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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1946.
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TEN PLANTS SIGN
AGREEMENT BASED
ON WAGEB00STS
Work To Start Monday;
Union Opens Contract
Signing Drive
Pittsburgh, Feb. 18 (U.R)
The CIO United Steelworkers 01
America obtained agreements to
day1 ending the strike of more
than 324,000 of the 750,000
striking steel and aluminum
workers.
The union started a country
wide, large-scale contract sign
ing drive today after U. S. Steel
Corp. settled with the union for
18V4 cents an hour and before
nightfall two of the largest in
dependent steel producers and
the Aluminum company of
America had come to terms.
At least 10 companies, includ
ing U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and
Republic, the three biggest basic
producers, had signed or reached
agreements.
Companies signing today were
Bethlehem, Republic, Aluminum
company of America, Pittsburgh
Steel Co., Sheffield Steel Corp.,
Houston, Tex., Great Lakes Steel
Corp., Detroit, Blaw-Knox Co.,
Pittsburgh, and Rustless Iron it
Steel Corp., Baltimore.
The Crucible Steel Co., opera
ting eight eastern plants, had
reached agreement and will sign
a contract in New York tomor
row, according to Joseph Goney,
USW regional director here. The
company employs about 25,000.
All settlements were based on
the 18V4 cents an hour increase
granted by U. S. Steel for its
125,000 employes with one ex
ception. The Aluminum com
pany signed for 19 cents after
receiving a union promise to give
"wholehearted cooperation" for
Increased productivity and ef
ficiency. Work will be resumed Monday
at all plants reaching agreement
today. Production,, however,
will not get underway for sev
eral days and full employment
at the mills is not expected for
at least another week.
One possible hitch among
basic producers developed, how
ever, when Allegheny-Ludlum
Steel Corp. said it planned to
seek further clarification of the
national wage-price policy which
brought about settlement of the
steel strike.
The company agreed to the
1814 cent increase effective Mon
day for those who struck, and
effective Jan. 21 for mainten
ance workers and others who
remained on the job in accord
ance with customary union prac
tice during strikes.
U. S. Steel also agreed to pay
9'4 cents of an increase retro
actively for all from Jan. 1 to
Jan. 21.
Surveys of the union's district
offices, responsible for signing
contracts with the companies in
their areas, revealed that al
though many negotiation meet
ings were held today, most of
the conferences will not be held
until next week.
The idle workers were anxious
to get back to their jobs. Small
groups of pickets celebrated the
settlement last night but many
despite the settlement will
be called back to work until late
next week.
This was pointed out by in
dustry sources and borne out by
a statement of J. L. Perry, pres
ident of Carnegie-Illinois Steel
Corp., chief operating subsidiary
of U. S. Steel. Perry said that
to get operations synchronized
and in full production "requires
not the push of a button but
three to four weeks' time as
suming everything goes well and
facilities have not been seriously
damaged during the shut-down
period."
TAMPERER GETS TERM
Portland. Ore.. Feb. 16 (U.R)
Robert D. Lampkin, 33, was
sentenced today to serve 30
days in the county jail for con
tempt of court In allegedly tam
pering with members of the
circuit court Jury panel in the
trial of Lawrence R. Ogelvie.
30, for first degree murder in
the fatal shooting of Deputy
Sheriff Al Bowe.
St. Peters Will Be Scene of Cardinal Rites
'i ri k m t f -t n nt
Thirty-two archbishops of the world will be Invested In the Sacred College
red hats and titles, In ceremonies at St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome, Italy, shown
structure.
Home, Feb. 18 (U.R) Ameri
can cardinals-elect spent today
in semi-seclusion in preparation
for the arduous, week-long con
QUICK END SEEN
TALKS UNDERWAY
Detroit, Feb. 16 (U.R) Hope
for a quick end to the 88-day
General Motors strike persisted
today as top officials of the cor
poration and CIO United Auto
Workers met in day-long confer
ences with federal mediator
James F. Dewey.
Dewey declined to comment
on progress of the talks during
the noon recess, but he remark
ed earlier that prospects for a
settlement were "very promis
ing" in view of agreement in
the nationwide steel deadlock.
Negotiating committees at to
day's sessions were headed by
GM President C. E. Wilson and
President R. J. Thomas of the
UAW.
Thomas did not share Dewey's
optimistic view of the probable
outcome of today's talks, assert
ing as he entered the conference
room that he would be "awfully
surprised if there's a settlement
out of this meeting."
