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Proposal In Korea EVER mindful of the Oriental passion for face-savings, Al lied truce negotiators in Korea pointed out to North Korean Gen. Nam. II a loophole through which agreement might be reached. The loophole concerned the word ing of the Allied draft on prisoners of war, last stumbling block in the path to a Korean armistice. In outlining It to the Communists, chief U.N. dele gate Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, emphasized that agreement on the rest of the armistice document "dem onstrates that the negotiations of the past year have really accomplished a great deal." Harrison pointed out that the Allied draft on prisoners reads that "all pris oners of war held in the custody of each side" when a truce becomes ef fective will be released, and an ex change will be made according to ' lists which have been exchanged and have been checked" by each side. Reds Repeat Demand Under this wording tht Communists could get back all their prisoners car ried on the list. Those who refused to go back to North Korea or China would have been reclassified and, presumably, removed from the list Nam n listened to Interpreters drone out the Allied proposal, then reiterated that the only way to reach an armistice was for the Allies to ac cept the Red proposal of May 2, which would require the Allies to send thou sands of North Koreans and Chines prisoners back to the Communists against their will. However the Communists did not Ignore the Allied proposal entirely, but asked for a one-day recess In the truce talks presumably to study it further. Harrison told Nam It seemed clear that "if the prisoner of war issue was settled, an armistice would result without delay." But, Harrison said, "wa have in our custody prisoners of war whom we cannot return to you without repudi ating our basic moral principles." U.S. Firmness Attacked The Allied refusal to repatriate any prisoners who do not want to go home has deadlocked the armistice talks for weeks. This has brought charges from left wing Laborites in Britain that the U.S., through "obstinacy," is prolonging bloodshed in Korea. These same Laborites urge the U.S. to recog nise the fait accompli of Communism in China, and accept Red Chinese delegates into the U.N. The British left-wingers cannot, h s ever, point to many advantages that have come their way since Brit ain recognized the Peiping regime. The Red Chinese have never taken cognizance of the British recognition, have confiscated British holdings in C hina and British r businessmen in Red China have been forced to with-d-. aw 840 million dollars worth of in vestments and quit the country. South Korea's political crisis ap proached a climax, meanwhile, as President Syngman Rhee handed the assembly an ultimatum adopt his proposed constitutional amendments quickly or be dissolved. Quotes Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Okla homa, candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination: "General Eisenhower is one of the greatest Americans I know, but f don't see how such a great general can be so poor a poli tician. He didn't have to take off his uniform to keep Senator Taft from becoming President. We Democrats will take care of that." James P. Longworth, 69-year-old Kentucky mountaineer com menting on his apparent good health after explaining that God twice told him he would die at 7 A.M. June 28: "I am greatly disappointed. I was ready to go." In Short Approved: by the Senate, a military budget containing $46,403,000,000 in cash and credit to maintain the armed forces in the new fiscal year which started Tuesday. Voted: unanimously by the Senate to approve a program for an Air Force buildup aimed at a 143-wing goal by mid-1955. Announced: by the State Depart ment that Secretary Dean Acheson will meet with the foreign ministers of Australia and New Zealand in Honolulu early next month to set up an American-Australian-New Zealand defense alliance. Resigned: after four troubled months in office, Egypt's Premiei Ahmed Hilaly Pasha. King Farouk appointed independent Hussein Sirry Pasha to succeed Hilaly Pasha. Signed: by President Truman, a bill suthorizing a peacetime Marine Corps trength of three divisions, three air wings, and supporting units up to tOO.000 men and officers. The Corps n'ill remain within the Navy, and Ihe manpower ceiling will not apply ki time of war or emergency. Died: Edgar S. Bamberger. 69. !rominent merchant and one of the ounders of New York's radio station WOR. (All Rtffhtf Reserved AP Nrwrfeaturtst ?fc wooing) REPUBLICANS: Battle for Delegates . : -' .:-. y i t &d - - v C r , I ; NsX-X i&'iuS I y-V v 'A I , ?V - - HAROLD STASSEN POLITICS," wrote essayist Henry David Thoreau, "is the gizzard of society and the two political parties are its two opposite halves which grind on each other." This week in Chicago one of the halves was grinding on itself as GOP policy makers tried to settle the question of contested delegates in time for the National Convention. The biggest contested delegation in volved was Texas, with 38 seats at stake. The contest began at local con ventions in Texas when Eisenhower backers were thrown out by the Taft controlled state GOP committee. The Eisenhower men held a rump conven tion with the result that two Texas slates one pro-Taft, the other pro Eisenhower started packing their bags for the trip to Chicago. No Compromise Eisenhower advisors said the gen eral has no intention of compromising with Sen. Taft over the Texas delega tion dispute. Said Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.), an Eisenhower backer, "We want all the delegates who legally are ours. I don't see how fair-minded men can fail to seat the Eisenhower delegation from Texas." Eisenhower