LEWIS GIVEN UNTIL MONDAY TO ACT
Medford
44th Year 20 Pages
Spy Gave Eunss
Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R)
Congress was told today that the
British scientist now under ar
rest as a Russian spy had enough
information to launch the So
viets on a race with us for the
hydrogen super-bomb.
Shocked and angry members
of the joint congressional atomic
committee also were informed
that Dr. Klaus . J. Fuchs may
have given the Russians "well
over a year's advantage" in de
veloping the uranium bomb they
exploded last year.
Gn. Groves Speaks
,; Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, the
retired army officer who ran
this country's first atomic bomb
project during the war years,
broke that news to the commit
tee at a three-hour closed hear
ing. He said that the German-born
Fuchs worked in the project
from 1943 to 1946 as "top man"
of a 20-man British mission at
Los Alamos. N.M., and had "com
plete access" to American atom
ic secrets.
Improving Weather
Seen For Airplane
Search In Alaska
Whitehorse, Y. T., Feb. 4 (U.R)
An expected improvement in
flying conditions tomorrow led
ground crews Saturday night to
prepare every possible plane for
flight in the search for a missing
C-54 army transport.
Officers directing the search
for the plane, lost with 44 per
sons aboard nine days ago, said
nafl-lv AO nirprnft should he able
to go aloft tomorrow if skies
clear as expected.
Only 15 planes were able to
lly today as snow storms low
ered ceilings and closed down
most flight sectors.
T TvamViI RmN
Ground crews were licking
maintenance prooiems as oiii
cers reported "no untoward
mpr-hnnlrnl trnilhlp in the fleet Of
search Dlanes. Earlier, cold
weather breakdowns plagued the
searchers.
T),o TT G pnoct Oiinrri'c WPflth
er ship Escanaga picked up a
weak signal on the 8280 kilocycle
distress frequency this morning
and alerted all direction finder
A 15-man trail crew tramped
through deep arms near names
Junction west 01 nere wnere
4nrna Mnioi rpnnrtpH a column
of smoke rising from the treach
erous, tree-stuaaea terrain.
Portland Gas Fumes
Kills One, Hurts 3
Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R)
Gas company officials today
blamed fumes seeping from a
two-inch, underground line for
the death ol one man ana me in
jury of three others.
Hans H. Smith, 65, was found
dead in his home by police. Three
others, who were overcome, were
taken to hospitals from their res
idences. Meanwhile, residents in three
southeast district blocks were
alerted as the fumes, traveled
along underground connections
into houses.
Soviet Ship Herded
Into Korean Waters
Seoul, Korea, (Sunday) Feb. 5
(U.R) The Soviet tanker Pamir
was herded by South Korean pa
trol vessels into North Korean
waters last night after being
challenged Friday south of the
38th parallel boundary, tne na
w reDorted today.
The navy said the Russian ship
was kept under constant surveil
lance by South Korean patrol
ships for more than 24 hours un
til she crossea tne parallel cuvia
ing American and Soviet con
trolled sections of Korea.
The navy said there were no
further reports of the sighting
of two other unidentified ships
yesterday.
Navy Court Of Inquiry
Probes Biq Mo Disaster
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 4 (U.R) A
naval court of inquiry studied
the log books of the USS Mis
nnri tnriav and a civilian com
pass expert said magnetic mine
fields in Hampton noaas migiu
have caustd the battleship to go
aground last January 17.
Headed by Rear Adm. Milton
E. Miles, the three-member court
it seeking to fix responsibility
tn tho nrririont which stranded
the navy's only active battleship
for 15 days on inimoie onoais
WEATHER
FORECAST: MojIIt clonflv with
orrailnnil hoprs SuniUv
and Monday: continued mild.
Temperature
HiKheU yetlerday 38
Lowest yeterda 2
Precipitation
To :JS yesterdays Trace
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Chairman Brien McMahon (D.,
Conn.) told newsmen that Fuchs
"certainly" had an inside track
on super-secret American hydro
gen bomb data. Groves agreed.