He said last night, however,
that he felt the end of the steel
strike would "lead to early dis
posal of wage disputes in in
dustries dependent on steel and
permit full civilian production
and employment."
1 oday s were the first Satur
day conferences held since the
opening of contract negotiations
Oct. 2, and there were indica
tions the talks might be con
tinued tomorrow in an attempt
to end the paralyzing strike as
soon as possible.
OPA YEAR IRE
Des Moines. Ia., Feb. lBOJ.R)
Secretary of Commerce Hen
ry Wallace tonight called upon
all producers' groups and farm
ers to back the office of price
administration "to the limit
for one more year."
Speaking at the closing ses
sion of the eighth annual na
tional farm institute. Wallace
said support of the OPA "is the
best and cheapest insurance I
know against de-flationary dis
aster.
He pleaded for support of
OPA administrator Chester
Bowles, whom he described as
the most dramatic figure in
Washington".
"The special interest groups
and speculative wolves are hot
on Chester Bowles' trail," he
declared. "He needs help, other
wise we shall go through the
disaster of 1919 and 1921 all
over again.
DAIRY WAGE PENALTY
San rancisco, Feb. 18 U.R)
The California office of the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture today announced assess
ment of the first penalties for
violation of the USDA wage
rate ceilings for dairy labor in
the Lot Angeles area.
J. MT
sistory program scheduled to
start on Monday.
Archbishop Francis J. Spell
man of New York said mass at
St. Paul's outside the Walls Ca
Allies Eye War Guilt Army
Used Fatten Agents In
Spy Ring
' United Press Correspondenf
Nuernberg, Germany, Feb. 16
(U.R) The Allies may Indict 12
German industrialists on charges
of conspiracy to wage war, it was
disclosed today.
A member of the prosecuting
staff at the war guilt trials here
said an I. G. Farben director ac
cused of offering the firm's for
eign sales organization to the
Nazis as an espionage agency
would be included.
United States, British and
French counsel have studied the
possibilities of prosecution- but
joint- talks have not gone be
yond fhe exploratory stage. Each
nation was drawing up its own
proposed list of the accused.
It was Schnitzler who alleged
ly financed Nazi espionage and
counter-intelligence" activities,
culminating his aid to the party
by offering Farben's vast foreign
staff to the high command as a
ready made espionage organiza
tion. Letters between Schnitzler and
espionage officers of the high
command are in the Allied files.
STRIKE SETTLED
Portland, Ore., Feb. 16 (U.R)
A scheduled walkout of 3,000
Oregon and Washington A. F. of
L. moulders and foundry work
ers Monday has been cancelled.
H. W. Sprague, secretary of the
Portland union and chairman of
the two-state negotiating com
mittee, announced today.
Sprague said the committee
had approved a tentative agree
ment which he had "every as
surance" would be ratified by
memberships of Portland. Seat
tle. Tacoma and Everett, Wash.,
locals.
Sprague declined to disclose
details of the tentative settle
ment but said the Washington
unions would meet Sunday and
the Portland local Monday or
Tuesday to vote on accepting it.
Originally, the moulders and
foundrymen had demanded a
17!4 cents an hour raise and
had voted a strike when man
agement refused to grant the in-
Chicago Veterans
Protest Sinecure
Chicago, Feb. 16 (U.R. Six
hundred war veterans will stage
a taxicab "march" on Washing
ton Monday to seek presidential
aid in a dispute which Is keep
ing them from operating taxis
legally in Chicago. They will
leave Chicago in a caravan of
300 taxicaba.
Mil M I
mr ""'t "3
(Acme ltlevhoto)
of Cardinals, receiving their ring,
from square in front of the famed
thedral and then conducted a
tour, explaining the Basilica's
history and displaying intimate
bits of knowledge gained during
previous visits to Rome.
If ARTHUR ACTS
E
Tokyo, Feb. 16 (U.R) Japan,
prodded into action by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's dissatisfac
tion with its currency inflation
and unequal commodity distribu
tion, today announced rigid cur
rency and banking controls, and
authorized government seizure
of hoarded food stocks.
Other measures to follow will
revise, price levels and ease the
wider distribution of consumer
goods.
Financial ordinances cancelled
the present currency issue, pro
vided for a new issue and limit
ed bank withdrawals. After
March 2, present currency will
have no value. All currently out
standing Bank of Japan notes
must be deposited between Feb.
