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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941.
No. 66.
TALK
ram KKfflia
Mr
Kelly'
Comment
From Washington
Communist Tinge
Seen in Strike
Unionists Form
Counter Group
General Strike
Plan for Coast
Br John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, June 8.
Gradually government officials
are becoming aware that many
of the strikes on the Pacific
coast (and midwest and in the
east) are being brought about by
communists; that these strikes
are for the purpose of handicap
ping the national defense pro
gram. Up to now Madam Per
kins, secretary of labor, and
Sidney Hillman, former vice
president of CIO and now as
sistant director of OPM, con
V vinced President Roosevelt that
the strikes were of no conse
quence, that they were small and
only a few thousand involved.
The president passed this view
on to his press conference with
out knowing or explaining that
the so-called Insignificant strikes
were In vitally key plants.
Secretary Perkins now reports
more than eight million man
days lost by strikes in April (no
compilation for May yet.) At
S3 a day this means a loss to
workmen of $40,000,000 in one
month; money they can never re
cover. Last week the army pre
pared a list of strikes affecting
the war department program.
Listed were 36 strikes and of
these two were in Washington
and one in Oregon. . The spikes
In the Pacific northwest are in
I the lumber industry, and lumber
is Important in the defense plans
for cantonments, airports, ship
yards and housing. Also on the
west coast strikes are crippling
the aircraft industry.
.
THERE are union men who
re loyal Americans, as is the
general run, and they have sec
retly organized a counter-espionage
group in California, Oregon
and Washington for the purpose
of combatting the communists.
Government agencies have
fought to discourage vigilante
organizations, recognizing that
enthusiasts in such groups cause
trouble by unjust accusations.
But the federal government's ad
vice has been disregarded and a
very live and very active as
sociation of workers is watch
ing the communists from San
(Continued on Page Ten)
TEXTBOOK VOTE
f nn irwrn in i rn
DtUtVtU MLLlu
Salem, June 6. !P) The ref
erendum movement against the
bill to provide free textbooks for
private schools was virtually
killed today when the state su
preme court ordered changes
made In trie ballot title which
had been prepared by Attorney
General I. H. Van Winkle.
The high court's decision
which Invalidates all petitions
whiah have been or are being
circulated, means that new peti
tions must be prepared, and that
they must contain 13.866 signa
tures by next Friday. Election
officials here considered this an
Impossibility.
(More on textbooks on page 9)
Portland, Ore., June 6.IPt
Temporary suspension of North
west Airline service to and from
Yakima because of airport re
construction was announced to
day by Guy W. Talbot Jr., dis
trict traffic manager. It will be
rriimv1 about July 1
SICE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Arnel Butler and John Moffat
viewing the rain clouds with
Jaundiced eyes on account of
having to forego a long-planned
boat trip down the roaring
Rogue.
Virginia Lindley wearing out
a fortune teller so she couldn't
tell Jeanne Hamilton's fortune
Elsie Carlton Strang on her
'y to choir practice after the
I-edj Elks dinner.
ROOSEVELT DENIES
I BROUGHT
Executive Accuses German
Agency of Putting Out Ru
mors Thru Fascists Here
Bevin Confident
London, June 6. (JP) La
bor Minister Ernest Bevin,
speaking tonight at Wimble
don, declared that Adolf Hit
ler "has acknowledged he
cannot bring Britain down
before 1942 and that brings
to the Germans the fact that
by then the whole weight of
the United States will be
thrown into the struggle."
Then he added:
"I do not believe Britain
will ever be conquered by the
nazi dictator."
Washington, June 6. (JPh
President Roosevelt declared to
day that Ambassador John G.
Winant had brought from Eng
land not even "a tenth cousin
of a peace offer," and added
that German propaganda was
responsible for peace talk.
The chief executive was asked
at a press conference whether
he cared to say that Winant had
brought no peace terms and he
authorized this direct quotation:
"Not even a tenth cousin of
a peace offer or anything like
that or any discussion of peace.
"Absolutely nothing like It,
provided you use this not as a
denial by the president but as
an accusation by the president."
