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Newspaper Page TextM mm m m 17 ii T Im' "' II v I HANK JINRINS pVKKYIIUUY III lilt world It In " tcrcslrd In Mils Itussluii-Aincr-nin "pencil tn lk " Itumnnnn. Docs It ncail anything. I"' iliwuil'l 117 a a IN LiiiiiI.iii, British foreign Hcc ' ii'lory lli'vln tells iiarlliiiiicnl Unit mulling "I miy Iiiniluini'iiliil unpoi -luiit'o happened In tin' exchange nf iiiilrn between Ilia American am jimnmliir III Moscow itlvni-rul Winter Uetli'll Hinlllii mill Russia's Inarrill alilc, uiiiircillcluble foreign minister iMiiIiiIiiv.i llrvln any that ONLY TMC CUM MUNIHTH sliind III the way oj world peace, lie means, obviously, Hint it OUUIIItllllalll wutiWI settle (lllWII In Ituwiln mini that purl nl llir world tlmt Uiiuln Iiuii under her tliumlii anil attend to II kiiltllnii mill let lit vim dun I want riimmuiilsm nt iciul In uur knlttltiii there would bo no witr III Uir wliul. That Is n realistic statement of lurl. The tlilim thnl upset tu ml u Uio tear Hint Huuln la proceed ing on the theory Hint Uio only wuy IK" umko the world uln lor com munism la to MAKE THE WOULD COMMUNIST. Ilcvln, who uppeum to lie pretty welt Inhumed. criticises Russia lor MAK1NU I'UIII.IC the exchange ot notes. a rtVKIl mi thi aide ot Hie world. U Presidential Candidate Dewey (who l gunning lor Oregon's Presi dential preference primary vote) keep hl lingers cnuvaril on Russia's professed willingness to discuss her ilillrirnics wllh u. He snya III li.iker this moriiliitt : "If they i the red mean II. It l the beat nn allies V-J Day. If they dni' t mean It-well, It will be )nl another example of what happen every six months." He then adds: "1 hope we have finally learned as a nation that yuli can't buy peneo by appeasement. All yuu do (when you try apieaAcmciiti Is to make trouble." a pUKMIDKNTIAl. CANDIDATE r STAHHKN, who lii alio ituimliui fur Oregon's preference primary vote. says In Cheyenne "on Inn way bark hero for the wind-up cam paign!: "I would be Inrllned to discount any peace proixwals made by Hunaln at tlm time. The fact that Russia, claims that the proKul were mado by the V. H ambassador makes It apiiear Uiat it la more fur propa ganda effect than anything ele." ns Die situation itandi at Hie , precnl moment. Hlaaaen and kxit'ey are Uie leading candidate Ar ilie Republican nomination lor president and It eem highly prob able lhat the next President ol the li,.it-.t uiiim u-ilt he llrtmbllrnn. Ho It is good to know that the two leading I'rr.ilflrnilal proapecui are siriclly realistic In their altitude Inward Russian-American relatlom. Thin la a time when wo can I al foid to take any wooden money. , yuiTIIOUT committing hliusrll any further. Hlale Secretory Marshall Una morning read) para graph from Molotov's reply to what ever It won that U. 8. Ambassador Kmllh proposed. Molotov declared: The policy of the Russian govern ment has always been a cace-lovliig pulley and one of collaboration with i ,4rd to the United Suites . . . The U.'8. 8. R. Intends to curry out tliu policy with complete comintcncy." ilt you can believe that, you can believe anything. I pUTTINO two and two together In an effort to find out what really did happen, It aeenia likely that Umllh told Mololov that the U. B. intends to go through Willi ltd policies fur rebuilding Western Kumpe. but Is NOT hostile or ag gressive toward Hussla. He prooably added that If Kussln lias anything lo say about what we are planning to do no'v would be a good time to suy It. The Russians, one guesses, chose lo regurd tliu ns a proposal to dis cuss nettling our differences and made a big splurge In their press mid radio wllh the Idea of con 'ijjx'lng their people that America getting nciiied. WEATHER Yl N , IVUv III nil Mill 41 I'ttelliiuiliiii Ul II bum ou airaaiii rtml In dl In K'l l.aat aar ..111 Nurmal ....1V.4I auraeaali Hhaayara. I'HICK riVK CKN'I'M Wants Thanks mm ll'l.i'yaiaiai'JillwiMliill'lI'lli i "ki.AMATII KA' A ."vi''N. tVKDNF.KDA V, MAIf U, 19l . . N Telrphime 111 so. mi 6th Army Takes Over Southern Pacific ml ami i (Miiait aiiwafj dws Take Over Jaffa Highway Department Calls Bids For Three Bridges Over Sprague River Hid for the cuiiatrurtlun ot three brill cm over Hprntue rlvrr arr bliir mllrd by thr Orrjoii ilatu hljliway rirpartnirnt for 9 .m. TurwJay, May 25, In Fortlund, It wm learned here today. Contractors Interested In bidding on the blK job, which will run ultoKether ..round 1150.000, mut bid on nil three hpaiu. I,t. Col. Karl M