arTNo". 81 20plr " . . L'ECUNTY? "OME NWSPAPEa
The Weather
Forecast: Fair and warmer.
Temperatures: High Friday, 54; Saturday,
60. Low Saturday morning, 34.
fortland Teams
bominate Play
h Hoop Classic
LsDAT SCORES:
Pl Phamnlnncltltt Bn.....i
yv ,
fltvtland 49, Hlllsboro 46.
Central Catholic 55, Marshfield 45.
llncoln 68, Bend S3.
UGrande S4, University (Eugene) 37.
By DON FAIR
XiKliter-Guard Sporti Writer
LaGrande remained the sole hope for upstate rooters
.Oregon State High School Basketball Tournamenl at
Arthur Court as the galloping, hawking Tigers moved into
championship semi-finals Friday night with three Port
ed clubs-Lincoln, Cleveland, and Central Catholic
UGrande knocked University from the chamrjionshin
tiling 54-37, while Lincoln toppled a dead-game Bend team1
13 in Thursday nigni quarier-iinal contests. In Thursday
fornoon's championship tiffs, Cleveland squeaked by a sur-
EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21,
Schedule
Uv SCORES:
.(.until Tne "a'es "
leltl 3D, MllwauMe
U1ISDAV SCORES:
iLUllon)
thtaukie 35, Corvallis 32,
DAT NIGHT'S SCHEDULE!
iCbimplonship semmnaia)
II p.m. Central Catholic vs.
trrlind.
uij p.m. LaGrande vs. Lin-
llTBDAT AFTERNOON'S
HEDULE:
1:1) p.m. (Fifth Place) As-
Un. Salem.
HI pjn. Winner Hlllsboro
Lihfleld vs. Winner Bcnd-Unl-
prisingly strong HillsW,,
team 49-46, while Central
Catholic exploded in the sec
c.id half to thump Marshfield
55-4d.
Lincoln's "walking record book"
Center Wade "Swede" Halbrook
aid it again aeainst tha ..
sized Bend team in Thursday
nights opener he upped the in
dividual scorine record anntho-
point to 41. It was nnlv Waja.
day afternoon that the "Spire"
first broke the mark with 40 points
Halbrook now appears a cer
tainty to (1) shatter a 1000-point
total for the season as he already
has 950 with two more games as
sured, and (2) break his tourna
ment scoring record of 125 with
two-game total of 81 already ac-i
buunieu lor.
THE LINCOLN meal tlrkat ,hn
plays with teammates who, in size,
resemble the "Slinger Midgets,"
broke his own record with 3 05
left against Bend. His snpcialitv
a drop-in shot, turned the trick.
Shortly after that he was removed
from the contest.
Attendance records continue to
take a shellacking in this 34th
annual tournament. As of Thurs
day night, 38,401 spectators had
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CITY EDITION
Phone 5-1551
FYT'RPRiVrp 4l i t .i . . ... 'ReC.-Gimrd photo. Wiltshire -nRTJivlnKI
f.ALBtKANCE on the part of these University High cheer leaders later turned to
cnagrm when their team lost a tournament tilt to LaGrande 54-37 Thursday night,
inroughout the annual sports classic, students on the sidelines have kept themselves
hoarse and tired while their favorite teams battled on the court.
Individual game stories with
box scores are carried on page 9.
I
orse ignores
m's Charges
la Wayne Morse Friday told
Jegiiter-Guard he would not
Lair the filthy journalism" of
w book by answering in de
lie charges made against him.
f was a prime target in
U Confidential," bv Jack
ina Lee Mortimer.
fie volume, one of a series of
presuming to eive confi
rm Information about the un-
FotM and behind-the-scenes
-, speaks of Morse, "who
ttils left-handed," and im
i me uregon senator Is a
ndit ipologist."
Wind Mortimer apeak of what
'till Morse's "almost nsrhn.
nl haired of Chianz Kal.
f ' md calls him a "vociferous
wrx lor Red China." This.
y, is because of contribu
tor campaigns from "Red
ied Portland tongs" in that
Chinatown.
aid hy the Register-Guard to
nt on these and other charg
es, book, Morse wired from
"Pon that "each and every
? and criticism made against
I' the book is absolutely false."
of his record of "devo-
we constitutional princi-
representative govern-
: Inr retucoA
the "filthy journalism" of j ?noi"'s ,f ,h? fL"!6!'
wo Mortimer.
