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His Own Village
Pays Last Honor
To King George
Sandringham People
Mourn With Elizabeth
And Queen Mother
By the Associated Press
SANDRINGHAM, England, Feb.
9-—Humble villagers filed through
their hushed country church to
day to pay last homage to the
man they called squire—King
George VI.
Farmers, carpenters, woodsmen
and servants sorrowfully stopped
before the candle-lit bier to look
for the last time on the coffin of
their sovereign and friend.
Inside the big mansion nearby,
where the King was bom and
where he died, Queen Elizabeth
II—proclaimed throughout the
land yesterday as the new ruler
of the British realm—remained
closeted in deep mourning with
her mother and sister and others
of the royal family.
New Flag Flies High.
The new Queen's flag flew high
over Sandringham House. It was
raised there yesterday, when final
ly she reunited with her bereaved
family after first performing the
first heavy and solemn duties of
her regal station. Her father’s
standard, which had flown over
the mansion until his .quiet death
in sleep Wednesday, now covers
his oaken coffin.
The body of the fallen mon
arch lay in the nave of the little
graystone 16th Century Church
of St. Mary Magdalene, 200 yards
down a winding garden path over
which it had been carried last
night in the eerie moonlight from
the big residence.
A village policeman stood guard
at the wrought iron gates near
the chapel. Only about 300 vil
lagers whom he could recognize as
the King’s owi* workers were ad
mitted. During the morning,
mainly the wives came.
Work Goes On.
The new Queen had asked that
work at Sandringham go on today
Just as any other day. Tne men
stayed at their jobs—tending the
animals and gardens and other
duties on the vast estate—except
for the king’s gamekeepers, who
kept a silent watch over the coffin.
In their Robin Hood-like green
buckskin jackets and dark knee
breeches, the gamekeepers took
two-hourly watches, four at a time
around the royal casket.
Some of the gamekeepers had
stood the same grim watch over
the body of the late King’s father,
George V, when he died here. And
some had played with the late
King when he romped over the
estate as a boy.
Sun Pierces Stained Glass.
Inside the church a carpet had
been laid to hush the shuffle of
feet past the King's coffin. A
strong warm sun sent shafts of
multicolored light through the
stained glass windows. Four can
dles flickered at each comer of
the bier. On the coffin was a
silver plate engraved “Albert Fred
erick Arthur George Windsor, bom
1895, died 1952.”
There was a warm fragrance of
flowers — roses, apple blossoms,
hyacinths, carnations and lilies of
the valley—from the wreaths
which lay on the closed coffin.
The wreaths had come from the
King’s own family—his widow.
Queen Mother Elizabeth, and his
daughters. Queen Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret. No other
wreaths werl brought, for this was
a private mourning.
A canvas screen billowed gently
In the breeze near the gate to the
church to shield the chapel from
the handful of curious who had
gathered outside.
Sony to Be taken to London.
By twos and threes, the villagers
were ushered past the lone con
stable and up the shrub-lined
path. It was no fashionable dis
play—no pomp or ceremony—just
villagers dressed in the black they
wear every Sunday when they go
to church.
On the roads outside Sandring
ham, army cars traveled back and
forth along the 2-mile route to
the railroad station, where the
body of the King will be taken
Monday to start the journey to
London to lie in state at West
minster Hall for three days before
the funeral on Friday. Army offi
cers said they were checking the
route and the timing for the slow
procession from the church to the
four-car special train which will
carry the body.
No services will be held Sunday
In the church.
The 25-year-old Queen came
home at last to her dead father
at dusk yesterday afternoon. After
pledging faithful sovereignty and
being proclaimed through the
land, she had been driven 130
miles from London in her green
Rolls Royce limousine.
Part of the time, her handsome
young husband, the Duke of Edin
burgh, was at the wheel, with the
Queen beside him in a footman’s
seat.
Screened by Sack Cloth.
Composed but misty-eyed, Eliza
beth greeted her mother, her sis.
ter and her two children with
embraces and kisses. Then she
walked to the bedroom where lay
her father.
Soon after, while a sharp wind
whispered dismally from the east
and the moon cast silver over the
dark pines and yew trees, the
body of the sovereign was wheeled
slowly to the little church, 250
yards away!
