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Weather
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ness and scattered showers or
snow flurries today. Valley
, fog tonight and Monday. High
today SS to 38, low tonight 25.
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Highest yesterday - 32
Lowest yesterday ..,. 24
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MEDFORD, OREGf
f, JANUARY 91955
49th Year No. 251
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VT F- e(D)i?a- resident pro tempore; Senator Lyndon Johnson (D) T& 2a"
lority leader and Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D), Mo, majorSy secretary? ai3i
Two
Developm
Fruit Industry Aimed
At
Eliminating Smoke
Two developments in the
fruit industry, aimed at elim
inating black smudge smoke dur
ing the period of orchard heat
ing in the spring, were made
public this week,
v They were:
; ; 1. Experiments are being
made in an attempt to work out
a satisfactory substitute for heat
ing by oil, which creates the ob
jectionable smoke; aid
2. A committee of the Fruit
Growers League of Jackson
County and of the Rogue River
Valley , Traffic association has
S i ;" i
Group Transferred
The Medford airport is now
without U.' S. Air Force person
nel for the first time in a num
ber of years'; . ,r
The Air Force refueling and
crash detachment stationed here
out of McClellan AF base at
Sacramento has left. The change
was effective Jan. ; 1 and in
volved 15 men under the direc
tion of a warrant officer, senior
grade. " !
..- Another regular AF group,
the Army Airways communica
tion station. Delta Waters rd.,
ceased operation .' about six
months ago. The property there
is still held by the government,
To Be Reassigned
Federal officials at the air
port reported that the refueling
. group will be. reassigned else
where from Sacramento. ;
The Medford city fire depart
ment ..'was notified unofficially
Friday that there would be.no
'fire truck available from the
"Air Force at the airport. The
department will now send two
trucks to the airport on each
emergency, with full crews. One
truck from both the central and
east side stations will be . used.
:' Refueling of AF planes will
now be on a contract basis with
the Medford Air service, officials
- Said. ' "-i"' i ' r'V
Fields? Daughter
Jailed in Siberia '
Washington U.R) Mrs.
Erika Glaser Wallach, foster
-daughter of Noel and Herta
Field, has communicated with
relatives from a Soviet prison
camp at Vorkuta in Russian Si
beria, it was disclosed Saturday.
- Her husband and his two chil
dren are living in the-Washing
ton area waitmg and hoping for
her release. She disappeared
mysteriously, in Berlin on Aug.
26, 1950, while searching for
news about her foster parents,
the Fields, who had disappeared
behind the Iron Curtain a year
before. ' r
Temperatures
Medford Airport
1954, Summary of .Year's Weather Shows
i '.Temperatures in Jackson
county were slightly below
(normal during 1954, according
;to" figures released yesterday by
the Medford weather bureau.
More Fog Than Usual
5 The figures show that. the
' county's rainfall was slightly
below normal, but that the year
was somewhat cloudier and fog
gier than usual.
- The mean maximum tempera
ture, or the one midway between
the extreme high maximum and
the extreme low maximum, last
year was 66.6 degrees, compared
to a normal of 66.8.-The mean
'minimum was 40.0 degrees, com
pared to a normal of .41.1 de
grees. The average last year was
53.3 degrees, against a 54.0 de
Y4 1 f
enfs in
recommended the use, where-
ever possible, of Vsmokeless'
heaters, and reported that a
number have already been in
stalled at a cost of $44,800,
Letters Tells of Pleas '
A letter dated Dec. 30 and
addressed to all fruit growers in
the valley contained the news
of these developments. It was
signed by Orville C. Hamilton,
president of the Fruit Growers
league, and David Lowry, presi
dent of the Traffic association.
' The letter follows: ' ,
A committee of the Rogue
River Valley Traffic association
and the Fruit Growers league
was appointed' for-the purpose
of making recommendations to
the fruit industry in order to re
duce the amount of smoke pro
duced in orchard heating to a
minimum. 1 '
It recommends: . .
1. For the replacement of ex
isting pots the committee rec
ommends only ' that i orchard
heaters meeting the smoke ' tol
erance , specifications, be pur
chased. This may be ' accomp
lished either by purchasing of
new type heaters or converting
old heaters to the accepted type.
