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Medfobd .United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year REDS GIVEN FACE-SAVIHG OUT ON PRISONER ISSUE Enemy Suggests Secret Sessions To Seek Solution Lone Paragraph Awaits Decision Panmunjon, Korea (UP) The United Nations told the Communists at resumption of armistice talks Tuesday there is a "'face-saving-' way out of the prisoner exchange deadlock. A Red propagandist at the game time suggested secret ses sions to work out a solution. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, chief Allied negotiator, spent 20 minutes of today's 29-minute meeting the first in four days in a carefully prepared ex position pointing out both sides actually are close to agreement. On Solution Waited Harrison noted the armistice document has 63 paragraphs. Ag reement has been reached on 62, except for minor details, he said. The one paragraph awaiting so lution is No. 51, covering pris oner exchange. "It seems clear that if the pris oner of war issue is settled, an armistice will result without de lay,"' he said. However, he said, "We have In our -custody prisoners of war whom we cannot return to you without repudiating our basic principles." Refers To UN Stand He was referring to the U. N. stand on voluntary repatriation allowing prisoners to return to the Communist side only if they are willing to go. The "face-saving" part of the U. N. final offer of April 28, he said, provided that prisoners who do not wish to return to Com munism be reclassified. He sug gested new lists to be handed over when an armistice is agreed upon exclude iheir names. Mo Direct Reply Thus, the Reds in effect would get back all "prisoners of war." North Korean Gen. Nam II did not reply directly to Harri son's statement. He simply re peated that the Communists want the return of all 170.000 prison ers now held. All but 70,000 have told the U. N. they would forc ibly resist repatriation. Grocers Association Secretary Dies Here Val Truax, 64, secretary of the Southern Oregon Grocers as sociation for the past 12 years, died at a local hospital Monday. Mr. Truax had been a resident of Oregon for approximately 60 years and had lived at the Med ford hotel for the past 14 years. Mr. Truax was born Sept. 8, 1887, in Boston, Mass. He oper ated the Truax Grocery store in Grants Pass for about 30 years before moving to Medford., As secretary of the grocers associ ation, he was well known in the Grants Pass and Medford areas. Mr. Truax is survived by a sis ter, Mrs. Frank Coleman, El Se gundo, Calif. Perl Funeral home is in charge of private services. Police Will Enforce Ban on Fireworks The state law and city ordin ance against fireworks will be enforced by the city police dur ing the Independence day week, Police Chief Clatous McCredie said this morning. Chief McCredie said children possessing outlawed fireworks will be picked up. Caps and sparklers are not included in the state ban on fireworks. The police haven't yet receiv ed any fireworks complaints, McCredie said. He added that he doesn't expect many fireworks to be used here this year. Weather FORECAST: Fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 50, high Wednesday g to 85. TEMPER ATI RE: Highest Yesterday 78 Lowest This Morninf 48 16 Pages BULLETINS Houston, Tex. (UP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York Tuesday demanded that press, radio and television be ad mitted to all Republican Na tional Convention hearings on Taft-Eisenhower . delegation contests. Washington (UP) Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall said Tuesday he intends to turn down a request for a $5.50-a-ton price increase asked by the Weirton Steel Co., Weirton. W. Va. Arnall said he still sticks to his position thai all the steel industry is entitled to is S3 a ton, whether or not it settles the steel wage dispute. Police Set Up Base Camp in Search For Murder Suspect A detachment of state police officers has set up a base camp in the rugged wilds of northern Jackson county in their search for 67-year-old George Baker Dunkin, wanted for the murder of a Medford state police officer. Capt. Paul Parson, command ing officer of the police district here, said that Sgt. Mark O. Sullivan is in charge of the party of six men, who are "assigned to hunt for Dunkin until they find him." Supplies for. the semi-permanent camp have been brought in, the captain said, and the men are on 24-hour assignment to continue a dogged hunt of the forest and brushland near the Jackson-Douglas county border where Dunkin is still believed to be hiding out. No New Developments Sullivan, an experienced game law enforcement officer, has re ported by radio that there have been no new developments in the search for Dunkin. The search for the elderly prospector-trapper began a week ago today, when Officer Phil Lowd was shot and killed when