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U.S. Once Planned To Give Strategic to Bo bers Russia By ELTON C. FAY Associated Press Military Affairs Reporter WASHINGTON Oft The United States, whose greatest military menace today is the Soviet long range bombers, planned a decade ago to present Russia with a stra tegic air force. The proposal to deliver heavy bombers for organizing a strategic air force during the latter part of World War II included an arrange ment to have American Air Force personnel teach the Russians the technique of using a heavy bomb ardment fleet. This long-seeret plan has now been disclosed by publication of the Yalta documents. If the proposal, which was for use in the war against Japan, had been carried out, Russia would have had a long range bomber force almost five years before she managed to build one copied in iitally from planes seized by the Soviets when American crews landed crippeld B29s on Russian territory, j Pre-Yalta Plan The idea deve'oped several months before the Feoruarj 1945 Yalta meetings of Roosevelt Sta lin and Churchill, at a time when preliminary conferences were be ing held to consider the possibility of Russian entry into the war against Japan. v I A message from Maj. Gen, John : R. Deane, who headed the war time U. S. military mission in Mos cow, and another from W. Averell Harriman, j then ambassador to Russia, contained the first refer ences to the proposal. Both were dated Oct. 15 1944. . Harriman cabled President Roosevelt that "Stalin said he would be glad to receive four engined bombers and instructors to train a strategic air force for Soviet use in the war against Ja pan. The ambassador informed the President that "I understood train ing of crews could commence and planes be . provided promptly, as soon as an understanding "was reached regarding their use." Gave Objectives Deane, in a message reporting to the Joint Chiefs, of Staff in Wash ington on a meeting with Stalin, Churchill and other officials of the Big Three powers. sat4 "I then gave them Ine strategic objectives which you authorized me, to suggest to them as coming School Plans Gain Ground ' AtOlympia OLYMPIA, Wash. I A move to put the state school building program on a pay as you go basis was approved by the Washington Senate Saturday. The solons also adopted the first half of a program to pay for new buildings at the state colleges, un iversity and public institutions on a current basis. Meanwhile the House killed and buried a proposal for a graduated net income tax and removed the "breakage" clause from the re cently enacted abandoned proper ty act. Despite the flurry of action, the legislators still were not far enough advanced with their , major prob lem of balancing the state budget to conclude their work and windup the special session before some time next week. A new fax-raising 'proposal was presented, however. It would au thorize a boost in the state sales tax from 3 to 4 per cent. The proposal was presented to the Senate with bipartisan sup port of Sens. Roderick Lindsay. Spokane Democrat. John Happy, Spokane Republican, and Francis Pearson, Port Angeles Democrat. Because the special session will have to continue, the Senate went along with the House in appropriat ing additional funds to pay for the legislators board and room allow ance at the rate of $15 a day through Sunday. from you. This of course included the part they might play in secur ing the lines of communications across the North Pacific. "I told them : that the United States was prepared to assist the Soviet Union to the extent consist ent with our commitments in the war against Germany by , supply ing munitions anc" particularly B24 aircraft for building up a Soviet au- force, ! In a message from Harriman to Roosevelt on Oct. 17, 1944, the am bassador said Stalin "unqualifiedly asserted that ' this strategic air force would be built up for use only in the Far East." Deane, in a message to the Joint Chiefs on the same date, said Sta lin was ready to begin receiving planes as soon as fields were pre pared, but meanwhile thought 20 planes should be delivered for training purposes. No Strategic Planes The B24s of World War II were one of two types then classed as heavy bombers, i They were used by this country for strategic bomb ardment missions in Europe and the Southwest Pacific. The Soviets had no strategic bomber force, as such. They used tactical-type light and medium bombers only. Stalin and his mili tary chiefs had displayed no known interest in strategic bombers until the United States offered to supply them. The Yalta papers and accom panying documents do not make clear why the plan was not carried through. (Available Air Force rec ords today show delivery of only one B24 bomber to Russia, and that apparently i was made some time during 1942-43, presumably under lend-lease). Any one or a combination of several factors may have caused the plan to be dropped. Very Heavy Bombers The United States, -which by 1944 was bombing Japan with B29s (then classed as very heavy bomb ers) from far-away islands in the Mariana group, sought tp conclude an agreement with Russia for American B29 bases in Siberia or the maritime provinces. The American proposal was pressed during military staff meet ings at the Yalta conference. Tent ative agreement came from Soviet commanders, subject to approval by higher Russian authorities. But the final approval failed to materialize, and the United States presumably lost interest, then, in any plan to provide the Reds with their own strategic air force. There was a second development which could have chilled the idea: During the latter part of 1944 and early 1945 five U. S. B29s made emergency landings' on Russian fields in Siberia after bombing runs over Japan. Russia refused o release any. of them. Instead, copies were made, ap pearing under the Soviet model designation of