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Acheson Writes Off Nationalists,
Charts New Course of U.S. Policy
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In White Paper on China s Defeat
__ 4
Favors Help for
Efforts to Shed
Communist Yoke
BULLETIN
Secretary of State Acheson
today blasted the Chinese Com
munists as tools of Russia and
declared United States willing
ness to help the people of China
establish true independence.
His remarks were made at a
news conference which followed
issuance of the White Paper on
China.
By John M. Hightower
Associated Press Staff Writer
Secretary of State Acheson to
day wrote off China's Nationalist
Government as a total failure be
fore the onslaught of Communism
and charted a new course foi^
America's anti-Communist policy
In the Far East.
In a letter transmitting a bit
tngly critical White Paper, includ- ,
tng the long-suppressed Wede
meypr report, Mr. Acheson told
President Truman that United j
States policy now must be shaped
to “encourage all developments”
in China which are aimed at
throwing off the "foreign yoke" of
Moscow-directed communism.
The report, made public today,
is two inches thick and more than
1,000 pages long.
Mr. Acheson said the Commu
nist regime serves the interests
“of Soviet Russia.” He advised the
President it may “lend itself to
the aims of Soviet Russian im
perialism” to start an aggression
against China's neighbor nations.
V. N. Action Planned.
If that aggression comes, Mr.
Acheson indicated the United
States would try to blodk it
through the United Nations.
While not all China is under the
Red banner, Mr. Acheson said In
another-document of the White
Paper, the Communists can take
over the rest any time they want
and Nationalist armies will be
powerless to resist. He thus ad -1
vised Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee March 15.
For the “ominous result of the
Chinese civil war,” Mr. Acheson
placed full blame on Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek and other leaders
of the crumbling National govern
ment. He said they “lost net bat
tles” in the last crucial year for
lack of American weapons.
Only yesterday Senator Know
land, Republican, of California
proposed, with the backing of 11
other Senators, that China be cut
in for part of the aid in the
$1,450,000,000 program for arming
friendly nations. Under the pro
posal, China would be put down
for $175,000,000 and a United
States mission to the Nationalist
government would advise on its
spending.
The failures of Chiang and his
men, Mr. Acheson said, were due
< See WHITE"pAPER7 Page A-4j
Report Summary
Nationalist Decay Seen
Cause of Red Victory
ly tH« Associated Press
■Jhe gist of Secretary of State
Acheson s report today to Presi
dent Truman and the Nation on
the situation in China:
Why the Communists are win
ning in China: The ruling
Kuomintang Party by 1948., the
crucial year of the war. had fallen
Into “decay.” “Its leaders had
proved incapable of meeting the
crisis confronting them, its troops
had lost the will to fight, and its
government had lost popular sup
port.”
More American aid would not
have prevented defeat: 'Our mil
itary observers on the spot have
reported that the Nationalists did
not lose a single battle during the
crucial year 1948 through lack of
arms or ammunition."
Where the Communists got their
arms: First they obtained cap
tured Japanese weapons which the
Russians abandoned in Manchu
ria: second, they captured huge
supplies of American equipment
due to “the military Ineptitude of
the Nationalist leaders, their de
fections and surrenders, and the
absence among the forces of the
will to fight.”
What American future policy
should be: “Ultimately the pro
found civilization and the dem
ocratic Individualism of China will
reassert themselves and she will
throw off the foreign yoke. I con
sider that wc should encourage all
developments in China which now
and in the future work toward this
end.”
Why the Marshall and Hurley
missions failed to unify China:
“The distrust of the leaders of
both the Nationalist and Com
munist Parties for each other
proved too deep-seated to permit
final agreement, notwithstanding
temporary truces and apparently
^somlslng negotiations."
Wedemeyer Urged Aid Program
In Report Suppressed Since '47
Proposals for Help
Made Conditional
On Drastic Reforms
(Partial Text on Page A-3J
• y the Associated Press
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
j urged President Trunftan in 1947
to adopt a new five-year-aid pro
! gram for Nationalist China—if
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
would agree to drastic reforms in
his government and army.
Gen. Wedemeyer told the Pres
ident this action was necessary
to defeat the Chinese Commu
nists and block Russia's "danger
ous" plans for expansion in the
Far East.
He made the recommendations
to the White House on Septem
ber 19, 1947, after conducting an
on-the-spot survey as head of a
Truman - appointed investigating
mission to China.
