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THE EVENING STAR
K Washington, D. C.
MONDAY. AUGUST 20. 19S1
Committee Demands
New Civil Works Plan,
Hits Engineer Corps
Blasting Army Engineers’Dlan
ning as inadequate, the House
Appropriations Committee has
called for a restudy of billions of
dollars worth of civil works pro
jects and demanded new cost
estimating methods for such pro
jects
A report outlining the House
committee’s complaints said many
of the 182 civil projects now
under way “undoubtedly would not
be under construction today if
Congress had had reliable infor
mation from the Corps of Engi
neers, developed by competent en
gineering planning.”
Reporting on an investigation
of flood control and rivers and
harbors projects, the committee
said the “saturation point for civil
works projects has been reached,
and no new projects should be
undertaken until the current con
struction program is advanced to
a considerable degree.”
Gen. Pick Refuses Comment.
The office of Maj. Gen. Lewis A.
Pick, chief of Army Engineers,
said it would have no comment on
the criticisms of inadequate plan
ning.
Specifically the committee re
ported that the 182 projects were
estimated to cost $2,638,517,000
when Congress authorized them!
beginning in 1927, but that the {
same projects now are estimated
at $5,912,451,000.
The committee made clear it
did not hold the engineers reepon-1
6ible for price increases which
have added $1,887,000,000 to the'
original cost figures, or fori
authorized project extensions
amounting to $576,814,000.
But, it said, about SBOO million, j
or 30.6 per cent, has been added;
to original cost estimates because,
of engineering and economic mis-;
calculations.
The committee itemized these
"miscalculations” as:
Inadequacies, defined as omis
sions in planning and estimating, 1
$188,975,000.
Unforeseen conditions, $279,524,-
•00.
Structural and engineering
modifications, $206,194,000.
Changed local needs or situa
tions, $134,515,000.
Basically, the House group com-!
plained that survey reports on j
which Congress acts in authoriz-.
ing the projects are too prelim- j
inary to provide a sound basis for
determining whether to appropri- j
ate initial construction funds.
There sometimes is a lag of as :
much as a decade between the 1
original authorization and the; :
time construction funds are
granted.
New Plans Will Be Considered.
Despite its warning about hav
ing reached the “saturation point”
in civil works, the committee said
it would not foreclose early con
sideration of “any proposed pro
jects involving urgent matters of
grave import.”
As a corrective measure, the
committee said it must be able:
to fill in the gap between au-|
thorization and appropriations byj
up-to-date reports, including a!
review of economic conditions at
the time the first construction j
money is requested.
The economic justification for
many projects hangs in such del
icate balance that any increase
In costs is likely to have a pro
found effect on the decision to 1
start building them, the com-j
mittee said.
The committee has authority toi
demand such planning reports. It 1
said It will do so beginning next!
year.
Formosa Fetes 51 Chinese
Who Mutinied on Red Ship
By the Associated Press
TAIPEH, Formosa, Aug. 20.
The 51 Chinese crewmen of the.
1,667-ton blockade runner Capellal
are finding the fruits of mutiny
•weet.
They are being feted as heroes.
A triumphal parade in honor of
the seamen who seized the ship on
the high seas and sailed her to
Formosa Tuesday, was held Satur
day at Kaohsiung, the Nationalist
naval base in Southwest Formosa.
(The dispatch did not say
wiiat had happened to the ship’s
captain, a New Zealander identi
fied as a Mr. Ford. The Capella
originally was reported as car
rying a crew of 52 Chinese.)
At the time of the mutiny, the
German-built Capella flew the
Panamanian flag. It was under
charter to a Chinese Communist
concern at Shanghai by a Norwe
gian shipping firm in Hong Kong.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District of Columbia—Mostly
sunny with a high of 88. Tonight
with a low of 70. Tomorrow, fair
and warm.
Maryland—Fair tonight with a;
low of 60-65 in the west, 65-70 in|
the east. Tomorrow, partly:
cloudy and warm.
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ROYAL CHIVALRY—With the gallantry and g rand manner of a gentleman of many years his
senior, 2-year-old Prince Charles of England le ans out of his carriage to greet his sister, Prin
cess Anne. This picture of the children of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh was
made recently at Clarence, the London residence of the royal couple. —APWirephoto.
