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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1952
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General  Eisenhower:
Speaking 'off Cuff* After Tossing out Prepared Speeches
DETROIT—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said last night that, he was a "no deal" candidate for the Republican jnomination for President and urged Americana to :wipe ^ut corruption "wherever it arises."
In a free-swinging pc^itical speech before a crowd of 10,000, the retired five-stair general said he entered the presidential arena "without obligations."
STEEL STRIKERS OFFER TO MOYE
Forty Fort Woman Dies in Plane Soon After Takeoff
Deadlock Continues; 2 Settlements Reported In Rheem Co. Plants
WASHINGTON- striking CIO •teel workers told the government they win help work out plans this week for restoring at least a thin trickle of defense-needed steel production.
No break was seen In the lull strike. And none was expected until at least the House joins the Benate aad votes to request Pres¬ ident Tniman to use the Taft- Hartley Act
However, CIO President Philip Murray told the White House tlmt the steel worliers union will disDatch a committee to the cap¬ ital to work out plans for pro ducing steel for essential military requirements. *WUI Move Steel
Anting defense mobilizer John R. Steelman said Murray had ad¬ vised him « four-member com¬ mittee will work out arrange¬ menU to move "all essential steel" from strlke-*x)und warehouses, assist In taking inventories and moving essential finished steel from Idle pUnts, and assist In moving unfinished steel that might be shipped to non-struck plants for further finishing.
In Houston, Tex., meanwhile, a coirumlttes representing 900 strik¬ ing steel workers at the Rheem Manufacturing Co^ accepted a wage Increase, subject to member-
ip approval.    It would provide
12 Ml cent hourly raise retroac¬ tive to Feb. 1, a 2% cent further Increase on July 1, and other ben •Mts.
ttie agreement did not include the union shop — considered the major  sticking  point   for   a  na tional agreement.
An   agreement   also   was   an¬ nounced   at    Rheem's    Sparrows (Continued on Pafe A-10)
A T7-year oM BV>rtjr Fort wonti' aa   died   yesterday   morning   atj 11:10 a.m., ten minutes after tak-] Ing off from tb* Wilk*s-Barr* Scranton  lUrpert  ai  Avoca,   en< route to St. Louis, Mo. te vtott friends.
Mrs. Cassie HiU, wife of the Ute George T. Hill of 101 Myers street. Forty Fort, fell victim of a heart attack while the TWA pas¬ senger plane flew som*wh*r* over Borwiok. Veleiaa Plan* Kider
Mrs. HUl, despRe her advanced age, was a veteran passenger of the airways, having taken annual plane trips to Pittsburgh aad St. Liouis for visita
The pilot iimnediately returned to the airport at Avoca, where the body was removed by the deputy county coroner, Harold B. Howell of Pittston. The body will lie In sUte at the Hugh B. Hughes Funeral Home, Forty Fort
D*e*assd was bora in Nantl¬ eok*. daughter of tit* laU Mr. aad Mn, WilUam aad Martha Bvaaa Sh* rasided in Nantiooke for asaay years, also residing <n Hwasstsaa. Fa- and Qraaite CHy, m. For tbe lte^«lNttl«nth« was a resident of Forty Fort.
Mrs. lOU was a member of the Christi«ui Ohurch at Granite City and sh* was a Past Worthy^ Matron of the Order of Kastam Star, Pittsburgh Chapter. Fnawral Tneaday
Sh* is survivsd by several nieces and nephewa
The funeral will be held from the Hughes Funeral Home, 1044 Wyominc aven«ie, Ftorty Fort on Tuesuy afternoon at 3. Rev. Dr. Gewge M. Bell, retired, will offi¬ ciate. Burial will b* in Hanoveri Green cemtery, Hanover township.
Friends may csdl at the funeral home tonight and tomorrow night from 7 to 10 p. m.
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Minnesota Toying with GOP Control Blot Plan
Penna. Included; But Most Delegates Favor Elsenhower
j MINNB^APOLIS — Minnesota Republicans decided yesterday to to> with the idea of joining Penn¬ sylvania, Michigan, Maryland and California in a bloc which could control the Republican presiden tial oonventlon.
The MinnesoU delegates after discussing convention strategy at a four-hour luncheon meeting, declined to declare for Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower at this time. Moet nivor Dw
All but four to six of the 24 delegates committed to former Gov. Harold E. Stassen are known tu favor the general and their spokesman let it be known that they are inclined against Sen. Robert A. Taft.
