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CENTS Grunewald Links To Ex-Officials Will Be Probed Oliphant Permitted Big Case to Lapse, Tax Inquiry Told By Cecil Holland House investigators made plans today to explore fully the associa tions of two former high Govern ment tax officials with Henry Grunewald, mysterious Washing ton figure whose name has cropped up in the inquiry into spreading tax scandals. Mr. Grunewald, known as “the Dutchman.” was located in George town Hospital late yesterday after being sought for two days. He was served with a subpoena issued by the House Ways and Means subcommittee trying to untangle conflicting stories about an alleged $500,000 attempted tax shakedown. Representative King, Democrat, of California, the subcommittee chairman, told reporters the House group wishes to question the mys terious Mr. Grunewald about his relations with George J. Schoene man, who retired last summer as commissioner of Internal Revenue, and with Charles Oliphant, whOi resigned three days ago as the bureau's general counsel. At Least 30 Visits Listed. Mr. King said the records of Mr. Schoeneman's office, obtained by the subcommittee's investiga tors, showed that Mr. Grunewald was a frequent visitor there. More than 30 calls were said to be listed.1 Mr. Oliphant, when he resigned, released a statement showing his financial worth and listing Mr.| Grunewald as one to whom he owes $1,300. The House subcommittee was in a week-end recess from public hearings after these fast-breaking, developments in its investigation of tax scandals: 1. A Justice Department lawyer testified that Mr. Oliphant played! a part in permitting the statute of limitations to run out in a $181,000 tax case against two local business firms—the Washington Beef & Provision Co. and the Witt1 Co.—and their operators, Samuel and Sidney Kolker. House Member Intervenes. 2. Representative Morrison, Democrat, of Louisiana was rep resented as having intervened in the Kolker case in something of the function “of a defense coun sel’* and wrote Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, then the At torney General, urging that a tax fraud prosecution against the two Washington men be dropped. In a statement issued through his office here, Mr. Morrison com mented that “as Congressman, I have helped 26,651 people in vari ous troubles with Government de partments,” and added that one of them was one of the men in volved in this tax case, Sidney Kolker, “a personal friend of mine.” "My only interest in the case was to see that he received jus-, tice,” Mr. Morrison said. Caudle to Testify Monday. v & rV Revenue Bureau official tes tified about an income fraud case involving Abraham Teitelbaum, wealthy Chicago attorney, and an “unusual” interest Mr. Oliphant took in the case. Testimony was that Mr. Oliphant halted a move to send the record in the case to the field for further consideration, and that Mr. Grunewald had tele phoned him about it. Mr. Teitle baum previously had testified that his case was speeded up out of' normal channels after he had re jected a demand for $500,000 by two men he said claimed to have! connections with a Washington “clique” seeking “soft touches.” j 4. Chairman King announced Theron Lamar Caudle, ousted three weeks ago by President Tru man as chief of the Justice De partment’s tax division which handles fraud prosecutions, would be the witness when the subcom mittee resumes public hearings at 10:30 a.m. Monday. 5. The subcommittee scheduled Attorney General McGrath as the (See REVENUE, Page A-5.) 55.000 Will Be Called For Draft in February The Defense Department today set the draft call ff>r February at 55,000 men. Of the total requested from Selective Service, 41,000 will be assigned to the Army and 14,000 to the Marine Gprps. The February call will be 4,650 less than the total to be inducted in January. Of the January total. 48.000 will go to the Army and 11,650 to the Marines. In December. 7,000 men are being drafted for the Army and 9,990 for the Marine Corps. Since Selective Service ma chinery was opened in September, 1950, the Army has requested 782, 000 men and the Marine Corps 67.330 through February. Find Economical Gifts Through Star Want Ads Th* Stor (luring November carried 58,133 lines of miscellaneous for sale classified advertising compared to a total of 35,814 lines for the three other Washington newspapers com bined. Under miscellaneous for sale you find • wide assortment of toys and other items appropriate for Christmas giving. _ So consult this tremendous showcase " for economical gift selections. j| Soviet Radio Assails Kennan, Prospective New U. S. Envoy Broadcast Charges That He Expressed Hatred for Russia ■y th« Associated Press Soviet Russia has turned its propaganda guns on the man who may be the next United States Ambassador to Moscow. He is George F. Kennan. former State Department counsellor and an outstanding authority on Soviet affairs. Officials here said the Moscow radio, in a broadcast recorded by United States monitors, accused Mr Kennan