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Soviet Accuses U. S. and Britain
Of Interference' in Greek Vote,
Asks Report on World Garrisons
Reign of Terror
Declared Paving
Way for Monarch
BULLETIN
PARIS VF).-—The Italian
Economic Commission of the
Peace Conference adopted to
day Russia's demand for
$100,000,000 reparations from
Italy. A Canadian proposal
to set aside the demand for
later discussion was voted
down earlier, 15 to 5.
fty th« Associated Pres*
PARIS. Aug. 30.—Russia ac
cused the United States and
Great Britain today of "inter
ference” in next Sunday's Greek :
election and charged the little
Balkan country was paving the
way for the return of exiled
King George II with “a reign of
terror.”
"We know British troops are there
and American warships are on their:
way.” Russian Foreign Minister;
Molotov told the Peace Conference
during consideration of a Greek re
quest to consider the Greek-Albania
border dispute.
Mr. Molotov asserted it was "high
time we put a stop" to what he
called outside interference and "give
the Greek people a chance to se
lect their own form of government.",
He contended that "the present
form of government in Greece is,
very unpopular aldong the Greek:
people." Greece is the only Bal-j
kan country not strongly under the
influence of Russia.
Greek Border to Be Discussed.
Despite the bitter opposition of
Russia and the Slav bloc, the Peace
Conference voted. 12 to 7. after four
hours of blistering debate to dis
cuss the Greek-Albanian border at
its next meeting. The Greeks in
sist that a part of Northern Epirus
i Southern Albania > now occupied by.:
Albania actually is Greek territory
Secretary of State Byrnes during
the debate declared:
"It seem., incredible to me that we
would deny one of the 21 govern
ments that furnished troops to aid
us in victory the opportunity to pre- i
sent its case—regardless as to our
views on their claims The United
States has no convictions on the
territorial dispute, but the United •
States would give the right to every 1
member to be heard."
Mr. Molotov responded that Rus-1
sia was not opposing a discussion of
the Greek-Albanian border by the
Council of Foreign Ministers of the
United States. Russia, Great Britain
and Fiance. He said the "French
delegate had been right" in insisting
that the matter did not come under,
the five draft treaties prepared for
peace conference considerations. On
the vote. France sided with the Slav j
nations Belgium and Norway ab
stained.
Molotov Scores Greece.
Mr. Molotov, speaking from the
dais without notes, criticized Greece
for what he described as an at
tempt "to involve the Foreign Min
isters council in her claims" against
Albania.
"This is a very dangerous ques
tion because it is calculated to cre
ate trouble in the Balkans.” he said.
The Russian minister asserted
that Greece was attempting to "cre
ate nationalistic sentiment inside
i See CONFERENCE. Page A-2.) j
Semenov Will Hang;
5 Others to Be Shot
■y th« As»ociat«d Prei»
MOSCOW. Aug. 30 — Gen. Gregorie j
Semenov, grizzled Cossack counter-1
revolutionary leader, was sentenced,
today to be hanged and five of hisj
co-defendants were ordered shot, atj
the end of their trial on charges of j
bearing arms against Russia and j
spying for Japan.
The remaining two defendants:
were given long prison terms at hard
labor.
Those ordered shot were Constan
tine V. Rodzaevski. Aiexis P. Bak
shaev, Lev. P Vasilevsky. Boris N
Shepunov and Ivan A. Mikhailov.
Former Prince Nikeolai Ukhtomskv
was sentenced to spend 20 years at
hard labor and Lev P. Okhotin to
13 years penal servitude.
Semenov. 56-year-old onetime
White Guard lieutenant general and
leader of anti-Bolshevik Russians in
Manchuria for a quarter of a cen
tury, asked for mercy in a final
statement to the court, citing the
full confession he made.
Of those who received death sen
tences only two refused to ask
clemency. They were Shepunov, 49
year-old former Czarist noble from
Azerbaijan, and Mikhailov, 55, they
said their crimes were too great.
■ i
GIs in Japan Prepare
For Civil Life With
Antiswearing Club
•y Associated Pratt
TOKYO, Aug. 30.—American
solriiers preparing to become
civilians soon have formed the
“I swear not to swear" club.
