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Newspaper Page Text.AH i yuHNiiuiKiu) u hww m hum ' MMPWy'jjiwi)ffMIWIII)WII.1 IIIWWMyWWWWBWWWWWWWPWy Ml HIM llll HIIIHI III.ii.IHI i Wi J IIJH IHjlgWMjpill' M I yW Wj WIII.)III f It 'I'hff . n "' i j WEATHER Yl (tZf vV vV VA 1 ' ' ' Br FRANK JKNKINH TIIKItK are atrawa today In nowa winds over FINLAND. Moscow has Mill Helsinki (Fin land's capital) a proKiiul lur a new treaty. The proposal acmna to liuvo boon In the lurm of a letter ad (Ii'pmciI directly to Finnish Presi dent Paaalklvl. A aoinl-ultlclal ,ollr'o anya Uio lollor m aluned by Htalln. It'i all vory secret. Nobody It glv lim away wlmt Uio lottor contained. Hill tho Flnnlah cabinet mot Willi Uio proaldcnl tills inuriilliK. Dls palulws from Helsinki ropurt Unit in "atnioaphoio ol loiuiun, aug Iliolliill a government crlala." pre vails in the city. lit llborly-luvltiK Finland to follow liberty-loving Oaechoalovukla Into Uio miiil, dnrk illllht ol communism? WE don't know as yot, of courw. " Dili a glwico at Uio mup dl clonri to u Uiul Klnlund lira KAH1' of Uio Btotun-Adrlatlc lino, which waa nvrord upon at Yalta. An Uilniia aro wurklnic out (poaalbly nol aa waa HOI'KI) at YalUl) Uio Blotllll Adrlatlc line la Imm-oiiiIiik Uio bound ary (wtweon TWO WUllUJa-Uie world of coiiiiiiunum and Uio world of freedom of Uio Individual. JN Waaliliujloii Una moritlnii Hiulo 1 Becrotary Marahall Inforina Uio Icadera of Uio house of reprrscllta Uvea and the arimto Uiul "It will bo nercaaary lo make an additional tfb million dollara available to keep Uio pipeline to Ureeto and lurkoy KUIX Or MIUTAKY HUI'I'MKU afUrr April 1." The dlapatchca add: Morahall'a rtMjueat for Uie new aid pronram waa hta flral major action 111 Uio 'cold war' with ltnaaia HINCK TIIK COMMUNISTS MKIZKU POWER IN tl6KUHOBLO VAK1A." pLANCK aialil at your map. u It will U-ll you Uiat Orceco and Turkey ALBO llo eaal of the Btollln Adrlallo lino. PHOM Beoul (Korea) Uio U. H. army report! Uila mornlim Uial It Korean have ben killed In at tack on police boxoa (preaumably police aenlry boxoal in BOUTH Korea. Our army auUionuoa de acrlbe Uiom attacka aa "commuiiul liuiplrod." WE occupy Boulh Korea. Tho Huaalana occupy North Korea. Tho Kuaalana are uaiiui Uiclr communist trtrnda id South Korea lo atlr up trouble. ' J" s ' J TJOI'B the pattern; Stir up a ruckua. Uae Uie ruckua aa an excuae to brlnit In phiB-uilllra. Then, when Uio TIMJt COMES, uae your plur-ugllea lo take over by force. We've en that pattern In Ro mania. We've aeen It In Bulgaria. WlUiln Uie paal week we've aeen It In Ctechoalovakla. Wo're teeing lu faint ouUlnoa In rinlnnd. Everywhere (ao far) It haa worked. DUB8IA la celebrating today Uie Uie " hundredth annlveraary of communist manifesto. The com munist manifesto was written In Oermnny, a century ago, by Karl Marx and Frledrlch Kngela, both Clermnna. It preachea Uie doctrine of Uie class war. MOSCOW newspapers devole most 11 of Uielr -front pages to the cele bration. One of them suy.n: "The power and vitality of Uie Iriens of Uie manifesto are shown In the fact that 100 yearn ago Uiere were nol more than 300 communists In the world. TODAY there are 20 million people In Uie ranks of the communist parly." Another (the Russian army's Red Star) says: "Communism has broken tJ.-ough Into Uie wide open spaces. horward I" MARX and Engcls were die 4 1 who apparently RE reamers REALLY WANTFJD more rlRlit and better conditions for the common man. For a while Lenin had the same vision. NOW communism la a rackotr a device lo get vast power Into FEW hands. WHAT an opportunity Lenin, and " after him Stalin, had! They MUFFED It. The old Itch for POWER FOR THEMSELVES Slip plnnled In their minds the Ideal of service to the downtrodden Russian people . What we're seeing now followed. Former Truman Manager On Mat In Parole Probe CHICAGO, Fob. 27 OT-Patll Dillon, St. Louis attorney and one time campaign manngor for Presi dent Truniah, has been served with a subpoena to testify before a fed fial grand Jury Investigating the paroles of four former Capono gangsters. This was announced loday by Otto Korncr Jr., United States dis trict attorney in Chlcngo. FBI agents sorved Dillon, absent from his homo and office for weeks, in Newton, Mass. At a house subcommittee Investi gation of the paroles, Mrs, Char