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, Who's a what?
. 'State Treasurer Walter Pear
son's $160.80 printing bill spark
ed a heated session of the state
board of control Tuesday but
there still was no specific answer
as to what will happen to it.
The bill was for 10,000 state
ments, outlining the duties of the
state treasury department and
showing a photograph of a $1,
990,000 state check signed by the
state treasurer, which were print
ed in the state's printing plant for
public distribution.
Gov. Douglas McKay" previous
ly had disapproved the claim as a
member of the board of control.
Tuesday's discussion followed
presentation of a statement by
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bnr in which he said he neither
appro v e d or disapproved thf
claim. Board ,memrers are Mc
Kay, Newbry and Pearson. j
The letter said, "I certainly
don't like the attitude of Governor
McKay in striking me below the
belt when I was out of the city."
McKay countered with the
charge that Pearson was playing
politics.
"I have nothing to fear in this
controversy,' Pearson shot back.
"Both the law and a previous
opinion of the attorney general
are on my side. This is the firs
time I can recall that the honesty
and integrity of a member of this
board has been publicly attacked
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The state treasurer then refer
red to Governor McKay as the
only member of the board running
tor office.
"The only thing political around
here is you," Pearson said. "Ill
gladly pay this printing bill out
of my personal funds if you and
Newbry will pay for the state
seals you have and are distribut
. lng to school children and tour-
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Anyone whovlotttaW:. quiet, sin
cere F. A Magruder , long time
professor of . political science at
Oregon State college now retired,
will be surprised and shocked
that his textbook in high school
civics should be banned at Hou
ston, Texas, high school on the
claim that it plants "insidious
seeds' in the minds of students.
He has been a successful author
of textbooks, the one criticised,
on "American Government" hav
ing been first published in 1917.
The passage which is said to
cause offense is as follows:
"The United States Is called a
caDitalistic country, but it does
-not have pure capitalism. It has
capitalism subject to Increasing
governmental control as our man
ner of living becomes more com
plex. The country is capitalistic
with strong socialistic and even
communistic trendi. The postal
system, power projects and pro
gressive taxes are bits of social
ism; and public free education
and old age assistance are ex
amples of communism ... to each
according to his need."
Now is that true, or isn't it
true?
f Who claims that we have "pure
capitalism" in this country? As
far as pointing out socialistic and
communistic trends is concerned
haven't right-wing speakers of
both political parties been doing
that for years and condemning
the trend?
The Houston action is just a
sample of the jitters which has
struck the country. In particular
there is an open season on text
books as super patriots seek to
ferret out any with any language
that suggests that the country
Isn't just what it was when the
founding fathers departed.
When youth get Into high school
it is time they learned the
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ATOMIC REPORT DUE
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 25-GV
The Big rive powers and Canada
will make public Thursday a re
port on their recent secret talks
on proposals for controlling atomic
energy. ,
Animal Crackers
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ists. I asked Newbry for a supply!
of the seals but he refused to pro
vide them. I then decided to have;
some recognition for my office,
and ordered the statements now
under controversy." j
Attack! then was leveled at
Governor McKay for spending
state money "10 go to Washington
D. C to testify before a congres
sional -committee against the pro-J
posea wiumDia vauey minor!
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Governor McKay replied that
the legislature had provided him!
with a traveling expense account,
and he could spend it in any way
he desired. Further resentment;
was expressed by the governor in
connection with an inference by
Pearson that a certain contractor
had been favored in a state pur-
chase, j j
"I never have favored anycon-i
tractor," McKay said, "and Iwan
it understood that all state purch?
ases are made on bids.
Governor , McKay referred t
Pearson i as acting "silly." . i
State Sen. . Richard Neuberger
in the meantime, was branded a
"cheat" by Newbry. f
"I don't like the idea of peoplf
running j about the state criticisf
ing my office and what I do when
they don't know what they ar
talking about," Newbry averred!
Newbry! statement was theref
suit of Neuberger's recent critif
cism of Newbry . who Neubergef
said is placing his name on stat
department motor vehicle appli
cations and other state document!
issued from his office. I
"If Neuberger was in my posi
tion he ! would have his name in
boxcar ; letters on the capital
dome." Newbry continued
Newbry said he had reduced
printing costs of his department
and state seals were- being dis-
State Prison Annex
A spectacular fire destroyed; a
valued at nearly $60,000 at the state
Salem Tuesday night.'
Origin of the blaze that quickly
was undetermined.
