IFEP
-Th most accurate diagnostician
en national elections is Samuel Lu
belL He has made the most accu
rate and most intimate study of
voting trends in this country of
any journalist. His articles have
appeared in tne saruraay tve-
- rung .Fost acq narperi agiu5,
otiH his idpavere summed up in
a book, The Future of American
Politics" which appeared asi year.
In his writings he has analyzed
the sources of the Roosevelt elec
toral power, and traced tne ln
flnMim which - seemed - to de
termine decisions of groups of
voters. It was easy, as he did after
the 1936 election, to put his finger
on the drift or tne urDan vote vj
Roosevelt. What tooK more inves
titration vra his attribution of mid
west isolationism to the attitude
of certain ethnic groups, sucn as
tvio r.rman element in states like
Wisconsin. Their votes shifted to
ward or away from the Demo
cratic administration largely on
via had nf Hi fnreitm Dolicv.
Likewise he reported vote trends
among ixegroes sou w
now Heal administration.
wi rennrt on votinz in the last
election appears in the current is
sue ol Saturday x-venmg x-osi un
der the heading. "Who Elected
T'icanhnwi.n He discounts the as-
serUoivjthat it was a personal vic
tory for Ike. He says," in fact:
"So strong was the tide of re
vulsion against Trumanism" that
probably any Republican candi
date, including sen. itooerc a.
Tart, could have won. The choice
of Eisenhower as tne uvr nom
nA rii4 make the difference.
would judge, between what might
have been a narrow Republican
saueeze and the landslide max
vnrrreL
(That comment Is bitter-sweet
to the staunch supporters of Taft.
It will confirm their confidence
that Taft could have been elected
and renew their regret that he was
not the party nominee.) ;
Lubell bases his observation not
on swivel-chair reasoning
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Seven Die in
Airliner Crash
Near Seattle
SEATTLE in A four-engine
commercial transport with seven
persons aboard, including two
women and two children, crashed
and burned Wednesday night on
a low , mountain 15 miles east of
Seattle. All aboard were killed.
The plane, a DC-4 of the Flying
Tiger Airline, Bur bank, Calif., car
ried four - ew members, -wnn a
mother and her two young sons as
passengers. One of the crew m
bers was a (stewardess.
The big i transport! .ent down
near the little foothill town of Iss
aquah, two miles north of 1380-foot
.Squak Mountain.
It was on a flight I jm San Fran-
; cisco to Seattle, the airline report
ed. There was ; no explanation for
the disaster jthe latest In a ser
ies of Pacific Northwest crashes
A witness said the engines "sound
ed good." I - ,
The crashed plane was enveloped
so completely in flames that no one
could make an attempt to get any
of the victims out.
It crashed at about 9 p. m..
shortly before it htd been expected
at Seattle's Boeing Field, on one
of the stormiest nights f the .win
ter. Torrential rains, whipped by
high winds, lashed the countryside.
Measure to Seek
Four-Year Status
For Portland State
TVYRTT.A'NT) ( A bill will be
submitted to the Oregon Legisla
ture . seeking to make Portland
State College a four-year school
with authority to grant degrees, a
Portland attorney said Wednesday.
The measure, if passed by the
Legislature, would be referred to
Oregon voters. Attorney Homer L.
Allen, a graduate of the two-year
school, said the bill would call for
the four-year school by 1955.
The State Board of Higher Edu
cation Monday proposed that a bill
for a four-year school at Portland
-State be placed before the T gis
lature in 1355. But Allen said he
and other school support'- ..-nt
action before that time.
Animal Crackers
6v WARREN COODRICH
"Com on to bedl
Jj?i ""how"
37: llmQB VeSs Aiincnn
4 on fflossorag Plane
SEATTLE U) Thirty-seven
homeward bound veterans, chosen
by a grim chance of the alphabet,
apparently flew to disaster early
Wednesday after surviving the
hazards of Korean battles and two
ocean crossings. ' ; , ;
Missing-w4th the men were the
three crew members of the Army
chartered VDfarie Special which
disappeared witheut a trace some
where in i rugged, ' storm-swept
country of Wyoming or Southeast
ern Idaho. ,
Their fate still was unknown at
nightfall,' as planes returned to
Lowry Air Force Base. Colo.; with
negative reports on searches ham
pered by foul "weather. The; hunt
will be resumed at daybreak.
