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By FRANK JENKINS
In the dining room of the San
Francisco hostelry In which this is
written, there is a tableful of Ko
reans. In stature, they are short
and chunky. Linguistically, they
speak English, easy, Idiomatic
English. So well-grounded are they
in our tongue that they THINK in
English. This is indicated by the
fact that they use it in their con
versations among themsevles, sel
dom dropping into their own
language.
In manner, they are hearty and
cheerful and give out on. the slight
est provocation with care-free
laughs that bubble up from their
lower diaphragms.
They, are obviously enjoying life
Well, why shouldn't they be
nappy?
They are over here learning by
observation of our country and our
government how to run tnelr coun
try and their government.
And WE are paying the bills.
People . the world over are In
clined to be happy and cheerful
when somebody else is picking up
the cneck.
But
Speaking a trifle cynically
I can't help wondering if they
can learn much of REAL value
from us about how to run the af-
fairs of an ancient state like Korea.
Korea is old and worn and ex-
hausted. Extravagant rulers have
been milking the people for taxes
lor tnousanas 01 years ana spend
ing the money on such trappings
of royalty as palaces and monu
ments. The poor devils of Koreans
who pay the taxes are earning
their tax money in the crudest of
ways, with a 'minimum of machin
ery and a maximum of strong
back labor.
r In Korea, as in all of Asia, the
good things of life are for the
smart people, those who know how
to wangle situations to their own
benefit in other words, the POLI
TICIANS. (After all, you know,
kings and emperors and dictators
and such are just smart politi
cians.) Politicians everywhere practice
the trick of bedazzling the people
with the trappings of Big Govern
ment BIG palaces, BIG parks,
BIG DAMS, and so on. ALL of
them run by Big Government
which means the politicians.
As this old world goes, we re
still young and brash and new,
We're still kind of like the second
generation that inherits a big farm
whose soil was rich and lushly
productive when It was first home
steaded by some able, hard-
headed, Intelligently tight-fisted,
practical old realist who knew how
to say NO when some city slicker
tried to sell him something that
was snowy nd flashy but on the
impractical side. I wouldn't go so
far as to say that these old-timers
who homesteaded our country
- didn't often WANT the things the
city slickers were trying to sell to
them. They undoubtedly did want
them. But they seldom had money
enough in the bank to PAY CASH,
and when it was suggested that
they go in debt for it put it on
the cuff, leave It for future gener
ations to pay, etc.-they just blew
up and showed the city slicker the
xront gate.
We of the second generation have
inherited the farm. We know it's
worth a lot of money. We can't
see any good reason why we can t
have what we want especially In
view of the fact that plenty of
people are willing to lend us a lot
of money.
And
We're bedazzled by what the city
slickers have to sell.
So we go ahead and put it on
the cuff. , .
That goes for the BIG GOVERN
MENT the politicians are persis
tently selling to us. We're be
dazzled by its bigness, its glitter
ing magnificence. ,
So we buy Big. Government
and put it on the cuff. We've al
ready put 280 BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF IT on the cuff.
We're not too unlike the Koreans
and the other Asians who for hun
dreds of generations have been
falling for the bedazzlements of
(he politicians who call themselves
kings and emperors and dictators
and such.
So
I'm not too sure but what we're
on the wrong track in bringing
these Koreans over here (at our
expense) to learn by observation
j of our government how to run their
j government.
I think maybe it might be better
if we sent envoys over there to
learn by observation what happens
when the people permit the politi
cians to run things for hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of
years.
I think the lesson. If we heeded
it, might be very good for us.
Repairmen
Reach Safety
UPPER LAKE (UP) Two tele-
pnone repairmen feared lost In
rugged, snow-covered mountains
near here reached safetv vpster-
day after spending a cold, hungry
mem in a aeserted lodge.
The men, Tom Stanley. 28, and
Don DeBolt, 25, both of Lakeport.
became the objects of an air and
ground search when they failed
to return home Saturday after
going out to work on a private
telephone line.
