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LONDON, Aug. 23.—Paris shook loose the shackles of four yeajs of enemy bondage today and stood free once more, lib erated by armed and unarmed thousands of Frenchmen who swept the Nazis from the city’s streets, while American armed might drew up around the capital. A special communique from Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s headquarters in London announced the liberation after four days of street fighting which recalled scenes of Bastille Day when the mobs of Paris once before struck a historic blow for liberty. This time, the communique said, the fight was led by 50,000 organized French Forces of the Interior, bol stered by thousands more who joined in with whatever weapons they could find. The announcement touched off broadcasts to Frenchmen every where as the triumphant strains of *'La Marseillaise” sounded again to the news of a French victory. No Word of U. S. Entry. There was no word immediately that American troops had entered the city. But the French said they had seized all public buildings, won com plete control of the situation, and captured all the Vichy representa tives who had not fled. Paris was back in French hands just four years and 74 days from the time * Adolf Hitler’s troops marched in. German troops, then at the flood tide of conquest, en tered June 14, 1940. The city became the first con tinental capital of a full-fledged ally to be freed from German dom ination. Rome has been taken, but Italy started the war as an enemy and now is a co-belligerent. The Patriot flare-up began with a strike of Paris police. They seized the prefecture and turned the fa mous lie de La Cite “into a fortress against which the German attacks broke,” the communique said. De Gaulle, Eisenhower Confer. Gen. de Gaulle conferred with Gen. Eisenhower in France two days ago—presumably on details of civil affairs control of the capital which once more is the pride of all France. (The British radio reported to day the head of the French Com mittee of National Liberation had arrived in Rennes, on the Brittany Peninsula, after visit ing Coutances, Avranches and a number of other liberated French cities.) There was no announcement after the De Gaulle-Eisenhower confer ence. It. seemed likely that the French, who freed their capital, would be allowed to administer it. There was no indication in the French communique what casualties j had beea inflicted on the German! forces or how many had been cap tured. Allied airmen for two days have been reporting the Nazis pull ing out of the city to the east over every road. (The Germans did not immedi ately acknowledge any change in the status of Paris. A DNB broad cast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission at 6:17 a.m.. Eastern War Time, said “the situation in Paris has calmed down as the result of strict meas ures, but it cannot be said whether terrorist and irresponsi ble elements will provoke unrest shortly.”) Rise From l nderground. The thousands of French men and women who struck down the in vaders who had brought misery and despair to their homes rose from the underground of the Montmartre and Montparnasse. They struck from the east and from the west. French colonies were quick to be gin celebrating liberation of their homeland capital. An Algiers broad cast announced Gen. Georges Catroux had ordered the display of the tri-color throughout Alberia and the ringing of all church bells. The liberation will be celebrated In Algiers at 6 p.m. by salvos of all the city’s batteries and the blowing of sirens on all the city’s buildings. Lt. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig, FFX commander and military (pov ernor of Paris, gave his offi cial version of the deliverance of the capital: “On the morning of Saturday, August 19, the National Council of Resistance and the Paris Committee of Liberation, in agreement with the national delegate representing the provisional government of the FTench Republic, ordered a general insurrection in Paris and in the Parisian district. “French forces of the interior to the number of 50.000 armed men, supported by several hundred thou sand unarmed Patriots, went into action immediately. Prefecture Seized. “The Paris police, who had previ ously gone on strike, seized the police prefecture and the lie de La Cite. The turned the lie de La Cite into a bastion, against which German attacks broke down. “Toward 8 p.m. yesterday, August 22, after a four-day struggle, the enemy had been beaten everywhere and the Patriots occupied all public buildings. “Representatives of Vichy were arrested or are in flight. “Thus the people of Paris have taken a prominent part in the Liberation of the capitaL “Long live France 1” a 4 r Americans Drive Into Grenoble, 140 Miles Inside South France Big Industrial City Long Well Known As Hotbed of French Resistance By the Associated Press. ROME, Aug. 23. —American troops of the 7th Army, in a spectacular surprise thrust deep into Southern France through German defenses, have entered the large industrial city of Gre noble, 140 airline miles north of the Mediterranean coast, it was announced today. A swift American armored and motorized infantry column plunged into the city, long a hotbed of the French Patriot movement, with "French Forces of the Interior play ing an effective support role,” Allied headquarters said. This quick advance put Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s spearhead within less than 240 miles airline from the most southerly points offi cially announced as reached by American troops below Paris, and it appeared that the two Allied French fronts would be joined much sooner than originally thought pos sible.’ Grenoble, 58 miles southeast of Lyon and situated on a river lead ing directly to the Rhone Valley, 30 miles to the west, is 80 miles or more beyond the last reported Allied positions in Southern France. Lying in the French Alps, the city has a population of approximately 100,000 and is a rail center on the Parls-Lyon-Marseille route. It also commands access to important mountain passes in Eastern France. Towns taken by the Americans en route to Grenoble included Digne, Sisterton, Aspres, Gap, St. Bonnet and L’Argentiere, the latter 35 miles from the Italian border. (A broadcast by Radio France at Algiers said Allied forces were less than 11 miles from the Ital ian frontier, but there was no confirmation.) At Grenoble the Americans were roughly only 70 airline miles from the Swiss frontier and for all prac tical purposes already had' sealed off the Nazi forces in Southern France from communication with the enemy in Northwestern Italy. The Americans also were in posi tion, by striking westward, to cut off German units reported fleeing (See RIVIERA, Page A-2.) Air Observers Reporl Flight ol Nazi 7th Appears to Be Rout British and Canadians Race 10 to 15 Miles to Push Germans Harder By the Associated Press. SUPREME ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, Aug. 23.—As French patriots liberated Paris, Allied airmen today described the flight of the battered German 7th Army across the Seine as having the appearance of a “rout.” On the left of the Allied line, British and Canadian Armies raced ahead 10 to 15 miles, pushing the Germans tighter against the Seine and into the fire of American flank ing forces moving toward the sea along the left bank. Still a third dramatic develop ment came as an American armored column drove more than naif way across France and plunged past the ancient town of Sens, only 160 miles from the German border to the northeast near the Saar toton of Neunkirchen. City Already Outflanked. While the capture of Paris was certain to' have a tremendous psy chological effect on the Germans and bring joy to every French home, the capital already was out of the pic ture militarily. The city had been outflanked by American bridgeheads across the Seine to the northwest and south east and some radio reports, which were not confirmed at Supreme Headquarters, already placed Ameri can tanks at Meaux, less than 25 miles from Chateau-Thierry. If true, this report meant the Ameri cans already were fighting on World War battlefields. The new Allied trap of Marshal Guenther von Kluge’s riddled forces along the left bank of the Seine ap peared to be closing on all sides as the Germans gave up all attempt at an organized rearguard action. At the Seine crossing Allied planes hammered the German troops and were expected to deliver still more punishment today as the weather showed signs of clearing. Others Flee Toward River. Other German troops fled toward the river, where hundreds of river craft of every description from rub ber boats to small steamers had been gathered to feerry them across. Six hundred German tanks, ve hicles and locomotives fell before the guns and bombs of Allied planes. Supreme Headquarters said, while a belated German Air Force attempt to give fleeing Nazi ground troops cover resulted in the destruction of 37 enemy aircraft. Driving up the coast toward the mouth of the Seine and the great port of Le Havre, Dutch and Belgian units took the famous resort cities of Trouville, Villers-sur-Mer and Deauville. Le Havre is 7 miles across the Seine estuary from Trouville. Seven miles southeast of Deau ville the Allies took Pont l'Eveque. The British and Canadian Army lines squeezed forward from 10 to 15 miles, engulfing the important road hub of Lisieux, 16 miles south east of Deauville. At Trouville the Allies were at the mouth of the Seine and as far inland as Lisieux they were all the way from 10 to 30 miles from the lower reaches of the river. In the center of the front Laigle, 15 miles east of recently fallen Gace, also was taken. Yanks Near Evreux and Vernon. On the inland 6ide of the Seine trap, American troops driving toward the sea parallel to the river were reaching points near Evreux and Vernon, generally 50 airline miles from the mouth. The whole German a sea south of the river was contracting rapidly. There were indications that all Qer (See FRANCE; Page A-3J “ t 1 Report of New Allied Landing at Bordeaux Still Unconfirmed French Military Officers Quoted as Declaring Operation Is Under Way By the Associated Press. LONDON,' Aug. 23.