Screens of sackcloth shielded
the sorrowful procession from the
view of silent, watchful subjects
along the roadway.
Along “The King’s Walk,” so
| (See ELIZABETH, Page A-7.)
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Tax Bureau Warnings Ignored
For 15 Years, Witness Charges
Washington Officials Aware of Conditions
On West Coast, but Failed to Act, He Says
By Cecil Holland
Star Staff Corrt>pandant
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—An
inquiry into West Coast tax scan
dals took on a political coloration
today as House investigators began
a week-end recess after receiving
testimony that top Revenue Bu
reau officials in Washington knew
for 15 years that conditions in
the San Francisco office were un
satisfactory—and did nothing
about it.
Names of present and former
high officials in the scandal
ridden Bureau of Internal Reve
nue figured in the testimony as
the House Ways and Means Sub
committee wound up its first week
of open hearings here.
Stanley V. McKenney of Los
Angeles, audit bureau chief for
the Revenue Bureau’s Western
Division, told the subcommittee
that he had tried repeatedly to
warn Washington about conditions
in the San Francisco office.
One of those he named as re
reiving the reports of unsatisfac
tory conditions in the collector’s
office here—and doing nothing
about it—was A. H. Cross, now
deputy commissioner in charge of
the bureau’s Accounts and Collec
tion Division, under whom he
worked.
Another witness was Thomas J.
Doolan, a deputy collector who
said he was the author of a so
called “bill of particulars” con
taining 15 allegations against the
San Francisco office that led to a
grand jury investigation of the
revenue offices here. James G.
Smyth, the collector, and some of
his top assistants have been in
dicted on fraud conspiracy charges
as a result of the inquiry.
Mr. Doolan said he discussed
the “bill of particulars” against
the local revenue office nearly a
year ago with United States At
torney Chauncey Tramatolo.
He quoted Mr. Tramatolo as
saying then:
“My God, if this comes out,
we won’t be able to elect a Demo
cratic President for 20 years.”
However, he testified later that
Mr. Tramatolo said he owed al
legiance only to President Truman
and that if there was anything
to the charges he would “not pull
his punches.”
The testimony of the two wit
nesses was marked by partisan
questioning unusual and unnoticed
thus far in the subcommittee
(See REVENUE, Page A-5.)
House Unit to Probe
Waste on Catalogues
For Military Buying
Hearings Start Monday
On Measure Designed
To Save Millions
By th« Associated Press
A House “watchdog” subcom
mittee turned from machine tools
to pillows today in a campaign
against waste in military buying.
Chairman Hebert of the Armed
Services Subcommittee on Pro
Navy Cuts Cost of $3.90 Gasket to 13
cents. Page B-9
curement said open hearings will
begin Monday on the costs of
maintaining three different mili
tary catalogues.
The catalogues are something
like mail order catalogues, only
several times as large. They list
items on hand, or on procurement.
Each service has its own. leading
to numerous duplications.
Single Agency Proposed.
The hearings are on a bill to
establish one central purchasing
agency for the Government—and
possibly one central catalogue for
the use of all services.
Committee officials say as much
as $100 million might be saved by
eliminating duplication and com
petitive buying on items from pil
lows to electronics equipment.
The subcommittee quizzed Gov
ernment officials sharply yester
day on a $69 million war contract
for special lathes.
The order for 757 forty-two
inch turret lathes from the Fisher
Body Division of General Motors
was canceled Thursday.
Cancellation will cost the Gov
ernment between $5 million and
$6 million, witnesses said.
They told the subcommittee re
duced aircraft production goals
and increased availability of other
equipment had eliminated the
need for the Fisher contract.
Aircraft Goal Reduced.
Assistant Air Secretary G. L.
Gilpatric testified the peak air
craft production goal, to be
reached by the end of 1953, had
been reduced from 1,250 to 950
planes monthly. This is part of
the slowdown in the Air Force
buildup to 143 wings, now sched
uled for the end of 1955, instead
of the year before.
When the Fisher contract was
given last September, he testified,
defense officials were prepared to
pay extra for machine tools they
considered necessary to increase
the output of jet engines.
