- -
o 'in
Btios'SDG'Dig5'
cud! Jot MootiD
FcsdjcsirsiO
10 1st YEAR TWO SECTIONS
Potato
Trymaim, ChurcBiilll
D-OoBd Loirog Talk on
Aeigflo-U.S. PoBicies
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON JP) President Truman and Prime Minister
Churchill laid the groundwork Saturday night for a detailed sur
vey of Anglo-American relations, policy toward Russia, and
other issues of global importance.
The two men held a 75-minute session with their top advisors
aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg.
FTP
0S3UOB
ftPCDODllM
In his lately published Memoirs,
Herbert C. Hoover writes:
" The happiest period of all hu
manity in the Western World in
ten centuries was the twenty-five
years before the First World War."
That was a relatively placid pe
riod in world affairs, so conditions
met the test of the old dictum:
fcHappy is the people whose an
nals are vacant..' Though younger
than the ex-president, I have re
garded the fifteen years. imme
diately preceding that war as the
most pleasant for the country as
a whole, within my experience.
There is some legal foundation for
it, too, because congress fixed the
years 1909-14 as the base from
which to igur; parity for farm
ers Perhaps that selection is colored
by natural nostalgia for the past
and particularly for one's youth.
Grandfather might rate the period
1876-1892 as the "happiest" within
his recollection. Going back ten
centuries, one may pick out nu
merous periods when folk of the
western world found their lot
easily durable.
Consider the period of the Cru
sades which stirred the enthusiasm
of the Christians of Europe, car
ried Godfrey to Jerusalem and
Frederick Barbaossa to war
against the Saladdin. The return
flow brought the art and culture
of the older civilization of the
Middle East to the still raw peo
ples of the West. The movement
in both directions must have pro
vided great satisfaction to the peo
ple of Europe.
Followed the period of the Re
naissance when business
(Continued on editorial page 4)
Post Cards9
Purchase Sloiv
But Economical
EUGENE iffy-Ed Boehnke had
it all figured out -when he went to
the postoffice to get 10,000 post
cards. He told Postmaster Ethan New
man he wanted them 49 at a
time.
. Newman urged him to take them
all at once, to save time and
trouble.
Nope, said Boehnke, who is
chairman of the Lane County Re
publican Central Committee. He
pointed out a new federal law sets
the price at 2 cents per card, un
less bought in batches of 50 or
more, in which case 10 per cent
is added.
Boehnke then had an employe,
W. A. McConnell, buy the cards.
After each transaction, of 49 cards,
McConnell dropped to the end of
the line, whenever there was one.
It took 45 minutes to complete
the deal. Boehnke said it was well
worth it. He said it saved him $20.
State Sen. Walsh
Refuses to Run
For Re-Election
State Senator William Walsh,
Coos Bay, will not be a candidate
for reelection" this year, he an
nounced definitely here Saturday.
He would not say whether he
would be a candidate for some
other office.
Walsh, a Republican, has served
12 years in the Senate and has
carried a heavy load of committee
assignments.
The legislative sessions have
become too long and too costly for
me to continue, Walsh said.
Walsh, along with his wife and
son, spent Friday at the home of
his father here who has reached
the age of 80 years."
Walsh said he had no idea who
would be a candidate to succeed
"aim.
28 PAGES
Price Rollback Due Jam 19
The detailed analysis of Inter
national problems gets underway
Monday and Tuesday.
The 75-minute business meeting
followed a dinner aboard the Wil
liamsburg. The evening session, which last
ed from 9:30 to 10:45 o'clock top
ped off a busy day for both men.
Bowed by his 77 years but as
magnetic as ever, Churchill flew
into Washington from New York
at 12:28 p.m. to be warmly wel
comed by Mr. Truman and his
Cabinet at National Airport.
The two men drove immediately
to Blair House for lunch and a
first round of talks running
through the afternoon and eve
ning. In their exchange of greetings
both emphasized their interest in
assuring pes.ee for the world.
