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Oliphant Defers
Tax Case Story
Several Days
Permitting Testimony
On 'Clique' Great
Error, O'Brien Says
By Cecil Holland
Charles Oliphant. who resigned
two days ago as general counsel
of the Revenue Bureau, today
canceled an appearance he had
requested before the House Ways
and Means subcommittee investi
gating tax scandals.
Representative King. Democrat,
of California, the subcommittee
Toxpoyers to Get Appeol From Bureau to
Avoid Errors in Returns. Page A-3
Government Lowyers Are Faithful to
Duty, McGroth Soys. Page A-3
chairman, announced that Mr.
Oliphant had informed the sub
committee he did not wish to ap
pear today and “wishes to defer
any appearance for at least several
days.’’
The subcommittee’s plan to go
ahead with the scheduled public
hearings with a revenue bureau
official as the witness was called
off after Representative O'Brien,
Democrat, of Illinois charged that
the House group's legal staff had
committed ’’a great error" in al
lowing public testimony last Tues
day alleging a Washington
‘ clique" of several present and
former high-officials was involved
in a $500,000 shakedown attempt.
Would Have Objected.
Mr. O'Brien read a statement
lust as the hearing was about to
get underway, in which he said
he had never heard what Abra
ham Teitelbaum. wealthy Chicago
attorney, was going to say about
the alleged shakedown attempt.
"If I had." Mr. O’Brien added,
“I can assure you I would cer
tainly have objected to same."
Representative King said he
took responsibility for accepting
the Teitelbaum testimony and ab
solved Adrian W. DeWind. chief
counsel, of having made the de
cision as implied by Mr. O'Brien s
statement.
Mr. King said he authorized the
testimony because he could see no
valid reason to refuse to hear the
story of a man who claimed he
had been the victim of a tax
shakedown.
Mr. DeWind was asked if he
might resign as a result of the;
O Brien statement. He said em-:
phatically he had no such plans.
Chairman King and Mr. De
Wind were not informed in ad
vance of Mr. O'Brien s blast at
the Teitelbaum testimony. Mr.)
King delayed the hearing while he
conferred with Mr. DeWind and
subcommittee members.
Then he announced that the
hearings would be recessed until
this afternoon. The witness sched
uled to appear then was Richard
C. Swartz, assistant chief of the
Revenue Bureau's penal division.
Mr. Oliphant's failure to appear
for the scheduled public hearing
caught the subcommittee by sur
prise since only late yesterday he
had sent a letter to Mr. King de
manding a public hearing today.
The hearing was arranged as
Attorney General McGrath an
nounced he had ordered an inves
tigation by a Federal grand jury
here of Mr. Teitelbaum's shake
down story with which he had
linked the names of Mr. Oliphant
and other officials in public testi
mony.
Asked to Be Heard.
Mr. King made it clear that Mr.
Oliphant’s appearance was can
celed at his own request and not
bv the subcommittee. In a for
mal statement the chairman said:
"Mr. Oliphant. in his public
letter of resignation, requested an
opportunity to be heard by this
committee and said he was ready
to come before the committee. On
the morning of the day of his
resignation, he had been invited
to appear before the subcommittee
in closed session. He faild to ap
pear that morning without ex
planation or prior notice. He did,
however, upon further request of
the committee, appear in closed
session that afternoon.
"In response to the demand to
be heard made in his letter of
• See REVENUE. Page A-3.)
Parliament Adjourns
LONDON. Dec. 7 (/P).—Parlia
ment adjourned today until Janu
arj^-29. The 53-day holiday was
decreed by Prime Minister
Churchill to give his new Con
servative government a chance to
work up its legislative program.
District Vote Asked
In T. W. Noyes Book
A new book by the late Theodore W.
Noyes, long-time editor of The Star,
brings between its covers many per
tinent facts relating to national rep
resentation for residents of the Dis
trict. Its appendix brings together
for the first time much historical and
reference data bearing an a little
understood subject.
Copies of the book—"Our National
Capital and Its Un-Americanized
Americans"—are still available in the
lobby of The Star Building for $3.
