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By the Associated Pres,

Efforts to determine the blood
type of every person in the Nation
ON voluntary basis-were rec
commended today as civilian
defense measure.
A division of the United States
Public Health Service recommend
ed that the service as a whole.
together with State and local
health departments, accept the
responsibility for developing eff
f1cient, economical community
programs" to meet that objective.
If atomic warfare, or even
bombardment by high explosives.
resulted in sudden and extensive
civilian casualties, the knowledge.
on the part of most citizens, of
their blood type would result in
saving the lives Of many people, Z"
a Civil Defense Committee OF the
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Department said the commission
was advised that several Army
field installations were planning to
disregard the civil service job
registers.
Mr.. Mitchell declared that such
procedure would be in contraven-
ton of both the letter and spirit
of the Civil Service Act and the
Veterans Preference Act of 1914
which the Commission has the re-
sponsibility of enforcing.
Army Promises to Conform.
In reply to the letter, Army per-
sonnel officials promised that they
would see to it that the field in
stall2.ions in question would pro-
ceed by regular Civil Service pro-
cedures.
The Defense agencies have been
given authority to go outside reg
ular Civil Service job registers in
emergency cases, but Army per-
sonnel officials argued that some
field installations needed abso-
lutte freedom in hiring employees.
In ordering the Army to observe
regular hiring procedures, the
Commission said that it would be
willing to consider the depart
ment's future personnel problems
as they arise. The Commission
expressed the view that the cur
rent emergency hiring regulations
were adequate for Army's needs.
Latest Incident in WrangIe.
The incident was the latest in
the current wrangle between de-
fense agencies and the commits
sion over the defense Offices re-
quest for more leeway in hiring
employees.
Several months ago the defense
agencies were given authority to
make emergency indefinite ap-
pointments, but they were in
structed to hire as many persons
as possible from established Civil
Service job registers. The de-
fense Offices were empowered to
hire outside these registers only
if no register was available for
particular job or in case of
sudden emergency that required
the immediate services of certain
employees.
The defense agencies are now
arguing that in many instances
they need complete authority to
bypass regular job registers in
order to get the best qualified peo-
pie.
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world means to make the sacrifices
necessary to build strength ade-
quate to defend itself against
Communist aggression-and in
time.
Now comes the moment to
translate words into substance.
generalities into guns. All pre-
vious meetings of the leading
statesmen of the grand alliance
for freedom-in New York. Paris.
London. Washington and at way
points-have been preliminary.
The master plan for defense of
the free world will be laid at this
meeting, or probably not at all.
Two Knotty Issues Impend.
Two violently controversial is
sues face the conference:
l. Whether. and how, German
divisions can be knit into the force
to be created in the next three
years, on a basis France will ac-
Icept.
2. Who pays for what?
There is a decided trend in
Continued on Page A-6 Col Ky
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Fire Marshal Orders
Probe Of I BIazes at
Negroes New Home
First Fire Extinguished
By Neiehbor; Family
First of Race in Area

A home, newly bought by a
colored family in a white neigh
borhood. caught fire twice last
night and Fire Marshal Raymond
c. Roberts today ordered a thor
1ugh investigation.
Mr.. Roberts described the fires
as suspicious"
The scene was nine-room
house st TIC Hamlin street NE.
owned by Samuel Davis, 48, a
colored bricklayer.
A next-door neighbor, Jacuue.
Brinkley. said today that he wa.
returning home about 10 pm
when he saw a fire on the oper
side porch of the house. He sale
he ran up on the porch anc
stamped 1t out. The burning ma
terial, he said. appeared to be q
clothes line. He said he though,
no one was at home and did not
notify any one.
Calls Fire Department.
A short time later, he reported
he noticed a glare from the house
This time, he said. the fire was
too big for him to handle alone
and he called the Fire Depart
ment.
The fire burned the side and
front of the house, scorched the
inside wallpaper, damaged the
front part of the roof and
scorched furniture stored in the
front room Whiie the family was
moving in.
The tlre marShals Office said
the investigators will try to locate
a youth who is said to have told
police he found a piece of gaso-
line-soaked rope near the scene of
the first fire.
The only occupant of the house
at the time was Willie Macon, 80,
cousin of the owner who planned
to live in the house with the
Davis family and had moved in
yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
started moving in furniture last
Tuesday but were not yet living
in the house.
Awakened by Sound.
Mr.. Macon said the roaring of
the fire woke him and he ran some
distance to telephone to call the
Fire Department. When he re-
turned, he said, firemen and DO
lice-summoned by Mr.. Brinkley-
were already on the scene. The
(See FIRE, Page A-2.)
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Two Destroyer Escorts
Transferred to Dutch
BY the Assocjoted Press

