European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes january Truman offers to ease action on 5 Oil firms 14 president Truman has directed the attorney general to drop criminal proceedings against five Oil companies in the in Terest of National Security if the companies produce subpoenaed rec Truman directed attorney general James Mcgranery to promptly with Oil com Pany representatives to determine if they will agree to enter into a stipulation to produce the sub penned if they Truman said in a i ask that a civil proceeding be instituted accordingly and that appropriate Steps be taken to cause the termination of the pending grand jury Truman said because of factors which have emerged since the grand jury began its i Vestiga he now believes the interest of National Security might be Best served at this time by a civil suit rather than a criminal Oil Cartel charged but Truman said that this should be done Only if the five companies agree to produce documents which have been subpoenaed by the grand the grand jury has been investigating an alleged International Oil government officials have feared that should the grand jury return a criminal indictment against the Oil foreign companies which have contracts with the companies could use the indict ment As a pretext to invalidate the one of the Basic tenets of american foreign policy to encourage wherever possible the in vestment of private american Cap ital in foreign lands for develop ment of strategic materials needed for the this could be jeopardized by a criminal in companies named the companies Are the Standard Oil of new Jersey the stand Ard Oil of California the Socony vacuum Oil the Oil and the Texas first reaction by the Oil companies was that they will not agree to president Truman which their spokesmen called outrageous and attorneys for the Oil companies met with Mcgranery for about an hour and left office in an angry they accused the attorney who acted on Truman of insulting them with an outrageous and unfair Arthur counsel for the Standard Oil of new said As far As his company is concerned Mcgranery insulting blackmail Dimaggio learning to Fly Santa 14 son of the Yankee has a new love got the thrill of his life saturday when he took his first air noted test Pilot maj Speed Chandler As his while his Dorothy paced nervously on the Young Joe went through paces and after a on hour flight Over Santa Monica Airport announced flying was the Chandler said of his newest Stu Dent Joe has done a lot of Reading on the fundamentals of flying and consequently Learned More in one hour than most students do in a new obscurity Stevenson yields Helm to gop 14 up Adlai titular Leader of the Defeated democratic became a private citizen this week when he retired from the governorship of the Man who polled More than even though he went Down to defeat before re publican Dwight has one of the toughest fights of his career before fight against even though he nominally leads the huge democratic he will be Plain a Chicago unlike the situation in incoming defense cabinet7 meets the new defense Cabinet designated by president elect Dwight Eisenhower meets in the Pentagon in the interest of orderly trans Fer of control of the military seated Are the future Secretary of Charles Wilson and his Roger standing from left Are army Secretary designate Robert Navy Secretary designate Robert and air Secretary designate Harold businessmen Back Truman in Call for standby plants 14 up committee of business advisers strongly backed president Truman preparedness plan of stockpiling not use in Case of another world Truman first proposed the new kind of rearmament program in his budget message last he asked for for expand ing the nations mobilization base beyond the current cold War the Money would go for setting up plants and machine tools ready to turn out a flood of arms should a world War break the composed of leading businessmen and former government production was set up at Truman suggestion last summer to work out a program for assuring National readiness quickly and economically in Case of fallout shift advised in a final report to defense Mobilizer Henry the com Mittee said that forces being and weapons production have now been brought to substantial Levels and that emphasis should be shifted to completing the production capacity needed As a base for full such a shift is it because another War probably would not allow the nation sufficient in world War i and expand its arms production it added that the Cost of build ing standby plants would be Small in comparison to that of stockpiling which Are always in Dan Ger of becoming 4 arrested As cops raid society hangout in los 14 ins four persons were arrested when police swooped Down on an exclusive West los Angeles private club and confiscated a Slot nabbed by vice officers at the Swank Santa Monica swim club were Granville corporation arrested As a drunk contractor Henry Dun charge with using a Slot machine bartender Roy accused of Slot machine and miss Leota Bell a waitress said to be a the club is patronized by members of police Mcarthy queries Navy official on classified data 14 Joseph Mccarthy said he has asked assistant Navy Secretary Flyberg to explain reports that he has disclosed classified materials to unauthorized Mccarthy said Floberg replied by asking Mccarthy to be More specific in his v Floberg denied disclosing classified material and said he would be eager to answer any specific question Mccarthy cared to sub the senator said he was acting As chair Antobe of the Senate government operations committee and its permanent investigating Mccarthy said he