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V Jacques Duclos iakes Communist Comeback in French Political Circles By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The most dangerous enemy in Western Eu rooe of free men and women f--"-f7-i'-r:Z7Z ever y w h e r e easily is iden tified now as a bald little Frenchman named Jac ques Duclos. Duclos is 59 years old. In telligent Euro peans have been acquaint ed with him for a long time. r Lyle C. WKson Americans knew of him, but have forgotten. Duclos was No. 2 man in the French Communist Party when he briefly caught the attention of Americans in late May of 1945 an article entitled: "On the Dissolution of the Communist Party in the United States." His piece was a blistering at tack on Earl Browder, a Kansas boy who for some years had been Communist Party boss in the United States. During the latter war years, Browder and the Communist elders in this country formally dissolved the party, as such, and ' proclaimed its successor as the Communist Political-Association of the Unit ed States. Browder thereupon began to propagandize co-existence that Communism and cap italism at home, and the Soviet Union and the United States in the world, could live happily to gether. Party Boots Browder What Duclos did to Browder was to denounce him as an ally of J. P. Morgan and Co., a trai tor to Lenin, to Stalin and to Karl Marx. The Communist sec retariat in the United States thereupon admitted grave error, kicked Browder out and install ed William Z. Foster as party boss, a job he still holds. The political association was dissolv ed and the party was revived. Thereafter, Browder was uni formaly described in Communist publications as a renegade enemy of the working class who had been expelled for playing footsy with what was described as "United States imperialism." Foster wrote: "Browder's whole conduct has lent aid to these war-mongers." Duclos wanted the United States Communists to resume the class war, infiltrate all lev els of American life and shoot for the world revolution with special emphasis on the Ameri can chapter, thereof. O MEDFORDsJlti Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956 Pages 1-6 Langlie. Jordan Given Inside Track For Cabinet Post Sf PMlay Retires By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Speculation in the nation's capital is that Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washing ton or ex-Gov. Len Jordan of Idaho may wind up in the cabinet next year, if Secretary of Inter ior Douglas McKay goes through with his intent to retire and a Republican administration re mains in power after the forth coming elections. There is also strong indica tion that the Far West will be hard put to claim the office of Interior Secretary after McKay leaves, and that the most formid able candidate for the position will be the present undersecre tary oi Interior, Clarence Davis of Nebraska G There is no question, in the view of observers here, that if McKay does leave it will trigger a political scramble for his high post in the government. Secretary McKay, who resign ed as governor of Oregon late in J 952 to come to Washington, D.C., and enter President Eisen hower's cabinet, has made clear in recent months that one four year stretch is all he wants of life on the Potomac. His hope is to re tire to Oregon a year from now. If Eisenhower runs and is re elected, or another Republican succeed? him as president, Mc Kay's departure would open up the most important position in the cabinet, as far as the West is concerned. Laaglie looms as probably the most potent of candidates for purely circumstantial reasons. His term as governor expires at the end of this year and he does not intend seeking reelection. Un less he runs against Sen. War ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) and wins, presumably he will be free to accept a nod from Wash ington, D.C. But what counts most in Lang lie's favor among speculators is that he had first crack at the position when Eisenhower was forming his cabinet. Langlie, just elected governor at the time, felt compelled to turn down the president's oifer. In his guberna torial campaign, he, pledged to the voters that he would no turn around and go off to Washington, D.C, if Eisenhower beckoned and he kept the pledge. Idaho's Len Jordan is now chairman of the U.S. section of the International Joint Commis sion, the agency that handles dis putes between Canada and the U.S. over rivers that cross the border between them. Friends of Jordan claim that last summer he was offered the post of Assistant, Secretary of Damage Suit Filed In Circuit Court Mrs. Alvera E. McDonald fil ed suit in circuit court Wednes day seeking $5,156.50 damages from Sears Roebuck and com pany for injuries resulting from a fall. She charges the company was "careless, reckless and negli gent ... in permitting a cigar ette butt to remain on the floor" of the company's property,' 40 South Central ave., where she slipped and fell Oct. 25. Mrs. McDonald claims she re ceived a sprain of her right knee and asks $5,000 compensatory damages, plus $156.50 loss of earnings and medical expense. Robert Dickey is her attorney. Interior for land management but turned it down. Actually, it is said, the White House at the time thought Jordan should be saved for a higher post. Jordan personally didn't want the assist ant secretaryship because he re gards himself as a water and power authority, rather than a land management man. Embraced Administration Both Langlie and Jordan have strongly embraced the Eisen hower administration's "partner ship" power policy of encourag ing private development of new power sites. They co-operated while in office to fight the pro ponents of the high Hells Can yon dam and lend support in that battle, to Idaho Power Co. Undersecretary Davis, who was promoted from solicitor to his present job when ex-undersecretary Ralph A. Tudor resign ed over a year ago, is now re garded very highly in White House and Republican circles Quotes Fro m the News By UNITED PRESS Algona, la. State Sen. Duane Dewel on why he is not going to run for governor of Iowa this year: "I'm too damp for the drys and too dry for the wets and satis factory to neither." . "bold Washington Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R.