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Truman Political Advisors Blamed for Vinson 'Mission'

Editor's Note: A pace of se­cret Doited States diplomat­ic history is divulged in ike following dispatch by ft. H. Shackford. Ieacral European

manager of the United (—taw inside story of

President Truman's proposal during the election campaign to send Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson to Moscow. Mr. Shack­ford. aa chief diplomatic cor­respondent of t h e United Press in Washington, knew intimately many secrets of American diplomacy. The r-a-ignation of Secretary of State George C Marshall, whom Mr. Shackford accompanied to all international conferen­ces including the United Na­tions Assembly in Paris nuke It possible for him now to disclose the Vinson story.

By a. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent

London (UP) — Secretary of State George C. Marshall biamei Democratic Party campaign lead­ers, rather than President Tru­man, for the ill-fated attempt to send a special mission to Premier Josef Stalin last Fall.

It can be disclosed today that Mr. Marshall stopped tha pro­posed trip of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson to Moscow at the last minute.

Judge Vinson was* virtually ready to leave Washington and was tc halt en route to Paris, where Mr. Marshall was attending the United Nations General As­sembly.

Mr. Marshall was annoyed at the proposal -because it worried Western European countries that the United States, while prosecu­ting the cold war, was gping bo-hind their backs to make a deal with the Russians.

Indignant ai Publicity But Mr. Marshall was mote in­

dignant at the publicity the affair waa given. He was indignant to loam that the "Vinson Mission" had leaked.

Mr. Marshall's version of the incident goes something liks this:

On Oct 5, Mr. Marshall receiv­ed in Paris from Washington, word that too President wanted to talk to him on the American embassy teleprinter. There was no word about the subject

Mr. Marshall and his chief as­sistant. Marshal Carter, went to the embassy code room in Paris for the "conversation-**

Meanwhile, in Washington, Un­dersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett, who has now resigned with Mr. Marshall, was asked to go to the White House to take part with the President in the exchange.

Mr. Lovett tried to find out what it was all about and failed.

Then he called the President di­rectly to ask what documents, if any, he should bring. The Presi­dent told him he did not need any because it was only about a mes­sage to Premier Stalin.

Mr. Lovett flashed that word to Mr. Marshall immediately. It ar­rived in Paris while Mr. Marshall was waiting for the exchange with the President to begin.

While still waiting for the Presi­dent, Mr. Marshall drafted in pen­cil about 300 words stating why no kind of message should be sent to Premier Stalin at that time. The Security Council was in the midst of a debate on Berlin and the West had vowed it never would leave Berlin voluntarily.

When the President came on the teletype he sent a 400 word mes­sage to Mr. Marshall proposing to send Justice Vinson to see Pre­mier Stalin.

Truman, Marshall Agree The President explained his

concern that the Russians maybe did not understand American pol­icy, especially our atomic-energy policy and our offer to put the secret under international control by stages.

Mr. Truman proposed that Jus­tice Vinson would attempt to con­vince Josef S.talin that the United States wanted only peace and also to convince him of the awful con­sequences for the world if war started in this.atomic age.

Mr. Marshall answered Mr. Tru­man with his pencilled draft state­ment that he had written in ad­vance. He made only one change. Where he had objected to the dis­patch of any message to Premier Stalin he scribbled instead "or en­voy."

The President answered imme­diately by agreeing with Mr. Mar-

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probably was shot down by Is­raeli forces.

The spokesman said that yester­day's aerial battle was fought in two sections.

In the morning, he said, a group of planes which he iden­tified tentatively as Egyptian Fi­ats attacked Israeli positions at Rafa, and one was shot down.

Almost simultaneously, he said, the group of Spitfires including the one piloted by Officer Mc-elhaw appeared, and two of these were shot down, with Pilot Mcel-haw bailing out of one of them.