lotte, Campagna, wife nf one of the gHiigslors, aald she paid Dillon $10, 000 for his help In obtaining re lease of her husband. Mrs. Campagna, wife of Louis (Little Now York) Campagna, said o . U,, I'KIVK KIVK CKNTM '0 KLAMATH FALLS', OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. lBlg Telephone Mil No. 1Z7S II fl f JT1 fVvl F?" lni n Coveted Award Received By Troop 6 WTCilovmForWeek mmr ! it 1 L ' School District Boundary Changes Okayed By Voters Except In Changes In boundary lines were approved In all but one section Involved at yesterday's school dis trict election when property owners of various arena wore given Uio opportunity to come Into the Klitm nlh Union high school district. The one dlasentlng area Is known aa "Parcel One," which voiced a 13 to 11 vole against coming Into Uio KU1IH district. Tills area Is Reds Take Over Today t'HAtil K. Keb. 27 UVp I'rraldrnl Kduard llrnra today swore In a new govrrnmrnt loaded with com munist a cabinet he la rrportrd to have aald "could have only rvll reaulla." The fruit, weary president received Communist Premier Klement Oolt wald and Uie 12 now members of Uie cabinet at Uie presidential pal ace and told therrt "Uie decision to accept you waa difficult personally for me." The meeting was polite and atlffly formal. As the president apoke, communists throughout the country were going ahead with swift deter mination lo reorganise the country'a entire Industrial, educational and everyday life. A prcaldentlul accrctury auld Benea has not resigned, but declined to make any furUier comment tor Uie time bring. Tho government radio carried an account of what hapiwnrd at llrad cany palace today. It anld Oollwald promised Uie president hts govern ment would be "coruUtuUnnal, dem ocrullc and parliamentary." and that he Uianked Benea "for your confidence." (The London Dally (iraphlc aald today Benea la under house arreat In the palace. It did not say where It got its Information.) A close friend of the president said last night Benrs had told Oottwald this new government could have only evil results and Uiat he yielded to communist pres sure only because he feared civil war. SF Cops Hold Local Man James B. Stephens, for whom a larceny warrant Is held by police here. Is In Jail at Sun Francisco and probably will be returned to Kla math Falls, Sheriff Lloyd Low said this morning. Stephens Is accused of stealing 90 from Uie Richfield service sla Uon at 6th and KlamaU), where he was employed as attendant. The money disappeared Tuesday after noon and Stephens boarded a bus for San Francisco. Tho loss was not discovered until the owner nf Uie station, Henry F. Martin, returned late Tuesday from a fishing trip. Sheriff Low said that San Fran cisco officers reported Stephens had signed a waiver of extradition. Jolson Story 'Regrettable" PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 37 (r-"If you don't laugh, get Uie hell out of here," wore the first words Al Jolson's radio audience heard last night. Jolson's quip, not intended for broadcast, was directed at the studio audience at Uie end of a preliminary warmup, but Uie program already was on the air. A Nntlonnl Broudranllng company spokesman called It "a regrettable Incident." Dillon billed her after he had ap peared as a witness before tho sub committee Inst fall, Dillon testified at tho hearing that ho helped tho four men get out of prison but thnt he received no feo. Mrs. Campagna said ho presented her Willi his bill after his, appearnncD. The bill was not Itemized, she said. Tho gangsters who were rolenscd In August, In addition to Campng na aro Philip D'Andrca, Paul (The Walter) Rlcca, or Delucla, and Charles (Cherry Noso) Oloe. They wero paroled after having served one third of their 10-yoor sentences for a part In a shakedown of the motion picture Industry. The government alleged the conspira tors obtained upward of 11,000,000 through extortion. Parcel One weal bound by Madison street and runs oast one-half mile, and from Hhasta wuy aou'.h to tillyard. Voles wore cast at Hhaala school. Resi dents nf this section will continue to send their high, school students to Henley. Other areas Involved 111 yester day's vole approved coming Into Uie district although voting throughout all sections Involved was com paratively light. The voting In Parcel Two, aoulh of the O'Connor