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Britain Closes
Giant Iranian
Oil Refinery
Tanks at Abadan
Filled as Clash
Halts Ship Traffic
By the Associated Pres*
ABADAN, Iran, July 31.—A red
haired Scotsman pushed a buttor
today and halted the last gaso
line-producing machine of the
world’s largest refinery—closed ir
the bitter oil row between Britair
and Iran.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.’i
giant plant at Abadan Island has
been slowing down production foi
the past month. Today it ceasec
altogether because no room re
mained in the acres of storage
tanks to put any more gasoline
kerosene and other products.
More than a month ago the
traffic of oil tankers was halted
by the nationalization dispute
which centered over Iranian seiz
ure of AIOC's vast holdings. Both
the Iranian government and oil
company demanded payment for
oil shipments and, as a result, the
company pulled out its tankers.
Little Fuss on Closing.
There was little fuss over the
closing of the refinery's last oper
ating unit
David Blair Watt, Anglo-Iran
ian’s distillation units superin
tendent, pushed the electric switch
button and the roar of gas flames
heating the pipes died away. At
the same time the flow of oil into
the big pipeline from Aga Jari
150 miles away was choked off.
Live steam shot through the
pipes and in a half hour the pro
cess was completed.
The shut-down climaxes the
months-long dispute over owner
ship of the billion dollar AIOC
which has choked off a major
source of oil supply for the Brit
ish navy and Western Europe.
Meanwhile, W. Averell Harri
man returned to Teheran from
London today confident that “no
further difficulties” stand in the
way of new British-Iranian oil
talks.
Few Minor Points Remain.
President Truman's special en
voy said he had only a few minor
points to clear up writh the Iran
ian delegation before a British
delegation headed by Richard
Stokes, Lord Privy Seal, would
come here from London.
Mr. Harriman said he was more
hopeful now than at any time
in his mission which began two
weeks ago.
Foreign Secretary Herbert Mor
rison told the House of Commons
yesterday that—as a result of
talks with Mr. Harriman—Britain
had decided to send the cabinet
mission to Iran for a new try at
settling its oil dispute. He added,
however, that certain points had
to be clarified before the mission
made the trip.
Talks Termed Useful.
Stepping from his luxury-equip
ped United States Air Force Con
stellation at Teheran Airport, Mr.
Harriman told reporters his talks
with the British government “were
useful and satisfactory.”
Mr. Harriman drove off to the
mountain palace where he is the
guest of the Shah. He said he
did not know' w'hen he w'ould con
fer with Iranian officials.
Meanwhile, the lower house of
the Iranian Parliament voted to
day to extend martial law another
two months in Khuzistan province
where Iran’s oil industry is cen
tered. The action now goes to the
Senate for ratification.
India Issue 'Serious,'
Pakistan Tells West
By the Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan, July 31._
Pakistan was reported today to
have sent a communication to the
United States, Britain and com
monwealth governments inform
ing them of the seriousness of the
situation in view of India’s re
fusal to remove troops from near
Pakistan’s border.
Prime Minister Nehru of India
rejected the withdrawal of troops
as part of a peace plan advanced
by Pakistan Premier Liaquat Ali
Khan.
Pakistan’s cabinet has been
summoned tomorrow to consider
the next step.
The Pakistani communication,
it was reported, calls attention to
Nehru’s claim that the disputed
state of Kashmir is a part of
India, and declares such a “false”
claim might make the situation
explosive.
Truman Expected to Sign
Stopgap Money Bill Today
President Truman today is ex
pected to sign the stopgap money
resolution approved by Congress
yesterday, to pay the salaries of
Government employes as well as
provide other Federal operating
expenses during August.
The stop-gap measure was nec
essary because none of the regu
lar money bills, providing funds
for Government operation during
the 12 months which started July
1. has yet cleared Congress.
The agencies, in general, are
permitted during the next 30 days
to spend at a rate comparable to
last year’s spending.
As part of the emergency meas
ure, a $2 million allotment was
made for aid to Palestine refugees.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee had suggested a figure of
* $60 million for that aid.
