Senate To Investigate Demobilization Controversy
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TWO MIL1
BE IDLE SOON IF
OFFEMORNED
Phone Offices to Be Picketed
Friday Communication
Tieup Would Hit 44 States
By United Pren
finvpnimunt lnhnr officials
made last ditch stands today to
stave off a paralyzing nation
wide telephone strike and
to avert walkouts In other major
industries.
Conciliators received a set
back when Swift & Company re
jected an undisclosed govern
ment price renei oner wnitu
federal labor officials hoped
would prevent a nationwide
strike in the meat packing in
dustry.
A Swift statement said the of
fer was "Inadequate and Imprac
tical." The terms were not dis
closed but the Swift statement
said the offer to increase prices
on government purchases of
meat and lard on a basis of Jan
uary rates would afford only one
and one-half cents an hour of
the 25 cents per hour sought
by a CIO packing industry un
ion. In New York a new union pro
posal was submitted to me
Western Electric Company and
William D. Bairy, president of
the New York local of the Asso
c i a t i o n of Communications
Equipment Workers (Ind.) un
ion, indicated that acceptance
might halt the strike. The pro
posal was that the union, which
had held out for a contract to
be effective only until April,
1946, agreed to sign one to be
in force until April. 1947. Length
of the contract is one of the
issues at stake.
2,000.000 May
Almost 400.000 workers al
ready were idle and various
strike threats, if carried out,
would add 2,000,000 others to
the list.
Major developments in the
labor situation shaped up as fol
lows: 1. Striking installation work
ers said they would set up pick
et lines tomorrow around 775
telephone exchanges from coast
to coast. Members of the Na
tional Federation of Telephone
Workers union have pledged to
respect the lines.
2 CIO and U. S. Steel Corp.
officials were to resume negotia
tions today after the government
reportedly agreed to price in
creases of $4 to $5 a ton to help
the corporation meet union wage
demands. About 700,000 steel
workers are slated to strike
Monday.
3. An unannounced price re
lief offer was made to two of
the big meat packers which gov
ernment officials hope will pre
vent a strike of 335.000 AFL
and CIO meat workers, sched
uled for Wednesday.
4. Members of the General
Motors fact-finding panel ex
,.i,i t .nhmit their recom
mendations to President Truman
indav for settling a strike of
175 .000 CIO auto workers.
Federal conciliators worked
feverishly in last-minute at
tempts to end a strike of nearly
8.000 Western Eletcric Co. em
ployes and stave off a communi
cations tieup affecting all but
four of the 48 states.
The strikers, members of the
Association of Communications
Equipment Workers, who install
and maintain switchboards ana
other technical equipment, quit
work yesterday in a wage dts-
r'wcstern Electric acknowl
edged that the strike was ef
fectively complete- in 44 states
and predicted a virtual commun
ications paralysis it picket lines
were set up around exchanges
in key cities of the national tele
phone svstem
The walkout followed by Z
ho irs a strike of Western Union
employes tnat crippled telegra
phic communications in New
Vnrk city and two adjacent New
Jersey counties.
LAST DITCH EFFORT
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Medford
. United Press Full Leased Wire
G. Af. Fact Finders
Recommend 191-2c
Increase Per Hour
Washington, Jan. 10
(U.R) President Truman'i
fact-finding board in the
General Motors dispute to
day recommended a wage
increase of 19'. i cents an
hour.
The president issued a
t a t e ment summarizing
five basic recommendations
of the board.
Obviously mindful that
the board's recommenda
tions have no authority of
law, Mr. Truman said he
thought the repwt com
mended itself to "the good
judgment of the American
public."
The five recommenda
tions of the board briefly
consisted of the wage in
crease, reinstatement of the
1945 contract between the
company and the union, re
sumption of collective bar
gaining, cancellation of the
strike and speedy resump
tion of production.
E
LATEST SUSPECT
IN DEGNAN CASE
Chicago. Jan. 10 (U.R)
Police released three of the
principal suspects in the kid-nap-slaying
of six-year-old
Susanna Degnan for lack of
evidence today.
