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Bombers Strike
To Halt Reds'
Regrouping
Waves of Superforts
Hit Border Area and
Fort of Chongjin *
By th« Associated Press
SEOUL, Nov. 22.—B-29 bombers
blasted Communist staging bases
in Northeast Korea today as in
fantry patrols probed along the
entire front to find where the Reds
plan to make a stand.
Waves of Superforts rained 140,
000 pounds of high explosives on
D. C. Marine Wounded Second Time in
Two Months in Korea. Page B-l
Korean War Extension Delays Movement
of U. S. Units to Europe. Page A-6
the Musan border area while ocher
B-29s struck the port of ChGng
jin, 45 miles to the southeast. It
was the second strike in a week
at Musan.
North Koreans are reported re
organizing and Chinese Reds con
• centrating at Musan to block the
United Nations march toward the
border.
Musan is 80 miles northeast of
Hyesanjin, where United States
7th Division troops raised the
U. N. blue and white flag yester
day on the Yalu River opposite
Red Manchuria. Other 7th Divi
sion infantrymen went hunting
for a flght with two Communist
battalions reported, to be holed up
10 miles southwest of Hyesanjin.
War Summary.
Gen. MacArthur’s war summary
in Tokyo reported:
“United Nations forces con
tinued to advance generally along
the entire Korean battle front
yesterday (Tuesday).”
Here’s the way the front looked
from east to west:
East coast—eight-inch guns of
the United States cruiser St. Paul
paved the way for the Republic
of Korea (ROK) Capital Division
pursuing “a retreating, disor
ganized enemy” toward Siberia.
South Koreans were eight miles
south of Chongjin, port city 55
miles from the Soviet border,
where the Reds apparently were
preparing to make a stand. B-29s
bombed Chongjin after Marine
airmen ran into heavy anti-air
craft Are there.
Manchurian Border—The 7th
Division’s 17th Regimental Com
bat Team dug in around Hyesan
jin. It reported no sign of enemy
Red A-A Guns Escape
Counterattack by
Staying Behind Border
By tho Associated Press
Most of the anti-aircraft
guns firing at United Nations
planes along the Korean
Manchurian border are safe
from counterattack because
they are on the Manchurian
side, the Navy and Air Force
reported today.
A Navy spokesman here said
Navy planes encountered
moderate to heavy flak during
attacks on bridges at Sinuiju
yesterday.
“Most of the flak goes un
touched because it is on the
Manchurian side.” he said.
activity on either side of the 100
yard-wide Yalu River which di
vides Korea from Red China’s
Manchuria.
Faulty Maps and Bad Roads.
Other 7th Division elements, 15
miles to the south, struggled with
faulty maps and bad roads in an
effort to And and wipe out two
Communist battalions. The Reds
were in Samsu, 10 miles southwest
of Hyesanjin.
One road that maps said went
to Samsu ended abruptly 7 miles
up in the mountains from Kyo
hang. The Americans tried an
other. This was blocked by a
burning bridge and a landslide.
“We will keep pushing until we
have the area cleaned out,” a
headquarters spokesman said.
Central Mountains—1st Divi
sion Marines, seeking to envelop
Changjin reservoir, ran into heavy
small-arms Are near Sinhung, 7
miles up the east side of the reser
voir. Red concentrations were re
ported nearby.
Northwest Front—The ROK 8th
Division occupied Yongwon, and
(See KOREA, Page A-6.)
Soaring Costs Stop
At Man's Collar as
Haircuts Stay at $1
The high cost of living has been
stopped—for the time being—just
short of the back of a man’s neck.
Advocates of a $1.25 haircut
failed by a scant margin to muster
the approval of 75 per cent of
union barbers in the District nec
essary for changing the barber
shop price list, it was disclosed
today.
H. S. Fink, president of Barbers
Union, Local 230, AFL, said results
of a referendum conducted among
the 700 barber members have been
forwarded to international union
headquarters in Indianapolis.
Rising costs of equipment and
supplies prompted a majority of
union barbers to ask that the
current $1 haircut price be raised
to $1.25, Mr. Fink said. Failure
to obtain the required 75 per cent
majority in the referendum means
the higher-price advocates have
lost their battle unless interna
tional officers vote to waive union
rules, he said.