"We have only to go along to
gether," Churchill told the Presi
dent, "each doing loyally his best
to understand the other's point of
view and the many differences in
interest between our countries,
and we shall find ourselves safe at
the end of the road, and having
through your vast strength
brought peace and hope and salva
tion on earth to struggling man
kind." Mr. Truman declared "I can't
tell you when I have had more
pleasure than I have this morn
ing in welcoming you as a visitor
to the United States of America.
The British Prime Minister, in a
brief news conference earlier, had
made these poults:
1. "The prospects for World
peace are solid in 1952."
2. Regarding the threat of a
Russian war, "I don't think there
is any greater danger now than at
the time of the Berlin airlift pro
vided we take prudent measures."
Congress to
Reconvene
On Tuesday
WASHINGTON (JP) Congress
reconvenes Tuesday with tough
key decisions ahead on defense
spending, foreign policy, universal
military training, economic -.controls
at home, and how to help
rout wrong-doers out of govern
ment. The returning lawmakers also
are set to touch off or resume per
haps a record number of Congres
sional investigations. They will
deal among other things with
charges of Communist infiltration,
graft and corruption in and out of
Washington, and irregularities in
the income tax system.
And running all through this
second of the 82nd Congress there
will be plenty of political sniping,
for it's a presidential and a con
gressional election year.
President Truman will go before
a joint session of Congress Wed
nesday to deliver his State of the
Union message, outlining his leg
islative program in general terms.
Separate economic and budget
messages will go to the Capitol
later in the month.
OReds Cling to
Korean Hill
SEOUL (P)-Communist soldiers
clung stubbornly Sunday to the
last outpost hill they wrested from
United Nations troops on the Kor
ean Western front Dec. 28.
Day-long infantry assaults sup
ported by artillery failed to dis
lodge the Reds Saturday.
Allied units gained all other ob
jectives in the . three pronged at
tack, which rolled over a series of
low hills wrest f Koranpo, a taff
officer said.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
HALIFAX, N. S. (-Income tax
officials received an unsigned note
with $100" attached. It read: "Does
this belong to -the government?
A clerk reported: "We assumed
it did and kept it."
HENRY THIELE DIES
PORTLAND CF-Henry Thiele,
Portland restaurant owner i and
chef, died Friday night at his
home. He was 69.
POUNDBO 1651
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon.
Solons
Protest
Decree
By WILLIAM O. YARN
WASHINGTON (JP)- Price ceil
ings designed to roll back the
prices of white potatoes from 5 to
10 per cent, effective Jan. 19,
were imposed by the government
Saturday.
Director Michael V. DiSalle of
the Office of Price Stabilization
said "the brake this regulation will
apply to the accelerated (rise in
potato prices will save the con
sumer millions of dollars.!'
But members of Congrdss pro
tested that the ceilings will dis
rupt normal marketing and will
bring unnecessary hardship to
many growers. One House mem
ber foresaw a price increase.
This was the first OPS regula
tion setting ceilings in the fresh
vegetable field. But OPS officials
said a sharp watch is being kept
on the rising prices of several
other vegetables. They mentioned
lettuce, carrots, cabbage, spinach,
tomatoes and celery.
The potato price cuts will take
effect at the shipper and whole
sale levels. By that time, OPS
said, an order will be issued limit
ing the percentage markups of re
tailers in setting prices for con
sumers. Potato prices have more than
doubled in the past year, Since
September they have been going
up steadily.
Last Dec. 15 the average price
was 105 per cent of parity the
calculated figure said by law to
be fair both to farmers and to
those who buy their products.
George L. Mehren, head of the
OPS food and restaurant division,
said the agency's aim is to reduce
prices from their current levels to
about that of parity. The Economic
Controls Law forbids price ceilings
on farm products which do not
assure the grower a return equal
to parity.
PORTLAND (JP)- The Oregon
district Office of Price Stabiliza
tion said at Portland that the base
price for potatoes in the rollback
would be $3.65 a 100 lbs. for U. S.
