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A starting' linle shower failed to dampen enthusiasm of several hundred Scents Saturday afternoon
as they paraded through Salem streets to preview their annual Circus held Saturday night. Typical
f the marching units was this sharply dressed Explorer troop from Keizer. Missing from this year's
parade were tfc many colorful floats, bat bands and drills brought repeated applause from spec
tators. (Statesman Photo.)
Parade, Circus Mark
Busy EDay for Scouts
Everybody loves a parade and a circus and the more than 2,000
Scouts from . Marion, Polk and Linn counties who swarmed into
Salem Saturday for their annual Scout Circus and parade were no
exception.
With, bands blaring and flags waving, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Sea Scouts and Explorer Scouts by the legion marched through
SSSOjOB
TOODDCg
I'm no fisherman. From the
porch deck of Thetford Lodge
I look out on anglers on the
Little Northfork. They stand pa
tiently on the bank or wade out
in the cold water and whip the
stream faithfully but they do not
seem to pull in many fish. One
day I asked a man fishing off
Lunker's Bridge what his luck
was. He said he had had poor
luck "all fished out' 1
But he was wrong. For proof
I can refer him to an article in
the current Scientific American,
by Paul R. Needham. distinguish
ed fish scientist, which says "the
fishvtre usually there; ail that is
needed to catch them Is a bit more
skilL" Which must be true, for
the mamt had questioned report
ed that?!' chap fishing just be
low had fulled out ten nice trout
Getting back to this Needham
article (Needham is well known
in Ore eon where he' served on
the staff of the Game Commis
sion): It is a report on the mor
tality of trout, and is based on
studies made on some streams
in California he is Professor of
Zoology at the University of Cali
fornia. During five years of work
on Convict Creek near Bishop,
CaL, he and his assistants found
85 per cent f , the young trout
were lost before they were 18
months old. The reproduction rate
varied from 1,714 brown trout
per mile of stream in 1939 to
4,905 in 1940. The chief cause
of death was severe winter con
ditions, with 60 per cent of the
trout young and old, dying each
winter, the rate increasing when
the winter was
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Ten Killed
In Rioting on -Gold
Coast
ACCRA. Gold Coast 1 Ten or
more persons, including Police Su
perintendent Edgar Brookes, were
killed in rioting today at Elmina,
a historic port of this British crown
colony.
A new local tax was blamed for
the trouble.
A large crowd of Africans gath
ered Friday night to protest the tax,
but was dispersed by the police
with tear gas. ; s
Another crowd formed Saturday
morning and headed toward the
. quarters of police reserves at St
George's Castle, a structure built
by the Portuguese in 1482 in the
quest for gold and other riches of
this territory on the equatorial side
of Africa's hump. :
An African .sergeant-major of po
Bce vainly ordered 'the crowd to
disperse. Then Brookes, a i white
man, began to. speak.
A gunshot sounded ' pd TBrookes
fell dead. - '
This set off shooting in which
an African policeman and. at least
eight African 'rioters were: killed
II any other persons were wounded.
The incident is under investigation.
Instructor. Shot
While Teaching
Handling of Guns
MIAMI, FlaV Uft An instructor
- was " critically" wounded Saturday
while teaching students the safe
handling of firearms. 1
A pistol slipped from the bolster
worn by Paul Singer, 29, instruc
tor at Miami Edison Junior High
School. It discharged when it
atrock, the floor; f The bullet
gtrnrV Y in tha ahdnrnwi, . .. ,
the city streets Saturday aiier-
noon undaunted by occasional
showers.
The all-day event sponsored by
the Salem Lions Club was topped
off last night with the Scout
Circus at Waters Field from 7:30
to 9:30 before packed stands.
Climax of the evening came
when the Scout insignia; and the
American Flag, designed in fire
works, burst into brilliant colors
atop a 60-foot Scout-constructed
tower in centerfield.
Cub Scouts provided high en
tertainment with their "Mardi
Gras" acts which included little
lads dressed in red devil cos
tumes billed as "little angels'
and "men from Mars" who tossed
flying saucer pie tins into the air.
Highlights of the circus were
the traditional chariot race won
by Troop 41 of Keizer and flying
carpet race, won by Troop 65 of
Gervais.
Tents were pitched around the
field where demonstrations of
Scout skills were viewed. (Addi
tional details on page 4A.)