Mr. Noyes began the book as part
of his long fight for politico! equality
for the District. It has been com
pleted since his death in 1946. Here is
an arsenal of facts for those inter
ested in District affairs. The book
also contains historical photographs of
Washington end cartoons by the late
CliHord K. Berryman, Pulitzer Prize- g
h vmmng Star cartoonist. m
Judge Blames Bradley U. Head
/■or'Debasement' of Athletes
Basketball Boosters Club Also Streit's Target
As He Suspends Sentences of Three in 'Fix'
By the Anociot«d Pr«n
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Judge
Saul S. Streit today gave sus
pended sentences to three former
Bradley University athletes in the
basketball bribery scandal and
assailed David Owen, Bradley
president, who he said gave “uni
versity sanction to their moral
debasement.”
In Peoria, Mr. Owen said he had
no immediate comment.
The former players were Gene
(Squeaky) Melchiorre, an All
America star; George Chianakis
and William Mann. They were
brought before Judge Streit in
General Sessions Court for sen
tence on charges of conspiracy to
"fix" games.
The three had pleaded guilty
October 24 in connection with a
plot to fix the game with Bowl
ing Green, played March 19. 1949.
during the National Invitation
Tournament in Madison Square
Garden. They faced a maximum
sentence of three years in prison.
The Bradley stars were among
31 players from seven schools in
volved in point-fixing scandals. Of
the others, five have been sen
tenced to jail and nine others
have received suspended sentences.
"The defendants at the bar
were corrupted and demoralized
by a system which set athletic
success above education,” Judge
Streit said.
Declaring President Owen
“failed to guard the pre-eminence
of academic standards,” the judge
added: *
“By his acquiescence in their
subsidization and his extensive
traveling with the members of;
the team while their studies were
ignored, he gave official university;
sanction to their moral debase
ment.”
The three former players stood
for more than an hour during the
court proceedings. Their faces
were pale and tense.
Assistant District Attorney Vin
cent A. G. O’Connor told the
court District Attorney Frank S.
Hogan recommended clemency
for them so that they might re
turn to "useful lives.”
Mr. O'Connor praised Chianakis
for his testimony before the
grand jury.
"He honestly poured out the
depths of his heart and soul to
give the jurors every 'possible
ounce of his thoughts and inten
tions, both favorable and un
favorable to him,” Mr. O'Connor
said.
Before the sentencing John E.
Cassidy, a Peoria lawyer and
former Illinois attorney general,
pleaded for mercy for the trio.
He said Bradley's growth had
been “too fast and its athletic
program to ambitious.” This was
i Continued on Page A-9, Col. 1.)
'Chairborne' Airmen
Still Too Numerous,
Senate Probers Say
Survey of Six Air Bases
Shows Variety of Waste,
Committee Reports
By J. A. O'Leary
The Air Force still has too many
able-bodied men in “chair corps"
jobs, the Senate Preparedness
subcommittee reported today.
After a survey of six airbases
in this country, the subcommit
tee urged wider use of WAFs and
limited-service men, declaring that
these sources of manpower “have
been scarcely tapped." The sub
committee estimated that carry
ing out this recommendation
would make another division
available for the combat forces.
The subcommittee also reported
finding evidence of a variety of
instances of waste at the six bases
visited, and repeated for the Air
Force its earlier recommendation
that the Navy and Marine Corps
rate officers according to their
“cost consciousness" in making
promotions.
Six Bases Covered.
The six bases covered by this
report are Langley. Va.; Carswell,
Tex.; Lowry, near Denver; Mather,
near Sacramento: March Base in
California, and Keesler in Mis
sissippi.
The subcommittee found that,
on the whole, Air Force person
nel are well fed, housing is satis
factory and morale is good.
On the complaint side, it re
ported :
Some evidence of wasteful
stocking of food, such as coffee
and spices.
The cost of training plane
crews is “extraordinarily high,” |
and announced it will make a
further study of such costs.
Training Affected.
Training has been affected by
the shortage of aircraft parts,
electronic equipment and by the
scarcity of trained maintenance
personnel.
In some places serviceable din
ing hall furniture was being re
placed needlessly.
