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Vol. CXIX, No. 251,
US To Propose
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Census 0f Arms
By MAX HARRELSON"
PARIS, Nov. 5 — (AP) — The
United States was reliably report
ed today to have decided to pro
pose a world-wide arms census
including a complete accounting of
all atomic weapons, _
The U. 8. plan, which will be
placed before the United Natlons
Ascemnbly here this week, calls for
. strict system of verification for
{he atomic accounting. This may
prove to be the stumbling block
which could hold up indefinitely
any disclosure of the number of
atom bombs in the U. 8. and Rus
sia.
Informed quarters said the arms
proposal was the heart of the re
ported peace plan which Presi
dent Truman will announce-Wed
nesday night and which Secretary
of State Dean Acheson will lay
before the United Nations Assem=
blv, perhaps on Thursday. -
Drastic Change
Inclusion of atomic weapons in
the proposed arms consus repre
sents a drastic change in U. 8.
policy. The census question has
been before the U. N. since 1948,
but was blocked by the Russian
veto because the U. S. refused to
include atomic weapons.
word of the U. S. policy shift
leaked out as the 60-nation as
sembly prepared to ®*launch its
1951 meeting here tomorrow. The
U. S. was reported asking Britain
and France to support its new
peace formula, timed to beat Rus
sia to the peace punch before the
Soviets have a chance to renew
their expected peace offensive,
The new U. S. proposal would
he valvable primarily for propa
ganda purposes, since it might
throw the Russians on-the de
fensive and nullify any benefits
they would expect to get from
their ewn peace offensive. There
appeared to be no chance at pre
sent that Russia would accept a
svetem of inspection which would
be agreeable to the Western pow
€rs.
Main Points
The main points of the arms
census are expected to be:
1. A U. N. demand upon all
countries for a complete account-'
ing of all troops and weapons.
2. An ironclad system for send
ing inspectors into any country to
m:ke first-hand verification of the
figures submitted.
In the past Russia has agreed in
general terms to accept a system
of inspection of atomic facilifies,
t her terms were ngver spelled
out in concrete form.
I'he Russian idea—as stated in
previous declarations—was for in
snectors to be admitted periodi
c-Ily to established facilities. The
Rusisans never have said they
would give completely free access
to U, N. inspectors to travel about
the Soviet Union at will.
The arms census plan is in
tended as a preliminary step tow
ard general reduction of arma
ments and armed forces.
Ini i
‘oint Meefing
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0f Civic Clubs
Officials of the Athens Com
munity Chest expressed a belief
foday that the $61,000 goal for
this year will ve reached tonight
when the seven civic clubs in the
city meet jointly at the Georgian
Hotel at 6:30 in an effort to put
the fund-raising drive over the
topn.
Gifts to the fund to date total
meve than $48,000, according to
C. M. Ridlehuber, chairman of the
arive,
Clubs to participate in the meet
ing tonight include Rotary, Kiw
anis, Lions, Exchange, Civitan,
Ontomist and Junior Chamber of
Lemmercge.
President Walter N. Danner ‘of
the Community Chest will preside
@t the meeting. Entertainment is to
be furnished by Professor Byron
Varner of the University of Geor
-211 music department and a group
of his students.
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Ua7d Programs
The combined bands of Athens
@and Gainesville High Schools are
planning joint coricerts in both
cities, according to Thomas Byrnes,
AIS band director.
The programs are to be pre
seénted in Gainesville and Athens
°h February 22 and March 7, re-
Spectively, Director Rich of the
(';(ijn('u\;j]le band and Mr. B)'rpgs
will share conducting responsibi-
Ues at both concerts of the 150-
biece combined band.
