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ABILENE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1953
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States Bribed With Own Democrats Win
Money, Shivers Charges
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Nov. 3 (—
States losing power to federal en-
croachment have often allowed
themselves to be bribed with their
own money, Gov. Allan Shivers of
Texas told southern governors to-
day.
States fussing about federal in-
roads on their rights should blame
themselves for much of it. Shivers
said.
“We have virtually asked for at
least a part of the grief that now
overtakes us," Shivers said.
“We have allowed ourselves to be
bribed with _our own money.”
The Texas governor said the doc-
trine of implied federal powers as
promulgated by the U.S. Supreme
Court plus federal money have
contributed to federal advances in-
to state territory.
Hits Grants-in-Aid
“In even larger measure the
grant - in - aid technique—the
great temptation of the matching
dollar—has made vast inroads up-
on state sovereignty.” Shivers
said. “In the name of grants-in-
aid, a great deal of money has
been wasted—deplorable, but not
necessarily fatal.
“By the same process, the match-
ing dollar with strings attached has
carried the federal government in-
to nearly every phase of state ac-
tivity.”
Shivers said the loss of a pro-
per tense of responsibility has had
the graveat impact on our system
of government. He said it is a con-
dition that inevitably follows when
levies at one level are spent at
another.
Trend Said Reversed
"A desire to spend unaccompan-
ied by a willingness to tax causes
both the official and the public to
lose sight of the duty and respon-
sibility of public service." Shivers
said.
States are now willing to assume
their responsibilities, Shivers said,
but the federal government has
"invaded and even pre-emptied"
many tax sources from which the
states normally would expect re-
venue for boosted spending.
Shivers said the basis for joint
financing of government activities
should be carefully defined.
“As an example, we may con-
sider the construction of dams.
This can be a fine example of co-
operation at all levels. It also can
be a glaring example of the ten-
dency of the federal government
to seize and keep the dominant
position.” Shivers said.
But, Gov. Francis Cherry of Ar-
Russia Rejects Big 4 Bid
To Discuss Future Germany
WASHINGTON, Nov. S — Rus-
sia today rebuffed a Western bid
for a Big Four foreign ministers’
meeting on Germany’s future and
renewed its demand that Red Chi-
na be brought into the world coun-
eils of the great powers.
Sale of Baird
In a belated response to s pro-
possl thst the Big Four foreign
ministers meet st Lugano, Switz-
erland next Monday, Russia told
‘the United States, Britain and
France that a conference should
be held in two parts—s general
session on world tensions includ-
ing Red China and a session on
Germany. --
Same Position
Moscow has taken substantially
kansas cautioned fellow members
of the Southern Governors Confer-
ence that it is harder than it
sounds for the states to stop en-
croachment from Washington and
take on more services to the peo-
ple themselves.
There is no assurance. Cherry
said, that the states would provide
the necessary taxes, even if the
federal government Turned over
some of Ite revenue sources to the
states.
Several governors called upon
Washington to give up the federal
tax of two cents a gallon on gaso-
line, along with a federal-aid road
building program. They chorused
that the states could take care of
the roads if they had an exclusive
right to tax gasoline.
The issue of federal • alate rela-
tions was the theme of a round
table discussion among the gover-
nors during the morning. They
kept the afternoon and evening
free for golf, relaxation and a
chance to follow election returns.
Trio Hits Infringements
A trio of state executives who
backed President Eisenhower, Al-
lan Shivers of Texas, Robert F.
Kennon of Louisiana, and Theo-
dore R. McKeldin of Maryland,
spearheaded the attack on what
they called "federal infringe-
ments" in the past.
Contending principle is more im-
portant than money, Kennon said
the people can do without some
services.
"We did without federal serv-
ices during the Civil War," he
said, “and we came back stronger
than ever. Whatever the cost, let’s
bear the burdens of state respon-
sibility, use political courage. Take
it on the chin and cut out some of
the services. Whatever we have to
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Star Cancelled
BAIRD, Nov. 3 (RNS) — Trus-
tee's sale of the Baird Star, a
Callahan County weekly newspa-
per published for 63 years, wss
cancelled here Tuesday .
