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JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951
VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,960
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Warne Quits
Int. Dept.;
New Job
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 — —
William E. Warne of San Diego,
Calif., was sworn in today as eco
nomic specialist to Iran with the
personal rank of minister.
Warne, who resigned yesterday as
Assistant Secretary of Interior, took
the oath in a cpremony In the officio
of'James E. Webb, under secretary
of state.
Warne had been with the Inte
rior Department 16 years. He joined
its reclamation bureau in 1935. For
four years beginning in 1943 he was
assistant reclamation commissioner
He became Assistant Secretary ol
Interior in 1947.
He accepted his new position, he
told a reporter, because he consid
ers the government’s point four
program of economic aid to under
developed countries of great im
portance.
Warne’fc salary as undersecretary
was $15,000 a year. His new job
pays $15,000 plus overseas allow
ances. He expects to leave for Iran
Nov. 18.
(Seamen Rescued,
6 Dead or Missing
In Ship Disaster
SEATTLE, Nov. —Six sea
men who survived a ship fire and
explosicA and 35 hours in an open
lifeboat \n rough seas were res
cued in the north Pacific before
dawn today.
The dramatic rescue, When hope
rapidly was running out, left six
crew members of the India-bound
wheat ship George Walton on the
list of dead or missing.
The Coast Guard said revised re
ports on the Tuesday disaster at
sea were that one man was killed
in the explosion and fire on the
American government-owned freigh
ter; 30 have been rescued; five are
missing and presumed drowned.
Four of the missing were lost
from a lifeboat that flipped over
in the unruly sea while rescue
operation were under way and
safety seemed almost within the
men’s reach.
The six men listed by the States
Steamship Co., Seattle agent for
the ship, as dead or presumed
dead, are:
Peter J. Johnson, second mate,
brother of Margaret Bush, San
Mateo, Calif.; Gus M. Larsen, se
cond assistant engineer, Portland;
Arthur D. Waechtler, oiler, whose
son, Arthur, lives at Berkeley, Calif.;
James M. Seager, fireman-water
tender, ^brother of Burnley Seager,
Staten Island, N. Y.; George W.
Gosch, messman, brother of Mrs!
Thedosia Jennings, Grenada Hills,
Calif.; Walter H. Olesen, second
cook, Seattle.
The rescued were the last of
the original crew of 36 of the Am
erican freighter George Walton,
abandoned off the Washington
coast after an explosion and fire
late Tuesday. Twenty-four others
were rescued from lifeboats, one
was known dead aboard ship, and
five were listed by the Qoast
Guard as missing and presided
drowned.
The Coast Guard cutter Wachu
sett, one of anejcpapdlng fleet of
search vessels,’ located the last
known survivors drifting in their
lifeboat 333 miles from Cape Flat
tery, northwesternmost tip of the
United States.
The rescued included William G.
Andrews, 3rd assistant engineer, of
Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Washinrgion
Merry-Go-Round
(CoDyrlgbt. 1H1. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
W«
ASHINGTON—Two of Eisen
hower's stanchest Republican boost
ers have Just had a significant
heart-to-heart talk .
Both are Pennsylvanians, but
neither has been mutually cooper
ative in the promotion of Ike for
Resident. The other day, however,
Congressman Hugh Scott, Jr., of
Philadelphia, who devotes aU his
spare time to beating the bushes
for Elsenhower, walked across the
capltol plaza to see Sen. Jim Duff,
ex-Govemor of Pehnsylvania, and
nominal leader of the Eisenhower
forces.
“I think we’re hurting our own
cause pushing the general and de
manding he tell us he is a Republi
can and a candidate," Scott laid
-lOm
-A.
Big Rumpus
Is Raised
Politically
Truman Denies Publish
ed Report He Has Offer
ed to Back Eisenhower
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—(At-Pre
sident Truman said today there is
no tnlth to a published report that
he had offered to back Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower as a Presidential
candidate next year.
The New York Times in an art
icle by its Washington Correspon
dent, Arthur Krock, reported the
offer was made during Eisenhower’s
visit here earlier this week. Krock
added the report likely would be
denied.
“There’s not a word of truth in
it—that’s the only comment I’ve
got,” Mr. Truman told reporters
at the airport just before leaving
for a Florida vacation. He added:
"If Walter Wincliell or Walter
Trohan had written that, there
wouldn't be anything to it but I
never thought Arthur Krock would
do it.”