The Army general denounced
Russia's role in the Chinese revo
lution and told Mr. Truman:
“Any further spread of Soviet
influence would be inimical to
United States strategic interests.”
Gen. Wedemeyer suggested that
the President urge China to appeal
to the United Nations to set up a
five-nation ‘ guardianship” or trus
teeship over the rich industrial
area of Manchuria.
The trustees would be the United
LT. GEN. ALBERT C.
WEDEMEYER.
—AP Photo.
States. Britain. Russia, France
and China.
Gen. Wedemeyer s advice was
not followed. The administration
suppressed his report until today.
In making it public. Secretary of
State Acheson gave this reason for
the secrecy:
"It was decided that the publi
cation at that time of suggestion
for alienation of a part of China
from the control of the National
ist government, and for placing
that part under an international
■ See WEDEMEYERr Page A-4L)
Tito Alerts Troops
Amid 'Provocations'
From Red Satellites
Bloody Closhes Already
Have Taken Place in
Macedonia^ He Says
ty the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 5.
—Yugoslav troops were in a state
of alert today to guard against
what Premier-Marshall Tito called
provocations and intimidations by
his Soviet-dominated neighbors.
Tanjug, the official news agen
cy, last night quoted Marshal
Tito as saying bloody clashes al
ready had taken place in Mace
donia. The stormy Balkan region
lies between Communist Bulgaria
and Albania, with Greece on the
southern border.
Tito said his troops were in a
“state of alert in order to safe
guard the peaceful construction
of our Socialist country."
Intimidation Charged.
The Premier, who defied Soviet
dictation a year ago in a row
with the Cominform, accused his
Eastern neighbors of trying to
intimidate Yugoslavia, by spread
ing rumors of a threatened Red
Army invasion.
Tito called them "nothing but
ordinary rumors," but added:
“Nevertheless, we are not un
vigilant here either * * * we are
prepared to prevent all provoca
tions, to defend our country
against every one.’’
In a slap at Moscow, Tito added
that Yugoslavia would defend the
principles of Marxism-Leninism
“even against the creators of these
principles, should they go against
them.”
Toughest Talk to Date.
Tanjug reported the statements
were made Wednesday in a speech
to army and political leaders in
Skoplje, Macedonia. Tito repeated
previous statements that Yugo
slavia would not sacrifice its
(See-TTTOrPage'XsT)
Cripps Coming Here
Next Month for Talk
fty tf>« A«sociottt«l ?r*%%
LONDON, Aug. 5.—Sir Stafford
; Cripps plans to leave London for
j Washington September 3 in quest
of a cure for Britain's dollar crisis.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
now under treatment In Switzer
land for a digestive ailment, will
travel by air. Foreign Secretary
Sevin is expected to sail on the
Queen Elizabeth August 27. He
will arrive in Washington Sep
tember 2, two days before Cripps.
for dollar talks with American
and Canadian leaders.
The travel dates were disclosed
by Government sources today.
Groundwork for the Washing
ton conference was laid here last
month during a visit of American
Treasury Secretary John Snyder.
Its purpose will be not only to
halt the drain which cut the ster
ling blocs gold and dollar reserve
to $1,624,000,000 at the end of June
but to find—if possible—a long
term answer to Britain's economic
ailments.
Senate to Fight Today
Over French ECA Aid
Alter Barring Spain
String Sought on Funds
For Fronce Over Charges
By Americans in Morocco
The Senate, after barring Spain
from Marshall Plan aid, faced
another battle today to tie a string
to Prance’s part of the $5,647,724,
000 foreign economic aid bill.
The administration, with some
Republican support, iate yesterday
upheld the action of Vice Presi
dent Barkley in ruling the Span
ish amendment out of order, as
new legislation on an appropria
tion bill. The vote was 55 to 36.
Offered by Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada and ap
proved by the Appropriations Com
mittee, it would have earmarked
$50,000,000 for loans to the Franco
government.
With this stumbling block out
of the way, it looked for a moment
as though the controversial money
bill would roll on to final passage.
New Fight Begun.
Suddenly, however, the admin
istration found itself involved in
fi new fight over a move to pen
alize France through ECA for
alleged failure to protect the rights
of 37 Americans who went injo
business in French Morocco after
the war.
