Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, March 7, 1946
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WASHINGTON. — Lumber price
U'ltkiniiliin Uurrun » / If'eUern /Vow»-
aul allon
ceiling« topped the agenda of the
/ n i / x - i I'ninn al fo/ft E»r S lrrrl. N. It'.,
President’» conference the other
Ihnhm/tlun, It. C., i» a b it In bruin m ill
tlvleu avil by W tu ltr n NewMp.tper Union.
day with his old friend Gov. Mon
sr» (Ali icee&fy column on problrm» of
Wallgren at Washington.
TH
R EA TEN ED VETO POWER
the ir ln u n unii «erilemuin unii hi» )nm-
However. Wallgren also took oc­
ily. (tu ntien » aia« he mli/re««ed fo ih r ON LABOR LEGISLATION
casion to invite Truman to spend
WASHINGTON. D. C .-W N U .—
uhm » Uurran unii they w ill he an.«M ere<l
a vacation this summer in the north­
in a «iih«ei/oenl rnluinn. Sin r r /i l in run Confidential cunvussers have found
west aboard the presidential yacht.
he muile ilireel h« muli, bui only in (he congress in almost total disagree­
"The people of my state
riilum n u h ìih w ill apprur in ih n neu « ment ns to whut will be done ubout
would be delighted to have you
strikes and the unions.
paper regularly.
as a guest, and you ran also
Twenty of the men, best placed
take a trip up to Alaska on the
W idows’ War Pension»
to know, gave 20 differing private
Williamsburg,” Wallgren told
predictions.
Many
There have been so many In­ said from the first
him.
quiries concerning pensions for wid­ that the steel strike
Truman accepted tentatively,
ows of veterans of both World Wars would be settled,
saying lie would go If he could
I and II that we ure giving here the then uutos, then
possibly make it.
general provisions for the various the big o th e rs ;
Wallgren's main business, how­
types of pensions:
ever, was to strongly urge an in­
whereupon i n t e r ­
Pensions for widows, children and est would die, while
crease in the price ceilings on lum­
dependent
parents
of
veterans
ber. He maintained that this was
congress arg ued
whose death resulted from service In without a decision
necessary in order to increase lum­
both World Wars I and II: widow, u n til a ft e r th e ir
ber output for the housing program.
but no child, $50; widow with one e le c tio n next No­
"We are facing a serious job crisis
child $65 and $13 for each additional
Pres. Truman
in our lumber mills. H arry," said
I N IT E D STATES DELEGATES TO UNO RETURN . . . Arriving at LaGuardia field, New York, the Amer­ child; no widow, but one child, $25; vember.
Others did not be­
the Washington governor. "We have
ican delegation to the United Nations organization expressed high hopes for the organization when it next no widow, but two children. $38
lieve congress could longer duck the
a model unemployment compensa­ meets In the United States. Left tp right as they leave the UNO Clipper are Sen. Arthur Vandenberg. Mrs.
equally divided, and $10 for each
and expected various
tion law in my state, but many un­
Eleanor Roosevelt. Edward Slettinius. head of the delegation. John F. Dulles. New York International finan­ additional child; dependent father problem
union-curbing cnuctments. But Mr.
employed workmen are swiftly ris­ cial advisor, and Sen. John Townsend. They all seem encouraged by progress made at the first meeting.
or mother. $45, or both $25 each.
Truman had told his leaders pri­
ing up the 26 weeks they are en­
A widow means she must have vately he would veto anything which
titled to draw as compensation. Both
been married to the veteran prior might be called an anti-union law.
from the labor standpoint and the
to December 14. 1944. lived continu­
Surely nothing opposed by thr
housing shortage, inventories in our
ously with him until date of death,
unions
could get two-thirds ma­
mills must be built up as quickly
except where there was a separa­
jority necessary to pass over
as possible.”
tion due to misconduct of or pro­
such a veto. The confused and
ID L E WAR PLANTS
cured by the veteran, without fault
» »
confusing prediclluns, in thr Iasi
of the widow—and must not have
Governor Wallgren also urged the
analysis, therefore, appeared to
remarried.
sale of government-owned light
add up to Just about the same
Pensions for widows and children
metal plants, now idle in his area,
total — nothing, or llttlr-or-noth-
of
World
War
I
for
death
not
con­
to private operators as another
ing.
nected with service: widow, but no
means of increasing employment.
A nice neat hole in the wall is
child, $35; widow and one child. $45
Two idle plants in question are the
quite evidently being dug, through
and
$5
for
each
additional
child:
no
Aluminum Rolling mill and the
widow, but one child. $18; no wid­ which all may escape. A commenta­
Aluminum Ingot companies at Spo­
ow
but two children. $27 equally tor or two started it with toothpicks,
kane, operated by Alcoa during the
divided: no widow but three chil­ but behind them some congressmen
war. Henry Kaiser wants to buy
dren,
$36. and $4 for each addi­ are ready with drills
the former for the production of
tional
child.
