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OUSTER DEMAND IN SOUTH KOREA—SeouI.
—Banner-carrying demonstrators mass in front of
the city hall as they demand the ouster of the Neu
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Geneva Session
Put Off for Day
GENEVA. Aug. 9 (IP).— To- ;
morrow’s scheduled meeting be- (
tween the Ambassadors of the (
United States and Communist (
China has been postponed until
Thursday at Red re- ]
quest. i
Red China s Wang Ping-nan
gave no reason for requesting ,
the 24-hour postponement, but ,
it was believed he required more ,
time to confer with his govern- j
ment on yesterday's two and
one-half hour session. j
The Ambassadors failed *yes- ,
, tcrday in their fourth attempt
to agree on the release of 40
Americans held in China, but a
Communist source said "some
progress" was made. The re-;,
port of progress was not con- _
firmed by either United States ‘
Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson
or Mr. Wang, but it came from; 1
a source close to the Chinese
delegation. jj
The two envoys agreed at yes- (
terday’s session to tighten the (
secrecy surrounding their meet
ings. I
In reply to the United States. j
demands for release of the {
Americans, the unofficial Com- j
munist source said, the Chinese
asked for a list of Chinese na
tionals in the United States and (
proposed that India represent ,
Red China's interests in matters (
of repatriation. |l
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GOVERNORS
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President Eisenhower next year 1
with a lot better chance of
winning than he had in 1952." '
Gov. Harriman has said re
peatedly that he is for Mr. Ste
venson. But he hasn’t indicated
any certainty that the former
Illinois Governor will run. And
most politicians think he needs
to have that information long
before an expected announce
ment by Mr. Stevenson next No
vember.
Mr. Harriman, in a radio in
terview on Mutual's Reporters'
Roundup in New York yesterday
caid the people are swinging
away from the Republicans and
will vote them out next year
even if President Eisenhower
heads the G. O. P. ticket.
Swing From G. O. P. Seen
He said Mr. Eisenhower is.
popular, but added this popu
larity could not stand the test
of a campaign.
"There has been an extraordi
nary swing away from the Re
publican Party, a disillusionment
in the last two years,” Gov. Har
riman said.
The New York Governor, asked
whether he would try for the
Democratic nomination, repeat
ed that he is for Mr. Stevenson.
Gov. John F. Simms, New;
Mexico Democrat, said he didn't
have much luck learning Mr.
Stevenson’s intentions when he
talked with Mr. Stevenson.
“I think he is the strongest
man in the party, Gov. Simms
said. "But the man who gets
the nomination next year will
be a man who goes after it. I
told him rather plainly that I
think he ought to say what he
intends to do within a short
time.”
Talk of Others
Gov. Simms said he has heard
"considerable talk” among Dem-!
ocrats about Gov. Harriman.
Senator Kefauver. Democrat, of
Tennessee, and Senator Syming
ton, Democrat, of Missouri.
Observing that he has no per
sonal choice at this time, he said
at this point he "wouldn’t count
anybody out” of the race.
Carmine G. De Sapis, Tam
many Hall leader and New York
national committeeman, who has
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Red Gets Death Sentence
For Role in Dean Betrayal
SEOUL. Aug. 9 UP). —A South'
Korean army court martial to- (
day condemned to death Lee i
Chang Kwang, one of the first 1
Communists who interogated ■
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean after
he was captured in the Korean ;i
war. 1
Lee was convicted of.giving
aid to the enemy by passing to
the Communists information ]
allegedly obtained from Gen. I
Dean.
President Rhee as well as ,
1 higher military tribunals will
have to approve the death sen- ,
tence before it can be carried out, 1
presumably by a firing squad. i
The 25-year-old Korean was
arrested early in July by South i
Korean counter intelligence i
agents. His trial began and <
ended today, lasting just s‘i i
hours. i
Lee was an intelligence officer
of the local Communist Party |
Committee near Taejon, where
Gen. Dean was captured in the l
early days of the Korean war. 1
been booming Gov. Harriman i
for the nomination, got some un- i
expected support here yesterday i
from Governors gathering for
their annual meeting. i
Gov. Abraham A. Ribicoff, ]
Connecticut Democrat, said that
as New York's chief executive
Gov. Harriman has a "wonder
jful springboard.” He added he
; thinks Gov. Harriman is a
candidate.
