Truman Firm In
Stand On Size
Of Air Force
' ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 13. CP)
President Truman Wednesday re
newed his opposition to a 58
group air force at a White House
conference with members of the
senate appropriations committee.
The senators told newsmen aft
erward, however, that the Pres
ident suggested he would accept
the House position on funds for
stockpiling of strategic materi
als. The two controversies are hold
ing up passage of an appropria
tions bill carrying funds for all
the armed services.
Senate Democratic Leader Lu
cas (111) who participated in the
conference, said Mr. Truman was
standing by his position in favor
of a 48-group air force, instead
of the 58 groups insisted upon
by the House, because of the
, "savings of $741,000,000."
Lucas and the other senators.
Including Wherry (Neb-, the Re
publican floor leader, said Mr.
Truman did not say he would
veto a bill carrying the House
version.
The outcome of the conference
at the White House left the fu
ture of the bill as uncertain as
ever.
Wherry, who supported both
the 48-group air force and the
$271,000,000 Senate cut in the
House figure for stockpiling, in
dicated that he would not yield
on either count.
"I came down here to hear
what the President had to say,
but it is not going to influence
me In any way," Wherry said.
Wherry said the President was
"very decent" at the meeting
and simply gave his opinion.
The House voted 305 to 1
Still Mountain Climbing
At 78 Years Of Ag
LOS ANGELES (.Tt Thomas
E. Clarke, 78, has climbed Mt.
Whitney for the 13th time. What's
more, the 6-foot, 169-pound Hem
et, Calif., man scrambled to the
top of the nation's highest peak,
14,496 feet, only five and a half
hours after leaving the 10,000 foot
level.
Clarke made his latest ascent
with a friend. "When we rolled
out of our sleeping bags, he said,
"frost and ice were on the
ground." He said one inexperi
enced hiker collapsed near him
on the trail and had to be carried
down. For 30 years an inspector
of public works in Los Angeles,
Clarke has been an enthusiastic
alpinist for as long as he can re
member. "In my younger days I
would quit a good job to go off
into the mountains," he said.
His only complaint about his
last Jaunt was the heavy traffic
on the trail and the discourtesy
of some climbers, whom he coin
pared to Sunday drivers. "I was
knocked down several times." he
said, "and I don't get jp so quick
as I used to."
against yielding from Its posi
tion in favor of the 58-group air
force.
Lucas, supporting the Presi
dent's position, said It "is diffi
cult for me to understand how
the experts in the House want
to override the experts in the
army and the air force as well
as the President of the United
States."
The argument between the two
houses over air force funds has
held up the huge military ap
propriations bill for more than
a month.
Lateran Cross
Awarded To
Wm. R. Hearst
VATICAN CITY, Oct. K-tW
Vatican sources Tuesday said the
Laleran cross has been awarded
William Randolph Hearst, Ameri
can publisher, by the Canons of
the Basilica of St. John Lateran
in Rome. This is a simple medal
and not an award from Pope Pius
XII, the sources added.
This clarification came In con
nection with a broadcast by the
Vatican secretariat of state deny
ing a Moscow radio statement
that ihe "highest papal honor"
had been given the publisher.
The Vatican broadcast said:
"As is seen, radio Moscow
bases its accusations against the
Pope and the Apostolic see on lies
and pure invention."
A report of a papal award to
Hearst was made to reporters
Sept. 19 and 20 by the Rev.
George Yahn, representing Bish
op A. J. Wililnger of Monterey
Fresno, Calif. He said Hearst had
been given the order of St. Syl
vester by the Pope and that it
would be presented Nov. 10 in
St. John's cathedral, Fresno,
Calif.
Father Yahn said the award
was made in recognition of
Hearst's aid in restoring old mis
sion churches In California.
Vatican sources said Tuesday
Bishop Willinger had recom
mended the award of the decora-
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