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' 1 1" i . rt mi 'i9i. n n pi t m jk. , i f:?v n ra n n r n n i n. f'-s ry m rr lilll ii i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 1 i ii iii'ii n ii ii i i i 1 1 i i . . i i i i 1 1 i i 1 1 i i 1 1 i i i i ill ' By FRANK JKNKINH ' From Kora: ' , The mum action In tin Korean war nut moved to th eastern Iront. redn Kinged heavy attack against tilled position and uiodd In taking two hills Jn lmrt order, ' Allltd forces counterattacked al most at onot. Thy stormed back to th top of on hill In just It minute. The 0Uwr height, known as Anchor Hill, took longer to ri , capture. But, aided by air support Ilia UN ttoopa (composed chiefly of Amerlcanai war able to retake tiw top of thi hiu Arran sav- AOJ OLOSK.O.UART1CR FICIHT ; 1 A prayer for today: ' n. ljrA 1 , AND A PKOOKAM Uiat will en KDI thea aona ol oura to know what they are dying lor and WHY. W- tumiu 1 1. ., I , II It t i lie - -. mvu mktd wr 1 1 1 1; to dl in agony tn battle for some thing they BisUKVK IN and un derstand, All history tell ua that. i let these men of oura hove that supreme faith and understanding an Uiat those of them who have lo ill may die In ponce of mind, knowing that llwlr lives have not ; oren uirown away. ; mm, . unr bvru, give lo illy humblo aon Ike,, when lie goos lo Korea, whataver Thou canal give him that will help to bring tlib bout for hla countryman, . Anten, ..'' ,i ' Fmin United Nmlnns hesrirtlittr. I Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vlnliiii.bu hmm uMi-ttMfl lit lltillj4 riion uiat adoption ol an Amerl can resolution bsckln the ON no , got i turn in Korea would ted lo ; eniiaiue of the true talks. He de clared It would also mean expau aioii of Hie Korean war. it uiklian uitlmalumr , or is it uiunr j miij'os we a netier (.all, it ana anywhere with pu" looting, Another question: Ja we huve in ll.hamh should i)k t'HE It if a situation warrant- Hit Una flkVMlni- mmth ,-11. .r5 fial appeal to be a RumIiii bluli and finding it waa an ULTI MATUM i or ahould w PUT IT ON ICE until Russia get oinT Ttiat la a grave, not a cynics! oucstton. There are two slues lo is BOMB business both of them nglcallyi aerlous. . Uut in question ought lo be answered. We ought to know where w going. , Let' close Willi thla litti, story from London: llrllish bobbles closed In quickly today on a man who alwuted "Hell Hitler" during the moment ol ell' em. on Remebraneo Day. A hug crowd had gathered and the Queen had placed the wreaih on the Onoiapn. The man also said; 'Tills la the day of Judg ment." .id so 11 was. Hi judye beloi ' v.iom h wai ten or dered a peyehlatrlo taaminatlon with lh comment: rbare might b aoaialhlng a lu ll J unauble In Ut man a mental rfipment." . That's British tolerance for yon. The Cenotaph la within eight of much ol the gruesome damage done by Hitler a bom bare during those awful months when the Craay Man ol Berlin waa aeeklng to bring Britain to hr kneea by Terror Irom the Air. Many of thoa who had gsiherad for the ceremony el Remembrance Day had eeoeped barely with their Uvea from the Terror and nearly all of them had relative and friends who HADN'T escaped. A natural reaction would hsve been to tear the man limb from limb, but Ih judge, aa so many British Judaea down through the i sirs have, lilt the right note with th euggeatlon that only a mental- lv unbalanced person could have shouted "Hell Hitler" at such an hour. route necoru iSSuietYeekend jTh lightest weekend of work tn tviemory was the lot of Ih Klam ath reus ponce Department una pant Saturday and Sunday. Onlv three arreata were made. compared to a usual two-day run of So to 40 or more. - One man waa jailed on charge ef drunk driving, following a minor accident on Market near Oak ear ly Sunday morning. He waa rrana Asheraft, M. of Route I Box (.11. HI MM Bulck coup hit parked truck. Ashcraft waa later released on 1100 bail. On man waa arrested for being drunk, another for runnjng a red light. Other police call were few and