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Un€onquered Peak in Alaska like Walk in Park for Boys
FAIRBANKS, Alaska One of, Paige, leader of the party, re- four University of Alaska stu-'turned to Fairbanks by plane dents who conquered 17,130-foot after he and his companion| King Peak for the first time said planted a University of Alaska on Saturday that except for alflag on the crown of the moun- close call with an  avalanche thei tain.
»nountein-*climbing  feat  was   "as!   "We spent only three days in easy as a walk  in the park."      actual climbing." Paige said. "The
The   peak,   highest   uncUmbed otiier  five days we were on the moountain in North America be- mountain we were  zeroed in by delegates  intend  to act togethe fore the youth.s made the ascenti^ bllzazrd " I*' » group at the national con
last week, is near the Yukon- Alaskan border. Al Paige said the climb was "easy, uneventful and *e were lucky."
Wyoming VaUey From the Air
Today'a aerial visw of Wyo¬ ming Valley-ahoiwing the Waat Pittston area—^will be found on Page A-10.
The other popular new fea¬ ture, Wyoming Valley tours, is on Page B-8.
XIean Out Corruption Wfierever It Arises'
Casting aside prepared texts on wbich he labored long and hard, Eisenhower set out m his speech before a shouting throng in Olympia Stadium to answer some of the questions he has been ask¬ ed since h* leturfied .to the United Stotes as a presidential candidata two weeks ago. Talcs Of Berlin
As the World War U oom¬ mander of Allied defense forces in Elurape, one of the questions has beei) why he didn't capture Berlin, which has been a focal point of EJsst-West troubles sinee 1946.
H« explained it at length, list¬ ing   some   of   the   military   and political   problems   and   ths   tre mendous costs involved in taking tbe German capital.
"When we made our final inva¬ sion plans " be said, "our forces laid 300 miles from Berlin and between us and Berlin was the Elbe River.
"The Russians eastward of Ber. lin were 30 mUes, almost to the oiitsMrts and tiie last obstacle had been crossed.
••W*   were   advancing   toward'
those Hussiana as tbey wer* to advanc* toward us.
"To avoid unnacessaiy battles," he coi^inued, 1 selected a line thinking that tbe Russians would be tbere long befor* w* were, and that line was tbe Elbe River. Two Jobs Flnt
"tber* ar* numy men in this audience who wer* atopped on the Elbe River and on (be mountains to tb* soutb, so we oould organise and control tli* batU*. But ktdies and gentiemen, at that moment when wc could have marched on, there wer* two othor lobs to aC' acompllsh aad on* of tbem was to keep th* Russians out of Den¬ mark."
He didn't elaborate oa what he called tiie second job.
But be did explain tbat the Russians finally had to use 22 divisions, with a cost of 10,000 casualties to take over 'Ihe de stroyed city of Berlin."
He disclaimed any responsibility for tbe mucb-oriticiaed decisions of Talto and Potsdam.
H* said he made two  reeom'
mendations at Potsdam and "both
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IIN Consents To Another Truce Talk
But No Progress Made Yesterday; Hint at Walkout Unless Reds Yield
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gates are committed to Bisen hower as a result of the state's March presidential primary. The first 24 betong to Stassen until he releases them or geU less than 120 convention votes.
Stassen is expected to fall short on the first ballot. This would leave the delegates free to back any other candidate.
Stassen met with the delegates in a lengthy session Saturday. Al' delegates refused to discuss what happened except Donald M. Dickey, who will be "Whip" of the party's  delegation.
Dickey said the state delega¬ tion had been approached by "Representotlves of Michigan,, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Cal¬ ifornia," He said delegates had decided to "study and explore' the programs of those states.
He said the delegation's action would keep It In a better position to "maneuver" before and during tbe convention. ,
Four to six of the "Stossen"! delegates are believed to lean to Taft. Dickey said, however, that the delegates decided that it was their "Intention" at this time to 'act together" at the convention. To Act Together
"The Stassen-pledged Minnesota
Stop-Gap for Peace; Says They Can Be Used Against Troops
WASHINGTON. — Sen. Brien McMahon (D. Oonn.) yesterday urged production of thousands of H-bombs for batUefield use to deter tfae Kremlin nrom waging war "and win us time to wage peace."
McMahon is dialrman ef the House-Senate Atomic Bnei^y Committee and the first respon siUe offkiial to taidicatc tbat H bombs, big brothers to tbe A- bomba, oould be used in a tacti- |oi4 role againat enemy forees in tbe fleM.
