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U. S. DELEGATES
10 SEEK SPEEDY
Key Men Fly Back With Stet
tinius Conally Will Re
port to Senate Tomorrow.
Washington, June 27. U.R)
Key U. S. delegates to the Unit
ed Nations security conference
returned from San Francisco to
day with a plea that the world
security charter be put speedily
to work to ensure peace.
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., spoke for his
delegate-colleagues. As he step
ped from the four-engined trans
port which brought them home
after an all-night flight, he said:
"We have completed the Unit
ed Nations charter, but we have
Just begun to make a United
Nations peace. Let us get on
with all we have to do tomake
victory and peace secure."
A crowd of around 200 at the
National Airport loudly cheered
the smiling, happy Stettinius
and his associates.
Among the arrivals were
Chairman Tom Connally, D.,
Tex., of the senate foreign rela
tions committee and en. Arthur
H. Vandcnberg, R., Mich. Both
were U. S. delegates.
Connally said he planned to
report to the senate tomorrow
on the peace charter drafted in
San Francisco by representa
tives of the 55. United Nations
Vandcnberg will address the
senate on Friday.
And on Monday President
Truman personally will go be
fore the senate to make his plea
for speedy ratification.
Undersecretary of State Jo
seph C. Grew, several congress
men, including most members
of the senate foreign relations
committee, and the army air
forces greeted the delegates,
SUCCEMPLAN
Washington, June 27 (U.R)
The House Judiciary committee
today approved legislation em
bodying President Truman's pro
posal to make the Speaker of the
House next in line of presiden
tial succession.
The committee acted at the
end of a one-hour session without
holding hearings on the bill. The
vote was 10 to 9.
Committee Chairman Hatton
Sumner. D., Tex. introduced
the bill two days ago In response
to a recommendation of Mr. Tru
man. The measure provided that
the speaker and the president
pro tern of the Senate should
be next in line for the presidency
if both the president and vice
president should be removed
through death or disqualifica
tion. Since there is no vice-president
now, the bill would make
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas
the president if Mr. Truman
should die. Next in line would
be Sen. Kenneth McKcllar, D.,
Tenn
Under present law the Secre
tory of State is next in line for
the presidency, after the vice-president.
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UNCIO Delegates Greet
Delegates to UNCIO are pictured greeting President Harry S, Truman upon his arrival at Hamil
ton Field, California, en route to address the final session of the World Conference. Left to right:
President Truman. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, H.H.H. Amir Faisal Ibn Abdul Ails of
Saudi, Arabia, Faris Al-Khouri, Prime Minister of Syria, Hasan Saka, Turkey's Minister of For
eign Affairs, Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of Union of South Africa, and the Earl of Halifax,
Britain's Ambassador to the United States.
Truman's Address Dramatic Conclusion;
Nations Urged To Ratify Charter Early
San Francisco, June 27 (U.R)
With the United Nations charter
finally approved and signed, rep
resentatives of the 50 countries
scheduled one final meeting to
day to set up a "preparatory"
commission to plan for the first
meeting of the New World Feace-
Keeping Organization.
The United Nations confer
ence is ended after nine full
weeks of deliberation and de
bate. It was adjourned by Sec
retary of State Edward R. Stet
tinius. Jr., last night at 5:29 p.
m. PWT., after hearing President
Truman's solemn plea for speedy
ratification of the New World
Charter.
Signing Completed
The signing of the charter by
the participating nations was
completed at 7:18 p. m., with the
delegates of Guatemala the last
to append their name to the his
toric document.
The ink was hardly dry on
their signatures when most of
the top delegates started back to
their posts. Stettinius left with
a plane load of American and
foreign delegates after dinner.
Mr. Truman had departed for
Salt Lake City even earlier.
