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c - Penitentiary new warden, Clarence T. Gladden (above)
his first day In office a busy one.' He toek over Tuesday
ollowing the Board of Control's ouster of Virgil O'Malley.
. . . a promised strict and fair discipline. The warden's secretary,
ildred Snyder, is ati right, (Statesman photo.)
- on Remains Peaceful as
n Iden Takes Warden Reins
By CONRAD G. PRANGE
Staff Writer The Statesman
rehabilitation based on strict discipline will be the watchword
at the strife-ridden Oregon State Prison as long as temporary warden
Clarence T. Gladden is in charge, he said Friday.
Gladden, tall, spare, greying, took up his first full day of duties
at the prison Wednesday morning. He arrived Tuesday night to re
place Warden Virgin O'Malley who was abruptly dismissed in a sur-
'IKDODDCB
Running a prison. is one of the
toughest jobs in the whole range
of government. It wasn't an easy
assignment that Virgil O'Malley
took over "when he became war
den at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Local complainta,-lanned by the
Oregon Prison Association and by
the free cruising of, the premises
by the Bull committee of the Leg
islature in 1951, led to changes
in executive personnel ai me
prison, but they , left a legacy of
nrisoner arrogance that never was
nrooerrr repressed. As a result
the three wardens asked by the
ti-i PnntMl in Incnct the
j 1?XX u im v ww r
prison found that control of the
prison -has almost completely left
the hands of the authorities and
passed to those of the inmates.
One root of the trouble was de
fection among the guards. O'Mal
ley did not command or obtain
the loyal support which is needed
for effective administration. Here
the fault may have been divided;
but when discipline became so
demoralized that attacks on guards
were numerous and convicts seem
ed to roam cellblocks at will then
a change in the administration
became necessary. In the opinion
of the visiting wardens, the di
vision of responsibility between
superintendent and warden was
unwise, and the dual system will
end with the voluntary retirement
of George Alexander.
Governor Patterson gave assur
ance that the program of prison
er renaoiutauon would oe con
tinued. This is needed; and O'
Malley deserves credit for his
work along this line. There is need
(Continued on Editorial Page, 4)
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At the Legislature
Br The Asae.te Press
WEDNESDAY
Bouse passes bin to outlaw picketinjr
aemignea 10 inuuence employes of
firm to Join a union.
Pelton Dam bill (tin In running after
reconstderattort allowed referral back
to committee for study of an intend.
ment. BiU had been defeated Tuesday.
Salary raises tor elected officials ap
prove Dy rtotise.
THURSDAY
Joint ways and means committee
meeting at 8:30 a.m. to discuss salaries
of supremo court justices.
Animal Crackers
Bv WARRElM GOODRICH
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Board of Control.
The 58-year-old Gladden was
already up to his friendly grin in
work - in "getting oriented, by
mid-morning Wednesday.
Frankly admitting he was
"swamped' with getting his feet
on the ground Gladden said he
was too unfamiliar with the situ
ation at the prison to answer many
of the questions newsmen asked
him in brief, hurried interviews.
"As of now," he said, "the inside
of the prison is peaceful and going
at routine. There Is no unrest
among the inmates. There have
been no demonstrations,
- , Because of his newness on the
job he said he he hadnt planned
any immediate disciplinary meas
ures in the prison. He added he
planned no immediate changes in
guard or office personnel fit in the
prison food or other routine ac
tivities. Appraisals Walt
Gladden made it clear, though,
that he would be better able to
appraise these situations when he
became better acquainted with the
problems at the prison.
Although officials at the prison
reported the institution was in a
"state of great unrest" during the
past week, it was reported as
"quiet" Wednesday morning, de
spite the change of wardens. Board
of control members had feared
possible trouble with the an
nouncement of the change.,
' Prisoners were fed breakfast
Wednesday morning in the usual
manner.
"The policy of this prison while
Tin here, said Gladden, "will be
to continue the program of reha
bilitation so that inmates' attitude
toward society will be changed for
the better. This will include edu
cation, recreation and work pro
gram. All based on strict disci
pline." From Tacoma
Gladden, who recently retired
after 23 years in federal prison
work, was called from his Tacoma,
Wash., home to accept his tempor
ary assignment here.
He went to work at the McNeil
Island federal prison in 1930. In
1939 he moved to Tucson, Ariz.,
prison and one year later to the
prison at Terre Haute, Ind. He
went to Leavenworth, Kans., in
1950 as senior associate warden
and retired in January.
