Medford mail tribune., October 23, 1945, Page 1, Image 1

Truman Calls For Universal
y Training of Nation's Youths
To " Build Peace Upon Power' '
Washington, Oct. 23 (U.R) President Truman called today
for universal military training of the nation's young manhood to
protect the peace and to prevent in an era of atomic warfare
"the destruction of this great nation."
He personally asked congress in joint session to adopt a plan
under which every young man, starting at 18 or upon graduation
from high school, would be given one year of military training
as distinguished from military service and "conscription."
NOTHING SAID ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN
The president had nothing to say about possible training of
joung women for the kind of service they gave in World War II
as WACS, WAVES, SPARS, women marines and nurses.
Mr. Truman's proposals were similar to the plan that Gen.
George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, has advocated several
times before congressional committees and in his recent biennial
report.
Declaring that "peace must be built upon power." the pres-
ident warned thatnever again will this country have time to pre
pare for war after hostilities have started. In any future war, he
said, "The heart of the United States would be the enemy's first
target."
The president made it clear that he was dealing with only one
phase of "A Long range program of national military security for
the United States." He expects to communicate with congress
later on other phases.
NO REFERENCE TO MERGING BRANCHES
He did not, therefore, allude to the current controversy be
tween the army and navy over the War department's proposal that
' all the armed forces be merged with the army, air forces, and
navy as coordinate branches.
He did, however, propose a postwar military organization
of which universal training of young men would be the backbone
in which the various armed forces would continue to function
as they do now. He proposed:
"First A comparatively small regular army, navy and marine
corps.
"Second A greatly strengthened national guard and organ
ized reserve tor tne army, navy and marine corps.
"Third A general reserve composed of all the male citizens
of the United States who have received training."
To provide this general reserve, he said, "I recommend to the
f congress the adoption of a plan for universal military training."
EARLY ACTION NEEDED ON PLAN
"The need exists today," the president said, "and we must act
today."
The president said that although the United States will use
all of its moral influence to maintain the peace, the nation must
face the fact that peace must be built on power as well as good will.
"To maintain that power we must act now," the president
aid.
His proposal for universal training provides no exemptions
for occupation, dependency, or any other reason except total phy
sical disqualification.
"All men should be included in the training, whether physi
cally qualified for actual combat service or not," the president
said. "There should be a place into which every young American
can fit In the service of our country.
ONE YEAR'S TRAINING IS ADVOCATED
"I recommend that the training should be for one year." he
said. "Each young man should enter training at the age of 18 or
upon his graduation from high school, whichever is later; but in
any event before his 20th birthday.
"A trainee who completes his high school education In hts
17th year should be eligible, with parental consent, to enter the
I course of training.
"After the first few months of training, selected trainees who
are not physically qualified for military service could be trained
in certain skills so that if war came, they could take their place in
shipyards, munitions factories and similar industrial plants."
In addition to a strong citizen's reserve, which he said must
be the backbone of our military force, the president also asked for
the maintenance of a comparatively small navy, army and marine
corps and a greatly strengthened national guard and organized
reserve for the army, navy and marine corps.
NO LACK OF FAITH IN UNITED NATIONS
Our determination to remain powerful, he said, denotes no
lack of faith in the United Nations organizations.
"On the contrary, with all the might we have, we intend to
back our obligations and commitments under the United Nations
Charter.
"Indeed, the sincerity of our intention to support the organiza
tion will be judged partly by our willingness to maintain the power
with which to assist other peace-loving nations to enforce its
authority."
The president said we never again can count on the luxury of
time with which to arm ourselves. In any future war, he said, the
heart of the United States would be the enemy's first target.
7 "Our geographical security is now gone gone with the ad
vent of the robot bomb, the rocket, aircraft carriers and modern
airborne armies."
FIRST NATIONAL
Grant.-; Tass. Oct. 23 An
nouncement was made here
( Monday of the appointment of
Roy K Hnckett oi Grants Pass
As vice-president of the First
National Bank of Portland and
t f Charles L. Nt-wland, Mod
fnrd. as manager of the Grants
Pass branch of the large Oregon
banki'.g corporation to succeed
WriHc::cil. inn unnouoeemem
was made bv E. B MaNaugh
ton. resident of the bapk.
Hsckctt. in the banking busi
r.es foi 42 ears is a graduate
of the Grant? Pas high school
and spent his entire business
career in this section of Oregon
He wns first with the First Na
tional bank of Southern Oregon
and when that institution be
came part of the First National
Bank of Portland in 1937 be
came manager of the Grants
Pas? branch
N .viand rerved as assistant
manager of the Grants Pass
branch of th- First National be
fore coins to Me Iford in Sep
tember of 1941 and is well
known in Souther" Oregon. He
and Mrs. Ncwland will move to
Grants Pass as soon as a home
. can he secured.