Dupas Spread Rumors
Asked whom he was accusing,
Mr. Roosevelt said persons be
ing duped by Germany.
He volunteered the informa
tion that he had on his desk two
orders which he had been issued
by the official German propa
ganda agency In Berlin to what
he called nazis and fascists in
this country. j
The first order, Mr. Roosevelt
said, told them to stress the idea
that Germany had no thought of
ever doing anything against any
country of the entire Western
Hemisphere.
The second, he said, ordered
nazi and fascist sympathizers, as
soon as Winant arrived back in
the United States, to spread the
story that Jie was bringing a
scarehead story that Britain was
about all in and was talking
peace.
Mr. Roosevelt asserted furth
ermore that it was an amazing
coincidence that stories of the
types recommended by Ger
many had appeared in a certain
type of newspaper in the United
States.
Not From London
Told by a reporter that there
was an impression being spread
that Britain had said she could
not last more than a few months
without increased American
help, the chief executive de
clared that this never had been
said unless it was by Berlin!
It did not come, he added, from
a responsible source.
Asked about published re
ports that the Japanese ambas
sador. Admiral Kichisaburo No
mura, had been discussing the
I possibility of a non-aggression
pact with Secretary Hull, the
president said he knew noth
ing about it
Ambassador Winant was In
conference with Secretary Hull
whi'e the White House confer
ence was in progress.
Appealers Rapped
The chief executive launched
into a criticism of what he call
ed a portion of the press. He
said he was not talking about
all of It but of certain types
of papers In whose columns
there appeared what he termed
a most amazing coincidence. He
said he characterized it only as
coincidence and hoped that was
the correct term.
The president went on to say
that Just before Winant came
back he had been given the
two memos on orders issued in
Berlin to sympathizers in this
country and to what he termed
various grades of people In fa
vor of appeasement
The president said he could
nnt reveal how he did it. but
(that he got pretty darned good
0PM Condemns,
Lease -Lend Supplies for
Ntxil.rf mf. f.
I - ltLU 111
American "lease-lend" material for tha British far eastern stronghold of Singapore b ar
riving there on American freighters. Recently arrived Indian soldiers pats along a dock be
tween a freighter and cases of American material consigned to "Ministry of Supply. Singapore."
idea of what orders were com
ing from Germany to sympa
thizers in the United States. '
In referring to an order to
stress the idea Germany had no
thought of doing anything
against a western hemisphere
nation, Mr. Roosevelt said this
was carried again this morning
by some newspapers.
The New York Times, for ex
ample, he said, printed an art
icle by John Cudahy, former
ambassador to Belgium and
Luxembourg, relating an inter
view he had had with Adolf
Hitler.
But he said the Times also
had carried an editorial today,
which he thought was good
enough for the press of the
country to repeat, evaluating
past German assurances and ex
pressing the hope . that . there
would not be a large number
of persons duped in this coun
try. The Times editorial con
cluded with a line saying, "He
(Hitler) is always the best friend
of the next nation on his list
for plunder."'
GOLFERS HIT BY
Fort Worth, Tex., June 6. (IP)
With Paul Runyan in the shel
ter of the club house holding the
temporary 36-hole lead in the
U. S. open golf championship
with a score of 145, a veritable
cloudburst broke over the Colo
nial club course at 2:45 p. m.
(CST) today and threatened to
wash out the entire round in
spite of the U. S. Golf associa
tion's efforts to keep it going
through two hours of morning
rain.
Mott Says F. R. Attempting
To Scuttle Road Program
Washington, Jun 6. (IP)
President Roosevelt "is attempt
ing to scuttle the federal-aid road
program by fostering legislation
to give him blanket authority
to use hiehwav aoDroDriations
as he sees fit," Rep. Mott (R-Ore.)
said today.
Mott asserted that the presl-
dent's message of Monday to who is in favor of the president's bank of Spokane, had been re
Congress ignored defense high-1 recommendations." said Mott. j leased earlier yesterday from a
way recommendations of Thomas I "The MacDonald report is spe- Colfax sanitarium, to which he
H. MacDonald. head of the pub-'cific and acceptable; the presi-:had gone for treatment two
lie roads administration, and the
advice of the national awocia
tion of state highway officials.
