Ike Reminded
By Reactor
Of "Job as .Boy
GENEVA W-I fcresiJent Eisen
hower operated an atomic re
search reactor Wednesday! He vat
at ttia? control piivi of the re
actor at United Nations head
quarters Shortly before going to
the Summit conference.
The reactor has teen assembled
by the U. S. Atomic Enffrgy Com
mission for display in collection
with an international atomic con
famnna tlavt niAnlh
Eisenhower was fascinated by
opeAitionof the research reactor,
known as the "swimming pool"
type. It is similar to otto which
he inspected last month at Penn
sylvania State University, where
his youngest brother, Milton, is
, pftident.
Eisenhower walked , from the
"pool" to the reactor control
room and sat down at a panel
full of pushbuttons.
A guide explained how the re
actor operates and invited Eisen
hower to put it into action. When
the President pushed the starter
button bells clanged and indicat
ors in the control room showed
the reactor rods were being im
mersed in the "pool."
"What are we making Plu
tonium or what?" the President
Inquired.
The guide said some Plutonium
was being produced, "but mostly
waste fissionable materials."
v As he watched the automatic
indicators, Eisenhower laughed
and said that reminded him of a
thermometer he had to watch
when he worked in a creamery
as a boy at Abilene, Kan.
"If I ever let that thing get
a degree too much, oh, brother,
I was in trouble," Eisenhower
v- said.
f He noted that 24 nations of the
free world already have signed
agreements with the United
States for participation in Amer
ica's atoms-for-peace program.
n minri
Ikes Appeal Called a Natural'-
that Jhe President would Hake
such bid to mi friend of World
War II dafSj Speculation tiad cen-
rfy MARVIN L. fBOWSMITH itcred on how he would go about
Of tha Aiuelitod f rrti it
GENEVA ( President Eisen- He could have done it privately
hower's dramatic personal appeal!" confidential- chat with the
to RussFd'f Marfjal Georgi uviei aetense minister. Ana ne
Zhukov was oae of the "naturals"! may have done just that on the
of the Big Fur conference. .coujle of occafnsthe two have
It had been generally experted met unaer sucn circumstances
since me comerence sianea.
But they have not had. much
time, or very much privacy, when.
they have talked.
The other and less expected
way vos at one of (he formal
summit sessions. That was pre
cisely the approach ETsenhowcr
took in his plea that the Soviet
Unioa permit the unification of
Germany as a member of, the
North Atlantic Treaty Organlza
.Ion. .
NO REPLY
Zhukov made no reply at the
meeting and Soviet Premier Bui
ROCKIN' ROLES When these friends get together,
they get right injo the same bed a speeiakrocking bed,
that is. For Mrs. Frances Huvler, left, and Darlene Cal
vert, 19, both of Akron, Ohio, are polio victims in need
of respiratory aid. The March of Dimes "rocking bed,"
which each has in her home, makes it possible for them
to live at home outside an iron lung.
State Labor Official
Re-Elected to Post
PORTLAND OH Carl E. Prultt
of Astoria was re-elected presi
dent of the Oregn State district
council of laborers at the AFL
group's quarterly meeting here.
Don Gessner, Coos Bay, was
r elected vice president; G. W. Roy-
. er, Portland, secretary-treasurer
and business representative, and
Dean A. Norton, Bend, sergeant-at-arms.
Enterprising Soviets Find It's
Still Possible to Get Rich
Plan to Move
Called Unwise
MOSCOW Wl There are still I
tricks that make millionaires in
the Soviet Union especially ' if
one knows how to apply a little
private enterprise. But they can
lead to prison.
Trud, official newspaper of the
Central Council of Trade Unions,
exposes a group of suck opera--
tors - who pocketed two million
rubles ($500,000 officially) by run
ning a little state-owned elastic
factory in the Moscow region.
For two shifts daily they
marked production for delivery to
the state. Then they secretly con
ducted a third shift whose output
went into the black market. The
proceeds went into their own
pockets.
So profitable was their opera
tion that one partner had to buy
his way into the little combine
for 75,00!) rubles ($18,750).
The ring prospered for two
years before the law caught up
with them. Two leaders got 25
years imprisonment each and the
other figures went to jail for 20
years.
Trud said when police searched
the lodgings of a section foreman
of this plant, named Ketsler, they
found 502,075 rubles in cash, gold
coins and other valuables, bonds
and bank books.
"Plush jobs at this factory were
bought' and sold for substantial
sums," the account continued.
"When Ketsler took over the job
of section foreman he, together
with Shakin, was obliged to pay
75,000 rubles 'smart money1 to
his predecessor, a man named
Libin."
WASHINGTON Wl- Rep. Nor
blad (R-CTe) Wednesday pro.
tested what he called tentative
plans to place jurisdiction over
the John Pay Dam project in
Oregon under the Walla Walla,
Wash., offjee of the Army Engine
ers. He wrote Maj. Gen. S. D
Sturgis Jr., chief of engineers, he
felt it would be "very unwise" to
move direction of the project
from the corps Portland, Ore.,
office.