They showed up at a ranch in
Clear Valley near here yester
day afternoon after a walk through
snow-covered hills from the de
serted Crabtree Lodge where they
spent the night in 20-degree
temperature.
"It got dark and we decided to
spend the night there," Stanely
said. "We kept a fire going aU
night to keep warm and made
some coffee we found there. But
there was no food and no Man-lets."
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PREPARING FOR THE annual "Mothers March On Polio" To
morrow night were these three women, Mrs. Orson Sterns,
background, Mrs. Brick Patterson, left, and Mrs. Cecil Finney,
right. The march .will be held from 7 to 8 o'clock. All residents
are asked to turn on their porchlights to signal a donation to
the March of Dimes campaign. Volunteer workers needed for
South Suburban area and Conger and California avenues be
tween 7 and 8 p.m. Contact Lei a Woods, phone 6185, or Tom
Perkins, 2-3454.
Ten Women Perish During -Baltimore
Church Gathering
By LOU PANOS
BALTIMORE W Ten women
perished in a mad dash for the
exits Sunday night after fire
touched oil panic in a nan lam
med with a church crowd of about
1,000.
One of the dead was identified.
The other nine bodies were be
lieved those of women whose fam
ilies had reported them missing,
More than 200 were Injured in
the frantic clawing, shoving and
trampling which erupted as the
swiftly spreading flames consumed
Arundel Park Auditorium on the
south edge of Baltimore.
Red Cross officials reported 18
were admitted to nine hospitals
and 111 were released after treat
ment. Firemen said about '100
Seven Killed
In Traffic
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) At
least seven persons, three in one
accident, were killed in Northern
California weekend traffic acci
dents, the Highway Patrol report
ed today.
Three persons were killed early
Saturday when the car in which
they were riding smashed headon
into an oil tank truck on Highway
A in Fremont; The victims were
Jack W. Risner. 55, Sunnyvale; his
wife, Minnie, 50; and Effie Pearl
Fortner, 45, Mountain View.
They were the first traffic fatali
ties In the newly incorporated city
of Fremont.
Charles M. Platz, 53, Florin, was
killed Saturday when the car he
was riding' In rolled over near
Sheldon in Sacramento County.
Jorgen Gram Hansen, 24, San
Francisco, was killed when his car
collided with a truck Saturday on
Highway 101 two miles north of
Soledad.
Mrs. Louise Schultheis, 65, Oak
land, was killed when a hit-run
driver struck her.
Hames G. Parker, 22, San Lean-
dro, was crushed to death when
his car hit an abutment on the
Eastshore Freeway.
High Court Makes
Payment Decision
WASHINGTON til - Workers
who have to change clothing and
bathe because they handle danger
ous acids on the Job must be paid
for time so spent, the Supreme
Court ruled unanimously Monday.
The tribunal- also held that the
1947 portal-to-portal act did not
rule out payments for such things
as sharpening knives needed in
butchering activities. -
In fact, the court said, any activ
ities that are integrally and indis
pensably related to production
must be compensated for If per
formed before or after .regular
working hours.
Chief -Justice Warren delivered
the decision.
The portal-to-portal act was
passed to offset a 1946 Supreme
Court ruling that resulted in suits
totaling some six billion dollars
for pay for such activities as
walking to work places, washing
and changing ciothing.
The act outlawed pending portal
pay suits, except those covered by
w-age contracts or industry cus
tom. The Justice Department con
tended that a section dealing with
future pay was intended to guar
antee compensation -after 1947 for
all significant and productive
work integrally and Indispensably
related to performance of the job."
Monday s ruling was given on
two appeals.
In one, the Cumberland Batter;
Manufacturing Co.. of Nashville.
Tenn., objected to a decision by
we u. s. Court in Clncm-
others were treated at the scene.
