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II v FRANK JENKINS
Big political new maybe big
fcTATKBMANBHIP news:
General Elsenhower, in Paris,
klmtlfics himself ilutly n a Re
publican. lie "makes it clear" (ualnB the
language ol Hie dlspalchcsi that he
will accept the Republican nnmln
iitlon lor President If It Is ollcrcd
to him.
Ho won't actively seek tlie nom
ination, mid will Hike no nrt In
pre-convciillon activities of Ihoite
(.erkliiK It lor him.
Hn will not ask to be relieved
Al 1,1- r)Nlilll MMHlortmAtlt ft )fart.
er of the European defense forces.
Ho
General Ike Is a candidate.
That clears the political air of
a lot of confusion.
I Put
I 6o far as I am concerned
He will have to go farther before
I can enlist with a free mind and
a whole heart under his banner. I
have great admiration for him. 1
have great faith in him.
But I can't accept a pig In a
poke even so promising a pin as
General Elsenhower. It Isn't
rnnuirh to know that he la a Re.
publican. I want to know WHAT
KIND OP REPUBLICAN he is.
In recent years We've had all
kinds of Republicans. Some of
them have been willing to VOTE
IN CONGRESS for any kind of
boondoggling appropriation that In
their opinion would get them votes
In their districts.
I'm not for that kind of Repub
lican. Some of Ihem have run as Re
publicans for no beiier reason, ap
parently, than their purely political
ronvlcllnn Hint In their districts (or
their stalest they couldn't be clec
ed as Democrats. They have voted
Willi the spending Democrats far
nllcner than they have voted wllh
the hard. SMALL core of economy
minded Republicans.
I'm not for that kind of Repub
lican which Is the anythlng-Lord-to-get-clcctcd
school of Republican
ism. 1 want a MAN.
So so far as I am concerned
as one citizen ol this republic
General Elsenhower will have to
go further than the mere state
ment that he is a Republican. He
will have to tell me WHAT HE
BELIEVES, what he thinks must
he done If this country Is to con
tinue as It has been since the
Founding Fathers.
I HOPE he does Just that. It
won't take him long. All I want
In a sincere, forthright statement
of his convictions. At this moment
in our history, I don't want a
pussy-footer as a candidate for
President.
I don't think General Elsenhower
Is a pussy-fooler, but unless he
speaks out n Utile more fully than
he did In Paris this morning I
will hive to change my mind on
that point.
As these words are written, the
potaio as a crop has suffered a
.(treat misfortune, It has become a
political football. .'.,
Not only that. It has Just been
made the football for ideological,
socialistic politics.
Read this statement from the
olficial OPS "release" establishing
and EXPLAINING potato price
control: .
"The following Western atate
boso prices for white potatoes be
come effective .January 10: Oregon,
Washington, California, Nevada
and Wyoming (price per ;100 lbs.,
US No. 1 grade) $3.65.
"IDAHO, S3.85, ...'
"Idaho price celling are- the
highest In the country. The rognla
tlon gives SPECIAL CONSIDERA
TION TO UNUSUAL CROP CON
DITIONS WHICH REDUCED THE
YIELD OF HIGHER GRADE PO
TATOES IN THE STATE , OP
IDAHO."
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Not HIGHER QUALITY tt Idaho
potatoes.
Just the statement that In (he
opinion of the bureaucrats making
the ruling there were "unusual
crop conditions which reduced the
yield of higher grade potatoes In
the stnte of Idaho," ) 1
So the all-wise government gives
the Idaho potato growers a HAND
OUT to mnko up to them for their
III fortune.
If that Isn't socialism, what Is?
LAYOFF
UMATILLA, ORE. ID McNary
Dnin workers were back on the
, Jcb Monday after a four day lay
loff caused by freezing weather and
icy conditions.
Contractors said about 3,000 men
would be working around the clock
within the next few weeks.
EISENHOWER
High Court
Hands Loss
To Bridges
WASHINGTON lrl The Supreme
Court Monday unanimously upheld
a siou.ouu jaii-narticy Act dam
age award against Hurry Bridges'
International Longshoremen a un
ion. The luihtmcnt won by the Jun
eau Alusku Spruce Corp. was the
largest to date and the first to
reuch the high court.
It grew out of n suit charging
that Bridges' union damaged the
company's business by setting up
picket hues and making 'coercive''
statements during a Jurisdictional
row between two rival labor or
ganizations more thun two years
ago.
