Show Temperatures The Weather (Temperatures vuuub da The United The Associated Year—No 42 Seventy-eirht- h OSDEN CITY Budget Still Is Sauce for the Goose Sauce for the Gander? Defies Bids (An Editorial) At Balancing Cut in Welfare Fund Fails to SALT LAKE CITY Feb 23 (AP)— The Utah legisla ture's joint finance commit tee decided today to make one more attempt at balancing the state's financial budget for the 1949-5- 0 biennium If it fails it will pass the whole problem on to the legislature as a Whole conducted sessions then dismorning-lonclosed there still was a gap of more than $3000000 between anticipated revenue and proposed expenditures The group decided to meet this evening for a final attempt at clos ing the gap If it fails then the committee likely will submit to the legislatureto an unbalanced budget leaving the lawmakers the problem of whether to trim appropriations or increase taxes 'C The joint committee voted 15 to 9 to whack another $1060000 off the tentative appropriation tor pun Tic welfare That trimmed the to tal to $14000000 and left the over IB total at $52456600 Anticipated revenue is estimated as $49345600 Protracted Debate Feared Sen Mitchell Melich suggested submitting the appropriations as they are now proposed Sen Fred J Milliman objected contending that toto subthe mit an unbalanced budget legislature would mean protracted debate there The committee voted with Mill aaan and decided to try once again to reach agreement Many controversial matter remained ahead of the legislators who recessed yesterday in observance ot Washington's birthday Most pressing problems remaining unsolved are the future of the welfare program and the amounttwo-ye-of the appethe propriations fornext 1 riod beginning July Yesterday some 60 members of fjjgt legislature took their wives on an unofficial visit to the Geneva steel plant near Orem whereMathe-siutheys were guests of Dr Walther Geneva president The touring party left Salt Lake were City in the late morning guests of Mathesius at lunch and then spent the afternoon inspectplant ing the mammoth industrial committee The appropriations started right out with a nine a m session today working to complete the final draft of the appropriations members Committee g d) (D-Jua- b) i -- ar mar Fear Lack of Reserve Members said the tentative budg-- 4 had been brought close to a balance between the two figures but would leave the sate without reserve funds for emergencies for t dtclines in revenue or miscalculations The appropriation also would call transfer of some $4200000 from the emergency relief fund to the general fund leaving nothing for building program" Flood Threatens Montana Region HELENA Mont Feb 23 CAP) — Rising temperatures have melted Snow and started flooding around the western Montana town of Corvallis where the situation was called "grave" today A flash flood rolled down from the 7000-fohigh Sapphire mountains late yesterday inundating Corvallis and hundreds of acres of surrounding farmland with between one and two feet of icy water The flood threat remained acute elsewhere as the mercury soared to between 40 and 50 degrees above zero in the Missouri river headwater region of southern Montana Mrs Bessie K Monroe of Hamilton an Associated Press correspondent made this report after telephone check of the Corvallis area today: "The flood water in Corvallis and north of the town began subsiding early Wednesday but conditions south of the community are getting worse "More than a score of ranchers and families in town have moved from their homes They went to friends or relatives on higher ground "The people are suffering from lack of heat because of flooded basements "They are boiling drinking water because all wells in the town are flooded "County road crews have gone out to try and dynamite some roads which are backing up the water They were trying to clear paths for the to drain into the Bitter Root river "All schools were closed and the children were rushed home Tuesday afternoon when some ranchers in the mountains telephoned that the flood was coming down swollen Willow creek The ground is so frozen that the water won't seep in It just keeps spreading out over the valot flood-wate- -- ley" jf- for the 24-ho- a The Salt Lake Tribune on Monday printed a column editorial entitled "Utah University and Colleges Must Have More Funds to Retain High Achievement JRa ting" A per sua sive editorial praising Utahns' deep interest in education the wise use made of appropriations for education 'and expressing the belief that citizens will demand a larger share of the tax- dollar for education indorses everything said in that The Standard-Examineditorial favoring increased sums for education and we have said those things in our own editorial utterance but with this difference: We said those things before the governor vetoed the bill to provide a limited four-yecollege at Weber so that our young folk could obtain a four-yeeducation at a price within their means and the means of their families Meanwhile The Tribune demanded the governor veto