25 and March 7 with post of
fices, banks, agricultural associa-
tions or urban district credit
associations. '
The extension of credit is lim
ited to prevent the use of bor
rowed money for speculation or
other non-productive purposes,
blamed for the present inflation.
A government statement said
Japanese authorities would fol
low orders freezing prices with
capital levy taxes, increased
property taxes on individuals
and war profits taxes on corpor
ations in order to check the ris
ing tide of inflation.
1945 AUTO TOLL
IN OREGON 349
Salem, Ore., Feb. 16 (U.R)
Traffic death rate in Oregon
last year increased slightly to
11.7 persons killed for every
100.000.000 miles of travel,
Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell, Jr., said today. Traffic
deaths in Oregon last year to
taled 349..
Oregon City, Ore., Feb. 16
(U.R) One man as killed and
four others hospitalized as re
sult of a triple collision at the
Pudding river bridge at Aurora
near here today, which wreck
ed three cars and damaged an
oil transport truck.
F
BEFORE CONGRESS
Washington, Feb. 16 (UR)
Republican and democratic con-
0ro..mnt nnlicltusl tin IHpir nm-
lory loniKni io prr-jjare iur snuw
down votes in the house next
week on housing controls, the
school lunch programs, James
Caesar Petrillo and the navy
atom bomb tests. Fireworks are
likely on all four issues.
San Francisco, Feb. 16 (U.R)
Dairy market unchanged.
STATERS DEFEAT
COUGARS 54-33
T
Teams Tied For Top In
Northern Division Rocha
High Scorer
Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 16 (U.R)
Oregon State maintained its
position as co-leader in the
northern division of the Pacific
Coast conference basketball
championship race here tonight
by winning over Washington
State, 54 to 33.
Led by "Red" Rocha, who
scored 18 points, including seven
field goals, the Orangemen
smothered the Cougars with
their man-to-man defense. The
tightness of the defense was re
vealed in the basket scoring of
the Cougars, who made four field
goals in the first period and five
in the second.
Taking the lead in the first
second of play when Rocha
popped, in a basket, the Beavers
outplayed the Cougars almost
throughout the entire contest
Only once and that after 14
minutes of play in the first
period did the Washington Stat
ers display any shooting ability
and during that period picked
up seven points to make the
score 17 to 14.
During the last three minutes,
the Beavers rolled in 11 points
to wind up the first half with
a 12 point lead, 28 to 18, ... , '
Gale Bishop, the Cougars' ace
forward, was bottled up most of
the game. He scored but two
field goals out of 23 shots and
converted nine free throws to
pace his teammates in scoring.
Seattle. Feb. IB (IIP) r.
the first time in the history of
me iorinern Division Pacific
Coast basketball conference, the
Idaho Vandals iwnnl a furn.niim..
series on Washington's home
noor Dy squeezing out a 40-38
victory over the Huskies tonight.
me win Keeps Idaho tied for
the loop lead with Oregon State.
After leading most of the way,
the Vandals were momentnrilv
set back on their heels by a one
man rally late in the final period.
Henson, Washington freshman
forward, canned seven successive
points to close Idaho's lead to
31-30. Jorgenscn fnllnwpH uin,
an angle shot to put the Huskies
in me lead at 32-31, but the Van
dals stormed back to take the
margin again.
Two minutes before the end of
the game, Henson sank a pair of
foul shots that knotted the count
at 38-38. However, Idaho Guard
Len Pyne clamped the lid on the
contest by dropping In a long,
two-handed push shot.
SENATORS FLAIL
TO
Washington, Feb. 1 6 (U.R)
The proposed $3,750,000,000 loan
to Great Britain was bitterly as
sailed toniffht hv tun HprYin.
cratic senators, Burton K.
wnecler, Mont, and Edwin C.
Johnson, Colo. They proposed
instead sale of an equivalent
amount in British bonds to
private U. S. Investors on a vol
untary basis. Both spokn on
NBC's "Our Foreign Policy" pro
gram. Contending that if the loan
went to a vote In congress now
it would be defeated, Johnson
said a sale of British bonds
would constitute a referendum
in America on the British loan.
"If such an Investment Is not
attractive to American Invest
ors," Johnson said, "It certainly
is not right to unload It on the
hard-pressed American taxpayer
against his will."
Wheeler said proponents of
the loan argued that if Britain
does not get the money, the
British empire will collapse,
"and then Russia will take over
the whole show."