The firm had a contract with
the CIO Woodworkers of America
but the longshoremen tried to force
the company to give barge loading
work to the Bridges men.
Bridges' union has been expelled
from the CIO on the grounds that
Us leadership followed the Com
munist parly line.
Bridges himself is free on ball
after his conviction on charges that
he lied In denying membership In
the Communist parly when he ob
tained American cltlncnshlp. Hie
Auatrallan-born labor loader has
appealed the conviction, but It has
not yet reached the supreme court.
In the Juneau case, Bridges' un
ion appealed on the grounds that
the federal District Court In Alas
ka should not have accepted the
corporation's damage suit until the
National Labor Relations Board de
cided the Jurisdictional dispute.
Rejecting this argument. Justice
Douglas, who wrote the high tri
bunal's decision, said there is noth
ing in the Taft-Hartley Law to sup
port such a claim.
Cabinet Of
France Falls
PARIS IPi Premier Rene Plev
en's live month old Cabinet col
lapsed Monday night.
'in. tt..n.,..l. Slntwmnl AsspmhlV
ousted the Coalition government
alter healing a final pica from
Pleven for a freer hand to deal
villi the economic situation In this
hard-pinched country.
The defeat came on his demand
for power to cut the 140 billion
franc 400 million dollar deficit
of the nationalised railway system.
The Socialists, which have sup
ported the Cabinet on most Issues,
broke away on this one.
Many ol (lie railway workers are
fears economies on the roads would
result In large scale wrings.
Seven Perish
In Big Fire
WESTFIELD, Mass. Wl At
least soven persons perished in a
$1,000,000 five-story apartment busi
ness block fire Sunday night.
Firemen still poured, water Into
the smouldering ruins move than
13 hours Rftcr the blaze, punc
tuated by three distinct explosions,
Only a shell four shaky walls
remained after the entire live
floors collapsed Into the basement
of the building In a tangled mass
wreckage.
Fourteen persons were believed
to.- have perished at first, but six
later were accounted for.
Fifteen persons wore injured.
Bank Theft
Try Failure
UNION, Ore. W The FBI
Monday Investigated the attempted
burglary of a First National Bank
branch hero,
A janitor, discovered the break
In early Sunday.
The thieves had used nn acety
lene torch to cut a hole through
the first door of the main vbuH,
They were unable to burn through
tho second door and apparently
left empty-handed, FBI agents in
Portland said. Bank officials said
there was about $15,000 in the
vault.
Police speculated the burglars
may have taken the acetylene
torch lrom nearby Haines where
a Saturday night hardware store
burglary was reported.
Shippers On
Prod Over
OPS Orders
By MAO ICPLEY JR.
'Hie Office of Price Stabilization's
setting of potato price ceilings has
slashed prices on Klamath prem
ium quality russets more than 30
per cent.
That is perhaps one of the most
drastic rollbacks on potato prices
unywhere In the country! It means
an estimated loss of $2,000,000 to
the Klamath Basin larm Income.
Local growers, smarting under
the loss of $1.55 per hundred
pounds, don't like the cutback one
bit. Potatoes have been selling at
$5 per hundredweight with sacks
furnished by shippers, according
to County Agent Walt Jcndrzcjcw
bkl. Under the OPS order, the price
will be cut back to $3.76 lor the
same grade potatoes when the ceil
ings go Into ellect Jan. 10.
However, potato sales are expect
ed to drop olf to almost nothing
here between now and the effec
tive dale of the lower ceilings.
Meanwhile, Idaho potatoes, which
usually ore 20 cents lower in prem
ium than Klamath spuds, have been
tugged with a 20-cent higher celling
than locally grown tubers.
The OPS explains: "Idaho price
ceilings are the highest In the coun
try. Tho regulation gives special
consideration to unusual crop con
ditions which reduced the yield of
higher grade potatoes In the state
of Idaho."
Klamath farmers have lashed
at tho "folsc economy" superim
posed over what they consider the
natural fluctuation of farm prices
under a fair competitive system.
One local farm spokesman said.
"The farmers really feel clipped
by the 31 per cent rollback."
They had been expecting a roll
back perhaps to the M mark at
most.
