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Augusta Woma~-onvicted
Of Granddaughter’'s Murder
. State Contends Janes Child
g Was Victim Of Insurance Plot
" 'AUGUSTA, Ga., June 28.— (AP) —Mrs. Mamie Price
was convicted yesterday of the murder of her seven-year
old granddaughter, Lois Janes, in what the state called an
insurance plot and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bishop Groes:
Hungarian Red
By ENDRE MARTON
BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 28.
§ AT)—Archbishop Joszef Groesz
was sentenced today to 15 years
§n prison‘on charge of plotting to
overthrow Hungary’s Communist
government with American help.
One of his eight' co-defendants
was sentenced to death.
Archbishop Groesz succeeded
Cardinal Mindszenty as leader of
the Romann Catholic church in
Hungary after the Cardinal was
given a life sentence on treason
charge in 1949.
The court said the prosecution
had proved that the group main
tained “close relations with the
United States legation” in Buda
pest.
Prosecutor
The prosectuor, Gyula Alapi, ob
jected because sentences were not
heavier. But Judge Vilmos Ollti
said the sincerity of confessions
and the fact they had not been
convicted of any previous crime
were 2lleviating circumstances.
Alapi was the man who pros
ecuted Cardinal Mindszenty, and
American businessman Robert A.
Vogeler, who got a 15-year sen
tence on espionage charges. Olti
was the judge in those cases too.
(The U. S. State Department has
described the trial as persecution
in the familiar Communist pattern,
aimed at suppressing “all human
rights and liberties in Hungary”
and at destroying church influence
there. Vogeler, receniiy released
from his imprisonment, has said
prolonged questioning was used to
break him down for a confession.
He now ferms this confession
“rubbish.”)
Ferenc Vecer, a Pualican monk,
was sentenced to death on charges
he organized a group of Peasants
v ho killed 30 Russian soldiers. He
appealed for clemency. Judge Olti
announced the court would im
mediately deliberate tLis plea.
Two of the defendants accepted
the sentences and the rest were
given eight days to appeal to the
Supreme Court.
Olti sharply attacked the Vatican
for inspiring the group to commit
espionage, sabotage, &nd plot to
unseat the present regime by force.
Eager Confessions
All of the defendanis eagerly
confe'sed to acts which in some
cases surpassed the formal charges,
and which ranged from black
marketing, through immérality, to
murder.
The five others sentenced were:
Dr. Pal Boszik, Catholic priest
and a member of the prewar par
liament; 10 years.
Dr. Endre Farkas, lawyer; eight
years.
Vendel Endredy, Cistercian Ab
bot; 14 years.
Gyula Hagyo Kovacs, member
of the Prewar Upperhouse; 13
years.
Istvan Cserrlar, general of the
Paulican Order; 10 years. ‘
The judge said the other de
fendant, Laszlo Hevey, had to be
held over because further clari
fication is necessary in his al
leged role in organizing’ armed
terrorist groups. He will be tried
again,
Alajos Pongracz, a hungarian
national formerly employed at the
U. S. legation in Budapest, is to
be tried again by a military court.
Price|
Strain Budgefs
ATLANTA, June 28.—(AP)—A
littte more strain was put on the
family budget during the three
month period ending May 15 as
price increases ranging from .8
percent to 2.8 percent were noted
in the Southeast.
_Brunswick A. Bagdon, regional
director of the U. S. Department
of Labor's Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics in the South, today reported
a .6 percent increase at Norfolk,
-3 percent at New Orleans, and a
2.8 percent price hike in Atlanta.
Retail food prices in the South
were generally stable during April
and May with the exception of a
1.6 percent drop at Jacksonville
and a 1.8 percent decline at Hous
ton. Memphis reported a 7 per
cent’ increase, while food prices in
Savannah remained unchanged.
