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Weather Forecast From the United State* Weather Bureau Report. Colder with lowest temperatures near freezing this morning. Moderately cold this afternoon and evening. Fresh winds. The Evening and Sunday Star is delivered in the city and suburbs at 80c per month when 4 Sundays; 90c per month when 5 Sundays. The Night Final Edition and Sunday Morning Star at 90c when 4 Sun days; $1.00 when 5 Sundays. An Associated Press Newspaper. No. 1,985—No. 36,139. WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 11, 1943-132 PAGES. * ; Waihincton rpxr'Vr r'U'XT'T'C Elsewhere and Suburb* XLiiX 1 O 12 CENTS Axis Forces Fleeing Above Sfax; Northern Defenses Are Reported Disrupted by Allies' Air Power Enemy's Chances Of 'Dunkerque' Are Lessened By the Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 10.— Sweeping on toward Tunis to make the Axis "endure a first class Dunkerque,” the British 8th Army today captured Sfax, Tunisia’s second largest city, and plunged on northward in pursuit of Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, which was at the mercy of relentless American flank attacks and an increasing downpour of explosives from Al Ued sky fighters. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery or dered his troops to race on for a final slaughter on the beaches of Tunis, and the chances of the Axis to escape by sea as the British did at Dunkerque were lessened by ap proximately 100 Flying Fortresses and huge numbers of American fighters operating out over the Med iterranean. Rommel’s troops appeared to be running at full speed for a new de fense line on a ridge in the Enfida ville area, about 100 miles north of Sfax, and only 50 miles below the :apital, Tunis. Slight Air Defense. But front-line dispatches said Al lied air power was so terrific that the enemy's northern defenses were largely disrupted. Germany's air force practically had ceased to exist. (German broadcasts were gloomy. Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, Berlin radio commentator, in a broadcast recorded by the Asso ciated Press said the Allie had a “well-nigh inexhaustible sup ply of reserves'’ on land and un questioned air superiority. (Capt. Sertorius also said Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, jr. s American troops now were at tacking toward Kairouan in an effort to cut through to Sousse' on the coast and trap Axis forces caught in the flight from Sfax. (The Morocco radio said planes from Allied aircraft carriers had joined the massive Allied desert air fleet in the assault on Rom mel's weary columns. < A French communique broad cast- by the Algiers radio said French forces in Central Tunisia had advanced more than 9 miles north of Picnon and in the moun tainous region of the Djebel Zela, "which commands the plain of Kairouan."; Crushing Tower and Speed. Four infantry divisions and ar mored units of the British 8th Army pursued the retreating Axis forces with such crushing power and speed that for the first time in their 1.500 mile backtrack across North Africa Rommel's sappers had little or no time for mine-sowing to delay Gen. Montgomery’s forces. Exhorting his men to even greater efforts, Gen. Montgomery said: "Let us make the enemy face up to and endure a first-class Dunkerque * *. If we collect in prisoners at the present rate—(more than 20.000 since the opening of the Mareth Line battle)—the enemy will soon have no infantry left to hold his posi tions.” The present drive, he said, was the third and final phase of the 8th Army's campaign to exterminate the enemy in Tunisia. First, h.% said, Rommel was thrown from his Mareth position; second, he w»as routed from the Gabes Gap; now he is being driven back to Tunis. “I am very proud of my 8th Army,” Gen. Montgomery told his men. "Drive the enemy into the sea.” Observers saw little chance that (See AFRICA. Page A-4.; Owner Is Convicted In Fire Fatal to 490 Two Night Club Aides Acquitted at Boston By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 10.—Barnett Wei ansky, listed as owner of the Cocoa nut Grove, was convicted tonight on 19 counts of manslaughter which re sulted from a fire that took 490 lives at the night club last November 28. At the same time a jury which deliberated five hours, acquitted James Welansky, described by the prosecution as the acting manager of the club on the night of the fire, and Jacob Goldfine, wine steward, who also were charged with 19 counts of manslaughter. Goldfine and James Welansky* were ordered discharged by Judge J h L. Hurley. i trial had lasted four weeks, during which 127 witnesses, many of whom were in the fire, testified and during which 154 exhibits, in cluding scarred doors, were ad mitted to evidence. The prosecution contended the defendants were guilty of man slaughter because they were wanton and reckless in the operation of the club both by failing to provide adequate safety equipment and also, as in the case of cloth ceilings, by creating actual fire hazards. >:•---— Two Italian Cruisers Blasted By "Forts/ 27 Planes Downed Axis Fuel-Bearing Aerial Convoy Smashed; No Losses Suffered by Americans By the Associated Press. