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Fiscal Operations
Of Government Near
Scandal, Martin Says
By the Associated Press
Blame for the “incredible fiscal
mess” in which the Government is
starting the new fiscal year was
placed directly on the adminis
tration last night by House Minor
ity. Leader Martin.
The Republican’s denunciation
came as the agencies of Govern
ment began operating under a
temporary 31-day measure which
provides them funds on the basis
of their average monthly expendi
tures during April, May and June.
Mr. Martin issued a statement
In which he charged that the Gov
ernment budgeting system has
broken down, that the will of Con
gress is being thwarted by “bu
reaucratic tricks,” and that the
administration’s money opera-*
tions” are rapidly approaching
the point of a national scandal." ;
Cost of Delay Cited.
“For the second time in two
years,” Mr. Martin said, "the Con
gress has failed to enact a single
departmental appropriation bill by
the June 30 deadline, and for the
second time in two years a blanket
'continuing' resolution has been
enacted authorizing the agencies
of the Government to spend at the
old rate, pending passage of the
bills.
"The latest continuing resolution
will cost the American taxpayers
an extra $100 million in July alone.
.... The fault in this incredible
fiscal mess does not lie with the
average Congressman, but with the,
administration leadership, which:
has willingly followed the schemes,
of the White House and the bu-:
reaucrats to better their spending
position by pull, haul and stall
tactics.” p
Mr. Martin charged that Presi- ;
dent Truman is directing a cam- 1
praign of retaliation because of I
“the House economy bloc's ac
ceptance of- his dare to just try >
and cut his budget.” <
t Billion Economy. *
“House cuts in non-defense ex- (
penditures already total nearly $2 j
billion and the wrath of the f
spenders is now being visited upon j
us,” the Republican leader said. .
He said that on instructions
from the White House, the Demo- ,
cratic majority has conducted “a £
sit-down strike” on the billion ^
dollar Sta te-Justice-Commerce
Judiciary appropriation bill. ‘‘
A Republican move is under way!1
to deny the State Department its ,
regular appropriation unless Dean ;
Acheson steps out as Secretary. ®
I
Opinions on Fat i
There is a general impression. '
says the Lancet of London, that ^
most people who are fat in child- r
hood become thinner later, but 1
there ere no figures to support or .
refute it and few doctors -woifld 1
put a fat child on a rigorous re- f
ducing diet.
f-—-;- i1
Free Star Movies
Playground Film f
Program for Tonight t
Programs presented through the <
eo-operation of the District. Ar- I
lington County, Prince Georges .
County, Montgomery County and |
City of Alexandria Recreation De
partments, and The Film Center
of Washington.
Washington, at Dusk. p
Murch, Thirty-sixth and Ellicott e
streets N.W. c
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton I
streets N.W. a
Taft, Eighteenth and Monroe
atreets N.W. f
Kenilworth. Kenilworth avenue r
and Ord street N.E. f
Virginia avenue, Ninth street -
and Virginia avenue S.E. >
Bald Eagle, Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Bruce, Kenyon and Sherman j
avenues N.W. J
'Francis, Twenty-fourth and N
atreets N.W.
Blow, Nineteenth street and v
Benning road N.E.
Douglass-Dwelling. 2000 Ala- 1
bama avenue S.E.
Arlington, 8:30 P.M. x
Walter Reed, Washington boule- 1
▼ard and North McKinley road.
Alexandria, 8:30 P.M. t
George Mason. Cameron Mills t
road.
Prince Georges County, 8:30 P.M. s
Capitol Heights Elementary i
School, Sixty-first street and Cen- t
Iral avenue. t
Montgomery County, 8:30 P.M. 1
Jesup Blair, Blair road and 1
Georgia avenue. |‘
DETECTIVE HELD IN WOMAN’S BEATING—New York —Detec
tive Robert Hinds (center), escorted by two other detectives, is
taken from home of Mrs. Elisse Boyd, who was found beaten in
her bedroom. Hinds, 36, was charged with felonious assault.
—AP Wirephoto.