Crowned. 13th
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SEOUL (A Cant Manuel J.
Fernandez Jr., of Miami, Fla., Sun
day became the world's: foremost
jet ace, shooting down his 13th Red
MIG plane.
Capt Fernandez, who! flew -the
first pictures of the returned Unit
ed Nations prisoners of war from
Korea to Japan, has been an . ace
since February 18, when he downed
bis fifth and sixth MIGs on the
same day to become the 26th jet
ace in the Fifth Air Force Korean
War service.
On; March 21 be scored another
double kill, knocking down -two
more MIGs to become a "double
ace." ' (
One of his notable exploits oc
curred on April 17, when the hot
test current combat flyer bagged
his llth Red plane without even
firing a shot He maneuvered the
Communist pilot into crashing.
The Sabre jet king of the air has
said that he will not accept rota
tion when the usual 100 missions
are complete and that he expects
to jiy at least 125.
Man Dies After
Being Pinned to
Tree by Tiller
PORTLAND GPV Alvin R. Sned
eger, 49, died. Saturday after being
pinned against a tree by a small
gasoline-driven earth tiller.
Deputy Coroner Irving Pash said
Snedeger might have suffocated or
might have died of a heart attack.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
Police said (Snedeger had appar
ently shifted the machine into re
verse gear after.it became stuck
between two trees. The handle bar
of the tiller was poshed in Sned-
eger's stomach . and he was pinnedi
against ue trees. .
. A neighbor failed to revive him
with artificial respiration,
.Wesfcrn lateraatieaal i
At Vaneotver 7-3. Salem 1-T
At YaMmi 0. Cfclfary 3
At Wenatche 19. Edmonton f
' At Victoria t." "Trf-Ctty S
At Spokmne-Lcwiston. rain
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At Nw York -. Pittstwrfh 3-4
At Brooklyn 7-4, Philadelphia S-S
At Milwaukea , Chicago t .
At OncinnaU 2. St. Lout 4. .... '
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Baby Born in
Automobile on
Road to Salem
A husky eight-pound, six-ounce
baby boy saw the first light of
day Saturday afternoon in a car
on the Dallas-Salem Highway,
much to the surprise of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Par-
rish, who were on their way to
Salem General Hospital.
Mrs. Hazel Parrish, 22, of In
dependence, gave birth to the
healthy youngster about a mile
west of West Salem in her hus
band's car at 4:29 p.m.
She got a slight assist from
her brother-in-law's wife, Lucille
Parrish, and Salem first aidmen
and doctors did the rest
When the young mother start
ed out she thought she had plen
ty of tune, but nature had its
way. Both mother and son were
"doing fine" in Salem General
Hospital last night
Salem First Aid Capt E. C.
Hart and his driver, Robert
Blegen, arrived on the scene just
alter tne oaoy s arrival.
They had been called after Mrs.
Parrish's brother-in-law hailed a
passing , motorist and gave him
the news. ; '-
. Hart, who has been on-the first
aid car for eight years, said it
was bis first baby ease 'where
we didnt make the hospital
inrst"
Parrish, a sawmill worker, and
his wife have an 18-months old
daughter, Leona.
Girl RescuecJ
From Vault
After 8 Hours
EAST ALTON, I1L tUA pret
ty blonde, 18-year-old bank book
keeper was freed Saturday night
from a vault in which she had
been locked more than eight
hours.
, Miss Ann Link ogle appeared to
be in good condition as her fa
ther, City Councilman William
Linkogle met her at the vault
entrance in the Illinois State Bank
of East Alton. He took her home.
Workmen drilled a hole in a
20-inch thick concrete side wall
large enough for one of them
to squeeze through; and released
the time lock mechanism short
ly after 10:30 p.m. The lock had
been set to open Monday morn
ing. Miss Linkogle was working on
books at the rear of the vault
about 2 pjn. when fellow em
ployes called out a warning that
the door was to be closed. She
didnt hear them. When they
heard no response they believed
the vault to be empty and set
the lock.
She-soon, became aware the
door was closed and pressed an
alarm button, installed for just
such a situation. That also started
up a ventilation system.
The vault also had a telephone
and she, was able to talk with
fellow employes.
The'half-way marlc in the cam
paign to save the ' Marion CouUr
ty Red cross blood , Dane- was
reached Saturday thanks' to radio
station KGAE .and . hundreds of
persons who donated more .than
S200 towards the goal sA $5,500.