The subcommittee conceded
that some of the cases of waste
cited in this report seem small,
and said if these were isolated
cases it would merely call them
to the attention of commanding
officers. It added, however, that
such cases are not confined to
these six airbases, but have
cropped up in all branches of the
service.
“The lesson of economy must
be driven home to every one in the
armed services and not just to a
few’ individual officers,” the re
port continued. “Cost conscious
ness must be the w'atch-word of
all who wear the uniform."
Air Defense Exercise
In D. C. Area Marks
Date of Pearl Harbor
'Paper' Tests on Assumed
Atomic Attack Get
Under Way at Noon
A rehearsal of military forces
which must recognize the possibil
ity of another sneak attack was
in progress here today on the 10th
anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Units in and around Washing
ton were testing them ability to
cope with a surprise air raid whose
bombs would have far more force
than the total tonnage dropped by
the Japanese on December 7, 1941.
The assumed atomic attack on
the National Capital will involve
no movements of troops or air
craft.
First phase came at noon when
all participating units went on a
24-hour alert.
Services Co-operate.
Warning sirens will be sounded
at undisclosed times before noon
tomorrow at Bolling and Andrews
Air Force Bases, the south post
at Fort Myer and at military in
stallations on National Airport.
The Military District of Wash
ington is sponsoring the test in
co-operation with the headquar
ters command of the Air Force,
the Potomac River Naval Com
mand, the District National
Guard, the Coast Guard. Civil
Aeronautics Administration and
civil defense units of Washington
and nearby Maryland and Vir
ginia.
Plans will be carried out on
“paper" only, it was announced.
The only exception will be the
personnel at communications
posts who will relay signals as to
the approaching attack, the devel
oping situation, and the counter
measures to be taken.
Ceremony at Arlington.
The public was asked to disre
gard any "alarming” messages
which might be intercepted by
ham radio operators or by other
means during the test period. The
word "exercise” will precede and
end each uncoded message it was;
announced.
Meanwhile, the anniversary of
Pearl Harbor was to be observed
at Arlington Cemetery today by
the Amvets with ceremonies at
the mass burial place of 253 vic
tims of the torpedoing of the
U. S. S. Serpens.
Purpose of the ceremony. Na
tional Commander John L. Smith
said is to “pay tribute to those
who died in the sneak attack on
the American fleet” and “to re
mind America that it must re
main strong and prepared so long
as threats of aggressions exist in
the world.”
800 Stay Out
As Pupil Strike
Enters 2d Day
Neither Side Yields
On School Shift Issue;
PTA Calls Meeting
School authorities adopted a
"wait and see” attitude today on
the strike of pupils at the Payne
and Webb Elementary Schopls,
which today went into its second
day.
None of the 800 pupils reported!
for classes at the 9 o'clock opening
hour this morning, and there was
no sign of a disposition for a quick
settlement from either side.
School officials said they have
no plans to reconsider proposed
transfers of many school children
in the Payne-Webb section—the
issue in the strike.
Lemon H. Moses, jr., president
of the Payne-Webb Parent
Teacher Association, said parents;
still plan to keep their children
home at least until Tuesday, when
a mass meeting is scheduled.
Parents Won’t Yield.
Mr. Moses indicated the parents
would not be moved by an appeal
mailed to them yesterday by
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning.
Dr. Corning urged the parents to
return the children to school im
mediately for their own sakes, but
the letters were not delivered un
til today—too late for any effect
on today’s attendance.
Mrs. Catherine W. Jones, PTA
secretary, said a meeting will be
sought Monday or Tuesday with
Dr. Corning. The group will ask
an •’explanation” of the school
head's position, she said.
The association's executive
board is scheduled to meet at 4
pm. Sunday. But the session isi
not expected to change plans for
continuing the strike next week,
according to Mr. Moses.
Meanwhile, parents continued
picketing the school buildings to
day.
Teachers were at their posts as
usual at the two schools this
morning. Yesterday 16 pupils
showed up for morning classes at
Webb, and nine remained during
the afternoon. But none reported
to Payne, and this morning the
few children who did appear re
mained outside.
Mr. Moses said parents of the
Webb children who attended
school yesterday had been ap
proached last night and asked to
co-operate in the strike.
One Pupil Intercepted.
