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Wisconsin Race
For GOP Support
Becomes Heated
Delegates Pledged
To Ike by Stassen
Milwaukee, Wis. 'U.R) Har
old E.' Stassen told Milwaukee
voters Saturday night to support
his "Stassen-Eisenhower" ticket
because Sen. Robert A. Taft (R
O). is a "weak standard-bearer."
Taft, addressing another Mil
waukee audience, charged that
Stassen and his other opponents
lor the Republican presidential
nomination have dodged discus
lions of the administration's
foreign policy.
Stassen, Taft, Gov. Earl War
ren of California and Grant Rit
ter, a "stand-in" candidate for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, all
spoke in Milwaukee as the cam
paign for votes in next Tues
day's Republican primary hit its
peak.
Stassen characterized Taft as
"weak" and said of Warren,
"He's a fine fellow" but in 1948
"he did not even carry his own
itate."
Stassen Pledges Delegates
The former Minnesota gover
nor repeated his pledge to give
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower half
of any delegates he wins in the
Wisonsin balloting
He said Eisenhower's name
was left off the ballot because of
change in Wisconsin election
laws, and said that a "very pow
erful drive" has been made here
In behalf of Taft.
"Under these circumstances,"
he said, "I decided that the fair,
right and wise thing to do was
give the voters of Wisconsin who
wished to support Gen. Eisen
hower an opportunity to do so."
In a radio address, Taft
charged that the administration
at Yalta was duped into accept
ing Stalin's promises, and said
that the Korean war was "un
necessary." Other Candidates Say Nothing
' "I notice that the other candi
dates In Wisconsin say nothing
on this subject," he said. "Do
they approve of this pro-Soviet
policy at Yalta or are they afraid
that if they attack it they might
find themselves trying to rid the
administration of Communism."
Taft said the administration
"did not want to win" the Ko
rean war and therefore fired
MacArthur.
"No other candidate for presi
dent in this election will even
discuss this issue in any straight
forward manner," he charged.
He said that the growth of the
Communist air force now has
made MacArthur's recommenda
tions for concluding the war ob
solete. The only course left open,
he said, is to negotiate an armis
tice. "But let us recognize that it
defeats the whole purpose of our
project in Korea," he said, "and
recognizes that a big aggressor
cannot be punished by the
United Nations."
McNary Dam Cost
Up $281 Million
Washington (t.R) Cost in
creases and expansion of indi
vidual dams were blamed Satur
day for doubled and tripled cost
estimates by the Corps of Engi
neers. Members of a house civil
works subcommittee studying
the public works program point
ed out that:
1. The engineers first estimat
ed the cost of the John H. Kerr
reservoir in North Carolina at
$31,730,000. The, latest estimate
is S84.860.000.
28 1 Million For McNary
2. The first estimate on Mc
Nary dam in Oregon was $49,
470,000. The latest is $281,-650.-000.
iLt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief
of engineers, said three quarters
of the increase could be blamed
on rising construction costs and
expansions approved by Con
gress on individual projects. An
other factor, he said, was the
corps' own estimating methods
which have been improved re
cently. Washington (U.R) Political
Scientist T. A. Bisson, who
served 13 months on Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's Japanese occu
pation staff in Tokyo, told Sen
ate investigators Saturday he had
some close associations in the
past with Communists.
But Bisson, now a lecturer at
the University of California, told
the Senate security committee
be wes never a Communist.
Josef Stalin Nairn
Public Appearance
By HENRY SHAPIRO
U.P. Staff Correspondent
Moscow U.R) Premier
Josef Stalin, wearing a cream
colored Marshal's uniform, sat
in a Saturday's closing session
of the supreme Soviet
"parliament" of the Russian
republic, largest state in the
Soviet Union.
Although the premier took
no active part in the proceed
ings, persons present at the
meeting said he walked brisk
ly and vigorously and gave
every indication of good
health.
