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Security Council Votes
Unanimously for Airing;
Russian Opposes Action.
London, Jan. 25 U.R The I
United Nations security council
voted unanimously today to put
the Iranian, Greek and Indones
ian situations on its agenda and
consider them next Monday 'and
Wednesday.
The action does not necessar
ily insure an investigation of the
Iranian complaint to which Rus
sia has vigorous objections. .
The Soviet delegate agreed
that the matters be placed on
the agenda with the reservation
that the security council at the
next session will consider only
whether It shall have a hearing
on the merits 'of the Iranian
charges.
Red Oppoiei
Soviet Delegate Andrei I.
Vishinsky emphasized that he
would oppose any detailed dis
cussion of the merits of the
Iranian case.
The council vote came after
Vishinsky formally had opposed
taking up the Iran matter and
had offered instead that Russia
and Iran conduct bilateral nego
tiations on the affair.
British Foreign Minister Ern
est Bevin supported inquiries
into all the complaints and Dutch
Foreign Minister E. N. Kleffens
said his government had no ob
jection to putting Indonesia ,on
the council agenda .
,Bevin said he thought that In
all these cases the ' complaints
should be heard.
Should Hear All
"I think we will be making
a mistake if any government
large or small can't be -heard
here," he said. "Inasmuch as
my own government has subse
quently been charged with en
dangering peace in Greece I
want to say we have no objec
tion to the fullest investigation.
'1 am so sick and tired of
these charges about the situation
in Greece by the Soviet Union
in private conferences that no
one would be happier than me
to see these charges brought out
into public." . .
IN INDIA RIOTING
Bombay, Jan. 25 U.R Cas
ualties reached 14 dead and 466
wounded today as mobs of anti
British rioters overran Bombay
in an orgy of arson, looting and
attacks on police and pedes
trians. Disturbances which began
Wednesday when police attempt
ed to break up a pnrade of In
dian nationalist sympathizers
were developing into mob rule
proportions.
Police fired six times Thurs
day on mobs which spread vio
lence through the downtown sec
tion. Two rioters were killed and
60 wounded. Four police officers
and 11 constables were wound
ed. Mobs set fire to government
grain elevators, military trucks,
street cars and police cars.
HAWAII SUGAR OUTPUT
LOWEST IN 19 YEARS
Honolulu, T. H., Jan. 25 (U.R)
Hawaiian sugar production hit
its lowest dbb in 19 years during
1945 with only 799.637.86 short
tons exported, Honolulu sugar
producers reported today.
The islands' 1944 production
figure was 8M .873.2051 tons, it
was pointed out.
Weather
roRrcAsT cifit umnbi
and Saturday with naming
log. Colder taatght.
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Smokeless Stacks
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(Acm Telf photo)
Blast furnaces at Republic Steel Corp.'s No. 3 plant at Youugstown, Ohio,
are cold and smokeless as strike of 750,000 C. I. O. steel workers continues
with no sign of early settlement.
Filibustering Demos Rest Throats
While Colleague Expresses Views
Washington, Jan. 25 (U.R)
Throat-weary southern Demo
crats filibustering against fair
employment legislation in the
senate yielded the floor tempor
arily today to permit a pro-FEPC
colleague to "express hia views'
The effect of Oio move, com
ing as the filibuster dragged
along in Its second week, .was
CLAIM OF SHORT
Washington. Jan. 25 !U.P.)
Lt. Gen. .Walter C. Short, 1941
army Pearl Harbor commander,
revealed today that Gen.
George C." Marshall,- former
army chief of staff, recommend
ed his- retirement within 24
hours after telling him to
"stand pat."
Short told the Pearl Harbor
investigating committee he tel
ephoned Marshall and offered
to submit a request for retiie
mcnt immediately after reading
the Roberts board report Jan.
25, 1942. The board accused
him of dereliction of duty.
Told To Stand Pat
Short said Marshal! told him
then to "stnnd. pat." He intro
duced evidence showing that
Marshall recommended the
next day that Short's request
for retirement he accepted.
Short earlier had testified
that he did. not see a series of
navy messages about Japanese
code destruction in the week
before Pearl Harbor. He said
his last conference with the
navy commander at Pearl Har
bor took place on Dec. 3 four
davs before the attack.