N. Y. Detective Held
In Woman's Beating
By the Associated Pros*
NEW YORK, July 2— A New
York detective was charged with
felonious assault today in the
severe beating of the 41-year-old
wife of a Government adviser,
police said.
The detective, Robert M. Hinds,
36, was booked on the complaint
of Mrs. Elisse Boyd, authorities
added.
Mrs. Boyd, who is in critical
condition, is the wife of William
R. Boyd. 3d. He is special as
sistant to Rear Admiral B. B.
Biggs, chief of the Petroleum Di
vision of the Munitions Board.
Both of Mrs. Boyd's elbows wore
dislocated, possibly broken, and
doctors at City Hospital planned
to operate. She also was beaten
about the head and burned on
the abdomen, police said.
Hinds had reported finding Mrs.
Boyd on the floor of her bedroom
twiw out oucmiicu cctiiv
day. Police said Hinds and Mrs.
Elizabeth Coy, a friend, were
douse guests of Mrs. Boyd. These
three, authorities said, had gone
to Mrs. Boyd’s east side apart
ment after meeting in a restau
rant.
Mrs. Boyd's husband was away
fishing and, was called home-by
police.
Hinds was suspended from duty
pending trial.
The Boyds have a 21-year-old
son, William R., 4th, who is a
student at the University of Vir
ginia. The Boyd family has been
active in the oil industry for more
than 30 years.
11 British Soldiers Face
Mutiny Charge in Korea
By tht Associated Press
SEOUL. Korea. July 2.—The
prosecution in a British field gen
era] cour t-martial today called for
eonviction of 11 Northumberland
Fusiliers on a charge of joining in
a. mutiny.
The troops are accused of re
fusing to participate in a training
parade while their unit was at the
fighting front.
Senators Open Inquiry
Into Maryland Crime
By th# Associated Press
Senate ci-ime investigators ques
tioned witnesses in closed session
today in a preliminary inquiry
into gambling operations in Bal
timore and other parts of Mary
land.
Chairman O'Conor told report
ers the committee will decide
later whether to conduct a full
scale investigation and hold pub
lic hearings.
He said he had appointed Sen
ators Hunt, Democrat, of Wy-l
oming and Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin to serve alternately as
chairman during the Maryland
inquiry.
Since his home State is involved
Senator O Conor said he feels he
should disqualify himself as
chairman.
Twin Tornadoes Hit
Small Town in Texas
By th# Associated Press
OLTON, Tex., July 2.—Twin
tornadoes struck before dawn to
day at this small town on the!
West Texas plains about 50 mlies
northwest of Lubbock. There
were no reported deaths or in-1
juries.
The twisters dipped down about;
2:30 a m. and wrecked a 500.000-1
bushel elevator. Torrential hail:
leveled a bumper cotton crop in a
wide Lamb County area.
Deep lakes formed between
Lubbock and Plainview and on
north to Olton as a result of rains
reported unofficially as heavy as
seven inches in 20 minutes.
Last night a tornado struck the
South Plains community of Key,
10 miles east of Lamesa. No in-;
juries were reported there.
- - -
Rabbit Hunters Busy
Now that rabbits are bringing
trappers $35 a wreek or more in
Ireland, professionals move from
one district to-another as rabbits
grow scarce—and the courts arei
full of cases in which local trap
pers are prosecuting intruders as
trespassers. |
Thieves Bind Night Watchman,
lob Alexandria Club of $400
I he Alexandria Eagles Club
was robbed of $400 early today
by bandits who threw a white
sheet over the head of the night
watchman and boynd and gagged
him, Alexandria police reported.
Inspector Russell Hawes said
the night watchman, W. O. Proc
tor, gave this account:
About 3 a.m. Mr. Proctor was
sitting in a chair in a basement
room when a sheet was suddenly
thrown over his head and tied
tightly over his mouth and neck.
His hands w-ere bound behind his
back and his feet w'ere tied.
The men took from his hip
pocket a wallet containing $7 and
also stole his .38-caliber revolver
from a card table about 10 feet
from where he was sitting.
The men then told him to be
quiet and fled.