-Me.) on her new" five-year $1,000,000,000 medical research program: "I think it is about time this country brought research on hu man lives up to the level of research on animals and plants." Boston James C. Allen, one of the Brinks guards tied up dur ing the spectacular Jan. 17, 1950, hold-up, on the FBI solution of the mystery: "I came home, sat down and listened to a news broadcast about it. I've sure hoped they'd solve this thing. I didn't know that they would. In fact, I was so busy today that if the news had come at work I just wouldn't have paid any attention to it." New York Paul Blaufox, Arthur Godfrey's chief talent hunt er, on his "parting company" with his red-haired, temperamental boss: ' "I'm tired of being a talent scout. I've lived in gin mills for five years. I just wanted to do something better." ' Washington Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson in an appraisal of U.S. cold war policy: . , , Europe ". . . We have spent vast efforts to strengthen our al lies ... of late, these bonds have been loosened." Middle East "There are indications of a timid, hesitant ap proach in this troublesome area." . Far East "The time bomb of Quemoy and Matsu is ticking away. The hour it is set to go off is not known." Galveston, Tex. Babe Zaharias, in John Sealy hospital for a second battle with cancer and a bout with pneumonia: . "I keep asking the doctors when I can go home but they don't tell me much." ' generally. He is considered by many to be the "brains" of the department and the man who really runs Interior. It is thought by some that Davis may become secretary with Jordan as his undersecre tary a combination that would give both the midwest and the far west the top positions in run ning Interior's vast domain. All of this speculation the fa vorite pasttime of many politic ians and newspapermen is based on the possibility that the Republicans will remain in con trol of the executive branch of the government for four more years after the 1956 election. Nixon Manager Sues Magazine Los Angeles U.R) Vice- President Richard M. Nixon's 1952, has national campaign manager accused a national mag azine in a $1,250,000 libel suit with calling him Nixon's secret link to the underworld. The former campaign mana ger, Attorney Murray M. Cho tiner, filed the suit in Superior Court yesterday against Behind The Scene magazine, naming most of the magazine's officers and about two dozen John Does as defendants. Chotiner charged that he was referred to as Nixon's under world link in an article publish ed in the March issue of the magazine. He said it was "but one of a series of attacks that are being launched by those who seek to discredit the vice-presi dent for political purposes." Chotiner said he had talked with Nixon by telephone and that the vice-president told him, "you should go ahead and sue those responsible" if such action was warranted. Chotiner retain ed Attorney Jerry Giesler. Ward Elected Head 01 Sheriff's Posse Leonard Ward, Butte Falls, was elected captain of the Jack son County Mounted Sheriff's posse at a meeting recently. Harold Hulse was re-elected secretary and treasurer, and F. J. Christian, Talent, was elected lieutenant. Homer Chamberlain, paid members in charge of the posse grounds, was reelected to that office. Board members include How ard Gault, sheriff; Ward, Hulse, Christian, Tony Boitano, Walter Fox, and Jim Henry, retiring captain. Plans were discussed to again have an annual rodeo, tentative ly scheduled for the last week in July. Ray Pence, Medford Ac counting service, reported on audit of the group's books. H. B. Murphy was appointed chairman of a committee which will work toward building a rid ing track around edges of the properties, for pleasure riding. 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Duclos again is a man of great Coos Bay Lumber Loadings Increase Coos Bay U.R) Lumber loadings at the port of Coos Bay during 1955 increased sharply over 1954 loadings, according to preliminary figures. The port loaded 660,000,000 board feet of lumber on about 390 ships and barges last year, well over the 603,000,000 board feet loaded in 1954. In 1953, 674,000,000 feet were shimmed by water. power. His party is the third largest in the new Parliament, and not a bad third, either. In his new position of power, Duclos will continue to seek the overthrow of Western civiliza tion as he sought it in May of 1945. Specifically, he will seek to weaken France by any means, to nudge or stampede that coun try away from the North. Atlan tic Treaty Organization defense alliance. Duclos will maneuver in France to prevent the unification of Germany and to push Western Germany from her Western moorings. 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