May Be Difficult
2. The committee . recognizes
that due to the severe economic
hardship imposed by last year's
frost it may be financially im
possible for some growers that
have not previously heated all
or part of their acreage to buy
new heaters due to the high cost
involved. The committee urges
all growers to buy only heaters
convertable to return stack heat
ers, however, the committee rec
ommends that : all ' growers at
tempt to buy at least some new
units of accepted standard in or
der to indicate their desire to
cooperate in reducing the smoke
from orchard heating.
3. The committee recommends
and where possible the return
stack heaters be . utilized y on
nights of less severe frosts. '
4. The committee wishes to
advise .that the . Fruit , Growers
league and Rogue River Valley
Traffic association have inter
ested the Forest Products labor
atory at Corvallis in developing
a satisfactory substitute for oil
heating. . . , '
5. The Fruit Growers league
has underwritten an experiment
to be conducted , by the Experi
mental Station from the Frost
Protection fund. ;
6. The Experimental' station,
in conjunction with Oregon State
college,1 will conduct experi
ments this year to determine ex
isting temperature ceilings in or
der to establish as much infor
mation for the basis of new de
velopments in orchard frost pro
tection, -v"
To date $44,800 has been
spent by the orchardist in con
verting to. return stack heaters.
in Count Below Normal in
gree normal.
'The' highest temperature re
corded, during 1954 was 98 de
grees on July 13, well below the
highest on record here, a torrid
115 degrees on July 20, 1946.
Last year's lowest temperature
was 16 degrees on. Dec. 27. The
all time low of 10 below zero
came on Dec. 13, 1919.
-Snowfall Normal V
Precipitation last year
amounted to 16.25 inches, or 1.90
inches below the 18.15 normal.
Snow last year totalled 7.2
inches, exactly normal. -i-
The greatest monthly precip
itation total ever recorded by
the Medford weather bureau
was in January, 1930, when 22.6
inches fell,'.
Defense Secretary
Called To Testify
On Manpower Cuts
Washington i (U.R) The
House Armed Services commit
tee Saturday called on Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson to
testify publicly later this month
in defense , of President Eisen
hower's proposed military man
power cuts. V
s Wilson probably ; will - testify
during the week of Jan. 24 and
he will be followed by other key
defense officials, including . all
members of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Gen. Matthew B. ;Ridg
way, Army chief of staff, is re
ported concerned at the proposed
cutbacks. , ;..( -
- Committee , - Chairman i Carl
Vinson (D-Ga.), said the hear
ings were arranged at a Penta
gon - lunch Saturday at " which
Wilson and his top , aides were
hosts to Vinson and Rep. Dewey
Short (R-Mo.), r outgoing chair
man and ranking committee Re
publican. '
Short predicted after - the ses
sion that the. manpower, slashes
announced by Wilson on Dec.
20 and later eased- somewhat by
Mr. Eisenhower, would stand up
under congressional scrutiny. He
said Democratic furor over the
cut would fade away.
. There were some indications
that Vinson, who earlier had ex
pressed serious concern at the
reductions, had softened his op
position somewhat in view of the
President's , decision late Wed
nesday to restore 25,000 of the
cut ordered for the Army. i-
The fact that the Pacific Grey
hound - lines -settled a damage
case out of court does not imply
that the company admitted liab
ility, attorneys for the bus com
pany said Saturday. -
The firm and one ofrits driv
ers, defendants in a $107,500
damage suit in circuit court here
last week, - "have at all times
vehemently denied the claim of
Greg ' S. Scarborough that he
was struck by a Greyhound bus
or was in the vicinity," on Feb.
