BE
MS
h Tins
II
liAtllfiiiirit.-
lly I HANK Jl:NK!.NH
General Iks decline an InviU
tlun 1 1 mil I'remdenl Truman to
coma to Washington for cnnfl-l-ni
ml "briclliig" un Clio Interim,
liuiml situation, In hl telegram
turning down (lie bid. he av:
"It l in v duty to remain FUKE
lu analyse your administration pol
li'lrn publicly, mid It would be un
wise and would result In confusion
In the publlq mind II I accoul your
offer."
Then lie adds:
"An you know, the problem which
Vou miuki-m (or cliticUMNlon are those
with which i havk lived
FOR MANY YEAIt."
Ill other words, Ike IhliWt he
knows iiulle ft I'.liln Bixiut tljmter
'Wluniil situation. Cjptoiillv Hie
situation III Euiopr.and bn pre-
era to act on lilti owu anowicuue.
At tills point, lel'a recite a little
hlatury.
Ike was IIvIiik Willi thcae prob
lems" back In the miring of lU4a
wnon a couple 01 nm annorca ui
viMon not over the Kibe river and
were heading hell-bent lor Ilerlln
lhry'rt have TAKEN 11KKLIN In
a lew days more II Uley hadn't
been stuuped and turned buck by
political order Irom Washington.
lie ulllcera and men ol his
own conimiuid Uirnw their caw on
Ihn ground and Jump on them In
aimer and fru&trallou when the po
intful ordcra turning them back
arrived.
lie wan IIvIiik with thene aame
"nrobleina" when General Pa turn
hit the wrnlnrn outskirts of I'rnitue
in Ctechoalnvaklu, onlv to be turned
back by political orders.
The deal to extabllnh the Iron
Curtain on t he e In river and the
weMarn boundry il Ctechudovnkla
waa made at Yalta and the politi
cal ottlera atopplnir our military
forces there, Inittead 01 permitting
Ihem to no on and take all of Ger
many and all of Czechoslovakia.
were Isued In accordance with the
Yalta deal.
Ike knows, as we ALL know now.
how much belter our altuatlon in
Europe would be If we had ALL
of Germany Instead of only half
of III and alt of Cuechoslovakla
In our ponneiiMon.
It's little wonder that he wants
to atay tree of all political enun.
ulrnieuts with the fair Deal ad'
ministration, which followed the
New Dent administration, which
MADE THE YALTA DEAL.
flood for vou. Ike. You know
buobv-irap wbeii you see one. This
Invitation lor)ti. vou JnWiiVajh-.
InKton end "brtel" you was rosro-
luuy ugureu out pooujr-irsp.
Wo newspaper people know all
about that scheme. For years,
whenever It has been desired to
hamatrlnir us so thst we can't orm
cite whsl hss been done, we've
hi-pn broueht Into these "briefing"
sessions. After we've been flattered
all over the place bv bin shots who
slap us on the back and put their
arms around our anouiaora ana can
in bv our first names, It Is ex
plained to us thst everything thst
hss none on in ine "oneiing per
lod Is "off the record."
It has been told to us, we are
Informed, because we are so bin
snd so Important thst II Is essen
llsl we should KNOW what Is go-
lug on. But wo mustn't so much
ss whisper to anybody even sn
inkllnK of what we've been told.
That wouldn't be kosher. It would
be violating- a, conlldence.
That's the scheme they're trying
to pull you you. Ike backing you
Into a corner bv Riving you all
the Intimate details and then telling
, you It's olf the record and they're
doing It all for your own good. Thev
nnt to leave you feeling that after
you've been handed the whole low
down you lust COULDN'T be so
niriin ss to go swny and criticize.
But, thank goodness. Ike. you're
nobody's fool. You weren't born
yesterday. You know your way
around.
list's the kind of leader we need
l'SI.hcso critical days.
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Oregon Forest
Fire Rages
By The Associated Press
More tluin 4(10 men bnttled ft
roaring fire 40 miles enst of
Eugene II) the rugged Bluo River
Canyon country Thursday.