In the afternoon, he said, a group of 12 British planes flying "in war formation" appeared over the same area.

shall's arguments against the proj­ect

Mr. Marshall and Mr. Truman then discussed plans for Mr. Mar­shall to return to Washington to report on the U.N. the following week-end.

Mr. Marshall forgot the Vinson incident. It j^roke in American newspapers while he was flying the Atlantic. When he stepped off his plane in Washington he dis­covered it was all public knowl­edge.

He and the President then issued their statements confirming that the mission had been proposed but had been vetoed by Mr. Marshall.

Mr. Marshall believed the Presi­dent's political advisers in the midst of the campaign "sold" the President the idea of the mission to Moscow as good politics.

CONGRESS VIEWS TORMAL ELECTION* Wall St. Importer Arrested As 'Biggest Dope Peddler'

British, U.S. Warships To Fight Mock Battle

London (UP)—Britain will send 00 warships to the Mediterranean for mock battles at the end of January in what will be the country's greatest naval demon­stration since the end of the war, the admiralty announced today.

The British units will be met at Gibraltar by 20 American war­ships which now are undergoing cold weather exercises in the At­lantic. The mock battles will be fought between Gibraltar and Malta.

AS MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS look on, the Electoral Col­lege votes are counted and the formal election of President Harry S. Truman is certified. At top (1. to r.) are Secretary of the Senate Harry Biffle and Senate President pro tempore Kenneth McKellar (D-Tenn.), who presided at the formal ceremony of opening the returns. President Truman, who made an unprecedented visit to the House chambers, is shown in bottom photo shaking hands with various Congressmen. At

^bottom, right is Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N. M.). (International)

MORE QUAKES FELT Reno, Nev. (UP)* — New earth

tremors were felt in the Reno ar­ea last night. No damage was re­ported.

The sharpest quivers were felt at Verdi, a community of about 200 residents 10 miles west of Reno. Seismologists said the com­munity is on the edge of the fault believed responsible for Nevada's earthquake epidemic

NEW CROP OF 4SERS Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (UP) —

A trainload of prospectors — first of the '49ers—were on their way to stake claims for uranium in snow-covered Agawa Canyon.

The prospectors, spurred by new reports of large radioactive deposits, planned to camD along the high, rugged canyon wall un­til Spring weather permits them to work their claims.

New York (UP) — Narcotics squad detectives reported today the arrest of a distinguished-iook-ing Wall Street importer described by police as "the biggest ped/ilcr in the country" and a "pal" of vice - overlord Charles 'I.utky" Luciano.

Ralph E. Jiminez, 46. of New York, rich importer of sugai and leather, was arrested last night shortly after the seizure of $1.-000,000 worth of heroin and opium aboard a French freighter, j.

Customs officials said they had "positive information" linking the illegal shipment to Luciano, ior-mer New York underworld czar who has been deported to Italy.

Police Lt. Barney Boylan sad Jiminez was arrested on a Broad­way street corner shortly after his arrival by plane from Lima, Peru, aiid charged with illegal pos­session of $80,000 worth of pure cocaine.

Arrested with him was Roger F. Bla,sque, 38, a hotel switchboard operator, who was charged with helping Jiminez conceal \hi nar cotics in a subway locker.

Detectives said Jiminez was ar rested New Year's Eve in Miami, Fla., when he flew in from Lima wearing a money belt said to con­tain two and one-half pounJs of heroin. They said he was released on J5000 bail and evidently re­turned to Peru for another supp'y of drugs.

Jiminez has a long police rec­ord including two convictions in 1947 for complicity in the policy banking racket. Detectives des­cribed him as a former partner of "Dutch" Schultz, Luciano, and other former vice leaders.

Luciano's name also was inject­ed into the narcotics roundup by Herman Lipsky of the Customs Enforcement Bureau whose offiat seized 50 bounds of opium and 15 pounds of heroin on the French vessel Bastia. The drugs were hid­den in an engine room oil tank to­gether with $330 worth of Chan­el No. 5 perfume.

