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Eight Portunouth Herald, Portsmouth, N. H. Tuesday Evening, April 7, 1953 Watchful World Hopes Reds Will' Be Consistent By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON UPl The world held its breath, hoping fop Communist consistency, as the Reds abandoned their next to last apparent obstacle to truce in Korea. They agreed today to the voluntary exchange of sick and wounded prisoners. Under terms agreed to earlier, and good as long as hostilities continue, none the sick and wounded will be forced to return home against his will.

The next and last step would be agreement on voluntary exchange of all prisoners. There may. of course, be truce obstacles not now apparent. The Communists could drag in a new. and unexpected roadblock.

ft The truce talks broke down last October when the Communists insisted on the principle that all prisoners had to be exchanged. That is: whether they liked it or not, all prisoners held by the United Nations would be turned over to the. Reds, and vice versa. The U. N.

was just as firm against that principle, called forced repatriation. From October until now. Reds refused to budge, preferring to let the war go on. They have budged in the case of the sick talks: same side of the street, both talk- Nevertheless, a truce in Korea would not necessarily mean peace. Once there's an armistice, both armies withdraw iOne mile, leaving a two-mile zone between them.

There they sit facing each other, fully armed and ready to renew the shooting if the peace talks break down. In time, after training enough South Koreans to take their place at the the Americans could withdraw to rear, supporting positions and perhaps even bring some of their men home. By agreement reached long ago by both sides, within three months after a truce the diplomats would begin their conversations on peace. These conversations could go on indefinitely, keeping the rest of the world on the edge of its seat, since the two armies would still be in the field. The Communists may be banking on this edginess, this American desire for peace, to win more at the peace table than they could, win on the battlefield.

Here are just some of the problems that could drag out the peace and wounded. The issue will come up again, for other prisoners, in any renewed truce talks. Having once dropped the princi- Should North and South Korea have separate governments? Would the Chinese agree not to arm the North Koreans, after a peace set- pie in the case of the sick and tlement, if the Americans insist wounded, the Communists could upon arming the South Koreans? not consistently stick to it in the What would the Americans do case of all other prisoners. But the West has learned not to bet on Communist consistency and seldom to expect it. This time, though, with the Russians and Chinese working the Perham Elected Eliot PTA Head ELIOT--The election of officers was a highlight at a recent meeting of the Eliot PTA.

Elected were Robert Perham, president; Mrs. Donald Simmons, first vice president; Mrs. William Hutchins, second vice president; Lorin Curit, secretary, and Mrs. Perham, treasurer. Miss Ida Goodell's room won the banner best attendance a Mrs.

Stephen Grant's room won the I ln Asia the Russians could Even Nations Are 'Doing It Themselves' By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK W--The do-it-yourself, fad sweeping the nation has International counterpart. Do-it- i yourself nations are messing up the old global trade patterns. Just as the homeowners turns handyman over the week-end to become independent of costly services or to make things he cannot afford to buy, so are many nations --including our own in some-fields --striving to do things for themselves. The urge to be self sufficient has Increased sharply since the last war. Nations seek to- be free of the danger of having goods and services cut off by war or by EGG BOLL THRONG President Eisenhower, arrow, moves through a solid jam of people as he mingles with the Easter egg rolling crowd on Ine-south lawn of the White House.

The smiling President carries Barbara Anne, his four-year-old granddaughter in his arms. Directly behind the is Barbara's mother, Mrs. John Eisenhower. David, 5, the President's grandson, is carried Behind his mother by Murray Snyder, assistant White House press secretary. Baby Sitter A young miss lost the other day in the rnjdst of the Easter shopping throngs found a staunch protector in the arms of Patrolman Roland Smart.

Continuing to control (he traffic lights on Vaughan and Congress Streets the policeman meanwhile managed to soothe the tiny tot until her worried parents arrived. about Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa? Continue to arm him? Leave him where he is, open to Red attack later? Would the U. S. use him as a troublemaker against the Chinese Communists? And I would the Chinese agree to abandon the rebels who have been warring on the French in Indochina? But this is only one side of the picture in the end, it may be the more unimportant side. The Russians and Chinese have been talking peace in unison.

Whatever they are planning may be done in unison too. The Russians have some problems. For one thing, they'd like to get the West to disarm. The Communist allies may be planning the old one-two on the West: while the Chinese talked PTA membership drive. The May meeting has been postponed from May 7 to May 14.

Mr. and Mrs. Perham, and Mrs. Simmons and one other to be chosen later, were appointed to attend the state convention in Watervllle on May 7 and 8. Donald Richards, dean of admissions at the University of New Hampshire spoke on' requirements necessary to enter colleges.

Mrs. Robert Mclntyre and Mrs. True Bailey served refreshments following the meeting. talk peace in Europe. And while they talked both of them could hold over the heads of the Allies, sick of the slaughter in Korea, the threat of renewing the war there if the Allies don't meet the Communists more than halfway.

A rearmed Western Germany, part a European army, would be a nightmare to the Russians. They know the West Germans (yearn to be reunited with their 18 million countrymen in East Germany, now under Russian thumb. By holding out the bait of Ger- AFL, CIO Again Talk Possibilities of Merging Marines to Train At Parris Island CASTLE--The a i Corps Reserve unit at Camp Langdon will take its summer training this year at Parris Island, S.C., from June 21 through July 4. The 54th Special Infantry Company, commanded by Capt. John E.