The sUUon'f alVday. talkathon
from . T sun., to, .730 last, night
netted S2.5S4 ,23 ln ' aab-'-and-i
pledge contributions, cash total
ed $1,67L59 and pledies $SS2.68.
Broadcasting from a sound
truck on High. Street in front of
Courthouse Square, the KGAE
team 'Of announcers ' leoT -"by Hal
Davis kept the program going
for 12 hours.
A wide variety of talent show
ed up on the platform to do their
bit far the Red Cross.
There were sicirers. raitar ulay-
ay th Sal ar Kitfi ScSool JinA,
n L.. r iiT 4 .
must-
Units Continue
To Move North
SAIGOX. Indochina (A French
and lodochinese officials expressed
belief Saturday the withdrawal i of
Communist - led invasion forces
from Laos may foreshadow a pho
ney Vietminh proposal for an arm
istice in the seven-year-old war in
Indochina.
Premier Nguyen Van Tarn of
Vie Nam, one of the three French
associated Indochinese states, said
in an interview he thought it very
possible that such a peace offer
J 1 J 1A 1
will ue maoe soon ana ue uouuieu
it would be sincere.
In any event, he added. "Viet
Nam will only accept the principle
of an armistice if it is preceded
by the unconditional surrender of
the enemy armies.
Smart Move
Other Indochinese and French
sources said an armistice offer
would be a smart move by the
Moscow-trained Vietminh leader,
Ho Chi Minh, because of the possi
bility of slowing the French war
effort and disrupting the flow of
American military aid.
They said they were certain any
armistice talks would bog down
and that when the war was re
sumed the jFrench would be m a
worse position than now.
French military sources in Han
oi, commander center for military
operations in Northern Viet Nam
and the adjoining state of Laos,
said they are convinced that the
Vietminh withdrawal in Laos was
ordered by Communist leaders in
Moscow and Peiping because the
rebel invasion had created a storm
of world protest at a time parti
cularly inopportune for the current
Bed peace campaign.
Reds Meve North
Black uniformed, bareheaded
and barefooted Vietminh regulars,
who only a week ago massed for
an exnected smash assault on
Luang Prafcang. home town of Lao
tian king dsavang vong, pioaaea
northward through dripping Jungles
and otrer mountains under heavy
attack j by French bombers and
fighters. '
French alrpower also plastered
enemy units: pulling away from the
Plaine Des Jarres. 90 miles to the
southeast where the French Com
mand had . hoped to bring the Viet
minh to decisive battle.
French and Loatian garrisons
made no attempt to pursue the
retreating invaders who in 26 days
bad overrun a third of the little
mountain kingdom. Scouts roved
as much as 30 miles from French
bases without sighting the enemy's
guards. The- French Command is
sitting tight to see where these
Vietminh forces regroup and what
their next moves might be
Wife's Patience
Worn Too Thin
ERIE, Pa. im The 22nd deser
tion was one too many, Mrs. Es
ther Tait, 61, told Judge Samuel
Roberts today.
"We ve been married 28 years.
Mrs. Tait testified in her divorce
suit against Newton L..Tait, 61,
and in that time, be left me on
22 - different occasions.
"Divorce granted. said Judge
Kooerts. i
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Portland . ,
San Francisco
S4
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Chicago
New York
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Wiuamette River -feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau.. .McNary Field. Salem):
Partly - cloudy with scattered light
showers today and -tonight- MoaUy
army Monday. Not much change In
temaerature with the high today
rear eo ana we torn xonigax near
40. Temperature at 12 .-1 ajn. was 39
degrees.
BALEH rUCiriTAHUN
Sine Start of Weatker Tear Sept. 1
This Year
Last Year
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a Willamette University student
orchestra, baritone Bob Schwartz,
who is a Salem policeman, a
string trio from Albany, -members
of the. Paul ; Armstrone
Danee Studio and scores .of oth-
'--Tbree telephones on, the trade
were jumping all day. with tcalis
from' donors. Cars sped to con
tributor's homes .-and picked tirp
ue guis.- . ,
Some 150 prizes donated by Sa
lem merchants were given away
to donors t. . r 4
" ohn Radeinaker, president" of
the Salem Community Council,
the organization which first start
ed the drive to save the blood
program, called it a "history
making day for-.Salem and the
SM Cross.
