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Weather Forecast Guide for Readers Sunny, windy, milder today; high 55. Fair ■ w ■ a tonight, low’ 34. Tomorrow’, fair, colder; . . T . j ™ , high 48. (Full report on Page A-2.) Amusements ..B-14 Lost and Found A-3 Temperatures Today. Comics6*1 "b 22 23 Radic^TV-B 21 Midnight 33 6 a.m... 37 11 a m... 42 , B"22'?3 Radio-TV . B-21 2 a m. 34 8 a.m... 38 Noon ...46 SSMLrV"™ r—A'13'15 4 a m... 36 10 a m... 41 1 pan... 50 x EditO'l Articles.A-ll Woman's ___ _ Financial_A-17 Section ..j.B-3-6 .L°te-Ne* Y°rk MofketS- P^:17’. ___. . An~AssocTated PreTs Newspo'^r 99th Year. No. 330. Phone ST. 5000 S ★★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1951—FORTY-TWO PAGES. 5 CENTS Taft Challenges Truman Charges On Ohio Election 'Sinister Conspiracy' Spent $3 to His $1, Senator Tells Probers By J. A. O'Leary Senator Taft, Republican, of| Ohio today described as "com pletely false" President Truman’si statement last week that "special Interests” poured money into Ohio last year to re-elect him. Appearing as the first witness In a Senate investigation into the 1950 Ohio campaign. Senator Taft unfolded in more than 20,000 words his own series of charges that labor unions took the lead in a “sinister conspiracy” to pun-' ish him for his legislative record in the Senate. He estimated that his oppo nents "spent $3 for every dollar' spent in my behalf by my sup porters.” Specifically, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy : Committee accused his opposition of "excessive use of money, pour- < ing funds into Ohio from every i State in the Union” and of using false-front organizations and; "carpet-baggers" to campaign I against him. i< Charges Communism. 1 “Furthermore.” he added, "the campaign had a peculiar Commu- ' nist undertone, which included a detailed blueprint for the cam paign drawn up by Gus Hall, sec retary of the Ohio Communist Party and top national Commu nist.” Senator Taft denied that he injected a religious issue into the campaign, but said his opponent made such a charge lat^ in the campaign. Senator Taft's Democratic op ponent last year was State Audi-; tor Joseph T. Ferguson, a Catho lic. Mr. Ferguson is expected to! testify tomorrow. ' No committee of mine nor any supporter of mine, with my ap proval. raised a religious issue at any time in the campaign,” Sen ator Taft testified. “Toward the end of the campaign my opponent made this charge, and I then made this public statement: ‘My oppo-,' nent is sufficiently desperate to make any kind of charge here at 1 the last moment. A man named ] Stonebrunner wrote a letter ask ing some of his co-religionists to | vote against my opponent. I never heard of Stonebrunner and he is . certainly no friend of mine. The 1 appeal he made is contrary to every principle in which I believe, and every principle urged by my ' committees or myself. It is my ’ opponent who is trying to make 1 votes by raising a religious issue.’ ” j Ferguson Present. Mr. Ferguson was in the roomi as Senator Taft testified today) and followed a copy of the volum-: inous prepared statement of the, Senator. “Mr. Republican” lost no time | In hitting back at President Tru man's reference to Ohio in the) President’s speech to the Worn-! an's Democratic Club here last week. The Senator, who is now an active candidate for the Repub lican presidential nomination next year, also charged that outsiders: appeared to be trying to use the Senate elections subcommittee for “a purely Democratic political maneuver.” He expressed con fidence his colleagues will not per mit “outsiders in the Democratic National Committee or the Presi dent of the United States himself j to use this committee as a politi-; cal smear weapon. I shall show today that the President's state ments regarding the Ohio cam paign are untrue.” Senator Taft attached to his statement a series of exhibits to show the type of campaign he said was conducted against him. He listed a 16-page comic book he said was distributed against him and which he called “the most infa mous piece of political propaganda ever devised.” He also gave the committee copies of what he called “the grand-daddy of all political com posite photographs.” He said it appeared in the CIO News on October 14, 1946, and that it “pur ports to show me in conference wuth two Nazi leaders.” The Serator said he has heard the committee is interested in composite photographs. This was an obvious reference to the ear lier Maryland investigation in which a composite photograph was used against former Demo cratic Senator Tydings. Under later questioning by Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Republican, of Maine, ‘Senator Taft said the 1946 composite photograph was not used against him last year. He said use was made of a group photograph including him with Earl Browder, but it was not a composite. He said the circum stances were that in 1936 he went as representative of the Republi can National Committee to ad dress the American Youth Con gress. When he got there he found Stanley High representing the Democrats, Norman Thomas the Socialists and Earl Browder the Communists. He said they were all photographed together on the platform. Another exhibit Senator Taft filed today was a letter from John L. Lewis on stationery of the United Mine Workers of America, addressed to the Ohio Coal Oper ators’ Association in September, 1950, urging the coal mine owners not to let Senator Taft enter coal ^ (See OHIO, Page A-6.) ^ ■' i Caudle Tells House Tax Probe He Fears Attempts on His Life Hearing Recessed to Permit Examination Of Fraud Files Relinquished by McGrath BULLETIN « T. Lamar Caudle said today he had received favors includ ing the use of an automobile from a North Carolina taxi-fleet operator under tax investiga tion. He insisted he had noti fied the Revenue Bureau he would disqualify himself if the case should be referred to the Justice Department but that it never was. By Cecil Holland Theron Lamar Caudle, ousted Assistant Attorney Geneial, today told a House subcommittee inves tigating tax scandals that he had been warned “my life is in dan ger” in Charlotte. N. C„ for insti tuting tax fraud investigations of rackets there. Mr. Caudle, a 47-year-old North Carolinian, dramatically related Pictures on Page A-4. that an attempt was made to run him down with an automobile on a trip to Charlotte "a year or so ago.” “I was afraid of my life,” Mr. Caudle declared. “I am afraid of my life.” - j He testified as the House Ways and Means subcommittee, headed by Representative King, Demo-j :rat, of California, began public Hearings into his activities as chief of the Justice Department’s tax division charged with pro secuting tax violators. The subcommittee planned to recess the hearings on Mr. Caudle’s activities shortly after noon in order to examine tax fraud files in the Justice Depart ment in connection with the Cau 'dle testimony. In an eleventh-hour agreement, the Justice Department made the files available to the House inves tigators. The staff, it was indi cated, would spend this afternoon examining cases about which Mr. Caudle will be questioned. The hearings are expected to resume tomorrow morning. The subcommittee has been at tempting for several weeks to ob tain access to the Justice Depart ment files. An appeal was made by Chairman King to President Truman two weeks ago. but whether a presidential ruling re sulted in the files being made available has not been disclosed. Mr. Caudle resigned recently at the request of President Truman, who said his outside activities were not consistent with the duties of the office he held. Mr. Caudle, in an impassioned' statement, blamed ’’malicious", rumors against him on Frank Lit tlejohn, chief of police in Char-; (Continued on Page A-4. Col. 2) j Wreckage Searched For More Victims of Alabama Train Crash 18 Dead, 60 Injured Is Toll as Fliers Meet In Head-on Collision By the Associated Press WOODSTOCK. Ala.. Nov. 26.— Workers today searched the man gled wreckage of a combination passenger-baggage car for addi tional victims in a streamliner 1 collision which killed 18 and in jured 60. Two de luxe New York-New Orleans passenger trains met headon yesterday afternoon. The northbound Southerner pulled from a siding here into the Jnion Pacific Crash Kills 5 Crewmen. Page A-6 Mabama Wreck Pictures on Page 8-1. ____ path of the onrushing southbound Crescent. The crash turned the first car of the Southerner into a giant coffin. The trains met on a high rail road trestle 29 miles southwest of Birmingham. The Crescent was using the Southern tracks because a bridge was out on the Louisville and Nashville lines near New Or leans, 320 miles away. Pulls Out of Siding. The Southerner had stopped after pulling out from the sid ing. The Crescent rounded a curve and roared into it. Normally the Crescent operates over the Southern to Atlanta, over the West Point route to Montgomery, Ala., and thence to New Orleans via the L&N. All of the known dead were on the Southerner, most of them in the first car, which wras smashed like an eggshell. Trainmen said P. J. Powers, Birmingham, engi neer of the northbound train, was killed and his body caught in the wreckage. It had not been recovered. 