Capital jlJou
THE WEATHER
ma
CLOUDY WITH Inlcrmiltenl rain
tonight. Friday. Little change la
temperature. Low tonight, M;
high Friday, 48. '
FINAL
EDITION
Approaches of
Bridges To Be
Landscaped
Bids Called to Create
Beauty and Cut ,
Maintenance Costs
By JAMES I). OLSON
An extensive ant( beautiful
landscape plan has been drafted
for the west approach of the two
bridges crossing the Willamette
river, with bids to be called at
the February 24-25 meeting of
the Oregon State Highway com
mission. The project, for which 525,000
has been allocated to cover the
cost of the project, as well as
engineering costs, has a two-fold
purpose, that ol beautifying the
approaches and at the same time
landscaping in a manner to make
it economical to maintain.
Grass and Shrubs
Larqe sections of the right-of-way
as well as the property lying
between the two bridges will be
sown to grass and the area dif
ficult to mow will be planted to
vines and shrubs.
Ground cover to be used in the
project will include bearberry,
English ivy, St. John's wort while
shrubs to be planted will include
cotoneaster, broom, Colorado
spruce, daphine and English
holly.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 1)
No Way io Build
Reformatory
Any hopes the State Emergen
cy Board had to bring a court
suit to speed construction of the
state reformatory were dashed
Thursday by Sam Haley, legis
lative counsel.
Haley told the board there isn't
any way for it to go to court to
find out if the Board of Control
could bny the reformatory site with
part of the $1,250,000 which the
Legislature appropriated to build
the institution.
Atly. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton
ruled that the site can't be bought
with that appropriation, because
the Legislature didn't give the
Board of Control the authority to
purchase ti site.
The Emergency Board will meet
here March Vto consider Haley's
opinion; and the Board of Control's
request: that the Emergency Board
provide money to buy a site. The
site, to be in Marion County, prob
ably will cost S250.000 or less.
n'nih hoards are anxious to be
gin construction soon, rather than I
wait a year for the 1955 Legislature
to authorize purchase ot a sue.
Lawyers Lose
$150,000 Fees
PORTLAND (AP Three attor
neys were turned down in their re
quest (or sr.o.000 in fees for de
fending California-Pacific Utility
Co in a condemnation suit brought
by the Union County Public Utility
District.
Instead they were told Wednes-A-,v
hv Federal Judge James A.
Fee they were bound by a pre-1
trial agreement in which they i
agreed lo accept $50,000.
The three attorneys. Frank C. i
McColloch. Portland: Archie Blair, I
Tacoma: and A. S. Grant, Baker. I
bad proposed an amendment to j
the pre-trial order, raising the le
gal lees. McColloch said it had
been a particularly diflicult case
with novel aspects since it was
the lirst of its kind in Oregon.
But Paul Coughlin. Seattle, at-i
torney for the PUD. said tho ques-1
lion of fees had been arranged be- j
fore going to a jury with the con
demnation suit and it was "trick
crv" to try later to change it.
Czechs Protest
Holding ot Flier
VIENNA. Austria Commu
nist Czechoslovakia charged the
United States Thursday with forci
bly preventing a young Czech flier
from returning to his homeland
alter he crash-landed in West Ger
many. Prague radio said a note de
manding his repatriation had been
sent to Washington. The note al
leged that the soldier. Cpl. Gcorg
,Iiri Skorm, 22. had been denied
the risht to sec Czech officials and
had been questioned about Czech
mililnrv secrels
U. S. officials in Germany an
nounced Tuesday that Skonn
asked for political asylum after his
traini'C plane smacked down in
Havana Feb. S.
The plane's pilot. Lt. Franz
Zawadilik. !. was handed over ,to
Czech authorities Tuesday.
(iUI KIHLLAS KILL II
JAKARTA. Indonesia .P Offi
cial reports said Thursday that 1.
nno well-armed "Darul Islam"
guerilla had raided Ihree West
Java Milages, killing 14 persons
nd wounding 13 others.
66th
Jason Lee May
Candidate
For Mayoralty
Former Assistpnt to
Tax Commission
Likely to Run
ny STEPHEN' A. STONE
Jason Lee. Salem attorney who
has his office in the Masonic
building, said Thursday he would
become a candidate for mayor of
Salem in the elections this year
"if my fellow citizens feel that
I should enter this race."
He added that friends, includ
ing some who hold influential posi
tions in the community, are trying
to induce him to become a can
didate.
