Hungarian Premier
May Join
In Political
Mai
enkov
By CHARLES M. McCANM
United Presi Foreign Analyst
Russia's Georgi M. Malenkov
may soon have a companion in
political misery.
Dis patches
from Budapest
indicate that
Premier Imre
Nagy of Com
munist Hunt
gary is most
likely to loje
his job.
If that hap
pens, Nagy,
like Malenkov
will be a vic-
. Charles McCann tim of t h' e
Kremlin's decision to . concen
trate on heavy industry again at
the expense of consumer goods.
Nagy was made Premier oi
Hungary in July, 1953. He an
nounced a "new course" policy
of improved living conditions.
Hungarians would get more
food and more comforts," he
promised, and there would be
less "exaggerated industrializa
tion. -
Malenkov made approximate
ly the same announcement about
one month later.
Industry First
For some reason, which never
has been clearly explained, the
Kremlin had decided back in
1950 that agricultural Hungary
should go in for intensive indus
trialization. , '
The country 1' went under a
five-year plan designed, it was
announced, , to transform it
"from." an agrarian industrial
country into an industrial agrar
nan country" that . is, tg put
industry first. ....
- The program bogged down
from'the start. Nagy took over
the prime ministry from Matyas
Kakosi, Hungary's No. 1 Com
munist. Rakosi was not .purged. He
concentrated on his post of first
secretary of the Hungarian Com
munist party, while Nagy took
responsibility for the "new
course'' program.
But the "new course" pro
gram did not work out either.
The agricultural situation, which
had been bad, got worse. Conces
sions mads to farmers, to en
courage increased production
served only to increase their re
sistance to government controls.
Industrial workers, who had
been promised more and cheap
er food, failed to get it.
Shift in Moscow
Nevertheless, as late as last
Dec. 21, Rakosi went out of his
way in a speech to praise Nagy's
"new course" policy. - He ex
pressed conviction that the pol
icy would succeed. ' .
Then came the disclosure
from Moscow that Malenkov's
consumer goods policy had been
declared ka failure.
Rakosi, in a complete reversal
of his position, announced on,
Jan. 25 that because of German
Misery
armament and "a war threat
from the West" Hungary must
concentrate again on heavy industry.
This reversal was confirmed
Sunday night at a meeting in
Budapest of high ranking gov
ernment and Communist party
leaders.
Dispatches from Budapest said
that Nagy . did not attend the
meeting. . They . added that he
might be. "on leave."
Engineers Open -All-Out
Campaign
For Wage Increase
Cleveland, O. (U.R) The
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers opened its all-out cam
paign today for a 22.5 per cent
wage boost by notifying every
major railroad in the United
States its demands.
v Guy L. Brown, grand chief
engineer of the BLE, indicated
the union expected a stiff fight
by saying," we mean business
this time and if necessary are
ready to rely wholly and quickly
upon application of our economic
strength."
Brown said the union was pre
pared "to disagree at our first
conference with rail manage
ment" because "we expect no
more consideration of this de
mand by the carriers than we re
ceived a , year :: ago." He added
that by being ready to disagree
"we shall cause less expense to
ourselves and less irritation to
the public." .
The wage demand will be for
"skill differentials" and will af
fect' "daily rate, arbitraries,
miscellaneous rates, special al
lowances and monthly and daily
guarantees' now received by en
gineers, said Brown. - ;
Differentials Worsened
He said a five cent hourly in
crease in daily rates granted en
gineers Aug. 13, 1954, "worsened
rather . than .bettered differen
tials for. skill as we predicted it
would at the time."
Brown quoted late Interstate
Commerce -. Commission figures
as showing . firemen's monthly
earnings last ; August were
$557.25, whereas they made only
$460.72 when promoted to engineers.-.
" ' : -
Marge Champion
Undergoes Surgery
Hollywood U.R) Dancer
Marge Champion was reported
in good condition in Cedars of
Lebanon hospital today after un
dergoing an emergency appen
dectomy. ; Mrs. Champion, who teams
with her husband, Gower, was
rushed to the hospital yesterday.