They figure that the obscene
language they’ve acquired in
yeais of exposure to all-male
company might shock the home
folks.
Two yen C1313 cents t per
nasty word is the fine for each
slip.
Each member is on his honor
to shell out when he catches
himself cursing.
The treasurer reported the
biggest flow of fines always fol
lows meals. He figures soldier
just “cuss" army chow out of
habit.
75 Stuttgart Spies Are Linked
To Soviet'Free German' Group
Million Reich Soldiers Said to Have Been
Converted to Communism as Red Prisoners
ej
By th« Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Aug. 30 —Amer
ican intelligence officers today
said 15 Germans newly arrested
as espionage suspects were
among some 1.000.000 German
soldiers reported converted to
communism as members of the
Soviet-sponsored "Free Germany
National Committee."
This committee was formed among
German prisoners of war and refu
gees in Moscow in July, 1943. Its
announced aim was to help rid Ger
many of Hitler. The committee was
reported dissolved in November,
1945, but the intelligence officers
said the best available information
pointed to its continued existence.
"Some of the German officers have
returned to Germany to assist in
German Communist party activi
ties.” they said, and various mem
bers are known to have returned
to the American zone. There wras
no estimate of the number.
The officers said the German
clandestine movement was believed
operating on a large scale in all
three western zones of Germany.
The officers made this report in
connection with the espionage ar
rests at Stuttgart of the 15 Germans.!
An announcement said the ringlead
I er had confessed to furnishing the
Russians information of American
movements.
The officers said "the Free Ger
many group was. according to best ,
available information," operating j
in the American and Britisth zones,
and recently had become active in
the French zone of occupation.
The activities of the movement
were officially described as ‘'illegal."!
The officers indicated that further
arrests might be expected.
The Stuttgart Germans were de
scribed as members of the “Free
Germany” Committee formed in
Moscow in 1943, which originally was
headed by Gen. von Seydlitz. Fifty
seven other German generals were
known to be a part of it.
“The Free Germany Committee."
intelligence officers said, "had a
“ <See~SPIEsTPage A-6. >
Meeting of Big Four
Seen Working Change
For Better at Paris
Ministers Emerge From
Special Session With
Scheme for Amendments
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 30— As the Peace
Conference once again applied
its nose to the grindstone this
morning there was a general
feeling that the meeting of the
Council of Foreign Minister.:
yesterday would, in the long run,
work a change for the better.
This stemmed in part from a real
ization that tne Big Four foreign
ministers had been able to sit to
gether for four hours yesterday aft
ernoon without engaging in any vio
lent argument, and had actually
emerged with one practical scheme
which might speed the peacemaking
job a little.
This sense of renewed hopefulness
was reinforced by the knowledge
that while the ministers were in ses
sion the political commission for
Finland, racing to unanimous ap
proval of the preamble and 11 ar
ticles of its treaty draft and almost
completing its job at one sitting, had
set a pace hitherto undreamed of
for this conference and demonstrat
ed what may happen in other com
missions once a log-jam of basic
disputed issues had been broken.
Only one real snag developed in
yesterday’s conversations. Russian
Foreign Minister Molotov revealed
that Russia seeks postponement of
the already delayed meeting of the
United Nations General Assembly.
The Big Four formula to facili
tate handling of more than 200 sug
gested amendments to treaty drafts
was presented in w'riting by Ernest
Bevin, Britain’s Foreign Minister.
Textually, as slightly amended by
his three colleagues, it is this:
“1. The Council of Foreign Min
isters should instruct their deputies
to go through the various amend
ments and new proposals submitted
by members of the conference and
by Allied and ex-enemv states in
order to discover which if any could
command the general support of the
Council. The Council of Foreign
Ministers should hold informal
meetings in order, as far as the
aforesaid amendments and new pro
—ISee NOYES, Page A-6.)
French Opinion Sees
Failure of Conference,
World War III Sure
People Are Depressed
Over Constant Conflict
Of Russia With West
f
Editors note: The following
story is not a prediction of war, j
but merely a picture and sampling
of opinion and atmosphere sur
rounding the Paris Peace Con
ference. It is written by Reiman
Morin, veteran correspondent
and chief of the Associated Press'
Paris bureau, who in recent
months has traveled widely in
Western Europe.
