TO H
By FRANK JKNKINi
I'Vom London!
Freedom hm been restored to
llin Hint men uonvlctad aa nil ntnm
bomb spy. Jig In Dr. Alan May,
who lion been rcleuard Irum lirlt
, Mill Wormwood Horuba prison
alter serving six yeura hiicI olglil
liumthi at a ton-year aiiloiic. Iln
got three years and four niontlu
oil lor good behavior.
lis waa Irlod and convicted when
the exciting Canadian apy plot
waa cracked open back In 1040,
The dhpatch adds: ,
"Ur. Muy confessed to giving
aloinio secrets to Ruaal lor wliul
tin culled tile SAFETY OP MAN
KIND, llo would auy noUilhg fur
ther nbout the cano and never has
publicly repented hla deed.
"Iln la STILL an avowed com
munist." ))hl he get Oft loo easily?
Should ho have been kepi In Ju II
lur life
I don't know.
' Hut
Personally, I'm not much afraid
fil AVOWED AND OPEN commu
lUNtfi. We can (and undoubtedly Dot
watch lliein. The coinniica I fear
re those who atoy under cover,
ho carry no card, who sign n'
parly rolln who protraa to be
GHKAT LIIIEItAUl but bore con
atautly from within, like tcrmllcs,
to weaken and deatroy the Amen-'
can ayaicm.
'lliey'ro Uie dangerous onea.
I suppone you've noted the fart
Unit all the convict who, with
Inllnlta toil and patience, bored a
tunnel under tho walla ol the
Washington atalo prlaon at Walla
Walla a week alto and cacaped
re now Buck in custody.
There were tho usual mutterlnga
mat uiey were desperate and
would never be taken alive, but
with the rxception, aa I recall It,
ol one who tot ahot In the Jaw
m a or u Mi wnn ponce tney an
aubmttted moro or leaa lamely
worn caugnt up witn.
Most of them l( memory aervca
Iie right) made the mistake ol
coming over Into Oregon, whose
law enlorretnent agcnclca are
urnrrally able, alncero and honest
Where Hint cundllion exists, known
' crooka have llttlo chance to re
main at lame.
This 1 the point that Intrlguea
mc:
Why did these men toll and
lave and plan and contrive to dig
a tunnel under the prisons well
and then, alter havlnv escaped.
auonill more or leu tamely to re
arrest and re-mearceratlon?
It doesn't aeem to make aense.
1 think Uil la what happened:
They were HOMED beyond ta-
durance. They planned their ccaic
attempt iu nr.L,ia,va iu,llt
UOHEDOM. U I had to sunn, I'd
gue-a that moat of Ihene prlaon
lutkusea that have "paltered the
kMint page of Uie newapapera with
ISTiick hradJlnra In recent monlha
have had Uicir roots In convict
boredom.
What to da about II'
Aaain 1 have loonFeaI don't
know. I'm no aoclal science expert.
I n even a utile auapirioua ol a lot
of tlx flnt-ipun theorlea of the
aoclal acience sharps. I hold the
personal tiieory that Rood, hard
constructive work la the best pos
sible way to cure human mlatakea
and turning to crime la
TRAO10 mistake.
I think that If the Inmate of
our crowded penitentiaries were
given good, hard, CONSTRUCTIVE
work to do and paid a reasonable
wage which would be turned over
to them to do with aa they pleased
when they had aerved their terma
and were released our penal In
stitution would be MORE COR
RECTIVE and LEWS DEBAUCH
ING than they now are.
Atom Spy
Released
WAKEFIELD, England tfi-The
Western world' first convloted
atom spy. Ur. Alan Nunn May,
waa released todjiv from prison for
"good behavior" although he never
tt haa publicly repented handing
atomic secret, to Russia and at III
la an avowed Communist.
The slight 41-year-old physicist
waa aald bv an official spokesman
to have been freed from Britain's
grim Wormwood Scrubs Prison
"during the night" alter serving
. six years and eight montlui of a
10-vear sentence.
May was o o n v I c t e d and sen
tenced after the famed Canadian
spy plot was cracked In 1948. He
old tho court he slipped atomic
secrets to Russian agrnta for the
"safety of mankind." He would any
nothing more about the case.
Under British law, atilhnrltles
had to give him time olf for good
behavior.
Doctors Said
By Brodie
CHICAGO (J) The official word
on the Brodie Siamese twins to
day was atlll "no substantial
change, but surgeons were heart
ened by their tenacious grip on
life.