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH 'AFRICA, April 10.— American airmen smashed two 10,000-ton Italian cruisers, the Trieste and Gorizia, and shot down 27 Axis planes out of a fuel bearing sky convoy today to cripple the enemy’s supply lines to Tunisia and dim Axis hopes of escape by sea from that battle ground. Both attacks were carried out without the loss of a United States I plane, even though perhaps 100 i Flying Fortresses flew unescorted to the attack on the two cruisers in their Sardinian hideaway. The measure of the fierce Allied sky pounding was disclosed in an announcement that the Northwest African air forces alone (exclusive of the western desert units) had dropped over 4,000.000 pounds of bombs since the Mareth offensive began. Flying Fortresses, assembled in a strength described as “one of the largest formations ever used any where,’ scored direct bomb hits on the Trieste and Gorizia hiding in the La Maddelena harbor of Sardinia. Twin-engined Lightnings scored a smashing victory in their assault on the convoy of 30 to 50 enemy planes rushing fuel to Axis tanks and trans ports in Tunisia, downing 27 en emy craft. The aerial convoy was sighted over Sicily, and Axis planes were shot down like pigeons, the United States pilots said. In a 15-minute battle they sent 18 transports, 8 Italian Macchis and 1 Focke-Wullf plunging into the sea. The transports hit the water with explosions and bursts of flame, in dicating they were carrying gasoline. Two United States pilots got four German planes apiece, and every pilot in the American formation shot down or damaged at least one plane. The transports were Junkers 52's,! escorted by 15 fighters, most of them Macchis. The Flying Fortresses not only damaged two of Mussolini’s finest heavy cruisers, but also smashed up (See CRUISERS, Page A-4.) Russians Again Check Germans in Donets, Killing 300 Troops Two-Day Toll Raised to 1,500; Enemy Thrusts Are Declared Weaker r By the Associated Press. LONDON, Sunday, April 11.— Russian troops mowed down 300 Germans attacking their Donets River line yesterday near Balak leya, 35 miles southeast of Khar kov, boosting their two-day toll of the enemy to 1,500, Moscow announced early today. The midnight Russian communi que recorded by the Soviet Monitor said successive German efforts to crack the Red Army positions were repulsed. These attempts were weaker than those on Friday when the Germans were said to have lost 1.200 men—approximately half of the three battalions hurled into action. In this single sector the Russians said their troops also destroyed 14 tanks, and a number of mobile enemy artillery pieces and mortars in the last two days. The communique said 100 Ger mans were killed in a local action in the Western Caucasus, and on the western front the Red Army was reported to have captured one populated place and a strategically important hill. One Soviet detachment raiding behind the German lines on the central front killed 40 Germans found working on fortifications. It added. Four blockhouses and seven artillery batteries were destroyed, and a German detachment w-as wiped out on this same front, the noon bulletin yesterday said. Both Russian and German broad casts recorded by the Associated Press, however, described the long front as temporarily stabilized. Both armies apparently were hard at work on defensive and offensive plans to be carried out at the end of the spring thaw. Fuels Official Quits NEW YORK. April 10 (/PI.—Brig. Gen. Brice P. Disque, assistant co ordinator of solid fuels for war, has resigned the post effective to day, it was learned here. Omaha, Council Bluffs Facing Worst Flood Since 1881 Disaster Red Cross Ready to Care For Evacuees; Nebraska, Iowa Call Out Home Guard By the Associated Press. OMAHA, April 10.—The flood swollen Missouri River, its muddy waters already spilling over thousands of Nebraska and Iowa farm acres, threatened the met ropolitan areas of Omaha and Council Bluffs tonight with the biggest destruction wrought by flood since the disaster of 1881. To meet that threat hundreds of workers strengthened dikes. Red Cross and Salvation Army officials prepared to care for evacuated fami lies and civilian defense workers stood by to answer any emergency calls to duty. In addition Home Guards from Nebraska and Iowa, called out by their governors, patrolled danger areas and assisted local law enforce ment agencies. Towns Unprepared. Unless Missouri River towns fac ing serious flood conditions become "flood conscious” they will not be prepared for what is coming next week, Lt. Col. Ole Hoass of the Omaha District United States En gineers declared at Nebraska City, down the river from Omaha. Col. Hoass, visiting river towns in an effort to awaken the localities to