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PLATTSBURGH PRESS-REPUBLICAN VOL. LVII. No. 242. Plattsburgh, N. Y., Wednesday, May 23, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS UNTroopsPursueRetreatingReds on TwoFrontsinKorea UN Objective to Kilt Communists, Bradley Declares President Appeals to Congress for Revival of Federal Housing Program Sen. Tobey Urges End to Inquiry, Calls Some Americans 'Animals' \•^•WASHINGTON W)—Gen. Omar Bradley warned senators yesterday the inquiry into Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur's ouster may incite Russia to war but he also hinted peace may ccme to Korea if the Allies smash the big Red offensive now underway. The rive-star general conceded the possibility the war might just peter out without a negotiated peace or flhat the Chinese migh agree to peace terms with or without Rus- sia's approval. Bradley gave these mixed views to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees on the 15th day of hearings into the reasons behind the dismissal of General MacArthur. . Bradley said of the inquiry: \I ^ftink it is very harmful to our se- curity and to our country and to our future security to have to pass on to Russia all of our intentions, all of our thoughts, all of our capabili- ties.\ Bradley declared the present U.N. objective is not to drive the Chinese and North Korean Red armies \clear 'out oi North Korea\ although the long range political aim stiil is a | w.ce and unified Korea. He added: \As far as the military, immediate military objective, is con- cerned, I think we would consider it a victory with something less than that.\ Prodded by Senator Pulbright (D- Ark>, Bradley reported that the Pentagon was \worried\ last No- vember over the way MacArthur J^lit his 8th Army and 10th Corps in their drives toward the Manchur- ian border. The general has been criticized for this maneuver on the grounds that he left a gap between the forces down which the Chinese Beds struck in their offensive which roll- ed the U. N. troops back. But Mac- Arthur called such criticism \poppy- . cock\ and insisted he would use the £.m e tactics if he had it to do again. Bradley said from Washington it looked as though the flanks of both 8th Army and 10 corps had been left exposed. Bradley would not criticize the MacArthur field tactics. He said: \General MacArthur is a man of long, distinguished service and ex- perience and I think it would be •Wite improper to try to tell him from here how exactly to dispose his divisions and so we did not do so.\ Quesloned by Senator Lodge <R- Mass), Bradley said he believed it would be easier to negotiate peace terms with the Chinese than the Russians since the Chinese \are being hurt more than the Russians.\ 0*1 d he added he would trust the Chinese more than the Russians.\ Discussing the U.N. military aims in Korea, Bradley said: \We are trying to inflict maximum casual- ties with a minimum to ourselves so that we can get seme kind of a ne- gotiation.\ In the midst of this testimony. Senator Tobey (R-NH) pleaded with Us colleagues to \ring the curtain down\ on the inquiry into the firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He declared \I am impressed with the futility of much that is going on here x x x.\ Tobey said: \When we get all through, Mr. MacArthur will still be- deposed from his position, Mr. Marshall (Secretary of Defense Marshall) will still be the man in Jftarge of the defense of this coun- - try, the joint chiefs will still be the same as they are now. \But some men will have gratified their passion and desire to ask pointed questions to try to stir the animals up.\ He added that \while the situa- tion goes on from bad to worse, men are dying in Korea.\ WASHINGTON, iff) — President Truman appealed to Congress yes- terday to revive the public housing program, which he said has almost been killed by restrictions i n an ap- propriations bill. A House amendment has chopped the number of housing units to be started in the next fiscal year from 75,000—the administration's goal — to what the President called \an ar- bitrary limit\ of 5,000. \To all intents and purposes this means repealing the public housing provisions of the housing act,\ Mr. Truman wrote in a, letter to Senator Maybank (D-SC). Maybank is chairman of a Senate Appropria- tions Subcccnmittee now considering the bill. The President described the housing act as \one of the best laws to be passed by any recent Con- gress\ and pleaded: \We need it now as much as ever.