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$5,083 Spent on Col. Roosevelt,
Records Indicate; Meyer Host at
Party on Day He Filed Report
Expense Accounts of
Hughes Aide Put at
$164,000 in 5 Years
BULLETIN
The Hughes airplane contract
investigation ended in a heated
dispute this afternoon, with
Senator Cain, Republican, of
Washington demanding that
the Justice Department be
asked to review the wartime
draft status of John Meyer,
Hughes’ publicity man. Senator
Cain asserted Mr. Meyer had
been given six draft defer
ments. The hearing recessed
until Monday with Thomas
Slack, attorney for the Hughes
Aircraft Co., denouncing the
proceedings as not calculated to
arrive at justice because, he
said, both sides are r A heard.
HUGHES PLANS two-day flight to
Washington to testify Wednesday
Page A-2
A compilation purporting to
show that Howard Hughes’ pub
licity man, John Meyer, spent
$5,083.79 on the entertainment
of Elliott Roosevelt and his wife,
Faye Emerson, was placed in the
Senate War Investigation Sub
committee records today.
A Av AffoT-or oWmittoH the 1n.
vestigators that he had spent $106
entertaining Mr. Roosevelt, then an
Army Air Forces eolonel, in a party
of six at New York night clubs the
day Mr. Roosevelt drafted his report
recommending that the Government
buy Mr. Hughes’ photo-reconnais
sance airplane.
He identified a photostat of an
expense voucher he had turned in
for this entertainment on August
20, 1943. He denied he had talked
to Mr. Roosevelt about this plane
or its prototype, the D-2, a plywood
ship.
Meyer Challenges List.
Chairman Ferguson of the sub
committee conducting the investi
gation, said the compilation of ex
pense accounts for entertaining
Mr. Roosevelt represented entries
by Mr. Meyer on expense vouchers
in the years 1943, 1944 and 1945.
A later witness, Roy K. Sherwood,
assistant controller of the Hughes
Aircraft Co., testified that an audit
ing firm had reported that Mr.
Meyer had expense accounts total
ing $164,000 for the five-year period
from January 1, 1942, to December
31. 1946.
Mr. Meyer. In resuming today the
testimony begun yesterday in the
investigation of the $40,000,000 war
time airplane contracts awarded
Mr. Hughes, challenged the list of
expense items.
“I am not sure these are my
records,” he said when he was
handed photostats of expense
vouchers on wrhich the list was said
to be based.
Senator Ferguson said the expense
account records were taken from the
files of the Hughes Aircraft Co.
Evidence from War Department
records introduced yesterday indi
cated Mr. Roosevelt had persuaded
Gen. Hf H. Arnold, then chief of
the Army Air Forces, to upset the
"firm” decision of his chief of air
staff and award a contract to the
Hughes plant for 100 photo-recon
naissance planes.
Mr. Roosevelt, who returned from
combat duty as head of air recon
naissance in the European theater
to head a mission to aircraft plants
in the summer of 1943, was listed
frequently in Mr. Meyer’s notes for
entertainment in Hollywood, Wash
ington and New York, along with
his party. He was to appear before
the committee Monday.
Not Certain of Total.
Chairman Ferguson told Mr.
Meyer as he resumed the stand:
"I am showing you photostatic
copies of your expense accounts ob
tained from the files of the Hughes
Co.
"I believe the total shows around
$5,000 you say you spent for the en
tertainment of Col. Roosevelt and
party. Is that correct?”
“I can’t be sure of the total, Sen
ator, from these notations.”
“Whe ndid you learn Mr. Hughes
xxac onvinns t.n spII his nhr»t.n-rp
connaissance plane, the D-2 or F-ll,
to the United States Government?”
“I didn’t know about that.”
‘‘When did you first meet Army
officers in connection with the
P-11?” Senator Ferguson asked.
“I' would have to look at the
notes.”
“Then look at the record and tell
me if you can.”
Was Head of Plane. Mission.
