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By FRANK JENKINS
"THIS morning muru than
1 year alter tlio end of lliu wur
in Lurupe 21-iialluu confer
nice aaacniblcs lit Ilia Luxem
bourg, puluca In Purls in mi ulloi't
lu iiiukv uma kind ol pence alter
Ilia rt-presviilullvi'i ul Ilia Dig
I'owcih hiivo lulled.
Wv inlulil u well dpi' uk pluln
ly. 1't'iicu efforts Imva lulled u
lar bcciiunu wo and (lie Urlllsli,
on lino side, und tlia KumIuiis,
mi Iho oilier, haven't been able
lu vu cyo lu iyc.
The 21-nultuii conference in
i lunt-clilcli effort to Una up world
opinion ugiilnsl wliut Wb regard
us Russian stubbornness'.
WHAT aro the chunccs fur sue
" emu ul I'urlwT
Tu be candid ubutit It, nut too
Hood.
The ilimiiluii seem to know
exnclly whn I they wiint and ex
actly wlmt they don't want. It
seems u bit unlikely Unit llicy
will ucci'ul lit lliu hands of 21
nation (mostly mniilll whiil they
refused to Hcecpl ul lliu hiinds uf
Ilrltnln mid (ho United Mules.
One fears Hint nbout the beat
we enn hope fur la a temporary
expedient (hut will wnrd olf
threats of Imnii'dliita shooting.
DHESIDENT GEORGES BI
x DAULT, of Franco (the host
nation), addressing the 1500 dele
falea this morning, says: "The
lopes of pluln men lire turned
toward us loony.
Thoic Bra truthful words, and
Illdnult seems to be a sincere and
straightforward sort of person.
(lie was a leader of the r'rcncli
underground during the long
years uf the Geriuiin occuMitioii,
and knows bolli hope und fear
by personul experience.)
llio hoiea uf plain men were
tunica tuwuru it. it miido an uu
ray prucu. Unit lusted a 1 1 tlio
moro than a couple uf decades
lung enough fur anglhcr genera,
lion to grow up.
Then auulner and DIGGER
war blossomed.
A LITTLE better than a ecu
" tury and a quarter ago, a
conference of nn'.ions assembled
In Vienna to miiko pence utter
the bloody Napoleonic lulerludu
In Europe. It was known as the
Congress of Vienna, and It was
a mess from the beginning. Little
of vulue was expected irom It,
and NOTHING of vulue cinnc
from It.
All the Congress of Vienna
- could think of us u euro for till
Hint ISHiKileoii hud done to
Europe was to restore the decu-
tieui ooiiruuii (lynatfiy io tlio
throne of France.
It is doubtful If plain men
were greatly disappointed in tlio
Congress of Vienna. They knew
tho gang that was assembled
there, und they expected from it
homing moro tliun they got,
"NE good peace was signed at
' J'arls. It ended the Amcr
ran itevolutloniiry wur. But In
178:1, America was too Insignif
icant to altruct tho notice of
world power imlltlcs. A few
pluln men from England and
.America simply got together un
oblruslvoly Jn Paris and did-the
obviously sensible thing.
Vast good to the world has re
sulted therefrom.
TT Is an exceedingly good thins
A that tho power politicians of
Euronu couldn't foresee In 17B:i
tho rise of tho United Stales of
America. Thov then looked nnon
tho American colonist as merely
a set of unwashed backwoods
men, wholly beneath their no
tice.
So. after what was lo tis then
a tremendously Important war,
we got off to a good peace.
Because we srew ton hlir nnri
became "Important" In world
power politics, we haven't been
so fortunate In our later wars,
plIE making of a Just peace
mat could nracl on v nut aw
i war In tho world COULD be so
simple.
All Hint would bo needed
cnllnu on !'( t, Cel. II
Bikini Force Siarts Work
For Deep-Sea Experiment
BIKINI, July 20 (P) Work
on "Test Charlie," when an
atom bomb will be detonated
far down In tho deep sea, ul
rendy Is starting, Vice Adm.
W. H. P. Blundy snld today ns
ho awulted clamngo reports
from n target fleet still dan
gerously rudloiictlvc after
Thursday's shallow blast.
Scabccs hnvo been assigned
to prcpnro tho deep-son moor
ing lines for next spring's tentatively-planned
dee p-watcr
burst,
Tho deadly X-rnys bnrred
closo Inspection of Inner-circle
ships in lliu liiguun ngnln todny
more Ihnn five dnys nfter the
harbor-depth explosion, But
livo nnimnls have been found
on nl leant two Bhlps on the
ouler circle.
