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l off again lor l'arl to
tiu'klo nun ii tlm tough )ib of
trying In iniiko peace In kurope.
Don't scoff. Dim't ncer. Don't
boo. Byrne mein lo bo an hon
est limn, working sliu'urcly ut
what may bu tl 10 gravest tuik
ever undertaken by nil Amorl
inn. V
N vimuul lulk hip oilier day,
fllulit from liovcrlnu to scv-
rial time Iho speed of sound,
lllic speed uf sound In ubout 7UU
miles per hour), uhmg with
uliimlc propulsion lowering of
planes by bIiiiiiIc energy) Bin!
NAVIGATION INTO OUTKll
SPACE (possible liiU'rpliinrlury
travel) were predicted within the
next 30 year by mi executive of
.tho Boeing ulicnifl compiiny.
Krnm such aircraft, tom
bunion could bp dropped.
I;VIDENCK Id acciimuliiUiig
. . ' Unit In the futnrn military
r'tiiblliihuicut capable of win
iilnu wnr aflpr they aro started
will be too little and loo Intc.
Future wiir inny be finished
wlthiit a nuittiT of lioun after
thry are iturtcd.
The bin Job of the future will
be to keen war from starting.
Mint In what Mr. Byrnes In try
Inn to do now.
THE shooting of four negroes
In Gcorglu the other duy In
a terrible thlnil both In Itself
nod In tho ninimiultlon It gives
Russia in her campaign to prove
that Amerlra la Insincere In her
professed Ideiils.
Still, along with Bilbo and
Tulmadiic. It Ke to show that
the race problem In this coun
try can't be solved by the kind
of ixilltlrnl hocunpocus we have
been employing In the past.
The solution will have to
come out of Hip slow process of
rdueatlon, enlightenment and
tolerance of the right of other
f"NE of our national scandal
Inn been the more or lew
annual rumpus In Washington
over the aiitt-lynching law
which for yearn him been used
by coiwlenreless demagogue! an
a founding board for appealing
lo INTOLERANT voters.
You can't solve raco problems
that way,
CPEAK1NG of politic, move
" menti are under way in vari
ous purls of tlin country to or
gnnlzc consumers into leagues,
4 committees, etc., to fight for
r OPA a a aacrcd cause.
If you nro wisp, you will stay
out of such organization which
re being promoted largely bo
cauito of the enso with which
they can bo used a a tall to
political kite.
If the price of luxuries, semi
luxuries and non-necessities of
life get too sleep for you, DO
WITHOUT. (It won't be much
harder to do without because
the price i too high than It ha
been to do without because they
re not availnblc.)
Doing without because the
price I too high I a sound and
logical working out of the luw
of supply and demand. It alway
lias been effective in bringing
demand Into balance with sup
ply, and It always will be.
'A LONG thai line, the depart-
ment of agriculture's pro
duction and marketing adminis
tration reports this morning that
wheat prices have been declin
ing sharply on tho Portland mar
ket throughout tho past week.
The principal factors In the
(l'nllnnd an rf t, Col, 4)
Thoughtful Thief
OREGON CITY, July 27 (P)
Riilher decent of the thief, E.
J. Wcrronon, whose newly
built house was robbed here,
said today. The marauder re
moved all plumbing and elec
trical fixtures but he taped
the loose ends to prevent fire.
Moscow Radio Denies Ban
On Travellers From U. S.
LONDON. July 27 UP) The
.Moscow radio presented what It
termed a "sufficiently convinc
ing denial" hist night of n, state
ment by President Truman that
the United Stales nlthnugh It
had "royally" entertained guests
from Russia had been tumble
lo Ret American visitors travel
righls anywhere In tho Soviet
Union.
' Kacls testify," snld the broad
cast, quoting a Tnss report,
"that representatives of Ameri
can science nnd culture, ns well
os of other countries, wore nnd
aro given full and mnnyslclcd
opportunities of acquainting
themselves with the life of the
Soviet Union nnd with questions
of the cultural nnd economic
state system of thu USSR they
ore Interested in.
"These facts speak for them
selves, being a sufficiently con
vincing denial of the above-mentioned
allegations made by Mr.
Trnmnn," tho broadcast said.
