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Br FRANK JENKINS
ITH the Stars and Btrlpci
flying officially over Okl
iwi. Interest uhlfta for the mo
ment to Luzon, whoro another
bin clean-up Job li nearlng Ita
end.
A PARRI. at the Island's north'
orn tip, whoro the Japs land
ed on December 10, Jim, 10
ben I n their invaalon of tho Phil
luulncN. huit boon taken by Fill
olno uuorrlllaa. who. hanging on
by their eycluahtia, climbed
around the rumicd cliffs to roach
the beachea at the northern end
of tho Cauuyan valloy, thua aur-
roumllnil the 2U.0U0 to 30,000
Jui who are Ijolng herded down
tho valloy by our 37th dlvlalon.
Another uuorrllla thruat had
already cut the rotrcatlng Japa
" Into two aeparutu bodlca, Their
A late la aculcu.
,
TODAY'S dlaputchoa estimate
the number of thcao Japa at
about 20,000 "effective" mean
ing Jap aoldlora under organized
command and In condition to
fight. To thla total muat be
added thousand of camp follow
era civilian Japa who got out
of Manila when wo took It
back, etc.
If we wero fighting a civil
ized enemy, we would assume
that WOUNDED aro alao being
carried along In tho retreat. But
there la grim now cvldenco to
day that the Japa don't do It
that way.
. .
AT Bayambang, in the upper
Cagayan valloy, our troopa
came upou a Jap field hoapltal
that had been abandoned by the
little yellow men no hurriedly
that (here waa no time to burn It.
On Ita cota they found the bodlea
of 120 wounded Japa who had
been bayoneted or ahot In the
head by their fcllowa and left
behind. Moat of them had been
ahot through the temple.
There has been conaldorable
evidence (captured ordera, atate
menta by nrlaonera, etc.) of thla
Jap practice of finishing off
thoao who are wounded too ae
verely to fight further, and Mac
Arthur't headquarter releaaea
aome of It today, Including an
order by the commanding of
ficer of a Jap tank regiment
which reada:
"Concerning the wounded:
Men who are only (lightly
woundod will participate In thla
battle. When- men- -who 'are
wounded are not able to par
ticipate in Dame, weir unit ica
era will see to It that they end
their Uvea." ' ;
t-
T1II3 killing of the aertoualy
wounded la part and parcel
of the cold-blooded Jap theory
of making war. The gravely
woundod HANDICAP thoae who
are not Injured. So KILL them,
for the glory of the emperor and
the salvation of tho homeland.
'
V AMIKAZES (aulcldo plnncj)
iv atrlke again at our ahlps
around Okinawa, atnklng two
light un Ita, heavily damaging
an auxiliary ahlp and lightly
damaging two other vcaaela. It
la announced today that thla
brings to 33 the number of our
ahlpa aunk by tho aulcldo tUera
and to S3 the number damaged
In auch attack.
(Kamikaze la a Jap term mean
ing "Divine Wlnd.,r It la aup.
fioacd to track back to r terrific
lurricane that wrecked an
enemy fleet and aaved the Japa
back In - aome remote tribal
period,)
"UR fighter planca from Iwo
and Okinawa roam over
aouthern Japan today,' shooting
up baaea from which tho Kami
kazca come and doing auch other
damago an cornea handy in the
course of their swoops. Our big
bnmbera continue their routine
of destruction of Jap war plants.
' '. .
ON Borneo, the Australians
take tho 4000-foot Mlrt air
field, ; Just south of Lutong,
whero they landed yesterday.
The Japs insist that we have a
big fleet, including transports
and landing craft, hovering off
the coast of northwest Borneo.
Bnllkpnpan, across the big
island, gets Ita daily doso of
around 200 tons of bombs.
npHE ' Japs nro muttering in
tholr beards Bgaln today.
Domol ' (Jap news agency)
broadcasts that 20 Chinese di
visions have moved into the
southern and eastern seaboard
provinces of China and that the
American alrforco is building
new Chinese bases, somo of them
(Continued on Pago Two)
Meat Purchases Of Army
To Be Reduced Sharply
WASHINGTON, Juno 23 ,(P)
The army will cut down sharply
on I Is . purchases of meats during
tho next 60 days in a govern
ment move to increase civilian
supplies.
