iff
f
n s i
In Tin
Day's km
y I'll AN K JKNKINH
From Washington:
"Aniinuticpil U, H. buttle ciwunl
tit's In Korea reached 105.B41 on
Wednesday, nn Increase of 311!) since
nst week. Tho new total are:
killed In action, lil.4a7; wounded,
ni,7ii4: missing, la.oao."
Kveiy time I reud tho Korenn
rnsuiilly figures, it my teeth
n cdun, Il' bud enough to have
men klHcd In notion when we know
what they're ly lnu for. But when
we hnve no Idrn whnt we're fight
Iiik for, It seems to be about ten
times nn bud.
And when, on top of ell Unit, we
reunite Unit It's a wnr we can't
win, we wind up with a feeling of
frustration unci futility.
Here's nnothcr one that gives you
the shivers:
The Oregon Voter (published In
Portland mid usunlly pretty reliable
In Its futures) estlimites thut the
total tnx bill on Oregon people for
X he fiscal yeur 1U63 -federal. etAte,
lornl, direct mid Indirect taxes end
lees of every kind will be 728
MILLION DOLLARS.
I err a the stinger:
'Hint ninount of tnx money, the
Voter's (Uitrmenl adds, riiunls the
nviessed vnlun of ALL OK THE
I'HOI'KKTV IN ALL THK COUN
TIES OP OHKOON SAVE ONLY
(Million, Columbia, Tlllumook,
Washington, Ynmhlll. Miiltimmnli,
Clackamas, Hood Itlver, Wnsco,
Kliermnii, Ollllurn, Morrow nnd
IJilinlllln.
Let's put It iinother way:
'Mia tnlitl fihSennrd Vlllue of
nil
vus
property III Oregon ln.it yenr w
si.ous.uuo.ouu. ACCOrUHIK ui
the
vmrr's esllnintr. our tolnl of ALL
tuxes In the final yeur thst Is
Juki coming up will be n28.ooo.ooo.
Thst is to suy:
The total of ALL of our Uxes I
(he next IikhI yenr. If this estlmn
ik anvwhitm nritr Brrurnte. Is KOll
to nmouiit to VtS per cent of the
nuesed vulue ur au, i nr. rnur
i.-o-i-v im st r. rtv nuifiON.
One more thought nlong this
highly miplenimnt line:
In the old dnys il almost mid
the ClOOD old dnysi wnen
Uiought eboul the totnl of nil
..... . .. w.. u.. u'rA ihlnkins
we
of
In
f f ill lkaii, v " -
terms of 75 per cent locnl tnxes
nnd only 25 per cent icoerni m.
In other words, In those dnys. 16
f auitm flnllur of our
lux money stayed at home nno wis
spent It nome lor wnsi " -could
see and understand.
only about 2S per cent of our tax
money is speni ui nuim i
. where near homei and 75 per cent
of It Is shipped on u wnuiira
to be spent lor iraiw
never even hrd of.
I . turn Hkui when tlu)
Hrmrinuvi t,w .-ii ...
politicians first began to 111 us
tlml money irom vybmiiik
like manna that falta from heaven
-thnt li cost nobody anything and
we might as well have It because
If we didn't gel our anr """'
body else would?
Well, the aystem Is beginning to
BITE, now i
Ridgway Hits
War Doubters
Bv HAM 81'MMEBI.IN
TOKYO l Oen. Mntlhew B.
Ridgway said Tliursdny night It Is
deplorable that many Americans
..I. .u ,-iiii.u uM In Korea? '
HUH Utilk hiij " "
Hie supreme Allied commander
rieclnrea tne pauvru -
inlentloiw In "now ipread across
Hie world where even tho blind can
""or hla part, Hldgway aald there
can be no question of the "validity
nnd purpose" ol U.S. lighting- In
Koreu "ngalnsU that dellberntcly
pinned, unprovoked aggression.
ItKI'IDIATION
"To have done" otherwise," he
aald, "would hnve been a repudia
tion of every principle wo had pre
viously professed."
Ridgway apoke nt the annual con
vention of the Fnr East Depart
ment of the Reserve Oftlcera Aa
noclntlon. Ho mndo no mention of the Ko
rean armistice tnlks at Panmun
Jom. j ,
The address was devoted largely
to rcmnrks on Mllltnry Reserve of
tlcera nnd Ocorgo Washington, who
was born 220 yenrs ago Frldny.