Winchell is a columnist-com
entator. Trohan is chief of the
Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bu
reau and consistent critic of the
Truman Administration.
Krock's story said Mr. Truman
made the offer at his private lunch
eon with Eisenhower at the Blair
House last Monday.
“Purely Fictional”
Officers at Eisenhower’s head
quarters in Paris also described the
Times report as "purely fictional.”
Krock wrote that “categorical
statements were likely to result from
his story but that the qualifications
of his source were such as to merit
publication.
Krock noted that the reported
Truman offer of support “necessar
ily concerned only the Democratic
nomination.”
The offer, Krock said, repeated
“a similar offer with respect to
1948; which Mr. Truman made to
Eisenhower at the Potsdam confer
ence in 1945.
Double Denials
The published account was denied
early today by the White House.
Asked for comment, Presidential
Press Secretary Joseph Short said
the dispatch “is not true.” Short
declined to elaborate.
Officers at Eisenhower’s head
quarters outside Paris said today
the report of an offer of support
by Mr. Truman was “purely fic
tional.’’ One officer said Eisenhower
"made it clear in his remarks to the
press both in the United States
and in Paris that he did not discuss
politics with the President. The of
ficers said there would be no com
ment on the report from Eisen
hower personally.
Eisenhower’s “Rejection”
Krock’s story said Eisenhower
“strongly implied” rejection of the
offer. “by suggesting that great
difficulties were presented by his
^fundamental disagreement with the
Administration on labor policies,
proposed amendments to the Taft
Hartley Act and other policies and
programs in the domestic field that
have been sponsored by Mr. Truman.
Taking into account several pos
sible developments in both parties,
Krock said that eventually Eisen
hower “might just possibly be able
to make a platform accommodation
with the Democrats.”
Krock wrote that he was assured
yesterday by a person whom he
believes to be “thoroughly reliable
and informed” that “'such was the
exchange between the two and that
the matter was left in status.”
Krock mentioned the possibilities
that Eisenhower might be the Re
publican candidate for President,
or might support Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio for the nomination.
BIXBY GETS BUCK
A. P. Bixby, local fisherman, is
one of the good hunters. He bagged
a six-point buck at Funter Bay. It
is at the Juneau Cold Storage Co.
•_ •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU •
• At Airport: Maximum, 43; •
• Minimum, 41. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
% Rain tonight with lowest •
• temperature near 36 degrees. •
• Mostly cloudy with occasional •
• rain showers Friday. Highest •
• temperature Friday around •
• 42 degrees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• At Airport — 0.10 inches; •
• from July 1—1.36 inches. •
Decision Waits
In Anchorage
Jail Problem
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Nov. 8—(iD
—Judge Anthony Dimond has re
served -decision on the plea of a
federal jail prisoner that he be
transferred to another, more sani
tary and less crowded lockup.
Six attorneys argued the merits
of the plea by Ernest Pickins, 20,
who is being held on a robbery
charge. The attorneys pointed out
that the court has three alternatives
if it accedes to Pickens’ plea:
X. Transfer the prisoners to
other jails In the territory, pre
ferably the Third Division.
2. Convert the Anchorage fed
eral building basement to its orig
inal purpose, that of a federal
jail.
3. Release the prisoners.
Thirty-nine men and one woman
are in the federal jail at this time
in space intended for 18 persons,
the attorneys pointed out. and arc
forced to sleep in shifts.
Deputy Marshal William Healy
told the court he was "at all times
conscious that the building was a
fire trap.” It has only one exit —
through the kitchen.
Judge Dimond said he would
take note of the final current
grand Jury report which was re
leased Monday, citing unsanitary
and hazardous conditions.
Of the 40 persons being held, only
four have been sentenced for crimes.
The remainder are awaiting trial.
Other Third Division Jails available
are at Seward and Kodiak, w’ith
facilities to care for 30 more pris
oners than they now confine.
*U.S. Attorney Earl Cooper told
the court he felt it had no author
ity to do anything about the jail
conditions. He suggested, howover,
that the prisoners be transferred
rather than released.
Sabre Jets,
MIGs Tangle
In 3 Battles
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, Nov. 8—W—
American Sabre jets clashed three
times today with a great number of
MIG-15s on the anniversary of the
first jet kill in the Korean war.
Far East Air Forces said one
MIG was shot down and two were
damaged. No American losses were
reported.