Lee was chosen as Salem's First
Junior Citizen in 1951. He was
admitted lo the Oregon State Bar
in 1940 and practiced law in Port
land and Eugene before coming to
Salem as administrative assistant
with the state tax commission, a
position he held for a number of
years before setting up his private
law business.
"It is an honor even to be asked
to run for mayor," Lee said Thurs
day, "and if my fellow citizens
feel that I should enter this race
I will do so wholeheartedly, and be
glad to devote the necessary time
to the responsibilities of the office
if elected. 1 am interested in
sound, economical city govern
ment." Would Modify Grid
Lee has been identified with the
group favoring modification of the
one-way grid traffic system, but
indicated that he does not advocate
outright abolition of the system.
He explained that he was in favor
ot any responsible solution to the
one-way grid issue in which he
has been active.
"I do feel that the present grid
system should be further modifi
ed," he said.
(Continued on Page S, Col. 4)
Divers Fail to
Find Diesel
MAUP1N, Orp. Wv-The
locomotive which plunged
diesel
off a
track January 31 and the bodies
of its engineer and fireman, still
were in the swift, deep waters of
the Deschutes river 2' miles south
ol here Thursday.
Salvage efforts were stymied.
Fred Dcvinc, an experienced Port
land diver, said some method
other than diving would have to
be found.
He and two other men mouever
ol a surf boat Tuesday over the
spot where the locomotive is be
lieved to be resting. He said he
found it would be impossible to
dive inio the rapids and secure
lines on the diesel for lifting by
a crane standing by on the track
above.
Spokane. Portland and Soatlle
Railway officials said they would
seek another salvage method. The
bodies ot the engineer, Ernest Bar
ton of Portland and the fireman,
Earl Sutton of Wishram, Wash.,
are believed trapped in the cab.
Oregon Blue Book
Finally off Press
The Oregon Blue Book, con
taining 450 pages of information
about Oregon government, his
tory, industries and recreation,
finally was published Thursday-
The book, prepared by Secretary '.
of Stale Earl T. Newbry. i scorn-!
pletely revamped, cnnlaining many I
more pictures, lt sells for $1. ;
It was to have been published
early last fall, but changing the ;
format caused the delay, Newbry !
said. !
The cover contains pictures of sent by commercial airliner from
Ihc stite capitnl. a lumber mill. ! there to Portland, and thence hcc
the Bonneville Power Administra-; by police car.
tion's building in Portland, the j Hospital attendants said Thurs
Dcclaration of Independence, and day morning it v. as too early to
part of the abstract of votes of a report effectiveness of the anti
primary election. : toxin. '
Plans Complete for
Lincoln Day Program
Complete program for the Mar
ion county Lincoln Day event, Fri
day nuhi. has been annonnccd.
the program wil be at R p m
Friday In the Bush school on Mis
sion street, just off South 12th.
Featured speaker will be Con
gressman Ralph Harvey R., lnd.i,
member of the House agriculture
committee and considered one ol
the key leaders in the administra
tion farm porgram. Harvey is in
Corvallis today and will arrive in
Salem some time Friday. The pro
gram for the Lincoln Day event
is lined up as follows:
Pledge to flag: singing nf Nal
tional Anthem: invocation by the
I'.ev. George II. Swift, rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal church; 10-min-uie
film of a recent speech by
President Eisenhower; introduc
Year, No. 35
Knlrrrd tvrond rltu
aiattrr si Saltm, Urrcos
LAST UNION VET, 107, HAS INTERESTED AUDIENCE FOR SHAVE
7
L I r-
2 Killed in Bend
Auto Collision
Bend, (Pi A terrific collision
of two cars near here late Thurs
day morning killed a man and a
woman.
The dead were Earl Thompson,
40, Terrebonne, Ore., and Mrs.
Viola Folkes, about 60, Creston,
Mont.
-Thompson's car, headed from
Redmond to Bend, hit an auto
mnhile rnrrvintf Mm. Folkes: her
husband, Lee, 66, and a grand
daughter at a frame divider on
Highway 97 about 3Vi miles north
of here.
Thompson and Mrs. Folkes
were killed outright. Folkes suf
fered cuts and other injuries but
hospital attendants here said his
condition was nut critical. The
grandaughtor did not require hos
pital treatment.
Thompson was employed as a
tester for the Central Oregon
Dairy Breeders Assn. He is sur
vived by the widow, who teaches
school at Redmond, Ore, and a !
