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THE EVENING STAB
Washington, D. C.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 31. 1951
Four Senators Agree
With Hoover's View
Os Moral Decline
ky th« Associated Piass
Pour Senators agreed with
former President Hoover to
day that this Nation is experienc
ing a “growth in intellectual dis
honesty in public life which is
mostly beyond the law.”
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas said Mr. Hover’s re
marks “abdut public morals sup
ports the move to find some means
for studying ethics in Government
and suggesting ways of Improving
them.”
Senator Fulbright has proposed
a special commission to make
such a study. The proposal came
after a Senate inquiry group Sen
ator Fulbright headed turned up
some sensational testimony of in
fluence wielding in connection
with big loans made by the Re
construction Finance Corp.
Mr. Hoover had some of this
testimony in mind when he asked,
in a speech at Des Moines, lowa,
yesterday, what the country’s
“founding fathers” would have
said about “the five percenters,
mink coats, deep freezes and free
hotels, or favoritism in Govern
ment loans and contract?"
Three Republicans, Senators
Morse of Oregon, Aiken of Ver
mont and Bricker of Ohio, also
expressed agreement with the
former President.
“Herbert Hoover is completely
right in assailing the intellectual
dishonesty and corruption which
exists to an alarming degree in
our public life today,” Senator
Morse said. The American people,
he added, “have it within their
power to correct the situation at
the ballot boxes."
Senator Aiken said the best pos
sible cure for the things Mr.
Hoover complained about “would
be a complete change in admin
istration between the two major
parties at frequent intervals.”
Senator Bricker said “the gen
eral breakdown in the morals and
conduct of government comes
largely from the New Deal phil
osophy of government.”
Revens Denied Bail,
Faces Sentencing
Reuben L. Revens, 41, who was
convicted here last March on sex
offense charges, probably will be
sentenced sometime next month,
after District Court Judge F. Dick
inson Letts, who presided at the
trial, returns from vacation.
This was revealed yesterday in
District Court when the prosecu
tion indicated it has abandoned
efforts to have Revens adjudged
either sexual psychopath or of
unsound mind.
Assistant United States Attor
ney Joseph A. Sommer made this
known when the case went before
Judge Bumita Shelton Matthews,
as defense attorneys sought to have
their client released on bail. Judge
Matthews refused the request for
bail.
Efforts to have Revens, a former
Government psychologist, ad
judged a sexual psychopath fell
through in June, when two Gov
ernment psychiatrists reported
they believed him to be of un
sourtd mind. A person cannot be
considered a sexual psychopath if
lnsance, it was pointed out.
Next, efforts to have him Anally
declared of unsound mind failed 1
when two court-appointed psy
chiatrists examined Revens and
reported him sane.
Revens faces a possible maxi
mum sentence of up to eight
years, according to Mr. Sommer.
He was convicted on a charge of
assault with intent to violate the
Miller Sex Act and three addi
tional counts which constitute l
misdemeanors. The latter include 1
one charge of simple assault and
two charges of attempts to commit 1
sex acts.
1
2 Long-Time Employes;
In VA Retire Today ;
Two long-time employes of the *
Veterans’ Administration will re
tire today.
Dr. Edmund Eastwood, 70, will l
retire as chief of the Out-Patient t
Operations Division in the Depart
ment of Medicine and Surgery. At
the same time, Albert J. Michell, i
60, a legal examiner in the Office
of the VA Solicitor, will retire. <
Dr Eastwood, who lives at 3600 i
Connecticut avenue N.W., has held |
important medical positions in the <
VA since 1928. He retires after |
30 years of Federal employment (
A native of Greenwich, N. J., i
Dr. Eastwood attended public
schools in New York and New
Jersey and earned his degree from i
the Jefferson Medical College in <
Philadelphia. ]
Serving in the Army Medical i
Corps in World War I, he was dis- <
charged in 1920 after three years’ ,
military service. He was on the |
Public Health Service staff for \
five years before he joined the
Veterans’ Bureau, predecessor of
the VA. I
Mr. Michell, who lives at 705
Eighteenth street N.W., has more ■
than 32 years of Government
service.