State's Chief Executives Greet Actress
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A governor, on either arm was the honor Saturday for Mary Pickford, cinema sweetheart of the
silent era, who was in Salem in connection with the current drive to sell government defense
bonds. Pictured with Miss Pickford during a brief visit of Oregon's Capitol are Kent Hotaling,
Eugene, Youth Legislature's Boy Governor (left) and Gov. Paul L. Patterson. The former movie
idol addressed a luncheon meeting of bond drive workers later at the Marion Hotel before contin
uing her whirlwind tour of
11 Bills Passed
By YM Youth
Legislature
By NORMAN LUTHER
Statesman School Correspondent
Eleven out. of fifty-five bills
were passed by the YMCA Youth
Legislature i and signed Boy
Governor Kent Hotaling U the
two-day session of the mock legis
lature at the capitol! building
came to an end Saturday., j :
Yesterday's sessions! was used
primarily for debating and voting
on the bills with the only: inter
ruptions being joint , sessions at
noon and at the close of the ses
sion.
Mary Pickford, famous actress
of the silent films, was presented
to the joint session at noon. In
the joint session at the close of
the afternoon, Boy Governor Ho
taling of Eugene announced
which bills- had passed and Dr.
U. G. Dubach, chairman of the
Oregon YMCA Youth and Gov
ernment Committee, gave the
closing address.
The Roseburg Junior Tri-Hi-Y
club presented a bill which- pass
ed, licensing all ambulance driv
ers and attendants and requiring
them to take examinations in the
use of first aid.
An amendment changing meth
od of contribution to Industrial
Accident Fund was passed. The
amendment was proposed by
Wade Williams Hi-Y of Portland.
A bill to establish an intermedi
ate correctional institute passed.
The sponsor of the bill was Gresh-
amHi-Y.
Establishes Colors
Also passing was a bill to es
tablish blue and gold as the of
ficial colors of the state of Ore
gon. The bill was prepared by
the Oregon City Hi-Y. Parkrose
Tri-ffi-Ya bill for jurisdiction of
courts over persons under 18
years of age was approved.
:A bill for compulsory sex ed
ucation, in Oregon high schools
passed.' The bill was sponsored by
hthe Alpha Tri-HCT club of Her-
miston. Salem's Abel Gregg Hi-Y
presented a bill for specification
of blood type - on drivers' and
chauffeur's licenses that passed.
Drivel's Licenses '
. A bill providing for,, periodical
issuance- of drivers and Chauf
feur's, licenses got. the- approval
of the 'Legislature. The Grant
Tri-Hi-Y Club of Portland sub
mitted thebilL Also receiving
approval was a biU requiring mo
torists .who .strike pedestrians to
stop and lend aid.- The Oswego
Hi-Y Club ' proposed the buL
Salem's J. R. Ifott HI-Y push
ed through a bill for personal tax
exemptions for college students.
A bill setting aside certain state
land adjacent to state highways
for f orestation , completed the
list' of 'nasslri? bills.. The Reeda-
port Hi-Y Club proposed the bill
Two, bills passed .the House
and" Senate but ; were "vetoed by
Boy Governor Hotaling. They
were bills creating a game con
servation division of the i State
Game; Commission, sponsored by
Arthur Cotton Hi-Y of Salem, and
providing far identification pho-
tographs on au motor venicies
operators licenses, submitted by
the Corvallis Hi-Y Club. (Add
tiosal details and . tucturo on I
Oregon, (Statesman Photo.)
Mary Piclcford
Cutting Sale of
By CONRAD PRANGE
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Mary Pickford, America's sweetheart star of the early movies,
came to Salem Saturday as a government bond saleswoman and was
almost supercolossal again. ' n '
At a nert 59 she still has that tightly-trim figure, those golden
curls and expressive eyes, which
mental 30s.
::' She ectplainea that, even
though most everyone thinks she
is 60, actually, "they've got me
one year; older than I really am.
But why. quibble about a year.
Time is only noise the clock
makes anyway." ;
KenavinC Uncle Sam
"I owe a debt of gratitude to
Uncle Sam. and I'm repaying him
now." she told a local Bond-a-
Month plan women's committee
at the Marion Hotel Saturday.
This by way of explaining her
current tour of the nation help
ing to spur interest in the bond
selling campaign.