the Weber college bill on the grounds that the picayunish costs of the bill were beyond the state's ability to pay and besides the bill was in conflict with the governor's economy program for education What The Tribune now says about the need for increased sums for education was true two weeks ago But two weeks state couldn't afford it yet now it can ago-thThe Tribune of course has discovered what shoulc have been apparent to it when it was demanding the governor veto the little Weber college bill and that is that the Weber college fight was the University of Utah's fight the Utah State Agricultural college's fight and every other college's fight not to mention the fights of the vocational schools It was their fight for the reason that when the "economizers" won a fight against Weber's ambitions to be just a little better college the victory gave aid and comfort to the economizers' plot to stifle the ambitions of the university the A C and other colleges ar ar e The Salt Lake press which was unanimous in supporting the economizers against Weber must now realize that in lead ing the assault on one unit of education in Utah they gave their blessing to assault on all Utah education If the economy program was so precious it had to be preserved at the expense of students of Weber college many of whom cannot afford to go away to college it is also so precious that it must be preserved at the expense of the Salt Lake county youths and the children of our fortunate citi zens who can afford to send their boys and girls to the Uni versity of Utah That's the trap The Tribune got itself into The editorial was meant for the governor's attention and to him it says: We praised you for your 'great' courage in vetoing the We ber bill and standing for economy But now we have had enough economy Approve higher sums for the university and we shall praise you again for your 'high statesmanship in knowing when it is smart to abandon the economy baby" Israel Egypt Ready To Sign Armistice RHODES Feb 23 (UP)— Israeland Egypt wiU sign tomorrow an armistice formally halting their hostilities in Palestine United Na- officials announced today The agreement may lead to a set-tlement of the long strife in the Holy Land An announcement confirming the success of Dr Ralph Bunche acting U N mediator in directing which produced an negotiations n said agreement the document would be signed at a m (1:30 a m MST) The text of the armistice a com submitted by Dr proposal promise pr-vk Toii delegations will ube made lpublic 30 ceremony in the presence of Dr Bunche Agreement of 500$ Words The 5000-wor- d armistice agreement comprised 12 chapters and three annexes The armistice was the most encouraging development in Pales tinian affairs since violence erupt ed when the U N assembly p- 29 proved a partition plan on Nov de1947 The frequent flareups veloped into full scale warfare last May when the British withdrew the state of Israel was proclaimed and the neighboring Arab states moved against it High hopes for an agreement had persisted here for several days since Dr Bunche handed this compromise proposal to the delegates Israel agreed to the terms conditional on Egypt accepting Israeli-Egyptia- ten-thir- ty vi- - Russians Return Cruiser to U S PORTSMOUTH Eng (UP) — The RussUn-manne- d An Egyptian delegation which carried the proposal to Cairo and heard the government's reaction to it returned today A source with-tion- s in the ranks of the delegation gave the first word that Egypt had agreed - — The agreement came after a month and 10 days of negotiations It was a major victory for Dr Bunche and the U N The contents were witheld pending the apparently immediate sign ing une lniormed source said the agreement was understood to skip over the knotty problem of FWr °ne of tnfa ?in obstacles ?hef final negotiations Negev 2cie?tK dt7 " — wwuavu isidcn iiaccb toward the end uj of 1948 Subsequent u a resolutions called on the Israeli army to withdraw to positions held before the campaign which began in the middle of October Egyptian demands for demilitarization of Beersheba met strong Is- raeli objections L1 inte New Coal Tieup Would Cripple Nation Charge Feb 23 United 83 44 48 35 54 44 43 17 a SSI 45 26 72 25 27 82 79 ao 57 46 34 64 43 31 AA 30 27 FINAL EDITION 14 PAGES AP Service ai in e): (D-Ten- n) ed MOSCOW Feb 23 (UP)—The Soviet army was warned on its thirty-firanniversary today to "maintain permanent combat readiness" because the United States was planning to st 50-da- need for the law pro vision wnicn lets the government get 80 day court orders against crit ical strikes Moody testified as the committee neared the end of public hearings on the administration's labor bill after a month of stormy sessions Moody started his testimony yesterday He told the committee then that the nation may face another crippling coal strike "unless the law safeguards in the are continued" He also said there is a 40 to 50 days supply of coal on hand "the best in over ten years" James W Haley secretary and general counsel of the National Coal association