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Travel Letter No. 4
BOSTON When President
Truman gave his address to con
gress on Wednesday. Mehitable
and I were taking lunch in a New
York restaurant. The radio was
on but owing to the hum of con
version and the noise of the
se-- ice we could catch only part
of what he was saying Een those
near to the loudspg'.iker appeared
to be paying no attention. I can
not help wondering if that leflects
a popular attitude toward Mr
Truman and what he sav
For here was .m address ob
viously broadcast in t . . o direc
tions: to the American people to
arouse them to the dangeis of
Russian aggression: to Europe to
warn the U S.S.H of i-ui deter
mination to defend free omintiies
and to encourage the latter to keep
up the fight I have an idea Mr
Trum in' address will be -tudied
more intently in Moscow than m
Washington, in New York, in Sa
lem for Americans lack confidence
in President Tinman a- leader
even though they have a d . ep con
cern over Russian aggression
This leads up to This comment,
which is based on eiy frag
mentary observation. that the
American people will not return
Mr Truman to the White House
next November. While some com
ment i offered in the east that
Truman's supporters hope to ride
the ciisis to
Continued on Editoii.il Pae)
Present Use
Of Parochial
Schools 0. K.
There is nothing in the recent
United Slates supreme court opin
ion banning religious training on
public school property to prevent
public school classes in parochial
schools, provided space in such
structures has been leased by the
school district5. Rex Putnam, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion, declared Monday
This situation, according to Put
nam, particularly involves public
school classes conducted in paro
chial schools in Mt. Angel and St
Paul, both in Marion county. In
both of these communities, Put
nam declared the school district
boards have obtained space in the
Catholic schools for classes to ac
commodate student who desire
the public school education
' Our department feels that con
ducting of public school classes
within parochial schools is entirely
within, .the law so long as religious
training is not given to pupils dur
ing .-'rhool hours", Putnam con
tinued. Office Building
Civ
Permit
en
, Salem Federal S.iv ings and
Loan association received a per
mit Monday to start ((instruction
of a new office building at 560
State st.. at a cost of $25,000.
Salem Federal r.d the Becke
and Wadsworth insurance firm
will occupy the one-story building.
Both firms were displaced by the
Guardian building fire and have
been in temporary quarters m the
former First National -bank office
of the T. A. Live.sley building.
Construction probably will be
started early this week. Alan Sie
wert. Salem contractor. is in
charge of the project. Lyle P.
Bartholemew. Salem architect,
made the plans.
VFW Chooses
Kenneth Frail
Kenneth Frad was elected com
mander of Marion post 661, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, at the or
ganization's annual election of of
ficers in the VFW hall Monday
night.
Other new officers are M. E.
Clemens, senior vice-commander;
C. W. Creighton, junior vice
commander; C. F. Hagemann,
quartermaster; Charles Jens,
judge advocate, and Bud Parks,
chaplain.
Frad announced that the new
officers and recently elected aux
iliary officers would be installed
in a joint ceremony at the post
next meeting, April 4.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
'Tm getting out of condition
E-this is too easy."
MSy2Sfc ' " 'Twisss-Ui
Senate Votes to Cut
Tax; Overriding off
Veto Held Assured
I WASHINGTON. March 22-P-
The senate voted "8 to 11 today
j to cut income taxes $4,800,000,000
! The overwhelming vote was far
I more than enough (two-thirds) to
override a veto if the lineup re
mains unchanged.
Thirty democrats joined 48 re
publicans (including Senators
Cordon and Morse of Oregon) in
' balloting for the GOP - backed
measure. No republicans voted mainly because of its income-i
against it. Eleven democrats did. splitting community property pro- ;
The bill now goes back to the vision.
house, which voted 297 to 120 on
February 2 for a $6,500,000,000 OVERPAYMENTS TO BE j
tax lash ; REFUNDED NEXT YEAR
Hep Knutson ( R-Minn ). chair- . WASHINGTON. March 22-AT)-man
of the house ways and means 1 Uncle Sam's withholding "take"
committee, has predicted the house from your income tax would
will -kip the usual conference on shrink May 1 under the bill the
(liffciing bills and accept the
MTi.iUfi senate figure
The house exoects to act WVd
nefri.iy If it take the $4,800.