TU4. Statesman, Satan, Or., Monday, March 21, 1955 (Sec 2)-3 State College Weed Specialist Outlines Low-Cost Control Measures By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor,7 The Statesman It's getting spring weed control time, says Rex Warren, Oregon State College, farm crops special ist In order to get the most ef fective weed . control at lowest possible cost, the farmer should work out his weed control sched ule very carefully. Warren warns. The crop specialist thas just completed a schedule for some of the state s most common weed pests. -The most popular spray still will be 2, 4-D, which is recom mended in "amine form" for Western Oregon and in the "ester form for Eastern Oregon. Since the ester form vaporizes rapidly and is more likely to cause drift damage to nearby susceptible plants. Warren recommends using it only for the more open areas of Eastern Oregon. There are times, as noted below, when ester form is recommended even for Western Oregon. Here is the schedule as given by Warren: Weeds in all winter grains: West ern Oregon's common weeds in clude mustard, French pink and vetch. Apply to 1 pound (norm ally 114 to 2 pints) per acre of 2, 4-D amine after the grain is well tillered but before it reaches the boot stage. Normally spray about April 1. Canada thistle: Apply 1 to 1V4 pounds (2 to 3 pints), 2, 4-D per acre while thistle is in the early bud stage. It should not be sprayed out of grain until the grain is six inches , tall but before it reaches the boot stage. On non-cropland, the 2, 4-D rate may be increased up to three pounds. , Weeds in beans and sweet corn: Apply 3 to 6 pounds of dinitro amine per acre in enough water to get coverage, 30 to 60 gallons. Apply one or two days before crop emergence. Use 3 pounds of chemi cal on sandy soil, six pounds on heavier soils. For best results, apply on a smooth seedbed. The son surface must be moist at time of spray ing. Severe plant burning can be caused if a heavy irrigation fol lows application of the chemical to a dry soil surface. This control may be less ef fective where furrow irrigation is used since sprinkler irrigation or rain help carry the chemical down to the germinating weed seeds. Morning glory: On fallow or un cropped land, apply two pounds 2, 4-D per acre when morning glory starts to bloom, about mid- June. Spray morning glory out of grain with 1 pound 2, 4-D per acre after grain heads have filled. Brush control: Apply three to four pounds of 2, 4-D. or 2, 4, 5-T (or a mixture of the two) in 100 gallons of water. Spray enough to, wet the brush when it is in full leaf. Tansy ragwort: Apply three pounds 2, 4-D ester in 100 gallons of - water. Spray before flower stalks form. Good control can usu ally be obtained from the first of April to early June. How to reduce spray "drift and vapor" damage to susceptible plants when spraying with 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T: 1. Spray only on calm days. 2. Use nozzies that deliver a large-sized droplet In an OSC ex periment, small "fine spray" drops drifted 16 times as far as a normal droplet when released at a spray ing height of 24 feet in a four mile wind. The small drops drifted 59 feet, the larger ones only 3 feet 3. Use only enough pressure so that the nozzle operates properly. Under most conditions, this means 20 to 40 pounds pressure per square inch with each nozzle fixed to de liver not less than one quart per minute. Sprays applied under high er pressure tend to form a fog or mist which increases "drift haz ard. . . 4. Use non-volatilizing materials whenever possible, such as 2, 4-D amine-type or low volatile forms of 2, 4-D ester. But remember, even though a product is low in volatility, it still vaporizes. Seattle Red Probers Seek Lost Witness SEATTLE UP) The House Un- American Actiuties Committee continued a search Sunday .for a Seattle Symphony Orchestra pian ist who dropped from sight about the time a subpoena was issued for her appearance. Rep. Harold Velde (R-IU) said the subpoena for the witness, Mrs. Helen Taverniti, will "be return able in Washington, D. C, if neces sary." The committee completed its three-day sessions here Satur day night with more than 150,000 words of testimony on the record. Velde also disclosed that steps have been taken to have its own doctor examine Jerry O'Connell, former Northwest political figure, to determine if his physical condi tion was such he could not attend. A physician treating O'Connell, an ex-Montana congressman and former secretary of the Democrat ic Party in Washington State, had informed the committee he was suffering from a heart condition and was unable to make the trip from his Great Falls, Mont., home. Evaluating the testimony of the 19 witnesses heard, Velde said most of the information obtained and useful for legislative purposes was already in the committee's files. But he added that the "commu nist: menace comes home to the public with greatest impact at local-level hearings, involving their neighbors." Who'd support your child if you weren there? Iff 1 f Probe Planned Of Vandalism Of Nike Site SEATTLE tfr At least one in vestigator from the Portland office of Army Engineers and possibly more will arrive Monday to in vestigate vandalism at a' Nik guided missile installation at Young's Lake, southeast of Seattle, Col. Norman Matthias, district Ar my engineer, announced. We don't believe it was sabotage, but there will be a thorough in vestigation." Col. Matthias said. The vandalism, which damaged about $4,000 worth of electrical equipment and forced a halt in construction work, was discovered Saturday. Two electric transform ers were heavily damaged and rabies cut leading to the site's sub station. j Members of the Seattle district council of carpenters have been on strike at the site since last Oct 28 over travel and Saturday v overtime pay and welfare bene fits. 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