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U. N. Experts Believe Russia Pushes Truce To Save Supplies By Ernie Hill Foreign Correspondent of The Stor and the Chicago Daily News UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., July 2.—United Nations delegates are convinced that Russia is pushing Chinese Communists into a Ko rean truce talk by cutting down on vital war equipment for the Peiping government. The Soviet, it is believed here,: regards the Korean war as a’ stalemate which is siphoning off; supplies. Experts on the Far East say a coolness has developed be tween Moscow and Peiping over Russia’s failure to supply more planes and armored equipment. The Russians, who like to think of themselves as realists, are be-, lieved anxious to cut their losses' and save their stockpiles for more( important Communist causes in the Middle East and in Europe. Red China, it is stated, appears w illing to go on spending its man power but must depend on Russia for supplies which have not been forthcoming. An overwhelming majority here favors acceptance of China's pro posal for an armistice meeting between July 10 and 15 at Kae song, near the 38th Parallel. Optimism Voiced. Secretary General Trygve Lie refuses to discuss full implications of the revised meeting date and place, but declares: VJ IllLCvi UUlUiai UliUieb; continue to express optimism that' this will lead to a cease-fire.” Three reasons are advanced fori the requested delay on the part of North Korean and Chinese Communists. 1. Indications are that the enemy plans to bring up addi-j tional manpower and equipment; before a possible cease-fire, since! terms probably will prohibit such movements after a truce is in j force. 2. North Korean and Chinese j Communists undoubtedly want to) hold conferences with Russian offi cials so that the belligerents and, their chief backer will agree on peace terms. 3. The Chinese Reds probably; want some period for backing! down and face-saving at home since they have been pledged to; drive U. N. forces out of Korea in. broadcasts up until 48 hours ago.' Amused by Requested Site. Delegates are generally amused at the Chinese Reds for insisting that the conference be held on the small triangle of land they now hold south of the 38th Parallel. There is so much sentiment for ending the war that the delayed date and the changed place of meeting are not considered im portant. The vital points which the U. N. veill insist on, however, are that the armistice must make no prom-, ises as to the future of Formosa or for admitting Red China to the peace organization. Mr. Lie originally estimated that July 15 should be the target date for winning a truce. <It now ap pears that a cease-fire probably cannot be gained this quickly. Wadsworth to Head Security Training Unit President Truman today desig nated James W. Wadsworth, New York Republican, as chairman of the five-member National Secur ity Training Commission, which will draft a plan for a Universal Military Training program to be submitted for Congressional ap proval under new legislation. The White House announced the appointment of Mr. Wads worth, who for many years was a member of Senate and House from New York, and had an ac tive part in handling armed serv ices legislation_ Absentees (Continued From First Page.) port. In the colored schools, ab sences amounted to almost a third. George Washington University's summer school also was hit. One 8 o’clock class of 150 had 25 ab sent. and many were late. The absences were more serious than usual because mid-term tests are being given this w-eek. Foresightedness was generally credited for the surprise turnout of Government workers. Person nel men said advance notice of the strike had permitted car-pool arrangements. While tardiness in some cases amounted to as much as an hour or more, the vast majority of Federal workers were at their desks within a few minutes of the normal time, according, to a check of major agencies. Reason able tardiness was not expected to oe cnargea against annual iea\e at most agencies. The Interior Department said only 42 of its 3,500 employes were absent because of the strike. At the State Department, spokesmen estimated absence as only 2 per cent and the Commerce Depart ment reported about 3.5 per cent, but aaded this was expected to be whittled down by more com plete returns. At the Justice and Post Office Departments, Civil Service Com mission, Veterans Administration. Internal Revenue and Genera] Services Administration officials said the number of absences was not unusual. Cardozo High School was about the hardest hit in the school sys tem. Only 734 of its 1,545 sum mer students—fewer than half reported. Others were as mucl as two and a half hours .late. At McKinley High School, 311 ou of 1,038 were absent. A total of 7,329 students an enrolled in 26 public schools fa the brief summer session. Ever a day’s absence is a serious mat ter in the tight summer schedule and with more than three ab sences a student is not passed Officials said if the strike is pro longed an emergency relaxatioi of the rule, may be necessary. There is no plan at present b close the schools, officials em phasized. BIGGEST MARIJUANA CACHE SEIZED—Washington police and Treasury agents found this pile of marijuat«a hidden in secret compartments of an automobile. Pvt. George W7. Winkel of the Detective Bureau records the seizure at police headquarters. Police said it would amount to more than $500,000 on the retail market, but Treasury agents gave a more conservative esti mate of “more than $250,000.’’ Drugs (Continued From First Page.) colored Mexican hamper and a woman's scarf. Police said the items were new', and that appar ently the smugglers were trying to create illusion of being typical tourists. Also found in the trunk was a large box containing Spanish language instruction, books. Tried to Elude Police. The car, held since Weather bee’s, arrest June 20, was seized after a game of .hide-and-seek between police and Weatherbee and his two companians. Arrested with Weatherbee were Milford Hayes Woodw’ard. 32, a barber of the 2500 block of Four teenth street N.W., and Lena Mary Pauline, 33. of the Fourteenth street address. Woodward is un der $10,000 bond and Miss Pauline under $2,000 bond on charges of violating the Marijuana Tax Act. ■’We were confident,” a police official said today, “that nobody would have come all the way from Mexico with only eight! pounds of the stuff.” Treasury agents gave up their vigil over the automobile when! it became evident that the New< York hoodlums were not going to make their appearance. When first arrested. Weather-! bee told police that he smoked 15 marijuana cigarettes a day. He claimed that he had brought; the drug in for his personal use, but the discovery of the 193 pounds smashed that statement, ponce saia. .... . - j Customs agents altered the pic-, ture following the attest in an attempt to learn the methods u-?d hi smuggling the drug across the Mexican border and past customs inspectors there. Their answer came with location Of the secret panels. Washington police, acting on a tip that the marijuana was en route here, nabbed the trid after a 10-hour trail through the city last June 20. The hunt began' after police spotted Weatherbee’Sj auto parked near a hotel close to: Union Station. It was climaxed in the arrest shortly before midnight when agents forced another car—to which the 8 pounds had been transferred—to the curb at Ninth and S streets. U. S. Deportees in Italy Linked to Dope Ring ROME, July 2 (JP).-An esti mated 50 men deported from the United States to Italy on nar cotics charges since World War II are believed to have formed the nucleus of a far-flung dope smug gling network, it was learned au thoritatively today. An unimpeachable source here ,said that if the United States jailed such offenders instead of deposing them it might help cut the current heavy flow, of illegal drugs from Europe to America. This source also told the Asso ciated Press that Italian police have not turned up a single piece of exidence to show that former United States vice lord Charles "Lucky” Luciano is active in dope smuggling. "Luciano is always a suspect in Italy.” the source said, “but we have found no evidence of his being implicated in illicit nar cotics traffic.” -- Marshall (Continued From First Page.) up against any further threat of aggression.” Other points brought out in Gen. Marshall's answers included: 1. There is no present plan to increase the contemplated num ber of six divisions to be main tained in Europe under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization de fense arrangement. 2. The Defense Department, in 'asking military appropriations I and foreign assistance, is giving “the deepest consideration” to the effect that such increased spend ing will have on the national economy. 3. Spain, Turkey and Greece should be admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 4. Gen. Marshall said “it would seem to me” that the Economic Co-operation Act could be ended by next July 1. 5. His only commer.i on the : possibility of a cease-fi e in Ko rea was that “our troops oughl : to be over there while negotiations • are going on." r 6. He estimated that curreni • expenditures for national securitj , including foreign assistance nov . take about 10 per cent of th< gross national production of thi( ! country and may take as much ai i 20 per cent by the end of 1952. > Australian shark liver oil nov • Is being used to make margarim and Chocolate. Most of the illegal marijuana was found in compartments like this one being held open by a reporter. The dope recovered would make nearby 1.5 million marijuana cigarettes. —Star Staff Photos. Peace (Continued From First Page.) 1 Pyonggang. Pyonggang is the northern tip of the old Red "Iron Triangle.” The patrol pulled back under heavy Red mortar fire. * Northwest of Yonchon, Allied patrols reported the Communists; apparently had moved about a half mile south of their last re ported positions. On the east central front Allied air and artillery today smashed at two strategic mountain tops occupied by the Reds. "We still have not yet a full report on the damage inflicted,”; an officer said, "but we certainly clobbered that hill.” The United States Eighth Army communique reported increased Red artillery fire on the eastern front north of Yanggu. Although the fighting was bitter in spots, there still seemed to be some reluctance on both sides to push too hard or too fast. There is no way of knowing how long such a situation might continue. Long Parleys Forecast. Chinese Nationalists on For mosa predict cease-fire talks will be drawn out over a long period. They said the Reds asked that