Norblad said use of the Port.
land office would be better for
"geographical reasons" if for
none other."
"Highway and railroad reloca-
tion will be major parts of the
engineering work and as the rail
road companies' offices are both
Portland and the highway
commission offices are located in
nearby Salem and Olympia, it is
evident that this vork could be
much easier handled out of Port
land," the congressman said.
Norblad said he thought also it
would be "unfair to the 100 or so
families living in Portland who
would be required to move if
jurisdiction over the project is
transferred to Walla Walla.
Jordan River Use
To Be Considered
AMMAN, Jordan Wl The Jor
dan Council of Ministers has de
cided to set up a 4-member min
isterial committee to study the
plan of Eric Johnston for ex
ploiting Jordan River waters be
tween Israel and neighboring
Arab states.
Johnston, special emissary of
President Eisenhower, is to arrive
in Amman on Aug. 1. His talks
during his fifth visit to the Mid
dle East are expected to be
final.
Already Done
PORTLAND UV- Army Engl
neers here said Wednesday they
were puzzled at a statement by
Rep. Norblad protesting what he
called tentative plans to put the
John Day Dam project under the
Walla Walla district.
It already has been done., Ac
cording to Col. David S. Parker,
assistant district engineer, the
order was signed July 12 and is
regarded here as fully in effect.
The order changed the Portland
district boundary, pulling it back
and extending the Walla Walla
district foundary to include the
I inka nn.i rtnm ,!u
Firemen Plan
Open House
An open house for all area resi
dents will be held Sunday by
Willakenzie Fire District.
The fire station at Coburg and
Harlow Rds. will be open for in
spection from 1 to 5 p.m. Mem
bers of the volunteer fire crew
and Fire Chief Robert Waters
will be on hand to answer
questions and demonstrate equip
ment. There will be refreshments.
Much of the equipment has
been put in service since the
station last was opened to the
public. Two weeks ago the dis
trict received a new auxiliary
truck which Carries a multitude
of rescue and first aid tools, as
well as special equipment for
handling fires under unusual circumstances.
Also put into use within the
last year was the 2-way radio
system. Landscaping and interior
finishing of the station have been
completed within the year.
The suburban fire district was
organized three years ago and
became operational 22 months
ago.
ganin again promptly rejected
unification on that basis.
Western hopes that the Krem
lin leaders would change their
minds were not bright. But
American officials still saw a pos
sibility that Eisenhower's appeal
could lead the Soviets to take
another look at their policy.
ine resident prefaced his fer
vent appeal by saying he would
like Zhukov to listen carefully to
his views on the thorny German
problem. Eisenhowtr theft went
op to say that Zhukov was an old
friend of Ms and that the marshal
knew that the President, speak
ing tfs one old soldier to another,
fever had uttered a word of un
truth.
The President then said that
when lie accepted the command
of the NATO forces in 1951, he
did so because he believed the
security organization was a true
agency for peace.
A soldier for 0 years, Eisen
hower declared that he has had
enough of war, that . he would
have rejected the NATO com
mand if he had not believed
firmly that peace was the objec
tive.
PRIVATE CHAT
The President also assured Bui-
ganin, Zhukov and all the others
in the conference room that the
United States will never launch
an aggressive war. Tha only time
it will fight, he added, is in self-defense.
Bulganin, who is at least the
nominal head of the Soviet dele
gation, replied in cordial and
quiet tones that he accepted the
words and promises of the President.
But he added that since Eisen
hower left the NATO command
there have been some individuals
who have made statements to the
contrary. There was no indication
that Bulganin named the indlvid
uals.
After the formal conference, Ei
senhower and Bulganin had a pri
vate chat at the buffet before
leaving the building. Maybe Zhu
kov had something to say there
about the President's appeal to
him. If there was any exchange
on the matter, the two were keep
ling it secret.
Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.Thur July 21, 1955
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AGING GRACEFULLY Former silent screen stars Ben
Lyon and Bebe Daniels are happy as they celebrate their
25th wedding anniversary in their London, England,
. . home.
Career Soldier's Trial Set
For Collaboration Charge
FT. LEWIS, Wash. W-Lt. Jqf-!
ferson D. Erwin, 37, will face
a general court martial here
starting Aug. 2, on charges of
collaborating with the enemy
while a prisoner of war in Korea.
Erwin, a career soldier with
19 years service, has denied the
charges and asserts he will prove
his innocence at the trial.
The court martial, the ninth of
a series involving other Army
men in different parts of the
nation, will last two to four
weeks.
Upwards of 80 witnesses are
scheduled to appear, including
many who testified at the trial of
Maj. Ambrose H. Nugent at Fort
Sill, Okla., earlier this year.
Nugent was the first of uiose
tried to be acquitted. Seven othera
were sentenced by courts martial.
Erwin, a native of Blanchard,
Okla., went overseas with The
Second Division soon after the
Korean conflict broke out. Before
leaving he established residence
in Olympia, where his wife lived
while he was overseas, They now
reside in quarters at Ft, Lewis.
They have two children. Erwin
is the father of two other chil
dren, by a previous marriage.
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