he and a forest service man were nearing Dunkin's mountain cabin to investigate reports that a forest service trail repair crew had beenfired upon. State Officer Austin Murry flew over the 50 -square -mile area yesterday morning and aft ernoon, in hopes of sighting some sign of the wanted man, and was in the air in a light plane again this morning. Cloud Seeding Ban Will Go on Ballot The Jackson county clerk's of fice reported today that enough signatures had been obtained on a petition to place before the voters in November the question of cloud-seeding in the county. The measure would make it against the law for independent interests to engage in cloud-seeding for weather control within the county. It was proposed by the Moisture Conservation League, composed chiefly of dry land farmers and stockmen. The clerk's' office reported a total of 2,357 signatures. The number required to place the is sue on the ballot was 2,000. Steelworkers Union Schedules Meeting New York (U.R) Rebable sources said Tuesday that CIO United . Steelworkers representa tives will meet here this week with officials of at last two ma jor steel companies in a new effort to settle the month - old steel strike. The report was neither' con firmed nor denied by spokes men for the union, which has lowered a curtain of secrecy ov er its negotiating activities. However, the executive com mittee of the American Iron and Steel Institute, which represents the "Big Six" of the steel in dustry, is scheduled to meet in New York Wednesday. This might be the occasion for a new effort toward agreement in the dispute which has idled 600,000 steel workers MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1952 inn)iiw Taft Completely Disavows Attacks On Eisenhower Candidate Sees Attempt To Hurt Him Chicago (U.R) Sen. Rob ert A. Taft Tuesday strongly de nounced and completely dis avowed the so-called "hate monger" attacks on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination. The Ohio senator said in a news conference some of it seems to be "a deliberate attempt to try to hurt me." Not By Taft Supporters "Certainly this spreading of prejudice is not being done by Taft supporters," he said. "I disavow it and completely denounce it." He said persons who are spreading prejudice should be thrown out of the party. Taft said he believes every thing is running smoothly and he was highly pleased over his prospects of victory when the convention gets around to mak ing its presidential nomination next week. Similar Defeat Seen He noted that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York is here Wednesday night, presumably to take charge of the Eisenhower campaign, and it increased his fear that the general's nomina tion would lead to the same kind of defeat Dewey suffered in 1949. The senator said he had talk ed to Sen. Eugene D. Millikin, the platform drafting chairman, about ideas on both domestic and foreign policy, but has not submitted any specific recom mendations. Fire Regulations In Effect Today Forest fire control regulations went into effect today through out the Rogue River National forest, according to Fire Con trol Officer Verus Dahlin. Under the regulations, no smoking is permitted while traveling except on paved or surfaced highways; ampfire permits are required except at posted camps, and axe, bucket and shovel are required equipment for camping at non posted camps. Campfire permits are required for campers this year for the first time since 1949. No camp fire permits will be required at regular camping spots on nation al forest land. Signs designating such camp spots will be posted soon, according to Dah'lin. Campfire permits may be ob tained. at the forest service head quarters in the Medford post office building, or at any of the rangers' headquarters which are located throughout the national forest. Army Takes Wraps ARMY'S PATTON 48 TANK GoTexnment Flacti Orders Hfers Lodge Announces . Campaign To Grab Convention Control Organization Block Hope of Ike Leader Chicago (U.R) Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge rejected all Taft harmony proposals Tuesday and planned a blitz campaign- to seize control of the Republican National Co'nvention at its open ing session. Lodge is Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower's pre-convention campaign manager. He hopes to block rou tine organization of the conven tion by offering a resolution challenging adoption of rules. That would take place , within the first few minutes of the open ing session July 7 with National Committee -Chairman Guy George Gabrielson presiding. Hallanan Seen Target If Eisenhower's backers can muster votes to sustain Lodge's challenge, they may move im mediately to prevent election of Walter S. Hallanan, West Vir ginia, as temporary chairman. The odds against Lodge are big but the payoff would be terrific. As these plans