All of the passengers aboard the
chartered ; C-48 were from the
southeastern states and all shared
McKay Makes 'Good
Impression9 on Solons
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Special)
he appeared to make an initial conquest in his first day in the na
tion's capital as a key figure in the incoming Republican! administra
tion,
The former governor and Mrs.
ing aboard the Baltimore and Ohio's Capital limited after what they
agreed was a very nice trip. Luce
most train riders, Doug said he
was anxious to find the apartment
they had rented by mail so he
could take a' shower.
The McKay's were met at the
station by old friends from Salem,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor McKenzie,
who are now living temporarily in
Washington, and Sen. Guy Cordon.
What McKay saw, in addition to
his new dwelling, was his new
domain the Department of the
Interior from the office he will
occupy in less than two weeks. He
and Secretary Oscar Chapman con
f erred for an hour.
Senators Invited
But it was his final meeting of
the day that turned into an appar
ent conquest for the new cabinet
member. Senator Cordon had ar
ranged for a reception for McKay
to which he invited all 96 senators
the men who must first confirm
McKay's appointment as interior
secretary and who traditionally
wage the toughest battles with any
president s cabinet.
And despite a late afternoon
session that didn't adjourn until
near dinner time, most of Cordon's
colleagues showed up to welcome
McKay. Senator Wayne Morse
was a notable absentee. Most had
never met the ex-governor, and
many already bad things tney
wanted to discuss with him.
Lots of Listening
A good ear for listening was
mandatory in the room full of
United States senators, who had
only a few minutes before voted
for all practical purposes to up
hold the practice of . filibustering.
McKay listened, but also held his
own in the talking department
another food feat in a senatorial
circle,
No one could have got off to a
better start with the men on Cap!
tol Hill he will have to deal with
through the working months
ahead.
Rep. Walter Norblad, Harris
Ellsworth and Sam Coon were also
present.
(Story also on page 4.)
Sunday School
Class Jailed for
Disturbance
OKLAHOMA CITY () A
voune men's Sunday School class
sheepishly answered Wednesday to
charges of disturbing tne peace
bv fiehting.
Defending them was their sun-
day School teacher, Ben. T. rieao.
an attorney.
"They are an good boys," Head
told Police Judge Make Foster.
"They just didn't use good judg
ment."
Seven boys were jailed early
Sunday by Patrolman " R. ' O.
Rusche.
Parents posted bonds for their
release in time for Sunday School.
They testified a car loaded with
other boys passed them and
"yelled something."
One thing led to another and
soon they were bumping bumpers.
Someone threw a pop bottle "and
everybody piled out."
"There were a few words ex
changed." one of the boys told
Judge Foster, but added hastily
the toughest phrase used was on
ly: "You rascal."
Foster dismissed charges
against five of the youths and fined
the other, pair $31 each.
Morse to Appeal if
Committee Jobs Lost .
WASHINGTON UF U Sin. Wayne
Morse of Oregon told the, Senate
Wednesday 'hat he -vill : appeal if
Republicans shunt him from the
Labor and Armed Services Com
mittees, j ' - J
Morse said he would: appeal .to
the entire. Senate itself, acknow-
edging that he knew of no prece
dent for such action. He said he
believed his eight y wrs in the
Senate give him enough seniority
to keep the positions.
HANNAH APPOINTED .