their danger, described Hamburg, Iowa, As the most seriously menaced and advised local officials to rein force the dikes protecting the town. Army engineers teamed with offi cials up and down the river, sending barges to evacuate livestock strended on farms, and moving families from the stricken area. Crest of the flood is moving down from Sioux City, Iowa, where a dike in a residential section broke today, inundating dozens of homes. Approximately 20 families have been moved from flooded lowland area in East Omaha, and officials prepared to ask for evacuation of 100 more as a safety measure. The river is expected to reach a stage of more than 23 feet in Omaha Tuesday. In the flood of 1881, when (See FLOOD, Page A-4.) Justice Hughes, 81 Today, Finds 'Old Age Very Agreeable Time' Charles Evans Hughes retired Chief Justice, is rarely available to interviewers, but he received James W. Douthat, chief Su preme Court correspondent for the Associated Press. Mr. Douthat has been a Supreme Court cor respondent nearly eight years. By JAMES W. DOUTHAT. “If a person is philosophical and has intellectual interests old age is a very agreeable time.” That verdict was rendered yester day by Charles Evans Hughes on the eve of his birthday anniversary today. He will be 81. Referring to his age, the white bearded jurist, who retired « Chief Justice July 1,1941, added this com ment: “Of course, one appreciates his limitations. You can't beat the calendar.” Justice Hughes said most of his working time is spent in going over his private papers and compiling data concerning the historic events in which he participated as chief Justice, 1916 Republican nominee for President, Secretary of State, Gov ■* ernor of New York and In other ca pacities during his life. The jurist is not writing his memoirs or anything autobiograph ical for publication during his life time, he emphasized, but is inter ested in assembling accurate data for use by historians after his death. Seated in the office at his home at 2223 R street N.W., where he wrote many famous Supreme Court opinions, Justice Hughes followed his longstanding custom of declining to discuss public affairs. He takes the position that he still is con nected with the court, even though retired, and is not free to talk pub licly on controversial issues. The Justice reads about six news-' papers daily. In addition, he reads magazine articles on national and international'affairs and innumer able books. Not only does he read widely In history and biography, but he has read most of the recent best sellers, both fiction and non-fiction. At Si he is living his life in a leisurely manner, following many years of strenuous activity. And obviously he is finding his bid age "a very agreeable time.” House to Probe » Newsprint Cut And Label Plan Fears Plot to Ruin Free Press and Ban Private Brands THREE U. S. AGENCIES move to cut paper waste in Government. Page A-5 By the Associated Press. A sweeping inquiry into Gov ernment curtailment of news print was ordered by the House yesterday as part of an even broader investigation to deter mine whether there is an at tempt underway “to change our domestic economy along lines not authorized by Congress.” The assignment for the investiga tion was given to the House Inter state Commerce Committee. The measure swept through without a record vote after an hour's discus sion,'during which: Representative Halleck, Republic an, of Indiana asserted, “If any one is trying to slip something over, the curtain will be pulled back.” Fears Plot Against Press. « Representative Shafer, Republic an, of Michigan, in a speech inserted in the record, declared, “It will en able the Congress to determine the extent to which a conspiracy exists to destroy the freedom of the press in America,” and Representative Bulwinkle, Demo crat, North Carolina, said, “This is not going to be a political investiga tion. There is not going to be any sniping.” The committee specifically was di rected to investigate whether the War Production Board, the Office of Price Administration “or any other agency or officer in the executive branch of the Government, has formulated or is formulating plans with a view to putting into effect: j "1. Requirements with respect to Federal grade labeling of articles or commodities, and the discarding of private names of articles or com modities. . “2. Requirements which would have the effect of curtailing the production or consumption of news print or book papers used in the printing of newspapers, magazines, or such other publications as are admitted to second-class mailing privileges. “3. Any other requirements in tended to bring about simplification and standardization of production, marketing, and distribution of arti cles or commodities, as well as con centration of industry or produc tion. To Study Tie-up to War. In addition, the committee was ordered to determine whether “such plans” were necessary in connec tion with the yjar effort, and the extent