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“mashed By FBI Agents
“masiied By gents
(‘HICAGO, Feb. 5.— (AP) —A multi-million-dollar in
ternational countgrfext ring, described as one of the biggest
-the nation’s history, was smashed yesterday by Secret
Service agents. :
More than $2,290,0.00 in bogus $lO and S2O bills were
nroduced by the ring in the past four years, said Harry D.
\nheier, chief of the Secret Serviee in Chicago.
iohn . LEWIS
Silent On New
By ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S—(AP).
§ohn L., Lewis, seldom late with~
eui good reason, has let five days
go by without telling the nation’s
goal industry that he wants to
gtart mew eontraet talks.
Me could have taken the step
last Thursday as provided by the
miners’ aontract but he hasn’t.
At least, he has said nothing
publicly. And one high Industry
source, who almost certainly
would know if seoret talks started,
save they haven't.
Yyually the Ti-year-old Lewis—
boss of 400,000 soft goal miners
snd sbout 78,000 in the anthracite
fields—starts veaching for %uw
gontraet a;onoon as the old one
permite. metimes, Hke lest
year, he moves even sooner,
The eontract under which the
United Mine Workers are now
working "mw& terminate” March
81, but only i¢ the miners or the
operators give 80 days’ wriften
notlce that they want it to end.
With no notice, the afreement
stays in effect indefinitely.
Now, each day that passes with=
out notice automatically extends
the present agreement.
Expensive Delays
Since World War 11, new con
iract talks in the coal industry
nave cost upwards of 50 million
man-days of work. They have
cost Lewis’ United Mine Workers
over two million dollars in court
But they have bogsted the basic
daily wage in-soft coal mines rep
resentéd by the UMW to $16.35.
The average is higher. And for
every ton of coal mined, the
UMW'’s unique -welfare fund gets
30 cents richer. -It now holds
around 100 million dollars.
¢ Lewis is holding off getting
started on a new contract for 1952,
what are the possible reasons?
One, he may be waiting to see
what happens in ‘crucial steel
wage arguments now beimg heard
bv the Wage Stabilization Board.
The Board is not expected to fin
ish with that dispute until some
time next month.
Two, he may be holding back
to see how his drive fer a eom
pulsory Federal Mine Safety Law
fares in Congress. Hearings are
under way.
Officials Silent .
Top industry officials get tight
lipned and close-mouthed when
the hard bargaining over a new
contract is about to begin. Coal
officials, undoubtedly, have good
ideas about Lewis’ continuing fail
ure {o serve notice of contract
termination, But they keep their
own counsel, ,
The industry as a whole pro
duced about 570 million tons last
vear, almost 80 per cent of it from
UMW mines. Today’s stock pile
is ot a near reecord level—about
7 million tons, almost a 60-day
oply.
The National Coal Association
noted in its industry bulletin
> days ago that coal is being
produced faster than used.
“Presumably some additional
oal went -into stockpiles in Jan
vory,” it said, “Some coal buyers
/ be protecting themselves
azainst a possible strike.”
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~ Thomas V. Slayton, Athens, fa
her of Mrs. John R. Stone, of Hull,
died here at 12:30 a. m. today after
\‘ illness of several months. Mr.
Sizyion was 89 years old.
Services were to *be conducted
”“{V‘v‘:rf‘.cmoon at 5 o'clock from
Clyde McDorman’s Chapel with
Rev. M:, Cawthon of Danielsville,
officiating, .
_Lnother services will be con
¢ucied Thursday afternoon at 2:30
oclock from Omega Methodist
Church near Tifton, Ga.. by Rev.
5. L. Mayor and Rev. C. C. Smoake
Officiating, Interment will follow
In Omega Cemetery, pall-bearers
to be announced later. The body
will be carried to Tifton Wednes
dav morning at 4:30 o’clock.
