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(ONGRESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT
TAX, PRIGES, BUT NIX MILITARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(AP)—Congress tipped its hand slightly
today on how it felt about the proposals in President Truman’s com
bined state of the Union and budget messages. : ;
The recommendations for keepi—ng taxes at a’ high le\'ei éppea:x'ed
likely to get substantial support.
The request that price controls
be extended likewise received a
favorable reception by many law-=
makers, although opinions differ
ed on the details of the extension.
Cool To Military
On the President’s three-point
military program, - however, it
was evident that Congress would
not be in any great hurry.
The Capitol was cool _to the
suggestion that the draft be ex
tended beyond its May 15 expira
tion date, and there were no signs
of early action on Mr. Truman’s
renewed plea for universal mili
tary training, or for the merger of
Army and Navy into -a single
agency of national defense. .
The remainder of the program
advanced by Mr. Truman found
Aegislators so divided that the ul
timate fate of the proposals look=
ed like a toss-up. l
With the presidential message.
out of the way, the Senate plung
ed back into its filibuster over the
Fair Employment Practice Com
mission, ’
Southern opponents were ready
With' a new barrage of oratory
and Senator Russell (D.-Ga.)
contended the measure would
make a “lackey” of the President.
The Georgian told a reporter
that when he and his Dixie col
leagues finish, “the public will
understand what’s in this bill.”
_ The fact-finding bill; another
Item high on the administration
Program, reached its first con
gressional test with a showdown
vole in the House Labor Commit
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Partial Remowval
Of Heart Saves
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Vicim Of Stabbing
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Jan., 27
—(AP)— A rare operation in
Which a stab vietim'’s heart was
Partialy removed from the body
and stiched up to close the wound
Was credited today with saving
the life of g Montgomery man. !
The surgery was performedfloni
Betty Jean Brown, 25 last Satur-.
day night by two young surgeons,
Dr. p. K. Burwell and Dr. W. D.
Bennett. Her condition today was
describeq by Dr. Burwell as
“gopa”.
The woman suffered a deep stab‘
tarough the heart. the physician
Telated, ang was taken to St. Mar
-Baret’s hogpital. The two doctors
jre summoned, and in an hour
the dittiewlt opdration’ was jcome
Dleteq.
During the operation, Dr. Ben
rett held the Negro's heart in
h"_hand outside the chest cavity.
while the other doctor -sewed up
'he half-inch ineision. § %
TWO KILLED
VACON, Ga., Jan. 22, e TADY:
~The twe occupavrts were kill
o vesterday wher an Army
Pomber “on " 4 rovtine training
Tlight from Turner Field in Al
bany, C'ashed and burhed three
Miles east of Marshaliville,
The Army Withheld names of
the deag pending notification of
next of kin. ¥
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DAN HILL
Mr. Hill, city manager of
Lucas & Jenkins Theaters,
and Clarke county chairman
of the Polio Fund drive, spent
Monday in Atlanta conferring
with W. K. Jenkins, ' state
chairman of the drive. Each
of the local theaters is a de
pository for the “March of
Dimes” and those who have
larger contributions for this
crusade against the dread in
fantile paralysis should send
their checks to J. S. Wolfe,
treasurer, says Chairman Hill.
]Family Monopolies
Ordered Exposed
By Gen. MacArthur
, TOKYO, Jan. 22— (AP)—The
’Japanese government was ordered
today to provide detailed infor
‘mation concerning 14 Zaibatsu
(Family monoplies and 18 major
holding companies.
Allied headguariers submitted
a series of questions, including
oné on how the Zaibatsu perpe
tuated their controls. The govern-<
ment was ordeied to produce a
list of major officers of Zaibatsu
companies holding positions Jan.
i and the -holders of more than
one per cent of stock in UCH com
panigs.
Maj. S. W. Wheeler of Haworth,
N. J. Chief of the economic and
scientific seection and the anti
trust and cartels division of head
quartérs, said the order was in
tended to complete information
on Japan’s leading industrial fam
ilies and the extent of inter-com
pany relationships. |
. On Susrect List
_ 'H was the largest list of Zaiba
{su ‘families thur far indentified
by headquarters Heads of two of
the families—Yoshisuke Aikawa
and Chikuhei Najajima—have
been named as war crimihal sus
pects.