One fourth-grader, whose par
ents were not reached, did report
for class this morning. But Mr.
Moses intercepted him and took
him home again. The boy. Ron
ald Hughes. 9. of 1604 Rosedale
street N.E., did not return.
The strike was voted Wednes
day night only a few hours after
the Board of Education decided
to transfer the Madison Ele
mentary School to colored pupils
in order to relieve overcrowded
conditions in colored schools in
the Payne-Webb area, not far
from the Capitol.
The Madison transfer would be
accompanied by pupil shifts in
several other schools, including
Payne and Webb.
The shifts would occur February
1. They would move some Payne
Webb pupils to Maury, some
Maury pupils to Lovejoy and some
Lovejoy pupils to Madison. Madi
son's white pupils would go to five
other schools, all now below
capacity.
Payne-Webb parents instead
(See SCHOOLS. Page A-9.)
Coal to Newcastle:
Irishman Offers U.S.
Potato Moonshine
By th« Associated Press
DUBLIN, Dec. 7.—A member of
the Irish Dail (Parliament) last;
night suggested exporting Irish
moonshine to the United States to
earn dollars for Ireland.
The illegal potent brew, called
“poteen,” is distilled from pota- j
toes.
The Dublin Evening Herald of
fered another suggestion in an
editorial:
“We suggest that poteen should
be tried first on the Russians who
no doubt would class it as another
of their discoveries if they were in
a fit condition to do so after
sampling it.”
I
These Men Remember Pearl Harbor Day
By Ed Creogh
Associated Press Staff Writer
The onetime Army private who
first spotted Japanese planes mov
ing in on Pearl Harbor is a rail
road man now.
His buddy, who also stared at
the radar screen that tragic Sun
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Pearl Harbor Raid. Page A-S
day morning and figured some
thing was up, now works in &
telephone office.
And the lieutenant who received
their report of approaching
planes? He's commanding the
81st Air Base group in England
these days. He still says he was
surprised that the planes turned
out to be enemy bombers on a
sleepy morning 10 years ago today.
That’s the 10-years-after story
of Pvt. Joseph L. Lockard, who
later became a first lieutenant; ofi
Pvt. George E. Elliott, later a j
sergeant, and of Lt. Kermit A. I
Tyler, now a lieutenant colonel.
“Ten years ago as a first lieu-!
tenant,” Col. Tyler told a reporter
at Bentwaters, Suffolk, England,
"I was watch officer in the fighter
operations room at Wheeler Field.
“As the clock neared 7, the
night staff moved off and I was
left with only a telephone oper
ator. The phone rang. The radar
tower reported planes on the
screen.
“We were expecting some B-17s
in but not from that direction, so
I was surprised and told radar to
keep watchnig.”
The bombs began falling at 7:55
a.m.
Col. Tyler is 38 now. He’s get
ting everything ready for his wife,
Marian, of Palo Alto, Calif., and
their two children to join him by
Christmas.
Mr. Lockard. 30, who phoned
km lint message to Col. TyleAm
Pearl Harbor Day, is an assistant
track supervisor for the Pennsyl
vania Railroad in Philadelphia.
Like Col. Tyler, he’s married
and has a son and a daughter.
He doesn’t care much for talking
about the old days—especially
Pearl Harbor Day.
His recollection differs some
what from Col. Tyler’s, He has
said previously that th# lieuten
ant, when informed of the ap
proaching aircraft, told him to
“forget it.”
Mr. Elliott, 33. is married and
has one son. He does clerical work
for the New Jersey Bell Telephone
Co., at Asbury Park, N. J., and
lives in nearby Long Branch.
Thinking back to December 7,
1941, and the “large flight of
planes” that showed up on the
radar screen, Mr. Elliott says he
was just plain bewildered—“it
didn’t seem possible.”
“I think the United States
would be more alert now.'i he
added. ’
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'51 Version of 'Hare-and-Tortoise'
Corning ’Evaluation'
Is Branded 'Suspect'
By Women Voters j
D. C. League Questions
'Objectivity' of Board's
Personnel Committee
The Board of Education's cur
rent "evaluation" of the services
of School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing was attacked as "suspect" to
day by the District of Columbia
League of Women Voters.