Five major overtures, two march
Symphonies and thice . popular
pieces will pe among the com-=-
positions played by the merged
bands, according to Mr. Byrnes,
the same concert being scheduled
for performance in both Gaines
ville and Athens,
Givic Clubs To Join Forces In Support Of Community Chest Tonight, 6:30 o°Clock
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INDUSTRIAL EDITORS INSTITUTE LEADERS—When the Fifth
Annual Session of the Industrial Editors Institute is held at the
University of Georgia’s Henry W, Grady School of Journalism,
Nov. 8-10, these will be the featured speakers and leaders: (tcp
row) Edison Marshall, author of “The Viking,” “Yankee Pasha.”
“The Infinite Womar?, etc,, Augusta; Arthur H. (Red) Motley.
editor, Parade; Daniel D. Mich, editorial director, McCall’s, anti
formerly executive editor, Look and Quick: Albert L. Furth, exec~
utive editor, Fortune; (second row) Harllee Branch Jr., president,
Georgia Power Co.; John H. McCoy, supervisor of public relations,
The Fluor Corporation, Los Angeles; Milton E. Mumbiow, director
of employe publications, General Motors Corporation, Detroit; Rob=
ert C. Nicholson, editor, The Linotype News; (third row) Clarence
S. Bolen, editor, Southern Telephone News, Atlanta, and past presi
dent, International Council ot Industrial Editors; Richard N. Mc-
Arthur, president, Higgins-McArthur Co., Atlanta; E. J, Triebe,
vice-president and general superintendent, Kingsport Press, Kings=-
port, Tenn.; Celestine Sibley, Atlanta Constitution columnist;
(fourth row) Henry Morrow, editor, The Log, Life Insurance Chom
pany of Georgia, Atlanta, and president, Southern Industrial Editors
Association; John E. Drewry, dean, Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism; M. E. Gambreil Jr., Bradley and Sons, Atlanta, Insti
tute chairman. and Jack Wells, mayor of Athens, The Institute is
cosponsored by the Southern Industrial Editors Association and
the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism,
President, Eisenhower
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, BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER :
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. — (AP) — President Truman
and General Dwight D. Eisenhower confer on western de
fense problems today in a confidential meeting affording
an opportunity to talk politics—if either man wishes to do
80.
Another topic which administration officials said is due
to come up is a foreign policy speech the President will
make Wednesday night. This is understood to be concerned
with a new American move toward a settlement with Rus
sia, to be made in the United Nations General Assembly
opening in Paris Tuesday.
The White House announced |
Saturday. evening that Mr. Tru
man will make his address at
10:30 p. m. EST Wednesday and
that it will be carried on all ma
jor radio and television networks.
It reportedly will be built around
a formula for disarrmament and
atomic controls, peace in Korea
and other major east-west issues.
One Purpose Visit
Eisenhower arrived in Washing
ton yesterday and told reporters
he was here “for one purpose on
ly—to talk military affairs with
my superiors in the pentagon and
elsewhere in Washington.”
Asked whether he would see
Senator Duff (D.--Pa.), who is
booming Eisenhower for the Re
publican presidential nomination
next year, the General replied that
he had not heard from Duff
“gither directly or indirectly in &
iong, long time.”
His first visit to the capital since
Feb. 16 was billed officially as be
ing made to report to Mr, Truman
and others here on his progress as
Commander in Chief in building
an international army for the de
fense of Western Europe under
the North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation (NATO).
Fisenhower arrived in the U. S.
Saturday afternoon and went to
Ft. Knox, Ky., where he and Mrs.
Eisenhower visited their son, Maj.
John Eisenhower and his family.l
He disavowed any intentions of
talking politics with the President, 1
He also declined, at Mitchel‘
Field, Long Island, a yes oOr NO
answer to a question as to wheth~
er, “come what may,” he would
not be a candidate for President
next year.
“Of course you can’t say that,”
Eisenhower responded. “ will not
indicate political leanings of any
kind. I'm doing a job. That’s my¥
statement.”
Yet the schedule arranged for
the General today provides a
prime opportunity for an ex~
change of views between him and
the President on political affairs.
. Jke-Loveit Meet
It was expected that during the
morning Eisenhower would meet
with Secretary of Defense Lovett.
