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WASHINGTON, D.C-Washington
is a city of men going places
--with briefcases: subalterns in
government, lawyers with cases to
plead, salesmen for wares and
ideas. As the politics-economic
nexus of the world, Washington
attracts men of affairs; Hotels are
filled with them, taxis buzz with
them.
Having neither cause to plead
nor axe to grind I brought no
briefcase along. Though this is va
cation I had to make the stop in
Washington something of a post
man's holiday.
Highlight was a quarter hour
visit with Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, arranged by Carlton
Savage, from Salem originally,
now a member of the state department--vital
policy advisory com
mittee. I have been so disgusted
with the campaign of political ir
responsible against Mr; Acheson
and the state department I want
ed to assure him of one citizen's
confidence in him and his work.
In this cold war the major task
ia to win a victory for human free
dom without resort to force. Ach
eson is the commanding general in
this crucial contest. He is emin
ently qualified by training, native
intelligence and character to guide
our international affairs. It is a
shame to have him sniped at by
the McCarthys and the Wherry s,
for cheap political capital. Ache
son's speeches at San Francisco
. and Berkeley spelled out our for
eign policy in these times. The test
Is on America now to maintain its
leadership and sustain the accom
panying burdens.
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' . -
' -. At the capital one day and lun
ched with Sen. Wayne Morse and
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26 Czechs to
Slay in West
a-Flisht
HIDING, Germany, March 25-fP)-Twenty-six
Czechs elected to
night to stay in Germany as fugi
tives from communism, thereby
partly unraveling the mystery of
the dramatic, unheralded landing
of three Czechoslovak planes load
ed with 85 persons at this U. S.J
air force base yesterday.
Fifty-eight Czechs who chose to
return to Czechoslovakia, among
them the president of the Czech
air line, said they were shanghied
in flight by seven of the 12 crew
men. They said one of the planes
was captured at gun-point.
Miss Katherine Kosmak of New
York City, librarian at the U. S.
Information service library in
Prague and the 85th occupant, re
turned to Czechoslovakia today.
She said most of her fellow pas
sengers "seemed terribly surpris
ed" when they landed here among
y. S. air force men, instead of
Prague, their destination. ...
McNary Field
Designated as
AAF Auxiliary
Official designation of McNary
field as an auxiliary to Portland
air base for air force reserve ac
, tivities was received in Salem Sat
urday afternoon from Fourth air
force at Hamilton air force base,
California.
' The word came on the first day
of training here for the 403rd
troop carrier wing. It permits use
of this field with local clearances
. The Salem field will be used,
each week end by one of the
wing's four squadrons. Additional
members will be sought in this
area, to report for paid training
.here along with about 40 Salem
area men already In the wing's
complement.
Three C-46 transports of the
wing's 64th squadron were here
Saturday morning and early aft
ernoon until clouds began to low
er. Those will be back with others
today If weather permits, accord
ing to Capt Paul Laartz, Port
land, wing public relations offi
cer.
MillGtyto
Switch Time
Statesman N.ws Service
MILL CITY, March 25 An or
dinance adopting daylight saving
time effective April 30 was ap
proved by Mill City council this
week. - -
. Council members indicated the
switch to s fast time was effected
to comply with action being tak
en by other cities in the Willam
ette valley. -v.
The council urged the state
highway commission to install
traffic lights on the highway east
of Mill City bank. Members esti
mated more than 100 logging
trucks and numeros heavy trucks
freighting to the dam would pass
through the city, each . day this
summer.
OIL DRILLING SPEEDED
VALE, March 25-i?-Drilling
for oil will go on a 24-hour basis
six miles southwest of here next
week.
UUJLUULg
Stork Gives Expectant
Father Extra Practice
In Fast Hospital Trips
What started as a sociable vis
it among three expectant moth
ers Friday night turned out to be
a nightmare for Willard Schade,
1652 Sixth st, an expectant
father.
A general exodus for the ma
ternity ward started as Schade's
wife, Lillian, Mrs. Glenn Whit
marsh, 1069 Arthur way, and
Mrs. William Grand, 2605 Maple
ave., were talking over common
problems at the Schade home.
I Mrs. Whitmarsh complained
Of "feeling funny, and a few
'minutes later Schade was driv
ing her toward Salem General
hospital at a fast clip.
The speeding car was stopped
near the Center street bridge by
City Police Officer David Bain.
Schade was soon on his way
again after explaining he was
taking a pregnant woman to the
' hospital.