Those freed from custody
were Hector Verburgh, 65,
hit wife. Mary, 64, and Desere
Smet, 35.
Chicago, Jan. 10 (U.R)
Squads of police, working
against a deadline of 4 p. m.
(CST) to build a case against
their chief suspects, searched for
an insane dentist today in their
quest for the kidnap-slayer of
six-year-old Suzanne Degnan.
The man being sought was a
former inmate of the Illinois
State - hospital for the insane,
who once had worked as a han
dyman at a nursery school near
Suzanne's home. He was dis
missed from the job because of
his strange behavior.
Search For Armt
Detectives drained catch
basins, cesspools, and sewers in
the vicinity of the crime today
in another effort to find the
child's arms. Other portions of
her body were found earlier in
four cesspools.
Police picked up another man
for questioning early today. He
was Frank Holland, 46, a dish
washer, who police found in an
alley near the Degnan home on
the north side.
Investigators had until 4 p. m.
to place charges against two Jan
itors and the wife of one of the
men. If not charged by that
time they will be released by
court order.
State's Attorney William J.
Touhy said he did not have
enough evidence "at this time"
to seek an indictment of anyone
for the crime the most brutal
murder in Chicago's history.
Jail Population
In Sudden Spurt
County Jail population has
taken a sudden spurt since the
first of the year, with 21 now
incarcerated. This Is an increase
of about a dozen over December
when the avrrage was eight.
Present inmates are held on a
variety of eharecs including
vagrancy, threatening to com
mit a felony, juvenile delin
quency, auto theft, larceny and
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Since the Jailbreak last Sat
urday, riles for visitors have
been tightened. They are allow
ed only on visitors day and must
talk through a meshed door, in
the presence of an officer. The
rule does not apply to lawyers,
and ministers of the gospel.
The salmon. salt water fish
always spawns in Iresh water.
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IN OREGON TO BE
PICKETED FRIDAY
Equipment Workers Hope
Other Employees Will Re
spect Their Lines.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 10 (U.R)
The Oregon branch of the As
sociation of Communication
Equipment Workers announced
today that picket lines would be
established Friday morning
around Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company plants through
out Oregon.
E. T. Healy, president of the
United Telephone Employes of
Oregon, said the test as to the
effect of the strike on operations
of the company would come
then. He disclosed that his
union, numbering 1,000 mem
bers in Portland, would respect
the picket line.
However, in a statement to
telephone employes, F. D. Tcll
wright, vice president and gen
eral manager of the company in
Oregon, urged workers to go
through the lines, stating "our
company urgently requests all
employes to do their full duties
in meeting our responsibility to
the public."
May Halt Service
Should long distance opera
tions fall in line with the union
program, Portland will be sev
ered from most of the outside
world by long distance tele
phone. A mass meeting to out
line developments in the strike
and steps to be taken by United
Telephone employes in regard to
picket lines is scheduled for to
night. Branches other than Portland
hampered by the strike are
Grants Pass, Eugene, Dallas,
Klamath Falls and The Dalles.
CHARTER IN CITY
Veterans of World War II
are asked to attend a meeting
at the USO auditorium tonight
at 8 o'clock at which time plans
will be formed and a charter
drawn up for a new American
Legion post in Medford. The
new post will be exclusively for
World War II members and will
conflict In no way with Post
15, the other Medford chapter,
according to James J. Peters,
who is handling arrangements
for the meeting. Peters is acting
in behalf of Attorney Hugh
Collins, who is one of the men
behind the original plans. Col
lins was called out of town yes
terday. Tonight's meeting will be de
voted to completion of charter
plans, election of officers and
discussion of future plans. It
will be followed by a social
gathering. All World War 11
veterans are invited, Peters
said.
Lumber Magnate
Dies In Klamath
Klamath Falls. Ore., Jan. 10
(U.R' Frank H. Ransom of Port
land, leader in the Oregon lum
ber industry nearly half a cen
tury, died today in Klamath
Falls after suffering a heart at
tack several days ago on a train.
