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Edition. $1.30 end *1.40 per Month, O ± O Jews Surrender to Arab Legion In Jerusalem Old City Battle; Zionists Capture Two Villages 4 400 Last Defenders Had Taken Cover in Three Stone Houses »y the Associated Press CAIRO, May 28.—King Abdul lah's forces announced the epic: battle for the Old City of Jeru-| salem ended today in the sur render of the last-ditch Jewish fighters. The fall of the Old City, after two weeks of struggle between the Arab Legion and a small force of Jew's, may signal the beginning for the greater battle of modern Jerusalem. Israeli forces say they hold most of the modern city. In the raging battle for Latrun, a key to the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road. Jewish forces claimed capture of two Arab villages. Advices from Je rusalem indicated fighting there may be a decisive battle of the Pal estine war. 400 Held Out to Last Fewer than 400 Jewish fighters! held out bitterly in the final phase of the battle for the Old City, an area less than a mile square In the heart of Jerusalem. They holed up in three stone buildings after the Arabs captured their last great stronghold, the Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish quarter. Arab foot troops weer sent out to root them out. The Jews held out in the face of shelling and dynamite charges before the Arab infantry was called up and instructed to “accept unconditional surrender or wipe out the enemy." The fight in the Old City has continued for months, long before the British surrendered their Pales tine mandate. The Arabs besieged the Jewish population in the last days of the mandate. Jewish fighters outside the wall marie many desperate rescue at tempts. Surrender Terms Stated. Associated Press Correspondent j Joseph C. Goodwin reported from1 Jerusalem the surrender took place at 2:30 p.m. Under the surrender terms the. Old City's women and children.! estimated to number about 300 and the old men of the Jewish quarter; will be turned over to the Inter national Red Cross. The younger men will be placed i in a concentration camp outside Palestine, it was announced. Jewish negotiators said their! people in the Old City numbered between 1,500 and 1,600. Latrun Battle Rising. The battle for Latrun. 15 miles] west of Jerusalem, rose in intensity, j Thousands of Arabs and Jews were | in the struggle to control the key road. The Jews said they captured Beit I Jiz and Beit Sasum, just south of the highway and Latrun, which is 15] miles west of Jerusalem. In Tel: Aviv. Jewish military security ] guarded the details of the battle. The Arab Legion is reported to] have drawn troops even out of em-! battled Jerusalem and rushed them! through the Bab el Wad gorge in an attempt to stem a Jewish attack. To the north, Jewish sources said I Hagana troops captured the Arab village of Zir'in, midway between Nazareth and the Arab city of j Jenin, pivot of the Jenin-Nablus Tulkarm triangle. The village lies on the Arab-Jew- | lsh border as planned by the United Nations. Its capture strengthened! the Jewish flank in the north, the informants said. Air Forces in Fight. The British Near East Radio quoted a correspondent as describ ing the Latrun battle as one of the biggest ever fought in Palestine. The Arabs—and possibly the Jews too—threw air forces into the fight, which spread for miles over the barren hills where Richard the Lion Hearted turned back from his cru sade to Jerusalem. Jewish headquarters in Tel Aviv announced that one Iraqi two engine plane of the Anson type was shot down in the Latrun area yesterday. On the upper Jordan front, the Jews said they shot down two twin engine Iraqi planes. The Jewish I radio. Voice of Galilee, said Jewish sir forces raided the El Kuneitra I area in Syria, an Arab troop con centration point east of the Sea of Galilee. Arab sources in Cairo said the Egyptian Army, aided by units of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion and irregulars, attacked Jerusalem it-; self from the south yesterday morn-, i Se~e~PALESf lN~E7Pag'e~^3. Sunday Reading . . . Is it possible for a political convention keynoter to talk himself into the nomination? Gould Lincoln, writing in Sun day's Editorial Section, says such a thing is unlikely, but that it could come about when Gov. Dwight Green of Illinois 1 starts orating at the GOP con vention. Economic experts are busy studying the significance of General Motors' formula for hitching the wages of its workers to the cost of living. . Labor Editor James Y. New ton, in another Editorial Sec tion article, offers an interest ing analysis of this move. Another group of Amateur Snapshot Contest