of having voiced "hate” for the Soviet union. The blast was regarded as pos ' sibly significant, but it was not ; believed to be conclusive evidence jthat the Kremlin might refuse to ! receive the veteran career diplo jmat. A Moscow dispatch this week | said observers there were inclined to believe the Soviet government would like to have him. Mr. Ken nan has been under Communist fire previously. President Truman said last month he had talked with Secre tary of State Acheson about the possible selection of Mr. Kennan as Ambassador to Moscow. Mr. Truman said Mr. Kennan would make a good envoy. If named as the successor to Admiral Alan G. Kirk, he would not take the post before next spring. Moscow led off its radio attack on American diplomatic ‘•spies’’ by relating an alleged V-E day episode. It quoted a British journalist as having written that Mr. Kennan, then a member of Iowa G. 0. P. to Send Unpledged Delegates, Hickenlooper Says Taft, Eisenhower Backers Seek Nebraska Support; j State Leaders Divided By tack Bell Astocioted Prill Staff Writ*, Senator Hickenlooper, Republi can, of Iowa, predicted today his State's 26-vote delegation will go to the Republican National Con vention next July unpledged to any presidential candidate. Mentioned as a possible Iowa "favorite son" candidate. Senator Hickenlooper told a reporter he isn't interested in such a desig nation unless it is decided upon merely to hold the State s dele gation together until its members decide which presidential candi date to back. Iowa is one of the Midwestern States where backers of Senator, Robert A. Taft of Ohio have been angling for support. Harrison Spangler, Iowa’s Re publican national committeeman, already has publicly indorsed Senator Taft. But Gov. William S. Beardsley has been reported leaning toward Gen. Dw'ight D. Eisenhower. Seen as Taft Supporter. Senator Hickenlooper has been looked upon as a potential Taft supporter but he said he hasn't made any commitment. Rooters for Gen. Eisenhower and Senator Taft also were re ported eyeing the situation in Nebraska since the death of Sena tor Kenneth Wherry, who was the Republican floor leader in the Senate. Senator Wherry had intended to seek support of the 18-vote, delegation from that State as a l“favorite son,” with strong indi cations that Nebraska votes might I be thrown to Senator Taft is the1 Wherry camp's control was not challenged. Backs Eisenhower. Whether Senator Wherry’s death will mean that the Taft followers will rally around another “favorite son,” possibly Senator Butler, has not become clear yet. Senator Butler is seeking re-elec tion, with Gov. Val Peterson, an Eisenhower backer, running' against him. In 1948, Harold E. Stassen, for mer Minnesota Governor, won the Nebraska delegation’s support. He has hinted ho may get into the contest there again next year. So far as Nebraska is concerned, Eisenhower backers are up against the difficulty that the general has not said publicly whether he will i be a candidate for the nomina tion. A candidate’s name can’t be entered in the Nebraska vot ing without his consent. Wisconsin Similar. The same situation prevails in Wisconsin, but Edward A. Bacon former Republican national com mitteeman for Wisconsin, said here last night that an unin structed group of delegates will be entered for Gen. Eisenhower there if the general continues silent on his intentions. „ I Mr. Bacon and Ralph Immel former Progressive Party leader in the State, said at a news con ference, however, that they were confident Gen. Eisenhower would consent to run on the Republican ticket. Democratic side, Senator McClellan, Democrat, of Arkansas said yesterday the people of Arkansas “are not enthusiastic about President Truman running again.” Referring to scandals in the tax-collecting service, Senator Mc Clellan told reporters his State is “very unhappy over the situa tion.” “Unless we get out of office those who have been guilty of gross improprieties, it will have repercussions in the next paign,” he said. —AP Photo. GEORGE F. KENNAN. the American embassy staff in Moscow, watched the celebration I there and said "in a tone filled iwith hate: 'They are rejoicing. 'They believe the war is over, but [it is only just begun.’” "These words express all the hate of United States diplomats toward free peoples,” the broad cast continued. "At a later date this Mr. Kennan stated that the United States would be unable to tolerate the existence of a pros perous' Socialist system in the U. S. S. R„ and that war between the United States and the Soviet: Union was inevitable. "It is not by chance that the State Department employs as diplomats in Moscow and in the people's democracies shady per sons who are usually spies of long standing.” Safe Holding $8,000 Stolen From Home of D. C. Real Estate Man 300 Silver Dollars Also Taken; Thieves Believed To Be Inexperienced A safe containing $8,000 was stolen last night from the home of a Washington real estate dealer.; The thieves also took 300 silver dollars when they ransacked the home of William