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Maritime Strike
Ends, but New
Tieup Is Feared
AFL Seamen's Chief
Says Men Will Await
Contract for Masters
By James Y. Newton
The 17-day Nation-wide mari
time strike was officially ended
last night, but new troubles
threatened full resumption of
shipping on the West Coast,
The CIO-dominated Committee
for Maritime Unity announced in
San Francisco that its West Coast
strike was ended at 9 p.m. Eastern
time. Most East Coast and Gulf
ports already had been cleared of
strikes.
Last holdout of thp group of
unions participating in the Nation's
greatest shipping strike, the Pa
cific Coast Marine Firemen, an in
dependent affiliated with CMU
voted to end its strike. This fol
lowed similar action by the CIO
National Maritime Union on the
West Coast and the CIO Cooks and
Stewards.
Hints 4 New Trouble.
Meanwhile, Harry Lundeberg,
West Coast leader of the AFL sea
men's union which started the
strike 17 days ago. hinted at netv
trouble for the harassed shipping
industry. He declared that his sail
ors in the Pacific would not return
to work until wage demands of the
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots are
satisfied.
Although Mr. Lundeberg refused
to amplify, it as presumed that his
remark might mean he would wait
until the Masters get a new contract |
replacing one expiring September 30.
Actually. Mr. Lundeberg's Seafar
ers' International Union, operating
in the East and Gulf, and Sailors'
Union of the Pacific ended their
strike eight days ago when the Gov
ernment made possible the grant
ing of their wage demands. AFL sea
men at Atlantic and Gulf ports re
turned to work, but Mr. Lundeberg
said his men at West Coast ports
were prevented from returning be
cause ships there were manned with
mixed AFL-CIO crews.
Calls Victory Significant.
Announcing the end of their
strike in the West, the Committee
for Maritime Unity stated that
maritime workers “have achieved
one of the most significant victories
in the history of the** * * industry”
and added that “the principle of
equal pay for equal work has been
established.'’
After the CMU unions voted an
end of the strike. CIO Longshore
men leaders began assigning crews
to go to work immediately.
The CIO Longshoremen them
selves, along with the CIO Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association, are
involved in a new threat to mari
time peace. Contracts of the unions
expire September 30 and each has
Served notice that it would strike
unless their demands are satisfied.
Schwellenbach Drafts Plan.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
said he was working on a plan he
believed would prevent the walkout
of the two unions. Announcement
of the plan was expected momen
tarily.
A West Coast leader of the Mas
ters. Mates and Pilots had threat
ened earlier that his men “might
go fishing1’ unless they received a
satisfactory contract.
Ending of the 17-day strike w'as
made possible by action of the
Maritime Commission placing mari
time wage rates on a parity on all
coasts for the first time in recent
years.
The commission directed that the
Pacific Coast Marine Firemen's
Union should receive the same pay
as that awarded the CIO National
Maritime Union by Federal Arbi
trator James L. Fly. It gave the
seamen a new raise of $10 a month,
in addition to the *17.50 monthly
increase able-bodied seamen re
ceived last June.
“Slop Quihhlin."
Following its action equalizing
pay. the Commission telegraphed
West coast ship operators:
“We want our ships to move.
Stop quibbling and go to work.”
A commission official explained
that the operators had been em
powered to negotiate immediately
wnth Mr. Lundeberg for another $5
per month increase for able seamen.
AFL seamen started the shipping
strike September 5 in protest against
a Wage Stabilization Board order
that reduced pay increases ship op
erators had approved of $22.50 on
the West Coast and $27.50 in the
(See^ MARITIME. Page A-5.i
Dutch Reported Approving
Java-Sumatra Government
By the Associated Press
BATAVIA, Sept. 21—The Dutch
were reported today to have told
the Indonesian government of
Premiar Sutan Sjahrlr of their
willingness to recognize its authori
ty both in Java and Sumatra.
A responsible informant said the
offer wxas made during a 90-min
ute preliminary meeting between
the Netherlands commission gen
eral, headed by Willem Schermer
hom, former Dutch Premier, Dr.
