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McCarthy Releases and Brands
As Communistic Restricted Army
Intelligence Report On Siberia
WASHINGTON, UR—The Army<
said Friday an intelligence report
on Siberia — portions of which
were released by Sen. McCarthy
—was restricted information. It
declared too that any conclusion
it is Communist propaganda “is
refuted” by reading the entire
document.
Unauthorized release of re
stricted information is a violation
of lav$ punishable by up to $10,000
* fine and 10 years imprisonment.
McCarthy showed reporters
photographic copies of the first
70 pages of the 75-page document
on Wednesday, contending it
smacked of “clear cut Commun
ist propaganda.”
He was acting as chairman of
the Senate Investigations sub
> committee which has been look
ing into Army security. This
could pose questions of congres
sional rights in relation to the
law. And in any event, it is im
probable that a charge of violat
ing the law as to restricted docu
ment would be pressed against
any member of Congress in such
circumstances.
The Army issued a statement
1 which made no direct mention of
McCarthy but was obviously
framed as a reply to his Wednes
day actions.
In a statement, the Army said
that the document was intended
for limited distribution to intelli
gence officers “to develop under
standing of the Soviet people
v.hich will be militarily useful in
case of war.”
“It is obvious,” the statement
continued, “that the necessary in
struction of officers and men in
this field cannot proceed without
attempting to enter the mind and
thought processes of the Soviet
citizen.”
The Army statement contended
McCarthy had withheld from his
releases sections which would
have made clear the document
was not Communist propaganda.
It was the conclusion, on pages
74 and 75 of the original docu
ment, declared in part that the
Soviet citizen lives and works al
most like a convict. These pages
were not released by the senator.
Political Scientists Say
Voters Chose Delegates
In ‘Intolerable Confusion’
WASHINGTON, UP) — Political
researchers declared yesterday
America’s voters chose presiden
tial nominating delegates in “in
tolerable confusion” last year, but
that television and public debate
may soon bring changes.
Their preliminary report was
prepared for the annual meeting
of the American Political Science
Association (APSA) which has at
tracted some 2,000 political scien
tists all over the world.
It was made by a group of re
searchers headed by Dr. Paul T.
p David of the Brookings Institute
who, cooperating with the APSA,
studied the 1952 delegate-picking
procedure.
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U.S., Australia and New
Zealand Reject Offers To
Join Pacific Alliance
WASHINGTON, UPi — The
United States, Australia and New
Zealand turned thumbs down yes
terday on efforts by other Pacific
powers to join their three-nation
defense alliance.
In a communique winding up
two days of conferences between
foreign ministers of the three gov
ernments and their top military
advisers, the Pacific pact mem
bers unanimously declared that
admitting more countries “would
not contribute directly and mater
ially” to Pacific defense.
Britain, France, the Philippines
and Nationalist China have all
shown interest in joining the
alliance.
Also unanimously, the three
foreign ministers agreed to op
pose “under present circum
stances” diplomatic recognition of
Red China and its admission to
the United Nations.
Three-Quarter Mile Of
Cleveland Street Blows
Up In Underground Blast
CLEVELAND, UP\ — A street
blew up here Thursday—blew up
along a 3A mile stretch, hurling
big concrete chunks and manhole
covers up among hundreds of
stunned rush-hour motorists and
pedestrians, killing one and in
juring 58. At least two of the in
jured were in critical condition.
The cause of the mighty under
ground explosion along West
117th St., a main crosstown artery,
still was sought today. Firemen
first said it was a broken gas
main. But the gas company said
their mains probably broke after
the exploding sewer gas let go.
Top Officers of Nile
Temple of the Shrine
Will Visit Nome
SEATTLE, UP)—Five top officers
o'f Seattle Nile Temple of the
Shrine flew to Alaska yesterday
aboard a Northwest Orient Air
lines Stratocruiser on the start of
a nine-city tour.