No. 1 grade in Oregon, Washington
and California; and $3.85 ini Idaho.
WASHINGTON (TP)- Idaho con
gressmen said Saturday's order
rolling back white potato prices
disregards quality standards of
their state's product and is there
fore discriminatory.
Senators Dworshak and Welker
and Rep. Budge, Republicans,
said in a joint statement the order
virtually eliminates current pre
miums commanded by Idaho Rus
set potatoes. !
Russia to Enter
Olympic Games
HELSINKI (vP)-Russia formally
announced Saturday it woujd par
ticipate in the Summer Olympic
Games here July 19-Aug. ! 3 but
remained silent about the winter
games at Oslo Feb. 14-25.
The summer games thus will
bring the first major test jin the
world of sports between the Rus
sians, who are reputed td have
some first class athletes and have
claimed scores of world records,
and the United States, traditionally
the strongest in the Olympic
Games.
Volunteer Universal Military
Training Program Proposed
By RUSSELL BRINES
WASHINGTON (JP) - Chairman
Vinson (D-Ga) of the House
Armed Services Committee Sat
urday proposed a quick stjart on
Universal Military Training by
taking in volunteers between 17
and 19 years old.
He outlined a plan for "partial"
UMT under which 60,000 lyouths
would be permitted to volunteer
for six months training and an
additional 18 months' active duty
as reservists.
The proposal, he said in a state
ment, will be submitted to the
Armed Services Committee, due
to begin hearings Jan. 15 on UMT
legislation.
Congress last June approved the
principle of-UMT and setrup.a
five-man commission to wojrk out
rttal Th commission was rec
ommended a program that could
involve 800,000 youths annually
and cost an estimated four billion
dollars a year, although It would
start on a smaller scale.
After Congress reconvenes next
Sunday, January 6, 1952
Washington Mirror
GOP Plans Capitol Hill
Site for Headquarters
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON Republicans have had precious little success in
taking command of Congress from the Democrats during the past 20
years, but they have finally got the jump on their political adver
saries in a million dollar move to raise their banners on Capitol Hill
for good.
Even Harry Truman, a man of rather strong Democrat leanings,
Portland Area
Remains Under
Snow Blanket
PORTLAND (JP)- The Weather
Bureau forecast showers for West
ern Oregon Sunday, but Portland
remained blanketed under heavy
snow.
Streets, already ice-coated, got
an additional layer of snow Sat
urday night.
Portland's weather was blamed
on icy winds blowing down the
Columbia River Gorge. The winds
had warmed by the time they
; reached mid-Willamette Valley
points.
I But in the Gorge Saturday the
I traffic problems were described by
I State Police as "a nightmare."
Several persons were injured when
I cars skidded off the Columbia
j River Highway.
I Winds of 50 miles an hour ac-
companied by sleet and hail were
! reported during the day.
For the remainder of Western
Oregon, temperatures of 30 to 50
degrees were forecast for Sunday
except for highs of 35 to 40 in the
Columbia River area Sunday.
Portland Man
Appointed to
Liquor Board
Appointment of J. H. Sroufe,
Portland, as a member of the State
Liquor Control Commission, was
announced by Governor Douglas
McKay here Saturday.
He will fill the position on the
Commission vacated by William A.
Bingham when he became Com
mission administrator.
Sroufe will serve out Bingham's
unexpired term as commissioner
ending Jan. 1, 1954.
Sroufe who Is associated with
the Jagger-Sroufe Company is
president of the Portland City
Planning Commission. He previ
ously was manager of the Grand
Central Market and has been a
resident of Portland for 40 years.
He has been engaged in public
relations work for the A. G. Rush
light Company.
Other members of the commis
sion are Robert L. Elfstrom, Sa
lem, chairman, and William A.
Spangler, Klamath Falls.
J RED JETS DOWNED
SEOUL (JP)- Two Communist
MIG-15 jets were destroyed and
six others damaged in two air
battles Sunday with U. S. Sabre
jets over "MIG Alley" of North
west Korea.
