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By FRANK JENKINS
LET'S deul first toduy Willi tin
GOOD news.
Tlirro la Utile news Hint Is
godcl In thin world nt the present
moment. So MUCH Ihut Is bud.
T1IK bent newi at tho moment
thin In written In prediction
by Senator Lealcr Mill, of Ala
tma, deputy administration
leader. Hint the cool atrlke will
be aeltlrd within 48 hour "un
h'M amncthlng very unforeseen
ucciira."
Ilu Myi he has Just talked with
nurlli-a on both aldea and under
stands Unit "all are In agreement
on prlnclplrii for lettlt'inent.
EVERY time we fettle a dla
pule and GET or KEEP pro
ductlon going, we come a little
nearer to the normul, level
headed, REASONABLE world
we all want to live In.
THE course of tho stock market
la still on the Kood aide
I'rirrl are till advunclng. In
dU'iitlnu that buycra and sellers
have not yet lout commence in
the future of thlt country.
INFLATION, of courne, enteri
into whut tho (luck morKci la
doing. When Inflallon la ruiv
nlng Ilu dcstnu-llve course (in
It 1 now) THINGS lire dully ex.
cliungrfihle for MOKE PAPER
IXiLLAHH. When liiat hanuena.
fieople niiUinilly awup their dol
um fur thing.
Hut there Inn been no panic
In the stork market an there
would be If people Kenerally hud
lout confidence In the country'!
future.
Thai la definitely a good algn.
THE ncwa these duya la dls-
llnclly INFLAMMATORY.
Peoole are uimry. Not only
that they are SCARED. When
people are both angry and
cared, ANYTHING can happen.
HERE la a aoberlng thought
that wo muni keep upper
most in our minds:
It la out of just such condl
tlona ai we now have In America
that communism, fnsclam and
nazism havo arisen.
Communism, fascism, nazism
havo ALL proved to bo devlcea
for getting (omeuony onto ine
gravy train. They have NEVER
got for all the people of any
country aa much as tho Amer
ican way gets (or Ilia avorago
u( all of ua.
"THERE ' much injustlca In
America at Hie present hour.
No fair-minded person will even
attempt to deny that.
Hut remember these TRUTHS
There la no justice In war.
There la no justice In Inflation,
There la no Justice In nazism, or
communism, or inscism.
The only Justice is in NOR'
MAL times, when people are
working for good wages, when
business men aro earning fair
profits, when production Is at a
high level and lumc cuiiuft
KEEPS PRICES DOWN.
VEEP this clenr In your mind
1V POLITICS IS ALL MIXED
UP IN THIS DISTURBED AND
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Every peanut politician In
America Is lying awake nights
trying to figure out a way to
GET HIS out of the mess.
THIS writer's personal dcflnl.
lion of a peanut politician la
anyone In public life who la
willing to sell his country down
the river at an hour of crisis in
order to feather his own nest,
TJEUE Is a good, old rule:
4 When you arc MAD. count
ten before you apeak, f ollowlng
thai ruio nns saved a lot or peo-
pio irom a lot oi Dad trouble
Lct'a follow It now.
It will be good for ua all.
French Ridicule
Siamese Report
PARIS, Mny 28 (II The
French press agency distributed
a Saigon dispatch toduy which
said that reports of pretended
activity or rrencn troops in si
amese territory were "in the do.
main of highest fantasy."
Tho Siamese government re
ported officially yesterday that
the French had conducted three
raids In three days across the
Mekong river from French Indo
china near Ml Chid, 325 miles
northeast of Bnngkok.
French government sources
said the Mekong river area was
territory ceded to Slam by the
Vlchv government under Mar
shal Petuln. France now Is de
manding return of the area.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
CHICAGO, May 28 Ml The
St. Louis Cardinals scored eight
runs in the fifth Inning and beat
the Chicago Cubs, 12-2, today,
Dick Slsler, son of the Immortal
George, highlighted the big In.
nlng with a grand slum home
run off Bob Chlpman, starter
Claude Pusseou s relief. Tho vic
tory, sained before 18.801 per
sons, squares the series at a game
nplcco. , R H E
St. Louis 1214 0
Chicago v.'. 2 5 3
Bcozley, Wllks. (2) and Gora
glolo; Posscau, Chlpman (8),
Adams (7), Erlckson (9) ond Mc-
Cullougn,
AMERICAN
Philadelphia at Boston post
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Anti-Truman
Labor Hints
New Leader
WASHINGTON. May 28 (!)