12-vcar-old daughter. '
Mr. and Mrs. Folkes were here
visiting a daughter, Mrs. Cliff,
Walters. j
Anti-Toxin for
Lebanon Man
EUGENE I.P
anti-toxin was
Food poisoning :
sped from Walla 1
Walla lo Eugene in a dramatic air
and highway effort late Wednesday I
night to save the life of a 23-year-i milk produe Hon in January ex
old Lebanon man. I lel nine billion pounds for t he ; ASTORIA
lt was administered at about j f s time in history for the month ,
1 a. m. Thursday, minutes after and was 5 per cent greater than in Jltr'
i..,.e nnlier carried it the lid mile?. January last year. ; "cdncsd. .
; '.I., t. . i i n.r., i :
mull ine I "i linn,, iij"i. , .,v-
red Heart Hospital in 2 hours. 17
minutes
The patient, whose name was
withheld, entered the hospital Wed
nesday and early diagnosis put his
ailmeiit as either polio or food
poisoning.
Walla Walla was the nearest
point at which the food poisoning
anti-toxin was available so it was
tion of speaker by Wmton Hunt,
chairman ol the Marion county
republican central committee; ad
dress by Congressman Harvey:
spotlighting of large pictures of
Lincoln and Eisenhower with reci
tation of Lincoln's Gctlysburg I
address.
Immediately following Ihc pro
gram, cnlfec and doughnuts will
be served in the hall and those at
tending given opportunity to meet
Congressman Harvey.
The four organizations sponsor
ing the Lincoln Day program arc
Marion county chapter, Oregon Re
publican clubs; Salem unit of the
Oiegon Federation of Republican
Women: Marion-Polk Young Re
publican club; Marion county re
publican cenlral committee.
Salem, Oregon,
DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 11 Albert Woolson, last of the 2,675,
000 boys in blue who served in the Union Army during the
Civil War, celebrates his 107th birthday today. Watching the
old vet shave is his granddaughter, Frances Anne Kobus, 4,
Duluth,' who Woolson calls "my good pal." (AP Wirephoto)
Aiolotov's Plan for
Europe 's Unity Dead
BERLIN ( The French dele-. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Mol
gatinn here is thinking in terms of
a breakup of the Berlin confer- all-European security treaty, lo
enee in a week, it was learned split Western Europe from the
Thursday. - . ' . United States, is his latest major
Western ministers In the J)ig" pronouncement on the Issue, re
Four meeting have said the sub-i gardless of how much more tolk
ject of German unification and ing Is done. The West rejected the
European security has been cx- Molotov plan,
haustivcly discussed. The Big Four met in secret ses-1
The general assumption is mat
Dairy Farmers
Hiking Supplies
WASHINGTON l.f An Agricul
ture Department survey indicated ;
Thursday that dairy farmers are '
: pouring high-priced, concentrated
! Iced to their dairy cows in an effort
to produce more and more milk.
I And production figures show that ;
I the more milk production incrcas- j
i es, the larger grows a butter sur
plus, which brings demands for re-'
duction of support prices.
: Milk production set a record of
120.2011.000.000 pounds during 1953
an increase ol 4 per cent over ,
1S52. The previous record was ll'J,-'
"""."""." ' . i
A report issued 'Wednesday said
The department said the heavy :
. , . , , nil
rale of prnduc ion largely reflected
the fact that dairymen are feeding
cows a record quantity of concen
trated feeds that is, grains, mix
tures of grains and protein meals
and the like. These feeds are much
more expensive than roughage
feeds, such as hay and silage.
Gruenwald
Under Probe
WASHINGTON i Henry W
'The Dutchman' Grunewald. long
known as a Washington "mystery i
man." has made several appear- j
anecs before a federal grand jury
in recent months, it was disclosed I
Thursday.
The grand jury presumably is '
reviewing testimony before House 1
tax fraud investigators to deter-!
mine whether perjury oi other ,
crimes are involved. 1
The investigation is being
directed by Justice Department!
lawyers. The department has !
maintained a silence as to the
progress of the grand jury
inquiry
Gruncwald's grand jury appear
ance was disclosed first hy Ihe
Washington Post Thursday morn
ing. It said he had been questioned
"on his contacts with high Tru
man administration officials" hut
it did not identify them.
TOLL ROADS OPPOSED
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (Pi
Members of th. Motor Hotel As
sociition of New Mexico -are on
ro-ord as bung opposed to use mew British-Japanese trade pact lo
of public funds to build tolllndmit limited imports from Japan
roads. - I for the first time sinre the war.