Survivors said one minute they
were sipping beer, munching food
and listening to an orchestra play
"Tea for Two" at the St. Rose of
Lima Catholic church oyster roast.
A few moments later the cele
brants, Including many children,
were a shrieking, stampeding pack
of humanity.
As the fire swooshed along the
wooden rafters and roof of the
one - story cinder-block building,
hundreds broke for two large doors
in the front and rear.
One. of the doors, which were of
the overhead sliding type used in
garages, was never opened.
- Finding this escape barred,
scores made for nearby windows.
Nine of the first bodies recovered
were found huddled under one of
these.
' Al , Barthelme, i former profes
sional basketball coach of the old
Baltimore Bullets and one of the
survivors, described the scene at
one window as "real panic."
"With everybody trying to get
out of that window, it was pretty
brutal," he said.
"Some were being pulled back
by others as they' started through.
Some were even throwing out of
the windows friends they didn't
think could make - it any other
way." '
Barthelme said the fire was first
detected in a duct.
'Several of the fellows got up
on a ladder to put it out. All at
once the flames burst out.' You
might say it was an explosion. The
fire engulfed the guys on the
ladder for a minute: I don't know
what happened to them."
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Increasing high cloudiness
Monday night; mostly cloudy Tues
day with occasional snow. Low
Monday night near zero; high
Tuesday 25.
High yesterday : ; 25
tow last night - 5
Preclp. last 24 hours 0
Prectp. since Oct. 1 16.3"
Same period last year 3.57
Normal for period ... 6.69
piatl that It had to pay certain
workers lor about 30 minutes dally
spent in changing clothes and
showering.
The workers use dangerously
caustic and toxic materials. The
Justice Department said they were
compelled "by circumstances, in
cluding vital considerations of
health and hygiene, to change
clothes and to shower in facilities
which Tennessee law requires their
employer to provide."
In the second appeal, the Justice
Department asked reversal of a
decision by the U.S. Circuit Court
in San Francisco that the King
Packing Co., of Nampa, Idaho,
need not pay knlfemen for time
spent in sharpening their tools.
The decision affected 21 to 24
employes who spend about ten min
utes dally In sharpening tools.
Warren's opinion reviewed the
legislative history of the portal- j
to-portal act and concluded that i
Congress did not intend to deprive
employes of the benefits of the
Fair Labor Standards Act where
before and after work activities
are "an integral part of and in
dispensable to their principal ac
tivities." In the King Packing case. War
ren said "we believe the facts
clearly demonstrate 'the knife
sharpening activities of these
workmen are an integral part of
and Indispensable to the various
butchering activities for which
they were principally employed,
and that they must be compen
sated. , ."
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rriee Five Cents 10 Pagea - KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY M, 1S5 : Telephone 1111 No. 3387
Icy Highway
Claims Life
Of Motorist
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clear, cold weather was over
much of Oregon Monday. High
ways, slick with icy spots, claimed
one life Sunday.
Central Oregon s temperature
Monday morning plunged to sub
zero witn Bend reporting minus 4
degrees, the state s coldest.
The Weather Bureau said there
would be some cloudiness in south
ern and eastern sections of the
state, but clearing skies and con
tinued cold are expected through,
out Oregon through Monday night.
Mrs. Jesse Hutchens, 49. of
Springfield, was the traific victim.
She was killed Sunday when a car
she was driving skidded on ice
and crashed into another car about
20 miles east of Springtleld on the
McKenzie Highway. Her husband,
Abe, in the car with her, suffered
head and face Injuries.
The driver of the other car, Gale
Roberts, also Springfield, escaped
unhurt.
There were number of other
less serious crashes due to slick
highways.
Two cars crashed headon 60
miles east of Albany on snow-
packed U.S. Highway 20 and seven
persons were injured.