—A new Al lied landing near Bordeaux on the southwest coast of France was reported early today in ap parently well-authenticated ad vices from the Spanish frontier, but hours later Supreme Allied Headquarters still refused to confirm or deny the report. A dispatch written in Hendaye by Charles S. Foltz, chief of the Associated Press Madrid bureau, who crossed the border into South ern France after the Germans had evacuated frontier posts, quoted French military authorities as say ing the landing was 'begun last night under cover of a naval and aerial bombardment. (A dispatch from supreme Allied headquarters by Associated Press Correspondent Wes Gal lagher said: “If such landings took place it was believed they were on an extremely small scale. It is regarded as unlikely that Gen. Eisenhower would un dertake a dangerous amphibious expedition to capture an area which the Germans are trying their best to get out of and which could be had by the Allies for the asking.”) Junction of Forces Reported. The French officials said the land ing operation was co-ordinated with a ground attack by American and French forces which effected a Junc tion at noon yesterday on the out skirts of Bordeaux. The officials declared Allied planes had paved the way for the landing with a low-level attack and that Allied warships had poured shells into Bordeaux for more than an hour. The American troops participat ing in the assault from the land ward side of the city were said to have driven southward from the Loire River, 170 miles to the north, while the French were described as a well-armed division of volunteers which left Hendaye yesterday. Mr. F’oltz, who filed his dispatch through Spain after returning to the border, said explosions which sounded like an intense aerial and naval bombardment in the Bordeaux area were clearly audible in the Irun-Hendaye frontier region. Just before the blasts were heard, he said, a single plane dropped flare at intervals along the Spanish frontier, apparently to mark the border. Refuses Further Comment. In response to queries concerning the reported landing, a spokesman at Supreme Headquarters said the French announcement was “outside our province” and refused further comment. (The War Department -Public Relations Office in Washington said it had no Information on a new landing.) The Berlin radio made no mention during the night of the situation around Bordeaux. Bordeaux, a city of 260,000, situat ed at the mouth of the Gironde River 110 miles north of the Spanish frontier, apparently is the last pocket of organized German re sistance in Southwestern France. One of nance’s most important Atlantic ports, it had been employed by the Nazis as a submarine base during the battle of the Atlantic and in Allied hands could serve as a major debarkation point for sup plies. The city was the seat of the Rey naud government at the time of the French collapse in June, lMt, and it was there that the decision was made to sign an armistice with -Germany. k Russians Push On In Twin Drives on Romanian Front By the Auocieted Press. LONDON, Aug. 23. —Russian troops have reached the beaches of Riga, Latvian seaport and capital, the Berlin radio reported today in an official DNB dis patch. Riga, largest city In the Baltic States, with 393,000 population, has been virtually besieged for a month or more. Russian troops pushed a 10-mile wide corridor to the Baltic 25 miles west of Riga some weeks ago, but on Monday the Germans said the corridor had been snapped and com munications re-established with the German 16th and 18th Armies, esti mated to number up to 30 divisions of perhaps 300.000 men. % Pour Russian Army groups swiftly cleaning up Estonia and Latvia and Lithuania have been pressing stead ily on Riga for weeks. Early this week Red columns were reportd within 18 to 20 miles south, 55 miles east and southeast. If the Riga beaches have been reached, another trap has been sprung on the bulk of German troops still in the Baltic states. Russian Troops Advance Beyond Captured Iasi MOSCOW, Aug. 23 UP).—Two Rus sian Armies surged through1 heavy German resistance today in new twin offensives on the Lower Ukraine fronts, one spearing beyond cap tured Iasi, large Romanian industrial center, and the other curling south westward to within 60 miles of the mouth of the Danube. (The direction and the force of the drives indicated a double Rus sian goal—to eliminate Romania from the war and to capture the Ploesti oil fields, Germany ’s chief remaining source of petroleum.) Announcing last night that the two-pronged attack began four days ago, a Russian communique said the 2d and 3d Ukrainian front armies of Gens. Rodion Y. Malinovsky and Feodor Tolbukhin had swept through more than 350 towns, toppling the industrial city of Iasi, killing 25,000 Germans and Romanians and cap turing 12,000. and gaining 38 to 44 miles on a 156-mile front. «jr»rrison wiped uui. Premier Stalin announced the fall of Iasi, formerly known as Jassy, in an order of the day. Russian forces first drew up before the city last April. A communique said “the large garrison was wiped out to the last man” in 24 hours of street fighting. Gen. Malinovsky’s