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Vol. CXIX, No. 292.
Wintry Weather Blasts
Wide Areas Of Nation
By The Associated Press
Another snow storm and cold struck again today over
wide areas of the nation which staggered from nearly a
week of blustery, wintry weather.
The new storm centered in the Northern and Central
Rockies and snow-pelted areas in the mountain region and
the Northern Plains States.
It was another morning of sub-zero cold in the snow
covered Midwest as a new mass of cold air pushed across
the Canadian border.
British Support
Given Proposed
European Army
By JOSEPH E. DYNAN
PARIS, Dec, 19 — (AP) — En
couraged by British support if not
alliance, French officials expres
sed econfidence today that they can
stitch together a six-country In
ternational Army with one uni
form, one budget and one com
mand,
Two days of talks between
French leaders and British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill put
new force behind France’s drive
for the European Army.
In a ioint communique, Churc
hill witheld Britain from join
ing the Army he himself has ad
vocated, but promised British
troops will be “linked with those
of the Furopean defense communi
ty for training, supply and opera
tions by land, sea and air.”
6-Power Talks
Six-power talks among France,
West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg be
gin in Paris Dec. 27, They will try
to put the final touches on the
Army set-up. ;
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Supreme Commander of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NA
TO) froces in Europe, including
some British Divisions, wants the
paper work signed quickly so the
proposed Army can become the
core of his ground defenses against
any Russian aggression.
Despite British support and the
hopeful feeling it imparted to
France, one big question remained
unsolved:
What will the Belgians do- .
Belgium has ‘battled against
giving too much power to the pro
posed super-authority to run the
army, and is highly suspicious of
joining in & common military bud
get. Money demands disturb the
Belgians, who already are in near
revolt against NATO requests for
a 50 per cent hike in their arms
spending.
‘Warning
Belgian leaders also have warn
ed their Parliament may balk at
joining a European Army which
lacks complete British member
ship.
If Belgium falls out, the French
fear the Netherlands and Luxem
bourg will go with her.
And they confess that a Euro
pean Army limited golely to
France, West Germany and Italy
would be vetoed by the French
National Assembly.
Apparently recognizing the
touchy position of Belgium as the
key to success or failure, Churc
hill and ‘Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden pledged considerable
British support to the Army to
woo Belgian help.
Opinions V
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 — (AP) —
How’s Christmas business- "Just
fine. As good or better than last
vear,” some merchants report.
“Frankly lousy,” say others.
Those are some of the opinions
turned up by an Associated Press
survey of Christmas shopping
trends §p 23 major retail areas
across the nation.
Most retailers are confident of
increased dollar sales. But there's
plenty of talk, too, about custom
ers being a lot more choosey than
they were a year ago. And there
is some talk of consumer price re
sistance.
Higher prices will probably ac
count for a good part of any in
crease in dollar volume over last
Christmas, many merchants say.
This despite the fact that prices
in some lines of merchandise have
been drastically marked down in
an effort to prod reluctant buyers.
The pattern of retail opinion is
spotty.
Q. F. Walker, chief economist
for Macy’s New York, finds the
volume of Christmas sales thus
far “less favorable than expected.”
A spokesman for Gimbels in
Philadelphia reports: “Business is
terrific, better than most years,
but not quite as good as last year
which was exceptional.”
R. C. Dolbin, manager of the
Dallas, Tex., retail Merchants As
sociation, predicts: “There’s no
question that this will be a bigger
Christmas than 1950,”
It is generally agreed that pro
fits will be lower, mostly because
of reduced markups and the‘higher
cost of doing business.
In some instances brisk sales are
being achieved only because of
“give-away” prices or costly ad
vertising and promotion.
Huge sums are being spent to
lure store traffic. The trend s
toward more and better paid de
partment store Santa Clauses,
more free cocktails and fashion
shows, more: free citcuses for the
children,” ¢ ¢ £
. Christmas buying in some cities
is taking on a practical slant —
more emphesis on down-to-earth,
wearaple or otherwise wusuable
gifts, less on fancy luxury items.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Some arcas of the sto'm belt
from the P:cific Northwest to the
New England States were pro
mised moderating temperatures
today. But . generally there ap
peared no immediate relief as the
snow and cold headed for the
Midwest and Eastern States.