After losing a preliminary skir
mish over this issue, Majority
| Leader Lucas adjourned the Sen
ate until today in the hope he
would have more supporters on
hand.
The foreign aid measure carries
an amendment which would deny
jthe use of counterpart funds to
any Marshall Plan nation violat-'
1 ing an American treaty. The
United States has had treaties
with Morocco since 1837 giving
equality for American citizens.
France agreed to uphold them
when she established a protec
torate over Morocco in 1912.
Francs in Special Account.
These funds—in the case of
France—are francs put into a
I special account to match'the dol
lar aid received from the Eco
nomic Co-operation Administra
tion. The ECA has control over
the funds. They total millions of
dollars.
The amendment was designed
especially to try to end alleged dis
crimination against ex-soldiers
who went into business in French
Morocco after the war.
They report the French author
ities use unfair methods to block
tneir efforts to do business—and
refuse to give them the rights en
joyed by French businesses.
Senator George, Democrat of
Georgia, told the Senate he had in
vestigated the Moroccan case and
he sympathized with the Ameri
cans there. He called the facts to
the attention of the State Depart
ment, he added, but the depart
ment has failed “to exercise its
authority to protect these Amer
icans.”
Russell Urges Action.
Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia, author of the amend
ment, declared the Senate had
the right to take action to protect
American citizens.
Hq^aaid ECA Chief Paul Hoff
<Sea~FOREIGN AID.' pagSpsT)
Paris Calls Out
Troops to Halt
March by Reds
2,000 on Guard to
Prevent Protest on
U. S. Chiefs' Visit
fty th« Associated Press
PARIS, Aug. 5.—Two thousand
police and soldiers in full battle
equipment and gas masks deployed
about the Place de la Concorde
today to stop a Communist pro
test march against the presence
here of the United States chiefs
of staff.
The soldiers and police rolled
up in 100 trucks several hours be
fore the time of the Communist
march, which had been announced
for 5 p.m. <12 noon EDT'.
The forces spread out in the
area of the American Embassy to
prevent Communists from carry
ing out their announced intention
of protesting there against the
Atlantic pact talks.
Radio cars, motorcycles and
several ambulances stood by.
“Satisfactory” Talks Held.
Meanwhile American and French
military chiefs held what they
desefibed as satisfactory talks on
Western European defense.
The American chiefs—Army
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Air Force
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Ad
miral Louis Denfeld of the Navy
left Paris on schedule before the
hour for the demonstration.
They arrived in midafternoon at
Fontainebleau. 40 miles from
Paris, for talks at the military
headquarters of the five-power
Western European Union. The
union is made up of Britain.
France, Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg.
The party was given a smiling,
informal welcome by the union’s
commander in chief, British Field
Marshal Lord Montgomery, and
his top officers. These are French
Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny,
land forces chief; British Marshal
Sir James Robb, head of the air
forces; and French Vice Admiral
Robert Jaujard, chief flag office:
for £he naval forces.
See Eye to Eye.
“I think we see eye to eye.” Gen.
Vandenberg said after the offi
cers had talked for almost three
hours in the French War Ministry.
Gen. Vandenberg said no deci
sions had been made, but that the
discussions had been “very help
ful.”
French leaders had been re
ported seeking assurances that
France won t be shoved into the
background in drafting Atlantic
pact defense strategy.
Talks on Military Level.
Asked If the talks got down to
| discussion of how far East to draw
Western Europe’s defense line.
Gen. Vandenberg said “We were
just finding things out.’’
He also was asked if the talks
had concerned France’s desire for
a top role in the Atlantic defense
council. He replied:
“Our discussions were on |«
< See STAFF CHIEFS^Page A-6.1
Voorhees, Alexander
Get Defense Posts
President Truman today nom
inated Tracy S. Voorhees for pro
motion from Assistant Secretary to
Undersecretary of the Army.
He also nominated Archibald S.
Alexander, 1948 Democratic can
didate for Senator from New .Jei -
sey, to be Assistant Secretary of
the Army.
Mr. Voorhees. born in New
Brunswick. N. J., in 1890, is a
lawyer and has been Assistant
Secretary since June 18. 1948.
During the last war he served
as a colonel first in the judee ad
vocate general’* department and
finally as head of missions to re
organize medical supply systems
in the European, China-India-*
Burma and Pacific theaters. After
the war he became special assist
ant to then Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson.