The same definition of. FACT-FINDING WITHOUT
aluminum-built automobiles and pre­
widow applies as above. This pen­ POWER OH TEETH
fabricated housing.
sion is not payable to any widow
This Is a proposal to cut the Tru-
Wallgren told Truman that the
without child, or to a child, whose mnn fact-finding bill down to fact­
lumber situation has been aggra­
annual income exceeds $1,000. or finding alone. It would be stripped
vated by a neat little device of
to a widow with child or children ot Its power of subpoena, to which
certain big timber outfits, including
where
annual
Income
exceeds General Motors objects, and the
the Weyerhauser interests, which,
$2.500.
cooling-off period of 30 days before
calculatedly or otherwise, has been
< »-•
There is no provision for pensions strikes, to which the union objects.
stifling competition.
Under the
to widows of World War II for death Just pass a law letting the President
Washington constitution, the state
not connected with service.
appoint commissions to find facts.
government must sell timber to the
The only trouble about this es­
Question»
and
Answer»
highest bidder, but some big out­
Q. What type of dependents must cape Is too many people can see the
fits have been bidding over the
hole It might be
a hospitalized veteran who Is rated
price ceilings. This causes all bids
better to go brazen­
100 per cent or more disabled have
to be thrown out.
ly out the window,
in order to draw more than the $20
The President said he would talk
or keep arguing
monthly
Institutional
award? —
to the RFC about the plants, but
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in te r m in u b ly in
E. G. R„ Milwaukee, W’is.
suggested that Wallgren thrash out
hopes
everyone will
A. The Veterans* administration
his lumber price problems with
forget
about the
says that if you have one depend
price control boss Chester Bowles
' ,A.TION.b BIGGEi,T SURPLUS GOODS SALE . . . Square miles of surplus war goods, ranging from spools
whole matter.
ent,
you
may
draw
a
pension
of
$115
BUTTER BLACK MARKET
Such le g is ts -
of thread to giant road scrapers and derricks, are being readied at the Port Hueneme navy depot, California
per month or more, depending on
The office of international trade, for what will probably be the biggest surplus goods sale in the nation. Shown in photograph are some of
tion s im p ly p ro ­
nature of your disability, if you ore
now under the commerce depart
poses what already
the tractors which will be sold to the civilian market. Only one kind of goods will be offered for sale in
100 per cent disabled. The amount
ment. is planning to ask U. S cus­ one day.
has b e e n d o n e .
In excess of your $20 may be sent to
Without legislation
toms officials to investigate some
Hillman
the dependent.
M r T ru m a n has
strange shenanigans in the re-sale
Q. I have been trying to get re­
of butter this country has been ex­
adjustment compensation of $20 per established precisely that kind of
porting to Mexico.
week, but have been unable Io do fact-finding General Motors walked
Despite the serious butter
so. I am a veteran of this war with eut on it.
shortage, which has caused the
The question raised by such
26 months and have a disability dis­
American housewife to turn
a permanent fact-finding law Is:
charge, but have not got a pension
to substitutes and jam for ber
Would anyone ever show up
yet. So I would like to know how
table, we sent 5.500 pounds of
for the hearings? To handle thr
to get the $20 a week.—R. F. S.
butter to Mexico in the last quar­
problem that way would be like
Wolf Island. Mo.
ter of 1945.
waving back a windstorm with
A. The fact that you have a disa
Some of this is now winding up
a feather.
billty discharge, or even drawing a
at Tiajuana. the Mexican resort
pension should not interfere with
If congressional leaders try to
town across the border from San
receiving readjustment compensa push their boys through this hole
Diego, where the butter is being
tion under the G.I. bill. Require there will of course be trouble. The
sold to American tourists for the
ments for this compensation are <1 labor committees of both houses are
fabulous price of $1.25 a pound.
you reside in the U. S.; <2) you are closely controlled by the unions.
Under export price ceilings, en­
completely unemployed or if par­ Nothing can escape them which 1»
forced by the OPA and the depart­
tially employed, at wages less than opposed by the unions, or nothing
ment of commerce, this same but­
$23 per week; (3) that you are regis­ ever has.
ter was sold to Mexican dealers at
tered with and reporting to a pub
On thr open senate and house
’S - -ik,.
S S
from 47 to 49 cents a pound. The
lice employment office. USES; and
flo o rs , h o w e v e r, t h e ir b ill
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4) that you are able to work and
price varies a couple of cents a
would be open to amendment by
5 : »
available for suitable work. Have
pound, depending on the type of
the attachment of every possible
your discharge or separation papers
packaging.
solution every congressman has
with you when you register for em­
In other words, we are now buy­
proposed. The problem of Mr.
ployment.
ing back American-made butter
Truman's leaders will then be
Q. I was reading where they are
from Mexico for triple the price
to prevent any Important action,
still
counting points since V-J Day.