“This hotel bill is dated August
8, 1943,' Mr. Meyer said. “It is the
hotel bill for Elliott Roosevelt, but
it, still doesn’t show that I paid it.
At the Ambassador Hotel in Los
Angeles. He was head of a mission
coming to look at aircraft plants for
the War Department.”
“How long did Col. Roosevelt stay
at the Hotel?” Senator Ferguson
asked.
“Three days, and only $33,” the
witness replied. ‘‘—A very reason
able hotel!”
“When did you learn Col. Roose
velt was coming to the West Coast?”
“Mr. Hughes told me the colonel
was coming on a mission. Among
officers who accompanied him was
Col. Hairy Eidson, one of the com
(See !PROBE, Page A-3.1
Berreta Operated On
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug. 2
(IP).—Surgeons were reported today
to have undertaken an operation on
Uruguayan President Tomas Ber
reta, 71, whose condition took a
turn for the worse last night. Ber
reta, suffering from an undisclosed
illness, was granted a leave of ab
sence yesterday by the Uruguayan
Congress. Vice President Luis Battle
Berres, 49, assumed office as acting
President.,
f
Meyer's Itemized Expenses
Hughes Publicity Agent's Notes on Money
Spent to Entertain Elliott Roosevelt and Wife
A six-page compilation purporting to show that John Meyer, pub
licity man for Howard Hughes, spent $5,083.79 entertaining Elliott
Roosevelt and his present wife, the former Faye Emerson, was intro
duced into the record of the Senate investigation of the Hughes airplane
i contracts today.
The list of purported expense account items was for the years
1943, 1944 and 1945, although at the bottom of the last page there was
an entry indicating it was for the years 1941 through 1946.
The list, as made public by Chairman Ferguson of the Senate
! War Investigating Subcommittee which is conducting the investigation,
follows:
Year and date. Nature of entertainment. Amount.
1943.
September Payment by John W. Meyer:
Hughes Productions of account at the "21" Club,
New York City___ $83.13
September Entertained by John Meyer:
17 Faye Emerson (Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt*. Dinner,
drinks, etc. ___ 11 00
September Entertained by John Meyer:
17 Mocambo Club, champagne. Dinner at Chasen's
Restaurant with Howard Hughes- 76.10
September Entertained by John Meyer:
18 Romanoff’s, cocktails and champagne- 26.00
Tail o* the Cock, dinner, champagne.. 23.50
La Maze Club, champagne..... 21.00
Cocambo Club, champagne--- 24.00
Liquor _ 116.66
August Entertained by John Meyer; *
20 Dinner, “21” Club..— 42.00
Stork Club ....-.— 17.50
El Morocco Club_ 47.00
Liquor for apartment.. 115.00
August Entertained by John Meyer:
21 Party and dinner, El Morocco Club- 172.00
Party, Copacabana Club- 84.00
Presents for four girls- 200.00
• Continued on Page A-3, Column 2.)
Negotiators to Make
Last-Minute Effort to
Avert Ford Tieup
UAW's Executive Board
To Meet This Afternoon
On Request for Strike
ly tH« Associated Press
DETROIT. Aug. 2.—The fate
ful hour for the decision on £
Ford Motor Co. strike was al
hand today.
In one more effort, however, the
company and CIO unionists strove
for the understanding which coulc
ward off a costly tieup. A strike
would make more than 100,000 mer
idle.
Negotiators for Ford and the CIC
United Auto Workers headed tc
the bargaining table in the hope
of breaking a deadlock involving
the Taft-Hartley labor law anc
workers’ pensions.
Already Ford had rejected a unior
demand for a contract clause pro
tecting it against “financial liabil
ity” under the law, and the UAW
CIO had turned down as "unaccep
table” a Ford counter-offer.
May Call Strike Monday.
The international executive boare
of the UAW which speaks fo
107,000 Ford production workers, wa
scheduled to meet this afternoor
to act on a request for strike ap
proval. Heads of the UAW’s Fort
department made the request.
