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INDEX JOURNAL THE GREENWOOO WEATnEB For 14 hours enxmg I a. m. today: Temperaturt. high M. low 33.

Rainfall alnct Jan. I. 507 inches. Normal through February, 1-59 inches.) Clear today. WEATHER FORECAST South Carolina: Partly cloudy end continued warm tonight and Wednesday.

The Leading Newspaper of Western South Carolina VOL. XXXII. NO. 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE) GREENWOOD, S. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB.

13, 1951 ASSOCIATED PRESS FEATURES MCA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS Chamber Banquet Guests FT" Allies Withdraw 18 Miles Communists Aim To Split U. N. Line At Wonju Agree On And Depots I I 1 If lift 'A Vv 1 I uA I Pfc; Railroad And City Agree Passenger And Freight Stations Will Be Shifted A proposal for removing the Southern freight and passenger depots from the Square was agreed on In a conference here this morning between city and Southern Railroad officials. The city accepted the Southern's $92,900 proposal to remove all aide tracks through the Square from Fair to Mill streets, and to erect ft new combination passenger and freight depot In South Greenwood. The Southern Is prepared to be I -Aw-1 "'S-v i.

i Donald '8. Russell (left) of Spartanburg, principal speaker at last night's, annual Chamber of Commerce banquet Is pictured above with (left to right) Mrs. Dewey H. Johnson, wife of the local Chamber president; Mrs. Oeorge H.

Davis and Mr. Davis, first vice president of the chamber. (Index-Journal photo). City and Southern railroad officials were In agreement today on the matter of removing the Southern depots and sidetracks from the Square. An amicable mee ting was held in City Hall, and then part of the group lunched together.

Shown here are Alderman J. P. Chll dres. City Maanger R. B.

Froneberger, Southern Tram-master J. D. Henley, Mayor Alex Woodle, Superintendent M. E. Tatum of the Columbia division of Southern Railroad, and Alderman S.

Irby Home. Aldermen J. L. Hollingsworth and Brooks S. 8tuart were also in the meeting at City Hall where the city accepted the Southern proposal for removing the tracks snd depots.

(In-dex-Journal photo. "Program Of Peace" Proposed By Russell At of Banquet A "Droeram of aimed at the hearts and spirit of the Russian people, was suggested here last night as an alternative to trie present metnoas oi comoatting communism. Donald S. Russell of Spartanburg, former assistant secretary of state, told a Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night audience that the Russian people by nature and background, yearn for an understanding of religious Truman's Defiance Of Congress Likely To Start New Fights Washington, Feb. 13 (AP) President Truman's newest political defiance of congress found critical lawmak-ers spoiling for a fight today over RFC and subversive con jaji.il.

Removing Tracks yv-wwryt1 www trol uoaru appuuibiuriita. Adding to the White House-con gress friction, Senator Oeorge (D-Oa) Joined economy advocates in demanding a 15.000.000,000 slash in the budget the president dared the legislators to cut. And Senator Bricker (R-Ohlo) wrote James K. Vardaman, a federal reserve board member, that Mr. Truman has "failed to grasp the basic issues of fiscal policy" in the treasury-reserve board row over interest rates.

The president's action In sending back to congress 10 nominations ones given the deep freese treet-ment obviously dismayed some of his best friends on Capitol Hilt These lawmakers guessed privately that Mr. Truman's timing was off a bit because of presidential Irritation at criticism of his policies and appointees and because of physical weariness from his heavy burdens. Senator Douglas (D-IU) went so far as to note publicly that Mr. Truman has been working "under tremendous pressure." Some friends have been suggesting that the president ought to take a brief Key West. Fla vacation, as he has in other years about this time.

But he has rejected the idea. The president's action in resubmitting five nominations for the RFC board euaght by surprise some senstors who believed that a compromise on the dispute status of that agency was well along In the works. This compromise was reported to call for reduction of the board to one man and preservation of the agency as an independent unit. In this case. W.

Elmer Harber of Oklahoma, the present chairman, would carry pn. Democratic leaders said privately they believe Harber is the only one of five directors who could win confirmation without a serious fight. Mr. Truman proposed In a previous reorganization plan rejected by congress that the agency be transferred to the Commerce Department. He renewed his support of that proposal last week.