Koreah Children's Santa Claus
Drops Candy From Helicopter
By th* Associated Prut
MUNSAN, Korea. Aug. 20.—You
can’t convince the kids of one
Korean orphanage that r Santa
comes down the chimney; Their,
Santa arrives in a helicopter. j
For them, Santa is two people
—two Marines who fly over their
thatch-roofed orphanage huts
eath evening toward sundown
and drop candy bars.
They are Capt. Frank Parks of
Allentown, Pa., the pilot, and
Sergt. Harold Pierce of Roxbury,
Mass., his mechanic.
They are assigned to courier
duty between the press train near
advance United Nations command
headquarters here and Seoul.
On one of their runs they
spotted the orphanage about mid
way on the route to Seoul.
The next time they dropped
Flyer Killed in Korea
Wins Medal of Honor
By th* Associated Press
A fighter pilot who crashed his
damaged plane with guns firing
into fin enemy concentration to
day became the first Air Force
man to win the Congressional
Medal of Honor in the Korean
war.
Maj. Louis J. Sebille, the flyer,
was killed in the crash. The j
medal, will be presented to his
widow in a ceremony at March Ail ;
Force Base, Riverside, Calif., Fri-I
day.
Maj. Sebille. a much-decorated!
i World War II flyer, was com-;
mander of the 67th Fighter Bomb - j
jer Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber
I Group. He was killed in action
[near Hamchang August 5 during
an attack on enemy troops, artil
lery and armored vehicles.
Although his plane was dam
aged by enemy gun batteries, thej
Air Force said, the 35-year-old
major refused to abandon it or
to attempt a return to friendly
.lines. The Air Force announce-;
ment continued;
"Despite the difficulty of ma-
Ineuvering his disabled plane, Maj.
| Sebille continued to inflict severe
! damage on the enemy and radioed
; his wing man that he was going
I after his target.
“His aircraft was then seen to
turn and dive at a steady angle
with all guns blazing toward a
group of armored vehicles. The
aircraft disintegrated upon impact
in the target area.”
Texas Legion Urges
Retaliation on Oatis
By th* Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug. 19.1
—The Texas American Legion
convention yesterday passed a
resolution asking that all Czech
oslovakian journalists be ousted
from the United States because
of the imprisonment of Associ
ated Press Correspondent William
Oatis.
Mr. Oatis was imprisoned m
Czechoslovakia on charges of
espionage. The State Department
and United States officials have
called the trial a fraud.
The Texas convention also
asked all economic and diplo
matic relations with Czechoslo
vakia be broken until Mh Oatis
is freed.
low of 60-65 in the west. 66-72 in
the east. Tomorrow, cloudy and
warm.
Wind: Southwest at 7 miles an
hour at 11:30 a.m.
| District Medical Society rag
,weed pollen count for 24 hours
ended 9:30 a.m., 5 grains per
' cubic yard of air.
candy. Now the youngsters eager
ly wait for them each evening.
When their blue ‘copter comes
into view, the kids race to a large
square courtyard in the center of
I the group of orphange huts.
They jump with excitement as
the two Marines hover overhead
at a few hundred feet and unload
as much candy as they had been
i able to get their hands on during
; the day.
Last evening the two Marines
spotted another orphanage not
far from the first one. Apparently,
the word had spread for the
youngsters at the second orphan
age were out in force, waving.
“I guess we’ll have to take along
more candy next time," said Capt.
Parks.
Professor at Yale
To Represent 16 Reds !,
By th« Associated Pres*
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—A Yale
Law School professor will repre- ,
sent 16 of 17 Communist defend- ’
ants in arguing pre-trial motions
on September 17. another defense !
lawyer advised Federal Court to
day.
Attorney Frank Serri said Prof.!
Thomas Emerson would argue the ;
pre-trial motions but, because of
other commitments, might not
find it possible to attend the ac
tual trial.
Mr. Serri himself is a new mem
! ber of the defense staff. He said
he was representing only one of
! the defendants, Albert Francis
Lannon.
The 17, comprising the second
of the groups of party leaders
arrested in recent months by the
FBI, are charged with conspiring
to advocate and teach violent
overthrow of the United States
Government.
