpile of the natural product
must be built up. But it said,
"aosolute security" in rubber is.
as impossible ss it is in any
other field.
The government Is operating
a rubber program now under a
law passed in 1848 and expiring1
at the end of June.
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Art In Snow Images Young people' of Salem combined
sport with art when they found half a foot or more of snow
in. their front yards . Sunday morning, and their ideas capti
vated Capital Journal photographer. A group at the Ben
Lambert home, 361 Leslie, came up with a 9-foot high likeness
of Winston Churchill, most important man of the first half
of the century, shown top at right. The girls are Wanda Ring
land, left, and Donna Lou Lambert Top at left, Richard
Fleener, 2090 North Fourth, did this snow man of a heroic
10-foot in size. Below, Elaine Burt sculptured a polar bear
at 635 North Fourth, and was one of a group who made the
igloo at the right.
Bateson In Authority
Over 296 Census Takers
Cornelius Bateson of Pratum.
census for this five-county district,
appointment of about 296 crew leaders and enumerators wno
will make the count of the population.
TTp was eiven this information
All Sleds in City
Used Overtime
By DAVID BLACKMER
Now you see it, now you don't
describes the situation on the
nearby Salem hills which city
authorities have barricaded for
the use of the younger genera
tion in sledding.
'Nary a single sled is to be
found in Salem, Portland or
Seattle." stated Howard Wick
lund, 1462 Trade street, local
sporting goods store owner.
Wicklund went on to say that
we had the largest stock of
sleds in Salem. We had 21 and
they were gone as soon as the
snow started to fall on the day
following New Year's."
On the scene interviews Indi
cated that the kids appreciated
the favor of the street depart
ment. Rosa Lee Coffel, sopho
more at Sacred Heart academy,
spoke breathlessly as she fin
ished climbing the hill. It s
real neat, but the snow is so
cold."
The Rankin twins, Dwaine
and Dwight, of 150 Kingwood
avenue, sophomores at Salem
high school, said together, "that
it's a fine deal to have a place
where you don't have to worry
about cars running you dowh.
Even the older people enjoyed
themselves as much as we did.
Keith Lenningcr, 1310 Wal
ler street, sophomore of Salem
high thought that a medal ought
to be awarded to the city offi
cials who were responsible for
blocking the streets as they
must have realized they were
young at one time themselves.
With school called off Monday,
Fry, Lincoln, Leffelle and Wash-
ington hills will be visited by
many students to enjoy the extra
holiday sledding.
who will be supervisor of the
will have full authority in the
in a training conference oi one
week in Seattle from where he
has just returned
Bateson said today that all
applicants for crew leader and
enumerator appointments will be
required to take a written ex
amination, and that civil service
qualifications will apply, al
though thqy will not be under
the civil service Selection will
be on merit and fitness, he said
Examinations probably will be
in each county
Tn the organization of the five
county district two crew lead
crs will be assigned to Salem
alone, and four others to the re
mainder of the county. Each
leader will supervise a crew of
from 15 to 20 enumerators of
whom Marion county will have
a total of 112. Benton county
will have two crew leaders and
27 enumerators; Clackamas
county, five crew leaders and
09 enumerators; Lincoln, one
leader and 21 enumerators; and
Polk, two leaders and 31 enum
erators.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Robinson Files for
Senator Against Morse
U.S. Sen, Wayne L. Morse was
assured some opposition today in
the republican primary election
next May.
Fred E. Robinson, Medford
clothing merchant, filed his can
didacy for Morse's job today
Morse hasn't filed yet.
Robinson's camnnign ploenn
is: "Elect a man who will vole
with the rest of our congres
sional delegation."
Spain to Buy V. S. Wheat
Madrid, Jan. 16 U.Pj The!
Spanish government sent $12,
000,000 in gold by plane to New
York today as collateral against
a new Chase National bank loan,
which will be used to buy wheat
in the United States and Canada.
Oregon Still Snow Mantled
With More Coming in Valley
State Digs Out
From Frequent
Snow Flurries
(By the AMOClated Pre
Oregon, lashed by the Friday
the 13th blizzard, was still
swamped in snow today and
the weatherman said more was
coming in part of the state.