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Red Plot in Tibet
Russians Reported Surveying
Tibet tor Bases to Attack India
'Pilgrims' Wjth Radio and Geiger Counter
Hidden in Buddhas Made Study Early in '50
By Robert Trumbull
North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW DELHI. Nov. 9 (By Air
mail).—Two Russian parties thor
oughly surveyed large areas of
Western Tibet in April, May and
June of this year and chose sites
for airbases to be used as an
eventual threat against India and
adjacent countries, according to
intelligence reports here which ex
pose the whole Soviet plan of
grand strategy for Asia in great
detail.
The principal Red base will be
on the great flat plain between
This is the first of three articles by the
New York Times correspondent in Indio.
The series is based on data obtained by
the British and Indian intelligence serv
ices aed is presented against back
ground information gathered by Mr.
Trumbull during an extensive tour this
past summer through the Himalayan
kingdoms.
Lake Manasarowar and Lake
Rakas, in Western Tibet, about
300 miles north of New Delhi, just
across the border where Tibet ad
joins the Indian State of Uttar
Pradesh. This huge base would be
the spearpoint of Russian plans to
extend Communist domination
from the present Red outposts in
Central Asia down through India
and Pakistan in time so that
eventually the Soviet sphere of
influence would reach the Bay of
Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the
Indian Ocean.
The personal observations of
travelers on the scene of Russian
surveys in Western Tibet have
established as a grave error the
popular belief that India is safe
from attack behind the icy barrier
of the Himalaya Mountains.
Explorers who are among few
persons to have visited this area—
besides mountain tribesmen and
Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims to
holy Mount Kailas, legendary
home of their gods—have discov
ered that access to India from
there is quite easy.
Non-Communist intelligence now
is awart of what has long been
known to Moscow: That planes
can fly down through numerous
wide passes and low broad river
gorges without going to any great
altitude. Determined foot troops,
(Continued on Page A-6. Col. 5.)
Congress Has Right
To Review Policies,
Acheson Declares
Secretary Won't Say
If 'Re-examinist' Speech
Was Directed at Taft
By Garnett D. Horner
Secretary of State Acheson said
today that he is not opposed to
Congressional examination of his
policies and programs.
He told a news conference that
his attack in a speech last Friday
night on the type of “re-examin
ists” who would disrupt any con
tinuity in foreign policy had been
misinterpreted by some critics to
mean that he felt his policies
should be taken on faith.
Mr. Acheson said he intends to
consult Republican as well as
Democratic leaders of Congress
about foreign policy, adding that
some consultation has been going
on during the Congressional
recess.
Tells of Talks With Taft.
Asked if his consultation plans
Included talks with Senator Taft,
Mr. Acheson said he had several
talks with Senator Taft during
the last session and was always
glad to discuss things with him.
He refused to say whether his
attack Friday night on “re-ex
iaminists” was aimed at Senator
! Taft.
Mr. Acheson said in his contro
! versial speech that he had read
'that the “isolationist” in this
country was dead. Senator Taft
had insisted a few days earlier
that there were no isolationists
any more. Mr. Acheson said he
had noted, however, emergence of
a “new species” which he called
the “re-examinists”—an obvious
reference to Senator Taft’s call
for a re-examination of the
European Arms Aid Prograpi.
In his Friday night speech, Mr.
Acheson caustically assailed as
incapable of leadership the kind
of re-examinist who wanted
probe into basic policy with the
attitude of “I want to look at
this all over again to see whether
we should have started on it.”
Two Kinds of Re-examination.
He told his news conference to
day that his remarks had been
widely misinterpreted. One ex
traordinary interpretation, Mr.
Acheson said, is that he is op
posed to, and resents any exami
nation of his programs by Con
gress.
Mr. Acheson’s remarks today
were in line with what his aides
have been telling some of his
critics—that there is a difference
between the type of re-examina
tion involved in normal processes
of review by Congress and that
denounced by Mr. Acheson as
aimed at uprooting established
policies.
In his Friday night speech, Mr.
Acheson described the two types
this way:
"When we re-examine does it
mean that we are like the sound
navigator who on a long flight or
voyage checks his course by the
sun and stars every day? Or does
it mean that the navigator says
‘How did I ever get started on
this? Do I really want to take this
trip after all?’ ”
If it means the latter, he said,
‘ That person is incapable of con
stancy of purpose,” and “incapable
of the very foundations of leader
ship.”
Third of U. S. Families
Spent More Last Year
Than They Took in
ly the Associated Press
More than a third of the
Nation’s families spent more
than they took in last year,
managing to get by chiefly
on credit, the Federal Reserve
Board reported yesterday.