leaked, early arriving politicians were jolted with word that Gabrieison had invited Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, Wisconsin, to address the con vention during the afternoon of July 9. McCarthy was among numer ous Republicans, including Her bert. Hoover, asked to speak here. He is the most controversial figure in the Republican party, denounced by some, applauded by others, but universally re garded as a tough man in a fight. Never Consulted ."They never consult us about anything," snapped Lodge when asked whether Ikemen had okay ed the McCarthy invitation. But he said the Eisenhower high command "was not finding fault" with the list of speakers. The speaking schedule an nounced by Gabrielson indicted that nominating speeches might begin the afternoon of Thurs day, July 10, and ballotting that night. There was puzzlement at Eisenhower's failure so far to name a nominating speaker and a floor manager. Hallanan Said Biased "A tremendously biased man," is Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge's de scription of Hallanan. Lodge plans to move at the opening session that convention rules shall not permit contested dele gates to vote on any matters relating to temporary convention organization. If Lodge's strategy worked, Eisenhower's first ballot nomi nation would be likely because control of the convention organi zation would be shifted to the general's managers and they would expect to be able to bar contested Taft delegates and seat their own. Sawyer Sees Record Slaughter on Highways Washington (U.R) Com merce Secretary Charles Saw yer Tuesday predicted record breaking slaughter on the highways this Fourth of July week-end, with a toll of more than 400,' unless motorists drive more carefully "than ever before IttliSUJM HjJ I YOUTHFUL SUPPORTER Senator Robert A. Taft receives hat from a youthful supporter as he arrives in Chicago to take personal command of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Guy Corliss Democratic Guy D. Corliss, Medford, was elected Jackson County Dem ocratic chairman in a close con test for the party top post at the bi-annual election meeting of the central -committee held at the Medford YMCA Monday night. He was opposed by L. Peers Wilmeth, Ashland, retiring vice chairman. Corliss succeeds Mrs. Edward C. Kelly who did not seek reelection. Other officers elected by Democratic precinct committee men and women were Mrs. Al bert Strauss, Sams Valley,, vice chairman; Mrs. Clair P. Gilber son, Medford; secretary;' Frank DeSouza, Medford, treasurer; Mr. and Mrs. C. Scott Hamilton. Central Point, alternates to the chairman and vice-chairman and Annexation Hearings Due Before Council Hearings on the annexation of two units of the Verde Hills addition and on seven paving projects are expected to be the major business of the city coun cil meting at 77:30 p.m. today in city hall, according to City Superintendent Robert Duff. Paving projects to be consid ered are Bennett avenue, Crater Lake avenue to the end of the street; vCrown avenue, Oregon Terrace to Berkeley Way; Welch street, Jackson street to the rail road tracks; Haven street, Oak to Woodstock strets and Wood stock to Grape street; Taylor street, Myrtle street to the end of the street, and Keene Way drive, Main street to Woodlawn drive. 3,890 Persons Visit Museum During June Jacksonville A total of 3,890 persons visited the Jacksonville Museum during June, it was re ported today by Mrs. Myrtle P. Lee, museum curator. Mrs. Lee said that the figure represents v 1,046 more persons than visited the historic land mark during the same month in 1951. Off New Patton Tank Newark, Del. (U.R) The Army Tuesday took the wraps off America's newest tank, the Patton 48, for which it has plac ed nearly $2,000,000,000 worth of orders with the Big Three auto companies. Boasting a score of improve ments, the fighting monster is now in production by Chrysler Corp. at its arsenal here, Fish er Body Division of General Mo tors at Grand Blanc, Mich., and Ford Motor Co. at a still-to-be-completed plant at Livonia, out side of Detroit. . All three firms have mass production orders for the 45-50 ton class Patton. Chrysler's calls for more than $1,000,000 worth, Fisher Body for nearly $475, 000,000 and Ford for $426,000, 000. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and a dozen top generals looked on while Mrs. George S. Patton Jr., widow of the World War II hero, christened the T-48 the Patton 48. Biggest feature of the new weapon is the one-piece cast United Press Full Leased Wire .No. 87 Elected Chairman Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, Medford, congressional commit teemen. Named to the execu tive committee were Wilmeth, Dr. Arthur Kreisman, both Ash land, and Clarence Davies, Eagle Point. Precinct Officers Precinct committeemen and women elected to fill existing vacancies were Mrs. May Rus sell, Mrs. Douglas Faske, Ed Dameron, Mrs. Dorothy Math eny and Dr. Arthur Kreisman, all Ashland; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newell, Howard Precinct 28; Harold H.x Vessey, Medford 51, and L. A. and Ruth L. McCorm ick, Griffin Creek 64. A resolution presented by De Souza, calling upon Oregon del egates to the Democratic Na tional convention to continue their support of Sen. Estes Ke fauver until he is either nomin ated or releases them, was un animously passed by the organ ization. Copies of the resolu tion will be sent to Chairman Terry Schrunk of the Oregon delegation. No action was taken at the meeting to fill Democratic vac ancies on the November ballot for state representative and county judge. With time left for this decision, the matter will be considered of at a later meeting. Several possible candidates were discussed for each post. Candidates Attend Democratic candidates pre sented at the meeting were Ralph Sweeney,- incumbent county treasurer who seeks re election; Lloyd Whitney, can didate for county commissioner, and Lula G. Watson, candidate for county clerk. Andy Hawver, candidate for county assessor, who could not be present, was represented by Dr. Kreisman. The annual Democratic picnic was set for Sunday, July 27, at Tou Velle park. The program will be a testimonial to Judge Frank L. Tou Velle, Jackson ville, who donated the land for the present state park. Demo cratic candidates will head the picnic committee with Lloyd Whitney and Andy Hawver act ing as co-chairmen. hull, with an elliptical shape and low silhouette presenting no flat surfaces to enemy shells. The Patton 48 mounts a high velocity 90 - millimeter gun with a "quick-change" gun tube per mitting ordnance crews in the field to take' out the huge rifle and insert a new one in a matter of minutes. Jacksonville Budget Election Due Tomorrow Jacksonville A city budget election to raise $6,103 over the six per cent increase limitation will be held in the Jacksonville city hall .Wednesday from 12 noon to 7 p. m., according to Mrs. Lois Fretwell, city recorder. This amount will -need a 15 mill cut. to cover it in property taxation, only 9.3 of which will be new taxation. All registered voters, renters as well as property owners, with in the city limits are eligible to vote, Mrs. Fretwell pointed out. NEW CONTROLS LAW DANGEROUS, TRUMAN BELIEVES Washington flJ.R) President Truman said Tuesday Congress opened "a dangerous gap in the mobilization program" by passing a weak economic controls program. Mr. Truman signed the bill Monday He explained Tuesday his reluctant action was due only to the fact that the control pow ers would have otherwise expired last midnight. The President said Congress must provide adequate appropria tions for the stabilization agencies, or even the limited control pro gram would collapse completely. The new version of the Defense Production Act destroyed the existing wage stabilization system without providing a workable substitute, Mr. Truman said. "Thus, the Congress has opened a dangerous gap in the mobi lization program," he said. The President conceded the new law has some virtues, particu larly in its continuation of production and allocation provisions, and he noted some improvement in an amendment to ease limita tions on foreign trade. "Unfortunately, however, the new law weakens our ability to hold down prices and stabilize our economy," he said. : uermany Pact, 'Fair Trade' Bill Awaiting Senate Washington (U.R) The Senate Tuesday, ratified the West German Peace contract. Washington (U.R) The Senate started work Tuesday and planned to stay on the job Tuesday night in hopes of wind ing up action on the German peace agreements and the so called "fair trade" bill. Driving toward adjournment Saturday night, the Senate be gan debate on the German agreements with Sen. Tom Con nally, (D-Tex.), urging approv al without change. Colleagues Assured Connally, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, as sured his colleagues that letting West Germany into the Atlantic Pact defense setup and signing a peace contract with her would not expand U. S. military com mitments in Europe. Democratic Leader Ernest W. IvIcFarland said he would call for a night session in hopes of finishing work on the German agreements and also on the "fair trade" legislation.' Bills Wait Action In both House and Senate lawmakers worked to complete action on almost $70,000,000 000 worth of appropriations bills before the Saturday night ad journment deadline. While the Senate plowed away on the German agree ments, the House took up only routine bills. House members agreed to consider no important legislation because of the Okla homa primary. Southwest Scorched By Record Drought .' By United Press The worst drought on record parched portions of the South. west Tuesday while hot, humid