Hubertus van Mook. acting gover
nor-general of the Netherlands
Indies, and Dr. Soedarsono, Indo
nesian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The informant said preliminary
questions of a military truce and
evacuation of Dutch internees from
the interior had been settled. Only
technical military details remain to
be solved before the truce begins,
and evacuation of internees will
start Monday, he added.
The informant said the Dutch
offer represented the greatest con
cession to the Indonesiaas in their
long struggle for independence
from Dutch colonial rule. There
was no confirmation, however, from
any Dutch source.
Wallace Is Barred as Speaker
Under Auspices of Democrats
Undecided on Next Foreign-Policy Speech;
Schindler Receptive to Cabinet Offer
Undersecretary of Commerce
Alfred Schindler last night put
himself in the running for the
Cabinet post vacated by Henry
A. Wallace while the outsted
Secretary of Commerce was re
ported still undecided when to
resume his campaign against
current American foreign policy.
The one certain thing in the for
mer Secretary's plans, his close
friends say. is that he will not give
active aid to the Democratic party
in Novembers congressional elec
tions.
On that point. Representative
Sparkman of Alabama, chairman of
the Democratic National Commit
tee Speakers Bureau, made it clear
he is in complete agreement. Both
Mr. Wallace and Senator Pepper.
Democrat, of Florida, an even more
bitter critic than Mr. Wallace of
administration foreign policy, will
be on their own if they make any
speeches and will not be sponsored
by the Democratic National Com
mittee, Mr. Sparkman said yes
terday.
"He i Mr. Wallace* insists on
speaking on foreign affairs which
we don’t think are an issue in this
campaign," Mr. Sparkman told a
reporter.
Mr. Wallace, on the other hand,
was reported by friends as believing
the ballot contest for control of
Congress hinges on foreign policy
and that he cannot conscientiously
support the Democrats, since Presi
dent Truman has repudiated his
views and given full support to Sec
retary of State Byrnes.
As for Senator Pepper, whose
speech before the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen in Miami last
week was interpreted by Mr. Spark
man as advocating that independ
ents cross party lines to attain the;
ends sought by the Senator and
labor. Mr. Sparkman said:
"We are trying to elect Democratic
Congressmen. We don't want to send
out anyone as a speaker who is
going to call Secretary Byrnes a
reactionary or advocate electing Re
publican Congressmen."
He added that "if individual can
didates want Mr. Wallace or Sen
ator Pepper to speak for them, that's
up to them, but we're not going to
send them out. We want good ad
ministration supporters.”
A possible clue to Mr. Wallace’s
'See WALLACE, Page A-4.) j
Briggs Workers End
Strike, Paving Way
For Return of 50,000
Supplies Plant Shutdown
Had Closed Other Auto
Factories in Detroit
B\ the A<socinted Pres*
DETROIT. Sept. 2l. — Settle
ment of a strike of 1.200 workers !
at the Outer Drive plant of i
Briggs Manufacturing Co., was 1
announced late today, and man- '
agement and union spokesmen i
said it would pave the way for 1
an early return to work for (
nearly 50,000 idle auto workers. j
Emil W. Mazey, East Side re- <
gional director of the CIO United;
Auto Workers, said the Outer Drive i
workers—who struck eight days ago i
in piotest against discharge of a I
union steward—had agreed to sub- i
mit the issue to arbitration. I
Mr. Mazey said Outer Drive work
ers would return to their jobs Mon- 1
day. Company officials cor fumed *
this and added that its other piants, f
employing 15,500 more, will reopen
within a day or two, as soon as 1
the flow of parts from the struck 11
plant is resumed. j i
An estimated 32,700 Chrysler
workers had been laid off because
of the strike, while an additional
1,100 were sent home from Packard I (
Motor Co. a few days ago because j
of the shortage of parts from the i (
Briggs supplier plant.
On another Detroit front, Kaiser- .
Frazer Corp. and an AFL union
came to. a quick settlement «oday (
of a dispute which brought pickets ,
to the big Willow Run plant.