No sooner had Schade reached
the hospital when he received a
telephone call from home. It was
his wife, who explained that
Juniors Victorious
At Freshmen Glee
"Juniors looked fin last night. Juniors looked fine;
Judyes cam up and seniors went down, but
JUNIOKS looked fine."
Parodies were incidental music to the rousing fight songs that
reverberated through Willamette .university's gymnasium Saturday
night as the junior5 class won the 42nd annual Freshman Glee.
With a' lusty presentation of their original "Forward Mighty
Bearcats," members of the class of 1951 recorded their second Glee
triumph in three years. Last year they were a close second and they
had won as freshmen.
A hapless but good natured sen
ior class will "swim" in the cam
pus stream for the third time in
its four years at Willamette by
"virtue of placing last in the Glee
judging.
Freshmea Second -
Freshmen placed second, soph
omores third.
All the spirit and tension and
fun of the traditional campus
event added up to an evening of
exuberance, swelling from the
stately entrance of seniors in cap
and gown through the lively
rounds of sung parodies, the or
iginal song competition itself, the
nervous wait for a judges report
and the final pandemonium.
Juniors sang- a cappella their
fight song, composed by Martha
Guice ad Janet Stark. As jaunty
Benard with words by Margaret
as befits a fight song for anyone's
athletic field, the music neverthe
less was by far the most elabor
ate of the songs presented last
night ; v
Dimond direct
Arthur Dimond directed .his
class singing as he had the two
previous years. Miss Benard was
song writer ail tnree years, uneme
for the glee was serenade last year
and love songs the year before.
The white skirts and blouses of
the Junior women contrasted with
dark sweaters and trousers on the
men as the class sang from the
gymnasium stage against a back
drop of a huge-football-uniformed
fbearcat"
A feature of the non-competi
tive part of last night's program
was the reminiscing of J. A. C
Oakes of Portland who was one
of the class of 1912 who as fresh
men hurled the first original sing
ing challenge at other Willamette
classes.
Oakes and his class lost, but
ever since the frosh have chal
lenged other classes to a competi
tion in the writing and presenta
tion of songs on a predetermined
theme. Freshmen classes have
won eight times.
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Portland TV
Drive Grows
- PORTLAND, March 25-VThe
campaign to get television to Fort-
land continued here today.
The Portland "TV Now com
mittee attracted 200 persons to a
meeting here last night in which
Dick Matthews, spokesman for
the committee, asserted local ra
dio stations would put in TV if it
were authorized.
TV construction permits are
frozen now by the federal com
munications commission. An at
tempt is being made by Oregon
congressmen to get a waiver on
the ban.
Correspondents Find Acceptance of East-West
Stalemate in Most Non-Communist Capital Cities
By the Associated Press
Secretary' of State Acheson's
seven points and the Russian res
ponse have failed to bring the
east and the west closer together.
Instead, throughout most of the
world, there is a reluctant accep
tance of deepening stalemate.
That is the theme brought out
in an Associated Press survey by
correspondents in non-communist
capitals.
Acheson posed his seven points
in a speech 10 days ago. He chal
lenged the Soviet Union to, accept
these points as a move toward
ending the cold war. Russia made
no formal reply, but her control
led press castigated Acheson as
a simpleton and liar, and made
clear his proposals were not ac
ceptable. Acheson himself said there was
little chance of Russia's acting
upon his proposals. Most officials
and newspapers expressing com
ment have echoed this view. At
the extremes, a London "fcewspaper
found Acheson's speech cogent and
powerful; aa Indian newspaper.
Mrs Grand also needed a ride
to the hospital.
Schade roared back over the
bridge doing a mile a minute.
Again he was flagged down by
.Officer Bain, who patiently in
quired about Schade's I speeding
ways.
Tm going after another preg
nant woman, Schade blushed.
.Tell me another one," Bain re
plied, "that one wont work
again. After a frantic explana
tion, Schade hurried back to the
house arid' was on the way to the
hospital again. He was stopped
momentarily by the officer, who
took one look and scratched his
head. "
Early Saturday morning Mrs.
Whitmarsh and Mrs. Grund each
became mother of a son. Satur
day night, Schade was still stick
ing close to home awaiting a ma
ternity alarm from his wife.
"It looks like 111 be making
another trip any minute," he
told The Statesman. "I hope that
policeman will believe me just
once more."
