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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE mm M Fire Tueidav, February 1, 1955 To Ait 4 6 it 1 1 - :4- 1 1L All Efforts, First Slatted in 1945, 'Termed Failures (Editor's Note: For nearly 10 years, efforts have been made to obtain a vorlble ceasefire between the Chi . Jiese Nationalists and the Reds. In most of these attempts the United States played a prominent role. All, however, failed. United Psess Vice President for Asia Earnest Hoberecht traces the history of these attempt to . restore peace to China in the follow ing dispatch.) By EARNEST HpBERECHT United Press Correspondent ' Taipeh, Formosa U.PJ The idea of a ceasefire in the China : war is not new. Efforts to work out a cease fire began as far back in 1945. AH failed. High American officials here, who have studied the situation and who are familiar with the actual facts in the case, are not optimistic about the chances now. The Chinese Nationalists are strongly opposed to any such arrangement. So are the Chinese . Communists. . The Nationalists feel a cease ' .'fire might prevent them from en deavoring to accomplish their aim of getting back to the main land. Communists Blamed , 1 The Communists say they are opposed because they are de termined to carry out their plans . to capture Formosa. Failure of ceasefire efforts in the past generally has been due to the attitude and actions of the Communists. ' ' " In August of 1945, immediate ly after the Japanese offered to 'surrender, Generalissimo Chiang :Kai-shek invited Mao Tse-tung to visit him in Cungking. i.ne communists then were jvery weak. The Nationalist gov ernment extended the olive " branch- in an effort to unite wmna and begin postwar re- ; construction work. -v By Oct. 6, 1945, some progress had been made. On that date : a. joint Chiang-Mao declaration announced that agreement had been reached. There were still .some remaining problems,, it . was admitted, but these were to be settled by a political consulta tive conference. " . Before the end of the month, the Communists had rejected the .Nationalist's compromise offer and had launched an aggressive attack. Fighting spread to pro vinces. Gain New Strength By this time the military strength of the Communists had been greatly increased. The Rus sians had turned over to the Reds large numbers of guns and great quantities of ammunition taken from the surrendering Japanese forces. , In December, 1945, Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. special envoy, arrived in Chungking and began his ill-fated efforts :to arrange a cease: fire. . The Communists, on Jan. 10, 1946, agreed "in principle" that hostilities should cease, but con tinued their, military operations in violation of the agreement. ? The Communists blamed Gen Marshall for failure of the truce Aggression Continues On Jan. 29, 1947, the U. S. . State Department announced the abandonment of American ef- tforts to mediate between the fully Aged M 5 nun miiiMll if-l-fiT''""" mui - 2. 9Au BOURBON WHISKEY 45 qt. ';' ;:;.-;, this whiskey is 4 years old, 86 proof. the hilu hill co louisville. kyi " AEC Asked To Take Dixon-Yates Vole Washington (U.R) Sen. Al bert Gore ((D-Tenn.) demanded today that the Atomic Energy Commission take a. new. "formal vote" on whether to commit it self to the Dixon-Yates power contract. jThe commission already has signed the controversial agree ment, but it has not yet gone into effect. Gore told AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss in a telegram that: another vote should be taken in view of last week's recommendation , by the . Con gressional Atomic Energy Com mittee that the contract be can celled. . , ' , The committee made its rec ommendation on strictly party lines. Ten Democratic members supported it and eight Repub licans opposed it. Gore, a committee member and a leading opponent of Dixon Yates made his demand as the committee scheduled another hearing this afternoon on the industrial application of atomic energy. ' Chinese government ' and the Communists.' t The next day Communist spokesman Wang Ping-nami an nounced the decision of the Reds, to impose their political demands on the government by "force of arms." '"' Throughout 1947, the Com munists continued to reject all Nationalist, peace and ceasefire offers, and continued their mili tary aggression. In 1949, the Chinese National ist government filed a cfimplaint in the U4 S. . General Assembly against Russia, accusing the USSR ofi aiding the Chinese Communists in the Civil war and violating: the Sino-Soviet treaty of 1945 and the charter of the United Nations. New Year's Message On Oct. 1, 1949, the Commun ists set up their regime in Peir ing under the leadership of Mao Tse-tung. v On Jan. 1,- 1950, in a New Year message, Chiang said: "I solemnly swear that as long as Soviet aggressors occupy, one inch of our territory and as long as I am alive," I will never stop fighting." American sources here said cease fire suggestions came up again only in October of 1954. At that time, when the Com munists were shelling the island of Quemoy, the Americans sounded out , the Nationalists once more. . "Ideas were .exchanged," a high official said. "Nq agreement was sought or reached at that time." ., . BUENOS AIRES RELIEVED Buenos Aires (U.R)-Townspeople and nearby' farmers, plagued by drought, and exces sive heat, got sudden relief Mon day when , the temperature dropped from 93 to 70. A sum mer storm " also . dumped . two inches of rain on the area, i WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Clearing except ior a little rain - near Oregon border; generally fair and colder tonight. 0 . - for extra enjoyment 5 KENTUCKY STRAIGHT i$ 1 j.ix i - BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE Ten below zero is cold enough for this policeman who has been on Chicago's North Michigan-av beat for 20 years and still won't wear ear muffs. 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Sen. : Hubert H. - Humphrey (D.-Minn.) introduced the resolu tion last Friday as a follow-up to the administration resolution giving President Eisenhower blank check power to fight the Chinese Communists, if neces sary, to defend Formosa and the Pescadores. '. The Humplrey resolution and the eight-nation Mutual Defense Treaty for Southeast Asia kept 0 isky Here's the trim, modern appearance of twin beds I I V I I I Here's the trim, modern appearance' of twin beds ... the easy convenience of a trundle bed ... and the space economy of a bunk bed . . . all. rolled into one! We've never before been able to offer so much utility and comfort in sleeping accommoda tions for two at such an economically low price. ; Sturdy steel construction with handsome wrought iron grille work in both head and foot ends. Satin black finish that will take lots of abuse. Two inner spring mattresses covered in strong ACA ticking. 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