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Fall Opening
Unveiling Set
For Tonight
Stunts Art Planned
By Various Stores;
Pet Parade Featured
Roseburg merchants will unveil
their latest fall merchandise at
7:30 tonight during the Fall Open
ing program.
Street display! will be exhibited
on Washington, Oak and Jackson
streets. All merchandise displayed
will be new, and window displays
will be judged first, second and
third.
In addition to the regular dis
play of fall creations, several mer
chants will present special events
as part of the program.
Ott-Ricketts Music store has ar
ranged a musical program from
7:45 to 8:30. It will consist of two
pianos, an accordion, two organs
and a solovox.
y - A soft shoe toe dance routine
t will be given by George Tennyson,
1 and Marty McClay will be the vo
cal half of the event. Organ solos
will be played by Mrs. R. Ludbell.
Rina Ta Be Frozen
Lawson's Jewelry store will have
a diamond ring frozen in a block
of ice. The person guessing the time
it will take to thaw free will be
given a ring as a prize.
The Mabel Lewis shop at 232
North Jackson St. will be the scene
of a style show.
At 7 the program formally be
gins with the formation of a chil
dren's pet parade at the court
house. The procession will come
down Douglas street to Jackson,
Jackson to Cass and then to the
post office where it will end.
Youngsters 12-years old and un
der who want to participate
should assemble on the courthouse
lawn at 6:30 Wednesday. All pets
are eligible, but the committee dis
courages the participation of large
animals because of the danger to
small children.
Prizes On Tap
Judges will select the best en
tries, which will receive prizes do
nated by the Retail Trades asso
ciation. Prizes are as follows: first
$10; second $5; and ten ad
ditional awards of $1 each.
Entries in the parade will be
judged on the basis of original
ity. Children who have participated
in the parade may attend the
theater of their choice.
Buildup Against
Reds May Force
Oldtime Driving
WASHINGTON UP) The
big buildup against Communism
may force you to keep on driving
the old-fashioned way.
To save on aluminum and
scarce steel alloys needed in the
defense effort, the National Pro
duction authority yesterday lim
ited the number of cars in the
low and medium price fields which
can be equipped with automatic
transmissions.
It ruled that only 35 percent of
cars costing up to $1,800 may have
rte workless shifts. In the $1,800
$2,500 class, 65 percent may have
automatic transmissions. All more
expensive cars may have them.
J. E. Loper Fined $500
Joseph Edward Loper, 40, Suth
erlin, was fined $500 and sen
tenced to 30 days in the county
jail Tuesday on a charge of drunk
driving, according to District
Judge A. J. Geddes. Loper was
arrested Tuesday by state police.
REARMAMENT OPPOSED
MOSCOW UP) The Soviet
union made public today a note
to France declaring that rearma
ment of West Germany would vio
late not only the Potsdam agree
ment but" the Soviet-French treaty
of 1944. The note coincided wilh
the opening of western Big Three
deliberations in Washington.
f In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is written re
sembles rather closely a mulligan
stew. It is made out of a little of
everything.
For example:
A German scientist tells the In
ternational Gerontological con
gress, meeting in St. Louis: "Keep
active and you'll delay the fatten
ing and aging of your brain."
Aging of the brain, he adds,
consists largely of fat formation in
the brain cells. Continuing to live
an active life, he explains, tends
to slow down this process of fat
formation.
What's he driving at?
Something like this:
If you don't want to be looked
upon in your declining years as a
f.-.t-headed old duffer, KEEP MOV
ING. It sounds like good advice.
Tn UTachinolnn Cpnatni Ppnfnn
ffers a resolution questioning ;
whether Senator McCarthy should!
be expelled from the senate. He
characterizes McCarthy as a j
"character; assassin who has made
unproved niarges that communists'
and red sympathizers havt infil
trated the government."
McCarthy retorts:
"My attitude ever since Benton
started blowing off has been that
2" is an odd mental midget who
)Tnly would be dangerous if he were
inore intelligent. I still say I have
too many important things to oc
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Established 1873
Doubt
Murder Done
By Another,
Woman Says
SALEM UP) Theodore Jor
dan haa been in prison here for
18 years. And now the parole
board has an affidavit which says
he had nothing to do with the mur
der for which he is serving life.