was another witness yesterday He also urged that congress keep the T-provisions for court orders against national emer T e administration gency strike bill would do away with it "Nobody likes"Butinjunctions" sometimes Moody declared there comes a time when there Is no other way out" Veteran Bill Clearance House leaders annear readv to let the members take an early vote on the controversial Rankin bill for veterans pensions chairman Rep Sabath of the rules committee said that was he ready to give it clearance The bill sponsored by Rep Rankin would pay a pension of $90 a month to all 18800000 veterans of World war I and H when they reach the age of 65 Its cost has been estimated variously as from $62000000 to the first year to an ultimate peak of $6000000000 a year by 1990 Sen Wiley announced he will offer in the senate a bill to admit 175000 more displaced Europeans than can come to this country under present law George Raises Question The possibility of cutting eco- nomic recovery funds to helD meet the cost of a proposed program to western Europe was raised by Sen George George gave his views to a reporter before the senate foreign relations committee gathered to consider the $5580000000 aid bill He said congress ought to know tne cost of the arms venture before it votes on second year Marshall plan spending The Georgia senator previously proposed a reduction of up to five per cent in the $5580000000 authorization for 15 months' operations of the economic cooperation administration Taft-Hartl- ey Taft-Hartl- ey H D-I- (D-Mis- ll s) $129-0000- (R-Wi- 00 s) re-ar- m (D-G- a) Murray Woman Dies in Accident Balkan Nation Rejects Note On Terrorism WASHINGTON Feb 23 (UP)-T- he United States has accused Bui garia of "blatant terrorism" in the arrest of 15 Protestant pastors on espionage and treason charges the state department disclosed today The charge was contained in a note which a department spokesman said was rejected by the Bulgarian government "about 30 minutes" after it was handed to the Bulgarian foreign office The spokesman said that the note delivered at Sofia last Monday described the charges against the pastors as "unfounded and ludicrous" The note said this government considers the charges " a blatant terroristic effort in cynical disre gard of the facts designed to in timidate tne small respected Protestant religious denominations in Bulgaria and to discredit their sincere religious leaders" Note Handed Back The spokesman said "they (the Bulgarians) had the note about 30 minutes when our Second Secretary Raymond Finley Courtney was called to the foreign office and the note was handed back to him Courtney was informed that the Bulgarian government rejected the U S representations The 15 pastors were arrested Feb 5 on charges of espionage treason and black market currency operations involving former attaches of the U S legation in Sofia Americans named in the charge included "Former Acting Political Representative John Evarts Horner of Detroit Former attache Louis C Beck Fort Dodge la and Former Vice Consul Robert C Strong Beloit Wis The U S note was dispatched by (Continued on Page Tw j) (Column Three) ern outskirts of American Fork Martin M Harris Salt Lake City driver of the car suffered a lacerated leg and a probably fractured shoulder Jack Sargent Salt Lake City driver of the truck was not injured "I would be more in favor of cutting it down to one senator per state" : "I Senator Ferguson don't see how increasing the size of the senate would increase efficiency" McGrath also contended his proposal would distribute the load now being handled by senatorial committees Heavy work is placed on too few committees under the present setup slowing progress he said He also said two senators from the state often take opposite views but three senators would enable each state to be recorded on important issues Another factor would be a senatorial election every two years McGrath said this would create a "healthy situation" and make political organizations more alert to the nation's wishes The proposal would require a constitutional amendment To become law it would have to be adopted by the legislatures of three-fourtof the states in addition to passing in congress (R-Mic- hJ hs The diners were brought to sharp attention as Mr Truman departed from his homey neignborly style and turned to artillery language: "Now I am just as fond and just as loyal to my military aide as I am to the high brass and I want you to distinctly understand that any S O B who thinks he can cause any of those people to be disby me by some smart charged a leek statement over the air or in the paper he has got another think coming "No commentator or columnist names any members of my cabinet or my staff I name them myself and when it is time for them to be moved on I do the moving —nobody else" Used Only Initials The official transcript of Mr Truman's taik released later by the White House omitted any reference to the term "S O B" Mr Truman used only the initials without spelling out what they stand lor Mr Truman