Forty or 50 AFL pickets turned I
back the comparatively few Kaiser
Frazer workers who report on ,
Saturdays, but the pickets were
withdrawn after Edgar Kaiser, vice:'
president and general manager, had
conferred with Louis Hackbarth/
AFL representative.
Mr. Hackbarth said Kaiser-Frazer j,
had permitted maintenance work- j
ers to “infringe” on constructign!'
jobs which he said belonged to
the AFL.
Without giving details, a company i
spokesman said “so far as we know,
the dispute is over.”
Plea for Schirach's Life j
Made by Wife fo Biddle
By the Associated 'Vess
NUERNBERG. Sept. 21.—1The wife
of Baldur von Schirach, leader of
the Hitler Youth movement and one
of the 22 defendants on trial before
ihe International Military Tribunal,!
has written a tearful plea to Justice
Francis Biddle asking the court to
spare her husband’s life and de
claring “Our children love America.”,
Frau von Schirach ended her let
ter: “You can kill him but you don’t
have to. Please do not kill him.”!
Schirach’s wife said, “Just as I
have often asked Hitler for the life
of both friend and enemy, I ask
you now for the life of my husband.”
"Our children love America,” she
said. "It is their grandparents’
country. They have a merry imag
ination of ice cream and Walt Dis
ney movies. The flag, language and
history are as familiar to them as
their ownv Do I have to tell my
children now: This America let
your father die the most disgrace
ful death a man can find?”
U. S. Navy Plane Crash
In Mexico Reported
By the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 21. — A
United States Navy plane missing!
since yesterday with six persons
aboard was reported by the Cordoba
police tonight to have crashed near
Tecamaluca, 30 miles west of there.
The plane, attached to the United
States Embassy here, left yesterday
morning for Corpus Christi, Tex., in
tending to refuel at Vera Cruz.
American naval authorities withheld
names of those aboard.
Mrs. Woodhouse Wins
House Renomination
• y thf Associated Presi
NORWICH, Conn.. Sept. 21 —
Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, who
is completing her first term In Con
gress as Representative from the
2d district, was renominated by ac
clamation today at the Democratic
Congressional convention here.
K »
Russia to Be Asked
[o Explain Demand
:or Occupation Data
Strong Opposition to U. N.
Action Is Expected
At Hearing Tomorrow
B, the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Sept.
!1.—The American and British
lelegations to the United Na
ions Security Council today
vere reported completing sepa
ate challenges demanding why
he Soviet Union is seeking data
in Allied troop dispositions and
tir and sea bases in foreign non
nemy states.
The Russian demand for an ac
counting as of last August 1 comes j
ip for preliminary hearing before '
he council Monday afternoon
igainst a firm array of opposition 1
o its admission on the agenda.
Although the American tactics
vere still under examination here
nd in Washington over the week
rtd, American Delegate Herschel V. ,
ohnson was expected to ask Soviet i
Jelegrate Andrei A. Gromyko to ex- I
ilain the Russian motives for bring- <
ng up the question. i <
First American Objection. I
Mr. Johnson, in raising the first •
imerican objection to the admission '
f any question to full-dress debate ;
lefore the council, was also expected j
0 ask Mr. Gromyko to pin-point a
harter provision covering such an
iction in the council. <
In putting his question before the1:
:ouncil August 30 at the conclusion;
'f a hot debate on new memberships. 1
Jr. Gromyko made no accusations, j
iut the British delegation immedi
itely linked it to the Soviet Uk- j
aine's charges against Greece and
:riticism of British troops there. ;
The Ukrainian charges finally
vere dropped by the council last
light after a dozen sessions of acri
nonious debate which brought fre
iuent mention of the British troops
n Greece and at one point raised
■ival cries from Mr. Gromyko arui
Sir Alexander Cadogan that the
irmies of their respective countries
ivere being insulted.
In some quarters it was suggested
hat the Soviet demand should be
rejected unless the Russians made
he grave accusation under the
charter provision that foreign troops
were threatening peace and security.
The American delegation was ex
<See U. N., Page A-4.)