Wheeler said information on the
families wil] be available to the
| (Continued on Page Six)
Full Associated Press cervice. Athens, Ga., Tuesday, January 22, ]97@:
French Socialists
Support Auriol
As Nation's Chief
PARIS, Jan. 22 — (AP)—The
Socialist party veted unanimously
today to propose Gen. De Gaulle's
former minister of state, Socialist
,Vincent Auriol, as new president
lof the French provisional govern
ment.
The vote by the Socialist par
liamentary group came after the
Communists had failed to win sup
port either from the conservative
|popular Republicans or the Social
ists for a proposed communist-led
i governmeiit.
The socialists’ choice came after
Ia long party debate on whether
to back Auriol or Felix Gouin,
lsocialist president of the constit
uent assemly whom the Com
munists proposed today for the
presidency after withdr‘awingl
their own candidate, # Maurice
’Thorez.
~Popular Republican circles in
dicated Auriol would be accept
able to them as a candidate, and
it was then up to the Communists
to accept or reject Auriol.
The Communist decision to drop
Thorez, secretary general of the
French Communist Party for 15
years, and back Gouin was an
nounced in a communique.
The communique said the Soc
ialists had clung to. their demand
for a tri-partite government, and
thus had turned down a Commun
ist proposal to join in a Commun
ist-led two - party government.
The popular Republican party
(MRP) refused to join any gov
ernment haded by a Communist,
the communique added.
The Communists descrbed
Gouin as “above parties,” point
ing out that he had been unani
mously elected as head of the as
sembly.
The constituent assembly was
scheduled to meet late today to
set a date for the election of De
Gaulle’s successor.
Lt. Roy Emmett,
Son Of Regent,
. .
Dies In Hospital
| CEDARTOWN, GA. Jan 22—
' (AP)—Lt. Roy N. Emmett, 24, son
iof the editor and publisher of The
|Cedartown Standard, died in the
Navy Hospital at Corona, Calif.,
yesterday of an illness contracted
several months ago while serving
in the Pacific.
His father is a member of the
Buard of Regents of the Univer
sity of Georgia System and pre
sident of the Commercial Bank of
Cedartown. °
His mother is the former Char
lie Burton Hawk of Valdosta. |
The young Marine Corps offi
cer was graduated from Cedar
town High Schol and received an
A. B. degree in Journalism from
Emory University in 1942,
He volunteered for the U. S.
Marine Corps in August, 1942. He
was transferred to the Public Re
lations Section after completing
training at Paris Island, S. C. La
ter he attended Officers Candi
date School. Much of his service
was in radar. ; |
Young Emmett married Miss
Julia Agne Florence of Cedar
town, in January, 1943. The young
couple had been living in Califor-‘i
nia. 1
His parentgand wife wer at his
bedside when he died. :
Split Among Big-5 Powers Feared
House Votes On Amall Bill Friday
Blocking Tactics
0f “Few” Selons
By: WILIAM C. HERBERT"
ATLANTA, Jan. 22—(AP)-—The
Georgia house agreed today te
take up the gubernatorifal re
election amendment at its session
Friday.
Speaker Roy V. Harris, a lead
ing opponent of the refrendom
measure to allow Gov. Ellis Ar
nall to seek reelection, told the
house that constitutional com
mittee No. 2 would consider the
Senatg-approved reosolution to
m Morrow. :
Harris said emphatically ‘the
measure would be reported out
Thursday and be ready for dispo
sition by the house Friday.
The speaker’s statement follow
ed debate between him and Rep.
Fortson of Wilkes, who sought to
put the resolution before another
committe in an effort to bring
it up before the General Assem
bly’s 15 day session ends Monday.
The legislator of 28-years ex
rerience said “Hgll is going to
break loose when the resolution
comes up.” At that time he. pro
mised “very valuable information
for you”.
Observers predicted the house
vote on the succession amend
ment would be close. It failed in
the house by 10 votes at the self
convened special sesion last sum
mer. A two thirds majority vote
of the house is necessary to adopt
the amendment.