The big unions, with political
wrath for President Truman,
dropped some oblique hints to
day that they might switch to
another standard bearer, with
Henry A. Wallace anil Cluuilc
Pepper heading the list of ac-
ceptnhlea.
Cupllol Hill politicians agreed
the secretary of commerce and
Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) aro the
likeliest beneficiaries In any
such shift of allegiance, but they
wanted more concrete evidence
that one might be In the making.
Tho general opinion appeared
to be that it la too early to tell
whether the administrations
handling of the atrike emergen
cy has ended the 13-year-old la
bor-democratic coalition.
However, the way republicans
appeurcd to be seizing on the sit
uation provided democrats food
for thought.
Staassn and Tail Join right
Lawmakers noted that both
former Gov. Harold E. Stassen
of Minnesota, and Senator Taft
(R-Ohlo) were among the first to
join with the unions in urging
congress lo go slow in empower
ing the president to draft work-
era striking against the govern
ment. Stassen, a possible con
tender for GOP presidential
nomination In 1048, labeled the
proposal "totalitarian."
While political speculation
mounted, three of the nation's
most powerful labor organiza
tions kept ,up a heavy drumfire
of criticism on the program Mr.
Truman proposed Saturday for
coping with strikes In vital In
dustries during the reconversion
period.
CIO President Philip Murray
was among the latest to blast at
Mr. Trumans' proposal.
In a telegram to all senators,
Murray contended that "In a
moment of wild hysteria an at
tempt Is being made to stampede
through congress legislation
which has as its aole aim the de
struction of the labor movement
of this nation.
Blast at Strike Program
He lushed out not only at Mr,
Truman's emergency strike-control
program but also at the sen
ate version of tho house-approved
Case bill.
Murray's broadside was con
sidered as rough treatment aa
tho CIO chief ever gave any administration-sponsored
proposal
but AFL President William
Green was equally vehement, de
nouncing the bill as advocating
"slave labor under fascism."
As the two big unions hit out
at Mr. Truman's proposals, the
CIO United Auto Workers wired
Murray urging he take "immedi
ate steps" for "Joint action by all
organized labor" to defeat the
program.
The CIO-AFL attacks come in
rapid follow-ups to the an
nouncement of A. t. Whitney,
the Trainmen Brotherhood chief,
that his union stood ready to
pour millions Into coming cam
paigns noi only to dereol con
gressmen voting for Mr. Tru
man's emergency strike program
but also to defeat Mr. Truman in
1048.
The National Farmers union
Joined In the fray to assail the
emergency program as "nuked.
open fascism," and called the sit
uation "a shameful hour in
American history."
The national citizens political
action committee also con
demned the program as "totali
tarian" and urged the senate to
reject It.
Army Says Nazis
Gouged Out Eyes
DACHAU, Germany, May 28
(IP) An American army report
disclosed todaythut German SS
troops gouged out the eyes of
some wounded American soldiers
as they lay on the Malmcdy field
of massacre during the battle of
the Ardennes bulge.
The army Inspector general's
report was rend at the trial of
74 German elite guards accused
of slaying disarmed American
prisoners.
Pauley To View
Northern Korea
SEOUL, May 28 (IT) Edwin
W. Pnuley, U, S. reparations
commissioner, and his pnrty will
leave Seoul on a sdccIoI train
tomorrow night for an inspec
tion trip of Russian-occupied
northern Korea.
They will Inspect former Japa
nese industries, resources and
equipment. With Pauley will be
nine principals of his reparations
commission, clerks, service per
sonnel and guards.
Striker's Son Rescued By Army Plane
Deaperately UL Richard Rice. 13. Douglas. Ails., son of a
trlking Southern Pacific fireman, waa ruahed to Santa Ana.
Calif., hospital via army bomber ior an emergency brain opera
tion, after SP'a Golden State limited atranded him in Tucson.
Aria. Here he is aaatated irom the train by Army Nurse Lt. Mary
Cakalske. Jackaon. Tenn.. and SSgt. John Cowiea. oi Mew York
City, NEA telephoto.
