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MEDFORD, OREGON, 1
.V, FEBRUARY 7, 1950
No. 269
PHONE WORKERS
AGREE TO DELAY
STRIKE 16 DAYS
WORST DELAY OF
TRAFFIC EASED AT
RUSSIAN BORDER
SEVERE FLOODS
IN WILLAMETTE
VALLEY POSSIBLE
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Washington, Feb. 7 (U.PJ
The CIO Telephone Workers to
day agreed to a government re
quest tO postpone iui ID u;i
nationwide telephone strike that
had been scheduled to begin to
morrow morning.
The postponement was asked
by Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the
federal mediation service, to per
jnit more time for collective bar
gaining in the contract dispute
between the union and the Bell
The new strike deadline is
now February z.
One More Attempt
The union had threatened to
pull out 100,000 telephone work
ers across the country tomor
row. And union officers said if
they struck picket lines would
be thrown "around every tele-
Columbia County
Doctor Testifies
In Medical Suit
Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 (U.R)
Dr. John H. Flynn, Columbia
county health officer, today tes
tified in federal district court
here that he quit accepting Hos
pital association patients after
fhree years of treating them be
cause of interference and an at
tempt to send all patients to
Portland doctors.
Dr. Flynn was a defense wit
ness in the federal government's
anti-trust suit against eight Ore
gon doctors and county and state
hospital groups.
Started In 1929
The Columbia county doctor
who said he had been practicing
for 53 years, testified that he be
gan accepting patients belonging
to prepaid medical organizations
in 1929. He said he agreed to
treat these patients provided
the privately-owned hospital as
sociations would open their
panels to all doctors in Colum
bia county.
After three years of accepting
their "tickets, Dr. Flynn said
he quit taking Association pati
ents because ot lntenerence
with patients and an attempt by
the associations to funnel these
patients to Portland physicians."
Allowance Increased
Dr. Flynn said the standard
fee to the doctor in the early
days was SI. and a maximum al
lowance for a prescription was
35 cents. Finally, the 79-year-old
physician said he got the Na
tional Hospital association to in
crease its maximum prescrip
tion allowance to 50 cents. If
cost of drugs was more than
that, the patients had to pay it,
Flynn said.
Dr. Blair Holcomb of Portland
testified that he accepted no
checks from hospital associations
and did not treat any subscribers
except as individual - paying
patients.
Reporters' Photos
Discovered In Raid
Portland, Ore., Feb. 7- (U.R)
Sheriff Terry Schrunk and state
liquor agents raided an after
hours resort today and found on
the walls photographs of 29 Ore
gonian and Journal staff mem
bers which, the newspapermen
said, obviously were taken from
sheriff's office files.
Mike Elliott, who was recalled
as Multnomah county sheriff last
fall after a vigorous Portland
newspaper campaign, said:
"I don't know a thing about
it."
Authorities asserted the place
had been operating as a bawdy
house. The raid was based on
information that illegal pur
chases o liquor could be made
in the establishment.
Duplicate Photos
Newspaper reporters, who re
called that they had tneir pic
tures taken for press passes, said
the pictures found on the walls
of the raided resort were aupn
cates of the ones issued by the
sheriff's office during Elliott's
term as sheriif.
Sheriff Schrunk, who suc
ceeded Elliott, said:
"I'd like to know who turned
those pictures over. I mean to
find out."
Also found with the photo
graphs were a list of names of
Journal and Oregonian reporters,
the reporters of a Portland week
ly, and a list of taxicab drivers'
names and telephone numbers.
DIPHTHERIA REPORTED
Grants Pass. Feb. 7 Three
cases of diphtheria have been re
ported in Josephine county in
recent weeks, with the most re
cent one a woman living in the
Hugo area.
Radio Highlights
, Radio Station KWIN (1400
kc) will broadcast the Oregon-Washington
State basket
ball game from Pullman.
Wash., tonight, starting at 7:30.
phone exchange, to make the
strike nationwide."
But Ching told both union and
Bell System officials yesterday
they should make one more at
tempt to "peaceably resolve"
their dispute and he asked for
the postponement.