Mr. Alexander, an attorney,
was born in New York in 1906. He
has been active in New Jersey
politics but defense officials said
that he was an anti-Hague Demo
crat.
He once was associated in law
practice in New York with Secre
tary of the Army Gray. During
the- war he served in the Army in
the Pacific and European theaters
and for a time was liaison legal
and finance officer to the Allied
i Military Government in Sicily and
| Italy.
His last overseas assignment
'was as chief of civilian supply at
European theater headqvifters.
Forecast: Stormy Weather Ahead in Pentagonia!
Johnson to Be First Witness
At Five-Percenter Hearing
To Be Heard Monday;
Hunt Testimony Plan
Still Is Uncertain
Defense Secretary Johnson will
be the first witness at a Senate
subcommittee's public inquiry into
the activities of “five-percenters"
at 10 a.m. Monday.
Chairman Hoey of the subcom
mittee announced tod«y that the
first witness would be Mr. John
son, who has said he intends to
drive the five-precenters out of
the military establishment.
Whether or not James V. Hunt,
a key figure in the inquiry who
broke his silence yesterday in an
interview in The Star, will testify
remained a matter of some con
jecture.
William P. Rogers, subcommit
tee counsel, said the self-etyled
management counselor and former
«See rTVE-PERCENTERS, A - 5 )
File Reveals Story
Of Hunt's Dealings
With Manufacturer
By Miriam Ottenberg
A t.hin file now in the possession
of a Senate investigating sub
committee tells the story of Paul
Grindles business negotiations
with James V. Hunt as they were
recorded at the time by Mr. Hunt
and his office staff.
Mr. Grindle is the Massachu
setts furniture manufacturer who
touched off the Senate probe of
• five-percenters” when he said he
paid a *1.000 fee to Mr. Hunt be
cause of Mr. Hun| s claims of ‘ in
fluence” in high places. Mr. Grin
dle is expected to be a key wit
ness when the Senate hearings
start next Monday.
There is nothing about influ
ence in the file, a copy of which
(See" HUNT,“Page ~A-5.) “
G. 0. P. Looks to 1950
After Gabrielson Wins
Chairmanship, 52-47
He Pledges Neutrality
Among Party Factions
As Dinner Ends Meeting
Republicans looked hopefully to
day to their new national party
chairman, Guy George Gabrielson,
of New Jersey, to unite their ranks
for the congressional campaign of
1950.
Although he was elected by a
bare majority at the Republican
National Committee meeting is
the Shoreham Hotel late yester
day, the party leaders made every
effort to sound a keynote of har
mony once the balloting was over.
The vote was 52 for Mr. Gabriel
son, 47 for Axel J. Beck of South
Dakota and 1 for A. T. (Bert)
Howard of Nebraska. At the end
of the roll call, Mr. Gabrielson had
51 votes and Mr. Howard 2, but
Abel V. Shotwell, Nebraska na
tional committeeman, switched his
vote from Mr. Howard to Mr.
Gabrielson.
tlabrielson Pledges Neutrality
, Actually 102 answered their
names on the roll call, but the
two leading candidates — Mr.
Gabrielson and Mr. Beck —
"passed.” By changing his vote at
at the end of the roll call, Mr.
Shotwell gave the new chairman
an unquestioned majority of the
102 who could have voted.
The result was a setback for
Dewey supporters and a victory for
friends of Senator Taft. Mr. Gabri
elson, however, promptly gave the
committee a pledge of neutrality
toward all individuals who may
seek public office as Republicans
while he is chairman.
The election came after Repre
sentative Hugh D. Scott, jr.^ of
(SeeREPUBLICANS~Page ~A-5.)
House Group Favors Raise
Of $150 lor Postal Workers
The House Civil Service Com
mittee today approved, legisla
tion to give the Government’s
500,000 postal employes a $150-a
year raise in salary.
The committee is scheduled to
meet next week to act on pay
reclassification legislation for the
Government’s classified employes.
The House group's postal bill
would increase postal employes’
present 15 days annual leave to
20 days and grant them an allow
ance to buy uniforms. The bill
#dso wipes out the first two salary
grades in the postal service.
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee last week voted a bill giv
ing postal workers a' $100 pay
raise. Ja
Wife, 21, Found Slain
In Home Near Laurel;
Husband, 23, Hunted
Body Lies Near Babies;
Claw Hammer on Bed;
Automobile Missing
A young mother was found
beaten to death early today, a few
feet from her two sleeping chil
dren in their one-room home near
Laurel, Md.