A spokesman for the Illinois
Neuropsychlatiie Hospital empha
sited that the condition of both
Rodney and Roger, separated from
their head-to-head connection 12
days ago. Is critical.
Roger, tho twin who lost his con
nection with their common brain
drainage blood vessel the anglttnl
sinus In the 13 hour 40 minute
operation Deo. 17, Is atlll In a
comn. Rodney, who has tho bene
fit of the largo vein and some
brain covering membrane sacri
ficed by Roger, Is alert and ap
parently near normal.
Both twins are receiving ade
quate nourishment.
The grent danRcr Is possibility
of Infection which could prove fetal
within a matter of minutes.
Roger, with virtually no dura
mater the membrane which en
otses the brain has a substitute
(Membrane of a plastic substance,
Jolyethylene, This Is covered by
a layer of aluminum foil. Over
this Is bandage.
Rodney, who hns about two-thirds
of the top of his brain covered
Grant! Jury Probes
Justice -U.N. Case
ny UAItlt Y V. HJVYIIKH
WASHINGTON lll Tho Justice
Department aeemed to want to
(lighten a New York grand jury
agiilnst making a reKrt on Com
miliums (in Uie United Nullons
stuff, a member of tho Jury testi
fied Monduy,
Clmrlfa J. Haraany, assistant
foreman of the Jury, auld both the
Justice and Htnte Departments
hampered the Jury's Investigation
o subversives among American
cltlM'ns employed by the U. N.
A number of U. N. employes
have been fired after thev re
fused to testily before a Somite
subcommittee also Investigating
Communists In the U. N.
Iliirsuny- testified ut the opening
of hearings by a House Judiciary
subcommittee looking Into reports
Ihat thr Justice Department tried
to interfere with the grand Jury
probe, ' i
Tie New York Juror auld the
Fill made Investigations ol U. B.
personnel but the Jury "had some
'4. T
MIRIAM 2UM WALT (topi
hai betn charged In Sitkiyou
County w!lh beating 9-year-old
Gary Glovar I bottom I.
The boy wai found tied to hit
bad at a boarding ichool at
Etna, Calif. Mitt Zumwalt was
haadmiitrest and inttructor at
tha ichool. Sh It free on
$1,000 bail, according to Dis
trict Attorney Floyd Morrill.
Morrill was Incorractly identi
fied at "Floyd Newton" In
Saturday! Herald and Newt.
Morrill laid tha boy'l body
bore numerous bruises and
that he was also suffering
from malnutrition.
Heartened
Twins' Health
with natural dura mnter, has sub
stantially the same head covering
as his brother.
Rodney has been taken off of
oxygen. Roger atlll gets supplemen
tal oxygen.
In feeding, the care or the twins
varies greatly. Rodney gels a nor
mal diet for a 15-mnnlh-old baby
strained foods, orange Juice and
milk. He doesn't like milk. He
drinks his orango Juice eagerly,
Roaney, because of his coma
wnicn nns been unremitting since
the operation Is fed through n
tube passed through one nostril
and down his esophagus to his
iHomacn.
Through this tube, he receives
about ono ounce of a formula every
,11) minion. His diet contains about
one-fifth water mixed with a com
bination of milk, a hluh nroteln
powder and eRg,
mere can be no short pull to
security lor the youngsters. They
will bo considered borderline risks
until they have withstood the fur
ther surgery which awaits thorn
to give them skull caps.
In the case of Roger, there Is
double hurdle. It may be a long
time Deiore ne regains conscious
ness. Doctors are only now be
ginning to be hopeful about, his
chances of recovering, ,
doubt" that State Deportment of
ficials hud relayed the FBI reports
to the U. N. organization.
Ho added that Htale and Justice
Di'uartment ofllclala labeled es
"conlldenllul" a list of Stale !
purlmcnl officials who handled the
FBI reports.
He said the Jury was unsuccess
ful In eflorts to get the names of
persona Investigated or me names
ol Htale Department ofllclala who
bundled the repurta.
Hursiiny's Jury disbanded Dec. 7
with a recommendation Unit a new
grand Jury dig deeper Into possible
Communist infiltration of the U.
N. stuff.
He testified neither the State nor
Justice Department seemed to
want Bitch a report filed.