AFL Calls for
Action to Stem
Unemployment
WASHINGTON, March 25-flV
The American Federation of Labor
issued an "imperative" call today
for action to stem rising TJJS. un
employment "before it is too late."
The labor organization said in its
monthly economy survey that 2,
000,000 more workers are jobless
today than in the first three
months of either 1947 or 1948.
"Only a small p art of this unem
ployment is seasonal,' it said.
The government, at the same
time, warned this year's ; record
crop of 1,750,000 high school and
college graduates that they face
the toughest competition for jobs
since the early 1940's.
The census bureau has reported
the number of unemployed creep-'
ing toward 5,000,000. The total
number in the nation's work force
(those holding jobs and looking for
jobs) was estimated at 89,000,000.
The labor department's bureau
of labor statistics issued two re
ports today bearing on the situa
tion: 1. Industrial and . commercial
employment in February dropped
465,000 from the January figure
to a total of 41,700,000, with two
thirds of the decline traceable to
the coal and auto strikes. However,
manufacturing jobs passed the 14,-000,000-mark
and would have gone
much .higher were it not for the
strike of 90,000 Chrysler workers.
Last year, there was a drop of
133,000 in manufacturing jobs be
tween mid-January and mid-February.
2. Weekly earnings of factory
production workers continued at
the record level of $56.37 in mid
February. The average work week
was 39.7 hours reflecting an ex
pansion of hours in heavier indus
tries. The BLS said a "firm tone"
has characterized the manufactur
ing industry thus far in 1950.
But the AFL noted the mount
ing jobless figures, and cautioned
that "it is imperative to check un
employment now."
Power Pole Broken
In Auto Accident
A power pole was broken off in
the 1600 block of Center street
about 11 p. m. Saturday night
when it was struck by a car oper
ated by Dallas Haney, Grande
Ronde, city police reported. The
auto was slightly damaged, but no
one was injured.
called it "a mere piece of cold war
propaganda."
Acheson's proposals called for a
major retreat by the Russians from
their present position. He said
they should end obstructionist
tactics in the United Nations, stop
using force on ' Soviet - satellite
countries and halt efforts to un
dermine other countries through
international communism. He ask
ed the Russians to rip back the
iron curtain so that the Russian
people could learn what is going
on in the outside world.
The survey found an almost un
animous opinion that it was hope
less to expect Russia to agree to
such proposals. But in France a
foreign office spokesman said he
thought Acheson's speech was "of
a nature to restore the confidence
necessary" in direct east-west ne
gotiations Here is the reaction in various
countries:
Britain The official view as
expressed by the foreign office is
that Acheson's aims are desirable
put there is -slight hope they will
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Above and Beyond
The Call of Duty
NOTTINGHAM, Eng, March 25
-UPy- It all began in the line of
duty.
"Policeman Geoffrey Evereitt
and Policewoman Alice Robinson
were assigned to pose in plain
clothes, of course as a courting
couple in Nottingham forest last
summer as a lure for handbag
matchers.
Today they were married.
'Bring 'Em Back
Alive' Buck
Dies in Texas
HOUSTON, March 25-(iiP)-Frank
Buck, 66 -year -old Texan who
gained fame by capturing wild
animals throughout the world, died
of a lung ailment today.
The "Bring 'em Back Alive"
authority had been ill since being
injured in a Chicago taxicab wreck
three years ago.
His widow, Mrs. Muriel Riley
Buck, and a daughter, Barbara,
are survivors.
Buck was born March 17, 1884,
at Gainesville, Tex. His family
soon moved to Dallas.
As a youngster Buck quit school
after the seventh grade and began
an outdoors Me that included
cowpunching, hoboing and wild
game expeditions throughout the
world.
His first expedition was made
in 1911 to South America. Later
his trips took him to Malaya, In
dia, Borneo, Burma, New Guinea,
Siam and Africa.
He made a trip to Malaya last
year but native uprisings and his
health forced cancellation of plans
for a -jungle expedition.
Motion pictures made on his ex
peditions made Buck a hero of
millions of youngsters throughout
the world,
A feature picture, "Bring 'em
Back Alive," made about 20 years
ago, gave him the lasting nick
name.
Elephants Run
Amok, Injure
Circus Helper
POMONA, Calif., March 25-OT
Two circus elephants frightened
by train whistles ran amok here
for an hour and a half last night
They critically Injured an at
tendant who tried to lead them
back to their train.
