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Jomraal THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT and Friday. Little change in temperature. ' Low tonight, 46; high Friday, 12. HOME 62nd Year, No. 225 r.Sr'...,Er Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1950 Price 5c Capital k 1 1 Sayler Resigns As Secretary Of Stale Board R. H. Stone Named to Fill Vacancy on Em ployes Group By JAMES D. OLSON Jerry S. Sayler, executive sec retary of the state employes re tirement board since the Incep tion of that agency in 1945, has v resigned, according to W. C. 1 Schuppel, chairman of the re ' tirement board, Thursday. Ried H. Stone, county auditor of Clackamas county, has been appointed to fill the vacancy be ginning October 10, when Say ler's resignation becomes effective. Jerry S. Sayler Sayler was appointed to his state position by the late Gov ernor Earl Snell. Prior to his entry to state service, Sayler had served as manager for all of the late governor's political campaigns. Members of the retirement board were told that Sayler has accepted an important position with a large insurance com- )pany. He made no mention of his future plans in his letter of resignation, simply expressing appreciation to the board and Governor McKay for the co-operation given him in handling his work. (Concluded on Page 5, Column I) Power Sawyers To Be Unionized Washington, Sept. 21 W Ownership and compensation for rental of power saws in woods operations are proper subjects for collective bargain ing, a national labor relations board trial examiner held today. The report, by Maurice M. Miller, was on an unfair labor practice complaint brought by the International Woodworkers of America, against Siuslaw Forest Products, Inc., of Maple- ton. Ore. The -examiner's report will not go before the board for ap proval until the parties have a chance to file exceptions and present arguments. The basic matters, the exam iner found, were that the union had the right to argue, in nego- tiations, that power saws must be company owned, and that un I oer company policy of payment, workers owning saws had great erf earnings than those who did not. He held that the company, In withholding information from the union on whether workers owned their saws, was guilty of refusal to bargain. His recom mendation was that the compa ny provide the union with infor mation on power-saw ownership -both in its own and its sub contractor operations and that it bargain with the union on such ownership and compensa tion paid to workers who own their saws. The International union, he pointed out, in 1945 adopted a policy of opposition to employe ownership of power saws al though it has in several oper ations overlooked that policy and negotiated on compensa tion for employe-ownership. Pollution Killing Willamette Fish Portland, Sept. 21 There were many dead fish In the Wll- lamette river here yesterday and a state sanitary authority engineer blamed low water and 'pollution. Engineer K. H. Spies said the oxygin needed to keep the fish alive had been aissipatea oy poi lutlon of the rivtr from Cottage Grove to the rivers mouth. The condition may last throu ; The condition may law through October, Spits aaid. Truman Lauds Congress for Legislation President Working on Plans to Meet High Cost of Living Washington, Sept. 21 (IP) Pre sident Truman aaid today he Is concerned about the high cost of living and he is working on plans to meet it. He told a news conference he will act as speed ily as possible but Is trying to avoid the mistakes of the last World War The president said his admin istration does not want the na tion to go through the travail of the last price control period when it had to follow the road of trial and error. Mr. Truman was asked about wages not going up and prices rising fast. He said he agreed this was so and he is working on a plan. Commenting on a statement made yesterday by Gov. Chester Bowles of Connecticut, former OPA administrator, favoring se lective price controls, the pre sident said that is being dis cussed but no decision has been reached. Endorses Attack on Taft Mr. Truman endorsed the at tack by his special assistant. Averell Harriman, on Senator Taft (R., Ohio). In a speech be fore the AFL convention in Hous ton, Tex., Harriman accused Taft of furthering "the designs of the Kremlin" by his voting record on foreign policy. Mr. Truman said the Taft re cord speaks for itself. (Cencluded on Page 5, Column 8) Probe GOP Aide For HitlerTalk New York, Sept. 21 W Re publican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson says he will in vestigate a published report that one of his assistants made a remark that "Hitler did Ger many a world pf good." The aide, Bonner F. Fellers of Washington, D.C., says he was "misquoted entirely." Gabrielson promised an inves tigation on demand of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey called on Gabrielson in a telegram last night