Then at 1 p. m., he was due to ge
to Blair House, the Presidential
residence, for a luncheon with Mr.
Truman, just the two of them.
Politically conscious Washing
tonians found it difficult to think
that in this confidential man-to
man session the President wquld
not at least try for some indica
tion of whether he might be con=
fronted any time soon with -the
necessity of firding a successor to
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Re gzzlar Meets
Of Civic Clubs
Are Cancelled
All local civie clubs partici
pating in tonight’s joint meet
ing for the purpose of aiding in
the attainment of 1951-52 Com-~
munity Chest goal have can
celled their regular weekly
meetings, it was announced to
day.
The joint meeting is to be
held in Georgian Hotel tonight
at 6:30 o'clock.
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Defense Drill
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i PROVIDENCE, R, I,— Nov. 5
j—(AP)—Several buiidings were
;purposely set araire in parts of
| Rhode Island yesterday to give
\a touch of reality to the coun
| try’s first state-wide Civil Defense
| drill since World War II
| Some 20,000 persons demon=-
'strated to the satisfaction of of
ficial observers that they know
{their parts should Rhode Island
| undergo an A-Bomb attack.
| Several condemned buildings
| were burned in Providence, War
wick, and Xast Providence to
!give firefighters a realistic drill.
| College siudents, pretending to
|be casualties, lay on the streets
|until given first aid. Then they
| were loaded onto laundry trucks,
| pressed into service as emergency
| ambulances.
LUCKY CARPENTERS
ROME, Nov. 5 — (AP) — A
Leghorn carpenter and a Palarmo
parman divided the weekly Ita
lain soccer pooi yesterday—one of
the biggest ever.
Both men—the only ones to
guess correctly the outcome of 13
games—will pocket 78,000,000 lire
ea% (‘}l2s 000).
&% ars ‘Danilo Petrucci of
Leghorn, and Matteo D’Aiuto who
will share his winnings with two
cousins.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1951,
By-Pass Of Buffer Zone Issue Is
Proposed By Allied Negotiators
Allies Regain Ground
BY GEORGE A. McARTHUR
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Nov.
5. —(AP)—A tank-led attack—the heaviest in two months
—drove United Nations troops off two key hills on the
western front' but Allied troops and strafing warplanes
smashed back at the Communists today.
Elements of a Chinese division launched an armored
attack west of Yonchon Sunday. A U. S. Eighth Army brief
ing officer said it was the heaviest -Red attack in two
months.
First reports said Allied infan
trymen and planes hurled back
the Reds and regained all lost
ground by Sunday midnight, But
an Eighth Army communique said
U. N. forces were “heavily en~
gaged” in continuing fighting in
the area Monday morning. It said
the Allies had withdrawn from
two key Terrain features west of
Yonchon. It gave no details.
Warplangs knocked out six of
20 Red tanks and one of three
self-propelled guns sighted in the
assault during eight hours of vic
ious fighting Sunday. Monday, Al
lied planes were hunting the tanks
that got away, as well as sup=
porting ground troops.
The U, S. Fifth Air Force said
its jet pilots shot down two MIG
15s, probably destrcyed two and
damaged six in three fights Sun
day over northwest Korea. No
Allied planes were lost in aerial
combat, but two were shot down
in other parts of Korea by ground
fire. Both pilots were presumed
lost, the Air Force added.
Many Planes
In all, 92 American fighter
planes were pitted against 145 of
the Russian-made MIGs.
An Allied briefing officer found
no special significance in the
Reds’ heavy ground assault. He
said it is a common Red tactic to
hit an Allied outpost or advance
position with a numerically su
perior force.
Across the peninsula Allied
units pushed forward nearly two
miles Monday in a limited objec
tive attack northwest of Kansong
on the east coast. Other attacking
U. N. units occupied a hill against
light Red resistance south of Ko
song.
Only action reported from the
central front was a platoon-sized
Red attack southeast of Kumsong.
The attack was repulsed.