Leroy Spellman, 29, circus at
tendant, was seriously hurt when
a four-ton female elephant pick
ed him up in her trunk, threw
him to the ground and then roll
ed on him. He was taken to Po
mona hospital with multiple
abrasions and internal injuries.
Police Sgt Ed Stevens said the
huge animals were being led back
to the circus train after a per
formance of the Clyde Beatty cir
cus here. A blast from the whistle
of a passing train scared them.
The pachyderms tore loose
from .their handlers and rampag
ed through this Los Angeles
suburb.
Frightened residents deluged
the police station switchboard
with hysterical stories of mon
sters roaming through their back
yards and crashing through
fences. One of the elephants wan
dered into a tile manufacturing
plant and set a nightwatchror-rr
screaming.
Stevens and other officers and
circus attendants finally cornered
the elephants in a vacant lot,
quieted them and led them back
to the circus train. The train de
parted soon afterward for San
Francisco, Calif.
- The showgrounds were virtual
ly empty of patrons at the time
of the outbreak.
be achieved soon unless Russia
takes an abrupt about face. This is
considered most unlikely.
Germany A c h e s o n's speech
failed to stir peace hopes of the
Germans, who see no end to the
cold war which has made their
divided country an east-west bat
tleground. And the Germans were
not surprised by the Soviet cold
shoulder to Acheson.
Italy Acheson's seven points
and the Soviet reaction got prom
inent display in the Italian press,
but only communist editors took
time off from pressing- domestic
problems to comment. The com
munist press said the speech con-
tained nothing new and instead of
creating a favorable atmosphere
for peace it heightened tensions
and dangers of war.
Spain Diplomatic sources saw
the speech as an attempt by Ache
son to win friends in the U.S. con
gress. Pedro Gomez Aparicio, di
rector of the Spanish official news
agency, said there was nothing
new in Acheson's seven points 'and
P00 Billion
Said Price of Total A
,
Cuts in Foreign
President Makes
Request in Letter
To Congressman
KEY WEST, Fla- March
President Truman warned the con
gressional economy bloc today that
sharp cuts in foreign aid spend
ing might precipitate a third world
war.
Demanding house passage of the
full amount" of administration
requests for $3,375,000,000 to car
ry the program forward another
year. He said- the United States
had to fight World War Two be
cause it turned its back on the
"rest of the world.
"We will save nothing if we Ig
nore the needs of other nations
now only to find that the result is
World War Three," he declared.
Blow for Peace
Approval of administration re
quests, he said, would strike a
"major blow" for peace.
Countering efforts of the econ
omy bloc to trim at least a half
billion dollars from the omnibus
measure, the president warned
that the "full amount" is neces
sary to fight the "poverty, misery
and insecurity on which "com
munism thrives."
Mr. Truman pitched into the
house debate with a two-page let
ter to Chairman Kee (D-West Va)
of the foreign affairs committee.
"Passage of this act will
strengthen all nations threatened
with intimidation, subversion or
aggression." he said.
Releases Text
The president released the text
of the letter at the "Winter White
House" on the naval submarine
station where he is spending a
month's vacation.
At the same time, the president
withheld a decision on a reouest
by Senator Ty dings (D-Md) for
use of loyalty" files of state depart
ment employes accused by Senator
Mccartny (-Wis) of pro-com
munist leanings. Ross said there
will be no answer over the week
end.
However, the secretary said the
president gave his full approval
to information given the senate
foreign relations subcommittee
yesterday by Attorey General Mc
Grath and FBI Chief J. Edgar
Hoover. Tydings Is chairman of
the Investigating group.
Searchers Fail
To Find Que to
Jo Ann Dewev
. VANCOUVER, Wash, March 25
-JP)-A mass search through Clark
county failed today to turn up an
18-year-old girl missing a week.
Approximately 500 volunteers
turned out to peer under brush,
search through woods and farm
buildings in a 15-20 mile area fan
ning out from Vancouver.
Theq were looking for Jo Ann
Dewey, a 5 foot 4 inch girl
weighing 170 pounds, who was be
lieved snatched from the streets of
Vancouver last Sunday night.
Residents heard piercing screams,
saw a woman battling two men,
only to be shoved Inside an auto
mobile and carried off. A hair
clasp and a purse strap belonging
to Miss Dewey were found on the
scene later.
One bystander started to, Inter
fere, but stopped when one of the
men told him, "Shut up, this Is
my wife."
But as the car drove off, the
woman screamed, "No, I'm not. I'm
not his wife. '
Russia obviously could not accept
them.