First reports to the Fifth Air
Force gave no details and there
were no reports of any U. S. losses.
Tuesday, Senate and House
Armed Services Committees have
45 days in which to recommend
further legislation on the subject.
It promises to stir up one of the
first major debates of the new
session.
The Vinson proposal would al
low a total of 60,000 youths to
volunteer for the six months'
training period, if they agreed to
serve an additional 18 months on
active duty. Not all that number
would be taken at once. They also
would be obligated for six more
years in the reserves, as now re
quired of draftees. As far as pos
sible, volunters could select their
branch of service.
Vinson said he also would pro
pose paying volunteers $75 month
ly, as long as the training program
remains voluntary. The UMT bill
passed last June provides for $30
monthly.
By starting with a ceiling of
60,000 trainees, Vinson said, the
program could begin without con
structing additional barracks and
other military facilities.
No. 284
has acknowledged the merit of this
Republican enterprise.
The GOP is raising money to
erect a national headquarters
building in the very shadow of the
Capitol dome "a place for Repub
licans to eat, drink and hang their
hats, but with a serious purpose as
well," according to its prime mover
Rep. James C. Auchincloss (R-N.-J.).
Would Provide Offices
The serious purpose is to pro
vide offices for the various party
affiliates now scattered about
town: the GOP National Commit
tee; the Young Republicans Nat
ional Federation; the House and
Senate campaign committees; the
League of Republican Women.
Moveover, it will include a club-
i house that it is hoped will become
a mecca for out-of-town Republi
; cans, providing not only party at
i mosphere but dining and overnight
; accomodations.
j Auchincloss conceived the idea
i two years ago "at a time of great
weakness and disunity, when we
, were all pretty demoralized after
I the Truman beating in '48. I
thought," he explains, "it would
' help if we could just get everyone
under one tent, and particularly
if we could find a spot on Capitol
Hill near the firing line."
Block From Capitol
Before the year was out, Auchin
closs had found an ideal location
a block from the Capitol, bought
up the property and talked 100
Republicans into chipping in $500
each to get the venture underway.
Now listed as founders of Capi
tol Hill Associates, Inc., this group
of 100 includes such prominent
GOP names as Taft, Stassen, Dul
les, Saltonstall, Gabrielson. as well
as that of Rep. Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.), the only founder from
the Pacific Northwest.
Last January Capitol Hill Asso
ciates offered 25,000 shares at $50
a share for sale to Republicans at
the grass roots level in all states in
an effort to raise $1,250,000 to fi
nance the new headquarters.
About 1500 shares have been sold
in the past year.
Auchincloss hopes to keep the
stock holdings on a quota basis for
each state, to prevent domination
by members from any one section
of the country. Another safeguard
is limiting the holdings of any one
member to $25,000.
One Share In Oregon
Oregon, with a quota of $4500,
has but one share thus far-and
that was purchased by Rep. Lowell
Stockman of Pendleton. (Ells
worth's $500 worth of founders
stock doesn't count toward the
state quota.) But Oregon is that
much ahead of Washington state,
which has a similar quota and
hasn't subscribed to a share.
The GOP Capitol Hill Club is to
be a social organization restricted
in membership to 5,000 2,000
Washington, D.C., resident mem
bers paying dues of $50 annually
and 3,000 grass root non-resident
members who will pay $25 yearly.
There are also 250 life member
ships available at $1,000 or 20
shares of common stock.
"Everyone thinks the club Is a
fine idea," says Auchincloss. "Even
Harry Truman sent me a note
when he heard about it, saying
"Why didn't we Democrats think
of this?"
Varied Obstacles
There are some obstacles of
course. As one street corner sage
puts it: "They can't start building
until they get the money from the
Republicans and the materials
from the Democrats."
Critical steel and copper will de
lay construction indefinitely.
Meanwhile, an old masion house is
to be remodeled this year as a club,
complete with grill, bar and gar
den for summer parties.