Jacob Bmlth, wnrdon for the
East Luno flro patrol, snld Hint It
started Irom a cnmpllrn Hint
wasn't nut out. II was discovered
nbout noon Wednesday and by
Thursday morning had covered
between 600 and 1,000 acres, he
snld. i
Became of the rough country,
most of the trail building has to
be dnno bv hand, slowing the con.
trol measures and Increasing the
number of men needed to fight It.
The blaze is partly In green
timber And partly In cut-over land.
It Is eating Into both fedoral and
state-protected timber.
Lightning strikes Wednesday
night started some 25 small fires
In the Ochoco National Forest
nenr Prlnevllle.
There wero other small fires
around the stale, but the Weather
Bureau fire weather forecast held
continuing hope of help from cool
maritime air,
The forester's office In Bnlcm
reported a 15-acre fire 13 miles
southwest of Dnllss, partly trailed,
and one of 18 acres controlled
south of Roscburg.
Ttrcnixs KILLED
RANGOON, Burma Wl Govern
ment troops killed 32 Rcd-lcd rebels
In a sweep through the delta
I swamps nenr the big port of Bns
seln, 100 miles west of Rangoon, It
y was reported Thursday.
Two Commie
Attacks Held
By Marines
By WILLIAM C. HA UNA It I)
HEOUL, Korea Wi-U. B. Ma
rines brut buck two fierce Com
munist attacks Wednewduy nlKhl
und toduy to reluln their newly
wnn hold on Hunker 1 1 1 II, Id West
ern Korea.
Tile battalion-size Red asnuults
wero the third and fourth lulllo
slteinpts to recapture territory
netted rurly Tuenduy by the Lea
thernecks. A U. N. briefing olllccr said
Communist casualties were heuvy.
lly mid day, he said, dcuu enemy
soldiers luy spruwled In groups on
the scarred slope of the hill, only
four miles eimt of I'uniiiuiijoin, the
truce lulks site.
Allied wsrplunes continued to
hummer at itru positions tociuy.
Tho Air Force suld they knucked
out nine troop bunkers and three
gun positions, und killed or wound
ed 20 Cnminunlnls licur Bunker
Hill. Tired Murines, meanwhile,
huddled In their piefuhrlvuled tim
bered bunkers swultlug new Red
moves.
INFILTRATE , '
Red machine gunners early to
duy inllltiuted the crest if neurby
Siberia Hill also cupturrd Tuen
duy by the Marines. Uut Allied
troops silenced the guns In lb min
utes. The Communists preceded their
Wednrsduy night anMiult on Bunker
Hill with a Hcry, three-hour artil
lery barrage.
Then at :Oo p.m., Chinese In
fantrymen charged Into withering
lire from Murine rllles, niuchlne
guns and artillery. Seventy min
utes lutrr the shuttered Commu
nist battalion pulled buck.
The Keds launched the next at
tack at 2:21 a. m. Thursday. Alter
crackling skirmish which lasted
four minutes, they withdrew to
their lines.
"When they found the Marines
were really ready lor them, they
culled It olf," suld MnJ, Louis
Urosult, Dallas, Tex.
Breuult estimated 3.600 or more
Reds have been assigned to retake
Bunker Hill.
GIVE IT
"II recent patterns are lollowed,"
he added, "It Is very possible that
II Hie enemy Is unsble to retake
the lull In a week's time, thry
may give up."
Of 10,34 rounds of Communist
artillery and mortar fire which
lell in Allied territory Wednesday,
(.413 rounds dropped In the Marine
sector mostly around Bunker Hill.
-.AUlad, -paltols fought two still
elftshes with Keds early Thursday
In brief raids on enemy-held po
sitions north ol Korangpo and west
northwest of Chorwon.
Wednesdsy night, B-38 bombers
blasted an enemy supply concen
tration Just north ol Samdong,
about It miles east of Pyongyang,
the capital of North Korea. Other
bombers teemed with Murine air
craft and bombed Communist
Iront-llne positions.
