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WEATHER
Fair and cool through Saturday.
Scattered frost Friday night Low
tonight 38, low this morning 33|
high yestonUy TO. . . „ ^
DMITEO PRESS Wire Service
Devoted To Home Town News ana Building Breckenridge and Stephens County
NEA Feature Service
VOL. 34. NO. 236
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS—FRIDAY, NOV. 19. 1954
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
f*
Bucks Rod Out To
Meet Mustangs In
Good iondffion
Breckenridge Buckaroos rolled
out about noon today cheered by a
number of fans and <a short time
later fans began following on their
heels.
Friday morning it appeared that
about two of the 1,400 tickets sent
here might be sold, which, with
the students and the band members
going, to be added, made it appear
that something like 1,200 would
make the drive in order to yell for
the Buckaroos.
The Buckaroos appeared in good
fettle for the important clash, and
Coach Joe Kerbcl said he will start
his regular line-up. Perfect weath-
er for a football game was pre-
dicted, the weather man saying
the temperature would not go be-
low freezing.
If statistics mean anything the
Buckaroos should defeat the Mui-
tangs.
Trie principal offense weapon of
the Bucks is their ground game.
Fullback Dick Carpenter rates as
the second leading bull carrier in
the loop with 551 yards in 55 car-
ries for a 10.0 average. In third
place, close behind with the same
average is teammate Jake Sande-
fer with 4S1 yards in 48 tries.
Frosty Robison of Big Spring is
the leader in this department and
Sweetwater Mustangs hold down
the seventh, eighth, and ninth
places. Bobby McNeal of Sweet-
water continues to surge upward
in the figures and has 312 yards
for carries. Frank Smith of
Sweetwater is next with 304 in 49
and Harold Hobbs of Sweetwater,
though he has played only two
full games, still rates ninth with
293 yards in 30 carries for a 9.8
average.
in passing the statistics show
that the Buckaroos don't pass much
but that they are effective when
they do. The top passer is Sande-
fer, who has thrown only three but
completed them ull for 131 yards
for un average gain of 43." yards
every time he parses. That effort
gains him sixth position in the
statistics.
Smith la the Mustangs' leading
pusser and holds down the ninth
spot with 6 of 12 for 90 yards.
Level land's Muck Freeman leads 1
everyone in this phase with 30 of
CO for 449 yards.
The Buckaroos have two men in
the top six in pass receiving. Clyd-- i
Harris has caught only two bui i
has gained 100 yards for a 53.0 uv- j
erage lor fourth place and Sarnie- I
fer is in sixth with a total of SO j
yards in four catches—un average i
of 22.2 yards. The Mustangs don't'
have a single man in the top ten
receivers. Garey Lawhou <>t' Lev-
elland paces the field with lt 0 j
yards in nine catches.
In punting, Harris leads ith a
42.0 average in three kicks and
Bennett Watts, the Buckaroos' j
quarterback, ranks eighth with a
32.1 mark on 10 punts.
Sweetwater has James Harvey
in fifth with a 32.7 average on sev-
en punts and Hobbs in eleventh
with 31.2 on eighth. However, nei-
ther Hobbs nor Harvey will play
Friday night against Breckenridge
and it will be left to center Car-
(Continued ou Page Two)
3*
CPL. BART REED, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Barton Heed of 304
West Lindsi y, has been on mili-
tary police duty in the demobili-
zation 7.i>tic in Korea with the
Marine Corps and was given a
meritorious promotion the firs:
of November. He is now station-
ed near Seoul Korea. A grad-
uate of Breckenridge High
School Cpl. Reed attended Texas
A&M prior (•> entering the serv-
Objection Raised ij|
To Seating Harlan
By WARREN Dl'FFKE ; .Wiethe, objections are raised to
WASHINGTON, N ov. 1!) (I'iti— the nomination, "and one has al-
Sen. William Lunger (R-N. D.) dis- j ready b< en made.'
closed Friday tluit an objection Lunger, who held up the noini-
has been raised to the nomination 1 nation of Karl Warren as Chief
of John Marshall Harlan to the Justice of the Supreme Court for
Supreme Court, probably killing weeks because of objections later
chances of Senate confirmation Idismissed, would not disclose the
FMGER OF SUSPICION IS P0WKD AT
UNCLE IN DISAPPEARANCE OF GRL
BLOODSTAINS FOWMII CABIN
OCCUPIES BY CHILI ABO UNCLE
during the special session.