weather stretched from the southeastern seaboard to Tex as. A relatively cool mass of air extended from the Great Lakes to the East Coast and south ward along the coast to its cen tral portion. Thundershowers hit Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. The drought caused critical water shortages and retarded crops in southwestern Missouri and portions of Oklahoma and Kansas. For many sections it was the driest June on record, surpass ing the drought of 15 years ago. Churchill Defends American Policy London (UP) Prime Min ister Winston Churchill warned Britons Tuesday of the danger of finding fault with the United States during a presidential elec tion campaign. Addressing the House of Com mons in a full-dress debate on Korea, he hotly defended Amer ican policy and warned against undue fault-finding. "There might easily come a time, especially during -a presi dential election, when a very sharp reaction of emotion even anger might sweep large sec tions of, the American people." he said. "And any candidate for the presidency who gave full vent to it would gain a consider able advantage.' BASEBALL NATIONAL Philadelphia 3 7 2 4 9 2 Brooklyn Box, Konslanly, and Burg ess; Branca, Labine 6, and Campanella. Pittsburgh 3 3 3 Chicago 2 9 1 Main. Wilks 3, and Mc- Cullough; RamsdelL Leonard 9, and AtwelL Home runs: For Pittsburgh C jrickland. 1 Serious Gamble Said I Taken With Inflation "At a time when our defense production is still expanding and necessarily contributing to in flationary pressures, the Con gress has weakened price con trols, has limited the effective ness of wage controls, has invited widespread abandonment of rent control, and virtually cancelled selective credit con trols." This, the President said, forced the administration "to take a serious gamble with in flation." This law gives the American people only very limited pro tection against the dangers of inflation," he said. May Be Fortunate But, he continued, "if Con gress provides sufficient funds for proper administration of this weakened act, and if whe have no sudden worsening of the in ternational crisis, and no panic buying, we may be fortunate enough to get through the next 10 months without serious dam age to our economy." Under the new law, wage prire controls will remain in ef fect until next April 30, but federal rent ceilings will end September 30 except in "critical defense housing areas" or cities whose local governing bodies re quest that they be continued un til April 30. Two-Year Extension Asked Mr. Truman had asked for a full two-year extension of wage-price-rent controls, with "strengthening" amendments. Principal ways in which the new controls law differs from the old one include: 1. Fresh, canned, frozen and dried fruits and vegetables, which represent about 20 per cent of the average family's food budget, are now free from price controls. 2. Wage controls no longer ap ply to farn workers, enginers, architects, certified public ac countans and persons earning less than $1 an hour. ' 3. The government lost its authority to impose controls on installment buying and bank cre dit. Even though the administra tion had lifted "Regulation W" curbs' on consumer credit sever al weeks ago, Mr. Truman want ed standby powers to clamp it on again if necessary. Meals May Go Up 4. Price officials said hotel and restaurant meals probably will go up because the act pro vides higher ceiling prices for hotel supply houses. 5. Cigaret and milk prices al so may rise in states where fed eral ceilings are lower than state minimum price law. 6. Restrictions on real estate credit Regulation X, must be suspended whenever a survey, computed on a three - month basis, shows the annual rate of new starts has fallen below 1,200,000. The present annual rate of new housing starts is estimated at 1,200,000. Officials said no change would be made for the time being. Wage Board to Close 7. The present Wage Stabiliz ation Board will be abolished at the close of business July 29. A new board will be creat ed on which labor, management and .the public will continue to have equal representation, but appointments of all members will be subject to Senate con firmation and the board won't be permitted to intervene in ne gotiations for settlement of -any labor disputes. CIO Asks GOP for Civil Rights Plank Chicago (U.R) The CIO Tuesday called on the Republi can party to write a strong civil rights plank into its ' platform, help abolish the Taft-Hartley Act and support a 1 national health program. The AFL, in a statement to be made public later Tuesday, was expected to make similar de mands. The union ' demands as they related to Taft - Hartley were certain to be ignored. CIO views were presented to the GOP resolutions committee in a statemtn prepared by CIO Vice-President Walter P. Reu- ther and Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey.
