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Weather Forecast Sunny, cool, high 72. Clear, cool; low 55 in city. 45 in suburbs tonight. Tomor row. fair, warmer. (Full report on Page A-2.) Midnight, 61 6 a.m. 55 11 a.m. 63 2 a.m. 59 8 a.m. 56 Noon 65 4 a.m. 57 9 a.m. 59 1 p.m. 67 99th Year. No. 251. Russians 'Disassociate' Selves From Jap Peace Treaty Parley; 49 Nations Ready to Sign Today Gromyko Delivers 'Warning' on Imposing Pact BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO (/P). Andrei Gromyko said today his government was “disassociating itself” from the Japanese Peace Conference here. This indicated he would not sign with the other 48 nations who were to start signing the official peace treaty at 10 aan. (1 p.m., EDT).. The. Russian said he was “issuing a warning that those who im pose the peace treaty here” on Japan must stand responsible for it “before the eyes of the world.” Russia’s failure to sign the peace treaty with Japan will leave her still in a state of war with that country. By John M. Hightower Associated Press Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. B. Soviet Russia fought and lost in the birthplace of the United Na tions a desperate battle to pre vent the resurgence of a Japan' aligned with the West against communism. It was her worst diplomatic defeat of the postwar era. More than two-score nations joined in beating down the Text of Joponese Premier Yoshido's Ad dress. Poge A-5 Soviet’s three-day fight to stall the Japanese peace treaty. Today all 49 of the non-Com munist countries here lined up to sign on schedule—lo a.m. a p.m. EDT)—the historic document with Japan. Only two countries—satellites Czechoslovakia and Poland—sided with the U. S. S. R. The climax came last night after Japan s premier accepted the pact on behalf of the defeated nation. Gromyko Move Beaten. Grim-visaged Andrei Gromyko tried to revive a series of changes he had proposed earlier. These sought to limit Japan’s military power, open the conference doorj to Red China and close Japan to United States armed forces. The maneuver failed. The Russian, Polish and Czech delegates generally were expected to boycott the signing ceremony. Mr. Gromyko, however, had called a 9 a.m. (12 noon EDT) press con ference, perhaps to explain his position and take a few last cracks at the United States and Britain and the treaty they so successfully sponsored here. British officials said Foreign! Minister Morrison, who arrived i last night, might speak briefly when he signs the pact. No other talks were due, however, as na tions beginning with Argentina and ending with Viet Nam ad-, vanced in alphabetical order to j commit themselves to the pact. It was believed that the day would also bring the signing of a security treaty between the United States and Japan under which American troops will remain in Japan after peace becomes ef fective. No plans for this sign ing had been announced, how ever. Reds Can Still Show Up. Forty-nine nations, including Japan, gave conference Secretary Warren Kelchner notice by last night that they would sign the peace pact. Os the 52 here, that left out only Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Technically they; could still show up, but none of the other delegations thought there w r as the least chance they 1 would do so.' Mr. Gromyko’s final reversal in debate came during a hectic night session in which he was hopelessly out-maneuvered by other delega tions and the rulings of Secretary of State Acheson as presiding of ficer. Premier Shigeru Yoshida of 1 Japan, in his only speech to the 1 conference, had expressed his l government’s assent to the treaty, : yet declared its “pain and anxiety”' over the loss of territory which 1 the pact will confirm. He asked for return to Japa nese control of the Ryukyu and 1 Bonin Islands, held by the United States, and South Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands, held by Russia. He refuted Russia’s charges that It is a “war” treaty. He assailed Soviet Communism, saying the threat of aggression would make it necessary for American troops to remain in Japan “temporarily” after the occupation. Mr. Yosida, speaking in Japa nese, read, from a scroll which he unrolled across the lectern as he proceeded. When he finished. Mr. Acheson announced that all sched (See TREATY, Page A-3.) King Resumes Vacation After X-Ray Examination By the Associated Press LONDON, Sept. B.