Ways, Means Committee
Adopts Uniform Salary
Bill For State Officials
BALEM, rob. 21' (P) A unl(
form salary schedule for stute
official! was sdopted today by
the Joint wsys ind means com
mittee, which laid It wan worked
out In rcliitlon to whut In paid
In other stales.
Heading tin lint is the gov
rnor, who would net $10,000 I
rear, compared with $7800 now.
n addition, he would ct $100 a
mouth for expenses.
Klvo other offlvlula would not
$7800. They are the secretary of
state and Ircaaurer, who would
Hot a $2100 buoat; tho attorney
general, who would set $2800
more; tho public ulllUiea com
mlMloner, who already null thut
much, and the atuto highway en-
Non-Union
Labor Keeps
Plants Open
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day ago asked fo a 40 -hour
week and 10 ccnlit an hour more,
In effect approximately 25 per
Cent Incrcnac. They have been
paid OS to 78 cent an hour.
Offer Rejected
Yeatrrduv the union rejected
a 8-ccnt mite offer, bawd on 40
hnura, and thl morning Ealln
Kturr, one of the owncra of Su
perior Troy, telephoned nn offer
of a 7-ccnt boost for a 44-hour
week to C. O, Drydcn, bualncas
agent of tho local union.
The offer wna turned down
and the workcra went out. Two
workcra are picketing each laun
dry plant, carrying plwcnrda
reading "Unfair to organized la
bor." Klger, along with Runs Mr
ahall of Mcn'a Hand laundry and
Kddle iscnaeo of Caacnde, aald
that the operatora felt that they
could aboorb the 7 -cent wage
booat without railing prlcea of
laundry, but couldn't go over
that and break even.
Thev aald that a recent laun
dry price Increuao of about 28
fier cent raising ahirt prices
rom 20 to 28 centa, for exumplc
was taken after OPA ceilings
went off and Juat made up for
wage increases granted during
the war years when OPA al
lowed no laundry price boosts.
Klger eatlinated tho wage in
creuao aiiked by the union would
coat his firm about $3200 a year
at present prices, Marshall fi
gured $4500 for his plant and
Isenseo set hia ealimato at $5500.
All agreed that their point of
View now waa thut they couldn't
pay the wages asked and still
ahow a profit without boosting
laundry prlcea, and that tho pub
lic was paying enough for laun
dry now. They anld that the un
ion had urged a price increase to
cover the wage boost.
Only the laundry workers are
Involved in this atrike. Cleuncra
and pressors are not orgnnlzed
and are at work and the office of
each laundry plant Is open. The
truck drivers are not on strike
but are following AFL procedure
of not crossing the picket lino
of another AI L, union.
Accident Victim
Critically III
The condition of 9-year-old
Verlon Alford, Fairhaven school
boy who slipped as he ran along
side a bus Into Wednesday aft
ernoon near his home in Stew
art addition, was reported atill
critical at Hillside hospital to
day. The child, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest Alford. has Inter
nal hurts, fractured vertebrae
and other hurts received when
a wheel of the school bus passed
over his body.
Verlon'i father Is an employe
of the Ralph L. Smith Lumber
company.
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BALL PORTER
glnver, who would get $300
more.
The comnilttco also approved
the stiilo nollco sulnry bill. Intro
duced by Hpcuker John Hull and
ulraidy pusscd by mo nouse. nun
hud charged thut tho committee,
was ulleinpllng to bury tho bill,
which provides lurgo Incrooscs
for all atuto police officers.
The state health officer would
bo boosted from $0720 to $7000.
The following officials would
get $01100 a ycur. their Increases
ranging from $000 to Slfluu:
Superintendent of public Instruc
tion, liquor administrator, punnc
welfare administrator, budget di
rector, tax commlaaloncra, un
employment compensation and
Industrial accident commission
era, atuto forester, director of
agriculture, state police superin
tendent, and superintendent of
state hospital.
The following would get $000
a yeur: Superintendent af Fair-
view home, supcrintcnacnv oi
tuberculosis hospitals, deputy
state hospitul superintendent,
stute engineer, adjutant general.