In the Medford branch New
land is being succeeded by El
wood Hedberp who has been
in Medford since January of
1942. Prior to tha' time he had
been with the Ashland branch
lor 13 years.
Eaker For Unified
Fighting Command
Las Vega;:. Oct. 23 'U.R) A
nnifiel command of the army,
navy and air force under one
department cf national defense
was the plea toda;. of Lt. Gen.
Tra C. Eaker, deputy command
er, ar.ny air force.
"If we hrd a sr.igle depart
ment in the last war, we would
have saved 25 billion dollars."
he snid in a speech here last
night.
The next war will come with
only i "ten minute warning."
and tnis country must have a
striking force that can stop the
enemy's attack before it is
launched. E 'kcr said.
Body in Reservoir
(Armt 1 tlephntot
Barbara Conrad. 12. Lonitview.
Wash., whose nude body was found
', the bottom of a city reservoir, the
object of frantic search by the town
durinfr week's disappearance. Cause
of her death had not been deter
mined by tmhnntlrn. although foul
clay u feared by bcr parents.
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United Press
Fortieth Year
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ON INCOME TAXES
COMMITTEE TALK
$600 Exemption For Payer
and Each Dependent Is
Movement in Senate.
Washington, Oct. 23 (U.R)
A move to raise personal income
tax exemptions from $500 to
$600 for the taxpayer and each
dependent was reported shaping
up today in the Senate Finance
committee.
The committee was called into
session to review last weeks
decision on a $5,629,000,000 tax
reduction bill for 1946, and it
was understood an amendment
might be offered to boost the
present $500 personal exemp
tions.
Tax Free Up To $2,400
The committee bill would give
a married man with wife and
two children total exemption of
$2,000. The proposed $600 ex
emption would give the same
family tax-free status on income
up to $2,400.
Other amendments are ex
pected to be offered when the
bill reaches the senate floor
probably tomorrow.
Sen. Pat McCarran, D., Nev.,
wants to attach a rider which
would require the treasury to
pay $1.29 per fine ounce for
domestic silver.
There was some prospect, too,
of efforts to reduce wartime
rates on some excise taxes. The
house voted to return excise
rates to 1942 levels next July
but the senate committee elim
ated that provision.
Principal provisions of the
senate committee bill includtd:
Individuals A tax saving of
about $2,648,000,000 by increas
ing exemptions on the three per
cent normal tax and cutting the
surtax rate three percentage
points. This would remove about
12,000,000 low paid persons from
the tax rolls and cut the liability
of about 36,000,000 others.
Corporations Share
Corporations A tax saving of
$2,481,000,000 by replacing the
excess profits tax effective Dec.
31: wiping out the capital stock
and declared value excess profits
tax due next June 30; and giving
small business a cut in corporate
surtax rates.
Motorists A saving of $140,
000,000 by repeal of the $5-a-
year automobile use tax effec
tive July 1.
Veterans Special benefits for
which no estimates were avail
able. All enlisted personnel
would be forgiven any tax on
service pay during the war years.
Commissioned officers would "el
three years to pay back taxes
on income earned before enter
ing service.
JACKIE COOGAN BUSY
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 23 'U.R)
Jackie Congnii. the one-time kid
movie star, said here today he
now is a second hand airplane
salesman. Coogan said that so
far he had bought 35 surplus
planes from (he goxcrnment and
resold them to private cus
tomers
Homebound Wacs Have Tough Time
On Vermin -Infested, Crowded Ship
Camp Stoneman, Cal., Oct. 23
(U.R) Homesick overseas WACS
said today they considered jump
ing off their overcrowded, vermin-infested
army transport and
swimming back to Manila when
they started their 21day journey
to San Francisco.
The 687 WACS bunked in the
second third and bottom decks '
of the USS Evangeline which :
docked here yesterday. A total ,
of 1.218 passengers were crowd
ed into the 17-year-old army
transport which carried approx
imately 500 persons before the
war.
"Cockroaches swarmed over
the floors of the bottom deck
and even got into some of the
WAC's beds,' Sgt. Viola Bailey,
Rockford, 111., said.
An almost complete lack of
ventilation in the overcrowded
and wave-tossed WAC area at
the bottom of the ship caused
Full Leased Wlr
V
Fruit Jar Bank
Fails to Retain
$2,800 Deposit
Albany, Cal., Oct. 23 (U.R)
Four years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Simon J. Barry stuffed
$a.800 insurance money in a
fruit jar and buried it in
their basement.