He forecast more snow for
eastern Oregon and for north
western Oregon. But he held
out hope of warmer tempera
tures and mixed rain and snow
for the southwestern part of the
state.
Oregon was still struggling to
dig itself out today. In some
places it did. The Pacific high
way was reopened. So were the
roads out of Klamath Falls.
Blizzard on Columbia
Crews were fighting new
snow on the Columbia highway,
and not even the highway de
partment was sure which would
win.
A 50-mile-an-hour wind, ac
companied by snow, swept
through the Columbia River
Gorge last night, and sheriffs
stopped cars to warn them not
to try to pass the highway until
daybreak. This morning only
one-way traffic was moving be.
tween Troutdale and Cascade
Locks, and crews feared that
might be closed shortly.
Most trams and buses were
running behind time. A big ro
tary snowplow was derailed on
the Willamette pass between
Abernethy and Cascade summit
yesterday blocking the Southern
Pacific rail line. Six hundred
passengers on three trains were
held at Cascade summit.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
CIO Supports
CVA in Booklet
Washington, Jan. 16 VP) The
CIO, in a pamphlet entitled
"The Beautiful Columbia
threw its weight yesterday be
hind President Truman's Colum
bia valley administration legis
lation.
'The CIO is firmly opposed to
any blanket authorization of the
plans drummed up by the army
engineers and the bureau of re
clamation," the labor organiza
tion added.
The publication said the CIO
is "lighting against the piece
meal development which has
wrecked the resources of other
regions," and added:
'A CVA and sound rosour
ces planning generally in the
valley are being opposed by a
combination of forces, none of
which has ever been friendly to
organized labor.
It numbered among these
'the privately owned electric
utilities, the timer interests, the
army's corps of engineers and
the contractors back of it who
have a financial stake in army
construction projects, and the
bureau of reclamation and the
special interests (not farmers)
which have a similar stake in its
operations."
Cold Wave Following
Storm Sweeps Midwest
(By tde Ajuociated PrcMi)
The screeching storm which hammered the northern plains,
Rocky mountain and northwest statea has veered over into
Canada but it left the area with its worst cold wave of the
winter.
At least 25 deaths were attributed to the storm, 10 of them
in Canada. Nine died in the
northwest blizzard, seven in
crashes of two small planes in
rain and fog, and a woman and
her three small daughters in an
automobile crash on an icy Mich
igan highway. Other fatalities;
were caused by the winds, floods
and traffic accidents.
Temperatures were far below
normal all the way from the
great Lakes to the Pacific coast,
while the remainder of the na
tion generally had seasonal or
balmy weather In the south
east particularly readings were
well above normal.
The gales which caused con
siderable damage along tho
northern half of the nation had
abated today. Damage included
disabled power lines at Buffalo
anri Syracuse, N Y, and 'osses'inon! reported 33 degrees, Dag-
of hundreds of head of live-
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I'eiplng Consul O. Edmund
Clubb (above) is U. S. consul
general in Peiping where the
Chinese communists are seiz
ing U. S. government con
sular property, according to a
state department announce
ment in Washington. The an
nouncement said the U. S. is
recalling all American offi
cial personnel from commu
nist China. There are 36 Amer
ican official personnel, includ
ing Clubb, in Peiping. They
had not been arrested at the
time of the announcement was
made. (AP Wircphoto)
Dallas Schools
Closed by Storm
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 16 Schools
are closed Monday and will be
operated strictly on a day-to-day
basis depending upon weather
conditions, S. E. Whitwortn, su
perintendent of schools, an
nounced today. Decision will be
made after board members are
contacted daily.
Official measurement gave
Dallas 17 inches on the ground
Sunday with a shrinkage to an
even 16 inches Monday morn
ing, packing somewhat during
the night as an additional two
inches of snow fell. Since the
season opened a total of 41.9
inches has fallen here.
While the valley is hit hard
the mountain districts near here
have been nearly smothered with
snow, there being 36 inches on
the level at Falls City and 41
inches reported on the ground at
Valsetz.
