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48TH YEAR _ NO. 6 — 88 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY DECEMBER 6, 1953
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Crippling Dock Strike Predicted Christmas Eve
EisenhowerVfarned It Defies Solution; TwoUnionsBattling
Our Water Supply Lower buf Still Plentiful
Despite the imprc>.<ion created by the re¬ ceding water line of Huntsville Reservoir, as viewed from the highway that skirts one side of it, the supply there this week was quite adequate—actually above the yearly average - according to Rulison Evans, chairntian of the board and president of Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Company.
Though the surface of the Huntsville Res¬ ervoir has fallen vertically about -two and one-haff feet from its normal level, the water line, a* sho'wn in the above photograph, taken on Thursday, indicates a horizontal drop of ¦e%-eral yards. That, it was explained. Is be¬ cause the shore on the outer edges is shallow and almost flat for a considerable distance, leading gradually to the central area of Llie reservoir where a maximum depth of about twenty-flve feet Is reached.
Total capaiclty of the Huntsville Reservoir, Mr. E>van« reported, ts 1,921.9(K),000 gallons and this week'a storage averaged approximately W% cent of this amount. TTje lowest point to which the Hunt.tvlUe Reservoir fell in 1953 waa 80.1% of total capacity, which was Reached en Oot 21.
The Soranton-Oprfng Brook Water Service Company, generally regarded as the largest privately owned water servrce system in the world, has 78 reaervoiirs in .service in Luzerne, Laekawiaima and Susquehaiia counties. Twenty-one of these reservoirs ars located in the firm's Spring Brook Division, whieh supplies most of the company's water consumers in Luzerne count.v. The systems total reservoir storage ix 19,564,000.000 gallons and the supply on hand at the present time ia almost 70 per cent of the total capacity, Mr. Evans said. The lowest point of capacity to which the Luzeme county reservoirs drop¬ ped this year was about 60 per cent and this average, Mr. Evans explained, probably would prevail through the entire system. I/ow Point in 1931
The lowest point of capacity reached by the Huntsville Reservoir was in the drought of 1930-31 when, in J'ebruary of 1931, the storage dropped to 35%. The percentage of water storage in the entire sj-stem during that drought fell to a little less than 20% of
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WASHINGTON (IP) — An emergency fact-finding board warned President Eisenhower Saturiday to expect a crippling: longsliorenien^s strike at ail Atlantic Coast ports on (Christmas Eve.
The three-man board, headed by David L. Cole, was set up two j months ago after a five-day strike by Ekist Coast longshoremen was ended by injunction asked by President Eisenhower undeir the Taft Hartley Labor-Management Act.
The Injunction expires Dec. 24. [ "From testimony given to th^ and the board said the problems!board, a Dec. 24 strike ahould be now " are much more challeng-jexpected; a strike that will defy ing" than when the original walk- solution   by   the   most  expert   of
Army to Shecf Progressives Who Were Lured by Commies
out took place.
The International Longshore¬ men's Association called the strike in a dispute over wages and work¬ ing   conditions.    Since   then,   the
mediators."
The walkout would halt water front activity at not only New York but Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,  Hampton  Roards jnd
American Federation of Labor hasiPortland, Me.
ousted the ILA on racketteeringl The board said watfirfront wm- charges and has eel up a newlployers had piopoeed to both union which  ts  battling the  ILA unions an agreement under which
for   the   right   to   represent  the dock workers. Can't Be Settled
The board said there is no pos¬ sibility of settling this dispute be¬ fore the strike deadline. Until it is settled, it found, no agreement is possible on wages and working conditions.
"Any   last   offer, of   employers
there would be no strike or lock out until at least 30 days after the National Labor Relations Board settles the issue as to whinh union is entiled to bargain for lie waterfront workers.