ATTACKS BLOCKING
RINGGOLD, Ga, Jan. 22—
(AP; — 4 packed auditorium at
the Coosa county court house
last night heéard Governor Ellis
Arnall lash out at legislative
forces opposing the amendment
which would permit him {o seek
re-election. !
The governor declared: that “a
few members of the Georgia
General Assembly are working to
block the people in their right to
elect a governor of their own
choosing.”
TEACHERS’ “ILL HEARING
ATLANTA, Jan. 22.—~ (AP) —
Hundreds of persons interested
in the bill to-increase teachers’
salaries by 50 percent came here
today to a committee hearing on
the proposal while the House and
Senate continued -to plough
through heavy calendars.
House Speaker Roy V. Harris
(Continued on Page Two)
.
Robert . Hibben
To Speak Tonight
Before Dairymen
Robert C. Hibben, executive
sec., of the International Ass’t. of
Ice Cream Manuiacturers wiil
will address a banquet tonight
at tae Georgian Hhotel, for those
attending the fourth annual dai
ry manufactures short course
now in progress at the Universi
ty of Georgia.
Highlight of the short course
will be annual ice cream clinic,
at which time ice cream manu
facturers from tarcughout the
states wll be permitted to sub
mit samples for analsys and
criticism by the ice cream and
dairy experts that make up the
faculty for the three-day short
course.
The short course began Mon
day when Paul W. Chapman,
dean of #ae College of Agricul
ture welcomed approximately
150 persons to the dairy depart
ment’s annual service to the dai
ry industry of the state. M. P.
Bake~, assistant professor of the
dairy . indusiry depvartment of
lowa State College. W. T. E.
Reid, p-ofessor of dairy manu
facturers at the University of
Missouri; B. E. Goodcle, profess
or of dairying at Clemson Col
'lege; cuva G. Lenert and Dr.
1 (Continued on Page Two.)
Tampa Man Elected
By Atlanta Meet
Of Hebrew Groups
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 — (AP) —
Louis Wellhouse, jr., of Tampa,
Fla.,, is first president of thei
southeastern branch of the Union
of American Hebrew Congrega
tions.
The branch was established here
yesterday at a regional meeting
which also elected -D. J. Apte of
Tampa, Lee Stearne of Albany,
Ga.,, and Simeon Wampold of
Montgomery, Ala.. as vice presi
dents; C. Davis Turner of Mari
anna, Fla, secret.: ; and Rabbi
Alfred Wolf of Idmhan, " Ala.,
southeastern regional director.
Dr. Julius Mark of Nashville,
Tehn., Jewish chaplain with the
U. S. Pacific Fleet, was principal
speaker at a banquet last night.
9. 9CI2UIe eal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(AP)—The White House acknowledged
for the first time today that government seizures in the meat indus
try are under consideration.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, however, told a news conference
that similar action ~i,’,’ the 519(31 industry is not yet being considered.
Gotion Ceiling To
Be Hiked, Says
Mississippi Solon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—(AP)
—A leading cotwon state Senator
forecast today Southerners in
Congre';s will boost proposed OPA
ceilings in 1946 cofton by a new
law requiring that farm labor
costs bé considered- setting parity.
The prediction eame ‘rom Sena
tor Eastland (D-MISS), one of the
bitterest oponents of a proposed
OPA ceiling program for the
1946 cotton crop, based on 24.09
cents a pound for 1-16 inch mid
dling American upland grade.
Parity, Eastland told a reporter,
is now computed on the basis of
farm ' conditions, including labor
costs, of the 1909-1914 period.
Since then, the Mississippian con
tends the cost of cotton field la
bor has increased 300 per cent.”
Southern strategy in defeating
the proposed, 24.09-cent ceiling.
Eastland said would be ‘centered
on a Farm Labor Amendment to
the price control act.
| If 'southerners can rally enough.
| votes, Eastland said they wil]. par
| cel out certain price control func
tiops—rent contro] to the Federal
Housi Admnistration and Farm
,ijc‘evlfi)ntrol to the Agriculture
Department—théreby abolshing
OPA as price adjusting agency.
