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Show r 2A ri i 'yi Saturday, December 9, 1972 DESERET NEWS, World Datelines Nixon Staffers Move Up CAMP 1aViD, Md. (UPI) President NDprn today se lected Jwo members of his White, House' staff, John C, Whitaker and Ekil (Bud) Kroth Jr., to take over the No. 2 jobs in Jhe Interior and Transportation department s. Whitaker, 45, succeeds William T. Pecora, who died last July, as undersecretary of interior. Kroth, 33, replaces James M. Baggs as undersecretary of transportation. Baggs will return to private life. Both Whitaker and Kroth served on the staff of the Domestic Council headed by John Erlich man. Whitaker, who doctors degree in geology, also was secretary to the Cabinet. K White House Press Secretary Ronald 1. Ziegler, who announced the appointments, noted that both men were young and predicted "you will see an infusion of young peoyoung men and young ple . haa women -- moving into positions of responsibility. Ziegler said no decision has been made whether Whitaker and Kroth will be replaced at the White House because! the structure of the Domestic Council staff ... has not been set yet for Nixons second term. ' re- earlier this month. Kamp had been a member of the board since May 1969. Ziegler said Nixon continued to work at his Camp David office today, studying cables from his nation securrity affairs adviser, Henry A. Kissinger, and drafting additional instructions for Kissinger at the Paris peace talks. Nixons latest appointments followed a complete overhaul of the Justice Department, although Richard G. Kleindienst will remain as attorney gene' ral , ; ceed Preston Martin, who signed Ziegler also said Carl Kamp Jr., will become acting chairman of the Federal Home Bank Board until a permanent chairman is designated to sue- I . U.S. NEWS SCENE 'Life' Ends Before 40 (AP) - Panel Knocks HEW WASHINGTON - (AP) The govemmenthas been urged to to withhold backj$atlocal from stfe pull ahtf : govern ments nearly .$700 million in welfare funds because of ineli gible and .oyerpaid recipients, jpie Amer&ark Public Welfare Associations board of directors cJtliedj the threat unprecedented! unilateral." iuut'.L. titjchlydson, the outgoing secretary' of health, education anJ welfare, was requested to Withdraw the proposal and to slmfejify welfare adminislratioft'.;ih the end that, errors will he reduced, dollars saved public confidence in wel&re programs tAly restoAgp i Navy Discharges 44 'SAN DIEcIg? Calif. (AP) The Nayy sayt 44 of the 120 dissident crewmen who re- - is i fused an order to return to the aircraft carrier Constellation have been discharged at their Court cf Appeals in Sad Francisco said it would be foolish to proceed with the current jury. own request. GM Seeks Raise "None of the discharges was punitive, a Navy spokesman said Friday. He said 34 of the men received honorable discharges and the other 10 got less desirable general discharges, determined by their service record. Some of the men were discharged as conscientious objectors. the President That afternoon as extremely excited,. Secretory of War a Stimson handed Dad sage which read: mes- cars,-truck- Pentagon Papers ANGELES (AP) -The judge in the Pentagon Papers trial says lie will declare a mistrial, dismiss the current jury and select a new panel. U.S. District Court Judge Matt Byrne announced his surprising decision Friday less than two hours after receiving word that the ith Circuit U.S. L OS COLONEL to his mother, he described some of his problems: Mr. Stalin made a motion at tne conference that I act as chairman and Churchill seconded it. So I preside. It is hard as presiding over the Senate. Churchill talks all the time and Stalin just - very palatial. The conference room is 50x60 with a big round table In the center at which we sit. I have the secretary of state, Mr. Davies, Admiral Leahy, and Mr. Bohlen, the interpreter, and each of the others have the same number. Then I have the Russian ambassador of our country and a half dozen experts behind me. KYLES eyes Only, from kar-- RISON FOR MR. STIMSON OPERATED . THIS ON MORNING. DIAGNOSIS .NOT YET COMPLETE BUT RESULT SEEM SAT- ALAND ISFACTORY READY EXCEED EXPECTATIONS. LOCAL- PRESS RELEASE NECESSARY AS - INTEREST EXTENDS GR&LX4UISTANCE.. DR. WILL