The paper had been scheduled
be sold *» the highest bidder at
a public sale at the Callahan
County courthouse
The trustee s notice of sale had
been posted st Baird and Clyde
and notices appeared in The Abi-
lene Reporter - News. The notice
said Charles Isenhower of Valley
Mills, Baird Star publisher, and
his wife, executed a deed of trust,
a chattel mortgage and a mort-
gage on chattel affixed, to Howard
E. Farmer, Baird, as trustee for
the benefit of J. Marvin Hunter,
Jr., former owner of the paper
now residing in Grand Prairie, or
his order. This was secured by 10
vendor lien notes made to Jack
Scott, former Cross Plains Review
publisher.
"The Isenhowers made default
In payment of the vendor Bens de-
scribed in the instrument, leaving
$30,459.02 on this date remaining
to be paid and beneficiary Jack
Scott has requested me to enforce
such trust,” the notice read. The
notice was signed by “Howard E.
Farmer, Trustee.”
Farmer said Randall Jackson,
Baird attorney who is representing
Scott, had him cancel the sale, but
aald that no other details were
immediately available.
the same position before In re-
sponse to Western proposals. Of-
ficials here, expressing severs dis-
appointment at the Soviet reply,
said the latest note csn only be
considered sn “evasion” of the
Western invitation to Lugano.
AU the State Department would
say of the note given to American,
British and French diplomats in
Moscow today was that It was "■
long note ot 18 pages which has
to be translated at our embassy
in Moscow and transmitted to
Washington.”
Will Be Studied
"We expect to receive the fuU
text during the night," said press
officer Henry Suydam, "and when
it to received It will be studied at
the highest levels."
From wholly authoritative infor-
mation based upon a summary of
the note received at the State De-
partment it can be reported that
the Soviets make two propositions:
First, a Five-Power session in-
cluding Red China at the foreign
minister level and, second, a
meeting of Russia and the Western
powers (the Big Four) on Ger-
many. Moscow reportedly sticks to
Its position that negotiations for
conclusion of an Austrian treaty
should be conducted only in diplo-
matic channels.
The feeling around the State De-
quit and do without, let’s quit.”
One Dissents in Part
“Washington is worse than bust-
ed and owes more money than
anyone ever owed in human his-
tory,” Kennon said. “The poorest
business people in the world are
in Washington and we are asking
them to handle our money. We
might as well let the town drunk
handle the publie purse.”
McKeldin voiced complaints
about infringements in coal mine
Inspections, education and buying
of land that comes off state tax
rolls.
Gov. Frank O. Clement of Ten-
nessee said he waa a little Mt
concerned about all the emphasis
on shifting responsibility to the
states and the lack of emphasis
of shifting revenue sources to pro-
vide the necessary financing. Both
shifts, he said ought to be simul-
taneous.
partment seemed to be thst it wss
too early to say that the Russians
had rejected the Lugano proposal.
Some basis for further negotia-
tions for s later Lugano meeting
might be found in studying the full
Ike Saves "Meatball
From Death Penalty
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (—
President Eisenhower has saved
Tomoya (meatball) Kawakita from
death in the San Quenton Prison
gas chamber, it was disclosed here
today.
The American-born Japanese was
convicted of treason by a jury
that beard testimony of sadistic
brutsUty on American prisoners
in s World War II Japanese pris-
oner of wer camp. Kawakita
served there ss interpreter end
foremen.
President Eisenhower acted aft-
er 10 months of deliberation. He
commuted the death penalty to
life imprisonment and a fine of
$10,000 in “the interests of the
18 pages.
United States.”
NOISE BUT NO VIOLENCE
Anti-Red Prisoners Shout
Down Efforts to Be Wooed
Bob Wagner
Wins NY City
Mayor’s Race
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (n—Robert
F. Wagner Jr. was elected mayor
of New York today in the biggest
Democratic city-wide landslide in
eight years. His victory had beer,
widely forecast.
