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Action in House
On Transit Bill
Expected Today
Formula to End
Strike Sought Before
Congress Quits
By HERMAN F. SCHADEN
Action wu expected this after
noon on the House’s bill dealing
with the transit strike as lead
ers pushed the legislation near
the top of the calendar.
It may be Congress’ last
chance to do something about
Judge to Heor Union Plea on Transit
Pension Pay. Page A-8
the month-old strike before ad
journment late tonight or to
morrow. Chairman McMillan of
the House District Committee
persuaded the leadership to move
up the bill for early considera
tion.
This morning the District
Commissioners conferred on the
proposals and decided to go to
the House gallery this afternoon
to be available if called on for
advice on what may be a com
promise between Senate and
House bills.
The question before the House
is: Should the District Commis
sioners be authorized to enter
into a contract with Capital
Transit which in time might
bring an end to the company and
hasten settlement of the strike?
If it were that simple, one
might begin digging up his al
most-forgotten streetcar tokens.
But nothing is that simple, espe
cially in Congress.
The House probably will pass;
the bill, but the Senate already
has adopted its own idea. This
is the bill advocated by the Dis
trict Commissioners, more dras
tic than the House plan, for it
would permit seizure of the com
pany and operation by the Dis
trict if necessary.
Would Go to Conference
So if the House passes its
measure, it then probably will:
regard it as an amendment ini
toto.for the Senate bill. This
will send the bill to conference
for a do-or-die last-minute
struggle.
Congressional leaders are on
recast *s saying they would not
leave Washington in the grip
of the strike. House Leader Mc-
Cormack has said some legisla
tion is necessary and yesterday
Minority Leader. Martin prom
ised Congress would do some
thing before closing shop.
A clash of philosophies is in
evitable in conference, which
might include such figures as
Senators MacNamara of Michi
gan and Morse of Oregon, Demo
crats, and Case of New Jersey.
Republican, on one side, and
Representatives Broyhill of
Virginia and Hyde of Maryland,
Republicans, and McMillan,
Democrat of South Carolina, on
the other.
The Senate group is committed
to back the Commissioners' plan. ’
This permits a voluntary agree-i
ment with the company to
operate a year before relinquish- j
ing its franchise. But it backs:
up the voluntary plan with a i
seizure club which could be exer- 1
cised in an emergency.
The House group, reflecting
sentiment of the House District
Committee, opposes the principle
of seizure. (
Compn’sory Arbitration
What could happen is a com
promise based on compulsory ar
bitration. This is disagreeable to
both management and labor, but
might be considered the best pos
sible solution in the waning
hours of Congress. It could be
specified for this emergency
period only, and made clear it
was not precedent-setting.
The House bill envisages a
voluntary one-year agreement
between the Commissioners ana
Capital Transit Co. For this year,
the company would operate for
the Commissioners, who would
also dictate policy and could set
a new higher wage for which the
union might return to work.
It also proposes voluntary re
linquishment of the Capital
Transit franchise, accepting in
principle the company’s offer of
last week, but providing more!
generous terms for the company
The franchise surrender would
be contingent on the approval of
stockholders within 90 days of
the start of the agreement.
In addition to compulsory ar
bitration, those suggesting com
promise possibilities mentioned
court receivership. This has been
advocated by Senator Allott, Re
publican, of Colorado. Even its
proponents said such a course
might be bard to justify.
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V y „ J V y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
Hot House Clash on Polio
Brings Cool-Off Recess
McCormack Hits Administration 'Politics'
In Vaccine; Judd and Miller Retort
A flareup over Democratic
charges that some Eisenhower
administration officials played
politics and bogged down the
polio vaccine program threw the
House into such a turmoil early
this afternoon that Speaker
Rayburn suddenly ordered a re
cess.
The House seemed on its way
to calm passage of a bill author-
Sa Ik Vaccina Allocated far Children
5 fa 9. Faga I- 1
izing Federal grants to States to
provide Salk vaccine for needy
children and expectant mothers, j
This bill followed general rec
ommendations of the adminis
tration in contrast to a Senate
approved measure. The Senate
bill would authorize such grants
to States, possibly opening the
way for free inoculation of all
youngsters under the age of 20.
House Commerce Committee
Chairman Priest, Democrat of
Tennessee, was explaining the
bill and was interrupted by a
dispute mainly between House]
Democratic Leader McCormack
Conferees Agree on Bill
For Delegate Voting Here
By DON S. WARREN
House and Senate conferees
today reached quick agreement;
on the terms of a bill providing
for regulation of the election of
District delegates to national po
litical party conventions where
presidential candidates are se
lected.