After about an hour the watch
man got himself loose and went
to the club’s telephone to call
police, but found the phone dead.
He then went to a nearby service
station and summoned police.
Inspector Hawes said that the
office of the club’s secretary had
been ransacked and a cash box
stolen. The thieves also had
opened a safe and broken into a
cigarette machine.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District of Columbia — Mostly
sunny this afternoon; high near
84 degrees. Fair tonight, low 67
degrees. Tomorrow, cloudy and
humid in afternoon.
Maryland—Fail' tonight; low
65-60 degrees in west and 60-65
degrees in east portions. Tomor
row, cloudy, more humid with
high, 80-85 degrees.
Virginia — Partly cloudy in
afternoon and tonight. Scattered
showers in southwest ending early
afternoon. Low tonight. 55-60 de
grees in west and 62-68 degrees
in east portion. Tomorrow, cloudy,
humid, with scattered afternoon
showers likely in southwest.
Wind: West, 10 miles per hour,
at 11:30 a.m.
U 5 WEATHER BUREAU MAP
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Temperature Figures Shew
Average fer Area
Arrow* Denote Wind Flew
S"«w tvl-Xy.j
Highs and lews m Inches
It will be generally fair to partly cloudy in the Nation to
night except for some low cloudiness and fog along the West
Coast. Scattered showers are expected over the Central Plains,
the Northern Rocky Mountain States, Western Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Southern Georgia and South Carolina. It will be warmer
^ the Southern Plains and cooler in the Great Basin area with
Mtle in temperature elsewhere. ^ —AP Wirephoto.
River Report.
<From U 8 Engineer.’!.)
Ha^p:e;ri^Fa“^1Shen\ndHorhT^ud^r^
Humidity
^Readings at Washington Airport.)
NoorfFday ^ Today- Pc,
1 S:S!: ' U ul ai - - $
Midnight ' 63 -39
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, 06, on June °
Lowest. 11. on February S
4°*50U*“ 21
Low. 6/. at 6:05 a.m.
Tide Tables.
.Furnished ^njted^Stgte. Cogs, «ad
SK? - S-JJ. I!”.0*
High R ?nSm
Low - 5*i2* 5:§X l>.m
The Sun and Moon.
Sun. today -R.V46 s'.T?
Sun. tomorrow _ _ 5 47 Sio*
Moon, today 3-*»3 a 2;vi
one ha°H °hlle 11¥t8 turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
rsniToi /,,, recrlwtlon ™ Inches In the
CamtaJ (current month to date):
1^5J. Aver. Record.
M»b1rrhiry -1 2 .1.37 fili *41
March _ 2.!4-> 3 75 « cl -qT
ftr“ -: 3:49 Hi -ti!
VT,n^ - I'A 3.70 10.09 '89
Tnfv -4.13 10.94 ’(HI
August- 0 06 fT1 10.03 '80
September _ t ' 3'"4 17I* .sj'
October ~ o’c. 1o'f?
November _IZIT 037 cSA ,2’
December ZZ Z ZZZ 5!32 7!56 01
Temperature, in Virions Cities.
Albuaueroue 98 87 Milwaukee ?ti S3
g »"l‘c City. 80 08 New Orleans. 89 78
Atlanta 80 68 New York . 80 6B
Bismarck ... 76 49 Norfolk . 90 71
rhiJSSn- li, Philidrlbblk 84 64
Chicago- 77 5S Phoenix 107 72
Cincinnati... 78 SO Pittsburgh :. 74 61
Detroit- 78 56 Portland. Ore. 7? 57
.r — 101 «2 Richmond... 90 68
Indianapolis. 78 58 St. Louis .. . 79 61
Kansas City. 80 64 Salt Lake C . 96 57
LOS Angeles. 73 62 San Antonio 97 77
Louisville. . go 61 San Francisco 62 54
Memphis 4k _ 70 67 Seattle __ 73 53
Miami..M. 85 79 Tamos__ 91 75
5 Servicemen Killed,
16 Others Hurt in C-47
Crash Near Fort Dix
|y th« Associated Press
FORT DIX, N. J„ July 2.—Fivf
servicemen were killed yesterda
in the crash of art Air Force C-4
plane attempting a landing in ;
fOE.