The son of the late New Deal
Senator from New York, Wagner
stepped from obscurity into the
national spotlight as 14th mayor
since the formation of greater New
York in 1898. At 44, he is the
youngest mayor in recent history.
He won with ease, piling up plur-
alities of almost 2-1 in four of the
five boroughs. In Queens, the city’s
GOP stronghold, he fought the Re-
publican candidate to a virtual
standoff.
Wagner’s total vote in 3.375 of
the city's 4,217 election districts
was 822,547 to 527,268 for Republi-
can candidate Harold Riegelman
and 370,440 for Liberal party can-
didate Rudolph Halley.
Wagner succeeds Mayor Vincent
R. Impellitteri Jan. 1 in the sec-
ond toughest job in the nation-
the $40,000 post as top man in New
York s City Hall.
Pledges Morality
In his victory statement, he
pledged a program of courage,
morality and decency.”
Wagner’s indicated plurality of
about 400,000 was the biggest
since Mayor William O’Dwyers
1945 plurality of 693,754.
The total vote was a little over
two million, lowest since 1945.
The victory touched off a scene
of jubilation at Tammany Hall.
The Manhattan Democratic organ-
ROBERT F. WAGNER
. . bowls over 1 opponents
ELECTION
RESULTS
Mayors elected in Tuesday’s
off-year voting:
New York City—Robert F.
Wagner Jr. D.
Albany, N. Y.—Erastus Corn-
ing II D, re-elected.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Steven Pan-
kow D. Democrat gain.
Oneida, N. Y. — Robert D.
Kruger R. Republican gain.
Bridgeport, Conn. — Jasper
McLevy Soc. elected for 11th
time.
New Haven, Conn. — Richard
C. Lee D. Democrat gain.
Waterbury. Conn—Raymond
E. Snyder R, re-elected.
Norwalk, Conn. — Irving G.
Freese. Independent, re-elected.
Little Rock, Ark. — Pratt C.
Remmel, R, re-elected.
Backed by Sen. Harry Byrd,
Stanley Wins in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 3 —
Thomas B. Stanley, running on the
power and prestige of the Demo-
cratic organization of Sen. Harry
F. Byrd, was elected governor of
Virginia today over Republican
Ted Dalton.
Stanley, 63, a wealthy furniture
manufacturer and former con-
gressman whose campaign didn’t
seem to get going until Byrd and
other big guns of the party jumped
into the fight two weeks ago, grab-
bed an early lead and held onto it
until the issue was no longer in
doubt.
And Dalton, who gave the organi-
PANMUNJOM, Wednesday, Nov. interviews from 4Z7 to 403 and ex-1 ing a murder investigation inside
4 in Shouting Chinese anti-Com- plained that some captives had the compound requested by the
munist prisoners today drowned been removed from the compound Communists,
out Communist loudspeaker broad- Monday after one prisoner was -----45
casts designed to woo the prison-
ers back home and then met Red
Interviewers face to face—noisily
but without violence.
The buzzing and shouting of the
prisoners could be heard a quar-
ter-mile away.
Following the lead of North Ko-
rear anti-Communists yesterday,
the 403 Chinese from one of the
toughest stockades in the neutral
zone “jamed” the Red broadcost
with their own voices.
Indian Maj. Gen. S. P. P. Tho-
rat, commander of the Indian cus-
todian forces, was on hand with a
double guard, but there was no
sign of trouble among the prison-
ers
Went Without Force
A few minutes later the Indian
guards marched the prisoners to
the explanation area, about a quar-
ter of a mile from the holding
compound. They went without be-
ing forced, and the interviews be-
gan 51 minutes later.
. This was the first group of Chi-
nese to be interviewed since Oct.
17 and only the third group to be
interviewed since the 90-day ex-
planation period began Sept. 26.
The Indian command revised
downward the number undergoing
killed by guards.