Mr. Serri is a former president
of the Kings County (Brooklyn)
Criminal Courts Bar Association
and vice president of the New
York City chapter of the National
Lawyers’ Guild.
Federal Judge Edward A. Dim*.
ock set September 17 for hearing
pre-trial motions over the objec
tions of Assistant United States
Attorney John M. Foley, who
charged that the defendants have
“delayed and delayed and de
layed.”
New Army Troop Carrier
Can Go to Front Lines
, The Department of the Army
today announced the production
of a new armored personnel car
rier which will transport infantry
men to the front lines along with
tanks. '
It is a full-tracked vehicle which
will cover tJie same terrain as
tanks. It is flowered by the Ord
nance Department’s newest six
cylinder, air-cooled engine, which
gives it a speed on improved roads
of more than 35 miles an hour.
The new vehicle will climb or
descend 60 per cent grades.
The 20-ton vehicle is designed
to carry a squad of 12 men and
also can be used as a cargo or
litter carrier, a prime mover for
towing artillery or a command post
truck.
River Report. I
(From V 8 Engineers.*
.^? 0, 7 m A c I s lv^ r .. <:le * r At Harpers Ferry
Harpers Sherry Pa l 4: Bhen » n d°»n clear at ,
Humidity
(Reading* at the Washington Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon 50 8 a.m. 02
4 o.m. 45 ip a.m. 77
Korn- 6.0 1 n.m. 66
Midnight . 8.1
Record Tempetalprea Thi* Year.
Highest. 06 on June 2.
Lowest, 11. on February 8.
g Hlgb and Low of last 24 Hours,
igh. 83. at 3:45 p.m.
ow. 72. at 7:10 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey.)
... . Today. Tomorrow.
High 11:20 a.m. 12:31a.m.
Low 5:43 a.m. 6:32 a.m.
Hign 11:47 p.m. 12:02 p.m.
Low 6:02 p.m. 6:45 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Bun. today 6:26 7:57
Sun. tomorrow 6:27 7:55
Moon, today 0:43 p.m. 10:18 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1961. Aver Record.
January 2.18 3.65 7.83 '37
February 265 3.37 6.84 'B4
March 2.92 3.76 . 8.84 ’9l
April 3.49 327 9.13 ’B9
May 2.74 3.70 10.69 'B9
June 6.34 -4.13 10.94 00
July 5.25 4.71 10.63 'B6
August 1.57 4.01 14.41 '2B
Beptemb«r 3.24 1745 '34
October 2.84 8.81 '37
November 2.37 8.69 'B9
December 3.32 756 'Ol
Temperatures In Various Cities.
H. L. H. L.
Albuauerque 93 69 New Orleans 94 76
Atlantic City 80 70 New York 83 68
Atlanta ... 92 67 Norfolk 84 71
Bismarck 82 55 Omaha 85 68
Boston 76 62 Philadelphia 84 67
Chicago ... 78 63 Phoenix 106 80
Cincinnati.. 85 60 Pittsburgh 82 62
Detroit ... 82 59 Portland, Me. 78 66
El Paso 97 73 Portland. Or. 90 59
Indianapolis 83 59 Richmond. 84 66
Kansas City 88 7(1 Bt. Louis . 88 70
Los Angeles 74 63 Salt Lake C. _9l 64
Louisville no 61 San Antonio 89 76
Memohia ... 90 70 Seattle 81 06
Miami 86 83 Tampa P 2 7*
Milwauk#... 71 60 Wichita 88 73
Red 'Near Disaster'
Seen in Berlin Rally
Os Young Communists;
By th* Associated Press
BERLIN. Aug. 20. Official,
Western observers plan to label;
the Communist peace festival a,
“near disaster” for communism in;
reports to their governments. j
The festival wound up a two-;
week stand last night in a blaze
of hate for the United States with
half a million blue-shirted yobthsj
chanting allegiance to Stalin. The,
kids crowded trains and buses to
day en route to their homes be-j
hind the Iron Curtain.
Despite the mass hysteria
whipped up by the Reds, Western
observers were unimpressed.
They drew three main conclu
sions from the activities of the
past weeks during which about
2 million Red-indoctrinated kids
visited East Berlin. At least 1
million of these are estimated to
have visited the West to sightsee,
for political reasons or just to
pick up a square meal at one of
the American or British canteens.!
