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LA GRANDE OBSERV ER iff f i- v .. : . "... 18th Issue 64th Year Ike Is Unhappy Over Reception Given To Nikita FEARS LACK OF COURTESY WILL HURT FUTURE TALKS WASHINGTON (UPI) The White House said today that President Eisenhower' desire for constructive talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is not being help ed by "any personal discourt esy" shown the Russian lead er on his cross-country tour. Press Secretary James C. Hag erty reminded newsmen that "the President's basic purpose and de sire is to have Chairman Khrush chev see out country prior to the discussions of mutual interest that he will have with him at Camp David this weekend." 'The President is looking for ward to these discussions and as he has said before, hopes that they can be constructive," Hag erty added. "This purpose of constructive meetings at Camp David is not served by any personal discourt esy extended to the chairman dur ing his visit throughout our coun try." - Incident In Los Angeles Hagerty made the comment when asked whether the President felt any need for a new statement calling upon the American people to be courteous to the Soviet Premier. He was asked whether such a statement was felt necessary in view of Khrushchev's blow-up over remarks made to him Saturday night by Los Angeles Mayor Nor ris Poulson and by some other incidents which have arisen since Khrushchev began his coast to coast swing. When asked whether he was speaking for the President with re spect to the courtesy mattelr, Hag erty said he was "speaking as press secretary answering ques tions." He also declined to go any further than he did in his state ment. President Back at Work Poulson touched off a tirade by Khrushchev by questioning the Hagerty also was asked whether that "We will bury you." Hagerty also was asked wether the President, who returned to his desk this morning after a four- day weekend rest at his Gettys burg farm, was making special preparation for his forthcoming meeting with Khrushchev. "He has for six and a half years," Hagerty tartly replied. Eisenhower and Khrushchev will hold their crucial face-to-face con ference next week end at the President's secluded Camp David, Md., retreat, 60 miles north of Washington. The Chief Executive whizzed past the Catoctin Mountain area Sunday night in a motorcade which brought him back to the White House at 8:10 p.m. e.d.t. after driving the 80 miles from his farm in an hour and 45 min utes. Sunny, though sometimes bleak, weather enabled Eisenhower to get in 18 holes of golf each of his four days at Gettysburg. He played Sunday following a.i active morning which began with serv- ices at the United Presbyterian Church in Gettysburg. At the church services. Eisen hower heard a special prayer for Americans to be on guard against falsehood and guile dur ing Khrushchev's visit. WANTED Island City Correspondent for the La Grande Observer Generous Allowance. Complete Details at Observer Office or Contact Bill Bebout Ph. WO 3-3161 NEW COLLEGE PROFESSOR New to La Grande and EOC the Crase family moved here from Emmitt, Idaho. From left, Lea Anne, Robert, wife Irene, and Freddie. Robert, now assistant pro fessor of audia-visual aids at Eastern Oregon College, most recently was principal of Emmitt High School and in addition taught in the department of education at Col lege of Idaho. He has attended Montana School of Mines, has a B.A. from Montana State and an M.E. from the University of Nevada. Crase has done additional grad uate work at College of Idaho ' (EOC Photo) Wayne Morse Says Mr. K' Here Because He Worries WASHINGTON UPI Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said today he thought Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev came to the United States "because he is worried about war." Morse said he also felt Khrush chev might not be the "absolute dictator" which the free world pictures him as. The Oregon Democrat made the statements in a copyrighted inter view appearing in U. S. News & World Keport. He met Khrushchev when the Soviet leader held a closed meet ing 'with the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee last week. Morse is a member of the group. The senator said he believed Khrushchev was "greatly con cerned about war" and knew "that a nuclear war between the United States and Russia will mean for decades and decades to come the end of both coun tries." "He's realistic about that and we must be realistic about that too," Morse said. - "My feeling is he wants to work out some basis for peace," the senator said, "and I think we ought to try to negotiate on an honorable basis." Thief Ransacks Home But Leaves With Hands Empty A thief ransacked the closets and dressers of the Norman Da vis' residence between 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday and then left with out taking anything, local police said. The unidentified prowler gain ed entrance to the Davis resi dence, 3108 Fourth St., by tear ing screen from a back window ar.d then sliding the window open. Police arrested two La Grande drivers for operating a motor ve hicle without a driver's license yesterday. Richard Hamilton Turlcy, 18. 