If it hnd been a wartime
blast, Admiral Blandy ex
plained, crewmen would hnvo
faced these rndloactlvo risks to
savo their ships nnd lives of
the injured.
Ho could give no estimate of
the cost of such heroism.
Tho Incomplete, tdnlnllve
dnmuga toll mcnnwhllo rose to
16. Lntcst addition whs the
submarine Dentudn, benched
with her forward torpedo room
flooded.
21 Nations
Gather For
Peace Talks
PARIS, July 29 (IP) Tho 21-
nation peace Conference, con
vened formally In Luxembourg
palace moro than a year after
tho end of tho Second World
war lu Europe, was summoned
liy 'resident licorge milium oi
Franco today to abolish "Ilia
plague of wur,"
Ulduult's words were carried
lo a press gullery Jammed for
tho historic occasion and
throughout the rumbling build
ing as bo summoned the dele
gates of the 21 victor nutlons to
lusl.lon a peace lor limy jto
munla, Hungary, liulgnrla and
Finland, which the foreign min
isters of the United Slutes,
Ilrltnln, Ilussla and Franco can
approve.
The conference convened,
however, in an almosphcro of
dissension.
For more than 38 hours tho
deputy foreign ministers of the
lour principal powers Ilrltnln,
Franco. Russia und tho United
Slutes hud argued before
agreeing even upon publication
or tne live ireuty drafts pre
pared by tho four powers -for
submission to the conference.
Texts Out Tomorrow
It finally was agreed lo re
lease the five treaty texts, along
with statements on disagree
ments, at 11 p. in. Greenwich
meantime (3 p. m.. I'ST). Tues
day.
The conference also opened
with Secretary Byrnes ready lo
confront the delegates with tho
urging that they make all con
ference negotiations wldo open
to I lie press of the world.
Most of the terms of tho
treaties already have becomo
known unofficially. Release of
the full texts simultaneously In
I'urls, London, Washington and
Moscow had been advocuted for
several days by tho United
Slates and France, but the Brit
ish and Russians had differed on
how much should be made pub
lic. Byrnes was disclosed to favor
a "goldfish bowl" policy at the
peace conference. If his pro
posal for open meetings Is
turned down, Hie American In
formant suld, Byrnes will pro
poso Hint representatives of vari
ous commissions of the confer
ence bo appointed to keep news
paper reporters Informed df
what goes on at closed meetings.
Illness Claims
Mrs. Van Doren
Ruin Mildred Van Doren. 38.
a resident of this city for most
of her life, passed awny Into
Sunday morning at Klamath Val
ley hospital, She had been in
poor health for some time.
Mrs. Van Doren, native of
holnio.Orc., had lived In Klamath
Falls for 30 years. She was ac
tive in civic and social affairs
and was a member of Aloha
chapter 61, Order of tho Eastern
Star, and Friendship court 11,
Order of Amaranth. For a num
ber of years alio was employed
as office manager for Superior
Troy laundry and later for the
Men's Hand laundry.
She Is survived by lier hus
bnnd, City Councilman Chnrlcs
l". Van Uorcn. Also surviving
her are three sisters. Clnrn Smith
of Oakland, Mnrle Lockwood of
Palo Alto, and Mnble Forsvthe
of Vullcjo; three brothers, Fred
unristy and vomer "Bus Christy
of Twain, Calif., and Harold
Christy of Klamath Falls.
Funeral services are under the
direction of Ward's Klamath
lunornl home and will bo held
Tuosdny at 2 p. m. at tho Mnsonic
temple, with officers of the
Klninnth chapter of tho Order of
the Eastern Star officiating.
As a result of these test.
ntom-nowcrcd worships with
hulls toughened to withstand
such bomb blasts may be con
structed within five years, pre
dicted Adm, Edward L, Coch
rane, construction chief of the
nnvnl bureau of ships.
Cnpt. Lognn McKee. of the
same bureau, added Hint "we
hnvo a lot of idens on atomic
powered submarines." Neither
he nor Cochrane went into de
tail.
The latest box score of the
shallow -d e p t h bomb tost
snowed:
Sunk: Bnltlcship Arkansas.
Carrier Saratoga, and a yard
oiler.
Destroyed Landing ship
from which the bomb was hung.