Police began a 17-State search
for her husband. John W. Barker,
23, believed to have left the scene
in an automobile stolen from his
neighbor.
The victim, Mrs. Nellie P. Bar
ker, 21. was killed by three blows
on the head, two of which caused
skull fractures. Dr. Henry C. Frei
muth, Baltimore City Medical
Examiner, reported.
Dr. Earl Royer, his assistant,
who performed the autopsy, said
the wounds could have been in
flicted by a claw hammer found on
a bed of the home.
The woman was found shortly
after midnight by a group of
neighbors aroused by the theft of
the automobile.
Body Found by Neighbors.
Missing Mr. and Mrs. Barker,
they went to the darkened cottage
and with a flashlight found the
body face up on the floor between
two double beds.
On one of the beds were the
Barker children. Brenda. 17
months, and Jerry. 3 months. On
the other bed was the claw ham
mer.
Mrs. Barker was clad only in a
light dress, which was open. A dia
per was stuffed into her mouth.
There was a deep wound in her
right temple, and other wounds
over the right temple and on the
left temple. The skull was frac
tured in two places by the latter
two blows.
Dr. Royer virtually dismissed the
<See SLAYING. Page A-6.*
Clear Afternoon Forecast
With Drop to 70 at Night,
Clearing skies this afternoon
and a cool night for sleeping were
predicted by the Weather Bureau
in a revised forecast today.
The showers predicted for this
afternoon will not arrive after all,
the bureau said, while tonight the
temperature will drop to about 70
degress.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny
With a high around 88 degrees.
The maxiniuin this afternoon
should be about 88 'degrees.
Showers this morning were
fairly heavy in the District, al
though only 1100 of an inch was
recorded at the Weather Bureau
station at National Airport shortly j
after daylight.
Truman Calls Leaders
To Push School Bill,
But Apparently Fails
No Conclusions Evident
At White FHouse Meeting
On Aid to Education
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman today called
congressional leaders into confer
ence in an effort to spur action
on the controversial Federal aid
to-education bill. The meeting
broke up after an hour without
any definite conclusions being
reached, according to House
Majority Leader McCormack.
Mr. McCormack expressed the
opinion that it was “very proble
matical that anything could be
done on the legislation, which has
been stymied in the House Edu
cation and Labor Committee after
passage in the Senate.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Utah, whose bill has passed the
Senatav told reporters after the
meeting that he felt a bill would
be passed and Senator McGrath,
Democrat, of Rhode Island, also
said he was hopeful.
The trouble in the House com
mittee has been stirred by the bill
drafted by Representative Gordon,
Democrat, of North Carolina and
reported by a subcommittee which
would deny any aid to private and
parochial schools.
Cfempaign Promises Recalled.
The Senate bill would permit
such as bus transportation and
health services where State laws
do not prohibit. Mr. McCormack
said the President told the con
ferees that *4je was very anxious to
get a bill through this session” in
order to live up to Democratic
campaign promises.
Mr. McCormack also said that;
everybody at this morning's meet
ing wants an education bill, but*
there was some division of opinion j
over furnishing such aids as trans-;
pprtation and health services. He
insisted that there is “very strong1
feeling in the House that such
auxiliary services should be pro
vided.”
Chairman Lesinski of the House
Education Committee, another one
of the conferees who is bitterly
opposing the Barden bill, said he
I would like to have the committee
sit down and discuss legislation.
But, he added, no meeting was
I planned. Representative Sims,
Democrat, of South Carolina and
some other Representatives who
I are going along on the Barden
j bill, tried to force the committee
to act.
I Mr. Lesinski said that he is not
j satisfied with the Thomas bill in
i Its entirety and added, when re
; porters questioned him, that he
objects to “certain wordings.”
It was when he was asked if he
"(See-EDUCATION,-Page-A-6T f
Senate to Pay
6' 9" Policeman,
D.C., Biggest
The biggest man on the Metro
politan Police Department. Pvt.
Edward Brown, who is 6 feet 9
inches tall and weighs nearly 300
pounds, will remain at his post at
the Senate door, but will be paid
by the Senate instead of the Po
lice Department.