A senate banking subcommittee hesded by Senator Fulbrlght (D-Ark) has proposed a single administrator. Mr. Truman called the report asinine, evidently In part because it seemed to reflect on Donald Dawson, a White House staff member. Fulbrlght ssld yesterday he isnt tsklng back the charges that three RFC board members yielded to Influence in making loans. Hs said he wont vote to confirm these directors; Douglas said they arent fit to serve In the RFC.

gin work Immediately, M. E. Ta tum, superintendent of the Columbia division of Southern railroad, said. The work itself will not take over six weeks or two months, Mr. Tatum eh Urns ted.

but It will taks some time previous to that to draw up all the necessary agreements which must be signed before work can begin. Agreements Prepared Mayor A. H. Woodle said that the city Is prepared to sign the agreements allowing work to begin, based on the proposal which the Southern officials made this morning. The discussion with Southern officials has been going on for some time, and the proposal made this morning is in line with the previous tslks, Msyor Woodle aald.

He thanked Mr. Tatum for his Interest in the proposal throughout, and for his assistance to the city in pushing the matter through. J. D. Henley of Columbia, Southern trainmaster, was present at the meeting, along with Mayor Woodle, City Manager R.

E. Froneberger and all city aldermen with the exception of E. Y. McDonald, who was out of town todsy. The Southern Railroad would remove the tracks and erect the new building, and the city would then have the two buildings on.

the Square. They will be torn down immediately, however, it was made clear. Feeds Available Mayor Woodle explained that the city was given authority to borrow up to $75,000 In connection with the C. and W. CT track and depot removal program.

This money was not used, because the city last year took cars of this from surplus snd operating funds, leaving the city In s. position to use this suthorlty if needed now. The bond issue was to be repaid from funds received from the new parking area crested Just south of the Textile building when the C. and W. C.

depot was removed. The new combination depot and platform represents the grester part of the $93,900 cost of planned It would represent $43,000 of the total Grading would cost an other $10,390, drainage $1 J20, team-ways, passenger landing and driveway $11,658. track work $9,500. contingencies $1318 and engineering, tltl. Mayor Woodle said that the city had expectations of obtaining financial assistance from other sources In carrying out the work.

Aiken Resident Offers Land To Save Parkways Aiken, Feb. II. Mrs. C. ft Oliver Iseltn.

for many years member of Aiken's winter colony, has offered to buy the city ft perk ing lot if the council promises not to destroy parkways that divide the -town's main thoroughfares. The council has considered tear ing up the turf, used mainly by horsemen, to provide increased parking space, badly needed because of the current hydrogen project boom. Mrs. Iselln last night onered to buy ft large downtown lot and lees it to the council for $1 ft year. councilmen agreed It was ft good Idea, but they weren't sure ens lot could handle the trains verflsw.

QfJICKT COURT TERM Spending, Sales Tax Bills Up $142,568,289 Appropriations Measure Offered Columbia, Feb. 13. UP) The IU2.S68.289 general 1951-52 appropriations and three per cent sales tax bill greeted the general assembly today. Advance publicity on the bill tot the last three weeks, even before it finally was drafted by the house ways and means committee, stole most of the Initial fire generally accompanying such measures. But house members decided to wait until tomorrow to take the bill up for discussion.

The sll-purpose meesure, largest In physical size as well as In spending and tax proposals ever to hit an assembly, includes these items: A 20-year 175.000.000 school construction bond Issue. A 20 per cent-plus Increase In public school teacher state aid pay. An 11.4 per cent pay increase for many general state employes. State operation of school buses. Repeal of last year's additional two cents tax on a can or bottle of beer, and on a pack of clgarete aggregating 15.500.000 a year.

Higher state Income dependency exemptions and an exemption for up to 1500 in federal Income tax payments totaling 12,150,000 a year. All this would be supported by the sales tax. expected to yield a year. It was the most complicated appropriations-tax bill ever to greet a South Carolina legislature. Debate on It may consume weeks In both house snd senate.

Most other legislation will play second fiddle to the money bill, which is expected to wind up in the usual free conference committee lor final drafting, reardless of what changes house and senate make. The proposed income tax relief would be from these changes: In increase in married couples' basic exemption of 200 from 11,800 to an Increase in the. dependency exemption of 8200 from 1200 to 1400; the federal Income tax exemption; and an alternate of 10 per cent of gross Income, or 1500, whichever is less, for deductible expenses. Instead of Itemising them. Army Rejections Show Up Schools, Byrnes Declares Columbia.