himself has charged the Taft forces stole Texas delegates as brazenly as cattle rustlers. Taft indig nantly rejected the charge, contending the pro-Ike people were mostly Demo crats who shouldn't have been allowed to vote on GOP delegates. A PRICKLY PROBLEM ROBERT TAFT ""'"W .'WjU'W"'1" W'umm. ...mwy'JU'M l:l r .'innim, J,i w- " Jipn iiihmi.,,.jh. hh . ' tr xv, - r . vis. ' - v if i r; l ; t- ' v - -" i o ' DOUGLAS Arguments over the accreditation of convention delegates from six states in addition to Texas came up before the Republican National Committee in Chicago this week. In all, 72 seats were in dispute. Those 72 seats could very well tip the balance in the close race between Taft and Eisenhower. As state groups presented their case Taft said he did not believe pre convention skirmishes would inflict any gaping wounds in the elephant's hide and added that, if nominated, he would have "a forgiving nature." There were few signs of forgiveness at the hearings on the delegate fights as hot - under - the - collar disputants flung charges of steamrollering and robbery back and forth. Squabble Over TV One Taf t-Efsenhower squabble arose over televising these delegate selection preliminaries. Taft support ers kept their attitude on the TV question under wraps as much as they could, but the Eisenhower backers is sued a statement calling for opening ? y (' :-jf v&- t DWJGHT D. EISENHOWER MocARTHUR the hearings to television, radio, and press photographers. The Republican National Committee finally voted 60 to 40 to bar the dele gate hearings to radio and TV. While all this was going on, conven tion headquarters announced the speakers who will follow keynoter Douglas A. MacArthur. Speakers' Roster They include former President Her bert Hoover down for Tuesday night and one of the party's most contro versial figures. Son. Joseph R. Mc Carthy of Wisconsin, scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon. Another Wednesday speaker will be Pennsyl vania's Goy. John S. Fine, the man whose state delegation could turn the tide toward Taft or Eisenhower if the outcome of the delegate contest doesn't. New York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey arrived in Chicago from the Gover nors' Conference in Houston with the prediction that no darkhorse is going to win the nomination. Dewey thinks the nominee will be Eisenhower, but if it isn't, Dewey said the man who heads the ticket will be T;ft. The Dewey reasoning left no room for Warren, MacArthur or any dark horse to ernerge to take the nomina tion away from Taft or Eisenhower. "IT'S COT TO BE BUILT JUST SO." w EARL WARREN On the Democratic side. Gov. Adlal E. Stevenson, of Illinois, loomed as a much more receptive candidate for his party's nomination. Adlai Is Receptive Stevenson said nothing essentially new about his publicly confessed un willingness to run for the Presidency except that if a draft develops which he says he doesn't expect, he would take a good look at it before saying either "yes" or "no." South Carolina's Gov. James F. Byrnes, sounded the signal that may mean trouble for Stevenson if the Democratic Convention drafts him. Byrnes did not mention Stevenson by name but said "I would find it dif ficult to support anyone who would support a compulsory fair employ ment practices commission, no mat ter how sugar coated." Stevenson has said he considers fair employment practices, and civil rights in general, to be primarily the re sponsibility of the states but that if the states could not or would not ac cept it he "presumed" the Federal Government would have to corns into the field. Governors Talmadge, of Georgia, Warren of Florida and Shivers of Texas, fell in behind Byrnes in his tactical maneuver to keep a civil rights plank out of the Democratic platform. 2 WATCH Last -West Grapple Over German Unify' FOR most Germans, the division of their country seven years after defeat is a galling reminder. They are willing to listen to anybody who offers to wipe it ouL The Kremlin's harping on "German unification has thus found receptive ears in West Germany. U.S-, British and French diplomats feel the Russians are interested more in propaganda than in unifies- tion. They want the Question of fre. Steel Price Boost in the Offing The melting inventories caused by th extended steel strike will boost the demand for steel products in months to coma. This will mean that customer price resistance will be practically nil in the event of a sub stantial hike in steel prices. Most businessmen had thought the Government would step in and halt the steel strike soon after It started. Few of them made any attempt to build up steel inventories. The fact that th steel strike con tinued without Intervention from the Government meant that industrial in ventories were thrown out of kilter. Steel Flow Delay The end of the steel strike could not start steel flowing from the fur naces immediately. The furnaces take time to get heated up properly and care must be taken to see that they haven't been damaged during the weeks they were cold. ! steel workers themselves, meanwhile, have fought a divide-and-conquer war with the nation's steel Industry trying to win over smaller basic steel companies in an effort to win new contract settlements. Leaders of the union huddled in secret sessions with the smaller com panies. The larger steel companies raised their biggest objection to granting a union shop but some of the smaller companies were willing to go along with the recommendation of the Wage Stabilization Board and grant a union shop, thus making union membership a condition of em ployment. Idleness Spreads Idleness among workers In steel using industries left more than 250,- 000 men without work as negotia tions to sign strike-ending contracts