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Bidault, Encouraged By Conferences Here, Plans Further Talks French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, "confident and encouraged" after talks with top officials here yesterday, planned further confer ences today regarding emergency economic help for France. He told reporters that France will have to cut essential imports of wheat and coal from the United States unless a "very serious" need for dollars is met by November 1. -Accompanied by French Ambassa dor Henri Bonnet, Mr. Bidault called In turn yesterday on President Tru man, Secretary of Agriculture An derson and Undersecretary of State Lovett. Reception Held at Embassy. It was as he left the State Depart ment that he reported he was "con fident and encouraged." He said he had a "very friendly" talk with Mr. Lovett. but pointe^ out tbiit "things are not settled m one conversation." After the round of conferences, Mr. Bidault met nugoerous other high-ranking official*.at a "cham pagne and orange juice" reception given in his honor at the French Embassy. . '?· The Embassy explained that re freshments were limited to cham pagne and orange juice in order to save dollars. No hard liquors were served because they would have cost dollars. The champagne came from France. Communist With Bidault. A French Communist newspaper men. whose presence in the United States originally was restricted to New York for coverage of the United Nations, accompanied Mr. Bidault to Washington. Pierre Courtade, correspondent for L'Humanité, French Communist daily, was granted permission to make the trip from New York to Washington after Mr. Bidault had asked Gen. Marshall if hie could make arrangements. Gen. Marshall Is understood to have intervened with the Justice Department to amend the restrictions on Mr. Courtade's visa. Mr. Bidault plans to return to^Jew York tomorrow. Lee \V/Ullliiiucu χ ι win a uau ι sented an out-of-focus picture and, stating that deficiencies discovered by the official investigation have al ready been corrected, recommends no further aetion in the case." In view of the fact" that corrective steps have been taken Gen. Eisen hower expressed the opinion, which was concurred in by Secretary Royall, "that there is nothing con tained in any of the evidence pro cured from a wide variety of sources that constitutes a basis for any further action." Certain "Errors" Listed. Certain "errors of commission or omission" that should have been corrected earlier, in Gen. Eisenhow er's opinion, included the following: "1. Undue pressure exercised by commanders to induce subordinates to join fraternal organizations." The Army traditionally has frowned upon such attempts, the general stated, and Gen. Lee "should have realized that an expression of his personal indorsement would in some instances be interpreted by his subordinates as a virtual command." He said he was sending out instruc tions to the Army on this point. Gen. Lee, According to the In-, vestigator's report, encouraged en rollment in the "Fellowship of United States-British Comrades," an organization whose fraternal aims many senior Army officers had indorsed. Although undue pressure was discovered in one instance, where an officer had required his men to write him a letter if they did not wish to join, less than 20 per cent of the men in the theater joined the group, it was said, and there was no evidence of retalia tion for not joining. Tkieiiinlinarv Pamn rnnilitinnc "2. Unsatisfactory conditions in the Prison Disciplinary Camp." The primary purpose of such camps, Gen. Eisenhower pointed out, is rehabilitation of men who otherwise would be transferred to penitentiaries at home. The camp in this, respect has been equally successful with others, the general said, although "two errors were committed in the conduct of the camp." f The first was that minor offend ers appear to have been incarcer ated where contact was possible with serious offenders. "I regard this as a serious mis take," Gen. Eisenhower wrote, "in view of the extreme youth of the average soldier on occupation." The second "error," in the gen eral's view, was a daily routine "of a very severe order—far more so than justified by the obvious ne « cessity of establishing in the camp the highest possible order of dis cipline in the performance of daily duties. An active day of 17 hours does not conform to my convictions of proper, even though strict, treat ment of offenders." i Listed for Correction. Both of these points, Gen. Eisen hower said, will be "brought prompt ly to the attention of the new~ the ater commander, with orders for correction." "3. Indifference or neglectful conduct on the part of some of ficers in requiring chauffeurs to wait unconscionably lqng hours to suit the social convenience of the officers." The