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62nd Year, No. 225 r.Sr'...,Er Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1950
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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.
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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
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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,
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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."