The rest of the 21 homeward
bound passengers were injured
four seriously. Most were 'Air
Force personnel on leave from
Kirtland Air Force Base at Al
buquerque, N. Mex.
The early-morning crack-up
occurred while the big transport
was making a ground control ap
proach one-quarter of a mile from
its destination, fog-bound Maguire
Air Force Ba«e here. It plunged
into a gully, its wings sheared
off and its fuselage torn open by
pine trees.
All of the dead were military
personnel from Kirtland. Two
lived in New Jersey. A WAF corp
oral, only woman aboard, sur
vived. -V
One ot those to escape with
minor injuries wa- Navy Lt.
Reaves H. Baysinger, known as
“the iceman” when he starred
at quarterback on Navy's football
team in 1946-1948. He was on his
way to Syracuse, N. Y., to begin a
30-day leave after a year in Ko
rea aboard the aircraft carrier
Philippine Sea.
Kirtland and touched at Sandia,
N. Mex.; Lackland Air Force Base
in San Antonio, Tex., and Scott
Field in Belleville, 111.
The dead, identified by officials
at Kirtland. were Capt. Edward F.
Gallo, 33. pilot, Boonton, N. J.;
1st Lt. Joseph A. Johnson, 32, co
pilot, San Francisco: Sergt. Nor
man K. Sennett, 21, Engineer,
Houlton, Me.: Staff Sergt. An
thony Doublisky, 40. passenger.
Roebling, N. J., and Sergt. Harry
Weiffberger, 23, New' York.
Lorton Man Drowns
In Occoquan Creek,
A 34-year-old Lorton (VaJ man
irowned. as his wife looked on
relplessly yesterday, when he and!
:hree swimming companions were
:aught in the swift current of'
Dccoquan Creek.
Roland Spitler Fewell, a brick
factory worker, went down, for!
:he fifth time, just as rescuers,
prepared to pull him to safety.!
The three companions who
larrowly missed the same fate!
vere Charles Clarke, 18, of Lortor,!
;aved by a party of fishermen in;
i rowboat: Miss Joyce Humphries.!
18, and Becky Lynn, 17, both of
Dccoquan. The two girls barely:
managed to struggle through the
swirling current to a rowboati
horn which all four had dived a
'ew minutes earlier.
Watching from shore was Mr.
Fewell's wife, Frances, who was
minding their two children, 2
months and 2 years old, respec
;ively.
Virginia State police said Worth
Ware McMaines, 17, of Lorton.
was the first to hear the four
swimmers shout for help. They
said he tried to swim out, but the;
current was too much for him.
Meanw-hile, an unidentified
party of fishermen in another row
boat came by and pulled Mr.
nlnt-lr* 4a \ T7I_11 _
“v. w uui vwj . i'n > a v, n v. ii tt no
only a few feet away, but he dis
appeared beneath the water.
Scholarship Awarded
To Burrville Teacher
Miss Cietta N. Bozier of 4114
New Hampshire avenue N.W., a
teacher at Burrville Elementary
School, has been awarded a
scholarship to the Workshop in
Intergroup Education at Catholic
University on the recommenda
tion of Supt. of Schools Hobart M.
Corning.
Argo Chapter of B'nai B’rith
Women provided the scholarship
for Miss Bozier, which will enable
her to attend a six-week course
in minority and race relations
problems at the university.
Film Stars, Crews
Quit Movie Set to
Fight Forest Fire
ly th« Associated Press
DURANGO, Colo., July 2.—
Stuntmen, film crews and movie
stars Edmund O'Brien, Dean Jag
ger and J. Carroll Naish dropped
their movie-making to fight a for
est fire yesterday. The blaze
threatened to engulf their location,
priceless railroad equipment and a
train load of sheep.
The fire broke out near the film
ing location of “The Denver & Rio
Grande” on the line’s narrow
gauge track that winds up the Las
Animas River canyon from Du
rango to Silverton.