Main action on the wastern front
Monday was west of Yonchon.
Southwest of the battered town
three light probing attacks by the
Reds were hurled back.
The Red armored smash proved
costly to the Communists, A front
line officer told AP Correspondent
Sam Summerlin, “the Chinese
have not come close to cracking
our line. Our trocps killed a pot
full of Chinks.” v
Red Dead
A soldier said, “it would take
a battalion of ours just to ceunt
their dead.”
The attack begah in late after
noon after a day-long artillery
barrage. Allied officers said the
Reds fired about 10,000 rounds
before sending their ground troops
forward. Summerlin said that just
before the wave of Chinese in
fantry hit the Allied lines the Reds
were throwing 120 shells a min
ute,
Chinese died by the hundreds
on mine fields and barbed wire
protecting U. N. positions.
Eighth Army headquarters said
about 20 Russian-built T-34 tanks
suported the assault, which hit at
three spots along an eight-mile
front west of Yonchon,
The Reds threw Allied soldiers
off Iw~ hills on the northeast, but
U. N. infantrymen stormed back
and recaptured the ground in
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Twelve Georgians Die
In Week-End Mishaps
By The Associated Press
Twelve Georgians died in week~
end traffic accidents, half of them
in a Sunday automobile collision
near Moultrie,
Three aviation cadets and three
civilians were killed when two
cars coilided head-on on an open
stretch of highway. Deputy Sheriff
C. R. Ranew said the cars ap
parently were traveling at a ter
rific rate of speed. He described
it as the worst wreck in Colquitt
county history. Two other cadets
were seriously injured.
Listed as dead were cadets
Richards Pace, 22, of Tyler, Tex.;
Paul Patrick, 22, of Detroit, and
Ross Edward Freeman, 21, of Ar
gyle, Tex. Names of the injured
withheld pending notification of
next ({)fi Kin,
l Civilian victims were Edward
‘Winders, Lindsey Crawford, 17,
l and Jake Williams, 16, all of
| Moultrie,
! Cobb county police reported
Athenian Seeks
Presidency Of
Nurses" Group
Mrs. Warren C, Thurmond, of
this city, is a candidate for the
presidency of the Georgia State
Nurses Association which is hold
ing its annual convention in At
lanta at the Ansley Hotel.
The convention opened Sunday
and will close Wednesday. Regis
tered nurses from all parts of
Georgia assembled for the forty
fourth session, Others from Athens
attending are Mrs. Russell Tilton,
newly elected president of the
Eleventh District Nurses Associa
tion; Miss Gertrude Shepard, of
the Public Health Department:
Mrs. Mary Jo - Rigell, and Mrs.
Mary Ellen Mealor, of the Athens
General Hospital; Mrs. Ralph Saye
and Mrs. Callie Clayton.
ATLANTA, Nov. 5 — (AP) —
A race begap shaping up today
between Mrs. Warren Thurmond
of Athens and Miss Dana Hud
son, Atlanta, for President of the
Georgia State Nurses Associa
tion.
Miss Hudson has held the of
fice for four years, having won
re-election for a two-year ierm
in 1949. Mrs. Thurvimond has
never sought the position before.
She is now President of the 11th
District Association. Delegates
to State Convention began voting
today. They have until Wednes
day to drop their ballots into the
boxes. Results will be announced
just before adjournthent arcund
noon Wednesday.
Well Qualified
Mrs. Thurmond is well qualified
for the office as she is prominent
in the civic life of Athens and is
the nominee of the Eleventh Dis
trict in Northeast Georgia. She
has a long and distinguished rec
ord of service to the nursing pro
fession in Athens and surrounding
territory, She came to the Athens
General Hospital as supervising
nurse in September, 1924. She be
came Superintendent of Nurses at
St. Mary’s Hospital two years la
ter and remained there until her
marriage in 1927, She then devot
ed her spare time to nursing in
terests in general, and her main
time to making a home. She has
three children.