By Reiman Morin
PARIS. Aug 30.—The Peace
Conference appears now to be
headed for failure and people in
Paris, foreigners and French,
those who know and those who
only feel, are more profoundly
depressed today than at any
time since the last gun fired in
Europe.
They feel World War III already >
is in sight.
. They feel It may not come this
year or next year, but there is little
doubt any longer among people in
Paris that it will come. That view
is common to people in all quarters.
A few days ago I spoke with the
foreign minister of one country. He;
has now gone home. He described,
himself as ‘a discouraged optimist.'
worn out and hopeless.” Not long |
afterward I overheard a conversation
between a French policeman and a
waiter in a cafe a short distance
from Luxembourg palace. “Keep the t
moths out of your uniform, old boy '
You are going to need it.”
Situation Has Deteriorated.
The records of a French fact
finding organization, which attempts'
to test public opinion, show that
the question being openly discussed
now is: “If war breaks out between
Russia and the United States, etc.?”
i
The situation has deteriorated
greatly since the Peace Conference
opened and more particularly within'
the last week.
There no longer is any doubt
here about the totally irreconcilable
policies of Russia and the bloc of
Slavic nations which stand with her
on the one hand and those of the
West on the other.
The clashes between Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov and United
States Secretary of State Byrnes
(See OPINION, Page A-6.»
Rumor That Hungary May Enter
Soviet Union Stirs Budapest
Foreign Minister Terms 'Absurd' Report
That Negotiations Are Going On in Paris
By Jack Guinn
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
BUDAPEST, Aug 28 (Delayed).
—A rumor, which lacked any au
thoritative confirmation, that
negotiations were in progress
for Hungary to become a mem
ber state of the Soviet Union
spread through Parliament to
day.
Whispers rolled up into suppressed
shouts as members informed each
other of the rumor.
A high Hungarian official with
admitted anti-Communist leanings
said he had received "indirect word
tirough a northern country” that
a Hungarian representative was
negotiating with Russians in Paris
to make Hungary a member state
of the U. S. S. H.
He said his information named
the Hungarian ;epresentative as
Erno Gero, Minister of Commerce,
who is attending the Paris Peace
Conference.
i In Paris Janos Gyongyossy,
Hungarian foreign minister,
described the Budapest report as
“absurd.” “It is too absurd for
words.” he said, smilingly. “It is
true that Erno Gero, Hungarian
Minister of Transport, is here
with our delegation, but any
i
negotiations he is having with
the Russians are confined to the
question of our peace treaty. I
cannot imagine how such a
fantastic report came into circula
tion.”
tHe added that Gero had dis
cussed the Hungarian economic
situation with the Russian del
egation. but there had been no
question of negotiations.)
Those who would know if such a
move were under way were not
available to the American press.
Those who do receive the western
press generally expressed consterna
tion. But there was no confirma
tion in Budapest.
However, one highly placed Hun
garian said he had heard the same
thing three days ago from a Hun
garian manufacturer. The manu
facturer's story was that he had
been told by a leading Hungarian
Communist:
"You had better settle your busi
ness and clear out before the end
of the Paris Peace Conference, be
cause if there is failure there, there
probably will be civil war and the
Communists are planning to ask
that Hungary become a member
state in the (Soviet Union.”
U. N. Urged to List
Troops Stationed
In Friendly Lands
By tht Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Aug.
30.—Soviet Russia called on the
United Nations Security Council
today to determine the numbers
and positions of Allied troops
and the whereabouts of Allied
air and sea bases in countries
other than occupied former
enemy territories.
Britain immediately linked the
new Russian move with the com
plaint the Soviet Ukraine has filed
against Greece charging the Greeks
were disturbing the peace in Al
banian border incidents and criti
cizing the presence of British troops
in Greece during the campaigning
for next Sunday’s plebiscite there.