3, 1954, when the bus left the
depot here. Scarborough claim
ed he had been injured when
he was hit by a bus. H
The attorneys' statement add
ed:4 . ' i I
"The case was settled for; a
small fraction of the amount
demanded ; merely to avoid ; the
expense of continued litigation,
and without any admission of
liability whatsoever on the part
of either Pacific Greyhound
Lines or Donald E. Tackley, (the
driver), : by whom liability has
at all times been denied." ' ;
?. Tackley has an unblemished
safety - record as a Greyhound
driver, it was pointed out. f
Measurable rainfall fell on 96
days last year. The normal mea
sureable rainfall is 99 days, i
122 ClearDays
. The Medford area had 122
clear days in .1954, with 70 part
ly - cloudy and 173 cloudy days
listed. The longtime figures 'are
124 clear days, 83 partly cloudy
days, and 158 cloudy days, i '
ft Only four days with thunder
storms were reported in 1954,
against the usual of eight, but
50 days with heavy, fog were re
corded, eight more s than the
average. ? '
The last killing frost' in the
spring of 1954 was recorded on
May 1, and the first killing frost
in the; fall came on Oct.T 24,
leaving a 176-day growing sea
son in the Medford arear
Firm Says N
Liability Admitted
Talent Project Out
Of Federal Budget,
Correspondent Says
Election Results Said
Reason for Removal
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The Eisenhower
administration has passed over
Ore eon in nrenanne the new
federal budget in the field of
new reclamation projects for
1955, while approving new starts
on added irrigation acreages m
neighboring Washington, Idaho
ana uaiuornia.
Oregon was ' left out because
of the outcome of the recent
election, in which the, voters of
the state refused to return Re
publican Sen. Guy Cordon and
thereby gave Democrats control
of the Senate, according to a
highly placed administration of
ficial. ' . -. v
The Oregon project which the
Bureau of Reclamation and Ore
gon members of Congress have
been seeking to get ' started in
1955 is the Talent division of
the Rogue river project, a $20,
500,000 irrigation proposal near
Medford authorized by Congress
last summer. -; . : i.
Reported Turned Down ;
But reportedly the project
was turned down by the Budget
bureau, which has the last word
on how to allocate the presi
dent's annual budget requests
that is, which projects go in and
which get chopped off. Official
word on the matter will not be
out until President. Eisenhower
sends his detailed budget mes
sage to Congress Jan. 17,
Only -three new reclamation
projects are reportedly contain
ed in the new budget Santa
Maria, near Santa Barbara, Calif.;
Michaud Flats near American
Falls dam on the Snake river,
Idaho; and Foster creek near
Chief Joseph dam on the Col
umbia river, Wash.
A high administration official
said Sen. Cordon had tried be
fore leaving office this past week
to get the Budget bureau to un
loosen funds for the Rogue river
project. .-. ; ' ' . ,
"Why HefplCordon?" i&
... "But the boys in the bureau
feel, 'Why -. should they help
Cordon? He was defeated.' And
that's all they need to cut a
project out of the budget." .
Reminded . that Secretary of
Interior Douglas McKay is still
in office and favors the project,
the official : declared:. : "But the
Budget bureau has seen the Ore
gon election ' returns, and they
know McKay came out on . the
short end.
In short, it was pointed out
the few projects gaining approv
al were doled out to states that
stood by GOP, candidates.. The
California project is a pet of
Sen, Thomas KucheL a Republi
can re-elected in November; the
Idaho -. project ' is a favorite of
Sen. Henry Dworshak, a victor
ious Republican in 19o4; and the
Washington project goes to Rep,
Wall; Horan, Republican, and
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, a
Democrat who will be the top
man from the Northwest on the
powerful Senate Appropriations
committee in this Congress.
Ellsworth Sought Approval
Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.)
said he vigorously argued for
Rogue river project funds but
had no word a on ."whether they
had been' approved or disap
proved.
From Democratic circles, it be
came clear than Sen. Wayne
Morse and Sen. Richard L, Neu-
berger will try to add funds to
the budget during its review by
Congress, and that the slighted
Oregon project would be one
they would push. The long-haul
strategy of Democrats so long as
they control Congress and the
GOP controls the executive de
partments, it is expected, will
be something like this:
Although Eisenhower does not
ask Congress for funds to start
many new projects, the Demo
crats will move to jack up ms
budgets bv adding funds for such
resource developments They will
initially appropriate the : mini
mum amount of money needed
in each state to get construction
work started, which ' would be
calculated to force the admini
stration in subsequent years to
request additional funds to com
plete the projects without politically-risky
and uneconomic in
terruptions. Washington U.R Republi
can leaders charged the Demo
cratic National committee Sat
urrtav with "irresnonsible" ef
forts to repudiate and .under
mine pledges of Democratic
Coneressional leaders to coop
erate with President Eisenhow
er. Washington - (U.R The Jus
tice department soon will spon
sor legislation to make it easier
for the Immigration Service to
deport undesirable aliens, it was
learned Saturday. . "
TTrt- l n rr ' n era n
m ORITISflL PHASE,
U.tl OFFICIALS SAV
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
United Nations Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold met for
more than five hours with Red
Chinese3 Premier Chouf En-Lai
Saturday and was believed to"
have received the Communists'
reply i to U.N.'" demands for re
lease of 1 1 imprisoned Ameri
can airmen.