Dot BLi:t noss
Klamath shipper George C. Bur
ger said. "The OPS has double-
crossed everyone." He said ship
pers should declare a holiday "un
til this mess Is straightened out.'
Klamath Potato Growers Assoc
iation Pres. Randall Pope, Merrill,
said the OPS had set the ceilings
low even against the advice of its
own potato advisory committee,
and over the protests of the entire
potato Industry.
The OP8' rollback was designed
to bring potato prices back to pari
ly Clhc price which the farmer can
get a fair return for what he sells
in relation to what he buys.)
The Joker is. Pope points out,
that a good part of the local crop
sold well below parity, and Just
a fraction has been sold above the
mark.
Some potatoes, he says, must sell
well above tho parity price in or
der that growers can receive an
average for their sales of spuds
which would hit close to the parity
mark.
At present, about half of this
season's crop of 10.500 carloads ol
potatoes have been' sold, accord
ing to figures released by the coun
ty agent's office.
Chairman Ben Davidson, Red
mond, of the Oregon Potato Com
mission branded the price control
regulations as "discriminatory"
and said the grower would just
about get parity for his products
after he had purcnasea sacas ana
paid shipping costs.
The OPS celling sets dollar and
cents ceiling prices on white po
tatoes at f.o.b. country shipping
points and at wholesale levels with
base prices for each producing
area. The order limits Intermed
iate handlers Jobbers and whole
salers lo a maximum distributive
margin of 00 cents per hundred
pounds.
Jack Degnan. Merrill, wondered
how shippers, wholesalers and Job
bers could operate on a 60-cent
margin.
Said County Agent Walt Jcndrze
lewskl, "The present ceilings con
demn the potato industry to returns
which will average much loss than
parlly."
Whllnev Tharln, secretary of the
National Potato Council, told Spud
Commission Chairman Ben David
son Uie following price ceilings had
been quoted him by the OPS:
U.S. No. 1 I' Inch minimum
packs, $3.05 per hundred.
U.S. No. 2, size B, $2.65 per hun
dred. U.S. No. 1, two-Inch minimum,
$3.75 per hundred.
Six ounce $3.o; eight ounce
$4.05; 10 ounce $4.15.
All prices are apparently f ob.
cms.
Oregon Plans
For Ike Run
SALEM Wl Oregon's Eisen
hower for President Committee
will meet here Tuesday morning
to decide when to file the peti
tions to place the general's name
on the state's Republican presi
dential primary ballot, W. L. Phil
lips, Salem, committoe chairman,
suid Monday.
Marx Hatfield, dean of students
at Willamette University who start
ed the move to make General
Eisenhower a Republican presi
dential candidate In Oregon, said
he got more than the 1,000 re
quired signatures several weeks
ago.
General Elsenhower already Is
entered as a Democratic candidate
in the May 16 Oregon primary.
These petitions were sponsored by
State Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
Portland Democrat.
Oregon's election law says a
presidential candidate must be a
member of the party In which he Is
a candidate, However, the State
Elections Bureau Is accepting Ei
senhower's candidacy In both par-tics.
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Price Five Cents 10 Panes
Ms leadllock
Tule Land
May Open To
Homesteads
An Associated Press dispatch out
of San Francisco today credited
the Bureau of Reclamation with
saying another section of Tule Lake
Basin land In Modoc County "will
be opened for homeslcadlng soon."
But Laton Stephens, manager of
the Bureau's Klamolh Project
thinks that "soon" means at least
two years from now,
Although the San Francisco I
couri.e locates ine iana oiuy as oe
Ing In Modoc County "near the
Oregon line," Stephens says they
are undoubtedly talking about a
4.500 acre plot in the League of
Nations and Frog Pond tracts of
the Tule sump. The 4,500 acres
would offer 60 homesteads of 75
acres each.
Stephens says the local office
thinks it will be at least two years
before proper flood controls will
allow homeslcadlng of the 4,500
acres.
The Klamath Project manager
appeared surprised at San Fran
cisco's use of the word "soon' in
the referring to opening of the
homestead area.
Another plot in the same area
is marseo jor numesieauing auoui!er she is towing were reported no
juau. mat is ine i.uu acre tract
developed and farmed by Tulana
rarnv since iihd.
Tulana's lease on the tract ex
pired Dec. 31 and the firm sought
another two-year lease. Tills has
Deen the center of a heated contro
versy for several weeks. Granting
of another lease to Tulana has
been snongiv, opposed Jiy several
rancher. Tni -'Allans opposition
wants the land broken up Into small
lease plots.
