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THE FRESNO BEE Fresno CaL Thur Mar 26 1953 Children Will Sell Lilies To Boost Easter Seal Fund Leaders of the 1953 Easter Seal sale of the Fresno County Society for Crippled Children are pinning their hopes on a heavy rush of giving next week to push the campaign over the $30000 goal Mrs Seymour Mathiesen the campaign chairman said $16063 DasKfell Hammett Refuses Answer In Red Probe By Miton Kelly WASHINGTON AP Dash Sell Hammett the author ol popular mystery novels and other books today refused to testify whether he is or has been a Communist He said "the answer might tend to incriminate And writer Helen Goldfrank told the senate investigations subcommittee she proudly claimed the similar right under "our lovely to refuse to tell whether she ever was a representative of the Communist In ternationale The subcommittee led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (R) Wis is exploring at televised public hearings allegations the works 75 American Communists were among the books placed on shelves of public libraries the state department operates overseas as part jof the cold war effort Novelist William Saroyaq and his exwife Carol as they join to fight a suit charging they left a rented house dirty AP Wirephoto FOR LESS Three of the more than 80 youngsters in Fresno Selma Clovis and Coalinga who will sell Easter lilies Saturday to help the Eastgr Seal sale of the Fresno County Society for Crippled Children! Left to right Terry Holder San Joaquin Memorial High School Joan Munson St School and Marilyn DeLuca St School Bee Photo Darpe Cuncil Plans Party Friday Night an ExMate Join To Contest Suit Over Home Senate Unit Votes Out Mediation In Farm Issues McClatchy Nawipapgrs Sarvica The senate labor committee by a 4 to 2 vote approved legislation to exclude agriculture disputes from the field of activities of the state mediation and conciliation service The measure SB 1619 Abshire was supported by the Associated Farmers of California and the Agriculture Council of California and was opposed by the California State Federation of Labor and the International Longshoremen and Warehousemens Union Charles Scully the general counsel for the labor federation urged tabling of the measure on these grounds: The language of the bill is so broad it would prevent the mediation service from participating in disputes involving such well established unions as teamsters and butchers ancLwould not apply only to field labor under existing laws the mediation activities are permissive and are not forced on either side Disputes Need Charles Gibbs the executive secretaiy of the Associated Farmers declared there is no need for the mediation service in agricultural labor disputes because farm labor organizations now- are largely inactive He said the National Farm Labor Union has "more or less and its organizer in thd Fresno area "now is selling vacuum Scully asserted the extent of Organized Labor's activities among agricultural workers has no bearing on whether they shoulfi be prevented from using the mediation service Glenn Bowers the supervisor of conciliation for the department of industrial relations told the committee in most of the few agricultural cases the service has handled only a few of the employes involved were members of a union Only Two Exclude He also noted of the 45 states which have mediation laws only two exclude farm labor disputes The author of the measure Senator Pressley Abshire (R) of Sonoma County said he introduced the bill at the request of the Associated Farmers Voting for the bill were Sen ators Abshire John A Murdy Jr (R) of Orange County Fred Weybret (R) of Monterey County and Howard Williams (R) of The Fresno Folk Dance Council will hold its weekly Friday ening party tomorrow at 8 PM LOS ANGELES LP William jn the Armenian American Citi-Saroyan novelist playwright and zrrs Club Hall Van Ness Avenue songwriter reunited with his for-j and Tuolumne Street It will be mcr wife today to fight a court Frolickers will be: to follow closely the party line suit which alleges they left a the hosts The program will in-l Roy Cohn the general counftl house they rented dirty andcludc folk dances and squares of the subcommittee told the Louis Budcnz a self styled reformed Communist testified yesterday he knows the works of at least 75 Communists are in the libraries And he said the Krern-jlin requires Communist writers Scientist Death Bares AEC Precautions With Mentally III Knowland Takes On McCarthy In Feud Over Bohlen By Ernest Veccaro WASHINGTON AP The senate took time out today in the Eisenhower administration's first open foreign policy fight with Senator Joseph McCarthy (R) -Wis centering on Charles (Chip) nomination to be ambassador to Russia Tempers flared during yesterday's" debate Senate Republican Leader Robert A Taft of Ohio and senate'GOP Policy Chairman William Knowland of California united to champion President appointee i McCarthy and Senator Styles Bridges (R) NH coleaders of the fight on ceded his -confirmation by a big majority when the senate votes A vote tomorrow Is likely The senate is in recess today The controversy reached its peak when Knowland angerly challenged what he interpreted as a reflection by McCarthy on his truthfulness "If we have to destroy confidence in the men chosen to serve in high places God help our Knowland declared voice rose in -turn as he shouted bafik: "The mere fact that Dwight Eisenhower nominates someone mean we should blindly confirm him The question was raised whether former ambassador Hugh Gibson had joined