The Fisher contract called for a
price of $90,600 each for the
lathes, he said. The same equip
ment, made by Bullard Co. of
Bridgeport, Conn., cost $38,000.
Mr. Gilpatric said the Bullard
Co. could not expand production
fast enough for the military
schedule.
Mr. Hebert said at the end of
the hearing he was ‘‘not satisfied’'
with this explanation. He said
the subcommittee will weigh the
matter further at a later, unspeci
fied date.
But this investigation will be
interrupted temporarily while the
subcommittee next week probes
(See MILITARY WASTE, A-5.)
U.N. Accepts Red Plan
For Final Discussion
After Korean Truce
Allies Insist, However,
On Keeping Other Asian
Issues Out of Debate
By the Associated Press
MUNSAN, Korea, Feb. 9.—The
Allies today accepted a Commu
nist proposal to begin negotiating
a final Korean settlement within
three months after an armistice is
signed.
They also indorsed two-thirds
of a Red-proposed three-point
agenda for a high-level confer
ence, but told the Communists
they would not discuss Asian
problems other than the Korean
question.
The U. N. Command agreed to
discuss (1) withdrawal of foreign
troops from Korea; (2) peaceful
settlement of the Korean contro
versy, and (3) other Korean ques
tions related to peace.
Limit on Debate Sought.
The first two points were pro
posed by the Reds last Wednes
day. The Communists also sug
gested that the high-level con
ference settle “other problems in
Asia related to the Korean ques
tion.” Presumably this could in
clude such thorny subjects as
Formosa.
In rephrasing the third point,
the U. N. would limit debate to
problems connected directly with
the Korean conflict.
The Allies also insisted that
South Korea be given a voice in
the peace talks. The Communists
ignored President Syngman Rhee’s
government.
The U. N. proposal would bring
the question of a unified Korea
under an independent, democratic
government before the high level
post-armistice conference.
ticstlUllS IU DC xvcsuivca.
The text declares:
“The military commanders have
not considered the question con
cerning a political settlement in
Korea, including unification under
an independent, democratic gov
ernment and other questions aris
ing from but not resolved by this
armistice agreement.”
This was the first time Korean
unification has come up during
the long truce negotiations.
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy
presented the Allied counterpro
posal during a 10-minute plenary
session at Panmunjom. North
Korean Gen. Nam H asked time
to study it. Another full-dress
meeting was scheduled for 10 a.m.
Sunday (8 p.m. Saturday, EST).
Subcommittees Meet.
The U. N. communique said
changes made in the Communist
proposal were “only those essen
tial to bring the original proposal
into conformity with the U. N.
command views or to provide ad
ditional clarity.”
When the plenary session ended
staff officers met to continue the
debate on truce supervision and
prisoner exchange.
The truce supervision meeting
lasted 32 fruitless minutes. The
Allies and Reds again failed to get
together on the number of troops
each side could rotate per month,
and the number of ports of entry
that should be open for inspec
tion.
U.N.-Held Areas
Will Be Bombed,
Red Koreans Say
'New Phase' of War
Threatened by Enemy
Minister of Defense
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, Feb. 9.—The North
Korean Red radio tonight broad
cast a statement by North Korean
Defense Minister Choi Yong Kun
urging Koreans to build up their
war potential for possible future
air battles and air strikes at
United Nations-held South Ko
rean territory.
“All Koreans must strive to step
up their war potential.” Choi said.
“Especially must they build it
up hereafter to engage in air
battles and also undertake the
bombing of United Nations-held
South Korean territories and
thereby introduce a new phase in
defense of the skies of the mother
land.”
North Korean Premier Kim H
Sung in an order of the day called
on all Red troops to “prepare con
stantly for decisive fighting” in
“our holy campaign for liberating
the fatherland.”
“The people of Korea will con
tinue to make an effort to success
fully negotiate an armistice,” Choi
said in a reference to the Panmun
join truce talks. "However, the
talks are fraught with many dif
ficulties.”
9 U. S. Planes Lost in Week,
7 fo Anti-Aircraft Fire
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 9 (JP).—Nine
United States 5th Air Force war
planes were lost in Red Korea in
the week ending Friday. The
Communists lost none.