I
Barmine Says Russian Chiefs
Called Lattimore 'Our Man'
Newspaperman Joseph Barnes in Same
Category in 1930s, Ex-Soviet General Testifies
By Cecil Holland
Alexander Barmine, a former
Russian general, testified today
that in the 1930s the chief of
Soviet military intelligence re
ferred to Owen Lattimore and
Joseph Barnes as “our men.”
Mr. Barmine, now head of the
Russian desk of the State Depart
ment’s Voice of America program,
' gave the testimony before the Sen
ate Internal Security subcommit
tee investigating whether any
subversive forces have influenced
American policy in the Far East.
He said the names of the two
men were mentioned by Gen. Ian
Antonovich Berzin, the Soviet mil
itary intelligence chief, during a
conference in Moscow. At the
time, Mr. Barmine testified, he
was head of a Russian corporation
supplying arqjs to a western
Chinese province and to other
countries, and had requested addi
tional “reliable and competent”
personnel for carrying on the op
eration. He added that the names
of Owen Lattimore and Joseph
Barnes were mentiored in a list
of other foreign nationals who
might be used in the undertaking.
A committee staff member,
Benjamin Mandel, on the record!
identified Mr. Barnes as secretarj
of the American Council of th<
Institute of Pacific Relations anc
a member of the institute’s stall
from 1931 to 1934. He also saic
Mr. Lattimore was formerly edi
tor of the institute’s publicatior
“Pacific Affairs.” The committee
has centered its public hearings
thus far on the institute.
Senator Eastland, Democrat
of Mississippi, inquired if the
Joseph Barnes mentioned was the
one who formerly headed the for
eign staff of the New York
Herald-Tribune and served as
correspondent in Moscow. Mr
Mandel replied that he was.
Mr. Barmine, a tall, distin
guished-appearing witness, testi
fied he held the rank of brigadier
general in Soviet intelligence while
serving as executive director of
the Russian export company
formed ostensibly to sell automo
biles and parts abroad.
He said Gen. Berzin asked him
to open branch offices along the
China coast as a means of pro
viding a cover for, and place, to
conceal arms and ammunition
He explained that the cache of
arms was to be held until an op
portune time came for Chinese
(See SECURITY, Page A-4.)
Postal Pay Increase
Of $400 a Year Voted
By House Committee
Action Also Due Today
On Salary Raise for
Classified Employes
By Joseph Young
The House Civil Service Com
mittee today approved a per
manent $400-a-year pay raise for
postal workers.
The group will meet again in
executive session this afternoon to
take final action on pay raises for
the Government’s classified em
ployes.
In voting a $400 permanent
postal salary boost, the committee
reversed its action of last week
when it tentatively agreed to a
$420 postal salary measure.
However, $320 of the $420 pro
posed bill of last week would only
have been on a temporary two
year basis, with only $100 as the
permanent amount.
6,000 Here Affected.
Even though the committee
sliced $20 off the $420 figure today,
the various postal employe unions
expressed themselves as more sat
isfied with this action since it puts
the salary increase on a permanent
basis.
The bill applies to 550,000 postal
workers, including about 6,000 in
Washington.
The committee’s action today
raised hope among the Govern
ment’s classified employes that the
bill reported out for them would
also be on a permanent Ijasis.
There is the possibility that the
committee’s pay raise bill for clas
sified workers won’t be quite as
generous as for the postal em
ployes, although at least several
members have argued that both
groups of employes deserve equal
treatment.
New Starting Level.
The classified pay measure af
fects more than 1.2 million Federal
and District government workers,
including about 220,000 in the
Washington area.
In addition to providing the
$400 pay boost for postal workers,
the committee today also ap
proved the elimination of the first
three postal salary grades, which
would make the new starting
grade $3,370 a year. The present
starting salary is $2,670. The
raise would be retroactive to last
July 1.
Taber Suffers Attack
Of Bronchial Pneumonia
By the Associated Press
AUBURN, N. Y„ July 31.—Rep
resentative Taber was recovering
today from an attack of bronchial
pneumonia.
