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Hississippi RFC In®sence
Lalled Try To Re .mp Party
Public Hearings
Bzgun On Sale
Of Federal Jobs
JACKSON, Miss., April 10 —
(AP) —A U. S. Senate investigat
ing committee was told at a hear
ing here that pro-Trumanites in
Mississippi sought to bolster their
Democratic faction with influence
in RFC loans. z
A Senate expenditures subcom
mittee began public hearings yes
terday into charges that federal
jobs were sold by pro-Truman
Democrats.
Forrest Jackson, a Jackson at
torney, told the subcommittee that
the pro-Truman party in Mississ
-4! wanted to rebuild its organi
zation by influencing the granting
of RFC loans.
The pro-Trumanites were or
ganized in 1948 to support Presi
dent Truman after regular Demo
erats in Mississippi had switched
their allegiance to the states’ right
ticket.
Franeis Flanagan, the commit
tee’s chief investigator, placed in
the record at yesterday’s opening
hearing copies of correspondence
between Jackson, Clarence Hood,
former action National Commit
tceman, and officials in Washing
-lon. Hood was deposed as commit
teeman after Senators James
Eastland and John Stennis of
Mississippi demanded an investi
gation of reported job selling in
the state. l
Probe Committee '
The investisgating committee is
?'npnsed of Sens. Clyde Hoey (D
--NC) chairman, John MecClellan
(D-Ark) and Karl Mundj (R-SD)
One of Hood’s letters asked for
information about a $3,500,000
RFC loan application from the
Mississippi Chemical Corporation
of Yazoo City.
“This is controlled by the Miss
fssippi Farm Bureau, a Fascist-’
Dixiecrat organization,” the letter
said. “It might be mnecessary to
give them the same treatment as
planned for R. E. A. on its plant
at Columbia.”
The R. E. A. proposal to build
» steam generating plant at Co
lumbia has not been approved.
A Jackson letter quoted by
Jlanagan said that “the loans had
gone through the senators and con- |
gressmen without n?miomhe- :
tween the RFC and the Democra
tic committee which was supposed
to have referral on federal funds
in Mississippi.”
Flanagan asked Jackson if hel
thought RFC loans should be made
on a political basis. ‘
Flanagan Views |
“If RFC loans are going to have
any poltiical color — if they are
going to consult the senators and
congressmen—then Mr. Hood cer
tainly should be consulted,” John~-
son replied.
“In other words,” Flanagan ask
ed, “you felt your committee
should be consulted by someone in
Washington in reference to RFC
loans? Part of your plan to rebuild
the Democratic party in Mississ
ippi (the pro-Truman party) was
to have influence in granting RFC
loans?”
“That's right,” Jackson replied.
Three other witnesses told the
senate group of negotiations for a
$3,000-a-year job as a rural mail
carrier in northern Mississippi.
Sidney Ayres and E. G. Moore
head made SI,OOO “voluntary con
tributions” to the pro-Truman
committee under the impression
the payments were necessary to
cet the job. Ayres didn’t get the
job and his money was refunded.
The third man, Carl Ferrell,
testified that pro-Truman Secre
tary Curtis Rogers had told him
that “we understand you are will
ing to pay $4,000 for this job.”
Ferrell said he replied that he
didn’t have that mucfi money and
wouldn't pay it if he did. Ferrell
said Hood ended the interview by
remarking with a laugh, “that’s a
lot of money, isn't it?”
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[SRAELI-SYRIAN FRONTIER,
April 10— (AP) —New violence
ke out along the Syrian-Israe-
Il border today as Israeli police
e reported fired on while pa=-
ling the demilitarized Galilean
t near the Jewish settlement
( ngeb.
he IBraelis returned the fire
@nd the skirmish was reported
b ~going on at 1 p. m, (6 a. my,
(The reported shooting was an
hounced by an Israeli government
Spokesman in Tel Aviv who
Li t!'k‘red Arabs for the skirmrish.)
No casualties were reported
from the Israelis.
[he report said Israeli police
had complained to United Nations
vbservers about the shooting,
which ?llowed the killing by
Svrian troops of seven Israeli po
lice last week in the Galilee area
and a retaliatory bombing of
Syrian positions by Jewish planes.