He was born in New Orleans and ,
attended public schools and Soule
College in that city. He was ap
pointed to the War Risk Bureau
in 1919, transferred to the Veter
ans' Bureau in 1921 and has had
continuous service in veterans’
work since then.
Crash Injuries Fatal
To Stunt Driver Harper
By th* Associated Press
HAMPTON, Va., Aug. 31.—John
(Monk) Harpet, 39, veteran Hol
lywood stuntman, died last night
in a hospital here, the aftermath
of an accident at the Virginia
peninsula speedway Sunday.
Mr. Harper received a brain
concussion when he slammed his
speeding car into a brick wall to
please a thrill-hungry crowd.
Officials at the speedway ex
pressed the belief the stuntman
suffered a heart attack while
crashing the car.
Hoover Asks
ly Mm Associated Press '
DBS MOINES, Aug. 31.—The
text of former President Herbert
Hoover’s address yesterday at
the lowa State Fair :
I am indebted to the Governor,
the Legislature and the people of
my native State for a most dis
tinguished honor at this celebra
tion of lowa's centennial.
In view of our serious National
■ situation I would like on this oc
casion to review a few things for
you to think about. They are
maiply related to honor in public
life. Let me say at once that honor
is not exclusive property of any
political party.
I may start with the idea that
all things in government which
bear the prefix “new” are not
necessarily new. They may not all
of them even be good. Truly every
generation discovers the world all
new again and knows it can im
prove it. It is ft good thing that
they do-—or our race would shrink
in vitality and grow senile.
Each generation also wapts to
find out for itself that the stove
is hot. A renewal of that sort of
information is valuable.
But we have overworked this
word “new” in trying to get out of
this age of misery from our 37
years of hot and cold wars, with
intervals of hot and cold peace.
Made “New” 14 Times.
In this period we have either
been cured *or made over “new”
about 14 times. We have had the
new order, the new freedom, the
new day, the new era, the new
outlook, the new epoch, the new
economy, the new dawn, the new
deal, the new religion, the new
liberalism, the new war and sev
eral new foreign policies. None of
these were really “new” dis
coveries. And the New Testament
is too often omitted. After each
“new” we have a relapse and take
anothher pill, labelled “new.”
Some of these somethings "new”
have value. Too many have been
false signposts on the road of na
tional progress. Some point to
will-o’-wisps of security not to be
had on this earth. Some lead the
Nation over the precipice of in
flation and socialism. Some just
lead to the land of make-believe.
Certainly some of them are tainted
with untruth and a diluted intel
lectual honesty.
The word “new” applies better
to physicial things than to human
forces. Indeed when the sun rises
in the morning we hail it as a
new day. But it is a false analogy
in the march of civilization.
Most of our chores for the new
day were assigned the night be
fore. Our abilities to perform
them were formed not only last
year but over centuries or even
geologic time. If the new day has
no link with yesterday we would
be without know-how and morals
today. The loss of that line can
bring chaos to the whole economic,
the moral and the spiritual world.
Delay on New Shape Urged.
As an aside, I suggest at least
we adjourn trying to make
America over into some other
shape until we get out of this cold
or hot war. Our present crisis
is dangerous enough to require one
concentrated undeviating purpose
in Washington.
Many of our so-called social and
economic gains will go by the
board, anyway, if this hot and cold
war keeps up. After all, the great
social gains of the last ceptury
were a mixture of liberty, compas
sion, unlimited meat, automobiles
and washing machines. These are
at least getting scarcer.
There will be plenty of time to
exercise our muscles on "new” ex
periments after these violent
changes in international tempera
ture are survived. And these pro
grams of making America over add
an especially destructive new—
that is new taxes.
