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Senator McMahon of Connecti
cut is chairman of the atomic en-?
ergy commission and so l in pos
session of ;as. much information
about these super-bombs as .any
member of congress.- Yet when
President Truman announced :he
had directed work to proceed on
the hydrogen bomb McMahon was
evidently shocked at the implica
tions of the, order. So he came out
with a proposal that the United
States invest $50,000,000,000 in a
crusade for1 peace, even cutting in
Russia for economic assistance.
The senator was well inten
tioned, but he seems to have fallen
Into, a characteristic American er
ror, namely that to get what you
want all you must do is to put up
money. If one billion will not do
it, then five or fifty.
,But the world's woes are not
Just due to a money dearth. World
tensions are due to fears rather
than to greed,: and we must exor
cise fear if we are to relax the
tensions'. We need a sort of global
- psychiatrist except that there is
no such a r person, and peoples
might give him little heed if there
News of our H-bomb experimen
tation will stir up greater fears and
thus add to the tensions.
Nor does the renewed agitation
for world federation seem timely.
. In the present international cli
mate how far would the United
States 'go in that direction if
Russia were to have votes accord
ing to its population in a world
government?
Our own fears and hatreds of
Russia dominate our present think-
ing, contributing to the psychosis
which, antecedes war. We have
- been .pleading 'for time, hoping
. that it might allay suspicions and
mend, relations. Time is not yet
exhausted by any means, but more
.of it is going' to be required, much
more, to relax the tensions. With
A-bombs and H-bombs stockpiled,
one can only hope, that no one be
comes "trigger happy". V
This physician prescribes a long
rest for the world as its best hope
of cure,' rather than any specific,
$50 billion or world federation.
SOS Signal
miirea
EDMONTON, AtterU, Feb. 8-(CP)-An
SOS .signal - which ap
peared to come from the interior
of British Columbia was picked
up early today on the ardio of a
B-29plane searching for a miss
ing C-54 .transport, the Royal Ca
nadian air force reported here.
The plane, one of 10 conducting
a "U radio search, heard the sig
nal north of Spokane, Wash.
, The flight was, sent out from
Great Falls, Mont, after a settler
at Beaver Lake, in British Colum
bia's rugged Caribou country re
ported a big plane flew low over
his-cabin the night the C-54 with
44 persons aboard disappeared.
.Numerous other radio ; signals
have been picked up from Alaska
to the international border ever
since the "plane disappeared Jan.
26 but all have proved groundless.
The RCAF said planes taking
part in a U" search fly in a wide
U formation with a listening watch
kept on all radios. The SOS was
picked up on the 8280 high fre
quency distress band, and was not
the same signal as those licked uf
later today by search planes in the
Yukon. These were identified as
transmissions from Denmark.
Officials said that the U. S.
model of the Gibson Girl transmitter-like
i that carried by the
missing plane transmits simultane
ously on the 500 low frequency
and 8280 high frequency distress
bands.
Weather In the interior of Brit
ish Columbia was not good for
searching today, but the RCAF
said there was prospect of better
weather tomorrow. - 1 .
Thav Brings. Talk
Of Commencements
. lutcsnuui News ferric
AMITY, Feb. 5 A hint of
balmier days crept into news col
umns today when it was announc
ed that Secretary of State arl T.
Newbry will speak at the Amity
high school commencement exer
cises on June '1.' Norman McKee,
t T'm class president, -made the
report. . !,-''
Animal Crackers
r By WARRQsf GOODRICH v
"All right, don't Utk to me
see if I carer
Of C-54 Search
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A-Engine
Due
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho., Feb. 5
-(P)- Designs lor ah atomic re
actor to propel a navjj ship will
be undertaken sometime this year,
the atomic energy commission said
in a report released in Idaho Falls.
The report was released by the
AEC's Idaho operations office
dealing with atomic reactor de
velopments at the Arco testing
station. i
Reactors being designed for the
Ar co station include an experi
mental breeder reactori a mater
ials testing reactor and the navy
ship propulsion reactor, the report
stated.
It! said that among other pro
jects, the Arco station will "help
particularity in the development
of reactors for the propulsion of
aircraft"
The AEC said that Arco ex
periments will point the way to
"compact high radiation density
reactors of a sort which must ulti
mately be developed if aircraft are
ever, to be propelled py atomic
energy."