No reports of convicts who might
have escaped were received by pri
son offlciali.'Many inmates aided
in battling the fire.
Discovered About 7 p.m.
The blaze was discovered short
ly before 7 p.m. by Eugene Halley,
deputy i prison warden, who was
leaving the annex for penitentiary
headquarter! 1
Fire departments in Salem and
Four Corners were notified im
mediately and ; responded with
four trucks and about 35 men.
The barn was a total loss within
20 minutes. Firemen kept flames
from spreading to a farm imple
ment shed bordering the barn and
to two cattle barns just , east bf
the burning structure. J .
. Cattle in the barns were remov
ed to safety by annex .inmates
within minutes after the fire was
discovered. . j
Ne Evidence ef Arson j
Halley said he smelled no oil
or gasoline j on first viewing the
blaze and no evidence that it might
have been deliberately set has been
found. The deputy warden, how
ever, said he would1 conduct in
investigation. v i
The loss is fully covered by the
state restoration fund in lieu :f
commercial insurance. i
A hay stacker in the flaming
barn was salvaged by inmates and
firemen who used a tow chain ! to
haul the stacker from flames.
Only casualties reported were a
pet dog who was tied inside the
barn and burned to death, and
an unidentified Inmate who rati a
nail through his foot i
Most of the annex inmates were
attending a movie when the fire
was discovered.! When the lights
of the movie hall were turned f if
flames could be seen flaring I in
the darkness. I
Hay Barn was New !
Everett Kaiser, superintendent
at the prison farm, estimated dam
age to the building, constructed
during World War II. at $25,000.
Hay in the barn was valued fat
another $32,000.
The barn. 255 by 55 feet! In
area. Was located below a cliff
that protected the main annex
building from flames. Firehoses
played water on the blaze from
three sides of the barn. i
Fire Chief William Roble f of
Salem estimated that the fire
would be j burning : many - hoiirs
and concentrated his squad's ef
forts on preventing flames from
spreading. Burning rafters were
crashing tq the ground for sev
eral hours.! i :
State police set up roakblocks
on highways leading to the prison
to prevent spectators from enter
ing the area. The fire was visible
from the east Salem city limits.
Talmadge District Votfs
Down Zonjng Proposal
INDEPENDENCE. Oct 25 Vot
ers defeated Tuesday the proposed
Talmadge zoning district involv
ing property bounding the Inde
pendence - Monmouth highway.
The tally was 47 to 12.
Only landowners who lived? in
the proposed district were eligible
to vote. Boundaries were the city
limits of the two towns and ex
tended 1.000 feet back from each
side of the highway. jt
Approval of the proposed dis
trict would have brought regula
tion of future construction injlthe
area.
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STXKE ACTION DELATED
DETROIT, Oct 25 -AV The
CIO United Auto workers and
Chrysler corp. agreed today! to
put aside threat ef ! strike action
while : they negotiate on pensions
the union has demanded.
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tributed long before he entered
office. "Neuberger apparently has
forgotten the. large orders for
personal letterheads and post
card he placed, even before he
was sworn in as a member of the
last legislature," Newbry said. The
secretary of state said Neuberger
asked that his stationery: be print
ed in different colored' ink than
that used by other legislators.
j "I don't like to refresh the sen
ator's memory," Newbry declar
ed, "and what he does is no con
cern of mine. But I don't like
a cheat."
i Pearson then said he! was will
ing to permit his claim to take its
regular course on its merits.
j "I am not approving or dis
approving the purchase; made by
the state treasurer from his own
appropriation," Newbryfs prepar
ed statement to the board or coa
trol read. "This question has been
raised before. I am merely main
taining the position that I held
in the past. I do not believe an
elected and bonded state official
is required to justify his admin
istrative policies before similarly
elected and bonded officials. . .
i "The claim in question bears
approval of Roy Mills; board of
control secretary, which must be
taken as an indication that the
actual purchase was i made ac
cording to statute. I urge that the
Claim take its . course and be sent
to the claims audit division of
the secretary of state! where its
validity will be established. The
laws relating to auditing are com
prehensive and if the; maker of
a claim resents the action of the
secretary of state he has recourse
to an appeal to the legislature."