Turkey The influential news
paper Cumhuriyet said U was
"vain to believe" Russia would act
on the seven points but expressed
hope the "efforts of a free and
democratic world will slowly but
surely succeed in dispelling the
causes of tension."
. India A qualified Indian ob
server said Acheson's program
would appeal to most persons but
added that one could not ignore
the difficulty of trying to solve all
the problems at once. This obser
ver put the German proDsem ana
atomic control as the two -firsts
on the list.
Nationalist China Officials be
lieve Moscow will reply to Ache
son only in the form of fresh con
quests. Cheng Tien Fong, minis
ter of information and education,
said, the Russians "only ; under
stand an eye for an eye argument
The only way to treat them is to
display greater force."
Garri
Aid May Help Bring on War, Truman Warns
Greek Premier
f-j- v.
ATHENS,' March 25 Sophocles
Ventre! , shewn waving te sup
porters daring recent elecUea
campaign, was swera ia as
Greece's stw pcesaicr. Vcsd
selos is head ef the Greek lib
eral party and his rerernment
Is predominately liberal.
GI Confesses
Slaying Pretty
eant
SAN RAFAEL, March 25-WV
xne MB i saia a Vermont non-com
missioned air officer confessed to
night that he strangled a pretty
women air force sergeant whose
body was found today at Hamilton
Field, her uniform ripped off.
Sgt Lyle X. BuswelL 22, Rut
land, Vt was quoted as admitting
he killed the woman sgt rairy c
Decker, 44, York Psl, after he had
been drinking heavily.
Harry XimbalL San Francisco
chief cl the FBI and MaJ. Jasnes
K, Johnston of the fourth air force
said Sgt Buawell related:
He choked the woman twice af
ter she ordered him from the of
fice where she was on orderly
duty. Then he took her outside,
ripped off her clothes and scat
tered them to give the appearance
of a rape.
He said he twice visited the of
fice, once under the pretext of
using the telephone.
Told to Get Oat
Then he set down with her on a
cot It was then she said "get out
of here.
She got up to show him the door.
He grabbed her and choked her.
she clawed him. Hhe choked her
again and she went limp.
That was about 4:30 a.m. today.
Then he waited another hour be
fore reporting to officers his orig
inal . story of finding the attrac
tive brunette's body while wand
ering around the base, restless
over the fact he had been ordered
overseas.
He denied he raped the woman,
who worked in the same military
office with him at the air base.
Served in Japan
Mrs; Decker, mother of a 22-
year old son, Horace, joined the
air force as a private in 1942. She
served 27 months in Japan. Her
husband, Paul Decker, works in
a mill! in York, Pa.
Appearing younger than her 44
years, the slender brunette was a
clerk-typist in the office of the
Hamilton field provost marshal.
She , sometimes taught Sunday
school! classes, acquaintances said.
Air Lines Hearing
To Open Monday
In Washington, D.C.
Hearing on whether United Air
lines or West Coast airlines is to
serve Salem will open Monday in
Washington, D. C before the civil
aeronautics board, wnicn pro
posed a change from UAL to the
latter.
Preliminary hearing was con
ducted In Salem early this month.
Robert Letts Jones is to repre
sent the city and Salem Chamber
of Commerce at the hearing, for
which he will leave by plane this
nwrning,
OTTAKES IN CALIFORNIA
BERKELEY. Calif- March 25-
(jp)-Four slight earth tremors in
the ML Lassen area were record
ed yesterday by the University of
California seismograph. All were
described as after shocks of the
earthquake that shook the same
area quite severely Juonaay.
WAESerg
so:
Civilian Defense Director Estimates
Cost of Dispersing Cities, Industries
WASHINGTON, March 25--Congress was told today that
if the United States tried to achieve absolute security against
atomic attack it would have to spend more than $300 billion end
become a garrison state. 1
This analysis of civiliafi defense against A-bombs was given
the senate-htjuse atomic committee by Paul J. Larsen, director
of the office of civilian mobilization in the national security
resources board. 1 ,
Larsen said in testimony given in closed session March 23 and
made public by the committee today that perfect security against
atomic attack "obviously is not possible." - :
"Nor is an attempt to achieve absolute security desirable under
present conditions unless we are willing to become a garrison state,
he said. ' . ' I
He said that, looking at the problem from a security standpoint
alone, the solution might appear to be compulsory dispersion of peo
pirn ana oi inausiry, dus ne aaaea:
"The dollars and cents cost of decentralizing some 200 cities hi
the United States having population of 50,000 or more would probably
be in the neighborhood of $300,000,000,000.