He made It elear that tha United State* is on the verge of perfecting the dread hydrogen bomb. But he did not confirm reports tiiat the Atomic Energy Commission will test its first H- bomb at Eniwetok this fall. "Vastiy Cheaper"
McMahon, who is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, made his proposal In a speech delivered by telephone from Washington to the Connecti cut stote Democratic oonventlon at Hartford.
McMahon aaserted tiiat "dollari for dollar atomic and hydrogen explosives are vastly cheaper than ordinary  explosives," would  save
billions and billons" In defense spending and permit balancing of the budget.
In calling for production of hy¬ drogen bombs "in four figures," he made It clear that is not in the least the solution to achieve peace.
'It is only another emergency stop-gap measure that will keep open the future for peace yet a little longer," he said.
The  H-bomb,  which  In  theory
could be thousands of times mor*
powerful than A-bombs, hitherto
has been  considered  solely as a
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SAYS RUSSIA CAN TAKE EUROPE
Has Enough Strength, Congress Is Told; Deterred by A-Bomb
WASHUNGTON—Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of tiie U. S Joint Chiefs of Staff, has soberly advised Congress that Russia "could overrun IBurope today."
Only fear of American retalia¬ tion and Josef Stolin's "deep re- spedt" for the industrial poten¬ tial of th* Ihiited States deters the Red marob across Europe, Bradley said.
Hte warning was given last month to the Senate military ap¬ propriations subcommittee behind closed doors. Unclassified parts of tfae SMbeomndttee's hearings were mad* available yesterday. More Bossiaa Aims
Bradley conceded that Ameri¬ can strength Is "inferior" to Rus¬ sia's; that the Soviet Union is gaining in atomic strength; that she is increasing her stockpile of atomic bomb* and boosting jet air power.
"I think we are going to stay ahead of her In A-bomb strength, but aome day she is going to reach a sto<^pile situation which by a sneak attack might be very effective and will offset to some extent tbe superiority we have In numbers," he said. "When she reaches that I think our danger has Increased."
Bradley said he did not regard war with the Soviet Union as "in- evltalble." But he urged the sub¬ committee to provide for creation of "deterrent strength" which Moscow will respect Can Take Europe
Under questioning, Bradley gave this estimate of a possible sweep across ESurope should Stalin un¬ leash the Red army and air force:
"She has the capability in my opinion to'overrun Eiurope today and capture the additional man- (Continued on Pafe A-10)
TOKYO, Sunday—The patlenoe of United Nations truce negotia¬ tors held for another day as the Allied 'team met with tiie Com¬ munists for 36 minutes at Pan¬ munjom today and ««reed to re- turn again Monday.
Before the session United Na¬ tions negotiators hinted tbey might walk out of the Korean truce talks in another three-day recess if the Communists refused to say something new on th* deadtooked issue of prisoner re¬ patriation. Bnt No Progress
Chief UN negotiator Maj. Gen. WilUam K. Harrison consented to a Communist demand for s other session.
"Absolutely no progress" was the UN report on Saturday"*! meeting.
Harrison Imposed a tiiree-day recess laat week when he wearied of long Communist tirades against the UN treatment of war prisoners on Koje Island and tiieir refusal to discuss the actual matter holding up a truce.
He agreed to meet yesterday 9^ af^er a ahort coiisultation Witii other delegates as to whether tiie meeting was "worthwhile" in the absence of any new offers by the Communists.
In an 11-minute statement Har rison repeated that the UN stand on war prisoners is final, but he offered to explain or clarify It if| the Reds wished. Ths UN InsUU that antl-Communlst war prison¬ ers should not be forced to re turn to the Communist side. This is the only issue holding up an armistice.
North Korean lit. Gen. Nam II replied In mild tones but he gave no ' Indication the Reds have changed their own stand.
Asked to Resign?
3 Top Men Leave Justice Dept,; Yfere under Fire
PHH Anm .PKU—U. a. Attorney-General James P. MoGranery announced on Saturday tbat three top Justice Deitartment officials had resigned. McGranery also announced the appointment of Dr. Rowland F. Kirk, Washington Law School Decui, to head the alien property office.
Ther*   w*re   indications   h*   waa   beginning   the   long-awaited cleanup and at times MoGranery spoke in riddles.