\ Many crowded defense communi- ties need every unit of public hous- ing they oan get, Mr. Truman said. He argued that lower income fam- ilies would suffer most under the building restrictions. The President also said many communities have committed large sums to start construction of public housing units under the anticipated federal program, and that sites have been purchased for nearly 63,000. The fiscal year starts July 1. Transplanted Kidney is Said Not Functioning CHICAGO, tfPr — The kidney transplanted almost a year ago from a dead woman's body to that of Mrs. Howard Tucker isn't funct- ioning. A report made to newsmen yes- terday by the public relations com- mittee of the American Urological Association said there is no evi- dence that it ever did function. It has shrunk from almost the size of a small grapefruit to that of a hazelnut, and the ureter, or tube, attaching it to the bladder has pull- ed loose, the committee said. However, Mrs. Tucker continues alive and well, since her other kid- ney is functioning, the committee added, and \her personal life ex- pectancy is very good.\ \Her life span has not been shortened in any way as a result of this operation,\ the committee de- clared. \Her other kidney is still functioning and she is doing her own housework \ The kidney that was removed had numerous cysts and was harmful to her general condition, although it had some slight function, the com- mittee reported. The other kidney also had some cysts but has not de- teriorated in condition. When the grafting surgery was. reported in June, 1950, physicians described the operation as the first of its kind. A kidney was taken from a woman who died of a liver ailment only a few minutes before. Subsequently, her health im- proved and physiicans said they be- lieved the grafted kidney had taken hold and was doing its work. Dr. Patrick H. McNulty, urological consultant in the case, said there is no medical evidence of a successful prgan transplant in humans or ani- mals that has lasted any length of time. \\This outburst came as the chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees that U.N. policy since February has been pinned on the outcome of battles now underway In Korea. \At that time,\ Bradley said, \we would come some time in the Spring, and if you can bump that of f x x x you are in a much better position to negotiate than you would be if you couldn't contain it x x x.\ U.N. forces now are battling to crack this offensive and already have reported terrible casualties in- flicted on the attacking Red hordes. Bradley said VS. casualties between May 16-20 totaled 882 killed and •wounded. Speaking of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bradley said: \We still hope that we will be in a position to again propose seme- thing through the United Nations which would end up in negotiations and cessation of hostilities.\ Senator Hickenlooper iR-Iowa) declared a policy should be adopted that would \have more chance of ending this thing\ and he com- plained of an \indecisive policy which leads only to the hope the Chinese Reds will get tired.\ Bradley reported the program has the full support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and their staffs. , \Now if we are following the wrong tactics in trying to get a de- cision,\ he said, \then all of our military people, all of our top peo- ple, that are here and who are re- sponsible for worldwide strategy xxx are all wrong, and you are right. \And I am sorry if we don't agree on it x x x.\ Bradley gave tnis report during the fourth day of his testimony in the inquiry centering on the reasons why Gen. MacArthur was ousted from his Far Blast commands. SENATE S€£KS RECESS TO DEFER FINAL TAX ACTION WASHINGTON, i/p> — Senate Democratic leaders started a drive yesterday for a Summer recess of Congress which would defer until Autumn final action on a proposed huge increase in taxes. Senator McFarland (D-Ariz), chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, said decision on such a move would be left, however, to the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee. He had in mind, he said, a recess from about August 1 to sometime early in October, with the idea of completing action on the measure before the first of the year. He made the announcement after a closed-door meeting with the Policy Committee. The House Ways and Means Committee, with which tax bills must oriignate, is working on a measure which would boost taxes between $6,000,000,000 and $7,000,- 000,000 a year, in contrast to a $10,- 000,000,000 increase requested by the administration. The House commit- tee is working toward an increase in personal income, taxes effective as of September 1, and a retroactive increase in corporation tax rates. For a nutritious sandwich filling grind cooked liver, season well, and gcre reagonaftly sure ft BW ftttWjt ff Pistes with mayonnaise, SEEK ft tfMm GRAND JURY MA M SARATOGA BALLSTON SPA, (IP) — Another attempt