000.000 senate version, the next
move would be up to President
Truman, who has made it pretty
clear he would veto such tax bill
COP leaders txpre::-ed confi
dence the margin would hold after months this year
Stop Signs Ordered for Ten
Grade Crossings; Vote Called
On Sewer Issue, Annexation
By Robert E.
Citv Editor. I'he
The Salem citv council Monoav
for street stop signs at 10 grade crossings over Southern Pacific's main-
line and tor pu'yjic vole on a proposed $815,000 sewage disposal plant
bond issue and on annexation of
special election May 21. '
i Action on the long-debated taxicab law changes was again de
ferred. The stop signs were ordered en both sides of the tracks at cros
sings qn Tile Red. Madison. Smith. Nebraska. D. Marion. Court. Mill.
Mission and Hmes streets This plan had been proposed earlier in the
monih by City Manager J. L -
Franen who indicated negotia
tions with Southern Pacific for
automatic warning signals at
grade crossings will continue.
Interpretation Varies
Lowering of base fares, pro
posed in a new taxicab bill of
fered by Alderman James Nichol
son, added to the confusion of ar
gument among representatives of
all live local taxi firms who ap
peared before the council in its
meeting at Salem Chamber of
Commerce to renew discussion of
pending legislation requiring me-
fers in cars and establishing street
taxi stands.
The new bill would cut from 30
to 25 cents the base fare for in
itial third of a mile traveled, then
charge 25 cents per mile with
meters to register 10 cents for ev ¬
ery tw o-fifths mile. This rate vv as
supported by R. Lynn Clark, pro
prietor of Salem Taxi service w ith
12 cabs, but questioned by oper- 1
ators of smaller companies.
Final Passage Set
Several taxi men pointed out.
however, that effect of the new
rate would be a reduction of
charge for short and intermediate
hauls but an increase of charge
for runs to extremities of the city
which now fall within the 75-cent
maximum iate Clark estimated
that not more than one per cent
of taxi riders would pay more
than they now pay.
Aldermen indicated they would
press for final action on ta.xicab
legislation at the next meeting.
April 12. Among taxi men anpear
ing were Chris Kunkle of Valley
Cab Co. Ed Barrett of DeLuxe
Cab Co. and Mrs. Leo Staab of
Sriortv's Cab Co.
(Other council news, page 2)
House Passes
Stop-!apt Bill
Of 555 Million
! WASHINGTON. March 22 --I.-P.
The house passed a S555.125.000
appropriation today for refunds to
taxpayers and relief for Europeans
and American Indians.
Mo t of it S500. 000.000 is
for taxpayers who overpaid and
have government checks coming
to square things. There is $55.
000.000 in stop-gap aid for Aus
tria. France and Italy. The In
dians are down for $125,000.
CARL NOW LT. COL
PORTLAND, March 22-T)-The
mnrine corps office heie reported
today that Marion E. Carl of Hub-
bard. Qre.. marine corps speed pi-
lot, has been promoted to lieuten-
ant colonel.
Drive Gains to Discourage Soviet Expansion;
War Called Not Remote; U. S. to Stay in Berlin
WASHINGTON. March 22-(P)- BERLIN. March 22-7P)-Amer- ; LAKE SUCCESS. March 22-c)
The drive to mobilize money and icans intend to stay in Berlin, : Britain told the United Nations
manpower in an effort to dis- ! Gen. Lucius D Clay said tcday. j security council today that the tide
courage soviet expansion gained in This was the U. S. military gov-i of communism must be "dammed
both houses of congress today. ; error's response to a Russian boy- j back" even at the risk of war.
Warned that danger of World ! cott which virtually halted four- ! Sir Alexander Cadogan, one of
War III "ia not very remote," the ; power government of Germany. I Winston Churchill's top aides in
house rules committee cleared the :
wav for debate tomorrow on a
$6,205,000,000 program aid to non
communist countries.