T. Whitehead, 46, colored, of 5010 East Capitol street. Police said the housebreakers, who apparently stumbled onto the cash bonanza by accident, did their work between 8:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. yesterday. Detectives said a pane of glass was removed from the back door and the door unlocked. The, thieves first ransacked an up stairs front room, then moved to 'a middle room upstairs. They forced a locked closet door and found the 280-pound safe inside. Police said if the thieves had been professional safecrackers they would have gone first to the obvious places w’here a safe might be kept, rather than ransacking the rooms. The silver dollars, which Mr. Whitehead said he had been col lecting since 1942, were in a paper bag atop the safe. Mr. White head said part of the money was proceeds from sale of a house last week and part of it proceeds from a restaurant he formerly oper ated. Cooler Weather Is Due to Arrive Here on Monday Rain today was bringing to an end the summerlike weather which gave the Washington area and Eastern seaboard points new heat records yesterday. ‘‘It will take a few days to cool us off.” the Weather Bureau said, “but there is plenty of cold air in the West and it should start arriving about Monday." The forecast calls for occasional rain today, tonight and tomorrow, with a high of 68 today, a low of 50 tonight and cooler tomor row. The temperature went to 73 de grees yesterday afternoon—four degrees above the December 7 record set in 1919. Norfolk and Richmond, Va., had 77.4 degrees for an all-time December high. Sweden-Japan Talks Open TOKYO, Dec. 8 (/P).—Sweden and Japan yesterday began talks on a one-year trade agreement. Sweden is understood to be inter ested in buying ship building steel and selling wood pulp. Gottwald Opens Purge of Whole Czech Red Party Shakeup Extending From Top to Bottom Directed at 'Titoists' By the Associated Pres* VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 8.— Czechoslovak President Klement Gottwald, Moscow-trained boss of Czech communism, is purging his whole party to prevent his over throw by Tito-like Red doubters; of Kremlin policy, Prague Radio disclosed yesterday. The sweeping shakeup was called a "reorganization reaching from the lower ranks up to the highest level of the party.’’ It was mapped by Gottwald as party chairman and approved by the party’s Central Committee, the radio said. The purge was the latest blow in a bitter battle for power from which Gottwald is emerging as the Stalin of Czechoslovakia—per sonal and political boss of party and nation, with his rivals and their followers in jail. Slansky in Prison. It is closely linked with Rudolf Slansky. once a fair-haired man of the Kremlin and a long time prime-mover of Czech commu nism. whom Gottwald imprisoned two weeks ago. Slansky headed for oblivion on September 6, when Gottwald oust ed him as general secretary and took over that job himself. Gottwald gave him the post of Vice Premier and Co-ordinator of Economic Affairs—a saddle with a burr under it because of increasing resentment, and even; strikes, in Czechoslovak industries where workers dislike the idea of laboring on exports for Russia. Official Czechoslovak announce ments, however, have not linked the ouster of officials with the re ported failure of the economic program. Woman Member Expelled. Mrs. Jamila Taussigova. ac cused of being a Slansky accom plice, was expelled from the party and banned from party functions which were not described. Several members of the Cen tral Committee at Prague ad mitted they tolerated Slansky ef forts to subvert the party’s Mos cow line, the broadcast revealed. Gottwald indicated Slansky— also Moscow trained—was seeking ,to rival him by trying to "create another leadership center” in the party. He linked Slansky with former Foreign Minister Vlado dementis, jailed a year ago on accusations of Titoism. being an enemy of the state and plotting with Western agents, dementis, Otto Sling and Marie Svermova were the chief figures arrested together last au tumn. They have not yet been brought to trial. Called “Direct Enemy.** Gottwald told the party that Slansky was associated with their activities and was guilty of “direct, active, and, one can say, leading participation in a conspiracy di rected against party and state.” But, he said, proof that Slansky was a "direct enemy of the state” did not come to light until recent days. Gottwald told the party that Slansky was getting ready to flee. He said he had full evidence that "the espionage service of the Western imperialists had organ ized and prepared Rudolf Slan sky's flight to the West.” So now Slanskys affairs are being investigated “on a * new basis,” he said, but details must be kept secret "if we want to unmask this treason down to the roots.” That seemed a clear indication that there will be more disclosures of “traitors” later. Truman Plane Flies Baby Here for Brain Surgery KEY WEST. Fla., Dec. 8.