A retired farmer, Mr. Slayton
N, Uivived by three daughters,
} 's. Bessie Hennessee, Washing-
J‘m» D. C, Mrs. Emmie Perry,
acksonvilie, Fla., and Mrs. Sto%e
'\),f. Hull; granddaughter, %rs‘. :
! Tobin, Naples, Itagh, and three
i‘,‘ ‘—“f‘t'g!'fi,n@hildféfi," omas Dale
A\(‘l‘bin, aples, Italy, Troy Stone,
fi(?fns’ and Miss Billie Stone,
\IA native of Harris County, Ga.,
Asy Slayton had, lived in and near
Athensg ‘for the past wour - *rs,,f
He was g memberb!.ifie%thwist
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Five Chicago men were seized
and further arrests are expected,
Anheier said. He disclosed that the
phony $lO and S2O bills have turn
ed up in cities throughout the
United States, as well as in Lon
' don, Paris, Ronmre and in other
parts of the world.
Anheier said that approximately
$1,400,000 in counterfeit money
has been circulated by the- gang.
Federal agents also aré investi
gating evidence that the gang
may have been responsible for the
counterfeiting of more than one
million dollars in Cities Service
Company bonds. The FBI last No
vember 6 arrested three New
York City men in connection with
the sale of $25,000 in fake bonds
for $7,125,
Print Shop Owners
Two of the five men nabbed in
Chicago are owners of a West
Side printing plant which was
raided by the agents. They said
the phony bills were printéd in
the plant, the Sferas Printing
Company, owned by James Sferas,
86, and his brother, Samuel, 34.
The agents seized a press and
other equipment.
Also arrested was Williamr
Skally, 41, described by agents as
an ex-convict and the top plotter
and sales manager of the ring.
They said he was nabbed after he
accepted $3,500 in marked bills
from an undercover agent In re
turn for $50,000 in bogus $lO and
S2O bills.
The Bferas brothers and Skally
were held in SIO,OOO bond each
for hearings tomorrow after their
arraignment before U. 8, Commis
sioner C. 8. Bentley Pike on char
ges of possessien of counterfeit
money.
‘Two others are held, Anheier
said, and a third man is sought in
Chicago. One man is John Drake,
29, a taxicab driver, identified by
agents as the seller of $3,500 in
bogus bills. The fifth man held
was not identified.
Big Operations
Anheier said the ring’s activities
were bigger than those of Count
Victor Lustig, the international
swindler whose gang manufac
tured more than one million dol
lars in phory Federal Reserve
notes prior to 1939.
Anheier said the ring was
cracked after evidence was given
the Federal agents by investigators
for the Cook county state’s attor
ney’s office. He said an agent
made two purchases of $50,000
worth of counterfeit money from
Skally, the first on December 18,
and the second last Saturday.
The phony bills, which were
produced by lithography, were
described by agents as ‘‘reason
ably good” imitations of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank notes.
Agents said the plotters were able
to keep pouring out the bills be
cause of their success in selling
them to middlemen and to pass
ers at bargain prices, as low as $7
for each SIOO in fake bills.
Flaws in the bill, agents sdid,
included the absence of blue and
green silk thread from the other
wise high quality paper used and
failure to match the green ink of
genuine bills.
Dr. Slaughter
Attends Meet
N. G. Slaughter of 311 S. Mutual
Bldg., Athens, Ga. is a member of
the General Board of Lay Activi
tes of The Methodist Church,
which is holding a special meeting
Feb. 12-13 at the Congress hotel
in Chicago. ;
Meeting with the board’s 48
members for the first time since
his election as executive secretary
will be Robert G. Mayfield, of
Lebanon, Mo. Mr. Mayfield took
office Feb. 1, after completing a
term of service with the U. S.
Army Judge Advocate Corps in
Washington, D. C. He was with
the board for a year before being
recalled to service in October,
1950. .
President of the board is Ray
H. Nichols, Vernon, Tex. news-=
paper editor. .
UN WAR CASUALTIES
PARIS, Feb. 5 — (AP) — The
United Nations announced today
that 306,070 men in U. N. forces
had been Kkilled, wounded and
captured or missing in Korea from
the beginning of the war to Dec.
31
U. S. casualties were listed by
the U. N. as 103,739.