KEEP YOU Siam POST- - nerve-wrackin- word re- General from Leslie GrovesWashington office, re-pThe successful test of' pj the atffiK Mexico. bomb, in New . experience g but it had to be don. The worst is yet to come; but Im hoping. I have several aces in the hole I hope which will help on results. . . ANOTHER FLASH The following morning Pre- mier Stalin visited my father at his residence, which was already being called the little Whitd House.' M) lather persuaded him to stay for lunch, and they talked : straight Dad from - the shoulder. found he liked the way Gtalin looked him in the eye when he spoke and the meeting ended withlM - They all say I took 'em for a ride when I got down to presiding. It was a HE grs$Tpeased. RETURNS TOMORROW. I 14eryhe optimistic sized moodAhn&gf! up Mr.,SUflAsi very determined forceful man, he found him personally quite likable in this mfencotgiter. BIG THREE MEET The following morning Secretary. Stimson received another flash from Washington: .TOP SECRET PRIORITY WAR 33556 TO SECRETARY OF WAR FROM HARRISON. DOCREHAS TOR JUST TURNED MOST ENTHUSIASTIC AND CONFIDENT THAT THE LITTLE BOY IS AS HUSKY AS HIS BIG BROTHER. THE LIGHT IN HIS EYES DISCERNIBLE FROM HERE TO AND I COULD HIGH-HOL- .Thafi Sffernoqq the Big Three teeTM thfe first time. Marshal Stalin proposed that my father become the presid' he ing officer. Although thanked them for the courtesy, he did riot relish the task. In a hitherto' unpublished letter he WTOte the following day HAVE SCREAMS FROM TO MY FARM. SWlVUkCiHiI. NEWS UTAH Editorial Ottic. 34 E. First South Advertising dflrf Circulation 143 S. ftftaih 5t. '' SoH Lake City, Utoh 841 to E5attisVd June 15. 1850. Published eoch mefuny Second class postege paid at Sptt LtQke City. Utah. The Oeseretjiewt Publishing Cons. pony assutwirs no' tesoonsibiiitv for 'X monu&rtofsam?9htogroDhs contrib and articles may Rafted. be: rearinteo only with written per mtssfoRg.Wen m advance. CARRIIft OeitVERY RATES S 3 75 Orty) $13 59 Six months (doMVOft&t) $27.00 One 'fi&r (doily only) One roOrt&idally and Sunday) S 3.50 Six Sunday) $21.00 $42.00 One year Sunday) MAIL 6SUVSRV RATES $3.50 mo. Dolly (Sunday bfegotoer) $2.50 mo. Daily only $4 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mo. $4 00 Saturday only 1 Church News only All year 6 mo. $6.50 $2.00 1 year $3.50 are payable . Membe'Aucilf jMrou Of CIrcula-jn- j. I." Saturday only and Church News mail Mslde coler delivery area on Liberated Europe a reality. Cn both these points he was more or less frustrated. Stalin was not really interested in making firm agreements on anything that involved surren-- . dering control of nations or territories occupied by the Red Army. He was, on the other hand, eager to obtain concessions of every sort that contributed to the growth of Russias power. Stalin revealed,, his inner thinking in an offhand remark to Ambassador Averell man. The ambassador gratulated him on the defeat of Germany and said that it must be very gratifying to see Russias army in Berlin. Stalin shrugged and said, Czar Alexander got to Paris. Faced with a prostrate Eu- rope, the Russian leader saw no reason why he could not push communism to the English Channel. There was, as it turned out, no reason but: Harry S Trumans determina-- " tion not to let it happen. STALIN DEMANDS At Potsdam Stalin' coolly asked for a share in control of the Ruhr, Germanys industrial heartland, for control of one of Italys African colonies, and for a say in the destinies of Lebanon and Syria. My father remained unruffled by these demands. He assured a worried Secretary Stimson were , largely that they bluffs to distract attention from the Russian seizure of eastern Europe. Though he knew exactly what was going on, Dad maintained a friendly face and struggled jo reach agreement on important matters. He extracted from Stalin a promise to hold free elections in Poland. In return he agreed to give Russia the port of Koenigsberg to satisfy their need for a northern warm water harbor. these In debates, Mr. Churchill was not always helpful. More often than not, he was concerned with maintaining the colonial influence and of the British holdings Empire. This badly weakened his position when, for instance, he argued for Russias withdrawal from