TrTursday, February 11, 195'
V ' ; ' .: . i
. V--- $
' 2-
;--! ' ""'j 111
pi, 1
j
otov's proposal Wednesday for an
sjon Thursday on the possibility
of Asian settlements and on dis
armament conference proposals.
Friday Ihe ministers will tackle
conclusion of an Austrian inde
pendence treaty with Austrian For
eign Minisler Leopold Figl invited
to sit in.
Western delegates e s 1 1 m a t c
three or four days of discussion
chnnlfl h enimeli In wind mi l.-ilk '
and any action which may be pos
sible, on the Austrian issue. Thus
there is wide speculation here on a
breakup sometime next week.
French officials believe it will
come by Thursday, Feb. 111.
V Con ! I n il il on i'ii ie 5, Col.
J
Dredging to
Start at Astoria
ifl Dredging will
week on Slip Two,
Linkers were assured
They were at a port
meeting
to protest the grounding
I of a Japanese ship here earlier
i this week and loss of business and
pay when Ihc vessel left without
i completing its loading.
Port officials admitted their faces
i were red about the grounding, but
assured the protesting longshore-
men that immediate action would
be taken to deepen the slip.
I They said lhat this was only the
third grounding of a vessel in the
'port 'in 1.1 years and that during
the period the port had spent
$90,000 tn dredge Ils slips.
Complaints and questions about
the operation of Ihe port were
heard from representatives ol 12
idillercnl union locals at the meet
ing. Ike Signs Bill for
21 New U.S. Judges
WASHINGTON iV Seventeen
States will get 21 new federal dis
trict judges under legislation
signed by President Eisenhower
Wednesday.
Three additional U.S. circuit
judges .'lie also authorized: Two
in the Western '!illi Circuit and
one in the Southern ir.th' Circuit.
The hill also provides for six
more temporary district judges in
six states and makes permanent
three district judgeships previous
ly classed as temporary.
BRITAIN TO ADMIT J P
IMPORTS
LONDON i IF Britain's House
of Commons in effect Wednesday
night amirovee! the controversial
t ' ; ft
"a
-am - i
.II- a
Army to
Governors to
Visit Korea at
Ike's Request
WASHINGTON Ul - At Presi
uem - r,isennower s suggestion, a
JO
group ot state governors will go to!iarge air (orcc.' jn china.
!iun-a duuui ami u i iu tiiiiirtfi5e
the situation there and report to
the American people.
The White House made public
Thursday an Eisenhower letter to
Gov. Dan. Thornton of Colorado,
chairman of the Governor's Con
ference, saying that such a trip
"would be highly beneficial."
James C. Haeerlv nrexiHnntml
press secretary, said in response alonS "le Chincse-lndochincse bor
to a question "that Thornton and : der an1 nre stockpiling supplies
members of his executive commit. I there, in apparent readiness to op-
tee have agreed to make the trip.
J In his letter to the Colorado gov-1
lernor Eisenhower said:
Eisenhower's Letter
' "Our country, as v w, v,
an imnnr Lint slnk-n in llw r.i,
j and destiny of the Republic of Ko-
irea. Since the cessation of hostili
ties there last July. We have con
tinued In ininrnvt ite n,;ntf,
J lion and have also assumed the
task of helping lo rebuild ils war
torn economy. The results of these
! endeavors will profoundly affect
our leadership and prestige in the
Far East and indeed throughout
the free world.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 5)
Parents' Killer
Sent to Hospital
New York ITarlow Fradcn,
poison cocKtau Killer of his par
ents, was committed Thursday
to the Mattawan State Hospital
for the criminally insane.
Bronx County Judge James M.
Barrett ordered tho commitment,
which means lhat Fraden will
,,, mm
der as long as he is a patientv
Barrett suspended a first dc
gree murder indictment that
grand jury had returned against
Fraden. Final disposition of the
indictment will await Fraden's
return from the hospital if ever.
Barrett's action was based on
a psychiatric report on the 22-year-old,
poetry reading youth.