. Death Toll
The death toll from weather's
onslaught since last Friday rose
to above 200. Thousands of per
sons suffered injuries in falls on
icy streets and sidewalks.
Highways throughout the snow
blanketed areas were hazardous
for travel. Schools in many areas
were closed. The stormy weather
hit the sports schedules. There
were widespread cancellations of
| basketball games. Football bowl
practice was delayed and yester
day’s race program at the Charles
Tfiwn, West Va., track was called
off.
Cold weather extended over
most of the eastern and northern
sections of the country today. It
was below zero today in most of
Montana and the Dakotas, the up
per Mississippi Valley and the up
per Great Lakes region.
It was 20 below in Pellston,
Mich., early today and -19 in In
ternational Falls, Minn. Thermom
eters also dipped to 8 below at
Mason City, la., 15 at Fargo, N.
D., and -11 at Wausau, Wis.
Temperatures were expected to
drop below zero over most of the
North Central Region tonight as
the cold air headed into the Mid
| dle Atlantic and Eastern States.
Heavy Snow
Heavy snow blanketed wide
areas across the northern tier of
states. It piled up to a depth of 50
inches in upstate New York, which
yesterday battled the worst storm
of the season. |
The snowstorm which struck the
northern New York state area left
{ falls ranking from 5 to 50 inches
of snow on the ground. The falls
of more than four feet covered
Watertown, which for the second
time this week was isolated. |
Heavyy drifting was reported in
Syracuse and Buffalo got another‘
atch of fresh snow, 7.3 inches,
making a total of 16 inches on the
ground.
Transportation in the wupstate
area was slowed, with buses and
trains running from four to six
hours behind schedule. Planes
were grounded.
l Nineteen persons have died from
causes attributed to the storms in
|New York State since last week
end.
Rain, sleet and snow raked New
England yesterday. . Snow meas
ured 18 inches in some parts of
Vermont. Icy highways in parts of
Massachusetts and New Hamp
| shire clogged motor traffic. Planes
were grounded in Boston and rail
traffic throughout New England
was delayed.
Pennsylvania Scene
More snow and cecld was in pros
pect for Pennsylvania, with up to
15 inches expected in some areas.
Stripping operations in the state’s
hard coal region has been sharply
curtailed because of the heavy
snowfall and cold. A
Chicago, which has been hit by
two snow storms since Friday and
has another on the way, already
has had nearly a normal wintor’s
snowfall, The total fall to date of
31.7 inches, with winter not of
ficially starting untii Saturday,
compared with a normal of 334
inches for the entire winter season,
including November, December,
lJanuary and February.
! Of the 202 deaths from effects
|o£ the storm and cold, Illinois re
ported 21. Ohio’s toll was 32 and
, Indiana’s 25. -The toll in other
| states since last Friday: - - -
| Wisconsin 15, Massachusetts 13,
| New Jersey 10, Alabama 8, Mary
iland 6, lowa 5, Michigan 5, Mis
souri 5, Kansas®4, Nebraska 4,
ITennessee 4, Kentucky 4, Penn
sylvania 4, Colorado 2, Connecti
‘cut 2, Delaware 2, Georgia 2,
!Maine 2, Nevada 2, Oregon 2,
| North Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Ver=
| mont 1, Wyoming 1.
EUROPEAN PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec 19.—(AP)
—Secretary of State Acheson said
today the European nations have
made more progress toward unity
in the last four years than in the
previous 500.
His statement at a news confer
ence was in effect a reply to crit
ics who say Europe must do more
for unity, more quickly. In sup
port of it, he cited the French
sponsored plan for a coal-steel
“pool” and the arrangements be
ing discussed for an all-European
army.
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the fighting at Taejon, is said
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JAYCEE PAPER
SALE SUNDAY;
DEMOLAYS AID
Members of Athens Chapter of
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the Frank Hardeman Chapter, Or
der of DeMolay, will go into action
here Sunday morning to help the
Salvation Army in their Christmas
work with the underprivileged
children of this city.
- The two organizations will be
gelling the special Jaycee edition
of the Banner-Herald, furnished
by this newspaper.