Mr. Lipsky said his office had authoritative information in its files "that Luciano is involved -,n all illegal transfers of narcotics from Italy and other Mediterran­ean countries to this country Jn recent years."

Mr. Lipsky said the 43 crew

members were held aboard ship for questioning but no rests have been made. He said narcotics were valued at $300, but have a retail value in the licit market of $1,000,000.

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Truman's Pay Hike Gets Top Priority

Washington (UP) — A bill to increase the salaries of President Truman and Vice President-Elect Alben W. Barkley will be one of the first important pieces of leg­islation brought up in Congress.

The bill will have to be enacted before the Jan. 20 inaugural if the piesidenl is to get a bigger pay check. The Constitution forbids changing the presidential salary during a term of office.

Democratic House Leader John W. McCormaek announced yester­day the presidential pay bill will receive top priority in an effort to beat the deadline. He also said the Vice President should get a salary boost.

A Senate Civil Service Subcom­mittee already has approved a bill to raise the President's pay from $73,000 to $100,000 annually, and give him an additional tax-free expense account of $50,000 a year. He now gets $40,000 for expenses.

Curfews Adopted To Cut Delinquency

Chicago (UP) — The prion's cities have returned ta the curffc* as a weapon for fighung juvenile delinquency.

More than 3000 communities have at some time adopted aae* laws,' according to the A,r>cican Municipal Assort sti< De­troit the latest ma • -o join the l.st.

In Detroit, all mm. must be off the strei night u-iless escorted I ents or on emergency

During the first week cago'; recent crackanvn forcement of the CUM. lice picked up 36 you: 16 who were on the 11:30 p m. on week I ter ll:30*p- m. on F.. urdays. The only o:.t i pted in Chicago are teen-agenp attend­ing schools, or juvenile »ub meet­ings.

A newly-adopted ordinance n Redwood Falls, Minn., sets 10 p. m. as the tune for minors o be off the streets. A r© N. Y., law provides th under 16 must be I their p.uenls whea . alter 10:30 p. m.

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British Develop New Pain Killer

Greenford, Eng. (UP) — Dev­elopment of a new pain killer six times more effective than mor­phine but no more harmiul than aspirin is claimed by two Bntish bio-chemists.

Drs. B. A. Hems and J. Elf called their discovery heptalgin. They developed it frotn amidone, a morphine substitute, manufactured by the Germans during the war and found by Allied scientific search parties in 1945.

Careful analysis of the German drug resulted ill a whole new ser­ies of pain-killing drugs, includ­ing the most efficient discovery to date, heptalgin.

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The c?ty council at Peoeta, 111., has adopted a resolution ordering enforcement of a section Of the city coc< prohibiting loitering of minors under the aft of 1* In Baltimore, an ordinance is being considered which establishes cur­few regulations and requires that the* law be read in every city school once every two weeks.

Opponents of curfew law* point out that these measures probably will not lessen juvenile delinquen­cy, but will force childie I ! ) sneak out at night and will teach them how to hide from the police. They say the only lasting solution is one which gives more attention to increased recreational facilities for young people.

Why Battle Crowds on Buses? SHOP IN THE TONAWANDAS. Where You Save as You Spend

George Marshall's Life As Chronicled by the Camera

1900 Q aorta Catiett Mar-shall , who guided

i military forces to victory •teat war, was born

ft* UBtontown, Pa, Dae 31,18*0. He at shown here at the age of 20 when ha waa a cadet at Virginia Military Institute, the South'* "West Point." SOA of a prosperous mine owner, Marshall's forbears included a num­ber of Virginia's T i n t Families."

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i r t l T 1 A 1 A Gen. John J. Pershing, who led the U.S. Army In | V I / " I T I V World War I, regarded Marshall as the most prom­ising younger officer of his command. They are shown in France where Marshall, then a colonel, was chief of staff, 8th Army Corps. He par­ticipated in the St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and other battles. Later Marshall was aide-de-camp to Gen. Pershing and ultimately, in Sept. 1939, became Chief of Staff, with the rank of General His skill as an organizer was a major factor in building up the gigantic army that de­feated Germany and Japan. Rated a "soldier's soldier," Marshall waa toterested in war games as a boy and was drillmaster of bis "gang."