602 M Ave., was arrested at Greenwood and Adams Avenues for not having an operator's lie ens on his person at 3:20 P.m. i uriey posted iu bail and was released. A hearing is scheduled at 3 p. m. today. Claudia Viola Oelhafeu, 47, 1908 Adams Ave., was arrested on Adams at 6:19 this morning on the no license charge. She was released on $10 bail ond hearing scheduled for thi afternoon at 3. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1959 Russian Strength Nikita Continues San SAN FRAXSCISCO (UP) Premier Nikita Khrushchev! took a sighseeing trip around San Francisco Bay in a Coast Guard cutter today and told its skipper in a friendly conversation that the Russian navy is concentrating on submarines. Morse said it should- be done through the United Nations "be cause these problems can't be solved by agreements between the United States and Russia." The senator said he listened to Khrushchev for an hour and a half and studied him carefully, lie said the Russian leader U 1 1 " ;5 v. I v.v MEMBER HONORED Ernie Holman was honored and presented a corsage, Saturday night at the Booster Night of the Blue Mountain Grange. He was the only charter member attending. Several others were honor ed for 50 years of membership in the local grange. (Observer Photo) Production Slowdown Looms In Steel Plan SAN FRANCISCO (UPI-Labor leaders indicated today that pro duction slowdowns may be staged in several major industries if the government Invokes the Taft-Hartley Act and striking steelworkers are ordered back to work. It was learned authoritatively by United Press International that a possible general slowdown across the nation was being planned, mainly by officials of the United Auto Workers. However, labor officials declined to issue a formal statement be cause of the possibility of opening the way 'to legal action against the unions involved. One high-ranking AFL-CIO lead er, attending the union's conven tion here, said possible slowdowns Underwater Is Revealed About War stressed "peace, peace, peace, peace" throughout his whole talk At the same time, Morse noted that the way in which Khrush chev fielded "hot potato" ques tions showed he was an "adept" debator and ''very tough and very difficult." r were being considered in the air craft and electrical industries, as well as in steel and autos. He said any industry which used large quantities of steel might be in volved, if an injunction is issued and steel production resumes. President Eisenhower can invoke the Taft-Hartley Act whenever he considers that the steel strike is creating a national emergency. Under an injunction, the steel workers would be ordered back to their jobs but would be free to go on strike again if no settlement had been reached after 80 days. The only public statement con cerning a possible slowdown was a hint last week by Emil Mazey secretary-treasurer of the UAW - 8 Paget Fran Tour The Communist leader em barked on a whirlwind day of rubherneeking, inspection of an electron ic brain at an IBM plant and i visit to headquarters of the International Longshoremen 4 Warehousemen's Union. At the ILWU hall, a memorial to workers killed in the San Fran cisco 1M4 ce ieral strike, Khrush chev met Harry Bridges whom the United States long sought to de port as a Communist. The Soviet leader looked over the sparkling city early this morn ing from Nub Hill and pronounced it the most beautiful of any he had seen and the place where he had got the wa-mest welcome. His day started off with the boat tour and on the deck of the cutter Gresham Khrushchev got into a good-natured talk with Cmdr. B P Clark about navies. "We are now concentrating on reconstructing our navy," Khrush chev told Clark. "We are largely growing to concentrate on sub marines." As they steamed close to the Golden Gate. Clark told Khrush chev about the hundreds of vessels that had passed below her during the war. One of the reporters nearby asked Khrushchev about the size of the Russian navy. , "It's a secret," Khrushchev re plied. Clark said he wasn't going to get into an argument about who has the bigger navy. Khrushchev said he couldn't tell unless some body told him how strong the American Navy is. Asked about operations Soviet submarines are now engaged in, Khrushchev said: "We are now catching herring without subma rines." Then he threw back his head and laughed heartily. At another point, Khrushchev noted without comment the U. S. aircraft carrier Ranger getting up "steam. Clark, pointed out the Al- catraz Island prison and the Army Port of Embarkation. After, the boat trip, Khrushchev went to the ILWU hall. , Cancels Visit to Grocery He had upset security officials by changing his schedule this morning. He had been scheduled to go to a supermarket but instead he insisted on the visit to the long shoremen's hall. Bridges and other union officials greeted him outside the hall and Mrs. Bridges gave him a- bouquet of pink roses. With Eisenhower's representa tive, U. N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, beside him, Khrush chev went to a platform where a microphone