prize win ners appears in the Pictorial Magazine. The regular fea tures on new books, farming and gardening, sports, music, amusements, society, art, dogs, camera notes, bridge, chess, stamps, etc., round out the usual thorough and accurate news content of £4* £>mt&ay i?tar Writer of 'Voice' Blames NBC As House Group Opens Inquiry Allen, First Witness, Reads Letter of Author Saying He Continually Protested Material By Chalmers M. Roberts The man who wrote the Voice of America radio scripts which have brought on a three-way investigation today put the blame for their content on the National Broadcasting Co., which beamed them to Latin America. In a letter read to a House Ex penditures Subcommittee by George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the broadcasts, the script writer. Rene Borgia, said: "NBC is to blame for everything.” He said he was a scholar, a play wright and had worked at NBC only "because I am poor and have a family.” He said he had written more than 300 wartime broadcasts to Latin America which drew edi torial praise from countries south of the border, Mr. Allen was the first, witness as the Expenditures Subcommittee, headed by Representative Cheno weth, Republican, of Colorado got the jump on two Senate groups by starting a hearing on the contro versial broadcasts today. President Truman also has ordered his own inquiry. Mr. Allen said he received the Borgia letter this morning, but that he did not know him personally. He added that the department's re lations with NBC have been "excel lent.” The Borgia letter said he had "continually protested” against the (See-VOICE, Page A~-47) U. S. Supports Soviet Call for Strong U. N. Steps in Palestine Austin Backs Proposal For 36-Hour Order to Cease Hostilities By the Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS. May 28—The United States joined Russia again today in a demand for forceful United Nations meas ures to stop the war in Palestine. Warren R. Austin, chief American delegate, said he supported a Soviet resolution providing that the Secur ity Council order the Jews and Arabs to end hostilities within 36 hours. The same proposal, first submitted by the United States, was beaten In the Council last Saturday. Mr. Austin said he had no instruc tions on the American attitude to ward a British demand for a four weeks armistice. The British plan, submitted yesterday, appeared to be doomed by Jewish rejection. i In London the British Foreign Office announced that orders had been sent to Trans-Jordan, call ing 21 British officers now with the Arab Legion from Palestine.) Israel Attacks British. Aubrey Eban. representative of Israel, attacked the British. He charged the British plan was a poorly camouflaged effort to help the Arabs. “We have a resolution to paralyze the military strength of Israel, give free rein to the reinforcement of surrounding Arab armies and submit the whole Palestine problem once more to the processes of arbitrary revision," Mr. Eban told the Council. China supported the British pro posal and turned thumbs down on the Russian plan. Delegates showed interest in dis patches from London saying that Britain is working out a detailed alternative to the U. N. plan for splitting the Holy Land. Vassily A. Tarasenko of the Soviet Ukraine assailed the British move as an attempt to suffocate Israel. Diplomatic officials reported the withdrawal plan does not affect Brig. John Glubb Pasha, one of the 16 under direct contract with Ab dullah. He is a major in the British' army reserves, but over-age and thus not subject to War Office orders for active service. Mr. Bevin told a women's trade union's conference today he has been trying to promote ideas on peace in Palestine "which I think ultimately will lead to a solution of the problem.” Arms Embargo Urged. London's new proposal yesterday rails for an arms embargo and a ban j on entry of fighting personnel into the Holy Land for the month. In that period a final effort would be made to end the war. Britain's resolution, presented to ihe Security Council, stipulated that rejection of the pl^n by the Jews or Arabs would mean that the United Nations would have to turn to forceful measures to bring peace to Palestine. An Arab spokesman said the (See U. N. Page A-3.