Tho comment by tho Soviet
news agency was In resnonse to
n statement mnde by President
Trumnn In a letler to Sen. Brew
ster (R-Me.) on Mnv 27 In which
thp president replied to a sug
gesllon mnde by Pnrtlnnd, Mo.,
YMCA directors Hint mutnnl Tr
illions between the U. S. and
Ilusxln would be sllmulnlert by
txchnnges of vislls by American
nnd RusBlnn government offl-
ioU and students.
Detroit Firm
Involved In
Senate Quiz
WASHINGTON, July 27 Ifll
.Senator Ferguson (It-Mluli) said
today the senate war Investigat
ing conunllloa I investigating
the reported offort of Detroit
firm to get a war contract
through an Individual In Wash
ington who allegedly claimed he
l,u,l "Itiflnnnen.'7
The senator, a member of the
committee, declined to nanio the
firm Involved.
He told reporters, however,
"If there anybody In my state
that was In on these deals I want
It exposed Just the samo as any
body else, and it doesn't make
any difference what his politics
were or are."
Ferguson said he could not
give details of tho report until
Investigator - had completed
their inquiry Into the case.
Earlier, auulher committee
member, who declined the use
of his name, told of a report that
a Washington Individual had not
made good on getting a contract
after receiving payment to do
so.
Kcrgusun said one of the
thing tho committee wants to
find out is whoso Influence In
Washington such a "broker" had
attempted to use, If anyone's.
The committee earlier dis
closed plans for an Inquiry Into
whether high officers of the
chemical warfare service sought
to shield from danger a young
army captain who was the son of
Murray Garsson, a munition
maker.
The staff of the senate war In
vestigating committee was asked
to undertake the Inquiry by Sen
ator Kllgore (D-WVa), a member.
Kllgore based his request on
a published statement by Joseph
Garsson, formerly a captain in
the chemical warfare service,
that his commanding officer
had Instructions to keep him out
or aangerous servico
Showdown Due
For Gromyko
NEW YORK. July 27 OVt
Several delegates to the United
Nations atomic energy commis
sion indicated today that Soviet
ueiegnte Andrei A. Gromyko
would face a barrage of ques
tions npxt week as to how ho
prox)ses to prevent Illegal pro
duction -of atomlo weapons.
The dolegatea were agreed
that tho production and use of
atomic weapons should be out
lawed, as Gromyko demanded
yesterdny, but they were gen
erally dissatisfied with his one
brief proposal on the question
of enforcement and punishment.
This proposal was that each
state, which signs the suggested
International convention ban
ning atomic weapons, assume
the responsibility for enforce
ment within its own borders.
This was his only reference
to specific measures to control
the grent projects which the
delegates envision for the de
velopment of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes.
Each of the speakers who
took tho floor In the closed
meeting to comment on Gromy
ko's declaration Indicated they
would try to get him to elab
orate on this question when the
delegates, meeting as committee
No. 2, get together next Wed'
ncsday.
Group Insurance
Project Snagged
SALEM. July 27 Plans
of a group nf stats employes to
Duy group lite Insurance struck
a snag today when Attorney Gen
eral Georgo Ncuner ruled that
the secretary of state has no
authority to mnke deductions
from salaries for the payment
nf the Insurance premiums.
(Truman's letter, released by
Brewster on July 20, snld: "We
have been unable to get either
newspaper puoiisncrs or profes
sors from this country any trav
el rights anywhere in Russia.
The members of our embassy
staff aro not allowed to go any
where without being accompan
ied.
("We have hnd Russian news
papermen and Russian profes
sors nnd a grent many other
people of thnt nature over here,
nnd have entertained Ihem roy
ally, but we never get a return
engagement. We can't very well
Invndo the country unless they
want us to.")
Tass, the broadcast declared,
was "authorized to state that
such assertions do not corre
spond to the fuels. It Is suffi
cient to note that In recent
times alone, the Soviet Union
has been visited by n number of
American public figures, press
representatives and persons
prominent In the cultural
world."
It named Writer Lillian llell
man, John Strom, chairman of
tho American Association of
Agricultural Publishers; Edwin
Smith, chairman of tho American-Soviet
Friendshln council:
Henry Wallace; Scientists Irving
Langmulr nnd Harlow Shnpley
nnd others, Including a delega
tion of editors.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Paris Clash
Looms Over
Reparations
WASHINGTON, July 27 (II
A sharp conflict already is shap
ing up for the Paris peace con
ference between Secretary of
State liyrnes and Russian For
eign Minister Molotov over Sov
iet reparation demands on Hun
gary. The Untied States is Insisting
that a new economic deal In Hun
gary Is essential lo establishment
of a firm peace in Europe, it has
protested strongly Red army
seizures of Hungarian foodstuffs
and Soviet removals of Hungar
ian factories as well as current
industrial production, contend
ing the result 1 economic chaos
In the Balkan nation.