Langer, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary committee, called a
meeting of a nomination subcom-
mittee to consider the Harlan nom
ination along* with 10 other judici
ary appointments.
Committee action on the nomi-
nation, he said, will depend on
L-tion to the Har-
Chorge Fied In
Rre At Alliens
ATHENS, Tex.. Nov. 19 —A
Henderson county grand jury has
indicted Billy Joe Short, 20, of
Murehison, Tex., on two counts of
arson and one of burglary.
Short was indicted at a special
session of the jury Thursday. He
was charged with the burning of
the Athens high school building
Nov. 4 and with a fire and burg-
lary at the Raymond Dutton home
in Chandler last week. A gun
stolen from the home in Chandler
was recovered by Sheriff Jess
Sweeten.
Sweeten said Short, who said he
had served time for burglary, had h* newsmen back from th
told him he set as many as 25 " * ^ "*
homes on fire over a period of
years. He said he set fires in Cor-
sicana, Greenville, Commerce and
Murphy, and that while in the
Army he had set a barracks on
fire, but extinguished the flames
himself.
The Athens high school building
was destroyed by the Nov. 4 fire.
-o
Vanished Field
Family Is Coming
To Life Again
ZURICH, Switzerland. Nov. 19
(LEi—Hermann Field left Warsaw
by plane Friday for neutral Switz-
erland, the first of the vanishing
Field family to return from five
mysterious years behind the Iron
Curtain.
A man who resembed the l-t-
year-old one-time Cleveland. Ohio
architect stepped off a Swiss air-
plane here when it arrived from
Prague Friday.
Correspondents at Zurich airport
were doubk-checking to identify
the man who was believed to be
Field, but Swiss police Were hold-
nature ot the obj
lan nomination.
Democratic sources said, how-
evcr, the mere fact an objection
has been raised to the nomination
i would be enough to stop confirma-
j tion during the special Senate ses-
' sion which now has beeJi recessed
; until Nov. 29.
The Senate Democratic Policy
committee has taken the position
that no controversial nominations
requiring hearings should be acted
on during the special session. Sen-
ate Republican leader William F.
Know land, in ttfcn, has stated that ,
I r,i> controversial nominatoins will i appeared to have been injured.
! be called up, even if approved by ! hc "Aniigo Mio" was about
! the committee. " ! three-quarters of a mile southeast
Th.
for a quick confirmation
Water Program in
Texas Is Years
Behind Schedule
FORT WORTH, Nov. 19 (I'i.')—
Texas' water program is about 25
years behind schedule and the
state had better start catching up
in a hurry, Frank H. Kelley of
Colorado City, a member of the
state water conservation commit-
tee, warned here Friday.
The answer to the state's grow-
ing water problem is more and
more surface reservoirs, Kelley
said.
"We need to utilize every logical
dam site in Texas," he stressed.
"Our future growth is dependent
upon water."
Kelley, who spoke on the water
problem at a luncheon of the Ro-
tary Club in the Hotel Texas, said
that every year enough water
! drains down Texas watersheds and
I into the Gulf of Mexico to supply
! the state's needs for more than
j eight years.
"We use about 7 million acre
feet of water in Texas a year," he
said. "But every 12 months an av-
erage of 59 million acre feet of
water is allowed to flow into the
Gulf.'-
He said that this is the future
source which must be tapped if
there is to be enough water for
everyone.