Autumnal Equinox Arrives
Fomorrow; Today to Be Fair
The autumn equinox arrives at
10:41 a.m. tomorrow, but the
Weather Bureau does not hold the
egend that storms accompany this
ueriod of equally divided day and
light.
Jnstead, today promises to be
mostly fair with maximum tempera
tures in the low 80s, as they were
yesterday.
Up in Northwest Canada, however.
1 mass of cold air was moving and
;f it follows its usual course, may
iring a bit of chill to Washington
n two or three days, the forecaster
said.
Slav Bloc Fights
Oil Safeguards
In Romania Pact
Conference Will Get
Question of Tie Vote
On Protection Clauses
By the Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The Euro
pean Peace Conference hit a new
snag today as the Slav bloc,
spearheaded by Russia, contest
ed vigorously a proposal to give
special protection in Romania to
British and other foreign oil
eompanies.
After an unprecedented seven
aours of debate over a parliamentary
wangle, the Balkan Economic Com
mission decided to refer to confer
ence authorities the question of
whether a 7-7 tie vote on oil clauses
proposed for the Romanian treaty
was a “legitimate ballot.'’
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
jf Michigan, American delegate,
said the situation presented by the
prolonged debate was •fantastic.”
rhe British-proposed annex to the
Romanian treaty would require that
:ountry to restore or replace Allied
lationals’ property losses in oil fields,
mnul discriminatory legislation and
idmit key administrative officials
ind technical experts into th®
:ountry to operate the wrells.
Italo-Austrian Pact O.K.'d.
In other conference actions today
he Italian Political Commission ap
proved, 13 to 6. the recent Italo
Austrian agreement granting much
ocal autonomy to German-speaking
esidents of the South Tyrol.
Opposition came from the Slav
states, who in the same meeting
uiticized an American amendment
o the Italian treaty which would
■equire Italy's’ neighbors to respect
undamental human rights in terri
ories obtained from Italy. Despite
he Slav opposition the amendment
tvas pased by a vote of 14 to 6. -
Hitting at statements by Senator
Honnally, Democrat, Tex., in favor;
if the proposal, which would apply
0 areas ceded to Yugoslavia. Greece
tnd France, Yugoslav Delegate Ales
3ebler said:
“I dbn't think Senator Connally!
vould agree to Dermitting tins clause
-o apply in the United States. There
ire certain nations here which still
nake a distinction among citizens
lecause of color and race."
U. S. Votes With Slavs.
The American position on the oil
ilauses foe the Romanian treaty j
vas that Specie 1 provisions for pe
roleum properties were not needed
>ecause such interests already were
overed by general clauses on prop-1
rty rights of Allied nationals.
The United States joined the Slav
iloc—Russia. White Russia, Ukraine,
fzechoslovakia and Yugoslavia—in
ipposing the first two paragraphs
n the proposed annex, which was
upported by Britain, Australia,
lanada, India, New Zealand, South
Africa and Greece.
France joined the British bloc
>n the third paragraph after ab
;taining on the first two ballots,
hen switched ko the other side
if the fourth paragraph, causing
1 7-7 tie. The same deadlock
iccurred in a vote on the annex
is a whole.
Senator Vandenberg then declared
hat the chairman, Josef Korbel of
Czechoslovakia, had erred in sub
nitting all four paragraphs in a
/ote on the whole. The tie vote I
rrought the commission to a halt, I
with Soviet Representative Fedor1
3usev arguing stoutly that the Brit- 1
ish proposals had acutally been
iefeated.
The commission decided to meet
omorrow morning in the first Sun
day commission meeting of the
inference.
Bevin Returns From London.
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
returned to the conference from
London late today and presumably
will be here for next week's sessions.
Secretary of State Byrnes and Mr.
Bevin conferred for more than an
heur tonight. In the absence of any
announcement on the subject of
their talk, there was speculation
that it concerned only methods of
speeding up the conference.
With only two weeks remaining
an the schedule of the conference
commissions, the big problem of
settling the Trieste issue and the
Jugoslav border with Italy remained
unsolved.