"When I read the findings of
the Roberts commission on the
morning of Jan. 25. 1942. I was
completely dumfnundfd." Short
told the congressional commit-
"To be accused of dereliction
.rf duty after almost 40 years of
loyal and competent service
was beyond my comprehension.
Mother Saves Baby
But Loses Own Life
Willow Grove. Pa., Jan. 25
UP.) A 21-year-old mother
dropped her baby daughter to
safety from the second floor of
their fire-swept home today and
then was trapped and burned to
death with h"r huband.
As a flaming staircase pre
vented rescuers from reaching
them Mrs. Aroth Hallowell
drapped five-months-old Sharon
Lee in all the blankets she
could find and pushed her out
the window The baby slid
down a snow-covered roof and
tumbled 12 fct to cement steps.
She was unhurt.
DOUBLE CROSS BY
are Sign of Times
to give southern larynxes a rest
without bringing the legislation
any nearer to a vote.
Sen. John L. McClellan, D.,
Ark., a leading foe of the pro
posed permanent fair employ
ment practice commission!, con
sented for Sen. Alexander Smith,
R., N. J., to make a speech in
favor of the bill.
The move toward limiting de
bate appeared doomed to failure.
While it takes only 16 signa
tures to file the motion, it can
.be .pased only by a two-thirds
vote. The filibuster bloc claim
ed 26 sure supporters probably
enough to block cloture.
Sen. Wayne C. Morse, R., Ore.,
renewed. his. plea for long senate
sessions late yesterday after
southerners had droned on all
day with their arguments against
FEPC.
"The senate should make up
its mind to break this filibuster
and not by bankers' hours or
we ought to stop this farce of
giving the impression that we
are trying to break the filibus
ter," Morse said.
PLAN EXPANSION
Portland. Jan. 25 (U.R) The
Oregon AFL progress commit
tee . has asked .AFL . President
William Green to send into Ore
gon an . outstanding campaign
manager to direct the activities
of the committee in building up
the labo.- organization in the
Oregon area.
The program of the commit
tee calls for widespread organi
zation of the unorganized work
ers and the building up of the
effectiveness of AFL unions
where they are now established.
EXPECTED TONIGHT
Portland. Jan. 25 OJ.R) Most
of western Oregon experienced
rain during last night, with some
sections reporting ice at high
elevations.
A drop in the upper Willam
ette river is expected tonight,
and the rise downstream is ex
pected to be slight. At Jefferson
the Santiam river Is reported a
little above flood stage, but
dropping.
O'HARA NOW CITIZEN
Hollywood. Jan. 25 (UP)
Irish-born screen itar Maureen
O'Hara became an American
citizen today.
The world's largest garage is
the 1700-car. four-level narkine
! "pace under Union Square in
I San Francaco.
TO A. F. L FOLD:
LEWISHONORED
Workers' Boss Given Seat
on Federation Council; Not
to Supplant Green, Word.
Miami, Fla., Jan. 25 (U.R)
The United Mine Workers and
their burly chief, John L.
Lewis, today were returned to
membership in the American
Federation of Labor and Lewis
gained a seat on the AFL execu
tive council.
AFL President William Green
announced the action was taken
unanimously by the council to
day. Lewis paid S9.000 in January
taxes to the AFL for 600,000
mine workers.
Long Discussed
' Granting of a council seat to
Lewis was made in response to
a demand by the miners' boss.
The re-affiliation has been dis
cussed for more than a year but
was made complete only today.
Lewis is expected here within
a few days to take his place on
the council for the remainder of
the current session, Green said.
The AFL chief branded as "ab
solutely false" reports that he
would resign so that Lewis
could be elected president of the
federation. He also declared that
he had no fear that Lewis would
"intrigue" against his leadership.
Unity Need Soen v
Asked what significance of
the return of the UMW was to
labor, Green replied:
"It is significant in this re
spect that the workers of the
country are placing more em
phasis on the need for unity and
solidarity. I Interpret this step
taken by the mine workers as
an endeavor on their part to
wipe out division and establish
unity. It may be interpreted as
a move designed to place the
house of labor in order.