NEW YORK - tM President
elect Dwight D. Eisenhower Wed
nesday named John. A. Hannah,
president ' of Michigan State Col
lege, to replace Mrs. Anna Rosen
berg as assistant -secretary of de
fense in charge of manpower and
personnel,
an alphabetic similarity that put
them aboard the same plane. :
Fort Lawton officials said the
soldiers were assigned - to the IS
private i plane to ! alphabetic or
der to facilitate their movement
from Seattle, where they had land
ed only 5 hours before. Thus, the
men aboard the lost plane all had
last names beginning with H, J
or K.- , v;; . -:
They I had arrived 'In Seattle
aboard the troop-, ship Marine Ad
der with 3,169 .Far East veterans.
The plane they boarded was from
San Antonio, Tex. It left here
shortly before midnight - Tuesday
as the Army rushed the . soldiers
to military bases nearest their
homes for release from r service.
Their: destination was Fort
Jackson. ' S.C.
Douglas McKay came, he saw, and
i I
McKay arrived Wednesday morn
Giant Canada
j i
Atom Reactor
Out of Action
CHALK RIVER, Ont. CD The
world's most powerful atomic re
actor; ruptured inside and leaking
dangerous waters, i will be out of
action for months but Canadian
scientists are working on a new
and bigger machine.
Top officials say the Dec. 12
breakdown of the atom-SDlitthu;
heart of Canada's atomic project
has injected a new sense of ur
gency into the job Chalk River
presently is doing building a new,
30-million collar reactor whose
capabilities will dwarf those of the
ailing one. '.
Date for completion of the new
reactor is some time next year.
Right now it consists of holes
blasted in a rock foundation and a
skeleton framework of lumber.
Scientists say the . reactor wfll
lengthen Canada's lead in the field
of reactors or nuclear . furnaces,
the complex mechanisms which
split atoms and release enertrr.
At the same time they are begin
ning to put on paper their ideas
for the power plants that will
eventually bring atomic energy to
the practical use leve. The first
plant may exist. in Canada within
five years.
Twenty reporters, makinff a tour
of Chalk River, were told by Dr.
C J. MacKenzle, Canada's atomic
chief, that the breakdown of the
existing reactor called the NRX
is largely the biggest blow Chalk
ruver has yet suffered.
Senate Tables
Filibuster Issue
WASHINGTON Li The Senate
disposed of the filibuster issue at'
least temporarily Wednesday as
the, 83rd Congress got ready for
the incoming Eisenhower adminis
tration and a new legislative pro
gram. A motion to change the Senate
rules and make It harder to carry
on time-consuming filibusters was
tabled by a vote of 70 to 21.
A bloc of 19 senators had tried
to push the motion through in the
opening days of the new session in
order to clear the way for civil
rights measures, which Southern
Democrats traditionally taT to
death.
Senate majority: leader Taft of
Ohio allowed the subject to be de
bated for two days and then, late
Wednesday afternoon, succeeded in
having the motion tabled.
FLAME-THROWERS ACTIVE
&XWs iSf Allied Infantryraid-
ers, using flame - throwers and
tanks, cut up a Chinese position at
dawn Thursday east of the truce
town of Panmunjom.:
MRS. VANDERBTLT DIES
NEW YORK ID Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbflt, for years the ac
knowledged leader of New York
society s most exclusive circle.
died Wednesday night at her Fifth
avenue home.
Legislature to Get Budget With
Surplus, But Requests Left Out
Gov. P aul L. Patterson an
nounced Wednesday he would sub
mit a general fund budget to the
Oregon Legislature with a $10,781,-
424 surplus of revenue over spending.-
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But this budget, - which Is the
amount of money that the Legis
lature is being asked to appropri
ate, does hot include requests for
20 million dollars worth of state
college and . institution buildings,
pay raises for state employes, and
other miscellaneous requests, i - r
The general fund budget totals
$187,295,262, which is only seven
millions more than ; the amount
authorized by the ip51 Legislature.
This increase, State Finance Direc
tor "Harry S. Dorman said, ; is
caused by higher wages for state
employes and by inflated costs.
. Dorman made , clear that the
budget and - revenue . estiraates,
IC2nd YEAE
Lawyers Ask
!
