Soviet Union and Communism are.
used by the regime to point out |
“look what can happen here if you
, aren’t quiet.”
NEW YORK, </P) — Hard-slug
ging school baseball players broke
176,000 window panes in city
schools during the last academic
year. The board of education foot
ed the bill for $100,000.
A spokesman said yesterday
there was little evidence of van
dalism. It was just a case of en
thusiasm.
OLYMPIA, The Washing
ton state legislature’s un-Ameri
can activities committee was free
today to continue its investiga
tions
Constitutionality of the commit
tee was upheld by the state su
preme court yesterday in a 5-3 de
cision that ordered state treasurer
Russell H. Fluent to cash salary
and expense warrants of commit
tee employees.
The majority opinion, was writ
ten by Justice William J. Pennock.
Ship Special
Dirt To Alaska
SEATTLE, (/P)—A special kind
of dirt that makes a special kind
of mud is being shipped to Alaska
Saturday aboard the steamer
Aleutian.
The dirt comes from Merced,
Calif., and is used in oil-drilling
work. It is destined for the navy’s
oil project at Point Barrow.
Mixed with water the earth jells
into a substance which, when
packed into a drill hole, aids in
pumping cuttings and sediment to
the surface.
The 27-ton shipment is being
sent north by the Arctic Contrac
tors. It will be landed at Seward,
sent by rail to Fairbanks, flown to
Barrow, then hauled by tractor
sleds over the tundra to the oil
well installations.
A second shipment is scheduled
to leave soon on an Alaska Steam
ship company freighter, Frank
Whitmer, traffic manager for Arc
tic Contractors, said.
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Army Enlistments
Start Upward
I —
WASHINGTON, (/P)—First re
ports from a few scattered cities
show a quickened interest in vol
untary enlistments *in the army.
; Army officials noted this today,
but said it is too soon for anything
like complete reports to reach
Washington. Thus they could not
I say what the national trend of re
' cruiting might be after President
Truman’s call for a draft law and
universal military training.
One of the reports received was
from Minneapolis. Enlistments
moved up there from an average
of about five a day to 30 immedi
ately following Mr. Truman’s mes
sage to the Congress.
The Washington recruiting of
fice, army officials said, reported
a large number of inquiries about
enlistment yesterday. But they
said no corresponding upswing in
the actual number of recruits was
noted.
1
j Truman Will Not
Accept Support
From Wallace
j NEW YORK, President Trumar
says he would not accept the sup
port of “Henry Wallace and hi:
communists”—even if his refusa
meant defeat in the Novembei
election.
“If joining them or permitting
! them to join me is the price of vie
tory, I recommend defeat,” de
dared the President, who droppec
Wallace from his cabinet in 1946
J Mr. Truman made the statemen
I last night to 2,500 persons at the
j annual dinner of the Friendlj
Sons of St. Patrick.
His challenge to “Wallace anc
I his Communists” came near the
end of a foreign policy speech ir
I which he reiterated his plea tc
j Congress for a temporary revival
! of the draft, universal military
! training and speedy Congressional
approval of the European recover}
program. He said the fundamental
purpose of his proposals is “to pre
j vent war.”
Departing from his prepared
text, Mr. Truman said: “I do not
want and I will not accept the po
litical support of Henry Wallace
j and'his commjjnists. . . . These are
j days of high prices for everything,
but any price for Henry Wallace
and his communists is too much
for me to pay. I do not want to
buy.”
I he President s remarks con
! cerning Wallace brought cheers
from the St. Patrick’s Day gather
ing, which had just heard Francis
Cardinal Spellman endorse the
President’s recommendation for
universal military training.
A talk on the subject “Wallace
Answers Truman” already had
been scheduled for Wallace on the
ABC network last night.
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Atomic Workers
May Not Strike
WASHINGTON (A*)—1The White
i House reported today there is a
good chance of heading off a
threatened midnight walkout of
900 atomic laboratory workers at
Oakridge, Tenn.
Presidential press secretary
Charles G. Ross told reporters “it
is quite possible an agreement will
i be reached during the day.”
Ross added that President Tru
man also has received “a very en
couraging message from the union
that if the status quo is maintain
ed, there will be no strike.”
But Ross said that if a settle
ment is not reached, the provi
sions of the Taft-Hartley law “will
be followed.” This apparently
meant that the government will
seek a court injunction to ban a
! strike for 80 days.
Congress 1 repares
To Draft Men;
6When’ And ;If’
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strengthened armed forces.
This Republican answer to Mr.
Truman’s request for universal
military training and a limited re
vival of selective service is known
to have the enthusiastic backing
of Vandenberg. He is the Senate’s
presiding officer and heads its for
eign relations committee.
Taft told a reporter he is in
clined to support the plan but has
not made up his mind finally.
Meanwhile, an informal poll of
the House armed services commit
tee showed today that group prob
ably would approve an outright
draft revival at once. Fifteen out
of 33 members said they favor
such a step and only four listed
themselves as definitely opposed.
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