As the conference ended its eighth
week the belief persisted in numer
ous quarters that final agreement
satisfactory to Yugoslavia lay * in
direct negotiations between the en
voys of Rome and Belgrade. The
Italian envoys were still keeping in
contact with representatives of
Yugoslavia, despite the latter's state
ments that direct conversations
would be premature.
U.S. Paid Agent $40,000 to Sell
$431 SurplusTools, Report Savs
By Robert K. Walsh ,
A Senate Military Affairs subcom
mittee charged last night that
abuses in agent sales, lax supervision,
“serious instances of maladminis
tration,” and some alleged dishon
esty have caused costly delays in
disposal of surplus war property.
Among specific cases cited was
that of an agent hired to sell cutting
tools, who received more than
$40,000 from the Government for
expenses while selling only $431
worth of surplus tools.
Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat of
Wyoming, chairman of the subcom
mittee, Issued a staff survey report
dealing largely with electronics
equipment. The House Surplus
Property Committee, headed by
Representative Slaughter, opens
hearings tomorrow morning on that
subject.
The Senate group called for re
appraisal of the War Assets Admin
istration's industry agent method of
selling surplus electronics, aircraft
parts, cutting tools and machine,
4 •
tools. It declared that the system,
if properly administered and used
in connection with other sales pro
cedures, could easily aid in speedier,
more efficient disposal.
But the method has failed to pro
duce results, serve priority claim
ants such as veterans, protect the
financial interest of the Govern
ment, and prevent "personnel defi
ciencies,” favoritism and lax control
over agents’ activities, Senator
O’Mahoney contended in an accom
panying letter to Chairman Thomas
of the Military Affairs Committee.
The subcommittee noted that top
WAA officials "co-operated whole
heartedly” in bringing facts to light
and improving conditions especially
in the electronics, branch.
The survey disclosed, according to
the report, that field expenses of
one out of every four industry
agents, engaged by WAA to sell
electronics, exceeded the income
from their sales.
It told of an electronics agent
who received his first surplus ship
(See SURPLUfe, Page A-6.)
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f SO GOOD f
rost-Mortem on the Kecent laame
!
Californian Wins First Heat
In Cup Race, Lombardo Second
Miss Great Lakes Comes Close to Record;
Truman Plans to See Two Events Today
By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.
A 28-year-old West Coast driv
er who perfected his racing skill
at the controls of a P-38 fighter
plane during the war thrilled
thousands of spectators and sur
prised five other competitors yes
terday by taking the opening
heat of the President’s Cup
event, feature race of the 15th
running of the President's Cup
Regatta.
Roaring over the 15-mile course
at a near-record speed of 67.771
miles an hour, Miss Great Lakes,
driven by Dan Foster of San Fran
cisco, led the field for the entire six
laps, and beat out Guy Lombardo’s
favored Tempo VI by five seconds.
President Truman will view the
second and third heats today from
the deck of a Navy day cruiser, and
will be joined on board by Miss
Edith "Drucie" Snyder, the regata
queen.
Even larger crowds than the 50.000
persons estimated by the Park Po
lice as present yesterday were ex
pected for the running of the two
! feature races today, the first at 1:40
p.m. and the second at 4:20 pm.
Lombardo, maestro of a famous
dance band, tried without success to
move his fast Gold Cup boat ahead
of the spray-tossing Miss Great
Lakes, but he could not get past
: the boat's big uTake. But in their
fight, the two racers came close to
setting new lap and heat records for
a President's Cup race.
Miss Great Lakes' fastest lap
speed was 69.338 miles an hour, just
a mile and a half below the all-time
record set in 1938 by Count Theo
Rossi of Italy. Tempo’s best lap
1 Continuid on Page B-l7 ColumrTeT)
Hundreds o! Veterans
Jobless for Full Year
In '52-20 Club' Here
Survey Shows Many
Others Unemployed for
About Nine Months
Bv Miriam Ottenberg
A survey of District veterans
drawing unemployment pay for
more than 20 weeks revealed last1
night that hundreds of them
have been out of the armed
forces a year without holding a!
single job.
Hundreds of other District vet- ’
erans covered in the survey had a
job after leaving the service but
have since been unemployed for an
average of nine months.