15 Removed From Car. Fifteen Negro dead were re moved from the ill-fated car, the Mississippi, a combination bag gage-passenger coach with 22 seats. It was telescoped by the car behind it. Rescue workers cut into the car with torches to bring out the vic tims. One of the first was a plump, unmarked baby girl of 2 or 3. K. C. Shults, division superin tendent of the Alabama Great Southern (a division of the South ern Railway) said there was no indication that safety signals which should have stopped the Southerner on its siding were not working. 60-Mile Speed Estimated. The northbound train had gone into the siding to allow its south bound companion train to pass. The 13-car Crescent was a few minutes behind the other south bound train. Mr. Shults said the Crescent probably was running at about 60 miles an hour when it hit. Seven cars of the Crescent left the tracks, with four plunging off the 40-foot embankment. Almost miraculously, no one was killed in the cars which dropped to the ground. Next to the “Mississippi” was an extra coach on the Southerner and few if any passengers were using it. The Southerner’s eight cars werecrowded with 214 passengers. Only\|119 were on the Crescent. RAF Crash Kills Two BEVERLEY, England, Nov. 26 ;(#*)•—A four-engined Lincoln bomber crashed near here today, killing two Royal Air Force men. Of the 13 other occupants, a party of RAF rugby players en route home from a game on the Isle of Man, one man was seriously in jured and several others were less badly jiurt. ^ U. S. Agrees to Meet Russia lor Private Disarmament Talks But Doubt Is Expressed On Success of Bid by Asian-Arab States By th« Associated Pre*i PARIS, Nov. 26.—The United States agreed today to get to gether with Russia for private dis-, armament talks as suggested by a group of Asian-Arab states, but expressed doubt as to the useful ness of the move. Iraq, Pakistan and Syria sub mitted a resolution to the 60 member United Nations Political Committee asking that the Big Four—Russia, the United States, Britain and France—meet pri vately under the presidency of Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico to try to recon cile the Western and Russian dis armament plans. Earlier Efforts Cited. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup later told the committee the United States was ready to do this if the committee voted it. He pointed out, however, that the deputy foreign ministers of the four countries had tried for 14 weeks last spring to reach such an agreement without success. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky told reporters he had not yet decided on an answer to the Asian-Arab move aimed at easing East-West tension. Dr. Jessup challenged the con tention of some of the small pow ers that it was useless for the Assembly to continue discussion of disarmament without prior agreement among the Big Four. The General Assembly, he said, ‘‘should not abandon its efforts in this field. We should leave no stone unturned.” First Reply to Vishinsky. In the first American answer to Mr. Vishinsky’s major policy address last Saturday. Dr. Jes sup went on to stress the impor tance the Western powers put on a “foolproof” system of verifying arms disclosures made by the powers. He insisted that under the Soviet plan the world would just have to take the word of various countries that they were disarming. At the beginning of his speech. Dr. Jessup took note of Mr. 'Vishinsky’s remark last week in which he accused Secretary of State Dean Acheson of hurrying off to the NATO meeting in Rome and leaving behind a “second-rate representative.” Dr. Jessup said he hoped Mr. Vishinsky would have the patience to listen to “one to whom he re ferred with his customary cour tesy as a second-rate representa tive.” Submitted by Rau. The Asian-Arab resolution was submitted shortly after India’s Sir Benegal Rau had made a sugges tion for a reconciliation commit tee to try to harmonize the two different sets of disarmament pro posals. Sir Benegal stressed an end to the Korean war was “the first essential” to easing East West tension. Dr. Jessup said the Assembly could go ahead and set up the administrative machinery for dis armament without waiting for this. The Indian diplomat also sub :mitted a separate resolution urg ing the great powers to spend the | money they are now devoting to 'armaments to raising the stand ard of living in underdeveloped countries. Chance of Compromise Dim. The private sessions would sub stitute for the public debate which has been raging in the United Na tions for the past three weeks. Syria and Iraq joined Pakistan in sponsoring the resolution sud mitted by Zafrullah Kahn to es tablish the conciliation group. The proposals came as many U. N. delegates, studying Mr. Vish insky’s proposal Saturday to tack f (See U. N., Page A-4.)