to dis miss Fellers as a GOP national committee attache If he made the remark. Dewey said such a remark would be "un-American and despicable" and would not represent any section of the republican party. Gabrielson, wiring to Dewey from Washington in reply, prom Ised the Investigation and said: "I Join In deploring and dis avowing any praise of Hitler as reflecting any opinion of the re publican party." Robert S. Allen's syndicated newspaper column from Wash' ington reported yesterday that Fellers made the remark to a group of six anti-nazi Germans touring the United States. Weather Details Mailnaa ytr4ar. nlnlaifjn iy. 44. Tatal Breda Itallaai tmr nanth: traeai ratal, .M. Scaaan rt liUIIa, Iraea: raial, .M. Klrtr balrht. a.S fatt. (Rep" f V.S, Wtatatr rcaa.) Nevbry Says Flegel Voted for Field Offices All that State Sen. Austin F. retary of State Earl T. Newbry's 22 field offices can be found in the newsDaDers. Newbry said today in a letter to Flegel. Flegel wrote Newbry two weeks ago asxing lor me ucis aooui Newbry's field offices. Flegel, democratic candidate for governor against Governor Douglas Mc-1 Kay, said he want the informa tion "to use against the adminis tration." The rumpus over the field of fices started a few weeks ago when Attorney General George Neuner ruled that Newbry has no power to lease the buildings homing the field onices. The answers to the questions contained in your letter have ap peared in the public press on a number of occasions," tne re publican secretary of state wrote, "Should you care to reaa ine newspapers, I hope you will give the true facts as you find them printed therein the widest poul ble discussion. "I hope you will make clear that in the administration of this ouica i am uoi rjii. . Ida my job as I set it, keeping L, 4& Marshall Takes Oath of Office Washington, Sept. 21 VP) Gen. George C. Marshall was sworn in as Secretary of Defense to day at a ceremony attended by only two other persons. The general was given the oath of office by Felix Larkin, general counsel of the defense department. Stephen Early, the outgoing deputy secretary, was the only witness. An announcement of the cere mony, which was held at B:45 a. m. EST, said that this private swearing-in was "in accordance with the wishes" of Marshall. The new secretary immediate ly called a conference with the joint chiefs of staff. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the office of the secre tary of defense. The way was cleared yester day foi Marshall to succeed Lou is Johnson, who left office quiet ly on Tuesday in obedience ti President Truman's wishes. AFL Demands Shorter Hours Houston, Sept. 21 VP) The American Federation of Labor asked today that the 8-hour work day and 40-hour work week be shortened but admitted world conditions might force a delay in attaining that end. Delegates to the 69th annual AFL convention approved by voice vote a resolution urging shorter work day and work week and asking that the AFL executive council give the mat ter further study. 'The present national emer gency may cause some delay," said the resolution, but should not stop plans to press the mat ter later. Election of officers topped bv the expected return of Wil liam Green as president for his 27th consecutive term was a special order of business for the afternoon session. Vice President Barkley, orig inally scheduled as the day's principal speaker, wired Green he would be una Die to appear to day. Barkley, busy in Washing' ton as congress neared adjourn' ment, wired "I hope to make it tomorrow." Delegates reacted soberly to a call from Secretary of Labor Tobin for restraint in seeking wage increases. Flegel wants to know about Sec up with the growth of our state and mindful at all times of the welfare of the people of Ore gon," Newbry continued. Newbry said that Flegel has known about the field offices (since last May, when the first one was opened at Hillsboro, And Newbry added that the legislative ways and means com' mittee, of which Flegel is member, adopted a budget 18 months ago providing for pay' ment of rents and 20 field reg istration clerks. Newbry and State treasurer Walter J. Pearson, a democrat, plan to meet late today to de cide whether the rents for the field offices should be paid. Pearson 'hlnka he might re fuse to pay the rent for one of the buildings In order to get the question into the courts, s " ' I'M" ,u . ,-i 2t Seoul's Over That Way U. S. marines look through field glasses in the direction of Seoul which lies behind the far ridge at upper left. In foreground is the Han valley and Han river as seen from a ridge northeast of Kimpo airfield now in allied hands. Marines are now crossing the Han river in their advance on Seoul, ancient capital of Korea. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo) Peace Patrol Plan On Assembly Agenda New York, Sept. 21 VP) Secretary of State Dean Acheson's new anti-aggression program got Nations consideration today. The assembly's 14-nation steering committee placed Acheson's four-point resolution on the assembly's agenda. The program is Mill City Fire Out of Control Lyons, Sept. 21 A fire which began late Saturday night in the Tom Rock basin near Old Camp 26 and originally cov ered about 30 acres before com ing under control, rushed up out of the basin pushed by a 30 mile-per-hour southeast wind early Thursday morning.- - Thus far the fire has progress ed on a northwesterly path east of Lyons and to within five miles of Mill City, covering an area of approximately 300 acres of mixed snag area and good tim ber. Because of the intense heat of the blaze and the growing wind, fire breaks built by logging firm bulldozers are being jumped rapidly. Besides the dozers in action now, four more have been called for by L. C. Moorhead of the state forestry department, who is coordinating the efforts of the fire crews. At one time this morning the fire moved so fast that a portion of the crew was isolated and thought to have been caught by the blaze but they made their escape. The fire was first discovered Saturday night about 11 o'clock by the Jordan fire lookout near Tom Rock southeast of Lyons. Cornered in the basin, it seemed to have calmed considerably and was spreading no further until 5:40 a.m. Thursday when the freshening wind whipped it up over the surrounding hills and crested it along its long path toward Mill City past Lyons. Elmer Taylor of Mehama, a government forest inspector, is recruiting volunteers to aug ment the 100-150 men already engaged in the fire fight. Taylor has drawn men from 12 logging firms in the area already besides men from the Linn Fire Patrol association which is supervising the effort. ABA Asks Probe Of War Crimes Washington, Sept. 21 VP) The American Bar association (ABA) was expected today to call on the United Nations for creation of an - international criminal court whose first defendants would be those who "ordered or caused" the Korean Invasion. The proposal, drafted and en dorsed by the ABA's criminal law section, was up for action by the house of delegates. Lawyers here for the 73rd an nual meeting of the ABA pre dicted prompt approval. Sir Norman Blrkett, a leading British jurist, endorsed the pro posal informally. He told re porters the U N'should be con sidering" the matter of a per manent International tribunal which would fix responsibility for the war crimes committed In communist aggression. Sir' Norman said the court should try those North Koreans responsible for the murder American prisoners and for oth- er reported atrocities. Si a green light for full United called "united action for peace." Acheson's plan calls for a peace patrol" to check on the world's trouble spots and the designation by U. N. members of stand-by military forces to back up United Nations de cisions. Over Soviet objections the steering committee also voted for a full U. N. airing of the following controversial ques tions: 1. Nationalist China's charge that the Soviet Union aided the Chinese communists to power. 2. A demand for an account ing by Russia of thousands of German and Japanese war pris oners whom the Soviet Union is charged with still keeping in Soviet territory. 3. A review of the Greek- Balkan question. 4. A reopening of the Span ish issue. The Russian objection to con sideration of nationalist China's charges was voted down 11 to two. The two votes were cast by the Soviet Union and Czecho slovakia. India abstained. Na tionalist China's charges against Russia first were raised at the 1949 assembly session. Russia lost out, 12 to two, on its effort to keep the Greek Balkan question off the assem bly's agenda. A Russian objec tion to opening the Spanish ques tion to assembly debate was de feated 10 to two, with two ab stentions. There now is a U. N. ban against member countries send ing top diplomats to Spain. A move is developing, particularly among the Latin American coun tries, to have this assembly re peal the ban. Tito Quizzed by Senator Pepoer Belgrade, Sept. 21 VP) An American congressional delega tion quoted Premier Marshal Ti to today as saying the United States should fight to the 38th parallel In Korea, then stop and call for a country-wide plcbia cite. The 38th parallel was the boundary which separated west- crn-re cognized South Korea from communist North Korea. Sen. Pepper (D-Fla) said the question was raised during a three-hour chat with Tito last night at his private villa on the hills overlooking Belgrade. He said the Yugoslav head man gave the congressmen "frank forthright answers" on many questions. Pepper and other members of the delegation said Tito, while sticking to an independent stand for Yugoslavia in the Korean conflict, expressed approval of the United States action and that of the United Nations in taking an Immediate stand against any effort to disturb world peace. He also was quoted as saying the "entire religious situation" in