Mexican dairy dealers are paying
!
and they are likely to wind up
The Red Cross said they froze them
us for it. Commerce department of­
’' S V
with conflicting bills from the
V-J Day. Please answer which Is
ficials can only guess how much
two houses.
9M
correct and also how many points
smuggled butter may be involved
Certainly anyone looking for solu­
and how many years of service do
in this cross-border black market,
tions
from congress must wear long
you have to have to be discharged?
but the customs office will be asked
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range glasses, and anyone looking
—Mrs.
E.
D.,
Louisville,
Ky.
LONESOME
G.I.
.
.
.
As
the
first
to make a thorough probe.
A. The war department says that toward consideration of the funda­
snowfall of the year hits the dismal
NOTE—Mexico is also one of
JAPANESE SILK TO TH E RESCUE . . . The drastic nylon hose short­ city of Tokyo, this U. S. soldier, far for the record, men in the service mentals of the problem will have to
our biggest purchasers of ex­
age in the U. S. may soon be remedied, in part, by the shipment of silk from home, with no knowledge of are still earning points for each look hard The plain fundamentals
ported nylon stockings. Out of a
or silk hose from Japan. Photograph shows plant at Mimata village, as the language, looks like he would month of service, but for the pur are these:
total of 9,110 dozen pairs of
manager checks the stacks of "books” of raw silk awaiting shipment.
poses of discharge, points earned EN TIR E NATION CAN
rather be some other place.
nylons exported In November
as of September 2, 1945, are count BE STRIKE ROUND
—the last monthly figures avail-
ed.
For the army, according to Gen
The unions have developed their
ble—Mexico bought 5.010 dozen
eral Eisenhower, men with 40 points strike technique to the point where
pairs. Cuba received 2,603 doz­
as of September 2, except volun­ they can tie up the nation any
en pairs.
teers, or with two years service will night. A simultaneous strike in tele­
CAPITAL CHAFF
be home by June 30; men with 45 phones, telegraph and radio alone
One reason for the current inter­
points or 30 months’ service will be would neurlv do it.
national food shortage is that Leo
home by April 30
Add elrctrleal power - house
Crowley, when FEA boss, refused to
Q.—To a lonely wife and mnther
workers, and you can see what
heed the warning of Secretary of
of Virnna. Mo., and Mrs. J. <?., of
i
four unions could do to ihe coun­
Agriculture Anderson last summer,
Carterton. V a„ each of whom have
try. Add not the big railroads
when Anderson argued that FEA
three children.
but the teamsters who merely
should help increase plantings of
A —Your husbands are eligible to
handle all freight in the cities,
winter wheat, cereals and proteins in
apply for discharge immediately be­
the elevator operators and bus
South America. The South Ameri­
cause you each have three children
drivers, and you have the obliter­
can crop was hit by drouth, or it
The same answer holds true for Mrs
ative possibilities of a general
might have been larger.
H. R.. New Boston, Texas.
strike from only a few unions.
Sen. Tommy Hart, the only ad­
Q. A few weeks ago, I began a
I have mentioned only a few of
m iral on the senate military affairs
correspondence course with a New- the strikes which have already
committee, recently asked commit­
York school at a cost of $80 for been called.
tee members if there were a dicta­
the entire course. A down payment
In this campaign the unions, by
phone in the walls He complained
of $20 was made, and five monthly rather clever timing of local strikes
that the Washington Merry - Go-
payments must be made to clear to keep pressure on the White House
Round had quoted him all too ac­
up the balance. Would the govern
(first buses, then telephones with­
curately when, at a secret session,
ment pay the entire bill, or must I, out real issue in either), and by
he defended the war department re­
because of its low cost, pay the ex­ preliminary and bolstering strikes
garding demobilization. . . . Rep. IN VESTIG A TE ESPIONAGE . . . Justice R. Taschereau. left, and Justice CHINA'S BEST F R IE N D . . . Often pense?—J. A. V„ Webster, Mass
In other cities, have used their new
R.
L
.
Kellock,
right,
members
of
the
Supreme
court
of
Canada,
who
have
’
referred
to
as
China’s
best
friend
Clare Hoffman of Michigan, who
A. If you are a veteran of this power to get an unprecedented
considers himself an expert at anti­ been appointed by the dominion government to act as members of a com- Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer has war with an honorable discharge,
wage increase which will average
labor legislation, was miffed be­ mission to hear evidence on the espionage ring that disclosed wartime been active as chief of staff to Gen- the government will pay tuition for above 18 per cent, a figure repre­
cause he was not consulted in the secrets to a foreign mission in Ottawa. United States officials have stated eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and fac- correspondence courses up to $500.
senting Just about what they expect­
writing of the harsh Case bill passed that material Information an the atomic bomb could not have been re- tor In industrial development of Make application at your nearest ed to get from their demand for 30
vealed.
Chinn.
by the house recently.
Veterans’ administration office.
per cent.
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