The protest, made public by
the slate department last night,
highlights Die difficulties con
fronting Byrnes as he sets out
today for Paris and the 21 -nation
conference, opening Monday.
which will write peace treaties
lor Ilie lormer enemy states or
Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Ro
mania and Finland.
Truman At Plane
President Truman arranged to
sec his secretary of state aboard
his plane.
In Byrnes' plone parly were
Mrs. Byrnes. Assistant Secretary
of Slate and Mrs. Will Clayton,
Mate Department Counselor Ben
Cohen and Byrnes' secretary,
Miss Cassle Connor.
Byrnes briefly reviewed some
of his Paris projects at a news
conierencc. lie said that he
planned on Monday to confer
with the three American mem
bers of a joint Anglo-American
committee on Palestine. The aim
is to fix American policy on the
committee's proposal for parti
tioning Palestine Between Jews
and Arabs in connection with
the plan for Immigration of
100,000 Jews.
On another asoect of his Pari
mission, Byrnes said that he ex
perts American troops to be
withdrawn from Italy within 00
flays after the Italian l peace
treaty is signed, '
Byrnes also said that at the
Paris conference both minority
no majority views can be fully
presented. He explained this is
Decause nrocedures are nronosed
which would orcvent anv malor-
ny in a commiiicc irom overrid
ing minority opinion.
Pullman Strike
Board Created
WASHINGTON. Julv 27 HP
President Truman today creat
ed an emergency board to in
vestigate a dispute between the
railroads and Pullman conduc
tors, thus staying for 60 davs
a strike called for 6 p. m., EST,
August 7.
Tho dispute. Involving 2700
Pullman conductors represent
ed by the Order of Railway
Conductors, Is over interpreta
tion of a recent wage increase.
Members of the three -man
emergency board will be an
nounced later.
In an executive order the
president said the dispute had
not been adjusted under the
railway labor act and threatens
to interrupt interstate commerce
"to a degree such as to deprive
the country of essential trans
portation servico."
Tho board has 30 days to re
.port, after which In existing
management employe relation
ships can be made for another
30 days.
The wage increase recently
granted was $1.48 a day. The
conductors say this should be
granted on the basis of a month
ly increase of 30 times $1.48.
The Pullman company, accord
ing to H. W. Fraser, president
of the conductors union, has in
sisted on dividing the figure by
eight nnd multiplying that by
tho number of hours a conduc
tor works in a month.
Sweden Censors
Missile Reports
STOCKHOLM, July 27 (P)
A limited censorship has been
imposed on Information con
corning unidentified missiles
believed to be flying bombs or
rockets which have been sight
ed over Swedish territory tin
recent weeks.
Authorities have banned the
publication of names of locali
ties where the missiles have
been sighted and newspapers
have been required to use the
dateline "Somewhere In Swe
den," when writing about the
subject.
Burning Freighter
Makes Port Safely
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 27
(IP) Fire still smouldering In
her hold, the Seattle-bound
Luckcnbnch line, freighter El
Salvndor Victory made port this
morning and firemen quickly
extinguished the blaze.
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hay. Tha machin, which was inranted by Llskar. stacks a ton
labor and tlms. Unlike tha old
nd can be quickly wilted from
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Heirens Ready
To Confess All
CHICAGO. July 27 (P)
Malachy Coghlan, attorney for
William Heirens, said today the
youth would offer to submit to
State's Attorney William J.
Tuohy confessions of the kid-nap-killing
of Suzanne Degnan,
the "lipstick" slaying of Frances
Brown and the fatal stabbing of
Mrs. Josephine Ross.
"The defense feels that the
time has come for Heirens to
make known by confession to
the state's attorney the facts of
the various crimes charged
against him."
Cochlan was asked whether
the confession would include
the slaying of Mrs. Josephine
Ross, a killing of which the
youth has not been charged
but was reported to have con
fessed orally to his attorneys.
"There Is no need to quibble
about the number of homicides,"
he replied. "There are three.