Traffic Group
Head Resigns
Margaret 8anto, for nearly six
years manager of the Midland Em
pire Traflio Association here, ten
dered her resignation before the
Klamath County Chamber of Com
merce Board of Directors yester
day. Resignation Is to become effec
tive Sept. 1.
The traffic association secures
adjustments on freight rntes, at
tempting to mako them equltablo
with comparable rates. Since sho
began her tenure ol odice Mrs.
MRS. MARGARET SANTO
Snnto hns been representing Klnin
alh Falls and Klamath County at
rate hearings up und down the
coast In behalf ot local shippers.
An ardent booster of the Klnmnth
Country, she has continually brought
the poicntinl or this sron to the
attention of carriers and shippers
as far east as Denver.
Mrs. Snnto took over the posi
tion in 11)47 und hns been credited
with making notnblo advances In
rate adjustment hero.
Tlin association, under rt new
progrnm, Is being merged with the
chamber as a traffic department.
Prior to tills it has been a scpn
rnte corporation opcrntlng Indepen
dently, though Its offices 'have
been in the Chamber of Commerce
building.
.I, nn innniaTa. I I I rjP , Amm lisftlilil iriimi. . rniMiVrir a. .I ilKH.iiiii 'lini I mi mSlti:, iiln. i.il.iv.niri ami inn .. i.n .1
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Price rive Cents Zl Psgre
Mew
No Decision
On Wilson
Truth Tests
OLYMPIA W1 Governor Lang
He will not comment on the truth
serum tests given to the Wilson
brothers Wednesday night until he
receives a lull formal report on
the results, his ussislunl Fred
Knrh, snld Thursday.
Koch sold the governor received
ft preliminary report by telephone
Irom Humid D. Vun Kuton, stste
director of public Institutions, but
II wss "general."
Van R. Hinkle, lyisUUnt direct
or of public institutions, was at
I he prison In Wulla Wullii when
the truth serum tests were given.
He Is enroute buck to Olympla
by train with full report, along
with his rccommendullons and
those of Dr.' Sol Levy ol Eustcrn
Slate Hnsillul who administered
the serum.
RKPORT
Korh said the governor was
hopeful that he would receive
Hinklc's report b round noon and
be In a position to release a state
ment to the press shortly there
after. Vun Eaton said Hinkle telephoned
the preliminary report to him (Van
Eaton) here and he. In turn, re
layed it to the governor.
The Wilsons, condemned to die for
the kldnup-slaylng of Miss Dewey
at Vancouver, Wash., In March,
1050, filled more than 30 pages of
questions and answers during the
lengtny lest Wednesday.
They were given sodium pento
thal, which is supposed to bring
truthful answers, and questioned
detail about the slaying.
The report waa marked confiden
tial and state officials refused to
discuss It.
ATTORNEYS '
However, the Wilsons' ftttomeye,
Irving Ooodman and Sanford Clem
ents, said the brothers denied dur
ing the examination they had any
part In the slaying.
And in Portland, the Oregon
Ian said It had learned Utah and
Turman answered "No" when
asked: "Did you ever kill a man?
Did you ever kill a woman? Did
you ever throw a body In the
river?"
The truth aerum test was re
quested by Earl Stanley Gardner
of the radio program "Court of
Last Appeal." They were not ord
ered by the governor but s spokes
man said the chief executive had
no objection to them.
Tlie tests were started about 1
p.m., PST. There were two Inter-1
minions: When Turman fell asleep
"from sheer exhaustion," and when
Utah declined to take the drug
until assured Turman had re
covered and was all right. Actual
questioning lasted about three
hours and ended about 8 p.m.
The truth sorum test was the
latest chapter In the long story of
the Wilson brothers' fight to es
cspe the gallows. Three times the
brothers won stays only hours be
fore the scheduled time of execu
tion. Early Spuds
Sell For $3
Reports of early potato sales In
the Klamath area though the spud
harvest Is still a month or more
away have Indicated sales of (3
or better on it gradcout basis, to
be dug and sold for late Septem
ber or early October delivery.