A printer from the Itcmizer-
Observer, who was more optim
istic than most residents, went
to Valsetz to play for a Saturday
night dance and so far his wife
has not seen or heard from him
Despite the snow, operations,
though somewhat curtailed, are
being continued at the Willam
ette Valley Lumber company
mill here, according to L. B.
Harris, office manager.
Truman Message Delayed
Washington, Jan. 16 tfPj The
White House said today that
President Truman's special tax
essage to congress may be de
layed for a few days. The pres
ident has indicated he will ask
for cuts in wartime excise taxes
and a boost in other levies.
stock in the northern plains and
Rocky mountain regions
Federal forecaster J. Badner
at Chicago said the high winds
had cut over into Canada north
uf the Great Lakes but that the
mass of cold air in its wake
would continue on eastward to
word the Atlantic seaboard
Its forefront was over north
cm Indiana and Michigan early
today but it was expected to lose
much of its sting before reach
in.'; the cast coast.
Southern California had an
other narrow escape from cold
weather damage to the citrus
crops. At Riverside, near Los
Angeles, the mercury dipped to
36 degrees early today but Los
Angeles had a safe 42. Beau-
gelt 27 and Silver Lake 32.
Over 6 Inches
Of Snow Covers
Valley Areas
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
Four inches of new snow
drifted in over Salem during the
new storms through Sunday and
early Monday morning, making
an accumulation of better than
six inches on the ground Sunday
morning, and about the same
Monday morning,
Monday, the city began a
third week of bitter cold, ice
and snow.
Below freezing temperatures
at night and through the early
morning continued to make trav
el a slow and treacherous busi
ness. More snow and colder temper
atures are the prospect for to
night, but the weather man
speaks of slightly warmer tem
peratures Tuesday and occasion
al rain mixed with snow. A low
of 18 is predicted for tonight.
Days More of It
The northwest generally, how
ever, looks gloomily ahead to at
least two more days of snow
and cold, weather reports stat
ed. A "warm storm" reported to
be moving in from the Pacific
was not expected to make too
much change for the next day or
two.
Salem residents awoke to find
six inches of snow Sunday mak
ing a dazzling landscape but
forcing most folks to stay home
for a quiet weekend. The depth
included two inches of new fall.
During the day the snow
thawed and packed down to
three inches, the weather bur
eau reported, but by early Mon
day morning two inches of fresh
snow were recorded.
In higher places about the city
the snow was deeper, varying
depths being reported from many
sections.
(Concluded on Pare S, Column 6)
All Highways
In Bad Shape
Highway conditions were bad
in all sections of Oregon today
except on the central and south
ern Oregon coast, the state high
way commission said.
The Pacific highway was re
opened, but packed snow cov
ered most of it.
The Columbia river highway
was in bad shape, too, with the
commission warning it might
close at any time near Troutdale,
where snow was drifting badly.
The Santiam highway was
closed at the summit.
The 9:30 a.m. road report:
Government Camp Snowing
lightly, packed snow, plowing,
carry chains. 20 inches new
snow, 155 inches roadside snow.
Silver Falls Loop Travel dis
couraged, almost closed.
Santiam Pass Snowing
lightly, packed snow, plowing.
20 inches new snow, 240 inches
roadside snow. Blocked east of
Idanha by fallen trees, and by
slides at Hogg rock.
Willamette Pass Snowing
lightly, packed snow, sanded. 1
inch new snow, 117 inches road
side snow.
$10 Billion Property
Off the Tax Rolls
New York, Jan. 16 VP) Total
receipts of all tax-exempt or
ganizations reporting to the bu
reau of internal revenue have
neared the $10,000,000,000
mark, the National Industrial
conference board said today.
The board, privately support
ed research organizatoin, said
t tabulated figures for the lat
est available year, 1946, to show
99,467 returns accounted for to
tal receipts of $9,853 million.
The figures include receipts
from dues, assessments, gifts,
grants, interest and dividends,
rents, gross receipts from busi
ness activities, and gains or
losses from sale of assets.
About 28.000 of the tax-exempt
organizations, the board
noted, were engaged primarily
or exclusively in business ac
tivities in 1946. These included
farmers' cooperative associa
tions whose total receipts were
placed at $5.6 billion, and mu
tual savings banks.