"Reactors of the future develop
ing from those being designed; or
from others planned on the basis
of expanding knowledge, may gen
erate useful ..power, drive ships or
airplanes, or breed extra fission
able material"
The "report stated that the
breeder reactor will test the idea
of producing more fissionable ma
terial than it consumes. It will
be one of the "hottest" reactors at
' Arco and will use molten metal as
a cooling solution. j
Youth Saves
Four Children,
TlienDrowns
NEW" ORLEANS. Feb. 5-UPY-A
visitor from Illinois saved four
small boys from drowning today
ana -men sank exhausted to his
death in a lake. j
He was Don Wiltse, 18, of Mel
rose Park, ILL, who lived at the
YMCA and volunteered for an ov
ernight camping trip of youngsters
at Fountainbleau state park.
William McLachlin, YMCA di
rector '.of boys' activities, said a
skiff capsized with Wiltse and four
eight-to-nine-year-old boys. Wilt
se righted the boat, grabbed the
boys and gave them a grip on it.
One of the badly frightened lads
lost his grip and began to sink.
Wiltse brought him to safety a sec
ond time.
Then Wiltse disappeared in the
water. McLachlin said he obviously
wa exhausted by his struggle to
make- sure the youngsters were
safe. J
Other boats on the lake helped
the boys ashore.
Red German Dock
Workers to Refuse
To Unload Arms
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BERLIN, Feb. 5 '-(JPH Commun
ist dock workers at Hamburg, in
the British occupation zone, said
today , they will "nevpr unload
Anglo-American war materials,"
the Soviet-licensed news agency
ADN reported. j
.. A resolution to this effect was
passed at a closed meeting of
Hamburg's communist dock work
ers, ADN said. It .followed a two
hour speech by west German
Communist Leader' Max Reimann.
Non-communist reporters were re
fused admission to the! meeting.
Soon
Only 'Minority Element'
Of Youth Found Guilty at
'Trial', Given 1 Sentence'
By .Winston H. Taylor
Church Editor, The Statesman
Only a "minority element" of
modern youth can be found guilty
on charges of Biblical illiteracy,
vocational selfishness, upholding
a false sense of values and follow
ing a thrill-seeking morality, Crr
cuit Judge Rex Kimmell decreed
Sunday night in a dramatic trial"
climaxing National Youth week in
Salem.
Defendant William HilL presi
dent of the youth fellowship of
First Christian church, was found
innocent "under the evidence
shown" as representative of the
majority.- But for the minority he
was sentenced to "six months' pro
bation" under supervision of his
pastor., .
The trial was conducted at First
Christian church in regular court
room fashion, generally. Plaintiff
in the case was "the growing sen
timent of public opinion" against
youth's standards of behavior, al
leged to have declined from those
of their elders. The courtroom-
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riremen rignt water as Break fours
Roof 7 ank Contents into Warehouse
Salem firemen reversed their
usual role Sunday afternoon and
fought water instead of fire with
water. By doing it they kept
damage; to goods stored in the
Capital City Transfer company
warehouse at a negligible figure,
after a frozen pipe broke and
released a deluge from the roof
top tank.
When the three - Inch . pipe
atop the five-story warehouse,' at
Fiont and Trade streets, snap
ped at an elbow it sounded like
a cannon," according to Ed Cher
rington, 2390 Myrtle ave., em
Socialist Claims German Reds Plot
Berlin Revolt, Asks West Use Tanks
By Georre Boultwood
BONN, Germany, Feb. 5 -(JP)-Social
Democratic Leader Kurt
Schumacher declared today he had
information 'of a communist plot
to take over western Berlin on
May 28 and said the allies should
stop it with tanks.
The fiery one-armed Schu-
Berlin-Bound
Truck Traffic
SlowedAgain
BERLIN, Feb. 5 -jpy- Berlin
bound truck traffic was slowed
down again tonight oh the Soviet
zone frontier. However, an
American . transport official said
he did pot consider this a re
establishment of th "little block
ade." -. - . ;..
Yesterday the -Russians said'
they were dropping their two-
week-old traffic restrictions. They j
said they were imposed to stop
smuggling. Western officials be
lieve it was their threat of econo
mic rsprisals that caused the Rus
sians to call off tactics that choked
highway traffic to Berlin.-
After almost a day and a half
of freedom from restrictions the
Berlin-bound traffic was reduced
to six trucks an hour from 5 p.m.'
onward. Two hours later a back
log of 25 vehicles waited at the
Soviet barrier across the super
highway at Helmstedt.