The sharpest drop in food prices
was reported for meat, poultry and
fish. Bagdon said in a report that
Jacksonville prices on these items
was down 8,8 percent. Mobile and
Dallas reported a 1.7 and 1.5 per
cent drop. Richnrord was the only
city showing increased meat
prices. It was up 1.3 percent there.
Fractional increases in apparel
prices were listed for Norfolk
and New Orleans. In Atlanta, ap
parel was up 2.4 percent. Prices
for house furnichings increased in
all three citles, _prices on
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
£ jury, composed of one negro
and 11 white men, returned a
guilty verdict after deliberating
two hours last night. The jury
recommended mercy and Judge
Grover C. Anderson sentenced her
immediately.
Mrs, Price denied from the stand
that she had any part in the death
of her granddaughter, whose body
was found in the Augusta canal
last April, several days after she
disappeared.
Lovey Ivey, 56, an Augusta fish
erman, testified for the state that
Mrs. Price and her son, Elmer
Price of Macon, promised to pay
him $75 to “do away” with the
child, He told of the child’s de
livery to him by the two and said
he killed Lois unintentionally.
Ivey said the girl became
frightened when she was brought
to him and started to run.
“I didn’t mean to kiil her” he
said. “She started acting up. She
made a break and ran. I grabked
her around the neck and we both
fell hard. I kept my hands around
her neck and she stopped strug
gling.”
Ivey and Elmer Price also are
charged with the child’s murder.
During the trial of his mother,
Price testified he was at the home
of a relative during the time Ivey
said he and his mother delivered
the girl at his fishing camp.
The state said Lois was killed
in a plot to collect $4,000 in in
surance policies. The defense con
tended the insurance policies were
held by the mother of the girl,
Mrs. Cherry Logan.
Mrs. Price’s attorney introduced
several witnesses yesterday who
testified she was at her home on
the night Lois disappeared and at
the time she is alleged to have
taken the child to the fishing
camp.
Selection of a negro ic sit in the
case was not unusual in Richmond
superior coart. Negroes h}allve been
used on juries.trying ‘white per
sons here for sé’i)e?}anlgi’ears.
Additional Tax
Increase Asked
WASHINGTON, June 28—(AP)
—The Truman administration to
day asked the Senate to add
about $3,000,000,000 more to the
House-approved beost in individ
ual income and excise (sales.
taxes. =
Secretary of the Treasury Sny
der told the Senate finance com
mittee the $7,200,000,000 tax hike
voted by the House is insufficient,
because it threatens to put the
government in the red and add to
inflationary pressures.
Congress, he insisted, should
provide at least the roughly $lO,-
000,000,000 in extra taxes asked
by President Truman originally—
and should aim chiefly at individ
ual income and excise taxes for
the $3,000,000,000 addition to the
House tax bill.
The House measure would raise
individual income taxes by 12 1-2
per cent to provide an extra $2,-
847,000,000 in yearly revenues.
Excise taxes on gasoline, tobacco
and many other items would be
boosted by varying amounts to
bring in $1,252,000,000 more an
nually.
Iran Wants To Keep
Oil Flowing To West
TEHRAN, Iran, June 28.—(AP)
—Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
sent an urgent personal message
to President Truman today. In
formed sources said it expressed
a desire to keep Iran’s oil flowing
to the West.
These sources said the message,
sent after a late night cabinet ses
sion, showed no hint of compro
mising the bitter dispute between
Iran and Britain over nationaliza
tion of the Anglo-Iranian oil com
pany’s holdings. Fears are being
expressed that the crisis is near
the explosion stage.
There was no indication of
whether the message asked Pres
ident Trunran to mediate the
quarrel,
1t was plain that government
circles were concerned over the
threat of mass resignations by the
AIOC's 2,800 British employes.
Should the British managers and
technicians pull out, the billion
doliar oil industry here would, in
all probability, have to close
down.