^ Allies and Reds Agree on Korea Cease-Fire Line Shooting Will Stop if 3 Other Points Are Settled in 30 Days By tha Associated Press MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 26._ Allied and Communist staff officers tonight agreed on the exact loca tion of a 145-mile line across Korea where the shooting will stop if an armistice is signed within 30 days. > Only signatures of the truce negotiators are needed to complete settlement of the second item on the armistice agenda — fixing a cease-fire line. The subcommittees will meet in Panmunjom tomorrow at 10 a.m. (8 p.m. EST Monday) to approve the proposal. The full five-man armistice delegations will open a plenary session one hour later. Formal adoption of the buffer zone clause is expected to be a mere formality. Then in a race against the 30 day deadline and while the fight ing goes on, the negotiators will work on three other points that must be agreed on before a full armistice can be signed. There still is a possibility of an armistice in Korea by Christmas, but no one in an official position at the U. N camp would risk a prediction tha* a truce can be ne gotiated by then. Both Sides Initial Maps. The staff officers pinpointed the j last sector of the cease-fire linej at 6:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m., EST) i after a marathon session lasting’ almost 7!2 hours. Before the agreement, censors ■ permitted identification of the; present battle line roughly as fol-}} lows: |! It starts on the east coast 3 miles south of Kosong, more than , 40 miles north of Parallel 38; mov ing westward it runs just below Mundung which is 2 Vi miles north of Heartbreak Ridge: tTien due west to a point just south of Kum song; southwest to a point 3 miles north of Kumhwa; west to point 5 miles northwest of Chorwon: southwest 35 miles down to mouth j of Imjim River where it joins the! Han south of the 38th Parallel, then along north shore of Han to the Yellow Sea. The official U. N. command communique said minor differ ences cropped up after the offi cers reached general agreement on the line of battle contact. All I were ironed out and the line was drawn on two sets of maps which both sides initialed. There will be a new member of the U. N. command armistice delegation at Panmunjom. Rear Admiral R. E. Libby arrived in Munsan today to replace Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke. Ad miral Burke has been a delegate i since the truce talks began July 10. He is leaving for a new as signment in Washington. Admiral Libby, a native of Spokane, Wash., has been commander of Cruiser Division 3 in Korean waters. The cease-fire line approved by the negotiators will be the center of a demilitarized buffer zone 2 Vi I :miles wide if an armistice is} signed within 30 days of the ap-i proval expected tomorrow. Agreement After Four Months. The fighting will continue until an armistice is reached, and If the negotiators fail to reach agreement within the time limit, the line will be redrawn just be fore the truce goes into effect to cover battle changes. After the buffer zone clause is formally approved, the truce dele gations first will try to agree on measures for enforcing the armi stice, including inspections behind the front lines. Two other tough problems also must be solved before an armis tice can become effective. They are the exchange of war prison ers and recommendations to the | belligerent governments. Including withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. i Agreement on the proposed cease-fire line came four months after armistice delegations first tackled the problem—July 27. Today's session was the long est held by any group of truce negotiators since the talks began, j Helicopter Tour Called Off. When the staff officers met this morning therfe were 10 points on the battle line still in dispute. When they recessed for lunch four had been settled. Agreement was reached on the other six in a five hour afternoon session. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, U. N. command spokesman, said during the morning session the Communists admitted the validity of three Allied claims, while the U. N. conceded one point to the Rfids because the area involved now is in Communist hands. 