"It will have a profound ef
fect upon the expansion and de
velopment of the labor move
ment. I might point out that this
is the second large organization
to return to us after experiment
ing with the CIO. The other was
the International Ladies Gar
ment Workers."
Green said that "the story I
was going to retire (in Lewis'
favor) is false. I am going to
continue as president of the
American Federation of Lobor."
MEDFORD FIFTH
1945 BUILDING
Medford ranked fifth in the
number of building permits
Issued in Oregon In December.
1945 according to a release of
Pacific Northwest building data.
With 497 permits issued for con
struction Valued at $637,221.50,
the city showed a huge Increase
over 1944, when 185 permits had
a construction valuation of $163.
148.50. December permits for
$116,055 worth of construction!
showed 1.000 per cent over De
cember. 1944, when the figure
was $10,540.
Portland was first In (he num
ber "of permits granted while
Salem was second, Eugene third,
and Klamath Falls fourth.
New residence building, be
ginning to gain momentum as
materials ebb back, amounted to
$4,439,733, largest home build
ing month, In 39 northwest
cities. It was 44 per cent of all
building and averaged $4,990 a
dwelling.
Every state In the northwest,
and British Columbia, at least
doubled their year-ago building.
Oregon showed the highest gain.
MARTHA RAYE ROBBED
New York. Jan. 25 0J.R)
Singer Martha Raye was robbed
of jewelry, valued at $15,000.
from her St. Moritz Hotel suite,
police disclosed today.
Felix Gouin
( Acme HariioTcIrnhata)
Felix Gouin, chairman of French
Constituent Assembly, speaks to
Paris. France, listeners after he ac
cepted bid of French Conummists
and Socialists to succeed General
Charles De Gaulle as Provisional
President of French Republic. Gouin
had previously declined the honor.
Photo radioed from Paris to New
TALENT RESIDENT
KILLED BY AUTO
Humphrey Elliott' Meagher,
68r Talent, was killed about
12:55 a. m. today when struck
by a car driven by Roger E.
Card, 304 South Central' ave
nue, i about a half mile south of
Jackson Hot Springs, near Ash
land. Deputy Coroner C. M. Litwil
ler, Ashland, said evidence
showed Meagher was walking
on the highway at the time he
was struck.
Card, recently released from
the armed service and accomp
anied by Dorothy DeLols Mae
Mahan, route 1, Mcdford, and
Kclsic E. Marquiss, Ashland,
was not blamed for the acci
ent, Litwillcr said.
Meagher, a veteran of the
Spanish-American war and of
World War 1, is survived by his
wife, a barber at Talent. Fu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later, Litwillcr said.
TEN INCHES NEW SNOW
FALLS AT UNION CREEK
Ten Inchis of new snow fell
at Union Creek yesterday ac
cording to information received
by the National Forest service,
Telephone lines were clown this
morning, preventing further in
formation from coining through,
but it was thought skiing would
be good Sunday.
jreawianiai
Charlie Hoover's Aged Hat
Brings In 1250 Polio Dimes
A battered and dilapidnted
old hat yesterday was respon
sible for adding 1230 dimes to
the annual March of Dimes
campaign In Jackson county.
To begin with, the hat was
the special property of Charley
(Pop) Hoover, well known seed
grower and cattleman, and like
most men. Charlie had no In.
tentlon of parting with it. How
ever, his cronies who gather at
the Midway Auction yards on
auction day had other notions
and last week they took up (
collection with the Idea o' buy
ing Charlie a new piece of head
gear. Hat PreitnUd
Yesterday Billy Bray, auc
tioneer at. the yards, stopped the
proceedings long enough to
make a speech and present
"Pop" with a large hat box. Be
fore opening the package; Hoo
ver accepted the gift with the
provision that he would give
Ihe price of the hat. together
with a collection from- the
crowd, to the March ?f Dimes
fund. Charlie then opened the
box to find not tut traditional
AGAINSHRITISH
10.000 March to Embassy
to Demand Return of Hong
Kong, Macao, End of War.