The statement yesterday by v,
S. Secretary of State Dean Ache
son appealing for a stop-gap ar
rangement which would let the
British employes stay in Iran to
keep the oil moving was believed
to have had an effect on Iranian
officials. ’
Truman Message
U. S. Ambassador Henry F.
Grady was handed the message
for Truman by Foreign Minister
Bagher Kazemi in a brief meet-
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U. §. Officials
Encouraged By
Soviet Response
WASHINGTON, June 28— (AP)
American oficials were described
as mildly encouraged today over
Russia’s response to the first
American request for clarification
of Jacob A. Malik’s cease-fire sug
gestion,
But authoritative informants
said detailed and perhaps pro
longed exploratory talks will be
necessary before it can definitely
be known whether there is real
basis for hope of an early end to
the Korean War.
It was understood that on the
possibility—however slight—that
an arrangement containing ade
quate guarantees against truce vi
olations can be worked out, gov
ernment agencies were readying
stand-by plans for action in event
an armistice is established.
Balanced against this is the im
pression among diplomats here
that any chances of an immediate
cease-fire are dimmed by the need
for further clarification of the
Soviet and Chinese attitudes.
Red Conditions
Some authorities feel it is not
yet clear whether the Chinese
Reds would insist on conditions
unacceptable to the West—mem
bership in the United Nations and
control of Formosa, for example.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko was reported
by officials who may not be named
to have told U. S. Ambassador
Allen Kirk in Moscow yesterday
that Malik contemplated field ne
gotiations between the North Ko
rean Communists and U. N. mili
tary commanders.
Meanwhile, representatives of
the 16 United Nations fighting in
Korea met at the department and
declared their readiness to join in
peace-action provided it was de
signed to produce a “genuine and
enduring” Korean settlement.
But at the same time they in
sisted settlement of disputes by
peaceful means must be achieved
in such a way that “international
peaee and security and justice are
not endangered.”
This insistenee appeared to have
significance for the Communist
side in two respects. Diplomats
said it meant that (1) U. N. pow
ers are not ready to sacrifice basic
principles and make a peace of
appeasement, (2) nor are they
prepared to partieipate in an ar
mistice which, lacking proper
safeguards, might serve merely as
a cover for a new Communist
build-up. »
Doors Still Open
Nothing Gromyko told Kirk yes
terday, as reported here, closed
any doors on further talks. This
was regarded by wary officials
here as encouraging in that it
leaves the way open ta explore
fully whatever the Soviets may
have been getting at in Malik’s
speech.
Secretary of State Acheson
was questioned about the Korean
peace outlook by members of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
yesterday. Talking of problems
involved in a permanent settle
ment, Acheson said “the greatest
guarantee” against new aggression
would - be withdrawal of Chinese
Communists troops north of the
Yalu river, boundary between Ko
ea and Manchuria.
_OIL CRISIS
presses Iran’s desire to keep the
oil flowing but blamed the British
for mass resignations which might
stop it.
India’s Prime Minister Jawahar
lal Nehru also messaged Mossa
degh urging a policy of modera
tion in the interests of world
peace. Mossadegh has nationalized
Iran’s oil and is determined to
drive the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com
pany which has run it for 50 years,
out of the country.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
reportedly expects word from
London, perhaps today, to send its
remaining 2,800 British employes
home and shut down. Women and
children have all gone and the
British cruiser Bauritius was or
dered to stand by off the oil port
of Abadan, site of the world’s
largest refinery, to cover evacua
tion of the men. It will also guard
against disorders.
Iran formally protested te Iraq
today against the presence of the
Mauritius in Iraqgi river waters.
The government radfo said Iraqi
Charge D’Affaires Ebrahim Fazli
had been summoned to the Foreign
Office and handed a note protest
ing the cruiser’s presence and also
what the broadcast called a “con
centration of British troops” in
Iraq.
