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Truman Has Talk With Byrnes
By Teletype, First Direct Contact
Since Wallace Attack on Policy
♦
Messages Are
Exchanged for
20 Minutes
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman and Secre
tary of State Byrnes had a 20
minute “conversation” by Wash
ington-Pa^is teletype today in
their first direct contact since
their foreign policy came under
the attack of Secretary of Com
merce Wallace a week ago to
night.
The White House had nothing to
say of the nature of the exchange.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told
reporters of the contact, but would
not say what passed between the
President and Mr. Byrnes, or
whether the exchange was cordial
or strained.
It was generally assumed, however,
that the President assured Mr.
Byrnes of his support in the contro
versy raised by Mr. Wallace which
had brought vigorous expressions of
displeasure from the Secretary of
State's colleague, although he him
self has been silent.
In Paris, the Associated Press
reported that the American delega
tion to the Peace Conference said
Mr. Byrnes had no comment on his
overseas conversation with the
President. A spokesman said rumors
that Mr. Byrnes might fly to Wash- i
ington for talks with the President j
were “silly.”
Effort to Phone Fails.
The President went to the White 1
House maproom for the exchange1
with Mr. Byrnes in Paris under the;
' system which permits each to dic
tate his remarks to a teletype ma
chine operator and get an immedi
ate typed answer back on the
machine.
Mr. Truman tried to reach Mr.
Byrnes by telephone earlier today,
but atmospheric disturbances pre-1
vented their conversation, Mr. Ross
said.
There has been a report that the
President already had sent Mr.
Byrnes assurances of his support
through Acting Secretary of State’
Clayton, but Mr. Ross said he "knew
nothing about that.
In the meantime, word came from
Paris this morning that Mr. Byrnes'
aides are more perplexed than ever;
by developments yesterday when'
Mr. Wallace agreed not to make any \
more statements or speeches until
the Paris Peace Conference is ended.
No Deal, Says Ross. (
These aides were represented as I
feeling that President Truman
should make known definitely his
support of Mr. Brynes.
Mr. Ross denounced today as “ab
solutely untrue" a published report
that the gag to which Mr. Wallace
submitted yesterday was the result
of a deal in w’hich the President
promised to do what he could to
advance his. the Secretary’s, ideas
for changes in American policy.
“There was nothing even resem
bling a deal as I can testify from
first-hand knowledge," said Mr.
Ross, who told his morning press
conference that he was present dur
ing most of the conference yesterday
between the President and Secre
tary Wallace, w'hich lasted nearly
two hours and a half.
Mr. Ross also said President Tru
man adyised him that Bernard
Baruch, the American representa
tive on the United Nations Atomic
Energy Commission, called at the
White House yesterday “to make
sort of a progress report" on the
work of the commission.
War Talk Charge Denied.
Mr. Baruch's plan for control of
atomic energy has also been criti
cized by Mr. Wallace.
Soon after Mr. Wallace left the
White House yesterday, the Presi
dent made public a letter from Sec
retary of War Patterson and Sec
retary of the Navy Porrestal de
nouncing as untrue a Wallace charge
that “one school of military think
ing” advocates a “preventive war”
•* against Russia before that country
makes atomic bombs.
“There is no basis for this state
,1. ment” the War and Navy chiefs
told the President. “There is
no such military thinking in the
War and Navy Departments. We
know of no responsibile officer in
the Army or Navy who has ever
advocated or even suggested a plan
of attacking Russia.”
Mr. Wallace had aired his views
in this respect in a letter to Mr.
Truman July 23, which was made
public Tuesday over the President’s
disapproval, as repercussions con
tinued at home and abroad over
(See WALLACE7"Page A-4.)
Stocks Slump $1 to $8
To New 18-Month Low
ly A&iociatad Press
NEW YORK. Sept. 19.-Stock
prices dropped to a new low for the
last 18 months today on a noon
hour selling flood that subsided
within an hour after causing de
clines of 81 to $8 a share.
The plunge of values uncovered
enough buying orders to enable
some leaders to recoup part of their
losses, but many were vulnerable to
late pressure and hit bottom for the
day.
The noon rush of liquidation
swamped the stock exchange's high
speed ticker, which fell 7 minutes
behind floor transactions at one
point.
