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Vol. CXIX, No. 174.
Solon Blasts Foreign
Agriculture Aid Plan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—(AP)—Senator H
(](ArtSmfith (F.-II)Q.J};) said today “Point Four” exi)e‘:‘tl: ?&IE
better forget about promoting “wholesal ing”’
world’s bacikward areas. P e
Smith told reporters he thinks too much st i i
laid on furnishing such materials as farm macll;tia::r? il;e;r}xlg
pgggram for which the administration has asked $67,000,-
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U. S. Rejection
0f Soviet Big )
Bid Is Expected
By JOHN SCALI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—(AP)
The United States is reported
ready to turn down quickly Rus
sia’s newest %I for a Moscow
styled Big Five peace past to end
the cold war.
Russian President Nikolai Shv
ernik revived the two-year-old
Soviet offer last night in a sur
prise letter to President Truman.
“It's the same old chestnut tied
with a new ribbon,” said a high
American official who studied the
letter’s contents.
Shvernik’s message, bristling
with denunciation of Western
“war - mongering,” was accom
panied by a 2,500 word resolution
proclaiming Russia’s alleged ded
ication to world peace.”
Moscow’s Answer
This appeared to be Moscow’s
answer to a resolution congress
passed last June. The American
document expressed friendship
and goodwill toward the Russian
people,
President Truman sent it along
to Shvernik, technically Russia’s
Chief of States, July 7. And he
called on Russia’s leaders tc make
it public so the Russian people can
learn the “peace aims of the
American people and govern
ment.”
Russia’s replying resolution
came from the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet (Parliament), a
small group which acts when the
Russian legislature is not in ses
sion.
In his accompanying letter
Shvernik called for an agreemmi
by thé United States, Russia, Bri
tain, France and Communist Chi
na to disarm and prohibit manu
facture of atomic weapons. He
reiterated Russia’s willingness to
agree to some form of inspection
as a guarantee of her good faith.
The United Nations Assembly
overwhelmingly rejected an iden
tical Soviet offer in November,
1949, American officials recalled.
It was made by Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Vinshinsky. |
Russia Not Trusted
Other nations did not trust Rus
sia to live up to its word, these
officials said, especially after Vi
shinsky made it clear Moscow
would not agree toc United Nations
conditions for continuous inspec
tion and international control of
atomic energy plants,
Moscow’s move in reviving its
proposal was viewed by officials
here as “a pure propaganda ges
ture” designed to persuade the
world America and not Russia is
blocking world peace.
It is obviously timed, they said,
to capitalize on the world peace
sentiment fanned by the Korean
cease-fire negotiations now in pro
gress, Communist leaders through
out the world gan be expected to
ballyhoo it as part of Russia’s cur
rent peace offensive.
President Truman and Secre
tary Acheson, however, are ex
pected to condemn and expose the
Russian maneuver at the earliest
opportunity.
Smith Services
Mrs. Eva Merk Smith, 87, resi
dent of 550 Nantahala Avenue,
died in a local hospital Monday
night at 7:25 o’clock after an ill
ness of three days.
Services are to be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock
from West End Baptist Church
with the pastor, Rev. W. S. Pruitt,
officiating.
Burial will follow in Collier’s
Baptist Church Cemetery in Ogle
thorpe County, Clyde McDorman
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. Grandsons of Mrs.
Smith will serve as pall-bearers.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Lottie Tanner, Athens,
Mrs. Grace Truitt, Savannah, and
Mrs. J. T. Rowe, Atlanta; seven
sons, W. W. Smith and C. F. Smith,
both of Comer, Roy Smith, Ben
Hill, Ga,, Rollie R. Smith, Warm
Springs, Harold G. Smith, Athens,
Conrag K. Smith, Thomasville,
and Seldon B. Smith, Atlanta;
brother N. E. Merk, Gainesville;
sister, Mrs. M. C. Roberts, Win
der, fifty-one grandchildren, eigh
ty-four great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
A native of Gainesville, she was
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. W.