A Tradition
In line with tradition the papers
will earry no fixed price. At the
homes visited they will ask each
person to contribute whatever he
can afford to make Christmas a
more joyous occasion for under
privileged children.
In a word, the price is “your
conscience,” Jaycees point .out.
All funds collected in the sale of
the papers will be used to pur
chase toys, ecandy, shoes, and
clothes for the children of Athens’
neediest families.
If this campaign was not con
ducted each year few of the boys
and girls who benefit from it
would know the full meaning of
Christmas. ;
The needs of each child desig
nated for. gifts have been deter- |
mined by Salvation Army officials ‘
who will administer the funds‘
collected during the sale.
Everyone Gives
At a recent meeting of the local
Jaycee chamber, one member of
the organization remarked that
he was more than happy to con
tribute to this worthwhile cause
and also that he wanted a copy of
the Jaycee edition of the paper,
but that he would prefer to make
his contribution sometime other
than in the early hours of the
morning Sunday.
Doubtless this is often the case,
but Jaycees will be out and the
cooperation of the public is urged.
If you are among those who prefer
not to be disturbed for any pur
pose Sunday morning, why not
leave your contribution in the mail
box and the Jaycee covering your
neighborhood will leave you a pa
per in return.
BRITISH FOOD
PRICES HIKED
LONDON, Dec. 19. — (AP) —
Winston Churchill’s Conservative
government hiked the price of
cheese and bacon today and told
the British people they’d have to
get along with less bacon and
candq. g
Cheese and bécon went up a
~ Cheees and bacon went up a
whopping 12 cents a pound. Both
are rationed.
The Food Ministry also slashed
the bacon ration from four to
three ounces per person a week
and cut the candy ration by half
an ounce to six ounces a week.
The changes in price and size of
the ration go into effect a week
from Monday.
Good Fellowship Fund
Widow Caring For Aged
Women Needs Much Help
. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of worthy fam
ilies who need help. These are
coempiled by the Welfare Com-~
mittee of the Salvation Army
Ladies Auxiliary and the City
Schools. Who is number one on
your list? In as muck as ye do it
unto the least of these ye do it
untc me. Matt, 25:40.
Case No. Ten is that of a widow
whogtakes care of two elderly
woh who are ill. They need
outing gowns, blankets, bathrobes,
and warm e¢lothing. The widow
came in on Monday of this week
to take care of the two ailing wo
men. =
{ For turther 'information ; call
474 and refer to Case No. “Tén.
In Case No. Nine help has been
received for the 13 year old son,
When calling about this case refer
to Case No. Nine.
SERVINGC ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1951,
Reds Scorn POW List In English;
U. S.
Relatives (Of
Gl Prisoners
Revive Hopes
BY ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
WASHINGTON, Deec. 19.
—(AP)—The news flashed
out from Washington and
Tokyo, for thousands the
best Christmas present ever,
for many other thousands an
empty, hollow message of
more despair,
The 3,198 names of Am
erican warriors, said by the
Communists to be prisoners
of war in Korean prison
camps, were being checked
by the Defense Department
in “takes” as fast as they
arrived from Tokyo.
Special Pentagon forces whip
ped through the long lists, paired
name after name with the official
missing-in-action list, rushed tel
egrams to next-of-kin, .
~ “The Secretary of the Army has
asked me to inform you that the
name of (John Doe) believed to
be that of your (son, husband,
etc.) is included in unverified lists
released by opposing forces of
prisoners in their custody. No as
surance as to accuracy can be
given at this time.”
The list of names was little
more than one-fourth of the 11,051
Americans .officlally listed as
missing in. action.
And the Reds said it covered all
POW'’s in their hands.
That left a gap of 7,853, a ques~
tion ‘mark which only time could
answer,
Early this morning the Penta
gon was less than a tenth of the
way through the tedious job of
comparing names on the list with
names of those reported missing,
The work was not being done al
phabetically, and it appeared like-:
ly to require several days, .
As soon as telegrams went to
Included on the POW list re
leased by the Communists and
also listed on the Defense De
partment’s record of missing or
captured Allied soldiers is Pri
vate Claude E. Fair, RA
14342988, Second Division, son
of Mrs. Dolly I. Fair, Rt. 1, Win
terville, Georgia.
kinfolk the names and addresses
were made public, for instant re
lay over press service wires to the
nation’s newspapers.
