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4 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 4, 1950
John L Lewis Again Winner
The nation's 27-day strike of 372,000 coal miners is near
ing an end with a complete victory for John L. Lewis. Evi
dently the president's request to congress for power to seize
and operate the mines forced the operators to accept Lewis'
terms, probably they figured that once the government
took over it would become permanent, as in Britain, and
they would be permanently out of business.
Government mediators announced Lewis and the major
operators had agreed on "fundamental principles" for a
.new contract, heralding the end of the 10-month-old dis
pute. Unofficial reports were that the miners will get a
wage boost of 70 cents a day to hike their daily wage to
$14.75 as against the $15 asked, and a raise from 20 to 30
cents a ton in royalty payments for the miners' welfare
fund. The union had asked for an increase of 15 cents a
ton.
The agreement is understood to run to July 1, 1952, with per
mission to re-open it on some phases, including wage rates,
on April 1, 1051. Lewis dropped his demand for a cut in the
eight-hour work day and for a guaranteed work year of 200
days. The same terms were expected to be applied for a settle
ment of the dispute between the UMW and the hard coal indus
try. Some 80,000 anthracite miners have remained at work dur
ing the soft coal strike which started February 6.
A new contract sending the miners back to work also is ex
pected to end the enforced idleness of more than 225,000 work
ers In coal-related industries. The nation's coal stockpile is at
its lowest point in years with less than 10,000,000 tons above
ground but if all the strikers return to the pits next week, it
is probable the acute suffering will be eased within one week.
Steel production has been hit hard by the strike, with produc
tion in the south at a near shutdown.
It would be interesting to know just how much money
In wages has been lost by the miners along with that lost
by railroad, steel, auto and other industries by enforced
idleness, including that by the three-day work week and no
work day weeks.
It will probably take several years of steady work at the
increased wages to make up for loss in wages by the dis
pute. As far as the $100 a month pension goes, that is
correctly described as "pie-in-the-sky" paid by the con
sumer, if it ever is paid in the sick coal industry, and would
be wiped-out by future bankruptcy. In addition those pro
tracted coal strikes are forcing the use ot other fuels.
We can expect now a wave of national strikes that may
paralyze the nation's economy. A sample is the CIO Auto
Workers' demand on General Motors for 31 cents an hour
increase in wages and $125 a month pensions.
'
The February report of the Guaranty Trust Co. of New
York correctly analyzes the source of this perpetual labor
turmoil as follows ;
"The present collective-bargaining system has repeatedly
shown Itself to be dangerous and one that cannot be' adequately
dealt with uder existing law. The basic difficulty can be stated
In one word: monopoly. Labor-management relations are
granted an exclusive exemption from the operation of the anti
trust laws. The result is that in some industries negotiations
are conducted on such a huge scale that work stoppages have
ceased to be morely weapons against the parties to disputes and
have become weapons against the public. Labor monopoly
Is in some respects even more fatal to free enterprise and indi
vidual liberty than are other forms of monopoly."
As this column has repeated pointed out, there can be no
equality before the law, where through political pressure
exemptions are granted under the law to the most powerful
group in the nation labor monopolies, with their untaxed
millions used as election purge slash funds to elect labor
stooges.
If Civil Defense Is Expected
The mumbling that's going on out here on the Pacific
Coast about civil defense isn't good.
At the Portland gathering of government agencies,
speakers admitted it was hard to follow the defense pro
gram outlined by the Truman administration because no
one out here knows what the program is.
Governor McKay of this state had to admit he is going
ahead blindly to re-establish an air raid warning system.
When a governor of a "critical state" like Oregon has to
confess to working in the (lark on such a vital problem as
defense, it doesn't speak well for Louis Johnson, the man
entrusted with looking after the nation's defense system.
Even the representative nt the meeting from California
had the same complaint. Burton Washburn, secretary of
the California disaster council, criticized the "hodge-podge"
riefensp. svstnm t.hnt. i in thp mnldncr within thi vni-inna
J .- states. Lack of information on what was expected tended
to confuse a willingness among the states to form a warn
ing system, as well as other defense measures.