"white in Washington state,
. smitn Troy warned
Westhat the Vnlnmo mlnhl
l0U!. It ha altr, r..d
p howls of protest in Texas,
nd Arkansas.
- end Mnrt ma,. en.-i -
earst orpan 7ii;nn ..i. .......
cal leanin PS nf that nr.
Ron as well .-,,...
ii crime conditions, which
rt they found on a whirl-
" Of the rnnnrrv TV,
Wed to have snent siv
inland, gathering
Oregon.
turned out to see the preppers
play some 7000 ahead of last year
record-breaking pace of 54000
Thus a new total attendance mart
Is a certainty.
Bend's terrific struggle anainst
naiDrook stirred even more in
terest than the big boy's 41 points.
.Roger Wiley's Bruins played it
tough for three quarters using a
full court defense, a fast break,
and trying to work in for good
shots but Halbrook, as expected,
finally proved to be too much.
At one time in the first quarter.
Bend led 14-6 and the Lava Bears
kept Halbrook without a basket
for nearly six minutes. In the sec
ond period, Swede's mates began
feeding him regularly as the Car
dinals moved ahead 30-28 at in
termission. The third period was a
Bend vs. Halbrook duel, with the
Bears keeping pace at 44-42 but
dropping behind 48-44 at the close
of the period.
Bend just ran out of steam after
that, and Lincoln pulled steadily
away. Halbrook rolled up his 41
if s m m i
i3F V ,V 4 I If I
Emotions
Displayed
' Gaines
Chinese Reds
Cross Border
Into Indochina
No Mass Movement,
Lovett Tells Solons
By RUSSELL BRINES
Atiariit'd Prrii SUff Wrlur
WASHINGTON (AP)
Secretary of Defense Lovett
said Friday the U. S. has been
'old some Red Chinese forces
have crossed the borders of
Indochina to join Communist
led natives fighting the
French.
It is "always possible," Lovett
told the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, that the development
could lead to the same type of
Chinese buildup that preceded
their entry into the Korean war.
Rep. Mansfield (II-MnnO had
asked Lovett about testimony
Thursday by Secretary of State
Acheson "to the effect that some
Steel Union
Postpones
Strike Date
WASHINGTON (UP ) The CIO United Steelwnrkori
Friday postponed their threatened nationwide strike until
April 8, leaving it up to the steel industry tc accent or reiect
a 17 cent hourly pay boost and union shop recommended
oy me wage ntaornzauon Board.
The union s 170-man wage policy committee accented the
board's recommendations shortly after 2 a.m., hut warned it
will call a strike if an agree-1
ment is not reached with the
steel companies by the new
deadline.
The wage board's recom
mendations are not binding
on either side.
The Stechvorkors postponed
ll,ni ...nlUn.il ,t.A ...i.-tU tin.n
Chinese Communists had pra.H!nnlv hours IWore rinfeiisn Mn- t'Cn. Matthew B. Rlrigway dcclar
the Indochina border" to loin the! bilb.er Charles E. Wilson was i?d Friday Japan's "greatest prob-
ugnting.
Ridgway Cites
Russian Threat
TOKYO, (Saturday) (JP .
"We have been so informed,'
Lovett said.
scheduled to leave for Kev West, lfm , was th threat of strong
Fla., to confer wilh President usn military rorces already
Truman on the crucial issue of assembled north of this island na
steol prices. ;tion.
Industry spokesmen have hint- . T1" ' Supreme Allied Comman
cd strongly they will not go along f d Rr0lP. of JPn
with any proposal which does not n,sp"p" ex",,,"T.fc Ru'"
a compensating price in- , . . . c .nomm
and some observers ex-1 ln of J?,r"nK '"ces "including
nuiiiy iiKiiiLT piancs ai iwo
THE TWO CABINET members
were called before the committee
to answer questions about Presi
dent Truman's $7,900,000,000 for- assure
eign aid program. I crease,
Thnif ctalnn.nnf. ... .-1, U h na.Alinlinn. Un
f,vc a . a it .1 : ' i points facing Japan
...... uui.ini fiiiiL-ii.nii i i'uuh 01 uuwn nn", J" iwuc ia. - , .
involvement hv the Thines. nl, not settled to the leelmen', al- "ne massing point was given
in the bitter fight for Indochina, isfaction.
gateway to Southeast Asia.
c:iO PRKSIIiENT Philip Mur.
