1 Th's Stat Salem.' Oregon. Thursday. April if; 1952
Rebuttal' by Byrnes
Says Truman NPlayed
Into Russia's Hands'
WASHINGTON (JP) James F. Byrnes made a blistering attack
on President Truman Thursday accusing him of writing history to
suit himself and of playing into Russian hands with a "wrong state
ment about the Polish-German boundary.
Byrnes, former secretary of state under Truman and now gover
no of South Carolina, spoke out in a Colliers Magazine article.
. The article was prompted by
Army Battles
Cold in Yukon
Ghost Town
SILVER CITY, Y. T. (JP-U got
so cold even the beer froze.
But the men were so healthy
few even had common colds. The
dentist had so little to do he spent
his time filling a set of hollow
cffsmen which were too light
and kept falling over.
The phantoms, too, have been
chased from this ghost town where
BO years ago miners moiled for
gold. But they'll be back in July.
All this happened during Oper
ation "Eager Beaver," which
reached the halfway mark
Wednesday. It means the worst is
over for 450 Canadian and United
States Army soldiers.
They came to Silver City, 150
miles north of Whitehorse, in Jan
uary to build an airstrip and test
equipment against the Arctic
winter.
In July, when the exercise is
completed and reports have been
sifted fer their last useful bit of
Information, the Army will pull
up stakes and allow the ghosts to
drift back to Silver City.
TVUstlnt Keck
The troops, under command of
Maj. E. D. Taylor of Vancouver
and Lt.-Col. H. D. Brown of the
U. S. Army, are tearing and blast
ing hundreds of tons of muskeg,
rock and perma-frost to build the
airstrip which may never be used
and test themselves and their
equipment under the worst possi
ble winter conditions.
Maj. Taylor says he and his men
Jwkve had "several minor prob
lems" to contend with, such as:
46 - below - zero temperatures
when oil on tractors and bulldozers
became as thick as glue, heaters
broke down, and the men had to
work 24 -hour shifts for two weeks
to determine how they and their
machinery could stand up under
pressure.
Tests Equipment
The exercise involves for the
most part testing of new and
classified" equipment. If it will
work here, it will work anywhere,
the Army reasons. Some modifica
tions are made on the spot. Some
times something designated for
one job Is found more useful in
another.
Soowshoes hang beside each
bunk in the huts. Near the spot
where miners grubbed in the
ground for gold, Canadians and
Americans have pounded out a
volleyball court in the frozen
ground.
Action Starts,
Handball Meet
First-round action was run off
Tuesday in the Class A City Hand
ball Tourney at the YMCA, with
defending champion Lee Shinn,
Chet O'Brien, Norm Winslow and
Don Duncan emerging with wins.
Shinn topped Bob Anderson,
O'Brien downed Bob Smith.
Winslow beat Roth Holtz and
Duncan got a default win over Gus
Moore.
The semi - finals put Shinn
against O'Brien and Winslow
against Duncan. The semis must
be played by Thursday night with
-finals set for Friday.
In the consolation bracket, An
dersen meets Smith and Holt
battles Moore.
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publication in the recent book
"Mr. Truman" of a letter which
the President said he had read to
Byrnes, bawling him out after the
Moscow conference of December,
1945.
The letter depicted Truman de
manding a tough policy toward
Russia from Byrnes, of insisting
that Byrnes let him make foreign
policy and of calling for an "iron
fist" to hold Soviet ambitions in
check.
Byrnes previously had denied,
when the, book was published, that
Truman had ever read any such
stinging rebuke to him. He had
declared his intention to answer
the President in detail and the
magazine article is the result.
Written for Record
"The evidence is impressive,'
Byrnes said, "that the document
was written by the President and
formally signed by him, to record
himself favorably."
Byrnes noted that the book said
Truman sometimes wrote letters
he never sent and declared that
the letter published as being ad
dressed to him was never "read to
me or sent to me" although a
presidential notation said that it
was read by the President to
Byrnes.
The statesman which Byrnes
charges plays into Russian hands
was one of those in the letter,
referring to the Big Three meeting
at Potsdam in the summer of
194S.
Accomplished Fact
The letter read:
"At Potsdam we were faced with
an accomplished fact and were by
circumstances almost forced to
agree to Russian occupation of
Eastern Poland and the occupation
of that part of Germany east of
the Oder River by Poland."
The circumstances, according to
trie President, were that "we were
anxious" for Russian entry into
the war against Japan.
Byrnes asserted he was not an
xious for this, and he thought the
President shared his view at Pots
dam. He said he had advised the Chi
nese Nationalist government not to
make any concessions to the Rus
sians beyond those previously
made at the Yalta conference by
the Western Powers in order to
interest Russia in fighting Japan.
'Furthermore, Byrnes said the
President "is wrong" about hav
ing agreed to the territorial chang
es, or boundary lines, involving
Russia, Poland and Germany.