The U. S. Defense Department
last week reported the latest fig
ures on American casualties as
105:001 including 16,170 killed in
action, 76,112 wounded and 12,619
missing.
The breakdown of U. N. figures
showed 47,138 killed, 183,273
wounded and 76,659 misgsing or
captured. .
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fense Robert A. Lovett (right) and the
civilian chiefs of the three armed services
appear in a group before the Senate Ap
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The recently divorced wife of
British actor Michael Wilding,
Kay Young is shown as she ar
rived in New York enroute to
Hollywood where she will work
as a designer. Asked about Eliz
abeth Taylor, who has announ
ced she will marry Wilding,
Miss Young commented, “Very
nice, but a bit young.” — (NEA
Telephoto.)
Boy Scout Week
Begins T¢ arrow
National Boy Scout Week begins
February 6th. It will be celebrated
in the Northeast Georgia Council
by a reunion of the 49 members of
the Council who attended the Na
tional Scout Jamboree at Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania in 1950. This
group will meet Friday, February
Bth for a dinner meeting in Athens.
During Scout Week every Cub
Pack and Scout Troop will hold
on “Open House” Meeting to which
parents, brothers and sisters and
prespective members will be in
vited. On this occasion the Scout
Unit will put on a demonstration
of the skills and training it has
learned On Scout Sunday, each
Troop and Cub Pack will attend
the church of its choice in recogni
tion of the Scout Law, a Scout is
reverent.
During the past 42 years more
than 19,000,000 boys and men have
been members of the Boy Scouts
of America. At the present time
there are 2,900,000,
U. S. May Close
Some Embassi
By JOHN A. SCALI
WASHINGTON, Feb. S—(AP).
The United States today was re
ported reviewing the question of
whether to close all American em
passies in Russian satellite coun
tries. .
A meeting of American ambas
sadors to Iron Curtain countries
has been tentatively set in Paris
for the first week in March to
consider the problem closer to the
scene.
At the same time, officials told
thig reporter, American diplomats
will try to devise a plan for better
protection of embassy personnel
and private American business
men now in Eastern Europe.
Any decision to close American
Embassie wou& mark a decided
shift in gtate partment policy.
Until now it has favored keeping
them open at virtually all costs to
serve as “listening posts.”
Top State Department policy~
makers would prefer to keep them
in operation, despite increasing
harassment from Communist gov
ernments, even xigw.
Réview Purposes
Some key officials, however,
have proposed the review because
they fear the gatellite governments
are due to subject all Americans
(Continued on Page Two.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORCIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CGA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1952,
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Feb. § — (AP).
; Campa}fir&# Republicans tore in
-1o the an administration last.
‘night and contended only a GOP_
victory at the polls in Novemberi
can save the nation from disaster,
With an eye on winning the
pr icy and control of Con
gress n the Democrats, Repub
lican leaders cut loose at & big
Lincoln Day rally. They charged
the opposition under President
Truman with corruption and Com-~
munism in government, with
bungling foreign policy and fight
ing a stalemate war in Korea, and
with promoting inflation at home.
The attack was part of a six
‘hour program featured by $1
‘chicken box suppers, square dan
cing, group singing, 3.13 plenty of
organ and band music. | *
~ Police estimated about %}OOO
“persons jammed Georgetown Uni
versity gymnasium. They said
It was a nigib&‘ Fheni Rep %
intro-party differences officially
~were shelved. But that didn't
keep rival groups supporting Sen
ator Robert A. Taft and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower from boom-~
ing their choices for the GOP
presidential nomination. |
| Taft Show
At the outset, Taft backers pa
; raded through the aisles carrying
big photographs of the' Ohioan and
posters proclaiming him the
“GOP’s best bet for ’52,” while
the organ ground out the Taft
campaign number—“l'm looking
over a four-leaf clover.”
“Eisenhower for president” and |
“We Like Ike” banners were not
as numerous as the Taft placards.
On the other hand, Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts—national cam
paign manager for the Eisenhower
Republican group—received per
haps the most sustained applause
‘of the evening when he rose to
‘speak.