> President on Yacht For Annapolis Trip President Truman left Washing ton aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg early this afternoon for a week-end cruise to Annapolis, where tomorrow he will see the ' Navy-Cornell' crew races and the Army-Navy baseball game. The Williamsburg is due in the ' Severn River early tomorrow and iwill anchor off the Naval Academy at 8 a.m. for the customary 21-gun salute. Accompanied by members of his staff and ranking naval officials, the President will board a naval barge for the boat races, which will joccupy the morning. At noon he iwill be host at luncheon aboard j the Williamsburg and will come ashore shortly after 1 o'clock for | the ball game. In the late afternoon. Mr. Truman will be tendered a reception at the Academy and will leave for Wash ington. He is due back here Sunday morn ing for the Memorial exercises in Arlington National Cemetery. The President was accompanied by members of his office staff, his naval and air aides. Capt. Robert Lee Dennison and Col. Robert B. | Landry, and Stanley Woodward, 'State Department protocol chief. Prime Minister Smuts Quits After Defeat in South Africa Election Nationalist-Afrikaner Coalition Chief Called To Form New Government By the Associated Press CAPETOWN. Union of South Africa, May 28.—Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, defeated in Tuesday’s election, resigned today and Dr. Daniel Francois Malan. leader of the victorious coalition, was called to form a new South African government. Dr. Malan is an outspoken isola tionist and his Nationalist Party advocates segregation of the natives, loosening of ties with the British Commonwealth and development of South African minerals under state ! control. Marshal Smuts lo6t his own seat in Parliament in the balloting Tues day and his party lost its Parlia mentary majority to the coalition of the Nationalists and the Afrikaners. The 78-year-eld statesman had only this to say: “These things happen. What is to be will be.” Coalition Has 78 Seats. With unofficial results of the balloting complete in 152 of 153 parliamentary races, Marshal Smuts’ party—the United Party—got 65 seats in the Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, to 69 for Dr. Malan’s Nationalists. The Afrikaner Party, linked closely with the Na tionalists. won 9: the pro-govern ment Labor Party, 6, and natives favorable to the government, 3. That would give a Nationalist Afrikaner coalition 78 seats, to 74 for the United Party, the Labor party and the natives. Announcement of the defeat of Marshal Smuts by 224 votes in his own district came with startling suddenness last night and was fol lowed swiftly by a swelling of the anti-government trend in other dis tricts. Marshal Smuts observed his 78th birthday last Monday. He was re ported planning to retire to his farm at Doornkloof. He was said , to have refused five offers to run in “safe" districts. He had been Prime Minister since 1939 and, earlier, between 1919-1924. Dr. Malan is a 74-year-old former clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church. Color Question Main Issue. Political sources said many cross j currents and factors entered the election campaign, but the issue principally fought was the co.or | question. Overseas criticism of South Af rica's treatment of non-Europeans, particularly in the United Nations, set up a strong reaction inside the country. Far from yielding to this world criticism, the attitude of the Nationalists on the issue hardened and this is said to have won them many votes. Dr. Marian is an old follower of the late J. B. M. Hertzog. a former Prime Minister and long-time foe of ( See SMUTS, Page~A-3. > 'Red Rider' on Funds Dropped, Saving Thousands of Jobs Amendment Causing Too Much Confusion/ Taber Says; ITU and UPWA Affected By Joseph Young The jobs of thousands of Government employes were saved today as House leaders decided to eliminate the so-called Keefe red rider that had been tacked onto the various appropriations measures. Chairman Taber of the House Ap propriations Committee said the rider “was causing too much con fusion." The amendment would have forced the dismissal of all Government employes belonging to unions whose officials failed to sign non-Communist affidavits required under the Taft-Hartley Act. The decision to drop the rider eases the pressure on the thousands of members of the CIO United Public Workers of America and the International Typographical Union. UPWA's members include several hundred District school teachers as well as employes in departments and agencies throughout the Gov ernment. Foster Says Reds Won't Comply With Mundt Bill Communist Leader Says It Would Create "Fascist State" By th« Associated Press William Z. Foster, American Communist Party leader, said today the party will not comply jwith the House-approved Com munist control bill if it becomes law. Mr. Foster told the Senate Judi ciary Committee that the Mundt Nixon bill would create a “Fascist police state" in this country. He said his party could not comply I with provisions requiring Commun list