drove five miles to the army-nav- y country club in Arlington Va to join other speakers in praise of Vaughan Maj Gen Edward F Whitesell said adjutant general of the army"diffithe military aide's job was cult" and "not all parades and balls Drew Pearsons and decorations" Pearson radio commentator and columnist has criticized Vaughan for accepting a decoration from President Per on of Argentina Pearson said that while this country is spending billions aboard to help democracy and ''while President Truman has spoken thousands of words about saving democracy his military aide partly nullified this talk — and money — by accepting a high decoration from a military dictator who has ridiculed all the things that Truman talks about" Pearson Replies Mr Truman made no reference to Pearson in his brief talk The columnist had this comment: "If Mr Truman is trying to discourage the right of fair comment then he too has another think coming The men he has on his staff are his business — even though the taxpayers have to foot the bill "But when his staff members accept medals from a military dic- - Railroad Wins War on Winter At Heavy Cost Feb 23 (UP) — The Union Pacific railroad said today that it apparently had finally won at a terrific cost in money and elbow grease its battle against the west's worst winOMAHA seven-weeks-lo- ng ter Since Jan 2 through service on the line's tracks in many parts of the west were interrupted time and again by repeated blizzards with heavy snows winds up to 80 miles an hour and temperatures down to 51 degrees below zero But today all trains were placed back on regular schedules except streamliners that will operate triweekly instead of - daily for a while The streamliners will go back on regular schedules when dislocated equipment and diesel units are finally restored to their proper terminals Loss of Revenue Union Pacific said It was impos sible to estimate the money it spent in fighting the storms ndr could it guess at how much revenue was lost when trains became snow bound Officials said that more than 14 000 employes devoted all their time — and that meant mgnt ana day work — to fighting the snow wind and cold Also thrown into the battle were 15 large railroad rotary plows 33 railroad wedge and spreader plows 124 flame throwers and 80 bulldozers and carryalls During some of the time the only traffic handled —particularly in the worst storm areas of Wyoming-w- ere emergency supplies of foodstuffs fuel livestock feed and snow fighting equipment for the stranded areas Cars Opened on Tracks In several instances food shortages were relieved by opening cars in freight trains on the tracks and making the supplies available on the spot to through The interruptions service were by days and days the longest in the history of the rail road The official statement from the railroad office didn't mention it (Continued on Page Two) but the battle against the storms (Column four) cost at least three lives —three men killed in Bear river canyon west of Logan while trying to clear snowslides Within a few days of that accident two trainmen were killed in southern Idaho when their engine rammed into another COLL1NGSWOOD N J Feb 23 train that had been stalled by ice (UP) —The Rev Carl Mclntire edi on tne rails tor of the Christian Beacon said today that the language President Truman used in an address last night was "an offense to Christian people degrading to our youth and humiliating before the nations of the world" MIDVALE Utah Feb 23 (UP The minister sent a telegram to the president asserting that usage A Midvale woman ox S u a in tne speecn was un- Mrs Annie S Stephan burned to becoming of an occupant of the death today when her clothing high office of the presidency of caught fire The body was found near the the United States" "As the prophet Nathan spoke telephone in the Stephan home by to King David as Elijah spoke to a son Ahab I call upon you to apologize said Mrs Stephan Authorities to the American people and to ask apparently started a fire in the God through our merciful savior basement while alone at home Jesus Christ to forgive you" the Reason for the fire was not known Her clothing caught fire from telgram said "We must have God's honor and blessing upon you as our the blaze She apparently ran up leader and upon our nation in these stairs to call for aid but died be fore she could use the telephone frightful days off-the-c- ice-lock- ed Wallace Says US Headed for War 'Forgiveness' for Truman Asked Asks Peace Talks WASHINGTON Feb 23 (AP)— AMERICAN FORK Utah Feb Henry A Wallace declared today 23 (AP) — A woman identified by that the Marshall plan and North Atlantic defense pact are pushing her companion as Mrs Maxine America along a "mad course" toParker Naylor of Murray was ward and war bankruptcy killed last night when the car in He proposed once more' that the which she was riding and a semitrailer truck collided on the east- United States abandon the cold (D-Col- o): ing today from both Republicans and Democrats But Senator J Howard McGrath (D-L) who suggested the