Feb. 13. WV- James F. Byrnes believes that draftee rejections In South Carolina are "further evidence that our state must improve Its educational system." South Carolina has had more draftees rejected by the Army for mental reasons than any 12 Southern states, he ssld in a prepared news statement, then com mented: "Although we cannot evaluate our schools entirely on the basis of selective service tests of this state's draftees, we must recognize the Im plies Uons. Wnen men from ail over tne nation take the same mental test, the results should not be so greatly different.

It would appear that those scoring the lower grades have been given less educational opportunity than the others. "South Carolina can not afford to allow lack of attention to her schools to be responsible for such records as our draftees have made on the Army test "We can and we must go forward now with a program to improve the schools." Bing Crosby Given Hospital Engagement Santa Monica. Calif. Feb. 1) Bing Crosby is booked for week's engagement at St John's hospital following an operation for a kidney ailment The singer was operated on yesterday by Dr.

F. O. Schlumberger and was reported resting comfortably. The surgeon said Crosby would bo hospitalised at least a week. Oromyko, deputy foreign minister and former Soviet chief U.

N. delegate. Sources In Washington said last week that the Western powers in not to Russia soon would propose various topics for discussion by the foreign ministers as well as suggest the fixing of date for the preliminary meeting. The west, ssld these sources, undoubtedly would want on the conference agenda satellite peace treaty violations and Russls's policies, as well as the question of Oermany. Washington circles also consider it likely the conference will produce ft major battle over the rearmament race between the West and Russia, with the latter making new demand for outlawing atomic weapons and the Big Three de mandlng reduction in slat of the Communist armed, farces.

Tokyo. Feb. 13 Chlneie Communist! shifted the direction of their massive attack in central Korea today and headed down mountain corridors In an effort to pllt the Allied lines between Wonju and Yoju. General MscArthur 11 ted the western front and warned on hia re turn to Tokyo that the enemy attll ha plenty of manpower and up pile. The first Red onslaughts dented Allies lines as much as II miles and awept United Nations forces out of the road center of Hoensong, 10 miles north of Wonju and 90 air miles east of Seoul.

But this apparently was only the eastern wing of a heavier attack now gathering momentum, tma Dhrisleas Lesdoff columns of at least seven Chinese divisions massed In the area west of Hoensong and north of Chlpyong struck southward Tues day. They slipped past Chlpyong. it miles west of Hoensong. and headed down two mountains valleys toward the Wonju-Yoju toad. The Chinese were moving In bands numbering up to 1X100 men.

They ran into a fury of Allied air attacks. Allied Air Force, Marine and Navy planes combined In low-level strikes aimed to break up the mounting threat to the main east-west road In northern South Korea Once In possession of the road the Reds would be in position to strike east or west behind Allied lines. They would menace the four or more divisions along the western front In the Seoul area, and 10th corp units holding the central front line near Wonju. Allied air power seared one band of 14)00 Reds moving down the westernmost of the two valleys near flokklng. They hit with flaming napalm Jellied gasoline and ma chtneguns.

Pilots estimated they Killed 300 of this group. Allied planes also hit two other groups about 400 Reds 10 miles northeast of Toju and another 100 skirting Chlpyong. There was little ground fighting Tuesday compared wltii Monday's biasing battle around Hoensong. American and South Korean troops bad fought their way. out of the trap sprung by a Red fore and had taken up new defen lv positions.

Forces Rcgi est peel Much of Tuesday waa spent by beta Allies and Outrun un is ts in regrouping for new fighting. But there was one clash IS miles woo tt Doju. iuun area drove back Into the hills a Red column striking for the Wonju Yoju road. Allied planes aided In routing we nods. The withdrawal from Hoensong leaves Chlpyong the northernmost Allied atrongpoint on the central grant.

The Allies on the newly imperil led central front lost some men, artillery and vehicles and much ground Including the key road hub of Hoensong 10 miles north of Wonju, They pulled back as much as II miles. The massed Red forces sprang upon five Anted columns late Sun-Cay night In typical Communist-style attack. The shrill blare of bugles and roll of arums signalled the onslaught. The Reds struck through snowy mountain pastes and valleys with elements of three to six Chinese armies and two Red Korean corps. One aisin the Chinese were attempting to smash and encircle Allied farces with sheer masses of manpower.

Confused, bitter fighting swirled ad day and night Monday through out the Hcensong area. Finally two U. 8. Second division battalions snd a South Korean regiment fought their way out of the Communist trap north of Hoensong. Captured Pair Admits Robbing Bank oi mm Salisbury.

N. Feb. II. -VTh- Two young men were caught last night and the FBI said they admit ted robbing the Fanners and Merchants bank of Oranlte Quarry of IM.ouo yesterday morning. The FBI says It knows the Identity of a third robber and expects to eaten him soon.