California’s Republican Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight told a news
conference he thinks Gov. Har
riman would give Mr. Eisenhow
er the strongest opposition from
within the Democratic ranks. He
said Mr. Stevenson is weakened
by being a defeated candidate.
Convinced President Will Run
Gov. Knight and Gov. William
G. Stratton. Illinois Republican,
professed firm convictions that
Mr. Eisenhower will run again.
Both said they are not even
thinking about any other pos
sible G. O. P. candidate.
Although Gov. Stratton said:
he doubts that any political
boom will develop for anyone at
the Governors’ meeting, politics
held the center of attention in
advance of the first scheduled
public session tomorrow when
the hot highway program issue
will be up.
' At his nearby Libertyville j
home, and on visits to Chicago.
1 Mr. Stevenson planned to talk
with most of the Democratic;
Governors. He saw Gov. Simms
’'yesterday.
Tomorrow night Mr. Stevenson
will meet with reporters at a
dinner arranged by Mr. Mitchell.
\ Aides said Mr. Stevenson plans
! no announcement, but "might go
' a little further than he has in
•jthe past" in indicating his fu
ture
RATES
Continued From First Page
i was unable to determine just
i what these services are. and dls- j
I allowed them as an "unsupport
ed charge.”
[ At the outset of today’s ses
i sion private citizens, mostly rep
; resenting local parent-teacher
associations, protested any in
crease in the present three-cent
school fare. A bill now before,
I President Eisenhower would per
mit the commission to raise the
. school tax to one-half of tiie
! cash fare charged regular riders.
The hearing, which began
nearly two months ago, has been
■ in session a total of six days
I —three devoted to the com
: pany’s direct plea for fare in
creases, and three to cross
■ examination of company wit
: nesses by the commission staff.
; Capital Transit seeks contlnu
tral Nations Supervisory Commission. The large
banner reads, “Let’s Oust the Communist Spies
Poles and Czechs of the NNSC.”—AP Wirephoto.
The general wandered for 10
days, seeking remnants of his
'shattered 24th Division, before
he was betrayed by two Korean
farmers and caught.
Lee and seven other Com
munists questioned Gen. Dean
'at Chonju Prison, 60 miles south
west of Taejon.
Two South Korean national
police testified today Lee had
surrendered as a guerrilla in
May, 1951, and since had helped
police in identifying and arrest
ing Communist agents.
He was not identified as one
of Gen. Dean's interrogators un
til later, and was given his free
dom for a time.
Army Prosecutor Capt. Soh
Chung Pal said the fact Lee had
used assumed names showed he
was planning to return to com
munism at the next available
opportunity. t
The defense said it would ap
peal.
Lee had applied for admission
to a college in the United States
before his final arrest.
ation of the present 20-cent
straight cash fare; a raise in the
price of tokens from the present
five for 80 cents to five for 95
cents and elimination of the
present weekly passenger permit.
The company estimates this
rate schedule would produce ad
ditional net earnings of about
$900,000 annually. The calcula
tion. of course, does not take into
account the actual losses result
ing from the strike. Nor does it
include the extra cost of the
transit union’s wage Increase de
imands. which have yet to be
settled.
Commission members George
E. C. Hayes, chairman, and Rob
ert M. Weston conferred with
' the District Commissioners yes
terday on the latest develop
ments in the transit st.ike. The
briefing was requested by the
utilities body.
A city official explained that
the rate Increase hearing can
'proceed only so far until such
! time as President Eisenhower
1 signs or vetoes the pending legis
. lation to cancel the Capital
i Transit franchise effective one
i year from now.
Must Know Wages
By the same token, the com
mission must know the extent of
wage increases to the transit
. workers before it can reach a
final decision.
; i If the President signs the bill.
1 the commission need not go into
evidence concerning the com
-1 pany’s rate of return. Under
1 terms of the legislation, the Dis
’ trlct Commissioners will ;n effect
1 be running the outfit for the
' final year of its existence on a
1 basis that provides for no return
to the stockholders.
If the measure is vetoed and
I Capital Transit remains in busi
ness, rate of return must be
considered.
