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June 12, 1952

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Truman Urges Koje Inquiry By Five Neutral Countries; Calls for Bids to India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sweden and Switzerland to Send Aides, Adopting Russell Plan to Offset Reds Truman Proposes Koje Inquiry By Aides From 5 Neutral Nations

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Truman asks Defense Dept to invite mil observers from Sweden, Switzerland, India, Pakistan and Indonesia to study uprisings on Koje; plan based on proposal by Sen Russell to counter Communist propaganda

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Search of Koje Compound Bares More Red Murders; A PEACEFUL MOVE OF PRISONERS OF WAR ON KOJE KOJE SEARCH BARES NEW RED MURDERS

By George Barrettspecial To the New York Times

Compound 77 break-up illus; 86 POWs bolt Communist ranks to enter special compounds for anti-Communists; bludgeoned, strangled bodies of 14 POWs killed previous night by Communists dug out of trenches and well holes, Compound 77; POW leaders weeded out; may be charged with war crimes; scores questioned in search for data; Compound 95, after refusing for 2 mos to give up bodies of 8 POWs killed in riot, asks and gets permission to bury dead; leaders refused data on compound break-up to bar possible night killings; Compound 66 leader ordered to tour ruins of Compound 76 as object lesson

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BIG 4 PARLEY ASKED BY FRENCH CABINET ON GERMAN ISSUES; Schuman Instructed to Call for Early Conference With Soviet Confined to Vote and Unity MOVE SURPRISES LONDON British Deny Part in Plan -- Washington Insists Ballot Inquiry Precede Meeting BIG 4 PARLEY URGED BY FRENCH CABINET

By Harold Callenderspecial To the New York Times

French Cabinet seeks Big-4 conf on restricted agenda; Schuman seeks to show West will negotiate; Paris sources indicate other reasons for conf, including Eur fears tension might be raised if Repubs nominate Sen Taft or Gen MacArthur for Pres; GB undecided; US asks London and Paris clarify stands

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Notable Births

Spencer Abraham

1952Spencer Abraham, American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy[†]

Edward Spencer Abraham is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States secretary of energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001. Abraham is one of the founders of the Federalist Society, and a co-founder of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. As of 2025, he is the last Republican to have served as a U.S. senator from Michigan.

Junior Brown

1952Junior Brown, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Jamieson "Junior" Brown is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released 12 studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is the "guit-steel" double-neck guitar, a hybrid of electric guitar and lap steel guitar.

Notable Deaths

Harry Lawson (politician)

1952Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (born 1875)[†]

Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG, was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Victoria from 1918 to 1924. He later entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for Victoria from 1929 to 1935, and was briefly a minister in the Lyons government. He was a member of the Nationalist Party until 1931, when it was subsumed into the United Australia Party.

Historical Context for June 12, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]