The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
By Dre1C Pearson

last week in China in one day alone. all of them flown by U S. pilots for the benefit of Cniang Kai-shek.
 Note 2-Sen Langer of North Dakota has long demanded that the State Department explain the gift of rare Chinese jewelry valued at $SOOoo by the Chang government to Mrs. Hurley.
 Additional information is now available regarding the tragic death of Pvt. w. M. Galloway of Beau mont. Texas. on Oct T. 1945 in the Himalaya moun- ains just after his and other Army passenger planes had been ordered not to carry parachutes
 The no-parachute order was issued by the Air Forces in Washington Sept 5, and by Brig Gen. Will liam H. Turner, commander of the lnola Burma theater on Sept 20 He carrying out Washing ton orders The order applied to C-54s, or 4-engined transports carrying passengers, including Gen. Tun- ners own plane and specified that they should not carry parachutes.
 Hitherto these planes had carried parachu'es while flying the Hump" but the Army explains that Hump flying has been stopped. Reason for the mo- parachute order 4-motored transport planes car rying passengers is that though the crew could pali out the passengers can't They haven't been trained in parachute jumping, and no crew can desert ship ahead of it's passengers.
 One reason why U. s. pilots in China are now burned up is that many of them have to carry Chinese troops into the battle area for Chiarg Kali shek Imagine the panic if 50 to 60 Chinese troop pas sengers all tried to bail out
 It should be noted that this situation is not the fault of the Air Transport Command, which, like railroad is merely given orders to carry this or that The ATC for instance, once had to carry cadillac car across the Hump for the benefit of Ambassador Hurley Despite all these handicaps, Gen. Turner has sharply reduced the India-China accident rate
 Describing the situation, Gen. Turner informs me- The men who flew Air Transport Command planes in India and China unarmed and under con stant threat of enemy attack performed one ot inc outstanding feats Of all American forces ln the war Pvt. Galloway one of these men. He was one ol 91O crew members who gave their lives in crashes o 594 aircraft in the India China Division ot AIC while in the service of their country and the loss ol every man is regrettable, Pvt. Galloway was one ot the 35OO0 lmitary personnel in the India Burma Division who made it possible to lift 776532 tons o war materials to China from Dec 1, 1942, to Nov l. 1945."
 Some Congressmen were considerably irked at the way Army football tickets allocated cnl@1- y to the brass hats, also regarding the number ot tickets getting into the hands of scalpers The lat T were peddling tickets for $50 each Deadllne for buying Congressional tickets is supposed to be Oct 23 but when Senators Langer of North Dakota, Mead of New York and Murray of Montana applied on that day. they were told. .'Too late, no tickets Gen Eisenhower owes that big Boston ovation ch2eIy to House Majority Leader John Mccormack the Bay Citys one-man Chamber of Commerce" McCormack arranged with Gen. Marshall, then chief of staff for Eisenhower to land in Boston instead Of New York.