Senator Morse, Democrat of
Oregon, in charge of the bill on
the Senate side, said he would
ask the Senate to pass the con
ference version as soon as pos
sible this afternoon.
Once okayed by the Senate—
and this is expected to take but
; little time ... the measure will
move to the House for its ap
proval, which also is expected.
The bill would provide f6r the
first formal election in the Dis
trict in more than 81 years.
When the measure ran into
difficulty last week, largely due to
a series of misunderstandings,
pleas were heard from many
quarters for a compromise that
would assure passage and the
signature of President Eisen
hower. Some sources said these
urgent requests came from many,
people “from the White House on
dowii.”
Both House and Senate man
agers yielded somewhat to get
the compromise. This was
achieved in about 20 minutes.
Senators accede to the request
of House members for elimina
tion of two Senate amendments.
One of these would have per
il. S. Files Action
On Peace Crusade
By the Associated Press
Attorney General Brownell
; today asked the Subversive Ac
tivities Control Board to order
| the American Peace Crusade,
headquarters in New York, to
register as a Communist-Front
organization.
The Attorned General two
years ago put the American
Peace Crusade on his list of
subversive organizations.
The registration proceeding]
filed against the group today!
said that “American Women for
Peace” and the “National Con
ference for Peace,” similarly
listed, have now merged into the
American Peace Crusade,
j The petition alleged that the
group is “directed, dominated
and controlled by the Communist
Party and has been operated
primarily for giving aid and sup
port to the party.”
Registration of a “front” or
ganization requires disclosure of
principal officers and the sources
of financial support.
Sick Leave Probe Ousts
10 Post Office Workers
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 (/P).—;
Dismissal of 10 Upper Darby
Post Offlge employes and suspen
sion of four others, on charges
of misuse of sick leave, was
disclosed here today.
The disciplinary actions were
{the result of a long investigation.
Donald A. Myers, manager of
;the Philadelphia regional office
jof the Post Office Department,
|said.
{ The inquiry began, Mr. Myers
said, before a report by the Gen
eral Accounting Office to the
iHouse Post Office Committee set
off a broad discussion .of the
situation on a Nation-wide basis.
[The GAO report charged that
"widespread abuse” of sick leave
by post office workers has been
costing the Government millions
of dollars annually in pay for
substitutes.
Some of the employes dis
ciplined were understood to have
been seen at race tracks on days
when they had reported they
were ill and unable to work.
Others had "outside” Jobs in
industry or stores and these were
distracting their attention from
postal work.
j A postal official pointed out
and Republican Representatives
Judd of Minnesota and Miller of
Nebraska, both doctors.
Mr. -McCormack paid tribute
to Dr. Jonas E. Salk, developer
of the vaccine, and the United
States Public Health Service offi
cials and scientists who worked
on the vaccine program. He
asserted, however, that the es
sential dispute centered on blame
for playing politics. He con
tended that “the politicians to
blame are not the ones in Con
gress. but downtown in the ad
ministration,”
j The Democratic feader charged
{not only that “the administra
tion tried to make some politi
] cal capital out of this.” but also
that Mrs. Oveta Culp Hoboy "re- ]
signed as Welfare Secretary;
possibly because of the way she]
handled the polio situation ”
This brought vigorous protests]
from Drs. Judd and Miller and:
several other Republicans The!
exchanges became so heated and 1
j loud that Speaker Rayburn
i banged his gavel and announced
]the House would recess for 45
I minutes.
Jmitted voting for presidential]
{preference on the delegate elec-i
tion ballot, if the presidential’
candidate approved. The other!
Senate amendment eliminated
would have permitted absentee:
voting. House members said
they wanted to make further!
study of these two provisions.
On the other hand, House
members accepted Senate
amendments permitting party
policy matters to be placed on
the ballots when recommended
by party officials; to add to
those to be elected members of
the District Central Commit
tees of the parties: and to
change the timing as to regis
tration and voting.
Senator Morse said the House
conferees were very co-opera
tive. And Representative Simp
son Republican of Illinois, said
it was agreed the Important
thing was to get the election
machinery on the statute books
so that there could be formal
elections next, year before the
party conventions.
If amendments prove neces
sary, he said, they can be dealt
with later.