U.S. Interior Sccv. Oscar Chan-
man has ordered another two-year
lease for Tulana and Tulana signed
such a lease several weeks ago.
However, at last reports, the
lease was still unsigned by the gov
ernment in Washington and briefs
were being filed for and against
such signing.
Meanwhile, Tulana is going ahead
with preparing the ground for next
season's crop.
Few Wrecks
Mar Weekend
' Despite icy highway conditions in
the Basin area since Sunday after
noon, very few traffic mishaps
were reported today.
The only accidents reported re
sulting in Injuries, involved a house
and a deer.
Carl M. Bcrnstcn, Otis, Ore., told
City Police he hit a deer on High
way 39 about 29 miles south of
Klamath Falls. He said the deer
was killed and considerable dam
age done to his car.
The Newt Nelson real estate of
fice, 1951 S. 6th, was hit by a
car about 9:30 p.m. Sundoy. Who
ever hit the place didn't stick
around to find out what damage
was done. Police reported.
The Nelsons, who live at the Lls-
key ranch, were reported coming
into town today to inspect the
damage.
HBKKMiniiniiim uw , " - " - .
'EVEN AS YOU AND I' the trio above takes a morning coffee break. Indulging in the
grand old custom this morning at The Derby, 816 Main, were (1 to r): Frank Steele, city
street superintendent; State Police Patrolman W. T. Christiansen; and State Police Sgt..
Earl Tichenor. " ' '!
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Unsinkable Captain Half
Way To Safety
LONDON ifi Unsinkable Capt.
Kurt Carlsen and the Flying En
terprise were halfway to haven
Monday.
At 8 a.m. the tug Turmoil and
CAPT. HENRIK CARLSEN
the gale-crippled American freight-1
Red Christmas
Celebrated
. .-.wv-"'- - -
celebrated in simple village
churches and great cathedrals
throughout Russia Monday. 13 days
i after Western observances of
Christ's birth. The time lag was
due to differences between the old
Julian Calendar used here and the
Gregorian Calendar . of the West.
As deep-throated bells tolled at
midnight, Moscow believers went
to the Yelokhovskaya Sobor, ca
thedral of the Russian orthodox
(Church about a 15 minute drive
nom uie neari oi me capiiai. -
White-bearded Alexel, Patriarch
of Moscow, presided at services in
the state white building. With him
was his puest of honor, German
Evangelical Pastor Martin Nie
mo'eller. Many of the hundreds or thou
sands ol churches that operated
before the Russian revolution are
closed now, but those still open
number into the thousands.
Liquor Board
Member Named
SALEM l.fi J. H. Sroufc is
the new member of the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission.
He was appointed by Governor
McKay Saturday to succeed Wil
liam A. Bingham, recently named
administrator for the commission.
Both Sroufe and Bingham live
in Portland.
Sroufe is president of the Port
land Planning Commission and a
member of the Jaffer-Sroufe Co.
He formerly was manager of the
Portland Grand Central Market.
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1952
Truce
With Ship
miles from the Cornish port of Fal
mouth. The tug hoped to make port
sometime Wednesday.
Carlsen's heroic stand with his
near-sinking vessel which he re
fused to leave had started some
300 miles west of the English coast,
where the Flying Enterprise al
most capsized in the worst Atlantic
storm In 50 years.
The U.S. destroyer Willard Keith,
escorting the tug and her charge,
reported the little convoy s a a.m.
position and said "condition of En
terprise unchanged." The message
said the sea was moderate with
westerly swells.
Heavier weather earlier had
forced the tug to take a zig-zag
course to ease the strain on the
tew.
Atom Plan
Inspection
Suggested
NEW YORK Wl Outside In
spectors could determine In 24
hours whether the motives behind
Russia's atomic plants are good or
evil, says Gordon Dean, chairman
of the Atomic Energy Commission
Appearing as "Man of the week '
Sunday on a Columbia Broadcast
ing System television show. Dean
told Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer
and Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss
that the size of atomic facilities
would make them difficult to con
ceal from international inspectors.
Wedemeyer asked if an enemy
unuen SLauv ninf mpm at srr.
tegic spots and then deliver an
ultimatum.