Although the new AFL union "offered to consider seriously" this proposal, the board said, tne old  ILA  union  "flatly refused to
must be measured as a fruitless I entertain this proposition and as formality," the board told the sorted that the pressure of a President "Rejection is almost!strike Is needed to persuade the certain. Even if accepted, theiemployers to bargain In good union representation problem re-j faith and to hasten the time when mains to haunt those who see'k;a decision may be expected from a settlement. Uhe NLRB."
11 DEAD, 135 HURT, FIRES RAGE AFTER TORNADO RIPS VICKSBURG
HERALD-TRIBUNE IL RESUME
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lEXPLlERS HOPE 122 Gl PRISONERS IWILL HEED TMS
WASHINGTON nP>-jaoet of ths American prisoners of war In Korea who backed up Red China's germ warfare charges or turned "progreswive" will be quietly "eased out" of the ser¬ vice, a high defenoe ofBciat •aid today.
The decision Is the depart¬ ment's answer to the perplexing question of how to handle the ¦mall group of men who suc¬ cumbed to OojTunumiat torture or Indoctrination. The other aj- temative was to disoharg* them after court maitlal. Discipline at Stake
The de'partment has wanted to treat the cases with sym¬ pathetic undeTSrtandlng. But ait ths sams time it faced the prob¬ lem of flxing a policy stiff •nouigh to preserve certain prin¬ ciplea of military  discipline.
The United Press Informant, who has been closely connected with the POW problem, said no arbitrary ruflea have been drafted to impose on the men who "broke". He said each case win be determined on the basts of individual assessment" after a completo Investigation. He doubted that the investiga¬ tions will lead to many court martlals.
In moat of the cases, he add¬ ed, ths men will be "slowly eased out" through admlndstna- tlve, rather than judicial chan¬ nels.
This will keep the men free of the stigma of crime-charges that they violated military law or failed to live up to the mili¬ tary code. At the same time those whose usefulness to the services has ended will be got¬ ten rid of.
The ofnchil pointed out that If any of the men remained in service they would always be open to charges of moral weak¬ ness.
"From    a    practical     stand¬ point," he said,  "it Is probably best  that they  get  out  of  the service." Not Many Involved
Ths problem, a cause of con¬ flicting views within the de¬ partment for many weeks, con¬ cerns a relatively small group of former prisoners, probably Involving less than 100. On the one hand, theT« are the .36 fliers who confessed to "germ war¬ fare" under Conununist torture. The number of prisoners who turned "progreasdve" and be- trsyed thedr comrades has never
been oflftcially disclosed, but Army officials placed it at less than  SO.
Defense officials tend to look with greater sympathy on the fliers, who confessed under duress, than on the soldiers who sided with their Commu¬ nist captors in order to gain advantages over fellow prison¬ ers. A MUitary Crime
If courts-martial are held, they probably will Involve the "progressives" on charges that they violated Article 105 In the Uniform Code of Military Just¬ ice. This makes it a crime to obtain favorable treatment from captors to the detriment of one's comrades. The official pointed out, however, that the difficulty of obtaining suffliient evidence to prove such charges would limit the number of trials.
Short of a court martial, there are several ways the servl'^es could ease out the men with¬ out giving them honorable dis¬ charges. Though administra¬ tive action It would be po.<i.tible to give the men ".leneral" or "undesirable" discharges—both connoting that their services are no longer wanted.
,    VICKSBURG, Miss   (IP)—A black, roaring tornado bludgeoned this
'Mississippi  River   landmark   during  the   rush   hour  Saturday  night
jand killed at least 11 persons, many of them children and Christmas
I shoppers.