Charles A. Dix, U5. transport
chief here, said he did not con
sider this proved reestablishment
of the "little blockade."
"East German authorities have
promised that various document
difficulties will be eliminated by
tomorrow, so I prefer to wait until
then to see whether they make
good," Dixon added. "If - these
difficulties are removed, then a
normal winter rate of 10 trucks
an hour should be maintained at
Helmstedt."
The Russians dropped their
"little blockade" only six hours
before telling the western powers
there had been no blockade only
an anti-smuggling drive at the
frontier.
Woman Ends Own Life
To Escape Headaches
PORTLAND, Feb. 5 -ifp- A
woman took her own life with a
bullet today in what relatives said
was an escape from severe head
aches suffered the past 20 years.
The coroner's office reported
relatives of Mrs. Harriet Regula,
41, said the woman had tried vain
ly for medical relief from her
pains.
sanctuary was .filled with spec
tators. "
Witnesses displayed differences
of opinion as to whether "hotrods"
were indicative of less moral be
havior, whether fast cars encour
age improper behavior more than
slow-moving buggies, whether
crime radio programs are harmful
and whether it is youth's fault
that it listens, whether youth's
knowledge of the Bible is as great
as that of former generations.
Conditions of the probation in
cluded admonitions to "do a good
job, however smal the task; work
hard and play hard; ' when your
time is tree, follow your curiosity:
be active with your hands and
your mind; find time to observe
the earth's beauties; keep your
body clean and healthy; don't load
yourself down with too many
things; have only such property
as you can use and love; never
make excuses for yourself; -admit
your mistakes but don't repeat
them; make friends and be tolerant
of other people.
(Additional detaOf on page 1)
The Oregon Stcrteamcca,
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ploye on duty. The break came
about 1 pan.
The tank, which is an auxiliary
supply for the automatic sprink
ler system and other' fire equip
ment, has a capacity estimated
at - 20,000 gallons by Russell
Pratt, owner. . .
That water started pouring
down through the elevator and
stair shafts, spreading out slight
ly on each floor except the base
ment. Wall openings, however,
prevented its accumulating to
more than a fraction of an inch.
Most of the tank's contents
macher spoke at a news confer
ence after a two-day rally of
chieftains of his party. His charges
could be part of a political man
euver against the west German
government headed by Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer. Schumacher is
opposition leader. This is the plot
asie outlined it:
The planned rally of 600,000
east German communist youth in
Berlin at Whitsuntide May 28,
27 and 28 is to be the commun
ist "signal for national insurrect
ion." It is being prepared under the
slogan "Forward to Berlin."
It is an attempt to incite the
Germans to do in Berlin what the
Russians could not do by the.
blockade and do not dare attempt
by force.
To March Defiantly
The blue-shir ted communist
youths are scheduled to march de
fiantly through the western sec
tors, armed with alpenstocks,
stout poles five Xeet long used by
mountain climbers.
Part of the Soviet zone's people's
police virtually an army are
to march as members of the youth
organization.
The marching is intended "to
paralyze traffic and lead to dis
turbances which would provide an
excuse for uniformed formations
of the Soviet-backed people's
police to "restore order."
Special leaders are being train
ed for the demonstration in Meck
lenburg now.
Brought by Train
About 200,000 youths are to be
brought from the Soviet zone to
Rain Melts
Snow Rapidly
In Salem Area
Rain was rapidly melting snow
in the Salem area Sunday as tenv
peratures remained constantly
above freezing for the first time
in two weeks. Half an inch of rain
fell here, and half of that fell after
10 pjn.
Throughout the Pacific north
west the cold snap was nearly
spent. The Columbia gorge still
hald a cold pocket Sunday and a
low of 13 was recorded at The
Dalles, but above freezing temper
atures prevailed in western Ore
gon and Washington. Nowhere
was a zero reported.
Showers are predicted for Sa
lem again today and tonight with
a high reading of 45 degrees. Sun
day's high was .41.
Train, air and highway traffic
was moving throughout the region
again, but buses from San Francis
co were as much as three hours
late arriving in Salem Sunday.
Conditions in northern California
were believed the cause.
In Portland, some midtown
walks were rooed off because of
falling icicles. Salem's streets were
puddles of slush and the rain was
making more. But state police said
the thawing conditions had help
ed clear major highways in west
ern Oregon of the packed snow
that made driving hazardous.