Congress last year passed a
somewhat similar bill but it was
vetoed with regret by President
Eisenhower because it would have
exempted District government
workers from provisions of the
“clean politics” Hatch Act.
Sitting with Senator Morse
were Senators Bible, Democrat or
Nevada, and Hruska. Republican
of Nebraska. House conferees
were Representatives Harris of
Arkansas and Abemethy of Mis
sissippi, Democrats, and O’Hara,!
Republican of Minnesota, and
Mr. Simpson.
Skin Diver Dragged
2 Miles by Shark
FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla.,
Aug. 1 (/Pi. —A 6-foot shark,
maddened by a skindiver’s spear,
pulled the fisherman two miles
out into the Atlantic Ocean yes-!
iteiday.
The fisherman, James Jones,!
]24, held on grimly until the
{spear pulled out of the shark’s
head and then swam back to;
his boat and resumed spearflsh
ing. He said he didn’t want to
turn loose and lose his expen
sive speargun.
The long haul and return took
two hours. Mr. Jones speared
the shark in an underwater hole,
thinking it was a "small fish.”
He held to a 10-foot line during
the tow through water about 15
feet deep, managing to get to
the top often enough to breathe.
The shark made no attempt
to attack him, Mr. Jones said.
that, while nothing in the regu
lations prohibits a post office
employe from holding another
job outside his working hours,
such employes nevertheless are
I expected to give full attention to
postal work during assigned
working hours.
The Upper Darby Post Office
1 is in the shopping center in the
’ suburban area Immediately west
. ol Philadelphia. It serves nearly
, 100,000 families and has a pay
roll of more than 200 employes.
Postal officials said Anthony
. Rlccbezza, the postmaster, was
. not subject to any of the dis
ciplinary orders.
The Philadelphia Bulletin re
i ported that one of the men dis
i missed was Donald C. Connelly,
■ of Stonehurst, the superintendent
of malls. Mr. Connelly is a
brother of Representative M.
i Joseph Connelly, a Republican
i member of the Legislature from
’ Delaware County.
The employes who were dis
i clplined received formal notices
i dated July 11 and effective July
i 12. They have 30 days in which
to file appeals with the Civil
ti Service Commission.
Funds Freeze
Eyed in Bid for
Adjournmenl
Congress Chiefs Act
To Wind Up Housing
And Pay Rise Rows
By ROBERT K. WALSH
A stubborn House-Senate dis
pute over proposals for congres
sional operating funds and em
ploye pay increases caused lead
ers today to consider breaking
the deadlock—and thus improv
ing chances of adjournment to-*
night—by barring new outlays
and raises until January. ;
Such a stop-gap resolution]
would not automatically assure!
I a quick end of this session off
Congress. Another major stum-4
bling block still existed because
Senate-House conferees were still
{unable to compromise on the
I public housing issue.
The impasse on the $93 mil
ilion legislative appropriation bill
was practically unprecedented,
leaders declared. Ordinarily this
measure supplying money for*
House and Senate, “housekeep
ing” expenses and salaries of
legislative employes goes through]
annually without much question I
and without either branch in-"|
terferfng with allotments sought
by the other.
Irate at Senate Stand
House leaders however, were
{obviously angered today by Sen
ate insistence on various sums
land procedures affecting items
for the House. They indicated:
they would press for passage of
a simple resolution to continue]
! until January all congressional
{operating funds on the basis of!
expenditures during the 1954- ]
55 fiscal year.
This would prevent not only]
any pay raises now. for House:
and Senate committee staffs and;
other legislative employes but
also would delay appropriations
for several projects. These in- 1
elude $5 million to start work 1
on an extension of the east
front of the Capitol and 88.5
million in additional money for
the 821.7 million second Senate
Office Building.
Besides the proposed pay
raises for employes, the Senate
and House bills would provide
increases in stationery allow-;
ances for members of Congress
and a provision to pay mileage
for one round trip each year for
two employes of each Senator
between Washington and the
Senator’s home.
Both sides set a go-home goal
for late tonight. But disputes
on a handful of remaining
"must” measures and the am
bition of various members to
put through a variety of less
pressing or pet bills could pro
long the session despite a pos
sible exodus of many legislators.
Major Problems
Here are the main legislative
roadblocks and the prospects
for a break-through:
1. The housing controversy
centers on the number of public
housing units that would be al
lowed.
The House bill provides for
no new public housing. The Sen
ate bill would’allow 135,000 units
a year for four years. President
Eisenhower originally requested
35,000 a year for two years. Sen
ate conferees reportedly sug
gested 50,000 for one year but
House managers have insisted
on the 70.000 total for two years.