Chungking. Jan. 25 (U.R)
Almost 10.000 Chinese students
marched to the British embassy
tonight demanding the return
of Hong Kong and Macao to
China and protesting construc
tion of a Royal Air force airfield
near Kowloon.
In a six-hour demonstration,
the students called for thorough
accomplishment of the ceasefire
order in China s civil war, re
lease of political prisoners and
punishment of traitors.
The demonstrators marched in
a mile-long procession. Among
the witnesses was Gen. George
C. Marshall, President Truman's
personal emissary to China who
mediated the truce In hostilities
between national government
and communist forces.
Started By Students
The demonstration appeared
to have been started by students
from Central and Chungking
universities and the Szcchwan
Education college. They were
joined by youths from five other
schools.
Before marching to the British
embassy, the demonstrators ap
peared st the national govern
ment building demanding that
the political consultative coun
cil, now in session to formulate
a unity constitution for China
conclude Its meeting successful
ly.
Six PCC delegates, Including
communist representative Chou
En-Lal, assured the demonstra
tors that the council would be
successful.
Elder Statesman No Teh-Hul
tearfully told the demonstrators
that Chini "must have no more
war, and no more bloodshed."
The students waved multi
colored banners on which their
demands were written, and
shouted slogans before the em
bassy. ARGENTINE CANDIDATES
HELD AFTER FATAL RIOT
Buenos Aires, Jan. 25 (U.R)
Dr. Jose Tamborini, chief oppon
ent of Col. Juan Peron for the
presidency of Argentina, was ar
rested today in connection with
the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old
boy during a riotous political
demonstration In Jujuy province.
Tamboriiil and his vice-presidential
running mate on the
union dernicriitica ticket, Dr.
Enrique Mosca, were Jailed along
with 100 of their supporters who
had been travelling with them
on a campaign tour of Jujuy pro
vince. 10 gallon Stetson but a mlna
turc. After one look at Char
lie's face the crowd roared and
the collection doubled. Eventu
ally Charlie was given hit full
size new hat.
Brny then opened the bidding
on Charlie's old hat with Ber
nie Thnmler, ringleader of the
Kng, buying the old felt for $10.
When the money was counted
and found to be only $71.
Charlie then offered the minia
ture Stetson for sale In an ef
fort to swell the fund to $100.
Bids Run High
Bidding was brisk, with Hugo
von der Ilellen of the Gore
ranch buying It for $18 30 and
then putting it up for resale.
Second buyer was Bob Jones.
Grants Pass cattleman, who
bought the tiny hat for $12 30
and also offered It for sale
again. Hoover purchasing it this
time for $10. Last buyer was
Wayne Arnold of Mcdford, who
paid $7 for the miniature.
The hat-happy crowd Uien
went home, and $125 was turn
ed over to the Jackson county
fund for the National Infantile
Paralysis Inundation.
CIO Men Refuse
To Resume Work
In Seized Plants
Chicago, Jan. 25 (UP) The CIO United Pack
inghouse Workers union balked at President Tru
man's seizure of the struck meat packing indust.-y
today and voted not to go back to work when the
government takes over the plants at 12 :01 a. m. (local
time) tomorrow.
Members of the union's national wage policy
committee, representing all the packinghouse work
ers local unions, voted unanimously against going
flack to work for the government without wage in
creases. The union represents nearly 200,000 packing
house workers in meat plants from coast to coast.
AFL Men Vote Return To Work
Another union involved in the 10-day-old strike,
the AFL Meat Cutters and Butchers union, previously
had decided to send its more than 60,000 members
back to work when the government takes over.
There was loud cheering within the hall where
the union delegates met as they rejected the pres
ident's plea to return to work and start the flow of
meat to the nation's dinner tables.
Lewis J. Clark, president of the CIO union, said
the seizure order was a "complete double cross" be
cause it did not provide for wage increases under the
government operation of the struck plants.
Asked if the CIO picket lines would be removed
from the struck plants when the government takes
over, Clark snapped:
"Go to the stockyards and see for yourself."
LACK OF STEEL
10 NATION'S IDLE
By Unltad Press
Additional thousands were
thrown out of work today by
the critical steel strike, most
serious of a scries of postwar
work stoppages keeping more
than 1,1130,000 workers aw-.y
from their Jobs.