These off Ictuls would get soozu
a year: Labor commissioner,
prison warden, game supervisor,
unemployment compensation ad
ministrator, industrial accident
administrator, director of vet
erans' affuirs, secretary of retire
ment, deputy sccretury of state,
deputy public utilities commis
sioner, deputy stute treasurer,
superintendent of banks, corpor
ation commissioner, insurance
commissioner, master fish ward
en, superintendent of geology
ond mineral industries, state
printer, and deputy superinten
dent of Falrvicw home.
Reuther Urges
Wage Increase
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 lP)
Walter Keuther told the senate
labor committee todny that
American Industry must raise
wages "substantially' 'to main
tain purchasing power but Sen
ator 11a I : iK-Mmn.) said the CIO
louder Is advocating socialism.
Uall told Reuther, CIO United
Auto Workers president, that
what he wanted was to extend
Into peacetime the government
controls imposed during the war.
"And that's a sociulized econ
omy," Dall said. "It's socialism
pure and simple."
"That's not what I'm advo
cating at all," Reuther replied.
Chairman Taft (R-O.) declared
thut what "we all want is lower
pricey, and you're not going to
gel , tnem Dy raising wages
again."
Gas Office In
Temporary Space
Tl, nMlen nt Tho rullfnrnLn.
Pacific Utilities company, burned
out OI ine r.vans cunning aun
dny, has been temporarily local
m I'm c Otli in the nM Inea.
Hon of Bogue Dale's real estate
otfice.
Ernest Mullls, manager of the
ana enmnnnv snlri that hf Also
was putting In a small display
room mere, i-nonc nuniuvr wi
the new office is 7418.
' CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks and appreciation for
the acts of kindness, messages
of sympathy and beautiful floral
offerings for our beloved hus
band and father.
Mrs. Neva L. Grohs.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Grohs.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hcllekson
and daughter Marianna.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Schenck.
Frank Grohs and Noil Grohs.
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to being sasscd. Our history has
proved that pretty clearly.
IN the past, we've always had
riitifdwirlv in hold our Cfiat
while we rolled up our sleeves
and got ready to fight. It won't
he done that way tno next time,
There will bo nobody to hold
our coat while we get ready. If
a fight starts and wo aren't
ready, we'll be likely to get
licked.
The obvious moral Is that we'd
belter STAY READY no mat
ter what It costs.
Paint Laden
Truck Explodes
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 21 W
Two truck-line drlvera escaped
Injury when their truck, laden
with 80 barrels of paint thinner
being shipped from Seattle to
southern California, caught fire,
exploded and burned on Pacific
highway, iu miles norm oi ncro
lust night. '
Edgur O. Southard, of Seattle,
was at tho wheel when hla re
lief driver, Lylc Smith, of Los
Angeles, noticed flames work
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stuto police said. Iioth men fled
to suicty oeioro the blaze rcacn
ed the highly-inflammablo truck
loud and set off a series of ex
plosions as one barrel oftcr an
other let no.
The truck was operated for
the Los AnEclca-Scattlc Motor
Transportation company. irucK
and cargo were reported con
sumed completely.
OSC Beaver All
Snarled Up
CORVALLIS. Feb. 21 (At
Oregon State college is apparent
ly going to have to get along
without a beaver.
A beaver which Mr. and Mra.
Jack Morria brought from Alas
ka and offered to OSC as a mas
cot Is entwined by government
regulations in a Seattle zoo
and President A. L. Strand fears
there is little chance ol unwind
Inff him.
II seems, the Seattle park
bourd advised Strand, that orig
inally the Morrises brought the
beaver from Alaska on a permit
to give him to the Seattle zoo.
To get the beaver to OSC, he
must be shipped back to Alaska
and brought back again under
another permit.
Romney Pleads
Innocent Today
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Pi
Kenneth Romney, former ser-
?eant-at-arms of the house for
6 years, pleaded innocent todny
to charges of attempting to' de
fraud the government by con
cealing a $143,863 shortage in
his accounts.
Romney was arraigned before
Federal District Court Judge
Blitha J. Laws, who set trial for
April 21.