to which they “may repre sent an attempt to change our do mestic economy along lines not authorized by Congress.” Mr. Shafer told the House that “for a considerable length of time many of us have been disturbed at what we believe to be a persistent, determined and concerted effort by Government agencies and officials to interfere with and curtail the full freedom qf the press as guar anteed to the people of America un der the Constitution.” He added: Climax in A. P. Suit. “These efforts seemed to have reached their climax in the filing of what I term the spite suit against the Associated Press last August, a suit which alleges that the As sociated Press is a monopoly and that it has operated in violation of the anti-trust laws. It was my thought at the time that this suit, which clearly re vealed the spleen and animus of the enemies of a free press, was to be the final, as it was in fact the most dangerous, move in the game that was being played and the objective of which was to deprive the Ameri can people of their constitutional right to be told what was going on by an untrammeled press.” He said that he and others had believed that the “enemies” of free dom of the press would “rest in de pendence upon the prosecution of the suit against the Associated Press to accomplish their purpose. “We were in error,” he said. “In stead of placing their dependence on the suit, those striking at the (See NEWSPRINT, Page A-5.)~ Fund for Famine Relief Ordered by Chiang Br the Associated Press. CHUNGKING. April 10 —Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek today ordered an appropriation of 20, 000,000 Chinese dollars (about $600, 000) for relief in famine-ridden Honan Province. He instructed military authorities in Honan and Shansi Provinces to make available from army stocks enough rice to keep starving mil lions alive until harvest time. /TAKE THAT 10 (.Madam Perkins!, «■ /BUT DEAN MORSE SAIDA YOU WANTED ID HANDLE I yALL WAGE aSPUTKy Ill Looks Like the Dean Covered Too Much Territory Resignations at OWI Mountto 14, Including Two More Unit Chiefs Those Quitting Declare Advertising Men Now Are Dominating Agency By the Associated Press. Resignations from the domestic branch of the Office of War In formation reached a total of 14 last night, including two more division chiefs whose departure had not been disclosed pre viously. Some of the dissenting personnel, who said their primary complaint was that advertising men and tech niques had become dominant in OWI, said another half dozen or more resignations could be ex pected. Henry Brennan, former art editor of Fortune Magazine, resigned as chief of the Graphics division, and it was learned that Edward H. Dodd, chief of the Distribution Division and former vice president of Dodd Mead & Co., publishers, had quit two weeks ago. Divisions Combined. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Brennan re- ! signed after their division had been grouped under a new Bureau of Graphics and Distribution, headed by Lt. Comdr. Price Gilbert, former advertising manager of the Coca Cola Co. Mr. Brennan reportedly was being replaced by an AfBcial of the McCann-Erickson Adver tising Agency. These disclosures followed the resignation Friday of Henry F. Pringle, Pulitzer prize winning biog rapher serving as head of the Writ ers’ Division, and the subsequent resignations of several of Mr. Prin gle’s associates, including his im mediate superior, Harold Guinzburg, chief of the Publications Bureau and president of the Viking Press. Gardner Cowles, jr„ director of domestic operations, said the dispute centered about OWI’s new policy of sharply curtailing issuance of pamphlets and booklets and con centrating on newspapers, maga zines, radio and other established channels of information. Cowles Defends Move. “That's the bunk,” Mr. Cowles said, when informed of the complaint against advertising executives and methods. “Certainly advertising men and (See RESIGNATIONS, Page A-21) Ship Returning Bodies Of 10 Clipper Victims By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 10. —The Portuguese liner San Miguel is scheduled to dock here tomorrow from Lisbon, bearing the bodies of 10 persons killed in a Clipper plane crash in the Tagus River on Feb ruary 22. The bodies include those of Frank Cuhel, Cedar Rapids, Ia„ corre spondent for the Mutual Broadcast ing system; Tamara Swann of New York, a singer known professionally as Tamara; Roy Rohnan of New York, of the dance team of Lor raine and Rognan, and Ben Robert son of New York, correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. The bodies will be removed from the ship on Monday, the 4th Naval District said. Pilot Killed, Three Hurt As Army Plane Explodes By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. April 10. — A small Army plane exploded in flight near the Municipal Airport today, killing the pilot and setting a house afire in its fall. The Army identified the pilot as First Lt. Otto Loeach, 28, of Cleve land. Mrs. Gertrude F. Craig, 50, fleeing in panic, as the wreckage fell to earth, suffered a possible fractured skull in a fall, and Willamae Young. 