minor. Jack Partln, Portland, re norted a car Drowl early this morn ing. The top of hi 1WJ Oldsmo bile convertible, narked on 1th, waa alashed open and a light gray ault and topcoat sioien. Alorse Backs WASHINGTON r-Sen. Wyfl Mors of Oregon ha cast just a flash of light on how he Intend tn vote In th 3rd Congress: For the Democratlo platform' and against the Republican platform. Morse,, who bowed out of the Republican 'Prly to baok Demo cratic presidential nomine Adlal E, Stevenson' unsuccessful cam pain, appeared Sunday On two tele vision shows CBS ''Man of the Week" and NBC "Youth want to know." The Interview' centered . on Morse' new role a possessor of a key vote In the Senate session which open Jan. 1. ' With Morse a an Independent, Ih Republican hold 44-47 d'a In the Senate over the Democrats. . If Morse vote with th Demo crat, however, the - tie could be broken by Republican Vloe President Elect Richard Nixon, who will be Senate presidents Morse wss asked how h. would vol. Ha first deollned to aay, ob serving, "That's what a lot of peopio would Ilk' to know." i But later he (aid he would vote 1 against the Republican If they try to enact their platform, with the UN. Attack Drives Reds By MILO FARNETI 1 SEOUL; lMesday, Nov. 1IW Chinese Communist troop crashed through barbed wire de fames and fought' Allied defender In savage hand to hand combat on Porekchop Hill on the western Ko roen front early Tuesday. AP Correspondent William C. Barnard aald the Reds, number ing about 340. were beaten off with heavy casualties after a BO-mlnut Communist artillery barrage. . lied attempts to storm the west ern hill-top about seven miles southwest of Ohorwon came after 11 hours of savage close rang fighting on the eastern front, Some 1.300 North Koreans were driven off two atrateglo hill by counter-attacking" Allied defender. Tlio Red attacked, second graf TA. , ... - ., UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. Soviet foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vlxhliisky warned Monday that United Nations adoption of an American resolution backing up the unified command negotiator at Paniminjom would Inevltahly lead to collapse of the truce talk and expansion of the Korean war. More or lead) . , 8KOUL UP) Allied Infantrymen In 11 hour of savag close-quartet lighting today drove 1.W0 North Korean Reds olf two trteglc Wll on Korea's Eastern Front. : The Reds allacged in wavei a.tnAv Llht hehlnil k curtain Ol 4.000 rounds ol artillery and mor tar 'Ire. Ihey captured the crest oi Anchor Hill at a.m. and smashed to the top oi another nui to the south at :S4. . The U.N. troopa counterattacked almost Immedlauly. ' tormed back to the top o the second hill In lust minuies. , ; ! BITTER i m.. fniml,! mitu hltiee da termination Irom the lop ol An chor, but the Allies were not to be denied,. They reached the, too nt g a m. and closed with Ih Red. Allied warpiane awoopaa ww and pounded the Reda with bomb and Bearing killed gasoline. , 1 n.. n a Kluhih Armv (aid aiui.nr- firaat waa secured at :W a.m. . ' Elsewhere lltuo action wa re Dortrd along th IM-mll ground front.- AP correspondent Robert man reported uxiay im . . ... n wi a,lll mmvm Eighth Army commander within no day. Tucaman saiq iv ma vj vum. amT ...i.tiitwrrt WTCablv hinted n aionveraallooa tihPe Idem-elect Eiaennower wucis; vlsita Korea. ; van nr-ET . . Mui (mimJ fh rrnm Sun- A.t, mth Anna Rosenberg, aaala- lant. U. o. aecretary oi To th st of the Kumhwa .; . ii i . j -.iriiu nartv waa encircled by SO Chines 8urr night. The U.N. woope iotni way out or in w " grenade and chattering machine auns. They aald J4 of Ua Chin wr killed or wounded". ( ' . m mM Ih..iU MmhMV Bl- taC It cd ' Communist road and rati llnea during the-mgnt. -jtw u. o. nflh Air pore aaio vu ia roared deep Into North Korea In attack cat ld uppy oump,- Ship Strike Meeting Set ia vnANrasor) un Renra- aentaUvea of the A PL Sallora Un ion of the Pacific and the shipown ers' Pacific Maritime Association met Monday In an effort to settle