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Stevenson Tells
Of Pressure To
Seek Nomination
Door Left Open
To Accept Offer
Washington fti.R) Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois
said Monday Democratic party
leaders are bringing "consider
able pressure" on him to run for
President.
He indicated in an interview
that he is resisting the overtures
for the time being, but he cer
tainly avoided saying that he
would not accept the Democrat
ic nomination.
Truman Support Decided
A White House official report
ed meanwhile that President
Truman has definitely decided
to throw his full support behind
Stevenson for the nomination.
There was no immediate con
firmation from the president,
and Stevenson refused to com
ment on reports that Mr. Tru
man has offered to back him.
"I can't discuss what has
transpired between us," he told
a reporter as he prepared to re
turn to Springfield, 111. "That's
for the president to disclose."
In Private Huddles
Stevenson said he had not
conferred, with Mr. Truman
since the president's dramatic
announcement Saturday night
that he will not seek reelection
He acknowledged, however,
that he spent all Sunday after
noon and most of Sunday eve
ning in private huddles with oth
er Democratic bigwigs.
Stevenson declined to identify
the party leaders. But said "they
brought considerable pressure
on me to run for president."
"I told them that I just can't
be put in the position of running
for two jobs at the same time,"
he said.
That was a reference to his
a 1 r e a dy-announced candidacy
lor reelection as governor of
Illinois.
Washington U.R) Speaker
Sam Rayburn of Texas said Mon
day he definitely is not a can
didate for the Democratic presi
dential nomination, but Vice
President Alben W. Barkley re
fused to commit himself.
They were questioned about
presidential polictics after ; a
White House conference with
President Truman who revealed
Saturday night that he would
not run again.
Definite Answer
Rayburn quickly deflated a
boomlet in his behalf by giving
a flat "no" to a reporter's ques
tion, "are you going to be a can
didate?" The 70-year-old House
speaker added that this was a
definite answer.
But Barkley answered a simi
lar question by saying "I have
no statement to make" and "I
don't care to talk about the
Democratic convention." Friends
believe the 74-year-old Veep will
become a candidate. One said
Barkley probably will announce
his decision early this week. He
thought the answer would be
yes.
Oregon Accidents
Claim Three Lives
. By UNITED PRESS
A month-old baby, a 37-year-old
woman and a 70-year-old
man met accidental death in Ore
gon over the week-end.
Ernest John Tanner, month-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Tanner, Hillsboro, died in a Port
land hospital Sunday night from
burns suffered when his crib
caught fire.
Mrs. -Lillian F. Johnson, 37,
Manzanita, Ore., died late Sun
day in a Seaside hospital from
injuries suffered in the plunge
of a car off coast highway 101
in Cannon Beach.
James L. Salovich, 70 a fore
man for the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company in Longview
Wash., was drowned in Portland
Saturday when a tractor pinned
him under three-and-a-half feet
of water in a drainage ditch.
Cooler Weather Eases
Burns Flood Threat
By UNITED PRESS '
Cold, crisp air eased a flood
threat in Eastern Oregon Mon
day. ..
The weather bureau forecast
continued cool temperatures for
Oregon and Washington and
said strong winds would strike
coasts of the two states late Mon
day. Water from record-breaking
snow packs in the mountains
was still standing in the out
skirts of Burns, Ore. Police Chief
Lloyd Larsen said, however,
that all highways out of Burns
were open although shallow wa
ter was standing over some of
them. Ten families moved out of
a Burns motel Saturday and 12
houses in the north and east
sections of town were surround
ed Sunday night
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PREPARING SHELL for disposal, Capt. Wayne Earl (left kneeling)
leads bomb disposal team composed of United Nations and Com
munist personnel in ridding area near Panmunjom of unexploded
shells, bombs. Standing. Capt. Richard Powers (left) and Commu
nist officer. Kneeling (right), Sgt. Irving Bingham, (international)
S.F. Juvenile Gang
Warfare Fatal to 2
San Francisco (U.R) Po
lice began a crackdown on ju
venile gangs Monday following
the arrest of a 19-year-old re
formatory escapee for killing
two youths and wounding three
others.