Most seriously hurt was Robert
B. Hodge, 18, McMinnville, driver
of a car in which Jerald K. Martin,
18, Prinevllle, and Dudley H. Ken
yon, 18, McMinnville, were passen
gers. Hodge was taken unconscious to
a Sweet Home hospital with multi
ple injuries. He, Martin and the
Kenyon youth were Oregon State
College students returning from a
weekend at the Hoodoo Butte Ski
Bowl on the eastern summit of the
cascades.- " to
Three ambulances Tvere sent to
take them and the four occupants
of the second car to the Sweet
Home hospital.
The others hurt were Mr. and
Mrs. Paul L. Jenkins, both 27;
their son, Stacey, 2; and John Rex,
18, Albany.
None except Hodge was' believed
injured seriously.
Alaska Plane
Search Begins,
LADD AFB, Alaska (UP)
Planes criss-crossed the barren
Arctic wastes north of Nome to
day, searching for an Alaska Na
tional Guard liaison plane which
disappeared Friday with Brig.
Gen. John R. Noyes and three
other men aboard.-
Air Force officials here said
about 15 military and civil aircraft
were taking part in the search.
The, missing L20 plane took off
from Nome Friday to take the
Alaska National Guard command
er to Shishmaref, about 100 miles
north of Nome. Guard headquar
ters at Anchorage reported that
the plane carried lull survival
gear including rations for five
days.
The missing plane was piloted
by Maj. Robert Kolb, Army advi
sor to the National Guard at
Nome. Passengers besides Noyes
were Maj. Francis Swiegart, com
mander of the First Alaska Scouts
Battalion, and an unidentified
Army mechanic.
Negotiators Talk
Over Basic Issue
PITTSBURGH (UP) Negotia
tors In the 106-day strike of the
International Union of Electrical
Workers and Wesllnghouse Elec
tric Corp. were reported today
hammering away -t the basic is
sues of .general wage Increases
and a controversial time study
program for non-incentive rate
workerE.
Neither side commented official
ly following the second consecu
tive Sunday session of their bar
gaining representatives, but it was
indicated the 'talks had reached
the "whittling down" stage.
The strike started last Oct. 17
when 44,000 IUE workers walked
off their jobs demanding an Im
mediate 15-cent an hour wage
increase under the reopening
clause of their existing contract
which runs until next Oct. 15.
Mothers1 March
Torchlight Night." the an
nual Mothers' March on polio,
will be staged Tuesday night
from 7 to 8 o'clock In the Klam
ath Falla area.
This Is a nationwide event of
the March of Dimes. All house
holders of Klamath Falla who
wish to contribute to the March
of Dimes are asked to put their
porch light on between those
hours. A mother of the city
will call on the house and col
lect the contributions to the
anti-polio fund.
1 Easft,
AEC Announces New
Missiles, A-Engine
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (UP) The
Atomic Energy Commission said
today It is developing several
brand new weapons which "will
strengthen materially the defenses
of this nation and the free world."
It also disclosed for the first
time that tests have started In
Idaho on a stationary forerunner
of atomic engines for aircraft.
And construction of a test power
plant big enough for aircraft carri
ers will start in the spring.
With production of nuclear wea
pons at the highest level in history,
the AEC reported' "several im
portant" expansions of the far
flung plants where atomic and
hydrogen bombs and warheads are
developed and manufactured.
The commission made these dis
closures in a semi-annual report to
Zero Weather
Hits Northwest
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There wasn't a warm spot In all
the Pacific Northwest Monday as
sub-freezing cold followed snow In
many places from the Canadian
border south to the Oregon-California
line.
Minlmums ranged during the
night from Ellensburg's 6 below
zero to Medford's comparatively
warm 27 above, Yakima had 6
below.
No relief was In sight. The
Weather Bureau predicted lows
down to 10 above In Northwest
Washington Monday night and
Tuesday morning. In Central and
Eastern Washington area tempera
tures as low as 15 Below zero wen!
forecast.
Some light snow covered sections
of Western Washington and north
western Oregon.