In a brief talk Miss Pickford,
in private life Mrs. Charles
(Buddy) i Rogers, lashed out at
the "feeling of apathy" .toward
the bonds, which she said she had
encountered.
"It wasn't like this in World
War I days when I helped' sell
Liberty Bonds. ' Then you didn't
have to do much selling. This
apathy could wreck our nation.'
said Miss. Pickford, who Is quite
a business woman herself in the
movie industry.
At Youth Legislature
She made an unscheduled ap
pearance before the Youth Legis
lature, now in session at the
CanitoL She said it was one "of
the most 'thrilling experiences
have had in a long time. We
didn't hare things like this when
I was a-lgrrL"
The petite . heroine of the
silents and early talkies mixed
genuine patriotic sentiment with
housewifely advice . and hard
hitting facts about the movie
business sin her talk to the
women. t
Her formula for staying youth
ful: "Keep Busy, especially by
helping others, and stay happy.
Don't mind a. few lines. Follow
the golden rule."
United Artists Owner - -
No apologist for the movie In
dustry she professed great ad
miration 5 and affection for the
motion incture business. She is
irt owner of United Artists and
has other 2 business 'interests in
Hollywood.- ' .
"A powerful spotlight has been
thrown on -Hollywood, recently,"
she naid . "We have some black
sheep in Hollywood but unfor
tunately they get au tne pur
licitv. peonie don't seem inter
ested In the many movie persons
who go to church and lead decent
Attending tne loncneon, ln ao-
dition to the committee women.
were Mayor Alfred Loucks. Mrs.
Paul Patterson, .wife -of .the gov-
ernor; i uruce wuiiams, Marion
County savings bond chairman
Edwin Armstrong, govemofs ad-
nnlstraCve assistant, and. others.
Mrs.' Donald- Reinke-was -mis-
tress of ceremonies. k ;
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Scattered Showers
On WeatherDttcket 1 r!
Scattered light showers are on
Salem's weather docket for. Moth
ers' Day today, according to -the
weatherman, who predicts clear
ing and sunshine for Monday, - '
Temperatures Saturday reacnea
a low S3 oegrees eariy in ue
morning and got no higher than
SSL The mercury was down again
Ml inidsisnt to a tool 3
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Says Apathy
Defense Bonds
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endeared her to a nation of movie'
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Arched oh
ERIE; Pa. m A 22-year-old
war veteran from Korea who,'
cut his way through a wire L
covered window on tae seventh i
floor-of ,a Veterans; Adminis
tration hospital Saturday night
was rescued early Sunday from
his perch en a ledge. j
ERIE. v Pa. Ufi L- a1 22-year-old
Korean War veteran cut his way
through a wire covered window in
the psychiatric ward oar the seventh
floor of a Veterans Administration
hospital ' Saturday night, then
climbed outside onto a four-foot
ledge and threatened; attendants
who entreated him to! get off his
precarious perch. fj
At 2:30 a. m. Sunday, nine hours
after he had clambered onto the
ledge. Joseph Spiegel! of McKees
port, was defying al rescue at
tempts. f f
Shortly after be warned would-
be rescuers to "stay! away from
me" Spiegel somehow- climbed
onto the eighth floor roof and stood
inside a penthouse. I
Ernest Pugh. ' acting hospital
manager, said hospital officials got
to within a few feet of Spiegel but
were afraid to go any closer in
fear he would plunge 125 feet to
his death. However, Spiegel earlier
had said he would not jump. ' .
"We are consideriss a plan to
cut throueh a portion of the roof
backv of Spiegel and then rush, in to
close the door of the penthouse,"
Pugh said. fj ' ,
HospitalLedge
MotherlslDatflM
ReumonlitkEx-PWHusband
By CALVIN MANON
ap sun Writer
'It's wonderful i to
have him
. to
' ' These simcle. auiel
words by
Mrs. Clarence Shaw Of Syracuse,
N. Y., summed up the feelings of
scores of the nappiess motners in
fh nation Saturday better than all
of the eloauent Phrases and oratory
that greeted the annual observance
ot Mother s uay. m
Mrs- Sbaw, ill and nnaoie i to. go
tn vmipv p oree uospiuu m rwu-
syivanii with the -rests! the family
U. greet ber. free4 prgoaer of .war
tum md her wonderful Mothers
Day reuiJon after MastserSgt Roc
ert WV Shaw of Vancouver, Waslu
made an all-night bus Jfcrip . from
the fidspitaL - -11
i Her happy reunion ?was sunuar
tn spores of others which made
the day one in a lifetime for fami
lies of released prisners of war.