plan said the opposition didn't faze him He's going to keep plugging the proposal McGrath chairman of the Democratic national committee said in a Washington day address to Kan-sa- g Democrats he would present his proposal to congress this session He said three senators instead of two would create a more efficient organization and speed legislative process Opposition rolled in almost immediately Comments from Washington included these: Senator Morse "It is obviously a suggestion without merit" Senator McKellar dean and president pro tem of the senate: "I am one of those people who believe our form of government is the best in the world I have confidence in Americans Following in German Tracks Says Marshal Soviet H Weapons Called 'Much Superior' WASHINGTON Feb 23— WASHINGTON Feb 23 (AP)— Critics of his adminis(AP)— A spokesman for coal tration had and blunt notice today from President unleash a new war mine operators told congress Truman thatpersonal O no "S B" is going to influence his appointThe warning was issued by Marshal N A Bulganin mintoday that a 30 to y ments minister of armed forces in an order of the day ers' strike would put the Some 200 persons — members of the Reserve Officers' Soviet The order requested country in a "very serious association and their wives — heard Mr Truman deliver that troops to "indefatigably maintain a situation" permanent high quality of combat in an earthy matter of fact imJoseph E Moody president of startling pronouncement readiness" the Southern Coal Producers as- promptu talk last night at a dinner honoring Maj Gen HarThis was necessary Bulganin sociation was arguing to the sensaid because while the Soviet peoate labor committee that there is ry H Vaughan his military aide TOPEKA Kan Feb 23 (AP) — the senate and house of representaA proposal to give each state three tives as they stand" Senator Edwin C Johnson U S senators took a verbal spank- (R-Or- NEA Service 1949 President Comes io Aide's Defense in Blast at Critics Solons Ridicule Plan for Three Senators Per State R ed States cruiser Milwaukee lend-leasto the red fleet during World war II arrived here today en route to the United States The Milwaukee transferred "to the Russian navy on April 20 1944 was renamed Murmansk by the Russians It is being returned to the U S in exchange for the Italian cruiser Duca D'Aosta The Milwaukee anchored three miles off Portsmouth but will continue its journey to the U S imIt was mediately after not known how many Russian crew members were aboard They were under command of a Capt Katoc The 7000-to- n Milwaukee normally carried 458 crew members when operating with the American navy ng - FEBRUARY 23 period U S War Plans' Blant To Economy For Russian Arms Drive er I UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING — Injunctions Held Vital - Close Big Gap Hvca in ioaay: Ma v Mm 35 23 Omaha Ogden OS 30 Phoenix Albuquerque SO 35Pocatelio Boise 43 26 Portland Butt 88 iProvo Cheyenne 36 30 Reno Chicago 66 Denver Rock Springs Gd Junction 41 23 Salt Lake 69 32 San Antonio Vegas 42 24 San Dieffn Logan Loa Angeles 71 48 San Fran 83 63 St Georgo Miami Minneapolis 29 23 St Louis 48 43 Seattle New York 65 51 IWeat Yellst Okla City UTAH — Partly cloud v north clear south portion this afternoon for lomostly clear tonight except Thurscal valley togs west portion day clear east increasing cloudiness west Wanner northwest portion this afternoon and slightly cooler over state tonight High to-v 40 to r0 and Thursday 35 to 45 southern borexcept near 55 along der low tonight 10 to 29 except near 32 in Dixie war and bargain with Russia across the conference table as "an honorable a peaceful and a practical alternative" Now head of the Progressive party Wallace was fired as President Truman's secretary of commerce in September 1946 after clamoring for a softer policy than the administration favored toward Russia Calls Program Failure The house foreign affairs com mittee which is considering a bill to continue the European recovery program gave Wallace his chance today to present his views Wallace labeled this program a "failure" He took an attitude on that because he forecast a year ago it wouldn't work His remarks were in a statement prepared for the committee He predicted today that the North Atlantic alliance and the g of arms to back it up won't work either These proposals are to be sent to congress later Wallace said the defense pact "will irrevocably commit us to a policy of conflict" The e feature he said may cost 20 to 30 billion dollars Aggressive Gestnres "The fact of the matter is9 he said "that these moves will seriously undermine and weaken our national security They will lead to economic bankruptcy for western Europe and the United States They invite war which no nation can win and in which humanity itself will be the victim ' Wallace said such measuies "make aggressive gestures against the Soviet Union by establishing military bases near her borders inevitably they will provoke heavy lend-leasin- two-wor- ld lend-leas- counter-measures- " Mid vale Woman Burns