Mrs. Gladden has accompanied
him to Oregon.
i Meanwhile Virgil O'Malley, dis
missed warden, said he would re
ply today to charges made against
his administration by a survey
team of three out-of-state war
dens. O'Malley said Wednesday he
had no immediate plans for the fu
ture except that he intended "to
remain in Salem for awhile, yet."
i O'Malley who succeeded George
Alexander as warden at the prison
about one and one-half years ago,
will receive a month's salary and
may remain in his residence on the
prison grounds for 30 days.
Alexander, who has been prison
superintendent since being repla
ced as warden, has told the board
of control he desired to retire. The
Doard is expected to meet with Al
exander today and discuss the
matter with him. (Stories also on
page e.j
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Weatherman Wary
Of Easter Forecast
Whether' Easter bonnets or rain
hats will be worn over th wk
end is still a big question in the
eyes.oi tne weatherman, but he
does predict sunny warm dam to
day and Friday. jt - , .
A warm air trough is expected
to move in on Salem today from
the arid : regions nf Arlrnna ind
New Mexico, bringmg higher-tem-
peraiures.
High today Is forecast near 68
degrees,' with a low of 35.
April got off on a good start
Wednesday with lnt of sun and
springtime Umperatures.
House Passes Bill
To
Limit
By HECTOR 1. FOX
Associated Press Writer
Labor sustained its stiff est defeat at this session of the Legisla
ture Wednesday, while proponents of the so-called ."Pelton Dam" bill
to permit court appeals from decisions of the hydro-electric commis
sion succeeded in keeping their hopes alive. ' '
By a vote of 37 to 21, the House approved, after two hours of
debate, a DroDOsal to ban organizational picketing to influence em
Lopsided Vote
Sends Tideland
Bill to Senate
WASHINGTON l The House
Wednesday overwhelmingly ap
proved a bul giving coastal states
clear title to land beneath the sea.
Under- some of this land is oil
worth . billions of dollars.
While the House was passing the
bill by a roll-call vote of 285 to! J' - -v-
108 the Senate wai Skin ud ,fcused employer groups of using
.1 rV?Z 7" "tr "scattergun" techniques to divert
somewhat similar proposal
There critics of the bill called it
"give-away" legislation and said
the federal government should de
velop tiie oil resources" for national
defense.
The one - sided verdict by the
House was not surprising. Last
year it passed a similar bill. 265
109. This bill got the approval of
the Senate, but was vetoed by
President Truman.
President Eisenhower has said
he favors the legislation,
It didn't take the House long to
get the job done Wednesday. It
first turned down a proposal to
shelve the bill. 283 to 106, and
then approved it and sent it along
to the Senate.
The House bill says the states
have title to the land for three
miles out to sea, with the. excep
tion of Texas and Florida's Gulf
Coast. There, because of the con
ditions under which they came into
the . union, the boundary wag set
at m maes out, - . . .
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Pay Boosts for
Elected State
Officials Voted
Salary increases for Oregon's
elected officials were approved
by the House Wednesday without
a word of debate, and went to
Gov. Paul L. Patterson for his ap
proval. The governor would be' raised
from $11,000 a year to $15,000,
and he would keep bis $100
monthly tax-free expense check.
The secretary of state, treasurer
and attorney general would be
boosted from $8,250 to $10,000.
The superintendent of public In
struction would be increased to
$10,000, and the labor commis
sioner to $9,000.
The House passed and sent to
the Senate a bill to publish the
Oregon Blue Book earlier.
It now is published by the sec
retary of state about October of
each odd-numbered year. The bill
would advance the date to Jan.
15.
London-Tokyo Airline
Flight to Take 36 Hours
LONDON 1 London to Tokyo
in 36 hours.
The British Overseas Airways
Corporation Wednesday night an
nounced a Comet jetliner would
take off Friday for the Japanese
capital with only two night stops
along the 10,000 mile route.
The BOAC described - the new
service as "the fastest across the
world."