He auld Myles Lane, U. B. at
torney for the southern district of
New York, asked the Jury to de
lay Its report when the Jurbrs first
discussed the Idea of making a
presentment last October.
Later, Haraany aald. Lane told
the Jurors If they made a finding
which mentioned names they would
stiblect themsrlvea to charges of
libel.
"He left a definite Impression
he wanted to frighten us against
nuking Uie report," Harsuny testi
fied. He said the Jury was told that
the FBI waa prevented from sup
plying directly to the U. N. In
formation regarding subversive
connections of U. 8 citizens hired
by Hie International organization.
The Investigating agency, he
went on, wus required to deal with
the U. N, through the State De
partment.
tiursunv said Adrian Fisher, le
gal adviser to the Stale Depart
ment, explained to the Jury that
the lumen It wanted had been clas
sified aa confidential and could not
be turned over to It.
llie Jury then appealed to a fed
eral Judge for an order toeing
out the Information. "But no de
rision was ever banded down,"
Haraany said.
All Escaped
Cons Taken
LAORANDE. Ore. i.fl A state
policeman curly toduy captured
Uie last two ol aeven convicts who
tunneled out of the Washington
btaie prison at Walla Walla a week
ago.
State Policeman John Yesger
spotted the two Robert Cameron
and Robert Palmer driving- a
stolen car east of here on Highway
30, near iaad canyon at u.a a m
Forced to stop, neither offered
resistance, Yeager reported t o
Stale Police Sgt. D. Caaclato.
Palmer had boasted earlier lie
would never be taken alive.
Neither wa armed, but a meat
cleaver waa found In the car,
1940 coach stolen near Bpofford
Ore.
Cameron, 37, and Palmer. 23,
were brought to the city Jail here
and later were Identified as tne
escaped convicts by two officers
who arove Irom walla walla. They
r el used to waive extradition.
Earlier, a search had been con
centrated In Uie Walla Walla area,
north of here, alter a man teniae
lively identified as Pslmer had
been seen driving an automobile
Palmer, Cameron and five other
convicts escaped Dec, 22 Irom tne
penitentiary Uirough a tunnel they
spent months digging from the
nrison powerhouse to the walls.
Tlie others were retaken within
seven to 72 hours.
Palmer waa serving a 3-10 year
prison term on a second degree
assault conviction. Cameron, ser
vlng a 9 'j-year term on conviction
ol assault with a deadly weapon
was eligible tor parole May S, 1953.
School Said
Privately Run
YREKA The boarding school
which llgtired In tho arrest and
charging of Headmistress Miriam
zumwalt is not operated unaer jur
isdiction of tne seventh Day Ad
vent Ists Church as first reported.
Saturday, a spokesman at Uie
church's Oakland headquarters told
tho Associated Press that the school
was operated by Miss Zumwalt "un
der church Jurisdiction."
Today, Carl Becker, president of
Iho Seventh Day Adventlsls Con
ference of Northern California, said
the school originally sponsored by
the church was at Fort Jones but
was not operating this year. Miss
Zumwalt, Becker aald, Is operating
her own private school at Etna,
13 miles irom rort jonea.
It was at this school Gary Olover
was found tied to his bed and suf
fering from severe bruises and mal-
nutrition, according to District At
torney Kloyd Merrill. Miss Zum
walt has admitted whipping the
uoy, Aiorrui sum.
CASUALTY LIST
WASHINGTON 11 The tlefense
Department todav Identified 42
casualties or the Korean War. A
new list (No, 7101 Included 7 killed,
.u wounnen, i injured accidentally
ann 2 missing.
SHOOTING HOURS
DECEMBER 30
Open 7:06 A.M.
Close : 3:43 P.M.
Price rive Cfflta If Page.
Judge P17
Le
Of i-1 Law
nUFTAI.O, N. Y. (jfl Federal
Judge John Knight Monday de
clared constitutional the Injunction
provision ol the Tall-Hartley Labor
aci.
Ills decision came as he granted
the government an 80-day Injunc
tion under the act, restraining
workers from continuing a strike
at Uie Dunkirk Dlant of the Ameri
can Locomotive Company,
The action contested by the CIO
United 8teclworkers Union, was
the first direct court test of the
Taft-Hartley Act's constitution
ally.
The government harf aoutrht an
Injunction to keen Uie suddIv of
nicaci-piuied pipe, vital to atomic
energy work, flowing from Uie
Dunkirk plant.