Union sources have said that, i
the board approves, a strike wil
be called to take effect next week
uudui.y iviuuua.y ui ***'
executive board’s assent is neces
sary under union law.
Company and union negotiator
broke up a conference late yester
day after reporting “no progress.”
Shortly before Ford had orderei
in 30,000 men on overtime to worl
today. A management spokesmai
said the company wanted to buili
up a materials stockpile "in th
event of a strike.” Ordinarily Sat
urday is a holiday in the five-da;
week.
Ford Proposal Rejected.
In several quarters the situatioi
was described as the most seriou
between Ford and the auto unioi
since the UAW’s recognition striki
against the family-owned automo
bile emDire in 1939.
The UAW-CIO came out of tha
clash with recognition as productioi
workers' bargaining agent from thi
late Henry Ford, then compan;
president, and with a contract re
quiring union membership of al
such workers.
The union yesterday turned dowi
the “good faith” proposals of Henrj
Ford, II. which he had offered as i
compromise to the UAW's demant
for protection against lawsuits undo
the Taft-Hartley Act.
Thomas Thompson, president o:
the big Ford Rouge local 600 anc
chairman of the union Negotiatinj
Committee, charged Mr. Ford's pro
posal would give “power to crusf
and wipe out our union” to the laboi
disputes umpire.
Mr. Ford had promised the com
(SeeAUT07 Page~A-2.)
Policeman Routs Five
i
Trying to Paint Signs
At British Embassy
Slogans Assailing Britain
Found at Consulate
Buildings in Five Cities
Five men who attempted to
paint signs in the driveway of |
j the British Embassy here early j
j today were routed by a Metro- j
politan policeman on duty there!
as similar incidents were re
ported at British consulates in
five cities throughout the coun
try.
One of the five, a 20-year-old
Washington resident, was captured
by the policeman. After being
questioned, he was released with
out charges shortly before noon.
Anti-British slogans and swasti
kas were painted successfully on
British consulates in New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago
and Los Angeles, the Associated
Press reported.
Men Had Paint Buckets.
Policeman William Weisbacker of
the ninth precinct reported he saw
I the five men, loaded with buckets of
' blue paint and brushes, run into the
> embassy driveway about 2:30 a.m.
i When challenged, they ran, he said.
■ Pvt. Weisbacker gave chase and
I caught one of them.
When questioned by police, the
' youth said he believed that “by
1 constant effort, assassinations by
. me ismisn couia oe sioppea. nc
■ told police he was a member of the
■ Jewish Community Center but had
“no religion.” He was in the Army
> from 1943 to 1946, serving overseas
■ in France and Germany, according
to police.
} Special police guards at various
: embassies here were discontinued at
| the end of the war. Precinct com
1 manders, however, have made it a
; practice to statfon special police de
' tails at an embassy whenever it is
believed demonstrations might occur
as a result of a flare-up in the inter
national scene, such as the recent
1 hangings of British and Jews in
! Palestine.
1 Two Held in Philadelphia.
; Among the anti-British slogans
' appearing on consulates in the other
cities were "British Following Nazis,”
; “British are Nazis,” and “Exodus,
1 1947”—the name of the Jewish refu
! gee ship seized recently en route to
’ Palestine.
; In Philadelphia police arrested
1 two youths, Daniel Tapper, 17, Cam
den, N. J., and Sid Troy, New York,
and charged them with malicious
mischief. They were arrested when
a group of painters were surprised
smearing slogans and swastikas
on the Philadelphia Savings Fund
. (See^ANTI-BRITISHrPage~A^2.r
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Cement Mixer Honeymoon I
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.. Aug. 2‘
| UP). — Hone.vmooners visit Niagara |
i Falls in vehicles of all vintages, sizes
| and shapes. Parking attendants
; said today a honeymoon pair showed
' up in a cement mixer.