Officials at Travis i Air orce
Base. Califs where the reieasea
prisoners were processed on their
rctamtiJthUrSUrTport.
U.N. Sees 'No
ion
In Red Offers
By GEORGE MCARTHUR
PANMUNJOM (A Communist
truce negotiators Sunday insisted
that all the 48,500 balky Red pris
oners held by the Allies would be
rwilling to return to their home
land, after ' explanations " .' were
made to them by their own neoDle
following a Korean armistice.
The Allies said, that was ."more
than doubtfuL" ,-. .-.
' The Red statement was made at
Sunday's 59-mlnute truce session
by the top Red negotiator North
Korean Gen. Nam H, as be an
swered some of the many questions
asked of the Communists Saturday
by the senior U. N. Command
truce delegate. Lt. Gen. William
K. Harrison. '
' Harrison sought amplification: of
the Communists latest nronoial
for settling the balky. POW. ex
change issue. The meeting ad
journed until 11 a. m. Monday
(6 p. m. EST Sunday) i
Beds Insistent
Nam insisted that all the 43.500
North Korean and Chinese prison
ers, who have said they don't want
to return to Red territory, would
go home after they had matters
explained to them in a neutral
camp. - .. . -
Nam insisted, too, that the dispo-
sition of any prisoners still balking
alter tne explanations should be
decided at a political conference
to be held after a truce is effected. v
Nam said that differences in the
five - nation' neutral commission
which would be set up under , the
Red plan for handling the leftover
.rows, could be settled by majority
voie.. i
Aloes May Reiect
The Red proposal" to the neutral
commission the fate of the pris
oners who can't be "persuaded"
over a four-month period of
custody is a key point in the Red
eight-point plan-apprthat may
draw a flat thumbs rjowi from the
Allies., - Nvs-.tivT5-'-.-s-.l .
Saturday's questions by Harrison
strongly indicated thatJhis com
mand would not accent such a pro
posal. : 4i ' j
He said then the Red proposal
contained "no final solution." j
i Red insistence on majority rule
in the five-nation neutral commis
sion would eliminate possibility! of
a veto by a dissenting member.
One of the questions, asked by
Harrison Saturday was whether
the veto would prevail in commis
sion votes. . . j : x
Detailed Questions'
Harrison told Red ' nctJottetprs
Sundav: ; - -i.
rinai somt
It Is true that some of the qucs- t
uuus oucu uy vw - siue are ui- '
rected at what appeared to be (de
tails. The purpose of such ques
tions is to determine the f easiblityx
of your eight-point, proposal, j
"There would be no purpose? in
our two delegations concluding; an
agreement on principle unless that
agreement would be implemented
and carried into effect, . j
'In other words, we are at
tempting to determine whether an
agreement based upon your eight
point proposal would result i a
workable agreement or whether
the basic design is faulty.. : ,
In reply to our first question
you assumed first that after the
period of explanation there would
be no prisoners who still reject
repatriation or. second, that if there
were such prisoners the political
conference could settle the matter
of their disposition.
Not final Sohdira
Your first assumption is - one
which is more than doubtful as to
its validity and this fact is indicat
ed by your own second assumption.
This being so, your proposal can
not be called a final resolution ofj
the problem. 1
ed that most of the repatriated
veterans would be with their fami-
lies Sunday. . t . -
Few jof the veterans had any spe
cial plans except to get home. Any,
celebrations were up to the fanuV
lies.;"- "'1 ,
Against'this joyous backdrop for
several scores - of mothers there I
was the contrast of a day of only
anguished ' hope for hundred 1 of
ethers who did 'not know whether :
their boys were dead or alive. I .
-These were the mothers of 36ys
reported cussing in acuon and of
whom no further word had been
received: For them there was only
the agonising' hope that there may
be some word of their boys oeiore
another mother's day rolls around.
L .For a few other mohers the day,
was one of tempered happiness.
These mothers had heard Jirough -
the repatriated prisoners that their
boys were alive and in Communist .
prion camps the first word -that ,
manv of them had had since the
boys were reported missing id ac
tion.
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