MARCH 2
Knight ordered the workers to
stuy on their Jobs until March 2.
Knight said the strike could not
continue because It affected the
health and security of the nation
The plant's 1.500 employes struck
Aug. 29 but returned Dec. 12 after
Knight issued. In district court.
temporary Injunction under the
Toll-HarUey Act.
The CIO-U8W has said It would
carry the case to Uie U. 8, SU'
preme iuri u necessary.
Arthur J. Goldberg- of Washing-
ion, general counsel ol the CIO,
contended In arguments before
Knight Dec. 18 that the Injunction
clause was unconstitutional be
cause: r
ARGUMENTS
1. It gave the courts power to
step into a case that did not In
volve a legal dispute.
3. II gave the courts supervision
over a purely administrations! func-
uon of government.
3. It subjected the courts to au
pervlsion by administrative offices
ol government.
Counsel for ALCO, also a de
fendent In the case, did not dis
pute Uie government's request for
we injunction. .
Edward H. Hickey, epeclal as
sistant to the U. 8. attorney gen
eral, argued that the courts long
nad recognized mat the govern
ment had an Interest In any strike
aueciing the general public Inter
est. Minor Mishaps
Plague County
Two men were brought to Klam
ath Valley Hospital this morning
for treatment of minor Injuries re
ceived when a car spun out of con
trol and tipped over On U.S. 97
north near Spooner'a Service Sta
tion. Walter Person. 32, of 2333 Biehn.
sulfered a broken collarbone, and
Angclo Milan!, 38. 2000 Union, was
bruised. Both were brought to the
hospital bv Kaler's ambulance.
Two other men were not injured.
They were employes of the South
ern Pacific, going to work at Cfulo
quin. The car, a 1839 Ford, was driven
by Henry M. Wagner, 809 Owens.
Ice on the highway caused the ac
cident, state Police said.
Early last night a cow and a
calf were struck and killed on U.S.
97 Just south of the Chlloquin
Junction, and a 1950 Chevrolet con
vertible driven by Earl A. Berndt
of Mcdford was damaged. There
were no Injuries.
The cattle belonged to Sandy Mil
ler or Chlloquin.
Edwin Lee Gerrue. 21, of 18 Ne
vada, was arrested by City Police
early Sunday In connection with a
reported hit-and-run accident or.
Main Street.
An automobile driven bv Gale
Collins, 1903 Laurel, was side-
swiped by g passing vehicle near
the Baldwin Hotel, and Collins de
scribed the second car as a 1952
Chevrolet convertible, blue In color.
Such a car waa located bv no-
Mce some time later, parked In
ironi ot jean s col ice snop on
Main. The right side showed dam
age. Ocrrue was taken In custody
as the driver, and was booked for
failure to stop at the scene of an
accident, having no vehicle license,
and for being drunk. He posted
3120 ball.
This mornlnir In Munlclnnl Court
Gerrue was fined 315 on the drunk
charge, pleaded not guilty to the
OU1C1 s.
)'oung Driver
Crashes Car
DETROIT lift A reckless driver
scm nis car careenino- across a
awn ana rigm into a house Sun
day. But although he had no driver's
license and grinned broadlv when
he surveyed the damage, nolice
didn't ticket him. The driver. An-
thony Wldby, Is only 2 years old.
His father. Jack Wldbv. hail left
;he toddler alone in the car for a
moment. Antnony climbed behind
the wheel, turned a key and pushed
a eonplo of buttons, with results
disastrous to the car and the home
of Mrs. Helen Pattenaudc, his
family's next-door neighbor. An
thony aullercd only a bruised fore-
bead.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
e to Meet Taft, Senate Leaders
! For Talks on Legislative Program
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITII
NEW YORK 1 President
elect Elsenhower meets Tuesday
with Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio
and other OOP Senate leaders to
discuss the new administration's
legislative program, Including the
question of whether to continue
wuge-prlce controls.
Elsenhower's press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, announced
Monday that Elsenhower and the
Senate leaders will get together at
a luncheon conlerence (12:30 P m.
EST! at the general's Commodore
Hotel headquartcra.
In reply to questions. Hagerty
said he had no information regard
ing a published report the Senators
plan to seek Eisenhower's views
on the issue of changing Senate
rules to make It easier to limit
Senate debute.
Hagerty auld that matter Is not
on Uie agenda, and he suggested
newsmen ask the Senators In
Washington whether they plan to
take the initiative in bringing up
Uie debate limitation matter.