It was the first time Stalin
had appeared in public since
January 23, when he attended
a Lenin memorial meeting at
the Bclshoi opera house. He
did not appear during the ses
sion here early this month of
the national supreme Soviet.
(Stalin's appearance Satur
day presumably was intended
Men Stranded on Ice
Awaiting Aid Today
Point Barrow, Alaska (U.PJiboth P2V Neptunes, to work
Two civilian scientists and seven
Navy airmen awaited rescue
Saturday night only 410 miles
from the North Pole on the
crunching polar ice cap where
they became marooned three
days ago.
The men were stranded when
their ski-equipped "flying lab
oratory" was damaged during a
takeoff Thursday. The men are
members of "Operation Ski
Jump Two," a Navy scientific
expedition studying ocean cur
rents, the icepack and weather
at the top of the world.
If weather permits, a rescue
plane will leave here today in an
attempt to snatch the stranded
men to safety, but the Navy an
nounced the damaged transport
would have to be abandoned.
Men In High Spirits
Meanwhile, a radio report
from the men described them as
being "in good spirits with high
morale." The report said the
men were attempting to trap
Arctic foxes they had spotted on
the floating ice island more
than 800 miles north of here.
The plane was damaged at one
of the expedition's oceanograph
ic stations. The Navy said the
loss of the craft necessitated the
ending of the expedition's ocean
studies.
The group still has two planes,
Eisenhower Aide
Returns to Paris
Paris XU.R) Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther returned here from
Washington Saturday amid
mounting indications that he
will be called on soon to re
place Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower as supreme allied com
mander in Europe.
Eisenhower is expected to ask
to be relieved from the post
probably within the next 10
days so that he can press his
campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination. Gruen
ther, now Eisenhower's chief of
staff, is generally recognized as
the man most likely to succeed
him.
The supreme command is al
most certain to go to an Amer
ican, if only to help assure
continued U. S. congressional
support of his efforts, and
Gruenther probably is the only
man who would be both avail
able and acceptable to the At
lantic Pact's European members.
The -Nebraska-born general's
trip to Washington, where he
favorably impressed members of
both houses of Congressaby his
testimony on the $7,900,000,000
foreign aid bill, was regarded as
his "final examination" for the
job.
After Hours Victory
Scored by Blue Army
Fori Lewis CU.R) Company-sized
elements of the blue
"aggressor" forces sneaked be
hind the defense perimeter
and marched unmolested upon
post headquarters during ma
neuvers at Fort Lewis Friday.
But the victory didn't count.
The exercises had ended 30
minutes earlier
to scotch the recurrent rumor
revived most recently a few
days ago that he is danger
ously ill.)
The state Soviet, which had
been in session for five days,
Saturday ratified a number of
decrees enacted by the gov
ernment since its last meeting,
approved the appointment of
various officials, and elected
the 87 -member state supreme
court before adjourning indef
inately at 7:30 p. m.
Stalin made his entrance
through the "stage door" used
by the presidium-executive
committee-of the Soviet. His
appearance was greeted by a
thunderous, five-minute stand
ing ovation, in which the
premier joined by clapping.
After the ovation, he sat
down in the last row of the
seats reserved for the presi
dium behind the podium used
by the chairman. He stayed
through the half-hour session.
with and they will be used to
"continue the Polar mission, in
cluding Arctic operations and
tests, a landing at the North
ing ice island in coordination
Pole and investigation of a float-
with a U. S. Air Force project.
None of the nine were injured
when their transport was dam
aged. The Navy said the main
trouble was a collapsed landing
gear,
Eisenhower HQ
Will Open Here
An active Eisenhower for
president committee headquart
ers is being opened in the Jack
son hotel, and a vigorous pre-
primary election campaign will
be conducted here, it was an
nounced Saturday by William
McAllister, Eisenhower chair
man for Medford.
McAllister said plans are
under way to bring Paul Hoff
man, former ECA administrator
and an Eisenhower supporter, or
Sen. James Duff of Pennsyl
vania, another Eisenhower man.
here to speak.