The hoard is studying the affi
davit. It is not yet ready to com
ment on it.
It came from Mrs. Alice Gil
bert Borden of Chicago and says
her husband, Sears Gilbert, now
dead, told her he killed F. T. Sul
livan at Klamath Falls in 1932.
That is the crime for which Jor
dan twice was sentenced to hang
and for which he now is serving
life.
Jordan, now 45, has been in the
news during his prison term he
was a member of the disbanded
convict committee and Warden
George Alexander said he was one
of the ringleaders of the convict
gang which in 1942 burned the
prison flax sheds wilh a loss of
$400,000.
Nearly 20 Years Later
But Mrs. Borden's affidavit,
made nearly a score of years af
ter Sullivan, a Southern Pacific
steward, was beaten to death as
he slept in his berth in the rail
yards at Klamath Falls, says Jor
dan had no part in the killing of
which he was convicted.
It says that. Mrs. Borden shot
her husband shortly after Jordan's
trial and that he thought he was
going to die. En route to a hos
pital he said he did the killing, the
affidavit says. He recovered but
died at Waco, Tex., in 1937.
Mrs. Borden in her affidavit
says she has thought about it for
a long time and now wants to
clear Jordan.
"I have pondered over It for 10
years and can no longer rest peace
fully knowing that Jordan is im
prisoned for a murder which lie
did not commit," the affidavit
says.
Testified Against
Jordan was arrested shortly af
ter Sullivan was beaten with a
gas pipe in what presumably was
a roDDery attempt. Klamath
county district attorney T. R. Gil
lenwaters and assistant District
Attorney D. E. Van Vactor re
ported that Jordan confessed. Jor
dan was held from June, 1932, until
October, when Sullivan died. Then
a murder charge was placed
against him.
Testifying against Jordan at the
trial was Sears Gilbert, the former
husband of Mrs. Borden. He said
he refused to go along when Jor
dan proposed robbing Sullivan.
At the trial, Jordan repudiated
a confession and said it was made
as a result of police threats.
He was convicted and sentenced
to hang. Two appeals to the state
supreme court failed to change
the verdict, but the original exe
cution date was then past and a
new date was set. A month before
he was to hang, Gov. Julius Meier,
in 1934, commuted the sentence to
life imprisonment.
Demonstrations Made
From the time of conviction un
til the commutation there were
many demonstrations in Jordan's
behalf. There were letters and pe
titions and marches on the capitol
by demonstrators with banners.
There was even a "State Theo
dore Jordan anti-Iynching league."
The tenor of the letters was that
Jordan was a victim of racial prej
udice. He is a negro. His victim
was white.
Gov. Meier named a committee
of three to investigate. Then he
commuted the sentence.
Hult And Tuck
Head Flying Club
Paul Hult was elected chairman
of the board of directors of the
Umpqua Flying club at the 15lh
annual meeting held Tuesday
night. Bruce Tuck was chosen as
club president.
Club members met at a dinner at
the Umpqua hotel Civic room,
where the business session was
conducted by the retiring presi
dent, Dr. E. W. Carter.
Dallen Jones was elected vice
president; Holden R. McTaggert,
secretary, and Mrs. Gertrude
Sherlock, treasurer.
The club, which has 40 members,
now owns four planes, and has
recently been operating the mtnici
pal airport under lease.
Log Hauligg Permitted
Saturday And Sundays
SALEM '.P) Log hauling on
highways will be permitted on
Saturday afternoons and Sundavs
for the rest of this year, the state
Highway commission announced. (
lhc commission said it is relax
ing the weekend ban on log hauling I
to give the loggers a chance to I
make up the time lost during the I
summer, when logging was shut!
down much of the time because
of the forest fire hazard. I
Cast On guilt Of Prisoner
Airline Names
Local Manager
NORMAN HUNT
Station Manager
Norman Hunt, above, will be
station manager for West Coast
arlines, when scheduled flights
are begun in and out of Roseburg.