And at least one member of the
senate armed services committee.
Chairmai Gurney (R-SD) re- j
ported, is convinced there is an ;
'absolute necessity for quick
passage" of a draft law and uni
versal training.
The war warning was given by
Chairman Eaton (R-NJ) of the
foreign affairs comrnittee. He
said Russia "won't stop until they
come up against an economic
force military,- if necessary that
will atop them."
J the expected veto, but democratic
j foes are counting on Mr. Truman
to write a veto message they hope
would cause some present suppert-
j ers to change their minds.
Several senators in today's de
bate suggested that any cut might
not last long.
Senator McMahon (D-Conn.)
said he had decided "somewhat
reluctantly" to vote for the bill,
senate passed tortay
The house had proposed to start
its biuger cut April 1
The tax cut in either ' is
retroactive to January 1
But no m.itter which bill goes
through if either become. law -you
don't get back until next yeur
any extra money withheld in early
Ganfuarr
St.itesn.an
night enacted legislation calling
an area southtast of the city at tne
Draft, Military
Training Held
Needed Pronto
WASHINGTON. March 22 - (Pi
A large majority of the senate
armed services committee was re
ported conv meed today that auick
adoption of both universal military
training and a temporary draft is
a national necessity.
the estimate of sentiment after
mitteemen with Secretary of State
Marshall.
.. .
Secretary of Defense
Korrestal
and Secretary of the
Army Royall
The secret talks with the defense
chiefs closed out a day in which
the committee heard:
former su-
1. Testimony from
preme court justice Owen J. Rob
erts that America fell for a com
munist trick when it sped postwar
demobilization, and that The same
forces w h ich engineei cd that coup
.re the "orgai lzed core" of oppo-
sition of UMf now.
2. A statement from Dr Karl
Compton that L'MT is freedom
insurance ..nil a draft is an urgent
need to protect us until
goes into force
the policy
Bids to Be Kvel
April 20 for Span
At Independence
Bids f, ir construction of a new
bridge across The Willamette river
near Independence to cost ap
proximately S900.000 will be
considered by the state highway
commission at a meeting in Port
land April 20
Two vears ago the estimated
cost of the structure was S620.000
Both Marion and Polk county
com ts recently agreed to award
ing the contract provided the cost
was within the latest estimate of
the highway commission.
4-H FOI'NDER DIES
MARTINSBL'RG. W. Va , March
22 ;Pi Dr Nat T Frame, one of
the founders of the 4-H club or
ganization for rural boys and girls,
died of a heart attack today. He
was 7 1 .
BIDS TO BE EYED FRIDAY
The state board of control and
emergency w ill meet in Salem Fn-
day to consider bids for construc-
tion of a dormitory, school build-
ing food locker and tunnel at the
Hillcrest school for girls.
The boycott was accompanied j
by suggestions m Russian s- con
trcllcd newspaper that the west
ern powers get out of town. Clay
said:
"We are in Berlin by agree-
ment, just as the Russians are in
Saxony and Thuringia (territory
conquered by American troops)
by agreement. We intend to stay.
It was known the British and
French also are equally firm.
The Russians have boycotted
meetings of the allied control au
thority. But if they seek to create
a crisis, they appear to have mis
sed the mark. Life in the city pro
ceeded normally.
NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR
Buooftiinig IBiresilks
140 Slain
In Raging
Palestine
JERUSALEM. March 22 -Pi-
The bloodiest 24 hours of fight-
ing in Palestine's current reign of
violence tonight left 140 dead, was 40 feet outside city limits,
including four British soldiers and i Meanwhile a heavily laden
a British constable. breeze paid no attention to city
The British used artillery in at- j boundaries and wafted the, news
tempts to stem the rising tide of down to the school yards The kids
civil war Their shells blasted who enjoyed what their par-I-hwa
village. Arab headquarters ents did not -rushed for the beach
ib Kartuv The Arab press re- at day s end and when they re
ported 60 killed and 100 wounded turned home, mothers all over
there A British offceer said 23 town loined in demand f ir action
bodies were counted. Four British
soldiers were killed in the action.