The murder suspect, Robert
Ranson, was arrested near his
home six hours after he alleged
ly settled a gang war" with a
.45 caliber pistol in the shadow
$75,400 in Damages
Sought From Medco
By Injured Worker
A damage case seeking a total
of $75,400 from the Medford
corporation was filed in circuit
court here today by James R
Purcell, 1131 Court street.
Purcell was employed by the
company last July when he fell
from , a scaffolding near - the
plant's whistle, falling some 14
feet to a lower floor, and then
rolling off and falling four more
feet to another lower roof. The
scaffolding was some 25 feet in
height, according to the com
plaint.
He suffered severe injuries to
the head and face, a vertebra
was broken, and the accident
resulted in a hernia and other
injuries the complaint states.
Negligence Alleged
Purcell's suit alleges that the
accident was caused by negli
gence of the company in not pro
viding adequate safeguard?. It
also sets forth that his earning
capacity was eliminated by the
accident. Purcell was 59 years
of age at the time, and was earn
ing more than $5,000 a year.
The complaint goes on to state
that the Medford corporation had
rejected the provisions of the
state industrial accident law
providing for workmen's com
pensation. Of the total amount sought in
the suit, $400 is for medical ex
penses, and $75,000 is for gen
eral damages. Don Newbury is
Purcell's attorney.
Injunction Hearing
Continuing Today
A circuit court hearing on a
request for a temporary anti-
picketing injunction continued
here tomorrow. It was being
heard by Judge O. J. Millard,
Grants Pass, rather than Judge
H. K. Hanna, Medford, as re
ported previously.
The suit seeks a court order
to enjoin two unions and several
individual members from picket
ing and other practices at the
Southern Oregon Planing Mill,
Central Point, which" has been
involved in a labor dispute with
the AFL lumber and sawmill
workers for about five weeks.
Former Oregon Man -Billed
for 2 Cents
On Back. Income Tax
Duluth, Minn. (U.R)
Henry M. Nickel owes the
state of Oregon two cents.
NickeL who worked in
Oregon for six months in
1951. said he has received a
statement from the Oregon in
come tax division showing
that he owes a two cent bal
ance on his 1951 income tax.
He said that postage and a
money order could cost him
ten times the amount of the
bill.
The . Oregon tax bureau
stipulates that no cash be
sent, and warned thai falure
to pay before April 15 would
bring a penalty and interest
oa bis taxes. .
Z,-ii"&.
of the dome of San Francisco's
city hall Saturday night.
Started at Dane
He is accused of killing Nor
man Bothelo, 20, and Andrew
Ulibarri, 19, and critically
wounding James Bennett, 21;
Thomas Hinmon, 19, and James
Erickson, 21, all of San Fran
cisco. Police said the incident start
ed in this city's Civic Auditori
um when Ranson, attending the
annual butchers' ball, sought out
Bothelo, a member of a rival
gang.
Ranson, a leader in the "Port-ola-'
gang, said. "I heard these
guys of the Fillmore mob had
been looking for me, so I went
up to this guy Bothelo and invit
ed him outside to the park."
The park of which Ranson
speaks is a . square which sep
arates the city hall from the au
ditorium" and has been used
many times in the past by teen
agers for settling their differ
ences -with rival mobs.
Brought Cohorts
"He brought 15 or 20 of his
guys along and six or seven of
my friends came along," Ranson
said.
When he saw that he was out
numbered, Ranson said he pulled
his pistol to frighten his oppo
sition but they started to sur
round him.
He managed to scare the ad
vancing youths with threats but
said, "This guy Bothelo edges
up close, so I fired and his eyes
turned glassy and he sagged
down."
Bothelo was found dead next
to a water fountain with a bul
let through his heart.
At this point, the young kill
er started to turn and run but
thought he was surrounded and
started to fire wildly.
Homicide Inspector Al Nelder
described Ranson as "one of the
meanest kids I ever talked to."