Today's meeting is Just a for
mality. The confcret'Ce approv
ed a plan for setting up the
"preparatory commission" in
London and the session today
was called simply to discuss its
organization. The commission
will carry on until the charter
has been ratified by enough
countries to permit actual crea
tion of the New World Organiza
tion. Dramatic Close
President Truman brought
the long conference to a drama
tic close late yesterday after
noon with an address to the dele-
Pltnt Office,
Full Leaitd Wlr
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1945
gates. It was his first appear
ance before such an international
gathering, and by the comments
later, he was a success.
The president urged the peace
loving nations o the world to
ratify the charter immediately,
warning:
"There is a(time for making
plans and there is a time for
action. The time for action is
now."
He also promised to present
the charter to the U. S. senate
immediately. Reports from
Washington said it would be
next Monday. The two U. S.
senate representatives on the
delegation here Sens. Tom Con
nally, D., Tex., and Arthur H.
Vandcnberg, R., Mich. were en
route to the capital to report to
the senate tomorrow and Friday.
The ratification process, how
ever, probably will not begin for
a couple of weeks.
Many Tongues Heard
The closing session of the con
ference was truly international
in flavor. Men of many tongues
spoke in their native languages
and appealed to the world to ac
cept the charter. Speaker after
speaker cautioned that what has
been fashioned here is but the
beginning that it is up to the
statesmen of the world and the
people themselves to make the
instrument work.
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister
Jan riasaryk delivered one of
the most effective speeches. He
said that the small countries
"need security, crave security,
pray for security." And then he
issued this word of warning:
"Let us please stop talking of
the next world war. The langu
age one hears in certain places
is lamentably unconstructive. . , .
Not one of us in this room wants
another war. None of us want
th . children of these selfless chil
dren of ours ... to die in another
war in another generation we
want them to live and work for
their respective countries in
peace and security in a socially
Just and safe world."
His appeal brought loud ap
plause from the delegates and,
the audience.
. Problems Admitted
Mr. Truman admitted that in
ternational problems were diffi
cult, complicated, controversial
and dangerous. But he cited a
long list of cases wherein the
nations of the world have shown
their ability to cooperate in peace
a well as in war.
"What you have accomplished
in San Francisco shows how well
these lessons of military and eco
nomic cooperation have been
learned. You have created a
great Instrument for pet.ee and
security and human progress in
the world.
The world must now use it.
we fail U)ui it, wt shall
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Truman
betray all those whojiave died
in order ' that we might meet
here in freedom and safety to
create it.
"If we seek to use it selfishly
for the advantage of any one
nation or any small group of
nations we shall be equally
guilty of that betrayal.
. "The successful use of this in
strument will require the united
will and firm determination of
the free peoples who have
created It."
WILL B E ERECTED
Ashland, June 27 Three
new sawmills are to be construct
ed in the Immediate future in
the Bellview area adjacent to
Ashland, it was announced yes
terday. Arthur Peters, who now
operates a planing mill at Mis
tletoe, will construct a $30,000
planing mill; Alley Brothers,
who operate a large mill be
tween Mcdford and Phoenix, will
construct a $30,000 sawmill: and
Pine Mountain Lumber Com
pany will erect a sawmill at an
estimated cost of $20,000.
The Peters and Alley Brothers
mills are scheduled to start con
struction at once while the Pine
Mountain mill will be built later.
It is estimated the new enter
prises will add $200,000 annual
payroll to Ashland. The mills
will be constructed on city prop
erty, commonly known as the
airport site.
More Water Aim
The city of Ashland has under
consideration a plan for added
water supply to the industrial
area both for operation of the
mills and for fire protection. De
velopment of the area with city
water also makes it possible to
increase the city water supply to
the Bellview area. There is some
speculation as to establishment
of a fire protection zone in the
area in cooperation with the
Ashland fire department, which
would greatly reduce the high
insurance rates in Bellview,
BASEBALL
National
Cincinnati 5 11 1
Boston 4 9 2
Kennedy and Unser; Cooper,
Hutchins (10) and Masi.