Ransom, 75, recently re
signed as president of the East
ern & Western Lumber company
and became chairman of the
board of directors.
LEW AYRES SIGNS
Hollywood, Jan. 10 (U.R)
Lew Ayres signed today to solve
: a movie murder mystery and
: said it was the part he had been
i looking for since his discharge
'from the army as a no'-.combat-ianl
conscientious objector.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10,
Left at Hotel
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(Acmrt Tflf photo)
Bellboy In a Chicago, 111., hotel hud
a new task on his hands when Mn.
Dorothy Campbell of Palm Springs,
Cal., left her 2'j -year-old daughter
Pauline (abovel with him and
hopped off to Marinette. Wis., to
visit her fiance, a sailor.
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ON SALE FRIDAY
BY CITY POLICE
Sale of 1946 bicycle licenses
opens tomorrow Police Chief
Clatous McCredie and Traffic
Officer Clyde Fichtner announc
ed today, the cost to be 25 cents
as in the past. All persons own
ing bicycles that will be operat
ed on streets, alleys or highways
in the city of Medford must have
licenses, it was stated, and they
may be obtained at the police
department In the city hall base
ment. If bicycles are sold or trans
ferred to another owner, the
name and address of the per
sons to whom the bicycle was
transferred must be furnished
the police and the registration
card returned, Fichtner states.
This should be done within five
days and the new owner then
applies for a registration card.
Rules Cited
Bicycles for rent must be li
censed, the officials state.
Rules for rfders were empha
sized by Fichtner, who warned
that not more than one person
may ride a machine except In
the case of tandem bicycles or
those equipped for two or more
riders, and that in no case may
anyone else ride in front of the
operator, the person using the
handlebars. It is unlawful to
ride without using at least one
hand on the handlebars at all
times, he said, and it is also un
lawful to hold on to another
vehicle while riding a bicycle.
Fichtner plans to call at each
school in the near future to
speak concerning bicycles and
their use.
AFL CHIEF DENOUNCES
KAISER-UAW DOCUMENT
Portland, Ore., Jan. 10 (U.R)
The agreement between the CIO
United Automobile Workers and
the Kaiser- Frazcr corporation
under which a bonus will be
paid employes was denounced
today by J. T. Marr, executive
secretary of the Oregon State
Federation of Labor, AFL.
Marr said the agreement was
"a step backward toward the
sweat shop which labor has com
batted for more than a century."
Nazi Plan To Wipe Out All Poles
Related At War Crimes Hearing
Nuernberg Jan. 10 (U.R)
Hans Frank, nazi governor of I
Poland, carried out a calculated j
policy designed to wipe out the:
whole Polish people, the warj
crimes tribunal was told today
j Lieut -Col. William H. Bald-j
. win. Detroit. Mich., assistant
I prosecutor, presented the case
' against Frank. Me read extracts
' from Frank's diary in which the
nazi declared "oncp we have
won the war then for all I care
mincemeat can be made of the!
Poles and Ukrainians and all
others who run around here."
An entry from Frank's diary
in October, 1939. disclosed that
at a conference of Frank, Adolf
Hitler and Field Marshal Wil
helm Keitel it was decided that
"it is not the task of the admin
istration to make foland a model
FINALLY AGREE
CEASE-FI ORDER
Immediate Establishment of
Headquarters at Peiping
To Carry Out Pacts.
Chungking. Jan. 10 (U.R)
The long awaited cease-fire or
der in China's civil war was
issued officially today shortly
before Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek convened the political
consultative council and outlin
ed a program for political free
dom and democracy.
The order to cease hostilities
was announced by government
representative Gen. Chang Chun
and communist representative
Gen. Chou En-Lai after a series
of meetings with Gen. George
C. Marshall, President Truman's
special envoy to China. It had
been approved by Chiang and
Mao Tse-Tung, head of the com
munist party.
The order provided for im
mediate establishment of execu
tive headquarters at Peiping to
carry out the agreements for
ending hostilities.
