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99th Year. No. 231.
Wiley Asks Special Senate Probe
Os Crime Here as Maryland And
D. C. Step Up Gambling Inquiries
Nelson Ledgers
Studied by Fay;
County Also Acts
By Miriam Ottenberg
A member of the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee last night
called for a “complete probe of
interstate angles of crime in the
District’’ as both Washington and
Maryland officials stepped up their
own gambling- investigations.
A Senate investigation of Dis
trict crime was proposed by Sena- j
Prince Georges Police Cleared in Tip-OH,
But Case May Me Reopened. Page A-2
Nelson Horses Barred at Maryland Tracks
and in New Jersey. Page A-2
Senator Wiley Urges Senate Crime Group;
Be Made Permanent. Page A-2
Florida Governor's Aide Hinted Scrutiniz-'
ing Maryland Crime. Page A-2
tor Wiley, Republican, of Wis
consin, in a letter to Chairman
Johnson of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee. Senator
Wiley is a member of the five
man Senate Crime Investigating
Committee which is supposed to
end its job and turn over its rec
ords to Senatbr Johnson’s com-j
mittee September 1.
It was the crime committee;
that precipitated the flurry of;
activity in the District and Prince!
Georges County centering on the
numbers operations of Charles
E. Nelson, Maryland horse breeder
and admitted numbers backer ac
cused of attempting to bribe the
Prince Georges County sheriff for
“protection” from the law.
In the closing hour.- of the
committee’s public life, it tossed
one bombshell after another into
Prince Georges County affairs as
Nelson’s own records and several
closely guarded county secrets, in
cluding the reported bribe at
tempt, got a public airing.
Fay Gets Nelson Records.
There were these developments
yesterday In the wake of the com
mittee disclosures:
1. United States Attorney;
George Morris Fay was handed!;
the entire file of Nelson ledgers;'
and papers. He spent the day p6r- j
ing over the voluminous records
with his aides in search of evi-(
dence to lay before the District;
grand jury now investigating the
Nelson case.
2. Prince Georges County Com
missioners formally called for an
investigation of all angles of the
Nelson case by State’s Attorney
Carlyle Lancaster. They were as
sured by Mr. Lancastei that he
would make the investigation and
present any evidence he uncovers
to the October g.and jury.
3. Mainland State Police Supt.
Elmer F. Munshower arranged to
send the head of his investigating
unit into Prince Georges County
Tuesday to clear up any misun
derstandings that might have de
veloped because of the work of
two State Police detectives as
signed to the crime committee
who played a key role in unveiling
the Prince Georges County story.
4. A private investigation got
underway into the part played by
a Seat Pleasant <Md.) banker in
a $6,000 unsecured loan to a man
associated with Nelson in the num
bers business.
Wiley Explains Stand.
Missing while his n .me has
been bandied about from Capitol
Hill to Upper Marlboro was Nelson
himself. He left Wednesday night
in his car with Mrs. Nelson and
a fishing pole and ould not be
located when the committee want
ed, to ask him more questions Fri
day. He was not seen around his
Ritchie <Md.) farm yesterday
either.
Senator Wiley, in his letter to
Senator Johnson, said the crime,
committee has shown some facts
regarding District numbers opera
(Continued on Page A-2, Col. 1.)
Two District Men Drown
In Patuxent at Solomons !
Two Washington men drowned j
yesterday in the Patuxent River
at Solomons Island.
Maryland State Police at Wal
dorf identified the two as Charles
Roy Johnson, 38, of 1104 Allison
street N.W., and Guy Harry John
son, 26, of 3303 Sherman avenue
N.W., both colored.
A 55-year-old man who was in
a rowboat with the other two
men when it capsized in a storm
was rescued by another boat. He
is Lawyer Watts of 812 Hard road
S.E., also colored.
Police said the rescue boat was
commanded by Capt. William A.
Dixon of California, Md.
A State boat and two from the
Navy dragged the river until dark
in an unsuccessful attempt to re
cover the bodies. Dragging was
to be resumed this morning.