Two Pitched Battles
Another bloddy spot was Niza
nim, near the Mediterranean coast
in the land of the ancient Philis
tines. There 20 Jews and 31 Arabs
killed in two
...t(.hfl battles
Three-wav fighting described
b , ,bservers as the "heaviest since i
partition'" still raged in battered i
Haifa Six arabs and a British
constable were killed there. Brit- i
ish tank guns dispersed Arabs
threatening a Jewish transport. j
Sniping Breaks Out
An explosion wrecked the
thickly populated Iraq street in
the center of the Arab section of :
Haifa Police attributed the at- !
tack to Jews.
In an attempt to halt the de
veloping battle, British troops
fired at Jews anci Arabs alike.
Sniping broke out throughout the
city
Pair Unhurt
As Car Leaps
From Bridge
A Salem man and his wife
narrowly escaped death Sunday
right when their car collided with i
-'nother. crashed through
a ce-
mer t r:i n (7 on Tne .-viari
mer.t railing on tne Manon-h"olK
county bridge and dropped 25 feet ,'
onto the .street below, city police ;
""'"'" . . t
Mr and Mrs Conrad Cook. 740 .
Shipping st Driver of the other I
vehicle, police said, was Richard
Lawrence. 1230 Elm st . VNest
Salim. (
The Cook auto tore out more
than 20 feet of railing and somer- ;
vaulted over to land
on its top
cm the roadwav. on the Salem side
of the bridge, police stated Nei-
ther Cook or his wife required
medical treatment The car was
virtually demolished
A heavy rain and strong wind
prevailed at the time of the ac
cident, making visibility extreme
ly poor, police reported Lawrence
was riot iniured and his car onlv
slightly damaged, the report said, the surf
Storm Still Hovering in Valley;
Rain 7 Inches Above Average
A blustery March storm which
left 2 17 inches of rain in the Sa
lem area between Saturday morn
ing and Monday night will resume
again today, the U. S. weather
bureau predicted.
The heaviest portion of the
weekend storm struck here Sun
day when 1 67 inches of rain and
snow were recorded. Swept by
winds up to 44 miles an hour, a
total of 1 66 inches of precipitation
fell between 10 a m. and midnight
The steady downpour brought
the Willamette river up rapidly
from s.z ieei on :saiurciay io i n disrupted telephone and power
I feet on Monday, but no immediate - service in many parts of the north
! danger of flooding was antici- I west.
pated. Overflowing of the San
tiam near Jefferson was viewed
as a possibility, however.
Precipitation last September 1
to m'dnight stood at 37.49 inches
or 8.09 inches more than last year
the war years, blamed Russia di-
rectly for the communist grab in
Czechoslovakia.
Cadogan said it was the same
familiar pattern which had swept
Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hun
gary and Poland into the soviet
sphere.
"There are limits beyond which
this tide must not advance, and
it must be dammed back," Cado
gan said solemnly.
The British delegate addressed
the council after Jan Papanek.
anti-communist Czechoslovak del
egate fired by the new Prague
regime, made an ardent appeal
for UN action against Russia.
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That
Seaside 'Enjoys'
Whale of a Time
In Seented Wind
SEASIDE. Ore., March 22-4 At
Seaside awoke today to find a 32
foot dead bottlenose whale washed
ashore in its beach-front.
City officials investigated cau
tiously, then retreated to city of
fices where after closing the
windows, of course thev looked
! up maps and announced the whale
City counc ll called a special ses
sion tonight to discuss ignoring
the whale as a county problem.
Later, however. Chief of Police
H A Kemmerer said two render
ing companies had offered to re
move the whale for nothing and
turn jt lnto -lts ol!s an1 fertilizer.
Snow, Storm
Hide Fate of
Missing Plane
TILLAMOOK. Ore.. March
22 Pi Oregon state police
here reported tonight a ground
party had been sent to the
mountainous upper Trask
river section where a woman
reported she saw two red
flares burning tonight.