There have been other reports
of $2.80 sales on U.S. No. l's. and
$3.30 for bukors.
Whlto Rose seed, which saw a
few early spring contracts renart-
edly going at $4.50, apparently is
ucing ncm tor mgner prices now.
A special potnlo market report
complied by Turner Bond. Ontario
County Agent, reported Snake Re
prices as of Aug. 11.-
Lower snake Vallev shipping
points' potato market was firm on
rusBOis wun lair to good demand,
with good demand and stronger
market on remaining lots of long
whites, No. 1 long whites, moved
at f.o.b. onsh track for $6. an ad
vance of 10 to 15 cents over the
previous Friday's market. The No.
2 long white brought mostly $4.
No 1 russets f.o.b. sold mostly
at (5.25, with some U.S. Extra's
moving at w.att, no. 2 russets
brought $4.15 to $4.35, mostly $4.25.
Prices to growers on No. 1 long
whites, on packout basis, delivered
to warehouse, ranged from (4.15 to
(4.25. mostly $4.15. No. 2 long while
brought $3.16 to $3.26. No. 1 rus
sets on packout and delivered ba
sis sold at (4.35 to $4.60, with the
best slzo and quality moving at a
mgner iigure.
No. 2 russets moved at $3.35 to
(3.50, mostly (3.40.-
Lower Snake River Valley ship
ments last weekend totaled 267 cars,
tho report snld, with 148 cars out
bound JMdav and 101) Saturday.
This compares with shipments the
samo period a week ago of 300
oars. Spotted for loading Monday
wore mo cars.
At 15 major cities Monday there
wore 654 cars on track, coinnared
with 605 a week ago, and arrivals
lor last wcekond totaled 873 cars.
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Ifke
r
STEVIE, Sara Weit'i fat lamb ihe't grooming tor the forthcoming Rotary Junior Livestock
Show and Sale, poiet with his mistress, Rotarien Lloyd Prock and her father Dale West, Mer
rill. The lamb was one of many head of livestock examined by Rotarians during toun the past
few days.
Candidate Stevenson Calls
For More Local Government
SPRINOFIELD HI IM Demo
cratic presidential nominee Adlal
Stevenson called on the 48 states
Thursday to give such good gov
ernment to tneir people mat tney
will halt the "tldle wave" of cen
tralised power sweeping toward
Washington.
In the first major speech since
his nomination, Stevenson warned
UUs drift will go on unless the
states "perform those necessary
functions of government which
don't have to be performed In
Washington."
Then he sold: "The people will
demand the services and If they
Lightning Hits
Five Times
SEATTLE Wl A young moun
tain climber struck five times by
lightning as he and a companion
stood atop ML Stuart in the Cas
cades says he considers himself
"the luckiest man there is, to be
alive."
"After the third bolt. I thought
I wanted to die," Alan Robert
Orant, 19, Seattle said yesterday.
Grant's companion, Paul Brlkoff,
30, was killed In the storm that
struck Just after they reached the
summit 'Of the 8,470-foot peak
Sunday.
Orant spent three days on the
mountain waiting rescue. He was
removed by a Coast Guard hell
copter yesterday and brought to
Seattle.
Orant said the first bolt knocked
them both to the ground, and after
the second bolt he found he could
move only one leg.
"The third bolt was the worst,"
he oald. "It took me up and
tossed me over a 20-foot cliff and
knocked me out."
Orant said when he regained con
sciousness he could hear Brikoff
screaming on tho summit. There
were two more bolts, he said, and
the fifth scored a direct hit on
Biikoff's back. When Orant
reached Brlkoff's side he found
him dead.
Orant said heat from the light
ning was so great It melted cans in
the pack on his pack.
Hospital attendants here said the
youth suffered second and ' third
degree burns.