Fhe Israeli government today
(}ec}ared the northern area bor
dering on syria and Lebanon as
a security gzone. The order will
gll;tut:le territor;lr gnder the hlamo
nergency regulations which a
&1191_%4%) tgo northern de}zh;‘ zég;
Earlier today Israel—in the face
©of rebukeg from Britain, the U. 8.
and France for the bombing of
Syrian fortifications—made moves
4 resume peace talks with her
Argb meighbor. ey
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DOUBLE TROUBLE—FLOOD AND BLAST—Art Bros
sard stands in knee-deep flood water at North Mankato,
Minn., and looks at the remains of his home wrecked by
an explosion. Brossard’s son Clarence struck a match in
the basement to investigate a noise. The match appar
ently ignited leaking gas, and the subsequent explosion
tore the house apart. Clarence was injured but his burns
were not regarded as serious. The flooding Minnesota
river has driven 5,000 people from their homes in Man
kato and North Mankato.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Floods Leave 12,000
Homeless In Midwest
By The Associated Press
Floodwaters spilled out over thousands of acres of land
in a three-state Midwest area today, making more than
12,000 persons homeless. Property damage mounted to an
estimated $3,000,000.
Fed by Spnng rains and thaws,
the swollen ri - and streams
overflowéd into several commun~
ities in Minnesota, lowa and South
Dakota. The surging waters cov
ered rich farm land, highways and |
railroads.
The Red Cross and National !
Guardsmen were on the scene ini
many of the flood-stricken areas.
The Minnesota river in westem‘
and southern Minnesota was caus=-
ing the major damage. Some 5,000
persons have been forced from
their homes in North Mankato,
Minn., other residents along the
lowland areas of the turbulent
stream were ready to evacuate.
N. Mankato Refugees [
Most of the refugees from North |
Mankato were housed with pri
vate families in Manjato, a city
of about 18,000, which is on higher
ground than the suburb. Only a
few dwellings in Mankato have
been flooded.
There was some hope the flood |
crest had been reached at North
Mankato. The Minnesota held
steady overnight, about eight feet
above flood stage.
Not much rain was forecast for
the southern Minnesota area today |
‘but weather observers along the
stream said that great quantities
of snow from the winter season’s
record fall remained in ravines,
gullies and other sheltered areas.
A sudden warm spell, they said,
would bring new flood dangers.
Temperatures have been in the 30’s
during the last few days.
Only one main road was open
from St. Peter, 12 miles north of
Mankato. Workers added to a
nine-foot dike at St. Peter, seek=
ing to halt the floodwaters from
the city’s power plant. The drink
ling water supply of the city of
i some 7,000 population would be
| threatened, if electricity failed.
1,000 Homes Damaged
Robert C. Edson, disaster service
director for the Red Cross’s mid
western area headquarters at St.
Louis, said more than 1,000 homes
had been admaged in the Mankato
area, including Blue Earth and Ni
collet counties.
The Red Cross said the flooded
Redwood river has made nearly
3,000 persons homeless in Lyon
county and Marshall, Minn, A
Red Cross task force of 30 row
boats, 20 trucks and 10 tractors as
sisted in evacuating flood victims.
In Towa, the Cedar river flooded
an area of some 100 square blocks
in Waterloo, la., and 400 families
needed help. The Red Cross and
Salvation Army assisted in shel
tering 35 of the 90 families hit by
the floods in Charles City, la.
The Red Cross estimated 700
families were affected by the flood
of the Big Sioux river in the Sioux
Falls, 8. D., area. New floods were
reported between Sioux Falls and
Sioux City, la.
SAVANNAH ECONOMIZES
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 10.—
(AP)—More city employes are
goins to be dismissed soon as part
of Savannah’s economy drive,
M:aror Olin F. Fuimer said yes
terday.
The mayor recently discharged
78 workers, mostly laborers in the
water, public works and engineer
ing departments, ° - 1
Name University
Valedictorian
Michael Steblar, Lansford,
Penna., a pharmacy major at the
University of Georgia, has been
chosen valedictorian for the June
Commencement services.
The five seniors with the high
‘est scholastic averages were named
candidates for the honor and mem-=-
bers of the senior class yesterday
chose Mr. Steblar.