The organization made public
a letter to C. Melvin Sharpe,
school board president, in which
it questioned the objectivity of
the board s Personnel Committee
The committee now is consider
ing Dr. Coming's qualifications for
reappointment. The voters’ league
urged that the evaluation task be
removed from the committee and
taken over by the board as a
whole.
‘Impartial’ Group Urged.
It also called on the Board to
appoint an “impartial" committee*
of citizens or educators to evalu
ate the school board itself.
The group is the fourth to voice
criticism over the investigation
into Dr. Coming's administration.1
The Personnel Committee has
circulated a questionnaire among
school principals on the superin
tendent’s fitness.
The other organizations are the
Washington Central Labor Union.
Elementary Classroom Teachers'
Association and Twentieth Cen
tury Club. !
Text of Letter.
The text of the league's letter
follows:
‘‘The District of Columbia
League of Women Voters, as a
non-partisan organization inter
ested in Government, has followed
school affairs in Washington over
a period of years with increasing
interest.
“We have attended school board
meetings, submitted panels of
candidates for board positions,
conducted meetings on school af
fairs. spoken out in support of
budget needs, and taken a stand
on local and national legislation
affecting our schools. We feel that
we now have a responsibility to
speak out concerning the evalua
tion of the school superintendent.
“The principle of making an
evaluation of the school superin
tendent before reaching a de
cision on reappointment is a
sound one. Its purpose is to as
sure careful assessment of assets
and liabilities, instead of a judg
ment based on personal prefer
ences or prejudices. But the ef
fectiveness of an evaluation rests;
squarely on the assumption that
the entire process will be as im- i
partial and objective as is possible.
Committee Questioned.
“We believe that this criterion
is being violated in the present!
evaluation of Dr. Hobart M. Corn- j
ing. The personnel committee
and its methods have drawn in
creasing public criticism, cul-!
minating in a reaction against
the unfortunate questionnaire, j
Any evaluation by this commit- j
tee will now be suspect. We urge j
the Board of Education to re- i
lieve the standing personnel com- j
mittee of this responsibility and
to constitute itself a committee j
of the whole to consider this
question with all its implications, j
“An evaluation of the school
(See CORNING, Page A-5.)
Atlantic Searched for B-29
Missing on Bermuda Flight
ly th* Associated Press
HAMILTON. Bermuda. Dec. 7. :
—An American B-29 with 18
aboard is overdue here on a flight :
from the Azores and a search for
the Superfortress is under way,
United States Air Force officials
said today.
The plane left Lages Air Force)
Base in the Azores at 11:25 p.m.i
yesterday and was due at Kindley
Field at 10 a.m.
There has been no radio contact
with the plane, which
enough fuel to last 15 houri
Monroney Urges Mass Output
Of Atomic Artillery Weapons
Proposal Follows Revelation by Collins
That New Arms Will Be Ready Soon
By John A. Giles
Senator Monroney called today
for a program next year for pro
duction "on a sizable scale" of
new atomic artillery weapons.
The Oklahoma Democrat's state
ment followed a declaration last
night by Gen. J. Lawton Collins
that the United States has devel
oped such a weapon, which “will
greatly enhance the power of de
fense.”
The Army Chief of Stall said
that it had been tested as a
weapon but that "does not mean
that it has been tested jis an
atomic weapon—it doesn't have
to be.”
He predicted that it would be
ready for use "in the not too dis
tant future."
Senator Monroney called for a
prompt outline by the Defense
Department for mass production
of atomic artillery weapons and
added "if necessary, some of the
old-line orthodox weapons could
be shunted aside in favor of the
new weapons.”
Asked, during a radio program
on the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tern, whether the new atomic ar
tillery pieces would not make the
traditional artillery obsolete, Gen.
Collins replied in the negative.
"I am a firm believer in the
employment of the atomic bomb
tactically,” he said.
“I believe that the recent tests
out there in Nevada have demon
strated the fact that it can be
used tactically under certain con
ditions and certain restrictions.
“This does not mean that all
our artillery would be atomic ar
tillery by any manner of means,”;
he continued, “or that all weapons
would fire fissionable materials.