At the close United States Steel
was down $3.25 a share from yester
day's close: General Motors was off
*2.37 >a, United States Rubber,
*4.12li: Du Pont, *4: Norfolk &
Western, $8, and Union Pacific,
*4-50.
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W allace-T ruman
Accord Worries
Paris Delegates
President's Delay
In Byrnes' Support
Causes Perplexity
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Sept. 19.—The “com
promise” Wallace plan which
silences the Secretary of Com
merce until the end of the Paris
conference has perplexed the
American delegation here anew.
One school of thought is that the
Wallace gag means clear sailing for
Secretary of State Byrnes' policies,
including his firm stand against
Russian and Russian-satellite pro
posals concerning the vital Adriatic
port of Trieste.
The thing that bothers the Amer
ican delegation, however, is the ab
sence of direct word from President
' (See NOYES, Page A-5.)
Episcopal Convention
Urges Much Stronger
Peace Setup Than U. N.
Russia and U. S. Are
Called on to Achieve
I
Mutual Understanding
by Laspar Nonnes
Star Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19 —
The establishment of a “much
stronger instrument of world
government” than the present
United Nations Organization was
called for today by the general
convention of the Episcopal
Church at the 55th triennial
general convention of the church
at the University of Pennsyl
vania. , ]
The House of Bishops unanimous
ly passed a resolution calling on
Russia and the United States to<
‘achieve mutual understanding and i
co-operation ’ through the United
Nations. The resolution pointed out
there is a record of "two centuries
of unbroken friendship between tne
two countries, under varying forms
of government,'' and declared. "In
view of the enormous peril to civ
ilization of modern warfare both
nations must be prepared to make
reasonable concessions.”
The resolution also asserted that
it would be calamitous to believe
that the tensions between the So
viet Union and the United States
could only be solved by war.
Country Can Show Way.
Declaring that our country’ can
show the way by dealing with all
peoples with “justice and freedom
under law” as the foundations of a
peaceful world, the resolution said,
“These convictions, recently ex
pressed by the President of the
United States and the Secretary of
State in our dealings w’ith the
Soviet Union, deserve our unquali
fied support.”
Commending the United Nations
for the work it has done, the House
of Bishops nevertheless declared
that “peace among peoples and be
tween nations can be maintained
only under law, w’hich involves a
representative legislative body elect
ed by the people of the member na
tions whose laws shall be addressed
to the citizens individually, in
terpreted by the peoples courts and
enforced by an executive answerable
to the people.”
The resolution, an amended draft
of a resolution passed by the House
of Deputies, also urged that the
President and Congress take the
lead in seeking for the United Na
tions “jurisdiction and power, not
sugject to veto,” to enforce laws re
garding the control of the "develop
ment and use of atomic energy.”
It also urged that representatives
of this country “be empowered to
discuss the organization of a Federal
world government with the repre
sentatives of any other peoples able
and willing to join such a union.”
This latter concept was initiated
at the House of Deputies earlier
by former Supreme Court Justice
Owen J. Roberts, president of the
House.
Tire amended draft was sent back
(See EPISCOPALIAN,"Page~A-4.>
U. S. Tells Slavs
Trieste Must
Remain Free
Italo-Yugosiav Line
Part of Agreement,
Dunn Declares
BULLETIN
PARIS UP). — The United
States today followed up its
relinquishment of reparations
against Italy with abandon
ment of its demand for com
plete compensation for war
time property losses of Allied
nationals in Italy. France
also modified her position for
full payment.
By the Associated Press
PARIS. Sept. 19.—The United
States served notice on the
Slavic bio ctoday that the four
power agreement on Trieste and
the Italian-Yugoslav frontier
was “all one decision” which
would stand together or not at
all.
James o. Dunn, American Ambas
sador to Italy, told the Italian
Political Commission of the Peace
Conference that the American
agreement included the creation of
a truly free state of Trieste.
“The United States’ agreement to
one part of that program,'’ he said,
“is contingent on the acceptance
of all parts of that decision and the
creation of real rights and guaran
tees to assume the free territory's
security and integrity.”.
Mr. Dunn spoke during discussion
of the free territory's boundaries.
Slav delegates want these restrict
ed to the city proper and South
Africa wants them enlarged along
the Istrian coast southward.