K. Merk, She was a resident of
Atlanta for several years before
moving to Athens, where she had
lived for the past five years. She
was a member of West End Bap
tist Church.
The body will lie in state in the
church from noon Wednesday un
til the hour for the services.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
The “Point Four” provision is
contained in a $8,500,000,000 for
eign aid authorization bill on
whic hthe Senate Foreign Rela
tions and Armed Services com
mittees are holding hearings.
Thomas Cabot, coordinator of
International Security Affairs, was
called to testify today.
Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.)
said the committee hopes to com
plete its hearings this week.
Bennett View
Dr. Henry G. Bennett, the
“point four” technical cooperation
administrator, told the commit
tees yesterday that agreements
have been reached to furnish 32
countries with technical assistance.
Connally said in a statement
that some members of the com
mittee had “expressed concern at
the expansion of the technical and
economic assistance programs be
yond the original concept of point
four.”
Smith said he doesn’t think it is
necessary for this country to try
to introduce the latest farm ma
chinery and other implements to
the backward peoples.
“The most important thing is to
train these people to produce
more,” Smith said. “If we can get
them to use a steel plow instead
of a wooden one, that’s all right.
But I am not impressed with the
idea of trying to introduce them
to wholesale farming.”
General Testifies
Lt. Gen. Charles L. Bolte told
the committee yesterday that mil
itary aid to Latin America will
relieve the U. S. of the need to
station 100,000 troops in the Carib
bean in case of war.,
Edward G. Miller, jr., assistant
Secretary of State, said that the
Latin American countries =~ will
take over the major share of de
fenses in an area which produces
20 strategic and critical materials.
Senator Connally quoted testi
money from the two officials in
a statement given out at the end
of the closed-door session.
The aid bill carries $62,000,000
in funds for Latin-America, of
which $40,600,000 would be in mil
itary assistance. : ¢
InVofing Tod
ATLANTA, Aug. 7. — (AP) =
Georgia’s General Election pro
ceeded so listlessly today that less
ONLY 55 VOTES
There was neo interest in
Clarke county in the General
Election being held today, since
none of the posts of Solicitors
General are in this, the Western
Judicial Circuit.
In the courthouse only 55 bal
lots had been cast shortly after
1 p. m,, 50 in the white box and
5 in the colored box. Most of
the vetes cast were officials and
employees in the courthouse and
a few citizens who came in on
other business.,
than a 20 percent turnout was in
dicated in one of the main coun
ties involved in three Solicitor
General posts te be filled.
Estimates were that no more
than 2,000 votes would be cast in
Floyd county making up the Rome
judicial circuit. This total ".ould
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Parents Of Dismissed Cadets Ask
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old J. Loehlein (above), cap
tain-elect of Army’s 1951 foot
ball team, says he is one of 90
West Point cadets faced with
dismissal on charges of cheating
in examinations. He is also
president-elect of the senior
class. Loehlein is from Kim
ball, Minn.— (AP Wirephoto.)
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RED QUEEN FLEES — Traude
Eisenkolb relaxes with an Am
erican cigarette in her West
Berlin sanctuary after fleeing
from the role of glamour queen
at the Communist “Peace” Fes
tival in East Berlin. The Reds
had given her a big build-up.
But Traude said she grew tired
of it all, and she quietly slip
ped across into West Berlin the
day the festival opened.—(AP
Wirephoto via radie from
Frankfurt.)
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Primary Issue
JACKSON, MISS., Aug. 7—(AP)
—Eight candidates, including a
woman, seek the governorship of
Mississippi in the Democratic pri
mary today.
~ Liquor is illegal in Mississippi,
and legalization was one of the
principal campaign issues.
In one-party Mississippi, nomi
nation in the Democratic primary
is equivalent to election. If no
candidate gets a majority in to
m primary, the two top candi-
Aug. 28. term of office, beginning
in January, is for four years.
