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J ! I 1 . i j I i : 1 1 t ; ; j , , i I . ; | | UNITED PRESS I NEWS I BRIEFS Eisenhower at Gettysburg GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 13. — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower came "home" today j I to woo Pennsylvanias 70-member delega- j tion to the Republican presidential nom-, ! inating convention, but Gov. John S. Fine j maintained a strictly non-committal atti- j j 1 tude on his choice for the GOP nomination. [ I Ready General Ridgway Protest ROME; Italy, June 13. — War-toughened . I Italian Red guerillas were ordered by the I Communist party to head the "popular I 1 I protests" against supreme allied com- I mander Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway when he arrives here Monday, it was learned today. ; Hits Senator Lodges Protest I Walter S. Hallanan, national GOP com- i mitteeman from West Virginia, charged j yesterday that Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge . I R.-Mass.i is a "completely spoiled polit- p ical child" for protesting Hallannans ap- I 1 pointment as temporary chairman of the I GOP national convention. I Claims Koje Victory i KOJE ISLAND, Korea, June 13.— Brig. I Gen. Haydon L. "Bull" Boatner claimed j victory today in the bloody "little war" to i j regain control of this islands 80,000 Com- j I munist prisoners. "The thing is over," he 1 said. i Calls for Federal Civil Rights Support i WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13.— Presi- i dent Truman today called for the full force j and power -of the federal government be- | hind a strong, compulsory civil rights pro- j gram. , 1 Would Ban Reds From Posts PARIS, France, June 13. — Tough premier . j Antoine Pinays government, cracking down on French Reds, is drafting a law banning ! Communists party members and fellow j travelers from top army and government 5 1 posts, reliable government sources said today. I j Senator Taft Meets With Delegation NEW CASTLE, Del., June 13. — Sen. , . Robert A. Taft met informally with mem- j bers . of the 12-man Delaware delegation to j the Republican national convention today to "get their impressions on the campaign and their expressions as to their wishes." . | Beat Off Chinese Counter-Attacks J SEOUL, Korea, June 13. — American infantrymen beat off heavy Chinese counterattacks today and held newly won hill positions in the "iron triangle" north of i the "armistice line" set last November. Say Soviet Policy Backfires h BERLIN, Germany, June 13. — Russias j « policy of harassing the allies in Berlin has ] backfired and caused a wave of war hys- teria in eastern Germany, reliable German I informants said today. i Halt Issuance of Oil, Gas Leases i WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13. — The j i government today halted issuance of 40-1 ; i i ; acre oil and gas leases on federal lands in an effort to curb speculation and prevent any more unsuspecting persons from being gypped.