Neither Lodge nor anyone ‘else,
however, put in any plugs for any
GOP presidential candidate.
‘ The main assault on the Truman
administration was launched by
a series of three-minute speakers
whose talks were broadcast over
a radio network (ABC). |
Another group of Republicans |
in Congress blasted the Democrats i
in response to questions from the
audience.
That panel of Congress mem
bers had been scheduled to in
clude Senator McCarthy of Wis
consin, whose Communist-in-gov
ernment charges have drawn re
turn fire from the President and
others, and commendation from
| still, others. - |
Actor Adolphe Menjou, serving
‘as master of ceremonies, an
| nounced that MecCarthy had been
detained. That touched off a
round of applause for the senator,
along with a boo that seemed to
come from one or two pecple lost
in the crowd.
McCarthy Arrived
| McCarthy arrived, but too late
| for the panel discussion.
| Striking one keynote echoed by
several other speakers, Rep. Leo
' nard W. Hall of New. York, chair
| man of the Republican Congress
! jonal Campaign Committee, told
l the rally:
.o “administration which at
tempts to corrupt the people with
their own money can itself be un
corrupt, and it should be removed
from power at the first opportun- ,
iy . |
Senator Dirksen of Illinois, {
chairman of the Senate GOP cam
paign committee said the Truman
Administration “has led us to the
brink of disaster, to the point of
insecurity, yes, almost to the point I
of no return.” He added that “men
of little wisdom and little vision
must so," and he called on the
arty to take its inspiration from
{incoln.
One question from the audience
was whether the Republicans this
year would support a party plat
| form plank cal}ing for; cregtiog} of
a Fa oyment Practices
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Truman Civil Rights program. - |
At first, the question drew no]
response from the Republican |
' panel, and Menjou volunteered |
that the GOP plank on that issue
}‘?is vet to be decided.” A few
minutes later, Rep. Halleck of In- 1
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against any grther cut in the military
budget. The Secretaries are (left to right)
Thomas Finletter of the Air Force, Frank
Pace, jr., of the Army, Dan Kimball of the
Navy, and Lovett.— (NEA Telephoto.)
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mean ax as he chops wood at
his Sharon, Conn., home. Mor
ris, a Republican, has been
chosen by the President to help
rid the government of corrup
tion. Speaking both of his wood
chopping and his new job he
says, “Let the chips fall where
they may.”—(NEA Telephoto.)
Barrett Expense
Account Aired
ATLANTA, Feb. 5 — (AP) -—
House arguments on a cost of liv
ing pay raise for the state’s con
stitutional officers brought forth
charges that one officer drew more
than half as much in travel ex
penses as he drew in salary.
The House failed yesterday to
approve the bill.
Rep. Grady Pittard, jr., of Win
terville, sought to exclude Veter
ans Service Director Billy K.
Barrett because of traveling ex
penses charged against hin,
Records of State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher showed that Barrett
draws $6,000 annual salary and his
traveling expenses for the fiscal
year ending last June+r 30 were
$3,703. His travel expenses for
the previous fiscal year were
$3,541.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and cooler this
afternoon. Fair and colder to
night. Continued cool Wednes
day. Low tonight 34; high to
morrow 54. Sun sets today 6:086,
rises tomorrow 7:26.
GEORGIA -— Mostly cloudy
and cool this afternoon, clear
ing And colder tonight with low
temperatures 30 to 36 in north
and 36 to 42 in south portion;
Wednesday partly cloudy and
cool.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended foreeast for period
ending 7:30 p. m., Sunday, Feb
ruary 10:
GEORGIA —- Temperatures
average mear normal, cooler to
night, continued cool Wednes
day and Thursday, warmeyr Fri
day and Saturday, cooler Bun
day. No rain indicated until
about Saturday.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00
Total since February 1 ..., 1.55
Txcess since February 1 .. .70
Average February rainfall . 5.09
Total since January 1 ~ .. 4.52
Deficit since January 1 ... .90
HIS AX IS SHARP
‘Operation Quagmire’ Is
UN Term For Red Tactics
Allied Command Cautions Against
Expecting Early Truce Agreement
BY DON HUTH
TOKYO, Feb. 5.—~ (AP) —The U. N. command today
cautioned against expecting quick agreement on a Korean
armistice.
