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The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 21, 1952
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Spring is the word now. Between rain and hail ahowers the sprint- look becomes more apparent. All of
Salem's school children are just finishing their sprinr vacation, and are turning their thourhts from
basketball to basebalL Here in a little pepper came are, catchinc from left, Loren Franke, 815 W. Ma
drena Ave.; Fred Caswell, 470 W. Madrona Ave.; Gene Elswerth, 810 Missouri Ave.; and Layne Cas
weeL Batting Is Danny Elswerth, also of 810 Missouri Ave. (Statesman photo.)
rooDOuDia
Secretary of State Acheson and
Mutual Security Administrator W.
Averell Harriman both have tes
tified in support of the budget
provision of approximately $8 bil
lion for foreign aid, chiefly mili
tary. Acheson said running up a
deficit was preferable to running
the risk by reducing the allotment.
Harriman testified that the figure
was a ''minimum." Congressmen
and Senators howeverare show
ing a very healthy skepticism.
During the five war years the
United States gave aid to the Eu
ropean allies in the amount of
$32.8 billion.. , 14 the: eight years
since the War w have .given and
new are asked Jo. give $34.6 bil
lion. What have w bought with f
this investment? .
Well, we certainly benight vie-'
tory over Hitler. That would dot
have been possible without thia
assistance from the USA. Also we
have bought substantial recovery
in Western Europe. One cannot
say for certain what might have
happened had the aid not beesr
given; but most assuredly econ
omic distress which was real in
1945 would have been prolonged
and might have produced serious
political disturbances.
Then we have bought a high de
gree of domestic prosperity. That
may seem strange, to get rich by
giving money away. What we have
done has been to give wheat and
coal and machinery, the products
of American farms and mines and
factories. Deprived of that outlet
goods would have backed up on
our own shores. True, we have
given of our vital resources; but
in the giving we have helped do
mestic labor and farmers and cap
ital. After the first world war we
raised our tariffs. The effect
(Continued on Editorial page 4.)
White Supremacy
Law Ruletl Invalid
BLOEMFONTE1N, South Africa
(P)-South Africa's highest court
declared unconstitutional Thurs
day one of the most important
white supremacy laws of the Na
tionalist government of Prime
Minister Daniel F. Malan.
A five-man court of appeals
ruled as invalid a law, pushed
through Parliament last year by '
Malan's siim mainritv that .,H '
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have cut to the bone the voting
rights of a million mulattoes in
Cape Province virtually the only
non-whites in the country who
have tne ballot.
Animal Crackers
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Spring Here?
Maybe Today
Spring is now here, but don't
try to prove it by the weather.
Thursday, the first day, is an
indication of what's to come. Sun
ny skies heralded the change in
seasons, but there was, a trace of
rain, a few cloudy periods and
chilly temperatures. And that's
what's in store for the next ten
days o rso; a few showers, and
some continued cold mornings.
Today, however, will be a little
warmer than Thursday, with the
temperature up to 55, above
Thursday's 51, and the low at 37,
still warmer than the 34 of Thurs
day. Eola District
Votes Today
On Fire District
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Statesaiaa Nw Service - J ;!
EOLA Organization ot a pro
posed rural fire protection dis-.
trict for this area will be voted on
Friday from 8 a.m. to S pjn. at
Salem Academy. j
Approximate boundaries of the
district are the city limits of San
lem west to Eola Acres Florist
Shop, and the Willamette River
north- to Gehlhar Road. Edward
Schless, who defined the approxi
mate1 boundaries, said sentiment
appeared to favor purchasing fire
protection from Salem if the dis
trict is established.
Residents of the area also will
elect five directors Friday. Those
who have been nominated are S.
H. Kellicut, Herb Dalke, Roland
Hogs, Joseph Perkins, Louise Per
kins and Schiess.
Dedication of
Church Slated
Statesman Newt Service
MT. ANGEL The new Mt. An
gel Abbey Church will be dedicat
ed at 10 a.m. Friday, and a large
crowd is expected to witness the
event.
ArchbishoD Edward H. Howard.
Portland, will officiate at the bless-
ing. Ceremonies will begin with
the blessing of the outside walls.
The procession of bishops abbots,
monks, visiting clergy and semi
narians will then enter the church.
Following blessing of the inter
ior, the Rt. Rev. Thomas Meier of
ZVn Z H Z,JZ T V.h
celebration of the pontifical high
Mt. Angel Abbey will enter for
mass.