the talks be scheduled July 10 to 15 • to give them in opportunity to consult with Moscow. In Hong Kong, a gateway to Red China, many observers ex pressed the opinion the Reds have | tentatively agreed to further peace in Korea for a reason. They say ! the n ext step will be a Russian de | mand for greater voice in the pro posed Japanese peace treaty. The Communist agreement to meet for ceasefire talks was yji uauuaov wj x tuuiv last night. The statement was re peated by North Korea’s Pyong yang radio. The message was addressed to Gen. Ridgway and signed by ! Premier Kim II Sung, supreme | commander of the Red Korea army, and Peng Teh-huai. com mander of the Red Chinese “vol unteers.” The message said: “Your statement of June 30 this year concerning peace talks has been received. We are authorized to inform you that we agree to meet your representative for con ducting talks concerning cessation of military action and establish ment of peace. We propose that the place of the meeting be in the area of Kaesong on the 38th Par allel; if you agree, our representa tives are prepared to meet your representative between July 10 and 15.” - The Red proposal that the meet ing be held in Kaesong was ex pected by Allied officers. Since the city is south of the parallel, a meeting there would “save face” for the Reds and lend support to ;the propaganda line they have al ready adopted: “the United Na tions' aggressive war has failed." Pyongyang radio today broad , cast that as the reason for Gen Ridgway’s proposal. In Hong Kong, Communist newspapers described the Reds as the ’Tea] i winners” of the Korean war. Jutlandia at Pusan. The Red suggestion that the meeting be held in Kaesong was ' not interpreted as a condition of : their acceptance. The meeting stii; might be held on the Jutlandia The big hospital ship is anchoret in Pusan, ready to move to Won san harbor on two-hours’ notice Wonsan, shell-racked port 01 the east coast of North Korea, i 80 miles north of the 38tl Parallel. Yesterday the city was batterei by naval gunfire for the 135th con secutive day. The American de stroyers Blue and Evans fired oi gun positions and troop concen trations. The Communists have two face saving reasons for not wanting th meeting in Wonsan.. First, i would indicate the Reds had com plied completely with Gen. Ridg way's proposals. Second, an meeting held deep inside Red Ko rea would shatter their propa ganda theme that they had wroi the war. The opinion at United States 8tl Army headquarters is that the A1 lies cannot afford to slacken thei efforts. Ranking officers there say an letup would be a priceless advan tage to the Reds. They coul build up their forcers unhampered possibly for a new offensive wit! their old aim of driving the Allie out of Korea. Air Force Wants to Continue. Air Force officers in particula want to keep hammering the Red as long as the war is still offi daily on. To do less would giv the Communists their first chanc to bring their planes down froi Manchuria to bases closer to th front lines. Gen. Ridgway heard of the Re broadcast just before retiring la: night. He made no statemer hpf>niiKo t.hp news wTas bein received in fragmentary form. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Flee who may be Gen. Ridgway representative at the meetim was asleep at his 8th Army head quarters when the news arrivei He was not awakened, and flr: heard of it at breakfast toda: An aide said he “just plans to g ahead with business as usual He added that Gen. Van Flei had received no new instructor or orders. Not all the participating cour tries were pleased with the new South Korean government leadei have steadfastly opposed ar cease-fire on the 38th Parallel. The South Koreans want tt war continued until the Chine! Communists are driven complete: out of Korea, the North Korea Reds are smashed and disarmei and the country unified. Gerrpans Offer Increas In Defense Contributio By »h« Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany, July I—Prof. Hans Erhard, West Ge: man minister of economics, fie : to the United States today to di: | cuss ways of increasing West Ge: many’s contribution to Europea defense. , “I think West Germany ca contribute ,much more than ; present,” he said. He told reporters he hoped arrange in Washington a mo efficient integration of West Ge i many’s economy into the We European defense program. Delhi University, India, w open a four-year course in nur ing next year. City Proposed by Reds For Peace Parley Was First to Be Captured •y th» Associated Press UNITED STATES 8th ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, July 2. —Kaesong, proposed by the Reds as the meeting place for a cease fire conference, was the first large South Korean city captured by the Communists when the Korean war broke out last year. The city, with a pre-war popu lation of about 56,000, has never been out of Red hands since except for a brief period last fall. The Allies' passed through when they defeated the North Korean army and pushed on to the Yalu River. It was recaptured last winter by the Chinese Communists. Allied patrols entered the city late last month and then withdrew. Friendly guerrillas operated in the area this spring. No Reds Seen Recently. An 8th Army source said last night that recent Allied patrols in the Kaesong area failed to flush any Communists and that it was believed