Hunt, formerly manager of the
now discontinued McMinnville air
port, arrived in town this week.
He said he was principally con
cerned now with finding a home.
An exact date for starting air
line service has not been set, but
it is expected within the coming
month, according to Hunt. The
city council has granted the airport
contractor an additional 15 days
tor completion of construction,
which will mean around Oct. 1.
Temporary station .headquarters
will probably have to be set up for
operation of the airlines until the
administration building has' been
completed, he said.
Robbery Charge
Faces V. Gosso
A 24-year-old Roseburg man was
arrested Tuesday on a robbery
charge, according to L. J. Larsen,
chief of police.
Under arrest is Vern John
Gosso, 560 N. Pine street. He is
being held In the county jail under
$5,000 bail, set by District Judge
A. J. Geddes. Gosso was granted
time to consult an attorney before
entering a plea.
He is accused of robbing 81-year
old Thomas M. Faigley of a bill
fold containing $111 in cash at a
Roseburg trailer camp Friday
night.
Monday night Gosso was
charged with disorderly conduct
involving a tavern fight. He
posted $30 bail.
Appealing Tuesday morning on
the disorderly conduct charge,
Gosso was fined $30.
Roseburg School
Enrollment 3207
Roseburg's city school enroll
ment has climbed to a total of
3207 for the second week, reoorts
Supt. Paul S. Elliott.
Last year the peak enrollment
and attendance was only 3060, or
147 less than for the present year.
The enrollment is about 93 less
than the 3300 expected. However,
Elliott believes, the number will
keep climbing within the next cou
ple ot weeks. The opening day en
rollment on Sent. 5 of 1950 was
only 2948.
A breakdown shows the high
school figure at about 1145; t h e
Junior high, 458; Benson, 312; Riv
erside 568; Rose, 313, and Fuller
ton, ill.
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CRACK IRON CURTAIN
Czech Train Refugees To Be Allowed
To Remain in West: 25 Seek Asyiupi
HOF. Germany UP) The U.S.
High commission announced today
the Czech train which cracked
through the Iron Curtain will be
allowed to remain in the West.
Twenty-five of the Czechs have
asked for asylum "in the free
west" after a spectacular flight
from their communist homeland
yeeerday.
Eighty-six other Czechs who rode
the "freedom train" as unwilling
passengers will be returned to
Czechoslovakia
Refugees Safe
A high commission announce
ment recalled a statement last
April by Commissioner John J.
:Cloy that America!? authorities
"will not return political regugees
to Soviet orbit countries where
their freedom or everPiives would
be in jeopardy.'
"This policy wilfbe adhered to"
in the case of the runaway Czechs,
the announcement said.
It said Czechs are tem
porarily ta 1e eustorijrnf the U. S.
ROSEBURG. OREGONWEDNESDAY.
Communist Party Closes Doors In Many
States, Reduces Activity, Surrey Shows
By The Associated Preii
The Communist party has closed
its doors in many states and
sharply reduced its activities in
others, a nationwide survey
showed today.
The FBI sees this as a sign the
party has gone underground.
But a spokesman for national
Communist headquarters said:
"We've done the best we could
to try to keep our heads above
ground. It is not our doing that
pressure from authorities, threats
of violence and local ordinances
have Drevented public meetings,
kept us from renting halls and
barred us from renting office
space."
Many Branches Closed
Whatever the reason, many state
branches of the party have closed
shop. In other states, offices re
main unmanned, telephones un
answered. Issuance of literature
has stopped, or been heavily cur
tailed. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
says party membership has fallen
from 52,000 last year to 37,000 at
present. The party's lop leaders
are on bail, or in jail for con
spiracy. Meetings when held at Till, usu
ally are of small groups in private
homes.
Grand Strategy
Of West Subject
Of Big 3 Talks
WASHINGTON UP) The Big
Three foreign ministers turned to
day from preliminary talks to the
West's grand strategy in the strug
gle against Communist aggression.
Efforts to "contain" Soviet pres
sure and terms of a partnership
deal to be offered West Germany
were major topics before Secre
tary of State Acheson, British For
eign Secretary Herbert Morrison
and French Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman.