. Most of them were in lower
income brackets, the board
said, adding that families in
the top tenth in income piled
up more savings than all other
families put together.
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Russian-Made Jets
Bested U. S. Craft in
Korea, Commons Told
Powered by Engines Sold
To Soviet by Britain,
Tory Member Declares
By th« Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 22.—A member
I of Parliament asserted today Rus
i sian-made jet planes outperformed
American fighter craft in Korea
i and are powered with engines sold
| to the Soviet Union by Britain.
Conservative Reginald Bennett
raised the question with Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin in the
1 House of Commons.
Bennett asked Bevin to say how
many Communist jet planes have
been encountered in the Korean
fighting and how their perform
ance compares with that of Unit
ed Nations aircraft. Bevin replied:
"Communiques from the com
mander-in-chief have referred to
only a small number of these
Russian planes and do not provide
any comparative information on
their performance.”
No Reply From Bevin.
"Is it not a fact,” Bennett per
sisted. “that American combat
pilots have reported encounter
ing machines faster than those
which they themselves were fly
ing?
“And is it not a matter of great
concern and responsibility for the
government who have supplied
Russia with engines to equip those
aircraft?”
Bevin did not reply.
The Labor government has ac
knowledged selling Russia almost
200 Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines
in 1947 and 1948. Critics of this
action claim it enabled Soviet en
gineers to produce jet power
plants in the speed-of-sound class
much sooner than would other
wise have been possible.
Aeronautics Expert Quoted
Lt. Col. G. A. Tokaev, fugitive
Russian aeronautics expert, wrote
in the British magazine “Flight"
last August:
“It is not an exaggeration to
say, that the U. S. S. R. was prob
ably ten years behind the world’s
foremost exponents of jet develop
ment.
“Having awakened from their
slumbers those responsible sud
denly realized they had strayed
into a dangerous blind alley. But
the way out appeared quite un
expectedly. The British authorities
sold to the Soviet government a
certain number of jet units—the
excellent Nenes.”
Earthquake Recorded
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 UP).—An
earthquake about 5,000 miles
south of New York City was re
corded today by the Fordham Uni
versity seismograph. The Rev.
Joseph J. Lynch, Fordham’s seis
mographer, said it was recorded
at 5:27.45 a.m. (EST). The re
cording wae “hazy” because of a
storm, he said, but he described
the ’quake as “not serious.”
2 Reported Dead
In B-36 Crash
Near Fort Worth
21 Believed Killed in
Wreck of Missionary
Plane in Wyoming
ly the Associated Press
POET WOETH, Tex., Nov. 22.
—A giant B-36 bomber crashed
today about 30 miles southwest of
Port Worth.
First reports were that 10 men1
bailed from the craft, which is!
the world’s largest land-based!
bomber. At least two men were!
reported dead. The B-36 usually
carries a crew of 15.
The six-engined craft fell about
4V2 hours after taking off from!
Carswell Air Force Base here, j
home of the 8th Air Force
The plane crashed about 7
miles west of the small town of
Godley. A. T. Vandiver, who lives
near there, said two men killed
in the crash were taken to the
nearby Jim Bandy farm.
2 Injured Men Picked Up.
The Dillon Funeral Home
Cleburne reported two injured
airmen were enroute to Cleburne
in ambulances.
Mrs. O. B. Hadley, near whose
farm the sky giant came down,
said the engines were making a
“loud noise” as the plane neared
the ground. She said there was
no Are.
Capt. Robert S. Anderson of the
Public Information Division of
8th Air Force Headquarters, said
he had only fragmentary informa
! tion.
“An American Airlines pilot says
j 10 men bailed out,” the captain
! said.
Third Crash for B-36s.
Capt. Anderson said the crash
site was just west of Joshua, a
small town north of Cleburne.
Crash crews and ambulances
were en route to the scene from
Carswell Base.
Only twice before has one of
the far-ranging giants crashed.
On September 16. 1949, Ave air
men were killed when a B-36
failed to complete a take-off from
Carswell and roared into a nearby
lake at 100 miles an hour. Last
February 14 another crashed
along the British Columbia coast.
Seventeen airmen i>arachuted and
12 were rescued later from coastal
islands.
Wives of 2 Who Died
In Earlier Wreck Aboard
MORAN, Wyo., Nov. 22 (&).—A
missionary plane with 21 aboard
eight of them children—appar
ently crashed and burned last
night in swirling clouds on
snowy Mount Moran. Rescue units
headed for the scene.