But United Nations circles specu
lated that it opened a whole new
phase of Russian policy in the Se
curity Council, where last night
Portugal. Ireland and Trans-Jordan
were excluded from the U. N. by
Russian vetoes while Soviet-sup
ported Albania and Outer Mongolia
failed to rally the necessary votes
Sweden. Iceland and Afghanistan
were approved for membership:
without opposition. Their bids now
go to the General Assembly for ap
proval.
Demand Is Unexpected.
The scope of the new Russian
proposal, which Russian Delegate.
Andrei Gromyko hoped to lay be
fore the council at its meeting this
afternoon, would call for intelli-\
gence on American troops in China. |
and in fact examine the disposals of
Membership Vetoes
Raise Reds•' Score
In Council to Eight
By th» Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Aug.
30.—Soviet Russia has invoked
the veto eight ‘times in the
short history of the United
Nations Security Council.
Those were: One in the
Syrian-Lebanon dispute: four
on the Spanish case and three
last night. ,
France has cast one veto,
siding with Russia on one phase
of the Spanish question.
“friendly" alien forces over the
world.
Mr. Gromyko brought his new de
mand before the council unexpect
edly last night. The delegates had
been in session almost nine hours
and had just completed their
wrangling and voting on the new
members
The Soviet delegate briefly men-i
tionod i he immediate aftermath of1
the last war and then said:
“According to available inform
tion, Allied troops still continue to
be situated on the territory of sev
eral member states of the United
Nations, and other states not in
cluding former enemy territory.”
Soviet Demands.
He demanded that members of
the U. N. should be required by the
council to submit to it within two!
weeks:
1. In which point of the territories j
of member states of the United Na- j
tions or other states, with the ex
ception of former enemy territories,,
and in what number are armed
forces oi other member states of the
U. N. stationed.
2. In w-hat points in the above
mentioned territories are situated j
air and naval bases and the strength
of their garrisons belonging to the;
armed -forces of other member
states of the United Nations.
He said the information should
describe the conditions as of'
August 1.
"The presence of Allied troops for;
so long a time after the end of;
the war, a presence which is not;
called for by military necessity,
must provoke natural uneasiness
in the peoples of those countries
in which foreign troops are still
stationed,” he said.
Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great
Britain immediately objected and!
suggested to the Council that thej
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Argentine Deputies OK
Chapultepec, U. N. Pacts
fty the Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 30—The
Chamber of Deputies today ap-;
proved without reservations the
Chapultepec Act for reciprocal as
sistance and inter-American soli
darity, adopted at Mexico City 17
months ago.
More than 1.000 policemen stood
guard inside the Congress Palace
and on nearby streets to prevent
disorders by nationalist groups.
Approval of the Act of Chapul
tepec came after a 21-hour session
with 88 members of the Peronista
party favoring it, seven opposing
and the radical sector abstaining.
The radicals’ abstention took the
form of withdrawal from the floor.
They contended approval should not
be given without reservations.
Then, with the radicals partici- j
pating. the Chamber of Deputies |
approved 95 to 39 a resolution for
Argentine adherence to the United
Nations Charter. Both measures
previously had been aproved by the
Senate.
Murphy Is Decorated
With Croix de Guerre
ly the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. 30.—Robert D.
Murphy, former American Minister
to French North Africa, has been
awarded the French Croix de Guerre
with palms. 1
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Rail Freight Embargo
Ordered as New York
Faces Truck Strike
Similar Action Affects
Baltimore and May Be
Extended to Richmond
By th« Associated Press
The Association of American
Railroads today ordered an em
bargo on rail freight into the
Metropolitan New York area as
a result of a threatened strike of
truckers set for next Tuesday
night.
The embargo applied, with cer
tain exceptions, to all carload and
less than carload lots. An official
of the association told newsmen an
embargo on less than carload ship
ments also had been established
for Baltimore and that one may be
placed on freight to Richmond, Va„
for similar reasons.
The Metropolitan New York area
affected, the association said, in
cluded all stations on all railroads
In Kings, Queens, Manhattan.
Bronx and Richmond Boroughs and
Jersey City and Hoboken, N. J.
Exceptions to the embargo are:
Coal. coke, fuel oil, livestock,
fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, dairy
products, newsprint; carload freight
for export coastwise or Intercoastal
shipment; freight which can be de
livered on private sidings; and
freight covered by permits issued
by the individual railroads.