In accepting Ching's proposal,
Union President Joseph A.
Beirne said he was postponing
the strike "with the firm inten
tion of bargaining with the com
panies night and day to bring
the issues to a mutually satis
factory conclusion."
The union is demanding "a
subslantial wage increase," a
shorter work week, and nearly
a dozen other improvements in
its contract with the Bell com
panies. In a telegram to Ching, Beirne
once again accused the Bell Sys
tems of bargaining in bad faith
and said that if the dispute is
not settled by February 24
"there will be a strike."
Ching, meanwhile, has order
ed all federal labor conciliators
to step up their efforts to bring
locals of the Communications
Workers union and the Bell Sys
tems closer to a new contract.
11.000 Directly Involved
The dispute involves directly
only the 11,000 installation and
repairmen employed by the
Western Electric company, a Bell
System affiliate. But if these
workers strike, the remaining
310,000 CWA workers intend to
respect their picket lines.
The walkout would be the
second nation wide telephone
tie-up in history. The last one.
in 1947, ended in a defeat for
the old National Federation of
lelephone Workers, an indepen
dent union that was replaced by
me tiu amiiaie.
$200,000 Damage
In Oakland Blaze
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 7 (U.R)
A three-alarm fire razed a half
block of wooden buildings, in
cluding a hotel, in downtown
Oakland early today, causing an
estimated $200,000 damage.
fitteen persons were led to
safety from the two-story Eagle
hotel after they were aroused
by two navy shore patrolmen
and a police officer.
Patrolman William O. Hecker,
25, and Police Officer Robert
Leen entered the building while
Patrolman James A. Correll, 25
turned in the alarm. Correll
then returned and assisted Heck
er and Leen.
Three Firemen Hurt
Three firemen were injured,
two of them when a roof fell
around them and trapped them
in the blazing building. They
were Captain Barney Mtildow
ney, 63, and Hoseman Ralph
Waalkes, 22. They were taken
to a hospital where they were
reported in good condition after
treatment for shock and inhala
tion of smoke.
The fire started in the West
Coast Paint factory about 12:45
a.m. It apparently caused a boil
er explosion, which sent the
flames upward through the
frame buildings at lfith and
San Pablo avenues, only a block
away from the Oakland city hall.
Pneumonia Epidemic
Feared In Palestine
Jerusalem, Feb. 7 (U.R) Au
thorities feared today that a
pneumonia epidemic might
sweep Israel and Jordan-held
Palestine as the Middle East
struggled under the heaviest
blanket of snow within memory.
The freak storm, with snow.
wind and cold, has battered the
Middle East since Friday, bring
ing misery to thousands of refu
gees and immigrants in camps in
Israel and Arab territory.
In the Jerusalem area, which
was covered with a three - foot
blanket of snow, hundreds of
roofs collapsed under the weight
of the snow.
Rogue River
From Drowning In Millpond
Rogue River, Feb. 7 Delia
Randleman, 10, is alive today be
cause of the efforts of Douglas
Combs. 25, who almost lost his
own life while rescuing the girl
from a frozen millpond here af
ter she broke through the ice.
The incident occurred Sunday
afternoon when Delia and her
brother, Dickie, nine, and a play
mate, Carol Pinkie. 10, went out
on the ice of the old mill pond
here. All three children broke
through the ice, but Dickie was
near shore and waded out un
assisted, and spread the alarm
for the girls.
Rescue Party
Sydney Desselle, who lives
across the river, heard Dickie's
yells, and quickly gathered a res
cue party of 10 men, which
rushed to the pond. Carol was
about eight feet from the shore,
and was pulled in without dif
'Aemt TeUphotoi
JAILED AS ATOM SPY - Dr.
Klaus Emll Julius Fuchs taoove),
a cop British atomic scientist trust
ed with some of America's olggest
A-bomb secrets, isi arrestee, oy
Scotland Vara agents in London an
a tip from American FBI agentt
investigating Russian espionage
He was :hargea with giving un
identified agent? information use
ful tc an enemy.