Mr. Dunn reminded the commis
sion that the Belgrade agreement
establishing two zones of military
occupation along the "Morgan line”
did not recognize Yugoslav claims
in Istria and “in no way” would
influence the ultimate division.
“When the Foreign Ministers'
Council decided. July 3, 1946, to cede
all territory 6ast of the French line
to Yugoslavia, it also decided upon
the creation of an international zone
at Trieste under a statute to be
approved by the Security Council,”
he said.
“That was all one decision, one
agreement.”
The commission rejected. 17 to 1. a
Brazilian amendment which would
have fixed the Italian-Yugoslav bor
der north of Trieste near the Mor
gan line. Only Brazil voted in favor
of this proposal. Belgium and China
abstained. Other amendments will
be voted on tomorrow.
Brooke Claxton of Canada urged
the Italian Political Commission to
establish for the projected free state
a tribunal similar to the American
Canadian Joint Commission in the
I (See-CONFERENCE. Page A-22.)
Nats Leading Indians
1 to 0 at End of 6th
Special Dispatch to The Star
CLEVELAND. Sept. 19.—Washing
ton scored a run in the second in
ning and was leading Cleveland 1
to 0 at the end of the sixth here
today.
Bobby Feller was pitching for the
Indians.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON — Robertson
walked. Lewis popped to Robinson.
Grace forced Robertson, Mack un
assisted. Vernon grounded to
Robinson.
CLEVELAND — Moss filed to
Grace. Price flied to Grace. Robin
son walked. Edwards singled to
right, Robinson taking third. Mitch
ell tapped to Scarborough.
SECOND INNIN9.
WASHINGTON—Spence grounded
out. Mack to Robinson. Travis
doubled to left center. Early singled
to right, Trails stopping at third,
Hitchcock walked. Scarborough
popped to Feller. Robertson walked
forced in Travis. Lewis bounced to
Robinson.
CLEVELAND—Seerey struck out
Mack grounded out, Robertson to
Vernon, began hit a double off the
rightfleld wall. Feller struck out.
Gilmore Says Wallace Showed
Him Letter to Truman Aug. 15
(bday Gilmore, Associated •
Press chief of bureau in Moscow
for the last five years, is in Stock
holm on his way to Moscow after
a vacation in the United States.
In this dispatch he gives a side
light on the controversy arising
from Secretary of Commerce
Wallace's pronouncements on
foreign policy.)
By Eddy Gilmore
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 19.—Secre
tary of Commerce Wallace showed
me on August 15 the letter he had
written In July to President Tru
man about Russia and told me at
that time that there were people
in Washington who believed a
Soviet-American war was inevitable
and that the United States should
attack now.
Apparently deeply perturbed over
the state of Russian-American re
lations, Mr. Wallace asked me If
after five years in the U. S. S. R.
I believed Russia wanted war.
i »
“No,” I told him, “I am sure
neither Russia's leaders nor hei
people want or are prepared lot
war now.”
I talked to the Secretary for ovei
an hour in his office at the invi
tation of one of his aides anc
read the letter he had written tc
the President.
Mr. Wallace frequently expressed
the conviction that the United
States and Russia simply had to get
along together. He said that he
too. toas convinced the Soviet Union
does not want war, but that he wa.!
not convinced that some Americans
in high places share this point ol
view.
He said there were people in
Washington who believed war be
tween the U. S. S. R. and the
United States had to be and foi
this reason we might as well get il
over now, especially while the
United States had the atomic bomb
He expressed troubled concern thal
(See GILMORE, Page A-2S.)
End Retribution
For Reich Soon,
Churchill Asks
European Union Led
By Franco-German
Partnership Urged
By the Asscciated Press
ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept,
19—Winston Churchill called
today for ‘ an end to retribution”
for Germany once she is strippedf
of the power to- make war, and1
for French and German part-1
nership in ‘‘some kind of United
States of Europe.”
The British wartime Prime Min
ister's speech at the University of
Zurich was the second within two:
weeks to cheer the Germans. See
• retary of State Byrnes at Stutt
gart September 6 advocated speedy
establishment of a democratic pro
visional government for Germany
and gave notice that Germany's
eastern borders had not been finally I
determined. •
Ignores Wallace Incident.