A commission spokesman
■ pointed out that, if the wage
controversy is settled before con
clusion of the case, the com
pany, for the commission’s con
sideration, need only modify its
' present rate increase petition to
: cover the increased expense.
‘ Etna Power Fading
! CANTANIA, Sicily, Aug. 9 UP).
! —Mount Etna's latest eruption
. has dwindled away to almost
l nothing. The observatory said
i the “scant force” of the present
i activity makes it unlikely a
■ major blowoft will develop.
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i DETROIT. Aug. 9 OP).—Sixty
i determined men set out today
1 on a 3,000-mile trip across the
' Atlantic Ocean to “save San
Marino.”
i The rescue was intended by
. way of the ballot box.
Time was short. The election
' is Sunday.
i San Marino is a small nation
| of 14,000 population in the heart
1 of the Italian Apennine Moun
tains. It is under Communist
control.
Some 44 Detroiters, all immi
! grants from San Marino and
still citizens of the little country
while their United States citi
[ zenshlp applications are pend-
| ling, aim to try to vote out the
1 Communists.
Sixteen other like-minded San
Marionoans of New York are
to join up with the Detroit
group in New York tonight, and
; they’ll fly to Italy,
i On Sunday they’ll all vote
against the Communists and in
'favor of the anti-Communist
; ! Christian Democrats.
-WEATHER
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3—a 48-hour warning condition.
5 But those in North Carolina
. went into Condition 2—a 24-
t hour warning. It is in this sta
. tus that the decision is made
j whether to fly planes Inland to
. safer points.
t Preliminary precautions were
• already being taken in New
- England, where two hurricanes
• which struck last year are still
sorrowfully remembered.
? Carriers Go to Sea
’! Navy aircraft at Quonset
. Point, R. 1., were ordered evacu
• | ated this afternoon. Two car
■ riers, the Leyte and Antletam.
'■ were ordered to go to sea.
At Narraganset. R. I„ all
beaches on the south shore were
1 closed because of heavy surf and
1 strong undertow. No fishing
r vessels left for the fishing
J grounds out of New Bedford to
• day and those now at sea were
■ expected in port by tomorrow.
Meanwhile, mounting waves
were reported at Atlantic Beach.
1 near Morehead City, N. C.. some
I 50 miles southwest of Cape Hat
s teras. Civil Air Patrol outfits
1 were flown into coastal resorts
• and some civil defense organiza
tions were alerted.
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ROKs Ask U. S.
To Fight Again
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (iPl.—South
Korea’s top military leaders to
day asked the United States “to;
recognize that the (Korean)
truce has ended and to resume;
the fighting for our unification
before we are left alone.”
Gen. Lee Hyung Keun. chair
man of the Republic of Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen.
Chung II Kwon, army chief of:
staff, issued a joint statement
through the government public
information office.
They said the senior merftberj
of the United Nations’ Military
Armistice Commission. United
States Maj. Gen. Harlan C.j
Parks, has “directly accused the!
Communists of a tremendous il
legal buildup of military forces
north of the demarcation line in!
defiance of the truce.”
They said the Reds had ac
complished this “free from
criticism by the Neutral Nations
Supervisory Commission because
that body's Communist members
have effectively prevented its
functioning in the north.”
The statement said “we who
have been fighting not only for
ourselves but for all free nations
against the Communist drive
.toward world conquest, must not
be left alone to fall into the
hands of the enemy.
“We ask the United States to
recognize that the truce has
■'ended and to resume the fight
ing for our unification before we
!are left alone.”
Nagasaki Marks
10th Anniversary
; Os Atom Bombing
, NAGASAKI. Japan. Aug. 9 UP).
—Three hundred thousand Japa
nese prayed today amid bells and
;chimes tolling a dirge for the
r dead.
From early mortiing they had
, come with incense and flowers in
memory of the 70.000 who died
in the world’s second atomic
bombing. 10 years ago today.
They heard Mayor Tsutomu
' Tagawa speak briefly and place
' a wreath at the monument in
Peace Park. They heard the po
’ lice band play "Peace From
* Nagasaki.”
' At 11:02 am. they bowed their
■ heads—it was the exact time of
• the explosion that may have
! ended World War 11.