1 For a time it looked as though the staff officers might '■ tour the battle line by helicopter to check on whicn side held the areas still in dispute. A ’copter stood by an1 , hour before plans for th? tour , were called off. — British Tea Up 20% LONDON, Nov. 26 (JP).— The price of a cup of tea—the British national beverage—went up 20 per cent in London today. Leading tea shops announced an increase of half a penny a cup to three pence (3Va cents). The old price had held steady since 1939. The Shot That Was Not Heard Around the World Eisenhower Tells NATO Chiefs To Stop Haggling Over Jobs Britain Reported Balking at U. S. Naval Leadership and Use of American Rifles fty th« Associated Pres* ROME, Nov. 26.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower sternly warned At lantic pact commanders today to stop haggling over command ap pointments, forget individual na tional glory and “attempt the impossible” in building true West ern security against aggression by pooling their sovereignty. He declared that unless Europe's defense line is built strongly, far east of the Rhine, there never will be peace without fear. This was interpreted as a definite ref erence to inclusion of German forces in the Atlantic pact army. The Atlantic pact supreme com mander addressed the North At lantic Treaty Organization chiefs of staff in advance of an appear ance before the 12-nation NATO Council. He is slated to tell its members they must step up their; defense efforts for peace through strength. As he spoke, qualified sources reported that Britain again had turned down a proposal to set) up an American-led North Atlan-i tic naval command at once. Brit ain is committed, on paper, to accepting an American admiral: as head of the North Atlantic; command, but apparently the! British want action deferred until a Briton is put in charge of the projected Middle East Command. The Atlantic pact defense minis ters are recommending that this action be put off until Greece and Turkey formally enter the part nership, probably in January. The same sources said Prime (See NATO, Page A-4.) Reinforced Reds Push Allied Troops Back Near Truce Talks Site Attack by Up to 24,000 Chinese Is Shattered At 'Little Gibraltar' ly the Associated Prttt SEOUL, Korea. Nov. 26.—Com munist troops today attacked sav iagely through deep snow and bit iter cold at both ends and in the center of the Korean battle j line. j In the west, Advancing U. N. troops were hit by a reinforced Communist battalion south of Panmunjom, the site of cease-fire negotiations. Some 20 miles away, near Yonchon, Allied forces yes terday had shattered an attack by up to 24,000 Chinese against “Little Gibraltar.” Eighth Army headquarters said I Allied troops were pushing toward jhigh ground south of Panmunjom when the Reds counterattacked, ;shoving the U. N. forces back toward their main lines. Defenders Driven Out. East of the Pukhan River on the central front, where the U. N. command launched a victorious two-day line-straightening offen sive November 17-18, a Red bat talion drove Allied defenders out of three advanced positions. Southwest of Kumsong, in the same general area, U. N. forces mounted an attack of their own and recaptured an advance posi tion recently lost to the Reds. Two Communist attacks against a hill position northwest of Yang gu were beaten off, the 8th Army said. ^ Seek Strategic Position. The U. N. command has ex pressed belief the Reds were try ; ing to grab strategic positions while truce negotiators at Pan munjom mapped the battle line. Victory in such a campaign would have far-reaching effects, since the line will become the perma nent cease-fire line if an armistice is signed within 30 days after the line is adopted. In the air. Allied and Com munist jets tangled today in a new air battle over North Korea. The 5th Air Force said 17 F-86 Sabre Jets tangled with nearly 60 MIG-15s and damaged two in an action swinging from 35,000 feet down to 19.000. It reported that all the Sabres returned safely. Snow up to six inches, tempera tures as low as 10 above zero and icy winds up to 60 miles an hour heralded the first big wintry storm. Tangerine Queen Picked WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Nov. 26 UP).