Mr. Churchill made no reference,
however, to the American foreign
policy controversy arising from
Secretary of Commerce Wallace's
recent speech and letter to Presi
dent Truman on Russia.
After citing Germany's crimes
Mr. Churchill said:
“The guilty must be punished.
Germany must be deprived of the
power to rearm and make another
aggressive war. But when all this
has been done, as it will be done,
as it is being done, then there must
be an end to retribution.”
Mr. Churchill called for a federal
government for Germany, saying,
"The ancient states and principali
ties of Germany, newly joined to
gether into a federal system, might
take their individual place among
the United States of Europe.”
Regional Organization Urged.
Declaring that "we dwell strange*
i ly and precariously under the shield
and protection of the atomic bomb.”
I Mr. Churchjll said Europe needed
I a regional organization within the
j United Nations.
“Prance and Germany must take
the lead together,” he said. "Great
Britain, the British Commonwealth
of Nations, mighty America and, I
trust, Soviet Russia—for then, in
1 deed, all would be well—must be
the friends and. sponsors of the new
Europe and must champion its
right to live and shine.”
Speaking of the urgency of find
ing a solution of the world's prob
lems. he said "the atom bomb is
still only in the hands of a state
' or nation which we know will never
, use it except in the cause of right
| and freedom, but it may’well be
; that in a few years this awful
j agenay of destruction will be wide
| spread and the catastrophe follow
j ing its use by several warring na
; tions will not only bring to an end
i all that we call civilization, but may
possibly disintegrate the world jt
: self.” i
One Reference to Russia.
Mr. Churchill made but the one
| reference to Russia.
“I was very glad to read in the
newspapers two days ago that my
j friend President Truman had ex
pressed his interest and sympathy
j with this great design,” of the
I planned European union, Mr.
Churchill said. “There is no reason
why a regional organization of
Europe should in any way conflict
with the world organization of the
United Nations.”
The first step in dealing with "the
tragedy of Europe," he said, "must
be a partnership between France
and Germany. In this only can
Prance recover the leadership of
Europe. There can be no revival of
Europe without a spiritually great
France and a spiritually great Ger
many.”
Over wide areas of Europe, Mr.
Churchill declared, “a vast quivering
mass of tormented, hungry, careworn
and bewildered human beings gaze
on the ruins of their cities and scan
the dark horizon for the approach
of some new peril, tyranny or ter
ror. Among the victors there is a
babel of voices, among the van
quished a sullen silence of despair.”
Remedy for Europe.
“That is all that the Germanic
races have got by tearing each
other to pieces and spreading havoc
far and wide,” he said, adding “in
deed, but for the fact that the great
republic across the Atlantic Ocean
has at length realized that the ruin
or enslavement of Europe has in
volved their own fate as well, and
[has stretched out hands of succor
| and guidance; but for that, the
i dark ages would have returned in all
I their cruelty and squalor.”
But, he said, there is a remedy
for Europe “which if it were gen
erally and spontaneously adopted by
i the great majority of people in the
many lands, would, as if by a mir
; acle, transform the w’hole scene and
would in a few years make all Eu
rope, or the greater part of it, as
free and as happy as Switzerland is
today.”
The remedy, he said, was to “re
create the European family, or as
much of it as we can."
Saying there was a large fund of
experience from the League of Na
tions and other international group
ings upon which to build a Euro
pean organization, Mr. Churchill
asked:
“Why should there not be a Eu
ropean grouping which can give a
'(See C«fcRtftftL,"*Me'A-25X
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-AMD ONE MORE
THING, HENRY...PUT
THAT END BACK
WHERE IT BELONGS!
Mines Close as Men Lack Meat,
Lewis Says, Fighting Price Lid
Coal Workers' Chief Asks End of Control;
Sees Unrest Spreading in Bituminous Area
By th« Associated Press
John L. Lewis called on the
Price Decontrol Board today to
remove price controls on meat,
saying that mines in ‘hree States
are closing down because miners
cannot buy meat.
A board official said no action
could be taken now.
The United Mine Workers’ chief
told the board in a telegram that
“grave unrest” is spreading through
out all the mining areas, because
miners “cannot perform the la
borious and hazardous work” of
producing cpal on a diet of cereals
and vegetables.
Mr. Lewis listed the three States
m which mines are shutting down
as Virginia, West Virginia and Ken-1
tuck.v, in the heart of the rich soft i
:oal belt.