Think about it.
The practical thing we can do
if we really want to make the
world over again is to try out the
word “old” for a while. . There
are some old things that made this
country.
There is the old virtue of re
ligious faith.
There are the old virtues of in- i
tegrity and the whole truth.
There is the old virtue of in
corruptible service and honor in
public office.
There are the old virtues of ;
economy in government, of self
reliance, thrift and individual lib
erty. <
Old Ideas ‘lnexpensive.’
There are the old virtues of
patriotism, real love of country
and willingness to sacrifice for it. ;
These "old” ideas are very in- ‘
expensive. They even would help ]
win hot and cold wars.
I realize that such suggestions J
will raise that cuss word “reac
tionary,” but some of these old
things are slipping badly in Ameri- '
can life. And if they slip too far, 1
the lights will go out of America, 1
even if we win these cold and hot '
wars.
Think about it. '
We might explore some of the '
things that have happened to the
old virtues of integrity, truth, and
honor in public life. During the
recent past we have had a flood
of exposures by congressional com
mittees, by State legislatures, by
grand juries in scores of cities, and
the press.
A few days more than 175
years ago, the 56 members of the
Continental Congress of the
United States unanimously de-
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Return to the 'Old' Virtues
cla&d a program of action and
certain principles of American life.
The concluding words of the Dec
laration are a pledge of “our
sacred honor.”
, I sometimes wonder what the
t 56 founding fathers, from their
■ invisible presence in our congres
■ slonal halls, would say about the
procession of men in responsible
l position who have come before
■ its committees of this day. What
• would they have thought of the
t “sacred honor” of the five per
: centers, mink coats, deep freezers
• and free hotel bills? Or favorit
’ ism in Government loans and
Government contracts? Or fail
< ures to prosecute evil-doers who
> spread cancerous rackets and
> gambling rings with their train
I of bribed officials?
Coquette With Traitorship.
But I am less concerned at
: stealing public money than with
: the far more destructive forms of
dishonor. What would the found
» ing fathers have thought of those
: who coquette with traitorship? Or
! of secret and disastrous commit
ments of our Nation which were
i denied at the time? Or high
! officials under oath contradicting
f each other as to facts? Or the
i failure to keep promises to the
people? Our civilization moves
forward on promises that are kept.
We thus have a cancerous
’ growth of intellectual dishonesty
• in public life which is mostly be
! yond the law. One of its chief
’ instruments is corrupt propa
' ganda. There has been such prop
' aganda by foreign governments
' and our own designed to get us
into war. Then we have the
' propaganda to keep up our pep.
Then the habit continues in peace
; time. And some pressure groups
. have learned this trick to get
i something they ought not to have.
The mildest form of corrupt
propaganda is a process of per
suasive part.-truths. At times it
even rises to the high moral levels
1 of selling snake oil.
But the malignant form of prop
aganda spreads deadly poisons.
Its process Is to create suspicion,
hate and fear. Its purpose is
less to persuade than to conceal
truth and to crush opposition.
The machinery of propaganda
is made of standardized gadgets
by which you can detect it.
One of these standard gadgets
is slogans. They freeze the real
process of thought.
Slogans Turning, Mouldy.
If you will examine the two
score loud slogans created during
this last third of a century, you
will find most of them, like the
apples of Sodom, have turned to
bitter ashes in our national
mouth-. Most of them became
ripe in a year or two. some lasted
a little longer. Some very new
ones are already turning mouldy.
One of these gadgets is to cre
ate fear by describing the horrors
of invasion of the United States
by foreign armies. This one al
ways arises to its maximum deci
bel when pressuring legislation
and elections. While aircraft can
come our way no armies on earth
can land on our shores.
Another gadget is to give new
meaning to old, simple and well
understood expressions until the
integrity of ogr language is pol
luted. The term “liberalism” has
turned pink inside. The term
"welfare” never before meant the
“welfare state” with its red or
pink colors. The Chinese Com
munists were not “agrarian lib
erals.” From that perversion of
truth alone, we suffered a gigantic
defeat of free men in China.
