Morse Declines
Thomas Debate
Portland, Ore., March 2 U.P
Norman Thomas, senior spokes
man for the American Socialist
party, offered to debate the Co
lumbia Valley Administration
proposal with Sen. Wayne Morse,
R., Ore.,) but Morse today de
clined the invitation.
. Morse said the Thomas invita
tion "only goes to show that
those who favor the establish
ment of a state economy in
America are using CVA as one
of the devices for accomplishing
their socialistic objectives."
Thomas challenged Morse to
the debate while here for a lec
ture appearance Tuesday night.
Finland's President
Begins New Term
Helsinki, Finland, March 2 W)
President Juho Paasikivi be
gan his second term of office
Wednesday by promising to work
for "good and trustful relations,
especially between Finland and
the Soviet Union."
The 79-year-old statesman
"CVA is not an issue in my
primary campaign because most
of us in the republican party are
opposed to it," Morse said. "It
may become an issue in the gen
eral election next fall if my
Accused Men
Use Klan Alibi
Rome, Ga., March 2 ffl One
after another of ten men on trial
for plotting the lashing of seven
Negroes at Hooker, Ga., is plead
ing that red-caped and hooded
Ko Klux Klansmen alone are
to! blame for the savage deeds.
Three of the defendants in
U.S. district court have gone so
far as to assert in their testimo-
ny that instead of conniving with
the Klan they themselves were
victims of its coercion and arro
gance. One was Dade County Sher
iff John W. Lynch who said yes
terday a masked man rammed
what "felt like a gun" in his
back and forced him to turn ov
er two of the Negroes to robed
lash-wielders.
Deputy Sheriff John Bleck
ley, also a defendant, followed
his superior to the stand and
gave similar testimony.
A third defendant, 28-year-old
Robert Keener of Trenton,
Ga., admitted he drove the sev
en Negroes in his station wagon
from the home of Mamie Clay,
also a Negro, to the flogging
scene the night of April 2.
Keener testified he did so,
however, only because a Klans
man reached under his robe as
if he were going to draw a gun.
democratic opponent advocates
it.
"During my primary campaign
I shall devote my public dis
cussions to those problems which
are an issue in that campaign
and therefore I have no inten
tion of taking the time to carry
on a public discussion with Nor
man Thomas on one of his pet
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was sworn into office with the
dark shadow of Russian politi
cal pressure marring the inaug
uration ceremonies.
Russia yesterday handed Fin
state economy proposals."
Thomas suggested to a Port
land audience that the United
States could offer to abandon
heavy armaments in the interest
of world peace provided other
nations followed suit.
land a note reiterating previous
demands for the extradition of
some 300 alleged Soviet war
criminals.
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