The freight ban. the association
official said, is designed to prevent
congestion at railroad stations.
Bodies of Five Slain Flyers
Flown fo Rome From Udine
By *h» Associated Pres*
ROME. Aug. 30.—The bodies of
five American flyers, whose un
armed Army transport was shot
down by Yugoslav fighter planes
August 13, were flown to Rome to
day from Udine.
Among those paying their respects
it the airport were Rear Admiral
John H. Cassady, commander of a
United States naval task force now
visiting Naples; Lt. Gen. John C. H.
Lee, ranking American officer in
ftaly: British Ambassador Sir Noel
Charles; American Charge d' Af
faires David Key; and Rear Admiral
E. W. Stone, chief commissioner of
the Allied commission.
Each coffin was placed on an
American weapons carrier and taken
to a chapel. Protestant and Catholic
chaplains said prayers. A guard of
honor was placed before the coffins,
which will be flown to the United
States.
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Boston—First Game—s
Philadelphia 000 000 000- 0 4 1
Boston. 100 050 OOx—6 9 0
Batteries—Knerr. Faaan ffith) and Des
antels Hnahson and H. Warner.
At Boston—Second Game—
Philadelphia o —
Boston - 0 —
Batteries—Marchildon and Rosar. Baaby
and Partee.
(Only Games Scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at New York—Night.
(Only Game Scheduled.)
'Good Military Operation' Won
Gl Battle for Athens Ballots
i
Strutting Deputies Kindled Fury That Led
To Jail Siege After Election Was 'Lost'
<Third of a Series.) ,
By George Kennedy
The start of election day, August 1. at Athens. Tenn„ was re
markable for the large number of people to appear at the polls and j
the large number of deputy sheriffs with badges on their shirts
and holsters at their belts.
“I told them I was going to have law and order, and I’ve got
It,” Sheriff Pat Mansfield said when Mrs. Daisy May Spradling,
veteran Sweetwater Valley correspondent of Tennessee news
papers, spoke to him on the courthouse steps.
A surprising report came to tne’
GI Nonpartisan League headquar
ters in East Washington street. The
watchers for the Democratic politi-j
cal machine were not demanding
poll tax receipts.
"They are going to steal the elec
tion.” said Otto Kennedy, chairman,
of the county Republican party, who
had coached the GIs in their maiden
political venture. Otto had warned;
them it would be attempted, and it'
had been planned to have 25 to 50
armed GIs standing at the bound
aries of each polling place to over
come by moral force of numbers any
attempt of the deputy sheriffs to
dominate the polls with their guns
The county had a Republican
background dating from its Union
sympathies in the Civil War. It1
had been wrested from the Repub
licans in 1936 by Paul Cantrell, a
good-looking, young Democrat. Pat
Mansfield, a husky ex-locomotive
engineer, who was- Mr. Cantrell's
'Continued on Page A-6. Column 1)
Fad-Finders Favor
16i-Cent Raise for
I
Telegraph Workers
Ten Cents More Per Hour
Urged for Messengers
Of Western Union
By the Associated Press
A Federal fact-finding Board
today recommended a 16*2-cent
hourly wage increase for tele
graph workers and 10 cents an
hour for messengers of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co.
The board submitted separate re
ports covering' the 50.000 members
of three AFL unions comprising the
National Co-ordinating Board, and
the 7,000 members of the CIO
American Communications Associa
tion. 1
The board reported it found that;
Western Union employes have re
ceived no general wage increase
under ther postwar stabilization
standards, although wage increases
in the related telephone industry,
have been granted.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach.
who appointed the board in an ef
fort to resolve a dispute between
the company and the unions, urged
the parties to resume negotiations
Immediately, using the board's re
port as a basis for settlement.
The AC A has demanded an In-1
crease of 25 cents an hour, retro
active to May 1, and correction of,
inequities in the wage structure
retroactive to February 16. 1944.
The AFL Co-ordinating Board de-!
manded a general Increase of 18'2
cents an hour.
Taylor to Give Report
On Vatican to Truman
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Myron C.