Truman Orders Start
President Truman only last
Tuesday ordered the atomic en
ergy commission to build the
H-oomb wlucli, in theory at least.
will have an explosive power
l.uuu times that of tne old ura
nium bomb. The H-bomb still is
so secret that the president has
ordered American offiicals not
even to discuss it in general
terms.
But Groves told reporters be
fore the hearing that American
scientists were on the trail of
Late Sports
Medford's Black Tornado
mad it two victories ovr
Roieburg in non - conference
games when they walloped iha
Indians 45 to 32 Saturday
night on the Medford floor.
Jack Morris with 14 points
paced the Tornado while Math
ews got nine to lead Roseburg.
Medford led at the first
quarter 17 to 4, 30 to 11 at the
half and 39 to 17 at the third
quarter.
Talent, Feb. 4 Talent high's
cagers walked over Kerby
high 34 to 25 Saturday night
en the Talent floor in a rough
non-league game. Talent led
17 to 16 at the half and Rolli
Hartley pushed in 15 points to
lead the Bulldogs in scoring.
Central Point, Feb. 4 Cen
tral Point high's cagers won
their first Southern Oregon
conference game here Satur
day night, leading all the way
to defeat Ashland 54 to 44.
The Pointers, paced by
Herb Colley and Merle An
horn with 14 and 12 points, re
spectively, had spreads of 16
to 9 at the quarters, 29 to 23
at halftim and 45-33 at the
third quarter mark.
Dick Smith of Ashland led
scorers with 15.
Phoenix, Feb. 4 Fred Fur
ry scored a basket after a min
ute of play in a sudden death
overtime period here Satur
day night to give Phoenix high
a 39 to 37 victory over Butte
Falls in a non-conference
game. The regular game end
ed 35 to 35.
Furry with 16 points paced
Phoenix scoring and D. Moore
tallied 17 to lead Butte Falls.
Boston, Feb. 4 (U.R) Cur
tis Stone, an underdog, reeled
off one of the fastest two-mile
runs in American indoor his
tory Saturday night, 8:55.1.
and Jim Fuchs of Yale set a
new world indoor shotput rec
ord. 57 feet, 6a inches, to win
their events at the Boston
A.A. track meet. y
SATURDAY'S SCORES
Portland 66, Goniaga 52.
Eastern Washington college
52, Pacific Lutheran 40.
Central Washington college
68 Whitworth 49.
California 84, Hawaii 60.
Washington 52, OSC 44.
Idaho 44. Oregon 34.
San Jose State 52, West Vir
ginia State 50.
Clemson 59, Citadel 34.
Villanova 68, Rhode Island 49.
Duke 68, Navy 53.
Kansas State 91, Oklahoma 68,
North Dakota State 61, South
Dakota 39.
Drake 57. Tulsa 56.
Colorado 41, Missouri 39.
Fordham 73, Virginia 44.
Georgia 64, Chattanooga 56
Holv Cross 93, Brown 39.
Chico State 61, San Francisco
State 53.
Baylor 52, Arkansas 42.
Vanderbilt 54. Florida 34.
Brigham Young 58, Colorado
A&M45.
Montana S. 69, Idaho S. 49.
CCNY 56, Princeton 46
Georgetown 71, NYU 60
Illinois 67, Minnesota 57
Indiana 64. Northwestern 59
North Carolina Stat 74, Fur-
man 38
Notre Dame 78. Marquette 61
UCLA 74, Santa Clara 64.
Redlands 34. Whittier 30.
No Local Flood Danger Expected
Medford's weather burea of
fice yesterday reported no flood1
danger after a gusty Chinook
wind Friday and early yesterday
broke up last week's cold spell.
Snow at lower elevations ran
off in streams, which were rather
low, the weather bureau said. No
high water was created. An ex
pected storm, which might have
resulted in flood conditions,
swerved northward off the coast
and yesterday was off Vancouver
island.
Rain Showers Coming
A few days of rain showers
and warmish, moist air are an
ticipated. A weather bureau
spokesman said his office be
lieved that last week saw the
"last of the really cold temper
atures for the season."