groups to register with the Gov ernment. “If the Mundt-Nixon bill were to pass, the Communist Party would not perjure itself by admitting any I resemblance to the monstrous cari Icature of its nature and purposes drawn in this bill,” he said. Cites Fight on Fascism. “It would not dishonor the 15,000 members of our party who fought against Fascism in World War II 1 by giving de facto sanction to Hit ler’s big lie," he said. “That is one reason why he would refuse to register.” Mr. Foster's statement was read by John Gates, who accompanied him. "As a party of patriotic and loyal : Americans, we could not and would not become accomplices to the mur der of the Bill of Rights.” Mr. jFoster said, adding: "That is another reason why we ; would not register. And, finally, we would not register because we will never expose our members to persecution, ostracism and black listing in employment.” Representative Marcantonio. ■ American Labor party member from New York, also opposed the measure. Both had a rough time of it. Sen ator Ferguson, Republican, of Mich igan suggested Mr. Marcantonio was following the Communist Party line in his arguments. Mr. Marcantonio denied it. He] contended he was only saying what other liberal Americans say. Heavy Penalties in Bill. The bill, besides forcing Commu-j nist groups to register with the Gov-\ ernment, also provides heavy penal ties for persons advocating a for eign-control dictatorship in this country. Mr. Foster, a frequent Communist candidate for President, argued that the bill, in trying “to destroy the hard core of the Communist Party,” would bring the “establishment of fascism in the United States.” There is “only one Communist political organization” in the United States, he said, "and that is the American Communist Party whose roots found soil in the American working class a hundred years ago.” Senator Ferguson repeatedly de manded to know whether Mr. Marc antonio felt that comnAinism is a i menace to America. "No, I certainly do not,” Mr. Marc antonio replied. Charge Called “Bogey Man.” Such a charge, he said, is only a "bogey man.’’ He continued that it is “being raised to divert atten tion from the failures of the cap ' (See MUNDTBILL7Page-A~4'P Odom Lands Plane With 94 On Bay in Emergency By th« Associated Press BALTIMORE, May 28—Luck was with Bill Odom, round-the-world flyer, and he brought a heavily loaded flying boat to an emergency landing at the head of Chesapeake Bay today after bad weather closed in airports here and at New York. Mr. Odom was flying a four-en gine Boeing Clipper from Puerto Rico to New York for World Air ways, Inc. State police reported 82 passengers and 12 crew members | were aboard. i He came down in the Chesapeake j Bay near the mouth of the Susque j hanna River and the clipper ground^ ed on a mud flat as he was taxiing ! in shallow water Passengers were taken off by launches and brought by bus to Baltimore. Mr. Odom planned to taxi the seaplane into deep water at high tide this after noon and fly it in. Mr. Odom last summer flew alone around the world in 73 hours and 5 minutes in the Reynolds bombshell, fastest trip ever made around the globe. Previously he and Milton Reynolds did it together in 78 hours! and 55 minutes. The ITU has about 1,700 members, employed here in the Government< Printing Office and the Bureau of Printing ana Engraving. Action to drop the red rider from; all appropriation bills came after! the House eliminated the amend ment from the Interior depart ment’s measure yesterday. Mr.; Tabor said the riders already tacked! on to appropriation measures passed ; by the House would be eliminated in House-Senate conference. The rider originally was aimed at UPWA, but it soon was discovered that it would affect the Govern ment's printers as well as employes on Government-operated barges. The main objection to the rider stemmed from the feeling that it went further than the original in tent of the Taft-Hartley Act which requires union officials to sign non Communist affidavits only if they wish to use the facilities of the Na tional Labor Relations Board. Gov ernment employes' unions never have found occasion to utilize the services of the NLRB. His Master's Voice Adjournment June 19 Still Goal Of Senate Republican Leaders Policy Group Studies Pending Bills, but Does Not Set Up Priorities By J. A. O'Leary Adjournment of Congress June 19 “if humanly possible’’ is still the goal of Senate Republican leaders, Chairman Taft of the Senate GOP Policy Committee announced today. “We can't guarantee It, how ever,” he added after a two-hour session of the Policy Committee, at which the long list of pending issues was studied. Senator Taft