"We did not reach such an agree
ment, " Byrnes declared. "At Stutt
gart in a speech I made with the
approval of the President I told
the German people there was no
such agreement. It is unfortunate
at this time that Mr. Truman
should make this statement. The
Soviets will welcome It."
Claude E. Ingalls
Plaque Established
CORVALLIS JF)-A memorial to
Claude E. Ingalls, late editor of
the Corvallis Gazette-Times, has
been established by his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stan
ton Wallace.
The memorial plaque and tro
phy will be awarded for outstand
ing journalism student at Oregon
State College. Ingalls, one of Ore
gon's most widely known editors,
died in 1950.
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face of the impending flood from the Missouri River, waiting in line, look forlorn as they hang onto
suitcases and personal effect. (AP Wirephete to The Statesman.)
Truman Asks
Flood Control
Funds Allotted
(Story also on page one.)
OMAHA (JP)- President Truman
appealed to the governors of
flood - washed middle Western
states to unite tn a fight for flood
control projects which he said are
threatened by an "economy wave"
in Congress.
He accused an economy bloc of
"wiping out some of th most im
portant projects" he had recom
mended in his annual budget And
ht said he will renew demands
for a huge national flood cor col
program including Insurance
against flood damage.
"It is not necessary for these
things t 'a iDen,-' -inn said
grimly after he had flown over
mile upon mile of farmlands sub
merged by the rampaging Mis
souri River.
After hearing the President, Ne
braska's Republican Governor Val
Peterson told reporters: "The
President gave his address to the
wrong people. The governors of
the Middle West need no pep talk
about flood control Congress
needs the pep talk."
But Senator Hlckenlooper (R
Iowa) commented that he be
lieved the President had pointed
up a serious situation which la
certain to receive the attention of
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TRENTON, N. J. (-Officials
at Trenton State Prison Wednes
day wearily waited for 68 barri
caded convicts to answer a mes
sage sent in to them from State
Institutions and Agencies Com
missioner Sanford Bates.
The rioters are holding four
prison employes hostage in the in
stitution's printing shop. Bates
told them he would consider their
grievances if the men were re
leased unharmed.
Latest word is that the hostages,
two of whom have heart trouble,
have had no food since the riot
began at 10 a.m., Tuesday.
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Congress.
The President flew here from
Washington for a conference with
the governors of Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Missouri and Illinois.
En route here and on his return
trip, he saw the tremendous dev
astation caused by the worst Mis
souri River flood In all recorded
history.
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PORTLAND (;P-A new high
way approach for Portland -Salem
traffic entering Portland is
under consideration. Engineer R.
H. Baldock of the State Highway
Commission said Wednesday.
Baldock said the proposed ap-
? roach is in Southwest Portland,
t would be Intended to relieve
Barbur Boulevard of congestion.
At present Highway 98-W enters
the city via Barbur.
The new rpad would start at
the point where the Wilsonville
road now connects with 99-W,
southwest of Portland. It would
be a freeway, connecting with
Harbor Drive near the downtown
section of Portland.
Baldock said the new route
would be necessary once the Wil
sonville road and bridges are
completed between Portland and
Salem.
In 1771 when newspapers first
began comprehensive reporting of
the debates in the English Parlia
ment, the Parliament attempted to
halt the practice and even had the
lord mayor of London arrested for
refusal to honor warrants against
printers.
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16 Firemen
Eligible for
Captaincies
Sixteen Salem firemen are elig
ible for promotion to captain when
vacancies occur, as a result of civ
il service examination recently
and certification by the Salem Civ
il Service Commission Wednesday.
The commission also considered
medical reports Indicating that
two Salem police officers who
were injured in traffic accidents
while on duty are not physically
fit for full duty as a result of their
injuries.
Commissioners decided to defer
any action until conferences are
held with the city administration
to see if other city jobs might be
open to Officers Arch Wilson and
Ronald Wiebe. Both are now on
patrol car duty after separate ac
cidents last year which caused se
vere injury and necessitated long
periods of recovery.
All 16 firemen who took the re
cent promotional tests passed, the
commission reported. Gerald T.
Hall is on the eligible list for first
aid captain and the other 15 are
listed for fire captain, in the fol
lowing order of eligibility:
Ray McCauley, E. Clinton Hart,
A. J. Addie, P W. Johnson, Robert
Erickson, Robert Putnam, Kenneth
Burnett, Earl Sherwood, Charles
M. Bower, Clyde Buckholtz, Clar
ence Nelson, Dene D. Ray. Jack
Johnson, Carol Godsey ana Milo
Aeschlimann.
Donald L. Hill was approved
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service code a man may be taken
back to civil service status in this
manner within a year of his res
ignation, provided he had resigned
in good standing. Hill left the force
last September to take a first aid
job at Detroit Dam.
Many amphibians will die if
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