The missing plane was bound
from Chico. Calif., to Billings,
Mont. Owned by the New Tribes
Mission, a religious organization,
it was on the first leg of a flight
to South America.
Passengers included two young
mothers with their children,
widowed in the crash of another
mission-owned plane in Venezuela
last June which killed 15. Also
aboard was Dr. Paul W. Flemings
of Chico, mission director.
Four skilled mountaineers started
climbing Mount Moran at day
break.
Forest Ranger Blake Van de
water and three ski-shod Alpinists
started trudging through snow
toward a spot where watchers last
night saw a huge fire. Heavy
clouds cloaked the scene this
morning. Winds of 30 to 40 miles
an hour whipped the area but
there was no snow fall. The tem
perature is around freezing.
Grand Teton National Park
officials were sure climbers mak
ing their tortuous way up the
12,100 foot peak would find wreck
age of the plane. They held only
slim hope there could be sur
vives.
Witness Tells of Fire
A resort owner said he saw a
burning fuselage in the flames
far above timberline on the
precipitous east face of the moun
tain. when the fire subsided, he
could see nothing resembling a
campfire.
The new, twin-engine DC-3
last reported by radio over Idaho
Falls, Idaho, at 3:48 p. m. That
was 50 miles west of here. The
plane was due at Billings at
6:30 p.m.
It was about that time that
residents of this picturesque area
25 miles south of Yellowstone
Park heard a plane overhead. It
was far off usual air lanes. It
was flying West, just opposite
(See CRASH, Page A-4.)
Texas A.&M., Georgia Reported
Ready to Sign for Game Here
Texas A. & M. and the Univer
sity of Georgia will play in the
Presidential Cup football game
December 9 at College Park., Md.,
The Star learned today. The
signing of the game contract was
scheduled for 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon at Cup Committee
Headquarters in the Willard Hotel.
Barlow “Bones” Irvin will rep
resent the Athletic Department of
Texas A. <fc M. and Howell Hollis
of the University of Georgia
Athletic Department is in Wash
ington to sign the pact for Georgia.
Representative Olin league
from the 6th district of Texas
and Representative Sid Camp
from the 4th district of Georgia
will be present at the signing.
Mr. Teague, whose district in
cludes College Station, where
Texas A. & M. is located, is an
alumnus of A. & M. Mr. Camp
is an alumnus of the University
of Georgia.
Mr. Teague has been acting as
a go-between for Texas A. and M.
throughout the negotiations.
The Aggies have a 6-3 record
for the season while Georgia has
wone five, lost one and tied three.
One of Georgia’s wins wa6 over
Maryland, 27-7, in the opening
game of the season for both
schools.
The District of Columbia Amer
ican Legion is sponsoring the
game to raise money for its re
habilitation program.
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Ex-Narcotic Convict
And Pregnant Wife
Killed by Auto Bomb
Death of Nelson Harris,
Aide to Texas Gambler
Noble, Laid to Gang
By the Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 22.—
Nelson Harris, 41, one of 21 per
sons convicted 10 years ago in the
“Green Dragon’’ narcotics ring,
was killed today by a bomb.
His wife and their unborn baby,
whose birth had been expected in
about a week, also were killed.
The bomb exploded when Harris
stepped on the starter of his car
outside their apartment home
here.
Harris was sentenced to two
years in the Federal Penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kans., following
his conviction in 1940 in a New
York - Chicago - Southwest nar
cotics operation conducted by the
“Green Dragon” ring.
Fined in Liquor Violation.
Five years ago, while operating
a tavern here, he was fined $1,000
for liquor law violations and per
manently enjoined from selling
alcoholic beverages except under
bond.
Assistant Fire Marshal G. Dixon
said the explosion probably was
caused by nitro-glycerin.
Harris was identified by ac
quaintances as an aide of Herbert
Noble, Dallas gambler, whose wife
was killed in the same way several
months ago.
The explosion ripped the top
from Harris’ two-door 1950 coach,
shattered windows nearby and
blew bits of the automobile over a
100-foot radius.
Gambling Dispute Mentioned.
Harris’ body was still in the
charred and smashed car an hour
later, clothing ripped off and
flesh blackened, as police collected
bits of debris. The bomb, ap
parently connected to the car’s
starter system, contained an
extra heavy charge,” police said,
blowing engine parts away and
^twisting others.
“This explosion is typical of a
gangland assassination,” Detec
tive A. C. Howerton said.