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ft
Gov. Paul Patterson remained silent Wednesday on whether lie would
commute the death sentences doe to be carried out arainst convicted
slayers Morris Leland and Frank Payne early Friday. Pictured are
Le land's attorneys, Anthony Pelay (left) and Thomas Ryan, both
of Portland, as they entered the .governor's office, for a conference
xnesaay.
Leland Said
Near Collapse
Awaiting Death
Morris Leland, 26, under sen
tence to die in the lethal gas
chamber at the Oregon State Pris
on early Friday, was reported on
the verge of collapse. Prison Wax
den Virgil OMalley reported
Wednesday.
Prison authorities said Leland
had been crying and sobbing since
Tuesday afternoon.
Leland and Frank O. Payne, 52,
are slated for execution shortly
after midnight tonight provided
Oov. Paul Patterson does not com
mute their sentences to life im
prisonment. Gov. Patterson indi
cated he would announce his de
cision today.
Leland was convicted, of first-
degree murder in Multnomah
county circuit court on a charge
of slaying a 15-year-old girl in the
St. Johns area:
Payne, scheduled for execution
an hour after Leland, is calm and
talkative, CMalley said.
Payne killed a' Portland grocer
during a holdup and robbery.
Attorneys representing both Le
land and Payne appeared before
Governor Paul Patterson Tuesday
afternoon and urged that the
death sentences be commuted to
life-imprisonment. Neither man
has denied his guilt, but both
pleaded insanity at their trials.
8500,000 Saving
Credited to State
Purchasing Of lice
State Finance Director Harry S.
Dorman reported Wednesday that
his purchasing division has saved
more than $500,000 in the 17
months since it was created by
the 1951 Legislature.
He predicted. the savings would
Increase in the future.
Dorman recommended that the
legislature combine employers'
reports to the Industrial Accident,
Unemployment and' Tax Commis
sions. He said this would make it
easier for employers, who now
have to prepare separate reports
for each of those commissions. .
He also is asking the legislature
to pool state-owned automobiles.
which are for the two years begin
ning next July 1, are based on the
assumption . that - economic condi
tions remain at the 1952 leveL
It economic conditions get worse,
he pointed out, then Oregon's state
Income tax collections would drop,
and there would be a deficit. -
The total - state budget for the
two years is $545,93288. which Is
40 millions more than t 3 budget
submitted to the 1951 Legislature.
Of this $543,932,388 total, the
Legislature needs to appropriate
only the $187,295,252 general fund
figure. The rest is spent by depart
ments which are- self-supporting
from "their own taxes, and -' thus
need no legislative appropriations.
Operation of the state govern
ment for the next two years will
entail a turnover of more than a
tlHion dollars, it was announced.
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The Onejon
Commutation
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Burglarised Tape
Recorder Turns
State's Evidence
PORTLAND CR Police arrested
two youths here and picked up
what they suspected waa burglary
loot. Among the items was. a tape
recorder.
When police turned on the re
corder, out came a conversation.
The" voices were identifiable as the
two suspects, police said. -
And the conversation was a re
counting of the loot end what had
happened to it. One of the youths
apparently turned the machine on
and recorded the conversation
without thought that it would ever
fall into the hands of police,
Detective , Art Grieve said.
The next conversation will come
in court, where the youths stand
accused of stealing that sa ie
incriminating recorder.
County Assessors
Subject to Orders
Of Tax Commission
The Oregon Supreme Court rul
ed Wesdnesday that the State Tax
Commission has power to order
county assessors to reduce pro
perty valuations.
The High Court's unanimous
decision ordered Multnomah
County Assessor Wiley W. Smith
to accept the Tax Commission's
order reducing the 1951 assessed
value of the Reynolds Aluminum
Company by $783,713.
Smith had assessed the proper
ty at $7,099,145, which the com
mission reduced to $6,315,430.