The Friday and early Saturday
wind varied from 12 to 30 miles
per hour with gusts 40 to 50
miles per hour and the strongest
gusts 58 miles per hour. Radio
station KYJC, Medford, was oil
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
KI-Eommlb Sttan'tt
the H-bomb even during the war
when their main effort was di
rected toward splitting the ura
nium atom.
He admitted that Fuchs was
in position to know what the
Americans had done on the hy
drogen bomb.
Fuchs Not Checked
McMahon said Groves told the
committee that Fuchs never was
checked for security by Ameri
can officials because he already
had been fully cleared by the
British.
Groves said the fact Fuchs
was not checked here traced
back to the Anglo-American
wartime partnership in atomic
matters established by the late
President Roosevelt and Winston
Bulletins
Klamath Falls. Feb. 4
Grants Pass high remained un
defeated in Southern Oregon
conference and district 4 com
petition Saturday night by
downing Klamath Falls 39
to 32.
Eagle Point, Feb. 4 Eagle
Point high's loop-leading hoop
five received a bad scare
. Saturday night but rallied in
the last quarter to edge Myr
tle Creek 34 to 30 and stay
undefeated in the J-D-J con
ference standings.
The score was tied 8 to 8 at
the first quarter but Myrtle
Creek led 14 to 13 at the half
and 26 to 22 at the third quar
ter. Pat Simmons was high
man for the Eagles with 14.
In church league basketball
tiffs at the YMCA last night
St. Mary's downed First Meth
dist 22 to 15, Central Chris
tian licked First Christian 26
to 14, First Presbyterian
bounced St. Mark's 33 to 28
and Foursquare thumped St.
Peter's 35 to 11.
Foursquare and First Pres
byterian lead the loop with
four wins and no losses each.
Northern California
Threatened By Flood
San Francisco, Feb. 4 (U.R)
Tha lafnct in o ranifi fil-p KPriPS
of heavy rain and snow storms
moved toward southern i-aiuor-na
today after drenching the
nni-thorn nart nf 1hp slatp With 8
cloudburst that left a threat of
flood in its wake.
More than four inches of rain
fell at Guerneville, on the Rus
sian river, during the first 24
hours of the storm.
The cloudburst brought a
warning from the weather bu
reau that the river was expect
ed to rise sleaany to ine nan
full stage in the Guerneville vi
cinity, reaching a crest of 31
feet or slightly lower by 8 a. m.
Sunday.
The heaviest sustained rain
fall was reported at Boulder
creek, near Santa Cruz, where
3.26 inches fell in 7V4 hoflrs. At
10 a. m. today rainfall of 1.40
inchest was reported in San
Francisco, 1.74 inches at Wil
liams, .50 of an inch at Salinas.
2.33 inches at Blue canyon, 3.17
inches on Mt. Tamalpais and .24
of an inch at Fresno.
State Wants To Sell
Scott Creek Bridge
Salem, Ore., Feb. 4 U.R
Wanna buy a bridge?
Marion county does and appar
ently has, as a result of a phone
conversation Friday between
County Judge Grant Murphy and
John W. Cattrall ot the state
highway department.
Cattrall sent out letters to sev
eral counties announcing that the
state would sell an 80-foot steel
span now stored at Scott creek
some 15 miles east of Waldport,
to the first bidder.
Sale prices was S3.913 fig
ured at five cents a pound for the
78,260 pounds of steel.
As soon as Murphy received
the letter Friday he phoned Cat
trall to say Marion county sure
would like to buy the bridge.
the air from 8:20 to 9:10 p.m.
Friday because of power failure.
Station KWIN, Ashland, was also
off.
The gusts reportedly tore off
the gates at the Starlile Drive
in theater and upset a small bus
pick-up station near Bear Creek
orchards.
Gold Hill Rain
Gold Hill residents Friday ai
ternoon" and evening struggled
against a freezing rain that made
mobility difficult for pedestrians
and motorists alike.
By United Press
Higher temperatures brought
flash blizzards, freezing rain and
snow slides to the Pacific north
west Saturday.