McGranery identified the three as Assistant Attorney-General H. Graham Morison, head of the anti-trust division; Assistant At- tomeyGeneral JMa-rold I. Baynton, director of tfa* Office of Alien
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Paige, a member of a party that climbed 19.850-foot Mt. Logan In 1950, said "when I climbed Log;an I also had an idea of be¬ ing the first to try King. I just had to wait for the right condi¬ tions and they were right June 6. That's the day we reached the top."
vention of tho party to secure fair and just consideration of questions leading to convention rules, the seating of delegates and on a platform and a candidate which will bring a Republican ad¬ ministration so necessary to the welfare  of the  countrj'  and   the
cause of world peace" he said. ^   ^,       He said the group would  talk The   Alaska   student   said   his.^iy,  representatives  from  Mich- party   had   a   fewr  close   calls  on i^^^ Maryland, Pennsylvania and the trip, but "we were lucky and California, but said decisions" on suffered no misfortune." He said ^^ questions would  be mad* at (Continued on Pafe A-10)        the Oleafo aonvantlon.
Missing B-29 Sighted; Fear 72 Crewmen Died
TOKYO, Sunday, June 15—The, surveillance wreckage of a B-29 reconnaisance bomber missing since Friday was sighted today by search planes In the Japan Sea. Apparently none of the 12-man crew survived. Far Eastern Air Forces reported.
The plane's wreckage was seen In the wat#r midway between the main Japanese island of Honshu and  Korea.
Spotting aircraft reported "no signs of survivors," but the search was continued.
"ni*  B-2e  was on a  "routine
mission," Air Force officers said. It had taken off Friday from Otaru, Japan, some 450 miles across the Japan Sea from Vladivostok.
HARRIMAN SURE OF 8 OF 12 UTAH VOTES
WASHINGTON. — Democrati, piesidential hopeful W. Averell Harriman will get eight of ^Utah's 12 convention voles on the first ballot his headquarters her* an- nouncad last night
SEES RED AHACK COSTLYTOTHEM
British War Hero Tours Korean Front With Clark, Van Fleet
By Warren P. Franklin
WITH THE FIRST BRITISH COMMONWEALTH DIVISION IN KOREA—Field Marshal Earl Alexander, yesterday said the Communista "would take terrific losses and would not break through" if they attempted major offensive in Korea.
Alexander, British minister of defense, toured the Korean frcmt with Gen. Mark W. Clark, sup¬ reme United Nations commander, and Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Sth Army commander. He visited frontiine observation posts but; saw no enemy troops. UN Offens* Unlikely
Alexander was asked during a news conference at division head¬ quarters about the possibility ef an Allied offensive.
"It's a long way to the Yalu River with what we have," he replied.
He added that "No matter how strong the enemy is, he would suffer terrific losses; any ground he might take would not make any difference."
Alexander was asked what he thought of Clark's recent stats- ment that there should be "no holds barred" In the air war if the Communists use their 2,000~plane Manchurian air force in an all- out offensive, a statement that implied bombing Chinese bases in Manchuria. Must Think Twice
"We would have to ask our¬ selves how serious the situation was," Alexander said. "We do not want to extend the war. If the situation was that serious you would have to think twice."
Alexander refused to talk about the stalled armistice talks at Pan munjom and said he had "so much to learn and lots more peo¬ ple to talk to" before he would be qualified to comment
IHToperty and William A. Under¬ bill, B«omton's assistant in charge of the lands division.
"These genti«m*n are dasirous of Ntuming to tli* private prau tic* of law," tb* former Philadel phia federal judge said.    "Their posts  will b* flll*d  by  men se lected because of eomplete accord with the policy of this Attorney General." Denies Diffleulttes
McGranery denied that the three men had been requested to resign despite the fact that Bayn ton's handling of the Office of Allen Property had been under a running fire of criticism by Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wlsc.). He said that there was "no difference of opinion" but the wording of his announcement left no doubt of the sentiment of the new Attorney- General.
MoGranery said he would trans¬ mit tbe resignations to President Truman eariy this week.
MoGranery would not say whether the Kirk appointment would become permanent. He said 'It oould be."
Kirk Served as chief of combat Intelligence for the Ninth Army Headquarters during World War It and following Germany's col¬ lapse the Army appointed him CSilef of Foreign Trade at the U. S. Army Headquarters in Ger¬ many.
McGranery, who made the an¬ nouncement at his Philadelphia home where he is spending the weekend, declined to say whether further resignations were ex¬ pected In the department. He said he had "no Idea" how long the Investigation of tbe Alien Property Office might last. Wiley disclosed earlier Saturday that McGranery had agreed to co¬ operate fully in a senatorial in¬ vestigation of the office's affairs.