Disclosing this today, In
formed sources said the armed
forces had ro-examlned their
meat supply situation and found
It possible to reduce military
buying for a brief period in
order to help relieve shortages
In the civilian market.
Tho government previously
had announced that lend-lease
ihipmcnts of meat will be sub
icnded during the July-Scptom-cr
quarter.
This plan of reduced military
PHICE riVE CENTS
APARRI TAKEN
Nip
Invasion
Point
Becomes Death
Trap
' By SPENCER DAVIS
. MAMLA, June 23 (I') The
prcclac apot whoro tho Japanese
ilrst Invaded the Phlllpplnca has
becomo their death trapi
The Nipponese landea Decem
ber 10, 1U41, at Aparri on tho
nortli tip of Luzon. Today Gen.
Douglaa MucArlhur disclosed
that -Aparri ha been recaptured
In a aurprise thrust which bot
tled up the last tnujor enemy
force on tho Island in a strctcn
of less than 00 miles of tho Ca
gayan valley.
It marks the beginning of the
end of organized Japanese re
sistance on Luzon, roinvaded by
MacArthur last January S,
An enemy force, estimated at
possibly 20,000 effeotlvcs, faced
tho hard choice of standing and
dying In broken up groups in the
valley or waiting out a alow
death In mountain refugees.
Some are caught In a less than
60 miles stretch between guer
rillas and U. S. sixth army in
fantrymen advancing south be
low captured Aparri and other
guerrillas who seized the Caga
yan province capital of Tuguo
garao. Others are ' pressed between
the captors of Tuguegarao and
U; S. 37th infantry division
troopa a acant 30 milea south
ward at the overrun town of San
Juan. y-h. '
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85.000 IDLE IN .
i .' By The Associated Prase
There was no weekend hoi!
day for labor troubles today.
While millions of workers In
the nation s war Industries re
mained at their Jobs, the picture
along the labor front was blur
red by scores of controversies
wnicn Kept idle more tnan 88,
000 men and women.' The heavy
Industrial Detroit area - alone
counted 38,900 affected by the
dlsnutes. '
there was only a flicker of
amity along tne trouble line, on
which federal agencies worked
in efforts to end the strikes and
work stoppages.
Offsetting the brighter side,
however, was a possibility of
government - seizure of five
plants of tho Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company employing 16,-
vuu atriKers. Defiance met a
war labor board order for CIO
United Rubber Workers offl
clals to appear in Washington
today and show cause why the
airixe, wnicn started last sun
day, has not been ended.
Tho stoppage In the plants
louowea taiiure to agreo on is
sues involving wages, hours and
overtime pay,
The week-old stoppage of
thousands of the 14,000 union
drivers for Chicago's 1700 seiz
ed lines appeared drawing to
an end. Government and union
officiala said more drivers were
returning to their Jobs and im
proved transportation was re
ported as army drivers and es
corts, already totaling more
than 10,000, became better ac
quainted with their routes.
Alao In Chicago 2500 Inter
national Harvester company em
ployes wont back to work after
a four-day walkout, while in
Eau Claire, Wis., 2000 workers
at the Gillette tire plant of tho
U, S, Rubber company ended
their stoppage after a concili
ation mooting.
buying is apparently what Presi
dent Truman had in mind when
he told a news conference at
Olympla, Wash., Thursday that
he expected an improvement In
civilian meat supplies as soon as
Rep. Clinton P. Anderson
(D.-N.) takes over as secretary
of agriculture and war food ad
ministrator on July 1.
Paving the way for diversion
of the largor portion of beef pro
duction into civilian markets,
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones has signed an order reduc
ing the portion of beef which
federally-Inspected slaughterers
must sot aside for military and
other government agencies be
ginning July 1.
BY AMERICANS
IP
UP LOOMS
Queen Mary
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Loadad with 14,000 U. S. soldlars returning from Europe, the giant British liner Queen Mary
is silhouetted against tha lower Manhattan skyline aa it arrived in Mew York harbor. (AP
wlraphoto). , ,
FIGHTERS ATTACK
IIP HOI FIELDS
GUAM, June 23 (IP) More
than 100 rocket-spitting fighter
planes worked over Japanese
homeland airfields today, radio
Tokyo acknowledged, while re
turning Yank bombardiers of
yesterday's 450 - Superfortress
raid declared Japan's greatest
navel -arsenal at -Kure was
rubbed from the list of B-29 tar
gets. Tokyo radio asserted that
about 75 Mustang fighter planes,
accompanied by three B-20s, at
tacked airfields north of Tokyo
In Ibaraki prefecture for more
than an hour and a half today
after 28 Lightnings and Hell
cats strafed and bombed air
fields around Fukuoka on Kyus
hu Island..