HST's Decision May
Speed Ike's Return
Paris (U.R) President Tru
man's withdrawal from the pres
idential race may hasten Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's an
nouncement of his decision to
return home to seek the Repub
lican nomination, reliable sourc
es said Monday.
They said Eisenhower prob
ably will ask formally this week
or next to be relieved of his su
preme command over the North
Atlantic pact armed forces in
order tht he may return to the
U. S. as a presidential candidate
in mid-May.
Eisenhower's headquarters re
fused to say how the expected
request would be made, or
whether it would be made pub
lic first here or in Washington.
Doused Prisoners
Ask for 'Truce Talk'
Trenton, N. J. (U.R) Fire
men poured pressurized .water
into a cell block of state prison
for 2Vi hours Monday and 1
tough convicts defying prison
authorities asked for "a truce
talk."
The 14, who were holding 11
trusties as hostages, had defied
guards to "come in and get us."
Instead, firemen were sum
moned and they poured water
through the barred windows at
the rate of 1,000 gallons a min
ute. " ' .
Dripping wet and thoroughly
subdued, the cons shouted to
Warden William F. Carty, who
was supervising the water bar
rage from the prison yard, for
a parley. The firemen turned off
their hoses pending an uncondi
tional surrender. . .
Russia as Neutral
Inspector Would Be
Discussion Topic
Allies Agree To
Ponder Suggestion
Panmunjom U.R) Commu
nist staff officers proposed Mon
day that a higher-level truce
team take over the unsolved
issue of Russia as a "neutral" in
spector of a Korean armistice.
The Allies reluctantly agreed to
consider the suggestion.
United Nations staff officer
Col. Don O. Darrow said he will
relay the proposal to Vice Adm.
C. Turner Joy, Allied chief nego
tiator, and give the Reds his de
cision Tuesday.
Sub-Delegates Proposed 1
The"" Communists proposed
that sub-delegates, who have not
met for more than two months
tackle once more the question
of Russia's eligibility to help
police a Korean truce. Darrav
protested that the staff officers
had not completed their pro
posal. Darrow said:
"It's hard to tell why they
proposed it. They can stall fully
as well in either staff officer or
sub-delegation meetings, if they
want to stall. ,
- "T don't think they necessarily
have been stalling. They have
been trying to get their views
into the armistice agreement."
Amicable Session
In discussions on exchanging
prisoners of war, other staff of
ficers continued "explorations in
an amicable session," UN Col.
George W. Hickman reported
He said negotiators still were
studying a Communist proposal
of March 21 to exchange prison
ers on the basis of lists already
exchanged.
The truce supervision negoti
ators have solved all the issues
before them except the Com
munist insistence on naming
Russia as one of the six neutral
truce inspectors, the right of the
Reds to build military airfields
during the truce, and how to
translate "Korea" in the Korean
language.
Five Men Injured
In Sunday Accident
Three persons were hospitaliz
ed, and two others were taken
to hospitals for treatment, early
Sunday after a two-car collision
on the Crater Lake highway
north of Eagle Point, it was re
ported today by state police,
Conger-Morris ambulance at
tendants and two Medford hos
pitals. -
The police report said that a
car driven by George Joseph
Suprenant, 48, of 401 East 12th
street," Medford, collided head
on with one driven by Harold
V. Martin, 17, of 763 Marshall
avenue, Medford, at about
1 a.m. Sunday.
Martin was taken to Commu
nity hospital with a back injury.
His passengers, Allan Holland,
18, Alberta, Canada ,and Ray H.
Chamberland, 271 Vashti way,
were treated there for shoulder
and rib injuries, and released.
Suprenant is confined to Sac
red Heart hospital, and his pas
senger, Albert F. Williams, 45,
of 4 Clark street, Medford, was
treated there and. released.
Both cars were severely dam
aged, police reports said.
DOGS TO BE CONFINED
During the gardening months
of April, May and June, dogs in
the city of Medford are to be
kept from running at large in
the city limits, city police warn
ed today.
Mrs. Truman Key to President's
Decision Not To Be Candidate
By MERRIMAN SMITH
Washington (U.R) Politi
cians from Congress to the Krem
lin found it hard to believe, but
the key to President Truman's
decision not to run again was
his wife.