KonTiki Expedition Sights Land
After 3 Months Sailing Pacific
B -PI_IJ_I _ LI Un .rf aftor o enroll lifted tho raft tr« i
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North American Newspaper Alliance
AT SEA IN TUAMOTU ARCHI
PELAGO, July 30 (Delayed).—At
dawn today the Kon-Ttki raft ex
pedition sighted land for the first
time since we left Callao. Peru,
three months and a day ago, to
prove that a pre*Incan blond race
could have drifted on rafts from
Peru to Polynesia some 1,500 years
ago.
But we are not sure where we shall
be able to run ashore.
We had known for two days that
land was near. Large flocks of
frigate birds had sailed above us at
great speeds, obviously headed for
land.
This morning at « o'clock, Her
man Watzinger, who had been on
watch, turned us out of our sleeping
1
show him a blue smudge lying close 1
to the horizon outlined against the 1
red morning sky. It was the island 1
of Pukapuka. easternmost atoll of '
the Tuamotu group.
Strong side winds, however, were ‘
driving us fast in the opposite direc- !
tion. We couldn't turn the raft into ;
the wind, but we managed to work *
along at right angles, sailing some
seven miles south of the island, j
parallel to its two-mile coast.
At 6:30 a.m. some natives on tfte
island must have started breakfast. '
Heavy blue smoke rose behind the
trees. After three months of salt
sea smells, it was strange to get
whiffs of burning wood'from the 1
native village. Later, the strong 1
scent of fresh wood and greenery j
(See KON TIKI, Page A-2.) i
i ►
7 U. S. Planes
May Be 'Headed
For Caribbean'
Unauthorized Flight
From Florida Field
Is Not Confirmed
By the Associated Press
Government officials said to
day a widespread search is on
for seven fast former Army
combat planes reported to be
headed for a ‘‘foreign country”
after an unauthorized takeoff
from a Florida field.
Edson J. Shamhart, deputy com
missioner of the Bureau of Customs,
confirmed reports from Florida that
an “alert” was ordered to prevent
the planes from leaving this coun
try, if they have not done so already.
They are two fast-flying P-38s
and five P-51s. War Department
officials said some of these planes,
used by American flyers in the war,
have been sold as surplus and may
be in the hands of civilians.
“There are plenty of young fel
lows in this country who know how
to fly these ships,” one officer said.
Departure Not Confirmed.
Officials here would neither con
firm nor deny that the planes have
avvuuiij vanvii vv» viiu uu •
At Tampa, Fla., A. T. Brantley,
deputy collector of customs, said
ne had asked all Florida airports
to be on the lookout.
Gilbert Glynn, a Civil Aeronautics
Administration communicator at
Knoxville, 'fenn., said a message
from his Atlanta office reported the
planes were missing. This informa
:ion came from the Florida high
way patrol.
The patrol renewed its search be
?un late yesterday of deserted Army
ur fields, dotted about the State,
for signs of plane departures or
preparations for arrivals. Patrol
nen reported their search so far
was fruitless.
Air Fields Checked.
A check of air fields between New
Means and the Mexican border
Drought no news of the missing
Dianes. Border Patrol officials said
.hey had not been alerted.
Officials refused to express an
ppiniori on the destination of the
fast little fleet. One, declining the
jse of his name, however, observed:
‘You know there has been some
;rouble in the Caribbean.”
A dispatch from Part-Au-Prince
today said Haitians returning from
the Dominican Republic were
puoted by Port-Au-Prince news
papers as explainirig they left be
;ause of apprehension over heavy
troop movements.
(The Dominican Ambasador,
Julio Ortega Frier, told The Star
that his government had “re
ceived reports of military aircraft
being held by persons intending
to use them in his country.
Island Coast Patrolled.
(However, the Ambassador
added, the Dominican govern
ment is maintaining a constant
air patrol of its coast to sight any
craft which might seek to land
government and there have been
no reports from the search planes
of any invasion.