The Air Force, .in its weekly
summary, said Red anti-aircraft
batteries protecting vital Red tar
gets shot down seven U. N. planes.
One F-86 Sabre was lost in a jet
battle and one plane crashed after
a mechanical failure.
Last week the 5th Air Force lost
14 planes. The weekly average’ is
about 10.
Allied pilots claimed damage to
nine Russian-made MIG-15 jets
during the week, but the Red
planes all managed to limp back
to their Manchurian sanctuary.
Totals Given for War^
In Tokyo, Far East Air Forces
said 355 Communist planes of all
types have been destroyed since
the war began. Another 102 were
listed as probably destroyed and
403 damaged. This included 220
MIGs destroyed, S3 probably de
stroyed and 343 damaged.
Allied losses were given as 488
planes, includes 186 jets. This
includes some Marine losses but
none'for the Navy.
The report came as American
Sabre jets damaged three Red
MIG-15s and probably destroyed
another in two clashes over North
western Korea Saturday.
The 5th Air Force said at least
175 MIGs were sighted after
morfting snow flurries and thick
clouds cleared away. Only twice
before have that many enemy jet*
been sighted at one time.
Corsairs Attack Buildings.
Twenty-six Sabres tore into
about 30 MIGs in one action.
Twenty-six other Sabres battled
about 50 Red jets in the second
fight.
United States Marine Corsair
pilots reported they destroyed 15
storage buildings and four supply
stacks Saturday n an attack
southwest of Kosong near the
front on the east coast.
Air Force fighter-bombers cut
rail lines in Northwest Korea in
several places and claimed a rail
bridge destroyed’near Sipanju.
On the battlefront. Allied ar
tillery and infantry teamed up
to kick back a small three-prong
Communist drive early Saturday
morning on the central front. A
Chinese platoon broke into three
groups and hit two U. N. outposts
northwest of Kumhwa. The at
tack was repulsed.
Phone Rate Increase
Denied in Virginia
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ Feb. 9.—The
State Corporation Commission de
clined today, in a tentative deci
sion, to increase local telephone
exchange rates and intrastate toll
rates for most Virginians.
It did, however, increase coin
box rates from 5 cents to 10
cents.
The coin box rate increase
and Increases on certain special
services are designed to bring
in a portion of the additional
$5,066,000 that the Chesapeake
Sc Potomac Telephone Co. re
quested.
Elizabeth Sees Proclamation on Television
By the Associated Press
LONDON. Feb 9.—Elizabeth saw
herself proclaimed Queen of the
Realm.
She and her husband, the Duke
of Edinburgh, hurried back to
their official residence at Clarence
House yesterday from the acces
sion ceremony at nearby St.
James's Palace and watched close
ly the entire 54-minute telecast of
the proclamation ceremony from
a palace balcony and from Tra
falgar Square and Temple Bar in
downtown London.
The Queen heard a man’s voice
order, “Garter, put your hat on,”
at the end of the proclamation,
and she asked her secretary to
find out what had happened.
The explanation: It was the
^Duke of Norfolk talking in an*
aside to Sir George Bellow, the
Garter King of Arms, who read
the proclamation.
History was made at Caernarvon
in Wales when, for the first time
on record, the accession proclama
tion was read in the Welsh lan
guage. The Home Office in Lon
don gave its approval for the
innovation.
Lord Derby, the Lord Lieutenant
of Lancashire, decreed the correct
form of the royal toast in'Lan
cashire would be, "The Queen, the
Duke of Lancashire."
That is contrary to precedent
set in the reign of Queen Victoria,
said court officials. Lord Derby
said it will be that way, anyhow.
f, Churches of all denominates
are holding commemorative serv
ices for King George VI tomorrow.
The Archbishop of York, Dr.
Cyril F. Garbett, will preach at
Westminster Abbey memorial serv
ices. Bernard Cardinal Griffin,
Roman Catholic archbishop of
Westminister, will attend services
of benediction in Westminster Ca
thedral Sunday night. The Con
gregationalist service will include
the Queen mother’s favorite hymn,
“The Lord Is My Shepherd.” The
Archbishop of Canterbury will
broadcast from Lambeth Palace
at 8 pm. (3 pm. EST.).