His "beautiful little girl with
golden curls," with whom he
was first "smitten" at the,' age
of six, had more to do with his
bowing out of the White House
than all the machine politicians
put together. She was not the
sole factor, but a highly impor
tant one.
Knows Physical Toll
Mrs. Truman knows better
than any other person outside
of the president, himself, the
physical and emotional toll 17
years of official life in Wash
ington have taken from her hus
band. Seven of those years have
been in the White House. She
shares with him a deep yearn
ing for life without pressure
and in comparative privacy.
, Consequently, she has for
some tune encouraged the idea
of his not running again. Mrs.
Truman has too much respect for
ber husband' own judgment to
Medford
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47th Year 16 Pages
Kefauver Expected
To Be Easy Winner
In Wisconsin Vole
Republican Race
Seen as Slugfest
Milwaukee (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver Monday was consider
ed by his backers as a hands
down winner in Tuesday's Wis
consin primary after President
Truman said he would not be a
candidate for re-election.
But the Republican contest
was a four-way slugfest between
Harold E. Stassen, Robert A.
Taft, Earl Warren and a "favor
ite son" running as a stand-in for
Gen. Douglas MacArtbur.
Do or Die Battle
Most observers felt the GOP
battle was a do or die testing
ground for all four particular
ly Stassen and Taft.
But Mr. Truman's announce
ment that he wanted to vacate
the White House left Kefauver
opposed only by two pro-Truman
candidates, although organiza
tion Democrats speculated that
Mr. Truman would accept a con
vention "draft." ,
The interest in the primary
kindled by the extensive stump
ing carried on by the Republi
can hopefuls was expected to
turn out a record vote of about
1,000,000. In 1948, only 700,000
persons voted in the primary.
Omaha U.R) The Democratic
race in Tuesday's Nebraska pres
idential primary took on new
significance Monday after Presi
dent Truman stepped out of the
1952 race.
Sens. Estes Kefauver of Ten
necessee and Robert S. Kerr of
Oklahoma were set to tangle in
the first full-fledged contest
since Mr. Truman's status at last
was cleared up.
Near Record Vote Seen
And the battle promised to
draw a near record vote.
The Republican contest will
be a write-in battle with ' sup
porters of Sen. Robert A. Taft
and Gen. Dwight' Eisenhower
seeking to edge Harold E. Stas
sen, the only prominent GOP
hopeful whose name will appear
on the ballot.
Kefauver To Arrive
In Oregon April 10
Portland (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver, D-Tenn.. informed his
Oregon democratic presidential
backers Monday he will arrive
here April 10 to plan his cam
paign for the May 16 state pri
mary election.
Kefauver telegraphed word of
nis intention to Dave Darland,
dean of students at Pacific uni
versity in Forest Grove, who is
also a leader in the Kefauver-for-President
movement in Oregon.
Darland said Kefauver's April
10 visit likelv would be brief
and would be concerned mainly
with discussing campaign strat
egy with his Oregon supporters
before returning at a later date
to launch the actual campaign.
Weather
FORECAST: puny cloudy to
night and Tuesday. Showers
in mountains. Little tempera
ture change. Low tonight 30
33. High Tuesday CO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest this Morning 34
Prec. to 4:39 a.m. Today, Trace
use tactics more forceful. But
she has made no secret of her
desire to leave the fishbowl life
of the White House.
Her desire to leave the White
House reached an all-time high
on Nov. 1, 1950. when two Puer
to Ricans tried to shoot their
way into Blair House and kill
the president. Mrs. Truman was
alarmed and frightened, as any
normal woman would have been
after such an experience.
Mrs. Truman Jubilant
Since the president made his
announcement, Mrs. Truman has
been jubilant. At the big Demo
cratic reception Sunday after
noon she was noticeably relaxed
and glowing for a relatively shy
person to whom public appear
ances are - frequently painful.