A gambler here told the Star
Telegram that Harris and other
gamblers in this area and in Hous
ton had been having differences.
Commonwealth Chiefs
To Ctfnfer in London
By tha Associated Pross
LONDON. Nov. 22.—Prime Min
ister Attlee announced today the
heads of the British Common
wealth nations will meet here be
hind closed doors in January to
discuss the international crisis.
Mr. Attlee told the House of
Commons the Prime Ministers of
Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
India, Pakistan and Ceylon will
attend the conference.
Canada’s Prime Minister, Louis
St. Laurent, has accepted the in
vitation. Dr. Daniel Malan,
Prime Minister of South Africa,
will send a representative. Prime
Minister of Southern Rhodesia
also will be present.
Mr. Attlee described it as “a
meeting between us to discuss
questions of common concern, in
cluding aspects of the present in
ternational situation.
The talks will last about 10 days
and will be private, Mr. Attlee
said, “to enable a confidential ex
change of views to take place."
Speaking for the Conservative
Party. Opposition Leader Winston
Churchill told the House:
"We think that such a gather
ing would be opportune and that
the discussions which will take
place may be fruitful.”
Thanksgiving Eve Brings Rush
At Food Stores, Union Station
Plenty of Turkey and Good Fall Weather
In Prospect for Traditional Feast
This was the day of the big
rush. For some the objective was
turkeys; for others it was travel.
For all the goal was a Thanksgiv
ing with trimmings.
Last-minute preparations for
tomorrow’s feasting found food
Thanksgiving Church Sarvices to Offer
Prayers for Peace. Page A-13
stores crowded and transporta
tion facilities choked with home
ward-bound celebrants.
The rush at Union 8tation
began building up gradually for
a mid-evening jam divided be
tween thousands leaving town and
other thousands moving in for the
holiday.
Fifteen or 16 extra sections were
expected to carry the throngs by
rail, while additional thousands
were traveling by air, bus and car.
The weather outlook was just
right for those who like the tang
of autumn as an appetite sharp
ener.
The Weather Bureau said to
morrow will be increasingly cloudy,
with a high of about 50 degrees.
This will be something of a warm
up from this morning’s low qf 27
i (See HOLIDAY, Page A-3.)
China's Plea for Probe
Of Soviet Aggression
Gets Slim U.N. Support
France and Australia Join
Britain and Red Bloc
In Opposing Resolution
By th« Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 22.—Na
i tionalist China’s plea for a United
Nations commission to investi
gate her charges of Russian ag
gression received slim support
today in the General Assembly’s
Political Committee. It seemed
doomed.
France and Australia joined
Britain and the Soviet bloc in
opposing the Nationalist resolu
tion. The opposite position has
been taken by the United States.
Syria proposed submitting the
China question to the Little As
sembly with instructions to re
port back to the 1951 General
Assembly. It is assumed that the
Syrian proposal, if adopted, would
bury the whole issue. The Little
Assembly is an interim U. N. As
sembly which the Soviet Union
shuns.
Treaty Violation Charged.
Nationalist China first charged
last year that the Russians boosted
the Chinese Communists to power
in violation of treaty provisions
and the U. N. Charter. The 1949
Assembly referred the charges to
the Little Assembly, but that body
shpwcd no inclination to tackle
the matter.
Sir Keith Officer of Australia
said:
“There is no need to take the
matter beyond this committee.
We can draw our own conclusions.
The U. N. already is heavily bur
dened with difficult questions on
the Far East and it would be un
wise to add to these burdens by
setting up the commission.”
Francis Lacoste of France ex
pressed similar views. Czechoslo
vak Delegate Frantisek Pisek said
the Nationalist resolution was un
founded, illegal and provocative
“and must be rejected.”
Referring to the Chinesg, Com
munists’ representatives now en
(See U. N., Page A-4.)
5 East Germans Sentenced
To Death as Spies for U.S.
By the Associated Press
BERLIN, Nov. 22.—Five East
Germans have been sentenced to
death by a Russian military tri
bunal for "spying for the Ameri
can secret service,” the Soviet
licensed news agency ADN has re
ported.
A sixth East German got 25
years’ imprisonment, ADN said,
and two German women were sen
tenced to 15 years, t
Reserve Commissions
Offered to 8 Medical
Men Classified 1-A
4 Doctors, 4 Dentists
Eligible for Induction
In Mobilization Plan
By George Beveridge
The Army has offered reserve
commissions to eight District
physicians and dentists examined
under the medical draft law, of
ficials disclosed today.