Governor McKay and Newbry
are republican members of the
board of control. Pearson is the
democratic member.
wooden barn filled with hay and
penitentiary annex southeast of
roared through 800 tons of hay
Prime Minister lAtUee
Attlee Policies
Attacked by
Three Parties
LONDON, Oct 25 j-tfP)- Three
parties -f- conservatives, liberals
and independent leftists called
Prime Minister Attlee's economy
program! too timid . tonight and
demanded the downfall of his
labor government . j -The
house of commons is to vote
on four motions Thursday in the
government budget outlay for the
year. I . j
The first motion is by Attlee,
demanding a vote of confidence.
The second is an ! amendment
by Winston Churchill's conserva
tives, declaring the j government
is "taking no sufficient measures"
to prevent inflation i and restore
the national credit abroad. ;
The third . is - by j the liberal
party's 10 members in the houe
of commons. The fourth, is a mo
tion of censure by the Indepen
dent labor group which objects
to the .mere four per cent slash
in the outlay for defense.
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To Construct Fairview Hospital
A bid of $193,678 for construc
tion of a hospital building at Fair
view home was accepted by the
state board of control here Tues
day. ! .
The low bid, one ef eight, was
submitted, by Malarkey and Moore
of Portland. The main hospital at
the home burned down last May.
The hospital will be one story
high, of I concrete construction, and
a capacity of 57 beds. Of the total
amount of money required for con
i traction costs $92,056 will come
from the state restoration account
and the! remainder from the state
building fund. i
The board accepted the $64,000
bid of P. S. Lord, Portland con
tractor, for installation of two boil
ers at the Eastern Oregon state
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Dallas Housing
Project Blast
Hurts Fourteen
DALLAS, Oct. 25 -(P- An ex
plosion tonight wrecked a four-
family apartment building in a
housing development, injuring 14
persons.
Police said only 14 persons were
in the building when the explo
sion came. All were accounted
for. Only three remained in ;the
hospital.
They were David Ballard, o
Virginia Ballard. 28, and Michael
Staton. 4. The two children had
head injuries. Virginia Ballard
suffered burns.
The blast rocked buildings in
a five-block area, it tnrew some
people out of bed in nearby units
of the Cedar Springs housing
project j
Leroy Shannon, 28, said the ex
plosion occurred in his apartment
Shannon said be and his wire
were in the rear of their apart
ment at 10:30 p.m. when a ter
rific blast knocked them down.
Shannon said the explosion iwas
accompanied by a blinding sheet
of flame.
The explosion lifted the roof
off the one-story building land
dropped it back, completely
wrecking all four apartments.
Emergency lights were set up
and the; area roped off to keep
back thousands of spectators who
flocked to the scene.
Two volunteer rescue workers,
Thomas Wilson, 29, of Louisville,
Ky., pulled a six-year-old young
ster from the wreckage at; the
front of the building. Wilson, was
driving through Dallas, en route
to Louisville.
"I heard screams coming from
the building, and went in, through
the north side," he said. ;"We
found a boy about six pinned be
neath a mattress and a concrete
dropped from the roof. He j was
Unconscious but was crying! and
moaaing. I cut him loose from
the mattress" with my pocket
knife and carried him out"
Schrimk Takes
Multnomah
Sheriff Reins ;
I PORTLAND, Oct. 25-iP)-Terry
Schrunk, 36, a Portland fire cap
tain, was sworn in today as Mult
nomah county sheriff. He replaces
Marion L. (Mike) Elliott, recalled
by the voters Friday.
Schrunk took the oath as soon
as results of the recall election
were certified by James W. Glea-
son, county elections registrar. He
had posted the $110,000 bond re
quired of the office earlier. It was
provided by the Maryland Casual
ty Co. of Baltimore "through State
Treasurer Walter J. Pearson.
Schrunk was promised a leave
of absence from the fire depart
ment after his appointment as
sheriff by the board of county
commissioners.
Attorney Nicholas Granet, chair
man of the Multnomah County
Democratic committee, represent
ed Elliott at the ceremonies.
Stadium Benefit
Auction Draws
3,500 at Albany
ALBANY, Oct 25 The biggest
Auction this valley town has ever
witnessed drew 3,500 people to
the 4H pavilion here Tuesday
night.
On the block were items rang
ing from dogs to trucks, all do
nated to the junior chamber of
commerce drive for funds to com
plete a War Memorial stadium
here. Good prices prevailed in the
early stages of bidding.
So many items were donated
that a second auction probably
will be needed to dispose of them.
Dan Roth was the auctioneer.
tuberculosis hospital.
Work on both ' the Fairview
home hospital and boiler installa
tion will get under way soon.
A claim of $1,250 from Frank H.