Radio-TV Programs, Pages C-8-9
Complete Index, Page A-2
$1,986 Per Capita Income Here
Tops Nation's $1,436 for 7950
Total Shows Gain of 9 Pet. for New Record;
Price Rise Outstripped, but Taxes Take Bite
Americans averaged an income
of $1,436 for each man, woman;
and child in 1950 and Washington
provided a higher per capita in
come than any State—sl,9B6.
I The Commerce Department dis
closed these figures yesterday in
reporting a gain of sll6 or 9 per
cent, in average income over 1949.
iThe total income in 1950 was the
highest in history.
The 9 per cent rise outstripped
the 6.5 per cent advance in the
cost of living recorded by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics for
1950, but a rise in the tax burden
cut down the net gain.
The department said average
incomes ranged from $698 in
Mississippi to $1,909 in Delaware
and the $1,9J?6 in the District of ,
Columbia.
Near the bottom were Arkansas.
$825; South Carolina, $B3l, and
Alabama, $836. Near the top were
Nevada, $1,875; New York, sl,-;
864, and Connecticut, $1,766.
The total flow of income to,
individuals over the Nation was
a record $217 billion—a gain of
II per cent over 1949. The in-;
crease in the average income was
less because of the gain in the
population.
Taking the aggregate of indivi
dual incomes of their residents,;
the largest increases during 1950'
Douglas to Push Fight
For Budget Slashes
And Higher Taxes
Senate Leaders Agree
On Foreign Aid Cut
But Differ on Amount
By J. A. O'Leary
Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
Illinois, announced yesterday he
will fight in the Senate for higher
taxes and further cuts in Gov-j
ernment spending to keep the
Treasury out of the red next year.
And Chairman George of the
Senate Finance Committee served
notice that he will try to cut an
other $1 billion out of the for
eign aid program .when the bill—
already reduced'from $8.5 to $7.5
billion by the House reaches the
Senate this week.
Senator Douglas, who has been
in the forefront of the economy
drive, estimated it has saved so
far this session about $3.5 billion,
including the $1 billion the Houst
cut from the foreign aid program
Friday night.
Sees Further Cuts Needed.
But the budgetbalancing job is
not complete, in his opinion. He
said Congress should shave an
other $1.5 billion from other
spending bills still in the works,
to bring total savings to $5 billion.
Then, he believes, both houses
should agree on a tax bill of be
tween $7 and $lO billion of new
revenue.
Senator Douglas said that with
out these steps the Government
would be heading toward a sl9
billion deficit next year, counting
all appropriations that have been
asked for, “plus expansion of the
Air Force, plus new military bases”
and including cost of the Korean
War beyond June 30.
His summary of the fiscal situa
tion came as:
The Senate Finance Committee
prepared to start voting early this
week on the $7.2 billion House
approved tax bill.
The Joint Senate Foreign Rela
tions and Armed Services Commit
tee called a meeting tomorrow to
go over the $7.5 billion House
foreign aid bill.
Some Reductions Likely.
Senator George made no pre
dictions yesterday as to what the
Finance Committee will do on the
tax bill, but from other sources
there have been forecasts the
Senate committee may bring out;
a tax program of not mfcre than
$6 billion.
I Senator George told reporters,
(however, that, as a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, he
will move to eliminate most of the
economic aid from the foreign aid
bill, which would mean a cut of
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 6.)
Alexandria Race Driver
Killed in Pennsylvania
Don Sanders, 26-year-old stock
car race driver, was fatally in
jured yesterday in a crash on a
track at the Somerset County
Pair, Myersdale, Pa.
Mr. Sanders, who lived in the
Temple Trailer Village, Alex
andria, had been scheduled to race
today at Pomonkey, Md.
It was reported that Mr. San
ders died at 6:30 p.m. on the
operating table of a hospital near
the Pennsylvania track.
He was driving a stock car
owned by Dick Morris, of Arling
ton, friends here reported.
He is survived by his mother,
a sister and a brother.