Man Injured
As Car Rolls
Steve Schonchln, 20, of Sprague
River, was painfully Injured .when
he rolled his car on the Bonanza
highway a mile south of Dairy
about dawn today. '
He was brought to Klamath Val-
lane for examination. He was re-
portod to have a In ured shoulder.
right leg and bruises.
Sdnte Police said Schonchln was
driving a 1050 Ford sednn north
on the highway when he apparently
lost control. The vehicle left skid
marks for 433 feet before It left the
pavement and rolled over at least
three times.
Jt came to rest 158 feet from
where It left the pavement. ,
ATI! FAI.I.H, OREGON, TIIUKHDAV, AUGUHT 14, 1852
Mike
. A.-w'A.,
don't get them at home they will
turn to Uncle Sam , . . And the
states are the dikes which we can
build more strongly against the
Hood waters sweeping toward the
District of Columbia."
Stevenson gave his views in a
speech prepared for delivery at a
Democratic rally at the Illinois
State Fair in Introducing the main
speaker of the day Vice-President
Alben Barkley of Kentucky.
Stevenson gave his philos
ophy on government, defended his
record as governor of Illinois,
ripped Into his Republican critics,
turned some of his criticism
against former President Herbert
Hoover, and also poked some ssr
cssm at GOP presidential nom
inee Dwlght D. Eisenhower.
He packed this wide swinging ar
ray of topics into about 2.000 words
which he had written and polished
for the past two days up until
mid-morning.
Stevenson gave the hard core of
his speech in a few paragraphs in
which he listed with pride the
achievements of his administration
in Illinois and then went on to
say:
' "It has been said that perhaps
no state in our time has done so
much so quickly. I don't know
whether you call it a 'New Deal'
for Illinois, or a 'Fair Deal' or a
'Square Deal' but I know It has
been a 'No Deal' state government.
"It is Important because the
states are important. We talk
about and deplore Incessantly the
increasing centralization of power
over our lives in Washington.
"But that tidal drift toward the
capital will go on and on unless
those necessary functions of gov
ernment which don't have to be
performed in Washington are per
formed, and properly performed at
the state or local level."
"The people will demand the
services and if thev don't get them
at nome tney will turn to Uncle
Sam. And every dollar you send
to Washington to pay for them
will shrink, before it gets back
nome.
"Because our enemies are big.
because business and labor and
agriculture are big. because every
thing is big and organized nowa
days, our federal government has
inevitably become bigger too.
"But It should be unencumbered
in the discharge of its monstrous
major duties bv a lot of other Jobs
it need not'-do. '
"And the states are the dikes
which we can build more strongly
against the flood waters sweeping
toward the District of Columbia."
Then Stevenson added ns an aside
to his previous reluctance to be
come a presidential candidate:
'While I ' want vou to sween me
down there, don't sweep any more
government Jurisdiction down
there! Sometimes one must over
come a feeling of reluctance about
changing lobs.
But the reluotance I feel about
bigger and bigger lobs for the fed
eral government is a reluctance I
won't get over."
Stevenson appeared to be com
paring his ewn ability ns an ad
ministrator to thnt of Elsenhower
when he said: "It Is easy enough
to have bright Ideas about the art
of civil government in the ab
stract; but you never really can
understand government until you
are confronted with the concrete
pressures- und the day to day
operating responsibilities .
Pmdkted
)i
Police Study
Strange Case
State . Police Investigating what
was reported to be a killing up in
the Lapine area have come up with
the culprit out lost ine victim.
Early this morning a Negro, lden
tilled as John Middleton, hopped off
a Great Northern freight at Laprne
with a story that he had either
killed or nearly killed a Negro
woman in a gondola car on the
train.
She was, be said, trying to voodoo
him.
The train, however, bad gone on.
Sometime later train crewmen
located the woman in the gondola
and reported it to State Police.
She didn't seem to be very serious
ly hurt, and not in the least dead.
She was left aboard the train to
be brought on to Klamath Falls,
where it was to be met by other
police officers.
However, when the train pulled
into the GN yards here, the wom
an hopped off and got away.