During World War II she was a
special inspiration to the nurses,
holding them together in a strong
organization. It was then that she
served a total of six years as pres
ident of the Eleventh District.
Piatiorm
_ The main objectives and pro
gram of Mrs. Thurmond’s platform
include:
1. Promotion of all programs as
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Mrs. L. W. Woodall of Austell died
Saturday after being struck by
two cars as she was crossing the
Bankhead highway near Atlanta.
Police said she was grazed by one
automobile and knocked into the
path of the other.
James Jackson Cobb, of Atlanta,
was killed Friday when struck by
a Southern railway train in De-
Kalb county.
A head-on collision of two auto
mobiles killed Luther Garrard
Minor, 29, of Milledgeville Friday.
Two cther persons were critically
inzjured, police reported. 2
Franklin D, McMahan, 17, of
New England, Ga., and 14-year
old Bobby Jean Daniel of Tren
ton were killed in a Friday night
automobile-train accident. Four
other teen-agers were seriously
hurt when the car collided with
a freight train at a crossing.
The state patrol said a hit-and
run driver killed William M.
Shelton, 76, of LaGrange on U. S.
highway 29 Friday.
OfUN "Double Progress” Plan
BY WILLIAM JORDEN
MUNSAN, Korea, Nov, S.—(AP)-—The United Nations
teday proposed bypassing the cease-fire buffer zone stum
bling block until a Korean armistice is ready for signing.
The U. N, suggested a permanent committee study the
buffer zone issue while negotiations go ahead with talks
on other points that must be settled before the fighting can
end.
First indications were that the
Reds would repect the proposal.
A briefing officer said they called
it “unacceptabie, unfair, unjust,
unreasonable,”
But, Brig. Gen. William P.
Nuckols said, they did agree to
study the plan further. Presum
ably they will give their reply at a
meeting scheduled for 11 a. m.
Tuesday (9 p. m. Monday, EST).
Nuckols said the proposal, if
the Reds agree to it, would per
mit “double progress” in reach
ing a solutton to the cease-fire
problem in Korea. He said the plan
“contained more hope than we've
had for some time.”
If the Communists agree to the
proposal, the full delegations
would go to work on these re
maining points of the agenda:
Remaining Points
1. Concrete arragements to end
the shooting and supervise the
truce.
2. Exchange of prisoners of war,
3. Recommendations of the gov
erments of the various countries
concerned on both sides. (the Reds’
demand that all foreign troops be
withdrawn from Korea eomes un
der this heading.)
Any one of these could develop
into as hard a nut to crack as the
location of the cease-fire buffer
zone.
The proposal came in a four
point formal satement read by
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes in Mon
day’s afternoon session of two
man subcommittees.
It provided:
1. That both sides accept the
principle that any cease-fire zone
will be based on the battleline at
the time of the armistice signing,
with “appropraiate adjustments.”
2. That the zone be 2% miles
wide,
3. That a committee of three of
ficers from each side determine
where the line of contact is and
advise the full delegations at any
time.
4. That the subcommittees now
meeting report their agreement to
the full delegations from both
sides “with the recommendation
that the latter proceed with the
discussion of other items on the
agenda.
The proposal suggested the ful]
delegations skip the touchy buffer
zone problem “un'il such time as
it is possible to settle it definitely.”
Under this plan, a U. N. briefing
officer said, the final cease-fire
line “could be anywhere in Korea.”
. Buffer Location?
The eventual location of the
buffer zone will depend on two
things:
How soon agreement is reached
on the other agenda items, and
what changes take place along the
battlefront in the meantime. -
Hodes told the Reds the U. N.
was not accepting their plan for a
buffer zone based exactly on the
line of contact between the Allied
and Communist armies.
The Reds made that proposal in
the morning session Monday.
“As we understand it,” Hodes
said, “both sides agree to the
principle of appropriate adjust
ments to the battle line.”
He indicated any withdrawals
made in such adjustments snould
“in general” wme equal by both
sides, but that “each case will be
determined on its merits.”