—Ailing King, G«orge VI underwent an appar-! entiy searching hour-and-a-half j X-ray examination by a London 1 specialist today and then flew 7 back to Scotland to continue his vacation. There was no immediate indica- 1 tion of the results of the examina- 1 tion. The King had arrived by, train from his Scottish castle of Balmoral early today. Phone ST. 5000 ★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1951—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. Decision to Bomb Manchuria If Truce Talks Fail Is Reported Military Leaders Said to Favor Adoption Os MacArthur Plan if Reds Open New Push By Steffon Andrews North American Newspaper Alliance Top military men have made a secret decision to bomb Manchu rian air bases if the Communists do not resume truce talks. A con certed air-land attack would be started in Korea. This decision, it was learned, is one of several major points of action which top-level planners have mapped in recent days to put into effect should the Korean peace talks not get under way again. (Pentagon sources today em- • ! phasized to The Star that the I bombing of Manchurian air j j bases was one of several new j moves under consideration for j our campaign in Korea if the j armistice talks collapse. It was j indicated that any decision to Chinese Reds Step Up West Korea Attacks; 25 Jets Duel 40 MIGs ' Communists Capture At Least One Hill; Allied Planes Fly 440 Sorties j i By the Associated Press EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR TERS, Sept. B.—Chnese Reds stepped up their probing ground attacks on the Western and West-; Central fronts today. They cap tured at least one hill from United Nations troops. In the air war 25 Allied jets bat- • tied 40 Russian-type MIG-15sl high over Northwestern Korea in a 25-minute battle. No damage to either side was reported. Fighters and light bombers ofj. I the sth Air Force ranged the skies' in 440 sorties against supply and transportation facilities. East Front Quiet. There still were no firm indica tions of a major Communist of-;: fensive. There were no reports of ground; action from the East or East-Cen-;i tral fronts. Northeast of Korangpo. Chinese ! Reds swarmed up a hill behind a; heavy artillery barrage and drove; 1 Allied infantrymen off. i ! It was the Reds’ second attack |on the peak. They tried to take! 1 it this morning, but were pushed I back and pounded by barrage of Allied artillery. Allies Reported Falling Back. A Chinese regiment was re ported holding two hills forward of U. N. lines in the center of the old “Iron Triangle.” A pooled dis patch from the front said Allied troops were falling back. Another report said Reds drove the Allies from a hill position j southwest of Kumsong, farther to j the east. An Allied patrol in the area ! where a Red regiment surrounded j an Allied outpost unit Thursday night found 120 Communist , bodies and a number of fresh graves. An Allied intelligence officer 1 ; said the fact bodies were left un buried indicated the Reds left the 1 j area in a hurry. Veterans' Home Loanj Provisions Widened !■ ! i By the Associated Press ] Some 2 million World War 11,1 veterans who previously used all < or part of their GI home, farm and business loans are entitled to 1 additional home loans under the; new Defense Housing Act, the l Veterans’ Administration said to-!' day. h “Comparing the new schedule jl for GI loans with the one in es- 1 feet previously, the minimum down j payment on a $7,000 transaction! is S2BO instead of ssoib. VA said.j “At SIO,OOO it is S6OO instead; of $1,300, and at $12,000, it is) $960 instead of $1,900.” The new law grants to most veterans who used all or part of their guaranty rights the dis- < ference between what they used and $7,500 for home loans only. , However, if the veteran obtained a home loan after April 20, 1950, ' no additional guaranty is pro vided. 1 Man Serving 10 Days ( Found Dead in Jail Cell A man serving 10 days for dis orderly conduct was found dead in, his District Jail cell about 5 * ;a.m. today. Phillip Wiggins, 51, colored, of ( Ino fixed address, died of a heart ( I attack, according to Dr. Theodore p Bisland of Gallinger Hospital. Bus Falls 140 Feet ; 5 Dead LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands. 1 Sept. 8 (iP).