The scrgcant-at-arms office
serves as a "bank" for house
members.
Between 1909 and 1946 per
capita consumption of citrus
fruit and tomatoes increased
from 44 pounds to 117.
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Merrill To Get
Fire Signal
MERRILL, Feb. 2K-Mcrrlll
volunteer firemen, who in the
past may have slept peacefully
while the present signal was
operating at the time of a blaze,
will no longer doze when the
proposed new equipment Is In
stalled. Funds' from the 40th
annual ball to be given In the
Community hall Saturday night
vlll be used to buy a new elec
tric siren that promises to
awaken even the soundest
snoozer.
The big signal to bo operated
with an eight-home electric
motor Is to be placed high on a
sieci tower ana cost oi me in
stallation will run from $1300
to $2000 It is expected. The
present signal has been In use
lor several ycara and has been
found inadequate to reach mem
bers of tho -force living more
than a few blocks from Its pres
ent location.
-Installation of tho siren will
put the Merrill fire department
in the bracket with the most
modern equipment In southern
Oregon. The department opcr
otes a K-7 International truck
with 800 gallon booster tank and
pump that lifts 800 gallons of
water per minute to a 20-foot
height. The company has a
mile of 2i inch hose and an
equal amount of li-lnch hose.
Snow Postpones
Albanian Hearing
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Feb.
21 W) Heavy snow which
swept the eastern seaboard to
day forced postponement of the
United Nations security council
session on the Albt.nian case.
The United Nations announced
the council would meet Monday
to continue debate on the Brit
ish charges against Albania.
The announcement came as
Great Britain made It clear she
would oppose a Colombian pro
posal to refer to the international
court of Justice her complaint
that Albania is responsible for
the deaths of 44 seamen in two
royal navy destroyers blasted by
mines In corlu channel last Oc
tober 22.
British Delegate Sir Alexander
Cadogan remarked tartly that
the international court of Justice
is not a police court.
Are You An Ex-Navy or Coast
Guard Petty Officer?
Did you hold on of tho following rates
fir controlmon, radioman, radarman, elec
tronics technician's mate, soundman, electri
cian's mate, photographer's mate, - yeoman,
ship's cook, storekeeper, ' pharmacist's mate,
quartermaster, carpenter's mate, motor ma
chinist's mate, or an aviation rate?
If so,' we have a message of real
importance to you!!! Don't delay, contact
U. S. Coast Guard Recruiting Station
Vets Reinstate
NSI Insurance
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 JP)
More than 1000 Oregon veter
ans have reinstated $8,838,800
worth of national service life
Insurance since start of a nation-wide
veterans administra
tion campaign, Raymond J.
Goodhart, VA Insurance officer,
said today.
He said 88,000 Oregon veter
ans had allowed their insurance
to lapse. ... .
Veterans still have several
years in which to convert their
term Insurance to permanent
forms, Goodhart said.
Phone Workers
Oppose Bi
iiuculMr.TnK Feh 21 fl
The National Federation of Tele
phone Workers, preparing for a
countrywide strike in April un
less IIS wage UL-nmimii bic
today opposed legislation to for
bid collective bargaining on an
Industry-wide basis.
Joseph A. Beirne, the federa
tion's president, told the senate
laDor commuive umi wmj
gotlon on such a scale can tho
I.J.UHilAnl nn inn rlf.nl satisfaC.
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torlly with what he called the
"monopolistic American icic
phone and Telegraph company.
Beirne appeared with his pre
pared testimony after calling on
the CIO and AFL to join with
t "fiuht vaHnntlv"
against any restrictive lawa a
nationwide teicpnone unit
might precipitate.
The NFTW has served notice
that its 280,000 members in
every state will walk off their
lobs "on or about" April 7 un
less they get a wage boost. They
are asking $12 a week more.
Lawyer Given
Prison Sentence
T no INRCTT!) Vrh 21 ttP
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Charles J. Edwards career as a
lawyer came to an abrupt end.