The church was started two
years ago and completes the first
unit of structures planned to re
place those destroyed by fire in
1926.
Seen Escape
Boys' School
Seven trainees of McClaren
School for Boys at Woodburn es
caped Thursday evening, but one
was re-captured a short time later.
The seven, two of whom had
not been completely identified at
press time this morning', broke
away from a line of boys return
ing to their quarters from the
gymnasium. Running across the
school grounds, they disappeared
in the dark.
Recaptured-in Woodburn within
an hour was Paul Murray, 15, of
Eugene. Still at large are Law
rence Brown, 18, William Inman,
17, and Jessie Taylor, 16, all of
Portland, and Erie Neuschwander,
16, of Eugene.
School authorities said two oth
ers, whose last names are Clifford
and Holbert were among the
group. No further identification
was available.
Salem Spring
Festival Sales
Feature Today
Spring Festival sales are publi
cized again today by Downtown
Salem Merchants Association on
the second of five special mer
chandise sales.
Prize award feature of the day
will be a Reo Royal Deluxe power
lawn mower. Six other valuable
prizes including appliances and
food will be given in a drawing
from tickets which have been giv
en out free by the more than 2C0
participating business places.
The drawing will be at 5:30
p.m. today at the courthouse steps.
Tickets remain in the drawing
through March 29, finale -of the
Festival.
Another feature today will be
f r rirtes nn all-Hrtwntnu'n-
bound citv buses from 8:30 in 11 '
a.m. and free automobile parking !
between 1 and 5 p.m. at Salem
Parking Service and Hank's on
Church near State Street, and at
$Iaciond?ho0rer: Car- Parks
on Ferry street.
For Salem
In Staff Plan
New armories for Salem and
Medford are proposed by Maj.
Geh. Thomas E. Rilea and his
general staff, it was announced
Thursday.
; Rilea said he would ask the
1953 legislature to authorize sale
of the current Salem National
Guard Armory with funds derived
from the sale applied toward con
struction of a new building.
The armory and armory site
have been under discussion con
siderably of late in connection
with contemplated retail busircss
developments in the Ferry-Liberty
Streets area, and it is known
that national guard officials have
been approached as to their avail
ability for purchase.
"Ever since I became head of
the state military department I
have felt that Salem should have
an armory creditable to the cap
itol city," Rilea said.
Rilea said he probably would
be able to obtain federal aid for
both the Salem and Medford arm
ories. The Medford armory was
partly destroyed by fire and only
the office is now in use.
FILING FEES TOTALED
The 450 candidates who filed
for positions in Oregon's May 16
primary paid $8,915 in filing fees,
David O'Hara, head of the State
Elections Bureau, said Thursday.
BUS CRASH KILLS PAIR
NEW YORK (P)-A bus and an
automobile collided Thursday,
then spun wildly out of control
onto the sidewalk of a Queens
shopping district. Two small chil
dren were killed.
New
Armory
Marooned Hunt Dogs
Figh t Off A ngry Eagles
DARRIN GTON, Wash. (JPy A
crew of six experienced mountain
climbers will brave a perilous
mountainside Friday morning in
an attempt to rescue three ma
rooned hunting dogs which have
battled cold, hunger and eagles for
two weeks.
The dogs,, mixed airedale and
bloodhound, -were stranded on a
4,000-foot ledfeot Mt. Push, 60
miles northeast of Seattle, -while
chasing cougar. A fourth dog,
younger and spryer, leaped 100
feet to safety and. escaped after
landing In a tree or brush. It was
badly hurt, however.
The' mountaineers, led by Don
Wilde, former president of the
University of Washington Moun
CIO Steel
Workers
Eye Offer
Recomme n 1 a t ion
May Head Off
Delayed Walkout
WASHINGTON (JP)- The CIQ
United Steelworkers executive
board voted late Thursday night
to approve the government rec
ommended settlement in the steel
wage dispu.te. But a decision on
whether to postpone a threatened
strike was left up to the union's
policy committee.
Philip Murray, union president,
immediately went into another
session with his 170-man wage
policy committee which must fin
ally pass on postponement appeal.
Stick by Decisions
Arthur Goldberg, union general
counsel, told reporters the union's
executive board was very favor
able to the suggested settlement.
The wage-policy committee has
never turned down a -decision by
the executive board and was ex
pected to go along with the post
ponement issue later Thursday
night.
The nation-wide strike is now
threatened for Sunday midnight.