—A bus topped over J ,a 140-foot embankment near here'< j last night killing five persons and * 'injuring 40. 1 W JEtienitm Star j bomb the mainland air bases j would be governed by the extent j the Chinese and North Koreans J stepped up use of planes.) ’ Without fanfare, defense 7md ’ diplomatic strategists have been [ conferring in secret meetings on how to conduct the Korean war if fighting is resumed, and the 1 tentative decisions all spell bad news for the Communists. The one big crucial decision which the planners have made is !to adopt Gen. MacArthur’s old proposal, and bomb the Reds’ bases in Manchuria, if the Communists really go through with their threat to unleash a furious air attack. If the peace talks are not re opened, and the Reds begin a major drive in Korea, the senti ment in the Pentagon is that the 1 See MANCHURIA, Page A-7.) j Red Tanks and Troops Reported in Kaesong, Supposedly Neutral Allies Are Told Chinese Kept Major Elements In City After July 15 By the Associated Press WESTERN FRONT, Korea,; Sept B.—An Allied source said to-; night Reds have a number of troops and tanks in Kaesong, site; of the suspended Korean armistice negotiations. The United Nations command learned this week from a source considered highly reliable that! major elements of a Chinese di vision remained in Kaesong after; the Reds agreed July 15 to make! the city a neutral area. The Allied command said also that Red tanks had been reported moved into Kaesong. Some of the Red soldiers re ported in the city were said to be in civilian clothes. They watened! the United Nations cease-fire dele gation move in and out of the city! before the talks broke down Au- j gust 23. Reports have credited Reds with; having as many as 50 to 100 Rus-! sian-made tan>.s along the western front, some old T-34 models and; some newer Stalin-type tanks. Reds Imply Willingness To Change Site of Talks TOKYO Sept. 8 (JP).—Commu nist prpoaganda broadcasts to- j night hinted that the Reds may! be willing to change the site of; cease-fire talks from Kaesong as! proposed by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. The remarks were unofficial, and did not say the Reds ac-; cepted the supreme Allied com-i (See TRUCJS, Page A-3.) ' Pleasant Weather Is Promised for Rest of Week End If your teeth chattered and you shivered in the brisk dawn today, there was good cause, but don’t start claiming any record-break ing weather. The temperature dipped to a cool 55 degrees at 6 a.m„ approxi mately 8 degrees below the nor mal. But the mark still was above the lowest temperature ever re corded on a September 8. A min imum of 53 degrees was set on the corresponding date in 1914. The forecaster said today’s high temperature would be around 72. He predicted that today’s good weather would continue through the week end, with possibly a lit tle more warmth tomorrow. Intruders, Intent on Job, Fail To See Owner's Watchful Eye An amazed Washington case owner watched four men break into his restaurant early today. They became so absorbed in their work-they failed to notice him. William C. Healy, owner of the Ship’s Case at 5335 Georgia ave nue N.W., called police in time to arrest the four. Then he de clared : “It was so obvious it got to be funny. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It certainly was a dumb act.” Scheduled to appear in Muni cipal Court today on charges of housebreaking were ‘Charles A. Quattlebaum, 29, of the 700 block of Central avenue, Seat Pleasant, Md., an electrician; Thierry James Wilson, 31, of the 4400 block of Seventy-fourth place, BeUemead, Md., a plumber; Edmund L. Baugh, 29. of the 1400 block of j South Twenty-eighth street, Ar lington, an electrician, and Har old M. Rusk, 29, of the 900 block jof H street N.W., a steelworker. Mr. Healy said he left the Czechs Reshuffle Regime to Boost Output of Goods Prague Reds Create New Office to Crack Whip on Producers By the Associated Press LONDON. Sept. B.