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Two Blasts Blow
Ship To Pieces
—Two explosions blew a 74-foot
oil exploration boat to bits near
here Thursday, but all seven crew-
men aboard escaped without
serious injury.
The seven were rescued from the
water minutes after the "Amigo
Mio" blew up off Port Isabel. They
were brought ashore by the ves-
sel's sister ship, the "Gismo," and
by crewmen of a shrimp boat
which helped in the rescue.
Authorities at the Port Isabel
.Coast Guard Station said none
ldministration had hoped ' 'he entrance to Brazos Santiago
of Harlan %>ass vvhen a fire broke out. The
first explosion was apparently in
the fuel tank, and the second one,
seconds later, apparently was from
a cargo of explosives.
>o ho could help the Supreme Court
with its heavy docket.
Harlan, now a circuit court judge
in New York, may get divided,
: support from New York senators, j
! Republican Sen. Irving M. Ives |
was expected to make a statement
in support of the nomination, but
j the office of Sen. Herbert H. Leh-
' nuul, ,said. !hV De,,,ocratic senator! bora at II a. in. Fridav. November
would not Like a position one way j 19, in the Breckenridge Clinical
Hospital.
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beamon, col-
orded. are parents of a baby gill
the other 011 the nomination!
SEEN or HEARD
By C. M. H.
i*
George Dickie in Houston hos-
pital and report is he may get out
of iron lung in six weeks ....
Fishing at P. K. best at II, 20 and
30 feet .... Women of St. PauPs
Methodist Church to have iwKe
sale Friday at A&P store.
Ox Emmons has been ill at home
for about a week .... Highest
guess on score received today was
85 to IS by Chili Waller .... No-
thing more received on the Buck-
aroo district problem.
There will be a called meeting
of the Buckaroo Riding Club Sun-
day at the arena at 2 o'clock with
trail ride to follow Call to
Doug Anderson's Friday morning
brought forth that twenty deer
have been atored since the season
opened.
Jake Sandefer after remark that
use of aspirin in V. S. amounts
to 8 per day per person admitted
he may switch to Anacin tonight
.... Frank Sloan sends a subscrip-
tion renewal from San Angelo "for
news on the best football team in
Texas, no matter what class"
And, we're off to Sweetwater for
the game.
Thought For The Moment
Keeping up with the Joneses isn't
half as dangerous as trying to
pass the Smiths on s hill, —J. G>
port apron on request of the U. S.
embassy in Bern.
United Press correspondent Kon-
rad Osterloff cabled from War- WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 y ii'.fi —
saw that Field left Warsaw aboard ' ^•'• William F. Knowland insisted
a plane for Prague and Zurich at ! Friday that the McCarthy censure
noon Warsaw time Friday. 1 fight will go to a vote despite some
Field's wife, Kate, flew here ! predictions that the senate's ll-day
from London Thursday night in access will be used as a spring-
sudden move that indicated an j board to filibuster the Issue to
early reunion with her husband.! death.
She went into seclusion, aided by I After seven days of debate, the
I'. S. consular officials who j upper chamber voted 7(5 to 2 late
screened her from newsmen. ' Thursday to adjourn its historic
Hermann Field was released j censure session until Nov. 29 to
from a polish prison camp four ! give Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy to
weeks ago after serving five years recover from an elbow injury,
"unjust imprisonment." He has! The decision plunged the whole
spent that four weeks reeuperat- i controversy into considerable un-
ing in a sanitarium outside War- j certainly. McCarthy's friends pra-
saw. j dieted a boost for their coinpro-
His brother Noel. 50, and his' mise drive and his foes feared a
wife Herta, 50, were released this ! filibuster. Some senators said the
week by Hungarian Communists! recess will postpone a showdown
"unjust imprisonment." The re- [until next year while others claiin-
mained in Budapest to recover i1«' if will have 110 effect at all.
from the ordeal. Expects Filibuster
U. S. Minister Christian Pavndul j A key Democratic lead
said Friday Noel aud Herta have j privately he is convinced the anti-
no plans to leave Communist Hun-| censure fore s will launch a ftli-
gary until they regain their health.1 buster in an attempt to prevent a
Filibuster Expected To Be Launched
KKOWLAM IKSISTS VOTE TO
BE THEN 01MMTHT CASE
EXPECTANT—An expectant look crossed the face of Dr. Samuel
Shepard us he watched courtroom door where trial jury enters. Trial
tor Dr. Sheppard who is accused of murdering his wife, Marilyn, is
in its fifth week.