"There," says its founder, "Re
publicans can meet people of the
same persuasion, exchange ideas
and help see to it that the Demo
crats never win another election."
Max. Min. Precip.
- 4 32 J7
- 30 34 .16
.51 34 trace
- 34 30 trc
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
Chicaeo
New York
43 34 .49
Willamette River 4.3 feet.
FORECAST (from V. S. Weather Bu
reau, McNary Field, Salem): Cloudy
with rain this morninfl and, a few
showers this afternoon and tonight.
Cooler today with high 38 to 40; low
tonight 32 to 34. Salem temperature
t un. today was 34.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since SUrt of Weather Tear Sept. 1
This Year Last Year Normal
gf.45 28 .0 18.23
PRICE 10c
Raids Dry
Up Dope
Supplies
WASHINGTON (JP)- A Narcotics
Bureau official said Saturday that
sources supplying more than 18
million dollars worth of illicit dope
yearly have been dried up in the
biggest crackdown ever staged. It
came in a series of raids across
the nation during the past 36
hours.
N. L. Harney, assistant commis
sioner of- the Treasury's Narcotics
Bureau, estimated that the more
than 500 suspected peddlers who
were seized have supplied 5,000
addicts.
He indicated that in some cities
the shadowy drug underworld may
be facing a "panic" such a tight
clampdown on dope supplies as to
leae many addicts frantic. Hard
ened addicts suffer acutely if their
supplies are suddenly cut off.
About 250 undercover federal
agents, many of whom risked their
lives to get evidence by posing
as members of dope rings, con
tinued the mop-up operation Sat
urday. They bagged some suspects
who had gone into hiding when
they got wind of the raids launch
ed with precision timing before
dawn Friday.
Harney said the drive and its
followups ultimately may cut drug
addiction about in half. He said
that would bring the traffic almost
to an "irreducible minimum."
Salem War
Hero Honored
At Ft. Lewis
FT. LEWIS, Wash. (JP) - Lt.
William B. Crary of Salem, Ore.,
was among three Second Division
heroes who were perpetuated in
memory through ceremonies com
memorating the 35th birthday an
niversary of Fort Lewis Saturday.
Two streets on this military res
ervation were renamed in honor
of Lt. Crary and SFC Loren R.
Kaufman of The Dalles, Ore.
The Fort Lewis main parade
ground was named Watkins Field
in honor of M. Sgt. Travis E.
Watkins of Tacoma, Wash.
Lieutenant Crary won a post
humous Silver Star for Korean
gallantry. Watkins and Kaufman
both won the Congressional Medal
of Honor posthumously for con
spicuous bravery in action in Ko
rea. Brig. Gen. John J. Earns, post
commander, presented Mrs. Crary
and Mrs. Watkins, widows of two
of the heroes with plaques in
commemoration. Crary's son, Wil
liam B. Crary Jr., 4, also attended.
Salem Bank
Loans, Deposits
Make Gains
Salem bank loans and deposits
both made general gains over 1950
year-end totals of U. S. National,
First National and Willamette Val
ley banks showed Saturday.
Deposits totaled $74,768,570, con
siderable above the $65 million
mark recorded July 1. Loans at all
banks reached $23,745,848, or about
a million above the mid-year fig
ure. First National Bank of Port
land, Salem Branch, reported the
largest gain in deposits, up more
than $4 million from a year ago.
Loans as of Dec. 31, 1951 were
$9,493,238, compared to $8,966,877
for 1950..
Willamette Valley bank report
ed deposits of $2,942,545, nearly
$500,000 above 1950 and loans of
$1,264,341 compared to $1,033,608
of a year ago.
Ladd and Bush and West Sa
lem Branches of the U. S. National
Bank listed combined totals for
deposits of $47,055,351 on Dec. 31.
Loan figures at year's end were
$13,514,830.