will be made today to com- plete the special grand jury ordered by Governor Dewey to probe gamb- ling-political relations in Saratoga County. A panel of 100 veniremen will re- port to Justice Leo L. Hagerty and Special Prosecutor John M. Minton. From two previous panels of 36 each, eight grand jurors have been seated. Minton hopes to get 10 more \impartial\ grand jurors from the new panel. • Although a grand jury may ope- rate with from 16 to 23 members, 12 votes are required for an indict- ment. Minton wants to open the probe with a grand jury of 18. The prosecutor's staff was silent Qn whether it believed the 10 would be found in the new panel, pointing out that only eight were seated out of 72 earlier this month. The probe was ordered by Gov- ernor Dewey after high State Police officials testified before the Kefau- ver committee that wide open gambling flourished at Saratoga Springs for several years before 1050. FOREST FffttS RAGE IN QUEBEC, MARIO AREAS MONTREAL, (/Pi — Fire-fighting crews numbering as many as 3,000 men battled brush and forests in Quebec and Ontario yesterday. A week-long dry spell, interrupted only by scattered showers, has been blamed for the outbreak since late last week of more than 80 fires in the two provinces. Quebec's worst fires were concen- trated in the Lake St. John-Chicou- timi area, about 100 miles north of Quebec City. Some 600 fire-war- dens and auxiliaries were engaged in battle with fires in Ferland, Tr,amblay and Begin townships. Elsewhere in Quebec province about 1,200 regular fire-fighting personnel were on duty but forest protection service officials said light showers had reduced the danger of major forest fires slightly. Ontario reported 11 fires out of control and 32 others under control or being patrolled. Most serloL\' flic burned over an area of 400 acres in Coleman town- I ship near North. Bay. Iranians Assail U. S. and Britain Over Oil Crisis Moslems Urged lo Throw sh Bandits' Into Persian Gulf TEHRAN, Iran, (/Pi—About 30,000 Iranians, waving Moslem religious banners, booed the United States and Britain yesterday at a demon- stration threatening a holy war if nee'essary to nationalize oil. Sweating under the sun, the croa'd went into a frenzy when the black - bearded, black - turbaned Cham Ghanatabadi, leader or the militant Mujaheddin Islam (fight- ers for Islam) declared: \All loyal Moslems will throw the British bandits into the Persian Gulf if they do not leave the coun- try.\ Another speaker, Hossein Makki, declared a recent statement by the U.S» State Department, which the Iranians regard as backing the British stand against nationaliza- tion, was \a stab in the back of the Iranian nation.\ This was the latest move to build up pressure to override any British resistance to government seizure of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, its Abadan refinery, the biggest in the world, and the oil fields where it operates. Because the U. S. State Depart- ment has urged moderation on both sides, the United States, too, has been accused of interfering. Although the law nationalizing the company was enacted more than three weeks ago, the government lias given no practical hint of how' it plans to carry it out. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, the aged and ailing father of the nationalization law, was said by an official to have left his barred office and listened from the parliament steps to the \death to Mossadegh\ shouts railed at the rally of 4,000 Communist-backed trade unionists. Fights broke out when Mossa- degh's friends burst into parliament square, shouting \Long Live Mos- sadegh.\ - Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi is reported to have warned Mossadegh Saturday that his extreme nation- alistic speeches were creating a situation that might ripen the country for communism. (In London, informed sources said Britain has yielded to American pressure and dropped any immediate threat of using fores in the oil dis putc. It was reported Britain has also promised to consult fully with the United States before deciding to send troops to Iran even to pro- tect British lives and property. Gen. Omar N. Bradley told a Senate com- mittee in Washington on Monday that the United States has no com- mitments to go into Iran with the British in event of trouble there, i The rally was called by Ayatullah Seyed Abolghassem Kashani, one of Iran's leading priests. Following custom, he did not attend, but sent this recorded message: \All of us express our hatred against interferences of America and Britain in this country which violate our independence. It is bet- ter for those who pretend to be friends not to open the world to a burning war which will destroy the world, xxx \Britain who has been sucking the blood of the innocent Iranian people for 50 years xxx has brought black days to this nation. Now, see- ing that their era of cruelty and looting is coming to an end, the.v have started propaganda against us in the world with the millions loot- ed from our national resources.