Announced By Chiang
Chiang announced the truce
at the opening of the consulta
tive council called to prepare
for a national assembly and
drafting of a constitutional gov
ernment. The generalissimo outlined a
four point program:
"1. People's freedom for all
people to enjoy all the freedoms,
all anti-freedom laws and regu
lations will be abolished or re
vised. "2. AH political parties shall
be equal and may conduct open
activities within the limit of the
law.
"3. Self-government shall be
promoted from the bottom up.
"4. All political prisoners, ex
cept criminals, shall be releas
ed." Chiang promised Immediate
government action on the pro
gram and urged the delegates to
work hard toward the goal of
achieving national unity.
Ashland Radio Firm
Selects Officers,
FM Permit Awaited
Ashland, Jan. 10 G. M.
Green was named president and
general manager of the Siskiyou
Broadcasting company at the
first organization meeting Tues
day after receiving a charter
from the state corporation com
missloner. The corporation has
made application for construc
tion of an FM radio station in
Ashland.
Harry Morris was named vice
president, Elmer Biegel secre
tary. Mrs. Marian N. Green,
treasurer, and William Briggs
attorney. The five officers are
directors of the corporation.
A consultant radio engineer
has been employed but it is un
derstood it may be several
months before the necessary
construction permit is procured
and operation of the station ef
fected. Indianapolis, Jan. 10 (U.R)
W. F. O'Connor, Seattle, Wash.,
today headed the newly-organized
Laymen's League of the
Christian church. He was named
chairman of the executive board
Other board members include
A. C. Ragsdale, Columbia, Mo.,
and C. D. Pantle, St. Louis.
province or to put it on a sound
economic and financial basis.
"The standard of living is to
remain low. We only want to
draw labor forces from there.
The accomplishment of this task
will Involve a hard racial strug
gle which will not permit legal
restriction The government
general will give to the Polish
nation only hare living condi
tion and maintain a basis of
military security."
In a pep talk to his staff in
January, 1943, Frank said:
"We are now In duty bound
to hold together. We must re
member we who are gathered
here figure on Mr. Roosevelt's
list of war criminals. I have the
honor of being No. 1. We have,
so to speak, become accomplices
in the world historic jcasc,"
R BUNE
Unl
it Full
1946
Attlee Calls On UNO To Dominate
Foreign Policy Throughout Globe
That Atomic Ruin
London, Jan. 10 (U.R) Prime
Minister Clement R. Attlee
called upon the United Nations
organization at its formal inaug
ural session today to become the
"overriding factor in the foreign
policy" of all the states of the
world.
London, Jan. 10 (U.R)
Paul Henri-Spaak of Belgium
wat elected president of the
United Nations assembly to
day. The election of the Belgian
was a defeat for Russia and
the bloc of eastern Europe.
Attlee delivered the welcom
ing address at the first meeting
of the UNO assembly in Central
Hall. He said the UNO must
dominate global policy because
of the advent of a new atomic
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Jackson county citizens pur
chased approximately $28,000,
000 in war and victory bonds
during World War II according
to final figures released by the
county war finance committee
this week following close of the
last drive early this month. This
covered all issues during the
years 1941 through 1945 ac
cording to N. H. Zachariscn,
chairman of the war finance
committee.
The county topped the "E"
bond quota in closing days of the
last bond drive it was an
nounced, final figures from the
Oregon War Finance committee
showing "E" sales at 118.7 per
cent of the quota. Sales totaled
$023,420 for the "E" bonds. To
tal sales for the drive were
203.2 per cent of the quota and
amounted to $2,834,322.
The last, or Victory bond
drive, was sponsored by the Med
ford and Ashland Elks' club,
with George Frey serving as
chairman for the Medford club
and Herb Huston chairman for
the Ashland group. Ernest L.
Scott of Medford was publicity
chairman, and serving with him
'were W. A. Gates, Walter Lever
ettc, Herb Grey, Moore Hamil
ton and Art Adler.
Eugene Thorndike was chair
man of the special names com
mittee, assisted by A. S. Rosen
baum and O. H. Bengtson and
T. E. Daniels was in charge of
sales for rural areas and mills.