Ridgway snld the snme situation
' exlsti todnv that Washington found
In 1715 when he wrote thnt one of
his hnrdest Jobs wns to Induce peo
plo to believe there wns "danger
until tho bayonet Is pushed at their
breasts."
lNKXCUSABLK
"Our country," nitlgwny said,
"still has today many people whose
Intelligence level offers no slightest
excuse, for a similar mental out
look on this problem.
"With tho pattern of Communist
intentions now spread across the
world whero even the blind can
see neither the aecmlnir Insula
tion of distance, nor the nntlve
born of a sheltered life, enn plead
the slightest excuse, nor abate one
Iota of our Individual responsibility,
"To do otherwise than oppose
nggrcsslnn In tho future, within
knowledge as sterile evorv sncii
flee America has made alrico it
obtained independence.
"We hnve heard and we still
hear at times, and I regret to say
from Americans referring to Ko
rea, 'Why are wo there?' I think
the question discredits him who
auks It."
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vlelnly, fair tonight and Thursday,
but eolder, Low tonight S. High
Friday 35, Northern Callforna, lit
tle change In temperature. Cloudy
Thursday night, possible rftln or
snow, showers in mountains V
High Wednesday . 20
(4w last night .......' 5
Vrei'lp Wednesday .05
1'reelp since Oct. 1 .12.87
Normal for period 7.11
1'erlnd last year
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EENIE, MEENIE, MINEY AND MO, four lambs (two girls
and two hoys) wero born Wednesday by Caesarian section
performed at a local animal clinic. The purebred Suffolk
ewe was brought to the clinic by Paul Hatchctt, foreman of
tho Lis key ranch. The lambs weighed about 10 pounds
each.
Next Week's Forum
On Law Enforcement
A long iwnltrd and many times
reouested "Build the Basin" nnnel
discussion on law enforcement will
be heard over KFLW next Tues
day night.
Postponed several times to allow
formation of a representative panel.
'Build me Basin win pose tne
It wax 20 below aero this morn
ing at Chemult, up there in the
Icelxnt of BouUieastern Oregon.
The reading was believed to have
been Uie lowest of this winter at
Uiat conimunlly. .
At Bly Uie low reading waa 4
below and at Keno 1 below, Here
In Klamath Falls the low was 5.
reached about 7 o'clock this morn
ing. Liz Toyor,
Wilding Wed
LONDON VH Movie Stars
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael
Wilding were married shorUy be
fore noon Thursday In the midst
of a lively mob scene.
The 18-year-old bride and her
38-yenr-old groom, arriving sep
arately, slipped almost unnoticed
Into the Caxton registry hull
through a side door but a crowd of
hundreds descended upon them as
they emerged alter the 10-mlnule
civil ceremony.
Elizabeth rndlnted hnpplness aa
she waa Jostled by hundreds of
persons In the corridors of the hall
and In Caxton street outside. Seem
ingly the cooler of the two. she
recognized friends In the milling
crowd and shouted greetings to
mem.
Only about a dozen persona saw
the ceremony, which was the sec
ond marriage for both Liz o:id
Wilding,
Alter their escnpe from (he
crowd, tho couplo headed olf to a
reception, with champagne.
VIRGINIA BENOIST, Route
1, was today's subject for
the 9 O'clock cameraman.
She is helping out : at
Muriel's.
!. '
p Li.
IT' -if-' !
'.1, V J. fc..' it !
question, "How Can We Better
Support Our Law Enforcement Of
ficials." It will be aired at 8:30
p. m., Feb. 20.
"Build the Basin" is usually
heard cn Monday nights, but to
fucllltato presence of several city
officials on the program, il was de
layed till Tuesday.
fcilnco the program originated last
month, many letters directed to it
hnve requested thai a program be
dedicated to the problem of law
cmorcemeni.
Severnl weeks delay resulted In
getting a panel of participants that
could adequately answer questions
concerning law enforcement prob
lems inni are phoned in by the
radio audlcnee. '
Members of the panel wlD be an
nounced In newa stories on the pro
gram inter Uils week.
In today's Herald and News a
series of U questions has been
printed concerning many problems
facing law enforcement officials.
Herald and News readers are re
quested to answer the questions
posed and return them either to
the paper or to Station KFLW.
Results of tne poll will be an
nounced on the "Build the Basin"
program next Tuesday night.