You can test malignant propa
ganda from another of its gadgets.
That is the Smear. This gadget
has wide potency. When Mr. X
presents an Inconvenient fact or
argument, the propagandists can
simplify matters by pointing out
that he was once a banker or was
fined for speeding. With this
gadget you can get your opponent
either way in the international
field by just suggesting he is an
appeaser, or a war-monger, or an
isolationist. On the issue of
Government spending, he can be
flattened out by calling him an
inflationist or he is against the
underdog. If he comments on
either side of ideological matters,
you can defeat him going or com- j
ing by calling him a Fascist, or a ;
reactionary, or.a fellow-traveler,'
or just a Red-herring..
How to Squelch Debates.
There is still another of these!
propaganda gadgets. That is to'
squelch debate by cries for unity!
unity! the implication is that the
citizen is disloyal to his country
if he disagrees with the powers 1
that be. *
I suggest that these are not oil- :
erations of rugged intellectual'
honesty. They are attempts to co
erce men into the intellectual con- i
centration camp named fear. These
gadgets have been very handy
tools for making America over into
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I these 14 new varieties and getting
. us into hot and cold wars.
Think about It.
It is difficult enough to debate
against the gadgets of propagan
i da. But there is something worse
r That is the concealment of truth
• and commitments. lam not here
i discussing our foreign policies But
! may I ask you a question?
i Does anybody believe that the
t propaganda-promoted foreign pol
: icies over the past dozen years
• have always been right? Or that
i there has always heqn a disclosure
• of the whole truth?
I For example, cfcrtsin secret com
mitments were entered into at
► Teheran and Yalta%hich sold the
t freedom of half a billion people
i down the river. They were not
disclosed to the Congress or to the
American people. Does any one be
lieve that, had they been subjnit
' ted to the American people for de
, bate and to the Congress'for de
cision, that they would ever have
[ been approved? That is where we
; lost the peace and wandered into
: the land of hot and cold wars.
Debate Can Save Free Men.
t Debate founded on the full dis
r closure of the whole truth and
! free of these gadgets is the stuff
; that can save free men.
i Think about it.
' I would like to explore this old
i virtue of truth, integrity and hen
r or in public life a little further.
■ Congress can well widen the laws
E so as to clutch the new kinds of
• bribes and benefits they have dis
■ covered. But Congress cannot
i reach intellectual dishonors.
5 Part truth, concealment of pub
s lie commitments, propaganda and
. its gadgets and failure to enforce
i the laws are but part of them,
i And there are group pressures “to
• get theirs” which smell from both
. the decay of integrity and the rot
; ting of patriotism. And some per
. sons arrive at their morals with
; a divining rod that measures
; morals in terms of votes.
The Congress, from its own in
. quiries, is confronted with the
. fact that sacred honor cannot
t always be tested by legality or
S enforced by law. In its frustration,
l the Congress is groping for some
sort of code of ethics, which with
a prefix “new” might protect the
, citizen from his own officials.
’ Might I suggest that there are
already some old and tested codes
l of ethics? There are the Ten
Commandments, the Sermon on
the Mount, and the rules of the
game which we learned at our
mother’s knee.
Can a Nation live if these are
not the guides of public life?
Think it over.
The American people have a
right to bitter complaint over these
disclosures of dishonor in high
places. The duty of public men
in this republic is to lead in stand
ards of integrity—both in mind
and money.
Dishonor Has Double Poison.
Dishonor in public life has a
double poison. When people are
dishonorable in private business,
they injure only those with whom
they deal or their own chances in
the next world. But when there is
a lack of honor in Government,
the morals of the whole people are
poisoned.
The drip of such poisons may
have nothing to do with dishonor
in some college athletics or the
occasional policemen on the beat.