They are the Degnan girl, the
ex-Wave Miss Brown and Mrs.
Josephine Ross."
Tho youth, the attorney con
firmed, discussed the three slay-
tngs at a conference in the
county Jail yesterday with his
parents and lawyers.
The offer of a confession
would solve the Ross slaying
without any evidence having
been obtained to tie the youth
to that crime.
In the Degnan case, the pros
ecution has announced - the
youth's finger and palm prints
were found on the ransom note.
In the slaying of Miss Brown,
33-year-old former Wave, the
state's attorney said his finger
print hnd been found on the
door of her bathroom.
Deodorized Skunks
No Longer Bargain
DALLAS, July 27 (fT)
Skunks are out of tho bar
gain basement.
Mrs. Sadie Reddckopp Mc
Ncal, who does a neat busi
ness In the deodorized variety,
reported a few days ago that
prices hit the skids because
she had too many animals and
too few buyers.
Bargain hunters took care of
that and now she says the
price is tip again up to
around $1000, for instance, for
an nlbino.
Eight Sons Back From War
The Barrett boya all eight of
them are out of tho service
ana without so much as a serv
ice connected scratch among
them.
They are the sons of Mr. and
Mrs. .Albert Barrett of Round
lake, believed to be the Klamath
parents who had the most sons
in the service in World War II.
Last to be discharged were Al
len and Clinton, who were
mustered out of the navy on
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 27, 1948
Hew Stacker In Use On Poe Valley
mast and boom m athod, this stacktt moTs under its own powtr
en place to another,
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Painter 'Adopts1
Town In France
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
July 27 UP) Portrait Painter
Girard Hale and his wife Kath
leen have virtually adopted the
entire community of Maille,
France. i
They already have sent the
366 surviving residents of the
village, ravaged by German
troops In August, 1944, more
than 12,000 items of vitally
needed supplies ranging from
school furniture to layettes.
Mrs. Hale, who worked with
relief units of the American
Friends of France close to the
Maginot line until the Germans
broke through in May, i4u,
had a sentimental attachment
for the tiny town near Tours
and wrote officials for a list of
what was needed.
Redn Family
Boards Ship
PORTLAND, Ore., July 27
(A) The Russian naval officer
who was tried and acquitted on
a charge of espionage will sail
for home tomorrow with his
wife, baby, a load of toys and
"pleasant memories." .
Lt. Nicolal Redln, boarding
the Russian freighter Maxim
Gorki, told interviewers thnt de
spite the trial s unpleasantness
he had enjoyed most of his four
years in this country and made
"many good friends."
He declared that it was up to
the press to prevent any rift in
the Amcrican-riussian irienci
ship which he considers "tho
great bulwark for peace."
Aboard the ship, taking loco-,
motives to Russia, Redin and his
wife piled toys and books for
their two-year-old daughter.
Juvenile In Custody
In Motorcycle Theft
A 16-year-old boy is being held
In the juvenile detention cottage
for the theft of a motorcycle
which was stolen from C. E.
Allenby, 127 Wendling, some
time last week.
The motorcycle, a 1926 Indian,
was found in a shed near' the
Great Northern roundhouse,
where the youth admitted leav
ing it.
July 4 and 8. Others, who had
been discharged earlier, are
Clifton, Lewis and Irvln, who
served with the army, and Mar
vin, Harold and Lenin, who did
duty in the navy.
All of the boys saw action but
two. Two contracted tropical
diseases, but none was wounded.
Altogether, the Barretts have
11 children, and are planning a
big family reunion at Christmas
time.
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th Daa Llky ranch to stack
of hay a trip with a laying oi
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Hay Stacker
May Be Boon
What may prove to be a boon
to farmers is the new hay stack
er invented by Dan Liskey and
now being used to stack hay
on his Poe valley ranch.
Consisting of a dredger with a
70-foot boom attached to it, and
a hay net for swinging the hay
to the stack, the stacker piles a
ton of hay at a time. Because
of the long boom, it Is possible
to stack from dot to 4UU tons in
one pile.
Hay brought in by buck rakes
is placed in the chain net by two
net setters, and is then swung
to the stack by the dredge opera
tor to be unloaded by four
stackers. This method of stack
ing is much quicker and takes
less help, according to Liskey.