U. S. Grants India
S50 Million to Aid
Farin Production
NEW DELHI, India (JP)- The
United States granted India 50
million dollars Saturday to raise
agricultural production and help
this often famine-threatened na
tion feed itself.
The American grant Is by far
the largest India has received from
any nation to assist its develop
ment. The gift was made from Econo
mic Assistance allocations under
the U. S. Mutual Security Act. It
provides for pooling American dol
lars with an equal sum in Indian
rupees to form a 100 million dol
lar India-American technical co
operation fund.
BUTTER PRICE RISES
Butter advanced two cents on
the Salem market Saturday. New
quotations are 84 cents per pound,
wholesale, and 89 cents, retail.
The price of premium butterfat
advanced three cents to 86 cents.
DESTRUCTION TOTALLED
TOKYO (flVThe Navy reported
Sunday that in one year its planes
and ships guns have destroyed or
damaged 2,379 Korean bridges,
4,519 enemy motor vehicles, and
7,028 railway cars or engines.
Line of Dimes
-,-4 "tf -
Another dime was placed en gum
med tape by C. Barnett, (kneel
ing), VFW man assisting in the
Block of Dimes feature which
Saturday added $537.48 to the
March of Dimes campaign.
Looking on are Jason Lee
(center), co-chairman ef the
campaign, and William Baldwin,
(left), chairman of the special
feature.
Polio Campaign
Dimes Stunt
Collects $537
(Picture also on page 8)
Lines of dimes, and other coins,
laid down along both sides of a
block on Liberty Street in down
town Salem, netted $537.48 Sat
urday for the March of Dimes
campaign for funds to combat
polio.
The double line of coins, which
were laid on gummed tape,
reached half the block on the east
side of Liberty Street and slightly
more on the west side between
State and Court Streets. The goal
had been set for a full block on
each sidewalk.
William Baldwin, chairman of
the event, said the response was
"highly satisfactory" considering
the turn taken by the weather.
Half the total was donated by
passersby in the first two hours
to noon, before rain came.
The Block of Dimes feature will
be held on the downtown block
each Saturday through January.
The lines began at the south
ends of the block at 10 a. m.
Saturday with the snipping of a
tape by Mayor Alfred W. Loucks.
Boy Scouts monitored the event
while eight VFW men, wearing
carpenters' aprons full of dimes,
made change for donors.
Plans for next Saturday include
signs and banners to point up the
event. The lines will start from
the north ends of the sidewalks
and work south, Baldwin said.
Baldwin was given credit by
Jason Lee, co-chairman of the
March of Dimes drive, for starting
the fund-raising feature.
Commies Stall
Korea Parley
M UN SAN, Korea (JP) - Name
calling and growing bitterness
marked the deadlocked Korean
armistice talks Saturday. Still un
settled were the issues of truce
supervision and prisoner exchange.
But the exasperated Allied dele
gates agreed to new sessions Sun
day at Panmunjom, at 11 ajn. 6
pjn., PST, Saturday.
, U. S. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby,
chief Allied delegate on the pris
oner sub-committee, commented:
"It is obvious, they are killing
time, waiting for instructions."
Congressmen to
Feel Inflation
WASHINGTON ()-Eating costs
went up for congressmen today.
Reopening after, the winter ad
journment of Congress, the House
restaurant boosted . the price of
coffee from five to 10 cents' a
cup and a special luncheon from
75 to 90 cents.
The management said the price
increases were made necessary by
the recent general wage boost for
government employes, estimated at
$30,000 a year for the dining ac
commodations of the House of
Representatives.
m,A i
.MM
It If V
V f
i A
., : . .. .... 2
1 f
' - ' f
. ' V 1
4K '
' " : r z. :
; ; - : V
c z -I
- ' . i'tl,"?""?. '1 vk
;. . f 1 II
;'?-
McGrathj
Orders
Cleanup
By JACK ADAMS i
WASHINGTON (JP) - Attorney
General McGrath Saturday order
ed 93 special grand Juries called
into session throughout the nation
to investigate "racketeers, gang
sters and organized crime syndi
cates." I
In a dramatic move perhaps un
precedented in its scope, McGrath
directed that underworld figures
and racketeers be haled before the
juries. The Secret Service, Post
Office Inspectors and many other
federal police agencies are slated
to cooperate In the crackdown,
McGrath said. i- i .