eastern Europe and Iran. He was also haunted by an agreement he had made with Stalin, in a private conversation, in October, 1944, that created spheres of responsibility in southeastern Europe. At that time he agreed to assign Rumania and Bulgaria to the Soviet Union and Greece to Great Britain. In the midst of this complicated wrangling came the detailed report on the atomic explosion at Alamogordo Air Base. Secretary of War Stimson noted in his diary that my father was tremendously . HEARD HIS HERE . i6ncfrti. Got Medal, N. Viet Lady Too Combined Wire Services Combined Wire Services Saigon U.S. Big Brother was the atom bomb that had been exploded at Alamagordo Air Base in New Mexico. The Little Boy was atom bomb number two, ready to be used against Japan. From here to High-holmeant from Washington to Secretary Stimsons estate, Highhold, on Long Island, 250 miles away. Frem here to my farm meant from Washington to George Harrisons farm at Upperville, Va, forty miles away. The medical terminology baffled the young officers who were manning the d American communications center at Potsdam. They Mr. thought that Stimson had just become a father. RESULTS FOREMOST father meant it when lie said he wanted results at Potsdam. He wanted to settle the future of Germany, and he wanted to extract from Stalin a genuine commitment to fhn Yo'la Poclamtinn bombers B52 staged heavy raids against targets in Demilitarized the Zone (DMZ) today in an attempt to halt a suspected build up of North Vietnamese troops and supplies, military sources said. In the ground war, fighting increased to its fiercest pitch in a month. Beirut Sporadic fighting broke out for the second consecutive day between Palestinian guerrillas and army troops in the Arkoub section of South Lebanon today, a guerrilla spokesman said. One guerrilla was killed in the fighting, which followed an battle Friday eight-hou- r "W $ Belfast General Assembly adopted the nonaligned countries resolution late Friday. inviting states to avoid actions, including actions in the field of aid, that could constitute recognition of the occupation. Belfast of that British included the first pictorial preacting on sentation of childbirth and former, vivid first person accounts of Soviet-mad- e every American space- flight today and landmoon first the through ing steps ing. IRAs new era troops, apparently a tip from an incaptured another rocket early were reported takto counteract the weapon. Dublin pepped up by these details and said that it gave him an entirely new feeling of confidence. Some historians have attempted to twist these words into an argument that Dad felt he could now make the Russians dance to his tune, or threaten them with complete destruction. Nothing could be further from the truth. His feelings of elation and relief were connected with the problem of getting Russian cooperation in the final assault on Japan. Every time he was confronted across the conference table by Staand intransilins double-talgence, he had been forced to mute his objections lest the Russians renege on this crucommitment. cial military The lives of hundreds of thousands of American soldiers were at stake and this primary consideration came before achieving ideal governments in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Poland. Now, it was obvious that we no longer needed Russia to end the Pacific war. This freed my father to negotiate with far more boldness and bluntness. k The following day my father convened a conference of his chief . advisers in the little White House at Babelsberg to make the final decision about the use of the bomb. More ' than two months of thought by the best available minds was at his fingertips. AIM OF DECISION . Cnee more he polled the men in the room. Only one man had changed his mind. Commander of the Army Air Force General Hap Arnold now thought Japan could be bombed into submission with conventional weapons. My faand this I thers decision think has been largely forgotwas aimed at saving ten Japanese as well as American lives. His later comments on his decision make this dear: It was not an easy decision to make. I did not like the weapon. But I had no qualms if in the long run millions of lives could be saved." estimated 750,000 men. " $ . JL, &S h This