' One of the important features
is that the machine travels
under its own power. When a
new stack is started It takes
only a short time to move the
machine to the location.
In the old method of stacking
a mast and boom were set up
ench time a new stack was start
ed and this process took quite
some time.
The stacker has "been in use
for the past two weeks. Liskey
got the idea for it after seeing a
dredger and boom being used in
building a grain elevator in
California. This is the only
stacker of this type, as far as he
knows, which is being used in
haying. , .
House Approves
RFC Extension
WASHINGTON. July 27 W)
The house by voice vote today
approved an extension of the
reconstruction finance corpora
tion's finance program until
next June 30 and authorized it
to loan $75,000,000 to the Phil
ippine republic.
The legislation was returned
to the senate, which passed it
without the loan provision and
which had voted to continue
RFC until June 30. 1952. With
out the legislation, the RFC
would expire next January.
The loan provision stipulates
a minimum interest rate of 2
per cent.
Illness Keeps Bevin
From Peace Meeting
LONDON, July 27 (fP) The
British foreign office announced
today that Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin had been ordered
by his doctors to take a com
plete rest of at least a week
and that Prime Minister Attlee
will take his place at the Paris
peace conference.
Bevin Li at his home In Lon
don. A foreign office spokes
man said he did not know the
nature of the foreign secretary's
illness and "I don't know
whether he knows or not"
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Rewards Up
For Slayers
Of Negroes
ATLANTA, July ZT MV-Governor
Ellis Amall today offered
rewards totaling more than $10,
000 for solution of the out-of-hand
mob slaying in Walton
comity of two negro (arm hand
and their wives.
The usually, cheerful state
executive grimiy. told newsmen
at a special 'press conference
that he was ordering the state
police to remain in the county
"until the guilty parties have
been identified and turned over
to law enforcement officers."
The governor said "the decent
people of Georgia are humil
iated about the mass murder
of four negroes in Walton coun
ty by an unknown mob of some
20 desperadoes.
"As governor of Georgia I
am offering a reward to the full
limit of the law. Five hundred
dollars will be paid for evi
dence leading to the arrest and
conviction of each participant
in the massacre. These rewards
will total more than $10,000.
The lawless gang must be ar
rested and brought to justice.
Disgraceful Morally
The governor added "this
mass murder is one of the worst
incidents ever to take place in
our state. The killing of inno
cent people is disgraceful mor
ally and legally.
Amall's statement followed a
suggestion from, the head of the
Georgia bureau of identifica
tion that the shootings near
Monroe, 40 miles from Atlanta,
was a "rehearsed aifair."
Major William E. Spence of
the GBI. said:
"It looks like it was a re
hearsed aifair. It looks like it
might have been planned since
the negro was first confined to
Jail."
He referred to Roger ' Mal
colm, 27-year-old negro who had
made bond on a charge of stab
bing fcis employer, a -svhite man:
Malcolm, his wife, and George
Jjorsey and his wile were the
mob's Victims.
Although an announcement
from Washington said the fed
eral bureau of investigation
would investigate the case for
the civil rights section of the
justice department, an assistant
district attorney said:
"So far it seems to be a state
case."
Brothers Held
For Break-Ins
Two brothers, 8 and 10 years
old, are being held in custody
of the juvenile office after hav
ing admitted taking about $18
worth of pennies and small
change, a .22-cal. rifle and vari
ous trinkets from two houses
yesterday.
The boys broke into a house on
Upham yesterday morning, Faye
Lucas of the Juvenile office said,
and took the rifle and loaded
their pockets with pennies. They
then went to a house on Fulton
and ransacked it for pennies and
other small items.
They were seen entering that
house and when city police an
swered a call, they found the
little boys hiding under a bed.
When questioned at the juve
nile office the lads also told of
going into two other houses, tak
ing a bottle of beer, which they
drank, from one.
Truman Advised To Pick
Top Men For Atom Board
WASHINGTON, July 27 OP)
President Truman got advice
from congress members today
to appoint a cross-section of
American science, business, dip
lomacy, and national defense to
the domestic atomic control
commission.
One of those tendering it was
Chairman McMahon (D-Conn.),
of the senate's special atomic
committee. He told reporters
before a White House call he
would urge Mr. Truman to
"pick men in whom the whole
country will have confidence"
to wield the unprecedented
powers granted a five-member
board under legislation ap
proved yesterday by congress.