KELSO, Wash. March 22-Pi-A
heavy snowfall in the Cascade
.mountains and foothills may con
ceal the whereabouts of a California-based
air force C-47. miss
ing since yesterday afternoon with
eight men aboard.
Orecon national Kuest nlanes re-
v,,.- ..ftr.,,., ihi tt rry
conditions are "almost impossible", aiound the state to prevent lm
with the ceiling down to 800 feet porting of cattle from drouth-
Pi,! Al notion rommander of
nr.nn 1;.t., yoard nlane re-
ported reserve pilots flew 48 mis
sions. Air search will be centered to
morrow between Mt St Helens.
Mt Adams and Mt. Hood, Col
Dutton said.
The C-47, en route from Fair-
iieui-.-uisuii (cam ;
Portland, was iasi nearn uom ai
107 pm (PSri yesterday,
miles north .f Portland
MINES AT NEWPORT
NF.WPORT, March 22 -Ar- A
navy officer as summoned here
today to dispose of two derelict
mines sighted near Beaver creek.
One is on the beach, the other in
and seven inches above average.
Meanwhile 12 inches of new
snow fell in "the Santiam Junction
area, the state highway commis
sion reported. Snow plows are in
operation in every mountain pass
of the state and roadside snow at
Santiam .Junction was 132 inches
as snowfall continued Monday
night.
Slides on the Lower Columbia
river highway near Clatskanie and
ir VA. ,lc-.n , I o r ri i 1 r- 1 srf'rl
r. .... Yii' .' V- . TZr
fer-t Monday.
The weekend storm endangered
shipping, knocked down trees and
The 52-foot cabin cruiser Enid
III, in distress off the Lincoln i
county Pacific shore, rode out the !
storm and docked at Depoe Bay .
It banged into rocks as the ship :
ran the narrow harbor entrance .
Gusts as high as 60 miles an
hour w'ere recorded as the blow
swept inland. '
Electrical service and telephone
lines were knocked cut in scat
tered sections of the state. A num
ber of coastal streams reached
flod stage and water covered the
flood stage and water covered the ;
stopping trafne. i
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
IN EASTERN FLOODS
CHICAGO, March 22-cP-Flood
waters drove hundreds of persons
from their homes in the Susque
hanna valley today when heavy
rain ccmbined with melting snow
and ice to overload streams.
One man was drowned at Ves
tal. N. Y., when he attempted to
salvage household goods. The east
ern flood spread out over thou
sands of acres in the Binghamton,
N. Y., area.
Cleveland, O., was deluged by
a torrential rain. Damage was es
timated at $500,000.
Water fell rapidly today in the
Iowa and Missouri streams.
At Quincy, 111., workers toiled
to strengthen a threatened dam to
prevent flooding 6,000 "acres.
There were showers in the nor
thern Rockies.
POUNDBD 1651
Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Tuesday. March 23. 1948
Oldest Grad Sees Newest Hall
S3
ill j vlY: ' "
I If '. - .' -v r;
! LSI n , 1
Lie dedieation of the new Baxter hall (men's dormitory) at Willamette
university over the weekend drew many an alumnus, among them
one who has an unchallenged claim to distinction as the oldest liv
ing graduate. Shown arriving by plane for the eeremonies is Dr. L.
I.. Franklin Belknap (left). 95. of Medford. lie Is greeted by Dr. G.
Herbert Smith (right). Hillamete president. The I nited Air Lines
stewardess is Bobbie Beavert. (Statesman-Mr Ewan photo.)
State Unable
To Bar Cattle
From South
State Director of Agricultuie E
L. Peterson reported Monday that
Oregon can not erect a
barrier
biricKeu areas
He was answering dem
mand of
stockmen's associations, afraid that
livestock from California may car-
ry hoof-and-month disease.
