National Suicide Feared in President's
Doctrine off 'Limited' Atomic Warfare
Monday, April 18, 1955
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Doubts Strict Use
On War Targets
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) said
today he fears the Eisenhower
administration's "dangerous new
doctrine" of. "limited" atomic
war might lead to national
suicide.
Mansfield, a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, said in a speech prepar
ed for delivery on the Senate
floor, that he could find "very
. little assurance in the possibility
of limiting an atomic war once
it was started."
Such a policy, he said, is only
"a wishful attempt" at trying to
control any atomic war.
Mansfield said "the latest
move along this dangerous path
is the new doctrine" expounded
by Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles at a news confer
ence on March 15 and "en
dorsed" by President Eisenhower
the next day. '
Limited Use Doubted
Mr. Eisenhower told a March
16 news conference he saw no
reason why atomic weapons
should not be used "just exactly
as you would use a bullet or
anything else" if they can be
used on "strictly military tar
gets and for strictly military
purposes."
Mansfield voiced doubts that
even tactical atomic weapons
could be limited to strictly mili
tary targets.
"We must not overlook the un
predictable changes in weather,
human error and mechanical
failures," he said. "Military tar
gets, particularly airfields, are
usually near towns and cities.
A weapon large enough to in
sure the destruction of such tar
gets will almost inevitably take
a toll of non-military areas.
May Become Suicide
"To completely paralyze an
enemy it would be necessary to
hit the cities, the centers of in
dustry. The nuclear bombard
ment of cities might well turn
war into suicide."
' Mansfield said the doctrine
"has merit in time of war" when
the United States might be faced
with the Communist advantage
in manpower. But he said the
policy still "seems to be' rather
short-sighted." - - . . , i
He warned against "complete
reliance" on the power of hydro
gen bombs to deter war.
Mansfield also devoted much
of his speech to the alarms
voiced about the possible radia
tion effects from the radioactive
fall-out from current hydrogen
and atomic tests.
Aaron Fran k Offers $25,000 for
Conviction in Extortion Attempt
Portland U.R) Aaron Frank,
64-year-old president of Meier
and Frank department store
here, today offered $25,000 re
ward for the capture and convic
tion of the "Friday Surprise"
extortionist who bombed Frank's
store in a $50,000 shakedown
try.
The 12-story store was to open
for business as usual today, after
droves of policemen searched it
over the week end for a second
bomb "composed of the most
powerful explosive material that
can be obtained."
Two Paziont Hurt
The explosion, which injured
two persons and caused $5000
damage occurred while the store
was crowded with "Friday Sur
prise" sale shoppers. It came
while Frank was reading the ex
tortion note, which warned of
the sepond blast if the money
was not forthcoming.
The store was closed Saturday
while detectives probed for the
second bomb. It was not found,
and the deadline for its detona
tion came and went without an
explosion.
The extortion plot, precise and
elaborate, was revealed by Chief
of Police Jim Purcell Saturday
night after arrangements had
been made to safeguard the store
executive and members of his
family.
Cashier Delivered Note
purcell said the exiortion note
was handed to .trans by tne
casnier ot a i2tn uoor crecui
winaow, who saia it was given
to ner by an unidentified person.
The note began:
'uy tne tune you receive this
message or very snortiy there
alter tnere will be an explosion
taKe place in your store. Tnis
explosion has been brought
about to convince you that ine
writers of this message are dead
serious about the demands and
instructions contained therein."
The note demanded $50,000 in
$5, $10 and $20 bills, to be plac
ed in a light-colored suitcase
carried by Frank or one other
Either the government does
not have the i n f p r m a tion to
discredit" such fears or, if it
does, the information is 'kept
under a tight lid of secrecy." He
noted that various suggestions
have been advanced for study
ing the problem.
"If the United States were to
initiate a program along these
lines," he said, "it would' un
doubtedly have a great effect in
quieting many fears."
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person he could take into his
confidence.