Some 10,000 policemen have
been assigned to control the
throngs who are expected to line
streets Monday when the King’s
body is brought to London from
Sandringham.
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OF ENGLAND, TOO. "
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15,000 Cheer for Eisenhower
At Star-Studded NewYork Rally
Stage and Screen Celebrities Present;
G. 0. P. Leaders Hail Meeting as Success
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Fifteen
thousand cheering, singing “Ike”
rooters today told Gen. Eisenhower
they want him to be the Nation’s
next President.
Undaunted by his absence In
Europe, they came from as far
away as Texas and as close by as
Brooklyn to say it.
The delegations were from Tex
as, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Virginia,
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
They chanted “We want Ike” and
joined in singing a revised versiop
of Irving Berlin’s hit song, “They
Like Ike.”
The unusually youthful crowd,
led by equally youthful politicians,
converged on Madison Square
Garden late last night by plane,
train, subway and bus and stayed
until 1 a.m. in the morning for
the presidential year’s first major
political rally.
The crowd didn’t fill Madison
Square Garden—another three or
four thousand could have gotten
in—but Eisenhower leaders were
overjoyed at the turnout.
“I think it’s the most spectacu
lar thing in political history,” said
Arthur H. Vandenberg, jr., na
tional chairman of the new “Citi
zens For Eisenhower.”
“Without precedent," was the
comment of Senator Lodge, jr.,
Republican, of Massachusetts,
manager of the Eisenhower cam
paign.
“Usually we have to work to fill
the garden at the end of a cam
(See RALLY, Page A-3.)
Cambridge (Md.) School
Destroyed by Flames
By th# Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Md., Feb. 9.—Fire
reduced the Frederick D. St. Clair
High School to ruins within a few
hours early today. Firemen said
a water shortage prevented them
from bringing the blaze under
contral.
Discovered at 4:15 a.m., the
flames raced across the roof of the
16-room brick building. By the
time firemen were summoned the
fire had begun to devour a good
portion of the structure. At 8:30
a.m. it was gone.
The school, which has an en
rollment of 428 Negro students,
was unoccupied.
The roofs of five nearby homes
were ignited by flying embers but
the minor fires were extinguished
before they could make much
h6adway>
Cambridge Fire Chief Osvrey V.
Pritchett said the rapid spread of
the flames indicated the fire was
caused by a short circuit in the
electrical wiring.
This is the second time in 18
years the school has had its build
ing destroyed. The original struc
ture, built in 1930, was leveled by
a big tornado in 1934.
Gusty Winds Bring
Cold Front From Wesf
A cold front from the west hit
Washington with gusty winds up
to 55 miles an hour early today
and then settled down to cooling
the city with a mild breeze during
the day.
The Weather Bureau said a shift
in wind directions allowed the
cold front to move on Washington
“fairly rapidly,” hitting a top
speed of 55 miles an hour at 1:50
a.m. Most winds during the
night, however, were about 30
miles per hour. Police reported
no damage.
In all, Washington got off easy.
Winds up to 85 miles an hour
lashed Northern West Virginia,
Western Maryland and Southern
Pennsylvania last night, bring
ing death to at least two per
sons, minor injuries to 17 and
causing scattered property dam
age.
The two deaths were caused by
electrocution. State police said
Joe Casino was electrocuted at
Star City, W. Va.. near Morgan
town, when winds toppled a power
line on his property.
About 30 miles north at Mason
town, Pa., Michael Kozy, sr., 49,
was electrocuted when he tried to
pick up a high tension line tolown
down by the storm.
TOKYO. Feb. 9 UP)—'The Far
K»<a. Command today announced
award of the Distinguished Serv
ice Cross for heroism in Korea to
Maj. William D. Clark, son of
Gen. Clark's Son Gets DSC
Mark W. Clark.
Aiken Raps Brannan
For 'Red Herring' Use
In Grain Investigation
Agriculture Department,
Not Warehousemen, Held
Target of Shortage Probe
By James E. Roper
Senator Aiken, Republican, of
Vermont, said today that Secre
tary of Agriculture Brannan is
trying to use a "red herring’’ to
confuse congressional investiga
tions of shortages in Government
grain stocks.