U.N. Refuses
Russian OK
MUNSAN. Korea Wl The U.N.
Conimnnd told the Communists
Thursday Russia's "record of past
participation In Korea" bars the
Soviet Union as a neutral fit to
heln police a Korean truce.
simultaneously General Head
quarters in Tokyo warned that
every step forward in truce talks
"will bo followed by a step buck
ward until Moscow Is convinced
that tho flnnl decision Inr Korea
must be made without further de
lay." An information bulletin compiled
Irom "Voice of the U.N. Command
Broadcast" declared:
"It seems to be their plan to
raise two additional disputes to
take the place of every one that
has been settled. ,
"Like the hydra-headed moaster
of mythology, Uiere will be new
entanglements following every set
tlement lust as long as tne Krem
lin thinks there Is still something
to gain by prolonging the talks."
At Panmunjom, nn Allied spokes
man snld U.N. reasons for reject
ing Russia were "clear, cogent
nnd Irrefutable." Ho did not spell
out the reasons.
Secession
By Lcrkevfew?
RENO Wl Some Lakevlcw,
Ore., residents want to secede
from Oregon and put their town
under Nevada Jurisdiction, a Nev
ada assemblyman said here
Wednesday.
Don Crnwford of Vyn, an as
semblyman who long has advo
cated that Nevada tnke over Uie
eastern slope of the Slcrrns in
northenstern California, snld five
Lnkevlew residents wrote him thnt
thev wanted to Join, too.
They suggested thnt a 30-mile
atrip along the southern otUc of
Lake County should be included In
the border-shifting plan, he said.
Ho said they added:
That the Lake County sent, now
at Lnkeview. could be moved some
50 miles north to Pnislny, "which
nas always wanted it anyway."
That "Lake County menns noth
ing to tho State of Oreuon. Lake-
vlow is approximately 350 miles
from Portlnnd and 235 mlleq fiom
Reno. Although certain portions o
U.S. 305 are. terrible. . . Wo still
get to Reno four or five times
a year. We drive to Portland per
Imps once a yenr row."
urawtord said he would welcome
them. There is no official enthus
iasm nt Sacramento nnd Carson
City, however, and none Is ex-
pectea in anicm, eitner.
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Price Five Cent il Pain
Senfc
Eisenhower
Entered In
Oregon Race
SALEM. Ore. Wl Oen. Dwlght
Elsenhower was entered Thursday
in OruKon's May 16 presidential
prlmury with the filing of petitions
bearing 1,088 names.
The petitions, brought to the
stnte elections division by State
Hep. Mark Hatfield, Snlem, sec
retary of the Oregon for Elsen
hower Committee, contained 68
more names than the 1,000 that are
required. Hatfield aald the signers
come from 16 of the 36 counties.
Bo l.ir. Elsenhower and Gen.
Ouuglas MacArlhur are the only
names on the Republican presi
dential ballot, the filing period clos
ing March 7.
No Democrats have been entered
yet.
Hatfield snld In separate state
ment that the state Etsennower
committee will bring the general's
record clearly to the voters ol Ore
gon. ,
"He docs not need even a week
to campaign In Oregon because
what he Is and what he stands for
have already been defined."
Hntlicld made puonc a leiegram
from U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
R.-Mnss., national campaign
manager for Elsenhower.
Lodge requested In the telegrnm,
received Wednesday, that Hatfield
file the petitions immediately.
Sabres Blast
2 More
Migs
SEOUL. Korea I American
Sabre Jet pllota shot down two
more Red Jets Thursday bringing
their toll this week to ten.
The two MIO-15S eliminated
were blown out of the air during
a 20-muiute battle in cloudy North
Korean skies between 21 American
Sabre Jets and 20 MIOs.
The kills were credited to Lt.
Bllley B. Dobbs of Fontana. Calif.,
and Cnpt. Brooks J. Llles of Eliza
beth City. N. C.
American losses, if any. were
not announced. The Air Force dis
closes U.S. plane losses only once
a week.
On the ground a Red ambush
pinned down an Allied patrol and
Its rescue force tor more than an
hour on the frozen Eastern Front.
A second United Nations rescue
group broke the trap and freed
both Allied units In sharp fighting.
The action occurred northwest of
Kansong, on the east coast.
Among the few planes in the
air Thursday morning was a Jet
that bombed "Freedom Bridge"
linking Allied truce headquarters
at Munsnn with Panmunjom. site
of armistice talks. It dropped, two
bombs.