Damaged: Battleship Penn
sylvania, Japanese Battleship
Nugnto, Crosiers Suit Lake City
and Pcnsacola, Transport Fal
lon, uestroyor ungues, ono land
lug craft, the Submarine Den
tuda and four others which
early observations Indicated hnd
gone to the bottom: the Arogon,
Skipjack, Scaraven and Pilot
fish. Thus, the single blast crip
pled n fifth of the 73 target
vessels.
Wttb ww SSI
PRICE FIVE CEN1 V
Comptroller Says
War Firms
Jobs To
WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP)
Comptroller Gcnerul Lindsay
warren today denounced us
"damniiblc" whut he termed the
"widespread" practice of army
officers obtaining lucrative Jobs
from war producers whoso gov
ernment contrucls they helped
draft und settle while in the
service.
He laid before the senulc war
investigating committee three
specific cases, and declared that
ns a result of their discovery
the general accounting office
hud thrown "every searchlight
on contracts held by the com
panies employing the men.
Warren volunteered the
names of tho men ufter making
these points during his lesti-
Housing Bill
Outlook Dim
WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP)
Administration leaden virtually
abandoned hope today for pass
age of the Wagncr-Ellondcr-Taft
long-riingc housing bill at tho
present session of congress.
Chairman Spcnce (D-Ky) told
newsmen after a closed-door ses
sion of the banking committee:
"I think you can say we have
given up hope, if congress goes
through with its plan to adjourn
Friday." .
Shortly before. Speaker Ray
burn told President Truman the
house would consider the bill
provided the banking committee
sent it to the floor.
Insist on Hearings
Notwithstanding urglngs by
President Truman, Spcnce said,
a majority of the committee
nicmben Insisted on complete
public hearings before acting on
the bill. A group of opponents
were outside the committee
clamoring to be heard while the
committee sat In executive scs
sion. The measure, authorized by
Senators Wogner (D-Ky). Ellen
der (D Lai and Toft (R-O) con
templates a 10-year housing pro
gram calling for construction of
1.500.000 dwelling units a year.
Including 125,000 public housing
units a year.
Rayburn's slntcment was made
lo reporters al the White House
nfter Hie wccklv conference of
Mr. Truman with his congres
sional leaders.
Malin A r.ea Power
Goes Off Tuesday
The California Oregon Power
company has announced that the
power will be off in the Malin
area and Immediately northeast
and south ot nlnlln al B a. m.
Tuesday for approximately two
hours. Tower will be off in
order to raise the voltage in
that nrca.
Halsey's Horse
r
On good-will tour of South
America. Adm. William F,
"Bull" Halsev espied the long-
sought "white horse" in the
nursery of Mountain hotel out
side of Bio de Janeiro. He
climbed astride the immobile
steed with the remark, "at
last, a white horse to ride In
triumph.'
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AMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 29. 194
Gave
Officers
mony before the committee
which branched out today from
its inciuiry into the wartime
operations of a midwest muni
tions combine:
1. The government lost un
told millions" by not allowing
tho accounting office to "police"
tho contrucls.
2. Some high government of
ficials made it a practice to ac
cept cocktail parties, hotel and
travel expenses from contrac
tors. 3. "From my seat, it has
looked as if everybody and his
brother were cut to get the
government during the lush
wor years."
Chairman Mead (li-in.y.)
termed acceptance and offer of
Jobs to army officers by com
panies on whose contracts they
have worked "an indefensible
practice" and said the commit
tee will "dig Into it deeper."
Warren declared that there
were "many high class and high
grade contracting officers" in
the government service, but
that "time after time a careful
contracting officer, trying to
protect the interests of the gov
ernment, was taken off the Job
and transferred somewhere
else."
Warren said that the general
accounting office was author
ized to audit in the field the
payments on cost-plus-fixed fee
contracts but could not do so
on fixed-price contracts for a
lump sum.
He gave the committee a list
of cases in which accounting of
fice auditors in the field had
prevented payment of certain
charges to the government or
had obtained additional credits
for the government.
Upon tho conclusion or war
ren a testimony, tno committee
recessed until 7 a. m. (PST) to
morrow when It will call Repr
Coffee (D-Wash.) for an ex
planation of his acknowledged
receipt oi a $zduu cnecx irom
a Tacoma defense contractor.
Coffee has described the check
as a "campaign contribution."
May Hits Back
At Sen. Mead
PRESTONSBURG, Jy.. July
29 0P)Rcp. A. J. May (D-Ky),
one of the targets in the senate
war profits investigation, has
countered with the assertion
that Senator Mead (D-N.Y.),
chairman of the investigating
committee, "thinks if he can
crucify mo he cun use that to
mnke hlmscll a greni ncro . . ,
nnd ride into the office of gov
ernor of New York."