rt.lt , rrprentlnr tlt ulith army, iervw D. J, lturll. a Houlhrrn Parlfle railroad rice pmldrnt In Han Franrlwo, with a itollre of trlture In arrordaner wllh rrrldent Truman'i prorla matloii dlrertlitK the army to take over the nations railroad to avert a aUittr. Valley Road Work Slated Complete recoiulructlon haa been u,rted on Uie acctlon of the Willa mette highway from Dexter eat to rieuaanl Hill. It was reported today bv the roadi and highways' commit tee of I he Klamath chamber of commerce. The project extends for five or six miles ot road, which will be brought up to the high standards of tho Pleasant Hlll-Ooshen auction of the highway. H will widen the route throughout, remove many curve, and replace the narrow covered b-lilge at Dexter. v f Teoiile who want a picture of one of Uie last old-fashioned covered bridges on Oregon e main highway system should train their camera on (lie old Dexter bridge," aald Torn Walters, chairman of the commit tee. The highway through the Dexter Pleasant Hill area haa long followed old county roads there. NOTICE Thr Herald and Nrw today announce an InrreaM In the auhkvrrlpllon rate, to become r ft retire on June 1. 194ft. The new rate will be 11.25 per month for carrier delivery papers. The mall rate will be 110 per year. k filling eots of produrtlon make the rate Inrreaw Imperative If The Herald and News Is to main tain the high standards It has ratabllshed. Bonanza Home Razed By Fire IIONANZA, May U-The newly remodeled farm home of Mr. and Mia. Ernest Olvnn of Bonanza burned to the ground In blaze which broke out about R:30 p.m. Tuesday. Olvnn was asleep at home at the time, but escaped without Injury. Mrs. Cllvaii and their children were visiting friends. Cause of the fire la believed to have been Sin explosion In an nil siove. Mirny neighbor and the Uo nmiui volunteer fire department came to help, but the fire appar ently burned slowly between wall of the house, destroying It. Most of the family's valllnbles and furniture was saved. The house, Just recently completely remodeled, was Insured. The Cllvnns are staying with relative for the present. Olvan operates a farm, and Mrs. Olvnn teaches at Honnnzn high school. Dewey Feels 'Cautious Cheer' Over Red Offer For Conference RAKKIt, Ore., May 12 (Pi (lov. Thomas K, Dewey regards wllh "caulloiia elieer" Itussla'a expressed readiness to rilseiiaa existing differ ences with the I'lillrrt Htatea. "If they mean It, It Is the best news since V-J Day," he said. "If they don't mean It, well It will be just what lias happened about every six months." Warning As titular head of the republican party, the New York governor culled for avoidance In New American consultations of "any repetition ot I he tragic mistakes" made by the administration at Yalta, Potsdam, Teheran and the Moscow confer ences. Dewey stated Ills position before an Oregon primary campaign rally lit Ontario, Ore., yesterday. It fol lowed a limn ileus t by radio Moscow lhat the Nnvlrl Union was ready to pursue g "policy of peace and co operation with the United Htatea." "I hope," he sulci, "that we have finally Iniincil as n nation that ymi cniiiuil, buy peaco by appeasement. All you do is nmko trouble," j Ho nscilbed tho Moscow reaction A" the reason that "for the first . lime since V-J Day our government ling at least been showing gome strength of character." In spite of k bothersome touch at laryngitis, Dewey, pushed his campaign for Oregon'a presidential preference III the May 31 primary election wllh his usual vigor. The strain on his ailing throat prompted him to lacetloualy call lilineclf a "whispering Tom," He la lo apeak tonight at Pendle ton, In the heart of the Oregon wheat country. Ilia awing through thli aeetlon of the state will wind up Friday. He expeeta to' be In Portland that night. Meanwhile, Harold E. Stasaen Is flying back to Oregon today to take up his campaign against the New Yorker, The race li rapidly moving toward ft spectacular political battle between the two young republican! for the prestige of winning In this I'ar West test. In Portland, the rival camps ere waging n war of telegrams 111 an argument over when and where the two candidates will debate face to face on the tuple of communism. Htnsacn Hpeeeh Stiisficn Is to apeak tonight at it Portland arena rented for the event by his headquarters a few hours after Dewey nocepted a Reed col lege proposal to bring the two men togetlier, John O, Hlgglns, Dewey's Oregon malinger, claims the Stnssen office arranged for the hall without con sulting Dewey aides Oxygen Blast Fatal To Two 8EATTLE, May 12 Ml-An ex ploding, oxygen bottle fatally Injured two workmen early today In t!ic Pan American World Airways hangar shops at Hoeing field. The victims were Kenneth Moore. 