The 71-year-old veteran Repub
lican House member was confined
to bed at home. He flew here from
Washington Friday and was taken
ill Saturday.
His brother and law partner
Silas Taber, said physicians re
ported Mr. Taber’s condition im
proved today, but ordered him tc
remain in bed at least 10 days.
Bridges Demands
More Troop Data
For ECA Hearing
Senator 'Amazed' by
Marshall's Estimate;
Joint Hearing Starts
By J. A. O'Leary
Senator Bridges. Republican, of
New Hampshire said today he
wants the two committees han
dling the $8.5 billion foreign aid
program to get more information
on Defense Secretary Marshall’s
recent statement that the United
States will have 400,000 troops in
Europe by the end of 1952.
The Senator said he was
“amazed” by this testimony be
cause, in his opinion, the Senate
was led to believe four months ago
that the American contribution
to Gen. Eisenhower’s mutual de
fense force for the immediate fu
ture was to be 200,000 men.
As the Senate Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Committees
! began closed Joint sessions on the
foreign aid program today. Re
publicans also were starting a
move to have the economic assist
ance handled by an agency inde
pendent of the State Department.
Smith Seeks Eisenhower Advice.
Senator Smith, Republican, of
New Jersey, has drawn up a bill
to put the entire program—mili
tary and economic—under a single
independent administrator. He
announced today he will ask Gen.
Eisenhower’s opinion on the pro
! posai.
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee late yesterday approved
a separate agency for economic
and Point Four aid, but Chairman
Taft said the group did not pass
'on whether military aid should
also be under the same official. He
said the Republican policy makers
did not have sufficient informa
tion to decide how the military
part should be administered.
The Republicans also delayed a
decision on whether to try to cut
the $8.5 billion total. Of this
amount $6.3 billion is for arms
and $2.2 billion for economic
projects which would help the
other nations to support their own
rearmament efforts.
Perkins Is Next Witness.
George Perkins, Assistant Sec
retary of State for European Af
fairs, was slated to be the next
witness as the two committees
went into closed session for the
remainder of the hearings. Wil
liam C. Foster, head of ECA, was
the last witness at the open hear
ings yesterday.
Until today the bill was being
handled by the Foreign Relations
Committee alone. Chairman Con
nally of that group agreed to give
the Armed Services Committee
joint jurisdiction to avoid delay.
The latter committee had threat
ened to go into the bill separately
if not allowed to take part in the
current proceedings.
Senator Bridges predicted that
the question of how many Amer
ican troops will be assigned to
Western Europe in 1952 also is
likely to be raised in the Appro
priations subcommittee now hold
(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-4.)
62,700 Out of 165,000 Flunk
First Draft Test for Students
By the Associated Press
About 62,700 college students
flunked the first draft aptitude
test, given May 26 to 165,000 men,
Selective Service said today.
The agency announced the out
come of the first test only. A
total of 339,056 students took the
test May 26, June 16, June 30 or
July 12, but results from the latter
tests have not been tabulated:
Selective Service said that 53
per cent of the 42,500 freshmen
tested May 26 earned scores of 70
or better, as did 64 per cent of the
53,000 sophomores, 72 per cent
of the 44,000 juniors and 77 per
cent of the 18,500 seniors.
The test also was given to 7,000
graduate students.
Selective service said these sam
ples indicate that about 40 per
cent of the students in the low^j
portion of their classes and 75
per cent in the upper part scored
70 or better.
Henry Chauncey, president of
the Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, N. J., which adminis
tered the test and compiled the
results, said earlier this week that
the examination was “pitched
almost ideally as to level of diffi
culty.”
Mr. Chauncey said studies of
the relationship between test
scores and college grades at 23
institutions showed that results
are “quite satisfactory in all in
stances, regardless of the field of
study.”
Draft boards have been asked
to use the test scores and scholas
tic records in determining wheth
er to defer individual college stu
dents.
I
Truman Action
On Controls Bill
Due by Midnight
Signature Expected;
President's Reaction
Awaited in Congress
By Robert K. Walsh
The new economic controls bill
needed only President Truman’s
signature today to go into effect
through next June. The Presi
dent was expected to put his
name to the measurebut congres
sional leaders wondered whether
I he would write an accompanying
I blast or maintain a grim silence.