Chungking, Feb. 16 (U.B
Communists charged today that
civil war has broken out in
Manchuria,
E
TO
ESPIONAGE RING
Mounted Police Arrest Many;
Radar Believed Objective;
Red Aide Flees
Ottawa, Feb. 18 (U.R) A cab
inet minister identified Soviet
Russia today as the country to
which an International espionage
ring reported "secret and confi
dential information of the Cana
dian government."
The Royal Canadian mounted
police, acting in strict secrecy,
rounded up an unknown num
ber of present and former gov
ernment employes and held them
incommunicado in the police bar
racks at Rockcliffe, a suburb of
Ottawa. The government intend
ed to have the full details of
their widespread espionage be
fore making definite charges.
Reconstruction Minister C. D.
Howe denied that the atomic
energy secret was Involved. Au
thoritative sources suggested ra
dar was the most likely objec
tive of the ring, especially as it
has been developed for arctic
flying and for defense against
possible air attack from the Arc
tic. Among prisoners were believ
ed to be several former Royal
Canadian air force ferry com
mand employees. Reports that 22
persons had been arrested were
described as "nonsense" by a
high government official who
said the, number was much small
er. "What nation is involved?"
cabinet minister was asked.
"Obviously it is Soviet Rus
sia," he replied, adding that he
was not to be identified by name.
His disclosure was accepted
by high sources as in accordance
with recognized diplomatic prac
tices in such cases to free other
diplomatic missions here from
suspicion.
Government sources tied In
Russia through an agent named
Shimishenko, who, they said, op
erated both here and In the Unit
ed States. A failure in liaison be
tween Canadian security agents
and the United States federal
bureau of investigation was
blamed for the recent return of
Shimishenko to Russia from the
United States. Canadian police,
it was said, hnd expected the
FBI to arrest Shimishenko "at
an opportune lime" and forestall
his return.
Canada has taken a leading
role in the development of radar
because of the burden of de
fending Its vast unprotected
northern territories, reaching to
and beyond the Arctic circle.
Only yesterday a Canadian army
unit, with American observers,
pushed off Into the frozen north
from Fort Churchill In "opera
tion Muskox," one of the pri
mary purposes of which is to test
radar's use in defensive flying.
SNELL FOR IRE
Salem, Ore.. Feb. 16 (U.R)
Gov. Earl Snell today was In
formed by Secretary of War
Patterson that the war depart
ment policies and procedure
have been broadened to make
available unoccupied housing
facilities for use by veterans
and their families and single
veterans attending educational
institutions.
The governor said the board
of higher education Tuesday
would consider the Klamath
Falls marine barracks as an ex
tension to the schools of higher
education for accommodation of
reluming veterans. The gover
nor estimated that the Klamath
Falls barracks could accommo
date approximately 1,200 stud
ents. STEALS THE BHOW
London, Feb. 18 (U.R) The
UNO security council has stolen
the show from the United Na
tions general assembly as a great
town meeting of the world, It
appeared tonight as preparations
were made for adjournment.
Bulletin
Ashland, Feb. 18 Ashland
Elks turned back Rubenstein's
of Eugene 67 to 41 in an inter
sectional basketball game here
tonight. Wcs Peters was high
point man for the Elks with 18
while Cal Bonney led the Rubes
with 14 markers.
Palo Alto, Cel., Feb. 16 (U.R)
California's champion Bears
topped off the 1946 southern di
vision basketball season with a
53 to 37 win over a fighting
Stanford quintet here tonight be
fore nearly 5,000 fans.
JAP WIND WIRES
Washington, Feb. 16 (U.R)
The 1941 chief of naval com
munications told the Pearl Har
bor investigating committee to
day he never saw before Dec.
7, 1941 any genuine winds
message revealing Japan's de
cision for war.
Rear Adm. Leigh Noyes testi
fied that members of his staff
brought to him several Intercept
ed messages which .they appar
ently regarded as implementing
the Japanese winds code that had
been set up to inform emissaries
aboard of Impending conflict.
"But I never saw one that was
authentic," Noyes said.
Noyes was called before the
committee because testimony of
two previous witnesses pointed
to him as the most likely au
thority on whether an authentic
winds message actually was re
ceived In early December.
Navy Capt. L. F. Safford, who
directed interception and decod
ing of Japanese messages In
1941, testified he sent to Noyes
on Dec. 4 a genuine winds mes
sage indicating war by Japan
on Britain and the United States
within a few days.
JUNIOR CITIZEN
Harry Chlpman, sports editor
of the Medford Mail Tribune,
was awarded the First Junior
Citizenship Award for the out
standing work in Medford and
Jackson county for the year of
1945 at the second Annual
Founders Day banquet of the
Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce held in the Blue room
of the Hotel Holland Saturday
evening.