BUSY SIERRA
Sierra National Forest, Calif.
(U.R) A record 270,000 vis
itors vacationed here last season
and another 730,000 traveled
through the forest area either on
sightseeing trips or en route to'
other areas. Forest Supervisor
Leon R. Thomas said improved
campgrounds in the area, were
used 730,000 visitor days, com
pared with 510,000 in the 1953
season.-'' ' "; -
San Francisco To
Invite Republicans
For Convention
San Francisco (U.R) The
San Francisco Board of Super
visors has voted to invite the
Republicans to hold their 1956
national convention in San
Francisco.
The board also pledged $100,
000 toward defraying conven
tion expenses. At the same time,
local business groups named H.
D. Collier, retired president of
the Standard Oil Company of
California, to head a drive to
raise an additional $150,000 for
the convention.
Big Thing for. West .
"Bringing this convention to
San Francisco would be a big
thing, not only for the city, but
also for California and the
west," Collier said.
Leonard Hall, Republican na
tional chairman, will submit the
bids of San Francisco and two
other cities, Chicago and Phila
delphia, to a GOP site commit
tee, which meets tomorrow in
Washington. .
Rooms Guaranteed
Mayor Elmer E. Robinson
notified the GOP national com
mittee that San Francisco can
guarantee 10,000 hotel accom
modations and the use of the
17,000 seat Cow Palace for any
date in either July or August,
He also pointed . out , that sea
breezes and fogs keep San
Francisco cool in mid-summer,
Thomas Gray, secretary: .of
the Downtown Association, flew
to Washington last night to pre
sent the city's invitation to the
site committee.
Washington House OKs
Vancouver Toll Bridge
Olympia (U.R) The House
passed a bill yesterday authoriz
ing the construction of an addi
tional interstate toll bridge at
Vancouver Wash. The bill now
goes to the Senate.
The measure, which received
no dissenting votes in the lower
chamber, provides for repair of
the. present . Columbia river
bridge as 'well. The measure
authorizes the additional bridge
and issuance of revenue bonds
to pay for it. ...... .,. ,-'
PURSE. RETURNED
Hagerstown, Ind. U.R) Mrs.
James Nelson, .who lost her
purse nine yeas ago, got it back
recently. It was in a package in
her mailbox addressed to her in
her maiden name. As far as she
could recall nothing was miss
ing. :. . . i I
to
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frca tfcc U. S. National Bank
It's the convenient, economical way to handle year-cod
bills, taxes, medical and Cental expenses or similar '
obligations. Just stop m tt your neighborhood v
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A N O R E G O M B A M K S E K V I N O O R E G O II
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(right), shown at press conference in Taipei, Formosa,
during which he said it had been made clear that the U. S.
would help defend Matsu and Quemoy Islands. :
Tuttday; February 15, 1935 ;
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTVB ;
Chemical Tests Ordered on Body Of Abigail Adams
Hollywood (U.R) The coron
er's ... office . ordered ..detailed
chemical tests made today to
clear up the mystery surround
ing the "possible ' r suicide" of
actress Abigal Adams. : -
An autopsy iailed to disclose
the exact cause of death and
tests were ordered to determine
if the 37-year-old actress died of
an overdose of sleeping pills, as
was originally believed.
" Authorities were puzzled,
however, over the absence , of
any suicide notes in the actress'
apartment, or any boxes or bot
tles that might have contained
the pills. .
During the autopsy yesterday,
it was disclosed there-were three
slight bruises on Miss Adams'
left wrist and a slight discolora
tion on her temple. Dr. Alex
ander Griswold, assistant coun
ty autopsy surgeon, said none of
them was serious enough - to
have caused death.
Producer - comedian George
Jessel, former-fiance and . close
friend of Miss Adams, was re
ported0 grief - stricken by her
death. Miss Adams' body was
found Sunday morning by drug
gist Max Marks, who had dated
her Saturday, night Her parents,"
Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur.
Adams, are en route from Spar-'
tanburg, S. C, to take charge o
the body. v r . r :
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