Sk Sunday
J WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
were registered by Montana (23
per cent). Nebraska and Southi
Dakota (18 per cent each), Northj
Dakota and North Carolina (16
per cent each), and Delaware,;
Florida and Mississippi (15 per
cent each).
By regions, the largest relative
gains were scored by the agricul
tural Northwest and Southeast, 14
and 12 per cent, respectively, the
Central and Far West regions
had an 11 per cent rise. New
England and the Middle East
scored a 10 per cent gain. The
Southwest, top gained of 1949, had
the smallest gain in 1950, 8 per
cent.
The average income for each|
State in 1950, besides those previ
ously shown. was given as follows:
Maine, $1,161; Massachusetts,
1,600; New Hampshire, $1,282;
Rhode Island. $1,561; Vermont,
$1,184; Maryland. $1,547; New
Jersey, $1,689; New York, $1,864;
Pennsylvania, $1,523; West Vir-;
ginia, $1,049.
Florida, $1,210; Georgia, $969;
Kentucky, $911; Louisiana, $1,045;
j North Carolina, $951; Tennessee,
$962; Virginia. $1,158; Arizonia,
$1,240; New Mexico, $1,109; Okla
homa, $1,070; Texas, $1,278.
Illinois, $1,752; Indiana, $1,451;
See (INCOMES. Page A-2.)
50 Dead as Hurricane
Hits Jamaica; Loss
Exceeds sl6 Millions
Storm Batters Kingston,
Wrecking Old Port Royal;
17 Inches of Rain Fall
By th* Auociattd Pre»
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 18.—King
ston. capital of the British West
Indian island of Jamaica, counted
upward of .50 dead and $16,800,000
m property damage in the wake of
the tropical hurricane tonight.
Rainfall in the violent storm to
taled 17 inches in a little over five
hours during last night. This,
storm warning headquarters at
Miami said, “inevitably means
floods in the mountain valleys out-
Kingston.
“It is impossible to have so tor
rential a rain without floods in &
mountainous country,” storm fore
casters here said.
Casualty and damage reports at
present are confined to Kingston.
The old city of Port Royal, one
time pirate’s lair at the entrance
Convicts Flee Prison
In Kingston While
Hurricane Roars
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday, Aug. 19.
The Colonial Office said today
an unknown number of con
victs broke out of the Kings
ton prison during the tropical
hurricane that swept through
Jamaica Friday night and
Saturday morning.
The Colonial Office spokes
man said no details were
known.
The information came in a
cable from Kingston.
to Kingston’s harbor, was wiped
out. It was partly destroyed in
earthquakes in 1692 and again in
1907.
The storm’s center passed just
south of the city. The tearing
winds whirling near the center
swept the city with blasts of 115
miles an hour or more, the King
ston Weather Bureau reported to
Miami storm warning headquar
ters.
“Weather Office wrecked, all
communications dislocated,” said
the report. It added that 17
inches of rain fell, and the baro
(See HURRICANE, Page A-4.)
Families Do Live on Less Than $2,000 a Year, but It's Not Easy
It’s possible to live on less than
$2,000 a year, leading welfare
agencies told Congress yesterday,
but it’s far from an easy job. And,
they added, it is time the Federal
and State governments do some
thing about it.
Nine national welfare agencies
came to these conclusions after a
case study of 100 families in 27
States and the District of Colum
bia whose incomes range below
$2,000. The study was made at
the request of the Joint Congres
sional Economic Committee.
The report, “Making Ends
Meet on Less Than $2,000 a Year,”
gave case histories on four fami
lies in Washington, including
families of eight, five, three and
two. It stressed that the names
given were fictitious, but that
the descriptions were factual.
Committee Chairman Spark
man said that the personal ad
WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 19, 1951-144 PAGES.
Child Murders
Case Closed by
Police Bullet
Fugitive From Mental
Hospital Slain; Stolen
TV Set Found in Room
The case of two children mur
dered in their beds was marked
“closed” today as police checked
the evidence against a suspect
they shot to death yesterday a
short distance from the scene of
the crime.