And, for once, the states must rely entirely on Washing
ton, D.C., for the outline of what is expected. In defense
and in foreign affairs, the states' dependence on direction
from the federal capital is almost complete. There is
plenty of initiative among the states out in these parts to
carry on a defense system, if such a system is needed, but
Johnson will defeat the purpose of such defense if he does
n't come out soon with some explanation of what is ex
pected. It's not good when a man from California, for instance,
says the armed forces are not taking the civilian adminis
trators into their confidence. Nor is it good to have the
same man say that if the military doesn't trust the gover
nors, let the brass hats tell the facts to the adjutant gen
erals of the states because "they wear a uniform."
If civil defense is expected, then Johnson ought to be
civil to the civilians.
BY H. T. WEBSTER
TheThrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime
Jifac'n? says i vAsseuT m irj:
J'vy PICK IT UP, CAUSe jjjj
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
'Cynical' Stevedores Proud
To Help Load Tide of Toys'
(Ed. Note Drew Pearson's column today is another in the
series of letters he has written to Washington leaders on the
American people's desire for leadership toward peace. To
day's letter is to President Truman.)
By DREW PEARSON
Washington.
Honorable Harry S. Truman, President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.
Sear Mr. President:
While you and I may not agree on some things, we do, I think,
agree heartily on the nation's desire and need for peace. And I
personally have.
BY CARL ANDERSON
1 f
Drew Pearaon
And there have been the
spontaneous movement by
scores of American college stu
dents to bring European and Asi
atic students to this country to
gether with the efforts by vari
ous Junior Chambers of Com
merce to bring young business
men over here.
The healthy thing about these
various moves, I am sure you
will agree, is that they are not
government inspired, but are
spontaneous gestures by indivi
dual Americans who not only
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Death of Leopard Points
To Cruelty of Human Beings
BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
Rector, St. Paul's EpUcopal Church
The death of the great India leopard which recently escaped
from the zoo in Oklahoma made me very sad.
This great beast loved freedom as you or I. Torn from his
native jungle, he eluded his would-be captors and came back to
the zoo, but not for food. He could have killed a calf or a sheep
In his roaming
about. He came",
back because oi
his mate, a
noble trait in
any man or
beast.
People were?
warned that this
animal killed
for the love of i
killing, but1
think of the
3U
'tUkiMBM' ft'
I rj I
the little that was necessary to
sustain his life. He spoke of his
love of freedom that he was
one of God's creatures, which
loved life as much as they did.
The judge could stand no
more. He cried, "Ezek, Ezek,
you let that woodchuck go!"
Men are as cruel to each other
as they are to the magnificent
animals with which God has
blessed the earth. They kill one
a very high re
gard for your
sine e r i t y and ,
devotion to that
cause.
In that con
nection I believe I
you will.be in
terested in a let-
ter which I re
ceived from a
stevedore in
Philade 1 p h i a
shortly after I visited that city
in connection with the depart
ure of the first ship carrying the believe in peace but are willing
American Legion's Tide of Toys to go out and work at it.
to Europe. There tj h A
Tm le"ri.?eVy F 7 "C? ricans sat back a"l id "let
PhiSEtaEf. fniwf rnt Street' the diplomats do It." Now they
Ph ladelphia, follows: re not t t h ft Th
"Today I worked on a ship want to work at tb
loading toys for tots, or Tide of seiveS- y
Toys as the program is called. ' . .
After loading 12,000 cases of ,u ....
C.A.R.E. we proceeded to load . 'T ? reas0n I. am wntln aU
the toys. I want to take my hat hist to yu' Mr- President, is
off to the American Legion for that you h?v a rea untapped
sponsoring this program. There reservoir of strength among the
is a lot of thought behind it, and American People, anxious to
you could almost feel it as I did J"6?" you. J" any steP that will
toljay bring about peace. And I am
. not sure you realize it.