Secretary Brannan has asked
the Senate Agriculture Committee
to investigate warehouse opera
tors who sold grain they stored
for the Government. This, said
Mr. Brannan, was the way to
get to the root of the problem.
“It looks to me us if Secretary
Brannan has caught a red her
ring,” said Senator Aiken, the
ranking Republican member of the
Agriculture Committee. "The Sen
ate gave us $50,000 to investigate
the Agriculture Department’s
handling of the program, and
that’s what we’re going to da ’
Discharged Officials to Testify.
Senator Aiken predicted the
committee will hoar public testi
mony from two fired Agricul
ture Department officials—Lathan
White, former chief of the de
partment’s commodity office in
Dallas, Tex., and his deputy,
Harry Solomon.
Secretary Brannan fired them
Wednesday on grounds of ineffi
ciency and accepting gratuities.
The current disclosures of short
ages in Government farm supplies
have centered in the Dallas area.
“We want to hear what they
have to say,” Senator Aiken told
a reporter. "Their story doesn’t
quite jibe with what Secretary
Brannan says. They say that more
(See AGRICULTURE, Page A-3.)
Taft and Stassen File
For May 13 Primary
In West Virginia
Ohio Senator 'Accedes'
To Request of Friends
For Test of Strength
By th« Associated Press
Senator Taft formally entered
the West Virginia primary today,
presaging a test of strength with
Harold E. Stassen, another con
tender for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
The Ohio Senator’s certificate
was filed with the secretary of
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State at the Capitol in Charleston
by Phil Conley, manager of Sen
ator Taft’s State headquarters.
Mr. Stassen’s certificate also
was hied today. It came in plenty
of time before the midnight dead
line for filing.
Mr. Conley made public a tele
gram from Senator Taft saying:
“When I visited West Virginia
a great many of my friends ad
vised me to enter the West Vir
ginia presidential preference pri
mary and in accordance with my
established policy of endeavoring
to help my friends who are sup
porting me in various States I have
decided to accede to their request
and enter this primary.”
/Voting in the primary May 13
binds no delegates to party nomi
nating conventions and amounts
only to a comparison of the can
didates’ strength among members
of their own party.
Meanwhile, Senator Kilgore,
Democrat, of West Virginia Hied
yesterday for renomination to a
third term.
The 59-year-old Senator from
Beckley was first elected in 1940
and re-elected in 1946.
Former United States Senator
Chapman Revercomb of Charles
ton so far is alone as a candidate
for the Republican nomination.
Lebanese Government
Resigns Suddenly
By Hm Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 9.—The
government of Premier Abdullah
Yafl, which assumed power last
June, resigned today. «
No official explanation was
given. The government earlier
this week signed an economic
agreement with Syria, which was
widely acclaimed here and Yafl
appeared to be at the peak of his
popularity.
Political observers said Yafl,
who heads the Parliamentary
Union Party, might form a new
government._
Bus Falls in Ravine, 10 Hurt
HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 9 (A1).
—An interurban bus skidded on
icy pavement and careened into a
100-foot ravine here today. No
one was killed. Two persons suf
fered severe injury and at least
eight others were less seriously
hurt.
D.C. Dentist Pays Quebec Court
$863 for Killing Cow Moose
Dr. Dudley T. King, dentist of
1726 I street N.W., was back in
Washington today after reluct
antly paying $863 yesterday in a
Quebec court for killing a cow
moose during the 1951 hunting
season.
Friends here said Dr. King
“didn’t have a chance” and al
though tiie minimum fine is only
$300, he was forced to pay the
higher figure.
The Associated Press reported
from St. Jerome, Quebec, that
Judge Herman Barrette yesterday
fined Dr. King $400 on the charge
and topped this with $463 in court
costs. He gave the dentM the
alternative of spending*/ four
I
months in jail. Dr. King paid
and left Quebec.
The case had been postponed a
number of times. Court testi
mony yesterday disclosed:
Dr. King shot a cow moose
after being warned not to do so
by one of Outfitter Tom Wheeler’s
guides. When Mr. Wheeler
learned of the kill, he notified the
warden and the arrest followed.
The warden offered to settle for
the minimum fine, but Dr. King
refused, the Associated Press said.