Since Monday Acheson has been
talking separately with Morrison
and Schuman. Today at a fore
noon meeting the three men were
scheduled for the first time in the
current talks to come together for
a general review of cold war de
velopments. Also on the agenda
were the Iranian oil crisis and
other Middle East issues.
Germany Major Task
American, British and French
high commissioners to Germany
were called in for an afternoon
session to help put finishing
touches on a proposal to bring
West Germany into the western
line - up. Officials cammed this the
major task before the Big Three.
A plan has been drafted to con
clude the occupation, hand over
almost complete sovereignty to
the Bonn (West Germany) govern
ment, change the status of Allied
troops to defense forces and sub
stitute ambassadors for high com
missioners. The Bonn parliament
will have to ratify this "contrac
tual arrangement." At the same
time. Western Germany would be
expected to agree to contribute
forces to the European army be
ing formed to serve under Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atlantic
Pact command.
Child Welfare Worker
Resigns For Teaching
Julian Helleck. a child welfare
worker for the county public wel
fare office, has resigned the po
sition to teach social subjects at
the Roseburg high school, accord
ing to Mrs, Lois Baker, welfare
administrator. The resignation
was effective last Monday.
Seventh army "which Is making
every effort to provide suitable
food and accommodations."
"We did it because it is no longer
bearable to live in an east Eu
ropean country," said Frazck Ja
rda, engineer of the train and a
leader of the daring escape plot.
"We have been preparing for this
a long time." he told reporters.
"We brought food and clothing
everything we could."
"All along the way we got help,"
Jarda said. But in the traditional
manner of refusees. he declined
to identify the people who helped
them. Jarda bfijught his wife and !
two children with him. I
The way they did it w an
jj m a i i n g 1 y simple. The ex- j In previous escapes, Czechs have
press train was on its reguiariused nearly every means except
run from Prague to Asch near the I trains. Many have reached fa"t
German border. It was scheduled I many by plane, including on e
to stop at AschQbut instead the large group which took over an
engineer raced through the trrn ' airliner in the air. Most cross the
at 60 miles an hour. w ; border at JPKht on foot or In cars
Someone at Asch had thrown awhere thero-un the (A nger of be
rustyCjiwitch and the train waiting shot by Czech gOards.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1951
Two of the party's major cen
ters national headquarters in
New York City and a regional of
fice in Boston recently have
moved from well-furnished quar
ters In good locations to smaller,
cheaper layouts.
The party is badly strapped for
Three Fishermen
Believed Missing;
Empty Boat Found
REEDSPORT W Three
Eugene men who left here Mon
day afternoon for fishing out
side the bar are missing. Parts
of a boat believed theirs were
recovered five miles north of
the Coos bay jetty. '
Chief Boatswain B. L. Higgins
of the coast guard said surface
or a ft were searching the area
and a coast guard plane from
Port Angeles was expected.
The missing fishermen, who
crossed out over Winchester bay
bar in a 14-foot outboard, are:
W. W. Moles, retired Southern
Pacific employe; P. Meyers,
Southern Pacific employe; A. L.
Kennen, bartender.
First report that they were
missing came at 7 p.m. yester
day when friends said they had
not returned from their Monday
excursion. The coast guard then
started a search and found a
piece of a thwart, a cushion and
a shoe.
This morning a friend, O.
Clingman, arrived to aid in the
search.
Douglas Payroll
Advances To 3rd
Douglas county moved past
Marion county to take third
place among Oregon counties in
covered payrolls for the first
quarter of 1951, the State Unem
ployment Compensation commission-reported
today. Douglas
county's payroll, covered by the
commission, reached $11,492,598,
a gain of 49.S percent, for the
quarter. It was stated. Marion
county had a 31.8 percent gain
for a total of $11,415,005. State
payrolls in Marion county are
not included.
Douglas county moved into
fourth place last year ahead of
Klamath county. Douglas county
was 19th in standings in 1940.