Hodes read the statement in a
two hour and 35 minute meeting
of the Red and Allied subcommit
tees Monday afternoon.
The buffer zone problem has
bogged down the truce talks since
shortly after they goi underway
at Kaesong July 10.
At first the Reds insisted that
the buffer zone straddle the 38th
parallel, pre-war political bound
ary between North and South
Korea. The Allies wanted the line
drawn generaily along current |
battle lines. j
Back Ground |
Subcommittees were trying to
reach agreement on the problem
when the Reds called off the talks
Aug. 23,
When talks were renewed in
Panmunjom Oct. 25, the Reds no
longer talked about 38. Instead
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Aren
U. . Troopship
Rams Argenfine
Merchant Vessel
BREMERHAVEN, Germany,
Nov. 5. — (AP) — The $4,000,000
motorship Maipu — pride of Ar=
gentina’s merchant fleet — was
rammed by a U. S. troopship and
sank in the foggy North Sea yes~
terday. The transport and German
rescue craft saved all 238 persons
aboard the Argentine vessel,
The troopship, the General M.
L. Hersey—her bow stove in by
the collision—limped into Bremer
haven last night with many Maipu
survivors aboard. A special train
was chartered to take them to
Hamburg, the Maipu’s port of call.
The Maipu’s ceptain, Juan Mar=
quez, picked up by the German
lightship Weser after the crash,
said ir a ship-to-gshore radio in
terview that his 80 passengers and
158 crewmren kept calm through
out the ordeal.
The fact that the usually rough
North Sea was calm under its fog
blanket was said to have played a
large part in the 100 percent suc
cessful rescue.
Foggy Morning
The 12,009-ton Maipu and the
10,000-ton transport, * groping
through early morning fog, collid
ed 15 miles ofishore, near the Ger
man island of Waneroog, The
crash tore a big hole in the Mai
pu’s port side.
Witnesses said the Argentine
vessel began to list immediately,
but stayed afloat for three hours—
another big factor in the success
ful rescue. Passengers aboard the
stricken vessel included 38 chil
dren.
The Hersey immediaiely began
searching the mists for lifeboats
with survivors., Socn afterward
the Weser and smaller German
craft joined in.
The last lifeboat with 15 aboard
was not spotted until after the
Maipu had gone down.
Officers aboard the Hersey, car
rying U. S. 43rd Division troops to
Germany, refused to discuss the
collision, They said an official
statement would be issued later.
“Everything Okay”
One American officer comment
ed only that “everything’s okay
now.”
In Washington the number of
those aboard the Hersey was given
as: from the 43rd Division, 163
officers and 2,590 men; casual re
placement, about 120 officers and
some 120 men. Units from the 43rd
Division are largely from the New
Engiand National Guard.
Paul D. Davis, a reporter for the
Providence (R. I.) Journal and
Bulletin, who was with the troops
aboard the Hersey, said some of
the Maipu’s passengers sustained
slight injuries and a few soldiers
on the Hersey were treated for
bruises they got when they were
thrown against bulkheads by the
crash.
GEORGIA MARINES HOME
SAN FRAICISCO, Nov. 3 —
(AP) — Four Georgians were
among 376 Marine combat vet
terans members of the First Mar=
ine, Air Wing, aboard a transport
form Korea reaching here today.
They included.
Cpl. Fred W. Brown, Crawford;
and T. Sgt. Walter O, Scogin, Col
bert, :
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and a little war
mer today and tonight. Consid
erable cloudiness and ccol with
some chance of occasional light
rain Tuesday. Low tonight 40;
high tomorrow 62. Sun sets to
day 5:37 and rises tomorrow
S:O7,
GEORGIA - Partly cloudy
and slightly warmer today and
tonight; mostly cloudy with oc
casional rain likely Tuesday.
Not much change in tempera
tures.