Army Sees Hope For Many
Of 850,000 Menial Cases
CHIC AGO. May 28 (IP) Ncu-,
ropsvehintric disorders hove hos
pitalized approximately 850,000
World War II soldlert up to the
first of tills year some of them
more than once but many will
return to duty, tho American
Psychiatric association was told
today.
Urlg. Gen. William C. Mcnnln
gcr. the army's chief of psychi
atry, related this In a paper pre
pared for delivery before the
association's 102nd meeting.
He said also that 500,000 men
were discharged from the army
for "personality disturbances" of
all types; and that approximately
1,875.000 men were rejected for
military service for the same rea
sons. Without giving specific figures
White House
Refutes Morse
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IP)
The White House said today
President Truman did not learn
of the settlement of the railroad
strike Saturday until after he
hud started his address to con
gress. Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross also told reporters that Mr.
Truman was prepnrcd with "an
alternative" Introduction to his
speech for use in event of settle
ment. These comments were in re
sponse to queries at Ross' news
conference about a statement by
Senator Morse (R-Ore.) that the
president knew of the settlement
four hours before he went to
Capitol Hill. Morse told the sen
ate that Mr. Truman's announce
ment of the settlement was "one
of the cheapest exhibitions of
ham acting I hnve ever seen."
"The president didn't get
word of the settlement until it
was passed up to him by Senate
Secretary Leslie Biffle around
4:11 p. m. (EST)," Ross said.
The president knew, Ross add
ed, thnt John R. Stcelman, presi
dential adviser, was at the Stut
ter hotel where negotiations had
been held.
Under questioning, Ross sold
the president would hove made
legislutivo proposals even had
the. settlement been made cur
lier. As to whether there would
have been any change In his rec
ommendations, Ross said he was
not prepared to sny. - -
Memorial Services
For Men Lost At Sea ,
DEPOE BAY, May 28 (IP)
Memorial services for men who
have died at sea will be held
here Thursdny by the fishing
and pleasure croft fleet outside
the harbor nt the whistling buoy.
Wreaths and flowers will be
dropped from the decks of 38
boats after a brief ceremony
sponsored by the coast guard
auxiliary,
ALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. MAY f. 1948
aiWFii fi"nnrPiM
SETTLEMENT
he said that the army's wartime
psychiatric program was well
advanced. 60 per cent of combat
psychiatric casualties were re
turned to duty within a lew aays
after treatment in forward areas.
Majority Reported 'Improved'
Hospitals further back salv
aged an additional 30 per cent
for non-combat duty in war
areas, he said, adding that be
tween 15 and 25 per cent of the
most resistive cases sent back to
this country were later returned
to some kind of duty, with a
large majority of the remainder
being sent to their homes "very
much improved."
Asserting that psychoses the
mast serious types of mental dis
orders constituted only 7 per
cent of all neuropsychiatry cases
hospitalized, Mcnninger said the
army observed an "unexpectedly
high recovery rate for psychotic
patients who so often become
custodial patients in civilian hos
pitals." During 1945, he said, seven of
every 10 psychotic hospital ad
missions were "able to be dis
charged home."
While he said that "psychiatry
In the army did a reasonably
creditable Job," Menninger de
clared that it (psychiatry) failed
in a sood manv wavs and some
of these failures were because
we In psychiatry failed to select
and train new and better men."
"We began this war," he said,
"with no plan of treatment for
combut troops, no unit to provide
such, no plans for training, no
psychiatrist in combat divisions.
und not even effective leadership
in headquarters."
Buckaroo Days Celeb ration Cancelled
In Protest Againsi Fee Assessments
Klamath Buckaroo Days com
mitteemen announced flatly to
day they would produce no
more Fourth of July celebra
tions here until local political
subdivisions "cooperate with us
to the extent of making such a
production economically sound."
The committee made public
a resolution adopted at a Mon
day night meeting, repeating a
previously published complaint
against the decision of the coun
ty fair board to demand 10 per
cent of gross receipts of the
fairgrounds, and against the city
and county governments for re
fusing to waive a carnival rent
al fee of $1500.
Recent action of the city
council In reducing the fee for
a circus from- $1500 to $250
drew the ire of the Buckaroo
Dnys leaders.