Harris Ellsworth
Sees Delay For
River Development
Congressman Harris Ellsworth
believes that the proposed Rogue
basin reclamation project will
receive no congressional action
during the current session of con
gress. In his weekly letter to the
press of his district, the Roseburg
representative said that a delay
in the completion of additional
data on the project slowed the
reclamation bureau's report, and
that there is much routine to be
completed before the matter can
be presented to congress.
His letter said:
All field reports on the Rogue
river reclamation project will be
in the hands of department of
interior officials here within a
few days. This project, which
if approved by the department
and authorized by congress,
would provide flood control; ir
rigation and power in the Rogue
river valley. The survey has been
under way for ten years but
thus far no formal recommenda
tion has been made by the de
partment. Department action is
now expected within two or
three weeks.
Last fall the department told
me their study of' the proposal
would be completed and ready
for submission to congress early
in January. The failure to meet
that schedule was due, I am in
formed, by delay in the comple
tion of data from the field of
fices. Much Detail -
After all data' is In the Wash
ington office the project will
then be reviewed by the pro
gram committee of the depart
ment of interior. That committee
is made up of the bureau heads
of the department. It then goes
to the secretary for his approval
or rejection. If it is approved it
is submitted to the governor ot
the state and to interested gov
ernment departments for their
comments and suggestions. Fol
lowing the completion of this
procedure the report on tne pro
posed project is sent to congress.
There is no way of accurately
estimating how much time all
this routine will take, but I am
ready to guess now that there
will be no congressional action
on the project during this ses
sion. Fate Of Carol Paight
Rests With Jury
Brideeoort. Conn.. Feb. 7 (U.R)
The fate of 21-year-old Carol
Ann Paight, who killedtjper best
pal, her father, to save mm from
a torturing death by cancer, was
placed in the hands of a middle
aged jury of nine mothers and
three fathers today.
The jury began deliberations
at 3:16 p. m. EST after a charge
of 1 hour and 12 minutes by
Presiding Judge John A. Cor
nell. Girl Rescued
ficulty. Delia, however, was
near the center of the 35-foot
pond, where the water is about
18 feet deep.
Grant Cummins, Rogue River,
attempted to reach the girl us
ing a rowboat, but it overturned
and he was pulled ashore. Gene
Helvey, Medford, then attempted
to push the craft toward the girl,
but found he could not do so.
Swam Out
Then Combs, who operates a
nearby tavern, tied a rope
around his waist and swam out
to Delia. He collapsed from ex
haustion when he reached her,
just as she lost her hold on the
ice. But she was able to cling to
his clothing, and both were
pulled ashore with the rope.
They were taken to the Jose
phine county hospital, and were
all released except Delia, who is
reported to be recovering.
Berlin, Feb. 7 (U.R) The Rus
sian slowdown of traffic on the
Berlin truck highway produced
its worst traffic jam today and
then unaccountably eased off.
Around midday more than 200
German trucks were backed up
on each side of the Russian zonal
border check point at Helmstedt.
110 miles west of Berlin. Helm
stedt reported it was the biggest
tieup since the big blockade. of
1948-49.
Situation Eases
Just as the traffic jam was
paralyzing all movement over
the zonal border, the Soviet
guards and their German police
asistants began passing 10 to 14
trucks an hour. '
American officials said the
situation had "eased considerab
ly" by midafternoon, but that
about 200 trucks still were lined
up for clearance.
"The jam is still pretty bad,"
said Charles A. Dix, U. S. trans
port chief in Berlin, "but the
Russians are letting through
from 10 to 14 trucks an hour
just about the number queuing
up each hour."
Air Force Limbers Up
The record squeeze by the Rus
sians came In the wake of big
events. The U. S. air force in
Germany had just started man
euvers to see that its blockade
wide transport units were ready
to go again if necessary.
Talk of a communist putsch
against the west Berlin govern
ment circulated here. The West
German government had decided
Two Californians
Admit Burglary
Of Swem's Shop
Charles R. Winn. 24. and Fred
M. Bangle, 35, both of San Ber
nadino, Cal., appeared in Jack
son county circuit court yester
day afternoon to aamit iormauy
that they took $1,923 from the
safe at Swem's Book and Gift
shnn here December 11.