Mott added that he would op
pose passage of two bills which
he said, were intended to carry
out the president's wishes "to,
curtail congressional Jurisdiction distributed and the tax burden two months ago to accept treat
over the federal-aid program, on the people, for roads already 1 mint for condition bordering
initiated by congress." lis heavy." on a nervous breakdown."
U.S.O.
OVER TOP WITH
ETO
Medford's three-day drive to
reach its United Service Organi
zations' campaign quota of $1000
has gone over the top and when
all solicitors have reported may
reach $1,100, according to Ralph
Sweeney, treasurer of the local
U. S. O. committee.
Mr. Sweeney said this after
noon that he had $970 cash on
hand, the sum having been turn
ed in by solicitors In the city,
and that when all the workers
in the outlying districts reported,
the total amount raised was cer
tain to be $1,000 or more.
Frank Hull, manager of the
Jackson county Chamber of
Commerce, said he had been in
formed that the $500 Ashland
quota also had been reached,
thereby winding up the county's
campaign to raise its $1,500
quota.
Mr. Sweeney said that he
would contact Oregon state
headquarters of the U. S. O. in
Portland for information as to
the disposition of the money
which will go into a national
fund of $10,765,000 to be used
by the U. S. O. to staff and oper
ate clubhouses which will be
constructed by the government
adjacent to training camps and
naval bases.
Portland, June 6. (IP) A
few sales during the week end
ing June 5 reduced supplies of
1940 hops sharply in Oregon,
the agriculture department an
nounced today. Prices ranged
from 23 to 24 cents per pound
net to growers.
MacDonald recommended
$287,000,000 for the first year
for the defense highway plan.
The states would be required to
contribute only a small sum
toward $100,000,000 for strategic
roads.
The other $187,000,000
not require matching
would
funds.
"1 know of absolutely nobody
- dent's proposal is not.
This is an important matter
to the west, particularly, be
cause out there the federal gov
ernment owns large percentages
of the land, long roads are re-
quired, the population Is thinly
Denounces Pacific Coast Walkouts
Singapore
NEEDS OF FRANCE
E
IS
Vichy, Unoccupied France,
June 6. (IP) An official French
note Issued by the foreign of
fice spokesman tonight In answer
to U. S. Secretary of State Hull's
declaration against French co
operation with Germany said
Washington misunderstood
France's needs In a difficult
situation.
"The French government for
its part wants to preserve
friendly relations with the
United States, but the federal
government cannot understand
that the first task of the French
government In the particularly
difficult situation in which it
finds itself, is to safeguard the
vital Interests of France," the
statement said.
"It is surprising to see the
American secretary of state de
scribe as a policy of aggression
and oppression one which is di
rected against nobody and harms
the interests of no other power."
This answer to Hull's state
ment of yesterday that French
cooperation with Germany
would be "utterly inimical to
the ust rights of other coun
tries" came at a time the govern
ment of Marshal Petain was call
ing on its forces for a stern de
fense of Syria against any Brit
ish move.
GRANGE HEAD SUICIDES
BY HANGING SELF WITH
LOOPED CHAIN IN BARN
Pullman, June 6. VP) 111
and overworked, Ervln E. King,
master of the Washington State
Grange, was found hanging from
a looped chain In a barn near
here last night.
Sheriff C. J. Walker said he
had Jumped from a ladder to
jtake his own life.
King, 48, who had headed the
Grange since 1933 and was also
i a director of the federal land
months ago.
Carl King,
his brother, said
early today:
"Ervin had been working
overly hard on grange and bank
work during the last year, and
the family prevailed upon him
TO
Polite But Firm Reply Says
War Essentials Not to Be
Increased From Indies
By - Associated Prats
Dutch-Japanese negotiations,
officially described by the Jap
anese previously as teetering on
a "precipice, reached an im
passe whrn the Dutch returned
a reply which the chief of the
Japanese delegation said was
"disappointing."