Chinese Communist forces have
been reported building strength
for weeks near the Indochina
border.
It is known that the Peinini? n-
Color? Excitement? Heartbreak? Igime has been aiding the forces
ray. who also heads the powerful "V" Sakhalin, formerly held hy
Skill
They're all present, in large
amounts, in the annual Oregon
State Basketball Tournament now
being played at McArthur Court.
In a day when the hue and cry
everywhere is that rnmnntitinn
lacking in sports, Oregon's best!ncse Rcd 'ocr!' they said crossed
are playing their hearts out in the u"r' ncneson saia, now
statc's top sports classic. j ever, that the "bulk" of the troops
iigming tne trencn and their
of Moscow-trained Ho Chi-minh
for some time, supplying equip
ment and training insurgent
forces.
NEITHER ACHESON nor Lov
ett indicated the size of the Chl-
YOUNG, EAGER faces on the
floor, in the rooting sections and
in the balconv. Fap.PK straining in
.help the ball make the basket
steelworkcrs union, said nccntia- :'ne Japanese,
tions with the industry would re-;0' lapan
sume Monday.
Most observers felt the steel
worker's acceptance of the board's
recommendations shifted the pres
sure for settling the dispute
squarely on the industry.
Sakhalin lies north
innusiry memoers or me wage ' centration was to generate fear,
board bitterly assailed the panel's but adding that when fear is not
.uuuiitmiauuns as an "insiru- enough the Communists
mem 01 union appeasement, i ne j power.
management delegation said the
proposals were "unfair and in
equitable, and in terms of slahlll-
zation are In sorious disregard of
the public Interest."
Vietnam allies were Indochinesc
natives,
Truman has' asked 811 million
dollars fnr all nf GmtthAarl Ai
i rcf: ?'m ln Wlth vlctory. i millions more than Congress:sald the recommendation, offered
. ,.,vu,. innniucr bico jasi vear. no nrpax-
Young and clean are the play-idown has been announced to show
mn, nine Domes in tOD con-I Indochi na' har.
THE BOARD'S union members
ers.
muon. What is larking in finesse
is made up in sheer fortitude and
the competitive spirit often carries
the player to heights he couldn't
attain in another atmorphere.
LOOK AT the audience. Kids
who have traveled far to see "their
team" try for the title. The litt'e,
freckle-faced gal who whops the I
uh!.s orum wncn tne haskoi
Taft Supporters
Eye Wisconsin
10 in the second, 16 in the third,
and 10 in the fourth. He also had
32 rebounds.
LAGRANDE zoomed to an 8-0
lead over the cold University
quint and led all the way. Quarter
scores favored the classy
lt I . ,T E 1T1R ahJ
counts. Morris Buckwalter, ka-'av . i
Grande forward, poured in 33 fjn Hlflh I fsHnf
points in this game. SIII Hyil i-tuyiw
The Tigers, coaenpd Dy vie
Adams, now draw the difficult
NOT ANOTHER RECORD, it's just Wade "Swede" Hal
brook, Lincoln High School's point-manufacturing seven
footer, recording his signature, which looks a lot like any
body else's, for two Eugene High School rooters, Shirley
McLean (left) and JoAnn Hutchinson, during the Oregon
State A basketball tourney in McArthur Court, Eugene.
Dogs Trapped Wounded Man
45-26 .
For Two Weeks r- , ru.
a solid foundation upon which
. . . a sound, fair, honest collec
tive bargaining agreement" could
be reached.
The Office of Prire Slabllir.a-'
lion's so-called Capchart steel for-
mula for computing price Increases
Is expected to be issued soon. Of
ficials say It will nermlt the in-i
dustry only an average $2 a torn
raise. The Industry says it needs
about $9. but is understood to be
willing to settle for about $4 or $S
ton.