A United Press survey of funeral homes identified 11 victims, while
at   least   13ft  injured   persons   were  counted   in   crowded   Vicksburg
hospitals. '
'   The deadly  black  funnel  smashed  crowded  stores  and  a theater!
showing a kiddie matinee. .   ,        ,. .    ., i .„     .      _, ,      ... <¦:
* Apparently none of the tall build- (IPi—American,, explanation   offic-
Americans Think Half Will Return; ROKS  All  Say  'No'
PANMUNJOM,   Korea,   Sunday
Heavier casualties were feared.
ings was destroyed.
nil Serve Public But No Advertising; Strike in Deadlock
NBW TORK (IP> - - The New Tork Herald-Tribune, which vol- untairny suspended publication in ths city's week-old strike, an¬ nounced Saturday it was resum¬ ing publication
Tlie city was plunged  into terror,    „,,. , .,       j
and   darkness.    Martial   law   was|    There   also   were   unconfirmed
declared   by  Gov.   Hugh   Late   toif^'P"''"    Saturday   night    that   a
discourage possible looting. tornado   struck   two   miles   north
_, J ,        _° of   Montrose   m   Ashley   county,
The tornado struck at 6:45 P-m.^^k ,  and  at Spencer  near Cros-
BST, knocking out all lights andL ^.^^^ ^,^  ^^ ^^hlcy county.
power. Fires were started by fall-     ,,.,,„..,      ._¦ . ^ ,    .
mg power line, and  fire depart-     ^""f'"'* 5'!;!"?4 ^hief telephone
ments were called In from* as fBr!»P^'-»'°'"  »'  McGehee,  Ark.,   said
away as Jackson, Mis«,  4.5 miles!')*'«   "'>"'««   reportedly   were   de-
^^ Istroyed  near  Montrose   and   that
The Mississippi National Guardi«'v«'^ children  may  be  missing.
was called out to aid in the rescue'    Meanwhile    the    New    Orlea.is
Big Three
TO FIX STATUS Find Way to OF STUBBORN PQWiMeet -Reds
Conflict Arises On  Release Date; Depends on Talks
U.^fITED NATIONS, N. Y. itP) India   demanded   yesterday   th»t era   hold   high   hopes   that   more Ithe United Nations fix a definite
tham half of the '22 American prisoners will return to their homes when explanations begin Dec.  17.
They believe despite the 100 per cent refusal so far of South Korean POWSs to return to their homes. Forty more ROKS parad ed before explainers yesterday and not one chose to go home.
ISO Say 'No'
This boosted to 130 the nimiber
work   and   doctors   from   nearby weather   bureau   reported   th%t   a; of South Koreans who have been
towns Wire arriving here steadily, tornado may develop in a 100-mlle The  Red  Cross  spokesman  saidiWl<l« area between Yazoo City ard
Ths ne^vspaper wHl  P^bU-sh  an ^^ f^,„^„ ^,go struck in several Tupelo. Miss
•Ight-page Sunday  papw without ^, ^, 28,000
advertising "designed to give the .^
wld«« poaslbls distribution to thel*^^^ ^^,„j ^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^ ^^ ^. basla  news. | lieve it," he said, "There are de-
Waak Wltfaaat Papers ! finitely   deaths   and  injuries,  but
Tbs HeraW-Trlbune's resump-we cannot possibly say how many tion of dftlly publication will bring lat this time. The ho.spitals are they had received an unconfirmed nm to a New York public which;rushed and all available ambu-;report of a tornado hitting some haa ba«i without its seven largst; lances have been called out." I four miles northwest of Sterling-
iMWWpapers for a week as the re-i    The hilly downtown section wasiton.  La._ •ult   of   a   sMks   by   400   photo-; smashed   about   two   blocks   from| •ngravors. the   rivtrr   in   the   busiest  section.
81x of the papers were *^«* down when other unions refused' to cross picket lines. The Herald- Tribune closed down voluntarily Iaat Monday.
A statement to be printed on its front page Sunday said:
"For five days in  the mid.st of Important   national   and   Interna
High winds buffeted several Louisiana towns and there wore unconfirmed reports of small tor¬ nadoes striking several rural areas.
Monroe.    La.,    authorities   said
At    Shreveport.    In    northwest (Continued on Page A-lO)
tional   events,   the   oeople   of  this
city  have  been   without  a   major
newspaper."
