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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.