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Proposal Reveals
U.S. Has Solved
Secret of H-Bomb
HARTFORD, Conn., Iff)—Sen.
McMaho-n Saturday proposed the
manufacture of 1,000 or more
“hydrogen weapons” in what ap
peared to be a plain indication
the United States has solved the
secret of the fearsome H-bomb.
The Connecticut Democrat, a
candidate for his party’s presi
dential nomination, is chairman
of the Senate Atomic Energy
Committee and close to atomic
and hydrogen developments.
The governor never has an
nounced whether it has succeeded
in devising an H-bo*mb. But Mc
Mahon told the Connecticut state
Democratic convention that, if
elected President:
“I would direct the United
States Atomic Energy Commis
sion to manufacture hydrogen
weapons numbered in four fig
ures. This would prevent war and
< win us time to* wage peace.”
“I would direct, that we sub
stitute cheap atomic and hydro
- gen firepower for expensive con
ventional firepower ... to reduce
taxes and balance the budget
while we wage peace.”
Russia To Try To Split
Britain from West Allies
MOSCOW, (/PV— The appoint
ment of Soviet deputy foreign
minister Andrei A. Gromyko as
f Russia’s ambassador to Britain
as interpreted here as a highly
significant move intended to
stress to Britain and the rest of
the world ,the importance of So
viet-British diplomatic relations.
The tactic was interpreted as a
move to split Britain from her
Western allies by cashing in on
sentiment expressed by Left wing
labor leader Aneurin Bevan, who
wants to steer a separate course
away from U.S. defense policies.
A major new phase in Soviet
diplomacy appeared definitely in
the making. The sudden shifts of
major ambassadorial personnel in
key world centers in the past few
days fortoid, perhaps, important
things to come.
The shifts include the transfer j
of Alexander S. Panyushkin from
Washington to Peiping and the
transfer of Georgi N. Zarubin,
present Soviet ambassador in
Britain, tc Washington.
Malik Arranges U.N.
Discussion Alleged Germ
Warfare In Korea
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JP)—
-Russia’s Jacob A. Malik today
called a meeting of the United
Nations Security Council for Wed
nesday to discuss Soviet charges
that the U.N. is carrying on germ
warfare in Korea.
The Soviet Union thus appar
ently decided to air its charges of
germ warfare in the Security
Council after failing to obtain any
action in the U.N. Disarmament
Commission.
k The United States and other
United Nations in Korea have
denied such charges and have in
fact challenged Malik to take
such action.
Resumption of Fighting
In Korea Costs Reds
1,000 Casualties in 5 Days
SEOUL, UP) — Infantrymen of
the U. S. 45th Division today
smashed an artillery - supported
Chinese attack on a hill forma
tion on the western front. The
five-day-old battle has cost the
Reds more than 1,000 casualties.
Fighting also continued at a
stepped-up pace at other friction
sports on the 155 - mile front.
U.S. Eighth Army staff officers
have offered no explanation of
the stepped-up fighting, the
toughest of the year.
American Sabre jet pilots re
ported three Communist jets de
stroyed and one damaged in two
fights Sunday south of the Man
churian border.
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Sen. Kefauver and
Sen. Taft Clash
On TV Program
(By the Associated Press)
The two candidates leading the
delegate races for the presidential
nominations have made it clear
in face-to-face debate they are
poles apart on both domestic and
foreign issues.
Sens. Estes Kefauver and Rob
ert A. Taft voiced agreement on
only one thing — that corruption
in government will be a major
campaign issue.
They clashed on a television
program after Republican Sen.
Wayne Morse of Oregon, also on
a TV show, strongly indicated he
will “take a walk” from the party
at at least will remain silent in
the campaign—if Taft is nomin
ated.
Taft, in an earlier program, said
he would never run for president
again if he failed to win the nom
ination this year—while express
ing confidence he already has al
most enough delegates to win it.
But the fireworks were in the
second program. Kefauver accus
ed Taft of “showing the same iso
lationist policy as before World
War II, when he voted against
Lend-Lease, Selective Service and
everything else.” He ignored
Taft’s “Oh, no! no!” protest to add
Taft voted on both sides of #the
Point Four program to help un
derdeveloped nations.