•\'ital  Public  Ser\iee" "We believe the  distribution  of vg to be a vital oitblic service, endal to the worldng of a free
government. In Uir "^nd this con-
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4 Plane Crash Victims Found Near Harrisburg
End Long Search In  Dense Woodland On Stony Mountain
HARRISBURG, dPt^-The bodies
o  ffour   persons,  one  of   them  a
,.     .,      ^ , . I woman,   were   found   today   near
Bideration  takes  precedence  overj^j,^   wreckage   of
•very other."
The Tribune had .suspended pub¬ lication bemuse. It said, It wa« being used as pn 'n'^trument of bargainin^r for th" nho*o-fn""rav- srs agal"M  tbe o'hT pa"?rs.
The Hera!d-T-ih'ine w?s no' dire'Hlv Inwlved In the strike (Continued on Page A 10)
a twin-engine private pWne which crashed on Stony   Monutain   near   Wllliams-
townvs
The flight .plan of the plane, filed at Columbus, listed the pilot as Frank Gross of Morristown, NJ., and the passemgors as a Mrs. Archer of Hohokus, N.J. Leonard CTleminshaw of Short Hills, N.J., and the latter's broth- erinl-aw, John, of Farmington, Conn. Crash Is Heard
The last radio contaiot with the plane   after   its
interviewed and rejected "come home" please. Still remaining to be Interviewed are 198 South Ko¬ reans.
Explainers took a Sunday hoU day   but   will   resume   interviews tomorrow   with  30   mora  former ROK soldiers.
The South Korean prisoners un¬ successfully tried to slow down or wreck the Interview program l)y staging sit-down strikes dur¬ ing the morning Interviews and refusing to go,back to their com¬ pounds. This' forced the inter¬ viewers to move to other tents. Indian Tip
The American officers, who will begin   their   explanations   to   the 22 reluctaint GIs when ROK offlc- (CJontinued o«i Pa«» A-lO)
CRITIC OF McCarthy
DRAWS   SENATOR'S   IRE
WASHINGTON (IP) —Sen. Jos- eph R. McCarthy charged yester day that retired Brig. Gen. Tel¬ ford Taylor, who critlclied him recently in a speech at the U. S. Military Academy, left the gov¬ ernment last year with an "un¬ resolved question of loyalty" departure f^omjshowing on his Civil Service record.
The   Wisconsin   Republican
showed   newsmen   what   he   said
EMwurd was a photograph of Taylor's Civil
Hartford, (Jonn.
., , Columitvfls    was    with    the    CSvil
Although there was no positive. Aeronautics     Administration     at idt-ntification of the viotim«, stateiPittsburgh   several   hours   later. T>olic<' belifvcd they wet» the fourj    , ^ .      „,„. .       „„  .
who took off from Columbus, O., ,,^^^'*'      "¦'?„ ', ^      ,2^ .    .^u   „      .   - . a.u .. «   _    u™   .^
Fridav    ir',>rnon   nn   .   flight   to^°<*"«'   *   "'«'^'^   officer   at   the Service form.    That form showed
j hunting   on   the   Stony   Mountain carried    a    notation,   "unresolved ~~~ range,   said   he   heard   the  sound question of loyalty."
of a plane cras'hlng. Five otherj chairman Philip Young of the deer hunters in the area reipart-^civil Service Commissiiw told the ed hearing a similar noise. ! United   Press   he   could   not   say
State Poltee, added by game andiwithout    knowing    all    details If ire wardens, spent several hours! whether  the  document McCarthy JEFFERSON  CITY.   Mo.   (IP-  land  Hall  be buried side by side combing dense woodland halfway|showed   reporters   was   conflden- A Maryville. Mo., undcrtakf-r will in her family burial plot at Clear- dowp  the  mountainside  but  Bheytial.