Struble, architect, for work cover
ing preliminary plans and specifi
cations for a tuberculosis ward at
the Oregon state hospital here was
approved. It was discovered after
the plans had been approved they
did not comply with board of
health and federal regulations.
Other plans and specifications will
have to be substituted.
Gov. Douglas McKay said this
looked like a waste of funds but
Roy Mills, board of control seer
tary, said the state would profit
by having a better building under
new plans.
Magruder
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Civics Text
Target of
Texas School
HOUSTON, Tex., Oct 25 -tfP)-Houston's
school board voted to
ban the civics textbook "American
Government" because it found a
paragraph in the 1947 edition ob
jectionable. ;
But the member who had the
book banned said tonight it ap
peared necessary for the city's
high school: students to go ahead
using the book at least tempor
arily. He said no other texts are
available, i
Besides, said Attorney Ewing
Werlein, civics classes for this
term already have studied the sec
tion containing a paragraph which
the board found objectionable.
Retired Professor
That paragraph, saying the Un
ited States lis called a capitalistic
country, but does not have pure
capitalism, read in part: "The pos
tal system power projects, and
progressive! taxes are bits of soci
alism; and : public free education
and old age assistance are exam
ples of communism ... to each
according to his need."
The text,; by Dr. Frank Magru
der, retired Oregon State college
history professor, is used by Hous
ton's 2,221 senior high school
civics students.
Last night with one negative
vote, the board moved to ban the
book from further use. Werlein
said he feared the paragraph
might cause youngsters "to think
socialism and communism are
good."
In Revised Edition
He declined to say who called
the paragraph to his attention. J
The board also took the action
without taking note of the fact two
editions of the book are being
used by the civics students.
Most of the students have the
1945 official version, but others
have a 1947 revised edition.
Werlein's paragraph came from
the 1947 revision. The paragraph
is not included in the 1945 version
but similar; material is included in
a footnote.;
A spokesman for Allyn & Bacon
Publishing; company, Boston,
Mass., publishers of the book, said
today revirions carried in a 1949
edition probably would satisfy the
Houston board.
Draws Comment
Werlein said he might be willing
to have the book remain in use, if
later editions changing the para
graph were brought into use.
He said the en tin matter prob
ably will be settled at a Nov. 14
Austin meeting of the state text
book committee.
Dr. Magruder was away from
his home at Corvallis, Ore., but
his wife told the Houston Chroni
cle by telephone: "It looks like
somebody is on a witch hunt."
The official text under state
law, is the 1945 edition, and not
the 1947 edition in which Werlein
found the objectionable paragraph.
Only a comparatively small num
ber of students were said to have
1947 copies.
Idanlia Dry Kiln
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Placed in Service
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IDANHA, Oct 25 (Special)
Idanha Lumber company's huge
new dry kiln storage building was
put into use this week.
Located a short distance east of
the mill, the building is 136 feet
long, 72 feet wide and is 42 feet
high. Large piers, varying from
two to four feet in diameter, sup
port the structure.
Construction was started in
July. Surplus dry kiln lumber
will be stored in the building.
Egg Prices Drop
Two to Five Cents
On Salem Market
Salem egg prices dropped for
the third time in two weeks Tues
day following a similar cut in
the Portland wholesale market.
The reduction ranged between
five and two cents a dozen.
Salem j wholesalers are buying
extra large AAs for 61 cents per
dozen; large AAs for 60 cents;
large As for 37 cents; mediur
AAs for i 47 ; cents and medium
As for 45 cents.
Pullet eggs which are becom
ing scarcer, took a Jump from 38
to 40 cents a dozen on the whole
sale buying market Retail prices
are generally 10 cents higher than
wholesale buying prices.
Textbook Banned
Book Banned
Dr. Frank! Magruder, Corvallis,
retired Oregon State college
history professor, whose text on
American government was bar
red by the Houston, Tex., school
board.
Wealthy Horse
Owner Killed
In Plane Crash
PORT DEPOSIT, Md., Oct. i 2
(JP) A private plane exploded in
the air tonight, killing million
aire horseman Henry L. Straus
and three others.
The twin-engined Beechcraft
crashed to earth in a ball of fire,
not far from the spot where1 53
persons lost their lives on Me
morial day, 1947, when a large
airlined plummeted into a woods
The other dead were Identified
bv state police as Wally Mayer.
the pilot, t of Palm Beach. Fla.,
Delton R. Osburne of Palm Beach
the co-pilot and A. J. Johnson
of Baltimore.