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Serious Grime Up 3.1%
In First Month of Strike
Washington got through the
first month of the transit strike
with only a 3.1 per cent Increase
in serious crimes and a 6.3 per
cent drop in all felonies.
Police Chief Robert V. Murray,
reporting the July figures, said
ihe thought the record was
"pretty good” considering that
much of the time and attention
of his force was devoted to di
recting traffic.
One of the factors in the in
crease was a rise in the number
of stolen cars with more autos
on the street. A total of 165
stolen in July, 1955,
compared with 112 In July, 1954.
A substantial increase also was
noted In petty larcency, a mis
i demeanor. which rose from 539
! m July, 1954, to 614 in July, 1955.
In other categories, July, 1955,
PRCSIDENT CARDS
! 39 AT GETTYSBURG,
TYING OWN RECORD
GETTYSBURG, Pa.. Aug.
9 UP). —lt was ladies’ day at
' the Gettysburg Country Club
' today but President Eisen
’ hower played golf anyhow
•i —and turned in one of the
best scores he has had since
- he started playing there.
The President teed off
early, before the women
golfers had finished their
’ breakfast, and he said aft
erward that he tied his own
record on his second nine
holes with a four-over-par
39.
Mr. Eisenhower played
with his friend and neigh
bor. Brig. Gen. Arthur S.
Nevins. For the first time
in some weeks they walked
around the 18 holes instead
of using their usual canopied
J electric carts. The tempera
e ture was a comfortable 75.
“Well, fun’s over—back to
i work.” the President said, as
i he got into his car. He is
i working on a backlog of leg
: islation passed in the closing
days of Congress.
j Present plans call for him
e to return to Washington late
i Thursday and to attend a
cabinet meeting Friday. He
i plans to come back to Get
tysburg before leaving Sun
r day or Monday for a stay of
f at least several weeks in Col
e orado.
: produced two murders com
i pared with 5 in July, 1954; three
i negligent homicides, compared!
with two In July, 1954; 21 rapes,
compared with 13 in July, 1954:!
two attempted rapes, compared
with 7 In July, 1954 ; 319 ag
; gravated assaults, compared with!
; 473 in July, 1954; 250 house
i breakings, compared with 213 in
July, 1954; eight attempted
housebreakings, compared with
nine In July, 1954: 79 grand lar
■ cenies, compared with 47 In
1 1954 ; 70 robberies, compared
i with 65 In July. 1954, and three
, attempted robberies, compared
. with five in July, 1954.
i These are the crimes included
.in Part 1 offenses, where the
l overall figure was 1,536 in July,
. 1955, compared with 1,490 in
. July, 1954.
For all felonies, there were
’ 1.067 offenses reported in July.
1995, compared with 1,139 in
July, 1954.
Chief Murray said that even
without the traffic strike, police
' had not hoped to equal last
year’s low because that had been
a decrease of more than 400 of
fenses from the previous year.
He has warned repeatedly that
unless the force is increased to
a strength of 2,500 men, further
cuts in crime are unlikely.
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CIO Packers Vote
Big Strike Fund
CHICAGO. Aug. 9 UP).— The
convention of the CIO United
Packinghouse Workers of Amer
ica convention yesterday ap
proved a proposal to set up a
$1.5 million strike fund by rais
ing union dues $5 a month for
Ifour months.
A union spokesman said the
strike fund was proposed in
anticipation of the Seeking of a
i layoff pay plan and shorter
hours when contract talks with
packers begin next spring.
About 400 delegates from 500
locals in the United States and
Canada attended the convention
in the Conrad Hilton Hotel here.
The packinghouse workers and
the AFL Amalgamated Meat
Cutters Union recently signed a
new contract with the packing
industry’s "big four”—Armour,
Wilson, Swift and Cudahy—
which brought workers a 14-
cents-an-hour wage increase.^
Famous Customs
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. 047.
Jacob G. (Jake) Frey, who once
trimmed the hair and beard of
Buffalo BUI Cody and shaved
Boxer John L. Sullivan, stffi is
going strong after 70 years at
, a barber chair. The 84-year-old
i barber also remembers another
' customer, a fellow by the name
of Henry Ford. '