said the aim would be to finish as many pending bills as possible, but emphasized that the committee made up no priority list beyond a decision to follow the draft bill with the Vanderberg for eign policy resolution. Trade Agreements Wait. No special time was mentioned for taking up half a dozen other controversial issues, including the House-approved extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. The fact that the trade agreement law expires June 12, however, means that leaders probably will try to work it in before that date. When the Policy Committee met this __A 32 Suspected Groups On New Loyalty List Issued by Clark Additional Names Will Serve as Guide in Check On Federal Employes A list of 32 more organizations labeled Communist, subversive, or otherwise suspect by Attor ney General Clark was made public today as a guide in de termining the loyalty of Gov ernment employes. The names of the additional or ganizations were released by Chair man Seth W. Richardson of the Loyklty Review Board as a supple ment to an earlier list of 80 organ izations and 11 schools. Mr. Clark informed Mr. Richard son that FBI reports on suspect or ganizations are under continuing; review and other names will be forthcoming. No Labor Unions Listed. Despite advance predictions, no American labor unions were on to day’s list. Some of the organizations listed were predecessors of ones car ried on Mr. Clark's earlier list or locals of groups listed previously as national organizations. The organizations were described as ‘'totalitarian, Fascist, Communist or subversive or as having adopted a policy of advocating or approving the commission of acts of force or liolence to deny others their rights under the Constitution of the United States, or as seeking to alter the form of government of the United States by unconstitutional means.'' Notable among them were the Young Communist League, Amer ican Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, International Labor Defense, Jewish Peoples Committee and League of American Writers Balkan Names in Titles. Others were American groups bearing the names of Balkan coun tries in their titles. President Truman previously has advised the Loyalty Review Board; that “membership in an organiza-' tion is simply one piece of evidence which may or may not be helpful in arriving at a conclusion as to the action which is to be taken in a particular case.” Today's list, like the earlier one prepared by the Attorney General last November, will be sent to all Government agencies. Others on New List. Besides those mentioned above, the organizations on the Attorney General's new list follow: American Association for Recon struction in Yugoslavia, Inc. American Committee for Yugo slav Relief, Inc. The American Council for a (See LOYALTY, Page A-4.) Senate Republicans Still Hope to Pass U. S. Pay Raise Bill Senate Republican leaders still hope to pass a Federal pay increase bill at this session of Congress, Chairman Taft of the Republican Policy Commit tee said today. “We hope we can put U through as soon as we can agree with the House on its terms,” the Ohio Senator said after a committee meeting to day. He listed the Federal pay in crease as one of three “minor” bills leaders hoped to work in at an opportune time between consideration of some more controversial issues. morning it had no way of knowing how soon the tariff measure would be ready for floor debate, since it still faces two days of hearings in the Finance Committee next week. The draft debate is scheduled to start by the middle of next week, and may become involved in the civil rights program in view of the announced intention of individual Senators on both sides of the aisle ! (See CONGRESS, Page A-4.) Truman Asks Million Fund to Start Work On Courthouse Contract Authority for Construction of GAO Building Also Sought By Harold B. Rogers President Truman has asked Congress for an appropriation1 of $1,000,000 and contract au thority for construction of the new Federal courthouse here. The President also requested con tract authority, but no immediate appropriation, to proceed with con struction of a new General Account ing Office building. No new funds are necessary for the GAO building since about $5,000,000 still is available from previous ap propriations. The President's requests have bec.i referred to the House Appropria tions Committee and will be con sidered, probably sometime next week, by the Appropriations Sub committee on Deficiencies, headed by Representative Taber, Repub lican, of New York. Budget Bureau Report Submitted. House action on contract authority would be necessary to implement the authorization of bills