Mr. Chlpman was selected by
a secret panel of senior citizens
for his outstanding work In civic
and community betterment that
he promoted and participated
during the last year.
President Robert Voegtly pre
sented key awards to Vic Milnes,
Dale Stephenson and Robert
Ruckcr for their outstanding
work in Junior Chamber of Com
merce during the year.
Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, presi
dent of Southern Oregon College
of Education, spoke on the pro
gress of science and explained
that tho advancement of science
had been accelerated by at least
four times the normal advance
ment during the past five years
and because of this advancement
we will have more and enjoy a
greater abundnncy of things.
Warren Whltlock of Grants
Pass represented Paul Lee of
Klamath Falls and presented a
one hundred pounds of Klamath
potatoes to Mayor Clarence
Meeker as a award for Medford
work in a recent salvage drive.
Carey Thompson acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. Following the
dinner the group enjoyed a
dance at the Hotel Medford.
Abortion Queen To
Face Trial Monday
San Francisco, Feb. 16 (U.R)
Mrs. Inez Hrown Burns today
was refused the delay she asked
in her Superior court abortion
conspiracy trial because of
"serious Illness."
Superior Judge William F.
Traverso ruled that Mrs. Burns,
accused of operating an "abor
tion mill" here, wis well enough
to appear Monday for trials as
scheduled.
TRUMAN BLASTED
AGAIN BY ICKES;
FLAYSVERACITY
President Does Not Tell
'Street Truth' About Pau
ley Affair, Claim
Washington, Feb. 16 U.R)
Former Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes tonight accused
President Truman of not tell
ing "the strict truth" 'about the
Pauley affair.
"Above all others," Ickes de
clared, "the president should
speak the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the
truth."
In a new blast at the ureal.
dent, the 71-year-old Ickes de
clared that Mr. Truman's re
marks at a news conference yes
terday were "an open Incite
ment to perjury."
Ickes, who resigned Wednes
day with the declaration that
he would not serve In an ad
ministration that expected him
"to commit perjury for the sake
of the party," returned to the
attack tonight.
He said Mr. Truman made
two unreconcilable statements
in yesterday's news conference
and that "one of them Is not
true."
He referred to statements by
the president concerning the
pending nomination of Edwin
W. Pauley, wealthy California
oil man and former democratic
national chairman, to be under
secretary of navy.
Ickes began his new assault
with the statement that "the
greatest regret that I feel in
connection with the Pauley In
cident Is what I regard as PresI
dent Truman's lack of adher
ence to the strict truth."
Referring to Mr. Truman's
Friday press conference, Ickes
continued In a public statement:
"When he was asked If he
thought that 'Ickes has attempt
ed to reflect upon his Integrity.'
according to tiie newspaper cor
respondent, Mr. Truman said
that 'Ickes would not dare at
tempt such a thing.'
"After all, the President of
United States is neither an abso
lute monarch nor a descendant
of a putative sun-goddess . . .
I would dare to dispute the in
tegrity of the president on any
occasion that my country's wel
fare demanded it. But In this
case there is no need to dispute
President Truman.
"Ills own record made in his
last two press conferences con
stitutes clear proof of the
weight that should be given to
his utterances. "
Ickes had proposed In a
broadcast Wednesday night that
the justice department Investi
gate his charge that Pauley per
jured himself before the senate
committee. Mr. Truman said
yesterday that he saw no need
for such an Investigation be
cause the battle between Pauley
and Ickes was a political argu
ment. "This, to my mind, consti
tutes an open Incitement to per
jury," Ickes said. "Every ward
heclcr In the land, If the nation
accepts such counsel, can now
claim immunity for all of his
sons, whntever they may be, on
the grounds that those who
challenge his acts, their hon
esty, or their worth, are Just
engaging in political argument."
REP.'lElNS
New York. Feb. 18 (U.R) Aft
er five months of instructions,
Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R.,
Conn.) was received into the
Catholic church at St. Patrick's
CHthrdral today by Msgr. Fulton
Sheen.
Sheen, who has attained pres
tige as a missionary among Icon
oclasls, declined to comment on
the conversion of the glamor
congress womaili
Ho said instructions had been
given her In Washington where
he Is a member of the faculty
of the Catholic university.
Mrs. Luce, he said, asked him
to make merely a simple an
nouncement of her conversion.