At the same time, the original
Red list, without aaddresses but
with serial numbers, rank and or
ganization — informration provid
ed by the Communists — hit the
wires from Tokyo by way of San
Francisco.
Pentagon officials again and
again underscored this important
fact: .
The list was prepared by the
Communists — there is no way to
verify it—it is not official. The
Reds have not allowed such agen
cies as the International Red Cross
any contact with prisoners. ‘
.
Closing Dates Of
-
Federal Agencies
Athens Area Rent Control Of
fice, the U. S. Veterans Office and
U. S. Veterans Office and other
federal agencies will be closed on
December 24 and 25 and Dec
ember 31 and January 1, but will
be open on intervening dates and
also to be open on the Saturday
before Christmas and the Saturday
following Christmas to compen
sate for the closed days.
A story in yesterday's Banner-
Herald gave the impression the
federal agencies would be closed
on a number of days when they
will remain open, due to misun
derstood information given the
paper.
Good Fellowship Fund
The Good Fellowship Fund has
indeed grown in the past 24 hours
from $205.00 to $311.00, one group
send one hundred dollars and an
individual sent one.
The Good Fellowship Fund is to
ald the Athens school children
(both white and colored) that are
in dire need of clothing to wear to
school. There are more than one
hundred of these worthy children.
They are the future citizens of
our community, so give them a
chance:
There are 3 girls and 47 boys
from one year to 18 years of age
that need clothes. It is h:éaed that
each boy can be presented with a
pair of dt&dam t,mgfu ‘nice: shirt
and that a skirt 'and gdod warm
sweater can be secured for the
girls. Mail your check today the
Good Fellowship Fund, in care of
the Banner-Herald.
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AMONG THE 3,l9B?—This picture, re
leased by the Eastfoto agency on January
30, 1951, purports to show American
prisoners of war huddled in a Communist
prison camp in Korea. The Communists
Soviet Court Claims Russia Has
Executed Two Confessed US Spies
Government May
Direct Solution
To- Steel Tieup
BY NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—(AP)
—The deadlocked steel labor dis
pute appeared headed today to
ward a government-directed so
lution to avoid interrupting vital
military and civilian production,
Observers were betting that
Fresident Truman would send the
cminous labor case to the Wage
Stabilization Board for a recom
mended settlement well before the
New Year’s Day strike deadline of
CIO President Philip Murray's
Steelworkers.
Murray had some expensive
demands, including a 15-cent
hourly pay boost, which could
dent wage controls, On the other
hand, the steel industry was balk
ing at giving Murray anything un
less its also gets price relief, a
position that could put great pres
sure on price controls,
Tug-of-War
Everybody expected that the
economic tug-of-war eventually
will land in the President’s lap. He
has several choices. One is to send
the case to the Wage Board for a
recommended settlement. He
could seize the steel industry as a
beleagured public-interest prop
erty under the draft law. Or he
could invoke the Taft-Hartley
act’s court injunction procedures.
Murray’s threat to close down
the entire basic steel producing
industry, along with a major part
of the nation’s aluminum works,
posed a real election year prob
lem for Mr. Bruman.
Invoking the 80-day strike-ban
under the Taft-Hartley law might
hurtle the steel dispute into the
springtime when John L. Lewis
can be expected to pose his own
strike threat in the coal mines.
Spring Offensive .
In fact, Lewis was meeting
again today with top United Mine
Workers Union aides in planning
a spring wage offensive. The
Lewis coal contracts expire March
31,
It seemed that Mr. Truman may
well decide against buying two
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Winterville Church Chimes
Gift Of Mrs. Helen Nabers
Winterville Baptist Church is the proud possessor of a newly
installed set of tower chinres, a gift from Mrs. Helen Denham
Nabers, of Amarillo, Texas, and Eatonton, Ga.
The chimes were presented the church by Mrs. Nabers as a
memorial to her husband, Mell Nabers, who was born and reared
in the Winterville community and & member of family lines long
prominent and influential in this section.