Holy Week Observance Today
Features Communion Services
Communion service, will fea
ture Holy Week observances to
day in Salem, area churches. This
rite, also known as the Holy Eu
charist or the Lord's Supper, com
memorates, the . participation by
Jesus Christ and His disciples in
the. Jewish Passover feast, in the
Upper , Room the evening before
He was captured, tried and cruci
fied. - -v -
Today also in Salem will be the
final noon-day service in the series-sponsored
by the YMCA and
YWCA. In the program at 12:05
pjn.-at St. Paul's Episcopal Churth
the. Rev. Harold Lyman, past or
Court Street ' Christian Church,
will give the meditation on The
Shadow - of the Cross." G. Phil
ip Hurd will sing, and Miss Ruth
Bedford will be organist. 1
Individual church programs to
day will include:
St. Joseph's ; Catholic Solemn
high mass at 8:30. ajn followed
by procession of the blessed sac
rament, then adoration of the
sacrament guided by i the Altar
Eicketinff
ployers oi a urm to join a tinion.
Immediately after. Rep. Earl
Hill, Cushman, moved for recon
sideration of the dam bill, beaten
by a vote of 31 to 28 Tuesday, and
it went back to the House state
and federal affairs committee for
action on a proposed amendment
that would require installation of
fish safeguards for any dams li
censed by the hydroelectric com
mission.
Labor spokesman bitterly at
tacked the restrictive picketing
bill as an attempt to create confu
sion within the union movement
and destroy labor's gains in Ore
gon.
Minns Hearings
Rep. Phil J. Roth, Portland, ac-
scattergun" techniques
attention from the "real purpose
of this bill. .He pointed out that
the majority of the House labor
and industries committee had sud
denly junked a number of other
labor-curbing bills and substitut
ed the picketing legislation with
out holding a public hearing on it.
Rep. Gust Anderson, Portland,
declared there had been no public
demand for the proposed legisla
tion, which he branded "an at
tempt to destroy the "little Norris
LaGuardia" act enacted by the
1947 Legislature. He said the bill
could "only lead to strife and dis
cord" between labor and manage
ment.
Beyond Season'
"This puts a shotgun in the
hands of anti-labor employers,'
Rep. Alfred Corbett, Portland, de
clared. "Unions wouldn't be able
to protect their own members be
xause they couldn't advertise the
fact,' by picketing, that they had
been discharged. This type of leg
islation : goes far beyond the
bounds of reason."
Rep. Robert Root, Medford, ar
gued that peaceful labor-manage
ment relations in Oregon in recent
years had been due to the "in
flationary spiral.
Needs Protection'
"But we are reaching theend,"
he added,. "Our economy is slow
ing down and business specially
small business is going to need
protection. The legislation will
give the business or Industry. In
intrastate operations the same pro
tection afforded interstate com
merce under the Taft-Hartley
law,
Rep. Russell Hudson, The Dal
les, declared labor unions are cry
ing "wolf" in asserting they fear
effects of the proposed biil. He
implied that unions had used the
picketing weapon unfairly in some
instances and declared that re
striction should be placed "on this
union club."
So Ions Opposed
Voting against the labor bill
were Reps. Anderson, Chindgren,
Corbett, Dammasch, Dooley, Eat
on, Francis, Hall, Harvey. Hat
field, Jensen, Klemsen, Laird, Lay
man, Mann, McKenzie, Neuberger,
Roth, Steward,. Sweetland and
Wallace.
The house vote for reconsidera'
tion of the once-beaten Pelton
dam bill was 39 to 18. The sug
gested fish safeguards were spon
sored by the Portland General
Electric Co and proposed by Rep.
Alva Goodrich, Bend. PGE was
denied a permit by the hydroelec
tric commission to build Pelton
dam on the Deschutes River.
(Additional legislative news on
page 4.)
Society today, the Holy Name So
ciety through the night and the
Parents' Club Friday morning. A
holy hour with sermon by, the
Rev. James Harris will be at 7:30
pan. . ' - '
FirstT Christian Candlelight
communion at 7:30 pjnu, with wor
ship service by the , youth.
St. Paul's . Episcopal Commun
ion at 7:30 a, compline service
at 9 pjxu ... :-. -
' Central Lutheran Cantata The
Crucifixion, at H pjn. by the
combined choirs of Central and
Grace Lutheran Churches, direc
ted by Raymond W. Dahlen.
: ' St. John's Lutheran The Rev.
A. , A. Schmidt, Portland North
west executive secretary of the
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod,
speaking at 8 pan. , - .-
i St Mark's Lutheran Commun
ion at 7:30 pan.
Jason Lee Methodist Open
communion 7:30 to 9 - pan.
First Presbyterian Communion
and reception of members at 8
pan.