—The Czecho slovak government has been shak en up to boost the output of in dustrial goods which Moscow de mands and a new ministry of state control is being established to crack down on laggard producers. The changes in governmental organization were made at a spe cial session of the cabinet in Prague yesterday and were an nounced today in a Czech news ; agency story broadcast by Prague Radio. They followed immediately after Thursday’s shakeup of Communist Party officials. In the party shifts, tough little President Klement Gottwald, who ; spent the war in Moscow, added the duties of secretary-general to his job as party chairman. The party also abolished the title of secretary-general, always the key; post in Communist setups—a move which caused considerable puzzle ment to Western dilomatic ob servers. Slansky Gets New Job. Rudolf Slansky, the hard bitten Moscow-trained revolutionary who had been secretary-general, was set aside for “another important state post,” which was not named. He remained as one of seven mem bers of an elite “political secre tariat.” , The new minister of state con trol was not named in today’s dis- ;patch describing cabinet changes. A Foreign Office expert in iron curtain affairs expressed belief the shakeup was part of a radical! crackdown to make suie Czecho slovakia, the most industrialized of all countries in the Russian orbit, moves faster to fill Russian orders for machinery. He said he believed the new job was an important one to Moscow, probably had been ordered from the Kremlin, and speculated that! Slansky has been tagged for it. i Slansky has been one of Mos-! cow’s most trusted agents in! Czechoslovakia, a country that has been the most restive of all the Russian satellites, apparently be cause it was the only one to have a good taste of Western-type free-! !dom before it was gobbled In a Red coup. The British expert said he j thought the rather mysterious! moves relating to Slansky may fall in the same pattern as the (See CZECH. Page A-7.) Russian Press Denounces Jap Treaty, U. S., Britain By (h* Associated Press MOSCOW. Sept. B.—The Rus sian press today pulled out all the stops in denouncing the Japa nese oeace treaty. The newspapers lashed out at the United States and Britain, chief architects of the pact, and accused the two Western nations of “high-handed” action at San Francisco. Foreign observers said today’s wrathful press indicates the Rus sians will retaliate, but what form the expected retaliation will take was unknown. The Literary Gazette accused Secretary of State Acheson of aping the Nazi tactics of the late German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbpntrop. The newspaper said Mr. Acheson’s tactics as chairman of the conference do not differ from “the morals of the Munich beer halls where the dark works of the Nazis were car ried out.” s case about 2:10 a.m. and crossed ; the street to enter his car. He saw a man get out of an automo ‘ bile in front of him and enter an ’ alley beside the restaurant. A few minutes later, Mr. Healy ! said, the man returned to the car and then two men went back into ■ the alley. Their car pulled away ■ from the curb, made a U-turn and parked in front of the case. ! Mr. Healy also made a U-turn, ■ parking near the other automobile. He then went to an all-night ham ; burger stand, called police, and ■ returned to see the suspects come out of the case carrying bottles. Pvts. Seymour Englander and > Douglas A. Donaldson of the sixth ’> precinct arrived in time to arrest ' two of the men as they emerged . from the case with four botles of • whisky. The other two were ’ picked up on the premises, police ■ said. The case had been ransacked : and the cash register broken open. The men overlooked $l5O hidden : away. RESIDENTS Nelson Move to Regain Records Given to Fay To Be Argued Friday Numbers Backer Claims Rights Were Violated By Senate Committee A bold move by Charles E. Nel ;son to forestall possible prosecu tion on gambling charges today had the Government on the de fensive In its campaign against! thriving rackets. Nelson, who has admitted back ing a numbers operation, late yes terday asked District Court to di rect the return of his personal records, which are being studied by a grand jury, and to suppress this data as evidence in any crim inal proceedings against him. Originally, the records were ob tained from Nelson by the Senate Crime Investigating Committee, under subpoena. Before it went out of existince August 31, the committee turned them over to j United States Attorney, George Morris Fay for use in the District ; gambling investigation. Mr. Fay made them available to the jurors. ! Claims Committee Assurance. ' Nelson declared in his motion ! for recovery and suppression of evidence that the papers were in tended for the exclusive use of the Senate