British Columbia was cut off
by rail as slides blocked the
Canadian National and Canadian
Pacific railroads near Stout and
North Bend. B. C, for the fourth
time this winter.
Plungers Stranded
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1950
NO. 267
Churchill in 1943. The agree
ment, reached at the Quebec con
ference, provided for sending a
team of British scientists to work
on the atomic project here.
It established procedures un
der which Groves accepted a
Brntsh certificate of clearance
on Fuchs and let him have "com
plete access" to the project.
McMahon said FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover will be questioned
In secret session Monday, pre
sumably to discuss that point
and the "other ramifications or
the case which Hoover has said
he is investigating in this coun
try. McMahon said Groves will
be questioned again at a public
hearing on Monday afternoon.
The senator said Groves re
peatedly made it clear that there
could be no doubt Fuchs had in
formation on the uranium and
H-bombs which could be of stag
gering importance to the Rus
sians. But Groves apparently
could throw no light on whether
Fuchs actually gave his informa
tion to the Kremlin.
Russians Reject
Allied Protests
On Berlin Block
Berlin, Feb. 4 U.R The Rus
sians rejected two western allied
protests on Berlin's "little block
ade" tonight. The Soviets de
clared the charge that transport
into the city was being inter
rupted was "without basts."
The rejection was contained
in a letter from Maj. Gen. Alex
ander Kotikov, Soviet command
ant for Berlin, in reply to two
separate western allied protests
accusing the Russians of violat
ing the big four decision in Paris
on freedom of access to Berlin.
That was the decision that end
ed the total land and water block
ade and returned the city's life
to normal.
Killed Most Hopes
Kotikov's reply all but killed
hopes of an agreement on Ber
lin's tangled traffic problems, at
least on the level of the com
mandants. Kotikov listed a scries of al
leged violations of regulations
covering transport between Ger
many's eastern and western
zones.
"Under such circumstances,
the German peoples .(east Ger
man) police is forced to perform
a detailed inspection of freight
on the autobahn as well as on
the railroad in order to prevent
smuggling," Kotikov said.
Reduced Load Limits
Imposed On 6 Roads
Reduced load limits were re
imposed on three roads in Jack
son county and three in Joseph
ine county yesterday morning
James Bromley, Grants Pass,
resident engineer of the state
highway department, informed
state police here.
Jackson county routes restrict
ed to protect them during thaw
were all of Little Butte creek
and Medford-Provolt roads and
Crater Lake highway from mile
post 17 to the Crater Lake Na
tional park boundary. In Joseph
ine county the limitations went
on all of Oregon Caves, Rogue
River Loop and Williams second
ary roads.
Vehicles are limited to 11,000
pounds for a single axle, 20,000
for a dual axle and a 36,000
pound overall load.
Nationalists Say Junks
Sunk By Their Planes
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 4 (U.R)
A nationalist air force communi
que reported tonight that two
steamers and 332 junks were
sunk by bombing and strafing
planes along the Yangtze river
this past week.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R)
It cost Multnomah county $231,
377 last fiscal year to paint
bridges.
About 100 stranded bus pas
sengers and motorists were
picked up by trains inching up
the Columbia river gorge behind
snowpiows. A flash blizzard
swept down the gorge Friday
night with 70-mile-an-hour windf .
Gorge highways were closed
by snowdrifts.
Freezing rain fell from Eu
gene, Ore., to Olympia, Wash.,
and Portland-Columbia airport
was temporarily shut down.
Warm Relief In South
But a warm relief from one of
the longest cold snaps in the re
gion's history was reported in
southern and central Oregon
where thermometers climbed to
50.
Highway Ice stopped Seattle
Portland traffic for a few hours
south of Chchalis, Wash. But
eastbound buses from Portland
were crossing the Cascade moun
tains through the Wapinitia cut
ofi without halts.
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"MAN OVERBOARD' Fueling operations of the aircraft carrier Midway In the Atlantic were enlivened
when a sailor, R. L. Beasly (arrow, left), was accidentally knocked overboard. Beasly was rescued from
his unwelcome bath by a helicoper and brought safely bark to the carrier's deck (right) three minutes
after the mishap.
