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ARRESTED IY FBI
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Sidney Steinberg (standing) appears before U.S. Com
missioner Joseph Karesh In Saa Francisco, after he and
five other were arretted by the FBI near Sonora, Calif.
The FBI aaid Steinberg hai been evading arrett in the
Communist "underground" since June 20, 1951, when SI
Communist party leaders were Indicted in New York City
for violation of the Smith Act Also arrested were, tested
left to right: Carl Idwln Real, Mrs. Shirley Keith Kre
men, and Samuel L. Coleman. Steinberg and Robert O.
Thompson were identified by FBI a two fugitive Com- .
. munlit leader and the others were charged with harbor
ing them in the Sierra Mountains. (AP Wirephoto)
One More Arrest of
Reds in Sierras Looms
San Francisco ' (A FBI
gents said they expect to make
t least on more arrest in the
wak of Thursday night's dra
matic capture of two fugitive
Communist leaders in a remote
mountain cabin.
The two Robert George
Thompson, 88, and 8idney
Steinberg, 18 fled New York
In the summer of 1991,
Three other persons were
arrested at the cabin near Yo
emit Park and a fourth was
car found at the hideaway.
A second ear was discovered
it the cabin and the owner of
this car is now being sought by
authorities, said William Whe-
lan. FBI agent in cnarge Here,
Thompson has been sent to
Alcatrax Prison in Ban rran
elsco Bsy to begin serving
three-year prison term to
which he was originally sen
tenced July X 1951.
He vii one of 11 top Com
munlst leaders convicted In
New York of conspiring to ad
vocate the violent overthrow of
Molalla Mil!
Forced to Close
Molalla W0 A sagging lum
ber market was blamed today
for closure of another Oregon
lumber operation.
' Frank Lowes, president of
the A. F. Lowes Lumber com
pany, said the firm's Colton
plant would b closed inde
finitely because of lack of suf
ficient market for its produc
tion. The mill employed 20 per
sons who will be given prefer
ence openings at other Lowes
operation, h aaid.
The Colton mill will not be
reopened until there is suffi
cient business to put the big
Lowes plant at Molalla back on
a two-shift basis, he said. The
Mololla plant is now running
one shut a day.
Americans used about 824
nnlmria rv 111' nar naruin In
1939 and 898 pounds in 1952.
the U. S. government
He now faces the additional
charge of unlawful flight to
avoid imprisonment punish
able by as much a five addi
tional years.
A hearing on the removal or
Sternberg to New York has
been set for Monday. He fled
after being indicted there June
20, 1991, as a "second string"
conspirator. He was described
by the FBI as assistant national
secretary of the American
Communist Party.
Steinberg is now held at San
Francisco county Jail in lieu of
$100,000 ball.
Also in county Jail are Carl
Edwin Rail, 40, Minneapolis,
secretary of the Minnesota
State Communist Party: Sam
uel t Coleman, 42, New York
Red organizer; Mrs. Shirley
Keith Kremen, 21, Los Angeles;
and Mrs. Patricia Blau, 42, who
had been living at San Jose,
Calif., under the name of Janet
Conroy.
The U. s. attorney's office
said the four are held on charg
es of helping conceal Thomp
son and Steinberg.
All are Jailed in lieu of 839,-
000 ball, which their attorney,
Richard Cladstein, said he will
seek to have reduced when
they appear Monday before U.
S. Commislsoner Joseph Kar-eih.
Cop Kills Slayer of
Bronx Labor Leader
New York VP) Detectives
investigating the slaying of a
Bronx union leader Saturday
picked up for questioning a
former f 2,000-a-month Yon
ker raceway "trouble shoot
er."
Bronx District Attorney
George B. DeLuca said the
Col. Monroe
Info Chief
Lt CoL Stephen C Monroe
this month was named chief
of the information section of
Sixth Army headquarters, suc
ceeding CoL James Notestein,
who retired July II after over
39 year of service with the
Army.
Monroe, executive officer of
the information section until
his recent appointment, served
with the information section of
Sixth Army at the Presidio of
San Francisco under three dif
ferent generals, Gen. Mark
Clark, Lt Gen. Albert C. Wede
meyer and Lt Gen. Joseph M.
Swing, the present Sixth Army
commander.
CoL Monro tour at the
Presidio, however, was broken
by an assignment in Alaska,
where he reported in the sum
mer of 1990. While in Alaska
Monro was chief of informa
tion for the U. S. Army in that
territory.
A native of Boston and a gr'
duate of Harvard University,
CoL Monroe, was active in pub
lic relations work in San Fran
cisco prior' to entering the
Army in 1942. During World
War II he served overseas in
the China-Burma-India theater.
Monroe returned to San
Francisco in 1946 and was as
signed to Sixth Army Head
quarters as assistant public in
formation officer.
Upon the establishment of
the Armed Forces public in
formation office in downtown
San Francisco in November,
1948, the Colonel was named to
represent the Army. It was
while he was on that duty that
he visited in Salem.
From the latter assignment
Col. Monroe went to the duty
in Alaska. On returning from
Alaska he was again assigned
to the information section at
Sixth Army headquarters.