I A K I I Q ^ Q Hitler's conquering armies were beginning to %J/AIN« 1 7 * 1 0 stagger when this picture of Gen. Marshall and -President Roosevelt was taken at Casablanca, Morocco, in January, 1943. 1 9 4 3 — 1 9 4 0 Trip-hammer aerial blows and the weight of America's enormous in­dustrial output had started to slow down the Nazi war machine. A mighty army, organized and trained under Marshall's direction, was moving toward Europe to deliver the knockout blow. Ultimate victory had become a practical prospect after the heart-breaking bombardment of Pearl Harbor, followed by Japan's sweep through the South Pacific. Marshall was on* of the President's principal advisers at this conference.

After victory Gen. Marshall planned to retire but President Truman persuaded him to stay

in harness. Marshall's first task after hostilities ended was an investiga­tion of the Chinese Civil War. He went to China in November, 1945, as the personal representative of Mr. Truman with the rank of Ambassador. In this picture he is shown with Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai Shek. Marshall's efforts to persuade the Nationalists of Gen. Chiang and the revolting Communists to form a united government caused consider­able controversy. Marshall served in China as a young Army officer in the years 1924-27, and in the Philippines in 1902-03 and 1913-16.

1 Q 4 Q One of the fmportant I ir * T O moments in Marshall's

career is shown in this dramatic picture taken Jan. 13,1U48. Pound­ing the table, Marshall is warning Congress that Soviet Russia's ag­gression is a threat to world stabil­ity. He insisted the full opeaa Recovery Program (Mar»:.rdirian) should be authorized or the entire proposal should be turned down.

JAN. 1947 Appointed Secretary of State early in tie New Year, one of Marshall's first moves was to sug-

; program for the rehabilitation of Europe which be-i known as the Marshall Plan. Under this program the United States

: to build up western Europe to prevent Communist domination of that continent. The warm greetings being extended in this picture ware typical of the relationship of President Truman and the burly Gen­eral with whom Mr. Truman became friendly during his years in the Senate. The President believed a strong military figure of Marshall's

If H M P lOAT • t r e o «* h e o < ^^^^tedNationsasaforeein «#VJi^1C I ¥ T # promoJang world peace was a paramount aim of American foreign policy wrier Marshall. He la ahown at the U„\T. session in Lake Success, N. Y„ eonJerring with Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate. They are wearing earphones to hear a translation of a speech being made by one of the delegates. Soviet Russia's repeated use of the veto in the Security Council, to prevent action contrary to Russian policy, was one of Marshall's major diplomatic headaches. A fprceful

DEC. 1947 Few adversaries in all history have contended for greater stakes than the pah; exchanging toasts in

this unusual picture. Tne massive intellect of cold, implacable, Russian Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov had figured in all of the moves by whkh Communism had captured control of nation after nation. When Marshall became Secretary of State he acted immediately to stop Soviet expansion and safeguard the democratic principle throughout the world. The Marshall Plan became a rallying point for the threatened nations. At e%'ery conference Molotov found in Marshall a man as unyielding as inrr«elf on matters involving basic nrincioles of United States policy.

THIS RECENT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS the Secretary of State and Mrs. ! Tar-shall on an infrequent holiday. His first wife, Elizabeth Carter C ' m he married Feb. 11,1902, died in 1927. Three year* later he married Mrs. Katharine Boyce Tupper Brown and became step-father to three chil­dren. One of them, Allen Tupper, entered the Army and bf c • c» a Den* tenant. He was killed in action on the Italian front May 29, 1054. While in Europe for the United Nations meeting in Paris late in 1948 Mai shall made a special trip to Italy to decorate the grave of his stepson. I lis horae

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