Portland had a high Sunday of
37 degrees and a low of 22, while
Seattle was slightly colder, with
34 and 18 degrees respectively.
Warmest town in Washington
Sunday was Hoquiam where the
mercury climbed eight- degrees
above freezing to 40.
An unofficial reading of 21 below
was reported at Deer Park in
Spokane County. Deputy sheriffs
at Spokane used auti-freeze on
their patrol car sirens to keep
them running. It was -3 there,
Walla Walla has a minimum of
11 above, Ephrata 9, Omak 2,
Lewlston 9, Grangevllle 7, Coeur
d'Alene 2 and Moscow zero.
In Montana, Cut Bank had a
frigid 28 below.
Bill Knowland
Retracts Name
MANCHESTER, N.H., (UP)
President Elsenhower had the field
all to himself today in New Hamp
shire's first in the nation primary
followino withdrawal of Sen. Wil
liam. Knowland (R-Calif).
However, in announcing his with
drawal, Knowland indicated that he
would not discourage supporters
from electinp delegates "favor
able" to his candidacy.
The senator's announcement yes
terday left Mr. Eisenhower as the
only Republican candidate on the
March 13 presidential preference
section of the primary.
Knowland aeain emphasized his
personnl support for the President,
but added that the coming cam
paign would be "a hard, one"
which would not be done "with
one or two broadcasts from the
White Houcp."
The senator said he believer
that Mr. Eisenhower will make his
decision on whether to run for a
second term by the middle of
February.
He told newsmen yesterday that
he would not take any affirmative
action until that time. He soid he
had allowed his name on the
Alaska and Illinois primaries be
cause they will not be held until
April.
Primary Question
Raised By Deetz
PORTLAND T) Will Elmer
Deetz step aside - so that Gov
Patterson docs not have to wage
a primary campaign for the
Republican nomination as U.S.
senator?
That Is the prime question ahead
of Republicans this week. Dcc-tz
himself raised the question.
Deetz, who filed for the nomi
nation last week belore Patterson
announced his decision to run, said
he might withdraw it a poll showed
Patterson to be a stronger candi
date. He added that if the poll went
his way, he would expect the
governor to withdraw.
Wendell Wyatt. state Republican
chairman, said he would take the
matter up with both men.
Congress on the gigantic project
for which taxpayers have put up
$14.4 billion since Its birth in World
War II. The AEC said output ia up
all along the line from ore to fin
ished weapons. Civilian and mili
tary power projects are booming.
SPEEDING STOCKPILE
With new H-bombs scheduled for
this spring in the Pacific, the AEC
said It Is speeding the stockpiling
oi weapons made possible by pre
vious tests. '
It said last spring's tests In
Nevada "opened several new and
promising avenues for weapons re
search and development" which
are being followed up "on an ex
pedited basis."
The AEC did not Identify the
new weapon types which it said
will "strengthen materially the de
fenses", of the free world. But they
are believed to Include atomlo war
heads of anti-aircraft and other
special purpose guided missiles.
In its last semi-annual report
six months ago, the commission
said it was stockpiling weapons of
the kind exploded in the 1994
H-bomb tests.
Since then, today' report said,
"several Important additions" have
been started or completed at many
of the AEC's widely separated
weapons plants and laboratories.
PLANTS PROGRESS
The commission said develop
ment of atomic plants for Indus
trial and military power and for
naval and aircraft propulsion
"made sigmtlcant progress" in the
last half of 1956. In that period the
AEC spent $62,3 million on such
work.
It said "the aircraft nuclear pro
pulsion program was accelerated
and the prospects for nuclear
powered flight continues to show
promise."
It added that facilities for test
ing" a land-based prototype have
Doen completed in Idaho "and
some test work" already Is being
done. The test engine was built by
General Electric Co,
The startup of tests does not
mean that atomic flight is Just
around tne corner. Many problems,
Including radiation shields, will
have to be licked before a plane
will be airborne on nuclear power.