BOSTON, Oct. 23.-Two United
States destroyer escorts were
transferred today to the Royal
Netherlands Navy under the mu-
tual defense assistance program.
The two vessels. the U. S. S.
O'Neill and the U. S. S. Gufstaf
son, both saw much service during
World War II.
Two other destroyer escorts re-
Gently were transferred to the
Netherlands at Boston.
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Bulk of u. S. Troops
Likely to Be Out of
Korea by Christmas

TOKYO, Oct. % (CDN) -
Barring unforeseen develop
ments, the bulk of the United
States troops in Korea will
be withdrawn to Tokyo before
Christmas and some of them
before Thanksgiving, it was
learned here today.
The quick collapse of the
North Korean forces makes
the presence of large Ameri-
can forces in Korea no longer
necessary in the view of mill
tary leaders.
1t is believed that Republic
of Korea forces are more than
capable of hopping up re-
naming enemy resistance.
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U.S.. Rounds Up Top Alien Reds KoreaRedsFee
AS Truman Names Richardson Frantca|yin
To Head Subversive Contro|sA||ies' Advance
Justice Department
Acts Under New
Security Statute
BULLETIN

IreSlQenC truman TO-DAY set
up the new Subversive Activities
Control Board provided by the
Internal Security Act, naming
Seth w. Richardson as head of
the f1ve-member group. Other
appointeeS are: Peter Campbell
Brown. special assistant to the
Attorney General: former Re
publican Representative Charles
M La Toilette of Indiana, David
j. Coddaire of Boston, former
member Of the Maritime Com
mission, and DR.. Kathryn Nc
Hale of Logansport, Ind. Mr..
Richardson will give up the
craftsmanship of the Loyalty
Review Board.
BY the Associated Press
The Justice Department today
disclosed it has begun a roundup
of top alien Communists in the
United States, and has arrested 10.
Those already in custody were
described as "the most important"
of about 86 persons scheduled for
prompt pick up and deportation, if
deportation is possible
Officials said the 10 are those
who have been most active in the
fields of Communist propaganda.
For most, the arrests mark the
first time the Justice Department
has moved to deport them.
However, the department said
that many on the proposed de-
tention list of 86 are aliens pre-
viously ordered deported but who
have not left the country.
Roundup Nation Wide.
The roundup extends from coast
to coast.
The department acted under the
new Internal Security Act. This
law, enacted over President Tru-
mans veto, permits the Attorney
General to keep subversive aliens
against whom deportation is pend
ing in custody for as long as six
months.
If the alien cannot be deported
within that time, the law directs
that they be kept under close
supervision by the immigration
service.
Heretofore. many aliens ordered
deported have been able to remain
free and in this country because
of difficulty in getting any other
nation to accept them.
In the current pickups of per-
sons already ordered deported but
still here, officials admitted frank
~ that prime objective is to
spur the efforts of such persons
to obtain travel papers from some
country, anywhere in the world,
willing to accept them.
Can Be Jailed or Bonded.
Under the new law, aliens who
have been ordered to leave can
be kept in custody or allowed
liberty under bond at the Attor-
ney Generals discretion.
II he grants bond, it must be
at least $500. If he withholds
bond, the alien may seek freedom
through habeas corpus proceed
ings only by proving in court that
the Attorney General has acted
in an arbitrary or capricious man
ner or has abused his discretion.
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undoubtedly would not
have survived the bitterly cold
night.
Gen. Allen, who served as
public relations chief at Su-
preme Allied Headquarters in
Europe during World War II, is
a native of Cleveland, but owns
a home here at 1921 North
Twelfth street. Arlington. His
wife now is in Tokyo. Two
Continued on Page A-3, Col. ~
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u. ). and Britain Seek
20 Ready Divisions
In West Europe by 81
North Atlantic Meeting
Here Tomorrow to
Be Peace Showdown
By BIoir Moody
North American Newspaper AIlionee