had been installed and made a few remarks. Longshore men pressed into shake his hand "I will take back the greetings of American workers to the So viet Union and I extend the greet ing of the Soviet Union to the workers of America.? . "Work and Good Wages" "What is the main wish you want me to take back. Peace is not enough. I want there to be enough work and good wages." The friendliness of . the San Francisco reception, after the an gry encounter with Mayor Norris Poulson in Los Angeles, was grat ifying to Khrushchev's State De partment escorts. The White House had issued a statement today that the Premier's forthcoming talks with President Eisenhower would not be helped by "personal dis courtesy" on his coast to coast tour. SOVIET BOSS SPILLS OUT WOES TO SYMPATHETIC U.S. NEWSAAAN. EDITOR'S NOTE: Nikita Khrushchev chatted with UPI Moscow Bureau Manager Henry Shapiro for 10 minutes en the train coming from Los Angeles to San Francisco Sunday. Khru shchev already knew Shaptr. well in Metcow. This Is Sha piro's account of their conversa tion. By HENRY SHAPIRO UPI Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-I was sitting at a table of the club car typing a story when Premier Khrushchev came through the train. He was escorted by Henry Cabot Lodge and accompanied by his interpreter Viktor Sukhodrev and several security officers. Khrushchev knows me from Moscow and he headed over to my table. His tired face broke into a broad smile and he stretched out his hand and ad dressed me in Russian. "1 am glad to see a familiar Five Cent HALLECK STANDS READY FOR V-P WASHINGTON (UPI) House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck Is avail able for the 1H0 OOP vice presidential nomination. The 59-year-ctd Indiana con gressman noted Sunday that "you don't run for vica presi dent" but said he would an swer "yet" if the party's presidential candidate sought him for a running mate. Halleck scored a near-miss in a bid for the vice preside ntial nomination in IMS. Al though the choice must be rati fied by the convention, the presidential nominee usually selects his running mate. Cancel Local Hearing Over Train Speeds A hearig before the Oregon Public Utility Commissioner con cerning the speed of Union Pacific trains in this area has been can celled pending further investiga tion. The hearing, originally scheduled for Sept. 29 in Salem, will be held sometime in the future. Hearings with respect to the establishment of speeds of -trains in La Grande, Elgin, Enterprise, Imbler. Island City and Wallowa will also include the establishment of adequate crossing signalization facilities and the allocation of costs to promote safety and the prac tical operation of trains. Union Cub Scout Unit Plans Potluck Dinner UNION (Special) Cub Scout Pack 85 will hold a potluck dinner and pack meeting at the Fellowship Center of the First Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m Friday. Boys interested in Joining the group are especially Invited- to attend the dinner and meeting. Russ U.N. Delegates Pressing For Debate On Disarmament Plan UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UPI Russia today asked the General Assembly for a full debate on Premier Nikita Khrushchev's out line for "general and complete disarmament." Khrushchev, In the major speech of his U. S. tour, Friday proposed to the Assembly that all the world's armies, navies and air forces be absolished within four years, leaving forces only to main tain internal security. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, as chief of Russia's del egation to the Assembly, asked that the item "general and com plete disarmament" be included in the agenda as "an important and urgent matter." The Assembly's 21 nation Steer ing Committee, which must rec ommend any Item included in the agenda, did not immediately schedule a meeting to take up the Russian request. The Russian delegation circu lated with Khrushchev's speech a bulky "declaration of Ihe Soviet government on general and com plete disarmament." This docu ment, according to an explanatory memorandum filed by Gromyko, constitutes the backbone of Rus- face," he said. "There are sever al Moscow correspondents here." J stood up and we chatted in Russian. I asked him how he was bear ing up. "Not badly." he said, "although the diet and the mode of living is quite different than what 1 am accustomed to." Having witnessed the frosty re ception Khrushchev had been giv en in Los Angeles, I asked his reaction. The smile vanished and Khru shchev told of riding in a car with the "deputy mayor of Los Angeles." Khrushchev said he was a swarthy man and the Soviet leader asked him if he was Ar menian. "The deputy mayor replied. 'No, I am a Russian-born Jew and I was born in Rostov.' "I said to him: 'You could not have lived in Rostov if you were Jewish because before the revolu tion Jews were not allowed to live '' ' ' ;Vjv - , -A , - , J ( V V" 'v V , i V.' I .,-.