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Adopted; Marketing Order
Survey In Progress Now
- TULELAKE A nematode con
trol program was adopted by the
Tulelake Growers Association at a
general meeting, held this week In
the Pheasant Boom of the Sports
man's Hotel.
Hie growers voted to-accept a
control program oulined at an ear
lier meeting at the TGA potato
committee, Modoc and Siskiyou
county agricultural commissioners.
Rhee Wants
Van Fleet
SEOUL (m South Korea said
Friday it has offered a full army
division to fight Communism in
Indochina and it asked for help
Jrom retired U.S. Gen. James
Van Fleet. . .
The government Information of
fice, In a statement indirectly crit
ical 01 uie united states, said
ft had been asked to help fight
uie iteaa in ' two urgent appeals
signed by the cabinet minister of
me liaos government," one ol the
three states of Indochina.
A Communist Vletminh force of
10,000 men is driving south toward
laiang praoang, capital of Laos.
South Korean Foreign Minister
Pyun Yung Tal said in an inter
view that bis country has offered
a . division to antl - Communist
forces in Indochina fighting under
the French Union banner.
. A source in the French Ministry
of Foregin Affairs in Paris said
it had no Information on such an
offer.
In Tokyo the Japanese news
paper Nippon Times said Ameri
can Air Force units are flying
Final"- scale support airlifts for
French troops In Indochina, from
Japan via Formosa and the Phil
ippines. Shortly after the Pyun interview
President Syngman Rbee's gov
ernment Issued a sharply-worded
statement declaring:
, "From the United States we ask
only that it give us the services of
its great soldier, Gen. Van Fleet,
who performed such miracles in
creating the Korean army and in
Denting the Communists in Greece.
"We want Oen. Van Fleet to
come and help us organize our
own forces and at the same time
train and organize the armies of
Indochina. He could, with his tre
mendous energy, do both Jobs, and
we would cooperate by providing
our own army officers to help ini
me training or tne indocnlnese."
As commander of the U.S. 8th
Army until his retirement late' in
the Korean War, Van Fleet super
vised the training of South Korea's
army.
Pyun acknowledged in the Inter
view that "It Is quite probable"
Red China might retaliate to
transfer of Korean troops to In
dochina by dispatching one or
more of Its divisions to help the
Communist-led Vietnamese.
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THE GREAT NORTHERN was in line for the nine o'clock
special today when the roving cameraman caught John
Patterson, general clerk, and Earl Keeney, cashier, hard
at work.
a California state agriculturist and
farmers.
Measures adopted Include the
erection of roadside signs at all
major intersections in the Tulelake
area to read; "State law requires
all seed potatoes to be inspected
before planting." These signs will
be supplemented by posters placed
In all warehouses and other public
places.
Inspection stations will be set up
at advantageous locations on both
sides of the Modoc and 81skiyou
County lines and will be main
tained during the planting seasun
for uie inspection of seed and po
tato machinery being moved over
county roads.
All seed potatoes must be In
spected before being planted, this
inspection to taae piaoe m stor
age cellars wherever possible. In
spection slips will be issued show
ing that the lot inspected is free
of nematode and has passed in
spection.
At the meeting Monday night the
TGA members also voted to change
their bylaws to give the directors
authority to appoint a director to
till out an unexpired term.
Following the change In the by
laws the board of directors ap
pointed John Kandra Jr., to fill
the vacancy left by the resign
tion of Howard Dayton. Kandra
will represent the west side and
will hold the post until the annual
meeting in December.
The TGA also took action on the
proposed marketing order by ap
pointing a 21 member potato ad
vertising survey committee to con
tact all growers in the . district to
ascertain If they are In favor of
sucn an order.
This marketing order Is neces
sary If the Tulelake area is to
join with Klamath and Deschutes
districts In a promotional adver
tising program.
snr.uid- growers favor such an
oraer tney will be asked to con.
tribute tS each toward a $1,500 fund
to be paid to the California Bureau
of Markets for the setting up of
ine marketing order.