AIOC Field Boss
AIOC’s tough young field boss,
A. E. C. Drake, has spent the past
two days in Basra, across the fron
tier in Iraq, on the advice of Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Francis Shep
herd. Shepherd said he was afraid
Iran’s prtzfi:sed new law decreeing
(Continued On Page Four)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
M’ARTHUR INQUIRY
Making Report
WASHINGTON, June 28—(AP)
—Senator Russell (D-Ga) today
reported “surprising sentiment”
against a Senate commttee making
any formal report on its inquiry
into the firing of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur.
Russell, the committee chair
man, said the sentiment appears to
be increasing among members cf
the investigation panel—mainly,
he indicated, because of apparent
slim chances for achieving any
unanimity on the issues.
The Georgia senator made the
statement after winning bi-parti
san approval in the committiee of
a statement telling Russia and the
other Communist nations that—
despite the bitter controversy over
dismissal of MacArthur—America
stands “united in readiness” to de
fend_itself against any Red ag
gression.
Statement Approved
The inquiry group, made up of
the Senate armed services and for
eign relations committees, approv
ed the statement by voice vote
yesterday. He spoke of it as a un
animous action.
Russell had described the state
ment in advance as a warning to
Russia against judging the hot
dispute over ousting of MacArthur
as a sign of U. S. division and
weakness.
A section of the statement ad
dressed to ‘“The Communist
World declared that “even as the
free world has no reason for dis
may, neither should the Commun=
ist world be deceived by the
searching review given our global
strategy.” It added:
“If those who threaten us take
only a tyrant’s lesson from differ
ence among free men and mistake
the temper of our people, they can
plunge the world into war. But it
would be a war they could neverl
win and which would bring them
to ultimate destruction.” |
Russell Pleased {
Openly pleased by approval of
the statement by Republican as
well as Democratic members of
the committee, Russell told repor
ters the group will meet in 10 days
or so to decide (1) whether to call
any more witnesses, and (2j what
to do about a formal report, or re
ports.
MacArthur was ousted for
publicly advocating the bombing
of Manchurian supply basses, a
blockade of the China coast, and
removal of restrictions against use
of the Formosa-based Chinese
Nationalists in the Far EaStern
conflict.
The administration’s position is
that such a program might cause
Russia to start World War IIL
MacArthur, when he was before
the committee, said the course he
advocated would not necessarily
bring the Soviets in. He said his
program was the only way to end
what he termed the “bloody state
mate” in Korea.
Curbs Program
Is Endangered
WASHINGTON, June 28.—(AP)
—The entire economic controls
program, under which the govern
ment aims to halter prices, wages
and rents, appeared today in im=
minent danger of collapse, victim
of an argument - between - House
and Senate.
Unless the two chambers can
square their views and pass a new
law—or extend the old one — by
Saturday night, the defense pro
duction act which authorizes the
controls will die.
The Senate today drove toward
a vote by nightfall on a new meas
ure which would sharply limit
price control powers. But the
House moved at a more leisurely
pace as its leaders agreed to a
simple 31-day ‘“stop-gap” exten
sion of the old measure to give
them time to work out a long
term law,
That was the cause of the diver
gence of views between the two
chambers. Senator Maybank (D.-
S.C.) announced in the Senate last
night that “several of us intend to
talk and talk and talk” to kill any
move for a stop-gap continuance.
And even if the Senate should
pass a new controls bill of its own,
it still would be hamstrung by the
House's stop-gap plan.
In the meantime, there would be
no legal basis for any of the con
trols the government insisis are
essential for preventing inflation.
.~ The Senate rejected a move t 0
knock out of its bill a drastic lim
itation of the government's au
thority to roll back the prices of
meat and other items. ¥
Senators adopted a provision
forbidding price rollbacks to lev
els lower than those which pre
vailed between last Jan. 25 and
Feb. 24. .
Bar Association
To Meet Monday
A meeting of the Athens Bar
Association will be held Monday,
July 2, at 11 a. m,, in the Superior
Court room at Clarke county court
house. Tie purpose of the meet
ing is to arfange & calendar for
the trial of cases for the approach
ing term of the Ciarke County
Superior Court, yhich is to con
vene on Monday, July 9.