Many Exposed to West.
1. East German Communist
youths were exposed to West
Berlin in such numbers, and liked
it so well that they may flood
their homes behind the Iron Cur
tain witl pro-Western feeling, j
2. Many delegates from the;
Satellite nations, restricted to the
Soviet sector of divided Berlin.;
were impressed by the fact that!
the cause of communism nas been :
stopped cold at the border and
hasn’t the ideological strength to
push westward.
3. The lack of enthusiasm
among German youth cast a
sharp reflection on the party in
doctrination work and the men
responsible for it.
It is possible that these same
conclusions are being sent to Mos
cow for the Soviet Politburo to
think about. Russian political ad
visers presumably saw the same
evidence available to Western
officials.
The festival ended after two
hours of feverish anti-Western
speeches last night with an oath
taking rite reminiscent of Nazi
mysticism.
The youths, hauled to the Marx-
Engels Platz in trucks by their
unit leaders, were told to vow to
“wreck the criminial plans of the
Western warmakers.”
“We swear it, we swear it, we
swear it!” they chanted three
times in unison, raising their
clenched fists in the Red salute as
searchlights played on a giant por
trait of Stalin.
Balloons Sent From West.
Then, as fireworks burst over
the city, they broke ranks to Join
other youngsters who had played
hookey and w*re dancing, singing
and sky-larking through the dark
streets of the great city.
Anti-Communist West Berliners
spiced the final rally by sending
over small balloons which opened
and scattered anti-Red pamphlets
through the crowd. These were
eagerly scooped up even though
the Communist police grabbed
them as quickly as they could.
East German Communist Pre
mier Otto Grotewohl, in his wind
; up speech, declared that the Reds
, would strike at and sabotage
West Europe’s defense prepara
' tions.
His violent attack was typical
of those which have marked the
“peace” festival whose official
theme was “against remilitariza
tion and for a peace treaty for all
Germany in 1951.”
Waxey Gordon Seriously 111
With Pneumonia in Prison
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Irving
(Waxey Gordon) Wexler, a beer
baron of the prohibition era. to
day was reported seriously ill of
pneumonia in a Federal jail cell.
At the same time, State author
ities moved to place the 63-year
old racketeer under charges that
could send him to prison for life.
Wexler, one of the underworld
kings of booze two decades ago.
was arrested last August 2 on
Federal charges of running a big
time dope ring.
At a Federal hearing today, at
which Wexler's attorneys sought
reduction in his $250,000 bail,
Federal and State prosecutors dis
| closed that additional State
1 charges of narcotics violations
: may be made against him. If
; convicted on such a State charge,
1 Wexler could be sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Mme. Pandit In New Delhi
; NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 20 (&)
! —lndia's Ambassador to the
United States, Mme. Pandit, ar
, rived here by plane today for
•‘routine consultations.” She ex
-1 pects to remain in New Delhi for
lO^Jays.
Work on Foreign Aid!
And Tax Bills Begun
By Senate Committees I
By J. A. O'Leary
Separate Senate committees j
went to work today on the $7.5 ‘
billion foreign aid bill and a $7.2 1
billion tax bill to help finance this !
and other big defense bills.
The administration recom- 1
mended $8.5 billion for foreign aid 1
and $lO billion in new taxes. The 1
House cut both, and now Presi
dent Truman’s supporters find ]
themselves fighting to prevent i
further reductions in the Senate..
After more than a month of
hearings, the Senate Finance
Committee went into closed ses
sion at 10 a.m. to begin voting onii
charges in the new levies by which j
the House proposed to raise more;
than $7 billion from income taxes;
and higher excise rates.
Two Principal Issues.
In another part of the Capitol!
'the joint Senate Foreign Rela-;
j tions and Armed Services Com
mittee assembled to act on the"
foreign aid bill, with these two
main Issues to be settled:
1. Should another cut be made
on top of the sl.l billion the
House took out.
2. Should the Senate go along
with the creation of a new, inde
pendent agency to supervise all
foreign aid. .
Senator Hunt. Democrat, of
Wyoming said he would support
a move to go back to the present
setup. He took the view that the
House action in calling for a
newly appointed mutual security!
administrator was a “political dig”!