Gov. Fielding L. Wright, who
bolted the regular Democratic
party in 1948 to become the States
Righters’ Vice-Presidential nomi
nee, is not a candidate for re
election as under Mississippi law,
a governor cannot succeed him
| self in office.
' . States Rights
All gubernatorial candidates es
poused the cause of States Rights.
A former Governor, Hugh
White, who served from 1936 to
1940, is among the candidates. Also
seeking the nomination is Paul
Johnson, jr., whose late father was
Governor in 1940-44. Jesse Byrd,
who ran third in a field of five
candidates in the 1947 primary
when Wright won the nomination,
is in the race again. The present
Lieutenant Governor, Sam Lump=
. kin, also seeks the Chief Execu
tive’s post.
For the first time in the history
of the state a woman is in the
race. She is Mrs. Mary Cain, editor
of a weekly newspaper at Summit,
Miss.
The other candidates are three
attorneys — Ross Barnett, Kelly
Hammond and Jimmy Walker,
Two of the candidates are bone
dry. They are Barnett and John
son. Barnett told the voters that
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WEST POINT, N. Y., Aug. 7.—
(AP)—lrate parents pleaded to
day that President Truman re
store to duty their accused cadet
sons, whose pending dismissals
from the Military Academy have
started a congressional inquiry.
Presidential intervention in be
half of the 90 cadets, who face
expulsion for cheating at exami
nations, was sought by a number
of their parents now on the West
Point campus.
The parents sent a telegram ap
peal to Mr. Truman last night
shortly after a Senate expendi
tures investigating subcommittee
announced in Washington it
would begin today checking com
plaints that the cadets got what
some of them called a “raw
deal.”
Both Major General Frederick
A. Irving, Academy superintend
ent, and head football Coach Earl
«Red” Blaik, whose vaunted team
was hit by the dismissal order
Friday, have stated they would
like to see such an inquiry.
Parents’ Telegram
In their telegram to President
Truman, the parents said:
“The dismissal in disgrace and
without trial of our 90 sons at the
Military Academy is a travesty on
the American idea of justice and
a needless waste of the lives of
these young men. We petition you
to make their punishment fit their
crime.
“Your order restoring them to
duty without prejudice subject to
proper cadet discipline, %fl:‘
them the right to normal -
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CFORCIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY .. "JST 7, 1951.
Ridgv..y Asks Red Assurance Of
Neutrality Before Talks Resume
Benton Presses For Showdown On
Demand To Qust Senator McCarthy
L 4
Athens Negro Will
Observe 100th
. .
Birth Anniversary
Rev. “Boss” Billups will be
given an unusual honor next
Thursday when he observes his
one hundredth anniversary.
Harry Hodgson, sr., will give a
garden party at his home on
Milledge avenue in honor of the
100-year-old Athens negro min
ister.
“Boss” Billups was born in
1851, He is highly regarded by
the white citizens of Athens who
know him and Mr. Hodgson de
cided to nonor him on his 100th
anniversary in recognition of his
contribution to his race and
goodwill between races in the
community.
Jaycees Present
Award Of Merit
To Local Police
Athens Police Department was
presented a certificate of merit by
! Athens Junior Chamber of Com-
I merce at a meeting here last night.
Howell Erwin, jr., presented the
plaque to Police Chief Clarence
Roberts after briefly outlining the
e rs vl et
ment department ¢ ’
Chief Roberts and his staff for
their efficient operations.
In accepting the certificate,
Chief Roberts said “This is the
happiest moment of my life, and
I want everyone to know that I
am proud to be a small link in
the big chain which is the Athens
Police Department. Without the
cooperation of the Civil Service
Commissioners, Mayor and Coun
¢il and the citizens of Athens the
Police Department could not func- 1
! tion as it does. I would also like
to say that we of the police de
partment will continue to do
everything we can to make Athens
a better place in which to live and
a place for criminals to hate.”