a ala-day walkout by torn lt.OM sailor. ... ' At least zs an ids tn racuie uosn and Eastern porU have been blocked from sailing since the sailors storjped alanlng aboard commercial ahlo last Tuesday. The sallora are proiesung ine Wage Stabilisation Board' failure to anorova a atrlke-won five per cent wage Increase boosting base monthly pay irom sia monm in smi Th board, which has taken two Indecisive votes on the Increase, will discus the matter again. In Washington Wednesday. Federal Conciliator Omar Ho' kins met with the SUP and ship owners here. ... On tap wa a discussion whether the luxury liners Lurllne and Pres ident Wilson will be released to sail Wednesdsy from San Fran' Cisco for Pacific point, Demo Platform Democrat If they try to put their plattorm across. The Oregon legislator laid he can not envision himself returning to the OOP or Joining the Demo cratlo party, adding: "The kind of liberalism I believe In la. dead In the Republican party ' at least for the immediate future." He aald he expects Congress to "remain In the hand of the coali tion of reactionary Republicans and reactionary Democrats." He aald auch a coalition, plus a banding together ot "Liberals" In both parties, could lead to a realignment of party affiliation or, possibly, formation of a third party. Mora also predicted the Renub llcans will lose the 1B6S presidential election, but he would not forecast a Democratlo victory. He aald he plans to stand for re-eleotion In ldM a n Independent. i Government spending will tsy high for years. Morse ald, b oause of defense requirements. Promises of deep tax ont are misrepresentations, he contended saying: "The question I how,, and whom they (Republicans) 'Will pro pose to exempt from a fair ehar of tn burden." Off Hilltop II " J VF" rMSI x c Z IHeart Attack Vashinaton i( a fs ! Advance Liaison Men By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH AUOUSTA, O. W) President elect Dwlght D. Elsenhower' cliolc of Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge end Detroit oanaer Joscpn M. Dodge for key pra-lnaugurtlon as signments appeared today to as mire them major poala In the new Republican administration. Elsenhower yesterday named the Massachusetts OOP senator hla li aison man to work with the ex piring Truman administration In all .federal' agencies except one. To -the Budget Bureau as hi personal representative the general appointed Dodge, a Republican with a Ion record of fiscal and other aervlce In the outgoing Dem ocratic, regime, .,-). The team of Lodge ana Dooge, named alter they and other OOP leader conferred with the President-elect at hla vacation head quarter, plan to got lo work this week. , Lodge sal he will start his liai son assignment ' Friday, working out of his Washington Senate of fice. Dodge reports lo the Budget Bureau Wednesday. . , REPORTS Both men told a news confer ence they hope to have preliminary reports ready for Elsenhower when he confer t the White House next week with President Truman. That ....Inn umoMlMl hv TYitman will deal with International and domes tic problem aa they relate to the forthcoming change In administra tions. . . Truman also had urged Elsen hower to name 'liaison men. The President dnftled out the Defense nd Slate Departments and the Budget Bureau, but Elsenhower designated Lodge lo work with all lederal agencies "where such liai son msv prove useful In facilitating the Ira ruler of publlo business from th aid V Uie new adminis tration." .... Ledge, defeated last Tuesdsy In ng-.bld for a new Senate term 1 f Aartfda a lOfely Eisenhower cnalotfe g nrblnet post. He has oeen mention eo: lor aeeretarv OI defense or aecretary of state and th interim assignment the general gave him underscored the likeli hood of a major post later, . BUDGET Elsenhower associate who asked not to be named aald there ar strong Indication Dodge will be named director of the budget and inn tna joo win tag on more im portance from a policy-making standpoint than under the Demo crats. ,. Both lodg