- The commission said construc
tion of a prototype engine for a
large ship will start at the Idaho
Reactor Test Station In the spring.
This Is part of a program for a
series of atomic engines ranging
from 3000 to 40,000 shaft horse
power "which can be used singly
or in multiple to power new naval
ships from small submarines to the
largest aircraft carriers."
Merrif ield To Run
For Third Term
PORTLAND Ml State Sen. John
Merrlfleld, who had said he would
run for the U.S. Sonate If Gov.
Paul Patterson did not make the
race, announced Sunday he will
run for re-election to a third term.
Patterson said Saturday he will
eek the Republican nomination
for the U.S. Senate.
Merrifield, a Portland Insurance
executive, said he would lend his
entire support" to Patterson's
campaign.
MARY HARLAN, I40S Lookout, a junior at Klamath Union
High School, poted for tha 9 o'clock photographer this morn
ing befora starting ouV for school.
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Blaze Kills '
3 Children
In Pendleton
PENDLETON. Ore. Ifl Three
children burned to death In their
beds Monday while their father
was out helping two of his sons
deliver newspapers.
Five other children and the
mother were not at home, She only
Saturday had given birth to their
tenth child and was still In the
hospital. :,
The fire, In the unincorporated
community of Rteth, five miles
west of here, destroyed the Chester
O'Neal home and killed Phyllis
Jean O'Neal, 8; Carol Jane O'Neal,
7, and Richard Dennis O'Neal, 8,
NO CHANCE
By the time the fire was dis
covered there was no chance to
get Inside to attempt a rescue of
the children. Their grandfather;
Oeorge Powers, tried It anyway,
but was beaten back, the hair
burned from his head.. '
'The fire was breaking out
everywhere," the grandfather said.
I tried to get in the back door.
You couldn't even get under the
smoke. When I opened the door
the heat hit me."
One of the first men to get there,
Raymond Long, a neighbor, said
the house was full of smoke. He
was unable to get In the front door
and he broke out a window In a
bedroom. .'
"The inside seemed to explode,"
he said..- .--.. ..... ....
POWERLESS
The father and his newspaperboy
sons, Chester Jr., 13, and Stanley,
10, returned while the fire was at
Its height, but were powerless to
help. - i , ;
Neighbors had strung garden
hoses.. ,to , put - what water, they
could on' the Mre, but'the house
burned to the ground aud only the
Iron bedsteads, stoves and brick
chimney stood up through the
ruins.
Mrs. O'Neal, her new-born son,
and 1-year-old David were In St.
Anthony's Hospital here. David
has been recuperating from pneu
monia. -
Coldest' Night
At Crater Lake
Sunday night with . a low of
minus three degrees was the cold
est night so far this year at Crater
Lake National Park. The official
thermometer stood at minus one
at 8 a.m. today. Maximum Sun
day was 18 degrees.
Forty-five cars brought 48 skiers
and 121 sightseers to the park Sun
day. The day was slightly over
cast. Three Inches of new snow Sun
day night brought snow depth to
126 Inches compared with 66 Inches
on this date last year.
Highway (12 Is open through the
park with chains advised, The road
from Annie Springs to the rim Is
open with chains or abrasive snow-
tread tires required, -The
weather was beautifully
clear and cold when the ranger
station reported this morning. Ski
ing is very good.
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Leaders Plan
Three-Day
Conference
By JOHN M. HIGBTOWER
WASHINGTON 11 President
Elsenhower and Prima Minister
Eden opened talks at the White
House Monday on the Middle East
crisis and new strategy for block
ing Soviet cold war offensives.
The first meeting of the Ameri
can and British leaders was a
luncheon session attended also by
Seoretary of State Dulles and Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Lloyd.
Diplomats said in this first gath
ering the two leaders, who are old
personal friends, would take an
over-all look at the work they have
to do here and set the general
pattern of their three dayi of con
ference. - . i.