Yugoslavia is now under re view. The statement came in an In terview from Sen. Pepper (D- Fla) who along with Sen. Brew ster (R-Me). Rod. Coolcy CD- ofiNC) and Rep. Poage (D-Tex) left by plane today for Trieste latter a two-day stay hers. Marines Battle in East German Cold War Reds7 Efforts Fizzle Berlin, Sept. 21 UP) East Germany's cold-war commun ists tried to take away land and light from their western con freres today but flopped on both counts. At midnight the Reds arbi trarily cut off electric power deliveries to west Berlin. West Berlin got along on its own re sources. Earlier in the night, on the outskirts of the British zone, a half dozen Russian soldiers tried to move their border barriers to annex 175 square yards of terri tory. Some 100 British infantry men turned them back and Brit ish officials planned negotiating talks with the Russians to set tle the mix-up todaj. Step-up War of Nerves There were other incidents. also, indicating the communists were systematically stepping up tneir war of nerves against al lied west Berlin. 1. Several hundred commun ists tried to stage an unlicensed street demonstration in the French sector, but were scatter ed by police with fire hoses. About 30 Reds were arrested, 2. East German officials ignored west Berlin offer that each side release police that had been arrested the day before in series of tit-for-tat raids on each other's personnel. At tht latest count west Berhners have 51 eastern cops in custody, while 25 west Berlin police are under communist arrest. (Concluded on Face 5, Column 6) Morse to Probe Alaska Defense Washington, Sept. 21 VP) Sen ator Johnson (D., Tex.), wants his "watchdog"! committee on de fense to concentrate on housing, radar defenses and communica tions when three members of the committee go to Alaska next month. He discussed the trip in a let ter made public today to Sena tor Morse (R., Ore.), one of the three committee members named to make the Alaskan investiga tion. The other two are Senators Hunt (D., Wyo.), and Salton- stall (R-, Mass.). Johnson, chairman of the spe cial armed services subcommit tee set up to watch the whole de fense program, also asked the task force to investigate the con dition of roads in the territory of the Alaska railroad and of ports and air fields. He wants their adequacy to be determined from the standpoint of total mobilization. Johnson told Morse that the Oregon senator knows more about the northwest than any other member of the prepared ness subcommittee. Mac Back from Korea Pleased with UN Drives Tokyo, Sept. 21 VP) General MacArthur came back to Tokyo (nnluhl from Korea nnnarentlv well satisfied with the Seoul offensive. A spokesman said he had emergency Just before returning, Mac- Arthur made a brief visit aboard the battleship Missouri, on which he accepted Japan's sur render September 2, 1945. As he left the Mighty Mo he said he had "a tunny feeling" but did not explain it. The battleship arrived at In chon from the Korean east coast yesterday to help other allied vessels shell Red targets more than 20 miles inland on the Seoul lront. MacArthur returned to Japan aboard his new Constellation plane "Scrap." named for su preme commander of allied pow ers. It took off from Kimpo air field, 12 miles northwest of Seoul, and flew to Japan over 120 miles of enemy territory, His old C-54 staff plane, "Ba- taan," Is being used to evacuate wounded from Korea, in House to House Streets of Seoul No Evidence Of Red Koreans Moving South Washington, Sept. 21 VP) The army said today that no evidence has been received here that a column of reinforcements for the Korean communists is moving South toward Seoul from Sov iet-dominated Manchuria. An army spokesman made this statement in response to a re porter's inquiry. Tenth corps intelligence of ficers in Korea, in saying that such a column may be nearing the embattled capital, reported that the nationality of the re ported force was not established. Reports had it that 40 tanks and 200 other vehicles were in the march. Some authorities here ex pressed the thought that the re ported movement might be one which had been detected about five days ago, shortly after the American landing at Inchon. The same sources said the 10th corps had informed Gen. MacArthur that, soon after the landing, a column including 30 to 40 tanks had been observed moving to ward Seoul through northwest Korea. The column was attacked by U. S. planes, the source said, and dispersed. Meanwhile, reports continue to come in about large move ments of North Korean troops headed toward Seoul from southern- Korea. May Take Week To Seize Seoul Tokyo, Sept, 21 VP) It may take another wecij to secure Se oul, Lil. uen. iemuei v. onep herd, Jr., Pacific fleet marine force commander, reported to night on his return from the cantral Korean battle zone. Shepherd said additional ma rine units were being landed to day at Inchon and rushing to the front. Returning to Tokyo