"The members of this com
mittee who contribute their
time and talents free of charge
for the advertising and enter
tainment of this community, the
profits from which Inure to the
citizenry of the community and
county, feel that we aro not re
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Savants Study
Cosmic Rays
WILMINGTON. Ohio. May 28
(JP) A group of diatinguiahed
acientlats left the army air iorce
baae here at noon today in an
army B-29 on the first of a scries
of four flights designed to meas
ure the intensity of cosmic rays
at various altitudes and latitudes.
The experimental flights are
sponsored Jointly by the AAF,
the National Geographic society
and the Bartol Research Founda
tion of the Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia.
Flights will be made at alti
tudes of 35,000, 25.000, 15,000
and 5000 feet and will constitute
the first systematic and continu
ous researches at selected alti
tudes throughout a 70 degree
range of latitude.
Officials Deny
Molotov Vords
WASHINGTON, May 28 (P)
American officials today belit
tled Foreign Minister Molotov's
contention that a British-Amer
ican bloc waged "an offensive
against the Soviet Union" at
Paris.
Secretary of State Byrnes
maintained silence lor the mo
ment, but others declared pri
vately that the United States
delegation to the foreign min
isters' conference never had act
ed "on previous agreement" with
Britain as Molotov contended in
a full-page statement in Pravda
yesterday. The White House
withheld comment on Molotov'i
contentions.
In fact, they said the confer
ence record shows freauent dif
ferences between the Americans
and British on Important issues.
, , There was ho doubt in gov.
ernmentand diplomatic circles
here that the Molotov charges
represented the official Kremlin
answer to Byrnes' radio report
on the Baris conference last
week.
Officials with years of exper
ience in dealing with Russia said
they did not believe the Molo
tov statement necessarily consti
tutes a bad omen lor resump
tion of the foreign ministers'
meeting in Paris June 15.
They said Molotov had only
reaffirmed Russia's Dosilion on
several major issues in the usual
blunt Soviet manner, and noted
that it would be unusual for any
of the four ministers to talk of
concessions or compromise this
far in advance.
Medford Airfield
Declared Surplus
MEDFORD, May 28 (IP) The
Medford army air base was de
clared surplus today by the war
assets administration.
City officials said the army's
release was conditioned only on
the city making the runways and
gasoline facilities available to
transient army planes.
Dionne Quintuplets
12 Years Old Today
CALLANDER, Ont., May 28
MH-The Dionne ouintuolets ob
served their 12 th birthday today
in their new home, but the
scores of birthday presents of
other years were missing.
They arose at 5:30 a. m., an
hour earlier than usual, attend
ed mass in their private chapel
went to school for two hours and
then were released for the day
ceiving the cooperation we
think is justified from local po
litical subdivisions," said the
resolution.
Highest Renta Charged
The resolution asserted that
Klamath Buckaroo Days com
mittee has paid higher annual
rental than any other similar
association in the United States.
Rentals, construction and re
pairs at the fairgrounds have
cost $8000, the committee
claimed, but the fair board has
not increased the seating ca
pacity In order that the com
mittee might receive greater in
come with which to meet rising
costs.
The fair board's request for
10 per cent of gross was de
scribed in the resolution as a
"tribute."
The committee went on to re
port that federal taxes amount
to 20 per cent of ticket sales,
and that the committee had
planned to raise prize list
money from 30 to 40 per cent
this year. With all of these
costs, lt said, the show simply
could not break even.
WEATHER NEWS
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Lewis Said
Contented
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON. May 28 UP)
Settlement of the coal strike ap
peared imminent tonight. An in
formed official passed tne wora
that the government and John
L. Lewis have agreed on all
major provisions of a new con
tract.
Pending final signature, the
agreement was still subject to
possible changes. But a qualified
informant who may not be
named said the new wage scale
is expected to follow the pattern
of an 18 cent increase in the
basic hourly pay with overtime
provisions which will net the
miners $59.25 for a 45-hour week
compared with their present
$63.50 pay for a 54-hour week.
One minor detail, however,
was said to be holding up the
final settlement. Lewis and Sec
retary of the interior Krug re
sumed their negotiations this
afternoon, with the union chief
appearing in good humor.
Before they met for what
seemed the final stage of nego
tiations, Senator Hill of Alabama,
the democratic whip, said he
had talked with parties on both
sides and understood they "are
in agreement on principle for
settlement."