If the proposed order reaches
this point the Bureau of Markets
will then hold a hearing to deter
mine Just what growers want in
cluded in the marketing order and
to establish a tax on each one hun
dred pounds of potatoes shipped.
A referendum vote will then be
held and 51 per cent of the grow
ers who grow 65 per cent of the
potato crop or 65 per cent of the
growers who -raise 61 per cent of
the crop must vote in favor of the
referendum.
A board of directors will then be
elected and take over to operate
the marketing agreement In the
district subject to the approval of
the Director of Agriculture in ac
cordance with the Marketing Act,
Three or the mam phases that
the marketing order can control in
clude: Advertising and trade pro
motion; Market research and regu
lation oi graaes ana snipments.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Cloudy and occasional
rain through Saturday. Southerly
winds 26-30 miles an hour. High
Saturday 43; low Friday night 35.
High yesterday 42
Low last night 34
Precip last 24 hours .... .09
Since Oct. 1 9.87
Same period last year .
Normal for period
...... 10.27
7.36
CANDIDATE
POCATELLO, Idaho Former
Sen. Glen H. Taylor has announced
he will be a candidate this year for
the Democratic nomination for
U. S. senator.
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BRAND NEW HEADQUARTERS are all set for the city
county dog pound located south of town below Memorial
Park. These new buildings and runways will replace the
Victim Of
Accident Dies
Mrs. George Leon (Elfreida) Ste
vens died about 10 a.m. today fol
lowing almost three weeks hospit
alization for critical injuries re
ceived In a car-snow-plow accident
January S3. She was a native of
Milwaukee. Wisconsin, a resident
of Klamath Falls since 1928 and
was 68 at the time of her death.
Mrs. Stevens suffered multiple
fractures when a snowplow truck,
operated by Joy J. Laird, 4410 Cot
tage, was hit In the rear by a Pack
ard sedan operated by the Stev
ens.
The Stevenses assumed opera
tion of the Stevens Hotel, formerly
the Hall Hotel, at 402 Main about
three years ago.
Mrs. Stevens is survived oy ner
Widower, George Stevens.
O'Hair's Memorial Chapel will
announce the time and place of fun
eral services.'
GouzenkoSays
Yar Possible
WASHINGTON W Igor Gou.-
enko, the former Soviet Code clerk
who gave Communist espionage
secrets to the West, said Friday
the U.S.S.R. would bo at war with
the free world within 10 years "if
it is left up to the Soviet high
command."
But he added, In an interview
wiUi columnist-commentator Drew
Pearson, that "if you take the will
of the Russian people alone, in
dependently from their masters,
they wish peace will be forever."
The interview was recorded in
Canada for telecasting Friday
night. The text was made public
here.
Gouzeiiko went back over state
ments he lirst maae several years
ago, which were taken by Senate
investigators as corroborating evi
dence that Alger Hiss was an
agent of the Russhin government.
But Gouzenko said Friday, as
apparently he had before, that he
was never given the name of a
person described to him as a Soviet
agent who was an assistant to the
late Secretary of State Edward
Stettinius at the San Francisco
conlerence of 1945. That confer
ence set up the United Nations
organization.
Gouzenko said In the interview
with Pearson that a cipher clerk
named. Kulakov told him he
learned In Moscow "that the as
sistant of Stettinius is a Soviet
agent, but he didn't say her name
or-his name and I believe he didn't
know It."
Pearson asked whether "there
was ever any evidence that Alger
Hiss was associated with the Rus
sian spy ring."
Gouzenko replied, "To this I can
answer that I didn't have direct
evidence, but there were the words
of cipher clerk Kulakov."
Hiss who was an assistant to
Stettinius, Is now serving a prison
term for perjury based on his
denial that he passed U.S. govern
ment secrets to a Soviet spy ring,
State Department Firings
Bririg Out Review Of Tale
By WARREN F, ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON MV-Rep. Rooney
(D-NY) said today "someone in
the department must have leaked
the story" about the number of
State Department security dismis
sals effected under the Elsenhower
administration.