Not far away from the prisoner
explanation center, U.S. envoy Ar-
thur Dean and Chinese Reds and
North Korean delegates were
locked in dispute over arrange-
ments for a Korean peace con-
ference.
Dean strove to get around Red
Insistence on inviting Asian neu-
trals by proposing that they settle
tentatively on other details such
as time and place. He suggested
the peace conference open around
Dec. 1. The Reds called his plan
‘‘propaganda.”
(In Washington, Secretary of
State Dulles wondered at a news
conference whether world Commu-
nist leaders want serious talks on
any subject. He mentioned the Ko-
rean talks but added It was too
early to say whether the Commu-
nists were just bargaining or did
not want a peace conference.)
The Communista chose for to-
day’s explanations Chinese from
turbulent compound No. 28. The
Red, charge South Korean and Na-
tionalist "agents" in this com-
pound rule by murder and terror.
One anti-Communist prisoner
was shot dead by Indian guards
when he rushed them Monday dur-
Williams, Meyner
Capture Elections
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democrats won all the big prizes in yesterday's off-year
voting, including the New Jersey governorship and the 6th
District House seat, long held by Republicans.
They also put a New Dealer in the New York mayor’s
chair by a whopping margin of nearly 400,000 and retained
the Virginia governorship by one of the closest margins in
years.
The capture of the lone
House election followed last'
month's Democratic upset of
another Republican seat in #
special election in Wisconsin.
It made the House lineup 218
Republicans, 215 Democrats.
1 Independent. One vacancy
—a Republican seat—will be
filled in California’s 24th
Drizzle Due
District next Tuesday.
Robert B. Meyner, (D), 45, a
country lawyer, defeated wealthy
Paul L. Troast (R) for New Jersey
governor to end 10 years of Re-
publican control at Trenton. The
race had been billed in advance by
some Republican leaders as a test
of President Eisenhower’s popular-
ity. although the issues were large-
ly statewide.
.. . . ., Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D)
precincts reporting. Stanley had over George F. Hetfield (R)
156,804 votes to 119,273 for Dal. * *
be called “the strongest political
machine in America.”
With 1.471 of the state’s 1.815
ization hadn't had a city-wide vie- And Dalton, who gave the organi-
tory in four years. Carmine E. zation its toughest Republican op-
DeSapio, head of Tammany, said ------*
in a statement:
"I am confident that we are on
the way to electing a Democratic
governor and a Democratic Con-
gress in 1954 "
Concedes Defeat
The Republican candidate, Reig-
elman, conceded defeat at 9:40
p.m. (EST), less than three hours
after the 7 p.m. closing of the
polls. There has not been a Re-
publican mayor in New York since
1902.
The other major candidate, Hal-
ley, was a poor third. He was the
owl-eyed little chief counsel of the
old Kefauver Senate Crime Com-
mittee. He entranced millions of
television viewers two years ago
by his buBdog grilling of under-
world witnesses.
Halley ran on the Liberal par-
ty ticket, although be is a Demo-
crat,
He conceded his defeat at 9:18
p.m.
Wagner is the $25,000 a year
borough president of Manhattan.
He won the Democratic mayoral
nomination by defeating Impellit-
teri 2-1 in the party primary last
Sept. 15.
Wagner is an avowed New Deal-
er. eon of Sen. Robert F. Wagner,
who died last spring. The elder
Wagner was President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s rig ht hand man in
early New Deal days and authored
the Wagner Labor Relations Act.
The younger Wagner's solid vic-
tory boosted the chances of two
of his chief backers, Rep. Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt Jr., and Averell
Harriman, who are potential can-
didates for governor of New York
next year.
.It also put the New Deal wing
of the party in the driver’s seat
for the 94 potent votes that New
York carries into the 1956 Demo-
cratic National Convention.
position ever, viewed the spread in
the returns from his home at Rad-
lord, Va., and commented:
"We might as well be realistic
shout It."