Warden Gordon Cook held t the
dentist for trial. After furnishing
bail. Dr. King was permitted to
go hunting the next day, when he
bagged » legal bull moose.f
Graft Charged
In Probe of Gl
School Program
Two D. C. Area Cases
Among Many Listed
. By House Group
A congressional committee said
today “an excessive number” of
Veterans’ Administration em
ployes accepted “bribes, gilts, un
usual loans, gratuities, services
and ownership in schools” in con
nection with educational pro
grams under the GI Bill of Rights.
These employes, the committee
said, yielded to temptations of
fered by “certain unscrupulous
schools and individuals.”
The committee, a special House
group headed by Representative
Teague, Democrat, of Texas made
its comments in a lengthy report
which recommended writing of a
new law to extend educational
benefits to veterans of the Ko
rean conflict.
It has been investigating the
World War n GI program 'Since
early last. year.
Two D. C. Area Cases.
The report contained two ref
(rences to irregularities in the
Washington area. One involved a
'ormer training official in the
/A’s Washington regional office
tnd the other involved the head
>f a business school which taught
veterans.
Among the committee’s conclu
sions were these:
1. For several years new schools
started after 1944 were permitted
so levy "unreasonable and exces
sive charges” which the Govern
nent paid.
2. Some schools falsified cost
lata and attendance records, over
barged for books and tools, and
billed the VA for students not en
rolled.
3. At the college level, the train
ing program “has been carried out
successfully.”
4. Many veterans took courses
‘for the obvious purpose of secur
ing subsistence payment^rather
than a bona fide interest mi train
ing.”
5. "A minority of veterans h»ve
conspired” to obtain benefits to
which they were not entitled and
"engaged extensively in the prac
tice of selling or pawning the tools
issued them for trftJnjftf purposes”
at Government cost.
6. The Veterans' Administra
tion did not exercise adequate
control over “irresponsible vet
erans.”
Denied Profit From School.
7. A majority of States have
carried out effective approval pro
grams but there has been "serious
failure in some States, particularly
Pennsylvania."
8. Many VA employes owned in
terest in or derived profit from
schools under sontract with the
VA.
9. Many institutions “in all
fields of education took advantage
of the lack of regulation and su
pervision to adopt unreasonable
supply requirements and excessive
charge practices.”
10. A majority of the 7,500,000
veterans who availed themselves
of VA training benefitted from
the program.
The committee said that while
the program has been of great
benefit to billions of veterans,
‘there is no doublt that hundreds
Df millions of dollars have been
frittered away on worthless train
ing,” and “graft and waste . . .
plagued the program.”
Had BUI Marked Up.
The committee cited a case in
which a school had a supplier bUl
It for sets of tools for $16.95 each
when the tools actually cost the
school $5.60.
Investigations by the committee
and by the VA itself, the report
said, “disclosed major irregulari
ties on the part of one or more
vocational rehabilitation and edu.
(See VA, Page A-7.)
McMahon Asks Action Now
On Atomic Military Force
■y tho Associated Prots
DETROIT, Feb. 9.—Senator
McMahon, Democrat, of Connec
ticut last night urged “speeded
up” efforts toward building an
atomic Army, Navy and Air Force.
The chairman of the Senate
Souse Atomic Energy Committee
said there is a question in his mind
whether plans to expand the
atomic energy weapons program
‘go far enough or fast enough.”
He said:
. . Our ability to prevent a
third World War will be dramat
ically increased when these pres
ent plans are translated into ad
iitional atomic factories and more
atomic efforts.” -_
Senator McMahon made the
statements in a speech at a birth
lay dinner for Gov. Williams of
Michigan.
He referred to a recent report
ay the Atomic Energy Commis
sion and the Defense Department.
It outlined ways to expand the
atomic energy role in National de
fense and was, Senator McMahon
said, “a tremendous victory for
every believer in atomic prepared
ness.”
Representative Hess
Resting After Surgery
•y Ht* Associated toss
Representative Hess. Republic
an, of Ohio (las undergone a suc
cessful appendectomy, his office
disclosed today.
Mr. Hess underwent surgery
yesterday in the Naval Medical
Center in Bethesda- His secrAary
said he was resting comfortCuy.