The pair were picked up in
Coos Bay the day following the
burglary, and have been held in
the Jackson county jail in lieu
of $10,000 bail each since that
time.
Asks Reports
Before pronouncing sentence,
Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna
requested a pre-sentence report
from State Parole Officer Lee
Nelson who is now checking
their previous records.
City police here have felt the
case was "positively sewed up"
ever since Bangle and Winn
were apprehended. A diamond
and onyx ring missing from
Swem's safe was found in their
possession and a hammer handle,
abandoned among the debris in
the mezzanine office, matched a
hammer in the two men's Cadil
lac. Two high-powered Savage
rifles were found in the car also.
Charge against the two Cali
fornians is burglary not in a
dwelling.
Industrial Shutdowns
Increase In Tempo
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 7 U.PJ
Industrial shutdowns increased
in tempo today as John L. Lewis'
soft coal miners threatened to
carry on their "no contract, no
work" strike even if the govern
ment obtains a Taft-Hartley in
iunction. Steel mills and railroads an-1
nounced new cutbacks. Utility
companies ordered dimouls and
curtailment of use of electric
power.
Few Miners Work
Nearly 400,000 United Mine
Workers "sat out" government
efforts to get them back to the
pits. Only a few mines wun
which Lewis has obtained con
tracts still were working.
The Association of American
Railroads said average supplies
of coal burning lines would be
reduced to less than four days
by next Monday.
Republic Steel company closed
down two blast furnaces In Port
land, but planned to keep three
others going "for the time being
at least." At least seven other
steel companies have curtailed
operations because of dwindling
supplies.
A&P Boosts Prices
On Coffee Brands
New York. Feb. 7 (U.R) The
Great Atlantic it Pacific Tea
company today raised retail
prices on its leading brands of
coffee three to four cents a
pound.
The two leading grades. Eight
O'clock and Red Circle moved up
four cents to 63 and 66 cents a
Dound and the Bokar brand by
three cents to 68 cents a pound.
Three pound packages carry a
six-cent discount.
to stop the shipment of steel to
East Germany. A new American
policy for Germany was set forth
yesterday by U. S. High Com
missioner, John J. McCloy.
Charles A. Dix, U. S. transport
chief in Berlin, said that 150
trucks bound for western Ger
many were damming up behind
the Helmstedt check point at
midday.
More than 60 were held up
for clearance along the highway
east to Berlin.
Could Use Trains
Through an official publica
tion the Russians invited the
western powers to use more
trains if they wanted to avoid
congestion on the Berlin high
way. The invitation appeared In the
Soviet newspaper Taegliche
Rundschau.
The paper said there was no
blockade of Berlin but that truck
traffic must be thoroughly
checked because of smuggling.
Ex-Associates Of
Mickey Cohen Held
In Blast Inquiry
Los Angeles, Feb. 7 (U.R
Three former associates of
Mickey Cohen with long police
records were arrested 'early to
day in connection with the dyna
miting of the little mobster's
home.
Police charged Joe Sico, 38.
his brother, Fred, co-owners of
a health center and a shirt store
and Salvatore Piscopo, 54, alias
Dago Louis Marli, on suspicion of
assault with intent to commit
murder.
Arrest Follows Blast
They were arrested less than
24 hours after would-be assass
ins touched off "between 20 and
30 sticks of dynamite", at Coh
en's west Los Angeles home. The
blast ripped open his bedroom
and rocked the fashionable res
idential district for blocks
around. '
Cohen escaped death only be
cause he was in his wife's room.
Neither she, Cohen, a maid, their
Boxer dog nor residents of sev
en neighboring homes that were
damaged suffered injuries.
Inspector Jack Donahue said
arrests of the Sica brothers and
Piscopo were part of a roundup
of underworld figures.
Free On Bail
The Sica brothers were free
on $7,500 bail after their In
dictment with 14 others Janu
ary 19 in connection with a west
coast narcotics ring.