Santas female, but Kimberly Fitzmaurice is happy anyway. The Nick is Saint N.T. Syracuse, who got Cindy Larson, the job after being denied one in Iowa. Luci Released Luci Nugent, 25. daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, was released from St. Davids Community Hospital in Austin. Tex.. Friday, where she spent a month for corrective surgery on her left ear. She said she remained in the hospital after the successful Nov. 10 operation because of complications. Her ear problem, otosclerosis, was the lack of a bone in her ear to vibrate properly. Durante Falls comeJimmy Durante, the 79 year-oldian, has been admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica for observation following a fall at his home. Durante entered the hospital Friday. The fall apparently occurred at Durante's Bever ly Hills home during the past week, but no other details were available . Daughters Travel President Nixon's daughters.- Tricia - Cox and Julie Eisenhower, will celebrate the Christmas holidays in Europe; the White House says. Tricia and her'hifs-ban- d, Edward F. Cox, will leave next Loses Home Actor Beau Bridges $75,000 hillside home has been destroyed by fire. The house was entirely in flames when firemen arrived Friday; Bridges, who was not home at the time, is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and is a regular in the detective series The Streets of San Francisco. week for a vacation that will include trips to London. Rome. Athens and Moscow. Real Brov Biter Washington. D.C. policeman James G. Carpenters left eyebrow was bitten off at Mr. Ciiurchill joined my fa- ther and his advisers at the end of their conference. He emphatically agreed that the bomb should be used, if Japan refused to surrender. After this meeting my father formally authorized the United States Armys Strategic Air Forces to drop the atomic bomb. George Elsey, who was working in the map room at Potsdam, was the man to whom my father gave the order. I recall it vividly because he wrote it down in longhand and handed it to me for transmission, Mr. Elsey says. He gave authority for the first bomb to be dropped, at the discretion of the milion the tary commanders scene because weather and other factors had to be taken . into account. But in no circumstances did he want the bomb to be dropped until after he left Potsdam. He. wanted to be away from the Russians (and their prying questions) and on his way home before the actual drop-'pin-g of the first bomb. TELLING STALIN My father now tackled the sticky question of how and what to tell Stalin about the atomic bomb. He decided to tell him as soon as possible, but to confine his remark to a very general description. At the end of the plenary session on July 24, Dad strolled over to the Russian leader and told him that the United States had created a new weapon of unusual - ''J be- tween the two sides, the spokesman said. The 4 et destructive force. Prime Minister Churchill and Secretary of State Byrnes stood only a few yards away, studying Stalins reaction. He was remarkably cool. He simply said that he hoped the Americans would make good use of it against the Japanese. My father, Mr. Churchill and Mr. Byrnes concluded that Stalin had failed to grasp the significance cf the statement. It did not occur to them, at that time, that Stalin, And I emphasize the word thanks to his very efficient millions. He was not talking spies at Los Alamos, knew alabout Allied casualties in the most as much about the bomb invasion of Japan, which even as they did. the darkest pessimist never Next: Poker with Churchill Friday while he struggled to overpower a disorderly suspect. The brow w as sewn back onto Carpenter's forehead and the operation declared successful by, the Washington hospital center. Diller Divorces Notirg their marriage was foi better or for worse, but not for keeps, come dienne Phillis Diller announced Friday she has separated from her ;zr.3 actor-husban- Deaths In The News Warde Donovan. Miss Diller, 55, who currently is performing here, said she qnd Donovan, 56. were living apart. She said each had custody of his or her own children from previous marriages. She has five chil dren and Donovan has two. They were married in 1955. U.S. Rep. George W. Collins, 47. an Illinois