Victor Milnes and Bill Meyst
were in charge of the Victory
Queen contest and Chaplain Carl
S. Ohman conducted the drive
for Camp White.
Assisting Huston of the Ash
land Elks were Roland Parks
I and Joe Fader.
IN FREE-FOR-ALL
Paris, Jan. 10 (U.R) The
French Press Agency reported
today that 80 French and Amer
ican soldii rs battled with knives
and fists at Marseille last night.
The French dispatch said the
battle started when a group of
American soldiers leaving a cafe
attacked a civilian. The French
soldiers defended ' the civilian,
and a free-for-all developed.
Several Frenchmen were
wounded by knives and daggers
before police intervened, the dis
patch said. It did not state
whether any Americans were
wounded.
FIND THE SUITS
San Diego. Cal.. Jan. 10 'U.P
San Diego merchants told
the government it would suit
thetn fine to show servicemen
preference in selling suits, if
the government would find the
suits. "We'd gladly set up
priority system for veterans if
we had any clothing to supply,
but all the suits are off our
racks," a spokesman said in
answers to unofficial request
that they set up a system giving
ex-GIs first crack at civilian
clothes,
Leased Wire
NO. 247.
May Be Averted
age which has "destroyed
the
illusion of isolationism."
Hall Packed
Edouard Zuleta Angel of Col
ombia, temporary president of
the convocation, formally called
to order the first assembly meet
ing of the 51 nations which have
pledged their collective effort to
a-vert future wars. The Blue and
Gold assembly hall was jam
packed with delegates, their ad
visers, the press and radio, and
the public.
Attlee welcomed a decision to
remit the atomic control prob
lem to the UNO but warned the
assembly that the atom bomb in
vention was fraught with dan
ger. "It Is for the peoples of the
world, through their represent
atives, to make their choice be
tween life or death," he said.
Aim Outlined
He outlined what he consider
ed should be the "ultimate aim"
of the UNO.
"It is not just a negation of
war," he said, "but the creation
of a world of purity and free
dom, of a world which is gov
erned by justice and moral law.
We desire to assert the pre
eminence of right over might,
and general good against selfish
and sectional alms."
Attlee ecalled the famous
phrase of Maxim Litvinov, for
mer Soviet foreign commissar,
in the dying days of the League
of Nations "Peace is Indivisi
ble." Must Come to Senses
He said other nations of the
world ignored Litvlnov's warn
ing, and the series of aggressions
leading to the second world war
followed. Litvlnov's statement
now has become one of the un
dcrlylng principles of the new
world organization.
Attlee emphasized that the
atomic age must bring mankind
to its senses and devise ways of
stopping future wars. He said
the atom bomb was only the lat
est of a series of warnings to
mankind that "unless the pow
ers of destruction could be con
trolled, immense ruin and al
most annihilation" will be their
lot.
TO BE CRITICAL IF
PRICE HELD DOWN
Pittsburgh, Jan. 10 (U.R)
The next four months will see
the nation faced by a critical
shortage of butter if Price Ad
ministrator Chester Bowles per
sists In his opposition to a price
Increase, leaders of the butter
and milk Industry said today.
Speaking before the annual
meeting of the National Dairy
Council here, Charles W. Hol
man, secretary of the National
Cooperative Milk Producers
Federation, told delegates "in
equitable and frozen price rela
tionships," virtually had forced
butter off the market.
Russell Flfer, executive secre
tary of the American Butter In
stitute, recommended immediate
action on a four-point program
to avert continued shortage.
1. Immediate restoration of
war food orders, lifted Sept. 1,
limiting use of butter fat In
cream and Ice cream, preventing
the sale of whipping cream and
curtailing cheese production,
2. A raise In the ceiling price
of butter that will restore it to
Its proper relationship with
other dairy products. (The six
cents per pound increase, sug
gested by Secretary of Agricul
ture Clinton P. Anderson is still
too low, Kifer said).
3. Suspension of ceilings on
dairy products about May 15.
4
Immediate consideration of
a price ceiling on cream, compar
able to that on butter.