The company paid the tax on
the larger amount, and; appealed
to the Tax Commission. The Com
mission ordered the reduction, and
Smith refused to comply.
The High Court's decision, by
Justice Harold J. Warner, did not
decide the question of whether
the company Is, entitled to a re
fund. .' ;
Blood Bank in
First Blood Day of the new year
in Salem comes today, from noon
to 5 p-TA., in the 'Marion Hotel.
Marion County Chapter, Ameri
can Red Cross, appealed Wednes
day especially for the ."P" type of
blood which ; is much in demand
as it is the universal blood type.
The chapter aims for 250 pints
of blood, of any kind, at each visit
of the blood receiving Red Cross
team, in order to meet its share of
the Red Cross blood needs for
hospitals and for overseas military
use. . -: -1
: The blood center-was changed
from the Armory to the hotel for
today because of painting at the
Armory., "'" : I -
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Max.
4 ....
-. 47
29
Min. Precip.
.M . . J
4S 1.47
-; trace
' as -;
Saicm :.:;,,.,
Portland -
SanFrancUco
Chicago
New YorK
34
Willamette River XJ feet
- FORECAST (from U. S. reatner bu
reau. McNary Field. SalenOr ,
i i Some cloudiness and scattered show
ers this morning with rain this af
ternoon and tonight. Gusty winds.
High today. 50: lew tonight. 40. Tern
perature at 12:01 a.m. today was 46.
BALEM PRECIPITATION -'
Simee Start t Weather Year. Sept. 1
Thi Year " , Last Year-' . - Normal
; . U.41 ;.: -'T " 2SJSX . f " 1S.6
f
Salem l oday
POUNDDD 1651
S tot man, Salem.1 Orexjon, Thursday, January 8, 1953
May Dwarf H -
Truman
Response to
Speech Split
mm . I
unrar lysines
WASHINGTON OR Adminis
tration Democrats greeted Presi
dent Truman's farewell State of
the Union message Wednesday as
word. from a true statesman, but
Republican- leaders viewed it as a
report on dangerous failure.
- With only a few exceptions, re
action among Congress members
indicated the President had hit a
responsive chord with his warn
ing to Stalin that nuclear weap
ons war will destroy aggressors.
But the party line divisioi- show
ed up plainly in comment on more
general aspects of the message.
Sen. Taft (R.-Ohio) commented
that the handling of foreign' policy
under Truman had been "so full
of error" that the Eisenhower ad
ministration is left "with the most
dangerous foreign problem this
country has ever faced."
" Sen. George (D.-Ga.) said he
hoped it foreshadowed "the time
when we can serve an ultimatum
on the Russians to halt the cold
war and the war in Korea . or
fight."
Rep. McCormack (Mass.), the
assistant Democratic leader in
the House, said it was the mes
sage Vof a statesman."
Sen. Lyndon Johnson (Tex.), the
Democratic leader in the Senate,
took much the same view.
Barn, 19 Head
Of Cattle, Burn;
Storm Blamed
State naaa Newt ferric
STAYTON A howling storm
was blamed for the fire which de
stroyed a barn and 19 head of cat
tle on a farm near hear Wednes
day night.
The barn belonged to Loren
Foote, whose farm lies on the
Stayton-Scio road about 5 miles
south of Stayton. In addition to
the two-year-old barn the blaze
destroyed 10 tons of hay and a
tractor. .
The loss was estimated at be
tween $8,000 and $10,000, and was
not covered by insurance, Foote
said. Included in the cattle were
seven milk cows.
The Foote family was not at
home when the fire broke out
about 7 p. m. It had nearly a half
hour start before discovered by
neighbors. The Stayton Fire De
partment responded to the call.
Fire-lighters said the Diaze proD
ably started when a 11,000-volt
power line pole near the road was
blown over by the wind. The
power line fell across the electri
cal line leading to the barn. The
farm residence was not harmed.