The Wage Stabilization Board
WASHINGTON UP) The?
threat of a nationwide steel
strike next week was removed
early Friday when the CIO
Steelworkers agreed to postpone
any walkout after the govern
ment recommended they gtt a
17 1 2 cent hourly wage boost in
three installments.
(WSB) had recommended a 17'i
cent pay boost, plus other benefits
estimated to be worth at least 5
cents an hour.
Companies to Reject
One well-informed source with
in the industry predicted the steel
companies will reject the recom-
mendation
In New York, however, a state
ment from the steel companies'
wage hauartaSCPllyr -
"The steel companies in the
wage case have not yet received a
copy of the wage stabilization
board's report.
"We will have a statement to
morrow (Friday) after we have
studied the report.'
The pay raise was voted by the
public and labor members of the
Wage Stabilization Board (WSB)
with industry members vigorously
dissenting.
Called for Sunday
The same public-labor majority
also outvoted industry members to
approve the union shop arrange
ments which would compel all
workers to belong to the union.
The board, after days and nights
of struggling with the complex
dispute, made public the recom
mended settlement discribed in
advance by Chairman Nathan P.
Feinsinger as "a darn good" cine
through which it hopes to avert
a nationwide steel strike
A strike has been called for
Sunday midnight by the CIO j D- W- Tyrell, president of Ray
Steelworkers Union which Philip I O-Vac Company, of which the Sa-
Murray neaas. ine government
has appealed to the union to de
lay it at least until April 8.
Reds Ask for
Added Time
MUNSAN (JP) - Communist
truce negotiators Friday asked for
more time to outline the North
Korean areas where neutral in
spections teams will operate after
an armistice is signed.
An Allied staff officer said. he
expects "no trouble" in reaching
speedy agreement on the areas.
He indicated the agreement might
come Saturday when negotiators
were due for another session on
truce supervision.
The staff officer, Col. Andrew
J. Kenney, told newsmen "they
(the Communists) apparently did
not know exactly bow to handle
the problem and wanted to study
our methods first." .
taineers Group, will leave Seattle
at 5 ajn. They expect to be at the
mountain within an hour and if
all goes well to reach the dogs
by 9 or 10 ajn. They will carry
hundreds of yards of strong rope
and much mountain-climbing
equipment.
To reach the dogs will require
owning down over an 800 or 900
foot ice-sheathed cliff. Waist deep
snow which has choked off prev
ious rescue efforts by Cleo Riddle,
the dog owner, and others, will
hamper the mountaineers.
Riddle said Thursday that he
got close enough to the hounds to
watch them fight off attacks by
angry eagles.
Tax Collections
History s Highest
For Single Day
WASHINGTON (JP) - The
Treasury reported Thursday
that March 18 tax collections
were $1,778,943,857.56 the
biggest single day's governent
"take" in history.
It was 123 million dollars
more than came in last year
when March 16 the day after
the deadline for income tax pay
ments was "Jackpot day" for
collections. Payments on the day
of the deadline are recorded
next day.
Portland Firm
Bids Low on
New Hospital
Statesman Newi Service
! STAYTON Fifteen firms sub
mitted bids ranging from $ieo,iU
to $317,000 here Thursday for con
struction of Santiam Memorial
Hospital. All bids were taken un
der advisement. The contract is
expected to be awarded within two
weeks.
The Gene Settergren firm of
Portland submitted the low base
bid, with 220 days to be allowed
for construction. Time designated
on other bids ranged from 150 to
256 days.. Plans call for the pro
ject to get underway this spring,
probably in May.
Considered in Line
Leaders of the hospital move
ment here considered the bids "in
line". A subscription drive for
funds raised about $357, OQO; and
a $124,000 federal grant has been
approved.
The hospital will be located near
the northeast city limits of Stay
ton and will have a 32-bed capa
city. Base bids called for concrete
construction.
All Bids Listed
Other base bids opened here
Thursday were reported as fol
lows: Viesko and Post, Salem,
$3QA&aJuhn & Sun, Portland,
$305,000; Ross B. Hammond Co.,
PorUand,. $300,000; Foothills Con
Structlon 'CoPortland, $289,400;
E. Efatterman, Salem, $357,600;
Peter Stuart Co., Portland, $306,
441; H. G. Carl, Salem, $329,652;
Gene Sttergren Portland, $285,170;
Rickford Construction Co., Port
land, $289,900; Donald Drake Co.,
Portland, $317,000; Wall, Bartrand
and Sandford, Junction City, $305,
000; Art Cummings, Portland,
$302,543; H. Barnhart Co., Med
ford, $305,686; Robertson, Hay and
Wallace, Portland $311,552.