“I do not believe these atomic
'weapons will revolutionize the
concept of ground warfare. I do
believe, however, that they will
greatly enhance our power of de
fense. And I believe that this
has great merit and great worth
to us. because the business of
our operations in a futuie war
will almost certainly be on the
defensive, initially. And, in my
opinion, these new weapons are of
greater value to the defense than
they are to the offense.”
Weather Ignores
Calendar; Mercury
Reaches Record 71
The weather ignored the calen
dar today and set a new' record
for high temperatures,on Decem
ber 7 w hen the mercury climbed
to 71 degrees at 1:10 p.m.
Forecasters pointed out that the
previous high for this date was one
degree lower—69—on December 7,
1919.
Cooler, but only a little cooler,
w'eather is expected for the week
end. Temperatures may range
just slightly below the present
mild levels.
Records were broken by yester
day's balmy weather in this area,
but the District’s high of 69 w’as
four degrees below the record set
on December 6, 1912.
At Keedysville, near Hagers
town, Md., there was an all-time
high of 70 degrees. And in Balti
more, the thermometer registered
a balmy 68, a 39-year record just
short of the all-time December 6
high of 71 set in 1912.
American C-47 Disappears
40 Miles From Marseille
By the Associated Press
MARSEILLE, France. Dec. 7.—
A United States Air Force cargo'
plane with 10 persons aboard dis-j
appeared last night after radioing
in only 40 miles—16 minutes—
from its destination. Marseille.
The plane, a twin-engine C-47,
was believed down in the moun
tainous terrain along the French
Riviera, east of here, or perhaps
in the Mediterranean. It was com
ing in from the American air field
at Tripoli.
A C-47 normally carries a crew
of four and the other six aboard
were presumed to be passengers.
The plane was attached to the
United States 3d Air Force Base at
Bentwaters Field. England.
Suit Upheld as Court Rules
Indo-China Is Police Action
By th« Associated Press
PARIS. Dec. 7.—That’s not a
war going on in Indo-China, a
Saris court ruled today. It’s just
i police action.
A French woman sued an insur- !
ince company for 100.000 francs
[$250), the amount of a policy
;aken out by her husband, who
was killed in the fighting between
’’rench forces and the Communist
ed guerrillas.
The insurance company con
tended the policy had a war clause
which exempted payment. The
;ourt said it wasn’t really a war
and' ordered the company to pay
up. I
Communists Capture
Center Front Outpost
In Chilly Korean Rain
Storm Clouds Threaten
To End Record 11-Day
Series of Jet Battles
By th« Associated Press
SEOUL. Dec. 7. — Communist
troops attacking through a chill
early morning rain knocked Allied
infantrymen out of one central
front outpost today. Storm clouds
meanwhile threatened to end the
record-breaking 11-day series of
American jet victories over North
west Korea.
The Reds launched five small
probing attacks shortly after mid
night southwest of Kumsong on
the center of the 145-mile Korean
front. United Nations outposts
beat back four of these stabs.
The fifth Allied unit withdrew
from its advance position in the
face of the attack.
Otherwise, the United States
8th Army’s evening communique
said, the fronts were quiet.
Low-hanging rain and snow
clouds which darkened MIG Alley,
scene of daily American jet vic
tories, broke loose when they hit
the front.
Deep behind Allied lines, the
South Korean army tightened its
hold on the 6,000-foot Shiri
Mountains but did not find the
1,500 guerrillas it had expected
to trap.
South Korean generals said a
new sweep of valleys and lesser
peaks might turn up more fugi
tives.
The South Korean government
said the cleanup drive, which be
gan Sunday, had resulted in 403
guerrillas killed. 745 captured and
21 surrendered. It said fewer
than 20 South Korean troops had
been killed.