Present at the dinner meeting,
which was held in the Georgian
Hotel at 7 o'clock, were the five
members of Civil Service Commis- ‘
sion, Captain Jake Porterfield of
the Police Traffie Division, Detec
tive E. E. Hardy and members of
the Jaycees. |
Each of the commissioners, Ed
Wier, T. M. Philpot, Billy Moss,
Reece Carnes and Dick Wansley‘
spoke briefly, commending Chief
Roberts and his department. 1
The local police department has
received national recognition for
| its files and records system and
‘ for its fingerprinting file. The de
partment was recently commended
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tion and commission, would be
appropriate, charitable and a fath
erly act of understanding leader
ship.
“Make it possible for them to
reply in service to the nation for
the error of their youth.
“We vouch for these young men.
They are our sons.”
The telegram was disclosed by
retired Army Colonel Harrison
Travis of Atlantic Highlands, N.
J., who said parents of 15 accused
cadets had formed a “Parents
Committee” to fight for their
sons in Washington.
In addition to the telegram,
Travis, a West Point graduate,
said a delegation will appeal di
rectly to Defense Secretary Mar
shall,
Travis, whose son, Harrison,
jr., was a football squad member,
said the rights of courts martial
was denied the 90 cadets. The
Academy previously said the ca
dets as “inferior officers” did not
have the right of a commissioned
officer to ask a military trial.
While the parents supported
their accused sons here, Senator
Hoey (D.-N.C.) started the Ex
penditures subcommittee on its
probe. He invited the Senate
Armed Services Committee mem
bers to take over the inquiry, but
received no immediate reply.
- Vinson Statement
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) said
the House Armed Services Com
mittee wants none of it.
Several lawmakers — including
Senators Welker (R.-Idaho), Hunt
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Resolution Proposing Probe 1
Of McCarthy Activities Set
BY G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—(AP)—Senator Benton (D.-
Conn.) said today he will press for a showdown on his de
mands for a Senate mvestigation to determine whether
Senator Joe McCarthy (R.-Wis.) should be expelled.
Benton suggested in a Senate speech yesterday that Mc-
Carthy should resign. As an alternative, he introduced a
resolution proposing an investigation of the Wisconsin law
makehr’s activities to determine whether the Senate should
oust him.
Hearing Sef On
At Gainesville
By WILBUR JENNINGS
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7--(AP)
A Senate Labor and Management
Subcommittee will hold a hearing
here Thursday on reported labor
troubles at Gainesville, Ga.
It will follow it up with a hear
ing Monday on labor conditions at
Dublin, Ga., which have been de
scribed as a “Reign of Terror.”
- Curtis Johnson, Subcommittee
staff member, told a reporter one
official of the J. D. Jewell Co. was
expected to testify Thursday in
regard to the alleged beating of
union men after a certification el
ection by the National Labor Re
lationg Board at the plant.
The company deals in poultry.
Johnson said George Van Gies
en, a firm executive, has been
asked to testify. He said that J. D.
Jewell, company president, was to
have appeared but he is attending
the World Poultry Congress in
Paris at the request of the Agri
culture Department.
The subcommittee Monday will
look into reported violations of
civil liberties at Dublin.
The Congress of industrial or
ganization (CIO) last March asked
the Justice Department to make
a probe of the same conditions.
At that time CIO President Phil
ip Murray declared that Sheriff
Colis Gay of Laurens county and
four of his deputies “broke into a
union meeting, wildly brandishing
firearms,” although they did not
have warrants,
News Articles
Murray cited Georgia newspaper
clippings which quoted the sheriff
that when he saw whites and ne
groes meeting together, “I suspect
ed Communism and I arrested
them and put them in jail until I
could find out.”
Johnson said Gay is among the
witnesses called to testify. He
listed others as Judge Palmer
Hicks of Dublin and the involved
union representatives included
Charles H. Gillman and Clyde G.
Brock.