But the rules of the game have
been loosened somewhere.
Some folks seem to think these
are necessary evils in a free Gov
ernment. Or that it is smart
politics. Those are deadly sleep
ing pills. No public man can be
just a little crooked. There is no
such thing as a no-man’s-land
between honesty and dishonesty.
Our strength is not in politics,
prices, or production, or price con
trols. Our strength lies in spiritual
concepts. It lies in public sensi
tiveness to evil.
Much as the Congress has my
good wishes, something stronger
than a new code of ethics is
needed .by America. The issue is
decency in public life against
indecency.
Our greatest danger is not from
invasion by foreign armies. Our
dangers are that we may commit
suicide from within by complai
sance with evil. Or by public toler
ance of scandalous behavior. Or
by cynical acceptance of dishonor.
These evils have defeated nations J
many times in human history.
The redemption of mankind by
America will depend upon our,
ability to cope with these evils ,
right here at home. :
Think about it. j
Sign That Morals Survive. i
But I do not wish to leave you, (
the neighbors of my childhood,
with any implication of pessimism.
I speak to you of some of our
weaknesses, not because of frus
tration or despair, but to urge
remedy. The fact that we are i
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Jo Avert 'Disaster'
i By Cecil Holland
t Economic Stabilizer Eric John
t ston warned Congress today “the
, consequences will be costly” and
' “could be disastrous” unless three
s restrictions on the price control
t program are repealed.
‘ Mr. Johnston went before the
Senate Banking Committee to
t back up in strong and emphatic
s language President Truman’s ap
i peal for removal of three amend
t ments to the control law which
> went into effect only August 1.
“If the act stands,” Mr. John
’ ston said in a prepared statement,
' “prices will have to go up—un
' necessarily. Wages will tiave to
! go up—unnecessarily. The costs
‘ of rearming will go up—unnecas
> sarily. Taxes will have to go up—
• unnecessarily. The dollar will sink
in value—unnecessarily.” ’
Johnston Sees Crisis.
1 He declared that the new law
E had brought the country’s stabil
ization program to “a crisis” and
opened the way for an lnflation
-1 ary spiral which had been held
' in check under the former legis
lation.
J Mr. Johnston’s testimony was
' punctuated by sharp exchanges
| as Republican members assailed
' the administration drive to change
the new control law.
| Senator Bricker, Republican, of
\ Ohio, suggested that Mr. John
ston and other administration of-
J ficlals should try to make the law
t work “before bellyaching to Con
, gress.”
He added that he “resented the
L attitude of the administration” in
j trying to show that Congress did
not know what it was doing.
Difficult Enforcement.
J Mr. Johnston ffuickly replied
j that he was expressing the opinion
! of those charged with administer
ing the controls law that some of
| the provisions were difficult to en-|
[ force, and added:
s “If you don’t think we can do
the job, then get somebody who
. can do it. I don’t want it.”
i Mr. Johnston was the third of
i the top mobilization officials to
i urge Congress to change the law.
> Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil
■ son and Price Director Michael
V.. DiSalle testified before the
: Banking Committee yesterday.
Several members of the com
mittee were quick to tell the con
' trols officials that repeal of the
1 three amendments is out of the
question. The best hope they
held out was for some modifica
tion before Congress adjourns—
possibly around Octobe/ 1.
The Three Amendments.
The amendments the admin
istration wants repealed are:
1. A provision allowing a seller
to pass on to consumers all coSt
increases between the start of the
Korean war and last July 26.
2. One permitting wholesalers
and retailers their customary per
centage margins of profit they
enjoyed before the outbreak of
the Korean war.
3. A ban on Federally-imposed
slaughtering quotas on livestock.
Mr. Johnston told the commit
tee that the amendments had
“put a lot of dents in our eco
nomic armor” and opened the way
in the open is a sign that moral •
stamina still survives.