Delton, 52, s state senator and
GOP national committeeman, said
he knew he couldn't close the gap
when shout two-thirds of the vote
had been reported. He said he
knew be had gone against what
Little Rock Elects
Republican Mayor
For Second Term
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. I on
— Republican Pratt C. Remmel
tonight won his second term as
mayor of Little Rock by defeating
Democrat Aubry Kerr.
Kerr, who based his campaign
on party issues, conceded the elec-
tion at 8:15 p.m. when — with four
boxes of 29 still uncounted — the
vote was: Remmel. 7,177; Kerr,
5,055.
Politicians had said that today’s
election would indicate whether
or not the Republicans have gained
a foothold in Democratic Arkan-
sas.
Last year, Arkansas gave Presi-
dent Eisenhower the largest vote
ever given a Republican presiden-
tial nominee, but the state as a
whole went for Adlai Stevenson,
the Democratic nominee.
THE WEATHER
A second batch of cursing, taunt-
ing North Korean prisoners Tues-
day faced Communist teams and
only 19 out of 483 chose commu-
nism.
Like the second group of Chi-
nese to be brought to the explana-
tion tents, the Koreans appeared
more relaxed. Also like the Chi-
nese. they seemed to welcome the
chance to insult the Red teams.
Indian tent chairmen kept the
interviews moving rapidly. They
held them to a maximum of 30
minutes. They cut off most of them
much shorter when it became ob-
vious the prisoner was not going
home. ,
Indian lent chairmen who pre-
side over the five-member subcom-
mittee that represents the Neutral
Nations Repatriation Commission
in each tent appeared more prac-
ticed and confident.
Many have learned a few Ko-
rean words to give personal in-
structions to noisy prisoners Sev-
eral prisoners were shocked into
silence by a dark-skinned Indian
officer barking "keep quiet" in
pretty good Korean
Lt. Gen. K. S. Thlmayya of In-
dia. chairman of the NNRC, said
he expected little more serious
trouble from the prisoners.
10-Car Crash
Kills 5, Hurts 7
WALTERBORO, SC., Nov. 3 —
A pall of smoke and fog that turned
day into night caused 10 vehicles
to pile up in a mass of twisted
wreckage near here early today,
leaving five dead and seven in-
jured.
A family of four and a friend,
trapped in their 1942 coach, was
wiped out when a heavy transport
tanker plowed into the line of ve-
hicles, jamming them together like
broken matches boxes. The High-
way Patrol said the car measured
only three feet from bumper to
bumper after it had been pancaked
between the tanker and a parked
bus.
The wreck was triggered by the
collision of an automobile and a
pick-up truck. This was a minor
crash that would have caused no
injury had it not been for the smog
that reduced visibility almost to
zero along the heavily - travelled
highway.
ton.
Campaigning Pays Off -
The ardent campaigning done by
Byrd, former Gov. William M.
Tuck and Gov. John S. Battle
paid off in stirring up interest in
ibe strong organization rural
areas. Virginia Democrats, partic-
ularly the farmers, have a habit
of regarding general elections as
foregone Democratic conclusions
and don’t bother to turn out too
heavily to vote.
With thla to mind. Stanley's
backers drummed up interest
largely on the issue of a Dalton
v a. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY - Most!!
cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with
light rain and drizzle Wednesday night.
High temperature Wednesday 55. Low
Wednesday night so to 55. High Thursday
“NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: Cloudy
with occasional rain Wednesday: Thur
day partly cloudy with no important tem-
perature changes. _
PWEST TEXAS Partly cloudy Wedner-
and Thursday; some light rain in
east portion of South Plains Wednesday;
no important temperature changes
EAST TEXAS Cloudy to partly cloudy,
occasional rain to north and east por-
tions Wednesday and in the extreme east
portton Thursday: no important tempers-
ture changes moderate, mostly southeast
winds on coast
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS Partly
cloudy, no important temperature changes
Wednesday and Thursday gentle to mod-
erate variable mostly southeast winds on
coast
TEMPERATURES
5 1.30 60
53 .....2.30 61
52 ...........3.30 60
51 ........ 430 *
to .........5:30 59
51 ........6:30 ...........59
.......T:30 59
High and low temperatures for 24-hours
ending at 9:30 p. m 63 and 48
High and low temperatures same date
last year 62 and 51
Sunset last night 5:47. p. m.: sunrise to-
day 6:59 a B sunset tonight 5.46 p. m
Barometer reading at 9:30 p m 30.--
Relative humidity at 9:30 p B 97%
Here Today
Light rains that covered Central
West Texas Tuesday are expected
to continue Wednesday and Wed-
nesday night, the U. S. Weather
Bureau here predicted Tuesday
night.