Two Vice-Chairmen
Two vice-chairmen have been
named, McAllister reported.
Shelby M. Tuttle. and Mrs.
Stephen Nye, who will be in
charge of the headquarters fur
nished through the cooperation
of the Jackson hotel manage
ment. Those wishing to assist in
the campaign will be welcome,
Mrs. Nye said. A headquarters
telephone will be installed Mon
day. An open meeting has been
planned for early in April, Mc
Allister said, and at that time
workers who wish to volunteer
to aid the campaign will be wel
comed. The campaign will emphasize
registration of voters before the
April 15, deadline, MeAllister
added, and he pointed out that
Eisenhower supporters will be
unable to vote for him in the
primary election unless they
are registered Republicans.
Injunction Hearing
Continued to Monday
A hearing on a suit asking for
a temporary injunction on pick
eting and other practices in a
labor dispute here wilt be con
tinued on Monday.
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
presided over the second day of
the hearing Saturday. It may be
two more days before the hear
ing is concluded.
The suit was brought by the
Southern Oregon Planing Mill
company of Central Point
against the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers union and the Brother
hood of Carpenters, and some
individual members, and asks a
temporary restraining order to
prevent the unions or their mem
bers from picketing and from
performing other acts in connec
tion with the dispute.
QUITE A MOUTHFUL
Grand Rapids. Mich. JU.fi
Mrs. Orville Langham bit into
an orange and got a mouthful of
diamond wedding ring with
seven stones. It was a Florida
orange.
Defense Mobilizer
Seeks Steel Plan
Without Inflation
Hopeful of Solution
Before Monday Confab
Washington U.R) Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson
huddled with his stabilization
aides Saturday in search of a
formula to raise steel prices
without starting another infla
tionary round for all industry.
Informed sources said Wilson
still was. hopeful of coming up
with a workable solution to the
price problem before the steel
companies resume negotiations
with Philip Murray's CIO United
Steelworkers in New York
Monday. '
Wilson met separately Satur
day with Economic Stabilizer
Roger L. Putnam and Nathan P.
Feinsinger, chairman of the
Wage Stabilization board. On tap
was a meeting with Price Con
troller Ellis Arnall.
All four refused 'to comment
on the steel crisis. But sources
close to the situation Indicated
that the general basis for govern
ment action to head off the steel
strike set for April 8 was laid
down at a series of White House
conferences Friday.
These informants said no dol
lars-and-cents price boost has
been settled upon to offset the
26-cents-an-hour wage package
recommended for the steelwork
ers by the Wage Stabilization
board.
But they said Wilson apoar-
ently has "sold" President Tru
man on an installment plan to
spread steel price increases over
the next 18 to 24 months so as
to minimize their inflationary
impact on the rational economy
Meanwhile, Secretary of La
bor Maurice J. Tobln predicted,
in a television appearance
that there will be no steel strike.
Tobin said the WSB was entitled
to "congratulations" for its rec
ommendations and he expects a
"peaceful settlement" of the
dispute.
Democrats uni
To Beat Knowland
San Francisco OI.R' Dewey
Anderson, of San Francisco,
withdrew Saturday as a Demo
cratic candidate for the U.S. Sen
ate and announced he would
throw his support to Congress
man Clinton D. McKinnon of
San Diego.
"Only through unification or
the Democratic forces around one
candidate" can the Democrats
defeat Republican Senator Wil
liam Knowland. Anderson said.
Anderson is executive director
of the Public Affairs Institute of
Washington, D. C, which is now
setting up offices in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles as the Cal
ifornia Public Affairs Institute.
Congressman McKinnon, in a
letter to Anderson, expressed his
gratitude for Anderson's sup
port. "Never in all my years of
public life have I seen or been
so impressed with such an act of
political unselfishness," McKin
non said.
VISIT SHOW
Seattle U.R) More than
S.000 persons visited the open
ing of Seattle's 19S2 automobile
show Friday night. The show
ends April 6.