The other seniors, hesides Mr.
Steblar, with the highest scholastic
averages and who were candidates
for wvaledictorian honors, were
Miss Lucy Nickerson, Athens, Col
lege of Arts and Sciences; Miss
Susanne Aultman, Macon, College
of Arts and Sciences; Miss Carolyn
Allmen, Fort Scriven, College of
Education; and George McClure,
Rossville, Pharmacy School.
BAPTIST CHURCH GROWS
ATLANTA, April 10—(AP)—
Baptist churches in Georgia added
more than 12,000 members during
the recent evangelistic crusade,
revival leaders said yesterday,
‘They reported 3,138 new mem
bers in the Atlanta area.
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ECA CITATIONS—Harry Hodgson (third from left, front row), seeretary-treasurer
of Empire State Chemical Company, is shown receiving from Mayor Jack R. Wells
an ECA citation for his company’s aid to the Marshall Plan Program through the
use of the company’s facilities for study and observation by groups of visiting for
eign industrialists. Those present at the April meetm% of Mayor and Council, are
(front row, left to right) : Councilman Dick Thompson; C. P. Belding, vice-president
and superintendent of the Empire State Chemical Company; Mr. Hodgson, Mayor
Wellg, Councilmen Luther Bond and O. M. Roberts, jr., Rev. E. L. Hill; and (back
row) Councilmen R. W. Phillips, Kénneth Guest, Roger Hazen, Walter Danner, Al
bert Wier, jr., Merritt Pound and C. S. Denney. Nelson Hitchcock, manager of Dixie
Canner Company, was ill in the hospital and unable to attend te receive his com
pany’s certificate.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951,
Peabody Praised
At Universify;
Dr. Ware Speaks
George Foster Peabody, oné of
the University of Georgia’s best
known benefactors, was honored
again here today. .
A biography of his life was pub=.
lished by the University of Geor=
gia Press, and simultaneously the
book’s author, Dr. Louise Ware,
gave an address on the campus,
Biographer Ware
Dr. Ware, now a professor at
Adelphi College, Garden City, N,
Y., described the late Mr. Pea
body as a banker, philanthropist,
and publicist, She pointed out par
ticularly his contributions to the
progress of the University of
Georgia.
Harry Hodgson, sr., a personal
friend of Mr, Peabody, who urv-‘
ed with him on the old Board of .
Trustees of the University, related
how the moted benefactor of the
University was instrumental in
promoting its growth, both by fi
nancial aid and by enlisting the
cooperation of others. |
Copies of Dr. Ware’s biography |
“George Foster Peabody—Banker,
Philanthropist, Publicist,” went on ‘
sale in book stores for the first
time this morning. |
Dr. Ware called Peabody ‘“one of |
the best friends the University of
Georgia ever had.” She pointed
out his interest in education in
general and cited some of his gifts
to the University of Georgia. |
Peabody Actions |
Mr. Peabody gave money for the |
building of a University library,
promoted a program of expangion
in the College of Agriculture, and
subsidized a large part of the ex
pense of setting up a conservation
program in Georgia.
In 1906, Mr. Peabody was given
an honorary degree of doctor of
laws by the University and that
year accepted membership on the
Board of Trustees.
Dr. Ware and Mr. Hodgson
named ways in which the Uni
versity has honored the great phil
anthropist. Among them are the
George Foster Peabody School of
Forestry at the University and the
Peabody Radio and Television |
Awards administered by the Uni
versity’s Journalism School. ‘
The author presented an auto-'
graphed copy of her book to the
University library just after her |
Chapel address. Director of Libra- 1
ries W. P. Kellam accepted the |
volume. &l i bR £
Red Cross Office
Continues Open
Red Cross officials announced
today that although Mrs. Murray
Soule, director of the Red Cross
fund campaign office, is ill, the
office in Hutchins - Cox - Stroud
building will remain open, and
donations will still be received
there.
. Volunteer workers are urged to
turn in contributions and reports
immediately as the drive is near
ing completion. With some reports
still incomplete, including an ex
pected large one from the Univer
sity of Georgia, the drive is pro
gressing rapidly and only several
thousand dollars more are needed
to reach the quota. X
STATE BROILER PRODUCTION
Georgia now ranks second in
national broiler production, ac
cording to the Crop Reporting
Service. On the basis of 1950 pop
ulation, the state passed Maryland
and is now second only to Dela
ware,
The Service reported a 38 per
cent increase in the sale of the
birds over 1949, Georgia producers
last year sold 62,892,000 broilers
for $45,433,000.