These commissions, four to
physicians and four to dentists,
are the first to be sent out under
the Army’s new medical mobiliza
tion plan.
All eight, officials said, passed
physical examinations and signi
fied willingness to accept reserve
commissions after they were clas
sified 1-A by draft boards. Of
ficials of the 2d Army, Fort
Meade, Md., said registered let
ters were mailed to the eight men
Monday, instructing them to have
acceptance of their commissions
notarized within 72 hours, and to
notify draft boards of that action.
A District draft spokesman,
however, said that two of the
eight will appeal their 1-A draft
classifications.
2 Refused Commissions.
LgJfri addition, the spokesman said,
2a Army has sent draft officials
the names of two physicians who
passed the Army’s examination,
but refused to accept commissions.
Under the Army’s plan, these two
would be eligible for induction if
quotas—still to be set—are not
reached by voluntary acceptance
of commissions.
Draft officials said final reports
have not been received on 10 other
(See DRAFT, Page A-5.)
Barkley in Hospital
For General Checkup
Viqe President Barkley entered
the Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda today for a general
checkup.
He made the announcement
himself and said he expected to
be on the job when Congress
reconvenes Monday.
“I am going out to the Naval
Hospital to have a general phys
ical checkup made, which I have
not had in more than 10 years,"
he said. “During the recent
campaign I contracted a severe
chest cold resulting in some con
gestion of the chest.
“This has been practically
cleared up, but I feel that I
should take advantage of the
opportunity to have a general
checkup mgde. I have no way
of knowing how many days this
will require but I expect to be
on hand when the £tenate meets."
Utilities Warn
Of Rate Rises in
Profits Tax Plan
Spokesmen Present
Views on Final Day
Of Public Hearings
By Cecil Holland
Representatives of railroads, tel
ephone companies, natural gas
companies and other utilities
warned Congress today the admin
istration’s excess profits tax pro
posal, if enacted, would likely re
sult in higher rates for their cus
tomers.
Their views were presented to
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee in the committee’s final day
of public hearings on President
Truman’s request for a 75 per cent
tax on excess corporation earnings
to raise $4 billion a year for the
country’s expanding defense pro
gram..
The utilities spokesmen em
phasized that their earnings are
limited by regulatory bodies and
that they should be exempt from
an excess profits tax.
Numerous Plans Suggested.
In the event they are not
exempt, the spokesmen suggested
numerous steps to lessen the im
pact on utilities of a tax along
the lines proposed by the adminis
tration.
Fred J. Turner of Atlanta, Ga.,
vice president of the Southern
Bell Telepnone & Telegraph Co.,
said the application to the tele
phone business, without con
sideration of the distinctive
character of the business, would
be “a destructive blow” to the
financial stability of the company
and “highly detrimental to the
public interest.”
He said the company, unless
measures were taken to enable it
to earn a fair return, will "be
forced to return to the State com
missions for further relief.” The
company operates in nine South
eastern States.
! “In the interest of meeting the
tremendous military and civilian
I demand for service,” Mr. Turner
j added, “it will be necessary to seek
rare increases. . . . The amount of
irate increases required would, of
course, depend upon the excess
profits tax rate.”
Yardstick Proposed.
! George L. Buland, representing
the Association of American Rail
roads, told the committee it would
be “incongruous” to require regu
lated industries to pay excess
profits taxes.
While ^Mr. Buland did not sug
gest the exemption of such indus
tries, he proposed that regulated
profits should not be regarded as
excessive until a fair return is
earned after normal taxes. He
emphasized that railroad earn
ings, for the most part, do not
afford a fair return on invest
ment.
Representative Curtis, Republi
can, of Nebraska, asked if an ex- <
(See TAXES, Page A-5.)
Nearby States Asked
To Defense Meeting
The Commissioners today in
vited the Governors of Virginia
and Maryland to send legal rep
resentatives to Washington to
work out a mutual civil defense
compact for the entire metropol
itan area.
The meeting is set for 10:30 a.m.,
December 4, at the corporation
Cities Rap Failure of U. S. Guidance on
Civil Defense. Page B-1
counsel’s office in the District
Building. The Commissioners
asked the Governors to send their
attorneys general or some other
representatives to confer on elim
inating legal barriers to a formrf
mutual aid compact.
La3t month the civil defense
directors of Maryland, Virginia
and the District agreed to form a
committee for the metropolitan
area with John E. Fondahl, act
ing District director, as chairman.
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