Atomic Maneuvers Set
With 7,000 Men to Participate
Washington (U.R? The de-
fense department announced Sat
urday night that about 7,000 of
ficers and enlisted men wiU par
ticipate in an atomic explosion
test in Nevada next month.
The Atomic Energy commis
sion announced inaay inai a
"limited number" of news re
porters and photographers and
civil defense officials would be
permitted to observe one of the
tests from a point on the AEC's
proving ground at Frenchman's
Flat. Nev.
During Fourth Week In April
The tests wiU be held during
the fourth week of April.
The defense department said
that "within the safety and' se
curity requirements" the testj
are designed to indoctrinate
members of the armed services
in atomic warfare and to test
military equipment.
"The exercise is further de-
signed to provide an opportunity I
PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN
:ot a Candidate for Reelection
Blowers May Be Used
To Protect Orchards
Experiments in the use of
blowers, or "windmills." to
protect tender fruit buds from
frost during the early part of the
growing season will be conduct
ed this year by the Jackson
County Fruit Growers league, it
was reported last week.
Details of the experiments and
the location in which they will
be conducted, were not revealed,
but it was reported that the ex
periments would make use of a
Democrats Clash
In Nebraska Race
Omaha. Neb. UR Sen.
Estes Kefauver challenged Sen.
Robert S. Kerr Saturday to make
Nebraska's Democratic presiden
tial primary next Tuesday a
"winner take all" proposition.
On tie Reoublican side, sun
porters of Sen. Robert A. Taft
(R.. O), and Gen. Dwicht D.
Eisenhower wound up feverish
campaigns for write-in votes,
and former Gov. Harold Stassen
of Minnesota scheduled a flight
here for a last minute personal
appearance Friday.
Nebraska's delegates to the
national conventions are elected
in balloting held apart from the
presidntial "popularity poll,"
and are not bound to support
any candidate.
But Kefauver, touring east
central Nebraska in a motor
caravan, offered to join Kerr in
encouraging delegates elected
Tuesday to support the man who
wins the presidential preference
poll.
"I'm willing and happy to sug
Kest to the nominees that they
follow the will of the' people if
Sen. Kerr will join in the recom
mendation," the Tennessean
said.
Tokyo, Sunday U.R) A
Communist ammunition convoy
was blasted by B-26 bombers and
Marine F4U Corsairs in Western
North Korea today after plane
losses soared to an ominous two-to-one
ration against the United
Nations in the week's air war.
to observe the psychological ef
fects on individuals of an atomic
explosion," the announcement
said.
The troops will prepare and
occupy positions at "pre-deter-mined
positions of safety," the
Defense Department said. After
the explosions the troops will
simulate an attack near "ground
zero," the approximate center of
the burst area.
Troops To Be Indoctrinated
Army atomic specialists will
indoctrinate the troops before
the exercises as to what to ex
pect. The announcement said:
The exercise will provide
units and individuals with indoc
trination training in operations
featuring employment of atomic
weapons, training in essential
physical protective measures
and ' indoctrination training in
the effects on equipment of
atomic explosions."
Army troops, participating in
large "helicopter" type blower,
which looks something like a
gigantic clothes dryer.
Move Air
The theory behind the use of
the blowers, which have been
used with some success in other
fruitgrowing areas, is to stimu
late movement of the air, which
sometimes will prevent freezing,
and also to bring warmer layers
of air over the orchards down
to circulate among the trees.
Some have been used in con
r 'lion with heaters, and blow
pre-warmed air through the
orchards. . , . . -
One smaller fan-type blower
was tried here unsuccessfully
two years ago, 'and again last
year. It was in operation only
one night last year, and not
enough data was collected to
support any conclusions regard
ing its effects.
One grower will use a small
fan again this year.