(NEA Telephoto)
vote before the Senate's deadline
this
for final adjournment Christmas!
Eve. The recess has made
lot easier, he said.
Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D- X.
•>) claimed "there is every in-
dication we may have a filibuster."
And Sen. Wayne L. Morse (ind—
Ore.) said it is "perfectly obvious"
the McCarthy camp will try to
prevent a vote.
But Knowland, the Senate's bu>'-
ly Republican leader, insisted there
is "no doubt" the issue will be set-
tled one way or the other before
the Dec. 2 deadline. "The Senate
will reconvene and take up the mo-
tion and proceed with it until we
get a vote," he said.
Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-
Ltah), chairman of the Senate cen-
sure committee, also asserted his
complete confidence "that the Sen-
ate is going to resolve the issue at
said Lhls st'8sion " He doubted a fili-
buster would be attempted shire
'McCarthy said he would not and
(Continued on Page 2)
Sheppard Quoted
On Two In Room
When Wife Died
CLEVLAND, Nov. 19 (C.fo—Dr.
Samuel H. Sheppard, speaking
calmly and lucidly,' stated a few
hours after his wife's murder that
he believed there were two per-
sons in the room when his wife
was killed, a Cleveland detective
testified Friday.
Homicide Detective Robert. F.
Schottke testified at Dr. Sheppard's
murder trial that he questioned th'1
osteopath surgeon in his hospital
room at 11 a. Hi. last July 4.
Two hours before that, the de-
fendant had told Coroner Samuel
R. Gerber only that he had seen
"a form" upstairs near his wife's
bedroom.
Schottke. the first person to
point an accusing finger at Dr.
Sheppard after the murder, was
the state's 10th witness.
Had House Guest
The state contends Dr. Sheppard.
30, bludgeoned his tfl-year-otd
pregnant wife to death before
dawn last Independence Day after
quarreling with her about his af-
fairs with other women.
Schottke was questioned by As-
sistant Prosecutor Thomas Par-
rino.
He said he and his partner, De-
tective I'atrick Gareau, got to the
murder home about 9 a. m., made
a search and found "no visible
, means of forcible entry" into the
; 1 house.
Girls Get Sopping Wet In Invasion
HOUSTON. Nov. 19 (KBi—A
nightgown-pa jama girl meets boy
riot erupted on the Rice Institute
campus to corral some 300 cat-call-
ing students, collected little m< >e
than flat tires on their squad cars.
But the law did finally manage
to retrieve six scantily-clad and
blushing San Jacinto high school
girls who started it all when they
invaded the men's dormitories area
in a limping jalopy yelling "gig
'em Aggies!" at 1 a. m. (Rice
whipped the Texas A&M Aggies
29-19 last week.
Rice students came pouring out
of dormitories, wearing pajamas,
bathrobes or hastily-donned pants.
They surrounded the car, let the
sir out ot the tires, yanked the ig-
nition wires and formed a bucket
brigade to flood the inside of the
car with water.
The girls, wearing only night-
gowns and robes, were trapped in
the car and soaked by the lustily-
heaved buckets of water. Cries of
"riot, riot!" brought the campus
alive with other students and facul-
ty members trying to break it up.
Police in five cars arrived but
the officers, remembering past
such Rice riots, tried to play it
smart- They parked on Main Street
off the campus and marched in
on foot. The rioters scattered in
alt directions and the sopping wet
girls were led back to the patrol
cars.