The Reds sent 190 jets streaking
into Korean skies — as many as
have ever left Manchurian bases
in a single day. Thirty kept out
of range of American guns. The first
MIG was downed a year ago today.
The jet battle flared across
northwest Korea as Communist
ground troops punched at U.N. lines
without getting anywhere. Red
probes in the east and center were
stopped dead. A hill in the west
changed hands twice — the seventh
and eighth times in two weeks.
Thursday’s flashing air engage
ments were the first big jet fights
in four days. Sabres were heavily
outnumbered each time.
Meehan Loses
Appeal, Denied
Waterfront
PORTLAND, NOV. 8— UR —Matt
Meehan, the first prominent long
shoremen’s union official to be de
nied a waterfront pass, said today
he had lost an appeal for security
clearance.
Meehan said a Coast Guard re
view board yesterday upheld an
earlier decision denying him the
pass on the ground he was a poor
security risk.
Now an international representa
tive for the union in Oregon and
Washington, the former secretary
treasurer of Harry Bridges' union
argued that he was being denied
the pass solely because he had sup
ported Bridges.
He denied disloyalty, and asserted
he had never been in the Commun
ist party.
BUCK WEAVER MAKES
NUGGET-STUDDED BELT
A fancy nugget-studded leather
belt went out yesterday to Howard
Munger, president of the Paymaster
Corp. of Chicago. The $150-belt
was made by Buck Weaver, on spec
ial order, Juneau leather artisan
who gets many unusual orders.
Beginning with an ounce nugget
at center front, the nuggets taper
in size each way to the aides.
Hung Jury
In Case of
Mrs. Ryan
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.. Nov.
8 — (tfl — Wealthy Mrs. Margaret
Ryan's manslaughter trial ended
in a hung jury last night. The
prosecutor said he would try her
again.
The jury of nine men and three
women was dismissed by Superior
Judge Ray B. Lyon after nine hours
of deliberation.
The jurors—most of them ranch
ers—said they split 8 to 4. The
judge forbade them to say how they
where divided. The former New
York society leader who has lived in
Alaska, is charged with fatally
hooting Leonard D. Ray, 22, on her
nearby ranch last June.
Judge Lyon continued her $10,000
cash bail and ordered her to return
to court Nov. 19.
To Increase
Air Combat
Strength
CHICAGO, Nov, 8 — Ml — Gen.
Omar Bradley, in a major address
on strategy revision to fit atomic
era warfare, said today the Joint
Chiefs of Staff have agreed “we
must greatly increase our combat
air."
The increase, the Joint Chiefs’
chairman said, must be not only in
the strategic and tactical strength
of the air force, but provide “con
siderable increase in Navy and Ma
rine air strength." He said there
must be additional forces for ni the
service;—ground, air and sea.
Of nuclear weapons, Bradley
said, “The airplane continues to be
the best method of projecting the
power of the atom to the battle
field, and to the heart of any large
land-mass nation.” At another
point, he spoke of “atom bombs of
all sizes.” Taken together, the two
statements suggested that atomic
artillery and guided missiles still
remains definitely in the experi
mental and development stage.
Bradley, a foot soldier by train
ing and career until he became
chairman of the Army-Navy-Air
Joint Chiefs group, made his strong
est case for air power in an address
delivered to the American Petroleum
Institute,
Alaska Telephone Corp.
Buying Skagway Utilities
The Alaska Telephone Corpora
tion is in the process of buying the
j Skagway Public Service Co., in
Skagway for $80,000, according to
Douglas S. Starr, vice president
and general manager of the corpo
ration.
Starr said that J. M. Pichotta,
: president of the Skagway Public
I Service Co., which furnishes light,
power, water and telephone services
for Skagway, had served notice a
year ago on the Skagway city coun
cil that due to ill health he would
close operations as of November 6.
At a council meeting last Monday
night, Starr said that both he and
Pichotta appeared to explain the
pending deal and the council acted
upon the necessary rate and fran
chise ordinances to cover the pro
posed operation.
The ATC took over the telephone
operation at Skagway as of Novem
ber 1, Starr said. Mrs. Ella Wasser
is chief operator and "Mrs. Owen
Flynn operates the business office.
No changes in rates are contem
plated except for large industrial
users until after December 1, 1952,
Starr indicated. Present plans cal!
for the installation of dial equip
ment and power plant Improvements
at Skagway shortly after the firs;
of the year, Starr said.