KussBackPW
Plan, Talk of
Disarmament
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By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W
The Soviet Union Wednesday made
twin moves keyed to the- question
of peace. It threw its support - to
Peiping's Koreaar-views and made
an apparent bid to close long
standing differences on general
disarmament.
ine disarmament- action an
Involved situation still under study
-y U.K. delegates looked like
tne first break in a seven year
stalemate.
The West has long demanded
fool - proof control of atomic en
ergy and the world's armaments.
Wednesday Russia's Andrei Y. Vi
shinsky scrapped his old - time
hard words condemning the West
on the Questions , and accepted a
Western plan calling for continued
work by the U.N. Disarmament
Commission.
Vishinsky also omitted any ef-J
ions to renew at wis time tne old-
time Russian demands for a one
third cut in the armed forces of
the Big Five powers and for an
immediate prohibition -of atomic
weapons.
Some delegates speculated he
was ready to go along with the
West in a study of plans for the
balanced reduction of armaments
and putting the atomic energy un
der definite controls acceptable to
all .sides.
In the past he has refused to
accept even the plan of work put
up by the West, to say nothing
of the Western proposals for arms
controls.
The United States and Britain
reacted j cautiously to the Russian
move and said they would study
it ruuy.
MOSCOW (A Soviet Russia
broadcast in many tongues Wed
nesday night a pledge by Prime
Minister Malenkov's young govern
ment to help fully in ending the
Korean war on terms espoused by
Red China's Chou En-Lai.
The pledge was made by For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov in a
LOOO-word statement to the Soviet
news agency Tass concerning the
views el the Chinese Communist
and - North Korean governments
voiced Tuesday by Chou, premier
and foreign minister of the Peiping
regime.
Blossom Day
Set April 12
Blossom Day, Salem's official
invitation for everyone to enjoy
the springtime scene in and near
this city, has been officially set
for Sunday, April 12, by the Cher
rians, annual organizers of the
event.
. As well, the Capitol Is to be
open from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. on
Blossom Day for the convenience
of visitors.
Hunt Clark, Cherrian King Ring,
announced Wednesday that the
Blosom route would be essentially
the same as previous years except
that Center Street won't be used.
Cherrians are to be posted at
downtown street corners to hand
out charts of the route, totalling
about 30 miles, and the way will
De marked with large arrows.
Dr. Smith Enters
Innocent Plea to
Abortion Charge
(Picture on page 5.)
A plea of innocent was entered
Wednesday by Dr. Sherman R.
Smith, Woodburn, to a charge of
manslaughter, Involving an alleg
ed abortion.
Smith, a chiropractor arrested
Tuesday evening after he was in
dicted by the grand iury. was ar
raigned in Marion County Circuit
Uiurt. Trial date was not set.
Circuit Judge George R. Dun
can reduced Dr. Smith's bail from
$7,500 to $4,000 after the defend
ant's attorney contended Is client
was not financially able to raise
the original sum. Ball had not
been posted Wednesday evening,
and Smith remained in Salem JaiL
Salem Blood Day Today
Today is Red Cross blood do
nation day in Salem from noon to
5 pan. In the downtown Armory.
Type 0' Is especially needed for
Korea, said Mrs. Virgil O'Malley,
director..
LMax. Mia. Prectp.
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Portland .
Saa Francisco
Chicago
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Willamette River 3 feet
FORECAST 4 from U. S weather Tou-
reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair to
day and Friday with considerable high
ckmdines- Generally warmin g wit
highest today near SS degreee and low
toniaht near 38. Temperature at 121
a.h. was 33 degree.
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Shivering and shaking from his ley-eold dunking in the Willamette
River. Robert VanSlyke, 31. of SS75 Harvey St, is wrapped with
blankets by Salem first aid Capt. C. M. Charlton minntes after his
rescue. He flipped ever in a hlgh-pewered outboard racing boat
Just belew the railroad bridge, (Statesman photeO
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Shipper Saved
From River
Speedy rescuers saved a Salem
outboard enthusiast from possible
drowning 'In the Willamette River
Wednesday --afternoon after his
swfft trait"" flipped over-and he
wa swept downstream about a
half-mile clinging to the tiny
boat.
Pulled from the frigid river
with teeth chattering was Robert
VanSlyke, 81, of 3875 Harvey St
a local building contractor.
Iis rescuers were Bill. Steltner,
manager and mechanic at the Sa
lem Boat House, Salem Police
Capt. Lee Weaver, Allen Meg
quier, first aidman, and James
Woodroffe.
Woodroffe is the owner of
the, 10-foot hydroplane a brand
new boat powered by a 25 horse
power outboard which VanSlyke
was taking on a test run.
