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trategy of Cohhhh eginning To Tak nists Behind Smiles e ieeogsiizabie mam Iff A f By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington U.R; New Com munist strategy behind the smiles, wise cracks and back- r-w slaDDins of the & V 1 xvi crniiri men beginning to develop recogniz able ft y shape- ' The strategy is a play for relaxed East West tension, Lyif c wuson ily accompan ied by any improvement in overall Communist objectives. Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin's recent samite to the Martini di plomacy he enjoyed jvith Presi dent Eisenhower at the Geneva conference would fit that pat tern. So would Georgi Malenkov's hat-waving progress through Great Britain in search of elec tronic and atomic know-how. Last summer's summit con ference at GenQya among the Big FouPchiefs of state appears to be the basic propaganda item and the controlling factor in the new Communist strategy. This summit conference was prelim inary (.to the October foreign ministers' conference at which Western hopes for solution of vi tal problems were sadly dis appointed. Communist propaganda here and abroad, however, holds that the so-called Geneva spirit thrives, that East-West tensions (Vodka in orange juice) 'I It leaves you breathless rnirnpff te qreahst name "VODKA 0 proof. Made from 100 grain neutral spirits. Sic. PierreSmirnoff Fb. Inc., Hartford. Conn. have been relaxed, that Ameri cans and others now are more understanding of Communist ob jectives than before the Big Four met. Foreign Communists, as in France, seek again collec tive political action with other parties in the so-called popular front pattern. Bulganin and Communist Party boss Nikita Khruschev are scheduled soon to visit Great Britain for a show of ami ability which easily could excel Malenkov's performance. The new surface party line of sweetness and light was indi cated when two leaders of the American Communist Party sud denly popped up from under ground within the past few weeks. Gilbert Green and Henry Winston, Communist Party lead ers convicted about five years ago for conspiracy against the United States, had jumped bail and disappeared. Green and Winston have emerged from hiding voluntar ily and commenced serving their sentences, each claiming that better times had come for Hitchcock Appoints Klamath Chairman Klamath Falls (U.R) L. Ernest Taylor, Klamath Falls investment broker, has been named chairman of the Phil Hitchcock for Senator commit tee for Klamath county. The appointment was made by Hitchcock during a brief visit in the county Sunday. the Communists in the United States. Tries for Acceptance Writing in ''The National Re view," James Burnham com ments: "These diverse moves are de signed to secure psychological, moral and legal acceptance of the Communist enterprise as a normal, legitimate political party alike in kind to other poli tical parties, and therefore en titled to the same rights and pri vilages. This campaign for legi timization is at the core of the present strategy both of the So viet government and the world Communist enterprise." Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion told a House subcommittee on Feb. 1 what the Communists actually have on tap for the Bliss Heine's Juniors Awards Are Announced Jackie Webster, Rickie Zim merman, Sidney Yarnall, Lou ise Willis and Helen Peterson re ceived awards for high grades in the annual tests for Bliss Heine's Juniors. Albert Hunteman, band in structor at McLoughlin Junior high school, and Elmer Ayers, band instructor at Oak Grove school, were judges. Susie Hendrickson, one of Bliss Heine's Juniors' mascots, vas selected recently by the Eagles lodge as a candidate for queen in the annual Pear Festival. Union Heads Balk At Westinghouse Pact Washington (U.R) Officials of the AFL-CIO International Electrical Workers union were deadlocked temporarily today on a compromise proposal to end the 156-day Westinghouse Elec tric Corp. strike. The union's negotiating com mittee recessed its attempt to reach agreement early today un til later this morning. The proposal already accept ed by the company was sched uled to be turned over to the union's 75-member Westinghouse Conference Board this afternoon along with the committee's rec ommendations for a final de cision. Marathon Session The negotiating committee held a marathon session all day Monday and into the early morn ing with the conference board standing by. But, at 2:15 a.m., (EST) the negotiators abruptly called a recess. Union President James B. Carey was understood to favor acceptance of the proposal. But Robert Nellis, chairman of the conference board and a member cf the negotiating team, was re ported to be opposed. Contract Retroactive The proposal calls for a five year contract retroactive to last Oct. 15 with wage increases rang ing from a minimum of 25 cents an hour over the period and ether fringe benefits. The disagreement among the negotiators was reported still to center on the disposition of 36 discharged strikers one of the