"I feel confident that unless
something very unforeseen oc
curs," he told a reporter shortly
before noon, "the coal atrik will
be settled and announcement of
the. settlement made within the
next 48 hours.
Council Tables
Meter Vote
A recommendation from the
city . planning commission that
the matter of installing parking
meters be placed on the ballot
in the November election was
greeted with little enthusiasm by
the city council last night, but
the city dads agreed to accept
dan place on file for further ref
erence the commission's sugges
tion. No mention of a trial period
was made in the actual recom
mendation. In a copy of the minutes of
the planning commission's last
meeting it was stated that the
group favored installing meters
on a trial basis. The council
seemed of the opinion that the
discrepancy between the recom
mendation appearing on the
council peg and the minutes
given to council members is that
the planning commission offered
the recommendation merely as a
suggestion.
Last night's mention of the
meters was the first since sev
eral weeks ago when the mat
ter was tabled by the city council
for further study. The original
suggestion from the traffic safety
council regarding installation of
the meters brought on heated
opposition from the Klamath
Merchants association, the Team
sters' union and the Suburban
League. At that time, the coun
cil decided there was no imme
diate need for a decision, and
felt that further study was neces
sary. O. D, Matthews, president,
and Marshall E. Cornett, com
mittee member, said they had
had no' further meetings with
the county fair board since
their previous declaration of in
tention to give up the rodeo un
less they obtained "more coop
eration." "Our only contact with the
fair board was a letter stating
it wanted 10 per cent of the
gross," said Matthews. .. .
Percy Murray, fair board
member, said previously that
the fair board had been willing
to make provisions for rain,
snow or other disaster that
might wash out all profits from
the Fourth of July show. Mur
ray could not be reached for a
statement this afternoon.
The Buckaroo committeemen
Indicated, however, that they
are still willing to sit down
with representatives of the city,
county, fair board, and anyone
else, and try to work out a pro
gram which would give the
show "real community coopera
tion and support."
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GEORGE W. OFF1ELD
George Offield
Dies In Merrill
Death claimed another prom
inent Klamath county pioneer
with the passing of George Wash
ington Offield of Merrill, 7B, for
60 years a resident of this area.
Mr. Offield died at the family
home early Monday evening fol
lowing an illness of the past 18
months.
Mayor for many years of Mer
rill, and active in county affairs.
Mr. Offield's death is mourned
by residents of the nearby com
munity. Born in Coos county,
Ore., January 14, 1868, Mr. Of
field was the son of John L,
and Amanda Vance Offield who
came to Oregon across the plains
with an ox team in 1850. They
first settled in Clackamas county.
later moving to Coos county, and
in 1886 they brought their family
to Klamath county, locating in
the vicinity of Bonanza in Lan
gell valley.
In his early years, Mr. Offield
attended a private business col
lege in Bonanza and also con
tinued farming in that area until
he was 29 years of age. In 1882
he homesteaded 160 acres in
Langell valley, which he sold in
Old timers remember Mr. Of
field as one of the pioneer school
teachers of this area. In 1897 he
started teaching and was one of
the nrst instructors in the old
Pine Grove school. He taught
for several years, his last term
in Merrill. In 1900 he accepted
a position as bookkeeper in a
Merrill store and worked there
for three and one-half years. It
was at that period that the coun
try began expanding and Mr.
Offield opened a real estate busi
ness and at the same time bought
and sold cattle in Merrill. For
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Spain Answers
UN Accusers
MADRID. May 28 (IP) The
Spanish foreign ministry said
today that Spain had a "perfect
right" to investigate atomic en
ergy and "cannot recognize the
competence of the United Na
tions in matters affecting Spain,
The statement said the Spanish
position was made clear in notes
distributed to foreign missions
here May 23. It continued:
"Although the SDanish gov
ernment, like all other countries.
has a perfect right to provide
itself with adequate means for
national defense, including in
vestigations of atomic energy.
diplomatic missions accredited in
Madrid have proof of the falsity
oi statements that such investi
gations are being made."
Referring to Polish charges
(before the security council), the
statement said Spain could not
recognize the competence of an
international organization whose
agreements it had not signed.