for the | two structures recently signed by President Truman. In his communication to Congress, Mr. Truman transmitted a report from the Budget Bureau explaining each project. The authorization bill for the courthouse limits the cost to $18, 665,000. This figure includes a $2, 420,000 credit granted the District for the site by previous act of 1947, and also $370,000 previously appro priated for plans and specifications. If Congress approves the total appropriation of $14,875,000 request ed and contract authority, it is esti mated that a contract for construc tion could be awarded by Janu ary 15. The $1,000,000 appropriation is in tended to cover anticipated expendi (See COURTHOUSE, Page A-47T Late News Bulletin Flemming to Head College Civil Service Commissioner Arthur S. Flemming has re signed, effective October 1, to become president of Ohio Wes leyan University at Delaware, Ohio, it was learned this af 1 ternoon. New Plan Proposed For Taxes on District Incomes Over $8,000 Rates Urged in Tentative Measure Range From 2 to 3 Per Cent A new "high-lever’ individual income tax on incomes over $8,000 a year for residents who maintain a “place of abode’’ here is under consideration by con gressional leaders and District officials. As drafted in tentative form, the measure would be incorporated in to the sales tax bill to be sponsored by Chairman Bates of the House District fiscal subcommittee. The joint proposal of a sales tax and a "high level” income tax would be in line with a recommendation advanced years ago by Chester Pond, who made an intensive sur vey of the city’s financial needs. The sales-income tax bill is to be studied as one of the possibilities to help the city pull out of the financial dilemna facing it for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. Supply Bill Faces Revision. The pending 1949 District supply bill, which is about $5,500,000 higher than anticipated revenues from present sources, is to be put under scrutiny of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee today for revision, in an effort to help cut down on the deficit. A reduction of at least, $1 600,000 in the District's record-breaking $101,164,000 supply bill for the year beginning July 1 was being con sidered. The subcommittee met at 11:30 but did not conclude its work and was to meet again this afternoon. The bill is expected to be brought up for Senate action next week. Chairman Horan of the House Appropriations subcomittee which wrote the District supply bill after lengthy hearings, said today he would be willing to agree to some cuts in the measure but would In sist that a sales tax still is necessary in the 1949 fiscal year to carry the city's needs. When the supply bill passes the Senate, it will go back to the House, and probably to con ference to settle differences. Tax Date Unsettled. Mr. Bates has contended the sales tax should be so written that it would become effective in the year beginning July 1. only if Congress ordered a pay raise for Government workers, including thousands in the employ of the city. Mr. Bates plans to make a care ful study, over the weekend, of the redrafted revenue measure, with its sales tax and new income tax pro visions. He has hoped the sales tax can be avoided, and, several alternatives have been under study The new income tax plan would supplant the present individual in come tax law. which has been branded as discriminatory, becaase it is paid by only about 88,000 out of a potential 200.000 taxpayers here. Many escape becaase of a provision ("See D. crtAXESTPage A-4.) Cashier Robbed Of $231 on Busy Street Corner While many bystanders looked on, a bold young man accosted a young Montgomery Ward cashier on a busy downtown, street corner this morning, snatched from her arms a canvas bag containing $231 and fled in a green convertible coupe Several spectators were able to supply police with good descriptions; of the thief, and the license number of the car in which he escaped with an acomplice. According to Miss Orabelle Means, manager of the Montgomery Ward sales branch at 714 Thirteenth! street N.W.. the bandit missed get ting a much larger sum of money. Miss Means said when the credit clerk. Miss Marion Lambert, 20, of 256 Park avenue, Takoma Park, left the office she carried about $1,000 in a canvas bag for deposit in the McLachlen Banking Corp. at Tenth] and G streets N.W.. On the return trip she carred $31 in silver and 200 $1 bills to be used for change.] Miss Means said. MacArthur Asks Delay in Return Here to Testify Sees Misinterpretation If His Visit Precedes G. 0. P. Convention (Text of MacArthur Reply on Page A-ij By the Associated Press Gen. MacArthur said today he does not want to return to, the United States until after the Re publican National Convention. The Allied supreme commander in Japan so advised Chairman Bridges of the Senate Appropriations Com mittee in a cablegram. The com mittee had voted, 17-2, to ask him to return from Tokyo and testify on economic matters in the Pacific area. Gen. MacArthur told Senator Bridges "my return at this time, however sincere its purpose, would be misunderstood and condemned by many as politically inspired • * *.’