22, was hurt when she leaped from a second-story window of the dam aged house. A city fireman was injured fight ing the house fire. * investigation of the Home Front . Survey Finds War Production Below Level to Assure Victory Wage Incentives Boost Some Plant's Output; Labor Shortage Feared When Peak Is Reached This is the first of a series of articles dealing with the Nation's war production and manpower situation. The prob lem was approached through a survey of war centers looking to the possibility of increasing output and conserving man power by use of xvage incentive plans, or of paying labor more for more production. By JAMES Y NEWTON. Although the Nation’s oufput of war materials taken as a whole is impressive, there is a large segment of American industry only half trying. There are very few war plants where considerable improvement cannot be made. There are many war plants where production can nearly be doubled by elimination of a variety of restrictive influences. Our leaders have told us that America is engaged in a life and-death struggle with a powerful and ruthless foe. Few doubt it. Yet today, 16 months after Pearl Harbor and nearly three years after starting formal preparation for war, the country in a manu facturing way is far removed from the total-war basis we must attain to assure victory. The Star, wishing to find out first hand what the situation was through the country, sent a repre sentative to a number of war centers in the Midwest and East, who dis cussed problems with scores of manufacturers, labor leaders and f-:--—■ Government officials both in Wash ! ington and in the field. Considerable attention now is fo cused on the possibility of increasing production through use of wage in centive plans in plants; of paying (Continued on Page A-9, CoiTiTF New War Bond Drive Starts Tomorrow; D. C. Goal $7(0000 2,000 Volunteers Ready To Conduct Campaign; . Many Groups to Help BOND ISSUES for every type of In vestor offered in new war loan drive. Page A10 More than 2,000 volunteer campaigners will begin pounding pavements and knocking on doors in the District for Uncle Sam tomorrow to sell the Second National War Loan drive for $13,000,000,000 to the public. Joining in what has been termed the largest financial undertaking in history, the District will strive for a quota of more than $70,000,000, of which $42,000,000 will come from private investors. The theme, “They give their lives—you lend your money,” will dominate. And with it will be stressed sound individual invest ment, the future security of the United States, and keeping faith with our men at the front. Every walk of life in the District and throughout the Nation will have a share in the campaign. People are urged during the 20-day drive to go to their banks, investment security dealers and postoffices, where the Government has made available bond issues to fit every purse and type investor. The $13,000,000,000 sought in the (See WAR LOAN, Page A-8.) Davis Acts to Assure Heavy Produdion of Meat, Milk and Poultry Lifts Corn Price 5 Cents And Arranges to Import Feed Grain Supplies By the Associated Press. Moving to assure high produc tion of meat, dairy and poultry ■products and carry out the administration’s anti-inflation program, Food Administrator Chester C. Davis announced yestej-day a program designed to balance prices and supplies of feed on the one hand with prices and supplies of livestock on the other. The program provides for the im portation of feed grains from Can ada and Australia to supplement dwindling domestic reserves, and a five-cent increase in corn prices in the Midwest to start “frozen” stocks of that grain moving to mar ket again. Mr. Davis said the program will cause no increase in the cost of liv ing. Livestock Prices Too High. Declaring that livestock prices, particularly hogs, are too high in relation to OPA ceilings on meat, the administrator said ceilings will be placed on hogs if existing meas ures do not soon bring about a re duction in prices. Hflgs have been bringing close to $16 a hundred pounds on the Chi cago market. That price, Mr. Davis ^(See-LIVESTOCK, Page‘ATi7.F' Second War Loan To the Readers of The Star: The $13,000,000,000 second war loan Is the responsibility of every one of us. As Americans, we must lend our Government every dollar we can during these next few weeks. No matter how much or how little our pay checks are, each of us must do his part. The money is urgently needed to back up our armed forces now on the offensive with the weapons they must have to win and win quickly. We are asked to give up our luxuries and even our comforts to match in a small way the sacrifices our men in the armed forces are making on the fighting fronts. Remember: They give their lives—we are only asked to lend our money. Only you know how much you can