— President Truman today heeded the appeal of an anguished father and made the White House mail plane available to take 5-week-old David Minter to Washington for a serious brain operation at Be thesda Naval Hospital. The child, one of twins, took off about 10 this morning and was due at Anacostia Field about 5 p.m. Montreal Store Business Hums Despite Holy Day Closing Law •y the Associated Press MONTREAL. Dec. 8.—It was business as usual for big depart ment stores today—in defiance of a new city by-law prohibiting busi ness on Roman Catholic holy days. Business and shopping districts were deserted early in the day while Catholics attended mass on the Feast of Immaculate Concep tion—the first holy day that tne controversial by-law was to be applied. Things began to hum by mid morning when major department stores on St. Catherine street opened their doors to Christmas shoppers, ^mailer stores, such as jewelry and men’s clothing retail ers, were the first to open. Police Officers, who yesterday announced they would cal out i reserves to help enforce the by law, were few and far between. ► Department stores previously announced—and advertised it in yesterday’s English newspapers— that they would be open for busi ness as usual. A group of the stores indicated they wanted to break the law in order to have a test case brought to court. Also, the $40 fine for infrac tions meant little to the retailers who expected to draw shoppers given a day off from work because of the by-law. The by-law also calls for com pulsory closings in this predom inately Catholic city on Epiphany, January 6; Ascension Day, 40 days after Easter, and All Saints Day, November 1. It was passed with the support of Msgr. Pauh Emil Leger, Archbishop of Montaal. TAX SCANDAL HEARINGS j Pleven Cabinet's Life Bet on Schuman Plan; Vote Likely Tuesday Immediate Ratification Of Coal-Steel Merger Sought by Government By th« AssocioUd Press PARIS, Dec. 8.—Premier Rene Pleven pegged the life of his gov ernment today on a vote of con fidence over the Schuman plan to pool the coal and steel industries of six European countries. Mr. Pleven is urging immedi ate ratification of the plan, but a determined group of deputies in the French Assembly wants to leave it in cold storage for another four months. The Premier conferred before dawn with President Vincent Au riol, summoned from his coun try residence, then told the As sembly he would submit a formal confidence vote. Under the French constitution, a confidence issue must lie on the table for two days before a vote. The vote is expected to be taken Tuesday, when the Assembly re turns from its week-end recess. The coal-steel plan was orig inated by Robert Schuman, now Foreign Minister in Mr. Pleven’s coalition cabinet. After much negotiation it was signed several months ago by France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy and West Germany. But so far the only nation to follow up its signature with full ratification is the Netherlands. The plan has been debated for two days in the Assembly Pol iticians from far left and far right ;—Communists. De Gaullists and right-wing Independents—all op posed it. Chief criticism was a fear that France will be making a one-sided surrender of sover : eighty to Germany and that the .industrial pool might strengthen the Germans at French expense. Socialists, who are not taking part in the coalition government, supported the plan, and with their support most observers believed Mr. Pleven would win the vote of | confidence. A-Bomb Ban Reported Rejected by Big Four By th« Associated Press PARIS, Dec. 8.—The Western powers were reported authorita tively today to have informed U. N. Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo they have not agreed to the immediate prohibition of the atomic bomb. The Big Four delegations met for about two and one-half hours today after Western advisers and delegates sat up most of the night preparing their replies to a bomb shell memorandum tossed before the Big Four by Dr. Padilla, who is presiding at the Big Four ses sions. The Big Four will meet again Monday for what might be the final session of their closed-door talks. They are sitting as a sub committee of the Assembly’s Po litical Committee and have orders to report back Monday. Informed sources indicated that the United States, Britain and France were making it clear in no uncertain terms that they still stand for prohibition of atomic weapons only after a genuine and effective system of international control has been established and is working satisfactorily. They said this is far different from Russian demands for immediate prohibition of the atomic weapons with controls to be talked about later. Dr. Weizmann Weaker JERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (TP).— Israel’s 77-year-old President, Chaim Weizmann. gravely ill with a lung inflammation, weakened today. "His general condition is worse,” a noon physician* bul letin said. T Reds Dig In on Nearby Ridges As Korea Talks Get Nowhere Panmunjom Haggling Lasts Five Hours, With Enemy Rejecting Every U. N. Proposal By th« Associated Press MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 8.