Under the Defense Production
Act. due to expire at midnight and
be replaced by the legislation
awaiting presidential signature,
the Office of Price Stabilization
made a final major move. It set
new ceilings on pork and esti
mated that these will permit re
tail prices of most pork chops
and roasts to go up 5 or 6 cents
a pound, and perhaps as high as 9
cents in some instances.
OPS explained that the action
was taken because the prices of
; lighter-weight hogs have risen
substantially since January. The
price of pork loins cut from such
hogs has been frozen at the Jan
uary level. The OPS order, an
nounced late yesterday, fixes
dollar and cents ceilings only on
pork loins weighing 16 pounds or
less.
; House Votes Compromise, 294-80.
The much-amended bill on
price, wage, credit, rent and ma
terials controls went to the White
House after final congressional
action yesterday on a Senate
House compromise version.
By a 294-to-80 vote the House
adopted the conference bill which
the Senate approved last Friday.
Of the 80 who voted against the
j bill, despite recommendations of
i Republican as well as Democratic
leaders, 18 were Democrats mostly
from Southern States.
President Truman, meanwhile,
was armed with advice from many
quarters. Most of the Federal
agencies concerned were reported
to have suggested that he sign the
bill as the best that could be ob
tained under the circumstances
and in order to avoid “chaos” that
otherwise would rpsult from no
controls at all.
But the United Labor Policy *
Committee, representing most of
organized labor, denounced the
measure as a “callous betrayal of
the consumers.” The committee
said it would back Mr. Truman
! if he vetoed it.
Public Explanation Urged.
“If the President decided, how
ever, that the Nation can expect
no better legislation from the
82d Congress,” the committe
stated, “then the ULPC feels that
he should explain to the Ameri
can people in the clearest pos
jeible terms how shamefully and
how wickedly the congressional
i coalition sold them to the special
interests.”
The President has made clear
that he regards the bill as falling
far short of the additional pro
visions he 6ought to fight infla
tion and promote mobilization.
iBut there was no assurance he
woud make any formal statement
.today.
In some administrative as well]
I as legislative quarters there was
a belief that Mr. Truman would
simply sign the bill and say noth
ing. This, they said, would have
at least a two-fold effect. It would
let the record stand and let time
tell whether Congress or the Presi
dent is right as to the adequacy of
the new legislation.
Presidential silence also would
be less likely to cause further an
(See CONTROLS, Page A-4.)
Allied Planes Hammer
'Iron Triangle' Area
By th« Associated Press
UNITED STATES 8th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, July 31.
—Allied warplanes swept through
low clouds today and hammered
Red positions in the “Iron Trian
gle” on the Western front of Ko
rea as ground fighting again
dwindled to patrol activity.
Primary target of 5th Air Force
planes was the area around Pyong
gang, northern apex of the shat
tered old Red troop-massing area.
Mustangs of the 18th Fighter
Bomber Wing made the attack.
Marine fighters and B-26 bomb
ers hit the Kumsong area east of
Pyonggang.
Reds between Kumsong and
Kumhwa, eastern Allied-held
anchor of the old triangle, hurled
two light probing attacks at Allied
lines early this morning. Both
were turned back.
Those were the only attacks of
any kind reported in the United
States 8th Army’s evening com
munique. There were a few patrol
clashes, but generally the commu
nique reported little or no con
tact between opposing forces.
Allied troops held mountain-top
positions along the Eastern front
won yesterday after a five-day
battle.
The 5th Air Force reported it
has flown more than 175,000 com
bat sorties in Korea. That’s an
average of 43 a day.
New Trieste Chief Named
TRIESTE, Free Territory, July
31 (AP).—United States Col. John*
L. Whitelaw was appointed com
mander of the Anglo-American
zone of the Free Territory yes
terday.
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Atomic Energy Program Cost
Disclosed as $5 Billion to Date
$1.2 Billion Asked for Fiscal Year;
Initial Sum Covers World War II Bombs
The atomic energy program has
cost the United States about $5
billion so far.