(“Our reports were that there
were several such planes and at
first we thought it was absurb,”
the Ambassador said. “These first
reports were that two or three of
such combat aircraft were in a
South American country and
that, with others, they would be
concentrated elsewhere at first.”)
Ambassador Frier said here last
Saturday that an army of 3,000
“Communist revolutionaries” from
Cuba, Guatemala, Venezuela and
Puerto Rico was mobilized in Cuba
for an invasion. But Venezuelan,
Cuban and Guatemalan officials
have denied any knowledge of such
an army.
An army spokesman said the
American combat planes have a
range “around 1,200 miles” if
Equipped with spare gasoline tanks.
Customs officials said they were
asked by “other government de
partments” to intercept the planes
and prevent them from leaving the
country without permission. It is
illegal to remove military equipment
without a license, he added. This
applies as well to war surplus sales.
Only Rumors of Disorders.
This official said “this is a deli
cate situation” and he couldn't dis
close what other departments are
“interested.”
(The State Department, a
spokesman said, would not be
concerned with the mere depar
ture of planes from a Florida
(See CARIBBEAN~Page A-2.)
Berlin Paper Says Red Zone
Has Concentration Camps
Sy the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. 2.—The official
lewspaper of the Berlin Social
Democratic Party said today 13
‘large and well-known concentra
;ion camps and forced labor camps”
were operating in the Russian occu
sation zone of Germany.
The newspaper charged the camps
were run by the NKVD (Russian
secret police) and had tens of thou-j
:ands of inmates. It s^d the in
nates included many German So
:ial Democrats and Communists
:onsidered “undesirable” by the So
'iet-sponsored Socialist Party.
Among the camps named by the
Social Democrats were two former
lotorious Nazi concentration camps,
Juchenwald in Thuringia and
Sachsenhausen in Brandenberg.
On several occasions American
lews correspondents visiting the
Russian zone on conducted tours
lave sought to visit Buchenwald
md Sachsenhausen. Permission
vatf refused by local Russian com
nandants. At these interviews the
Russian officials refused to comment
in reports that both camps were
onfining Social Democrats who had
ebelled against the Soviet-indorsed
nerper of their party with the Com
nunists in April, 1946. i
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r* 1 WONDER WHAT BOB,MEANS’^*
[WHEN HE SAYS HE WONT MAKEUP
SjjlS MiND UNTIL OCTOBER
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$500,000 in Bonds Pay
For Projects Unlisted
In Alexandria Issue
Auditing Firm Seeks to
Straighten Out Situation,
Budwesky Announces
BUDWESKY QUITS post as Alex
andria city manager. Page A-12
By Mary Lou Werner
One-third of the $1,500,000
bond issue floated in Alexandria
last year has been spent on proj
ects not authorized in the bond
issue, city officials admitted
today.
As a result, funds for Improve
ments contemplated under the bond
issue, including acquisition of school
sites, are not available, it was
learned.
Asked to explain how the situa
tion occurred, Carl Budwesky, whe
resigned as city manager yes
terday, said he learned of the finan
cial mixup when he returned from
Florida last spring. He said the
City Council had, during the past
year, authorized expenditures for
capital improvements not contem
plated under the bond issue.
Funds Transferred.
To pay for these expenditures,
funds were taken from the bond
issue account and placed in the
general fund, and the bills were
charged off against the general fund,
he said.
"Upon learning what had been
done,” Mr. Budwesky said, "I started
working with the auditing firm that
takes care of our finances in the
preparation of a detailed analysis of
what the funds have been used for.”
He said it would be necessary to
reimburse the bond account to the
extent of funds diverted from it to
cover the cost of items not intended
to be covered by the bond money.
“I want to emphasize that there is
no particular difficulty involved,” Mr.
Budwesky explained. "It merely
means that those appropriations
made by the council since the last
bond issue must shortly be taken
care of either by temporary or long
term loans.”
Borrowing Impossible.