Three men taken from the train
were brought to State Police head
quarters for questioning and ap
parently they were witnesses to
the fight between Middleton and the
woman. They said the woman got
off the train in the yards here and
uie last tney saw of her She was
walking down the tracks.
At noon she still hadn't been lo
cated. Greek-Bulgar
Action Flares
ATHENS. Greece W A new
outbreak of shooting was report
ed on the jittery Greek-Bulgarian
ooraer mursaay.
A Greek Army communique said
Bulgarians opened fire without
warning Wednesday on a Greek pa
trol on Mount ueiies in ureet
territory, and the Greek soldiers
answered with machine guns.
The communique said a United
Nations team of observers had
gone to the soot to investigate.
Quiet had prevailed along the
border since last weekend, when
Greek troops shelled tiny Gamma
Island In the border-line Evros
River to clear a Bulgarian de-
tacnment irom ine disputed isle.
The Greeks said their Commu
nist neighbors have made no furth
er attempts to land on the island
CIO To Back
Stevenson
WASHINGTON Wl The CIO
formally threw its support to
Adlal Stevenson for the presl
dency.1
Election of Stevenson, the Dem
ocratic nominee, would mean "un
faltering continuation of the best
tradition and Ideals of the New
Deal snd the Fair Deal," the CIO
Executive Board declared In a res
olution. The endorsement had been ex
pected. The 46-man Executive Board
called tlie Democratic party plat
form on which Stevenson is run
ning "the most liberal, forward
looking and realistlo ever adopted
by any political party."
Telephone Sill
No. 2896
Arnall Says
Costs Will
Mark Record
WASHINGTON I Price Sta
bilizer Ellis Arnall Thursday
stuck to his prediction that the
country is in for another round of
price Increases that will send living
costs zooming to a new high this
fall.
The nation's price chief, who
plans to quit Sept. 1 told a report
er all the signs point to incKasing
inflation in the next three months
or so.
Arnall's fellows in price policy
making, Secretary of Commerce
8awyer and Economic Stabilizer
Roger L. Putnam, have discount
ed the likelihood of any big push
in prices.
PRICE BOOST
But Arnall said he believes the
steel price boost and rising wages
in other industries will provide the
spark to set off price increases.
"I still stick to my prediction that
living costs of every family will
go up at least (100 a year as a
result of the price boost for steel,"
Arnall said.
I feel that Is a conservative fig
ure because of other factors in
volved. Time alone is going to
prove that figure correct."
As a result ot ceiling ooosts ior
steel, aluminum and copper the
three basic metals Arnall's Office
ol Price Stabilization (OPS) is at
work now on an order to permit
fabricators and manufacturers of
consumer goods to increase ceil
ings.
PASS ALONG
Scores of the producers are be-
seiging the OPS with requests
for the right to pass along to the
consumer the higher cost ox mater
lute-
Many have asked permission to
raise their ceilings oy ine iuu
amount of the materials cost in
crease. In addition, they point out
that their labor costs and trans
portation rates have been going
up steadily.
Bomb School
Opens
At OTI
A two-dav school to train law
enforcement officers to handle ex-
Slosive ordnance got underway at
regon Technical Institute this
morning under tne airecuon oi
Capt. C. R. Ketzenbarger, of the
Sixth Army neaoquarters, ron
Lewis.
Assisting him are Sgt. J. H. Hays
and W. W. Baker.
The school will last tnrough to
morrow, and is to instruct officers
in how to disengage live bombs,
shells or time mechanisms which
would fire explosives in this area.
Only about half of the expected
20-30 persons were on hand for
the opening classes this morning.
They included representatives from
Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and
Lake counties.
As of this morning, onlv the
Klamath State Police contingent
was represented from Klamath
County, though officials said both
the Sheriff's office and City Police
Department here had been issued
special invitations.
The school is part of the overall
Civil Defense program in Oregon,
and after completion tomorrow, the
three-man instructor team moves
on to Roseburg, Eugene and
Salem.