With the $1.2 billion asked for
the 1952 fiscal year, it will run
close to $7 billion.
This was disclosed in the semi
annual report of the Atomic En
ergy Commission, made public
today.
For the $2.2 billion spent by the
Manhattan district during the
last war were achieved the atomic
bombs dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki and which are credited
with being a potent factor in
ending the war in the Ear East.
For the rest the commission has
obtained bombs several times as
powerful and has started, at le^st,
a program for the peacetime use
of the vast energies obtained by
fission of the uranium atom. The
whole program has cost tl tax
payer, up to June 29. $4.7 billion.
The AEC has another $1.4 billion!
in appropriated but unexpended
funds.
Gorden Dean. AEC chairman,
disclosed at a news conference
yesterday that the commission is
planning “much more frequent
tests” of its weapons in the fu
ture.
At the conference it was also
disclosed that the United States
has developed some weapons that
have a bigger “bang”—that is,
greater “energy release" — than
others. The commission said that
was one of the reasons why some
weapons have been tested in re
mote Eniwetok, while others with
‘See ATOMIC. Page A-14.)
'Private Eye' Jailed
60 Days for Contempt
In Caldwell Inquiry
Bradley Refused Chance
To Purge Self of Charge,
Judge Tamm Declares
A District Court judge today
jailed John E. Bradley. sr„ “pri
vate eye” involved recently in the
Bennie Caldwell jury tampering
case, for contempt over his refusal
to answei certain questions before
the grand jury.
Judge Edward A. Tamm com
mitted the witness for 60 days,
declaring that Bradley had “de
fied” the court last Friday when
the jury first asked the auestions.
The judge noted that the court
earlier advised the defendant that
his claim of possible self-incrimi
nation was unjustified, and that
Bradley, although given an op
portunity yesterday to answer the
questions, had refused to purge
himself of the contempt.
The private-detective has been
appearing for several weeks be
fore the grand jury w'hich is in
vestigating whether any United
States Attorney’s office records in
the Caldwell case were' illegally
removed in a conspiracy.
Appeals Tampering Verdict.
Caldwell, colored nightclub op
erator here, is currently under
District Court sentence for tam
pering with the jury which con
victed William (Snags) Lewis on
gambling charges nearly two years
ago. Caldwell has appealed the
tampering verdict.
Assistant United States Attor
ney Charles B. Murray, who is
handling the record-removal in
vestigation, first complained of
Bradley's reluctance before the
grand -jury last Friday. Judge
Tamm that afternoon found the
detective in contempt but sus
pended imposition of the 60-day
sentence until today, in order to
give Bradley another opportunity
to answer the panel.
Prosecutor Murray reported to
the court today that while Brad
ley has answered “many” ques
tions he still refused to reply to
(See BRADLEY, Page A-4.)
3 Killed in Bomber Crash
Near Langley AF Base
By the Associated Press
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE,
Va., July 31.—An Air Force B-2S
bomber crashed near Langley Air
Force Base early today killing its
three occupants.
The crash occurred at 2:15 a.m.
in a marshy area of Elizabeth
City County l'/2 miles northeast
of Langley Air Force Base. The
plane was on a night intruder
training mission. Crash rescue
boats arrived at the scene 20
minutes after the plane struck.
The dead were all officers.
Names have been withheld until
next of kin are notified. The
plane was based at Langley. |
U. S. Prosecutor in Reich
Suspended in Bribe Case
By the Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany, July
131.—United States District Attor
ney W. Fred Johnson has been
suspended pending investigation
of bribery charges, the legal office
;of the United States High Com
mission announced today. John
son’s home is in St. Louis.
A statement from the high
commission counsel said Johnson
was accused of accepting a bribe
by Anchel Barshay, recently a
defendant in the court. The an-1
nouncement said Barshay charged
that Johnson accepted a bribe!
through Sidney Brown, a former j
High Commission emnloye.
The High Commission said|
Brown was arrested yesterday.