WASHINGTON (U.fi) Sen.
mace, the lad with the crew cut !"obcrt Taft s opponents Friday
who paces the players with his'viewe,l nis withdrawal from the
mouth full of gum, the dark-haired !New Jersey primary as a sign of
gin wno nieads with her vro weariness, dui tne unman s sun-
ITnstairc ar 3ri..u- ...1 i porters retorted that he will nrnve !
- "'" ""x"-1 win, lUIH ...
out to see good basketball and ' "'" slrcn8lh in Wisconsin, April 1
root for the "underdog." Thev col Republicans supporting Gen
away firmly convinced they've Dw'Rht rj, Kisenhower for the
seen thn rct hall r.-mM ..- iGOP nresidential nnmlnallnn caM
Here and there is a coach from1 Ta,t ai'e ,helr campaign it third SALEM lf The state hos
a college. He knows that from bl5 boost in ,,he Past ,w0 w"s!pltal disclosed Thursday that two
these contests come the makings when he Pulled out of the April: patient had died there this week
of the best colleoe teams a few " Jersey contest. The gen-1 after finht. in i-irrt .
Dr. C,
Two Patients
Die in Fights
years hence. "Give that bov a few,era' "'ready hadi swamped Taft In
years and he'll show 'em new lnc New Hampshire primary and
tricks." I received an astonishing total of
write-in votes In the Minnesota
HEARTBREAK a c c o m p a n- race,
ies every game. Defeat brings! Eisenhower added to his sup
lumps to the throat, but alwavs' porters' jubilation Thursday bv
there Is the loser's handshake for, saying he is "reexamining" his 1 r)"y
and the
Navy Bomber
Crash Kills 10
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. m
A four-engine Navy patrol
bomber with ten men aboard
crashed into Corpus Chrlstl Bay
Friday shortly after takeoff from
the Naval Air Station.
Navy helicopters and air-set
rescue launches found no surviv
ors.
Two bodies had been pulled out
of the wreckage by mld-mornlng.
Divers said recovery of the re
maining bodies would b a long,
tedious process.
Identification of the dead wai
E. Itatcs, hospital super
intendent, said both fights in,
volved patients only. He said at.
tendants stopped the fights aj: withheld pending notification nf
soon as possible. .the next of kin.
The first death was early Sun- enecti 01 ine mars
IDHK.-U in inr suririuB. n. winter
courageous; past decisions as a result of theBa'e "ad- Both were men more j ' ' ' " '
Minnesota primary. His statement Inn years oin. iney were in ' " - -
indicated he Is reconsidering his wa"l thi nonile. n-u. .. 1...1 .....
superintendent said they '.-. ,.., -nri ..,. ...
DARRINGTON, Wash. (IP) man,
am!' "ow, "w, , ui : Friendly help was slated Friday Burglary, underwent surgery Fri-
assignment of trying to stop Mai- to rcpcc the trjple onmies of day morning to remove a bullet
the victor
smile.
It's all there.
f1 Or the hnct in ennrto Ubn Ina ' nat-lin- paI....I In -nn.- I .. TU.
.1 jnuc WUH A locaiuregon hlate HaskCtball Touma- make 0 ner.nnal ramnalon fnr th . u,.r. Ih.
"'"" "" e'l Bnaimeni. you won t go WronB. IGOP nres rient a nnm nal hn
first
violent deaths
at
the hospital in years.
cess Roads
h Defeated
;!HIXGT0N (A)For the
Kessive year, the House
'SI Otle Pn .
Ii:nnnna . '""""ee has cut
1000 budset item for the
..tJ 1 1 .nMx-f nanUl, frillTl Vl I T-irfht k-IHrl
ma- anyway, Lincoln is a hea favor- . . cou,, His hospitalization at about 1
ite which would mean an au-rori- hmmri, lrarp ,w0 w(,ei!S ,, I p.m. Thursday followed a fnurj
land championship Iinal. 4,n00-foot mountain ledge. 'hour search by stale and Cotlnge
Cleveland had to come from be- sjx skjlcd molin,,jne,r. marie Grove police and the owhor of a1
mnu in me imeti ......m.o Dlans to scale precipitous, snow- stolen pickup truck.
defeat Hillsboro and Its tight zone , ... ',, ,, ti,.