Eyewitnesses said It resembled
an American F-80 shooting Star.
One soldier said he saw USAF
(United States Air Force) on the
underside of one wing.
No damage or casualties were
reported. Only one bomb explod
ed. Navy Upholds
Public Right
WASHINGTON (iB The Navy
reminded Its officers Thursday
that "tho Navy belongs to the pub
lic," and urged them to give when
ever possible "frank, honest ans
wers to questions from newspapers
and wire services.
A public relations newsletter to
nil anmrnantare nvannllifA inrl
staff officers said "too often news
papers are met with evasiveness,
doublctalk or outright refusal to
cooperate."
The newsletter. Issued by Navy
headquarters, said lt is difficult to
be completely frnnk with the facts
"when you know that the editorial
Interpretation may not agree with
the Navy's opinion," but lnid down
the rule thnt telllnfr the truth Is
the best policy "even when the
truth hurts."
Sporis Bulletins
SWEDEN WINS
OSLO 0V) Sweden, (he Euro
pean champion, ended the un
beaten run of the United States
In the Olympic Ice hoekey tourna
ment Thursday night with 4-2
decision In a bruising contest.
BUTTON AGAIN
OSLO m Darlnr Dick But
ton won his second Olympic, gold
medal for men's figure skating;
Thursday night, unofficial calcu
lations showed.
Button thrilled a small crowd
of about 5,000 persons at Blslett
Stadium with a bold and Imagin
ative program of free-skating that
was- flawlessly executed, .
KLAMATH FALLH, OREGON,
!F
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hi ' Polar Air Base
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LAW'S LONG ARM FINALLY CATCHES UP Bank rob
ber Willie (The Actor) Sutton (right), who eluded the FBI
for five years is questioned in New York by Ass't. Dist.
Atty. Louis Andreozzi (left) and Dist. Atty. Thomas Cullen.
Andreozzi holds two guns found on Sutton, along with 77
one hundred dollar bills (on desk), when he was captured
by two New York patrolmen. The officers recognized the
fugitive when they stopped to help him fix his stalled car.
Jocular Truman Lets
Down Political Hair
By ERNEST B, VACCARO
WASHfclOTON I President
Truman told a Mnsonlc gathering
Thursday that he works all day
and nearly all night as President,
"but Just between you and me and
the gatepost. I like it."
The President confided this at-
'B' Potatoes
Shipping OK'd
Tlie Oregon California Potato
Marketing Agreement Control Com
mittee decided yesterday In a tele
phone vote to Immediately release
size B potatoes for shipment to
commercial markets. -
Earlier recommendations by the
committee had called for size Bs
to be held back until April 1.
However, the enrlier recommenda
tion had suggested the Bs might
be released sooner If conditions
warranted.
The Committees release recom
mendation must go to Washington,
D. C, for approval by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Assistant Com
mittee Manager Bill Huse, Tule
lake, snld this morning the release
order should be announced as ef
fective Monday.
Sprout High
Lease Bidder
The Bureau of Reclamation has
announced high bidder for one
lease and advertisement for anoth
er In the Tulelnke area.
Project Manager E. L. Stephens
reported yesterday that Dale
Sprout, Tulelnke. was high bidder
for lot 105, 28 acres of public land
near Newell, Sprout reportedly bid
a totnl of $1,431.08.
Stephens said sealed bids from
veterans of World War II will be
accepted at the Bureau of Reclam
ation office, airport, until 3d. m.
March 11, at which time they will
be opened. The Bids arc on 36
acres of public land lying. Just
south of the Tulelnke city limits.
Detailed information may be ob
tained from the Bureau office at
the airport.
An Arresi
Can Be Nice
LELAND. Miss. Iff! Getting ar
rested nbout noon on Thursday is
one of the nicest tilings happen
ing to motorists passing through
tills Mississippi Delta town tnese
days. Some unwary couple travel
ing witn out-of-state license plates
la pounced on by Police- Officer
W. O. Ray.
"Youre under arrest,- Kay an
nounces. "Why?" the motorists
ask in bewilderment.
Parrying the question, Ray asks
if they are in a hurry. Most al
ways ine worrying coupie saye
No" and off to "trial" tney go.
Destination is not the jail house
but the Lelnnd Lions Club's weekly
luncheon. The couple are told that
for "punishment" they must. en-
Joy the luncheon and accompany
ing snenamgans.