LONDON, Oct. ga battle
ready force of 20 to Is Allied di-
visions in Western Europe by
early next summer will be a ma
jor goal of the United States at
the momentous North Atlantic
Military Conference opening in
Washington tomorrow.
This meeting will be the show
down on whether the Western
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tically toward the mountain tri-
angle north of Kanggye. 1t was
there that the Red chieftain, Kim
II Sung. carried out his guerrilla
war against the japanese before
Russian occupation forces in
stalled him as Premier of North
Korea after World War II.
Kanggye is about 20 miles
from the border in the center of
the peninsula.
Three Republic of Korea divi-
sions were driving for the Man.
churian border to finish the four
month wal.
May Reach Yalu Tomorrow.
Observers said the ROK's, who
can make 80 miles a day in forced
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.27 Massacre Survivors Saved
In Daring Push by Gen. Allen
Washington Officer
Rescues Wounded
In Red Territory
BY Don Whitehead
Assoeioted Press War Correspondent

SUNCHON, North Korea. Oct.
% Survivors of the Sunchon
tunnel massacre were saved be-
cause a brigadier general dared
to push into Communist territory
to check report that American
prisoners of war had been killed
by North Korean-Reds.
At least 68 American prisoners
were slain by their Red guards
Yonk, l8, Tells How He Survived Deoth
Morch Massacre. Poee AS
Friday night near the Sunchon
railway tunnel, 10 miles north of
here.
They had been led from a train
into nearby fields under the pre-
text that they were being taken
to supper
The guards machine-gunned
them. Sixty-six prisoners died on
the spot. Two others died during
the night of their wounds. At
least 81, many of them wounded.
lived through the hour-long mas
sacre.
Had Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen
Jr.. Of Washington and Cleveland
not been so persistent many of the
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.Symington Calls
Tight Controls
Not Needed YET
Prefers Taxes, Credit
Curbs, ALLEGATIONS
As First Weapons
By Francis P. Douglas

There is a good chance price
and wage controls will be un-
necessary "if every one pitches
m," w. Stuart Symington, chair
man of the National Security Re-
sources Board, said today.
He added. "An awful lot Of
people do not think that in this
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Goodwin Appointed Chief Of Office OF
Defense Monpower Pose AS
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Trumon Peoee Plan Rebuffed by Moscow
os Rude and Ridiculous Pooe AS
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Korea RedsF|ee
South Koreans Due
To Reach Munchurio
Frontier Tomorrow
By Left Erickson
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

SEOUL, Korea, Oct. 23.-South
Korean forces swept within so
miles or less of the Manchurian
border today.
Shattered remnants of the Red
Korean army were fleeing fran
Herndon Soldier Wounded in Korea by
Hond Grenode. Poae AIS
Mon Picked on Street to Form Govern
ment for Pyonsyons. Poee AS
AdmiroI Says Russion Toient Directed
koreon Mine-loyine. Poee A-3
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Civil Service Orders
Army Not TO Bypass
lis Hiring Registers
Several Field Installations
PIonned to Disregard
Procedure, Mitchell Says