(In Washington. Republican Ben
ate leaders let It be known they
will discuss the whole subject of
Holiday Toll
Claims 725
By The Associated Press
More than 700 Americans were
killed in accidents durinir the four-
day ChrisUnas holiday period.
The toll was heavy but It did
not exceed the previous record.
The total of fatalities during the
103-hour period between 6 p.m.
Wednesday and midnight Sunday
(local tune) was 725.
This included 539 traffic deaths.
82 lire deaths and 104 deaths at
tributed to a variety of other ac
cidental causes.
The all-time high for accidental
deaths during a four-day Christ
inas nonaay period isu waa
attained in 1951.
The record lor traffic fatalities
5S6 avasi set during the four-day
Christmas holiday period in: lust
National Safety Council statistics
for the first 11 months of 1962
showed that traffic deaths aver
aged 102 for every 24 hours.
This Included victims who died
of injuries days or weeks after
tney were injured.
The average death toll for a 102-
hour period would be about 433,
which would be tar under uie num
ber recorded during the 120-hour
Christmas week end.
The total fell short of the coun
cil's Dre-holidav estimate ot 590
traffic deaths.
Ned H. Dearborn, council presi
dent, said the traffic loll came
traalcallv close to the ad
vance estimate. He added:
"The important thing now is
are we going to go out and do Uie
same thing all over again as we
celebrate Uie New Year? Or are
we going to learn a lesson from this
terrible Christmas tralflc toll tho
lesson that death takes no nou-
day?
"The New Yeor traffic toll can
be held to hall tills Christmas toll
U each of us will drive as u our
life depended upon It, Believe me.
It dos."
Six Killed
In Oregon
ntr The Associated Press
Th. wlndun of the four - day
Christmas holiday claimed six
lives in Oregon.
Fjur were lost in tratlic crasnes.
a 37-vear-old sollor. A. J. Henke,
nome at Qreshum on leave from
the Navy, was thrown to nis oeaui
Sundav night in a traffic collision
a mile east of Gresham. He
landed on the pavement and was
Ktmcir hv a third car.
W. I. Graham, 62, Sheridan feul
distributor, died Sundav night in a
McMlnnville hospital of injuries
suffered Friday night In a car-
truck crash on Highway 13. three
miles east of Sheridan. His com
nnnion in the ear. Edward Munson
also of Sheridan, and the truck
driver, Clvde Tllden, Sheridan,
suffered minor Injuries.
RnrltPf Sundav. a fire in a
trailer house at Portland killed the
lone occupant, Joseph Ray Bosart,
41 Portland. Firemen said he
apparently fell asleep while smot
ino, a riffnrette.
All the deaths came on the last
two days of the long Christmas
holiday.
Thomas wale, lo. ot toos uby.
was killed Saturday when a car in
which he waa riding plunged off
the highway into Coos River. Two
others In the car, Carl Dyer, 16.
and William Orchards, IS, both of
Coos Bay, were rescued bv passing
motorists who dived into the water
and pulled them out of their sub
merged car. Nale's body was found
when the car was' towed out.
The.car was a Christmas gin to
Dyer from his father.
Robert Lee Eldrldgei 29. ot
Arlington, was killed when a pri
vate plane ho was operating
crashed near the Arlington airport
Saturday, A passenger, James
David Bauman, is, was cruicauy
Injured.
Mrs. Mark F. Wright, Medford,
was killed Saturday In the collision
of her car with a Southern Faclflo
freight train in Medford,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1962
filibusters and civil rights legisla
tion with Elsenhower.
(In Clarksburg, W. Va., Ben.
Taft said the discussion with El
senhower probably will Include
price-wage controls and last week's
announcement by Premier Stalin
he is favorably disposed to confer
with Elsenhower.
(Taft said he did not know all
the probable topics of discussion,
adding, "The General will bring
up the subjects we will discuss.")
Besides Taft, who Is slated to be
majority leader of the new Repub
lican controlled senate, Elsenhow
er will meet with:
Sens. Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire, who will be president
pro tempore of the new Senate;
Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado,
chairman of the conference of all
GOP Senators: Leverett Ballon
null of Massachusetts, who was
assistant minority leader In the
last Congress; and Milton Young,
of North Dakota.