general stated, however, that "this offense seems to be of an oc casional rather than a general na ture." Negligence on the part of a few, Gen. Eisenhower said, gives sup port to charges of negligence or arrogance on the part of all and creates "justifiable resentment on the part of enlisted men." The general said the theater com-' mander will be informed immediate ly on this point. Complaints where the fault lies primarily with the Army, Gen. Eis enhower said, include the breaking of promises made to men upon en listment. "I have long made this matter one of personal attention," the general wrote, "and shall take steps again to follow up on it. The Army could do no greater disservice to itself than to be guilty of bad faith in this matter." A second complaint not attributable to the theater commander, Gen. Eisenhower said, was that against "unfairness and instability in poli cies applying to the transport of service dependents to Italy." "Uncertainties" in Area. There were "special uncertainties" in the Mediterranean area, however, owing to the "fliftd" situation in Italy, and the tflpirt of the War De FRENCH COMMUNIST REPORTER HERE j— Pierre Courtade (left), correspondent for toe French Communist newspaper L'Humanité, and Maurice Ferro (with glasses), correspondent for Le Monde, talk with French Foreign Minister Georges Bi dault during a reception at the French Embassy in honor of Mr. Bidault last night. —AP Photo. partment to inform personnel of the reason for changes in policy. Despite security restrictions on in formation as to· future troop move ments, the general feels the War De partment did not pay sufficient at tention to the. "natural reactions of theater personnel and their depend ents." He predicted the situation: ■will be improved by recent instruc tions on the movement of dependents to the European command. In his report, Gen. Wyche said the "brief period" Mr. Ruark spent in Italy would "not of necessity preclude the possibility of his hav ing been told a great many things by a very few people, but it cer tainly indicates he had not suffi cient time to inquire into the things told him to verify their veracity or authenticity. Gen. Wyche found that, "although Gen. Lee and members of his staff have taken advantage of certain perequisites and privileges custo marily accorded officers of his and their rank, the exercise of their perequisites and privileges does not fairly indicate that they are living in a lavish or luxurious manner, or that they have abused the privileges of their rank. "Flunkie" Charge Unconfirmed. "The columnist alleges, in sub stance, that many of the enlisted men are employed as flunkies, serv ants and helplese targets for officer conceit. * * * I was unable to find any soldiers who hâve been em ployed as flunkies or servants for officers." TU» ..i J. ir- n.. 1- i. that, around Gen. Lee's headquar ters, there was an "unduly strict adherence to rules, regulations and customs of the service, with soldiers being punished for tjie slightest deviations therefrom." Gen. Wyche said he found "no evidence to sub stantiate the allegation that enlisted men are habitually drastically pun ished for the slightest deviation from Gen. Lee's strict rules of disci pline and military courtesy." Battalion Commander Relieved. Gen. Wyche reported that "several complaints were made against the commanding officer of the 503d Mili tary Policé B&ttalion" whiiChe was in Italy. Investigation disclosed the commander was a "very strict dis ciplinarian and his unit appeared to have an unduly high court martial rate." The general said he was of the opinion the battalion commander "had not always used good judgment in the administration" of his unit aftd that he had taken steps before he left Italy to have the officer re lieved from the assignment. The general added: "As to the allegation that Leghorn is salute crazy « » · compliance with those _ regulations is superior and does "not appear to have been overdone, except in isolated in stances where some officers have on occasion improperly reprimanded soldiers for failing to salute them while they were in moving Chicles." Gen. Wyche remarked that "Gen. Lee is a firm bêliever In the ex change of military salutes." 