Tokyo headquarters described Communist truce tactics
as “Operation Quagmire.”
“Recent minor compromises” at Panmunjom, the U. N.
ecommand said, “fit the Communist see-saw of progress.”
They don’t necessarily involve any change in “their main
program of bargaining inertia.” :
Railway-Truck .
Feud Renewed -
In Legislature
ATLANTA, Feb. 5. — (AP) —
The old legislative feud between
raflreads and truck lines flared
anew today as the Georgia House
entered a bitter debate on a bill
to increase truck weight and
length limits.
The proposal, termed progress
by some and special interest legis
lation by others, would hike maxi~-
[m‘um weights from 56,000 to 59,-
500 pounds and inerease nraximum
‘lengths from 45 to 50 feet.
“Tt clearly sets forth what the
iindultry thinks it needs,” said
Rep. Roy McCracken of Jefferson
county, who fired the first pot
shot.
© Noting that railroads are fight
ing the bill, McCracken said rail
roads had opposed the gasoline
tax for highway building, con
striction of pipe lines in Georgia
and the current toll road plan.
“In fact,” he added, “there are
very few things the railroads
haven‘t opposed that were pro
gressive.”
First speaker against the bill,
Rep. Seymour Owens of Tift coun
ty, told the House Georgia’s high
‘ways are already in bad shape and
that if heavier weights are impos
ed the Highway Department won't
be able to keep them as good as
they are now. .
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AHighways se it
ed and cared for in the interest of
all citizens and not just the truck
ing industry,” Owens declared.
“We didn’t come up here to pass
any special interest legislation.”
Owens noted that leaflets circu
lated in the legislature by the
trucking industry showed a list of
seaboard stetes which have great
er weight and length limits than
Georgia. Then he added that the
leaflet failed to mention that 34
states have per axle weight limits
the same as Georgia.
“If the highway board, to keep
pace with the trucking industry,
must spend most of its money on
the state’s main highways, there
won’t be much left for post roads
and federal aid roads out in the
rural counties,” Owens added.
Rep. Busk Mims of Miller coun=-
ty, who fought the bill when it
was defeated last session, termed
this a fight between “two of the
biggest interest groups in Geor
gia.”
Mims Statement
“This is not a question of what
is good for Georgia. It is a ques
tion of railroads trying to stifle 1
traffic running through your town
and mine,” Mims declared. “If we
didn’t have trucks operating
through our smaller towns, they
would dry up on the vine.”
Mims said that after his battle
against the bill last year he went
home and in a very short time the
Seaboard Railroad began plans for
abandoning its passenger service
(Continued on Page Two.) |
Red Ammunition Depots
Blasted By UN Planes
SEOUL, Korea, Feb, 5-—(AP)—
American airmen today blew up
two Communist ammunition de
pots and razed two big supply cen
ters, the U. 8. Fifth Air Force re
ported.
The supply centers were less
than 50 miles from Panmunjom,
site of Korean truce talks. F-51
Mustang pilots said their bombs
and rockets touched off fires that
could be seen for miles.
Returning airmen said the two
centers—near Sinmak and Nam
chonjom—were reduced to blazing
ruins.
The ammunition dumps were
blown up by Marine F-4-U pilots.
Altogether, the Fifth Air Force
gald, the day’s explostve attacks
léveled almost 130 supply build
ings and revetments and cut rail
lines in 65 places. A total of 592
gorties were flown.
American F-86 Sabre jets ex
changed firing passes with some
Red jets out of g formation of 100
MIG-18s. The Air Force made no
report of damage.
Ground Quiet
The ground front was relatively
quiet.