Bute highway patrolmen arrested James Josey, II, of Oranlte Quarry, and Kenneth Eugene Jack- son, 30, of KannapolU. The FBI quoted them as admitting the robbery and aaytng a third man waa with them. Officers recovered fl 000 which they said waa Jackson's share of the loot Two other men also were Implicated in the case and arrested. They art John Joeey, James brother, charged with conspiracy as the alleged owner of the getaway car, and Jason Dockery Cole, Charlotte taxi driver In whose cab James was caught. Cole was charged with receiving stolen money for allegedly accepting ttoo to drive James from Charlotte.

That amount was found in his cab, officers said. They were taken without resistance. Three unmasked men entered the bank Just after It opened for business, cowed five employes with pistols, and scooped the cash from a vault, all in a few minutes. VOTE CHANGE DEFEATED Raleigh. N.

Feb. II. -IPy-The senate voted 89 to IS, today gainst towering the voting age to if -ms; J. A. Davis Goes On Trial Here Today John Allen Davis went on trial here this morning charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill in connection with the shooting of Ferris A.

Rhodes last September. Rhodes was shot in the back with a shotgun as he was watering nia cow st the well In Davis' yard. testimony this morning showed. Davis admitted firing his shotgun through his kitchen window, but claimed that he was not trying to hit Rhodes. He was merely trying to scare him, he said, so that he would stsy out of the yard of tne home which he was renting from Rhodes.

The Stste presented two wit nesses to show that there was in feeling toward Rhodes on the part of Davis. Msglstrate Oeorge 8, Yeldell said that Davis earns In his office the morning of the shooUng snd told him sbout a disegreement he snd Rhodes hsd hsd sbout some corn. Mr. Yeldell said that he advised him to go back home and come back the next day, as Davis was drinking that day. Sheriff J.

Cal White said that Davis talked to him the seme morning and told him that he lud no murder In hia heart to art" Rhodes. Davis admitted going into these two offices, but said he didnt remember telling the sheriff that te had no murder In his heart. Rhodes said that bs had watered one cow and had come back with another one, when hs heard ft shot fired. He went blank, then, be said. Mrs.

Rhodes said that she heard the shot and saw her husband lying" on the ground near the well. She ran out and asked what had happened, she testified. and Mrs. Davis told her that Davis had shot Rhodes. "I tried to keep him from doing it.

Mrs. Rhodes quoted Mrs. Dsvlf ss ssylng then. Mrs. Davis den'ed making this statement Deputy Sheriff 8.

M. Cooper said that Mrs. Davis told him after the shooting "I begged him not to do It." but Mrs. Davis aald she did not remember making this statement. As court recessed for lunch all arguments had been made to Uie Jury.

Presiding Judge T. B. Orene- ker was to charge the Jury court reconvenes at 2:30. W. H.

Nicholson la assisting Soli citor Hugh Beasley in prosecution of the case. A. R. McElhaney Is defense counsel. HI NABOR A but driver odd" ojt folks ttgneJlasj move to th beck by set-vino; In preaching MfmoA.

Causes sprang to his defense. On the first anniversary of McCarthy's Lincoln day speech at Wheeling. W. Va, which started the Communlst-ln-government firs-works, Senator KUgor (D-WVal demanded that the Wisconsin senator "come to bat" with proof of his accusations. Oov.

Thomas I. Dewey of New York, the 1941 OOF presidential nominee, fired blast In New York City speech last night against Republicans who would limit aid to Western Europe as Senator Tart (R-Ohlo) and former President Herbert Hoover have suggested. Calling for a world-wide Monroe Doctrine. Dewey said the United States must draw a global Una and prepare to wage all-out war if Russian aggression crosses it He suggested thet -Atlsntlc members plus Greece. Turkey.

Irsn. Spain, Yugoslavia and the Moslem I woclA frost Egypt te Ckwoft bs ls Poll Tax Dropped As S. C. Voting Requirement Columbia, Feb. IS WV 8outh Carolina today dropped officially off the list of states requiring some voters to pay poll taxes.

Men aged 21 through 60 formerly had to prove they had paid their current II a year poll taxes before they could vote in general elections. The general assembly knocked out this requirement by ratifying a constitutional amendment approved in the 1950 general election. There was no debate and little discussion as the raUfytng bill sailed through. The South Carolina poll tax first was Imposed In 1865, under the first Reconstruction government set up after the War Between the States. It was levied again In the 1861 state constitution.