ATHENS, CGA., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1951.
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READY FOR MAXIMUM EFFORT—United Nations tank men ready their vehicles
for a “maximum effort.” These men joined a combined tank-infantry patrol into ene
my territory in Korea. The Chinese Communists are reportedly moving supplies out
of their central North Korean supply area around Kumsong in the face of the Allied
threat from the south.—(Photo by NEA-Acme Staff Correspondent Jim Healy)—
(NEA Telephoto.)
Series Of Chinese Red Attacks
Smashed By UN Heavy Artiilery
American Turned
Nazi Now Wants
. . .
US Citizenship
WASHINGTON, June 28—
(AP) — A Tennessee native
who lost his American citizen~
ship' by becoming a Nazi u!’kr
now is seeking to become a nat
uralized citizen of the United
States.
He is Rudolph Kratochwill,
40, a foreign language expert
who returned to his birthplace,
Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1950
after being admitted to this
country as the alien husband of
an American citizen, Mrs. Ma~
rion Charlotte Kratochwill.
The immigration and natural
fzation service said today that
Federal Judge Leslie R. Darr
of Chattanooga eventually will
pass on Kratochwill’'s plea to
become a- naturalized citizen of
his native land.
Textbook Banned
By School Board
ATLANTA, June 28— (AP) —
Georgia high school students will
have a new civics book this fall.
“Magruder’s American govern
ment” was termed “un-American”
by the State Board o;.Education
and banned in Georgia’s schools
yesterday. The board voted to call
in all copies and sell them “out
of this state.”
Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge at
tacked the book, which was sus
pended last year but later reinsta
ted until the term ended June 30.
“For one thing,” said Mrs, Tal
madge, no relation to the governor,
«It advocates strengthening the
United Nations charter. You know
that the U. N. has not been suc
cessful. Our bitterest enemies are
members.”
The board also delayed action
on the main part of the $87,000,000
Foundation program budget until
it learns just how much each
county will get. The State Depart
ment was instructed to prepare a
county-by-county breakdown.
The tentative budget under con
sideration calls for state funds of
$67,770,000 for local districts, plus
a $7,440,000 reserve. It includes
$25,000,000 in local effort.
Several itemsl in the overal
budget were approved, however,
including $2,300,000 for textbooks,
teaching aids and school libraries,
and $600,000 for vocational edu
cation.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
hot tonight and Friday. Low to
night 72 and high tomorrow 94.
Sun sets today 7:48 and rises
tomorrow 5:24.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued hot this after
noon, tonight and Friday. Scat
tered thundershowers this after
noop and evening and again
Friday afternoon. - g
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 Héurs ~ ... .00
Total since June 1 ~ .. .. 5.68
Excess since June 1 ~ ... 2.87
Average June rainfall ~ .. 4.13
Total since Jangary 1 .. ..21.12
Deficit since January: 1+.%. 589
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, June 28 — (AP) —
Thundering Allied artillery today
smashed a series of Chinese at
tacks which Lt. Gen. James A.
Van Fleet warned may be fore
runners of a new Red offensive in
Korea,
The United Nations ground
commander foresaw no ‘“major
thrust immediately.” Bus, he said
on a tour of the fightiri)ge f;ofig.
“the Ch?u' appear to uild
ing up for another effort “to over
run U. N. lines,
Neither Van Fleet nor the Su
preme Allied headquarters of Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway would dis=
cuss a Russian cease fire proposal.
Van Fleet said he knew nothing
about it.
“Of course, in our hearts, we all
want peace,” Van Fleet said. “But
we won’t let up on the enemy.”
Sharp Fighting
Sharp fighling flared all across
the central front as opposing ar
ipies continually probed enemy
ines.
Heaviest action wag near Kum
hwa, where a Red battalion at
tacked a U. N. division last night.
Allied artiliery broke up the at
tack in the early morning hours.