—Unit ed Nations negotiators today made another unsuccessful effort to break the long deadlock over po licing a truce in Korea. The Reds rebuffed all U. N. overtures and again said "No" to every key U. N. proposal for su pervising an armistice. After five hours of debate in which tempers on both sides of the conference table became frayed, the two-man subcommit tees apeared no nearer an agree ment w’hich would break the 12 day deadlock. As the negotiators wrangled. Communist troops could be seen digging in along ridges north of Panmunjom — just outside the neutral area. Nonetheless, some observers saw hope of a compromise solution soon. They believe the negotia tions have reached the hard bar gaining stage, which frequently comes just before an agreement is hammered out. The negotiators go back to Panmunjom for another session at 11 a.m. Sunday (9 p.m. EST Saturday!. Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner, senior U. N. delegate, told corre spondents after the meeting ad journed: "I hope you are not eagerly ex pecting any big news.” Gen. Turner said the subcom mittees spent much' of the day discussing the status of United Nations—held islands off North Korea and the makeup of a pro posed armistice commission. He said they were at “complete stalemate” on both. In a lengthy harangue, North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Song Cho flatly rejected five points the U. N. Allies insist must be included in any truce supervision agreement. Lee said the Communists would:! 1. Insist on the right to rebuild: damaged airfields and construct new bases in North Korea. 2. Refuse to concede the U. N. demand for rotation of troops and replacement of equipment during an armistice. 3. Demand that the U. N. evac uate islands off the coast of North Korea and withdraw all naval forces from coastal waters. 4. Insist on rear area inspection only at mutually agreed ports of entry and refuse United Nations demands for unlimited aerial re connaissance and the use of com munications lines by observer teams. 5. Reject the United Nations proposal for a single armistice commission to supervise the truce and insist on a joint U. N.-Com-; munist commission with a sep-; arate organization of neutral na tions to provide observer teams. 3 U. S. Plane Crashes Abroad Are Believed To Have Cost 30 Lives Air Force Craft Crack Up In France, Off Azores and In Inland Sea of Japan By the Associated Press The crash of an Air Force Flying Boxcar in Japan's Inland Sea to day brought to 30 the possible death toll in three widely sepa rated smash-ups of American mil itary craft. , In Tokyo, the Air Force said one injured crewman had been picked up, three bodies had been recov ered and a fifth airman was miss ing. The plane was on a flight between bases in Japan. Sixteen men are missing on a B-29 Superfort which crashed in the sea on a flight between the Azores and Bermuda. Another 10 are lost on a C-47 cargo plane which hit a peak in Southern France. Both these crashes oc curred Thursday, but were not re ported until yesterday. Air searchers near Cuges-les Plns, France, found the wreckage of the C-47 today and reported all aboard killed. The plane was en route from Tripoli, Libya, to Marsielle. Wreckage of the B-29 and one body were reported found yester day. Searchers have been ham pered by hard rains and moder ately high seas. The C-47 was the third Air Force plane lost in Europe in less than four weeks. One C-47 was forced down November 19 while over Red Hungary, and its crew of four was taken into custody. A Flying Boxcar crashed in Southern France November 13, killing all 36 servicemen aboard. Vatican Adds Latin To News Broadcasts By the Associated Press VATICAN CITY. Dec. 8.—The Vatican Radio announced yester day it will include a news broad cast in Latin. Other languages for the Vatican broadcasts are Italian, French, English, Spanish, German, Portu guese, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croat, Lithuanian, Serb, Ro manian, Dutch, Lett, Albanian, Estonian, Russian, Arabic, Ukrai nian. Byelorussian, Ethi£>ian and Chinese. " Air Fighting Resumed As Korea Skies Clear; Two MIGs Damaged One American Jet Lost To Enemy Antiaircraft; Ground Fronts Quiet •y th« Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 8.