Pittsburgh 4 7 0
New York 10 17 I
Gerheauser, Resigno (7) and
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Stettinius Resigns as Secretary State
To Take United Nations Council Post
TO BE SUCCESSOR
IS EXPECTATLON
President Reveals Cabinet
Change While on Inde
pendence Visit.
Independence, Mo., June 27
(U.R) President Truman today
announced the resignation of
Secretary of State Stettinius and
his appointment to the United
Nations' council.
Mr. Truman also announced
he would nominate a successor
to Stettinius next Monday or
Tuesday and every indication
here was that the new secretary
would be the president's old
friend, former Supreme Court
Justice James F. Byrnes.
The president revealed the fol
lowing letter to the secretary:
"Dear Ed:
"On the day after the death of
President Roosevelt, you sub
mitted to me your resignation as
Secretary of State. I asked you
to continue at your post and to
carry out the vitally important
assignment for which you were
then completing the last preparations-)
act as chairman of
the United States delegation at
the United Nations' conference."
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ASSURED BY VOTE
Portland. Ore., June 27 (U.R)
Approval by the Oregon elect
orate of the $10,000,000 state
building fund will make possible
the construction of grcatly-necdr
ed units In the Oregon system
of higher education centers at
Corvallls. Eugene, Monmouth,
La Grande, Ashland and Port
land. It was announced today by
Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan
cellor. .
Work will be started on the
projects just as soon as neces
sary materials and labor are re
leased by the government.
Hunter said the building pro
gram would make it eventually
possible for the state to ade
quately meet Its educational re
sponsibility toward an expected
enrollment of 18.000 to 20.000
students, including e II g I b 1 e s
from the armed services plus the
regular students counted in the
system institutions.
Laboratory First
One of the first units to be
built will be the wood products
research laboratory at Oregon
State college, Corvallls, at a cost
of approximately $100,000.
Other buildings which are as
sured as result of the vote In
clude an engineering wing, col
lege jdairy products laboratory
and agriculture structure at Cor
vallls, costing $670,000; dormi
tory at the Southern Oregon
College of Education, AshlBnd,
$125,000; classroom and library
building, at Eastern Oregon
College of Education, La Grande,
$125,000; classroom and library
at the Oregon College of Educa
tion, Monmouth, approximately
$150,000, and the University of
Oregon Medical School hospital
wing and heating plant, Port
land, $800,000. '
Undertakers Fight
Over Burying Job
Gary, Ind., June 27 (U.R)
An argument between two un
dertakers over wtvi would bury
the body of a wa' worker ended
in the death of one of the mor
ticians and the shooting of three
other persons, police said today.
Undertaker J. D. Smith was
snot fatally in the throat last
night when he refused to relin
quish the body to Mortician
Brute liowerj, police aaid.
Tribune
United Prow
Truck Drivers Of
Chicago Area In
Return To Work
By United Press
Almost 100,000 workers were
idled by labor disputes over the
nation today.
In Detroit, America's wartime
arsenal, 55,000 were off their
jobs. But a back-to-work vote of
independent truck drivers pro
mised quick return to normal
transportation activity in the
populous Chicago area.
Further indications of indus
trial unrest were seen in reports
that upwards of 20,000 addition
al workers either had scheduled
strike votes or granted their
leaders authority to call a walk
out. A CIO-AFL jurisdictional bat
tle over reconversion construc
tion and maintenance jobs kept
37,000 away from work in De
troit. BY
Independence, Mo., June 27.
(U.R) President Truman came
home today to a rousing "Hi,
Harryl" welcome from the flag
bedecked town where he got his
political start to 'make one of
the most important news an
nouncements of his career.
The .presidential special plane
landed at Fairfax airport in
Kansas City, Kan., at 1:30 p.m.
(CWT) and taxied to the air
transport command hangar,
where ho stepped out to receive
the home town greetings from
Mayor Roger T. Sermon, a life
long friend, and a delegation of
Independence civic and business
leaders.