* Gen. MacArthur added: "On the other hand, following settlement of the political issues to be resolved next month, I should feel free to place myself fully at your disposal if you still desire clarification of my views on this or any other matter affecting the public interest." Bridges Concurs in Stand. Senator Bridges said “I can see his point of view on this thing.” He added he would place Gen. MacArthur's reply before the full Appropriations committee as soon as possible. I The general has long been men 1 tioned as a possible Republican presidential nominee. The boom for him grew louder after the Senate committee's vote yesterday. Both Senators who voted against askmg Gen. MacArthur to return said they did so because of the political atmosphere. Senator Saltonstall, Republican, of Massachusetts, one of the two, had said he feared the visit was “bound to have political implica tions." He added: “I want to keep the ECA as free from politics as I can." One of the topics some Senators want to ask Gen. MacArthur about is the foreign aid program being carried out under the Economic Co operation Administration. Reed Also Eschews Politics. Senator Reed, Republican, of Kansas, who cast the other “no" vote, commented: “I think Gen. MacArthur is a great man, has done a great job and deserves a great reception when he gets home. But I don’t want to get it mixed up with politics." Gen. MacArthur now has 10 votes on the first ballot for the presidential nomination—an honor he said he will accept if it comes ms way. But his friends contended the MacArthur candidacy—buoyed by the general's presence in this coun try—has explosive qualities. They think he can attrack a lot of dele gate votes if there is a deadlock among the leading candidates. There had been indications that backers of Gov. Dewey of New York, i former Gov. Stassen of Minnesota !ana of Senator Vandenberg of I Michigan would be just as well [satisfied if the general stayed in I Tokyo until the Republicans decide who will top their ticket. Gov.^Dewcy and Mr. Stassen are top contenders, along with Senator Taft of Ohio. Senator Vandenberg is doing so well not being a candi date that his friends say they are highly encouraged about his chances of becoming a compromise choice. Senator Taft's backers generally thought the general's return may react to the Ohioan's benefit. They have hinted broadly that the gen eral might be found in their comer, if he finds he can't walk off wdth the prize himself. Before the general’s reply was re ceived. Senator Taft commented to (See MacARTHUR, Page A-4.) 41 Arab Internees Will Return to U. S. By the Associated Press Forty-one Americans forcibly re moved from an American ship at a port in the Arab state of Lebanon have agreed to return directly to the United States, the State De partment said today. The department is aiding in arrangements for returning the group. Lebanon had seized the Amer icans, contending all were headed for Palestine to fight for the new Jewish state of Israel, The Arab state had refused, after a United States protest, to release the group except to return to this country. The Americans were taken off the steamship Marine Carp when it touched the Lebanese port of Beirut. The State Department said the United States will press its objec tions to the Lebanese action. Press Officer Michael J. McDer mott told reporters that Lowell C. Pinkerton, the American Minister, was instructed last night to file a | second protest in the case, but Mr. Pinkerton has not yet advised whether it has been delivered. Mr. McDermott was asked whether accepting the Lebanese terms for releasing the 41 persons was not a blow to American pres tige in the Arab world. He replied that it was not. Prentice Cooper to Quit As Envoy to Peru July 15 I The White House today announced . the resignation of Prentice Cooper as Ambassador to Peru, effective July 15. Mr. Cooper, a former Governor or Tennessee, submitted his resignation ! April 13, telling President Truman that he had intended to keep the [post only a year at the time he [accepted, but “it is now two years .that I have been away and I feel | that mi work in Peru has been completed.''