EDEN STATEMENT ' i .
Eden said on his arrival h was
sure the meeting would "make a
serious and positive contribution
to peace" by promoting BriUah
Amerlcan understanding.
Eisenhower, walked bareheaded
down the steps of the north portico
to greet Eden when the prime min
ister drove up to the White House,
a few minutes before 1 p.m.
After shaking hands vigorously.
the President Inquired, "How have f
you been?" Eden smilingly raw
nltnri "Vli-at.rntik " T4itn tha nrlmW
minister asked Elsenhower, "How
are you feeling?" - . '
The President whispered through
a oupped hand to Eden and then
chuckled.
Eden landed at National Airport .
at 11:16 a.m. aboard the presi
dential plane Columbine HI.
The President's plane picked him
up In New York where the prima
minister arrived Monday morning
aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth.
Dulles headed a delegation on
hand at the airport to greet Eden.
Dulles welcomed Eden ana Lloyd
as old friends of the United States,
and said he was eontldent tha con
ferences here would "make both
freedom and a Just peace mora
secure."
GRATEFUL v. '. i '
Eden said ha waa grateful for
such a warm welcome. Then, call
ing Dulles by his name "Foster,"
he said he hoped It was air right
with Dulles for : him to apeak In
. attanla n f n iVi 11 lo t ivionnkl) u,
This looked like a' deliberate
gesture by Eden to show friendship
for a man with whom he has often
been In private dispute In the past.
Eden said that the British people
regarded President Elsenhower as
"one of us," that no foreigner was
"so greatly loved", aa the Ameri
can leader. -.
Emphasizing the record Qf Lon
don and Washington cooperation,
he said "We've all worked togeth
er in difficult .times and in less
difficult times if -there are any."
NEW8 CONFERENCE
At a news conference, before
debarking from the Queen Eliza
beth, Eden termed "admirable" tha
President's reply to Soviet Pre
mier Bulganln's proposal for a 20
year peace pact.
Bulganln's move was regarded
here as a propaganda effort and
an attempt to steal a march on the
Eden-Eisenhower conferences even
oejfpre they began. -:
H. L Mencken
Dies In Sleep
BALTIMORE (AT Doubting H. L.
Mencken, whose needle-sharp pen
pricked at civilization for nearly
half a century, Is dead.' And how
as he once literally Inquired shall
they stags his "Inescapable last
act?"
The "Sage of Baltimore" news
man, author, wit, and critic died
quietly In his sleep early yester
day. He was 75.
A doctor said a blood clot prob
ably was the cause of death.
His brother August said funeral
services, when arranged, will ba
"strictly private."
Mencken once wrote: "One of
the crying needs of the time In
this Incomparable republic Is for a
suitable burial service for the ad
mittedly damned.-...
"What is needed, and what I
bawl for politely, Is a service that
is free from the pious but unsup
ported asseverations that revolt so
many of our best minds, and yet
remains happily graceful and con
soling ... a suitable funeral for
doubters, full of lovely poetry, but
devoid of any specific pronounce
ment on the subject of a future
life. ...
"Such a libretto for the Ines
capable last act would be humane
and valuable. I renew my sugges
tion that the poets spit upon their
hands and confect It at once."
This was typical of Mencken as
he viewed the passing scene.
His views, laced with humor and
vitality, were given lile In two
dozen books - and thousands, of
essays.
"The American Language," a
scholarly investigation of the ori
gins of our speech, is a monument
to his Intellect. His three "Days"
books "Happy Days." "News
paper Days" and "Heathen Days"
exude his personal charm.
A stroke which affected sight
and speech forced Mencken to lay
aside his pen in 1948.
But Just last week. In his last
public statement, Mencken told
The Associated Press about a "for
gotten" manuscript he had worked
up shortly before his stroke.
It will be published next May aa
"Minority Report."