main reasons the union rejected the original compromise contract proposal earlier this month. It was understood the latest proposal at least partly answer ed some of the union's objections. right track to lojMost car financing with "U.Sf! Tell your dealer you want to pay for your cor with a loan through U.S. National - UU 11 Low bank rates H HS Easy budget terms fp -njiSSi. Fast action no red tape. M$j Your dealer will gladly make MSgi all arrangements for you. jtM sSg Local financing MajlSffl ... and you estobfoli vohwbk fcoJt tfJH. SflffiffiSm MEDFORD BRAp United States. His testimony was made public Monday night. . He said Communists are plan ning more work in the opening of the United States, in the be lief that the Geneva spirit has given Americans more under standing of them. That is, they expect Americans to be some what more friendly to their objectives. Portland Piannin To Control Floods Portland (U.R) The city of Portland is laying plans to con trol any floods that might rise in the Willamette and Columbia rivers this spring. Mayor Fred L. Peterson, in a letter to the city commissioners, said, "As you know, we are faced with a potential flood threat in this area which may ex ceed the levels of 1948. May I suggest that you examine how such flood threat will affect operations of your bureau and divisions in your department and initiate necessary plans and action to counter such threats." The 1948 flood wiped out the war housing community of Van port and flooded the Portland International airport and the adjoining airforce base. A state civil defense meeting is scheduled for March 27 in Portland to co-ordinate city, county, state and military plans for flood control. Throng Pays Last Tribute To Allen New York U.R) The greats, the has-beens and those who never were said solemn fare well today to the man who was known as the sharpest wit and the softest touch on Broadway. He was born John Florence Sullivan. He died as Fred Allen. More than 800 persons, among them celebrities and the curious, heard a high requiem mass read for the sad-eyed comedian at St. Malachy's Roman Catholic church where Allen married Portland Hoffa in 1927. Among them were such friends as TV stars Steve Allen, Herb Shriner and Robert Q. Lewis. Also in attendance were John Daly and Bennett Cerf, Allen's fellow performers on CBS-TV's "What My Line." Herman Wouk, best selling novelist who once worked as a gag writer for Allen, attended with his wife-. So did Peter Don ald and Kenny Delmar, the "Ajax Cassidy" and "Senator Claghorn" of Allen's old radio show. Allen died last Saturday night while walking his dog. Allen's widow was dry-eyed and composed throughout the service. She arrived with come dian Jack Haley, an old friend and fellow vaudeville actor. Tuesday, March 20, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HIKE Yitnesses Lined Up Against Preacher In Racial Boycott POLICE DOUBLE EFFORTS London U.R) London po lice made a concerted effort to find a stolen automobile today. The auto, reported missing dur ing the week-end, vas owned by London Police Commissioner Col. Arthur Young. Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) The state lined up 40 more witnesses today against a young Negro preacher charged w!th leading a 15-week racial boycott against the city"s segregated buses. A fifth prosecution witness was called for the second day of the trial of the Rev. M. L. King. 27, president of the all- Union Refuses Transit Contract Portland (U.R) Negotiators representing the Streetcarmen's Union in Portland have refused to take a transit company con tract proposal back to their members saying, "it has too many strings tied to it." Nego tiators also objected that the contract proposal did not in clude the employees of the in terurban lines. Mel Lienard, business agent of the union, said last night that an offer by the Rose City line had been made. Lienard said that Gordon "Steele, president of the Rose City line, had been told the union would not consider any proposal that did not also include the employees of Rose city's co-firm Portland Traction Company, which handles the in terurban routes. Lienard dsclined to say what strings were attached to the proposed contract that the union found objectionable and also to reveal what offers were made to the union in the contract. Negro Montgomery Improve ment Association, and one of 90 accused conspirators. To Build Proof Solicitor William F. Bedford, said he would build, "block by block," proof that the associa tion was formed to operate car pools and otherwise foster the boycott in violation of a little used state boycott law. King, Baptist minister, had de scribed the boycott as a spon taneous movement of passive re sistance against "oppressive" methods used to enforce segrega tion on the buses. To Improve Status The Rev. A. W. Wilson, Negro Baptist minister, testified the as sociation was formed "to im prove the general status" of Montgomery Negroes and "see better treatment of them." However, Mrs. E. A. 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