Eisenhower, it was learned, has
instructed a group of advisors to
come up with recommendations on
wneuier uie new aomuusirauon
should ask Congress to extend Uie
wage-price curb authority ieyond
Mayor Fete
Due Tonight
Horseplay Is to be the principal
order of business at the testimon
ial dinner for Mayor Bob Thomp
son this evening. The event is
scheduled for the Willsrd Hotel
Banquet hall, 6:30 p.m
The dinner la open to the pub
lic and tickets may be purchased
at the Chamber of Commerce, city
clerk's office or at the hotel this
evening.
Thompson Is leaving the mayor's
office Dec. 31 to devote his time
to his business, the Pioneer To
bacco Company. He Li to be suc
ceeded aa mayor by Paul Landry.
Finletter Sees
By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON Ml American
rocket experts and military scien
tists are moving closer to the time
when they can fire a missile so
high ft will never return to earth.
The latest hint of this step to
ward Uie eventual development of
an experimental saiei:. to move
around tne earth as does the moon
came in a recent address by Sec
retary ot the Air Force Finletter.
The secretarv said he foresees
the developemeht of rocket engines
producing 500,000 pounds of thrust.
With such a propelling force, he
estimated, a speed of 20,000 miles
an hour will be reached. The alti
tudes reached by such rockets
will, of course, take them out into
space," he added.
This estimate was somewhat un
der the 25.000 miles an hour which
many scientists estimate will be
required to accelerate a rocket to
Uie point where momentum would
carrv it across the boundary of
earth's gravity.
The first objective in creation of
an unmanned, artllicial satellite
would be to provide an eye-in-the-skv
with which to watch what hap
pened anywhere in the Northern
Hemisphere as the satellite orbited
around the earth. A kind of camera
linked electronically to the earth
would serve as the eye, scientists
say.
While scientists think thev have
solved many of the major engi
neering projects for getting an
artlfical satellite aloft and on sta
tion in space. It would cost big
money. Estimates range from
three to five billion dollars for
even a comparatively modest un
manned satellite.
But the building of a test missile
to prove .whether an object can be
fired into space presumably will
cost considerably less. It probably
is much nearer attainment.
State May Draft
19-Year-Olds
PORTLAND HI Oregon may
draft its first 19-year-olds In Feb
ruary to meet the estimated state
quota oi 400 to sou men.
Major Oen. Thomas E. Riles.
state selective service director,
said there probably would not be
enough 20 -year olds to fill the
quota.
The exact number of men to be
drafted In the state In February Is
not known yet. ine estimate oi
400-50O was based on the national
quota of (3,000 men for February.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy, followed by light snow
Monday afternoon and nhjht; Tues
day partly cloudy with snow flur
ries, high both days 36, low tonight
25.
High temp yesterday 31
Low last night 13
Preclp yesterday T
Since Oct. 1 . ..5.03
Normal for period ... 4.411
Same period last yr . 1,81
Space Rocket
Telephone 1U
No. 2018
April 30, when the present law ex
pires. Tuesday's Elsenhower-Taft meet
ing will be their first since Taft
criticized as "incredible" the gen
eral's appointment of Martin Durk
ln as secretary of labor In the new
administration.
That appointment and others by
Elsenhower reportedly irritated
some GOP senators who felt the
Elsenhower headquarters had
failed to check such appointments
through the usual Senatorial chan
nels. Hagerty was told Monday there
have been reports Eisenhower has
promised Senators key appoint
ments will be so channeled in the
tuture.
"I would think that would be
matter of course," Hagerty com'
mented.
As for the recommendations Ei
senhower haa asked on wage-price
controls, an informed source who
asked not to be named, said the
advisory group has been studying
"the whole complex matter" for
some time, but has not reached
even a preliminary decision.
(Continued on page S
Mac Rebuffs
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NEW YORK Wt Gen. Dour!
MacArthur's description of a state
ment oy president Truman as "in
accurate' and misleading" today
started - anew the controversy
around the general's ouster as Far
East commander.
MacArthur, in a statement is
sued here last night, iook issue
with a reported comment by Tru
man that he relieved MacArthur be
cause the general "wanted to in
volve us in all-out war In Uie Far
East,"
The United Press quoted the
President as making the statement
Saturday in an interview he gave
to Its White House corresnondent.
It was one of a series of year-end
interviews granted by the Presi
dent to White House newsmen
1 In Washington last night. White
House Press Secretary Roger
4uvuj bam a i u man wouia nave no
comment on tne MacArthur state
ment. Tubby said the President
"made his statement and is stick
ing oy it."