could not re veal the nature of the material Floberg allegedly made but he said it had nothing to do with the recent air medals and distinguished flying he received for his wartime service As a Marine intelligence where the Leader of the opposition has Power and prestige generally in the parliament of his the leadership of the opposition in the is an empty in the the seats of Power Are in Washington or in a Gover nors Stevenson is now in it will be difficult to keep his name before the Stevenson took his last look out of big windows of the Gover nors mansion in then met his Republican Wil Liam and escorted him to the inaugural be fore cheering republicans in the state three blocks from the governors aids gloomy it was a Mournful Day for Stev Tensons and those close to the medium sized Man in the crumpled suit and patched shoes who won nationwide affection and respect during the Campaign said it was a bitter Day for Stevenson did not want to be catapulted into the nations Lime Light As a presidential he wanted to run for a second term As but he accepted the democratic draft and fought the Campaign to he polled More votes than any other Defeated candidate in even though he was beaten by with the exception of Franklin Roose who won with votes in Stevenson also polled More votes than any other winning candidate in his defeat was the More galling because the Man he picked to succeed him As demo cratic Sherwood also went Down before the Eisen Hower future Uncertain Stevenson does not know what his future will if he can retain and add to his National he probably will be the democrats 1956 candidate for but popularity is a mercurial thing in the where nothing is so forgotten As yesterdays it will be Stevenson task to re Tain his leadership of the opposition from the wings of the stage on which affairs will be con ducted for the next four for the moment the seat of democratic Power in Congress is held by georgias Richard and Stevenson is not expected to attempt to usurp con Gressional democratic leadership from after yielding the Illinois reins to Stevenson left by train for he will open a Small office Chicago and live at his nearby farm at Caribbean Holiday he plans a two week Holiday in the West indies with when he he May make a speech or one will be Given in feb before a democratic fund raising function in new in he will begin a tour of the far with two or three to inform he May go through the Middle East and come Home by Way of boy wonder of Illinois is the states 32d a the youngest governor of Illinois in 70 Stratton Polit ical career was launched 12 years ago at the age of 26 when he was elected Oli Ioan wins Patterson award 14 second it Herbert of was declared win Ner of the first Robert Patter son memorial award As outstand ing graduate of the infantry officer candidate school at the army said the to be presented annually in memory of the late Secretary of will be Given to Perrin at the Pentagon army Secretary Frank is the son of Brig Gen Herbert Perrin of Young Perrin was educated at Kenyon College and Cor Nell the annual award was suggested by a group of civilian admirers and friends of among them Julius Ochs Vic president and general Man Ager of the new York times and co of the 77th inf an organized Reserve corps Adler will participate in the presentation ceremony with Man kills self with dynamite in court room 14 jobless Donzel Mccray wired dynamite to his Waist and himself to bits in a courtroom a an apparent plot to kill wife and her police said Mccray bizarre wrecked the death Only to Vella Merle Mother of six was la critical with deep lacerations on her face Wiuf other parts of her attorney also injured Charles an attorney representing Mccray in a civil was under treatment Lor numerous parts of Mccray body were found All Over Fultz in a Hajlo and in the Street Fultz was hearing an eviction suit against Mccray by Feer former husbands of nearby was a courtroom had been divorced after Fultz had dismissed she Mccray ordered his Mccartney and Stepfather Maple bran from the re fused to but the son and Stepfather if you want to speak to wife Why not go out Iata the corridor Brannon Mccray walked toward his former who had divorced him several months and pulled up exposing dynamite Sticks strapped to his before any of the horrified wit Nesses could Mccray touched two wires leading to the dynamite and a and set off the blast Hiss evidence termed fake n e w y o r 14 counsel for jailed Alger former state department official convicted of presented arguments a new con tending the typewriter which Fig ured in Hiss trial was a fake his was convicted in january 1950 of lying to a grand jury in denying he Ever turned Over government secrets to Whittaker admitted courier for a soviet spy he has been in the Federal Penitentiary since March serving in arguing for a new trial before the court of Hiss Chester said the Woodstock typewriter used i est Decca against Hiss was not the machine once owned by but a Lane said that typewriter can Only have been planted on the defense by or on behalf of Whittaker Chambers As part of his the false incrimination of Alger the typewriter loomed Large in Hiss it was charged that the machine was used to copy state department assistant attorney Robert Martin opposed the new trial to already denied in ederal District he told the court that the not the pros ecu had introduced the Type writer in x the court reserved one ticket too Many san 14 police theorized today that one san franciscan apparently received Ona parking ticket too Many when they found the Little Glass windows in 138 parking meters the irate Motorist left the Coin boxes