U. N, Nanhl-finon, on the west
recaptured a h h;is:dtion without
firing & shot, Chinese Reds took
the hill Menday night in a fierce
attack, then vanished. :
The Allied troops pulled -off the
hill late Monday afternoon when
the Reds attacked behind an artil
lery barrage. A U. N. counterat
tack failed after a 90-minute fight.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
The command pointed out Red
negotiators “have agreed to none
of the really major pointg of dis
pute. They have instead conceded
in points of theory or in instances
where their concessions actually
cost them nothing.” ’ |
The U. N. views were expres
sed in an “unofficial information
bulletin” containing material sel
ected from “voice of the United
' Nations Command” broadcasts to
|Korea.
The bulletin was. released after
Tuesday’s negotiating sessions at
Panmunjem adjourned. So little
progress was made that Allied
spokesmen indicated there was no
need for the customary briefing
sessions to the press. e
Plenary Session |
It came on the eve of the first
full mee¢ting of the five~man truce ‘
delegations in two months, They |
will holc a plenary session at 10
a. m. Wednesday (8 p. m. Tuesday
EST) to begin discussing the final
item on the armistice agenda --}
recommendations to belligerent
’ governments. ‘
Key points of exchanging pri
'soners and supervising an armis
tice remain to be settled. Wed
nesday’s session would open the
way for arguing over all three
points at once.
At Allied truce heeadquarters in
Munsan, Rear Adm. R. E. Libby
said “We had another very ami
cable session”. discussing exchange
of prisoners but remained 180 de
grees’—exactly opposed-—on the
lt(iey question of voluntary repatri
on,’ X |
A communk}ue from Munsan,
said the Red first rejected then
agreed to consider (1) permitting
!jé)int Red Croas‘st teams tpmi:tiisfit
v cal er an ar ce
.&Wifi adgffian of other prisoner
exchange points beside Panmun
jom.
Libby said the prisoner question
probably could be turned over to
staff officers “in a few days, pos
sibly tomorrow.” ]
Remaining Snags
A committee of staff officers
working on truce supervision
agreed on ten observer teams to
police the demilitarized zone. Al
lies said they had only two major
points still to settle—troop rota~-
tion and ports of entry for supplies
and troops during an armistice.
~ Staff officers are not consider
ing the key question—whether
Reds may rebuild airfields after
a truce is signed. oy
The Tokyo information bulletin
sald “it is true that progress” has
’been made in the last week, but
“progress of sorts has been made
before, each time with a feeling of
relief,
“And each period of optimism
has been in turn followed by |
weeks of utter frustration.”
The bulletin said this was part
of the Communist war of nerves:
It added:
“Hopes must be raised ant dash
ed according to schedule, in the
hope that sooner or later the U.
N. C. will give in completely.”
Recent Red concessions havel
been “little more than a smooth
ing out of rough edges,” the bulle
tin said. “the major issues are
still in as much dispute as they |
ever were.” '
At 2 a. m. Tuesday a patrol
moved out toward the hill, west
northwest of Yonchon. There was
no sign of Communists. At 6a, m,
the hill again was in Allied hands.
Behind their own lines Allied
engineers reopened the Pukhan
river railway bridge after it stood
idle 15 months. The bridge, 25
miles east of Seoul, was blown up
by the Allies themselves, Re
opening it restores a vital alter
nate rail route between the Seoul
area and Pusan, main supply port
in Southeast Korea.
Allied Bombings
Battered Red bridges and rail
lines in northwest Korea were
bombed and rocketed again by
American jets. An F-84 Thunder
jet reported one bridge “exploded
in a cloud of dust and debris.”
Night flying B-29 superforts
from Japan hit the Sunchon rail
by-pass bridge for the second
straight night. They blasted it
with 80 tons of 500-pound bombs.
Other Allied warplanes darted
through moonlit skies and report
ed 73 Communist trucks and eight
box cars destroyed.
Carrier-based planes from the
decks of the U. 8. 8. Valley Forge
and U. 8. 8. Antietam cratered
rails in more than 100 places Mon
day in the vicinity of Hungnam on
the east coast. Marine planes at
tacked Communist boats, shore
targets and the Red front lines on
the western side of the peninsula.
