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JNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS Says Iran Crisis Worse LONDON, England, June 26. — Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison announced in the House of Commons today that the Iranian oil crisis had taken a "very serious" turn for the worse. He said a British cruiser had been sent to the vicinity of the Iranian oil port of Abadan. Special on Session Today UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., June 26.— Russias proposal for a Korean cease-fire will come before a special session of the UN General Assembly tomorrow afternoon, UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie announced today. Lie made the announcement in Oslo, Norway, before departing by air for New York to participate in peace negotiations. He will arrive here at 7 a. m. EDT tomorrow. Demand Death Penalty BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 26. — The prosecution today demanded the "severest punishment" — the death penalty — for Archbishop Josef Groesz, Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary, on charges of conspiring to overthrow Hungarys Communist government. Labor Newspaper Planned PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 26.— Samuel B. Eubanks, retiring executive vice-president of the CIO American Newspaper Guild, revealed plans today for the establishment of a national daily labor newspaper. Addressing 230 delegates to the eighteenth annual ANG convention now in session here, Eubanks said the idea for such a publication was conceived in Pittsburgh last fall. See-Saw Battles TOKYO, Japan, June 26.— See-saw battles broke out all across the 100 -mile wide Korean fighting front today and savage, small-scale Communist attacks drove the Allies back in hand-to-hand fighting. Governor Warren Hits OConor TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 26. — Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida bitterly attacked chairman Herbert OConor D., Md., of the Senate Crime Committee today, charging that he is "backed by a corrupt, mob-ridden political machine." Sees Peace Possible MOSCOW, Russia, June 26.— The official newspaper Pravda said today that the Soviet people see every possibility of a peaceful settlement of the Korean War. Chief Soviet United Nations delegate Jacob Maliks proposal for a Korean cease-fire S2i? ff!*1*** wide PPort in Demo-wspapaid1!1 - C°Untries the General Clark Praises Army ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 26.-Gen. Mark W. Clark, chief of the Army field nS5"8 today that desPite mowing S?U?V2 great Pandress in 2£ I „°f gilding -,Tking an army which can SSSS defend this coun ■*** Proposal Suspected TOKYO, Japan, June 26. — The TJ s State Department suspects Russias ceasefire Proposal may be just an attempt to fuoJS668 into withdrawing south of he 38th Parallel in Korea, it wai disclosed today A memorandum prepared by State Department representatives in Tokyo questioned Russias good faith in making the truce proposal and suggested it might be a cover for military advantage." Taft Blasts Truman WASHINGTON, D. C, June 26. — Sen. Robert A. Taft declared today that President Truman has had a swelled head since 1948 and uttered an "absolute untruth" on how American foreign policy is made.