Without bitterness in our hearts, i
we are raising our eyes to the
Creator of man, who assures us
that in American soil we can find
the moral and spiritual forces
which hfhke free men and women.
In His guidance, we shall find the
fortitude to correct our errors, to
straighten our courses, to resur
rect the spirit that made our
America so free and bountiful a
nation.
For reassurance in the future I
need only to turn my thoughts to
my grandparents who came to this
State in the covered wagon. Here
they and my parents toiled that
their children might have greater
opportunities than had been
theirs. Here they worshipped God.
Here they lived out their lives
in the faith and hope of Ameri
cans. They lie buried on an lowa
hillside.
Therefore, here in this State
where I was nurtured. I cannot but
feel a strength that comes up
from deep rdbts in the very soil
on which we stand. That strength
is in character and truth and de
cent living. And it will triumph.
It will triumph because I know
America is turning its face away
from the maudlin leftisms and
the spread of untruth of the past
two decades. We sense the frauds
on men’s minds and morals. Moral
indignation is on the march again.
L. H. Sinclair Ends 45 Years
With Bureau of Yards and Docks
Family Associated
For 91 Years With
Navy Department
Leonard H. Sinclair retired to
! day, after 46 years with the
. Bureau of Yards and Docks, end
l Inga family association with the
Navy Department that lasted 9l
years.
i “Sine,” who retired as special
assistant to the bureau’s assistant
chief for operations, is one of the
best known civilians in the Navy
Department. Bom and reared in
the Navy, he has a wide acquaint
ance in service ranks.
His father, John S. Sinclair,
served 57 years with the Navy and
was its first chief boatswain. He
; entered the Navy in 1860 and
served in the Civil War under
Admiral David G. Farragut. The
latter part of his career was spent
in the Washington Navy Yard,
from which he retired in 1917.
Two years later he died.
Hailed for Lolal Service.
In ceremonies held today Rear
Admiral Joseph F. Jelley of the
Navy Civil Engineer Corps and
chief of the bureau, thanked
Leonard Sinclair for his long and
loyal service.
He praised him for his “un
flagging zeal in attacking the
arduous tasks” which faced him,
. his consistant good judgement and
and his “single-minded devotion”
to the bureau and the Navy. The
bureau chief then presented him
with a scroll, a watch given by
his colleagues and an album con
taining personal testimonial letters
from present and retired Civil
Engineer Corps’ officers who
worked with him.
Mr. Sinclair, who is 64, was born
at sea aboard the battleship
Wyoming on a cruise out of An
napolis. His father was assigned
to the vessel at the time and, in
accordance with existing Navy
for “a substantial and unjustified
increase” in the general price
level.
He added:
“It means less food and cloth
ing and poorer shelter—if it can
be found—for great numbers of
Americans on low-fixed incomes.
For them, it means hardship
bordering on tragedy.
‘For hospitals, churches, chari
table institutions of all kinds, it
means retrenchment and reduc
tion of services to those in need.
New Level of Wages.
"It means a whole new wage
level. It means a new farm parity
level. It means a higher rent
level. It means a bigger Govern
ment deficit.
“It means less defense for our
appropriations. And less defense
meant national danger.”
Parole Board-Considers
Application of Nesline
The District Parole Board has
under consideration the parole
application of Joseph F. Nesline,
who drew a one-year maximum
jail term for illegally carrying
a weapon in the fatal shooting
last January of George Paul Hard
ing, ex-convict.
Nesline has served the four
month minimum of his sentence.
The shooting took place at the
Hide-Away Club In Georgetown.
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LEONARD H. SINCLAIR.
regulations, was permitted to have
his'family aboard.
Attended Annapolis School.
The son later attended grammar
school at Annapolis along with
future Admirals William F. (Bull)
Halsey, Thomas C. Kincaid and
Roland M. Brainard. He came
here with his parents in 1901 and
attended Eastern High School and
Columbian University, now George
Washington University.