«8lm the bodies of Cari Austin mont. Mo. But Col. Thomas E.'w^re forced to give up the search| "ive noticed in the past that nail and Mrs. Bonnie Brown!White otton, state ,)cnal director, because of the rugged terrain.l^me of his (McCarthy's) refer- Heady after their execution, sav-l.^jd   no   decision   has   been   dis-heavy fog and rain. Iences have not been too accurate,"
tag them from post mortem study I closed   regarding   burial   of   the Qo^ig, scattered I Young commented.
Bodies of Executed Kidnappen Arranged for by Undertaker
ik'-^-apers. ;    The sea.-ohers s.tart)ed out again
He    said    normally    unclaimedj^t daybreak Uiis morning .Joinedi
by medical students.
Joh*^"""  ofllclals  said undertaker
WedneSy* aJfd"'mRde''*arranre'- ''^^''!. "^ executed prisoners are^y an Army plane from'the Air ments for the b™??^ ''"''"«* i turned over to colleges or uni-1 Rescue Service. It was several No Deelslon Vet I versitics   ftff   study   by   medical hours before they found parts of
Mrs. Heady  requested  that she"'"'^''"^'- |two  wings   in  a dense  woodland.,
y  requeacea  tnat hne ^^^^^ ^,^^ ^ ^^ ^        ^  ^^^^^  distance  away  they!
Requests continued to come in I found two of the bodice. Theyi from persons scekins; to observe continued a minute search of tJhe' the  Dec.  18 execution. dense woods and found the ot.jer
date to decide the future of pris oners of war refusing repatriation if   the   Korean   peace   conference is  not held  in time to meet the armistice agreement deadline.
The demand by India's V. K Krishna Menon resulted in an ad¬ journment of the UN's Main Po¬ litical Committee until tomorrow without a decision on whether to reopen the Korean issue at this time. The 16 powers whose troops fought for the UN in the Korean War hoped to have the current a.ssembly adjourn with¬ out a new discussion of Korea Will Fix Date
The assembly's Steering (Com¬ mittee, which had set Tuesday as the adjournment date for the wofld parliament's eighth annual aeasioii, will meet tomorrow to fix a new date. It appeared like¬ ly now that tha assembly would not adjourn until late next week,
Menon made it clear that India was not asking for a full debate on Korea, but was seeking guid¬ ance from the UN on what to do about the recalcitrant prisoners if their fate is not decided by tihe Korean   peace   conference.
The armistice agreement signed at Panmunjon last July provided that the future of prisoners re¬ fusing repatriation should be en¬ trusted to a five-nation Neutral NaUons Repatriation Commission, of which India was named chair¬ man.
"Explanations" to persuade the prisoners to go home were pro¬ vided for through a 90-day period which ends Dec. 23. Those ex¬ planations to the prUtonera by the 0>mmunl8ts havs been marked with rioting and explanatlOM by tha UN Command hava brought no changes of heart among re¬ calcitrant South Korean* held by Reds.
After the explanations end, the prisoners were to be held for an additional 30 daysr—a period ex¬ piring Jan. 22. India contends that If no agreement on the F^^Ws future i» reached by then, the peace conference—if It Is held ^can consider the Issua for an additional 30 days before tho pri¬ soners ara set free.
Menon explained that India, ai chalrman-of the repatriation com' mission, is In a ticklish position. It has no "automatic" guidance on what to do with tha prlaoners if no decision Is reached, he said, and it feels that tbm VS should give such guidance.
13-Year-Old Deer Hunter Kills Younger Brother
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SOMEa^ET, Pa. (IB—A 13-year-old schoolboy sobbed aa h«
told State Police Saturday how he acoidentally killed hia younger
from  Gov   Her-t^vo bodies and the remainder of    brother   as   they   hunted   together   on     the   family   farm   in
Another  came   .......   v..-..   ..... . , ,   •   . , .
man Talmadre of Ceorria. who! the wreckage two hours later -'0(1 r.prml'"lon for i statj legis- At Hartford .the woman aboard lator to watch Hall nnd M.s.Itho plane was identified n.s Mrs. Il '-dv die to obtain information Mtohael Rrcher of Hohokus, sis- I.., ,.. ' M» if 0"orjria should adontlrr of the CSemtnshaw brothers, ithe gas chamber for e tecution ofi The Cleiminshaws were partners 1 prisoners  sentenced to  die. in a Cleveland tax appraisal firm.