Frank chose to be represented
by an unidentified agent, wear
ing a white carnation, who made
a series of telephone rendezvous
with the extortionist and re
ceived his final instructions from
a baggage locker at Union Sta
tion. No Signal Given
The agent, in a taxicab with
out a two-way radio system,
drove to within five miles of
Eugene from Portland with the
$50,000. He turned back with
out having received the prede
termined contact signal from the
extortionist.
Chef Purcell said his depart
ment had run down several leads
Blow Pipe Sales
Manager in East
Galesburg, 111. John "Web
ber, 727 South Holly st., Med
ford, arrived here yesterday
for a four-day "Sellarama" sales
meeting for dealers of the steel
buildings division of the Butler
Manufacturing Co. of Kansas
City, Mo.
Webber, sales manager of the
Medford Blow Pipe Co., Med
ford, today told Butler officials
that business conditions in the
Medford area are generally
good.
While here the dealers will
visit the Butler Galesburg plant,
the largest in the world manu
facturing pre-engineered metal
buildings.
More than 500 builders and
their sales personnel are attend
ing the sessions here from all
parts of the U.S. and Canada.
They will be shown a completely
new line of pre-engineered build
ings, try their hand at new con
struction techniques and inspect
a complete Butler-build model
dairy operation on a nearby
farm.
180TH ANNIVERSARY
Bandung, Indonesia (U.R)
Indonesia President Sukarno
pointed out today that the Asian
African conference, which is
chiefly interested in abolition
of colonialism, was opening on
the 180th anniversary of the ride
of Paul Revere. He cited the
American revolution as the first
anti-colonial war in history.
with no success. A man and a
woman were seen in the hotel
lobby where Frank's agent re
ceived several phone calls, and a
man and woman carrying a
shopping bag were noted in the
vicinity of the third floor explo
sion Friday.
The intense investigation was
continued today,
Klamath Jail
Singers Give Up
Klamath Falls (U.R) The
Klamath county jail house
"night-owl five" has chosen sus
tenance over serenading.
The quintette wound up its
fifth dusk-to-dawn concert at 5
a.m. yesterday and the girl
prisoners told Sheriff Murray
Pritton they would discontinue
the serenades if regular meals
were resumed.
The prisoners had subsisted on
bread and water since Tuesday,
and later in the week were de
prived of all bedding.
The "night-owl five" as the
sheriff dubbed them attracted
much interest on the coast. In
quiries about their ability pour
ed into the sheriff's office and
included a telegram from Fin-
ley Kirken of Seattle, Wash.,
asking if the girls knew "Davy
Crockett."
Sheriff Britton told the quin
tette he will see how they be
have. If the serenades are halted,
he may start them on "one meal
a day."
Two suspected song book
smugglers, arrested outside the
jail Saturday, told Sheriff Brit
ton they wanted to serve out
their $100 fines at . the rate of
$2 a day. The men, cited in dis
trict court for vagrancy, are San
ton Curtis, 29, and Kenneth Du
cat, 19.
Eighth Power Unit
On Line at McNary
Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R)
The eighth unit of McNary dam
went on the line today, and was
to add 70,000 kilowatts of new
power to the Northwest Power
pool before the end of the week,
Col. A. H. Miller, district engi
neer, said the unit was about
three weeks ahead of schedule.
It brought the total production
of McNary dam to more than
600,000 kilowatts.
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Diitributed by King Features Syndicate, Ine.)
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Know any fellow who is an
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training of husbands whose
wives are expectant? At these
schools the husbands are in
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They are also taught the respon
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Intelligence
Brainy people are much more
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Briefly
Much can be determined about
a woman's character by the way
she furnishes a living room . . .
In 1932 Dorothy Lamour was
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Waiters
When that elegant dining es
tablishment known as Rector's
was at the peak of its popularity
fthe waiters there averaged from
$600 to $900 a month in tips.
There was no income tax to pay
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Most were from Switzerland,
graduates of the College of Wait
ers at Geneva. - They all spoke
six or seven languages.
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. Have noted it said the best
beer in the United States is
made with State of Washington
hops and Wisconsin water. Any
body wish to argue the point?
. . . It was that brilliant adver
tising man, Milton Feaseley, who
originated the catch line: "Often
a bridesmaid, never a bride."
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