Afterwards, "sentence" Is pro
nounced the couple must promise
to "come back this way. again."
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952
IRiOQ -f
mr - we
titude In n- off-the-cuff talkt to
Grand Mailers' of Masons attend'
inr a nationwide conference.
Cabinet members and White
House staff representatives also
attended the hotel breakfast at
which Truman defended his aides
against the description of "Mis
souri Gang," which he said has
been given them by his opponents.
He noted that Lincoln. Jefferson.
underwent a lot of criticism and
that it was some years after Cleve
land left office that it was said
ol him "they loved him for the
enemies he made."
'I hope you love me for that
same reason," the President said.
Truman did not identify the
"thev" in the remark about Cleve
land.
DONT CARE'
He went on to say that If he
thinks he's right in what he does,
"I don't care if anyone likes it
or not."
At one point, the President said
with a crin "this year is leap
year, a most Important year in the
history of the government of the
United States."
He called attention to attacks
made on George Washington by
'a leading Philadelphia paper" and
said this was "one reason why he
retired instead of running for a
third term."
At his news conference Wednes
day, the President declined com
ment once again on nis political
intentions. He has said he faces a
difficult decision and hasn't made
up his mind yet whether he will run
again.
ine presiaent tola uie oreattasi
meeting he snends most of his time
Being Kind to people and mat
his Job is primarily a "public re
lations one," in which he seeks to
get people to do wings lor ine
government.
such gatherings as tne oreaa.-
fast, he said, give him rare oppor
tunities "to be myself."
Turning to the criticism of past
Presidents, Truman said:
1. It has taken ISO years to de
termine the greatness of Washing
ton. 2. Thomas Jefferson was once
described as a "Jacobin" which
Truman said is about the same
as being called a Communist today.
3. Two papers -tne New York
Tribune and Chicago Tribune in
reference to Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address said tne tresiaeni aiso
spoke and made the usual ass
of himself."
This, of course, was noi . true,
Truman said.
FCC Chairman
Coy Resigns
WASHINGTON (flv-Wayne Coy
resigned Thursday as chairman of
the Federal Communications Com
mission. Coy told reporters he was quit
ting because he could not afford
the personal sacrifice of continuing
In the $15,000 a year Joo.
Cov added that he had asked
President Truman to relieve him
of his post so that "I can cegotlate
for a job In private industry."
The FCC supervises operations
of the-radio and television indus
try among ether duties.
Coy, 48, was nanicd chairman of
the commission, in December, 1947.
He left a Job as assistant to the
publisher of the Washington Post
nnd as manager of Radio Station,
WINX. to-become a -member of
the FCC.
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Top Secret
Work Near
North Pole
WASHINGTON Wl A Senate In
vestigation heard Thursday that
workers on a super-secret air base
construction program near the
North Pole collected more than
three million dollars In wages be
fore even reaching the Job.
Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of
Army Engineers, defended these
payments as. well as salaries at a
rate of 13,000 a year for laborers
and 17,000 a year formechanics
on the project.
Questions by Downey Rice, coun
sel for the committee which was
bet up as a watchdog group on
military spending brought out the
salary figures.
Rice did not Indicate how many
workers shared the three million
dollars, but said thev drew the pay
while en route to the Job by ship
and airplane.
DELAY
He said some of them left Nor
folk, Va., by ship, expecting to be
at the Job in 15 days but actually
were 42 days on the way.
The project was known by the
code name of "Blue Jay" pre
viously publicized .as being In
Greenland.
Rice said this project and anoth
er - air base construction Job in
North Africa, known by the code
name of "Atlas", already involved
expenditures of about 100 million
dollars.
Gen. Pick recently has returned
from a tour of these overseas bas
es, including those in French Mo
rocco In North Africa.
Rice asked: Pick why workers
had been recruited at "premium
pay," sent to a center and- then
sent 'back home to await orders
while getting "stand-by pay" that
amounted to $317,000 at the rate of
$4 a day a man. Their regular pay
Began wnen tney iett for tne Joo.
CAUTION
Pick explained that It was nec
essary first "to carefully screen"
each worker after he had been re
cruited, sent to a center to be
briefed and then sent home to
await orders after clearance.
"This was hazardous beyond any
thine ever encountered in construc
tion." Gen. Pick said, apparently
referring to the North Pole work.