Mr. Sinclair was a draftsman
with the Bureau of Yards and
Docks during the first part of
his career. Then in 1916, Josephus
Daniels, then Secretary of the
Navy, appointed him senior civil
ian member of the Board for De
velopment of Navy Yard Plans.
He since became the bureau’s
senior expert on public works
budgetary affairs.
Mr. Sinclair, who lives at 3200
South Second street, Arlington,
now expects to devote most of
his time to the Animal Welfare
League branches in Arlington and
Alexandria. He is treasurer of
the Arlington unit and an ad
visor to the Alexandria branch.
Upper Floors to Be Razed
Where Collapse Killed Four
New plana for renovating the
Empire Building, where a collapse
in 1947 resulted in the death of
four persona, are nearing comple
tion.
Nick Papanicolas, owner of the !
building at Ninth street and New
York avenue N.W., said he would
not be ready to announce his new
plans for a couple of weeks.
A building permit has been is
sued. however, for ripping down
to the second floor the four-story
outer walls of the front part of
the building, and putting in two
floors.
At present, the walls in the
front part of the building are only
shells. No change would be made
to the existing stores in the back
part of the building.
Legal aftermath of the 1947 col
lapse was cleared up a year ago,
when final items of litigation werl
settled.
Legal settlements had Included
an agreement in District Court for
a $50,000 lump sum damage pay
ment xm tenant claims growing
out of the collapse. More than a
score of suits were brought by 37
plaintiffs.
Squeeze Moves Aimed
At Czech Economy
Reported in Offing
Squeeze actions aimed at the
economy of Czechoslovakia were
reported in the offing today to
underscore this Government’s de
mand for the release of William
N. Oatis, the Associated Press
correspondent jailed by the
Czechs on espionage charges the
United States has denounced as
false.
One step would bar flights by
Czech commercial planes over
Western Germany. Another would
curb American exports to Czecho
slovakia.
The flight ban would require an
poreement with Britain and
i ance, who jointly occupy West
ern Germany with the United
States. Secretary of State Ache
son has Indicated that negotia
tions along this line have been in
progress.
Would End Tariff Concessions.
Export trade to Czechoslovakia
could be cut off or curbed under
existing export control laws and
under the Trading-With-the-
Enemy Act.
The United States already has
announced that at the Geneva
trade meeting next month, it will
ask other nations to co-operate
with this country in withdrawing
tariff concessions now granted to
the Czech government. Such an
action could seriously affect the
Czech economy, since Czech sales
to the United States amount to
around 830 million annually.
President Truman told his news
conference yesterday the Oatis
case never would be closed until
the newsman was released. He is
under a five-to-10-year sentence.
Meantime, Representative Chelf,
Democrat, Kentucky, advised the
Czech Ambassador, Dr. Vladimir
Prochazka, that as soon as the
House reconvenes next month, he
will offer a resolution calling for
severance of diplomatic relations
with the Red-dominated country.
“I can see no earthly good that
can come from your presence
here, because of your refusal or
Inability to discuss a matter that
is near and dear to the hearts of
all free men,” the Kentuckian
said.
The reference was to the Am
bassador’s declaration that the
Oatis incident is closed.
135,000 Reported Trained
By Russians in Albania
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (NANA).
—Russian officers, landed in Al
bania, have assembled and trained
a 135,000-man Albanian Army,
apparently destined to act as the
lesser pincer in the back of Mar
shal Tito’s forces whenever an at
tack is oounted from Russian
held East Europe upon the
“heretic” Communist state of
Yugoslavia.
Slobodna Dalmatia (Free Dal
matia), a pro-Tito daily of Split,
Yugoslavia, reports that Russian
aviation is particularly active in
Albania, and that large airfields
are being built on Saseno Island,
controlling the entrance into the
Adriatic and the lonian Seas.
Pocket submarines also are be
ing assembled on the Albanian
coast.
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