McGranery's announce- ment came after Rep. Patrick J. Hillings (R.-Cal.) announced in Washington earlier that the At¬
torney-General  would  announce the  firing  of  Baynton,  Mcvlson and Underbill. Not Fired, but—
McGranery insisted that the three were not "fired" but when asked wfaether their resignation to return to private law practice was not tile "customary thing to say In such clroumstancMf," he repMed "Yes, I guess it is."
McGranery answered a ques¬ tion as to whether he had found any corruption In the Justice De¬ partment by saying that "when I find It, it won't be any secret."
He eald that Baynton will re¬ main on the job for about a week or 10 days to handle an unfinish¬ ed case.
Morison announced in Washing¬ ton earlier Ihat he had resigned and said that his decision "In large measure was dictated by consideration for my family."
The House judiciary subcom¬ mittee, of which Hillings is a memiber, has heard charges that Morison subjected Ernest Bran- ham, a lawyer in the antt-truBt divisi(^n, to a "mental horsewhip¬ ping" for insisting on prosecu¬ tion in certain cases. Kept Out of Hearing
Rep. Frank L Chelf (D.-Ky.), chairman of the sutocommittee. disclosed that Morison asked for permission to sit in when the group also questioned Branham, behind closed doors. Morison waa rebuffed. Chelf said, because the subcommittee felt Branham wouid not feel free to talk "with his superior officer literally breathing down his neok." '
Chelf also said Morison asked for, and was refused, a copy of the transcript of Branham's testi¬ mony.
McGranery was sworn in May 27 as Attorney-General, replacing J. Howard McGrath, who was fired by Mr. Truman within hours after McGrath thumbed the afl- mlnistration's corruption cleanup (Continued on Pafe A-tO)
Valley Scene
Sign on Carey avenue front lawn rtading: "Pl- leese . . . / want to 6* a lawn."
Youngattrt in eity theatre filling old eigaret pack with buttt from waate reeeptacle —while mother wasn't look¬ ing.
Man in moviee tiring of trying to tee tereen while heads of lovey-dovev pair in front kept earning together, finally reaching out gently but firmly eeparating them.
CUnt Carey, K ing $t o n eportsman and golf enthus¬ iast, dodging traffic on busy Morket street, Kingston, to get a bird vnth a bmken wing that had fallen from tree amd taking it home in his  hat.
HOUSE DUE TO BLOCK LONG EXTENSION OF WAGE-PRICE CONTROL
WASHINGTON — Key Repub¬ licans said yesterday the House probably will refuse to continue price-wage-rent controls for more than nine months, despite the one- year extension recommended by the banking committee.
They also predicted that the new controls law, when finally enacted, will Include the Senate's "request" that President Truman seek a Taft-Hartley Law injunc¬ tion to stop the steel strike.
Administration Democrats con¬ ceded privately that the tirst forecast may be right and that the second looks like a sure bet.
Tlie Defense Production Act basic controls law, expires in 17 days. The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation extending wage- price-rent curbs for eight months through next Feb. 28 and con¬ tinuing for one-year authority for credit and allocation controls.
Cattle Dying by Thousands In Australia's Terrible Drought
By M. C. WATSON Written for the United Pr«ae
DARWIN, Australia—Cattie are dying by the minute as I write this sketch of the vast outlines of the worst drought disaster in Northern Australia's history.
Experta bellevs 160,000 eattie have died already. The northern territory, whers the drought hit hardest, carries 1,250,000 head but about 4,000,000 in all of Northern Australia  have been affected.
In two more months, the ex¬ perts say, the losses will be ca¬ lamitous, but, October is the earliest anyone expecte good rains Even Rain Dancea Fail
Hhren tfae aborigines have aban¬ doned hope after they danced pro¬ longed "corroborees" In a frensled effort to bring rain.
Minister of Commerce and Agriculture John McEhven has an¬ nounced that the northern terri¬ tory drought may cause a real beef shortage on the Australian home market and effects will be felt In years to come.
I have been through the drought country—in which you would lose all of Texas—which depends en¬ tirely on natural watering from the monsoon season that extends from October to March. Last sea¬ son the rains didn't come. No¬ body knows why.
Iv'e seen hundreds of dead and decaying beasts lying around parched waterholes. To realize the stark tragedy of the word "drought you need oniy to see cattle stagger from these dry j holes seeking water and food.
Cattlemen think a food-hungry Can Do Nothing world does not yet realize the Some small land-holders hav* magnitude of the shriveling j been forced off their properties, drought which already has ruined Others have their backs to the the prospects of beef shipments to wall in a grim fight ti save some- iBrltaln tbis year. '       (Continued on Pafe A-10>
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