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Civilian Orientation Session Opens at Pentagon Tomorrow The Defense Department's first! 1950 civilian orientation confer-j ence. in which President Truman: will take .part, will open tomorrow at the Pentagon. Mr. Truman will witness the Army demonstration at Fort Ben ning, Ga., Friday and the Air Force show at Eglin base, Fla., Saturday. The 60 conference members from all walks of life also will observe field demonstrations by the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va., and by the Navy at Pensa-1 cola, Fla. It will be the first time the Marines have participated in, the joint orientation conferences1 which Defense Secretary Johnson inaugurated last year. To Hear Discussions. Before the field trips the par ticipants will listen to discussions by top military and Government, leaders of international and mili- ] tary problems at the Pentagon to morrow and Tuesday. Among the speakers will be Mr. Johnson; George Kennan, State Depart ment Counselor; Gen. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Sumner Pike, acting chair man of the Atomic Energy Com mission; and the civilian and mil itary heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Among those attending the con ference .will be: Howard H. Agee, president, American-Coleman Co., Omaha, Neb.; Lawrence D. Bell, president, Bell Aircraft Corp., Buffalo; Dr. A. A. Bennett, National Baptist Sunday School Publishing Board, Nashville; Dr. Bruce Bigelow, vice president, Brown University, Prov idence, R. I. Dr. Dan T. Caldwell, Presby terian Church Christian education director, Greensboro, N.C.; Champ Carry, president, Pullman-Stan dard Car Mfg. Co., Chicago; Msgr. John Cavanaugh, Denver; G. F. Coope, president, Potash Co. of America, Carlsbad, N. M.; Presi dential Assistant Donald Dawson; R. W. Eaves, Washington repre sentative, International Harvester Co. Others Are Listed: John F. Floberg, Assistant Sec re.tary of the Navy for Air; Vet erans Administrator Carl R. Gray, jr.; I. William Hill, news editor. The Star; Prof. Bruce C. Hopper, Harvard University; Edward F. Johnson, general counsel, Stand ard Oil Co. of New Jersey: Thomas A. Knowles, general manager, Goodyear Aircraft Corp.; John H. Marchant, general man ager, John Wanamaker, Inc., Philadelphia. Peter Miller, treasurer, The Washington Times-Herald; Dr. A. R. Olpin, president. University of Utah; William W. Owens, assist ant editor, Nation's Business, Washington; Mr. Pike: Ralph D. Pittman, attorney, 1740 Poplar lane N.W.; Admiral De Witt C. Ramsey, ret., president, Aircraft Industries Association. Hearne Swink, vice president, Cannon Mills Co.. Kannapolis. N. C.; George Umbreit, executive vice president, The Maytag Co., Newton Iowa; Frank L. Weil, chairman, President’s Committee on Religion and Welfare in the Armed Forces; George N. Craig, ! American Legion national com mander; James R. Gilliam. Jr., president. The Lynchburg (Va.) Trust end Savings Bank; and J. Louis Reynolds, vice president, Reynolds Metals Co.. Richmond. Wounded Holdup Suspect In Baltimore Identified • y *H« Associated Pross BALTIMORE, April 15.—A man wounded by police after a taxicdb holdup has been identified from FBI fingerprint files as Jack How ard Skiver, 28, of Millington. Mich., State police reported today. Skiver was shot in the head as he sped from the taxicab down the Baltimore boulevard early yester day. The cab driver had been forced out a short time before. The driver said he had been robbed of $16. Skiver's condition was re ported slightly improved at St. Agnes' Hospital, but he is still on the cricitcal list. • State police headquarters said Capt. Ray J. Martin of the Flint (Mich.) police had sent word that Skiver is wanted for armed rob bery. Missing Flyer's Father Attempts to End Life fty Assoc«ot*d Pr#$t NEW YORK, April 15 —Griev ing because his son was aboard a Navy plane lost in the Baltic. William See^haf. 62, attempted to end his life today. Police said the father of Lt. Howard William Seeschaf jumped into a dumbwaiter shaft and plunged five floors to the cellar. "I want to die,” police quoted Mr. Seeschaf as moaning when he was found in the backyard of his Bronx apartment building where he had crawled after the , plunge. At Fordham Hospital doctors said they feared the fall had frac tured his spine. Mrs. Seeschaf said her husband, a plumber, had been despondent since Monday when the Navy of ficially had notified them their son was a crew member of the missing Privateer plane. Lt. Seeschaf, 26. was married five months ago, his mother said, and his official address is 3463 South Stafford street, Pairlington, Va. Martin Asks Crusade to End 'Red Herring Era' ly the Associoted Press PITTSBURGH. April 15 — Rep resentative Martin. Republican, of Massachusetts, tonight called on people of all parties to join in a "crusade to end the era of red ink and red herring.” The House Minority Leader said in a talk before the Amen Comer Club: ‘Our crusade today is to save constitutional government. We must preserve the freedom of the American pople. We must fight off a new thieat of slavery—slav ery to government and to crush ing, crippling debt." Offers Revival Program. Mr. Martin offered a five-point program for “American revival, security and progress." His pro posals : 1. Riddance of the wartime ex cise taxes and other punitive tax ation. 2. Creation of tax incentive for small business. 3. Balancing of the budget and reduction of taxes. 4. Careful administration of the tariff program to protect Ameri can jobs. 5. Removal of the "threat of so cialization which hangs like a pall over the spirit of American thrift and industry." Attacks "Orgy of Waste.’ The minority leader attacked Government spending and said: “Sickening to the patriot's heart is the orgy of waste, extravagance and plain bad management en countered on every hand in Wash ington today—shocking waste, sinful waste—demoralizing waste of the people's substance." Mr. Martin termed Federal aid a "myth,” saying: "Every dollar sent back to the States from Washington comes from the States in the first place. Every State except one is taxed more for these services than it gets back. "Federal aid is a myth. The bureaucratic brokerage is terrific. Any State or any city—yes. any citizen—can spend this money at home more wisely than the Wash mgton planners can spend It for us!” Another Martin Speaks. Another Martin. Senator Mar tin. Republican, of Pennsylvania, also spoke at the dinner meeting. His subject, too. was Government spending. 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