A television set stolen early
Wednesday at the time of the
Ficturcs on Page A-17.
double murder at 402 Franklin
street N.W. helped to convince j
police they got the right man when
they shot down John Fletcher,
about 35, a fugitive from a mental
hospital in Maryland.
Other evidence found In Flet
cher’s room at 413 Va Franklin
street included a bloodstained
hammer. Police said it probably
was used to bludgeon four-year
old James Edward Poole and his
brother, Paul, 3.
In a room cluttered with stolen
goods, detectives also found a
bloody pair of trousers and stolen
wiring for the television set,
wrapped in an old newspaper and
hidden in a stove. The set had
not been hooked up.
Bloodstains on Hands.
Additional bloodstains were re-,
vealed by chemical tests on Fletch
er’s hands after the body was re
mov'd to the District Morgue yes
terday afternoon, according to
Inspector Robert V. Murray, chief!
Os detectives.
Fletcher was shot once through l
the chest and dropped with an:
open knife in his hand. The .38-
caliber bullet passed through
Fletcher’s body and has not been
recovered.
Two officers haa opened fire at;
the time—Probationary Detective
Carl Rudbeck, Jr. and Precinct;
Detective James A. Bryant, both
of the Juvenile Squad.
The two wert making a routine
check of the neighborhood with
Probationary Detective Charles A.
Mackie, also of the Juvenile
Squad, when they knocked at
Fletcher’s door.
Since Wednesday morning, at
least 30 officers had been searching
the area for clues to the brutal
double murder.
Slowed by Passer-by.
Fletcher asked who was knock
ing, and when the reply was, “The
law, open up,” the man inside ran
toward another exit, police said.
Fletcher, under the alias of Wal
ter Connor, had been serving as a
caretaker for the Good Samaritan
Community Church, and living in
a back room of the church. The
pastor, the Rev. J. Z. Horton, was
away at a beach at the time.
Fletcher ran out the front door
and west toward Fifth street. The
detectives fired several wild shots
and started in pursuit. Fletcher
darted through an alley to P street,
and thence to New Jersey avenue.
Detectives Bryant and Mackie
fell during the chase, but got up
running. As the fugitive turned
back into Franklin streat, he was
slowed down by a passer-by, John
Lee Horns, 21, colored, of the
200 block of Bates street N.E.
Identified by Fingerprints.
Fletcher brandished a knife at
Mr. Horns ahd began to climb a
bank fronting a vacant lot at
407 Franklin street.
Unable to reach the top, the
man turned on his pursuers with
a shot through his chest, police
said.
Identification was made through
fingerprints. Neighbors said Flet
cher had been around the neigh
borhood for several months, and
it was likely that the Poole chil
dren knew him.
Their parents, Clarence Poole,
(See SHOOTING, Page A-3.)
justments which low income
families must make “concern us
because they indicate the ways
in which low incomes limit indi
vidual development and thus
limit the growth of our economic
and social resources.”
The welfare groups told the
committee that Federal and State
welfare laws need a "tuning up”
if the lot of the 10,500,000 fami
lies living on income? of less than
$2,000 a year is to be improved.
This is true, they said, even
though some of these families own
or are buying on the installment
plan automobiles, radios, electric
refrigerators, and television sets.
“The citizens of a country that
invents more new things than any
other, and that advertises these
things more heartily than any
other." they said, "must not be too
impatient when the least privi
leged of their fellows want to
........
District's Outer Area Grew Most
In 40s, With Southeast in Lead
Gains in Housing and Home Ownership
Greatest in Suburbs, Census Shows
Washington spread outward
during the 40s, began filling in
the District fringes and spilled
over into the suburbs in Maryland
and Virginia, two Census Bureau
reports showed today.
More people bought their own
homes, a trend termed by the
Census Bureau “one of the most
significant developments in the
past decade.”
Within the District itself, the
areas along the District line more
than doubled in population, grow
ing from 100,912 in 1940 to 225,-
252 when the 1950 census was
taken. By contrast, downtown
Washington decreased from 230,-
349 to 214,711.