150 Noted Citizens
Ask Truman to
Strengthen U.N.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5-P-Fcono-mist
James P. Warburg said today
more than 150- leading citizens
have asked President Truman to
help make the United Nations
strong enough to stop the arms
race.
Warburg made public a letter
he said was mailed to the presi
dent January 31, carrying the sig
natures of writers, editors, clergy
men, lawyers, bankers and others.
The letter urged the president
to give his "official support" to a
program strengthening the U. N.
and to expansion of economic and
technical aid to backward coun
tries. Author Robert E. Sherwood and
Norman Cousins, editor of the
Saturday Review I of Literature,
were among those who helped
Warburg draft the letter. -
SaleinJ Oregon, Monday, February 6, 1930
sTi I -Tfc
were halted from going through
the building by canvas rigged on
the roof by the firemen,' who
were praised highly by Pratt.
Then they and warehouse em
ployes took squeegees to get rid
of the water.
Since water was not deep on
the floors, damage to stored
goods was believed to be slight.
Some bales of hops did get wet.
Any damage that occurred was
covered, by insurance, according
to Pratt, who said "we were
just lucky."
the outskirts of Berlin by train.
Another 400,000 are to converge
on the city by foot from all sides
and join in immense columns.
The plan for the propaganda
spectacle was announced Jan. 31
by Gerhart Eisler, who jumped
bail as a- communist agent in the
United States and became infor
mation chief of the east German
communist republic.
Eisler said the youths would
hold a giant torchlight parade as
the climax of a demonstration urg
ing the western occupation powers
to "go home." He requested use
of the big Olympic stadium in the
American sector for the rally.
There are to be carnivals and
sports events.
(Additional details on page 2).
Solons Seek
Extradition of
BritishA-Spy
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 - (IP) -Chairman
McMahor (D-Conn)
said tonight that the congressional
atomic committee is exploring the
possibility of American extradit
ion of Klaus Fuchs, the British
scientist suspected of passing
atomic and hydrogen bomb secrets
to Russia. . -
The Connecticut senator added,
however, that preliminary study
by the committee's lawyers has
raised doubt as to whether any ef
fort to force Fuchs to come to this
country for possible trial would
su.ee cccl
FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover who
already has told a senate approp
riations subcommittee about the
Fuchs case, is scheduled to meet
tomorrow behind closed doors
with the joint atomic committee.
After hearing Hoover, the same
committee will hold a public ses
sion to question Lt. Gen. Leslie R.
Groves, wartime director of the
A-bomb project. The committee
quizzed Groves privately Satur
day for more than two hours.
The first word that the joint
committee had discussed the pos
sibility of extraditing Fuchs to
this country came from Rep. Dur
ham (D-NC), vice chairman of the
group. Asked about it, McMahon
put out this statement:
"Fuchs is a British subject and
the British judicial processes
seem to be working, and the Brit
ish authorities seem to be on the
alert.
"It is true that the matter of
Fuchs' violation of our laws has
been discussed in the joint com
mittee. At my request, inquiries
into the legal problems involved
in his possible extradition have
been made.
"I am informed by counsel for
the committee that doubt exists
in his mind as to whether or not
the applicable extradition treaty
between the United States and
Great Britain would apply."
BOT FALLS THROUGH ICE
HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb.
A 6-yeat-old boy plunged through
the thin ice of a frozen slough
at nearby Newton today and
drowned. His body was not re-"
covered until several hours later.
Movie Star Tells Churchgoers of Intention to
Give Up $1,000 per Week Contract f or God
By Elaine Kahn
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Feb. S
A slim young film star in a
form-fitting royal blue jersey
preached the gospel from the pul
pit today and captivated a strict
Presbyterian church congregation.
Beautiful 21-year-old Colleen
Townsend, who said she will for
sake the movies and a $1,000' a
week contract for God, drew more
than 1200 Sunday worshippers to
the little Norman Gothic Presby
terian church in this western
Pennsylvania town.
Normal attendance is 300.
The Rev. Herman Humke in
vited the actress to speak when he
Principal
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INDEPENDENCE. Feb. 5 Wayne
Jordan, new principal of Cen
tral onion high school, which
will serve the Independence
Monmouth are next falL Jord
an is now principal of McMinn
ville junior high school.