and Dodge will garv sb liaison men until Jan. 30. In auguration day. A alimlilcani feature of vaster- osys conierenc at Eisenhower s vacation retreat at the Augusta National uoi tiub waa the pres ence, of Sen. Eugene Mllltktn ot Colorado, who supported Sen. Rob. ert A. Tan of Ohio for the GOP presidential nomination. Milium was on nand tn two of ficial capacities aj chairman of the Conference of All Remibllean Senators and a Incoming chair man oi in tax-writing senate Ft' nance Committee, ist t aSLSta But perhap even more Impor tant wa hi background or nsv Inr- backed Tall against Eisen hower In the preoonventlon days. HI attendance recalled that Taft. after meeting with Eisenhower tn new York Jast Aumist. Indicated he had received assurances from th general that Tan peoP would be consulted when lt came time for appointment In a new admin lstratlon. The Colorado sens tor has been mentioned a a possible choice for (Centlaaed an Dag II Red Calls For Korea Parleys UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. UU Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky Monday called for crea tion of a U. N, commission on which Russia, the V. 8. and Com munist China would be Included to settle the Korean war. Other countries Vishinsky up Rested lor the commission were Britain France, India Burma, Swltierlsnd. Czechoslovakia, North Korea and South Korea, In a two hour and 31 minute speech to the U. N.'a AO-member political committee, Vishinsky turned down all compromise pro posals for settling the prisoner-of-war deadlock at Panmunjom and warned that adoption of an Ameri can resolution oacting tip me u. N. negotiators would wreck 'the talks and lead to protraction of th war. ' ; Weal her FORECAST Klamath Fall and vicinity and Northern callfornlai Cloudy through Tueaday with few scattered showers In moan tains, Soattered shower Tuesday with mow flurries In the moun tains. Lew Monday night IV high Tuesday 43. ' High temp yesterday r-.., W Law last night jtt Preclp yesterday . Sine Oct. l . ; .14 Normal for aerlod I.S7 Sam period last year ....v.....0i tkajtfsJas DR. AND MRS. GEORGE WRIGHT lcntr and right above) wera honored at a toecia! cere mony Saturday batwaen halves of the Klamath Union High School-Bane) football gm on Modoc Field here. Left above it Clayton Hannon, KUHS Student Body pretident, who' had just informed the large crowd that the high school's nearby batebalt and practice field, -proposed site of new stadium, had been named Wright Field in honor of the Wrights. Dr. Wright was th first graduat of th old Klamath Falls High School and h and Mrs. Wright hv been loyal supporter of th school here for mora thn 30 years. r- i ',i" "' . " ' ? Union Assassinated JOUET. III. The business agent of an Independent teamster, and chaufleur union' who aurvlved an altenrpt on his life a year ago wa foiu4 shot to death tn hi automo blle'WMwnW aaitvat ttetw Bund?. ' Btata. trooper .1i found the body of -Anthony Baldlno. , of auburban River Forest, raid bruise Indicated hi wrists and ankles had been tied and he had been beaten with a metal rod be fore he waa ehot twice through the head. Baldlno'' wife, Mary, AS, told police, her husband left home Bst urdsy afternoon, and telephoned her about 1 a.m. Sunday from Chicago saying he would be home In an hour. Slate police aald their records showed a bomb waa placed In Baldlno car, parked In front of a Chicago hospital. In October, 1951. it exploded, wnen lie stepped on the .starter but Baldlno escaped wun minor miuries. Rslrilnn's union Trsl 1t& wss on of sever! which broke away from the AFL Teamster Union In 1908. All but 70S . ultimately re turned to the AFL. The union la active tn Cook (Chicago) and adjacent lake coun ties. State police aald they were Inves tigating a possible link between the Baldlno slaying and an automobile accident In which two members of a rival union were killed late Sat urday night. The car In which they roae leu uie jugnway ana nit a telephone Pole. The crash wa about four mile from where Baldlno's car waa left, narked Just off th highway, with lucgnia on ana engine running. : Woman Freed Of Murder ! ALBANY, Ore. W Mrs. Mar- grethe Hansen, tried twice on a charge of slaying her husbsnd wa freed by a Circuit Court jury here early Sunday. The 611-year-old woman was ac cused of backing the family car. over her husband at their Corvallls home Sept. 8. 