Barshay wag tried on currency!
charges.
South Viet Nam Chief,
French General Slain
By the Associated Press
PARIS, July 31.—The French
News Agency reported that the
Governor of South Viet Nam and!
the French general commanding
ground forces in the area were
assassinated today at Sadec J
Indo-China.
Gov. Thai Lap Thanh and Gen.
Charles Chanson were killed by a
grenade thrown by a “death vol
unteer” of the Communist-led Viet
Minh guerrilla forces, the report
said
The two officials were making
an inspection tour of the Sadec
area, about 60 miles south of
Saigon, when the attack was
made. <
Italian Priest's Offer to Take
Girl's Place in Jail Rejected
By th« Associated Pres*
MILAN, Italy, July 31.—A Cath
olic priest offered today to take
the place in jail of the young
Chicago girl who followed him to
Italy in hopes of mar-ying him.
A prison wall stood between
blonde Claire Young, 21, daughter
Picture on Page A-14.
of a Loyola University (Chicago)
professor, and the Rev. Luciano
Negrini, 43-year old former mis
sionary in China.
She was jailed Saturday after
she assailed police when they re
fused to extend her expired per
mit to remain in Italy. Father
Negrini was refused permission to
see her. A food package he brought
for her was accepted by prison
authorities, but his offer to take
her place was rejected.
Italian authorities said Claire
would be held in Milan’s San Vit
tore prison until she is deported
next week.
Her mother, Mrs. Eilet^i Brady
Young, who hastened to Italy this
month to break up the romance,
said she will return to the United
States August 12.
Mrs. Young’s lawyer, Nicolo
Bonelli, said the American con
sulate has been co-operative and
“through the courtesy of Italian
authorities succeeded in arrang
ing the girl’s release without a
trial.”
Police said earlier Claire had
falsified her birth date in a docu
ment and therefore they refused
extension of her resident permit.
The two met while Father Neg
rini was soliciting funds for Cath
olic missions in Chicago.
He said last night the best thing
is for the girl to go 'home and
for him to follow her to the United
States. There, he said, they could
“decide quietly what to do in the
future.”
He said his request for seculari
zation (reversion to non-priestly
status) had been turned down by
church authorities. ^
Ball Players fo Testify
Against Reserve Rule,
Celler Tells Frick
League President Warned
Owners Must Revise
Attitude on West Coast
By Miriam Ottenberg
Chairman Celler of the House
Monopoly Subcommittee told Na
tional League President Ford Frick
today that some ballplayers op
pose the “reserve clause” tying
them to one club for their base
ball life.
His statement—the first indica
tion that the subcommittee has
found player witnesses to testify
against the “reserve clause”—came
after Mr. Frick stated flatly that
in his 16 years as a league presi
dent he has never heard a player
complain against the reserve rule.
Mr. Frick excepted only the play
ers who used the “reserve clause”
as the basis of past and pending
suits.
Mr. celler did not identify the
players opposing the “reserve
clause.” but he said there would
be players testifying against it as
well as for it.
Owners Must Change Attitude.
Mr. Celler warned Mr. Frick
that ball club owners must “re
orient their thinking" about in
cluding the Pacific Coast in the
major league picture “before this
committee recommends any
change in anti-trust laws.”
Both the chairman and Repre
sentative Hillings, Republican, of
California criticized the lack of
co-operation of major league base
ball toward repeated requests from
the West Coast for higher status
and Mr. Hillings told Mr. Frick
he objects to “discrimination”
against the West Coast.
Durocher Fines Mentioned.
Mr. Frick said he would person
ally have no objection to allowing
players to have a voice in the
selection of a baseball’s commis
sioner. This came up when the
subcommittee speculated that if
aaseball were exempt from anti
trust laws, players would have no
recourse to the courts and would
nave to abide solely by the deci
sions of the commissioner.
Mr. Celler, a Brooklyn Dodgers’
fan, injected the name of Leo
Durocher, former Dodgers’ man
ager now managing the New York
Giants, into the hearing when he
asked Mr. Frick if he ever fined
Durocher for ordering pitchers to
beanball batters. Mr. Frick re
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 4.)
