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NO PLUM IN THIS PUDDING
At Panmunjom, at this writing, we continue to
reward the enemy’s arrogance, bad manners and Bad
faith with a patience and earnestness that seem, from
this distance completely wasted and misplaced. The
fortitude and restraint of Lieut. General William H.
Harrison and his aides approach the sublime, and if
these Oriental demons with whom they must try to
talk are not yet impressed, we doubt that they ever
will be.
And since three of the five “neutral” nations pro
posed as the trustees of prisoner repatriation are in the
Communist camp . . . and since Messrs Churchill and
Atlee have agreed in Parliament that Red China’s seat
in the UN will be waiting for her when we arrive at
a truce . . . just where do we get off anyway?
Maybe it’s time to stop talking. It was another
shrewd Englishman, George Herbert, who wrote in
1640: “More have repented speech than silence.”
“ECONOMY” CONGRESS RAISES ITS SALARY
Don’t be surprised if that bill to increase the sal
aries of Congressmen from $15,000 to $25,000 a year
is passed by Congress—and without filibuster. The
same act will boost the Chief Justice to $40,000 a year
and the Associate Justices to $35,000, with compar
able raises for Federal circuit and district judges.
Illogical as this activity may seem in an “economy”
Congress, we still don’t think the solons will be over
paid at the new rate. For one thing, they will have
five or six thousand chipped off by the Internal Re
enue Bureau, since they will pay full income taxes on
their new wages—like ordinary citizens.
New Mayor For Los Angeles
• LOS ANGELES, !7P—Congress
man Norris Poulson, an Oregon
farm boy who came here to try
his luck in the big city, has ended
the 15-year reign of Mayor Flet
cher Bowron.
A staunch advocate of economy
in government, the 57-year-old
Republican now in his fifth term
in the House of Representatives,
scored a decisive victory in yes
terday’s non-partisan election.
He’ll assume the $18,000-a-year
job as leader of the nation’s fourth
largest city on July 1.
CHLOROPHYLL IN CLOTHES
NEW YORK, W) — Chlorophyll
has now become a “secret agent”
of dry cleaners to give suits an
anti-odor finish, reports the Brit
ish Information Service here.
A special form of chlorophyll
is used to treat the clothing at
the steaming and pressing stage.
A British firm is already shipping
500 pounds of the special chloro
phyll by air every week to the
United States, says the report.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
New Allied Truce
Plan Unacceptable
To South Koreans
SEOUL, UP) — Authoritative
South Korean sources today re
vealed that the secret new Allied
truce plan would give the United
Nations General Assembly the
final say in determining the fate
of war prisoners who refuse to
return to their Red homelands.
The informants said the pro
posal handed the Communists
Monday at Panmunjom was clear
ly unacceptable to South Korea.
One government official called it
“nothing but an Allied defeat by
the Communists.”
The proposal also incorporates
some features of previous plans
offered by both the Reds and
Allies, said the sources.
The U.N. Command—which re
portedly requested the news
blackout on Monday’s truce ses
sion—would not comment on the
plan. It even refused to acknowl
edge the offer was made.
Some observers in Tokyo said
the Allied proposal possibly is
being used as tempting bait to
Red China, which has long wanted
to get into the United Nations.
By accepting the plan, they said
it would give Red China a toe
hold in the General Assembly—
through the back door.
The truce talks were recessed
after Monday’s session until June
1—apparently at Allied request so
Red negotiators can send the plan
to Peiping, or even to Moscow.
The South Korean sources said
the new plan reverses the Allies’
May 13 proposal under which
34,000 balky North Korean pri
soners would be released as civ
ilians immediately after an armis
tice.
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Hungry or Sleepy?
FAIRBANKS, Three Yukon
River trappers are wondering:
was that bear hungry, or just
sleepy?
Slim Evans of Rampart tells the
story on fellow trappers, Gilbert
Stevens and Kilburn George.
After a hard day trapping
muskrats, says Evans, Stevens and
George turned into their sleeping
bags.
During the night, Stevens woke
when he felt a tugging on his
•arm. He was face to face with a
bear which' had its jaws clamped
around Stevens' arm and was
trying to tug him out of the sleep
ing bag.
Stevens shouted and the bear
let go of his arfh and fled. The
trapper fired two shots but missed
Evans say no one could figure
out why the bear was pulling
Stevens from the bag—unless the
animal wanted to get a little sleep
himself.
Anchorage Restaurant
Workers Asked Take Cut
ANCHORAGE, iff) — Employers
negotiating a new contract Mon
day asked Anchorage restaurant
workers to take a ten per cent cut
in wages from the 1952 scale.
The cut would mean a dollar
a day leas' for waitresses, a two
dollar cut for cooks and SI.25 a
day cut for dishwashers.
Employers cited poor business
as the reason. *
The employers also asked the
union to change the expiration
date of the contract from June 1
to Jan. 1.
One of Leading Violinisis Dies
NEW YORK, UP)—Albert Spald
ing, one of the nation’s leading
violinists and a noted composer
and author, died suddenly last
night of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Indefinite Continuance Granted
In Case Against U.S. Red Head
NEW YORK, UP) — William Z.
Foster, American Communist
party chairman, has won a new
and probably lasting stay from
standing trial on charges of con
spiracy to reach and advocate vio
lent overthrow of the government.
Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan
Monday granted an indefinite con
tinuance in the case after saying
a trial might kill the 72-year-old
Foster, who’ has a bad heart.
21,700 Fewer Govt. Workers
WASHINGTON, (*>—'The num
ber of federal government work
ers dropped another 21,700 during
the month of April to reach a
May 1 total of 2,506,600, the Civil
Service Commission reported.
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