Cheers, Jeers
Greet Cripps'
Political Talk
LONDON. Feb. 5-P-Chancel-lor
of the Exchequer Sir Stafford
Cripps, campaigning tonight for
the reelection of his Labor party '
February 23, was both heckled
and cheered. He preserved his
composure despite the crowd's
jabs.
In a speech at suburban Brix
ton, Cripps claimed labor had car
ried out every item of its 1945
platform, had made more progress
for the "ordinary people" in the
last four years than "in any other
peacetime period of history," and
had set a record for recovery from
the disruption and destruction of
the war.
Interruptions of the dour-looking
chancellor's speech were so
frequent that at one point he snap
ped at one of the women in the
audience: "Oh, shut up!'.'
Part of the crowd took up his
command and repeated "shut up."
But when he' said (that controls
were necessary in Britain, there
were shouts ofi "dictatorship."
After one protracted period of in
terruptions, Cripps drew a long
round of applause by cracking:
"We shall get on much better if
these stupid and ignorant people
do not talk -so much."
The chancellor said the labor
government had increased Brit
ain's national production by more
than 30 per cent over prewar out
put. He called the food subsidies
a "godsend to the people."
Deadline Set
On Vet College
Training Plan .
WASHINGTON, Feb. MVThe
veterans administration is about
to make a start on tHe six-year
job of shutting down the veterans
training and education program.
That part of the GI bill expires
in 1956. Veterans Administrator
Carl'R. Gray Jr. has informed con
gress that a regulation coming out
April 1 will say that with cer
tain exceptions veterans may not
enter the training program after
July 25, 1951.
Furthermore, after that date:
1 Veterans may change courses
of instruction "only for the most
cogent reasons." Veterans now may
change courses fairly easily, usu
ally after seeking counseling and
guidance service.
2 Once a veteran completes a
course he will not be able to en
roll in another even though he may
still have some school time left
under the GI bill formula'.
The 1951 deadline will not af
fect the approximately 1,000,000
veterans who enlisted or reenlist
ed under the armed forces recruit
ment acts of 1945 and .1946 and
those veterans who have been dis
charged since July 25, 1947, or who
are still in service.
learned she was coming to town
for the Pennsylvania premiere of
her movie "When Willie Comes
Marching' Home." ;
He watched the throngs enter
ing the church and drily remark
ed: It is bit unusuaU
Punxsutawney . a Moravian
bishop gave it the Indian name for
sandfly yesterday saw Colleen
receive the key to the city along
with a display of flowers and the
traditional Punxsutawney ground
hog (stuffed).
She sandwiched in 10 public ap
pearances at two theaters show
ing her film.
PRICE 5c
15-Days Supply; of
Goal Lef t; Truman
Warning Ignored
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6-( Monday) -(AP) -The fivey
week old strike of nearly 100,000 of John L. Lewis' soft :
coal miners began spreading early today.
There's a possibility a majority of the 400,000
United Mine Workers in the soft coal fields will be idl'
by nightfall. I
Early reports indicated few, if any of the 100,000
on strike last week will choose to work today. They face
the threat of imminent use
junctive powers by President Truman.
In northern west Virginia, where
20,000 were idle last week, mines
employing 4,000 diggers reported
today they had ' remained closed
because overnight shifts failed to
show up. f -
The strike spread to southern
West Virginia when cleanup crews
failed to report at the East Gulf
mines of the C. H. Mead company
in Raleigh county. The mine em
ploys 650 men.
And the walkout showed sighs
of spreading in Pennsylvania, too.
In the Johnstown area; the night
shift did not report at the No. 2
mine of C. A. Huges and Company.
That mine employs 600. Its men
worked two days last week. They
were idled finally last Wednesday
by pickets.
John P. Busarello, president of
UMW district NO. 5 at Pittsburgh,
had this to say of the possibility
of his 27,500 strikers returning to
the pits.
Mad at Operators '
"My only comment is that my
miners are angry as hell t the op
erators because th operators
walked .out of the contract negotia
ting session last week at Washing
ton." . .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6- (Mon
day) (jip) - President Truman's
warning that he would invoke the
Taft-Hartley law in an effort to
halt the coal strike apparently had
little effect on the nation's miners
today. -
Early reports from soft coal ar
eas indicated that the 100,000 min
ers who have been observing a
"no contract, no work" policy, were
staying away from the, pits and
that other miners would follow
them. 1 ,
It seemed possible by nightfall
a majority of 400,000 members of
the United Mine Workers union
headed by John L. Lewis would
not be at work.