U.N. officials here believed
the talks had entered, the criti
cal phase. ; . '
Democrats
on
Washington (U.PJ-Demo-
crats are expected to demand
that Army, officials tell the
Peress story under oath on the
grounds they have been reluct
ant "to come, clean" about the
case, informed sources said Sat
urday. -: ' , 'f ,. -,','
Sen.' Joseph R. McCarthy (R-
Wis.) probably will beat the
Democrats to the punch, how
ever. He has been belaboring the
Army for almost a year about
the promotion and honorable
discharge of former Maj. Irving
Peress, a dentist whom he calls
"Fifth Amendment Commun-
ist." , : j -v v
Unappeased by the Army's
10,000 word explanation Friday
night Of i-s handling of the case,
McCarthy .-, called a closed meet
ing for 11 a.m. (EST) Monday of
the Senate investigating com
mittee.
McCarthy is still chairman of
the group until the. Democrats
organize the committee, prob
ably, later in the week. McCar
thy swill propose that top mili
tary and civilian army officials
be called for testimony. ,
Sen. John L. McClellan ' (D-
Ark.), who will succeed Mc
Carthy; had no comment on the
Army report, but sources close
to the subcommittee said he had
intended to pursue , the Peress
case even before the Army
issued its explanatory document.
Future in Doubt ) ""
The report said the Army's
top lawyer, Army Counselor
John G. Adams, and a three-star
General, Lt. Walter L. Weible,
deputy chief of staff, decided to
let Peress discharge go through
despite McCarthy's court martial
demand. ' ' ' '-';' - v
The report cast the future of
Army Secretary Robert T. Stev
ens ' and Adams in doubt ' Sen.
Charles E. Potter (R-Mich) al
ready has suggested to President
Eisenhower that they resign for
the good of the Army's morale
Both have said they have no in
tention of quitting. But other
top officials in the defense de
partment and the White House
have not commented. :
Sports Bulletins
. Grants Pass Medford
high's ; Black Tornado last
night proved F r i d a y's win
over Grants Pass was no fluke
when they trounced the Cave
men for the second time, 86
to 37. Medford lead at the
periods, 20 to 16, 42 to 27 and
59 to 35. Larry Copple bit 18.
and Jerry Kalapus 17 for the
winners.
Eagle Point The Earle
Point; Eagles defeated Talent,
high school last night 47 to
30. The winners were lead by
Forward Harvey Nelson who
hit for 17 points. ". I
- Corvallis. Ore (U.R) The
Oregon Stale Beavers pulled
a .close game out of the fire
in the second - half Saturday
night to defeat the Washing
ton State Cage squad 56 to 52.
Seattle, Wash (U.R) The
University: of Idaho downed
the University of Washington
52-44 Saturday , night in a
Northern division basketball
game before 5,300 fans.
Pooeaix 10. Begua Biref 43.
Expect
To Demand Story
Army
1 Messages reaching .United Na-
tions . headquarters - from the
Hammarskjold party in Peiping
indicated, the diplomat was ex
pected to wind lip his historic
mission with a final conference
Monday and leave for New York
the following day. ' . .
:'; D. R. Mankekar, Times of
India editor on special assign
ment torjthe United Press - in
Peiping," "said it was believed
Chou had replied to Hammarsk
jold's plea for release of the 11
Americans and the 2,850 other
U.N. command prisoners ' still
held by the Communists in vio
lation of, the Korean truce. w
There was no indication ;. of
whether Chou has stuck to his
previous claims that the U.N.
has no jurisdiction in 'the case,
that it is one entirely within
Chinese jurisdiction.