Lane County Picked To Start
All-Out Unemployment Drive
Salem, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R)
The state of Oregon has picked
Lane county, with its populous
Eugene-Springfield area and its
terrain ranging from the coast
to the Cascades, as the place to
start its all-out drive against in
creasing unemployment.
Gov. Douglas McKay's coun
cil of employment, holding its
organization meeting here Fri
day, decided that Lane county
would be as apt a place as any
to start the campaign for in
creased employment. Other areas
are expected to get into the drive
within a few weeks.
First Meeting Dated
Dr. Calvin Crumboker of the
University of Oregon, chairman
of the employment council, is
Tax Chief Claims
Solons Must Limit
Excise Levy Cuts
Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R)
House Tax Chief Robert L.
Douehton exoressed the convic
tion tonicht that congress should
limit excise tax cuts to amounts
that it is willing to make up
through higher taxes on other
things.
Amid demands from both dem
ocrats and renublicans that con-
eross eo well beyond President
Truman's recommendations for
reducing excises, Doughton told
reporters:
"I would regret it very much if
the wavs and means committee
should bring out a bill that
would throw the treasury further
in the red."
The North Carolina democrat
is chairman of the tax-writing
ways and means committee. Oth
er than to express his belief that
there should be no excise tax
cuts that are not made- up by
new revenue, Doughton declined
to state his views on the tax pro
gram outlined to the committee
Friday by Treasury Secretary
John W. Snyder.
Dramatic Rescue Try
Fails As Victim Dies
Portland, Ore., Feb. 4 (U.R)
A man who leaped into the icy
Willamete river today was pro
nounced dead about an hour aft
er his body was fished from the
water in a dramatic rescue at
tempt.
Police Identified the man
from papers found on his body
as Mike Paladeni, 71, of Yacolt,
Wash., and Cascade Locks, Ore,
He jumped into the river from
the west end of the downtown
Hawthorne bridge.
A passerby attempted to halt
the leap but Paladeni slipped
from his coat and plunged into
the river, which was dotted with
ice floes.
Sen. Cain Not To Run
For Seat Of Democrat
Washington, Feb. 4 U.R)
Sen. Harry P. Cain (R Wash.)
announced today that he has de
cided against resigning the sen
ate seat he holds to run for the
seat now held by a democrat.
Cain, whose present term ex
pires Jan. 3. 1953. said last sum
mer he might resign to be a can
didate against Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson, D., Wash.) whose seal
Is at slake next November.
Road Conditions
Stat police last night re
ported a slid on highway 99
north on Canyon mountain but
said that the route was open
to one-way traffic.
Police reported slush and
packed snow on the Siskiyous
and Greensprings but traffic
was moving without chains.
Highway 99 south of Yreka
was slick and travel was slow.
Ice mad roads hasardous
in th Portland area.
expected to name local repre
sentatives in Lane county soon
and tlie council will hold Its
next meeting in Eugene Febru
ary 24 to give the local organi
zation support in its kickoff for
the campaign.
One of the areas expected to
be organized for the drive short
ly is Estacada in Clackamas
county.
Basic employment and re
sources information gathered by
state agencies for the Lane coun
ty area will be gone over in an
effort to find methods of increas
ing man-hours and payrolls in
harvesting, processing and mar
keting timber, food and other
main products.
The purpose will be to pro
vide winter-lime empioymeni
and long-range development to
care for the increased popula
tion, estimated at 50 per cent
above the 1940 population,
Reports Are Heard
Action of the council followed
reports and talks by national, re
gional and state officials,
Dewey Coates of Washington,
D. C, who represents the bu
reau of employment security and
the U. S. department of labor,
said some 20 states already have
embarked on similar programs in
the last few months in an effort
to stabilize employment on a
nation-wide basis.
He said about 3,500,000 are
now unemployed, while the la
bor force is increasing at the rate
of 600,000 a year.
Klamath Man There
Members of the council who
attended the first meeting in
cluded Mrs. Alice Bissell of
Families In Arkansas
Flood Leave Homes
Chicago, Feb. 4 (U.R) Famil
ies in the White river lowlands
of southeastern Arkansas aban
doned their houses today as flood
waters rose toward their yards.