The Mustangs presumably
wero Iwo-based while the Light
nings and Hellcats struck from
recently won Okinawa.
Superfortresses roaring in
over Kure, on the north shore of
Japan's Inland sea, and five air
piano plants were greeted by in
tense anti-aircraft fire which
burst in all the colors of the
rainbow, but for all that pilots
said they had "one of the most
successful days of the war."
Four of the Suporforts failed
to return to bases on Guam, Sal
pan and Tinlan, Tokyo claimed
18 were shot down. At least
three Japanese fighters among
the handful of Interceptors
which resisted the strike were
shot down.
Universally enthusiastic over
tho results, the crews said they
hit their assigned targets with
high explosives in wonderfully
clear weather.
Queen Select ion
Set For Tonight ,
The ball for final judging of
queen for Klamath Bucknroo
four-day rodeo will be held to
night at Klamath armory with
Baldy Evans' orchestra provid
ing the music for dancing.
Three judges have already made
their decision on the riding abil
ity of the six contestants, and
three additional judges will pass
tonight on personality and
charm qualifications. (
One girl will be named queen
and a royal court will be made
up of tho other fivo contestants,
who will bo named princesses
of tho rodeo to be held July 1
to 4.
Contestants, are Lora Cross,
Dorris, Calif,; Gloria Jean Saun
ders, Henley; Beverly Wamplcr,
Rocky Point; Jeanette Protsman,
Bly; Blanche Schonchtn, Spra-
fue River; Ginger A. Thomas,
ort Klamath. .
How Klamath
Voted
City Measures
Filling vacancies by
appointment Yes 7B4, No
238.
Sewage levy, Yes 626.- No
428. . '
City-county ' jail levy Yes
, 662, No 337.
State Maaiuraa
Building fund Yes 1273, No
BOO. .
Clgarctto tax Yes 090, No
1317.
Telephone Bill
KLAMATH FALLS, OHEGO
Brings 14,000 Yoi
JITka-
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Majority Of Senaie Ready
To Approve World Charier
WASHINGTON, June 23 . VP)
A majority of the senate Is
ready to approve the United Na
tions charter. '
Indications are clear that rati
fication may command the sup
port of far more than the two
thirds required for approval.
An Associated Press poll
reaching 73 of the 06 members
today fouhd hone declaring out-
krlght opposition. -Fifty said they
would vote aye, "barring unfore
seen developments." Five said
WASHINGTON, June 23 UP)
The house reversed itself today
and voted down a once-approved
price control amendment which
would have stripped the OPA
of Jurisdiction over food pricing.
The house had earlier voted
In effect to make the secretary
of agriculture food czar.
As republicans chanted "we
want meat," the house tentative
ly adopted an amendment to
the price control extension act
giving the secretary, supreme
authority over any government
order affecting agriculture pro
ducts. . . .
The amendment, by Rep. An
dresen (R-Minn.) provides' that
no order concerning the allo
cation or distribution of agri
continued on. Page Two)
Floating Mines
Near Alaska
KETCHIKAN, June 23 ()
The coast guard reports float
ing mines are beginning to ap
pear along the coast of Alaska.
Al fishermen and boat oper
ators were warned today to ex
ercise extreme caution if a
mine is sighted, and not to ap-
firoach any unidentified fioat
ng metallic object. Mariners
were cautioned not to fire at
it or to attempt to pick it up,
but to keep clear and immedi
ately report its location to the
nearest U. S. coast guard or
naval station.
Hirohito Tells Japanese
Of Unprecedented' Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23
(IP) Japan's "present crisis is
unprecedented in scope in her
national history" Emperor
or Hirohito told his people to
day as speculation arose that
he might assume personal rule
of his invaslon-threatcneds.
His message, reported by Do
me! agency, was issued In con
nection with the promulgation
of the voluntary military service
act and "graciously" expressed
his satisfaction at the "valor and
courage" of his people. .