Fraden went to the Bronx apart- i
ment of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. i
William Fraden, last August and i
placed poison in champagne
j cocktails he poured for them
:
jWant Respite
From Probes
I i
WASHINGTON i - A Senate!
foreign relations subcommittee j
says that whaU the U. S. propa-'
tirnm. i
jgaiKia-.niorniation program needs marked the 2-jth anniversary ot
most is a three to four year re- the signing of the Latern treaty
spite from congressional investi- wjih Italy, which established Vat
gat inns and administrative shake-1 jtiin city as a sovereign state.
jups. i President Luigi Einaudi of Italy
en iiickcniuopor lt-lowa tiled
the report wilh Ihe Senate Wednes- j ing his "most fervent wishes for
day, ending the subcommittee's lit : the precious health of your noli
months study of the program. ! ness."
The Senate investigations sub-1 Kinaudi is 79. The pope will be
committee headed by Sen. McCar- 7R on March 2. Because of the
thy i R-Wist has announced plans
to revive its own investigation of
the program, possibly late this
month.
The McCarthy group has
charged that Ihc program under
lMnou'.itic administration was
weakened seriously by Communist
infiltration. The Hiekenlooper sub
committee made no such findings
in its study of how Ihe Democrats
ran the program, but in a report
to Congress last June did list
many olher reasons why it con
tended the program had been less
effective than it should have been.
Baden heim
Killed Two
NEW YORK Defiantly 1 1 ought to get a medal from Wnsh
shouting "1 killed two Cornniu-' ingtim, 1). C. Don't forget to get
lusts. I ought to get a medal," ' that in the paper."
ex - dishwasher Harry Weinberg' Thus far police have remained
was taken to police headquarters 1 silent on whether any motive for
Thursday for formal arraignment the murders was uncovered during
as Hie slaver of Maxwell linden- the long question session Wednes-
hcim and the eccentric poet-author's
thud wile.
The unkempt prisoner, captured
as he tried to flee from a hideout
Wednesday and who signed a
statement after 10 hours of ques
tioning, was relaxed and casual
as he arrived for the routine of
lirigerprints, lineup and other for
nudities. He was allowed to hall for news
paper photographers, and posed
freely.
Then as he was led off. the 25 -
year-old Weinberg turned sudden -
ly and shouted at spectalors:
"I killed two Communists . , ,
5cN
irea Offers to Send
Fight in Indochina
Reds Build Up
Big Airforce
ln South China
I WASHINGTON tn Claire L.
Chennault, chairman of the board
i of the rormosan airline Civil Air
j Transport, said Thursday Chinese
i.uim.uiii313 iui. uuui. uj ""-
'vnnahiiiiv tn
capability to operate quite a
Chennault, a retired major gen
eral and the World War II head of
the, China-based 14th Air Force,
said the Chinese Reds have Russian-built
jet airplanes, Russian
made weapons and equipment, and
Russian-supplied fuel.
He told a reporter the Reds arc
building and improving airfields
! erale against the French air force
in Indochina. i
He added that Russian-built MIG
15 fighters and Tupelov TU2 twin
. engine bombers have been mov-id
south from Manchuria and possi
bly from Korea.
Jas. Roosevelt
Returns Home
LOS ANGELES (Pi James
Roosevelt flew home Thursday
from a whirlwind visit to Chicago
and New York. He had no com
ment" when asked the purpose of
his trip.
The late President s eldest son
faces a resumption next Monday
of a hearing on his wile's demand
for temporary support penaing
trial of then-
separate mainte-
nance suits.
Queried about a meeting with
his mother in Chicago, Roosevelt
said: "We talk about what fami-
lipa usnnllv tntlc nhout. When vou
ask me nnvthinff els, vou might
I as well ask my lawyer."
nint WonV if ho hnit irii.it
- rnnlHct nnv at tie 12 women
wjth whom.his wife Tibs nccused
- him of misconduct, he said
a "You're Irvine to ect me to corn-
Intent on something I am not going.
to comment about."
Then Roosevelt, who has denied
the misconduct allegations, de
clnred he was hungry and headed
for the airport dining room and
breakfast.
Pope on Way
To Recovery
VATICAN CITY UP)-A Vati
can communique said today that
Pope Pius XII is "on the way to
convalesce. but other sources
said that a 24-hour watch is still
being kept on him. ,
ltccau.se of his illness, the pope ,
...,l,l ,,,,t -llm,l rnrnmnn,ne tuhif-n
nt Ihe pope a telegram express-
! mine's advanced age, and bis
fi.tiguc. his physician is taking no
chances on his condition. But
the official Vatican statements
continued daily to nolo marked
improvement. The pope became
ill January 2-".
Weather Details
Mjxlmitm rtriU. 4?: minimum In
fix,. Tolal :l-hnur prrrlvllallnn: .11)1
tnr mnnlh: normal. ?.n.Y rann orr-rlpll-tlnn.