It was understood that the
Dutch said politely but firmly
that Japan s annual quota of
imports from The Netherlands
East Indies would not be en
larged, and that none would go
to Germany. Rubber, oil and tin
are the Indies' chief war pro
ducts. On the fighting front, British
middle east headquarters re
ported that RAF bombers at
tacked Italian planes yesterday
at Aleppo airdrome, in Syria
the first official British disclos
ure that fascist aircraft were
in the French middle east col
ony. One plane was destroyed,
It was said.
The Turkish government-controlled
radio said Germany was
moving troops into Syria "by
land, sea and air almost dally."
Italian bombers were report
ed today to have attacked Brit
ain's great rock citadel of Gib
raltar, guarding the western en
trance of the Mediterranean sea,
while the Germans forecast
aerial blows at the Suez canal
in the east.
Linked with Wednesday
night's heavy assault on the
main British naval base at
Alexandria these reports indi
cated that an axis campaign to
bottle up the British Mediter
ranean fleet may already be in
I motion.
RUSH TO BUY AUTOS,
BEATS All RECORDS
New York, June 6. UP) Re
tail trade this week continued
at a volume close to the near
record levels of previous weeks.
the Dun & Bradstreet weekly
business survey reported today.
"In many centers," said the
review, "the rush to buy auto
mobiles, electrical appliances
and other home furnishings was
at a pace unequalled in history
"Sales comparisons with dol
lar trade volume In 1940 held
to a margin of 16 to 20 percent,
although the sales curve at this
time a year ago was beginning
to point upward after spot
tiness during day.
"Gains widened somewhat In
the southern area where the In
crease over last year was estl
mated at 18 to 24 percent for
i the south and 14 to 23 for the
! southwest. New England again
scored one of the best compar
isons, with an average Increase
of 20 to 23 percent
"East and middle west were
! above the year-ago level by 13
i to 20 nerrrnt. nnrlhwe.t h u
'to 16 percent and Pacific coast
by 17 to 23 percent."
Deer and Salmon
In Columbia Net
Astoria, Ore., June 6. OP)
A buck deer and three sal
mon were netted yesterday
by fishermen In the middle
of the Columbia river be
tween Fort Stevens, Ore., and
McGowan, Wash.
Aldrick Forsteman said the
xhausted deer was roped
ind hauled aboard, but
promptly leaped overboard
igain. It was hauled back and
was turned over to tste po
lice for liberation In the
baseball I
National
(1st game)
Pittsburgh 5 8 1
New York 4 6 1
Butcher and Lopez; McGee,
Adams, Bowman and Hartnett.
R. H. E.
St. Louis 3 9 1
Boston 16 2
Warneke and Mancuso; Salvo,
Sullivan and Masl.
E
W. E. Thomas, manager of
the Oregon Finance company,
today confirmed a report that
he had bought, subject to title
investigation, the Pottenger
building at 123-123 West Main
street. The price was not di-1
vulged.
1 bought the building for In-
vestment purposes," M r.
Thomas said. He added that he I
considered the purchase a good I
investment under present con
ditions regardless of whether
the proposed army cantonment
here is ever erected. If the can
tonment is built or economic
conditions Improve because of
other factors, the investment
Will be so much the better, he
said.
Mr. Thomas related that the
transaction, subject to delivery
of a clear title, was completed
yesterday with T. E. Pottenger
as agent for Mrs. Elmlra May
Cox, owner of the building.
Both Mrs. Cox and Mr. Potten
ger reside in San Leandro, Cal.
The building was once owned
by L. A. Banks, who is serving
a life sentence in the state pen
itentiary for murdering George
Prescott, a peace officer, during
the county's turbulent political
period eight or nine years ago.
The building is a two-story
brick structure with a frontage
of 50 feet on West Main street.
The ground floor, occupied by
the Baldwin Piano Shoppe and
the Carl Y. Tengwald real
estate agency, is 140 feet deep.
The second floor, composed
mainly of a lodge hall now va
cant, is not so deep as the first
floor. The building was erected
about 1905.