Murray in his account to the
Justice Department said that no
charges had been brought against
either Gillman or Brock. He added
that reports reaching him indi
cated that a “Reign of terror” had
been instituted in Dublin “by the
sheriff and his men.”
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and hot with
slight chance of afternoon thun
dershowers today and Wed
nesday. Sun sets today 7:28 and
rises tomorrow 5:49.
GEORGIA—MostIy fair and
continued hot this afternoon,
tonight and Wednesday, chance
of afternocon thundershowers.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Tempera
tures slightly above normal over
Georgia and South Carolina
with only slight daily changes,
near normal over North Caro
lina through Thursday, becom
ing slightly below normal Fri
day and Saturday. Rainfall light
over Georgia, occurring in
widely scattered afternoon
thundershowers, mostly Friday
and Saturday,
TEMPERATURE
7 R OARSECT | |
SPOOY. 00l aish isass oot i
Mean SHEN REAN SRS G 0 un.-"'
IROIBEE ...l i e e
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00
Total since August 1 .. ... .02
Deficit since August 1 ~ .. .98
Average August rainfall ... 4.62
Total since January 1 .. ..29.83
Deficit since January 1 ... 2.15
McCarthy fired back by calling
Benton a “mental midget” who,
he said, “worked hand in glove
with the crimson eclique” as an
Assistant Secretary of State. He
did not elaborate on this point.
Benton said he had no reply to
McCarthy’s statement “because
I'm not going to engage in that
kind of argument.”
But he told a reporter “I abso
lutety am going to press” for ac
tion on the proposed resolution to
investigate McCarthy.
He will have a chance to do this
tomorrow, when the Senate Rules
Committee, of which he is a mem
ber, is schequled to meet behind
closed doors. The resolution was
referred to this committee at Ben
ton’s request.
Resolution
The resolution quoted excerpts
from an elections subcommittee
report which denounced as “de-‘
spicable” some aspects of the 1950
Maryland election campaign which
unseated the then Democratic sen
ator, Millard Tydings. The report,
made public last week, named Mc~
Carthy as an active figure in the
Maryland campaign.
The elections group —=~ a rules
subcommittee—said that any sen
ator, regardless of whefl:)z, he was
an actual candidate, “should be
subject to expulsion” if he en
gaged in improper campaign tac
tics. It said, however, that since
this theory has not been applied
before, it should not be applied
retroactively,
McCarthy has denounced the
subcommittee report.
In one of Maryland’s most bitter
election campaigns, Republican
John Marshall Butler defeated Ty
dings by a margin of some 43,000
votes. McCarthy went into Mary
land to make campaign speeches
in Butler’s behalf.
The subcommittee denounced
portions of a tabloid publication
circulated by Butler’s supporters
and containing a composite photo-~
graph which seemed to show Ty
ding in conversation with Earl
Browder, former Communist lead
er.
Benton’s resolution quoted por
tions of the report which contend
that McCarthy’s staff had helped
to prepare the tabloid with Me-
Carthy’s knowledge. The publica
tion, it said, included “misleading
half truths, misrepresentations and
false innuendos that without foun
dation attack the loyalty and pa
triotism” of Tydings.
McCarthy-Tydings Clash
McCarthy and Tydings had
clashed prior to the Maryland
campaign. McCarthy accused Ty~
dings of conducting a “whitewash”
of the Wisconsin Senator’s Com
munists -in - government charges
which a majority of the Tydings
investigating committee had called
“a fraud and a hoax.”
In his statement replying to
Benton’s resolution McCarthy pre
dicted “Benton will learn that the
people of Connecticut do not like
Communists and erooks in govern
ment any more than the people of
Maryland like them.”
McCarthy said “Benton has es
tablished himself as the hero of
every Communist and crook in and
out of government.” He did not
deal specifically with Benton’s
suggestion that he should resign,
and declined to elaborate on the
prepared text of his statement.