ASHLAND MAN IS HELD
ON DISORDERLY CHARGE
Floyd S. Williams, 25, was ex
pected to be arraigned In Jus
tice court today to face a charge
of disorderly conduct, the sher
iff's office reported. Williams
broke glassware and kicked in a
lavatory door at the Zero Club
on highway 99 at the north city
limits last night, according to
I the report.
CALL ARMY IAD
ABOUJJIICIES
Hope to Stabilize Situation
and Clean Up Trouble
Early Action Is Objective.
Washington, Jan. 10 (U.R)
The Senate Military Affairs com
mittee today appointed a sub
committee to conduct a publia
investigation of the demobiliza
tion controversy.
The subcommittee, headed by
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D.,
Colo.. Immediately summoned
acting Secretary of War Ken
neth C. Royall and Army Chief
of Staff Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower to appear at their earliest
convenience.
Sens. Frank R. Briggs, D.,
mo., and Chapman Revercomb,
R., W. Va.t were appointed to
serve with Johnson on the sub
committee. "Our hope is that we can
stabilize the situation and clean
up the controversy," Johnson
said. "We want to do it as soon
as we can. Congress must de
termine the military policy of
this country."
By United Press
Enlisted men on two Pacific
editions of the army newspaper
Stars and Stripes complained to
day that they were being muz
zled In their coverage of the
world-wide soldier protest
against demobilization policies.
A formal statement by the en
listed personnel of the Tokyo
Stars and Stripes claimed that
open pressure against them by
officers had changed the paper
Into a "house organ for the War
department."
No Criticism Order
The Honolulu Stars and
Stripes staff said they had re
ceived orders not to print let
ters or stories which criticized
"anyone In authority."
Protest meetings were report
ed from all quarters of the globe.
A proposal waj made by de
monstrators In Hawaii that
American occupation forces be
restricted to former enemy ter
ritory. High officers of the European
headquarters In Frankfurt call
ed a meeting of G.I. spokesmen
and newspaper men to record
the grievances aired by a crowd
of more than 5,000 troops which
tried to storm Gen. Joseph T.
McNarney's headquarters last
night.
Newa Angled, Claim
The Tokyo Stars and Strlpea
stalement claimed that the paper
had been forced "to delete, dis
tort and play down news to serve
personal and professional In
terests of the army hierarchy,
and In many Instances officers
In general."
Everywhere the protesting
troops demanded quicker trip
home, clarification of nollev and
explanation why American sol-
i.k-.s were oeing Kept in friend
ly territories.
The soldiers said thev wanted
t get out of China, the Philip
pines, France and Hawaii. They
demanded replacements In Japan
and Germany so combat veter
ans could be demobilized.
New Agitation
Mass meetings continued In
the Pacific and Europe. New
agitation and protests were re
ported despite efforts by mili
tary and political leaders In
Washington to reassure the men.
More than 1.500 soldiers at
Fort Shafter. in the Hawaiian
Islands, demanded that the army
publish a definite schedule of
demobilization and asked that
occupation forces be limited to
hostile territories.
The Hawaiian demonstrator
adopted a resolution for relay
to Elsenhower and Gen. Douglas
MncArthur stating, "we believe
that far greater numbers of men
are hel dovcrseas than are actu
ally needed for accomplishment
of duties as prescribed by the
War department."
INSURANCE MEASURE UP
IN CALIFORNIA SENATE
Sacramento, Jan. 10 (U.R)
A disability insurance measure
to pay benefits to persons out of
work because of illness or In
jury was to be Introduced In the
state senate today with the back
ing of Gov. Earl Warren.
Sen. John F. Shellev. D . Ran
! f raneiseo, who sponsored a sim
ilar bill last year, was to intro
duce the measure. It would psy
up to $20 a week for 23 weeks
to III or injured persons covered
in the present unemployment
insurance system.
JAPS BACK HOME
Tokyo, Jan. 10 (U.R) More
than 30,000 Japanese nationals
were repatriated to Japan in the
first week of January and 16.
201 other nationals were re
moved from Japan during the
same period,, allied headquar
ters announced today.