committee. He said the committee gave definite assur ance that the records would be ; returned to him “at the very ear liest date” and that he never gave 'permission for other persons, groups or tribunals to examine i them. Nelson argued that the commit tee violated his constitutional rights agains unreasonable search and seizure by turning over the records to the United States at torney. The motion stated further that Nelson believes it to be Mr. Fay’s intention to use the records as evidence against him before the grand jury to obtain an indict ment against him and. if the in dictment is returned, to use it as evidence against him on trial. Nelson also said he believes the papers would be made available ■to prosecuting authorities in Maryland for criminal proceed ings against him in that State. The motion will be argued next Friday, according to Mr. Fay, but it is not yet known before which judge. | Mr. Fay said the Government has been successful in defending its position in numerous similar motions and hoped to do so in this instance. Leo A. Rover, attorney for Nel son in Washington, said the prin ciple of the motion is not new but j the facts in this case differ from ( See GAMBLING, Page A-2.) Law Clerk Piles Up 10 Traffic Charges i In Brief Chase Joe M. Kyle. 24, a law clerk in ' the Montgomery County attorney’s office at Rockville, was charged with 10 traffic violations following ] a short chase in the sixth precinct i early today. ] Mr. Kyle of the 300 block of j Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, Md., i was held at the precinct in lieu of $440 collateral for a Municipal I Court appearance this morning. 1 He is charged with six stop sign violations, two violations of speed \ laws, driving on' the wrong side of i the street and leaving after collid ing. I Police said Mr. Kyle’s car was i seen speeding in the 6300 block of l Third street N.W. Other cars were s alerted to head him off and at t Thirteenth and Quackenbos streets j N.W., he was stopped by police, i Just before the chase ended, po- I lice said, Mr. Kyle’s car struck one t driven by Robert T. Mftes, 915 Pat ton drive, Silver Spring, but kept 1 going. Damage to Mr. Mees’ car i was slight. Police said the fleeing car ob- ] tained a speed of 50 miles an hour. < Four-Cent Letter Postage Goes To House After Senate Passage Bill Would Abolish Penny Postcard, Increase Airmail and Magazine Rates By the Associated Press ; The cost of mailing a letter would go up from 3 to 4 cents ! under a postal rate increase bill passed by the Senate last night and sent to the House. The measure also would make the penny postcard only a mem- Senate Approval of Pay Raises Expected Next Week. Page A-2 ory, raise airmail rates and in-] crease charges on other types of mail in an effort to sw'ell the Post Office Department’s revenues around S4O million a year. Even so, the department would be left in the red. Its expenses outrun its income more than SSOO million annually. Despite a drawn-out debate and some backing and filling, the Sen ate in the end made only one change in the postal rate increases recommended by its Post Office Committee. By a vote of 36 to 24, it adopted an amendment of Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, making a 60 per cent increase in the postal Brentwood Disbands i Its Police Force After Strip-Tease Episode Council Acts After Chief And Judge Disagree With Town's 'Censors' The Brentwood (Md.) Town Council has settled a feud within its police department over the pro priety of a stripteaser’s exposure by abolishing the department. The Council, by a 4-1 vote last night, decided to eliminate the town police force effective mid night tonight. For the time being, at least, Brentwood will depend on the Prince Georges County Police De-! partment. Cause of the dissension is Ann! Arbor, shapely, 23-year-old strip teaser, who was arrested for in decent exposure at Waldrop’s Restaurant, 4318 Rhode Island avenue, Brentwood, on July 31. Policemen Testify for Her. At Miss Arbor’s trial in Hyatts ville Police Court last month, two Brentwood policemen testified in her defense. Officers Howard L. Bengendahl and Earl Miller said they had observed Miss Arbor’s performance in their official roles as censors and considered it en tirely proper. Trial Magistrate Theodore Miazga disagreed and so did (See BRENTWOOD, Page A-3.) Rubber