1910. 8he was con victed of first degree murder and sentenced to 111 Imprisonment In January, 1851. , . , . .. The State Supreme Court ordered a new trial, and it was held here unaer cnange oi venue. - -Throughout both trials Mrs. Han sen maintained her Innocence. Her attorneys aald . Hansen probably had been Injured elsewhere and had dragged himself or been brought to the, garage , where he died. The state contended that Mrs.' Hansen backed the car over her nusosna wnue ne was intoxicated. The verdict to free her wsa n.i It came six -hours-after the Jury received the case. The second trial jksicu ie nays. Troop Transport' Arrives Home , y SAN FRANCISCO lW-The trans port Oen. W. M. Black arrived Sunday with 1,511 servicemen from Korean combat.' . i The transports Oen, O. M. Rand all and Oen. A. E. Anderson ar rtva Monday-with 1.S54 military personnel irom racmc POtnt.s V ' Yl ft ' . K I "V. ' Coat Hanger Saves Life CINCINNATI UP Bobble Hen derson. 17. has a smsll burn on hi stomach. Police aald tL'WM I ... ! . . -I ...... ' f -- The bullet. Henderson said, trav- elled only two feet, but there were lour piece or ary weaning ana a providential coat hanger; between him and the pistoL Police held Thomas Baldwin. . for Investigation. They said he bad been drinking. Young Henderson told police Baldwin shot at him Sunday night without warning in a hallway in Henderson's apart ment bouse. ' The .32 caliber bullet nit the clothing the youth waa holding. passea uirougn it ana mi a wire coat hanger dead center. Th slug threaded itself on the wire and knocked the hanger out of the suit It was supporting without damag ing the sun. The hanger, twisted into a cork screw, punctured Henderson's clothing and burned his skin, the heat apparently coming from fric tion caused by the bullet's Impact. The same impact knocked Hen derson down. He found the bullet In his right trouser pocket. Armistice Day Program Set Tomorrow Is Nov. 11. Armistice Day, and local veterans' organisa tions have Joined together under the auspices of the Allied Veterans uouncu to present a parade down Main Street starting at 10:30 a.m. Downtown stores will close Irom 10:3o a.m. to 13:30 p.m. tomorrow but will remain open the rest ol the day. Agencies and offices which won't be open include: City Hall, Courthouse, Fostofflce, Bureau ot Reclamation, all schools Including Oregon '-Technical Insti tute. The banks and the state liquor Jtore. The parade, slated to start at the Klamath Armory, Is to continue down Main Street to the Court house where special services are to be held. The marching units are to be presented to onlookers as tney pass Fourth Street. The program. Includes the 'Na tional Anthem and an Invocation by Elder Harold Crocker, Reorganised? cnurcn or the Latter Day Saints. Speaker of the day Is to be Judge D. E Van Vector. The National Guard firing? squad la to salute the dead with three volleys, after which the traditional playing of Taps will be presented bv the American Lesion btialer. Elder Crooker will close the cer emonies with the benediction. The Herald and News Will pub lish as usual tomorrow. V. N. SPEECH VIENNA, Austria tfl Foreign Minister Karl Oruber will go to New York and address the United Nations General Assembly early next month,- Chancellor Leopold Flgl announcea yesteraay, "... ' WAR BRIDE ' i SEOUL, Korea The first Korean war bride to leave tor Britain Was en route there today. - She Is Kim Chung Sung, . Her husband is Corp. Geoffrey Bacon of Bristol. They met two years ago and were married last May COMMUNITY CHEST " tou can' Increase the , "value" of a dollar . by (jiving it to your Community Chest. , S 1 r