aboard General MacArthur's plane SCAP" along with MacArthur, key staff officers and five cor respondents, Shepherd predict ed that snipers would be trou blesome in Seoul. He said house-to-house fight ing already had begun in Yong dungpo, Seoul's southwest indus trial suburb. One hundred ma rine casualties, mostly wounded. were reported in sharp fighting for Yongdungpo this morning, the marine general noted. Shepherd, who incidentally was awarded the silver star, said Red forces holding South moun tain could sweep Seoul with ar tillery and mortar fire. That mountain, around which Seoul is built, is said by army officers to be manned by 3,000 Reds. Shepherd said, "I don't think the communists will give up; they've got too much at stake. He concluded. "Anyway, wc are across the Han river, and no body is going to drive us out of those positions. not been called back by any Brig. Gen Courtney Whitney, close associate of MacArthur, said the Seoul front was stabil ized. U. S. marines were report ed fighting into the heart of the capital. In Korea MacArthur had vis ited the Inchon, Kimpo and Sc oul fronts after supervising the original beachhead landings last Friday from offshore. After greeting his top com mandcrs in Tokyo he embraced Mrs. MacArthur at the edge of the runway. . Crinning broadly, he walked to his car with an arm around his wife. Flying at 19,000 feet, unarm ed and without fighter escort, Scap flew near lacjon, passed over Taegu, and skirted a battle at bend in the Naktong river. Resistance of Reds Increases As City Entered War at a Glance (By the Auoclited Preu) Inchon-Seoul Front: Ma rines batter into Seoul from two directions, strike for heart of South Korean capital. Big battle for city looms. Com munist "mystery" tank col umn from Manchuria believed across 38th parallel on way to reinforce Seoul Reds, as other Reds converge on area from southeast. Pusan Box: Reds surrender in droves north of Taegu, where U. S. and South Kore ans close pincers trap on com munist 13th division. U. S. 25th division advances in south against stiff resistance. South Koreans drive ahead mile and a half north of Po hang on east coast. Air War: Allied planes fly record number of sorties in support of troops on Korean fronts, taking heavy toll of Red troops. B-29s hit Red training camp near Pyong yang, North Korea, and other targets. Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 22 (Pi ll. S. marines battled house-to-house in the northwestern out skirts of the old Korean capital of Seoul Thursday against tough ening North Korean resistance. Another American marine force was fighting Reds in the streets of Yongdungpo, Seoul's southwestern industrial suburb. Frontline dispatches said Red reinforcements were moving into Seoul from the north and south to bolster an estimated 18,000 North Koreans striving to halt the two-pronged American at tack. 2 Main Spearheads The two main American spear heads driving at Seoul from the Inchon landing site 22 miles west were in two columns each. One column of the spearhead approaching from the northwest had reached the edge ot tne city. Another was only a few miles away, driving soutneast oown the Seoul side of Han river and a railroad embankment. One prong of a spearhead stab bing at Seoul from the south west battled Reds in the streets of Yongdungpo. Its companion column was stalled at a river bank. Red Mystery Column - Whereabouts of a Red mystery column which the U. S. Tenth corps reported moving south to ward Seoul was confused. Tactical air reconnaissance said there was considerable troop movement toward Seoul. The mystery column, first said to have originated at Antung on the Korean-Manchunan Border, actually was originally sighted about 20 miles south of Antung. It later was reported near Kac song. two miles south of the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea. (Concluded oir Pane 5, Column S) Cavalry Traps 5000 Red Troops With U. S. First Cavalry in Korea, Sept. 21 VP) Cavalry troopers trapped about 5,000 communist soldiers today in a small pocket near Tabu, 13 miles north of Taegu. A Red divis ional chief of staff surrendered. "We've got them now, said Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, com manding officer of the First Cavalry. "We have troops all around them." That left the trapped Reds two choices. They can fight It out against the Americans or tney can surrender. Asked if he expected to go in afler the communists, General Gay replied: "Maybe we won't have to. They're pretty hungry." The surrendered chief of staff is 30-year-old Senior Col. Lee Hak Ku of the 13th North Kor ean division. Ho told interrogat ors he believed the Red cause was finished and he believes in democracy now after studying it out. Remnants of both the North Korean third and 13th divisions were believed caught in the trap. Elements of both divisions had hammered the American defend ers of Taegu. One cavalry non-com said "Now we move."