Tuckston Church "Cue
Wednesday, 5-8 PM
Tuckston Methodist Church, &
few miles out on the Lexington
Road, will be the gathering place
for several hundred barbecue lov=
ers Wednesday from 5 to 8 p. m.
The cues given by the Tuckston
church have become famous over
this section, and rightfully so.
Tickets will be priced at $1.50
for grown-ups and seventy-five
cents for children.
Take a look at the menu to be
offered: tender barbecued meats,
well seasoned and well cooked
barbecue hash, potato salad, sliced
tomatoes, cole slaw, pickles, iced
tea and a wide assortment of pies
baked by the ladies of the church.
‘The 'cue will be cooked by the
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Bloodmobile
ToßeHere
Tomorrow
Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be here tomorrow between the
hours of 1 and 6 p, m. Blood
donations will be taken in the
lodge room of the Elks Club,
which is sponsoring this visit of
the blood collecting unit.
A quota of 200 pints for Ath
ens has been set. To meet this
goal at least 300 persons must
sign cards, Those who will do
nate are asked to call the Red
Cross office, telephone 416, or
Mrs. Craig Orr, 2180, for ap
pointments. Donor age limits
are from 21-59, but those be
tween the ages of 18 and 21 may
contribute with their parents
consent. Transportation will be
furnished donors to and from
the Blood Bank if so desired.
At the present moment 227
have swgned to give blood and
61 others, who for certain rea
sons cannot donate, have ar
ranged for substitute donations,
it was announced today. Women
are especially urged to donate.
To US Relations
With Red Nations
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—(AP)
Senator McCarren (D.-Nev.)
wants the United States to break
off diplomatic and commercial re
lations with Soviet Russia and
other Communist nations.
McCarran also recommended in
a speech to the Senate yesterday
that Russia and her allies be ex
pelled from the United Nations,
and that maximum support be
given to anti-Communist under
ground groups in Soviet-controlled
territories.
The United States goal, he said,
should be to overthrow Soviet die
tatorship “by all means at our dis
posal.” 3 S
5 Witnesses Called
Meanwhile, the Senate subcom
mittee on Internal Security which
McCarran heads called for ques
tionli)n.g today two witnesses de
seri as authorities on Chinese
history and economics,
They are Dr. Karl A. Wittfogel
of New York and Professor George
Edward Taylor of the University
of Washington at Seattle.
The hearing was one in a series
that McCarran has said are in
tended to disclose “a Communist
conspiracy to take all of Asia.”
The commlittee identified Witt
fogel as director of a Chinese his
tory project co-sponsored by the
University of Washington and Co~
lumbia University of New York.
It listed Taylor as a professor of
Chinese and Chinese history and
director of the Far Eastern and
Russian Institute at the University
of Washington.
The committee also said that
Taylor is a trustee of the Institute
of Pacific Relations (IPR) and
that in the eary 1930’s he was en~
gaged in study and research in
China, :
Past Hearings
In four previous public hearings
by the group, much of the testi
mony has dealt with I. P. R. and
persons who have been connected
with it in one way or another,
A private organization founded
in the 1920’5, I. P. R. has been de
scribed by its officials as engaged
in objective study of Far Eastern
problems.
Athens firemen, who have won a
name for themselves as being at
the top as expert barbecue cooks.
Proceeds from the occasion will
be used to paint the church par
sonage and with the business
places of Athens closed for the
regular Wednesday half-holiday,
it is believed by the ’cue sponsors
that a capacity attendance will be
on hand, Prepargtions are being
made to serve 400 persons plenti
fully, Tickets may be purchased
from any member of the church,
or at the barbecue,
The church is located in a beau
tiful large grove of shade trees
and the setting ig ideal for an out
daor ‘cue during the warm weath
er.
HOME
EDITION -
General Awaifs
Red Answer
To Conditions
BY OLEN CLI'.MLN‘?»