Dean replied that it's up to in
telligence work to determine
whether an enemy is likely to at
tempt such a thing and can carry
it out.
Kef auver To
Enter In Ohio
WASHINGTON tfl Rep. Hays
D-Ohio announced Monday a com
plete slate of delegates will be en
tered in the Ohio Democratic pri
maries for Sen. Estes Kelauver
D.-Tenn. for the Presidential nonv
illation.
Hays made his announcement at
a news conference.
Ohio law requires that a candi
date for a party primary nom ma
tion enter his consent in writing
oetore delegates may oe placed
upon the party ballot.
Asked If he had such a written
approval from Sen. Kefauver, Hays
repnea:
"I don't have it at the moment.
But I have been in politics for 20
years and you'll just have to as
sume I know what I'm doing."
The anouncement was the first
open move to get the ball rolling
for the Tennessee senator, who
achieved nation-wide prominence
during hearings of the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee. Ke
fauver was chairman of the committee.
Telephone 8111
No. 2107
(Parley
U.N. Claims
No Peace
Wanted
By The Associated Press
MUNSAN. Korea I The
United Nations' chief truce nego
tiator said Monday there are grow
ing indications that the Communists
do not want a stable armistice in
Korea.
The report from Panmuniom
was the now familiar "no pro
gress."
If the Communists 'are acting
in good faith and sincerely want
peace, there can be no reason for
them to construct military air
fields during the period of an
armistice," said Vice Adm. C. Tur
ner Joy. He flew to Tokyo for
conference with Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, supreme allied comman
der. GREAT URGENCY
"If, on the other hand, the Com
munists are acting in bad faith
and are. in fact, preparing for war,
the construction of military air
fields becomes, and is, a matter
of great urgency to them," Joy
added.
The Reds reiterated their insis
tence on the right to construct and
repair airfields during a brief Mon
day meeting of the subcommitee
on truce supervision.
The session ended abruptly after
Chinese Mai. Gen. Hsieh Fane ac
cused me aiues oi intentionally
delaying the negotiations" and try
ing to wrecK ine truce taiss oy
insisting on prohibiting 'construc
tion ot military air cases.
An olficial U. N, spokesman,
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
said Communist negotiators at Pan
munpom appeared disinterested
and lackadaisical, as though they
were waitmg for new Instructions.
Communist delegates again re
jected a six point allied plan for
exchanging prisoners of war and
civilians.
Snow Blankets
Resort Lake
There is more snow at Lake of
the Woods now than at any time
in the past eight years and many
cabin roofs are in danger of col
lapsing under some four feet of
snow.
That was the message brought
back from the popular resort yes
terday by Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Morse, 4821 Climax. The couple
skied to the lake Saturday and re
turned yesterday.
"I've never seen the snow so
bad," said Morse, Morse and his
wife drove their car to the Lake
of the Woods-Rocky Point Junction
and made the remaining 12 miles
on their skis. It took seven hours
to go in and five hours to return.
George Bosley, resort caretaker,
who spends the winter at the lake,
also keeps snow report for the
government.
Bosley sent back a list of sever-
al cabins with roofs endangered bv
heavy snow. Morse said the list
was being turned over to the Lake
of the Woods Association, com
prised of resort cabin owners.
Morse plans to return to the
lake Thursday and invites anvone
interested in making the trip to go
along. His phone number is 8095.
Skis or snowshoes will be required.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity Intermittent snow showers
Monday, clearing Tuesday. High
Tuesday 29. Low tonight 12.
High yesterday 27
Low last night 10
Precip past 24 hours 05
Preclp since Oct. 1 8.98
Same period last year - 8.59
Normal for period 5.08
(Additional Weather on Page 8)
Allied Jets Blast Migs
From Air As Battle Grows
SEOUL, Korea (SI Flashing
U.S. Jet planes destroyed seven
Russian-built Mig-15 Jets and dam
aged 12 in two days of renewed
furious air fighting high over
Northwest Korea.
U. S. Sabres shot down two Migs
and damged two on Monday. The
day before, U. S. planes blasted
five of the Red Jets to earth and
scored hits on 10. .
U, S. losses, If any, were not
reported, Under a new policy the
U, S, air Force will announce any
losses only once a week.
Allied ground forces on the West
ern front fought fiercely la sub
freezing weather toward a prize
outpost lost to the Reds Dec. 28.