, . n- nu... ,a.JlI..""",'', n.,uv ,,,1
aeiense. im rn.miui ...... . cn.itip t davbreak to Str rk and. 51. nf Hirhwav ooc
45 when Jack Viskov looped in a lh stiii-veiointi does. Cottaee Grove, was rennrtoH in
long shot. Jerry Ross bucket at Thcy bcame Ftranded on the good condition Friday noon.
tne nnai wnisue paw , . ,,.n .hasinir a cmicar 15 StrirUlanH i a-pH nf
its Close mree-pomi m. riavs a,0 A fourtn (joe escaped ihcft at 2:05
oenirai, wnn nvv i,c,,w.t.
Wavne
Bogart, Leigh Handed Oscars;
'American in Paris' Top Movie
By ALIVE MOSBY
T'nllrd Prra Hallrn-aad Rfprlr
Son of
access roads in the
PORTLAND TEAMS
t n W.nl
ml Tali, i me ftonnnuca Oil ruyK
t3". US artinn Ika "I
?&&L2?SW2 Reds Propose
teL.i of timber' .
ttt'tenr Prisoner Plan
"ill the pmi..:
f,u lhe !deral govern-1 PANMUNJOM (U-Red truce fighting
not fihara I- .;-,n nrnnnCPri YftQAV infll eaEiS,
...... c in IUnner ncvni..ta - .- .
ln" HOLLYWOOD fU.R) Humphrey
Bogart said Friday he hadn t
the rhannpH hit nnlninn that B.iiium
u.. inn fan, tn cafntt anH inEn 1. oci,un ,ii. fioic llllll,ln
u.. iy.,,, .v. -. w ... . ii.im - oung" Pv.n though he won an Oscar
lannii:. 111 d uc mi ,... UfOvi; MfCTI, J ne irUCK IS OWnPO Th,,rnav niohl in nnm nt tha Kin
j3 oei-i, oi., jjajt upsets in Hollywood history.
he rescuers have been turned back Another pomnlaint latn. that1 11 was no surprise, however.
became a two-time Oscar winner
with an award for her role as a
faded nymphomaniac in "A Street
car Named Desire."
Her supporting players,
Numerous attempts have been bv Frank Reed,
naric to reach the dogs but would- Cottage Grove.
by an 800 or 900-foot ice-sheathed Strickland about 3 p.m. stole three
cliff which it is necessary to de- rjfic, and a revolver from the
scend,
Meanwhile. Lleo monie, owner Walker, four miles north of Cot-
home of Charles W. Highland at
of the hapless hounds, has report
cd the docs are still alive and
off attacks by
faze Grove.
Strickland
was captured hv
PrOVeman,- . .-J .-aa tft release all
, wiinniiT nn. nmn Mun asttc " ..... -j
Kl2er share of the Tfinan- listed war prisoners without fur- teercd to el eci a rescue r riony
L2? of har v,?.:: her ,m,ahbhng over missing cap- are carrying long ropes and mmm-
mn w now n. j . i. tain climbing equipment 10 ncip
"Tollm P.1 d.!d,,forjt,"-. pomnromise" them in their hazardous task.
'.l-'IflUUn. I illC LU1IIIIIU..1.-. r-
The climbers who have volun-
- - "?'
HUMPHREY BOGART
Gtn-.SofllcPd Copfflln
1 ii We5!ern Oregon proposal provided for the freeing
rhl -C,h ,he ""b" is, of only the 11,559 Allied and 132.- os(. 0f L,ymg Drop
F:e rL per cenl f the ,474 Red prisoners whose names 7 D
I ""venues. already have been exchanged. Of r,., Railmen S rOV
Kim
wy state and city police about 6 45 "unter and Karl Maiden, won the
p.m. on the outskirts of town. He coveted goia iropnies as cxpoctea,
had been sighlcd twice during the '
afternoon by Reed who was BuA !he "r-studded crowd at Tn(l crMr, h,d .xpPctpi rither
searching for him in a borrowed ,hl! 24,h annual awards present- "A P.,.e in Tht Su., or A
car. Mon gasped and applauded vhen s,r(,etcar N,med D,,ir(.,both
According to Police Chief M Bogart nosed out favored candidate nMVV ririinia, ,0 .,pture tne
Jones Strickland shot himself ac- M"1?" Brando to snare the award awarrt.
dentallv soon after the sun ,or PW" agin-roaKen rivernoai
theft. Jones said the young man caPta'n in "T African Queen,
ported
the Allied prisoners, 3198 are
rtmei iLdiis. . . .j
am;.j ,t;,a. .hnnrued crnmcnt said
WASHINGTON U The gov
Friday the cost ot,
explained that he "wanted to go
out and shoot up the country.
a., . I AlllCU IcmC'TTIlin,,..- , , ,, :,., ein.a .