Among those in the group will
be Frank T. Ostrander, recorder;
Ruben E. Lovgren, potentate; and
Robert H. Killian, director.
The group will conduct cere
monials for Shrine clubs in An
chorage, Fairbanks, Nome Seward,
Kodiak, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg
and Ketchikan, all clubs under
jurisdiction of Nile Temple. They
will return to Seattle October 4.
THURSDAY SCORES
National League
Cincinnati 6, Brooklyn 5
St. Louis 7, New York 6
American League
New York 1, Chicago 0
Boston 14, Cleveland 4
Coast League
San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 4
Seattle 12, Sacramento 1
Oakland 7, Hollywood 4
San Diego 3-3, Portland 2-5
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Red Source Admits
Commies Holding
Back U.N. POWs
PANMUNJOM, (jD — A Red
source admitted Friday for the
first time that the Communists are
holding back some Allied war pri
soners who want to go home.
A Communist correspondent,
Wilfred Burchett, said a crack
U.S. jet pilot and an undisclosed
number of other Allied airmen are
being held as special prisoners be
cause the Communists say .they
were shot down over Manchuria—
forbidden territory to Allied pilots
in the Korean war.
A repatriated American Air
Force Major, David F. MacGhee
of Tampa, Fla., said earlier this
week he had learned from an
“extremely reliable” Chinese Red
that the Communists planned to
intern 22 U.S. fliers in Manchuria
“until the United States recog
nizes (Red) China.”
Allied officers have said un
officially there may be other air
men still held by the Commun
ists and one source said the num
ber totaled about 35.
Burchett of the Paris L’Human
ite, who often reflects official
Red thinking, said one of the pri
soners is double jet ace, Capt.
Harold E. Fischer, Jr., of Swea
City, Iowa.
Burchett said release of the air
men would have to be negotiated
through “diplomatic channels'’
but he did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, the first of 14,700
Chinese war prisoners who have
renounced Communism arrived in
the Korean neutral zone shaking
their fists and shouting, “Death
to the Communists,” at Red ob
servers.
Nearly 1,000 anti - Communist
Chinese entered the newly-built
stockades at the sprawling “In
dian village” near Panmunjom,
where they will be guarded by
Indian troops.
Attorney General Orders
Clean-Up Of Influence
Peddling In Washington
WASHINGTON, UP)—Atty. Gen.
Brownell ordered his aides Thurs
day to dig to the bottom of reports
of influence peddling in connec
tion with government contracts in
a follow - up to disclosures this
week to a House committee.
He emphasized that he is part
icularly interested in finding out
if any federal employe has “leak
ed” secret information which
would give any one business
group an advantage over another
in obtaining such contracts.
Brownell said the matter is un
der “full investigation by the FBI
and if culprits are discovered,
prompt prosecution will follow.”
His announcement followed
publication by the House Armed
Services subcommittee of testi
mony in which Warren L. Steph
enson, prominent Washington,
D.C., Republican, admitted he had
attempted to obtain a 4 per cent
commission from a California
firm in exchange for obtaining a
larger contract for making Navy
rocket launchers.
Durkin Angrily Resigns As Labor
Secretary, Charging Administration
Broke Agreement On Taft-Hartley
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No Chief Justice To Be
Named Until Eisenhower
Returns to Washington
DENVER, W) — The summer
White House indicated Friday that
President Eisenhower won’t name
a chief justice to succeed Fred M.
Vinson until after he returns to
Washington.
Present plans call for the Presi
dent to end his Colorado vacation
Sept. 18 or 19.
At the same time, Murray Sny
der, assistant presidential press
secretary, told newsmen he had
no information whatever on when
Eisenhower may name a succes
sor to Martin Durkin, who re
signed yesterday as Secretary of
Labor and charged that the ad
ministration ran out on pledges
to change the Taft-Hartley Act.