Payment of the tax by general election voters whs not required, however, until the state's current constitution was a-dopted In 1803. Ratification of the amendment left only six states Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia with poll tax restrictions on voting. Actually, the South Carolina poll tax kept only a negligible number of voters If any away from the polls. Democratic party primaries hsve been the decisive elections since they began in 1896. A comparative handful of Democrats turn out for general elections Just to make sure the Republicans dont slip their few candidates into office.

The theory that the poll tax was invented to keep Negroes from voting apparently is unsound. It was written into two state constitutions adopted by Negro-Carpetbagger governments and enacted Into law by a general assembly controlled by the same elements. There was hardly any opposition to submitting the repealing amendment to a referendum. The mendment won by a big majority, and only a few In the assembly opposed ratification. Oov.

James F. Byrnes and former Oov. J. Strom Thurmond were solidly behind the amendment. N.

J. Woman Marks 104th Birthday Wsstfleld, N. Feb. 11 Mrs. Katheiine Oreensalde Lyon was 104 today thanks, she said, to good food, a little walking and a wee nip of whiskey each night before going to bed.

At the horns of her daughter where she Uvea, the spry old lady said no special celebration was planned Just a few close friends to help est a largo birthday cake. He advocated directing the spiritual messages of some of Americas great religious leaders to the Russians through the Voice of America, Instead of telling them how msny bathtubs we have and how much of the world's material things are ours. It might be a factor in isolating the Russian leaders from their people and neutralizing the concepts of Communism, in the opinion of the man who ranked second in the United States State Department while Jamea F. Byrnes was Secretary of State. It could rekindle In them a pew concept of the Individual, he believes, and "might be a means of re establishing on earth the concept of brotherhood of man which la the highest ideal of our people." About 250 persons, Including re-preventatives from a number of other towns in South Carolina ard Oeorgla, were present in the Herman Moore room of the Oregon Hotel for the annual meeting.

No business was discussed, as a full report of the year's activities bad previously been published. Oeorge H. Davis, first vice president, presided in the absence oi Dewey H. Johnson, who is 111. Mr.

Davis expressed appreciation to the annual meeting committee, including F. E. Orler, J. C. Self, Jr, J.

B. Harris and Robert Aldrlch, and to the decorations committee, Mrs. Millie Ooldlng, Mrs. T. C.

Besudrot and Miss dries Coursey. Chamber of Commerce officials were introduced, and representatives of all civic clubs welcomed. Mr. Russell warned his audience that America is preparing for a war that is not now being fought, and may not be fought for ten years, or perhaps may never be fought Russia has been reluctant to attack In the past with military force, he said, pointing up the greatest dan ger to America as the menace to our economic strength which standi as barrier against Communism. He warned time and again that "our hard core of economic strength must be if America's internal strength is to be maintained.

Florence Man Held In Wife's Shooting: Florence. Feb. II. A Florence resident was arrested on an open charge hero last night after his wife waa found dead in the living room oMheir home. Police ssld they found Mrs.

Ms Mr L. Aklns tying dead In a pool of blood when they arrived at the Atkins home. Her husband, Andrew J. Atkins, was standing in the room, the officers reported. Coroner Jos W.

Clarke said that a shotgun and empty cartridge found in the boms were being neld as evidence. Washington on western policy toward a Big Four meeting. The exchange of notes between the East and West on the proposed Big Four meeting began last Nov. when the Soviet Union invited the Western power to meet and discuss the future of Oermany with accent on the demilitarisation of that country. The Western powers greed to a conference on condition that alt the world's critical problems would be discussed.

Russia answered that she was willing to participate in such talks but she still clung to the contention that Oermany should have top priority in any meeting. Russia ssld the deputies In their Paris meeting must be restricted to framing an agenda for the Big Four statesmen, with no preliminary talks on policy matters. There wss speculation that the Soviet Union's -deputy for the preliminary meeting would be Andrei Sleet And Snow Bring New Cold Wave To West By The Associated Frees Winter threw another blast it sub-sero cold, snow and sleet over Midwest areas today. Some of the Icy weather spread Into the central Rockies, and northern Texas. "Colder weather was in prospect for much of the central part of the country as the cold sir mass spread southward from the northern Dlalns.

tl was below sero to day in some Midwest regions. Sleet snd Ice covered a large Dortlon of northern Illinois, north ern Indiana and southern Michigan today, making driving extremely hazardous. Cms to two Inches or snow nas fallen over much of Iowa, south ern Wisconsin and lower Michigan. There were fresh falls of snow In a wide belt from the Great Lakes reclon southwestward to the southern plains and central Rocky mountain its tea. -Rain and freez ing rain pelted the southern edge of the mow belt from Lake Erie to northern Missouri.