2R, and Leonard Frank, 24. both of Seattle. They were dead on ar rival it King County hospital. They were transferring oxygen to a bottle from a larger container when the bottle exploded. It wos re ported. Cause of the explosion was not known. O. E. Hansen, operntlons superin tendent for Pan American, said the bottle, known as a "walkaround." Is used as an Individual oxygen supply on high altitude flights. The blast shattered Moore's chest and ripped Frank's abdomen. Pieces of ineinl were driven Into their bodies. Too Much Gift For Small Town PARIS. III., May 12 iVi The army more than obliged Paris Legion naires wllh Its contribution to the city's war memorial. The veterans' group had request ed a field piece suitable for mount ing on Uie public square. The glC arrived a 33-ton howitzer used by fleneral Rommel's forces during the North African campaign. , Legion Commander Elbert Ilogart didn't even trv to have the 35-foot weapon moved from the flat car It monopolized.. He wired nrmy ordnance rejecting It and the army then took his order for two light 75 inlllrmeter guns to be placed on cither side of flag pole. , It authorized re-shipment of the original gift to the Tcrrc Haute ovd nanco plnnt. LA Working On Straw Hat Gag L03 ANGELES. May 13 MV-The forecast for downtown Los Angeles today Is "Intermittent showers of straw hats." The Downtown Businessmen's as sociation arranged to havo 1000 miniature headpieces piu'Hchutod from ft helicopter nt noon to promote straw hat day. Twenty-fivo of the hats carry gift certificates entitling lucky catchers to $10 straw lints. Radio Transfer ' ication Filed Appli WASHINGTON, Mny 13 (A1 The Eugene Krondcastlng stntlon, apcrnllng KOHE at Eugene, Ore., has filed nil application with the communications commission asking authority to transfer Its license to the Lane Broadcasting company, for 111,000, The sale would Involve theKORE assets and the construction permit for KORE-PM. Consultants Named For Rail Board WASHINGTON, May li UP, Heeretary of the Army Rorall today named three ronaultanu to advise him In operation of the railroads now being ron by the army under presidential order. The consultants are: Kdwartt V. McGraor, a former aa latalit secretary of labor, and now labor adviser to Itadio Corporation of Amerlcx. in New York; Harold C, Helss. Cleveland. O., attorney and since 1935 general counsel for Uie Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Enginemen: William K. Joyner, Raleigh, N. C. attorney and since 1837 division council for Uie Southern Railway system for North Carolina. Temporary Aid Royall said In a statement he is naming them to aid him on any operational problems which might affect terms and condlUoiui of em ployment on Uie railroads while they are under government control. "It la not tot function to enter into negotiations with either repre sentatives of management or em ployes with reapeel to any change In existing terms and eonditiont of employment," Rov.il aald. Union members, meanwhile, awalied the government's next more R settle their dispute with the rail roads over wages and working rules. It Is not clear when or In what form the move may come. The unions are under court order to kecr Uie trains running under army direction. The government has ft full week of grace before the threat of na tionwide railroad strike may arise again. During that week the three unions Involved must decide whether to fight the antl-strlke edict in court or simply leave the whole burden of proof up to Justice department lawyers. O. R. Kenncn, state highway bridge engineer located In Klamath Kails, said today that contracts will call for completion of the bridges by October 31. 