feed plant, went unanimously 10 for, 0 against for entrance Into the district, There was unanimous voting also reported by Uio county school office from Parcel Three, Lakoshoro, Btewsrt lennox and Orlndale districts, 19 to 0. There were six separate ballot titles for those who voted In KUII8 district No. 2, and all ballots which pertained to change of boundaries, were carried. Total number of votes cast waa 04. Tracts A, B and C, one along the Morrill road, one area adjoining Uie municipal airport to Uie norUiweat, and Uio oUicr area embodying four sections of land south of Uie airport, were voted out of Uie KUH8 district and Into Uie county unit. Resi dents of Uie tracts did not vote but the meaaure was carried on Uie bal lots of Uie other four areas. The question Included Uiree of Uie six ballot titles for KUHS district 2 voters. Students In Uie high school bracket In Ulese tracts will attend Henley high school. Ballots at KUHS district 2, were counted al Uie close of balloting last night, but the county ballots were not rt'iKirled until late this morning. At least one resident of Uie 8ho.ua area, Parcel one. which voted to stay out of the KUHS district, ad vised Uie city school clerk's office this morning thai 'some residents would like a re-vote aw they did not understand Uio situation. It 1 un derstood Uiat a petition for a re vote would make it possible for an other elecUon but Uita la an In volved process and any further action Is up lo Uio residents of Uiat section, Uie clerk's office advised. Greeks Launch Big Offensive ATHENS, Feb. 37 UP) Press re ports said today the Oreek army had launched tin offensive on a 16 mile front northwest of Ioannlna near the Albanian border. Ouerrlllas were reported fleeing In disorder and offering no resist ance. Five towns fell, Uie accounts said. These were Vlssanl, Delvlnakl, Meropl, Pallaopyrghon and Kato Meropl. The dispatches said Uie front Is between Uie Aoos river and the highway between Kalpakl and Kak kavla. The drive waa pointed north from Delvlnakl towards Dholos and Pogonlanl and northwest toward Klrovaltos. Thi reports said large quantities of food and supplies were captured. Dog Saves Owner's Life PORTLAND, Feb. 27 (IP) A small Chow dog which last November led mountain rescuers to his lost mis tress, today was credited with sav ing his owners from death by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Mike La Tosh said Uicy wore awakened early today by Thumper scratching on their bed room door. They opened It and found flames spreading through their apartment. They escaped unhurt. La Tosh said that last November he and Mrs. La Tosh became sep arated on Mount Hood when a sud den snowstorm came up. After hours of fruitless searching, he and others followed the dog to whore Mrs. La Tosh had halted, exhausted. Bayocean Has Bridge Again TILLAMOOK, Feb. 27 M'l All ex pectant mother from Whisky Creek road and 2409 other Bayocean peninsula residents were back In easy contact with civilization today. The Trask river bridge, which broko In a flood last Sunday and forced 2600 peninsula donleens to resort to boats to roach tho main land, was reopened last night two temporary center section In the flood, will bo ropalrcd next. Workmen replaced tho center sec tion of tho temporary span. A new concrete bridge, which also lost Its temporary center section In the flod, will bo repaired next, A 24-hour Red Cross emergency ferry service helped the peninsula. Box Factory, TF5 u:ii uf i. . , P Vjm-i) All Close ' VJ. Officials of Weyerhaeuser Timber company announced that the mill, box faetory and woods would be down for a period of one week, alartlnr March 1, for neceaaary re pairs. The plant was closed yesterday at 7:30 a. m. when the big turbine which provides pwer for the mill, went out. A crew was set to work Immediately and the source of the troublo was located before the tur bine was completely dismantled. It la understood that all necessary parU are on hand and repairs should be completed within the coming week. The mill and box factory should be ready for operation Monday morn ing, March 8, and atarting time for both the mill and woods will be an nounced throurh The Herald .and NewL and over radios Katurday and Sunday, March 6 and 7. Petrillo Hit By Industry NEW YORK. Feb. 27 tP) The Industry music committee said to day James C. Petrlllo's conditional offer to lift the recording ban was not regarded as a "genuine offer to bargain." Petrlllo's offer was outlined in a statement Issued yesterday by Uie American federation or Musicians, of which he is president. It said the union stood ready to resume the making of recordings If an agree ment could be reached to protect musicians from "mechanical com-peUUon.