Yesterday they went down
Into the basement to check
up. ' They found a modern
day treasure seeker had been
there earHcr, emptied the
bottle, and neatly repacked
the earth into the four-foot-deep
hiding place. '
Today they complained to
police who. finding no clues,
politely advised the Barry's
that banks were safer than
basement holes for safeguard
ing funds.
FOR STEEL HANDS
MEETS REJECTION
By United Press
U. S. Steel Corp. today reject
ed a United Steel Workers of
America (CIO) demand for a gen
eral 25-ccnt hourly wage increase
for 180,000 workers as the num
ber of American workers idle in
strikes dwindled to the lowest
point in four weeks.
In Cincinnati meanwhile, a high
official of the American Federa
tion of Labor said the AFL was
willing to welcome John L.
Lewis and the United Mine
Workers back into the AFL on
or before Jan. 1.
Air Crews Strik
At Miami, Fla., mechanics and
helpers employed by Pan Ameri
can Airways began a sitdown
strike that threatened to curtail
service between North and South
America.
Meanwhile, the number of
strike-idle workers across the na
tion had dropped from 450,000
to 221,000 in the last three days.
Meanwhile, 18,000 glass work
ers went on strike at 12 Libbey-Owens-Ford
and Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co., plants.
Elsewhere, an embargo was
recommended against the strike
bound Houston, Tex., port, and
the powerful' CIO United Auto
Workers squared off for a show
down battle with General Mo
tors Corp., the nation's biggest
automobile manufacturer.
A prolonged strike in the na
tion's largest automotive cor
poration was seen as a virtual
certainty as General Motors and
the CIO auto workers laid down
battle lines for their impending
fight over wages.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
SPRINKLED OVER COUNTY
Cases of scarlet fever,
measles, chickrnpox and trench
mouth were reporled to the of
fice of the Jackson county
health orficei Dr A. Erin Mer
kel, last week.
One rase of scarlet fever was
repoit'?d from Prospect and one
from Ashland, and tliejwo cases
of measles from Ashland and
Centijl Point. Three cases of
rhickenpox were listed, two in
Medford ard one in Rogue
River, and the 1rrni'h mouth was
reported from Ashland and
Medfoid.
nausea among most of the girls
bunking there, Sgt. Bailey re
ported. While the WACc were sleeping
and dressing, male GIs often had
to walk through the female
quarters to get to mess.
The WACs described the food
as "lousy." One day they said
they were served only a cheese
sandwich and uncooked maca
roni for both lunch and dinner.
When they complained about too
much cheese they received
bread, jam and rice for lunch.
The ship's chaplain, who asked
that his na'me be withheld said
"conditions surrounding their
departure from Manila were
dreadful and then we were given
almost twice as many to trans
port as we could comfortably ac
commodate." "They shouldn't have been
over there in the first place," he
added.
RD OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915.
RWllf?l?
HOG SUPPORT CUT
TO AVERAGE $ 1 2
T
System of Weekly Variations
Introduced Want 52
Million Pigs in Spring.
Washington, Oct. 23 ttl.R)
The government today lowered
the hog price support program
for the year beginning Oct. 1,
1946, from the present $13 a
hundred pounds flat price guar
anty assured farmers to a year
ly average of $12. A system of
weekly price variations also
was introduced.
The new support program
will varv from $10.75 in De
cember, 1946, to $13.25 in Sep
tember, 1947. These arc Chicago
base prices. The variations will
follow changes in the seasonal
nattern of marketings. They arc
designed to encourage produc
tion and marketing of hogs dur
ing periods when marketings
usually are small and prices
higher.
Mora Pigs Wanted
At. the same time. Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander
son called for a 1946 spring pig
crop of 52.000,000 pigs. This
would about equal the. produc
tion of nics in the spring of 1840
the eron which will begin to
move to market next month in
the' midst of one of the nation's
worst pork shortages.
The agriculture department
said the average support price
of $12 at Chicago "is adequate'
to reflect at least the govern
ment's- legal commitment of 90
per cent of parity to farmers for
the country as a wnoie.
The minimum prices will ap
ply to hogs bought by federally
inspected slaughterers based on
geographical differentials above
and below the Chicago weekly
average support.
F
E
Portland. Ore., Oct. 23 (U.R)
Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, head of
the science education depart
ment and also personnel coord
inator at Oregon State college,
today was appointed president of
the Southern Oregon College of
Kducation by the Oregon Slate
Board of Higher Education.