Warships also were active along
both Korean ceoasts. e
HOME
EDITION
U. N. Postpones
Political Issues
By STANLEY JOHNSON
PARIS, Feb. 5 — (AP) — The
Sixth (General Assembly of the
United Nations adjourned teday
after voting a final overwhelming
approval of the Western Plan te
postpone discussion of Korean
political issues until an srmsistice.
_ President Luis Padilla Nervo of
Mexico banged the final gavel
after receiving tributes from
t Secretary General Trygve Lie and
many leading delegates for hig
handling of the three months ses
sion.
The assembly also expressed
gratitude to France and the
' French peopte for their hospitality.
The last formal act was to observe
a minute of silent prayer.
The Western victory wag the
final major act of the sixth As
semblv Session, which begaw last
Nov. 6.
P 51-5 Vote
. Today’s vote was 51 in favor,
5 against and 2 abstentions.
It marked a triumph fer the
position taken by the United
States, Britain and France that
any U. N. discussion of Korea now
could only hamper the progress
of truce talks at Panmunjom. By
its vote, the Assembly repudiated
the Russian view that the U, N.
should take over the talks,
U. S. delegate Ernest A. Gross
hailed the result and pledged that
the U. 8. would do its best to bring
about an armistice at Pannmunjom.
He denounced Soviet attempts to
“seek the transfer to Paris of mili
tary matters.” Gross said these at
tempts had hardened the will of
the majority to prevent it.
The resolution calls for a special
session of the Assembly to meet in
New York as soon as a truce is
declared. It also provides for an
emergency session if there ig no
truce and events in Korea make
one necessary.
Observers noted that since the
adoption of the resolution by a U.
N..corapmittee, there has been some
progress in the talks at the front,
Western delegates had charged in
their speeches that those talks hfi
been held up by Soveit motives fi
move the talks here. They tended
to view the reported program as
[ proof of this thesis.
| - Russian Denunciation
In a last minute attempt te cut
the West's majority, Soviet de
legate Jacob A. Malik denounced
the resolution as a move to prevent
discussion of the Korean question.
He said it was being foreced
through by “the govemment of the
United States and the group which
it heads.”
The dramatic session held in the
Palais De Chaillot emphasized twes.
main trends of world polities re
vealed the diplomacy which East
and West are applying to them.
These trends were:
1. A-gontinuing and deepening
division between the Communist
East and the Democratic West.
This was combined, paradoxical
ly, with evidence that both sides
are deeply worried and making
tentative feelers toward ways of
easing the tension.
2. The skyrocketing rise of
Nationalsim and self-assurance in
the old colonial areas 6f Asia and
Africa.
Brifish Pea
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 5—(AP)—
A British peace offer to Egypt was
reported today. It included Bri
tish evacuation of the Suez Canal
zone, a plebiscite for the disputed
Sudan and an Arab security pact
as a basis for Middle East defense.
The peace formula was reported
by the newspaper Al Misri, organ
of the «Wafdist. party which
launched the Egvptfan campaign
last October to get thé British out
of Egypt and the Sudan, «
Al Misri said London had hand
ed the formula, suggested as a
basis for new Anglo-Egyptian
talks, to Iraqi Premier Nuri El
Said. Nuri El Said, like King Ibn
Saud of Saudi Arabia, has been
trying to mediate the confliet be
tween Britain and Egypt.
The paper gave no hint of the
source of its information; latest in
a series of reported conciliatory
moves which have blossomed since
disastrous fire riots here 10 days
ago brought replacement of Waf
dist Premier Mustapha Nahas Pa
sha’s government by an indepen
dent cabinet headed by Aly Ma
her Pasha.
The new premier told Egyptian
reporters last night, however, he
had received details of some me
diation proposals from Iraqi Min
ister Nacuib Al Rawi.
Al Misri said the six points of
the proposal were:
1. British evacuation of the Ca
nal zone at a date to be agreed
upon.
2. Such evacuation to take place
only after a return of securify and
tranquility to the canal zone area
to insure security of the with
drawal. :
3. British military installatioas
in the Canal Zone to remain for
use in case of a threat to the se
curity of the canal, -
4. Both Britain and Egypt 10
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