Slightly Warmer
Weather Is Seen
By UNITED PRESS
Skies were clear and tempera-
tures fairly cool over Texas Fri-
day, but only three cities—Dal-
hurt. Lubbock and Salt Flat—re-
ported early morning sub-free ling
tempatures.
All three had lows of 30 degrees.
By contrast, Corpus Christi, on the
Gulf, had a low of 55 degrees.
Forecasters said it would be a
little cooler over North Central
Texas Friday but perhaps a little
warmer Friday night 111 West Tex-
as, with lows of no colder than
freezing predicted there.
High temperatures Thursday
ranged from 58 degrees at Dalhart
and Amarillo to 79 at CoipBl
Christi end Brownsville,
Giles Is Silent
On Charges Of
Gl Land Fraud
AUSTIN, Nov. 19 (L1PJ—Land
Commissioner Bascom Giles said
Friday until he talks with Gov. Al-
lan Shivers he will have nothing
to say on alleged irregularities in
sale of property made under pro-
visions of the veterans land pro-
gram.
Complaints of misrepresentation
by private promoters in sale of
land to Negro veterans have
prompted an investigation by the
attorney general's department, au-
ditor's office and the Department
of Public Safety.
Giles protested he was unable
to understand why the inquiry was
laid on the doorstep of his depart-
ment.
The commissioner, who declined
to answer repeated telephone calls
to his office Thursday, was reached
at his residence Friday where he
has an "unlisted" telephone num-
ber.
He sharply questioned the re-
porter as to where he learned the
number. Members of his staff re-
fused to divulge the number Thurs-
day on' grounds they were forbid-
den by Giles to do so.
The veterans land board is com-
posed of the governor, the land
commissioner and the attorney gen-
eral. ±
Shivers was tentatively scheduled
to return to Austin late Friday. He
has been in Florida, where he at-
tended a meeting of the Southern
later
IRVING, Tex., Nov. 19 (IIRj—A
missing 11-year-old girl stayed at
an Irving motel Tuesday with her
uncle and bloodstains were found
in the cabin after they left.
"We fear foul play," Tarrant
county Deputy Sheriff Bob Morton
said. Mrs. Milton Page, who runs
the motel, says she saw the girl
try to get away but her uncle
pushed her back in the car and
drove off."
The girl, Jeannette Priest, has
not been seen since that time. Her
uncle, Thurman Priest, 48, of
Grand Prairie; Tex., was picked
up Wednesday night in Mount Ver-
non, Mo., but said he doesn't know
what happened to the girl.
Refuses to Talk
"Priest refuses to say anything
about the girl," Chief Deputy
Sheriff H. L. Dunton said in Mount
Vernon. "He claims to have lost
his memory."
Morton said Mrs. Page, who
runs the Holiday Motel west of Ir-
ving. between Dallas and Fort
Worth, called a Dallas television
station (WFAA-TV) Thursday
night after pictures of Priest and
Jeannette were shown on a news-
cast.
She told him Priest arrived
alone at her motel Tuesday after-
noon. the same day Priest picked
up Jeannette at a washateria in
Fort Worth, rented a cabin for two
days and said he was "awful
tired."
She said he took a case of Coca
Cola into his cabin, stayed a few-
minutes and drove off. In about
: an hour he returned with Jean-
j nette and they went back into the
! cabin.
Stayed Short While
"They stayed'only a short while
when I noticed the little girl try-
ing to get away," Mrs. Page said.
"He ran and caught her, put her
back in the car and they drove off.
"When we cleaned up the cabin
the next day we found spots of
blood on the bathroom floor, a
streak of blood on one of the hand
towels and a nearly-empty whisky
bottle along with one of the gifl's
earrings which had blood on it."