Alumina Plant
To Lontmue
Continued production of man
ganese dioxide at Salem alumina
plant, rather than a shutdown this
month, was assured Thursday.
lem plant is a subsidiary, said
"we have worked out a satisfac
tory deal with General Services
Administration for continued use
of the property."
The Cherry Avenue plant was
built by the federal government
during World War II, is still own
ed by it and leased to Continental
Chemical Co., subsidiary to Ray-O-Vac.
Tyrell, here for the past two
days from Madison, Wise, said
the projected closing at the end
of March would not be necessary.
He said additional details would
be worked out later, but that no
operational changes are planned.
The project employs between 60
and 70 persons to make manga
nese dioxide for dry cell batteries
made by Ray-O-Vac.
Lancaster Speed
Limits Requested
Speed limits for Lancaster Drive
were asked Thursday by Marion
County Court.
The request was made to the
state speed control board, which
determines the proper speeds for
such zones. It was believed that
the limit would be 35 or 40 miles
per hour.
The court asked the regulation
because of the heavy volume of
traffic on Lancaster, east of Sa
lem. I TOM? TOGQBtSBSI
Kin. Precip.
34 trace
77 tne
3 ' .00
34 X
35 trac
lika
Portland
San franciaco
Chicago
Nw York
91
4S
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54
sa
Willamette River l.T feet.
forecast (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today, increasing" high cloudi
ness tonight, with a few showers Sa-"
turday. High today S3 to 53. low tonight
35 to 37.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Saace Start mt Weatfcer Year, Sept. 1
rhts Year Last Year Normal
37.31 46.M 2J
American
In Paris
Top Film
Bogart, Vivien
Leigh Presented
Acad
Awards
emy
HOLLYWOOD UP) - Humphrey
Bogart, gin-loving vagabond in
"The African Queen," and Vivien
Leigh, faded beauty of "A Street
car Named Desire," won Holly
wood's top Academy awards
Thursday night.
"An American In Paris' scored
one of the biggest upsets in Oscar
history by being named the best
picture of 1951 and winning seven
other honors.
Takes 'Silly Award .
Bogart, who once called the
academy awards "silly," accepted
his Oscar with humilityi.The 51-year-old
Ne Yorker said "it's a
long way from the heart of the
Belgian Congo where he made the
film to the stage of the Pantages
Theater whe-e he received the
award. It's nicer here than it was
there."
He then thanked his director,
John Huston, and co-star, Kath
erine Hepburn, and walked off
stage with his Oscar.
Vivian Not There
Miss Leigh was not present. She ,
ii appearing in ixew lorK wiui
: i"i:c wuvier, in I
iwo Cleopatra plays. Her Oscar
was accepted by Greer Garson, a
past winner.
Awards for supporting players
also went to performers in "Street
car" - Kim Hunter, 29-year-old
native of Detroit, and Karl Mai
den, 38-year-old Yugoslav from
Gary, Ind. Miss Hunter was not
present, and her Oscar was recei
ved by Bene Davis, another vet
eran of these events.
Elderly State
Hospital Pair
Die After Fight
Two elderly Oregon State Hos
pital patients died early this week
following night-time altercations
with other patients, hospital au
thorities revealed Thursday.
Dr. C. E. Bates, superintendent,
said one of the men, age 70, was
found d?ad in his bed in the elder
ly men'i ward Monday morning. I
His body bore marks of a fight, Nine Republicans and one
but institution authorities said the ; Democrat, Sen. McCarran of Ne
wounds were not heavy and that vada, voted against ratification,
the man had had a recent stroke. Thirty-eight Democrats and 28
The other man patient, age 71, j Republicans voted for it.
was injured Monday night when i Leading the opposition. Sens,
attacked by other inmates of the Dirksen (R-Ill), Young (R-ND)
men's ward. He was treated at the i and Jenner (R-Ind) argued that
infirmary, but died about five ' when Japan regains sovereignty
iiouis idicr ai iz.ju a.m. i uesdav. !
Dr. tiates said a contributing
factor to the tragedies is the over
crowding on the wards and a
shortage of attendants. He said 50
to 60 men are in one ward. It was
the first time in many years that
a patient-caused death has oc
curred at the institution. Bates
said.