-- - The Industry music committee re plied with a statement saying this represented a delayed reply to the record companies' offer to bargain months ago. The committee Includes representatives of broadcasters, re cording and transcription firms and radio and phonograph manufactur ers. The statement said Petrlllo's reply Is not regarded as genuine offer to bargain "becnuse It apparenUy contemplates an amendment pf fed eral statutes, which does not He within the power of private parUes." Auto Workers Blast T-H WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (P)The CIO United Auto Workers filed a suit In federal court here today at tacking the Taft-HarUey act's ban on union political spending. The suit contends Uie ban is un constitutional and asks that Uie court Issue an Injunction to prevent Uie JusUce department from prose cuting the UAW for any violation of Uio ban. It Is the second CIO court chal lenge to the provision which pro hibits union expenditures In con necUon with federal elections. The parent CIO Invited criminal prosecution and then asked that Uie provision be declared unconstitu tional. CIO President, Philip Murray was Indicted February 11. Today's move on behalf of Uie UAW, President Walter Rcuther, and Secretary -Treasurer Emll Mar.ey Is a civil suit. It asks for a "declaratory judg ment" that the provision violates the constitutional guarantees of free speech, press, assembly and petition. Barge Line Rate Hearing Slated PORTLAND, Feb. 27 (IP) Colum bia River Barge Lines' request for Joint rall-barge rates on petroleum products and grain will come before the Interstate commerce commission again in a hearing starting here March 22 ' The barge lines presented their case last July. Railroads, which asked n postponement to prepare their arguments, will testify at the March hearing on why they do not want Joint rates established. The Joint rates would be 20 per cent below the rate charged for freight moving via rail. Late Spud Bulletin LOS ANGELES, Feb.' 27 P) (U8DA) Potatoes: 18 broken, 33 unbroken cars on track; arrivals, Florida 1, Nevada 1, California 6, Idaho 18, Utah 2; by truck 4; Idaho Russets No. 1-A $S.1S-8.3S; Oregon White Rose A-l washed $8.00. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27 (fl) (USDA) Potatoes: II oars on track; arrivals, Oregon 1; market about steady; Deschutes Russets No. I bakers $6.38. - " urs Scoutmaster Art Peterson of troop 6 presents the envied commia aioner'a award to George Nitschelm, (right) senior patrol leader of the troop which la aponaond by the Salvation Army. The commissioner's award was granted troop 6 for being the outatanding Salvation Army eorpa troop in Oregon and Southern Idaho. The presentation took place laat night. Anti-Poll Tax Proposal OK'd By Rules Committee WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 UP) Anti-poll lax legislation was ap pioved today by a senate rules sub committee which brushed aside a 1 souUiern ', hearings. senator's demand for The measure would let voters bal lot In federal elecUons whether or l ot they have paid state poll taxes, li is one of the laws President Tru man has asked as part of his "civil rights" program.. r- Many southern party leaders are icbelllng against the program which also includes anU-lynching. anti Job discrimination and anti-Jim Crow proposals. The anti-poll tax bill already has been approved by the house. The senate subcommittee's action sends it along to Uie full committee, ad- Barton Eyes Sheriff Post A new wrinkle in the interesting and crowded race for the republican nomination for sheriff appeared to day when Guy Barton, Lakevlew Junction, started circuiting peU tlons to have his name placed on the ballot. There are already nine republican candidates, all of whom have filed by paying their $20 fee. Barton Is the first to take out petitions. To have his name added to the list of candidates, Barton will have to get the