Tube and Pin Save Woman, 63, With Throat Cut Using a rubber tube and a safety pin, a Gallinger Hospital intern today was credited with saving the life of a 63-year-old woman who apparently had cut her throat with a bread knife. She wa staken to Gallinger after the emergency treatment at her home. 1 Police said a daughter found the woman lying in bed, her throat cut and a bread knife at her side. Dr. George W. Sandifer, the in tern on the ambulance that re sponded to the call, forced a rub ber tube into the injured woman’s severed windpipe and pinned it to the skin of her throat with a safety pin. After the wound was dressed, she was taken to the hospital for further treatment. Her condition : was described as fair. Hospital authorities said n<f ar teries were cut and gave her a ! good chance to recover. The daughter was quoted by po lice as saying her mother had been depressed in recent months. Carrier Home Delivery Evening and Sunday $1.75* Per Month Phone STerling 5000 Washington'* Great Home Newipaper •Night Final 10c Additional Horn* Delivery. Monthly Rites: Evening end Sunday. B1.7B; BE HF.NTS Evening only. *1.30; Sunday only. 45c; Night Pinal. 10c Additional. ** X * J [rates for magazines over a three year period. The increase would be 20 per cent a year instead of the three 10 per cent increases proposed by the committee. Staff members of the committee estimated the ef fect, money-wise, would be to bring in an additional $6 million a year when the full 60 per cent increase took hold. Douglas Move Defeated. 1 Senator Long offered the amendment after Senator Doug las, Democrat, of Illinois was de feated, 32 to 28, in an effort to i boost the rates on both news ! papers and magazines 60 per cent ! instead of 30 per cent over three ! years. At the end of three years, when the 30 per cent increase on news papers and 60 per cent increase on ! magazines would be in full effect, the committee estimated the Post Office Department would realize about sl6 million in additional revenue. The department’s biggest yield (See POSTAL. Page A-3.) Senate Group io Study Plans Aimed at Easing Corporation Tax Rise Work on House Bill Is Due to End Today, With Report Next Week By Cecil Holland Moves to ease the proposed $2,- 280,000.000 tax increase on cor porations may be considered by; the Senate Finance Committee today. Chairman George said a motion may be offered to cut 2 percentage points from the combined normal and surtax corporate rate of 52 iper cent in the House-passed bill. 1 The rate is now 47 per cent, j Senator George also said there definitely would be a motion to make the corporate tax increase retroactive to July of this year rather than January 1. The first of the year date for the retroac tive tax was voted by the House and earlier the Senate Finance Committee went along with it. It was scheduled for consideration again after many business organi-l zations strongly protested the January 1 retroactive feature. Report Due Next Week. The Finance Committee ex pected to complete work on the tax bill during the day. But Senator George said it would be the middle of next week before, a report could be prepared and; the measure submitted for Sen ate consideration. The tax-boosting bill is one of (See TAXES. Page A-3.) Archbishop Leaves China Under Banishment by Reds By (he Associated Press HONG KONG, Sept. B.—Arch- 1 bishop Anthony Riberi, papal in ternuncio, arrived in Hong Kong from Red China today under Communist orders to stay out of Communist China forever. His expulsion severed mainland China’s last link with the Vatican. The Chinese Communist gov ernment announced a “perma nent banishment” order against him Thursday. Peiping radio said last Tuesday the archbishop would be banned for alleged espi onage activities and for encourag ing Catholics to oppose the Com munist government. Archbishop Riberi, 54, was es corted to the Red China-Hong Kong border by three armed Chi nese Red soldiers. He looked well as he stepped off Chinese soil for the first time in almost five years. An Associated Press Newspaper Air Superiority Called a 'Must' By Vandenberg Senators Prepare to Debate $61.1 Billion Defense Measure By J. A. O'Leary A warning from Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg that this country must maintain air superiority if it is to guard against “military dis aster” was before Senators today as they prepared to debate a $61.1 ! billion defense budget next week, i The Senate Appropriations ; Committee heeded the warning by ! adding $5 billion to the more than jsl6 billion the House had already allowed for air expansion, in ap proving the big armed forces j money bill late yesterday. 