Manv flood evacuees In the
Ohio valley began moving back
into their homes.
In the Mississippi and Ohio val
leys more than 34,000 persons,
some of them veterans of al
most annual floods had aban
doned their homes or were clean
ing them up from the muddy
ravages of floodwaters.
Skies generally were clear
from the Rockies to the Atlantic
and onlv in the southeast Arkan
sas area river waters were threat
ening:
Bend Experiences Warm
Chinook Wind And Snow
Bend, Ore., Jan. 4 (U.R)
Bend was experiencing a warm
Chinook wind today with the
mercury climbing past the 40
mark and apparently destined to
go even higher.
The welcome thaw followed
three inches of additional snow
that fell last night.
Rossellini Formally Admits Being
Father 01 Ingrid Bergman's Son
By Aldo Fort
United Preit Correspondent
(Copyright, 1950, by United
Press)
Rome Feb. 4 (U.R) Italian
Film Director Roberto Rossel
lini said today "I am the father"
of Actress Ingrid Bergman's
two-day-old son.
In an exclusive Interview with
the United Press his first in
terview since the baby was born
Thursday Rossellini said the
baby's full name will be "Ro
berto Ingmar." He explained
that the surname was the Swed
ish masculine equivalent of In
grid. He said he would marry Miss
Bergman in a civil ceremony as
soon as the Swedish actress ob
tains her Mexican divorce from
Dr. Peter Lindstrom, and that
he would make a formal declara
tion of the paternity of "my
son" immediately after the ceremony.
Eugene and M. E. Steele and
George Brown of Portland,- all
representing labor, and Jack
Jennings of Portland. J. C
Compton of McMinnville and
Andrew Collier of Klamath Falls,
representing management.
Council members were invited
to attend the next inter-govern
mental conference of Pacific
coast states in Portland March
3. when similar nroblems of em
ployment on a regional basis will
be discussed.
Young Republicans
Hear Talt Foretell
Election Troubles
Washlneton. Feb. 4 (U.R)
Sen. Robert A. Taft, (R., O.) told
Young Republicans Saturday
nlgnt tnat unless a more conser
vative coneress is elected in 1950
there mav be little to fight for
In the 1952 presidential cam
paign.
Addressing a banquet of the
Young Republican national iea
eration, Taft warned that "if we
elect a congress in 1950 more
radical than the present one,
then our whose program of in
dividual liberty is lost."
He hinted that the forthcom
ing restatement of republican
party principles expected to be
released late Monday after ap
proval by the republican nation
al committee and the policies
committees of house and senate
republicans would emphasize
that the Truman administrations
program is diametrically opposed
to the republican pnuosopny m
freedom, equality and liberty.
"I think that what happens in
the 1050 elections will deter
mine the fate of the nation for
many years to come," Taft said.
French Government
Coalition Resigns
Paris, Feb. 4 (U.R) A social
ist walkout split France's middle-of-the-road
government wide op
en today, abruptly ending the
three-party coalition that has
governed the country since 1947.
Five socialist cabinet minis
ters and four secretaries of state
with cabinet rank quit today on
orders from the socialist steer
ing committee. The resignations
followed a dispute over bonuses
for low-bracket wage-earners.
Premier Georges Bidault ac
cepted the resignations but de
cided not to quit himself, as the
head of a coalition government
usually would after a walkout by
one of the main government par
ties. The premier told friends the
international situation is too crit
ical for France to risk a politi
cal crisis that might leave it with
out a government for weeks.
Rossellini said the full regis
tration of the baby's birth would
be "Roberto Ingmar, son of In
grid Bergman, father unknown."
He said that would deprive Lind
strom of any technical claim on
the baby.
Under Italian law, Lindstrom
would automatically be regist
ered as the baby's father unless
the "father unknown" declara
tion were made, since he is still
the legal husband of Miss Berg
man. Baby "American"
(A lawyer In Slorkholm, Swed
en, said today that, since Lind
strom is an American citizen,
the baby was "automatically" an
American under U. S. and Swed
ish law, and could be claimed
bl Miss Bergman's husband "if
he chooses to.")