—United Nations and ^Communist jets fought five furies air battles high over North Korea today as clear ing skies brought the swift planes out in force after a one-day layoff. The United States 5th Air Force said two Communist MIGs were damaged and that vastly Outnum bered American Sabre jets came through the battles unscathed. The MIGs were hit in a swirling afternoon dog 'fight between 15 Sabres and 60 Red jets over Sinanju. Earlier in the afternoon a flight of Sabres tangled with 60 MIGs for about 10 minutes, but the 5th Air Force said neither side could get in position to fire. Reds Show Little Fight. Allied pilots spotted large num bers of MIGs in sweeps over North Korea Saturday, the Air Force said, but the Communist flyers in most cases showed little desire to fight. While no U. N. planes were lost in aerial combat, one F-84 Thun derjet was shot down by Commu nist anti-aircraft. The Air Force said the pilot .landed in the ocean off the west coast of Korea and was picked up by a 3d Air Rescue i Squadron flying boat. Late in the afternoon, Thunder jets hit a big Red supply area south of Wonson, in Eastern Ko rea, with bombs, rockets and; napalm. Returning pilots said: "the whole area was in flames as! we left” The ground front was uncom fortable, but quiet. The only ac tion of any size appeared to be an early-morning thrust by a re inforced company of Reds on the central front. The Communists (See KOREA, Page A-3.) Adenauer Flies Home LONDON, Dec. 8 (JP).—Dr. Kon rad Adenauer wound up a five day visit to Britain tAday and flew home to Germany? British Level Egypt Village To Build Road Paratroops, Defying Cairo, Bulldoze Way Past Site of Attacks By the Associated Press FAYID. Egypt, Dec. 8.—Strong British forces today demolished an Egyptian mud hut village and be gan building a short road and a bridge to bypass a spot where they have been attacked by Egyptians. Interior Minister Fouad Serag El Din had ordered armed Egyp tian police in Suez to “resist by force, if necessary,” but a spokes man at British headquarters here said not a single shot was fired. The tough 16th Parachute Bri gade, whose trademark is its red i beret, had started the project ex pecting trouble and was prepared to fight off any Egyptian resist ance. The independent newspaper A1 Zaman in Cairo quoted Serag El Din as saying 6,000 British troops, 250 tanks and 500 armored cars had been sent in to back up the bulldozing operation. There was no confirmation of this from any British or Egyptian authority. “Force’’ Reported Ordered. The British said only that five tanks were being used to knock down the huts. They added that no Egyptian police had been seen in the area up to noon. Shortly after noon, the Egyp tian Interior Ministry in Cairo issued a communique saying that Egyptian police “have advanced to execute Egyptian government orders to stop” the demolitions “by force." The communique made no mention of immediate violence. Gen. Erskine Gives Order. Lt. Gen. George Erskine. com mander of the strong British gar rison which holds the Suez Canal area, had postponed building the shortcut for 24 hours, while he negotiated with Egyptian officials in Suez. But last night he gave the or der to go ahead and said he was finished with trying to reduce friction between his troops and the Egyptians unless the Egyp tians become more co-operative. “The future lies in the hands of the Egyptians,” Gen. Erskine said. “We are not looking for trouble and we are doing every thing possible to avoid it. But we must meet violence with ac tion” The new road will bypass the spot where Egyptians and British clashed Tuesday. Two British servicemen were wounded; the Egyptians said 50 Egyptians were killed. 75 Homes in Way. It will shorten the distance be tween the British garrison and its. water filtration plant on the sweetwater canal which supplies the British with drinking water. The new road is 500 yards long and will include a new bridge across the narrow canal. British engineers estimated they would finish the job in 24 hours. Bulldozers and engineering units were working in the mud through the morning with a handful of spectators watching from 300 yards away. Villagers moved out of their huts during the night. The Egyptians said homes of about 75 families were in the way of the road. The British promised compensation for the bulldozed huts. In Cairo there was a feeling of diplomatic tension, highlighted by United States Ambassador Jeffer son Caffery being called to the Egyptian Foreign Office by Acting Foreign Minister Ibrahim Farag Pasha. The subject of their discussion was not known. Earlier Mr. Caffery had talked with British Ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson in what the American Embassy said was a “routine” consultation. Police Bullets Kill Man Crazed by Red Extortions By the Associated Press NEW YORK. Dec. 8 —A Chinese laundry man, worried over Com munist extortion demands, went berserk with a meat cleaver today and died in a hail of police bullets. Chin Hong, 40, a shirt ironer, had sent his $700 savings to Red China to free relatives held for ransom, when he received another demand for $1,000, police said. Fellow workers found Chin in the basement of the Bronx laun dry where he worked trying to drive a knife into his stomach. He brandished two cleavers, two long-bladed butcher knives and a short boning knife at police officers who tried to quiet him. One officer tried to get behind him while two others drew his attention. Suddenly he made a rush at the two, swinging a cleaver. All three fired. Four of their nine shots hit him and he was taken to Fordham Hospital where he died minutes later. Police withheld his local address and the names of Chin’s relatives held by the Commuaists could not be obtained. *