Mrs. Rosenberg in Paris
PARIS, July 31 (A*).—Mrs. Anna
Rosenberg, United States Assistant
Secretary of Defense, arrived
here today from Washington. She
will confer tomorrow with mem
bers of Gen. Eisenhower’s staff
and lunch with the Atlantic pact
ommander.,
Reds Still Refuse
To Compromise*
On Buffer Zone
Both Sides Stand Firm
In 5th Korea Truce
Session on Issue
By the Associated Press
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, July 31.—Armistice
negotiators argued stubbornly for
an hour and 34 minutes today on
where to draw the cease-fire line
in Korea without getting any
closer together.
It was the fifth successive day
United Nations and Communist
delegations devoted to the buffer
zone issue. The announced result
of each session was the same: No
progress.
“The area of disagreement has
neither broadened or narrowed.”
an official U. N. spokesman said.
The Reds want U. N. forces to
abandon their present battle line
and pull back to the 38th Parallel.
Delegates meet again at 11 a.m.
tomorrow (9 p.m. tonight EDT.)
in their 16th session at Kaesong
for another try at breaking the
deadlock.
“There was no indication of a
compromise,” commented the
briefing officer, Brig. Gen. Wil
liam P. Nuckols. “On the other
hand, as you know, a position can
be adjusted very quickly. That is
neither optimistic nor pessimis
tic.”
The official U. N. communique
said:
“There was no perceptible
change in the expressed viewpoints
of the two delegations” in today’s
sessions
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy
amplified the Allied position, the
announcement said, trying to
show “the mutual benefit to be
derived from acceptance of this
view.”
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II
replied Dy repeating “his pre
viously stated stand.”
The U N. wants the demilitar
ized zone established along present
battle lines, cutting across North
Korea foi more than 80 miles. The
Reds want a buffer zone centered
on the 38th Parallel, prewar
political dividing line of North and
South Kcrea.
South Koreans demonstrating in
their temporary capital at Pusan
today shouted:
“We oppose any cease-fire at
the damned 38th Parallel.”
mousanas paraaea tnrougn tne
busy streets of the southern port
city shouting “On to the Yalu.”
They carried banners announcing
“we oppose to the death any
cease-fire without unification.”
From Tokyo came reports that
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U. N.
commander, may be planning to
issue a statement on the thorny
issue of where to establish a buf
fer zone that has deadlocked ef
forts to end the shooting war.
There was no hint when such a
statement might be made.
It could contain the first pub
lic announcement of what Ad
miral Joy, as the chief Allied
negotiator, has been telling the
Communists at Kaesong.
Admiral Joy stuck to his guns
today as delegates met in Kae
song.
Gen. Nuckols said “both sides
fully understand the views of
each other, although they do not
appreciate and certainly do not
agree with each other.”
Stalemate Discounted.
The briefing officer said he did
not intend to give the impression
the talks had reached a stalemate
over the issue—the second point
on the five-point program.
Until negotiators reach agree
ment on all terms of an armistice,
the fighting will continue. This
has consisted mostly of gradual
improvement of Allied positions
and unremitting air attacks on
Red efforts to reinforce and
strengthen their armies on the
front.
Gen. Nuckols said that during
today’s meeting Admiral Joy and
Gen. Nam, who do all the talking,
exchanged comments on their op
posing positions and Admiral Joy
made a further statement “to
make the United Nations com
mand position unmistakably clear.”
Thereafter Gen. Nam read a
statement. He “was pretty im
patient” with an interpreter who
had considerable difficulty trans
lating it, Gen. Nuckols said.
When Gen. Nam finished. Ad
miral Joy again “restated the firm
position of the United Nations
command.”
Bulletin
Interior Bill Blocked
For the third time in recent
weeks, the House today refused
to accept a conference report on
a major appropriation bill be
cause it did not contain the so
called Jensen amendment which
bans filling: more than 25 per
cent of job vacancies in a de
partment. The House voted,
189 to 170, to send the $517
million Interior Department
appropriation bill back to con
ference.
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