Expect Victory
.War Minister Korechlka Ana
mi followed with an address de
claring that the act, which ef
fective -yesterday set' up a .com
bat force in the people s volun
teer corps, laid "the foundation
for sure victory."
Earlier an unidentified Tokyo
radio commentator had asserted
that the emperor might by-pass
the cabinet and assume personal
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they probably would vote aye.
Eighteen were not ready to com
mit themselves.
Seems Strona
Strong support for the treaty
whicn president Truman ex
pects to bring back from San
t'rancisco Weanesday developed
on both sides of the senate
.aisle, with 34 democrats and 16
republicans out-spokenly for rat
tfieatlon. -'-"
The question asked them was:
"Will yoti vote for U. S. adher
ence to the United Nations char
ier as. it now stands, barring un
foreseen developments?"
. Not Study Report
The - trend toward United
States participation in a world
organization to preserve the
peace is so strong that some
senators shrugged away the fact
they had not studied the char
ter in detail. Some stated their
positions before the text was
published in full.
A hearty "yes" came, from Re
publican Wayne Morse of Ore
eon, who said he favors approv
ing "the best thing we can get."
His colleague, Senator Cordon
(R-Ore.), remarked that the San
Francisco agreement, like every
agreement reached by conflict
ing interests, represents a com
promise. .
Prisoner Tries
To End Life
TACOMA, June 23 (P)
Standing in the prisoner's dock
in superior court while judg
ment papers to commit him to
the penitentiary for burglary
were being signed, James J.
Weiss, 25, former soldier, at
tempted to take his life yester
day, by plunging a sharpened
spoon handle in his throat.
, Police and court attendants
jumped, to stop him as he cried,
"Let me alone; I don't want to
go; to the penitentiary. I don't
want to leave my wife. God
forgive me for my sins!"
His white-faced wife, Edna,
44, was in-the courtroom at the
time, awaiting sentencing for
receiving stolen goods.
Weiss was taken from the
courtroom for treatment of the
wound, which was superficial,
and on his return apologized to
Judge ' E. M. Card for his ac
tion. rule in the event of a supreme
crisis.
The prediction came as other
enemy broadcasts said prepar
ations for the defense of Tokyo
against invasion Were "virtually"-
complete and that Amer
ican and Chinese forces were
preparing to striko on the Asi
atic mainland.
Domei news agency said 20
Chinese ' divisions had been
moved into southern and east
ern seaboard Chinese provinces
and the American airforce was
building . new bases, some bf
them near the eastern coast in
the. area - which the Japanese
recently evacuated,
'. The Japanese war ministry an
nounced the creation of two
new army district commands to
strengthen homo defenses. One
is on tho southern tip of the
main Island of Honshu and the
other on the island of Shikoku
farther south.
June 23, 1945
Max. (June 22) .-. 74 Mln.
Praclpitatioa last 24 hours
Straam year to data
Normal IMS Last year
Foracaat Cloudy, alight change
Oregon Voters Okay
Building Fund; Turn
Down Cigarette Tax
By The Associated Press
Oregon, which approved a $10,000,000 building fund by a
heavy majority is yosterday'a apacial election, has apparently
turned down a cigarette tax for the third time..
Defeat of the 2-centa-a-package cigarette tax to raise $2,000,
000 a year for the public achools waa conceded today aa 1337
of the atate'a 1828 precincts voted S8.052 to 50.491 againat the
meaaure.
The atate outside of Multnomah county approved the tax by
about 2000 rotes, but Multnomah's heavy 9574 margin againat
it signaled defeat.
A faint hope that late returns from upstate might change the
decision died as ballot results showed only a small maxoin for
CDUNTY-C TY
JAIL OKAYED
B ELECTORS
A handful of Klamath Falls
voters gave their stamp of ap
proval yesterday to city-county
jail construction and passed two
other municipal measures on a
special ballot offered in connec
tion with the special state elec
tion. Vote on a special levy to raise
$36,000 toward the city's; con
tribution to a city-county jail
was: yes 662, No 377, ' The city
Voters Cancel
Out Ballots ; .
' Residents of South Shasta
precinct in the suburbs were
in perfectly balanced disa
greement in yesterday's elec
tion. .
They cast 11 votes for the
state building fund,-and 11'
against it.