Daughter There
As the plane taxied to a stop.
Miss Margaret Truman, wearing
a pink dress and yellow straw
hat, climbed the steps to kiss
her smiling father. Then, arm In
arm, they stepped down to the
runway as photographers snap,
ped their pictures.
Old friends ganged around
him and for five minutes it was
a fast and furious exchange of
greetings, everybody calling
everybody else by their first
names.
Gov. Herbert B. Maw of Utah
accompanied Mr. Truman from
Salt Lake City, where the ship
took off at 9:08 a.m. (CWT).
FIRE DESTROYS GRAIN
NEAR CENTRAL. POINT
About three acres of . grain
belonging to William J. Freeman
and located on the east boundary
of Central Point was destroyed
by fire yesterday afternoon, the
state forest patrol reported to
day. The blaze was believed
caused by a spark from a mill
located in the area, forest head
quarters stated. '
A pumper truck and crew
from forest patrol headquarters,
mill crews and farmers brought
the blaze under control.
Allocation of Final
Outmodes Present
Washington, June 27 (U.R)
The Federal Communications'
Commission today announced
final wave-length allocations for
all phases of post-war high fre
quency brondchsting, outmoding
present frequency modulation
equipment.
In announcing its final alloca
tion for frequency modulation
(FM) the FCC said lhat 00 chan
nels would be created between
88 and 108 megacycles. The new
allocation would shift the entire
FM Industry from its present
band of 42 to 50 megacycles.
. The television bands were
fixed at 44 to 50, 54 to 72, and
76 to 88 megacycles
The new frequency band be
tween 88 and 02 megacycles will
bt lur non-commercial, educa
Full Leased Wlx
NO. 82.
War Food Administration
Praised For Overall Job
But Some Blame Detailed.
Washington, June 27 j(U.R)
War Food Administration ineffi
ciency has resulted in losses
"probably amounting to many
millions of dollars." the House
Agricultural Appropriations sub
committee told Congress today.
In a report filed in the House,
the subcommittee praised the
overall job done by WFA but
detailed instances of alleged
waste and unbusinoss-Iike trans
actions. It also asserted that
some agency ofiicials on occasion
had deliberately furnished false
information to Congress.
Colonel Blamed ,
A substantial share of the
blame was charged to Lt. Col.
Ralph W. Olmstead until about
two months ago director of food
distribution for WFA.
"Col. Ralph W. Olmstead has
been a predominating factor in
the WFA, particularly with re
spect to the purchase, distribu
tion and storage of'food," the re
port said.
The sub-committee said it will
expect "periodic reports" on re
medial action from Rep. Clinton
P. Anderson, D., N. M., after he
becomes Secretary of Agricul
ture and War Food Administra
tor on July 1.
Among other things the report
dealt with the alleged loss of
400 cars of eggs, the mystery
of the whereabouts of reputed
pre-Pearl Harbor food caches,
and an Investment of approxi
mately $2,000,000 In a still un
used storage cave near Atchison,
Kansas.
Washington, June 27. (U.R)
Five new blue and five red
stamps become good on Sunday
The stamps can be used through
Oct. 31.
They are blue, for processed
foods: J-l, K-l, L-l, M l and N-l;
and red, for meats-fats: A-I, B-l.
C-l. D l, and E l.
Red stamps E-2 through J-2
and blue stamps N-2 through S 2
become invalid after June 30.
Sugar stamp 38 is good for
five pounds of sugar through
Aug. 31.
U. P. CHANGE
New York, June 27 (U.R)
Charles E. Campbell has been
appointed assistant secretary of
the United Press, Edwin Moss
Williams, U. P., vice-president
and general business manager,
announced today.
Wave Lengths
"FM" Equipment
tional FM and between 92 and
106 megacycles for regular FM.
The commission said in its
final report that lt found these
frequencies Interference-free and
best suited for FM transmission.