Newspaper accounts published
Wednesday said that in secret tes
timony before a House Appropria
tions subcommittee R. W. Scott
McLeod, State Department secur
ity administrator, had said that of
94 security dismissals, lust 11
could be attributed to reasons of
questionable loyalty. The first pub
lished version of this purported
testimony gave no indication of its
source. Later versions were attrib
uted to House members who asked
not to be named.
These House members also re
ported that Under Secretary of
State Walter Bedell Smith, testify
ing at the same time, told them
no active Communists had been
found in the department. He has
not commented on these reports.
McLeod, now on a Republican-
sponsored speaking tour, described
the flgurese attributed to him as
Inaccurate but gave no others.
"I think Mr. McLeod should be
back in Washington looking into
his own office," said Rooney, a
member of ' the subcommittee.
Someone in the department must
have leaked the story. The exact
facts in the matter will appear
when the hearings in Question ana
answer form are formally made
public by the committee. They will
speak for themselves."
A State Department spokesman,
told ot Rooney's comments, said
he had no knowledge of any
"leaks." but he added: "Leaks are
very difficult to control.''
While Rooney was thus accusing
the department of leaking prema
turely information given the House
group in confidence, newsmen
were scratching their heads over
a curtain of confusion. The confu
sion has centered around Mc
Leod and the question: Is he or is
he not subject to the Hatch Act,
which bars federal employes from
political activity?
For three days In a row, acting
department spokesman Jameson
Parker has been- Issuing some
times conflicting statements, in
written form, and then declining'
further comment. When pressed,
he will say he doesn't know the
answer but will ret it.
His problem seems to be that In
many cases wnoever nas uie an
swer Is In Berlin or elsewhere out
side Washington. With Secretary of
State Dulles In Berlin are Asst.
Secretary for Publlo Affairs Carl
W. McCardle and the department's
news division chief, Henry suyd
am. Suydam's chief assistant, Lin
coln White, is touring with Presl
dent Celat Bayer of Turkey.
Besides the case of McLeod,
there was some confusion over the
status of Ambassador Arthur H.
Dean and whether he would return
to Korea to resume preliminary
talks with the Communists for a
peace conference.
The department on Monday Is
sued a statement denying pub
lished reports that Dean was be
separate quarters formerly
county which were held
year.
ing replaced. After the Commun
ists demanded, in a note reaching
here Jan. 28, that Dean return and
resume negotiations, department
spokesmen said for several days
that a reply would go out snortiy.
It has not been sent yet, evidently
because Dulles Li dealing directly
with Russian Foreign Minister
Molotov and is holding up the
reply.
The snafu over McLeod's speecn-
making status continued for three
days.
in reply to questions about the
trip Tuesday, Parker told news
men McLeod il was not on leave
and was drawing his $15,000 an
nual salary, (2 was having nis
travel expenses met by the Re
publican National Committee 3)
was a presidential appointee not
subject to the Hatch Act, and (4)
had had his trip cleared by the
Civil Service Commission and the
State Department legal office.
On Wednesday Parker said tms
was Incorrect. Actually, he said,
McLeod (1) was on annual leave
with pay, (21 was having his ex
penses met by local groups and
not the national GOP, (3) was not
nresidentlal appointee, but . (4)
held rank equivalent to an assist
ant secretary and had been advised
by the department legal olllce ana
the Civil Service Commission he
was exempt from the Hatch Act.
Then reports were published yes
terday that the Civil Service Com
mission had told McLeod he was
subject to the Hatch Act, aitnougn
It had no Jurisdiction over his case.
Parker then put out a statement
verifying this report, and saying
the responsibility was the State
Department's.
As for the security dismissals,
Rooney wouldn't say what the ex
act figures were, but Indications
from other committee sources
were that the figure of u lor "loy
alty" dismissals ' was close to ac
curacy. Rooney said In an interview he
had nn reason to believe that any
one connected with the committee
divulged the Information, so "it
must have come irom uie state
Department."