The Civil Service Commission
has ordered the Army Department
not to bypass regular civil service
hiring registers in appointing new
employees, it was disclosed today.
Commission Chairman Harry B.
Mitchell in letter to the Army
Defense Agencies Fight for Freedom in
Hiring New Employees. Poee Al
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(see COMMUNISTS, Page A-14.)
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Continued on Page AS, Col. S.
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tSee CONTROLS. Page A-6.)
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Guide for Re a ders

An Associated Press Newspope
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(See U. N. Page A-6D
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Yonk, 18, Tells How He Survived Deoth
Moroh Massacre. Poqe AS
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w Q ather Forecast

Rainy, COOL high IN upper SOS today. Cloudy,
rain ending tonight low SO. Tomorrow
cloudy, cool. (Full report on Page A-2)
Temperatures Today.
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(see BROWN. Page C-2D
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that the West cannot afford to
lose an inch of territory to the
Communists in Asia.
It is pointed out that the moral
effect Of the loss of Korea without
IA struggle would be disastrous in
Burma. Malaga, Indo- China and
Hong Kong. But British officials
are aware that military prepara-
tions have Jagged behind this
political appreciation. Only re-
Gently have the British put the
requisite military power behind
the anti Communist drive in Ma
laya. It is doubtful whether the
Americans have yet realized how
much may be demanded of them
in Indo- China. The question now
arises whether Britain's plans for
holding Hong Kong, which are
certainly sufficient as a demon
stration of determination, are
adequate to meet a real threat of
attack.
The sudden change from cold
to hot war in the Far East raises
the whole problem of Britain's
economic plans for that area. The
result of the latest events will be
to hasten economic action, and
not to make us concentrate all at
tention on military affairs.
(copyright London Observer Foreisn News
4 eervice.l 4
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Britain Reconsiders Asian PoIicv

LONDON.-The Communist Of
fensive in Korea is forcing the
British government to reconsider
its whole policy toward Asia. In
the recent past it has always been
assumed that there would be no
direct attack from Communist
China, SO that the Western powers
would have to deal only with
sporadic and unco-o -ordinated Com
munist banditry in Indo-China.
Malaga and elsewhere. The at
tack in Korea raises the question
of whether a direct attack on
Hong Kong might not be the next
step. Consideration of this pos
sibility, quite apart from anything
else, made it imperative for the
British to offer their full support
to the Americans when the first
attack occurred in their sphere of
influence.
But there remains considerable
uneasiness in London about the
American policy, which has ap-
peared Unexpectedly resolute. It
was known that over a year ago
the American Chiefs of Staff
wrote Of South Korea as inde-
fensible and not worth the mill
tary effort so long as Japan was
firmly in American hands.
What was not realized in Lon
DON was that this purely military
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By WiIIiom Clark