-. .. aaaWeaWaMsMklMaaaV-Kav aalsHMsMslBam- efesHaflsaMMMssl BACK ON THE FARM Soviet Premier Khrushchev holds a turkey as he poses for photographers during his tour of the Agriculture Research Center in Belt ville, Md. Behind Khrushchev (center) is the U.S. Sec retary of Agriculture, Kzra Taft Benson. Khrushchev At Leggy SAN FRANCISCO (UPI I Ni kita Khrushchev blushed when Shirley MacLaine led a leggy chorus in a spirited performance of the "Can Can" for the Soviet leader and his wife. The pudgy Communist boss ap peared indignant after the per formance when attempts were made to photograph him in prox imity with the scantily-clad danc ers and other Hollywood glamor girls, among them Marilyn Mon roe. "People look better from the front than from the back," he said and added that he thought "Can Can" was "tasteless" and would not be shown in Russia. The "Can Can" performance was one of the big evunts during Khrushchev's Visit to the studios sia's argument for the Khrushchev plan. "The armaments race not only constitutes a threat to peace and to the security of states, the ex Dlanatorv memorandum said, "but it is alreaey placing a heavy bur den on the nations. The efforts of millions of people and vast mater ial and financial resources are be ing diverted to the manufacture of weapons of war for the destruc tion of human beings.... "The realization of the program of complete disarmament outlined in the declaration will help to create the necessary atmosphere of mutual confidence between states, eliminate all forms of the 'cold war' and preclude the set tlement of controversial interna tional issues by force. The de struction of the means of waging war would make the peaceful co existence of states an inevitable reality, since any other trend in the relations among states would be entirely excluded." India has proposed admission of Red China to the United Nations at most assembly sessions since 1950. In each case, the assembly has voted to take no action in the matter. in that Cossack area'." Khrushchev said the man then told him that his father was a manufacturer whom the Czars permitted to reside in Rostov on the Don River. "And that's the kind of person appointed to welcome me," Khru shchev said. "He docs not repre sent the real American people." "But he is an American," 1 re joined. "Yes, he is an American," Khrushchev said, "but understand the psychology of the man. The Bolsheviks nationalized his fa ther's factory and he is appointed to welcome me." (In Los Angeles, Khrushchev's automobile companion was identi fied as Victor Carter, president ol Republic Studios and a member of the Los Angeles Fire Commis sion. The city has no deputy may or. Mayor Norris Poulson said Carter was chosen because he was a leading menilier of the community and spoke Russian I Blushes Showgirls of Twentieth Century Fox in Hol lywood. The girls, led by Miss MacLaine, skipped out onto the studio floor with skirts aflutter just as the visiting couple fin-' ished lunch. Khrushchev and his wife, Nina, appeared embarrassed by the per formance. Although Khrushchev had little actual contact with the stars, he did meet briefly with co-star Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and Miss MacLaine. When Sinatra asked the Soviet leader how a cabaret set com pared with cabarets In Russia, Khrushchev replied that he knew nothing of cabarets in any coun try and could make no compari son. - The Soviet premier proved Sun day there is nothing wrong with him that a good night's sleep and some popular American enthusi asm can't fix. As his car rolled into the court yard of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill after a trip from Los Angeles he made several stops to greet crowds on the way he looked tired. But when he got a hearty wel come from a crowd of 10.000 the Khrushchev spirits jumped right up ai;ain. Crack Sleuth On Trail Of Girl Killer BOSTON (UPD A crack homi cide detective today started on a cold trail in search of a killer who beat a Chicago divorcee aboard a Dutch freighter and hurled her body into the Atlantic. Capt. Joseph B. Fallon, head of Boston's .homicide squad, admit ted Sunday, night that he was without a clue in the slaying of pretty Lynn Kauffman, 23, daugh ter of a wealthy Chicago industri alist. Fallon was expected to travel to New York today to confer with detectives who questioned those aboard the Dutch freighter S.S. Utrecht when it docked in Brook lyn Saturday. He may also re question some members of the crew himself, according ta a spokesman. The badly beaten, half nude body of the girl, described as "the life of the ship," was found Satur day in outer Boston Harbor. A medical examiner said it ap peared she was knocked uncon scious and thrown overboard to drown. There was no evidence of rape. Miss Kauffman was a research assistant to Prof. Stanley Spector. of Washington University in St. Louis, who is an expert on Far East affairs. She was returning from a year In Singapore along with Spector's wife, three young children and a Chinese boy the couple hoped to adopt. The pro fessor had returned three week ago. The Spectors came here Sunday to identify the body of the girt and to talk with police. WEATHER Few showers in mountains; patchy morning fog Tuesday; High Tuesday 60-65; low to night 30-35; frost likely val ley pockets.