\ Education's Task in Jittery World is Emphasized at National PTA Congress MIAMI BEACH, Fla., /l-i—Educa- tion's task in this war-jittery world was punched home dramatically yes- terday by speakers before the na- tional Congress of Parents and Teachers. Delegates of the 6,500.000-membcr PTA were told they must prepare students and themselves to \deal bravely\ with the very real possi- bility of atomic attacks in our cities, so that such blows could not \re- sult in rout and utter disaster.\ Dr. Dwayne Orton of the U. S. Civil Defense Administration called it \education's new obligation\ to face the fact that the home front will be a war front next time and to help build the intestinal fortitude we'll need to withstand flaming atom attacks. Mutual aid will be necessary, he added, because \no city under atomic attack could possibly car? for itself. We must have mobile aid groups that can move swiftly to areas of disaster.\ It's hard for Americans to realize, Dr. Orton said, that the home front will be a war front the next time. \We must face (he fact,\ lie said, \and generate the necessary forti- tude lo plan for efficient civil de- fense. \Atomic attack will destroy prop- erty, but its greatest value will be in breaking the will of the people. A demoralized people are a defeated people. \Can we take it?\ The former Stockton, Calif., col- lege pesident. who is assistant ad- ministrator for training and educa- tion in the civil defense setup, said America was \really vulnerable\ to aerial attack. And if it comes, lie declared, our titles can expect to be hurt worse than Hiroshima was by the atom bci.nb and worse than Hamburg was. ARMY SETS OFF 160 TONS OF TNT IN UTAH TESTS DUGWAY, Utah, I/PJ—Army engi- neers touched off 160 tons of TNT yesterday, the most powerful ex- plosion ever to occur without the use of atomic energy. The blast sent a cloud of smoke and dust mushrooming into the brilliantly clear skv over desolate Western Utah. Several hundred spectators watched as the cloud bil- lowed up, black m color, then faded to a grey. \It was beautiful,'' .said L. E. Christensen, resident inspector for the corps of Army engineers. \Everything went off as sched- uled. There were nu accident, and conditions were ideal.\ The explosion was pait nf the en- gineer's' series of test'; to determine the effect of underground blasts on various types of installations. Engineers refused to say, specif- ically, what types of installations were tested. Suggestions have been made that structures simulating un- derground factories and warehouses were used. FRANKFURT, Germany, IA'I — Wives of seven condemned German war criminals were told yesterday} their husbands will be hanged and that their final visits may be made on Thursday, an attorney disclosed. Frederick Wiehl, counsel for for- mer SS General Oswald Pohl, one of the condemned men, said the of- ficial notice had been received from the u. S. war crimes prison in Landsberg. ISRAEL TO WALT PROJECT ALONG DISPUTED BORDER TEL AVIV, i/Pi—Israel will halt work on the drainage project in the disputed Huleh swamp area along the Syrian-Israeli border. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharret so inform- ed Maj. Gen. William Riley, United Nations chief of staff, last night. Sharrett's letter to Riley said or- ders had been given to the Land Development Company to stop work as of Wednesday in that part of the disputed area containing land owned by Arabs. But work in other parts of the swamp, outside the demilitarized zone, will be resumed again on Thursday. The project in these areas, the letter explained, does not affect territory involved in the dis- pute with Syria. HAYS, Kas., </Pi—A flash fluod swirled into this Northwest Kansas town of 8,000 yesterday, taking at least four lives and driving about half the city's population from their homes. Several other persons were miss- ing as the roaring waters from Big Creek, a normally docile stream, burst into houses and inundated 75 city blocks. Workers are searching for more bodies. The water was reported 10 to 15 feet deep at one time in the south part of town. NEGRO HOMES SAID BURN AS FIREMEN REFUSE AID BIRMINGHAM, Ala., I/PI — The mayor of suburban Fairfield yester- day charged Birmingham firemen \just stood by for 30 minutes\ while 20 duplex negro homes burned Monday, leaving 200 homeless. Mayor J. T. McLaughlin said Bir- mingham aid \might have saved several of the houses.