American Unit
Pace Allied 48
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, April 10.—(AP)
—Allied troops reached the
southern shores 'of the
sprawling Hwachon reser
voir today but heavy Red
mortar fire stopped them
short of the big North Ko
rean dam and hydro-electric
plant,
AP Correspondent Tom Brad
shaw reported from the central
front battelground that the water
behind the dam still is about 200
feet deep. The Reds opened 10 of
the reservoir’s 18 floodgates Mon~
day in a wy to halt the Allied
drive. But water quickly subsided
to near-normal levelg in the Puk
' ham River, reservoir outlet.
- American unts paced the Allies’
assault on the dam. The Commun
its fought back with a steady bar
ra%e of mortar shells,
radshaw said it was believed
the Chinese lacked the equipment
necessary to blow the dam.
In The Air
In the air, American F-86 Sabre
jets shot down one Russian-type
MIG-15 jet fighter and damaged
another. The air battle was fought
at low level over “MIC Alley”
near Sinul)u In northwest Korea.
Other Fifth Air Force planes
Tuesday flew close support miss-~
iong for the Allied infantry and
continued their dawn-to-dusk at
tacks on Red supply lines.
Bitter Communist resistance
was reported from the western
front as Allied patrols probed
deeper into Red Korea. Intelli
gence reports said the Reds were
sending more troops to this sector.
On the east coast Allied war
ships hammered Communist sup
ply dumps and traffic routes.
There was no report of ground
@htact on this front.
¥ As the Allied offensive punched
northward, informed sources in
Tokyo said General MacArthur
had asked for more troops and
greater latitude in fighting the Ko
rean campaign.
He reportedly told Army Secre~
tary Frank Pace it would be a
mistake “to neglect Asia in order
to emphasize the defense of Eu
rope.
Tuesday’s heaviest fighting
swirled near the Hwachon reser
voir.
American tanks rumbled north
ward on the Chungchon-Hwachon
road through the narrow Pukhan
River gorge. They were putting
the squeeze on 200-300 Reds who
had been driven back into a nar
row neck of land between the
western end of the dam and the |
river. l
Die Hard Reds
On a 15~ mile front to the east,
Allied infantrymen ran into die
hard Communist forces. The Reds
opened up with mortar, machine
gun and artillery fire.
About 800 Reds dug in south of
the reservoir threw a heavy mor
tar barrage at advancing American
troops. Other Red units attacked
French troops driving on the res
ervoir’s eastern tip.
Farther east strong and stub
born Communist forces bitterly
resisted an American advance in
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cates the huge Hwachon reservoir in, central Korea
where Reds opened the floodgates Monday in a futile
attempt to flood Allied positions. The wall of water
surged down the Pukhan river gorie but soon receded
with little effect on U. N. forces. The solid and open
arrows at the eastern end of the reservoir indicate the
opposing forces at the scene of the strongest Red resist
anc in the area. Opening of the floodgates could have
been aimed at these two-fold purposes: To disrupt the
Allies’ main supply route up the Chunchon-Hwachon
highway, then move up Red infanw and launch a epun
ter-offensive down the Chunchon-Wonju highway (long
broken arrow).— (AP Wirephoto Map.)
Acheson May Reply To
Republican Complaint
WASHINGTON, April 10.—(AP)-—Secretarf of state
Acheson may answer today Republican complaints that
250,000 South Koreans aren’t fighting the Communists be
cause they have no weapons.
~ Senator Ferguson (R.~
said this report ought to be in
vestigated by a congressional come=
mission he wants sent to the Paci~
sic to look into Gen. Douglas Mac~
Arthur’s disagreement with Tru
man administration officials over
conduct of the war in the Far East.
MacArthur has endorsed a pro
posed second front by Chinese Na
tionalists in China, a move admin
istration backers say might lead
to all-out war with the Reds and
possible Russian Intervention. Bri
tain and France have expressed
disturbance over the statement,
Ferguson sought to arrange a
conference today with Acheson,
He said the Secretary of State had
proposed such a meeting before
drafting a formal answer to the
Korean troop inquiry.