signatures of 413 regis tered voters, scattered among at least IS of the 75 precincts In Klam ath county. The law is that a can didate for sheriff filing by petlUon must obtain the names of 5 per cent of the number of county voters who cast ballots during the last election for governor or president. In Klamath county 413 will be sufficient A further regulation provides that the petition must contain names of voters registered in one-fifth of the precincts in Uie county. Prisoners Walk Out Of Service CLINTON, Mn., Feb. 27 Wr-Three prisoners escaped from Uie Henry county Jail while a religious service was being conducted for them last night. Rev. Allen Pontius and his wife were conducting the regular Thurs day night service In the Jail lobby for 11 Inmates. They said one escapee went out the Jail door Into the hall about 15 minutes after the service began. The other two fol lowed him a short time later. Sheriff Bob Eberttng Identified the Uiree as William Lee Berry, 21, Kansas City, and Laverne Weess, 22, and Walter Bartcl, 23. House-Senate Pledge Savings WASHINGTON, Feb, 27 IPy-The house today Joined the senate In a pledge to try to hold government spending to $37,200,000,000 In the fiscal year starting July 1. This Is $2,500,000,000 less than President Truman proposed In his budget for the year. Tho ceiling Is merely a gonl for congress to seek' and la not bind ing. House approval came on a 314 to 38 roll call vote. . The senate passed the legislation last week. It does not require the president's approval, nor can the president veto It. vanclng It one step toward the sen ate floor. Senator Stennls (D-Mlss.) ap peared before Uie subcommittee and asked for hearings. Chairman Jenner 'R-Ind.l said Senators Brtcker (R-Ohlo) and Myers (D-Pa.) voted with him that there is no need for hearings. "We decided that no public hear ings were necessary because this matter has been explored fully by congresses in Uie past, Jenner said. "Both sides have been presented in extensive hearings. ' Stennls said he suggested to the committee that it not only hold public hearings, but Uiat some of these be conducted in the seven states which still maintain poll tax requirements. In Uie last three congresses, the house has passed anU-poll tax bills but senate action always has been blocked by a southern filibuster. But this year nose counts indicate the GOP-dominated senate may be willing to vote a limit on debate. This would shut off filibustering efforts to talk the bill to death. From Senator George (D-Ga.) came a prediction that all the row ing between democrats will lead to a party shake-up after the presi. dential election. Texas Hit By Four Twisters DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 27 WP Four tornadoes lashed Texas last light and early today and a Denton county woman, pinned in her twister-wrecked home, was burned alive. Other tornadoes struck Balllnger and Woodson, In West Texas, and Itasca, 45 miles southwest of Dal las. Twenty-five homes were prac tically destroyed today at Woodson, 120 miles northeast of Balllnger, and McBrlde's cotton gin and Master's sto ; were wrecked. No casualties were reported. Burned to death in Denton county was Mrs. Sam Patterson. A tornado partially wrecked their farm home at 1 a. m. today and Patterson managed to free himself. He found his wife alive but one of her arms was pinned by a Umber. Unable to remove the timber, he walked to the home of a neighbor, mile away, for help. When Patterson and the neighbors returned, they found to their horror that the wreckage had caught fire and wind-driven flames prevented them from reaching Mrs. Patterson. Better Late Than Never ! CHURCHVILLE, N. Y.. Feb. 27 tP) Christmas returned to this Monroe county community today. Scores of residents received Yule tide greetings, 10-week-old checks or newspapers with the notation "only five more shopping days until cnristmas. ' . The delayed mall was In a bag found by a section gang. Postmaster Vincent L. Koenan theorized a mall handler "must have been a few seconds late In tossing out a sack of mall" from a speeding train last December 19. REMKF SEATTLE, Feb. 27 (IP) The hairy and harried relaxed today. Local 195, Barbers union, voted last night to refrain from boosting haircut and shave prices pending "observa tion of the downward trend In