Others Tried
A related experiment was
attempted two years ago, when
the plane used by Harvey Bran
dau and Eugene Kooser in hail
prevention work was flown over
orchards at a low altitude during
the early morning hours, creat
ing currents of air. Tempera
tures were increased as much as
two degrees, it was reported, but
difficulties with this method
have prevented its use again.
Fruitgrowers who use the
orchard heaters have explained
that the smokeless heaters used
in other areas cost some $18,
compared to about $2 for the
type now in general use here,
and with 20 to 25 heaters to the
acre on some 5,000 or more acres
of orchards. cost of installing
them at present would be
prohibitive.
Seattle Ml.K) A statewide
campaign was launched Satur
day to promote the candidacy of
Gov. A d 1 a i E. Stevenson of
Illinois for the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
Newberg U.R) D. Paul E.
Parker, president of George Fox
college, announced Saturday he
is resigning effective at the close
of the school year in June.
in April
the tests will include two bat
talion combat teams and sup
porting service troops from the
82nd Airborne. First Armored,
31st Infantry, and 47th Infantry
divisions.
Receiving Atomic Training
All of these divisions are re
ceiving atomic training in exer
cise Longhorn in Texas, the an
nouncement said. Army partici
pants will total 4,500 and include
individual observers from
throughout the United States.
The Marine Corps will furnish
two provisional composite in
fantry battalions of about 1.000
men each. One will be from
Camp Pendleton, Calif., and the
other from Camp LeJeune, N.C.
Air Force representation, to
taling about 500, will include
two flight units from the special
weapons center,' Kirtland Air
Base, Albuquerque, N.M., and
some individual observers.
The Navy will have only indi
vidual observers at the test
HST DECISION SHOCK
TO PARTY AUDIENCE
Washington (U.P.) President Truman told
the nation in a surprise and dramatic announcement
late Saturday that he will not be a candidate for re
election and will not accept renomination.
Mr. Truman bowed out of the 1952 presidential
race with seeming finality. He said later his decision
is not subject to change "whatsoever."
His electrifying announcement came at the end
of a Jefferson-Jackson day dinner speech in which he
suddenly and without warning departed from his pre
pared text and said calmly:
Have Served Long
and Efficiently
"I shall not be a candidate for
reelection. I have served my
country long and I think effi
ciently and honestly. I shall not
accept a renomination. I do not
feel that it is my duty to spend
another four years in the White
House
Those words ended months of
suspense and guessing.
They marked the valedictory
of a man who had been thrust
into the highest office in the
land on April 12, 1945, with the
death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
and then had won four years on
his own in 1948 in perhaps the
biggest political upset in Ameri
can history.
More than 6,000 loyal Demo
crats attending a $100-a-plate
Jefferson-Jackson day dinner at
the National Guard Armory sat
in stunned silence as Mr. Tru
man made his historic pronounce
ment.
Heard on Radio and Television
Millions more heard the words
over their radios and television
sets.
As toon as the diners recov
ered from the surprise announce
ment, cries of "No! Oh, No!"
rose in the big, packed hall.
Mr. Truman's decision threw
the Democratic race wide open
Mr. Truman, in revealing his
long-kept secret, gave no hint as
to whom he will support for the
Democratic nomination.
Russell took the president's
announcement in stride.
'That's what I have said for
two months," Russell told re
porters. "I did not expect him
to be a candidate again."
Stevenson Refuses Comment
Crowds gathered around Stev
enson in the armory. But he
would say "nothing beyond what
I have said hundreds of times"
that he is a candidate only for
reelection as governor of Il
linois. One avowed candidate for the
Democratic nomination Sen.
Richard B. Russell of Georgia
was present in the auditorium
when Mr. Truman dropped his
political bombsheU. So was Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois who,
although not an announced can
didate has been mentioned in
speculation as Mr. Truman's per
sonal choice for the Democratic
nomination.