Failure to Give
Address of Fire
Fatarto Woman
RFmwnon CITY. Calif. UFl A
frantic, woman shouted over the
telephone Wednesday "there's a
fire on the Alameda, men nung
up. - , " '
Telephone officials worked fast
In trartntf the call to the 300 block
of Alameda de las Pulgas in Red
wood City but even their haste
proved futile.
Firemen raced to the block, saw
no sign of fire. Then the telephone
company pinned down the call at
No. 330. Firemen broke in the door
and found Mrs. Mary Harry, 45,
dead from severe . burns. -Mm
Harrv. tr aimed bv -a fire
that had confined itself to the in
terior of the house, apparently was
the woman who made the frantic
call but forgot to give the ad
dress, ii. ". V -
Two
Headed
Constantly Confused
JACKSON. Miss. ( Harold i
is a two-headed, water 'turtle who
lives in constant confusion because
each of his heads . independently
controls two of ''his .legs.-;.
Don't laugh. This Is a madden
ing situation for Harold. . -
One head will stretch out lazily,
close its eyes ; and go to - sleep.
But the other head isr't sleepy
and would like to mosey on over
to a choice morsel of food.
But can the hungry ; head . get
there? No. It works two Jegs on
its side of Harold's body but with
that lazy head sleeping : and not
working the other two legs, poor
HaroldJust crawls around in a cir
cle. 4,;";;- ;y . ,
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Five Children on
Airliner Flight
Beset by Measles
EUGENE (P)-To the conster
nation of passengers, five chil
dren popped out with measles
while in the air on a commer
cial airline flight from Med
ford Tuesday. "
The children, all members of
the same family, were taken to
a hospital when the plane land
ed here. They are Gay Widen,
12, and two sets of twins Lynn
and Wynn, 4, plus Jan' and
Jean, 2.
The children were en route to
their home in Everett, Wash.
They are wards of a court
there, following a custody fight.
They were being returned from
Eureka, Calif.
Violent Storm
Downs Power
Lines in Valley
A raging wind and thunder-and-lightning
storm whipped across
the Willamette Valley Wednesday
knocking down trees and power
lines, setting fires and dumping
hail and rain on various communi
ties. Strong winds,- accompanied by
rain, are forecast again for today
by the U. S. Weather Bureau at
McNary Field.
The rolling thunder and light
ning storm which crashed around
Salem Wednesday morning seemed
to center in the Dallas area. There
Mountain States Power Company
spokesmen said that lightning
strikes blew out transformer fuses
all over the district.
Winds up to 53 miles an hour
twisted telephone and power lines
leading fa homes. An estimated
200 homes in that area experi
enced temporary outages during
the day.
Rips Off Sidlnr
Lightning struck the home of
Ward K. Richardson at Falls City
Wednesday morning, ripping sid
ing off the house. No. one was in
jured. The gale blew trees' and
limbs across roads and power
lines, causing entire circuit to go
out of commission during the day
in Falls City.
At Dallas a television antenna
was blown down across a power
line near Academy and Hayger
streets, causing a local outage for
a time. Dallas was pelted by a hall
storm. Mountain States Power
crews worked until late last night
repairing the damage. -
In Silverton storm-d a m a g e d
street lights blinked out early
Wednesday night, but most were
on again by 10 p. m. according to
S. P. Rose, - local manager of the
Portland General Electric Com
pany there. f -In
Woodborn Area . '
Some lines were reported down
in the Woodburn area.
A ISO-foot tall fir tree was blown
down Wednesday afternoon on the
Otto Burson farm two miles north
of Stayton. The tree crashed Into
a barn damaging a tractor.
The storm which swept in from
the Pacific brought gusts up to 63
miles to Salem, but apparently
little reported damage. A fir tree,
about 6 ; inches in diameter, was
snapped off above ground south of
Salem Wednesday morning. -Up
te 4? Miles ,
Gusts up to 45 miles per hour
plus light rains are predicted for
today by the weatherman: , !
The storm also dumped heavy
snow on roads in . the higher ele
vations.: " . ...