exambassadors Joseph Grew and Norman Armour in recommending assignment to Moscow of the 48 year old Bohlen a veteran foreign service 'officer and Russian specialist Senator Everett Dirksen (R) 111 declared Gibson had told him by telephone he had made no recommendation on Bohlen as reported by Secretary of State Duller Knowland then produced what he said was a January 29th memorandum to Dulles signed with the names of Gibson Grew and Armour Cites 1 Memorandum This memorandum referred to an attached list of recommendations for diplomatic posts Know-land declared and added an inspection of the list showed the name of Bohlen was next to Rus-sia Knowland added he was not at liberty to read the entire document McCarthy brought Knowland to his feet again by suggesting Dirksen be allowed to see the letter since he was a "good security The Californian furiously announced he had "not misrepresented the and added that with Allen Armer Arthur Gonzales Mary Paolini Charlotte Adams and Edward Kaldunian as the masters of ceremonies A new folk dance will be tonight The callers will include Lloyd greasy Saroyan 44 a former Fresnan who wrote the lyrics for the hit song Come Onha My House joined ranks in the superior court yesterday with Mrs Carol group he has established 300 copies of books by Hammett were used in 73 United States overseas information center and that 30 copies cf books for children written -by Miss Goldfrank under the pen name of Helen Kay were in a variety of the overseas libraries 1 INSTITUTE NEW An authoritative source today revealed 'the Atomic Energy Commission has spent as much as $100000 on the construction of a securitv sure mental ward for a single patient who might have babbled vital atomic secrets The details of the extreme measures taken by the commission to prevent atomic aides from leaking information while unbalanced anesthetized or under the influence of "laughing were made public after it was learned William Twitchell 36 a brilliant atomic scientist died under guard in San Fran-cisco Twitchell of the University of atomic laboratory was under 24 hour surveillance by security screened attendants when he died Monday in the Letterman Hospital of a brain tumor which caused him to talk incoherently In asserting such security measures were "not in the least unusual" the hirti source told the story of a young naval offi der who was treated for dementia praecox in a specially constructed ward within the confines of the Oak Ridge Term atomic installation in 1944 He was described as pa The source said the officer had knowledge of atomic research so important to American security that the expenditure of "perhaps on his quarters "which could have accommodated 10 to 12 was justified A Fidler the deputy man ager of the San Francisco AEC office said Twitchey had been sent to the Letterman Hospital because he possessed a amount of "sensitive 'information Members of family were allowed to visit him during his hospitalization however Mrs Twitchell said "I was with him every single Fidler denied rumors illness was' caused by his work in the laboratory Saroyan 28 from whom he was jjanieig (Duke) Duncan divorced last Friday Jand Joseph Stockton Ernest Sechy a Hollywood stamp dealer brought suit for $4888 in behalf of his daughter Marta Eggerth a Czechoslovakian film aertess who owns the property previously rented by the Saroyans Sechy told acting Superior Judge John Also Saroyan and his former wife left the house in an almost uninhabitable condition Sechy complained the drapes were greasy the floors dirty morsels of food were strewn about the house and the kitchen had an accumulation of 'unwashed dishes PACIFIC BIBLE OF DR the Last Two Evenings THURSDAY In the Institute Auditorium "LIFE IN An Illustrated Lecture has been reported to date in the seal sale which ends on Easter The success of the drive will de-tedmine if a Summer camping program and 'other benefits extended to youngsters will con tinue Plan lily Sale Nearly 80 youngsters in Fresno Selma Clovis and Coalinga will do their bit Saturday to help push the drive over the top by selling paper replicas of Easter lilies on the streets of the four cities Mrs Mathiesen said downtown Fresno will be canvassed by some 40 youngsters from the four parochial schools Members of five bethels of the Daughters will buttonhole shoppers in Tower and Blackstone Avenue districts and in the other three communities Mrs Ellsworth Cox is in charge of the pupils from the St Johns St and St Schools and the San oaquin Memorial High School Girls from Bethel No 49 Daughters will be directed by Mrs Luke Gavotta and Mrs Lindquist will lead the members of Bethel No 197 Both are Fresno organizations Other Towns Will Join The Selma Bethel No 151 will be directed by Mrs Anna Johnson the Clovis Bethel No 147 by Mrs Pauline Pierce and the Coalinga Bethel No 92 by Mrs Marie Bishop The lilies to be sold were made by the handicapped persons the campaign is designed to help Mrs Mathiesen said several hundred coin containers placed in business establishments and elsewhere will be picked up shortly after the drive ends but the society will not depend on these contributions to provide the needed funds "It rests with those hundreds who have received the seals through the mails to determine the success or failure of the she declared "If everyone who has received the seals will send in a contribution we should achieve our Over and above the many medical and physical therapy benefits extended to crippled youngsters a successful campaign will provide the $1800 needed to send less fortunate children