the Chinese had pulled out recently. The Kaesong area is the only place on the Korean battlefront where the Reds have a foothold in South Korea. The city lies in flat rice paddy land, north of the mouth of the Tmlin River. Ti _ A 1/ nuu H»v VIA v A he Korean kingdom, from which the entire peninsula took its Eng lish name. For 475 years the city was a po litical center with a culture and industries of high standard. Former Commercial City. Just before the war it was a commercial city depending mainly on the cultivation of the ginseng medical herb root. Now it is just a pile of rubble, destroyed by many bombing and Strafing attacks. Kaesong, on the main road north toward Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, has seen the 8th Army advance through its streets in hot pursuit of the Com munists. then fall back in retreat before the Chinese armies. Much of its population is now dispersed across the peninsula or lies buried in shallow graves, I victims of the war or Korean ; revenge killings, i _ Slovak-Americans Map Drive to Free Homeland Americans of Slovakian descent will celebrate the American Inde pendence Day Wednesday with the start of a new drive tor the independence of their homeland, according to the National Com mittee for Liberation of Slovakia. As the first move in this drive, the committee is asking the State Department to set up a Slovak section of the Voice of America Slovakia is now part of Czecho slovakia. a Russian satellite. The committee wants its country free from both Communists and I Czechs. -- M It complains that nreaqit Voice broadcasts to the area Ifre in i Czech, and atfs the Slovaks do not t listen to them. * Czech Statement on Oatis By the Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany, July 2.—Following is the text of a Czechoslovak-Government state ment concerning the trial today of Associate Press Correspondent William N. Oatis and three others on espionage charges: On Monday the trial will start before the state* court in Prague of the four-member group of Wil liam N. Oatis, which is charged with espionage. After the liquida tion of the Bratislava subversive band directed by Prench Consuls Etienne Manoel and Maurice Mlchelot, this trial is another proof of how the Western im perialists are stepping up their espionage actions against our country and the other people’s democracies in the interests of their war aims and how for those aims they are trying all ways and means. Associated Press Named. One qf the espionage centers in Czechoslovakia was the so-called press agency. Associated Press, which, hiding behind the cloak of newspaper activity, has been car rying out for years—as has now been proved—widespread espio nage and collecting important political, military and economic reports. This center was headed successively by the trained spies (Abraham) Goldberg, (Richard) Kasischke and (Nathan) Polowet zky, who had their accreditation taken away from them some time ago because of their hostile ac tivity. The direction of this center was taken over in June, 1950, by the trained spy, W. Oatis. Under his leadership, the espionage network of the center was finally com pleted, the nucleus of its being its paiu employes, an persons nnea with hatred toward our republic and its people s democratic re gime. Claim Murders Committed. Those hostile agents in Ameri can services did not even stop at the murder of Czech citizens whenever they discovereed thal they were being hindered in theii task of espionage. Under those circumstances, the agent, Jose! Pavelka. cynically murdered ar officer of the Czech army. The murder, weapon being supplied bj another • agent, Miroslav Koma rek, who had already co-operatec with Polowetzky in espionage anc ! who supplied him with importan material, for example on the dis covery of ore, various military ob jects, on the situation in the heavj industry, and other espionage data. Polowetzky gave Oatis in structions even before the latter'; departure from London fo: ■Czechoslovakia on the espionage activity and the network that hac been built up. In this, he ex pressed great admiration for Ko marek. That is why after the murder, Oatis attempted to ai< the murderers by sending to Lon don, together with (first name no given) Woybiner, a report in forming Kcmarek, who was a that time abroad, of the critica situation of his terrorist group. Linked With Terrorists The espionage center of the AI ■co-operated as closely with officia I diplomatic representatives of th< United States as yith this terror ist group. So Oatis established the closest co-operation with the military attache of the United States Em bassy, who gave him instructions and whom he supplied with espionage material, especially of a military nature. Oatis, together ’with the em ployes of the AP (Tomas) Svo boda (Pavel) Wojdinek, and j (Peter) Muntz, all Czech citizens | who were employed by the Ameri cans because of their hostile at titude toward the people’s demo cratic regime, sought and collected on the instructions of the New York head office of the AP im portant economic, military and political reports. (Svoboda, Wojdi nek and Muntz are Oatis’ co defendants in today’s trfal.) Those paid spies carried out their espionage activity as their only occupation. As the defend ant Svoboda has confessed, the gathering of espionage reports for Oatis became his only