She said Priest took the key to
the cabin with him and did not
Then, he said, he went to Bay'
View hospital and questioned Dr. j Governors Conference, and
Sheppard. who had a bruise under I spoke at Birmingham, Ala.
his right eye
but no other visible
bruises. The Sheppard family of
osteopaths runs the hospital.
Schottke said he questioned the
doctor about a house guest. Dr.
Lester Hoversten, who had left
the day before the murder.
He said Dr. Sheppard admitted
hi.' had heard rumors that Dr.
Hoversten was "infatuated" with
Mrs. Sheppard. Dr. Sheppard had
said "they might be true but he
paid no attention to them because
he knew his wife was faithful."
Will Testify
Dr. Hoversten will be a state
(Continued' on Page 2)
Government Silent
On Apology Demanded
By Judge Youngdahl
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19
—The Justice Department greet-
ed with silence Friday Federal
Judge Luther W. Youngdahl's
demand that it publicly apologize
fo>- asking him to withdraw as
judge in a new Owen Lattimore
trial.
Youngdahl, in a rare memo-
randum filed in federal district
court here, termed the govern-
ment request "scandalous" and
asked the Justice Department to
admit it was wrong m charging
he would be biased m Lattimore's
favor.
. U. S. Attorney Leo A. Rover,
who filed the unsuccessful preju-
dice motion against Youngdahl.
would say only that "the position
of the government has been
stated in the affidavit of preju-
dice" and "any additional state-
ment on my part would be in-
appropriate."
In fairness to him, as governor
and as a member of the board,
I'm not making any move until I
talk to him," Giles said.
Board Meets in December
The next meeting of the board
is scheduled for Dec. 7.
Whether the allegations, aired by
DeWitt County Attorney Wiley
Cheatham an.- considered at that
time is "problen.-ticul," Giles said.
No applications for loans under
the program have been accepted
since last July, the commissioner
said.
The bond fund, which finances
the loans to veterans, is not ex-
hausted, but Giles said enough ap-
plications are now oending to use
all money now available.
He said "an ad" to the contrary
was published, but "we can't be
responsible" for that.
Giles declined to discuss the sit-
uation further on grounds he was
making no statements to anyone.
Three Patients To
Local Hospitab
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Warner were
admitted to the Stephens Memorial
Hospital about l.t a. m. Friday for
treatment of injuries received in
a car accident just off of North
Parks.
Mrs. Rosie Warner, mother of
Mr. Warner, was treated for slight
injuries but not admitted to the
hospital. _ Report was that the
couple's^ injuries were not serious.
J. P. Rumph was the only other
patient entering the hospital dur-
ing the past 24 hours. Dismissals
from Stephens Memorial were
James Foster,
. v vCi. colored, Alice Tlp-
„ ton, Charlie Weatherby, Gay Bag-
and W- T. Shepberck
Churchill Wins
Polls Victory
London, Nov. 19 it!i >—Prime
Minister Winston Churchill's con-
servative government Friday cele-
brated a victory at the polls and
parliamentary approval of Ger-
man rearmament and stronger
British ties to European defense.
The conservatives won an Im-
portant election in West Derby, a
suburb of Liverpool, Thursday and
caused many observers to believe
Churchill soon will step aside tn
favor of Anthony Eden.
In the House of Commons, the
Chui-chill-Eden defense policy won
approval by an historic 264-4 vote,
reversing centuries of isolation.
Most Laborites supported the pol-
icy but four Pacificists defied pat-
ty orders to abstain from voting,
thus inviting expulsion.
Conservative John Woollam, a
young lawyer, won the West Der-
by election over Laborite Cyril
Fenton by a majority of 2,508
votes—an increase of 801 over the
plurality polled by Sir David Max-
well Fyfe in 1951.
Churchill telephoned Woolam
and congratulated him on his "fa-
mous victory" but made no men-
tion of how it would affect his
plans.
return any more, although he had
rented it for two days.
Fort Worth authorities said they
will arrive in Mount Yen ton Fri-
day to take Priest back to Fort
Worth. Dunton said Priest waived
extradition.