\ The fire was a block outside the Birmingham city limits. Fire Chief Hoyt Ayers of Birming- ham said no alarm was turned in to his department and no request was made for aid. He said a Fairfield officer telephoned that there was danger of the fire \spreading cross the city line.\ A fire company was .sent In prevent such a spread. The Birmingham company turn- ed a hose on a school building, which wa.s saved. Tile Red Cross wa.s caring for the homeless negroes yesterday. A baby was slightly injured and four per- sons, including a fireman, were overcome by smoke. Unofficial estimates of the loss ranged from $50,000 to $100,000. JET WAR ACE RECEIVES DECORATION IN JAPAN TOKYO. </Pi—The world's first jet ace had a Distinguished Service Cro-.s pinned on his chest yesterday. Capt. James Jabara stood erect as Lt. Gen. Earl E. Partridge, acting Far East Air Forces commander, pinned on the DSC, which is second only to the Medal of Honor, But he was sore all over, mighty sore. He .still felt the effects of that, big jet battle Sunday where he bashed two Migs, his fiftli and 1=1x1 h. This put him one over the total needed lo make him an ace. Being an ace was not new for the Wichita. Kas., pilot. Got nine and a half kills in World War II—(three of them on the ground). But he wa-n't tlying jets then. Jet combat puts such stresses on a pilot that he gets aches all over. LOS ANGELES. (/Pi—Albert R. Scroggins, ex-jockey's agent with a record of 30 arrests on bookmaking charges, was fined $3500 yesterday for trying to fix a championship basketball game between Southern California'and UCLA. NEW YORK, </P» — A national committee yesterday set June 17 as Father's Day and named Sen, Ke- fauver iD-Tenn) \Father of the Year.\ NEW YORK, i/l'i — All financial and commodity exchanges through- out the United States will be closed Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30. The barn or screech owl catches gna efttsmany rajce, .^^_ r _ . Controls Program Is Both Attacked And Defended WASHINGTON, IIP)— New blasts against the administration's mul- tiple controls program echoed against demands for even stiffer curbs over prices, wages and rents yesterday. Western cattle raisers, angered by the recent rollback on beef prices, predicted meat shortages and a re- vival of World War II black mark- ets, with rationing by next Spring. Home builders forecast a serious housing shortage and a \depres- sion\ within a year. They contend- ed the government should soften or scrap its present restrictions on building. Eric Johnston, Economic Stabi- lization chief, told senators that if Congress approves the administra- tion's request for stronger controls, the government wil hold down wage boosts to less than 10 per cent a year. Wages arc now more or less'\ fro- zen\ to 10 pe rcent above the levels of Jan. 15, 1950. An official of the Wage Stabiliza- tion Board disclosed that a new formula allowing wage boosts is in the works. Harry Weiss, the board's acting executive officer, told the National Retail Dry Goods Association that the federal agency can bo expected to set higher ceilings within the next few weeks. Union leaders are reported asking at least a five per cent increase over the present 10 per cent ceiling. APPROVE SIXTY PER CENT RISE IN 2ND CLASS MAIL WASHINGTON </Pi—A 60 per cent increase in second class mail rates approved yesterday by the House Post Office Committee. The admin- istration had asked a 100 per cent increase. Second class mail consists mainly of newspapers and other publica- tions. The committee action, tentative in that it was in connection with an overall bill on which final action has not been taken, would spread the 60 per cent hike over three years. The increase would be 20 per cent annually above existing rates until the total 60 per cent boost is at- tained. In asking for a 100 per cent raise President Truman had said that the postoffice department's $160,000,000 annual operating loss from second- class mail amounted to a subsidy. The committee voted to retain the present rates for non-profit, religious, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor and fraternal publications in the second cbss ca- tegory. They were exempted from I lie proposed increases. 'CARELESS' SAYS FERRER IN RED FRONT IDENTITY .\PETTICOAT\ TANK— An~oblong canvass object\crawIs ashore at Portsmouth, England, during a demonstration of assault landing operations. Once the cover is off, it turns out to be an amphibious,• **> .tanlt with. arpetticoat'Lcpver to help turn away tjMiwater,»S»<'\ WASHINGTON, I/PI— Actor Jose Ferrer yesterday confessed himself a \careless\ man with his name around Communist-front movements but vehemently denied he was eith- er a Communist or a Communist sympathizer. The 39-year-old Puerto Rican- born actor told the House Un-Amer- ican Activities Committee that many of his publicized associations with Red fronts were completely unau- thorized, or the result of his polit- ical \ignorance.