A dedication service will be held at a later date when Mrs.
Nabers can be present.
Mrs., Nabers’ charitable nature and business ability and her
benefactions have been numerous. One of her many gifts is the
organ in the First Baptist Church in Eatonton, given in memory
of her father, the late M. T. Denhanr, cne of that city’s outstand
ing citizens.
Mrs. Nabers is now in Eatonton with her mother, Mrs. M. T. Den~
ham, whose weifare 1s Mrs. Nabers® first consideration. Her
mother, affectionately known to a host of friends and admirers as
Grandma Denham, has been in very poor physical condition for
the past two years and, Mrs., Naberg spends almast ag qmuch time
in Eatonton as in Amarillo. : 5 X :
have turned over to the United Nations a
list of prisoners, including 3,198 Ameri
cans such as these, who are being held in
11 camps in North Korea near the Yalu
river.— (NEA Telephoto.)
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Dec. 19—(AP)—The
Soviet Supreme Court said today
that two men with Russian-sound
ing names have been put to death
as American saboteur-spies para
chuted into Russia.
The announcement from the
military * collegium of the court
said they were dropped into Rus
sia from @an American plane
manned by American military of
ficers.
Their names were given as A. I.
Osmanov and F. K. Sarantsev.
(Michael McDermott, State De=-
partment press officer in Wash
ington, said the State Department
knows nothing about the incident
and said he never heard of two
men with those names. "’
(The Russians have accused the
United States in the United Na
tions of using some of the Mutual
Security’s Act's 100 million dollar
appropriation to pay for treason
in the Soviet bloe. The act pro
vides funds to pay nationals of
East Europe for helping Western
defense.)
The two were arrested in Au
gust shortly after dropping into
Russia’s Moldavian Republic, a
small state of farms and light in
dustries near the Romanian bor
der, the Russians said.
Forged papers, guns, poison and
large sums of money were found
on them when they were picked
up, the Soviet account reported.
Russian Story
Russia’s story of the cloak-and
dagger incident sald:
The spies confessed they were
recruited from displaced persons
camps in Western Germany by
American intelligence agents. They
were given special training by
American agents in map-making,
use of firearms, parachute-jump
ing, organizing sabotage and ter
ror, and spying.
Investigation and trial brought
out that Osmonov and Sarantsev
were smuggled into Greece after
being trained, and from there were
flown in by American officers to
the place where they parachuted
onto Soviet territory.
Both were said to have testified
at their trial that after carrying
ou their assignments they were
to report to U. S. agents at Kars,
Turkey.
The account gave no details on
how the men were caught, when
they were tried, nor when and
how their death sentences were
carried out.’
Although it has been about four
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Allies Repul
Commie Atfacks
By JOHN RANDOLPH
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 19—(AP)—
Allied infantry today repulsed
several light Communist attacks at
scattered points along the Korean
war front,
Most of what little action there
was took place on the Western
front.
Northwest of Chorwen artillery
was called on to help throw back
a Red assault that began late Tues
day afternoon. Light contacts
with Reds up to a company in
strength were reported from other
sectors in the west.
Twenty Reds sneaked into Al
lied lines on the eastern front
early Wednesday. United Nations
forces dispersed them within an
hour and 20 minutes.
U, 8. Eighth Army reported no
American soldiers were killed
along the front in the 24 hours
ended at 8 p. m. Tuesday. Other
U. N. and South Korean units
counted some casualties, but they
were extremely light. Last Sun
day also was a day of no American
war deaths on the ground.
Many Allied soldiers had one
ear cocked toward Tokyo, where
the Communist list of war prison
ers was released. Veterans of Ko~
rean fighting had close friends and
relatives on that list.
Allied ships and warplanes car
ried the war to the Reds without
interruption.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and cold this afternoon.
Increasing cloudiness and a lit
tle warmer tonight and Thurs
day. Rain likely Thursday. Low
tonight 32. High tomorrow 48.
Sun sets today 5:26 and rises
tomorrow 7:35.