Taylor. President Truman's personal
representative at the Vatican, ar
rived from London by air early today.
I He told newsmen that he had
returned from Rome to confer with
* the President and other officials.
U. S. Troops Expected to Stay
In Japan as Anti-Red Anchor
By Russell Brines
Chief of the Associated Press Tokyo Bureau
TOKYO. Aug. 3U.—Aimougn
the military phase of the occu
pation is nearly completed,
American forces may remain in
definitely in Japan to hold what
is regarded here as the eastern
anchor of a world-wide Ame^,
ican line against the Sovift
Union and communism.
This is evident on the eve of thej
first anniversary of the signing of
Japan's surrender.
It is no secret that the conflict
between Russian and western ideol
ogies will be one of the dominant
aspects of the second year of the
occupation.
Visible Soviet activities are lim
ited at present to extensive and in
creasing propaganda and probably
considerable shrewd advice to Japa
nese Communists.
But it is generally felt here that
UlC ouvicia wuuiu uiuvc
diately on any complete American
military withdrawal, ready to fill the
void between incomplete democracy
and the deflated regimentation of
the country’s autocratic past.
Meantime, both sides are playing
a cat and mouse game here and in
Korea, watching each other closely
behind the surface niceties or dip
lomatic custom. Their differences
frequently erupt into such open
clashes as the military incidents in
Korea or the only slightly restrained
debates of Tokyo’s four-power
council.
Within the last eight months
Japan's status has changed swiftly
from merely a beaten nation occu
pied by forces of her majdr oppo
nent into an international pawn of
increasingly vital importance.
These islands have been drawn
tSee TOKYO, Page A-«.)
Bendix Trophy Racers
Speeding to Cleveland
Aided by Tail Winds
Time Under Five Hours
Expected to Be Needed
By Winner of Event
By the Associated Press
VAN NUYS, Calif.. Aug. 30.— j
Twenty-two war planes took off;
from the Metropolitan Airport1
this morning and disappeared
into a light overcast, roaring
their way to Cleveland in the
first postwar renewal of the Ben- j
dix Trophy race.
All were fighter planes but one—
the single exception being an A-26.
piloted by David E. Husted of
Miami, Fla. Thomas Call of Los
Angeles, in a Navy Corsair, was first
away at 10:28 am., and Harold S.
Johnson of Louisville, Ky., in a P-38,
was last to leave at noon.
Reports indicated that medium to
heavy tail winds prevailed all the
way to Cleveland, and flight experts
predicted that a time of consider
ably less than five hours w’ould be
required even to come close to the
winners’ circle, and that an average
speed around 400 miles an hour
would be needed. The w'eather was
reported good most of the way ex
cept the scattered thunderstorms in
Ohio.
Miss Cochran Leaves.
Among the last to take off was
Jacqueline. Cochran of Los Angeles,
piloting a bright green P-51, with a
white number 13 on its side in de
fiance of superstition. Miss Coch
ran is the only winner of a Bendix
race to fly the event this year. She
won in 1938. She said the outside
gas tanks on her plane probably
would cut her speed by 25 miles an
hour.
Close on Mr. Calls heels, at 10:29,
John N. Yandell of Miami. Fla., got
away in his P-38. A minute later,
i See AIR RACES, Page A-4>
$30.25 for Yearling Cattle
Sets Record at Chicago
By the As.ociatcd Pro.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Livestock
traders unexpectedly set a new all- ;
time high record price of $30.25 fori
yearling cattle at Union Stockyards;
today.
Ceiling prices go into effect Sun
day at the live animal level and
September 9 at the retail meat level.
Because of the lengthy two or three
weeks’ processing necessary to finish J
beef, it had Been supposed by some,
members of the trade that prices
would decline today to come closer;
to the $20.25 ceiling authorized by |
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson !
Other cattle grading strictly good
or better likewise continued at firm
figures, about 15 loads ranging from
$21.50 to $30. Medium and good
grades were in less demand and
brought $15 to $20, glass steers tak
ing the latter price.
Hog prices remained steady at yes
terday’s sharply lower close, top-j
ping at $19.50, and spring lambs
were steady at $19 for small lots
of good and choice natives.