Eisenhower arrived at his Low
ry Air Force base office shortly
after 8 a.m. and started Work on
a big batch of official papers he
had brought from Washington
yesterday. *
Heintzleman Takes Issue
With Senator Butler Over
Alaska Statehood Issue
ANCHORAGE, W—'The gover
nor of the Territory of Alaska
too'k issue Thursday with a state
ment made last Saturday by Sen.
Butler that “Most of the clamor
for statehood (in Alaska) is com
ing from politicians.”
Gov. Frank Heintzleman, also a
Republican, said:
“One thing is certain; the re
quest for statehood is very wide
spread. I don’t subscribe to the
statement that the desire is con
fined to any one group.”
The senator and members of his
committee on Territories and In
sular Affairs recently held hear
ings throughout Alaska #on the
statehood question. Scores of wit
nesses, preponderantly favorable
to statehood, appeared at the
hearings.
Butler was quoted as saying in
Omaha that although the testi
mony was overwhelmingly for
statehood he was “convinced that
the rank and file in Alaska knew
that statehood would not come at
this time.”
Heintzleman said Thursday.^hat
he was convinced that “as a re
sult of these hearings, statehood
must be very much closer.”
NOT SO FUNNY
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, UP) —
While watching armored - car
guards carried money bags into the
federal reserve bank Thursday
four men parked in a car nearby
jokingly discussed the ease with
which a holdup could be staged.
Their consternation wasn’t quite
so funny when reviewed later at
city jail where they were booked
for vagrancy and investigation.
The man who had lounged so
casually against a lamp post near
their car was Vice Squad Capt.
Fred Littlepage. f
> WASHINGTON, UP) — An un
easy political honeymoon between
President Eisenhower and organ
ized labor appeared ended Friday
with the abrupt and angry resig
nation of Martin P. Durkin as Sec
retary of Labor.
Durkin, a union leader and a
Democrat, quit his cabinet post
with a charge that the Eisenhower
administration had broken an ag
reement with him on recommen
dations to be made in changing
the controversial Taft - Hartley
Labor Relations Law.
Presidents George Meany of
the AFL and Walter Reuther of
the CIO quickly sided with Dur
kin and accused Eisenhower of
failing to live up to promises
made to organized labor.
There was no comment from
Eisenhower, outside of a letter ac
cepting Durkin’s resignation and.
praising his services as secretary.
“It has long been a tradition in
the labor movement that once an
agreement is reached the parties
abide by it,” Meany said. “Mr.
Durkin is schooled in that tradi
tion. He resigned because he could
not continue serving on a team
where agreements are not kept.”
Meany and Reuther and their
organizations, as did most of the
rest of organized labor’s leaders,
supported Democrat Adlai Steph
enson against Eisenhower in last
fall’s presidential elections.
After his landslide victory, Ei
senhower surprised nearly every
one by choosing Durkin, a staunch
Democrat and president of the
AFL’s Plumbers Union, for the
labor cabinet post. Durkin himself
expressed surprise and the late
Sen. Robert Taft called the ap
pointment “incredible.”
The selection was widely re
garded as an effort by the new
administration to woo union sup
port, since they had comprised the
largest single segment of the
country opposed to the Republi
cans.
The 59-year-old Durkin told a
packed news conference he had.
submitted his resignation Aug. 31
when he became convinced the
administration had “broken” com
mitments with him on proposed
changes in the Taft-Hartley law.
Asked whether he would have
remained had Eisenhower chang
ed his views about the T-H law
proposals, Durkin replied, “I
think so.”
ANCHORAGE TO VOTE ON
WATER FILTRATION PLANT
AND NEW CITY HALL
ANCHORAGE, UP)— Anchorage
voters were to decide today whe
ther to authorize issuance of
$1,875,000 in bonds for local im
provement projects.
The voters must grant authority
to float the bonds before the city
can apply for matching funds in.
federal aid for a proposed new
water filtration plant, a new city
hall, and an improved waters sys
tem extension line to the suburb
of Spenard.
Forty-four hundred voters are
registered and eligible to cast
ballots.