Taft called this an unjustified
slur and went on to attack the
administration’s domestic and for
eign policies, many endorsed by
Kefauver.
At Denver, Eisenhower’s recep
tion was perhaps the warmest he
has received in his short political
career—a career the next three
weeks can make or break as he
tries to swing GOP convention
delegates to his side.
15 PORTLAND BUSINESSMEN
ON ANNUAL ALASKA TOUR
PORTLAND, (/P)—Fifteen busi
nessmen left here Sunday mor
ning for the fifth annual trade
tour of Alaska sponsored by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
R.B. Maloney, chairman of the
Alaska Committee, is in charge
of the 14-day air trip. Major stops
are planned at Fairbanks, An
chorage, Juneau and Ketchikan.
SUP Will Release
Alaska Boats At
Request of Gov.
(By the Associated Pkess)
Emergency food ships will foe
released for Alaskan ports when
ever Alaska Governor Gruening
certifies they are needed, the
Sailors Union of the Pacific an
nounced in Seattle Friday.
Weisbarth, the Sailors Union
agent, said there are several small
freighters available to supply re
mote Alaska areas with full union
cooperation.
“We’ve told the Governor of
Alaska we’ll get ships into ports
where he says the food is need
ed,” Weisbarth commented.
Seattle Mayor Allen Pomeroy
announced after a meeting with
the Alaska Lifeline Committee
and Weisbarth that his office will
screen emergency reports from
the committee and then confer
with Govenor Gruening in each
instance. Weisbarth said the union
will approve relief shipments re
quested through this procedure.
Att. Gen. Accepts
Resignations Half
Of His Assistants
WASHINGTON, </P)—A broad
reorganization of the govern
ment’s legal branch, the Justice
Department, appeared in the
making Monday in the wake of
three new resignations by top of
ficials.
Out of office Saturday went ex
actly half of the six assistant at
torney generals: Harold I. Bayn
ton, 48, Nevadan who headed the
office of Alien Property; H.f Gra
ham Morison, 45, from Tennessee,
head of the Anti-Trust Division;
William A. Underhill, 42, of Flor
ida, chief of the Lands Division.
President Truman’s new attor
ney general, James P. McGranery
announced in Philadelphia that
the resignations of the three had
been accepted.
When McGranery took office
May 27, all division heads in the
department submitted “courtesy
resignations,” so that the new
chief might have a free hand in
organizing his department.
Soldier To Die For
“Strange Impulse” Killing
Of Officer In Maneuvers
FORT BRAGG, N.C., (/P)—An
Army private has been sentenced
to death for killing an officer in
his company during maneuvers
in Texas last March.
A general court martial, com
posed solely of officers, Friday
night found Pvt. Michael Kunak
of Baltimore, Md., guilty of shoot
ing 2nd Lt. Harold B. Williamson
of Washington, D.C. Kunak did
not exercise his right to have en
listed men sit on the court.
The shooting took place in a
mess tent near Fort Hood during
Exercise Longhorn.
Kunak testified that he “had
nothing against Williamson,” but
added that he was driven 'by a
“strange impulse” which he found
himself powerless to resist.
NLRB Plans To End
22-Day West Coast Strike
Of Sailors Union of Pacific
* *
SAN FRANCISCO, (A5) — Na
tional Labor Relations Board of
ficials planned to end the 22-day
strike of the AFL Sailors Union'
of the Pacific.
The dispute has tied up some
60 vessels in West Coast ports.
The Sailors ask a five per cent
pay increase and overtime for
Saturdays at sea. The shipowners,
through the Pacific Maritime As
sociation, refused to discuss
wages until the union agrees to
a one-year contract with a no
strike pledge, instead of a con
tract which may be cancelled on
60 days’ notice, as formerly.
Russian Jets Down
Unarmed Swedish
Search Plane
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, (/P) —
Soviet jet fighter planes shot
down an unarmed Swedish mili
tary search plane off the coast of
Estonia Monday, the government
announced.
The seven-man crew was pick
ed up later by a German mer
chant ship. Two of the Swedish
crew were reported wounded.