Administration leaders hoped
that seizure of the strikebound
meat Industry, scheduled for
12:01 a. m. tomorrow would
send nearly 300,000 AFL and
CIO packinghouse employes
back to work pending a final
settlement of their wage dispute.
Tne Ford Motor Co. has an
nounced that it is threatened
with a "complete shutdown"
within 10 days because of a
sliiii'tngc of steel for its curs. Ap
proximately 15,000 Ford work
ers were to be In Id off today and
another 23,000 early next week.
Disputes Listed
In the major labor disputes:
1. A fact finding panel began
hearings In Chicago on the five
day strike of 30,000 CIO farm
equipment workers In 11 plants
of the International Harvester
Co.
2. Federal mediation was re
cessed Indefinitely In the strike
of 200,000 CIO electrical work
ers against 78 plants of General
Electric, General Motors and
Westinghouse.
3. Employes of two electrical
generating plants went ahead
with preparations to strike Mon
day, Idling 150,000 workers In
Kentucky and Virginia coal
mines.
Two Cents Apart
4. A contract session between
the CIO United Auto Workers
and the Ford Motor Company
ended with the two sides still
two cents apart on wages. The
talks wiil be resumed at 2 p. m.
Tuesday.
The five-day walkout of 750,
000 CIO steel workers In 1,200
mills, aluminum plants and Iron
ore pits forced the almost Imme
diate layoff of 100,000 office
workers. In addition, nearly 50,
000 persons were affected in the
railroad, river transportation,
mining, coking and steel proces
sing Industries;
Canada Acts
And In Canada, Reconstruc
tion Minister C. D. Howe an
nounced that steel controls had
been temporarily re-established
to meet the emergency caused
hv the American steel strike.
Howe said a prolonged walkout
would have a "disastrous'' effect
on Canadian Industry.
President Truman late yester
day formally ordered Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander
son to direct the seizure of 1.14
strikebound plants of 17 pack
ing firms. The order specified
that present terms of employ
ment remain In effect for the
present.
Many work stoppages. In
turn, indirectly forced other lay
offs. The Packard Motor r.av
Co. began a progressive shut
down, affecting 8,000 workers,
because of a shortage of parts
from strikebound suppliers.
Chrysler Corp. laid off 8,700
employes because of a shortage
of glass. Tho slowdown at Pack
ard resulted in the layoff of 2,
800 at the Brlggs Manufacturing
Co., which turns out Packard
bodies.
T
JARS SWITZERLAND
Zurich, Jan. 25 U.R) A se
vere earthquake shook Swltzcr
land for a full minute beginning
at 0:34 o'clock this evening
(12:34 p. m., EST) and first re
ports said widespread property
damage resulted In citlea and
towns throughout tht country.
The only casualties reported
Immediately were In Lausanne,
where scores of pedestrians were
hurled to the ground by the
shock and suffering alight In
juries. Zurich apparently was near
the epicenter of the earthquake
and the city was shaken vljlent-
iy-
At Ncuchatcl, a seismograph
recording the tremor was smash
ed. Snow Fiesta Out;
Heat Wave Melts
California Supply
Los Angeles, Jan. 25 (U.R)
A midwinter heat wave that
brought temperatures up to 85
brought blushes today to the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
as lt cancelled Its winter snow
sports fiesta.
Temperatures of 83 yester
day, equaling the hottest Jan.
24 on record, and 8a Wednes
day melted all the snow In
southern California.
The chamber, which haa
been booming a winter sports
fiesta, announced it would be
I postponed to Feb. 3, and held
In the Inyo-Mono area, 300
miles north.
DIRECTOR DIES
Hollywood. Jan. 25 (U.R)
Veteran Director Otto Brower,
55, died today of heart disease
after a three-day illnesa.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Walter Rowley claiming that
he must hurry to the bank to
get a pound of butter which he
had hidden In his lock box.
The firo department report
ing "no runs, no hits, no errors."
Minnie Bryant being fore
sighted in the matter of keeping
the Tribune reporters in a good
mood.
Emll Schmidt bemoaning the
chopping down of a beautiful
tivergrccn on North Holly itreet.