continued. The International Harvester Co. furlough ed 5,000 employes st its Louisville plant and 50,000 more throughout its chain of factories. The New York Central Railroad In New York has laid off a total of some 8,000 workers. In Gary, Ind, a branch of the Budd Co. shut down putting 1,000 out of work. Some Workers Recalled On the other hand, the Johnson Steel and Wire Co. in Worcester, Mass., reopened and recalled 450 em ployes. The firm is a subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Steel Co. which signed an agreement with the union. As more small companies signed up with the union, other subsidiary companies were expected to start operating again. In another steel development. Clif ford Hood, vice president of U.S. Steel, wrote to all employes denying reports the company wanted to weaken the union, eliminate seniority or take away workers' rights to nego tiate bonus and incentive plans. Sidelights In New York a policeman, clad only in his pajama bottoms but with his serTice revolver in hand, chased a burglar from his apartment and captured him on a busy avenue. Later, in felony court, the policeman shyly told the Judge: "I was embarrassed. 1 had no place to pin my shield." In Baltimore, buses and trolleys were snarled while transit company and union fought out the issue of whether the drivers would wear white or gray shirts. The management ordered drivers to wear gray shirts. The union ordered white shirts. Some drivers showed up in yellow, red and blue shirts. In Washington. Congress approved a bill setting up a commission to in vestigate whether a regulatory law is needed in the field of artificial rain-making experiments. "yCf CMM M""' YOUR STEP, MISTER. ail-German elections settled first. The new Western notes to Moscow on this subject make it clear that while the Big Three are interested in finding a basis for agreement on the German question, they want a strict agenda at any four-power talks. They want to limit the field for Soviet propaganda. Morale-Building Tour Secretary of State Dean Acheson'a morale-building tour of Communist ringed West Berlin gave him an op portunity to assure the Germans first hand that the West also is interested in the unification of their country. In an address dedicating a new library, in the former Reich capital, Acheson directly countered Russian charges that the West is blocking unification. He accused the Kremlin of nourishing the division by pressuring isolated West Berliners. The Soviets have virtually sealed' off West Berlin with travel regula tions that require permits almost im possible to obtain. Despite the friction between East and West, the Russians officially main tained their courtesies during Ache son's visit and sent a delegation to a formal reception given by US. com mandant in West Berlin, Maj. Gen. Lemuel B. Mathewson. In Vienna. Acheson told throngs of Austrians who cheered him loudly despite Soviet soldiers and sailors nearby that "the constant aim of United States policy is to hasten the day when independence will be given to Austria.' Acheson blamed Russia for the fail ure of the Big Four to write a treaty of Independence Question f V2i. "Make no mistake about it, he saidL "Of the four powers in Austria, three want to go home. Acheson said the United States would continue to seek admission oT Austria to the United Nations as full-fledged member but added that U.N. membership will not create- a treaty or insure one. "We in the United States admire and honor the patience and courage with which the people of Austria have borne the disappointments in not having had the liberty and independ ence promised them in Moscow in 1943," said Acheson. Anticipated Communist demonstra tions against Acheson 's visit fizzled. Back in Washington, the Senate, by a 77 to 5 vote, ratified the west Ger man peace contract recently signed in Bonn by Acheson, and also ap proved a protocol to the North Atlan tic Treaty extending to West Germany the same mutual defense guarantees undertaken by the original signatories. The United States thus became the first of the four signatories, including! Britain. France and West Germany, to sign the pact. Dates Monday, July 7 Republican National Conven tion, Chicago. Tuesday. July 8 South Carolina state Demo cratic primary for six U.S. rep resentatives. Saturday, July 12 J. P. Morgan estate to be auc tioned for taxes at Glen Cove, N. Y. Controls Ten-Month Extension The extension of wage and price controls represents something of a victory for the Administration, bat -the President was not very enthrraw astic when he signed the bill ertfnfs ing controls until next April SO. The President said the new contrail law "weakens our ability to hold down prices and stabilize our econ omy." The new controls bill makes sev eral major changes in the Defeoss Production Act. It will end rent controls on Sept. 30 except in localities whose govern ing bodies vote to extend tym to next April 30, and in certified critical defense areas. It will throw out controls over credit for consumer goods and for conventional housing loans. Housing credit could again be restricted by the Federal Reserve Board if the annual rate of new houses started 1.200,000. The present rate u 1.10O.DWI No change will be made in . real estate credit controls fixing minimum cash down payments on hout. The third major change involves the Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) which is retained but stripped of some authority. The appointment of its members will be subject to Senate confirmation and the board will be deprived of its power to make recom mendations in labor disputes unless management and union agree to askr the WSB how much of wage in-' crease might be granted in a dispute. mi. N J rr & "-t'nTrti iMi-rTTI1it r-- 1 lrM -sit '