T Ithmu U J ,
strolled around the various
Henry
I I IC I'M THE TAX , I ZZZZI
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Many Believe Hopes for U. N.
Meeting in Moscow Are Nil
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
tiff) Forelin Attain Analttt)
... , ,n ri H 1 J 1 TTt,,..,
r t - ; - rj jvm -flg proposal Dy aenawr ivicmanon u., wuuu.;, umi. we uiureu
on this subject because you have -m,.i, mh tun In Mnapnw. in an attemnt to establish
IItJ lTety?ZZll "'"'global controls over atomic weapon,, is being received with mixed
orf oid. it,j ." v" !, aim emotions.
they have told me how impress-
States that were represented IT., ...I" ...7u .." ""?"- Many observers are viewing me iqea somewnai aiver me ap-
thprp Bi fnwns and lifflp Wn uu.r Smr" Droach Of the.
"y m you may not realize ;.nOA ma
that thousands of others not on
stage magician
who starts his
"You know it made me feel ly share your concern, but are height-el .-hand!
good to look at those various willing to do somethinff about It. , T. ? ""
nilo. n tr.. A nfla wnnlfl muoc. WHO 1"
It may be that they can be one mark:
hundreds of " o" Swi" another by the millions. Pictures
thousands of humans stalking of the last war show men herded
deer and antelope who pursue together in cages more congest
them for the love of the kill, ed than a cage would be in any
The noble leopard should still zoo.
be in the jungle. Humans are more cruel than
animals, who for the most part
I remember a story in one respect the life and freedom of
of our school readers about Dan- their own kind. Until mankind
iel and Ezekiel Webster and a gets over its love of the kill, its
woodchuck. cruelty to one another, we can-
Ezeklel caught the woodchuck not be sure of universal peace,
in a trap, and was proudly ex- The world could use more
hlbiting it to this brother Dan- Judge Websters, who would ex
iel. Dainel tried to got Ezekiel emplify the Christ-like apprecia
te let the woodchuck go. The tion of the Inalienable right of
father of the boys appeared on aU men everywhere to life, 11b
the scene at this time, and sug- eryt and the unmolested pursuit
gested a trial to see what should ot happiness,
be done with the woodchuck. As time goes on, we seem to
The father, as judge, heard be drifting nearer and nearer
the case. Ezekiel related at the brink of another mass kill
length his reasons for destroying ing. The teachings of Christ
the woodchuck: he ate corn, he about love for one another seem
was a natural thief, etc. Daniel, to be blocked by willful leaders,
defending the woodchuck, spoke To save the world from mass
of the animal's friendliness if suicide, we should make world
not molested. He admitted that peace the number one concern
he did eat some corn, but only of all mankind. NOW.
i ,o M uiu o" " " means oi penetrating tne iron "This is a
Curtain, of making friends with g0od trick if I
the Russian people, and thus In- j u and it's a
suring permanent peace. I do not h trick if !
ma, X3CK1UH1, x I aiiut:. xi was a i t-i... t j i 11 i Ai o
ereat feeline to know that the Dul 1 u "-"uw " " don't." f-
oeonle who sent these tovs were real s,er oi gooa win That is to say ,
peopie the consensus is'
to 12 ft. high. Some were mark
ed England, some Italy, some
Germany, others Czechoslova
kia, Belgium, France. It was
people who sent these toys were
Americans, possibly your next
door neighbor.
"You know stevedores and
longshoremen are a cynical
group and it takes a lot to make
them proud of anything. Long
shoremen are noted for their
pilfering ability. But you can
rest assured that cargo wasn't
even considered for that purpose.
Take my word for that.
"Every case handled was
treated as though it was their
own personal property, and we
were proud of the privilege of
handling them.
among the American
needs more information, more
guidance, more leadership.
They are looking to you.