Housing units studied for the
Metropolitan area—including the
District, Prince Georges and
Icardi Says He'd Seek
Court-Martial Rather
Than Trial in Italy
Insists He Couldn't Get
Fair Trial in Country
Where He Was a Spy
By *h» Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18.—Aldo
(Ike) Icardi, accused in Italy of
slaying a fellow officer in World
War 11, said tonight he would re
join the United States Army and
face a court martial rather than
be extradited.
“Such a trial in Italy,” declared
the former lieutenant, “would be
Prosecutor Soys Itoly Will Try 2 Ameri
cans in Holohan Case. Page A-5
a trial by enemies in a country
where I operated as an American
spy. It could not possibly be fair
I have no fear of a fair trial on
American soil.
Icardi did intelligence work in!
Italy under Maj. William W. Holo
han, an American officer who dis
appeared in December, 1944.
Also accused in Maj. Holohan’s
death are two Italian citizens and
former Sergt. Carl G. LoDolce of
Rochester, N Y. LoDolce, like;
Icardi. has denied guilt. The
Italians have been charged and
are to stand trial in Italy.
Extradition Effort in Doubt.
Whether the Italian Govern
ment will attempt to extradite
Icardi and Lo Dolce is not clear.
Icardi’s attorneys, Ruggero J.
Aldisert of Pittsburgh and Samuel
L. Rodgers of Washington Pa„
announced tonight if such an at
tempt is made, “we will success
fully fight extradition.”
Icardi tonight gave this version
of what happened in Italy in De
cember, 1944:
"Maj. Holohan disappeared dur
(See ICARDI, Page A-5.)
share in the excitement unwisely."
The agencies found need for
improvement in such laws as un
employment compensation, Fed
eral aid to dependent children,
minimum wage, housing and
health.
“Health remains the point of
highest vulnerability,” the report
said. “The defenses of low-income
families are really down when
sickness strikes and our common
barriers against its onslaughts on
health and livelihood are as yet
painfully inadequate.”
Os the four Washington families
discussed, the “Warrens” live in
the most stringent circumstances.
This family consists of Margaret
Warren, 35, the mother, and her
children, Thomas, 16; Wallace, jr„
14; Randolph, 13; Mary, 9; Clar
ence, 8; James, 7, and Patrick, 4.
Wallace, the husband and father,
Montgomery counties in Mary
land, and Alexandria and Falls
Church along with Arlington and
Fairfax counties in Virginia—de
picted the move to the suburbs.
The number of dwelling units
stood at 402,000, an increase of
136,000, or 51 per cent. In the
District, however, the increase was
only 21 per cent, up 39,200 to a
total of 224,300.
Home ownership in the area
as a whole jumped from 39 to 43
per cent, and in the District itself ;
from 30 to 40 per cent during the
10 years between the two counts.
There were more people in each
i house. The average went from
4.4 in 1940 to 4.8 in 1950.
Th Census Bureau said the in
-1 (See POPULATION, Page A-4.)
I
Truce Negotiators
Resume Conference
In Amicable Manner
Laughter Indicates
Subcommittee Meets in
Friendly Informality
By th* Associated Press
| MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday. Aug.
19.—A United Nations subcommit
tee flew back to Kaesong today to
resume truce talks with Red ne-j
gotiators whose superiors have
shown signs of readiness to break;
the deadlock.
For the second straight day Sat
urday the U. N. and Communist
junior teams had met In a friend
lier atmosphere than any shown
when the full delegations wrestled
with the impasse.
They sat around a small Korean
tea table and studied military maps
(New Disagreements May Follow Solution:
of Buffer Zone Issue. Page A-6
in their effort to arrive at a solu-j
itiqn of the vexing problem of where
to place the cease-fire buffer zone.:
(Government sources in Wash
; ington said the two sides were try
ing to figure out which line each
army thinks it can defend in the
general area of the 38th Parallel.
The space between the two lines
then would become the buffer zone.)
Muffled words and occasional
laughter drifting through the hot,
muggy air from Kaesong con
ference room indicated that the
four-man armistice subcommittee
had met again in a spirit of
friendly informality.