Two other avowed candidates
Sens. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee and Robert S. Kerr of
Oklahoma were in Nebraska
campaigning for votes in that
state's April 1 presidential pri
mary. President in Good Spirits
When Mr. Truman stepped up
to the podium to start his
speech, he acted for all the world
like a man with a great load
off his mind. He was smiling and
beaming, completely relaxed and
good spirits. But there was no
hint, even then, that he was
about to make his startling an
nouncement Mr. Truman was asked as he
left the armory if his decision is
subject to any change at all.
None whatsoever," he re
plied firmly.
Eisenhower Supporters
Celebrate Maine Win
Bangor, Me. L'.R Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower's presi
dential supporters were jubilant
Saturday at lining up nine and
possibly 11 of Maine's 16 Re
publican n at i o n a 1 convention
delegates. Sen. Robert A. Taft
won five.
The GOP state convention Fri
day elected nine Eisenhower
committed delegates and claimed
that twe uncommitted delegates
"lean toward the general." All
16 delegates have a full vote at
the Chicago convention.
BULLETIN '
Manila, Philippines, Sun
day U.fi) A Philippines
Airlines plane with 26 per
sons aboard crashed shortly
after takeoff from the sum
mer capital of Baguio today.
Ten persons were reported
killed.
Communications
Workers Threaten
Widespread Strike
Washington U.R) Some
72,000 of the nation's telephone
and telegraph employees threat
ened Saturday to strike next
week unless they get substantial
wage Increases.
A nationwide strike of 30,000
Western Union employees ap
peared "inevitable," according
to Adolph Brungs, president of
the Western Union division of
the AFL Commercial Telegraph
ers Union. The union, which to
nearing completion of a strike
vote, is legaUy free to strike
midnight Monday.
Northern California Included
More than 41,000 telephone
workers In Michigan, Ohio,
Northern California and Nevada
set next Thursday as the dead
line for a walkout unless Bell
System companies come to terms.
The Communications Worker
of America (CIO) said the em
ployees -- ofMichigan and- Ohfar
telephone companies and the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. in Northern California would
quit their jobs at 6 a.m. (local
time) unless a settlement is
reached.
Western Union clerks, opera
tors, and technicians are demand
ing a 16-cent an hour pay in
crease and a 40 hour week at
their present 48 hours pay.
Brungs said the company nego
tiators "havent budged an inch"
in the contract talks. "And it
looks as though they won't
budge," he added. Average hour
ly earnings by Western Union
employees are $1.63.
Situation Looks Bad"
A Western Union official con
ceded that the situation 'looks
bad."
Joseph A. Beirne, president
of the CWA, said the telephone
workers want a substantial" in
crease, but said the union had
not made a flat wage demand.
Average hourly earnings of tha
telephone employees are $1.47.
Beirne, a member of the Wage
Stabilization Board, said "We
will not settle for less than those
wage increases permitted under
wage stabilization regulations."
The union is involved in nego
tiations with a number of other
telephone companies across the
country where contracts hava
not yet run out. CWA claims a
total membership of 320,000.
Red Cross Drive
Near 40 Percent
Collections in the 1952 Red
Cross fund drive in Jackson
county now amount to $10,
703.12, or 39.7 per cent of the
$27,000 goal, it was reported
Saturday.
The local chapter Saturday
received additional information
from national headquarters re
garding the Red Cross' current
obligations in the recent tornado
disaster in the southern states.
A telegram addressed to the
Jackson county chapter said:
"In fulfilling disaster service
obligations for the current year,
we have spent aU of the $7,00Q,
000 disaster reserve - fund, and
all of the $5,000,000 raised for
midwest floods last fall, and $3,-
500,000 disaster funds in the
1951-52 budget leaving approx
imately $500,000 for disaster re
lief with no other reserves."
The telegram added that the
reserves will be lower by June
than at any time since 1939.
JET FIGHTER HERE
An F97 Air Force jet fighter
plane landed here at about 7:40
p.m. Saturday, according to Med
ford airport sources. They said
the plane was on a routine train
ing flight from Hamilton, Calif
Air Force base.
ft