the cost of living." Bachelors Have Rough Time Of It In Aurora AURORA, III., Feb. 27 OP) Aurora's bachelors made tliem aelvea scarce today If they didn't want to ride In a brand new paddy wagon. Elghty-aix girls, 18 yeara old and over, made up the "powder puff" administration which ran this city of about 50,000 on Its annual Leap Year Day. They ran the whole works. Twenty-three were members of the police force, with a new paddy wagon borrowed from Chicago Aurora didn't have any they planned to raid cluba, taverns and other likely spots and bring bache lors into court In court Police Magiatrate Irene Youngen a drug atore clerk on other days waa to fine them ailk stockings, candy or other dainties. The girla .could "pinch" the man of their choice, or operate eatch- - catch - can. The magiatrate's clerk was lo record the loot sub tracted from the bachelors. That's so it will go to the cute copper who made the arreat U. S. Vetoes Red Proposal WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 fP-The state department Indicated today the United States will reject Rus sia's proposal that Poland, Yugo slavia and Czechoslovakia be con sulted before the western powers aeciae anything about Germany's future. At a conference In London the United States, Britain and France are now trying to work out plans for the economic unity of Western Germany. They met without Russia because they couldn't reach any agreement with Russia for uniflca tion of all Germany. Russia occupies the eastern part of Germany. The United States, Britain and France occupy the west ern part. The Soviet embassy sent to the state department today a note say ing It thinks Uie Uiree Russian satellite countries Poland, Yugo slavia and Czechoslovakia should be permitted to attend the London session. The Russian note was announced last night by the Moscow radio. Russia's action followed a formal request 'rom the three smaller countries to attend the London meeting. I WTC Workers Meet Tonight A special meeting of Weverhaeu ser Timber company employes Is called for tonight at 7:30 In the IWA hall, 234 Main, for a vote on whether employes will take the week of March 1 for the first week of their 1948 vacation. The, mill and woods employes are members of International Wood man of America (CIO) and Tim Sullivan. IWA business agent here, estimated 900 workers were Idle be cause of the oreakdown of the Um ber company's power turbine. The employes are due two weeks' vacation and could easily take the first week starting March 1, as the mill Is to be closed. All employes are urged by Sulli van to come to tonight's meeting and voice an opinion on the vaca tion period. id Award Is Not So Good PORTLAND, Feb. 27 (IP) A Port land firm has won a $429,444.20 city contract and Is exceedingly unhappy about It The thing Is, explained Rushlight Automatic Sprinkler company, that the bid was a mistake. Their esti mator forgot to add in $200,000. And they can't possibly, said the company, build the Columbia boule vard unit of the city sewage dis posal project for that sum. But the city council, huelng to the law, awarded Rushlight Uie contract anyway. The law says award bids to lowest bidder, and Rushlight's mistaken bid was several hundred thousand dollars lower than anyone else. The firm now has the choice: Of building the project at a heavy loss. Of refusing Uie contract and forfeiting $25,000 earnest money. Of and this Is the one they hope for persuading Uie council to let them rebld. Soviet Spy Pipeline Tale Told At Capitol Hearing WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (JPh Congress heard a claim and a denial today that Soviet spies opened a pipeline to President Roosevelt's desk through a high state depart ment official. The setup was said to have been so efficient that a telegram Presi dent Roosevelt intended for China reached Moscow before it left Wash ington officially. The claim was unfolded by the house appropriations committee In the printed transcript of hearings on the state department money bill for next year. Along with It was Uie department's reply discrediting the whole affair. The story was told to Uie com mittee by one of its Investigators who said he obtained his informa tion from departmental files. None Stalin Asks Signing Of New Pact HELSINKI. Feb. 27 (IP) Prim Minister Stalin haa informed