This would be necessary, he ex
plained, because it is impossible to
borrow new money to finance pro
jects for which money already had
been borrowed. In other words any
subsequent bond issue would have
to be floated to cover the expendi
tures made on capital improvements
from the present bond issue fund.
Actually, the money borrowed for
these improvements would be ap
plied to reimburse the existing bond
issue fund so that the improvements
contemplated under the original
bond issue could be fulfilled.
Col. Everett A. Hellmuth, chair
man of the city council finance com
mittee, said he agreed with the
statement of Mr. Budwesky that the
financial muddle presents “no par
ticular difficulty.”
"The city’s finances ran beyond
all expectations last year in raises
and work that had to be done,” Col.
Hellmuth said. He referred to the
task of straightening out the bond
issue account as “tremendously com
plicated.”
Col. Hellmuth added that he was
"looking forward” to the employment
of a city controller "who can be ex
pected to keep a tighter reign on
city finances.” Employment of a
controller already has been author
ized by the council.
Among unexpected expenditures
(See~BONDS, Page~A-2j
Scientist Finds
Ape Man's Pelvis
In South Africa
By the Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
Aug. 2.—Dr. Robert Broom, noted
South African scientist, yesterday
discovered what he believed was the
pelvis of the Sterkfontein apeman.
. (Scientists with the American
Museum of Natural History in
New York said Dr. Broom previ
ously had found remains of this
species, which they said appar
ently lived in the Pleistocene
epoch, about 1,000,000 years ago.
Sterkfontein is in the Transyaal.)
Describing his new find, Dr. Broom
said:
“The pelvis, nearly complete,
shows She being walked on his hind
legs and was apparently closely
allied to man. The discovery is of
great Importance.-’
t
U. N. Agency Warns
Atomic Stock Piles
Must Be Distributed
Commission, in First'
Report, Says Step Would
Avoid War Temptation
By the Associated Pres*
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 2.—
! United Nations atomic delegates
| warned today that atomic stock
piles and production facilities
must be distributed among the
nations to avoid tempting an ag
gressor to launch an atomic war.
In one of a series of papers which
make up a pieview of the second
report of the U. N. Atomic E^.-gy,
Commissin, a group of delega. de
clared that the seizure of stockpiles
and production facilities, plus facili
ties using nuclear fuel, would be a
signal that a nation was about “to
embark on atomic warfare.” Rus
sia did not take part in drawing
up the papers.
“It is of vital importance that
production facilities, facilities utiliz
ing nuclear fuel and stockpiles
should be distributed amongst na
tions in such a way as to minimize
the military advantage that thair
seizure would provide for a nation
which has aggressive intentions,”
the delegates said.
Would Decrease W'ar Motive.
“A well-planned distribution could
not in itself prevent atomic war, but
the objective should be to decrease
the incentive for any one nation or
group of nations to attempt to se
cure a military advantage by seiz
ure.”
The papers, framed by the dele
gates in their individual capacities
and still not approved by their
governments, will be tackled by
the Political Committee of the com
mission next Wednesday. The com
mission is working on its second
report to the Security Council,
which must be turned in before
the U. N. Assembly meets Sep
tember 16.
An informed ..source said these
papers formed the base of that
report, which would deal largely
with the functions of an interna
tional control agency.
With Russia standing aloof and
Poland taking only a slight part,
i See~ATOMfcTPage A-2.)
War Material Found in Berlin
Guarded Against Red Seizure
Two Factories in U. S. Zone of City Found
Making Goods for 'Foreign Power'
By the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. 2.—Policemen
standing guard at a German fac
tory in the United States sectoi
of Berlin—which was orderec
closed because it was manufac
turing war materials for “a for
eign power”—told correspondent;
today they had orders to pre
vent any of the plant’s equip
ment from being removed bj
the Russians.' 1
The plant under guard was thi
Mariendorf unit of the Askanif
works, big scientific instrument;
industry. This plant and anothe:
Askania unit in the borough o
Friedenau, also in the United State;
sector, w>ere ordered shut by tin
American Military Governmen
when investigators reported they
were delivering precision instru
ments and other parts for war
machines* to the foreign power.