Straus, who was In his early
50's. had been president of Trop
ical Park race track, Fla., since
1941. ,
Straus made a fortune by in-
venting the totalizator, the de
vice which computes odds and
prices at race tracks throughout
the country. He owned a large
stable of horses and kept a breed
ing farm in Worthington valley,
on the outskirts of Baltimore.
The late Joseph E. Widener
Philadelphia sportsman, who took
over Hialeah park in 1931, intro
duced 'tote" betting In this coun
try. He brought the Australian
tote to Hialeah. The American
tote came later, a different, more
compact type which gained great
er popularity.
Fish Factory
Fire Mistaken
For Airplane j
NEW YORK, Oct. 25-7P-A fire
in a fish factory off Port Mon
mouth, N. J, set off a large-scale
rescue operation tonight in j the
false belief that an airplane Was
in trouble at sea.
Police headquarters at first said
it received a report that a "plane"
was in trouble at sea.
Three police launches converg
ed on the waters off Coney island
while an emergency truck and
several radio cars stood by in the
rain.
Coast guard boats joined i the
search. i j
Then the coast guard said a lat
er report indicated that a "flame"
rather than a "plane" haa oeen
sighted. !
The coast guard, finally said it
had located the fire in the fish
factory. j
It illuminated the sky for some
distance, j - '
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Portland , i ,,. 4S ... 40 trace
San Fraaciaco . M 47 XO
Chicago , , 84 , St tnc
Mew York ! .,,,. SS 46 JA
Wlllamett river -XI feet i
TO RECAST (from VS. weather bur
eau. McNary fickl. Salcta): Mostly
cloudy today and tonifht .with night
and morning foe. High today near ;
low tonlsht near 40. Conditions win
b generally laverabla tor most farm
acuvnies toaay.
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Czechs Order
Expulsion of
U.S. Official
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Oct.
25 -JPy- For the second time in
five days, the communist Czecho
slovak government today ordered
the expulsion of an American
embassy official 'on charges of
spying. '
The newly named official, de
clared persona non grata, is John
C. Heyn, assistant attache in the
embassy's political department.
However, he is already out of the
country. Emba5sy sources said he
was either in Germany or Vienna
and would not return to Prague.
Heyn was accused of industrial
espionage and attempting to learn
Czechoslovak state secrets about
industrial production and commer
cial relations. He was chrged with
using Czechoslovak citizens to
gather this information.
He was assistant to Isaac Patch,
the embassy's political attache,
who was expelled last Friday on
24 hours notice. Heyn came to
Prague April 19. His home is in
Springdale, Conn.
Patch and an embassy clerk,
Samuel Meryn, were accused by
the government of directing a
widespread espionage ring. Patch
denied the accusations.
The actions against the employ
es of the American embassy in
Prague came as the government
pushed an antl-spying campaign
among its own people.
Parachutist
Saves Buddy
By Wild Grab
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.,
Oct. 25-(JP)-A parachute jumper
snatched a companion; literally
from the thin air to safety today.
The rescue was made when the
two parachutists were about half
way down a 1,000-foot jump from
a slow-flying C82 transport plane.
They collided in the air and be-
frrm ih,mv artt 1 1 nt a n cyl tho nar.
achute of PFC Charles' A. Dye,
Akron, Ohio, collapsed. He began
to hurtle earthward.
As Dye's chute went by him,
Sgt Marvin O. Smith of Hunts
ville. Ala., reached out and caught
the trailing shroud lines. His own
open 'chute carried them both
safelyf the remaining 500 feet of
the jump.
Secretary of the Army Gordon
Gray witnessed the incident dur
ing a massive air-ground show at
this base.
Elk Season Cuts
Town's Manpower
Statetaua New Service
MEHAMA, Oct. 25 (Special)
With the opening of elk season
this city is practically devoid of
manpower this week.
One group of 'Mehama hunters
left fully prepared for a success
ful hunt They took a trucK, a
small caterpillar, camping equip
ment and $100 worth of grub.
Many local mills report they
are shorthand ed due to the spread
of "elk fever."
Brass Hats Harmonious
In Chiefs of Staff Meet
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 -4JP-Bitterly
estranged admirals and
generals sat down around the
table today in what Gen. Omar
N. Bradley called a "harmonious"
meeting of the U.S. joint chiefs
of staft
Just what they said to each
other was kept: secret 'But the
fact that they met at all was
considered news, because there
had been predictions that they
might never, work together again,
so great) has been the split
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief
of naval operations, was among
those present ' At house hearings
he ' and other admirals assailed
the handling of the unified de
fense setup, saying the navy was
being woefully weakened, to the
detriment of the national secur
Ity. Gen. Bradley, who is chair
man of the joint chiefs, there
upon struck back at "Fancy Dan'
admirals.