C. A. Wharton, director of the
District Unemployment Compensa
tion Board, who released the re
sults of the survey, said he believed
the long-time members of the'
"52-20 Club'’ had been laboring un
der "big ideas” about salaries and
what they could do in civilian life.
These veterans, he said, are be
ginning to realize that they haven’t1
had the training to rate the kind
of wages they want.
>lanv Didn’t Seek Jobs.
On the basis of their own answers
to the questionnaire sent to them
by the Unemployment Compensa
tion Board, there were indications
that hundreds of them made no
effort to find a job outside their
trips to the United States Employ
ment Service.
Of the 766 veterans who answered
the ouestionnaire, 416 said that the
USES never referred them to a job
and 3-70 said they had made no
contacts with employers—either with
or without USES help.
Mr. Wharton pointed out that he
had not checked these figures with
the USES. He added, however, that
it was possible the USES did not
refer the men to jobs because there
were no openings that matched
their skills.
i,/uu uci wueswonnaires.
The questlonaire to determine the
reasons behind the extended un
employment of veterans was re
quested by the Veterans’ Admin
istration. So far, approximately
1.700 District veterans who have
been on the readjustment allowance
rolls for 20 weeks or more have
received the questionaire.
The results tabulated in the sur
vey cover 766 veterans because the
others didn’t answer the question
< See V ETER A N sTPageA - 7.)
5 Unidentified Planes
Fly Over North Greece
By th« Associated Press
ATHENS, Sept. 21.—The Press
Ministry said today that five un
identified aircraft, including a
bomber, had flown over Northern,
Greece this week.
Two of the planes were spotted
September 18 over the Drama area
in Western Thrace, south of the
Bulgarian border, the ministry said,
and the other three, including the
bomber, flew over the island of
Thasos September 19.
Radio Programs Page C-8
Complete Index Page A-2 ,
Army Beats Villa nova,
Indiana Is Upset as
Grid Season Opens
Army’s 1945 national cham
pions swamped Villanova, 35-0,
and Cincinnati University
scored a major upset by de
feating Indiana. 15-6, in two
feature games of the Nation’s
first football Saturday of the
season yesterday.
Purdue defeated Miami of
Ohio. 13-7, and Illinois trimmed
Pitt. 33-7. in other major games
The St. Louis Cardinals held
their one-game lead in the Na
tional League pennant race,
nosing out the Cubs, 2-1, while
the Dodgers were beating the
Braves, 6—2.
(Details in Sports Section.V
Mechanized Units
Repel Greek Leftists
By the Associated Press
ATHENS. Sept. 21—The Ministry
of Public Order announced today
that Leftist bands, making the
tftird attack on a Northern Larissa
village in two weeks, were repelled
when government forces hurled
mechanized units into a four-hour
pitched battle in which 17 were
killed.
Press reports said the band, which
the government estimated at 250
men, penetrated the border in the
Mount Belles region north of Sa
lonika and along the Yugoslav
border.
Fifteen Leftists were killed while
two government soldiers were killed,
nine were wounded and nine cap
tured by the band in the attack
on the village of Argh'^ropoulis, the
communique said. Full details were
lacking.
Another Leftist group operating
near Karditsa in Thessaly was re
ported surrounded by government
troops and facing destruction.
Sanitation of District
Menaced byPriorities,
Master Plumbers Say
They Oppose Channeling
Of Bulk of Materials
To Veterans' Housing
* By Robert J. Lewis
The Washington Master
Plumbers Association, represent
ing 125 contractors employing
about 2,500 plumbers, warned
last night that a “complete
breakdown” in sanitation threat
ens the District area owing to re
cent Government steps taken to
channel materials to the Vet
erans’ housing program.
Declaring new priority regula
tions contain "no adequate pro
vision" for essential repairs and
maintenance, Carl C. Lipp, associa
tion president, last night telegraphed
Reconversion Director John R.
Steelman that under present con
ditions contractors would be forced
U^susgend business.
The new rules make it more diffi
; cult to obtain virtually all plumbing
| supplies for maintenance and re
: pairs, and especially toilet fixtures
and fittings, Mr. Lipp said.