There was no official repqrt on
the second session of the buffer
zone delegates, whose deliberations;
are closely guarded secrets. The
(See TRUCE, Page A-5.)
is living apart from the family but
contributing SSO a month toward
their support.
The family’s 1949 income was
$1,404. In addition, individuals
who learn of their plight donate
various items from time to time,
such as clothing and household
goods.
The report states, in part:
“Their home is fairly accessible
to elementary schools but requires
a long bus ride to the junior and
senior high schools. The other
children are still in school, the
oldest boy is taking a commer
cial course, while Wallace, jr.,
who is in junior high school, is
taking technical training stress
ing electrical work. All the rest
of the children, with the ex
ception of the baby, are in ele
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. |.)
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Allied Infantry Opens
Limited Attack Along
Central Korean Front
Troops Push Into Former
Iron Triangle Following
Heavy Artillery Barrage
By th« Associated Press
UNITED STATES Bth ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Sun
day, Aug. 19.—Allied infantrymen
opened a limited assault on a
dominating hill north of Kumhwa
on the central front yesterday
morning.
The infantry moved through a i
smoke screen laid down after an !
artillery barrage, a delayed dis-!
patch from Associated Press Cor
respondent Stan Carter reported.
It was the first notable push into
!the Red buildup area of the for-'
mer “Iron Triangle” since the
Kaesong truce talks began nearly
six weeks ago. Kumhwa is at one
of the corners of the triangle.
There was no word early today
on the progress of the drive.
15,000 Shells Pound Hill.
On the eastern front Allied ar
tillery hurled a barrage of 15,000
shells at once target —a Com
munist-held hill. United Nations
infantrymen walked to the crest
without opposition afterwards. It;
was the heaviest one-point artil
lery barrage in the war on the
ground.
Associated Press Correspondent
George McArthur reported ground
action along most of the front
continued lightly, mostly patrol
probing. There was fierce local
fighting in the eastern and west-!
(central sectors, however.
! In the air scores of American
and Communist jet fighters tan
(gled in two swirling battles over
northwest Korea yesterday.
The flashing dogfights involved
111 planes 6 miles above the Sin
uiju area, near the Yalu river
boundary of Manchuria. One Red
jet was reported probably de
stroyed, another damaged.
Red Jets Sent Out.
The Air Force reported the j
Communist sent 54 Russian-type,
\ MIG-15 jets into the two air bat
tles. Fifty-seven F-86 Sabre jets
of the United States sth Air Force
met them.
One swept-wing Red jet was
damaged in the first swirling bat-:
tie which was joined when 30'
MIGs. gaining altitude behind the
safety of the Yalu, jumped 29
Sabre jets south of the river.
Later in the afternoon 24 MIGs
challenged 28 Sabre jets in a 10-
minute battle. It ranged from an
(altitude of 15,000 to 35,000 feet.
Biggest Since July 21.
These were evidently the larg
est jet air battles, in the number
of planes involved, since July 21
when 15 United States Marine
Panther jets met 18 MIGs. No
losses were reported in that scrap.
n | (See KOREA, Page A-5.)
*1
e Ridgway's Office Sees
- Hope for Armistice
By th» Associated Press
f TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 19.
Gen. Matthew B. Rigway’s in
fc formation office expressed hope
d today the subcommittee talks on
a buffer zone for Korea might
s soon lead to an armistice.
In one of the most optimistic
8 statements issued by the United
e Nations command, the office said:
s. “Perhaps the fact that such a
i subconference was so readily
agreed to indicates that one agree
ment may lead to another,
s “If this is so, it is to be hoped
s that an actual armistice maye be
i in sight.
r "If the Communist purpose of
s the whole peace conference is to
■ stall for time, the small sessions
• will show it up plainly.
s “If they intend to do business
’ as the free world hopes it is
possible that the new develop
| ments may produce a reasonable
’ basis for concluding the con
» ferences soon.”