The Thomas estate owns the
corner building at 135 West
Main street at Grape street
which is separated from the
Pottenger building only by the
Flynr Electric Service building,
owned by Thomas K. Flynn, at
131 West Main street
The corner building was the
first brick structure erected on
West Main street and Is believed
to be the only piece of property
on Main street still owned by
the original family. It was built
In 1903 by I. W. Thomas, grind
father of W. E. Thomas.
The grandfather bought the
two corner lots for the build
ing from the Oregon and Trans
continental company for $140
in 1888, it Is shown In the orig
inal papers In possession of W.
E. Thomas. There has not been
a title transfer In the 53 years
that have since passed. Pur
chase of the lots was effected
October 7, 1888, the papers be
ing signed by Paul Schultye,
second vice president, and T.
H. Tyndale, secretary of the
Oregon and Transcontinental
company which had laid out the
Medford townslte. The lots were
number 15 and 16, block 43 In
the original townsite of Med
ford. The deal was recorded In
the county clerk's office Novem
ber 17, 1888, the paper bearing
me name or, Dave Miller as
county clerk.
DEATH WATCH POSTED
AT WILHELM'S BIER
Doom, the Netherlands, June
6. P) Princes of the house of
Hohenzollern kept the death
watch today beside the coffin
of the later former Kaiser Wll
helm II. Over the casket was the
old imperial standard.
Among the recent arrivals
were the Princes August Wil
thelm and Adalbert, ,
DEFENSE EFFORT
Roosevelt Planning In
terference While Media
tion Board Considers Case
A Seen in Italy
Rome, June 6 (IP) Amer
ican strikes were held up to
day by Virginlo Gayda, fas
cism's No, 1 editorial com
mentator, as the first phase
af civil war which, he said,
would break national unity
and threatens "the fortune
ind prosperity of the United
States."
Gayda cited the new strike
Df the North American Avia
tion corporation, saying it
"retards execution of orders
made by the governments of
the United States and Britain
to the value of $106,000,000."
' He said 2.253.216 man
working days had been lost
In defense industries since
January 1 as a result of
itrikes, adding:
"Thus the North American
war plan enters history with
the advance guard of na
tional civil war which divides
the American people from
the government and workers
from the capitalists and loses
national unity in a fatal clash
of feelings and interests, not
without danger to the fortune
and prosperity of the United
State."
Washington, June 6.-
The office of production man
agement, through its labor pol
icy advisory committee, today
"condemned and denounced"
three strikes on the west coast
which it said were hindering
the defense program.
The strikes were:
In the ship yards In the San
Francisco bay area, at the North
American Aviation company
plant at Inglewood, Calif., and
of lumber workers In the Fu-
get sound area of Washington.
Sidney Hillman, associate di
rector of OPM, made public
the text of a resolution adopted
by the committee. The group is
composed of representatives of
the CIO, the AFL, and the Rail
way Executives Association, and
has 16 members. Hillman's aides
said that a majority of the com
mittee signed the resolution, al
though they did not disclose,
which members were present
The resolution termed tha
strike of the International As
sociation of Machinists (AFL)
and of the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee (CIO) In tha
San Francisco bay area as one
"seriously retarding" the con
struction of ships "crucial to na
tional defense."
President Roosevelt said to
day he was considering new
steps to reduce labor stoppages
in defense Industries but was
not prepared to do anything
now while the defense media
tion board was working on tha
matter.
The OPM resolution said that
the aviation company strike had
been "instigated" by the offic
ers of local union 683 of the
United Automobile Workers
(CIO) "in complete and irrespon
sible disregard of proper trad
union practice."
Seattle, June 6. (IP) A un
ion business agent, denouncing
what he called attempts by a
"minority faction" of tha Art.
Machinists' union to causa a
shipyard tieup here, commented
stingingly today on union lead
ers "responsible" for disrupting
national defense work.
Dave Baser, Machinist-Welders'
union (also AFL) business
agent said the machinists' un
ion executive board proposal
that double pay be demanded
for a sixth day's work violated
the coast wise master agreement
covering new ship construction.
The contract calls for time and
a half and has been signed by
the machinists' local and 12 oth
er union here, he (aid,