The boat and motor were also
saved.
VanSlyke flipped over at high
speed just, below .the railroad
bridge about 3:30 pjn. He was
wearing a - life Jacket and clung
to the bow of the boat as he was
carried downstream. Only about
a foot of the bow showed above
water.
Two youths fishing on the bank
near the bridge saw the spill and
drove swiftly to the Salem Boat
House.
Steltner and the other rescu
ers leaped into a 14-foot Weld
wood outboard and roared down
river.-
Meanwhile Salem police and
first aid ambulance had rushed
to 'the, river bank in an attempt
to save VanSlyke from the shore.
The drenched and thoroughly
chilled VanSlyke was pulled from
the' river about a half-mile from
where he turned over.
He and his boat were taken
to the shore at the foot of Co
lumbia Street where several per
sons had gathered to watch the J
rescue. First aidmen bundled Van
Slyke into blankets and took him
home. 1 '
Steltner said it was the fust
boating accident of the season.
South Salem Residents Ask
Business Zone Plan Clarified
By ROBERT E. OANGWAKE ,
City Editor, The SUtesmam
How nearby residential ; areas
could be protected , from tramc
and parking congestion it a new
sunermarket Is . built . on South
Commercial Street was questioned
Wednesday night at a zone code
revision bearing for South Salem
property owners. v - .v
i Attention was called to the pro
nosed c new code section 7 wnicn
would allow development ox off-
street parking in residential zones
if the parking lot were located
within 165 feet ox a business zone.
This tinsitional use of proper
ty, however, : would have to stop u
an ' alley or street - came cioscr
than the 165 feet 2
Concern oyer this feature or the
zoning proposal was ' voiced by
Mrs. , Mike Stelnbock, representing
East Nob Hill Street residential
property near, the Legion Club on
CmiIW rVwnmmrial StrlL Rlimori
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To Accept Job
UNITED NATIONS. N. T. ttl
The Swedish diplomat Dag Ham
marskjold Wednesday accepted the
Security Council's , nomination to
succeed Trygve Lie : as secretary
general of the United Nations.
He wired the Council president
Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky
holds the rotating Job this month
that despite strong feelings of
personal insufficiency "J do not
feel I could refuse.? ;
Lie said he wasi delighted the
Big Five had been table to agree
on his successor. Russia, Britain,
the U. S., France or Nationalist
China could have vetoed ' the
choice. - i
Anesthetic
Fatal to Boy
Statesman News Ser-lee-
DALIVS--SensiUvity to
thetic was blamed for the
anes-
death
Wednesday of six-year-old Ar
thur L. Davis as doctors : were
preparing to remove his tonsils
and adenoids at a Dallas hospital.
Dr. William L. Lidbeck, Salem,
who conducted the autopsy, said
that such deaths are quite rare.
He explained that death is caused
by a "cardiac arrest," or depres
sion of the cardiac center of the
brain.
Survivors include the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur JV Davis,
Dallas. Announcement of services
will be made later by the Bollman
Funeral Home.
MRS. McKAY ARRIVES
. PORTLAND (JP Mrs. Douglas
McKay, wife of the U. S. secre
tary of the "Interior, arrived here
by plane Wednesday night 'and
immediately left for 'her home In
Salem where she will visit - her
family' over the Easter season.
property might be sold for a big
retail development. -
Business zoning on the east side
of Commercial Street in that area
extends to about half -block depth
and East Nob Hill Street is the
next street fast of Commercial.
About 25 other citizens aired
their 'views on zoning proposals
now being advanced by a commit
tee of Salem Planning and Zoning
Commission . which is drafting a
new zone code for. the considera
tion of the full commission and the
City Council. - si,
- Committee . members heard out
the property owners, said their
views would - be considered - as
final drafting of the coda pro
gresses. The Informal hearing at Leslie
Junior High School was one of a
series ofJ such hearings in Salem
Neighborhoods The ,? next - will
come' next Wednesday night at
Mayflower Hall for North Salem
citizens, J ' ' ," i-C'rf'v- r; -.' ' -.
(Additional details on page 4.)
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Letter Includ
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Bid
rl By EOBERT B. TCCKJIAN
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Call for Pa
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Truce Tall
r wi, auicb un - i ne u)n .
munist high command in Korea
Monday to arrange tor an ex-s
change of sick and wounded prig-:
oners of war. and asked that fjftf-
date be act then tnr Tr-tCtlTwi net 4K
long-stalled Korean truce talks.