Respec t f u 1 1 y and sincerely
yours, DREW PEARSON.
(CopyrUht 19S0)
m aawllBSStsssaa
A f4
DaWlll Maakcnila
U. N. meeting in Moscow are
nil.
Apropos of this, President
Truman yesterday told his news
conference in Washington that
he is for any plan to utilize the
United Nations in preserving the
peace. He said he will cooperate
in any. move to maintain the
peace, but that he never will
go to Moscow as long as he is
president. He didn't comment
Coal Strike Gets in Traffic Court
Detroit, March i m The coal strike got Into trafflo court
here yesterday.
Judge John D. Watts modified a six-months no-driving
order to permit William Balduek to drive in search ot coal
to keep his wife and two small daughters warm.
Balduek, wounded war veteran, said he couldn't make it
home with bushel coal because of his bad leg. He had been
penalized for reckless driving.
."You know when the Ameri
can Legion and other veteran nssn iiiair nun nrnnurn
organizations were organized the POOR MAN 5 PnlLUbUHHtK
cry went up that the vets were " ;
Isbz loo Late to Mart Anewr
that every pos
sible effort should be made to directly on the McMahon pro-
achieve peace ana atomic con- p0sal. The first barrier to carry
trol. However, there is a wide- ing out the McMahon idea at
spread feeling that hopes ot a this time Is that Russia since
thirteen organs of the United
Nations over the red hot Chinese
question. China still is represen
ted in the U. N. by the national
ist delegation despite the sweep
ing victories of the Chinese com
munists. Moscow demands that
the nationalists be evicted from
the U. N., and the Chinese com
munists be given their place.
'Sighted Sub. Sank Same'
Olympia, Wash., March 4 (U.B Washington's state patrol
believes In radio messages that are short and to the point.
After an attempted robbery of a cafe, a patrolman re
ported via short wave: "Waitress screamed. Man scrammed."
KRISS-KROSS
Silverton Hill Just a Wee
Bit Too Steep for This Girl
ByCHRISKOWITZ.Jr.
Cherry street hill in Silverton is just long and steep enough
to offer a temptation to the daredevil-minded who might be
wearing roller skates.
And so it was witli a 12-year-old girl the other day. She had
been skating at the top of the hill, and couldn't resist the
temptation o f;
organized so they could ride
perpetual gravy train, paid for
by the government and playing
upon the sympathy of the pub
lic for their part in 1st and 2nd
World wars: or perhaps they
were out for some personal glo
ry, or for sponsoring a bonus,
or other reasons.
"However, this effort belies
these rumors. It looks like a
step forward. I only hope that
some people in government have
Not According to Theilmann
By HAL BOYLE
New York (IP) If I had to pick a hero-of-the-year this early
in 1950, it would be Mr. Frederick W. Theilmann.
At 82 this retired Minneapolis undertaker has set a stalwart
example for a faint-hearted age.
Lugging a movie camera and 1,200 feet of film, the energetic
nonagenarian has flown to
:Sm..P-Pi:.1"T t?.e"J; 5 Europe on a three-month trip times, the neurotic fear of the The majority p an for atomic
" f1" bv air around the world. future,. that afflicts so many comroi py unlimited inspection
nave tta iuui;u lursigmeaness as "T. . ... ,
So long as this situation con
tinues there is no chance of a
Moscow meeting. The Chinese
issue must be settled first and
it is expected that a special as
sembly meeting will be held in
New York this spring to deal
with the matter.
Once the Chinese issue is set
tled, and Russia has abandoned
her boycott of the U. N., the
question of a meeting in Moscow
could be taken up. But here
again you come up against a
stone wall.
The majority plan for atomic
It is the first
pointing hcri:
toeo down Cher
ry street and.
testing her abil-l
ity to c o a s t!
down the hill at!
challenging!
speeds.
It looked n
long, long way!
down, but thol
girl shoved off"
unhesitatingly, enru koiu. jr.