With the nation's coal piles down
to a 15-days supply in mid-winter,
Mr. Truman was ready to use the
Taft-Hartley law. Lewis has hint
ed broadly that, a slowdown will
go into effect it the Taft-Hartley
law forces ,the miners back to
work.
Board of Inquiry
Under the act's procedure for
halting a strike while contract
terms are ironed out, a board of
inquiry into the facts first is set
up by the president. Ordinarily it
reports in a week or ten days. Then
the attorney general can ask the
federal court for an 80-day injunc
tion against the strike.
But White House officials said
that Mr. Truman will urge the
board to report in five to seven
days if possible. This would hurry
the law's machinery by a few days
which might prove precious in
event of an all-out strike.
President's Former
Teacher Succumbs
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Feb. 5 -(JPh
Miss Matilda D. Brown, 82,
former teacher of English litera
ture here for 35 years, died today.
She was known as tMiss Tillie"
to her thousands of students, who
included President Truman and
Charles G. Ross, the president's
press secretary.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Thta Yer
27.80
Last Year
23.04
Normal
23 63
Today the serious young girl
who plans to enter a theological
seminary next September sat de
murely during the service, clad in
the wool jersey dress, a black
beret atop her curls and clutching
a bible in her gloved hand.
Then, the organ playing softly
in the background, she told a rapt
audience why she is deserting "the
happiest and most exciting life a
girl ever led" to follow God's path.
There was little doubt as to her
effect on the congregation.
Churchgoers agreed with Dr.
Humke that the event. compared
only with the burning of the
church mortgage in 1937. .
No. 333
of the Taft-Hartley act's in
Eagles Lodge
Celebrates 25
Years in Salem
Celebration of the 25th anniver-.
sary of Salem's Willamette Jaarie, :
Fraternal Order of Eagles, wil b -
spread throughout ' the comixM '
week, ' President S. L. Griffin an-
nounced Sunday.
The lodge members, now more
than 2,000 in number, may brine
guests on Wednesday to ine silver .
anniversary dance and floor show
and on Friday to the anniversary "
card party, in charge of the agles .
auxiliary:. ... .
Other events of the week in-
elude an anniversary class initia--tion,
followed by. a stag show, .
Tuesday nightgames on Thurs- .
day night, silver celebration dance 1
on Saturday night. '
All will be at the hall on North '
High street, in the building c- .
quired two years ago by the lodge.
(Additional details on page 5)
Phone Strike
Company Says
NEW YORK. Feb. 5 -(0- A na
tionwide telephone strike threat-
ened for 8 a.m. (EST) Wednesday ,
Is "completely unjustified" in view
of pay scales and benefits cow
prevailing for employees, a com
pany spokesman said tonight.
At the same time a union at
torney, in another statement, said '
"at the moment there is no -indication
of any change in the tele
phone strike situation."
The dispute is between the
American Telephone and Tele-
g-aph Co., the companies of its
ell system, and the CIO Com
munications Workers of America.
The scheduled walkout involves
directly 100,000 ' workers of the
Western Electric ' Co. and five
other subsidiaries of the A. T. &
T. but the union expects 220,000
other members to refrain from'
crossing picket lines, resulting in
what CWA President Joseph A.
-Beirne said would be a general
strike.
Federal mediation efforts began
here yesterday and were to re
sume at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
In ' Washington, a top official
said the government might ask
the union to hold off Its walkout
if no substantial progress is made
soon toward a settlement
Spokane Girl
Electrocuted
While Batliin
I-
SPOKANE. Feb. 5 A. 15-
year-old Spokane high school girl
was electrocuted while bathing
Saturday, police said today.
Mary Gale Brokaw, a sophomore
at Marycliff - high school, was
found dead in a half-full bathtub.
Her moth dP, Mrs. Esther Brakow,
discovered the girl when she re
turned to their apartment shortly
after midnight.
The young student apparently
was electrocuted when a small ra
dio perched on the edge of the
tub fell into the water, causing
a short Circuit, i ire uniei james
T. Blarney said.
Police, emergency stewards and
firemen administered first aid for
more than an hour, but were un
able to revive the girl. .
H-BOMB PLAN ENDORSED
OBERHAUSEN, Germany, Feb.
5 (JP) Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer of the west German repub
lic today endorsed President Tru
man's decision to proceed with
development of the hydrogen
bomb.
'Unjustified