fV'1 Van Fleet May; Resign SEOUL Utw Oen. James A. Van Flt. plana to-give up hla conv J1Uk 9f too jU. O. .1RUW A. lit. - "T" UnihojAlaJiveJif JSuoday Bight. - r His Dlans are uncertain. T rmav Mmr Otrtan with Dwigns B. Eise&nower wnen . too I'reai a era- elect vlsita here before the end of the year. Vn Fleet, a hard-flghtlng; Vet eran of World War H. the Greek campaign against Communist, guerrillas and la months of the Ko rean war, is 0. There have been frequent reports be would retire from active duty early next year. His press- adviser refused to comment on the reports and re ferred ' au 'queries to oen. J. Law- ton Collins, Army chief of staff. in Washington, Collins, too, refused comment. A letter written by van Fleet to n old Army friend In Washington was used as political ammunition In the recent, presidential, cam paign. The letter -expressed the gen eral's conviction that the South Ko rean Army should be increased and given more of the Korean front to hold against the Reds. Van Fleet oald Washington had not approved the plan. . Eisennower used we inter m support of his argument that a greater share of the fighting front should be turned over to Republic of Korea troops. . The Republican candidate was given a copy of the letter by Mrs. Van Fleet, who bad received It from her husband. Truman Likes GOP Envoys WASHINOTON President Truman- told' Oen, Dwlght D. Ei senhower Monday that his choice ot liaison representatives with the lederal government is "eminently satisfactory." . Eisenhower has named Ben. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., of Massa chusetts and Joseph M. Dodge of Detroit as his personal representa tives to observe government ao tivitiea pending the general's In auguration, aa president. January 30. ."..J., Lodge will be Elsenhower's rep resentative In all government de partments except the Budget Bu reau. In Which Dodga will be stationed. -The White House disclosed Tru man expressed satisfaction with this arrangement in a telegram to Eisenhower at Augusta, Oa. Truman also said he appreciated ansennower promptness in mak ing the appointments, according to Acting Press Secretary Roger Tub- Acting press Secretary Roger Tub- EVACUATION SEOUL, Korea WV-The Tar East Air Forces today chalked up their 250,000th air evacuation. The patient, whose name Was not announced, was flown from Korea lo Japan, SHOOTING HOURS , . V - November H k: V lOpen Close . 6:22 IM, .3:50 p.m. Rightists In German Vote FRANKFURT Ricrhtlst snri Fascist forces scored sharp gains and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's middle-road Christian Democrat party lost ground yesterday In local elections in three West Ger man states. ..-.-. In Lower Saxony, British, zone birthDlace of the outlaw Kml. like . Socialist Reich party (SRP), two former Nazi officials were named to public office. - Adenauer's chief opposition, the Socialists (Social Democrats) held uwir own ana gained? slightly .in some areas. , -.- The voting -wag. for 86,000 local and district offices r mayors and city and district counctlmen in the British-occupied states of North Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland pl atinate and Lower Saxony, ; Thou eh Issues wer larirelv local observers watched the results for indications of what lies In store for Adenauer's government' in next summer's national elections. flection oificials said final re sults probably would not be com plied before late tonight, but th votmar trends tho awtn the right, losses for the Christian Dem ocrats and some gains by the Socialists appeared established. in rightist trend benefited Adenauer'- three-oartv government coalition, even If it didn't help the Chancellor's party. The right-wing Free Democrat party FDP), sec ond strongest tn the Cabinet alli ance, picaed up strength. Th Communists lost consider. aoie ground everywhere. OUTLAWED 1b votinar returns Indicated that most of the 300,000 votes previously polled by now-banned SRp went to tn Bcruge party (BHE). This faction already has