Two men seen prowling in Co
hen's neighborhood when the
homemade bomb went off had
been sought as suspects in the
assassination attempt. Officers
said they were seen roaming the
streets i.i a black sedan at the
time the dynamite exploded with
a roar heard 10 miles away.
Police said the sedan was seen
about 4:20 a.m. yesterday at the
time the dynamite exploded.
Asked To Move
Although Cohen maintained
he was a legitimate businessman
without enemies, his neighbors
demanded that he move.
"It has become frightening
here," Mrs. William Gude said.
"Something should be done to
give us 24-hour protection so
long as the Cohens are living
here."
Strauss Resigns
As Member of AEC
Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R)
President Truman today accept
ed the resignation of Lewis L.
Strauss as a member of the ato
mic encrgv commission.
The resignation is effective
April 15.
Strauss, in a letter dated Janu
ary 31, said he is quitting to re
turn to "my private affairs .from
which I have been separated for
so long."
He said that between now and
April 15 he will give all possible
help to the new AEC chairman
who has yet to be named by Mr.
Truman.
Strauss was one of the original
members of the five-man body
which runs this country's $4,
500.000,000 atomic energy pro
ject. He is the fourth of the orig
inal commissioners to resign be
fore expiration of their terms
next June 30.
RESIGNS POST
Tokyo, Feb. 7 U.R) Calvin
Verity. Ohio businessman who
came last year to act as deputy
chief of allied headquarters' eco
nomic and scientific section, an
nounced today he has resigned
his post and will return to his
Middletown home next month.
London. Feb. 7 'U.R) Queen
Mother Marv was reported to
day to be suffering "some" pain
as a result of a five-day attack
of sciatica, i
(Acme Ttltpholo)
Harry Bridges
Testifies at Trial
Bridges Takes
Witness Stand In
Perjury Hearing
San Francisco, Feb. 7 (U.R)
The long and turbulent perjury
conspiracy trial of Harry Bridges
and two other longshore union
officers reached its climax today
when the labor leader went to
the witness stand to testify in
his own defense.
The Australian-born chief of
75,000 west coast longslwremen
and warehousemen is accused of
lying at his naturalization hear
ing in 1945 when he denied he
was or ever had been a com
munist. J. R. Robertson and Hen
ry Schmidt, two officers in
Bridges' union, are on trial on
conspiracy charges for backing
up their leader's sworn oath.
Faces Testimony
Bridges, wearing a gray suit.
a two-tone red tie and loud red
sox, took the stand faced with
testimony by nine government
witnesses who placed him in the
communist party during a 10
year period from 1933 to 1943.
Three of the government wit
nesses claimed he not onlv was
a card-carrying, dues -paying
member, of the parly but that he
held a place on the executive
committee, the communists top
ranking policy-making body.
Bridges came forward to tell
his own story as the trial moved
into its 13th week.
Indicating he planned to spend
a considerable period of time,
possibly four days, on the stand,
he launched his testimony by re
viewing his personal history.
Family In Australia
He said he was 49 years old
and that his mother, Julia
Bridges: one brother and three
sisters all live in Australia. His
father, he said, died in 1947.
Leaning back in the witness
chair. Bridges unbuttoned his
coat, crossed his legs and with
almost no prompting from De
fense Counsel Vincent Hallinan
told his story of how he went to
sea in 1916 and for the next sev
eral years performed every pos
sible task as a seaman except
to cook.
San Franciscans Held
On Narcotics Charges
Portland. Ore.. Feb. 7 (U.R)
Two San Francisco men were
held on charges of possession of
narcotics today after police
trailed them to a Portland auto
court.
Officers said thev nabbed
Carmen Anthony Bosco, 41, ex
convict, and Domingo Carrier,
39, at the end of a 26-hour stake
out. Police said the pair had 10
one-ounce packages of heroin.
five more ounces loose, and about
1,000 morphine tablets in a small
bottle; all worth about $80,000
in the narcotics trade.
Both Bosco and Carrier denied
selling the drugs in Portland.
Missouri's Sk
Of Command
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 7 U.R
The skipper who ran the battle
ship Missouri on a mudbank was
relieved of his command today,
"at least" temporarily, the navy
said.