The film players were staging a
fight scene when the fire broke
out. The filming was stopped and
the stars, crewmen and directors
jumped on the train to ride to the
fire.
Western Union Strike
Postponed for Vote
On Wage Raise Offer
About 35.000 Western Union
Telegraph Co. employes who were
ianning to strike today will vote
nstead on whether to accept t
7-cent-an-hour wage Increase.
The strike, set for 7 a.m., ha;
>een postponed indefinitely.
Federal Mediator J. R. Mandel
baum announced the postpone
ment agreement last night, ap
proximately U hours before the
strike deadline.
Calls for 17-Cent Boost.
J. L. Wilcox, Western Union
vice president, announced the set
tlement calls for boosts of 17 cents
an hour to employes other than
messengers and a 10-cent raise
for messengers. Messengers now
get 75 cents an hour and Mr.
Wilcox said the boost raises aver
age hourly earnings for others
from $1.45 to about $1.64.
For non-messengers, a 13-cent
an-hour raise—the maximum per
missible under the Wage Stabil
ization formula—-would become
effective July 1. with the remain
ing 4 cents becoming effective
September 1 on approval of the
Wage Stabilization Board. Mr.
Wilcox said. Under the same pro
visions, messengers would get 7*2
cents more from July 1 and an
additional 2l/2 cents on Septem
ber 1.
Union Urges Acceptance.
Mr. Mandelbaum said the AFL
Commercial Telegraphers Union’s
bargaining committee, headed by
Adolph Brungs, would urge ac
ceptance of the wage plan.
Before the postponement was
dnnrtimeoH nmnUirAn U. J __
- vu Wl. ^ Ull
walking off the job in Washing
ton and a half-dozen other cities.
But union officials said the work
ers had been instructed within an
hour to return to their jobs.
Meeting Is Postponed
On Playground Shift
The District Recreation Board
today postponed until 1 p.m. Fri
day a scheduled meeting to con
sider the shifting of two play
grounds from white to an inter
racial basis.
Harry S. Wender, board chair
man, said the meeting as post
poned because Mrs. Alice C.
Hunter, colored board member,
would be out of town on Thurs
day when the meeting had been
originally scheduled.
At today's meeting, the Recrea
tion Board’s Transition Committee
heard a report from Milo Chris
tiansen, recreation superintendent
recommending that the New York
avenue playground and the Ray
mond playground be operated as
bi-racial units immediately. Mr.
Christiansen also recommended
that eight other playgrounds—
seven in Northeast and ode in
Southwest Washington—be studied
to see if they, too, should be
turned into inter-racial units.
At the Friday meeting, citizens
interested in the New York Ave
nue and Raymond playgrounds
will be heard.
Coroner Probes Deaths
From Shooting and a Fall
Inquests were to be held today
at the District Morgue on two
deaths, one that resulted from a
fall from a porch and the other
from a shooting.
Held for the coroner's inquest
are Hayden J. Smith, 29, of the
2600 block of Stanton road S.E.,
and Lee Preston Washington, 64,
of the 700 block of Second street
N.E.
Smith is charged with pushing
Willie Burch. 60, from a third
floor porch of the unit block of
I street N.E., according to police.
Mr. Burch died yesterday at Cas
ualty Hospital.
The dead man in the shooting is
Hazel Blakeney, 39, of the Second
street address. He died at Cas
ualty yesterday about four hours
after the shooting occurred at his
home, police said.
All four men are colored.
Chevy Chase Man Hurt
In Fall From Unruly Horse
Charles D. White, 40, of 3334
Jones Bridge court, Chevy Chase,
sales manager for a heating and
plumbing supply firm, was in fair
condition at Emergency Hospital
today after falling from a horse
he was riding on a farm in Vir
ginia.
The hospital said Mr. White
was suffering from a possible
skull fracture, a cut on the right
temple, and bruises of both arms.
Mr. White's 13-year-old son,
Jack, was the first to reach his
father after the accident, which
occurred on the farm of Mr.
White’s brother, Alton A. White.
Jack said his father had ridden
the horse, “Tom,” before, but the
animal was “acting up” yesterday.