No Drastie Action
One highly placed congressional
source who asked not to be named
said yesterday that no drastic ac
tion against MacArthur was in
prospect: He said Mr. Truman
might reprimand the general but
had not yet made a decision.
Secretary of the Army Pace
conferred with MacArthur in Tok
yo for about two hours yesterday,
and a spokesman on the general’s
staff said the question of a repri
mand “was not even discussed.”
This official said there was “not
the slightest confirmation” for
published repusis that Pace had
reprimanded the five-star general
for his policy utterances.
With the White House maintain=
ing silence on any possible presi
dential rebuke for MacArthur,
there were these developments:
1. Senator Knowland (R.-Calif.)
supported House Speaker Ray
burn’s contention that the country
is in “terrible danger,” ‘but Sena
tors George (D.-Ga.) and H. Alex-~
ander Smith (R.-N.J.) said the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee has been told of no new crisis.
2. Senator Watkins (R.-Utah)
proposed holding up the dispatch
of U, S. troops to the North Atlan
tic defense force until the situa
tion in the Pacific clears.
3. Senate Democratic leader Mc- |
Farland denounced a charge by
Senator Malone (R.-Nev.) as the|
kind of a statement “that might
shout us into war.” Malone toldl
the Senate yesterday “unwise” ad
ministration policie;» had “convert
ed a 100-year old civil war in Chi
na into a war between the United
States and China.”
4. Rep. Joe Martin of Massachu
setts, the House Republican leader,
threw his support behind a move
to bring MacArthur home to re
port personally to Congress.on the
Pacific situation.
Criticism Stepped Up
5. Administration supporters
generally stepped up their criti
cism of MacArthur for endorsing a
proposed Chinese Nationalist sec
ond front in China.
But Senator Hunt (D.-Wyo.), an
Armed Services Committee mem
ber who usually backs administra
tion proposals, said MacArthur
“realized that we're at sea and
that it was time somebody should
speak up,” adding; “I admire him
for it.»
Ferguson told his colleagues yes
terday he has it on “exceedingly
high authority,” that 250,000 Ko~
reans—half of them “well trained”
—could be fighting under MacAr
thur’s command if they were
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BY JACK BELL
}Athenian’s Kin
Is DiSalle Aide
Max R. Hall, brother of Mrs. L.
M. Shadgett of this city and for a
number of years one of the Asso
ciated Press’ top-flight staff writ=
ers in Washington, D. C., has taken
over his duties as one of the chief
aides to Price Administrator Mi
chael V. DiSalle in the national
Capitol.
Mr. Hall is an assistant director
in the Office of Price Stabilization
and is also director of public in
formation for the QPS. In this
work Mr. Hall will handle for Di
rector DiSalle all matters relating
to the press and publicity,
A native of Atlanta, he gradu
ated from Boys High School and
Emory University, being a mem=-
ber of Phi Beta Kappa honorary
scholastic society. He taught in
Druid Hills High School for a
time and then joined the advertis
ing staff of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, going to the old Atlanta Geor
gian as assistant sports editor to
Ed Danforth. He also served on
the Georgian as state news editor
and radio editor.
He left Atlanta in 19387 to go_to
the New York Mirror, where he
was night news editor. He joined
the Washington Bureau of the As
sociated Press in 1942 and became
ong, of its most important writers.
He studied for a year at Harvard
University on a Nieman Fellow
ship and then returned to the AP
in Washington.
He is the son of Mrs. Minerva
Hall, of Atlanta. His father, who
died in 1939, formerly was assis
tant chief of city construction
there. Mr, Hall’'s wife is the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Holsombach of
Atlanta and they were married in
1934. They have three children and
reside in Chevy Chase, D. C.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair with little change in
temperature this afternoon and
tonight. Wednesday increasing
cloudiness and mild, followed
by showers Wednesday after
noon and night. Low expected
tonight 40, high tomorrow 70.
The sun sets tonight at 7:00 and
rises tomorrow at 6:08.