Dr. Stevenson will succeed
Walter Hedford on Jan. 1. Chan
cellor F. M. Hunter said fiedford
was retiring at his own request
after being a member of the col
lege staff for 19 years, the ImI
14 of which he lias served as
president. Hedford was granted
a sabbatical leave on half salary
from Jan. 1, 1946 to Dec. 31,
1946.
Dr. Stevenson, 41, formerly
was dean of men and assistant
professor of science at the East
ern Oregon College of Educat Urn
at La Grande from 1929 to 1940.
He then joined the OSC faculty
and was director of student
teaching, in addition to his other
duties.
Dr. Stevenson is a native of
Yuba City, Cal., and was edu
cated in the San Jose public
schools, graduating from San
Jose State college in 1927. He
received his masters degree from
the Stanford university schcol
of education and also a doctor of
education degree.
His salary at Ashland wi'l be
$5,270 a year. He is married
and has two daughters.
Negro Accused Of
Slaying Officer
San Francisco, Oct. 23 (U.R)
Police today held Willie Robin
son, 30-year-old Orange, Tex.,
negro bellhop on suspicion of
murder following the midnight
slaying of Ensign Peter P. Emgc,
21-year-old navy -flier.
Enige, son of socially prom
inent Dr. Ludwig A. Emge, re
turned from the south Pacific 10
days ago.
Fighting Lady Makes Grand Entrance
..CTuL K, I.. i
f Acme I elephotol
wnite-cappeo sailors auoara 27.uuu-ion flfUlop VorKtown stand m lor
mation spelling out "Yorktown Fighting Lady" ou flight deck as the
carrier sweeps underneath Golden Gate Bridge entering San Francisco
Bay. Veteran of nearly every naval enKiigemtnt from Marcus Island
raids of 1943 to furious aerial bluws at Japan's doorstep, tha Yorktown
lolncd rest of the licet carrying 11577 velci'uns.
Burns From Atomic Chemical
Killing Worker, He Claims
Seattle, Oct. 23 U.R)
Claiming he is slowly being
"burned alive" after he was
drenched by an un-named chem
ical while working In the atomic
bomb plant at Ilanford, Wash..
Seattle construction worker
James W. Darling, 43, today de
manded aid from the state labor
department after 20 medical ex
perts "failed" to diagnose his
ailment.
Jr" ording to Darling's attor
r.L. . 1 A. Kavaney, the work
man was employed as a rigger
in the closely-guarded atomic
bomb project when he was
drenched Nov. 29. 1943, by a
powerful chemical from a vat
marked with a skull-and-cross-bones.
"More thai, 20 experts. Includ
ing doctors !t the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minn , have examin
ed Darling since the accident in
the past yenr and none have
been able to diagnose his all
ment." Kavaney said.
"We are now asking the slate
'abor department to call a spec
ial hearing in Seattle, at which
we hope officials of Hie atomic
bomb projeit will be able to
identify the- chemical which
burnel DarHng."
nn.l,rt ,.,t,n n Irl Uim nltiim tn
brine; the'first American victim
,.t (i-o ntnmie Iwm.h wns ft 1 1 1 v
supported by affadavits, said his
lrft leg has gone numb and
'probably will have to be anipu-
AT STUDIO GATES
Holly wood, Oct. 23 U R
Non-strikers and 3.r)0 pickets ri
oted at Paramount Studio today
as massed picketing was extend
ed to Republic Studio in the
eight - month -old jurisdictional
AFL movie industry strike.
Lawrence Nay, 29, a uniform
ed policeman, was beaten as the
200 non-strikers tried to crash
the picket line of 350 men and
women marching four abreast at
Paramount. About 40 non-strikers
forced their way through the
lines as a score of Los Angeles
police broke up the melee and ar
rested several pickets.
Navy Air Officers
Point Scores Cut
Washington, Oct. 23 (UP)
The navy today reduced, effec
tive Nov. 1, the critical discharge
score for naval aviators on fly
ing duty.
For those above the rank of en
sign, the cut will be from 44
points to 39; for those of the rank
of ensign, from 39 to 20,
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United Press Full
tated " His other leg, ho said,
burns like lire from ankle to
hip and will not respond to
known burn treatments.
"Several recognized burn
treatments have Just aggravated
his condition." Kavaney said.
Darling snid because of the
secrecy surrounding the work
ot the atom'c bomb project he
had never been able to deter
mine "what chemical the vat
marked with the skull and cross
bones contained "
Darling said he was taken to
Ilanford hospital and the follow
ing morning when surgeons
went to examine Darling's over
alls. hoc5 and underwear,
which he had been wearing at
the time of 'he accident, all they
found were some metal clasps
!vini? on the bottom of his hos
pital clothes closet, Kavaney
said.