He said it was necessary to trans
nort the workers bv both ship and
airplane and that the ships needed
icenreaiters to get tnrouga.
Top Criminal,
Wife Sought
WASHINGTON Wl An expriie-
flghter who aUegedly used his wife
as an accomplice in a series of
robberies, car thefts and jail
breaks Thursday was put on the
FBI's list of "10 most wanted
men."
He is Thomas Edward Young. 34,
with many aliases. His wife. Mar
garet Rita Margie young, 32. is
also a widely sought fugitive.
Both are charged with the bur
glary of the State Bans of santanta.
Kas.. on the night of Dec. 30, 1951.
Young was put on the "most
wanted" list as a replacement for
Harry Burton, wanted for murder
at Los Angeles and taken Into cus
tody at Cody, Wyo., Feb. 7.
BLIZZARD 'HITS NEW ENGLAND Residents of Port
land, Me., walk along Congress Street after a northeast
blizzard, worst of the year, had paralyzed all transporta
tion, industry and business. Storm deposited 20 inches of
snow.
Mobs Battle
Police In
Tokyo Brawl
TOKYO, Friday. Feb. 32
Thousands of Japanese Commit
nlsts and sympathizers rioted In
Tokyo Thursday in a demonstra
tion against colonization" of Ja
pan by the United States.
At least 14 Japanese policemen
were Injured In stone-throwing and
tear gas melees before order was
restored. .
An estimated 11,300 police pa
trolled the city to prevent further
trouble.
Other demonstrations Were re
ported in Yokohama, the big In
dustrial city of Osaka, Nagoya and
elsewherej
OPEN SHOW
The Japanese) Communists, In ,
their most open postwar demon
stration of violence, had set Thurs
day as "Antl-Colonizatlon-of-Japan
Day."
(Even before the demonstrations
subsided, the Peiping Radio was
reporting that Chinese Commnnlit
youth had sent "messages of sol-
iaariiy- 10 me "Japanese Youth
against colonialism.")
There were no reports of iniorv
to Americana and other foreigners.
One mob stormed a railway sta
tion demanding free ri0-s, threw
tear gas bombs and forced their
way onto a train.
Another which included unlvirl.
ty students battled into a nnllr.
station demanding release of a
schoolmate arrested last month for
an anti-rearmament demonstra
tion. Twenty-two of the students
were arrested but later released.
The Injured policemen were
stoned by 400 demonstrators in tha
Omorl District. Kyodo said.
Three hundred students . and
workers clashed with 300 nolle in
a northwestern suburb.
ATTACK
Kyodo said 300 demnutrabira
tacked two policemen In a Tokyo
University auditorium and shouted
ineres a aog in Here"; and
Throw him out."
The agency reported seven Hem.
onstrators arrested in Tokvo and
18 Koreans picked up In Osaka.
1
UMT Bill Sets
Cut of Forces
WASHINGTON Wl The Senate
gets a Universal Military Training
bill Thursday with a built-in pro
vision designed to cut 'down, the
size and cost of the regular armed
forces. . .v. .. . ,.
Chairman Russell (D.-Oa.) re
ported a 12 to 0 favorable vot
by the Armed Services Committee
for the measure Wednesday.
"I hope to see actual training
get under way before this year
ends." Russell told a reporter.
"This Is completely workable and
fair legislation.'
House debate on a similar meas
ure is expected to begin Tuesday.
Powerful opposition to the pro
gram of six months basic train
ing for 18 year olds Is being built
up in Congress by leaders of farm,
labor, educational and protestant
church groups.
Unless the house runs into lonor
delays in passing its bi!, Russell
said the Senate probably will hold
off until action is completed there.
The only surprise in the Senate
bill was a section calling for a
mandatory reduction in the regular
or standing forces as UMT builds
up a backlog of reserves.
Russell explained it this way:
As soon as UMT has Produced
300,000 graduates of its 6asic train
ing and put them in the reserve,
the Secretary of Defense must be
gin semi-annual reductions in the
regulars.
There would be one less regular
for every three trained UMT re
serves until the regulators had bew
reduced to 2,006,000.'
LYDDA IS NOW LOD .
LOD. Israel Wl This Is the
new name of the Israel town form
erly called Lydda. Lod Is the an
cient Hebrew name for the place
and is so mentioned In the Bible.
Lod Is the site of Israel's central
airport, and here St. George Is
said to have killed the dragon.