Adm. William H. Fechteler,
commander in chief of the At
lantic fleet, said the Big Mo's
former skipper, Capt. H. Page
Smith, would take over the na
vy's only active battleship again
"for the time being, and at least
until the legal proceedings" of
a naval court of inquiry arc
completed.
Capt. William D. Brown, who
was taking the Missouri out on
her first cruise under his com
mand, faces a four-member board
of inquiry which seeks to place
blame for the Big Mo's humili
ating 15-day stay on a Hampton
Roads mudbank.
The Atlantic fleet announce
ment said "it is fair and proper
that the commanding officer,
navigator and other officers de
fending themselves should not
have the additional burden of
the responsibility of the ship
during the present legal proceed
ings." Admiral Fechteler said if dock
Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 (U.R)
The flood potential of a record
Willamette valley snowpack Is
"high" and a "severe winter
flood" could occur with heavy
rains and abnormal tempera
tures, the soil conservation serv
ice warned todav.
The Willamette valley In
northwestern Oregon takes In
the major cities of Portland, Sa
lem and Eugene.
Water Content High
Partial snow survey reports
showed the pack at scattered
stations had the highest water
content in the region's records.
Santiam Junction reported
33.8 inches of water compared
to the average of 14.4 for this
time of year. Marion Forks had
27.8 compared to an 8.2 normal.
Still Creek station noted 31.8
against 12.7 for 10 years' sur
veys. In each case the readings were
all-time records.
W. T. Frost, in charge of snow
studies, said his figures indi
cated a potential flood hazard
"somewhat greater than last
February, when heavy rains and
melting after mid-February sent
the Willamette and many of its
tributaries well above flood
stage."
Meanwhile, the weather bu-
Russia Walks Out
Of Council Meeting
Lake Success, N. Y., Feb. 7
Russia walked out of the United
Nations economic and social
council today after failing to un
seat the Chinese nationalists and
Chiang Kai-shek's representative
told the little assembly that the
Kremlin's actions "call for the
expulsion of the Soviet Union"
from the entire world organiza
tion. The 18-nation economic and
social council rejected, by a vote
of 10 to 3. with five abstentions,
a motion by Russian Delegate
Semyon K. Tsarapkin to ."ex
clude the representative of the
kuomintang group from member
shin in the council.
Russia, Czechoslovakia and Po
land voted in favor of the mo
tion. Britain, France, Denmark,
India and Pakistan abstained.
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Can
ada, Chile, China, Iran, Mexico,
Peru and the United Stales voted
against it.
Bergman, Infant
In 'Weak Condition'
Rome, Feb. 7 (U.R) Swedish
actress Ingrid Bergman and her
five-day old son are in a "weak
condition," according to an ac
quaintance of Italian Film Direc
tor Roberto Rossellini.
The acquaintance, Uga Zatter
in, said the condition of the act
ress and her son made it impos
sible for them to be photo
graphed now.
Zattcrin, employed by a mag
azine owned by one of Rossel
lini's film backers, spoke at a
meeting of newsmen and photo
graphers which Rossellini was
scheduled to attend. However,
Rossellini was not there.
Zatterin said the boy was weak
because it had been born ahead
of schedule.
"You understand that a pre
mature birth affects the condi
tion of health," he said.
Washington. Feb. 7 (U.R)
Mrs. Israel E. Hervin, Portland,
Ore., was nominated todav for
director of the League of Wom
en Voters. Mrs. Hervin and oth
er director nominees will be
voted on by the league's nation
al convention at Atlantic City,
April 24-28.
w
ipper rreea
Temporarily
trials of the Missouri are suc
cessful today, she will leave for
sea trial tomorrow and return
Thursday morning.
Rear Adm. Milton E. Miles
heads a four-member board seek
ing to place responsibility for
the ship's 15-day "anchorage."
Yesterday the Missouri execu
tive officer. Cmdr. George E.
Peckham, of Cresco. Ia., said
he recommended that the ship
retreat and "twist right" when
he saw it was going to run a
secret acoustic range at the
Hampton Roads entrance.