They cast 11 votes for the
cigarette tax, and 11 in op
position. . r
Voters of Dairy also can
celled out each other's bal
lots. In that precinct, there
was a 2-2 split on the build
ing issue, and a 3-3 tie on
the fag levy.
already has aboift $15,000 on
hand, and will thus have $50,000
to put up with $100,000 from
the county for the joint institu
tion. Site Selected
It- is planned to erect the two
winged building on a site on
Klamath avenue and Third
street, diagonally across from
the present county jail. A
city-county jail committee is
working on plans for the build
ing, and joint administration
will be handled by the sheriff
and chief of police.
The new jail building will re
lease room in the present city
hall and on the courthouse prop
erty for other purposes.
Voters gave their approval of
a small levy to raise $19,000 to
ward a sisu.uuu sewage line
construction program which
city officials expect the federal
government to help finance. This
sewage line would be built pri
marily to serve military housing
units near Washburn way, but
by making a city contribution, it
is hoped to enlarge the line
enough to serve civilian housing
in that area. Mayor Ed Osten
dorf said it would be a vital ad
dition to the city's over-all sew
age system.
- Approve Amendment
An overwhelming majority
approved the charter amend
ment which makes it possible to
fill death or resignation vacan
cies in elective city offices by
appoinment by the council.
Klamath county voters went
with the state as a whole in ap
proving the building fund bill
and defeating a cigarette tax for
school support.
Japs Shoot Down
Wounded Troops
MANILA, Juno 23 (IP) The
bodies of 120 Japanese soldiers,
bayoneted or shot by their com
rades as they lay in bed, have
been discovered in an aban
doned enemy field hospital on
northern Luzon, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters an
nounced today. .
Even before American troops
made the gruesome discovery
in an enemy hospital at Bayom
bong north of Manila, evidence
had been accumulated that the
Japanese ordered the ruthless
extermination of their wound-
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uie cigarette tax In some late-
reporting counties, and an ad:
verse vote in others.
Oregon rejected a ciearette
tax twice before in 1826 and
in 1942.
Every county but Grant
whose early returns recorded a
181 tie approved the building
fund which will finance con
struction' of $10,000,000 of col
lege and state institution build
ings after the war.
' Multnomah county's complet
ed count favored the building
fund by 36,102 to 27,887; re
jected the cigarette tax by 36,
850 to 27,276, and turned down
a $5,000,000 civic center by
39,421 to 19,850. , .
Most overwhelming vote in
favor of both state measures
came from Benton county, with
1434 to 134 approving the build
ing fund, and 1952 to 389 ap
proving the cigarette tax.
Throughout the state the to
tal vote was light.
Center Defeated
In Portland, arguments of
"white elephant" from the op
position to the postwar civic
center plan, and claims that
many small businesses would
be wiped out, overcame. -WAat
was expected to be fairly strong
support of the $5,000,000 meas
ure.. -.- -. ... .... -. :-. . :..
Defeat of the plan to convert
19 blocks of Portland water
front area into a civic center
was aUb partially attributed to
failure . of labor and other
groups endorsing the measure
to turn out in full strength. In
the Vanport housing project,
only 67 of 3843 registered vot
ers cast ballots.
Servicemen, casting 139 ab
sentee ballots' in Portland, ap
proved both the building fund
and the cigarette tax. ; ,
Smaliesi Vote
Recorded Here
Yesterday's special election
vote was one of the smallest on
record here. -
The total vote in the county
was 2107 (total of the yes and
no votes on the cigarette tax).
This is approximately 10.1
per cent of the total registration
in the county of 20,837.
In some precincts, the vote
was as low as 5 per cent of the
registration. Counting boards,
going to work at 8 p. m. instead
of the usual 1 p. m., finished
their job in. a few minutes in
most instances. .
Ike To Confer
WithStimson
ABILENE, Kas., June 23 (IP)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, nis
triumphant homecoming wel
come officially ended, returns to
Washington Monday to confer
with Secretary of War Stimson,
and after that will take a brief
holiday in an undisclosed place
before resuming his duties in
Europe.
Assignment Of Cabinet
Posts Looms For Poles
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, June 23 (P) As
signment of cabinet posts in a
new Polish' government of na
tional unify ' is expected, to be
made in Warsaw early next
week following the announce
ment last night that - a major
stumbling block in allied har
mony had been removed by
agreement of rival Polish fac
tions ' on the structure of the
new regime.