The deaths were investigated by
both the Marion County district
attorney and coroner's offices.
They said Thursday the cases
were closed.
TEN DIE IN CRASH
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. UP)
A four-engined Navy plane with
ten men aboard crashed on a
takeoff about 1 a.m. Friday and a
Navy spokesman said all aboard
were believed killed.
COFFEE BACK TO NICKEL
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. P)-Coffee,
upped to a dime a cup by most
downtown restaurants here several
months ago, went back to a nickel
Thursday.
Sen. Brewster Used Grunewald
t
To Aid Republican Candidates
WASHINGTON UPy-Sea. Owen
Brewster (R-Me.) acknowledged
Thursday he used Henry W.
Grunewald, a shadowy mystery
figure, as an undercover "con
duit" to funnel $10,000 in contri
butions to the primary campaigns
of two Republican Senators in
1850.
As chairman of the party's Sen
atorial campaign committee that
year, Brewster said, it was against
the rules for him to intercede for
any candidate in a party contest.
Brewster told a House investi
gating jecenmittee that he. took the
"unusual procedure of borrow
ing $10,000 from the Liberty Na
tional Bank of Washington and
sending it through Grunewald to
Sens. Nixon (R-Calif.) and Young
(R.-NJ).). Each got $5,000, he
said.
Fortunately, Brewster added,
both Senators won their primaries
or he would have bee in hot
Communists Turn
Doicn Chance to
Outdo Capitalists
MANTUA. Italy UP)-Twe
Communist newsmen Thursday
turned down a challenge to run
a capitalist salami factory for
a year.
The challenge was made last
week by salami maker Dante
Villani to Cesar Brunetto and
Attilio Zanchi, writers of the
Communist daily II Progresso,
who had east doubt on the $10,
000 profit Villani reported en
his income tax. They thoagbt
he should have done better.
"Let's see you make more,"
Villani replied.
An article in II Progresso said
Thursday the two Reds were
"too busy."
Japan Peace
Pact Ratified
By Senators
WASHINGTON UP)- The Sen
ate ratified the Japanese peace
treaty Thursday six and one-half
years after the end of World War
II. The vote was 66-10.
The treaty formally ends the
war between Japan and the Allies
and recognizes Japan's full sov
ereignty over her home islands.
By voice vote, the Senate also
ratified two security pacts one
Australia and New Zealand.
All four Washington and Ore
gon Senators Magnuson (D) and
Cain (H) of Washington and
Morse and Cordon, both Oregon
Republicans, voted for ratifica
tion. After some debate, the chamber
later voted 58-9 to ratify a secur
ity treaty with Japan granting the
United States the right to post
military forces in and around
Japan for the maintenance of
peace anywhere in the Far East,
including Korea.
However, Sen. Watkins It
Utah f said he thought the pact
was being rushed through too fast
and said he might file a motion
for reconsideration.
Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee sought to have Presi
dent Truman notified immediately
of the Senate's action, but Watkins
blocked the move. Unanimous
consent is required for immediate
notification. Otherwise it is done
the day following the vote.
Five of the IS nations involved
in the war against Japan have al
ready ratified the peace , treaty;
One more is required before it
goes into effect
she may open trade relations witn
Red China. They also argued that
the treaty should be shelved on !
the ground that many of Ameri
ca's World War II allies in the
Pacific fear a resurgent Japan.
Jet Air Battle
Longest Yet
SEOUL. OflPV-Allied and Com
munist warplanes fought history's
longest jet battle in the early eve
ning skies over North Korea
Thursday. '
U. S. Fifth Air Force said three
and possibly five more Russian
made MIG-15s were damaged in
the 40-minute battle. The longest
previous battle lasted about 30
minutes. Earlier in the day Amer
ican F-86 Sabre jets destroyed
five MIGs and damaged five oth
ers. water.
He testified that he had been
"besieged" by Nixon and Young
for financial help in their primary
races, although as head of the
campaign committee he could not
make contributions available for
primaries.
A House committee investigat
ing tax scandals uncovered the
transaction as it probed into more
than $233,000 of "unexplained in
come" an accountant testified that
Grunewald, known around Wash
ington as "the Dutchman," re
ceived In iA9 and 1950.
The committee came across an
obscure exchange of $12,500 be
tween Grunewald and an Owen
Brewster.