4,000 Court-Martial Cases. Although there was a total of about 4,000 court-martial cases in the theater in the year ended last June 30, "this number does not ap pear to ife alarmingly high," Gen. Wyche said. "To obtain exemplary conduct on the pert of these im mature and poorly basically trained young men," he explained, "requires the imposition of more drastic measures than those normally re quired for older and more seasoned troops." The report said 60 per cent of the troops were in the 17-20-year age bracket, with only eight weeks' basic training prior to arrival In the theater. Turning to Mr. Ruark's stories of harsh treatment of prisoners at a disciplinary training center at Pisa, Gen. Wyche said he talked to many inmates and "found none who stated that they were or had been brutally treated; none were or had been for several months in solitary confine ment." Living- Style Defended. Gen. Wyche said Mr. Ruark's criticism of Gen. Lee's style of living was "not based on a fair and im partial consideration of all factual information." "By custom," the general wrote, "and by virtue of his high position as the acting supreme Allied com mander and as the senior repre sentative of the United States Gov ernment in an occupied foreign country * * * it is essential that Gen. Lee live and so conduct himself as to uphold the dignity and prestige of the United States and other Allied nations which he represents." A special train "of the general type described by Mr. Ruark" in one story was made available to Gen. Lee without cost to the United States, by the Italian government, Gen. Wyche said. ' — » Palestine (Continued From First Page.) complete strike, bbt made no effort to demonstrate even near the docks where tne Northland and Paducah were handled. The strike started at dawn. The streets were crowded with Arab pedestrians, since all Arab buses stayed in garages and pickets ranged around bus stops to prevent Arabe from riding in Jewish buses. Falastin, Christian-Arab news paper in Jnffa, Appeared with a heavy black bjjyjer around its front page and carried headlines reading "Palestine today is funeral of al enemies of Arab world." Emile Ghoury, member of th< Arab Higher Executive Committee addressed Moslems in the Mosqu( El Aksa at midmorning and read f message |rom the exiled Granc Mufti, Haj Amin el Husseini. Sev eral other speakers also exhortec Arabs to unity against Jewish po litical aspirations. Tommy Gunners on Patrol. Palestine police, on the alert sincf dawn, had Tommy gunners replac ing the usual riflemen on foot pa trol. Rolls of barbed wire wer< hauled to position at all seven gate: of the old walled city for use ir case the Arabs tried to demonstrate in modern Jerusalem. The Arab leadership was confi dent, however, that the strike woulc not burgeon into revolt or disorder but would be only a "peaceful dem onstration to the world that th( Arabs are united in their oppositior to invasion by the western work into our lands." Λ I II f I A . . mm MraDs neia oer το rree Palestine and Egypt CAIRO, Oct. 3 (JP).—Mahmouc Labib Bey, commander of the Pales tine Arab Youth Organization, de clared today that "Arab commando; now are ready to liberate Palestin< and Egypt simultaneously." He spoke at a youth meeting of th« Young Men's Moslem Associatior headquarters. The meeting was helc to protest a United Nations commit tee recommendation for partition o; the Holy Land. Labib Bey, recently expelled froir Palestine by British authorities, said "Palestine will not be liberated from inside, but from without." H·. «aid the Moslem Brotherhood hid pre pared a program to this end and was pledged to carry it out. He declared that wealthy Egyfli tians should be compelled to buy land in Palestine to prevent ft fall ing into Jewish hands. His speech was punctuated with cries of "down with .AnglOrvAjneri can imperialism; long Hv» ifee"free dom and independence of the Ar'at state; down with criminal Holland.' 200 Jews Leave Cyprus On Palestine Quota NICOSIA, Cyprus, Oct. 3 (Λ5).—Twc hundred Jews left for Palestine to day as quota immigrants. Many thousands of Jews seeking to entei Palestine without immigration cer tificates have been interned here The British send groups of them tc the Holy Land under monthly immi gration quotas. Port Strike (Continued Prom First Page.) I LA, called the action "government by injunction with a vengeance." "Here we have a statute which permits an ex parte injunction anc makes it returnable 300 miles oui of the city in which it is issued,' Mr. Waldman said. "This is legisla tion which has taken us back If to 18 years." * Shipping of Trailers Involved. The labor dispute revolves arounc Trailerships, Inc., a new companj that obtained a franchise to ship tf&rgo-laden trailers on two con verted Navy landing craft between New York City and Albany. As outlined by NLRB officials, th< dispute developed as follows: Trailerships made an agreement with United Marine Division, Loca 333, of the ILA, to man the shipi when the company was ready tc begin operations in August. Locals of the AFL Internationa Brotherhood of Teamsters, however declined to load the trailers on th( ships unless their driver-memben were paid while the landing craft made their trips. They contended their contracts called for wage! based on the distance to the city tx which a truck was destined and t driver should accompany a shippec vehicle. Sought