Although Mend has not pub
licly declared his position, his
name lias been mentioned fre-
aucntlv as a likely cnndidnte to
ooposc republican Governor
Dewey in the New York Ruber
natorinl contest in November.
Defending his position in the
investigation, May in a letter
to certain of his constituents
wrote, "all tiiey cnarge me with
is calline bv telephone the un
dersecretary of war, now Sec
retary of Wor Robert P. Patter
son, and some army officers,
urging them to rusn production
of wur materials, ni a lime
when General Eisenhower was
pleading for more shells to meet
the bloody onstaugni oi inc. cce
gian bulge ..."
The . letter was addressed
"dear friend" and was disclosed
by a person who received a
copy in the representative's
home town here yesterday.
'Although more than a month
ago I voluntarily appeared be
fore the Mead committee and
told them tho whole story,
answered nil questions, and was
told my statement was satis
factory, they never mentioned
that until I demanded they do
so," tho letter said in part.
May, who is chairman of tho
house military committee, lab
eled the war investigating com
mittee a "political inquisition."
Committee OK's
Decontrol Board
WASHINGTON, July 29 (VP)
Tho senate banking committee
todny unanimously approved
President Truman's three nomi
nees for tho new price decon
trol bonrd.
Tho committee' action sent
to the senate for its considera
tion, possibly todny but more
likely tomorrow, these nomi
nations: Roy L. Thompson, president
of the Federal Land bank of
New Orleans, as chnirmnn of
the decontrol board; Daniel W,
Bell former trensury under
secretary, and George H. Mend,
Dayton, O., paper company ex
ecutive, as members.
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Rolling down slight orade
knocked two empty boxcars off
crew went to work immediately
back to the rails.
. .
Cars Derailed
In GN Smash
A loaded refrigerator car was
overturned and two empty box
cars were derailed late yester
day afternoon near the Great
Northern railway roundhouse
when the reefer rolled about 100
yards down a slight incline and
collided with a string of three
empties at a switch. .
One of Ule.'jmalr! tracks Jnto
the yaYus was Hied tip for a few
hours while a relief tender and
crew hoisted the cars back on
the tracks. Only slight damage
resulted to any of the cars in
volved. The refrigerator car was
standing alone near the ice dock
in the yards when it started roll
ing down the slope. The run
away was not noticed until it
had hit the side of a wooden box
car, knocking it and a steel car
off the track and itself falling
over on its side.
The relief crew speedily
cleared the track by hoisting the
cars back on the track. Great
Northern officials termed the
accident as routine trouble.
Medical Aid
Sent To Adak
WASHINGTON, July 29 W
Navy and army medical person
nel have been dispatched to
Adak island in the Aleutians to
give assistance in an outbreak of
diphtheria which a navy doctor
said so far is "mild" and unat
tended by any deaths.
Captain Otto Burton of the
navy s preventive medicine sec
tion said 32 casts have been re
ported among naval personnel
on the island, while the army
surgean general's office reported
approximately "a half dozen"
among army personnel.
Burton said naval authorities
at Adak had requested the assis
tance of one doctor, four nurses
and 15 hospital corpsmen to sup
plement personnel stationed at
the Island. The navy ordered the
suplementary personnel to be
sent out from me utn navai ais
trict at Seattle.
The army surgeon's office said
one doctor, 10 nurses and 40 en
listed men were despatched by
plane last Saturday "as a pre
cautionary measure." The nurses
were sent from the army's Let-
terman General hospital at San
Francisco, the enlisted men from
Brooke army medical center at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and
the doctor from Beaumont gen
eral hospital, Texas. (A San
Francisco story said the nurses
were to leave tomorrow).
Burton said first reports of a
diphtheria outbreak on Adak
came on July 21, when doctors
there reported seven cases.
Nourse To Head
Advisory Council
WASHINGTON, July 29 (P)
President Truman today nomi
nated Edwin G. Nourse of Wash
ington, D. C, to be chairman of
the newly-created economic ad
visory council.
Nourse, vice president since
1942 of the Brookings institu
tion, would serve with Leon Key
serllng and John Davidson
Clark, nominated last week.
This is the council that will
administer the so-called "full
employment act."