A statement issued by the
three-man commission author
ized by the Big Three at the Cri
mea conference to deal with the
Polish problem said representa
tives of the soviet-sponsored
Warsaw government, former
members of the Lopdon exiled
government, ' and democratic
leaders from Poland had agreed
upon formation of the new ad
ministration. - Named
' Invited to participate in the
new state were Stanlslaw Miko
lajczyk, former premier of the
UNITS DAMAGED
KAMIKAZES
Nipponese Air Attack
Started Thursday, !
Reports :
By ROBBIN COONS '
GUAM, June 23 UP) Tokyo
radio claimed suicide pilots, con
tinuing attacks which sank two '
American ships and damaged
three off Okinawa the same day
Americans conquered the Island,
crashed into at least 20 more
Ia.t Int.
The unconfirmed enemy
broadcasts asserted an unidenti
fied allied warship was known
to have been sunk in Friday
night raids which scored "con
siderable successes." Kamikaze
(suicide) pilots returning after
daylight hit 19 others, Tokyo
said, including two battleships,
three destroyers and 14 uniden
tified vessels.
Began Thursday
Latest confirmed enemy air
attacks began Thursday night
and continued until noon Fri
day. During these assaults, Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz announced,,
two light naval units were sunk,
an auxiliary heavily damaged,
and two other craft lightly dam
aged. . As American soldiers and ma
rines grimly hiinted out the last
scattered remanants of Japanese;
troops, and the Stars and Stripes
were raised formally over the!
island at 10 a. m. Friday, the
enemy threw in 20 separata
raids in small groups.
Driven Off
The two American vessels
sunk and the one heavily dam
aged were bit Thursday night.
In daylight Friday American
fighters drove off all but a few
of the raiders, Nimitz announc
ed. ,
The toll taken of enemy
planes was not yet tabulated. ..
ine Japanese previously naa
sunk 31 ships and damaged
more than 50, mostly by suicide
t r3 rlinMm tho ("Mrinflunl
campaign Their last large-scale
air. assault was -on. June 6 and
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fighters shot down 111 of them.
Heuvel Returned;
To Portland Jail I
Earl Heuvel, former Klamath
Fails police cnief who was ar
rested by federal agents on a
fugitive charge, was returned to
Portland this morning from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., where he had
been held in jail-since his cap
ture, according to authoritative
reports received here. i .
Heuvel faces four indictments!
returned by the Klamath county
g and jury including one of con
..iuuuug to tlie delinquency of
a minor, two charges of sodomyj
and one charge of rape. ,
If the present federal charge
is dropped, Heuvel will be re
turned to stand trial on the four
charges before the circuit court
here. , -.
Heuvel is held in the Multno
mah county jail and the U. S'.
district attorney's office in Port
land said he would probably
be released to' Klamath Falls air
thorities early next week. , v
Headquarters
Area Cleared W
. Snow equipment has finished
clearing . around headquarters
buildings in Crater Lake nation
al park, Thomas C. Parker, as
sistant park superintendent said
today.
- The plows are now working
toward the lake and it ,1s hoped
roads will be clear to ' the rim
by Sunday, June 24. If the
equipment doesn't clear all the
way, there may be one-half mile
snow to walk over, Parker said.
No meals or lodging are avail
able in the park, he warned
visitors.
exiled government in London;
Winventy Witos, 71-year-old for
mer peasant party leader;
Wladyslaw Kiernik, a former
Polish minister of the Interior;
Stanislaw Grabskl, 74, former
president of the Polish national
council; Jan Stanczyk, former
labor minister in the exiled gov
ernment; and Meczislaw Thugut,
also a former minister of , tho
interior. . '
Witos and Grabski have been
invited by President BoleslaW
Bierut of the Warsaw govern
ment to join in a three-man
praesidium or executive council
with duties similar to the presidency.-
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Leading Role
Speculation in foreign diplo
matic circles was that ' Mikc
lajczyk would become vice pre
mler and that Premier Eduoard
Osuka-Morawski of the present
Warsaw government would re.
tain his post in the new set-up,
A leading role was predicted
for Mikolajczyk in the peasant
party. -
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