A short time later the commit
tee received word that Sen. Brew
ster was on his way to the hear
ing room to offer an explanation.
Brewster soon appeared with a
stack of documents.
Ike May
Return to
Campaign
Gov, DriscolTs
Statement Called i
Political iTrick
By The AMciai4 Pre&i
Sen Robert A. Taft Thurso iT
pulled out of the New Jersey pri
mary where he faced a ma;cr
clash with Gen.. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, while the General himself 1
indicated he may return frora
Europe soon.
President Truman said he fc&e
given Eisenhower the go-ahead te
come home whenever he deetre
it proper. .
Taft quit the New Jersey con
test with an angry blast accusing
New Jersey's Gov. Alfred E. Dxi
coll of "political trickery" ;a I
throwing the weight of the stai
GOP machine behind Eisenhower;
Says Contest Unfair
He said Driscoll thereby brc
his word and took steps "to cor
rupt the intent of the preference
Feared Defeat Morse !
WASHINGTON-(Special to Tr.
Statesman )-Sen. Wayne Mors ;
thinks it "perfectly clear" the
Sen. Taft withdrew from the New
Jersey primary for the same re "
son he declined to enter the Or
! gon primary "namely, he kne i
j he would take a terrific - allot
j ing at the polls."
Morse added that "The write-: a
vote for Ike in Minnesota is adc;
tional dramatic evidence that hat
will sweep the country as th
people's choice if the professior.
al politicians at the Republic&a '
convention will only give the pet--
pie the chance to exercise th t
choice at the polls."
primary which is to be held April t
15. Under the ciraimstinces, cm -said,"
It could not be a "fair coe !
test? . ;
In a quick rejoinder, DrisecJ
dubbesd Taft a -poor lar" sctf !
declared in a statement:
"The unmistakable' fact is thai, i
the .Taft drive has coUapaed u i
resul-: of successive' setbacks in -1
New-": Hampshire and Minnesota
and . .because of the tremendous !
ground-swell of Elsenhower sup
port", among the independent- -!
thinking people of "New -Jersey. 1 - 1
Taffs withdrawal from the Ne
Jersey election heralded as prct
ably the last direct Taft-Eisen-:
hower contest in the cation's :ft
primaries came amid these other
fast-breaking developments:
1. Gen. Elsenhower indicated he
may soon return to the United
States to campaign actively !ir
the Republican Presidential nomi
nation. The five-ster general issued at
statement at ; his Supreme Allied:
Headquarters: outside Paris saying
he was "astonished'' by the huge
write-in vote he received in Mir.-
nesota, and declaring:
'The mounting numbers of rr.v
fellow citizens who are voting tc
make me the Republican nomir.t
are forcing me to re-examine rr.y
personal position and past deci
sion." 2. Just two hoars before Elts-
hower made his announoernenv
President Truman told newsmer
at Key West, Fla., that Eisenhower
is at liberty to return home from
Europe whenever he considers i
safe and proper to do so.
Truman said he has to id Eisen
hower to use his own judgments
Last Monday, Eisenhower said he
could leave his Europetn eorr.-
mand post any time and his mij
sion would be carried on success-
fully "by competent hands."
3. President Truman pulled the
rug from under Chairman Fran
McKinney of the Democratic nt-
tional committee by flatly contra-'
dieting McKinney statement 24-.
hours earlier that Truman migtt
not run again in the event of an;
early peace in Korea.
McKinney said Wednesday he
got that "impression" during a
two-day series of talks with Tru-J
man. I
Tersely, the President s:d
Thursday developments ux Korea
would have no bearing on his ct-
cision whether to reek re-electior
His blunt repudiation stirred spe-j
culation whether McKinney coultf
remain as party chiefUn.
Draws Rebuttals
Sen. Taft's gesture of retiring?
from the New Jersey primary?
fight drew hoots and angry rei
buttals from his political oppon
ent. New Jersey State Sec Malcolm;
Forbes, leader of the Eisenhower ,
for-President movement in New
Jersey, accused Taft Of executing'
a "clever political, maneuver iifc
an effort to , make "a substantial -Taft
-vjte. look like "victory cdi
sorts.-- "'-:?t '-zr-i.
Taft's name will remain on the
ballot because the deadline fca
withdrawing it has passed. - -
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CALCUTTA.. India GPV-Mrs.!
Franklin D. Roosevelt arrive;"!
Thursday by plane axter on
day visit in Nepal, K!malayc1
Mountain kingdom,
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