Receipts were sharply cut from
earlier in the week, although Friday
normally is the lowest supply day
because of the week-end closing
down of packing and butcher plants.
Felonies in D. C.
Increased 35%
In Last Year
Callahan's Report
Offers Protection
Plan for Public
By John W Thompson, Jr.
A general increase in crime
swept the District during the
fiscal year ended June 30 and
no relief is in sight, Supt. of
Police Harvey G. Callahan to
day told the Commissioners in
his annual report.
Felonies increased an average of
35 per cent over the previous year,
he said, partly due to an increase
in population but probably largely
traceable to "the general unrest fol
lowing the end of the war."
The rise in felonies and a large
increase in vehicular traffic is creat
ing a need for additional personnel
which "threatens to become acute,”
Maj. Callahan said. Requests have
been made in the 1948 police budget
estimates to alleviate this condition,
he added.
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The police chief said he could
foresee no material reduction in the
population of the District, and dis
closed that his department has al
ready taken the initial steps to pro
tect a city of more than 1.000.000
people.
The goal includes a total force of
2,500 members, modernization or re
placement of older precinct station
houses, a new station house in the
Eleventh Precinct, a scientific crime'
laboratory.replacement of all obsolete
equipment, standardization and sim
plification of reports, records an*
files, and intensive instruction
courses for members of the force.
“It is hoped that the next few
years will find this department one
of the best equipped and efficiently
run law' enforcement agencies in the
country,” Maj. Callahan declared.
The police force today has an
authorized strength of 1.739 in all
categories.
Robberies Increase 65 Per Cent.
Felonies which snowed the largest
increases, according to the report,
were robbery, 65 per cent; house
breaking, 49 per cent: and unauthor
ized use of automobiles. 39 per cent.
Murder increased 26 per cent.
Maj. Callahan said he was grati
fied to note that the department
had cleared up approximately 73
per cent of all felonies reported, also
this represented a drop of some
thing less than one per cent from
the clearances of the year before.
The report showed that Precincts
1 and 2 had the busiest year
with felonies, while Number 6 was
the quietest.
The modernization program for
present precinct stations is a part
of Engineer Commissioner Gordon
R. Youngs $228,000,000 city con
struction and services expansion
program announced last June. Maj.
Callahan said he is asking 111 ad
ditional personnel in the 1948 bud
get as the initial step toward his
2,500-man objective.
U.5. Fights Trade Pact
Of Russia and Sweden
By th« Associated Press
A pending Russo-Swedish trade
agreement involving a $300,000,000
loan to the Soviet Union has bumped
into American objections.
This country, diplomatic officials
disclosed, has sent notes of protest
to both Stockholm and Moscow,
pointing out that an American trade
commission is scheduled to meet in
London October 15 to try to chart
a course of freer trade among all
countries.
The American view', the notes re
portedly assert, is t^iat any agree
ment between only two nations would
tend to conflict with the objectives
of the London meeting.
Russia, alone of 14 countries in
vited to a follow'up trade conference
tentatively scheduled in this country
next year has failed to accept.
Sweden was not among those in
vited.
Neither Moscow nor Stockholm
has replied to the American notes,
but officials said the Swedish trade
delegation which negotiated the
projected five-year pact, had re
turned home recently for further
instructions.
The notes made no references to
the loan clause, officials said. But
only to provisions governing trade
practices.
A similar protest earlier this year
led to revision of a British-Canadian
trade agreement.
Next Sunday's Reading
Covers City and World
There are features in next
Sunday’s Star that you will
not want to miss.
For instance, the situation
in the local colleges, which
face a tough task in providing
quarters and instructors for a
record enrollment, is surveyed;
miracles of growth in 100
year-old Arlington County are
outlined, and the spot that
Washington holds in the pic
ture of American labor is
shown. You will find these
and other stories of signifi
cant interest in the editorial
and feature section. And you’ll
also want to read This Week
Magazine, a regular full-color
supplement The Sunday
Star—as well as the news on
sports, books, art, the theater,
music, stamps and many
other special interests—and,
of course, your favorite comics.
Watch for them all in
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