2. Somewhat different bills for
extension of the Defense Pro
duction Act await ironing out by
the same set of House-Senate
; conferees considering the hous
ing issue. No great difficulty is
expected in arriving at an agree
i ment. The matter, however,
iseemed likely to be held up un
til work on the housing bill is
: completed. Continuance of the
I Defense Production Act, which
, automatically expired last night,
’ is regarded as essential to maln
: tain authority needed by the
i President in the mobilization
i program.
The Senate bill would extend
; the act for two years and the
House bill for one. The Presi
dent requested two years. The
law enacted five years ago gives
authority for priorities, alloca
tions, and stockpiling of critical
materials. The Senate bill con
tains an amendment, adopted by
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FORECASTER SEES
HOTTER AUGUST -
THAN CUSTOMARY
Although hardly anybody
shouted bravo when the cur
tain came down on July, Au
gust seems ready to give a
similar performance.
The Weather Bureau said
the thermometer will be in
the low 90’s today and the
outlook for the month is for
temperatures above normal.
Eighteen of July's 31 days
had above-90 heat. The nor
mal number of such days In
July is 11.
Rainfall was slack, too,
with only 2.32 inches report
ed, as compared with the
normal July fall of 4.26 in
ches. Rainfall for the year
is far below normal.
Another sticky night is in
prospect for tonight, with
the mercury expected to go
no lower than 74. Tomor
row. the forecasters said,
will be fair and continued
hot.
Red China to Release
11 American Flyers
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land, principals at Geneva talks, wave to spectators.—AP Wirephoto via Radio.
U.S. and Red China Open
Negotiations in Geneva
Fate of 40 American Civilians Rates _
As Top Topic After Freeing of Flyers
GENEVA. Aug. 1 (TP).—The
United States and Red China
{today began a series of private
talks on steps to ease tension
in the Far East. They met just
after word was received that the
Peiping regime had ordered the
release of 11 American flyers.
The Red representative re
peated the radio announcement;
as the session began.
This had been expected to be
one of the major questions to
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be taken up in the Geneva talks.
But the negotiators agreed in a
communique after the first 45-
minute session to tackle an
equally thorny problem, the pos
sible repatriation of- some 40;
American civilians detained by
the Chinese Communists.
The representatives of the two
governments—U. Alexis John
son, United States ambassador
to Czechoslovakia, and Wang
Ping-nan, Chinese Communist
ambassador to Warsaw—met in
a spacious conference room at
the Palace of Nations, European
headquarters of the United Na
tions, and site of the recent Big
Four summit talks.
Wang Arrives First
They entered the meeting room
promptly at 4 p.m. (11 a.m.
EDT). Mr. Wang, accompanied
by three advisors, arrived first.
Mr Johnson followed by two
{minutes. He was accompanied
by Ralph Clough, a State De
partment political officer, and
Lt. Col Robert B. Ekvall, in
terpreter.
Mr. Wang hinted on his ar
rival yesterday that a settlement
on the civilian prisoners might
be near. He said if both aides
approached the talks in a spirit
of sincerity it should be pos
sible “to reach, first of all, a
reasonable settlement on the
question of the repatriation of
civilians.”
Mr. Johnson had little to say
on arrival other than that his
mission was outlined fully in
the State Department's July 26
statement announcing arrange
ments for the negotiations.
No Advance Agenda
The Chinese at today’s open
ing conference, in addition to.
Mr. Wang, were Lin Ping and;
Lee Huei-chuan. advisors, and!
Chu Yln-chlao, interpreter.
The two teams r.at around one i
Transit Woes Hit Manila;
Jeepneys Wearing Out
! MANILA. Aug. 1 (fl*).—The;
| Jeepney business is in peril.
I A government campaign to re
move faulty cars from the roads
•is aimed mainly at the jeepney.
! The word is a marriage of
!Jeep and jitney. Thousands of
jeeps were brought here in 1945
for the projected invasion of
Japan. The Philippines lacked
adequate public transportation.
In Manila and other cities street
cars and buses had been de
stroyed. When the war ended
thousands of Army Jeeps were
"liberated” from Manila streets
and military storage areas. They
reappeared as small public con
veyances and soon earned the
name jeepney.
The Jeep body was remodeled
and extended. Two scats were!
installed on either side in the (
back and a one-step entrance
put on the rear. Metal tops
were constructed. |,
Gaudily painted in brilliant
colors, they could carry a maxi-j
mmn of eight passengers—six inji
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end of an oval table, with Mr.