to Force Settlement. The ILA men manning the ships then struck the port as well as the barge canal to force the Albany citj administration to settle the dispute between the teamsters and Trailer ships. The NLRB acted on complaint: received from Cargill, Inc., anc Cargo Carriers, Inc., grain shippers; Oil Transfer Corp., Russell-Polir Inc.; James McWilliams Blue Line Inc., and Spentonbush Fuel Trans port Service, Inc. None of these uses Trallerships but all have cargoes tied up as s result of the strike. In Albany, Ira Campbell, attor ney for Traflerships, said it planned to file a $500,000 damage suit against the teamsters under the same provisions of the Taft-Hart ley Act on which the NLRB acted against the longshoremen. Dismissals (Continued From First Page.) " the employes -to resign is to deai their records to make it easier foi than to obtain jobs elsewhere. Numerous employes suspected oi disloyalty have been permitted U. resign in the'past, in cases where the evidence against them was not considered sufficiently conclusive tc warrant summary dismissal, undei special authority conferred on the Secretary of State by the McCarrar rider. * ï the rider empowers the Secretarj to fire any employes without regard to xlvll service rules when ever he considers It to be in the national Interest. The Personnel Security Board is composed of Maynard B. Barnes. State Department representative on the stafï of the National War Col lege; Conrad E. Snow, assistant legal adviser, and Darrell St. Claire, legis lative assistant for congressional liason. Text of Announcement. The text of the department's an nouncement today follows: "The Department of State an nounced today that the Personnel Security Board has recommended that three employes who haci been terminated for security reasons be permitted to resign without prejudice. "The board had reviewed the flies of the 10 persons whose employment was terminated in June under au thority conferred upon the' Secre tary of State by the McCarran rider. "Assistant Secretary John E. Peurifoy had requested the board to make a review and to make such recommendations for further action as the board considered desirable. The board in reaching its decision had available statements made by a number of the employes whose services had been terminated. "The department has accepted the recommendations of the board and the persons concerned have been notified." Prices (Continued From First Page.) I reached $36, a new record for load lots, while the top In*Chicago's cat tle market also was $36. Cities Report Higher Bread. Several cities reported retail bread prices had been increased 1 cent a loaf and bakers cited higher prices for flour, lard and other ingredients as the reason for the boost, the Associated Press Reported. Among cities reporting increases were Min neapolis, center of the country's flour industry; Indianapolis, Cleve ' land, Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio; j Flint, Mich., and Jacksonville, Fla. Indicatons were that similar boosts would be made in Chicago and other ! cities. Present pound loaf prices generally are 14 cents for white ι ; bread. j December wheat hit a new record ι high of $2.94 in Chicago yesterday I but dropped later to close at $2.83 % j to $2.86. Corn declined 8 cents a bushel, the one-day limit. I In New York wholesale poultry was 2 to 3 cents a pound lower, but there was little change in the Chica : go prices. After a long advance, cocoa futures dropped a cent a pound in the New York market. Food (Continued From First Page,t I meet early in November to look over j the administration's data. Their views will determine whether Con gress is to be called into special ses sion to act. Dr. Nourse predicted that the food saving plan will find a "good re sponse," adding that he drew this ! conclusion from comments of busi Iness, labor, agriculture and other (groups interviewed by the Economic uouncu. Chief Source of Saving:. President Truman, in addressing the Citizens' Food Committee this week, said the "greater part of the saving must come out of what we feed our livestock" and this is what the Government is about to go after. The Agriculture Department is con ducting the drive, in co-operation with the Food Committee headed by Charles Luckman. ?" The voluntary step* to be asked of the farmers are expected to include these points: Send hogs and cattle to market at lighter weights; weed out laying hens and dairy cows that are not efficient produce^ conserve grain by cutting down waste and loss in storage. Prewar Feeding Pattern. A spokesman for one of the large farm organizations declared pro ducers will have to reiura to a pre war livestock feeding pattern "if we are to avoid Government con trols includihg prè*e control and rationing, which none of us wants." Agriculture experts