1919. With completion of the bridges and the surfacing of the new Kprague River road by the Indian service, the route to the east will be- considerably shortened, Kennen said. This is following the new align ment of the Sprague River road from Chlloquln to the Junction of the Klamath Palls-Lakevlew high way, a distance of 35 miles. The spans will be located (I). Bedford bridge, near Brlr mill; (2), lne Pine bridge, four mile west of Lone Pine Forest camp; (II, In the town of Kprague River. Khorteal of the three bridge is the Lone Pine span, 239 feet In length. Both the Bedford and Sprague Klver bridges are 263 feet long. All three have 26-foot road beds, curb to curb. Reinforced concrete viaduct con struction is specified in all bridges. The three spans will have Indian plctographs cast In the concrete handrails. Kennen said. These de pict both animal ana human life as well as tree-. Temporary wooden bridges are in use over the three locations at this time. The state highway department Is building the bridges and the Indian service has the new road under construeUon. Work on the road started in July from a point beyond the Bedford bridge and to the west side of the Lone Pine bridge. That section Is in good condlUon for contractors to haul supplies and equipment. Kennen said. The Bray mill bridge was built recently by Uie Indian service, and the service (s building r temporary bridge, an the old dam site above the location of the new Lone Pine bridge. A good gravel road now exists all the way from C'hiloquin through Bray mill to the Bray mill junctions of the new and old roads and from Lone Pine ramp to the Lakerlew Klamath Falls highway south of Beatty. Exploration Ship Towed Into Port HONOLULU. May 12 (Pi The const guard tug Iwalka towed the 240-ton fishing vessel Alaska Into port yesterdny. The Alaska began to take water Monday in heavy seas south of Mnul Island 111 the Central Islands. The c;ew had prepared to abandon ship and stowed their genr In a skiff, but it swnmped. They arrived here minus most of their belongings. The vessel Is owned by Pacific Exploration, Inc., of Seattle. It has been seeking new sources of tuna. The H men n board Included two from 8cnttlc. Strikes Face Strikers Face SEATTLE. May 12 .Pi Four offi cers of the Aeronautical Mechanics union, on strike for 21 days at the Seattle plant of Uie Boeing Airplane company, are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow to show cause why they should not be held In contempt of court for mass picketing. A temporary superior court re straining order was issued Monday night limiting the union to no more Uian five pickets at each entrance to Uie plant. The company contended that Uie union continued to use larger num bers of pickets than permitted after receiving the court order. It made application mid a new superior court show cause order was Issued. Harold Gibson, president of the local union, said that officers did not receive copies of the restraining order immediately yesterdny but compiled as soon ns the order was received. He said the last of the restrain ing orders was not served until 7.15 p. ni. last night. He said the union planned to "follow faithfully" all court orders. Cease Fire Rule Broken By Shooting Br CARTER L. DAVIDSON JKItCSALKM, May 12 tff A Jew. lab civil administration announced It took over the all-Arab port city of Jiffa today. In Jerusalem, the eeae fire was broken by exchanges of shots by Jews and Arabs in the suburbs. Israel Rokach announced that, as mayor of all-Jewish Tel Aviv, he has taken over the administration of Jaffa, once a main port of Pales tine Arabs. Jaffa's own municipal government collapsed last week fol lowing Jewish attacks which Isolat ed the city. Thousands of Arabs had fled. Control Haifa The Jews alreadv control Pales tine's biggest port, Haifa, which has been taken over by Haganah, the Jewish militia. In Jerusalem, both sides denied responsibility for breaking the cease fire order, which had kept an un easy oeace while a United Nations consular commission labored to achieve a permanent truce for the Holv City. The British administration tn Palestine announced, meanwhile, that withdrawal of British troops f:om Jerusalem itself and from other parts of Palestine will begin May 14. Gen. Sir Alan Cunning ham. British high commissioner, will leave Jerusalem for Haifa the same day and will sail from Haifa aboard the livht cruiser Euryalus at midnight. The British mandate In Palestine ends at midnight May 14. The foreign minister of the pros pective Jewish state. Moshe Shertok. arrived in Tel Aviv last night bv olane and began conferences with David Ben Gurion, who ts to be Jewish premier. "(In Cairo; the Egyptian senate ap proved a proposal last night that the Egyptian army "shall with other Arab armies enter PalesUne at ft suitable time to destore stability and prevent massacres In Pales tire.") Fawzl Bey Al Kaukjl took to the field at the head of his Arab volun teers today as they sought to re gain control of the Bab El Wad area. Ceorjte Da itch, one-time San Francisco waiter snd German ipy recently freed from prison In the L. S. by presidential clemency, tells durinff an Interview at Lnd- wi)tburf, Germany, his part In the war's bicreit py case in which eijrht nazls were landed In V. S, by U-boat. Dasch claimed he "de serves America's thanks." for dis closing the nari plot to IT. S. ao th or) ties, and said he should be acclaimed as an antl-nazl hero. Released with Dasch was Ernest Burger. 