Democrat serving his second term in Congress, Friday in the Chicago crash of a United Air Lines jet . . . .Russell G. Connelly, 59. president and corporate secretary of Gulf Oil Corp.. Thursday of a heart attack ... Dr. Carl JVJ. director of the school of music at Illinois Wesleyan University and a member of the board of directors' of the National Music Council, .Thursday of cancer in Bloomington, 111. ; r, 61, Laird Signals Base Cutbacks WASHINGTON efense Secretary (UPI) -D- Melvin R. laird says the Pentagon will begin closing some military bases next year to cut $1 billion from the defense budget by 1975. Pentagon officials said the closings tentatively would include one naval base on the east and west coasts and many small Army depots. Laird disclosed the move Friday at an Andrews Air Force Base news conference upon his return frem NATO meetings in Belgium. Laird also said that he discussed the future of SEATO with British "Vficials at the NATO talks. The chiefs and others do feel that cuts can be made in this area, the outgoing defense secretary said. Sen. Alan Cranston, whose home state is a major center for the defense establishment, said Thursday that the Pentagon had a responsi bility to help displaced workers find new jobs. Laird said the primary problem in shutting down bases is combatting , pressures from congressmen in whose districts the closings would take place. NEW SHIPMENT jUST ARRIVED! W Two important members of SEATO, Australia and New MENSFAMOUS Zealand, have cooled toward the alliance since the election of new governments in recent weeks. Laird said that he had received from the Army, Navy and Air Force lists of bases that can be closed or cut back. FINE-WAL- E CORD BELL BOTTOMS The look is wide and wild in Levis-- corduroy bell bottoms. Comes in rich colors that blend beautifully with the new shirts. Basic jeans construction that is traditionally Levi's. Choose Tan, Navy, Brown, Rust or Grey. Sizes 28 to 38. A great fash ion . gift idea from Wolfe's. WOLFES PRICE 9o Only 36,000 Nearly new Duplex East hillside beoutiful new ciose-i- n excellent kxstion ARNOLD D. WH17I REALTY 7 3M-K3- ' 9f STEAL THIS ONE! My .nfrmpwi'iMkHw 6. Fourteen months ago. Malcolm Aspe-slof Vancouver, B.C., saved Barbara Beck from an enraged grizzly bear by taking the bear on with his eight-inchunting knife. In his fight with the bear, he lost the sight of one eye, his whole scalp, his right ear, the top of his left ear, suffered a broker, wrist and has no facia nerve on my right side, no feeling whatsoever. But Aspeslet, 20. won Barbara, 19. They plan to marry in July. The wedding date is only tentative because he must make several more trips to the hospital for surgery. Aspeslet found out Thursday that he also has won the Royal Humane Socie s 1972 Stanhope gold medal, awarded annually for the bravest deed reported in the commonwealth. He already has received an American Carnegie medal for an outstanding act of heroism. d Executives announced Friday that Life would publish its. last issue on Dec. 29 because of heavy financial losses attributed to television competition, increased postal rates and pessimistic projections. In. the course of its 36 years. Life pioneered a new YORK (UPI) -Heavy investor demand for the first public issue from the financial Howard Hughes empire flooded the market Friday, pushing the price of the offering up $2.25 the first day of trading. are meeting in one of the Kaisers palaces. I have a private suite in it that is advance. issues. s NEW We In eulogies Hughes Stock Up grunts but you know what he means. .TOP SECRET PRIORITY ceived ories, evoked emotional and spread Uncertainty through ranks of 670 employes whose tasks will be finished after three more -(AP) General Motors has asked the Price Commission for authority to increase by three per, cent prices of its 1973 and options. GM said in a statement Friday that the request is based on cost increases incurred since December 1971 in safety and product improvements, WASHINGTON B52s Hit Truman Didn't Like Idea Of Continued from First Page later Cord Moran noted in his diary: Winston has fallen for FOR NEW YORK The impending demise of Life magazine has stirred mem- y 250 SOUTH STATE, SALT LAKE CITY 23R0 & WASHINGTON BLVD., OGDEN hW RH I |