ON WEST, SOUTH
Clearing weather has melted
the snow and frost from some of
I the roads in Crater Lake Nalion-
al nark and this afternoon park
i officials reported the west and
j south roads are again open to
the rim. The north road is still
I closed, however.
It was pointed out that tnvel
conditions in the park depend j
entirely upon the weather at this
; season of the year, and 'hat
these conditions often change
j quickly.
GERMAN0PHILE EDITOR
FIRED BY FARM GUILD
Monticello, Ind., Oct. 23 (U.R)
Carl H. Mote of Indianapolis,
publisher of the monthly maga
zine "America Preferred" which
In May published a letter declar
ing the war had demonstrated
"that the Germans are superior
to Americans," was ousted today
as president of the National Far
mer Guild.
Directors and officers voted
unanimously to remove Mote
"for creating dissension and dis
unity." They also charged him
with misconduct in office and In
subordination, and of calling the
Indiana Farmers Guild directors
"un-American."
SAIL FROM TOKYO
Tokvo Oct. 23 (U.R) The
army transport General Weiglq,
carryi-ig 5,123 officers and men
of the fourth replacement depot
and air corps, sailed today for
ihc United States The trans
nort Pennant prepared to sail
with 1.468 more members of
1 the tame units.
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Leased Wira
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FULL SCHEDULES
LATE AFTERNOON
No Terms Divulged by U, S.
Labor Conciliator in An
nouncing Settlement. ...
First bus to Uot th Mad
ford Greyhound bus dapot
sine in strik pulled out at
6:50 a. m., with no passngrs.
a spokesman of th company
aid this morning. On pas
anger boarded th nxt bus
at 7:05. h said. Th full
schadul. In operation bfor
th strik, was xpctd to b
carried on today.
Th spokesman said It would
probably b srral days b
for employes war Informed
of settlement details arrWed
at between represeniatiret of
th firm and of employes.
San Francisco, Oct. 23 0I.PJ .
Pacific Greyhound lines today
resumed limited operation! fol
lowing settlement of a 19-day -old
strike that had tied up local and
long distance service in seven
states.
Greyhound officials here said,
commuter buses resumed "near
ly normal operations" at 8:18
a. m. and that they expected all
service to be on a "100 per cent
Dasis Dy late this afternoon.
First Buses Empty
First buses left San Francisco
virtually empty after commuters,
who had revived wartime car
pools and depended on hitch
hiking were taken by surprise
with the announcement of a fed
eral conciliator that the strik
was settled late last night.
Officials said a majority ot
drivers and station workers ap
peared to be returning to their
jobs. Radio stations broadcast
special appeals from the com
pany and the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street Electric Rail
way and Motor Coach Employe
(AFL) for employes to return to
work. The strike had affected
some 2,700 employes in Califor-.
nia, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Ari
zona, New Mexico and Texas.
Terms Not Told
Settlement of the strike, be
gun Oct. 5, was announced lata
last night by U. S. Labor Concili
ator Omar Hosklns. No terma
were divulged.
"In order to restore Grey
hound bus service in the seven
western states, the parties hav
agreed to a settlement and th
men are returning to work Im
mediately," Hoskins stated.
He appealed to "all driver
everywhere to report for duty a
soon as possible in order to re
sume service."
Restarting of bus service cam
after Greyhound and Union dele
gates announced a "stalemate"
over drivers' demands for a sal
ary increase from the current
rate of 5.13 cents per mile to 5.75
cents a mile. Station employei
demanded a straight 30 per cent
pay boost.
German Wage Tax
Hiked 25 Per Cent
Berlin. Oct. 23 (U.R) The al
lied control council promulgated
a law today providing for an
emergency 25 per cent increase
in the tax on German wages
from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31.
The law also increased by six
and one-fourth per cent the tax
on income other than wages, and
corporation taxes for the entira
year 1945.
NEW VENEZUELA REGIME
SEEKING RECOGNITION
Caracas, Oct. 23 (U.R) Vene
zuela's new revolutionary' Sov
ernment bid for diplomatic re
cognition by the rest of th
world today.
Carlos Morales, foreign mini
ster of the new military junta,
told a press conference that
diplomatic representative of all
American nations in Caracas
had been informed of the con
stitution of the new government
Representatives of the Amer
ican republics conferred at th
American embassy yesterday on
the situation and will meet again
tomorrow at the home of i
Papel Nuncio.
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