decision had never been fully ap-
preciated by the political authori-
ties in America. It appears that
American authorities reversed
their decision to leave Korea to its
fate because of the implications of
a Communist victory on the rest
OF South Asia and because of the
domestic effect on American
politics of yet another American
retreat in the face Of communism
advancing in Asia.
This wholly unexpected reversal
is viewed in London as dangerous
in the extreme, because it involves
a last-minute military effort to
hold a virtually abandoned post.
'D1plomatically, too, it is consid-
cred dangerous to have given
Russia cause to believe that her
plans would not be opposed, and
then at the last moment to oppose
violently.
But it is most important to
realize that the moral the British
are drawing from this is not that
America is wrong to take strong
action. but that she was mistaken
70 have contemplated abandoning
south Korea in the first place.
1t is the tlrmest British belief
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another in a sort of chain re-
action.
The most obvious example is
that of controlling prices. Start
that and you also have to ration
scarce consumer goods or there
will not be any left on the market.
With prices controlled wage and
salary stabilization follows, for if
wages go up and prices cannot
rise, the higher-cost producers are
eliminated progressively.
The plans the NSRB produce
will depend on how the President,
after conferring with his advisers,
estimates the emergency and what
measures he believes will meet it.
He has said that the plans are
ready and that when he calls for
them they will be forthcoming.
The NSRB stresses the point
that it is not an operating agency,
but part of the Presidents staff
charged with furnishing him
plans and advice. Mr.. Symington
surprised labor leaders with whom
he conferred last Tuesday by tell
ing them at the outset that he
has no powers.
The board has Offices in the
Executive Office Building. the old
State Department Building. The
staff Of between $50 and 300 works
out the plans. If Mr.. Symington
approves them he takes them
across West Executive avenue to
the White House and submits
them to Mr.. Truman with his
recommendations.
If Mr.. Truman approves, he
forwards them to Congress with
the recommendation that they be
enacted into law.
In addition to the cooperation
Of other Government agencies,
the board may obtain outside help.
For example. a research group. at
Harvard University has made a
study of rationing for the NSRB.
There has also been joint PLAN
ming between the NSRB and the
Munitions Board. This has re-
suited in emergency procedures
for the ALLEGATION of productive
capacity between military and
civilian needs.
Manpower Problem
In this joint planning more
than year ago phantom orders"
were placed for the manufacture
of list of 100000 machine tools
and similar orders for other tools.
On the manpower problem there
has been a preliminary determina-
ton of occupations which would
be critical in event of war, and
studies of occupational deferment
policies.
Bernard Baruch on occasions
has been critical of the board for
not having produced an overall
civilian mobilization plan for con-
gressional consideration.
On the boards side it has been
said there is substantial doubt
that Congress would pass such
measure in a period when there
was no serious threat.
An alternative may be the pas
sage of a whole mass of legisla-
tion under the whip of crisis. Or
it may be that the Russians, by
one foray after another, will get
us on q war footing by progress
sive steps.
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By Froncis P. Douglas

!
3. The settlement of labor dis
lputes.
4. Priorities and allocations of
scarce materials.
S. The requisition of plants and
materials.
6. Excess profits taxes.
z. Emergency contracts, guar
antees of production loans, re-
negotiation of contracts and spe-
cial amortization of emergency
facilities.
! 8. Coordination of executive
agencies and functions.
9. Censorship. :
10. Import and export con-
trolls.
Presumably new agencies would
be set up to carry out the emer-
gency measures. There would be a
new ONCE of Price Administra-
tion, but certainly under another
name.
Steel Problem
Again the Government would
call on leaders in private endeavor
to administer allocations, priori-
ties and other controls. Labor al
ready has indicated that it wants
a full share, not just an advisory
role, in planning and carrying out
the measures that would be taken.
Many of the features of such a
full mobilization would be like the
controls of the last war, but modi-
fed by the experiences of that
period. The main difference would
be that instead of taking one step
and then another as the pressure
OF events dictated, the whole pro-
gram would be authorized at once
and placed into operation as
quickly as possible.
/ 1t has been pointed out in the
past couple of weeks that such a
program is designed for another
World War in which the United
States is either threatened with
attack or actually attacked. From
this point it is argued that actu-
ally only few controls may be
necessary in the immediate future
and that perhaps the voluntary
ALLEGATION of scarce materials, par
t1cularly steel, will suffice.
Even that would require legisla-
ton. An act providing for allo-
cations through voluntary agree
ments, which was passed at the
end of 1947, expired last August.
Legislation is necessary to protect
industry from antitrust charges
for entering into control schemes
even at Government behest.
Some are of the opinion that
substantial production for war
perhaps even as much as a SIS
billion program, could be carried
out without disrupting the civilian
economy. But If a program of
such size were carried out rapidly
on top of the present booming
economy it would not take long
for serious shortages to show up.
Shortages in the absence of ade-
quate controls mean soaring prices
and inequalities in distribution.
1t is held in some quarters that
a partial mobilization" of the
civilian economy is a contradic-
tion in terms, that one step in
such program inevitably leads to