(Telephone till)
Great Northern Boxcars Knocked
near the GN roundhouse yesterday afternoon, a refrigerator car
the track and itself turned over. A relief tender and yard
clearing the track and in a few
Bulletin
PORTLAND, Ore., July 29
(VPi Detective Capt. Eugene
Ferguson said today that
James W. Bowden. 47. had
orally confessed designing a
booby trap T hich blew his
wife to bits last Saturday
night.
Ferguson said Bowden.
speaking in the presence of
detectives and his own attor
ney, declared that the trap
was intended for a nan "a
friend oi my. wife." r ; -
Bowden described; Fergu
son said, how he had' fitted
dynamite into a trunk in his
cellar, which his wife and
daughters were repeatedly
warned not to touch. (Earlier
story on Page 10.)
BormannSaid
Still At Large
NUERNBERG. Julv 29 P)
American intelligence officers
reported today that Martin Bor
mann. Hitler's deputy party
leader who has been missing
since the fall of Berlin, was
seen in Munich only a week
ago and that a house to house
search for him is going on.
Bormann long was believed
dead. He is being tried in ab
sentia as one of the 22 nazi de
fendants by the. international
military tribunal.
Intelligence chiefs said a dis
gruntled chauffeur of Bormann,
fired in a disagreement over
stolen garden vegetables, pro
vided them with a tip that
started a new hunt for the nazi
party chieftain.
An army source said the
chauffeur, Jakob Glas, longtime
resident of Munich, informed
intelligence chiefs he was "ab
solutely certain" the man he
saw riding in an automobile in
a main street of Munich a few
days ago was the missing and
long-sought Bormann,
Glas was Bormann's driver
tor years untu the final year
or tne Hitler regime. Then, he
said, he was dismissed after
Bormann accused him of steal
ing vegetables from the deputy
fuehrer's private garden.
Merchants Agree
On 5:30 Closing
Klamath Merchants association
announced today that the busi
ness district will observe a 5:30
p. m. closing schedule, beginning
August i. At present most bus
ness houses close at 6 d. m.
The decision was made after
a ballot survey was made of re
tail merchants. The committee
in charge canvassed the ballots
today, finding a vote of 38 to 2
in favor of 5:30 closing.
Opening time will be optional,
nvLuiuuig IU VHI1UUS ITHQeS.
Some stores will open at 9 and
omers at :3u a. in.
Pageant Calendar
All children dancers will
rehearse Tuesday and Friday,
at 10 a. m.. at Rooieyelt
school. Registrations for chil
dren dancers are still being
accepted at the Eve Benson
studio.
Chorus rehearsal will be
held Thursday, 8 p. m in
Fremont school. New appli
cants report to rehearsal.
i
Number 10883
Off Track
hours had lifted all three cars
Moslems Bolt
Indian Project
BOMBAY. July 29 IP) The
Moslem league's policy forming
council of action today with
drew its acceptance of the Brit
ish cabinet mission's proposals
for granting India independence
and in bitterly phrased instruc
tions told the league's working
committee to evolve a program
of "direct action'" to achieve an
independent M o-s 1 e m . , state
(Pakistan).
The council of action declared
in a resolution that "Moslem In
dia has exhausted without suc
cess all avenues for peaceful set
tlement" of demands for safe
guards in writing a constitution.
It accused Britain and the con
gress party of collaborating in a
breach of faith to the league.
The second of two companion
resolutions withdrawing accept
ance of the British proposals and
renewing demands for a separate
Moslem state also called on all
Moslems to surrender any titles
they may have accepted from
the British.
Mahomed Ali Jinnah. presi
dent of the Moslem league, told
the cheering assembly that
events that had occurred since
the league accepted the cabinet
mission's proposals were a
'blessing in disguise." because
from them Moslems had learned
a bitter lesson."
The council's decision fol
lowed a three-day round of
speech making in which Moslem
leaders including Jinnah told
the council that Britain had "be
trayed" the league by not insist
ing on adoption of the mission s
interim government plan despite
congress party opposition.
Carnival Alligator
Loose At Roseburg
ROSEBURG. July 29 OP)
A five-foot alligator that
escaped from a carnival has
joined the wild denizens of
this Cascade mountain section
and is keeping creek swim
mers on the alert.
Search for the amphibious
beast had failed when it was
time for the carnival to leave
town.
CIO-PAC Faces Siiff Test
In Southern
WASHINGTON. July 29 (IP)
The CIO political action commit
tee runs up against its toughest
Dixie test this week. Tennessee
voters decide Thursday whether
to renominate 77-year-old Ken
neth D. McKellar for a sixth
term in the senate.
The Tennessee contest sparks
a week of political action in
which:
1. Alabama voters choose a
democratic nominee to complete
the term of the late Senator John
Bankhead.