81x others were executed after capture and trial. Chrysler Out On Strike DETROIT, May 12 (Pi Chrysler corporation's 75.000 CIO production workers went on strike today for a third round of post-war wage in creases. Picket Cal Moorehead, parading before Uie big Dodge main plant, told reporters "it looks like ft long strike." This will probably be tough," h added. Picketing was quiet Union head quarters said the first workers out were those at Uie Dodge truck plant. They Jumped the gun by 30 minutes. The union already Is raising a million dollar "kitty" to finance the walkout. The executive board of the. union met in special session as picket lines were thrown about Chrysler's De troit plants. Secretary Puts Action Up To UN WAHIILNGTON, May 12 UP) Secretary or rltate Marshall aald today that if Russia is seriously In terested In improving world condl lions there is urgent need for action through the United Nations In s news conference statement, Marshall ruled out the possibility of a direct two-nation settlement on general problems between the Unit ed States and Russia. Marshall said In the statement that Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith had not asked Soviet Foreign Mlniater - Molotov "for any general discussion or negotiation." Molotov had said that Smith pro posed discussion and negotiation and publicly announced that Russia, had accepted. That was In a world startling Russian broadcast Monday night (Moscow time). Bitter Experience "We have had a long and bitter experience with such efforts," Mar' sh-.ll said. "This government had no inten tion of entering Into bl-lateral nego tiations with the Soviet government on matters relating to the Interests of other governments. "The discussion of any proposals in regard to outstanding Issues which the Soviet government may have In mind, must, ss s matter of course, be conducted In the body charged with responsibility for these questions." UN Reference This was a clear reference to the United Nations ano to the various allied bodies set up during and after the war for handling such problems as Uie future ot Germany snd Austria. Marshall then presented the posi tive side of the American attitude. He asserted that 'what we want Is action in the fields where action Is possible and urgently necessary at tne present time." He specified issues before the United Nations security council anal other UN agencies, such as ths Korean situation, as well as German issues before the allied control coun cil In Berlin and Austrian treaty negotiations. After he read his statement, Mar shall answered ft series of questions from Uie 100 or more reporters in Uie state department auditorium. Travel Requests Pour Into State SALEM, May 12 M More than 116.000 Inquiries from other states have been received so far this year by Uie state travel and information department. The figure is the highest in his tory. All of the inquiries were from persons who plan trips to Oregon. Last year there were 116.500 in quiries during the whole year. Wool Bids Hit Record! Hiqhs PORTLAND. May 12 l.4i The first auction of Northwest wools here since 1942 brought the highest bids since the 1917-18 era. Some 450.000 pounds of wools were offered yesterday with top price of 61 cents a pound going to a 15.000 pound lot of half blood wool offered by A. R. Bohoskey. Yakima. Wash. Buver was the Oregon Worsted Mills, Portland. Tho bulk of the bids for fine wools ranged from 48'i to 58'i cents n pound. Lots of Washington and Oregon original bag wool brought 49 cents a pound. Construction Shows Gain PORTLAND, Ore., May 12 UPj Light construction in April Increased 97 per cent over Uie same month a year ago in 25 western cities having the largest building volumes. The Trade Journal western build ing reported value of construction permits Issued In Uie top cities was $100,260,912 compared with $50,779. 939 Uie same month last year. In crease from the total in March was only 1.8 per cent. Total value In 223 cities and coun ties of 11 western states was $186. 630.862, up 64.4 per cent from April, 1947. There were . 