Five officials of the plants were
taken into custody and are expected
to be tried before an American Mili
tary Government general court.
Asked to state whether the for
eign power for which the plants
were working was Russia, an Amer
ican Military Government official
replied:
‘‘These men have not yet been
tried, but when they are brought
into court their trial will be open
to the press and public.”
Mariendorf Is a borough adjacent
to the Russian sector of the city.
A German left in charge at Marien
rSee WAR MATERIALS, Page A-2.)
Mopping Up in Java,
Advances in Sumatra
Reported by Dutch ‘
Indonesians Are Expecting
Renewed Drive as Word
Of U. N. Action Arrives
By th« A»*. .«.d Press
BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 2.—The
Dutch Army announced that
mopping up and consolidation
were under way throughout Java
today, while in Sumatra they
claimed new gains in a drive
southward on the Medan front.
These reports were contained in a
communique issued just after news
reached tnis Dutch colonial capital
that the United Nations Security
Council would ask both the Dutch
and the Indonesian Republic to cease
hostilities in progress since July 20.
The Republicans, by their own ad
mission, were expecting an intensi
fied Dutch push toward their capi
tal of Jogjakarta in South Central
Java.
Last-Ditch Defense Prepared.
A broadcast from Jogjakarta yes
terday reported that the Republican
high command had declared the city
and surroundings to be a military
(See INDONESIA, Page A-2.)
Man Leaps to Death
From Waldorf Roof
Sy the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—After tell
ing a dancing partner that "this is
the last time I'll be dancing with
you,” John William Frick, 27, of
Redwood City, Calif., plunged to
his death last night from the fash
ionable Starlight Roof restaurant
at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria.
Mr. Frick's body landed on the
Park avenue sidewalk, 18 floors be
low. Police listed the death as
suicide.
Mr. Frick had been dining with
friends and police quoted them as
saying he had been depressed.
After leaving the dance floor, Mr.
Frick escorted his partner back to
the table, shook hands with other
members of the group and walked
away.
Three waiters said they saw him
walk to the 3-foot parapet, place a
chair against it and dive over head
first.
Army Bans Chennault s speech
Critical of U. S. 'Politicians'
By th» Associated Press
SHANGHAI. Aug. 2.—Maj. Gen.'
John P. Lucas, commander of the
American military advisory group
in China, said today he banned the
broadcast of an Air Force Day ad
dress by Lt. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault charging that “pennywise and
pound foolish conservatism of politi
cians” was “one of the greatest fore
seeable hazards to development of
our air power.”
Gen. Chennault, wartime chief of
the Flying Tigers and now head of
air transport for the China National
Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration. had recorded the speech
for broadcast over American armed
forces radio station XMAG at Nan
king.
Asked by a reporter why he banned
I
broadcast of the address, Gen. Lucas
said:
“If you read it. you would under
stand why it could not have gone
over an Army station. If it had been
a commercial radio, it would have
been none of my business.”
Gen. Lucas said he saw a written
copy of the speech only after it had
been recorded. Gen. Chennault's
public relations officer said the
speech was recorded under arrange
ment with the program director of
XMAG.
In the talk Gen. Chennault
criticized "the conservatism that sits
it polished desks and in legislative
lalls at Washington."
The "danger.” he said, was not
be conservatism of plane builders,
out “the pennywise and pound fool
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U.N. Acts Swiftly
To Halt Fighting
In Indonesia
Notes Tell Natives
And Dutch to Cease
Hostilities at Once
By the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 2.—The
United Nations today moved
swiftly to stop the conflict in
Indonesia with unprecedented
orders to the Netherlands and
Indonesian governments to
cease hostilities immediately.
Terse notes were dispatched to
the two governments within a few
hours after last night's far-reaching
Security Council decision calling on
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their disputes by arbitration or
other peaceful means.