Local X-Rays
Reach 7000
Technician Cliff Young has been
assigned to the X-ray unit installed
in the Countv School bus. Dr. Scth
Kcrron announced today, replac
ing George Hager who resigned
last week.
Meanwhile, the X-ray survey of
Kamath County passed the 7000-
mark, yesterday, and the mobile
unit Is in Gilchrist today on re
takes. There were 11 retakes slat
ed for that Northern Klamath
County town.
Public Health Nurse Naomi Mil
ler and Acting Supervisor of Coun
ty Health Nurses Mrs. May Spiers
are- assisting In the retake pro
ject, which Includes Interviews of
those recalled.
No case of tuberculosis can be
diagnosed from the films them
selves. Dr. Kerron said.
Tomorrow's schedule - calls for
the X-ray appearance at Kajplne,
not at the Klamath Nursing Home
as was originally scheduled.
X-RAY BOX SCORE
Vesterday S87
To date -1006
Goal I... 24,000
Tomorrow's Schedule:
Kalpine Mill, U.S. 97 South, 12
noon to 5 p.m., instead ot the
Klamath Nursing Home as was
originally scheduled.
Eisenhower
Says Offer
Is "Unwise"
DENVER Wl Gen. Dwlght D.
Elsenhower, the OOP presidential
nominee, Wednesday rejected an In
vitation from President Truman to
go to Washington for a confidential
Drienng on tne international sit
uation.
The general sent a telegram to
the President saying "It is my duty
to remain Iree" to analyze Truman
administration policies publicly.
and that it would be "unwise and
result In confusion In the public
mind" If he accepted the bid.
Gov. Adlal Stevenson of Illinois.
the Democratic candidate for the
presidency, was given a briefing on
internatlonol affairs at the White
House Tuesday.
He met with Truman and his cab
inet, and with defense and Intel
ligence officials.
CRITICIZED
The same day Eisenhower sharp
ly criticized the move. He said it
signified "the present administra
tion Is determined to nail down
through its hand-picked successors
every detail of the doctrines and
policies that have brought us to the
present situation of bewilderment.
Indecision snd fear for the future."
in bis telegram to Truman. Eis
enhower said:
As vou know, the nroblems
which you suggest for discussion
are those with which I have lived
for many years. In spite of this,
I would instantly change this de
cision (not to accept the President's
invitation) m the event there should
arise a grave national emergency.
inere is nothing in your mes
sage to Indicate that this Is pres
ently the case."
In Washington, Truman s press
secretary, Joseph Short, told re
porters "the emergency question
wss never considered. It never en
tered Into the Invitation at all."
INVITATION
Short said the invitation to Eis
enhower was sent to the general
Wednesday, but that It was "in the
works" before Stevenson's confer
ence with Truman at the White
House Tuesday.
In response to another question.
Short said Truman would not com
ment on Eisenhower's decision at
this time.
Truman has a news conference
scheduled for 3 D.m., (EST) Thurs
day. Short said both Stevenson and
Elsenhower will receive weekly re
ports on the international situation
irom the Central Intelligence
Agency.
Truman Included the offer of
these -reports in- his .-telegram
Wednesday to Eisenhower and the
general accepted that offer.
UNDERSTOOD
But Elsenhower said he. wanted
it understood that except In eases
where U.S. security is involved.
possession of these renorts will in
no way limit my freedom to dis
cuss or analyze foreign programs
as my Judgment dictates."
Release of the Eisenhower tele
gram to Truman confirmed a top
Democratic official's statement to
a Washington reporter Wednesday
that the administration Is willing to
keep the general abreast of inter
national developments while he
campaigns for the presidency.
The official, who asked not to be
named, said Eisenhower probably
already had been told that and he
had.
Short said the weekly reports will
be delivered by White House cour
iers and will include "briefs" from
Walter Bedell Smith, head of the
Central Intelligence Agency: Secre,
tary of State Acheson, "and the
other people consigned with the in
ternational and defense situations."
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
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