Will Delay Repairs.
Confirming that a health problem
is involved, John A. Bronzonie, chief
plumbing inspector for the District, i
commented last night:
"As I understand the new regula
tions, they will delay many repair
and maintenance jobs for two or
three weeks, and this would provide
a health menace in many cases."
Mr. Lipp said he telegraphed Mr.
Steelman as follows:
"No adequate provision has been
made in Order PR 33 (priorities
regulation 33, governing home build
ing items) for plumbing and heat
ing materials essential for repairs
and maintenance.
"Unless immediate action is taken,
we will be forced to close our doors,
and a complete breakdown of na
tional sanitation is inevitable.’’
Regulations Create Difficulties.
Difficulties in obtaining materials,
Mr. Lipp explained, arise from new
regulations issued three weeks ago
tightening up the priority system
to conserve supplies for new homes.
A spokesman for the National
Housing Agency, at whose behest
the more stringent priority regula
tions were issued, said last night
the plumbers' protest probably was
(See-PLUMBERS, :Page“A-'7j
Iran Planes, Troops
Battling Tribesmen
By the Associated Press
TEHERAN, Sept. 21.—The news
paper Etelaat said tonight that
Iranian bombers and "several col
umns” of mechanized troops were
en route from Teheran to Isfahan,
375 miles to the south, to counter
tribal attacks.
"Gendarmerie posts between
Shiraz and Isfahan, and Shiraz and
Bushire have been attacked by
southern tribes arid some posts have
been disarmed," the newspaper said.
Survivor Says Wrecked Plane
Caught Afire When It Crashed
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Sunday).
—A description of the crash and
burning of the wrecked Belgian Sa
bena airliner in a wild Newfound
land forest was released by the pub
lic relations office at Fort Totten
here today in the form of an inter
view with Rudy Revil, one of the
first survivors to be flown to a hos
pital at Gander.
Mr. Revil, composer and musician
of New York, suffered bad burns of
both hands and internal injuries in
the wreck and subsequent fire. The
interview was given to an Air
Transport Command public rela
tions officer at Gander.
Mr. Revil's statement follows:
“We left Brussels in very bright
weather. The service was wonderful
and the trip was uneventful until
about 3 a.m. when we began to have
weather conditions.
"When the plane arrived over
Gander the pilot was informed that
we could not land due to fog and
rain. We began to leave the area
and I do not know where we were
going.
“The stewardess Informed us of
1
the fact, but it wasn’t long after-!
ward that the plane hit the ground.
"The plane began to burn im
mediately. Not many were able to
get away. I cannot seem to re
member what happened for a long
time. When my senses began to
return I noticed my hands were
badly burned. After the plane
crashed, living was like a nightmare.
"Dr. Samuel Martin, ATC sur-1
geon from Fort McAndrew, and his
soldiers arrived. From then on the
supplies of medicine, clothing and
food were dropped regularly.
“From the time the plane crashed
until Dr. Martin arrived, two per
sons who were not killed immedi
ately, died. One, a crew member,
and the other a passenger whom I
did not know.
“When the supplies and the doc
tor with his men arrived, regardless
of the injuries suffered by the pas
sengers, their hopes increased 100
per cent because they felt that they
would be removed soon.
“People of the crash will always
remember the wonderful work done
by the United States Army.”
A
Helicopter Used
To Remove Eight
Crash Survivors
Completion of Rescue
Waits on Daylight;
Doctor at Scene
By the Associated Press
GANDER AIRPORT, New
foundland, Sept. 21.—An Ameri
can Coast Guard helicopter and
flying boats, shuffling back and
forth over lakes and forests of
northeastern Newfoundland,
brought eight survivors of the
jSabena airliner crash to a hos
i pital at the Gander air base to
night before darkness fell.