Mr. Truman lias yet to sign
the measure but Charles Ross,
his press secretary, said his sig
nature is certain. Ross called
the bill "100 per cent in line"
with the president's views.
The board it provides for
will have control over atomic
eneray developments through
out the United States. The leg
islation also gives the govern
ment, through the commission,
a virtual monopoly on inven
tions and patents In the field
of atomic energy, provides the
death penalty for major viola
tion of security with Intent to
injure the United States, and
Porter Says
Some Prices
To Advance
WASHINGTON, July 27 (P)
OPA announced today that new
automobiles are back under
June 30 ceilings pending issu
ance of a higher price schedule.
Used car ceilings are down four
per cent from the June 30 level.
OPA Administrator Paul A.
Porter warned in an address that
clothing and some other prices
will move upward but he- ex-
WASHINGTON. July 27 (Pi
President Truman today nornl
Baud Roy L. Thompson. presi
dtnt of the federal land bank of
New Orleans, and two other to
erre on the new price decon
trol board sat uo under revived
OPA. Thompson will be dtig
natd as chairman.
Named with Thomoson were
Daniel W. Bell of Washington,
former undersecretary of the
treasury, and now connected
with the American Security and
Trust company of this city and
George H. Mead of Dayton,
Ohio.
pressed belief the new OPA re- '
vival bill will prevent a run
away inflation.
Other officials forecast a cloth
ing price rise of 15 to 20 per
cent while the agency worked
on new price orders under Its
authority restored when Presi
dent Truman signed the bill
July 25.
In reimposing automobile
ceilings, the OPA announce
ment said all deliveries of new
and used cars after July 25 must
conform to ceiling prices "even
in cases where the buyer agreed
during the interim, when price'
controls were off. to pay in ex
cess of the ceiling and made a
down payment."
Used Cars Down
Oiline of used cars wen'
dropped four per cent as of July
1. a reduction which became ef
fective automatically with the
OPA revival act. This was the
regular semi-annual reduction to
take account of depreciation.
The forthcoming ceilings on
new cars which some officials
will be approximately $100 on
popular price models are
(Catiamed aa rasa t, Cal. 1)
Radioactivity
High At Bikini
ABOARD USS MT. MCKIN
LEY OFF BIKINI, July 27 W
The transport Fallbn, badly bat
tered by the force of Thurs
day's underwater atomic bomb,
was pushed up on the sands of
Enyu island today by tugboats
which braved radioactive Bikini
lagoon to save the ship for
study.
Shifting winds and currents
sent radioactivity soaring in the
inner target area, hampering
salvage operations and delaying
attempts to assess over-all dam
age more thoroughly.
Boarding parties were put on
some of the vessels, but there
still was only limited small
boat - activity near the target
array. Vice Adm. W. H. P.
Blandy, atom test commander,
said he could not predict when
inner targets might be boarded.
It would still be two or three
days, he said, before the sup
port fleet moved into former
anchorages at the eastern end
of the lagoon.
Blandy met today with mem
bers of atomic test evaluation
boards.
Reports from Associated
Press correspondents . who
viewed the fleet from sea ana
air showed at least 13 vessels
sunk or damaged.
The condition of several sub
marines, lying on the bottom
of the lagoon, remained a mys
tery. The grimy battleship Na
gato, listing badly, appeared to
have dipped no farther today
and was not considered in im
mediate danger of sinking.
directs that a member of tho
armed forces head the division
of military application under
the commission.
There is every Indication that
Mr. Truman will send quickly
to the senate not only his
choices for commission mem
bers but for the post of gen
eral manager, which also is
subject to confirmation. -.,
Lawmakers generally said
they have no Idea who the
president has in mind. But the
names of former Secretary of
State Edward R. Stettlnlus,
former Ambassador Joseph P.
Kennedy, O. Max Gardner, un
dersecretary of the treasury,
Dr. Vannevar Bush, scientist,
and David E. Lillicnthal, TVA
chairman, were among many
being mentioned as possible ap
pointees. ,
McMahon said he had no In
dividual to suggest to the presi
dent but wanted "outstanding
men" named to the commission.
Senator Austin (R-Vt.), a
member of the committees, said
he thinks science, business and
national defense should have
representation. He added that
he did not mean that any mili
tary man should be named to
the all-civilian commission, but
that some Individual familiar
with security need should be
chosen.
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