Release of Girl
Stopped by D.A.
OREOON CITY W! Bonnie Lee
Kuhnhausen, 36, may not get her
freedom here in a few weeks as
she has planned.
The Oregon Supreme court over
turned her conviction on a second-
degree murder charge this week,
but Dlst. Atty. Winston Bradahaw
said he mlgbt take other action
against her.
Bradshaw said he might ask the
Supreme Court to hear the case
again. He said he thought it would
be possible legally to resubmit the
case to a grand Jury without plac
ing her in double Jeopardy.
Along with Elmer Dorscy Wil
liams, 28, she was convicted in
1952 of the slaying of Jalmar
Tarkla, 68. Williams Is serving a
life sentence.
Her conviction was thrown out
by the Supreme Court because she
did not get a speedy trial. The
Supreme Court vote was 4-3.
maintained by the city and
inadequate after survey last
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French Avait
SAIGON, Indochina in Guer
rilla forces of the Communist-led
Vietmln rebels who have been in
contact - for four days with -the
exterior defenses of Luang Pra
bang, 8 miles northeast of the roy
al Laotian capital, held oft again
Friday.
French reconnaissance has been
unable to establish any Important
contact with the Vietminh. The
French High Command said the
bulk of the Vletmlnh's crack 308th
Division is still in the Bac River
valley, about 46 or so mUes north
of Luang Prabang, but advance
elements of this outfit have been
sighted near the Nga River, about
id mues lartner aoum.
French' fighters and bombers
bombed Vietminh units in the Bac
valley Friday and Inflicted serious
losses on uiem, tne French com
mand said. Fighters also attacked
Vietminh forces in the Suong Riv
er valley, about 8 miles northeast
of the capital.
The command attributed the
slowness of the Vietminh advance
to supply problems. The French
recently destroyed enormous
stocks ot rice held by the rebels In
the Hou and Suong valleys In prep
aration for the current rebel offensive.
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THE NEWEST AND THE OLDEST Eagle scouts in the Modoc Area Council met last
night at a banquet honoring Boy Scouts ot that rank sponsored by the Elks lodge. Here
we have, left to right, Lloyd Seelcy Jr., the newest Eagle scout, who was awarded that
high honor at last night's court of honor; Estin Kiger, Exalted Ruler of the Elks and
Dr. Merle Swansen, the first man in the Modoc Council to be awarded scouting's highest
rating. The banquet was the first in a scries of such annual events in honor of the
Boy Scouts of America.
BERLIN Wl Soviet Foreign
Muusier v. M. moioiov demand
ed again Friday that the explos
ive issue of Trieste be included in
consideration of the Austrian in
dependence treaty, r
Specifically, he rcld - the Big
Four should spell out a clause
that the disputed territory at the
head of the Adriatic be demili
tarized, -r :
It now is occupied by British
American and Yugoslav troops
but the Western powers said last
October they were ready to pull
out and turn administration of
their zone over to Italy, Yugoslav
ia reacted oiueriy. . -
- The Russians tried -once before
to link Trieste with the Austrian
question. The West rejected the
iaea-men.- -
Molotov made what- his -too
aides had dcsorlbed beforehand as
new proposal" on Austria anon
alter rriaay's Big Four ; session
got, to. this last point on their
agenna. .......
Austrian Foreign Minister Leo.
pold Flgl appealed to the four
powers to. restore Austria's inde
pendence . without delav. In the
years since drafting of an Inde
pendence treaty began In 1S48 the
points of difference have been nar
rowed to five. Molotov's proposal
seems certain to cause further de
lay. . . .
Russia's linking of the Adriatic
port with the Austrian problem
nas oeen described before by
Western diplomats as a deliberate
attempt to block aereement. Vri.
day's proposal was regarded .in
mostquarters as no fexcepffcn to
una reasoning.
Among other "certain additions"
mat Molotov Drouosed were!