She even smiled while the flash
bulbs were flaring.- More often
she squints. '
Aside from Mrs. Truman's
feelings, there were other im
portant reasons behind the presi
dent's decision. One political
school of thought here believes
that Mr. Truman believes Eisen
hower will get the GOP nomina
tion. - -
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 31,
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Angry Departure
Of Defense Chief
Shakes Program
Steelman Named
Temporary Chairman
Washington !U.R) The wage
price stabilization program was
rocked to its foundations Mon
day by Defense' Mobilizer
Charles E. Wilson's stormy de
parture from the government.
The former General Electric
president, who held the second
most powerful post in the admin
istration, resigned in angry pro
test against President Truman's
handling of the steel dispute.
Strike Seen Likely
Although steel union and man
agement representatives sched
uled new bargaining talks in
New York Monday, government
hopes for averting a nationwide
strike on April 1 plummeted al
most to zero in the wake of the
top-level row.
Senate action on a one-year
extension of the controls law,
scheduled for a committee vote
Monday, was called off to per
mit senatorial tempers to cool
Some Republicans demanded
that the legislation be put on
ice until the steel crisis is
settled and Wilson's successor is
chosen.
Steelman Named . '
Mr. Truman said Presidential
Assistant John R. Steelman will
serve as acting director of De
fense Mobilization for the time
being'..;
Wilson planned to get out at
the close of business Monday,
His office said he "might" hold a
news conference before he left,
but that it would be confined to
a review of the rearmament job
to which the President appointed
him in December, 1950.
Mr.' Truman and the 65-year-old
industrialist parted com
pany with a blazing exchange
of ' letters which the White
House made public late Sunday.
Charges Hurled
Wilson charged that Mr. Tru
man reneged on an agreement
made at Key West on the price
issue. And he said Wilson was
all wrong in his contention that
the steel pay raises of 26 cents
an hour recommended by the
Wage Stabilization Board were
"unstabilizing."
Wilson's resignation hit the
White House shortly before
midnight Friday, a few hours
after the . defense mobilizer
learned that Mr. Truman had re
fused to go along with his plan
for settling the steel dispute by
raising both wages and prices.
Convinced Truman
Price Controller Ellis Arnall
and Economic Stabilizer Roger
L. Putnam tipped the scales
against Wilson at a long White
House meeting Friday afternoon,
They were understood to have
convinced Mr. Truman that the
steel companies could pay the
proposed wage increases out of
their current profits without
hiking steel prices.
Not that Mr. Truman is afraid
of taking on any political oppo
nent, but the idea of having to
run against a man to whom he
once offered his support for the
presidency had definite draw
backs. Mr. Truman once said
that he could run against Eisen
hower cheerfully. That, how
ever, ' was before Eisenhower
fhad shown any strength at the
polls.
Occupational Fatigue
Another factor influencing
Mr. Truman's decision is best de
scribed as occupational fatigue.
In recent months he has spoken
repeatedly of the "imprison
ment" of the presidency. He feels
as Thomas Jefferson did that a
president lives in "splendid mis-
H - i
ery.
Mr. Truman has chafed in
creasingly at being trailed day
and night by a growing pack of
reporters and photographers. He
wants to be able to go to church
without cops. He'd like to read
a. newspaper and hear a broad
cast without finding himself as
a target for criticism. He'd like
to play sinless poke
uits m
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CHARLES E. WILSON
Quits Government
JOHN R. STEELMAN
Serves as Director
Truman Would Be
Elder Statesman
Washington (U.R) President
Truman is loking forward to be
coming an "elder statesman."
He has already made fairly
definite plans for a post-White
House career of lecturing and
writing on public affairs, it was
learned Monday.
But Maj. . Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan and some of the other
presidential cronies who have
been dubbed "the Missouri gang"
may soon be carting about for
gainful employment in private
life.
Associates said Mr. Truman
has no present intention of run
ning for the Senate in Missouri,
as he has hinted he might like
to do.
But they said he would be very
pleased if Congress would en
act long-pending legislation to
make all'former Presidents ex-
officio members of the Senate
for life. :
Communists Baiter
United Nations Lines
Seoul (U.R) Communist artil
lery battered Allied lines in
two places across the front Mon
day while Red infantrymen
threw four light attacks into
UN positions.