However, if they lack enough
votes for this move, Eastland said
the southerners would concen
trate solely on an amendment to
count in labor costs as part of
the parity formula.
i On eotton, the Senator said such
an amendment would not allow
the price to rise above 30 cents,
though he said labor costs mighty
lustify cotton prices as high as 36
cents a pound.
Wheat and other basic crops al
so would be included in the new
parity formula, Eastland said, in
order to win western farm votes
for its aproval.
Prophesying the senate “will go
to work on OPA” when the price
control agency comes up this
spring for renewal, Eastland said'
he is confident the house, also,
would approve the proposed pari
ty revision. A similar proposal,
in a bill by Rep. Pace (D-GA), is
now before the house rules com
mittee. 3
Forecaster Sees
Clearing Skies
For Several Days
By The Associated Press
A steady snowfall wuich
brought a mantle of white to
most of the Northeastern quarter
of the country was declining
early today and wag expected to
cease tonight. -
The forecast was for generally
clear skies over the entire area
east of Mississippi by tomorrow
following several days of heavy
rains, ice, sleet and snow.
Rain drenched %ae Gulf Coast
Continued Cn Page Six
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6. P. McGarity Is
Taken By Death;
¥
Rises Wednesd
Rites Wednesday
~ Gardner P. McGarity, 74, for
many years one of Madison coun
ty’s best known citizens and
resident of Athens for tae past
year, dieq in'a locol hospital
Tuesday after an illness of one
week. :
Sgrvices are to be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o’'clock
from Fellowship Methodist
church near Royston, with Rev.
C. W. Davis, Baptist minister,
and Rev. J. Douglag Gibson, pas
tor of the churca, cificiating.
Burial will be in Fellowship
church cemetery, McDorman.
Bridges in. charge of arrange.-
ments. Pall-beare s will be
grandsons of Mr.. McGarity, and
the Board of Deacon oi Pieas
ant Grove Baptist church will
sexvice as an honorary escort.
Mr. McGarity is survived by
two daugaters, %Wrs. Buford
Strickland, Royston, and Mrs.
Frank Berryman, Athens; son;
W. K. McGarity, Athens; two
sons-in-laws, W. M. Hanyes, At
(Continuea on Page Six)
In reply to questions he told re
fporters there might be some de
velopment on meat during the
‘day. He didn’t know, he said, but
it’s possible.
- “IY’s impossible to say at this
time what will be done,” Ross
said. “The matter of seizure has
been under consideration.” Under
further questioning he emphasiz
ed that this did ‘“not refer io
steel.”
Ross made public a letter in
which President Truman instruct
ed the steel fact-finding board to
continue its “study of governmen
tal data” and ‘“‘remain available
for further consultation.”-
Although one government offi
cial said federal seizure of the
meat packing industry was un
avoidable, there were reports
that the administration planned to
offer some last minute new price
increases to avoid taking over the
struck plants. {
~ Strategy Conferences
Top governme-t officials held a
Iseries of strike strategy confer
|ences yesterday as the nation’s
biggest strike, the walkout of
750,000 CIO steelworkers, closing
nearly 1,300 plants, was getting
underway. Further meetings were
planned today and the settiement
of the meat sirike reportedly held
No. 1 priority.
The first effects of the paralyz
ing steel strike began to be felt
as the country’s biggest work
stoppage closed steel-making and
fabricating plants and affected
Iconstruction, railroads and. public
utilities, but there was no report
of wage negotiations between the
{CIO United Steelworkers and
Imajor steel producers.
Steel production dropped to less
than five per cent of capacity, a
53-year low. As strikers took up
picket lines in plants in 29 states
only two instances of violence,
both in Ohio, wére reported.
CIO President Philip Murray in
a radio spegch last night, said the
istrike in support of wage increase
demands was precipitated by “an
evil conspiracy among American‘
big business” which has “set out
to destroy labor unions, to provoke l
strikes and economic chaos and<
mulct the American people}
through profits and inflation.”