The new set up, it was said,
would involve remodelling of
all existing FM transmitters. In
addition, approximately 400.000
persons who bought FM receiv
ers for the lower band before
the war must either convert
their sets to the nev. bands or be
content to receive standard
broadcasts.
According to a survey con
ducted for the FCC, 365,000 sets
for combined standard and FM
reception can continue to be used
for standard broadcasts but can
not be converted to the new FM
Irco.uUkcics, -
LATEST STEP IN
1:
Tokyo Claims Fighting U
der Way For Tiny Spot
50 Miles West of Okinawa
Pearl Harbor, June 27 (U.R) .
A new battle for an invasion bass
raged today on the tiny island
of Kume, 50 miles west of Okin
awa, according to enemy radio
reports.
Tokyo said that heavy fighting
was underway on Kumc after a
landing by American troops.
There was no other confirmation
of the reports.
Previous Japanese broadcasts
had told of an American fleet of
200 ships, including cruisers, de
stroyers and transports, massed
in the Kerama islands, halfway
between Okinawa and Kume.
Borneo Shelled
Japan also reported that the
allied fleet, reported off Balik
papan for two weeks, again was
shelling the defenses of the Bor
neo oil center. The broadcast
added that minesweepers still
were operating in Balikpapan
bay.
On Borneo's northwest coast,
Australian troops captured tha
town of Miri to complete their
conquest of the rich Seria and
Mlri oilfields. The wells aet
afire by the Japanese still burn
ed in both fields.
The battle of the Cagayan val
ley in northern Luzon was draw
ing to a close with only 20 miles
separating American forces ad
vancing north and south In tha
valley. The 37th division re
lieved the guerilla force holding
Tuguegarao against counterat
tacks and pushed on another 10
miles. From the north the 11th
Airborne division gained two
miles.
Luson End Near
Gen. Douglas MacArthur an
nounced that "the liquidation ot
the last enemy stronghold is ap
proaching." The end of tha
fighting in northern Luzon would
free five American divisions tot
new operations.
Mopping up operations on
Okinawa brought in another 802
Japanese prisoners to make tha
total for the campaign 8,498.
The bodies of the Japanese
commander on Okinnva, Lt.
Gen. Mitsuru Ushljima', and his .
chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Isama
Cho, were found by American ',
troops. They committed tiara-
kiri according to the traditional
ritual.
Japan still was shaky from .
the first double blow by Super
fortresses some 14 hours after
the B-29's hit 10 war plants, an
other 50 of the bombers returned
to fire the Utsube river oil re
finery. The refinery was Japan'
largest source of aviation fuel.
In the constant attacks on
Japanese shipping from Borneo
to the Kurilcs another 23 enemy ,
ships were sunk or damaged.
Near China Coast
The reported landing on Kuma
Island, if true, would give Amer
ican forces their closest island
base to the China coast, 360 miles
away to the west. Chincsa
troops now have cleared soma
360 miles of the coastline op
posite Okinawa, and the Japa
nese speculated today that might
be the scene of the next big!
American operation.
The Tokyo newspaper Yomlurl
Hochl said such a landing was a
"great possibility." By landing
in China and cutting off tha
Japanese forces on the Asiatio
mainland, the paper said, tha
Americans would interfere with
"the transportation of fighting
forces, military supplies and
foodstuffs into our homeland."
POSTAL WORKERS
Washington, June 27. (U.R)
The house today approved and
sent to the White House legisla
tion to give postal employes
their first permanent pay raises
since 1925.
The bill Is Intended to replaca
the $300 annual bonus voted
postal employes In 1943 which
expires June 30. It provides
for a 20 per cent increase over
the present base pay, but not to
exceed $400 a year or to be less
than $300 a year.
It also would Include tima
and a half for work over eight
hours per day.
Postmasters also would ' re
ceive pay raises under the mea
sure as follows:
First class, except those novr
receiving $6,000 or more, $300
to $400; second class, $400 to
$800; third class, $300 and
fourth class, 20 per cent.