Rainfall at the Abilene Weather
Bureau totaled 03 of an inch at
9:30 p. m. Tuesday, and a light
mist was still falling.
Breckenridge reported .30 of an
inch and rain was still falling there
at 8 p. m. Winters had .25 with
rain continuing as late as 10 p. m.,
and at Merkel a drizzle had been
falling on and off since noon.
Moisture - laden air from the
in the New Jersey 6th by less than
2,000 votes. The district had been
Republican since it was organized
in 1932.
Meyner’s biggest bulge was in
Hudson County, but he also led la----------1--------
heavily Republican Essex County, handle were expected to miss tbs
He was only s little behind in Re-
publican Bergen County, which has
been spotlighted as the boms
grounds of big time gamblers.
The 6th District congressional
race also attracted national atten-
tion due to the recent upset win
of a Democrat in a Wisconsin
farm district. The New Jersey dis-
trict — composed of metropolitan
and suburban Union County — has
road bond proposal which Byrd gone Republican since it was or-
said would sound the death knell
of debt-free Virginia's pay-as-you-
go system. *
Winning handily with Stanley
were the two Democratic incum-
bents, Lt. Gov. A. E. S. Stephens
and Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond
Jr. with margins as good or better
over their Republican opponents.
The GOP candidates were Steph-
en D. Timberlake, a realtor-
lawyer. for lieutenant governor
and Walter E. Hoffman, a lawyer
also, for attorney general.
RAIN, MUD SAVES
HOUSTON LAD, 3
HOUSTON, Nov 1 (The life
of Leroy Stoerner, 3, probably
was saved by rain and mud to-
day.
Leroy found himself with an
overturned car sitting squirely
on top of him. He escaped with
nothing worse than a few bruises.
Sheriffs Dep. George Hilton
said Leroy wss riding in s csr
driven by Ms mother, Mrs. Ells
Ruth Stoerner. The vehicle hit s
wet shoulder end went out of con-
trol.
“The boy wss thrown out and
the right side of the csr squashed
him into the mud." Hilton ex-
plained.
ganized 20 years ago.
Both sides brought national fig-
ures into the state during the cam-
paign.
President Eisenhower was quot-
ed by the White House as saying
he was for all Republican can-
didates, although he didn't men-
tion Troast by name.
Although both gubernatorial cap-
didates presented what they called
their positive programs for im-
provements in the state, the crime
and corruption issue attracted the
moat attention.
It was disclosed that Troast had
written a letter in 1951 asking ex-
ecutive clemency for Joseph S.
Fay, a convicted labor racketeer
serving time in a New York prison
for shaking down contractors.
The Republican candidate point-
ed out that one of Meyner’s key
supporters, Mayor John V Kenny
of Jersey City, had visited Fay in
his Sing Sing prison cell.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Women’s News Page 4
Oil News
7
SECTION •
Sports News Page 4, 5, 6
Radio & TV Logs ...
Comics
Editorials
Classified Ads
Farm & Ranch News
Markets
S
.7
8
9, 10
. 11
11
Gulf spread the rains ever East
and Central West Texas and only
extreme West Texas and the Pan-
scattered showers.
A weak, dry cool front Inching
across northwest Texas staved off
tb« wet air there.
The showers dripped from low
clouds that blanketed the eastern
half of the state from a line run-
ning from Wichita Falls, down
through Mineral Wells, Abilene,
San Angelo and Del Rio.