"4V "rned; off ,he proposal. They said is con- iv mg i, r n. bpeeChleSS
r.a,j.
-"'nan.
"Port
Coleman.1 tainerf
aia at a Fri-
absolutely nothing new.
or;
"It don't change anything
LONDON (iri Aneunn Bcvan what I've said, ' he said
j ( OllTVl-lia Wnn Riven n nig
ovauonas ne accepted an Oscar
for best direction for "A Place in
The Sun."
Other awards Included:
Best song: "In the Cool, Cool,
Last year the movie tough guy
growled in a magazine article that
Oscars were a lot of nonsense. -But
Friday Bogie refused to eat
his 'words.
of Cool of The Evening," from Para-
mount's "Here Comes the Groom
, j
mi
! uk. .Ik
I
lisled men.
A Navy spokesman said tha
(plane "apparently disintegrated"
I when It struck the water In t
i roaring crash.
Lt. Comm. B. M. Dyer, assistant
I operations officer first reported
:the crash of tha big craft.
He said he saw it going down
I behind the officers' housing are
!back nf the Naval base.
Manager Petition Check
Said Half Completed '
County Elections Deputy Lloyd
Payne said Friday that work on
checking the petitions to put tha
council-manager Issue on the May
primary ballot is about halt com
pleted, I Although no official count hi
;been made of the number of
(Valid signatures. Payne said pe
titions counted so far have been
running about eight per cent use
:ablc names. "Our other work
has to go on," he said, "but soma
of us will work this weekend and
I think we will have a total Mon-
VIVIEN LEIGH
Fndrd Nymphamnnic
Best full-length documentary:
Kon-Tiki."
Best original motion picture
story: "Seven Days to Noon," by
Fh 15. The decline orougni
meeting i luaze cut of one cent an nour lor came nown wun laryngitis rrioay. nn nmmnn in i-ans was music ny noagy uarmlchaol. lyr- Pou Dehn and James Rernard
orcrs to be promnt; rnramnrE Eng fR 1,150.000 railroad workers. The Welsh orator, who his ben voted by members of the honorary ics by Johnny Mercer. Best screenplay: "A Place In
'mpaign collection. t.k r.t.r Hied Friday at the TSe decline was featured cy a parKin-. a ,:.iwing rc-.ou wnnin m onnj at .uouuri rtciurs Ans utn foreign language movie:, The Sun," by Michael Wilson and
ccr; arop in rc ait ivm u.e iiy. v.flt I'nLtj iu mi-, ,,-M-.vs me m-n iimvie di naiiwnmn, Japanese. tHarry Brown, from Theodore
the largest since February, cancel a weekend speaking en-!I951. It became the third musical Best special effects: Paramount'i I Dreiser's novel, "An American
CrotiM. . 5 March 31. 'ace of 104, 10 years short of the i per
:gnal he set himself at his recent pric
birthday party.
1949, more than three years ago.,gagement
lever to win in academy history. I "When Worlds Collide."
Tragedy."
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treaty Page
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Cros . . . ..Page 4
Eugene Country Club women
spring luncheon Page 1
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near Vladivostok, the big port and
base in the Siberian maritime
province. The other was on South-
The editors said Ridgway as
sured them he was "not upset" by
unfavorable comment of som
.Japanese on the Japan-U.S. Se
curity Pact.
Ridgway was quoted as saylnf
the purpose of the Russian con-
us
The general then referred edi
tors lo the case of China, where
the Communists have organized a
powerful military machine. Yet
30 years ag,. China had no real
military force.
Ridgway said there was evi
dence of the same methods in
Japan. He pointed lo the Commu
nist influence in labor unions, ts
Red Infiltration Into various or
gans of public opinion, and to th
party calls organized for violence.