The Alaska Telephone Corp.. now
operates telephone service at Sew
ard, Nenana and Wrangell and ex
pects to install a 100-dial telephone
system at Haines. The necessary
cable is already at Haines, Starr
said, and the telephones and central
office equipment is due there soon.
“It Is no secret that we have of
fered to buy the telephone exchati-1
at Palmer,” Starr said.
The Corporation has opened cen
tral offices in Rooms 210 and 211
at the Baranof Hotel with Mrs
Marion Mallory as stenographer and
Mrs. Doris Golden as bookkeeper.
Ward A. Carrol) is superintendent of
operations.
FROM SEATTLE
Fred Gleason of Seattle is regist
ered at the Baranof Hotel.
Earthquake
Probably in
Aleutians
NEW YORK, Nov. 8——A “mod
erately strong" earthquake, believed
to be in Alaska or the Aleutians,
was recorded today on the seismo
graph at the Lamont Geological Ob
servatory.
Dr. Frank Press, of the observa
tory, said the first shock was at
8:55:19 a.m. (EST), with a second
wave at 9:02:46 am. (EST). The
distance was estimated at 3,700
miles.
The University of Washington
seismograph in Seattle started re
cording the tremors at 8:49, about
iix minutes before the first reported
recording in New York. Intermittent
seismic recordings continued for
about three hours.
The university seismologist esti
mated the epicenter was about 2,700
miles away, in the Aleutians area.
Red Proposed
Buffer Zone
Is Rejected
MUNSAN, Korea. Nov. 8—tiPI—
Allied negotiators today completely
rejected a Red buffer zone proposal
because it "would have relieved the
Communists from any pressure to
reach agreement” on other Korean
truce terms.
The flat turndown came after
four hours and 35 minutes spent- in
finding out just what the Com
munist plan meant. A United Na
tions command communique said it
avis "a fruitless effort.”
*Tlie . proposal Is no longer
under study for hidden mean
ings or gimmicks,” said Brig. Gen.
William P. Nuckols, spokesman
for the United Nations Command
(UNC). ‘‘We have an agreed
understanding on what it means
and we reject it.”
An official communique explained
the Red compromise “would have
provided in essence for .an imme
diate and irrevocable demarcation
line.
"This in turn would have relieved
the Communists from any pressure
to reach agreement on other agenda
items, deemed essential by the UNC
to a full-fledged military armistice.”
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chair
man of the U.N. armistice subcom
mittee, said. "We completely re
jected the proposal."
(-47 (rashes
Landing at
Elmendorf
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 8—
'M—An Air Force C-47 crashed In
landing at Elmendorf Air Base last
night, killing three of its five oc
cupants.
The two others were injured crit
ically. All names were withheld.
The C-47, attached to the 6th
radar calibration unit at Elmendorf,
crashed a quarter of a mile west
of the runway in attempting a
ground control approach lapsing
in heavy fog, base officers said.
The plane caught fire but base
firemen quickly extinguished it.
Base officers said four crewmen
and one passengers were aboard the
plane. All were members of the 6th
Radar Unit.
New Procurement
Conlr&ls lor
Canned Salmon
SEATTLE, Nov. 8—M—'The reg
ional office of the Department of
Commerce announced today new
procurement contracts totaling more
than $2,250,000 have been awarded
Washington State firms by Federal
defense agencies.
Canned salmon contracts account
ed for more than $1,600,000 of the
total.
Canned salmon contracts include:
Peninsula Packers, $123,920: Fid
algo Island Packing Co., $246,808.
Kenai Packers, more than $250,
000; Whitney and Co., more than
$250,000; E. B. McGovern $155,000;
and Annette Island Canning Co.,
$131,336.
The Northern Commercial Co., of
j Seattle and Alaska received bids
of $163,140 far machinery.
Subcommittee
Land Hearing
Set lor today
R. E. Robertson, Jtmeau attorney,
was scheduled to appear' on behalf
of the local Chamber of Commerce,
and William L. Paul, Jr., also a lo
cal attorney, was scheduled to ap
pear for the Alaska Native Broth
erhood, in the aboriginal land claim
hearings in the Territorial build
ing this afternoon.
The hearing was tentatively set
for 2 p.m. in the Senate Chambers.
The subcommittee from the House
of Representatives which is conduct
ing a series of such hearings in Al
aska was scheduled to arrive in
Juneau at 1:15 p.m. today.