A weatherman said a low baro-
metric pressure center la South
Texas wss sucking motet sir to
from the Gulf. Thors were no
thunderstorms, just quiet rains.
Galveston reported the heaviest
rainfall for the 24 - hour period
ending Tuesday night with 1.57
inches. Other points included Col-
lege Station 1.30, Houston 1.29, Aus-
tin .16, Dallas .55, San Antonio .26,
Waco .15, Beaumont .95, Corpus
Christi .17, Fort Worth .54, Vic-
toris .10, Lufkin .21, Palacios .32,
Mineral Wells .48, and Tyler .16.
2 Killed, 4 Hurt
In State Accident
SAN ANTONIO —Two persons
were killed and four were serious-
ly injured in a collision six miles
southeast of Gonzales yesterday,
the Highway Patrol reported.
The deed were Faustino Soto,
68, of Cost, and Mrs. Alejandra
Soto, 60, believed to be his wife.
Injured seriously were Misses
Aivers Soto. 25, and Petrs Soto,
19, and truck drivers Sherman
Walton, 27, of Gonzales, and Har-
old Herring of Floresville
The truck was believed to be an
oilwell shooter’s vehicle which
might have carried explosives, al-
though no explosion occurred. The
road wss slippery.
U. S. Has No Plan to Store
A-Bombs at Spanish Bases
WASHINGTON. Nov 3 —Two
cabinet officers declared today the
United States has no plans for
stockpiling atomic bombs at Amer-
ican air bases in Spain.
The statements came from Sec-
retary of State Dulles and Secre-
tary of Defense Wilson.
They followed press reports from
Madrid yesterday which quoted
Harold E. Talbott, secretary of the
Air Force, as saying the Air Force
eventually will have supplies of
A-bombs at the newly acquired
Sanish bases.
Talbott today denied these re-
ports.
They are “not true,” he said
upon his arrival in Athena, Greece,
today. ‘‘I never made such a
statement, nor will I ever make
statements about atomic weap-
ons.”
Dispatches From Madrid
He said that was “a matter to
be taken up and discussed between
the respective governments."
At least three news organizations
The Associated Press, United
£ Press and New York Times —
carried dispatches from Madrid
yesterday quoting Talbott as say.
ing U.S. air units in Spain would
be supplied with atomic weapons
The Madrid dispatches quickly
created a stir on Capitol Hill and
in several other branches of the
government Dulles and Wilson
had an early morning session with
President Eisenhower at the White
House, but they declined to say
what was discussed.
Later at his ‘news conference
Dulles was asked about the Span-
ish situation. He authorized this
direct quotation
"I assume your question is
prompted by some press stories
from Madrid. I don’t know pre-
cisely what was said by Secretary
Talbott or Gen. Twining (Gen. Na-
than Twining, Air Force Chief of
Staff, who is traveling with Tal-
bott), but I can say this
“We have no plans for storing
atomic weapons in Spain. If and
when we have plans for storing
atomic weapons, we shall not an-
nounce them publicly to the world
and to our potential enemy ”
Wilson told reporters at his own
news conference that he is "com-
pletely in line" with Dulles on the
question. He added that Talbott
had not cleared any statement
about atomic stockpiling with him
Asked if he' could say flatly that"
no atomic bombs had been taken
out of the United States, Wilson
said. "No, I can’t say that flatly
and I wouldn’t say it if I could.”
News conference remarks ap-
peared to be aimed, among other
things, at reassuring Western Eu-
ropeans, who are understood to be
nervous about any possibility, how-
ever remote, of an atomic strug-
gle involving the European conti-
nent.
The French and British are also
reported to be none too happy
about the arrangement for Ameri-
can bases in Franco Spain. Both
governments have resisted any di- °
rect military links with France,
mainly because of his cooperation
with the Nazis during World War
Dulles’ words also were Intend-
ed, it is believed, to forestall any
new Russian claims that the Unit-
ed States is planning atomic war-
fare against the Communist world.
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