TOKYO, Aug. 7.—(APY
—(AP)—General Matthew
B. Ridgway told the Reds
today Korean cease-fire
talks will not be resumed
until they assure him they
will keep their Kaesong neu
trality agreement.
The Allied Supreme Com
mander bluntly acknowl
edged the Red apolog for
last Saturday’s violation of
the neutral zone. Then he
told them that wasn’t
enough., s A
In a strongly-worded mesgsage to
the two Red commanders in Ko
rea, Ridgway said he needed new
assurances that Communists will
keep their word.
Only then he said will he send
his five negotrators back so Kae
s;m to resume armistice negotia~
tions.
Ridgway, who has twice broken
off talks because armed Red troops
violated the neutral area, sald he
didn't think the appearance of a
company of heavily armed Com=
munists last Saturday was an ac
cident” as the Reds stated,
He told worean Gen. Kim Il
Sung and Chinese Gen. Peng Teh«
huai that he considered the incie
dent neither minor nor trivial.
And, he said:
~ Conditional Acceptance 1
“It must be clearly understood
that my aceeptance of a resump
tion of the armistice talks ig con
ditional on complete compliance
with your guarantees of neutrali
zation of the Waesong area. Any
further failure in this rwfi
be interpreted as a ate
move on your part to terminate
the armistice negotiations.
“1 await your acceptance of this
eondition.” g
A company of armed Red sol
diers had marched tln-o:fi the
Kaesong neutral zone wl the
armistice conference was under
way Saturday. Because of this
Ridygway abruptly broke off the
conferences Sunday. §
Generals Kim and Peng replie¢
Monday that the presence of the
troops was “a mistake and an ac:
cident.” i
Their joint statement, as broad:
cast by the Chinese P:iEN radio
referred to it as “a small incident’
and accepted General Ridgway’
colxllglt!ons for resumption of the
talks.
Ridiway’s conditions weére
“satisfactory explanation of thi
violation and assurance of non
recurrence.” g
Conference £
After receiving the Red repg
Ridgway summoned four of hi
negotiators to Toki'o, instead o
sending them back to Kaesong.
Ridgway conferred last nigh
and again this morning with hi
chief delegate, Vice Adm. C. Tur
ner Joy, before issuing his lates
ultimatum. ¥
Red radios at Peiping and th
North Korean capital of Pyong
yang kept up a stream of propa
ganda blaming the United State
for the deadlock in negotiations.
Up to the cessation of talks, ne
gotiators had arfued for nine day
‘on the subject of a buffer zone be
tween the opposing armies.
The Communists want the lin
moved back to the 38th Enlle
Allied headquarters say pre
sent battle front is the only lir
satisfactory to the United Nation
The front angles from below tk
38th parallel—pre-war border b«
tween North and South Korea—i
the west to as much as 85 mil¢
north of the parallel in the east.
is defensible in contrast to w
favorable military terrain alor
the 38th parallel.
Red propaganda radios Insiste
Tuesday there could be mo con
promise on the basic issue of
buffer zone. They called the U. ]
insistence on the present batt
front as the cease-fire line “outr:
geous and unacceptable.”
The Pyongyanlfi radio in the pa
few days has talked as though tl
North Koreans are not too anx
ous for an armistice.
Peiping radio on the other han
has show more of a willingness
continue talks until an armisti
can be reached.
® 7
Auditor’s Report
ATLANTA, Aug. 7T —(AP)
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher sa
that even with the new three p
cent sales tax, he éxpects Georg
to wind up in the hole on !
$207,000,000 state pudget,
The financial expert declar
yesterday that to meet the goal t
state must derive uoo.ooo.&o frc
the sales tax to offset the Ic
of $50,000,000 brought about by t
ending of emergency and “m
sance” taxes July 1.
He also pointed out that i
creased federal income taxes a
the deduectibility of the sales t
will reduce state income tax,
ments. “‘.é.
The biggest yleld date
the sales tax was last month
$7,000,000. v