;at Secretary of State Acheson.i
The House Foreign Affairs Com-;
I mittee insisted, however, the
change was not a “slap” at any
i existing agency, but a move to in
| crease efficiency.
The administration probably
I will have difficulty upsetting the;
! House plan for a new agency, since
I the proposal has the support of
i several Republican Senators who
usually support the administra
tion on foreign policy.
Key Man on Both Groups.
| By coincidence, the key men on;
foreign aid and taxes are on both
1 committees. Chairman George of;
the Finance Committee is in j
charge of the tax bill, and is also,
; on the joint committee handling
; foreign aid. Senator Connally,
i Democrat of Texas, is head of the
joint foreign aid group, but is
» also on the tax-writing commit
, tee.
' While the tax bill is intended to
meet a general Treasury deficit,
and not foreign aid in particular,
it he presence of these top-ranking
Senators on both committees is
likely to make them conscious of
I i the budget-balancing problem
I Congress faces.
Senator George has announced
he will move to cut another $1
billion from the foreign aid bill,
■ mostly from economic projects.
Senator Connally has withheld
• comment since the House voted
its $1 billion cut Friday night,
j Earlier he had indicated he
1 thought the administration’s $8.5
5 billion figure would undergo some
reduction.
1 The foreign aid bill is expected
1 to reach the Senate floor first,
’ probably by the end of this week.
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Navy Has No Plans
To Seek New Carriers,
Kimball Declares
The Navy is not seeking any ,
new, large aircraft carriers-but isj
inclined to await the commission-1
ing and shakedown of the new 1 ;
carrier now under construction j
before asking for more. Secretary!
of the Navy Dan A. Kimball told!,
newsmen at a press conference at j
the Pentagon today.
Mr. Kimball said the matter of
proposing new and additional
carriers was not even before the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. He sai«k
the proposal to provide the Navy
with two more modem carriers
was not even before the Joint
; Chiefs of Staff. He said the pro
jposal to provide the Navy with
'two more modern carriers was
'the decision of Chairman Vinson
of the House Armed Services
Committee. Mr. Kimball said it
jw?is the plan of the late Admiral
; Forrest Sherman when he was
Chief of Naval Operations to
build the current carrier and have
it put through a thorough shake
down before ordering any new
carriers. However, Mr. Kimball
said the Navy was going ahead
with its program of moderniza
tion for the World War n-built
aircraft carriers and getting them
ready for service.
Situation Seen Improved.
Asked what he thought the pros
pects were for a shooting war,
Mr. Kimball replied that anyone
could guess either way.
“I don’t know what the Rus
; sians have in mind,” Mr. Kimball
;said. "We are not going to start
;a war but we are going to be
| ready in the event that it occurs. 1
“I think the international situ-1
ation has improved somewhat. II
also think the job which we have'
done in Korea is going to make
the Russians leery of starting a !
war.”
Mr. Kimball said he thdught
the Marine Corps was big enough
the way it is. However, he ex-;
plained that he favored having:
this branch of the armed services
represented in the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
He said the Navy was building
up its military procurement pro
gram having particularly In mind
the problem of increasing the
production capacity so as to have
it available should a sudden in-.
! crease in demands occur.
Will Modernize 101 Ships.
Earlier today the Navy an
nounced orders have been issued
,for the conversion or moderniza
tion of 101 naval vessels, including
i three Essex class aircraft carriers.
r The program also includes the
i construction of four minesweepers.
The carrier Bon Homme Richard
I is scheduled for modernization at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the
. carriers Hancock and Lexington
for modernization at the Puget
I Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremer
l ton. Wash.
All the newly announced work
> is to be done at naval shipyards
* except for the conversion of four
: submarines to "guppy” (greater
underwater propulsive power)
l snorkel-equipped submarines by
, the Electric Boat Co., Groton,
. Conn.
Young on Vacation I'l
Joseph Young is on a brief i
vacation. The Federal Spot
light column will be resumed
on Wednesday. i
2 Inquests Set Today
In Child Murders and
i
Shooting of Suspect j i
The final chapter in the slay
ing of two young brothers and 1
the subsequent police shooting of
the murder suspect was to be
brought out at two inquests to
day.
The first inquiry will deal with
the deaths of the boys, James
Edward Poole, 4, and Fred, 3,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Poole.