TEMPERATURE
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DOMBRY .ot e B
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since November 1 .. .73
Excess since November 1 .. .28
Average November rainfall. 2.74
Total since January 1 .. ..34.75
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.23
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EDITION
lke's Refusal
S eapon
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Nov. § — (AP)
Supporters of Senator Taft (R.-
Ohio) claimed a new political
weapon today in Gen, Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s refusal to choose
publicly between the Democrat
and Republican as his favored
party,
Eisenhower goes to Blair Kouce
today for a luncheon with Presi
dent Truman that may produce—
as a sideline to military discus
sions — some understandi be
tween the two men as to t;:gr fu=-
ture political plans.
Even if such an understanding is
reached, Senator Edwin C. John
son (D.-Colo.) told reporters he
thinks Eisenhower “will have very
great difficulty extricating him
self—and that ig really the right
word—irom the very responsible
duty he assumed in Europe” to
engage in a P_x:esigen_tia} race,
Senator Duff (R.-Pa.) and oth
ers have been booming the gen
eral for the GOP nomination, and
Duff has said he wants to have a
private chat with Eisenhower
while he is in Washington. Asked
sbout that on his arrival here last
night, Eisenhower replied that he
hasn’t heard from Duff “either di
rectly or indirectly in a long, long
time. He put emphasis on *“di
rectly or indirectly.”
- Taft Camp Action i
Without awaiting any signs that
might come from the General's
conference with Mry Truman or a
possible meeting with Duff, the
Taft camp went into action.
It began giving circulation
among potential delegates to next
vear’s Republican Convention the
General’s statement on his arrival
in New York that he would “not
indicate political leanings of any
kind.”
Taft is an announced candidate
for the Republican nomination and
one o fthe chief eampaigns of his
lieutenants has been directed at
killing off the Eisenhower boom.
One of their most effective
weapons has been to cast doubt
among the Repuhlicans that Eisen
hower is a member of their party.
The General gave no comfort to
his rooters who have contended
they have assurances on this score
by telling a reporter in New York
who asked if he was a Democrat
or Republican:
“Just because it's the football
season, don’t pull a quarterback
sneak”
Eisenhower left open the rosd
to speculation on his availability
when he denied reporters permis~
sion to say specifically “Ceme
‘what may” that he would not be
come a Presidential candidate.
Senator Humphrey (D.-Minn.)
told reporters he thinks President
Truman would like to get Efsen
hower te run on the Democratic
ticket. -
In any event, Humphrey sald he
is certain that Mr. Trumean and
Eisenhower won’t find themselves
on opposing tickets, for he be
lieves the President won’t run if
the General does.
A somewhat similar opinion was
voiced yesterday by a Taft backer,
Julius Klein, a National Guard
Brigadier General from Chicago.
In a statement yésterday, Kilein
said, that on the basis of a talk
with Eisenhower in 1948, he thinks
the General would not compete
with Mr. Truman if the President
seeks re-election. ;
Klein Prediction
He predicted that Eisenhower
“would not run on the Democratic
ticket” but would try for the GOP
nomination if Mr. Truman should
“eliminate himself from the Dem
ocratic nomination early enough.”
Senator Anderson (D.=N.M.)
said yesterday he is convinced Mr.
Truman will run again. “I know
that he can’t avoid running,” An
derson said on a broadcast.
Harold E. Stassen, President of
the University of Pennsylvania,
said on a television program “the
overwhelming majority of the
American people” want neither
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WONDER DRUGS
LOSING PUNCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. § —-
(AP) — The wonder drugs are
losing their punch like aging prize
fighters, and doctors ar:mm
ning ‘o speculate on whers their
next antibiotics are coming from.
Penicillin, Streptomycin, Aur
eomycin and Chloromyeetin all
are lesg effective against Microbes
now than they were two to four
years ago, says a study made by
Dr. Dwight M. Kuhns, Dr. Mat
thew H. Fusillo and Dr, Monroe
J. Romansky of Walter Reed Army
Hospital, Washington, D. C.
Their study was presentad as an
exhibit at the clinical congress of
the American College of Sudgeons,