1. Insistence that economic nav-
mcijbs w nussia neimea in prev
ious treaty negotiations remain
unchanged, Flgl had appealed for
an easing of this "harsh and In.
equitable" burden. -
2. A new definition of tmnn
wiuiumwui, so woraea mat the
Russians could remain indefinitely
in Austria even after Austria, hu
Its sovereignty, , -
Tne Russian plan provides for
troop withdrawal from Vienna but
Molotov said troops remaining in
nusiria - wouin not be occupation
troops nor would thev interim
with internal Austrian affairs. The
legal status of these troops would
be determined by a special agree
ment cirawn up py tne four pow
ers with the padtlclpatlon of
Austria." :; ....
Thus, Molotov was seeking to
preserve the existence ot the Red
army on Austrian soU In some
legal framework. Once they have
hi leave, postwar treaties witn
Romania and Hungary would go
into eirect requiring soviet troops
to leave those satellite countries
also. The Romanian - Hungarian
garrisons of the Soviet army have
international sanction only as
forces protecting the line of com
munications to tne Austrian occu
pation force. - . -
Military
Needs To
Be Studied
By JOHN SCAM
WASHINGTON LB Diplomatic
officials said, today- the United
States has decided to give sub- '
stantlal military aid to Pakistan
regardless of India's angry pro
tests. i -.
An American military survey
mission, , they said, wUl go to
Pakistan to look over Its armed
forces and determine the amount
and type of military ..equipment
needed. - --. .
An announcement ot the' decision
probably will be delayed until
after Pakistan and Turkey" sign
a broad defense, ' economic and
cultural agreement, these sources
said. . .
The two countries are reported
to be negotiating the pact secretly,
with U.S. encouragement. ' The
agreement Is expected to be an
nounced formally within a matter
of days. Pakistan officials are said '
to be eager to conclude It before
next Tuesday's important provin
cial elections, hoping an announce
ment would , help Premier's Airs 1
party. -' . .-f --- - l--
Any American move to - arm ;
Pakistan would be certain to pro
voke bitter objections from India's
prune Minister Menru. . He nas
been mobilizing Indian subtle
opinion against any such American-Pakistan'
military tleup on the
ground it would upset peace in
Asia.. A. -
Top American State and De
fense department leaders, after
carefully weighing Nehru's views,
are reported to have decided to go
ahead with military aid to Pak
istan. They; are represented 'as
concluding that any backing down
by the United States now would
reinforce India's position, m Asia
us a potential leader of a bloc ef
countries; neutral In the sontest
between the Communist bloo sad
the free world. f . . .'
Encouragement of the Pakistan
Turkey negotiations reflects belief
that Nehru can object less . to
American arms aid it it goes to
support an snU-Oommunlst mili
tary alliance. -r .- :.
The Pakistan-Turkey agreement
Is looked upon as the nucleus tor
larger Middle Eastern defense
alliance which other anti-Commu
nist countries,- Including - India,
would bi Invited to Join. -
U.S. Hit Cv
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Winter Again
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS '
Clear and cold weather was the
outlook Friday for' most areas
from the Rockies to the Atlantis
Coast as a - fresh mass of cold
Canadian - air moved southeast
ward 'from the northern Midwest.
Temperatures dipped far below
zero in, parts of the Dakotas east
ward into Michigan. Coldest spots
Included International Falls, Minn.,
with 24 degrees below zero;
Qranstburg. Wis., -IT, and Duluth,
Minp.,,-15.
It was freezing or colder south
ward from Northern Texas to the
Carollnas with readings ranging
upward to the 60s along the im
mediate Gulf Coast. '
GeneraUy fair and dry weather
continued over most of the areas
from the Rockies eastward. Light .
snow or flurries feU In the Oreat
Lakes region, the Western Dako
tas and Montana.
In contrast to the fair and dry
weather east of the Rookies, there
wan rainy weather along the Pa
cific coast from Northern Califor
nia northward through Western -Washington.
Snow fell in the high
er elevations inland across the
Northern Rockies.
Temperatures west ot the Rock
ies generally were around seasonal
levels. - i
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