Morse Attacks
G. 0. P. Report
On MacArthur
Accuses Colleagues
Os Bias in Defense
Os General's Stand
By Cecil Holland
Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon, yesterday accused fellow
Republican members of the joint
Senate committee that investi
gated the MacArthur controversy
with issuing a “highly partisan
and biased report.”
i “I am satisfied that time will
prove that even as a bit of poli
tical strategy they are making a
great mistake,” Senator Morse
said in a statement.
He declared that the record of
the MacArthur hearings satisfied
him completely that President
Truman not only was justified in
removing Gen. MacArthur as Far
Eastern commander but that it
was “the President’s duty” to re
call hits.
“In fact.” Senator Morse added,
“I think he should have recalled
! him many months before he did.”
Report Due Late Today.
Eight Republican members of
the joint investigating committee
I—Armed 1 —Armed Services and Foreign Re
lations —have filed and made avail
able for publication late today a
report on individual views severly
criticizing the administration’s Far
Eastern policies and the way in
which the President handled the
dismissal of Gen. MacArthur.
Those who signed the report are
Senators Bridges of New Hamp
shire, Cain of Washington, Hick
enlooper of lowa, Knowland of
California, Wiley of Wisconsin,
Flanders of Vermont, Brewster of ,
Maine and Smith of New Jersey.
Senator Wiley, informed of Sen
ator Morse’s statement, retorted:
“The report will speak for itself.
I don’t think it’s as biased as Sen
! ator Morse.”
Lodge, Saltonstall Concur in Part.
Two other Republican members
of the committee—Senators Lodge
;and Saltonstall, of Mass
achusetts—have filed statements
! agreeing in part with some of the
[Conclusions in the Republican re
port. Their views will be made
known at the same time the report
;! is released.
Other Republicans on the in
vestigating committee were Sen
r ator Morse and Tobey, of New
, Hampshire. Senator Morse has
been in a hospital recovering from
a fractured jaw, and Senator To-
K bey has been ill at his home in
; New Hampshire. Neither took part
in the meeting Friday when the
- committee voted, 20 to 3, against
) filing a report but permitting in
. dividual members to express their
s views in a record of the hearings
;! being transmitted to the Senate.
;j Release of the Republican views
is expected to start another round
. in the flaming MacArthur contro
; versy which began when Mr. Tru
man abruptly relieved the Far
Eastern commander April 11 as a
result of differences and Gen.
■ MacArthur's published comments
on the way he thought the Korean
war should be conducted.
Democrats Withhold Comment.
For the most part, Democratic
members of the two committees
withheld any critical comment
about the Republican action pend
ing the actual release of the report.
But it was considered almost cer
tain they would have occasion to
express their views after the con
troversial report became public.
Senator George, Democrat, of
j Georgia, a member of the inves
tigating committee, said whether
he issues a statement of his
views “depends largely on whrt
other reports are made.”
Chairman Russell of the joint
committee, has opposed the filing
of any reports and cited as one
reason the possible effect this
’jmight have on the Kaesong peace
. negotiations for ending the Ko-
(See MacARTHUR, Page A-3.)
; Back Civil Defense
Or End It, Chief Says
Civil Defense Administrator
Millard Caldwell told Congress yes
terday it should “kill civil defense
| or support it.”
Mr. Caldwell issued a statement
protesting an 88 per cent slash in
his proposed funds for the present
fiscal year.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee cut the fund from $535
| million to $65.2 million, saying Mr.
Caldwell had no “realistic, well co
ordinated plan.” It told his agency
to come back when it had such a
plan.
The funds were asked for bomb
shelters, medical supplies, infor
mation programs and other means
of preparing for an atomic attack.
Mr. Caldwell insisted his pro
gram was realistic.
. “The committee,” he said,
“recommends just enough money
to keep civil defense in a linger
ing state of ineffectiveness.”
Another Federal agency, the Na
tional Science Foundation, pro
tested a 98 per cent slash the com
mittee made in its fluids. Its al
lotment was cut from sl4 million
to $300,000.
The foundation was set up to
support basic research and grant
fellowships for training scientists.
In a statement it warned that
there will be a “desperately
critical” shortage of scientifie
manpower.