VSI
AM I
f
Truman Calling? Quit Kidding
Cincinnati, March 4 (P) Dr. Reed Shank, busy at Christ
hospital yesterday, wasn't going to be taken in by any of
those phony telephone calls.
It took two calls from the switchboard plus anxious
assurances from the supervisor to convince him that he was
being called by President Truman.
The president was calling to inquire as to the condition
of Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer.
Secretary Sawyer underwent an operation here this week.
When Dr. Shsnk finally answered the call he Informed the
president that Mr. Sawyer was Improving. He said the presi
dent told him he was worried about Mr. Sawyer and wanted
to get dlreot information as to the secretary'i condition.
while . . . and Powell might be
interested in some sort of in
vention to provide pedestrians
with rear view mirrors.
Never a dull day in the life of
a judge. Rex Kimmell had been
trying a very heated and contro
versial divorce court in Marion
county circuit court. Just about
the time testimonies became
more bitter than ever. Rex call
ed a brief recess. During the re-
After she'd gone about 50 feet cess, Rex hurried to his cham
or so, the girl found she had bers ... to perform a marriage
picked up much more speed than ceremony,
anticipated. '
Down . . . down . . . faster . . . Clipping from Des Moines,
faster. Realizing she'd have to Iowa, paper tells of the many
come to a halt someway or enterprises of a certain man
other, the girl glanced- about in running for public office. In
hopes of spotting a place where eluded in the story is this state
she might slacken her progress, ment: "He also owns a cafe at
She had just about decided to Winterset, and feeds from 1200
crash Into the evergreen black- to 1500 head of hogs a year."
berry bushes along the side of . . . Oregon state ordinance
the road. She knew it would be which makes it illegal to operate
painful, but she was desperate serve-your-self gas stations in
and had to stop in some manner, eludes the prohibition of use of
Then her eyes caught the automatic shut-off nozzels on
broad back of Frank M. Powell gas pumps. Numerous Salem sta
as he was strolling slowly down tions are using the illegal noz
the hill. The girl made up her zles, anyhow. Clamp-down from
mind in a hurry. Swinging her fire authorities is due soon . . .
direction as as to head directly Penciled in red crayon on the
for Powell, the girl braced her- temporary door on south side
self and prepared for the crash, of the city hall is sign reading
Girl and Powell toppled to "Entrance police depart."
the ground in a maze of flying Sounds like a door through
feet, elbows and whirling skate which the public enters and the
wheels. Powell- survived with a police leave . . . Another sign
sore back and a buttonlcss birth- about town creating confusion is
day shirt; the girl sustained a the "TUO" on the glass door of
skinned knee and bruised jaw. the liquor store. Of course the
The incident provided the girl sign is supposed to be read from
with enough adventurist ic skat- inside the store, from where it
ing to satisfy her for a longlong quite plainly spells "OUT."
the originator of this Idea for
amity among nations.
"I could go on for ages about
career men in key government
nnclHnno ikn lrnA.., 1U,1
what is going on in the world "ing "L
today.
"In closing I want you to
know that all the effort you are or anybody else. II
ff rS: He is going on
....... u-Tj- Ii" " j an Indian sum
me: .uiuic uuius me sujuuun, ana
let's hope that ve can get our
nations and the various others ?dven'"' i, ,nirit
tn ert inootw nrf ho in a very humble spirit.
- - - - o - "--'""a
peace.
"Sincerely yours. Francis A.
Mock."
young and -middle-aged people ' atomic plants in all countries
today, seems not to have touch- ha been approved by 49 of the
ed him at all. 59 members of the U. N. Only
I don't think he's too unusual !"e,&ty.let Wock nas voted
an old man for all that. It has agL,n , . ,
been my experience that old uss a agrees Inspection,
people as a group face life with J"' "ly In "tomic plants and
more courage, and retain a deep- f"riest ?portd b,y a "at'on
The western nations say this
WOUld bp 1lflfiee Wailei. eanrnf
After all, their courage and operations could take place. The
strength has c ar r 1 e d them Soviet replies that unlimited in-
through the test of time they spection would amount to espi
are the ones who won their 0nage for the western powers.