The plane was searching for
another Swedish air force plane
missing with eight men aboard in
the same area, where the Rus
sians are reported holding vast
air and sea maneuvers.
The Swedish government, re
flecting the anger of people in
the streets, delivered a strong
protest to the Russians.
Sweden demanded an immedi
ate investigation and prompt pun
ishment of “those responsible
for the outrage.”
Foreign Minister Erlander also
delivered a second request to the
Russians that they halt further
espionage activity by their dip
lomats in Sweden. This note re
ferred specifically to the trial
which opened here Monday of
seven Swedes charged with sell
ing out this nation’s entire vital
northern defense system to the
Russians.
WSB Recommends 20^
Carpenter Wage Boost
WASHINGTON, {&)— A Wage
Stabilization Board (WSB) panel
has recommended a 20 cent an
hour wage host for Alaska car
penters.
The panel’s report, prepared
after long study of the wage dis
pute, has been submitted to both
sides for comment. After that, the
WSB itself will make up its mind
on how much of a wage boost to
recommend.
The dispute, which has erupted
into a strike, is between the Alas
ka chapter of the Associated Gen
eral Contractors and 11 local
unions of the AFL» Alaska Coun
cil of Carpenters. The strike end
ed when both sides agreed to sub
mit the dispute to the WSB for
a recommended settlement.
There was no definite indica
tion here when the WSB might
finish its work on the case. The
11 locals, it was said, include
most of the carpenters in the ter
ritory.
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Biggest U.S. Army
Ammo Dump In
Korea Explodes
HAEUNDE, Korea, {JP)—A U.S.
soldier was killed Monday and 33
other persons were missing or in
jured in thunderous explosions in
the U.S. Army’s biggest ammuni
tion dump in Korea.
The first blast—cause unknown
—went off at 10:50 a.m. It broke
windows and knocked down plas
ter in buildings in Pusan, 13 miles
south. Two other huge explosions
followed within 15 minutes.
Fire mushroomed in the area.
Gray clouds of phosphorous
smoke rose into the sky. Rockets
shot wildly about. Exploding
flares flew two miles. Small ex
plosions popped off now and then.
A fourth big blast shook the area
in the afternoon.
Supply officers said the big
blasts took place in a section for
salvaged -ammunition, not useable
at the front.
In Pusan, Gen. James A. Van
Fleet, U.S. Eighth Army com
mander, said the lost material
was only part of the Army’s
stocks. But he said he would
have preferred the shells ex
ploded at the battlefront.
House Considers Easing of
Restrictions Shipping Of
Explosives Alaska, Hawaii
WASHINGTON, (JP)—A bill to
ease restrictions on the trans
portation of explosives by ship
will be considered in closed-door
session Thursday by the House
Merchant Marine Committee.
The measure is designed to re
lieve a critical need for dyna
mite and other commercial explo
sives in Hawaii and Alaska.
A year ago, the committee
urged the Coast Guard to adhere
to the “American table of weights ‘
and distances” in issuing permits
for the loading and unloading of
explosives. The suggestion, which
the Coast Guard followed, result
ed from an investigation of a
munition ship explosion at South
Amboy, N.J.
Application of the table put a
severe pinch on Hawaii, where
the maximum load of dynamite
was limited to 500 pounds per
ship. Hawaii, which has no natur
al gravel deposits, needs about
800 tons of dynamite a year to
blast rock for crushing. It would
require 3,200 ships a year to de
liver 800 tons of dynamite. Only
about three ships a waeek dock
at Honolulu.
The legislation is designed to
relieve the situation, and a sim
ilar problem at Seward, Alaska,
by permitting local authorities to
fix regulations for the handling
of explosives at local ports.
U. OF WASHINGTON GETS
$9000 FOR SALMON RESEARCH
SEATTLE, (/P)~The University
of Washington board of regents
Friday announced the receipt of
$9,000 from Alaska Salmon In
dustry, Inc., to continue industry
sponsored research work in the
Cook Inlet area of Alaska by the
Fisheries Research Institute. The
project is headed by Dr. William
F. Thompson.