promised to dissolve once its members obtain damages tney claim- tor homes they lost to. the war. That would leav SRPs free, to linn nn with twhwssver develop s a, aubstrtuie UQr. wir own-amuawad -gteaip. - "o mum xigmwmgers caa burst ut the day before the elec tions with thousands of swastika a tarn peo? leaflet asking the voter to boycott the polls and 'patiently" await the return of aazlam. Hi it the Vote was- heavy. With election ui.ivinm vaumaiing oauot were cast by 76 per cent of the IS million eligible voters. -.Notable among former Nazis who won office were Wilhelm- Schep mann. former chief of Hitler's brawling VSA"-Brown Shirts, and Albert Gnadev once oast mayor of Oottingen. - Scbepman wa elected to Town and District Councils In Otfhorn and Onade was renamed to the Oottingen Town Council. Both points are m Lower Saxony. Wo Comics Somewhere between Chicago and Klamath Falls is aa en velope, a very Important one in many local minds. It contains this week' comic strip mats' for ' Bloadte, The Lone . Banger, Henry,- Clamor Girls, Jimmy Hatlo and Snuf fy Smith. It hasn't arrived la the mall yet. . Cenawiaently. The Herald and Wewa mast ga without these familiar panels ee it comic page at least this week, and extends aa apology te aU read er who claim favorites among them. . . . ....... , - sssssssssassssHsHssHK asssawyeii 'ie-aw .rwwriw y;R fflftr? ev4 zk Serial ! VI I I v FOLISHINft W the sid.w.lks m W. of thair itor. thi. mornifig war Jack Ptrn, Pylat Drug, end Jim Kannarly f Oregon Weoln Claims Life Of CIO Head By The' Associated Pre SAN FRANCISCO lift Phlllln Murray,; who rose from an immi grant Scots mine boy to become head of the CIO and one of the world's most nowerful and resneo. ted labor leaders, died yesterday of a heart attack. At 68 a veteran of half a cen tury's work In labor's cause, he was stricken In his sleep at San Francisco's fashionable Mark Hon- kins Hotel. His wife Elizabeth awoke to find him enrawled on the floor beside his bed. Twenty minutes later a physician pro nounced him dead. A priest administered the last rites of the Catholio church. Funeral services wU be held Thursday In Brooltllne, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Murray' body was put aboard a commercial airliner fHIULIP MURRAY lata yesterday. It was to be trans ferred to Chicago to a Pennsyl vania Railroad train, scheduled to reach Pittsburgh tomorrow. Although Murray bad not been in good health, bis death came a shock to friends, associates. and even his antagonists in some of the bitterest council table bat tles between management . and labor. - i:--. 1 .tn- ,.r; ., CONDOLENCB-'77T ";r"r-,t", ; 1 Telegram ot condolence poured in from all section ef the coun try .. . from President Truman and high-ranking government of ficials . , . from William Oreen of the AFL and John I. Lewis of the United Mine Workers , . . from Ben Fairies of Vt 8. Steel and Ben Moreell of Jones and, Lauglt lin. , . A thin, white-thatched man who never lost the faint Scots burr In his voice, Murray likewise never lost the ardor , of trade unionism from his heart. - '. A mine worker at tne age - of 10, he spent the night before his death at a meeting of bis United Steelworkers, whose presidency he held concurrently with the presi dency of the parent CIO. There, he spoke with energy: of labor's gains, promised "whole some support to any administra tion that has hi mind constructive measures for the common people." and defied "special groups" to take away labor a gams. While his advocacy of Roose velt New Deal and Truman "fair Deal" policies was well known. death sealed his position on future CIO politics. v AD LAI An early backer of Adlal Steven son for the presidency, Murray de-. lilll. U tlMHlIKU, in., b WK, niicu Stevenson and the supporting ClO'a Political Action Committee went down to defeat at the polls. ' L will indulge myseii tne lux ury of comment on the bedlam of the last three (election) months at the National Convention in Los (Continued on Page 4) ''to. S i V