Acheson Critics
Exchange Views
WASHINGTON OP) Senator
McCarthy (R-Wis) said today Sec
retary of State Acheson "did a
good gavel-banging job" at the
Japanese peace conference but
dealt "another blow at anti-Communists
in China."
Senator Knowland (R-Calif), on
the other hand, declared t h e
treaty signed at San Francisco
last week is a good one aimed at
keeping Japan out of the Com
munist orbit.
McCarthy, arch critic of Ache
son, outlined his views when a re
porter asked him for comment on
two Republican senators' praise
of the way Acheson conducted the
treaty conference.
The public praise has come
from Knowland and Senator H.
Alexander Smith (R-NJ). They at
tended tne conlerence. Both men,
particularly Knowland, have been
sharply critical of Acheson in the
past with respect to administra
tion policy toward the Far East.
shunted to an old, unused track
leading across the German bordpr
tn the town of Sclb-Plocszberg,
25 miles from Hof, the refugees
then turned themselves over to
German authorities.
The refugees, including six chil
dren and several women, stayed
at a Red Cross center in Selb
last night. Others, including two
Czech soldiers and 4 policeman,
stayed behind on the train.
Use Many Means
U- S. officials said earlier the
rerogees will go to Camp Valka.
near Nuernberg, w here hundreds
of other Czech fugitives are living
"i barracks.
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money, its spokesmen say. They
assert inability to hold "mass meet
ings" has made it hard to collect
funds.
"Of course, we've had to cur
tail party work for-reasons of eco
nomy," a spokesman said. "But
so far as keeping offices open
and public, that's one thing we've
tried not to let economy affect."
Nevertheless, a state-by-state
survey by the Associated Press
shows numerous branches have
shut down and dropped from sight.
In the south particularly, party
offices virtually have ceased to
exist.
Louisiana headquarters on canal
street in New Orleans has been
abandoned.
Similar Conditions Elsewhere
The party's one-time office at
Birmingham, Ala., closed some
time ago, and authorities say the
Alabama executive secretary,
Sam Hall, apparently has left the
state.
There apparently is no definite
communist party headquarters in
North Carolina, and the state has
little Communist activity. The
party uses a post office box in
Winston-Salem through which It
channels and receives mail.
In other regions, similar con
ditions prevailed.
Chester Bowles
is Appointed U.S.
India Ambassador
WASHINGTON UP) Presi
dent Truman today nominated
Chester Bowles, former gov
ernor of Connecticut and World
War II price boss, as ambassa
dor to India,
Loy W. Henderson, the present
envoy to India, was nominated to
be ambassador to Iran, succeed
ing Henry F. Grady. Grady's res
ignation was accepted "with the
greatest reluctance."
This shuffling of diplomats would
nave taken place several months
ago had it not been for the Iranian
oil crisis and Grady's work in try
ing to bring about an agreement
between that country and Britain.
Orginally Grady had wanted to
withdraw from active diplomatic
service in early summer.
Henderson was chosen to suc
ceed Grady, diplomats said, pri
marily because of his reputation
as an able, tough-minded negotia
tor. Bowles has long been mentioned
in public speculation as a likely
appointee to a diplomatic post. He
is an old friend and supporter of
Mr. Truman.
Bowles lost out in a re-election
bid last Novembers He headed the
Office of Price Administration
during part of the last war.
Action Delayed
On Defense Bill
WASHINGTON UP) Senate
leaders seeking quick action on a
$fil,103.856.030 military spending
bill talked today of asking their
colleagues to agree to do less de-
baling and more voting.
Such an agreement to limit de
bate requires unanimous consent,
but it frequently is obtained on
major bills.
Democratic leader McFarland
of Arizona has been pushing for
such an arrangement for two days
but Senator O Mahoney (D-Wyo),
floor manager for the record
armed forces appropriation,
balked. However, he told a re
porter today he might join Mc
Farland in seeking some debate
limit.
O'Mahoney had predicted quick
approval, first on Monday and
then yesterday, but action was
delayed because of a number of
efforts to cut down Ihe size of the
bill and by a variety of speeches
on other subjects.
Sharp criticism was voiced yes
terday of Pentagon policies of re
calling World War II veterans
while younger draftees and reserv
ists are deferred.