It also argued the charges were
not treated in accordance with
proper United Nations procedure
and attacked the presence on the
subcommittee of "governments
who are in open and public op
position to Spain."
The statement added that the
note indicated "alleged Spanish
military movements in the Pyr
enees zone" were purely defen
sive and "fully justified after
the bloody aggression of October.
1944." That was when Spanish
maquls invaded Spanish terri
tory from France but soon were
driven out.
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War Leaders Favor
Armament Transfer
WASHINGTON, May 28 0P)
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
and Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower
urged congress today to author
ize transfer of arms and war
goods to other nations of the
western hemisphere.
Nimitz said that should there
be another war, the transfer
legislation would ermit "or
ganization of the western repub
lics as one hemispheric force."
Angry River
Waters Take
Heavy Toll
WTLLIAMSPORT, Pa., May
28 UP) Raging flood waters of
the Susquehanna river swept
through north-central Pen nay 1
vania and southern New Yorlc
today, damaging millions of dol
lars worth of oroDertv and caus
ing at least fix reported deaths.
The state flood emergency
committee at Harrlaburg said
two persons were reported killed
and six others missing In the
Tioga-Lycoming counties area
bit by a cloudburst yesterday.
The dead whose Identity was
not established immediately.
were reported killed near Rich.
ards, a small hamlet near Wells
boro, seat of Tioga county,
where torrential rains changed
streams flowing south to the
Susquehanna into raging tor
rents. Four other persons had been
reported dead previously, two at
Mill Hall, one at Garland and
one at Harrisburg, ail in Penn
sylvania. Worst Since 193S
The most severe flood In the
area since 1936, covered a fifth
of the residential areas of this
city of 45,000 persons and left
the district virtually Isolated. ,
The American Red Cross was
alerted for emergency aid to per
sons made homeless by the flood
ing waters, but in most places
roads were impassable, flying
was impossible and railroads
were operating under sever
handicaps.
With highways to the north
and west already cut and other
roads due to be covered by the
rapidly rising waters, persons re
siding in low lying sections were
moved to higher parts of the
city with prospects of a third
of the town being inundated or
cut oil.
Scores of smaller communities
were isolated, thousands of dol
lars worth of property lost and
at least three persons died aa
the heavy spring rains flooded
areas in central and western
Pennsylvania. Ohio and New
York.
Chinese Talti
Peace Again
NANKING. May 28 (IP) A
delegation of the third party
democratic league arrived today
to open talks with government
and communist leaders designed
to bring peace In Manchuria.
Meantime, the government's
central news agency specified
three "Tirinciples it termed pre
requisites to negotiations and
Chiang Kai-shek, in Mukden,
was reported to have announced
two conditions upon which he
would resume truce talks.
The agency's conditions were
enumerated in an editorial cir
culated by the ministry of in
formation. It added that the
government could not recognize
"democratic" local governments
established in Manchuria by the
communists.
The agency's editorial said it
"warmly welcomed" resumption
of peaceful negotiations and an
nounced these three conditions:
1. Communist forces should
evacuate the Harbin-Tsitsihar-Changchun
railway and "launch
no more attacks in the northeast
(Manchuria)."
- 2. Armed conflicts elsewhere
should be mediated by execu
tive (truce) headquarters field
teams.
3. Communist troops should
be reorganized according to the
army nationalization plan.
The latter two conditions were
agreed upon in the later-violated
January truce.
Solons Vant
Secrets Kept
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IP)
House appropriations committee
members shouted an emphatia
"no" today to suggestions that
the public be told more about
major new secret weapons.
Referring particularly to ths
reported development of biologi
cal or germ warfare and "atomis
poison gas" weapons, these mem
bers disclosed privately at ths
same time that they are consid
ering boosting army funds for
further scientific research.
The suggestion that the publlo
be given more information about
the new weapons came from
W. A. Higinbotham. chairman of
the Federation of Atomic Scien
tists, in a speech here last night.
Higinbotham asserted there
are "at least two major secret
weapons in existence . . . poten
tially as dangerous to mankind"
as the atomic bomb and that
scientists believe "the publlo
has a right" to know more about
them.
"If it were simply a matter of
letting the American people
know about them, lt would be an
easy thing," one appropriations
committee member said. "But
you can't make these secrets
public to the American people
without letting the whole world
know about them."
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