Once Rossellini has become
Miss Herman's husband, he can
give his name legally to the
child.
Taft-Hartley Act .
May Be Imposed By
President Truman
No Definite Decision
Made Late Saturday
Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R)
The White House today gave
John L. Lewis until Monday to
get his soft coal miners back
on the five-dny week or face a
possible Taft-Hartley crack
down. But all indications from the
coal fields were that the United
Mine Workers will obey the
"wink and a nod" Lewis gave
them earlier today and close the
pits completely on Monday.
In that event. President Tru
man is expected to proclaim a
national emergency and invoke
the no-strike provisions of the
Taft-Hartley law.
Persistent Reports.
Late in the evening White
House sources said no definite
decision has been made to start
the Taft-Hartley machinery.
There were persistent reports
that White House labor experts
have not abandoned all hope of
reaching a solution to the coal
dispute which would avoid the
Taft-Hartley procedures.
White House labor advisers
were reported to have talked
with messengers from United
Mine Workers headquarters sev
eral times this afternoon. Tru
man had not been advised of
the outcome of the conversations
late Saturday, according to reli
able reports.
VelUd Ultimatum
The White House Issued what
appeared to be a veiled ulti ma
lum a few hours after Lewis re
jected President Truman's 70
day coal truce plan and warned
the chief executive not to "black
jack" the miners with the Taft-
narney law.
Federal Judge T. Alan Golds
borough once remarked during a
courtroom brush with Lewis that
the mine leader uses language
no more pointed than that as "a
wink and a nod" signal to strike.
The White House apparently
took it that way too. It issued a
brief, statement noting that Lew
is letter rejecting the truce plan
was the last word Mr. Truman
has had from the union chieftain.
"T he president's further
course will depend on the state
or employment in the mines on
monuay , tne White House said.
"Mr. Lewis' letter said nothing
about the return of the miners
to their jobs."
Crisis Stag Reached
President Truman's aides al
ready have advised him that the
coal shortage resulting from
strikes and the three-day work
week has reached the crisis stage.
And the president hn
record that he would not hesi
tate to use the Taft-Hartley law,
little as he likes it, if an emer
gency threatened.
The miners, however, appeared
to be in a mood to defy the pres
ident and extend the present
partial strike into a general shut
down Monday.
'Mystery' Sub Search
At Eureka Abandoned
San Francisco. Feb. 4 (U.R)
The navy today abandoned plans
for an air search of the northern
California coast after investigat
ing a new rcnort of a "rnvstprv"
submarine operating in the vicin-
uy oi r,ureKa.
lhe latest report of a subma
rine came from Ray Mason of
Eureka who said he saw a sub
marine off the mouth of Hum
boldt Bay yesterday.
ine lath naval district, how
ever, said the report appeared to
Be erroneous. "We have care
fully evaluated the report," a
navy spokesman said.
"We are convinced Mason is
reliable and honest. However he
was three miles from the harbor
mouth and we feel he probably
saw a fishing boat."
Truman Emphasizes
Radio's Importance
Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R)
President Truman in an unusu
ally serious mood Saturday
night emphasized the responsi
bility of all information media
for presenting a factual picture
of this nation's relations with
Russia.
Speaking at the end of the an
nual banquet of the Radio Cor
respondents' association, Mr.
Truman did not call Russia by
name but his inference was clear.
The president said that if re
porters were aware of the re
ports he was receiving from be
hind the iron curtain, they
would better appreciate the grav
ity of his job.
Then he added:
"You people particularly are
just as responsible as the presi
dent ... for the truthful presen
tation of facts."
Los Angeles, Feb. 4 (U.R)
Frank Vahara, 29. was found
dead in his car today with the
motor running and garage doors
closed.
Ski Conditions
Ski low and lunch counter
facilities will b operating at
CraUr Lak today and skiing
is expected to be good, it was
reported last night, Th rop
low will b in service today
at Sky Trail on Siskiyou summit.