occupation. Especially when in contact with our working people, he tried to make the impression of a pro gressive journalist. Lately his subversive group had concentrated on gathering reports concerning the traitors, Sling, Svermova, and their accomplices. Communist Leader Held. (Otto Sling, a Bmo Communist leader, has been arrested for "harmful activities.” Mrs. Maria Svermova, member of the Czech Communist Party's central com mittee, was unofficially reported arrested last January). The CIC (Counter Intelligence Corps) displayed marked interest AAA tiiio miuiiuuuv/ii attempted to discover to what ex tent the network had been un masked in our territory and what new measures it should take. Proof of this is shown by Oatis’ -handwritten notes containing, ac cording to the indictment, im portant data and notes of a mili tary nature. In fear of being discovered they used a telephone line listed jmder !another person's name and secret ly switched to their office. By this criminal activity all the defend ants have damaged the interest ol the Czech Republic and with full knowledge have supported th< war plans of the American im perialists. A further report will be issued cn the conclusion of the trial. Sloan Group Reports Record $8 Million Grants !1 ly th« Associattd Pr«»» •I NEW YORK. July 2.—Grant; » of $8 million to 30 educations ' and welfare organizations durinj ! 1949 and 1950 have been reportec 1 by the Alfred P. Sloan Founds ' tion, Inc. The foundation said in a state 1 ment yesterday that the sum ex 1 ceed by $3 million the highest ' previous biennial total since th« : foundation was established ir ' 1936. Candles Replace Power Residents of a South Africar ’! village retired by candle light foi ,;six weeks while their power planl was being repaired after a fire. Woman's Body Found At Turkey Point After Boat Outing Tragedy The body of Mr*. Laura Crom well. 39. of 235 Massachusetts avenue N.E.. wa* recovered at Turkey Point In Anne Arundel County yesterday about 2 miles from the spot where she toppled from a cabin cruiser into South S River and drowned Saturday night. Mrs. Cromwell, who managed : the clerical office of Senator Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, had gone on a cruise Saturday afternoon with her husband. For rest, her son, George Bayliss, 17. and another couple. Anchored in Cove. They went crabbing that after noon in Selby Bay, but headed back into South River when it started to rain. Mr. Cromwell said they had anchored in a cove off Loch Haven Beach. When they started to leave the cove, Mrs. Cromwell asked George to check the running lights. George went to check the running lights on one side, and Mrs. Cromwell, who apparently heard her hus band’s request, went to check the lights on the other side. “I heard her call while I wa* at the wheel,” said Mr. Crom well. “I looked back and about 40 feet behind the boat there was a head in the water. For a second I thought it was George —he is an excellent swimmer.” «**• viuuiwcii nuccicu UJC U U15* er around, but his wife had dis appeared before help could reach her. For two hours. Mr. Cromwell and other members of the party searched the area. Then they were joined for the rest of the night by the Anne Arundel County police. Unable to Swim, Mr. Cromwell said his wife ap parently lost her footing in the dark. She could not swim, he said, and always was afraid of the water. j The accident occurred about 9 p.m. Saturday. Her body was found yesterday morning by a fisherman. A resident of Washington most of her life, Mrs. Cromwell was graduated from Western High School. She was a violinist. She attended business school here, and formerly worked for the Works Projects Administration. During World War II, she was employed at the War Department. She had been with Senator Dirk sen six months. Besides her husband and her son by a former marriage, Mrs. Cromwell is survived by her fa ther, F. E. Goodnow, also of the Massachusetts avenue address. — King Must Pass on Medals South African and other British Commonwealth veterans of Korean | fighting may not wear their Amer ican medals until the King has ! given them permission. The World Health Organization will set up a penicillin factory in }ndia. I A 1; ■ ■ ■ ■* ' ri 1 | » tj CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION ■ JUNE 30,1951 lj RESOURCES t ————— 1 Cash and due from Banks--- $10,140,215.55 i U. S. Government Securities-—.— 16,507,432.92 Total Gash and U. S. Securities- $26,647,648.47 - Municipal Securities- 2,169,365.03 r Loans and Discounts- 23,167,431.14 s! Banking House and Fixtures- 1,607,294.34 Interest Earned but not collected- 93,389.78 e Other Resources _1_- 109,131.70 e Total Resources___ $53,794,260.46 i 1 t LIABILITIES t i— e Capital Stock -- $1,000,000.00 s Surplus_c.---- 2,000,000.00 Undivided Profits- 1,546,277.87 l. Total Capital Accounts-—— $4,546,27737 r. Reserves for Taxes, etc.- 415,045.82 0 Unearned Discount- 618,146.43 t Dividends Payable July 16, 1951- 50,000.00 S " - " Deposits _T_ 48,106,73631 Other Liabilities-v--58,054.03 >■ Total Liabilities_-— $53,794,260.46 s ■■ t y e « y n i. e n ': \ Union Trust Company ” or the District of (Columbia n 15th & H Streets, N. W. 14th & G Streets, N. W Member Fedetui Deposit hisur.itiee (.otpor.ilioH "the Symbol ofH'riendly Banking'’ o , ;C * St U • 2 :"v ■ I- . . , ■ - • -• ■ ^——■* , t i J .