said the problem is chiefly to persuade farmers and cattlemen not to fatten hogs beyond 230 pounds 6nd not to ) "finish," or fatten, beef beyond the I "good" grade, despite the current premium prices for "choice" meats. Meanwhile, Mr. Anderson said his department has been buying grain as rapidly as possible and already has purchased around 200,000,000 of the 500,000,000 bushels of wheat, Which is the new goal for 1947-8. "It's not necessary to tear the market apart to get this grain," Mr. Anderson said, "we have made rapid nrnffress in the accumulation of sun plies." Annoyed With Harriman Report. Mr. Anderson expressed annoy ance at the Harriman Committee report on the food situation, made public earlier this week. The report said the Government must deter mine which horn of the dilemma to ' seize—whether "to make sure of getting the wheat" needed at the risk of pushing prices higher or to buy cautiously "at the risk of ob taining considerably less" than will be needed. Secretary Anderson said he wished the committee had not just posed the dilemma, but had also suggested Which choice to make. He said he Is trying to get the grain and yet not upset the market and add the extra cost to the taxpayers' bill. Mr. Anderson said he would be happy to have the purchasing done "•by the State or Commerce Depart ments, many of whose officials have been reported as critical of Agri culture's buying policies. "But they leave it up to us," he said. The Citizens' Pood Committee is busy working on its conservation drive which officially gets under way with a four-network broadcast Sunday night, featuring President Truman, Secretary of State Mar shall and Mr. Luckman. Mr. Luck m&n would give no details pending the broadcast other than those he released Thursday indicating he will launch a vast publicity drive asking the housewife to "waste less." Meanwhile, Dr. Nourse said he be lieves this country can carry Europe's food And dollar needs witlKmt run away inflation. Mr. Truman's voluntary meat and-wheat saving program can off set the effect of European buying on prices "if skillfully managed, and I think it will be," Dr. Nourse told a reporter. Brewer*' Aid to Be Sought. The Nation's brewers and distillers will get a talking to tomorrow about using less grain, for beer and whisky, it was learned, and the restaurant and packinghouse industries have already /t»een holding behind-scenee conferences with members of the Citizens' Food Committee. Secretary Anderson and Mr. Luckmttn arranged to meet with the distillers' and brewers' representa tives. A spokesman for the Distilled Spirits Institute said "we're just sit ting here waiting" to see what the meeting might produce. The use of potatoes by distillers as a substitute now—as suggest ed by Senator Brewster, Repub lican, of Maine this week—was dis counted, however, because the potato crop is rated only about equal to demand this year. Meatless Days Opposed. Thé National Restaurant Associ ation has told Mr4 Luckman it op poses "meatless days" because they "cause endless trouble and don't save anything," but has suggested several other means of saving food. A program already under way, said Robert J. Wilson, executive secre tary of the restaurant group, calls for the listing of surplus food prod ucts on restaurant menus, prompt use of leftovers, careful control of portions and the serving of bread and butter only when requested. A spokesman for the American Bakers' Association reported new ef forts are being made tp abolish "consignment" selling of bread. This is a system under which bakery com panies supply grocers with extra loaves in an effort to boost sales volume, then pick up the stale left overs next dav. Meat packers' representatives, it was learned, have furnished Mr. Luckman with studies showing that about 34,000,000 bushels of grain could be saved annually if livestock producers would return to the feed ing practices of the prewar years. The 19-member Committee on Aid for Europe headed by Secretary Harriman entered the last lap of a two-day session Sizing up this coun try's ability to meet European needs without depleting American re sources and forcing prices higher. Secretary Harriman was expected to report the results at a news con ference late today. 