Members of the subcommittee who
have conducted similar hearings in
Anchorage,1 Fairbanks, Kotzebue,
Nome and Kodiak thus far and who
are expected in Juneau today are:
Rep. Norris Poulson (R-Calif);
Rep. Wayne N. Asplnall (D-Colo);
Rep. Chester D. McMullen <D-Fla>;
Rep. Wesley A. D’Ewart (R-Mont);
Rep. Frank T. Bow (R-Ohio); Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett, Alaska; and
Presten Peden, counsel for the
Uroup.
Hugh J. Wade, area director of
the Alaska Native Service, accom
panied the subcommittee on its
trip to the Interior.
It was expected that little time
would be available for testimony
of either .Natives or others concern
ing possible settlement of the land
claims, although many interested
persons expressed their plans to
attend and to raise questions if pos
sible.
Union Charges,
Alaska Fisherman
Case Are Upheld
SEATTLE, Nov. 8— <*l —Small
votes percentagewise of the Alaska
Fishermen's Union Und) in four
west coast potto .tavt u
trial committee's findings against
E. M. Berg, former union agent at
Bellingham.
The committee had found that
Berg violated union rules.
George Johansen, union secretary
treasurer. said today the member
ship vote sustaining the committee
was 99-2. Voting was done at meet
ings Friday night in Bellingham,
Seattle, Portland and San Fran
cisco. Johansen said the low vote
among the union's 2,000 or 3,000
members was because of poor at
tendance.
Berg recently resigned and quit
the union. He is now taking part
in a move to form the Alaska Paci
fic Fisheries Union, to be affiliat
ed with Seafarers International
Union (AFL).
Berg said the AFU brought charg
es against him because he opposed
a move to affiliate with the Inter
national Longshoremen and Ware
housemen’s Union (Ind.). Johan
sen denied this.
'Freeze' Order by
Government on
Machine Tools
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 — <>PI —
The government today imposed a
virtual "freeze” effective Feb. j,
on the introduction of new me Jr Is
by the automobile indust] > and
manufacturers of other major con
sumer durable goods.
The action came in the form of
orders reserving machine tools al
most completely for military and
defense-supporting production.
This would bar retooling by civ
ilian manufacturers of cars, wash
ing machines, refrigerators and
similar appliances.
The intent, NPA’s announcement
said, is to make certain that the
entire output of the machine tool
industry—a bottleneck in the air
1 craft, tank and other munitions
programs — is channeled into de
fense.
STORK FLIES IN WITH
HEAVY BUNDLE FOR
MR. AND MRS. JESSE JONES
A daughter weighing in at ten
pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Jones on Wednesday after
noon at St. Ann's Hospital. The
new arrival Joins one brother. Mr.
Jones is an employee of the CAA
and the family resides at Auke Bay.
Ship Mor«m«nts
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle tomorrow.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
Saturday night from Vancouver on
last trip of season.
Baranof from west scheduled tc
arrive southbound sometime Sun
day. _____
Russia Challenged to
End Korean War; Charge
Then Made Against U. S.
BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, '
Nov. 8—(AM—Russia's quirk re
jection of the new western dis
armament plan apparently slam
med the door today on ail pros
pects for any early easing of ten
sions between the western powers
and the Soviet Union.
Only 13 hours after President
Truman outlined the proposal to
the nation In a radio and tele
vision address and appealed to
the Kremlin to accept It, he got
an answer from Soviet Foreign
Minister Vishinsky.
Speaking to the United Nations
Assembly in Paris, Vishinsky ridi
culed the arms reduction plan as
“trifling” and “spurious" and
countered with a Soviet proposal
keyed to a call for a world dis
armament conference by next
June 1.
Hy STANLEY JOHNSON
PARIS, Nov. 8—U.S. Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson chal
lenged Russia today to end the
Korean war and work sincerely for
peace. Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vishinsky denounced the
appeal in a blistering speech which
showed no signs of conciliation.
Acheson's speech formally intro
duced before the United Nations
Assembly a western power proposal
for step-by-step disarmament and
2 Women
Lose Lives in
MbelFir*
...
J BETHEL, Alaska, Nov. 8—MV-Fire
swept Bethel's two main buildings
yesterday claiming the lives of a
school teacher and a hotel manager.
The Bethel school superintendent
said an 18-year-old native from
Kipnuk village was missing after
the fire but it was not determined
whether he was a victim.
The dead were Mrs. Bessie JSmith,
about 80. a territorial public school
teacher, and Miss Ann Joyce, man
ager of a roadhouse hotel.