Kin land she should aign a pact with thai Soviet Union similar to those link Ing Russia and Its other neighbors. sources close to the government aald tonight. A diplomatic note from Stalin to President Juho E. Paaaiklvl said such a pact Is desirable. Tension suggesting an atmosphere of a government crisis hung over Finland. The news burst upon the Finns even as the communists In Czecho slovakia were conaolidating their grip on that country. It Is well known that Finnish leaders for some time have been studying closely the agreements the Soviet Union has made one after an other with the Balkan countries, a network of pacts Unking those coun tries closely to Russia. Trip Planned An authoritative source said Karl August Fagerholm, speaker of par liament, would go to Stockholm, per haps to Inform Uie Swedish govern- ment of the Russian proposal. Diplomatic quarters said the Rus sian letter was a "Soviet program declaration." Reports persisted that high-level dlacussions were under way In the Finnish government con cerning a "new development In Russian-Finnish relations." The cabinet met with the presi dent this morning. Its discussion were kept strictly secret. Informed sources said they be lieve the Soviet letter asks tor soma) kind of friendship or mutual de fense pact, or both, from Uie Finns. Such a pact has been discussed pre viously many times, Uie Finns them selves taking Uie Initiative shortly after Uie armistice in September, 1944. Ares Ceded Under the peace treaty Finland ceded the Petaamo (Pechenga) area to Russia and gave the Russians at 50-year lease for a naval base on the southwest coast overlooking sea routes to Helsinki. Finland ceded the strategic Karelian isthmus and agreed to pay reparations of $300, 000,000 in six years. Last month a stir was created In Helsuiy when Uie Soviet minister visited Uie president twice. He waa reported to have told Paasiklvl Russians would prefer Finland, the smaller nation, to take the in--, iUative In the matter of a detenu pact. Paasiklvl was reported to have replied Finland would like to take tip Jbe whole' problem aftex Uia parliamentary elecUons scheduled here in July. More Foreign Aid Demanded tb WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 WV-Twt" top republicans proposed today that: congress lump military help for China with the $275,000,000 Secre tary of State Marshall asked for Greece and Turkey. Senators Taft (Ohio) and Bridges (N. H.) told reporters they will sug gest Uiat some funds be found to help Chiang Kai-shek's government fight communists with bullets when Uie Greek-Turkish proposal comes before the senate. Taft heads the senate's republican policy committee. Bridges is chair man of Its appropriations commit tee which helps decide how wide to open Uie government's purse. In letters to both houses, Marshall yesterday said It will be necessary to make an additional $275,000,000 available to keep the pipelines to Greece and Turkey full of military supplies after April 1, The cabinet officer coupled with his appeal this warning: that the leaders of Russian expansion aro counting on American weariness In helping "far off Mediterranean countries" to let the communists take over "by default." Klamath Youths Held In Reno Two young Klamath Falls men are held in Jail at Reno today for a return here In connection with two runaway Klamath Union high school girls, and probably will be returned here. The men were identified as Willis Glen Pigg, 21, and Norman Priest, 20. Reno police Informed officers hero that the girls, both 14 years of age, were also In custody there. The girls were reported missing from their homes here late Tuesday night. of the characters was Identified by name. The committee's records refer to the principal as "No. 52" and "formerly a high ranking official (who) presently occupies a high diplomatic post." The Investigator's report quoted a memorandum by a state department Investigator. Here's what the slate department had to say about the case: "The reference described a X-l (a high OSS official) has been In terviewed subsequent to the sub mission of the report referred to by Uie committee representatives. It now appears that the Informant who quoted the comments of X-8 to the departmental Investigator waa mistaken ... No Investigation la now being conducted In this case,"