Johnson and Mr. Wang next to
each other. Before the talks
actually got under way, they
permitted photographers to come
in for a brief picture-snapping
session.
] A spokesman tor the-United
States delegation said there was
no advance agenda.
As the talks began. Mr. John
son made it clear that as far as
the United States was concerned
| little or no information would be
given to the press. His asso
ciates said he expected to report
ito the State Department after
each meeting aad let the author
ities in Washington decide what,
if anything, should be released.
Some observers saw a vague
hint in a statement by the
Chinese representative yesterday
that a solution might be near on
the problem of the civilian de
tainees.
Extension Sought
Mr. Johnson stressed that
the main American aim in the
talks would be to secure release;
of the 40 civilians either in
prison, under house arrest or
denied exit permits. It added,
however, that the United States
Government hopes agreement on
this will "facilitate;
further discussions and settle
ment of other practical matters
now in issue.
United States officials in
Washington have said that Red
China’s attitude on the Ameri
cans detained—including 11 im
prisoned flyers—would determine
the scope of the Geneva talks
United States officials esti
mated that talks might last at
least two weeks. Both sides have
Indicated that, if the negotia
tions between the two Ambassa
, dors achieve positive results, they
may be followed by a meeting be
lt ween Secretary of State Dulles
and Red China's Premier-For
, eign Minister Chou En-lai.
The meeting room is the same
i in which the Indo-China armis
tice was signed a year ago. It
is a spacious chamber with a
large, glass topped oval table, set
to seat 16 persons.
Today’s meeting was a return
[engagement for Mr. Wang and;
{Mr. Johnson. They began nego
tiations on the issue of the
{prisoners during the Indo-China
{conference here last summer.
back and two in front with the
driver.
They quickly became a men
i ace. Drivers wrote their own
rules of the road, darting in and
out of traffic. They stop any
where to load or discharge
passengers. Frequently one will
take a corner too fast and
tumble its passengers over the
road. Breakdowns occur regu
larly and snarl traffic for blocks.
I Ten years pf hard wear are!
beginning to tell on the cars.
Parts are 'needed more fre
quently. Increased gasoline
consumption is cutting into
profits. And more passengers
are turning to the growing num
jber of buses.
Alejandro Benjamin, a driver,
estimates that on good days he
can make a $4 or )5 profit. But
"there are many days when I
lose my passengers who get off
every time it stalls.” Passengers 1
pay a 5-cent fare upon arriving
|at their destination. If they
jdorA get there, they don’t pay.j
Metropolitan
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New York Markon. Pages A-20-21
WMAL—RADIO—TV 5 CENTS
President Hails
Release of 11 / I
U. S. to Fly Families
To Pacific Reunion
By GARNETT D. HORNER
President Eisenhower today
hailed “with joy” the announce
ment that Communist China will
free 11 American airmen held
prisoner there since 1953.
He promised that the Gov-!
emment will “use every appro-!
priate facility to assure the]
speedy reunion” of the flyers;
with their families.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said this
meant that Air Force planes
would be used to fly the families
of the released airmen to some
place in the Pacific for a reunion
at the earliest possible moment.
He said detailed plans have not
yet been made.
This Government had received
word through the British at
taches in Peiping several hours
before the Chinese Reds’ an
nouncement that it might come
today, Mr. Hagerty told re
porters.
Text of Statement.
The text of the President's
statement follows:
“The entire country will feel
a sense of relief and hail with
joy the announcement that the
11 United States airmen held in
Communist China since 1953 are
at last to be released.
“Our first thoughts go to the
men and their families who have
been separated for so long. The
Government will use every ap
propriate facility to assure the
speedy reunion of these families.
"The United States extends
thanks to all who have contrib
uted to this humanitarian result,
particularly the United Nations
and its secretary general who ac
tively sought this result on be
half of the United Nations Com
mand in which these 11 flyers
served.”
Reporters asked Secretary oT
State Dulles what effect the
Peiping announcement would
have on the Geneva meeting of
ambassadorial representatives of
;he United States and Red China,
opening today. He declined to
make any statement.
Honored Men, Knowland Says
At the Capitol. Senate Repub
lican Leader Knowland made
this statement:
"The American people will wel
come home the 11 American air
men not as pardoned criminals, as
stated by the Peiping radio, but
as honored members of our Air
Force who have been illegally,
held by the Chinese Communists
in flagrant violation of the
Korean armistice.”