A stirrup broke, tthe son said,
causing his father to fall to the
ground.
Former D. C. Navy Man Wins
First Forrestal Fellowship
*y rn« Associated rress
ANNAPOLIS, July 2.—A former
naval officer has been awarded the
first James V. Forrestal fellowship
in naval history at the Naval
Academy, it was
announced to
day by Vice Ad
miral Harry W.
Hill, academy
superintendent.
Winner over
25 applicants is
Willard C. Mc
Clellan, 36 of 89
Galveston street
S.W., Washing
ton. He is now
studying for a
doctor’s degree
at American
Mr. McClellan. University i n
Washington. Admiral Hill served
as chairman of the selection com
mittee.
The one-year fellowship was
instituted for study of the rela
tionships between military sea
power and land and air power.
It was named for the Nation’s
first secretary of defense, who
died two years ago.
Over 50 persons wrote for ap
plications, the academy reported,
but only 25 returned the forms
filled out. Mr. McClellan's pro
posed study will cover "the de
velopment of United States sea
transportation”—“a hitherto com
paratively untouched field,” ac
cording to the Navy.
Mr. McClellan was born in
Jacksonville, Fla., and attended
the University of Florida at
Gainesville. He later was a his
tory instructor at the Robert E.
Lee High School at Jacksonville.
While in the Navy in World
War II. he attended ordnance
school at the. Naval Gun Fac
tory and anti-submarine warfare
school. He lives with his wife,
Gra<*, and two young daughters
at tie Galveston street address.
The Federal Spotlight
Congress Planning New Curbs
On Government Promotions
~ By Joseph Young
New moves to curb promotions in Government ere being planned
in Congress.
A provision will be attached to the Whitten rider which limits
promotions and transfers to a temporary basis that will require each
department and agency to furnish Congress with a detailed annual
pnnrt. nn t.h*> niimKi»r nf nrftmn-4
ions made a year ahd the average
,alary of employes.
Representative Whitten, Demo
crat, of Missis
sippi, author of
the current
rider, says that
the new provi
sion to his con
tinuing rider
for 1952 will
have the effect
of curbing un
warranted pro
motions in Gov
ernment. Agen
cies will have
to watch then
step if' they
know that Con
gress will be in a position to crack
down on them, he declares.
Mr. Whitten said he has no in
tention of denying promotions to
qualified employes, but the provi
sion would curb practices in some
agencies which have taken advan
tage of the national emergency
program to reward favorites with
two and three and even four grade
promotions.
At present, Congress is in no
position to know which agencies
are the offenders, he said.
As reported here last week, the
Whitten rider for 1952 also will
carry amendments to require em
ployes to serve one year in their
present Jobs before they can re
ceive a promotion. Presently, they
must serve six months.
Also, the Mississippian is con
sidering modifying that part of
the present rider which limits all
promotions and transfers to a
temporary basis, in order that
permanent promotions may be
made to status jobs that were in
existence before September 1
1950.
Mr. Whitten hopes that his 1952
rider with the new amendments
will be ready for congressional
action soon.
* * * *
PERSONNEL CUTS — House
Senate conferees on the Labor
Federal'Security 1952 money bill
probably won’t meet again until
next week.
The outcome is particularly
significant to Federal agencies
since the conferees’ decision on
what kind of a personnel cut
formula to apply in Labor and
FSA will be applied to the Gov
ernment's other agencies as well.
The Senate has applied a flat
10 per cent cut In personnel fund
requests, while the House has
adopted the Jensen proviso which
prohibits agencies from filling
more than 25 per cent of person
nel vacancies, with the under
standing the provision would no
longer apply once a 20 per cent
personnel cut has been achieved
by this method.
* * * *
INTERN PROGRAM—Fourteen
Federal employes here have com
pleted the Civil Service Com
mission’s intern program where
by promising young employes are
trained for executive jobs in Gov
ernment. They are Henrietta
Lovinger, Census Bureau; Gott
fried Kraus, Defense Department;
Robert Hartei, Norma Lowe and
Richard W. Murray, Veterans’
Administration; Earl Seer, Agri
culture Department; Lave lie
Hughes, Federal Communications
Commission; Doyle Innis, Securi
ties and Exchange Commission;1
Bob Ross, General Services Ad
ministration; Harry Nichols, Wil
liam Penrose, and Ralph V.