—Florida’s new Tangerine Queen is a girl from the land of ice and snow, Nancie Cooper of Milwaukee, Wis. She Is a sopho more at Hollins College. ^ Business Units Urged To Give Extra Push For Chest Campaign Drive Is $600,000 Short of Goal Here, Officials Report Business employes will be urged to give the Community Chest an extra push toward victory this week. A thousand of Washington's large business firms haven’t fin ished solicitation yet, according to campaign officials. Some big downtown office buildings also haven't been covered completely. Another $600,000 still is needed to reach the campaign’s goal, and $350,000 of it must come from the District’s business workers. Leaders of the two business units were due to meet today to plan the wind-up effort. The drive is scheduled to end Friday, and Chairman Thornton W. Owen says there won’t be another extension. In the suburbs, Alexandria and Montgomery County both are nearing the top. Outstanding Montgomery campaigners will re ceive awards at a luncheon at noon tomorrow at the Glenbrook Club. Meanw'hile, more plans for Wednesday’s dedication of the new USO-Lafayette Square club at the Belasco Theater were an nounced by Joseph D. Kaufman, chairman of the National Capital USO Committee. Chest funds will operate the club. Besides an address by Assistant Defense Secretary Anna M. Ros enberg, the ceremonies at 3 p.m. will include talks by Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue, Harvey S. Firestone, jr„ national USO chair man: Dr. Lindsley F. Kimball, USO president, and Actress Au drey Totter, who will describe vis its to military hospitals in Korea. China Matches Only 4% Bad HONG KONG. Nov. 26 (.P).— “The percentage of useless matches per small box,” says the Communist New China news agency in a dispatch from Shang hai, “has been reduced from 6 per cent to less than 4 per cent.” Late News Bulletin Bond Ruling Stands The Supreme Court refused today to reconsider its October 22 refusal to review a case in volving the authority of District Court judges to reject a bonds man’s license application without a hearing. The Court of Ap peals here had ruled the Dis trict Court must grant a hear iB*- 4 ■I 3 lo 12 Cents Raise Is Granted Per Diem U. S. Defense Workers ; Pay Boost for 45,000 In This Area Will Go In Effect December 2 By Joseph Young The Defense Department has granted pay laises ranging from 3 to 12 cents an hour to 45,000 per, diem employes in the Washington area. The raises go in effect on De cember 2. It is the third increase j ^— -— -* ! Liberalized fay System Sought far Blue Collar Workers. See Federal Spot light. Page A-2 for Federal per diem workers here in a little over a year. | Those getting the raise are the |per diem (blue collar) workers in the various Army. Navy and Air Force installations this year. Will Average 5 Cents. The raise wfll average about 5 cents an hour or 2 8 per cent for the per diem workers who are em ployed in the skilled and me chanical crafts and trades. In cluded are machinists, elec tricians, carpenters, mechanics, apprentice helpers and various others employed in the skilled trades. The amount of the raise was greater than had been expected, i Previously. Defense Department officials had indicated the boost would be 2 to 3 cents an hour less. The amount of increase will de pend on an employe's grade. Un der the wage board setup, there are grades ranging from 1 to 36. Those in the lower grades will receive a 4-cents-an-hour boost, with the amount increasing to a high of 12 cents for employes in the top grades. Reflect Private-Pay Trend. Defense officials said the in creases reflected the upward trend in salaries in private industry in the Washington area. Salaries of per diem workers in Government are fixed by Federal wage boards- and are based on salaries in comparable private in dustry jobs in the particular lo cale where the per diem workers are employed. _ ! ~ - ... . Ex-Federal Workers To Get Leave Payment The Controller General today ruled that Government employes who left the service from last July 1 to October 30 are entitled to further cash' payment for their unused annual leave. The additional leave pay will: range up to a maximum of two days’ salary. Former employes may go about getting their addi tional payment by getting in touch with the personnel office of their former agency. The situation stemmed from the new 13 to 26 days a year annual leave system, which replaced the former 20-day Douglas leave rider which was in effect for only four months. During the time the Douglas rider was in effect, employes leav ing the Government were paid accumulated cash leave on the basis of the 20-day system. How ever, the new leave law wiped out the four months’ tenure of the Douglas rider. Under the new law, Government employes will receive leave credit at the rate of 26 days for 1951.: Employes will go on the 13-to-26-i days-a-year leave system, based on seniority, starting next January 6 Trucker Killed in Crash FREMONT, Ohio, Nov. 26 (£>).