Courtney Whitney, retired major
general and a top aide of Mac-
Arm ur.-gave oit Uie latter s state
ment. It said in full:
"President Truman's statement
yesterday (Saturday), as reported
in Uie press, that I 'wanted to in
volve us In an all-out war in the
far fcast is inaccurate and mis
leading. "My purpose and desire was not
to extend the war but only to end
it. At that time, this could have
been accomplished with only a
fraction of the approximately' 70,
000 American battle casualties
which have since resulted. Actu
ally, the longer It lasts Uie greater
Uie chance of Its spreading. How
anyone could use such a bloody
drama as a means of self-glorification
is quite beyond my com
prehension." It was not made clear whether
the "self-glorification" remark was
aimed at Truman, or was intended
by MacArthur to point up his own
position in Uie controversy.
MacArthur. now chairman of the
board of Remington Rand, Inc.,
was fired by Truman April 11. 1951.
Truman then said in a formal
statement that he concluded Mac
Arthur "Is unable to give his
wholehearted support" to U. S.
and United Nations policies in
Korea. I
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GINO MOROSIN (left), 21 1 1 White, and Jack Met (right),
' 1630 E. Main, art today's Jpeeiali.
U.N. Planes,
Land Forces
Strike Reds
SEOUL, P) Chines Reds
stung by one of the heaviest Allied
air strikes against single North
Korean target since last August,
struck back with a ground assault
on the Central Front Sunday night.
Dug-ln U. N. troops drove them
back In pro-dawn darkness Monday
morning.
The war slackened off Monday
to a verbal offensive In which Uie
Reds urged Allied soldiers to sur
render and enjoy a "big New
Year's celebration'' in North Ko
rea.
Cloudy skies and snow squalls
grounded most U. N. warplanes
and gave the Reds a respite from
hammering Allied air blows.
SABRE JETS
Sabre Jets Datrolled Mia alley
but found no Red warplanes.
The Air Force hurled a 200-plane
raid on a sprawling Red supply
center near Pyongyang, the North
Korean capitol, Sunday, sending
clouds of black smoke billowing
high.
The Fifth Air Force said Its
bombers and lighter - bombers
struck hard at troop billets, bar
racks and supply buildings.
Many secondary explosions were
touched off, Indicating ammunition
dumps had been hit. -
Protective 8abre Jets destroyed
two MIGs, probably destroyed a
third and damaged a fourth, the
Air Force said.
U. S- B-29 SuperforU roared
across Uie Sea cf Japan Sunday
night and dropped 120 tons of
bombs on a Red airfield at Pyong
yang. The Superforts cratered a 3.800
foot sunway, which the Air Force
said might be used by nuisance
type Red planes.
TRAFFIC ' '
B-28 Invaders kept up the pace
with attacks against Communist
road and rail traffic.
The Air Force said 35 trucks
and 13 box cars were destroyed
and one locomotive was damaged.
The Red ground attack hit Allied
positions on Rocky Point, a spur
of Snioer Ridge Just before mid
night Sunday.
The Reds hit first with two Wa-
toons. then built up to company
strength about 200 men.
For five hours the crack or rifle
and machine gun fire echoed over
the frozen Kumhwa ridges before
the Communists fell back In the
face of massed Allied fire.
The Reds hauled their loudspeak
ers up the Central Front Monday
night and asked TJ. N. troops to
"come North and Join relatives and
friends."
Crater Snow
6 Feet Deep
Snow depth at Crater Lake -to
day humbles many folks who have
complained about it In the Im
mediate Klamath Falls area, but
even up there It's nothing this year
compared to last.
It was snowing this morning when
Asst. Chief Ranger Bernie Pack
ard reported two Inches of new
snow during the night had brought
total depth on the ground to 75
inches that's six feet, three Inches
of snow.
But one year ago today mere was
118 inches of snow on the ground
exactly 13 feet, one Inch. That's
twice as high as any average
automobile.
The year's largest Influx of
skiers took to the national park's
snowy slopes yesterday. Packard
reported 68 skiers passed througn
the park's gates among the 340
visitors arriving mere in m auun.
He said highway 62 through Uie
nark is ooen todav with chains re
quired. The Annie Springs to the
Rim road was closed for plowing
this morning, though it was open aU
dav yesterday for the 3kiers.
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