Longest Talk
, The - third and longest : talk
between Hammarskjold -' and
Chou lasted from 3 p.m. until
8 - p.m. (11- p.m. Friday to 4:10
a.m. PST) in the ornate Shihwa
(West Flower) hall in Peiping's
ancient Forbidden City. The two
officials and ; other ' aides have
conferred a total of 12 hours
and ; 25 minutes in secret ses
sions. i':'r: X-'-i
The officials ? were' believed
also to have discussed such prob
lems as the case of 35 Chinese
Nationals refused ' exit permits
by the United States, the trans
fer to Formosa of captured Chi
nese war prisoners who refused
fo return 16' Red" Chin tinder
the Panmunjom "truce agree
ment,' and . China's complaint of
espionage activities against ' its
government. :"--V : ' '". '
; No meeting was scheduled for
Sunday.- A Peiping broadcast
and cablegrams : sent here by
Hammarskjold's party said -the
next meeting was set- for Mon
day, but the exact timewas not
given. V ' ;.v
U.N.' officials here said Mon
day's 'meeting was expected to
be the last. .
Lack of Shipping
Hits PNW Lumber
v Portland -V (U.R) Lumber in
dustry spokesmen here said Sat
urday the Pacific Northwest
faces a serious slowdown in lum
ber production "because of .;"a
growing lack of shipping space.
One lumber leader said the
shipping situation was the worst
in 30 years. Another said "the
nineh is iust beginning to be
felt. Mills that don't already
have ' space for late January
through March shipments will
have to gear their production ac
cordingly." ' v .
-The more than 40 water-shipping
mills in. the region's Doug
las fir industry make much of
the Pacific Northwest's . large
mills and a big part of its pay
rolls r A'" spokesman 'said' the ''real
impact" would be felt in Feb
ruary and March,
v Because of the shortage of
steamer space, lumber shippers
are asking - for more rail . car
space but outloadings of lumber
are much greater than inload
ings and extra cars are difficult
to get. ' . v" "'I;
GOP Convention Set
After Demo Conclave :
s Washington U.R) ' A sub
committee of the Republican
National committee decided
tentatively Saturday to brfak a
century-old precedent by holding
the 1,956 GOP national nomina
ting convention after the Demo
crats hold theirs.
The decison was made at a
meeting called to hear ..invita
tions for toe party to hold its
conventions in one of three con
testing cities Philadelphia, Chi
cago and Atlantic City. Philadel
phia was regarded as havin a
good chance. The p arty was
founded there in 1856. -: .. - '' ,
s Democratic ; National Chair
man Paul M. Butler earlier an
nounced the'Democratic conven
tion : would be held Aug ; 27,
1956, the latest start in 92 years
for the Democrats. No conven-,
tioa site was announced : : r"
:-' K v
f ' ;
TRIP TO FRANCE Terry Bre
reton) 161 Ross lane, has been
named a delegate to the YMCA
Centennial World Conference in
Paris, 'France, in August. '. The
Medford high school youth will
represent "YY" groups . from
represent "Y' groups from Med
ford, Ashlandi" Klamath Falls
and Rosebufg, (See story on Page
12, Section 2.) ' - ..-.';;; r:
izeor
Of Ezra T. Benson
- Washington (U.R) Sen.
Hubert H. Humnhrey Saturdav
demanded that Agriculture Sec
retary . E z r a T. Benson either
apologize or; resign . f or ;'cruel
, and -.inhuman treatment? of
Wolf Ladejinsky.1 - 7
The Minnesota Democrat un
leashed his most blistering crit
icism of the 4 handling of the
Ladejinsky "securit y" case
which reached ' into J the "White
HOUSe. ; ' ' . - -;.f
Relieved by Benson . . , :
- Ladejinsky, Russian-born and
reform expert, was relieved by
Benson, of. an - agricultural de
partment post on "security" and
technical" grounds. He had
been agricultural attache in Tok
yo under the State' department.
After - the Agricultural depart
ment, refused him security clear
ance the Foreign Operations ad
ministration hired him to help
in carrying out land reforms n
Vietnam. - - ; ' . '' - -
Humphrey said that if Lade
jinsky has been cleared for his
new, overseas job . with , White
House approval, Benson "should
either. apologize, or resign." -Asked
"Best Judgement". ;
After. FOA . announced this
week that . it : was hiring Lade
jinsky, White House Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty: said: ;
b The White H o u s e asked
heads ' of the : departments and
agencies involved to use their
best judgement in . working : out
this situation. We believe that
judgement has been exercised."