Mr. Lewis made public his appeal:
as the board studied a mass of
recommendations for and against ’
return of price ceilings to milk, but -1
ter, cheese and other dairy products. ■
Dairy products were allowed to
remain free from price ceilings by
thfe Decontrol Board on August 20;
when it clamped back ceilings on!
meats and livestock. Reimposition:
Df the meat price ceilings have pro
duced widespread reports of short-;
ages.
A board official, who said the j
tSeeTDECONTTROL, Page A-22~|
Budget of $8,420,000
Asked for Expansion
Of Sewer System
Trebles Current Funds;
Public Comfort Station
Planned Near Ball Park
Substantial expansion of the
sewer system of Washington, in-!
eluding new construction at the
sewage treatment plant at Blue
Plains is contemplated in the re- j
quest of $8,420,000 by the Sewer
Division for the fiscal year 1948, i
it was announced today by Bud- i
get Officer Walter L. Fowler.
The amount is three times as;
great as the appropriations avail
able this year, $2,815,500. The In
crease is $5,604,500.
Included among the plans for
next year Is construction of a new
underground “attended” public
comfort station at Tenth street and
Vermont avenue N.W. New funds
of $40,000 are asked for this facility,
in addition to the use of $36,000 un
expended for similar purpose, due
to abandonment of three other pre
viously considered projects.
Recreation Budget.
Mr. Fowler also disclosed that the
Recreation Department has sub
mitted a budget greatly increased
over the current year. The esti
mate of $3,254,000 compares with
the 1947 figure of $1,128,000. It in
cludes funds for beginning two large
field houses, one small field house,
two year-around swimming pools, a
gynasium, and shelters at six play
grounds. Several new employes
were requested, including a recrea
tion analyst and director of the
division of neighborhood centers.
The big increase in the sewer
budget was explained as due to the
backlog of work which piled up dur
ing the war.
Details of the location of the new
sewers planned were not listed in
the budget.
Funds of $1,325,000 were asked for
stormwater sewers; $1,260,000 for re
lief sewers; $115,000 for for replace
ment sewers; $450,000 for sewers in
advance of highway paving, and
$1,120,000 for sewers for abutting
property on which assessments will
be levied.
A new appropriation, for $2,485,000
was asked to increase the capacity
of the plant at Blue Plains. This
<See~BUDGET, Page~A^5T7
All But One of 80 Miners
Accounted for After Blast
By th« Associated Press
McCOY, Va., Sept. 19 —All except
1 of 80 men In the McCoy mine
of the Great Valley Anthracite Coal
Corp. had been accounted for today
an hour and a half after an ex
plosion rocked the mine.
R. G. Stevens of Radford, presi
dent of the mining company, said
the men came out of the mine
before the arrival of emergency
qrews with gas masks from the
school of mining at Blacksburg.
Two men were badly burned and
one was injured by the blast. Mr.
Stevens said one was missing, but
it was not certain whether he was
still in the mine or had not been
checked out by mine officials.
Mr. Stevens said the explosion
came about 10:30 ajn., but that
he did not know how far back in
the mine it occurred. The mine
parallels the New Riyer. Twelve
men were killed In an explosion
there last April 18.
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Arbitration Award j
Placing NMU on Par
With AFL Is Issued
Fly Calls Decision Basis
For Immediate Resumption
Of Shipping Activities
By James Y. Newton
Arbitrator James L. Fly ruled
today that seamen of the CIO
National Maritime Union should
receive wages equal to pay of
AFL sailors, providing what Mr.;
Fly described as the basis of im-;
mediate resumption of shipping
activities.
Mr. Fly. former chairman of the
Federal Communications Commis
sion, had been appointed to arbi
trate collateral issues growing out
of the June 14 agreement between
ship owners, the CIO seamen and
other unions. Operators and the
union had agreed to accept his
findings.
The award provides wage in
creases of from $5 to $10 a month.
Current base pay of NMU seamen
is $172.50 a month.
Will Ask Reinstatements.
In the announcement of his find
ings in New York Mr. Fly said he
was requesting all seagoing per
sonnel to return to work immedi
ately, adding thaf there is no
longer any reason for the all-coast
shipping strike, now in its third
week. He said he would ask ship
operators to reinstate all men on
strike.