O’Brien, Navy Department;
Charles Tucker, Federal Security
Agency, and Martin Bickford,
Civil Service Commission.
* * * *
JOBS—The Civil Service Com
mission has extended to August
15 the c’osing date for filing ap
plications for photographer and
blueprint operators’ jobs. . . . More
than 3,300 Washingtonians will
take the exam July 10 for Gov
ernment accountant and auditing
clerks. . . . The Board of Examin
ers at Quantico, Va., has openings
for engineering aides, $2,650 to
$3,825 a year. . . . The Board of
Examiners at St. Elizabeths Hos
pital has announced an exam for
domestic attendants, $2,120 a year.
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RETIREMENTS—John N. Si
oussa, an ordnance engineer at
the Naval Gun Factory, has re
tired after 54 years there. In rec
ognition of his long and excellent
service, Mr. Cioussa, who lives at
1137 New Hampshire avenue N.W.,
was presented with a letter of
commendation by Rear Admiral B.
Hall Hanlon. . . . Other Naval
Gun Factory employes who re
tired last week after long years
of meritorious service, and who
also received letters of commen
dation from Admiral Hanlon were:
Dudley C. Bosworth, Thomas D.
Carroll. Vincent D. Burns, James
H. Fritz, Milton E. Moore and
Armin A. Kahler.
Diplomats Miss Old Secrecy
In Peace Effort, Score Methods
ly th« Allocated fr#»*
Traditional diplomats are going
around muttering to themselves
about the methods of diplomacy
involved in the efforts to end the
war in Korea.
The methods don’t fit the pat
tern worked out over hundreds of
years that such things should be
handled secretly. Anybody who
is interested can have a front row
seat on the exchange of messages,
or has been able to have up to now.
There are some people in influ
ential positions in the State De
partment who believe the time is
about here to cut out this way of
doing business and get back to
the protective coverings of secret
diplomacy; some, in fact, appear
to be sincerely convinced that is
the only way in which effective
agreements necessary to a Korean
settlement can be worked out.
Another School of Thought.
But there is another school of
thought in the State Department
which holds that in dealing with
adversaries who are as clever as
the Soviets in combining politics
and propaganda, a maximum of
public information is one of the
requirements of good negotiations.
There are also some officials
who contend that the public in
the United States and other
friendly countries is entitled to
maximum possible information
upon which to form judgments.
At any rate, it was Russia's
Jacob Malik, Kremlin representa
tive at the United Nations, who
started the present maneuvers.
As a prelude to Mr. Malik, it is
necessary to recall that Secretary
of State Acheson and other ad
ministration officials during the
MacArthur hearings had repeat
edly put out peace feelers, pub
licly expressing willingness to end
the fighting along the 38th Par
allel.
The State Department's “Voice
of America” had been telling the
world since early June that il
Russia wanted peace in Korea all
it had to do was press a button—
the United Nations eovernments
were ready for a settlement on
reasonable terms.
Most important of all, of course,
Gen. Vandenberg in England
LONDON, July 2 (JP).—Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, head of the
United States Air Force, arrived
by plane today for a short stay
in England. On Wednesday he
will attend ceremonies at St. Paul’s
Cathedral dedicating a chapel to
the memory of 28,000 Americans
who died in this theater during
World War II.
Margaret Truman
Enjoys Sunny Day
At Beach in Italy
ty th# Associated Press
ROME, July 2.—Margaret
Truman did today what most
Romans try to do on sunny
summer Sundays. She went
to a public beach.
Accompanied by American
Ambassador and Mrs. James
C. Dunn, she sunbathed on
the sands of Fregene on the
coast west of Rome.
Miss Truman didn’t don a
bathing suit, but she sat
under a colored umbrella in a
pretty pink drees and thor
ouyily enjoyed herself.
was the fact that China’s massive
armies had been badly chewed up.