40 Groups, Red Cross Plan Christmas Aid For War Wounded To plan a more cheerful Christ mas for service personnel hospi talized here or scheduled to be on duty Christmas Day, representatives of approximately 40 Washington organizations met today with the District Red Cross Community Service to Camps and Hospitals at 2020 Massachusetts avenue N.W. Pledges were to be made during the meeting for contributions of 338 Christmas trees, decorative greens, tree decorations, Christmas music, candy, nuts and cookies, in dividual gifts, wrappings, filled stockings, a baby grand piano, port able typewriter and a record player, i The items are on a request list to be filled by the District chapter as its share of the contributions for the Washington area. Most Wounded Here. "There are 82 days until Christmas and they will go very fast," Nat C. Wilson, chapter manager^ reminded 4-V> He said the largest number of military ill and wounded of any sec tion of the country is in the Wash ington area. Because of transfers from temporary hospitals which have been closed since last year, the need this year for a helping hand at Christmas is as great as in former years, ij not greater. "The war may be over, but our hospital is just as pack full as it was during the war," Miss Carolyn Schlater, field director at Walter Reed Hospital declared. "All the men who can, go home for, Christmas. Those left are the ones who can't get about. We are realiz ing more and more our responsibil ities to keep up the spirit of Christ mas among those men." Christmas Eve Is "Low Ebb." Christmas eve,*she said, is the "low ebb" time for these patients, when a "family party" at the hospital is most needed. Christmas afternoon brings a "flattened-out" feeling to the men which staff workers hope to alleviate by providing entertain ers. For patients of this type, there cannot be too much activity at one time, so the job of creating atmos phere has to start early and each activity must be made the most of, she said. Christmas means a great deal to patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Miss Margaret L. Gardner, field di rector there, told the meeting. She lexplained how the patients wait eagerly for the arrival of the Christ mas trees and vie for the biggest tree for their ward. The patients there can do most or tfte worK tnemseives, sne said. "If you just bring them the things, they'll do the rest. They look for ward to decorating the trees, and it ι means a great deal to them then just to sit and look at the trees." Man Aslçs for Hard Candy. , Emphasizing the meaning which Christmas has for St. Elizabeths patients, Miss Gardn# cited several incidents which revealed the eager ness with which they look forward to the familiar trappings. She cited the case of one elderly man who has given up his usual request for bon ibons and switched to hard candy j because, "hard candy is the candy lui Charles H. Rockwell, jr., field director at Fort Myer, said able bodied men in service theie also need Christmas festivities. "The Army doesn't provide any frills,"* he declared, "and Christmas time brings a deep feeling about home to boys who are on duty and I have to stay on the station." He said individual gifts are needed for J these men. Hearings on Statehood For Hawaii Face Delay By th« Associated Ργμ» Hearings in Hawaii on the House passed statehood bill for the ter ritory may be postponed by the Senate Public Lands Committee until after the first of the year or canceled entirely. Chairman Cordon of the Senate Public Lands Subcommittee on Ter ritories said today the European situation, with its prospects of a special session dt Congress, had forced him to cancel plans for hold ing hearings in Hawaii this fall. He said that after he returns from a trip to Europe with the Senate Appropriations Committee, he will be busy with the committee's con sideration of the European question. Roland Culver Weds Today SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 3 (A*).—A civil marriage ceremony was scheduled to^ unite today Roland Culvçr, 47,. English-born actor, and Actress Nan Hopkins, 29, who re cently qjerlved from England. Youth Seeking Tuition For Umpire School Held in Hotel Fleecing A 17-year-old Cincinnati youth was in custody of District authorities today because, police said, his am-! bition to be a major league baseball ! umpire drove him on a fabulous tour j of the Eastern States fleecing hotels, including the Mayflower, for the money he needed to enter an um pire school. Detective John T. Bailey of the third precinct arrested the well dressed, dark-haired youth at the desk of the Mayflower yesterday, he said, as the young man scolded a clerkifor ruining his system for ac quiring tuition to one of the umpire schools. The system, Detective Bailey said, was simple. He said the youth ad mitted skipping from hotel to hotel in Cleveland, St. Louis. Raleigh, Richmond, Charleston, S. C., and Washington collecting money by: First, registering in a big hotel's highest-priced room. Second, getting the hotel to buy plane and train tickets on his ac r.mint. Third, skipping out without pay ing the hotel. Fourth, cashing in the plane or train tickets before anyone was wise. His plans went awry this week. Detective Bailey said, when he tried the same stunt at the Mayflower for the third time. A suspicious clerk purposely failed to stamp a train