When today's three - and - a -quarter
hour meeting ended, re
ceaEc Neac
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Action Follows
itenunciatiqn
Of Peace Part
LONDON. Wednesday, lOct 2tU
MVThe Soviet Union said today
it has demanded the recall of the
Yugoslav ambassador to j Moscow
because he is guilty of "spying and
subversive activities" against Rus
sia. !'
The action followed Russia's re
nunciation last month of hpr treaty
of friendship with Yugoslavia. It
brought Moscow perilously clone
to a full diplomatic break with
Marshal Tito's government
The Russian ambassador to Bel
grade has been absent from his
post ior many weeks.
Economic Squeese On
Karl Mrazovic, the Yugoslav
ambassador to Russia, jwent to
Moscow last Dec. 10 when rela
tions between Yugoslavia nd Rus
sia were already near the boiling
point. I
The economic squeeze; put m
Yugoslavia by Russia nd her
eastern satellites was. in full ef
fect. Moscow . dispatches at the
time said only a minor Russian
protocol officer was sent to greet
Mrazovic on his arrival.
The Moscow radio, which an
nounced the demand for the recall
of Mrazovic, said it was contained
in a note handed to the Yugoslav
embassy in Moscow yesterday.
Text or Message I
The text of the riote:
'The ministry of foreign affairs
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-'
publics has been authorized by the
Soviet government to inform the
Yugoslav government of the fol
lowing:
"During the Budapest! trial of
the state criminal and spyj (Laszlo)
Rajk and his accomplices it was
established that the present Yugo
slav ambassador in the Uf S. S. R.,
Mrazovic, had for a long j time en
gaged in spying and subversive ac
tivities against the Soviet Union,
and while being Yugoslav am
bassador in the U. SM. S. R., had
come out in the Yugoslav press
with slanderous fabrications
against the Soviet Uniori.
"In view of this the Soviet
government considers itj impot
ble for Mrazovic to continue to
be Yugoslavia's diolomatic repre
sentative in the USSR.
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The Soviet demand
tfiat ir-
shal Tito recall his ambassador
was the latest development in the
feud between Yugoslavia and the
cominform the Sovietj-led asso
ciation of eastern communist na
tions which has accused Tito 4
being anti-Russian andsj deviating;
from the true Marxist line.
The Soviet Union suffered a de
feat on the diplomatic front last
week when Yugoslavia was elect
ed to the United Nations security
council over Czechoslovakia, the
latter a faithful member of the
cominform.
Minor Officials Remain j
When Czechoslovakia served
notice on Yugoslavia that it wm
ending the friendship I part the
Czechs also demanded the recall
of the Yugoslav ambassador to
Prague. The other cominform
countries did not go that far. -
The Soviet ambassador to Yugo
slavia, Anatole I. Levrentlev, wae
promoted last month to the job
of deputy minister of f0relgn af
fairs. !
Tass. the official Soviet newt
agency, made no announcement
at the time of a successor to Lav
rentiev in Belgrade. Thus while
the post in Belgrade remains va
cant, diplomatic relations can
continue through minor officials.
VIOLENCE MARS WALKOUT
ALTOONA, Pa., Oc. 29 -4V A
steam shovel was dynamited at a
strip mine operation near Coupon
tonight as new violence j flared in
the western Pennsylvania coal
fields. !!
porters asked Bradley: j
"How did things go, General?"
"Fine, fine," the chairman re
plied. J
Was the meeting harmonious?
"Sure," answered Bradley, pok
er-faced. !l
Was the testimony before the
house committee brought up?.
"I have no statement, Bradley
answered.. "It was just a normal
meeting of the J.CS."!!
Earlier in the day Secretary of
Defense Johnson talked over the
armed forces row with President
Truman, but later kept silent!
about a possible shakeup in the
navy high command. !
We are Just working on unifi
cation and it Is coming along,!
Johnson told newsmen!; he left!
the White House; l , .
The defense chief refused!
either to confirm or deny report
that Vice Admiral Forrest Sher4
man, commander of the U.S. etbl
task fleet In the Mediterranean
would succeed Admiral Denieldt
as chief ox naval operations.