\ In most cases, he told the commit- tee, he became associated with al- leged subversive groups \through plain stupid carelessness or misuse of my name.\ Ferrer said he never publicly re- pudiated .some unsought offices in various front groups \because I didn't know it was bad to be that.\ The actor, winner of the latest movie \Oscar testified in the com- mittee's investigation of Communist influences in Hollywood. Ferrer spent a full dav in the witness chair before being excused to catch a plane back to New York in tune to go on stage tonight in his current play \Twentieth Cen- tury.\ He was ordered to return for fur- ther questioning Friday morning. Allied Tanks Push Into Changgong WARSHIPS HIT Red Shore Batteries on East Coast KiH Three American Sailors UNITED NATIONS, (/Pi — Some United Nations diplomats and of- ficials believe that Communist Chi- nese military reverses in Korea have created a new situation more favor- able for peace talks, TOKYO, (Wednesday) (fl—Allied tanks rammed retreating Reds from a strategic city on the Western Kor- ean front late yesterday while big guns and warplanes pounded a Communist breakthrough in the east. An armored column captured Changgong, 25 miles northeast of Seoul in the broad Pukhan River valley. Field dispatches reported battalion-sized Red groups were scattered along the west bank of the stream. Thus United Nations forces hounded the heels of Communists pulling back all along the Western and West-Central fronts. But U.S. Eighth Army officers cautioned against calling it a rout. There have been no current in- stances of U.N. forces overrunning Red-manned positions or seizing sizable amounts of war booty or prisoners, as occurs during a rout, these officers said. Eighth Army kept a wary eye on Reds trying to exploit gains made through a hole in Allied lines be- tween Soksa and Pungnam, some 18 air miles inland from Korea's East Coast. Reinforcements were rushed up to plung the hole on the right flank of the U.S. Second Division, wlrich shattered the initial phase of the Chinese and Korean Red second Spring offensive last week. The Second Division hurled back several Chinese attacks Tueaflky. Some were attempted during pw- dawn darkness. Red losses .already reckoned in the tens of thousands in that sector alone, agata were re- ported\ heavy. Eighth Aitny headquarters estim- ated between 50,000 and 60,000 Com- munist casualties were inflicted be- tween May W, .the outset of the sec- ond Red offensive, and Tuesday. Off the Northeast Korean coast, the 45,000-ton U. S. battleship New Jersey and • the U. S. destroyer Brinkley Bass swapped punches with Red shore guns. Both Ameri- can vessels were hit once. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, com- mander of U. S. naval forces in the Far East, said the duel Sunday and Monday off Wonsan resulted in three Americans wounded fatally and nine wounded, five slightly. He said neither ship was damaged ser- iously. The New Jersey is a sister ship of the battleship Missouri—the Mighty Mo—which saw more tihan six months of action in Korean wa- ters. An earlier announcement ifrom Washington told of the vessels 'be- ing hit. Associated Press Correspondent William C. Barnard, however, warn- ed that an estimated 130,000 Com- munists were being grouped for now strikes along the critical East-Cen- tral front. They were assembling from Chunchon, 45 miles northeast of Seoul, eastward to Inje, where one week ago the Reds hurled their hea- viest concentrated attack of the war. That attack cost the Reds 60,- 000 or more casualies in five days without winning a decisive break- through. Along the rest of the front—from the Pukhan Valley northeast of Seoul on west to Munsan, 22 miles northwest of Seoul—the Reds slow- ly pulled back for the second straight day. American, British and South Ko>. rean troops hammered hard at the retreating Chinese and gained up to five and one-half miles. Doughboys splashed across the waistdeep Hongchon River under vi- cious machinegun and mortar fire, said Correspondent Barnard. They attacked ridges the Reds yielded re- luctantly one by one. Strong artil- lery barrages and tanks supported the advancing Americans. By the end of the day, the Beds had yielded bridgeheads adross three important rivers—the Hong- chon, Pukhan and Zmjtn. South Korean units reached the south banks of the Imjin Klvcr north of Munsan. They were Just five miles south of the 38th parallel. Allied -reinforcements hurried Up to support South Korean troops on (Continued »n Page TIU-CR,),