- "The social and political costs of such decentralization might pat
an end to democracy as we know it To accomplish such a program
of compulsory dispersion we would have to be willing to become a
garrison state." . ,
Conceding that this country isnt ready for an atomic attack, Lar
sen said that civilian defense planning must be done at the commurW
ity level,- with the federal government standing ready to aid in ease
of an onslaught . ; ' -
Vandenberg Proposes Commission
To Chart Next U.S. Step in Cold War
WASHINGTON. March
proposed today that a new "unnartisan"
chart America's next step in the
ends.
Vandenberg suggested that a "Harriman commission" similar te
the 19-member group headed by W. Averell Harriman which sur
veyed American resources and Europe's needs in 1047 be created te
study the possibility of a successor to the Eeonmnk CaoMntinn
1 ministration.
ZCA administers the Marshall plan, designed to build Europe rn
economically with the help of American funds and strengthen ft
against communism.
The Michigan senator Indicated, he wants such a future ' study
made on a world-wide basis. Including plans to- combat communism
in the far east "As we approach the statutory end of ECA In W52
the Michigan-senator said in letter to ECA- Administrator Paul XL -Hoffman,-
"I think it would be well for another such commission
equally unpartisan and equally impeccable in eharacteiwto resume
independent advisory studies of our new responsibilities as the
world's largest creditor nation and the world's spearhead In the quest
of dependable peace. , -
The Harriman commission was made us of Industrial, labor and
economic leaders picked by President Truman without reference te ,
party affiliation. Harriman, then secretary of commerce, now is ECA Is
roving ambassador in Europe.
Papers Show U.S. Postwar Planners
Ignored Possibility
WASHINGTON. March 25-LfVLong secret documents showed to
day that top-level U. 8. planners spent six years getting ready for the
peace without seriously considering the possibility of a postwar spBt
between Soviet Russia and the west 'r. 1
The state department published today detailed resort of ad
vance planning which started In 1929. The report was compiled at
the direction of President Truman, who was supplied with a copy of
it before leaving on his current vacation trip to Key West
The 720-page volume on "postwar foreign policy preparation"
includes six preliminary drafts for a United Nations charter and some
two score other documents. Virtually all were based on the as- -
sumption that the western powers and Russia after their -victory
over the Axis would be able to get together on the settlement ol
world problems.
Reporters were told by Harley A. Notter, state department of
ficial who wrote the narrative and had an active part in the plan- .
ning ,that "thought was given" during Wordl War II to the possibility
Russia might not cooperate. He said papers were prepared on the
subject but "only at the working level" and nevervreached the stage
of actual decision. This means they got nowhere on the upper levels.
One published document was a 1943 report of an internal state de
partment planning committee which advised that in case of big power
friction Germany would hold a balance of power and Russia "would .
be in a position to use the communists to strengthen Germany," te
foment disorders and advance Soviet alms.
An active figure among the officials who took part was Alger
Hiss, recently convicted of falsely-denying he passed secrets to a
courier for a red spy ring. His name is listed in the record 22 times.
West's Top Strategy Planners Ready
To Sharpen Teeth
LONDON, March 25-(VThe west's top planners of cold war
political and battle strategy nave begwn to sharpen the teeth of their -North
Atlantic defense pact ,
Until now the alliance of a dozen nations, backboned by the :
United States, has been largely a paper alliance. Its main achieved
ment has been the simple fact of agreement on arming Jointly
against any aggressor.
But who's going to make the guns, tanks, ships, shells and
planes? Who's going to pay for them? Who's going to use them?, Who's
going to command them? How will aggression be met?
These are some of the questions being discussed at talks this week
and next The talks are being held in London and at The Hague.'
Among top American officials crossing the Atlantic to help put
an edge on the defense teeth are Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of
the joint chiefs of staff, and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson.
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, air-minded chief of naval operations, le
conferring with American military and naval commanders In Britain,
Germany and France. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, is
touring the Mediterranean and the near east ',
Readiness for gearing up the alliance was indicated by the ar
rival in Britain this week of some B-29 superfortress bombers-- .
planes big enough to lug atom bombs. Thty were the vanguard of 71
to 80 B-29s allotted the British under the United States' 1 1,000,000,000
military aid program.
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