Dunton, too, feared Jeannette
met with foul play.
"We are greatly concerned foe
her safety," die said.
The child's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Earnest, who are di-
vorced, were reunited in their ef-
forts to learn the whereabouts of
their daughter.
They told Sheriff Harlan Wright
here that Priest suffered head-
aches and blackouts as a result of
a mastoid ailment.
Priest's wife, Nadine. a sister of
the missing girl's mother, flew to
Mount Vernon to try to learn from
her husband what happened to
Jeannette.
IN Prepares To
Okeh Atoms For
Peace Program i
By BRUCE W. MUNN
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y., Nov,
19 (CE)—The United Nations pre-
pared to give its overwhelming, if
not unanimous, approval late Fri-
day to" President. Eisenhower's
"atoms for peace" plan.
The Soviet Union indicated it
would go along with the West in
voting for the plan and only a plea
for postponements by the Indian
delegate could block approval.
The United States and six other
western atomic powers placed be-
fore the committee Thursday a re-
vised resolution embodying most;
of the suggestions made in a two-
week debate on setting uu tha
plan.
Russia did not jpiu the other'
major atomic powers as a sponsor,
but Soviet delegate Andrei Y.
Vishinsky announced Russian ap-
proval of the major part of thu
plan discussed by the Kit nation
committee.
The only contentious point be-
tween Russia and the West was
the composition of the internation-
al conference of atomic" scientists
to be convened next summer to of-
fer advice on putting the atom to
peaceful work.
The United States. Britain, Can-
ada, France, Australia, Belgium
and South Africa presented a
wording which would invite "all
states who are members of the
UN or of the specialized agencies
to participate in the conference."
Russia, which had seen several
of its other suggestions embodied
in the final draft resolution, pre-
sented it formal amendment which
would invite all other states
"which express their desires to do
so to participate in the confer-
ence."
The West rejected this amend-
ment which would open the way
for participation of Communist
China and other Russian "junior
members" including East Ger-
many and North Korea. The Unit-
ed States already had put forward
its firm opposition to Red China
participation.
India's V. K. Krishna Menon
sought to delay the vote. He hailed
agreement between East and West
on most points of the plan but in-
sisted that he could not get final
instructions from New Delhi on
how to vote before 4 p. m. Friday.
Thousands Pack Baptist Church In
Russia To Get Message of American
By KENNETH BRODNEY
MOSCOW, Nov. 19 (LIE)—The
Moscow Baptist Church choir and
congregation sang "What A Friend
We Have in Jesus" and other
familiar hymns in Russian at ser-
vices attended Thursday by Con-
gressman Victor Wickersham (D-
Okta.).
Thousands of Baptists packed
the recently painted church and
heard Wickersham greet them on
behalf of all the Christian churches
in America.
"I bring you greeting from the
churches of America, although I
am not a Baptist," Wickersham,
making his second tour of Russia
in nine years, said through an in-
terpreter. "I am a member of the
Disciptes of Christ, but we all are
one in the sight of God."
Wickersham said familiar hymns
were sung after the sermon had
been preached.
"I recognized all of the melo-
dies such as 'What * Fifeai
Have in Jesus'," Wickersham said.
The congressman said the min-
ister told him there were 512,000
Baptists in the Soviet Union, of
whom 12,000 joined during 1954.
Wickersham said the minister
told him that his church, the only
Baptist church in Moscow, now has
enough Bibles since the govern-
ment recently resumed printing
them in Russian.
Returning Wednesday night from
a week's trip through the southern
part of the Soviet Union, Wicker-
sham said he had noted many ad-
vances.
"You can't compare the Soviet
Union with the United States,
but they have made considerable
progress in rebuilding, transport**
tion and agriculture since 1 vvaa
here in 1945," Wickersham said.
"Host people thought there
would be war," he added. "Their
standard of living is far below
oars but everybody seems to kav^
minimum fissds,"
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