The riouse attached to the bill
a directive to the armed forces
to release World War II veterans
with 12 month's service after they
the another year of duty since
the Korean war.
Pentagon leaders protested this
might force (hem to junk plans
for returning Korean combat vet
erans on a rotation plan. Their
policies are based on 17 months
active duty for war veterans. e
The Senate agreed tn strike out
the automatic 12 month release
provision, with an understanding
that the Issue Is not finally de
cided. AQfinat decision, it was
agreed, will he made in a senate-house
conference on the meas
ure, o o
TRUMAN SUPPORTED Q
T.fsS ANGELES (PI The
Los Angeles Democratic county
committee is on recoi" support
of President Truman for reelection.
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t 'lllM J ,
GEORGE C. MARSHALL
Resigns Deftnst Job
ROBERT A. LOVETT
Named Successor
Reaction To U.N.
Apol
ogy Awaited;
Opti
imism Felt
- TOKYO (PI The Pilplng
radio hinted today the Commu
nists might reject an Allied
apology for the accidental straf
ing of the Kaeson neutral zone
Monday.
TOKYO UP) Hope of peace
for war-ravaged Korea today bal
anced giVigerly on Red reaction
to an Allied apology for acciden
tally strafing the Kaesong neutral
zone Monday. ,
The question was:
Will the Reds accept tha U. N.
command explanation, or will they
demand the same kind ot answer
to 10 other Red charges of. Al
lied air and ground violations of
the neutral Kaesong area7
The Reds broke off truce talks
Aug. 23, charging that an Allied
plane had bombed the neutral
area. The Allies flatly denied this
charge.
Chances Good
Chances appeared reasonably
good that the Reds would accept
the U. N. command explanation
of the Monday strafing.
But there was the possibility
that the Reds would agree to re
sume peace negotiations only if
the Allies apologized similarly for
the 10 other alleged violations of
the neutral zone.
Sources close lo the U. N. com
mand were optimistic that the
talks would be resumed.
These sources said the supreme
Allied commander, Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway, has shown his good
faith by readily admitting this vio
lation. But they emphasized he has no
intention of being "railroaded"
into admitting any Communist
charge that has no basis or fact.
Three Men Committed
For Failure To Stop
Three Roseburg men were com
mitted to the county jail Tuesday
on a charge of failure to stop at
a scene of an accident.
Under arrest are George Ken
neth Orr, 21; Jim Norman, 28,
and William S. Lewis, 26. All
three pleaded innocent on arraign
ment in district court Tuesday
and are being held on $100 bail
each.
They were accused of failing to
stop at the scene of an accident
Sunday five miles north of Myrtle
Creek on Highway 99. The ar
rests were made by Deputy Sher
iff W. I. Worrall and Myrtle Creek
Police Chief Orville Cornett.
$50,000 In General
Damages Asked In Suit
Vincent H. Spires, 20, If asking
$50,000 general damages from the
Youngs Bay Lumber company on
an accident which resulted in the
amputation of a thumb and finger
of one hand, according to a suit
filed Tuesday in circuit court.
The suit was filed through his
mother, Dorothy P. Spires. Spe
cial damages of $932.30 are also
asked.
According to the complaint filed
by Spires, the accident occurred
May 18 at Ihe Youngs Bay mill
while the plaintiff was working
as a trimsaw man. His glove be
came caught in the trimsaw,
Spires' complaint states.
KEEP CARS REMOVED
Police Chief Lloyd J. Larsen asks
motorists to keep their cars off
Jackson street between Washing
ton and Lane streets tonight dur
ing the Fall Opening program. He
)Mi they should be removed by
6 p.m.
RECESS ENDED
WASHINGTON UP) The
House ends a three-weeks recess
today wilh a "no (Qisincss" ses
sion anrt a nrpdirtion hv Its Re.
Mhliran leader th.fi it will he in
iSrssion until the end of November.
R. A. Loveft
Is Successor
To Secretary
'Personal Reasons'
Behind Move, Says
Five-Star General
WASHINGTON UP) George
C. Marshall resigned today aa
secretary of defense. He will be
succeeded by the present deputy
secretary, Robert A. Lovett.