The school superintendent said
five others escaped through win-'
dows of the roadhouse after fire
broke out in the kitchen about 5:30
am.
The roadhouse and the town’s
movie house, owned by the Northern
Commercial Co., were burned to the
ground with a loss estimated un
officially at $50,000. Cause of the
fire was not known.
Old Administration
Board Releases
Funds for Veterans
The Board of Administration of
Alaska, meeting Wednesday after
noon in Gov. Oruening’s office, ap
proved the release of $650,000 to the
office of the Commissioner of Vet
erans Affairs ofr use by veterans
on loans for homes and businesses.
The money had been held in the
Territorial treasury as a balance of
an appropriation made for a Vet
erans Affairs for use by veterans
frozen since June, 1949. Other funds
were also released from the freeze
order.
The money released for veterans’
loan purposes was at the request of
the Commissioner of Veterans Af
fairs. Floyd Guertin. Ouertin ap
peared before the board in support
of his request.
This action was taken by the old
Board of Administration in ratifi
cation of a previous action by the
Board created under the reorgani
zation bill. Legality of the new
Board has been questioned. The new
Board had approved the release of
the funds at its meeting Aug. 30
Four of six members of the old
Board who met yesterday were:
Gov. Gruenlng, Henry Roden, trea
surer; Nell Moore, auditor; and
Frank Metcalf, highway engineer.
Clarence Hoffman was approved
to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of Frank B. Linn on
the Alaska Soil Conservation Board.
The Board gave its sanction to
blanket travel authorization for of
ficial business outside of Alaska for
the Adjutant General of the Alaska
National Guard and for the Terri
torial Director of Civilian Defense.
CORDOVA MAN HERE
Walter H. Hodge. Cordova at
torney, is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel. __
a count and limitation of atomic
weapons under foolproof conditions.
Replying, Vishinsky charged It
was the United States and not
the Communists who started the
Korean war. He accused the
United States of forcing other
nations to line up behind it
through constant threats about
atomic weapons.
Seasoned observers here saw little
likelihood, however, that Russia
would agree to the proposal's call
for close international Inspection of
her factories and arsenals — some
thing she has never permitted.
Speaking directly to the Russians,
Acheson said achievement of an
armistice in Korea "could open thp
door to broader consultations of
other aspects of the far eastern
situation,”
He then listed these other points
where he said the Russians could
demonstrate the will for peace:
1. Agreement for an impartial
U.N. commission to investigate
whether conditions in all the zones
of Germany are suitable for hold
ing eleotlons. Acheson said support
of this measure “presents those who
claim to support the reunification
of Oermany with an opportunity to
prove good faith.”
2. Agreement foi; a peace treaty
with Austria which would end occu
pation by Russia, the United States,
Britain and France.
3. Withdrawal of Russian objec
tions to the entrance of Italy into
the United Nations.
4. Granting basic human rights
in areas of the world which the
Soviet Union controls.
"The 8ov!et Union if a* talked a
great deal about peace,” Aeheooa
said. "Bat when it come* Ip
achlAvlnx kmm dctdi air
u JSmCm&iJm SSM
They call far a new fire-power
peace pact but refuse to carry out
our 60-power peace pact -» the
(U.N.) Charter.”
ARMS COUNT PLAN
PARIS, Nov. #—an—'tne United
States presented its "foolproof"
arms count plan to the United Na
tions today. Russia dismissed it aa
"ludicrous” and called for a world
conference by next Jyne 1 to con
sider the whole disarmament ques
tion.
U.S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson formally presented the
western power plan along with a
challenge to Russia to work sin
cerely for peace in Korea and to
show good will.
The plan, which President Tru
man elaborated last night in a
major speech, calls for step-by
step disarmament and a count
and limitation of atomic and
other weapons under strict U.N.
controls.
Following Acheson to the floor at
this sixth session of the U.N. Assem
bly, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishlnsky heaped ridicule on the
plan, said he could “not keep from
laughing.”
Then he countered with a Soviet
proposal whose main points were:
Cessation of hostilities in Ko
rea within 10 days and withdrawal
of troops to the 38th parallel.
Withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Kona, within 34 days.
Constnsien of a pact of peace
by the Big Five powers, meaning
inclusion of Communist China,
pins the disarmament conference
There is little likelihood the west
would even consider such a plan.
The "pact of peace" has been the
keystone of Soviet propaganda for
months.
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