I'm makine this trio in the " ln. n wnn the pro-
time he has ever I'?
left this coun
try, but Theil
mann isn't run-
atom bombs, bad
times, the sher
iff or anything
mer voyage of
Sour Jm
ft t
er abiding interest in it, than '"'" autnomy.
younger people.
hope that I may learn more than
I already know, God wining,"
he said.
I thought you would be in
terested in reading this letter,
posal for a Moscow meetine.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
And there is distinguished Vishinsky last fall aereed tokine-
precedent for the exploration ly at a private dinner in New
vnvaffA of thA lntp-spnsnn ITlv- Ynrlr fn mri'to TT -Kt i
And. God also willing, he'll frnm MInnpannlis riln nnV innnhlv in woot ri- .
icinicu in icauuix una lend, , . . , . . . , ' " J in juuaww 111
lvr- Coc-Ho.,, koo u -.I- come back fresher in mind and the .tudv of Greek at go. and 1953. Hnwovor nnlv,j ii. ui
quently expresses how thous- younger in heart than millions our own Benjamin Franklin was seriously.
ands of Americans feel regard- o Americans one third his age. stiu learning and .earning There are many who believe
ing our individual efforts for It is a gallant thing to be when death took him. that it would be a good thing
peace. They are willing to do curious and venturesome at 82. j once yn&N a young unlver- 'or aU concerned if in due
anything in their power to im- It proves anew, what all physi- sjty professor who sneered at curse there could be a meeting
prove good will if it will pre- 'cians know, that old age isn't 0ne of his elderly students, a ' tne u- N. assembly in Mos-
vent another war. a matter of the years of the retired preacher who wanted a cow and in other major capitals
The great job of the American bone so much as the depth of master's degree in order to start or nat matter. However, the
Legion in its "Tide of Toys" is the moss on the soul.
an illustration. The Legionnaires
got busy one day after Christ
mas, when most people wanted
to rest and enjoy the holiday
season. And they put countless
hours of effort into the hercule
an job of collecting toys for the
children who can be our best
friends or the enemy soldiers
of tomorrow.
I could cite many other ex
amples. You would be surprised
at the number of American
towns which have adopted Eu
ropean towns, not only to help
feed and rebuild them, but to
exchange citizens.
Then there were the "Make
Democracy Live" letters about
seven million of them that
went to Italy during the Italian
elections; and countless friend
ship letters exchanged between
Americans and Europeans, ma
ny of them following in the
wake of the Friendship Train
and the French Merci Train.
a new career as an Engish in- 'a8ing of such a meeting would
structor. e a titanic job, involving the
"The man is just foolish and transfer from Lake Success of
(vasting his time and mine," the an rmy of personnel and moun
professor said. tainous equipment. The cost
A few years later the profes- 81,0 would be huge,' though
sor took a dry dive out a win- Peace at any monetary price
dow and ended up dead. Life would be cheap.
was too much for him. But the
last I heard of the old minister
What led Theilmann to
make this epic pilgrimage I
can't tell. Perhaps it was be
cause in his work as an under
taker he made too many trips
to the cemetery with people
who ended op there early be
cause they lost the zest for
living.
In 'any case the fatigue of our he was happily teaching English.
Oklahoma City Had a Leopard;
Idanha Offers Bounty on Cougars
Idanha, March 4 Varmints are not wanted within the
Incorporated limits of the recently organized municipality of
Idanha.
First ordinance by the new city conncil provides a $21
bounty for any cougar killed within the city limits. Bobcats
count S5 each.
Killing of three bobcats within the city limits during the
past week prompted the latter action.
Charles P. Haseman was elected mayor Friday at the first
meeting of the council. James B. Gordon, a member of the
council, was chosen city recorder.
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