It was 22 below sero in Bismarck. N. early today and -15 In Du-luth, Minn. 8harp drops in temperatures were forecast for the north centrsi states, ana coia waves were predicted for Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Comparatively mild weather was reported over most of the Eastern and Southern states, In the far Southwest and most of the Pacific coast.

But colder weather brought re lief to the flood-plagued Pacific Northwest swollen rivers continued to recede. The flood waters over western Washington and the Fraser river country of British Columbia made thousands homeless. Fsrms, homes and Industrial plants were damaged, with losses expected to run into the millions. Meanwhile, a fleet of tank trucks shuttled thousands of gallons of water Into the flooded community ef Columbia, Pa. The "Operation Waterllft" is to be kept, going a-round the clock as long as the "dire emergency" continues.

A huge ice Jam in the Susquehanna, river flooded wide areas and disabled the Columbia water works last Friday. The city was forced to obtain a limited water supply for drinking and other essential uses from neighboring cities and towns in southern Pennsylvania. Paul B. Ellis WU1 Not Offer For City Office Feel a Ellis today iaawed stateaaent that be will wet be a candidate fee snayee ee any ether efrteo the March 1 Oreewweed City primary. Mr.

Ellis had erewsed snaeh political speculation by a statement Jan, II in which he said that be probably wUt be candidate fee mayor. Here Is Mr. Ellis sUtement Issweel this sneralfigs "Dws pHmarilv the state ef my health la Impossible far mo te offer fee the office ef mayor er any other efflee at this Urn. Set I certainly want te thank the many people, both friends and Versaer eaesalea'. whs have beea so seuclteas ef my candidacy." EAVESDROPPERS FINED Columbia, Feb.

13. -Clty Recorder John Rice slapped a glS RO fine on ft men for hitting his wife yesterday after considering Uie husbands claim that his wife had been talking In her sleep about an other Sumter. Feb. IS. A tasewf -t" Republicans Argue Over Foreign Policy And 'Me-Tooism' In Talko Big Four Deputies Meet In Paris To Plan Agenda For Conference docket of 46 esses was disposed oi in slngls day at court of genex sessions hers yesterday.

opened at 10 a. rscssssd nt one after IT guilty pleas wars beard, convened at three and th adjourned at 4tM. duded this free world idee, "Let us stop handing armies and navies over to th Russians." Dewey aid. Th only way to stop Is to draw th line. niWi nnf protect ourselves by wlthdrswiuj from the rest of th world.

Operation withdrawal is operation suicide." The foreign policy debate asamn sd the proportions of th "rootfh scrapping" within th party that Senator Duff R-Pe) told ft Boston audience th Republican are Itkety to have on the way to any right decisions they make. Duff Incidentally took himself of 1952 presidential running, tels lng newsmen "under eireuin-stances- would he seek th nomination. He ssld th OOP ought to forgot factional fights and presidential ambitions and spend Its energy on "developing ft clean Un sd parts' By The Associated Frees Republicans squabbled among themselves over foreign policy and "mee-tooism" today but generally agreed there are still "pinkos" In the government. They all called for budget cuts. In Lincoln day political speeches across the nstlon, th OOP members demonstrate ft wide difference of opinion on such Issues as sending U.

8. troops to Europe. Some of them called for unity and urged damper on "mere obstructionism." Others said that "me-tooism" hsd cost th party elections in the past. There were new attacks on Secretary of State Acheson and several OOP speakers defended Senator McCarthy and his attacks on Communists in government. Democrats brought McCarthy under fire in senate debate In Washington yesterday and Senators Hugh Butler (R-Nebr and Laager (R-ND) Paris, Feb.

Big Four deputies will meet in Paris between March 10 and IS to arrange for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the United 8 tales. Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, a French government official said today. This source said the deputies would set the terms, a place, and data for the meeting. Such a meeting would have as its main purpose the working out of an agenda for the Big Four conference. The deputies, it was reported will be special representatives named for the occasion.

Alexandra Parodl. dlrecteor-general of the French foreign office la expected to be the French delegate. Some sources here said Philip C. Jeuup, U. 8.

ambassador-st-large, might represent the United States. Jessup has been meeting with the British and Franca ambassadors in 4.