Ten other survivors remain to be
brought out when rescue operations
are resumed at daybreak
Capt. W. C. McConnell, comman
der of the Gander Base Army de
tachment, said these were the five
I hospitalized tonight:
Jean Roocki, airline hostess and
only survivor in a plane crew of
seven, both legs broken, condition
critical; Rudi Revil, New York com
poser and musician, both hands
badly burned and internal injuries;
Walter Devos of Ghent, Belgium,
fracture^ leg; Helen Ruth Hender
son, of New York, Girl Scout execu
tive, and Mrs. Renee Jacquet of
Courtrai, Belgium, burns about the
face.
tuvuj s non nescuea.
The rescue flyers also evacuated
John King, 19-year-old son of the
Chinese ambassador to Belgium:
Mrs. Leona Tonchst of Brussels and
Joseph Deschuyffcleer of Brussels.
Their injuries were not immediately
learned.
The last patient evacuated before
darkness set in was Mr. Deschuyf
feleer, who was flown directly to the
Gander airport in the helicopter
piloted by Lt. August Kleisch of the
Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard rescue teams,
each composed of a helicopter and a
PBY Catalina flying boat, began the
daring rescue operation at 1:42 p.m.,
when Lt?. Kleisch took off from
Gander for a tiny plateau near the
scene of the tragedy, soon the first
survivor. Miss Roocki, was whisked
away in the helicopter and taken to
a Catalina which was waiting in a
lake five miles away to bring ner
here.
Winces With Pain.
Miss Roocki covered her face with
a blanket as she was lifted from the
plane on arrival and placed in an
ambulance for removal to the Sir
Frederick Banting Memorial Hos
pital. Mr. Revil winced with pain
as he eased out of the craft, both
hands and arms wrapped in band
ages. He was wearing no trousers—
just long underwear.
“Thanks for America,” said Mr.
Devos as he was taken out. He
smiled and told attendants to “take
it easy.” Miss Henderson appeared
to be in good spirits. The extent
of her injuries was not disclosed.
Back in the emergency camp,
deep in the wilderness, where the
remaining survivors must spend
their fourth night, morale was said
to be high, what with the weather
warming up and skies clearing.
Conditions were said to be good
for completing the rescue work to
morrow.
The big Catalina plane bearing
Miss Roocki arrived here at 3:40
p.m., less than nine hours after the
crated helicopters reached this air
base aboard Air Transport Com
mand Skymasters from New York.
One of the helicopters was dam
aged while being assembled, and
make-shift repairs had to be made.
Would Finish by Noon.
The rescue party did not indi
cate when the work of removing
the bodies of the 26 persons killed
in the crash last Wednesday would
begin. It was estimated that all
the survivors would have been
evacuated by noon tomorrow.
The patients were taken by heli
copter for a 5-mile flight to the lake
and then flown to the hospital by
flying boat. On some trips the am
phibious PBY's carried two patients
at a time and on other times but
one, depending on the condition of
the individual.
The most perilous phase of the
operation was the transfer of the
patients from helicopter to flying
boat. Early in the day a Coast
Guard crew flew in a load of timbers
which were placed together on the
soggy lake shore to prevent the
rescuers from sinking in the mud.
Because of the morass, the PBYs
were unable to rwor at the edge of
the beach and the crew members
had to lift the injured on their
shoulders and then wade out to the
planes in chest-deep water.
Dr. James Payton, head of the
hospital, refused to permit the in
jured to talk with newsmen. Other
doctors were flown to Gander airport
(See PLANE CRASH~Page~A-6.)~
Pilot Escapes Injury
In Crash of Jet Plane
By the Associated Press
AUBURN. Me., Sept. 21.—A P-80
jet-propelled plane was wrecked to
day when it crash-landed in a hay
field a mile north of Lewiston
Auburn Airport where it was par
ticipating in an Army Air Forces
Civil Air Patrol air show but the
pilot apparently escaped injury.
Capt. Edgar Yarberry of Winter,
Calif., Army Air Forces pilot,
walked away from the wreckage of
his speedy Lockheed, named “Min
imum Goose,” which witnesses said
was broken into four sections.
The mishap was not visible to
approximately ’ 5,000 spectators at
the air show.
State Police Patrolman Parker
Hennessey said the flyer told him
he was “forced to pancake when
something happened to the jet
propulsion mechanism.''