Israel and Jordan Meet
On Christmas Plans
By the Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7.—Israel
apd Jordan discussed today ar
rangements whereby Christian '
Arabs and others living in Israel
could take part in the Christmas
eve service at the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is in Jordan terri
tory. Israel proposed that the
traditional “Christmas Road” di
rectly south from Jerusalem to :
Bethlehem be made available for 1
Shriatian worshippers. Last year i
the IHlgrims had to go via the
offici^armistice frontiejv post at '
Man^feaum gate, a sMiewhaU
longer^We. I,
Korea Reds Hint
They Hold Only
HallU.S. Missing
Say Ratio Is Normal;
Allies Agree to Talk
Of Troop Removal
By the Associated Press
1 MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 7.—A
Communist correspondent hinted
today that no more than half the
10,000 Americans reported missing
in Korea are prisoners of war.
The report came from a Chi
nese newsman at Panmunjom,
| where Allied truce negotiators to
day opened a major effort to
! reach agreement on a compromi «
I program for policing an armistice,
j The Allies dropped their de
mand for joint U. N.-Communist
! inspection teams. They also told
,the Reds the question of with*
| drawing troops from Korea could
; be “brought up and discussed
later.” But they said troop with
drawal early in the armistice
definitely is out.
Calls Proportion Normal.
Chu Chi-ping, a Communist
correspondent, told Allied news
men he knew of no war in which
more than half of the soldiers
listed as missing were prisoners.
"I do not see why the Korean
war would be different from other
wars in this respect,” he said.
Chu referred to the fact that
only part of those reported miss
ing in action are taken prisoners.
The others are killed in action
and their bodies not recovered.
Allied correspondents did not con
strue his statement as confirm
ing the recent report by Cal.
James M. Hanley, chief, of thf
United States 8th Army's judge
advocate's section, that the Reds)
had slaughtered approximately
5,500 American prisoners. /
Other Red correspondents at
Panmunjom said all Allied) pris
oners are being held in bigr camps
in Korea near the Msjnchurian
border. He said none nave been
taken to China.
Progress on Three Points.
Allied truce negotiators
launched their effort to obtain
agreement on a program for en
forcing the truce .by rewriting
the Communist plafl to include
U. N. demands.
The two-man subcommittees
reached general agreement on
three points, left tliree for further
discussion, and were sharply di
vided on two when the four-hour
session ended.
The subdelegates will meet
again Saturday at 11 a.m. (9 p.m.
EST Friday).
Before Friday’s meeting broke
up. U. N. delegates told the Reds
they were ' receptive to any ideas”
the Communists might have for
breaking the deadlock.
When the Reds raised their
favorite subject—withdrawal of all
foreign troops from Korea—Maj.
Gen. Henry I. Hodes said the U. N.
Command was willing to discuss
the matter after agreement is
reached on policing the armistice
and exchanging prisoners of war.
Turner Reports Progress.
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner,
chief U. N. subcommitteeman,
told newsmen:
‘‘We made some slight progress.
' On some points I would say
we came into very close agree
ment. We proposed a broad prin
ciple for an armistice commission,
not necessarily military and not
necessarily neutral, but they were
not willing to accept that. They
wanted to discuss details which
we were not willing to discuss at
this time.”
Gen. Turner again pressed the
Reds for a reply on his suggestion
that a second subcommittee work
simultaneously on exchanging
prisoners of war. The Commu
nists again balked at an answer.
Revised Proposals.
The Reds said they would study
these revised proposals:
1. All armed forces to withdraw
from enemy-controlled territory
within five days after an armistice.
The U. N. would retain coastal
islands it holds off North Korea.
2. Both sides designate an equal
number of members to form an
armistice commission to supervise
the armistice.
The U. N. spokesman, Brig. Gen.
William P. Nuckols, said there was
general agreement on the follow
ing three proposals:
1. All armed forces to cease
hostilities within 24 hours after
the armistice goes into effect.
2. All armed forces to withdraw
from the demilitarized zone with
in 72 hours after the agreement.
3. All armed forces, except
agreed military police, to keep out
of the demilitarized zone.
Santa Claus Liable
To Arrest on Sight
As Danish Criminal
By the Associated Pres*
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Dec.
7.— Police Commissioner B. Hebo
of the town of Esbjerg decreed
today that Santa Claus will be
arrested on sight.
The reason, said Commissioner
Hebo, is that criminals hide be
hind a Santa Claus beard to com
mit their crimes.
He called attention to a law
vhich makes any persons.appear
ing publicly in disguise Sable to
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