Peterson said Oregon required
entry permits for the animals. He
said if the cattle meets livestock
health requirements, the question
of available pasture must be de-
termmed by ianchers who receive
lne arurna
The stte direc tor, noting that
Oregon was an exporting state
said to "erec t a fenc e around the
sUitc ' would invite similar meas-
cues by neighboiing states.
Forgery Case
Goes Over to
Grand Jury
Raymond Wilson Kelley. 38.
Salem route 8. who city police
say cashed more than 100 forged
checks here since early January,
is in the county ail today awaiting
giarici juiy ac lion
Kelley appeared in Mai ion
county district court -Monday,
waived preliminary examination
on two -separate forgery ch.uges
and was bound over to the grand
jury He is being held in lieu of cific coast paper and pulp mills
$1,250 bail 1 from the Canadian border to Po
Police said Kelley admitted us- mona. Calif., would begin a lin
ing more than 25 alias s to pass ion shop election Monday to de-
about 100 worthless checks on
. - . . . . .
.1 mercn-n.s ir d u...
mg in excess of $1,000.
Politics on
WIio'h Itunuing for What
Fdttor' lr: rranwiili la tats
erie mr made fey or fr th randl
4lr without mtrtrtioa. m4 mar
or may m rrflrrt th policy of tbls
nrtiipiprri
TiMlav'i Inkkrl:
Paul Hendricks (r) Candidate
for
State Representative
Exoerience includes two full
.-r. and a Dart term on Salem
. , council: four terms as Salem
city attorney; service in last two
sessions of the
state legislature
as a member
of house. Was
elected these
eight terms in
Marion county.
Born in Sa- I llwV-
lem Nov. 3, I ' jj
I A 0 J. - Parents I WrX
born in Aurora J I -fm
and Dallas. At- I I. JT I
tended local XJk I
schools. state PaaJ Headrtcks
university and Willamette law
school. Numerous occupations as
youth as newsboy and paper
routes, teamster, commercial fish
ing, survey, building trades, ap
praiser for insurance companies,
state of Oregon and federal land
bank.
Coached athletics at Salem high
totemitf
notf Odd TTirii
.
' Boy Drowns
tin Mill Race
While at Play
Howard Lloyd Sattei lee, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sat-
terlee. 93fl Trade st., was drowned
shortly after noon Monday when
ne leu into tne aim nace near nis
home
Police said the victim had been
playing with his brother, 5, and
had fallen into the stream near the
end of the Willamette university
grandstand.
h,, brother was the only person
wno
w him fall in the water. Po-
lice and first aid men called to the
scene dragged the stream for about
20 minutes and failed to locate the
boy's body. It was found at 12:55
by two employes ot the Willamette
(Irocery company near the flood sian - occupied suburb of Vienna
gates n South Cottage stieet, po- ' is conducting a sabotage school,
lice said. i Officials of the Austrian inter-
The first aid administered arti- ior ministry admitted; knowledge
fu ial respiration to the boy with- ! of thf K'hwl but said they had no
out results The body was taken tailed information ofi what W0
to Clough-Barrick company. i being taught. -
Surviving besides the parents The informant said Jarge strk
and the brother are four other "f '"P''ves anci some ammuni
brothers and five sisters, all of Sa- j llon ere beingbmlt tip.
I em.
,
I'aiMT Mill WorktTfl
1 ,
ot Oil L'lllOIl SllO
SEATTLE. March 22-(4VJulius
C Dranin. national labor re-
.....
laiicis tKrn nem examiner, iid
tcday 18.000 employes of 32 Pa-
termine whether unions involved
. . . . ......... . . ... i
". 'u1 - '" ""v "
gotiations
Parade . .
in the May Primaries!
1921-1922. Lieutenant and captain
NaUonal Guard infantry company
of Salem for several years after
World War I.
In first World War served as en
listed man in Infantry and ma
rine outfits, mostly overseas, and
discharged as 1st sergeant of M.
Co. 162nd infantry, of 41t Div.
Commander Salem Civilian De
fense corps and U. S. government
appeal agent from Oct. 22, 1940
until 1947. Has small farm. Lives
and practices law in Salem.