Gusts up to 70 miles raged along
the coast Wednesday and rain
turned to snow east of the Cas
cades. A home near Eugene was
destroyed by ""fire after " being
struck by a bolt of lightning. An
other house in Eugene was dam
aged by a .bolt. : -
. Now that keeps the hungry side
of Harold .--.. ge.-ing food and
conversely keeps Harold's, sleepy
head from undisturbed repose." J
' Dr. William O. Sadler, biologist
at Mississippi College, who ob
served two-headed Harold for
while, said each of the turtle's
heads have Independent action and
control their side of tr body.
- Harold was found n.ar Bayou
Chire. Morgan City, La , by Gus
tavo Rink, a fisherman and trap
per, and was passed around until
ho came into the possession of
Joe Price, Clinton. Miss. , '
Price Just keeps Harold around
as a pet and for laughs. '
Tells
Tu
rile
No. 309
soon
Bomb,
Asks Incoming
Administration
WASHINGTON IB President
Truman Wednesday warned Sovi
et Premier Stalin to steer, clear
of war or risk destruction of the
Russian homeland by awesome
new U.S. atomic weapons perhaps
even dwarfing the hydrogen "hell'
bomb. :
And to the incoming Republican
administration of President-elect
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Truman
bade Godspeed in coping with the
grave problems that lie ahead.
With it he coupled this admoni
tion: -
"We must stick to our guns and
carry out our policies."
In a farewell "State of the. Un
ion" message to Congress.! the
President addressed himself di
rectly to Stalin as he cautioned
the Soviet premier that vast
strides in the development of A"er
ican atomic weapons and growing
western military strength would
doom Russia in the event of an
other great war.
Bluntly, the President told Stal- !
in that war- between the East I
and West would spell "ruin for i
your regime and your homeland." J.
noi r or niaoDii men
Such a war is not possible for
rational men, he said. He declared
it could send Western civilization
uown ro nun aiong witn rtussia. ,
Hinting that the develooment of '
even more fearsome weapons than
the H-bomb may be in the offing,
Truman told Congress:,
"Recently, in the thermonuclear
(hydrogen bomb) tests at Eniwe
tok, we have entered another stage
in the world-shaking development
of atomic energy.
"We have no reason to think that
the stage we have now reached
x x will be the last. We are
being hurried forward, in our mas
tery of the atom, from one dis-
covery to another, toward yet un- 1
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Read by Clerks
The President's 10,000-word mes
sage was read aloud by -clerks in
both houses of Congress and broad-
cast by radio throughout the j
WUI1U.
Less than a hundred of the 433
House members were on hand aa
George Maurer, the reading clerk,
read the text of the long message.
Many of th lawmakers paid no ;
attention, some read newspapers.
Others chatted. !
The 68-year-old President, whtf -
retires to private life 13 dayk i
hence, broadly reviewed the years
since the death of Franklin D,
Roosevelt elevated him to the
White House and picked out the
following events as high - lighting
his administration:
The end of World War IL . .the
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opened the doorway to the atom
ic; age" . . . the post-war eco
nomic boom . . . the barriers
"coming down" In maters . Invol v
Ing civil rights ... the war in
Korea ... and the Marshall Plan
which he said is "changing the
map of Euope in mora hopeful
ways than it has been changed
for 500 years.
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v SANTA MONICA; Calif. V Act
ress Elizabeth, Taylor and her :
baby son were both reported do
ing well Wednesday, but there may;
be an amiable controversy brew
ing over his name. i '
A spokesman at Miss Taylor's,
studio said she has named the
baby Michael although her hux
band, British actor Michael WiL.
ing, 39, has a belief one Michael
in the family is enough.
The seven - pound, three-ounce
baby was delivered by Caesarean
section Tuesday midnight.
Dr. - Monrad Aaberg said Hiss
Taylor's mother ' told him the
youngster's features are much like
Elizabeth's as a baby.
Miss Taylor plans to resume
her film career soon. r-"
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