Albany Man Gets
GE Post at Hanford
Richland, Wash. ( Ap
pointment of Douglas M. John
son, a native of Albany, Ore.,
as financial department man
ager for the General Electric
Co., at the Hanford Works was
announced Friday.
Johnson will take over his
new post Sept. 1, coming here
from Schnectady, N. Y., with
his wife and two small daugh
ters.
W. E. Johnson, general man
ager of GE's Hanford opera
tions, told of the appointment
GE is prime contractor for the
government at the atomic
plant
man, Lawrence Lynch, was
taxen mio custody at bis Hove-
weil Junction, N. Y., horn.
He was brought to th Bronx
for questioning in th fatal
shooting Friday of Thomaa F.
Lewis. 39, president of local
t-r, AFL Building Service
Employe Union.
Th killer, former convict
Edward Snake Ryan, 46, was
shot dead In a running lunfitht
with policeman a few min
utes after Lewi was slain. Fo
lic expressed belief Ryaa was
a hired gunman.
The Bronx district attorney's
office announced that Lynch,
also a former convict, tost his
raceway Job last spring at the
Insistence jf Lewis.
In announcing that Lynch
had been picked up, -De Luca
said:
"There are a lot of questions
we want to ask him."
Among those questioned by
police early today war
Lynch s brother, James, of the
Bronx, and the letter's wife,
Anne.
A mystery car, which crept
along near Ryan as he shot it
out with patrolman Vincent
Langa, also figured in the
probe. After starting and
stopping at frequent intervals
during th gun battle, the auto
mobile raced away when Ryan
was killed.
The car registration was
traced to Mrs. Margaret How
ell, of Rldgefield, N. J.
Tilzer said "Lar" Lynch was
a friend of Mrs. Howell's hus
band, William, who bad been
employed at the Yonkers Race
way but had not worked there
during the current meeting re
portedly because of ill health.
Ebey's Firing
'Unjustifiable'
. Houston, Tex. .W) The Ore-.
gon Education Association con
tended Friday that the dis
missal of George Ebey as dep
uty superintendent of Hous
ton's public schools wss "un
justifiable."
In a letter to members of
the Texas State Teachers As
sociation, the Oregon group
urged that the Texans invite
a "full and complete investiga
tion" of th firing.
"Methods used by individ
uals or groups opposing Dr.
Ebey's reelection appeared to
us to have posed a serious
threat to our American system
of free public schools and to
our American way of life," the
letter ssid.
It urged the Texas teachers'
group "immediately to invite
and urge the National Educa
tion Association to undertake
a full and complete investiga
tion." '
nEXTF.lt DAM CONTRACT
Portland UK Miller and
Strong, Inc., Eugene, submitt
ed a low bid of $29,000 for
clearing the second and last
part of the Dexter regulating
dam reservoir area on the mid
dle fork of the Willamette riv
er, the Corps of Engineers re
ported today.
Salem Phoners
TakeStrjkeVofe
Local member of the CIO
Communication Workers
union cast weir oauou rriaay
on whether or not they wish to
strike against the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
over a new contract
Results of th vote will not
be known until Sunday when
ballots will be counted in Port
land for the entire state. The
secret ballot was cast at a meet
ing of the union at th Senator
hotel Friday evening.
The main issue at hand now
is not wages but certain eon
tract provisions that the com
pany wishes to withdraw or
chance. Peter Sweltert preti
dent of the Salem local, said
Friday. If a strike call is auth
orised tor th bargaining com.
mlttee, he added, it will not be
used until all other means of
settlement have been exhaust
ad. Meanwhile in Portland, th
company said Friday that it
has raised its wage offer to
certain workers and has modi
fied some of its proposals on
the contract provisions. The
new wag increase will pay up
to $3 a week more to some
worker. The company earlier
had offered 82 to $2.80 a week
more. ,
Negotiations were continued
Saturday in Portland. A mem
ber of the Federal Mediation
service is taking part
In case of a strike in this
area, about 80 per cent of the
Overtime Out
For Truckers
Portland IU9 The SantiamJ
Lumber company, which oper
ates mills at Lebanon and
Sweet Home, does not bav to
pay overtime to truckers own
ing their own equipment who
are contract haulers for the
firm, according to a decision
by U. S. District Judge Gus J.
Solomon. . i
Solomon ruled yesterday
telephone workers her would
be affected, Swiegert said. In
eluding the 180 union members
for the area of Salem, Wood
burn, Dallas, Independence and
Monmouth. . .
against Secretary of Lsbo.
Martin P. Durkln. who
sued the Santiam company 7
aUeged violation of thefa
labor standards act
Th Judge ruled that such
drivers are entrepreneurs" ,.
well as laborers.
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was founded in 1653 by th.
Dutch to raise fresh food fo.
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veteran of the Spanlsh-Americaa War, the Philippines Insurrection, Mexican
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he was director tor the March el Dimes la Marloa eannty. Is a member ef the
Chamber ef Commerce, Klwaats Claa, and president f the Insurance Agents
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