Peckham said Lt. Cmdr.
George E. Morris Jr. of New
York, the navigator, told him
of the approach to the range.
Then, Peckham said, he saw a
buoy ahead which designated the
left limit of the safe channel.
Asks Full Speed Back
When he saw that the ship
had headed to the left of the
buoy rather than to the right, as
he had recommended, Peckham
said, he asked again that Big Mo
reverse full speed.
He said the request was not
acknowledged and by that time
it was too late.
rag 1 1 fn-aact -nl . .... J
with maximum temperaturei
ranging between 42 and 52.
ine oureau s river predictions
for the next three days called
fni "nrtrmal trt enhctantitil" ricaa
of northwest Oregon streams.
wiui a statement tnat warm
weather and continued rains
could speed up the runoff to a
threatening rate.
Damage caused by one of the
coldest and most snow-filled
.Inniiarvs in Vanitin nnpthuraat
history continued to mount.
Republican Party
Adopts Platform
For 1950 Campaign
Washington, Feb. 7 U.R) Re.
publicans campaigned to recap
iure congress today with chargei
that the Truman administration
has failed to stop communism
abroad and that its domestic pro
gram is socialistic.
They promised that a GOP vic
tory in November would put
new meaning into bi partisan
conduct of foreign affairs and
halt the homefront trend toward
socialism.
Platform Adopted
The platform on which the re
publican party is pitching lta
1950 campaign was adopted by
the GOP national committee ai
well as the house and senate
membership late yesterday after
several hours of wrangling over
some of its provisions.
As finally approved, the plat
form or restatement of party
principles, as republicans prefer
to call it provided for:
1. A foreign policy which
follows the spirit and letter of
the constitution, opposes secret
commitments, offers full support
to the United Nations, and
strong policy against the spread
of communism.
2. A strong national defense
and promotion of world trade
"on the basis of fair and reason
able competition."
Principles Threatened
3. A definite stand In favor
of individual liberty against so
cialism. Basic American prin
ciples are threatened "by the
administration's program for a
planned economy modeled on the
socialist governments of Europe,
including price and wage control,
rationing, socialized medicine,
regional authorities and the
Brannan (farm) plan with Its
controls, penalties, fines and Jail
sentences."
A A I t Jtl.Il 1
a, 1. nil ciia lu ueucii apenu-
ing and a return to a balanced
budget; adoption of the Hoover
report for greater government
economies: a policy of general
tax reduction, and a study of
federal-state taxes to secure the
sovereignty of the states.
5. Retention of the Taft-Hartley
labor act, with needed Im
provements.
Asks Farm Prpgram
6. A farm program which
provides for fair prices and gov
ernment supports without the
"nationalization" effect of the
Brannan plan.
7. Expansion of social se
curity and other federal pro
grams of aid for the aged and '
needy without government so
cialization. 8. A complete overhaul of
the government's loyalty pro
gram to get all communists, fel
low travelers and party sympa-
inizcrs otf me payrolls.
9. Civil rights legislation
guaranteeing equal opportunity
for all to work, vote and enjoy
all other protections of United
States citizenship.
Regular City Council
Meeting Here Tonight
Hearings on proposed grading
and graveling Grant avenue be
tween Belmont and Stewart ave
nues and Monroe street between
Holly and Fir streets are on the
council agenda for its regular
meeting at 7:30 p. m. today at
the city hall.
Other matters currently being
studied by the council are pro
posed Sunday closure of used
and new car agencies, new gar
bage rules and regulations and
enlargement of the public li
brary. The closure and garbage mat
ters may be considered at to
night's meeting, It was reported
today. A group of dealers asked
for the Sunday stw but two peti
tions opposing such a measure
have been received by the coun
cil. LOADS REDUCED
Load limits have been Im
posed on another county road to
prevent damage from heavy
Iruck traffic on thaw-softened
roads. County Engineer Paul
Rynning said restrictions have
been placed on the Dead Indian
road, the first road in the south
ern part of the county to be re
stricted. Reduced load limits
have also been put in effect on
the Meadows and Ramsay can
yon roads in the Sams Valley
area. - "