The transfer of his pay was ap
proved today by the Senate Ap
propriations Committee as it re
ported out the third deficiency ap
propriation bill. It carries the
salary for Mr. Brown of $3,754.51.
The officer, who was brought to
the Capitol by former Vice Presi
dent Garner in 1932, was warmly
praised by Joseph C. Duke, Senate
sergeant at arms, and several Sen
ators.
“I know Mr. Brown very well.
He is an affable fellow and every
body looks up to him,” Senator
Ellender. Democrat, of Louisiana i
said. k
New Arms Bill
Limits Aid to
Listed Nations
Brood Discretion
For President in •
Spending Is Deleted
By J. A. O'Leary
The administration gave Con
gress a new foreign arms bill to
day carrying the same $1,450,000.
000 requested earlier, but remov
ing broad discretion for the Presi
dent in spending it.
The new measure names specifi
cally the countries to be aided
under the arms program.
It was introduced promptly in
both houses by Senator Connally.
Democrat, of Texas and Repre
sentative Kee, Democrat, of West
Virginia, and is expected to clear
away a substantial part of the
opposition which threatened the
original measure.
Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee said the bill was drafted by
Secretary of State Acheson and
had the approval of Defense
Secretary Johnson. Both officials
were closeted with the Senate
committees on Foreign Relations
and Armed Services all morning.
Follows President’s Conference.
The new bill came on the heel*
of the President's press confer
ence yesterday, at which he re
vealed a willingness to make the
bill more specific, but without
yielding on the amount.
Senator Vandenberg, Republi
can, of Michigan called it ‘‘a very
great improvement” and said it
"substantially narrows the are*
of controversy.”
Senator Dulles of New York,
another leading Republican ad
vocate of bipartisan foreign pol
icy. said:
"It avoids most of the glaring
defects in the original bill. There
remain some problems to insure
that this interim program will be
telescoped as quickly as possible
into the Atlantic pact program.
However. I think we are now in
a good way to do the needful
quickly. The administration has
been co-operative and has shown
a disposition to meet the point of
view of Senator Vandenberg and
myself. That will contribute to
j continuing bipartisan co-opera
j tion on foreign policy.”
| The new bill recognizes that th#
arms going to Western Europe are
to implement the North Atlantia
defense pact and are to fit in with
the mutual defense plans to oe
worked %>ut later under Article 9
of the pact. ,
Earmarking where the arms are
going meets the outcry which has
developed against the broad dis
cretion the original bill would
have given Mr. Truman to send
1 arms to any nation whenever ha
deemed it in the national interest.
Another major change meets
the objection strongly expressed
| in the House committee that
weapons should not be shipped to
Western Europe until this Gov
ernment has assurance there will
be co-ordinated defense plans
under the treaty.
Money Allocated Specifically.
In place of a lamp sum in tha
original bill, the new measure ear
marks the money as follows:
For the North Atlantic defense
pact countries of Western Europe.
$1,160,990,000.
For additional aid to Greece and
Turkey, $211,370,000.
For aid to Iran. Korea and the
Republic of the Philippines, when
the President deems it advisable.
$27,640,000.
Members of Congress have
been discussing the original bill as
a $1,450,000.000 program. Offi
<See ARMS, Page A-3.) ’
Bulletin
County Manager Removes
Montgomery Police Chief
Charles M. Orme was re
lieved of his duties as chief of
the Montgomery County police
today by order of County Man
ager Irving G. McNayr. Detec
tive Inspector James S. Mc
Auliffe was directed to take
over the duties of chief pend
ing action by the County
Council on Mr. McNayr’s re
quest for Chief Orme’s re
moval. Neither Mr. McNayr
nor Mr. Orme could be reached
immediately for comment.
Sunday Reading . . .
What course will the style
makers set for milady this
fall in the way of fabrics,
hemlines, buttons, pockets,
etc.? The Star’s fashion edi
tor, Eleni Sakes, makes a well
illustrated forecast on this
subject in Sunday’s Pictorial
Magazine, basing her report
on what she saw at New York
preview's.'
Among the Editorial Sec
tion articles on current for
eign and domestic issues is
one by George V. Allen, As
sistant Secretary of State for
Public Affairs, explaining the
value of the Voice of America
broadcasts. If they aren't
worthwhile, he points out. why
should Russia try to keep
them from being heard.
These are but two of-the
many special features
supplement the .usual thor
ough and accurate news con
tent of
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