GEORGIA—Fair and cool this
afternoon, increasing cloudiness
and not so cold tonight, except
little temperature change in the
southeast portion. Thursday
mostly cloudy and cool, followed
by rain beginning over north
portion in afternoon or at night
and over south portion Thurs
day night,
TEMPERATURE
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LOWARE i, .. siov iviinii iOB
BEMBEL ...s denh boiv aniiesvnit
TOPAL i e iR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .18
Total since Décember 1. ... 3.03
Excess since December 1 .. .18
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ies Promise
List Of Red
POWSs In Chinese
MUNSAN, Korea, Dee. 19,
(AP)—Exchange of prison
er lists created new strife
among Korean truce mnego
tiators today as the Com
munist delegates claimed
the Allied list in English
was useless. The Allies have
promised to supply a list
written in Chinese and Ko
rean about Christmas Day.
U. N. Delegates in a second sub
committee told the Reds they
would not budge an inch on how
to supervise the truce until the
Communists agree to rotation of
troops and behind-the-line in
spection to guard against a sneak
military buildup.
Communist news correspond
ents at the Panmunjom truce site
said it was impossible to identify
Chinese and North Korean troops
from Allied lists.
Chinese newsmen pointed out
there are innumerable English
spellings for any Chinese name;
and the English speiling could be
translated back into varying eom
binations of Chinese ideographs.
The U. N. has promised to sup
ply a list written in Chinese and
Korean about Christmas Day. Red
China’s Peiping radio said the
Allies also agreed to identify them
by rank and unit as soon as pos
sible after Christmas.
Nuckols Assertion
Brig. Gen. William Nuchols, of
ficial U. N. command spokesman
' said “we gave them exactly what
lwe requested from tfiem."
He said the U. N. list was “just
]a confirmation of information al
ready given the Communists by the
lßed Cross. The information is
| readily available to them, Nothing
is being wi't:xa‘okl."
Nuckols said the Red Cross data
“was’ in tk original language, I'm
sure.”
’ “We asked for the name, the
nationality, the location of their
camp an! the names of men in
each camp,” he said.
That was the information in the
‘U. N. list.
~ The Red list contained the same
information plus serial numbers
‘and unit. The Communists sup
plied the Allied names in English.
But there were protests that the
11,559 prisoners listed was far
short of the more than 100,000
‘Allied troops missing. The dis
crepancy is primarily ia South .
Korean troops. -
The list of 3,198 Americans 1# 4
approximately 1,220 other U.'N.
Nationals was roughly what was
expected, U. N. command sources
said.
But 7,142 South Korean prison~
ers in only a 1/12 of the number
the South Korean government said
were missing.
The government announced #
was “shocked beyond words at the
appalling descrepancy. We refused
to believe the honesty of the Com
munists.”
Red newsmen suggested some
captured Scuth Korean soldiers
probably were in the North Ko
rean Army now, or had melted
away into civilian life.
Kok Government
The South Korean Government
statement suggested the Reds were
“camoulaging a tremendous num
ber of tragic atrocities or pur
posely withholding names for
some future advantage.” :
American officers have charged
the Reds slaughtered 5,500 to 8,-
000 of the 11,000 U. S. tromhted
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WASHINGTON, Dec, 19—(AP)
The word went out from the
White House yesterday that Pres
ident Truman won’'t like it if @
federal employe takes a Christmas
present—or any other kind of
‘ present—from . anybody with an
‘axe to grind with the Geovern
'ment.
~ Mr. Truman made this known
in an around the corner sort of
way, without issuing any specifie
orders.
And the White House main~
tained its six day long silence on
when the President will announce
the drastic action he has promised
to rid his administration of any
remaining wrongdoers.
Mr. Truman spoke out on the
gift matter in a letter, made pub
lic late yesterday, to Raymond H.
Foley, Federal Housing Adminis
trator, who had told the President
about his agency’s own efforts to
keep influence peddlers at arms
length.
“I think the policy you have set
out with respect to the acceptance
of gifts by employes is a wise one,
and I believe that this is the cor
rect ?olicy for all the Govern
ment,” the President told Foley.
The Housing Administrator in
formed Mr. Truman that he dohg
ago Iss:ekt’l}l .th detailed list of pr:e'-
tices w e people working for
him must avoid, fi& followed #
up this year with a pre-Christmas
warning “even more gpecific” than
in the past,