The orders went out to United;
States attorneys, who were told U
call grand juries in each of the 93
federal judicial districts as ioam
as possible, and report their find
ings about organized crime to" the
Justice Department. f J
Under Fire
The move comes at a time he
McGrath Is under fire from critics
who assert he has not been vigors
ous in combatting corruption in
government. Only yesterday iJie
Grath denied a flurry of reports'
that ha was about to leave i the
cabinet. t .
Taken in conjunction with s this,
week's massive raids on narcotics
peddlers and the President's plan
for an overhaul of the .scandal
rocked Internal Revenue Bureau,
the McGrath move Saturday fwae
widely Interpreted as an effort, to
spike the guns of the administra-,
t ion's critics. i r-
The McGrath action is a direct
follow-up to last year's Seriate
crime committee investigation
during which the far-flung f ac
tivities of the underworld were
laid bare in televised hearings.
"Racket Unit" j ;
The Attorney General also ? an
nounced Saturday that the Justice'
Department's criminal division, -headed
by Assistant - Attorney
General James M. Mclnerney ; i -establishing
a new "racket imit
to coordinate information on s the
underworld to be gathered by? the
93 special grand juries and other
juries. s ;
The Atorney General Indicated
that perhaps not all local laws en-
forcement officials could be f ex
pected to cooperate. He said; I t
"In some districts, there may be
circumstances which would neces- j
sitate the careful selection of local
officials to be called. i
"However, I am sure that each .
U. S. attorney will be able to tell
what officials of state police, city
police, or county sheriffs offices
should be invited. t.
McGrath. said the first of the '
special grand juries is already la -session
at Atlanta, Ga. $ ;
Announcement
By Ike Backers
Awaited Today
WASHINGTON (JP)- Politician
speculated Saturday that frienda
may toss Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower's civilian hat in the presi
dential ring Sunday. ' u
At the same time, there were
some signs that President Truman
may be getting ready to bowiout.
of the political field in favor of
some other Democrat. '
The general expectation in Wash
ington as the political week closed
was that Senator Lodge (It-Mass)
will produce at a scheduled news
conference Sunday some evidence
that Eisenhower has no objection
to the entry of his name as a
Republican presidential candidate
in the March 11 New Hampshire
primary. ;.
What form such possible evi
dence may take will have a lot. te
do with the reception accorded
the heralded statement of Lodge,
national manager of the GOP El
senhower - for - President move
ment. II
If Lodge can produce something
in the nature of a document bear
ing Eisenhower's signature, 'i the
general's supporters will feel they
have got well under way their
campaign to get the Republican
nomination for him. .
If it should turn out to be mly
another of the verbal assurance
these same supporters have beea
giving that Eisenhower is (1)
Republican and (2) a candidate
for the nomination the reaction
might boomerang. ' f r
;
Timber Structures'
Building Burns L
PORTLAND (JP)Flr caused an
estimated $100,000 damage to the
multi - million dollar Timber
Structures Inc., plant here Friday '
night.
Firemen confined .the flames te :
the boat-fabricating building,
which was destroyed. General .
.Manager W. Mayer said the build- ;
ing , was used for laminating
frames for minesweepers being
built in Massachusetts. Z
Wholesale Price Index
Drops as Year Ends i'
WASHINGTON (iT-The wheW
sale price index dropped one-tentb
of one per cent during the week
ending Jan. 1, the Bureau of Lab
Statistics said Saturday. r '
The index' 177.2 per cent of the
1928 average, was 0.4 per cenC beT
low the level a year ago but 12.9
per cent above the average for the
pre-Korean period, May 24-Juns
25, 1950. ' I
: ' & "