1 ’ This $61.1 billion for planes, ! tanks, ships and daily upkeep of ! all the uniformed forces until next jjune 30 does not include the $5.7 billion military public works pro gram, the more than $7 billion foreign aid bill, or the cost o£ the fighting in Korea since July 1. The exact total of the public i works and foreign aid bills awaits final agreement between the two | houses, after which another ap . propriation bill will have to be passed. $75 Billion Outlay Seen. If the Korean war continues until next June, it will cost be tween $4 and $5 billion more, according to testimony just re leased by the Senate Appropria tions Committee. Thus, the total to be appropri ated for defense at home and abroad before this Congress ad journs is likely to exceed $75 bil lion. Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, in charge of the armed forces budget, made it clear last night, however, that all of this money will not be spent with in the current fiscal year, because of the time required to build much !of the defense equipment being provided for. i For example, of the $61.1 bil lion in the Defense Department bill, only $37.9 billion is due to be spent in the year ending June 30, 1952, and $23.1 billion in fis cal 1953. Testimony Released. A 2,000-page volume of testl -1 mony made public by the Senate ' Appropriations group last night is 1 replete with pleas for greater air ■ strength and emphasis on the atom bomb, as the factors that are most likely to avert another World War. Senator O’Mahoney admitted there is “some connection” be tween the additional $5 billion the Senate committee approved for more air power and President Tru man’s reference to secret weapons a few days ago. The Senator said Mr. Truman | “knows as much about them as I do, and I will not amend his words.” Although he avoided any de tailed discussion of new weapons. Senator O’Mahoney said this country has “scientific and indus trial know-how not even approxi mated by any other hation, and we are rapidly developing military power much greater and more effective than that which enabled !us to arm the whole world in the war to crush Hitler.” Readiness Stressed. The Wyoming Senator added he is convinced “no dictator lives who would have a better fate (than Hitler) if he launched” an all-out war.” In his testimony, however, Gen. Vandenberg stressed the impor tance of being ready for the first !blow if war should come. I “The first battles of an air war ;may well be the decisive battles,” jthe general said. “Years are re quired to replace air losses, and during those years a superior air force could operate against us with increasing destructiveness.” Continuing, Gen. Vandenberg J testified: „ | “There is ample evidence that the Soviet rulers have become aware of these facts. They have •not been content to depend on their overwhelming land power -with a powerful short-range air force to support it. “They have built a strategic air force and developed an atomic I bomb—the tried and proven weapon that makes a strategic air 'force so terribly effective. And they are creating a powerful jet fighter and bomber force designed to give them air supremacy over the entire zone where surface battles might be fought. “If we should fail to prevent them from gaining this air su premacy, we could scarcely hope to win the battles on the surface. Any plan for winning them must depend upon our ability to gain (See DEFENSE, Page A-3.) 'Space Cadet' to Start Tomorrow in The Star A new daily and Sunday comic strip —"Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"—will begin appearing in The Star tomorrow. Those who have followed Tom Corbett on television now can enjoy his daring rocket ship adventures in the comic pages of The Evening and Sunday Stor. Phone Sterling 5000 for home delivery. Guide for Readers Amusements . B- 15) Obituary ... A-5 Ch’rch News A-8- 10 . Real Estate B-l-16 Classified A-1 1 -19, Radio A-21 Comics —-A-20-21 Sports . ...A-6-7 Editorial A-4 Society, Clubs A-11 Editorial Articles A-5 Cross-word .. A-20 Lost and Found A-3 Radio-TV A-21