UN infantry commanders,
calling in support from Fifth
Air Force planes, were out of
luck. Foul weather grounded all
air missions except a few
weather reconnaissance flights.
A "heavy barrage" of enemy
artillery and mortar fire flushed
a UN patrol from a newly-occupied
hill west of Yonchon in the
western sector.
Sheriff Will Attend
Search-Rescue Session
Sheriff Howard Gault will
leave tomorrow for the Trout-
dale airport, near Portland,
where he will participate in a
conference regarding the state
program -of air search and res
cue, he said today.
Gault is a designee for ground
search operations in Jackson
county of the State Board of
Aeronautics, and the conference
will be attended by a number of
men who have responsibilities
for aiding search procedures.
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1952
No. 8
Chance To Avert
Strike April 8
Declared Dimmer
Union Will Seek
Installment Boost
New York (U.R) Repre
sentatives of the "Big- Six"
steel companies and the United
Steel Workers "postponed"
their scheduled showdown bar
gaining conference Monday.
Industry sources indicated a
belief that the postponement
was for an "indefinte" time.
But union sources said they
understood it would be for
only a few hours.
Washington (U.R) The "Big
Six" steel companies and the
CIO United Steelworkers renew
contract talks Monday amid dim
ming prospects for avoiding an
industry-wide strike April 8.
Sixteen-man bargaining teams
for both the industry and Philip
Murray's powerful steel union
were scheduled to meet in the
afternoon for the first down-to-earth
talks in three months.
Early Settlement Hampered
The union will drive for indus
try acceptance of an 18-month
contract calling for a total of 26
cents in wage and fringe boosts
in installments as recommend
ed by a Wage Stabilization
Board majority.
But an exchange of letters be
tween President Truman and
Charles E. Wilson as the mobili
zation chief quit Sunday threw a
big roadblock in the way of an
early settlement. ;
Wilson, who had opposed any
wage boost for the 650,000 steel
workers, accused Mr. Truman of
altering a plan, on which they
had agreed, for permitting the
industry to boost prices to off
set at least partially any
wage hike granted.
Wants to Follow Law
The President, accepting Wil
son's resignation replied that he
expects to see the price controls
law "faithfully executed." Under
price rules, the industry is enti
tled to about a $2 a ton increase
by the so-called Capehart for
mula although it claims it would
need $12 to offset the recom
mended wage package.
The industry had counted on
Wilson to ram through more
than $2 a ton in price relief and
the resumption of negotiations
was arranged last week after it
had the former mobilization
chiefs assurance that the Presi
dent would go along. Economic
Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam and
Price Chief Ellis Arnall blocked
the deal
Wilson said the President's ac
tion "violates my senses of jus
tice." Industry sources said the out
look for an early agreement was
"pretty dim" unless Murray re
treated from the package pro
posed by the wage board a
move he hardly is expected to
make. .The union set its new
strike deadline after postponing
four walkouts at government
request.
The wage board package
would give the union a 17Vi cent
pay increase in three install
ments and 8.6 cents in tringe
benefits in two installments. In
addition, the board suggested
that the companies give the steel
workers a union shop.
100,000th Korea Vet
Due in States Tuesday
Seattle (U.R) The 18th man
off the gangplank of the Navy
transport Pvt. Joe P. Martinez
Tuesday will be the 100,000th
Korean war veteran to return
through this port on rotation
furlough.
The Martinez was scheduled,
to dock st 8:30 a.m. Aboard are
1,576 veterans.
A special dockside ceremony
is planned to greet the ship and
the 100,000th man. Can-can
dancers, bands, singers and
speeches on the dock will be fol
lowed by a parade up Seattle's
Velcome lane.
BULLETIN
Washington (U.R) The
Commercial Telegraphers Unl
ion Monday postponed until
12:01 a.m. Thursday a threat
ened strike against Western
Union to allow federal medi
ators to seek a settlement of a
deadlocked contract dispute.
Huff;