Somerset RDl.
Gene Wooley said he swung hia rifle around to get better aim at a running buck. The boy said hs fired just as he moved his rifle to a point where his brother, Roy, 12, was standing.
Roy is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wooley, and five brothers and sisters. Ha and his brothor, Ci«ne, were seventh grade student*
Demand Soviets Agree to Work on Lasting Peace for Germany, Austria
TUCKER'S TOWN, Br-rmuda (IP)—The Big Three foreign min¬ isters agreed Saturday to meet Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov in Berlin if Russia gives guarantees of her willingness to negotiate a lasting German and Austrian peace.
The decision to meet the Soviet foreign minister appeared to be the first step in bridging a gulf between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in tneir thinking on how to deal with the Soviet Union. Answer Prepared
The foreing ministers spent tho forenoon writing a carefully worked tripartite answer to Rus¬ sia's proposal the ministers meet in Berlin.
Then they turned the polishing job over to a special drafting committee of foreign ministry ex¬ perts. •
Ths final draft of the note Is expected to be submitted to Mr Eisenhower. CSiurchlll and French Premier Joeeph Laniel late Satur¬ day, at their second si^ssion of the four-day conference.
Tha Big Three chiefs of state met aa scheduled at 4 p. m. EST.
American sources said late Sat- (Oontinued on Page A-10>
McCarthy Doubts
Wfhite House Over Telegrams
WASHINGTON OP)—White House tabulations showed Saturday that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy is get¬ ting 2 to 1 public support on his challenge to the administration's China trade policy, but the Wis¬ consin Republican challenged the flgures.
Assistant White House press secretary Murray Snyder said 4,- 346 tclegram.x had been delivered and tabulated by 11 a.m, with 2,992 pro-McCarthy and 1.354 anti- McCarthy. Low Count, Senator Says
Little more than an hour later, McCarthy countered that from his own sources he had learned that 8.427 telegrams were delivered to the executive mansion by 11:30 a.m.  Snyder  refused  to  comment
on McCarthy's Claim.
McCarthy said he hopes to g't an explanation for the "discrep¬ ancy" from Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons, the administration's con¬ gressional   liaison   officer.
"I am sure that if there's any mistake It's an honest mistake." McCarthy said, iiit he added that "if it continue." I would like to see the White Houae have Wc.-l- ern Union give out the figures." Othem Waiting
In his 11 a.m. report Snyder said that—besides the 4,436 tele¬ grams tabulated Western Union had another 3,500 untabulated which had not been delivered to the White House. There aUo were about 1,500 letters at the ((Continued on Page A-10)
Valley Scene
South Wathington atreet re»- taurant owner burned to eriap by steady etream of motoritta aeeking niekeU for parking me¬ ters, putting following hand- lettered sign on counter: "Buy Something—I Giv Change."
Wilkes-Bnrre tnsttranes man being warned "You better hav* insurance, Mae," after hs drove ear into side of trailer-truck on South Washington street Fri¬ day night.
Woman driver who always wears a man's felt hat when she gets behind the wheel still attrtusting a lot of stares from pedestrians and m^ttoriats alike.
ITALY, YUGOSLAVS WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM TRIESTE BORDER
ROME (in—Tugoalavia and Italy B|rr««d ysatarday to wtth- drww their troops from ths bor¬ ders of disputed Trieste and offi¬ cial Ital'lan aources said Saturday night the withdrawal already has begun.
Ths announcement tta«it agree¬ ment had been reaehM between Belgrade and Roma to pull back their forces from Trieste and the Italian-Yugoslavia border led to hope that tha seven-year-long wrangle over the free territory on the Adriatic Sea may soon be set¬ tled peaceably.