troops also threw German and Romanian forces out of Mironeasa, 16 miles south west of Iasi; Targu-Frumos, 27 miles to the west, and Ungheni-Targ, 10 miles east on the Prut River, the Soviet war bulletin said. On the southeast the 3d Ukrainian Army drove beyond the ancient fortress town of Tighina and cap tured Cimislia and Tarutino, 44 miles from the starting point. Among 150 other towns which fell was Volintiri, 60 miles from the Danube's mouth. (From Tarutino Gen. Tolbuk hin’s troops were about 70 miles northeast of the Galati gateway leading both to Ploesti and Buch arest, the Romanian capital.) Planes Raid Constanta. In conjunction with the new of fensives Red Army planes raided Constanta, Black Sea port 135 miles down the coast. A communique said two transports, five auxililary craft and four barges were sunk. Other vessels were damaged and an oil refinery set afire. The daily Russian communique announced steady gains elsewhere along the battlefronts on the north, including new westward penetra tions northeast of .Warsaw and ex tension of a wedge into the oenter of Estonia. Woman Is Shot Alighting From Hyattsville Streetcar A woman identified as Mrs. Celia Jones, 21, of Branchville, Md., was shot three times this morning as she alighted from a streetcar at Baltimore avenue and Hamilton street, Hyattsville, Md. Police said one shot pierced Mrs. Jones’ side and two entered her leg. Her assailant escaped on foot in the confusion following the shooting. Prince Georges County police said her husband, Pvt. John J. Jones, had been reported as absent without leave from his Army post. Mrs. Jones, 4rho was said to be employed at Woolworth’s store in Hyattsville, was given first aid at the scene by Dr. Aaron Deitz of Hyattsville and removed to Sibley Hospital in the Bladensburg Fire Department Rescue Squad ambu lance. i At the hospital her condition was described as serious, but not critical. It was thought that an operation would be performed to remove the bullets. Prince Georges police said they had received a telephone call from Mrs. Jones Sunday, informing them that her husband was AWOL. Mon day, police said, they received a cir cular from the Army listing the sol dier as absent without permission. ▲ Heaviest Dawn Robot Attack Blasts South England Area Bombs Come So Fast That British Gunners Get No Respite Er the Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 23.—South Eng land today suffered its heaviest dawn attack of flying bombs yet, as Allied armies beat toward the launching platforms in Pas-de Calais beyond the Seine. The robot* came so fast that gun ners had no respite In throwing up a terrific curtain of ground 11k. Clouds of smoke over the sea indi cated the number of bombs brought down in the Channel, others were heard exploding aloft. The antiaircraft fire was the heaviest yet heard—a continuous roar of a thunderstorm along the coast. One buzz bomb, after being hit, shot upward above a town, leaving a trail of smoke. It then dived in land in a wide circle before crash ing. A number of casualties, including some deaths, were reported, mostly from bombs striking residential sec 50 Killed as Plane Hits British Town; 34 Are Children By the Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 23.—A plane crashed on the infants' depart ment of a church school in PrecUeton, Lancashire, today, killing 50 persons, 34 of them children. The plane plunged almost in the center of the village, setting afire the whole area. Several other buildings were wrecked or burned. tions. Bomb shelters survived the bombardment. Afl American Army officer await ing a bus was killed. In one district where tenements were blasted, the Women’s Volun teer Service established relief offices in a saloon and served tea in tank ards. Red Cross boxes from the United States helped bring com fort. The boxes were donated by the Jefferson School of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and the grammar school at East Douglas, Mass. Late Bulletin Polio Cases Reach 104, All-Time High Here The infantile paralysis out break in Washington today reached an all-time high as nine more new cases within the past 24 hours raised to 104 the total number of cases reported in the Metropolitan Area since July 1. Health Officer George C. Ruhland went into conference with his aides this morning to study means of combating the situation. Two More Jap Generals Killed, Tokyo Announces Ey the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The Jap anese Ministry of War announced today in a Tokyo broadcast that two more Japanese generals had met death ‘‘in line of duty abroad,” the Office of War Information said. Maj. Gen. Genkichi Shima died August 6 and Maj. Gen. Genzo Mln akami died August 8, the ministry said in announcing their posthum ous promotions to the rank of lieu tenant general. ^ The ministry did not disclose where the generals had met their death nor under what circum stances. New York Market Opening List NEW YORK, Aug. 23 OP).—1The general stock market direction con tinued downward in today’s earl? proceedings. Off small fractions at a quiet opening were Bethlehem, Kenne cott, U. S. 