- me.Rea commanders; in a letter
w Gen. Mark Clark, U. N. Far
East commander, also enclosed
CODV nf Red .rlna Trm- r-v,.
. MAKJ
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r proooBai i or soivinff tna
overall prisoner errnnnfo iccna -
the only .one blocking, a Korean
armistice. .
The letter wae fo1iv-4 Ttm.
day to Allied liaison officers at
the tinv truoA rmfA n9 Psnm.-'
Jom. Armistice negotiations were
suspenaea mere last Oct. 8 after a
long impasse over -prisoner ex-
Premier Kim U Sung of North
Korea, and Gen. Peng Teh-HuaX
commander-of Red Chine f nm.
in Korea, was an answer to terms .
laid down by Clark Tuesday fori
resuming truce talks. .
Insists ea Settlement - :
Clark has insist! thai th-
change of sick and wounded
oners must be settled before the
Allies will resume truce negotia- ?
tions. . ' ,
That subiect waa all hut tfT4 .
last, year when the truce' talks
auappea over tne larger issue of
exchanging all prisoners.
. The Cmnmim'ctf h,l iM:.a
MMAACV VU
the return of all their captured?
soiaiers. i
The Allies had refusAd n imi '
anyone to' Communist nil acrainct
his will.
Sent te UJ. " "y '
Chou's Dronosal. bnudnct Mnn.'
day by Peiping Radio and sent to
the United Nations in New York, '
offered to allow prisoners resisting
repatriation 'to be placed- under
control ox a -neutral state." Then
representatives of both sides would
oe permittea to explain to the
prisoners wnat ; the decision in
volved. --, . .
Chou'a proposal left tip In the '
air the issue of final disposition of
these prisoners. .
Gen Clark said Wednesday "we
are . making all preparations" for
renewing the truce talks, and hi
command "will be ready to go?1
; But he raised a note of caution
at ..Eighth Army headquarters. f
Asks Neatrality j
"I think it is a good time not t , "
be too optimistic or pessimist!. '
Clark , said. ;
'Clark named Rear Adm. Jobaj
C Daniel to head a liaison group
to meet with the Beds and- work
out details of the exchange of sick '
and v wounded prisoners. Daniel. 4 ,
member of - the U." N. armistice
delegation, flew to Munsan We-k
nesday from Tokyo.
Army Secretary Robert Stevens.
now on a visit to Korea, echoed
Clark's caution. t
Officials in Washington were re
ported standing firm on the prin- '
ciple of no forced repatriation, th
issue that blocks an armistice and
caused a rupture in the talks last
October. " '
Ikmrf Kf fWVt 1 AMI yt t
v. t.fww ?a
and North Korean prisoners hav
vowed to resist repatriation. The
Communists have listed 3.198 U.S.
prisoners and about 9,000 other Al
lied ' captives. All presumably
would want to go home. ,
To 'Neutral State' - ' 1-
Chou in his 'offer to allow pris
oners resisting repatriation to be
placed under control of a "neutral
state", left the issue of final dispo
sition up in the air,! .
Allied and Communist liaison of
ficers met for 30 minutee Wrina
day 'at Panmunjom but a spokes
man saia uey cuscussea only
number of questions relating to the
location 'of Communist prisoner of
war camps.: , ..
The Allies were known to be pre- t
paring to handle sick and wounded -Allied
nria oncrt. attinv nn tm
orary buildings. The Red Cross an-
nounceq u wouia provide person
nel and supplies to help care cv,
the prisoners.' -
Easter Egg Hunt
Planned Sunday
AtWillsonParic
The annual Easter egg hunt at
Willson Park for all Salem chil
dren up to 12 years old will b-
held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'cloci
at the park,
' Th Salem So30 Club. whirS
sponsors the affair, will have sev
eral thousand candy eggs conceal
ed in the park. Prizes will go t
kids who find the large bright
colored "prize eggs."
a This year the children will
divided into two groups, those tlx
years old and younger will hunt
on the soutn side 01 the parx. Tarn
older children wilfvaearch on the
north side.
Club members will be on hand
to direct the children to startles
sites, according to club officers.
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AKMT TO REDUCE STAFF '
WASHINGTON UN The AnTV
said Wednesday it would cut'-J.UJ
civilians from its payrolls at Ar
m, Inrtallatinna In the Ur.llr'l
Statea by May U.
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