to Summer camps this year AFL Posts Reward To Find Men Who Blew Up Towers LOS Strik ing AFL Workers today posted a $5000 regard for apprehension and conviction of persons responsible for dynamiting Southern California Edison Company power line towers at Gorman Chino and Desert Hot Springs -The company earlier posted a $25000 reward Richard Rapattoni the business manager of Local 47 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' said the union is as anxious to find the guilty parties as the company Rapattoni said he had sent a telegram to the company urging resumption of negotiations through federal mediators but had not received a reply The strike began March 10th The union asks 25 cents hourly raises the company offers 10 cents FRESNO Features VERNON McGEE of tho Bible Confers nee 7:30 PM 2149 Tuolumne Street DEATH on Picturesque Death Valley Friday 7:30 PM In the Mennonite Brethren Church Orchard and Oliva Straets "HAS RUSSIA TAKEN THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON?" What has the Bible to say about Russia? Which direction will she move and why? Illustrated by a documentary film taken Inside the Iron Curtain Identify Crash Victim KINGSVILLE Tex AP The navy today identified the victim of a training plane crash near Ricardo yesterday as student pilot Ensign Peter Brown 23 of Hampton Va Tulare County Senators Robert I Montgomery (D) of Kings County and Harold Johnson (D) of Placer County voted against the bill Frank Randall a California State conciliator today announced he hopes another meeting of representatives of the Department Store Clerks Union No 170 and their employers can be held tomorrow in ah attempt to avert Called To Grease Fire Grease burning on a stove in a restaurant kitchen at 943 Broadway at 6:33 AM today resulted in a call for the fire department There was no damage An automobile fire was reported at Clay Avenue and North Fresno Street yesterday afternoon Advertisement FIRST TIME EVER AT TKID5 PRN3E 24-PIECE SET 8 GOBLETS 8 SHERBETS it 8 JUICES EXQUISITE DIAMOND -CLEAR if McCarthy thought it was neces- sary for Dirksen "to verify whata stre V0e( aer told the senate" Dirksen yras ffee to sec the letter Dirksen interposed he has "the utmost faith and in Knowland but added "We have all the aspects of a mystery thriller Knowland told McCarthy he was not in a position to testify as to the authority of the signatures of the three exambassadors In the senate yesterday Senator-Herbert Lehman (D) NY expressed his at the attacks on Bohlen Lehman deplored what he described as tactics which "fill men with fear and make them afraid of self appointed self designated defenders of the security of the United Terms Record Unblemished The New Yorker said Bohlen has been "pilloried on mere ru- "pil tiations failed to produce an agreement The anniversary date of their contract was last February 1st Randall said a meeting of the parties with him late yesterday "made some progress and I think there is reason to hope a peaceable settlement can be worked Norman Snikh the union business agent and Walter Aufder-heide as the store owners spokesman head the negotiating groups The meeting yesterday discussed a five and -one half day week and the terms of a health and welfare plan as well as the possibility of night openings The union has offered 11 working evenings a year two preceding Easter two preceding the reopening of school in the Fall and In the Christmas Charles Johnson Arrested on tip AP Wifephoto Sari Jbse Man Is Held For-10 Cent Murder Of Alien STOMACH TROUBLE? 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Juice Justin! latest 1953 wallpaper patterns WIN PPH The city commission again today delayed action on a proposal to prevent city employes from taking other employment in off duty hours Legislative Commissioner Chester II Cary who introduced the ordinance requested the continuance Until Mayor Gordon Dunn is present The mayor is confined to his 'home recovering from an illness and is expected in his office Monday Meanwhile Public Works Commissioner James Snedeker introduced a substitute to proposal measure would provide that- full time employes could take outside work If It would not "interfere with the efficient performance of their duties for the Snedeker said a survey by his office indicated the problem of off duty work Is not at all serious and questioned the necessity for any restrictive legislation "This simply is a matter of not having city employes abuse their iriVileges and -go out and take obs which could be taken by someone out of Cary replied "This Is not union matter at i-Several weeks ago the bricklayers ana masons union filed a written protest with the commission about employes competing for outside jobs i i Direct from the salons of America's leading wallpaper stylists these patterns have never before been shown! Hundreds of designs Be the first to decorate with these latest patterns! Yes be there the night of April I should like to bring Leonard Sullivan Simmons and Eagle Gray with Joseph Murrell Carl Ohannessian Blackwell and Barnett as alternates The eleventh district delegates chosen are Murrell Simmons Berg Asadoorian Jess Smiley Berman Aram Kuprelian "Fraifk Smith- Diel Blackwell Clyde Sipe Ohannessian George Magee Evan McPherson Sorenson Robert Lewis Gray William Por-tras Climowitz' and Robert Harrington McPherson was elected district adjutant Name Address STORE PAINT 5TORE 1340 Van Ness Avenue Free Perking in Rear MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER i BEi 917 Divisedero Street Fresno Phene 3-2133 Fulton and Stanislaus 3l 2.