The Council debated only two day*
before Issuing the cease-fire order
in the strongest action ever taken
by an U. N. organ. The hostilitie*
began July 20.
To enforce its decision, the Council
under the U. N. Charter can pull
out the most potent weapons in its
arsenal — economic sanctions and
severance of diplomatic relations by
all 55 members and, as a last resort,
‘such action by air, land and sea
forces as may be necessary to main
tain or restore international peace
and security.”
Vote Was 8 to 0.
The vote was 8 to 0, with Britain,
France and Belgium abstaining.
Russia and the United States, the
latter author of the final resolu
tion, split only when delegates' voted
down a Soviet demand that Dutch
and Indonesian troops be withdrawn
to positions they held at the start
of military operations. Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko
insisted that otherwise the Dutch
would have an advantage in the
negotiations.
Both parties were expected to
comply with the council vercyct, al
though Dutch Ambassador Eelco N.
Van Kleffens stalked out after the
session with a "no comment what
soever” statement to reporters.
In fighting a losing battle to block
the move Dr. Van Kleffens earlier
advised delegates that his govern
ment hoped hostilities would cease
at the earliest possible moment.
"More I am not authorized to say at
this time,” he added.
Dr. Van Kleffens was in almost
constant trans-Atlantic telephonic
communication with the Hague
throughout the debate. He re
peatedly contended that the fighting
was an internal affair and the
council had no authority.
An American spokesman said that
the United States offer of “good of
fices” to both sides still stood. The 1
Dutch “gladly accepted” the offer
and dispatches from Batavia indi
cated that the Indonesian govern
ment would accept conditionally at
least.
Britairi, France and Belgium
fought the move all through the
debate, French Delegate Alexandre
Parodi evpn telline t.hp Council after
the balloting that he would have
preferred to vote against the reso
lution but abstained because h«
veto would have killed It.
Hotly Contested Point.
Passage of the resolution also
served to give official Council recog
nition to the Indonesian govern
ment. a point hotly contested by Dr.
Van Kleffens in his speeches.
Russia’s amendment on the with
drawal of troops to previous posi
tions was defeated when Mr. Gro
myko could get only Poland to vote
with him. The other nine delegates
abstained and the proposal fell iar
short of the necessary seven votes.
During the final stages of debate,
the Netherlands was under strong
attack from China and India. The
Chinese delegate. Dr. T. P. Tsiang,
charged that the Dutch were acting
as an "overlard” and wanted to
place Indonesia in the role of a
“vassal state.” India's B. R. Sen
said Dr. Van Kleffens’ arguments
were unsatisfactory, misleading
and one-sided.”
The Indonesian case was brought
to the Council by India and Aus
tralia. The latter invoked chapter
7, which makes provision for the
use of fore*, and the case was heard
under articles of that chapter.
Dutch Governor Fears
Order Can't Be Enforced
BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 2 UP).—
Acting Gov. Gen. Hubertus J. van
Mook welcomed today the United
States offer to mediate the Indo
nesian conflict but expressed doubt
that the Indonesian Republic could
enforce the cease fire order of the
United Nations Security Council.
In an interview the senior Dutch
official in the Netherlands East In
(See~U. N„ Page A-2.)
Late Bulletins
City Manager Named
Joseph M. Pancoast, Alexan
dria city attorney since 1M3,
today was appointed tempor
ary city manager to replace
Carl Budwesky, who resigned
yesterday. The action was
taken at a special session of
council at which Mayor Wil
liam T. Wilkins announced
that Mr. Budwesky’s resigna
tion had been requested by
council yesterday morning.
(Earlier Story on Page A-12.)
Boys' Tennis Title Won
KALAMAZOO, Mich. UP).—
Robert Perry of Los Angeles
today captured the National
Boys’ Tennis Championship by
defeating a fellow Californian,
Allen Cleveland of Santa Moo*
ica, 6—3, 6—3.
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