There .was no immediate reply
from management,
Yesterday’s idle because of la
bor disputes jumped nearly 800,-
000, bringing the totai number of
workers away from their jobs to
1,622,000, the highest since short
'y after the end of World War I.ln
addition to the 750,000 steelwork
ers, other walkouts involved 30,-
000 CIO United Farm Equipment
Workers in 10 International Har
vester Company plants and 5,000
CIO Metal Mines and Smelter
Workers in Utah, g
Auto Row Continues
| In Detroit, the wage demands
which precipitated the strike of
170,000 workers in General Mot
ors plants two months ago was
back to 30 per ceni increases.
The Cl® United Auto Workers
'had set last midnight as a dead
line for acceptance by the cor- |
rporation of a compromise proposal |
iOf 19% cents an hour wage hike,
as recommended. by a fact-finding
board. The deadline passed with
[out comment from General Mot
ors. :
Elsewhere in Detroit, the union
‘held further wage negotiations
‘with the Ford Metor Co. and
planned to resume discussions’
with Chrysler Corp. " tomorrow.
Chrysler announced an additional *
3,600 workers had been laid off
because of the glass shortage cre
ated before the recent settlement
of the strike in the glass industry.
Labor departme nt officials
(Continued on page six.)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clearing and colder tonight
with high temperature this
afternoon 35 degrees, lowest
tonight 22 degrees. Wednes
day and fair and warmer
with high temperature 48
degrees.
GEORGIA: Partly cloudy
to cloudy and cold this aft
ernoon with rain in extreme
south portien ending in mid
dle of the afternoon followed
by clearing and colder to
night. Lowest temperatures
20 to 24 in north and 24 to 30
in south. Wednesday fair
and warmer in afternoon.
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RAINFALL
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Total since January 1 ... 8.90
Excess since January 1 .. 5.86
Average January rainfall 4.26
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MAJ.-GEN. WALTER SHORT
CHARGES ‘BUCK-PASSING’
Gen. Short Charges
He Has Been Made
Harbor Scapegoat
- WASHINGTON, Jan.. 22 -
(AP)—Maj. Gen. Walter C. Shori
contended today that the War
Department in four years of si
lence had attempted to .single
him out as “the scapegoat for
the disaster” at Pearl Harbor.
~ In a 13,000-word statement
placed before the Senate-House
investigating committee, tue re.
tireq Hawaiian army command
er said his superior officers in
Washington had “passed the
buck” to hir: until the congres
sional inquiry “forced the rev.
elation of facts.”
‘ Short “asserted the War De
partment had “four yeargs to ad
mit” it saould have acteq before
December 7, 1941, on his Nov- 27
report that he had alerted . his
troopg only against sabotage. But
the first such “admission of re.
sponsibility,” he said, came from
Gen. George C. Mayshall, former
chief of staff, and Lt @Gen. L. T.
Gerow, former wag plane iaead,
in the current hearings.
First Testitnony
l This was the firsi time the 65-
year-old General hay had an op
portunity to testify In pubilie.
‘Recerdg of his previous testimo
‘ny before the Roperts commis
sion and avmy inquiry boards al
ready have been released by %ae
committee. .
Short followed closely the
line had taken previously in mak_
ing these contentions in his
statement:
1. He wag not given .the in
formation from intercepteq Jap
anese message by which he said
the War Department “khew def
initely at 9 p. m., December 6th,
that the hour had struck and
that war was at hand.”
2. If General Marshall feit
there were security reasons why
e could not be given this infor
mation, he should have directed
specificially as all-out alert as
bs did on a flase alarm in 1940,
* 3. The action in dispatchinb
unarmed bombers from the
mainland to Hawaii on the night
of Dec. 6, 1941, “confirmed me
in my belief that an air . raid
was not probable.” .
Navy Action Rccalled
4. The navy dic not ask for
any. army plenes from Nov. 27
(Continued ou Fage Two)
|Port Development
iProgram Moves
.
Forward Rapidly
ATLANTA, Jan. 22—(AP)—
With preliminary engineering
work on a $12,200,000 port de
velopment program at Savannah
and Brunswick 75 per cent com
pleted, the state port authority
hoped today to have arangements
for financing tinderway by March
Lo
The development plan, recom
mended in a survey last Novem- |
ber, calls for construction of an
$8,000,000 terminal at Savannah
and a $4,200,000 program at Brun
swick. Included are cold storage
plants, berthing space for cargo
vessels, transit sheds, warehouses
and adequate rail and highway
facilities.