— Roy Jork, 23, East Paterson (N. J.) truck driver, was killed yesterday when his tractor-trailer hit the side of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight car at nearby W^adville. f, Inspector Lutz Named Head of Gambling Squad Capt Chenault Given : Jurisdiction Over Several Precincts By Miriam Ottenberg Acting Police Chief Robert V. Murray today named Inspector Charles H. Lutz to take over gam ibling enforcement and gave him ' a free hand in choosing his squad. At the same time the chief announced the promotion of Capt. (Robert D. Chenault of the 13th ; precinct to be a district inspector, I with several precincts under his | jurisdiction. i The changes, effective Decem ber 1, were announced by Maj. Murray at the District Building ; after he went over his plans with | Commissioner John Russell Young and got his approval, i Inspector Lutz, now head of the police training schools, re lieves Inspector Robert S. Bryant ♦ as head of the gambling squad. Inspector Bryant Praised. Maj. Murray said Inspector Bryant asked to be relieved of the assignment. He said the change was no reflection on Inspector Bryant. He added that he re gards Inspector Bryant as one of the best officers on the force, but Inspector Bryant has many other duties to perform as chairman of the Police Trial Board and as sistant superintendent. Maj. Murray, who will be sworn in as superintendent of police on December 1, has made it clear he regards gambling as one of his major problems, although he con servatively told newsmen today that the personnel shifts should not be interpreted as a campaign on gambling. Inspector Lutz, who was one of the candidates for the chief’s job, is known as tough, aggressive and a strict disciplinarian whose name has never been linked in any way in any public testimony with gambling figures. He is president of the Policemen’s Association. Lutz Has Law Decree. Maj. Murray said one of his reasons for appointing Inspector Lutz was the fact that the inspec tor is a law school graduate, well qualified in the law. and an authority on search, seizure and properly drawn warrants. In spector Lutz earned his law de gree at National University after joining the force in 1925. The chief recalled that a num ber of gambling cases have been thrown out of court because of insufficient warrants. He has al ready announced his intention of Iworking closely with the United States Attorney’s office. i Informed of his appointment. ’Inspector Lutz said: "I’ll do my best to enforce the laws of the District and co-operate with the United States Attorney’s office. It’s not a job I relish but it has to be done and I always do the job that is assigned to me.’’ He cautioned newsmen “not to follow me around with a camera.” Job to Be Rotated. "I am never spectacular,” he added. “I believe in correct en forcement of the laws.” j Maj. Murray said Inspector Lutz will be in charge of the gambling squad for at least six or eight months. The chief added fhat he is going to put the job on a rotating basis. At the same time, he empha sized that the appointment of In spector Lutz will not relieve the precinct captains from enforcing gambling laws. Under Inspector Lutz, Maj. Murray added, he ex pects vigorous enforcement of gambling law’s. The gambling squad has long (See POLICE. Page A-4.) Byrd and Taft to Speak Before AMA Gathering By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Nov. 26—Senators Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia and Taft, Republican, of Ohio will share a platform for discussion of 1952 political issues December 5 in Los Angeles, the American Med ical Association announced today. The senators have been desig nated the principal speakers at an open session of AMA house of del egates in the Los Angeles Shrine auditorium. Mack Reaches Athens | ATHENS. Greece, Nov. 26 (/P). I —Representative Peter F. Mack, ; Democrat, of Illinois, arrived here today from Rome in his single engine plane for the 20t,h stop of his globe-circling good-will tour. His next stop will be An kara, Turkey. Featured Reading Inside Today's Star A FOREIGN POLICY FOR AMER ICANS—Senator Taft calls for United States support for the Chinese No tionalists on Formosa. Today's chap ter, dealing with the Far Eost, appears on Page A-3. GIRL REPORTER IN KOREA— Betty Betz, famous teen-age column ist, tells whot the GIs are talking about in Yie front lines. The first of her 10 ortides from the front appears on Page B-4. REBELLIOUS BRASS—Other gener als have spoken out against Presi dents but Gen. Douglas MacArthur is getting unique treatment, says Star Staff Writer Robert K. Walsh. He discusses talking generals—and what past Presidents have done about them—on Page A-10. |