to Death Searchers Claim Fabulous Lost Loot of Lima" Found LOS ANGELES Feb 23 AP) Searchers believe fhey have located the position of the fabulous "lost loot of Lima" pirate booty estimated to be worth $500000-00- 0 It supposedly is buried under the shore of tiny Cocos island off the west coast of Costa Rica Ellis Patterson who sailed from here Jan 21 with the 444th expedition to search for the pirate gold returned by plane last night to report: James A Forbes 4th claims that with the aid of metal detectors he has located the treasure under the beach and at the mouth of a stream on the small island "At any rate" said Patterson former lieutenant governor of California "the machine showed a deposit of metal underground" He said it was near the spot where bits of old sail canvas were found in Forbes' last previous unfruitful expedition This is Forbes' t fifth quest for the loot which he maintains is located on maps left James by his Alexander Forbes 1st an educated pirate The treasure as recorded in Spanish archives consists of solid gold statutes and other art objects relics of the Spanish conquest Patterson said 150 tons of excavating equipment carried aboard the remodeled landing craft "Bol-icashould be unloaded on Co-cand that by next week-en- d soon afterward actual excavation should start Previous estimates placed the treasure 32 feet deep Patterson said some members of the expedition plan to search up a stream for a second treasure located on some ancient maps This treasure he added is supposed to be worth $30000000 Patterson said he made arrangements to give the Costa Rican government which owns the island half of any treasure found great-grandfath- er r" os ple engage in peaceful creative la bor "the ruling circles of the United States are waging a policy of aggression and of unleashing a new war" Military Men Write The same type of warning was issued in editorial articles in Moscow's principal newspapers written by leading military men "Short is the memory of these aggressors" the communist party newspaper Pravda warned "The lessons of the German and Japanese aggressors who also tried to dominate the world haven't taught them anything The criminal plans of the newly appeared aggressors claiming world hegemony are doomed to disgraceful failure" Marshal Leonid Govotot writing in the government paper Izvestia said international tension dictates an intensified strengthening of the defense might of the Soviet Union Arms Superior Govorov stated that the Soviet army possesses "new arms much superior to the best of foreign models" 'far He added that American Ffnperial-ist- s following in the tracks of she Germans are "trying to scare nations with blitzkreig lightning blows by means of atom bombs" "By means of military and atomic diplomacy they try to undermine the self confidence of peace-lovin- g peoples" Govorov said "But the peace-lovin- g nations are 'confident themselves and con fident of the might of the great Soviet Union standing at the head of the democratic -- anti-imperial- ist camp" Russia May Have Seized Secret of Nazi Death Spray MOUNTAIN Calif Feb ly has quite possit tne secret of a nazi-d- e liquid death spray potent to wipe out whole divisions of men in the open says an American officer who helped destroy the weapon But Germany didn't use the spray and Russia probably would not for the same reason-- it contaminates the area for too long a penod — in the opinion of Maj James M Graham a U S army engineer The two German scientists who formulated the spray were in Berlin when the Russians took over and more than likely were taken in hand by the Soviets Graham says Whether chemical analysis of the liquid by its American captors yielded the secret Graham didn't know Tons Found In Cave Graham had charge of disposing of the spray named tabun after the names of its two inventors He disclosed some of the details in a chamber of commerce speech at San Jose Graham now lives in Mountain View Hidden stocks of tabun — 125000 tons of it— were found by American intelligence officers in Ba varian caves Engineers built huge fires in pits to destroy the liquid They poured it over the coals Tabun didn't burn but the heat broke it down and rendered it harmless Graham described tabun as a nerve poison not unlike a snake venom in its effect only quicker A spot of it the size of a dime dropped on the skin would kill a man in two minutes unless wiped off quickly It would penetrate most clothing even some gas masks Odor Hard to Detect I abun has such a faint odor it can hardly be detected The ex perienced nose can detect a slight fruity smell In appearance it looks something like crankcase oil The liquid was a military secret until about six months ago when some information about it leaked out Graham expressed belief the Rus sians probably wouldn't be interested in manufacturing tabun even if they obtained the formula from the captive scientists It is so potent and clings so long that the armv using it might not be able to move ahead for months through the area sprayed VIEW 23 (AP) —Russia — |