A report of the progress to date
was given the port authority by‘
L. W. Robert, head of the en
gineering firm of Robert and
company, at a meeting in Atlanta
yesterday. i
Col. Blake aVn Leer, chairman |
of the authority, expressed grati-'
fication to the State L.egislaturel
for it cooperation in the project'
Legislation enabling the finane-'
ing has been passed by the House!
and is pending in the Senate. i
The next.meeting of the port
authority will be held at the De-
Soto Hotel in Savannah Feb. 16.
HOME
SOVIET CHARGE
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& "9!-"\.NDON, Jan. 22.—(AP)—In
-8 4,0'8‘ hservers expressed fear
’f Yo fi"’fl Russian - Ukrainian
" compa @ -he United Nations
Organizie. againsi British poii
cies in Grece and Java might re
! sult in a serious split among the
five great powers.
l The complaints, filed with the
Security Council late last night,
| accused Britain of endangering
lworld peace and interfering with
the internal affairs of Greece and
lJava. They came as a coinplete
surprise to British, Greek and
Dutch delegates, as well as oth
ers.
Biggest Test Yet
Observers said the twin moves
by the Soviet Union and Soviet
Ukraine ungdoubtedly posed the
greatest test yet faced by the
lUnited Nations Organization,
{ which already had been handed
{the explosive Russian~Tlranian
| dispute.
| They also constitute the first’
| instance of action by one mem
ber of the Lllnation Security
Council against another member.
In weighing the moves, some of
;ficials emphasized that the new
‘peace agency’s success depended
‘large]y upon unity among the
| major powers,
There was no immediate offi
cial comment from the British.
Or# British spokesman said, how:
ever, that his first reaction was
that the Russians were playing
"Wt for tet & introducing com
plaints against the British to bal
ance the Iranian protests against
alleged Russian interference in
northern Iran,
The spokesman said emphati
cally that the British had nothing
to do with the filing of the Iran
ian complaint.
Some United States sources
said they were not alarmed by
the developments, although offi
cials had hoped to avoid major
issues while the UNO remained
in its formative stage.
. “After all,” one American offi
cial said, “this is the kind of
thing the Council. was. created to
cope with.” (
Russi aasked for discussion of
her complaints in the Security
Council, which was expected to
meet late today or tomorrow.
There was no immediate indica
tion ,as to when the subject
would be placed on the Council’s
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Marshall Confers
On Truce Violation
CHUNGKING, Jan. 22 —(AP)
—General Marshall conferred
with Generallissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek today for an hour. Al
though there was o immediate °*
nnouncement, it was believed
théy discusseg meang of ending
violations of the trucein China’s
civil strife. - 21
Meanwhile, tie armistice com
mission at Peiping directed op
posing troops to withdraw -
promptly at least 2C miles from
points of combat.
The principal purpose of the
American envoy’s visit to Shan.
ghai the past week-end was to
see truce teamg dispatched so
Kaingsu and Honan provinces, o
member of the staff said. Pre-.
vention of further ‘ruce viola
tiong was reported among top
ics e was to discuss with
Chiang today.
A member of the rentral com
mittee of the Chinese Commun.
ist party, in custory four years
wag released today —the first
such action under Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek’s piedge of Jan.
110 to free political prisoners.
~ Liao Shen-Chi, fae party’s rep
resentative in Hong Kong prior
to the Pearl Harbgr attack, was
arrester attempting to retun to
Communist.controlled territory.
The party hag long and insisteni
ly demanded his release.
Executive headquarters of the
new ~ armistice commission at
Peiping has ordered both Com
munist and government forces
in zones of conflict t¢ withdraw
at least 20 miles, or one full
day’s march, Ausociated Press
Correspondent Spencer Davis re
ported.
As soon ag the icrces break
off fighting and are separated,
the new directive specifies, thev
are to retire to positions they
helg on the night of Jan. i3—%e
{ime the truce originzily wag de
signed to become eflective.
Stories of truce vioations—
confirmed and unconfirmed—
continued to déluge headquarte~s.
Davis reported, and American
Army and Marine planes fi\
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