Declaring West Coast workers were
not directly affected by the decision.
Mr Fly said, however, “this award
affects the West Coast in that it
affords a basis for a back-to-work
movement.”
Also involved in the hearings
before Mr. Fly, which were con
cluded Friday, were the CIO Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union and the
(See MARITIME. Page A-5.>
N. Y. Truck Firms Sue
Union for 10 Millions,
Charging Illegal Strike
Other Carriers Expected
To Join Complainants,
Raising Damages Sought
By tf e Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 —Suit
for damages of $10,000,000 was
filed in Federal Court today by
55 of the largest interstate and
local trucking concerns in New
York against Local 807, Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters
(AFL) on the ground the union
was conducting an unlawful
strike in violation of the Smith
Connally Act.
The plaintiffs are members of the
Motor Carrier Association of New
York, the New York State Motor
Carrier Association, or are indepen
dent truckmen, according to Harris
J. Klein, counsel for the two asso
ciations and the plaintiff.
He said the 55 plaintiffs would be
joined later in the action by 450
other carriers and the damages
sought will be increased corre
spondingly. Of the 920 carriers in
the city, Mr.' Klein said, 700 are still
unsigned with Local 807 and their
trucks are not operating.
40*r of Firms Sign Pacts.
In a statement separate from the
complaint, Mr. Klein asserted the
union had failed to file notification
of intent to strike under the terms
of the Smith-Connally Act. He said
the membership of Local 807 works
for carriers moving approximately
95 per cent of the freight in the
city.
The action came as leaders of
striking AFL teamsters’ unions re
ported that approximately 40 per
cent of trucking employers had
signed individual agreements em
bodying a new wage formula.
John E. Strong, president of Local
807, said 4,715 members of his union
and two other striking locals—282
and 816—already had gone back to
work. This represented 41 per cent
of those involved in the 18-day-old
strike, he added.
Counsel Admits “Dent.”
Joseph M. Adelizzi, chairman of
the jornL committee claiming to
represent*90 per cent of the city's
trucking employers, said, too, that
a “dent” had been made in the wall
of employer resistance to the wage
formula.
He insisted, however, that not
more than 25 per cent of the drivers
had returned to their jobs.
Mr. Adelizzi said that “until the
Cmployers are offered a settlement,
ased on economic sense and one the I
Industry can accept, there will be
no settlement—the strike will go
on."
$7.40 Increase Granted.
Under the new agreements the
drivers were granted weekly wage
increases of $7.40, a work week reduc
tion from 44 to 40 hours, and other
benefits. Drivers in the principal
(See TRUtJK STRIKE?Page A^57r
Gen. Chou, Chinese Red Leader,
Quits Nanking Peace Parleys
U. S., British Policies
Based on Soviet War
Prospect, He Says
By Betty Graham
Written for the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 19. — Gen.
Chou En-lai, No. 2 Chinese Com
munist, announced today he had
quit the Nanking peace negotia
tions and asserted the Chinese
and American governments’ Far
Eastern policies are based on the
assumption there will be a Russo
American war, with China as an
important base.
Gen. Chou, in an exclusive in-;
terview, said he personally does
not believe such a war is in pros
pect, "because neither the Soviet
nor American publics wants war.”
He warned, however, “The out
break of ft third World War will
inevitably lead to revival of Jap
anese imperialism and its penetra
tion into China, rather than vic
tory for the Kuomintang (Chinese
government party).”
Gen. Chou based this conclusion
on his opinion that the United
States, If engaged in war with Rus
sian, would rely on Apaneae sup
Jtoaneae
GEN. CHOU EN-LAI.
—AP Photo.
port rather than Chinese, ‘‘because
Japan’s economy is more stable and
its manpower is more readily mob-!
ilized, although North China and
Manchuria would obviously become
a major battlefield.
“Such a war would result in noth
ing but tragedy for China.”
Asked If the Chinese Communists
(See CHINA, Page A-5.)
7 Sighted Alive
Near Wreckage
Of Belgian Plane
4 Adults, Child Seen;
Former District Couple
Listed as Passengers
By tho Askociaf »d Pres*
NEW YORK. Sept. 19 —At least
five to seven persons were re
ported today as having survived
the wreck of a trans-Atlan.tie
Belgian Sabena airliner which
crashed in the remote wilderness
of Newfoundland, with 44 per
sons, including 6 Americans,
aboard.
n nans woria Airlines pilot
aboard an inbound plane reported
seeing three persons at the side of
the wreck and four others walking
about 4 miles from the scene.