In past two sessions, has op
posed giving power dams to pri
vate firms, larger trucks and
busses and sales tax.
Supported numerous bills in
public interest; more and better
fire escapes and general lire pre
vention, supervised fireworks, etc.
simplified ' voting, photostat and
micro-film of public records; for
increase of compensation for in
jured workmen, for aged, all the
veterans bills, military training,
department of Justice bill. A total
of 25 bills carried his name; only
two other members sponsored
more.
Has made no threat or promise.
Advises organizations to check
past public and voting records of
all candidates.
(Is rrsw Key Bsask)
No. 7
np 1. 1
1 ension
Price So
Rises tat
Border
ROME, March 22 -yT,- Th
American military government Jit
Trieste announced tonight thif
shots had been exchanged at h4
ten border separating the Yugo
slav from U. S.-Britij.h zones of
the Trieste free territory. ,
The incident involved police pa
trols in the two zones. One police-
man was wounded. He was a mem-
ber of the party on the British.
American ide of th line;
Trieste Election Issue
Announcement of the outbreak
came as the Italian government
accepted with satisfaction th
western powers' proposal to return
the entire 400-squar mile Ireo
territory at the head 'Of the Ad
riatic to Italy.
The fate of Trieste has become
an issue in Italy's clqcial parlia
mentary election of April 18 art
election being fought out on th j
issue of communism f I
Because the original Trieste
proposal came last Saturday from ,
the United States,! Britain ami
France it was believed to havo
boohted the strength of Italy's an
ti - communist parties. Italian
sources have suggested that tha
western powers beat Russia to the
draw on announcing the plan.
Strike Closes Papers !
Italians were deprived of news
paper accounts of the Trieste de
velopments by a nation - wide
printers strike called .by a communist-led
union.
High government source! aid ,.
they believed the htnke was de
signed to obstruct the holding of
the election. They pointed out thar
among the strikers; are printer
who prepare the nation's ballots
and other electoral forms.
AMERICANS BLAMET)
FOR f.NE OF rOISO.N GAS
LONDON. Tuesday! March 2J
(A')- The Moscow radio, quoting
the communist 'Tree U3rtec. ra
dio." said today American offi
cers are responsible for the us
of poison gas by Greek govern
ment soldier against; guerrillas.
fin W luhmot sr 'm mAtviKns ,
(h( slaf o( Secretary of Defense
Korrestal described the MofCOW
report as "nonsense.")
j In Athens, Minister of War
, George Stratos said Greek troop
1 have scored a smashing jrlctory
over Ouernlla in th region of
'Mount Olympus and Mount Pier-
na " n Past mouth.
-;
SCHOOL tOR SABOT ACE
I LAID TO C'OMMt"NI8TS
VIENNA, March ?2 -iX")- A
I highly placed Austrian said today
1 the communist party; in a Rua-
PADLOCK PROMISED OH
SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA
WASHINGTON. March 22
The gate will be double padlotketl
against shipment to Jtussia of any
American goods that could in-
I rreaae Sov iet military r industrial
' wer: i'0."'' ; dcPartment
'official said today. i
Tn4f on)y gap jn the fence now.
he said, is one which permits exit
of goods which already were on
their way to port wherv new esport
rules were put in effect on March
1. When those shipments are
cleared, he said, there won't be
any more.
i
Union Rejects ;
Proposal for
Coal Accord
WASHINGTON. March 22-(AV
John L. Lewis' repreitentatives to
night tentatively rejected a gov
ernment proposal for lending the
soft roal shutdown. I
The terms of miner pensions is
the issue. I
Should Lewis himself formally
turn down Cyrus Chirtg's sugges
tion tonight or tomorrow, the con
ciliation chief told reporters:
"The next step will be to re
port that fact to the White House."
The national emergency ma
chinery of the Taft-Hartley met
presumably then would be put
in motion. That const its of ap
pointment of a board of Inquiry,
followed by an appeal o federal
district court for an injunction to
halt the mine walkout;
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