2. Arkansas nominates a demo
cratic gubernatorial candidate,
and
3. Kentucky voters pick nom
inees for nine house spats and
.)ic senate chair now filled by
Republican William A. Stanfill.
The Alabama and Arkansas
elections are tomorrow, Ken
tucky's Saturday.
Most interest will be centered
on Tennessee, however. There
Edward Ward Carmack is at
tempting to unseat McKellar in
a democratic primary whore
nomination usually means elec
tion in November.
Taking note of tin opposition
Ferry Boat
Rammed By
Oil Barges
C A R UT HERSVILLE. Mo..
July 29 (IP) The muddy Mis
sissippi river was searched to
day for the bodies of at least
lu persons, possibly more, who
were believed to have perished
in the collision of a ferry boat
and two oil laden barges near
here.
Thirteen other occupants of
the ferry were saved after the
flot boat overturned, dumolns
at least five vehicles and their
passengers Into the waters.
The accident occurred at 9:20
p. m., last night 50 yards from
the Missouri shore as the ferry
neared completion of its cross
ing from the Tennessee side.
The pilot of the ferry,
Charles Edward Hendrix, who
was saved when he was tossed
on a barge in the crash, was
quoted as estimating that there
were between 20 and 23 per
sons In the five or six cars on
the flat boat.
Other estimates ran as high
an 30. On aurvivnr aiH lh
ferry carried four automobiles
and one pickup truck.
The ferry tug was demolished
and sunk by the impact of the
two oil barges, linked together
and pushed by two tugs in a
single train. The ferry over
turned and floated down the
river.
The two barges, carrying 48,
000 barrels of oil upstream
from Jennings, La., bound for
Mount Vernon, Ind., were the
Z-8 and the Fred B. Zigler of
the G. B. Zigler Towing Co.,
Jennings. ,
E. W. Rogers, Vicksburg,
Miss., the pilot on duty on the .
tugs pushing the barge at the
tim nt th collision, said he
gave blinker signals that he was '.
going to pass upstream on U'tr .
left or Missouri side. He $id '
he saw no answer and that .
when he saw how close the
boats were approaching it was
too late to stop. .
Rogers said he held his barge
against the ferry for a few mo
ments after the collision hoping
that some of its occupants
would leap to his craft, but that
in their panic those on the ferry
were too excited to take advan
tage of the chance before their
boat overturned.
British Accept
Reich Proposal
WARHTOOTON. Julv 29 (IP)
The state department announced
today Britain has accepieo. in.
principle" this government's
proposal - to unify occupation
zones in uermany.
The department's announce
ment reiterated the hope that
Russia and France likewise will
uccept.
Despite this hope, the expecta
tion among diplomats here is
that the United States and Brit
ain at once will work out de
tails for unifying their own
zones economically, that France
probably will join promptly and
that Russia will refuse to co
operate. The state department an
nouncement said:
"The department of state has
been informed that the British '
government has accepted in
principle the offer of Secretary
Byrnes to join the United States
zone of occupation in Germany
with any other zones for the
purpose of treating the zones so
joined as an economic unit.
"The department . welcomes
the announcement as a first step
toward easing the heavy finan
cial burden resting on the two
occupying powers and relieving
the distress which has resulted
from Germany's being divided
into four relatively watertight
economic compartments, i
"The department hopes that
me oilier uhuhj'iiiis fuwa
find it possible to give an equal
ly favorable response to Secre
tary Byrnes' offer.
Primary Vote
to him, McKellar has struck back
with the contention that CIO-
PAC headed by Jack Kroll pur
sues pro-Russian policies ana
counts "New York pinks" among
its members.
Carmack has been endorsed
by the CIO-PAC.
The CIO also Is involved In
tomorrow's Alabama voting, with
an endorsement ot nep. jonn
Sparkman, one of three leading
candidates for the scat Senator
Swift (D) now holds by tem
porary appointment. Rep, Frank
Boykin and state Senator Jonics
A. Simpson are battling with
Sparkman.
In Arkansas, Gov. Lancy is
being challenged for renomlna
tion by former Judge James La
one and Virgil Green.
The Kentucky primary Satur
doy will find ailing Represents,
tive Andrew J. May, currently
under fire of the senate war In
vestigating committee, renomln.
ated without opposition. Five
republicans are seeking tha
chance to oppose him in Novem
ber, including College President
Elmer E. Gabbard, who came
close to beating May two yean
ago.