Senator Wiley, Republican oi
Wisconsin, senior Republican
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said: Tnis
is a long overdue but welcome
statement. I hope nothing stands
in the way of its fulfillment. We
are particularly happy for the
families of these men.’i
Martin Is Cautious
House Republican Leader Mar
tin said he hoped the release
of the 11 men "will not lead us
into unwise conclusions. ’
“Communist China is not like
ly to change its real attitude,”
Mr. Martin said. “The action
probably means that, realizing
it faces a bad future, it is try j
ing to again win victory through
diplomacy.’’
Senator George, chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said "this proves
that the Geneva conference is
worthwhile, if it doe.« nothing
but bring Jjnck home those
United States citizens who have
been imprisoned.”
“I am grateful for this news,{
which should be welfcome to all
Americans,” he said.
Due to Reach
Hong Kong
Thursday
TOKYO, Aug. 1 —Red
China announced tonight it was
releasing 11 American airmen
whose conviction for “spying”
was one major cause of friction
with the United States.
A Peiping radio announcement
that they had been ordered re-
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leased came as representatives
of the United States and Red
China met at Geneva, primarily
to discuss release of Americans
in China.
The broadcast did not say
when or where the 11, who were
shot down in the Korean war,
would be released. But in Geneva
the Reds announced the men
had left Peiping and would arrive
in Hong Kong Thursday.
Silver Spring Man Included
The 11 and their sentences
are:
! Col. John Knox Arnold. Jr,
{Silver Spring Md„ 10 years.
Maj. William H. Baumer,
Lewisburg, Pa., eight years.
Capt. Eugene John Vaadi,
Clayton, N. Y, six years.
Capt. Elmer F., Lellewellyn,
Missoula, Mont., five years.
Lt. Wallace L. Brown, Banks,
Ala., five years.
Lt. John W. Buck. Armath
waite, Term., four years.
Sergt. Howard W. Brown, St.
Paul, Minn., four years. . v - •
Steven E. Kiba, airman Ist
class, Akron, Ohio, four years.
Harry M. Benjamin, jr., air
man 2d class, Worthington,
{Minn., four years.
{ John W. Thompson HI, air
man 2d class, Orange, Va., four
{years.
Daniel C. Schmidt, airman 2d
class, Redding, Calif, four years.
Shot Down in 1953
The 11 were in a B-29 which
was shot down January 13, 1983.
on what the Far East Air Force#
called “a routine leaflet-dropping
mission over North Korea.”
Red China charged they flew
over Manchuria on a mission for
“the United States secret in
telligence service.” A Chinese
military court last November
sentenced them to terms of from
4 to 10 years on espionage
charges.
The Red radio commented:
“During the period in which
these 11 criminals Served their
sentences they observed disci
pline and behaved themselvee
fairly well. The authorities in '
charge so reported to the mili
tary tribunal of the supreme
peoples court and asked leniency
for them.
"The tribunal decided on July •
31 according to law to release
these 11 criminals before the
completion of their terms and
notified the authorities in charge
to carry out immediately the re
lease procedure and to send
them out of China.”
Peiping’s announcement was
carried as a routine item in its
English-language broadcast. It
gave no other details.
Colonel Has 4 Children
Col. Arnold. 41, is the husband
of Mrs. Mary I. Arnold who is
now living in Montgomery, Ala.
Married in 1937, they have four
children.
At the time of announcing the
sentences. Peiping radio said—
on November 26, 1954—that Col.
Arnold testified his wing was
"attached to the secret United
States Intelligence Service.”
The United States has repeat
edly and emphatically denied
that the airmen were spying or
were on a secret mission.
The Chinese Reds alleged Col.
Arnold was “wandering on a
hill” in Manchuria—north of tha
Yalu—when captured.
PUNISHMENT CAN
BE CONSTRUCTIVE
PARENTHOOD WITHOUT HO
KUM—Punishment can ba construc
tive, says Howard Whitman in Fart
7 of his sarics on bringing up chil
dren. Miss Eltanor F. McAuliffe,
principal oi Sousa Junior High
School, gives her ideas an the same
controversial subject. Both articles
on Faga A-4.
LYNCHING AND MORALS-Tha
Soviet view ai liie in America is
, vividly portrayed by the Rev.
Georges Bisonnette in the second oi
his series oi 10 articles on "Touring
Inside Russin." Poge A-6.
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