The Coast Guard said a plane of
its North Atlantic Patrol reported
seeing five survivors including two
men, two women and a child. It was
not established immediately whether
there were others alive.
All Survivors “Very Active.”
Tlie Trans World Airlines plane
circled the scene for an hour until
other planes could arrive to take up
the rescue.
All the survivors w’ere said to be
“very active” and waved their coat»
vigorously at the plane.
The pilot reported, according to
TWA. that the Sebena plane w4s
completely burned though all in one
piece. Trees were leveled for 500
yards where It had smashed along
the ground, he said.
Former D. C. Couple on Plane.
'Two former Washington resi
dents, Mr. and Mrs. William
M. Wilson. who left here about
20 years ago. were listed among
the passengers. •
•Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Meyer,
3117 Tennyson street N.W.,
parents of Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs.
J. J. Fegan, 3307 Upland terrace
N. W., a sister of Mrs. Wilson,
learned that the couple were
aboard the plane when friends
phoned from Short Hills. N. J.
The Wilsons lived in Short Hills.
(Other relatives here are Miss
Helena Meyer, of the Tennyson
street address, and William F.
Meyer, 2313 North Albemarle
street. Arlington, a sister and
brother of Mrs. Wilson. Mr.
t‘ Meyer works in the composing
room of The Star.
• While living here, Mr. Wilson
was wuth the Patent Office, but in
recent years had been a patent
attorney with the International
Business Machine Co. in New
York.
i Mr. Wilson flew to Europe in
June on business and Mrs. Wil
son flew over in August to meet
him in Paris. Mr. Wilson's age
was given as 55 and Mrs. Wilson,
54
Wreck in "Difficult Country.”
The wreckage was reported on a
hillside “in very difficult country.”
Survival kits were dropped by the
Coast Guard plane soon after the
Trans World Airlines plane spotted
them.
The Coast Guard said a PBY
plane landed with a rescue team on
a lake four or five miles from the
crash and slowly was making its
way across rocky, hilly country. Two
Army rescue teams also were to be
landed near the scene.
Earlier. Sabena. the company op
erating the plane, said a rescue
party was rushing to the scene 22
miles southwest of Gander.
The airliner made a last report
to the Gander field at 3:37 a m. yes
terday when it said it had sufficient
fuel to last about eight hours:
Made Approach to Field.
The place. wTith a crew of seven
and 37 passengers, made an instru
ment approach to the field at that
time, roared overhead and disap
peared in fog.
If only a few occupants of the
plane are found alive it would be .the
worst commercial airplane crash in
history.
The Civil Aeronautics Board said
a death toll of 27 was the highest
recorded on its files for commercial
plane crashes.
The Coast Guard reported her#
last night a flying boat searching
for the plane sighted three wrecks,
one “apparently new,” but poor
visibility prevented satisfactory ex
amination from the air or landing
on a lake in the area. The search
plane crew said no sign of life
was seen near any of the wrecks.
Left Brussels Tuesday.
Yesterday, the Coast Guard said
it received a message from the North
Atlantic* Patrol stating an outbound
C-54 passenger plane, not otherwise
identified, reported seeing wreckage
northeast of Gander. But searchers
“(See PLANE CRASH7Page A-22.1'
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At Detroit—
Philadelphia —
Detroit _ —
Batteries—Coleman and Rosar; Track*
and Tebbetts.
Boston at St. Louis, 8:30 P.M.
(Only Games Scheduled)
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At Brooklyn—
Pittsburgh 000 00 —
Brooklyn - 220 0 —
Batteries—Strinrevirh. Lanmnr (3d),
Bahr (.Mb) and Salkeld: Greta and Fd«
wards.
At New York—
Chicago_ 000 000 0 —
New York ... 000 001 0 —
Batteries—Wrse and Sehefllna Kesle
and Grasso.
At Boston—
St. Louis.... 020 00 —
Boston _ 000 0 —
Batteries — Mnnaer and G*raat»l»|
Cooper and Masi.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:45 P M,
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