Marshall, 70, was appointed de
fense secretary one year ago to
day. He is quitting "for very per
sonal reasons."
The soldier-statesman, a five
star general, was army chief of
staff in World War II and later
was Secretary of State. He spon
sored me European recovery pro
gram wnicn Became known
throughout the world as the Mar
shall plan.
Took Post Year Ago
Upon the resignation of Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson a year
ago, Marshall came out of retire
ment to become the first profes
sional military man to head a U.
S. military department since 1916.
Marshall himself announced his
resignation today to Pentagon
newsmen but forbade publication
of the news until the White House
announced it.
President Truman accented
Marshall's resignation "with great
reluctance" and effective imme
diately. He named William C. Foster,
Economic Cooperation administra
tor to succeed Lovett as deputy
secretary and Richard M. Bissell
Jr., deputy administrator,-as act
ing ECA administrator succeeding
umvi iu ucau uiv luaianau flan
agency.
Lovett, 56, a close friend of
Marshall, joined the Defense de
partment Sept. 28, 1950, succeed
ing the late Stephen T. Early.
in nan served under Marsnall
previously as undersecretary of
state. Lovett formerly was asso
ciated with the investment bank
ing firm of Brown Brothers, Har.
riman and Co. in New York.
Shortly before today's Whit
House announcement, Marshall
summoned Petagon reportera to
his office and told them:
"My resignation as Secretary
of Defense takes effect at 11 this
morning."
Delayed Resignation
He said he was "resigning for
very personal reasons." An aide
said later this did not mean hia
health was a determining factor.
He aaid of his terms as defense)
secretary:
"When I took this job it was
my understanding I would remain
only until June 30."
He then added that because of
important military legislation be
fore Congress he was asked to
remain until now.
He said he agreed to carry on
until the end of the summer and
until after issuance of a report
by the commission created to
recommend basic policies to gov
ern Universal Military Training.
Marshall's letter of resignation
was dated Sept. 1,
In accepting it. the President
paid new tribute to the general
wnom ne nas oltcn described as
one of the greatest generals of
all time and one of the country's
outstanding patriots.
Marshall sat in his swivel chair,
rocking slowly back and forth with
one foot crossed over the other as
he talked with reporters of his long
years of service.
"It's been interesting," he said,
in his dignified, slow-spoken way.
"It covers quite a span of events,
I've made many attachments, na
turally. Now I can sit down and
reflect and read the papers and
wonder what they (the others in
government service) will do."
He had high praise for Lovett as
his successor.
"I have been very fortunate to
have a man like Lovett," Marshall
said. "There is no man in the
United States like him for stepping
in and taking charge."
Marshall added:
"I want to say also that here in
the Defense department, notably
beginning with Lovett, I think
there is the most efficient group
in competence and general loyalty
that I've ever seen in government
in times of peace."
President Truman spoke in mov
ing terms of Marshall's record of
service, telling him in the letter
accepting his resignation:
"To all of these offices you havt
brought great talent and wisdom.
In fact, no man has ever given
his country more distinguished and
patriotic service than have you.
"I have stated many times, both
publicly and privately, my high
regard for your many services to
the country throughout your long
and distinguished career as I gov
ernment servant. . . ,
si.
Murderer Caught r
PORTLAND UP) Raymond
Francis Frye, a oonvlcted mur.
derer who escaped from Oregon
state prison last March, was cap
tured here last night.
Detectives Al Vigna and Pat Da
vid, acting on a "hunch," found
the man in a tavern in the north
east section of the city. Ha at first
denied his Identity.
The Weather
Qnorrow,
Highest temp, far any Sept. .1M
Lowest ttmp. for any Sept, IV
Highest limp, yesterday 74
LoweiMltmp. last 34 hours ..47
Prtcip. last 14 hours , I
Precip. from Sept. 1 ,.,,,MI ,
Deflo. from Sept. 1
Sunset today, 7:2 p, nv
Sunriit tomorrow, t:H a m. .
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