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On the heels of House passage late yesterday *0! its long-debated disposal bill setting up a single ad ministrator, the Senate Military Affairs Committee recommended that Congress adopt instead drasti cally revised machinery built around a board of eight members represent ing various geographical areas and economic interests. The Senate arranged to start de bate today on its own bill. Indica tions were the conflict might lead to a prolonged dispute rivaling the still-unsettled controversy over State vs. Federal control over unemploy ment benefits to war workers. In the background of the fight was Will L. Clayton, Houston (Tex.) cotton exporter, temporary War Property administrator by ap pointment of President Roosevelt. Mr. Clayton is backing the House bill and has been considered in line for appointment as permanent ad ministrator should the one-man plan be adopted. Would Abolish Clayton Post. Mr. Clayton’s post would be abol ished by the Senate bill. Some members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee have been criti cal of his policies. While the House bill would leave Mr. Clayton free to delegate prop erty disposal to Government agen cies of his choosing, the Senate bill would place surplus lands disposal under the joint control of the In terior and Agriculture Departments. It would make War Food Admini strator Marvin Jones the final ar biter of policies governing <u«pn«ai of surplus foodstuffs and cotton and woolen goods. Otherwise the board, appointed by the President subject to Senate confirmation, would have full con trol over disposal policies, with four members of Congress—two ftam each House—sitting In on Its meet ings as observers. Senator O’Mahoney. Democrat of Wyoming, said the Senate commit tee. felt that surplus property dis posal Involved such complex prob (See SURPLUS PROPERTY, A-i) Failure to Get Half Of Shells Required For Landing Revealed Gen. Cloy Gives Senate Investigators Figures On Supply Shortages Br the Associated Press. Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, di rector of materiel for the Army Service Forces, has Informed Senate war investigators that a theater commander failed to get half the 155-nun. ammunition needed for a recent landing op eration. Gen. Clay, Who appeared before the War Investigating Committee last Wednesday, was revealed Iasi night to have asserted that in one production category—8-inch howitzei shells—there was a 53 per cent shortage. The committee Is con sidering the whole question of war supplies and surpluses. Gen. Clay said there were serious shortages in a number of categories, largely because of a manpower prob lem. But on small-arms ammuni tion, he said, the best estimates show that "our stocks on hand, plus production, would carry us through 1945, leaving us at that time with the authorized reserve levels." The supply of .30-caliber ammu nition will last 19 months, he said, and there is a 17 months’ supply of .50-caliber. Request for Bombs Rejected. The general made these points: A recent urgent request from Britain for 1,000 one-ton bombs had to be turned down "because we knew we couldn’t make them.” Ample supplies of crude rubber, synthetics and manufacturing equip men are available, but not the man power, so the Army and civilian economy "face an acute situation in truck and bus tires. We cannot keep our preseent offensives going unless we have the large-size tires needed for heavy trucks and combat vehicles.” The Army faces a difficult prob lem—a deficit of 50,000,000 yards this year—in obtaininng enough duck to provide tents for men on combat fronts where they are In many Instances the only form of housing available. Shortages Enumerated. He testified that deliveries of war supplies in July were about 4 per cent under the forecast made on the first of the month and 3 per cent below the June rate. Included in the shortages, he said, were a 9 per cent deficit in heavy trucks, 5 per cent in bombs, 45 per cent in 155-mm. shells, and 46 per cent in 240-mm. howitzer shells. The latest revised figure for August, Gen. Clay said, resulted in a reduction in anticipated deliveries of $17,000,000 in heavy trucks, $8, 000,000 each in light-heavy trucks, tanks and bombs and $3,000,000 in heavy field artillery ammunition. Swiss Break Relations With Vichy Government Br the Associated Preu. LONDON, Aug. 23.—Switzerland broke off diplomatic relations wltl the Vichy government today, assert ing Marshal Petaln no longer con sidered himself chief of state. An announcement of the Swlsi radio said: “The Swiss Federal Council, hav ing taken note of Petain's statemeni that he has been taken forcibly from Vichy and no longer considered himself chief of state, have broker off diplomatic representation will the Petain-Laval government.” Prof. Einstein Rescued After Boat Capsizes Br the Associated Preu. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y„ Aug. 23 —Prof. Albert Einstein was throws into the choppy waters of lowei Saranac Lake when his sailboat capsized yesterday. The noted physicist and several companions were quickly rescued, None suffered ill effects. L -1—-- i Hull and Dulles Confer Today on Postwar Plans Dumbarton Parley Begins Scrutiny of Security Proposals Secretary of State Hull meets today with John Foster Dulles, adviser to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey on foreign affairs, In an effort to work out an agreement for Democratic-Republican co-oper ation on postwar security plans. The conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at the State Depart ment. Meanwhile, with outlines of the British. American and Russian plans formally before it, the Four Power Security Conference at Dum barton Oaks began a detailed ex amination of them in an effort to reconcile conflicting viewpoints. Mr. Dulles, who arrived here yes terday, scheduled talks this morning with Senator Austin, Republican, of Vermont and Senator Vanden burg. Republican, of Michigan, both «of whom are taking a keen interest in foreign policy developments. Mr. Dulles expects to remain here until Friday and will confer with other Republican House and Senate leaders. The security plans were presented to the conference yesterday bv lead ers of the three (legations—Under secretary of State Stettinius for the United States, Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko for Soviet Russia and Sir Alexander Cadogan for Great | Britain. British Back U. S. Plan. Reporters were barred from the conference, but a brief communique on its work yesterday was issued at the State Department by Michael J. McDermott, Secretary Hull’s aide in charge of public relations. His statement contained no detail about the three plans, of which only the American one has been publicly summarized. The American plan, with which the British are in substantial agree ment, provides for an assembly of all the United Nations, a council of the “Mg four” powers—the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China—with a rotating member ship of seven for the smaller na tions. It provides for the use' of military force against aggression by direction of the council, but speci fies that such forces 6hall be con tributed from the national defense establishments of the member na tions rather than being interna tionally organized on a permanent basis. Russia’s plan, it is understood un officially, provides for an assembly which would have only a consulta tive role, and places more emphasis on the authority of the "big four" in determining what constitutes ag gression and in taking military ac tion to deal with it. In view of the strong sentiment shown in Congress for protecting the rights and authority of small nations, it is considered virtually certain that the United States del egation will insist on the principle of giving them a voice in all mat ters that concern them directly. Compromise Hoped For. However, it Is hoped that some compromise can be worked out which will assure Russia of prompt and decisive action by the security league in dealing with aggression. The Russians are understood to feel that the failure of the old League of Nations to deal effectively with the rise of Nazi power in Europe was due to the endless bickering and debates among the 60-odd na tions at Geneva, whose unanimous vote was required for the employ ment of sanctions, and is deter mined that the future security or ganization shall be "streamlined" for fast and effective action by the major powers. Meanwhile, the Polish-American Congress, which claims to represent 6,000,000 citizens of Polish extrac tion, has filed with the State De partment a memorandum voicing strong objection to any league based on a "sphere of influence” concep tion. The Poles apparently fear that under such a system Russia would dominate all the small coun tries of Eastern and Central Europe. After declaring that the 300, 000,000 people of the small Euro pean nations are America’s strong est allies in continental Europe, the memorandum states: "The assurance that the countries fighting for the privilege of freedom shall be protected from totalitarian aggression is of paramount im portance. We are of the opinion that the American people should no longer be kept in suspense as to which of the two systems is to be , adopted (i.e. dominance of the lyg powers or a thoroughly democratic postwar league of all states). They should now, with full understanding of the cause, consider the present and future advantages of each and make their choice.” * Dulles May Revise Plans. Mr. Dulles, at a press conference after his arrival, gave some broad indications of possible developments in his talks with Mr. Hull. He brought along, he said, his own ideas and those of Gov. Dewey on organ ising world peace. Depending on how the meeting with Mr. Hull develops, he expected to present those Ideas to the Secre tary and he made it dear that if they were in conflict with the American plan, as already presented at Dumbarton Oaks, he might sug gest some eleventh-hour alterations. However, he said he did not know what the plan is and could not say in advance whether changes would be suggested. Asked whether be intended to remain here for the duration of the (Bee SJDUUKiTY, Page A-S.)