GEORGIA — C(lear to partly
cloudy and little change in tem
perature this afternoon and to
night; Wednesday partly cloudy
and continued mild with show
ers beginning over north and
west portions in afternoon or
night.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for Georgia
#onight through Saturday:
Temperature average slightly
below normal and preciptation
moderate to heavy for the per
iod through Saturday. Showers
and mild Wednesday and Wed
nesday night, followed by clear
ing and cooler Thursday and
cool Thursday night, Friday and
Friday night, becoming some
warmer Saturday afternoon,
HOME
EDITION
He Will Fight
By RUSSELL BRINES
TOKYO, April 10—~(AP)—-Gen
eral MacArthur made it plain to
his superiors today that he intends
to keep right on fighting for 4
freer hand in the Korean war,
He authorized a spokesman fit
deny sharply news reports tha
Army Secretary Frank Pace, jr.,
had reprimanded him for »ecent
public statements deemed %o be
vc;rl%az on politics,
@ spokesman added that since
the reports were carried by a
British news agency, Reuters,
“probably the wish was father te
the thought.”
With some British Volces already
clamoring for MacArthur's scalp,
this seemed like fresh defiance
from the United Nations comman
der-in-chief,
MacArthur Firm
Informed sources also said that
MacArthur stood pat during a
two-hour conference Monday with
pace on views that have provoked
a storm of controversy in Wash
ington, London, Paris and else
where.
These views include the belief
that an all-out war must be waged
against Communism wherever the
threat appears; that it would be a
mistake to neglect Asia in order
to emphasize defense of Europe.
He is understood to have asked
pace for more troops.
The general obviously believes
what he say: That U. N, forces can
win in Korea only by expanding
the war to Red China; that oth
erwise the Allies face a devastating
stalemate.
There are growing indications
that the general and his aides are
appealing to American public
opinion, either over or around the
administration. For one thing, a
close check of editorial comment
is made here,
Officers say men’el:aa‘; views
are becoming ea pop~
ular, They insist also that he is
speaking of military necessity with
no intention of embarrassing the
Truman administration,
; Old Issue
The issue is much older and em
braces more than the immediate
point of whether Red China should
be bombed and Chinese Nationalist
troops employed. It involves the
fundamental question of whether
the western powers should con
centrate upon Europe’s defense to
the relative exclusion of Asia.
MacArthur has hammered con
sistently during the past decade
on the theme that America’gsiu
ture rests in the orient. He firmly
believes, as he has said, that the
Kremlin plans to win through
Asia,
Now, in his view, the United Na
tiong is involved in a vital shooting
war in the Orient but fresh troops
are going to Europe and not Ko
rea.
The attempt so get across his
ideas of Asia’s importance is one
point of the controversy, The sec~
ond is the general’s evidently
growing impatience with the dip
lomatic restrictions placed upon
Korea to keep the war localized.
Military men here look at Korea
as a shooting war that must be
won with military weapons, They
are not in sympathy with what
they regard as diplomatic bait be
ing offered to Peiping for peace.
They can see no tangible results
of this.
Confab On Iran
Oil Situation
WASHINGTON, April 10—(AP)
—The U. S. and Britain have pro
mised Iran in effect that a satis
factory settlement of the Iranian
oil dispute will pay off in West=
ern support and material assis=
tance.
American and British represen
tatives started a series of confer
ences here yesterday on the prob
lems resulting from Iran’s decision
to nationalize its oil industry, in
cluding the $500,000,000 Anglo-
Iranian oil company,
From the initial, three hour
meeting came a carefully worded
joint statement which stressed
American and British friendship
for the iiddle East country and
the importance to the free world
of its daily output of more than
500,000 barrels of refined petro
leum products. This supplies a
large part of the needs of Britain
and western Europe. Secretary of
State Acheson has expressed hope
of a settlement which will insure
its continued delivery to these
markets without any diversion te
Russia and the Soviet block.
Assistant Secretary George C.
McGhee headed a group of Ameri~
can experts which met with the
British at the State Department.
Sir Oliver Franks, the British Am
bassador, headed the British group,
The conferences, resuming today,
are expected to continu2 all week.
Their avowed purpose is to
work out a common &Icy in
dealing with of several situa- |
tions 1n the waiddie st vihich e |
worrying the western powers. g