Ths Italian foreign office an¬ nounced that the agreement was reaiehad Saturday In a conference between Italian Premier Giuseppe IVIla and Yugoslav Minister to Italy. Pavla Gresoric.
Freedom for Satellites Only in Big Upheaval, Hoover Tells Inquiry
NEW YORK (IP)—P>Drmer Presi dent Herbert Hoover implied yes terday    he    believed    Ctommunist satellite countries can regain their freedom only through revolution¬ ary political changes in the world
Mr. Hoover, who was head of American relief efforts In Rus¬ sia anfc the Baltic areas follow¬ ing World War I, said freedom for Soviet-dominated countries can come only from "some great world cataclysm from which those people may rise again." At House Hearing
Mr. Hoover made a rare public appearance at a crowded hearing of a special House committee in¬ vestigating the "illegal seizure" of the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by Soviet Russia in 1940.
Tha T9-year-old former Presi¬ dent, looking fit and healthy In a plain gray suit, told ths com¬ mittee that freeing tbe satellite countries by agreement with Rus¬ sia was virtually Impossible.
"No one can read the speeches of Malenkov, SUlin or Molotov and believe that any agreement with the Russians can have more tban   temporary  value,"   ha  said.
Mr. Hoover said there Is a pos¬ sibility the United States and Rus- .•lia might have some areas of mutual agreement, "but any real agreement can last only as long as   it  satisfies   the   Russians."
He said the Russians negotiated 36 peace treaties with other na¬ tions after World War I but "they all went by the boards when Stal¬ in signed his pact with Hitler in August, 1939. That ought to signi¬ fy the reality of Soviet inten¬ tions." Populations Shifted
Mr. Hoover said the Russians paved the way to seizing the Bal¬ tic states in the Stalin-Hitler pact. Since then, he said, the Russians have "undertaken the systermatic migration" of Baltic peoples to Siberia and in turn have resettled Russians along the Baltic Sea.
"They are trying to extinguish any racial spark that might ba alive In  those  peoples."  ha  said.
Mr. Hoover said he talke4 in 1«46 to refugees from "Helsinki to Budapest" and found that their "greatest hopa was for some great convulsion out of which they caJi emerge."
Flying Santa Wif/ Start Visits To Lighthouses on Both Coasts
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MARSHFIELD, Mass. (IP)—Jol¬ ly Old Santa called me up yes¬ terday, aa he do»s» every year about this time.
6ai.d he's starting out Sunday to sprinkle presents from (Canada to California. First tima ha ever Uckled a ^hoee this Mg, he tells me. Expects to go from ooean to ocean in one day. A BeUtive?
Of course, kids, this Isn't the Santa Claus that gets to your hou(ws Christmas E^ve. This is the other one—-the Flylrug Santa— who brings cheer to lonely light¬ house keepers, Coast Guardsmen and their Idds along the coast.
For 17 years, Bdward Rowe SDiow haa been "Santa CSaus" to these seaftu-ing f<4ks. But this year things are going to be dif ferent. FamUy Going, Too
First  off,  Mrs.  Santa  Is  going
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along. So's Santa's little helper— two-year-old' Dorbtfay Car^dina Snow.
But this is the big deal. Santa's going to cover both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. If he does ha'll wind up travelling 17,000 miles.
Back in 193« when Snow start¬ ed filling in for '^Santa" he used to travel down efwt—along the Maine Coast. Mostly he pitches cx- celsior-^padder packages o\A of hll private plana while circling tbs stations.
But sometimes he lands, aa at Nantucket or Bamegat Light. Schools close and busloads of kida surround the plane to greet "Saa* U" Snow." Big Load This Year
This year there'll  be about 465 packages. They'll have candy, cig¬ arettes, pen and pencil sets, cigars, rubber   toys.   Boy   Scout   knives, (Continued on Pag« A-10>
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