37361 permits covering Uie April work, an 1U per cent increase from April, 1947. Los Angeles lead with permits valued at $38,802,113. PorUand was third, following Honolulu, at $5,294, 875, and SeatUe was sixth at $3,880. 230. Other Northwest cities in the first 25: Vancouver, B. C , ninth, $3,349, 904; Tacoma. 14th. $1,951,250; and Spokane. 16th. $1,782,274. Ambassador's Note To Russ Has Results nm.iiin V'TsSMl .JL"h2 -r .li Walter Bedell Smith (right), U. S, ambassador to Moscow, arrived at TempleVof airport, Berlin, fter series of talks with Soviet Foreign Miniate r Molotov which may lead t ft showdown talk be tween the U. 8. and Soviet Russia on the "cold war," Greeting him, left to Tight, are MaJ, Oen. George r. Hays, Mrs, Luciiii D. Clay and Maj. Carl E, Welchner. Photo by NEA-Acme Staff Correspondent AI Cocking, NEA radlophoto, Head-On Smash Damages Cars A head-on collision between two cars nt the Lenox junction of high ways 97 and 66 at 9 o'clock last night, damaged both machines but brought about no personal Injuries, state police reported. Driver of one car was Andrew Clark Fryatt, 2030 Arthur. The sec ond machine was operated by Lester Holder. 5242 Miller. Holder told officers he wns travel ing west on 66 when he observed Fryatt's car In his lane of traffic. He pulled to Uie left but was struck. Wilhelmina To QuitThrdne- AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 12 iP Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands will abdicate to ward the end of September In behalf of her daughter. Princess Juliana, the queen announced in ft radio broadcast tonight. The queen, 67, has been in poor health for months. Wilhelmina took a seven-week va cation from her royal office last fall - and special legislation was drafted for Juliana to act as regent. Wilhelmina resumed her royal du ties December 1. A government announcement Sat urday said she planned to yield her powers for a second time next Fri day, with Juliana again to serve as regent. At that time no details were given on the state of the queen's health, but informed sources said there was no cause for alarm. Fishermen Flown North OAKLAND, Calif., May 12 ) Transportation by air of more than 2000 deep sea fishermen to the Bris tol bay area of Alaska is under way, Transocean air lines flew Its first planeload northward last night. Th flight takes about 11 hours, to Nak nek airport The line said It had ft $600,000 contract with eight fish packing and canning companies. Four flights will go north next week and departures then are ex pected to be stepped up to two a day In order to move 700 men a week. The fishermen are specialists, making between $3000 and $4000 for the six-weeks Alaska season, Trans ocean said. The air line hopes to obtain cargo in Alaska for the return flight. Stassen Not Optimistic Over Soviet Peace Talk Feelers CHEYENNE, Wye,. May U (PI Presidential aspirant Harold Stas sen was none too optimistic today about peace talks between Russia and the United States. During a 10-mlnute refueling stop while en route by plane from North Carolina to Portland, Ore., the for mer republican governor of Minne sota said; "I would be Inclined to discount any peace proposals made by Rus sia at this time. The fact that Rus sia claims that the proposals were made by the U. 8. ambassador make it appear that It Is more for ft pro paganda effect" No Comment Stnssen declined to say whether he favored n meeting between top officials of the two powers. Stassen said he felt his prospects in the forthcoming Oregon primary were good. He repented that he ex pects about 340 votes on the first ballot at the national convention next month, then added with a smile: . "Of course, anything can happen between now and the national con vention." Alters Plans The Minnesota candidate for the GOP presidential nomination had quickly altered his plans. Instead ef a personal invasion of the deep south al this time, he preferred to debate communism with- his party rival. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Stassen was scheduled to ar rive at Portland about 1:30 p. m. irsT.t Stassen made It clear, however, thnt orgnnlzntlon of his southern headquarters In Atlanta would be perfected this week, nd that ht would make a major address In Birmingham, Ala., between the Oregon primary and the national convention. The energetic Stassen went Is) North Carolina for a rally of tar heel republicans and a bid for the stKte'g 28 uninstructed convention delegates.