Edwards, 28, was sentenced to
a prison term of from five to
14 years yesterday after plead
ing guilty to a charge that he
forged a leiier 10 me siaie oar
association in order to enter the
legal profession.
rtn th hmii of ihis tetter. Ed
wards had been admitted to
practice in federal courts.
E. C. "Gono" H.rndon
Stockman To
Push Measure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 VP)
Rep. Stockman (R-Ore.) says ho
will press for passage of his reso
lution limiting a president to
one six-year term.
Stockman introduced his reso
lution, which would call for a
constitutional amendment, be
fore the house passed a resolu
tion to submit to the states an
amendment limiting a president
to two terms.
Stockman told a reporter ehat
the house action, in his opinion,
does not solve the question. He
said he believes limiting a presi
dent's tenure to two terms still
will not take the office out of
politics.
"Under the two-term plan,"
Stockman said, "the incumbent
will still keep his eye out for a
second term and would thus do
what is politically expedient
rather than exercise his own
free and unbiased Judgment.
I'With only one term of six
years allowed, most men of the
caliber to be elected president
will have the courage and con
victions to make decisions as
they honestly see them rather
than be swayed by and subjected
to pressures of a political party."
Stockman's proposal would
prohibit any person who has
served as president from being
eligible to hold the office again.
Car Importation
Halted In China
SHANGHAI, Feb. 21 lP) De
spite the fact that China is des
perately short of transportation,
the government, in its efforts to
stabilize the nation's disordered
economy, has prohibited the im
portation of automobiles.
Businessmen, aware that China
needs thousands of automobiles,
trucks and buses, are hopeful
that the ban will be only tem
porary. China already had post
war regulations forbidding the
importation of automobiles cost
ing more than $1200.
WESTERN PINE DROPS
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 W
Production and shipments ' of
western pine in the week ended
February 15 dropped slightly,
the Western Pine association re
ported today, bat orders were
up.
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Transport Turns
Into Hospital
SEATTLE, Feb. 21 (P) Six
passengers left the army trans
port Fred C. Ainsworth during
its round trip to Japan and
Korea without something they
had taken aboard, but to 25-year-old
1st Lt. Horace M. Baker
Jr. of Lumberton, N, C, it was
"somewhat routine."
Each of the six had under
gone appendectomies aboard the
ship. Three were performed
en route to the Orient and three
more on the return voyage.
Baker was the medical officer
aboard the vessel.
All of the operations were of
emergency nature and performed
wun spinal injections.
Aiding Baker was 1st Lt. Rich
ard Davis of Tacoma, also a med
ical officer.
Eleven Admit
Lynch Slaying
GREENVILLE, S. C, Feb. 21
P) Sheriff R. H. Bearden an
nounced today that 11 men had
admitted taking part in the
lynch slaying of Willie Earle,
25-year-old negro, near here
Monday.
Bearden said a concentrated
search was being pushed for
"the trigger man" in the case.
Earle, arrested as a suspect in
the fatal stabbing of a Green
ville taxi driver, was taken from
the nearby Pickens county jail
by a mob estimated at 25 men.
A short time later hia body.
bearing knife and gunshot
wounos, was round beside a
Greenville county road.
Up to noon today, federal.
state, city and county officers
working on the case had takes
14 men into custody.
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Wifh the purchase of each engine we will
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Church Head
To Speak Here
Dr. George Thomas, negro
director of the Portland Council
of Churches, will be in Klamath
Falls this week to speak before
various groups on race relations
problems .
The speaker, who Is also secre
tary of the department of race
relations of Congregational
churches of Oregon, Is being
brought here by the YMCA board
of directors, Paul Lee, chairman,
stated today. This Is in connec
tion with the Brotherhood Week
program.
Dr. Thomas will be sponsored
by tho YMCA Trl-Hi-Y and Hi-Y
clubs at both girls' and boys'
assemblies Friday morning at
KUHS. At noon Friday ho will
speak to the Rotary club at the
Willard. He may be heard over
KFLW 3:30 to 4 p.m., and In
the evening at 7 o'clock over
KFJI. At 8 p. m. he will apeak
at Fremont school.
During his stay he will be
guest of Rev. and Mrs. Godfrey
Matthews of the Community
Congregational church.
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