lend. Don’t wait for some one to come around and ask you to do your part. Do it now. Do it gladly. Do it to the utmost of your capacity. Do it knowing that upon how much you do depends to an extent how quickly we win this war. The District of Columbia’s quota is $70,000, 000. Of this the public will be asked to subscribe $42, 000,000, the remainder to be purchased by the banks and commercial investors. Farm Groups Hit U. S. Delegation To Food Parley Restriction on Press Coverage Condemned By Four Senators By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr. Organized farm groups last night vigorously assailed the five-man delegation named by President Roosevelt to represent the United States in the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture at Hot Springs, Va„ May 18, while from Capitol Hill came sharp criticism of the State Department’s plans to bar reporters from all but the open ing and closing sessions. The State Department had an nounced earlier that Judge Marvin Jones of the United States Court of Claims ai\d assistant director of economic stabilization would head the delegation, which will include: Paul H. Appleby, Undersecretary of Agriculture; Willliam L. Clayton, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and former big cotton operator in Texas; Dr. Thomas A. Parran, sur geon general of the Public Health Service, and Murray D. Lincoln, executive secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The conference to which 43 na tions have been invited to send dele gates was scheduled originally to open April 27, but was postponed to allow more time for representa tives to reach this country. Each Delegate Singled Out. A spokesman in close touch with the major farm organizations de clared the farm groups "view with bewilderment the appointments an nounced by the State Department.'* Singling out each appointee, he de clared: "While Mr. Jones has always been considered a good friend of agricul ture, he is essentially a lawyer. In the minds of the farm organizations, Mr. Appleby is# a newspaperman with a courtesy title in agriculture. Mr. Clayton is a big cotton operator and represents big business rather than the cotton farmer of the South. "Undoubtedly the surgeon general must have valuable knowledge of j nutrition, but we are unaware of I any agricultural pursuits on his part. | Mr. Lincoln is a conspicuous social ! reformer rather than a tiller of the | soil.” Senators George, Democrat of Georgia; La Follette of Wisconsin; McCarran, Democrat of Nevada, and Butler, Republican of Nebraska joined in condemning the proposal to restrict press coverall, while Sen ator OMahoney, Democrat of Wy oming said he believed the plan is reasonable. The State Department’s announce ment made it clear that reporters would be admitted at only the open ing session and the final plenary session, thus barring newsmen from the technical meetings and commit tee sessions. Comment From Goss. From Albert S. Goss, master of the National Grange, came the com ment that "apparently judging from the composition of the American i representatives, the conference is going to be one dealing with social questions rather than the problems of agriculture.” Representatives of agriculture “are conspicuous by their absence,” he said. "When we discussed the matter of the United Nations food confer ence with the President two weeks ago we were informed there were to be but two American representa tives in attendance. We were not ( See FOOD PARLEY, Page A-8.)' Congress Sophomores Visit White House Army and Navy Leaders Give Report on War By the Associated press. Ninety sophomore members of Congress and their Democratic and Republican leaders sat down with President Roosevelt and his top military and naval advisers at an informal White House party last night and heard what several of them termed "an optimistic” report on the progress of the war. “They painted a very optimistic picture,” House Minority Leader Martin informed reporters in telling of remarks by Gen. George C. Mar shall, Army chief of staff; Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the Fleet, and Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces. Speaker Rayburn, echoing Repre sentative Martin’s statement, said the speeches showed “we are making progress everywhere.” The party was the second in two months for members of Congress, some of whom have expressed a desire to be consulted more fre quently by the White House. More than 100 freshmen members visited the Executive Mansion at the Presi dent's invitation March 9. The legislators sat around the State dining room in small groups, munching cheese and crackers and quaffing cold beer and soft drinks. Many talked briefly with the Presi dent in person, but most of the two hours of the reception was devoted to the speeches of the military men. Guests reported the President in "fine form,” and said the party was a pleasant, social affair. Radio Programs, Page E-3 Complete Index, Page A-2