United Nations Infantrymen
made slight gains against stubborn
Chinese resistance early Monday
Gem Okays
'Draft' By
Republicans
WASirrOTON im Gen. Dwlaht
D. Eisenhower proclaimed himself
a Kepuoncan Monday and made
it clear he would accept that
party's presidential nomination if
lt Is offered. But he said he won't
actively seek it.
In a Paris statement, the 61-
year-old general swept away much
of the fog of uncertainty that has
swirled for the past five years
about his place in the picture of
presidential possibilities.
His statement was prompted by
the week-end move from Sen.
Lodge (R.-Mass who announced
that Eisenhower's name would be
entered In the March 11 New
Hampshire presidential primary,
and that there would be a "finish
fight" to win the GOP nomination
for the general.
Elsenhower, who has been talked
as both a Democratic and a Repub
lican presidential possibility, made
uiese main points in nis statement:
He said Lodge was correct in
calling him a Republican.
He has no intention of asking that
he be relieved of his present as
signment as leaner of the European
defense forces.
He will not take part in me-
convention activities of those
seeking the nomination for him.
He recognizes the right of others
to engage in an attempt "to place
before me next July when the Re-- v
publican Convention meets a duty
that would transcend my present
responsibility."
Eisenhower's statement tremen
dously cheered Republicans who
have been working for his nom
ination and have felt themselves
handicapped by the general's long
silence.
Some of them were getting res
tive under the feeling that uncer
tainty as to Eisenhower's position
was letting Sen. Robert A. Taft of
Ohio, first to announce as a can
didate, get off to a long lead in
bidding lor support from conven
tion delegates.
The "go ahead" which Elsenhow
er in effect gave his backers today
will let them press their camnaiirn
for him with more assurance.
Two other candidates also are
formally in the race Gov. Earl
Warren of California and Harold
Stassen. president ol the University
u., j-ciu,jivuuia ,aup. lormer. gov .
ernor of Minnesota. .
Another practical effect nf th
statement was to pull the rug from
under those Democrats who have
been beating the drums for the
nomination of Eisenhower by their
party.
one New Hampshire eroun had
planned to enter Ike's name in the
Democratic primary.
At ine wnite Mouse, aides said
President Truman had no com
ment on the general's statement.
Eisenhower already has the sup
port of Gov. Thomas E. Dewev of
New York, the 1948 Republican
standard bearer. The general also
has the editorial support of sev
eral newspapers among them the
New York Times, the New York
Herald Tribune, the Chicago Sun
Times and the Providence R. I,
Journal.
Eisenhower's statement was read
to reporters at the Supreme Allied
Headquarters by Brig. Gen. Charles
T. Lanham, chief of SHAPE'S pub
lic information division. Lanham
said Elsenhower does not intend to
say anything further.
He added that Gen. Eisenhower
hopes that this statement will
demonstrate his concern, as an
American citizen, in problems that
the American people must solve.
He hopes also that it will con
vince our citizens and those of the
other NATO countries that he
views with the utmost seriousness
the responsibilities of the post to
which he is presently assigned.
Murder Count
Appeal Set
PORTLAND Wl The first de
gree murder conviction of Morris
Leland will be appealed to the
U. s. Supreme Court the week of
Jan. 28.
Leland was accused of holding
teen-ager Thelma Taylor in the
Si. John District overnight and
then slaying her. He was convicted
in November. 1949, after pleading
not guilty by reason of Insanity.
His court-appointed attorney said
he would appeal the constitutional
ity of Oregon's insanity plea law.
The attorney, Thomas H. Ryan,
said that Oregon law requires that
a person, pleading insanity, prove
he docs not know the difference
between right and wrong.
after hurling back two Red thrusts
Sunday. The outpost is west of
Korangpo and only about six miles
from Panmunjom site ol the dead
locked armistice talks.
At sea, Allied warships main
tained their tight blockade of both
the East and West Korean coasts.
Carrier planes hammered Com
munist coastal supply routes and
cut east-west rail routes in 100
places.
Land-based Fifth Air Force
bombers made 66 cuts In mam
rail artorlcs in Northwestern Korea
Monday. They destroyed two loco
motives. The V. B. Navy announced Sun
day that its ships and planes In
1951 destroyed or damaged 7,028
railway cars or locomotives, 4,518
Communist motor vehicles, 2,379
bridges and cut rail lines 46H
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