ticket ordered by the youth. When the youth tried to cash it at Union Station, he was sent back to the Mayflower, Detective Bailey said. He was busily haranguing the clerk when the detective arrived and made the arrest, police said. Police were not able to determine immediately how much money the youth had pocketed in his hotel career. Held at the Receiving Home while police are trying to get in touch with his father, an upholster^, the youth faces a future with two alternatives. If his father will make restitution, police said, the boy will be returned to his family's custody and he may yet become an umpire. But if no restitution is forthcom ing, he will be turned over to juve nile authorities. Arlington Woman Listed As Dead in China Crash 'Miss Barbara Stephens, Arlington newspaper writer, was officially re ported dead today in an Associated Press report from Nanking, China, that the wreck-. age of a trans port plane which crashed two months ago had been found with all 26 passengers killed. The wreckage was found in a ravine in a mountain ous area and all bodies were burned beyond recognition, the report said. Only other non- *"»· st»»hen». Chinese passenger aboard the plane was Brian Sorenson, son of a mem ber of the British Parlaiment. The Chinese Air Force said in vestigators were being sent to the scene in northwest Kansu Province, but work was expectea to be delayed by heavy snow». Miss Stephens, whpse home was at 3220 South Barton street, Arling ton, was a free lance newspaper cor respondent. She had been in China for seven years and was reported to be on her way home at the time of the crash. North D. C. Area Scouts Will Hold 'Pow-Wow' Junior Boy Scout leaders of the Northern District of the National Capital Area Council will get some new pointers on their duties in a "pow wow" from 1:30 to 9 p.m. to morrow at the camp site of Troop 83, on Bladensburg road beyond Four Corners, Md. F. R. Damson, chairman of the District of Columbia Training Com mittee, will be in charge of the "pow wow." Young leaders, 12 to 15 years of age, will take part in group dis cussions. study Scout lore, help pre pare an evening meal, and take part in entertainment. 4 113 to 116 Degrees in Indio A heat wave with temperatures from 113 to 116 degrees gripped Northern India this summer, with peak temperatures at Lahore, ! Jhansl, Jodhpur, Cawnpore and i New Delhi. Legion Plans Charge^ Against Officials Whif Fire Veterans Illegal^ ' District American Legion officiate are planning an all-out campaign for criminal prosecution of Govern^ ment supervisors who they say are . firing veterans illegally. · Leo N. McGuire, chairman of the - group's Veterans Preference Com»'· mittee, said the Legion will takç „ cases of reported violations to court as soon as evidence is completed. — The committee's charges centif^ around a 1912 law, which Mr. MC"*^ Guire said was not repealed specific ally by the Veterans Preference Açt of 1944. The later law governs jqft, rights for World War II veterans. ; The old law read: -2 "In the event of reductions being* made in the force of any executive , departments, no honorably dis»? charged soldier or sailor whose re<^: ord in said department is rated good, shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary." Government attorneys, Mr. Mç Guire said, feel the old law no longer, is in effect. The Legion, he said, wiE: force a test of the interpretation. The law also provided that Gov··., ernment officials convicted of "know*· ingly violating" the provision can be\ removed from office and punisheD l?y ' a fine up to $1.000 or by imprison,-, mpnt. fnr η vpat "Veterans who have been dis missed from the Government service, may soon be trooping to the United. States attorney's office with criminal complaints against their former su pervisors," Mr. McGuire said. "Arid these same supervisors may And I themselves fighting to keep their, own jobs as a result of charges de manding their summary removal from office." Mr. McGuire said his committee also would offer its services to Gov ernment departments and that It j will continue to advise veterans pf their job rights. Murder Losing Refinement . "Speaking of crime stories," aajir a book reviewer In the English ! "Church Times," "we regret to note that murder seems to be losing alt 1 association with refinement." UiUkj-fkl· (confidentially, it!s wolf-bait in green or gray or brown, too!) 39.95 'S Swing version of the old nursery tale. Little Red Riding Hood h*d nothing on us! Just look at that bee-framing hood (you can whisk it off before you cry "Wolf!") We've seen that the smoothest wool suedes go into our Red Riding Hood and you'll see that it's a wonderful coat that goes anywhere you go! Detachable-hood coats, misses' sizes. 1335 F STREET N.W. 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