Lawler. USMCR, of Rollingsford, has a strength of 44 enlisted men and three officers. The unit will be air-lifted both ways by Marine Air Reserve Transport. The first week of training will be spent in the field learning patrolling, compass marches and squad tactics. The second week will be on the rifle range firing the Garand rifle and other weapons.

The troops also will receive an indoctrination course use of the bazooka, reeoiless weapons and flame throwers. The 54th Special Infantry Company is not up to full strength, and information about openings in the reserve unit may be had by phoning the training center at 1430. man unity, the Russians may hope to win the West Germans away from the West. You can almost pick your own topic for the Russians to talk about. WASHINGTON AFL and CIO start new talks today, the first in almost three years, aimed at merging their forces into a giant federation to represent more than 12 million workers.

The unity talks get under way in an atmosphere hardly encouraging success. Neither George Meany, president of the AFL, nor Walter P. Reuther, CIO leader, has predicted merger any time soon. Meaney has said repeatedly the odds are about 8-5 against a merger; Reuther said yesterday the chances are "very good" if both organizations negotiate on an "honorable, constructive and intelligent I basis." But last month at the CIO United Auto Workers convention, Heuther, president of that union, issued a formal statement setting up four conditions he said the AFL must satisfy before unity could be seriously considered: (1) The AFL must eliminate racketeering wherever it is found in any AFL unions; (2) it must accept the concept of industrial unionism on which the CIO was founded; (3) it must enforce a policy of no racial or other discrimination within any of its unions; and (4) it must agree to some kind of machinery to eliminate jurisdictional dispute--disputes in which two unions seek to organize the same workers. Coming just two weeks before unity talks were to getamder way, Reuther's statement was not the AFL.

Meany he was ''very much disappointed that the issues are going to be discussed in the public press before we meet." Reuther, questioned at a news conference, said yesterday purpose of his convention state- ment was to "bolster up" the chance for a merger and that too much emphasis had been given to the four conditions. Formation of the CIO as the 'Committee for Industrial Organization" came in 1935 after a bitter fight at the ABL convention be' tween one group of AFL leaders, headed by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, and another group which included most of the AFL Executive Council. The fight was over organizing workers in mass-production industries into one big union for each industry, as Lewis wanted, rather than by individual crafts, several crafts to an industry. Most AFL unions, but by no means all, are still organized along craft In 1937 the committee changed its name to Congress of Industrial Organizations and elected Lewis president.

Three years later he took his miners out of the CIO. Most CIO unions today, but not all, are organized by industries, rather than crafts. ft The two major past efforts to merge the AFL and CIO occurred in 1947 'and 1950. Both ended in failure after two-day meetings. Meanwhile, John V.

Riffe, 49- year-old veteran organizer, was elected CIO executive vice president by the Executive Board. announcing yesterday that Riffe had been selected to fiU the post of the late Allan S. Haywood, said a new organizing drive to take "millions of tWe unorganized" into the CIO would be Riffe's first job. Reuther said it would concentrate on textiles, oil, chemicals, electrical manufacturing, synthetics, tele- phones and "white collar workers basic industries." Navy Wives Club Votes to Stage Rummage Sale Members of the Admiral Wainwright Navy Wives Club voted to hold a rummage sale in the near future in a recent meeting held at the home of Mrs. Alice Tuveson of 24 Cabot Street.

Proceeds will be sent to the national treasurer as a donation for the Navy Wives' Scholarship Foundation. News items and pictures of the local club are being sent to the national historian for the national scrapbook. A donation also will be sent to the national treasurer for mimeograph service. The national regional convention will be held in Washington, D.C., on May 13. Members discussed a three-day motor trip to attend the convention and tour the city as a group.

A lesson in conversation was; led by Mrs. Joan Melhorn. A penny sale was held and a mystery prize was -won by Mrs. Betty Service. A meeting will be held tonight at the home of Mrs.

Ethel Dozier of Wentworth Acres for the purpose of sewing and making articles for a Christmas bazaar next December. Such work nights will continue until the time of the bazaar. The next business meeting will be held on April 16 at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Dawson of Brackett Road, Rye. whims of other countries.

By doing it themselves they give the jobs and the profits to their own people, and supposedly they can give their own people cheaper goods. American manufacturers and farmers have seen many former export markets shrivel in recent years. Time was when British textile mills worked five days a week to help clothe other peoples of the globe, and sixth day to clothe Englishmen. Now many of Britain's- former customers are self sufficient. Now I i a i a of textiles herself.

U. S. textile mills have- seen their exports decline, too, but not as badly as the Europe has been building oil refineries a great rate since the war. It still has to import crude oil, but is much less dependent upon other lands for her gasoline and other oil ft tf In fact, the loss of the Abadan refinery in the Iranian oil dispute has been practically made up by the opening of refineries in England and on the continent since Iran seized Abadan. The United States before war got its rubber from the Far East.

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cdmpiete hit 41st year of Mrvice with the New I Hampshire Electric Company. However, since he night trouble- man, he just going to'wort: when jnort of in borne. "Doc" lives on Portsmouth Avenue, New Castie, end hef one daughter, two sons and four grandchildren. Getting Up in the World His Job When you think of the way most of us huff and puff after climbing a few flights of stairs, you begin to realize how much work it must be to climb poles all day. If you consider that there may be "hot wires" around, or the poles may be coated with ice, or the wind may be blowing enough to tear a man loose (if it weren't for his safety belt), you can really understand the kind of a job a lineman has.

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