Other attacks followed until
daylight. All were smashed.
In the adjoining Kumsong sec
tor, two othetéged battalions beat
back Allied orts to probe de
fenses in that Red buildup area.
The Reds are “continuing to de
fend stubbornly all across the
front,” Van Fleet commented.
“This stubborn defensive attitude
shows that they do not want us to
go farther north.”
On a visit to all three corps In
his Eighth Army, Van Fleet re
ported he found the morale high—
unaffected by Red tactics or cease
fire talk.
On his return to headquarters
he was asked again about Wash
ington reports Russians proposed
U. N. and North Korean field
commanders discuss a cease-fire
at the 38th parallel. He replied:
“I've just returned from visiting
my forward units who are carry
ing out a military mission in Ko
rea.
“I cannot comment on either re
ports or rumors. I act only in
accordance with orders.”
~ Chinese ‘Volunteers’
The Russiang pointedly omitted
mention of the Chinese, who form
the bulk of the Red armies. The
Chinese say thelr troops in Korea
are volunteers.
In Tokyo a spokesman for Gen
eral Ridgway said both the su
preme commander and Van Fleet
had their orders and would not
comment on any cease-fire until
consultation with the American
Joint Chiefs of Staff,
One member of the Joint Chiefs
of Staf was brought under Com
munist fire during the day.
He is Adm. Forrest P, Sherman,
chief of U. S. Naval operations.
Sherman -vas, aboard the battle
ship New Jersey when Red shore
batteries sent shells screaming
across her decks.
Geysers of water spouted on
either side of the big battleship as
Red artillery fire just missed the
New Jersey. As Sherman watched,
the warship’s big guns silenced the
shore batteries. No one aboard
the New Jersey was injured.
It was the 133rd consecutive
day that U. N, warships shelled
Wonsan.
tqu weather hampered aerial
efforts.
But Wednesday the U. S. Fifth
Air Force rocketed and bombed
supply areas and flew in close to
the front to support ground troops.
RED CROSS RESOLUTION
NEW YORK, June 28-—(AP)—
The American Red Cross has re
affirmed its policy of conducting
its own fund-raising drives and
not campaigning with other agen
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—Secretary-General Trygve Lie
of the United Nations waves &
greeting at a New York airpert
after arriving from his home in
Norway to investigate the So
viet armistice proposal for Ko
rea. Lie cut short his vaecation
to return to his job, — (NEA
Telephoto.)
Miss Ida Davison
Named Collector
Miss Ida Davison was elected
Tax Collector of Clarke couaty
yesterday to succeed her late
father, A, E. Davison.
Miss Davison received 259-votes.
She was unopposed. There were
259 votes cast,
Mr. Davison died several weeks
ago. His daughter, who has heen
his assistant for several years in
the office of Tax Collector, was
appointed acting Tax Collector
pending the special election to fill
the unexpired term.
The term for which Miss Davis
son was elected yeserday: expires
at the end of next year. In the reg
ular election next year a Tax Col
lector will be named for a term of
four years, beginning January 1,
1953.
~ The vote by precincts yesterdny,
as oificially recorded today, fol
lows: 4
City boxes: One, 194, and Two,
19. Precincts: 217th, six; 218th,
four; 219th, six; 220th, ten; 241st,
six; 1347th, nine; and 1467th, five.
TAXES EXPIRE
ATLANTA, June 28— (AP) —
Georgia’s emergency taxes of
some $20,000,000 a year on. beer,
tobacco, gasoline and wine expire
at midnight June 30.
So the consumer should expect
hig retailer to reduce his prices on
those items accordingly.
Just what action the Office of
Price Stabilization planned to take
if the retailer failed to pass the
savings on was a question needing
clarification today. G
l James F. Hollingsworth, OPS
| district director, issued a friendly
reminder to retailers that their
prices must be reduced by the
amount of the tax eliminated. But
officials in the regional OPS office
were not cerrtain that the matter
was covered by regulations now
in effect.