Speaking on a United Nations
radio program, Mr. Malik called
for a truce and said the Russian
people were certain one could be
established.
Four days later in a well pub
licized exchange with Moscow,
the United States learned that the
Russian government supported
Mr. Malik's expression of confi
dence in the possibility of an ar
mistice and had some definite
ideas on how to arrange it.
Two days later, last Friday,
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway on in
structions from Washington is
sued a message to the Communist
commander in Korea—whoever
he might be—saying he was
willing to send representatives to
a meeting to talk about ending
the fighting.
Yesterday in midmorning the
Peiping radio began forecasting
an important announcement in a
short time and eventually it came;.
“Here is important news from the
Korean front ...”
That introduction led into the
text of the message from the
Chinese and Korean commanders
in Korea telling Gen. Ridgway
they are willing to send represent
atives to a meeting.
'Holiday' Threatened
At Abadan Refinery
By Iran Government
By the Associated Press
TEHERAN, Iran, July 2. —
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
told American Ambassador Henry
F. Grady Iron would give the
giant Abadan refinery a “holiday’'
unless the Anglo-Iranian Oil Coi
agreed to pay for any oil loaded
on the company’s tankers.
Mr. Grady told newsmen Dr.
Mossadegh today expre^ ed a
great, desii- to end the British -
Iranian deadlock over national
ization of the oil industry, but
that he was “equally adamant
against agreeing to anything that
would prevent carrying out the
nationalization program.”
Meanwhile, production at Aba
dan was flowing into limited stor
age facilities at a greatly reduced
rate, but company officials said
the present output—8.3 million
gallons daily—would fill the tanks
in about 20 days, after which the
refinery would have to shut down.
Grady Sees Compromise.
This, Britain has said, would be
followed by withdrawal of the
company's skilled British mana
gerialand technical workers.
Mr. Grady had called on Dr.
Mossadegh seeking a compromise
which would permit the British
tankers to load at Abadan. The
Anglo-Iranian company has or
dered its tanker captains to re
fuse to sign receipts demanded
by the government and saying
they owe the new Iranian Na
tional Oil Co. for the cargoes.
The production cut was put in .
effect to delay filling the storage
tanks as long as possible. The
British said they hoped that so
long as the refinery operated,
even on a reduced scale, it might
be possible to reopen negotiations
with the Iranians for an amicable
settlement of the dispute between
the two over nationalization of
the Anglo-Iranian properties.
At the present rate of produc
tion, the refinery tanks will b«
full in about 20 days. . ■
Writ Asked in World Court.
The International Court of Jus
tice at The Hague, 'The Nether
lands, heard a British plea Sat
urday asking for an injunction
to prevent Iran from rushing
ahead with nationalization. Iran
protested that the court had no
jurisdiction in the matter be
cause the quarrel was between
Iran and a private company. The
court can deal only with com
plaints between states.
Britain said it had not only
the right but the duty to repre
sent the company. The British
government owns 53 per cent of
AIOC.
The disputing parties here are
waiting, not only for the court’s
decision, but for word from Presi
dent Truman in answer to a mes
sage sent him by Iran’s Premier
last week. Mr. Truman is ex
pected to appeal for at least a
temporary solution to the dead
lock so that the refinery can keep
producing oil for the west.
British Cabinet Gets Facts
From Oil Firm Manager
LONDON, July 2 (JP).—1The gen
eral manager of the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Co. gave the British cabinet
a first-hand account today of the
oil crisis in troubled Iran.
Eric Drake flew here from the
oil front over the week end to
report to the AIOC directorate
and to assess the chances A
a compromise for government
leaders.
Britain has asked the Interna
tional Court of Justice at The
Hague to order Iran to respect
AIOC property rights and to al
low the company to go on pro
ducing oil unmolested pending
a negotiated settlement.
Iranian failure to accept such
a court ruling probably would
trigger a British appeal to the
United Nations Security Council.
Britain presumably hopes Iran
will be bound to comply w-ith a
Security Council order.
Meanwhile, there were signs
that Iran is considering a similar
approach to the Security Council.
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