?!.Uil nnrmal. -H.ll. Blarr
hrltht i t Irrl. IRrpnrl M I S. Wralhrr
Iturraa.l
Slayer Says
Communists
day. Weinberg at first told con
flicting stories:
He admitted, police said, shoot
ing Mlyear-old Bndenheim, but
said the derelict ex-writer killed
his w fe. Ihc former Rulh Fngan,
:i.".
Then he denied everything, sub
sequently asserted the shooting re
sulted from a drunken row.
The next version was he tried lo
make love to the womai. and Ho -
denheim fought him. Several times
; he declared: "Maybe there was
1 somebody under the bed."
Finally, police said, he signed a
I statement confessing both crimes,
Offer Made to
by Pres.
4
Syngman Rhee
WASHINGTON Wl -South Korea
reportedly has offered to send at
cast one and nossih v two armv
--divisions to IrtUoehi na tn holn hat.
tie Lommunist-Ied
rebels.
Informed diplomatic officials
said South Korean President Syng
man Rhee personally made the of
fer to Gen. John E. Hull, Ameri
can Far East commander who ar
rived here Thursday for confer
ences at the Pentagon.
The French embassy said it
knows "absolutely nothing what
ever about any such offer."
. An embassy spokesman indi
cated France probably would re
ject any such South Korean bid for
fear of causing Communist China
to intervene openly in the 8-vcar-
old war.
Answer to Appeal
Some informants claimed Rhee
offered the troops in answer to n
appeal for aid from the Commu
nist-threatened Indochina state of
Laos. Other officials said thev
know nothing about any such ap
peal and that the South Korean
offer was made independently.
The State Department declined
lo comment immediately on the
reported development. It is unlike
ly that top American officials
would favor sending Korean troops
into the Indochina War.
Hull himself described President
Rhee as a great patriot" who
will continue to "collaborate with
the United States all the way
through."
The general, however, had noth-
ing to say about any offer from
Khee. Declining to comment on
lndochina, he said he had no au
thority or responsibility there.
Need Army In Korea
Top Defense strategists are re
ported to believe the 16-division
South Korean army which the
(Continued on Page 5. Col. 6)
I ' "
Hull Soys Rhee
Gr
I WA,
iiuJi!
Eat.
WASHINGTON Ifl Gen. John
Allied commander in the Far
described South Korean
President Syngman Rhee Thurs
day as a "great patriot" who will
continue to "collaborate with the
United States all the way
through."
ihc general said upon his ar
rival here from Tokyo that Ihc
situation in Korea will remain dif
ficult for some time to come.
Hull made his comments in re
ply to reporters' questions about
lihce's statement Wednesday that
the South Koreans will resume the
fight to throw out the Communists
i j ii,e north and unify their rnnn
irv
Asked specifically what U. S.
forces would do should South Kn.
resume hostilities, Hull re
plied:
1 "We .will cross that bridge if we
i Cvcr get lo it."
1000 Americans
In Indochina
HANOI. Indochina Jfi The
number of Americans in Indochina
, js climbing rapidly towards the
l.otio mark, but rarely do any of
, them get 'c sec what French -
union forces arc doing with U. S.-
j supplied equipment in the war
I against the Communist-led Vict
I n.inh.
' The U. S. embassy staff in Sai
1 gon numbers well over 2U0 persons
1 and seems lo be expanding under
Ambassador Donald R. Heath,
i Also in Saigon arc between 100 and
150 U. S. Army ofliccrs and en
listed men of the U. S. Military
Assistance and Advisory Group
iMAAG' in Inc. china.
Another 100 or so Americans nre
i employed in the Foreign Opera
tions Administration FOA. which
i since 19.V) has supervised dislribti
I tinn of 102 million dollars in tech
I nknl and economic aid to Indo
china's three states Viet Nam,
I Laos and Cambodia.
More than 2IK) American Air
' Force technicians and mechanics
already are reported in Jndochina
and more arc expected.
Big 3 Reception
Host to Molotov
BERLIN iji The three Western
foreign ministers will be hosts
Thursday night tn Russia's Vy
acheslav M. Molotov at a big re
ception. Three hundred 'persons
i have been invited to the
affair,
far of
, largest social function so
I the Big Four conference.
The reception will be held in the
' Allied Control Authority building
j In West Berlin, where the foreign
ministers are meeting this week.