So the question was passed on
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HOM..
EDITION
Soviet Desire
With US Nosed
BY OLEN CLEMEN% &
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
June 28.— (AP) —Moscow
announced today it has given
the United States a elarifi
cation of the Soviet proposal
for a Korean cease-fire.
Just what the clarification
was, the Moscow Foreign
Office did not say, but
Washington reports said the
Russighs told the U. 8. that
moves toward a cease-fire
should take the form of mil
itary negotiations between
the North Korea:: and U. N,
field commanders.
The indications are that the So
viet Union wants to deal directly
with the United States im this
matter, by-passing the United Na
tions, and apparently the repre
sentatives of the nations fighting
with the U. S. in Korea are will- |
ing, at least in the preliminary !
stages.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko, acting for the
WASHINGTON, June 28 —
(AP)—The State Department
announced today that Russia has
proposed the United Nations,
North Korean and Red Chinese
commanders negotiate a Korean
armistice.
The Soviet Union suggested
armistice terms limited “to
strictly military questions.”
The proposal was made yes
terday to Ambassador Alan G.
Kirk by Soviet Deputy Fereign
Minister Gromyko in Mesecow.
ailing foreign minister A. ¥. Vi
shinsky, gave U. S. Ambassador
Kirk yesterday “explanations of
'the questions he asked,” the So
viet ministry announced. Kirk
sent the word on to Washington
and informally told the British
and French about the clarification,
a Moscow dispatch said,
Negotiations between the North
Koreans and the U. N. command
in the field would leave out the
Chinese Communists in cease-fire
dickering. The posslbilithhe
ing discussed here that is
”ekg})j a way of saving face for
the Chinese. Moscow and Peiping
have insisted that the Chinese
fighting in Korea are volunteers.
Thus if the North Koreans ac
cepted a cease-fire, the volunteérs
could go home, and “face,” im
portant in the Orient, would be
saved for the Chinese and the
Russians, too.
Growing Relief
The belief was growing in U. N,
circles that Moscow was delibe~
rately withholding instructiens te
its delegation here so that talks
would be carried on in Meseow—
meaning the U. N. would be by~
passed and the U. B.' 8. R. ard
the U, S. would make the arrange=
ments, if any.
The 16 nations fighting with the
U. N. in Korea expressed their
willingness in a statement yester=
day to ‘“take part in action de=
signed to bring about a uing
and enduring pesce In Enn."
But they also want guarantees that
the Red Chinese would get ou#
and stay out of Korea,
This was expressed clearly by
U. S. Secretary of State Acheson,
He told the House Foreign Affairs
Committee in Washington yesters
day that if a cease-fire could be
arranged, the “greatest guarantee”
against new aggression weuld be
withdrawal of Chinese troops be~
yond the Yalu river boundary be=
tween Korea and Manchuria.
It 1s understood that yesterday’s
talks between Kirk and Gremyke
in Moscow produced the sugges
tion that military commanders in
the field negotiate cease - fire
terms. But efforts here to get
clarification from Russia’s dele~
gate, Jacob Malik, failed. Malik
broached the cease-fire idea ori=
(Continued On Page Four)
Harold Marfin
On Post Staff
ATLANTA, June 28— (AP) —
Harold H. Martin, Atlanta news
paperman and a roving reporter
for the Saturday Evening Post, has
been named an associate editor of
that magazine.
The appointment became known
when the current issue of the g;
riodical carried his name om
masthead for the first time. Mar
tin is a gxradugte b:t th; lUMty
of Georgla an gan his -
per career on the Atlanta erzn
in thel 1930’5. ot m
He later became 3 &
for the Atlanta Comfimuand
began free lance wflth;l the
Post and other national flr‘
He was soon under con to-the
Post as regular staff writer,
Martin will continue to fl
his home in Atlanta where
lived for many years ag & 00l
umnist« lon-bmin-if