Apolog
U.S. Space Satellites Said
Possible : Within two Years
Washington . u.R) A re
search t scientist . said ', Saturday
night' the" United States can
launch, several space satellites
by 1957 for less than the cost of
one long-range' bomber. : 1
.Thef scientists Prof, , Fred S.
Singer of Maryland university',
said -this "would pave the way
for : flight into interplanetary
space." ; : '";". ; ;.;-;':
In addition, he said, the in
strument-packed satellites would
glean -.information, above' the
earth's atmospheric blanket of
tremendous military, economic
and scientific value on solar and
cosmic radiation affecting wea
ther and communications. 4?
.They would help to ; make
long-range weather forecasts pos
sible, he said. '. - ' . '-:
Singer addressed the monthly
meeting, of the National Capital
Astronomers on what "he calls
the minimum orbital Tinmanned
satellite of the.earth mouse for
short. v Ai '- 'K J: ":'
k He first proposed the ... mouse
some time ago. But last night's
was Ins first detailed public dis
cussion of the artificial moon
which . he said would be the
ffirst long step ; away from the
earth since cave man tossed up
his first rock."
Th tima-te start b spec
Hp
Soldier, Civilian
Rushed To Hospital
In Vesfern Berlin
; Third American Still
Held by Communists
Berlin U.R) The Russians
Saturday released two Ameri
cans who had spent from six' to
nine and a half years in Com
munist slave labor camps. They,
were rushed to the American
hospital ; in Berlin and placed
under guard.-
A guard was placed at the
hospital door of Pvt. William T.
Marchuk, 38, of Norristown, Pa.f
because he is listed by the U.S.
Army as absent without leave.
He disappeared in I Berlin Feb.
II, 1949. The other American,
John H. Noble, 31, of Detroit,
requested the guard so he could
rest. .hr:--,
fCood To Be Free
Both agreed that it was good
to .be free although- it took
Marchuk a little time to warm
to the idea. He seemed indiffer
ent on the drive to the American
sector. But in . the hospital he
grinned and said to Noble: "It's
good to be out,"
Noble, who was arrested with
his German-born father in Dres
den in 1945 when they refused
to take down an American flag
flying from their home, was
happy from the start over being
free. , -j ' ' '";
: He said he was ."happy but
tired."
In Good Health
c; Both men appeared in good
health,' but the Army wanted
them to have a thorough check
in the hospital.' They- had been
held in the Vortuna slave labor
camp area in Arctic Russia.
Noble said the food was "hor
rible'" but about six months aeo
the Soviets began to fatten them
up for release. -
"I am overjoyed at being
free,'! Noble said ; at the hos
pital. "I can hardly believe it is
true. I'm a little nervous and I
haven't been able to figure this
out yet, but I'm happy." '
Third American Held
He had news of a third Ameri
can still held in' the Soviet
Union. He ; told American au- .
thoritles he saw Pvt William A."
Verdine, of Starks, La., who was
arrested by the Soviets in Ger- '
many in 1949, early, last year in
Vorkuta. . ' :
Verdie "appeared to be 11L
Noble told the American an
thorities.' However he did not
know ; how ill 1 the soldier was.
Other 'former prisoners of the
Soviets : have said Vetdie ' was
suffering from tuberculosis.
Noble said that f much of the
work in the Vorkuta area was
dangerous" because the Soviets
were constructing many roads,
bridges and buildings there. -
The. Army said Marchuk s
"status will be investigated."
flight, Singer sa.id, is "right
now."- - -
' H we begin this year, he
added, "we can have space sat
ellites flying around : the earth
by 1957." - i--:
British Note Raps
Viet Minh Regime
London (U.R) Britain, in
a. note, to Moscow, has accused
the. Communist Viet Minh re
gime of 'an attempt to flout"
the authority of the Internation
al Indochina Armistice commis
sion, the foreign office announc
ed Saturday.-' : .'..'; i i
The British note sharply J re
jected fa Russian request that
Britain circulate to other mem
bers of the Geneva conference on
Indochina Communist com-,
plaints of alleged breaches of the
truce by the United States.
France and Viet Nam. The note,
ic reply to a Soviet communica
tion pf Dec. 30, ; was delivered
to the Russians' in Moscow Fri
day; VlV-"'- h. -
Britain maintained that under
the Geneva agreement all such
complaints ' must be channeled
through the International Sup
ervisory commission composed
cf India, CbnadAeuidFolaad,
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