Later the jury will hear testi
mony about the fatal shooting of
John Fletcher, 35, of the 400
block of Franklin street N.W.
An escapee from a mental in
stitution, Fletcher has been iden
tified by circumstantial evidence
as the man who bludgeoned the
boys to death last Wednesday at
their home, 402 Franklin street
N.W.
Police recovered a television set,
electric cord and table from
Fletcher’s They were stolen
from the Poole* home the night
of the murders.
Also recovered was considerable
other loot believed stolen by
Fletcher from the neighborhood, j
Probationary Detective Carli
Rudbeck, jr„ and Precinct Detec
tives James A. Bryant, who fired
jat Fletcher as he fled, have been
I relieved of duty pending the m
i quest.
Young on Vacation
Maj. Holohan's Body
Returned From Italy
By th* Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The
body of Maj. William V. Holohan
was brought home today, seven
years after he was mysteriously
slain in Italy during a secret war
time mission behind enemy lines.
Crewmen of the Navy transport
E. H. Johnson lowered the bronze
casket, encased in a wooden
crate, to a flag-draped pier of the
Brooklyn Army Base.
The Defense Department has
charged two of the major’s Amer
ican comrades on the Strategic
Service mission in Italy were ac
complices in his death.
The two, Lt. Aldo Icardi, of
Pittsburgh, and Sergt. Carl G.
Lo Dolce, of Rochester, N. Y.,
have denied any part in the slay
ing.
The dead man’s brother, Joseph
R. Holohan. a Wall street broker
instrumental in bringing the mys
‘tery into the public’s eye, was not
at the pier on the arrival of the
body.
At his office, a secretary said he
had left word he would be gone
for a week.
Funeral services are scheduled
Monday at St. Patrick’s Cathe
dral.
Confidence of Truce
In Korea Expressed
By Bradley in Talk
By the Associated Press
Gen. Bradley said in a radio
talk last night that “we Ameri
cans are anticipating an armis
tice” in Korea.
The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff did not elaborate
;on this remark, made at a time
when word from Kaesong indi
cated that the cease-fire negotia
tions were slipping back toward a
pattern of deadlock.
Despite the hope for peace, Gen.
Bradley said there should be no
letdown in the national defense
effort, else “we have lost the time
our valiant soldiers, airmen and
marines have bought for us.”
Push War, Council Urges.
The Council against Communist
Aggression urged yesterday that
the war in Korea be kept going,
saying that is better than any end
to the fighting that is likely to
come out of the Kaesong cease
fire talks.
The organization, made up of
some union officials, writers, stu
dents and other individuals inter
ested in the Far East and in the
; strategy of Communism, argued
against accepting in Korea any
thing less than a unified nation
safe from renewed Red attack.
Its statement summed up the
point in this manner.
“Short of the Utopia of a uni
fied, free and independent Korea,
our best chance to win peace in
Asia is active or stalemated hos
tility in Korea, which will tie down
Chinese Communist and allied So
viet forces until French and free
Viet-Namese in Indo-China and
British in Malaya have crushed
the Communist rebels and the Fil
ipinos have eliminated them from
their islands.
Headed by Marx Lewis.
The council, formed in Phila
delphia early this year, has been
announced aim of "dissemination
of democracy’s information in aid
of world freedom."
Its chairman is Marx Lewis of
New York, secretary-treasurer of
the AFL Hatters Union. Vice
chairmen are Christopher Emmet,
chairman of Common Cause; Sal
B. Hoffman, president of the AFL
Upholsterers Union, and Bishop
Herbert Welch of the Methodist
Church.
Former Owner of Eagles
Says Wife Seeks Divorce
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Alexis
Thompson, former owner of the
Philadelphia Eagles football team,
said today that his wife Jean, 26,
has gone to Las Vegas. Nev., to
seek a divorce.
Sho probably will get the decree
about mid-September, he said.
Mr Thompson. 36, heir to a
steel fortune and backer of vari
ous athletic ventures, heads
Thompson Enterprises here. He
was married to Jean Sinclair in
1947.
Previously, he was married to
Ann St. George, who divorced him
after he returned from Army serv
ice She got an annual alimony
of S2O 000 for 11 years.